25W: Recapping Bobby’s Worst Sports Weekend EVER + Brandon Marcello’s Top Candidate for Penn State's Next Head Coach + Eddie Claims He Would Make a Good MLB Manager

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – “25W: Recapping Bobby’s Worst Sports Weekend EVER + Brandon Marcello’s Top Candidate for Penn State's Next Head Coach + Eddie Claims He Would Make a Good MLB Manager”

Date: October 13, 2025
Host: Bobby Bones (Premiere Networks)
Guests: Brandon Marcello, Eddie, Kevin, Mike

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Overview

This episode dives into one of Bobby Bones’ “worst sports weekends ever.” The team recaps heartbreaking losses for Bobby’s favorite teams, massive betting mishaps, and the emotional fallout. They break down the current chaos in college football, with Brandon Marcello providing insider analysis following James Franklin’s firing from Penn State and evaluating the shifting coaching landscape. Amidst the sports misery, there’s humor, family stories, and even Eddie’s earnest (if misguided) pitch to be a baseball manager.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Bobby’s “Worst Sports Weekend Ever”

• Bobby lost thousands betting (“I lost so much money. I didn't hit a... I'm telling you. This was one of the worst betting weekends for me that I think I've ever had.” — Bobby, 02:47)
• Multiple personal teams lost: Arkansas, Cubs, Cowboys, and even his wife’s Oklahoma team.
• He almost attended the Arkansas game in Knoxville, but his wife talked him out of it, predicting both teams would lose:
  • “She goes, you have a possibility to lose both big games today, and that's going to be the worst drive home in the history of your drive homes.” — Bobby, 04:39
• Emotional impact trumped financial loss:
  • “I'd trade the money, though, for the wins because I'm only betting with money. That's entertainment anyway.” — Bobby, 03:19
  • “I'll make more money. I can't get these games back.” — Bobby, 03:28

Arkansas and Cubs Losses

• Frustration with Arkansas’ fumbles and missed opportunity in SEC play.
• Cubs’ lack of pitching depth highlighted as a season-ender.
• Bobby attributes some hope to Bobby Petrino’s progress at Arkansas but admits the loss “hurt worse.”

Family Watchday and Sports Rituals

• Bobby and his wife watched their teams separately—she outside (exercising and watching OU), him inside with Arkansas.
• “We just moved all the way around for like three hours.”—Bobby, on keeping tabs on their games (09:52)
• Both felt dejected, the losses sapping the day’s joy.

Betting Recap

• More bets gone wrong, including a $500 loss on the Cowboys.
• Bobby laughs at himself: “All I do is lose. I suck. I hate sports and life, and I had a sucky weekend.”

NFL and Player Notes

• Praise for Panthers’ uniforms and game—Bobby jokes: “I'd look awesome with a Dowdle piercing.” (14:05)
• Eddie and Bobby discuss George Pickens’ “sideways hurdle” play.
• They analyze Dallas’ WR depth and contract situations, specifically on George Pickens’ impending free agency.

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Brandon Marcello Interview: Penn State & Coaching Carousel

[STARTS 21:21]

James Franklin Firing & Penn State’s Future

• Franklin’s buyout the second largest ever (after Jimbo Fisher).
• Speculation about Adidas and Big Ten private equity helping pay the buyout.
• “Penn State’s got the money and they're willing to spend it and they're ready to move on.” — Brandon, 22:11

Did Franklin’s Fate Hinge on Lost Games?

• The loss to Northwestern was a turning point but the speed of firing shocked Brandon.
• “This completely shocked me. I did not expect this.”—Brandon, 24:21

Matt Rhule as Top Candidate

• Despite being from State College, Penn State fans seem wary.
• Brandon believes Rhule will be the #1 target for several jobs, including Penn State.
• “If Penn State goes after Matt Rhule...he’d have to seriously consider leaving.” — Brandon, 27:03

Coaching Carousel Chaos

• More big jobs opening than in previous years; possible tumult in SEC and Big Ten.
• Expectation that programs may hire FCS or group-of-five winners, following the “Kurt Signetti model.”
• Caution against “celebrity coach” hires (e.g. Jon Gruden, Trent Dilfer): “Go get someone that starts their career and wins there and gradually moves up.” — Brandon, 39:42

SEC Analysis

• Alabama trending upwards with Kaylin DeBoer; possibly the best team in the SEC (“Their defense has really improved...they might end up being still the best team in the SEC this year by the end of it.” — Brandon, 29:07)
• Texas A&M could win the conference, but skepticism remains due to past collapses.

Other Hot Topics

• Georgia’s lack of dominance and Kirby Smart’s questionable sideline antics.
• Auburn’s Hugh Freeze under pressure for lack of offensive results.
• Transfer portal and NIL making the sport more volatile and equalized (“it makes everything way more equal — everything” — Bobby, 52:01)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I lost thousands of dollars. It sucked. And I just kept...It was just stupid.” — Bobby, 02:47
• “You have a possibility to lose both big games today, and that's going to be the worst drive home in the history of your drive homes.” — Bobby’s wife (paraphrased), 04:39
• “The money was never the motivator. So it’s not going to be the thing that makes it okay.” — Bobby, 49:12, on big-time coaches after firing
• “You don't get the time anymore to build a program. There's no more building. There is either overnight—flip it around.” — Kevin, 52:48
• Eddie’s managerial wisdom: “If I were the manager, I would just tell these guys, ‘Hey, whoa, don’t swing so hard. Just barely hit the ball.'” (62:47)

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Additional Highlights

Eddie’s Family Adventure and Game Watching

• Quick family trip to Hersheypark in Pennsylvania (16:15–18:54)
• Managed to catch games on flights thanks to American Airlines’ live TV
• Musings on how pro athletes’ families navigate frequent moves

Baseball Manager Dreams

• Eddie claims being a baseball skipper is “easy”—just tell players to “not swing so hard”
• Bobby counters with how the manager’s job is dense with analytics, not rah-rah moments

Humorous Interludes

• A tangent on piercings, particularly Rico Dowdle’s cheek piercing (“It goes all the way through the back of his neck.” — Bobby, 13:56)
• “This is Eddie’s wife…” — Eddie pranking the group text to stir confusion (56:30)
• Core childhood memories of dads pretending to predict traffic lights (58:33)

Quick Takes and Rants

• “Jets suck. Justin Fields sucks.”—Bobby, 52:54
• Roller coasters at Hersheypark nearly finish off Eddie: “I think I’m done with roller coasters. My body can’t take these.” (64:07)

Media and Movie Chat

• Discussion of The Rock’s “Smash Machine” movie — a critical and commercial flop so far, possibly due to lack of audience awareness of subject Mark Kerr (66:04)
• Hype around “Alice in Borderlands” Season 3 and comparison to “Squid Game” (68:19)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Bobby’s gambling losses & sports pain – 02:29–10:13
• Family watch rituals & allergies – 08:00–09:52
• Cowboys/Panthers recap, fun uniform chat – 10:49–14:49
• Penn State coaching drama with Brandon Marcello – 21:21–44:37
• Coaching carousel philosophy – 37:20–44:37
• Eddie’s Hersheypark trip – 16:15–18:54, 64:04
• Baseball manager conversation – 62:46–63:55
• NIL, transfer portal parity, and betting woes – 51:33–52:48
• Movie and show discussion – 66:03–69:14

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Wrap-Up & Final Thoughts

This episode spotlights Bobby’s overwhelming sports and betting losses, the turbulence of college football coaching, family dynamics during tough weekends, and the ebbs and flows of sports fandom. With insider analysis from Brandon Marcello, listeners gain a sharp look at the high-stakes decision-making and volatility of modern college football. Serious analysis meets self-deprecating humor, with plenty of asides on life, work, and even theme-park roller coasters.

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Notable Takeaway:
Through crushing defeat, hilarious self-doubt, and big-picture sports talk, the crew’s chemistry and wit carry the show—making it engaging for any fan suffering through their own rough sports weekend, or just looking for a sharp, real, and entertaining take on the headlines.

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[Ana Ortiz]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

25 Whistles hey, welcome to the show. Blow the whistle. We have some real sports stuff to talk about like James Franklin getting fired and all that stuff, but it's a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible weekend for me. In many ways. It was the wor. It's one of the worst sports weekends in a long time. I lost so much money. I didn't hit a. I'm telling you.

[Eddie]

Oh, no.

[Bobby Bones]

This was one of the worst betting weekends for me that I think I've ever had.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing hit.

[Kevin]

I thought we were talking Arkansas and.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, that's part of it.

[Eddie]

That's what I thought, too.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, that's part of it. I think everybody knows that's between the Cowboys losing. Oh, my wife having. Oh, you lose. And then me. And then I lost. I lost. So I lost thousands of dollars this week.

[Eddie]

And when your teams lose, it sucks, but when you lose money on top of that, like, you want to, like.

[Bobby Bones]

I would trade and let them keep. I would trade the money, though, for the wins because I'm only betting with money. That's entertainment anyway.

[Eddie]

I get that. But still, it's just the top. It's the icing on the cake.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll make more money. I can't get these games back.

[Eddie]

That's true.

[Kevin]

That's tr.

[Eddie]

They're lost.

[Kevin]

You need that balance. Like, I was opposite. I. I lost a lot of money, but the Patriots won.

[Bobby Bones]

But you probably feel okay.

[Kevin]

I feel fine.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I'm saying.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I would rather my teams win. If I got to pick one, I'd rather my teams win. I lost thousands of dollars. It sucked. And I just kept. It was just stupid. It's stupid. Okay. I didn't go to Knoxville. Eddie texted me day before, is I gonna go? I thought I was gonna go. I really did.

[Eddie]

I thought you were gonna go, too.

[Bobby Bones]

In my head, even when I woke.

[Eddie]

Up, I was going, so what happened?

[Bobby Bones]

My wife was like, are you sure you want to go? Do we ever blow the whistle?

[Eddie]

Yeah, we blow the whistle.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I shot out of a can, and I don't know if we blew the whistle.

[Eddie]

I never care that much when you miss my whistle.

[Bobby Bones]

I know, man. I know. Never. I woke up, and my wife's like, you to go or no? Because I was over looking for single tickets, and I found one because they were going down closer to the game, and there was one, like, four rows back, 45, 50 yard line. Like, 300 bucks, really cheap for that ticket. And I was like, I think so.

[Eddie]

Single ticket?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So I think so. She goes, okay. Are you sure? And I'm like, why? What do you think? She goes, you have a possibility to lose both Big games today, and that's going to be the worst drive home in the history of your drive homes.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I said, that's really not a positive thing to say it. She goes, it's not positive or negative. Look at the odds. And she never uses odds. She goes, both of your teams are supposed to lose. And I was like, but if we go and we win, I'm gonna be so upset that I wasn't there. And she was like, you're Mr. Analytics and Mr. Logic about everything. Everything. No Mr. No emotion. You always want to do things logical, what you think the best. The circumstances present the best opportunity. And she goes, I think you're stupid. Maybe not stupid. She goes, I think. I don't think it's the smartest decision to go.

[Eddie]

She wouldn't use that word.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that's a different reason.

[Bobby Bones]

Me. Yeah.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

She goes, I don't think it's a smart decision to go. And a little bit. I was offended. I was so offended. I was like, but we're gonna go like, bye, Petrino's back, baby. We're gonna go. I'm gonna win the game. It's gonna be one of the great sports nights of my life. By myself in a sea of orange. Like the. The red. The red ink just spreads in the milk. And it's just like, oh, you guys suck. I'm the great. I just was pict is awesome.

[Eddie]

The imagery.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. And then on the way home, I was gonna watch the Cubs game, of course, on my phone. We were gonna dominate that three and a half hours home. I'm so glad she talked me out of it.

[Kevin]

Yeah, that's.

[Eddie]

That would have been bad.

[Bobby Bones]

We lost them both. And I lost a lot of money.

[Kevin]

And the Arkansas, like, you got hope, then no hope, then hope, then no.

[Bobby Bones]

Hope at the end of the game. It sucks because we definitely could have won that game. We fumbled three times again. Yeah. I don't feel like that's a Bobby Petrano loss. I feel like that's Bobby Petrino actually making up a little ground from what we. Where we were. So it sucks. It have been awesome to be one on one in the SEC because we'd have been back in the mix for the conference. I was already thinking that. I was already thinking that in the top. Yeah. I was like, we're back in the mix, baby. We're gonna be win the sec. Yeah.

[Kevin]

It goes a M. Then Arkansas.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

And look at Alabama. What are we gonna do?

[Bobby Bones]

So that the Arkansas game sucked. And then it was the first game, the Cubs didn't score a whole bunch of runs in the first inning. And it was just. They hit a home run. We answered. They hit a home run. We didn't answer. They. And it was like that. It was over, that game to me. I don't think I was as hurt by. Because we just didn't have. We don't have the pitching to win multiple series. Yeah, we just don't.

[Kevin]

And you can see that as they're playing, you're like, you know what? I can, like, wave the white flag big. You know what? You're a better team. Whatever it is. That's fine.

[Bobby Bones]

Milwaukee was awesome this year.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

The second half of the year. They're about.500 the first half, but they were. They again were shot out of a cannon like I was the start of this show. Second half, yes. And they. They just had way more pitching. The Arkansas game hurt worse. I was ready to win the sec. I was back. Baby, we're back. I'm glad I didn't go.

[Kevin]

Was there any part of you when Caitlin was telling you, like, you should not go. I know the way your brain works.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Like, you know, I'm gonna go to prove her wrong.

[Bobby Bones]

Yep. Yep.

[Kevin]

And then that drive back. I'm gonna be good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

I told you. I told you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, for sure. And she said, I know what you're gonna do. I'll go ahead and predict it. If you go, you're going to send me a text about, I don't know, halfway through the game going, like, this sucks. I'm miserable here. I should have never come. And I said, well. And then she goes. She pulled up, like, three other times. I'd done that.

[Eddie]

All the history on there. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd gone to things and been like, I don't know why I came. This is stupid. So that. That. That's a bad day. Saturday was a bad day for me.

[Kevin]

Sorry.

[Eddie]

Sorry.

[Bobby Bones]

And she didn't get any nicer because. Oh, you lost to Texas. That. So she watched the game. She likes just to be outside for some reason, and so she. We have a.

[Eddie]

People like that.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

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[Bobby Bones]

I don't get it. I have no need.

[Kevin]

I got a patio.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. A couch right here with the TV outside.

[Kevin]

Interesting.

[Bobby Bones]

She watched the game outside, and I have allergies, and there's. I don't want to be outside unless there's, like, something that can only specifically be done outside. Like, if we're playing, like, flag football.

[Eddie]

It'S got to be done outside.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. We're playing golf. I grill but if all things are equal, I ain't gonna be outside. What's out there? Nothing.

[Kevin]

Allergies.

[Bobby Bones]

Nothing.

[Eddie]

That's not everything you just said.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. And so she wanted to watch it outside, so she put it on the screen outside, and she, like, was, like, doing some pregnancy exercises and doing some curls and stuff.

[Eddie]

I was nice.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So she's watching the game and then she just. That they never. Oklahoma. Never did anything. Like, there was never even, like a hope of wow. Now we're just turning it around and. And I'll be honest, it wasn't like I flipped over, Watched a whole lot of it because my game was on at the same time.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But she was dejected. I think she would have rather me be gone because she was so dejected. And I'm like, we suck. I hate it. And she's like, well, you know, we lost. We're five, and. Oh, and we have a real reason to be upset about losing.

[Kevin]

So quick question. You guys are watching two games, same house, but in separate rooms, obviously.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, no, she's in the outside.

[Kevin]

Oh, yeah. And you're inside somewhere. Do you guys see each other at all during those three hours?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, yeah, and I have video because I was recording. Recording or working out a little bit? Because I was inside.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And then she started working out outside while watching the screen. And I'm like, man, I'm just over here getting fat watching the game. So I moved to the gym, where we have a TV in the gym. So I started working out so she could see me work out while I was watching the game.

[Kevin]

Attaboy.

[Bobby Bones]

I think we moved, like five screens. We just moved all the way around for like three hours.

[Kevin]

That's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

So it's a bad Saturday.

[Eddie]

I had no idea if you were gonna go or not. So I didn't check purposely. I was like, I don't want to check Instagram, you know, or anything to see if he's there.

[Bobby Bones]

Just hear the story.

[Eddie]

Yes. Just so I can show up and see if. But then I finally cheated this morning. I'm like, no, he. He didn't go.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, well, I posted a message too, before, and I was like, I can't go. My wife said, we're gonna lose both games, and I don't want to be miserable because if we lose both games, I'll be mad. I went, if we'd have won one of them, I'd have been happy. It wouldn't happier either one. I'd have been happier. Yeah. I wouldn't have been if Arkansas would have Lost like they did in the Cubs would have won. That lifted me up on the way home for sure. Or the opposite would have been great. We'd won. And even if the Cubs lost on the way home. But it was double. I knew it was going to be double. All I do is lose. I suck. I hate sports in life, and I had a sucky weekend, and it's just terrible. It's just terrible. So that's all. I'm done. Cowboys lost, too Cowboy.

[Eddie]

And that was just terrible, too, man. Good. Ruined my day.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't even care about this. The freaking panthers. I bet 500 bucks on the Cowboys plus one because I thought they were going to come back and win the game, and I lost that, too. I'm telling you, every bet I made.

[Eddie]

Oh, man.

[Bobby Bones]

So I was even mad. I was mad at you. I was mad at you, but I didn't do anything. I know, but you're associated with the Cowboys.

[Eddie]

I was mad, too, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I was rooting for. I'm, you know, I'm a New Panther fan, whatever. But, like, I root. I was rooting for the Cowboys because it's more important for you and Mike to win.

[Eddie]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

Than it is for me and my new team to win. That's not even really my team.

[Kevin]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just. I'm flirting.

[Eddie]

Thank you for being transparent with that.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm flirting. But their uniforms looked awesome.

[Eddie]

They did. I like that black helmet.

[Bobby Bones]

Blue on blue with the black helmet.

[Eddie]

That black matte helmet brought me in.

[Bobby Bones]

They brought me in a little more this week for sure.

[Kevin]

That's nice. And our boy McMillan, he had a good game.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Two touchdowns.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Rico.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Doubt.

[Eddie]

Yeah. He just. I mean, he took it out on the Cowboys. He's like, you're gonna get rid of me. I'm gonna show you why you don't get rid of me.

[Bobby Bones]

Two games in a row, over 200 yards.

[Kevin]

He talks smack, this.

[Eddie]

Yeah, he did. Did you see him just hit that? Like, when we did that pick six, we had a. It wasn't a pick six. It was a pick. Ran it down the sideline. He just hit the blocker. He didn't even tackle the guy with the ball. He just nailed the block. He's like, I'm just hitting someone. I don't care who I hit.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, he. He. And they. They played well.

[Eddie]

They did. They did. Now, we could have won that game, you know, but they did great clock management, that last drive where they just milked it all the way down to the end.

[Bobby Bones]

Cowboys tried to let Them score.

[Kevin]

Oh, I did see that.

[Bobby Bones]

And. And they couldn't even do that right.

[Eddie]

No.

[Kevin]

I thought, you guys are going to win.

[Bobby Bones]

I did, too. That's why I bet it. I was like, cowboys plus one.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm going to put 500. I'm in the hole a lot. Get a little bit of that back. Nope.

[Eddie]

No.

[Kevin]

George Pickens had a day.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, he's going to make a lot of money.

[Kevin]

Was he the one with the big leap?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Kevin]

Oh, my gosh.

[Bobby Bones]

Like a sideways hurdle.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Which is so.

[Eddie]

Which is great too, when CD Comes back and you got that on both ends, like, it's going to be really exciting.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Unless they don't mix well. Because when he came, he was for sure the number two.

[Eddie]

For sure.

[Bobby Bones]

And he will be the number two. But he's going to be more like one.

[Eddie]

One and a half, one B Because.

[Bobby Bones]

He'S been playing awesome.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

He's still a bit reckless, even that play. Yeah, he jumped. He was like.

[Eddie]

He's got one ball in the hand holding it out. Like, definitely for sure. Stiff arm is not even stiff arm punching people in the helmet.

[Bobby Bones]

He's for sure going to make a lot of money because I think this is it. As contract.

[Eddie]

This is a one. It was a one.

[Bobby Bones]

I think this is the last year of that deal.

[Kevin]

A rookie contract.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. So you may fact check me on that, but I made a bunch of notes.

[Eddie]

Great. That's what the Cowboys need to pay. Just pay more money to players.

[Bobby Bones]

He won't stay with the Cowboys. I know they can't afford him. I know he's making his money. The best thing to ever happen to him was CD Lamb to get hurt because he's the number one.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

He doesn't have the body of a number one, but God dang, he's electric.

[Eddie]

It's pretty awesome. Yeah.

[Kevin]

Eligible free agent after this year.

[Bobby Bones]

So I wrote down the Panthers uniform look really good. Here's what I said. I also wrote down I'd look awesome with a dowdle piercing.

[Eddie]

Question, how does that piercing work?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know, but it looks awesome. It's like in his cheek.

[Eddie]

Like, where's the backside of that? In his face, dude. The inside of his face.

[Bobby Bones]

It goes all the way through the back of his neck.

[Eddie]

You know what I mean? Like an earring. Like you got one side of the ear and then you buckle it in the back of the ear. But I don't know where the back side of that is.

[Bobby Bones]

So if you haven't seen Rico Daddle has A piercing. It's, like, in his cheek, and it's like a little ball stud, like, under a diamond. It's awesome. And I would look good with that. That's what I wrote.

[Kevin]

It's like a butterfly anchor. You know, when you put it in the wall and, like, once it gets in there, it spreads out and stuck.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh. So behind it opens up.

[Kevin]

I don't know how you get it.

[Eddie]

Out in his face.

[Bobby Bones]

You got to put that with a level. He got the one with a bubble. Yeah, you got to pierce it with a level. There.

[Eddie]

You got your tool bel.

[Bobby Bones]

So.

[Eddie]

So. So you said you'd look good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. If I had one of those, I'd look good.

[Kevin]

Which side would you go?

[Bobby Bones]

My right side. Okay. It's my bad eye, so I put it in my bad eye.

[Eddie]

Put it on your. What's the reasoning behind that?

[Bobby Bones]

Because I don't want. I don't want anything toxic into my good eye.

[Eddie]

Oh, good idea.

[Bobby Bones]

I only got one good eye. Why would I put anything metal around it? Another funny thing that I wrote down was it's not funny that Baltimore keeps losing, but, man, what, they're one of five now.

[Kevin]

Yeah, It's.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Awful.

[Bobby Bones]

And Cooper Rush. Not the Cooper Rush of the Dallas Cowboys.

[Eddie]

Nope. No, that's a different dude.

[Bobby Bones]

That guy I had. Zay Flowers fumbled, too, and he never. It's. It's a bad deal right now in Baltimore. But the. The thing that I wrote was they went to Jim or to John. John Harbaugh. They cut to him, and he's just dejected. He's so sad. It's like, late third quarter, the game is over. His face is hanging like. But he has on that confetti Baltimore hat because all the coaches were in.

[Eddie]

Like, what is it?

[Kevin]

Crucial cat.

[Eddie]

Crucial catch.

[Bobby Bones]

It's. It's like confetti. It's like Jojo Siwa. It's like what she would wear. And it cuts to him being so sad in a Jojo Siwa hat of the Baltimore on it. I was like, that's hilarious.

[Eddie]

It's almost like the. The Lieutenant Dan meme. You know, where he's. The. The New Year's party.

[Kevin]

He looks so angry.

[Bobby Bones]

It was just the worst hat for that exact shot because he was. He's. He was over life. And it's like, let's. Let's take a live look at him, and he's got Jojo Siwa on with the. The ponytail with all the curls and the colors.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Hey, you're.

[Eddie]

What's Up.

[Bobby Bones]

I say this complimentary. You look really tired.

[Eddie]

I'm exhausted, dude. Yeah, I'm exhausted. I think so. So we decided to do like a family trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania. And when we do these family trips, it's four days. I think minimum is kind of what you need for a family to have fun at a theme park or whatever. We did it on in two days.

[Bobby Bones]

So you left Friday morning.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yep.

[Bobby Bones]

So you get there because part of it too was you were doing a thing for the show. We have a, like a partner that is that school that takes in a bunch of kids.

[Eddie]

Yeah, the Milton Hershey School.

[Bobby Bones]

Right.

[Eddie]

Which is awesome. And so I'd never seen it before. So we were going to do a tour of it that day. That tour was a five hours. So we did a five hour tour.

[Bobby Bones]

Did all your kids go on the tour?

[Eddie]

No, just me. So they went to the pool, hung out at the hotel, and then I went to do the tour for five hours. But mind you, we woke up at three that morning. Not just meeting, like we can do that. The kids, the whole family. Getting them to the airport at 4 in the morning is brutal. And so that whole day just kind of like started crazy. We got there, did the tour, and then we hung out and had dinner and went to the pool afterwards. The next day we spent all day at Hershey park, which is amazing. It's a theme park. It's a theme park. Yeah. And it's all Hershey themed. It's every like Jolly Rancher this, Twizzler that, you know, chocolate bar this, Reese's Beater, Buttercup this. It's awesome. It's amazing. But by like 7 o', clock, which was really just 6 o' clock our time, we're exhausted.

[Bobby Bones]

Day two of the trip though.

[Eddie]

Day two. And then we got to fly out at 8am the next day. So it was, dude, it was. It was a lot. We had a lot of fun and that place is awesome. But I'm exhausted.

[Bobby Bones]

Were you delayed with the. All the FAA people being out?

[Eddie]

Not really. We were delayed on the way back. Yeah, we got delayed in Philly, which was only about an hour and a half. I don't know if that was weather or that was government shut down, whatever. But yeah, we got just lucky then. We did.

[Kevin]

It looks like it's been.

[Eddie]

I think what helps for us is that early flight.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh yeah. The early flight means you're not going to be that late because there are not many flights going in and out before it. You always want to get an early One. Because they're hardly ever delayed unless the plane's broken. Yeah, never. Because it's got to be held up because the plane's coming in from somewhere else.

[Eddie]

And we flew. We flew into Harrisburg, which is tiny, tiny airport. Right. And we were even like, we waited like 20 minutes to take off from Harrisburg. They're just like, waiting on traffic. Like, there's no one here. There's two planes, but there's probably one dude in the control center control tower.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah. Your eyes, like.

[Eddie]

Yeah, dude, I'm tired. But hey, man, we're good, though. We're good. I got to watch the Cowboys game in the plane, which I didn't know American Airlines had live TV like Southwest does.

[Bobby Bones]

It's always easier to watch a game or it's always easier to fly when you can watch something that keeps you.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Focused. Not so miserable.

[Eddie]

Yes. And then with the kids, too, like, they all want to watch the game. So they were all quiet.

[Bobby Bones]

They'll watch the game.

[Eddie]

They'll watch the game. Yeah, yeah. We have like three tablets going at the same time. So they all have like Bluetooth going into it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we missed the parlay. I missed everything. So I don't know what you guys want me to do, but.

[Kevin]

Yeah, no, no, we didn't hit that Georgia money line.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

All right, now we're going to go over to Brandon Marcelo. When we talked to Brandon Marcelo, it was right after James Franklin had been fired on Sunday evening. And then he also brought up the Trent Dilfer was fired. And you'll hear that you may have seen that by now. We'll talk about more of that in just a second. But let's go over to Brandon Marcelo, which you can follow him on Instagram. Great for college football at Brandon Marcelo. And his article up at CBS Sports is about his time at Alabama, Missouri and how good Alabama is, et cetera. Here he is, Brandon Marcelo. We have Brandon Marcelo on with us, which I wouldn't have called to be like, hey, you want to do our hit? Had I known James Franklin was going to get fired in between the time that we called and the time we got on with him, because I'm sure you're the most in demand man around right now. So James Franklin gets fired at Penn State. I saw you in your car talking about it. My question is, does he have offset language in his contract or will he get all that money?

[Brandon Marcelo]

I think that there's something that can be negotiated there. I haven't looked at the contract completely. I'm sure there is a possibility of that part of that being offset. We haven't gotten the full details also yet. I sometimes in some of these instances there could even be a negotiated buyout that gets leveled down a little bit. You know, we saw that recently with Arkansas with Sam Pittman. But either way, this is going to end up being the second largest buyout we've ever seen in the fbs, right behind Jimbo Fisher a few years ago when he got that 75 million dollar buyout from Texas A M. But, you know, Penn State's got the money and they're willing to spend it and they're just ready to move on.

[Bobby Bones]

How much do you put into Adidas? Because I was, I was just seeing tweets about it, so I know nothing else. Adidas going, hey, we need to help and we'll help pay some of this off. That's true.

[Brandon Marcelo]

It could be possible. I know Adidas is giving them a lot of money to be one of their big brands. You know, Adidas has not been heavily involved in college football and college athletics all that much here in recent years, and they're trying to take kind of a bigger piece of the pie here as they move forward. So that's not too surprising. The big thing to really keep an eye on too here is that the Big Ten has been exploring private equity infusion of cash. And if that comes to be, which there might be a vote here in the next week or two, you could see programs like Penn State, the upper echelon Big Ten teams, programs, let's just say, getting as much, if not more than $150 million up front from this new cash infusion from private equity. So that helps offset things. And then also, I mean, Penn State's been very willing to spend money anyway. They spent a lot of money just redoing their stadium, updating it. They've got boosters there who have been fed up, quite frankly, with James Franklin for several years. And at some point you got to appease your boosters who, what, might sit there and go, I'm, we're not going to. I'm not going to give you as much money anymore, or I'm not going to give you any money until you get rid of this guy.

[Bobby Bones]

When they lost Northwestern, did you think it was done?

[Brandon Marcelo]

I didn't. I thought this would be something that would go all the way through the season and then they might have a discussion at that point. I also thought it was possible that James Franklin might sit back and wonder, have I hit everything I can hit here and do I need to go like, kind of reset my career somewhere else and be able to coach another five, six years plus? I thought that was a real possibility for him. And it still is. I'm just shocked that Penn State just said, we're not going to wait for that we're just going to give you your money now and wait, wait to see it. You can go figure something out else out yourself right now. But yeah, it did. This, this completely shocked me. I did not expect this.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you think they would have moved so quick if Aller wouldn't have been injured and out for the year?

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah, I think so. I think they would have still made the same decision.

[Bobby Bones]

Absolutely, man. Just two weeks ago, three games ago, they're freaking playing a top five. I mean, life comes at you fast.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah, I, it's, it's crazy out there. And you know, we've been saying for a long time, everybody really has, is that this was going to be a crazy coaching carousel cycle just because there were so few big jobs that came open last year. Zero in the sec. Obviously, the Big Ten's been pretty level here the last two to three years and it's, it's going to be really nuts come November, December. There's gonna be a lot of programs out there that are. Their fan bases are not going to be happy with the hires they make because there's just going to be so many top tier jobs open.

[Bobby Bones]

Matt Rule, obviously from State College, Penn State guy at Nebraska. Now I feel like just again, I'm just gauging the temperature online, which is a terrible place to gauge any temperature. Like even I know that. But I feel like the Penn State fans don't want Matt Rule. Even though he's hometown guy. He's been through a couple places. Obviously he's had some failures. It's not like he's turned Nebraska into a monster program. Do you think he's the guy or do you think he's the fallback guy?

[Brandon Marcelo]

I think he's going to be the number one guy for a lot of, a lot of programs. Sorry, I was actually just getting news about another coach being fired.

[Bobby Bones]

Is it broken?

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah, well, I didn't break it, but UAB just fired Trent Dilfer, their head coach.

[Bobby Bones]

He stood us up once. We're not that. We're not that sad about that one. Yeah, we're not that sad about that one.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah, not surprising. They've been an absolute, just disaster. But I will say this. You know, it's interesting about that. He's got the Same conference record 5 and 14 in the American as Hugh Freeze at Auburn. He's 5 and 14 now and that's another job to keep an eye on later this year.

[Bobby Bones]

Matt Rule.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Matt Rule, yes. Yeah, he's gonna be number one on a bunch of lists of boosters and power players there. I think that would be a job he would have to seriously consider. As you said, it's hometown, it's got a lot of connections up there. And Nebraska, he's like, he's running against the Tide every day, man. He's like trying to turn that place close back to what it was in the 90s and the early 2000s. And in this day and age you can maybe do that with a lot of nil cash and everything. But you're still got that stigma of your Nebraska. You're kind of in the middle of nowhere in the eyes of recruits. And they struck it big here the last couple years because they were able to get a legacy player like Dylan Raiola whose family played there and all that stuff. But what happens after that? What happens after Dylan Raiola comes through there is the best you're going to do is maybe win eight, nine games there. Penn State, you can go win a national championship they've done in the past. So if Penn State goes after Matt Rule like the way I think they will at the very least and kick the tires, he would have to seriously consider leaving for that. I think he would.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, let's bounce around a little bit. I know you went to the Alabama game. Listen, I, I've like Caleb DeBoer even when times are tough. I think Kaylin DeBoer is a good coach. Do we feel like he's now a good coach?

[Brandon Marcelo]

That's the thing. He's always been a great coach. You know he's got the best record against AP top 10 teams ever. If you've as long as they've played more than 10 games, he's got the best record ever. The guy just wins these big games. And I know the score was 27, 24, but it never really felt that close. But that's kind of Bama's problem right now. Under Kaylin DeBoer, they're still trying to learn how to put games away, but then they make big plays when they have to to put them away. And they did that against Mizzou. I mean, they open up the second half and Ty Simpson, their quarterback, fumbles the ball to set up a Mizzou touchdown. And then all of a sudden it's a game. And then Alabama marches right down the field, has a nine minute drive, looks like they score, but whoops, the quarterback kneeled on the ball on accident instead of handing it off. And then Mizzou's defense stops them and forces a field goal. When Mizzou should have scored a touchdown, they just make things a little bit more difficult than they should. This is a great team. Their defense has really improved. Their rush defense, more importantly is improved. And they, they might end up being still the. The best team in the SEC this year by the end of it.

[Bobby Bones]

I was going to ask you who you thought was the best team in the SEC right now.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Probably Texas A and M. Wow. Maybe I'd say Georgia. And, you know, my rankings are all over the place. But Georgia still concerns me because they just seem to be like, legitimately hot and cold in the same game. I mean, they've done. They looked hot and cold against Bama. They look hot and cold to cold this past weekend against Auburn. And their defense isn't all that electric. You know, a couple of games ago, like three to four games into the season, their defensive line was only responsible for four tackles behind the line of scrimmage all season. We're used to Georgia's defensive line being a monster and something that no one ever wanted to face to only four TFLs through the first three to four games this season. But A and M, they. They clicking, man. They're. They're clicking on both sides of the ball. They have a dynamic quarterback and Marcel Reed. The problem is, is like in the back of your head, you just get, you know, deja vu. Like, I've seen this before. A and M starts hot and then they fall apart late in October, November. That's been the case under Mike Elko last year, Jimbo Fisher throughout his tenure, and of course even Kevin someone before him. But this team's built different. They got the depth. They seem to be all together. They don't really take any weeks off between games. You don't see them kind of struggling. I think they could end up being the SEC champion.

[Bobby Bones]

You talk about Georgia and I watched a bunch of that game and for two reasons. I wanted to see a few freeze lasts. I was just curious to see how Auburn would come out and play for their coach and first half. Not bad. And also they got screwed in the fumble. I also, I don't hate Georgia. Like, I have no beef with Georgia. They win. They're not that arrogant. I'd be way more arrogant if I was winning. But this is like the first week I ever watched Kirby Smart and was like, he's kind of a slime ball that. The timeout, the clapping, the timeout, and then fighting for it again in the presser after. I really felt like Kirby Smart lost some cool points this week.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah, that wasn't a good look, you know, it was like. It was like a kid like flipping off their parents behind their back and then you turn around and catch them. They're like, no, I was just doing jazz hands, daddy. I'm just doing like. No, I saw you, I saw what you're doing. There's tape of it, but Kirby's kind of always been like that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Again, they're just not that arrogant. So I don't hate them. I don't mind somebody kind of sleazy because I think you have to be that to be an sec, successful SEC coach, you got to be dirty, you got to play.

[Brandon Marcelo]

You gotta be a psycho.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brandon Marcelo]

To be a successful sec.

[Bobby Bones]

But he was for sure calling timeout like there was no doubt about. He was calling timeout and it was like I was clapping, like, at least own it later in the press. You don't have to keep fighting for it. It's on tape, man. But I.

[Brandon Marcelo]

To go over to Hugh, he never clapped like this.

[Bobby Bones]

No, never. Not one time. Never clapped like that. Only when we finished this interview, I'm always like, that was a heck of a performance by Marcelo. That's a great one. Auburn, are they going to move off Freeze?

[Brandon Marcelo]

The pressure's building and if they don't win a couple of big games, by big games, I mean rivalry type games, Big bama or top 15, top 10 opponent down the stretch. I think it's very possible. There's. There's a lot of heat there anyway for that type of job. And you know, the problem with Hugh Freeze is that they brought him in to be the guy that would turn an offense around. He was known as the quarterback guy and he's come in there and just made mistake after mistake identifying talent at quarterback. He brings in Michigan State transfer Peyton Thorne a year or two ago that completely imploded. Then he brings in OU's Jackson Arnold and he's pretty much a replica of Peyton Thorne. He doesn't look any different. He makes some bad throws bad decisions, holds onto the ball too long. And you hired a coach who's supposed to have an explosive offense and it's anything but. That's the weakness of this team. Despite them having, I think one of the top five receiver rooms in the entire country, a good offensive line and some pretty good running backs. You should be scoring 30 points a game at least. And they're struggling to get out of the teens in most games, no matter the opponent. And these past two week weeks for them against A and M and now Georgia, they look completely listless and lost in the second half of those games offensively, I mean, they had 40 yards of offense in the second half against Georgia and most of those yards came on their final drive when Georgia was pulling everybody back just to make sure they didn't throw the ball into the end zone to hold on to the win. That's not SEC quality, and it's certainly not quality for a coach whose M.O. is offense.

[Bobby Bones]

We talk about coaching and how that carousel could actually be pretty crazy. But even the quarterback carousel, not just for Nil, but because the coaching change, let's say Florida, Auburn, I mean, didn't you got Jackson, Arnold, you got DJ Lagway, you got. All these guys who don't have a coach, can make more money, will probably also leave. There are. So there are a lot of great quarterbacks that could also end up somewhere else next year.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Oh, yeah. And then, man, you look at, look at other quarterbacks out there as well, like at North Texas, that guy's going to probably make a lot of money if he wants to transfer this upcoming year. And there's going to be other. This, that kind of rise through the ranks, especially on the group of five level down the stretch. And we always have, the last two years, we always have like a big name quarterback at a school leave. Cam Ward a few years ago, John Matier, Lash at Washington State, going to ou. Carson Beck going from Georgia to Miami. And I would suspect there's probably going to be a name that comes out of left field once again this year because that, that money talks to them.

[Bobby Bones]

Signetti, I guess he's the guy, huh?

[Brandon Marcelo]

Dude, you don't talk, by the way. You want to talk about psychos, He's a psychopath. And I love it. You see it in his, his interactions and his interviews and everything. I made a joke to a friend that if. If Tim Burton, the director, Tim Burton. Burton was somehow forced into making a movie about football, he would cast Kurt Signetti as the, the football coach. It's just this weird guy, weird mannerisms. Like, it's just like, how's he pulling these sayings out of thin air? But yeah, I mean, every question about him has like been answered. You know, they go, well, they just. Their schedules, they don't play anybody well. You just went on the road and beat a number three team in their house. You beat them by 10 points. And by the way, you did so after throwing a pick six and you still beat them by 10 points. They clamped down and actually beat down the Ducks in Austin Stadium, which I went there last year for their Game against Ohio State, which was an instant classic. That's one of the top 10 atmospheres I've ever been in. It's a smaller stadium, it's only like 55, 000 people, but it's incredible because of the way it's built. And they went in there and just didn't, they couldn't do anything. They scored. I mean Oregon only scored six points in the final three quarters offensively and both were field goals. Indian, look at the schedule for Indiana, man. They, they should be favored in every game remaining on the schedule. And they're better than they were last year, guys. 17 and two at Indiana, I mean to be 17 and two at Bama over two years would be staggering. But to do it at Indiana, we never, we've never, we've never seen anything like this ever. I hope people grasp that. Like we've had programs like kind of rise out of nowhere, but it took them several years to get there. Like Florida State in the 70s and 80s, Boise State in the 2000s and 2010s. That was a slow build as well where all of a sudden they became name brand type programs. Indiana's done that overnight with, I mean in their first year with a new coach and now in their second year they're even better. Never seen anything like it. But the transfer portal nil era, it makes it all possible.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like there are a few things in sports that kind of reset the game that make other people either understand that they haven't been as good as they could have been or they could be a lot better. One's a four minute mile the first time somebody runs it. Everybody then starts running it because you can see that it's done. Adrian Peterson coming back so fast from tearing his ACL and again he's superhuman. But it showed that you can come back a lot quicker than doctors have said. And now with Signetti winning there, I think for better or worse, it's going to set unfair expectations on what great coaches do at even mid programs.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah, and you're gonna see a lot more, especially in this cycle because as I said, there's gonna be a lot of programs aren't where fans are not gonna be happy with the coach they hire. And you're gonna see some coaches probably from the FCS level who have won big where they're at or at a smaller program even within the FBS that gets bumped up to a bigger job and people are gonna go what's up with this hire? But you gotta find if you're an AD Search firm committee, whatever. You gotta find a coach who's been successful no matter where they've been on a couple of different levels with different levels of resources. Names that always come to mind for me here in this recent era for that are one. Kurt Signetti, because he's done on multiple levels. Lance Leopold at Kansas, he's done it at multiple levels. And by the way, if the job at Wisconsin comes open, I would think they're going to go directly after him and make, make him say no because he had so much success at Wisconsin. Whitewater, a lower level program. Chris Climan as well, Kansas State. Matt Ince, who was winning big at North Dakota State and is now rising up the ranks as well. Eck at, at New Mexico State.

[Bobby Bones]

Just.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Absolutely just getting it done. These are the type of things that are becoming a little bit more common for them, for ads to be more warm up to because they always want to try to make a splash or go get the new hot assistant, you know, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator. But just go get someone that starts their career and wins there and gradually moves up because it shows that their system, their process, the progress they're doing just works. And then invest in them. Put everything that you can into nil and all the tools and everything you need in the recruiting department to make them succeed.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll do a final question about Arkansas in that I think the Petrino meter did not move one way or the other this week and I think that's a positive. I think he didn't lose anything. I don't think people feel worse about him. Had they come out and had they we. I feel like I'm on the team. Had we lost by 20 points or so, I think everybody would have already checked out of the Petrino experiment. Had he won, I think you'd had a lot of people going, hey, I think this could possibly be our guy with a couple more wins and we've got a couple winnable games with we could possibly beat Auburn. It's hard to say winnable. We've been so terrible. But I think there are a couple of games. Mississippi State, I think we can win those games. But because it was a close game on the road, I think he's where he was before it started. What are your thoughts on that?

[Brandon Marcelo]

Same. I don't think anything changed there. I mean they went on the road and they lost in a very similar fashion the way they've lost the last two years. Right. One possession game and they lose because they make too many mistakes. They had three turnovers, right? I mean, I thought in a way, just because it wasn't the timing like the Ole Miss game where you're fumbling as you're driving. I mean, put that fumble earlier in the game against Ole Miss and then they still lose it by the same score. That's what happened against Tennessee, in my opinion. That's, it's like, it's very similar to Ole, the Ole Miss game. And, and to a certain extent it's the same type of result you had at Memphis. So like nothing's changed other than you got blown out at Notre Dame against Notre Dame at home. So that was a different thing. You haven't seen that. But what you've seen in the past, the way they've lost on the road is the same. I mean, they've, they've been losing one possession, games on the road for the better part of the last two, three years. This is nothing new. So, yeah, it's, it's, it, it did nothing for me. And, but they're gonna, in my opinion, because of the way Arkansas is built offensively, they're gonna, I don't know, sneak ups the right word. They're gonna beat somebody that they quote unquote, shouldn't on the schedule. At some point it's gonna happen. Bobby. And you're gonna hear the, you're gonna hear people going, bobby's the guy, Bobby. Bobby Petrino's the guy. He's got it. We gotta keep him. But I don't see how you do that three or four times. I think, I think he's got to win at least four games.

[Bobby Bones]

I do too.

[Brandon Marcelo]

And himself.

[Bobby Bones]

I've said, I've said the same thing. And it's also unfair to expect him to win that game. You know, I know they had a bye week, an idle week, whatever you want to call it, but I did not feel any more either direction. And so I think he still can prove he can be the guy. I don't. Listen, I kind of don't care if he wins games. I think he deserves a short contract. Let's see what he can do for a couple years. If he doesn't cool, let's go get somebody. I would rather have somebody like you're talking about some of these guys that have proven that they have won at different levels. I swear to God, I don't want a Jon Gruden. I don't want like those. That's the opposite of what we should want because that is such a fireball that, that dies a bad death.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yes, I, I listen, I hate the idea of saying celebrity coach. Because in some ways Jon Gruden can be identified as that. But also he just hasn't been successful very much. Go look at his NFL record. He obviously is never coached in college football. You hire him, he'll bring you a bunch of attention, maybe you get the fans riled up. I mean he'll be great on the booster circuit and all that type of stuff, but you're not going to win. And then in three years it's going to be what do we do here? I mean certain programs, even smaller programs, have kind of taken that approach. We just saw it blow up in the face of uab. They brought in Trent Dilfer, they're all like, ah, this guy, this guy was on espn. He just coached a high school team. That's good enough for us. No blow up in their face.

[Bobby Bones]

And he still get you a guy.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Who wins at multiple levels. I mean you, yes, go get you a, a name coach or whatever if you can, if you got the money, who wins, that's great. But the guy who's coaching at Division 2 and then goes up to FCS or maybe lower level FBS team and all they do is win 10 games every single year might be just as good, if not better a coach than some of these big names out there. It's just they haven't gotten the opportunity. And I'm telling you, these athletic departments don't want to spend a lot of money now because of Nil and they're trying to pinch pennies like that should be. It probably won't be because it makes sense, it makes financial sense. That should be the next wave. Bring these guys up that are winning no matter where they go and save some money along the way.

[Bobby Bones]

So who's Arkansas's next coach right now if you're betting man?

[Brandon Marcelo]

I don't know. I really don't. I mean, you might hear James Franklin's name come up. I, I thought we were going to hear it at the end of the year anyway with them losing the way they are. I, I think it's wide open, Bobby. I really do. I. Because everything's going to change week to week because more jobs are going to come open. More big jobs. Florida's out there hanging around, Auburn's maybe sitting out there hanging around. Who knows, there might be a coach or two or retire steps away. We've had that happen the last two to three years, guys just leaving unexpectedly. So it's, it's wide open.

[Bobby Bones]

What a week. What a week. Brandon, thank you for the time Buddy. And we'll talk to you soon on Instagram randonmarcello. Check his article out we were talking about earlier. He was at Alabama and Missouri and we'll put the link up. Brandon, good to see you, buddy. See you next week. Football is back and so is your shot at big wins with DraftKings Pick Six, the official daily fantasy partner of the NFL. Your game day instincts can score you real money fast. Here's the kickoff bonus. New DraftKings customers can get $50 in bonus picks with just a $5 entry on your first pick set this season. Play your player instincts. Download the DraftKings Pick Six app now and use the code Bobby Sports. That's the code, Bobby Sports. Play just five bucks, get 50 bucks and pick six bonus picks. Make the call, ride the upside. In partnership with DraftKings Pick Six, the crown is yours.

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[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so we were just talking with Brandon Marcelo and we did mention that Trent Doer stood us up. I hate to see anybody get fired. I don't like to see Trent Doer.

[Eddie]

Get fired because there are people too, you know.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, yeah. And they have kids in schools, they gotta move.

[Eddie]

They need groceries and stuff.

[Bobby Bones]

And stuff. Yeah, yeah, groceries.

[Kevin]

I think he's okay.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, he did stand us up once. He did like full stand up.

[Eddie]

And you know what? We don't forget those kinds of things.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't forget.

[Kevin]

There's like.

[Eddie]

You do not forget.

[Kevin]

No, but there is there levels to standing up.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Kevin]

Right. And he was. I'll let you take the floor from there, but I agree.

[Eddie]

What are you trying to say?

[Bobby Bones]

We had to call the school. He was a high school coach.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Right down the road and he was coming over and it's when he was doing his big PR thing because I'm Trent Dill for winning state championships. Think I want to be a college coach. And awesome drive over. Let's have a whole interview. Five minutes late, no big deal. He's Trendelfer, former Super bowl champion. Twenty minutes late, no big deal. He's state day champion Trent Dilfer and Super Bowl. 30 minutes late. I don't know. Is he dead? So we call the school and he just forgot.

[Eddie]

That's how we call the school. Is he dead? Because he's supposed to be here right now and he's not.

[Bobby Bones]

He literally just forgot.

[Eddie]

He forgot.

[Kevin]

And we were like, man, I hope he's okay.

[Eddie]

Yeah, we were legitimately worried.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie was crying, and I was like, dude, it's okay. I was so. It sucks to get fired, but it also sucked to be stood up big time. And I don't know which one's worse right now.

[Eddie]

He did have a cool thing in his press conference. I don't know when this was, but I saw it on TikTok where he talked about negativity. Did you see this? He gets a piece of paper and he's like, this is what I tell my players. And he drew. Got a white piece of paper and drew a. Put a little black dot on it. He's like, what do you see on that paper? And then the reporter's like, a black dot. Exactly. You don't see all the piece of paper. You see the negative little black dot. That's negativity. I'm like, that's pretty good. Then he got fired. Dang. I know. I was like, how I'm gonna use that?

[Kevin]

A lot cooler if you didn't get fired.

[Bobby Bones]

You ever see the thing where they put an ant on a piece of paper and draw a circle around it and the ant doesn't leave the circle?

[Eddie]

But is that true, though?

[Bobby Bones]

Like, I'm just asking if you've seen it.

[Kevin]

I've seen it.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not standing behind it.

[Eddie]

Heard of that, but is that real? And how is that?

[Bobby Bones]

I've watched. I've watched many tick tocks on it. That I think it is pretty real, I think.

[Eddie]

And then once and just sees the line, it's like, I'm not crossing that.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, they do multiple. And then once one goes across, because it doesn't hold every ant back.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

And mostly it's like at first they're a little like, I don't think I can get past that. But once one does and they all see they can do it.

[Eddie]

Oh, interesting.

[Bobby Bones]

But it takes somebody. We were talking about Brandon earlier. It was like Signetti, like, he's winning at a mid. At a basketball school at a big level. And I always make the reference to four minute mile or Adrian Peterson come, like, yeah, that first. And he's.

[Eddie]

He's the groundbreaker.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what he should have done. Hold this paper up, put an ant on it.

[Eddie]

Now watch this, everyone.

[Bobby Bones]

I've seen this on TikTok.

[Kevin]

So, yeah, he's got a decent buyout.

[Bobby Bones]

He does.

[Kevin]

Yeah. 2.8.

[Eddie]

Okay. He'll be okay then.

[Bobby Bones]

He's gonna be okay.

[Eddie]

He'll have groceries for a little.

[Bobby Bones]

I do get irritated, and it's probably a bit unfair for me to get irritated when people are like. They'll be like, what you just said, they'll be okay. They'll be okay because. Not because of the money thing, but I would see a lot of people being like, yeah, James Franklin, he'll be all right with his 56 million. But the thing about someone like a James Franklin or anyone that gets to that level, the money was never the motivator. So it's also not going to be the thing that makes it okay.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't get to a high level if money's your motivator, especially in coaching or anything creative.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because you're mostly just poor. Most people don't get out of a place where they're not over middle class. It's an impossible area to break out of. So for you to even do it and pay your bills, anything creative or in coaching, just to get to the stage where you can pay your bills comfortably, that's 1%. And so to get to these psychotic places, money cannot be a motivator because you've been in it for so long for so many reasons that aren't money, that when you get fired and people are like, oh, he's got his money. Yeah, it's great. Don't get me wrong, but a guy like James Franklin already has plenty of money. It's not going to change his life and he's going to get eaten up inside to go and compete again. Same with. Deal for. Same with anyone in those situations. But, yeah, I get really irritated. People say that.

[Eddie]

Sorry, I didn't mean.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's okay. You know, look at this ant. Look at this ant. Oh, wow.

[Eddie]

It's not moving. But. But at the same time, too, like, don't these coaches know that they're a good possibility of getting fired when they take the job?

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you get fired every job, you.

[Eddie]

Kind of just know, like, I'm going to take this job. I could last 10 years here. I could last 20 years here, but I'm probably going to get fired.

[Kevin]

Yeah. The fact that he was there for what, 10, a decade, right? Yeah, that's. That's pretty good.

[Bobby Bones]

We remember him here at Vanderbilt. Yeah, he was here for a little bit before he left to go up there yeah, Yeah. I think if you take it years ago, it was a 10.

[Eddie]

Whoa. That time flies. That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

And we hadn't even had fun. You know what I mean?

[Eddie]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Because they say that time flies.

[Bobby Bones]

Imagine if we've been having fun. It had gone by a lot faster. But, yes, I think if you take a P4 job, you know, anything after about four years, like, that's borrowed time, so.

[Eddie]

And it's funny too, when we saw a lot of these, like when we go to these colleges and interview coaches, it's funny to see some of them, like, make themselves at home and then some of them just put nothing up.

[Bobby Bones]

Those are some of the guys that have moved around a whole, whole bunch. Yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

Like, I remember Bruce Pearl, like, and he'd been in Auburn for a while and he was. He's a good coach and with a winning record, so he's probably going to be there for a while. But he didn't have much in his office.

[Bobby Bones]

To be fair, he did leave pretty soon after that. Maybe he knew he was on his way.

[Eddie]

Maybe that was why.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Eddie]

He had a few books and a box and like, nothing.

[Kevin]

It looked like he was moving. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And he had paper stacked everywhere. Okay, let me go through my notes real quick. These are all the losers this week. Number three, Oregon, lost. Number six, Oklahoma, lost. Number 14, Missouri, lost. Number 15, Michigan, lost. Number 17, Illinois, lost. Number 22, Iowa State, lost again, a second bad loss for them. And number 25, Florida State, lost.

[Eddie]

There's one more. Bobby lost.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I lost many times.

[Eddie]

A lot of money, but. But you read that list and I'm like, that's why we lost a lot of money. Like, that's why we lost.

[Bobby Bones]

The Portal nil culture is making everything way more equal. Everything.

[Eddie]

Which makes things so hard to bet.

[Bobby Bones]

And you're. That's where your mind goes.

[Eddie]

So hard to bet.

[Bobby Bones]

It's going to make it so hard for these coaches to keep their jobs, too, because, yeah, you're just not going to have the layers of premier depth anywhere. Even at a Georgia, you're just not going to have it. And if a couple things don't go your way or an injury or two happens, you're not going to have the depth. If you're this A plus program and you have a couple of bad years in a row, you're done. You have to sadly take your 56 million and go home.

[Eddie]

And you may not be all right.

[Bobby Bones]

And you may not be all right.

[Kevin]

Yeah, you don't. You don't get the time anymore to build a program. There's no more building. There is either overnight.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Flip it around.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Okay. Notes. The jets suck. Justin Field sucks.

[Kevin]

Oh, yeah, Dude.

[Bobby Bones]

They had, like, no passing yards at 82 total yards. Yeah. The second half it was like, no yards. Yeah, they suck. He might get fired in year one.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Kevin]

And I'm like, who's there? Back Tyrod Taylor. Like, come on. Gotta be a little better than that because feel. 9 sacks, 9 jets sucks so bad.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, that's a note.

[Eddie]

Eddie, early game.

[Bobby Bones]

Jumped in the. Oh, yeah. I hate the game, by the way. I'm over it. I don't want any more 8 o' clock games.

[Eddie]

I told you.

[Bobby Bones]

I. I don't. I chose not to watch it purposefully. I ended up watching it, but I chose not to. Like, I didn't wake up with the intent of watching it. My wife pregnant, she's been waking up more. I slept upstairs. That bed's not as comfortable. And so I was just up and I took the dogs, I fed them, I went and worked out. I just did everything possible to not watch that game.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I was like, I'll just watch it because.

[Eddie]

Nothing else to do.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

Because you're done with everything else.

[Bobby Bones]

Too much.

[Eddie]

It is. Especially. It hits me like, Sunday night, it's just like. I've been watching football all day since 8am Saturday.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm in shape on a Sunday to watch football from noon until about 9. I'm about 9 hours shape. I'm not. I don't have 13 hours of shape.

[Eddie]

It's a lot.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So I ended up watching that terrible game. And the jets are terrible and they suck and they need to relegate them.

[Kevin]

Do your guys, families or wives just ever be like. You're like, you know, let's go do this right now. Like, wait, what? You don't want to watch football? You're like, I need. I just need an hour break. And they're like, really? From football? Yeah, because I'll do that.

[Eddie]

When do you take that hour break?

[Kevin]

Yesterday or today, whatever it was. I think we were carving pumpkins with the little ones today. I was like, yeah, I can do it right now. After the Patriots played, you know.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, at 3.

[Eddie]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

That's the best hour to do it? Like 3:30 to 4. 30?

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Is the premiere hour where if you have to get an hour to go, that's the one. Not as many games. The afternoon just slaps you. You're a little fatigued anyway. That's a good strong hour 3:30 to 4:30.

[Eddie]

They do give us the six to seven break. But that sometimes that's too late for our wives. Like, what's dinner time? Like, what do you. What do you want to do now?

[Kevin]

Yeah. And you're just busy during that time anyways. And then before you know it, it's seven. You're like, got another game on.

[Bobby Bones]

So 3:30 to 4:30 is the strongest hour.

[Kevin]

That's the happy hour, as we call it.

[Bobby Bones]

I try to stay ahead in the opposite way. I will. Like, my wife and I were going to go watch a movie today. We were going to go and. Because the three o' clock games kind of sucked. But also I wanted to watch the Chiefs. They don't play till seven, which is last night. So I kind of had it. And I knew the Bengals were going to be Joe Flacco's game one.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Which, by the way, we're recording right now. While that game's happening. What's the score?

[Eddie]

Just. What?

[Bobby Bones]

So it's over? No, I mean.

[Eddie]

Well, no, it's over.

[Bobby Bones]

It's over. Yeah.

[Eddie]

That's over. Brandon.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we gotta teach Brandon lingo.

[Eddie]

It's over.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

You're like, technically it's not. We have three minutes left, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

So that game was going. What do we have? How's that? How the Bucks are up.

[Eddie]

The Bucks are up eight with eight.

[Kevin]

And a half minutes left.

[Bobby Bones]

Who's got the ball?

[Kevin]

Niners and the Titans are winning.

[Eddie]

Okay, just kidding. No, I have no crowds.

[Bobby Bones]

About the Titans.

[Eddie]

The Raiders are winning 2,010.

[Bobby Bones]

What's. What's the Tampa Bay situation?

[Kevin]

Niners have the ball, but they're on their own 40.

[Bobby Bones]

We need the Bucks to win.

[Eddie]

We do.

[Bobby Bones]

That's massive for our little. Our little gambling. I had texted our group thread some stuff and I was like, we need this team to win. Save us a couple hundred bucks. And Eddie replies back, this is Eddie's wife, by the way, I know Eddie's wife really well. She would never say this is Eddie's wife. She would say her name.

[Eddie]

I knew you wouldn't. But Kevin, did you think. Possibly for a second. All right, just checking for a second. Hey, guys.

[Kevin]

Eddie. Like, I heard Eddie's voice.

[Bobby Bones]

This is Eddie's wife.

[Eddie]

Hey, guys, this is Eddie's wife. I said, why do you need the jets to win so badly?

[Bobby Bones]

I just started texting emojis as well, to be like, fish is now dollars. And I did a plane for the Jets. So just.

[Eddie]

That's great. Let's keep it that Way. Just in case.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Eddie texting his wife was funny. I wrote, herbert's throw at the end was so good. Meaning not just the throw, but he was getting sacked, and they were pulling him down, and he shakes it, I think, to land McConkley. Whatever. And he runs. That's how they won the game with that field goal. It was awesome.

[Eddie]

He.

[Bobby Bones]

He's now good.

[Kevin]

I feel like he's always on the verge of getting sacked and making a hell of a throw.

[Bobby Bones]

He's now good.

[Eddie]

I was on the run for, like, two years.

[Bobby Bones]

I was like, he's not good. Everybody needs to just get off his. Jog me how good he is. I think he's not good. And he's got a celebrity girlfriend, so we got to respect that.

[Eddie]

Who's his girlfriend?

[Bobby Bones]

Madison. Beer.

[Eddie]

Hey. I know she is.

[Kevin]

Who is she?

[Bobby Bones]

Why do you buy.

[Eddie]

No, no, I'm just saying. I know she is. And the Bengals just scored. Let's go, baby.

[Bobby Bones]

You're weird. They did?

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So what score?

[Eddie]

Jamar Chase just scored.

[Bobby Bones]

Brandon, is it over? Four minutes left. All right, so they're down eight right now.

[Kevin]

Yeah, but they haven't kicked a field or extra point yet. Oh, they just went for two.

[Eddie]

They got for two. They got it. Well, look, I'm.

[Bobby Bones]

Delete.

[Eddie]

See, look.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I get Talking about. No, I know. I'll get text messages from people because I'll watch YouTube TV, and sometimes it's 20 seconds behind. Yeah, something. Oh, my God. And I'm like, okay, some. Something on the screen's about to happen.

[Eddie]

One way or the other. I have to flip my phone over when that happens.

[Bobby Bones]

Kevin text the group thread and was like, let's effing go, or something. I don't know what he said. And I was like, oh, what's about to happen? What's about to happen? And he goes, oh, wrong. Wrong thread.

[Kevin]

Sorry, guys. Wrong crew.

[Eddie]

You know what's really, really fast as DraftKings? Like, faster than anything they have to be. And so I love telling my kids, like, I look at the score, I'm like, oh, touchdown. Okay. I don't know, guys. I just feel like there's gonna be a touchdown here.

[Bobby Bones]

That's funny.

[Eddie]

They're always like, how did you do that?

[Kevin]

My dad used to do that with red lights. We'd be sitting at the red light, and they could see the other one about to turn. And we didn't know as kids that we'd be like, three, two, almost. Almost. Try to get him. My dad would get it every time. And he'd just be like, I'm just that good, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, that's a core memory for you. That's funny.

[Kevin]

Yeah. And that just hit me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was. I still remember that.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, a couple other things I. All the SEC. Listen to this. Ole Miss 4, A&M's 5, Alabama's 8, Georgia's 10, LSU's 11, Tennessee's 12, Missouri's 14, Oklahoma 6. This is all before the shakeup. Vanderbilt 20. That's a lot of ranked teams. There's about to be a lot of ranked teams losing. They're all ranked. So just a lot of shake up over the next few weeks. Texas. Mike, how'd you feel?

[Mike]

I feel pretty good. Art's a little better. Not overthrowing as much.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Mike]

It kind of limited him a little bit.

[Kevin]

That game was hard to watch.

[Bobby Bones]

That game felt like a little. Again, I don't watch a lot of it, but when I was watching, it looked like the Browns and Steelers kind of like nobody just wanted to do anything.

[Eddie]

No, it's like. Yeah, I don't wanna.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like One team has 14 players out there at once. One team has a. They're just. They're not doing forward passes that. It's just weird. Both those games were weird. The Cleveland game, Dylan Gabriel didn't play terrible. No, he threw like 46. But that game was awful. Even the grass was like extra wet green or something. Like. Yeah, everything was off.

[Eddie]

Were they all field goals? I feel like every time they'd go to that game, there was a field.

[Bobby Bones]

Goal being kicked until the end. I think Pittsburgh end up scoring a little bit. Right.

[Eddie]

Okay. Yeah.

[Kevin]

They had two touchdowns rounds.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

The second half.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, let's see, let's see. Let me see if there's anything else. And I got a couple Eddie things.

[Eddie]

And I did have a question too that my kids asked and.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead.

[Eddie]

Didn't really have an answer. They asked about Joe Flacco. They're like. Like he's always going to different teams. What does his family do?

[Bobby Bones]

They stay in the same city.

[Eddie]

So. Okay. They don't move with him. So he. Is he gone like the whole season?

[Bobby Bones]

No, during this season. Like they could come to an apartment, but if they're in school. I don't know how old his kids are, but I can just give you the common thing that happens. Yeah.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

They had no idea. I'm like, I don't know, man. I think they go with them.

[Bobby Bones]

No, they stay home.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And they go to their schools in the city where Flacco lives. Where does Flacco. Where is he from?

[Mike]

They live in New Jersey.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So I would imagine they're either like living in Indy still because they signed a new contract. He signed it like a longer term contract there, or they're still in New Jersey, if I were guessing, because that's what a lot of players do once they get later in their career, once they have a home.

[Eddie]

So, Joe. But. But team practices in Cleveland. Right. So he'll be in Cleveland for.

[Bobby Bones]

No, Cincinnati.

[Eddie]

Oh, Cincinnati. I'm sorry. He'll be there for what, four. Four days out of the week.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And then go home.

[Bobby Bones]

He could have a day off, though. They usually get a day off. He go home for a day.

[Eddie]

It's tough.

[Bobby Bones]

Bye week. Go home for. Yeah, three or four days.

[Eddie]

Yeah. I legitimately had no idea what to tell him. Like, I don't know, man. I remember we talked to Wade Boggs and he said, like, I just had apartments, like wherever I would go play and my family would just be back, back, back there.

[Bobby Bones]

Once you get older, you don't move them around as much. When you're young, you probably. If you have babies or before kids get put in schools, because you don't want to move your kids around a bunch. As a new dad, I can tell you, very knowledgeable. You don't want to.

[Kevin]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Any updates over there on the games? For our sakes?

[Kevin]

Niners are driving still.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Kevin]

Now they're on Tampa's 33rd and 1.

[Eddie]

Tez Johnson did score, though. We interviewed him at Oregon.

[Bobby Bones]

He had his first, like a couple catches last week. I thought it was pretty cool.

[Eddie]

This is his first. That was his first touchdown.

[Kevin]

Was it?

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Kevin]

That was all their other receivers.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

And he was like a seventh round pick, I think. Sixth or seventh round pick. You may look that up. He was awesome at Oregon.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And he was like, Bo Nixes. They, like, were brother that lived together. Like, one of them got adopted by one of them's parents.

[Kevin]

Yeah. Seventh round.

[Eddie]

What?

[Bobby Bones]

He was seventh round.

[Eddie]

Did he talk about that in the interview? No, dude, I had no idea. That's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

So he actually at least lived with them for a year. One of them lived with them?

[Kevin]

Yeah. Like family.

[Bobby Bones]

Tez lived with the Knicks.

[Kevin]

Yeah, with the Knicks. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Like in high school, he's like in.

[Brandon Marcelo]

A. Yeah, that's what.

[Eddie]

That's amazing.

[Kevin]

And then he went to Temple or something like that. Tez did. And then once Bo went to Oregon, then he went to Oregon too.

[Eddie]

That's amazing. Yeah. I had no Idea.

[Bobby Bones]

Eddie thinks he'd be a good baseball manager.

[Eddie]

Oh, dude. Easy, easy. Just from watching a lot of this post. He's in baseball. I just feel like if I were the manager, I would just tell these guys, like, hey, whoa, don't swing so hard. Oh, just barely hit the ball.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Man.

[Eddie]

You guys are strong. They. Every time they barely hit the ball, it goes over the infield base hit.

[Bobby Bones]

I'd hire you.

[Eddie]

I mean, easy Breezy goes over the infield, hits that little gap in between the shortstop and the outfielder. Dude. And is like, all right, we're on base. Like, why are they swinging so hard?

[Bobby Bones]

I think you have a bright future ahead of you.

[Eddie]

Spit some sunflower scenes and be like, hey, you got this. But hey, don't swing so hard. Pat him in the butt. Off they go.

[Bobby Bones]

I think one of the more interesting things about being a baseball manager is it's so much analytics now.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And there's really not a lot of even need for instant decisions. Baseball's not really an instant decision sport. Football much more so is. And you can have analytics built in, but plays are.

[Eddie]

Is that why they're always looking at their little wristband like, okay, judges up. Like, I got moved to my left. This is where I stand as an out, as an outfielder. Oh, would they do that? Or they look at the little notes on their hats?

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, I'm sure.

[Kevin]

Game planning.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eddie]

I'd have to learn this if I'm gonna be a manager. Guys, I don't know this.

[Kevin]

I think the Yankees might be looking for one soon.

[Mike]

I think you can hit them up, Dud.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, that's a good place to start, too.

[Eddie]

Small team.

[Kevin]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Unknown.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you ride any of the rides?

[Eddie]

Oh, yeah.

[Kevin]

You did?

[Eddie]

I wrote a lot of rides, man. But I gotta be. Dude, I think I'm done. I think I'm done with roller coasters. Like, I have four boys, and every time we go to a park, it's like, let's go, dad. And I'm like, let's go. And afterwards, I'm like, my body can't take these. There was one called the Jolly Rancher Remix. Dude, it was crazy. It went. So it starts. It starts you off going up. You go up like you're going straight up, like you're gonna drop. But you don't drop. It lets you go backwards. Then you do a little loop de loop. Then you go up on the other side. It stops, Gets higher, and then you go do it again. It's crazy. That's why it's the remix because it goes forward and then backwards.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. Do you think you'll be sore?

[Eddie]

Oh, my neck will definitely. I'm already sore. Like, my neck. I can't turn it all the way to the left, like, because. And it's not even. Like, I don't know if it's my body or what, but, like, my brain starts freaking out when I get on these roller coasters. Like, there was this one that was all wood. It felt like I was on a real train track, and I'm like, this thing's gonna break. Like, while we're on it, this thing's. And I look back, my whole family's on here. I'm like, we're all gonna die. So the two minutes that this ride is going, I'm thinking, this is it. It's over. And, like, I can't stop my brain from thinking that my kid's gonna fall out. Is that tight enough? This thing's kind of loose. My brain just goes crazy thinking, dude, it's over on those roller coasters. So that's part of it. My body can't take it, and my brain freaks out while we're on roller coasters.

[Bobby Bones]

Not the best commercial for the Hershey Park. We're not doing a commercial for them.

[Eddie]

No one died.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, man.

[Eddie]

I was scared the whole time.

[Bobby Bones]

We'll see next weekend at Hershey Park. Yeah, tell him Eddie. Told you at the gate.

[Kevin]

We got an interception, Bucks.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Kevin]

Yeah. So they got the ball back with 545 left.

[Bobby Bones]

Up eight.

[Kevin]

Up eight.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So, boy, it'd be better if it's nine.

[Eddie]

Yes, it would be better not to be Mr.

[Bobby Bones]

Obvious, but it'd be way better if it was nine.

[Eddie]

Captain Obvious.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. Hey, Mike, one question before we wrap.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I was reading that. The Rocks movie. Not that they ever expect the second week to be a monster if the first week wasn't, but it did even lesser than the expectations were, and I was pretty excited about watching that. It's called Smash Machine.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a story of a real guy, early UFC guy, Mark Kerr. Why is it not working?

[Mike]

I don't think people are too familiar with him, and his story isn't compelling enough to drive people to want to go watch a movie that they don't know anything about the person.

[Bobby Bones]

Is the movie good?

[Mike]

The movie is good, and I think the Rock probably played him, like, perfectly. But there's no reference point for me. Like, I don't know what Mark Kerr.

[Bobby Bones]

Was really like, so. Have you seen the documentary I have not.

[Eddie]

There's a documentary on Mark Her.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So. Yes. So I was with a guy. I told you. Maybe I told you. He. He does Ariel Hawani.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

He said, watch the documentary first in the movie if you're gonna watch them. But he watched. He liked him, but that's his thing. Ufc, boxing, even a bit of wrestling. So people just aren't familiar enough with the story. So the Rock was good in it.

[Mike]

He was really good in it.

[Bobby Bones]

Is this the first Rock Bomb?

[Mike]

Yeah, I think in recent history it is. Because the movie cost $50 million to make. Opening Weekend made $6 million. That's nothing. The Rock has millions of followers on Instagram. The fact that it only made $6 million is crazy. But I don't think it's a loss to him yet. If he can get an Oscar nomination, I think that is worth it for him because I think that's why he took this role, because it's more emotional. It's not just your average, like, okay, I'm gonna be the Rock and I'm gonna be the action guy. Yeah, it's more in depth. And he was, like, pretty convincing. And, like, him, like, crying and really getting that out there. Obviously really good at the fighting scenes. But I think that's why he did this movie, because everybody's like, the Rock just does the same character over and over. Let me show him a different side.

[Bobby Bones]

And it can't be streamed yet?

[Mike]

Not yet.

[Eddie]

They're getting those out pretty quick, though.

[Brandon Marcelo]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

You wish there was a gear where if the movie just sucked at the box office, they usually do it quicker.

[Eddie]

If it doesn't, it's on Netflix now.

[Bobby Bones]

If it came out yesterday, nobody went watch it today on Amazon Prime.

[Mike]

If it bombs like this, they. They stick to, like, that strict, like, 45 days, then it's out. Really? Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll watch the documentary probably soon. Have you watched or started season three of Alice in Borderlands?

[Mike]

I'm not started yet.

[Bobby Bones]

No. You're done with. With one and two, right?

[Mike]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I really liked one. I thought two was a little less than one.

[Mike]

I loved one.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Same. Do you think two was a little less? Yes, I think three. We've only watched one episode. I think three is going to be awesome.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

With just one episode. And it's only six episodes total this season.

[Kevin]

Eight.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it's. I don't even want to ruin how they come back because I don't want to spoil anything about anything with the first two seasons. If you guys haven't watched it yet, it Can't. It was made at the same time as Squid Game. Squid Game is the first Squid Game.

[Mike]

I think it was before it wasn't it?

[Bobby Bones]

They made them at the same time it came out before. Yes, but barely. Like a few months.

[Mike]

So much so that you thought, like, how did they rip this off?

[Eddie]

Oh, dang.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Mike]

But the guy who made Squid Game made it like 10 years before it even came out. Like, he had that idea.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, we are done. I'm gonna watch the documentary. I think maybe even tonight. I'm not sure what service it's on.

[Eddie]

But I'm gonna look for that.

[Bobby Bones]

I'll get it. And then I want to watch the movie. Okay. What a show. I gotta say, when we do these on Sunday nights.

[Eddie]

You like it?

[Bobby Bones]

They're better. Yeah, they are better.

[Eddie]

We've been awake for a while.

[Bobby Bones]

Well. And we're not all day. Exhausted from getting up early and working all day. I know it's probably. I don't know to you guys which one you prefer because it's like taking a part of a day off that we have to come and do this. But I think the shows are better. And then.

[Eddie]

Yeah, agreed, so. And we're gonna do whatever is better. So let's do this.

[Bobby Bones]

I never.

[Eddie]

Maybe not.

[Bobby Bones]

I never want to take you guys out.

[Eddie]

Not everyone. I don't know about you guys, but I love doing this. I'm working on the weekend.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's. But it's. We have to. We stay at work less on it.

[Eddie]

I know. Yeah, that's true. You know, say something to think about something.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, we're out. You guys have a great rest of the week and we will see you later on this week. All right, goodbye, everybody. Bye, guys. Theme song written by Bobby Bones. That's me. And performed by Brandon Ray. Follow Brandon on socials at Brandon Ray music. You can follow the show on Instagram at Bobby Bonesports. Thanks to our crew, co host at producer Eddie, segment producer at KickOffKevin and executive producer at Mike Diestron. But most importantly, thank you for listening. I'm Bobby Bones. We'll talk to you next time here on 25 Whistles.

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[Bobby Bones]

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