Hour 3 – Belichick’s New Strategy at UNC, Greg McElroy

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 3: Belichick’s New Strategy at UNC, Greg McElroy

Date: October 6, 2025
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show
Main Guests: Greg McElroy (ESPN/ABC College Football Analyst)
Main Topics: College football weekend recap, North Carolina’s (UNC) new strategy under Bill Belichick, play-by-play broadcaster “homerism,” NFL coaching expectations, Heisman race, and listener calls.

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Overview

This episode centers on the unpredictable nature of college football this season, the wisdom (and risks) of relying on preseason polls, a deep-dive with Greg McElroy on major college results, and an exploration of Bill Belichick’s new freshman-focused strategy at UNC. Layered throughout are lively debates about sports broadcasting, the value of sustained coaching success, and classic Dan Patrick Show banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Preseason Polls and Their (In)Accuracy

• Dan opens by reflecting on the volatility at the top of college football rankings, and how preseason perceptions can prove drastically wrong.
  • “This is why those preseason polls… they’re for entertainment purposes. A lot of times we put so much value in that. Where we go, ‘Man, what happened to you?’ when maybe the analyst overrated your team or underrated your team.” (Dan, 04:30)
• Paul shares the preseason top five: Texas, Penn State, Ohio State, Clemson, and then highlights their subsequent faltering.
  • “Texas was number one. 25 first place votes.” (Paul, 05:11)

2. North Carolina Football and Belichick’s New Approach

• Dan spotlights UNC’s dismal losses (“losses by an average of 40 points”) and shares insider insight from Mike Lombardi, now on Belichick’s UNC staff:
  • “[UNC] went after transfers this year... Now they’re going after freshmen. That’s not your immediate answer. If I’m a North Carolina fan, I’m like, well, okay, how long’s Bill gonna do this? Because we’re gonna count on freshmen to change our program.” (Dan, 05:41; revisited at 31:00 and 31:28 with McElroy)

3. Debate: Should Local Broadcasters Be “Homers”?

• Todd presents a poll asking if fans prefer their local play-by-play announcers to be overtly supportive (“homer”) or objective:
  • “A local broadcaster should be a homer or down the middle. Do you want to guess the results?” (Todd, 08:11)
  • 82% of listeners want their broadcasters to be “homers.”
  • Dan: “That’s what I would want. I want him to be excited. I want him to feel pain. I feel pain.” (Dan, 08:33)
• The crew discusses where enthusiasm crosses into bias, referencing a Yankees game call and the fine line between professional objectivity and connecting with the local audience.

4. Best & Worst of the Weekend – Listener Calls

• As is tradition, Patrick opens the floor to listeners’ “best and worst” of the weekend, leading to stories about the Ravens’ struggles, family pregnancy celebrations, and classic sports heartbreak (10:06–13:00).
• A recurring theme: Frustration with underperforming NFL QBs and teams, often with humor and poignant commentary from Dan and callers.

5. NFL Coaching Tenure: Harbaugh vs. Tomlin

• The longevity of John Harbaugh (Ravens) and Mike Tomlin (Steelers) is compared and contrasted with the high expectations of their respective fanbases.
  • “I still think we focus way too much, the national media on Mike Tomlin and his success and then lack of success in the postseason… But you also then go, okay, we expect to have a winning record. Now how about a win in the postseason? I mean, that’s the progression you have as a fan.” (Dan, 13:05; 13:48)
• The value of regular contention vs. the agony of never reaching the ultimate goal is debated.

6. Greg McElroy Interview: Deep Dive on CFB Weekend

Begins at 24:44

Main Topics:

• UCLA vs. Penn State:
  • McElroy analyzes whether Penn State’s loss was more about UCLA’s prowess or Penn State’s failings:
    • “UCLA was great... You run into a hot quarterback... you’re going to have some challenges... They (Penn State) were out-schemed.” (McElroy, 25:03)
    • On James Franklin’s postgame comments: “Just some of the excuses, travel issues... to me that’s going to fall on deaf ears...” (McElroy, 25:44)
• Alabama vs. Vanderbilt:
  • Praises Alabama’s ability to “weather the storm” and adapt, a sign of program maturity after last year’s struggles.
    • “They showed the ability to absorb the punch... and they responded. So that to me is progress.” (McElroy, 27:18)
• 2025 Heisman Race:
  • “Has there ever been one that’s this wide open, by the way, through seven weeks?” (Dan, 28:37)
  • McElroy highlights Fernando Mendoza (Indiana), Dante Moore (Oregon), Ty Simpson, John Mateer (Oklahoma), and dark horse Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss) as candidates — with upcoming big-stage games likely to define the winner.
• UNC Under Belichick:
  • McElroy is cautious but realistic about UNC’s future, noting Belichick’s traditional focus on eliminating tendencies hasn’t yet translated but urges patience.
    • “It’s going to take some time... As long as recruiting is good, they’re in good shape. But how long will that be the case if things spin off the rails?” (McElroy, 31:28)
• Personal Recruiting Stories:
  • McElroy shares insights into his college choice, being courted by major programs and eventually picking Alabama.
  • “My parents didn’t even know I was going there, but… it ended up working out pretty good.” (McElroy, 33:05)
  • He notes the rapidly changing dynamics of college recruiting.

7. Lighter Segments & Listener Calls

• Humorous discussions about what age is “officially old,” referencing coaches like Pete Carroll and Belichick.
  • “Like John in Georgia is old. Yeah, he’s... But he might be a young 79.” (Dan, 40:49)
• The call-in segment also touches on college basketball (comparing John Calipari and John Harbaugh’s careers), Super Bowl halftime shows, the reality of retirement, and more.
• Dan’s playful reflection on listening to Taylor Swift’s new album during a road trip, and the generational shift in pop culture references. (49:58–50:59)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Preseason Football Hype:
  • “It’s dangerous to have those preseason polls because we put a lot of validity to them and we shouldn’t. It’s for entertainment purposes…” (Dan, 05:01)
• On Coaches and Accountability:
  • Greg McElroy: “If I’m going to be completely honest. Just some of the excuses, travel issues… travel issues, lost guys in practice… to me that’s going to fall on deaf ears…” (25:44)
• On the Fan’s Burden of Hope:
  • “I think sometimes we underestimate the value in being competitive every single year and how great that is as a fan base... But it’s way worse to have five coaches in 10 years.” (Todd, 13:05)
• On Sports Announcers:
  • “I want him to be excited. I want him to feel pain. I feel pain.” (Dan, 08:33)
  • Marvin: “There’s a difference between a big moment and a happy moment…” (Marvin, 09:22)
• On College Football Coaching Patience:
  • McElroy on UNC: “I don’t think he’s in jeopardy of losing his job or anything like that. I think that’s way too premature... But you also have to show some progress because the recruits that you’re recruiting are also being actively recruited by other teams…” (31:28)
• On Being ‘Old’:
  • “How old do you have to be to be the ‘he lived a good life’?” (Dan, 41:33)
  • “There are some 80 year olds who are very young and some 60 year olds who are so, so old.” (Todd, 40:56)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 04:30–05:41: College Football Polls and Season Surprises
• 05:41–06:59: Dan on Belichick’s UNC freshman-recruitment focus
• 08:11–09:35: Should Broadcasters Be Homers? Poll results and debate
• 10:06–10:59: Listener “Best and Worst of the Weekend” with a notable pregnancy celebration
• 13:05–14:46: NFL Coaches’ Longevity (Harbaugh and Tomlin debate)
• 24:44–34:29: Greg McElroy’s interview — full college football recap, Heisman talk, Belichick at UNC
• 31:28: McElroy on UNC/Belichick program-building
• 33:05: McElroy’s recruiting stories
• 34:59–43:00: Roundtable + Listener Calls—college basketball, old age, pop culture, and more
• 49:58–50:59: Dan on listening to Taylor Swift’s album; generational gaps in music

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Tone and Style

The episode provides an energetic, freewheeling look at sports, with Dan Patrick’s trademark mix of insight, dry humor, lighthearted debates, and a strong sense of community with listeners. The interplay between the hosts and vivid call-ins makes the sports talk both authoritative and accessible.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

Expect a show rich with honest college football talk (including inside info on Belichick’s UNC plans), sharp debates about sports culture, candid football analysis with ESPN insider Greg McElroy, and a generous dose of wit—whether about the state of coaching, aging as a fan, or the art of play-by-play broadcasting. The episode offers both big-picture insights and lively, relatable moments for committed fans and casual listeners alike.

Transcript

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Final hour on this Monday, best and worst of the weekend. More of your phone calls. We'll talk some College football. Greg McElroy of the Mothership will recap what we saw over the weekend, including Penn State losing at ucla. Florida is back. What happened to Texas, really, if you look at the top five to start the season, this is why those preseason polls, I know that we like them, they're for entertainment purposes. And a lot of times we'll put so much value in that. Where we go, man, what happened to you when maybe the analyst overrated your team or underrated your team? Like, man, that team came out of nowhere. Well, maybe if more people are doing their homework that we would, we wouldn't have this fluctuation like that. You know that you look at Texas, how good is Texas? How good is Clemson? Is Florida actually good? Is Florida State really good? How good is Miami? Like, you can go down the list here, and I think that's what's. It's dangerous to have those preseason polls because we put a lot of validity to them and we shouldn't it's for entertainment purposes, but that's when a team drops out and we go, what happened to you? When maybe they weren't that good to begin with. Yes, Paul, I had the top five.

[Paul]

College football rankings six weeks ago to open the season. Texas was number one. 25 first place votes. Penn State number two. 23 first place votes. Ohio State was third, Clemson was fourth. All got first place votes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I thought Clemson was going to be good. I did. Ohio State might be better than last year's team and that should scare a lot of people. North Carolina, I think the over under was eight and a half wins and when they lose, they lose badly. They, their, their losses are by an average of 40 points. It's tough to get the. And then Mike Lombardi, who is a longtime front office exec in the NFL and now working with Belichick at Carolina, said, we're going to, we're going to go after freshmen next year. They, they went after transfers this year they got I think 70. Now they're going after freshmen. That's not your immediate answer. If I'm a North Carolina fan, I'm like, well, okay, how long's Bill going to do this? Because we're going to count on freshmen to change our program. May take till they're juniors to really change our program. All right, Seaton poll question for the final hour of the program. By the way, Sunday night, how about this? Jared Goff and the Lions go to Kansas City. They face Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. The Chiefs are in Jacksonville. They're favored by three and a half tonight. All right, Seaton poll question.

[Todd]

Who had the worst weekend? Amari Di Mercado, James Franklin. The New York Yankees or the Texas Longhorns? Right now, 59% of the audience have James Franklin followed closely by, well, actually not closely at all. By the New York Yankees.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Got roughed up by the Blue Jays. And of course Todd thinks that the Yankee play by play announcer should have been a little more enthusiastic with The Vlad Guerrero Jr. The third home run and a grand slam. And it sounded like this Guerrero that the dish in a 2, 1 count.

[Marvin]

He's looking on load right here.

[Mike Harmon]

2, 1 pitch.

[Dan Patrick]

He did deep drive, left field. Grand slam. I love was conversational and it led right into his call. Todd thought that he should have been a little more unbiased, less dismissive, maybe.

[Marvin]

More acknowledging of the moment, not enthusiastic.

[Dan Patrick]

Turbo in Buffalo. Hey, Turbo.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, thanks, Dan. I came up with a name for Todd for his traffic behavior. Blocking the left lane. Who's Your boy up in Seattle there, the catcher hits all the home runs. What's his nickname?

[Dan Patrick]

Big Dumper.

[Caller/Listener]

Yes. So I think we should call Todd the Big Bumper.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, the Big Bumper. Okay. All right. Thank you, Turbo. Yes.

[Todd]

Seaton was our other poll question. A local broadcaster should be a homer or down the middle. Do you want to guess the results on that one?

[Dan Patrick]

I'm going to say 75% homer.

[Todd]

You would be short on that. We're up to 82% want a homer, not someone down the middle for your local broadcast.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, and that's what I would want. I want him to be excited. I'm excited. I want him to feel pain. I feel pain. Yeah.

[Paul]

Paul, you gotta play to the home fans, but you cannot ignore the struggles of your franchise because that franchise pays you. Like, if you're the play by play person for a team that stinks, you got to say they stink.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but we're talking about. The opposing team has just hit a grand slam in the playoffs.

[Paul]

Yeah, but in general, with the poll question about being a homer, you could be a homer and you could have the energy of the home fans, but you got to call it out. We've seen, guys, what, the guy from the Orioles a few years ago got fired for calling out his terrible home team because they wanted to be a rah rah guy.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, the Mets broadcast team, you know, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, they were very critical of the Mets at the end of the season. Yes.

[Marvin]

Todd, I think there's a difference between a big moment and a happy moment, which I think is going in somewhat in line with what Paul is saying. I don't want to put words in his mouth, but there are happy moments and there are big moments on the grand stage.

[Dan Patrick]

That's.

[Marvin]

That's what I'm trying to say.

[Dan Patrick]

We're going to disagree.

[Marvin]

That's fine.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Because you're not changing. I'm not changing.

[Marvin]

There is that 18% out there that had my back.

[Todd]

It feels like if we let that call, going just a little further of the Yankees game where he goes, grand slam and then off. Mike, what you should have heard was, damn it. That's what everybody doing in their car was doing. Or that's what everybody.

[Dan Patrick]

Damn it. Another grand slam. What the hell? Morgan in Maryland. Hi, Morgan. Welcome back. What do you have for me?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, Dan. So I got best and worst of the weekend. I'll start with worst. It's obviously the Ravens, and you've touched on it earlier. It's like it's such uncharted territory for Us, like, our defense has always been a powerhouse, and then we're just like. And we can't navigate the waters. Even if, like, the people that we that were injured were playing, we still weren't doing well. And the Texans came in with, like, I think six touchdowns in four games, and they just hammered us at home. It just. We're not good and it's really hard to watch. But since we're still the Ravens, I. I have a little bit of hope left, but, you know, it's definitely dwindling week to week. And best of the weekend. It's not sports related, but my sister has been struggling with infertility for about two years, and she just announced to the family that she is pregnant and headed into our second trimester. So we're all just super pumped.

[Dan Patrick]

Awesome. Awesome. Well, thank you, Morgan. Good to hear from you. Congrats to your sister.

[Marvin]

Happy pregnancy.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, we're not doing happy pregnancy. Yeah.

[Paul]

Paul, do you think that John Harbaugh with the Ravens, if they miss the playoffs, is going to get the same or the. Maybe it's time to try something different coverage.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know. I still think we focus way too much, the national media on Mike Tomlin and his success and then lack of success in the postseason. I think John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin are very similar, probably similar in age. Both have one super bowl, probably similar playoff record, I'm guessing. But, you know, Tomlin is, you know, he's just going to be like, sorry about all these other teams in the division. You know, I'm not going to apologize if we're going to have home field advantage for a game. But he does need to win a game. He needs to win a postseason game. They don't make changes with their coaches. But I don't know. I thought that this might be Rogers last year and Tomlins last year. So Tomlin in Pittsburgh and Rogers in his career. But, you know, let's see how the season plays out because maybe Rogers and they haven't been great. Rogers hasn't been spectacular. But all you got to do is just kind of hold serve here because you're seeing these teams get knocked off. Buffalo gets knocked off at home, Chargers get knocked off at home. It's. It's still wild that you think there's parody and then you realize that, you know, the jets are still in the league, the Titans got a gift there. You know, Carolina ends up winning. So there's some. There's some good teams. I don't think there's great teams. I don't think Philadelphia is a great team this year. Detroit's not a great team. But that doesn't mean they can't win at all. It's just. I don't think you've seen that. Oh, boy. You don't want to face them. Yes, yes.

[Todd]

I think John Harbaugh, right, he's coming up on, I think, almost 20 years of coaching that team. And in that time they've had what, three losing seasons, maybe, maybe two, something like that. You know, only one ring. But I think that there's. I think sometimes we underestimate the value in being competitive every single year and how great that is as a fan base. It's frustrating to not get over the hump, but it's, it's way worse to have, you know, five coaches in 10 years. That's a way worse train to be on than the team that's like, gosh, we're always competitive. We just can't get that final mile. I'll take that every day.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but look at Pittsburgh. They're not happy with Mike Tomlinson. They have a winning record every year, every single year. And then they get to the postseason and nothing's happened in a decade. So I can take regular season relevancy, but damn, I got to get a postseason win. And you know, we take coaches, you know, players for granted, like, okay, yeah, we had a winning record. Well, it's difficult to have that, you know, sustainability. But you also then go, okay, we expect to have a winning record. Now how about a win in the postseason? I mean, that's the progression you have as a fan. Hey, we're not very good. Hey, we're kind of good now. We're good now. We're competing now let's win a playoff game. Yeah, Marvin.

[Marvin]

Yeah, I can see the Steelers fans frustration because their expectations is to win a Super bowl because they have six of them. So now you're not even winning a playoff game. So the frustration is mounting up.

[Dan Patrick]

Brian in Illinois. Hi, Brian. What's on your mind today, Dan?

[Caller/Listener]

First time, long time. My best of the weekend was my five hour road trip to Indianapolis to watch my Raiders with my daughter. Good bonding time, had my Snake Stabler jersey on. Really have a good time. My worst was watching Geno Smith quarterback the Raiders. That was not quite watch the ball. However, the I didn't have as bad as weekend as Mark Sanchez hair. The dog park at the moon moment. That got way out of control.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Still waiting for more information on that, but he was released from the hospital now going to jail and we'll find out he's got charges against him. So I think charge with three different. Three charges there. I think with Mark, the colonel in Tampa. Hey, Colonel.

[Caller/Listener]

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[Dan Patrick]

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Hey, listen, we are in creamsicle heaven here. Not a worst of Dan, but, you know, thanks for letting me start the weekend off with Charlie Sheen, which always harkens me back to 1987 standing in front of an infantry platoon saying, what are your concerns? And they go, you suck. We saw Platoon, but luckily we kept Heartbreak Ridge VHS in our back pocket. Hey, listen, my best of my lovely spouse got us tickets yesterday for Steve Martin. Martin Short at 4pm during the Bucs game. But wonderful time. And we walked out to a full parking lot and I got to watch the second half of the Bucks game while the parking lot cleared. Dan, you talked about Tampa Bay. I will just say leadership and character counts. And lastly, Dan, you're our general. Please keep control of your privates, especially Private Fritzi.

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All right, thank you, Colonel David in Cincinnati. Hi, David.

[Caller/Listener]

Idp. Thanks for the call. Yeah, a few times. Long time. A decrepit 510, 175. Okay. Best. My Florida Gators chomp. Did the chomp. The worst. Cincinnati Bengals. And really, if you look back to the off season, they drafted Shamar Stewart 17th overall. If you wanted to let T. Higgins walk, you could have just maybe looked at the Ohio State wide receiver who led all time in receptions there. Ameca Buca. Draft him. Let T. Higgins walk. There's an idea. Go all defense after that or however you want to do it. And lastly, start of the day, you want to queue up the music. I'll try to hit the mark. Okay, start of the day.

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Start of the day. Start of the day.

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[Mike Harmon]

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[Caller/Listener]

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[Mike Harmon]

Well, it's in the eye of the beholder, Dan. I'll let you direct it where you want to go because the ugliest games are sometimes the prettiest in my eyes because I'm a football junkie and a bit of a psycho. So I'll let you direct traffic, my friend.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, should we be focusing on what UCLA did or what Penn State didn't do?

[Mike Harmon]

A little of both. I hate to do the cop out answer there and straddle the fence, but UCLA was great and I think their quarterback. You run into a hot quarterback in college football with talent, you're going to have some challenges which means you got to go outscore them. And sometimes that happens. Sometimes your defense doesn't have their best stuff. Uh, but to me this was not about effort. I looked at Penn State and a lot of people were saying oh well they, they were flat. When I watched it I was like they weren't flat, they just weren't making plays. They were out schemed. They gave up multiple third and longs to run game, quarterback scramble in particular which killed them. The third and 15, a third and 11 both converted with the quarterback scramble. Third and seven leads to a 52 yard scramble that was three just with the quarterbacks legs and one with the running backs leg. So that was huge. The thing that was most troubling to me was a little bit how James Franklin handled the post game. If I'm going to be completely honest. Just some of the excuses, travel issues. We lost guys last week, we lost guys during practice this week, guys didn't have enough energy. To me that that's going to fall on deaf ears considering the week before Oregon travels three time zones and beat you in your house in a whiteout. So I, I guess I just don't understand why he took to the podium and went about it that way, as opposed to just taking ownership and saying, hey, we got to be better.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I'm with you on that. I don't want to hear these coaches complain about time zones. You know, Lincoln Riley going to Illinois. This is what you signed up for. This is the Big Ten. This is Big Ten football. And that means you're going coast to coast. This is what your athletic director signed up for. So find a way to deal with it. I was hoping for a little more with Vandy and Alabama. The game you did. You know, you look back on what happened last year and I think we thought we would get a little more Diego Pabia magic there. Maybe. Alabama is a really good team. How would you assess what you've seen so far?

[Mike Harmon]

I think they're. I think they are very good. I think both teams, by the way, are very good. And if not for the strip of Diego Pavia going in where it could have been 14 nothing and now Alabama's now playing from behind. Very much changed the game. That was the biggest moment in the game, was that strip in the red zone and the fumble recovery for the Tide. I think Alabama, one thing in this game more than anything else, Dan, they showed the ability to weather the storm.

[Caller/Listener]

They.

[Mike Harmon]

They showed the ability to absorb the punch. And that was not something they did very well last year under Kiln DeBoer. They didn't do that very well against Florida State. They got punched early in this game and they responded. So that to me is progress. They also made some adjustments defensively that I thought were really, really good. And that's not something they've done consistently at times last couple years. They adjusted their alignment, they adjusted where the defensive backs and the linebackers were off the ball. That was helpful. So I really like Vanderbilt, by the way. Like, everyone looks at Vanderbilt, they look at the name, they look at the historical significance and they will dismiss them automatically. Whereas we've seen with teams like Indiana, with team like Vanderbilt, where you can be very different in this new era with nil support. And they are really good. This was big for Bama to get this win. It doesn't get much easier to go on the road to Missouri this week. And that's a team that runs for over 3, 300, nearly 300 yards a game. So they'll have their hands full on the road this one and an 11 o' clock kick there in Columbia, Missouri, which will be tough against top 15 opponents. So this is a very tough Stretch for Alabama, this I think was proof that they have matured as a program given how they performed against Vandy compared to how they performed last year. But it doesn't get any easier as the challenges still lie ahead.

[Dan Patrick]

Heisman race is wide open. You got somebody.

[Mike Harmon]

Has there ever been one that's this wide open, by the way, through seven weeks.

[Dan Patrick]

But I thought that coming in that it felt wide open just because last year wasn't wide open.

[Mike Harmon]

Right.

[Dan Patrick]

You know, I think Arch people thought that, you know, this foregone conclusion. Texas be good, he'll be good. They'll play for national title and you win the Heisman in the process. Well, that hasn't gone as scripted. So who do you have?

[Mike Harmon]

Well, right now I think the biggest Heisman moment of the season could come this weekend and that's between two guys that are among the front runners with Fernando Mendoza at Indiana who's playing lights out football to the first five games of the year. But this will be by far the biggest stage he's playing on. It'll be a nationally consumable audience. Yes, it's up against Red river rivalry at the same time, but for the most part, man, everyone's curious what he's going to do now on the road against a really good Oregon football team. And then Oregon's quarterback, Dante Moore, those two goes. Guys are going head to head. I feel like I'm watching the program and it's, you know, Joe Kane against Tim Waymond. I mean, it's all about the quarterbacks in this game for whatever reason, right? Yeah, I know you love that, that drop for sure. But to me it's, it's kind of interesting that one, those two, I think are right there. I think Ty Simpson is ascending. But big opportunities lie ahead for Ty Simpson to kind of have that Heisman moment. Whether it's against lsu, perhaps it's against Oklahoma when John Mateer, who's also in that mix, even though he's hurt right now, if they play there in mid November, that could be big. Of course, the SEC championship game, if they get there's big and then I'll throw a little dark horse at you. Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss. This kid is the real deal, man. I mean, I am a believer. I really am. I think he's that good. And he was a D2 player last year at Ferris State. No one really knew who he was. But I remember doing their game week two and Lane Kiffin. Sean McDonough asked Lane, hey Lane, what else do we need to know about Your team. And he goes, yeah, just, just so you know, my backup quarterback, if he goes in the game, this guy's going to cause a lot of problems. And sure enough, he goes in these last few weeks and he's been unstoppable and against quality competition to LSU is no joke on defense, defense.

[Dan Patrick]

What's North Carolina going to have to do? Big picture here. And, and I know it's, it's early. You got to have patience. They brought in all of these transfers, which I said to be fair to Belichick, give him a month and then maybe you're going to find out if this team is any good. But then when one of you know, his guys on his staff, Mike Lombardi, said, we're going to focus on freshmen next year, well, that means you got to have even more patience if you're going to be focusing on recruits next year. How long do you know if North Carolina is any good?

[Mike Harmon]

No, I don't think they're very good. I do think last week was not necessarily the best indicator of what's going on in the future because Clemson, while they've struggled in the first four weeks of the season, it was a kind of a get right opportunity for that. Like, I just had a feeling that game was going to go that way. Like Clemson was due. And North Carolina's got a whole host of issues now. They've had some injuries, so you could point to that. But the big problem is that when you look at what Bill Belichick has done traditionally and what he does well is take away teams top tendencies, and they haven't really done that very well. And part of that is a lack of talent and it's going to take some time. So I don't, I don't think he's in jeopardy of losing his job or anything like that. I think that's way too premature. I mean, he's four or five games into his tenure as a college coach. But I also think at some point you have to show some progress because the recruits that you're recruiting are also being actively recruited by other teams. And if you can show the recruits, hey, there's some doubt with North Carolina, then they're going to be more open to listening to overtures from other programs, even though they're currently committed to the Tar Heels. So I think as long as recruiting is good, they're in good shape. But how long will recruiting be good if they things spin off the rails?

[Dan Patrick]

How many scholarship offers did you get?

[Mike Harmon]

I don't, I don't remember exactly, but probably like 30, 35 in that vicinity. All the smart schools, Dan. That was all I had. All the smart schools like Alabama and. And some others. You know what I mean?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Did. Did Saban come to the house?

[Mike Harmon]

Saban wasn't there, actually. He. He got there the following year. So I got recruited by Mike Shula, son of Don and current offensive coordinator of the South Carolina Gamecock. So that was who recruited me and him and a guy named Bob Connolly came to the house and. And made the offer, and I committed pretty quickly. My parents didn't even know I was going there, but thought it was a good decision. It ended up working out pretty good.

[Dan Patrick]

If not Alabama, where would you have gone?

[Mike Harmon]

It's kind of a tough call. I probably would have ended up at either North Carolina, but kind of my final groups were North Carolina, Ole Miss, Alabama. I was committed to Texas Tech for a bit. Probably wasn't going to end up there because they had taken another guy as well. And then late to the party were some teams that were coming in. Like, USC was really good at that point. They were late to the party. So a little different era back then where you get offered your senior year as opposed to, like in seventh grade.

[Dan Patrick]

So it's.

[Mike Harmon]

It's changed a lot.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you back up Chase Daniel in high school? I did. Okay. We just. We just had him on last hour.

[Mike Harmon]

Oh, nice.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, he opened for you, Carol.

[Mike Harmon]

Dragons.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Mike Harmon]

I should have put the dragon helmet out here and see who would have had more stars on the. On the side of the helmet, like buckeye stickers. I think Chase probably had a few more than I did.

[Dan Patrick]

Great to catch up with you. Have fun with Georgia and Auburn coming up this weekend. Thank you.

[Mike Harmon]

Always great to be with you, buddy. See you soon.

[Dan Patrick]

That's Greg McElroy, the always college football podcast, and he's, of course, got the game coming up Saturday night on abc. Auburn in Georgia. Yeah. Paul.

[Paul]

Yes. South Lake Carroll High School in Texas, a football powerhouse. That has to be the first time we've had two guys who went to high school together on the same show.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, has to be. Yeah. Yeah. A couple more phone calls here. Jason in Atlanta. Hi, Jace. What do you have for me?

[Caller/Listener]

Yes, sir, Dan, always a pleasure to talk to you. Shout out to the Dan that's. Want to do a best and worst of the weekend. I'm gonna start off with the worst. The worst has absolutely got to be the quarterback play of the Bengals. I see why the NFL does everything they can to keep these dudes upright. When your leading tackler is one of your running back wide receivers. That's never a good thing. So go ahead, Bengals, come and get Kirk Cousins from us. Take them off our hands. We'd appreciate it. But the best of the weekend, they showed him on CBS when his team, son's team was about to win. And just watching that father have so much joy seeing his son get the win over there at UCLA was absolutely incredible. So we got to get him on. Make a song about that. One final thing. Was stuck behind a pass hole the other day and immediately I said to myself, what the Fritz is going on.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Jason. Yeah. Rick Neuwaisel works for CBS CBS Sports, and he's watching the UCLA Penn State game and his son is the offensive coordinator and he's reacting when they had a big stop and his son was promoted to offensive coordinator and certainly changing some things there, at least offensively at ucla. Lucas in Texas. Hi, Luke. What's on your mind today?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Dan. Good morning.

[Dan Patrick]

Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

Wanted to call in with the best of the weekend. First, I love the South Lake Carroll shout out. That was a great run for South Lake Carolina. Really good here in the Lone Star State. My best. I only have a best. It was a great weekend. And the early window on Saturday gave us a real treat with some service academy football. Navy versus Air Force Academy. You had a shootout, you had actual passing. And to that end, my best is Eli. I think it's Heidenrich. Heidenreich scored three touchdowns, had over 200 yards, got to jump into his dad's arm after, after one of those touchdowns, and has set the career Naval academy record with 14 career touchdown receptions. By comparison, the Alabama school record is held by Devontae Smith with 46. So still a ways to go to climb those ranks, but a great weekend overall. Always enjoy watching it.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Lucas. Brandon in Indianapolis. Hi, Brandon.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, DB, thanks for taking my call. 57190. A long time listener, first time caller. So I'm a huge Kentucky fan. I'll just go ahead and just say that. So you guys are talking about John Harbaugh here with the Ravens comparison, you know, with, with their careers. You got one championship. All the talent in the world, you know, I switch, I'm seeing right now.

[Dan Patrick]

So you're seeing John, John Harbaugh, John Calipari.

[Caller/Listener]

Yeah, I think it's, it's the same thing. You know, they've been there for a long time and got one championship and you know, they make the playoffs every year, make the tournament every year. Puget Deployment Yeah, that's.

[Dan Patrick]

That's a fair comparison because John Caliperi loves to come on and tell us how many players are playing in the NBA. And I wanted to tell him off the air, you got to play to your alumni, to your boosters, to the fans. They don't care that Devin Booker is making $60 million in the NBA. They want to know what kind of success he had there. Anthony Davis got a $30 million home. I don't care what, you know, what did Kentucky do? But he would always lead with that. And look, I know that he recruits and he's going to have you there for a year. He wants you to go on to bigger things. That's how he gets you. He wants to get you ready for the pros. I just. I wanted to tell him. It doesn't sound good when you tell me about all of these great players who have passed through. And you've got one national title. Yes, Marvin.

[Marvin]

Yeah, it's gonna really annoy the fan base when 7 out of 24 NBA All Stars went to Kentucky and were coached by you. Like, where are the national championships? You have one?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Bruce in Florida. Hi, Bruce. What's on your mind today? Hey, Bruce. John in Georgia. Hi, John. What's on your mind today? Oh, how you doing, Dan?

[Caller/Listener]

I've been listening to you for many, many years. I just love you guys. You're just great. Could you guys wish me a happy birthday? I just turned 79 today.

[Dan Patrick]

Alrighty, John, and have a great day. John, I was going to say, you know, call me when you get to 80. I mean, 79 is not that big a deal, but 80. No, I'm just joking. Marvin. Marvin. Not everybody gets my sense of humor. Yes, Todd.

[Marvin]

And usually you're calling to wish someone else a happy birthday. I like that. He took it upon himself. Wish me a happy birthday. That's great.

[Dan Patrick]

Nothing wrong with that. Yeah.

[Paul]

Paul, what is officially old. It doesn't feel like 75 is old anymore. Feels like you gotta be over 75. Like, if you hadn't. How's your dad doing? Oh, he's good. He just turned 75 the other day.

[Mike Harmon]

Oh, I didn't realize he was that old.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, but I see Belichick and Pete Carroll. Yes, and Pete Carroll doesn't act like he's, whatever, 73 or 74.

[Paul]

Nobody retires.

[Dan Patrick]

Belichick certainly doesn't act like that. Yes, Todd, that is an interesting question.

[Marvin]

When they say someone died of natural causes or of old age, what is that starting number? They. They never really say what that is.

[Dan Patrick]

I would say late 70s. Sounds old.

[Paul]

Like 78.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, like John and George is old. Yeah, he's. But he might be a young 79. Yes.

[Todd]

I think it's not to go all meta on us, but I do kind of think that There are some 80 year olds who are very young and some 60 year olds who are so, so old. Yeah, I think it is a little bit of the way you carry yourself.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I got it. I get it. I mean, I forget how old I am sometimes. Yes. Marvin.

[Marvin]

Yeah. You like to play the obituary game where you see somebody's, you know, John Smith, age, whatever.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. All right.

[Marvin]

He lived a good life. There's a funeral and there's a celebration of life. You want to be in a celebration of life category?

[Dan Patrick]

How old do you have to be to be the. He lived a good life.

[Paul]

Over 82. Like, where it's over. It's not like a shame. Oh, he died early. If you're like. If you died 83, like, oh, you got a full one full run.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Marvin]

Todd, there's definitely a difference between a full life and a good life. You could live till you 102 and have a miserable existence.

[Dan Patrick]

Paul.

[Paul]

Yes. Right about, like how you behave at an age. I have a buddy who did very well for himself. He retired at 48. And he and his wife sit around, he reads the paper for hours on end. They take walks. She knits. And they go to dinner at about 502 every night. And they're in their early 50s.

[Todd]

Straight up octogenarian behavior.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, yes.

[Todd]

I definitely know 80 year old people who are more active than that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. And I think they live in the villages in Florida.

[Paul]

He always says, I got to get my steps in. I'm like stepson. You mean go for a walk or a stroll?

[Dan Patrick]

Have you been. You guys aware of the villages?

[Walton Goggins]

Oh, yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah, yeah, that they get after it there. Come on now.

[Todd]

They do get your penicillin.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And then depending on how you dress up your golf cart, you're open for business or interesting. Oh, okay. Okay. Esther, what's up?

[Marvin]

I thought it was just pickleball and shuffleboard or something getting shuffled around.

[Dan Patrick]

It's kind of pickleball and shuffle.

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, heck, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Let's go. Yeah.

[Marvin]

Doris, what's up?

[Dan Patrick]

Hey. Hey, girlfriend. All right, last call for phone calls. What we learned, what's in store tomorrow.

[Paul]

Did you see Alice?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

Oh, I see what you did there.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

Dodgers at the Phillies tonight, Cubs at the Brewers. Chiefs at the Jaguars. Chiefs are favored by three and a half on the road. By the way, updated DraftKings World Series odds. Dodgers still a big favorite. Then it's the Blue Jays, followed by the Brewers, Mariners, Tigers, Phillies, Cubs. And the Yankees are at the bottom. Well, doesn't help that they're down. Oh, two to Toronto. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. All of that coming up. Russell in Vegas. Hi, Russ. What's on? What's on your mind?

[Caller/Listener]

I have a bets in the worst, first time, long time, 5 10, 175 hard. My worst of the weekend was the build discipline last night. Terrible. Awful. Secondly, my best of the weekend is hockey season starts next Wednesday for us out here in BGK land in Vegas. You guys have my crystal puck there in the man cave. I appreciate it. We had an emotional ceremony on October 1st because of the shooting that happened, and then 3rd. Yes. I was in the car driving my wife to the hospital. She's a nurse, and she was listening to the whole pass hole situation, and she said, that's you. That's you. I said, well, I'm doing. I'm doing 20 miles over the speed limit. Everybody else in the in the right lanes are going slower. I need to get somewhere. Maybe the passhold lane is for people that are looking for bagels that are gonna expire.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you, Ross. Thank you. Big wind up there, but I drive differently. I'm. I'm so aware of being in the left lane. How long I'm in the left lane, how fast I'm going in the left lane just because of you, Todd.

[Marvin]

And now I am too, actually, believe it or not, not to just get on the good side of everyone who hates me out there, the T shirts and whatever we're doing. But I am more acknowledging of what's going on and maybe, maybe I need to move over a little bit at times. I still don't appreciate being my having my bumper ridden on.

[Dan Patrick]

Jim in Michigan. Hi, Jim. What's on your mind?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Dan. You guys are begging. Asking the question about how do you know when you're old or getting in that elderly state is when the artists that are assigned to play the halftime show, the super bowl show up and you don't know who they are. And then your artists that you do like are now cover stories on the AARP magazine.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you, Jim. I'm, I'm not too, I wasn't familiar with everybody that was, you know, the rap group that I mean, Kendrick Lamar I'm aware of. I know he's great famous, but I'm not familiar with his music. Drake, I'm not familiar with his music. By the way, I had a four and a half hour drive to Maine and I listened to Taylor Swift's album a couple of times.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah. All right. There's a lot of, A lot of eat a lot of eggs in there. Easter eggs in there or whatever they're called, where there's a hidden message, there's a few hidden messages, a couple not so hidden messages. She's getting a little saucy, you know, a little flirty here. A little spicy.

[Marvin]

Yes, Marvin, but isn't she like 35? Yeah, she should be a little spicy. Throwing on some innuendos.

[Dan Patrick]

Yo. Well, she didn't even do innuendo. Talking about Travis and his Kelsey, like, I'm going. Okay, all right. Taylor.

[Todd]

It's the name of the song.

[Dan Patrick]

Meat. Yeah. It's like a wood. I know it seems like that might.

[Mike Harmon]

As well be that.

[Todd]

Yeah, it's the exact same scenario. It's the exact same meaning.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I, I, I wish she would have been a little more discreet because you got a lot of girls, young girls who look up to her and she wasn't discreet on, on one song.

[Caller/Listener]

Nope.

[Dan Patrick]

She wasn't a little disappointed in Tay Tay with that. But I did like the album. I thought it was, you know, it's clever, fun. Jimmy in Michigan. But I, if you're Travis Kelsey, you're gonna get a whole album dedicated to you. If, if this doesn't go off as scripted here, that he's gonna get a whole album if they don't get married or something bad happens. Okay. Jimmy. Hi, Dan.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Jim, how you doing?

[Dan Patrick]

Great.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, I'm. I was going to listen to the old people's thing, but I'm 81, still delivering auto. Sold auto parts shops here in Michigan. And I retired in about 10 years ago, got bored with it, went back to work. Work five days a week, keep going strong.

[Dan Patrick]

Good for you, Jimmy. Yeah, that. That worries me when I. When people go, oh, yeah, I'm gonna retire. I'm like, man, I'm gonna retire from this show. But I'm not gonna retire because I could not do that, like. But staying busy. Hell yeah. Yeah, Todd.

[Marvin]

I'd rather take a Napa and sell auto parts, but that's just me.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, that's not bad. No, don't encourage him. Butch in Pennsylvania. Hi, Butcher.

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning, Dan. How are you?

[Dan Patrick]

Good much.

[Caller/Listener]

I'm a five, ten and a half stout, but injured. 260. Stop.

[Dan Patrick]

But injured.

[Caller/Listener]

Delivery driver. 260. Sorry, I get a little messed up there.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Caller/Listener]

One accord. I'm a Dolphins and a Penn State apologist. They both stink. So next question is. Is a knee replacement.

[Dan Patrick]

Surgery?

[Caller/Listener]

Is that a knee replacement, a surgery or a.

[Dan Patrick]

No, it's not a procedure. No, that is surgery. And if you haven't had it, that recovery time. The first two weeks are brutal. Brutal. That was some of the worst pain I ever went through. But good luck with that. But replacement, that is a surgery? Yes.

[Marvin]

Is there any body part that you can replace where it would not be considered a surgery? From teeth to anything? I think anytime you're replacing an organ or a body part, that's gotta be surgery.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but I mean, I've had a lot of surgeries, you've had a lot of procedures.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

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6Am Make a new hire or promote internally.

[Dan Patrick]

Celebrate a win with the toast at.

[Todd]

The gate or unwind at the lounge.

[Mike Harmon]

Big props to this team.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd]

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[Mike Harmon]

Right, remember, the machine knows if you're lying.

[Dan Patrick]

First statement. Carvana will give you a real offer on your car.

[Mike Harmon]

All online.

[Caller/Listener]

False.

[Dan Patrick]

True. Actually, you sell your car in minutes. False. That's got to be true again.

[Mike Harmon]

Carvana will pick up your car from.

[Dan Patrick]

Your door or you can drop it.

[Mike Harmon]

Off at one of their car vending machines.

[Dan Patrick]

Sounds too good to be true.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So true.

[Dan Patrick]

Finally caught on. Nice job. Honesty isn't just their policy, it's their entire model.

[Mike Harmon]

Sell your car today too, Carvana. Pickup fees may apply.

[Dr. J]

I love that you created this system that revolves around you, creating these pockets of peace. World Mental health day is around the corner. And on my podcast, just healing with Dr. J, I dive into what it really means to care for your mind, body and spirit. From breaking generational patterns to building emotional.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Capacity, I'm going to walk away feeling like, yes, I'm going to continue my healing journey.

[Dr. J]

Listen to just heal with Dr. J from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody let me know.

[Dan Patrick]

Lauren LaRosa, you hear that? Exclusive. Lauren came in. I came in telling the truth.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Every day I'm bringing you the latest in entertainment, breaking down the headlines you can't stop talking about and giving you my very unfiltered take on the biggest stories in the industry. From exclusive news. And y' all know I got it to us breaking down the interviews. Cause y' all are my co hosts now. I'm giving you the deep dives on some of the biggest moments in pop culture.

[Caller/Listener]

Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen to the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, weekdays on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. This is an iHeart podcast.