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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
Colin Cowherd Podcast Prime Cuts - Cowboys A “Dak Injury” Away From Disaster, Winning Season For Bears? LIV Tour’s Top Golfers
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Colin Cowherd
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Colin Cowherd
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Well, why do you think he wasn't a bigger candidate this off season? Because I thought, you know, those three straight years of 12 wins, what he did last year, I mean most an average to below average coach last year with Dak being injured, they end up winning two or three games. But they went 7 and 10 and Cooper rush was good. There's a branding issue. Mike, right. Kind of bigger guy, kind of goofy guy. When he got fired from the packers, it felt like his relationship with Aaron had deteriorated. Aaron's kind of pivoted and is like a supporter of him now. Sometimes a year away with coaches will do him well. You could argue. I mean, the Giants are going to match up really well against the Cowboys, right, Because they have a really good defensive line. And if that offense, well, they have.
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Colin Cowherd
A dominant defense, they have second best D lines arguably in the.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
So yeah, I mean it could be. It's really, I thought was a little premature a couple years ago, but the Al Davis comps, I mean the Al Davis thing, it got ugly because he started hiring coaches that had no business being the head coach. And that's what Brian Schottenheimer feels like right now. And what's going on there, I mean, if they're, if they're an injury or two away from being a disaster. And unlike Mike McCarthy that knows what he's doing, who's to say that it couldn't just unravel? I mean, what if Dak rolled an ankle? All of a sudden you're like, oh my God, here we go. And Brian's acting tough. Here's the other thing. The play like with Al Davis, the players know that Jerry's in charge. So I Was like, why am I going to. Why am I going to listen to Brian? And that Mike Lombardi talked about this forever. Once everyone realized, like, the coach doesn't matter here. Just go to Al. You know, like, you do that. You know how he's the boss. You know, McVeigh is the boss, or Kyle's the boss. Obviously, they don't sign the checks, but the owners deal with. Even Jimmy Haslam was like, Miles Garrett was like, I want to trade. He's like, deal with the gm, Talk to him. He's in charge of football. That is not the way it works with the Cowboys. And when you get one thing, Mike had a pelts on the wall, right? Had coached Aaron Rodgers, had won a Super bowl, like Brian Schottenheimer guy. Some of these young coaches had never heard of his dad. So it's not like he's this famous coach's dad. I mean, he is to me and you. But if you're 22 years old, you don't remember Marty Schottenheimer coaching the Browns, right? Or coaching the Chargers. And so some of his credibility with that name doesn't resonate like it does for an older person. Or even Jerry, who I've heard Jerry say part of the reason he loved. I think he thought, maybe I'm getting a Kyle Shanahan or a McVeigh, you know, from a football family. I think that's what he's thinking. It's like, Jerry, that's. Yeah, it ain't quite the same.
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Colin Cowherd
No. I think I was talking to Matt Mosley on one of my pods, and he said, like, Jerry doesn't respect coaches. And it's very. There's a very clear line. He hires coaches who will be indebted to him. I like Jason Garrett. Didn't think he was great, thought he was good. Jason Garrett would not have gotten another head coaching job. Mike McCarthy was on the beach. Jan Gailey was not a hot prospect. Nobody was even offering a top OC job to Brian Schottenheimer. The coaches. Jerry doesn't respect the coaching position, and which is really weird considering Jerry usually has a pretty good sense of valuations of properties. He's a very, very good businessman. And I think Jerry overvalues his football IQ and feels like, by and large, we could win 12 games with Mike McCarthy. I can win 10 to 11 games if Dak comes back healthy. It's just remarkable to me that in the most important sport for coaching, football, where the league has gotten much more sophisticated and intelligent with its offensive coaching, Jerry's Going the other way, which is coaches don't matter. It's really remarkable to me. Everybody, I mean, now maybe it's this. He looks at Nick Ceriani and thinks, well, they won a Super bowl with Nick Sirianni. Maybe he looks in his own division and says that. I mean, I mean Sirianni to me is a bit of an outlier. Where I understand Dan Campbell, who I wasn't initially a fan of. I don't really get Sirianni still, but it works.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
He's got Howie Roseman. I mean, I mean he's got a guy that's going to be probably a first ballot hall of Famer one day as a general manager. I think Jerry is just, he had an opportunity. Sean Payton worked for him. Dan Campbell played for him. You could argue a couple years ago, Dan Quinn, who was this rising star. If you're going to get rid of Mike McCarthy, just fire him then and hire Dan Quinn. I think a mistake he made is two years ago when Mike lost to the packers and everyone freaked out and he got his ass kicked. He let him coach on that, that year where his contract ran out. He probably should have just given Mike like a three year contract extension after that year. Wouldn't have had to be crazy money. But Jerry Prideful wasn't going to do that after they lost. And now he's in a position where Brian Schottenheimer's his head coach. I'm not as down on the, on the Cowboys roster of being some joke like two, three win team. But the way they're built, I mean they are an injury to away. And if the coach is over his head, this is a sport where it's like it can get ugly and it can get ugly fast. And if Dak were to get injured and he has a history now, who's to say they can't end up like a four win team and be last place in that division? If the Giants just the quarterback play stabilize a little bit and their defense is solid. We know Washington, the Eagles are good.
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Colin Cowherd
Well, I think you nailed it. I think the New York Giants are. Say what you want about the Giants, that defensive line now again, Philadelphia's O line is good enough to keep it at bay. I think the Giants D line could overwhelm the Cowboys. I think Abdul Carter, Thibodeau. On the other side, Dexter Lawrence. I'm trying to think of defensive lines I like more than the New York Giants. There's not a lot of them. There are some individual players that are great. I think the Rams Defensive line is really, really good in getting better. Philadelphia's, obviously. But I, you know, there's some teams in this league and the Giants are one of those teams. I actually think they're a quarterback away. I think if you gave them the right quarterback, you'd look up in the Giants. They wouldn't be flashy. If Malik Neighbors could stay healthy, they could, they could actually win 11 games. That's why, you know, Dable, I think it works a little bit with his franchise because he is good at taking average B quarterbacks and making them a half grade higher. But I don't know, I just, I. History repeats itself and I think we're going into a really dark cowboy stage. I just heard a story yesterday from a very good network source that there is a lot of momentum to have like a 24 or 2018 playoff. And my loyalty has always been to more big games and I, I'm. I, you just can't get me worked up. I. Auburn, Alabama, it's great, but it's regional and the, the, the, the highest rated game last year, I think it was Texas, Georgia, that's not a rivalry. It wasn't Texas, Oklahoma. So I don't, I, I'm not. When I heard everybody say, well, you're going to kill the rivalries. Listen, if you're a Michigan fan in Ohio State, did that game feel smaller last year to you when Michigan upstead Ohio State, it didn't feel smaller to me. You know, so I mean, the reality is when the Rams play the Niners, it's intense. They could play three times a year. Years ago when the Steelers and Ravens and Ray Lewis was around and so was Big Ben, they play one year, three times. The third game felt bigger than the first two because it was a playoff game. So there's just certain things in 2025, I can't get worked up over somebody having pot in their car, same sex marriage, NCAA coming down on payments to players or any kind of scandal, like we've just graduated to just understanding the world we live in. I said it today. Unless you're like a cop from Reno911, you got a roach in your car. Nobody cares. That mattered in the 70s. And I just. If you can buy high school players, I don't give two shits about somebody with an iPhone in the crowd. I don't care if you have 40 of them. I don't care.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
I do think the 24, 2018 College Football Playoff, that's where I might get a little worked up. You know, we saw the 12 team. That first round was a blowout. You know. You know, there have been arguments about 16, 24. Again, more. I love football as much as the next guy, but that. Does that feel a little extreme? And we get a lot of average to below average teams in the dance in that situation. It's been your argument for March Madness forever. We always scream over first in, last out, or whatever. Those teams never matter, right? Who are your one and two seats? They usually determine the tournament.
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Colin Cowherd
So I think you'd have to make it half the size of March Madness because football is a sport of attrition. So the little guy has no chance in a 2018 tournament to ever win, like, a third straight game against the bigger, deeper roster. I. But I think. I think that I've said, I think the perfect number is about 16. I wouldn't be bothered by 20. I think if you get to 28, you'd have to give the top, like, four seeds. You know, I don't want. I don't want Georgia playing Liberty. I'm just not interested in that at all. I mean, Notre Dame played Indiana, and that was kind of embarrassing for the Hoosiers.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
I thought it was very. I mean, Boise State, Penn State had a guy drafted in the top 10 at running back, and he had no chance. You know why? Because the offensive linemen had no chance to block the Penn State guys. And that's always going to be the big problem. You get a 2018 playoff. But here's the other thing. It's like, it's one thing if the fourth or fifth team from the Big Ten and the SEC get in, but when you're taking the third and fourth team from the Big 12 and the ACC, that's when it could get really ugly. And that's. We don't need to see those teams play. Now, I get this is all about television ratings and football. I was thinking today, watching Sunday Night Football with Caleb Williams. What do you think the first 30 minutes of that football game did? I mean, it just had to blow everything out of the water on Sunday night on Fox.
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Right?
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
So the advantage. I never argue against, like, more of these games. Like, I completely understand or argue against the people that want more football in terms of working at the networks or part of the revenue generation, because it's only going to bring in more eyeballs. It's like, listen, I hate the doubleheader on Monday night. I think a huge part of playing Monday Night Football or Sunday Night Football is getting the solo game. But their argument is, you put the double header it accumulates millions upon millions of more people watching football. And that's the business. Roger. And ESPN or Fox or whoever's in. But sometimes the product does get worse. When I get a double header on Monday night, I don't know who's asking for it. Besides, we're just going to get more people. We can sell more ads and make more money.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay, I want to play a game. I'm going to go through the Bears schedule because I did this flying back Boston to LA yesterday and I was surprised at what I landed at. Okay, I'm going to give you the game and just your kind of gut instinct. Win or lose for the Bears. Minnesota Vikings come to Chicago on September 8th. Brian Flores against Caleb Williams. Win or a loss?
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Win.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay, you have a win. Bears then go to Detroit in one of the louder environments against Dan Campbell and two new coordinators.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Loss.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay. They get a host of Dallas Cowboys and Brian Schottenheimer. When I think that's one of my favorite wins, then they go on the road to face Pete Carroll, Ashton, Jenny, Brock Bowers and the Raiders.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
That's a tough game. Going to be loud. Seattle's going to have a fast start.
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Colin Cowherd
The Raiders or the.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Oh, never mind. Win, win.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay, so you have a win. Win. I think it's. I think it's a really good game. Bears then go to the Commanders.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Side of the crime last year, right? The. The Hail Mary.
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Colin Cowherd
It's a late NBC level game. It's a 5:15 start. So that's a big Washington at home. Late game. I'll go L. That's what I did. Okay. Saints go to Chicago. Is that a double win?
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Win.
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Colin Cowherd
Bears at the Ravens. Lost.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Yes.
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Colin Cowherd
Bears at the Bengals.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
When I think the Bengals could just be not as good as people think.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay, Giants at the Bears.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
That's one of those sneaky tough matchups where I think most fans would give the Bears a W. I could see an upset city. They're going to get upset wherever they might start feeling themselves. You okay?
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Colin Cowherd
You give them an L. Okay, this is getting interesting. Now. The Bears are at the Vikings. L. Okay. Steelers at the Bears.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Win for the Bears.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay. Bears at the Eagles. Probably a loss.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Yes.
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Colin Cowherd
Bears at the Packers.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
They've beat him once in like 30 years, right?
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Going L. Loss.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay, now get near the end and we'll see what this means. Browns at the Bears. That's probably a W. Yes. Packers at Chicago.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Now I'll go split here when.
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Colin Cowherd
Bears at Niners.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Win for the Niners. Loss for the Bears.
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Colin Cowherd
And finally Lions at the Bears.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
Win.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay, what do you think their record is? What have you predicted?
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
9 and 8 or 10 and 7?
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Colin Cowherd
9 and 8. I got to 8 and 9 and so I went through it last night and I said instead of predicting I'm going to go every win and I was like you, they're going to split with Green Bay. I think I had them losing on the road. I think I had them like losing to a Giants. I thought the Commanders was a loss. So here's my thing is they're a 9 and 8 football team and they're out of the playoffs. And my question to you is, will you deem that a success at nine and eight if Ben Johnson and Caleb cut the sacks in half? He does make mistakes, he ad libs. But they're a 9 and 8 football team and Caleb looks like a top 12 quarterback, maybe number 12. Do you think it's a successful season?
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
1,000%. They just fired the entire coaching staff. They drafted 10th overall. They, they have been losing for years straight. 9 and 8 in that division. Even if you missed the playoffs, which I would think the last couple of years, you've had a decent chance in the nfc.
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Colin Cowherd
It's a last weekend determination.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
That means you play important football the entire season. That is 1 million percent a win.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay. I don't think people in Chicago agree, but I agree with you. I got to 8 and 9 and I was like, wow. And I feel pretty good about it. You won the games at home, you should win.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
I would say this 8 and 9 and 9 and 8 might be the difference of a fumble bouncing your way or bouncing in someone else's arms. So it really might not be that big of a difference over the course of a season. But that number there, it feels pretty big when you say it out loud. I do think going over 500. I also think 8, 9 with the 17 games is kind of the old 7 and 9. Like 7 and 9, a lot of people got fired. 7 and 9 and 8 and 8 was actually much more respectable. It's like oh, 500. They were solid football team where 7 and 9 felt like, oh, that kind of sucked. Even though again, it might have been one tipped ball that landed in another guy's hand for a pick six. But I do think going nine and eight is 100% a success. Where eight, nine. I think people would be a little. Just because the hype on Ben Johnson, I mean, let's face it, he's. He's considered immediately the next Shanahan McVeigh, Kevin O' Connell, like, he's, he's very highly regarded by fans and football circles. I mean, he's just impressive. I've been impressed. He's not just some pushover. He's kind of a hard ass and he even talks like, I've been hard on Caleb and he hasn't liked it all. I was like, I kind of respect that. You know, he's been. He's been very. I mean, you're back there seeing his local press conferences. He's. He's pretty candid about, like, it's not. It's not. He's not running some. It's a pretty tight ship, I would say. He's got some Dan Campbell qualities which I did not expect from an offensive guy.
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Colin Cowherd
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Colin Cowherd
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
At least.
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Colin Cowherd
He grabs the first bag the second Bob. It looks like he's trying to do it all.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
One trip.
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Colin Cowherd
He shimmies the door open, steps over the dog. Oh, and he stumbles.
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Colin Cowherd
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, that was, you know, growing up, I'm watching guys like Jason Day and Adam Scott and Tiger. Of course, that's where I wanted to be. But that, that was because all the best players were playing there and it was really the only place you could play. Yeah. So absolutely. I wanted to, to be in the US Play on the PGA Tour and, you know, be the best golfer I could be. But, like, like I mentioned, it was the only option.
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Colin Cowherd
Who was the first American golf star in an event you played with and what was the experience like? Were you nervous? Was it like, oh, I've watched him on TV for years. Go to your first event that you played with us. You played with a star.
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Jeez, I can't even remember. Oh, geez. I think one of my first PGA Tour events was maybe the Pebble Beach Pro Am. I can't remember who I played with. You know, I, I knew Jason a fair bit by then. He was probably, you know, Jason Day. Yeah, Jason Day. He was probably the first guy that I spent a fair bit of time around and went, wow, this guy is so much better than me. I've got so much work to do. But I was, I was probably only 21, 22 years old, and he was at kind of the peak of his career. He was playing some amazing golf when I come on Tour. Yeah. But he was probably the first guy that I really got kind of star struck around, and then, you know, as. As time went on, you play with different guys and, you know, you've grown up your whole life watching them. Yeah, but Jason was definitely the first guy. I was like, holy, I'm so bad at golf.
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Colin Cowherd
Well, I mean, I always tell my kids, life's reaction, not action. So you obviously, you know, you have to kind of go home and not sulk and kind of figure it out. Are there, Are there courses for you, you know, as you travel around the world? And I've asked live players this before. I'm just now becoming addicted to golf. Is there a country I know it's tormenting. Is there. Is there a country that you look at and think is underrated, that you look at the courses and you look at the young players? Is there a place in this globe that maybe is fairly new to you and you think it has an incredibly promising future in the sport?
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
I would say Asia. Asia is a continent. I don't think there's one kind of country that really stands out. Every golf course that we've gone to in Asia is, Has been phenomenal.
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Colin Cowherd
That's what I. That's what I hear.
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Yeah.
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Colin Cowherd
Not.
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Not only the design and stuff like that, but just their practice facilities. You know, they're so excited as well to have you there. It's. It's such a cool place. But I would say. I would say for sure, in the Next, you know, 10, 20 years, that's the place I'd look to, to where. Where I think the most good golfers are going to come out of. You know, there's. There's a fair few in Australia as well. South Africa. We're going there next year. I'm looking forward to getting there. You know, there are places where good golfers have come kind of regularly, but I think we'll see the biggest influx in Asia for sure.
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Colin Cowherd
I'm going to give you a golfer and you give me a sentence as if I've never seen them play. I've never seen them play. And I want you to describe their greatness. John.
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Oh, I mean, he's. He's incredible. It feels like when you're playing against him, when you're up near the lead, when you're in contention with him, it feels like you have to do everything perfect to beat him. Let's drive the ball, chip the ball, you know, approach everything. It feels like he doesn't let up, he doesn't miss a shot. He's so consistent, you know, like out here, he's had, I think every studies had like a top 10, you know, which is, which is a crazy thing. People might not think that that's, that's hard, but it's hard. I would, I would say just incredibly consistent, Persistent as well. Like, doesn't let up. And he's, and he's a fighter, too, you know, when, when he's, when he's on his heels, you know, more often than not, he comes out on top.
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Colin Cowherd
An older guy, but one of my favorite players ever, Phil Mickelson. I've never seen him play. Describe Phil Mickelson.
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
A crazy golfer. To be honest. I've played with Phil a lot, particularly the last, you know, five or six years. You know, I've played with him when he stripes the ball, hits everything perfect, does all the right stuff. And I've played with him where he hits it offline, hits these miraculous shots and gets up and down and kind of keeps the momentum going. He's definitely a, a momentum guy. Once he gets on a string of 30s, it seems like he's not going to stop. But a completely different golfer to John Rahm in, in that. Yeah, he kind of hits it everywhere and, like, it gets, like, gets it done.
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Colin Cowherd
He's the great chef that spills a few things, but he's still great.
- [32:07]
Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Yeah, Absolutely.
- [32:08]
Colin Cowherd
Absolutely. Rory McElroy.
- [32:12]
Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Rory's the most impressive driver of the golf ball I've ever seen. I don't think I'll ever see. I don't think anyone could ever be better than him off the tee again. Just does all the right stuff, hits it in the right places. A very, A very. He can be very dominant when he's, when he's on, I feel like he's, he's very, very tough to be, you.
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Colin Cowherd
Know, Bryson DeChambeau is. He looks like a football player, and he's got kind of a crazy personality. I didn't like him when he initially came on the tour. I thought he was obnoxious. And then something happened, and two years later, I, I, you know, I was always a Brooks Koepka guy, and now I love them both. And reportedly they've mended fences, which makes me happy, because I think they're really great. That's what I've heard that. So first of all, can you confirm that they now speak. They're okay?
- [33:12]
Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Oh, yeah. Yeah, they're okay.
- [33:13]
Colin Cowherd
Okay. They're okay. All right. Cam's reporting that, but it's. Is Bryson intimidating just because of the sheer stature and size when you golf with him? What is it like to golf with him?
- [33:26]
Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
Yeah, he, he can be intimidating again. He can get the driver going as well. For me, I would say I'm a kind of average kind of length guy. I don't, I don't hit the ball too short. I don't hit it too far. He can just overpower golf courses like no one else can, and it can be quite intimidating. But I don't think, I don't think there's a golf course he can play that necessarily. I can't play, if that makes sense.
- [33:55]
Colin Cowherd
Sure.
- [33:58]
Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
But yeah, he can get the driver going. It's pretty crazy, you know, some. Sometimes he's, you know, 70, 80, 90 yards ahead of you and it's pretty demoralizing, to be honest.
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Colin Cowherd
The volume.
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Brian Schottenheimer or Football Analyst
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Professional Golfer (possibly Cameron Smith)
That's what the real question is.
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Colin Cowherd
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