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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
THE HERD - Hour 2 - Where Colin was right and wrong, more on the Chiefs this season, Shedeur Sanders will be the starter going forward, Matt Hasselbeck
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Colin Cowherd
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Colin Cowherd
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Colin Cowherd
Thanks for listening to the Herd podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio and noon to 3 Eastern, 9am to noon Pacific. Find your local station for the herd@foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR.
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Now let's get this party started.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.
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Colin Cowherd
Here we go. It is a Monday. We're live in LA. See that snow on the screen opposite here, 75, 80 degrees. Maybe I should call Ann, send a plane ticket. It's good to have you and Matt Hasselbeck in five minutes. It's a beautiful, beautiful day.
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Matt Hasselbeck
Beautiful week ahead.
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Colin Cowherd
Weather wise, it is Urban Meyer next hour. Every week at this we do Colin right. Colin wrong had another good blazing five. Got Philly tonight three and one.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
Let's go to right and wrong where Colin was right.
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Colin Cowherd
It's time to all acknowledge what we've been talking about. Jordan Love is out of this world. Good three tutties, 121 passer rating. He was the difference yesterday. Green Bay's defense got really tired. He didn't. He's finally got a healthy wide receiving core. Green Bay and the Rams best two teams in the nfc and a huge part of it is Jordan Love. Tall moves, aggressive, not a lot of mistakes. It's time to admit it folks. He's. He's elite.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
Where Colin was wrong, I'll scale back.
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Colin Cowherd
On my Cowboy love. They gave up 44 to Detroit. I still think their run defense, two first round picks, Quinn and Williams is really, really going to be strong going forward. But the truth is their past defense gives up 255 per game. They need help in the secondary. Many mock drafts have them going. Getting Caleb Downs of Ohio State. They're a really fun watch. I love their future. But defensively they still need help.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
Where Collin was, right said this last.
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Colin Cowherd
Couple of years Josh Allen is the best quarterback in the NFL. Not Patrick Mahomes. Josh is a more transformational physical specimen for total touchdowns, 140 passer rating and he doesn't have a receiving core that's as good as Patrick Mahomes. So don't, don't tell me that. Well, he's got a lot to work with. He's got tight ends yesterday he couldn't trust in the red zone. James Cook. So let's give him the MVP Again. He doesn't have the trophy case, but the best quarterback in the NFL. It's not Lamar, it's not Aaron Rodgers, it's not Mahomes. It's not. It's Josh Allen and has been for two years.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
Where Colin was wrong, the Indiana Hoosiers.
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Colin Cowherd
Are a college football power. Hard to wrap my brain around that because I had a functioning television for the last 40 years. They went toe to toe in the trenches with Ohio State. It's not just Fernando Mendoza, because Ohio State. Julian Sands, a great quarterback, too.
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IBM AI Representative
They.
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Colin Cowherd
The Hoosiers held Ohio State to 58 yards rushing. And Jackson's great as a running back. They held him to 10 points. So this wasn't just about a great quarterback and an excellent coach. This was the trenches. This was Indiana going toe to toe in the trenches with the number one program right now in college football. Blew me away.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
Where Colin was right.
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Colin Cowherd
I've been defending Aaron Rodgers all year. He's not the problem. He's the most redeemable quality. He threw the ball down the field yesterday. He was moving around and scrambling. 7th game this season with over 100 passer rating and they don't have a run game. Offensively, the O line is okay. After DK Metcalf, what do they have at wide receiver? I've been critical of Aaron before. He's a bit, you know, moody and prickly, but he's been good. 42 years old or not. He's done a good job with what he has this year.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
Where Colin was wrong, the Miami Dolphins.
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Colin Cowherd
Have won four straight. They have the same record as the Chiefs and the Ravens. Listen, Mike McDaniel, I always said I liked his schemes. I like his play calling. I don't know if he's a head coach. He deserves a ton of credit. To go up in lousy weather and to win the four straight game and they were the better team physically. I mean, they gave up a long return. Miami was a better team. Nobody has quit on this team. Mike McDaniel has not lost that locker room. They have the same record as the Kansas City Chiefs. I was wrong.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
Where Colin was right.
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Colin Cowherd
The Miami Hurricanes are going to jump over Notre Dame. That's what I said and it's what they did. The Irish had two games and they had to win one. They started the year with Texas A and M and Miami. You got to win one of them. Miami's got a big win and a tougher schedule. Their wins over Notre Dame head to head. Head to head isn't everything. But when you both have two losses it's the thing. And again Notre Dame join a conference. BYU did. Miami deserve to be in better against common opponents one head to head. I don't really have a problem with Notre Dame bailing on the bowl game because I think bowl games are in. Conference championships are going to be a thing of the past within the next two years. But I thought Miami had kind of won public approval. People coming out, coaches who had played both teams, it was the right thing.
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Fox Sports Radio Announcer
For college football to do where Colin was right.
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Colin Cowherd
Mike McDonald said it last year, I've said it this year. He is the defensive Sean McVay, Seattle. This guy is no B.S. alpha, smart player, friendly green. This is the second youngest offense in the league. He lets Sam Darnold make mistakes. He doesn't over coach. He doesn't go conservative. Seattle found themselves the defensive version of Sean McVay and they'll play each other twice a year going forward with that. Eighteen years in the NFL. Matt Hasselbeck, as he does on Monday, joins us. You know, I said this about dynasties. They don't fall off a cliff. They look like the Chiefs. They dominate and they win big and they win Super Bowls. Then they start winning close and then the next year they start losing close. And they're old players. You can see the age. And I'm watching Travis Kelsey and I, you know, I kind of look at him and I thought last night Houston had more like special players. Like, I kind of think this is how it was going to look. And to me, this is how this is how dynasties end. Are you surprised?
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NFL Analyst
Well, yeah, I don't know if I'm exactly surprised. I think the rest of the league's gotten a lot better. You know, they don't look as big, strong and fast and healthy as they've looked in the past. I think I've said it many times, though. Details and discipline are the difference in the NFL. It's not always that big of a gap in talent. And then when your star player doesn't play his best and because of the reason, you know, guys around him, maybe it's drops, maybe it's throwing late down the middle. It's stuff you used to get away with. I mean, the three turnovers are uncharacteristic. They're really bad interceptions that he had yesterday. But details, discipline drops, third down. There's a lot of blame to go around. Listen, they've had continuity on the offensive staff or really on the, on the staff in general for a long time. That can be a blessing. It can also be, you know, an opportunity to get complacent. And obviously, you know, we're used to them making the best decisions in coaching, game management, kind of, that kind of stuff. And that, that wasn't the case last night as well. So a lot of, a lot of blame to go around. This clearly just doesn't seem to be like their year.
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Colin Cowherd
So Packers, Bears was wildly entertaining. Green Bay dominates the first half. Bears had a very good second.
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You know, I think everybody's sort of waiting to say, okay, the Bears are legit. They beat Philadelphia in Philly. And a lot of people said, well, the Eagles are broken.
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Public Investing Representative
I don't know.
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Colin Cowherd
I, I said earlier I thought this was about as good a loss. I mean, I. Green Bay was favored by a touchdown. They're at home. They've been great for three decades. Chicago doesn't get in games like this where it matters. They don't get into these big games. They had a bad first half. I watched that second half and I'm like, green Bay's tired like they. Chicago's does what good teams do in second halves. Do you feel this legitimize the Bears even though they lost?
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NFL Analyst
I mean, I think the Bears are legitimate anyway. I just last week I said, listen, I love this team. I really do. I'm not sold on their quarterback, and I don't think they're the one seed. You know, and the amount of hate I received for that, those two statements is wild. I feel the same. I feel the same. I think Ben Johnson's special. I like really, really special. I actually love the play call at the end of the game. I think it's a game winner. If not, it's a first down. Like, I believe in this team. I think the packers have something special, too. There's going to be another epic matchup. I was part of this rivalry. I understand it for three years. It's wild. Stuff happens. This was a wild game. There's going to be another matchup. I think it'll be even better. You know, the handshake's funny to me. And like all this trash talk from the head coaches going back to the press conference when Ben Johnson got hired. It wouldn't even surprise me if secretly these guys are like best friends and going vacation together in June, like it's. It wouldn't surprise me. This, this is going to be a great rivalry for years to come. Be a great matchup. The next one. I do think I say it again. I hate to pile on because he's a young player and a talented player, but Caleb does the stuff that scouts absolutely drool over, and he does the stuff that coaches pull their hair. Hair out over. You know, it's like. So he's just got to grow up to the speed of a team that's trying to hoist a Lombardi. He's got to grow up quickly.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah, the. You know, it's funny, Matt, for the previous five or six, seven years, I thought the AFC was better because they landed all these quarterbacks, Herbert and Allen and Mahomes and Burrow, and they hit on all of them. C.J. stroud. But I watched the NFC now, and I'm. I'm watching the Bears and I'm watching the Rams yesterday. Good God. And I'm. I'm watching. And I'll watch Philadelphia tonight. I do feel like the NFC is better. I'm watching this game. I felt like watching Ohio State, Indiana. I'm like, I think the Big Ten has the two best teams, maybe Georgia. I watched Green Bay and I thought in Chicago and I thought, yeah, I mean, this is the kind of thing we watched in the afc.
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I mean, let's, let's talk Green Bay. Like, I could see them winning the Super Bowl. Like, I. They're polished.
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I don't know, a lot of flaws. What's Green Bay's flaw?
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NFL Analyst
Well, yeah, I mean, you mentioned those teams. You mentioned the Rams. You mentioned Green Bay. I would throw Chicago in there, too. Teams that are really, really good at running the football. Green Bay, they didn't get too cute last night. They just said, hey, this is going to be a Josh Jacobs game. We're going to play great defense and we're going to put this. We're going to, you know, we're going to be physical. We're going to, you know, run the ball at the one yard line, that kind of stuff. And then if you want to come at us, we'll. Jordan level, make you pay, you know. So I think this is a young team in a lot of ways, but I think they're building for December and building for January, and I think Sean McVay is doing the same thing. Listen, Matt LaFleur, Sean McVay, they're kind of cut from that same cloth. And I think the difference is going be one of these teams with a strong run game, good defense, their quarterback plays above the X's and O's the way that Matthew Stafford has been. So can Green Bay do that? Can Jordan love kind of like step into that potential that he has? I think he's ready to do that. But this, this should be a great, great playoff run for the NFC side of it.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah. Hey, I gotta ask you about a couple of things. I want to ask you about a call in the Steelers Ravens game. So it was my understanding in the middle of the field, non end zone, that you ball security number one, do you have the ball.
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Two feet down and then a move forward. And. And because the NFL, I was told this years ago, they don't like fumbles. They don't want the game played in between the 30s with fumbles. So they want that, that move forward. But in the end zone, Matt, there is nowhere to move to.
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I see that as a touchdown. What do you see?
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NFL Analyst
Yeah, I mean, online, everyone is going nuts. And I think, I get it. You know, they were going nuts. I thought the best description of this was Gene Steritor, the former official. He got on Twitter, X whatever it's called now. He got on there and said, hey, here is the rule. So everyone's mad at the officials. You need to be mad at the people that are writing the rule. And like, for me, this goes back to, you know, the NFL struggled with what is a catch and all this stuff for years, Right. I think this goes back to you catch the ball, the ball's over the goal line. I think we all would agree if we're doing this in my front yard or in the driveway as kids, we're saying, hey, that's a touchdown. I do think this is something that'll get addressed again. I don't think it's the fault of the guys in the stripes. They're just. They're just carrying out what the sort of how it's written.
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Colin Cowherd
So when you think about Buffalo, here's the good news we saw this weekend. The weather's getting horrible, right? And when it's horrible, you know this. You got to run the ball. That. Forget your vertical passing game. Buffalo runs the ball. The quarterback does. James Cook does. And they're very tight end centric. I mean, they're receivers. Gabe Davis had two catches. It's all Kincaid. It's all Knox. I look at Buffalo and I think, actually, for the first time ever, I want Josh Allen playing in snow. Because if the weather's good, they could lose to anybody on the back end. I mean, Joe Burrow went up and down the field in a snowstorm with an average offensive line. Do you. Do you worry? I mean, I look at him and I said, it reminds me of LeBron in Cleveland. Josh Allen has had to score six touchdowns, four touchdowns, four touchdowns, three times this year. They're three. And, oh, when they've allowed 32 or more, the rest of the league is 661 and two. It's hard for me to believe they're a Super bowl team, but Burrow, Mahomes, Lamar, you know, they're not going to make the playoffs.
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Tito's Vodka Spokesperson
Maybe.
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Colin Cowherd
Where are you on Buffalo?
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NFL Analyst
I hear what you're saying. I would just say as a quarterback, though, like, when your defense struggles statistically, it's almost more fun for you as a quarterback. Like, you can just kind of cut it loose and play like you're at recess, which is how Josh Allen likes to play anyway. You said you weren't sure if you liked him in the snow. I love Josh Allen in the snow. You know, the Wyoming Cowboy, the Buffalo Bill. Like, I think it works. I've been very critical of Buffalo's defense. I agree. I think there's a lot of room for improvement. However, they have created turnovers. You know, the two burrow turnovers in this game got him back in the game. And then you get that sudden change opportunity for Josh Allen. Here's what happens as a quarterback. You're sitting on the bench, you're thinking, Joe Burrows out there, and all of a sudden, interception happens. The stadium goes nuts. You're like, boom, Sudden change. Now there's like this, like, momentum that you have. Josh Allen's got the ball. Touchdown. Touchdown. Like, it's, it's a. It's an excitement thing. So as long as this defense can keep creating turnovers, it works. But if they don't get the turnover part of the puzzle, then, Then, no, they're. They're probably not hoisting the Lombardi this year.
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Colin Cowherd
So the Eagles did something. Saquon Barkley sort of rolled his eyes. They brought a positivity rabbit into the, you know, they're trying to change the vibe into the locker room. And it feels like one of those things management does that thinks is cool and everybody's like, that is cringe.
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I think tonight Philly turns a corner. I kind of have a feeling they're going to get it right. Where are you on the positivity rabbit and the Eagles?
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NFL Analyst
Yeah. I don't know whose idea this was, but I will just say in the NFL, like, the season gets long and usually there's a lot of, I don't want to call it rookie hazing, but there's us a lot of responsibilities. Usually the O line is the kind of behind some of this stuff. And you, you know, the rookies decorate the meeting room or decorate the locker room or they're responsible for bringing quote unquote holiday cheer to the, to the building. And so, you know, I don't know where it comes from, but teams can jump on stuff like this. I mean, it wasn't that long ago that the Eagles jumped on the whole underdog thing. You know, like when wore the masks and all that because people were counting them out. So if they get on a roll and they get on a tear, like, I could see. What is it? The pos positivity Bunny. Hey, whatever. Whatever it takes. I could see it. You know, it's like the playoff beard. You just, you do it if it. If you need something. But the origins, I mean, the rolling of the eyes, this thing. I mean, I could tell you story after story after like quote unquote, hazing opportunities for, for young guys that some of them turned out to be awesome and you earned the respect to the team and you were one of the guys. Others, they were like, get this dude out of our locker room. Don't ever come back. Go play for somebody else. It's a real thing that can happen.
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Colin Cowherd
Okay, I know it's not. Not all franchise quarterbacks are Josh Allen.
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But I mean, there's a lot of mids. And I watched the Door Sanders again this weekend and I'm like, I don't know. It. It looks like the Colorado Kid. I don't think he has a great trait, a great arm, great athleticism. I do think he's better than a fifth round draft pick. I mean, I watched Kenny Pickett get drafted in the first round. I watched about six starts, and I'm like, that's not a franchise guy.
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It's not a big story, especially because at least Tebow was winning. But I think he's a lot better than Tebow. What are we to say after a few starts on Shador Sanders? Bad weather, 400 yards, not a very good receiving core. It's something, right?
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NFL Analyst
Yeah, it's something. I think they're going to be encouraged by it. I think they're going to say, hey, there's something to work with here. There's a lot of things that, that stand out that are uncoachable. And then there's the stuff that we can fix. Listen, you got you him, you got J.J. mcCarthy, Cam Ward. Some guys, they're young guys, they're just out there running plays. Playoffs are done. They're just out there running plays and the teams are saying, hey, let's see what we can find out about this guy so we can make a Decision on our quarterback room for next year. You know, Tyler Schuck, I think, is an example of another guy taking advantage of that. Ironically, Jackson Dart, who had the best year of the class, he's out. And Riley Leonard is going to be the guy playing relevant snaps at the end here. But with all that being said, all eyes are going to be on Shador. Everything's going to be under the microscope, but I do think they're going to give him the opportunity. I think it's going to be his to have the rest of the season. And, you know, they're going to. They're going to say, okay, can he make the improvements that we're asking him to make? Much like the way that Caleb Williams last year, it was taking sacks, it was body language. He really improved on those things. And let's just see, can we get him to the next level? Shedeur, for me, is doing a lot better than a lot of people were counting on him doing.
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Colin Cowherd
By the way, Stefanski just announced that Sadura Sanders will start the rest of the season. So you just called it.
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NFL Analyst
There you go.
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Colin Cowherd
So if you look, it's interesting. Sometimes you get a reputation.
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And it sticks. So because Sam Darnold threw a lot of picks for the jets and because of last year, at the end, people are like, you can't trust him. In the last two years, two different teams, two different coaches, two different O lines, two different coordinators. He leads the NFL and wins. He's like second or third in passing touchdowns. They now have six times this season blown a team out. This doesn't happen much in the NFL by 14 or more. I'm watching them yesterday, and I know it's Atlanta. I know, but I'm watching them. Nobody, it feels like nobody's talking about him. We're talking about the Rams, so we're talking about the Eagles, and we're talking about the packers, and we're talking about the Bills.
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Tito's Vodka Spokesperson
I want.
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Colin Cowherd
You've been high on Seattle. This coach, this defense. Sam Darnold is so aggressive. JSN's unguardable. Are we all sleeping on Seattle?
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NFL Analyst
Yeah, no doubt. And it's used to be sleepless in Seattle, now it's sleeping on Seattle. Their defense is the real deal. Real deal. JSN might be the. Might be the best wide receiver in the game right now. I would say even possibly an MVP candidate. And listen, I watch all their games. I mean, Drew Locke's played in a ton of games because it's like we're just blowing you out. We want to Just get Sam out of the game. I think Sam Darnold's a really good quarterback. What I love that he did yesterday is that he used his legs. I think sometimes I mentioned this, quarterbacks, they wear like a different colored jersey in practice and they almost forget about, especially the guys that are drop back passers, they forget about using their legs as a weapon. He's really good at that as well. So, you know, for this team it's going to come back down to a Rams vs. Seattle matchup near the end of the year. And then I think they finish with the 49ers. Those are two, you know, nine, 10 win type teams right now. And it's going to be, it's going to be a challenge for them. They could absolutely think they actually control their destiny to be the one seed, have the buy host home field, all that stuff. So it's right in front of them and Sam Darnold gets to quiet those critics and I think he can.
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Tito's Vodka Spokesperson
Yeah.
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Colin Cowherd
Right now we're showing our television audience the Rams are a one seed, Green Bay two. Those are excellent teams. If you're asking me, I'd say Seattle is the third best team I've seen in the nfc. They're a five seed.
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NFL Analyst
And look at that list right there, Colin. I mean you've got the Seahawks as a wild card, as the five seed. But I believe if they win out, they win their next four. They're the one seed and that's all it takes for them. They control it.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah, they get the Rams in Seattle. So to your point, listen, we're all forgetting the Niners are off a buy. I mean it's, the NFC is, I mean the number one offense is Dallas. They're not even close. I mean they're 6 and 6. So there is a lot of depth in the NFC. Matt, as always, buddy, great seeing you see going.
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I'm just, I'm watching that Seattle game and yeah, Sam throws some picks but you know, this is the year kind of, of redemption. Like everybody sold their stock on Trevor Lawrence. You're like, they've been pretty good. Everybody's like Sam last year, get rid of it. Oh, he's been great. It's, you know, Jordan love a lot of doubters. Oh, he's been unbelievable. A little bit of a redemption year for quarterbacks.
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Matt Hasselbeck
Yeah, I would largely agree. You, you asked me about the lines for this week and the Colts are going to Seattle. Darnold should cook against the, against the Colts. But then Darnold has the real game of the season. Of the season against the Rams at home. Rematch from when he had four picks. I think this will be like the end of last season for him. Remember, he really struggled and everybody sold their stock. This is his chance. Hey, guys, I'm for real. I show up. I don't know, man. Rams defense look pretty feisty yesterday. Did you see them getting after Jacoby Brissette? I mean, they look nasty up front. First, they were embarrassed with the Carolina result.
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Colin Cowherd
The two best fifth round picks that I. That pop into my head, Pukinakua and George Kittle. Yeah, Pukinakua. Yesterday. Dude, it's. I watched him in college. He didn't do that in college.
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NFL Analyst
No, no, no, no.
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Colin Cowherd
I mean, I watched him at Washington and byu. Yeah.
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Sometimes. And I know these NFL gms and all these scouting departments. I watch him and I'm like, did I miss something? Well, I remember when he was drafted and you said you knew Stafford well. Stafford was telling everybody in camp, dude, we have a superstar receiver in camp.
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Matt Hasselbeck
Yeah. I'm just curious. Can Puka catch JSN for the offensive player of the year? I know, it's like where we don't.
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Colin Cowherd
Really care because he gets dinged up more.
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Matt Hasselbeck
He does remember Jonathan Taylor was the leader for a while. That ship has sailed. It's over now. Taylor had a rough game against Jacksonville yesterday, but I think it's going to come down to a receiver for sure.
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Colin Cowherd
I mean, between Stafford, their tight ends. Now Blake Corum. Have you noticed Blake Corum is now cooking? So they have a. And they're all healthy. The Rams are healthy.
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Matt Hasselbeck
Are your top three teams? Ram, Seahawks, and I think you got to say NFL, Packers. They're all nfc.
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Colin Cowherd
Well, no, I think New England's somewhere in that group.
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Matt Hasselbeck
New England's in that group.
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Colin Cowherd
Dude, I've watched them go to Buffalo and everybody keeps one game.
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Matt Hasselbeck
What else they got?
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Colin Cowherd
I think they went to Tampa and one, I think they've. They've won. They're just winning. The team that I worry about is Denver beat now again yesterday. I've never seen a 2417 game that was that big of a blowout. Yeah, like Denver's covered.
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Matt Hasselbeck
Raiders covered Denver.
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Colin Cowherd
Thank you, Pete. Carol, long time. I mean, they were really trying to get out of the stadium. Denver was just like handed off. Eat the clock. Let's get out of here. Nobody gets hurt. I worry a little bit about Bo Nicks in the playoffs. I worry.
- [27:50]
Matt Hasselbeck
I don't know who's coming out of the afc. Colin, the AFC is crazy right now. Now, like Honestly, if you're go. If you're Josh Allen going up against the top three, you're not scared of any of those three. Look at the quarterbacks. Bo Nicks, second year. Drake May, second year, Trevor Lawrence, I like him. But Aaron Rodgers, 47 years old. Well, I mean, are the Houston Texans. Could they be in the Super Bowl?
- [28:11]
Colin Cowherd
Listen, the Houston Texans D line because the Patriots, Jags, Steelers, Bills, Chargers do not have great lines. If the Texans ended up in the AFC championship against Denver. Denver's got a great O line. Yeah, but I mean, Houston could win. I'm, I'm telling you, when the playoff numbers come out, I'm betting Houston.
- [28:32]
Matt Hasselbeck
Well, the other team is those in the hunt teams. I don't even think they're dangerous at this point.
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Public Investing Representative
No, they're not.
- [28:36]
Matt Hasselbeck
They're not good. Like honestly, Daniel Jones, if you feel terrible for him, that season's over for the Colts. They're not getting, I don't think they're getting to the playoffs.
- [28:42]
Colin Cowherd
No.
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Public Investing Representative
Riley Leonardo.
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Colin Cowherd
No, no, no. Riley Leonard, also known as the next.
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Matt Hasselbeck
Josh Allen, who is coming out of the afc. That's a. I don't. It could be the Texans, but they'd have to win three straight.
- [28:53]
Colin Cowherd
Oh, I'm, I'm.
- [28:54]
Matt Hasselbeck
Listen, that defense travels, though. Oh, but admit it. Last night when the Chiefs are coming back in the second half, you're like.
- [29:00]
Colin Cowherd
Oh, I've seen this movie before. No, no, I, I.
- [29:04]
Matt Hasselbeck
Straight incompletion.
- [29:06]
Colin Cowherd
Have more good players when you are. Why, if you turn the sound on, just watch the athleticism. Texans are better.
- [29:11]
Matt Hasselbeck
They gotta let Stroud cook. Too many handoffs into the line of scrimmage.
- [29:16]
Colin Cowherd
Defensive coach. Yeah, it's the Herd.
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Colin Cowherd
It has a completely distinct taste.
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Colin Cowherd
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Colin Cowherd
Seasons greetings.
- [33:40]
From FS1. I mean, what I got to tell you, what a weekend. Bears, Packers, Ohio State, Indiana. Sometimes as a network, I'm really interested to see the Bears packers ratings.
- [33:52]
Matt Hasselbeck
Are you off the Buckeyes now because of that loss?
- [33:54]
Colin Cowherd
Oh, God, no. No, no, no. Ohio State's going to win the Natty. I think Ohio State, the three best teams I've seen and I think there's a gap.
- [34:05]
No particular order. Indiana, Georgia, Ohio State. I'll still take Ohio State to win the Natty. When Ohio State lost to Oregon and Michigan last year, I said on the. And that loss to Mexico was bad.
- [34:17]
Matt Hasselbeck
Everybody knew that that team was loaded. This team has a young quarterback.
- [34:22]
Colin Cowherd
No, no, this quarterback's great.
- [34:23]
Matt Hasselbeck
Was Ryan Day coaching to not let him make a mistake? He didn't throw the ball down the field.
- [34:28]
Colin Cowherd
No, no, I didn't realize. Fourth and two field goal attempt. I would have gone for it.
- [34:32]
Matt Hasselbeck
Jeremiah Smith is one on one like half the game. How are you not just throwing some jump balls to him? Well, I. I did not understand the game plan from Ryan Day.
- [34:39]
Colin Cowherd
Well, maybe he didn't want to unveil things before the saving it.
- [34:42]
Matt Hasselbeck
So who cares about the champion?
- [34:44]
Colin Cowherd
Well, you care about it. But J. Mac with the news. No, no, no. Turn on the news.
- [34:50]
Fox Sports Radio Announcer
This is the Herd line news, all right?
- [34:53]
Matt Hasselbeck
We need to fulfill our contractual obligation to talking about Bo Nix Collins, favorite quarterback in the AFC. Hey, listen, 10 game win streak for your guy. Look at him just dropping dimes against it.
- [35:04]
Colin Cowherd
He was good yesterday.
- [35:05]
Matt Hasselbeck
Well, Raiders play a soft zone defense. I mean, hell, you could have. You were QB1 back in the day. You could have carved these guys up. Anyways, Bo Nix moved into a tie with John Elway for third longest streak win streak in franchise history. Here's Bo Nix, the hero on the streak.
- [35:22]
Bo Nix
It's amazing. Ten's a long. A long streak. And, you know, we've won 11 games. That's, you know, really tough to do at this point in the season. And I mean, 11 and 2 is not many things that, you know, you want to be negative because you want to be appreciative of this opportunity and be appreciative of the wins no matter how they come.
- [35:43]
Colin Cowherd
He's a good player, and he's a heady guy that I think Sean Payton admires. His toughness, his athletic ability. He is like Caleb can be a bit of a roller coaster. Over the course of three and a half hours yesterday, it was.
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Colin Cowherd
It's very rare when you watch a game and you can tell one team knows how much better they are. And they're just doing. Did you notice Denver run the ball? Short throws, keep the clock running. Denver just wanted to stay healthy and get out because they know right now the Raiders don't look well coached. I mean, they don't. They're doing nothing well. But watching this game, it was like, oh, they just want to get out of the stadium. A lot of. A lot of catchable stuff underneath, running the ball. They have a nice running game yesterday.
- [36:31]
This was not a 2417 game. If you watched it, it was total domination.
- [36:35]
Matt Hasselbeck
So sometimes I forget to give props to people who do what you have to do.
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Matt Hasselbeck
I mean, they got to win this game and they won. Right? Rams went to Carolina. They didn't win. You know, they. They lost that game. That was a tough one. But Denver just keeps winning. Colin, what matters most here. Here's what they got next. Green Bay. That's a top three team in the league. Jacksonville. That's not going to be an easy one. I'm sorry, that's not going to be easy at the Chiefs. They're not dead yet. They might be by that point. And then they close out with the Chargers.
- [37:01]
Colin Cowherd
3 of 4. High altitude, cold weather home. Jacksonville in. In Denver weather.
- [37:09]
Matt Hasselbeck
Liam Cohen and Trevor Lawrence were built for that.
- [37:11]
Colin Cowherd
Oh, Denver's gonna. Oh, they're gonna roll.
- [37:14]
Matt Hasselbeck
Really?
- [37:15]
Colin Cowherd
I had Jacksonville. Jacksonville's not going to Denver in a snowstorm and winning.
- [37:20]
Matt Hasselbeck
It's so. It's so cold in Chicago. You may be here for a few weeks, so you'll be around for that Jacksonville, Denver game. We'll have like a dinner bet on that.
- [37:27]
Colin Cowherd
Okay.
- [37:27]
Matt Hasselbeck
I'm blindly taking the Jags there. Unless.
- [37:31]
All right, let's move on to the next one. And that is Shad Sanders. Colin, obviously. Why are you laughing? The big News is he's been named the starter for the rest of the season.
- [37:40]
Colin Cowherd
He makes big time throws.
- [37:42]
Matt Hasselbeck
No, no, Cap, he was outstanding against the Titans. He had a great touch past in Joku in the corner.
- [37:47]
Colin Cowherd
Could I argue he was better than Cam Ward yesterday?
- [37:50]
Matt Hasselbeck
Sure, go for it. I mean, listen, the Titans defense is. Is a joke. One of the worst in the league. And Shador lit him up as he was supposed to do.
- [37:56]
Colin Cowherd
He throws the ball down the field. Act that was a great throw.
- [37:59]
Matt Hasselbeck
He throw that interception. Now here, let's. We gotta be balanced. Fair and balanced.
- [38:03]
Colin Cowherd
Bad pick.
- [38:04]
Matt Hasselbeck
23 of 42. That's a cut above 50%. And there's. He had the second most time to throw of any quarterback this season. And what the Titans notice is he pats the ball before he throws.
- [38:15]
Colin Cowherd
He does.
- [38:15]
Matt Hasselbeck
He does this pat. And you can adjust as a cornerback. And that like led to a lot of breakups. Anyways, the big controversy is they score a touchdown. Great drive by Shador. They had to go for two to tie it.
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IBM AI Representative
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- [38:27]
Matt Hasselbeck
Now Shador had dropped out fumbled on a two point conversion earlier. They pull him off the field and.
- [38:32]
Colin Cowherd
They go to their wildcat.
- [38:34]
Matt Hasselbeck
A little trick play. Judkins forgot the play was all excited. Oh, it was a disaster. But everybody's coming after Stefanski like this is the last straw. You've got to fire him. Do we need to take a deep.
- [38:45]
Colin Cowherd
Breath here, Cleveland fans? I mean, do you. Do you look at that fan base as reasonable and nuanced? Stefanski?
- [38:52]
Matt Hasselbeck
Well, listen there. There are some media members out there who are trying to lead this charge. We don't need to name names, but people are like, what is Stefanski doing? He's hurting Shador. There is a weird Shadour cult out there who are like. I don't want to say like it's in the political realm, but they're all in on Shador. No matter what he does, they're gonna just listen.
- [39:11]
Colin Cowherd
I watched this with Tebow and Shador can actually play. So I've seen this before. It's called Tim Tebow and Tebow was winning. Shador's not winning, but Shador is a much better Tim Tebow. Oh, the Tim Tebow thing was insane. They did Saturday Night Live skits on it. It was insane. They had a great defense and Matt prater was kicking 58 yard field goals. Shadour's throwing the ball down the field. Shadow to me, I said this when Shadour went in the fifth round. I said, in my career I've never gone on the air and said that's a first round quarterback and they dropped to the fifth. Usually I'm pretty close. So he's obviously more of a franchise quarterback than Dylan Gabriel because I was not a Gabriel guy.
- [39:57]
Matt Hasselbeck
This isn't like you're pregnant kind of. You're either a franchise quarterback or you're not.
- [40:01]
Colin Cowherd
My take is he is Shador. Yeah.
- [40:03]
Matt Hasselbeck
Holy hell. So the Browns are probably going to be drafting top three. They may get a shot at Mendoza.
- [40:08]
Colin Cowherd
Oh no.
- [40:09]
Matt Hasselbeck
Are you saying you pass on Mendoza for Shador?
- [40:11]
Colin Cowherd
Nobody said that. If you can get Mendoza, you get him.
- [40:15]
Matt Hasselbeck
So that's the question. Browns fans, a lot of them like Shador. They're going to be ticked if they draft Mendoza.
- [40:20]
Colin Cowherd
Oh yeah, really ticked. Until they go on a four game winning streak.
- [40:23]
Matt Hasselbeck
So last thing, I don't know if you're watching these, but Stefanski looks exhausted answering Shadour questions. Have you seen these?
- [40:30]
Colin Cowherd
He's like, this is why they didn't want to draft.
- [40:33]
Matt Hasselbeck
Exactly. And I just wonder.
- [40:36]
I just wonder if Stefanski is almost like, you know what, I don't want to deal with this, this garbage for another year because whoever gets the job, that's there's like a cult of Shador. This is a thing.
- [40:45]
Colin Cowherd
It's called Tebowmania.
- [40:47]
Matt Hasselbeck
It's.
- [40:48]
Colin Cowherd
I mean that's why when Denver moved off Tebow, they went and got Peyton Manning.
- [40:54]
Matt Hasselbeck
Yeah. Kind of an upgrade.
- [40:55]
Colin Cowherd
Okay, so you can move off Shador, but you better not do it with Ty Simpson. If you do it with Dante Moore or Mendoza, any reasonable person with a functioning brain would be like, yeah, those are higher end prospects. But. Or you know, go, go. You know, I just again, Shador was good.
- [41:15]
Matt Hasselbeck
We got the man his flowers.
- [41:16]
Colin Cowherd
A franchise quarterback, Is he going to be an all timer? No, but I think he is a franchise quarterback. I watched Kenny Pickett play three games as a pro and I'm like, yeah, it's not a franchise Pennix.
- [41:27]
Matt Hasselbeck
Is he a franchise quarterback?
- [41:28]
Colin Cowherd
Well, I thought, well, we'll see. And played it a lot. We'll see, huh?
- [41:32]
Matt Hasselbeck
That just may warrant further discussion. All right, let's go to the NBA where LeBron James, the GOAT, the greatest basketball player ever, had an unbelievable game last night against the Sixers on the road. Remember the last time we saw him against Toronto? He didn't get 10 points last night. Oh, he put on a show, Colin. 29 points on 12 of 17. He scored 10 straight in the fourth Clutch City. Here's LeBron after the game.
- [41:59]
J
The end of a road trip. You know it can be a lot of tire legs or whatever the case may be. So I feel great. You know, I figured in the fourth that ar, you know, his legs may have been a little bit tired. Obviously we know the cross country that Luka had to endure. So I had an opportunity with some pretty good legs. My legs felt pretty good tonight to try to assert myself a little bit offensive.
- [42:20]
Colin Cowherd
Yeah, good win for them. Somebody in the crowd yelled, hey, you don't have any hair, LeBron. And LeBron said, yeah, but I got a lot of something money. LeBron.
- [42:31]
Matt Hasselbeck
Did that really happen or no?
- [42:32]
Colin Cowherd
Oh yeah. I clapped back at the crowd, got a big laugh.
- [42:34]
Matt Hasselbeck
I did not hear it in the.
- [42:35]
Colin Cowherd
NBA stars talk to the fans.
- [42:37]
Jason Timf
I love it.
- [42:37]
Matt Hasselbeck
So Luca after his wife gave birth, 31, 15 and 11. Unbelievable. Now he was right. Reeves has struggled, but Reaves is carrying the team against Toronto, Boston. He's doing everything. Reeves only had 11 last night. Lakers Spurs Wednesday. Your staff is telling me wembanyama may play. This is the NBA cup big game. I know you're gonna angle for some tickets to that one. We're gonna see you courtside with Kim Kardashian or whatever.
- [43:06]
Colin Cowherd
Yeah, no, no, no. And would not allow that. J Mac with a noose.
- [43:11]
Fox Sports Radio Announcer
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Jason Timf
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Hi, it's Colin. I've been around long enough to know.
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Okay. I like things that are built to last.
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Colin Cowherd
Listen, baseball season's here.
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Matt Hasselbeck
We've got a huge SEC biggies battle on Fox College Hoops Friday with As Texas takes on solo ball and fifth ranked Yukon, it all tips off Friday night at 8 Eastern on Fox.
- [47:13]
Colin Cowherd
I'm just looking at.
- [47:18]
Yeah, people are, are, are, are mad that Alabama got into the tournament because they haven't played particularly well. But you know, Alabama did go to Georgia and beat Georgia.
- [47:34]
Beat Tennessee, beat Missouri, hammered Vanderbilt. They, they had more quality wins. The two things that the committee showed you and right now for our radio audience, I'm putting out, putting up the 12 team playoff. I think they got it right. I wouldn't include James Madison or Tulane, but I've never been into that hokey small school thing. I think it's great in March Madness when you have 68 teams. It's not good in college football when you have four or now 12 and eventually 14 maybe if you get to 16 you can have one of them. But they don't recruit the same type of players and even if they did pull off an upset, they get boat raced in the second game. Football is a game of violence and attrition and you just need more NFL bodies. But I think they, I think they got it right. I think the top four seeds are Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia, Texas Tech. I think they got it right. They got Notre Dame over Miami. Notre Dame had a marginal quality win at home. Notre Dame didn't beat A and M or Miami. You got to win one. So you know, you can complain about all you want. If you take Tulane and James Madison out, they mostly got it right. I think there's an argument where Texas gets in over Alabama because Texas beat, they beat Vandy, Texas beat Oklahoma. I, I, if Texas, you know, they beat A and M, I think the best argument that you don't like what happened is Alabama out Texas in. I, I think that would, in my opinion Texas has more good quality wins. That's my take. Texas also has a horrible loss to Florida. Although it's an SEC team, it's not that horrible. But mostly I think like, you know, it came down to the end and they took Miami over Notre Dame and you know, Notre Dame now. I was talking to my friend John Middelkoff about this and I said this happens all the time. You're seeing it in streaming and television, you're seeing it in AI that we have massive change. Very quickly. What used to be the death penalty in college football was paying a player. Now you not only do it, you brag about it.
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IBM AI Representative
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- [49:45]
Colin Cowherd
College football is now about 35% pro football. There's free agency. You pay the players, the coaches make 10 million and with that, head to head is going to be more important. When you come down to an end of A season. And the other thing is the bowl games are done. So everybody is banging on Notre Dame getting out of the bowl games. They will not be the only team to do it. I think bowl games are the latest thing everybody's clutching to. That will go away. Mostly nobody's going to go to these games. They're not going to be able to sell tickets. The games are going to be awful, the ratings are going to be terrible. Nobody's going to watch these bowl games. So bowl games are going away sooner the better. And I think conference championships, this is not an excuse because Indiana was better than Ohio State. But I don't see the value in conference championships. You play 12 games and then you have, you have the 12 team playoff and now I think bowl games are done. So Notre Dame, I'm not going to criticize them for saying yeah, we could get some practices, but we thought it was messy at the end. And let's be honest, bowl games don't matter anymore. The other thing to remember is a lot of the top players don't want.
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Tito's Vodka Spokesperson
To play in bowl games, right?
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Colin Cowherd
Like they don't. Like that happened years ago with Christian McCaffrey, Fournette. People freaked out. I mean if you've played three or four years in college football and you go to some second tier, you know, credit union bowl game, what's the point in playing? So you got star players not playing. They don't matter. You know, they don't necessarily help recruiting. The whole sport now is regular season, playoffs and so a lot of the change is happening fast. They blew up the PAC 12, they're getting rid of bowl games. It makes people uncomfortable. I totally get it. I'm not a traditionalist, I'm okay with it. I think we've never had more fascinating games. But I thought this weekend with a couple conference championship that's on the way out as well. Urban Meyer around the corner.
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