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PMS 2.0 1466 - OVERREACTION MONDAY, NFL Week 14 Recap, CFB Playoff Field Set, MNF Preview, Adam Schefter, Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza, Dan Orlovsky, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk
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Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome on this majestic overreaction. Monday, December 8, 2025 this program begins now.
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Football.
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It is magical. And in the NFL the playoff picture is starting to get a bit clearer. And then in college, the playoff picture has been set. 12 teams will start with a shot to shine as we whittle down to one national champion. And I'll tell you what, people are pissed. Some teams are ranked higher than anybody could have imagined that they would be coming into the Congrats to Tulane and James Madison.
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Wow.
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Tulane and James Madison in the College Football Playoff 12 team field which is certainly a part of the conversation that not a lot of people want to have because hey, good for them. They won their Good for them. Yeah, good for them. Now those two spots would certainly be useful somewhere else, but that is not their fault. So good luck to JMU and good luck to Tulane and good luck to the other 10 teams that were selected. And now there are some teams that weren't selected who were certainly pissed off. We'll dive into olive that and the Big Ten champs are certainly running through the Hoosier state. Now college is one thing. The NFL is a whole different animal. Tonight we have a huge one with playoff implications and playoff optics on the line, I think. Eagles travel to the Chargers. Eagles favored by two or two and a half in Los Angeles tonight. Justin Herbert as an underdog. Not good. No bueno. When they're supposed to lose, they lose. This Eagles team, are they who we think they are or are they the team that we've seen all year? Charles Chargers Justin Herbert questionable, but everybody's saying he's going to play, has a plate and a couple screws in his left hand. Who cares? He says played through the entire game last week with a broken hand. Then he gets surgery on Monday one week ago. Now tonight at quarterback, he's potentially going to be playing just tough guy. Just everything we like about football. Everything we like about a Harbaugh led team. And if the Chargers win the night, I think that's huge going down the stretch for them in the AFC playoff picture. And if the Eagles win tonight, it'll be another night of us watching the Eagles and then tomorrow it'll be like this team. I'm sick of it. I don't like it. Can Saquon get going? Can that team look how we hope they would look? We shall see. Yesterday was fantastic. Let's go to the talks to table at Boston. Connor, congrats to your Patriots being awesome and not Having to deal with anybody else's pressure and at Ty Schmidt. Hey, Green Bay, what do you say?
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Hey, kind of never a doubt, you know, I mean, I. Listen, the Bears are much better than they have been, but early on this one, it just. It felt like a playoff game, which was awesome. Which. These. These games between the packers and the Bears have not felt like that in quite some time. And really, after the first half, I'm kind of thinking, boy, the packers might win 35 to 3. They might run away with this thing. Jordan Love looked unbelievable. The. The packers defense held the bears to like 70 yards in the first half. Bo Melton, who is basically a cornerback all year, but decided to get in on the action, caught a touchdown pass there. It was huge. And then it was kind of the tail two halves because in the second half it was very cagey. Not very many possessions. And the. The. Really the. The story of the game was every time the Bears got a little bit of momentum, the packers responded and they scored right away. And I think if you're a Bears fan, Christian Watson, you can't say enough about this guy. I'm sure we'll talk about him ad nauseam a little bit later, but he has lifted the packers offense in ways that I didn't expect. I'm sure a lot of packers fans didn't expect how good he'd be this year. But if you're a Bears fan, the big thing is Caleb Williams is he. He has about five or six plays a game that are just remarkable, incredible. Like, wow, he's one of the only guys who can do this in the NFL. And then he has about five or six where it's like, jesus, you just can't be making that play. He's super inconsistent, and it kind of showed right here. I mean, you can tell, you know, that's just a couple weeks ago against the. On Black Friday. That's the same play they run to kind of put the. The dagger in the Eagles, and it doesn't work out this time. So great game. Felt like a playoff game, but, yeah, you know, never a doubt. Packers still kings of the north.
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DJ Moore allegedly wide open in his. Know if he was ever an option or if he was always going to throw that thing deep. Let's go to one half of the hammer. Done. Cowboys AP Done. Hey, he's from the town with the good football team. Go on and get them. Steelers big win over the Baltimore Ravens for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Congrats to you. It's a happy stage.
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Yeah, it's a very Very happy stage. First in the AFC North. If you would have said before the season after the Ravens game, you guys are first in AFC North, I would have taken that 10 out of 10 times, had a dominant first half. And then as sealers teams have done this season, they just pray and try to hold on as good as they can in the second half. Ravens had a lot, a lot of chances. There were some calls that went, you know, both ways.
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Mostly.
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Mostly in the Steelers way.
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Yeah. Is that right? Like this touchdown right here for sure.
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I don't know.
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Mark Butterworth said that wasn't a touchdown.
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Yeah. And we all know Mark Butterworth is the head of the replay officiating crew for the NFL this year. Don't know how that's the first time we've learned of this match. Man's existence, his last name being Butterworth is obviously Silky, but him saying nah, there's three acts that they have to complete. And Gene Sterretor who was on the call for the game, he also came and said that third one really important. Hey, that third one's really important. Football move, some sort of something, you know, you got to do it. I think everybody that kind of watched that play that is around football said to themselves that's got to be a touchdown.
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Right?
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That's got to be. Let's go to nine year NFL vet Darius J. Butler. The Is it a catch? Is it not a catch is always a topic of conversation. More so a couple years back as opposed to now. They've trying to get it more common sense. Like this one feels like the Ravens are robbed a little bit.
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Yeah, it feels like that was a football move, him catching the ball, keeping it away from the defender. This is back to back weeks now for Isaac lightly making great plays, what looked like to be great plays and then end up being great plays for the defense. But on the flip side of that with jpj, this is kind of what you teach as a DB coach, as a D coordinator. Hey, you play through the ground, play through the whistle, finish the play and this is him finishing the rep. But yeah, from our eyes, anybody's been around football much like the DEZ Bryant catch that looks like a catch in football.
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Yeah, we don't want to get back in time obviously, but Des caught it certainly started an entire thing. I think there was a Calvin Johnson moment too. That was a part of this entire storyline of was it a catch, was it not a catch? And then Aaron Rodgers gets a catch later actually off a deflection and that guy had a cast on One of his hands and then he had it and then somebody else had it. Seemed like that went the Steelers way too. I. I saw some Ravens fans immediately respond, the NFL is against him. That the NFL is obviously working against them, which certainly with the likely situation and it even gets called that way, overturn is. Is a wild thing. But with the refs. Cause with this situation, with them not playing good, a lot of Baltimore Ravens fans, I think, are bummed out with how the season is going. We knew that this game was going to be the battle of who's going to win and be the leader of the AFC north and who's going to lose. And their fans are going to say, we knew this team sucked all along. The Ravens lost. Their fans are not saying that. Lamar has not been good at all. I mean, is he hurt? I don't remember. I think he got injured at some point. Right. Missed some practices. Yeah. So is there something off with Lamar? They have just not been good. Defense was ass early.
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Yep.
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But Lamar was at least mvp like is what they said. Then I think he got hurt in a game, hamstring. Right. Then he missed a couple weeks, then he missed some practice. And then over the last, like four games, it has not been good at all for Lamar Jackson. I don't know. Now, granted, he's getting touchdowns taken away from him by the refs, so maybe we should look into that a little bit more. But he has not been Lamar Jackson at all. What is the problem?
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Yeah, this. This offense as a whole hasn't. Hasn't been what we expected coming into the season. We expected Derrick Henry to be amazing just like he was last year. We expected Lamar to be amazing just like he was last year, right there in the MVP race for the entire. But it just hasn't been the same. Injuries, I think, are a part of it. He's been missing at least a day of practice. I feel like every week since even coming back. But we all know it's week 14. Everybody's banged up. If you're out there between the lines, like, nobody cares if you're hurt, if you're 100%. Aaron Rodgers on the other side, he's got a cast on his hand. Herbert's playing tonight, couple days removed from surgery. So that's just the nature of the game. So that can't be used as an excuse. But it is ugly. Everything looks ugly. It doesn't look productive week in and week out. And they came into the game talking about they actually said this. I think it was Alex Smith who said Worst offense in football, homecoming game. And I was thinking like, damn, it's just as bad on the other side. But we know this game. One of the best rivalries in the National Football League. It was going to come down to it. DK made his presence shown in more than one ways in this game. And this was a hard fought victory for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Good for the Steelers, good culture. Feels like they're all very much invested. DK Metcalf is a $30 million gunner. Now at this point, I've never seen somebody who has a $30 million salary ask to play gunner on a punt rep in the fourth quarter that you need something to happen. DK Metcalf signs up to get double teamed and jammed and potentially tossed around or break something. That's why you don't put $30 million people on special teams on the other side there. That's third four stringers there. Okay. That's guys that aren't on the field much. You're letting them get their hands on DK Metcalf like openly. So that decision is very rarely made for the special teams case. I used to fight for it a lot. We got a guy who runs four threes. That'd be great to have him on a starting corner for us. That's what I'm saying. He'd be really good. So he's got good sense of field. They're like, that's not. There's no reason to jeopardize or risk anything in high risk, high speed type plays. So DK Metcalf saying, nah, skonics hurt or whatever, I'll do this. We need this. I did this one time back at college at Ole Miss or whatever and it's like the fact that he does that is good news for the Steelers locker room, I think.
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Agree.
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$30 million guy signing up to do a league men roster spot is awesome first of all and very good I think for Steelers fans to acknowledge what's happening behind closed doors as opposed to maybe everything that's happening outside.
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Yeah, I think it was awesome. The whole team was basically behind Tomlin. You could tell that from the game and then also their answers after the game. And, and obviously DK doing this is awesome. Being in it like this was a must have situation at the end of the game and, and going in and doing this was really, really, I need.
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Him to stay down as I need him. There's a lot of.
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He was fighting, he was fighting effort.
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I do appreciate the effort. And he's in the frame there during the tackle and get through. You know, two guys trying to block him, which I guess is his standard life and some reps and everything like that. Him signing up to do that though. Never taking a rep in practice ever. There is not a single, not a single thought to give DK Metcalf our rep in the middle. Yeah. Fourth quarter, two minutes left. This is going down to two minute warning. We're up five guys saying I'll do it is just. I can't. Dante Moncrief, also Ole Miss, I assume he maybe did it for. He was our number two wide receiver for a season and he signed up to be my pooch guy because he said he knew how to do it and he was good. Like actually offered up to do it and he was our number two wide receiver. So I will forever, for Kreef, be very thankful for him doing that. That's abnormal for people to sign up for special teams. Deba talks about how he threw it. Yeah, in practice. I'm gonna do some. I'm gonna be ass with my technique here in special teams so they don't even think about putting me in the game. In special teams. It's very dangerous. Like it is high, especially if you don't know what you're doing or working what you're doing. Leverage is different than in the actual football game that you're used to playing. It's that's thing. I, I thought it was very, very cool to see that.
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So it was great. And Aaron talked about just DK kind of setting the tone throughout practice this week. He said it was his best week of practice. And, and we. Everybody was throwing shots at him. Everybody was talking shit about him. Especially with Aaron's post game comments with the John Lou Smith stuff. So for them to kind of galvanize and come out and play like this. You talking about in this moment, the money he's making. Like this is. This shows incredible leadership. It's not him just talking. It's like, hey, I'll put my hand up, I'll take that rep. The NFL put out another rep. I think of Skronic just getting his ass beat along the sideline. Like these are violent, violent downs. We talk about it all the time, but I love to see this from DK Metcalf.
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We just showcased old buddy from Dallas.
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Yep.
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Got knocked down like four different fighters. That's our gunner. Gunner reps suck. I mean they absolutely suck. Normally have two people on you because they know that you're going to be the first one down there. So if you have two people and now you got a six man box, you can kind of take advantage of that. But if you don't take advantage of that and you got double teams out there, that's a nightmare. They're allowed to do whatever they want. They're like, they're allowed to grab, they're allowed to pull, they're allowed to blindside, they're allowed to do anything. And refs aren't even really looking because it's two guys taking on one guy. Are they holding? Probably. But that is kind of like the technique. So him signing up for that, absolutely insane. This takes me back to when Darius Hayward Bay played gunner for us in Indianapolis. He was obviously ran like a 4:2. I think he was a wide receiver with the Raiders. Came over to the Colts, wide receiver. We weren't getting him the ball a lot, so I knew that he ran a 4:2 and he was big and he was like one of the coolest dudes I've ever encountered. So I started pitching for him to play gunner without him really knowing it. And then I told him about it. Then he started getting reps at it and as soon as he was in there, it was like net raise, like I think four yards from that point forward and was like, thank you, Darius Hayward Bay for doing this. Former first round draft pick. It's not an easy gig now. Speaking of easy gigs, talking about ball every day is easy gig. It's a good gig. But on overreaction Mondays, it's even better. There's so much to talk about and in the football universe, it's not just the NFL right now. On this particular Monday. Ooh, college football. Their championship weekend into the College Football playoff selection threw 100 on the paint. Ladies and gentlemen, it's not time for the first 15. No, no, no, ladies and gentlemen, it's time for top five. Top five, top five, top five.
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Top five,. We're not going to have the clock on the screen anymore because it felt like that was kind of a waste. And first 15 is certainly plays. But what it is is actually top five storylines coming out of the Sunday slate. So we just need to treat it for this is driven by Ram. Anytime you put your foot on that gas pedal of a Ram truck, a smooth, beautiful, luxurious Ram truck, the only sound you're going to hear is.
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And that was the sound you heard as the number five storyline. The Indiana who, who, who who are Big Ten champions in football. They were talking about World War II times for things happening since the last time Kurt Signetti took over this job just last year and what he showed up at, they didn't have a weight room, barely had a locker room. Do we have any N got a lot of it. But they don't really do football. They mostly do basketball. Why don't they do football? Well, because football doesn't really exist. I mean, we haven't had a sold out stadium in like 45 years or something like that. Why would you even focus on it? Coach Signetti immediately goes, I win. Google me. We're going to beat this team. We're going to beat this team. We're going to beat Michigan. Oh yeah, and Ohio State too. Last year they go into Columbus and take on Ohio State and kind of show that they weren't ready for the moment just yet. They were having a great season, but they crumbled a little bit. I think they would say that if you were to ask them. Then they reload. This year with some of the guys, guys from last year. Kurt Signetti has an entire off season, a full nil situation, A gym, a program, a city, a state, an entire group of people behind them and they're the only undefeated team in the country. Congratulations to the Indiana Hoosiers. Who's up for coach of the year? Who's up for coach of the year? How about this guy, Sick Nettie, who is not only a walking, talking, electrifying individual who seemingly does everything the right way, but whenever you talk about evaluating talent on who you should spend money on. Last year they were the transfer portal kings. They came into the Big Ten and created a football program that's literally what they did. This year he had to rebuild again, lost a lot of the guys. Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback that he decided to bring in out of Cal. Yeah. Probably the Heisman winner for good reason. In the Big Ten championship, he had his best game in the fourth quarter. He had some of his best plays. And then he gets on a microphone and he goes, flip it. You know, he's a little bit of a nerd. He's got a lot of sauce and he's a guy that led this team to a Big Ten championship in that city of blooming. This play right here, boom. Let me get that. That's his roommate. I if I'm not mistaken, that is his roommate. He had a massive game and that's only going to continue with Omar Cooper and Surat. And you talk about everything else they have cooking. It's like Indiana's for real. Indiana are the Big Ten champs in football. In the college football playoff world. Has to be worried about facing Indiana at the Rose bowl in the second round. Now that's three and a half weeks away.
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That's a long time.
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It's too far.
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Kurt Signetti said. Yeah, we want. Yeah, I got three and a half weeks to make sure this team's humble and hungry still. Because if. If we look at what happened last year for the teams that got the buy into the second round, they all got their asses beat. Because the people that got to play in the first round seemingly found their groove, found their mojo, continue to play, maybe even the first quarter, second quarter. Not good, because you're off three weeks instead or two weeks instead. So you still got to work off some of the rush. You get people back healthy. Yeah, but we just played our best football game. We just won the damn conference championship. Yeah, you got to do it again now in three weeks. That first round was good, I think for some teams. Second round was not good for teams that had to buy. So we'll see if this year changes a little bit. Because it's not just the top four conference champions that are one through four now. It's the top four teams in the country. Congrats. Indiana being number one team in the country that needs to be celebrated. That's a big ass deal. Congrats to Georgia. Congrats to Georgia. Congrats to Ohio State. Congrats to Texas. And now those Texas Tech. Sorry. And those are the teams that get the box. Now let's go to the first round. Boy, people are not happy, Ton. And this is, I think, could have been the number one storyline coming out of the weekend. This story shouldn't have been available until Wednesday morning because they should do this the same exact time that they do every other one, which is on Tuesday, as opposed to during NFL kickoffs. They do it right before NFL kickoff, which is good. You get like 35 minutes to really dive into it. Oh, and then there's five games on that are all playoff implications. Is Patrick Mahomes playing? Yup. Prime time, actually. And he might be dead. We'll see if that's the case. Texans doing this, and then not only Monday Night Football is about to happen as well with the Eagles. Nobody really talks about them ever.
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No.
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And then Chargers and Harbaugh, they could kind of change it. So if you were to do this on Tuesday, okay. Like you do every other fucking one, we potentially get, you know, a full.
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Full week of it.
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Not that it isn't today, okay. Because it is massive conversation, but it's kind of lumped in with The NFL Sunday, this needs to be its own damn day. Because there are so many implications on a decision being made by 12 people sitting in a room. I saw their setup. We did its ass. I don't like that. Okay, they need to have a little bit better setup. Maybe some things on the wall, maybe some wings. I didn't see any wingies. I have no idea what they got going on. But the committee made some decisions that pissed a few places off.
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Yeah, it did. We will start right there with the teams that, you know, got left out after the bracket came out and potential reasons why they are mad. The biggest one being Notre Dame. Why? Because they were in the bracket. Basically the entire College Football Playoff, every single playoff rankings that came out. Notre Dame was in the playoffs. So who should they be pissed off at? The committee because they were ranked in there the entire time until the one that mattered. Then Miami jumped them and they didn't drop. Alabama. Alabama was the only team that didn't drop after losing a conference playoff game.
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Who else?
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BYU. BYU had a great season. They were 111 going into the Big 12 Conference title game with their only loss being in the number four team in the country. And then they lose in the Big 12 championship game to that same number four team in the country. They go to 112 and they drop. Unlike Alabama did. And then Vandy could be mad. Clark Lee said he is not mad. They only have themselves to blame. There are a two loss SEC team with their only losses being at Alabama, who's in the playoffs and Texas, who was just outside of the playoffs.
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At Texas.
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At Texas. Yes, both at Texas. So those are teams that's. That's some of the teams that could have been pissed who were right on the bubble, who did not make it.
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Yeah. Not just could be pissed. Those first two. Yeah.
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Very, very, very mad.
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The Irish have been on a full on. What are we doing here? Pete Bavaca, athletic director for Notre Dame, who was on our show on Friday talking about it all. He told us on Friday. He's like, hey, the College Football Playoff committee has basically already made up their mind about us in Miami. We've been ranked ahead of them literally since the first rankings. They were actually ranked. Miami, I think, was ranked 18th. Yeah. And they were ranked 10th or something like that. Notre Dame was. That was from the beginning. So you're talking about eight spots. So I think Notre Dame in their mind was like, the committee's already made their decision on us in Miami. This isn't really a conversation. Notre Dame on Friday, Pete Bavocqua told us we need to be more so. Being compared to Alabama, who's seemingly going to be an at large here and maybe get one of these more bids. You start looking at our resume, you start looking at their resume, talk about how they play. Alabama had a tough streak. They had, like, five straight top 20 teams, and they played good ball through there. Then struggle against Auburn. Then they get their absolute asses kicked by Georgia in the SEC championship. So Notre Dame's thinking to themselves, we might have a chance to jump Alabama.
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Put a little barrier there.
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Yeah, there might be a little bit of a chance. And then all of a sudden, Sunday comes out. It's like, actually, yeah, Miami jumps you guys and you guys are out. It's like, what. What even happened here is how Notre Dame's doing it. For good reason, by the way. College Football Playoff committee, if you listen, I didn't. I never thought of that until Bovac was said that. He's like, well, what's the purpose of all the other rankings? They've already. They've already had this conversation between us and Miami 100 times. They've already done this, obviously. Clearly. Then they said, well, actually, it's in a cluster. When you get in a cluster, then we have the conversation. Well, it's like, we've been in a cluster last two weeks now. So when. When's the cluster come? When does the sun come? So Notre Dame not happy about it. On that note, I think Alabama should be it. I think they're a very good football team. I think Georgia.
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Yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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I think Georgia is very, very good. I think they are one of the very, very, very, very good teams. Which once again, leads back to how many of these teams can actually win a national championship? If we go to 16 and we just add more teams that won't be able to win national championship, because each year it feels like there's only like, four. But on that note, everybody's pissed and could be pissed. Two lanes and James Madison getting two of the 12 spots in a Division 1 college football player.
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That's got to be fixed.
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Crazy thing. It's a crazy thing. Now I would like to let them know, congratulations, without a doubt. Okay, that is not. It's not on Tulane or Jesus, how this is. This is how this shit is supposed to go. Congrats to them. But on that note, it's like.
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Man, byu, they got to be so pissed. Texas Tech, they said it. Kalani Sataki came out and said, we lost to the best team in the country. Everybody else is Going to learn that. Basically he said if we were to play again in the College Football Playoff, we think Texas Tech, that is the best team in the country is what they described. They lose to them twice within a matter of four weeks or whatever and they don't even get now they were out at the beginning. They were never really in because nobody knew how many Big 12 teams were going to get in there. BYU was going to have to steal the bid from Texas Tech with the way they had College Football Playoff committee kind of set up over the last few weeks. But does that matter or none of that really matters? I think it's a weird process to get to it.
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Very weird.
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And then Vandy Clark Lee, I appreciate him high roading it. Basically that's what Clark Lee did. Clark Lee just said I'll high road this thing. I think South Carolina did that last year. I think there was a couple other teams that were like, we could certainly make an argument if we wanted to, but this is on us. We need to do better next year.
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That's the games.
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What's that?
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They lost the game. That's what makes it's difficult.
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Yeah.
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That's what made football so great. Like it's not like the other sports where there are just so many games and so many different opportunities. Like you get one game a week, just like in the NFL, they matter so much. You never know when it's gonna come back. Whether it's week one or week four or week six, whenever that is. It'll impact your. You know how the outcome. So I love when a coach just takes ownership of that. Like hey, it was in our control. We lost it. But with all the CFP things and I love when the playoffs actually start in the games, especially when we get to go and do that shit. Super dope. But after this I was like, you know what? I wouldn't mind going back to 14 playoff. I know everybody wants to go to 16. I wouldn't mind the old school when just hey, somebody gets left out and these two teams get to play in the national championship or we get the four team. Because if we look at it now and with that being the case, we wouldn't have gotten Ohio State run that we got last year. I think they were eight seed. But right here, those four teams we all feel like probably are out of those four is going to become the national championship. I much rather even for the kids, like you got three, four more games season play these two more games, get a national championship. You get the bowl games. The other big bowl Games mean something. But I understand the investment and the money and the playoffs now, at some point, five years from now, it'll probably be 32 teams. Oh, yeah.
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This team got left out. That team got left out.
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That's what's happening with the Red Zone channel, what you just did right there.
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Oh, boy, I had a great day yesterday.
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Yeah, it happens. Tech. Tech is tech. Especially with weather. There's a chance that's going to happen. They should feel good about getting that kind of corrected as quickly as they did actually, because that could have been a, that could have been a law. And just as people who have gone through full technical failures. Oh, as you're live, that's a nightmare. But they ran a Mercedes 80s commercial as a great stat was being read by the commentator. You know, I forget the name of the player. Let's just say it was Patrick. It wouldn't have been Patrick, anybody. ETN, maybe we'll say, you know, ETN's actually the first guy to ever. And then right to a Mercedes Benz Jeep Glass. I'm like, you mother. That is not how this is supposed to go. Can we at least wait until the Octobox is up there instead of a stack that I'm certainly gonna wish that I have tomorrow that was about to be wrecked and you cut them off in the middle of the dam. And aren't we supposed to have some action on this side if I'm gonna have the damn Mercedes. Beautiful car, by the way. That was a. I was so mad and I was looking at it and then as I was watching, I was like, it does seem like it's some good engineering right there. It does look like. Now, granted, we go back to the game. Guess what's gone that stat forever. That thing is gone forever. These ears will never hear it. I forget who it was. But on that note, it can't get to 32. Like 16. Feels like that's coming. And that decision was almost made like last year. As soon as the 12 team came, they're like, 16's next and they like kind of punted it down the road. Feels like 16 is close. I hope no more than that. But to your point, I don't know if it's just those four, but we're going to find out through this that there's only going to be like two, three teams that are very much above everybody else is what we think is going to happen.
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D
And I, I, I used to agree with you and I still kind of agree with you, but the more and more we get into this nil era and stuff like that, I think more teams is not a bad thing because when we just. We just did signing day or whatever, and it used to be the difference between the number one signing class and like, the number eight signing class was like 85 recruiting points. Now that's between 1 and 32 is 85 recruiting points. So I think with the money and everything like that, the team. Teams are getting a lot more closer. There's a lot more parity. So, yes.
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Go out, put a team together and go 13.
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Ohio State wouldn't have made the 14 last year.
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He did.
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UCF went undefeated and they had to make themselves.
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They want a national champion.
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Yeah, of course. But, like, I don't know.
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D
I also think Oregon could win it. There's a chance. Miami or A and M, if they get hot Bama, if they figure out their offense, they were one of the best teams in the country. If over this next two weeks they can figure that out again, there's a chance. I'm not very confident in it, but.
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There'S a chance, you know, Oregon.
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Oregon.
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Go football team. Great football team, Oregon. Good football team, quarterback, coach. They lost the number one team in a country. Hey, a con man. Let's talk about that. We were there for the Big Ten championship game. Wow. It was. It was electric in there.
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B
Oh, yeah.
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I mean, last year's Big Ten championship, Penn State and Oregon was loud. Penn State people were loud. Not a lot of Oregon people, but we were kind of in their corner, so we felt it. We knew they were there there. That was mostly Penn State people last year. This year, Indiana fans, big. Ohio State people, big. Showed up. I mean, that was an awesome environment. Light shows was a split, you think? I'd say 60, 40, probably 65 and maybe 60, 60, 40.
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Indiana.
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Yeah, Indiana, I'd say. But it was hard to tell. It was close, though, you know, because red, similar colors. Yeah. So it was hard, but it was loud for the Hoosiers. Like, tone was obviously locked in from the jump. But the pyro, the light show, everything that happened for the game was loud. It felt big. It was an electrifying environment. Like we were down at the SEC championship down in Atlanta when we're on the sideline. Loud. Like, that's in an NFL stadium, comfortable stadium, and you could tell is a college game. Like, I think the college atmosphere is different than the NFL atmosphere, especially in the stadiums. This one felt like a. It felt like a national champion. I mean, it was very loud. It was very real. And what the Hoosiers did was special, man. Especially in the city. A lot of people crying from happiness. I heard Paul Feinbaum say this was the least important number one versus number two game in history or whatever. It's like, well, Indiana doesn't have to see Georgia until the finals because they're number one team in the country. And also, they just won their first Big Ten since World War II. You tell Hoosier fans that that game did not matter. Okay? And then you can also ask the Ohio State people if that game mattered. I'm still getting yelled at because I was shirtless with a hole in my jeans, looking like a douchebag at a college football game from the people of Ohio. Pretty jacked, though, I must say. Pretty jacked, I must say. They were bouncing around, obviously, on the Jumbotron, I believe two before me, a man took off like a shirt, but didn't go fully shirtless. And then they drop onto me and Tyrese Halliburton. I felt obligated. And that's the Ohio State section. Right behind us was the entire Ohio State fan base. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we're having a good time in there. Yep. Yeah.
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G
Yeah.
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We got to do.
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Do it.
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Got to do it. D. Bones rocking his long hair. New life. Indiana Mendoza, Boston. Connor over there on the left side. Bill going crazy. There's a Hoosier, by the way. Go.
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Go back.
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Can you just go back? Look at the lower right corner. Look at the lower right corner. Paul Feinbaum. You think this game didn't matter? Look at that guy hit hammer drunk. I mean, absolutely hammer drunk. Yeah, it was. It was a special night in there. It was a special night in there for Indiana. And I think they proved maybe to the world, because Ohio State's a damn good football team. I mean, you watch them jog out right in front of us. And then Caleb Downs is doing his warmups. Arvell Reese is there. I mean, they are. That's the biggest group of men I think I've ever seen assembled. I mean, it is outrageous. And then for Indiana to win, special night. So you could say a game didn't matter. It did. Okay? Especially with Indiana as the number one team in the country. That changes things for the CFP going forward. But also, this entire state was just awoke, brother, into becoming. If you weren't already, Indiana's for real and not a mockery. Because most times, I think a lot of. Even the hater Hoosier fans, football fans, were like, ohio State's gonna. This is. Signetti's doing a lot of this. Boom. They're gonna do that. Yeah, right. They win the Big Ten. I love being there. It was a great environment. I lost my voice. I was very worried this morning that I was not gonna have a voice because we enjoyed the hell out of the experience. Comment?
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Yeah, it was fantastic. And you mentioned Paul Finebaum. Paul Feinbaum's also a dipshit. When Signetti got his eight year, $93 million extension, he said it. And now it's probably the best college coaching deal in America, especially because he's probably valued at more so 15 million, 13 million, at least a year. Sig, you can't really say enough about him. I mean, the players he brought in you mentioned, it's a lot of misfits. I forget Pat Coogan gave the speech last week, and Mendoza kind of talked about it, about how they are a bunch of misfits. It's a bunch of guys who are from all over the country, and they came together, and Signetti was kind of the glue blue to give them the confidence, let alone Mendoza. Mendoza is another guy you can't really say enough about. He got absolutely eviscerated on the first play of the game. He was on the ground, clearly. I thought there was a chance. Bang. And Curry's a problem.
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First of all, 92, he's from Indianapolis. What the hell is he doing over there?
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B
Yeah, hometown kid. Why don't you come back to iu, son? But that was insane. And you see that, and that's when you kind of think like, okay, this is the difference Ohio State. The physicality, the size, everything that they're about. You're about to see kind of how that separates them from everybody else. But then IU answers the call. I mean, Mendoza pops back up. His brother pops in for one snap, but then he's back into the game.
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Goes crazy when he jogs back in. By the way, as you could have expected, his brother's playing quarterback Alberto Mendoza and his family there. Beautiful moment after the game, and then Fernando comes jogging his ass back on in the next place. Place goes absolutely apeshit. Hard not to love Fernando Mendoza. He'll be joining us in about an hour.
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B
Yeah, and that's part of the team. Like, next man up, Omar Cooper actually got hurt on the first drive. We really didn't see him. And that's when Charlie Becker kind of gets his opportunity again. Similar to earlier in the season when Cooper went down and Becker went for, you know, 180 in one game. This is why Indiana is Indiana. They just don't care. They don't blink. If someone goes down, next guy is up. And Surat, Elijah Shirat's one of the big best wide receivers in college football. Now I say that also while looking at Jeremiah Smith pregame and saying to you guys, the gourd on me to think I could play college football. When you see some of the guys on the field when it is Ohio State and iu. But it was one of those things where you can see this game happening again down the road because all year we don't talk about Ohio State because of how dominant they are. They're going to continue to go. I assume we're going to see them. Even though Texas A and M is one of those teams that's going to play in the first round that you could see going on a run as well. But it was just fantastic to be there. Fantastic for a game to kind of feel as big as it truly was. Because if you think about last year, Penn State, Oregon, Big Ten championship, it didn't feel like how it felt in there on Saturday night. And you know when you get to go to those big time games and they live up to the hype, I'm sure 1310 you're watching @ home doesn't probably feel as special as it does inside of that stadium, but it was a hell of a ball.
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Game. Yeah, it's like a pitcher's duel, like a good pitchers duel because it was electrifying. There was big moments throughout and.
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Obviously we're going to show the offensive highlights big, big time highlights. But that defense, like that defense showed both defenses, they're phenomenal defense, two best defenses in the country. But getting after Julian Sands ass. He was sacked five times. I think coming into this game. He had only been sacked six times in a whole season. We know when pressure, that changes everything. When it comes to the defense, you have those weapons. Jeremiah Smith, he's going to make fantastic plays, which he did, which he always will. But to kind of limit him from wrecking the game and getting after the quarterback, making him uncomfortable. Like you said, you can't say enough about Sig. This is the best coaching job I know that I've ever seen in my lifetime when it comes to like.
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Big time college level just creating a program. Yeah, I mean Indiana did not have a football program. Like that cannot be. They had people that put on pads and played football, but it was like in front of 250 people, like actually 200. All the nil money, basketball, Mark Cuban, everybody going to basketball. And then the basketball team had one in A long time either. Then they hire Signetti. And I think if you ask the president, Pam Whitten, she goes, she comes from Georgia. I do believe her previous work was at Georgia. And she very much understands what the football team and what sports can do for a university. And it's like alignment from literally top all the way through the bottom of what the goal is. Because I think new president there, Pam, she wants to have her impact on the school too. And it's like, didn't have a football team, now we have one because of an investment that we made. And then Signetti, whenever he's asked, like, he, do you want to go to Penn State? He goes, no. You want to stay here? Yup. All right, we're going to do a new deal for you. Good. I'm going to watch this film. Two days later, makes the announcement. I'm here until forever. Yeah. Whatever the case is, it's like, this isn't just for now, this is for foreseeable future. Tai.
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C
Schmidt. Yeah. And you mentioned it and he said it on the show. Like, one of he. One of the first things he did when he got to IU was jump the ads ass. Because, you know, it wasn't like, hey, I'm not coming in here to go 8 and 4, to go 7 and 6 and have people be like, wow, Indiana sucked forever. This will be good enough. It was like, no, I. I understand that people think I'm just like a brash, arrogant asshole. And I'm saying, hey, Purdue sucks and Ohio State sucks and so does Michigan. But he was like, dead serious and he was the only one that actually believed it. And then things start happening and everyone else starts believing it. But that's the big thing, because I think even me as like an Iowa fan, and then you look at other Big Ten schools, I think after last year, it was just like, that was cute. That was nice. That can happen in this era of college football. You can flip something in one year and go on a magical run. But now let's see you do it year in and year out, because we know how good the Big Ten is. And then for him to respond this way and to have a better team this year than they had last year, like, there is no doubt now, like Indiana, you know, and then this is. Before you even start now you're going to see the four star and the five star recruits want to start going to Indiana because the proof's in the pudding. It's like, hey, if you come here, not only are we, are we going to develop You. But we have all the resources and, like, this is not the last time we're going to win the Big Ten championship. This is not the last time time we're going to be potentially the number one seed in the College Football Playoff. Like, this is the expectation.
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Now. The conference championship weekend was crazy. First time, long time. First Big Ten title in 58 years for Indiana. First real conference title in 49 years for Texas Tech. Congrats to them, Cody Campbell and the boys down there. And then Duke. First ACC title in 36 years. Duke. Duke was certainly a fascinating one, you know, because there is a theory or a thought that maybe the CFP just didn't want to leave the accident.
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Out. Probably right there is.
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That. So that is why Miami moves up so drastically, because they're like, we can't put Duke in. So then because Duke wins, that's Tulane, that's James Madison, because they're champions bucket. So you drop Duke out, and then maybe the CFP is like, well, ACC is one of our power, one of our big ones. We got to have somebody in there. So maybe that's why they jump Miami up there. Then it just feels like you're desperate to do stuff. Just to do stuff. Then you're not trying to get the actual good teams, but, hey, they got a tough job. Happy? I don't got to do it. I am thankful, though, that we got a chance to experience championship weekend in a huge way, and I think we kind of saw exactly how it was all going to go. But it was an exciting Saturday for college ball. Let's go to the four picks.
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By you, by the way. Yeah, just while we're on.
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It. Thank you. Felt pretty good out.
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There. How'd you.
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Do? Yeah, I got them all right.
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The. All of.
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A
Them. Yeah. So, I mean, there's only a couple of games, but get Navy. Army next week. Epic. Navy, maybe upset. So, you know, I feel. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Half of them were that. Yeah. Sometimes I feel really confident about games. You guys have seen it on this show on game day. If you hear me actually say, like, congratulations to people, I'm about 100% sure that's happening. Did it with Indiana up at Oregon. I said, congratulations, Kurt Signetti. You get your biggest win today. It's like, I'm 100% from the film study that I watched watch, from the stats that I watch and from the vibes in which I'm getting from the team, I'm 100% sure doesn't happen all the time, but, boy, it's great when Those. When that happens, you know, when the body aligns and it's like, yes, Georgia over Alabama. Felt the easiest almost of the season. It was like the most obvious. I thought just strictly because how good Georgia's been playing. Not that Alabama hadn't been playing good, but I think Georgia's. Yeah, I think they're. I think. And once again, that's because you. You gotta watch and then we gotta feel the vibes. Kirby Derby on that set, I mean, Kaylin was wearing a gangster.
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C
Ass. Yeah, he.
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A
Was. I thought that was a loud suit to be playing in that. In. In the sec championship like that. I thought that, wow, this guy's got to be really confident. Then I noticed two buttons. There was a button on the right side and a button on the left side. Couldn't button the button because there was no hole. There was only two.
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F
Buttons. Double.
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Breasted. No. This jacket. You know how they go together. Two buttons here. Top button, button on this side and button on this side. No hole. So he was trying to button that thing. Couldn't button it. There was a button on both sides. Told me everything I.
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Needed. Give me.
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Georgia. That's why I pointed it out. Couldn't button it. Couldn't. But that thing was sitting next to each other. But he could not. But he was trying to button it for like two minutes before the thing started. Literally, I was sitting there next to him and he was trying to button it. I'm like, what the hell's going on? He's. This guy's incredible bulk, coach. He's got good dexterity. Does the entire thing. Now look, suit, two buttons, buttons. And I'm like.
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Close. That suit. That suit was very close to being the game. If that thing would have been perfect if that would happen, I would have picked Bama. Strictly because you have to have the most amount of confidence in the history of confidence to wear that suit. Walk into Atlanta, Georgia in game day wearing that thing, playing. I was like this close. Then I saw him. I was like, oh, I can't do it. And then Kirby's sitting next to me. Just chilling. It's like Kirby knows. Kirby knows. Why wouldn't he Bark? Bark. What's that all.
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About? I don't know. Kind of like it.
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Though. Yeah, I'm not your.
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F
Puppet. Yeah, I kind of like.
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It. He barked at the end, though. He gave him one of those. All right, let's go to number four headline as we will motor through these because we have a man waiting for us. It's currently Josh Allen. Season him in the Snow doing what he did yesterday is exactly how I think of Josh Allen. Right. Is that not kind of like it used to happen with Green Bay? How? You know, the frozen tundra, you would see snow. You would see that anytime there's snow down. Aaron Rodgers, I think, kind of had this appeal when it was cold. Aaron Rodgers was going to ball. It feels like that with Josh Allen. Now they're down 10. Okay. They're down 10 in this particular game against Joey Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. But it's just like it feels like Josh Allen is at his best. Whenever there is snow on the ground, it's cold as hell and he's out there just doing stuff that nobody else can do. Josh Allen special. We're currently in Josh Allen season. He was the MVP of last year and it feels like he's only gotten better.
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Somehow. Absolutely. He's the quarterback that you build on Madden. He can make all the throws, he can make the runs. Like that throw he made to Kincaid was ridiculous. I don't care if that was in a dome in perfect conditions, let alone out there in snowy conditions. This is why you play in western New York and draft this type of quarterback to be there. Because if you can get there now, obviously won't be this year where you're hosting a bunch of playoff games. But this is why you do it and this is who you do it with. His performance was one. Another all time performance from Josh Allen is just the defense. And the defense stepped up and made some big time timely plays. Christian Benford, that pick six was absolutely ridiculous. Kind of changed the game. Once they kind of took this league, you could, you could tell it completely shifted the momentum to Buffalo side. Big time game from Josh Allen and some of those other Buffalo Bills stepping.
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Up. Congrats to the Beals hitting a huge win ever since today. Cincinnati now out. Josh Allen targeting tight ends versus the Bengals here. Hembo said, that guy, that guy. We go back to that guy, please. I'm so sorry I missed that. We should have kept that guy on longer. Go ahead, let him do his thing. Yeah, this.
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Guy.
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Boom. We love that guy. I want to let that guy know. Thank you for your excitement. Boom. And perfectly timed Boom. On camera as if the cameraman lets you know in a full cell there, the full cell, from the eyes, the mouth, his whole soul is pumped about what's happening there. Yeah, hard hat. That is football. Yeah, hard hat. You're right. There's no way that's the warmest piece you could be wearing up there. But he Says Tom. Go work and support the boys. Let's go ahead and do that. We love you. Here's some Hembo stats about Josh Allen when he was targeting Tight ends tonight. Knox 93 yards. Perfect. Kincaid 4 of 6, 41 yards at tud and then Hawes 1 for 13 yards in td. With his running ability, everybody has to kind of watch that. Tight ends can kind of just kind of do their dance. He, he's special. Can our defense go? We shall see. Number three headline coming out of the weekend in our eyes is he's a good one. A Lambo leap and a Chicago.
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Slide.
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True. Green Bay proved themselves to be real. It felt like. And Chicago Bears great football.
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Team.
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Yes. Maybe about a year out I think is what we learned from yester game. Could we be completely wrong? Yes. But is there moments in Caleb Williams game where you think, man, he's only going to get better at this and only going to get better at this. When he does that alongside all this other shit, they're going to be special. But Green Bay, you talked about Christian Watson earlier today. We knew he was fast, we knew he was big, we knew he was a playmaker. Would he develop into this? I don't think anybody could have known. Jordan Love certainly loves that fact. LaFleur loves that fact. Undefeated against Ben Johnson and head to head matchups by the way, which a little bit of chatter which I respect especially because it is a big rivalry between Chicago and Green Bay. And then the defense is electrifying to watch. I mean there's massively athletic dudes around the quarterback all the time. When the Green Bay packers defense is on the field, it's just a fun brain to watch. Like it is just a fun style. Jordan loves a gunslinger seemingly a little bit tighter. Defense is always going to be harassing the quarterback and on the back end make plays. Green base for real. Is that what we learned yesterday you think.
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C
Ty? Yeah, I think so. I mean the offense, you're kind of just waiting all season for them to kind of sure things up and not be so inconsistent from game to game. And they got Jaden Reed back yesterday, which was massive as well. They finally kind of have their unit on the offensive line which has been huge that plagued them early. But that's the biggest thing. It's been the story all year. I mean in the history of this show. How many times have we come in here on a Monday and I've been bitching and whining about the defense because they gave up 200 and you know, whatever rushing Yards. That's not the case anymore. Like the Bears certainly made plays but for the first time time since really the packers won the super bowl, you feel like the defense is going to go out there and stop whoever's across from them on every single play. You talk about how athletic they are. That's the thing. It's not just that the defense is great. They're exceptionally fun to watch and.
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Not only fun to watch and athletic and everything like that. Chicago had multiple explosive runs, 10 yards in every game that they played this season. They were averaging four and a half at least 10 plus yard runs. Remember we were talking about that being a big part of it in the throwing game. Just kind of being. And it's thing Green Bay didn't allow a single one, 32 attempts. It just felt like Green Bay showed up in Chicago. To their credit. Gritty. I mean they were down and out. Hey, well, second half came back into that thing. Tied up that game. That Josh Jacobs run we showed with 520 left there on the right side where he powers through somehow. That was gigantic. That was absolutely gigantic because not only do you only kick the field goal there, which we assume you will make, but also Chicago's getting the ball back now and they're doing their thing. Instead this turns into a touchdown. Down 28, 21. Momentum completely in the packers favor and they closed the deal out. So special stuff happening in Green Bay. We're happy for you, Ty. Let's go to the number two headline around the NFL. We can.
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We can all see it.
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B
Right? I think.
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So. We all can see the nfc. Yep. Now, tonight's going to be a determiner. You know, the Philadelphia Eagles versus versus the.
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Chargers.
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Yeah. If the Eagles lose tonight, we will take them off this graphic. We will say we don't think they are for real. Is that because we just live in the moment and react like that? Possibly. But Green Bay, Seattle and LA all seemingly very, very, very, very, very good at football. Now granted, L.A. lA laid an egg against Carolina Panthers. Now they would say we didn't lay an egg. Carolina Panthers are good football team. There's chance Carolina Panthers can still go on a run and make it in the playoff and maybe win a Super Bowl. Maybe, maybe win a Super bowl in this entire thing. But what Seattle's been able to do this year, Louisiana's been able to do this year and Green Bay have been doing this year thus far, far feels like that's probably the NFC super bowl.
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Representative. Definitely. And out of these rows, I mean, looks like Green Bay Kind of has the toughest road if, if 9 can keep playing some good football. We don't know what Baltimore is. Chicago's a good football team and obviously, you know, the Broncos sitting on top of the AFC right now. But yeah, I think the representative will come from these four for sure. Huge game for the Eagles and the Chargers tonight, but big time game for the Eagles to kind of stay in tune, I think for them to build some confidence. I know they installed the bunny in the locker room, the positivity bunny. We'll see if that can turn some vibes.
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Around. I'll tell you what, anytime my daughter sees a bunny, she says, hop, hop, hop. Because the show hop, hop. And there's a chance they hop themselves into better vibes with this damn bunny. You know, there's a chance that that happens. Anything can happen. Number one storyline coming out of yesterday, a prime time problem, the Texans defense. If they're playing in your stadium, you're going to be booing your team by middle of second quarter, maybe even beginning of second quarter, depending upon how the first quarter goes. They are a problem. This Houston Texans defense is very, very good at seemingly everything. We talk about big, athletic dudes around a quarterback all the time. They got that back end, Stingy Tigray has huge game here. I mean, you're talking about they came into Indianapolis and just shut us down completely. I mean, and you want to boo just because you're so bored. It's like it's at a game. I would like to see my team do something good. Well, your defense is doing cool. I'd like to see the offense do something against Houston Texans. I don't know if your offense is going to do much good things. I honestly don't think that is going to be happening. And the Chiefs just so happen to be the most recent victim. Now on that note, a couple big time drops by the Kansas City Chiefs and some big time moments where they could still be the Chiefs today. But now the entire conversation is, wait a minute. The Chiefs are dead. Their dynasty's dead. It's like Alex Smith said in the pregame. You talked about Alex Smith earlier. I thought he did a great job. We all watched leading into the College Football Playoff. Alex Smith was saying a lot of things. I think he said the Houston Texans are a better football team than the Kansas City Chiefs. Yeah. And I think a lot of people were saying like, hey, that's a hot take. That's a hot take. I, I don't think you've been watching the Houston Texans. If C.J. stroud. The offense can do anything, which they were able to do last night. This defense is going to have them in every game. And they can't be on TV because the home team is going to be getting booed because of. No matter how great they are, this Houston Texans team is going to make it look effortless. Seemingly on the D defensive.
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Side. Well, and they're the definition of, oh, they started 0 and 3. This team stinks. We don't have to think about them for the season, and then, boom, halfway through the year, they're playing their best football. Like you look at the rest of their schedule, too. They got the Cardinals, the Raiders, the Chargers, and the Colts. They can easily run the table and win their division. Like we're talking about, a team that wasn't in the playoff picture, actually legitimately was below the seven seed up until right now, the entire year. And now they might end up hosting another playoff game. And they've won playoff games the last two years. You know, C.J. stroud, his rookie year, in his second year, he never really had a slump. Now he got banged up, and that stinks. But when you have a defense like this and then you have an offense that has two rookie wide receivers that kind of have to find their way. They found their way. Stroud is back. Their defense isn't just good. It's the. Possibly the greatest defense in the history of football. I mean, it's amazing to watch. But again, to your point, to the. To the headlines point, stop. Put them in. In primetime, because it stinks for. For the other team and for people watching who aren't.
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Texans. Yeah, it's going to be. It's going to be a slow football game when the Houston Texans defense is on the field, unless CJ Stroud runs it up. So that is kind of the difference. Current playoff picture for the AFC Broncos sitting at number one alongside the Patriots. Jaguars. Damn. Hey, let's go. Football team.
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Has a good football team. Liam Cohen down there, he's.
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Good.
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Yeah. Oh.
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Yeah. He's like really, really good. Stoner, really. They don't even have the number two overall pick in Travis Hunter right now. That was a huge part of the plan. That was going to be two.
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Positions. Kobe Myers, he looks.
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Great. Boom. Unbelievable. It's like all the moves they're making are good. And Daniel Jones obviously tears his Achilles in the middle of the game, which is, I want to let Danny Dimes know that I love him. And we appreciate what you did for the Indianapolis Colts. You were the man we are so sorry that that happened to you. I would assume that there's going to be some sort of correlation between fractured fibula on one leg and then other leg making up for things and then something happening. And Danny, thank you for your service. Indianapolis I hope, I hope, like God, you, I hope to God you're a quarterback going forward, but once again, you got a long road. Thanks for walking off the field like an absolute boss. Okay, thanks for walking off the field. Thanks for showcasing your grit all year. Thanks for playing through a fractured fibula for us. Thanks for putting us into a spot that we hadn't been in a long time. Thanks for giving us some belief. And on that note, Godspeed on recovery. Riley Renner Riley Leonard is about to do something.
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Special. Hell.
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Yeah. He's about to go on a run. He didn't get a lot of reps, so I think when he gets dropped in a game, it's a little bit difficult. Sure, he runs for one throw. Shawan does his thing. Obviously I Notre Dame, maybe he can make playoffs unlike Notre Dame.
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But Jags are for real. The Houston Texans obviously for real in the afc. Steelers get a huge win. Bills obviously look special. Chargers tonight we'll see. Texans rounded out and then the Colts are looking lurking. The Ravens are lurking, the Chiefs are lurking. Who else is lurking? The hell is.
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This?
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Same record won four in a.
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Row. Joining us now for a quick update on all things happening around the NFL. Ladies and gentlemen, Senior NFL Insider for espn, Adam Schefter, Chef D, thank you for hanging out with us here. We just went through the AFC playoff picture there. Danny Dimes tears his Achilles. Obviously that's horrendous news. We are all pulling for him. Any other massive injuries around the NFL to any positions of pertinence that you have? Any updates on that we need to think about here as we roll out of week.
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14? Well, obviously Brian Branch tears his Achilles last week as a part of this past week, but it was Thursday so you forget that. Then we get another Achilles with Daniel Jones. Zach Ertz yesterday tore his acl. That looked like a devastating injury and you hope that Zach Ertz can come back from that one. But that was ugly looking and obviously problematic at this stage of his career. Few of the bigger injuries for this weekend and of course you mentioned Tyler tonight, some guys coming back from injury, Amari and Hampton coming back from a fractured ankle. I expect that he'll be activated before 4pm Eastern. And Justin Herbert at this time last week has his left hand operated on, has a plate and screws put in his left hand. He's going to be out there, we think a week later, playing with a plate and screws, which again, there are doctors out there that say it's a real risk for him to be out there. But Justin Herbert's a warrior and it sounds like he's going to be out there and hopefully he stays upright and can play the full.
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Game. Okay, let's talk about Chiefs, Texans last night. We love Herbert, by the way. Incredibly tough. We led the show with that. Can't wait to see him tonight. I love you saying there are doctors that say you shouldn't play with a plate and screw in your left hand if you're going to be taking a snap in there and potentially get hurt. That's the difference out there with Harbaugh football and Herbert football. We appreciate them for that. Let's talk about last year night. Texans defense, outrageous. Obviously they're insane. Everybody's calling now the Chiefs dynasty over. I think Mike Greenberg said it this morning like four times. You slept last night while a dynasty crumbled because they're completely out of the AFC west championship conversation. What is your big takeaway from last night and what are some things we should look out.
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H
For? Well, I think that the Chief's current version of the dynasty is over, but they're going to have Patrick Mahomes and so they're going to have to figure out a way to kind of improve the offensive line, upgrade the offensive line. They need to come up with a running back. There's going to be a decision that has to be made on Travis Kelsey, who I think has a cap figure next year for close to $20 million. So there are going to be some huge decisions involving some big names that involve the future of what has been a team that has won nine straight titles. This will be the first year since 2015 team that there'll be a new winner in the AFC West. So there really have not been many runs in all of sports like the one the Chiefs have had. We had the Patriots in football. We had the Chiefs in football. How many teams, how many franchises have won nine straight division titles in any sport? So I think that you take a moment to pay respects to this franchise for everything it did. Yep. There you go, Pat. Good job. Moment of silence. Okay. And now we'll see if they could somehow find a way to make it back to the playoffs this year. They have to win out and get some help. Going to be tough, but not out of it just.
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Yet. Okay, on that, you Talk about Travis $20 million cap hit. There's been another name that has obviously been synonymous with this.
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Dynasty. Yeah, Chef. A lot of people talking about Andy Reid, we all hear, especially on this program, love Andy Reid and don't think any changes should be made at.
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All.
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All. But is there any coaching change, not just the head coach, but across the board with Casey that we might.
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H
See? Well, I think an organization is always going to examine everything after the season, and I think people expect Matt Nagy and Steve Spagnolo to get head coaching interviews. So I don't think Kansas City is going to be making any big voluntary wholesale changes to its coaching staff. These guys are in demand. They're respected.
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So I don't see that happening. And, you know, we've talked about Andy Reid. Could this be his last year for a long time? And every time that comes up, he seems to sign another extension. I think he. I think he enjoys being at the office. And if you have a quarterback like Patrick Mahomes, why would you not want to be.
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There? Yeah. Not bad leverage, though, to everybody saying he might just retire. His resume's locked in. And I guess if you guys sign me to another deal, I'll do it. I like that. It's not bad play. People have been doing it for a long time. Last question here from D.
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Budge. Yeah, Jaden Daniels, he got banged up again yesterday in his return. Now, they said it held him up, being precautionary. What's the deal with him? Are they going to shut him down going forward now that they're 3 and 10 and out of.
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H
It? You know, I would have thought they would have shut him down now, but I think there are people that wanted him to play, want him to be out there. He felt healthy. He hurt the same elbow goes down. To me, it's an easy decision. Jaden, we appreciate you wanting to play. We understand how much you want to play. We're going to sit you down here. We're out of the playoffs. Let's start gearing up for a great season in 26. But right now, this whole season has gotten away from the commanders. They lose Zach Ertz to a season ending torn acl. Jaden hurts his elbow again. Like, what are we doing? Why are we putting him out there? I know football players.
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A
Play. I got.
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H
It. I got it. I just. To me, a guy that's taken so much hits and some injury issues, that friend, I'm not letting him play. That's me. But it's not my.
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Team. Okay? I don't. Because we only got a minute because we were talking too long and didn't get to you fast enough for actual news and journalism. Joe Burrow, that conversation is going to come up.
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C
Again.
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A
Yeah. You know, Joe Burrow, they lose another game, what's the playoff picture look like? Are we going to keep him out there with how much we pay him? And he said, we play a kid's game for a lot of money. I gotta play ball. Yeah, that was his.
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Response. I don't know. Jayden Daniels, Same story, different weeks. They both come back. They both come back when people thought they wouldn't be back. Respect to them and we'll see how they handle.
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A
It. Hats up to both of them and to you. You're the man. We appreciate you. How mad are you about Notre Dame not being in the.
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H
Playoff?
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I'm okay. It doesn't, doesn't phase me one bit. My, my, my, Pat. I'm more pissed off about my fancy football teams sucking the gas pipe.
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A
Yesterday. That was bad. God can't be sucking gas pipes. Ladies and gentlemen, that's Adam.
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Schefter. Thank.
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You. Inhaling the fumes, donning it double handed. He.
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Said. Yeah, he.
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Did. Jeez. That's what he said on.
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Me. Sucking.
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Pipe. Sucking it down. Goblin Pipe. All right, hour two. Be on the other side. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice.
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D
Leather.
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C
Sure.
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A
Yeah. Thing very.
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F
Cool. He did look super leather gloves.
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Inside. Yeah. Area here.
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Too. Going to be.
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D
Warm.
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A
Yeah. He certainly. And keep it near your heart too so you can feel what he's really feeling there as he's calling the game. Doing a great job. Darius Shay ballers.
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I never seen seen that. This one.
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F
Here.
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A
Go. Gotta be warm, you know, because this jersey has the hands like right here. That was quite a development jerseys technology when they started putting the hands in the jersey because the old, you know, hand warmer thing, it just used to bounce around. So a necessity. Yeah. The muff a necessity for sure. I was a big time muff wearer for sure. I love the muff. You know, I would certainly have that thing on on there. Especially because your hands get dry when it's super cold. So in there you get a little moisture. Especially if you're gonna be catching a ball without a glove. But it was always so big, you know, it was always. Once they started putting them in the jersey, I was like genius. This is absolutely genius. So for Tom Brady to do the jersey thing but with like a jacket so he just has it kind of in there. That was super cool. And also definitely showing everybody every chance he got that he had it, you know, hey, my shit's right here, dude. He looked.
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F
Cool. Also respect Burke Burkhart with no gloves on. Just keeping my, you know, hands. I respect it. But Brady, Brady kind of went in on how to his routine of like playing in cold games and keeping a bunch of hot packs in there. We all, you know, I've heard about the scuba gear, whatever underneath the pass. I thought that was pretty cool. Especially in those elements in Lambeau where you'll have to deal with Brady.
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A
Good. I think he's.
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C
Good. He's gotten a lot.
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A
Better. I mean, there's people that don't like him calling the game, I guess, but I don't think they're coming from it. From the standpoint of this guy's the greatest of all time. Ever play this game? Yeah. So, like, I would like to think that he could say whatever. I say this about a lot of ex players. Like, hey, they're allowed to say whatever they want. It's their league, it's their sport. Like, they were the ones that literally have laid down what this game is, especially if they're notable and had great careers. So they're allowed to say whatever the hell they want to say. Like, that is legitimately what it is. It's their sport. The greatest of all time. Every single week is good, you know, Certainly gotten better. You know, there was times where he was speaking or talking about shit that we didn't think made sense as an audience, but once he starts diving into stuff, it's, oh, yeah, yo, the goat is speaking currently. Let's go ahead and pay attention to.
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C
That. Yeah, it seems like he's realized too. Like, the only time we notice that the. The booth is terrible is a. If it's a bad game and it's kind of on those guys to be entertaining. Like, I think at this point, like, that game was so good. He understands, like, hey, I'm just an additive to this. Like, I don't need to kind of be the reason that people are watching this game. And I feel like some guys don't really understand that. It's like, you know, hey, the. The game is the main story here. And then whatever you add had when you got a guy like Brady who, like, some of the stories he was coming in, like, oh, you know, me and Julian Edelman used to run this play all the time. Like, stuff like that is awesome. And I think he's gotten much better with knowing when to throw that stuff in.
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A
There. On that note about calling games, congrats to Josh Pate, Harry Douglas, Will Compton, Taylor Lewan on an incredible all cast down there at the sec. We appreciate them doing that. It's almost that season now.
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C
Boys. Yeah, it.
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Is. Once you see that CFP got a 12. And now it's going to be counting down to one. That means standing on the sidelines of very big games in very important places, in places we're not supposed to be calling games. Cannot wait to dive into all of that. Joining us now is a man that you know is right there next to us everywhere, just breaking down the Things he sees. Yeah, the Rose Bowl. Last year's kid didn't even get a chance to hear his name getting chanted by the entire stadium because he puked over an entire section. Had to go to emergency hospital in the middle of Rose Bowl. And AJ didn't find out till the third, fourth quarter, his whole family was gone.
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Bummer. That's a bad.
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Halibut. That's what I heard. And that's an aggressive thing to eat anyways. But I had a little food problem going on yesterday. Ain't nothing like whenever your body feels like it's got to exit everything from the north and the south. Oh yeah, that was certainly a day yesterday. Had a good time at that Big Ten championship. I don't know what I ate in there, but there was something that certainly got cooking yesterday. Join us now is a man who's never sick, has never pooped or puked. Ladies and gentlemen, father of 10 college football national champion, super bowl champion r Cup winner, A.J. hawk. We're back. Yeah, we are, we're back. We are, we're back. You gave.
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E
Up. Oh, yeah. No, I didn't give up. It just got a little trim, you know, I don't know. Who knows? I'm getting sick of doing.
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A
Anything.
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It was a journey. We were on a journey, you.
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E
Know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had to grow. I was just up really high on the side so I got to grew that, you know, just. We're not going to take it up as high in the sides.
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A
Probably. Oh. So not as high and tight. Just a little medium mid range jump or we want, I.
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E
Guess. Yeah, I don't know. I don't have a plan like I said before, but yeah, I don't know. Hell of a game. Glad you guys were there. Obviously Ohio State loses. That sucks. But it's hard not to respect and like the Indiana football team and their players. Honestly, really.
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Is. Okay, I didn't know you were exact. I just want to let you know we all think your hair looks good, don't.
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We?
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Fantastic. And we appreciate you taking risks and going for.
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It. Look.
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Thinner. Yeah, you do. You look very good, right? I mean, you look fantastic. Maybe you'd look better if Big Ten won't to. I'm sorry. If Ohio State won a Big Ten championship. But on that note, you think that's good for the Ohio State team or bad for the Ohio State team? What do you.
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Think? No, I mean, I'll never say a loss is good. You can take some good things from a loss, but I mean both these Defenses obviously are.
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Awesome. That.
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Is. That's a proven fact, I think, especially watching this. But yeah, Indiana made plays when they needed to, man. And then when you listen to these guys get interviewed afterwards, like, all right, you can't hate on these guys like you have. Yeah, I have a lot of respect for their team. Honestly, I hope we could potentially see a national title rematch, can't.
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A
We? Yeah, there is a chance for that. Obviously tough roads for both parties to get there. And three and a half weeks, that's a long time, AJ To. And we saw last year, the three and a half week wait for teams was not good for the teams. Now, last year was different than this year. This year it's just the top four teams in the ranking as opposed to the top four champions that are ranked. Because if it was like last year here, JMU would have a buy, I think. Right. Two.
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B
Lane.
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D
Yeah. Because they're the higher of.
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The. Yeah. Tulane. Tulane would have a buy and would be waiting.
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On. They.
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Should. Should do that. Yeah. Okay. Nonetheless, the buys were not great for the teams last year, but it's a different setup than it was last year. This year, obviously, the College Football Playoff committee selecting these 12 teams to go 5 highest ranked conference champions, which adds Tulane and JMU and then Everybody else and AJ the big people that are mad. Notre Dame's pissed, BYU's pissed. Vandy could be pissed, but Clark Lee has come out and said we're not. We gotta take care of our own problems, which we respect. Obviously Notre Dame being mad and BYU being upset. We also understand and appreciate from their fans this is part of college football. That makes college football great is the amount of passion and the fact that it's a committee making a selection that our human humans and have pride in relationships. You're always going to assume that maybe you are potentially getting. If you're left out of this whole thing. What are your thoughts, AJ on how the playoff currently sits and who do you like and who do you.
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Hate? Well, I mean, I, obviously I. I've. I've heard the people that are pretty pissed off. I feel like the Notre Dame fans and the school, they're the ones that may be the loudest, the least in here, down here in Ohio that I can hear. I understand them being upset, but are they just. Just so. Pete Babaqua. They're the most upset that they like that the CFP let them on all year. These last four or five weeks. Say what? You lead me on. Like Latimer said in the program, like, that's why they're still so mad because they said we're, hey, we're in, we don't do anything, we're good to go. And then bam, whatever truly matters, you drop us.
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Out. What they're saying is the playoff committee contradicted itself. So in whole, it's all fugaze. So shocker. What was. That's basically what they're saying. They're saying like, well, what the hell happened? That was we not only drop so much, but the team that we've been ranked at one stage eight places above 18 and 10, what have they've had a good run, I think is what Notre Dame saying. Miami, hey, Miami's got to do what Miami's got to do. We understand them being upset, but we've kind of cleaned, we've rolled through teams here and now we drop as opposed to every other week. It just, I think Notre Dame people are just kind of calling it all out for being bullshit basically is kind of not just the, them being left out, but how is this even the thing. How is this even a situation Now? Ross Dellinger, I believe, rolled out a tweet yesterday that really sent us all into a. What? I didn't know that was the case. If Notre Dame finishes In the top 12 of the CFP ranking in the last one or whatever, they are automatically into the college football playoffs. So I did some follow up asking of questions like how is this even a thing? This feels pretty. Exactly, that's what it sounds like. Well, every other conference champion can get in, so this would be their qualifier because they are not in a conference. So granted conference them joining conferences in the future, is that ever going to happen? I've, I've not never had that conversation, even though there's a lot of people on the Internet saying it needs to happen. So this is deemed as their like conference championship. Like if we get ranked in the top 12, that should be an automatic qualifier for us. Is how I think Notre Dame people are kind of viewing it because they don't have the conference championship to be an.
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C
Automatic.
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D
Yes. Also next year, if, if, if what happened this year happened next year, Duke would also be in. So next year the ACC champion, Big 12, SEC, Big 10, that the championship winner of their conference championship game is automatically.
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In. Is this going to 16 next year? Is that what this is all setting up.
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D
For? They, I know that they're making that decision right now. When we talked about on Friday, he said what, he said he felt like it was going to go that.
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Way. And Herb street on Saturday gave a big, big 16 team push thing. And it feels like Kirk wouldn't say that unless how does it help.
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Everything? Like we're just going to have more pissed off teams that don't get.
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In. No, I, I, I think AS and DBUT started the show. I don't know if you heard this. He goes, I'm done with it. Give me four teams. I'm sick of it. These teams earn it. These teams that can't win the national championship are telling me how much they deserve to be in the, in the playoffs is what debut basically said. Debod said there's only going to be four teams that are going to be able to go now. Are they the top four teams that are ranked right now? I'm not sure, but it'll be very obvious which teams can win the national championship and which teams can't through this playoff. And we'll look at it going back like, hey, there was only two teams that really were inevitably going to go on this run. So if you add four more to the mix, are you going to leave somebody out maybe that would have been able to get hot, or are you adding four more teams that definitely aren't going to win, but kind of gets rid of the loudness of the.
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Conversation. The counterargument to DBUTs is if you looked at the odds, title odds going into this weekend, Notre Dame was the fourth shortest odds. So the books had them as the fourth best team in the country. So if it went to more teams over a team.
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Like.
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Huh? Over T.
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Yeah. Oh.
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Yeah. Wow. That's.
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Interesting. Well, Texas Tech, Big 12, they didn't give them a lot of respect, which is why BYU was actually ranked out of the college football playoff. Even though they only had one loss to Texas Tech going into championship weekend, they were already ranked out of it. So they lose. I guess the CFP goes, they lost. We can't just jump them in there. And then somebody in the there had to have said they've only lost their number four team though, within like three weeks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But they.
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Were. Shut.
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Up. But what about Alabama though? What.
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About. Exactly. So Bama shouldn't have made.
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It. Well, Bama was already ranked in there. We already had them ranked in there though. So, you know, we can't just drop them that much. Well, what about Notre Dame then? Because you had them in, don't you, you're asking a lot of questions right.
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Now. Bring back the.
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Computers. You're, you're asking a lot of questions. Yeah, but what about Vandy? Shouldn't they be. Shouldn't they shut up? Did their coach, did their coach even say they're upset? No. So I think they don't.
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Care. Fuck them. Leave them.
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Out. Yeah, we don't need to talk about them. They has. Their coach called us out and said that they're going to. Have you heard this protest? Not do any bowl games. The CFP committee doesn't.
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Care. No.
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No.
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Why would they.
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Care? You're right. No, I know everybody says it's an ESPN thing, ESPN thing. There. This is them protesting espn. Because most of the majority, I don't know if all the bowl games are on ESPN. Majority, not 100% sure, but it's like, all right, so you're protesting ESPN and not doing the Bulls. Is that what you're doing? That makes sense, I guess, if that's the way you look at it. Is ESPN the ones making the decision? Yeah, they have a lot of influence. It's like, all right, well, how come anytime one person from the network says something, you all label it ESPN says this? ESPN says this? Because I was sitting on college game day whenever there was a Lane Kiffin discussion happening a couple weeks ago, and all the reports I saw was at game day saying this. ESPN's pushing this and driving. This is like I was sitting in the middle of that stage, okay? And said the complete opposite. So how come my words at ESPN don't mean, oh, because I'm not in a CFP commitment? Well, none of them. So I don't know. It's an interesting dilemma about how. And once again, this show is licensed espn. I do work for ESPN and for college game day. I understand that ESPN has their hands in a lot of college football pots and everything like that, but if another network is had it, we would be the same, you know, I guess.
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E
Any network wants Notre Dame, though. Any network wants Notre Dame in. That's what doesn't make any sense. I'm like, I would understand, hey, if Notre Dame was in. Hey, you get it. They're a brand, man. Rudy, the movie, all of it. They bring eyeballs, they travel. Well, like I understand money wise, why you would want them in.
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There. Yeah, so they want the SEC in there because they think that's big money. Well, they spent their money there. Well, then why wouldn't they want Notre Dame when they can't get Notre Dame any other time? They can only get Notre Dame in the playoffs. Can't get Notre Dame any other time. No. Notre Dame has its own TV deal with NBC because of how powerful it is, you know, we started the College Football Playoff at Notre Dame last year. Yeah. Literally launched the entire thing at Notre Dame. Why? Because ESPN could get a Notre Dame game. Like, that is how I think if the ESPN people, Jimmy Pitaro's kid goes to Notre Dame, I think there you have it. He's the head of, of espn. So it's like I was watching that whole thing unfold and I'm like, okay, all right, all right. You don't think we're want to go? Because I grew up in the thought that Notre Dame gets all the perks because of how popular they.
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Are. Yeah.
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Sure. Like, hey, they take, people take care of Notre Dame because of this. They get ranked. Like, when I was at West Virginia, Notre Dame was getting ranked, like, higher than us. It was like, we would smoke that team if we're to play it. And I was basically told, like, it doesn't matter, though, because Notre Dame is going to be in here because they want to be conversated about. They want Notre Dame to be a part of it. So then now it's like, ESPN didn't want Notre Dame in there. It's like, I've been told the complete opposite. Like, I thought that is what, what we are literally looking for. And once again, we had Pete Baco on Friday to state his case. So, like, I am a fan of Notre Dame, even though I pick against him in a lot of games, because I don't think they can win them in the games that we're talking about. Not this year. I think their team was very good this year. I picked them against pit, obviously. But it's like, I, I, everything that I heard about what Notre Dame does and then what everybody's saying, why ESPN didn't want Notre Dame just kind of doesn't align. So I, I don't fully understand that, but I do. I will say this. I think it's. They dropped as many spots as they.
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Dropped.
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Yes. Without even playing again. Like, I'm not saying they're in the right or in the wrong by not being happy about it. I think it's a complete opposite, but I just don't like the argument. Like, ESPN does this, ESPN does this. ESPN does this. Just because, like, somebody who works on ESPN says something. If, if we were to just take somebody's take from any other network and just classify the entire network as being that, that would be a wild, wild thing. But I guess ESPN has their hands in a lot of it, so it has to happen. But just know there's people in there trying, like, we're trying our best to, you know, for the good of ball as opposed to just being a political networking, money grabbing venture. Which once again if it was that you would think Notre Dame would get in, but not byu. Yeah, exactly. Like I just, the arguments were kind of interesting to me when I was reading them online. I'm like, so you're saying they're all money hungry, ratings grabbing, but then also. So they put Tulane and JMU.
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In. Well.
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That'S. It's going to happen every year no matter what though, right? Like is there, there's never going to be a year where there's not a bunch of drama at least with two or three teams.
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Right. Every time if you go up to 16, which I think is kind.
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Of debut 32, I mean we get the same March Madness like first team out. It's always, it doesn't matter how many teams you go up to, whatever the metrics are to for teams to get in, somebody's going to have an argument to this year was obviously Notre Dame, Miami and those teams that were bunched up, but it'll always be an argument. You know, back in the day when it was, you know, you have three teams who had great seasons and then you know, three or four or five teams and then there was two teams who were picked to go and play in whatever BCS championship and everybody else just had to play in their big bowl game. That just was what it was. Then we moved to four teams. It's like, okay, now we have a legit champion, but now it's basically, you know, turning to NFL playoffs. And I think that was the difference between the NFL and college football. But I get it, it's money. There are big games, games.
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Too. Yeah, huge games. Here is what the current CFP ranking would sit if it was 16, SC would get in. Arizona would be pissed. Michigan would be pissed. Virginia would be pissed. Tulane already in obviously because top five highest ranked champions and then Houston and I think it would be a little less loud, which I think if you're trying to get away from say shut up. The lodness, you can certainly get away from that. But go.
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Ahead. Well, respectfully, they can't do the conference champion anymore. Okay. Like if you're in the Big.
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Ten. Well, they wanted to save conference championships. Remember that was the decision. We don't want conference championships become absolutely nothing. And now if you ask the SEC with everything that happened or if you ask the Big 12 with everything that happened might add, they'll say conference championships don't only they not only don't mean anything. They actually are bad for your team if you're to play in one. So they were trying to save it with the conference championships. Go.
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Ahead. Well, I'm just saying, like in general, like the big ones that matter, they will matter. You'll get the buy if you win, if you'll get the buy if you prove it all year long and you're in the conference championship. But when it comes to Tulane and jmu, respectfully, like, they don't really have any business going up against Oregon. Like you're telling me that as a watcher. And again, we don't have any affiliations to any of these schools. None of us went to any of these schools that are currently in the College Football Playoff, aside from AJ With Ohio State, like Notre Dame at Oregon would be probably the game of the first round if they were to have gotten in. Like I think all of us would rather see and just the layman football fan would rather see a great game than something like that. So when I say the conference championship, I mean like, hey, the ones were like you have to put in the top five conferences. Like no, that's not how it should work. The big conference games. Yes, that, that should happen because those are the teams that are relevant, that are going to be in it at the end. The, the Texas Tech, the Indiana, Georgia, Ohio State, Bama. Sure. Like those are the conferences that matter because those are the conferences that carry college football. The rest of those conferences, they respectfully just don't like Tulane and jmu. I get it. But again, no one's turning on the CW at 2 o' clock on a Saturday to catch those games like that. It doesn't matter. It's just completely irrelevant. And we can't also act like this is college basketball where 12 seed or one of these low tickets teams is going to make a run. It's not. It'll never be college basketball. Like what Tony said about the recruiting is very cool. The difference between the number one recruiting team and the 32nd recruiting team, that gap is closed. But guess who isn't in the top 32 of recruiting? JMU and Tulane. They aren't. And guess what? They're never going to be. Because you know what happens when those teams are good? Their head coaches leave. JMU's old head coach like, hey, guess what? He's the number one, you know, team in the country right now. He's their head coach. Signetti. It's like there's so many things. What was.
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That? Players leave.
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Too. Yeah.
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Exactly. Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah. And both of their head coaches right now are.
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Leaving. Yeah. And also probably a lot of their great players. Like, this is good for the players of JMU and Tulane. They're going to get a chance to audition more for everybody, you know, with. After what they've done this year. But I think everybody's kind of seen it the same way. You know, I don't want to say you guys are elite and things like that, but whenever we hear Notre Dame's pissed about not getting in, and then all of a sudden we look at the thing and who is it?
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Dulane. Well, and then Lane, what.
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Happened? Who'd they play this year? Who'd they.
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Play? Well, you know who they played. They played Ole Miss, and Ole Miss beat him by five touchdowns. And that's the problem. They lost 45, 10 to Ole Miss earlier this year. So, like, the committee being like, you know what? Let's. We can actually just stick it to everybody. We'll act like this is some rematch that everybody wants, wanted, like that. I thought this. When they did, like, the group of five thing, the whole point was like, a team like Boise State, who plays in a lesser conference, who goes undefeated and is ranked, you know, 14 or 13 or.
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A
Whatever. James Madison this.
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Year. Yeah, maybe 12 and 1. Yeah, exactly. You know what? I think they have more of a gripe if they don't get in than Tulane does, because it's just. It's just crazy. It's crazy. They played Ole Miss already. Who is the best team on their schedule? And they got beat by five touchdowns. Could anything.
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Happen?
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Sure. But there's a reason they got.
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Beat. Well, they played another team that we've heard.
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Of. Oh, that's.
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Right.
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UTSA. Yeah. What was.
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That? Oh.
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UTSA. They got beat by, like, 21 or something, didn't.
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They? And, like, don't. And we don't want to do this to them.
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We don't want to say. Exactly. You get nominated for the hall of Fame, and then if you're on the fringe of the hall of Fame, all you're going to spend the rest of your life hearing is how bad you are. And that shouldn't be in the.
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Hall of Fame, should have eliminated. I mean, come on. Just like with Texas lost to Florida, like. Yeah, I mean, come.
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On. Yeah, but.
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You. Last year, you said the best 12 teams. Didn't they say that over and over? We're just trying to find the best.
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12. No, but it was always the top five ranked conference champions. Always. Because they wanted to save the conference championships. And then now the entire conversation is conference championship are detriment to your football team. And then Notre Dame's saying, so we should have played in one and lost by 20 like Alabama did. And then we don't fall. Like, I don't. Humans in there, man. Humans are making this decision. They're never going to get it right. So if you expand the window, at least you have a chance to maybe not get as many wrong. Because the playoffs, we need more good football, not less good football. And it feels like we sacrifice some good football to do the right football. And it's like, well, who's the right football in. Well, these 12 people. It's like, all right, done with it. Notre Dame said, we're not playing your bowl game either. So we're not going the Pop Tart bowl, bro. I. I don't know what to tell.
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You. Who's taking the.
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Spot? Maybe West Virginia. You know, West Virginia's got four wins. We're just a couple wins away from possibly five. You're right, because what happened earlier in the year with the coach, what the hell happened there? Nobody's talking about.
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F
Huh? Against.
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Who? Ohio. Ohio. Remember, they got a good football team. Maybe too good of a football team. Who knows what was going on over there. Coach is gone. They might have a relinquish shaman. Maybe West Virginia. Maybe we get a win now we got five wins. Hold the phone. We're one game away from being bowl eligible. You guys are signing up to not play. We'll sign up to play. We'll take this to spring. So maybe us, But Notre Dame, they opt out of any other bowl games immediately after not getting selected for the College Football Playoff. I personally, Pete Pavaka has a very big brain. People in Notre Dame have big brains. I think you should have sat on that one maybe for 24 hours and then released statements saying, hey, we talked to everybody. We did this. This is what we think. This is why we're going to opt out. Doing it immediately afterwards does look like you're patting a little bit, but if you listen to them speak about it, I guess the players captains, the team captains talked about it. They had a meeting with Marcus Freeman, and they were going to be losing a lot of members of their team, obviously, to go to the NFL draft. And it was going to be hard to talk people into playing in the Mayo bowl or whatever bowl game they ended up playing as opposed to going to the NFL. So they didn't want to split the team, I guess, was the big conversation. Like, we don't want our last game to be without all these guys. Like, that is not what we want to be. We can respect that, obviously, and appreciate that the players are a part of the conversation as all eyes turn ahead to next year for Notre Dame and they are going to be good next year. And they got the top 12 designation next year for the college football playoffs. So maybe this won't be a problem if they're able to hold up their end of the bargain once again. Once again they beat Miami and they beat Texas A and M. It's not a problem. There's only one undefeated team all year. Okay. In Indiana. But if Notre Dame wants to get in, go and undefeated. Okay. And then we won't have any conversations. Is basically the.
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F
Conversation. Or lose.
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One. Well, BYU says we only lost the one team twice and we're out.
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So. And they're.
- [82:25]
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Unbelievable. Yeah, they got an argument too. I mean, people got a gripe. They definitely have a.
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Gripe. Definitely have a great. What? We don't know what Texas Tech is about to go do. Yeah, I know Texas Tech is very good, dude. Saki said that's the best team in the country. Everybody else just kind of doesn't know about it. And it's like they actually might be. Like they legitimately might be. And then Jacob Rodriguez is hitting the crossbar from 20 yard.
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Line. Like, that was pretty sweet. That was.
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Sweet. That was an ugly.
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Ball.
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A
Sorry. As I was watching float through the air, I'm like, well, that's a lot of surface area. That's a lot of surface area. As somebody that has played the crossbar game every once in a while, those ones that break up aren't bad because it gives you, it gives you a little bit more of a thing and happen. I think Herb street was the one that said you need to do another for his wife. Needs to do a throw for, for his wife. It's like, yeah, you're right. What else? I mean, we got three hours to talk about four.
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F
Games.
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Pilot. Yeah, Badass. And she's, she's like, she's jack jacked. I, I was. Which game were we down there for? Texas Tech?
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Byu.
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Yeah. Because it was hard to pick BYU to beat Texas Tech strictly because what Texas Tech did to BYU the last time, I mean, it was just.
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C
An ass beat the out of them.
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A thorough ass beating, which is probably what the college football playoffs committee said. Like, hey, BYU played a good team twice and the same outcome.
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C
Happened. Got.
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Killed. They got murdered. So do we need to see it anymore? We need Tulane in There. So, nonetheless, Jacob Rodriguez, though his story is phenomenal. Former quarterback, was a quarterback at Virginia as a freshman, transfers over to linebacker, goes to Texas Tech, has this mustache, him and another. The mustache.
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F
Crew.
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Roberts. Ben Roberts, I.
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Believe. Two picks, this guy. There's another one. There's another one of these. Jacob Rodriguez, who might be up for the Heisman, but his wife. Whenever we were at Texas Tech, byu, we went up to see Cody Campbell's suite. You know, just kind of go check out all the stuff. They just built it all. It's an incredible.
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C
Spread. I can.
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Imagine. Yeah, it's an absolute incredible spread. As I was going to get on the elevator, she was walking out of the elevator, and somebody said, like, hey, that's Jacob Rodriguez's wife, or whatever. And we had just ran a piece, like, two so seconds ago. So I immediately made an asset of myself. Hey, thank you so much for your service. She turns around, jacked like. I was like, hell, yeah. That family right there is going to be some dogs. I mean, that is an outright absolute. And, yeah, the Texas Tech team is very good. Like, very, very, very good. And Obviously, the Big 12 doesn't get a lot of love, but this Texas Tech team is for real. All right, let's move to the NFL. AJ.
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I don't know if you.
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E
Saw, you see you talking about your Colts or something.
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Else.
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Yeah. I feel terrible for Danny Dimes, man. That's awful situation. That's a terrible situation for.
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Him. Yeah, I. I talked about in the first hour about how thankful I am for Danny Dimes coming to Indianapolis because I think somewhere else offered more money. Danny Dimes saw the opportunity, wanted to come here and prove himself, and he did just that. He transformed an entire culture. The way we're talking about the Colts last year versus the way we're talking about the Colts this year are vastly different. Not just because they're winning games, but because how everything was happening behind, behind the scenes, just vastly more professional and better. From everything that we're hearing. Late to meetings, missing stuff, all that stuff that bad teams do is what the Colts are kind of doing the last couple years. They were ass. They were an ass franchise, an absolutely shite football team. And then Danny Dimes comes in here and there's a little bit of hope, little bit of promise, and they start rolling. Everybody all on the same page. I heard. We're there early, we're staying late, we're getting extra lifts, extra work, and it's like the Colts became the. And then he gets a fractured fibula coming off the bye week or at the game before the bye week. And then that happens in his left leg, I think. And then his right leg. Yeah, he tears his Achilles. It's like that's a one, two punch to a guy who is certainly having his best season. The Colts are having their best season, and for it to all end that way was an absolute bummer. So I agree with what you're saying there, A.J. like Danny Dimes, we appreciate you, man. Godspeed. Dude. Dude. God speed. You were perfect for us and hopefully will be for us for the long haul because his contract is up after this year, but he was awesome for our team and our city. And on a flip flip side, we've lost to Jacksonville, like nine straight years down in Duvall. They are a problem for us down.
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There.
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2014. Even when their team is.
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Ass.
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Yeah. Yep. Clown.
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Time. They'll beat us down there. I don't know if it's the stadium, I don't know if it's the vibes. I don't know if it's their fans showing up and getting after the Colts more so than any other game, but they have our number in Duvall and the Jacksonville Jaguars did their thing against us. Now Danny Dimes leaving, not great. Okay. And Danny Dimes not being able to be as active as he was like three weeks ago. Not great. For the last couple weeks, I've kind of talked about that, how that was like, you know, 40% of our offense was him being able to move. Not being able to move was obviously devastating for us. But the Jags made all the big.
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B
Plays.
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A
Yep. I mean, they made all the big plays. They were all the place. Liam Cohen's speech after the game. Awesome. They're obviously all in. The Jacksonville Jaguars might be for real. For real. D. Buck. It's crazy to think.
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F
About. Yeah. Sitting there here, nine and four, top of the division. Definitely did not expect that, especially with a new head coach. Me and Tyler kind of talking about it before the show might be a good indicator if the coach just sounds like a big dumb doofus at his introductory press conference, that they're going to be a good coach and turn the team around. But on both sides of the ball, camping the defensive coordinator, he's got those guys humming, making big plays. Defensively and offensively, they're making plays as well. Trevor Lawrence, as of late has been playing better. They were missing Parker Washington, obviously missing their number two overall pick, who, Travis Hunter. Who Stoner went on that rant about kind of changing, you know, the game of football. As itself. But it's an unbelievable run by the Jacksonville Jaguars. I love these jerseys. I hate rooting on anything good for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but they are rolling right.
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Now. They clipped us. Making fun of the opening press conference. I saw one of their fans on.
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B
Here. Come.
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On. And you don't think we've been supportive of the Jacks since we've. That day, you know, that day, it was hard not to make fun of him, to be honest. He got Duvall.
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Wrong. Made fun of.
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Himself. Yeah. And then Liam comes on the program. We start hearing him talk, and we're like.
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You'Re not supposed to.
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C
Be. Wait a minute. This guy's.
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A
Not. You're not supposed to be doing that. I don't like that. Stone 12 year old. I don't like that. I don't like the way he's talking about. Football is supposed to be expanding. You're supposed to live. It's like, oh, I don't like what you're doing down there. It's like we felt it. It's all around whether or not Trevor Lawrence can go or not. Right. That's kind of how we all chat about the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'll tell you what. Yesterday he.
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E
Did. He's been playing.
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A
Well. Yeah.
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He'S. I mean, he's doing it now. Especially, like, in these conditions, too. Not the easiest place to.
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B
Play. But.
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E
Have. Have we seen shot Khan? Is that just not crossing my algorithm or what? Has he not been in the locker room? I haven't seen him.
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Much. Well, because he.
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Was. Yeah. I mean, you know, that's what they envisioned in January, and we kind of made fun of him because we thought it wasn't just going to happen in.
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September.
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C
Well. But it's kind of happened in October. Why November? Why starting to happen here in.
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A
December.
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C
Jesus. And now it's going to go on.
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Forever. There's a chance we're referring to the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars giving a speech in the locker room early in this season. And it's one of the most electrifying speeches of all time. They talk about it amongst the other great speeches. Six inches here, six inches there. You know, you name.
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C
It. Yeah. Gettysburg.
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Address. Yeah. We haven't.
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B
Yes. Herb Brooks, Miracle on.
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A
Ice. Just talking about.
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That. Obviously, I have a.
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C
Jury. You can throw it in.
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There. I don't know if it happened before a game, but I'm sure somebody in there dropped it.
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On. Oh, yeah. Hell.
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A
Yeah. And I'm sure. Winner. I would assume that was the case, but, yeah, we. We've. We've kind of become Jacksonville Jaguars fans kind of. Now on that note, can't be having the Jacksonville Jaguars just ragged all the Colts like they've been doing. Can't have it. Houston Texans, a whole different.
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Story.
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True. Okay. Houston Texans hold him. Number one defense in the.
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League. Almost not.
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Fair. C.J. strout doing his thing. Dico Ryan's.
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Just.
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Those guys can fly. They can fly on.
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Defense. That's why I saw Dico do last night.
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That was it. Not. Not much else. I mean, DEO is locked.
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In. Oh yeah, he.
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A
Is. I feel like he could still play if he wanted to. But you talk about defense flying around, it's like that's what a defense, a defensive head coach can.
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F
Do.
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A
Yes. It's like a defense a defensive head coach can get everybody to buy in on trying to cte themselves every single hit, which is what they are trying to.
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Do. And the credit to him after, after he started 03, he actually gave the play calling duties over to Matt Burke. And JJ talks about him a lot. I think he played either for.
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E
Him. Burke's the man. Yeah, I played for him in Cincinnati. He's my linebacker.
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Coach. Yeah. And so they've won eight, eight out of 10. They're leading the league in scoring defense, leading the league in yardage just on every level. We know about Will Anderson Jr. And Danil Hunter, opposite sides on the front line. But the second level, fast, violent, physical. And then the third level with the secondary like Kamari left, probably the most physical corner in the league. Derek Stingley, we know what he is. Probably the best overall corner league. And then Petrie and Bullock on the back end, like they are just unbelievable. They hunt like when you turn, when you click, boom. The final click on the defensive rep. Nine times out of 10, 10, 11 guys are going to be in the frame. Obviously AJ played for him, so I'm sure he knows what he's preaching in these meetings. But just watching this tape, it's every, every if you're a coach in high school, little league, college, like this is a defense you want to watch and try to play.
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E
Replicate. Oh, so you talk about Matt.
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F
Bertha.
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E
Yeah. And DEO turned over the play con. Honestly, Burke is a. He's a Dartmouth guy, but he's like, he's from Boston and he is like the. I don't know how to describe. Old school. Yeah, old school guy, but super weirdly smart at the same time. But grew up like a real human and not like a silver spoon at all. And he, he's a wizard, man. He's got a big old beard. You can see him on the sideline right there. His beard isn't as long as it used to be be but like a mixture of a dude who a super cool players coach but at the same time will absolutely hold you accountable and not let you slip an inch ever. But on game day especially the dude is like, let him go, let the boys eat. Like he's not going to get in your way ever on game.
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Day. Well, here's the defensive season seemingly working out for him. 16 points per game, which is the lowest since 2019. Patriots is that good? I don't know. 266.3 yards per game. That's lowest since 2009. Jets is that good. 12:15 TD interception ratio. That's the lowest ratio since 2021. Bills. So yeah, they're prime time killers, these guys. You put them on prime time. The other team's offense maybe with a quarterback getting paid 100, $600 million not going to be able to do much like that is just what you're signing up for. Patrick Mahomes versus Texas. 160 yards, 0 touchdowns, 3. 3 interceptions. Not just him though. Let's go to Josh Allen versus Houston Texans defense, what they were able to do together, over two zero touchdowns, five turnovers, 10 times they were sacked. And then 23.8 average QBR, which is obviously through 100. That's the Texans defense. So whenever we start talking about the AFC playoff picture, it's like I think that could probably get it done. If CJ can go like, can CJ go relentless? Can he be back? Can CJ do his. And it's like Collins is seemingly always open. I mean he throws to him when he's very.
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B
Covered.
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A
Yeah. And. And he seemingly gets it. It's like CJ maybe is only going to get better this season. He said he was knocking rust off last couple weeks. He said he's still trying to knock his rust off. We saw him whenever he came and played against Indianapolis Colts. If that's what knocking his rust off is, I think, I think everybody's in some shit right now. I think CJ's back to being CJ. I.
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B
Think. Yeah. And they have the vets in, you know, the receiving room, in tight end room to kind of be the safety valve. And then they have the young guys coming alive right now like Jaden Higgins and Jalen Noel. They don't get as many touches, but they are clearly starting to understand both their role. And then Woody Marks, Woody Marks being their rookie running Back alongside Nick Chubb. Like, they have guys all around, and they have a team where you only have to score 20 points, you do not have to score 28. You know, even 24. 4. If they get to 20, they're going to win. I mean, this is the. The defense is so suffocating in smothering. It's fun to watch as a fan, but at the same time, as someone who likes to bet on touchdown parlays, it sucks because you can put them in and there's no chance they're going to happen because they don't let anybody score. Very, very rarely are they allowing two.
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A
Touchdowns. AJ Home fans boo to their own offense, you know, their own offense. And I'm not saying that's absolutely normal. You know, I was a punter, so the amount of times I went onto the field with the home team booing, home fans booing to do my job, and then at away games, them cheering. It's just a kind of an interesting dynamic there at the punter position. So fans will get restless if their offense isn't doing good. It's like the Texans defense does that to everybody's offense, whether it's at their house or in your crib. And boo birds are early and.
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F
Often with the Texans defense, unbelievable feeling. And as a defense to go on the road and coach, kind of get the crowd not only out of it, but into it, booing, like, especially a quarterback like Patrick Mahomes, who's. I don't like. I think they said it on the broadcast. I don't think he's ever been booed. But you watch the game and con man said the perfect word. Like, they're suffocating. Because even when there are opportunities for, like, receivers or tight ends to make plays, they're almost peeking over their shoulder. You see, like, uncharacteristic drops which turn to tips and then. Which was also said on the broadcast, these DBs don't really drop a lot of opportunities. A lot of times we'll turn on the table, we'll see a quarterback throw, you know, maybe three or four balls that should have been intercepted. Those balls are getting picked off of this defense with the combination of everything. It's like every week they're trying to come in and set some type of record or chasing some type of goal. Just an unbelievable job from top.
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Down. I love it. It's the AFC side. They're the number one defense. Yep. Hey, on the NFC side, A.J. i know you got to love this. That packers defense, for real, T.
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Schmidt. Yeah. No it is. I mean, and I'd be very interested to hear, you know, what AJ Thinks, because as a fan, like, it. It really is. Like, we've talked about this a bunch. For the most part, it feels like the packers should have won three Super Bowls when Rogers was there. And their defense sucked so many times, like, and was not just bad, like, was one of the worst in the league, you know, so. No, I mean, it's.
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Not.
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Gone 10 years, I.
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C
Think. Yeah, exactly. But no, for. For it now to be like where every single week it really is kind of just like, hey, you just hope the. It's kind of like the same situation. Can the offense get to 21 points? Can they get the 21 or 24 points? Because if they can, you feel like the defense is going to do what it needs to do. And that's kind of what we talked about with the Bears leading into this game was their def. Defensively, like, they're very feast or famine. If you're. If they're forcing a bunch of turnovers, chances are they're going to win that game. And Jordan Love had an early pick that was big, bad. But outside of that, you know, it ended up being 1:1 in terms of the turnover battle. So. No, but I would like, they're. They're unbelievable. I'd be very interested. AJ what do you think, you know, in terms of them, like, in the long run.
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Here? Oh, they absolutely have a chance to. To make a run with their.
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F
Defense.
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E
They're. They're fast, they're physical. Obviously, we know what Micah can do. So every third and medium, third and long situation, we don't need a one shot. I mean, that's for sure. But I think Jeff Halfley, if you can keep Jeff Halfway around this year, go get it while you can this year because I'm worried about that. Halfway has his agent has people calling him every single day because the guy is a leader and obviously his defensive scheme is.
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A
Beautiful. Okay, tell me about the Micah train. Okay. Because Ty was talking a little bit about it earlier and I think this comes with the fanhood of a dynamic pass rusher. Okay. You heard the Steelers fans used to complain about it all the time. Now I think it's just kind of expected. When we were at the Colts, I heard it and thought it a lot with Dwight Freeney. What was your take about Micah.
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C
Earlier? He gets held on every single play. Every single.
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Play. It's. I think it's the first time, long time they. For the packers to have a premier elite pass rusher. Especially with how young he is. That just kind of happens, I think, with these elite pass rushers and the refs just kind of like, yeah, that's how it's going to be if you're going to be that good and that paid. If not that, it's.
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B
Right. But it doesn't happen to.
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Clay. Yeah, Clay. Clay Matthews, obviously very dominant pass rusher for a long time. He got held all the time. But it's like, when you're that good, the refs to think, well, it didn't direct well. You were, you know, seven yards away from the quarterback. Well, yeah, I was going to be two and a half yards away from idiot, but I had two guys drag me down from behind line. Like, that happens over and over sometimes with these guys. But just the, I guess the amount of attention the O line in the backs and the quarterbacks have to pay to a guy like Micah, like, that can be mentally taxing as well. Like, okay, how are we going to get this dude blocked up every single time you walk to the line of.
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A
Scrimmage? Yeah, check one. Right. I mean, that is just literally a conversation happened between.
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F
Everybody. Yeah. And all the great ones get help, but just watch them. I feel like Micah gets held, like 10 times more and even since he's been in Dallas and. And I think a part of it is because of his burst and how he.
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E
Gets. Like, he moves awkwardly, like, differently, doesn't he? He moves a little different because he's so, like, unorthodox in his movement. He's so explosive and he uses his hands and he takes away any surface area you have to block him. That it's like, it.
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B
Just. Yeah, it is.
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Weird. Like, look at that. Are you kidding.
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Me? In that hole, right? Like, that specific hole right there is what you see the most. Like, his bend is unbelievable. His burst, his closing speed. Like, he is pretty. But just to talk about this defense as a whole, like, the way that they rally to the ball and tackle. It was a game earlier in the year, which you didn't have to watch the game. You just had to look at the box score. Jameer Gibbs had, like 11 catches for, like, I want to say less than, like, 35 yards. Something crazy like that. So that just lets you know, like, that type of explosive player catching a ball in space 11 times and barely getting three yards, getting less than three yards of reception is insane. You just see that week in and week out, like, how they rally not only from the front getting suffocated, but from the back end. Evan Williams Is unbelievable. One of the best safeties in the league, like Cooper, he's unbelievable. He's just so patient and locked in on everything that's going in. Like you can tell that they're well coached and they got super, super talented guys as.
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A
Well. Good for the Packers. Packers are one of the three or four teams, depending upon tonight's outcome with the Eagles that we can see in the NFC representing the in the Super Bowl. Obviously we think it's Green, Green Bay, Louisiana, Seattle, and then we'll see what Philadelphia does. We all believe in Philadelphia because of the reigning champs, but this year has certainly been different. Can they get a huge winner of the Chargers, then the afc, it's like we like the Patriots. I like the.
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B
Texans. Yeah, Bills.
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A
Broncos. Bill's still in there, but I think there is like a clear cut, hey, this is who it's going to be in the nfc. And then on the AFC side, still kind of wide open. Not wide open, but you get it. There's still a of lot question.
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B
Mark. Yeah, I kind of think that the seven teams in the top there are going to be the seven teams in the playoffs. It's just kind of where does that order go? You know, the Ravens, sure, maybe they can make a run, but the Steelers winning that game is so massive. Steelers get to nine, maybe even 10 wins, that might be enough. And then Jags, Texans, like they might end up flopping. And who knows, with the Chargers tonight, we'll see. But if the the Colts at 8 and 5 without a quarterback, it's hard to see them really contending for a playoff spot now. And then the Ravens and Chiefs, they still have a very, very tough road going forward. So it'll be interesting to see how those seven teams actually end up ranked by the.
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A
End. It's a beautiful time to be alive. It's a great time for football. On Saturday night, we were a part of a majestic moment. AJ Was certainly experiencing it vastly differently over there in Ohio, but we are in the loud house having a great time watching this man do his thing. Lazy. And gentlemen, the current odds on favorite to win to Heisman, a Big Ten champion player of the game in the Big Ten championship. The quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers, ladies and gentlemen, Fernando.
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G
Mendoza.
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Let's go. Thank you guys so much for having me on. It's always an honor to be on the.
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A
Show. Now we're lucky that you joined us. That was flipping awesome on Saturday. Dude, how'd that feel coming out of your mouth? Whenever you said it, you knew you dropped A banger on him or.
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G
What? Yeah, I was about to drop a banger. I didn't want to get fined or anything. Didn't want to put a bad image out there for the university. I was so close to saying. And then I had to just think of the first thing. It sounded a little cringy, a little nerdy, but it is what it is.
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A
Now. Hey, you be you brother. You do what you got to do. And the fact that you're thinking about the university, especially on a night like that, we love. And I think that's obviously why anybody that's ever watched you play or met you is a fan of yours. Let's talk about your team winning the Big Ten championship, obviously. First time since I think World War II or something like that that IU has been a part of this in the football world. What was the messaging from Coach Sig throughout and did you guys understand the history of IU and the Big Ten championship, especially because it was in.
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G
Indianapolis? Yeah, the whole story has always been IU's been the most losing this program in college football history until this year. And like you said, I don't think it was until World War II that IU's won their last Big Ten championship. And before the game a lot of guys had a sour taste in their mouth from last year year with the whole Ohio State, Indiana game and kind of how. How Ohio State kind of took control of that game. And Coach Ignetti's messaging was we belong here, we belong here. They might not think, people might think, not think on the outside and we're the underdog, but we have nothing to lose and we do belong here and I think we show that. It was a phenomenal showcase by the defense, holding that high powered offense to 10 points. Unbelievable. And I turned the ball over and basically gave it to them in the red zone, which is still insane to held them the 10 points and just such a great overall team effort by everybody.
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A
There. Let's talk about you just losing a lung. Maybe on the first play we were a little bit worried and I don't know if you knew that 92 was going to be everywhere. This guy from the south side of Indianapolis, we should have known that he was going to go bananas here. And this Curry guy. First play of the game though. Clean shot, I think. Clean shot. He gets you. I don't. You weren't complaining at all about the shot. You were certainly in a massive amount of. This is first play of the game. Your brother comes in. What was. What happened? Did you get A diagnosis. And did you hear the pop when you jogged back on that field? The place went absolutely apeshit. I hope you got a chance to take that in the amount of respect and appreciation for your.
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G
Toughness. Well, first of all, I like the thing. I thought the crowd was loud, but they were nowhere near as loud when you took off your shirt and you started doing the ho, ho, Hoosier.
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A
Chant. Yeah, come.
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G
On. I mean, I.
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B
Was.
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G
That. That was mad.
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C
Magical.
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G
But. But onto the hit. Yeah, I mean, it was a clean hit. Great player. Curry's a great player. And Also, I know A.J. your defensive guy. Football. I mean, I'm all for playing football, playing rough and dirty. Like, here we.
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B
Go.
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G
Let's. Let's get the pads going. Like, I know the NFL is, you know, going more towards the offensive game. However, as a quarterback and as a competitor, I'm all for competing. And that was a great shot, great.
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A
Hit. And.
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G
He. He cracked me like, bad, like no pause.
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And it was. It was tough at that.
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A
Point. I didn't even.
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F
See. See.
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G
Him. And all of a sudden, it's like I got hit by a freight train with no brakes. I'm on the floor, I'm like.
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A
Damn, did I break a rib or something? And.
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G
Then. And then I just realized my hair just had gotten knocked out. You know, my chest is in pain a little bit, but, you know, I was always going to go back in the game. It was great to see Alberto in there for a play, doing his thing, operating the huddle. But no matter what, I would literally need to be dead like Jeff Braum to pull me.
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A
Off. We love that it was the time. That's what you had happen to you there. The. That moment when you have no air in you. That's what was taking place right there. What a nightmare on that field to be taking.
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G
Place. Yeah, no, that was. It was tough, and it was definitely a scary moment, but I just tried to move my limbs as quick as possible to show everybody I was all right. And I think it was good. I think it was a good energy bolt to get back in the game. And, you know, we got stopped on that drive, but I think it was just the grittiness throughout the game. They're extremely physical team, and so I think setting that exact example, after the first play, I think our entire team played a gritty game, and I think it was set that precedent off the first play.
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A
Obviously. You mentioned last year at Ohio State. AJ Has a question for.
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E
You. Yeah, I guess. How does your team like the week leading up to this game with you, play Ohio State last year, your mentality then and where you guys were at compared to this year, coming into it, like as far as confidence and how you guys felt leading into it. What was the, what was the difference between last year and this.
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G
Year?
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Yeah, I wasn't here last year. However, from the building and from all the guys, I heard that last year was like a, oh, shoot, we got Ohio State. Yes, we expect to beat him because Coach Signetti always has extremely high standards and expects us to win. But it was a little bit of a, a wake up call going to the Horseshoe, going to their stadium being the loudest stadium that any of those guys have ever played in. And then unfortunately, fortunately, Ohio State took the game over. He had the Will Howard clip at the end where he's smashing the Sig and everything. Will Howard, great guy, by the way. Met that guy, love that.
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A
Guy. Yeah. Just talking. Just talking. That.
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G
Happens. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's football, it's competition. That's how it goes and that's what competitors do, and that's what. And that's how it is. But. And then this year it was. There was a sour taste in the.
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A
Mouth.
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G
We. We kind of thought that Ohio State was going to be like, oh, it's going to be the same Indiana. And whether they did or or not, I think both teams came out to play. It was a great competition. It's almost unfair to have Matt Patricia lead that defense out there, but it was a great challenge, a great opportunity for all of us and I think it was a great battle and I would love to see him again because it was such a great.
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A
Matchup. Yeah, we love watching it too. 13:10, game like that, not normally something that you desire. There was explosive plays, there was big shots. I mean, it felt like high level football and it all lived up to the moment. You just mentioned a man right there. Go ahead.
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F
Debug. Yeah. Matty P. One of my former coaches, he does some great stuff, does put some great stuff on film. What was it like with some of those looks and specific, specifically that deep ball, you hit the back. I know you hit a few of them early in the game. Not the late when we probably have the clip up, but the deep ball, you hit the back. What did you see pre snap and post snap on this.
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G
Look.
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Yeah. So on that look, it was third down and two. We understood at that point of the game they were playing really, really matchy. And it was really tough throughout the week because coach Patricia really is. I don't know if he's trying to do it on purpose, but the numbers were tough to disguise because it was like 50% middle of the field closed, 50% middle of field open. The percentage was really there and wasn't giving much tendencies. However, at that point we know that at that man look, they either wanted to go man or tricky two, which is a cover two. And they ended up going cover two there and it got him a little out of position. So Becker, great receiver, was able to blow past the middle of the field because one safety was over there at the corner, the corner of the field. He was over there playing one safety and the other safety, safety was going to go defend the deep half of the over that I was looking off. So once I saw that front side safety kind of cut and have eyes on that over, I knew that backside safety was going to be able to get there. And that point I just got to throw as far as I can so Becker can go get.
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A
It. Talk about Becker a little bit. What a dog. Seems like had a game earlier in the year. He goes crazy. Obviously the Big Ten championship, he goes bananas. He's talking his a little bit too. Afterwards he felt like he was ready for the moment. I know you two are roommates, right? Tell me about him a little bit as you get more guys, hopefully healthy as you head into the.
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G
Playoffs. Yeah, early in the game we lost Cooper and Cooper is a huge part of our offense. You know, he's such a great part of our offense, but I think it's just a testament of all the guys we have in that room and such a selfless room as a receiver room, next guy up mentality. As you can see here on the screen, he had a huge third down and six catch to seal the game. Becker always ready to be the next man up. Elijah Sarat played a huge part in the game game, had a great back, shoulder catch and all other receivers, they were just, they were just balling all day and made my job really, really easy. However, I think it's really important to understand how, how fundamental they are, especially against such a tough defense. The receivers, how they were getting open all game. And although it was a 13 to 10 game, there were a lot of explosive plays on both sides. I think it was a great receiver.
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A
Matchup. You know, accuracy is a massive piece of guys making plays. You spin it, brother. You are fun to watch in there and obviously you take massive shots and your energy is always fantastic. You are, you're a special talent, brother. Indiana is obviously very lucky that you're here, but we're enjoying watching and learning about you. And there was a special moment afterwards, too. Go ahead, con.
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B
Man. Yeah, Fernando, huge part of your story that we've all learned about is your mother. And the scene after of your entire family being together was really cool. And there was actually, you know, the interview here on Wish TV where they talked to your mom about everything, and it just seemed like an emotional great moment. How special was it to celebrate with your entire family there after winning the Big ten.
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G
Title? It was so special. My family means everything to myself. My mom, my dad, they said it's such a great example and precedent of uncontrollable passion and just always optimism and always having that approach and attitude. Without them, I wouldn't be here. And to see my mom, you know, fighting every single day, whether it's pt, new treatments, it always gives myself a good, optimistic approach. So whether we turn the ball over or we have a touchdown, no matter if it's good, bad, or indifferent, I always have that optimistic approach I'm always able to take from my mom as I see her fighting every single day. So it gives myself in no shape or way an excuse to have a bad attitude.
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A
Ever.
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Love you, dude. This is what we're talking about. The more we learn about you, the better. Everything about your family, everything about you is what? Awesome. Can't wait to see where you're at in Sunday. Also can't wait to see how you perform in the CFP now. Long layoff. Go ahead.
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C
Ty. Yeah, Fernando, have you thought at all how you're going to kind of approach these next, you know, a little over three weeks before you play again? Obviously we saw last year, Oregon, how good they looked going into the College Football Playoff, and then they have the long layoff and get boat raced at the Rose Bowl. We. I know Sig kind of mentioned it after the game that he's. That's going to be, you know, a big part of his jacket job. But have you thought at all about, like, what you're gonna have to do to kind of prepare and make sure that you're the best version of yourself on January.
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G
1St?
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Yeah. The Rose Bowl, I think, is almost every kid's dream to play. And that that game is just magical. And after the game, we beat Ohio State, it was fantastic. There was adrenaline running through my body and I basically couldn't sleep. So I was watching the program and I saw coach Saban, who coached with a statement tree, talking about, about how you got to take that break and really have a One game season, hopefully. And we anticipate it being more than a one game season at this point, however, to not really practice through and I think coach Signetti is taking that approach to give us a little bit of a reset now and then so we're able to attack the Rose bowl with our all we.
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A
Got. Coach Signetti is awesome. He is a special character in all of sports, not just football. Last question here from Tone before we have a hard.
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C
Out. Yeah.
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D
Fernando. Based off of that, he said like literally soon as he got the microphone, he said, I got three and a half weeks to keep these boys hungle or sorry. Humble and hungry. Is that the mantra kind of going into these three and a half weeks? Is that and is he already started that? Has he already trying to humble you guys after the Big Ten.
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G
Championship?
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So the first contact we have is a team meeting at 4 today, so I guess I'll get a good taste of that. However, Coachetti is always trying to keep us humble and hungry. Whether it's after the big win at Oregon, whether it's is after the Penn State win and especially after this win, there's still a lot of going to be to clean up on tape and there's going to be a lot if we want to get to. We want to go which is a national championship. There's a lot that we need to improve on and I'm all for it. My team's all for. We have that chip on our shoulder. We're humble, we're hungry, we're ready to get to.
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A
Work. We can't wait to watch you win the Heisman.
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D
Brother.
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A
Yep. Indiana Hoosier football player wins the.
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C
Heisman.
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A
Crazy. Indiana Hoosier football team number one in the country. Wow. Indiana Hoosier. Hoosier football team only undefeated team in the country. As we head into the college football playoffs, we want to say thank you to you and your teammates for everything you've done this year and good luck the rest of the.
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G
Way. Fernando, thank you so much. What a time to be alive. Go Hoosiers. God.
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A
Bless. What a time to be alive. Ladies and gentlemen.
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B
Fernando. Yeah.
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A
Fernando. He's.
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B
Awesome. Chills like, love that.
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A
Guy. So that's who you want and.
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F
You'Re. You think he'll do good in like the interview.
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A
Process?
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Strictly. We had a little bit of a tricky too. So as soon as I see him kind of come on the over. Yeah, I knew I just had to throw it far basically and I was able to do that. It's like, yeah, you know, they were getting A little matchy. His numbers weren't really that good on the numbers. So I don't know if Mattress was doing it on purpose or not. Feels like he's cheating a little bit. Don't think that should be allowed. I mean, he. Yeah, he's the guy. And he's a tough.
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B
Guy. Yeah.
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A
Yeah. Age. He's a tough guy.
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E
Perfect. I didn't think he was coming back. I thought he was going after. After one play, man, he was jumping into.
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A
That. Go ahead, go ahead. Just do it. Just. First play. Give me that. Boom. And he didn't miss the opportunity and he didn't complain one time. All right, let's. Let's play football. Let's do that. It's a beautiful thing. Our sport is the greatest. Our show's the worst. So thank you for watching. We continue digitally. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye. I really came together well there. I was thinking about adding a Monday Night Football plug in there because obviously it's big tonight. There's a super fun day.
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See, that's why I didn't do it, because I didn't know all these like. Yeah, Fun day football. That's all I knew. So. So it's actually Monsters. Fun day.
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D
Football. Mike Wazowski is gonna have so many.
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E
Touchdowns. So no Manning.
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A
Cast. No. This is in place in a manicast. This is the fun day football. So who is this again? I. I think I know most animations. Monsters, Inc. Who's.
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D
That?
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C
Pixar. Really.
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B
Good. You.
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A
Should. Who's. Who is in.
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C
It? Billy Crystal and John Goodman are the two.
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D
Stars. Oh, you were talking about real people. I say Sully is the main character. He's a monster. He's a great scare. And they basically. No spoilers. If you haven't seen it, stop listening. They have to go into little kids rooms at night and scare them to get energy for their planet to exist or their world to.
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B
Exist.
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A
Yes. Oh, my God. That's amaz. Ken is going to love.
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B
This. Yeah. Oh.
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D
Boo. Boo's a little girl. She's also main character. She becomes really good friends with Sully. It's great.
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A
Though. I don't. I know that.
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D
Yeah. That's Sully and Mike.
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A
Wasaski. Okay. I know, I.
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B
Know. They went to college together. Monsters, you.
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A
Really. Where's that at Monsters University.
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B
Yeah. Monster time. It's truly a magnificent.
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D
Story. Monsters use a.
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F
Second. They're going to be the quarterbacks, I'm.
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D
Assuming. I don't know if.
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B
Wasowski. I think so. Is coming off the edge and Wazowski's probably a Saquan character. More of a running back. Yeah. A little slippery. A fella. I'm assuming the.
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E
Quarterbacks. What are we talking.
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A
About?
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About. Hold.
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On. Are we. Are they animated players? Like, they're gonna. They're gonna animate the real game as.
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Players. You remember the Simpsons Fun.
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Day? It's like Mo Sizlak in the.
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Paint. Like, what about spongebob, too? Didn't they have.
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One. There you go.
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Yeah. Slime.
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Zone. And what was the other.
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One? Toy.
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Story. Toy.
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Story. Who's commentating this? Is it going to be commentator Dan.
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Orlovski? Definitely has to be Dan. Definitely Dan. Can you call Dan? Let's see if it's him. I'm betting it's Dan Orlovski, though. This has him written all. All over.
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It.
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Yeah. Lucky son of a.
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A
Yeah. I mean, it sounds like you got some real passion towards Monsters, Inc. What I'm thinking about is my daughter immediately enjoying this like.
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That. I saw one of them in the theater with my.
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A
Kids. The first one, it's just right there. Would capture her. And if they were singing somehow, if they could get some singing at the beginning of this thing, you might be able to get old Kenzie locked.
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D
Into a full fortress on the left.
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B
There. Yeah, Monsters. But not actually a singing Pixar movie. It is.
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A
More. So there's no song in.
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B
There? No, no, they do not.
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Do. That's why my kids don't like it. We did just so go see Zootopia, too, this.
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Weekend.
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Fire. Foxy said it. It was.
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Great. Made almost a billion.
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Dollars.
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Yeah. Good for.
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Them.
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Yeah. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who we assume is on a call for any gimmicky that happens on espn. Ladies and gentlemen.
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Dan.
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He's.
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Dressed.
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Yeah. Are you on. Are you on on a call.
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Tonight? Yeah, I.
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Am.
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We just learned about this this morning. We should have been paying attention more. I do like that you're having a little food. We apologize for interrupting your lunch here. It's going to be a late night. Tell me a little bit more about monsters. Fun Day football. The boys love Monsters, Inc. My daughter might be super excited about this. What's the plan for tonight, Dano?
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I
Yeah. Obviously started three years ago with Toy Story. Last year, Simpsons, Monsters, Inc. This year.
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I did Simpsons last year. I have a ton of fun with it. I think the sell that I have is like, listen, football's on basically every night in America. More often than not, the games are somewhat the same. You know, like, you take them in the same way it's on a network versus on the game. The games are somewhat the same. This is me.
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Different. You're not going to.
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Watch. You're not going to watch this for football. You're going to watch this for like the fun and entertainment. Chris Berman makes a.
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Cameo. What? Oh, is he so.
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I
Just. Chris Berman makes a cameo, which is pretty cool. I don't know. I did, I did it last year. It's fun. I did it this year again, partly because it's different and then partly because my son Madden adores Monsters Inc. With his autism and the animation imagery of stuff. So he's beyond.
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A
Excited. So, yeah, I assume that my daughter's gonna love this as well, soon as she hears your voice. Voice. You know, we'll see the reaction, I guess that's what we'll see. We'll see what the reaction is, I guess. You know, cuz last year you did it. I don't think she was really old enough or smart enough to understand completely what was going on. Now she gets. Hey, Ken's gets. Now she really does. It's a whole new age and.
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It'S. It's different tonight. Like they're not doing it. It's like, you know, Sully is with the Eagles and. No, Sully's with the Chargers and Mike Wazowski is a little one eyed dude is with the.
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Eagles. It's a good.
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Guy. And like they're playing, they're playing on the team and obviously the game happens, but they're not keeping score in, in the world that we're in. They're not keeping score the same way as it will be on Monday Night Football with Troy and Joe and whatnot. Like you get points off explosive plays. There's a halftime competition between the two of them. So it'll be like very entertaining for like, for a lot of different.
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A
Ways. All right. We can't wait to watch it, man. Good luck. We're happy you're the one that was selected for it. You're perfect for the gig. Hell.
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Yeah. Would you do like impressions and.
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I
Voices? No, no impressions. No, no, they have. They have like all of that stuff already pre taped.
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And. Oh.
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Really? You know, all the characters. Yeah, all the characters that have been like in the movies, they have all that.
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Stuff. So Steve's gonna be.
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There. Are you gonna tell my daughter that it's not pre recorded, though? Whenever she's watching the cat, Lindsay, she might. It might be too late. She's probably listening right.
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Now. Game.
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Rigged. No, I mean, I'm not Telling. Obviously the game's not pre recorded, but they have like, you know, spots already recorded where, you know, Sully has a one off on a thing or.
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Mike was out, he mossed.
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Somebody. Got.
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It. Need a Dan Wazowski.
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Impression. Yeah. Yeah. That's you.
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Brother.
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That's not.
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A
Me. Why.
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Not? Take a shot.
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Brother. You do great with a Boston accent. Right, Dynny. I think you can drop into one of.
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Those. Baston. I feel like I have a good Baston.
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Accent. What's.
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Today? That.
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Sucks. But so if we were to go in reverse order, that's pretty good. Would say tomorrow, today and then yesterday. Stick to that one. And I. I want to hear a couple Wazowski yesterday. Yes. I was talking to this one eyed freak Yesterday he said this. I was talking to this Bigfoot yesterday. Yesterday he said.
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This. It is kind of Boston name Sully and Wikovich and.
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Wazowski.
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Should be a couple.
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Kenny. Kenny Albert odes as well.
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A
Potentially.
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Yes.
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Yeah. Like a Wazowski.
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Yes. You should do that 100, 150.
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A
Times. And then on the other side of the ball, you can also drop a.
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Sully.
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A
Yes. Yes. And then Justin Herbert plays with a broken.
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Hand.
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Yes. And then Jalen hurts. Hands off. Sake one. We have a touchdown. Yes. Jalen hurts taking the handoff from Wazowski. Yeah, do one of those. Five of.
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D
Those. Something.
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About. That's what we're talking about, keeping the kids.
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Engaged. Yeah, I'll do my very best. Maybe if Ty can come to Bristol and kind of just step in for me, that'd be.
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Awesome. No, I'm good. I'm.
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Good. All right.
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All right, all right. What do you think about the cfp? Dan, I've been seeing you getting involved in college more. You said starting to dive in. I appreciated your text. Dan sent me a text. He said, a couple years ago, I had Penn State at Indiana. Three years ago, Penn State at Indiana. There was actually 2500 people in the stadium. Actually 2500 people in the stadium. Obviously, things are vastly different now. Indiana is the number one team in the country heading into the playoffs. Obviously everybody has heard about who the top 12 teams are and or who the 12 are going on. What are your thoughts on it all? Alabama didn't love that. I saw you tweeted Alabama had negative yards rushing in the SEC championship. What are we even talking.
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About? Negative, negative yards.
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Rushing. So what's your.
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Take?
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One, the college football committee and the process they go about has not evolved with the advancement of how many teams we have in the playoffs. I think they, you know, the, the, the playoff has grown, yet the way that we select teams or go about criteria of selecting teams has remained the same. Same two. I, we don't have the 12 best.
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A
Teams.
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What? So anybody. We don't. There's no, I mean, come on. Like I, I, all due respect to JMU and Tulane, we don't have the 12 best teams. That's unequivocally indisputable. So we, we have to con, we, we can't continue to, you know, phrase it as that it's not the 12 best. And I just look at the way that Bama has played over the last month. On Friday I was like, I think Bama's in unless they just get smoked on. Smoked on Saturday. So I know the way that Notre Dame has played for the majority of the season, everyone's like, well, Notre Dame should schedule SEC teams. They quite literally did that. And so I think the way that Notre Dame went to kind of about the season.
- [123:40]
And not losing three games and not getting smoked in a title game and not playing their worst football in the final month, that's what Alabama's done. I just, Notre Dame seems like the better football team right.
- [123:50]
A
Now. It's crazy to think about because. Alabama's favorite, right? Against Oklahoma. Yeah, yeah. Alabama's favorite against both. And who knows what the next round would be with Alabama, whether or not they'll be favored, you know, in it all, as sportsbooks obviously view something in a manner in which they're trying to get 50% of the bets on one side, 50% of the bets on the other side. Nonetheless, Alabama favored against Oklahoma in the first.
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D
Round. I think it's because when Oklahoma went to Bama, they won, but they were out gaining by like 250 yards. It was like one of those situations. It's like it was like a Steelers game. They somehow won, but they shouldn't.
- [124:20]
A
Have. I like Oklahoma a lot, but I like early of the year. What? Well, you, you like the Ravens out gaining the Pittsburgh Steelers. Do you like every team having more yards than the Pittsburgh Steelers? Because before the season started. Dan Orlovsky. Dan Wish.
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C
Wishbowski.
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Yeah. What's his. Dan.
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A
Wasowski. Wasowski. Dan Wazowski said Steelers going to be trouble. You think Aaron and Artie are going to do anything? Yeah, right. That's what Dan Orlovsky said going into the year. Nailed it on the head. And they're currently leading AFC North. Dan. So I don't know if you feel like you were right or if you Were.
- [124:51]
I
Wrong. No, I mean, they're going to be like I said, they're going to be like 10 and 7, 9 and 8. They're going to either get into the playoffs and lose in their first round or not get into the playoffs. They're going to have the 18th.
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D
Pick of the draft, roll it back next.
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B
Year. I mean, that's a pretty.
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D
Good.
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I didn't know being AFC north.
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A
Champions was a bad thing. Yeah, me neither. I thought this was a prideful division. I thought that's what we were talking.
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I
About. I thought they were one of those organizations that, you know, it was one thing or nothing else and that was a.
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Championship.
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A
Agreed. AFC north championship coming right down.
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D
A p. Oh, man, we got enough of.
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A
Those. I'm just saying another one's coming. You guys continue to.
- [125:30]
I
Do. I think Aaron's going to throw another goalball down the field if the.
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Ravens want to cover.
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It.
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Yep, There you go. 152 yards yesterday on bill.
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Routes.
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The. The Ravens problem, they have zero pass.
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Rush. How about on offense? They have no touchdowns. What's going on with Lamar.
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D
Man? He's ranked like.
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A
4. What's the.
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I
Deal? Yeah, I mean, simply put, Lamar has looked. This is the worst year of Lamar's career. Not even close. Number one, throwing the football. He has just so many misses. Number two, he's. I mean, that's a. That's a miss by three yards. Like I said this in jokingly last week was Lamar's got the same type of Mrs. That JJ McCarthy has had this year. Just egregious misses. Where you go, how can you do that? This ball's three yards short. Second thing is Lamar's run away from everybody in the NFL. He has been caught in one on one situations more often than not or more so than ever in his career before. Before. I thought late in the game, I thought there were some drops yesterday, I think they dropped three touchdowns. But if you go also late in the game, you know, he's like. It's almost like he's looking for the check down immediately. Like getting the ball out into short completions rather than there's some in routes that are coming open late. And then Highsmith was phenomenal yesterday. He tracks him down late. So this offense is broken in Baltimore and it's literally insane to think of it because last year it was historically great and for the most part it's the same humans this.
- [126:59]
A
Year. That's tough. That's tough. Good luck next year, Baltimore. Good luck next year. You think they make any changes.
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I
You'Re going to have to. You can't go into a Super bowl coming off of a. I think they were 14 and three last year, if I'm correct. I could be wrong in that, but something like that. And going into this season, they were, to a man, unquestioned, the best roster in.
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F
Football.
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I
Yep. Certainly in the.
- [127:24]
A
AFC. Chuck McAno said, I don't want to do the show anymore. I want to go coach. Try to win a Super Bowl.
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B
Yeah. And I bet he regrets.
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A
That.
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Tough days when you lose games. All right, we appreciate you. What do you got? NFL Live and then your Dan.
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I
Wishnowski NFL Live and then.
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Monsters game and then live tomorrow and then actually bomb down to Baltimore for the first time ever having on espn. The high school national title game with Joe Pass and.
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B
Wednesday.
- [127:55]
A
Wow. Stop by Jimmy's. Obviously, whenever you're in Baltimore, you need to do that Jimmy's play. Famous. But followup. That is awesome. You and Tessator are calling a high school game. What is this?
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I
Yeah. Wednesday night, the national title in.
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D
Baltimore.
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I
It's. The Two schools are. St. Francis Academy out of Baltimore. That's got, like, dudes going everywhere. They're loaded. And then team from Utah. That is the. The place where Zach Wilson went to high school and Jackson Dart went to high.
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A
School. No Florida.
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Teams.
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A
Wow. That's crazy. I would never.
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C
Guess. I.
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I
Think. I don't know exactly how they. I think you have to.
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A
Like.
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I
No. Pennsylvania potentially enter te. Almost like, you know, like you have to intentionally enter. Like we're playing for the national championship tournament, I guess, maybe rather.
- [128:38]
A
Than. Oh, then it's kind of monitored throughout the entire year. You gotta. You gotta sign up for it. And then it's a point system throughout the entire year. Got.
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It. Yeah, something like.
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That. Y' all got to sign.
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A
Up. So you're not definitely playing against the same quality of opponent, but you are accruing points throughout the season, I would assume, for.
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It. Yeah, I think it's something. Something along those lines.
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A
Lines. Yeah. Got it. So those who signed up, these are the two best teams throughout the year that signed up for this.
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B
Yeah. USA.
- [129:03]
A
Football. Yeah. But on that note, I do think it's cool that, you know, it's happening. Like, I. I think that's cool. I don't know how you have an actual high school national.
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F
Champion. Yeah.
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A
Impossible. That would be.
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F
Tough. Unless they go to him.
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A
Playoff. Dan Orlovsky will crown him.
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We appreciate you.
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Dan. Oh, yeah, no, no, I really appreciate you, you.
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H
Guys. Thank.
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A
You. Sounds like you don't really we're trying to talk about you being Mr. One Eye Wishy tonight. And we knew we didn't before we even knew you were part of.
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I
It. How did you not know that it was tonight? Like, how did you not know of this? It's. It's been all over the.
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F
Network. You're.
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A
On. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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D
Yeah. They play the commercial for it way more than the College Football Playoff song, so it was kind of.
- [129:42]
A
Weird. Oh, see, I've seen the College Football Playoff. I have not seen. This is my first time watching.
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E
This. I haven't.
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B
Either. Oh, such a good movie. This is just the movie trip trailer, right? Yeah. This is not the promo.
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I
For. I think so. Have you guys seen these.
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B
Movies? Oh, it.
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D
Is.
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B
Yes. Oh, yeah. So.
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E
Good.
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B
Yeah.
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E
Monsters. You.
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A
Bro. I've not seen the movies, but I think my daughter. They're awesome. No, no singing. I.
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B
Heard.
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All.
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I
Scared. Yeah, there is. You know what? I don't think.
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D
So.
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I
Yeah. I don't believe there's any.
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B
Singing. Monsters. You. Has, like, good pep rally, but no.
- [130:17]
A
Actual. They went to a song. What I've learned about Ken's thus far, she needs a little bop at some point. Like, she needs to. Yeah, she needs to feel it a little bit. She'll even start. Have.
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I
We. Have we, like, started Christmas movies at all with.
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A
Her? Oh, yeah.
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I
Brother. We have a.
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A
Favorite. Loves the Grinch. The animated version.
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Loves. Oh, with.
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B
Boris.
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D
Carlos.
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B
Benedict.
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Benedict. No one's got any respect for the.
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A
Original. I'm definitely not talking about Boris, I'll tell.
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C
You. That should.
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A
Be. I don't know if Ken's even seen that one. We tried to play it to her and say, hey, this is the original. You need to respect this. And then as soon as it came on, she said, this sucks compared to every other movie that I.
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C
Watch. She's.
- [130:53]
A
Wrong. Well, technology just advances so.
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Much.
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B
Cumberbatches. Jim.
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Carrey. That one is good.
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A
Though. Jim Carrey. One's amazing. She likes that.
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One. That's the.
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One. Yeah, that is the.
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F
One. The.
- [131:01]
A
Guy. No, but she likes the animated one.
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C
More.
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A
Yeah. And that one is.
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C
Good. The opening of the. The Cumberbatch one, where it's got, like, the little, like, goals and then they go down skiing. Yeah.
- [131:10]
A
Exactly. Unbelievable. Who.
- [131:11]
E
Thought. Yeah.
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C
Yeah. These things bombing down Mount.
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A
Crumpet. Any you would recommend? Obviously. Father of four. Anything I need other than Monsters, Inc. I'm learning that my daughter.
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Needs. How old is she.
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A
Now? Two and a half. Two and.
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Something.
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I mean, Christmas Chronicles are elite. She might be a year Too young for it, though. But Christmas Chronicles are off the.
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A
Charts.
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She has not seen Die Hard just.
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D
Yet. Polar Express is kind of.
- [131:41]
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Weird. I mean, Santa Claus, she could watch even Tim.
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A
Allen. Yep, she.
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Loves. Yeah, those are.
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A
Great. That is her.
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D
Santa. Mine didn't love it. Santa fell off the roof to.
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A
Start.
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That's classic.
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C
Disney. Red one, red.
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A
One. Watch out, red.
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One. This is Uncle.
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Rob. He's two and a.
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A
Half. Oh.
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Yeah.
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Early.
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Yeah.
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A
Perfect. All right. I appreciate the hell out of you, Dan. Good luck tonight as you attempt the impossible. Just a man being a.
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F
Monster. That's.
- [132:09]
A
Right. And that's what it's all about. Hell, yeah. Thank you, Dan, for your.
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B
Service. Say tonight.
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A
Dan? Oh, that'd be a good.
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F
Time. The kids are.
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I
Watching. What do you.
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A
Say? What? Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Orlowski.
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That's Monsters Fun Day football tonight on ESPN2. All right, speaking of tonight, let's make our picks. Let's do this. I had a tough weekend age in the NFL. This has happened multiple times throughout the season where I'm completely lost, locked in on the college slate, NFL slate. Not good. Okay, this, I. I had my worst weekend ever. Maybe in the NFL this weekend, but on the flip side, best weekend I've ever had. College.
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C
Football. That's the way it.
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Goes. Aj seeing the field. Oh, yeah. Let's see what AJ thinks. Even while I was making these picks on Friday and I was disagreeing with AJ so much, I said, boy, this is not good because AJ's been seeing it. AJ, how do you feel about tonight's game? But before, before that, before that, I apologize for cutting you off here. 62% of the money is on the Philadelphia Eagles, favored by two and a half on the road. Any other stats or we need to know? Tone, about.
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D
Tonight? I'm seeing two and a half across the board now, so just keep that in mind. The public this weekend on 60% or more of the teams that were getting the public bet were 4 and.
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A
6. So.
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C
Not. Not.
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D
Terrible. Not a winning weekend, but not terrible. Could have been.
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A
Worse. Never ends with.
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D
The. These mother Herbert as a home dog. One and nine straight up, three, six and one against the spread. So if you want to keep that in mind. And overs had a big weekend this. This week I believe they were 111 at some point. I can't remember what they finished, but it was a big. It was a good weekend for the overs as.
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Well. Here's a Hembo stat about the Eagles under Sirianni. When it spreads between minus three and plus three, they're 17 and five good. When they're favored by three or fewer they're 11 and two them of against the spread Eagles minus two and a half at Chargers shout out draftkings Everything says you like the eagles other than the 62% number which was 4 and 6 this weekend. Every single weekend we lose to these people. D bu we'll let you go first here, kind of set the.
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Table.
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Yeah. Who do you like? How do you.
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Like? Well, these are two of my teams so very very familiar with these squads. Quarterbacks, these head coaches. Great. Check all those boxes. The fact that the Eagles are coming in on the hills they're getting the ball ran down their throat from Chicago Bears last time they took the field. I think Fangio is going to have the boys ready. I think they win and cover and this game is going to come down to a phenomenal all time matchup in the slot with LA McConkey and Cooper DeJean. Fourth quarter is going to come down to me to drive those two.
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Guys. Why is that all time. What's the age is two athletic.
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Just fast, quick, twitchy guy. Yeah, just good dancers come down to either great oneand back shoulder catch or just a nasty pick on the sideline toe tap 2 minute drive. Can't.
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Wait. High jumpers. Oh yeah, yeah. Lunch pail guys. Yeah. Coaches, kids I assume. Yeah, if I had to guess first one.
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In. Nah, I think these guys just. They just depend on their.
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Athleticism. Oh.
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Really?
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Really? Yeah, we're talking lab and Cony.
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And Cooper de I think they can both dunk.
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Too. No smart windmills Cooper smart instinct. Can.
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Instinct. Glad certainly can.
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Too. I'm sure it can but he ain't dunking like Cooper de.
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Is. I know that Chris Rim is reporting that offense coordinated Greg Roman yesterday on Cooper's G matching up the lad I was born night but not last night. Vic's gonna have different ways to leverage coverage to where it's not one on one at all times. But as far as that, that matchup I like live against.
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Anybody. I like that. It's a little talk basically saying you better not leave him more than one with.
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Lad. Hey, Vic's smarter than that. That's what he said. Yeah, that's a great talk right there. That was like when Nardu said n I win by 100. So he was right. They were still in it. Duke ends up winning the acc. That was a good ball.
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Game.
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Congrats. All right D bucks on Philadelphia tonight. A.J. you are seven four and one on the weekend. People are losing against the books. You are not. Fresh haircut. Obviously a little bit of spike coming off a big Ohio State loss in the Big Ten championship. How do you see it? What do you.
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Like? So I. Initially I was leaning Chargers, to be honest with you. But especially after seeing him both stats and feeling what this Philadelphia Eagles team must be feeling mentally, I think they come out on fire. So give me Philly to win and cover minus two and a.
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Half. I feel the exact same way. I. I liked Herbert coming in there with a plate and a screw in his hand. Tough, tough boys a rally for him playing like this.
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It. What am I, 3, 8 and 1? Who cares? I'll take the Chargers. Yeah, give me the Chargers plus two and a.
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Half. Jalen Carter.
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At. That's a big deal. Omari and Hampton might.
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Be. Yeah. Most likely activated before fours with.
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Chef Drifter said Herbert's still questionable. Have we heard he's definitely gonna.
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Play. I'm worried about that.
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Thing. Don't think.
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So. I would like to not be on the Chargers if Herbert's not playing.
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Though.
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Smart. Okay, I would like that little. Little.
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Caveat.
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Yeah. You're on it at two and a half. Because if Herbert's out, that thing's gonna go up to five and a half and then you can go to the.
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Eagles. Yeah, I would like to take mine to the Eagles at two and a half if we hear about Herbert not playing.
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Dale. Okay, deal. Yeah, I'll stay with the Eagles no matter what, but. Yeah, you can. You can do.
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That. Doesn't matter. 3, 8 and 1. I see Mario Cristobal on TV again. I thought he was. He's.
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Done. He's done.
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Campaign. Aren't you guys not. You're good, right.
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Gumby?
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Yeah. The better team got in head to head. We won. I don't make the rules. I. I don't. I don't.
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Think. I don't make the rules.
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Gumpy. It was some awesome happen happened on Thursday or Friday of last week where Miami and Notre Dame put their swords down against each other and just started attacking Alabama. That was fun to.
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Watch. Well, there was a time though where the ACC was just attacking Notre.
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Dame. That was happening.
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Too. And people vacua ad of Notre Dame this morning on Dan Patrick was like, I can't believe they did that. We are like one of their biggest business partners. Just an all out assault on us. Okay.
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Okay.
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Yeah. Okay. That's what it sounded like coming out of.
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Bavaqua. Oh, that's what he said. What did he say? Like it.
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Was. We Were.
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Mis. Permanent damage to the.
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Relationship.
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Yeah. Oh, you. You want to.
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Us.
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Okay. All.
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Right. Okay. Okay. Love it. I do, too. I also enjoy how active he has been in this entire thing. We know him, so that is a little bias, I guess. I'm not represented by him or his agent, which we. We learned on college game day. We were all learning that in real time on who was whose agent. It was kind of a fun little game. Yeah, it was kind of fun little game. I actually. Yes. Me. I'm not. Me neither. And then dez. I think I've been pretty rude through this entire thing to this guy. That's basically what DEZ said. It there was crazy, but I like the way Bavakwa's been operating. He could tell. He loves Notre Dame. Not that these other places don't, but it's like the Notre Dame people coming together. It's a good time for a fight every once in a while. You need a good, hey, rally call to kind of bring everybody together. Not saying it's a good outcome, but I'm saying it has been a good. I like good positive sign of force, you know, that did Notre Dame fans and faithful have.
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Shown. It's also cool that he's carrying the shield. Like, you don't expect Marcus Freeman to go do any of this. Like, it's almost as if he.
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Kind of looked around like, no, you would expect Marcus Freeman to do this bullshit is what you mean.
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Right? No, I. I don't know if I've really ever seen him do interviews in.
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D
General. Let's keep. Let's keep Marcus Freeman.
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Clean. That's what I'm saying. I think. I think it's a conscious decision to keep Marcus Freeman clean because it's like Coach Cristobal was on TV right over there. There's been a couple other coaches that have had to speak. Feels like Notre Dame has been like, we don't need the most likable fucking coach we've ever had in history out there, right? Nope. Who was going to do it? Then Bavalka's like, I'll fucking. What do we need that we're better than everybody. You got it? Where do you want me to go? Everywhere. All right, fuck it. I'll do every single show. And that is literally what he has.
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Done. And what was that breaking that. That was a captain's decision to not play in a ball.
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Game. Cuz I. I did not see that.
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Anywhere. Yeah, everybody was just saying, oh, they're pouting, they're taking their ball. Which was. That's what it looked like. Cuz you mentioned it was so quick after. So I'd be interested to know, you know, the details on that, how that conversation came about because I bet people view it much.
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Differently. Yeah. Cuz our source have told us that the captains kind of met with Marcus Freeman and we're like, half our team's not going to be here. Should we? I don't think we should do this without him. But also, do we want to really? What do we. What is the. I guess that conversation was already had like from before the playoff thing. And it was mostly because they didn't feel as if it was right to try to pitch any of these guys that are going to the NFL to come back and play in the Pop Tart bowl, you know.
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Like.
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Exactly. That is basically what was kind of. Of not the exact words we were told, but as we were told, like, hey, you know, the. The captains talked about this and didn't want half their team to go represent this particular team, which they really like. And so they're just deciding to kind of move on as like, what it ended.
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With. Well, and that's the biggest thing that the playoff has kind of. I mean, one of the biggest things is like back when there were only four teams, like you didn't have guys opting out because like you'd still go play in the Rose bowl and like that was a big deal or you'd go play in the Sugar bowl or whatever the rotating was at the time. Time. But like now you could understand that. It's like we feel like we should have been in the playoff. Like we're not going to the game where people are eating the mascots after the game. Like, we're not doing that. Let one of these other, you know, podunk schools do that. We believe we should have got in. Now if we're going to play for a Rose bowl, maybe that changes things a little bit. But we're not. We're playing in the ReliaQuest.
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Bowl. What if it was promised for it to be Notre Dame? BYU still in the.
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Mail. It'd be cool to watch, but it could have been mean.
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It. I think BYU's playing.
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Van.
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Vandy. I.
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Think. No, they're not. I was playing.
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Vandy. Oh, yeah, yeah, you're.
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Right. Camera and oh boy, oh boy. Diego Pavia's got something else coming to.
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Him. I just saw him at the UFC event, him and the.
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Boys. You know what Kirk's dogs were.
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Doing? What's.
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That? Outside practicing in the.
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Snow.
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Okay. Nothing else to.
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Do. Eating dirt and gravel, getting ready for the Rely West.
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Bowl. Diego did look cool, though. He had.
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Like. He.
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Did. He looked very.
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Cool. He looked very.
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Cool. And if I were in his position, I'd say, tell you what, I wouldn't mind going to a UFC event and getting treated like a VIP all night either. So I'm not. You know, I'm.
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Not. I'm not. We're not.
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Casting. No, no. Yeah. I'm not throwing, you know, stones from a glass house or anything, but.
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What we are saying is the Iowa boys ain't doing.
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This. Absolutely.
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Not.
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It's not a bad city to.
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Be the man in Nashville.
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Nashville?
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Yeah.
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Yeah. 21 years.
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Old. No, no, he's actually like.
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29. Oh, no, he's not actually 27. He's like 24. 23 or something like that. I forget what it.
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Was. Okay. I'm sorry. Still. I mean, he's.
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24. 24 years.
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Old. The point.
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Remains.
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24. I'm getting different.
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Reports. Oh, geez. 23 or 24, I'm looking to this guy. I'll tell you what. I'm not sick of Google trying to make me sign in and do this and track me this, where every time I ask it a question. Okay, you're gonna send me over to chat GPT like all these other people might. Mindless.
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People. 23. Wikipedia. Final, final.
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Source. It's 23 years.
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Old.
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Okay. Not a bad city to be a king. Not bad at.
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C
All. Little cash in your pocket as.
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A
Well. Stacked up chains. Cool glasses. The boys are here, too. You see them, Becker? They told us to walk separately so we can get a Heisman.
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D
Thing. But who won the big.
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Fight? Dude did.
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It.
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Yeah.
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I tried, but we did it.
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C
Yeah. Patrion looked.
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A
Unbelievable. Yes, he did. Yeah, he was.
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Up. Yeah, I'm right to Morab's.
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Face. Yeah, I thought it was a ground and.
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A
Pie. He was. But every once in a while you got. Do you see Conor McGregor talking.
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F
Boxing? Yeah. School him up. Sweet.
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Side. You guys go opposite foot. You guys step weird. I like that. Looks like Connor's living his life, you know?
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Had a big change a couple weeks ago. Y the.
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F
Lord. That's.
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A
Right. And now I hear he's dropping a strand with Tyson. I believe that's what that entire meeting.
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Was. Oh, hey, I didn't.
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Know.
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A
Okay. Think they're dropping some tree. Seems like that's normally the.
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D
Path. You find Jesus and then come out with.
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A
A. A strand. Hey, we're going to see how it goes. Good luck out there, boys. Pulling for You. I think what you need to.
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E
Do. There it is. When's Jake Paul fighting? It's Anthony Joshua.
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A
Right? Is that this.
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C
Weekend? It's the weekend of the.
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E
19Th. I mean, that's a scary.
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C
One. I think it's either the Friday or there's a college football playoff game that night as.
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B
Well. Nice. Turn that off. You go to the. Go to the boxing.
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A
Match. What do we think? Exactly. What do we think? That whole thing. A lot of people have a lot of opinions about Jake Paul fighting Anthony Joshua. Some people are saying that fight's not going to happen. Why are people saying. People are saying it's like it's not going to happen. Why would it not.
- [145:03]
F
Happen? I don't know why they cancel one that was supposed to happen to get like, wasn't it supposed to be Tank Davis, then they moved on to. Oh, maybe that's why Anthony Joshua. I mean, I, I like it. Look, if he long shot, if he beats him, he'll be much more respected. Most people expect him to get killed by Anthony Josh.
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C
Literally. And this is, that's why people don't think it's going to happen, because we're looking at a Rocky 4.
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F
Situation. This is like a real fight, though.
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D
Right? You want.
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To. Oh, yeah, yeah.
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E
Yeah. Big, big weight difference in those two.
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A
Right? Yeah. And size. I. I mean, just. And experience. Years of experience. But, I mean, this is what you. Jake Paul. I mean, this is what Jake Paul's about. I guess Jake Paul is talking about this from the jump. You know, hey, I'm trying to be champ. I'm trying to be taken serious. Nobody will fight me. Nobody will fight me. Anthony Joshua says, I'll take. I'll take the fight. I mean, what a card for Jake Paul to get him and Anthony Joshua at the top. A lot of people are going to watch that. I mean, if he loses, does he continue.
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F
Boxing?
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E
Ello. Yes.
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A
Yes. He's committed his whole life to this. Right? Like, that's kind of what I. What I've learned through it all is he's committed, committed his whole life to boxing, lifestyle change, like his entire being to boxing. So maybe he takes a lot. If he takes a loss, just go scrap yourself up off the mat. Let's answer the bell. Let's go to the next one. And then if he wins, Jake Paul's gonna be loud on the Internet. If he wins this. Oh, my God, I think he's.
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B
Gonna knock him the.
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A
Out. You think Jake Paul's gonna knock out Anthony.
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B
Joshua?
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F
Yep.
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E
Great. Up.
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A
1200. Get it I bet you knockouts probably. Probably.
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D
Even. Oh.
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E
Yeah. I think it was plus 1200 there. Which I thought was low. Jake Paul by Kotko.
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D
Dq. They're saying the only way he wins is by.
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A
Knocko. Oh they're saying if this thing goes. We know and or dq.
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D
Yeah. Oh, that'd be.
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Interesting. That could.
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F
Happen.
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Yeah. Punch him in the nuts a couple.
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Times. There's chance it play defense.
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Yeah. My roll.
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Forward.
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Jump up jump. All of a sudden below the belt starts moving. When you're jumping, you know what's up. Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Hook. Hook to.
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The. Just trying to win. Just trying to win by any.
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Means. Golly.
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Can you not belt? All right, let's get.
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E
Back. Imagine the slow mo replay of him jumping.
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A
Up.
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This guy keeps hitting me in the dick. I don't think Jake Paul would do that. Not a bad strategy. Just like the baseball guys that do this.
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E
Not.
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A
Yeah. When I get down.
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Real.
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Yep. It's not a bad idea. What's below the belt if everything if what's potentially moving that belt could be here to.
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C
Here. You don't worry about those guys though. You just try to hit him in the.
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A
Head. Cuz then they won't do it.
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D
Again. It's more of a Mickey Mouse Little League.
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C
Thing. It.
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Is. Oh, you talk big.
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C
Baseball. Yeah. Guys who do that like you.
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E
See imagine no one Ryan with a guy doing that to knowing Ryan he would.
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C
Do. You hit him, right? And he tried to kill.
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Him. What, so that's what you guys do in.
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C
Baseball? No, I'm saying like that is a.
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A
Mickey.
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C
The. The kid. The only kid who does that is like the kid who's 48 on the Little League team who weighs like 65 pounds, who can't get a base hit. So he's like, I gotta walk, I gotta strength the strike.
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Zone. And then it's like, okay, well.
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C
If you want to do that, I'm gonna throw it as hard as I can at your head every single time. I'll walk you. But guess what? I might plunk you as.
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A
Well. On base percentage pretty high.
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C
Yeah. It's an important.
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A
Thing. Adam Schefter's reporting that Colts quarterback Riley Leonard is also dealing with a knee.
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E
Hunt. All right, is AR coming back ever? What's going.
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B
On? Still on IR still a couple.
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A
Weeks ago, man, I was going to.
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D
Ask she are the Colts allowed to call the Bengals and say, hey, can you drop Joe.
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Flacco? I hope.
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F
So. Who else is out.
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A
There? There ain't nobody.
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Brother. Anyone on the.
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Street. Tyler Warren. He Was our third stringer this.
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Week. Oh, they meant.
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To.
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From. Dude.
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Perfect. Him.
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Too. He can.
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Play. Hold on.
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Now. He can. He's an athlete, man. He really.
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A
Is. All right, let's get to a break and then we'll read overreactions on either side. I don't like that. That out. Shifter. Keep it.
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Down. That's not.
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A
Good. I'm g. Call him right now. Tanhill.
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Shy. Part of the.
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Monsters. They should just.
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C
Forfeit. Don't they still have Shane.
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A
Buchel? Oh, what about. Hey, we're live. We're live. We're still live. Jason B. I just read your Riley Leonard thing.
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Colts, various wars and concussion pro. Stop.
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It. You.
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Guys. Stop going to.
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Jack. Stop it with your tweets. What quarterback are we going to get? What quarterback's available out there for the.
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Colts? Well, right now it looks like Brett Rippin's on the practice squad and.
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A
Richardson's not ready to come off.
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Ir. They're hopeful. Hopeful that Riley Leonard can make it back for Sunday, but they don't know that. So it's. Yeah, it's tough sledding in Indianapolis right now, as you.
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D
Know. All.
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A
Right. Are you on monster show show tonight?
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Yeah. Oh, what are you.
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Doing? Just hanging out, keeping.
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Busy. Usual.
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Stuff. No, the monster show tonight. No idea what you're talking.
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About. What's the. The. The mother night.
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Countdown?
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All right, have a go. Nope. Nope, nope, nope. You missed it. See, you hung up. Oh, that's.
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Tough. Another monster night in the.
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NFL. That's right. Huge tough countdown. I don't know if you heard about what we got going on. Big.
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That. There you.
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Go. West Virginia might be getting bowl game because there isn't enough people to do Bulls.
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The Colts are. I mean, it just really kind of came. We're.
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Either. Get me first.
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Guys.
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Really? The NFC North. Yeah, I get it. Nine year NFL vet Darius J. Bl. Other.
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Achilles. A long.
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Time. Long.
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Time.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. We're not going to make the playoffs this year.
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Again.
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Nope. And then what are we going to.
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Do? I don't know if you know, you can go that far. I mean, their schedule, it's not super easy here. Coming down the.
- [152:03]
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Stretch. Hardest schedule remain in the entire NFL. We have the hardest schedule.
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Remaining.
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D
Oh. If the season ended today, you'd be.
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Out. Yeah. We're lurking.
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And I believe in the boys. Riley Leonard's out. All right. See, he's maybe going to be back. Who knows? We'll bring in Ripen.
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C
Brett. He can spin.
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B
It. He rips it.
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Yep. Yeah. Ripping, right. I understand that. But then what do we do next.
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Year? Yeah, I hope you lose out and then you use your.
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First. Oh, never.
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Mind. Maybe your top five overall quarterback draft pick. Pants.
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Out. All right. See, this is what I'm talking.
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About. That's actually a good.
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Point. All this happened during a break, which is why I was so bummed out on the way back in here. But I need to not be bummed out. It's a great day. We still got ball. So what we're having the best times we'd ever had at the lot house watching a team that we had. He fell in love with again and just looked so different than every other team that we had been paying a lot of money to watch. Every single time play just felt different. Felt more explosive, felt more in control. Felt like they had it. And then just. What, man, he's out again. Sauce Gardner, he traded two number ones overall. He's going Dan Dimes. The guys brought all this back. Yeah. He's going to fracture his fibula. You're going to have to suffer for a couple weeks watching him just kind of painfully play football. And then guess what. What? He's gonna do a Achilles on the other side and then it's. What week is it wrapping.
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B
Up?
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14. Yeah, I think. Yeah. So he's not gonna be back for next year either.
- [153:24]
E
So. Yeah. Tyler Warren, though, still got.
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A
Him. Yeah, that's right. It's not.
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About. He could do it all Jonathan.
- [153:31]
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Taylor. It's about ball. It's about Jonathan Taylor's gonna need to be paid if not he's gonna do the whole song and dance next offseason. Once again, we're gonna be a team that's not in the playoffs. And we got a guy could.
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Move him for a FR.
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First. Oh. Cause we need one. We need a couple could move. Hey, I appreciate what you guys did here. First 11 weeks of the season.
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E
Though. Good.
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Run. It was a hell of a run. It was hella. If they were able to pull it off now, it'd be magical. It truly be have to be a work from God for them to be able to pull it off with the injuries that they have, with the positions that they have, with the amount of money that they've invested in. Who's and DeForest Buckner. Is he.
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F
Okay?
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Nick? No, he's done.
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I'm willing to put damn near everything I own on the Colts not winning the super bowl this.
- [154:15]
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Year. That's a bet you can have. Is it out there? What are the.
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Odds? I'm.
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B
Sorry. It.
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A
Sucks. That's devastating to hear that you're willing to do that. It really is. That's tough for me to really take in. I know you said drink this. Don. Go ahead and take this in at your own speed here whenever you said that, but that's crazy. You're not willing to bet on the Colts win Super.
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D
Bowl. If you want, you get them -355 right now to miss the.
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Playoffs.
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-350. That's pretty good odds and.
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All.
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Minus.
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Yeah. Oh, okay. So everyone.
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Knows. Everybody's been kind of feeling this way. Even when we were really good. Remember that was kind of the big conversation. Anyways, Colts are going. Oh, we're not. Probably for a while. Drive spectacular in Pittsburgh. What if you trade a couple.
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D
Picks JT and a couple others. You go up to one and get.
- [155:08]
A
Mendoza.
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Hold the phone. That'd be quite a.
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B
Move. I mean you. You get T. Tyler Warren and jt Patriots will give you Tommy.
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A
Cutlets.
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Something to think about actually that we need another Italian restaurant in here and this city. I'm not going to think negatively. I think the boys are still going to be able to do it. Good.
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Luck. Do what for what.
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Exactly? They're going to get out there and play a.
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Game. Who do they have this week at.
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Seattle? Seattle, then the Ners, I.
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Believe. Oh.
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Yeah. Catch them Slip Ners Monday Night Football. I. They should think about.
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It.
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We should. We should think about.
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It. Flexing. What's.
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That? Well, if they didn't.
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Flex. We should think about it.
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Too. Flexing. That sweet. No, no. No, we got to.
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Go. If they didn't flex this upcoming Monday night game, they're not.
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Flexing. Last year was a big statement. Last year, whenever, you know, we just no showed a game that was like a, hey, I don't like the way you guys are operating. Okay. I don't like this at all. This year, though, from what I've been hearing, they've been doing it right. They're a professional football team. That's why I'm so bummed out for the boys and everybody in that building and for us. Mostly for us, though, super bummed out for us because it was really cool and over.
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I thought it last kind.
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Of. It's kind of out in front of him kind.
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Of. From ESPN research says Stephen Holder, obviously local coverage of the Colts from ESPN Research. The last team to start 71 I missed the playoffs was 2012.
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Bears. These tweets just keep getting.
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Better. They went 3 and 5 over the last 8 games, finished 10 6. They missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker with the vikings. Colts start 71 or 13 since.
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Couple. Why are we doing.
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This? This is what people call journalism. I guess what I call it is not good. You know what is good, though? Overreactions from around the league. And I don't know if any of them are about the Colts, but I do know that this morning I said, hey, listen, a lot has happened around the football universe, both in college and in the NFL. I love to hear where your heads are at because obviously we can speak to each other. That's kind of all we got. And whenever we're out and about, we get a chance to run into other football fans. It's nice to hear they're at takes. But a bird call on Monday morning to kind of get the temperature of every single fan base is a really beautiful thing to do. And if you don't scroll through those, you should. Every team is represented in there in every single level. Even maybe a high school. I think there was a high school touchdown that got screwed. A state championship high school touchdown that got screwed. Just from scrolling these feeds, you'll see kid makes clear catch over his shoulder. You see.
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That?
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Yeah. Oh.
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Yeah.
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Brutal. Clear catch over shoulder, catches it about goal line. I'll say maybe a yard deep, two yards deep, catches it, runs to the back of the end zone, throws the ball down before he gets it back, the end zone ref comes in, goes, that's no catch or whatever. And it's like, what? It's definitely a catch. I mean, clearly a catch. And then there's no Jumbo Chon, no review. And that's a state championship.
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Game.
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Sad. Oh, my God. So what I'm saying is the if you want to go on to X, there is a hashtag, I don't want to overreact. That is loaded with overreactions from all around ball. Ty went through them and found his favorites. Let's dive in, shall we? This is from Bubblegum Pino. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact. But it was an all time weekend for Miami Sports. The U in the College Football Playoff. The dark Dolphins beat the absolute giant out of the Jets. Inter Miami MLS cup champions. Now I got a chance to watch a little bit of that MLS championship. It ended up being 3:1, okay? And Messi had a filthy assist and there was an own goal and there was some other magic that took place. And I'm learning about some of the relationships of the players that they have off the field. It's obviously grabbing some headlines. But Messi and Becky do it. The vision has happened. That's right. Beckham gets the team at 25 million because of a deal that he signed with the mls. Whenever he chose to come to the MLS in the middle of his popularity and help build it, he was able to get this Inter Miami team for 25 million bucks. They're now worth like 1.3 billion or something like that. David Beckham, one of the best businessmen of all time. Of all time. One of the best investments of all time. And Messi delivers. And they were celebrating. Congrats to them. And congrats to you, Gumpy. On not only that, but the Dolphins and the Hurricanes getting into the College Football Playoff when seemingly they had no reason to, especially after not playing all weekend and then jumping up a bunch of spots. But they did. Their team is good and we're excited for you.
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D
Gumpy. Yeah, life is good in the sports world. You talk about Miami. That's awesome. The Dolphins, though, just pounded the rock against the Jets. We're just going to run the ball the whole game. Not going to throw it at all. Just some old school ball. We're bullying people right.
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A
Now. Tell me about Inner Miami. They won the Super Duper Cup. Are they playing again or what? What happens next for.
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D
Them? That's the wrap for the season. Busquets and Alba go out their last game as champions. It was a pretty cool moment for those.
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Guys. Messi playing for Argentina in the World.
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D
Cup. Yeah, it's all set up. Round of 16, possibly. Messi, Ronaldo play each other in Their last World cup.
- [160:13]
A
Ever. Okay, do we know if it's actually his last World Cup? And speaking of that, how long is Messi playing for Inter Miami are.
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To. They.
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A
Going. Going to run this back next.
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Year? Yeah, he's going to keep going. They just got Depaul, who scored the game winner from Atletico Madrid. He's 31, so they're going to be going for a while. Still at Inter Miami, how long.
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Do you sign with Inter.
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Miami? I think it's pretty much a lifetime contract into him owning a team in the mls. It's the same as the Beckham deal.
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Basically. The Beckham deal is crazy. I think I was in high school when it happened. I was playing soccer, and, you know, the conversation in soccer was, if you want to be rich, you're going to have to do in Europe. Like, if you want to be rich in soccer, it's not happening in America. Which is certainly something that me and my family thought about me a lot. Like, okay, if I want to make a shit ton of money in this sport, I'm going to have to live in Europe someday. That's what it's going to have to be. And then David Beckham came to the LA Galaxy, and they were talking about the amount of money he was making per minute, and I'm like, wait a minute. There might be a shit ton of money coming into the MLS here. And I think it worked. I think it gained a lot of popularity through it out. Every. Every place he went was sold out, and they kind of gave it a go. Then there was others. Thierry Henry did it. Wayne Rooney did it. Who else? Pirlo Ibrahimovic did it. What's.
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That? Yeah, yeah, my bad.
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A
Freddy. Who are you talking.
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B
About? Pirlo, the legendary guy from Italy. He. The free kick dude who he scored on, like, every other free.
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A
Kick. He came and played in the.
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Mls. Yeah, yeah, he came and played for the New York.
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Team. So it started to become, like, a thing. A thing, a thing. And then when Messi gets landed in the mls, everybody's like, this is the one that it needs to. That needed to happen. And it kind of has right for the mls. I think Messi has continued to be a talking.
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Point.
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D
Yeah. Massive. And then Mueller from Germany, he was on the white cap. So the final was kind of like the perfect final mls we.
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Wanted.
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Yeah. Like two big stars in the.
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Final. And Barhalter as well. Let's not forget about the US lad. And we got a chance to catch up with the United States men's national team coach. Coach Ponchettino this morning and this is his message to the United States people about the type of team he's going to have and how we can all help. We like, because we are not a successful men national, you know, team, because women are very successful, but we are not very successful in World Cup. And I think we need to create like we create in the last two window. I think the funds are become exciting when see this type of tackle, this type of goal that we.
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Score.
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Yes. How we celebrate if our player have the possibility to sing the anthem.
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G
And. And show the emotion to our fans is very.
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Contentious. And you are very, very passionate people that you for sure came quick in behind the team and create the energy that the team need to be really strong. That is a. Is unbelievable country. That unbelievable people. When you are so excited. You. You are. It's possible that you can achieve everything that you want. You. You arrived to the moon. You. You were the first, you.
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Know.
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Yes. Everything. No, but. But that is true. It's true. The most powerful country in every single area. Why not in soccer? Why not what we want? Why not in.
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Soccer? Why.
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Not? Look, but that is one. One good thing. Why not us? Why not.
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Us? Why.
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Not? I know why it could happen. That's because we got you. We appreciate the hell out of you, Coach. Yeah. Age.
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Age. Yeah. Good for him. They found the right.
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Guy. We talked to him for about 15, 20 minutes. His English.
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Certainly. Thank you for the.
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Contagious. For the contagious caption sounded kind of like contentious. And then we thought about this, maybe third, fourth language. I. His parents are Italian. He grew up in Argentina, so who knows how many. He played for Espanol for a long time over there in Spain, which is now the team that J.J. watt owns. It's like, I think English, maybe third language, second language, whatever it was. And you can understand what he's saying. And he has a good like, kind of Rolodex of words, but it is those words like, what can we roll into there? Just wanted people to know. He thought it was contagious, not contentious. We made that decision. Not him, but talking to him. We got the right guy. Feels like he wants, yeah, hey, we're fucking. There was a lot of him like, hey, you are playing for your country. You're tired. We don't care, basically, is what he said. Nobody cares if you're tired. Like you're playing for your country. And he talked about where he was from in Argentina and how they feel about playing for the national team. And then I Mentioned how every single person that has scored for America or celebrated for America since Ponch has become the head coach, they immediately go to the US USA badge. I mean, just immediately to the shield for the country. So it's like that is seemingly a non negotiable for him. He actually said that, like, this is a non negotiable. We are playing for America, the best country on earth. We're powerful in every single thing. We're going to tackle people hard. We're not going to flop. Like, he has these core values, it feels like, and he finds he found the guys that he wants on his team. In doing so, obviously he left some other guys off the roster and he caused of a lot. Little bit of a stir and maybe we didn't win as much as we could, but he was just trying to find his guys and it feels like he thinks he found them, A.J. which is.
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Awesome. Yeah. I love his attitude. Look, why not us? And it is true. And I give him credit actually for. For calling it soccer. Like, he. That's not natural for him. He knows where he's at. He knows it's an American show. And like, let me call it soccer. Even though, you know, you can talk about that with the. The true soccer football fans. I know. I love this guy. I know we had him on Luna. This guy's an absolute monster. He. I assume he's still killing it in all these matches as well.
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A
Right? Yeah. And just score. This game was like two weeks ago. He had the fourth goal. We are just killing this.
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E
Team. Who's the favorite? Like, who are the couple favorites to win the World.
- [165:42]
A
Cup? Everybody you think of is what I was told. Everybody you think of are the favorites.
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D
Spain. Spain is the top dog. Spain's like plus 400. The next teams are plus 600. Plus 700. Spain or France. Sorry. England. Spain. England. France. Brazil. Argentina.
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Germany. And then where's.
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D
Usa? Then you go Portugal.
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Netherlands.
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D
Norway. Belgium.
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Colombia.
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D
Europe. Uruguay. Italy.
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Croatia. Come on. Come.
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D
On.
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USA. What's the.
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D
Number? That would be 3, 6, 9, 12.
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F
15.
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A
16Th. We just beat Uruguay. Isn't that the team we were just celebrating against right there? That's.
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B
Uruguay.
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D
Yeah. I believe they're still ranked behind them in the official.
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C
Rankings. No, those don't mean.
- [166:24]
B
Anything. They.
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C
Don'T. They.
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D
Don'T. They don't. The head to head doesn't mean anything for this.
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Committee. What a boot right.
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D
There. The odds. That's.
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A
Burhawk. He's the best ball striker we've ever had in the United States of America. I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. As somebody that was trying to be a ball striker in soccer and spent my entire life trying to do that, which is why I kicked a soccer ball against my house so many times and how I became a football kicker. This dude is the most pure ball striker we got. I'm thinking he's going to score two to three free kicks during the World Cup. Two. I think he'll score two free kicks during the World Cup. If you score on a free kick, those are obviously gigantic moments. Only the goats. Like we had Clint Dempsey take a couple back in the day. He was great, great player. But all the stars of the game score on free kicks because they're pure ball strikers. So what they can do with the ball is just different. That's like the. Bend it with Beckham. Bend it like Beckham. Like Beckham was a pure ball striker. Cristiano Ronaldo is Lionel Messi. Anytime he's standing over the ball, everybody thinks it's going to be a goal. That's because they're the purest strikers. This guy's the purest we've had. I think personally, after watching him take every set beside for us that he has over the last few years, he's legit. He's very. He's real. He is. He's good. I mean, he moves. That thing ain't. He's a. He's a little bit of a weapon. What if we.
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B
Win? Yeah, we.
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C
Got. I mean, we got the best.
- [167:41]
F
Gaffer in the world, but if JMU.
- [167:43]
C
Goes in a room, they.
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A
Will. It ain't like.
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B
That.
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You.
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F
Watch. I'm just saying we gotta play the. I got A jersey. I got a USA.
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D
Jersey. I'll be ruin this weekend. Illinois State FCS beat North Dakota State. They're 26 point dogs.
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F
So. Exactly. Exactly my.
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A
Point. It can.
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F
Happen. Why.
- [168:04]
A
Not? We're not State.
- [168:06]
E
Now.
- [168:06]
A
What. What are we talking about? Jm, no offense. Jmu. Great school. Obviously. Good luck in this entire.
- [168:12]
F
Thing. Too.
- [168:12]
A
Late. What a United States of America, dude. And that's what Paunch.
- [168:16]
D
Says. Saban, I think Illinois State was like, p is.
- [168:20]
A
Sa. Ponch is Saen. Yeah. So I hope you guys feel stupid. You think Saban's coaching Illinois State? Yeah.
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B
Right. How many countries are you picking for this.
- [168:29]
D
Tournament?
- [168:29]
F
Prick. I actually say, I got to go where I was born. I got to go.
- [168:35]
B
Here. You're a.
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C
Coward. You don't have to go with.
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D
The one where you're born. That country is.
- [168:39]
A
Not. We're playing M on D.
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C
Day. Yeah, we.
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B
Are. Yeah. And they're you rooting.
- [168:43]
D
For? They did some really bad, bad.
- [168:45]
F
Things. I was born on American soil, Army.
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D
Base. Never forget.
- [168:49]
A
Age. We're playing Germany on D day in Chicago. Real June 6th in Chicago playing Germany send first game of the World Cup June.
- [168:57]
E
12Th. So it's the last game we're winning 15.
- [169:00]
A
Nothing. Yeah, they're wearing fatigues and we better boots only, dude.
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All right, let's get to the next overreaction, shall we? Hey, thank you to Punch for his time. Thank you to.
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F
Punch. Thank you was.
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B
Awesome. Love you.
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A
Punch. Hashtag. I don't want to over yet but hear me out. Joe DiNardo's Doppler predicted this perfect storm. AR is going to be flashing his massive buckle all the way to our seventh Lombardi. God is great and so is Aya. Love you Joe Hashtag. Miss you Joe Hashtag. Here we go Steelers, here we go. Talking about his massive buckle, what do you think what do you think of old Buddy's take here about the Pittsburgh Steelers potentially going to get into seventh for the Good Lord. Jody Denardo tell you what, yesterday.
- [169:44]
D
Was one of if not the best game that Aaron has played all season long. So I really like the Steelers chances if they can play a team that can't rush the passer at all. So like if we just keep playing teams with shitty D lines. Yeah, sign me up. We're.
- [170:00]
A
In. Aaron went for over 200 yards for the first time since week nine. 285 is what the stat I saw. That's a lot of yards. An Aaron Rodgers offense, normally very methodical. Let this thing run and then we'll take advantage of your mistakes afterwards. Age, what did you think of the way 8 played.
- [170:16]
E
There? You I was impressed obviously this run. Yeah, I was watching this real time. It was good to see him, you know, outrun a guy to the corner and score. But like so many times here, like that's abs. That's Aaron Rodgers right there. Like that's an absolute perfect ball. Great catch by dk. I felt like every time you look around he's sitting there completing deep balls to dk. But yeah, I mean look at how much he does have a good, good amount of time here in the pocket to survey the field, keep his eyes.
- [170:38]
F
Downfield.
- [170:39]
E
But. But I don't know. I feel like the Steelers have hope for.
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A
Sure. Why.
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D
Not? Well they gave that my my skepticism is they gave up over 200 rushing again. So that's back to back games doing that. I Don't love.
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A
That. Yeah. I mean, Mike Tomlin, though, he's a damn good ball coach. He's gonna win games. And they beat the hell out of the Baltimore Ravens. And the Ravens fans have quit on their team. So that's AFC north football. Let's go to the next ever reaction, shall we? Strong from justin@jmanchan. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but good, Gooder, goodest. Give it a damn rest. The Bears are frauds, and history will tell. The rest of this franchise is satisfied with having the one ring 40 years ago. The team has been going down ever since. If you want to be happy, don't be a fan of the Chicago Frauds. Doesn't believe in.
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C
Periods. No, he.
- [171:29]
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Doesn'T. Or anything like that, which I can really respect, especially because he can capitalized letters, too. Or maybe his phone or whatever was typing for him said, hey, this is probably start of a new sentence. I'm going to capitalize this T for you. I appreciate the smartphone doing that. On that note, what did you like so much about this that made you pick.
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C
This? Well, I just had to go through first and make sure that he was an actual Bears fan, and he is. But it was tough because it's. It's weird because Bears fans have been very, very vocal, very, very chirpy. Every other overreaction Monday, then they get beaten. No one wants to put. Put one out. And, you know, usually when you get beat that that's the perfect time to do it because you can really. You can really go crazy. But I seriously couldn't find very. Like, I figured the. The consensus would be like, hey, we're fine. This team is the best Bears team we've had in a long time. We're going to be good. But not a lot of those out there. Most of the ones I did see were negative. And it kind of was like, hey, this was our opportunity to really show that we are the. The kings in the North. Like, we've been touting all year and we got beat, so we'll see. You know, we're.
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A
Having. I was searching for one. Did you hear.
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C
Him? I.
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A
Was. He wasn't letting the game come to him. He's, you know, I think there'd be probably some good responses here from the.
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C
Show. I figured there would be. And it's not just them. So I don't want to, you know, kind of just put this on. Bears fans, like, this happens more than I think it should. You know, you can't come in and be talking A whole bunch of when your team loses or when your team wins. And then when they lose, you just go radio sign.
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E
Silent. Because.
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C
Per. Like, personally, I think that's the best time. That's when your best comes out like that. That's when you can actually kind of let loose. And, you know, we got a lot of fan bases that just don't want to do.
- [173:00]
A
That. Oh, they don't want to turn their back on their teams. I kind of respect.
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C
That. I don't take it that way. I think it's kind of the, you know what people are saying about another Dame is, oh, we got beat. I'm gonna take my ball and go home and pat. And then next week when we win, I'll say Super Bowls back on. There's a lot of that. And I just, you know, I. I don't.
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A
Think. Was that shame Gillis right.
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C
There?
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A
No.
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C
No. Does it sound like.
- [173:20]
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Him? Well, you talk about no damn answer. Bo's back on and had a little Philly JN in there. I was just thinking to myself that might have been a Shane Gill. I saw him doing some media after Notre Dame. Was he. What's the deal? Talking about ACC attacking him. Yeah, right. Not happy about it. I am excited to see the fallout of that. That acc, Notre Dame.
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E
Thing. Permanent.
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A
Damage. What does that.
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E
Mean?
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We're not getting over it, pal. That's what he.
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Means. Never. So what does that mean? We're scheduling Big Ten games. Your ACC is not going to be on primetime television ever. Is that what he. Is that what Notre Dame, they.
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D
Have an agreement with the acc because literally everyone except for football of their sports is in the.
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C
Acc. Yeah, but I mean, he's the sitting athletic director at Notre Dame. I don't think you're just gonna say something like that flippantly, like they're, you know. I think it is kind of like, hey, the acc. I understand we're in the acc. The.
- [174:09]
A
Acc. Let's go to another overreaction shot. It was. I mean, that was some real. Yeah, this from Jay Baker. Hashtag. I don't want to overreact, but how the hell is Boward. That's what I was talking about. Already a decade of building teams that collapse under pressure.
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D
Shites. Oh, come.
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B
On. It's.
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A
Stinking. No, I don't. It's nice Sting shite. Stanking is back and losing divisional games. Cold started 71 and 1. Doubtably missed the playoffs. Oh, and once again. Again, I have no idea. The QB is next year. It's tough. That was what I went through during a.
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D
Break. Yeah, start that good. And that's.
- [174:49]
A
Just.
- [174:49]
E
Yeah. You'd rather.
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C
Start.
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B
Really? Yeah. I don't.
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A
Know. Well, if you start that good, it forces you to kind of go all in and then you lose all your future pieces. So then whenever you're staring down a future, you lose all your pieces.
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E
It's. It's a long.
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A
Season. It.
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B
Is. It's a.
- [175:04]
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Lot. A lot can happen. I don't think think any bad decisions were made at the time in which they were.
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D
Made.
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No. Which is why we got to remember that in the off season when we're talking about it, we, if we were to transport ourselves back in time to when decisions were made, we like.
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F
Them.
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We did. Until we saw the details. If we're being honest. It was aggressive, which we like you mentioned going all in two first round picks and look, you know, hindsight's 20 20. I know, but it was tough. But you know, I feel like Chris Ballard, to his credit, he opened the checkbook, he made the right moves, he put a team together. We finally found a quarterback can't control injuries. Worst part of football, the big three, they've been doing their thing and now, you know, we're here. Started off historically great on the offensive side of the ball defense, we did some things but man, it's a tough.
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D
Spot. Can't control it. Arkansas gets hurt in a freak way way.
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B
Either. Yeah, you can't control that. The corner you paid $60 million career is basically over because the backup tight end deed them before the game started while they were warming up. You can't control those.
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F
Things.
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A
Literally. That's face freak.
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D
Accidents. That's why you lay it out like that. It's really just bad.
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A
Luck. Horrible.
- [176:17]
E
Horrible. Put some, put some cones up or something.
- [176:20]
A
Yeah. What? Okay. Just walking around fields putting on C. It was just freestyle. I mean I got, we're going.
- [176:25]
E
To have a lane like hey guys.
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D
I got traffic cop.
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A
Out. Is that what you guys did in Green Bay 3 1/2 hours before the game.
- [176:31]
F
Started? Yeah, I never saw.
- [176:32]
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Any. I was not a real pre, pre warm up guy, so I'm not actually sure what happened.
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After. So maybe we just fucking hold our tongues for a second if we have no idea what's going on out there. Okay. That's punter kicker paradise out.
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E
There. You're.
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B
Right. Most unprofessional pre, pregame warm up routine in the history of.
- [176:52]
A
Football. I mean most devastating for sure. I mean most devastating for sure. It's certainly the most intimidating too. If you're on the other team. Know that you can get it in that. That was a.
- [177:01]
C
Huge. Yeah. I mean, I hope he's not playing.
- [177:04]
A
Today. He's not. Yeah. For the rest of his career. It was a huge collision. Huge. Yeah. Can't happen. I love that time so much. I actually had to go up the chain of command to tell them that the music that they were playing at that time in a stadium was despicable and it should not be allowed. We're all trying to wake up. Can we play some music? They're.
- [177:23]
C
Big.
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Frank. I think they're like warming up cuz the doors aren't open yet. So I think they're like warming up the speakers or the process or whatever. So whoever's in charge of that was just playing music just to play music. I was like, hey, like I actually would like, like if we had good music in there. Is that. Can we do that? Because you guys open the doors and the first thing they're hearing is big girls don't cry. I don't know if that's the right. You know. And also I'm trying to wake up and I don't like wearing the headphones because I got weird shaped ears. So anytime I do the thing. Squid. Changing music, brother. Yeah, we'll play some music. I'll put a list together. Sounds good. We start turning it up out there. Never got anybody injured.
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On our team. Mentally, we're the other team.
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We're up, warm.
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F
Ups. It was so.
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B
Good. You got eight.
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A
Teams.
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You need to watch it. Okay. I'm just saying I don't want.
- [178:20]
B
To see this guy potting when. When he's. When he's got two teams.
- [178:23]
A
Playing. Tonight is his Colts. People are blaming.
- [178:28]
F
Him. Yeah, he's. Yeah.
- [178:29]
E
He'S.
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A
Yeah. He said it's not my fault. It's not my.
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B
Fault.
- [178:32]
E
Yeah. He must be getting a lot like.
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D
Online. It could have been two people.
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A
But if it was two scrolls one.
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D
I'm worried he's not built for.
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A
It.
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He's ready. He's always.
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F
Prepared. He's Colts.
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E
Fan. Yeah, he's an.
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F
Artist. Definitely.
- [178:46]
A
Beautiful. Let's go to the next one, shall we? Jeez. It all ends up back at The Colts. F. McCoy. Hell yeah. Floyd. Hashtag. I don't want to overreact, but the Bungles are fully back. This team is an abomination to the sport we all love. Ship Zach Taylor and Duke Tobin to China. No one has it worse than Bagels fans. Right? Right now. Hashtag save burrow. You knew it going into the season, though. Yeah, you know, you knew it going into the season. 10 point lead in Buffalo should feel pretty good. But then we remember. Did you guys invest in your defense at all? And is Josh Allen the mvp? Yeah. All right, so there's a chance that this is brutal. I mean, not touched. Not.
- [179:27]
E
Touched. It's like an iconic. It's like one of those. Especially in the snow. It's like we're going to see this played for years and years. It's one of those kind of things, I think. Especially if they go on a deep run in the playoffs. Playoffs. Like, yeah, when this happened, I'm like, oh, this is not good for the.
- [179:39]
A
Bengals. Yeah, the Bengals. I. I just don't.
- [179:41]
E
Know. Great.
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F
Play. Great play there.
- [179:44]
A
Unbelievable. That's a great play. Great read. Great anticipation. I appreciate Chase chasing him.
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D
Down. He was so good until I.
- [179:50]
A
Have. I respect the effort. I love Joe Burrow. I love Joey. I just don't think anybody thinks that. Boom. Love that guy too. We know that. I don't think anybody thinks that the Bengals are going to.
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C
Win. No. They had their.
- [180:02]
B
Opportunity.
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F
Opportunity. We at least thought they were going to be fun to.
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B
Watch. It was.
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C
Fun. They are on.
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D
Offense. It was a great game to.
- [180:08]
F
Watch. Yeah. T. Higgins was ball. He got. Yeah, he took a big.
- [180:10]
A
Hit. I mean, to be clear, if they're gonna be up by 10 or 14 in games and just lose every time, that. That is pretty exciting for Paul. So maybe we should go back to old buddy and tell him like, hey, dude, for the game that we love. It's not bad. What you guys. For you guys, devastating, heartbreaking. Having to lead and then losing in like. Like that. But for us, it's kind of electrifying. You guys should be on prime time more. Houston Texans need to not be on prime time strictly because their defense is too good. You guys need to be on it because your defense not.
- [180:38]
D
Good. Think about that game where they blew the lead to the Jets. That was incredible. The game they blew the lead to the Bears. That was incredible. This one, they, you're right. Play incredible.
- [180:47]
A
Games. It's awesome to watch. You guys are must see TV actually. So if you could continue to do that now you are going to have to sacrifice your happiness. Yeah. For the good at ball. And thank you for doing that.
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D
Since the Patriots game was a fun watch.
- [180:57]
A
Too. Oh, thank you for doing it. Cincy and Joey B. Is must watch, so that'll be good. They should put you guys on prime time more. And on that note, when you build your team that way. I think that's what you're expecting at least trying to sell some tickets. Let's go to the next overreaction, shall we? This is from John's antics at Mile High. Jb. Jb, huh? Hashtag I don't want to overreact, but roll out the fucking barrel because the pack is all the way back into Bear. Still suck Micah Parsons a menace. Toyota Thon love nightmare fuel for 31 other teams. Bags packed cuz we're going to Santa Clara and bring in Lombardi home. Go pack, go. How do you feel about old JB's thoughts.
- [181:37]
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AJ? I agree with JB. I don't know how you guys feel. I'm a bit biased. I was in green bay for nine years, but that game, what, 415, 425 kickoff, snowy Lambo. You see the, the shots from outside, all of it. Like Lambo is awesome. Like this was. And I like one of those games you realize like how cool it would be to play in this type of game. Freezing cold game, Lambeau Field, crowd goes crazy. Christian Watson, credit to him, man, this guy was awesome. But yeah, I thought, oh, this is like, this is one of those like cornerstone wins. I feel like for the.
- [182:06]
A
Packers. Makes you miss the game a little bit there, huh, aj? That's what I heard from.
- [182:09]
E
You. Yeah, maybe. And especially the older you get, you realize like, man, like Lambeau Field is a special historic place, man. Like it is. There's nothing else like it in the world for.
- [182:17]
A
Sure. The more you learn about it, the more you respect it when you're playing there. I don't think you fully grasp it because you're in the middle of it, focused. I'm partis. Let's do that. And then as you get older, it's like, wow, the packers much bigger than I would ever be. Lambo much cooler than ever. And I got to be a part of that entire thing. And I think the quicker you realize that, the more mature of a team you have. Feels like Jordan Love very much understands who he is as the Green Bay packers quarterback. Leflore very much understands who he is as a Green Bay Packer head coach. Feels like a little bit of a mature team while still being young, fun out of this Green Bay packers.
- [182:47]
C
Squad. Yeah, for sure. And I think that like what Micah has been on top of, you know, like his play on the field is unbelievable, but like the guy, he's been in the locker room and that's what every Cowboys fan and everyone who didn't like him said, like this guy's going to be a cancer. If things aren't going good, he's going to start bitching. And it's like he. He understands how cool it is that not only they paid him all that money and they kind of want him to be a face of the franchise as well. But, like, the respect he has for the fans. And also on top of it, like, it is just better when, like, this rivalry has juice and it means something because it's been going on for so long. And by and large, like, the Bears just have not threatened the packers at all for a really long time. So, like, it's just better for the NFL as a whole when, like, this game means something. That felt like a playoff game.
- [183:32]
E
Yesterday. Couple muscles and the coaches don't like each other. I think it's a great thing. Coaches have a rival rivalry thing going, too. I think that's great for this.
- [183:37]
A
Rivalry. Yeah. Well, I like the fact that Lafleur, the way he addressed it was, you know, it's Bears packers rivalry. You're going to say what you want to say. And I like that Ben Johnson, immediately as the Bears coach, took a shot at the packers coach. It's like they're young. They're going to be head coaches for a while, we think at these places. Even though there was no extension for Guten Coots or Matt Lafleur for the Green Bay packers side, wanted to see how it all rolled out. Seems like it's going to go well. That means this rivalry is going to continue. Carry on for a long time. Feels like.
- [184:04]
E
A.J. it has.
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A
To.
- [184:05]
E
Yeah. And I think when the coaches are going like, yeah, just there should be some respectful hatred between the teams because that's how it is. I mean, it's. It goes back so long. Like, you see right here, Doug Collins, that's the security guy right there. Been there forever. Doug's ready to fight. Doug's ready for anything right there. I promise you. I promise. He's not a big guy, but he'll get you for.
- [184:22]
A
Sure. He'll gnaw right there. He'll gnaw on Achilles if he has whatever it.
- [184:25]
E
Takes. He. I think he will do whatever it takes to protect his guy and protect. Protect the.
- [184:28]
A
G.
- [184:30]
That's so cool. Let's go. The next overreaction, shall we? Is from Walmart worker. Hashtag. I don't want to react, but the Jags are the best team in the league. T. Law Hayes finally figured it out. Liam Cohen was the best coach and hire of the off season. Best run Defense in the league. The sorry ass Colts will never beat us in Jacksonville again. Respect us. All right. We respect you. I mean we respect.
- [184:54]
E
You. So he gained some respect here I.
- [184:56]
A
Think. I think you know they're going to have to go on a. Continue to go on a run and everything like that. But Liam Cohen, I don't. And we talked about this earlier. Whenever we started talking to him and learned about him once he was named the head coach we didn't like it at all. We thought he was a.
- [185:09]
C
Dipshit.
- [185:09]
A
Yeah. It turns out he's pretty big super genius. He's really good football coach and that team has a lot of great players and they got an owner that is dying to win. So I mean you're talking about a lot of good things happening down there for the Jacksonville Jaguars and they beat the Colts ass at home every single year and have for damn a.
- [185:26]
F
Decade. Yeah, they're damn good football team. You talked about Trevor Lawrence. That's going to be the question mark with this team going forward. As long as he's there can he be the guy week in and week out. And we talked about the defense as well. They hadn't allowed a 1 rusher to run for 70 yards up until Jonathan Taylor got 74. But that's because you know we did have Riley Leonard back there in the second a half. But unbelievable turnaround on both sides of the ball. Yeah. Liam cone, you can't say enough about what he's done. Like that locker room, like that shot of locker room after the game. Like that was.
- [185:56]
A
Unbelievable. Him there with guys everybody bought in. Good for Jacksonville, good for.
- [186:01]
F
Houston. Hate.
- [186:02]
A
It. Seems like everybody's having a good time these.
- [186:04]
B
Days. No, Titans still.
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D
Suck.
- [186:07]
A
They. They're so.
- [186:08]
F
Good. Point they.
- [186:08]
A
Won. Hey, big win. Big win out of the Titans though. But when you talk about not having a good future it feels like what the are.
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D
They. You guys happen to see the Browns two point.
- [186:17]
A
Play? That's just classic though. Yeah. So fascinating cuz we got it all figured out in theory. Right. Let's go ahead and put a wildcat in here. I haven't seen this before in Forget the pitch and then oh no one left. Oh yeah. But what if had numbers over there? What if it gets deflector and gets caught and everything like. Like that. Obviously this ball is supposed to be pitched right there. That might have been a touchdown. Go.
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F
Back. I don't know who's open pitch right.
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E
There. Run it or throw.
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A
It? Run.
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C
It. Yeah.
- [186:50]
E
Yeah. You could run it. Oh definitely.
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A
Run. Yeah, that's what that was supposed to be. That was supposed to be what? That was supposed to be a pitch for the run there. I don't know if he just decided not.
- [186:58]
E
To. Pretty good throw by Judkins across his body all the way across the field here. Right here, look at this. Get that shoulders.
- [187:04]
A
Turned. I think he fucked up the pitch. I'm not, I don't know the play, I don't know the game, but I think right there, supposed to pitch that thing. Just feels like that's probably what was supposed to happen. And then you're going to make an incredible play whenever you fucked up. Right. I mean he. Everything in his body was going to try to get that ball back to that side. I'm not 100% sure. I'm not 100% sure, but that feels like that was supposed to be laid off. But we'll get more intel I guess as it goes on. And then Shador not being on the field for that particular play after going for 389 or whatever, you could.
- [187:36]
C
Argue that Stefanski is just trying to get fired. And that is kind of. He may have told Judkins like, hey listen, I know you're supposed to like just hold on to it, hold.
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A
On to it, run around and then.
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C
Try to throw cross body and hey, if we get the two point like that's on you. That's a great play. That's unbelievable. But we're trying to lose this.
- [187:52]
A
Game. Oh, you think he's that open.
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C
About. Yeah, just with a select few guys. Hey, I'm not gonna be here next year, okay? So I don't give a what you do. Do whatever you want and pitch it, don't pitch it. Try to run it in. Throw.
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A
It. Shador's got the most yards in.
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F
The history of only three for.
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A
364. There it.
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F
Is. Ran for a tug 29 on the ground. But yeah, let's not have him on the play for the two pointer person. If it works though, he's a genius. But you know, you putting the ball in the hands of a rookie running back instead of your rookie quarterback, you know, known as best day. But you know, that's why you get paid the big.
- [188:24]
A
Bucks. They've been. I'm not going to try to explain anything. That play looks.
- [188:31]
E
Bad. I like the.
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A
Unis. The unis.
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D
Are. Those are the dude wipe ones that we did.
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A
Here. Shout out to Cleveland.
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B
Brow. What were they called.
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A
Again? Judy.
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F
Doogie. Our guy.
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A
Jerry. Judy Duke. Yeah, Jerry.
- [188:41]
E
Judy. Oh, when the brownie came. Was that when the Brownie came in with the.
- [188:43]
A
Thing. Yeah. Shador and Judy, did you see him pray after a touchdown? Thought that was a sick moment. Shador spinning it just like we've always seen him do. And his first start a couple weeks ago, they had a lot of.
- [188:56]
F
Wildcat in the radar Y.
- [188:58]
A
Yep. Shador was going to the sideline. They had a lot of Wildcat. So whenever I look and see the two point conversion, see him in wildcat, I don't immediately get upset about it. And then you see the play and then you see the stats of Shador and you see what they're doing and it's like I don't think we're at the same spot we were whenever were just dropping them into the. Trying to figure out an offensive.
- [189:16]
F
Play, you know and it, it was a conversation even then like why are you, you know, taking them out every time you get in there? But they were successful. Jenkins were, were getting some scoring, scoring some touchdowns and even people were kind of looking at the stats at how many times you were kind of allowing Shador to throw the ball. But he is, he didn't play well. It was a shitty game obviously. Toilet bowl, Titans, Browns. But he played very, very well. We talked about how tough it is for rookie quarterbacks to getting there, you know and at any point in the season after ball's already gotten started and play well. So for him to be playing like this, it looks like from the outside looking in, we obviously can't watch practice and meetings and all that shit. But it looks like he should have been the guy from the beginning. Like most people that know Ball have said it from fucking day one. So shocker, surprise. We're in week 14 now you kind of seeing some momentum. But now what do the Browns do going forward? I think it was a report that came out that he'll be the starter for the remaining of the season. But what do they do, you know, as far as draft wise next year quarterback, do they go with Shador to start, you know, to be a lot of questions to answer but I mean, you know we got faith in the Browns to make the right decision right.
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A
There. But yeah, right there by the way, is everything that we like about Shador. He drops it in a bucket, takes a huge shot right to the face, stands in there, gets right back up. That's the quality of his game. I don't think that gets talked about enough. And yeah, they had a full plan. Remember Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett got some snaps for the Raiders. Yeah. Yesterday. And Dylan Gabriel, who we are. Hey, we're a fan of Dylan Gabriel. Good luck to him and everything he does. Then Shador gets in there and looks like there's a little bit of electricity. Yeah, you know, just feels like there's a little bit of electricity. There was a stat from Himbo about the points per game for the quarterbacks this year for the Cleveland Browns. Obviously Shador has more points than everybody else. That's what you need to know. Shador's up here, then Dillon. Then it's Joe Flacco. It's just. Yeah, there it is. Teams points per game by Brown starting points. Quarterback Shador Sanders, 20.3, 18% explosive pass percentage. All right, one in every five is basically going. Dylan Gabriel, 17.7, 10%. One in ten. Joe Flacco, less than one in ten. 14 points per game. So, you know, exciting. Football's up, points are up. Browns have something to talk about and be proud about. Miles Garrett's got 20.
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B
Sacks. Yep.
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A
20. And then going into next year, Shadow Sanders starting quarterback for that.
- [191:22]
F
Team. Yes, I think.
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A
So. No.
- [191:27]
D
What? Who's coaching if two first round.
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C
Picks. That's a good.
- [191:31]
A
Point. So what do you think they're gonna.
- [191:33]
F
Do? Trade up to.
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B
One? They.
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Could.
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Windows. They could. But if the. No, actually, yeah. They're the Browns. He's gonna be starting.
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Quarterback.
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Yeah. Sorry, forgot who. I forgot who we were talking.
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About. Hold on, though. But why is that such a Browns thing? This guy actually shows some.
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Success. You'll.
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See. All the Titans are great. They can game the Titans. Defense is an ass all the time. Titans. Interesting. Fascinating. Cam Ward. Shador Sanders there.
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Who has a better. Nope, not going to get.
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In. They got higher. This Tennessee.
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Hiring. Who has a better.
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Future? Yeah.
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Cleveland, Tennessee. Cam Shador shoulder. Just because Cleveland has been around.
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Longer. To be honest, I think he's looked.
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Better. Definitely. Should always look good. Cam's made some sick plays, though. But once again, Coach.
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Fire. What do you think.
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Buchi? New offense, those two? I don't know, it's just they're in very shitty organization. So, I mean, we all know it doesn't matter. We see Sam Darnold be in a bad spot and then look good in other spots. Baker Mayfield. So it just depends on what's around it. But, you know, talent wise, I felt like these were, you know, two of the top three quarterbacks coming into the draft. That's what most people felt coming out. But it's going to be. Everybody has talent, but it's going to be about, you know, what's around.
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Him. Cam can spin it. I'm a little bit worried about cuz Cam's already in a couple different offenses and everything like that. His development of becoming a timing quarterback I think is completely like I, I think this year doesn't even count towards it because whenever he played against Colts it was. I mean we're balling out there and he was. The throws. Yeah he made plays insane watching the throws that he was able to make at the age. It's like the amount of talent but like and offense to win in the NFL. Boom, boom, boom, bang. Shador has that seemingly Shador timing and like running an offense seemingly very good. So he has a little bit of a head start. But once again it's Cleveland Browns or the Tennessee Titans who you're betting on now that's, that's who you'd be betting on for that particular.
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Scenario. AJ well yeah, if you're forced to pick one, it's tough to pick one of.
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Them.
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Emmy, give it to.
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Him. I'll take the Bradley Browns.
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Though. I think we're all thinking the Browns, aren't.
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We? I mean look, look at who they draft. Look at their draft class. Andrew Barry. I have a lot of faith in versus like, I mean I think the Titans are just at the beginning of the Amy Adams strong curse. So like if you're thinking about the Browns and you know they have the defensive rookie of the year for sure that's a lock. And he was second round pick. Harold Fannin Jr. Is unbelievable. That's a great pick. Just Judkins. Unbelievable. Chador probably going to be at least better or better off and he was going to. You know that's a steal. If you're telling me a fifth round pick throws for 364 yards, whoever the hell it is, that's a steal. And then. Yeah. Mason Graham at the top. Like I kind of do have a little faith in the Browns.
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Even. What's the name out of Tennessee Running back. Why can't I think of his.
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Name? Tony.
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Pollard.
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No. Taje.
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Spears.
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Samson.
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Dylan.
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Dylan. Oh, who's also on the brown.
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Rounds. Yeah. All right.
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Brownies.
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There's.
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Hope. Sounds like even after a.
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Loss. Fun too.
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Yeah, we haven't seen him yet.
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But let's go to the next overreaction, shall we? They lose and we're talking like that about him at ran by lames. Okay, this count sucks. Hashtag. I don't want to overreact, but John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin should be fired after a season. Lamar should be Traded to the Rams. Mark Andrews should be cut. Bateman should be cut. And Daniel F. Should be cut and charged all the money he stole from this organization. Go Ravens with a heart. Doesn't feel like there's a lot of love in that one at the end. No, they don't like that far. Layla.
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No. They say a lot of mean stuff about that.
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Guy. And Harbaugh and Tomlin been around a long time. Long time. Is it time for a new voice? Talmon just got a big time win. Why are they talking about that right.
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Now? I heard the Internet saying that they just take turns beating each other to try to keep each other's.
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Jobs. Saw.
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That. You think they agree to each other blowing a kiss to the haters?
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What are you talking.
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About?
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Watch. Boom. That's actually a smack cuz he's sick. Everybody's talk. I think you're right in the mouth. Hey, right in a moth. I think that's what he's doing. There's a moth right here. Hey, how you doing? Right in the.
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Face. That's what Tom think. You're.
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Right. That's why it's an aggressive kiss. Even in slow mo. It's kind of got a little twitchy little boom. That's a pop right.
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There. Quick.
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Twitch. That is great. In slow motion. Bam. Bang. Right to the.
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Mouth. I can't believe the Ravens lost this.
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Game. LaMar Jackson has zero touchdowns. I think in like four weeks or.
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Something. They had the 2000 team in the.
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Building. I thought let him.
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Out. Yeah.
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Yeah. Ran them two.
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Organizations. Rex Ryan in the.
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Building. People are saying there's not a lot of difference between two organizations. Actually, I think is what this is kind of implying probably about 5.
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Super difference between those two.
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Organizations. Oh.
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Let'S go to the next one. This from Tom's Petty. Very good point at Tommy Hornbuckle. Okay, hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but the Buffalo Bills are the best cold weather team left and it's cold weather o'. Clock. Hey, Drake May. Great job. September through November. But if you own a calendar, this month is called December and we are coming for that. Hashtag don't choke. Hashtag go Bills. That is something because I guess you could have that argument. We don't know what Drake May is going to be like whenever It's a negative 5 degrees. We don't know what Drake May is going to be like in the middle of a blizzard. We don't know what Drake May is going to be like because he's literally and figuratively Never had to do it before. So will we know until the day comes? No, but we do know that Josh Allen is special in some terrible conditions. Now they lose to the Chiefs in the playoffs in the middle of a snowstorm at home in Buffalo. So that has to be remembered for sure. But with Drake May, I guess there's a lot that we just don't know because he hasn't done it yet, right, Con.
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B
Man? Yeah, just playoffs in general. But I mean, yesterday's game with the Bills is the whole entire thing. As a Patriots fan, like the Bills are never going to be out of it with Josh Allen. They're always going to have a chance to win a Super bowl and make a run. Now across the board, are they going to have a chance? I don't know. They give up 34 points. Patriots haven't given up 20 points all season, I think early since week three. So it's, you know, a situation where you got to prove it. But it's the same thing when it comes to the whole rookie or the last year's quarterback class debate. You know, is Drake May, is Bo Nix, is Jaden Daniels the best, blah, blah, blah. Caleb, right now it has to be Jayden Daniels because he's actually won playoff games like none of these other quarterbacks. Bo, Caleb, Drake, they haven't proven it on the biggest stage. So it's tough to make any argument when you are a Drake May fan when you're talking, talking about kind of the run. But yeah, the Bills and Josh Allen, they're always going to be a.
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Problem talking about that draft class. Bo Nicks, how many yards and how many pass attempts did Bo Nicks have.
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Yesterday? He had. He's 31 for 38 for 212.
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Yards. 31 for 38, 212 yards. I mean, as an offense, you're talking about being efficient. They're. They're getting that ball out quick, right. And moving it. It almost looked like Oregon offense, you know, looked a little bit like Oregon. Oregon offense. And with how good their defense is, they're always going to be in it as well. Yes, we're at the stage now where it's like, hey, which defense can stop the other team? Houston proved that they are going to be one of those teams. I think New England has proven that they can be one of those teams. I think whenever you, you think about Super Bowls, you have to start. That's what we got to start viewing. And I don't like that we're at that stage already, but we are very clear. Yeah, at that stage right.
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Now. And just the. The injury portion of it, like, we just. The. The Colts, they've been decimated by injuries over the last three, four.
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Weeks.
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Reality. Yeah, reality. New England, they're starting left tackle Will Campbell, starting left guard Jared Wilson, and their highest paid player in the history of the franchise, defensive tackle Milton Williams. Like, all three of those guys are out. So can you still make a run with guys who are kind of second string coming off the bench? Still unbelievable players, but can you still make a run? Can the coaches change the game plan around the team that's actually out there versus not the starters? I think, you know, some teams can, and then we'll see if every team.
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Can. Packers, we think can't. Let's just go through the teams that won yesterday. Packers, we think they can't. Their defense, okay, we'll go through the odds. Los Angeles Rams, we think their defense good enough to win Super.
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F
Bowl.
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Yes. Seattle Seahawks, Yes. Green Bay. Beatles, no. Patriots, yes. Broncos, yes. Eagles.
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Yes. Nope. Sometimes can.
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Be. Just did.
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It. Texans.
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Yes.
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Yes. Jags.
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Yes.
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Yep. Niners.
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No. No. One.
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Healthy. Detroit.
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No.
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No. Chargers, no. Okay, so that's where it stops. Is there any team in there that we don't.
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Know? With the Chargers, too, it's just. Can you. Are they gonna win a Super bowl with Herbert having a broken hand, like, tonight? How he plays tonight, I think will tell us a lot about them. Their defense could be good, but if he's banged up like.
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They'Re. We're talking about offense being good, obviously. Just having a matching defense that can win a Super Bowl. Looks like we got some contenders. Look like we got some contenders. Let's go to the next overreaction, shall we? This is from Dustin Page. Hashtag. I don't want to overreact, but the Texans are going to the Super Bowl. Our defense is on a generational run. Stroud and the boys are finally starting to get hot. Making plays when it matters. They score 20, we win. Name one team in the AFC who wants to play us. The answer is none. Amen. It's literally what we were just talking about. I agree with what you're saying. We're big fans of the Texans around here, and Casario should be taking a victory lap, maybe, you know, for what he's been able to do. They make some interesting moves. Fire the OC Whenever things are going well. Move on from Stefan Diggs. Get him out of.
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Here.
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Tonsil. Yeah, Tonsil. See you later. We're going to take some picks back in that they make Some moves that make you wonder if they're going to be okay. He's got to be sitting there looking at his team, team going, I think we can play with anybody strictly because we can keep anybody under 14 points. And that's an absurd thing to be able to do in modern.
- [201:21]
B
NFL. I mean, you can make the argument that the greatest draft in the history of football is them taking stride at two and then trading back up at three and taking Will Anderson. Like, those two guys have completely flipped their entire.
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Franchise. Good.
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Lures. Good for the Texans, man.
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Also. Well, I mean, we talked about it a little bit during it. Their defense is unbelievable. They owe a massive amount of credit to Doug Mills. Like, if they go. If they go one and two or don't win any of the gate, like, then they're dead. And we're not talking about any of this. Like, he helped keep their season.
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Afloat. Good for the Texans. You know, not too long ago, they were the dumpster fire that we were talking.
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About. Oh.
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Yeah. Like, would you take the Browns over the Texans? Absolutely. A couple years ago, Texans were in trouble four or five years ago. Now seemingly potentially on a Super bowl run. That'd be crazy. Let's go to Caleb Newman at Newman. Underscore ca. Caleb. Caleb Newman was taken. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but Casey is dead. It was a great 10 years. Patrick can't throw it and catch it at the same time. Rice's hands are on probation. Kelsey's played like a shrub, not a redwood. Jones finally remember what he is getting paid to do. Rest in peace. Chris Jones.
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Was. He was great last night.
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Yeah. Probably in that game now. I. I don't think Travis Kelce will ever be a shrub. There's a lot of memes. He's always going to be a redwood. That's what he is. That's Travis Kelce. Travis Kelce is represented football very well. We got to remember that and appreciate him for that. What's his future look like? I guess that's question mark in everybody's eyes. A lot of people talking about it, especially now because how the season's going. They're out of the AFC west contention and probably out of, you know, playoff bid as a whole, which would be crazy after winning their division nine straight times. But.
- [203:07]
What he has going on in life, with everything that's possible, he was already in Happy Gilmore New Heights podcast, number one sports podcast on earth. Obviously, he's about to marry the most successful female on Earth. The most. It's like There is a lot that Travis Kelce is probably, you know, I feel like I've done my time to football, you know, he could potentially do that. I feel like I've given back. I think he's the watch bait and man of the year for the Kansas City Chiefs. It's like he's given back. He's obviously built a resume that is goat worthy. He's won super bowl, has been a part of a dynasty and now everything outside of football is also at the point where it's like great, not just good. It's like you could see how that could weigh on somebody now at the end of the day though, he is just a dude from Ohio who loves playing football, which is why we love him, which is why I think we're so supportive of everything because he is football guy through and through and he's done a job, great job. But his future is going to be questioned forever because of everything that we understand that is certainly available to him outside of ball, which he has earned and worked for. It's crazy situation over there in Kansas.
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City. AJ Yeah, I hope, I mean, I hope he comes back next year. I want to see him play again. I did read where he didn't really speak to the media and he was sitting in his pads for a long time, like just at his locker, I guess they said, with his head in his hands. That worries me a bit about his football future. I mean, maybe he was just thinking like, like, man, how do we let this slip away to where we have such a tiny chance to get to the playoffs still, like, I don't know. He's got to be in a weird spot right now because you know, you're not. That's something they are, they're not used to being almost mathematically out of it at this time of the.
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Year. I mean that pick too obviously deflection. But he gets smacked, absolutely smacked there now. Oh anybody's talking about his late drop or whatever, it's like it was behind him and off the. Obviously you'd like to catch that. Incredibly unlucky. And he gets. That hurts. The Texans, every one of their players are, are hitting to hurt you. He got hit by two of them at the same time. It's like very exposed. Hands up above your head. Hey, how do you not want to get hit just like that? That is exactly how you don't want to get hit. And then obviously it leads to a pick in game wherever. It's like that had to be pretty heavy for old.
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Trash. Yeah, they, you know, it's been a great run. It's not like over over. You still got Patrick Mahomes there for another what, 10, five to 10 years. You would expect Andy Reid, we don't know how long he'll be there because of his age or whatnot. But they've had an unbelievable run. If they stop right now, they've had one of the greatest dynasties we've seen. You know, defensively, some guys got banged up. They just had a down year. Like this happens on a great run. As far as Kelsey, you know.
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Close. What are you talking.
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About? I think we looked it up. I think the only year New England didn't win 10 games was 2000. 2002. And that was in Brady's first year actually starting an entire season. I mean, we had this conversation last week. Like we've been comparing the Patriots and Chiefs dynasty. And the Chiefs went to three straight Super Bowls. Patriots never did that. Patriots never went six and six, I'll tell you that much. Okay. And it's cool. They won. We can act like winning nine straight division titles this week. No one gives a especially after.
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A
It. Oh, we.
- [206:08]
B
Will. We'll talk about it. No, no, we won't. We'll do exactly what we've done been doing. We'll compare the Super Bowls and we'll compare the runs. Now they had a three year run where they went to three straight. They got killed in the third straight one, but still went to three straight. And New England never did that. It's just I don't think you can ever compare the two dynasties. Especially after I think got a.
- [206:29]
F
Lot more time to go. Was that 20.
- [206:30]
B
Years. And the Patriots had 10 years in between Super Bowls. I'm not saying that. But is Andy re still going to be coaching in 10.
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Years? I mean, I don't.
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Know. Is Patrick Mahomes gonna be playing and will account as the same dynasty as long as Patrick Mahomes there.
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B
Right?
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Yes.
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A
Yeah. Yes, he is the.
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Dynasty. That, that's the good. That's an interesting question though. Like Brady and Belichick did it just them two for 20 years. If Andy Reid leaves, is it Mahomes's dynasty or is it the Chief's.
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Dynasty? Definitely be the Chief's dynasty. But it would be. But it would actually be.
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Mahomes. But it'd be.
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Mahomes. Dude. Two Mahomes.
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Play. Yeah. Is how we would have to. The only constant pillar between. Yes, the Chief's dynasty part one and the Chief's dynasty part two is this guy who loves ketchup. Patrick Mahomes. That's probably what the conversation would.
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Be. I mean they also, they need to fix their offensive line and they need to find a run game because if he keeps running and taking shots like he was last night, especially like, guess what, he's not playing another 10.
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Years. Isaac. He continues to do.
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That. He has.
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To. Well, that's what Chris Collins were said. Chris Collins were said that he talked to him and he was like Patrick doesn't like to run unless he's. It's a must have or something like that. And then Collinsworth said something about like every game has been a playoff must have for them. And then literally the next play it's a 15 yard scramble right up the gut and then it gets hit again and he's down and he starts.
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Limping. Yeah.
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Exactly. It's like, oh my God, you can't. Can't.
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Happen. He'll be back. He'll be.
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Back.
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Travis. Oh, I don't know about Travis. I, I saw some, you know, know, look, he's an older guy, he's an all time great last night, you know, something you definitely look for as a defender. Like a guy complaining to the refs like so like he was complaining to the refs a little bit. Petrie was definitely physical with them. That's kind of certain things you look at. Obviously, you know, taking hits are different, especially when it's cold. But Travis Kelce is an all time great. If he comes back, I think he'll be still a good player. And if he walks away, shit, he walked away with one of the best tight end resumes.
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Ever. Yeah, they renounced him dead this morning though. Entire chief's dynasty. In case you were asleep. A dynasty crumbled. We'll talk about that on the other side. It's like holy. I mean I guess because they're out of the AFC west title. That is a way to look at it. But Mahomes still.
- [208:35]
B
Exists. Yeah, it's not dead like, but this year is.
- [208:38]
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Dead. Wait until you see what the Colts do this off season. That AFC is going to be tough next year. That's going to be.
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B
Tough. Well that, I mean thinking about that like Drake. Drake May and Bo Nick, both still on rookie QB.
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Contracts. What about CJ Stroud though? He's got to.
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Be. Yeah, but they got to pay two premier positions in the same offseason, right? Will Anderson and C.J. stroud, same.
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Draft. No, but I'm saying like very young, very.
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Good. Oh yeah, yeah, exactly.
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A
Like. Yeah, C.J. stroud. Is he gotten A new deal? No, he's still on his for a rookie.
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Deal. Char. Chargers next year will have both of their tackles back and a healthy.
- [209:10]
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Herbert. And just another year of Harbaugh, the AFC snow cupcake. Which is why the Chief's dynasty thus far has been so impressive. And let's enjoy it. Feels like a lot of people were excited. It's not happening.
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F
Anymore. So what happens when you're at the.
- [209:28]
B
Top? Just wait. They'll still be.
- [209:30]
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Loved. You think they'll be haters or lovers of the Chiefs next.
- [209:34]
B
Year? I think as long as New England continues to win, people will. Will love the.
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Chiefs. Okay. You think the hatred for the Patriots is coming.
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B
Back?
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A
Yes. In the future. Not this year. Because it's.
- [209:45]
B
Young. No, not this year. It's fun house money next year if they continue to.
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Win. Dominate, not just.
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Win.
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Yeah. I don't know with Brave. What's different with. With Bill, it was because Bill wouldn't give the media anything. Like. I don't know. I just think with the Braves, it's more like transparent. It's just.
- [210:01]
B
Different.
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D
What? Maybe. Maybe for you.
- [210:04]
B
Athletes. Yeah, but I. Yeah, I think we're staring down like the Eagles hate. Like, oh, Drake May, you're so tall and cool and. And funny. And Mike Frable, you're so. You're so tough and big. You like. That's what I expect the hate to be like versus the evil.
- [210:20]
A
Empire. Belichick Brady got actual hater.
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B
Stuff.
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Yes. Got it. All right, let's go to the next overreaction, shall we, from Scott Badberg. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but the Bucks are dunzo. Lost to the terrible ain't team. We have zero hope of winning an awful division and doing anything in the playoffs. Sit, bake and plan for next year to get healthy. Hashtag, we are the crew. Jeez. I'll tell you what. Did not expect to see the Saints beat the Bucks. I did. I assumed the Saints social media team could have gathered every pick in the history of mankind and nobody would have picked the Saints to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But I'll tell you what con man said. He's shucking corn all damn day. He loves this.
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Guy. I mean, it was my favorite part yesterday was watching Tyler Schuck just go fucking bananas on the Bucks. We're talking about a lot of coaches. I'm assuming the Todd Bull seed is very hot, but all of a sudden, I'm kind of. I'm kind of a believer in what the Saints are building down In New Orleans. I'm laughing but I'm dead serious. Shot kid Olave in the Neil kid they got who's also a rookie running back back. He played unbelievable. I don't look now, but the Saints are kind in a great spot with Kellen Moore at the helm as.
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Well. I think this year they were completely salary cap wise, picks wise, everything. It was kind of like a punt year in Kellen Moore. There was really low expectations, almost no expectations. Players are never going to say that because they got some vets on the defensive side that don't love hearing that. But I think the reality of the situation was this ain't going to be the year for the Saints. So them getting this win against division opponent. Huge. Huge. And then this offseason, do they have money or picks or anything? Do we.
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B
Know? I think that they have their pick. They have a top 10 pick. And I do believe they're not completely out, but they're almost done with the cap. Hell, they've been in for what, eight.
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Years. Yeah, the.
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Taste. Some hill five year, $600 million deal that they gave him if he were to play starting quarterback. But if he doesn't, it reverts.
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Back. It looks like they're 2 29th in cap space in.
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C
2020.
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Okay. All.
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B
Right. But that's good for them. They've been 32 for so.
- [212:22]
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Long. You're right.
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B
Perspective. Yeah. They pay.
- [212:24]
A
It. Everybody that used to be on the team still. Yeah, like everybody you just thought of from the last 20 years, they're.
- [212:29]
F
Still getting paid for Mike.
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Thomas. Yep, yep. Defense got a.
- [212:34]
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Defense. Demar Lattimore.
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Marshall. No Marshall be getting paid by the.
- [212:39]
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Con. I think somehow some way I created saying so on like 20 minutes million.
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Bucks. If he, if he would have played for the Saints at any time, they're still paying him because. Yeah, remember.
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That. They're still paying. Archie's.
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Coming. It's like right now they're about $9 million over the cap for.
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2026. Unbelievable. Somehow they'll figure it out. Wow. Go sense. Derek Carr's getting a lot of money as well. Ryan Ramsik, Tyron.
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Matthew. Oh, Derek.
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Carr. Kaylin Saunders, Brandon Cooks is still getting paid. J.T. gray, Isaiah Fosty, Cedric. Listen. Rashid Shahid, he just took a kickoff to the.
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House. That was.
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Sick. That was sick. Jake Haner.
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Matao. Yeah, I could see Derek Carr in the blue and white next.
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Year. Derek Carr paid a lot of money by them next year. $59.6 million cap hit next.
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Year. Oh my.
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Goodness.
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What?
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Yeah.
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Wow. Yep. That's just 19% of the.
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Cap. What's.
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Money. What's what's money or honey Badger for making 9.2 million. Ryan Ramsic, right tackle, 11.9.
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Million. He retired so.
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Bad. Just retired. And it's still getting the.
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Bat. It's the cap hit. It's cuz it's supposed to be. So I don't know if he's still getting. I don't. He got some sort of that money at some point. That's why the cap is.
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There. Car one is really the.
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Issue. 19.4%. And then you add in ramsic about 4% percent there. 23, add another 3.
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26. You're really up against it.
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Here. And they got.
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Sh. Kayn Saunders. That's 27% of your cap has gone to Kelly Mo. Yeah, Kelly Mo's actually paying them to coach him because can't afford.
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It. They are fighting for Kelly Moe though. Respect that they have not given.
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Up so ownership and thought to themselves that this year there's not a lot of hope and turns out probably not next year either. But huge win. Hey, that's good shucking.
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Win. Bucks had everything to play for too. Yeah, like literally like they've been treading water season. Yeah, we. We had them super bowl contender last year too.
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Right? They started what, 5 and.
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0. Yeah, 5.
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0. Like walk off field.
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Goals.
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Yeah. Last.
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Playboy. No, the Patriots beat the out of them.
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Actually. No, I mean the.
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Wins. Oh, yeah. My.
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Bad. Yeah.
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Patriots a good football.
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Team. Yeah. And I'm sorry, there's just a few teams that we say that about and I sit here and you know, whatever, but I mean, they beat the Panthers by 35.
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Points. Oh, the Patriots. Yeah, the Bucks Panthers are good football.
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Too. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm.
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Saying. NFC south is very much alive right now. Football division, that is. All right, let's go the next overreaction, shall we? UFC south is actually a problem. It's from Ryan Osborne at ryanosborne. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but suits are ruining college football. Hunter Jureczyk is Dookie. The committee is Dookie. The CFP system is flawed and also Dookie. But guess what? We will still watch JMU go to Eugene and get violated and assaulted by a bunch of ducks. Hashtag Irish got fucked, dude. That's.
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Right.
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Yeah. And he's right. And he's 100% right. That's hard to find. I think it's on CW or.
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Something. Yeah, TNT HBO.
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Max. It's on the same time as an NFL game. Convenient how that all worked out. JMU's game and Tulane's game going to be against NFL games. I think one of the NFL.
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Games is Eagles Commanders, though, so that.
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One'S going to be shitty.
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Too. That's Zachary's injury that was so.
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Bad. Oh.
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Man. You were calling that dirty. That was not dirty.
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Right? No, I. In the air.
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I don't think there's a lot of time to.
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Target.
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Yeah. Oh, my God. Hyperext his knee.
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Yeah. Not allowed to hit him high.
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Either. Yeah. I mean, there is a strike zone. It feels like he was at the bottom of it. But if somebody in their head, you would have to speak on this more. Was like, yeah, I'm going to take this guy's. That would be a crazy amount of decision making in a quick amount of.
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Time.
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Yeah. Bang.
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Bang. Nasty.
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Though. Very.
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Nasty. Defense is channeling nine. What do you want him to.
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Do?
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Well, nine did look good slanging that.
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Thing. How many arts? Eleven.
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Lot.
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Enough. That's right. How many touchdowns? A.
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Lot.
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Enough. How many.
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Interceptions?
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Zero.
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How. What is QBR better than 19.4 or.
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Whatever? It has been.
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129.2. Not bad. Not.
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Bad. What's the.
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Max? 16 and 23. I don't know. That has to be close. 16 to 23. 163 passing yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions, 129.2. Did he now do. I think this graphic is. Is one of the worst I've ever seen. Yes. Super artsy, though. Looks super cool. I remembered it all the way this morning after reading it yesterday because the words are very difficult to kind of read whenever you're making a graphic. You want fuckers to understand what's going on whenever they read it. Super artsy. Which made me remember it. So maybe it's an incredible graphic. But on that note, zero interceptions right there, right. JJ.
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McCarthy. So it's all.
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About.
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Yeah. Didn't they just draw that together though, in like a second before the game? Like, it'd be really cool. Cool if we could pose this. But there's no way nine does this.
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Today.
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No. And then after the game they're like, holy, we can use.
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It. I do think there was a chance that that interceptions number was not expected to be zero because it's prime placement right there in the.
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Front. Yeah. Touchdowns usually would be above that.
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Right? Yeah. You would. You would want to put touchdowns in the main area, but lower right corner, right next to the AWS. It's like three oh, yeah. Hey, three TUDs powered by AWS. Because you look at the lower left Corner, you go 163 yards. Jesus, this guy even playing. And then he goes 16 and 23. It's like, that's great. That's great. Percentage of running rock out there. They're doing well. And then you go to the bottom right. It's like three touchdowns. It's like Jade's doing it. Hey, J is doing it. So we need that graphic to look like it's just the bottom right corner. Might zoom in, Zoom in all the way on that thing. Nine. One hand.
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Bro. Jeff Jefferson. Post game.
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Awesome. Do we have a post game locker room with nine? I want to see.
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If. Yeah, nine was a little more.
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Reserved. Yes, he was. He knew. He.
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Learned. Bad for the.
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Guy. I do too, because.
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That. That has gone on a generational.
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Run. But also it maybe helped him. Yeah, maybe it's helped him realize, okay, like Bruce Arian said, I don't need nine, I need a quarterback. So why don't you change your nickname to AP Accurate passer?
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BA Wasn't the only one saying everybody was like, hey, we don't need you doing the shit. You're a quarterback in the NFL. But on that note, we all knew that G age from everything we've heard about him, his moxie, his leadership, everything like that, he would become the best version of himself. Feels like he's becoming that and three tugs to show it. Justin Jefferson talking about not getting the ball a lot. He said, I'd rather we win and not get the ball, lose and not get the ball. You know, when we're losing, I'm not getting the ball. It's hard for me to sleep in them. You know, when we're winning and I'm not getting the ball, I'm a, okay, we're winning games. Let's keep it moving. But when we're ass and we're choosing not to give me the ball, maybe I can. Can help some things. When we're winning, I got nothing to say. I like that out of.
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Justin. I. I love it out of Justin Jefferson. I like even more out of JJ because he. I mean, everywhere and you know, these people can't stay off social media. Everywhere he looked, he had to see that meme on every quarterback that sucked that week or that day. Everybody's talking shit about him. So for him to bounce back, I got a ton of respect for him to show. Show up and show out like he did against, obviously a football team. Gritty commander.
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Squad. Yeah, I have.
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Seen. But it's in the NFL. It's.
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NFL. I have seen the edit on all of the Chargers O lineman. So something to think about for tonight. Just because I know Chargers fans are not happy with what they're doing in front of Justin Herbert. So just as far as picks.
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Go, just who did I.
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Take? You took Chargers. That's why I'm just throwing.
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That. I'll take the Eagles minus. I'll take the Eagles general generational run you're talking about. I just saw. I heard about.
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That. Yeah. I mean I saw the edit done to my homes last night. So it's still cool. Nobody. Nobody got legs. Nobody does have.
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Legs. You guys said Lamar. I was like eight, nine. Yeah, you know, they're starting.
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To. They did it.
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Tomorrow.
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Yeah. I mean that's my biggest fear every Sunday. Like, please don't have the edit come from my.
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Quarterback. Well, at least you know who your quarterback is. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. Warner than any other hard times.
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Brother. He'll be back. When Achilles factory. Six to nine.
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Months. 2027. What team might not even be.
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Alive. Who's ever been back six.
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Months? Six running back Ayers or.
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Acres? Cam.
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Acres. Yeah. Oh, Williams. Karen Williams. He's so good. We talk about.
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Acres. What's his name at big date yesterday.
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Too. Kyron Williams is so.
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Good. Michigan at Blake Corman.
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120. They were really. They were just walking right down the field. And then Matt Stafford missed that first drive. They just did whatever the they wanted. And Matt missed a couple and then they kicked the field goal. And I'm like, well, feels like they can do whatever the fuck they want to do here. And then they did. They did. Certainly they continue to do that. Puk and Akua goes.
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Crazy. Oh.
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Yeah. Him and Devonte. It was the first miss I ever seen from Stafford and Devonte on.
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Their little cool things was all jacked up. First.
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Drive.
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Yeah. NFC west robbery. Jacobe. They.
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Suck. My Michael Wilson's a hell of a.
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Receiver. Yes, he is. 18, 19, 20.
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But they.
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Stink. Blow that whole thing.
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Up. I don't know how. How. Maybe Kyler comes to Indianapolis. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in a thing together. Team on me. Team on three. One, two.
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Three. Goodbye. Hi.
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Congregation? You can't stop.
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Authenticity. Booyah. Stewart was exactly like you saw him on camera. Off camera. He dialed it up 10%. Can you imagine the impact of young black boys and girls. Looking at that going, I feel.
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Seen. He changed the.
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