B (3:06)

That's a long time.

C (3:08)

It's too far.

A (3:09)

Kurt Signetti said, I, yeah, we won. Yeah, I got three and a half weeks to make sure this team's humble and hungry still. Because 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 can played our best football game. We just won the damn conference championship. Yeah, you gotta 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. Now those Texas Tech. Sorry. And those are the teams that get to buy. 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. Not just. 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 today? 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. No. 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.

B (5:00)

Know, a full, full week of it.

A (5:02)

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 all did. It's 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. Yeah, it did.

C (5:27)

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 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. Who else? 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 11 and 2 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. They're 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.

A (6:24)

At Texas.

C (6:25)

At Texas. Yes, Both at Texas. So those are teams that some of the teams that could have been pissed, who were right on the bubble, who did not make it.

A (6:32)

Yeah. Not just could be pissed.

C (6:33)

Those first two very, very, very mad.

A (6:35)

The Irish have been on a full on. What are we doing here? Pete Bavocla, 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.

C (6:53)

Yeah.

A (6:54)

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, people Vacua 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.

C (7:29)

Put a little barrier there.

A (7:30)

Yeah, there might, 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 it. I didn't, I never thought of that until Bavakwa 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 the last two weeks now. So when. When's the cluster come? When's 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.

B (8:07)

Yeah.

D (8:07)

Oh, yeah.

A (8:08)

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 the 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. Tulane and James Madison getting two of the 12 spots in a Division 1 college football player, that's got to be fixed is a 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 J.

B (8:42)

No. Within the rule.

A (8:43)

This is how. This is. This is how this shit is supposed to go. Congrats to them. But on that note, it's like.

A (8:50)

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 describe. 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? None of that really matters. I think it's a weird process to get to it.

C (9:27)

It's very weird.

A (9:27)

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.

E (9:42)

Lost the games.

A (9:43)

What's that?

E (9:44)

They lost the game. That's what makes.

A (9:46)

It's difficult. Yeah.

E (9:47)

That's what makes 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 going to 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 a 14 playoff. I know everybody wants to go to 16. I wouldn't mind the old school when just, hey, somebody gets left out in 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 the 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 champions. So I would much rather even for the kids, like you got three, four more games like in the season, like play these, 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, you know, 32 teams. No, yeah.

E (10:59)

This team got left out. That team got left.

A (11:01)

This is what's happening with the Red Zone channel, what you just did, right?

E (11:04)

Oh boy, I had a great day yesterday.

A (11:08)

Yeah, it happens. Tech. Tech is tech. True. 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, there's a nightmare. But they ran a Mercedes 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 G Class. I'm like you mother. That is not how this is supposed to go. Can we at least wait until the Octobonx is up there instead of a station that I'm certainly going to wish that I have tomorrow. That was about to be right 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 going to have to. Damn Mercedes. Beautiful car.

A (12:03)

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 that's some good engineering right there. It does look like good. 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.

C (12:44)

And 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 teams are getting a lot more closer. There's a lot more parity. So, yes.

E (13:16)

Go out, put a team together and go 13.

C (13:19)

Ohio State wouldn't have made the 14.

D (13:21)

They wouldn't.

A (13:21)

Last year he did.

E (13:23)

UCF went undefeated and they had to make themselves.

C (13:26)

They want a national championship.

E (13:27)

Yeah, of course. But like, I don't know.

C (13:29)

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.

A (13:42)

There'S a chance, you know, Oregon, Oregon. Go football.

B (13:44)

Team football.

A (13:45)

Oregon. Go football.

E (13:46)

Quarterback.

A (13:47)

They lost the number one team in the country. A con man. Let's Talk about that. We were there for the Big Ten championship game. Wow. It was. It was electric.

D (13:56)

Oh, yeah.

A (13:57)

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. 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 60, 40, probably 65 and maybe 60, 60, 40.

E (14:22)

Indiana.

A (14:23)

Yeah, Indiana, I'd say. But it was hard to tell. It was close, though, you know, cuz.

B (14:27)

Red, similar colors.

A (14:28)

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 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 fucking 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 or not. I'm still getting yelled at because I was shirtless with a hole in my jeans, looking like a douchebag. And 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 here. Yep. Yeah. Yeah, we got to do it. 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, go back. 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. I mean, you watch them jog out right in front of us. And then Caleb Downs is doing his warm ups. 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 game didn't matter. It did okay. Especially with Indiana is 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 winner. This is. Signetti is doing a lot of this. Boom. They're going to 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 going to have a voice because we enjoyed the hell out of the experience. Comment.

D (17:12)

Yeah, it was fantastic. And you mentioned Paul Fine Bomb. Paul Fine Bomb is also a dipshit. When Signetti got his eight year, $93 million extension, he said it was terrible. And now it's probably the best college coaching deal in. 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 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.

A (18:00)

First of all, 92, he's from Indianapolis. What the hell is he doing over there?

D (18:05)

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.

A (18:30)

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 play. Place goes absolutely apeshit. Hard not to love Fernando Mendoza. He'll be joining us in about an hour.

D (18:48)

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. Eliza Surrat is one of the 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.

A (20:03)

Ballgame. It's like a pitcher's duel, like a good pitcher's duel, because it was electrifying. There was big moments throughout the low scoring.

E (20:09)

Game. And 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.

A (20:45)

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, hey, 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 gonna 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. Ty.

B (21:52)

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 ad's 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 I 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 we're going to be potentially the number one seed in the College Football Playoff. Like, this is the expectation now.

A (23:11)

For 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 SEC 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 ACC.

C (23:33)

Out. Probably right there is.

A (23:35)

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 got to have somebody in there. So maybe that's why they jumped 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.

D (24:15)

Ball. Let's go to the 400 picks by you, by the way. Yeah, just while we're on it.

A (24:18)

Apex. Thank you. Felt pretty good out.

D (24:21)

There. How'd you.

A (24:21)

Do? Yeah, I got them. All right. The. All of them. Yeah. So, I mean, there's only a couple games, but I got Navy army next week. Epic Navy. Maybe we'll still figure. 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 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 gotta watch and then we gotta feel the vibes. Kirby on that set, I mean, Kaelin was wearing a gangster ass suit. I thought that was a loud suit to be playing in the SEC championship like that. I thought that, wow, this guy's gotta 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. Cause there was no hole. There was only two.

E (25:39)

Buttons. Double.

A (25:40)

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.

B (25:57)

Needed. Give me.

A (25:58)

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 is going on? This guy's an incredible ball coach. He's got good dexterity, does the entire thing. And I look suit, two buttons, and I'm like.

A (26:16)

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. Play. I was like this close. Then I saw him. I was like, oh, 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? What's that all.

E (26:43)

About? I don't know. Kind of like it.

A (26:45)

Though. Yeah, I'm not your.

E (26:46)

Puppet. Yeah, I kind of like.

A (26:47)

It. He barked at the end, though. He gave one of those. All right, Scott, 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 that? Yes. 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.

E (27:35)

Somehow. Absolutely. He's the quarterback. You build on Madden. He can make all the throws. He can make all 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 another all time performance from Josh Allen. It's just the defense and the defense stepped up and made some big time timely plays. Christian Binford, that pick six was absolutely ridiculous. Kind of changed the game once they kind of took this league. If 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.

A (28:17)

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's that guy. Can 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 guy. 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 let 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. 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 time to 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 to 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 kind of watched 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 in a Chicago slide. Green Bay proved themselves to be real, it felt like. And Chicago Bears, great football.

B (29:27)

Team.

A (29:28)

Yes. Maybe about a year out, I think is what we learned from yesterday's 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 in 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 brand 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.

B (30:23)

Ty? Yeah, I think so. I mean the offense, you were 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 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.

A (31:10)

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 a 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 some one. That was gigantic. That was absolutely gigantic because not only do you only kick a 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 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.

A (32:03)

We can all see it, right? I think so. We all can see the.

E (32:08)

Nfc.

A (32:08)

Yep. Now, tonight's going to be a determiner, you know, the Philadelphia Eagles versus Chargers. 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 playoffs and maybe win a Super bowl. Maybe, maybe win a Super bowl on 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. Feels like that's probably the NFC super bowl.

E (32:49)

Representative. Definitely. And out of these rows, I mean, looks like Green Bay kind of has the toughest road. 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.

A (33:18)

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 Tigre 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 do 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 of 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 in 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 defensive.

D (35:02)

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 prime time because it stinks for the other team and for people watching who aren't.

A (35:59)

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 in number one alongside the Patriots. Jaguars. Damn. Hey, let's go. Football team.

A (36:19)

Has a good football team. Liam Cohen down there, he's.

D (36:21)

Good.

A (36:22)

Yeah. Oh, 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 positions.

C (36:31)

Pick. Kobe.

E (36:32)

Myers. He looks.

A (36:32)

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 in 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 or Riley Leonard is about to do something.

E (37:22)

Special. Hell.

A (37:23)

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. He runs for one thresher, one does his thing. Obviously, I Notre Dame. Maybe he can make playoffs unlike Notre Dame.

A (37:36)

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 lurking. The Ravens are lurking. The Chiefs are lurking. Who else is lurking? The hell is.

E (37:50)

This?

C (37:52)

Seven. The same record won four in a row.