Here we go.Feel good.Friday, November 8th, The Pat McAfee Show.I'm A.J.Hawk here sitting at Pat's desk as he and Boston Connor are down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It's what we do.Obviously, Pat, Boston, Connor, we had a huge game last night.
It was a lot of fun.Ref's a little bit questionable.I think you have a generator going on in the background or something happening.Maybe they're aerating some land outside the stadium.I don't know.Pat, comment.How you doing over there?
Yeah, we're fantastic.They're getting the paint all ready for the big time matchup against Alabama. And you know, LSU-Bama is a storied traditional rivalry.And obviously, it's a Saban Bowl, brother.
But if we could kind of scan right over here, they're making this magic happen over here.And I'll tell you what, with this type of condition, this type of weather, with the humidity that it is, I wonder how they can get paint to stay on anything.
I assume this paint stays wet for the next 24 hours until the game falls in because, suck that tiger thick.That's what I think is what they say.They talk about the humidity down here.But it has been fantastic.It has been awesome.
And I'll tell you, you can feel how big this place is, 103,000.It goes up, you know, it goes up. We talk about this with like Michigan, Michigan has 100 and whatever, 10,000, 11,000, 15,000, 20,000, whatever it is.That kind of goes out a little bit.
Here, it kind of stacks on top of each other.And they talk about down here, obviously, Death Valley at night in Baton Rouge.It's like, you can kind of sense and feel that it's, we got a big fight feel down here, Conman.
Yeah, it's different down here.You can kind of feel it.And right before we came into the stadium, we actually got to go and see the tiger, not a lion, a tiger in its cage on the other side of this stadium.Very cool, very sweet.
And this is a little different than Indiana, you could say.This is what Sig wants to build over there.
I don't know if Sig's ever going to be able to get a live tiger just roaming outside the stadium, but there's a, I think it's 15,000 square feet sanctuary that this particular Mike, I don't know, seven, eight?Yeah, I think so.
I think it's Mike seven lives in out there, obviously spoiled and taken care of.There's a big conversation about a tiger being on a sideline here, I guess. It's the first time in a long time there's going to be an actual live Tiger here.
I don't think it is the Tiger that's currently outside the stadium because they're not sure if that Tiger's ready for the big stars, the big lights.
I guess another Tiger that has been in a circus before is going to be the Tiger that's going to be on the side.It's been getting tricky. There's a lot going on, I think, whenever you talk about outside the lines for this particular game.
Alabama, LSU, winner, still has a chance.Loser, probably out of the discussion for the college football playoff.So lucky to be here.Coach Saban, I assume, is going to get a great reception down here, I hope.
You know, whenever he was coaching Alabama, terrible reception here.Now he's no longer coaching.Hopefully, he'll get like, hey, thank you for winning the national championship for us here as a coach.And obviously, he wins six with Alabama.
It's a cool thing to be here.It is a cool thing to even be here.Hey, what's the tiger thing though?
For people that don't know, Pat, what's the tiger thing?What's going on with the tiger?They got old buddies in the bullpen, but he's not ready for the big time?
Yeah, so I guess Mike's six.I forget the numbers.I think it's currently seven. Okay, so Mike Six, something happened and they made a decision to no longer bring live tiger to side of field.
Ate somebody's arm off, right?
No.I don't think that, I mean.Well, the threat, the threat of that.What happened to Mike Six?I was going to say, I think it ate it.Oh. I don't think UGA 8, 9, 10.I don't think that's how it all went.
But for one reason or another, Tiger no longer on sideline.So this is Mike 7 currently, has never been to sideline, just kind of resides right outside, you know, for the Tiger walk.I saw that entire thing happen.
But now I guess, I think even the governor's involved in this entire thing.The governor wants Tiger on damn sideline.This is Alabama.This is a college football playoff contention game.It's going to be packed out here.We'd like to
We're like a damn tiger, and then the guy who owns the tiger that's gonna be here tomorrow says, shit, you can have my tiger.This tiger, though, I guess has a rap sheet.I guess this tiger has a rap sheet.This tiger is not to be caged in.
I was talking to Jess Sims, because she's doing a story on this entire thing.You Google this tiger, there's a lot of things that pop up, obviously.A lot of things pop up.This tiger, though, a lot of Andy Dufresne in him.A lot of Andy Dufresne in him.
Yeah, so I guess this tiger's got a lot of moxie it's going to be here.I guess kind of born in front of the stars and the bright lights, so I'm excited to see how it is.
The environment is going to be insane regardless, but you get a live jungle cat roaming around, things really amplify.
Yeah, it's going to be sweet.I mean, bad news for Bama. I don't know if they're afraid of tigers, I don't know if they've ever been around tigers, but they're walking by one every single day.Very comfortable trails.
I don't know if you guys know this, I guess Alabama does very well down here.Yeah.Very well.I think Reece Davis said in a meeting this morning, 30-10-2 Alabama down here?That's good.Down here.
So, and then there's a story about a coach that was new to Alabama and was trying to talk to the team.I think this was back in like 19, maybe 1969, something happened, whatever the case.
The new coach comes into Alabama and starts talking to the team about, you know, what you're gonna experience down there in LSU, yada, yada, yada.And one of the players goes, hey, Bama doesn't lose in Baton Rouge.Like that is just not how it goes.
And even bad teams, I guess, Bama teams have come in here and won for some reason.Rivalry game, that takes place.But I would assume you walk by a Tiger. You feel what you're about to feel from the Cajuns down here.
You start hearing that, whoa, whoa, whoa.Suck that tiger thick.Because the humidity.
Yeah, which it is.I mean, I don't need a new pair of pants.Yeah.
The breeches are getting a little moist down here.Yeah.Not a lot of movement, but certainly a lot of drip and a sweat, if you know what I'm saying.
We got the drip down here.Big time drip.Down there, down here.
Yeah, yeah.Cotton needs a new pair of pants, Pepper.
Yeah, absolutely.Yeah. You're talking waterfalls.Don't go chasing waterfalls.
We don't have to chase them.They're in my pants right now.I knew I didn't bring enough underwear.As soon as we stepped off that plane, I said, God damn it, I didn't bring enough.It did like smack us right in the face.It was so bad.
I brought enough sunglasses.Guess what?It's cloudy.Dude, it's thick.Yeah.As soon as we got off the plane, both of us were like, I guess we forget about it.
We forget about humidity here once we leave, like, summertime or September.It's like, hey, humidity's gone everywhere, huh?
Can you shoot up at the sky, too?There isn't a sun here.I mean, it's just... If the sun was out right now, it might be 10,000 degrees.It has been overcast for those... that don't look at the Doppler as often as you probably should.
From Indiana to here, there was a bed of clouds.Just a full bed of clouds.So I don't know what's going on weather-wise, but there's just a line of clouds and it's saving our life right now.
With that being said, Bama's had good history here at LSU, but this one with the college football playoff conversation taking place and everything, it's like, There's a lot online tomorrow.College football, once again, about to deliver.
We got the Holy War, BYU and Utah taking place.Texas Tech, Colorado, obviously a massive one.Ole Miss, Georgia.I mean, here we go.We got massive games this weekend.And then Indiana is a 14 and a half favorite at home against Michigan.
So, college ball is bananas. Gumpy, is Miami going to be okay?It's a tough test.
Yeah, we're good.We're good.We're second half.We're just getting warmed up first half of the game.Second half, we take over.
I'm about done listening to Gumpy every single week talk about how the Hurricanes are going to blow it to some team and then inevitably they win and he goes, ha ha. That's like I thought.
It's like these Miami fans have been on a roller coaster, but they're in it.College ball is great.So is AFC North football.Last night, on prime.Living up, I mean, everything everybody said about this particular game.
You know, hey, the over is going to hit.Derrick Henry is going to score.Lamar is going to go crazy.Joe Burrow is going to go crazy.
The only thing that didn't happen, I think, that everybody kind of expected to happen, is Derrick Henry rushing for like 200 yards, because that's what they've done.Louie Ann Arumo made Derrick Henry the one guy, seemingly early going in.
We are not going to let this King ruin the game.They had a great, great strategy for that.And then late in the game, obviously the Baltimore Ravens start juking and jiving and making some plays and kind of switch it up a little bit.
And I think it all started with that Baltimorean fella up in the crowd.Everybody else is sitting down and he says, I paid how much for these tickets? Guys looking like a bunch of assholes out here, come on.Well, obviously the message was received.
There's a fumble on the next drive, next series, then Baltimore rolls.And then Joe Burrow does what we've all expected from Joe Burrow.Immediately upon stepping into the NFL because of what he did on this field, right here with this university.
It's like Joe Burrow performed great, made it a game late.They come back storming back, he becomes unwavering and they can even win the damn game.Now Lamar Jackson is only human on earth that can do this.
Not just throw it back across his body like he did the last time against Cincinnati in a similar play.Let me go ahead and tight walk, tight rope, right down the sideline for a first down, and then inevitably be a guy that is unstoppable.
Zay Flowers looked like he was so incredibly fast, only goes for like 36 yards.Obviously, Mark Andrews makes a couple plays out there.
You got studs all over the place for this Baltimore Ravens offense, and it was needed and evident in that second half.And still, Joe Burrow, with this slow start that they've had, up against it a little bit, now they're four and six.
It's like, if they don't get held, and he don't get hit in the face, they win that game.They win that game.That's what people are saying.
That's the whole conversation happening in Ohio, and I believe Zach Taylor's wife even put out a post like, you know how much time this guy's committed to this entire thing?I guess we'll just move on.But damn, that's not how it's supposed to be.
Well, and that's what Zack Taylor said right after, too, because I think one of the reporters asked him, one of the journalists said, like, how frustrating is it to, you know, have this result when the game's this close and you guys are winning?
He's like, look, we pour our heart and souls into this shit, and it's real, and it stings that they do, but the Ravens are too good. They really are.
They're kind of the cream of the crop when it comes to football right now because, I mean, what was it, nine minutes left in the third?They're down 21-7 since he's getting the ball back and then this happens.A jumper.
Yeah, they're just doing, they're almost dicking around out there, the Ravens, in only 20 minutes of the game.Dicking around.Dicking around, excuse me, excuse me.I screwed that up once again.
I mean, Baltimore is the best team in the league, you could say.I saw a lot of people on the internet, though, saying, this secondary?Are you kidding me?Joe Burrow again?
This is going to come back to bite them in the ass, which it very well might, but for the Bengals, you got to be kind of kicking yourselves because no Tee Higgins and they're still doing this.
And Jamar, I saw 11 catches, 264, whatever, 258, three touchdowns. No career highs.How many fantasy points?He had 55 fantasy points, which if you're playing that guy in fantasy, there may be a team up here that is playing him in fantasy this week.
Go ahead and take Sunday off.You don't have to adjust your lineup.You don't have to do shit.
Hey Travis, we need you to go for about 5'6 against Denver.Now with that being said for our fantasy team, let's go back to this.Jamar Chase and Joey on this field, obviously it all gets started.Jamar is insane.
And now that's the lack of a penalty being called on two-point conversion.And then I believe Joey also got hit in the face and there was another hold.
I mean, there was a lot of things that people are nitpicking about because it was a game-winning play.Nonetheless, I think if you're a fan of both teams, they both showed up, AJ.Jamar Chase is phenomenal.Joey B is great.
It's not a win, so obviously you can't be, you know, too excited about it.But both these teams, we thank them for their performance.And the over was the easiest pick of the year, easiest bet of the year.
And obviously they run right through it, even though early it might not have
Yeah, I mean, this game was actually, it was very fun to watch.I know what, 7.05 I believe in the third quarter is when Marlon Humphrey rips that ball out and that changed everything, right?
That was shortly after they showed the Baltimore guy, right?Losing his mind in the crowd.The crowd was down.They were like, they weren't really in it.
And right here, I know Bruce even said they cut to Lamar shortly after this and Lamar's like, you could tell Lamar's thinking, yep, here we go.This is all we needed.Just crack the door a little bit and I'm going to bust right through that thing.
Here we go. Oh, yeah.Yeah, he's busting it.Right here, is there any chance anybody else can tightrope the sideline on that?No.He looked completely bottled up and the dude almost scores.He is an absolute freak.
As we talked yesterday, like Coach Chuck said, it changes the way you rush.You can't pin your ears back, as they say, and rush after this guy.
He's on a 30 there.32-yard line.Yeah, he covers like 25 yards.
These are NFL athletes.All the rest of these guys are the best guys that ever played at their high school, their college, wherever.These guys are the best athletes on the planet. Almost can toy with people.He's so quick and fast and so patient.
Right here, this touchdown.Tightrope.I'm not sure how this one happens.
What a run right there.Couple of loafs.Absurd.
I don't know if you could say it's a loaf.I mean, I don't know if you, yeah.You gotta, like, right, that, okay, that's tough.He's going for the ball right here.This one, you got a tough angle, but man, you would think you could get him out.
Heck of a job, though.Heck of a job keeping your feet in.Then another one here.This is, everything about this game was wild.It was a fun game to watch.Honestly, it really was.
Yeah, absolutely.And, you know, on the call, Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreet, obviously we, as people that know Ben and know Kirk very well, just want to send out our positive vibes to Herbie.Way to battle through last night.
Obviously not easy.I got a text from him.I think he was almost feeling guilt, like, for calling the game in the moment.It's like,
I think it's like a good reminder that there's a lot of things happening in our world that people are watching and they don't feel like as motivated to maybe comment about it on social, but it's still affecting their life.
And I know a lot of people have been very positive about Kirk and Ben throughout the entirety of Ben's popularity here and being showcased everywhere.But there's always like a few people that are gonna be negative publicly about it.
It's like the overwhelming support that Herbie got yesterday, the overwhelming display of love for Ben that was shown yesterday.I think that was a beautiful thing.And for those of us that got to meet Ben, Ben was a real fucking deal too.
I mean, his dog was, it was a human.I mean, Ben was a human out there.You know, he's curious, obviously phenomenally curious.Would walk over to anything, kind of check it out and then like, how you guys doing?And then just walk out.
That's why he was beloved literally everywhere.Everybody that met him was like, wow, this is like the coolest dog of all time.His aura radiated positivity.
I think it's obviously because Kirk and Ben's relationship was so good, like the amount of time that Kirk invested in Ben, when Ben was a puppy, and whenever he was growing up, for their relationship to be what it is, where Ben could literally just tail him without a leash, and would just walk around and roam free, and everybody loved it.
It's like, Ben was a special dog, their relationship was a special one, and I think we were all very lucky to kind of get a chance to experience it.
And anybody that's ever had a dog obviously understands what Kirk's going through right now, but their relationship was special, Ben was special, and Dogs go to heaven, right?Yeah, all dogs go to heaven.It's a movie.It's a movie.
Okay, so I believe that Ben would certainly be the dog that would go to heaven, if any dog went to heaven, since all dogs do go to heaven.
Do all dogs go?That's the name of the title.
That's the movie.I would believe that.
Yeah, we did just say that.
Don't do this today, Agent.
All dogs should go to heaven, probably.
Yeah, because bad dogs are usually bad owners.All dogs should go to heaven.That's a good point.
Do any dogs come out bad? owner go to hell yeah i don't think there's a record here and i think we saw that i should have been the subtitle of the movie
Yeah, it was.Bad dogs still go to heaven, because owner is going to hell.That's right.I think that is, that's probably the right play.But nonetheless, like, Ben, Ben was amazing.He's a member of the family.
And I think everybody understood.I was texting with Kirk.Yeah, it's a member of the family.It's true.It's a real thing.
I think everybody who has a pet dog feels that way, too.Yeah.You know, like, but this, well, Ben and Kirk, that was a cool.Yeah.Because, you know, like, Kirk's just, literally, they're just walking around, and Ben's just like,
Like, everywhere was a park.Like, and Ben didn't poop on people, shit.I mean, it was just like, he understood, okay, I'm a guy, all right, let me get, can I, can I get to this grass patch over here?I need to dump.You guys don't want me to dump here?
I know that.I need to go over there.It was like all those things, let alone the hotels and everything, like.
Never barking, never causing a problem.Even when, I mean, we're talking about the tiger being here, Ben would probably walk up to the tiger and be like, hey, we're good.I know you're a cat.I know I'm a dog.But we see eye to eye here.
And that was kind of the coolest thing with Ben was he was cool with everybody.
No chirping out of Ben.Nope.No barking out of Ben.Didn't want to disrupt anything.He was a special dog, man.The dog, the canine cancer. you know, uh, is a real thing.
Happens to a lot of people in the, um, obviously Kirk is in a position where he was able to try a lot of different treatments and medicines.
And, uh, Sam and I were running Further Brand, which was a foundation that would pay for people to be able to put their dog through the cancer surgeries, whether it's removing a lump or the chemo, cause it's all incredibly expensive.
And we learned that through our dog, Valerie, who has had cancer four times, but the first time she got it, we go in and they tell us the price of the surgery.
And it was like, if they would have told my mom and dad that price whenever I was a kid growing up, there's no way in hell that would ever take place.
So a lot of people were losing their members of their family because of the price of these cancer procedures.Cancer in dogs is very real.It is very widespread.The treatment prices are bananas.
And hopefully with Ben happening here, we can raise a little bit and maybe we can get those prices you know, go a little bit down.So more people can potentially do that.So obviously it got to a point where it spread to his organs.
He couldn't operate anymore.But like dog cancer is very real.And in certain breeds of dog too, it's much more prevalent.So if you're a dog owner, I think this is a nice reminder to kind of check in on that, see what it is.
And if you're in the dog medicine world, let's also think about lowering learn to price for this type of stuff.
I don't know, I think attention, I think attention to it's real, because like, I think everybody just is like, yup, that's the price, okay, well there's nothing I can do.
It's astronomical for anything, anything your dog has, like it's, yeah, it is tough to go into.
So much, so much, and I think everybody just is like, yup, like that's just what the price is, it's like, does it have, is it? Is that real?Is that what it has to be?
So me and Sam have put a pause on that particular foundation because Mackenzie's birth and everything like that, we are going to kick it back up.I don't want to give a projection of a time, but we are going to get back into it.
But the amount of stories that were emailed in and sent in, the amount of dogs, I think she helped hundreds, if not thousands of dogs through the entire thing.It's like cancer is very prevalent in dogs.
Let's make sure we're checking out our four-legged kids here.And if you're in the dog medicine world, let's... Let's try, you know what I mean, to lower those prices.But rest in peace, Ben.You've done good, boy.You've done good, Ben.You've done good.
You've done good.Last night's game was awesome, though, A.J., for real.
I know, but where do the Bengals go from here?What's their season like?Do they have a chance?Do they have to win out for the playoffs?Like, what's going on with them?
I mean, you just say, like, if they win every game, they're good, right?But do they have to win every game to get in tight?What do you think?
I mean, look, in the division, like, the Steelers, unless they completely crumble, and same with, like, I don't know.
Yeah, exactly.And they still have what?They have to play the Steelers twice? It's not like they have an easy road.I mean, I don't know.You look at these stats and it's like, what more can they do?
You know, Joe Burrow, these last several games, we're talking about him as an MVP candidate.And for whatever reason, because whether it's the defense or untimely turnovers, like they just can't figure it out.I mean, I think
Watching them like yeah, they could turn things around they could rip off You know seven in a row and finish the season 11 and 6 but the NFL is just too I mean is that likely probably not I don't know I mean I think they really needed that one last night especially being up two touchdowns and potentially going down to go up 28-7 and kind of put that thing away
They win 7 straight though, they're at 11-6.So can do it.Can get in.Gonna have to fix a lot of things.And obviously Coach Dan Hurley knows this and I think I heard AFC North legend AP Tone starting there and this is a good end to it.
Coach Dan Hurley of UConn, massive Bengals fan, had the Steelers two times coming up. If the Steelers sweep the Bengals in those two games, Coach Dan Hurley has to wear a Pittsburgh Steelers hat at a press conference.
And if the Bengals sweep the Steelers, which is what they're going to have to do to make it if they want to go anywhere this particular year, Tone Diggs will have to wear a Bengals jersey or hat for an entire show.
Tone, do you think it's possible, brother?
For the Bengals? based on their offense.Yeah, I kind of do like their, their schedule.We're looking at it right now.Like the Steelers is probably the best offense that they're going to play.
And it's not like the Steelers offense is a complete juggernaut.Yeah.They've played better with Russ, but it's not like they're like one of the top offenses in the league.Cowboys are probably going to be without, without DAC.
The Titans aren't a great offense.The Browns are definitely not the Broncos or rookie quarterback chargers on Sunday night football.
They've, they've had the best defense in the league points per game so far, but their offense hasn't been tearing it apart.I think
If their defense can get right against these offenses that aren't some of the best in the league and their offense still plays the way that they have been, I actually do think the Bengals have a chance, and it pains me to say that.
Isn't it crazy to think about the Bengals' defense last night probably feeling so good?Bengals fans probably like, we gotta figure it out. We gotta figure it out.Two and a half quarters, we're doing it.
I actually was watching, going, damn, I didn't think, I didn't know, I didn't think the bank, cause we were heavy over predictors yesterday.Everybody that was talking, you know, like on this program.
That's what I'm saying, but the tweets obviously against us, talking about the over, obviously it ends up happening.Did they make that right, journalistic standards?Did they come back?
No, I didn't see a follow-up tweet.
Obviously that doesn't happen, but for those first two and a half quarters, let alone the whole, we're definitely not hitting the over if this is how this is going to go.I also thought to myself, like, congrats, Lou Anna Room.
Yeah, this is the hardest offense you're gonna have.This is you have figured it out and then like a sieve that thing just kind of opened up on.
Well, it's one of those things to where it's like, hey, if you tell me Derek Henry has 68 yards and Zay Flowers has 34 yards like, oh yeah, the Bengals wanted to blow out and obviously there are a couple plays like that Tylan Wallace sideline step and then Mark Andrews coming up huge and a couple timely turnovers.
But if you are a Bengals fan, you gotta think like, yeah, we still have a chance. They put on a fantastic show, defense flying around, and that was a conversation Chuck brought up yesterday.
They were missing guys in the interior, and their backup guys in the D line were stepping up.And 34 points against the Ravens defense, yeah, you can talk about the Ravens secondary being terrible.They were pretty one dimensional.
Like they didn't really try and run the football because of how good the Ravens run defense was.And you would think after this bye week, hopefully if they can beat the Chargers on Sunday night football.
After the bye week, you get a healthy 100% T Higgins back and then you could easily make it at 10 and 7. Like we're talking about them running the table, sure, like 11 and 6 definitely in.10 and 7 might get the job done.
And I would still feel good as a Bengals fan.You don't feel great.I mean, you just lost a game.You probably felt like you should have won.But I also love the fact that they went for 2.Like, that's second.Yeah, I wanted to ask you.
Do you agree, Common?People always say, if you don't go for 2 and you kick it, everyone's like, oh, you should have gone for 2.But when you go and miss it, I feel like most people think, yeah, that was a good idea.
Well, that was the thing after Sunday, like the Patriots, Dolphins, and then there was one other.They all didn't go for two.The Bucs.The Bucs against the Chiefs, yeah.
They all didn't go for two when they're dogs, you know, on the road and they score in the last minute.You might as well go for the win.They don't.They all end up losing.
But in this situation, they line up to go for two, call timeout, and then you think like, okay, they're going to kick go to overtime.Then come back out and still go for two.Like, I love that move.
Obviously, a lot of people were saying, why aren't you throwing to Jamar Chase?And Jamar Chase, in his press conference, was saying, yeah, I'm always open.I thought there's a chance I was getting the football maybe.
But I think it's a great move, especially when you think about what the Ravens were doing from that fumble on. They really couldn't be stopped.I'm a fan of the go-for-two.Obviously, it stings hindsight.Oh, I should have kicked it.
I'm sure people will say that, but why not go for the win?You need it.You're 4-5.You're trying to get back to .500.It's a division opponent.You're on the road in prime time.Hell yeah, go for the win.
the stat I read yesterday from Hembo.I think two-point conversions are only being completed like a 32% clip or something like that this season.Last year and a year before that it was up over 50.
So I think this year it's a little bit different in the red zone, teams in the red zone.I think that's why we saw scoring down at the beginning of the year because the red zone defenses were going to clamp down.
The two-point conversion stats, successful two-point conversion stats, also down this year.Like pretty pretty far down.So I think a lot of coaches maybe have felt that trend whenever they decide to kick the extra point as opposed to going for two.
But if you're this Cincinnati Bengals team and you were up big then all of a sudden they come roaring back like. You don't, I don't think you want to go to overtime.Like I think that is, let's try to steal this right now type situation in Baltimore.
So I like that they clearly utilize some feel for the situation as well.Now he got punched in the face.I mean, that's outrageous.
That's a call that usually doesn't get missed, right?
Well, there was a couple earlier too, I think, right?
Yeah, he got hit pretty late in the pocket too.
The face to the quarterback is a tough one to miss.Yeah, on a game winning play.
That's twice on third type of ball now?
What's that?Yeah, I can't have that.Twice on Thursday.Yeah. Now they obviously would move it up to the one-yard line there, and they would have to have another go in this entire thing, and who knows if they make that one or not.
Yeah, tush-push possibly.They had the tight end come over and do it, right?Didn't that one?
Yeah, yeah, on a fourth down.
They had tight end come over, 87 or whatever, come over and do it instead of Joe Burrow.I like that.We like Joe.We also like the thought of the tush-push.Let's figure out how to get somebody else in there to do that.
For one yard, you could probably make that happen again.But overall, I think great game, and if you're a Bengals fan, Yeah, I guess 10 and 7 would get you in there.
Yeah, right?I feel like it, especially when you look at the other divisions.
Well, you look at all the games left for all the other top, there's a lot of big games left for a lot of top teams, you know, because the end of the season everybody's trying to pack in and make it look good, the schedule makers, and I think there could be some losses for some other teams too.
I think 10 wins gives you a shot.I don't know if it's a guarantee, but I think it gives you a shot.Yeah.
If you're a Bengals fan, you don't feel terrible about the rest of your schedule.
No, but if you are going to drop one, I don't think you want it to be against the Chargers next week because I think that's another team that they're going to be jockeying with for one of those playoffs.
Yeah, the Chargers are 5-3 in the 6th spot right now and in the 7th spot, the Broncos are 5-4.So it's not like, are those teams going to hang on?Maybe, but no, I think the Bengals are definitely still.
Yeah, they're going to get to 10.It seems like a race to 10.
Almost.Can you get to 10 wins?If you can, you might be in a good spot.And the Bengals can.
Yeah, they figured it out on defense especially, cuz that's been their whole thing.Two and a half quarters, they had it.
I mean, I thought they were gonna win.I thought Luann Arumo had some Sunday sauce on a Thursday, and all of a sudden they were gonna get the job done.Yeah, I thought so too.
I mean, Sunday gravy.Right here, right here.Tyron Wallace.Backbreaker.Tightrope in the sideline.Who is this guy?No idea.How is he able to stay in bounds?We don't know.His toes are in, his heels hovering out of bounds.What a freak athlete.
Welcome to the conversation, Mr. Wallace.You're a stud.Legit.I don't know.That last one, it's his right foot, Foxy.It's his right foot.If you go back to that.Yeah, it's his right foot. Like right there, it's that one.
The left one also close, but his right foot, I think, was like toe in, heel out of bounds, still running down the field.It's like Mike Gillies would burst at the scene.Oh, for sure.Right here.Just completely burst at the scene.Yeah, here he comes.
This one, right?Yeah, right there, yeah.
So heel in the air, toe in the ground.Yeah.OK.
Yeah.Pretty good.Remember, if his shin would have went down there.
Hey, what's that bat you've been swinging around?
Okay, this is from Jack Marucci.I don't know his exact connection with the school or us, but I do know this guy makes some good wood.Those are very nice bats. The Marooch?
I'd like to say thank you to Paizo and Marooch for the wood here.Handcrafted for the brand Custom Cut M. So they put that on a lathe and a guy makes that?
Oh yeah, see, look at that craftsmanship.
Jack Marucci was the former head athletic trainer at LSU.He built his first baseball bat in his backyard in 2002.Wow.
Boys.There it is.Is that Shohei?You want me to do Shohei?
Yeah, here we go.What about Pete Rose?You know Pete Rose's stance?It's a little elbow he would do his little thing with.
Well, Pete Rose said, if I'm slow, I move right here.And if I'm tight, I just move right here.And if I'm right, I just move right here.It's easy.There's no slumping.
Everybody wants to change their swing.Don't change where you line up.If I'm a little bit fast, I fucking move forward.
Speaking of that, Pat.Go ahead, pal.Tucker missed another extra point last night.
Yeah, I heard that.And seen that.Yeah. I don't know what's going on.Go back to the beginning of that thing, because there were some hypotheses all the way back to the beginning.
It's got to be dinged up or something, right?It has to be dealing with something?
You would think he had a strain.I reached out to him earlier in the season and said, you hurt, don't feel obligated to tell me, and he says not.So there has to be something going up with the operation, maybe.This doesn't happen.
Is it the same holder as normal? A snapper too, I wonder.I think Stott's been there for a bit.I wonder about the snapper.There's been so many things in the kicking world that have been talked about that like, this doesn't just happen.
You know, especially this deep into a career.But he's missed it all the same.They're all going left.What does that mean?If you're kicking it left, what does that mean?
So you're either hitting the ball fat, you're either hitting higher on the ball, you're hitting a little bit fat so you're pulling it, or, you know, just like in golf, you're coming, you know, kind of like an inside-out, like kind of one of those things.
You're doing that thing that Scotty told you not to, where your hands were going over.
Yeah, so with your hips, you could do that, actually.So if you're hitting it to the left, you can get too quick and then bang, all of a sudden you're going this way, right?But then there's also times, like you can tell when somebody's scared, right?
You can tell when somebody's scared because they're just trying to, like, guide it.
Most of the time, like, a scare miss is to the right.So, like, because you don't close ever, you know, so you never close your hips.
Well, I slice the ball sometimes in golf because I'm sitting, oh, I fall back and I'm scared to pull it into the woods or something, so I just slice it a thousand yards right.
Yeah, that means you're coming outside in, right?I think on the slice thing is what it is.That's probably why you do it.But like for kicking, it's like guys are scared to like attack it.So they're just trying to like guide it in.
So if you try to guide it in, your hips are always going to be open.It goes to the right.So normally you could tell if somebody is like scared. If the ball goes to right now, it might be just miscontact, bad hold.
There's so many different things that go into it.For him, it's just a timing thing.It seems like it's all a timing issue.Whether that's on the snap, the get off, when he's leaving, how he's leaving, or if it's when his hips are going.
Because those long balls, there's a couple long ones he missed that I think if he was 10 yards closer, it goes in.Nobody talks about it, we just keep it moving.But because it's farther, it kind of exposes the issue.Extra point being a miss.
I don't know, something's gotta happen.
What's it like mentally, though?Pat, for what's it like mentally if you, I just cannot imagine for how great he has been if you're missing extra points.I just don't know, is there, could you make one good kick where it snaps you out of it?
Like, I don't know if that, how does that work?
I think so, you know, especially with Justin Tucker, with how big of a mental warrior he's been in this particular thing.But this is the first time, I don't even know, I don't even know a Texas if there's ever was a time a Texas.
This dude is just, since the day he started kicking balls, I think, he's been laser focused, locked in, going straight ahead.So I think because he's a professional, he'll be able to get out there.What's the Ravens' schedule look like going forward?
Do we know what their schedule is? Because if he gets a big game winner against somebody... That's all it takes, right?
If you hit one big one, it's like, all right, all those misses, whatever.I just won the game for my team.
And he's going to say that he's only... The bye week, that's what I was looking for, is the bye.Because then you can actually make some work and have some real film and real breakdown and separate yourself from it a little bit, maybe get a new swing.
I think Tucker will figure it out.That's tough.I think Tucker will figure it out.Week 14 by is late, by the way.That is good for the playoff push, though, I guess, AJ, is the way you would look at that entire thing?
Yeah, hopefully get healthy.I just, as a kicker, man, I know it's so, it's crazy to me.I would, I just don't, I would never want my kids to be a kicker.I know that.
Yeah, exactly.I was about to say, I guess I shouldn't talk about it because I, like, chose not to have that problem in the NFL.
Well, I mean, you did in college, though.You kicked in college, it's a big deal.
In punting, it can happen, but, like, in punting, it's, A lot less obvious.Yeah, because if I just hit the ball far, people are going to think I'm doing my job right.With kicking, it's like a clear success or not success.
And if you shake a punt, people probably won't remember that after the game, unless it legit happened at the very end of the fourth quarter or something.
or you're backed up but also you can shank a punt and get like a 20-yard bounce.There's like a lot of guys, and I'm not going to throw them under the bus, they know who they are.They have like some records or whatever and it's like, bro, you got...
you're getting 20-yard bounces every time you kick because your balls are actually so crap.Like your balls are so bad they can't even catch them and then you get a... But you'll live with them.Those are going to happen for every single punter.
So it's like, I think in the punting world you can have misses that are successes.In kicking, you can't.Like, you can't.It's just not.That's not how... Well, you're not going to hit a ball shit and then it's going to accidentally just go back in.
Like, it's over and everybody knows it.And that's the difference.And I'm thankful I didn't have to do that. But that is why the Vinatieri thing, for 20-some years doing it, has always been the GOAT conversation.
And at the highest level, in the Super Bowl.Are we sure it wasn't because of the all-purple uniforms that they're wearing?
Dude, the gold face masks on the helmets also.I didn't see that little detail before, but yeah, I thought they were awesome.
Purple and gold, you know, kind of taking over the sports world.You got the plum Mustangs, purple and gold. Boys have their first game in the state playoffs coming up tomorrow.Here we go.LSU here.Football squad does?No, no, no.Football.
Is the football team not in the playoffs?No, they are.
We got a sophomore quarterback next year.He'll be back better than ever.Johnny Nonnenberg is going to be a dog, okay?And he knows that whatever that team needs financially, he has good backing, okay?
We're also going to get a new scoreboard, I think, there.I think it's being chatted about.We're going to really turn, we're going to try to turn that place into a place where people want to come play because John Nonnenberg might be a guy.
Yeah, he might be.We might actually have.Sophomore stud?We might have an actual guy quarterback.So the football team is going to run wild for the next couple of years.Everybody needs to know that.
Soccer team obviously big this weekend, purple and gold.LSU, purple and gold.Those Baltimore helmets though? Sick, yeah, absolutely sick.And these are the conversations we have where it's like, just keep doing it, keep wearing it.Why not?
Just keep the purple rain rising, just keep it going.
There's only one change I would make.I think the Ravens logo is iconic, like the one that goes from side to side.They had the head on.They had the red eyes though.They had the face on.
If they had those uniforms with the normal Raven logo on the helmet, I think that would have been the only change I would have made.
I like the all black with the purple team.Yeah.Sweet.So it's a mix and match.You could bring that purple helmet back for an all black.Bingo.Yeah.
In the playoffs maybe.Or strictly primetime.These are primetime helmets.
Do we have to start thinking about destiny teams whenever we talk about the Ravens and strictly off these two Cincinnati Bengals games they've had?Because first time, overtime, obviously, happens with the field goal.
Then this game, what happens is a two-point conversion.They get it, obviously, come back late. Is this the year for the Baltimore Ravens?Are the football gods on the Baltimore Ravens side?
And are the purple rising helmets a part of the reason why, cuz they're so goddamn cool?
Yeah, it'd be incredible, and especially the atmosphere.We've talked about this before, but Baltimore's kind of one of those underrated stadiums to play at, especially when it's a prime time of playoffs.
The only thing is, and I think it dawned on me while I was watching last night again, that the Chiefs are just so good.Come on.That's all I could think about.
Why did that dawn on you last night, Conman?
Just because the Chiefs have such a complete team.And I agree the Ravens are great, but the Chiefs last year in the playoffs, they were winning by running the football and playing defense.
And I don't know if you can say that the Ravens can beat teams playing defense.They definitely can beat teams running the football. I mean, Derek Henry's a specimen, he's ridiculous to watch.
But their defense is a little bit of a liability, you could say, okay?And when you just watch, the Chiefs just win, okay?That's kind of the problem.
Well, they lost Kyle Hamilton last night, too.Kyle Hamilton went down with an ankle.Did they say what the prognosis is, how long he could be out?We'll see.No, somebody FaceTime Adam Schefter. Yeah, someone FaceTimed Shockey.
Hopefully there's no fires going on in his house or whatever.
What's that, buddy?I saw Kyle Hamilton.He did walk off the field, though.
Yeah, he's not definitely... He was chillin' with the boot on.Shouldn't be too long.Yeah, he sat with the boot in the second half.
Why do you think that's such a big deal?
Yeah, what's going on?A lot of guys, a lot of guys hurt their ankles and they need help.
So in the same, he's speaking on both sides of his mouth because he said Patrick Mahomes didn't walk off the field with his.Well, he came back and went back on the field.That's what he said on the plane.He should have heard this guy.
He should have heard this guy.7.15 on the plane.7.30 on the plane.Sorry, I was a little bit late this morning.Mackenzie peed on me.Okay, that was great.That was a great morning.That's awesome.Yeah.So classic.So sweet.
Yeah, not the first time, but certainly. Definitely the most.I mean, it was a... Did you stand there and just let it continue to pee on you?You kind of have to.I didn't know it was happening.
Because you're trying to block the wall in your furniture, too, if they're peeing on you.You got to hit the shoulder, you know?You got to find a way.
Yeah, like talk, you gotta definitely do that.The diaper, I guess, in her onesie had slid, you know, at some point.And I was holding her to, you know, say, hey, I gotta go, I love you, yada yada, you know, a little song and dance, okay?
I'm dancing with her, she's doing her hips, we're doing a little bit of this, and I can't feel anything, I mean, you know, top of the world.And then I go to move her, and I realize, holy shit, my whole, My whole torso is drenched right now.
And I'm like, is everything okay?And then I, my arm drenched.I'm like, oh, you just pissed on me.And then massive smile, big laugh.I'm just going to take the onesie off.Got to do a whole new diaper.I got to change.I got to wipe off urine off of me.
I mean, it was all morning, but as soon as we get to playing to take off, we start talking about the game and he goes, Kyle Hamilton getting hurt is a big deal.He walked off the field though. And I was like, tough, tough guy.
Yeah, didn't come back though, right?Didn't come back.He goes, no, but he walked off the field, unlike Patrick Mahomes.I was like, what?This is 7.35 a.m.Who you taking shots at?I said I like Patrick Mahomes.This is 7.35 a.m.on a play.
That's like his first, his one big takeaway was like, Patrick Mahomes didn't walk off the field whenever he heard it.
Wait, you guys didn't hear, you guys didn't hear the news?What?Mahomes ruptured his Achilles and then Taylor healed him.
Okay, I didn't hear that.That's the problem.I did see that.I did not hear that.Yeah, I did see that.I would believe it, by the way, after going to that concert.
It's nothing against Mahomes.Again, I still like Mahomes.It's just, you know, there's nothing wrong with it.
Mahomes came back and played Conman.
Bingo!That's what I'm saying, when you're milking the injury a little bit.Oh my God!He scored when he comes back!Look, I'm just saying, he's arming the guy.He almost fought Andy Reid. I for sure thought that he did rupture his Achilles.
I actually thought that in the moment that that happened.I was like, oh my God, his season's over.The Chiefs are now going to have to deal with the Carl Wendt show going forward.And DeAndre Hopkins is going to be miserable again.But it didn't happen.
But he was arm in arm getting carried off the field.And I was like, that stinks.And then all of a sudden, two men inside are jogging on the field like nothing happened.That's all I'm saying.
Anyway, he comes back and plays.We saw in the quarter, he didn't poop his pants. Okay, you know, that was a poop situation.Patty poop.Pauly poops.Got you one of these coming.
I get the Lakers.Yeah, I had to poop.I mean, sometimes you eat different things.That'd be cool.See, I'd probably get a jersey if that happened.You should get a jersey anyways.The guy's about to do something.Talk shit, hangs out with the boys.
He's got to dump his pants for you to get a jersey?
No, I'm just saying it would be cool.You don't think that'd be cool?All right, let's talk about the NFL.
Last night obviously goes down to the wire.Congrats to the Bengals covering plus six and a half.That was the most obvious bet of the year, I think.I don't know what Chuck Pagano was thinking.He was a homer.
Six and a half was so many points, so it feels like we all said the same thing.Ravens win, Bengals cover. We all look like super geniuses.You don't even need to get on NFL Plus Premium Pro to know that to become a super genius.
Like this AFC North, Joe's playing great, Lamar's playing great.This is going to be a great game.We kind of understood that.Speaking of great games, Brian McCarthy here, he put out a post that's like,
We have had the most competitive season we've had all year from the NFL.The 2024 season is the most competitive NFL season to date.75 games have been decided by seven points or fewer in 65 by six points or less.
Both the most through week nine NFL history.Some other nuggets from NFL 345 as we head. in the second half of the season.That's McCarthy here and there.45.4 points per game is the highest average through Week 9 since 2021.
Remember, earlier this season it was down.The boys have obviously made up for it.91.7 passer rating is the fifth highest mark through Week 9 NFL history, trailing only 20-20, 20-18, 20-21, and 20-19.
The issue with that stat there is all those years are recent memory. So whenever at the beginning of the season it's not as good, it's like everybody thinks they're down, still playing great football.
65.3 completion percentage, the third highest percentage through week nine all time, trailing only 20, 20, and 20, 21.Once again, very recent history, so everybody's gonna judge off of that.Rush yards per game, the most through week nine since 1990.
And that's been the talking point about football being so cyclical.It's almost like power football is all the way back.
all the way back and when you just think about some of the running backs were missing.Like McCaffrey's now playing and this is still happening in the running game.
Like it almost as if this either the schemes are better, maybe the depth of running backs are better.I mean, Chase Brown, me and Gumbel were talking about this this morning.I don't know where the hell he came from, but he's awesome.
Just like Gorenda for- Bingo, for Sam Fran, the third string.It's like Gorenda could start for some teams and he might not see the field when McCaffrey gets back.It is great and that is another reason why, you know,
A guy for the Chiefs, Isaiah Pacheco.We haven't even been seeing him play.I wait till that guy gets back.The running game is all the way.
AJ, I think you'd be able to talk about this more, but I think everybody wants small, small, small to be able to go from one side of the field to the other one and spread offense.
And a lot of these offense coordinators, I think, realized that and were like, let's take advantage.Baltimore obviously being at the forefront of that whole thing, like numerous years back.San Francisco, same way.Atlanta for a long time has been.
But it feels like a lot of offense coordinators are like, we can take advantage of the amount. lack of meat on the defensive side of the ball that this new football has AJ you agree with that?
Absolutely yeah we know football is you got to be able to play in space and that's been going on for a little while 10, 15, 20 years I feel like put guys in space get the ball to your playmakers and let them go to work and so teams are trying to get away with all right
Hey, it might be first, second down.I'm going to try to get away with playing nickel, dime, try to get some more DBs, some coverage guys in, and offenses are trying to take advantage of that.Put in a guy like Patrick Ricard.Okay, cool.
You want your dime backer to take on Patrick Ricard or somebody else?I know I sure as hell don't.So, yeah, I think it's fun to see, but also those stats are kind of like an indictment on defenses in the NFL, though.
You're basically saying offensive production's way up.What's going on on the defensive side of the ball?
Well, I think we should also look at like the, uh, I mean, 45.4 points per game, I guess, kind of is a stat against this, but there's been a lot of, and you tell me if I'm wrong, AJ, you know a lot better than me, but it feels like a lot of defenses have gone, and Male Kuyper hates this, but it's like, um, hey, we'll let him get...
Yeah, yeah.We'll let them get yards.We'll let them get yards.We'll let them get yards.We'll let them get yards.Then once we get in here, like, okay, we're going to kind of tighten up.We'll take the four-point swing as opposed to a seven-point swing.
We'll let them get a field goal or a long field goal attempt.Because remember, field goal kickers, long ball is way up right now.So maybe that's a part of the points as well because coaches are going for it.
But also, it might be how the defenses are playing where it gets a little stingy down there near the end zone.And that might just be the evolution of this entire thing, AJ.
Yeah, I think you're spot on there. I think of like the Chicago Bears, shout out Z, back in the day with Earl Acker and Lance Briggs on their defense.
When I was in Green Bay, we'd play them, they'd sit in Tampa too sometimes, 85% of the game, and they're like, all right, we're gonna have our eyes on the quarterback, we're gonna break on the ball, we're gonna create turnovers, but you're gonna complete a bunch of balls, and they wanna try to force you to take shots over the top, and that's when you, they hope to create turnovers and make mistakes, but you can move the ball on them, but then once you get in the red zone, can you put the ball in the end zone and not settle for field goals?
Last night, 35, that's a big game.That's an offensive prime time.
The answer to Jamar when he ran through the whole defense was just how quickly it happened.What a game.This game's awesome.
This is fun.I love the walking. backwards down to Deshaun Jackson.I think he was the first one that really did that.
Obviously, Jamar was running wild, but the touchdown in which he goes all the way down the goal line and just sticks his arm out at the very... Why did he choose to stick his arm out at that time?Nobody comes into the screen.He still had some time.
He's just kind of hanging.All right, we're chilling.We're chilling.
Should I throw a flag for Kronke?I thought the ref was about to blow it dead, right?
Touchdown.Touchdown.Touchdown.He just moves his hand.Touchdown.Okay, I'll play the game.Ref goes, if he... Are you giving yourself up?Do you not want to go forward anymore?Is that what you're doing here?And then he just goes out.
How about this, buddy?How about this, buddy?Touchdown.Thanks.Blow it.Thank you.Jamar Chase is a weapon.Absolute weapon.Football is awesome.We got some big games this weekend.We're all pretty jacked up about it.
Are you ready for the picks later in the show, AJ?
Yeah, I think I am.It does feel good that both of us started out 1-0 this week.That definitely helps, I think, getting a quick start.
It does.It does.And for our picks, I think we should go to Tone Diggs.There's some stats already coming out about this weekend.The games, the top three most bet teams, ticket and money-wise.
Yeah, there are a ton.Obviously the Lions and the Texans, because the Lions have looked so good and the Texans have looked just not like the Texans as of late.So you're going to get a lot of Lions money.
When the Lions are obviously covering and winning, they're going to be a huge public favorite.The Bills, they're not playing a great team, so you're going to see a lot of Bills money, obviously.What are you talking about?What? What are you saying?
Well, the Bills.I can't remember who the Bills are playing.You know who the Bills are playing?
Why was it a 5, then it moved 4?What do you think that's saying?
Because I read the books.I like the books.Respect Colts.Okay?That's what I think.
Not the Pummelers, though.
And then you're Pittsburgh Steelers, okay?Because Tomlin is 26-5 against rookie quarterbacks, and they're dogs, so we'll see.
Ladies and gentlemen, there's a man walking over here that we can see and feel.I don't know if now is the right time to put him on the program.We might want to wait until the top of the next hour so we don't appear to be disrespectful.
But is it more disrespectful to have him stand here and not come on the show?He cannot hear us.That's why we're having this conversation right now.He's far enough away not to be able to hear us talking.He's walking through the stadium.
Someone get his ear and explain the situation.Can he hang through the break?We don't give you a good chunk of time.
Yeah, but I don't know if he can hang through the break.Hey, how's it going?It looks like they're walking.Still can't hear us.Feels like they're going to walk right on set here.OK.OK.Good.
I'm going to sit over there and watch this.I can't wait to watch you handle this.
Somebody needs to tell him that we just need to wait this thing about 12 minutes or so.Does he have 12 minutes?He's a coach.No, he's walking right on every minute of the schedule.He's on a mission.Talk us through this.Coach, good to see you.
Take us through this.It's good to see you.All right.I'll leave you guys to it. Come on, go shirt.Hey, see you.Come on, man.Give him your ears.
Give him those ears.Good to see you.
Yeah.Oh, it's good to see you, too.How are you doing?Hey, is there any way?We have a hard out happening in like nine minutes.What do you need?We don't want to disrespect you, though.
Nine minutes, whatever you want.
Can you come after the hard out?In nine minutes?Yeah.
Yeah, I'll go do something.
No, no, no.Can you?Oh, I don't want you to leave.We got about nine minutes.So we're going to be back live top of the hour about 11 minutes from now.
Yeah, we'll go 11 minutes.Run some sprints.How long are we going to be on for?
You tell me.How much time do you got?
How much time do you got?I got like 15 minutes.Sweet.OK.All right.
Tell him good shoes, too.I like his shoes.
That was good.Hey, come on back, buddy.Hey, everybody in Indianapolis says those are great shoes. Yeah, that's what they're saying.Thank you, man.
Congratulations.That was awesome.And that's how it's done.And everyone saw it.Yeah, a little peek behind the curtain there.
Inside baseball.He's leaving the stadium.He is back at it.Motherfucker.I've got to walk away and come back now. He's going on a 12-minute walk right now just to where we can see.
I don't know if he's going to be back in time for the top of the hour, but he looked good.Didn't he look sharp?Oh, he looked very sharp.
Right as he gets up the tunnel, he is screaming at the top of his lungs until his face turns bright red.Whoever their S.I.D.is, probably.
Who set this up?I don't know how.He's giving somebody an earful. As a fellow Irishman, like Brian Kelly is, I assume, and my face turns the same color as his, living in this humidity would have been a part of the decision making.
Look how nice he looks.He's got a sport coat on and pants.That would be tough all year.Sport coat, buttoned on, khaki.
I mean, we are dying.We are sweating so hard.My pants are drenched.That just needs to be completely understood.Hey, shout out to Coach Kelly.
Wait, did Dodge Duck dip?He did, he did.
Now... Now, will he come back?Where is he?Can you see him now?Is he still walking on the field?Where is he?He's gone, he's gone.He's out.I'm telling you, he's 12 minutes away right now.You can hear the car tires screeching away soon.
Pat, when you were showing the stadium earlier, like, it does look like it goes straight up.It is an impressive sight.It looks cool.
Yeah, it is, uh, it is. That area up there, like that thing, really adds an intimidating factor.
It's like sitting on top of... That's the newest part, I would assume, right?That's the most recent addition.
It feels like it looks very good.This whole area, it all looks very new.It's all very clean, very new.The Jumbotron, obviously, there's a massive one up here, too.I mean, like, gigantic. Three.Is that bigger than the Colts?
Is that bigger than Lucas?Alright, shut up!
It's been like since 2015 I haven't been there.Come on.
Yeah, that one is bigger than both of the Colts combined.
Okay, okay.But none of them... This has to be a record-breaking one up here.I don't know what it is, but this one... Remember, what was it?South Carolina had a giant... Oh, shit!That's what I'm saying.That thing is gigantic up there.
Yeah, it is a full-size field.OK, so Zito just told me that online they're saying that that has been added this year.It is wider than the field, I think.Yeah.It is wider than the field.
152 feet?152 feet.Oh, so that's just the middle part.The outside parts, I assume, are not counting.The Coca-Cola Tiger things are not counting.Speaker, are those speakers?I mean, whoa!Whoa!Whoa!Suck that Tiger thick!
That's one of the greatest chants in the history of school.I don't know how I don't lead off the show with that one tomorrow.It's gonna happen.
I mean, I don't think you have a chance.
19.8 million dollar renovations into this stadium last offseason.So there you are.Does that even cover a scoreboard?That LED board has to be a massive piece of that.
I mean, if you told me that was 80 million, I'd say okay.
A hundred years too they're celebrating.A hundred years of the Tiger Stadium.So, I mean, you're talking about a lot of ball being played in here.
No wonder Mike Savage can't show up.A hundred years?You kidding me?I can't.If he comes in here at the hundred year anniversary, he will have to eat somebody.
That's what they did to your one.
You're saying Mike 7 saying, you don't want me out there.Look, if I'm out there, I can channel Mike 1 in my brain, and Mike 1's telling me I gotta eat somebody.
All right, Tone, you talked about the gombling favorites.I didn't hear any of it because I eyeballed Coach Brian Kelly as he was going.Anything notable we need to think about here as we head into the weekend, pal?
The favorites, now obviously not last night, but the favorites the last four weeks are on a historic run, as we talked about, and that's really gotten the public back into it after a terrible start for the public at the beginning of the year.
Historically bad beginning of the year, then historically good the last four weeks, and a lot of it's been because the favorites have been winning and covering, which is huge, but that's really been the story of the season so far.
How about college ball?Has it been the same, or what's the college trends, do we know?
It's weird.College goes opposite of NFL, it feels like.At the beginning of the year, a lot of college gamblers were doing really well when the NFL was not.
And then the last few weeks, a lot of college gamblers have been getting hammered, especially on the weeks like last week when seven top 25 teams win. are sorry, seven top 25 lose, lose, uh, and five or four of them to unranked teams.
Like that was a bad week, obviously for, for the, for the public gamblers.But no, it feels like if awkwardly, if you do well on Saturday, you're not gonna do well on Sunday and vice versa.
Okay, and I appreciate that, that at Sportsbooks, what I think we need to know is that Oregon has a thumbs down mentality.
I thought Texas A&M was potentially going to run the table because of what I heard coming out of the tunnel and then they go to South Carolina and lose.I think this video that was released by the Oregon football media, social media team,
Oh, look at the, have you seen this AJ, the gladiator stuff from day landing?Oh yeah, oh yeah.We're on it.
I'm going to tell you to look up at the stands at some point in this game, and you're going to start to see the empty out.We've made the decision before we've even stepped on the field all day, it's thumbs down.It's no mercy.
And when this thing's over with, we're going to ask, are you not entertained?Right?
Are you not entertained?I just watched this.
I just watched this a couple days ago, by the way.
I told you about this moment on Monday.Look around.Look around.Where'd they go?Where'd they go? Are you not entertained?Are you not entertained?
These guys remember that.
What a video.Whole team doing this.Every celebration they had was this.It's like, it feels like they have found their mantra going forward.Whole teams.And I saw a group of guys in that video.The whole video is 14 minutes.
It is phenomenally well done.I mean, it is very, very good, but you're talking about guys creating dances.
with uh... thumbs down being a part of it like a part of their celebration and then them buying in that being a message it's like they're looking to kill people that is what they're looking to do and then they're calling a timeout and being like just like we fucking said it would be a that is that is a confidence that
I mean, not a lot of people get to, but if you have it, man, it's gonna be hard to think Oregon doesn't go on and do this thing this year.
And they're doing that in Michigan.Like, we're talking about their first year in the Big Ten, the whole idea with AJ, we've been screwing with him.
Hey, if Oregon comes in here to the Big Ten, waltzes in, puts their thumb down all over your guys' conference, are you shitting me?And they do that, I mean, it's unbelievable.
They're the clear favorite, it feels like, at this point, especially with Dan Lanning leading the way.What a psycho Dan Lanning is, by the way.
All week we talked about it.
We kill these people, okay?We're walking into their Coliseum, okay?The biggest stadium in the country.We're walking into the National Champs' house.That's how he's selling it.And this is what we're doing.Boom.
And I think it all started from a Coach K speech that he gave.He was like, one of my favorite moments with our team is when we go into somebody else's house and then they're just trickling out at the end because we beat their ass so much.
And Dan Lanning's like, that's who we are.If you got that mentality with that talent, I'm pulling for him because it's a thumbs down. mentality.
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There we go.Pat, I'm not sure the situation with Brian Kelly if he's still taking a walk around the stadium, whatever's happening.But yeah, how are you guys doing down there?Is it still humid?
It is.It is still a thing.That's Boston Conner.Gumpy is here as well over here in his little ex and social media ripping corner.He looks fantastic.Can we see him?We just mentioned.Can we pan?Yeah, can we scan to uh... Camera man!Zoom in camera!
You've done a great job.You've got F-18s a week ago, now you're catching Gumpy in his finest.And Gump's just mentioned what I think everybody echoes the sentiment of, he should have wore a cut-off tarp, shouldn't have had the shirt on.
That shirt's heavy, that shirt is thick, and Gump's how do you feel, pal?
Mistakes were made.I knew I should have brought a cutoff in the backpack.That's on me, but it is beautiful in this stadium.
It is beautiful in the stadium.That's a great camouflage hat, too.That'll be beloved out here.Yeah, yeah.Can't even see his head.Can't even see his head, for sure.Can't even see it.It's got a tiny little head.Like Cena.
You know, that head's got a big brain, though, doesn't it, boys?Huge.Oh, yeah.Huge.Smarter than a bunch of people we've taught.Taught people.
That's right.Taught people we've taught.
hell yeah, Gump.That's what I said, streets not book smarts.
Yeah, I don't know if the street smarts really matter when it comes to the citizenship test, but I do think, I do think you'll figure it out, brother.You'll figure it out.He did a little bit, ladies and gentlemen, you can feel it.You can feel it.
I can feel it.Gumpy, Gumpy can feel it.We all can feel it.He's getting wired up right now.They're putting the ears on him.I could say with A matter of fact, certainty, he is about 29 yards away from us right now.This field looks beautiful.
And when he comes back, we'll join you guys.We're going to set up the microphone.It's a big deal.Brian Kelly has entered the field.
Okay, good.As they wait, Brian Kelly getting wired up.Ty, what do you think of this game?What do you think is going to happen?Alabama travels to Baton Rouge, taking on LSU.What's the line tone?What's going on?What is the public expecting?
I think it's two and a half or three.Alabama is the favorite.Yeah, two and a half right there.Bama is the favorite.
And LSU's house?I mean, LSU has to win, right? So does Alabama.
I do think this is a must-win.I don't think there's going to be a three-loss team in the playoff this year.Now, that's me saying that based on how the records have gone so far, crazy things could happen.
Who do you think is going to win, though, for real?You put a big book out before the season.What's it called?I did.Tones Predictions of College Football 2021.There it is.
Where did you have LSU preseason?I didn't have them as high as Bama.Okay.And I do think, I think Bama wins this game based off of how Texas A&M moved the ball against Bama with a running quarterback.
And, you know, you have Mill Road now and, and I think Bama got right in this bye week.And they won, they had a huge win against Mizzou before that and LSU is coming off a tough loss to A&M.But I, I think maybe LSU wins this one, yeah.
You think?Well, we'll see what happens in Alabama.I know they're wiring up Coach right now, so you're probably scared to say you think Alabama's going to win.If you think he has his ears in, huh?I couldn't tell if he could hear me or not, though.
Putting him in his spot, Adrian.
Hey, Pat, what's up?Are you ready with Coach over there?
AJ, it's a big deal.Ladies and gentlemen, we have been joined for the second time today and we appreciate you understanding and dodged duck, deep dive and dodging with us on time.Ladies and gentlemen, head coach of the LSU Tigers, Brian.
Can we get a round of applause for after the game, please?
Well, we're applauding you showing up here.We do appreciate it so much.Are you kidding me?Okay, so obviously I know of your existence because at Cincinnati you were a thorn to our West Virginia team.
Listen, we were so happy to get out of there alive after the bottles were thrown at us.
No. No, it's a real deal though West Virginia.It was it was amazing just the atmosphere going in and playing in Morgantown I mean you get a real football environment when you go in there It was the Big East back then as you remember.
Yep, but going into that stadium that was you know for us at Cincinnati That was an incredible atmosphere So let's talk about that you have a lot of success at Cincinnati obviously go to Notre Dame have a lot of success there Then you find yourself down here at LSU and we all saw it didn't we the family first night
I already started dropping into a southern accent when I was here anyways.You do.I don't know how it happens.It's like my Boston accent, I lost that and I got a southern accent.
There you go.Yeah, but we just want to let you know whenever that whole thing happened and a lot of people were killing you, we are very much in understanding because I am a chameleon as well.Went to Ireland.Went to Ireland.
Just started talking like an Irish fella, so that's gonna happen.The recruiting, obviously the dancing you're doing down there.Everybody's wondering, how will Brian Kelly work at LSU in the SEC?How has it been?
And what are your thoughts on now coaching an SEC team, especially an LSU team that has high expectations literally every single game?
Well, first of all, coming down to the South, for me, it was a step outside my comfort zone.I mean, I think you want to challenge yourself in everything that you do.
I mean, in the show, in the businesses you're in, you're challenging yourself in everything that you do.So, for me, it was that step outside the comfort zone for me.I'd never been down here, I'd never been in the SEC, and I wanted that one more step.
And since I've been here, you know, coaching is such a, across the board, the same thing at every stop. Guys that want to be great, they want the same thing.And developing players, putting programs together.
Across the board, everybody wants the same thing.So whether you're in the South, or you're in the Midwest, or you're on the West Coast, it all becomes the same.Now, the weather's a little different, the food's a little different.
My first couple of years, the acclimatization to it, I mean, it was... I'm an Irish Catholic from Boston, so I mean, I get a little red.I do as well, yes.It was, but after a couple of years, you get used to it.
And I'd much rather have this than shoveling snow.
Okay, well... I mean right now I'm thinking about the drenched pants I'm wearing just from as soon as I land.
I can see you get a little bit sweaty now.
I'm an Irish lad as well, and I turn red as well.And just this humidity, you being able to battle it personally, I think you should be proud of.
Thank you.I'll take a double.
I think you should.There are probably three of them here, if we really get into it.I've heard now, and I don't know much about, you know, everything that happens in the college football world, the recruiting world.
I've heard a lot of Louisiana guys, like, it's almost their entire thing is to stay in Louisiana and play for LSU.A lot of loyalty to the state by people from Louisiana.Have you found that out as well?And is it very apparent?
No, I think this is the flagship university and kids grow up wanting to be a part of LSU and be here and play here.But I think there's a couple of states like that.
I think it's like when I was at Cincinnati, really Pat, it was you wanted to go and be a Buckeye.You wanted to go to Ohio State. And I think LSU is a lot like that in the same way that you grow up, you want to play at LSU.
So you've got that ground base of support.And so for us, it's recruit the heck out of the state of Louisiana.And we do.And that's really, really important to us.Absolutely.
We got four twos just everywhere around here.
It's, um, for me, you know, at Notre Dame and I love my time at Notre Dame, but you're traveling all over the country and Catholic school kids, right?You're looking well and look, I mean they're high standards academically as well.
And so, but you've got to go into every state and pull the best kid out of that state, right here.You just need to pull your base and do a great job in the state of Louisiana.
So it allows you to really develop deeper relationships over a longer period of time. with like high school coaches.
Yeah, and really just spend a lot of time with those kids when they're, you know, sophomores and juniors and seniors and build those relationships.
When you are recruiting those kids, Coach, and this is a huge story for tomorrow, do you ask them, hey, will you be nervous if there's a live Tiger on the sidelines while we're playing?
Listen, I'm a Tiger fan.Okay. period.Live tigers.I'm a tiger fan, period.
Me too.I like tigers.I like live tigers.There's a tiger living outside here.Right there.Did you guys see Mike 7?See this side?
I love the habitat over there, the way we do things over there.I mean, did you know those rocks are cooling rocks and heated rocks?
For Mike?Why not?Only the best.Agreed.You know, that's lost in the story, it sounds like.You talk about Ohio kids wanting to go to Ohio State.We have the face of that.A.J.Hawks back in studio has a question for you, Coach.
Yeah, great to see you, Coach.Obviously an unbelievable environment you will have there.
You have every single game, but I'm just wondering as far as recruiting, how many recruits do you think you're going to have at the game tomorrow and how important is a game like this to showcase to all these people that are already committed or you possibly want to have commitments from?
Obviously, AJ, this is a huge environment for us.You know, we'll have upwards of 300 recruits and families here.We've got a couple of official visits that will happen, which will be the targeted ones.
But this, you know, obviously these are huge, right?And they're targeted when it's LSU, Alabama, everybody has that on their schedule and they want that as their official. Let's get the paint on there.
No paint, no field, no field, no game, no game, no recruiting.And it's got to look good for recruiting, right? So let's talk about the LSU-Bama rivalry.
I think I've learned about it a lot this week from listening to Coach Saban talk about it whenever he was at Bama.Obviously, he has been here before, won a national championship here, so a lot of connections in it.This is a massive one, right?
And you talk about targeting for recruiting, for everything.No doubt.And we run into them. excuse me, in so many ways.Not only on the recruiting trails, but we're in competition for so many different things.And so these kids love this opportunity.
This is why they sign up to either go to Alabama or LSU, to play in this game.So I really don't need to say much.You go to a practice, Pat, and you know what this is like.
These kids are so locked in to what they're doing and their preparation because they live for this opportunity.So it will be an exciting atmosphere.
Yep.He's pretty good.He's good at football.
That's a good description.
He's potentially going to win the MVP and the Offensive Rookie of the Year if they're able to somehow maintain this incredible heater they're on over there with Cliff Kingsbury, which seems possible because of Jayden's leadership.
Obviously, he'll lose a couple wide receivers as well.Tell me about this year's team.Nussbauer seemingly is figuring it out on the offensive side.
He is.He's a first-year starter, but a very talented player.And I think the growth, obviously, has happened from week to week.
Obviously, turning the football over against A&M was, you know, certainly that growth that he'll need to have as you go into a game like Alabama.You can't turn the football over and expect to live.But I think that that's his maturation.
I think this comes down to you have to be good at all phases when you play in games like this.You know, you can't play two quarters against A&M and look real good at halftime and then turn it over in the second half and expect to live on the road.
That's the same thing in these games.You've got to play four quarters of really good football in special teams.You saw our special teams debacle.We've got to play well in special teams.You've got to play well on offense and defense.
If you do that, we've got a great chance.
Yeah, it does feel like sometimes you get... Yes, you see, though.Oh, each and every week?Every week.I assume you respected it, but then you get there and you're like... I think Urban Meyer said in the NFL, he said every week it's Alabama.
It feels like now in the SEC, it's like every week.Because the NIL I think is helping a lot of teams.
Yeah, and I just think that when you go on the road in this league, I mean, the fan base It is so engaged, it is such an advantage when you go on the road that you have to play through all of that.
The distractions of doing that, and you better play well for four quarters.If not, you're in trouble.Where are you from?Massachusetts, originally.Hell yeah.Yeah, but listen.Listen, I got Midwest in me.You know what I mean?
I know you're there for a long time.I got Cincinnati.
What's my problem?What's my problem?I know what your problem is.You know what my problem is. We got one asshole.We got a couple guys.That makes the quorum.AP Tone has a question for you.
Coach, obviously before your time you had Odell and Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase and then last year you have Malik Neighbors and Brian Thomas Jr.drafted at the wide receiver position.Aaron Anderson and Kyron Lacy this year are unbelievable.
Where on campus is the wide receiver factory located?
Is it outside next to the Tiger?
Listen, it's the water in the state of Louisiana.You know, I think, you know, look, and we talked about this, the high school football here, the ability for kids to play all year round and really develop because they love this game.
They're outdoors playing this game. They're not playing PlayStation, not doing other things, they're playing football since they're little kids and they just grew up playing this game.It is, it's awesome.
They're outdoors playing things, playing games, playing pickup, getting together and doing that instead of sitting on the couch and doing other things other than playing the game.
You can also go hogging and frogging out here too.Yeah.I mean there's a lot to do because it's so hot all the time.
It's great.Might as well utilize the... Get outside, let's play some games.Hey, I wanted to ask you, and I didn't want to interrupt, but what did you think of the field goal posts here?The double ones?Yeah.I think it's old school, right?
Does it give you a visual kind of difference?What's the reason behind that?Obviously, we're the double goal posts, the H goal posts, compared to the single, the one post.
Yeah, yeah.Coach, I like that you're asking Pat.If he says, no, I don't like it as a kicker, are you going to change it or are you going to keep it?
No, I'm going to keep it because that means anybody that's a visitor that comes in here has got to deal with that.And we have them on our practice field, so we see them every single day.So I want to know if that's a real advantage for us.
It messes with you a little bit, doesn't it?
It's a little different, yeah.
Okay, that's... I didn't even... Might come down to a kick.
Because, just optically, I was trying to piece it together there, and it's been a while since I've kicked a field goal, but, like, when it's a single one and then it goes out, like, it just looks... Because it looks bigger.
This one, it's like just straight up.It's like, wait a second.Feels like I'm kicking.And then this big-ass board.
$19.8 million you guys put into this thing?Yes.$19 point something million into the stadium.The ribbon boards, the video boards, the lighting.We've got the light show.It's an amazing atmosphere.But look, as you know, it all depends on how you play.
And we traditionally are going to play well in here, and that brings the entire atmosphere together.
102,000, I think it's the fifth largest stadium in America?
It's a great environment.That's awesome.
Yeah, Coach, you have kind of lived through the BCS era. Where you gotta win every game, and if you lose one game, the whole entire season's ruined.And now with the 12-team playoff, it's a little different.
You can win, and you can get in with two, three losses maybe.How much better is that as a coach?Because every week you're not living and dying with your entire season.
Obviously you want to win every game, but is there a different feel to it this year?Because there is that little leeway, especially in the SEC.
Yes and no.I mean, I think what's been hard for coaching, you know, across the board is there's so many distractions now that just keeping your team locked into week-to-week is hard enough.Because of this, you think?
Yeah, it's attached to their hand.Yeah, yeah.I mean, it's unbelievable.So they hear all of these shows.They hear all of the information that's out there.So it's really been about eliminating distractions from week-to-week.
It is, I think, from a big picture standpoint, there's so many teams that are still part of this now going later into October.
I remember, you know, when the shows first started talking about the teams, there'd only be about 8 or 10 teams that really had a chance.Now there's 20, 25 teams that really have a chance.I think it's good for college football.
Army still in the conversation.Absolutely.Could you imagine?No doubt.It's going to go bananas, but to his point about the SEC in a Big Ten. I'm excited to see how much they are in favor in the 12 seeds this year going forward.What does it say?
Something settles?Everything kind of settles in.I think that's going to happen with this 12 team playoff.
Agreed.And I also think the first year there's going to be a little bit of
You know, okay, that's the way it's going to go this year, but moving forward, I think we're all going to learn from this first year, and I think you might see, hey, strength of schedule might play a bigger role moving forward.
Who you play versus who you didn't play, I think that's going to play a role in it.But I think we're going to get through the first year, and I think we're going to hammer down maybe a little bit better on who those 12 teams should be.Hammer.
Ty Schmidt has the last question for you back in Indianapolis.Go ahead, Ty.
Yeah, Coach.Everyone always talks about how the SEC is different, and while that is true if you just watch the games, coming from Notre Dame, you know, like, the expectation, you have to win every week there, too.
So, did you know, like, do you think being at Notre Dame kind of prepared you for this, and at what point did you kind of recognize
Hey, the SEC is different, whether it was the spring game or week in, week out, because your time at Notre Dame, obviously you made the playoff and it's not like you're playing spring chickens every week.
You're nationally televised games, kind of like the one you're going to play in tomorrow.
Yeah, no question.The expectations of being at Notre Dame prepare you for a program like LSU or Alabama.I mean, because the standard is, you know, win a championship.Because you're not playing for a conference championship in Notre Dame.
You're playing to get in the playoffs and win a championship.So the expectations of Notre Dame coming here, you know, I've got that down.
The difference in the SEC compared to the competition that I was playing week in and week out is edge players, defensive linemen, and probably just the overall top-end skill player kind of is a wow.And that's what hit me first being in the SEC.
That player is exceptional.And I didn't see that player each and every week.
So that guy runs 4-3 right there?Yeah.The guy on the other side, he runs 4-2-5.Oh, what about the guy outside?Oh yeah, 4-1-8.He's 17.Yeah, he just graduated.He actually skipped his last semester.He can't even go to the prom.
He runs faster than all of them.It is phenomenal to watch.How do you feel about the... Suck that tiger thick thick I think is what they say about the humidity and now yeah Something like that you guys listen.
This must be a PG show now Very good, I think your sponsors are loving it now.They actually get on board because we oh good the opposite period We love it It's part of what we do, and it's who we are.And sometimes we have to apologize.
Most of the time we go, that's pretty cool.
Yeah, don't ever apologize.Don't ever apologize.And that same thing goes for a lot of Tigers.It's going to be on a sideline.That's cool.That's sweet.That's sports.And thank you so much for taking time twice for us today.
No, no.I'm glad I had the opportunity.
Where did you go?We saw you walk.My locker room's back in there.We went in there, and we did some push-ups, and we had a cold beer.
I love it down here.I love it down here.Coach, we appreciate you, man.Good luck.Say hello to your entire family.Yeah, my family.Ladies and gentlemen, Brian Kelly.Thanks, Coach.That's three claps.Three claps for you, Brian.All right, sweet.
It's hard not to drop into a Southern accent whenever you're around, you know what I mean?Yes.Just these Southerns, when you're around these Southerns, it's hard not to.You almost sound like, hey, thank you, Mike. See you, buddy.See you, Brian.
Hell yeah, brother.I saw their new light show that they did with all that money this year.That place is sweet now at night.Well, and obviously the night thing, their record at night is unbelievable.I can't wait for tomorrow night.
Yeah, so I think that's almost a part of the entire... Our clock is getting blown all over the place now.That was a great... Hey, that was good work.
Someone tried to sneak in under here to fix the clock, puts it all the way back, works his ass off to stay out of the way, put the clock back up, and then just one wind gust comes, that thing just starts going boom, boom, boom.
Anyway, the wind is welcomed.We would like to feel the wind.Keep the wind coming down here.The light shows and everything.I think that's a part of your recruiting right now. It's a part of the thing.
We saw Texas A&Ms, we've seen Tennessee's, we've seen Alabama's.Obviously, night in Death Valley is just absolutely insane.And I think it's just a part of it now.You're expected to have one of those if you're a real program.You know what I mean, AJ?
I think you're just expected to have it, which is why the Penn State people were so pissed that they weren't able to put that thing on such a high last week.It's a big deal if your program has it or not.
I mean, look at this, right?What's on the screen right now, it's unreal.And he said the ribbon boards, there's ribbon boards of what's halfway up the stadium, all the different things.
that you can not only sell ads to, but they add to those crazy light shows.They were showing Joe Burrow warm up last night, Pat.And he's just warming up, throwing as they're introducing the Ravens.And the whole place is dark.
They have like purple lights kind of going over.It just looks amazing.Like the game day atmosphere at night, it's next level.Like there's nothing tops it, I don't think.
Technology is really kind of advanced, I think, in that whole world.Because it used to be like, let's hope these lights stay on for the entire game.And if they don't, it's going to take an hour to get them back on.
I don't think there was ever any forethought like, it's a night game, that means these fans who are booze bags have been able to drink all day.
You know, they think that is almost the advantage, is that you have a little bit more loose crowd, they've been revved up for it all day, it's under the lights, it has a big feel.
But now it's like, not just light, now it's like, we gotta make this an even better home field advantage.
The chance, the song selection, the down period, the up period, because if it is a night game, especially if game day's in town, these fans have been up. since 5 a.m.
so it's like your environment not just on the field what's happening on the field your environment keeps the crowd engaged which I don't want to send everything back to this but which is why I was so impressive with Taylor Swift
There's three and a half hours of just juice, and it's like these college football stadiums are trying and do, most of the time, accomplish that feat.Where it's like, if you have juice for the entirety of the game, there's going to be lulls.
Used to be lulls, I feel like, in primetime games a lot more than there are now, especially with the modern, you know, thoughts and strategy behind the game day experience.But there used to be lulls where people were like falling asleep almost.
It's pretty quiet. Now it's like, we can take care of that, we play one song, we got this tradition here, we're gonna hit these lights to do this, we're gonna bring this in.
It's like there is a method to all of it, but I think it's a benefit too if you do it for your home field advantage.
Well, and that's why I like the MCs.I feel like we talk about the MCs that are great because when we went to Alabama, of course the lights are awesome and they do the sing-along with the Dixieland Delight and they do all of that.
But then the MC actually guiding the crowd, like when we were in Indiana, same type of thing. No one could hear him, but this guy was laying it out on the line for his school and that is another aspect.
And to your point about the lights, it's almost like part of the facility.It's like, yeah, we got this sweet new, you know, training room.We got this awesome new weight room.
Check out these lights that we play at night and you can be on the field with 100,000 people going ballistic as this happens.
There's a reason why millions and millions of dollars have been spent on these lights across these universities.
Now, back in the day, before NIO, I would have said the reason why they're spending five, six million on these light shows is because they can't show a profit.So obviously they have to spend all this money.
So I'm surprised that it hasn't happened sooner, but it feels like modern technology, the LED lights, the ideas.Also, there's people that this is their job.
Like, how do we, I assume there's some sort of sociology degree in it about maintaining people's energy in what hits, what doesn't hit, and it's like a focus for teams.And down here, I guess, this shit is bananas, I guess, down here.
300 recruits, can you believe it?300 recruits, he said, and then some targeted guys taking official visits.I guess you know you're one of their top studs if they're asking you to take official visits or they're targeting you for this game.
Yeah, but you've got to make sure those other 280 don't know that they're not targeted.
Yeah, how do you do that?How do you make that?
I don't know.I don't get it.I don't know, because are they cock of the walking right in front of the rest of the recruits?It's all bums.It's all bums.
It's all the gift bag.I mean, some guys, you know, they get kind of the poopy candy, maybe the poopy chips.Then other guys, they're getting the Snickers.They're getting the Kit Kats.They're getting the Reese's.They're not getting, you know.
Oreo sticks.Well. Hershey bars.
That's an example where you can throw a Hershey bar in because it's still great.You're still giving it to a recruit, but he's still pumped about it.But it's not, it's not, it's not reasonable.
Just like I said, boys, just like I said, I'm talking, I'm talking about the bet.
I'm talking about like the Rolos and the dots and those types of Yankees.You're not even giving those out.Okay.
Hershey's recruits.You want not the targeted one, not the top.No, I never said Hershey's were up there with Reese's.I said they were still up there as a top tier.Can someone help me out back there?
I don't know why, I don't know, you walked right into that.You walked, you shouldn't, you shouldn't even have said it.Sorry about it, pal.
You walked right into it, and you know you did.You were on such a roll we couldn't stop you, but I don't know, what's the base of all those candies?Hershey chocolate.
No, yeah, exactly.Oh, that's funny.Okay, so we're going to talk about the main ingredient and the good ones.Okay, got it.AJ.
Yeah, you guys have fun with your one-star recruits.I'll take all the five-star recruits.Have fun with those guys.So are Hershey's for the one-stars?
Hershey for the one-star?
Give me a break. Basically, yesterday, Foxy said that he hates Hershey bars.He said, that's not what happened.
That's not what happened.What about s'mores, Foxy?
That's what I said, Hawk.That's exactly what I said.Hershey bars are only for s'mores.You don't go to a gas station and pick a Hershey bar and eat it by itself.
He's kind of right there.And I said wrong. Not kinda.It still would taste good if you ate it.But Hershey bars are bought to make your kids s'mores.
AJ, AJ, everything Evan said was 100% right.And I walked in late to the conversation.This guy's screaming.Whatever.Obviously, screaming about it.Wait, Codman disagrees?Oh, screaming.
I mean, they all- I wasn't the only one, but now I am.
Well, no, no, no.It started because he- but he's also- he's not only doing that.He's also putting Hershey bar under, like, terrible candy.He's putting Hershey, like, under, like, Whoppers and shit like that.
Yeah.I didn't hear that.I didn't hear that.Yeah, he ranked them all.
He took a picture of it.Freaking whopper, brother.I mean, are we nuts?
We're talking about fucking chocolate here.
Yeah, bingo.Fucking sue me for liking chocolate.
I said that 10 times yesterday in the middle of this argument.I come walking in and Ty goes, oh, we don't like chocolate anymore?Okay, sue me.I like chocolate.I'm like, wow, that's pretty dramatic what's going on here.
But then Foxy's chirping right back.Foxy was chirping right back from the other side.So I tried to catch up.My takeaway from the battle was, Yes, we'll eat chocolate.We like, I'm a chocolate guy.I think Foxy's a chocolate guy.
But Hershey's is not like, it's not up, the Hershey bar is not up there with any of the other.
No one thinks about a Hershey bar to buy just, hey, oh, okay, I'm going to check out of Publix or whatever in Florida, wherever you are, and you're going to buy a Hershey bar.
I've never seen that.I've never seen that happen.Put it up there, Foxy.Put up your stupid list.Yeah, that's my list.
The guy who has three musketeers in the top three.
I love three musketeers.Milky Way is above Hershey's?Yeah, 100%.
This is how it started, Pat.Guess what?You're an asshole.
You got no friends and you're an asshole if you eat walkers.
Foxy, Foxy. Can't be putting this shit out in the public.
What are you talking about?Who eats a Hershey bar by itself?It goes with s'mores.Millions of people.
That's how they became the number one chocolate bar in the entire world.
Millions of people do it.It's the only chocolate bar.Is there any other chocolate bar that's just chocolate?
For a reason. It was the number one chocolate bar in the world, like when Johnny Carson was the number one show and it was the only option, okay?There's more options out there.
There were other chocolate makers then, too.They got wiped out because they stunk.
Boom.Yeah, but nobody created Reese's yet.I mean, there is a lot of history in respect to Hershey's doing its thing. And I did not see this list right here.Okay, I wouldn't have jumped on Foxy's side as soon as I walked in.
Three Musketeers, that is disgusting.
You're an embarrassment.They're so good.They're so good.Get out of here.The point was, you don't eat a Hershey by itself unless you're a grandpa.And I call all those guys grandpas because they're old men.
I'm only eating Hershey's for the rest of my life, that's it.Speaking of old men,
That's it.That's it.I'm done.You won't.You won't.
How are those Oreo sticks going?Is everything good there or no?I miss them every day.
Do they still beat him? Yep.Oh, yeah, I've never seen him.
How come you haven't bought him yourself?
Hey, yeah, someone's done like 200 to the office That's great news don't put him in that drawer the drawer can't be contaminated by your crop I save for any day when things really go south
What's that mean?Don't bring it up.We have a good weekend ahead of us.Yeah, yes we do.Remember, we're this right now.No, I agree, I agree.United.United.Everybody's united.Speaking of being united, you see a Coastal Carolina coach, Matt Barry.
I believe he calls Thursday night college football games.And he's been going live from all these campuses.It's been quite a nice little scene.Coastal Carolina coach, chug a beer with him. How do we feel about that?I love it.
I would like to bet on the surf turf down there at Coastal Carolina.I love what Matt Barry's been doing too.I think this is a good idea, a good concept.He goes to every one of these campuses.
I think it's like two cameras, a couple microphones, says we're here.SportsCenter's gotten a lot better with Matt because of it, I think, in the environment.And at Coastal Carolina, Coach, you were going, you know what?
Cheers to you guys coming down here. Here's the breeze as it blows through the trees, okay?And then chugs that thing, I love it.I love where sports is at right now.Everybody is seemingly having a good time with sports, and that's a beautiful thing.
Yeah, Josh Norman was down there.They were doing this little contest, throwing a ball through a tiny, tiny hole.Basically impossible.It's a 30-yard throw.
But these environments are the best, especially when it's kind of kicking off the weekend of college football.The guys are kind of bringing this up because the cameraman. that was with them trying to film this little contest they had going.
I'm not kidding.I don't know if this guy had never filmed anything before, if he doesn't know what a camera is.
They had a blind guy doing it.What do you mean?They weren't in shock?
That's very nice of Matt Berry.There's never been a blind person that's been a cameraman.I think that's a good thing to do.
It was nice.I had no idea what the hell was going on.
Was he hammered?Did he drink his booze with the guys? Yeah, was it his beer they were chugging?
What happened, Ty?Yeah, what happened?
To Conor's point, they had a tiny... I mean, we're talking state fair hole.There's no way anyone was getting a football through it.I don't remember what the prize was.It was maybe like 10 grand or whatever the case was.
They had the cameraman on and this guy... was just whippin' it around all willy-nilly, every direction.
Felt like I was at, you know, like the California Dreamin' at Universal Studios, you know, like in one of those, I mean, it was, you didn't see one of the footballs go anywhere near the hole.Didn't see what was going on.It was crazy.
I thought we were getting Joe, I mean, like, I thought we were getting Josh big time.
Like some sort of friend. That cameraman thought he was getting, or her, thought they were getting a promotion after that.Oh yeah, no doubt about it.These people are going to win.I'm fucking Scorsese, bro.Okay, that's the mentality there.
So I respect it, but also... A drummer, just all we need.
He made a choice.You know how actors make a choice to speak with a lisp or do something crazy in a role?He made a choice.I'm going to step out on the ledge.This is going to earn me some awards.
I'm going to be the greatest camera person of all time.And we respect that, obviously, moving forward.Speaking of greatest of all time, Mac Jones is going to be playing football.Here we go, baby. But we talked about that.
Trevor Lawrence, obviously the Jacksonville Jaguars season is what it is.
He got broken off, paid a lot of money, hadn't really had a lot of success on the football field in the NFL, but certainly throughout his high school days and college days, he did.
He's injured, so now it's leaning towards Mac Jones starting for the Jacksonville Jaguars.Doug Peterson, obviously sitting on a rather hot seat. Not as hot as it is down here in Baton Rouge, right?
Not as thick as it is down here, but certainly a hot seat.How do you feel about this, AJ, with Mac Jones going against the Minnesota Vikings defense that just did what they did to the Indianapolis Colts?
Yeah, I mean, you talk about, you know, Mac's been backing up Trevor and watching and doing everything, but now all of a sudden you're thrust back into the lineup against that B-flow defense in Minnesota.
All the looks they'll show at you and whatever they're going to do.Hey, if Mac Jones could come in here and play well, this could do a lot for his career, I guess, but man, good luck.This is a tough time to be thrown right back into the fire.
I'm in return on the Mac.It's not just a tough time to be thrown right into the fire.
I know some big brains, Darius J. Butler, have already put a hefty wager on the Minnesota Vikings because you think about what Brian Flores is about to do to Mac Jones.I feel terrible.Mac Jones is a pro bowler.He's a pro bowler.
He served his time very well in New England.Was it very well?He served his time in New England.What does that mean, served his time?He wasn't in prison. He got screwed over a couple of times.He was there.
He had an offensive coordinator, they went to the playoffs, and then we had one guy who I don't think knows how to spell offense, calm plays, and then we had another guy who, you know, wasn't the best.
But I do worry about his, you know, well-being going up against B-flop.
Speaking of serving time, Shout out to the boys in the Pendleton Prison in Indiana.Jelly Roll went there yesterday after talking to us and I got a text from Jelly Roll.He said all the boys were just watching me on your show before I got here.
I mean, so I guess the Pendleton Prison.Hey, listen boys, once we get out of there, we're never going back.Never going back, boys.
getting out of there, gonna go kick ass, contribute to society in a big way, and we're lucky that we get to be a part of your time.
I don't think we're necessarily the right show to watch in there, but I guess the Pendleton Prison boys really enjoy what Jelly Roll told me.Speaking of Jelly Roll, what's that, Tone?Good morning.
What else are you gonna watch?The View?I mean, you are.
Stephen A. Smith said he wouldn't do gubernatorial, wouldn't be a senator, but Presidency, I'd do that one.That's a big statement.
Only if he knew he'd win, though.Only if he knew he'd win, he'd do it.
How's that work?Somebody just comes up to him and says, Stephen A, you would be president?He's like, alright. All right, I'm gonna do it.
That would be wild to think about, but I do believe what everybody is saying is they just want to serve the country and make the country better, which is what we like.Do your service.That's what we like.Civil service.I guess.
It's like some people want to coach, but they only want to be a head coach.They don't want to work their way up.That happens.
Yeah, like Jeff Saturday and me feel the same exact way.If I'm gonna get a head coaching gig in the NFL, I'll do it.If it's gonna be anything else, I ain't got time to be printing off papers, okay?I can't be running coffee to anybody.
You want me to be the head coach? we have a conversation not right now maybe ten years from now whenever this whole show is over but him just saying if somebody came up to me and said i'd win i'd run for president it's like holy shit steven a that is
he's thinking about running, then there's a, the odds were out on, Aaron Rodgers has better odds to win the presidential election in 2028 than I think the Jets have to win a Superbowl this year.
Really?Yep, plus 3,000, lock it in.
I think the Rock is 25 to 1.
That was like a real thing going on for a while, I feel like.
I think still potentially, not that my sources have told me anything, but the last time I've talked, which is a while ago, but that wasn't just a, that was like a potential, talking to people around that situation, like, wow.
Yeah, it was greatly considered.It's like, okay, I assume that doesn't just go away.Yeah, that's sweet.You know what, I'm going to try to be a president.And then, you know what, I don't want to do it anymore.
You know, like, they talk about, I don't think that ever happens.No, no, I don't think so.
I don't think that ever happens, you know.A lot of these clips, obviously, from like President Donald Trump way back in the day, when he's on like Oprah and all these shows, he's like, I'm thinking about running for president.
I'm thinking about running for president.It feels like there's a couple people that And he's obviously the only one that has ever gone on and do it, but if it gets in their mind, I think that becomes like a potential reality.
I guess we're counting Stephen A as one of the... Could you imagine him on the debate stage up there?Could you imagine Stephen A up there?Holy shit.He would thrive in that environment.
Yeah, I don't know everything about political process, like getting things done and bills, and I don't know what his international knowledge is and everything like that, which I would assume is a rather big part of it.
But you get his ass on a debate stage, I think in front of a microphone, there's a chance.And there's probably a lot of people that feel that way.
I think Elon, who can't do it, obviously, because he wasn't born here, I think he probably wishes he would have the ability to be able to run.I think Mark Cuban, right?He was trying to get his name into the entire thing, right?He might be out there.
you know, four years.I wonder how many of these, like, notable names it's going to become.
He might bring the boom to the White House.I mean, there's a chance that he could do this, but I don't know if Putin would ever want to do it.I don't know.Putin would want to do it on ice skates.He'd say, can you do it on skates?
Let's play, you know, because he's a hockey guy.But the future, seemingly, is going to have a lot of people who have had a lot of success in their professions try to help the country and for that I say thank you.
For The Rock, does that mean the Tribal Chief would be his VP or Secretary of Defense?How does that work?I mean, what is going on?Doesn't he have to give him the okay to let him run?
Chief of Staff.Tribal Chief of Staff.
The original bloodline. Pat Summerall's daughter, Chief of Staff.
First woman ever, I heard.I saw that.That had to be quite a tweet to send out.Yeah, it was quite a tweet to read.What was that?I heard a lot of noise.It's like the political world is such a circus.It's an absolute circus.But it's not entertaining.
I don't know how that works.
No, it's never entertaining.I'm trying to think of when it would be.Good luck to everybody out there.
Good luck, everybody.Good luck, everybody.Hey, they say Irish names do well on those ballots.
I did hear that one time.I didn't.What's that mean?Sweet lady up in Michigan has, I think committed her entire life to politics up there.She came up to me and she was like, if you ever think about it, Irish names do well on the ballot.
They're friendly.And I was like, you got it.I'll go find an Irish person that wants to run.You know?
And Bolger was a governor of Massachusetts.Bolger?Yeah.Kennedy's Irish name?Whitey Bolger's brother.
Very Irish.The most Irish.Feels like the world is moving forward.Are we all?Right?Are we?I don't know.
Depends who you talk to, probably.I don't know.I think we'll maybe give it a couple more weeks and then we'll probably... Months.
What?I thought we were all... I thought we were this.
I don't think everyone's.
The memes I've been seeing, they're still going.I saw someone's moving out of the United States to Hawaii.
Would that still be, maybe?
It's really far though, I guess.
There's a lot of ocean between it.Moving out of the continental United States.Yeah, there we go.
I can see how you can feel restricted in there.Whatever the case, wherever you move, we just hope you're happy.We hope everything works out for everybody.The thought of who could be president in the future of our lifetime is a fun little game now.
It's a fun little game to try to see who- What if a streamer becomes president? It's gonna be one of us.I don't think so.
Maybe a gamer.Maybe, you know, something like that.
What if it's Big Mike McCarthy?Oh, hell yeah.I'm voting for him.I'm voting for him right now.
Actually, I wrote him in.He was right in for me.
Kurt Cignetti.Kurt Cignetti got 496 votes, I believe, for president.
I saw that.That's awesome.
Not enough.Not enough.Obviously.How about Indiana being favored by 14.5%?That's crazy.How do you feel about that, AJ?
What a trap game for them, I guess.I mean, Sig, yeah, he's got to feel good about it, but also to his players.I don't know.Did you ever pay attention to the line, Pat, when you were playing in college or the NFL?
No, but it was nowhere near as prevalent as it is now.Yeah, now it's everywhere on all mainstream TV.They show the line no matter what.So they know there are heavy favorites at home, but that is... I mean, obviously...
Remember back in the day, if commentators brought up the line or talked about gambling, they were considered super taboo.These guys are outlaws.These guys are outlaws.Now it's just a part of it.
What did DraftKings, something just came out from DraftKings that the public has won too much?They're cutting back?
They had to adjust their forecast, I believe, because as far as how much money they're going to make or whatever this year.Because the fourth quarter, the public has done so well in the fourth quarter this year based off of gambling.It's been insane.
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They're dropping it by about $250 million, which, once again, they're making so much money.Ridiculous.So much money, but hey, we're fighting against them, aren't we?Let's go.Let's keep doing that.Come on.Let's keep doing that.Correct.
AJ, let's make our picks, brother.Let's do this.Why don't we make our picks now?Let's try to beat these people.
I love it.I love it.We're both 1-0.I know we'll pop up these picks. Let's see where we're going here.What do you want to start?Let's start this New York football giants, Bruce's squad, taking on the Carolina Panthers.
This is an absolute barn burner here, Pat.I don't know about you.In Germany.Germany, 9.30 a.m.Eastern for us, correct?
I don't think anybody's really looking forward to this one, including the Germans, and we are so sorry to the Germans, and I know people are going to say,
a lot of stuff a bad we would like to say the germans were three million or two million deep in that queue trying to get those tickets now how many of those are bots and aggregators in a i'd yadda yadda yadda whatever the case the germans are massive fans of the nfl massive football fans they're selling out theaters and arenas talking about football over there bjorn verner and the football bros are uh... football brats
There it is.It is huge.They love American football, let alone all the military that is based in Germany and will always be based in Germany and everything like that.
But Germans, I think a lot of people talked about in the London game, a lot of people from Germany are filling up those London stadiums.They love our sport.The fact that they have the Giants, Panthers, I'm bummed out for them.I'm bummed out for them.
And I'd like to say, nine.
They just want to see Baldo, right?They just want to see a game.
I will say the way our secondary has been looking lately, and you know, the Panthers defense obviously stinks as well.It could be a high score and a fair, you know, with a lot of bombers flying in the air, you know, all that jazz.
The field's usually pretty sloppy though over there too, so that doesn't, it's not conducive to hitting deep shots all day.
Well, they got the soccer pitches over there, and I would just like to let the Germans know, guten tag, any other tag other than Sunday.We apologize.
And also Xavier Leggett, it is English.It sounds much different, but he is speaking English, because I've seen some people from Germany say, what is this?Ja.Ja.Ja.Ja.Ja.Ja.Ja.Ja.Ja.
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Ja.Ja.Ja. Plus six and a half.I have the Giants.No, you don't.I tell you what, Danny Dimes will surprise you every once in a while.He really does.This is a pretty must-lose. Not for the players.
Not for the players.You're right.You're right.And, you know, the Panthers could be going around like the Grim Reaper knocking on every door, getting everybody fired the rest of the season here.Maybe.
If they beat the Giants, that was certainly on that long flight back for Morrow.Oh, my God.Oh, my God.
Dayball telling Danny Dines, hey, like, you better go cry to Morrow right now.
Danny knows he can't lose to the Panthers.He knows.He does.He's going to come out here.I just talked to him.He can't.He knows he's making 40 million bucks.People would die to make 40 million bucks.Danny's German.
He's playing in front of some of his cousins.Yeah, he was speaking to some of his family members.He knows.He's going to come out here.He's crying.I just saw it.So I'll take the Panthers.You got the Giants.
And we would like to tell Germany we're sorry.Maybe next year.Maybe next year, Germany. You can watch that game on NFL Plus.
I believe they have access to NFL Network on there, which is obviously the home of the Giants and the Panthers game in Germany.NFL Plus, premium, pro, the home for all the stuff you need to know.
Vikings, Jags, I'll take the Vikings favored by seven because I need them to be a great football team because of what they did to the Indianapolis Colts.I don't think the Mac Jones bump is gonna do anything in Duval.How about you, AJ?
Yeah, I'd say I'm gonna have to agree with you on this one. Sam Darnold, I think he and the boys get it done.They win by more than seven.Seven or more.Yeah, more than seven.I'm glad.Yeah, seven points is a lot still.
Like, I hate these garbage touchdowns and field goals at the end scare me, but who cares?Give me the Vikings.
Okay, we're both on the Vikings there.Pittsburgh Steelers taking on Jaden Daniels.Going to Washington.Everybody's dying to get to Washington.Billions of dollars are being spent to get to Washington.
Pittsburgh Steelers head over there with a offense that meets every single Thursday for dinner, and Russell Wilson pays the tab.
Is this Russell's house, Pat?Do you know?Or is this restaurant?Do you know where it is?
I think they go to restaurants, I do believe.
The way I read it.Because he wants to help the local economy as well.You know, he's not just... I should have known.
I don't think they're going to Primanti's.It feels like it is a different style of food than just sandwiches.Primanti's, I don't know how they feel.I don't know how they felt.I will take the Pittsburgh Steelers plus two and a half.
I think Washington might win this still.Two and a half is a little bit of wiggle room.Gonna be a close game.
But I like Pittsburgh Steelers and I think that defense maybe shows something that Jaden and Cliff haven't seen yet because they've been obviously a buzzsaw and I could be very wrong here.
Yeah, this, I mean, the Steelers, I do love what the Steelers are doing, but I'm taking Washington here.I think Dan Quinn and everybody, I think they're a very well-rounded team.You son of a bitch.So, Tone, sorry about it.Give me the Commanders.
Because Preston Smith's playing.He's not playing?
Lattimore's not, no.He's already been ruled out.
Because he was coming off of something, right?He didn't want that smoke.Tammy?
I don't think that's at all what happened, Tone.I think he's coming off an injury.No, he said, he said, I'll wait until next week.I don't want Pittsburgh Steelers smoke.
He didn't say that.That's not what he said.Denver Broncos, eight-point underdogs traveling to the home of the Chiefs.You know where I'm rolling with, brother?
Chiefs.That is correct.Give me the Chiefs as well.The Chiefs.Have to.Give it to me.
And we need Travis Kelce to go bananas.
Yeah, need a lot of yards, a lot of touchdowns.
Yeah, Jamar Chase just pops off for like 45 points or something like that in fantasy football last night.And if you're taking him on, you have Travis Kelce on your team, you think to yourself, you know what, Trav, I need you to go for 55 points.
And I think he is going to do that. I think Travis Kelce goes crazy.I think he gets in the end zone yet again.I think this Kansas City Chiefs offense with DeHop is a showcase.Now, Denver Broncos defense has always been good.
I think they got too many weapons in Kansas City.I think Kansas City is finding something.I like the over 41 and a half as well.I'll give it to the Chiefs, Andy, over there.
Patriots taking on the Bears, and I'll tell you what, this could be it for Ibraflux.If Drake May, Jarrod Mayo, and this Patriots team flies into Chicago and does their thing, boy, Shane Waldron's gonna get questioned.Ibraflux is gonna get questioned.
Caleb Williams is gonna get questioned. in Chicago is going to get questioned, so give me the New England Patriots.Plus six going in to Chicago.I don't think they win, but I like the Patriots.Plus six, A.J.Hawk.
Okay.I've been waffling a bit back and forth on this one, but I'm taking the Chicago Bears.Minus six at home.I think they figure it out, Zeke, just for you.
Six? Six.Six!Montez is back too.Good call.You saw what happened.They covered three and a half last week.I don't know if I'm bringing it up, but we did.Oh yeah.A lot of people would say big week for Patriots too.
Yeah, huge big week for Patriots.But I mean look, Patriots cover football games.They cover other things too, but they cover football games.
San Francisco favored by six and a half on the road in Tampa.What's their injury situation looking like, boys?
CMC will be back.I think they're getting, because they're coming off the bye, they got a lot of people back.CMC, Mason's healthy.I think I believe Kittle's healthy again.
He'll throttle CMC a little bit, right?Give him like limited touches, limited times.
Have you ever seen CMC throttled, brother?No, you can't.
You can't throttle that guy.No.Pearsall, I believe.Give me the Niners.I'm taking the Niners here, Pat.Yeah.
I would do the exact same.Bills, Colts, it was five, now it's four.They know.They know, they know, they know. In the Loud House, we talked to Josh Allen.They're already practicing their silent cadence.
He's already sleeping with headphones on, getting ready for the noise that is about to be brought.And I appreciate the fact that Bill's Mafia went into Seattle and took that place over.
That ain't gonna happen in the Loud House. No, it hasn't happened all year.Not one time has some other team come in and taken it over.
The Bills Mafia ain't going to do it either.Certain of that.There's not going to be a let's go Bills chant happening.No, no way.
Not a ton of Buffalonians, brother, rolling around.No way.Is Sal Capaci on it?
I think he's playing a show.I think he's playing a show Saturday night.He's drumming somewhere.
Yeah.Ten Roof.All right, so all the juice is going to be left on Saturday night at South Apache Auto's drum show at Ten Roof.And I think he's going to be downtown, so definitely the Colts plus four.I mean, Colts are getting points in the Loud House.
Come on.Come on.Are you kidding me? I will, but for this particular thing, I will take the plus four.
AJ, your thoughts?Well, with all that being said, and Sal Capacciato on Saturday night, I'm going to take the Bills minus four.Here we go.
You don't think they're going to be blown out or too exhausted?Capacciato's got that beautiful audio, too.
You know his audio is always crystal clear.
Absolutely.Okay, let's go.Falcons, Saints, NFC South, Wild.Fired Coach, are we going with it?Are we going with the Fired Coach bump tone?
I normally, I normally would come on.
You don't like special James guy.
And Bruce yelled at me yesterday for doing this, but no, I, I like, I, I, I like the Falcons here, but trust me, it goes against everything.I want to do with coach.
It's Mary.We got an activation period.Taysom Hill might be starting under center QB one with Darren Rizzy at the helm.I love the saints here.
Okay, you love the Saints, give me the Falcons.
I'll take the Falcons as well here, Pat.
Because Kirk came on the show, he was awesome, and you may be hearing footsteps, and that may be Kirk Cousins.Tennessee Titans getting seven in Los Angeles against Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers.I will take the Chargers until further notice.
Yeah, give me the Chargers as well.
Philadelphia Eagles traveling to Dallas to take on the Cowboys, who are reeling, to say the least.Saquon just jumped over a guy backwards last week, and Dallas, they got issues all over the place.
I'll take the Philadelphia Eagles minus 17 and a half, let alone seven and a half.
Yeah, Cooper Rush starting for the Cowboys, correct?Yep.He can still play, he can sling it though, but I'll take the Eagles minus seven and a half.
Cooper Kush ain't mid, that's for sure.Jets, Cardinals, I will take the New York football Jets in the desert, favored by one and a half.
I have no idea how this is aligned, but remember last time we saw them, they looked much better than they have since the beginning of the Jets, basically, AJ.
Yep, I think that Jets D plays well and the offense continues to play, to get better and better.Yeah, give me the Jets.
And Sunday Night Football, the Detroit Football Lions, favored by three and a half, going into a Texans team that has not been able to protect their star, C.J.Stroud.Some people call it a sophomore slump.
I call it a sophomore ass-beating, because that's kind of what's taking place.I think this Lions defense continues to hunt.I like Jared Goff.Give the Lions minus three and a half down in Houston, even though I love the Texans.
Yeah, give me the Lions as well.And I believe Z'Darrius Smith, they gave him off until today.He gave him a couple days and he might play Sunday, correct?
They have not decided yet if he'll play.He's going to play.
No Niko Collins.He's going to give him some days.No Niko Collins is a big deal.
No Stephon Diggs, obviously.And the Lions beat people.So I'll take the Lions, even though I've got a lot of faith in the Texans to figure it out long term.We'll be back on Over Reaction Monday after a fantastic weekend of football.
We're live from Baton Rouge tomorrow morning on Game Day.We'll see you then.
Yeah, that's pretty good.You got it.Right on.Run the screws.You got it.
Yeah, I mean that was... Yeah, you got the back.Get that thing up there.
There you go.Showhead.How tall is Showhead?6'5".6'8".
Which one could it be?I just know he's big as fuck.Is it either of those?6'8 is kind of... that's where I start.
That's where his bat is.That's where his bat is.The top of his bat is at 7 feet.
How tall was the big unit, Randy Johnson?Like 6'10"?Is he really that tall?Yeah, he's fucking huge.Can you imagine trying to hit off that guy?
And he likes to look intimidating too, he said, like that was a part of it.
Imagine being a lefty, stand up with that, and he's a lefty, every ball looks like it's gonna hit you in the temple.
Yeah.CC2 is like, you know, 6'4", 6'5", 300, 325 pounds.It's like a grizzly bear.
Boys, is there anything better than a new place popping up on DoorDash?
A new restaurant popped up on DoorDash last night, and I'll tell you what.Bang.Their chicken parm.Tastes so good.Fazoles?Fazoles has been on there.Oh, the breadsticks.
I don't remember the name of this place.I was just trying to think of it.It wasn't, Magellan's been on here.Magellan's been on here.OG's been on here, obviously.Mimi's Meatballs.Was it Mazza?Was it Brian Mazza's?Mazza's place?
I think it was Brian Mazza's.There was another Italian place popped on there.Immediate get, let's go.So DoorDash is telling me that a new restaurant has opened up around me.So thanks for the information.
And then also delivering chicken parm with angel hair pasta.Oh, man. Come on.
Oh my God.Watching Bangles, Ravens on Thursday night with my wife.Obviously just put the baby girl down.Chicken parm just shows up from a restaurant I didn't even know existed two hours before that.DoorDash is making dreams and nights come true.
Then there was a new sweets place that was put on here.Did you guys see this?There's a new like a dessert place that was put on DoorDash.My wife got like that fond chocolate fondue delivered. Fondue the other night.You got fondue and liver, wow.
Doing the do.Bingo.I mean, this, no, I know the restaurant, the Melting Pot.There's like a, there's a dessert place.It's up near you, I think, Bruce.I think it's literally right next to your house.You should look into it.
Yeah, I'll have to get on it.It's right next to the Tide Cleaners.
Oh, shout out to these people. Shout out to DoorDash, legitimately.I know they probably had a concept, an idea, and I don't know if they knew it would develop into this, but I'm using DoorDash forever.
Last week, it was for trimmers so I could shave my face.I mean, it's just like, need it to my hotel.Okay, got it.
Now, I don't have good lighting in hotels, so I can't just DoorDash a bus, but there's a bus that has, I go on there, I cut my hair, but it's like, DoorDash is a- You could DoorDash an influencer light, though.
You could DoorDash one of those. Boom, boom.I door dashed from a tractor supply company.You know that in store?I door dashed from a tractor supply last night.It was key.Did you get a tractor?No.
Do you need your feed bag?
No, I don't have... I've thought about getting chicken someday.Anyone in this room?Anyone have chickens?Live chickens?Yeah, chickens where you just... because I just want to eat the eggs.
You door dashed? Eggs to raise the chicken?No, no, no.I'm saying when I go in.
Sometimes when you go into Tractor Supply, they have little chicks.You can buy them there.They have live chicks in store.
I doubt you can door dash those live chicks.You probably could.What is your door dash?Is your jeans?I've jeans from Tractor Supply company door dashed before.
No, I got a couple like snow hats and then I needed like a little chain belt situation for a mower. Got that.
Oh, nice.Oh, I like that.Didn't have to.
Once again, DoorDash, changing everything.
Because you imagine the entire scene, have to go there, then you have to figure out which one you need, where is it, how is it, have a couple conversations with people who are much smarter than you, or trying to alpha you, who are smarter than you, let you know that they're smarter than you.
DoorDash is just like, what do you need?Here it is.Bang.And also, I'm going to pay the express fee, because I don't want this thing traveling around town.Game changer.$2.99, throw it in there. We are overpaying on DoorDash for something, you know?
You look at the price tag for some of your order, it's like, is it really worth this?It's like, convenience, yep, can't put a price on it.Shout out to DoorDash, we appreciate it.
Love you, DoorDash.Love you.
Time is valuable, right?Saves your life.
Saves your life, yeah.Saves your time, saves your life.
So are they done painting the field?
It looks really good, actually.We got a couple paint guns down here still.
Do you notice anything different about that field?What, it's grass? No, it's turf.Oh wait, no, it is grass.Field's grass, you're staying on turf.Feels like that's a lot of numbers.Do most fields always go by five yard increments?No.
Yeah, I think that is a part of the LSU thing.And also where the numbers are placed, yeah.Those are smushed.That's a lot of numbers.Because normally it's just 10, 20, 30.I don't mind that.
Not, they want their fans all 100 and 200 and 3,000 to know exactly where to ball.
Now you have two posts that you can run your head off of if you're playing defense or offense.
It is, optically, the field goal posts are different.Now granted, I don't know if kickers can see it because the offense aligns there whenever you're lining up.I don't know if you see the bottom, I was just looking at it.
It's interesting, man, old school, 100 years in this place.
Is white a factor too on the field goal post?Go white out or something?
Nah, I think college maybe there's more.Are they white?
I would be smart, put all the fans in white.Can't see the ball.Yeah, you're right.Normally it's a neon.
Even high school goalposts are that neon yellow.That'd be genius.
That would be so hard to see.Like the wall.Like Balmer has the wall.Move everybody wearing white.That thing is crazy.So is that just straight up?Is that what it means?I'm trying to figure out the complete.
The seeds go straight up compared to normal seeds going back.
It looks like it is actually just dropped into that stadium.Like that thing looks, because it's gigantic.Huge.The way it kind of sits and feels.And I think the number of toilets is really paying off for him too.Oh yeah.
People are in their seats.
Now LA people are going to be late anyways.You know, it's like LA people kind of traffic slow.You got to do that.But when that place is rolling, like if they could be good, Which, who knows if any basketball team can be good.
Sixers stink, Bucks stink, Celtics are good, Pacers are good.But there's a lot of teams, I think, with injuries and everything happening, not as good as everybody thought they were gonna be going in.
But if the Clippers can be good, primetime playoff basketball, that'll be a show.And I think that's what Ballmer's all about, the show.Isn't this right by SoFi?
I don't know.I thought we saw this being built when we were out there. Is that what that was?I do remember us having a convo.I thought that's what this was when we saw it going up.
Englewood?It's in Englewood, right?So is that where... About a mile and a half away.I think so.
Yeah, so yeah, it was by South Point.
I do remember that.That seems so long ago, doesn't it?
It does feel like five years ago.We're about to get into AltCast time again, where we're on a sideline of games.Yeah.We got a lot coming in a short amount of time, so let's get our traveler miles on.
Get that AltCast hat back on.
Yeah, let's get ready for that, but it feels like just yesterday at Rose Bowl was happening, but then it also feels like 10 years ago.So it's kind of an interesting dynamic.
I think we start at the SEC championship game, we'll be the first one we're on the field at.And I don't want to make us feel much bigger than we are, but... Every game we're going to be on the sideline of is a massive game.Huge games going forward.
I think all eyes are on how sick that first round is going to be because you got home field advantage in college for the first time in this 12 team playoff.I know it's still a good bit away, but it's not really.
You know, we're kind of right around the corner here from an unprecedented situation, which is college football playoffs being vast, college football playoffs showcasing home field advantages to a lot of people.
I think a lot of people are going to watch their first college game of the year probably doing this.
We're only a month away from the SEC championship.Like, that's where we are.We are close.Yeah.
Also, let's get our all-cast caps on.
Let's bring our coats.We might have our first all-cast cold game, too, couldn't we?Depending on how first round is. Yeah.That's gonna be fun.That'll be fun.If it's a freezing cold and frigid game, we're on the sidelines.In Penn State, just snowing.
Remember when AQ was, and all those guys were, they were stacking on top of each other like they were a big sandwich or Subway sub when they were doing the All-Kills?Oh yeah.RG3 had a baby that night.
No, he had Bob.He ran out.
No, he had a baby that night, right?No, he did not.He flew home.
As the person that put that show together, as the person that put that show together, I know everybody thought I was cute and clever and everything.I felt like the biggest fucking asshole of all time.I'm like, I'm making this guy work.
Like a night where his wife could have a kid.I felt so terrible.And then I was told, nah, nah, she didn't have a kid.It was a miscommunication.I'm like, thank God.
I would have felt terrible.Braxton Hicks, those contractions that aren't real?Yes, correct.That aren't pushing the baby out?Yeah.Oh, you got a band?Where's the band?
Can they play the national anthem for us quick?
Good, save $2 million in taxpayer dollars.
Per flyover.Is that what it is?
Is that what that is?No, I respect the respect though.See our show immediately.As soon as we thought we fake heard it.Last week, last week, middle of game day, they run that thing.
the National Anthem, and I'm standing there, and I got Keegan-Michael Key one side, Nick Saban on the other side, I think. and you're just looking around, you do get that feeling again, AJ.
I started swaying a little bit, started swaying a little bit, I'm like, okay, this shit's about to go right now.And then those F-18s take the tractor another round, they're flying in.
It's easy to get emotional if you let yourself go, yeah, you're getting back, okay, here it is, all right.
It really is, it's a big deal all of a sudden.A little bit of perspective gets smacked in the mouth, it's like, this place? I couldn't even imagine what tomorrow's gonna be.This thing goes straight the fuck up.
730 Eastern, right?All those people all day to get juiced up.Oh, man.
This thing goes straight up and then they just put people on top.
It's like... Hey, my buddy Josh Sitton wants a kick for it tomorrow on game day.He wants to try to get in the running to be the kicker.
All right, he's got to be the first 100 in there.I try to tell them that.
I try to tell them you've got to get there super early, then you can get involved in the raffle.
100 tickets are given, and then you are randomly chosen from the 100.So you've got to get there early.You get one of the 100 tickets, and then they randomly draw one at the commercial break.
And then I guess you could hope that the guy that gets selected or girl that gets selected tears their ACL.Yeah, true.And then there's another one.Can't happen.Shot the Jake, by the way.Jake, I believe, had full reconstructive surgery to his knees.
I think it was ACL, Maniscus, a few others.Patel.He's good.And he stayed for the whole show.Don't ever forget that.
He's going to tear. You never know.What does that mean?Why don't you tear it once?I'm just saying, it's like concussions.
Once you have one, I think they come in bunches, but if you're taking a 45% practice cut and you tear your ACL and you bend backwards, okay, well, that was 100 for him.That was 100 for him.He did have a knee brace on.He had existing damage going on.
Oh, he did?Yeah.Oh, I didn't know he had the underlying conditions.
He buckled his knee on the practice kick before.
He did have underlying conditions.
It was so painful looking.I just feel for him.Don't try that again.He should be 65 kicking.
Don't try that again?What are you talking about?We gave him, and I don't want to set precedent too much here, but He's getting $20,000.That might be the new precedent.If you get selected to do the kick and you tear your ACL, you'll get $20,000.
Even if you're kicking it, you tear your ACL, you'll get $20,000.You are forfeiting the big prize by tearing your ACL immediately.Also, the recovery and rehab is going to be a long time.
But I also told Jake that whenever he gets to the point of feeling 100% again, because he lives in Indiana, he'll get a $100,000 opportunity kick again at the Thunderdome.
Live feed.It's going to be a big mental hurdle, I would think.You know, coming off your ACL, it's mentally tough to put your foot on the ground and make that first cut.If I'm this Jake character, I don't think I'm swinging anymore.
He was playing soccer just a few days beforehand, and that might have been where he tweaked his knee or something.He's a warrior.We'll put him in the Flaco 1, so he'll be fine.
I assure you, for $100,000, this guy's going to be swinging, okay?I don't think he's going to be worried about that, AJ.
Thank you, Ty.AJ's being just such a meanie.
No, no, I worry about the kid's body.I want to take care of his body.Are we talking about the same guy in the video?
Yep, I think we are talking about the same human.
No, we don't have him.So which knee did he tear?
You can guess.I think it was the plant leg.How old is he?No.
He graduated a few years ago.
He was ready.He was not happy.He was not allowed to compete.He still wanted to do the kick after that.With that knee.I mean, I love that about him.I didn't know this until afterwards.They were like, sir, we can't let you.We respect you.
We appreciate you.But we cannot do that.And he stuck it out for the rest of the show.And then he left.And then he went and got an MRI.And then he found out that it was my body.
Jesus Christ, your knee's destroyed.
Sir, where have you been?
And they're going to say, oh, did you make the kick?I never really made it to the kick.I actually tore this in my practice cut.Going 100%?Yeah.You want to run it back?Should we see if it's 100%?
We don't have to see it again.We've seen too much.We know.You're right.It's a feel-good Friday.Why don't we doordash some anti-nausea before we're going to show that again?Because I get uncomfortable watching it.
It's like the Tom Segura video.I get very uncomfortable watching that thing. What do you do?Somebody caused a seismic earthquake thing here at this stadium.Somebody... Garth Brooks.That's his name.When?
I think it was, Operator, won't you put me on the line.And then it's right here, calling Baton Rouge.I think at that moment, 103,000 were calling Baton Rouge.And I'll tell you what, the Earth called back and said, there's a fucking earthquake.
He's on the wall. It's on a wall out here, yep.Seismograph records, earthquake in Tiger Stadium during Garth Brooks concert.It's on a wall in here, and there's a lot of Garth Brooks stuff going on.
Tom Scurr obviously a part of it, and I'm sure Garth isn't pumped about that, but there's other stuff taking place.All I know is when he was in here. We'll never know.I don't think we'll ever know.
If we ever hear it, it'll come through an album by that other guy.
I saw you holding that bat earlier.That's Johnny Bats?This is Marucci Bats?Yeah.How's that bat feel in your arm?Feels pretty good?
Yeah, it feels really nice.
Johnny Bats.I like all these bat companies giving us bats.It's fun though.
That's Johnny Batts, yeah.
Oh, and his little inscription to you is carved in as well.Yeah, Johnny Batts.Yeah, this one here, this one handcrafted here.So he was a Miami Hurricane, 1983.It says, Johnny S.83 Canes.
I don't know what the root is.
This Marucci guy is from West Virginia, I heard.Really?
Really.I see a lot of Marucci bats.Those are all over the place.
Yeah, they're sick.The C4 or whatever.
Went to West Virginia.Went to West Virginia.Man, let the major leaguers use metal bats.
I mean, put the net in front of the pitcher.
The pitcher's got to have the— Okay, yeah.
Yeah, I'm throwing it.Sounds good.
It's like the Spalding case. Ty, the old man that believes in all the standards and old school baseball traditions.
If you want to get guys metal bats, the pitcher's got to be willing to take one off the head and get killed.That's just the way it goes.
What's this all about up here, Ty?Take a little weight out of it or what?
That's usually like in game a lot of times guys will use it like that.
I don't know what specifically, I wonder if it's concave.I always thought it was for the vibration so you didn't break your hands every time.
Distributes it a little bit more.I thought it was to take an ounce or two off the bat.It's deep.It's a deep, deep hole here.This one doesn't hurt.
That's where you rest your baseball when you're carrying the bat and you're walking to the park.
Like an ice cream cone.Okay, so. Nope, not a ball.It's just a baseball.
It's like the back of your putter to pick up the ball.
Hey, did you get a chance to see those ticket prices that got sent into the group text that you don't ever participate in?
I did see some of them.It seemed like they're pretty high this week.
Alabama, LSU, average ticket price on SeatGeek, $499.That's just the average.Georgia, Ole Miss, obviously massive, yes, $437.Florida, Texas, $432.BYU, Utah, holy war, $397.BYU, obviously everything's still very much in front of them.
And then Colorado, Texas, Tech, $325.Everybody still in there.These ticket prices on SeatGeek are big because it's a massive weekend. of College Ball.
Telling 500 bucks for the ticket, for the average ticket to get in down here on the secondary market, obviously on SeatGeek.That's a big deal.There's 102,000 people in here.
I mean, those are absolutely must-win games for LSU and Ole Miss, and their home crowds are going to show up for them. And obviously the Holy War, BYU, Utah.We know the must shows up at Utah.
That's a huge one because their season hasn't gone great, but they are trying to spoil it for BYU.And everybody wants Steve Prime.Everybody wants Steve Prime down in Lubbock.
That's a big game down there, Colorado-Texas Tech.People say if they get through this one, Colorado's on a ride.Get a shot at a Big 12 championship. Texas Tech, good team, brother.
Texas Tech is a good team, and that's the place you're gonna be packed out.People are paying $325 average ticket price.That means what?Sold out.Sold out.Sold out.Sold out.Sold out.That's college football, baby.Let's go.That's sports as a whole.
We're lucky to do it.All right, boys.We're gonna try to find some air conditioning down here.Nice.We're gonna try to find some air conditioning down here.Good luck.
Good luck. Go get some Gator.
Yeah, Gator bits.Not a bad idea.Fried pieces of Gator.
They said it's like greasy chicken, right, Gator?It's pretty much.Yeah, it's a little more rubbery.
If fried, it's like anything else.It's a bit stringy.Rubber.Stringy.It's stringy, yeah.It's probably pretty lean, so it's probably a little tough, isn't it? Yeah, a little.You should go gator hunting.You can go shoot them right in the head.
So I've been down in Louisiana, not Baton Rouge, when I was in the middle of the program, substance abuse program, and I was trying to find things that were fun to do that didn't involve You know, having fun.Very boozed up.Ripping and running.
I went on like a tour of doing stuff that had all the reality TV shows.So I went like ghost hunting down there.I went bigfoot hunting.That was a TV show.I went noodling in Carolina because that was a big TV show.
And then I came down here to Louisiana.I went hogging in the morning and frogging at night. And I'll tell you what, what a time down here.What a time.We had about 45 beers in between the two events.
The hogging down here was with a couple of bay dogs and a couple of pit bulls.And obviously the hogs are, you know, they run through the fields.They ruin everything, I guess.The hogs are like the rats of Louisiana.
So you're doing a favorite hog tie that thing.It was a wild scene.Then the frogging at night was a blast.We're on these boats in the middle of the swamp.You see all these gators popping their heads up in all their eyes because it's dark.
You're floating around a swamp. Dark.
It was nightmare fuel out there.
No, tiny little, we didn't have one of those big boats.It was like a smaller boat, because you got to get to the end of this boat to put the spotlight on bullfrogs, which kind of hypnotize them.
And then you're grabbing that, you're reaching out in the swamp, side of swamp, grabbing them and then putting them in an American gladiator like cylinder on the boat, you know?So that's called, that's called frogging.
And it was like, we're just rolling through these swamps.You put the spotlight out and you see the eyes of all these damn gators.And it's like, what? So- Reach out for the wrong thing.
Just everything that's around you is the scariest thing imaginable.And it's like, that's Louisiana football, baby.It's different down here.They have a good time.They're outdoors, outdoorsy people, upbeat people.
And somehow they're able to handle this heat.I don't know how they're able to do it.It's terrible.It is tough.
It actually, it actually does stink.
It does, but the people don't.
People are awesome.I mean, Brian Kelly stopped by.He was a man.Twice. Yeah, I think Kelly was on our show twice today.
Did you get to see the facilities at night?
No, we came in right into a theater.Our production meeting was in a theater.Nice theater, I think.We haven't seen the theater, but everything around the theater was very nice, so we were going to assume that it was a nice place.
We were going to assume it was a nice place.Driving through, you see a lot of, like a Louisiana-style house exists, I guess.Yeah, what does that mean? Like your honor.I think if you see it, you know it, yeah.
Southern New Orleans type.Oh, like New Orleans.
Yeah, I think it's Louisiana, but New Orleans is, I don't know.You get it.
I don't know the ins and outs of it all.
Hey, Gump, good work today, buddy.
Good job, Gump.Good work, Gump.Big Monday night game for your squad.
Yeah, I'm stoked.Playoff run starts on Monday, boys.
Okay.Okay.Boom.Why don't you come on over here?Boys, it's been a hell of a week.Wild week. Little bit of a rollercoaster of a week for a lot of people in the real world.And we were just like, go ahead.
That was this week.Speaking of things that seemed like that, that was just, trade deadline was just Tuesday.
Yeah, trade deadline was Tuesday, yeah.Yeah, this morning I woke up and realized it was Friday and I'm flying to Louisiana.And boy, I was like, it's been a quick week.It's been a very quick week.We're lucky to do it.
All the boys in the back, great work this week. To the graphic department, good work this week, boys.
Great work, great graphics.
Take D-Bone, congratulations on a couple big wins in the Thunderdome.
Bones been winning somehow.I know.Me and Fox need to go back to the drawing board.Me and Fox need to go back to the drawing board.We lost to D-Bone twice.Just broke.
Yeah.He's gotten a lot better, but we're missing a lot of shots.Yeah.Congrats to D-Bone.We're really proud of you, D-Bone.
His co-champion, AQ Shipley, won the title in left town.He was trying to do what Bret Hart was trying to do before in Montreal situation.And now we're not going to be able to battle for the title until next Wednesday.Real tired move.
But that's the type of champions they are, so we got to respect it.Scumbags.
The Indianapolis Screwjob, they're calling it.
Oh, no.AJ, really good work this week.You did great, pal.Way to go.Thank you.That's a sweet hoodie, isn't it?
I'm realizing, as I look at the screen, it's a big swoosh. Yeah.You knew that.Yeah, I didn't realize it was as prevalent, like you could tell it's a swoosh.I thought it was just a gray stripe for a little bit.
You thought it was like a fishing hook or something like that?No, I thought maybe you couldn't really tell it's a swoosh here.It's not a Nike check, by the way.If anyone calls it a Nike check, you're dead wrong.
Well, click clack, it's a... It's a check mark, that is a swoosh.It's a swoosh.Just do it.Just do it, man.What a great tagline, too.Witness.Just do it.And that witness backwards with Saquon?Sick.So cool.That was sweet.That was a sweet Nike.
That was a good idea by Nike.That was a good idea by Nike.Let's get ahead of this.Let's drop some money into Saquon Barkley's bank account real quick, and then let's go ahead and do this.Brilliant.Just absolutely brilliant.Send to.
Clearly Nike.Yeah, of course.I'm saying what model?I'd look at the model.
I think they're the Saquon Twos.They look like the old school LeBron shoes.They're sweet.
Speaking of LeBron, Lakers suck.
Yeah, and Bronny's heading to the G League after tonight's game.No, only for some games.
Yeah, home games only.Can't travel.
Rumpus time's over.Huh?Bingo.Rumpus time is over.
All right, let's get the hell out of here.See a friend, tell a friend something nice.It might change their life.Let's never forget that, you know?We have no idea what people are going through.
Now this week, if people are going through stuff, we see it on TikTok and in videos and tweets and posts and everything like that.But normally in our lives, we have no idea what somebody else is going through.
You have no idea what is happening in the brain or behind the eyes of the person you're chatting with if it isn't your own.So just go ahead and say something nice to them.You never know what it's going to do.
It might change an entire trajectory of a life, let alone a day.So be a friend, tell a friend something nice.It might change their life, especially during this time we're in this thing together.Team on me.Team on three.Happy birthday, Mitt.
The NWSL is so on, and now it's on ESPN.From rookies to rising stars to legends of the game, the world's best players battle it out in pursuit of an NWSL championship.
The NWSL on ESPN, presented by Ally, all season long on the networks of ESPN and ABC.It's so on.
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