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as it hosts number one Miami Hurricanes. tomorrow night, college game day, 9:00. a.m. Eastern here with a litany of. guests and surprises and celebrations. We are so incredibly lucky that we get a. chance to talk about ball. That's AJ. Hawk. He's a That was AJ. That's AJ. Hawk. College football national. champion, Super Bowl champion, RDER Cup. winner. AJ 1 verse 11 with a massive. storyline. Malachi Tony top three in. Heisman odds. Uh Baby Jesus, a wide.

receiver who helped the Miami Hurricanes. get all the way to the finals in the. national championship last year returns. He's on pace to break every single. record. This guy's an absolute beast. He's a dog. The quarterback Darren. Mensah that they bring in from Duke, he's unbelievable when Malachi's on the. field. Would any quarterback be. unbelievable with Malachi on the field? Probably. Menso without Malachi on the. field not as great but this is an entire. week leadup now couple days to uh Mario. Crystal ball to kind of prepare. I think. we're going to see a lot of run in the.

rock from Miami is not from any inside. information but I think they got big. Fletcher that we saw during that entire. playoff run last year. A new offensive. line but still bodies and then Notre. Dame the CFP committee putting them at. 11 say this is a must win if you want to. get into the big dance. CJ Carr has a. chance to cement this particular Notre. Dame team into the playoffs. Basically, it is a showcase of college football, not only here, but across the country. tomorrow. AJ, it is uh getting into. great football season, brother.

>> Yeah, it is. It looks like that. Your. your shot, too, seeing that those gray. skies over that historic field behind. you just really makes me know like, hey, we're in the heart of it. This is. football season. This is uh this is. where we want to be, especially prime. time game tomorrow night. It's going to. be great. But don't you feel like that. pressure is squarely on the Notre Dame. Fighting Irish for this one? Obviously. Miami, yes, they want to get a big win. They want to stay number one, but you. already have, you know, your your guy, as you said, Malachi Tony is out. And if. uh if Miami drops one, they can still. find a way to to squeak into the.

playoffs or make the playoffs pretty. easily. Notre Dame, it's all it's all. it's up against them right now, man. It's win or go home, it feels like. >> Yeah. CFP putting that them at 11 was uh. hey, >> yep. >> This is it. This is it. that you were. either dropping out here or you're going. to stay in for the rest of the season. Not saying that every game is easy in. college football, okay? Getting a group. of dudes 18 to 24 and I guess there's. still some 27 30 year olds hanging. around from everything that happened. around COVID and such, but it's a young.

group of men going through a lot of. things and football is a difficult game. that requires everybody coming together. every single week. You can get got by. anybody in college football. I mean, we've seen the appstate Michigan thing. happen whenever we don't think it's uh. possible. So, I'm not saying every game. is easy. But with the way this Notre. Dame team has played, if they beat. Miami, you're talking about, you know, pretty nice little coast here into the. playoffs. And also for themselves, I. think they'd like to know who they are. as well. You know, I I think Notre Dame, you lose to BYU. How do you feel about.

your team this year? We we kind of. geared up for this particular year. Opted out of the Pop-Tart bowl last year. because they thought that's not the way. we want this to end with the boys. sitting out because they're going into. the draft. It's not the playoff. We got. a lot of guys returning. We're going to. try to rebuild and reload. It's like, well, here it is. This is what. everything's about this weekend. And. that's the the greatness of what is. being deemed I don't want to break any. news. >> I don't want to break any news. >> But we got we got separation Saturday. football. >> We got separation Saturday coming in. college football. It's not just here,

you know, with Miami coming to town. First time back since whenever. Jason. Sedaka as guest picker. Cannot wait for. that. Appearances by Joe Montana, Jerome. Bettis, I believe. many. Yeah. I I mean, tomorrow morning is going to be a party. We cannot wait to celebrate this. particular game, but also what's. happening on across the college football. slate. Let's go to one half of the. HAMMER DAD Cowboys AP Tone, published. college football author. Huge weekend, Tone. It's so many games, it's going to.

be tough to literally cover them how. they should be tomorrow on a three-hour. college football show. >> Yeah, it's crazy. And there's, you know, we popped that up there and it's nine to. 10 games with serious playoff. implications. Like when you look at it, BYU I you're not safe if you lose it in. that one. Texas and Missou is a playoff. game. The loser there has three losses. and you're you don't want to be in that. three loss group. Could you still get in. with three losses? Yes. But do you want. to? No. UCLA wins. I think they're in. cuz then they you know they have. Illinois coming to them and then two. other games. Can you are you going to. leave out a two loss Big 10 team? I.

don't think so. Bama and LSU. Uh you. take that one. You're at three losses. You're in that three loss group. Same. with Ohio State and Oregon. That's a. playoff game there. Tennessee and. Kentucky. The same thing. If Miss wins, if Miss wins, I think they're in the. playoff looking at their schedule going. down. Uh Miss has after this, they have. Oklahoma, Wford, and Mississippi State. They're going to be in favor in every. single. >> this late in the season. >> Yeah. SEC does the penultimate week for. the SEC. They always schedule these FCS. teams. Iowa, and Northwestern playoff.

game. And then you talked about the. implications for Notre Dame and Miami. The there's nine to 10 serious. playoff/playoff. implication games this weekend. It's. It's going to be awesome. And it will be. a Separation Saturday. >> Yeah, it certainly will be Separation. Saturday. Cannot wait to celebrate that. uh all day tomorrow starting tomorrow. morning, 9:00 a.m. Eastern. And AJ, you. know, we've gone here 5 minutes without. talking about what happened last night. But boy oh boy, I think a lot of people. got a chance to witness what this. Jacksonville Jaguars team is and has. been. When you talk about DUV.

domination, you talk about them maybe. taking out on a little disrespectful. Chuck Pan yesterday on the program in. the back here sitting in AQ Shipley's. couch at the Hammer Don studio. What. coach Liam Cohen has done to. Jacksonville, obviously the locker room, obviously each of his players, including. Trevor Lawrence, who was heralded as. maybe the greatest prospect since you. name it coming into the draft.

He's balling. >> The defense is a wall. I mean, I don't I. don't know how else you describe it. The. the thought that uh Derrick Henry was. going to be able to just beat this team. down because he's Derrick Henry was very. natural, I think, for us all who have. eyes and have seen Derrick Henry play. football over the years. I think we all. thought to ourselves, Joey Faniano, Tone, what what what was he wearing on. his right foot there? >> It looked like a snowboard boot to me as. someone who went to Seven Springs all. the time. It look just like a snowboard. boot. >> Yeah, I think Tone actually worked the.

slopes in high school. I think he would. know that does kind of look like a a. boot that you would have to wear if you. were attaching yourself to something. else, you know? So, like the fact that. this is just what his foot was. And we. had seen the pictures all week coming. out of this right ankle wrapped pretty. good, but it wasn't really a topic of. conversation seemingly by a lot of. people including Baltimore was like, "Yeah, he's our star guy." Undrafted. free agent, okay, out of Yukon. independent school. Way to go. Play Yukon schedule though. Did Yukon schedule.

>> with a bum right ankle that looks like. it it's going to need some sort of. surgery probably after this entire. thing. He's gritting it out, gutting it. out because this is his first NFL start. getting an opportunity because of the. misfortunes that have happened ahead of. him with Huntley and and Lamar Jackson. He had no [ __ ] chance. What are we. talking about? WHAT WHAT ARE WE TALKING? AND THEN AND THEN IT WAS going to talk. the table at Boston Connor and at Ty. Schmidt con man. I thought it was 35%. chance of rain, 14% chance of rain. Fenano had no chance. We're never gonna. SEE FENANO AGAIN. WE'RE NEVER GONNA SEE. FENANO AGAIN. HE HAD NO SHOT LAST NIGHT.

I THOUGHT MAYBE HE DID. YEAH, RIGHT. RAIN, BOX, ANKLE, this Jaguars defense, they're so good. They are so good. You. look at all the stats going into the. game. We were reading off the stats. yesterday. We're like, this Jacksonville. Jaguars defense number one in the league. against the rush. They've only given up. four rushing touchdowns in the back end. Oh, they get to the quarterback as well. You can't pass a little bit, but you. know, they haven't really had the. opportunity to do it because they've. been winning. somebody get it's like. this team I think it's hard for all of. us and I'm in the AFC South and I've. watched the Colts lose to the.

Jacksonville Jaguars and I've been a. part of the Colts losing to the. Jacksonville Jaguars on a on a very. regular occasion. Me picking the. Baltimore Ravens plus 10 last night. after seeing how that game went might be. the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. in my entire life. Con man, what the. hell were we thinking? And Ty, I'll. start with you. You were trying to get. me not to jump ship from the Jags. because I literally just saw what they. did to the Colts last weekend. We got we. got an entire business collapsing in. front of our eyes here in Indianapolis.

because of what this Jags team just did. to us last week and I seemingly forgot. about it. Ty and Connor, you were with. me. >> Yeah, listen, you know, hey, I get it. I. mean, it was a fun story. We we were. getting very Italian yesterday. We were. having fun with Joe Finan, you know, and. thinking of what, you know, what could. have been. But yeah, they were going to. get their ass kicked all night. Uh, no. matter what. I think, you know, I mean, you, you know, again, you just said it. You saw him last week. You saw how good. the Jaguars are. I think they're. probably as of right now the best team.

in the AFC. Their defense is. unbelievable. I mean, Trevor Lawrence, he's 19 and six with Liam Cohen. Like, they they are a tandem to be kind of. reckoned with here. And we'll see what. happens moving forward because I think. you know Herby mentioned it on the. broadcast last night like Anthony. Campanil their Dcoordinator like he's. going to be one of the bells of the ball. when it comes to coaches getting hired. next year so maybe things will change. but I mean what are we doing? What are. we doing? Joey Fenano against this Jags. team. I get it was at home but I MEAN.

COME ON. COME ON MAN. >> WE RESPECTED THE Ravens organization too. much. >> Yeah. I think that was kind of what we. did. We were like, you the Ravens aren't. going to get smacked in the mouth with. three different quarterbacks. They're. not going to do that with three. different quarterbacks. There's no way. the way they draft, the players that. they try to get into that building, the. toughness, the mental toughness, the. physical, everything that the Ravens are. that we know of. I know it's the first. year of Jesse Mter and I know Harbaugh. has gone to the Giants here and now he. has them in the lead in the NFC East. So. that might be a massive loss to a. building just like Dallas moves on for.

McCarthy. The Steelers are [ __ ] you. know, and now everything's happening. like that. crazy what a coach could. potentially do, but we had faith in the. Ravens as a whole. And I we all thought. there's no way on prime time in their. own house, in their own house, >> they would let that happen. That's tough. for mentor trying to establish a. culture, AJ. Legit, that's not good for. your first year head coach having these. uh types of things happen and then all. the conversation around it about like, well, who's quarterback next year? Lamar. Jackson still on a contract? It's not a. real contract, though. It's like, okay,

so we got a whole new turnover. How. long's that turnover cost? Because uh. Ravens fans I don't think are the most. patient bunch. AJ, >> no. They they obviously they've had a. lot of success, so they don't need to be. patient. They're not like uh a team. that's been, you know, perennally. perennially terrible, if that's a word. If that's how I would properly use that. Yeah, I was trying to trying to figure. that one out. I was thinking of like how. Tone talks about the Browns. Like the. Browns fans should be patient with what. they've had in their past. I think the. Ravens when we think of the Ravens from. the year I mean I'm old enough from the.

year 2000 on the Ravens play tough. physical defense. They're very. intimidating team to play against. They. set the tone early and offensively. they've usually been fun and they've. kind of find a way and being able to. push the ball down the field. Especially. with Lamar when you when he's out it's. just a different world for this Ravens. team. Obviously Derrick Henry we knew. they would focus on him. First play of. the game they're playing Wildcat Fanos. out there playing X receiver or. whatever. They're trying to like mix it. up and get Derrick Henry going, but I. mean, there's only so much you can do. And I think ultimately this this Jaguars.

team is legit top to bottom. Offense is. playing great. Defense is very, very. good. They're very underrated, I think. And last night, we got a little glimpse. of that. >> Yeah, their defense, you're talking. about underrated, but statistically. they're ranked. Yes. Right where it. looked like they should be, don't you. think? >> I mean, underrated as in people don't. talk about like they should because they. don't have Yeah. The names, I guess, that people would know their everyday. names. I was not trying to battle you. there. I was just saying like. statistically they are ranked right. where they it appears where they should. be you know like after watching last.

night and once again it goes back to. like how did we think Faniano but I. think everybody and goes back to your. point here about being underrated. It's. like I guess everybody just needs to see. it in the playoffs. Like the national. like last night I assume opened some. eyes but then they were like well fenata. and he got boot on his right ankle you. know like there will be people that will. make excuses not to believe what this. Jaguars team is and maybe we're even. kind of a part of it because we've seen. the song and dance from Jacksonville. before but it's like over the last 16.

what are they 14-2 or something? Yeah. Jaguars record 14-2 over the last 16. games. It's like any other team was 14-2. over the last 16 regular season games, I. think we'd be talking about them in a. crazy way. And I believe it was Orlowski. uh who said it feels like tonight could. be like a Chicago Bears night for the. Jacksonville Jaguars where they say, "Hey, we are the best team in the AFC.". Just like the Bears seemingly on Monday. Night Football said, "Hey, we are the. best team in the NFC." People could say. that is. Now, Packers fans aren't going.

to agree with that. I see you kind of. giving a face there. We talking about. the Bears. You said the last time that I. said that. >> Great team. They're a great team right. now. They are. >> We are talking about the Bears. But yes, it is. That was a dominant win in. terrible conditions. M. Everybody's. going to talk about the terrible. conditions for the Ravens and them not. having our quarterback is certainly much. more uh worse conditions than another. team could have with their starting. quarterback. But the weather was [ __ ]. The rain was [ __ ] We needed Trevor. Lawrence to throw two touchdowns. Okay. Okay. Thanks, Trev. and and then Justice.

Hill gets tackled what like a half yard. short and he loses yards. It's like okay. we get it all right we need to start. hitting those. If anybody has any ideas. on how we can get these super boosts to. start hitting we are open to them. Go. ahead and tweet it directly to um who. should receive. >> I'll take them. >> No. >> no. >> you got to be able to read. >> We are we are four and five though and. with the boost and the boost in the. percentage it's actually a winning. record on the year. See, Tone, that's. why I don't think it be should be sent.

to you because you just kind of flipped. a law a losing record into a winning. record, which I do like for you on our. side. I do like that you're on our side, but we definitely need to start actually. winning. Tweet them to Tone Digs with a. Z if you have any ideas. We are looking. to get some dubs. These are long, long. weeks whenever we're not winning these. We understand that because we got a lot. of people riding alongside of us and we. have access to be able to boost these. things. So, we're trying to win for all. of us. Let's beat the hell out of. DraftKings. Now, >> let's do it responsibly, right, AJ? Obviously, take care of it for don't. don't ruin it for everybody else.

>> Yeah, you can't be ruining it for. everybody else. All right, we have some. stories happening around the NFL as well. that we certainly have to chat about. Uh. Bose is back out there in San Francisco. Here we go. Okay, that's a big deal for. the San Francisco 49ers. We know that. the defense for uh Rahim and the Ner is. a huge piece of the puzzle and why they. are the odds on favorite to win the. Super Bowl. Banged up at a couple. different positions, including wide. receiver. Brock Pery's been able to get. the job done regardless. Bosa is a. jungle cat actually. He's big, he's. strong, he's fast. He can only help a.

defense that just added DeForest Buckner. back into the fold a couple days ago as. well. AJ, your thoughts on Bosa being. back and what that means down the. stretch here for the Niners and will we. see Bosa like how we all envision Bosa? >> You know, he's had a couple injuries, he's had a couple delays and slow starts. the seasons, but in my head as soon as. you say his name, I think to myself, that guy's wrecking the entire game. Is. that what we should expect or are we at. a different stage of career for Bosa? >> I think we should expect him to continue. to be a game record because I guarantee. you those offensive linemen that are.

lining up across from him are thinking. the same thing. Hey, this is Nick Bosa. I better I better strap in for all 70. plays, whatever it is today. I can't. take a break cuz this guy will be all. over me. So, I would expect him to be. who we think he is. And to think that. DeForest Buckner is is there now too. with Bosa coming back into the lineup. Yeah, it's like the the rich get richer, man. like the the 49ers are already very. good and now we have these guys getting. healthy and and adding key elements. Man, it's going to be uh it's going to. be a fun November, December, January to. watch this squad.

>> Yeah. So, you got Bosa and Buckner back. First time they've played together since. the Super Bowl. Bosa said in uh the. interviews yesterday, he said they can. make a movie about this. You know, it's. a story. Last time I played alongside. him was in the Super Bowl. They're. looking to rerun that. And that's the. NFC West. They got that duo happening. there amongst others. You know, Fred and. the boys are swarming at all times. And. then you go to Los Angeles Rams. I don't. know if you've seen this. First photos. have come out of. >> the Avengers next to each other. Aaron. Donald, Miles Garrett standing next to. each other. Uh arthoscopic surgery on.

the knee for Miles Garrett. He's come. back. Aaron Donald obviously returns to. play for this Los Angeles Rams team. after a couple years of retirement. Pictures coming out of practice. I. believe we're looking for right now. Uh. them next to each other. It feels like. they might be getting healthy on the. defensive side, you know, and you go uh. you start looking at who they have, who. they don't have, and who they got, who. they're playing against. It's like I. think the Commander O line not the best, right? Not great. >> This is not a bad time for these guys to.

come back if they were to do that. But. AJ, we thought we were getting this all. season long here. We're entering week. nine. Is there enough time left for. these guys to be the absolute. demolitions of chaos that we could. should expect and did expect coming into. the year? >> Yeah, I think there's plenty of time. Obviously, the once this team gets into. the playoffs, that's when guys like this. truly matter and can truly turn it on. We were we think about it. We were. saying Aaron Donald earlier before he. signed. We said, why would he wait? Why. why doesn't he wait along, maybe sign in. October and go, you know, on a playoff.

push with the team. But he he jumps on. from early in the season and I think. he's working his way into to feeling as. good as he possibly can. But these two. together, I think it's going to be a. little shot in the arm, as they say, for. this defense and for this team when they. can play together. And yeah, I mean, I I. expect them these guys to wreak havoc. Now, Miles Garrett, I would How do you. think he's going to be early on? Is it. going to take him a game or two to to. kind of get into it, or you think he. jumps right off the screen? I am a guy. who watches uh social media videos and. changes my entire uh feeling about. somebody. So, I am always thinking the.

absolute best is always going to happen. Aaron Donald, when he came back, I. thought he was going to have five sacks. the first game and that that's what I. thought cuz he's Aaron Donald. It's. taken him a little bit. He has not been. terrible like a lot of people have been. trying to say, but he hasn't been the. takeover game just yet. Now, will this. help with Miles Garrett coming back? Uh. yeah, I would say both of these guys. should help each other. So, in my head. with how athletic and hardworking and. disciplined Miles Garrett is from what. we know about him in his offseason and. what he's capable of doing, what he. looks like, I would assume he attacked. his rehab pretty pretty soundly, I.

assume. And we should expect Miles. Garrett to be Miles Garrett cuz when he. was in Australia, we knew he wasn't. And. it felt like we were kind of lied to a. little bit. I I don't know if the Rams. felt that way or not, but I felt like I. I didn't know Miles Garrett was going to. have to get surgery and it was pretty. apparent there at the first week. But. now them coming back together. This is. what the dreams are made of. Speaking of. dreams, I don't know if you've heard. this. Uh Micah Parson's back at. practice. Another NFCT line coming back. >> Tai Schmidt, good news. Micah is back at. practice. Uh this is something we.

thought would maybe come week six in. prime time. It's happening before week. nine. What is the expectations here now? >> Uh yes, fantastic news. And expectations. I think kind of kind of the same. It's. one of those things where the Packers. defense has been such a pleasant. surprise and they've been arguably the. best part of their team through uh eight. weeks here. So, you really don't need to. rush him, you know, back. And I think. it's just, hey, defense needs to. continue to do what they've been doing, especially over the last like five weeks. or so. And then when you drop Micah back. in, whether it is that Wednesday night.

before Thanksgiving when they go to LA. to play the Rams, I expect him to uh to. pick up right where he left off last. year. But just seeing him out there and. kind of going through uh the motions and. everything. I think he just did. individual stuff yesterday. But yeah, very very excited. And now you just. let's you know, let's kind of let's. check the rest of the boxes off and. let's get him back healthy and on the. field. >> Uh a little toxic table battle happening. this weekend. Maybe Michael Parson's. back. Is he playing? >> No.

>> Okay. So when's he back? Next week, >> I think they they said initially. Uh so. what it would be the week of. Thanksgiving, so not next week. And then. I think they have the but what is it. that that's three weeks from now? Two. weeks. >> Yeah. So week 12. Week 12. So we should. have known that that was going to be the. date all along as soon as it was. broached that it might be week six. Would have been crazy to think about. Micah Parson's coming back to a great. defense. Good news. Let's talk about the. PH Packers defense without Micah. He. they're taking on Drake Bay. Hey, Tom. Brady's going to be in the building, too. Con man, how excited are you to get. Tom Brady back in the building to watch.

this incredible game? >> Yeah, not as excited about Tom Brady, but very excited. >> No. What are you talking about? >> Uh, who cares? He's your guy. No, he. he's the one who brought you happiness. as a kid. He's the owner of the Raiders. He He's not. >> He's going to be in the building. He's. going to be on a microphone in the. building where he did a lot of good. stuff. >> And I love Tom Brady on the mic. I think. he's fantastic, especially from where he. started. But I don't give a [ __ ] I care. about Drake May being the player of the. month last month with Pop Douglas, Eftton Chisum, Hunter Henry, and.

basically me at wide receiver. I mean, as much as it is cool that Tom's going. to be there and Gronkey's getting his. number and he's going into the ring on. or and Edelman and Jules, they're going. to be there. That's awesome. But no, I'm. more excited about the game. I mean, it. stinks Mike is not playing. Would like. to have him, but we also won't have AJ. Brown. We won't have Trevian Henderson. It's just another one of those games. where Drake May is just going to have to. put the entire team on his back, which. he has done consistently. I mean, this. is one of those games. talking about the.

Jags and the Bears having kind of their. welcome to the, you know, front of the. league type moment. I feel like for the. Packers and the Patriots, this could be. one of those games for them. And it's a. 425 game of the week. I mean, I'm juiced. up. Tom be in there. Whatever. But the. game itself, it feels like this has game. of the week, even though it's slated at. 4:25. Of course, Fox game of the week, but game of the entire weekend for us. >> Okay. I like that Tom's going back up. there. I also like how pissed off. everybody is that Tom going back to.

Foxboro is a part of the storyline. I. appreciate that. Uh yeah, of course he's. Tom Brady's the greatest of all time. He's won a lot there. He's going back up. there. Obviously, you know, he didn't. finish his career there. He was a Tampa. Bay Buccaneer, but that's seemingly. happening to a lot of different guys as. the modern sports world continues to. evolve. Gronk going in at halftime, I. think, is a big deal. I love that. I. think Grank and Jules just announced uh. uh weekday shows that they're they're. doing. I I really appreciate the guys. who have accomplished a lot, AJ, being. the ones talking about the sport. Now, that's coming from a guy who just.

punted. Okay, I I don't love that. But. anytime we can get guys that are. incredible at what they do, back. invested in what they do, giving back, I. love. So, I I enjoy the fact that Gronk. is getting celebrated up there. I love. that he and Jules are are picking up. more shows. And I love Yeah, I think. they uh Grank and Jules show is coming. during the week. Cannot wait to see the. boys and lads get after it. Uh, appreciate them getting, you know, back. in more, like picking up more shows. I. like that. That's good for the sport to. watch the greats from the past kind of. chitchat about that. I'll always feel.

that way. But, um, Tom Brady going back. and being able to relive the Groank. days. >> AJ, that guy was [ __ ] unguardable, dude. >> He always had huge games against the. Colts. I think he he got his arm broke. against the Colts and then he also I. think he drove Sergio Brown, Notre Dame. guy. Um, a lot has happened, but he. drove. Sergio Brown into the stadium like he. off the field. Sergio Brown, I think, made a Pro Bowl as a a special teamer. I. mean, he was a good player. Grank, I. think he recovered on kick. I mean, he.

was. >> every Grank was everywhere all the time. against everybody. I I I don't know how. he was able to do it. He's so big. The. stories coming out about him and Bill. O'Brien talking about how Bill O'Brien. gave him a play and then later he said, "What was the play I told you?" And. Grunk's like, "I don't know, man. He's. so hung over." He said, "Just give me. the [ __ ] ball, Billio." Okay. >> And it was it was unbelievable that that. is seemingly what he always said he was. like because his football IQ and ability. to get open was second to none. And with.

how big and tough and fast and athletic. he was, none of it made sense with how. smart he seemingly was on the football. field about every part of the game. It's. like the guy was unstoppable. I don't. know how many times you played against. him, but I just watched him against the. Colts so many times in prime time. It. was like what the what is this thing? And it's like there will never be. another one, especially with the. mindset. But I don't think there will be. on the field either, dude. He He was. just a different animal. >> He was. And just watching the highlights. just makes you smile. Like he's so he. was so fun to watch. And if you could We.

have no audio here, but I mean I'm sure. you anyone can remember that was. watching at the time when Grank would. have one of these plays where he's. throwing four guys off him. He's jumping. people. It's always finishing chaotic in. the end zone. Like the roar that would. start from that crowd, especially if it. was at home, was wild. and like the uh. the momentum I think that that people. never you can't really understand if you. just watch back now years later from. these clips what it would do con man for. you like as a Patriots fan what did it. feel like for you guys when these plays. would happen. >> I mean it was the best and it was right. away too cuz Gronk was a you know second.

round pick and you expect. >> excuse me it was right away from the. draft he and his family are up there as. meeting out as I had some friends tell. me like how funny it was to watch those. guys and how excited he was to be. drafted by the Patriots. Yeah. And uh. Grank told a story actually from that uh. draft night where he was on stage. dancing with all his family doing the. huddle and everything and he actually. got a call from Bellich in New England. like all right get off the stage. But. yeah Gronk and Edelman especially both. of them you know Gronk went to Tampa too. and people forget about that because you. know a lot of the hate gets directed.

toward Tom but with Tom it was more so. you know the Super Bowl this past year. where he says he doesn't have a dog in a. fight and all that and that's where. people kind of get turned off by him. But Grank and Jules, they they have. always kind of just been Foxboro and New. England and represent, you know, with. the Patriots now. They play football. But yeah, I mean, Grank's the greatest. tight end of all time. We talk about a. lot of different guys, but when it comes. to blocking and, you know, the catching. and running that we were just seeing, I. mean, he was half of our run game, if. not more, all of it was ran off of.

Grank's back. So, yeah, I love Grank. He's one of the greatest Patriots of all. time. >> Yeah, he's awesome. Pat, I know you got. someone there that probably love. watching Grank do his thing on the field. as well, I think. Yeah, absolutely. A. man who is no stranger to phenomenal. football players, making phenomenal. football plays with high football IQ. The greatest college football coach of. all time here at Notre Dame, Coach. >> Sh. >> Coach, this is the first time we've. really had this wide shot. You man, who. is synonymous with the sport of college. football. I know you have immense amount.

of respect for the grounds in which we. are walking on today. Notre Dame has. been a trailblazer for college football, but also a mainstay for college football. for what, centuries? I don't know at. this point. Just your thoughts being. here at Notre Dame. And then obviously. if you want to talk about the game a. little bit, would love to hear that. >> Well, I think Notre Dame is a unique. place. You know, special traditions. here, great history of success in this. program. Uh, a national sort of. tradition in terms of people all over. this country follow Notre Dame kind of. like they do the Yankees. So, this is a.

special place and I think this is a huge. game. Uh, obviously playing the number. one team in the country um at home. Uh, and I think that Notre Dame is kind of. in a must-win situation because I think. the, you know, college football playoffs. kind of put them conveniently at number. 11. So, conveniently means if they don't. win, they may be on the outside looking. in. Not that they can't play their way. back into it, but they don't have the. strongest schedule to finish with. So.

they wouldn't have any quality wins, which was the big issue last year. But I. like their team this year. I like their. defense. I like Marcus Freeman, the way. he coaches the team, the way he's tried. to prepare this team to be able to focus. on the moment, not the outcome of what's. going to happen in the game and get. prepared to play well. You know, CJ Carr. obviously could be one of the best. quarterbacks in the country. So, uh, this is going to be a hell of a game, but I also like Notre Dame in this one, especially with Malachi Tony being out. >> Yeah. So, let's talk a little bit about. the Malachi Tony story. Thank you for. breaking down the Notre Dame team. We.

feel the same way about coach Freeman in. the squad that he has this year. Half. the win. I I you said conveniently 11. I. think that was very convenient, almost. uh auspiciously convenient. But the game. changes mightily here now without. Malachi Tony. He is a guy who is. obviously top three in the Heisman. He. makes up a large percentage of the. offense. He blocks downfield. He gets. the ball in end rounds. He gets catches. He's outrageously everywhere. Has been. for them since he stepped foot onto. their campus in Coral Gables. And when. you look at the stats about what Mens is. like with him on the field and without.

him on the field, they're vastly. different. Now Mens has only been there. for this season. Hasn't really. experienced much life without Malachi. Tony. And if you have Malachi Tony on. the field, you should use him in. abundance as well. What does this do to. Miami? I I'm very worried. I I do not. like this at all because of how special. of a player I think we all think Malachi. is. What is your message if you're Mario. Crystal and how do you see them kind of. combating the loss of maybe best. football player in the country? Well, how does it affect the team and how does. a team respond to the disruption of. losing a great player like Malik Tony.

who's probably one of the best leaders. on a team as well? So, who's going to. step up? Um, the rest of the team has to. play better. They have to play better on. defense. They have to run the ball. better. Uh, somebody else at receiver is. going to have to step up because this. guy's been such a big part of the. offense and the offense is really built. around him. I mean, you you mentioned. all the the things they do with him. Well, who can do those things? It may be. a committee of guys that have to do. those things, but somebody is going to. have to step up to actually the.

production that they're going to lose. without this guy. Someone's going to. have to step step up to replace that. But the other thing Miami is going to. have to do to me is play better on. defense. You know, they they've the back. end has been shaky in the last few games. and whether it's playing screens, tackling the secondary, getting off the. field on third down, all those things very important. >> because Miami having success. I don't. know if you're are you normally a Fiji. water, a Voss water. >> Water is water.

>> Nice. Well said, coach. >> Yes, it is. Yes, it is. But on that. point, you're talking about everybody's. talking about Malachi Tony as they. should. The defense just against North. Carolina led up Billy Edwards's best day. he's ever had in college football. >> Yeah. And he was eight for 11 on third. down, which they couldn't get off the. field field on third down, so they. couldn't get any stops. And ultimately, the sack fumble is what was the. difference in the game. So, uh, they're. going to have to play better on defense. I know they've had some injuries in the. back end, but they're going to have to. play a lot better on defense if they're.

going to be able to get where they want. to go, especially without the key guy on. offense, Malachi Tony. Darren Mensah, quarterback, transferred in from Duke. Duke won the ACC last year. People. forget Miami last year had two losses in. the ACC conference play. Didn't make it. to the title game. Were the last ones. in, they get hot during the playoff run, make it all the way to the finals. Mark. Fletcher, that running back AJ, I I just. in my head, AJ, what from what we saw, boots on the ground with that field.

pass, I think I'm giving him the ball. >> big and physical. remember I we watched. him from the I remember seeing him in. warm-ups just thinking like all right. whatever give this dude the ball and he. ran so hard with great vision so I just. think it's a matter of time before he. kind of breaks out this year. >> yeah it's it just especially crystal. ball now offensive lineman he now knows. what this happened on Wednesday right is. Wednesday practice is when they found. out that this was probably going to take. place so they had two days to kind of. figure out what they got to do are they. going to do committee try to replace. what Malachi Tony let go you would know.

better than me I would assume yes. they're going to try to do some of their. good [ __ ] But if you have two days and. you know and you can tell your offensive. line and this guy like, "Hey, it's on. you." Like, that is an interesting. dynamic that could become this Miami. identity with the loss of a superstar. Am I wrong in thinking that or no? >> No, I think you're exactly right to my. point of everybody else is going to have. to play better. They're going to have to. run the ball better and they've got the. players to do that. They've got good. running backs. I don't think their. offensive line is quite as physical as. they were a year ago, but they're good. enough. And this guy, I mean, people get.

tired of tackling guys like that guy. >> Yeah. >> I mean, I coached defensive players for. 50 years. And when you got a big back. like this and he's hard to bring down. and he's powerful and he's willing to. put his pads down and run over your ass, people get tired of tackling a guy like. that. And that's what happened last. year. And that may happen now toward the. end of this season because he should. become a bigger focal point with this. offense. >> I think so. And you know, they got good. coaches down there, Miami. Okay. They. got good coaches. They got to figure it.

out. Definitely a devastating blow. losing your best offensive weapon though. at Malachi Tony. Positive vibes down. there as he gets the tightroppe surgery. which. >> AJ I don't we have you thought about the. history of the tightroppe surgery and. when the hell we learned about what this. is? It was. >> I think it was two of them. >> So I assume coach knows a lot about. that. >> Did you create this sprained ankle? Yeah. Like did you dream it up one. night? You and Dr. Rosen were just. sitting there in front of a dry erase. board and like what if these sprained. ankles didn't have to linger for 10. weeks and we could just do a quick.

recovery surgery. Like literally how. where did it come from? Because that. changes a lot I think. >> Well, we had a great medical staff. Dr. Andrew and Dr. Kaine were our medical. staff out of Birmingham and they do a. lot of stuff for NFL guys, you know, through the years. But they came up with. this procedure. At least they were the. ones that, you know, told me about it. You know, a high ankle sprain is the two. bones where they come together in your. ankle are tied together with the. ligament. And those bones separate when. you have a high ankle sprain. So, they. just said, "Okay, we'll just wire them. together." So, we don't need the.

ligament. Take a couple weeks to fix it, but it won't take six weeks to come. back. All right. So, that you can play. So, for skill guys, probably more like. four weeks. But, you know, we had Cam. Robinson who was a great left tackle for. us. Got a high ankle at Tennessee. We. had a bye-week. He played at LSU two. weeks later and played well. So, um th. this is a. >> So, yeah, it worked. It worked. Yeah. Yeah. I would say. >> and then we used it over and over and. over with high ankle sprains, which is a. tough injury to rehab from if you don't.

have this surgery. >> Yeah. And also, it lingers just like. hamstrings like sprained ankles used to. potent guys are at like 70% 75% like six. seven weeks and every time they play it. only gets worse. It gets worse. So. whenever the tightroppe surgery became a. thing, it was literally like, of course, Sabin just created something new just to. beat football cuz sprained ankles have. been taking out football forever. And. then it just so happens to come from. this little West Virginia coal miner's. brain in operation down there like. everything else. And I told him this. earlier,

>> another full of [ __ ] moment. >> No, no. Yeah. Uh I don't want to talk. about other full of [ __ ] moments. I want. to talk about magical moments. You. remember this guy? He'd be co in a day. and a half. Do you remember that? >> Yeah, I do remember that. Congratulations, coach. >> Yeah, coach. I told him he inspired me. I I I came back I came back positive, you know, for CO. I'm like, coach Sabin, I mean, he's a little bit older. Definitely in better shape than me. He. beat this thing in 24 22 hours. I forget. what it was exactly. I mean, you. sprained ankles. We can defeat CO. We. could defeat every football team that.

you had to face off against basically. You could You're Hey, you're the man for. the job. >> You just with CO though, you just had to. keep taking the test until it came up. negative. >> All right. Oh, coach, that is not Well, >> we don't Yeah. I mean, who knows? >> I mean, if it says negative, then you're. good. You can go back in, right? >> I mean, maybe sometime we'll find out. what all was that, you know. >> What was that? >> What all of it was. We'll figure it out. one day. But I'm happy that's what you. did. You took 45 tests that night. Hey,

we just did 45. >> Another one, Miss Terry. Keep them. coming. >> I need a negative on here. We got a big. game this weekend. And then uh go ahead. and let's take a poke uh take take a. picture post this and it's negative. That's me, Coach Sabin. Well, you're an. animal, but also you were a guy that I. think uh strive to make things better. and figure things out always. Always. trying to figure out how to get better. and literally tightroppe surgery is now. changed sports and we're going to see it. here with Malachi Tony and this Miami. team if they're able to continue. Okay,

AJ has a question for you, coach. Yeah, coach, this is uh more of a I I guess. you've been lucky enough to have the. situation. You've had four Heisman. Trophy winners as when you were a head. coach, but you're I think you're the. only one to ever have a QB, receiver, and running back win at three different. positions. What's it like coaching, especially this time of the year when. you do have a guy that is is, you know, it's we're very open and honest that you. want your guys to win the Heisman, but. you want to win the games. How do you. kind of balance that when you have a guy. on your team that is going for that. Heisman Trophy and you don't want to.

force it, you don't want to try to like. overdo it, but you obviously want him to. win. >> Yeah. But I think the most important. thing in this is if you win, if your. team wins, that gives everybody a better. chance to get accolades and it's no. different with the Heisman Trophy. So, because you're going to play in bigger. games, you're going to get more. exposure. And my focus with our players. was always, it's all about playing good. I mean, if you go out there and execute. and play well, don't force plays. Don't. try to do something to take plays that. aren't there, especially at quarterback. running back. Just do what you've always.

done. That's what's got you to this. point at this time. So, how do you. prepare? How do you practice every week? How do you get ready to play? Because. playing well is the most important. thing. And what you did in the past is. not going to impact what happens in the. future. So, you got to still focus on. what's in front of you each and every. day. So, be where your feet are. You. guys have heard that one before. is what. I used to try to tell guys. And I said, "Don't think about that. That's an. outcome oriented thing. Let's think of. what we got to do for you to play well, have success in this game, and for this.

team to have success because that will. enhance your chances of of having a. chance to get recognized.". >> Okay. So, that's actually a really good. conversation piece because I think like. at Alabama, guys that are up for these. types of awards and conversation and AJ, I think you had I don't know if you were. up for any awards or won any awards. I. assume you did uh with your collegiate. career, but like Pat White and Steve. Sllayton when they were potentially up. for the Heisman, it was like there was. nobody really to call, you know, like,

"Hey, we we are uh we got two guys that are. potentially up for the Heis." Like, I. think having an established culture that. is used to having these types of things. is a huge advantage. like Gio Lopez. right now down at Wake Forest. Shout out. to him and what they're doing at Wake. and the guy who impersonates you uh. perfectly is now their offensive. coordinator. Yeah, I love all of that. But it's like whenever it starts getting. really loud like Pat White was such a. mature person and Steve was as well, but. it was like a lot just getting thrown at. brand new places that wasn't really the.

norm. So I think having somebody to lean. on is a big deal which you had off you. had Heisman people everywhere. You had. so many accolades. I think being in. there is a big deal. just my take away. from these. >> But to your point about the guys that. you talked about at West Virginia, those. guys are great competitors and you know, we had a lot of great competitors and. they can always rise up to the next. challenge. Even if they had success in. the past, they always rise up to the. next challenge and I think that's what. makes them great and that's what makes. them the kind they're great athletes,

but they can do it with consistency. because they always are up for the next. challenge. >> Ray Guy won give me his award. Rest in. peace, Ray Guy. Hall of Famer. I should. have won. I mean, I we shouldn't have. been the three finalists down there. Like, he picked the wrong three. finalist, if that makes sense. >> But out of the three finalist, I. definitely I I mean, I was going down. there. >> AQ Shipley won the big fat center of the. year award the night before. He wouldn't. even do it during the show. We went out. and celebrated him pretty good, you.

know. Last one's back, I think, to the. hotel, which might have changed. everything. I'm not 100% sure. And then. I walk in there, mom and dad in a full. song and dance, clown costume suits, you. know, we did the whole thing. We sit there [ __ ] three hours, didn't. win a thing. Felt like the Emmys, you. know, got didn't even register enough. punts gets in there. And I said to. myself, I wouldn't have been if I would. have won that, I wouldn't have been able. to handle it anyways. I would have been. the biggest [ __ ] of all time. I would. have got I would I would have got so. much worse, you know? I would have. celebrated. So, that was a big moment. But I do think these national accolades.

for the players are good for the. program, >> right? But it can also change a lot of. things. You got a lot of eyes on people. all of a sudden, especially in this NIL. era. Now, a team that is no stranger to. success, but are they going to be able. to get into dance? Maybe. Tai has a. question about Iowa with a massive. weekend and also a conversation about. the entire Big 10 and how people are. talking about the depth right now. >> Yeah, coach. Uh do you think that a team. like I mean, you know, Northwestern for. a lot of the season, you know, people. were kind of saying, hey, this is one of. these upstart teams in the Big 10. They. lose last week and that conver.

conversation has kind of cooled down. Do. you view this weekend's game between a. team like Iowa who was 19 uh in the. committee's first poll and Northwestern? Is that kind of like a playoff game. maybe uh like a quasi playoff game, playoff eliminator? And then as a whole, even though the Big 10 had I think seven. teams right now in the Big 10 have two. losses. It seems like uh the. conversation going into the year has. changed big time and now it's just kind. of UCLA, Indiana, and then I guess Ohio. State a little bit. But do you think the.

the committee overall just doesn't view. the Big 10 as very strong this year? And. uh maybe that's why having seven teams. with two losses doesn't carry the same. weight as like a conference like the. SEC. >> Yeah. Well, I you know, I I I think the. inconsistency in performance we've seen. across the board in college football, I. I think, you know, the um sort of. competitive desire for consistency is. not what it's been in the past in some.

cases. Uh I think self-preservation. might be up a little bit, which might. affect this whole thing as well. But I. think at the same time, all these teams. that are ranked past 11, even if they. have two losses, if they can win out, they're going to be 10 and two, and. they're going to be a part of the. conversation. I think in the Big 10, I. think in the SEC, there may be even a. three loss team that's had some quality. wins, playing in a tough conference with. a tough schedule. That may be in the. conversation. So, I think who out of.

those next teams, you know, like. somebody told me last year, last week, Miami was 18th or something, you know, last year, and they end up just barely. getting in the playoffs and then they're. one of the teams that's hot at the end, get all the way to the finals, have a. chance to win a national championship. So, I think that can happen again. You. know, USC might be able to do it. Texas. Tech might be able to do it. I mean, there's a lot of teams Wake Forest, nobody talks about them. uh they have a. pretty easy schedule with some kind of. way they could win the ACC and get in. there. So, um there there there's a lot.

to play, but I think all those teams to. your point that are 11 and beyond, they. are in the playoffs. They cannot afford. not to win every game that they play. And that's the case with Iowa and other. teams in the Big 10. >> Yeah. And UCLA, I think people are still. struggling to believe that they're UCLA. We look at their trenches, which I think. does matter to this committee. It. sounded like Dantonio, Randall McDaniel, Wesley Walls, uh, Gus Maison, all the. football people that are in there are.

all like trenches guys. They're all. They're all trenches guys and UCLA's got. them. >> Yeah. And they're good on defense and. they can run the ball and they have a. good back and they've got a good. offensive line. So, everything's not on. the quarterback, you know, like some of. these teams and and and I think that. gives them the chance to be successful. Now, you can't argue the fact that they. haven't beaten anybody that's ranked, but they're going to get into that. toward the end of the season, and we'll. see if they're really the kind of team. that we think they can be because of the.

trenches. >> UCLA known Big 10 school. >> Yeah, that's right. >> Just old school staple. >> Big 10 staple up there. >> That's right. >> How do you think? >> This is not their mo normally. >> No. So, what do you think the. conversation is about the Big 10 now. verse at the beginning of the season? Because yeah, I mean, Ty asked it and I. thought it was a little bit of a layup. for you, you know, because you get a. chance to talk about, oh, it's not easy. just being at the top, is it all the. time whenever there's actual depth and. maybe you beat up on each other a little. bit more, which is kind of what the.

people from the South have been. screaming for the last couple years. whenever it takes place. What do you. think is the state? You said the. competitive desire seemingly done and. then the self-preservation is up, you. think, across the board. Do you think. that's in the big conferences? Do you. think that's the big schools? And how do. you think the Big 10 conversation's. happening now versus or why is it. happening like this? >> Well, I I think that expectation goes up. because the Big 10 won three. championships in a row. Now, you can win. three championships in a row with one. good team if you have an outstanding. team, right? All right. So, but I think.

there was some depth in the Big 10, I. think, and they had very, very good. teams. I think there's some other. conferences that have a little more. depth this year. Uh, like I looked at. the SEC a week ago and if you take all. the one and two lost teams, there could. be 10 more losses for those teams. >> So, they're going to beat up on each. other and somebody's going to get in. because they finished strong and. somebody's going to get knocked out. because they didn't finish the way they. should. So, and uh I think there's a. little less depth in the Big 10, but.

depth is one thing. Depth of your. conference is one thing. Strength at the. top is something completely different. So you can still have great strength at. the top and win a championship but not. have great depth in your conference. I. think the thing that depth I I like. playing a hard schedule and I think that. made our team better. It made us play. with more consistency. Uh we prepared. better. We had created better habits and. um I think it's helpful for you to get. in the playoffs if you have a more. difficult schedule toward the end of the.

season and you succeed. That gives you. an opportunity to show who you are. I. like the the thought though that there's. going to be three lost teams that are. definitely getting in, especially with. the stat you just dropped about the 10. losses coming somewhere in there. People. are going to be so pissed off. Maybe. they'll come around to the 2014 playoff, you know, with how this year's looking. with so many teams that could be good. And you're not avoiding the conversation. of these teams aren't playing great. every single week. >> That's right. >> You're just saying like, hey, there's. good teams seemingly in a lot deeper. spots around conferences now more than.

ever. The Big 10 still thinks they got a. couple up there, don't you, Ty? Don't. the Big 10, we still got a couple up. there. >> Oh, yeah. Without a doubt. You kidding. me? I mean, I. >> Iowa. I mean, Iowa could give anybody. hell if they really wanted to. >> I agree. I agree. And if they somehow, you know, slicker their way into getting. a home game cold at Kinnick in December, you kidding me? >> Look out. >> Oh, man. >> If I would get, it's going to be because. they can run the ball and play good. defense. That's who they are. >> Big 10. That's Big 10 football. >> That's Big 10 football. You're right.

But that's how UCLA is winning, too. They're playing good defense and running. the ball. >> That's Big 10 football. >> Yeah. >> That's what you got to do. You see that. head on AJ Hawk? >> Yeah. >> You know where he played. >> back when they ran the ball? >> Yeah. >> Big 10 football. >> Mhm. >> That guy That guy threw that home plate. looking face right there with that. jawline that just comes down, you know, like a. >> hit. >> As if it's a What was that? What's that. uh statue? What's that? What's that. thing that they have out there in the.

mountain? >> Stone head. the Stone Hedge thing or the. >> No, it's something else. You guys. >> at the museum thing. >> No, it's on Mount Rushmore. >> Easter Island. >> There it is. Easter Island. >> No, no, no, no. It's a Native American. >> It's like the whispering horse or. something. >> Something like that. >> Yeah, it's out in South Dakota. >> Yeah, that thing. >> Sorry. You probably haven't seen it. because we don't even know the name. I. mean, we're trying. >> You don't think he can pick it up from. the description? We just gave. >> I don't know how well he knows Native. American monuments, you know. I don't. know how much he knows. Yeah.

He looks exactly There it is. There it. is. Boom. What's that one? >> Oh, yeah. >> Who is that upper? >> What's that called? >> Um, crazy horse. >> Crazy horse. That's crazy horse. That's. AJ. >> I do see it. >> Yeah, AJ. >> I see the similarities. >> Yeah, that's what he actually has, too. That stone head is actually what AJ Hawk. had because he had to go through Big 10. football when he was at Ohio State. Big. 10 football's always been crazy. horsehead running into people running uh.

the ball a lot. >> They moved out to Columbus. Actually, that's in. >> But let's don't let's don't overlook the. importance of having a quarterback. >> who can at least keep the team the. defensive team honest because if you. don't have that and the team can load. the box and I know you guys have talked. about the Ravens before and killing the. coach and killing the team and all that, but Lamar Jackson. >> Well, we didn't kill him. THE JAGS DID. IF IF LAMAR Jackson is playing, that. makes Derrick Henry better because the. other team can't just focus on stopping. Derrick Henry. So, but that happens. It.

happened to Ohio State last week. They. lose their quarterback. Uh the other. team says, "Hey, we're just going to. stop the run and see if the quarterback. can beat us." That changes the whole. complexion of the game. Okay? And and I. think you have to be able to overcome. that and be able to be good enough and. create enough balance even though you're. a good running team. I think the teams. that have trouble that just rely on. passing the ball. You just you're going. to pass the ball for 360 yards to win. the game. That's not always going to.

happen. And it's harder to be consistent. if you're a passing team. Less bad. things can happen if you run the ball. and have a good offensive line and can. stop the run on defense. So, but you. still got to have a quarterback that can. make the defense play honest. >> Hey, that's actually a conversation. happening in the NFL right now with the. Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati Bengals. conversation's happening. It sounds like. you're saying what a lot of us believe, but maybe the Bengals will be able to. completely counter it. It's like you. have to be able to run the ball to win. Whenever the games matter, like playoff. games, when you're playing the best.

teams, at some point you're going to. have to be able to take eat a little. clock. You're going to have to be able. to control uh kind of time of. possession. You're going to have to be. able to control the game, slow the game. down, keep uh your defense off the. field. Like, there's things you're going. to have to be able to do with running. the ball, right? And uh Cincinnati. Bengals can't do it right now. Now, they. might trade for a running back, but Joe. Burrow can and has thrown for 400 yards. a week. And Jamar Chase and T. Higgins. and everybody over there is eating at a. crazy rate. It's like, can they kind of. be the counterpoint to all of that that.

we all believe? We don't know. We have. no idea. That's literally TBD. >> Well, there's always exceptions to the. rule. But I think one of the things that. is even more important is teams that. play well in the red zone usually play. well because they can run the ball and. the other team can't play split safeties. down there when the field shrinks. Then. they got to stop the run and then that. opens up the passing game. So the bal. balance is always a good thing. Um the. Bengals are pretty good though. Veros. are pretty good. They are.

>> I mean he slapped 47 or 49 or something. on us in Tuscaloosa and uh this guy's. really good and Chase was playing on. that team too and he's pretty damn. >> Yeah. Yeah. I'd say they've been doing. this for a long time to teams. We just. wonder if you can do this whenever. you're playing like the elite teams. which is down the stretch and I guess. it's kind of a um you know lack of a gut. sack kind of commentary because we'll. never know the answer until months from. now. So we can just kind of project it. But they're unbelievable and they look.

like maybe they are a team that could do. it. Okay, let's get back to college. football. Talking about a team that can. maybe do it. Everybody has LSU kind of. lurking. Connor has a question about a. huge one this weekend. >> Yeah, coach, we know you don't give a. [ __ ] about the Big 10 and I can see you. just getting sick over there talking. about it. So, I'll ask you about the. SEC. Um, >> you got you guys are putting my ass to. sleep. >> That makes two of us. Uh, Coach Bama. going to Death Valley feels like a. playoff game as well. We mentioned it. earlier, but you've talked about, you.

know, LSU in that environment and how. crazy it is in there. And Alabama when. they went to Tennessee, it was tough for. them and it felt like that was a big. kind of learning experience for that. team. What do you think that their. preparation is like going up against LSU. and same with LSU as well with Lane. Keifin going up against Bama? And what. do you expect out of this game? because. it does feel like to your point about. the quarterbacks, Keelin Russell's going. to have to kind of put the team on his. back to get over that hump in LSU. >> Well, I think the big thing with Kean.

Russell is in the last couple weeks he's. had more turnovers, got sacked more. Um, Alabama is going to get the center back, which will help. They'll get uh Ryan. Coleman Williams back, which will help. Uh, they get the nose guard back on. defense, which will help. Uh but this. going to LSU and playing is you got to. have a special maturity as a team to be. able to be I mean on top of your focus. to go in there and be able to play to. overcome you know the noise the.

circumstance and LSU's got a very good. team. So you're going to have to. overcome a lot and that's going to have. to take a lot of maturity on their part. Now, they didn't show they could do that. at Tennessee. And to me, LSU is a little. bit of a similar team in terms of. they're going to play good defense, they're going to pressure the. quarterback a lot, which Alabama's going. to have to handle. And um these guys can. put points on the board even better than. Tennessee. So, this is going to be a big. big challenge for Alabama. And they've.

had a by-week. Hopefully, they get some. of these players back and get some of. these issues fixed. and Keelin Russell. can play with a little more consistency. in terms of, you know, it's okay to. punt. You know, I used to tell the. quarterback all the time, if every drive. ends with a kick, we're okay. Punt, field goal, extra point, but you don't. have to try to make plays that aren't. there and that turn into negative plays. that just kill you in the game. >> Yeah, coach, that one's going to be. awesome. I wanted to ask you about Miss. in Georgia cuz I it kind of feels like,

you know, those those awesome games that. you had against Johnny Manzel. Uh. Trinidad has now faced Kirby two times. He scored 35 against him in 39. They're. 1-1 when Trinidad and uh Miss goes. against Georgia and Kirby. Now they're. playing each other for the third time in. a calendar year. Does that benefit a a. certain side? Um when you have a great. quarterback like that that can make. plays, but he's seen the defense uh you. know, two times already. Does that. benefit him or do you think it might. benefit Georgia and Kirby who seeing.

Trinidad twice already and maybe seeing. what he does well and doesn't do well. against their defense? >> Yeah, but what Trinidad does well is I. mean this guy can make plays off. schedule. >> Yeah. >> Which is hard to coach against. I mean. it's just hard to coach against. I mean. >> and you know the way Georgia plays. defense is they play a lot like we. played. A lot of match coverage. A lot. of guys get their back turned chasing. people and when you're playing against. an athletic quarterback who can take off. running that that that becomes a bit of.

an issue and you know Trinidad has been. able to do that to extend plays to make. explosive plays passing as well as beat. you with his feet. But I think the key. for Georgia in this game is can you take. advantage of Old Miss's defense? Can you. control the ball, keep the ball, run the. ball, shrink the game so the guy's on. the bench? He can't beat your ass when. he's on the bench. So, you got to keep. the ball away from him by playing great. on offense and take advantage of, you. know, some of the issues Old Miss has.

had on defense, whether it's stopping. the run, uh, staying ahead of the. sticks, uh, and that kind of thing. So, that that that that's my opinion. Now, I. do think Georgia is very well coached on. defense. I think they're a good. defensive team. I think they'll be ready. for the no huddle, fast ball type stuff. And um I I don't think Old Miss is quite. as good at the skill positions as they. were a year ago. And you know, the. quarterback is the quarterback, but when. you have great receivers and a great. runner, that helps too. >> Excited to see what Gunnar Stockton.

shows up. He has all the capability in. the world. It's kind of broken my heart. the last couple weeks. I'm going be. honest. I thought he was a whole. different quarterback this year. He. might be able to return to that form. Hey Gumpy, what is uh Kirby's record in. Oxford, Mississippi? >> 0 and2. Never won. >> Oh, >> true story. >> Yeah. 2024 and then like 2018 maybe or. something like that. It's a tough barn. Tough barn. >> They got that drone show up there. They. got the lights. They got crazy. I mean. that place not as many seats but. certainly as many booze bags it feels. >> Mhm.

>> They're going crazy over there. I like. that place. We were there for that LSU. game and I don't know if that's what. it's like all the time or not. It was. awesome. It didn't have nearly as many. seats as everywhere else that we've kind. of been and got a chance to experience. but that place was alive in Trinidad. whenever he starts cooking. That's a. tough place to play. Them at home is a. different animal, I think, than anywhere. else. And you talk about SEC home games. being different or away games being. different. It's like in Oxford, Kirby. has struggled, it seems. >> 26 and one uh run they are on at home. >> Yeah, it's a tough place to play, I. guess. >> No question about it. And to your point.

about Gunnar Stockton, the way he plays. football, he's a great competitor, he's. a great leader, but he can't turn the. ball over. And when he's had issues. against Auburn, they turned the ball. over three times and it cost him the. game. >> You like Gunnar, though. You're a really. big fan of Gunnar. Oh, son of a [ __ ]. >> I like Gunner. I mean, I like great. competitors. >> Yeah, you just like the SEC. >> He's a great competitor. You know, you. can say there's other guys that might. throw the ball down the field better and.

all that, but he's a great competitor. I. know that his team loves him, and that. that's important. That's important to. being successful. >> Yeah. I think there's been a couple. decisions that have been made where. allegedly, I mean, I'm not in the room. where it happens. You might have. actually been in there where, you know, Gunner was chosen over some people that. were maybe thinking about coming to. Georgia to play that particular. position. It's like, no, Gunner's our. guy. I think locker room did that. I. think everybody kind of did that. And to. Connor's point, the reason why you love. him because he's from Georgia and he's. in the South and he's SEC quarterback. Ain't that right, Connor? Ain't that.

right, Connor? Coach, you can do this. whole song and dance, but we know you. don't give a [ __ ] about anything but SEC. football. And also to your point about. Gunners Stockton, he drives a cool 1970s. Ford truck that is awesome, >> which Coach Sabin might really like and. that might be another thing he really. like. >> You got. Let's be honest, guys. I mean, >> okay, >> what's better than the SEC? You guys. want to, >> you know, kind of. >> trust the NFL Big 10. Okay, what about. Big 10 has three different national.

champions in the last three years. >> That means they had a good team at the. top. That's all I'm talking about. Top. to bottom, depth of the conference, tough places to play, great competition. week in and week out. >> What about What about the Big 10's. record against the SEC IN BOWL GAMES, COACH? >> BOWL GAMES. BOWL games mean nothing. >> History players don't want to play in. bowl games. Coaches don't want to coach. in bowl games. Nobody goes to bowl games. anymore. And you want to play something.

on bowl games? Coach, >> tell you what, right before Army Navy, coach, we're going to play Ruckers and. Arkansas and we're going to settle this. >> We're going to learn. We're going to. learn. Arkansas's got a Shano Piano. coming right down the pipe. And they. >> Now we're taking the two teams at the. bottom of both leagues and comparing. them. >> Exactly. >> Ain't that what you want to do? >> No. I want to know how many really good. teams do you have before you get to the. [ __ ]. I like it. I like it. >> Uh, we'll find out. I guess that's.

what's college football playoffs all. about. >> Yeah, it is. It's exciting this year. There's a lot of teams still got a lot. of ball to play and have an opportunity. to get in. >> Yeah, it's funny. Alabama's ranked so. high with two losses already. It's. almost like they're saying you lose LSU, we still got a chance to dazzle. They. >> they'll get in with five losses, I. think. >> Yeah, if the Saber has it his way. >> He's not in the room. to to be clear, he. does not have an actual vote. >> He he probably knows everybody in the. room. >> You you brought this up. >> Okay.

>> 2014 playoff. Will we be having this. conversation about the importance of the. rest of the season, the games this week, the big games this week, the big games. that are going to be coming up from now. till the end of the season. If we had a. 2014 playoff, would we would we be. talking about that? >> We're going to find out next year. >> Would it be would these games be as. important? Because these are playoff. games for a lot of these teams. >> You're right. >> I was saying we we would talk about it. in a different way. We'd have to talk. about it for home field advantage and. and stuff like that.

>> Yeah. Ranking and seating. >> More teams in the Big 10 would get in. Obviously, >> okay, that's what it's all about. We. knew it. We could get to the bottom. >> Look, I coached in the Big 10 for a long. time. I'm not anti- Big 10. I think the. Big 10 is a great league. I don't want. you to say that. >> Don't lie. DON'T LIE. WE WATCHED THE. DOCK. YOU HATED IT. DON'T LIE. NO, JUST THE ending and how cold it was. All right, we appreciate the hell out of. you. You're the best. >> Thanks, man. Appreciate you. Love being. on with the boys. Love you. I love it.

Hey, great work on New Heights. Happy. you did that. We love the Kelsey's. actually. So, like I'm pumped you did. that. What are your thoughts on them? Those are two goats, by the way. You you. three are goats in uh in on the screen. there for football. So, we appreciate. you doing that. Well, that goes back to. my doing that because of my respect for. great competitors and those two guys are. great competitors and I enjoy doing it. even though I don't do podcast. >> at all. But comes on. >> this is kind of a podcast though that. you're kind of doing here. But on that. note, >> no, but that's different.

>> Okay. Yeah, >> you and I. >> Yeah, we are, aren't we? >> Partners partners in crime. >> There you go. >> My guy. I appreciate you, ladies and. gentlemen. The greatest of all time, Coach S. Thank you, coach. >> Tone, I know we're I'll give the boys. some time to pull up that slate for the. all the games going on this Saturday. We. have a huge slate of games. Obviously, you guys are so quick right there. Tone, which one sticks out at you right there. if you look at those games that you are. most interested in watching? >> I think it's I think it's Georgia and. Miss uh for me because I like Georgia.

isn't the number two team in the country. according to the CFP uh with that huge. win over Alabama, but they haven't. looked great the last few weeks and then. Miss at home with Trinidad. like can. they go on a similar run to what they. did in the playoffs last year? Like I I. think this is a huge one because I think. if Miss wins, like I said earlier, I. think they are they are in the playoff. with their remaining schedule. >> Who's going to win Alabama LSU? >> I like the Tigers. >> Do you? >> Yeah. Home field. >> Levit's playing really good. They're. both coming off of buys. Uh I just I. trust LSU's defense uh better under. Blake Baker at home.

>> What's Tennessee going to do against. Kentucky? >> They're going to try to run the [ __ ] out. of the ball and play defense. Uh but. KY's the darlings of the SEC. I believe. they're going for seven straight wins. and maybe their sixth upset win if I am. correct in that one. >> Yeah, they're pretty good. Pat, I know. coach Sabin was uh he's getting upset at. some of the Big 10 SEC comparisons. Obviously, we know where he lies, but. yeah. What's uh what do you think he's. thinking about these this slate of. games? >> I I think we're all very excited about. separation center. >> Hell yeah. >> Yeah. I I think we're all very excited. And to his point, all of these games. every single weekend are going to be of.

vast importance because there's only 12. spots and there's so much parody. seemingly with records and teams and. who's better than who. You can only. project if you're not actually on a. football field. And then projections. don't take into account the ability for. a team to upset another team. So, you. know, whenever people say like, well, the sports books would have this team. favorite in every game, it's like, yeah, I mean, the favorites always win, you. know, that that's that's how betting. goes, you know, that is not how it goes. So, you're never going to get it right.

ever. You just have to kind of prove. that you are supposed to be there with. massive wins and there's a chance for a. lot of teams to get one of those this. weekend, next weekend, the weekend. ahead. And it's like college football. really, really cooking. And then the. NFL, I mean, the boys are chitchatting. What if the Browns lose with Shador. Sanders starting at quarterback? The. AFC's basically figured out. Oh, yeah. You know, now the Colts can go 11 and. six. >> Well, still all still all in front of. them. You're right. >> Yeah, certainly. We don't have them on. the lurking thing right there, but it's.

like the AFC's pretty much sorted if we. had to really place it at this point. Now, might be a surprise. Raiders could. get crazy hot. We I believe in the. Raiders and the roster that they have. The NFC is really starting to become. what we're gonna have to keep an eye on. every single weekend. AJ, >> yeah, I think it is. What is it, Tone? So, like the AFC, Honestly though, is it. bad for the AFC thinking like, hey, these guys have no hope like their. season's over with six, seven weeks to. go. If it does clear up like we think it. might, >> I don't know. It's It's crazy cuz like, you know, you look at the divisions and. the East has the two teams at the top.

there. They're good there. The the North. right now, if the Browns lose, they have. the two teams at the top. Same with the. West. And then the South has the Jags. who have a three-game lead. And if the. Browns lose and and they're kind of like. they would have to go on a run, a crazy. run to get back in the playoff picture. and then the NFC is what we're gonna. have to watch. >> Yeah. I And the NFC is just loading pass. rushers. >> Yes. You know, just loading them in. Buckner and Bosa. Yep. Miles Garrett for. the Rams. Yep. Jeffrey Simmons. Yep.

It's like everybody in the NFC side is. gearing up for the long haul here. And. the Colts and other teams of the AFC are. gearing up FOR THE NEXT DECADE. HOPEFULLY, we're back on the other side. Be a friend. Tell a friend something. nice might change your life. >> We are obviously here in beautiful. Austin, Texas. Kina, where are you from, brother? >> I'm from Zansville, Indiana. >> Okay. But do you go to school here in. Texas? >> I I go to school here in YouTube. >> Okay. Okay. That sounds good. I'm happy. they're going to like you. Matthew.

McConnA is here. There any words for. Connor here that maybe he should think. about before kicking a $1 million. >> kick? >> Yeah. Yeah. Got you, dude. >> Kind of. How about that? How about that? A southpaw leg. >> soccer star going barefoot. Tony. Franklin come back. >> I like that. >> You're going to kick this thing just. inside the our left upright and kick it. into DKR. >> Uh you played soccer growing up so he. should have a little bit of comfort. kicking. >> I'm going to have pop.

>> Okay. So, do you think a million-dollar. kick is going to happen here in Austin? This be the first time ever for this. kick. >> It is going to happen. >> It's going to happen. My man Conor's got. this. And listen, here's the other. thing. What do you got to lose? Nothing. Cuz you ain't got the million. No, no, no. That's not yours yet. You're going. to go get it. >> with the left leg. >> You're right. I didn't think about it. >> Rehearsing's done, right? It's live. What do we get? One take. And why not? >> In Indianapolis, there's this nonprofit. called Building Tomorrow. And if I make this kick, hopefully I.

want to give half of those proceeds to. building tomorrow. >> OKAY, we got a GOOD KIT HERE. YOU GOT. IT. >> Let it rip, BABY. >> $1 MILLION KICKER. >> Oh my god. Let me TELL YOU SOMETHING. LET ME TELL. YOU SOMETHING. >> We will do one more kick.

>> Now, from my understanding, which I. appreciate you doing this, Mr. McConn is. going to throw in 100,000. Herby's going. to throw in a h 100,000. This will be a. $1.2 million kick. 600,000 to charity. 600,000 TO YOU. LAST OPPORTUNITY. I. DON'T WANT TO HEAR A THING FROM YOU. TEXANS. They're barefooted. Hey. >> Hey, real quick. Conor. >> Tabet. >> TEXAS. >> TEXAS.

>> CONOR PINE. >> OKAY, LET'S GO. THEY COULD HAVE SAID YOU. SUCKED. I'm happy they didn't do that. >> You got this, >> CONNOR. FOR $1.2 MILLION. 600,000 to. charity. 600,000 to your future. All you. got to do is make one 33 yd field goal. >> Holy. Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby. DOWN THE PIPE.

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>> Hello, beautiful people, and welcome. back to our humble abode. Nah, well, I'm not there. Feel good Friday hour two begins now. FOOTBALL IS THE GREATEST. I am in the. state of Indiana. The boys are in the. Thunderdome. I'm up here at Notre Dame. That's AJ Hawk. He's also has the toxic. table back there at Boston Connor and at.

Ty Schmidt. Con man, congrats to us on. falling for the Fagano trap last night. >> Do it 100 times over. I still support. Joey Pheno even though there's chance he. has one leg, one ankle, and he might. never play a NFL game again. I still. believe in Joey Pheno. >> We'd like to say to Joey Fano, we it. sucks that that was your opportunity. >> Yeah. >> Broken broken ankle seemingly. I don't. know what the hell's wrong with it, but. it's got to be something heavy. I mean,

that looks like he's got, >> you know, like postsurgery stuff around. You might as well put an aircast on this. guy. Maybe a walking boot on this guy. I. have no idea what happened to him. We. But I appreciate him toughing it out, saying, "This is my opportunity." I like. that he was an undrafted free agent, came in during a workout. I like that he. earned his way to become the emergency. quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens. I. like what he did at Yukon. I like he's. 63 250. I like all that. I like he's a. Pisano. I thought to myself, this might.

be a dream come true story here for a. Yukon QB. Curt Warner. We could be. watching the next Curt Warner story. >> That was not the case at all. Guy. couldn't move. Had no idea. And he was. taking a def taking on a defense out of. Duvall that was just absolutely dominant. to everybody that they've played. against. They beat everybody by all the. points. They beat everybody by all the. points. Other teams can't score on them. And their offense scores all the time. Liam Cullen has to start getting into. the conversation of being a super. genius. And Campelli on defensive side. as well. They don't get talked about.

They know that they don't get talked. about. They don't love that they don't. get talked about, but they utilize it as. motivation. They got an entire locker. room that's just a bunch of dogs. And. Liam Cohen might be one of the best. leaders of men that we have in the. entire league. To turn a culture from. shite to absolute unstoppable is. something that should be talked about. more. So, I like that Liam Cohen feels. disrespected. I like that the Jags feel. disrespected. And last night in prime. time, they had a chance to do what. they've been doing over the last 16. games, and they just pound them. I I. mean, it was just an absolute drumming.

I saw Kyle Brandt yesterday on NFL Live. basically say the Jacksonville Jaguars. should kill the Baltimore Raiders. He. went on for like two minutes. He's like. this should be an absolute murder scene. He said Trevor Lawrence should have his. beautiful hair up on the night cap show. with Amazon afterwards. They should be. talking about how they just killed the. Baltimore. That's what should happen. Now football doesn't always do that. But. it was it was kind of how we all felt. And then we all started buying and. believing that maybe a story would. happen or maybe homefield advantage. would happen or maybe the Baltimore. Ravens organization being very good for.

so long and having great players and a. great culture and a great system you. would seem in behind closed doors there. So we kind of started just making up. [ __ ] to not believe in this Jags team. I. I think everybody was kind of guilty of. it even a little bit. And it's like. sports books knew if that thing was 20. we're covered. I I mean it is an absurd. run that this team is on especially. because they haven't had the most. success in postseason. So everybody's. still like at that Indiana phase of. watching them like I don't know I don't.

know. It's like well maybe they take. care of business when they're supposed. to and that's normally a trade of the. greats and uh the Jacksonville Jaguars. certainly might be that AJ. >> Yeah I think they they definitely they. could be this but you're right like. they're like the where Indiana was what. a year ago or you know at this point. last year. guy, we know you guys are. really good. Like, go prove it in the. playoffs. Prove that you can make a run. and do it all. And what year is it that. uh Blake Bordos took him to the AFC. Championship game? >> Oh, that was 2018. >> And since then, they have we haven't. been talking about the Jags a whole lot.

I feel like obviously it's been up and. down roller coaster. Different coaches. have been in there, but they take the. ball away. They don't really turn the. ball over too much. And they have four. wins by 20 plus points. Like that. doesn't happen in the NFL. That's like. what college teams do. That's what NFL. teams do not do that very often. >> Yeah. in the parity of the NFL is the. conversation every single year. Remember, worst team gets the first. pick, you know, so they're always good. It's all professional athletes. The way. the game is kind of pieced together with. the rules, any team can always be in it. You can get hot now. We've seen 17 20.

point comebacks at a rapid rate in the. NFL. No game is out of touch. And then. you play the Jags and it's like, no. Yeah, you ain't going to when are you. scoring these points to come back into. this? Never. And then on the offensive. side, the bonehead stuff that we. potentially have seen from the. Jacksonville Jaguars offense in the. past, we don't see. It's like Parker. Washington makes an incredible catch. Boom, boom, boom. In the past with the. way the Jags have kind of gone, you. would think maybe that would pop up and. then somehow Kyle Hamilton would grab. that and it's going back the other way. Instead, Parker Washington at 21 miles.

an hour somehow uh is him calling four. verts. Hilarious. Runs a little bit of a. slant because he wants to leverage on uh. on him there, I think. But Liam Con. coming out and say, "Yeah, Trevor. Lawrence knew they were running cover. zero. We had a perfect play with four. verts and we just beat him." Yeah. I. mean, that's just so laxidasical the way. he described what happened there. So. confident what happened. And also. calling four verts in that particular. case, even though Buddy cuts it off, I. guess cuz he was getting stacked. It's. like. >> Liam Cohen's a beast, man. And Trevor. Lawrence is. And they all uh they're a.

problem. And if you're in the AFC South, you really have to wonder like who the. hell's beating them in the next 20. years. You just had your five years, two. years next year. Who's. >> buddy? >> Well, I don't think the Colts. long game. They're preparing to beat. them down the road because they know the. the Jacks will be there, right? >> Oh, you're saying like when Liam Cohen. [ __ ] kind of runs out. >> I don't know if that's going to happen. or maybe when he chooses to step away or. something. >> Yeah, cuz he'll have like a Madden like. run down there. Eight years, win a Super.

Bowl, everybody want him on TV. >> Let me go do TV for a couple years, get. paid 40 mill a year, and then maybe come. back later and coach again. >> Yeah, maybe. and Trevor Lawrence. I. mean, there's a chance Trevor Lawrence. wins, you know, a couple Super Bowl, not. just AFC South, but four, five, six, seven Super Bowls here and he decides to. retire early, too. Colts are back seven, eight, nine years from now. That's no. problem at all. Joining us now might be. a guy who has more information on all of. those things that would have to take. place for the Colts to maybe have a. chance here against this Jacksonville. Jaguars team with how they're currently. constructed, how young they are, and how.

they play like disciplined dog football. They've been on the road. They played in. 12 different stadiums. They they could. have all the excuses. They don't have. any of the excuses, which tells you. exactly about their culture. They have a. quarterback uh joining us. Are they. going to get the trade deadline? What do. they need? Do they even need anything? We haven't even talked about the. Jacksonville Jaguars trying to maybe. upgrade at some sort of position because. that's how good they are. Joining us now. is Amanda might have a little bit more. intel on that and all the other stories. happening around the NFL. Ladies and. gentlemen, it's Friday, so that means. it's time for the weekly wrap-up with.

rap sheet and friends. Us being the. friends, he being rap sheet. Ladies and. gentlemen, you rap a porn. >> What's up? What's going on? >> Hey, cool little grin there in that. photo. >> I mean, best thing about that photo is. the uh Lego tie clip. That's actually a. baller move right there. That's a good. one. >> That is a baller move, dude. >> A lot of people are talking about that. >> Did you give yourself a couple pats on. the back whenever you put that one on. there and said, "I'm killing it with. this Lego T." And then what about the.

pocket square there? Is that also a. Lego? Cuz that thing looks pretty crisp. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Listen, I'm actually fundamentally. opposed to pocket squares. I think. they're really stupid. But our wardrobe. person put it on me. And I don't argue. with people like that who dress me. So, I just said, "Okay." And now I wear it. And I think it's dumb, but they thought. it looked good. So, here we are. >> Listen, I'm a puppet. I got a Lego tie. thing in there to pass the goalie. So, you know, we just kind of got to do what. we got to do. Okay, let's do the weekly. wrap-up with the incredibly well-dressed. by somebody else rap sheet and friends. Us being a friends, he being rap sheet.

We just watched the Jags last night. We. we have not said the Jags name one time. as being buyers potentially at this. trade deadline even though they are. certainly in a Super Bowl window. Very. obviously they are viewing it that way. as well. Should we think of any moves. for the Jags? Has that ever been in. conversation? And how does everybody. around the league view this team that's. 14-2 over the last 16 with multiple. blowouts happening seemingly on a. regular basis? >> I mean how does everyone view them? They. think they are really really good. I. mean they are they are really good. You. know what I always think about? This is.

like so many years ago, but I remember I. went down to uh Jaguars training camp. when Urban Meyer was there his first. year and I watched Trevor Lawrence for. an entire practice and it was so rough. and I'm like I don't understand how. these guys are ever going to figure it. out. And you know what I learned? Coaching matters. Coaching is pretty. important. Um if you have a really good. coach and good personnel, you can be a. really good team. Um they are really. good. Uh as far as the trade deadline. goes, uh I wouldn't be surprised if they. were buyers. Like they have been.

sniffing around on uh like defensive. tackles, you know, like cuz I know. obviously they lost Devon Hamilton, just. like a big run stuffer, like really. really good. Um he's out for the season. I wouldn't be surprised to see them try. to fill his void. problem is now that. Don Payne's on IR and out for the season. like I don't know who's good enough to. be a addition for them that'd be worth. it and who anyone would trade like. that's sort of the problem this year is. like like Grover Stewart's a great.

example right he's a really good player. that'd be someone that Jaguars would. love to trade for I don't know that the. Colts would do it in helping. >> well we don't really know anything at. this point on what the Colts couldn't do. which let's get into the trade deadline. conversation a little bit more actually. it got heated over the last couple days. Ty has a question for you about the. Colts and trading. >> Yeah. Rap sheet. Is there any truth to. kind of the rumors that started to pop. up that the Vikings might be interested. in maybe kicking the tires on Dan Jones? Obviously Carson Wentz is going to start.

Monday night, but that kind of started. getting out there a little bit. Like is. there a chance that Dan Jones is going. to get traded by the Colts before the. deadline? >> I would never rule out anything. Um so. and you know I've I mean I've seen you. guys talked about it. I've seen it. talked about on some shows like nothing. would surprise me in this world and I. think if you're the Colts and like I. don't know what's going to happen this. week. Let's say it goes out and plays. great. Maybe it causes everyone to. reevaluate things. But I mean Shane. Styum was sitting at a press conference.

defending Daniel Jones as a starter. Sometimes that can be the beginning of. when it, you know, goes the other way. And obviously for Minnesota they have, you know, Carson Wentz starting this. week. Like I've seen all the sort of. scuttlebutt. just. to for a team to trade a quarterback. mid-season, it almost never happens. Um, now we did just see it with the. Baltimore Ravens trading for Jacobe. Brassette who had gotten bent. So, like, yeah, I Anyway, to answer your question, nothing would surprise me in this world.

ever. Um, it makes a lot of sense. I. just don't know if anything is going to. actually happen. >> Okay. And, uh, 35 million, I believe, is. what Daniel Jones's contract is next. year. And then I don't think after that. there's anything else to be owed. 35. million for a starting quarterback, especially one that knows Kevin. Oonnell's offense and could potentially. be good. Could be a situation they might. like from what I'm hearing from you. Uh. but Carson Wentz is getting to start. tomorrow night. Hey. >> Hey. Carson Wentz has the opportunity to. do something here pretty special for the. Vikings team that only has one loss,

right? Is this not a real situation here. for Carson? >> It's a real situation. It really is. And. when he has played, so like the week. one, it was week one, right? Yeah. week. one game and he played just okay and. then lit it up in the fourth quarter and. you're like you know that's one thing. with Carson Wentz is like when he's. played in this system he's had moments. of looking really really good right and. you know injuries have sort of uh. derailed him a little bit um but when. he's played he's been good and so I. would say for this situation there are a.

lot of different ways it can go I mean. what if WZ goes out and plays great then. if you're the Vikings do you just go. okay like or not. And then you have a. couple other options to consider. >> I believe in Carson Wentz when he's. playing good football. I would like that. to be on the record. I'm very excited. for Carson Wentz and Josh Allen to be. facing each uh face off on Monday Night. Football, especially one that we get to. do a field pass for. So, it is an honor. to be on the field for a Carson Wentz. experience. And maybe he plays great.

football in a system that he knows and. his uh what did he say yesterday about. Justin Jefferson rap? I don't know if. you read his quote or not. I didn't. >> uh he he actually said. >> was it I should throw it to Justin. Jefferson all the time. >> Yeah. Well, actually here's exactly what. it was. >> Yeah. I mean, just get him the rock. I. mean, he's he's as good as I've been. around. Um and so, um you know, for him. the last couple weeks maybe, you know, not getting it as much as he would maybe. want. I get it. I'd be frustrated um if.

I were him. I mean, he's as good as it. as it gets at his position. Um and I. look forward to just, you know, I want. to give him the rock as much as anybody. So, uh, I look forward to trying to do. that without forcing it. You know, we. got a bunch of talent on this offensive. side of the ball. So, my job just to. distribute it. Um, and I'm confident. he'll get his this week. >> Yeah, I'm confident he'll get his. Chuck. it, brother. Justin Jefferson's down. there. Justin Jefferson's probably. pretty excited that Carson Wentz is back. in there. And then for Kyler Murray, as. we finish the Minnesota Vikings. quarterback situation, um, Kyler Murray. has a sore hamstring. They think, uh,

>> uh, I would say hamstring strain. he is. considered to be week to week. So, >> did you report a grade? Was it grade one. or two? Do you report on this one? >> Uh, stra my understanding is it's pretty. minor. So, probably grade one, which. could be one to two weeks. Um, but it's. a thing, you know. I mean, and and I. think the the. >> definitely a thing, especially when. you're not playing great. Yeah. If Yeah. Go ahead. I'm sorry. >> No, I mean, yeah. Yes. That first of. all, yes. but also like couldn't go out.

and reinjure it. I we've seen these. injuries sort of linger forever. And if. he's not moving as he needs to be, then. he's like that sort of takes away his. superpower. So having him sit makes. sense to me for a fully healthy Carson. Wentz wearing what I can only imagine is. an excellent hunting hat in that uh in. that interview right there. Yeah, we. would assume that it is the season for. things to be flying and dying or rotting. on trees and dying. You know, Carson. Wentz will certainly go get some food to.

feed his family. That is how he. believes. If he can eat on that football. field on Monday night with Kevin. Okonnell, I think that's why it's such a. topic of discussion because of how good. the team is. They've only lost one game. and they've had next to no production. from Justin Jefferson who might be one. of the best players in all of football. So, I I uh I'm excited for Carson Wentz. I'm excited for Monday night. Now, another position that the Minnesota. Vikings have been tied to is potentially. running back. Last night, a name might. have got projected into the trading. block other than just Jonathan Taylor.

Tone Diggs has a question for you. >> Yeah, Ian, I see you racking your brain. there, so maybe it hasn't been talked. about, but you know, the Ravens are now. four and five. Um Lamar's out, Snoop is. out. They did trade for Jacobe, so it. doesn't feel like they're giving up on. this season, but is there a situation. where teams are going to be snooping. around for Derrick Henry since he only. has one year left on his contract? >> I feel like the Ravens are more buyers. than sellers. Like I if if something. makes sense for them, then you know like. the really good GMs and I think Eric.

Ticosta is one of them would really. consider anything, right? Like you know, Philadelphia Eagles, I would say the. same thing like everyone's saying, "Oh, are they going to sell? Are they going. to sell?" I could see them buy too for. the right situation, right? But I think. for the Ravens, they're too talented to. give up on this season. They They are. I. mean, I know the record's four and five. They got Br coming in. That should keep. them up, right? And like, I have no idea. what's going to happen, but the NFL. season's weird. We've seen backup. quarterbacks come in and light it up. from time to time. I just I don't I just.

don't think they want to sell. And. considering first year head coach with a. lot of security and a really talented. roster, like I don't think I would sell. either if I was them. >> And the Ravens upcoming schedule for the. Jacobe Brassette era, you got the. Chargers trying to find it. Carolina, Houston bye, then Tampa, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy, Pittsburgh down the. stretch as you know the division games. are going to tell the story at the end. of the season. I like that. That's how. the AFC North is structured. Is that how.

everybody is? Is that how everybody is? Is that the schedule normally? I. >> think so. Yeah, that's sort of the idea. >> Oh, yeah. Divisional play down the. stretch. Let's get some important ones. at the end. Go ahead and get the Colts. taking on, you know, the Jags. >> Titans. >> Big one. >> Is Jonathan Taylor is Jonathan Taylor. going to get traded? >> Yeah. >> I don't know. Uh I know there's a lot of. interest. >> Figure it out. And I know that like. there is a package of picks that would.

make the Colts happy. I has anyone. offered it yet? I don't know. I know the. interest is significant and the offers. are significant. I just don't know that. it I mean obviously not I don't know. It. hasn't been enough yet because no deal. has happened, right? So I expect him to. go out and play this weekend and then. you know as you get closer to the. deadline you see what people really. really would do. Like someone says all. right here's my offer and that's it. And. then it's like, well, okay, maybe I'll. sweeten it a little bit. Like, there are. different ways um that this can happen.

I just they're open to it. Teams are. interested. Generally, that leads to a. trade. Um so, I'll probably lean that. way, but I think because he's under. contract for a couple more years, and. because he's not old, like he could also. be someone that'd be part of the future. >> Yeah, it could be a part of the future. We're learning from the Taylor family. his wife has been documenting it all uh. on social media. They have no idea. And. they're saying mentally this is an. interesting spot. I mean, it could it. should be. I mean, it I'm not saying it.

should be. It definitely would be, though. As somebody who is one of the. premier players in the league, has been. one of the best players we have on our. entire roster. All the other best. players that we have on our team have. been sent away. It's like in the running. back era that we're in, Jonathan Taylor. feels like he should be worth a lot, but. will that negotiation ever happen with. the Indianapolis Colts and how it's two. ones and a four for Jeffrey Simmons rep. >> the Forest Buckner got a four. Okay. And.

the day it happened, I don't know if it. was you or Sheffy, but one of you senior. junior say like it was a good deal for. the Colts. Yeah. Forest Buckner, you. know, he's willing to go. It's like, is. it? >> Yeah, he's coming back from a neck. He's. a little bit older. It's like, yeah, but. he's playing the best football he's. played in a long time. And whenever the. Colts have him, we're good. And they're. like, well, the Titans didn't want to. move on from Jeffree. You think we want. to move on from DeForest Buckner? No. It's like a negotiation isn't is a. negotiation. And it's like saying we.

can't get a one for Jonathan Taylor. It's like, well, [ __ ] work and figure. out how to get a one and a couple ones. out of this thing. Like that is the art. of making deals happen, you know, and. it's like the people that are making the. deals happen for the Colts. I know it's. I love the RCA family. I love Pete Ward. who's still there. He's been with the. Colts for a long time. He's incredible. what he does. I like uh Emerson. I. believe he's a contract guy. He's a part. of it all. There's a lot of people that. are part of that whole thing, but every. other team knows that Daw is gone. Like. this guy's got no allegiances to.

anything. You know, it's like. let's move away. Let's move away from. that. Let's go to teams that matter in. this particular NFL season. Huge one up. in New England this weekend. And there's. a lot of question marks around if the. Patriots can do it or not against this. Packers team, especially with who's. available. Con man has a question for. you, Rap. >> Yeah, Rap AJ Brown missing another full. week of practice. Feels like that knee. injury is pretty serious. Is this like a. Miles Garrett knee surgery cleanup type. situation by chance? And then also. Trevian Henderson kind of breaking news.

this morning. He was hospitalized with a. neurological issue. what is kind of the. full story if you have any details. obviously thoughts and prayers to. Trevian Henderson but uh seemingly a. very s serious situation for him and. then um Packers and Patriots injury. report just kind of as a whole I know. they're both pretty extensive going into. Sunday. >> Uh okay so AJ Brown's been ruled out um. so he is not going to play this week. What. >> uh the. Yeah. Um, so I don't get the sense this.

is a Miles Garrett knee situation. I get. the sense it's more of kind of like what. AJ Brown's dealt with the last couple. years, which you know sometimes like in. these situations maybe knee swells, maybe you have to drain it, like more of. a maintenance type thing than a surgery. type thing. No one has talked to me. about IR. So the hope is it's within. those four games. Now he's missed his. second. Um, so we'll see where that. goes, but I don't get I it seems like. something that they can manage. they. think they can manage the Trayvon.

Henderson one. I don't see an IR stint. at least before the game. Like I don't. see any moves before the game. Um it is. it is an odd one. Um it is an odd one. and I would say they still not by that I. mean the doctors not the Patriots. caused. it. probably. because anytime someone's hospitalized. for neurological something, you don't. exactly know the cause. It's like more.

tests, make sure he's okay. Football's. important, but not that important, right? Um, so I think they're going to. keep monitoring that one. As far as the. other uh the other injury stuff on the. Packers and Patriots, I would need a. refresher injury report style. Um. >> Micah is what, two, three weeks out. >> Micah is probably two weeks out. So, next week going to do full uh full team. drills and then they got that weird buy,

which is not really a buy. And then they. play Wednesday. So, seems to me to be on. track for that Wednesday uh Thanksgiving. Eve game or you know, everyone goes to. the bar and sees the people that they. haven't seen in a while and all the bars. are really crowded and that game is. >> a good reference there. You talk about. the high school lads coming back, you. know, just going ahead and tearing it. down a little bit. Maybe Mike is. >> one of the best bar nights of the whole. year. I've heard. >> Yeah. And I know I've heard booze bags. really love it, but booze bags love. every night, don't they? Just when more. people join them, it's certainly a. little bit more of a celebration. So.

congrats to you rap sheet on having a. big time Thanksgiving eve throughout the. course of your life and that will. obviously continue. It's part of your. business. Micah Parson's back. Bosa back. with the Forest Buckner over there for. the San Francisco 49ers. The NFC. obviously loading up on uh defensive. pass rushers. Jeffrey Simmons traded the. Chicago Bears. And let's go to Los. Angeles Rams. You posted I believe right. before you came on our program. Miles. Garrett uh coming back from Arthur. Scopic surgery of his knee. He is uh. trying to get back on the field against. the Commanders this weekend. Commanders.

offensive line not great. Aaron Donald. health healthy, Miles Garrett healthy. This could be the first time we see the. Avengers potentially here. >> Yeah, this is a pretty pretty cool one. And you know, I would say Rams. Commanders might not exactly be like the. most exciting game of all time. This now. takes on to me increased importance. because Miles Garrett is expected to be. on the field barring any sort of. setbacks. Practice this week sounds like. it's gone really good. Um he has you. know for sure kind of taken his time. through this thing to make sure that. when he is out there he is really.

feeling ready and like himself and it. sounds like he is there. So what should. the Rams look like when one of the best. defensive players maybe the defensive. player in football is out there? Like my. guess is probably better. Probably. better. Um I'm kind of excited to see. it. I know the Rams are excited to see. it and with all of the discussions of. the Rams injuries and you know Miles. Garrett and all the guys who are missing. like they are still in position to make. the playoffs and make some real noise.

when they get in and obviously Miles. Garrett being out there would go a long. way toward that. >> Last question for you stay in the NFC. West comes from AJ. Talk about an odd. situation. >> Yeah, he's obviously talking about the. the Brandon Iuk situation. The media has. loved asking different players in the. team and Shanahan like what are you. going to do if he shows up? What. happened? Do we know what happened this. morning? Did he show up? What's the. what's the prognosis here with Aayuk? >> Uh so wouldn't show up yet would be show. I think the idea is to show up before. 4:00 today. Uh so this is a weird one.

Let's let's go through it a little bit. So he is on the uh reserve left squad. list. He's got to apply for. reinstatement which he has done as his. agent who rose told Sheffer. The NFL has. not accepted his reinstatement yet. Basically, they haven't reinstated him. Then there's the matter of uh what. happens next. So, he owes the NFL. believes as they told him in a letter. $13 million in a signing bonus. I think. the number if you ask the NFL PA and his. side would be less. Like there are.

different ways to figure it out. This is. the I think Pelisero had the report last. night during the game. This is the the. sort of argument now is like how much. does he actually owe? And then does he. pay it? If he does pay it, okay, if he. disputes the number, it goes to a. grievance. If he decides not to pay it, it can be worse. Um and then the. likelihood is they get a twoe roster. exemption. So the 49ers don't actually. have to do anything with him through the. trade deadline to two weeks from now.

That was a lot. I know, but it's a long. way of saying like this is complicated. and I don't think we're going to get a. quick answer. >> Yeah. And it sounds like the boys don't. like him. You know, it really feels like. the boys don't like him. It sounds like. that. I mean, George KD's answer was. like, "Hey, this for somebody else.". Everybody has kind of ponded off. Here's. George KD talking about Aayuk maybe. coming back in the building. >> Are you looking forward to seeing. Brandon when he shows up to the facility. tomorrow? >> Do you think he gets in the facility? >> Do you think he gets in the facility? >> Plead the fifth.

Yeah, you can ask John or Kyle. Don't. ask me. I'm a conspiracy guy. >> Is there a conspiracy? >> The fifth. >> What do you think the conspiracy was? He. wasn't in the court of law. So, I. appreciate him taking the fifth in a. public setting. You know, you just kind. of carry the uh I don't have to say. anything. I'm allowed to just kind of. defer in the in the with the fifth. Connor, what's the conspiracy? And I. know I'm not saying you're a conspiracy. guy, but what would George KD be saying. the conspiracy is there? I'm assuming.

Ravi should do not speak for me, please. Um, I'm assuming that he's saying like, hey, does his card work? Do the people. at the front let him in? And also, who. knows? Maybe that electrical substation. acts up tomorrow kind of senses Brandon. Iuk coming in shocks him. I I'm really. not too sure what he means, but it does. sound like there is a bit of a riff. between the team and Brandon Aayuk. Yeah, conspiracy or not, it does sound. like there's been a lot of potential.

personal feelings offended by how this. is all unfolding. AJ, I've never. >> I don't think I've seen anything like. this. In Rosenhouse, >> he gets hired by Aayuk. Iayuk had gone. quiet there for a few weeks, right? We. hadn't heard from him in a while. He he. wanted out of San Francisco 49ers. Once. again, we hope everything's okay with. Brandon Iayuk. I assume that is a. massive piece of this entire thing. We. hope. Everybody kind of hopes that's the. case. Then he was going to the. Commanders because his relationship with. Jaden Daniels and he publicly buries the. Commanders. managers like, "Yeah, right. We're not doing, you know, 13. What are. we We're not doing any of that." So then.

all avenues seemingly closed while he. was still posting messages and then he. goes quiet and then all of a sudden we. hear he he signs with Rosenhouse and. Rosenhouse goes like, "Hey, we got to. write some wrongs here." So I I think. this is the first step maybe to get back. on track. I don't know when the. expectation would be for IU to get back. on a football field. This does feel like. maybe he's gotten through some of the. stuff that he was potentially going. through maybe if he steps back in that. building. But it's going to be. uncomfortable for all parties as you try. to write some wrongs that got very loud. publicly. Rap. Very loud.

>> Yeah. I mean, I would say here are my. questions. Does his card work? Like I. really wonder like are we going to get. one of those videos like the Jamal Adams. video where he comes in and he tries his. card and he goes he's like. >> I'm sure they're hanging around, right? The media's got to be waiting to to try. to find wherever they're going in the. front door. That's what I would do. >> Rosen House is going in the front door. with IU. They're sitting in the lobby. They're sitting in the lobby. They're. getting called back for a meeting. Correct. That's what I I think is. happening here. I The FOB would be for. like locker room and [ __ ] Yeah, I think. that ship sailed long long time. I I.

think he's walking in like a fan would. or somebody has a meeting there. Is that. what you're thinking, AJ? >> Yeah, for sure. And and I think that it. sounds like the players the coaches in. in San Fran are like, "Hey, we don't. want we don't need any of this. like. we're we got a good thing going. We. don't need this distraction. Like let's. just move on. I I think Kyle even said. like that's I haven't given it any. thought basically of of what that would. happen. What that would be. >> odds on favorite to win a Super Bowl. Jawan Jennings didn't want to get traded. back to San Francisco. So they are. looking for wide receiver. Is that not. what happened?

>> Uh no. That's what I mean that that's. basically what happened. Yeah. >> So it's not it's not wrong. It's it's. not wrong. I just I it's not wrong. It's. fine. You sound like Mitt right now. You. know, Mitt has like a microphone and you. know, he'll just start correcting. because you did. >> You're not wrong, dude. >> J, that's not true, dude. And then turns. out it is true, actually, bro. Sorry. about that. Should have did that while. you were talking, but uh shout out to. Mitt. I appreciate Mitt stepping up and.

being put in a position he should not be. in. Okay. But he does a great job, which. we appreciate him. Uh same with Bruce. But you gave a look as if that wasn't. the truth. That wasn't Was that the. truth? >> It was true. It just the the description. from Kyle Shanahan was sort of not like. well he didn't want to be here. was. like, "Well, he likes the Vikings. He. likes the system. He want he doesn't. want to move." As opposed to like, "I. don't want to be in San Fran." Like, I. think he it doesn't it's all it's all. the same. But, I mean, I think the. addition would have made sense. Uh, but. it, you know, did not happen.

>> So, maybe I would make sense too. He. comes back, starts working back at 13. million. >> Think about I think it will never. happen, but like he was very good. >> I mean, >> he was a very good football player when. he played. >> It was a long time ago. Feels like a lot. has happened since then. But if you owe. 13 million bucks, sometimes you got to. go wash dishes at that restaurant to pay. the bill. You know, >> he might have to go run some rounds out. there. He might have to do this for the. Niners to get it back. I'll be excited. to see if they work it out. Bygones can. be bygones, but a lot of respect needs. to be earned back on both sides. I I'll.

be excited to see if that happens. We. appreciate you rep. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, that's Junior Rap. Ladies and gentlemen, I I don't want to. like get too excited, but we are joined. by a man who has done something in the. football world that nobody Ladies and. gentlemen, Heisman winner, Super Bowl. MVP, Desmond Howard. How are you, Dennis? Good to see you. >> Good to see you, brother. Thanks for. having me on the show. >> Can you hear the boys? >> I cannot hear the boys now. >> Okay, let me turn this up. Let me turn. this up. Can Let me turn up. Can you. hear us now? >> Perfect. Perfect. Hey, >> hey, hey. What's going on, guys? How you.

guys doing? >> Okay, so uh thank you for stopping by. >> Absolutely. I know you're very busy. throughout uh these Fridays normally, so. getting you to stop by here, incredible. Pleasure. Let's talk about the story, though. You live in Coral Gables. You. literally live just moments away from uh. the Miami Hurricanes campus. And I don't. want to give away too much if you don't. want to give away too much, but learning. of the Malachi Tony situation. You It. happened very quickly, I think, for. those that were around the situation. Can you just tell me a little bit about. what you think and how you think they're. going to respond to this type of news. and how it affects them obviously.

tomorrow in a massive game? >> Yeah, I tell you what. So Tuesday I was. um I was actually chopping it up with. Mi, right? Chopping it up. I got mutual. friend and I was supposed to interview. him Wednesday and um they like put us. together. So I'm chopping up. He was in. great spirits. U wonderful kid. I tell. you this after the after I chopped it up. with him. I text my wife. Oh man, I love. this kid. I want to adopt him. Right. For real. Like just great man. So I was. excited. Then Wednesday comes and um I. get a message from the segment producer.

Hey, uh, Malachi had a family emergency. Um, he's not going to be available, but. we're going to get Darien Mener, the. quarterback. Okay, Mensah's good. But. now I got to reenter like, you know, rework this interview in my head how how. it's going to go. So now I'm at the. football building Wednesday, and I'm. supposed to talk to the offensive. coordinator, Shannon Dawson. So I text. Shannon, hey, you want somebody to bring. me to your office? I'm here. He said, Desmond, something came up, but we can. talk a little later. I'll give you a. call. I like Okay. At this time though,

I'm texting my wife. I'm like, "Hey, something. There's some BS going on. around here. >> There's a lot of. >> Yeah. Yeah. First, you know, Malachi had. a family emergency. Now, the offensive. coordinator said that, you know, he. can't talk now, but we can talk later. And now I'm in this room and I'm waiting. to talk to Darren Mensah and I get a. text and the text comes from my son, Big. Twin. And this is what the text said. Did Tony break his ankle? So, I grabbed.

my phone. I called him and I used his. government name. >> Now, I don't know if you guys are aware. of this, but in certain cultures, okay, >> if you use the government name, >> that mean things are very serious. >> Yeah, we need real answers now. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, I picked I said, "Damir, where did you get this information?" So. he goes on to tell me about his buddy. who knows a friend who is affiliated. with the program. I was like my heart.

dropped man. I was just like I was I was. floored. And then at the same time I get. a knock on the door. Hey Desmond Mensa's. ready for you. Let's go interview Mensa. >> but can't talk about this. >> Can't talk about this cuz I haven't got. you know I can't confirm it. >> No one else has told me. >> but there's a lot. >> but there's Yeah. But it then it started. to explain like the atmosphere that I. was in, you know, oh well, you know, he. had a family emergency. Uh, Coach Dawson. said, you know, he can't talk to you. right now, but he can talk to you later. And um, went on with the interview. And.

then you look at Menson, his body. language, and you can tell he has some. heavy on his mind. >> Yeah, it's crazy to think it's all. happening in real time. Certainly at. practice, you would never hope that for. a Heisman favorite, but that's how hard. Malachi goes. He practices so hard. anything could happen at any point. Now, obviously, there was devastation. And it. felt like there was a lot of alarm as. there should be whenever your best. player especially heading into this. weekend. What do you think they do? What. do you think the adjustment is? How do. you think they handle this type of uh. adversity at this point cuz crystal ball. I think is a guy who wants his team to. be mentally tough. This would be a huge.

piece of adversity or battle just a. couple days out. >> Pat, listen, we've been on teams where. we've had guys who we absolutely love. and Malachi is a guy who they love this. kid. I think they're going to go out and. play very well. They're going to play. hard. You look at coach Crystal Ball and. what he brings to to a team. He brings. toughness, physicality. They've adopted. his attitude, his spirit. That's what. they're going to bring tomorrow night. against Notre Dame. And and they're. going to do it obviously with, you know, Malachi in the back of their minds. I. mean, he was the the heart and soul of.

this team. And they want to go out and. make a statement against Notre Dame. Go. on the road, say we're going to do it. for Malachi. I don't think Malachi is. going to travel with the team. I don't. think he'll be here physically, but I. believe he'll be with them in spirit and. they want to come out and prove a point. So, I expect to see the best version of. the Miami Hurricanes tomorrow night. >> that they possibly can be, which I think. we'll rely on some guys that we got. introduced to in a big way during the. playoffs. AJ has a question for you, Dez. >> What's up, Dez? He's talking about Mark. Fletcher. He's obviously we we got to. see him firsthand down in the the end.

zone doing watch alongs last year, field. pass. Like, >> do you expect Mark Fletcher to get, you. know, a big jump in his carries and also. like the run game in general? I would. assume Miami wants to get going even. more now. >> Yeah. Um, Hawk, you know, guys like. Fletcher, man, they're like throwbacks, you know, they're like old school, want. to roll up their sleeves and just run. the ball right at you with physicality. They want to run the ball through your. face. So, they want to make Notre Dame. prove that they can stop the running. game. That's what I love about this team. though. They're more of a bluecollar.

team. Obviously, you have Malachi, but. Malachi is a guy who's not only catching. passes, but he's blocking like a tight. end or something like that, too. So, I. say this to say I believe that their. identity tomorrow is going to be um. smashmouth, win the line of scrimmage on. both sides of the ball, and obviously. definitely get Mark Fletcher going. because it takes a lot of pressure off. of their Heisman candidate, that man. right there, the quarterback Darien Ma. If you can get the running game going, then it opens up the passing game and it.

puts Notre Dame's defense on their. heels. >> Backs against the wall it feels like for. Notre Dame and how I don't know if the. Malachi Tony news is necessarily taking. pressure off of Notre Dame. It's only. amplifying it even more. What do you. like about Notre Dame? I CJ Carr. whenever he's come on game day, we've. loved him. We love Marcus Freeman. What. do you love about the Notre Dame team? >> We love about Notre Dame is you you look. at their leader um C CJ Carr at the. quarterback position. He's very buttoned. up, um, sound, not going to make a lot. of mistakes, um, very efficient, um,

keeps the the offense ahead of the. chain. So, he's a guy who's playing. phenomenally right now. Um, he's going. to spread the ball around, but Notre. Dame is going to want to run the ball, too. As talented as a passer as CJ Carr. is, you know, they're not going to come. out here and think they're going to. throw the ball all over the yard against. this um, this this defense for the. Hurricanes. They want to establish the. run, too. And then I mean Marcus. Freeman, he's a friend of the program. Yes, he is. I mean, great guy. He's the. type of guy and there there not many of. them who can actually make make people.

who hate Notre Dame like Notre Dame. Now, he's made Notre Dame very likable. And um this is a big game for him. I. think it's a really big game. You know, obviously people are saying, well, is it. a must-win? Is it a must-win? Personally, even with the news of. Malachi Tony not playing, I think if. Notre Dame plays a very tough game. against the number one team in the. country and they lose maybe by, you. know, a field goal, something less than. a touchdown, I think they'll still be. okay cuz their resume still might look.

good. Pat, listen, you're looking at a. BYU team that they lost to on the road, right? Lost to them in Provo. They got. the holy war against Utah. If they get. past the youths, >> if if BYU wins that, >> if wins that 100%. And if they go on to. win like the Big 12 championship, then. you're looking at a resume that includes. two losses. One to the number one team. in the country in a close game, Miami, and then the second loss to the Big 12. champs, um, the BYU Cougars. I just. think on that on looking at the resume.

that way they may still still be able to. get in cuz there's a lot of carnage. around them in all the other conferences. especially the SEC and the Big 10. >> Okay, so let's head down to the SEC with. a topic that is obviously um I would say. polarizing because of the name of the. quarterback and the expectations down. there. Ty has a question about what's. going on in Austin, Texas. Desmond. >> Yeah, Dez. Uh somehow, I didn't believe. this when I looked at it, but this. weekend against Missouri is only Texas's. second uh road game this year outside if.

you don't count the Red River Shootout. Um what what do you think this like? Is. this Texas's last stand? Kind of not not. just for Arch. I think a lot of the. conversation has been, hey, if they. don't, you know, make it to the playoffs. or or win, then he's going to transfer. and potentially be somewhere else next. year. And then same deal with Sarkc, what happens to him? Uh they and. obviously they can't really look ahead, but they have LSU next week. Like what. what are your thoughts on Texas as we. stand right now? >> Well, Ty, I love the sweatshirt. Go Pack. Go. Appreciate that, brother.

>> My man. Yes, sir. Yeah. Well, um a. season ago, I famously said that um. Sarkeesian would be coaching in the NFL. in 2026. I I may have been not wrong, but may have been a little too early. I. think that this it's a big game. It's a. big game for Sarkeesian. It's a big game. for um for Arch. I think people don't. understand or they kind of forgotten. that Arch has been there. This is his. fourth year there. Like four years in. the same program, which we all know. that's unheard of nowadays with NIL and.

the transfer portal and we're still. seeing him make these mistakes that. really have a scr he has a scratch in. our heads like why did he throw that. ball? Why why did he put the ball there? That interception, stuff like that. So, I'm not sure if he's going to be there a. year from now. I think he may transfer. if he's not if, you know, if he's not, you know, what guys would say draft. eligible as far as going high up in the. draft. If he doesn't like his draft. status, that he'll probably come back to. college football. I would assume that.

after four years with Sarkeesian, they. would probably need to part ways. Now, I'm not sure how it's going to happen. Is Sark going to take an NFL job? going. to stay in Austin and um and Arch is. going to transfer, but I don't I do not. see these two together in the 2027. season. >> All right, let's talk about one of your. favorite subjects, the Ohio State. Buckeyes. They got an alien out there. Tony Diggs has a question for you, D. I. want to talk to you about Jeremiah. Smith. His first game um you know, with. Luke Fehee as the quarterback. You know,

he still had 10 catches, I think 83. yards and a touchdown. So he still. produced out there, but a as a wide out. in this situation when you have a backup. quarterback and not Julian Stain who you. are used to. What's the process you. think for him and getting comfortable. with the true freshman quarterback and. you think they'll be okay moving. forward? >> That's a great question. I think that uh. for a veteran receiver like you know. Jeremiah Smith, the first thing you want. to do is make your comfort your. quarterback as comfortable as possible. You should stay after practice, get some.

extra throws and catches in with him. If. I was him, I would actually sit in. meetings with him, try to break down. film with him, you know, let him know, let him as me, uh, as Fehee, let Fehee. see what you see. Like, it may look like. I'm covered here, but if you throw the. ball in this spot, I'm good. Just make. him comfortable as possible. You know, I. was watching the game and um there was a. play when FA he was running towards the. uh the goal line in the second half and. he was pointing. I don't know if you.

guys picked picked up on this, but he. broke contain. He started to point and. he wanted Jeremiah to block the safety. and uh Jeremiah whiffed and F he got hit. and I'm like, bro, you can't miss that. block because you you want to protect. your freshman quarterback and you want. to make him as comfortable as possible. So, it's not just catching the ball. I. mean, everyone talks about, you know, how great of a receiver he is, and he's. phenomenal when it comes to catching the. ball and all that good stuff, but you. also got to do the little things. You.

got to protect your quarterback and put. him in a in a winning position as much. as you possibly can, which includes. blocking and things of that nature. So, you can, you know, you don't want this. guy to get hurt like Julian like Julian. Sean did. >> Hey, they're saying the uh Big 10 not. nearly as dominant as we thought going. into the season. Now, Ohio State having. an injury at quarterback obviously. situation. We'll see if Fahhee can. continue to get better as a young. freshman. Oregon having the year that. they're having even though I think some. people are saying they're still alive.

with how everything is kind of ranked. and they're down in the 24s or 23 or. something like that. And then we have to. bring it up. Michigan's a heartbreaker, man. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, hey, brother, they. >> What do we think? What do we think about. what Whittingham's first year, so maybe. your turnover put the culture in. What. What is the kind of the thoughts? What. what is the mindset of Michigan nurse? Michiganers. Wolverines. >> All of that stuff. All of the above. >> Michiganers. What? Yeah. What are the. mindset of the Michigan appropriate? Yeah. Well, first and foremost, there's.

huge disappointment. I mean, to be. honest with you, when you when you play, it's not it's not that you lose a game. It's kind of the way you look when you. lose these games. And obviously in um. Iowa and Minnesota, those games were. games where not only did they obviously. didn't come up on top on the scoreboard, but visually that what they looked like. was not what we're accustomed to seeing. a Michigan team look like. And uh when. you get a guy like Kyle Whittingham, the I guess the the the the biggest.

thing that he's supposed to bring is. discipline, a disciplined team that's. not going to beat themselves, not going. to get penalized, and all of those. things we haven't seen, especially in. those types of games. So obviously, they. made a quarterback switch. They're going. with Tommy Carr. Um pulled out a. squeaker against Ruters. Uh big rivalry. game tomorrow night against Michigan. State. But normally a head coach, he. gets a grace period, right? And I think. that's what he's experiencing right now. A lot of heat was on his uh offensive.

coordinator, not on Kyle Whittingham. So. there's a lot of blame going around. It. hasn't reached the head coach at this. point. First, it was um Bryce Underwood. It was all the quarterback, but then. they switched quarterbacks and Tommy. came in. Offense looked the same. Hey, it's not the quarterback. It's Beck, the. offensive coordinator. And then they. beat Ruter. So now that, you know, kind. of cooled things down, but I'm expecting. to see a team tomorrow night that's. looked as um as good as we've seen them, if not better, against Michigan State.

>> I got faith in Whittingham. Do you? I. think we're also Do you? I heard that. >> That's good. Okay. You got faith. That's. good. But the reason why I believe is. because I do believe Michigan from the. top down very supportive of operation. and program. So hopefully he's able to. get guys in there. Hopefully he's able. to do his and find a quarterback. I'm. with you. I mean, I like Kyle. I I I. actually liked him a lot when he was at. Utah. >> Yeah. >> So, I I and I think he's going to be. able to put a better product on the. field, but we need to see it. >> Yeah. We don't got time to wait for.

that. You need to DOOR DASH THAT NOW. >> OKAY. YOU'RE THE BEST, ladies and. gentlemen. How long How many years? How many years. on game day again, >> man? Since ' 05. This is my 22nd season. >> Yes, sir. Thank you for having me. Appreciate you. >> Thank you for your service to ball. You're the best. >> Appreciate you. >> AJ, Michigan's not in a great spot, but. Dez always is. And I don't know if you. ever see how he's dressed. Best dressed. guy I've seen in some time actually just. walking around Earth. Lucky to be your. teammate on game day, bro. >> Man, appreciate you. >> Ladies and gentlemen, Desmond Howard.

>> Yes, sir. >> Hey, Foxy, I want to ask you real quick. Michigan State, you nervous about this? Like, what's the spread on this game? >> I'm not nervous at all. Actually, Bruce. Brown just told me we are plus 13 and a. half at the Big House night game. Michigan State has had an underwhelming. season under Pat Fitzgerald, his first. season. But tomorrow, since we're bad, this is our Super Bowl. He wins this. game tomorrow, the season is an absolute. success. And on the other side, if. Michigan loses this game tomorrow, Whittingham is going to be in hell. Let. alone if he loses this game and against.

Ohio State, those people will not be. >> Is your quarterback? Do you know? >> Uh, I don't know. I saw some stuff about. it, but I'm not sure if he's back. >> Pat, what do you And I'm sure Stan. probably knows a little bit about this. stuff, but I assume you're standing with. him now. I'm not sure if you you got him. yet. Are you assuming that by Are you. staring at the wall that's right next to. you? >> I just I didn't want to let the the the. viewers know that I could see him at a. preview screen here. >> But you just assumed something was about. to happen. >> I could sense the presence of greatness. next to you. So that's what I could. >> How could you not? By the way, ladies.

and gentlemen, it's not an guy. It's the. guy. Stand for Steve. HEY, >> now we have a heart out here on ESPN in. about a minute. Okay. So, we're going to. we're going to delay the picks until the. digital part of the program. >> The other side. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Well, go get it. SWINGING A HOT BAT. >> GO BOOM. >> LEAD OFF HOME RUN. >> That's what we need. This guy's done TV. Long time Freddy. >> Yeah. Has friends everywhere. 40 years. uh 40 seasons of College Game Day. Lucky.

to be a part of it. What do you just. quick takes here as we're on the way. out? College football Saturday, NFL. Sunday. We're in for and then Monday. night. I think we have one of the best. weekends of ball that we've had in a. long time. No doubt. I I can't offer. anything better. It's awesome. >> Separation Saturday. >> Correct. Separation. >> Were you a part of the naming of. Separation? >> I was not. I But you're going to make me. be a part of it probably. >> Yeah. Hey, listen. They This first time. we've had a theme on college game day. like it's separation Saturday. I'm like. really. >> Herby might have done it. >> Herby came up with it. >> Herby was in the middle of some real. work today. Herby was doing it. Fresh.

out of Baltimore last night. Fresh into. the meeting. Thousand ideas, which is. why we love that man. Uh we'll continue. digitally. Busting Boys with the Paid. will be next. I think they're on campus. See you then. Goodbye. Okay, I'm going. to go to the bathroom. Let's do our. picks on your side. >> All right. >> Hey. Hey, listen. Utter guy, I can sense. it just from the aura that's coming off. of his soul right now. This guy's going. to have a perfect [ __ ] slate this. week, too. >> Hell yeah. >> Where'd he go? Linebacker last night, Steo. >> No, no, no. Little Oors Cascade for. dinner. Fantastic.

>> That's where we were at. Great. >> spot. A lot of Irish spots around here. that really deliver. You know, they were. fighting ones of those. Uh, >> but nothing could deliver like you guys. delivered in a real Irish pub in Dublin, Ireland. Thank you. >> THAT WAS A PERFORMANCE. >> [ __ ] UP, DUDE. >> YEAH, I'd say. >> that's an oldtimer. >> I I don't think there's full context. around what happened that day. We got to. remember there was how many Irish lads. standing right in front of us that could. not hear us? >> So many. >> A lot of them. >> All by McUade's head, though. So, it was.

pretty much one. >> Sheamus serving pints. >> Oh, Sheamus. What a legend. >> You almost had Sabin tip a pint. >> Sober for how many years? >> Shout out Jr. Mahans, >> dude. Shout out to Mahans. >> That was the time, bro. That was the. time. >> And that's why when I'm in Ireland, I. drink Guinness. >> Oh, it tastes better. >> When I'm in America, ice cold corlot. >> Tap the Rockies, baby.

>> You might see that as a theme tomorrow. You might see that as a pretty loud. theme tomorrow. for things that might unfold. That. became quite a talking point in the. meetings and through our conversations. throughout the day. >> You know, somebody stopping by the show. might have a close affiliation with. Guinness. >> Okay. >> You know, maybe, >> maybe, >> maybe, maybe. But I want in America, College Game Day, we drink Kors lots. >> Rockies. >> Now, in front of those lads right there, >> we were drinking Guinnesses. We were. drinking thousands of them. They felt.

like maybe 2,000. >> She was just serving them, right? He. didn't have it. >> One for you, one for me, lad. What's the. crack, lad? What's the crack, lad? I. mean, it was. >> AJ. >> Split the G right there if you see. >> Yep. Right there. >> AJ, way to go, pal. >> I was about to. >> What a scene. >> God, what a day. >> That was. >> Sheamus is on the mic. >> Number one, >> I got to walk the streets with Sheamus. for about 30 minutes. Just me and. Sheamus were we broke off from the group. somehow, and it was the greatest 30.

minutes of my life. >> Well, I'm happy you survived it. I mean, I broke off from the group a couple. times and I just, you know, I thought. that was it for me. And uh, thank God it. wasn't. What a time over there. Maybe. uh, maybe we go back to Dublin and. celebrate life. >> Please. >> I believe the Rder Cup's there next. year. >> No. No. Okay, let's get to a break. We're doing. >> No, we're not talking about it. We're. not going over there until these US. golfers prove that they're good again. Right. >> But maybe they maybe they need us on.

foreign land. >> That's a good point. We should go. >> ballad. >> Maybe a 100 200 Guinnesses as we roll in. there over to the day. >> Yep. 2027. >> I'm sure that won't get rowdy. >> Us in Ireland. >> Hammered. >> Have J.R. Han host us. >> Let's do it. >> Talking about America. >> What a coincidence today. >> Yeah. But see, that's the issue is I. think we don't Nope. We'd be American. through and through. >> No, we would not turn. You did not. almost just say that. You have your hat.

on. You have your hat on. And if the if. the boys play the way they played in the. last Ryder Cup, I think we would all be. pretty disappointed with what's going. on. >> Yeah, that's a long way for an L. >> Yeah, >> they're not going to lose. >> And even if they do, we would win while. we're there. >> Bingo. >> Hey, >> well said. >> I like that. >> Never a loss. Just a learn. When you're. in Ireland, you have a Guinness. When. you're in America, >> course life. >> That's right. Going to hear that a lot. tomorrow. Be a friend. Tell a friend. something nice might change our life.

We're back on the other side. Take five. >> Five. >> Football. >> Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Field. Pass with Pat McI Show. >> Dan, you can't be doing this. We're at a. football game. And you know what I've. been doing in football is take a knee. Take a knee. >> Not to score. Yes. >> That's why we love it. >> Sour Sam's about to get karate kit. He. going to stop me, but no one CAN STOP. ME.

>> WHAT A PERFECT BALL. >> IT'S SHOW TIME. >> 103. >> WE'RE LUCKY TO BE HERE on Monday Night. Football. >> When they say we lie down. AJ.

always like to say the good old days. we're living on this breathless stress. God bless. We killing the perspectives. of necessity these days especially. So. if you wait, you should take some time. to live a pleasantry. >> 12 teams countdown to one. We're trying. to find a national champion and it. starts right here in Norman with the. Hoover. >> Take a look at that [ __ ] bell. That's.

>> who's that? Who's that? That's George. Straight. >> Don't you [ __ ] forget it. >> Boomer. The last team standing. Oh, >> I hear you wild [ __ ] maniacs going. crazy. You deserve what you earn in this life. You'll get burned. The world turns.

You'll be fine. Don't concern with the. hurt feel divine. You'll emerge as the pure devil. enshrine. Universe is in first is on time. You. live yours, I live mine. >> $1.5 million. >> Yeah, Malachi Tony is an explosive play. waiting to happen. >> Malachi Tony outside. Touchdown Miami.

shotgun looking to his left. Sweet. with his second pick of the game. He said as soon as he saw me wear the. hat, he went shoving up my [ __ ] ass. >> So many people paralyzed by fake. problem. All the negativities impairing.

all their prophecies never fail, always. win. Got to be philosophy. This life is. one and done. It's an actual anel. That's why. >> tonight it's Darius Bungle vers AJ Hawk. in the cotton ball. >> He has been able to do whatever he. wanted all year. >> Ke. should have been a Thor award winner. Big six, baby. Big time. >> Stop it. >> Make big play. >> Keonte Scott wants the stadium.

>> All right, Foxy, you better tell me. I did not get consent. Not in this. >> Yeah, buddy. Crimson. >> Got a mismatch over there with Jeremiah. Smith. >> That's where he looks. Jeremiah Smith. >> catches. Touchdown. This is Texas. >> Touchdown. >> I caught it. >> Oh, did the head.

>> Shamar Brown out the front. No boss call. by Ohio State. Touchdown. Hurricanes. This game is over. The Miami Hurricane. have won the Cotton Bowl. >> Good for you. Good for you. I need an. Ohio State German. It's time to build. Oh no. >> Cheers all [ __ ]. It's been hell of a year.

Happy New Year. >> Happy New Year. >> Happy New Year. >> Happy New Year, boys. It's been a It's. been a hell of a year. >> That's why AJ I always like to say the. good old days. We're living on this. breathless stress. God bless. We killing. perspectives of necessity these days. especially. So if you wait, you should. take some time to live a blessing outdo.

times last night. I could have got you. with a double leg. >> You're going to get nice and beat up. when I see you. >> Hers are winning. What do you do? What do you get in the. paint? >> Oh, what a grab. >> What a grab. Unbelievable. What a start. for IU. Indiana is going to be up by 10. points against Alabama. Breaks a tackle, breaks two. ball. Touchdown. Omar Cooper Jr. Elijah Sat touchdown in.

the corner. Touchdown. Hers. IU bench saw Mendoza. Job well done, buddy. And then we happen to run into. six. Hey, good to see you. going to see. the things that USA has that nobody else. does. College football is one of them. And a B2. stealth bomber is another greatest. country on earth. No questions asked. I.

just got a red, white, and boner. I. think I got a little freedom. The. erection happening as well. [ __ ]. Indiana. >> [ __ ] different in the Big 10, baby. Yeah. That's why I always like to say. the good old days. We're living on this. breathless stress. God bless. We're. killing our perspectives necessity these. days especially. So if you wait, you. should take some time to live a. blessing. >> Legends everywhere. Ray Lewis just.

came back. This is one of. >> Give me the uh. Miami Hurricanes. is going to hy be an MVP tonight as he. pops one opening for an all mission. last play for a two-minute timeout who. takes a shot to Marriott who's wide ass. touchdown Marriott.

>> Hey, let's go. >> This show sticks and the fact that you. listen we are very very thankful for. McAfee on the line with a gorgeous. assist. >> The alltime leading tackler for the. Green Bay Packers. You. >> stop. Damn it. Be a friend. Tell a friend. something nice could change their life.

>> Hello, beautiful people, and welcome. back to another fantastic feelgood. Friday, November 6th, 2026. Hour of this. program begins right now. >> Baby Steve got it. >> He mouththed it. He didn't say it. >> Ah, Steve. Come on. >> He didn't say he didn't want to commit. fully. I I think you wanted I think you. won. >> Well done. Too late. >> There it was. >> Never too late for football. >> Foxy. Foxy, please.

>> Yeah. Here we go. >> Yep. From the top, please. Foxy. This is. week one for you now. Here with us. 56. I said. >> it was offense and the fact we are very. >> Come with conviction. >> Come with some confidence. >> You got it. You know it. Just do it. >> I'm so nervous for Steve right now. >> I said I know it.

sports. >> Hello, beautiful people and welcome back. to another phenomenal, fantastic. Feelgood Friday, November 6th, 2026. Hour three of this program begins right. now. >> football. >> YEAH, A BABY STEVE. >> That's Stanford Steve. Obviously, he is. not just an utter guy. He is the utter. guy. He is the gambling guy from College. Game Day. and he's been swinging a.

pretty solid bat thus far on college. football and in the NFL. Boy, he can. snoop it out. That's AJ Hawk, the toxic. tables here at Boston Connor and at Ty. Schmidt. Lads, good to see you, boys. >> Good to see you as well, lad. >> Ty, how about a big uh compliment there. from Desmond Howard? That has to feel. pretty good. >> Yeah, you know what? Just uh a pretty. good little surprise. You know, didn't. think Dez was going to be on the show. today. Had no idea. I just happened to. wear my Packer sweatshirt and boom, you. got Packer Super Bowl MVP saying, "Hey, go Pack go." Good omen for this weekend,

I think. >> Yeah, it certainly is. >> But you wore the Iowa sweatshirt the. other day. JJ Watt was on the show in. Iowa, Wisconsin. Never got brought up. >> Oh jeez, I'm disgusted. >> Nah, we've done that in years past. It's. kind of just, you know, I mean, >> swinging down, punching down. >> Exactly. It's kind of the last couple. years, listen, it's been a bug. windshield kind of thing. So, and I. don't think he wants to talk about it. >> Yeah. But hey, bug different this year. than they have been. Might be a bigger. bug or maybe even a rock that can come. crack said windshield. One half of the. hammer don.

>> One half of the hammer. Don, >> wake up. >> Steve Scott let out a good Don the other. day. >> One half OF THE HAMMER. DON. >> Cowboys AP Tones back there. Tone, what. does last night tell you about what. could potentially come this weekend as. we're set to make picks on the entire. slate? Okay, so last night kind of is an. indication of the weekend because when. you look at the NFL schedule this. weekend, it's the biggest spreads that. we've had so far this season. There's a. lot of double- digit spreads, good teams. versus potentially. not so good teams. So, if it's uh if it.

goes as it did last night, just lay. those points, babies, and don't even. think about it. >> Okay, sounds like we have it all figured. out, and that's what I love most about. this particular segment. AJ, it is time. to make our picks for the entire Sunday. slate. Let's go to Madrid. Ola. >> I know who AJ's taking here. I'm gonna. go to the other side. Give me the. Falcons. >> Oh boy. Bueno. >> People forget AJ was a star for the. Falcons for a couple weeks. Three and a. half weeks in Atlanta. >> Went to the Super Bowl. People forget.

Yeah, I'm taking the Bengals. You're. right, Steve. Give me the Bengals. >> Okay, so uh Steve's on the Falcons a. plus three. AJ's on the Bengals minus. three. Gumpy. Was Jude Bellingham over. there? Who was he celebrating with? >> Yeah, he was with all the lads. The. Falcons have really uh ingrained. themselves in Spain. Penn was wearing a. Real Madrid tarp yesterday, number nine. Legendary number for Real. >> I saw the shiny locker room that they're. staying in. The Bengals are in. That was. considered a nice one, though. I. believe. Yeah. >> Yeah. Just small, you know. It's a. soccer locker room. It's not a football.

locker room. >> Oh, it's a food ball. You're saying, not. a football uh locker room. The boys love. their time over there. Jude Bellingham. being around is good news for the team. or bad news for the team? >> Jude Bellingham is an absolute legend. He scored a back heel the other day. That was phenomenal. He's been lights. out for real. >> Can you show us what that means, Skump? I'm not a soccer guy. What does that. mean? >> Yeah, let's stand up. >> Oh, >> maybe Steve could demonstrate. I'm. sorry. I whole show to a halt. My bad. >> Yeah, Steve probably uh Steve could show. you.

>> I know what a bicycle kick is. Those are. my favorite. >> Can you show what a back heel is? Right. in that area right there, bro. >> There they are. So he would go like. this, >> like that. >> Oh, sick. >> But what made it But what made it so. great, AJ, and I know you'll appreciate. this. >> Yeah. >> It was with his left foot, his off foot. >> I'm going to change things. >> The under the foot. >> It was cheeky. It was very cheeky.

>> The other boot. >> So is that Who do you like? You're like, "Oh, >> that's cheeky, man." You see, >> that's that's real, by the way. >> Boom. Utter boom. >> See the angle. >> I see what you're talking about, Gump. That's pretty sweet. >> And if we go back to what Gump did with. his feet, he kind of did describe it and. reenacted perfectly. Thank you for that, Gumpy. So, because of Hey, Jude hanging. out with the Falcons. Is that who you're. going with? >> Oh, love the Falcons. I mean, Bengals.

barely beat the Titans if we're being. realistic here. Cam Ward had his best. game. They can't stop the run. >> Falcons have been over there all week. >> They love it. Stfansky loves it. >> I'll take Falcons plus three up and down. season for the Falcons. I think that'll. continue. Jets Kansas City. Kansas City. favored by nine and a half. It was 10 I. think yesterday. Stanford Steve, how do. you feel about this one? is the home of. the. Chiefs. Have the Jets coming to town without.

Garrett Wilson who has been officially. ruled out versus the Chiefs due to his. concussion. Stanford Steve, your. thoughts on nine and a half at this. point was at 10. >> JJ said he's doing this game. >> Uh, >> yes. There's not a lot of good games. CBS says tough game. >> I guess not. >> Uh, Chiefs back on track. Bruce Hall. back. >> No, I think Brilen Allen is Bree Hall. It's the biggest spread. That's where. Nance and JJ are going. >> No, it ners. >> Yeah. Well, okay. You're talking about. for a CBS game in general. Yeah. I I.

think maybe just cuz Chiefs, maybe. Chiefs are getting back hot. So, I want. to showcase who's going to be down the. stretch. They know that Kansas City has. a big fan base and it's going to deliver. well. And you know, maybe, just maybe, you know, who might be there, you know, saving. >> I don't think Coach S. No, >> Travis. I thought you go to the game. after you go on the podcast. >> Well, Tom Cruz did that. I think I I. think I saw Tom Cruz was at the game and. then he was on the podcast. >> I was at the game. I wasn't.

uh I'll take the Chiefs minus 9 and a. half. The Chiefs are still the Chiefs. Even though I think I put on the board. back there at the Thunderdome that my. best bet of the weekend was Jets plus. 10. Nine and a half changes that for me. Nine and a half changes that for me. AJ, who do you like? How do you like it? I'd. like the Chiefs to win here, but give me. the Jets minus 9 or plus N and a half. >> All right, let's go. Lions, Dolphins. Lions obviously get some good news. coming out of the Jack Campbell front. We heard Kelvin Shepard get a bit. emotional about his closeness with Jack. Campbell and what Jack Campbell means to. that entire team. They get a huge win.

over the undefeated Vikings last week. And then the Miami Dolphins still trying. to figure it out down there. Dumps. What. are your thoughts as a Dolphins fan on. the Lions coming to town? >> Uh the Proctologist is back so we'll be. pounding the rock a little bit better. than last week. And uh you know, I love. this team. Just the fight. They never. quit. This will be a backdoor cover once. again. >> Kaden Proctor, offensive lineman out of. Alabama, who is a rookie is the. proctologist that Dumpy is speaking. about, which I'm sure everybody watching. knew that for the Miami Dolphins. Uh.

Foxy, Michigan State, Michigan. Now, the. Lions also with the Dolphins could be a. big weekend for you. Is that how you're. viewing it? >> Absolutely. Huge weekend. Michigan State. will upset Michigan tomorrow. And then. this game, I couldn't be more confident. with the Lions all season long. We not. only have MCDC revenge game, but we also. have Jack Campbell game. Give me Lions. 4521. >> Wow. 24 point spread down there in South. Florida. AJ, who do you like? How do you. like it? >> You know what? I was kind of waffling. and I saw Foxy's conviction and I saw.

how much he believes in this team. So, give me the Detroit Lions. >> Yeah. Steve, how do you feel? >> There's no dome on that stadium, right? >> No. Beautiful. >> No. Beautiful. Warm weather though. >> It does have warm weather. It has like. perfect weather. I would say. >> dolphins wearing white. >> Absolutely. >> There you go. >> Partly cloudy, partly cloudy, partly. cloudy, partly cloudy. >> 82 83 83 82. >> Yeah, that's exactly what uh you. >> Dolphins weather, baby. >> Okay, that's Dolphins weather. Just like. Parker, who's 2 and0 on Monday Night.

Football Predictions from Football. Environment Expertise, by the way. He. always picks the weather is how he. decides which teams are going to win. He. said this feels like Bears weather here. It turns out it was that is uh two for. two for him. You like the Dolphin I the. Jack Campbell angle and. >> motivated by something a lot bigger than. what's going on. Give me the Lions minus. 6 and a half. Even though that's Hey, that's a tough place to play down here. >> It is. >> Especially 82°. >> Got to fight the elements. >> Did we know last night was going to be. last night with the rain? >> I didn't.

>> No, we were told 35%. >> Weather Channel lied. >> People died. >> Our bets died. Okay. >> That's on Canour. >> Unfortunately, it is. I didn't want to. say it, but it is. >> It's on Jim Canour. >> That's his That's his app. >> That [ __ ]. >> You You think I'm using anybody else's. app? >> Al Roker, he was He was right. He said. it was going to be raining. >> Roker didn't say [ __ ] Dude, >> Roker's just guessing these days. >> But after he congratulated Smuckers and. 112y old. >> as a classic. >> Listen, Al Roker is maybe other than Joe.

Nardo, obviously. Rest in peace Joe. Nardo. Jim Canour is obviously out there. doing he's more of like a uh he's a he. puts the X in MRX, you know what I mean? He's more like uh. >> Yeah, he's more extreme. You know, Jim. Canour is a little bit Travis Pastana. >> the weather biz. But Al Roker, Al Roker. is a five tool player. That guy can. host. He can ride. He can go over a. green screen, give you a little. meteorology, he can break down what's. coming as a weatherman and and he can do.

an interview and celebrate 112y old. Al. Roker quickly ra rising the ranks. Once. I found out he was a meteor, I didn't. know he was a weatherman. I thought he. was just a host. >> He's close up there next to Joe Nardo. and Jim Canour. >> Okay. >> Jim Canour really [ __ ] blew it last. night though. That's who we're blaming. >> because I was really pissed off that I. didn't think it was going to rain and. then you turn it on, it was an actual. storm for you. >> It was torrential down. It's like, so. that was Jim Canour. Did you read the. wrong date, Tone? >> Don't you dare put that on me. Uh, I've.

never misread the weather in my entire. life. Um, actually, I probably put it on. Steve, uh, in that Baltimore, you know, DC area for having stupid ass weather. >> I flew out yesterday, so it wasn't my. fault. >> Yeah, but you you live there. >> My flight got out. >> How's your weather, though? Is weather. crazy there? Unpredictable. >> Wait 10 minutes. >> So, I mean, it's been really dry. So, when it came, it came. >> It came all. everywhere. >> Oh my god. It said maybe 35%. It said, "Yeah, right. We're at 110 in here." And. it just exploded all over town and it.

ruined Fenano's evening. I don't like. that. We need better weather. Jim. Canour, we'll give you one. This is one. in 40 years he's gotten wrong. So, we'll. give him another one. But he really. [ __ ] us last night pretty big. He. really did. Denver Broncos, Carolina. Panthers. Broncos favored by two and a. half on the road against a good football. team, Carolina Panthers. Uh Stanford, Steve, who do you like? How do you like. it? >> I'm gonna take Denver because I'm tired. of seeing them win and not play well, and I don't have them, so I'll take them. this time. >> Okay. Fourth quarter, a little. heartbreak for the Denver Broncos. Come.

back and do their thing. Bicks is. captain clutch. AJ, who do you like? How. do you like it? >> I like Denver here on the road. Minus. two and a half. >> Okay, I I'll ride with you guys as well, just because I like their team. Let's go. to the Los Angeles Rams against the. Commanders. Commander's offensive line, I believe in some ranking systems, is. bottom five in the league. Miles Garrett. trending to come back alongside Aaron. Donald. First time we're going to see. that. Rams favored by four and a half. Commanders had a little bit of life last. week. Jaden Daniels looked good. Stanford Steve, who do you like? How do. you like it?

>> I have no idea what's going Give me the. Rams. >> I'll take the Rams. You wanted to take. the commanders, but you took the other. team. >> I did. I don't trust. >> can't trust. >> You can't just can't trust the. >> Did anybody tell Coach Sabin that. they're the commanders? >> Quite a moment this morning in the. meeting. >> Really? >> He didn't say the R word, did he? >> Yeah. >> No, he he just didn't know. I think it. was hard to get it out. He spoke. >> Yeah, he just said Washington a bunch of. times. He said Washington. AJ, do you. like Los Angeles Rams or Washington. football team?

>> Uh, I'm going to ride with Stanford. Steve here and take the LA Rams. >> Miles Garrett and Aaron Donald are. together for the first time. I'd like to. see them have success just because we. dreamed about it in the offseason. Maybe. that gets going. Dallas Cowboys favored. by five and a half in a tough. >> jeez off Lucas Oil Stadium. Indianapolis. Colts team. You'd say the Indianapolis. Colts are getting rid of all their good. players. Uh-uh. We still got a bunch. That's why it's so surprising that we've. been so asked for so long cuz we got rid. of some of our best players and we still. got a bunch of players that are left on. the roster that could go out and get you. a win. Now, obviously Colts plus 5 and a.

half is the easiest bet I've ever seen. in my life. Give me that. Stanford, Steve, >> give me Dallas. >> What? The Cowboys. >> Yeah, they got to bounce back. This is a. big spot for Shotty. You can't lose that. game last week and then go play this. team. >> I mean, the highlight of last week was. Stiken talking about the hustle of. Jonathan Taylor on the pick six. >> Yeah, I mean. >> that was bad luck. >> Yeah, it was good hustle league, dude. >> It It is a freaking hard ass league. Hard to win. >> Uh fudge and difficult to get things. done. Jonathan Taylor also gave a speech. after the game about how it's not going.

to get any easier. You know, some people. would say maybe he's just trying to put. on his best face so that he can maybe be. showcased to another team. It's why he's. walking down pick sixes and stuff like. that. Whatever the case, he's a. phenomenal football player. >> Yeah. >> And we cannot let him out of our. building without getting a one back in. return. Maybe two. You know what? Three. ones. Actually, >> you're not giving up on them. >> Okay. >> No way. All right. >> Let a deal happen. AJ, you like the. Colts plus five and a half at home. Home. dogs. Yeah, right. In the Las. >> I think last week I uh picked the Colts. and that did not work out for me. So, I'm going to take the Dallas Cowboys.

here on this one. >> Wow. Sounds like everybody's kind of. jumping off your bandwagon. Colts. >> Use that as motivation. >> cuz those guys in those Colts uniforms, they care about being Colts. It's. obvious whenever you look at the way. they play. >> Just paid double A. >> I like him. If he can play on offense, let's do that. Sounds like he's going to. be appreciative to be in the NFL on the. Indianapolis Colts. I don't know about. anybody else on that team, but I know. Shane Stiken's going to get it done. Giants leaders in a clubhouse fresh off. a buy taking on the Eagles favored by.

three and a half. Stanford Steve, who do. you like? How do you like it? >> Yeah, Giants have not had success there. Isn't there a crazy long losing streak? Uh, Giants in Philly. I believe they get. it done. I believe they covered a three. and a half. Give me the Gman. >> Bruce Brown, you a believer in JJ. McCarthy coming out of bye-week, pal, for your Giants. >> Uh, to that streak, this is the first. time the Giants have been favored at the. link since 2009. I believe the last time. they won there was in 2013. uh 13. straight losses in total. Um but a great. opportunity. I I think that the move to.

Bazooka Joe Milton uh kind of shows how. desperate Howie Roseman and Nicks are to. throw a wrench into things in this NFC. East. Um and I think it's an awesome. opportunity for the Giants to step up. and you know dominate and show that. they're the top of the division. But. with that said, I do not think that they. will do that. I think Dominic Vada hits. a game-winning field goal and the Giants. do not cover. >> Oh, >> okay. Three and a half too much. He says. he likes the Giants to win, but not by. four. AJ, who do you like? How do you. like it? >> You know what, Bruce really messed me up.

on that one. He uh you know, he's not. picking his hometown squad to win, but. you know, you know what? Give me. Philadelphia. I think they I think Joe. Milton, they find a way. >> My issue is I just did this last night. with homefield advantage. >> Yeah. >> Division. >> I mean, we know that those fans are. going to be pretty pissed off if they. don't get out to a hot start in Philly. >> I'll take the Giants. I believe in hard. ball. I mean, why do I believe in JJ. McCarthy with a team having a little bit. of film on him now? >> I got by by week, right? By week. >> Yep. Everyone does great. >> Did he forget to be good? Did he forget.

how to be good? You know, or do we wish. he would have. >> another week in a playbook better? >> Oh, you're right. Another week, maybe. some other plays. >> Yeah. >> All right, I'll take the I'll take the. Giants. Shador Sanders starting for the. Browns, taking on the New Orleans. Saints, favored by three. Shador was. asked about what he saw whenever he. watched film on the defens's side. His. uh answer is certainly um gained some. notoriety. I believe we have the video. here. >> Um yeah, I've seen a lot.

>> When I smile, just know that means. something. >> Okay. >> I'm maturing. You know what I'm saying? I'm maturing. Like I could have gave. that, you know, a decent answer, but now. I'm just going to smile whenever it's. just like. >> some questions, you know. >> Okay. So, you're saying you think he. could have given a decent answer like by. talking [ __ ] on what he sees in the. Saints defense. Instead, he just said. when I smile, just know something. something happened. Feels like he does. like what he's got going on against the.

Saints. AJ, is that what you heard? >> That's exactly what I heard. That's why. I'm taking the Cleveland Browns here in. this game. >> Okay. Browns plus three says AJ. Stanford Steve. >> Browns are a different team on the road. in a dome. Saints off a bog. Give me. Saints. >> Jordan Tyson's questionable. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Oh, >> back maybe. >> kind of huge. >> Conor, which way you going on this one? >> Uh, I'm taking the Saints. I think. anytime a quarterback does something. like this, it always makes you look like. an absolute buffoon on the other side. >> Oh, you mean act mature? >> Yeah. >> I mean, look, some people would call. that mature. I would say he's a little.

too cocky for his britches. >> Oh, a little too mature. >> Yeah. I mean, I don't know. Look, I'm a. shucker. You guys know that I am a shuck. guy. I'm shucking corn all day long. So, I feel like they're going to win. >> and they're still in it for the. division. >> What happens if like you one player on. the team says, "If I get dumped on my. head, you better stick up for me." And. then everyone's like, "Well, don't get. dumped on your head.". >> Oh, you're talking about the Browns. culture with Jared Vers saying nobody. want to fight for him when McCormack.

dumped him up on his dome piece there. >> Yeah. >> Do we think there's problems in Mon? >> No. >> Or Mon. or Mon Camp. >> Oh, okay. >> Oh, man. I in the monk camp. Who do you. like? >> Saints. >> Who do you like, AJ? >> Uh, Browns. >> I'll take the Browns plus three just. because I want to see Shaduro win after. what he did yesterday in the microphone. You know, like all of his answers, not. just that one. Hilarious. Straight out. of a movie. I I appreciate it. He. obviously has taken some sort of advice.

or mindset where he's like, I can't be. giving the same types of answers I gave. before, but I can't be changing who I. am. Let me try to balance this entire. thing. Got a lot going on. I'll take. Shador Sanders getting a win over the. Saints in New Orleans. >> Feel good about it. >> Love it. >> Okay. >> Yes, they m it feels like. >> Raiders Niners Niners favored by 10. Brandon Iayuk heading back in the. building. What does that mean? Nick Bosa. also there and DeForest Buckner. Stanford Steve, do you feel like the. odds on favorites to win the Super Bowl. can beat the Raiders by at least 10 and.

a half? >> I do not. I like the 10. Raiders have. scored the ball. I like it. >> Raiders plus 10. It's in the middle of a. fog out there in San Francisco. That. could bog some people. D. >> Not a smog. >> Not Not a smog because they're not going. to be smoking as much, they said. Just. they kind of put the smokes away. It's. only a fog. It's like a London fog out. there in Santa Clara, they say. Got it. >> Yeah. 49 degrees, 72 degrees Fahrenheit. Um fog. Fog. Fog. Fog. Fog.

>> Trusted. >> AJ, who do you like the fog? Um, I do. not like the Niners on this one. I like. them to win, but 10 points is a lot. Give me the Raiders. >> I'll take the Raiders plus 10. Nope. Give me the Niners. This feels like. you're supposed to take the Raiders plus. 10, doesn't it? >> Yeah. >> When should be the one? >> That's why I did. >> Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. Like. they want us to take Raiders plus 10, don't they? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> They they kind of said, "Hey, Steve, we. want you 10 points." That's a lot of. points. Kirk's doing pretty good, isn't.

he? >> That's what they they want us to do. this. But you're not. >> How many they lost in a row? >> None. >> One last week. >> Who? Oh, yeah. They beat the Jets. That's only me. >> That doesn't count, though. They had. lost four in a row. >> Mhm. Thank you. >> Got it. >> I'll take the Niners. Give me the. Niners. >> All right. >> Gent. running back anymore, right? >> No. >> No. They got that other guy uh in Yeah. >> Washington. >> I might score two touchdowns. >> He might. >> That's not That's not going to happen. They hate him over there, it sounds.

like. Texans Chargers. Texans favored by. six. I'll take the AFC South. They all. had a knocking on the AFC South last. night. I think Kirk Herb Street and now. Michael showed 45 different graphics. about the [ __ ] AFC South and the. state of it. Well, how about the Houston. Texans go out and get a big time winning. cover against Chargers. You who do you. like, Steve? >> I can't believe it's only six. This is. why I think they're begging you to take. Houston. >> Oh, no. >> I'm going to do it. I'm taking the. Chargers. >> OH, guy pick of the week. >> We needed him to get hot. Do you realize. what we have to go to in two Mondays?

>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, like. >> yeah, I mean something. Give me a going. to get hot. >> Okay, AJ, do you like the Chargers plus. six at home? That matters. Homefield. advantage certainly matters. The. Chargers fans are rallied completely. around them from our understanding. >> Uh, I do not like that at all. I will. take the uh Texans minus 6. >> McDaniel's going up to the booth. >> Oh, that is a change of cool shoes. >> That's a nice booth at SoFi, too. >> Oh, nice. >> Yeah, but they also got AK cameras. We'll see them up there. They'll have a.

fisheye to make sure they get his shoes. in there up in the booth. And will he be. a stand? >> I was gonna say he might stand and call. plays. >> Yeah, he might. >> He's a pacer. >> He said, "Listen, I think we're gonna. try that this week. Seems like a good. action to take based on how things have. gone this year. We have to make some. sort of change. You know, nobody got. fired. Nobody's getting traded. Nothing's ever happening. We still. stink. We haven't won a game. Everybody. thought we're going to be really good. This is an ass of a season, but we got. to make some sort of change. Maybe it'll. help. I just bank on uh Houston Texans. being able to figure it out. Packers. Patriots. This is a big one. Mic back on. the practice field. not back on the. field for a while. AJ Brown, Trayvon.

Henderson, not going to be playing for. the New England Patriots. Con man, how. do you feel about being favored by. three? Uh, >> I feel pretty good about it. Feels like. a good number. Uh, tough number to bet. on. It's it's never one of those things. where to Bruce's point, you know, like. the three and a half for the Giants. You. weren't you aren't too sure about it, but I mean, Patriots are playing their. best football. We talk about the Packers. and their run game not being able to run. the football. The Patriots are top five. run defense. It feels as though it. really is going to be a a Jordan Love. verse Drake May. Let's go out there, see.

what happens. But I feel good. Marcus. Jones, nickel quarterback. He did. practice today. Huge for New England. And also Hunter Hunter Henry practiced. today. So two guys who kind of got baned. up last week. Um I feel good about it. I. think it's going to be a push either way. you take it. >> PATRIOTS. WOW. >> JUST AS EASY AS THAT. I DON'T I DON'T. LIKE THE PACKERS. >> PACKERS offensive line really worries me. in this matchup. Yakis is uh rookie of. the year in my opinion. >> Yes. >> I I I just I like the matchup for the.

Patriots. >> Patriots favored by three. Tom Brady's. going back there. Do you hear? >> Oh, that's where he has to walk across. the fans. There's an area he has to walk. across. >> And what they think it's going to be. just a parade parade. >> Well, Gro is going into the uh Patriot. Hall of Fame at halftime. The whole boys. are going to be there. There's going to. be a lot of reliving of the glory days. for the Patriots this past weekend. Vable said he's contractually obligated. to talk to Tom. It's coming up. He's. going to zoom call. He certainly won't. be here. I think a lot of good memories. feed into a good celebration. Can't lose. in that game. I like the Patriots as.

well. >> Bellich's playing at Wrenchler Field. That's not far from Patriots place. >> That's true. >> Will he be there? >> Yeah, I'm sure that'll happen. >> Probably. >> Bill might scoot up there. Bob Craft, unfortunately, also on the IR. He had. back surgery. He will not be there. >> Are they going to have him? What was. that college coach? I was in the. hospital bed up in. >> Oh, >> Liberty. Yeah, Hugh. >> That was awesome. >> You freeze. >> Maybe Bob Craft has one of those. situations for Grona player that he. absolutely loves. AJ, who do you have? Packers plus three. >> Yeah, I do. I have the Packers. I think.

this would be a good back and forth. game, but I got the Packers. >> Okay, let's go to Cardinal Seahawks. What? >> Who? >> You. >> Patriots. >> Yeah. >> You just want to hear it again. He's one. of. >> I I like I like too. I like. >> Ask Steve who he's got too con. >> What' you say? >> Ask Stanford Steve who he is. >> Oh, no. I know what our guy rides. >> Who's Tai got? >> Yeah. >> Uh I'm going to take the Packers as. well. >> Oh, [ __ ] you, man. >> Seems like a biased pick. I don't like. that. That's kind of They're saying our.

show is disgusting already and now we. just got all these biases. The all-time. leading tackler for the Green Bay. Packers. >> Packers. >> He takes the Packers. Ty Schmidt, owner. of the Packers. Oh, isn't it nice? He. takes the Packers. Connor. Wow. His. name's Boston Connor. He's taking the. Patriots. Feels like we got to really. figure it out around here. If people. really want to do a deep dive on this. program, which it seems like a lot of. people do, it's not that deep. Now, on. that note, anytime somebody's going into. a Hall of Fame or a Ring of Honor, I. think the teams have to play well.

because the OGs are in the building. So, you feel an obligation to show up. A lot. of injuries for the Patriots scares me a. little bit. But Drake May, I think he. understands the importance of this type. of [ __ ] I think Tom Brady being there. is a big deal for Drake May. I think it. is a big deal for the team as a whole. And it's not just Tom Gronk, Jules, the. entire squad. I can't wait to see who. was all there to celebrate this entire. thing. >> Can't wait to see how many times they. show the Tom Brady statue. >> Does Grank have a statue up there? >> No, just Tom. Tom's the only one. >> Yeah. >> Is that why Vel's so pissed off all the.

time? Vel seemingly always pissed off. whenever Tom Brady gets mentioned. You. know what I mean? He's always. contractually obligated. We know he. won't take time out of his [ __ ] life. to come up here and talk to us. Is that. what is that what he said? >> The Super Bowl [ __ ] was nuts. Like it. made no sense for him to say he doesn't. have a dog in a in the fight. Like that. that genuinely doesn't make any sense. I. mean, every single guy for who played. for Seattle, whether it was Jimmy and. Joe and some schlub or Richard Sherman. were like, "Yes, of course. Let's go. Seahawks." So that that was the [ __ ].

that was just kind of like, "All right, [ __ ] this guy." But. >> so that was the that was the one that. was the driver there. That was. >> I would assume yes. >> I mean they were teammates together too. It wasn't like they didn't play together. like. >> threw touchdown passes to him Super. Bowl. >> Why would he not be pulling for his for. his team? >> I heard Tom was critical of Varel. >> And then Vrabel also right he he was in. the documentary saying this little Tommy. image you guys have is just not who he. is at all. I think he said that right?

Yeah, that was Tom's dock, too. That. wasn't like ESPN or I mean ESPN produced. it, but Tom was the one that made that. dock, the man in the arena. And yeah, Vable said in like the image you have of. Tom isn't who he actually is. Like he's. a tough mean son of a [ __ ]. >> Okay, so good luck to the Patriots. having to show up for all the OGs that. are there. There's going to be a lot of. gold jackets in that building. A lot of. gold jackets in that building. Uh I. think you have to win on those types of. days. Cardinals versus Seahawks.

Seahawks favored by eight and a half. bounceback game after getting uh. exposed, embarrassed, or just a bad game. against a very good Chicago Bears team. What is your thoughts on that? >> Uh I trust uh Coach Mack. >> culture Seahawks and love them, but. tough spot. >> Lay it take it to the back. >> Lay it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. This might be Can we change the uh. dry erase board? >> Yeah. >> I think it's I think I think Foxy. changed the whole thing to a touchdown. score this week. >> Oh, okay. Well, I was never told. It's. my first time participating in dry race.

board. Normally I don't. >> Way to go Fox [ __ ]. >> I normally I don't think that far in. advance to stop by the thing before I'm. out of town and then you guys are doing. it all and I miss it and I feel like I'm. left out this entire thing. So we're. doing touchdown scores. I would like the. Seahawks minus 8 and a half here. Even. though I like the Arizona Cardinals. That's a good football team. 39 and a. half kind of scares me a little bit. Is. that all Seattle or uh I think the. Seattle Seahawks defense. >> after what happened to them on prime. time is going to be [ __ ] a bear. Yeah. you know, actual figuratively. >> Okay,

>> I'll take the Seahawks minus 8 and a. half. AJ, you're on the same. >> I think Seahawks win, but I'm taking the. Cardinals here plus eight and a half. >> Seahawk Cardinals, good football team, man. >> Y. >> I agree. I believe season win total. >> I like that. We're very, very early to. do that. I believe in Mchu as well. I. just think the Seahawks after what. happened in prime time, >> I don't know. It just feels like that's. a big bounceback game. And then speaking. of prime time, here we go. Chicago Bears. taking on the Buccaneers Sunday Night. Football. Bears fresh off the best. performance we've seen of their team. this iteration of the Chicago Bears. Jeffrey Simmons gets traded in and.

within a couple of days becomes a leader. and a game wrecker and a pillar of the. Chicago Bears defense. They're going to. be a problem. And then Caleb Williams. since coming back after the hamstring. injury that he had, he's been playing. his absolute best ball. Roma Dun will. make some big time catches. They have. running backs that can go crazy. The. offensive lines retoled, rebuilt, they. go nuts. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have. been able to win two games without. completing a forward pass. They're. playing like rugby and like Iowa. Are. they going to be able to keep this as. muddy as they need it to be to keep it.

within six as the Bears are favored at. home in a 47 and a half overunder game. on NBC Stanford? Steve, your thoughts? How do you see it? >> Uh people everybody's going to be on the. Bears. I'm going to say Bears win. Bucks. cover. >> Okay. So, everybody is going to be on. the Bears, I assume. AJ, who are you on? >> I am on the Bears here. Yeah, it's hard. not to after what our eyes just saw. >> Hard to forget what you just saw. Hardest thing to do in this job. >> Yeah, Mark, I like that. And with. Jeffrey Simmons, with Jeffrey Simmons. there, >> I don't think you could. You're going to. have to complete a pass, I think.

>> Yep. >> Like like one. >> at least one. And I'm not saying that. they can't, but we don't know what. Baker's thumb is. >> We still don't know. He hasn't had to. like showcase if he can throw a ball. really because I they build that glove. to protect him. They haven't really had. to throw. Torrential downpour game last. week. Buccaneers defense obviously made. Penn's life miserable, but for me, Jeffrey Simmons is a real gamecher for. the Chicago Bears team, and it'd be. impossible after watching them do what. they did on Monday to not just bet on. them again. >> Okay. >> And Caleb did post that I picked the.

Seattle Seahawks uh Monday night. countdown thing in his not even on it. wasn't even in his story. It was on. [ __ ] main post. That thing's living. on there. >> So, we might be a part of a problem. >> The Seahawks are your team. That's not. fair. >> He didn't know that. I don't think he. knew that. I don't think Seahawks people. knew that either, by the way, since I. was out there. I think the Seahawks. building does. I think like the Seattle. Seahawks building, uh, they watch us cuz. we're a morning show over there. So, I. think they got us in the building, which. we're very thankful for. Very. appreciative of the hospitality, but. man, I don't think anybody could have. expected the Bears to do what they did.

to that Seattle Seahawks team. Nobody's. ever done that before, but this might be. the brand new. >> Bears. >> All right, Steo. >> Hey, >> what do you got next? >> Uh, consoops. Got to go get the hoops. >> College Football Live live. >> Yeah. Uh, fake Live. >> No, Steve. >> Whoa. What do you mean? >> College Football Live today. AJ, we. appreciate you traveling in the. Thunderdome, buddy. >> Have fun tomorrow. >> Tomorrow's going to be a good one for. you, I think. >> I I think so, too. I think Notre Dame's. going to be a fantastic scene. Hey,

Gumpy, good work this week. Gumpy. >> Everybody. >> Gumpy, your thoughts on Miami tomorrow. Obviously, our breaking news this week. >> I'm fired up. I think we'll be all right. >> Okay. >> Just going to pound the rock and pound. the rock and pound the rock. >> Boom. >> And guess what? >> What if that doesn't work? >> Upshaw is pretty good as a wide receiver. if everybody didn't know. >> Okay. >> And guess what? >> Loftton's a damn good tight end. >> And guess what? >> There's Dre Jacobs out there, too.

>> Wow. >> And guess what? >> Cooper Barcate and Darien Mensah were. setting records in the ACC at Duke last. year. >> Why? >> So we ain't dead yet. >> Chris Ball. Okay. Is he going to be able. to lead people? >> That's where this all stems from. I. believe in Chris Ball. I will follow. Chris Ball into anywhere, any place, anytime. >> He's been a little His daughter's been. down there. There was a couple days. there where Gumpy was, you know, moping around his little tiny. feet. You'd hear him scraping around. Dink tink dink. And he just.

>> see his little head. >> He lo control of his head really just. popping around. >> Just he had these big U [ __ ] headband. thing that he was wearing. I don't know. I guess Tam I assume Tam from the youth. sent him this whole entire gift pack. He's popped up in all this [ __ ] and just. all you see is the top of it cuz he's. just [ __ ] moping around. It's like. you all right? >> Yeah, I'm good. Number one team in the. country like oh it doesn't seem doesn't. seem like you're okay. Uh is everything. all right? Well Chris Ball motivate him. He's back. We're happy to see that boys. Great work this week up state.

Good luck tomorrow. >> Thank god election day happened this. week boys. God. God, it was nice to wake. up on Wednesday, Thursday, and just no. longer be in that world. >> Mhm. >> I don't think I signed up to be in that. world either. But everybody's saying I. did. I I would like that to be known. that I did not knowingly know that I was. doing that. And uh on that note, now. that we're past all that, it all. happened. Now we're back to sports, baby. Are we full focus on? >> Hell yeah. >> Full focus on every everybody. I'm going.

to talk about us. We've been on. everybody full focus on sports. The. politics got figured out this week. Everything happened how it was supposed. to happen. I guess that's what the. elections are. Good luck. Congrats. everybody. >> Congrats. >> Congrats everybody. >> Sugar food. >> Well, that you got Yeah. For the next. one. Yeah. >> For that. >> We were We were going to run the Duck. Hodgees. We were going to try to help. ourselves. We're going to try to help uh. society. We were going to run the Duck. Hodgees register vote video that he made. with the Pittsburgh Steelers on election. day, but then we were told it's too late.

to register. So, that was actual voting. day, not registered day. So, we'll get. better at that next time. Boys in the. back. Good work. Good work. >> Good week, boys. >> Good work. Uh, graphic design boys. Phenomenal stuff. I I genuinely uh every. week, you never know what's going to. come from that group. They're all. artists and uh they all have great ideas. and seemingly just goldfish mentality. like. >> what happened yesterday doesn't matter. What what we did last week doesn't.

matter. Every day is a new day. I. appreciate how fresh you are. Good work, graphic designer, boys. >> Good to work. Good work, boys. >> How's Bone doing today? He seemed pretty. excited when we facetimed earlier. Ty, >> he's doing okay. Uh, you know, I I told. him like, "Hey, you can kind of drop the. facade. We all know what you do. You. order McDonald's at about 12:45 and then. try to scarf it down before we get. there, you know, at 10:05." And he's. like, "Yeah, you know, sometimes it it. gets there at the worst time. You guys. all come out and catch me red-handed.".

So, he had his, you know, chicken and. rice with a little bit of soy sauce in. the middle like he does every [ __ ]. day. But I guarantee we're going to walk. back out there and I might I might dig. through the trash a little bit and see. if I can find McDonald's bag down at the. bottom. >> Oh, hey, that's accountability buddies. I thank you for doing that. >> There will be one down there. >> Accountability buddies. >> Trash now. >> Yep, >> man. >> Yeah. Well, maybe. I mean, hey, listen. Or just or just don't do it, you know. But on that note, Bone, great work this. week. 30. Great work this week. Mitt,

good work, buddy. Mitt. >> Good work, buddy. >> Uh, and for those that don't know, uh, probably a lot of people are talking to. right now, uh, in the Thunderdome. It's. Mitt's birthday tomorrow. Happy. birthday, M. >> Shut the Indianapolis. >> Hide his keys. >> Yeah. >> What's his plan? He should at least tell. us. >> H [ __ ] up just like last night. Okay, now he. >> Everybody's impression. Really? Really. good. >> Mate, you're an adult, dude. You're an.

adult. Let's remember that. We're in the. middle of the season. >> Hilarious. >> Not tonight. >> [ __ ] that, dude. We're getting [ __ ] up. all weekend. >> Dad gave me $100 to spend at the bar. >> Okay. All right. Happy birthday, Mitt. Happy birthday, Mitch. >> We love you, buddy. >> Feel good. Where is he? >> Did he actually said thank you? All of. that is very true. Um, >> pour a drink right.

>> ZTO and Tim Aby, way to go this week. I. mean, just. >> just an unbelievable display on Zento. and Tim this week. I mean, >> what do you mean? >> They'll go. That is exactly right. That. is exactly right. Well, we had an. overheating of a rack which dropped us. six minutes before we're supposed to be. live. And then obviously technologies. technology turbulence in the back room. today. >> All right. Okay. Okay. >> Great, great recovery though. Like 8. minutes was back up and up and go. >> Yeah, it was really good in the amount.

of in theory conversations that were. happening between Zo and Tim and then I. had to pop my head in. It's just. >> it's an absurd thing part of the week to. be honest. >> Was it really? >> Yeah. >> I hope you're happy. >> I was sitting right next to you two. having that conversation. >> All right. So, I'm not even getting into it. It would. be impossible to explain right now. In. theory, fans, okay, like fans, in theory, they pull.

air from the backside. >> Mhm. >> And then they shoot air out the front. side, right? Exhaust fans, like super. duper commercial grade powerful fans. They pull a lot of air. Little house. dorm fans, like they're not sucking air. out of an area. >> Mhm. We had fans around the rack that. overheated, but they were facing away. from the rack because it was going to be. pulling the heat away from the rack. >> Oh, blow the fat air out.

>> Smart. >> Easy. >> Barcodes [ __ ] popping over here. >> Crying bar. I mean, they were [ __ ]. dying laughing over here. That happened. That happened. Hey, what happened? How. we How do we overheat this thing? Don't. we have fans in there? this is like a. big deal. Having fans, I've heard is a. big deal. Go back there. These fans are. shooting away from this [ __ ] thing. And I I was just so I never been more. confused in my life. And then obviously. Tim had a little gimmick that you you.

hold it up and it tests how much air is. going through, you know, like a little. >> so it'll tell you. I took his little. [ __ ] gimmick. I was like, it's not. moving any air. He's like, but a fan it. pulls the hot and it's colder down here. I'm like, Jesus [ __ ] Christ. So this. was the fan that was being used. If you. guys have one of these fans, just know. it's not sucking 160° air box. >> out of a rack. Okay. This one doesn't. have enough juice. It doesn't have. enough suck on the backside. We learned. that all together this week. We learned. it all. >> Live and learn.

>> Yes, you do. >> I was just. in theory. Yes. But turns out reality that thing. crashed. >> Shout out to Barcode. Big pops over. here. >> Still laughing. On that note, shout out. to Barcode and all the crew here. Thank. you guys for sending Kodiak. >> Incredible setup here. All right, let's. get out of here. He said he's a bar. Kodiak, by the way. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And he he needs one of your. shirts. See? See, you got some merch out. there. >> Cook it from the [ __ ] chair. We all need.

his shirts. >> Yeah, we like shirts. I don't want any. stickers on this [ __ ] but we do need we. do need some shirts. >> I don't need a shirt. I'm good. >> Yeah, me neither. >> Ty said he does not want a shirt. Conor. said no. >> I got way too many shirts already. I. don't need anymore. >> Getting rid of it. I actually bought it. from your website. So, actually, we do. want to support the business. If you. could send us a link, we'd like to do. that. Last thing before we get out here, Steve, you're overlooking [ __ ] just a. blessed grind. >> Wow. Not every day. >> What were your thoughts as we look into. the. >> I'm just thinking about mowing one on. that field. >> Brutal. >> Well, you had a touchdown, didn't you?

>> No. >> Two. >> No. >> How about pancake? Couple pancakes. >> No, I had a great block, but I was. blocking the wrong guy. >> Would you go for 160? That's all right. 10 catches. 160. >> Option in the end zone. Block the. defensive end. Not supposed to be. blocking the end. That's a guy who. >> rock him. >> Hey, it be like that sometimes. >> Should ran duel. Should have ran do. >> get the hell out of here. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice about. change your life. We're in this thing. together. >> We can't thank all of. >> you.

We're pointing out the camera up here in. the front. >> You enough. Yeah. >> If it wasn't for all of you, >> we wouldn't be able to do this. We're. standing in Notre Dame Stadium right now. somehow. It's absolutely absurd that. this is the life we get to live and it's. only because all of you. and we hope you have the greatest. weekend of all time. Ball's going to. deliver. We'll see you on an. overreaction Monday where we're live. from Minnesota. >> Hey now, >> be a friend. Tell friends have nice and. might change your life for this thing.

together. Team on me. Anything you say. to the group, Steve? >> Go team. >> Team on three. [ __ ]. >> yeah. >> Have the greatest weekend of all time, baby. One, two, three. Goodbye.