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football playoffs have already begun. What a weekend it was. And there's going. to be a lot of people loud about group. of five teams getting into the big dance. after a couple blowouts. the. environments were electrifying and we. now uh started at 12, now we're at eight. and good luck to those teams. We cannot. wait to get to the next round of the. college football playoffs. We'll be. talking to coach Dan Lanning fresh off a. big time Oregon win tomorrow or. Wednesday. We'll talk to Coach. Crystalall fresh off a massive Texas A&M. dub where that wind made the game just. completely different than what anybody.

could have planned for it. The. environment was wild and the Miami. Hurricanes win a college football. playoff game and coach Crystal Ball. immediately afterwards came over to me. wearing my cowboy hat with the belt. buckle and say, "Hey, I heard your pick. Obviously, you did it right before the. game in the middle of the stadium. What. a cool moment. Shout out to Texas A&M. for the hospitality for all of that. stuff." Shout out to Austin Roberts kind. of setting the pace for what the game. was going to be missing two kicks. I. don't know if he would have been ever. able to make it, but Chris Ball comes. over to me and says, "Hey, it's all. about the you brothers. You should have. known that." He almost went in for the.

double leg. I will say I was on it soon. as I saw his big ass coming through the. crowd. But we did want to celebrate him. because that's a huge moment for him, huge moment for Miami. Huge moment for. college football as it appears as if the. U was all the way back. And that was a. tough win down there in College Station. Especially with the atmosphere, with the. crowd, with the wind, with the way. everything was going for them to walk. out of there with a dub, they should be. incredibly pumped. And now they got Ohio. State, okay, and their nine-point dogs. down to Cotton Bowl. We'll talk to him, I believe, on Wednesday. But ladies and.

gentlemen, the NFL is also in the middle. of its playoff run. There's been some. tickets punched to the playoffs in the. NFC, five of them. In the AFC, two of. them. There's been some teams that have. been deemed ass. >> And there's some teams that have kind of. come out of the fires as a. transformational experience for an. organization that was once in the. outhouse, now swimming in the penthouse. And tonight, ladies and gentlemen, after. punching their ticket to the playoffs. just yesterday with other outcomes. around the NFC, the San Francisco 49ers. come into the Loud House, Lucas Oil.

Stadium as 5 and a half point favorites. taking on Phil Rivers, >> who's an experienced vet in the 2025. season. Now, this is his second week. He's had a chance to feel what it's like. to be back in the game. He's had a. chance to get a full work week ahead of. him. And the boys are obviously ready to. rally. This will be the sixth Monday. Night Football game that has ever. happened in Lucas Oil Stadium, the Loud. House. The fans are going to be excited. tonight. Everything is still in front of. the Indianapolis Colts. Are the chances. as high as some of the other teams to. make the playoffs? Certainly not. But if.

you win, you could potentially get in. You just kind of got to do your thing. And Phil Rivers isn't here just to stand. back there. He's here to maybe dance, build that Hall of Fame resume. So, I. think you got a great Colts team hosting. a game that they don't get to host on a. very regular basis. out. >> through the first five Monday night. football games stadium one and four. Okay, >> the Indianapolis Colts, >> but this is Phil Rivers Indianapolis. >> Different team. >> He's a different team, different vibe, different time. And on the other side, this San Francisco 49ers team, they can. still get the number one seed in the. NFC. They have a lot to play for. They.

could have homefield advantage. throughout the entirety. And that's. without Bosa. That's without Fred. That's with drama happening at the wide. receiver room. This San Francisco 49ers. team is who you expect them to be. whenever they're at their best. Christian McCaffrey obviously all over. stat sheet, all over the leaderboard. Brock party spinning it. Defense. hunting. Bob Salah smiling, juiced, jacked up on the sideline. Monday Night. Football tonight should be a very. special game. And I heard the halftime. show. A lot of effort. >> Okay. >> A lot of effort for the halftime show.

We're obviously excited to be there. We. got some ESPN people in the city. We'd. like to welcome them here to. Indianapolis, Indiana. We hope you have. a good time. Let's uh you know, >> let's just go back to our hotel rooms. Okay. >> Yeah. Straight back to our hotel rooms. And on that note, let's celebrate and. enjoy what tonight could be, which is. special for our city. And uh Peter. Shreger will be live in studio 1:00. hour. >> What? >> Wow. >> Won't be for the full hour, so it won't. be the Shreger hour, but we'll get about. Shreger 40 minutes. 45 minutes, so he'll. be here. And uh potentially, we'll see.

how the schedule works out. >> The other guy. >> There's the schedule, though. Hey, we. got an itinerary today. A lot of. different shows from downtown. We're up. here in Lawrence, uh, northeast of. downtown. So that, you know, people. trying to make it happen. But we. appreciate everything and we're. incredibly lucky to be here. The toxic. tables here at Boston Car. Hey, >> hey, hey, you do. at Tai Schmidt. Hey. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Hey, hey, >> I won't clap. Sorry. >> One half OF THE HAMMER. DONE. COWBOYS.

>> Ask your Pittsburgh Steelers. What a. Pittsburgh Steelers way to win that. thing last night. And shout out to the. Detroit Lions potentially being the same. >> old line. >> COME ON. >> YOU LOSE GAMES LIKE THAT WITH a. threeminute ref conversation that ends. with touchdown. >> Doesn't matter. The hell with all you? There was offensive pass interference. There was uh there was a lot of things. that happened. But we want to tell you a.

couple things. There will be no replay. Okay? We just talked for three minutes. potentially to the people who watch the. replays. Okay? We don't know who they're. talking to for 3 4 minutes. Was this for. progress stop? Potentially. Wasn't ruled. that because the refs came back after. once again a threeminute discussion. where we assume they're speaking to. people that aren't on the field. They. are talking to people maybe in another. city maybe in New York. So for them to. come back and SAY IT WAS TOUCH JER. PRETTY GOOD [ __ ] PRETTY GOOD [ __ ]. They're diving through that kind of. having a heady play. Sure it might have. been forward progress stuff but let me.

tell you why that doesn't matter. It was. a touchdown but offense pass. interference kind of rules it all out. we don't get a replay and also we don't. get to watch it again. There will be no. uh further assistance. So you ALL GO. HOME BUMMED out losers. Aaron Rogers. wins again here at Ford Field and uh. that feels like same old Lions type. stuff. >> Oh yeah, >> that really does feel like same old. Lions type stuff. >> Yeah, it certainly did. In my lifetime, I've watched the Lions lose so many. games in the most unique ways in NFL. history. I've never seen anything like. yesterday. That one might top the list.

>> Now, on that note, we're not saying that. the refs were wrong. Okay, >> I agree. We're not I don't I don't think. even Lions Orlovski said it was a. terrible call. I I think that was a. clear push off and they obviously went. through the entire rule book in their. ear there to see what the right play is. So, we assume that they got the right. outcome for what the uh the penalty. actually was for progress being stopped. and it not being a touchdown. I guess if. they don't blow the whistle, they can't. add that whistle is what they're saying. But it was just the way they went about. telling the Lions fans and the rest of. the world, yeah, it's touchdown. Yep.

Good. Doesn't matter. Like that's a. hilarious way to kind of roll that out. >> He hit the strongest. However, it. doesn't count. Game over. See you later. >> Yeah, it was it WAS A NICE D. GASCO. HEALING HEALING. We'll certainly talk. more about that refine your NFL veteran. Darius Jay Butler's here. Look. >> debuts. Uh merry Christmas. Uh happy. holidays and uh it was great to be back. on the sideline and congrats to your. Miami Hurricanes. Now people will uh who. watch which we appreciate you doing on.

ESPN 2 was a lot of points but from our. perspective and what we're experiencing. great game also a lot of action with. that win you're you see cowboy has a lot. of surf area especially if you're trying. to buy the biggest [ __ ] cowboy you. could find how could I get the biggest. one possible it acts as a sale I I found. out when it's 3540 mph winds okay and it. was a constant battle the entire day. with cowboy hat I saw a lot of people. saying why and debut wearing a cowboy. hat why is Darius Jay Butler never. buying into. You guys go down to Texas. A&M College Station and be a bunch of.

cowboys. AJ Hawk had cowboy boots on, BELT BUCKLE HEAD. HE NEVER BUYS IN. WHIZ. KHALIFA DON'T PUT his hands up. He would. NOT PUT HIS FEET. THE BOYS obviously. took the opportunity to dress as awesome. as you guys dress. Con man, I thought. there was a chance that was going to be. you going forward. You as well, Ty. I. saw the circle. I don't know what it was. in the back pocket. Thought you fit in. perfectly down there. I don't know how. many. >> you dropped on that field, but I. appreciate the fact that you guys did. what you did. Tone Digs. Wow, buddy. It. was almost like you were supposed to be. there and you actually were in the end. zone as you chased down your cowboy hat.

one time. Big smile on Tone's face as. he's scoring a touchdown in the middle. of a college football playoff game. But. what people did there's Tone. That's in. the middle of a game. Ball's being. snapped on the other side of the field. >> Ball's being snapped on the other side. This is in game play time. >> People were not happy. >> TONE DID SCORE A TOUCHDOWN. YEAH. In the. college football playoff, but he was. getting his hat. The thing rolling 34 D. Butch. >> Yeah, >> there was no chance you were ever going. to wear a Cowboy hat down there. Look at. your hat right now. I completely forgot. about the biasness you were going to. potentially show to Miami being a South. Florida boy that you are. And then once.

the game started going, I'm like, "Oh, that's why Debb's got the Air Forces on. He He's not wearing a cowboy hat.". >> Actually, his suit kind of hurricane if. if you were to get in there. And the. entire time you were pulling harder than. Miami Hurricanes. And we had Gumpy in. the truck. He's dropping in. Oh, Miami. better team today, boys. I I mean it was. it felt very much a pro Miami. conversation for a bit of it. They were. by far the better team. They were by far. the better team and handled the elements. much better and that potentially goes.

back to our conversation with Crystal. Ball before the game. They have a they. have an edge to this team has an edge to. them right now and it feels like they. showed up. >> Yeah, absolutely. There's some talks in. the media leading up to the game. obviously, but uh you know I'm a team. guy and I put the Cowboy hat on before. NRG stadium. I believe it may have been. a national championship when we had I. had the hats on and uh you know what the. universe I think they had something up. their sleeve cuz I had a nice brown hat. to go with the suit blew it off before. we ever even got on camera and that was. just the universe speaking like hey you. are a team guy here but I've been a.

hurricane fan my whole life you know. it's in my blood my older cousin Willis. McGee hurricane legend so I couldn't go. out there with a hurricane I mean with. with a cowboy hat but I am a team guy. can't wait till next week see what. gimmick we pull off next week uh but. this game was awesome the elements are. obviously always a part of that's why we. love football. First uh playoff win for. the Miami Hurricanes getting a road win. It was an unbelievable environment. Unbelievable plays. Malachi Tony. obviously, you know, making up for the. the fumble that he had earlier having. the game and the touchdown. The. playmaker obviously Mark Fletcher just.

an unbelievable performance by the. defense as a whole. Ruben Bane Jr. absolutely dominated this game. I. believe seven sacks for the defense. The. environment was awesome. 104,000. obviously screaming Mimi's in there, man. It was it was an unbelievable. environment and it's it's it's nothing. better that we do these game uh game. experiences. Boots on the ground. >> Yeah, it's crazy that we get to do it. We appreciate everybody that watch. We. try to be an additive to the game and I. think if you listen to us early now, my. voice was kind of coming and going. because I went to that midnight Yale. practice the night before. That was a. terrible decision.

Sorry. >> for my voice. That was a bad decision. for life experience. Great decision. I. mean that experiencing what they do. every single midnight before a home. game. every home game, not just college. football playoff, every home game, 30, 40, 50,000 people sometimes. >> committed. >> come in at midnight and I assume that it. would be all the uh older like the. students. >> Sure. >> You know, so in the middle of that. speech, I drop a great You guys are a. bunch of [ __ ] maniacs in it. Pretty. good. Pretty good. And then all of a.

sudden, I'm walking off. We got like. little four or fiveyear-old, six-year-olds in this place. I had no. idea. They're just kind of accustomed to. the tradition of, hey, night before. games, we go and yell with the entire. team. It's like the whole city comes out. every single midnight. It was a special. environment. I've never seen anything. like that. I have no idea if that'll. ever exist at another place, especially. starting in 2025. What they have is. special. And I was sold completely on. it. I'm like, these people are going to. make this game a difference. And I think. they did. I think it the Texas A&M fans. showed up in a big way, which makes this.

Miami win even more impressive to me is. they were able to not only battle the. wind, that was absurd. Carson Beck. obviously a bit more of a through the. sky type of guy than Marcel Reed the. quarterback at Texas A&M but Mark. Fletcher that running back we saw very. early in that game if you were able to. hear. >> just give the ball to this guy he's 6'2. 230 and every time he got the rock there. was massive holes for him seemingly. early they did get a couple stops on him. and then he wouldn't touch the ball it. was almost like Derrick Henry type. situation but he was kind of the he was.

the bread winner the entire time with. Malachi Tony doing the special stuff and. Their defense being as thumpers as they. were. I mean, guy risked his life. >> to break up a pass on the end zone. Knew. what was going to happen. Literally just. full cell right in front of us. Boom. Full cell Miami guy. We see it. He's. locked up right there. Full concussion. We're talking about selling his entire. body out to win the game for Miami. And. we could feel that through the. Hurricanes. Oh yeah. Like they are all. in. That is a very tight group. They're.

very big. They're very fast. They're. very physical. It feels like they felt. jaded by the entire conversation. They've certainly sold that. It's like. they're a problem. They are a real. problem. I think going forward, >> you felt it when we when we spoke with. coach Crystal Bar earlier in the week. You you knew the mindset going into the. team to the game. They talked about I. think their mantra leading up to the. game was look our 100 against their. 100,000 and we like our 100 on that. sideline and they showed it. Man, it was. a gritty ball game. Texas&M their. defense showed up as well. They were. great on third down like they've been. all season long and it just came down to.

the trenches at the end of the day. Texas&M had an opportunity to punch it. in there. And then Bryce Fitzgerald for. his second interception to show up like. that as a true freshman. I believe that. was Mighty Florida. Yeah. So that that's. the other part of it too. This is huge. because you always talk about the talent. that's in South Florida and historically. once they start getting plucked going to. other places. When the U was the U, all. most of the talent they stayed Andre. Johnson, we saw him on the sideline. Michael Irvin, Edin James, Ray Lewis, like these are all like Florida guys. So. having a a young freshman like this,

Malachi Tony, another South Florida guy, uh Mark Fletcher Jr., another South. Florida guy, him and Malachi Tony, high. school teammates. And even that part of. it when Tony had the fumble, >> I just saw a team from Baltimore beat. Utah in a national championship. You're. right. That that's young. >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, St. Thomas where. where Michael Irvin went to school, they. just won their seventh uh state title in. a row. I think 17 included. So yeah, we. we we look, we know where their talent. comes from. All right. PA's up there, too. probably top. >> I don't know six seven maybe but uh. Miami Florida dimmer one for sure maybe.

Cali Texas Georgia you know Louisiana. >> yeah Louisiana I've heard Louisiana is. actually that became a big part of the. conversation speaking of them miss gets. a huge win congrats to them just kind of. belt the ass there throughout the. entirety for two lane Oregon gets a win. over JMU they don't cover the. >> cover by. 99 to cover saw that coming. >> I saw um. >> I saw Yeah, a lot of people were saying. about the JMU team. Thank god they saved. the cover there strictly for the.

Gamblers. Everybody else was saying, "Let's not act like this game was. actually what the final score was, please." Uh, Oregon put their third. stringers in for a majority of it. So, if we want to talk third string Oregon. verse JMU, then we could talk about. rule, which is kind of what coach Sabin. was referring to last week. So, JMU, congrats on a hell of a season, just. like two lane, hell of a season. That's. why we don't think they should be put in. the biggest game of the year and just. get smacked. That could also be a. conversation that could get added into. this entire thing. But I think there's. going to be big-time changes to the.

College Football Playoff. Not just. because of the two outcomes, but because. I think the College Football Playoff has. shown a willingness to change if they. can make it better. They've made a. couple different moves here in the. offseason after year one. I think. they'll do it again. And I think there's. a chance we don't see, you know, uh, some of the smaller schools, unless. they're already top 10 or ranked top 15, which is difficult whenever you start. down there. We at West Virginia. experienced this. We were rolling folks. whenever we got good but it was hard to. get the respect of anybody that we were. a real team because all anybody was. waiting for the other shoe to drop. Like. it's West Virginia though. It's West.

Virginia though. So it does take a. little bit longer to get respect in the. ranking world whenever you're a smaller. school. So I could see how that like. look at UCF. >> They had to go years right uh of. dominance for them to get actual respect. in there. Undefeated. They threw their. own national championship parade because. they didn't get enough respect to do it. So, I think the smaller schools will. say, "Well, if we have a team that could. go for one year, will we even get. respected enough to get ranked high?". That's a great question because if you. do have a smaller school that goes for a. year, all those guys are going to be. gone. Yeah. >> Okay. So, they're not going to be able.

to run it again. So, they have to figure. that whole thing out. But, nonetheless, I love a college football playoff. I. love what we got out of Alabama going. into Oklahoma getting a win. I like 50. Cent coming out in Alabama getting. turned up as opposed to Oklahoma getting. turned up to it. I like everything about. what we experienced this weekend, especially the environments. I do wish. though that uh the powers at B who have. the big brains who put their hats down. on the hat rack and go to work. If they. would just let's just pick the best 12. teams. Let's just pick the best 12. teams. Let's move forward. Now, if they.

win a championship, and I'm sorry, Jamu, I was not on this side last week. I. think you go back and listen to me. Two. lane as well. I think it does not. matter. I I think it does not matter if. you win a championship, but you won in a. championship game, so that should up. your ranking, I think. So, if you are. highly ranked and you should get in if. you are a big power four program, will. that continue to be power four? We got. to be able to adjust if one of these. conferences becomes ass. I think we got. to be able to move to power three some. years. I think that has to get deemed. I. do think.

>> uh championship game both should be able. to get in. Okay. So, we got to figure. out the who's power three, who's power. whatever that is. And then why not make. it 16, you know? >> Give us more. Give us more of what we. have. Here we go. Let's get away from. college ball and let's talk about the. NFL. Every single Monday we get to a. thing called the top five headlines that. we saw coming out of the NFL slate. Now, normally that's just Sunday, but this. past weekend they blessed us. We had. Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. Now we got.

Monday Night Football. The NFL is. obviously crushing. College football is. great. Here's our top five headlines. driven by Ram trucks. Every time you. push that gas pedal and you're sitting. in a Ram truck, you know that you're. protected. You're going to be riding on. clouds. It's going to have enough. technology to keep up today and enough. power to pull whatever. And when you hit. that gas pedal, it's going to sound like. Well, let's ram our ass into the top. five, top five. Number five headline. from our perspective from ass. to class of the league. >> Like that. Here are some storylines uh.

from different cities that if your team. is ass right now, you can draw some. inspiration, you can draw some optimism, you can draw some, you know what, maybe. the future isn't going to be as ass as. it is right now. Bears last couple years. ass. >> Carolina Panthers last couple years. >> Jacksonville Jaguars last couple years. >> New England Patriots last couple years. Yes, >> now. >> they're dancing, baby. And they're not.

just dancing. They got a real chance at. this entire thing. Patriots 4-13 last. season. Now they're 12 and three. Jaguars 4-13 as well. Liam Cohen saying. keep the narrative going that we're. asked, please. Small market goes in mile. high. Denver's best team in football, right? Best team in football. They get. it big time when they're 11 and four. Bears 5 and 12. Let alone all the drama. that has happened around the Chicago. Bears. And then whenever you think about. the Carolina Panthers team, yeah, right, they should not be anywhere near this. If the football gods were to be holding. karma against a team, everything that.

ownership in this team did to its fans. over the last 10 years would be held. against Carolina Panthers forever. There. was one point where there was actually a. thousand people in the stands watching. this Carolina Panthers team. It looked. like. D3 football. >> Yeah. >> Is what the game environment was. They. rolled out this virtual reality Panther. that was obviously a joke. They had. ownership getting in fights with fans. and store owners. Everything was bad, bad, bad, bad. And now they're going to. win the NFC South. They are going to.

host a playoff game. Now, it's certainly. still up for grabs. The Bucks can still. get it, but a huge win for the Carolina. Panthers. And if your team stinks right. now, look no further than Charlotte, North Carolina, cuz the Carolina. Panthers can bring you some real hope. for what the future could hold. It. basically felt like the nine or the. Panthers were becoming what the Bucks. used to be. Like even if you look at, you know, that last play by Bryce Young, that's a play you would see, you know, Baker Mayfield making to win the entire. game. Ted is like a younger Mike Evans. Coker's turning into a younger Chris.

Godwin. Like it's insane kind of the. comparisons between the two. And then. when you look at this play, it really is. like, oh, Baker Mayfield's going to go. and win the game. And that's what Bryce. Young does. Gets gets away, dodges. another guy, and then throws a touchdown. pass. Like how many times have we seen. Baker Mayfield make that exact same play. to win the game? Not in the past, even. just earlier in the year. Like the. Panthers really are kind of the new team. of that division. >> Shout out to the Panthers. Shout out to. the Jags, too. They're for real. Ducks. It feels like you've been wanting to. talk about them a lot over the last four. or five weeks. I think the world hasn't.

really wanted to talk about it, but it's. real down there in Duvall. And Trevor. Lawrence, >> hey, everything they said he was. seemingly becoming right in front of our. eyes right now. >> Yeah, we talk about it. We you guys. always mention it. It's just very very. hard to actually succeed on this level. So people want that instant success and. he was crowned as that guy, the prince. that was promised since coming into the. league and now he's hitting his stride. You know, Liam Cohen comes over. He was. a hot hire. A lot of people, especially. after his introductory uh press. conference, you know, had some thoughts.

about him, but he's shown absolutely and. rightfully so. But he's shown that he is. a great football coach and he's setting. his quarterback up for great success. also made a very good hire with. Campanelli on the defensive side of the. ball because they're living and dying. with their turnovers right now. But. Jaguars are blowing people waiting. This. was a huge huge statement win in Denver. Uh the number one seated uh team in the. AFC right now. >> and this is all without the number two. overall pick that they still have. Here's some Hembo stats about this. Jacksonville Jaguars sixgame win streak. They've outscored their opponents by 113. points. Unbelievable. They spent more.

time leading by 25 points than trailing. at all. And Trevor Lawrence has 14. touchdowns, uh, zero turnovers in the. last four games, 77.4 QBR. They are what. we like to call rolling. And this is. what they talked about in January. And. we kind of mocked it a little bit. because they lost right away to Jake. Browning and the Bengals. But now, what, 10 weeks later, it kind of does feel. like it's going TO GO ON FOREVER. SHOUT. SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH. SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH. SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH. SHOUT OUT TO SHOD con uh obviously the.

owner for the Jacksonville Jaguars and. Jerryian Jones or Jarian Jones just a. couple you know games removed here from. Saquon Barkley jumping over backwards. his head he's on a sideline you know. some people get rolled UP SOME PEOPLE. AVOID. >> STRAIGHT up and OVER THE ATHLETICISM. LIKE A damn cat right there I I mean. that is spectacular he'll go on and get. a pick Jacksonville Jaguars win in the. old days of Jacksonville Jaguars he. potentially tears ACL. He potentially tears Achilles. He. certainly is getting speared to the.

ground and maybe taken out a trainer. 9-year-old doctors. Ah, that is what. Jacksonville Jaguars fans would probably. expect in the past. Now you have a sick. jump over. Guy looks bad that got off. balance and he looks like a stud and. then oh yeah, he's going to carry it on. for the rest of the game. Dut seems like. they're rolling down there in Duh. >> I don't like it at all. >> Not good for the Aers. Not good for the. Indianapolis Colts. They got a. quarterback who's young. >> CJ's very young. Let's talk about young.

quarterback that can still go. Uh the. Chicago Bears team. Hey, >> what a game. >> Maybe whenever a coach is a bell of the. ball, there's a reason. >> Yeah. >> You know, it may be a coach uh turns. down years, multiple years worth of nah, I'm not going. Nah, I'm not going. It. can maybe drive people to think this. drama. We don't There's only 32 head. coaching jobs in the NFL anyways. What. can this guy really do? uh good, better, best, never let rest to good is better. and better is best. He comes in there. immediately changes the culture at the. beginning allegedly a little bit rocky,

you know, are him and Caleb going to be. able to get along. Caleb wasn't even. playing in preseason games. Allegedly, because he didn't really know the. offense yet, and Ben Johnson didn't want. to put him out there, which led us all. to think, wait, Ben Johnson and Caleb. Williams ever going to get along? We. heard Ben Johnson's an absolute dog. And. we hear Caleb Williams obviously a lot. of moxy, a lot of swag, a lot of. character. He has been very famous for a. long time. Well, these two, yeah, they. will. and he's about to break every. quarterback record that Chicago Bears. have. Ben Johnson's got the entire. culture ready to win the NFC North and. they pick up a massive overtime dub over.

the Green Bay Packers and make some huge. plays in critical moments on both sides. of the ball including SPECIAL TEAMS. WHERE THEY GET AN ONSIDE KICK. >> WOW. >> JEEZ. >> I don't know if I'm putting Guardian Cap. guy out there. I don't know if I'm. putting Guardian Cap out there as the. hands guy. >> Best hands with a team. >> Not with a Guardian Cap. I think the. hands you have to have a certain level. of uh [ __ ] it to you. I think you have. to have that. Now, I'm not saying Dogs. doesn't have that. Guardian Cap tells me. he does have at least some reservations, so I don't know if that's necessarily. who I put there, but great kick by.

Cairo. Great recovery by the Bears. And. obviously, they come back fourth quarter. drive and then overtime winner as well, which has dropped in an absolute bucket. Chicago Bears culture was ass. now the NFC North debuts and maybe the. whole damn thing, >> man. King of the North right now. You. talk about prime time games delivering. all weekend long. This is one of the. best finishes I've ever seen for a throw. like that. That was obviously the icing. on the cake, but just everything down. the stretch. And this is who Caleb. Williams has been this year in second.

half's ball games. Even some of the. games that they lost, he has played. great down the stretch. He's already has. the most fourth quarter comebacks for. any Bears uh co uh quarterback in. history. He's just unbelievable. You. talk about Ben Johnson, obviously the. running game, the investments they made. in the offensive line. But once again, when you talk about creating a culture, that's not only head coach, but it's. also the staff, hiring a def uh Dennis. Allen on the defensive side, Al Harris. as well, and then bringing in some vets. that can make big time plays on both. sides of the ball. Like, he is playing. unbelievable right now. I'm calling him.

Iceman going forward. I I love the Moxy. And then listening to Caleb talk. Yeah, that's his thing. listening to him talk, he sounds like a 12 year vet anytime. like he's he's in front of the camera. Even after that type of moment, like it. was all class, talking about the Packers. and the rivalry and then showing up and. doing some stuff in the community with. the cheese grater hat. So, I love. everything that Caleb's doing. And. obviously, it starts with your head. coach. >> Yeah. And even more so to the Iceman. just being cool as [ __ ] Throws that. ball, hands immediately go into the man. into the thing. It's almost like a Steph.

Curry walk-off, which we saw from. >> Drake May and the Patriots. Yeah, it's. like the Chicago Bears, >> the new Kings the North up there in the. Bears world. Obviously, it was a midway. miracle uh is how we framed it for the. headline. Huge comeback late. Obviously, make plays whenever they need it. And. the Green Bay Packers more injuries here. now. Obviously, Jordan Love goes down. with a concussion. Malik Willis goes. down. Feels like the last couple weeks. the injury bug has hit you guys hard. What does the rest of the season look. like for the Packers, Ty Schmidt? Well,

luckily uh because the Lions lost. yesterday, the Packers just need to win. one of their last two games. They have. Baltimore on Saturday this week and then. they end the season with the Vikings. If. they win one of those two games, they'll. get in. And right now, I mean, good. question because it seems like. concussions this year have been. multi-week injuries, not usually just, hey, that guy got concussed on Saturday. And I mean, yeah, he took one on the. button big time. Uh, so we'll see if he. plays on Saturday, but it's looking like.

for all intents and purposes, if the. Packers can win one game, they'll get in. with the seven seed and then they'll. probably end up having to go back to. Chicago and play the Bears again in the. first round. >> And then the Patriots, the fourth ASAC. class team. And obviously saying the. Patriots and ass together is uh leaving. out the dynasty that they had for 20. plus years. This is the next chapter. Okay, this is when we were supposed to. be celebrating New England not having a. good football team. This is when the. rest of the fan bases around the NFL. We're supposed to point and laugh at the. Revolution region. This is what life is. like with a real football team. You're.

going to have to struggle. You're going. to have to see the hard times. Now, when. that parade comes back, you'll certainly. enjoy it more, but this is what life is. like. And then all of a sudden, Mike. Vrabel's still available somehow. He. loves the Patriots more than maybe. anybody in the history. Okay, maybe. >> he might love the Patriots. >> I mean, this just hit me as it was. rolling out of my mouth. >> Top five for sure. behind. me but top five. No, >> I'm not going to play your coachwise. because there's there was a falling out. obviously with a lot of different. situations. Now Tom I think he ends up.

at Tampa. Rush. >> Julian Edmond I think maybe but Julian. Joel Jules loves whatever the case Vel. whenever he gives his Hall of Fame. induction speech while coaching for. another team is like hey this is the. greatest place on earth I've seen other. buildings I work in one right now it is. ass okay compared to what you have here. the fans set up the ownership everything. this is dream come true for football. basically and he gets up there once. again culture culture culture and has. the perfect quarterback for it and then. he gets stars to buy in. I mean, Stfan.

Diggs coaching on the sideline. Would we. ever think that that's what we would be. seeing this year from Stfan Diggs? I. don't think so. So, this Patriots team. is unbelievable. Now, the other side, we'll certainly talk about here in a. little bit with Baltimore, but Drake. May, what a perfect guy for New England, and your team goes from ass to class of. the league. Life is much better on this. side. >> Yeah, life's unbelievable. Not to. mention, you know, Mike Vrable being a. football soante also drafted four, five, maybe six Hall of Famers in this uh. class that they just had. Kyle Williams,

ridiculous touchdown catch down the. sideline. He's a rookie. Uh Craig. Woodson Debut actually texted me during. the game. The uh rookie safety for New. England, he's a Hall of Famer. Will. Campbell not even playing. Let's keep. that in mind, too. So Drake May throws. for 380 yards down by 11 in the fourth. quarter. Goes on an 89yd drive to win. the game at the end of the game without. your starting left tackle. Starting. right tackle missed about a quarter and. a half. Starting running back rookie. Trevian Henderson going to be a Hall of. Famer. He also concussion leaves the. game. I mean there really isn't that.

much you can say about Drake May. He's. the guy going forward. I think everybody. knows especially you know when you watch. him he's only 23 years old. He looks. like he's 43. He's 23. And then Stefon. Diggs after the game saying like, you. know, I'll tell you what, he prepares he. prepares to play games like and I don't. want to say the guy's name, but he. prepares like like like Tom Brady. Okay, Diggs wasn't going to say it, but. everyone knows where he was going. He. was walking you down. He's the next Tom. Brady path, but we don't have to say it. It's very obvious. I think it's hard to.

watch that game, especially after. watching like a Caleb vers Packers game. You're like, "Yeah, Caleb's cool. Jane. Daniels is cool. All these young rookie. quarterbacks are cool. Drake May is in a. different tier. He's ridiculous. He's. the MVP. >> MVP odds very high for Drake May. And. once again, he's only in his second. season, you know. He's only. He's only in his second hire. Josh McD. >> Unbeliev. And he'll be there forever. He's already done the whole coaching. head coaching run. Loves the area. >> DC go ahead. Who wants to be a head. coach? You want come be for a little. bit? Bobby Spain's there. Okay. Mike.

Rabel's calling plays. You're just. hanging out for a little bit. >> Yeah. It's like the opposite of what the. Chiefs had. Bingo, you know, for a long. time. CONGRATS TO THE CONGRATS PATRIOTS. AH, and we can all if our team becomes. completely ass and a shite show. We can. look to those four teams is like, hey, next season can be better. You need to. make a lot of good hires, but next. season can certainly be better. Let's go. to number four headline coming out of. the week. That's AFC North football, baby. Coach Mike Tom win. And is it hard. bo?

>> Oh no, >> it's getting loud. >> It's getting lot in Baltimore. Derrick. Henry scores another touchdown and. doesn't touch THE BALL. THE HELL ARE WE. DOING? HAS JOHN HARBAUGH lost his. football sense? Has John Harbaugh lost. the team? How come this team looks so. different than in the years past? Is the. message not getting home anymore? AND. HOW ARE THEY BLOWING LEADS LIKE THIS ALL. THE DAMN TIME? IS IT A CULTURE ISSUE? Is. it a talent issue? Is it a team issue?

Is it a stale issue? Is it coach Har. Bover in Baltimore debug? >> Uh, I'm not going to call for his job. He He's still a great football coach in. my mind. But Baltimore Ravens fans, they. are loud and have been loud because when. you talk about both of these franchise. that we just had up on the screen, the. Ravens and the Steelers, those are. championship caliber franchises. And. coming into this season, I think the. Ravens were what, either the one or two. f Okay, Super Bowl favorite to win it. So to be looking at at a place where. you're almost not going to make the.

playoffs, obviously you have injuries at. your quarterback, but just critical. fumbles. Once again, Zay Flowers, South. Florida guy. I love him. You can't. fumble the ball in a big moment like. that again. Derrick Henry didn't touch. the ball for the last 12 minutes, I. think, with the backup quarterback in. the game. That's insane. But he had. another big fumble in this game as well. He's a obviously a great play chasing. down and punching it out. But you can't. you can't have that in this game. And. this is what you've seen over and over. again with the Ravens. You talked about. blowing fourth quarter leads. They. talked about it on telecast last night. I think it was 12 games at that point. with seven plus uh lead in the fourth.

quarter and you lost them. Like that's. historically bad. So something's got to. change. >> That bums out butter and the boys are I. mean you have the lead and then you lose. it. And this team was supposed to go. Super Bowl. A lot of people thought I. was excited to watch the Ravens. Continue to be excited to watch Ravens. Anytime I see their name on the screen. like, hey, we got a Ravens game. Sick. I'm be able to see Lamar Jackson play. football. I'm pumped about that. It. started great, too. They're making look. really good. Z a couple times, Derek. running it, Lamar moving, spinning it. Yeah, defense doing their thing. It's.

like, "All right, this is what we've. been waiting for. This is what. everybody's been waiting for." Then he's. blow at the end again. And Lamar doesn't. He had his ankle taped. I saw that. Okay. So, I didn't know I don't know if. we all knew, but I certainly didn't. remember an ankle being a thing, but him. coming onto the field with his ankle and. then he had the hamstring this year, then he was sick. It was like, it feels. like we haven't seen the electrifying. Lamar Jackson all year either that we. seen through the air. He can certainly. spin it, but whenever he was running, it. just looked different this year, the. entire year. Is it because of injuries? What does next year look like? I mean,

there's a lot of combos about that. And. then the AFC North, there's one thing. that's going to be as steady as death in. taxes, brother. And that's Mike Tomlin. is going to Tom win. 19 consecutive. non-losing seasons. That's 500 or better. as a coach. Tom Landry had 20 winning. seasons. He had one uh 500 season 8 and. eight or whatever. Bill Bichc obviously. did what he did with New England for so. long and Tomlin has 18 winning seasons. with one eight and eight season and then. they have 22 in total as a team. Hey,

we're used to winning football around. here now. Tom win gets a big one in. Detroit. Steelers fans ecstatic, right? We're ready to go. >> More than ecstatic, Pat. like more than. ecstatic like cuz you know they won in. Steelers fashion it having to come down. to the last play and the last drive and. blowing a fourth quarter lead that is. how the Steelers do it but the other the. rest of the game was not in Steelers. fashion they had almost 500 yards of. total offense 230 on the ground Aaron. was unbelievable they only gave up 15.

rushing yards to Sonic and Knuckles I. don't want to say their other nickname. >> 15 rushing yards. >> they're saying ass and cheeks. >> I THINK THEY. FOXY, WHY ARE YOU GUYS DOING THAT? >> WE CANNOT CALL these two running backs. ass and cheeks. If you want to call the. offensive line ass and cheeks, go ahead. by all means. >> Ass cheeks. Ass cheeks. That's that' be. the starting five. Is that what you. >> Except for Penny Soul. Don't touch it. >> Oh, sorry. Ass cheeks. Clip of Derek. Harmon, you know, just dogging him too. But we love.

>> I know we do. We do. We do. >> Well, I don't mind rig. Speaking of riotone, >> Penn Su is we are big fans of penet. >> Speaking of riotone and and Sonic and. Nuggle and Asen Cheeks, uh maybe Mario. and Luigi and Kenneth Gainwell and. Jaylen Warren, they were both under over. 100 yards total each of them. They've. been awesome the entire single year. Everything went well yesterday except. for the fourth quarter. We decided to go. into prevent defense with 12 minutes.

left. That's been kind of the thing over. the last three games. Last year though, the Steelers went into the playoffs. losing four straight. They've won three. straight this year. So, the momentum. >> That's a running back. >> Yes, it is. It is a running back. He has. five games this year, over 100 total. scrimmage yards. He has one before this. season. So, Ken Gainwell has been. unbelievable this year. Everything was. awesome yesterday. Tomlin last two. weeks, five of five on fourth down. They. only have 11 fourth down conversions on. the entire year. Five in the last two. weeks. So, he's coaching a little. differently, a little more aggressively. Everything was great uh yesterday.

Everyone feels really really good about. the Steelers right now where they are. especially with the playoff picture. >> Can Yeah. Can we win it all? >> Yeah. Yes. I think we Yeah. >> TJ still not playing. Two wins without. TJ. That's huge. That's very abnormal. >> This is without TJ, without Nick Herig. Uh Eckles, the slot guy, got hurt um. earlier in the game that Yes, there's. some injuries going on. Hopefully, uh. our NFC brethren, the Packers, take care. of business on Saturday night or we can. win on Sunday against the Browns and get. in potentially um see what the situation. is week 18. But yes, I think cuz like.

with the AFC, there are really really. good teams. Like the we talked about the. Jags and the Patriots and the Broncos. and the Chargers and the Bills, like. those are all really really good teams, but I don't know if there's like that. team where you're like, "Oh, that's a. definite loss." Like I think any of. these teams in the AFC, no matter who's. playing who, like feels like they have a. chance this year. >> I think so, too. Patriots are my only. difference. Just strictly because I see. Veab's trying to get cold flyier. >> Oh, yeah. >> With the left side of his headset. Do. you see that? He's got that thing. trapped down the top of his thing.

>> Need some pain. >> Yeah, he might. That legitimately might. be what he's doing cuz every time I see. him, I'm like, the guy he's got to be. he's got to feel that. I mean, on your. ears. >> Doesn't he coach with tax in his shoes? So, >> I didn't think about that probably. I. mean, there's a chance he's chewing on. actual rocks over there, too. Just keep. his edge. So, I think about the. Patriots. I'm like, I think the Patriots. are going to win most games that they. play. I think Josh Allen, tough to pick. against Josh Allen, but I think Aaron. Rogers, Tomlin, everybody on that squad, especially if TJ's able to get back, which we're not saying he's going to. I. don't think anybody really knows what's. going to happen in that entire.

situation. We're hoping for it. It's. like Steelers fans, I think, rightfully. so, thinking they can win it all. Now, if they don't, >> quarterback. not probably unless Aaron, you know, maybe right now is playing right now. >> David Adam. >> Yeah, Thelen's doing it. Goody. Uh Scott. Miller got got a ball the other day. I. mean, now we got to talk about obviously. the incident that took place with the. blue hair in the stands. DK Metaf grabs. shirt of fan from Detroit in second. quarter. And then side angle shows shove.

shirt, but certainly in a very. aggressive manner. Uh blue hair guy. celebrates immediately upon it happening. because he knows everything that he was. hoping to accomplish certainly gets. accomplished. There was certainly some. physicality there from DK to Old Buddy. Now, Old Buddy told the Detroit Free. Press that he called DK by his full name. or something along those lines. Now, DK's actual name on X is his full name. And then there was other reporters that.

have said like, "Hey, I did a story on. his name. There seemingly not would get. him this fired up to do this." Then um. uh DK reached out to oo and on night cap. oo said that he said the n-word I. believe and said something about his. mother. Obviously uh the Pittsburgh. Steelers have not said anything yet. I. think they are probably waiting. We have. not talked to the Pittsburgh Steelers. but we are assuming the Pittsburgh. Steelers are going to wait for the NFL. to say something first and then the. Pittsburgh Steelers were kind of just. follow suit in the entirety. We assume. that there's Mike's on DK like cuz he's.

30 million a year guy. DK Metaf Steelers. on his uh hopeful Super Bowl push Aaron. Rogers potential last season. I assume. there's a lot of mics on a lot of people. so and on the sidelines there's a lot of. boom mics. So we assume there'll be some. sort of investigation on what happened, how it happened, but obviously you can't. be touching fans at games. This is a. nightmare for the NFL. This is not great. news. But I think there'll be a lot more. clarity and I think everybody's probably. waiting on that as it continues to roll. on. I don't know if I missed anything.

there. >> No, crazy situation. Obviously, you. know, you talked about the Tom Pelisero. tweet, talked about the history there, and then I think some other fan nearby. said they had their input. So, but right. now, as he say, she say until we hear. some audio if we ever do. And when I saw. the reaction from DK, that was the only. thing I thought. It's only one word that. I can see to get that type of reaction. on the field and then hey, however you. react, you react. But outside of that, like you said, as a as a professional. athlete, you got to kind of have some. restraint. And then fans, you know, it. got to be some line there with what can. and can't be said. We always talk about.

in public, hey, once we came back, you. can get punched in the mouth. And that. that also counts for people that are in. uniform, too. So, uh, we'll see how it. plays out. And, uh, DK, we'll see how it. plays out with the NFL as well. >> To that point about in real life, a lot. of people on the internet have gotten. very comfortable being chatty, you know, that that that has become something. I. think co expedited that because it was. the only way to really communicate with. people. So, people got real comfortable. with the [ __ ] And uh we gave a warning. as co ended like hey remember now in. real life people weren't just about the. tweets and scrolling like they actually.

hear it and they're there. >> with you and that first weekend back in. live stadiums boy let the bodies hit the. floor. I mean there was a lot of pent up. a lot happening around there and we're. not saying that's how this should be but. we are saying there's like a moral code. I believe you have to the fan code that. you sign up for whenever you buy a. ticket. It's in there. They run the. entire thing. So whenever they do and. find out what it is, not saying that you. should ever be a fan should ever be. grabbed. Okay. >> Performer and audience physicality not.

good. Cannot happen. Actually cannot. happen. But there are standards for both. sides that are going to be obviously. examined. And uh I to your point, who. knows if we ever find out what it is. You know, I saw a guy take a helmet off. >> and I still have no idea. >> Yeah. >> And everybody in there was miked. So, >> I don't know if we'll ever find out, but. obviously this cannot be happening. Okay, let's go to our third headline. The refs are on contract here. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Are they. >> the refs are on contract here?

>> So, normally when you're on a contract. here, DB, what are you trying to do? >> Put your best foot forward. >> every time. TRYING TO RUN THAT BACK UP. >> Damn right. >> That's what we're trying to do, right? >> Is there a chance that these guys and. girls are saying, "Let's show them what. it could be like with ass officials. Let's remind them of what it was like. whenever we had to replacement refs. because it seems like and now granted. there's more prime time games so there's. going to be more eyes on all these. calls. There are some terrible calls. that happen in 1:00 games that are slid. into regional television that nobody. really hears more prime time games. We're going to see more stuff. But even.

if it is the right call, which we kind. of agree with the right call because of. the bygones, the threeminut talk on the. field optically looks terrible. And then. coming out of that just cutting a heel. promo. We don't think that's the best. way to go about doing we don't think. that is necessarily the best way for a. game to end. And then you talk about the. Patriots game. The Patriots had. multiple. You had to have seen it by. now. There's a a pass interference where. the guy is actually I mean he's actually. hugging him. He he's hugging his entire. body and the catch is made I do believe.

>> No, I'm sorry. Sorry. Should have been. made. And then obviously there's no call. for pass interference. Marlon Humphrey. had a pick in the game. CLEARLY PASS. INTERFERENCE. WHO WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING. if you're not calling that right there? And then it wasn't even And then it. wasn't even just that in this game. There's also a roughing the passer that. takes place that I mean I guess there. was contact chest to chest and face. masks touch each other but do we need to. be calling a roughing the passer which. is a 15 yard penalty a very. >> a very very very gigantic penalty I mean.

15 yards is a huge thing and a turnover. but also 15 SECONDS LEFT I MEAN WHO KNOW. IT JUST IN THAT moment calling that is. just like a bad decision so a little bit. more self-awareness we'd like to have. and then obviously Thursday night we We. didn't get a chance to chat about it. What a game. >> Unbelievable. Insane. >> What a game. Great. >> And then the two-point situation where. it was a fumb then it wasn't a it was. deflected. And then having the whole. setup going back and then going back in. that moment in the time it's like can we.

work on the optics of some of these. things even if you get it right. Like we. needed to be better just because you're. representing the league, representing. the game, let alone getting calls wrong. Let al let alone having seemingly no. football awareness on what should be. called on what particular play. But as. we get in the most important time of. year here, we need some awareness about. what the game needs and what it doesn't. need and how it needs it. DB. >> Yeah, absolutely. The most important. thing obviously is getting it right. But. when you have that white cap on, you. are, you know, you're representing the. game, you're representing the league to, you know, the millions that are.

watching. So you defin But getting it. right is the number one thing. This play. >> was unbelievable. This is something that. I've never seen before. I don't know. about you, the replay. I think the. players on the field, especially at. defense, because you've been around. football a long time, we all have. We. always preach, hey, pick up the ball, pick up the ball, pick up the ball. And. the fact that the Rams, nobody on the. team thought about even going to the. ball on like a lateral type play because. of it bouncing forward, you know, I. think that kind of just almost freezes. you even on punts like, "Hey, poison. poison, just get away from it. Don't. worry about it." But Sharon having a.

heads up, being aware, picking the ball. up and end up being the difference in. his game. >> So wouldn't that be considered a Sam. Darnold fumble? He fumbles it cuz it was. a backwards. >> Yes. >> So then how can you advance a fumble? I. I there's so many intricacies which once. again ref these are. >> this is role almost as opposed to saying. uh touchdown. Yeah, right. We're joking. like you are representing the game. We. think that needs to be talked about in. the contract here with the refs as well. >> Yeah. And that and that makes no sense. But like this is going to this play. right here is going to decide the one.

seed in the NFC. Like we're talking. about the playoffs, a buy. The most. important thing some of these teams. need, especially in an 18week, 17 game. season. Like that by week for the. playoffs is massive. And this is the. play that's going to pro most likely. define who is the one seed in the NFC. >> Prime time games, a lot of eyes, a lot. of important outcomes. Good luck to the. refs. You're on a contract here. Remember, we need your best [ __ ] And. also the guy uh the Big 12 crew that. wrecked. >> uh the Texas A&M Miami game. Let's get.

them in the NF. I don't know how we fast. pass. I don't know how we fast pass. Let's get them up there. They seemingly. understand ball. All of them. They have. like a good feel for it.&m. >> fans might not agree. >> Why? >> They didn't like the flag not being. thrown into Tory hit. >> on uh Oh, the helmet. >> When he knocked himself out, they. >> would it have matter? Would they have. changed play call? >> Well, they would have had a fresh set of. downs. >> Yeah, they probably would have ran it. That's a big boo. >> Whatever the case, certainly helmet to. helmet, though. Certainly helmet. Let's. get to the number two headline coming. out of the weekend. Philly flies over.

fuss to backto-back NFC titles. First. time in 21 years somebody has won the. NFC East back-to-back times. It is the. Super Bowl champs. And when you talk. about flying over fuss, IT'S EVERY DAY. >> YEAH, >> IT'S EVERY DAY WITH this team seemingly. And Nick Serriani and the boys somehow. remain focused. I love the fact that. Cooper Deian is dropping a five knuckle. shuffle, especially with everything that. was going on in his potential uh rumored. life. And then Jaylen Herz playing ball, Saquon Barkley doing his thing, the. Commanders obviously interesting spot. But whenever you talk about going back.

to back in a division that hasn't had. backtoback, you have to respect it. A. lot of prime time games. Obviously very. similar style of football year in year. out. Eagles able to get it done. Do we. think they can win a Super Bowl again? Go back to back, not only NFC East, but. also Super Bowl. >> Uh, you know, I'm a little biased here. I think so. You know, I think you have a. quarterback, you have a coach, a. coaching staff, a defense, you have guys. pretty much who have done it already. So, I think they're battle tested. This. was a battle, too. This was a KG affair. against a four- win Washington. Commanders team, and they found a way to. get it done. They'll have to find that.

running game back. And I think when Lane. Johnson gets back in there, it'll be a. completely different run game. And. Jaylen Herz has been looking better down. the stretch. It was against what, the. Raiders and the Commanders. Now, you. obviously be t facing some good uh good. ball clubs down the stretch, but I think. they have what it takes in the building. to get it done in the playoffs. >> Dvonte Smith blocking down the field. here to Freedom. I mean, that's buyin, that's commitment. Good for them in. their biggest ball. And then the number. one headline coming out of the weekend. it was for the NFL. Mary Clinch miss. Hey, seven teams that punch there. Take.

it to the playoffs. >> Five in the NFC, two in the AFC. There's. obviously a couple teams lurking. Congrats to the Seattle Seahawks, the. Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, the. Los Angeles Rams, and the San Francisco. 49ers who are playing tonight. Congrats. to them. Congrats. >> Uh congrats to the Broncos and to the. Patriots. Way to go. Way to go. Thanks, guys. Thank you. >> The seeds that would be there would be. where they would be sitting, but. obviously the seeds can all change. And. the top four seeds go to division. champs. So, you know, that's just kind. of where they're sitting at. Green Bay. Packers, Detroit Lions, Carolina.

Panthers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers can. obviously still make it. Carolina. Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Who's. going to win the NFC South? Then in the. NFC North, who else is going to get in. then the AFC? I think it's kind of. figured out who's going to be there. Con. man has an entire breakdown that he's. going to do later. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But there's still some teams. lurking like the Indianapolis Colts who. would do a huge thing for their chances. if they were to win tonight. Joining us. now, speaking of tonight, ladies and. gentlemen, is the senior NFL insider for. ESPN, Michigan man, Adam Shfter.

>> Gentlemen, what's going on, >> Chefy? Happy holidays. Uh, merry. Christmas. Uh, all all of them. The um. we kind of put you in a box here for. only nine minutes and we need a lot of. information because there's been a lot. of injuries and a lot of things. happening. Let's start with tonight. San. Francisco 49ers five and a half point. favorites with the Indianapolis Colts. Phil Rivers looks smarter and faster. than he's ever looked. What are a couple. things we need to know before we pick. tonight, Chef D? >> Well, the 49ers have struggled to stop. the run. Jonathan Taylor's been a. machine. I think we'd have an idea of.

what's going to come tonight. I think. the Colts are going to be feeding. Jonathan Taylor. I think he gets a ton. of work this evening in an area that the. 49ers are struggled defensively. And the. Colts activated DeForest Buckner a short. time ago. So that's going to help their. run defense and be a big factor tonight. First game back from a neck injury. No. sauce Gardner. He's out. And the Colts. still are really good. It'll be Philip. River's second game with the team. And. we'll see if he can save your franchise. there and help get them to the playoffs. in a game they have to have tonight.

>> Sixth Monday Night Football game in the. history of Lucas Oil Stadium, the Loud. House. Can't wait for it to be on. display. I heard the halftime show is. going to be electrifying. Oh, >> I I saw a a unicycle. >> Oh, no. >> Yeah, I think I saw a unicycle. Not 100%. sure, but I think I saw a unicycle. All. right, let's move to some other NFL. stories. Go ahead, Ty. >> Sheffy, any update on both Jordan Love. and Lamar Jackson before uh that. massive, you know, playoff implication. game between the Packers and the Ravens. on Saturday? >> Yeah, well, obviously there are some.

teams in some challenging quarterback. spots here at the end of the season. The. Packers are one, the Ravens are another. Packers have a situation where Love is. still in protocol. Um, Malik Willis. banged up his shoulder. Now, the good. part is I don't expect them to go sign. another quarterback, which tells you. that at least one of those guys should. be able to go on Saturday. They have. Clayton Ton on their practice squad. If. one of them can't go, obviously they'd. elevate Clayton Ton and he would be the.

backup for Green Bay. But it sounds like. they're not going to make another move. for a quarterback unlike a team like the. Kansas City Chiefs that has to go at a. quarterback after Mahomes and Mchu, you. know, hurt their knees backtoback weeks. We expect it to be a torn ACL for. Gardenner Mchu. We said this to you last. week about another player. Mahomes, I. think it was, as a matter of fact. Um, so they're going to have to add another. quarterback to get through the final two. games of the season. >> Chiefs penthouse to house quick. I mean,

we're talking about dynasty about a week. and a half ago now. Two straight losses, a lot of injuries, lost to the Titans in. Nashville, obviously. Congrats to them. getting a little bit of happiness for at. least a few moments. And to the Chiefs, who knows what the years coming going. forward look like. Also, let's talk. about the next couple weeks going. forward. Go ahead, Tone. >> Yeah, Shfter. Obviously, we saw the. interaction between DK Mechaf and the. fan yesterday in Detroit. Um, what is. the timeline? When do we expect uh the. NFL to make a decision on if there's a. suspension or not? And do you have any. indication on what that could be?

>> Uh the the decision I would expect to. come in today. The league rules on. discipline usually on Mondays, usually. later in the day. And I would expect in. this particular case, obviously the fans. said some things to taunt, torment, harass, badger, whatever word you want. to use, DK Mechaf, but you can't do what. he did to him. You can't put your hands. on another fan. I again when you speak. to people around the league and look at. how the league has reacted and responded.

to any number of situations this season. The league has not been shy in doing out. suspensions. And I would think most. people think that they're going to wind. up suspending DK Mechaf here and he's. not going to be able to play a game that. the Pittsburgh Steelers uh will wind up. having uh to win to win that division. I. saw Graziano say that Mike Tomlin should. have pulled him from the game and. benched him and put him down. We all. live in a reality where no coach would. ever do that and the Steelers are wait. for the NFL to basically make a decision.

here. Is that what we're assuming takes. place? >> Yeah. Yeah. They'll and the league will. make a decision and I would expect that. to happen today. >> Okay, sounds good. Speaking of. decisions, there's seemingly some tough. ones going forward. Go ahead, Debbie. >> Yeah, you know, this is the time of year. we start forecasting, you know, new. coaching vacancies going into the off. season. uh kind of two different. situations, but John Harbaugh in. Baltimore, I know the Ravens fan base. has pretty been pretty loud about him. And then obviously Mike McDaniel down in. Miami after that blowout loss against. Cincinnati yesterday. What's the. thoughts there?

>> Uh I think with Baltimore, he he he's. been such a institution there, John. I I. I it's hard for me to see whether you're. talking about Mike Tomlin or John. Harbaugh or Andy Reid um these. situations going any which way other. than what the coach wants it to. And I. think when the coach feels like at a. certain point these guys have they're. almost tenured. Um I know that. franchises belong to the owners but. there's a certain level of respect that. you get when you have done it that long. usually. And and I I think Baltimore if.

it falls short of the playoffs as it. certainly can. they're going to have to. have the organizational meetings that. they always do and move forward from. there. Um, whatever change that means, whether that's a coaching change, whether that means a player change, but. I think there's some things up in the. air if this team falls short here that. they're going to have to go over. Every. year after the season, Steve Bashadi. gets together key individuals with that. organization, takes them out on their. boat. They go out for a few days. They. discuss what's ahead for the.

organization. And I I'd love to be uh on. that boat this year to hear some of. those conversations and what's going to. transpire. As for Mike McDaniel, I I. know that people are saying he's safe. Um I don't think they've made any. decisions there yet about his future. He. might be safe, but he might not. I think. that is still playing out in real time. and nothing has been decided there and. we'll see how that plays out over time. Nothing's decided there. >> Okay, that's huge obviously for the. Miami Dolph fans and the Dolph fam.

community down there. A couple minutes. left here. Con man has a question for. you. >> Yeah, Shanty first year head coaches. Some are really good. Vel, Ben Johnson, Liam Cohen, but then some are very, very. bad. uh any chance, you know, we see. Pete Carol or even Aaron Glenn maybe be. one and done with how miserable they've. been on offense, defense, special teams, just everything across the board. >> I I think the Jets have no intention of. changing out Aaron Glenn after one year. I think that they like him and believe. in him still and I think he'll be given. more time. Uh when it comes to the Las.

Vegas Raiders, I think the year has not. gone the way that everybody planned. I. think all options are on the table and I. think obviously there'll be. conversations there as to what happens. moving forward with Pete and his future. Again, another one of those guys that I. think deserves a tremendous amount of. respect and we'll see how they handle. that in the offseason, but I think that. one certainly is up in the air. >> All the coordinators have been fired. over there already by the Raiders. So, I. mean that's kind of like. >> you know anytime that starts happening.

feels like they are willing to move. We. love Pete Carol as well, but we assume. Tom Brady getting into ownership is not. to do that or whatever happened there. Who knows what the future looks like. And for the Jets whenever they traded. away everything and stockpiled picks. felt like that was a mention like, "Hey, we are moving in the air and Glenn. direction." Why didn't you move yourself. to Indianapolis today? Huh? ESPN. football. You could have been RIGHT. HERE. WE GAVE YOU A LITTLE SEAT RIGHT. HERE. >> I I I didn't get invited to your studio. today. >> Nobody invited me. >> Open. >> Okay. That's cuz you're not here. Okay.

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>> Nice. Anybody else going on? >> Huh? Huh? >> Anybody else got one? >> Yeah, >> you got one, too. >> Oh, yeah. >> You two coming? >> Sure. >> I did not. >> Oh, >> I did not. >> I don't know if me and got heat. >> Only playoff, too. >> I think you do cuz you knocked his ass. out. >> That's just fair ball. >> I like Tin. >> It's a stinger. >> Somebody pulled that last night. >> Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we did. Digs last night. >> Oh, I think it's a stinger. >> Yeah. Come in blue tent, brother. >> Oh my god. Yeah. And he goes out the. back door. They said, I loved how the uh. information aggregates who are trying to.

get every piece of information that. could potentially, you know, tear. somebody down. They just admitted Stefan. Davis knocked out the back door of the. immediate. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Love that. That's even a conversation. piece. But debug tonight, ners taking on. the Colts. Obviously, five and a half. point spread. They think it's a little. bit less than a touchdown. The Loud. House is going to be spectacular. Obviously, holiday season in. Indianapolis. It should be awesome. Bill. Rivers at the helm. What do you think. they do against this Niners defense led. by Salah and the boys? And what do you.

think the Niners can do against this. Indianapolis Colts defense that gets the. Forest Buckner back? >> I mean, I feel very good about our. chances, especially you're already in. uniform damn near with the sweater, this. helmet, seeing these jerseys. First time. Philip Rivers having some fans in the. stands. Prime time. I like our chance. We went on to the road in Seattle, one. of the most hostile environments in the. NFL. And now his second game with the. team, he's home much more comfortable. had an extra day rest for that arm. I'm. sure he loved that. So, I I like our. chance tonight. Need a big night out of.

Jonathan Taylor. Need a big night out of. 28 at home. And he's delivered a bunch. of big games at home. And then I think. uh we'll we'll get a little more. creative in the past game with been a. little uh more comfortable. Yep. >> And then on the other side, what do you. think Brock Pury and the boys can do to. the Colts defense? No sauce. That was. obviously talked about. Ward, I believe, not not playing as well. Our two number. one corners out. The Forest Buckner back. though, gigantic. >> Huge. Huge. the force 99 being back in. the middle of the defense will be a huge. uh obviously addition to that defense. but we played well we played great last. week in Seattle once again needed a.

walk-off field goal to win that game. So. once again on that side of the ball, I. like our chances as well. The crowd, the. crowd needs to be need to play a role. Need to be a big part tonight. Need to. show up and I think we will. >> It's a lot happen. >> Oh, okay. >> Adam Venitary hitting the anvil. >> Oh, wow. Hold the phones. >> Okay. >> Is that breaking? >> Uh I think it was. >> going to break the anvil. >> I think it was uh I think the cold. social media uh release it. I wonder if. they capitalized the V in Vinnie. Probably not. >> We hope so though. So for the good of. the pa obviously Adam Venitary beloved.

out here in Indianapolis stayed out here. raised his family out here. Uh obviously. he's Adam Venitary and he Yeah. >> strapping young lad. >> He strapping. middle-aged ladage. I believe you're about to see a jacked. Italian bang the hell out of a hammer. onto an anvil. And he knows the deal. You know there's some people that go up. there. I was very lucky. I believe I was. the first person to ever do it. Very. thankful for that. It was a different. hammer, different anvil. Now it's a. completely different spot. It's actually.

become a pretty sick little pregame. routine for the Loud House because it. involves, you know, something like. pretty viol. >> Exactly. And you did well, too, by the. way. You actually hit that thing. Some. people I think they like, oh, this is. kind of a gimmick. If you're swinging a. hammer, something a big hammer, people. can see if you're swinging it or not. The the We're not pulling punches here. Like, let that thing hit that thing. There's some people that I you know I. don't want to say basketball players but. >> Oh no. >> Yeah. >> I've seen basketball players. I think. the job is to just put the hammer onto.

the thing. Yeah. >> Fading away too. >> It wasn't Tyrese. Okay. I'm not going to. say the exact was not Tyrese. Our. Olympic gold medalist would never do. that. Tyresese Halbert. And also new. shoes seem to be doing well for him and. he's not even playing. So good for him. Uh but yeah, Vinnie will be trying to. break that thing. So I think it should. be an electrifying start. Need the team. though to continue giving things for. people to continue to stay with it. I. think that's a big deal especially late. night. We got work tomorrow. Christmas. right around corn. There might be some. bosom, maybe some tiredness, maybe some.

of this. So, let's make sure we have a. little energy on that field. Shane. >> Stiken. >> Yeah, going to need it early too cuz if. they don't, you can assume all those. factors will cause people to leave. But. this is massive for the ticket punching. If the Colts lose, Bills, Jags, Chargers. in the dance, their tickets are punched. If the Ner's win, >> the Niners can still get number one seed. in the NFC. >> Yeah, if the Niners win out, they are. the one seed. >> Okay, so a lot on the line tonight for. both teams. Colts need to win to stay in. it. And they have uh announced what the. halftime show is. Halftime Colts.

carnival cheer and drum line light show. featuring Red Panda and a Pogo Stick. stunt team from I believe I believe the. Pogo Stick stunt team. Uh actual uh. circus act like they're act they travel. Wow. Yeah. Because I I don't know how. well known is Peru, Indiana. which is in. the state of Indiana. North. >> It's right It's so state of Indiana. It's right there inside the state of. Indiana. >> Everyone knows where Peru is. I think. it's next to Miami, Indiana. Northwest. >> Okay. Peru Argent.

>> Anyways, it's like the home I believe of. uh multiple circus acts, circus schools. Like Peru, Indiana is like a circus. capital. Oh [ __ ]. >> Yeah. Actual. I I think like a lot of. people go there to potentially this I. from my understanding this pogo stick. stunt team is a traveling carney circus. stunt team. Okay. >> What that means is they're going to go. for it. Like that is what they they. these things these things like to go. >> They're like the Jabawakis. >> Yeah. What's that? >> They're just like the Jabawakis. Like. when you think of groups in your head.

that go Jabawakis, the Peruvian, Peru, Indiana. team. Yeah. I'm not talking like Jabwalk. is I think a little different path. because I think they're like what I'm. saying is the they're doing this in. tense around. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> And they're going for it, you know, and. they're very experienced, a lot of reps, a lot of time. Absolute dogs from my. understanding. Don't never seen them. Okay. Never never seen them. >> If you're doing pogo stick tricks, you're going crazy. >> Send. We're talking about send. And then.

you got Red Panda that's going to be a. part of this and then a drumline light. show happening. >> Never seen Red Panda in the turf. >> I know. I'm very intrigued. They're. going to have to roll on stage like it's. uh like it's half of the thing. >> They know that. >> What's that? >> Hey, let's get. >> She might have an ATV wheel. She might. have a little bit of a bigger wheel. >> Oh, what if she does take her little. one, throws it out, all of a sudden a. drum line with maybe an electric guitar. She gets this big wheel one. She hops up. on top.

>> Yeah. >> Run [ __ ] over. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe the pogo stick. team is actually laying down and she. rolls over top of them. There's a. chance. >> Yeah. Or the pogo stick team pisses her. off and Rod Band's like, "You know what? I got my big ass wheel. I'm going to run. over these little pogo sticks.". >> What if her unicycle is a pogo stick as. well? We haven't even thought about. that. We haven't even thought about her. rolling and then. >> bo. We haven't. >> We haven't even. >> We haven't even thought about, >> have we? I mean, we haven't even thought.

about. >> there's a chance that that's See, that's. what we're saying. IT'S A BIG ONE. TONIGHT. IT'S A BIG ONE. IT'S A BIG one. tonight. >> I hope she's practiced, especially. coming off the, you know, broken wrist. or whatever it was, cuz one of these. pogo stickers, they might go into. business for themselves and just say, you know, [ __ ] it. I'm just going to go. I'm going to go over red panda. We'll. see if she can handle it. >> A moon salt. >> Yeah, exactly. >> I didn't even think about a slow moon. during a bowl flip. >> All right. All right. Let's not So many. opportunities. >> The signature cocktails at the bottom. You see that? probably be boozing.

>> our suite. Yeah, it's going to be it's. it's all right. We lost it. Here's the. pogo stick team that we uh potentially. >> What. >> is this who they are or is this just a. team? >> This seems like the prominent pogo stick. stunt team. So, this is what possible. potentially. >> Okay. Oh, that was. >> maybe. there's going to BE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE. SAYING. WE GOT A BUNCH OF TRAVIS. PASTRONAS AT HALFTIME TONIGHT. I LIKE. THAT. I like that. Okay, so tonight's a. big one. >> They need hardwood, too. >> Joining us now, ladies. Yeah, they need.

a stage as well. >> No, they got the pogos for everything. Believe me, you coconut husk. >> Yeah, just just wait. There might be a. claw on the bottom of one of these pogo. sticks. >> And if it if they're not getting enough, they they will send someone off the top. deck to go down. >> Really? Like where blue throws the. football from? Exactly. >> Wow. That'd be crazy if they were able. to land that in spot. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, from Anatican, Ohio, he's a man who's a college. football national champ. Hell, he might. be a part of halftime show tonight. Who. knows? Ladies and gentlemen, the alltime. leading tackler for the Green Bay. Packers, AJ Haw.

>> Hawker, we thought maybe cowboy hat and. cowboy boots for the rest of your life. with how cool you looked on uh Saturday. Great to see you, brother. Well, this. halftime show potentially the greatest. of all time right now. We got the. making. >> Yeah, the the Peru uh the Peru Indiana. pogo stick squad. Like, hey, I'm not. joking. Like, I'm a pretty legit pogo. stick person. However you call it, I. don't know what you would call that, but. my buddy's dad had these big time like. commercial pogo sticks growing up. We. were Yeah, they were huge and we used. the pogo all the time for probably five, six, seven years. Man, >> I'm on your side here. I I didn't have a.

uh industrial industrial pogo stick, but. I did run into one whenever I was. happening around neighborhoods, you. know, where either roller skating or or. rollerblading or biking around and then. we'd end up in a neighborhood somewhere. and all of a sudden kid would be like, "What this kid's got?" And it would be a. monster pogo stick. You could really. wait. I think I ended up on a roof. I. think I ended up doubt I think I ended. up on a roof. Or maybe it wasn't me. Maybe somebody else. Somebody pogo stick.

landed on roof. Left pogo stick ended up. on roof. They got those thick ass. >> Oh yeah, the big pogres are no joke. Like the big black ones. I'm being dead. serious. It It actually has a like. bigger spring as well in the middle. Yeah, I know what you're talking about. Cuz there are some that are like kind of. a field goal soccer corner kick stand. Like that's a normal pogo stick. >> Kind of thinner. Yes. A little thinner. Kind of just like for the civilian. usage. >> Yeah. And then there's the industrial. commercial pogo sticks. >> Hard to find. I've been looking online.

for years to find the ones that my my. dad's or my buddy's dad had. You cannot. find them anywhere, honestly. >> Tonight. Well, we we'll try to get a. contact. We We'll try to get a couple of. these for your. >> Get someone's business card, please. >> Okay. We certainly will. And we're. excited that they're doing the show. Speaking of doing the show, ladies and. gentlemen, joining us live. >> What an honor. This guy's an Emmy. award-winning television personality. He's been a part of the NFL since uh. forever basically. He's been a part of. our program literally since first day we. asked. He was at another network for a. while and then he comes over to another.

couple networks. Then he comes over to. ESPN. Didn't forget about us, did he? >> This guy never forgot about us. Some. other people forgot about us. >> Yeah. >> Talking to you, Dan Olowski. Choosing. not to come to Indianapolis. We got something for you. >> Yes, we do. ladies and gentlemen to join. us for the next 44 minutes or so. It's. Peter Shrager in the Shrager 44 minutes.

Look good, Shrikes. I'm never here when. you're here. >> I felt like righteous gemstones coming. out of there. >> We need to give you a little bit more. lighting, >> baby. >> Yeah, it's on us. We apologize. Uh, remember the pogo ball? >> What's that? >> The pogo ball. Does anyone remember this. when we were kids? It was a ball that. you would like jump around the. neighborhood with like it was this like. >> with the little held on thing here. >> No, it was a Sorry with the microphone. here. I'm going to get physical. It was. a ball and there was like a little outer. ring to it and you would like hop on the.

ball all across. >> I don't remember that. I never I don't. think we. >> jersey 1980s. There it is. That thing. Nothing. >> I know. But I mean that's for like. infants. Shrekes. That's not for anyone. over 50 pounds. >> Yeah, all the weird kids had those. >> WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. YOU DON'T DESERVE. THAT, SHREKES. And neither does New. Jersey. I will say I never saw one of. those things. I uh I am thankful for. that. Shout out to Tim Mack feeding off. bringing one of those in. >> No, no, no. That's what we had. >> No, but the pogos. Did you ever do the. industrial pogo?

>> Not what he's talking about. >> Yeah, that super thick one. They got. good springs. I think we're going to see. that tonight. >> These guys were on America's Got Talent. if I remember. I'm on America's Got I'm. an AGT guy. >> Extreme job. They were they were. unbelievable when they were on. So if. it's the same guys like we're in for a. show. >> with Red Panda. >> with I mean. >> and then a light show. >> embarrassment of riches. >> That's what Monday Night Football and. Lucas Stadium is all about. Let's let's. ask ESPN maybe to bring it back. You. know that'd be good to schedule makers. to do that. Speaking of the schedule, San Francisco 49ers can still get the.

number one seed. Obviously the Colts. need the win. They have small chances. but still have chances to make it to the. playoffs. Five and a half point dogs at. home. What are you thinking about this. game tonight, Trags? And thank you for. coming out here. >> Oh, absolutely. I love being here. It's. a it, you know, I went back and watched. obviously Philip Rivers against Seattle. and guy played well. Did everything you. could ask for him. The issue here is. going to be how does he feel eight days. later after playing? Like, can he still. move his body? Can he still get around? Can he be mobile enough? It's actually a. good matchup for him. As good as the. 49ers defense is, they're last in the.

league in sacks. They're not great on. pressuring the quarterback. And if he. can get to a seven on seven situation. where he's just making a pizza in the. back and just dissecting, this is the. defense to do that. >> Making sandwiches, >> he can do it. He can do it. So, you. know, you talk to the people in the. Niners organization, not for a second. are they like, "Oh, we're going to take. off Philip Rivers's head." Like, they. are actually very fearful that if he. gets comfortable in the pocket, he can. dissect that defense. >> Okay, I love to hear that. Obviously, we. know that Jonathan Taylor can get busy. and tonight's going to be fantastic. Let's pivot away from Monday Night.

Football. Let's just talk about NFL as a. whole. Seven spots secured for the. playoffs coming out of this particular. Sunday. Obviously, we had Thursday. night, Saturday, and Sunday games. Uh. kind of your take on where we sit as a. as an NFL. Five teams in the NFC are in, two automatically already in in the AFC. What does this kind of tell you, Shreggs? And what are your thoughts? >> The parody is great because you have all. these teams that have not been perennial. powers the last few years. I will say. this, there has been sort of the the. excitement and the fangs out of week 17.

and 18 taken out just a little bit with. all these teams having already clinched. and that Netflix schedule on Sun on Trip. is awful. >> Awful and you can't flex out of it. So. that's awful. The Amazon game at night. is awful. So NBA is back, baby. That's. what it is. No, I'm kidding. But it's. just like as far as like Christmas Day, there was thoughts that those matchups. were going to really dictate how the. playoff picture was going to be. Pretty. much insignificant. It'll come down to. week 18. I know ESPN's got two Saturday. games. One of them will obviously be of.

great significance. Another one will be. at 4:30. But I look at this this status. here. It's like, all right, we got some. new logos in there. And then the teams. that are going to be like the five seeds. might be the Rams and the Bills who. everyone might want to just say, well, those are the teams I know. They're the. ones who are going to go on the runs. >> Yeah. And it is. We had a thing asked. the class of the league uh in the first. hour. It was actually our uh fifth. headline coming out of the weekend. It's. like you think about the Bears, the. Patriots, the Panthers, and the Jags. It's like last year four and 13 or. whatever it was. This year kind of. leading in the way. That's a beautiful.

thing for the league as a whole. But it. is tough for schedule makers to get. Christmas right whenever they're trying. to project what teams are going to. matter. Nobody could have thought it was. going to be these four. >> Yeah. No shot. Especially when you're. thinking about first year head coaches. and just what that success typically. looks like. That is the cool thing about. the last two weeks though is all the. seeds are up for grabs. like nobody has. a division locked up and nobody has any. of the seeds locked up. Like there's a. situation where tonight I mean the six. seed is the ners and they might be the.

one seed and then if you look at the AFC. side as well like the Broncos haven't. even won the division yet and still. they're kind of the you know runaway. first team to clinch in the AFC like. that will be what's interesting these. last couple weeks is who's going to get. that first round buy. If the 49ers were. to win out and they've got this game, they've got the Bears, they've got the. Seahawks, they will not have to play a. single game outside of SoFi after. tonight, they've got two home games left. regular season. They would clinch the. NFC West. And then there's never been a. team because I know the Buccaneers and. Rams did it, but they didn't do it as.

one seeds that went the entire distance. through the playoffs and won a Super. Bowl in their own building. That's on. the table for the 49ers. And I challenge. anybody to go Google the 49ers depth. chart, name four of their defenders. right now. Yeah, it sounds like Shanahan. should be up for coach of the year. >> You would think and yet you don't hear. his name anywhere in the conversation. because. >> it feels like that's a new coach thing. >> Doesn't it feel like it's like kind of. like you graduate into being an NFL. coach? >> Liam Cohen, Ben Johnson, and then maybe. Mike Frabel for bringing back the. Patriots in a way that he has. >> Well, if Shane Stiken is able to get the. boys in the playoffs. Okay.

>> McDonald's. >> McDonald. >> Yeah, >> absolutely. Absolutely. McDonald out. there in Seattle. I mean, Shanahan being. able to do this as soon as we saw Warner. and Bosa go down. I think we as a show. and we apologized to the Niners faithful. naturally were like, "Okay, they're. dead.". >> Party, too. >> Yeah, Py was all banged up. >> Party banged up. M. Jones was playing. It's like, are they moving on for Brock. party? They're dead. >> No, I. he was driving by. I guess the other day. I saw way too fast. >> Yeah, he's doing some dumb. >> Huanga and Dre Green Law signed with. Denver. Those were two defensive.

leaders. Like, I'm telling you, go look. at their depth chart. They are in there. are names that are not household names. that are going to be asked to play huge. roles late. >> And that's why the Colts need to pull. them away. Okay, that's why names That's. why names we know. Phil Rivers. Yeah, we. know him. Okay, Jonathan Taylor. Ever. heard of him? Yeah, star-studded Colts. team needs to put this Niners team away. But the thing that sucks about that is. it feels like their offensive style and. system is going to create yards. regardless, especially with Brock. Birdie. They got George KD, Christian. McAffrey. Those two might be the dynamic. duo that maybe the league can't stop for.

the eternal time as long as they stay. healthy. And on defensive side, Salah. became the head coach of the Jets. because of how damn great he is. He. falls right back into place. They got. players that are NFL talent. They'll be. able to take care of business is how. they view it and they certainly have. And if they get the number one seed in. the NFC, I mean, definitely warranted of. coach of the year conversation. AJ has a. question for you, Shreggs over there in. Ohio. Hey, buddy. >> Yeah, Shregs, you uh you mentioned Liam. Con. The Jags went to Denver, got a huge. win on the road yesterday, I guess. What. are your what are your thoughts on them. heading into a possible like playoff.

push? >> All right, so there's X's and O's and. then there's like personality of a team. and vibe of a team. No team has leaned. into the nobody believes in us narrative. and the small market no one wants us. here narrative more than this version of. the Jaguars. And Liam is 100% the rider. of that bus. Sean Payton most innocuous. comment last week says I know a lot of. people haven't seen them. They're a. small market team. >> Oh, I didn't know that was in response. >> Oh yes, that was Shawn Payton said that. and I talked to Shawn. He didn't know.

it. He wasn't thinking to like throw. Liam took that, showed that to the team, showed it to the social media account. and then they go and they do their. thing. Two weeks ago, Trevor Lawrence, they beat the Colts. Trevor Lawren says, "I know everybody else in the national. media wants to talk about other teams in. our own division because everyone was. raving about the Texans after their. Thursday night win against the Bills.". He's like, "We're fine with that. We. know nobody wants us here." So, you've. got all these guys that are now leaning. into this, hey, we're just a 30. secondond market in the NFL. No one. wants us. We're not going to be on. anyone's radar. And they're actually. embodying that. And that is such a vibe.

thing, but that is a first year coach. with a young staff. Their defensive. coordinator, a guy named Anthony. Campanelli, Jersey guy, total like hype. up defensive coordinator, 40 years old. Their offensive coordinator, Grant. Yadinsky, 29 years old. Liam's 38, their. GM's 34. It's a bunch of young guys who. have this young team believing. And it's. one of those deals where it's like it. could just be one of these runaway. >> charismatic bandwagon us against the. world teams, which we get. we get for a.

long time. >> as you're laying it out. I don't love. what that does for a team what you what. you were just saying there. And. obviously the Colts got Niners, Jags and. Texans down the stretch can still do it. Jags can still do it and Texans can. still do it. Trevor Lawrence though. playing his best ball. >> Unbelievable. >> I mean, we forgot he's a stallion when. he runs. Like he's gigantic and he can. stride his ass out. He's big. He's. spinning it. Liam's got him believing. And you talk about him talking about. national media, they're definitely. showing our clips, huh? >> Mhm. We are definitely in there.

>> We love Jackie. We. >> I tell him the tape. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. We changed Liam. >> Yeah. Whenever he was going to fight. Who is he going to fight? I forget who. >> Oh yeah. Bob Salah. >> Keep my name out of your mouth, [ __ ]. >> Yeah. And then the hold back. >> That's all part of it though. Like that. was week three or something. And that. like that led into all this. And big. game for Trevor yesterday and Parker. Washington steps up. But Certan handled. Brian Thomas yesterday. like he didn't. And then they had seven other receivers.

make plays and that was a major deal for. the Jaguars. Like who else is going to. beat you? Well, they spread the ball out. and they had backup offensive linemen in. like they they won a really good game. against a team that hadn't lost since. last year at home. >> And Shrekes, this is something that. they've been talking about for years. down there, but more specifically this. past offseason. Felt like the Jags had a. lot of high hopes, especially from. ownership. >> Well, I was just going to say, sorry, I. was not prepared for that. I was like I WAS GOING TO GO. >> HE had belief in Liam Cohen and Stoner. Like he actually did have belief in Liam.

Cohen and Stoner and let them make. massive trades. >> I mean the Travis Hunter trade is one of. the most boldest brazen decisions to. ever make. Huge. >> You're trading up three spots next. year's first round pick with your. thought being because we're not going to. have a top five pick again. That pick's. not going to be a top five pick. We're. so confident in our roster that we can. give you that first round pick and then. we're going to take a cornerback/wide. receiver second overall at positions. that do not go second overall. Yeah, he's injured, but like that move that. roll the dice. That's a belief in what.

we have in the building. >> And they talked about expanding football. and you talk about being young, it's. like they got big dreams, big hopes, high expectations down there already. And for the Colts, obviously not great. news because we don't know what the. future looks like at pretty important. positions, you know, numerous ones and. we don't have a lot of picks uh in the, you know, but boy, this could be the. best Jacksonville Jaguars team of all. time. And uh I think that's something. that's very special. And congrats to. Trevor Lawrence. He's had to sit in the. pocket literally and figuratively while. everything has been happening around. them that is not good. 14 touchdowns,

zero turnovers the last four games for. Trevor Lawrence. 77 point something QBR. The best stretcher that they've had. sixgame win streak never in. Jacksonville. Do you even consider that? And you talk about Shod Khan. Yeah. Lights out in the red zone. I apologize. Go ahead. >> Not lights out in the red zone last few. weeks, but uh Denver was by far the best. red zone defense and they went four or. five yesterday, which is unreal. >> Yeah. So that's smaller, but everything. like you need your quarterback to play. better is down there in the red zone. So. whenever you see high success, that's. also indicative of what could happen in. the playoffs whenever you're playing. great defenses, let alone him playing.

one right here. Sean Khan though, the. owner, this guy found a bumpers. >> Yep. >> Okay. Yeah, he's created bumpers as a. whole. One of the best mustaches in the. history of just humans. His yacht, I. think, is spectacular as well. Good for. him. He's worked for it. But he has. invested in this team as soon as he got. it. Uh, we need fans to come and enjoy. this. Let's put a couple pools in here. Drops a couple pools. Hey, we need to. hire this. We need to build a new city. We need a Jaguar city within downtown. You got it. I'll do the entire thing. Like, he was all in on having a winner. in the NFL for a long, long time. And.

now there's not even a consideration of. kicking them out of Jacksonville to go. to London. That was the combo for a long. time. Good for Shod Khan who's really. been going for it for a long time. >> Yeah. And and good for Trevor because. how many of these early round. quarterbacks do we just crap on in the. media and crap and then it just destroys. them and they can't Trevor Lawrence just. sat back there didn't lash out at one. time just kind of stood in the pocket. like you said and has been unbelievable. this year. I know we do the MVP talk and. it's all Stafford and Drake May. There's. an argument to be made. You want to talk. about taking a a franchise from from the.

dregs and lifting them up on your back. and taking them to where they are. Trevor Lawrence been unbelievable this. season. >> Good for Trevor, man. Hey, that was a. lot of pressure coming into the league. >> I mean, going into college, a lot of. pressure went into Clemson. >> Top high school guy, top college guy. >> Going into the league, everybody shut. down the basically their facilities to. watch his pro day. Like, this was the. chosen one. And then it goes how it goes. down there since the beginning. And now. he's playing his best ball and he looks. accurate as [ __ ] right? >> Yeah. >> Like there's be there used to be some. misses. No offense, Trevor. used to be. some misses that didn't look great,

which I think JJ McCarthy should be. like, "Hey, there is potentially an end. goal here that can happen, but he would. miss some crosser or some easy one. Maybe it was just him not being. confident in the throw. Now he's got an. offense. He's completely confident in. playing his best ball. Good for Trevor. Lawrence." All right, let's pivot to. some other stuff happening around the. league. Another AFC team. Go ahead, Debb. >> Yeah, out west. I feel like the Chargers. kind of flying under everyone's radar. 5-0 in their division, 8-2 in the AFC, and just Herbert just had a big game. yesterday, another 300 yard game against.

the Cowboys. What's your thoughts on the. Chargers? Can they make a run in the. playoffs this year? >> Yeah, and they could still be the one. seed. They still have a shot if if they. can beat the Broncos and they can finish. out the season and the Broncos lose. There's still a chance for them. They. need some help. Uh Herbert yesterday was. awesome. This remember this is a. situation where Joe Alt went down. Obviously, they lost Slater in the. offseason and everyone just kind of was. like, "All right, well, they've got no. shot." They're winning now. Now they're. winning with guys like Amarian Hampton. healthy again and Quinton Johnson played. big yesterday. All these guys that. they've drafted early on lad they're all.

healthy now and they're all playing and. Justin Herbert is as good as anybody. when he's dialed in. So the Monday night. game was huge and then you win this one. here quiet team because of obviously you. think of them as a second team in Los. Angeles. Whatever it is I don't know. they win games and Harbaugh's a damn. good coach. >> Yeah I'd say. And uh Justin Herbert is a. good guy. >> He is a good guy. Did you hear him say. he says heads please, tails please? Cuz. he thinks karma is real and he's being a. good guy. >> That wasn't the convo that I've been. hearing about Justin Herbert just cuz he. want to sign some other team's fans.

anything. Okay. Justin Herbert good guy. >> Was that even him like that? >> Who knows? PEOPLE ARE HOLDING IT AGAINST. him though. >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, people holding it. against. >> anybody anybody who thinks Karma is real. probably has fallen ill to Karma at some. point for some reason. >> Well, Justin Herbert says, "Hey, listen. I would like to let the football gods. know that when I'm picking heads or. tails, I would like to be nice to Heys, please. He's asking your coin. And he. also said, "Check, check the record. We've been winning a lot of coin. tosses," which is obviously quite an.

advantage. I like the Chargers team as. well. I like everything about it. I like. the way Jim Harbaugh goes into a place, changes the culture. He was on the field. punching every offensive lineman for a. great drive. >> And little and and my man Mter going. after defensive coordinator also super. fired up. Both those guys, Michigan. guys, like they came together. It was. the whole deal. >> That's like a uh It feels like they got. a real family over there. And we saw. their facility. >> Oh, yeah. >> What do they call it? It's like Bolt. Bolt. >> The Bolt. >> Yeah. Whatever it is. It's the nicest. I've ever seen. >> They paid 300 million for that thing. >> In 2024, 2025 in Los Angeles to build a.

brand new facility. The Bolt. Yeah. It's. like, >> look at Conor. >> That's right. Walking in there. >> Yeah. Great time. I will say everything. is great. The seats in the restaurant. below. They need. >> the cafeteria. >> They need new restaurant. No, no, it's a. private club. >> Oh, you're talking about the uh. >> above where you can watch. Yeah. Where. season ticket holders can go and watch. If you're a season ticket holder, I. don't know how you go and sit down and. not say like, "Oh, okay. I'm never. coming back." Cuz the booth is just. miserable. But aside from that, I mean,

>> the football ops. >> for Yes. But the cafeteria and. everything, it was going ice. >> Oh, the coffee ice cream. >> It was good ice cream. >> BRICK OVEN PIZZA. >> OH, PIZZA. >> Was it for real? Yeah. Golf sim. >> Golf sim. >> Yeah, it was. They first of all, they. allowed us all access to these. >> This is pretty cool. This good video. >> Yeah, we took advantage. Thank you. We. had a good time. >> This would be a nice series. Pat and the. boys visit all 32 facilities. All. access. >> So, that's the thing. There's a lot of. facilities that would not want us to. showcase how it is, which goes back to.

the report card, which is they're trying. to get off the public record. >> Be at least B+. >> Yeah, we'll go through the old report. card, you know, because theirs are going. to be gone. I. >> think the top 10. >> Yeah, exactly. Go check it out. Whatever. the case, we appreciate how much uh. they're invested in ball and how much. they've seemingly invested in the. culture. They seemingly all the way. back. Go ahead, Ty. >> Yeah, you mentioned, you know, crapping. on rookie quarterbacks and kind of just. leaving for for dead. Like that's. exactly what happened with Carolina, Bryce Young, and everything that's going. on there. And now, you know, they're on. the doorstep of the playoffs. What do.

you think is going to happen in the NFC. South? And also, what's going on in. Tampa? You know, 10 weeks ago, we were. talking about Baker winning the MVP. They were the cardiac kids. and now like. they just look like a shell of. themselves. >> Yeah, it's as low as it's been in Tampa. in probably 3, four years right now. Um, and talking to folks there, they're. confused because they have all four. healthy wide receivers now. They've got. back Mike Evans. They got back McMillan. They have everybody. I looked like he. was going to be the offensive rookie of. the year. Yeah. >> First six weeks of the season, had one.

catch yesterday and they only threw to. him, I think, twice. All the things that. they were excited about getting back the. last two weeks has gone terrible. They've lost to now the Saints, the. Falcons, and the Panthers in three. straight weeks. The Falcons game, I. think, was the worst loss any team. suffered all season. The Falcons had 19. penalties against them and still won. without Drake London after being. eliminated in Tampa. So, morale is at. all time. And yet, if they win out and. they beat Carolina and Carolina lose one. more game, it's like Tampa's in the. playoffs and they're hosting a playoff.

game for the fifth straight year. >> Yeah. And we still have faith in Baker. It feels like anytime he gets on there, him and Mike Evans being on the exact. wrong page here in the most crucial play. to end it is obviously good for. Carolina, bad for Tampa. But to your. point, they could still host a playoff. game down there in Tampa and Carolina. could host a playoff game. >> Yeah, they were packed out. It was. actually I think G might have posted or. sent it into the group. It was packed in. there and the reaction from like the up. top mezzanine or whatever in that. stadium was one of those things you.

watch and almost get chills like wow. >> I'm not kidding. Like it was on I was. watching and I know it's not like you. know Birkhart and Brady and Aaron. Andrews and Raldi. It's not like that. kind of like. >> you could hear the broadcast, you could. hear the building and it's been it's. been years since Carolina has had that. Maybe since Cam was the quarterback. where like there's actual juice in that. building yesterday. >> Yeah, they love bald down there. Just. been waiting for a reason. Cam's number. one target too. Greg O was on the drum. The keep pounding drum. >> Oh, I did not know that. >> Was Saturday I didn't know. What's that? >> They chant keep pounding.

Keep pounding. I didn't know that. That's like a thing inside the stadium. I just thought it was some dumb hashtag. they made. >> Greg Olson great on the call, by the. way. Great on any call that he's on. And. uh keep. >> pounding. We have a sound. Panther tight end adding to the. atmosphere. Start of the fourth quarter. You know it's a big game when Greg Olsen. shows up. Called the game on Fox. yesterday.

>> to start the fourth quarter. >> Pounding. >> Keep pounding. >> I don't know if they do it while they're. doing the drum. They do it while they're. playing. >> Oh, while they're playing. >> Yeah, while they're playing. >> Oh, I thought it was during the drum. >> Oh, no. I don't know if they do it. during the drum. like the fans just. naturally do the keep. >> pounding huge. It was incredible. Yeah, it was Sam Mills. >> I like that. And also that lower shot. that we had of uh Baker, I think before. that final play, the back shot that. stadium looks like it goes up like this. I got a chance to play there. I don't.

remember it being like a crazy. environment. Now granted, Mikey Car Bowl. certainly brought the juice. >> Okay. And the Mayo Bowl certainly does. as well, but nothing's like a Carolina. Panthers game, I assume, whenever. they're humming. That looks like a. little Gladiator type vibe in there. Are. they going to have a real HOMEFIELD. EVENT? ARE THEY GOING TO HOST A PLAYOFF. GAME DOWN THERE? JUST LOOK AT THAT. That. [ __ ] looks like it's straight up. Yeah, that looks uh that's a tight shot right. now. >> Now, ESPN usually gets a four five. matchup on that Monday night wild card. game and it's usually uh four five and. you wait for the rest of the teams play, then the winner obviously plays the one.

seed. If Carolina's the four, it'll be. either them or whoever the AFC's team. likely hosting a playoff game on Monday. Night Football. So, it could be cool. We. might have to get everyone down there. Yeah, I might have to get the squad down. to Charlotte there. I think you don't go. downtown, you go uptown there, I believe. in Charlotte and they got a great happy. hour scene because I think it's like a. big banking town. So happy hour from my. understanding every time I've been down. there. Fantastic. >> I was there I was there this summer and. it was for a friend's birthday, whatever. We fly in and there was a.

soccer game FC. >> Charlotte. >> Charlotte and the streets were packed. I'm like this is it felt like I was in. Europe. Great hosting. >> Great town. Great sports town. >> and close. Everything's kind of. >> all arenas right there, too. >> Yeah. And they got that entire uh plaza. area that goes straight up. That's got a. lot of bars and restaurants. And that's. where Dale Nhard Junior's bar, Whiskey. River, was. >> Yeah. It was I think they had How at the. Moon on the fourth floor. >> Wow. >> Yeah. They had Dale Nhard's bar on the. third floor. >> Oh man. NASCAR Hall of Fame.

>> NASCAR Hall of Fame is in Charlotte and. it is a close drive. Obviously, the. hotel we were staying in had a walking. bridge to Dale Earnhard How at the. Moon's place. >> So, that was lethal. Yeah, that was. pretty problematic, I would say, for a. Pro Bowl or for bowl week. We had a good. time and we won. So, uh we'll just keep. it moving. Act like it didn't happen. Dale Nhard's Whiskey River Place. >> It's been good to me over the past. I. appreciate it. Fox, I think you've even. been there, right? >> Yeah, that was uh absolutely insane. That place is awesome. And like you. said, attached right to the hotel. How. can you not walk into that place?

>> Yeah, they got a bull in there. They do. the whole gimmick. Oh yeah. >> Shout out three. >> They got tall. >> Shout out three and his boy. >> Praise hell. Praise them. >> That's right. >> Amen. >> Miss you three. >> Love you three. >> Love you three. >> You know who we miss right now as well? Chiefs being in conversation. Now I just. got Travis Kelce on his podcast as you. know meaningful football games. Not. really. M. They go from are we still a. dynasty to we just lost to the [ __ ]. Titans? >> That's what the Chiefs are at right now. >> Not even lost.

>> And who knows if the dynasty's delayed. We'll obviously see that in the future, but right now they go Chiefs go from, "Oh, we still got Patrick Mo, injuries, injuries. Two weeks later, losing to the. Titans in Nashville and then now. everybody's just saying this team's. dead. They're done. So, it's a shame.". They're not the only ones, though. Go. ahead, con man. >> Yeah, Shs. Uh, a lot of people gave you. a lot of gruff once you said the Lions. are not going to. >> 15 and two last year. >> 15 and two. Hey, >> what are you talking about, Shreger? SHUT UP. SHUT UP, PETER. >> SHUSH. SHUT UP. WHO IS THIS BUFFOON?

>> YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU GET OFF MY TV? >> WELCOME TO ESPN. SHUSH. >> QUIT THAT ESPN malarkey. Okay, you're. just making [ __ ] up now. Turns out you. pissed on all those lines people's faces. for a reason. You were right. They are. going to miss the playoffs. They're 10. and seven right now. Packers beat, you. know, Snoop Huntley, maybe Lamar on. Saturday. Packers are in. Lions go home. crying. Uh what the hell happened? Well, the Chiefs are one thing. Injuries, uh, even though it looks as though, you.

know, injuries in Andy Reed's culture, they got pummeled by the Titans. Very. weird. Let's forget about that for a. second. What the hell happened with the. Lions? Where do the Lions go? It didn't. just, you know, happen overnight. Obviously, they still have a lot of. their pieces, but a lot of their things, you know, trenches kind of fell apart. Uh, what do you think happened? >> I thought yesterday was a microcosm of. their entire season. You have a fourth. down early in this game. Fourth and. three. Dan Campbell, we're gonna go for. it. Let's roll the dice. Stopped. turnover on downs. That. >> they they were last year seventh in the.

league in conversion rate on fourth down. and we praise them for it. Grit they. were 21st in the league right now and. yet they still go for it every time. Uh. you know we talk about grit and talk. about the trenches and we don't 17 play. 68 drive Steelers Jaylen Warren just. running it down their throats. I think. they ran I think they ran three. offensive plays in the third quarter. >> and they had 15 yards rushing their. lowest total since 1970. >> yesterday. So that's all at home and. Foxy I'm I'm I know I wasn't trying to.

like make a big splash on ESPN. You had. to pick teams and a lot of times what we. get. >> uh in my world is all right who are you. going to pick in the Super Bowl. So you. pick two teams and no one cares. What I. like to do is tell me you're 14 because. not all 32 can make it and you're going. to have 16 or I don't know what's the. math. 14 32 - 14 18 maybe. >> 32 - 18 14. >> no 32 - 4. >> 18 is. >> 18 so 18 fan bases are going to be like. shut up you're wrong you can't the Lions. I didn't see it this year because of Ben. Johnson and because of that interior.

offensive line play that they let go of. a lot of veteran players. >> and I'm not celebrating it and it's not. over yet. >> well. >> but yesterday you should you should take. a victory lap right now today the day to. take your victory no you should because. Lions fans were coming after you. >> You know what that guy in the blue hair. would have said to you, let alone DK. >> Oh my gosh. Allegedly. Allegedly. Go. ahead. >> Oh, no. I was just going to say like you. took it on the shins all season long. I.

thought you were wrong. And honestly, the only thing about us not making not. making the playoffs that makes me really. angry is that you were right. And so. that really pisses me off. Sorry. But. you deserve you earned it. >> I like Connor said, you kind of did piss. on her face. You know, you get the. freezing cold takes. You get all these. sites when you make a wrong prediction. I checked my phone this morning or. yesterday. Not a sick. No, there's. millions of people who just tell just. just tweet me heinous, awful, hateful. things. I didn't get one person say, "Hey, you were riding the Lions." That's.

just the game we play. >> That's the game. That said, not looking. for a pat on the back. And I would also. add this that. >> that team, they've got a good. quarterback. They got too like they. could be right back next year. >> But yesterday was a a terrible loss and. you could blame the refs all you want. That no point in that game did you feel. like the Lions had it. >> And on that note, it looked like the. same. >> old lines. >> And that's scary for me cuz obviously. I'm very close with Foxy. >> and what his life was like is the same. old lines. I want to win 10 games and.

win a playoff game. That was all it was. And then now it's like we're winning a. Super Bowl. And then Trey said, "No, you're not even going to make the. playoffs." And it's like, "This guy's. this guy's out to get us. This guy's out. to get us." Their expectations became. Super Bowl team. And then now it's like. had transition, had turnover, obviously. not having your best year. Will you guys. be back next year? I think so. Another. Shepard with D coordinator. I think. Philadelphia had to do it there for a. little bit. They had one year new. coordinator and then they were able to. get after it. I I believe in Dan. Campbell. I believe in their building. I.

believe in Jared Goff. If he has time, can be a guy. Like I believe in that. type of [ __ ] You guys get a lot of. injuries up there, bad timing, injuries, and then you're going to have to go and. prove it yet again to everybody because. if not, you're the same. >> old Lions, and that sucks, dude. I don't. like that for you guys. >> No, 100%. And I don't like it. >> To stay on the positive side, I'm. viewing this as the 2023 Eagle season. where they just look clunky all season. long. They come back next year, they win. the Super Bowl. That's what I'm hoping. for cuz our marquee guys played great.

all season long. Golf was great. Gibbs. was great. St. Brown was great. Jammo. great. Hutch great. All of our guys that. got paid have been playing great except. Kirby Joseph who was hurt all season. long. So hopefully we stay healthy next. year and MCDC rallies them. >> And with MCDC like the thing that gives. me faith in the Lions, Brad Holmes, like. they pick the right guys. They they have. their culture and they pick dudes that. come in and make an impact right away. Like what Tate Ratlage I believe from. Isaac Tesla who hopefully will come back. next year even better. Like they do pick.

dudes that make them better. So I feel. like that's a just like how in Philly. like that is a huge reason. >> Brad Holmes took a running back and an. inside linebacker with two first round. picks a few years ago and it was Jir. Gibbs and Jack Campbell. You better. believe they got killed for those picks. and sure enough they're two of the best. players. Iowa guy Jack Campbell. >> and Almond Raw too like J Mo. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I think we all have faith. Let's. go to the other side obviously. Let's go. to the Pittsburgh Steelers. the. situation uh between DK and the fan. I.

don't know what you. >> No, I mean Adam said it like the league. usually comes out today and says this. guy's been suspended for x amount of. games, but there's two sides to every. story. I I hate it. I hate it from every. side of it. I hate we're talking about. it because there was such good football. over the weekend. >> It certainly was. And this is not good. Can't happen. Uh obviously what is being. alleged can't happen either. So the NFL. will make a ruling on this and then. everything else will kind of follow. through. But we don't like this, okay? We don't like any part of it. This is. not what ball is, okay? We do like fans. that talk a lot of [ __ ] We do like. players that have a lot of pride. We.

can't be doing this though. For the good. of all, for the good of all can't be. happening. And uh we'll be excited to. see what the story is if we ever find. out. >> You think we ever. >> DK might tell us a side of his story at. some point. >> Well, allegedly he has allegedly he. talked to Debo too. I believe Debo and. Joe have a uh Joe uh Hayden have a. podcast. Debo said the same thing that. Oo said on Night Cap. Oo said he talked. directly to DK as well, but we have not. heard directly from DK or the Pittsburgh. Steelers. And what the assumption is, not have not talked to either party or. heard from either party, uh, that they.

will wait for the NFL to kind of set the. course. >> That's the same guy as Pelisero tweeted. like followed him to Seattle to talk. smack. Like that's. >> it's an interesting it's certainly an. interesting story, but I think. everybody's just kind of waiting on the. NFL cuz it's an NFL and an NFL building, but certainly optically not good. No, you would assume that someone around. there has a cell phone video that you. can actually hear what is being said if. it's not already being. >> cuz we saw the uh I think bus posted it. first. A kid named Alex. >> The one right Yeah. Right next.

>> down the side where it that changed. Yeah, this one I believe is from a kid. named Alex. I think I saw bus posted. I'm not 100% sure. But like Yeah, that. one showed that it wasn't a punch cuz. the original shot from the front looked. like it was a punch in the face. It's. like, yo, DK's punching a fan in the. face. That's [ __ ] very. >> This shot here, this angle's not good. >> That's very aggressive. That one does. not look good. And then you see from the. side, well, actually was a shirt grabb. where there is some physicality and he. throws a shirt back. I mean, if that guy. with the blue hair just moves his head. to the to the right, that is certainly a. PL, but not good. Any of it. We'll wait. to hear what the NFL has to say. And.

will there be more footage that comes. from it or audio? We assume that could. be, but will we ever see it? We don't. know. Just can't happen. Especially the. holiday season. >> That's right. >> Holiday season. Now, on the flip side of. that, big- time win for the Pittsburgh. Steelers. Coach Tomlin gets his uh 200th. win. Wow. >> Pittsburgh Steelers 19 consecutive non-. losing seasons and back in the driver's. seat of everything they want. Let's head. over to Hammer Don AP. Tone has a. question for you. Shrekes. >> Yes, I do. Shrekes. Obviously a great. win yesterday. Almost 500 yards, 230.

yards rushing, 15 yards given up on the. grounds of that Lions team. They only. gave up 60 last week to the Dolphins on. the ground. So, everyone's playing. really good. And you talked about that. Monday Night Football game between a. four and five seed. The Steelers are in. that spot right now. Tre, is this the. year that, you know, the Steelers can. potentially get back to a an a an AFC. championship and restore glory in a. Berg? >> Oh, I'm.

from the. >> We're not too far from moved from Yer's. booing that now there's real optimism. shakes. Well, they're a couple bounces. away right now from being a division. winner for the first time since 2020, >> hosting a playoff game. >> And right now, as it plays out, Josh. Allen and the Buffalo Bills would be the. ones in the building for that first. wildard game. >> Uhoh. >> Are we sure? >> No, I think it's the Chargers.

>> Yeah, it keeps changing because I was. you last Monday and I was wrong. But I. guess the Chargers are five. >> Last night I went to bed. Maybe it was. okay. NO, IT'S WEIRD. CORNAKI SAYING. >> IT'S WEIRD, MAN. I DON'T KNOW. >> WHAT'S Cornaki got. >> See, there. Yeah, there it is. >> All right. I'm sorry. >> They got the Phil Jackson. It's weird. >> Yeah, but it can all that could happen. Possible. >> Yeah, that he certainly is. >> That was such a buildup and then it was. a fell flat. >> No, no, no. Still possible though. Still. very much an outcome. Same person. Yeah, just from. >> here's the truth of the matter. We're. going to talk about Philip Rivers being.

44 and what an amazing accomplishment. that is. Rogers was awesome yesterday at. 42. Rogers was amazing. They had nine. different third and fourth down. conversions yesterday. Rogers was. incredible in uh under pressure like. five of eight I think when he had like. the pass blitz coming on him. He was. unbelievable yesterday and at 42 years. old maybe it's a story also if Riters. wasn't doing what he's doing. Hey this. is this is possible also. So they are. all on the same page. They're feeling. good. I love this team right now. >> AJ with the pass blitz coming on them.

What what do you think? >> I'm sorry. Okay. Come on. I'm sorry. >> What? No. >> All right. What do we say, Paul? Sorry. >> No, he is. Yes. Yes. That is that is But. uh Aaron does seem very comfortable, confident, and enjoying this particular. offense at this point. AJ, >> yeah, he does. I mean, watch him. You. can see him walking off the field last. night with with Tomwin and Cam Hayward. And Tom was just gassing them both up. They're so excited about the big win. I. mean, I don't know if you guys like, yeah, this here this is this is awesome. But that game did not look great for the. Steelers. Like, it looked like, okay,

they the Steelers should have won this. one. Oh no, they lost it. Here we go. line's going to going to find a way to. win and then the bizarre situation that. end it. So, I think they're super happy. they got a win and with every single. win, your confidence grows and that. trickles down throughout the rest of the. team. >> I mean, coach Tomlin beating his chest. on a way out while they're talking [ __ ]. I love that. Yeah, I am a big. >> He's talking [ __ ] to local media. >> Yeah, Brooke Prior, ESPN NFL reporter. for the Pittsburgh Steelers. She's been. around the Steelers for a long time. during a large portion of this what.

>> she's been multiple years. She's not. from there, but yeah, a couple years. >> Okay. But under that is AP Dunn who's. obviously Pittsburgh Steeler, dieh hard. fan who uh watches as a Steelers fans. lens and everything. Brooks got to do. her job. We respect and appreciate her, but she has been around for a while. So, she knows a lot and she's also been. there for a lot of the winning seasons, but not a lot of winning playoffs and. then obviously a lot of different. situations. So, anytime you're doing. that local report just like Markaby, every once in a while you can let. something fly and the entire team sees.

it. There was a time in Indianapolis. where one of the local writers basically. said Chuck should be fired and he needs. to be fired and that person walked in. the locker room like the next day and. everybody was like hey we don't talk to. this [ __ ] like that that is not how. this whole thing is going. So the local. reporters certainly have a little bit. more of uh uh chance to be seen by the. team. I think they're there every day. >> every day and they're talking about it. But if you do say anything that is. negative towards the team, it can. certainly be bundled as a package for. motivation for everybody. And uh.

sometimes they let you know about it and. sometimes it's just being talked about. in the team meeting. >> A delicate dance. It's easy to be the. cheerleader when you're the local person. and say everything's great. It's really. hard to go out there and sometimes be. the negative voice. So you put yourself. out there, you you're going to have to. fear the wrath because you have to. actually walk in the building. >> Yeah. But you're a hero to the fans. though. >> Yes. >> You know, so you want to hear that. >> Yeah. You're kind of celebrated out in. public. But then whenever you show up to. work, you know, there's people that are. waiting there like. >> the shador conversation in Cleveland's. fascinating right now. >> Okay. >> Because I think the local media is is.

something to watch as far as like the. talk radio guys. They could say what. you've got local beat reporters in there. and the fan base all seemingly want. Shadore and then it's are you reporting? Are you giving your opinion? Are you. because the truth of the matter is I. talk to people in Cleveland. I don't. have any assurance that Shador is the. guy moving forward yet. is playing very. well and now the next few weeks are. going to play out and as a local media. member it's okay am I giving the. information or am I giving my thoughts. my opinion or am I giving something. where it's this is what the fans want to.

hear it's a delicate tense every single. day with. >> journalistic what's it called what do. they say. journalist. >> journalistic standards I was asked about. yeah what about it you know tell me. about this content driven world where we. all hear everything everybody says. what's this what's that who are you. making happy. What things are you. leaving out of the conversation just. purposefully because of might be an. easier landing of the plane? I mean, there's a lot of [ __ ] going on right now. in reporting as a whole, but certainly. in the biggest stories like Shadore in. Cleveland. >> I just gave Shador as an example. It.

could be any of the things. That's a. great example. That's a great example. That is a great example. >> Especially in Cleveland because we. haven't really cared about anybody. talking or what they say in Cleveland or. people watching the games or anything. like that. But every postgame press. conference, it seems like he has to, you. know, be the grown-up in the room and. answer the question like it's, hey, was. this the right decision to go for it on. fourth or two? Should you, should it. have been a Wildcat, a two-point. conversion? And to Shadur's credit, just. like I talked about Caleb earlier, he. handles things like a 10, 12 year vet. The same with Shador and he's kind of. been under that spotlight for his whole.

life. >> His family obviously reality television, they have been for a decade plus now. I. remember watching, you know, in Coach. Prime and reality TV was mustwatch, money. I mean, this guy's rolling around. on a scooter in his house doing I mean, it was it was a great show. Then he. obviously carried that into uh the. digital market. It becomes a profession. for uh I believe Dion Sanders Jr. like. this is his full-time job is like a. production company for their reality. show. And people will be like that's not. a real job. It's like well how come. reality show production companies can.

profit off of families but families. aren't to do it themselves? Like it's. actually a full business for them. So. whenever they were doing that all for a. fifth round pick and whenever he was. walking into the stadium and they had. the cameras this at the beginning of the. season I think us and many people were. like okay hey we got to read the room a. little bit. They did. >> Mhm. >> Remember he was giving answers at like. uh the car dealership where he like me'd. it was like we thought hilarious content. but also like hey if you want to be. quarterback of this team like that's not. the [ __ ] and they he's completely. stopped all that [ __ ] I mean, like when. you talk about trying to be committed to.

becoming like what the starter should. look like for the Cleveland Browns with. all the other sideshow [ __ ] that I think. people were kind of holding against him, it feels like he's kind of tried to do. it. >> He's been great. >> Now, he's made rookie mistakes. Now, >> I'm talking about the way he's handled. all this. He's been great. >> and his answers like he hasn't. sacrificed his authenticity while not. burying anybody seemingly in the. process. I think he has handled it. Now, do the Cleveland Browns move forward. with what they've seen potential from. the rookie quarterback? I guess that's. the big question. But it's like there is. uh rightful positive conversation about.

Shador Sanders and the Cleveland Browns. because to Debb's point, it's mustwatch. Yeah. >> Okay. You're at least going to check in. with what they're doing. Miles Garrett. on the sack hunt and Shador Sanders on. the offensive side. So if you're running. a business, is that what you want? Is. that what you don't want? I think it's a. good thing for the Cleveland Browns. And. if he's able to figure it out, you got a. superstar. Like you got a you got a mega. star as your starting quarterback which. every owner I think is wanting in this. world. >> and paying him fifth round money. >> Yes. on a huge discount. >> Yeah. So it's a it's a fascinating.

>> who's making that decision though. Shrekes. Who makes the decision if. Shadore is the guy moving forward? >> It would be the GM and the owner and. then the head coach if you know Sansky. which I think he's still around is going. to have a huge voice. He's an offensive. coach. So we shall see. I mean it it. doesn't cost you anything to keep a. fifth round pick on that roster. And to. your point, Deshaawn Watson is lurking. and they're paying him money still, too. >> Lurking. >> Lurking. >> Lurking. Good work. >> I saw some video. I saw some videos of. him. Uh, >> was he working out? >> Saw him. Yeah. I mean, sure. That's. cool, too. He had a sweet thing. 160. million guaranteed or whatever. Congrat.

Hey, >> still for like next what, two years? >> No, I think he's got the Bonia deal. That thing's probably paying him to. Yeah, there's a chance. That's just. that's just going forever. And once. again, got to give a shout out. Mool Gat. is the one you want. >> college. I want big deluxe inner Jimmy. Ston. >> I would like him. He knows where all. money is. He knows where. >> that voice. >> I would like Jimmy Ston to be the one if. I'm doing college football in the NFL. If I'm a player right now at one of. those high positions, it's like you.

would like Mulageta to be the one. walking into that room cuz there is no. history other than yeah, my guys get the. most. That is what we're doing around. here. And uh he does every he's going to. have every position knocked down. whenever it's all said and done. And. Deshun Watson was want to open our eyes. to get this real. >> in the middle of all this. >> Mhm. >> The biggest of all time. What is this. guy doing? >> Guaranteed. >> Is he a magician? Like is he actually. hypnotic.

or ever fathom at that position? It's. like Mooligette has pulled that home. >> for the record. >> And the Cleveland Browns are paying for. it. If that didn't work, if it would. have worked with Deshawn, you're talking. everybody having to do that at. quarterback position. That's just a. fact, I think, personally. But since it. hasn't gone well, there's still a lot of. >> lost in that story. Carolina would have. done it. Atlanta would have done it. Saints would have done it. >> It was not just one team. This wasn't a. one-horse market. It was four different. teams. And there was a market created. for Deshawn Watson. >> And allegedly, right, the Cleveland.

Browns were told no. >> Yep. >> And then that's when they came back. with, "Is that right? How about. >> that sound? >> And then all the very serious stuff. >> And the Texans on the other side of it. >> They got all that stuff from Cleveland. and they they're the Texans again. >> Stout and Will. >> Yeah. In one draft. >> Pretty good. Pretty pretty good. backto-back picks. >> That's why Jerry was scared to talk to. him. >> I'll tell you what, Dallas Cowboys. Nope. Not going to get into it. That's a. whole another story in of itself. It is.

>> We did a whole day. That was the first. time that name was mentioned. >> Wow. I didn't know you could do that. You. allowed to do that. >> here. No, >> you've been hosting. You've been doing. the hosting. We've been watching you. host. You've been doing well. >> I love it. >> You've been enjoying that. >> It's fun, dude. Eastband's been great. It's been fun. >> I think you've been kicking ass this. year. >> Thank you for saying that. >> Legit. I think you've been doing a good. job. >> trying to find my spots. >> When they drop you into host, you feel. very comfortable. But, you know, I think. I think you're very comfy at that cuz. not I guess it's not normal for an Emmy. award-winning analyst to also be able to.

host. I guess it's two different worlds. >> Cool. >> Yeah. You've crushed it. >> Thanks, bro. >> Have you given any takes that you. regretted? >> Yes. >> Okay. Every day or just. >> fairly often? >> Dolphins. Dolphins were my playoff team. >> Yeah, that was back because Lions, we. take a victory lap. Yep. Uh but the. Dolphins complete off. >> I did a victory like Baker, you know, did something and I was like, you know, that's why Baker's the man. And then all. the Eagles fans are like, how do you. dare you say Baker's the man? Jaylen. Herz is the man. I'm like, I don't I. can't keep. >> Have you gotten into the Philadelphia. wars at all? >> Try to stay away from those.

>> Yeah. very loud dangerous waters. >> Those ones get very dangerous. The. Philadelphia fans are very good at. talking [ __ ] too. Like they're good. There's some cities that are just also. very funny. So like you see it. >> all right. That was rude. >> That was good. >> Clever as hell. Okay. John's got good. personality over there. You're the man. [ __ ] We'll continue digitally with. Shrigs. Also, I think maybe the other. guy. I'm not sure if he's left or No, he. left. >> He left. >> He had his other job. No other guy. heading to another building downtown.

>> That guy's on the road 75% of the fall. >> Mhm. >> And he loves ball and for that we love. him just like we love you for allowing. us to do this for a living. We continue. We'll see you tomorrow. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might. change our life. Goodbye. Okay. Did you. see the fireplace? That's for the. holidays. >> Did you see that? We just put this very. festive. >> Yeah, it was pretty good. It was uh we. also got the tree up. Shout out to ZTO. and Tim McAfee. We got some gifts under. the tree here. I don't know if you guys. saw the little details. I think it's a. Red Rider BB gun as well. Shoot your eye.

story. Great. >> Great, >> great movie. >> Great movie. Haunted just ended I. believe yesterday. >> I believe yesterday I heard Jay Glazer, Julian Edelman have a conversation. quickly about it back and forth before. Jay Glazer went into the stem cell uh. stuff for Deorest Buckner and how he got. back. But I think Julian and Jay had an. encounter that said last day of. Hanukkah. I'm not Is that right? >> It is right. >> I crazy nights. >> Are you a Jewish lad? >> I am. >> Okay. So, I didn't want to I didn't want. to assume I didn't want to assume that. yet because. >> So, Shrekes, tell me about Hanukkah.

Tell me about you. You go. Uh, from what. I've learned, uh, I am actually a. Christian, but from what I've learned. Okay. So, you are Jewish. Eight crazy. nights. We give gifts every single. night. >> Yeah. So, I grew up I was the I was one. of the few Jewish kids in my high. school, Freehold, New Jersey. So, I was. always around Christmas, but we would. get eight nights and it's kind of a. moving target. Sometimes it's in early. December, sometimes it's in late. December. It's around Christmas and you. get eight different gifts, one gift a. night and then on Christmas day you kind. of sit back and you say, "All right, those are my those are my friends.

They're getting all those gifts, but at. least we got something.". >> Okay, so you guys feel as if you're. celebrating ahead of time and then when. Christmas happens, good on you. Have a. good time. >> Uh so are gifts small, get bigger? What. are the gifts? >> Usually the first night is your big. gift. You know, my son I got my son uh. uh ironically a Puka Nua jersey, which. well we're okay now. We. >> He was ambushed. I WASN'T SURE WHAT. HAPPENED. I AGREE. I that whole. situation, we could do three hours of TV. on that. >> There's a lot of situations. >> I do not blame Puka on that. Puka is a. great kid and from everyone on that.

organization like he was just led down a. road that he was not aware of what was. happening. That said, that's a cool gift. for a kid, a football jersey. And then, you know, by the by the end of it, we're. talking about, you know, Legos, socks, kind of like the stocking stuffers for. you guys. >> Okay. So, we were taught uh Dreel, the. song about uh a drreel. What What is. that? What do you do with the Dreel? I I. know. We spin the [ __ ] out of spin it. And then you're you're supposed to have. this stuff called guilt, which is like a. Jewish wrapped uh chocolate. Okay. And. if you get a certain point on the. there's five different things on the. Drrele or four, you get to get like five.

piece of chocolate, you get four piece. of chocolate, you keep score. It's a. game. >> Okay. So, how are you as a drrele. spinner? I'm good. You get good numbers. >> Good flick. Yeah. >> Okay. And how do you know? It's whenever. whatever it. >> there's like four different Jewish. letters or Hebrew letters and the Hebrew. letter represents a certain number and. if you get it, you can kind of keep. track and it's like you keep stats. >> Play that one time a night or is that. multiple times? Uh, probably one time a. holiday season. Really? The first night. usually? Yeah. First. >> So, first night feels like the big one. >> First night's festive. >> Okay. What are we eating in this thing? >> Uh, there's something called potato. pancakes, also known as latkas, which.

are like these delicious fried potatoes. and then you dip them in like applesauce. and sour cream. That's usually like the. festive Kanuka food. >> Okay. Cuz Christmas has what? Ham. >> Yep. Prime rib. >> Prime rib. Meat. >> Seven fishes. The Italian and the super. Is that Catholics that do the night. before though, right? That's Eve. Midnight. >> Those usually go hand in hand, though. >> Well, true. >> It's in Catholic. >> Yeah, cuz they go to mass after. >> Okay. Yeah. Midnight mass or whatever, right? To start uh Jesus' birthday. >> I will say this, Hanukkah is not the.

most religious holiday on the Jewish. calendar. It's more of a Americanized, hey, the kids all have Christmas. This. is something that's in our month. Let's. make something really fun out of it. >> Which one is the Okay. Passover. >> I would say Yum Kapor is actually the. most festive. That is that is when you. atone for your sins and you don't eat. for the day and you just cleanse out all. of your wrongdoings. So you go to. synagogue for the entire day, you pray, you don't eat and then at like 5 or 6. o'clock when the sun comes down, you eat. and you say, "All right, let's start the. new year fresh. Let's be good.".

>> What are you eating? Same thing there. >> That is breakfast food. So like bagels. and locks and pancakes and eggs and you. have like this awesome feast and it's as. you're like break your you're it's break. the fast which is like breakfast. So. it's the first thing in your body for. the day. >> Break the fast. I'll tell you, even if. you don't do any of the Judaism side of. it, fasting for a day, it's pretty. great. >> Yeah. They say it takes care of your. body. >> Oh, it's great. >> And it's good celebration, I assume, on. the other side. You know, can't. appreciate the sun without the storms. So, whenever you um think about. celebrations as a whole, are the vibes.

always like a Jewish wedding cuz I was. at a Jewish wedding and [ __ ]. >> fun, right? >> What a time. >> So awesome. >> Holy [ __ ] you're forced to dance like. you know how at uh weddings it's like. are people going to dance? like we hope. people will dance. That'll kind of be. the thing that everybody in the place. was dancing. It was all upbeat. And then. the chair didn't matter what age. Then. the it didn't m the chair. >> Oh my god. >> The hora is what it's called. And you. get in a circle and you take the bride, the groom or in this case, the grandma. and you just hoist them up on the chair.

and you dance around in a circle. It's. super festive. >> AJ, I don't know if you've ever been. there's a seat belt for the chair. >> It's fun. >> I was going to ask that. I've been there. when there's not a seat belt. I was just. wondering how many poor grandma's been. dumped on their head. >> Oh, great. Great. You can probably do a. whole YouTube search of thousands of. horror fails. Yes, that's it. People. fly. >> Yeah, it is like. >> we're not setting up [ __ ] This is just. actually happening. Okay. Well, thank. you for the rundown there. So, Hanukkah. just ended. Happy Hanukkah. Happy. Hanukkah. Christmas coming right up. >> Can't wait. Holy hell. Now,

>> holy hell, Christmas. >> That's right. Depends on where you're at. and what your team's doing at the. moment. But on that note, uh we thought. the NFL was going to come Grinch. Christmas. >> No. >> These games not mattering. Okay. Does. the NBA potentially say, "We knew this. would come. We'd be able to fight back.". And does the NBA still think that they. should move to Christmas Eve or do they. still think they shouldn't move to. Christmas Eve? We would like to tell. them, "We need you on Christmas Eve.".

Okay, we're going to be so bored. So. bored on Christmas Eve. We need you to. step up there. Put all your best stuff. and then boom, let the NFL keep. Christmas cuz this slate is not great. Okay, at this current moment, not great. >> But the numbers that this will do verse. the NBA will be outrageous. We could. still get a one-two punch throughout the. entirety of Christmas. I think if they. were willing to do that, they're going. to say we've always done Christmas. I. think Adam Silver actually told us that. And it's like, well, Roger Goodell. decided that the NFL, you got to take.

that up with him. But us as sports fans, we need you to adjust. We need you to. adjust a little bit. >> It might be move. I don't know if you. heard, but LeBron spoke yesterday like. he's kind of bummed out. He's got to. play on Christmas. Said he'd rather be. home with his kids on the couch all day. >> Well, that's cuz LeBron has been playing. on Christmas. >> 20 what? 22 straight years. >> He's also a Cowboys fan. He knows, you. know, my boys are going to be playing on. Christmas Day every single year. I'd. like to be able to watch them. I think. they should move to Christmas Eve. I. think they should just. >> That'd be cool. >> What's uh what's the day after a good.

lineup? >> Boxing Day. >> They always have a good lineup. >> What is the day after Christmas? >> Boxing Day. >> Boxing Day. >> Uh yeah, of course it is. Which is. >> take back all the [ __ ] you don't want. >> Yeah, it's an English holiday. >> Canadian, I thought English. >> English kind of cuz they, you know, what's the difference? >> They box up all the terrible gifts and. they donate it. >> That's very nice of them to do. We. appreciate the Canadians doing that. Boxing Day. What do we have sports-wise. on the 26th? >> It's got to be a bowl game. >> Yeah, probably a bowl game or two, but. really. >> Okay, so NBA, >> a bunch of who cares?

>> It's a basketball day now on Boxing Day. is NBA day. And Adam Silver, we've been. told that maybe Clips make it to your. office for certain decisions. >> Okay. >> We'd be very grateful if you move to the. 26. >> Just as. sports fans, but certainly football fans. are going to be forced to watch these. games that don't [ __ ] matter on. Christmas because it's football. Okay? And that's just a deal I made with. myself and uh and my family and my eyes. and my brain. I'm gonna watch football, NFL football if it's on, but I'd like to. watch your NBA because boy, the lineup.

is insane. And the Stars, I believe, are. playing well if they're playing at all. So, it's either Stars aren't playing, but if the Stars are playing, they're. playing well. So, the NBA kind of having. a hit or miss year. >> I might be watching NBA this year. >> What? >> What? Ant-Man, Joker, Ron, Luca, SGA, Wimi. >> If Iowa State, >> Cooper Flag, >> KD, >> if Iowa State I guess he's averaging 27. or something, I guess Flag's going. crazy. >> If Iowa State women's basketball cooks, >> I'll watch. She's unstoppable.

>> I loved her last year. I was early on. the Audi thing. She was playing against. Iowa last year and was unbelievable. Did. 40 points against She's unbelievable. >> Yes. She just uh she goes crazy on the. court. Did she play last year and beat. Iowa? And how do we not know about Audi. Krooks last year? Because we've as soon. as I saw first. >> I know I'm an ESPN guy now, but Fox put. this put Iowa State on like middle of. the day and I'm like, "Oh, Caitlyn. Clark's not there anymore. Am I going to. Why is this on?" And then this girl, this woman comes out there and is just. dominant. Scored like 37 and had 11. And.

then they did the tournament and they. were in the playin game and I'm like, "I. don't know anything about women's. college basketball. I'm taking Iowa. State." And they went and they won a. couple games in there. >> Look at that. Winning off of Bonnie. Crooks's back. But she also has a team. that I think that's going crazy this. year. And uh whenever you think about uh. women's college hoops, you think, "Oh, they had a glory day. They had a glory. day.". >> Whenever she gets rolling in the March. Madness time, she's going to take care. of your algo cuz she is literally good. That's how she got into into my life. She started taking over my algorithm. I'm like, "Got to be fake. I think this.

can't be fake." Putting up like 35 40. points in basketball, college. basketball, just in general. And then. you scroll through it and then you just. start seeing these highlights. >> And then you talk about her playing. against Iowa. Uh she's from Iowa. I. believe her dad passed away. This past. year whenever she was in the Sihawk. Bowl, she said she got emotional while. she was at the free throw thinking about. how much her dad would have loved what's. happening right now. It's like I think. she's great for. >> sports as a whole. So maybe we maybe. they need to play on boxing day. >> Unfortunately, they are off until uh New. Year's Eve.

>> That was a good story though. >> No, it is. But they do not play until. they they got a 2 p.m. tip on New Year's. Eve against in Houston. >> See, we just need everybody to. acknowledge Sports World. I I know we. sound arrogant, but it's just like look. at the [ __ ] numbers. Yeah. >> Everybody watches NFL game. Come on. >> If you could just acknowledge that and. book around us, we'd be grateful. >> Now, that takes a lot of self admittance. that you don't want to do, and I respect. it. But please, if you could start. booking around ball, we'd be grateful.

We can't be having the finals of [ __ ]. happening during football because it's. going to be naturally we don't care. MLS. Cup. >> Well, >> Messi won. >> You got to put You got to put that one. ever, right? >> MESSI WON. OKAY. RDER CUP. GET THAT. [ __ ] OUT OF FOOTBALL SEASON. >> You can't have it. Get it out of there. >> That also though, >> what's that? >> We got We got back in that. I mean, it. was a good Sunday. >> Yeah. Yeah. Who gives a [ __ ] Okay. I. ain't watching once they go down 14. three. >> on NFL Sundays.

>> Yeah. Who gives a [ __ ] if I'm not. watching that. >> week two week three. >> They maybe need to do a digital deal so. that they just take over everybody's. phone. >> like they the Rder Cup needs to or they. need to get it they need to get out of. football season. Need it right before. football season. There's a weekend. >> or compete. >> That is what's that? >> Or or try to win maybe. >> Oh, you're talking about the American. squad. >> Yeah, they tried. Sure. >> They tried. Those euros are just you. ain't trying Thursday, Friday, take. Saturday, Sunday off, play Monday during. the day.

>> Now we're talking. >> Sounds good. >> Now we're talk. See, look at this. What. we're talking about. We need more of. this type of brainstorm. And I'm sure. there's millions, if not hundreds of. millions of dollars that potentially say. none of this can happen. But in reality, it would be cool if it could. Let's take. a break. We got overreactions on the. other side. Shreger's got to head down. to the lighthouse. >> Going to be I'm going to be on very. shortly on ESPN. If you want to keep. watching, I would love it over there. Yeah, we would love uh for you to come. back someday. And also, we appreciate. how much you've done for us this season. >> Are you kidding? Hey, draft Pittsburgh. I hope you ask me back. That's it. >> I feel like we're not going to be able.

to You're going to be. >> you're be on the main show. >> We'll see. I don't know. >> I mean, up is an interesting way to. describe that. But you are going to be. on the uh. >> I don't know. >> Especially in Pittsburgh. >> We had something special, Tone. I know. you know it. There was a real magic. there. >> I would love to recreate that trick. Pittsburgh is going to be [ __ ]. outrageous, I think. >> Yes. >> From my understanding. >> Now, I don't know where they're going to. put us. Remember, that was a whole thing. last year. >> Yeah. Almost didn't go. >> Almost canceled it. >> Yeah. >> Would have done it from here, but didn't.

want to go. They were going to put us on. the other side. >> I heard I remember. >> Why would you do what? What's the. purpose? You want us to come? What? What. is the problem? >> What mattered most mad mill was. celebrating with Packers fans. That's. all that matters. >> Right in the I mean, we had the best. location of all time. >> Have a pretty solid unbelievable. Do you. know how pissed so many people had to be. because of that? >> Oh, I don't doubt it. >> Oh my god. So, I'll be excited to see. what our setup is regardless. It's. Pittsburgh, so we'll be celebrating ball. there in its entirety. But yeah, that's. going to be awesome. This this is. another point like the cities that can't. get a Super Bowl because of weather.

>> and things like they don't have a brand. new stadium. The draft is a great. celebration of ball that takes over the. whole weekend and hopefully brings a lot. of business to a city. >> Celebration of that city, too. >> Yeah. Yeah. Should be will be. The. views. Oh, because at night much better, >> you know, like when we were there for. game day, we had the fountain down there. at the point and we had the entire city. and everything like that. Beautiful. view, but at night with the lights, like. that's what the. >> that's what they they tell stories. about, >> you know, that's what they, hey, coming. out of the Fort Pit Bridge Tunnel, it's.

the best view in in the world or. whatever. It's like at night when that. shit's all lit up, that's the. >> they're going to show up. >> Now we're playing a game. Yeah, they're. going to be boozed up. The issue is. >> that's not a that's not terrible. add an. extra element. >> Pittsburgh people. >> a little rowdy, >> boozed up. >> in the middle of a draft with somebody. maybe taking I mean there is a chance. for high emotions, >> but it'll be great. It'll go flawless, right, Tone? >> Depends on who we take. >> All right, good point. >> A lot of pressure.

>> They got picks, too. They could move. >> Yeah, >> they can make it real electrifying, too, if they wanted to in Pittsburgh, which I. think Ginsers would say, "Oh, great.". You know, at the beginning, and then. depending upon who it was, they go. crazy. >> Who knows? He might have the 30 second. pick this year. >> Damn right. >> Put it out there. >> That's Peter Shreger. We'll be back on. the other side. Be a friend. Tell a. friend something nice might change our. life. Goodbye.

>> The announcement came today on ESPN's. Pat McCathy show. >> Jesus. Don't worry, sir. >> Holy cow. You're Pat McCaffy. >> Yeah. What's up? >> You're Pat McCaffy. >> Yeah, man. You are uh. >> I'll make sure. >> You're a fine window cleaner, sir. >> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. McCaffy. >> Yeah. It's McAfee. It's McAfee, man. Here you go, bro. Here. >> You mean like the antivirus? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

>> All right. Have a good day. >> Yeah. You too, man. It's more than just. an antivirus. Watch yourself here. Jeez. Louise. is more than an antivirus and we love. that. It's more than an antivirus. They. have no back is more than an antivirus. and we love that. It's more than an. antivirus. They have your back.

>> Jack, you got anything to say to the. team here? >> Oh man, you guys keep crushing and. firing everybody up. It's bigger than. you guys and you guys are the freaking. best. >> Boom. >> Thank you. >> That's amazing. >> YES. GOD DAMN. I NEEDED THAT. >> I got back in shape. The best shape of. my life. I felt like I just throw people. through walls. Oh [ __ ] What's. happening? >> I don't know.

>> What the [ __ ] is this? We interrupt your. regular programming with breaking news. >> We have reports of a UAP approaching. Indianapolis. They have messaged to. officials they are coming to take over. the world. >> Government agencies have been alerted. that they plan to land and activate. Earth's Armageddon switch. >> This is literally the scariest situation. imaginable. A true doomsday scenario. Please stay calm. Seek shelter. immediately and pray to whatever god or.

higher power you believe in. Was that. >> what? Landed here. >> I think Indianapolis. What? So that. can't be. >> We got to go find these [ __ ]. >> Yeah, >> that's what we need to do. >> I think that sounds like something you. should jack car. >> I don't know. We need to. >> Let's go. Come on. Let's go. >> All right. Now, let's go. Yeah.

[ __ ] these pieces of [ __ ]. >> Oh, there it is. It's here. It's here. It's the button. >> Yeah, it is. >> Hey, do you have a rifle? No, I got something better. I got. something better.

>> Jack, I've been saving this. >> What? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> What is this thing? This asked for a. rifle. What is this? >> Yeah, it uh it kills aliens. Yeah, I. bought it online. Deep web. >> That's certainly convenient for us. All. right, here we go. >> Hey, you be my spotter. >> Oh my god. It'd be my honor. Let's go. kill these mothers. [ __ ] Let's do this. >> Where are they? >> I don't know. I think they're coming. Looks like they might be coming from. right over here. >> Yeah. Yeah. It looks like I see the. [ __ ] ship. What's going They're not. going to get to that button, Jackie. >> Nope. They will not get to that button.

>> Is that one of them? >> Yeah. Black helmet, car heart, khaki. He's walking right at you. GO AHEAD AND. YEP. YEP. YEP. THAT'S IT, JACK CARR. THAT'S IT, JACK CARR. YOU KILLED THAT. SON OF A [ __ ]. >> OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. He looks the. exact same. A little taller. A little. bit more awkward.

>> Little more awkward. Yeah. Yeah. He's in. the same spot, though. Go ahead and get. him. Go ahead, get him. OH, YEAH. THERE. HE IS. GOOD HIT, JACK. >> TWO DOWN. TWO DOWN. >> TWO DEAD ALIENS. NOT ON OUR WATCH. [ __ ] you. >> Oh, he came down backwards. This one's. showing you his back. No respect. >> No respect. Kind of a disrespectful. alien here as he drags his carcass.

around. Looks different. OH, ALL THREE. OF THEM STACKED UP. JACK CAR SLAYING. ALIENS. OH, THERE'S ONE MORE. >> IT'S A BIG ONE. >> OH, HE LOOKS LIKE AN EATER. >> HE IS AN EATER. >> OH, MAN. >> THIS MUST BE their supreme commander. Look at the size. HE'S LOOKING AT YOU, JACK. HE'S COMING AT YOU, JACK. HE'S. COMING AT US, ZACK. GET HIS BIG ASS, JACK. B. THIS GUY'S TRYING TO TAKE DOWN.

OUR PLANET. GO THE [ __ ] OUT. That's it, Jack. GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM, YOU SACK. OF [ __ ].

>> HEY, good work, dude. >> Amazing. >> That was awesome day. >> I mean, they were going to [ __ ] come. in here. I mean, they just popped up and. then you just shot him right in the. [ __ ] head. >> I don't know. Good thing we saw that. newscast when we did. >> Well, that's the that's why they do the. live alert. >> I don't know. Did we know that? That's. still. >> I feel like that should have been. disclosed when we bought this place. >> The legit. >> Let's go and talk to the boys. >> Amazing. Let's do it. >> What a life you live, >> man. I'm just glad you had this rifle. and I had those binos. What are the odds. of that? >> I mean, I could see them.

>> Good thing I carry those with me. everywhere I go. >> The big one at the end really ate some. [ __ ] pain. Yeah. I feel like he. stopped somewhere on the way in for a. snack. Yes, he did. Yes, he did. >> Are we Are we good? >> What do you think, boys? [ __ ] Jack. Cars here.

If that's not enough reason to buy his. new book, I don't know what is. [ __ ]. just saved the earth and nobody would. have known about it if it didn't just so. happen to happen right here with all. these cameras. >> Thank you, Jack Carr. >> Thank you, Jack Carr. >> Thank you, Jack. >> Thank you, Jack. >> Thanks, guys. >> Thank you, guys. >> Three time world saver Jack Carr has. done it again. We're all mind blown that.

a global attack always seemingly happens. when Jack Carr comes to the Thunderdome. But boy, we're thankful he's always. there to save us all. On that note, Jack. Carr's new book, Cry Havoc, is available. now. It's a Vietnam era thriller in the. eighth installment of the multiple time. New York Times bestselling series, Terminal List. Hell yeah, Jack Carr. Hell yeah.

All the way here in Eugene smoking on. some new green. Changing up the routine. Gratitude truly. >> I'm all the way in Eugene smoking on. some new green. Changing up the routine. Gratitude. Truly feel like new school. Life's pretty cool. G. Three jobs. tank top. >> So, this is I'm the fifth guy ever to.

ride this motorcycle. It's a 1996 Fat. Boy. They've been doing it since 1999. It's called the leader of the quack. >> You can call me the leader of the quack. right now. Quack. Quack. Quack. Scarlet's. name is Pat. He's a dog. He's wearing a. different jacket today and he told me to. wear the one he's wearing, but this is a.

grateful dead one. So, I'm going to wear. this one. Leader of the quack come in. three. shots movie star. bank account juicy cancel. hating false yeah you waiting for. Yeah you waiting.

2K. Yeah. You waiting for. Yeah. I'm up here in your jeans, smoking. off a new green, checking out some new. things.

And you're waiting for. >> Were you the one that I beat the hell. out of tic tac toe and roambo? >> I just beat him in tic tac toe. Hulk. line and sinker. You're the worst tic. tac toe player of all time. >> Yeah. Get out. >> Undefeated. Completely done. You guys. came down in the thing. Go, go, go, go. Make me want to put MY HANDS UP. TAKE MY.

HEELS UP. SMOKE SOME. Give me the Oregon Ducks to get a huge. wave today. A little bit softer now. A little bit. softer now. A little bit softer now. A. little bit softer now. A little bit. softer now. And let me now A LITTLE BIT. LOUDER NOW. A LITTLE BIT LOUDER NOW. A. LITTLE BIT LOUDER NOW. Little bit. >> Don't let that [ __ ] happen again.

>> Hell yeah, man. Oh my god. >> Thanks, bro. >> You know what? I think there's only one. thing left to do here. I've experienced. cafesito time. I've experienced the.

wonderful culture. I've experienced the. beautiful people. AND I THINK WE GOT. SOME CANES OVER HERE. WE GOT SOME CADES OVER HERE. >> WE GOT SOME PAINS OVER HERE. >> This day in Coral Gables IS GOING TO BE. ONE THAT I WILL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF. MY LIFE. RAY LEWIS STARTED HIS DANCE. RIGHT HERE AT MIAMI. ED REED STARTED HIS.

LEGENDARY RUN HERE AT MIAMI. THE LEGENDS OF FOOTBALL RUN DEEP. THE. MOMENTS ARE SPECIAL. THE NATIONAL. CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE IN ABUNDANCE. JUST. LAST YEAR, a lovely UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. WOMAN DIVER FROM Italy won a national. championship. This thing's been staring. at me all damn day. >> Get out of your mind, brother. This is.

crazy. >> Kirk, I'M A LITTLE WINDED. I WAS GOING. TO say. >> the whole time you're running. I'll give. you a chance to catch your breath, [ __ ] You're crazy. >> I hope somebody got a lifesaver over. there. My man's out of breath. >> It is a long way. >> To the top. Jump in. >> Are you going to jump in there? >> Oh my god. >> Yeah. So, >> I'm tired for you. >> Oh my. >> Oh, he's going to take the jacket off. Okay.

>> Okay. Oh. Oh, he's taking the shirt off. now. Okay. All right. All right. >> Looking ripped. Looking ripped. Oh, he's. taking the drawers off. >> Ladies and gentlemen, >> the drawers. >> Ladies and gentlemen, if you come to. this beautiful campus, you will notice. QUICKLY THAT THE STUDENTS HERE LOVE THIS. UNIVERSITY. THEY love this atmosphere. And I'm WITH EVERYBODY. I THINK THE U is.

back. GIVE ME. >> He's got the speedo. OH MY GOD. >> GIVE ME the. baby. >> Here he goes. Oh god.

>> Here he goes. Feet together. Feet. together. >> I think that was the. pencil. >> There's got the. crushing it out. >> That could be with a refreshing punch. Miami and Florida tonight. Let's have a. look at that again. Check out the form, Herby. >> Let's see the tone. We need just pretty. good.

Perfect. >> Perfection. That's crazy. That also take us off the we do not. deserve to be okay. >> They all commit and love what's going on. in that weight room. They all come in. and love what Jim Harbaugh is preaching. and everybody in the building's happy.

Everybody's like excited to be there. >> First row pressure, first row, second. row is up here. >> It is infectious what they got going on. And how many owners are spending 300. million on a new facility just for. practice facility. >> This is Butler Birdies. >> Wow. >> Oh my gosh. But then for them to do it upright for. the last couple, it's like look out for. the Chargers, dude. Look out for the.

Chargers, >> coach. >> Hey, I got a gift for you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, miss your birthday. We miss. Christmas. >> Whoa, look at that. >> Your perspective on high fives is one of. the greatest things you've ever seen. All time great invention. I love the. high five. >> Yeah. Give each other a high five. >> BOOM. >> OH MY GOD.

>> WOW. >> BOOM. >> [ __ ]. >> We wanted to make basically something. that we call my dad made. >> Oh wow. >> That feeling boom. Boom. Boom. Wow. And that's the I think. you can give it a pretty good pause for. Jimmy. >> Yeah. >> That is incredible. >> Obviously national champion Michigan. man. Greatest high five. >> Yeah. >> Because of what you brought before the. high five world.

>> Hell yeah. >> He tried to give a handshake to that. particular high five trophy. Did break. the hand off. We had to put it back on. >> Yeah. There you go. Handshake. >> Oh no. Oh no. >> There we go. >> We have so much respect. >> You guys just rolled deep. This is.

>> This would be entourage level, wouldn't. it? >> To be honest, we didn't know we were. going to be able to get 11 people in. here. And then you have 11. That's why. two. >> team start. >> I mean, wow. It looks like a lot of. highlights against one particular team. >> They played more than one game, right? >> For one game. >> Imposing our will. >> This sucks. >> Party in the back.

No one. No one out. This might be close. >> I love that Chargers Dean even more now. ALL ROADS LEADING TO EUGENE. AND I CAN'T. HELP BUT SAY, "HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY. YOU MAKE ME WANT TO JUMP. PUT MY HANDS. UP AND PICK MY HEELS UP AND ALL AGAIN.

NOW. A little bit now. A little bit now. A. little bit softer now. A little bit. softer now. A little bitter now. A. little bit now. A LITTLE BIT LOUDER NOW. A LITTLE BIT LOUDER NOW. A LITTLE BIT. louder now. A LITTLE BIT LOUDER NOW. A. LITTLE bit louder now. A little bit. louder now.

>> And it's awesome. It's a great day in. Oregon. We got a canon. >> OH, >> WE ARE. >> WE ARE. >> WE ARE. >> THANK YOU.

>> I love I love this. [ __ ]. Yeah. Hell yeah. HELL YEAH. HELL YEAH. Looks. we got engineers. We got doctors. We got. economists. WE GOT REAL TESTS THAT HAVE REAL REAL. IMPLICATIONS HAPPENING. And all of these sons OF SAID, "GIVE ME.

COLLEGE game day game day. instead of studying.". I had some questions about coming out. here to Berkeley. But after experiencing. it, it is very evident that this is one. of the best cities in this here United. States of America. USA. USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA.

And this represents EVERYTHING THAT IS. GREAT WITH THIS COUNTRY, with our sport. It doesn't matter which way you view the. world. It doesn't matter which part of. the country you're from. College. football runs through our soul. And that. is what a celebration today is all. about. I am thankful to be here amongst. these nerds and future geniuses and. future people that are going to run this.

place. It's an honor to be in Berkeley. It's foggy. I think there's SOME SKUNKS. THAT DIED down the street, but this is. awesome. It's electrifying here in Happy. Valley. We're lucky to be here. And uh. you know the way you win this is you. have uh be the first 300 people here and. you get a ticket and then we randomly. select a ticket and that person gets an. opportunity to kick a 33 yard field goal. for an undetermined amount of money. This week we had our man William, right? What's your name? >> William. Yes, sir. >> You won the raffle and you said I don't.

want to kick because I suck at kicking. Is that accurate? >> More or less. >> What is your uh major here? >> I'm a finance major. >> Okay. So, money decision was I suck at. this. Let me try to find somebody who's. good at this. How did you land on my man. here? And uh what are your hopes in him? >> Well, I was looking around. I saw my. man. He said he plays soccer and I was. like, this is my guy right here, my guy. Carson. I have faith in him, so I know. he's going to get it done. >> All right. You're Carson, right? You. played high school soccer. Is that. accurate?

>> I did play high school soccer. >> Where are you from? >> I'm from Hannover, Pennsylvania. >> Okay. You're a Pennsylvania guy. Have. you ever kicked a ball before? other. than not football, soccer. >> Okay. Well, hopefully you're terrible at. this. It's $100,000. Uh are you guys. splitting that 50/50? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Uh so we'll make it uh $300,000. $150,000 for both of you. Okay. >> You only get one kick, though. You've. game the ticket game, which I appreciate. and respect. It's up to $300,000. $150.

for both of you. Only one kick though, Herby. We're not doing anything. I don't. care how many stators chant for another. kick. >> Only one. Herby played high school. soccer. He's a good player. >> We got a problem here. >> That's right. It's a white out. It could. be a special day. YOU COULD HELP OUT. YOUR GUY WILLIAM IN WINNING $150,000. >> One kick 300,000. two.

You're doing good though. >> You're a good man. >> Carson, congratulations. >> You pushed that, >> WILLIAM. WAY TO GO. >> IT HAS BEEN AN EXPENSIVE year out here. at the field kick. Carson, I'm proud OF.

YOU, BUDDY. 300,000. 150 to you. 150 TO. YOU. GOOD FINANCE decisions were made IN. THE FIRST TOP SIX WHITE OUT HAS A. MAGICAL JOB AND AN EXPENSIVE ONE. WE ARE. >> WE ARE. WE are. >> Thank you. >> Goodbye. >> Thank you. >> I hate that. Maybe they should have. turned that around and said thank you to.

Pat. >> $4 million. in prizes and charity as a result of the. field goal kicking contest. And Pat, what do we got going today? >> Yeah, Ree, I'm happy I can't see that. graphic from where I'm at. Just hearing. about that is obviously something to. make my wife and daughter not be. thrilled. $4 million out the door. because these college kids have been. showing up in such a big way. Congratulations to Garrett Morris here. You were the ticket winner. Uh you are.

not going to be the one doing the. kicking. How come? >> I cannot kick. >> Okay. So, you're acid kicking. >> I'm ass kicking. I climb rocks. I don't. kick. >> What's your major? >> I'm an accountant. >> Okay. So, we're going to be counting. numbers later. >> Absolutely. >> Hopefully, it'll be some numbers off of. >> Jonah. >> Okay. Uh. >> this is great. >> All right. Jono. Hey. Uh, so you were a kicker in high. school. Is that right? >> Yeah, I I kicked my senior year of high. school. I was the all region kicker,

baby. Jordan. >> Oh, really? >> We got a couple blockers. >> Oh, yeah. I think we need a couple. blockers. >> No, they do. No, no, no, no. Your senior. year, what were you? How many attempts. did you have? >> I had about five attempts. Um, made. three of them. >> YOU WENT THREE FOR FIVE AND MADE ALL. REGION. >> GOOD JOB. Don't reach it. >> Uh let's make this for $750,000.

>> $250,000. TO CHARITY. $1 million to the all region. kicker Jonah. Three back. Two over. >> He's got a shot here. Time out. Time out, dude. We got a timeout. Time. out, dude. >> You know what I'm saying? >> Need for ice a little. >> Yeah, right. We got blockers. >> Yeah. Yeah, that's. >> We got some. WE GOT A MILLION DOLLAR. KICK. JENN, WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT it. a little bit? Uh, >> here he goes.

>> No good. >> JONAH, WE WILL STILL DONATE 250,000. >> OH, HE CALLED A TIMEOUT BEFORE THE KICK. >> He called a timeout. >> 250,000 is going to go to charity. You. two will get an opportunity to win. $125,000 each. 250 in total for you if. you're able to make this kick. Jonah. sound good for $500,000 out the door.

>> He curled that in. Oh, he Steve's waving. it off. I think that was good. I think. that was good, dude. >> Can New York tell us if that was it or. not? Like the NFL? >> I think it was good. $500,000 after. Jonah. WHAT A STEP UP. CONGRATULATIONS, BROTHER. >> HEY,

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>> champion. Uh AJ, I don't know if you've. got a chance to chat about it with us, but those field passes are obviously. sick. Like, we are so lucky we get to do. them. It was a wild scene out there. strictly because well I guess a couple. different factors. Their fans are. awesome and insane. The uh in stadium. music person pretty good with the timing. of it all which is it does make a big. difference. And that wind AJ was that. was the windiest game I've ever been a. part of. I've ever stood on the sideline. of that thing was relentless. It was.

gusting the entire time. They're like. gust up to 354 mph. It was like what's a. constant gust? Is that not just the wind. at this point AJ? I think that changed. the game completely. Do you not believe. that as well? >> Oh my gosh, it it made a completely. different game. I had people ask me. yesterday like, "Hey, was it really?" It. seemed to be pretty windy out there that. game. I'm like, "Yes, the game was. completely it changed everything." And. there was weird times where, okay, like. they're up at the line pre- snap, you. know, QB may surveying the defense and. the wind will pick up between that and.

when the ball was snapped and all of a. sudden you're trying to throw like gez, all of a sudden a 30 m hour gust just. comes 2 seconds after they're they're at. the line of scrimmage. You never knew. where it was, but it was always it was. constantly there. There was never like a. law to where it calmed down. I feel like. >> Yeah. There was no full play operation. without at least one of the gusts coming. through cuz it would kind of settle down. a little bit. We'd take our hands off. our cowboy hats and then all of a sudden. 4 seconds. Aha. Okay. We got to catch. that thing again. That was wild. I I'll. tell you,

>> you seem to have a better relationship. with your hat. Was that thing too small. or did your head just fill it perfectly? You think? >> Uh, my head did fill it per. So, I I was. at the, you know, the old boot bar. picking that hat out the day before and. I tried on many different hats. I wanted. to make sure a nice little tug or snug. fit and I had to, you know, I had to I. was thinking about getting chin strap. uh, you know, about halftime because I. was holding that sucker on so hard. >> Yeah, it was uh, it was a lot. Debut and. we should have known this, I guess. >> Yeah, I know. I didn't realize it until.

you started the show like, "Yeah, of. course debut's not going to work." He he. came to me like, "Oh, did uh you got an. extra cowboy hat?" And then he acted. like he was looking for one. He was. definitely never. >> never going to wear one. From my. understanding now, he's telling me off. air, there's dudes on the team, their. families like putting photos together of. these kids as at Darius Butler's. football camp and now they're on the. Miami Hurricanes. YOU KNOW, HE'S SOUTH. FLORIDA GUY. WE SHOULD HAVE HE'S A HALL. OF FAMER DOWN IN THERE. YEAH, YOU'RE. RIGHT. >> We should have pieced that together. I. MEAN, THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE CASE. AND THEN CRYSTAL Ball.

immediately when as soon as the second. pick happened, I didn't see it because I. was looking at Bryce. Allegedly, Coach. Crystalall was looking over at me. telling me to take the damn hat off. >> I watched I watched him look directly at. you multiple times trying to get your. attention telling you to take the hat. off. >> Yeah, he was I guess he's in YOU TAKE. THE HAT OFF. YOU TAKE THE HAT OFF. THEY. were not happy. I THINK THEY FELT. DISRESPECTED that I picked Texas A&M. After the game, he came in for like a. double leg, which we had been talking. about, and then he told me, "I saw your. pick. I heard your pick. Like he was.

actually disappointed it feels like. And. it's like I understand. I understand. because we do appreciate Crystal Ball. We like his style. We think like uh we. are a show that talks about ball in a. way that I think coach Crystal Ball. appreciates. Like hey physical game got. to be a dog. Got to be tough. Like the. way he views his culture. I think he. thinks we should be like sympotical. >> And we'd like to tell him we do think. that. But at that moment, I was in front. of the 12th man there, you know. Yeah. And things were going crazy and I was.

there at the midnight yell and I got. captivated by all. I had that c had that. cowboy hat on, had multiple belt. buckles, there. >> Yeah. >> Mult I I got gifted multiple belt. buckles. People come up to me, they say, "Sir, >> we think this belt buckle would be great. for you." And I'm like, "Thank you so. much for that." I think that's like a. good gift that they give to each other. down. I've got some great ones. Challenge coins obviously as well. Insane. Got an FBI one this weekend. Was. not in uniform. So, what is uh. >> Oh, yeah. I got one after the game, too. Give to somebody got left out and so he. made sure.

>> Yeah. >> Hey, somebody got left out. I got one. more. >> Yeah. Beltbuckles challenge coin. I. mean, they took care of us. They took. care of us down there. So, whenever you. talk about, hey, making a pick to. 110,000, they had us to THE STADIUM. THAT DOESN'T happen ever. >> Got to take advantage of the moment. Got. to take Especially if I'm going to be. standing there for the next three hours, you know, going to going to have to do. that. So, I got captivated by it all. What I didn't think they were going to. be able to do is keep up with the. physicality at Texas A&M. Like I thought. Miami in the big moment maybe shrivel a. little bit. It's like Yeah, right.

That's the complete opposite of their. culture. It feels like AJ. >> Yeah. Miami's O line and Dline were on. fire. I mean the whole team was I mean. both teams defense obviously played very. very well. But I was just so impressed. with especially Miami's Dline. Like they. just put so much pressure on. They were. so stout. They were like a lot of times. they were very disciplined in their rush. plan and like this they tackled. unbelievable in open space. Tell me. about you watching games just as a. linebacker the whole time. Is that what. you do down there on the sideline? >> No, I try not to. I try to try, you. know, like I guess change up exactly.

what I'm looking at. My eyes do go to. the linebackers a lot because I I tend. to see when the linebackers are in a. tough spot like when they're in a tough. matchup walked out on Malachi Tony or. something and they're run a little RPO. read off of you and putting a run fake. in your face and Malachi's run to the. flat. I'm like, okay, that guy's in an. impossible spot right there. No. question. But that's usually what I'm. watching. But I was I was watching. Miamiy's offensive line as well. I was. very impressed by them. Uh yeah, just. the overall team speed of both these. teams just uh it's it blew me away. >> AJ's lying he he's watching as a. linebacker. You can see him right here.

He literally passed the cover. Hey. and then before the massive collision. >> Yeah, you saw that. YOU SAW HIS LITTLE. HIS WHOLE BACK TIGHTEN UP RIGHT BEFORE. THE FULL COLLISION. YEAH, AJ is the. linebacker right there. Uh Tore, I. believe. >> Yes, >> Tori. Who's willing to go for it? AJ's. first takeaway was I appreciate that. there's still players that are willing. to just do that for their team, especially in that moment. And I think. that is because you literally watched. the whole play pass off. He did a great. rep there. I think you were judging. But. us being able to stand that close to it.

all, absurd. There are some drawbacks. We can't see [ __ ]. >> Okay. Can't It's very tough to see who's. doing what, especially if the jumbotron. is a little bit back, but we get a. chance to feel it. It feels like we. called what the game was going to be. very early because of you guys. I I feel. like we actually did call the first. points might win this entire thing. We. said that literally from I think 3 4. minutes into the first quarter because. we had a chance to feel it. We also knew. Fletcher was going to be the problem in. the end. He turns out being that. It's. like it feels like we have a good. perspective because of how much ball you. guys have played and what you can see.

from that perspective as if you're on. the field, which is what it feels like. when I'm talking. >> Yeah. And in these big games, you know, you're going to have to deal with [ __ ]. Everybody has a game plan until the game. actually starts. And then sometimes it's. weather, sometimes it's environment, sometimes it's injuries. And I feel like. Miami, you know, had to deal with all. that. Big time players went out for, you. know, sometimes small amount of times. and then came back. [ __ ] you missed. three field goals. Most of them, a. couple of them were in gimme range. You. had big time field uh a fumble. So, you. had all these things that you had to. bounce back from. But it was. unbelievable, you know, grit and winning.

this game. But now looking forward to. Ohio State. This is probably the most. anticipated football game in Hurricane. for the last 20 something years since. that last national championship with. the, you know, Chris Gamble flag who's. also a South Florida legend. Now you got. Jeremiah Smith. >> who people some people down in the crib. calling Judas right now. >> talking [ __ ] So it's it's going to be. spicy. Good idea. >> Yeah. Jeremiah said, you know, they're. still worried about what happened 20. years ago. We got something for them, you know, in 2025. AJ, you were on that. team, right?

>> Yep. I was a true freshman. >> Okay. And played. AJ played and uh he So. he wasn't supposed to play the year. I. think he had like three picks or. something. Yeah. He uh his. >> Yes, you did. Yes, you did. >> had one had one pick, one pick or maybe. two, but one early. >> Yeah. As a freshman. Yeah. Mr. Ohio. comes in there to Ohio State freshman. year, gets on the field, has two picks, one pick six, all over the place in the. national championship. maybe where the. legend of the Hawker kind of began, which is why any car he's driving, his.

Ram truck in Ohio, it says Ohio State. legend right across the back of it. because as soon as they laid eyes on him. at Centerville, they said that boy is. going to be a good Buckeye. And then as. soon as they laid their eyes on him as a. Buckeye, they said, "Fuck, that boy is. going to be a great Buckeye." And then. all of a sudden, he becomes the all-time. leading tackler for the Green Bay. Packers. But on that note, are you. picking up tendencies whenever you're. down on the field there watching? Like. did you find yourself like kind of. knowing what an offense was going to run. from the beginning of the game to the. end of the game without having access to. all the film in the week leading up to.

it? >> I mean kind of a little bit at times. I. mean I'm always trying to figure out. what they're trying to do but that yeah. being right behind there when when. you're watching like a play develop like. when the offense is going out and we're. behind it like watching Fletcher. downhill like this is going to continue. all day. P and 10 first play of the. drive it's like line him up in in the. pistol and he's going downhill and he's. going to get at least 10 maybe 35 yards. It was wild seeing that from directly. behind uh the offense right there and. you saw it over and over again. I'm like. he continue to feed this guy the ball. for sure. >> Who's he going to see for Miami?

>> Uh Shannon Shannon Dawson. We were. trying to say early. Hey, and he doesn't. get to stand where we get to stand. We. we get to stand at a better place. It's. like every time they were running with. it, there was a lot of space. I mean, obviously they're running a 3-3 stack on. the other side, so there's always going. to appear to be space, but with the way. Fletcher was running, that felt like. that was going to be good, especially. with that win from the beginning. >> That was really the only thing that was. working because everything you can tell. they were trying to feed Malikat Tony. and every time he was getting the ball. in the flat, they were on him. If he was. a Wildcat running east and west, the. defense was all over him on third down,

they were doing great as well. So, yeah, that was the only thing that we saw. working. And another thing from our. vantage point, we have much more. appreciation of what the quarterbacks. got to deal with cuz they're sitting in. the pocket. Sometimes they're throwing. the ball and Reed wasn't the biggest. guy. You knew he couldn't see [ __ ] He. had to be anticipate where these guys. were. So, he was making plays, you know, back plays for one of the drives. The. wind was an unbelievable factor we all. felt. It's a great game though. >> Yeah, we're lucky to do it. We're. appreciative to do it. I think the next. one is the Rose Bowl. Uh but man, it. feels that Cotton Bowl is the night.

before, right? >> Mhm. Mhm. Could. >> that feels like a game, you know, Miami. Ohio State feels like a game you should. want to be at. That feels like that's. going to be. >> Indiana uh Alabama. Let's go in the Rose. Bowl. Indiana favored by seven. >> The Indiana Hooers favored by seven in. football. >> Feels like a lot. >> at the Rose Bowl against Alabama who. just had a 17-point comeback against. Oklahoma. And Indiana has been resting. for the last three and a half weeks. That does feel like a lot of points for. any playoff game, but anytime we've seen.

Indiana play, seemingly they're up to. the task. Fernando Mendoza feels like a. veteran. So, they got a leaders all. across the board. Signetti, if what. Fernando told us is accurate, is taking. the same calendar or schedule that Nick. Sabin used to have where they're going. to work out and just kind of let. Fernando do the practices for a while. And then 13 or 11 days, I forget what it. was. 11 days before the game or seven, I. forget the exact number, uh, before the. game, that's when they'll start back up. as if it's a little bit of a normal game. week, so you don't wear anybody out or.

anything like that. So, I'm intrigued to. see how it works out cuz last year the. weight was not good for any team. >> Last year it was teams are rusty. The. other team coming in hot. I mean, Alabama just eliminates 17 points in. like basically four minutes, 5 minutes. They're riding quite a high right now. and Indiana's just been kind of hanging. out. That's a interesting advantage that. they're saying it is, but I I don't know. honestly. >> We we we do have to remember that last. year it was the conference champions. that who got the buy and this year it. was just the top four teams. So, we'll. see if that makes a difference because.

in the first round it made a difference. The home teams were 4-0 last year and. obviously they had two losses this year. >> Yeah. And point differential I think. went from 19 to 16 or something like. that. But if he didn't have the two lane. uh miss game, obviously that'd be vastly. different because at the end of that JMU. game, uh they came back a little bit on. Oregon. I guess landing uh coach landing. put his ones back out. >> Did he? >> I think so. >> Mhm. >> I think there's a chance. I I I haven't. got to see the film yet. I've just kind. of seen. But. >> yeah, had backups out, had backups in. JMU obviously starts scoring and then.

allegedly he's like, "Yeah, [ __ ]. right. Put the ones back out there at. the very end of the game." Like last. drive maybe. Yikes. >> That's the worst. >> Yeah. So, >> already cut your tape off your wrist. >> Yeah. And also, uh, coach Landing is. only doing that if he's incredibly. pissed about game. >> Yeah. About everything going on. So, I. think they still feel they got a chance. to get the rust, play a game, but I. don't think they're thinking they played. their best game or got to play their. best game, I guess. So, it's like I. think we're going to have a great second. round. There's people that are obviously.

pissed about Tulle and JMU getting in. and they're saying like basically until. they fix that, I'm not watching. It's. like you're missing great [ __ ] man. Like there's great plays. You're talking. about these dudes who are going to go on. to have Hall of Fame careers, making. magical moments at these universities. that have so much tradition and passion. and fan bases that span back decades if. not centuries. It's like it's a special. time. Oklahoma hosting that game, that. was electric out there. They lose. >> Texas A&M hosting that game, that whole. city was alive. They lose. Teams going.

into that type of environment makes the. road even better. And it's like, yeah, I. I still think we got a pretty good. product. Now, if you were to say Notre. Dame, Oregon, Texas, Old Miss. >> Yeah, >> sure. Hey, >> that might have got the people going a. little better, >> but we can't live in that world. That. wasn't the rules. Okay. So, hopefully. they'll change the rules so that next. year we have that. But in the moment, we. got good [ __ ] with college football. right now. >> Great [ __ ] And look, I understand the. pouting, but just win your games. Win.

the games you're supposed to win. And I. >> Well, it's easy to SAY THAT WHEN YOU'RE. PLAYING JMU SCHEDULE. in the games. you're supposed to win and you get you. get a chance to shine and if you don't. you don't and uh you know I'm sure. they'll change it next year and I think. the right answer is group of five can. get in if they're ranked in the top 12. I think that's an easy. >> just do the ring. >> easy fix and they will do that they will. make that fix. I think they have shown. that they will fix things or adjust. things, but they're going to also say. the first round in whole in total has to. get figured out cuz it's still 16. points. >> Mhm. >> Differential, but I'm what I would like.

to say is. >> that Alabama Oklahoma game was. electrifying. >> Banger. >> Banger. What a comeback. >> What a comeback. Texas A&M Miami. Now, the wind certainly changed the way that. entire thing goes, but they were. battling in there. Oh, yeah. >> I mean, they were battling in there. Good football being played both sides. Huge hits. massive, >> huge hits and the refs letting them. play. We need that crew in the NFL. >> Yep. They did a great job. The whole. like Yeah. Did you notice the refs at. all? Did anybody say, "Oh, these guys. are stepping in." I guess there was one.

Did people claim they wanted a late hit? Who was it on when he tossed him out of. bounds a little bit? I It was a great no. call. >> Yeah, it was a great no call. >> OJ. >> Who? >> Uh OJ, cornerback for uh Miami. >> 29. >> Yeah, that's that's a young man that was. at my camp. Yeah, he was it turns out. the guy who maybe had the lay hit there, >> you know. >> Good job, R. Stay on him. Stay on him. >> YEAH, STAY EXACTLY ON THE COURT. >> There was a questionable um roughing the. pass. >> roughing late that kind of spurred Texas. A&M's drive to go down to tie it helmet. to helmet too on the Tory hit I guess.

also could be it. But this that ref crew. very open like. >> very open about hey. >> we're playing football here. Let's go. ahead and do that. We're not fighting. I. think we're not going to get into the. fight and stuff like that. But I think. they that's a crew that everybody has. the same mindset. Like normally I think. uh head ref can have an idea on what he. is, but he might have one or two people. within a crew that aren't the same way. So maybe it is a little inconsistency on. who's calling what cuz these crews have. to be teams. You know, they have to all. decide that they're doing [ __ ] the same.

That's obviously not as easy as it. sounds if it was in a video game. That. crew feels like they're all say they see. football the same exact way and they're. all very comfortable. >> Yeah. I mean, they're all very. confident, dude. That was absolutely. Who's black? >> Yukon. Oh, you talking about the I'm not. sure that he was like. >> Jordan's the Jordan Cle. >> Oh, Jordan. He's a Yukon GR. >> Jordan Dave, I think is his name. I I. forget. >> Judge. >> Uh I've got a chance to chat with him. multiple times from college and through. it all. I think we've seen him kind of.

uh grow. The uh yeah, the black dude. that was jacked with the Oakley glasses. Did you see him? Oakley glasses. We're. He's middle of that game. Smile on his. face. It's like they weren't scared. They weren't there was nothing. And like. that was that's what you need out of the. refs. I think that's our big. conversation. It's like you are the. representatives of ball. Okay. [ __ ]. act like it. Like that's what you need. to do. And it's easier said than done of. course, but we've seen it done in the. past. So let's go ahead and get those. people or at least put into place the. best ways to get those people into those. positions. You know what I mean, AJ?

>> Yeah. I guess it's tough to think like. what do you have those guys like the. those ref crews try to mentor young guys. or use them to coach your your young. guys. whatever it is, the the head guy, they're they're all they're all going in. the same direction. They're on the same. page and they also like I don't know, they're not, you know, some refs feel. like almost you can watch them and. they're nervous. You can tell they're. they don't want to they don't want to. inject themselves. They don't want to. have to make a call or make a have a no. call that decides the game. That ref. crew feels like, >> "Yeah, we're we're going to whatever. happens, we will we will that's what we. do. We're the referees, but we're not.

worried about it. We're just going to. call like it is.". >> And we're not saying it's an easy job. >> It's not an easy job at all. It's a very. difficult job. and who would want to do. it. But it's just like at the NFL, we. need to we need to find those people. We. need to find those people. Like that's I. don't want to say jeopardizing the game, but I mean there's a couple things that. happen. It's like how is this what's. representing this multiple hundreds of. billion dollar league and everything. like that there. I just think that needs. to be a part of the conversation when. we're figuring out who's doing what. >> Definitely jeopard jeopardizing the. game. But to the point about the helmet.

to helmet like in&m Miami, if that's the. thing that you have a gripe about, like. in no world does a helmet to helmet. call, you know, make or break a game in. that it would have like you're you give. them four more chances and you're going. to make that call after kind of. swallowing the whistle the whole game, you're going to completely flip it on. the last drive like that. >> Oh, they would have got murdered. >> They would have got murdered. Yeah. And. and we would have thought the same. thing, too. like you're going to make. that call in the college football. playoff to basically hand&m the ball, not only the ball on the 2 yardd line,

the 2 and 1/2 yardd line, but also the. new set of downs like after already. calling it questionable can see the. rough in the passer, but still qu. questionable on the final drive. Like no. way can they make that call. >> Football feel, I think, is what we're. talking about. We need we need we need. people with football field. Their. contract's up. We got to remember that. contract's up. So, right now is a time. where uh the league is okay with. figuring out solutions with the N or the. refs. Normally, league always going to. back the refs. Always. Always. If you.

look at our league versus other leagues, we have good officials and obviously. they have full-time refs. So, you're. always going to hear Roger Goodell. You're always going to hear the NFL. backing the refs. They find people for. saying anything bad about the refs. Now, because there's a little bit of a. contract coming up, we need some. leverage. >> Okay, >> we need some leverage, you know, is what. we're thinking. And they're like, "Yeah, it's okay if we've got Yeah, they're not. perfect, are they?" Yeah, it is. interesting that they're not perfect. And maybe they do need a little bit. extra. This guy Yep.

>> Throws and he brings it back then, too. Like a little bow and arrow thing. It's. a part of his thing. I don't know if we. have it. >> Is that the beginning or the end? >> No. After he goes, he throw. There you. go. Hang loose, bro. Throw it. And then. watch. He pulls it back like a bow. >> Oh, I didn't see the bow. I saw the. throw because for those that don't know, White Cap standing opposite end zone of. kickoff. Okay, their job is to make sure. all the refs are off the field, everybody is set up and aligned and then. bang, they blow that thing to be a live. play. So whenever that happens, normally.

it's just a point, right? This guy. throwing up the hey shaka. Ya ya ya ya. ya. Got you. And then him, you know. what? Take that [ __ ] to you down there. It's just like so comfortable. Like. that's like. >> big 12 Big 12 crew. >> So confident, so comfortable. It's like. they were I'm a big fan of them. I I. think they do a good job. I think they. do a good job. >> They don't move on unless they do well. either. Unless they're great. Cuz we. asked uh we asked a guy before the game, "Oh, where you at next week?" He's like, "Hey, we don't know. Depends on how we.

do today. So hopefully we see you down. the road.". >> Here's the here's the crew. Here's the. crew here. We saw them a lot last year. Uh the guy from Yukon Gabriel. >> Sorry, I called him Dave. That's 100% on. me. Gabe. Sorry, Gabe. That's lost in. translation. And there's a lot in there. I apologize. We've seen them multiple. times. They're all awesome, though. That. is a good crew. That is a good crew. And. we appreciate how cuz I'll say some [ __ ]. like during break, you know. >> You ask them about uh. >> the reviews. >> Yeah. Reviews. >> Yeah. Cuz there was uh Texas&M trying to.

run hurry up a couple times and before. even getting a snap off it before. anybody would be able to have the. challenge, like it was like a good. executed hurry up because it could be a. reviewable play. It got blown dead from. up top, but we didn't know if it was up. top or if it was the refs. Who was it? So, we asked him. He's like, "Yeah, it's. Jean uh. Jean uh. >> uh No, >> he did say. >> somebody Pittsburgh, too. >> Something about Pittsburgh. >> Jean Senco." Yeah, Jean Simco. And uh he.

said he was kind of whistling it down or. blowing it dead or whatever. And it was. like even that operation. >> like that quickly being like, "No, we. got to look at that." That was even. good. It was like. >> I I thought they did a [ __ ] great. job. Especially given the elements like. knowing that like the w like cuz you it. became apparent very early on like this. is going to be super super physical. Not. that it wouldn't have been beforehand. but it's like okay Pat like and they. could have they could have been really. ticky tack with several flags and it was. kind of just like nope this is kind of a. [ __ ] show like the tougher team's going.

to win. We'll just let them play. >> We appreciate the college football. playoff as a whole. We're lucky to be. there and uh we'll continue staying on. Now granted, if if we didn't appreciate. it from where we're standing and. watching, we'd be the biggest pieces of. [ __ ]. >> on earth. >> You don't have to even love football to. love that experience. >> Yeah. Yeah. What a time. >> Yeah. >> Can you imagine somebody that doesn't. know anything about football and they. stood with us and watched the game from. there and had no they really didn't have. any kind of idea like, "Oh my gosh, how. does everyone not die on every play?". >> Who's Miami returner?

>> Uh Keela Marion. >> Kila Marian. I guess he a Yukon. transfer. >> Yep. Yukon started Yukon went to BYU now. at you. >> He waved fair catch for a kickoff and. then he was down near us for the next. kickoff and we're literally SCREAMING AT. HIM. HEY, NAH, NO FAIR CATCH. TAKE THIS. THING. He turns, he sees debut. Full. point to debut. He goes, "Okay, debut.". Like a whole thing. And it was like, "Wait a minute. We might get this guy in. some real [ __ ] here. Please don't focus.". >> Yeah. Yeah. We need you to not do that. Kid kicked a touchback. Thank God.

because who knows what happens. But in. that score, like lowscoring offenses. weren't really scoring or doing much. It's like you would want kickoff return. just like the punt return from Malachi. Yeah. It's like that's where you can. kind of maybe break one. So whenever I. saw the fair catch, I'm like, "Yeah, right, bro. You're [ __ ] You play for. Miami, dude." Like, >> take it. >> Oh yeah. >> Let's [ __ ] go, dude. And him turn. around and going, "Okay, dude. What?". Clapping. My immediate thought was, "Oh, [ __ ] Crystal is going to hate us. >> so bad." Hey, need one here. Hey,

>> exactly. Get these [ __ ] off the. [ __ ] field. They're talking my. players into doing things they're not. supposed to do. I was like, that's that. was running through my head. I was like, oh no. >> If I was that if I was Kila, I would. definitely get talked into something I'm. not supposed. >> Oh, what? >> Yeah. Oh, sure, >> dude. Cuz you imag. that that would be a much different. story. >> Oh, yeah. >> Now he takes that, that thing comes. flying out. All of a sudden they get the. ball in like. >> return team's expecting him to put his.

hand up. Fair catch. >> Nobody's blocking. >> I do. He's running directly to you. Double kick. >> Oh yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. Didn't. happen. Hey, we live to see another day. from the sideline. And we hope you'll. watch with us. Uh Rose Bowl will be. live, I believe, on ESPN 2. It'll be. Alabama vers Indiana. That cotton bowl. We should. >> Boy, it's a long trip. Texas to LA.

>> How far is that? Two. >> We did it once. >> Yeah, I remember. Hey, >> shut up. >> Oh, yeah. Everybody was sleeping. >> Mhm. >> Be quiet. Just play your cars. Don't. make any noise. >> Turn the lights off. >> Oh, yeah. You did. >> Oh, >> you did. >> I was a. >> Missou Ohio State. >> Yep. >> Yep. >> It was awesome. >> We're on a private plane. Holy [ __ ]. Just left Cotton Bowl heading to Rose. Bowl. This is a good time. Hell yeah. Want to drink? Absolutely. Everybody would like one. Yep.

Absolutely. Then all of a sudden, all. the lights go down in the whole plane. It's like, what the [ __ ] is going on. here? Turn on our little [ __ ] All. right, figure this out. Heck, you guys. keep it down. We're going to try to get. some sleep. >> Turn that off. >> Sleeping on a [ __ ] private plane. I. didn't know we did that. Holy [ __ ]. We're real comfortable on this goddamn. thing. Just used to it. I love that. So, we uh whispered while playing you and. boozing for the next two and a half. hours. We did try to keep it down. There. was a couple moments where Connor got. very excited though. I mean, we had some. good hands. We had some good winds up.

there in the sky. You got to do that. >> Yeah, it was a good time. >> What was it? Two and a half hours. I. forget. >> Probably about that. Yeah, it actually. made it more fun. Like we were. hysterically laughing at points cuz we. had to be quiet. >> Yeah, sure. That was crazy. That was a. wild time. There was another time I got. I was lucky enough to be on private. play. Remember I sat sideways for. Atlanta LA? >> That's right. And that that one though. is just a hop, skip, and a jump, you. know. That's not bad. >> That one was good. It wasn't obvious. that I was certainly not on the original. manifest and tossed into the the thing. later there. Here's one seat that's.

open. Faces that way. We're flying that. way. >> You're comfortable. It's about a. seven-hour flight. >> Okay. Sick. Do I have a back or. anything? Well, I actually can't turn it. because then there's no walkway and need. to have a walkway. Oh, sweet. Thank you. guys so much. Here's here is the. infamous night card game. Oh, yeah. >> Here's Connor introducing himself as. him. Hi. How you doing? I'm him. Nice to. meet you. Hi. Hi. Yep. Please. I'd like to meet you. I'm. him. Thank you. Yes, sir. I'm him. Thank. you. Whispering, obviously. Wow. A lot.

of inside baseball here. That was a. [ __ ] epic night right there. >> It was. >> That was so fun. >> That was a great night. That was a great. night of cards. Yeah, he was him then in. that moment, I think. And. >> after a loan room or something. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Good one. >> That was a big quiet. >> Yeah, quiet out. >> Yeah, it was certainly something. Just. know that we are not the people that are. supposed to be in the situations that we. are in. And if you were in the. situations we were in, we think you. would handle them the same way. We try. to do the right thing all the time. I.

feel like that is accurate. I try my we. we try our best to do the right thing. But we also try to enjoy literally every. I think literally everything. And uh. it's sports you're supposed to. >> These are the good old days. >> We're in them. >> Hell yeah. >> Come on. We're in them. And on that. note, Ryan Day said he'll be taking over. the play calling during the college. football playoff. Curtetti, good luck being the only Big 10 team. that can maybe go and get it cuz Ryan. Day is back under center for the Ohio. State Buckeyes. He doesn't like that his. plate colors potentially going to a.

different team. That was happening at. Texas A&M, wasn't it? >> Well, yeah, I don't think so. How about. this? I'll be in control of what we end. up doing. Where's Ryan Day like as a. play caller? Do we know? >> Uh, he was the play caller before Chip. Kelly, I believe. Ryan, >> what's he like? >> Yeah. Oh yeah, great champion. >> That's what he he cut his teeth on being. a great play a great play caller as. Debbone would say for all the people in. Nashville that he hates it. Didn't cut. their teeth there. But I feel like Ryan. Day, this is what he does. This is what.

he does. This is not a not, you know, it's nothing nothing out of the norm. >> Known as a great play caller. great. explanation of cutting your teeth and. why it has entered our universe with the. way Debbud has gotten very pissed off. about awards being given out in the. country music space which he thinks. shouldn't be going to who they're going. to because where did they cut their. teeth at? Are they appreciative of the. city? Uh Ryan Day, when was the last. time he called plays? That would be what. three years ago. >> Two years. Yeah, >> before Chip, right? >> Chip was only there a year. >> Oh man, that's actually a pretty good. little weapon now. Nobody knows his. tendencies. He's not too far removed but.

also might be fresher after watching. Chip and watching Hardline. kind of m. maybe a little bit of a mixture. He's. seen what his offense does well. He's. seen what it does hasn't done well. And. if this is what he was supposed to be. the super genius at, feels like that's a. good thing, not a bad thing. Do we think. it's because of. >> good luck. >> what happened at Texas A&M? >> No, I think it's just because I mean I. don't I don't think it's anything to do. with him looking at&m. He just knows. that Heartline, you know, is probably. 99.9% in on the Buckeyes, but he's 100%. in on the Buckeyes. >> Yeah. Well, the thing about Hardline is.

he'll be in a new city next year. You. know what? I'll be in this house that he. used to have to have 24/7 security here. So. >> that guy's not answering questions after. the game. He's leaving. >> Correct. >> And he's trying to recruit out of our. building. >> Mhm. >> So I'm going to make sure that the boys. are happy with how these plays are being. called. >> That's right. >> Look for Jerem Smith getting in the. paint. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Oh, Julian Sane in the playoff. We've. only really seen him in one massive. moment really. It's that Michigan game. And I remember his hair kind of like,

you know, flowing perfectly. It looked. like he was made for the moment. Then we. see him take on Indiana. It's like, wait. a minute, Indiana was able to hang. Is. that because Indiana's number one team. in the country or is that because Ohio. State isn't who we thought they were? I. guess we all find out. >> We're going to find out. >> It's a good Dline. >> It's a great Dline at Miami. >> They're chirping, too. >> Oh, they're confident. >> Ruben Bane doesn't take Connie. Disrespect. >> Oh, no. Three sacks, I believe. Four. tackles for loss. a blocked field goal. >> Ruben Bane was a bane to their entire.

existence down there at Texas A&M, >> was he not? >> He was. >> He was a little fired up with what Zoran. the third had to say. >> Mhm. >> You said what? Walking Park. Block kick, quarterback destruction, tackle for loss. Oh yeah. And Meador is. going to eat on the other side as well. It was a wild game on both sides, but. that Ruben Bane character, he's fun to. watch. And then they put a live mic on. him in the locker room afterwards and he.

he'll give you all his motivations that. he had down what what he was thinking. >> I like it. >> Me too. Now. I'm going move on. These lives from not. just college, NFL, everything. NBA I. guess whoever is doing them. >> I mean that is a moment of high emotion, right? >> Yeah. >> Like the highest. That that is like the. highest. So I think what we're watching. it needs to be taken under consideration. that there is an intoxication happening. in front of us of dopamine and.

everything that is taking place. Like I. I think you know what I mean like I. think people try to take it. >> oh my gosh as on the road too. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Like it's like almost like yeah. you got to be responsible for what you. say but almost you don't need to be like. especially after a big win on the road. We saw Chris Bar, we saw how that Miami. team like what you can do like if you go. on the road and get a huge win like that. to advance in a in a sudden death game. like what that can do for your team that. will last for years like confidence and. juice and knowing like yeah of course. like we belong here we're supposed to be.

here. >> Yeah. And the use back that that was. like the that was the. >> playmaker. We got playmaker giving coach. kisses like we got I mean he's amazing. >> Yeah. So so I would just like people to. judge people off of that. like that is a. very wild time in a human's existence in. a winning locker room and whenever these. lives are coming like I think we should. be a little bit more um forgiving for. things that say and I don't think we. should be judging it as if it's clear. head clear mind sober thoughts you know. might have been sober thoughts but I I. don't think it's like.

>> yeah we we've seen his notebook. >> that's kind of a constant hey [ __ ] this. guy [ __ ] this coach [ __ ] this player. [ __ ] this. Yeah, they wrote checks they couldn't. cash, Bane said. So, >> they can keep talking and I'm going to. run in that guy probably at the next. level, too. And guess what? It's on site. every single time. >> Speaking of that, Miles Garrett almost. got it. >> Yeah, almost. >> Miles Garrett almost got it. JJ being on. the call for Miles Garrett, breaking. TJ's record. TJ's tied with Strahan for. 22 and a half. Uh JJ being on the call.

for that would have been awesome, I. think. you know, just kind of the sack. family kind of all uh being there. But. instead, he still remains one away. Could break it against the Pittsburg. Steelers. Wow. >> A Cleveland Brown breaking a sack uh per. season record against the Pittsburgh. Steelers would be great for the city of. Cleveland. It would be great for the. Browns as a whole. Browns obviously not. really playing for anything. Steelers. certainly playing for something. So, a.

little bit a tale of two different. stories in two different cities. Who. knows what the future holds, but Miles. Garrett getting against Pittsburgh would. be very poetic, I think, for the good of. all. >> Yeah, I think it was I don't know. I was. talking to someone here maybe four weeks. ago, six weeks ago. Just looking at the. numbers, I said he's definitely he's. definitely going to break it against the. Steelers. >> This is this would be the 16th game. >> Yes. >> Which would be what the old schedule. was, the old calendar was. So, I think. if you break it in 17 games, I think. there's always going to be a little.

asterisk. But if you break it in 16. games, I think there'll also be an. asterisk. They say I got it in 16 games, ended up with a total of blah blah blah. because you're being judged upon the. past. It's just like Adam Venitary's. all-time leading scoreer. That was only. 16 game seasons. >> So like 17 game seasons, if anybody ever. catches him, which would be very. difficult, he's going to hit the anvil. tonight. Maybe break that [ __ ] thing. >> Yeah. >> But like there is like a forever like. this is during a 16 game season because. an extra game adds a lot, you know, each. opportunity. >> big time. Think I mean think of stack. that up over 20 years. How many years.

has been Terry play? >> 25. >> 25. Jeez. >> Yeah. Jeez. >> Was he always that jacked as a player as. he is now? >> Always always considered him always. worked out hard. Always worked out. >> Tackle Hershel Walker. >> Yeah. He he always he always worked out. really hard. He was a quarterback and a. wrestler in high school and a kicker. >> That's awesome. Good for him. >> Yeah. So, he was always like benching. and his bench was very good. So, he. didn't mind laying his ass down there. 39 years old, 38 years old, and with the. young buck seeing him move, you know,

275, whatever it is that he's moving, it's like, yeah, got it. There was a. decision made by he and I though that we. were going to explore the space whenever. we retired because we had seen and heard. about these things that were available. and uh we certainly have. I I I think. it's very I think it's very uh but he is. >> he might he might break that anvil. tonight. You're right. >> Yes, he is big. He's [ __ ] Last time I. saw him, I haven't seen him in I don't. know, maybe six months. I assume he's. been in like four different remote areas. hunting things. Oh yeah. You know, he. goes into like a rainforest for like 13.

14 days and just lives in there. >> Yeah. I mean, he was telling me a story. He was like, I'm living in a rainforest. for 17 days. >> Oh, he's like full go. Okay. >> Oh, yeah. >> Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. >> He's not glamping. He's out there weeks. >> Yeah. So, literally gone, you know, for. a while. And then he has full family. So, I don't really see him as much. I. don't think he's had as many games, but. every time I see him, he's. >> Yeah. more Jack and it's like holy [ __ ]. dude are you lifting all day you might. break out. >> anvil chance. >> red panda at halftime.

>> the pogo stick boys. >> oh just stay out of her way she's. already coming off an injury stay out of. her way please. >> all right let's do our overreactions. then we'll make our picks uh she is. coming off injury let's make sure we. keep red panda okay she's in the middle. of NBA season right now. >> true. >> this is prime calendar get money year. time. >> for red panda these pogo sticks boys. know though. >> Yeah, they could they could ball out. >> The Peru pogo stick, boys. >> Might get a pogo stick. It's been a.

while. >> Something to think about, >> man. >> I mean, the heavy duty ones. Let me. know. >> We have actually a pretty good little. space here for it. >> Yeah, we cut up this floor, though. >> Well, the good non-scuff non-scuff. >> Well, the issue would be if there's any. of the dust that kind of accrews down. here, you know, maybe from our ceiling. We're not 100% sure where the [ __ ] it. comes from. But. >> if you ain't scuffing, you ain't. pogoing. Yeah. Well, the scuffing for. sure, but I'm worried about the. >> this Oh, yeah. >> Get your teeth your feet taken out from. underneath you. >> Well, foot. >> Yeah. >> Well, technically, yeah.

>> Yeah. Peg. >> Peg. Yeah. >> Stick. >> Mhm. >> Single leg. >> Yeah. That's night. Night night. >> Oh. Head on the back of the ground. Oh, >> yeah. Yeah. So, that's only worry, you. know. Helmet. >> Maybe we. >> You're right. >> There we go. Full helmet. >> I'll live in my fears. >> Smart. >> You're right. I think you're a little. bit different than than maybe everybody. else in here, you know, with your. athleticism verse, you know, we're. talking about. >> got good athletes in here.

>> Have you thought about Bone on that pogo. stick? >> You remember him falling off the second. rope in that ring? >> National champion Bone. >> You ball champ former champion. >> Have you guys defended yet? >> I haven't been cleared. Still waiting. >> All right. >> I actually have an appointment. >> Upper body. No, lower body. If it was. upper body, I'd play. I'm not a wuss. >> Kamish. Got it. >> I'm not commish. That's the problem. There's no commissioner. We ball has. always been about the universe. It's. never been about one person kind of.

deciding what it is. >> Yeah. It's up to you if to to vacate. Of. course, in in that sense, it would be me. and I will not be vacating. >> But there's been a full conversation. amongst the Uball leadership group uh. that there certainly should be a defense. soon. Yeah. >> Or a handover of the title. that has. been happening there. >> They said march. That's what the. leadership council said. >> No, leadership council did not say you. said doctor said that to leadership. council that it was said around. leadership council.

>> I know doctors told doctors have told. me. I don't know if they told leadership. council that I mean this injury would. keep him. >> You literally told us earlier that it. was going to be till March until the. lower body injury was going to be back. to when you thought you could maybe. defend the title. >> for for defense. I mean normal person. this would keep him out till 27. But. again, I'm not I'm not some wuss. So if. I mean we can we can do that song and. dance. I I could vacate. >> He was on sideline of a college football. playoff. >> Yeah. In pain. Dogs bark. Legs damn near. falling off. >> But well I mean [ __ ] it's Texas. It's.

Texas football baby. I'm not I'm not. going to not be there. >> Well, what about you ball then? It's you. bowl baby. >> I mean look I I just don't want to lose. a leg. Okay. I don't want to lose a foot. and that that's possible. They told me. >> Foxy. Did you know that he could. potentially lose a limb if he was played. to you bowl right now? >> Listen. I don't like this one bit cuz if. you recall Pat, the only reason we lost. the title was because Debbut looked us. in the eyes when we didn't want to play. a game. We we were done with it. We had. won 10,000 games in a row and he said, "You guys are fighting champs. You have. to play." And he said, "Sure, I guess we.

will." And then we lost two in a row. So. that was some bullshite right there. >> And I learned from that and I said, "You. know what? Okay, you're right. I'm not. going to play unless I know I'm at my. peak physical, you know, performance.". >> You said previous champions have worked. way too much. >> and they've they've screwed it up. You. know, they played hurt. >> and I ain't doing that. Okay. >> That's why your championship run would. never be remembered. >> Is that right? Because mine might be the. longest. And and plus, sure, I I'd. rather not be remembered than be. considered the John Cena era of jeez.

>> John Cena is one of the greatest of all. time. >> Not Not the good Not the good era. They're not talking about it in the good. era. >> Yes, they are saying that John Cena. carried the entire What's the Biz doing. now? >> They're talking about his last run. His. shite run. >> Oh, you're talking about the final the. final. >> Yeah, the poop run. The No, it was good. The last time is No. He wanted. >> You should have stuck with like the the. emo John, you know, where there's no no. graphics or whatever it was. Yeah, >> he John. >> The emo John. >> Yeah, >> he was sad. >> I was just thinking the walk out like. the sad. >> the black screen, I believe.

>> Did he have eyeliner on as well? I don't. recall. >> I don't think so. >> It's kind of like Bruce and I now. We. kind of are like the emoena uh uh title. defenders. >> trying to ruin. You're trying to ruin. the game. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa. trying to ruin the. business. He's trying to ruin it. >> Oh yeah, cuz he did say that during. that. >> Yeah, I'm not trying to ruin you ball. Look, look, you guys are trying to ruin. You ball by making me play hurt. >> Yeah, that's what champions do. I saw. Foxy play through. He broke his ankle. twice. And what did he do? Cab was. cramping. What did he do? He lost the.

title. I'm not some [ __ ] Mark play. hurt and lose it. >> We need to replace Connor with someone. else. And because you balls a. gentleman's game, >> the community decides. >> No, no, that wouldn't make sense. It. would kind of be up to you saying me. >> It would be the first time ever a. threeperson Uball team. >> Yes, exactly. >> That person would be subbing in for. Connor is what you're saying. >> Conor's on IR. >> So, I would pick my Uball replacement. >> I think so. >> Sure. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Michael Jordan. Get him in here and. and we can and we can continue this.

thing. >> He'd be so good. By the way, he'd be so. You never [ __ ] miss. >> If not Jordan, LeBron, if not Braun, >> Steve Nash. >> If not Steve Nash, John Stockton. about. Steph. >> Caruso. >> Caruso. He's already You're gonna have. to see him play a little bit. >> Okay, now on that note, Caruso, shout. out to him filling in for us. Um, >> yeah, he's already filled in once. I. don't know if I want him filling in for. me. >> Um, he thankful for him doing that. The. Johnny Manzel thing, fascinating. Very, very fascinating cuz, you know, I think.

a lot of people made a huge deal out of. it because it is Johnny Manzel. I think. for us it was like we knew he was at the. fight the night before. We kind of. watched the fight and it was like ah. that could kind of happen and then. Caruso stepping up was just like a huge. thing. I don't think I was ever. offended. I don't know about anybody. else but I think it was just like ah. that happened. We don't really we we're. like very appreciative whenever people. decided to do the show but I think a lot. of people were trying to make it like uh. this guy stood up. It's like we're. lucky. >> Johnny didn't I saw Johnny's his. statement. Didn't he say he's recovering.

now? Something happened. >> Yeah. I I don't know what happened. I. had talked to him because whenever he. put the entire thing I'm sorry to blah. blah blah Pat Desmond and everybody it. was like yo you don't have to apologize. to us brother like we're just lucky that. you were going to do it like we were. very thankful that anybody will do that. that's a lot of time out of your life. that's a trip to a place maybe that you. don't live to go back like it it takes a. lot for people to be the picker so like. we're just very [ __ ] grateful that. anybody does it let that's how I feel at. least I don't know how everybody else I. think everybody else on the set. certainly feels that way like we're just. grateful somebody will do it so I I.

don't think there was anybody that was. super offended by Johnny Manzo like he. was at a [ __ ] fight in Miami last. night, right? Johnny Menzel was at a. fight in Miami. It's like we assume that. potentially had a good time, wasn't able. to make it. I think we're all like, "Yeah, understandable." And then Caruso. being there is like perfect. Got a. [ __ ] NBA champ here. >> It's like and he was, you know, he was. great, too. So, >> he's great. >> If Caruso was first choice, we'd be. [ __ ] pumped. So like it's uh I I. don't think. >> probably&m fans. >> I would assume you know cuz he is.

>> the most probably well-known Texas&M. player ever. I mean the first you know. college football player on campus I hope. you know hope te's and peas hope he's. good but I would assume that fan base. >> and also he was with Diego this year a. lot and there's you know all this type. of stuff. So, I I think there was. potentially a feeling from the&m. faithful that he, you know, could have. showed up for us, which I did see in the. comments and they're allowed to feel. that way. Hey, however you feel. I'm. just letting people know that he [ __ ]. apologized to me. Like,

>> we're as thankful anybody will [ __ ]. come up there and put themselves right. into the fire with. >> Yeah, I think this team's going to lose. That team's fabulous. I'm never watching. your [ __ ] movie. >> All right. Thank you for coming up here. This is the This is the most aggressive. part of the show by far. by far. So, thank you for doing this. Good luck. You're gonna be on the [ __ ]. scoreboard. You better be because if. you're on the other side, everybody's. gonna dunk on you. That's just what's. gonna happen on that. You can get in. there and kill it like Timothy Shalom. >> Yes, he did. That's right. >> Shalom. I I remember forever. I. unbelievable. Andy Navaro in Ohio.

getting a big time win. Everybody else. was the other way. And now he's Marty. Supreme. >> That's right. >> And I guess that's crushing it. >> Yeah. Yeah. At the box office. And I. think at least early trends are. indicating like they think that he's a. lock for sure to get nominated for uh. best actor for the Oscars. But a lot of. people saying like, "Oh, this is it. Timmy Shalom is winning an Oscar this. year.". >> Congrats to Tammy. We're big fans. We. appreciate. Sorry about your Knicks. >> Well, they did win the NBA Cup. >> I was talking about last year. >> Yeah, sure.

>> Cuz Pacers, I don't think can run Knicks. in the playoffs. You know, there was a. lot of we'll see you next year's at the. end of uh that particular series. >> And uh I kept saying, you think you. guys, >> you think you guys, little would I know, >> we'd be losing the guy. >> game seven of the finals shortly there. afterwards. And I don't know if we're. anywhere near that right now. >> Might need to be an MVP conversation. Tyrese. >> Yeah. >> When you talk about value, what we're. seeing, what we were watching.

>> Yeah. >> That's just like a few months ago. Seems. like. >> Mhm. >> to what is now still lovable. >> What's the record? >> They have won a few more recently. >> We don't talk about those things. Those. things they're going up and to the. right. Coach Carlo. >> 6 and 22. A lot of time a lot of time to. streng strength couple together. >> Carile is going for 800 this year, right? Is it 800 700? >> Yeah, it's a big one. He he wins a lot. games and we like coach Carlile, but. boy, six and 22 after going to game. seven of the NBA finals is a tough pill. to swallow as especially with what. Oklahoma City's doing. I guess Oklahoma.

City's only lost three games or. something like that and they've lost. like two out of their last three or. something. So, they start out 24- one or. something like that. I'm learning that. on the set as Caruso comes up. I'm like, are you guys asked this year like us? And he's like, uh, yeah, we've lost two. out of the last three. Thanks. And then. Stanford Steve's like, they were 24- one. before that. They were 24-1 before that. I'm like, you guys have only lost three. games all season. And Chris goes, yeah, but we've been we've lost the last. couple. I'm like, all those guys are. coming back down earth. the Pacers are.

about to go. I said, "You guys are. really [ __ ] good right now." He goes, "Yeah, we're Yeah, we're playing very. good." Yeah. I'm like, "Good for you. guys." Cuz we we felt that what game. seven was like. How about our city? >> I know. Unbelievable. >> How about everything? I mean, that was. electrifying to experience that. Oklahoma City, they're saying he's exact. way. Remember their fans. >> [ __ ] heralded. It's like they they. got something. >> They got something. Oh, yeah. >> And I guess Shay's still unstoppable. >> Yep. >> Yeah. They're absurd. You know who the. second best team is? >> Who? Detroit.

basketball. >> Wow. 22 and six. >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. So, we're back. The Pistons lead. the G-League. >> The Eastern Conference path. >> Holy [ __ ]. >> Kade Cunningham like that. >> Kade Cunningham's unbelievable. He could. start on the Olympic team right now. He's been playing phenomenal. Jaylen. Duran has been incredible. Our coach JB. Bicker Staff, who you saw on First Take. after we lost in the playoffs last year, is an absolute dog. Basically, all those.

years for the Pistons being really bad, they just had a bunch of top five picks, and all those guys are growing up now, and they're playing phenomenal. And. we're back to playing gritty defense. like the 04 Pistons did when we won the. title. And the Bad Boy Pistons. >> And what's that? >> Unfortunately, the Celtics, they're really good still. >> Oh, really? You guys didn't have Tatum. >> And guess who's coming back? Who? >> Jason Tatum. >> When's he coming back? >> Much sooner than everybody would have. thought. >> What's the deal? So that means we're.

just a couple weeks behind, right? Cuz. that's how it when Tyrese was behind. >> No. No. Unfortunately, Tyrese does all. the WWE Mickey Mouse [ __ ] Jason. Tatum just does PT and he falls. Yes, it. is. And it's going to end up being. Pistons versus Celtics. Winner plays. OKC. >> All right. Well, we're excited about the. NBA. We'll certainly pay attention to it. whenever their time comes. Uh, Boxing. Day. The day after Christmas, it's time. now to overreact around the world. I put. out a tweet saying, "Hey, I can't wait. to hear your fandom emotions." All you.

got to do is put a tweet out with the. hashtag, "I don't want to overreact, but. I scanned them and ended up being like. the number two trend on X. We can't. thank you all enough for participating, but also we can't thank Bo enough for. getting people in their feelings as much. as it does." Let's get through these. Uh, get to these, I'm sorry. Nate Moore, Nathan Moore08. # I don't want to. overreact, but the jig is up. The news. is out since Tom Lane was fired three. weeks ago. The Steelers have come live.

though. They've gotten their swagger. back. Russia has commanded the offense. and the defense flies. Boys, we've got a. shot. I agree. >> Mhm. >> I agree. And they don't have TJ Watt out. there and they're winning these games. >> Yeah. >> The jig is up. The news is out. Tomlin. Sean have been fired potentially. >> or the fan base maybe lit a fire, lit a. spark and you're welcome. Okay, something like that. But yes, uh they. are flying around the boys. >> They should apolog.

well, right? >> Thank you, AJ. Thank you. Yes. Okay. And. Aaron and the Aaron and the and the. offensive. >> I'm sure you get that next presser from. Tom. >> I will. Yeah. Yeah. Uh John Smith went. in uh motion last night and Aaron looked. at him and said, "What the [ __ ] are you. doing?" and then pointed him back to. where he was supposed to go. It was. awesome. He is so much he does have. command of the offense and so much like. I love when he gets mad at everyone. And. then yes, you look the demon on third. down was awesome last night. DK getting. loose. Hopefully he's not out. Uh no, it.

was it was. >> feels like he's going to be. >> Well, for sure. >> Yeah, it feels like just Sheer and. Shre's kind of setting the table today. for Yep. This is what's happen. >> A lot of people say uh if if he said. what he said, it's deserved. But. >> he has come out now his uh the fan with. a blue uh wig has a statement through a. lawyer that basically said I. categorically did not say what is being. said that I said so it's going to get. very loud obviously it's a big situation. but the Steelers are rolling that Jay's. up the news is out Tomlin finally found. his fire that's what you guys are saying.

>> yes. >> all right maybe that's the case let's go. to the next one from the Ravens uh at. Dclimoski # I don't want to overreact. but. >> the Ravens are on the cusp of completing. the most disappointing season in. Phillies Derrick Henry not in on the. final two drives. The most incompetent. coaching decision of all time. Lamar. should refuse to play until Harball is. fired. A lot of this tie. >> all of this. There was really nothing. other than, "Hey, the jig is up. Hard. ball stinks. Let's get him out of here.". >> They're saying hardbover. That's AFC. North football, baby. Let's go to the. next one, shall we? This is from uh.

patient Hawks fan at Bradley Hellberg. Good. >> uh redhead redemption. Sam Darnold. # I. don't overreact. But. >> does he see the paranormal? Sure. Does. he give up a few? Sure. Does he not know. the throw the ball away and take. unnecessary sacks? Sure. Does he clutch. the hell up in the biggest moments and. drive your team to victory against the. NFL's best? You're damn right he does. Sam Darnold, redhead redemption. Shout. out to the Seattle Seahawks. Proud of.

>> big win. >> Proud of McDonald. Proud of Sam Darnold. Obviously a gigantic Thursday night. One. of the most epic games that we've seen. obviously all year. Sam Darnold shows up. in a massive moment. Two-point. conversions interestingly handled and. the Seattle Seahawks now NFC West. favorites number one overall seed. favorites. And nobody could have. predicted this with everything that had. been happening over the last two years. Congrats to the Seahawks fans. >> All right. >> So the next one is from Trey Hagland at. Hagland. Trey, the S,

which means same old Lions are all the. way back. Campbell and goof can take a. damn hike. Ben Johnson was the reason. why the Lions were successful. Now the. Bears own the North. You will not hear. another golf chant in Detroit. It's. over. # Go Wings. # Go Pistons. # I. don't want to overreact, but congrats to. you, Foxy. I'm happy about this. Is this. how everybody feels up there? >> Uh, no. This guy's wrong. Golf is not. the problem. He had 360 yards, three.

touchdowns, no turnovers yesterday. St. Brown still playing good. JMO's good. Our marquee guys are fine. We just need. an offensive line and we'll be be back. in the dance next year. >> They just forget that Gibbs is on their. team. Sometimes they after the game, they're like, "Oh [ __ ] I forgot about. Jamir Gibbs. He He's one of our players. on this play.". >> All right, last one here from the. overreaction world. This from. Apesnosseball. #I don't want to overreact. But. >> how about them Cowboys? Just another. season where America's team takes a big.

fat dump on its fan base. Trade away. Michael Parsons let the defense get. torched again and got walked like a dog. by the Chargers at home to miss the. playoffs for the second straight year. Big games lose them. Big- time players. trade them. Playoffs, miss them. This. team is dookie. The Cowboys have wasted. all their fans lives under the age of. 30. With that said, next year is our. year. # I wasted my life. And that is. basically overreaction Monday in a. nutshell. We appreciate that from all. you fans. >> Oh yeah. >> Let's make our picks for tonight. AJ,

you and me tied. >> Tied. 77 and one. 77 and one. Not bad. Not bad. Now, obviously, we're looking. to go over 500 here, both of us. Debbut, who's your pick? How do you like it. tonight? NerS favored by five and a half. in Lucas Oil Stadium. >> I'll be quick. I'll be a homer. The. Colts. JT has a big game. Philip Rivers. does, too. I pick the Colts as well. AJ, who do you like? How do you like it? >> Yeah, obviously if I want to win this, I. cannot pick the Colts. But, uh, I am. going to take the Niners here, but I am. a bit worried about JT running on this.

Niners defense, but I'm taking the. Niners. >> All right. I appreciate you doing that. for the good of the good of the pick. segment. That's AJ Hawk. The boys are. all here. The butt. We appreciate the. hell out of you. We hope you have an. incredible Christmas week. Happy. holidays. Ball is great and we're lucky. as hell to do this. Be a friend. Tell a. friend something nice. It might change. your life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three. Goodbye.