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Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to. [music] our humble abode. The Thunder. Down. On this college football playoff. eve [music] Thursday, December 18th, 2025, THIS PROGRAM BEGINS NOW. FOOTBALL. >> IS MAGICAL, AND tonight on Amazon Prime, the NFL is delivering a fastball, 108. on the tape, Rams Seahawks in Seattle. The stadium that is known as the. greatest environment in the NFL with the.

loudest fans, maybe in the entire world, hosting Matthew Stafford on an MVP-like. run. The Seahawks favored by 1 and 1/2. at home, but if you do the math on. home-field advantage versus a team. traveling in, it's basically a pick 'em. As the number one seed, Los Angeles. Rams, will try to lock down the NFC West. or the Seahawks team with Sam Darnold in. his first year. Is he a guy? Can he lead a team on a playoff run? When meaningful football comes around, and that fat man is about to travel down.

chimneys all across the world, can Sam. Darnold deliver in the biggest way, or. will he crumble like we have seen a. couple times in the past? Nobody will. believe it until they see it. Sam. believes it. McDonald, the coach of the. Seahawks, believes it. And on the other. side, Sean McVay has had this Los. Angeles Rams team go from, "Oh, that. little whiz kid's pretty good coaching. offense." to, "Oh my god, they won a. Super Bowl in their home stadium." to, "Oh my god, they have no picks, they. have no money, and one of the goats, one. of the greatest players of all time,

Aaron Donald, is going to retire. What. are they going to do going forward?". Well, Snead, McVay, Stafford, and the. boys have been pillars throughout. multiple different iterations of this. Los Angeles Rams greatness run. They got. a wide receiver in Puka Nacua, who is. seemingly untacklable. Now, a lot of. stuff off the field is getting loud. He's going to have to continue to. perform and be an absolute monster. We. love Uce. We would like the best for. Uce, and we know that whenever Uce is on. primetime TV, he makes every play every. time. He's going to have to. Davante. Adams pulled his hamstring this past.

weekend, just 4 days ago. Now, Sean. McVay was kind of tight-lipped about him. being ruled out. Let's assume. 32-year-old Davante Adams will not be. playing tonight because of a hamstring, even though the game is massive for both. of these teams. The injury wire, pretty. clean for both sides. >> Wow. Late in the season here. >> The teams that are playing, very good. >> Yeah. on both sides. It's week 16, and. it's special. So, we can't wait to tune. in tonight as Kirk, uh, Kaylee Hartung,

Carissa Thompson, Fitz, Whit, Sherman, Gonzalez. propel us into the greatest weekend of. ball maybe ever. Oh, yeah. >> There's a chance. >> Cuz it's not just tonight that is. special. Tomorrow, we kick off the. college football playoff. CFP kickoff. Friday, Alabama. Ty Simpson and the boys. travel to take on Mateer Venables in. Oklahoma to kick off the 12 teams. counting down to one so we can crown a. CFP national. champion.

It's a special time for football fans. This is going to be electrifying. College GameDay live, 6:00 to 8:00. Eastern time beforehand. Then we'll kick. off this college football playoff that. has been obviously highly scrutinized, highly talked about, but the eyes. that'll be watching this will be huge. because it's a special time with great. teams and incredible environments. Oklahoma's going to deliver tomorrow. night, and then on Saturday at noon in. College Station, Texas, we'll be on the. call on ESPN2 for our Field Pass. Miami.

and Carson Beck travel to take on a. Texas A&M Aggie team that were. undefeated all the way until the last. game of the season, where they lost to. Texas. That's a bad taste in the mouth. of Marcel Reed, Mike Elko, his big ass. brain, and a fan base that is ready to. be showcased to the entire football. world as one of the greatest. environments in the history of sports. down there at Kyle Field. Two other. college football playoff games on. Saturday, NFL games on Saturday, NFL. games on Sunday. Then Monday night here. in Indianapolis, the Niners travel to.

take on the Colts to punch their ticket. to the playoffs. This is it, folks. We. did it. We are in the most important. time of ball that there is ever been, and we should celebrate that every. moment we get. Oh, yeah. Talks to. [applause] famous here at Boston Connor, and that's Ty Schmidt. Ty, it's a. special time. It's a special day. You. had a cake from Tom Cruise earlier. today. Unbelievable. I mean, you know, and and there were a lot of, uh, guys in. here who were looking the gift horse in. the mouth right when it came in. Well, wait, TC didn't send, you know, Mav's.

helmet from Top Gun or he he didn't send. this and that. Listen, a lot of these. new school dudes don't understand that. sending some sort of cake around the. holiday season, around the Christmas. season, is not only one of the the. classiest gestures you can do. And then. you you take it up a notch and it's. TC's, you know, uh. I I don't even know how you What What. was it? Coconut uh white chocolate. >> Yeah. Bundt cake. >> that he makes all these himself. He's in. the kitchen, you know, from 6:00 a.m.

basically until 4:00 a.m. cooking these. And he he said he only sends them to his. closest of friends. And he and he sent. one here to the office for all of us. So, I mean, you know, I I I I could go. on and on. I don't want to waste any. more time. >> no, NO, NO. FOOTBALL'S GREAT RIGHT NOW. FOOTBALL'S great right now. Football's. great right now, BUT. >> BUT COOKING A BUNDT CAKE FROM TOM CRUISE. YEAH, ARE YOU kidding me? With names on. it. Yeah, exactly. Is this the Is this. the best day ever written? >> Tom Cruise's coconut cake is almost as. famous as he is and we got the recipe. The only thing missing from the recipe. that you're about to read here is the. Tom Cruise secret touch that we could.

certainly taste with every single bite. It was moist. It was delightful. And. boy, it was gorgeous. >> the best piece of cake I've ever had. Um, now, listen, I'm a coconut guy. I. love coconut. I love white chocolate. I. I I love everything that this cake It's. almost like TC, you know, took a a quick. profile of me and said, you know what, I. know exactly what this guy wants in a. piece of cake. And then he made it, he. sent it here, and then yeah, just the. classy touch of putting everyone's name. on there. Hey, I'm not I I remember all. you guys. I I had a time of my life when. I came on here and I was, you know,

doing the Mission Impossible uh docket. I I love you guys. So, I just wanted to. send you a couple cakes just to remind. you that I'm thinking about you this. holiday season. >> I mean, how many people over the years. of this program have, you know, been on. the show maybe once or twice and TC's. the one of all people to send us. something over Christmas. So many people. could have done it. Plenty. And I don't want to throw out. specific names, but I got a few up here. Right now. >> We had a Pete Thamel family Christmas. card. >> Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. WOW. THE.

LAST COUPLE YEARS WHERE'S THAT? THAT WAS. THE ONLY THING WE EVER PUT ON OUR. FRIDGE. YEAH. We Pete Thamel's Christmas. card, his family, has been on our fridge. the last two. We've got them for the. last two years. The only thing on our. fridge, the only thing has been the. Thamel family. Feel like I'm watching. this this family grow. I agree. I feel. like I'm seeing the authority and his. beautiful family kind of continue to. develop into this awesome powerhouse of. a team. And then all of a sudden, guess. what? No Thamel this year. Uh, he might. have been the one to call me a diva in. that article. >> going to say. Might have been him doing the anonymous.

quotes uh quoting from College Game Day. But just know this, Tom Cruise, we. appreciate the hell out of you. The. goat. Also got a gift from. uh Coach Saban, who will be joining us. in about an hour or so. Can't wait to. catch up with him. His hockey team that. he owns, the Nashville Predators, are. currently completely defeated with him. as an owner. They lost 4-1 last night. We'll ask him how he's going to turn. that around. Will he make some different. line changes? Will you uh maybe change. it up in between the pipes? Coach Saban, what do you really uh thinking about. turning this Predators team back into.

who they were when they were Smashville? That guy Joe right there, huge brain. Okay, that guy's moving a lot of cars. That guy's moving a lot of business for. Coach Saban. I got nothing but respect. for him and them and uh Coach Saban's. business acumen, outrageous. Guy. obviously. greatest college football coach of all. time. Going to go down as one of the. greatest leaders of all time. I think. it's hard to put like war generals and. football leaders and different sports. leaders kind of all in one category and. judge them. I think we could just say. that he's one of the greatest leaders of. all time. He's one of the greatest. speech givers of all time. I think he's.

one of the greatest teammates of all. time, one of the greatest friends of all. time. I assume he'll get into a sports. complex even if he doesn't know how to. skate or knows what the hell a stick is. I assume he'll be able to figure out. what needs to happen or what can happen. or how he can kind of implement what he. is. And uh congrats to the Preds. I. don't love that Pittsburgh Penguins just. sold. I wish Saban would have got in on. that. I don't know how that We let him. go to Nashville instead of the. Pittsburgh Penguins. But congrats to. him. We're pumped for him. But on that. note, football. Thank you, Tom Cruise. Thank you, TC. Love you, TC.

Football is wonderful. Tone, 62% of the. bets tonight are on the Rams getting a. point and a half in Seattle. 60% of the. bets or more of the public bets for us. as bettors has been terrible throughout. this season thus far. Your thoughts on. tonight and what is the over/under? What. are some of the props that look like. they're getting a lot of action? >> Yeah, so only one week this year has the. public won on 60% or more of the bets. being on teams for that week. Uh, this. last week we were 5 and 6 in that. situation. The total tonight is 42 and a.

half. I'm not surprised that uh the. majority of the public is on the Rams. They just played a few weeks ago and the. Rams turned Sam Darnold over four times. Uh, the Seattle Seahawks offense didn't. look great. Even though it was a It was. still a really close game. There was a. chance for the Seahawks at the end even. with all those turnovers, but I'm still. not surprised that everyone's on the. Rams. Tonight, something to watch for, uh there's been a lot a lot of weather. in the Pacific Northwest. Teasing peas. to everybody. There's flooding, wind, everything like that. Tonight, there's. going to be wind gusts up to 40, I. believe, with sustained around 20. So, there's going to be a lot of wind.

tonight for these offenses against. really, really good defenses. With that. total of 42 and a half, it might be. something to look at. >> Yeah, and last night, I mean, 40° or 40. mph 50 mph winds. They were reporting. 142 mph winds last night in Washington. A gust of 142 mph was reported in. Coldwater Ridge, Washington as a storm. brought powerful winds to the Pacific. Northwest causing power outages across. the region. Once again, positive Mhm. thoughts and vibes and prayers to. everybody up there battling any. inclement weather at this time. I had no. idea that happened up there in Seattle.

I know it was rain, 142 mph winds and. this probably. out at altitude and stuff like that. Whatever the case, that can certainly. affect a football game. >> Oh, yeah. Now, the way the that stadium. is built is like this. So, you would. think potentially the boxingness of it. might be able to keep the wind out of. there, but it will certainly get down. there and maybe do a little bit of. damage. I don't think the Rams care. Rams run the rock. >> Yes. I don't think Seahawks care. They. run the rock as well. So, this might set. up just be a little bit different, more. of a physicality type game if the wind. is bad. But I don't think either of. these teams are scared to play that type.

of ball, which is a beautiful thing. >> Yeah, and that's why like a Jason Myers, who we had on the program earlier in the. week, has such a massive advantage. Like. he's used to it. Last week against the. Colts, it wasn't great weather. Thicker. kicker. I think this will be what, his. third, fourth, fifth game? >> been kicking good, though. His have all been Congrats to Harris. Harrison, I believe, Beathard. Harrison. Beathard, the thicker kicker. He every. single one is seemingly pure. I'm proud. of it. It's not easy to do, especially. in your first real action. Yeah, and. this will be a massive kind of test for. him just because. >> Pure ball matters here. Okay, so yeah, that's what I was going to ask. Like, how do you change.

>> Myers hits a pure ball. Uh, that's why. he's so good for so long. There's a lot. of guys who have really strong legs that. can get away with not hitting a pure. ball. Okay, so. We always do this. Uh, I do this once a. year. So, if you've heard it already, I. do apologize. Okay, here's football. This is baby Duke. Actually. >> [clears throat]. >> Filthy. Yeah. I mean, it's perfect size. and toughness and you can kick it and. everything. I mean, it is. I don't want to get into a full uh QVC, but this one This is good, bro. Where's. the QR code? This is good ball. This is. good ball. Okay, so when you kick a.

ball, obviously there's a sweet spot, okay? There's a sweet spot right below. half and then about an inch there. That's about the sweet spot. That's what. you're looking for. Uh, hit it too low, you're going to spin it too thin, going. to go to the right. Hit a little bit. higher than that, it's going to hit it. fat just like in a golf shot, you're. going to pull that thing. Now, there is. an ability, though, to hit it a little. bit fat, but still because your leg. swing coming up and through it, have it. go straight. What you're looking for. whenever you hit it pure, straight. through the ball, you're going to have. it end-over-end rotation. Kind of. slower, not too fast, but just perfect. end-over-end. That'd be the perfectly. pure struck ball, okay? You see uh some.

Boswell hits like this. Uh, Bucker used. to hit like this. Aubrey says he doesn't. hit like this, but it does. It is a very. pure pure ball. Then there's some that. can't hit that spot as clean, but their. leg strength and their leg swing make up. for it. So, it's a little bit of an X, okay? It's a It's not as tight of an. end-over-end, you see? It makes an X. kind of as it's flipping, but if you. have a strong enough leg, even if it's a. little bit off-kilter, you can kind of. control it. If there's wind, though, that's more surface area, you see? That's more surface area. So, the wind.

is more likely to eat that [ __ ] up. So, that's why whenever you see balls woo, probably because it was a little bit of. an X ball and then the wind ate it. And. then you see some guys that are able to. cut through the wind a little bit more. and they'll hit a little bit lower. Maybe you get a little bit faster spin. So, you can kind of chop through it. Everybody thinks that whenever you're. hitting a longer ball or something like. that, you need to drive it lower, like. drive it through. But actually, your. best ball is you don't really hit You. don't see uh baseball players hit 500-ft. line drive home runs. The best ball, the.

biggest ball is your most pure ball, which is an absolute bomb. You might not. want to do that in high, high winds. You. might want to have to cut it a little. bit, but the cut just because you're. hitting it lower, you have to lower the. trajectory so it gets as far because. you're losing distance whenever you're. hitting the ball thinner. So, there's a. lot of little gamesmanship happening. Holders, okay? Now, here we go. So, uh. everybody kind of gets mad at Herbstreit. for the way he holds for right-footed. kickers. They're always like, "He's. leaning it. He's leaning it." Like, yes, that's what you do. You lean it because. with a soccer style kick, it's coming.

through like this and there's a natural. chance that it could pull. So, the lean. actually straightens it up naturally as. it comes off the foot. Every kicker has. a different lean that they like. Matt. Stover, who I held for my rookie year, he liked that thing basically straight. up and down, almost. teetering on leaning uh towards him. And. then he liked it a little bit forward. cuz he wanted the sweet spot to be very. viewable, very in He wanted a little bit. more open. Adam Vinatieri liked that. thing leaning towards my right knee, damn near away from him because his leg. swing was coming in through this way, so.

that had to straighten it up. Now, if. I'm holding for him and the wind is. coming hard this way, okay? From my ass. going this way, right to left, I might. lean that thing a little bit more to. kind of keep that thing pure. If it's. coming hard left to right, Vinatieri, I. might stand that thing up a little bit, just a little bit more to kind of combat. it. If the wind if he needs to um fully. get through it, right? Because the wind. is going this way. Okay, if the wind is. going left to right, I'll close my knee. down on him. Okay? So, he has to kind of. get through it uh that way. So, instead.

of holding with my knee open like this, okay, like I'm down on one knee, I'm. holding like this, I'll shut that thing. down like this so that he feels as if he. has to [ __ ] hit the ball to the left, so then we can play it there. Obviously, the conversation with the holder, Michael Dickson, who's the punter for. the Seattle Seahawks with Jason Myers, they are looking for a target. Very. rarely do you give up the upright. So, a. lot of times you'll see a ball like move. half an upright or something like that. >> the game winner for Myers. Yeah, so. you'll see a ball move like that. Very. rarely are you giving up the upright.

And by that, I mean very rarely are you. aiming outside of the upright. Because. then if the wind stops or something like. that, you're having a miss. But there is. very regular basis where we're aiming a. foot inside upright or we're even aiming. at upright and letting it eat. There was. two games I think where me and Vinatieri. and he he's the one making the decision. at the end. I am just caddy a part of. the conversation, where we gave up the. upright. Where was like, "Hey, we are. aiming fat guy three outside left. upright is where we're aiming and then. we're going to let the wind kind of do. its thing. So, that's a huge part of the.

entire game, playing the wind. There's. some guys who are great at it. Nick. Folk, one of the best wind Yeah. >> kickers in the history. He's still doing. it. He's still doing it. So, I think he. had a 50. >> He had a game 57-yard game winner versus. the Jags. >> 57-yard still somehow. I have no idea. how he's still doing it. One of the best. wind kickers of all time. Gostkowski. obviously was great. Vinatieri was a. great wind kicker. There's few in the. history that are very good at reading. it. Very, very good at playing it and. that's quite a weapon. I think Myers is. one of these guys. I think he's very. good at it and we'll see if. uh if Beavis is as well. But he hits a.

pure ball. I think he The issue is being. confident enough. and trusting the wind enough. Like, "Hey, I'm going to aim at this upright. and I am trusting that this wind that I. can't feel cuz I'm not up there, nobody. can feel up there what it is. I'm just. going to trust that it's going to take. it and I'm going to trust that in. warm-ups what the wind was doing is the. same exact thing that it's doing right. now." Cuz the wind changes literally. minute to minute. So, the high gusting. winds, if it's left to right on these. uprights, you really find out a lot. about the kicker on whether or not they.

trust it or if they can battle it or if. they're just hitting and hoping and you. can kind of see those as well. >> Well, and how long does that or I guess. how close to the kick is that. conversation happening between kicker. and holders cuz it changes so much with. the wind? >> Jogging on field. So, we're we're. jogging on Everybody talks about the top. of the uh the uprights, the flags. >> Flags. That's just the wind there. That's just the wind there. There's so. many different I mean, depending upon. the stadium. If it's perpendicular, uh. is that what it's called? No. If it's. per.

What's it called when shadows when one. shadows the other? >> Symmetrical? If it's a symmetrical. stadium, okay, wind comes in this way. and then it's going to come back out. this way. Okay? So, this side is getting. this side. If there's holes, now. obviously that changes everything. So, what that flag is doing in some. stadiums, like in Pittsburgh, is. actually the opposite of what it will be. doing for the rest of the field until. there. So, flags definitely matter, okay, but it doesn't tell you the whole. story of everything that's kind of. happening. It's more so like a visual. feel I think for the TV people to be. there. But it is nice to know what the.

hell's going on at that exact spot. whenever it gets there. We were uh the. Colts facility. We have an outdoor. field. Then we have an indoor facility. here. Our field runs this way and then. there's like an alley that comes in. between the practice facility and then. the the actual full facility. There's. like a wind gap right here. And there. was a day where we would be kicking and. then as soon as you got to 5 yards in. front of the upright, it was just like a It was like a fun. game. But Vinatieri worked his [ __ ]. Like he he wanted to go out there. He.

wanted to see it. That's why you see a. lot of kickers good at golf cuz whenever. you're in golf, you have to be able to. play the wind and do everything. It's. But it takes a lot of trust that you're. A going to hit where you're aiming. because like it's like in a putt. If. you're not going to putt the ball where. you're aiming it anyways, does it matter. if you aim to the right and it breaks. three cups? Like if it breaks two cups, but you hit that thing four cups, does. it matter what it was going to do. anyways? >> Not at all. >> Exactly. So, like you have to have. enough trust that you're going to be. able to hit to where you're aiming, first of all. And then, oh yeah, we are.

aiming outside of the uprights and see. what we could do. Little game inside of. a game. But if it's going to be 50 mile. an hour winds, then it's going to get in. there. There's a chance. There's a. chance that we get one of those. The. Niners had uh. Lefty, I think it was John Casey maybe. John Casey has a legendary kick. John. Casey with a K by the way, great. spelling. He has a kick where the ball. like. I think it's like uh Mhm. It's like a. 20-yard It's like a 20-yard bend. Like I. think it goes in. I think if I'm if I'm. not mistaken, I think the Bears have a. couple in their history. Elliott. [clears throat] uh 61-yarder, I think it.

was Kelsey's last season had a crazy uh. to tie the game where it went left and. then came back and snuck it on the. right. >> Anytime you're aiming outside of the. uprights, it's like uh. you got to have massive cuz if you pull. that, so let's say you aim left. >> Ooh. and the wind is left to right. >> Ew. But if you pull that at all and. don't hit a pure ball, that thing might. go off the side of the upright. Yeah, [laughter] that's like by like the 150. yard So, it's like uh it's an. embarrassing situation. You might lose. your job forever. Good luck out there. >> Good luck, Mervis. Go get him. Good luck.

out there, brother. Mervis. Mervis? Um. Mervis Mervis, I I just looked it up cuz. I was curious. >> Harrison Mervis, but I think it's. pronounced Beev I think the reason why I. thought Beev is I think it is Mervis. Mervis Beev. >> From Missouri, talented kicker, getting. an opportunity to be with maybe a Super. Bowl team. UXFL product? I'll tell you what, you make kicks, brother, you go win a Super Bowl, then you just do it again next year. >> That's right. And then all of a sudden. you have a 10-year career in Los. Angeles. That is what it's like. You. just need an opportunity, need a chance, need to make your kicks, especially in.

big divisional games, and then add in. potential 40-50 mile an hour winds. It's. like you make a couple kicks tonight, brother, you might have a career. You. might. Hey, you might deliver Tonight I might. be the next [laughter] Tonight you might. make yourself a career. Congratulations. Get paid. Yeah. You live good for a long. time here. You hit a couple big balls. >> We talked a little bit with Myers about. it. Like it obviously they go on the. road, so they'll play some game, but. like being in LA, there's really no way. you can prepare for this that much. either, can you? Like. >> I think it's windy in LA, don't it? But. like not like I mean, I guess 50 mile an. hour winds are a little bit different,

but like you know, uh Myers was saying. how like the elements out there kind of. like I assume, you know, it's always. rainy. Like they're probably much more. used I mean, I I guess I I don't know. Like would would you be able to pre pre. prepare for that at all or is is it kind. of just. >> to Missouri. How's Missouri's weather? >> I would imagine Midwest, so probably it. probably gets windy. Tornado alley, so. Yeah, very true. I mean, I I yeah, exactly. I uh exactly He might have been. growing up. >> Legit. Like I grew up in Pittsburgh obviously. So, kicking in snow, punting in snow and. [ __ ] like that was never really like a.

worry for me. Then I go to West. Virginia, it's wildly windy, wildly cold. Every day was tough. Not. really a worry for me. Then I get to. Indianapolis and I realize like, "Oh, every day it's windy out." Like every. day it's very windy out here. So, I felt. like I was prepared for everything. And. then we played in Cleveland and it was. cold and windy and I mentally I was. like, "Nah, I can't. >> [laughter]. >> I can't do anything today." So, it can. get you. You know, it's just like when. you're from the cold, it doesn't mean. you're going to be good in the cold. It's like, "Yeah, you have a better shot. at it because mentally you've been able. to just battle it your whole life." But.

that day in Cleveland, I'll never forget. just going out there and being like, "I don't know if I can even make contact. with a football here today. This is a. little bit too breezy for me.". >> The the cold thing, the grow up like in. playing in the cold thing is I like I. think we felt it today. Like cuz it's. been 0° all week and then this morning. it was 35. It felt like it was 80°. >> T-shirts only. That's the difference. It's like when. it's zero, yeah, everyone's cold, but. when it's back up to 30, like people who. live here, it feels like it's 80. >> That's what we were trying to tell the.

Tennessee kids when they had their. shirts off. It's like, "Hey, hey, hey. It gets cold in Tennessee. Yeah, no, yeah, I know, but you're you don't have. to act like you're not cold. We are all. cold. Everybody here is cold right now. It is actually cold. No human's supposed. to really be doing this. Even the Inuits. would say, "This is cold right now." So, let's make sure we yeah, we're trying to. tell them. Yeah, exactly. They had their. Vaselined up. Yeah, there you go. We're. toughing this thing. Looking jacked. They were. >> [laughter]. >> Speaking of. >> Okay, you got that, right? That, yeah. Okay, that's Listen, had some good.

glistening in there. All right, let's. talk about some other news around the. football world. Uh Chicago Bears are now. going to be the Midwest Bears. Yeah. Yeah. There's uh stories uh brewing. about Chicago leaving Soldier Field and. building somewhere else. And now it. feels like this is three different times. where we thought it was for sure going. to happen. We for sure had a place. They. were for sure moving forward and. congratulations, the Bears have a new. stadium and a new super duper park. around it where they're going to own. everything. The Bears now no longer. downtown. The Bears are now out a little.

bit in Arlington or something like that. That feels like we've had this. conversation throughout the course of. our live show's existence since Kevin. Warren has become CEO and president of. Chicago Bears three different times. Every single time some political tax. stuff pops up and goes, "Nope, actually. it's not happening anymore." Who knows. what they're going to do. State of. Indiana came in and were like, "Hey, Gary, Indiana is very close. They. consider themselves a part of Illinois.". And there was almost a re-zoning. of the states that was being talked. about where southern Illinois would come.

over into Indiana and I think some of. northern Indiana would go over to. Illinois to be in Chicago. That was. being talked about in like 2025. That. that we're redoing a state was being. talked about for how close we are. And. now to Tone's point, it is two different. time zones, which would certainly be. quite an issue, but Gary, Indiana is in. the Chicago time zone as opposed to the. Indianapolis time zone. So, like that. area is kind of already operating as if. it's Illinois, but it has Indiana taxes, Indiana law law law,

which is. could be quite a benefit for a business. if they were to operate. And the. governor of Indiana's come out and said, "Hey, whatever you guys need up there, we'll. give you tax-free build, we'll give you. land. We obviously got the space for it. You can build your entire thing." And. they're trying to bait They are they are. trying to bait the Bears, I think, to. potentially move into a promised land. here that's close to Chicago, but. certainly not in Illinois. That'd be a. fascinating thing. Are you still the. Chicago Bears? Cuz a lot of people up. there consider themselves to be Chicago. people, but if it's in Indiana, are you.

still going to be able to get away with. that? Or is this the Midwest Bears? Are we the Midwest Bears up there coming. out of Gary, Indiana, potentially. because of tax breaks? >> Yeah, and Illinois screwing this up and. Chicago screwing this up is awesome for. the people of Indiana just because they. should. I mean, you want to build. What is it? The Jerry World, the Patriot. Place. Teams want that now. You make so. much more money. I didn't even think. about the tax thing between Illinois and. Indiana. Like, if you are, you know, Kevin Warren, president CEO, and he's. done a lot of things and a lot of.

business moves that I think everyone. said, "Huh, okay." But if he were to. bring them to Indiana with that entire. layout, with a tax-free build, like. you're not just saving hundreds of. millions of dollars on the build itself, you're also profiting billions of. dollars by having in the long run. Yeah, by having all those things. Let alone if. they were to pitch like, "Hey, can we do. a casino?" Like, there are casinos in. Indiana already. Could we possibly do. one? Like, this. >> What's wrong, Ty? No, I I agree. Fans. are not.

>> Oh, no. If you're If you're. >> pissed. >> And I'll tell you what, THERE'S NOT. ENOUGH PEOPLE in that area of Indiana to. make up for No. No. >> [laughter]. >> The Chicago Chicago Bears are one of the. most like synonymous brands in sports. And this isn't like. Commanders are in Washington D.C., but. they they play in Virginia, you know. Washington D.C.'s small. It's like, you. take a team. that's been in the NFL, one of the. oldest franchises, yeah, and you move. them to Gary, Indiana. Like, listen, they're good right now, so that. certainly helps. They don't stink. But.

you think Bears fans are just going to. be like, "Oh, yeah. You know, I'll I'll. drive from my place in downtown Chicago. to Gary, Indiana. What a wonderful. weekend." All right, so I just looked it. up, okay? Where was the It was It was. They said it was going to be in. Arlington Heights potentially. 40. something. So So from from. it is 35 minutes, okay? So from Soldier. Field to Gary, Indiana, 31 minutes. >> OH, CLOSER TO CHICAGO. ARE WE TRYING TO. KEEP THIS THING LIKE THE CHICAGO BEARS. OR NOT? WE ALL KNOW WHAT Chicago.

traffic's like. Yeah, if you if you. leave and it's like I am legend, yeah. Everybody's helicoptering. >> You're right. And and all these Bears. fans can afford that. So I guess maybe. But maybe it is a good move. Gary's. closer. But that's the thing with the. with the having all that land. Like, instead of, "Hey, we're going to the. Bears game Sunday." It's now, "We're. going to Gary Friday. We're We're. hanging out on Friday night at the. casino there. We got a hotel room. Friday, Saturday, Sunday." Gary was the. was the was the highlight of that show? Oh, where's Michael Jackson from? Oh. Gary. His house His house will be in. between the casino and the stadium.

>> BOOM. AND WALK BY AND SEE WHERE THE. JACKSON 5 THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE. I. MEAN, YOU'RE GOING to piss a bunch of. people off. You're going to piss people. off, but. >> But hey. Sounds like it's already. happening. So, welcome to Midwest. American Bears. Crazy. And if they're. good, too. Like, "Oh, oh, you're a Bears. fan? Oh, you're going to leave them when. they're finally good? Go ahead. Go ahead. and leave them when they're finally good. and you finally have a quarterback. that's going to throw for 4,000 yards at. some point.". >> I would like to let Mike Braun know, Governor Mike Braun, I appreciate him. just being like, "Hey, we're all ears.

over here." Let's Let's go. Whatever. Whatever Whatever you would like. Governor Holcomb, the previous governor. who did the maximum of terms and ended. his time, he was very much like, "Hey, Indiana, we're open for business. We got. a lot of space and opportunity here. We. got good tax" and brought in a lot of. business. Like, Indiana, as you see and. you hear about, we host everything. We. got a lot going on here. Northwest. Indiana not talked about a lot as like. developing. If Governor Mike Braun was. able to throw a Hail Mary to get the. Chicago Bears to move to.

They build up an entire place. What a. move. >> the chirps Bears fans are going to get. from this. Like, just any like. We just lost to the Gary Bears this. week. I mean, >> [laughter]. >> it's not going to be Chicago anymore and. it's going to piss people off that are. Bears fans. Sir, one minute away. SIR, ONE MINUTE AWAY. IT'S NOTHING. And. that's not Chicago. Look, it's not on. the franchise. It's not It's not on, you. know, Caleb Williams. You You can call. them the Boo Boo Bears if you want. If. you are a Bears fan, you get upset, but. hey, it's about It's a business and it. is a winning team that's looking to.

expand a little bit, okay? Blame your. state. Blame your city for basically. kicking them out. >> YEAH, BLAME BLAME THE POLITICIANS. YEAH, which we can do for everything, it feels. like. But let's move along. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, I hope it so bad. Packers fans. Oh god, they'll be. relentless. I mean, the names the names. we were throwing out. If If Chicago. Bears is is historic in the city. [snorts] and everything, but I mean, they got a chance to rebrand here to not. just Chicago. Like, hey, what about the What was it? The American.

Bears? The American Bears is the. Midwest. Hey, goodbye, Cowboys. You're. not America's team. The American Bears. Up there in Gary, Indiana. Up there in. Gary. Are America's team. Sorry, Jer. All the Midwest. All right. Hope Hey, welcome to Indiana. Hey, welcome to. Indiana, Ben Jones. Ben Johnson. We. appreciate you. Caleb. Indiana The new. Indiana Jones. Ben Johnson. He's going. to love Gary. Caleb's a big Michael. Jackson fan. He might buy Michael. Jackson's house. >> for sale, brother. Okay, you can. actually certainly have it be a part of. the entire thing, but let's not get.

crazy here. Gary's not completely for. sale. Unless it is. >> [laughter]. >> At the right price. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, um. is a man who's uh. an absolute legend. I think what I've. been so impressed by is. the depths of this Yinzers thoughts I. did not know was possible for, say, any. Yinzer really. He used to go football coach. Coached a. lot of great football teams. He's a. Super Bowl champion. He's obviously. incredibly handsome. And he has a dog. that is a multiple multiple time.

ribbon award winner for getting birds. out in the woods. Ladies and gentlemen, Coach Mike McCarthy. How you doing, coach? I'll tell you what, your introductions. never get old. That was That was That. was fine. Well, I want to make sure your. dog Thanks for having Gus. Oh, yeah, Gus. I want to make sure Gus got a. little bit of love there. Speaking of. love, looks like there's a lot of love. over your shoulder. Who do we have. joining us here today? Well, I just, you know, being with the. Christmas spirit and trying to line up. with your shirt, I was just it's amazing. to all the. parents that, you know, you have young.

young kids and how fast they grow up. So, this is These are my two youngest. here. Izzy and Gabby. They're 14 and 17 now. and uh just as we're getting ready for. Christmas and going through the old. pictures and and so forth, it's just. amazing how fast these these kids grow. up. So, just a friendly reminder to you. and all the other gentlemen on on the. set [snorts] there that have have kids. Everybody tells you they grow up fast. and they they certainly do. So, it's. been really cool just as you know you as. you prepare for Christmas and as my. wife, Jessica, gets to gets the house.

ready that uh it some of these pictures. are are floating around. So, I just. thought I'd share that today. Hell yeah, thank you for the message. And I will. actually, you know, we're in the middle. of football season. There's a lot of. activity, a lot of things to figure out, a lot of things to sort. And you're. right, maybe. yeah, I do need to hear that. Thank you. so much. Obviously, I'm enjoying time. with my daughter, especially now that. she's coherent enough to kind of. understand what's going on and ho ho and. Santa is bringing good stuff. And then. being able to hold that over her head's. nice, too. Like, "Hey, you think Santa's. going to like that you did that?".

Santa's watching. That is That is That's. been a lot of fun. Now, did you dress up. as Santa Claus every year or just. whenever they were young? Looks good. Come on, now. >> [laughter]. >> You didn't deserve that. You didn't. deserve that. Okay. >> [laughter]. >> I didn't always have this fine beard, but I'm I'm about ready to get rid of. this thing anyways, but no, but you. know, it's funny to just cuz I did The. enjoyment I get from that picture, all. my daughters were scared of mascots, you. know, Santa Claus and so forth. And this. is probably one of the first times that. we were ever able to get the girls to.

sit on Santa's lap. And so that's where, you know, you you remember those times, the little things that happened, you. know. My oldest daughter, Alex, actually when. we were in Kansas City, uh we used to. have KC Wolf come to the house, you. know, I had paid for KC Wolf to come to. to to the house for three birthday. parties and never was able to get a. picture with her and him cuz they were. scared to death of KC Wolf. So, I mean, so you know, those are the little things. you remember. So, this was really cool. that. for them actually to sit on Santa's lap. and and take that picture cuz, you know,

some kids are just you know, not. comfortable [snorts] in that space. KC. Wolf is the Kansas City mascot. KC Wolf. is not the guy that robbed the banks and. ends up in jail. Okay, which is good cuz if Coach. McCarthy would have been bringing that. particular wolf to the house, obviously, we'd all have questions. Instead, it's. just the Kansas City Chiefs mascot, which we are grateful for. grateful for. We love you, coach. We. appreciate the fact that you are great. father, great dad, and also a guy who. shows up every single week for us.

Genuinely, you try to crush it for us. and you give us great answers every. single week. You've made us better. And. I think in this holiday season, we need. to tell you we appreciate the hell out. of you. Now, Tom Cruise sent us a. coconut uh bundt cake. Three of them. Okay, just wanted to let you know that. YEAH, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS. YOU'RE DOING YOUR CHECKING YOUR LIST. I. THINK HE MIGHT HAVE SAID IT TO HIM, TOO. There was a mic on the card. Yeah, actually, he. Yeah, he might have been talking about. you. He might have been just assuming. you're a part of the crew. Tom Cruise. sent you. a coconut vanilla bundt cake, too, this. ThunderDome. We ate it. You won't get to.

see it or enjoy it, but just know that. it was spectacular. Well, that's cool. Yeah, Mike Dump Mike. I will say this, though. You are on. Jessica's Christmas list, so I I don't. have no idea what you're getting, but uh. you know, I don't know when you know, >> [laughter]. >> when the That That's. She's awesome at it, so. I think you guys will be in great shape. So. All right, well, please tell Jessica we. said thank you. We appreciate the hell. out of you and your family for. everything. And.

I'll tell you what, it is nice to find out what we got. somebody sometimes, you know. You know, whenever me [laughter]. Me and Me and Sam walk into a thing. Obviously. >> sure I ask. >> Yes. That's the That's That seems like a. veteran tip. >> Well, I got next week, right? You know, I'll be ready. I'll be ready for you. >> right, sounds good. So, we'll see. But, Sam having something perfectly wrapped, obviously she wrapped it. She takes does. her takes her time with it and. everything like that. She's an artist. And then she hands it to somebody and. then I immediately go,

I have no idea what that You're going to. [laughter] love it. >> I have immediately big sell. Hey, that. thing is awesome. We're They're going to. love that. >> [laughter]. >> Yeah. Yes, they are going to love that. Okay, perfect. Perfect. Perfect. Then we. move forward. Merry Christmas to all and. to all. >> Yeah. a good night. Speaking of good night, we. got a great one in store here. NFC West. battle and this is real football now. Week 16's kicking off in a huge way. 62%. of the bets are on the Rams getting a. point and a half up there in Seattle. Matthew Stafford, leader in the MVP odds. this year at the age of 38 or 39,

whatever it is. Davante Adams, we assume. going to miss with a hamstring, still. have a plethora of weapons. And then for. the Seattle Seahawks, it's all about. whether or not Sam Darnold can perform. in the big moment, basically. Jackson. Smith-Njigba's outrageous, but will that. even matter with the 50 mile an hour. winds potentially? Will this come down. to run game? Will this come down to. defense? What are your thoughts on this. game and how special it is that we have. a match-up like this happening on a. Thursday night just a week before. Christmas, coach?

Uh I'm laughing cuz I. I'm looking at my notes. I think you. read half my DAMN NOTES. OKAY. SORRY. SORRY. SORRY. SORRY. SORRY. YOU'VE BEEN. TEACHING ME THIS YEAR. >> Notes is It's all good. It's all good. This is going to be another great. division game. I know they played a few. weeks back and and it you know, the. turnover was obviously very high for for. Seattle with the with the interceptions, but well, I I think this is going to be. just just a barn burner. This is going. to be a knockdown, drag out. Both teams. are obviously excellent football teams. and but they're playing very well right. now. So, I I think they're playing This. is This is going to be a clash. Um.

division, you know, Seattle, you know, has to have it. Obviously, the Rams are. already in. But, um you know, I I think. that the key I mean, I I believe I. believe you know, weather. I mean, I. Something I've always studied in Green. Bay was the wind. You know, just you. know, every day at practice watching the. flags and you know, be able to tell the. mile an hour and then obviously the rain. and things are coming out and you know, and the numbers up there are I mean, I. I mean, don't they Do they not call 140. mile an hour wind in Seattle a. hurricane? I mean, it the It was a Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, it was a registered. hurricane. I forget what form three. Four. Category four. >> Four, yeah. 142 mile an hour documented. in Coldwater Ridge, which obviously. positive thoughts and prayers to. everybody. We don't know where Coldwater. Ridge. >> Two and a half hours south of Seattle. >> Okay, so the whole area is getting hit. Obviously, that area the most, but yes, they did categorize it as a hurricane, which is obviously very. um to a football game that is. potentially happening in the middle of. it, uh coach.

Yeah, definitely. No, definitely. Wind. to me is the biggest factor. in in preparing for a football game. I. mean, rain, snow, you know, heat, but. I've always felt wind you know, factors. more than anything. You know, it always changed my mindset and and. changed the way I looked at the game. So, I I think hey, being a home team, you know, you know, being an outdoor. team, you know, I think those two those. things factor. You got two outstanding. defenses. Um I really love what the Rams have. done. You know, practicing against the. Rams when I was with the Cowboys, you.

know, out there in California two years. ago when all these guys were very young, you you could see this thing was. building and can't say enough about the. job Chris Shula's done there. And so and. and obviously what Mike McDonald's done. with the defense in Seattle. So, if you. got two knockdown, drag out defense. playing in a bad weather wind game. So, it's always it's always about the. football, but you know, taking care of. the football is going to be at a. premium. And and when you're playing. these games, you know, the way you call. it and and the way you play the. decisions you make in situational. football, field position will be huge in.

this in this game. The field position. battle, you know, what you do on third. and fourth down, you know, how do you. approach that? So, I think it's going to. be a knockdown, drag out type game. I. have such great respect for Matthew. Stafford because these games usually. come down to the quarterback. that can that can move the football in. those types of situations. And you know, I've seen him play, you know, outdoors. so many times in Green Bay. So, you. know, I think he'll definitely be ready. for this, but you know, to me, I'm 0 and.

3 when I bet you know, when I bet with. my heart. This is when the tide's going. to turn. I'm going with the John. Schneider Seattle Seahawks. >> Ooh. And I think they're definitely. going to they're going to pull this one. out. I like that the I'm going to take. the Seahawks tonight. I like that, you. know, cuz AJ very similar with Schneider. and his relationship up there in Green. Bay. Almost 3 and 1 overall. I just. clearly pick my friends, but I'm going. with the guy none of us have talked. about Schneider and the Seahawks. I love. everything about it. It's holiday. season. Good for the and they can. certainly get a huge win here just like.

the Rams could. It's only 1 and a half. point spread. I want to talk to you a. little bit more about the wind with the. quarterback. I talked about with the. kickers, you know, about aiming and. where you're doing and cutting and. driving and pure ball as opposed to like. a fat ball. You hit a fat ball, that. thing's going to get eaten up. You have. to hit a pure in the wind. Punting sucks. in the wind worse than kicking, I think, because there's a moment of free fall. where the. you're not touching the ball. And if. it's gusty there, that thing moves, you're going to see some shanks tonight, I would assume, even though these guys. are very, very good punters. It's like. punting sucks. The decision to punt,

though, is something that a coach has to. make, certainly, because if we're going. to only get 25, 30 yards here in net. field position or 20 yards net field. position, should we go for it or not? And then let's talk about throwing a. little bit. Do you know any tricks that. guys do for throwing in the wind or why. some guys are better in dealing with the. elements? Big hand. Is there like a spin. rate maybe that cuts through the wind. better? Is there anything that you've. kind of seen or acknowledged? Yeah, definitely. I remember as a young. quarterback coach, you know, I I had a.

coach tell me that they would change the. way they hold the ball, but I I I never. believed I was very fortunate to have, you know, we had Aaron and Brett in. Green Bay. You know, these guys, you. know, long arms, you know, 10-in hands. can can really torque the football and. and you know, most important thing is. not to over grip the football you know, in in the bad weather. So, you know, I. thought you made a really good point. about the punting. You know, something. that I'd always look at, you know, particularly on your on your call sheet, you know, the shot plays, when you take. them and so forth cuz you know, third. la- third long now becomes a a better, you know, a better opportunity to take.

the shot because of you know, an. interception on a shot play would. probably serve better than a punt. So, all those little things that go into, you know, into playing the game in the. wind, you know, really come into the you. know, the strategy for the coaches, you. know, and you talk about the wind for. kicking. I thought Mason Crosby was an. outstanding kicker for us all the all my. years in Green Bay. And and not only the. wind, you know, anytime there was a the. weather the pattern would be different, you know, Mason, whether it's you know,

during practice or after practice, before practice, you know, him and the. snapper and holder, Rob Davis, was a big. part of that, would go up cuz they were. always. want to work the different you know, different wind because you know, the big. flag We had the big flags in the north. end zone out there in in Lambeau. And. you know, full pitch flags, 25 mile an. hour. So, you learn you learn how to. read the wind with you know, with the. density of the how the flags pitched. I. had an old military guy take me through. that. So, that's something you you watch. during the game, but you know, during my. time in Green Bay, they had a north end. zone expansion. So, now that changed the.

way the wind come in, you know, cuz now. it kind of came you know, you may have a. northwest wind, but it would start to. come in and turn the bend a little bit. to the southeast. And you know, and then. when they put the south end zone in, which was even higher, you know, that. now that kind of created a swirl effect, you know, because when you have those. elements of building like in Dallas, you. know, there's you got those corporate. buildings around that practice field. You're you're pretty much in a wind. tunnel, you know, so so you you you. learn through your years of experience. that you know, that's something I used.

to do as as a head coach cuz you know, you got a guy in you know, behind us we. had T-bone, Tom Ba- Bockin there in in. Green Bay. Said his name right, Tom. Bockin. So, in Green Bay, you know, it. just he would stand behind me doing the. he would be doing the time doing the. timing and and things. but we'd always anytime it was a windy. day, he would say, "Hey, what's the. wind?" We'd guess you know, 14 mile an. hour. It was all It was all based on the. flag. So, you know, those years in Green. Bay were very beneficial for me, you. know, as a head coach learning that. But, I thought Mason and Rob Davis and. our and our battery of snappers and.

kickers did did an outstanding job at. getting in the stadium on the odd days. anytime you you see a little different. weather pattern just to make sure they. had a feel how that wind was coming into. the stadium. And you know, with those. expansions over the years, it you know, the way it turned changed, too. So, it. it's definitely part of the game. I. mean, that could be the difference of, you know, you know, taking the ball and. you know, going [snorts] to the north or. you know, or deferring and and getting. the ball make sure you want to go south. at the end of the game. So, that that's. to me that's all part of your pregame.

strategy. I appreciate that you think. about all those things. As I was. listening to you just on little things, I'm like, man, would've been nice to. know a lot of these things here. You You. doing the third down arm punt. Boy, I. would've been so pumped. There's a day. in Cleveland where I wish we did about. three or four third down arm punts. And. Andrew Luck gave me one. He gave me one. He actually came over to me afterwards. and was like, "I figured you wouldn't. care." And I'm like, "Nope. Thank you so much, dude." Like he threw. like I think it was like a 52-yard pick. and it was very windy. Clearly just. threw that thing up into nothing. Guy.

caught it, tackled down at like the 15. And I. Thank you, Andrew. Thank you, Andrew. >> [laughter]. >> As he was coming off cuz for punting, you have to drop that. That thing is. free falling. So, it's like if any gust. happens, it would be like when you're. driving and a ball just falls off the. tee, but then you still have to hit it. It's like the punting part of it, nobody. really thinks about because most people. kind of go to the bathroom when the. punting happens or they just it's a. turnover, we'll just get it whenever it. comes back. It's like if you're usually. getting 45, 50 yards, and then you.

actually only get like 20 yards, you're. putting your defense in a bind, especially with the way they could. potentially go the the way. It's like. it's wind is a huge part. And you. understanding the jet streams of each. stadium, I like that the head coach is involved. in that cuz obviously kickers, punters, that's what we're trying to figure out. We're trying to figure out what the jet. streams are as soon as we get in there. Because there's some places where it. could be in your face field level, but. if you get that thing up to about the. third story, that thing is shooting that. way actually. So, the only goal is just. to get this thing up in the air even.

though in usually with wind in your. face, you would not want to hit it up. cuz that thing is going to go backwards. It's like what actually, if you get this. thing up there, that thing will take off. for you going that way. It's a it's a. wild part of the game that 50 mile an. hour winds, it could really be a huge. factor tonight. Go ahead, Connor. >> In the snow, uh. I mean Drake Maye did this. They had the. ball on the 40 and they were in the. snow. It was a bad weather game and on. third and I think it was third and 28 or. third and 30, he did just do like a all. right, arm punt and it it ended up being. an interception on the 8-yard line.

>> And I think J called it that in the real. time. He said that was a 49-yard arm. punt basically there which we will take. It's like, I appreciate you as call. player play caller and head coach being. like. uh. Let's help out Mac Vayner a little bit. Just if nothing's out there, just I. think safety needs another pick for like. a career record. Just throw that thing. up to him then. You [laughter] know, like that is. go ahead. What were you going to say? Well, I'll say this, you know, I mean. you know, what. it wasn't really doing it to throw the. interception cuz I always felt that the. you know, your 50/50 balls fav you know, obviously favor favor the offensive.

player, you know, when the ball is. moving in the wind too. So, you know, um. not to disrespect the DBs, but there's a. reason why they're on defense and. >> [snorts]. >> and you're throwing to an you know, an. offensive receiver. So, I so I also. thought that that factored into taking. advantage of those one-on-ones and you. know, something I I got into as a head. coach is I start going on the early. early bus with the trainers and. equipment guys over to the stadium, you. know, which is like four four hours. before the game and and uh you know, me. and the equipment assistant equipment. manager, we would go out, you know,

Bucky used to do with me in in in down. there in Dallas and we we go we go out. there and and we'd look at the wind, you. know, so we would get the wind pattern. and you know, look at the the surface. always on the out you know, indoor games. obviously didn't factor, but that was. something that was part of the you know, the pregame exercise and then when the. special teams coach, you know, particularly John Fassel would come in. he'd obviously have the conversation. with the you know, with the specialist. So, I think that's that's your part of. your job as a head coach to understand. the conditions of of what you're playing. in each and every week. >> We wasted a lot of time on this and I.

appreciate it's not wasting. It's a lot. of information, but I did not expect us. to get this deep into wind reading, but. there's a chance that it's a massive. factor tonight. Let's talk about some. other things happening around the league. and let's talk about one of the people. that you literally just mentioned. Go. ahead, Tone. >> Yeah, coach, you mentioned Aaron Rodgers. and obviously he's one of the best cold. and wind throwers of all time and. basically the last two weeks have been. his best two weeks of the season as the. temperature drops, but not all like the. play on the field, yes, but then he's. coming out this week and he said finally.

the Steelers are practicing like a team. that is ready for the playoffs they're. having and stuff like that. He's getting. 12 men caught on the on the field. Um you know, he he was yelling at the. sideline because they substituted when. when there was a play that could have. been overturned. Like all these things, I think we're starting to see what Aaron. brings to a team. Are you seeing that. and what does Aaron bring to a team this. part of the season this late in the. season in a playoff push? Well, this this is why I was excited, you know, for him to end up in. Pittsburgh. I I think he just was a.

tremendous fit in all the way around, you know, you know, you got a team. that's. in my view has one of the you know, top. defenses each and every year and you. know, the ability this time of year to. to have your defense that's always going. to keep you in the game and and you. know, there's no one you know, [snorts]. no one else you'd want to have the ball. in the two-minute drill. So, you know, I. just from a basic general outlook, I. thought this was a tremendous fit, but. yeah, you're you're seeing you're seeing. a big part of this guy's you know, his. greatness. I mean his game management. and you know, just the reps and you.

know, in in the in the detail that he. puts into this. I mean that's you know, that's that's the way he's played for. you know, well over a decade. So, and. and it's and it's and it's just you. know, reps [clears throat] and I you do. you know, they do really look good. I've. I've really liked the way they played. the last you know, the last last two. weeks and you know, I I'm actually was. real excited. I thought he was. outstanding on the on the Pittsburgh. tush push. I mean his stance was. something I'm sure he had [laughter] to. work on but dramatic. Well, JUST IN CASE. THERE'S A FUMBLE, HE'S GOT TO GET THE. TACKLE. HE'S GOT TO MAKE THE TACKLE, YOU. KNOW. YEAH, I was I was hoping AJ would be on.

it cuz he got it. I mean he he had to be. laughing at that too cuz I couldn't. imagine not giving him the ball on on. third and one or fourth and one down. there in a key situation when he's 25. years old. I think being 41, he he. definitely handles that a little better. cuz you know, them guys, you know, >> [laughter]. >> you know, great players great players. want the ball in those situations and. then you know, and I think back I. actually I I thought Brett Favre and and. Marcus Allen had two of the best. explanations of goal line you know, run. and goal line pass that I've ever you. know, I've ever heard and I think but. they also backed it up. You know, Brett.

Brett's whole thing was give you know, give me the ball inside the five, you. know, with goal line personnel cuz you. got all 22 guys right here. So, and you. know, get me out of the pocket and I'll. get it in the end zone and and Marcus. Allen gave one of the all-time greatest. you know, explanations of you know, Walter Marcus is looked at as one of the. greatest goal line. runners in the history and his whole. thing was same thing. All 22 guys are. right here, you know, in the phone. booth. You just see that common color. accelerate to crease and you know, if. you remember Marcus's running style, I.

mean it was you know, just his forward. lean and you know, he couldn't be. stopped. So, you know, there's a lot of. a lot of that I don't know why I'm. talking about goal line defense, but I I. just thought it. I thought Troy Troy was having a lot of. good time with it on TV. I was dying. laughing cuz I I could imagine what was. going through his head, you know. That's. funny they got you actually going in. whenever he was young days with the. Packers as we're building the goat. resume that he currently exists. All right, Aaron. So, in this touchdown. situation for you where it's an easy. pass potentially, you're just going to stand back here and.

we're going to bring in. somebody else is going to take the snap. and they're going to score instead. Is. that okay? You're just going to stand. here, yeah. What am I just Am I holding my ass, Mike? What am I doing back here? Yeah, just kind of don't pick your nose. That's a penalty, but just stand. just stand right back there and do. nothing. And I'm sure that would have. went swimmingly is what you're saying. That's what it sounds like. Blowingly. Blowingly is a high five. High. [laughter] five him. Don't be You can go. push Tom Crabtree if you want. You're. going TO GO YEAH, SOMEBODY [ __ ] Coon's.

going to be there. You'll see him. He'll. take the snap. So, you need to teach him. how to do that by the way. You can take. some snaps from you. And then also we. need you to assist him to score the. touchdown. >> Don't be surprised though if you know, that snap goes between Connor Heyward's. legs one time and Aaron's sitting there. with the ball in his hand ready to throw. it. >> And he might even have his hands in the. thing like he does. And then all of a. sudden Darnell Mount Washington. >> Sneaks out. >> Just straight out the entire thing. >> go. That might That might be the. deceptive. That might be the next call. Okay, don't don't don't. >> [laughter]. >> don't don't want to bury him. Okay, that. game obviously Steelers Miami Dolphins.

primetime game and it was a good game. for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Huge win. for them. Huge win for coach Tomlin and. obviously it's getting very loud for. this team with all the expectations. going in. They're still very much in it. Are they not number one in the north is. what he said last week. They still are. and obviously have to beat Baltimore in. the last game of the year to host a. playoff game which is crazy to think. about. But on the other side, some. changes were made after that game. Go. ahead, Ty. >> Yeah, coach, what do you think of the. whole Tua situation? Obviously we saw. postgame he was the last guy on the. field yucking it up with Jalen Ramsey as. they were essentially eliminated from. the playoffs. And then yesterday he gets.

benched. Quinn Ewers is is starting and. a lot of people are just assuming okay, his time in Miami is done. They're going. to eat whatever massive cap hit it takes. and he'll be gone. If you are the head. coach or the quarterbacks coach or the. play caller, like how do you digest that. whole situation? And also when when Tua. does get another opportunity because he. was the fifth pick, do you think teams. are going to view him as a starter or is. he going to have to be kind of a. reclamation project and be a backup for. a few years here?

Well, that's a great question, Ty. I you. know, I think a number you know, there's. there's a number of things there. Um you. know, number one, I'm not totally. you know, engaged with everything that's. going on in in in Miami, but you know, you do have a young guy in Quinn and and. you know, I've actually had a chance to. spend some time with Quinn before the. draft. So, I'm I'm I'm excited for him. for him personally, but yeah, I don't. know if this is a you know, you're out. of the playoffs. I think you know, when. you get to this point in the season, um you haven't been there a lot of. times, but there's there's a lot of. things you got to talk about. Um you.

know, particularly you know, what what. what are you thinking in the future? You. know, they don't have a GM. So, I don't. you know, I I think there's some there's. some answers to [snorts] your question. that that probably can only come from. inside so why exactly they're doing. this. We all understand his contract. situation. So, you know, that that that. factors in you know, more than people. would probably want to admit. So, I think you know, hopefully it's just. they want to give a young guy an. opportunity. to see what they got in Quinn. to get more information as far as the.

whole overall quarterback position. position cuz I'm a huge believer when. you're developing your quarterbacks, you're developing the whole room. All. three of those guys in the room and and. and personally, I wish they'd make you. have four in the building mandatory cuz. you know, it's the most important. position in football and the development. of that position is critical. So, you. know, I'm I'm thinking they they want to. find out about Quinn and and see and. give him the opportunity you know, I. think it's definitely part of this too. So, not knowing exactly you know, what. the postgame and you know, I wasn't.

aware of any of that. So, I don't know. what all that plays into this if it's. part of decision, but you know, I think. there's a lot you know, there's a number. of quarterback decisions around the. league that that are being made. You. know, obviously you know, in Washington, you know, resting. you know, Mahomes you know, went down. You know, you when you see that, you. know, what's your off season going to is. going to look like too. So, when you're. out of the playoffs, you know, you definitely want to go win the game. The fans are. you know, they're paying. That's. important from the business perspective.

of it and so forth, but there there is a. future outlook for for some of these. teams and in you know, whether the coach. and you know, standing the coach and GM. I know is is probably part of that, but. you know, you you know, when you're. building a championship program, you do. have to forecast some of those decisions. and how you go into the off season, I. think is critical. You know, so I think. some of that plays into it, too, but. yeah, I you know, I'm not exactly I. think there's more to it in Miami there. usually is and those are really, you. know, things that are going on.

internally. Yeah, and you talk about. looking at Quinn Ewers for the future, it's like GM already fired. Is the head. coach going to be there next year? I've. no idea. Is he going to be down there. with sunscreen? Maybe he gets a chance. to say. what Quinn Ewers, we're not putting your. name up for any jobs or forcing anybody. out of any jobs, but it would be. hilarious to see you back head coaching. now that we know you much, much better. You know, much, much better. You in. Miami would be incredible. Not head. coaching McDaniel so down there. We and. obviously the team continue to fight for. him, so we're not making any of those. decisions, but I have I don't know if.

you have done this. I have placed you in. a couple of different spots. Just the. thought of you going out there in that. teal, bright red. I mean, in Miami, you. would be. you'd be that guy right behind you with. your daughters there. Bright red out there. Yeah, SUN HAT. OH. MAN, WE NEED IT. We need it. Now, McDaniel, we like him. Whatever happens. in the future, but we appreciate the. hell out of you, coach. Enjoy the hell. out of the weekend. Great ball tonight. College football. playoffs tomorrow night. Alabama, Oklahoma. Any thoughts on these?

Ooh, just just looking forward to. watching it. Now, I I don't want to. upset any of these college. >> [laughter]. >> I I I think I think this college just. national this national championship. brackets it's I just love what they've. done. So, these these games are so. exciting and no, I'm I'm just looking. forward to sitting down and being a fan. All right, we'll be on ESPN 2 noon on. Saturday calling Texas A&M Miami from. the sideline. Hopefully you enjoy us and. we would like text messages if you see. anything for anybody so we can sound. smarter. We won't give you credit, but.

we will steal your [ __ ] You're the man. [laughter] Ladies and gentlemen, COACH. MIKE MCCARTHY. THANK YOU, COACH. Thank you, coach. He's. the man. Dude, it is fun placing them. now. I feel like I haven't done that. enough. >> Oh, you should. Have him in Miami. Just. first training camp it's 115°. 400% humidity. And he's just drenched. We go we go fast. team. We go work hard today. There's a. bad idea, man. >> [laughter]. >> This Irish ginger in Miami that'd be. Italian gingers went down there and did.

pretty good. Guy Dan Marino. Yeah, you're right. >> Maybe you need the Irish to go down. there and win a Super. >> Italian gingers going down to Miami. There's a lot of Italians in general. that head down that way. Okay, and a lot of Irish head down that. way, too. They all seemingly have. similar jobs, but trash. Amongst other things. Construction. Sanitation. Sanitation, please. As well. as concrete. Huh. Funny, Frank's still living in. Plum. Be a friend, tell a friend. something nice and might change your. life. We're back on the other side.

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ready to deliver an epic environment as. Alabama is underdogs as Oklahoma favored. by a point and a half at home. Let's go. to one half of the hammer, Cowboys AP Tone. What are the numbers. saying for this particular game here, Tone, and what's the percentage of bets. on who? I naturally assume that more. people would just say, "Give me. Alabama." Just because it's Alabama. Alabama, I think there's some sort of. stat line that's out there about. something about since 1860 or something.

they haven't done something in lose in. some sort, but obviously this is. DeBoer's Alabama. This is not Saban's. Alabama. This is a massive one for. DeBoer, Tie Simpson and Alabama. And for. Venables, he's been waiting for this in. Oklahoma. I mean, Venables was brought. in from Clemson as the defensive guru. that led that Clemson team in fantastic. fashion. He gets to Oklahoma. They have. a little bit of a run, then a little bit. of a lull. Texas goes on their big run. and then all of a sudden Oklahoma is. kicking off the college football playoff. with a Venables defense that's going to.

hunt. I mean, they are going to hunt. They are going to walk off some. Is. Mutier and Our Buckle in the offense. that we saw earlier in the year, then a. little bit at the end of the year, going. to show up in the biggest moment and. continue this magical run? Or will. Alabama and Tie Simpson who had a tough. road throughout the middle of this. season and got to this point, will they. continue their journey to a national. championship in the post-Saban era? It's. a huge one to kick off this college. football playoff tomorrow night. >> a ginormous one. I I think the line kind. of reflects how I feel about this one as. a coin flip, but you're going to get the. favorite because of the home and the.

home-field advantage. Uh these two teams. played, what was that? Three, four weeks. ago. Uh and In Alabama. >> Yeah, in Alabama. Oklahoma won 23-21, but Bama outgained them by 200 yards. It. was kind of the story of turnovers. That. Oklahoma defense was getting sacks, turnovers. They had an interception. returned for a touchdown. But like. so Tie Simpson has five interceptions, I. believe, on the season. Four of those. have come in the last four weeks. So, it's and there's, you know, there's. internet rumors about his health and. stuff like that. Alabama can't run the.

ball. And then the other side, the the. Oklahoma offense the second half of the. year has been [ __ ] too. But like these. three weeks off for both of these teams, like what are the are they going to are. these teams going to turn back to what. they were at the beginning of the year. where Alabama won five straight against. ranked teams or four straight against. ranked teams and Oklahoma's offense. beginning the season with Mutier was. unbelievable before he hurt his thumb. Um it's yeah, it's it's an incredible. one. It's a coin flip for me. You talked. about Venables. He was kind of on the. hot seat before the season. He is not. anymore. Um. >> He's a dog, by the way. He's got Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He's got He's got the.

vascularity. Yeah, he's still in there. I think he's still in there moving. >> Always has a raspy voice, no matter. what. >> their SID, the guy that controls like. his press appearances, is like the. hardest in the country to work with. >> Okay. From like in my hardest, I mean. like keeps them. Yeah, biggest nightmare. Just like no, no. >> That's what I That's what I heard. through the Reddit pages that I was. reading. >> spin it into a positive way though, like. >> He wants coach focus on balling this. >> Yeah, just kind of keep it out there. I. don't think we a lot of access to. Venables has ever been a thing. I I. don't think that is something. Every. time he comes on GameDay though, the way.

he's on the show and then how he. interacts with everybody in between, feels like he's dude, you know, like. Venables is a guy, is a dude that you. would want to hang around even though we. don't know much about him cuz he's not. really out there as much. But him. getting his team to be able to play this. way and then bringing in Arbuckle and. Matera together to kind of flip the. offensive side and catch up. That was a. magical story at the beginning of this. year. Matera was going to win the. Heisman and then obviously he hurts his. thumb. Then he comes back early maybe. against Yeah. Texas. Everybody was. saying and the offense kind of slow. start. 3 weeks to reset that, get. healthy and also go back and maybe do.

some self scout. Maybe they're back to. being that special offense and dynamic. offense. And then for Alabama, Ty. Simpson talking about injuries late in. the season, 3 weeks is a long time to. get healthy. Like that's a long time. especially for these young lads to get. feeling better. I think we're going to. see the best out of both of these teams. and this is what it's all about. Starting with 12, counting down to one. Boom. It's about who's going to become a. CFP national. champion. Uh if this one comes down to a kick, as. you know, Oklahoma's kicker, Tate. Sandell, I believe he was 23 of 24 in. the season with a long of 55. I believe.

he either He was either a finalist or. won best kicker in the country. Um Those. awards mean nothing because they do it. via Zoom. Uh we hate that. What are we. doing? College football is the second. largest sport in America behind the NFL. Uh I don't know why we wouldn't treat it. as such. The NFL shuts down an entire. city for their award shows. College. football does Zoom calls. So, I don't. know how that's a thing. We should know. that. That should be a celebrated thing. That's on me. And that's a huge moment. for him if he did win that. >> It was either him or the kid from. Hawaii. I can't remember which I Oh.

>> That man from Hawaii. Uh. the Japanese the Japanese guy who. learned through YouTube on how to kick. and then turns a dream and a career I'm. not a career, but yeah, maybe a career. in this entire thing. It's a beautiful. American dream story happening out there. in Hawaii for the kicker. >> Yeah, the Tokyo Toe uh Kansai Matsuzawa. Uh and the most prestigious trophy for. the best college kicker in the country. is the Lou Groza Award given annually. was to Tate. Yeah. So, if it comes down to a kick, Huge. moment by the way for this kid's life. that he won that. In.

Did you Have we seen a Have you seen a. clip of it or anything? No. No, no, no. Absolutely not. And our audience would. see that, right? Cuz we're college. football and kicking. Yeah. Yeah. I. would assume so. Are we sure that's real? >> But Tate's good. True. Tate is good. Yeah. Tate is good. And now will he be. good. >> He's got short pants. Yeah, but he said also, hey, that. it was a little shorter than I thought. You know, you got to have a little bit. of a rip. Joining us now, ladies and. gentlemen, is a college football. national champion, Super Bowl champion, Rider Cup winner, ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawk. Yeah. Hawk to CFP kicks off tomorrow night.

Obviously gigantic stuff. Friday night. kickoff, I like that heading into a. great weekend. I think it's great. I think we missed an. opportunity there. You could have played. the the nice jingle for coach Mike. McCarthy. I think he would really enjoy. that. I doubt that he has seen that yet. >> Well, we'll make sure he knows what. that's all about next week. You're. right. That'll be our Christmas gift to. him maybe and we'll put him full screen. as we play it and just kind of see his. >> What were we doing? What is this? We. still live? [laughter] Is this your. song? Am I on screen right now?

What's going on here? Cartoon characters singing and dancing. >> [laughter]. >> Those don't look like football fans. Um. average prices of the tickets here from. our friends at SeatGeek. Miami. A&M. down there at Kyle Field. Biggest game. in the history, 745 bucks. Tulane Ole. Miss, 433 bucks. Alabama Oklahoma to. kick off CFP, 450 bucks. JMU Oregon out. there in Austin, 304. bucks. So, obviously there is a demand.

to get into these buildings and this is. what we love about the college football. experience is the environment. We wish. that there would be second round home. field advantages as well cuz obviously a. game down here in Bloomington or a game. in uh Athens or a game in Columbus would. be or a game in Lubbock would be. >> Yep. gigantic in the second round and be. very special. But at some point, I guess. they decided that no, only the teams. that want the best in the country get. home field advantage and then we have to. move it on to keep corporate sponsors.

happy. Hopefully, we'll be able to. change that going forward and we'll. still be able to hit all the New Year's. Six rotating bases for the next round, but it's a special weekend. We're lucky. to be a part of it. What's the Montana. Montana State ticket that's happening. out there for the FCS? So, semifinals. FCS Montana Montana State. They played. earlier season. They were one versus. two. It was a three-point game. They're. back uh in the semifinals. Zeet was. looking it up. He said the cheapest. ticket he could find to get to that game. was over $400. That's a It's going to be. an awesome environment. Wow. Montana. Montana State. I a bunch of people. obviously that thought we should go out.

there for GameDay. Just know we agreed. with you. JMU had a a weekend earlier in. the season where that same weekend where. they should have potentially had it. We. agreed with you. We thought it. I think. there was a conversation like because of. JMU schedule Not by us. Because of JMU. schedule, there's no chance I believe is. what the words were. >> That's what I heard. That's exactly what. Just cuz I ask questions to So, all of. the college football fans to get mad. where GameDay ends up. Once again, would. like to reiterate lucky to be a part of.

the institution and have been part here. for the last few years of an institution. that people are excited that your show. and that your thing is coming to their. game. That's a cool thing. Always will. be a cool thing for College GameDay. I. hope the people that run College GameDay. understand that that's a thing and. feels like some of them maybe don't but. that not, you know, not at the GameDay. world, but in the ESPN world as a whole, like, hey, it's this is a We're very. lucky that this is viewed this way and. treated this way. Obviously, it's been. earned over a long long time of putting. on great shows and everything and.

celebrating the second largest sport in. America behind the NFL. But like I also. ask questions. Have no say. I think it's. well documented that I'm pretty low in. the totem pole over there. Have no say. in the entire thing. So, whenever some. of these decisions are made and I just. go, what? Why? Why would We were just. there. They had 40,000 people for us. The the entire Why would we not want to. do that? Well, there's no chance they. make the college football playoff with. their schedule. So, we'd basically be. kind of just showcasing something that. is only going to make more people upset. cuz there's no chance they're going to. make the playoff. Well, look out. JMU is.

currently in the college football. playoff, right? They're currently in it. So, whoever said that should probably. look in the mirror and think to. themselves, maybe I should just have a. brain every once in a while. And then, you know, Tulane, I don't think there. was ever a thought to go down there. But. Montana Montana State definitely in. conversation to go out there. Wanted to. know while why the Brawl of the Wild, I. believe is what it's called. It's a. special environment. We got a chance to. go out there in -14°. The entire state. came out for us. And uh it was a special. thing. So, just know that we we ask same. questions everybody else does. And. Stanford Steve is the one that's making. all the decisions. Yeah, that's a lot on.

our guy. Stanford Steve is the one making the. decisions. But we do know College. GameDay tomorrow night. College GameDay. Saturday morning. Uh Field Pass on. ESPN2. Texas A&M on Miami. We cannot. wait to call that. I don't want to give anything away. Don't let you go behind the curtain too. much. Break the fourth wall. Sure. We got a chance to speak with both Coach. Elko and Coach Cristobal about things. that they won't tell just media because. we are calling the game and uh. we got a little bit of a production. access to these guys. Really kicked back.

and relaxed. Got to get to to know the. real them yesterday. That was an awesome. experience yesterday, AJ. Truly. That's. first time we've gotten to do this. We. reach out directly to the coaches and to. the people at the schools. They were. both like, absolutely. They would much. rather do that than any of the other. stuff that they have to do. It's like we. only need four, five minutes, six. minutes. >> Yeah. 8, 9, 10, 15, 17. Wait on 20. minutes. Once we get them in there, we. think they'll have a good time. If. they're not having a good time, we'll. send them the hell out of there. But. they they were very good with us, I. think, AJ. And that was very productive.

for us, I think, as we try to call this. game on Saturday and do it justice. Yeah, it was it was very productive. I. mean, thanks to you. Obviously, you you. have a way of of making these guys feel. feel I guess at ease and comfortable and. they they trust you and you have a. relationship with them beforehand. But. uh I mean, I've been in plenty. production meetings where you don't get. anything where they are tight-lipped. giving you like the coach speak. So, the. fact that they were so open and cool. about it and they both seem like they. just seem super excited. They just. couldn't wait for the game to get here, I feel like. They're just they're ready. to go. Thankful gratitude for being in.

the like it. genuinely felt like and I think they. view us as just football dudes. So, like. whenever we're talking about them, it's. just like, hey, explain the situation to them about us. calling these games. We have no idea if. it's a 3-yard gain or a 4-yard loss from. where we're standing. But it would be. cool to at least get a heads-up on how. you're viewing so we can kind of call. and talk about it as it's happening. Like I think other people that call. games get to do that. We were wondering. if we could do the same thing and they. were like, absolutely. go. And then. there was even a couple, when you see. this, we're doing this. Whenever you see. this, we're trying this. It's like we. would have never had that in the past.

What a weapon that is for us going into. this game. But what I got from both. these coaches, they both obviously love. their teams, but also they feel very. good about how their teams feel going. into this game. Like it's it's very much. a like, hey, let's go do this thing as. opposed to like, hey, let's feel it out. It feels like they are both very much. going for it here and it's going to be I. Fire I think we should expect the best. of all parties in this particular game. with the way the messaging is coming. >> Yeah, by all means it should be a night. game. This is the best game of the first. round. You can make that argument. I.

think the price kind of reflects that. It's so awesome that this is the noon. game and yeah, the NFL being on Saturday. probably doesn't help it as much, but. both the schools' first time in the. college football playoff, right? I mean, this is historic for both sides and it. does feel like that is at least came. through when talking to them like how. much this means not just to the teams, but to the universities, to the cities, to the towns that they are in. Like, this is a monumental moment for both of. these places. >> And it it also did feel as if the.

coaches and players knew they were. representing their people. Like, it was. cool it was like a very genuine cool. conversation about how confident they. are in their team, how much they like. their team. Here's some stuff that we're. going to do obviously we can't talk. about until it starts happening and why. it's happening and we had to obviously. we're in the football world so we we. don't want to give away any strategy. from anybody or anything like that. But. just like the genuine. excitement it felt like from both sides. about the opportunity was cool. Like. even listening to coach Cristobal talk. about uh traveling and playing at Kyle.

Field. >> Yeah. He's like, "Hey, I I've been there. with Alabama. Uh we went up to Ohio. State obviously got a chance to. experience that. Uh FIU we played. >> Went to A&M. and played there. He was. like, "So I I. >> at Oregon he had a bunch of big games. like that. >> said he he talked about how pumped he is. for his team to experience because it is. a different animal. Yeah. Like he is. like Facts too facts. >> respect Yeah, it was like a very like. respectful It was uh it was cool to kind. of hear it all. Joining us now is a man. who's obviously no stranger to huge. games and also no stranger to huge games.

at Kyle Field. Joining us now the. greatest college football coach of all. time, new owner. of the Nashville Predators. >> Wow. Ladies and gentlemen, Nick Saban. Hey coach. How you doing coach? I'm doing great. How you guys doing? What are you selling Toyotas now? I see. that [ __ ] sitting right over your head. I thought [laughter] you were a Ferrari. and uh Lambo guy. I didn't know you're a. Toyota Thon guy. You're moving Toyotas. too? Yeah, I had to do this in the store. today because I had some meetings this.

afternoon so um they set it up for me. and we're here and not trying to. advertise anything just. >> No, OF COURSE NOT. >> [laughter]. >> YEAH, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT AT ALL. THERE YOU GO. [laughter] DOESN'T look. like I got a Lexus here if you need it. [ __ ] we got you the best thing you. could possibly need for a stalking. stuffer. We got a Toyota Thon little elf. here. You can buy Where is this Toyota. located out here coach Saban? This one's in Montgomery, Alabama. All. right. Well, if I ever need anything I. know I'm coming to Toyota right down.

there in Montgomery, Alabama. Coach. Saban, coach Gressy and all the boys. there will take care of you and get you. everything you need. Let's talk about. you being an owner of the Smashville. Predators. Listen, you're a completely. defeated NHL [laughter] owner. Got their. asses beat FOUR TO ONE. L L L uh with. your ownership. But tell me how you got. into this and how much do you know about. hockey and what is your planned presence. for the Nashville Predators going. forward because I got a lot of friends. in Nashville that basically as soon as. they saw this announcement were like,

"Saban's coaching the Predators? Uh we're winning this thing. What is it? What is the expectation and how did you. get to this? Congratulations. We love. hockey here.". Yeah, well it was an opportunity. uh for for me really with Mr. Haslam, Bill Haslam, who. uh we talked about some sports franchise. opportunities in the future and uh this. was the first one that came up. I love. hockey. I think hockey's a great. investment. Um. you know, they have a salary cap and you.

know, it's a growing sport. I think. there's a lot of interest in the sport. and Nashville's a great city. We have. businesses there so, you know, I'm kind. of a fan and. you know, look forward to being a part. of the team uh which I think they have. the structure there to, you know, rebuild this team. I'm excited about being a part of it and. you know, I don't know enough about. hockey to really. coach anybody how to play it, but I know. enough about successful organizations. that you know, hopefully can contribute.

something to the organization in a. positive way. I don't like to hear that. So you're actually going to do stuff. here? You're not just going to stay away. from the building cuz the Pittsburgh. Penguins just sold too. I don't know if. you've already signed. We'd love to have. you in Pittsburgh. We'll certainly give. you a better deal than whatever the. Predators did. So you just kind of give. me a heads up on that if I if you want. me to stop mentioning that right now or. no? If you says the ink dried? Well, you know, I went to a Predators. game in the playoffs several years ago. and the Penguins were actually playing. the Predators in the playoffs. And I had.

a Predators jersey on trying to promote. our Nashville businesses and I got about. a thousand negative emails from my. people back in West Virginia who were. Penguins fans. So I got my ass kicked on. that one. Good. I HOPE YOU GET MORE THIS. TIME CUZ WE WERE JUST FOR SALE. YOU. COULD HAVE BOUGHT THE WHOLE DAMN THING. POTENTIALLY. Uh no, we love to see you. continuing to get in the sports world. and give back to the sports world. The. Predators are very lucky. The city of. Nashville knows and appreciates you. becoming a more of a part of it is a. great thing. I love your part of hockey. coach. We love hockey around here and to.

your point up into the right and uh go. Preds going forward. Go Preds going. forward, but also the Penguins are about. to beat that ass Saban whenever they. have to and that's good thing about. hockey. Let's talk about football now. Let's talk a little bit about college. ball. This weekend is obviously huge. CFPs kicking off tomorrow night Friday. night. Alabama, Oklahoma. Very close to. home to you and obviously Oklahoma came. into Alabama uh just about a month ago. and got a win. Tone has a question for. you about what we think is obviously the.

X factor of the entire game. >> Yeah coach, you've obviously had to go. up against uh coach Venables uh in your. time in the playoffs. Um now that. Alabama has seen him once this season. and they're going to have to see that. defense again for a second time. Is that. a good thing for Ty Simpson and the. Alabama offense? And what makes going up. against Brent Venables so hard? Well, I think you know, the pressure. package that they have uh and I think. that was the big difference in the first. game. You know, when you watch the game, when they got their pressures blocked up.

they made a lot of explosive plays. I'm. talking about Alabama. Mhm. But when. they didn't it was devastating in terms. of sack fumbles, pick sixes, um. sacks that led to uh stop and drives. So. uh it was like feast or famine, you. know, in the game. So how they can. execute against the pressures to me is. the most important thing because. if you can get to the back end of. Oklahoma's defense I think you got a. chance to make plays which was evident. in the first game. I mean Alabama had.

over 400 yards versus Oklahoma's 200, but three turnovers all in negative. field position that led to 17 points, you know, helped Oklahoma tremendously. in the game and. you can't have those kind of plays. If. you have those kind of plays Oklahoma. will be successful. That's how they win. Um they they not scored a lot of points. Their defense is outstanding and they. thrive on making plays in the game that. are going to impact the game and they. did it to Alabama a month ago.

Yeah, they did coach. >> Yeah, and Alabama Ty Simpson has uh five. turnovers or five interceptions on the. season. Four of them coming in the final. four weeks. That three week layoff. Is. there a way to fix that or is that just. something that's going to come with. games down the stretch whenever you're. trying to take a shot? Well, I really do think that um some of. the issues. that have been created on Alabama's. offense come from, you know, the fact. that there's more pressure, more sacks. Uh they've been able to affect the.

quarterback which led to the four. interceptions that you're talking about. Uh but Ty's very capable, but I've. always said this. Quarterback's a hard place a hard. position to play, maybe the hardest. position in sports if the people around. you don't play well. So their ability to. run the ball, their ability to protect, pick up pressures, the offensive line. needs to play a little more. consistently. That'll help the. quarterback and if they can do that I. think Ty's very capable of, you know, getting back to where he was somewhere. in the middle of the season when he was.

playing outstanding. We're obviously. hoping for the best out of everybody. Rattler included in Oklahoma. Whenever. he started this season it was uh wow, I. can't believe this guy is as good a. football player as he is. He gets hurt. They weren't able to find their rhythm. yet again afterwards, but starting to. find it towards the end of the season. Will the three week layoff help them? Now, let's move to Saturday as we travel. from Oklahoma on Friday to College. Station late Friday night. Go ahead AJ. Yeah coach, we will be on the field for. the you know, Miami taking on Texas A&M. I guess what should people be watching.

especially say the first half like what. should we be paying attention to to kind. of see or what what are you going to be. paying attention to early in that game. to see how it's playing out? Well, I think two things are very. interesting in this game and it's the. the style that both teams play defense. And um Miami has got really talented. front guys. I mean they dominate the. line of scrimmage. They rush four guys. most of the time. These guys make a lot. of negative plays by how aggressive and. physical they are. I think Jason. Taylor's done a fantastic job of. coaching these guys up front. Um.

so and then you go on the A&M side of it. they're not as big. They're very. athletic. They can run and they rely on. different kinds of pressures and slants. to give you negative plays. And if A&M. gets you in third down they are lethal. man. They've got a great third down. package where they create a lot of. pressures, a lot of overload type. simulated pressures that give people. problems. So this is going to be the. tale of, you know, like how does this. game go? If Miami can control the line of. scrimmage and eliminate the negative.

plays and stay out of third down long. situations I think they'll have success. against A&M. If. on the other hand um. you know, A&M can't block this front uh. and they affect the quarterback, although I think Marcel Reed is an. outstanding player. Um not only do they. have to affect him, they have to keep. him running. uh which you see him doing right here. and this guy can throw it. They've got. good skill guys. So this is going to be. a real challenge. I think this is going. to be one of the best games of this.

early playoff season man. I'm looking. forward to this game uh because both of. these teams to me are very very good. football teams and uh and play different. styles and it'll be interesting to see. which style physical Miami team versus. uh a very skilled, fast, aggressive A&M. team. I I know you have relationships. with every coach around the country. Yesterday we had the chance to catch up. with coach Cristobal and coach Elko, and. you talked about this being one of the. best games here of obviously this early.

but the entire year it sounds like. The. way they're talking about it, the. excitement that their entire team feels. as opposed to nerves and anxiety, what. we heard through the coaches and through. the locker room is like excitement and. honor for the opportunity almost from. both sides. And anytime you have that, I. think you got teams that are going to. show up in a big way. How much does the. Kyle Field you think play an effect. entire game, especially with that Texas. A&M defense that can get after the. quarterback, especially with how loud. that place could be? You played in some. monster games there. You've talked about. it before both whenever we were down.

there for Game Day and on this show, but. them hosting a college football playoff. game I think is good for college. football for people that maybe haven't. watched college ball all year, you tune. into this game and it's like holy hell, this place is one of the greatest fan. places in the world maybe. Coach Saban, is that the way to describe that? I I don't think there's any question. about it. You know, I did more. complaining to the SEC office. It was. more than complaining that I don't. really want to. say on this show. about this is the noisiest place plus.

they PIPE IN NOISE. I THEY PIPE IN NOISE. I MEAN and you. can't hear yourself think it when you're. playing out there and it is a huge. advantage when they play at home. especially for their defense, especially. getting off the spot. Makes it really. difficult for the offensive line, but. the one thing that I think. Miami can get under center and they can. run the ball, that might be helpful to. be able to settle them down from a noise. standpoint. But if you have to go on.

silent count in in this game which you. probably will, especially if you're in. the gun, it's going to be a huge. advantage for A&M's defense. Psyche. I. mean, come on. Have you been there? There's no way that's just human voices. They got to be They got to be piping in. I think they take a lot of pride in that. obviously down there as being a fan base. that knows when to yell, knows how to. yell, and they have yell leaders. It's. not cheerleaders. We got yell leaders. Like they are promoting it from the day. they get on campus. We're heading to. that midnight yell the night before.

coach if you want to come with us. It's. going to be late after obviously the. Oklahoma Game Day whenever we travel. down there. They have a pep rally. basically at midnight before every. single home game that 50,000 people show. up to. It's like you're talking about. commitment and being on display for the. world here opening college football. playoff weekend. I think we got it right. here coach. Legit I think we got it. right. But. I I I have a tremendous amount of. respect even when I was coaching and. happen to go play there. The the traditions that they have at.

Texas A&M and the spirit that they have. at Texas A&M it it's it's unique and. special and I have a tremendous amount. of respect for it. It's it's almost. reminds me of you know, like coaching at. the Naval Academy where they have this. tremendous pride and you know, you see. that in the Army Navy game, but they. have that at A&M too. It's something. different, it's something special. They're loud man. I can't wait to be on. that sideline. I didn't even think about. us not even being able to hear the whole. podcast. Yeah, they thought about that.

I'd like to know I'd like to get your. guys' opinion. Are you taking the crew. there or are you just going? Crew. So you tell me after this game if. they're piping in noise or not. >> [laughter]. >> I'LL PAY ATTENTION. YEAH, WE WILL. CERTAINLY BE snooping it out. Okay, let's talk about the other two games. happening on TNT and TruTV. Go ahead Ty. Yeah coach, you've talked about rat. poison you know, so many times with us. For these two particular games where. we've had 21 days, where basically. everyone has said hey, Ole Miss is going.

to beat the [ __ ] out of Tulane and. Oregon's going to beat the [ __ ] out of. JMU. There is no way that these guys can. win. If you're the coach of either one. of those teams, how how do you address. that? Cuz obviously it's not just. another game, it's the playoffs now. And. are you assuming that these guys will be. able to handle it Pete Golding and Dan. Lanning pretty fine because they both. come from your coaching tree? Well, you know, I just this morning. watched the the first Tulane Ole Miss. game. And you know, the game really was like. 23 to three maybe.

uh late in the third quarter and Tulane. got stopped three times on fourth down. and short. Fourth and one, fourth and. two, fourth and three, fourth and five. at the five-yard line. So the game could. have been a little closer than it was. I. think the issue for Tulane is. offensively they moved the ball against. Ole Miss. But man, they just could not. stop Ole Miss's offense and I think. that's going to be a huge problem for. them in this game.

My approach to games like this was I I. used to tell players all the time is. look, you're supposed to be playing to your. standard, to your ability. When I was in. the NFL they gave me a cut up. I I. didn't know who you were playing with. the score was. So you your challenge is. to play your best all the time because. that's what you're going to get. evaluated on. You want to play in the. league someday? They're going to look at. this film. You're going to you're going. to play relative to the guy you're. playing against or you going to play the. way you're capable of? And that's the. way we tried to get guys to think about.

it so they control what they do and they. control the standard that they play to. and that's what I challenge them to do. And when you're in the playoffs like. this, you want to gain momentum. And to. gain momentum you got to earn momentum. So you got to play well, make good. plays, play together as a group and that. that's what I used to try to you know, emphasize to our guys so that you know, we would gain some momentum. So you're. going to have a tough game the next. game, you know that. Dan Lanning is. definitely selling everything about. Indiana having JMU kids and coming in.

there and winning. And then this show. even coach Saban, there's a couple times. last week where some people on this show. were like, you know what? JMU wins. games. >> them. Maybe they go in there especially. with what happened last year with Oregon. in the Rose Bowl and Ohio State, some. people on this show were kind of feeding. rat poison towards JMU's side almost. [laughter] as opposed to Oregon's side. in its entirety. We know Lanning will. have the boys ready to go, but JMU could. do obviously do something special. In. the history of the college football. playoffs or college football.

you know, post season, large spreads. have not voted well for the teams that. are receiving the points. They haven't. won, but they have covered seemingly. >> Okay. So highest point spreads in. college football playoff history. obviously 21's the biggest against James. Madison. 2020 the semi-final Alabama, you remember this coach, 19 and a half. point favorites against Notre Dame. They. won. Pretty good too. Didn't cover. Won by. 17. >> Yikes. Had people pissed off at your ass. coach Saban. Then obviously Ole Miss. Tulane's in there. And then 2018. Alabama, they were favored by 15 against. Oklahoma. You remember this one coach.

They won by two scores. Jeez. >> Didn't cover though. Only won by 11. So. had a lot of people pissed off. So I. think what the stats are saying, massive. spreads in the playoffs, certainly the. winners are going to win, but that. that's a little bit too much of a. projection. Is that because maybe things. are a little bit tighter regardless cuz. it's playoffs? Maybe or what do you. think it is. why sports books maybe overshoot it? And. how did you feel as a coach who would. probably had to hear from some people. even though you won by 17, couldn't win. by 24 bub? Like that in this entire.

thing. What are your kind of thoughts on. the projections of a game versus maybe. the outcome especially whenever it's. playoffs and who knows what it could be. like. Well, there's one thing I've learned a. lot from you Pat. I I got to admit that. over the last you know, year and a half, two football seasons. and I learned something today. I never. paid attention to the spread. But I would have enhanced my legacy a. lot better if I would have tried to. cover some of these spreads for you. Yep. CUZ YOU PISSED US OFF. WE WE GOT. SABAN PLAYING. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. They're.

definitely going to cover. And then wins. by 17 said 19 and a half. This [ __ ]. [ __ ] This guy ain't got [laughter]. it. This guy ain't got it anymore. Can't. get the boys to rally. Can't even cover. out there. But yes, it is something that. is interesting and obviously the. expectation. Go ahead. One thing I hated though was. when we were heavy favorites in a game. because I think sometimes players think. that game is going to be easy and these. games are never easy. I mean, I don't I. don't care who you're playing, when. you're playing,

anybody's capable of beating anybody, but I do think. the bigger spreads come because the the. the big people can dominate the game. When the big people can dominate the. game, which is going to be the issue for. Tulane, especially their defense, it's. going to be the issue for JMU who relies. on running the ball and if they can't. run the ball and use the quarterback run. game, I don't think they can throw well. enough to generate enough offense. So. when you have the big people dominating. the game, I think that's when you get. the big spreads. That's just my opinion.

and I think that in most of these games. other than these two games. you're going to have big people that are. pretty well matched and that's going to. make for some great games. Well, I think. it goes back to the point of like. there's weight classes in every physical. sport. Like there is. Any any physical. sport there's always weight classes cuz. there's advantages to having more meat. and everything like that. Whenever you. think about a JMU roster versus an. Oregon roster, I mean, any big name but. Oregon more specifically with everything. that we know about Oregon, it's like you.

would assume in the trenches there is. going to be quite a weight differential. that could potentially cause a problem. in a sport that involves physicality. between the two people. But JMU, low. man, good leverage, technique, YOU KNOW, SMALL HAT TIE. THEY GOT A CHANCE NOSE TO. THE BALL. THEY'LL BE THERE, will. sacrifice for a teammate. There's. there's all those things that can come. together on any given Saturday, Thursday, Friday night. But here here's. my my thing about this. I mean, look, would would we allow.

the winner of. the Triple A baseball league, the. International League, whatever they call. it. I don't even know the name of it. Would you let them in the in the World. Series playoffs? I don't think they do. No, no, I don't. think they No, they don't, but I'm. saying but that's the equivalent of what. we do. when JMU gets in to the college football. playoff and Notre Dame doesn't. I mean. I I don't want to start any [ __ ] here, but it is [laughter] what it is.

Coach, you're adding your name onto a. long list of people now because the one. the one power five team getting in and. taking one of the 12 spots, everybody. was like good for ball. That's good for. ball. We like that. Yeah, give everybody. a chance, you know. Now granted, if the. one power five team makes it into the. college football playoff as one of the. final 12 teams, that entire team's. probably getting poached to somewhere. else immediately after the season. anyways, but we still thought it was. good for ball. The fact that two of them.

made it in this year, I think has made. everybody go, this is not what we signed. up for. This is this is not what it was. at all. So we assume change will come. Don't you think it feels like it's. getting loud? Yeah, I hope so. I hope we learn each. year from this how we can make it. better. The ACC not having a champ. that could be in the top 50 ranked joke. just really threw an entire wrench into. but we needed it to happen, right? And. we need these games to happen this. weekend cuz if two lane.

goes ahead and smacks coach Golden in. the mouth down there in Oxford and then. JMU travels to Austin and smacks Landing. in the mouth, this entire conversation's. null and void. But boy, if Ole Miss wins. by 30 and Oregon wins by 30, it is going. to get real loud and maybe change will. happen afterwards. >> Just so everyone knows moving forward, you know how we've talked a lot about. the Notre Dame, if they're in the top. 12, they're going to automatically in. the playoffs moving forward cuz of the. deal they signed. Also, if you're a. power four conference and you win your.

conference, you're in moving like Duke. would have been if it this was next. year, Duke would have been in. And is. that with a 16 team bracket or 12? >> 12, I believe. Okay, interesting. So I'm. fascinated to see how it all goes. going. to make it better. What's that? If they do what. You know, to me if you're not in the 15. top 15, I don't care what league you. play in, you shouldn't be in the playoffs. JMU, whoever it is. If you're not in the top. 15 power group of five, it doesn't. matter because you're you're taking. somebody out of the playoffs that.

deserve to be in the playoff. So you can. think about it one way where we're. letting somebody from the group of five. in, but you're also taking somebody. that should be in out. And and that's. not fair. That was my whole point about. would we let the triple A baseball team. who wins their league play for the World. Series? Doesn't happen. It's a different. league. These guys ought to have their. own playoff. We which we. >> money. Just give them the money. Well, each school gets 4 million for.

playing in the first round. Is that. right? I think so, yes. Give them $4. million and put Notre Dame in. You want. to see Notre Dame and Oregon play? Texas Ole MISS HELL YEAH. HELL YEAH. HELL YEAH. HELL YEAH, WE. [laughter] DO. HELL YEAH, WE DO. HEY, LET'S MOVE some more Toyotas and maybe. we pay them ourselves, coach Saban, you. know. Let's maybe get the Predators back. into the Stanley Cup finals and maybe we. do that, but I think coach I I think. there's going to be a lot of change this. offseason. Just like there was last, remember? It was the four highest ranked.

champions were definitely the ones now. it's just the top four ranked teams are. in there. I think they are trying to. massage it and fix it. The ACC champion. not being in certainly was not expected. whenever they made these rules. So who. knows how it goes, but once again, we'll. find out on the field. Uh-huh. We'll. find out on the field what happens. But. when it goes down how it's probably. going to go down, everybody's going to. say. we're done WITH THIS. WE TOLD YOU. >> THIS IS NOT WHAT IT IS. NOW, let's talk about teams that aren't. playing this week but have to wait. another week. Go ahead, Con Man.

>> Yeah, coach, the winner of tomorrow. night will play against Indiana in the. Rose Bowl and Curt Cignetti just won his. second straight AP Coach of the Year. I. assume that's cuz they got sick of. giving you the award and that's why he's. the first one ever to win it. back-to-back years. What do you think about Coach Cignetti. and the Hoosiers this kind of playoff. run? Last year they played in the first. round at Notre Dame and they were. booted, but this year feels different. Mendoza wins the Heisman. Cignetti has. the boys going. Do you think they have.

the best shot? I think statistically or. sorry, the odds would say that they do. or them or Ohio State. So can you speak. a little bit on Ryan Day and Coach. Cignetti and what their week looks like. this week as they just kind of watch. from afar and get ready for their New. Year's Six day? Yeah, well, first of all, you know, Indiana, I said this before they played. in the Big Ten championship game. They. have a better team this year. Mendoza is in my opinion the best.

quarterback in the country, probably the. first guy going to get picked in the. draft at that position. and they're more physical on defense. I. mean. it surprised me in the Ohio State game. that they were as physical as they were. on defense and able to stop Ohio State. the way they did. So this is a really. good football team. Now, you know, I. think the world of Curt Cignetti. He's done an outstanding job there not. only in how he coaches the team, but how. he's. brought players to the team. How he's. gotten guys to come to Indiana. I mean.

that that's that's pretty impressive in. and of itself. I think Ryan Day is you. know, I think Ohio State is one of the. best jobs in the country in terms of. your ability to have success. and the quality of the institution, the. tradition and I think Ryan Day has done. a fantastic job, you know, in what he's. done with that team and I think these. two teams may be, you know, right up. there as two of the best with the best. chance to win a championship, but you. know, you're going to have to play the. games to see because I think there's.

probably seven teams in my opinion in. this playoff that have good enough. players. to be able to win the championship. I. think there's seven teams that can do. that. So there's seven teams that could. beat any of the other teams in my. opinion. So um. that's how I see it. I know that, you. know, the odds aren't. that that don't really reflect that, but. I think A&M could beat anybody. All right, they're the seventh team. right there, right? Plus 2,000. They. could beat anybody. Yeah, I mean we kind.

of mixed up the numbers there, but 1 2 3. 4 5 7 9 6 10 8 just a match up wise. championship odds here as we go. But A&M. we think could beat anybody, right? We. all we all believe that. Just with the. team that they have. I think Texas Tech could beat anybody. Definitely. Georgia could. Oregon could. I I think. Ole Miss, the way they play offense, could outscore you. Um so I mean. but I think that's what makes that what. that's what makes a good tournament, you.

know, when you have lots of teams that. you feel like have it have an. opportunity to. have a chance to win. And I think that. that that's not disrespecting the other. teams in there, Alabama or Oklahoma or. Miami, but because they could probably beat. anybody too on a given day. So that's. why we're going to play the games and. that's why it's going to be very. exciting. More teams get a shot to shine. You know, that's uh. a lot more fun and a lot more.

a lot more pride and a lot more fun. Yeah. Starting with 12, count down to. one. That's how. we crown a. CFP national. Yeah, champion. And you're going to earn. it, you know, with these teams in there. Whoever wins it, they're going to earn. it. Damn damn right. >> [clears throat]. >> I was never for going to 12 because I. didn't want to minimize the importance. of bowl games, which has come to. fruition, but the excitement that it's. created is worth it.

And. I think it gives a lot more players an. opportunity to have a chance to win a. championship, so I really like this. Now. I think it's more difficult just like it. was more difficult when there was four. than when there was two and two was more. difficult when the AP poll decided who. was the national champion. Now it's. going to be more difficult with 12. people in there, 12 good teams. Well, starting tomorrow, I can't wait to see. out there in Oklahoma. Go ahead and move. some Toyotas today, okay, for the. holiday season. Yeah, I got to change hats here. That's. no doubt about that. What's the what's.

the what's the quarters you got up. there? >> hockey. to selling cars. to being on your show. and back to selling cars. And I'm not much of a salesman, though. I'll tell you what, retirement life is. pretty good. Sounds like you can sell. the [ __ ] out of a lot of things. Hey, what's the quarters up there? Is that a. Toyota thong quarter zip there or is. that your National Predators? Oh, that's. Nick's Kids, man. Nick's Kids. Oh, shout. out. I think we're doing a donation to. Nick's Kids because of the Alabama lady.

That was fantastic. Fantastic the way. that that Miss Terry is so happy. I. didn't have to Today's our anniversary, 54-year anniversary. I didn't even have to buy her anything. because you took care of. the whole thing for her. Hey, well, I'm. happy I could do that for you. You know, that's a lot of fun. We don't know how. much longer that's going to last in our. future years. It's getting very. expensive, obviously, week in week out. You know, whenever you're paying to be a. part of a show, you know, that's. certainly something that is certainly an. interesting dynamic. But hey, what you.

give will come back in spades. I get a. chance to be friends and sit alongside. you. We appreciate the hell out of you, coach. Tell Miss Terry we say. congratulations. Well, hey, we appreciate you guys. I. enjoyed being on the show. Happy. holidays to everybody if I don't see you. guys. Love you, man. Hey, they'll see. you. They're going to make sure you see. you. Yeah, we love you, too, coach. Ladies and gentlemen, Excite Bike. >> [applause]. >> That's the national rankings, I guess, in the top left corner with the odds. next to it. I think we could have left. the rankings off there.

But I appreciate that it's added piece. of information on the graphic. Should. have maybe been down at the lower left. corner there, put the graphic, but. that's on me. I should have known what. was going up for what up got there. I. thought it was just an odds graphic and. then I started seeing random numbers on. teams and I'm like. What Who's [ __ ] drunk doing this? >> nine seven. >> be clear, the graphic design boys, this. is something that could come out of. their department. This this without any. other, you know, real reasoning or. behind it. There it is. That's. Boom. That would be Look at that. >> Okay, makes sense now. Yeah. Now we're. Now we're doing a graphic.

>> know what what the teams are ranked in. the playoffs. >> Well, it doesn't matter. This is what. their odds are. This is what we're. looking at here on this particular. graphic, but I will say to the graphic. design boys, great work out of you boys. They become a really good factory over. there of of graphics. Every once in a. while there'll be something that comes. out of there and you just go, you're an artist. [snorts] I know you're. an artist. How? Just from the conversation we had. How. is that the way that what? Well, I was.

trying to Okay. Yep, I you're an artist. You're an artist. You're an artist. Now, you wasted 35 minutes of your life and. there's [clears throat] no way we could. show that in there. We don't have a lot. of time, but I want to let you know I. appreciate you taking a shot and I. appreciate your artistry, but I still. don't fully understand how humans. speaking the same language could be that. further away from what we're looking for. and then they hop right back in the. saddle, fix it, which is why we respect. and appreciate them. They're some. artists with some mental toughness and. an ability to a dodge, duck, dip, dive. and dodge their way through every.

morning. We appreciate you graphic. design boys. Word, boys. Good job, boys. You are dealing with artists though. You. know, anytime you're dealing with. artists, >> [clears throat]. >> they want to protect their art and it's. like, nobody's going to see that. Are you. going to tweet it? Who's going to Are. you going to put Who's going to see it? Then we can't use that though cuz it. doesn't make any sense, you see. But if you lay out what how we got to. the You know, if you read right to left. though, it's actually. >> Oh, yeah. Oh, okay. We'll put it up in. China then. Yeah, where they read from. that side of the page to the other. That. makes sense.

Oh, yeah. I'll fix I'll I'll change it. around. Okay. They're good though. They're very good. >> I know. We also have breaking news here. at the Thunderdome. Um. there are some new champions. >> Oh, hell yeah. Didn't you say something about that? Oh, did you? Congratulations to. uh partners. JMU beating Oregon basically. >> Oh, easy. It is. More like Tulane and Ole Miss, but. >> Thank you. >> JMU Oregon as well. Bruce Brown and. Boston Connor are U Ball champions of.

the world. >> Wow. I mean, I can't I [applause] can't. even begin to tell you how good this. thing feels. Like I do now know. AJ, I think you can speak to this. Jim. Tressel holding that holding that. diamond football. That that's exactly. how this thing feels and Bruce, let me. just say. nine to five game, Bruce puts one in the. cup 11-5. That's how we get to 11. It. was all Bruce. That's how we got there. Bone and D but I think we can all agree. just not just not deserving U Ball. champions. They they just they did not.

represent the game well. and me and Bruce will do that. Unfortunately, I did go to the doctors. I have a lower body injury. I will not. be able to play for quite some time. So you guys are We we will not vacate. the title. You're vacating the title. >> We will not do that. We will not do. that. The doctor actually gave me a note. saying this injury is so serious to the. point where vacating the title would be. disrespectful to U Ball. So you guys. just need to respect my injury and. respect the fact that me and Bruce we we. earned it we earned it back to back. games. We we use strategy. We use.

teamwork. What? We used throwing the. ball freaking down. What? After. Pat kind of let Bruce know like, "Hey, stop laying the ball and start dunking. it." And that changed our entire team. Bruce, I mean, I don't know do you. Bruce, you got anything to say? I I. don't even know why this thing's up. here. WHO CARES? >> [laughter]. >> OH, MAN. OH, IT IS A DID that broke? It. was a Christmas miracle truly that you. guys won yesterday and. we're incredibly proud that you. immediately did a photo shoot and you.

are celebrating Bruce. I don't think. anybody would have thought an insider. for a sport could ever become champion. of the sport, but that is certainly what. you've done. Congratulations, Bruce. Yeah, thank you all so much and Connor. was selling himself short. He came alive. on the defensive end, was the MVP on. that end of the floor and then you know, you just got to stay focused while. you're shooting and and make those shots. and we we got the job done. I It was a. proud night. It was a proud night. I I. can't believe it honestly. I never. thought I'd see the day. I saw your. wording of your tweet certainly drew.

some reaction. Thank God my family, my. partner Connor at Pat McAfee show and. everybody behind the scenes who helped. make this possible. A lot of people. saying the way you described your. relationship with Connor was something, but I do think it is closer than just. friends at this point. You guys are. champions together. That's U Ball. Yeah, that's what that's what friendship's all. about. You know, some people haven't. been in a locker room don't understand. that. They don't understand the dynamic. between say a Josh Hart and a Jalen. Brunson. Um you know, >> You guys did celebrate differently. whatever you guys. >> my partner and I'm proud of that. We did. celebrate differently. Immediately, we.

said, "Hey, look, bumped, really happy. Let's Let's go. nuts. Keep your thumb out of my [ __ ] okay? I know you're a fan of the Knicks. I. ain't doing it, okay? I'm not doing. that. >> Josh and Jalen have fun. They. >> That is their thing. >> That is their thing. Was Bruce arguing. though? Was he arguing against it and. said you needed it or what? >> No, Bruce Bruce, to be clear, even. though he is a diehard Knicks fan and. loves Mr. Brunson and Josh Hart and. their antics, if that's going to keep. the Knicks winning more NBA super duper. cups, I think he does have respect for.

it, but he clearly said, "No, we don't. need that. That's not our team dynamic.". >> No, it's not. That is not our team. dynamic. That might be the Knicks team. dynamic. It is not Do you guys have an. official team name? Uh honestly, no. We're We're just the champs, you know. I. think you guys could just call us that. going forward. Maybe we do kind of. create some sort of you know, Brown. Boston maybe. I think that's kind of. cool. >> you're not able to play? Uh not forever, but yeah, look lower lower Look, I got. to listen to the doctors. What do you. want me to do? Do you want me to play. hurt and then you guys want to win an.

injured U Ball championship? I mean, talk about winning something that. doesn't mean anything. What In to to be. honest, you could say that this title. run by me and Bruce was even more. impressive since I was playing with a. lower body injury. Not to mention what. Bruce was going through, you know. He. was coming off a hell of a night after. the Knicks won the NBA cup. The guy was. as hungover as as you could possibly be. >> doesn't know if he's a righty or lefty. still and he's a champion. So that's. crazy. Well, every once in a while he'll do. this one, which he made big. He made big.

shots like this. >> I've watched him make clutch He made. clutch shots with me when we played. Whatever an air ball, okay, in the first. shot of the last inning and it was like, "Oh, no, the boys are about to crumble, you know." And then all of a sudden. Bruce steps up, does his dribble, [laughter]. splash and then I think he hit another. one. >> That's downtown, Bruce. >> he. downtown, Bruce Brown and then on the. defensive end they started putting in. effort and. in U Ball cuz the hoop is at eight feet, you see. In the little ball, it takes. weird bounces cuz they're not it's not.

round. So like doing a layup tip off the. backboard is very dangerous. I mean, it. is very dangerous. That thing can go. there. Bruce Brown for a long time, I. don't know if cuz he's a humble guy or. didn't want to cause too much of a fuss, but he was always like trying to lay it. up and it was just like brick city, brick city and I said, "Bruce, can you. dunk? Like can you dunk or no?" And then. all of a sudden. the Boston Brown team just starts. They like Bruce starts hanging on the. rim. It's like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. I.

didn't know we had a little monster. unlocked down there." But it really did. You guys started kicking ass on the. boards. You made shots whenever you. needed them. It was a valiant. championship run. Congratulations. Yeah, hey. Just just happy to be here. And the. Bone and Butts, that was a good. championship run. I think they defended. three full days. They had three full. days of defenses, which I think is very. impressive and certainly the second. longest run in the history of U Ball. Yeah, a lot of people are actually. comparing it to the Cena era and that's. not a good thing because they were the. worst champions in this office that. we've ever had and how it ended reminded.

us a lot about how Cena ended the other. day. Jeez, he was Yeah, I it did seem. like they were content and they did tap. out. >> You guys were kind of like Roman. He I. mean, obviously there's just like Cena. and maybe ours will just be like. Gunther, you know. You stop crying. Sorry, I. Hopefully, I can get back on that court. soon. Hopefully. Yeah, and you know what? Boston Brown, Brian Boston. Maybe we're. just team BB and just like U Ball, the. team name's up to you. Big Ballers, you know.

Big Balls. Whatever you want to call our. team is what it could be. All right. Well, congrats, champs. Hey, thanks, man. >> to hear before you even had a chance. you've decided you're not. fighting champs. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. This is This is. not on me, brother. My body is how my. body's responding. I Look, do you want. me to blow my Achilles? You want me to. blow a knee? You want me to blow a hip? >> It's a risk we're willing to take. Yeah, look. That's not a Yeah, that's that's your. That's up to you. It's up to me with my. injuries. Call me ball, [ __ ]. >> [laughter].

>> That's See, it's already a part of the. problem. Me and Foxy need to get that. title ball back as soon as possible. As. soon as I am physically able. As soon as. the doctors As soon as the Six to nine. months, probably. As soon as the. trainers clear me, I'm going to be back. on that field with a with a Well, you. also need some rehab days I guess to get. back into the swing of things. >> Well, it's going to be Exactly. One on. one. Two on two. Three on three. Four on. four. Five on five. >> Is it a Zion Williamson type of return, huh? Back to two on two. Let's play. ball. Yeah, I think he's not playing. Uh speaking of being out, Joe Burrow. talked about being out of Cincinnati.

Interesting call response here from a. press conference for Joey Burrow who. said he wasn't having fun, then he. looked disinterested and now he's being. asked about the future. Here's his. response. Is there ever Is there any. world in your mind where you're not the. quarterback of the Bengals next year? I could I couldn't see I can't see that, no. Did you ever both thought about the. possibility of not being the quarterback. here during your career or. You think about a lot of things. Who has. the [ __ ] typewriter in there? We need.

to get that out of here. Is Burrow under. the table? It's unbelievable that this. >> Give me some. maybe just. is it do You don't have to actually. don't have to type like that. Well, I. like the fact that some of these. people's fingers say this is about me. and they kind of go for it. But also. there's really nothing else they could. do as they're trying to be stenographers. and get the right answer there. What did. you hear from Joe Burrow? He said I. couldn't imagine that whenever they. first asked him about not being on the. Bengals he could imagine and then they. said hey have you thought about it? He's. like yeah, you think about a lot of. things. What did you take from that? I I.

thought that was the most convincing I'm. going to be a Bengal answer I've heard. in some time but there's certainly. people that like he said he thought. about it though not being there. I think. your natural human instinct is to maybe. visit else other places at some time. >> Yeah, of course. I would imagine at some. point you've envisioned what it would. look like if you were somewhere else. like it but you normally would probably. think hey what if the Bengals want me. out of here and I got to go play. somewhere else. What does that look. like? What does it feel like? But no I I. I for what I took from that is Joe will. be back in Cincinnati next year. Did you. hear that you cannot wipe your or shoot. your boogers in celebration? Amon-Ra St.

Brown, I guess he is the. booger trailblazer for the Detroit Lions. even though he's not the only one that's. doing it. I guess the NFL officials told. the Detroit Lions wide receiver coach to. tell Amon-Ra St. Brown on sideline. enough with the mining for gold. No, what happened to your um. um booger first down celebration? You. guys stopped doing it. Why is that? >> Did you see me do it? I saw you do it. I.

saw like. two other guys do it. Like what. happened? What happened bro? We we do it. the first drive. Our receiver coach. comes dude after the first drive. Hey. man, ref said you guys can't do that no. more. Really? You can't dig in your nose and flick it? That's crazy. Why is that bad? I want to. know NFL why can I dig in my nose and. flick it? Like there's no way. What is. bad about that? Why do you want it? But you know they Is. that derogatory? They aren't that fun. I. don't know man. It's not like you're. flicking an actual booger on somebody. I. was.

just flicking it but like Yeah. [clears throat]. >> [laughter]. >> Not like bro, I wanted to do that all. game so bad bro. Yeah, no that was a good. That's all he wanted to do. It was a fun. game. It was a good time but I wasn't. allowed to throw boogers yo. So I'm not. happy about it. You're hey here we go. How do you thank you? Is it a weapon? Is. it shooting a weapon? Is that what. they're saying? >> So I looked into this a little bit. You. know the CeeDee Lamb. this thing got banned and outlawed. I. thought and I was misunderstanding I. guess. I thought it was because of.

cocaine references. You know where it's. like hey you can't be signaling drugs or. stuff like that. I guess actually it's. gang related you know with RICO charges. with Young Thug and Gunna down there in. Atlanta. So you can't be throwing up. gang signs slime. You know you can't be. doing the entire thing I guess is what. the NFL came out and said any references. gangs simply and they wrote that in the. laws. So I thought the booger thing was. like well they're talking about booger. sugar brother you can't be doing that. The refs are saying you can't be doing. Turns out that's not a rule. The rule is. the gang thing is why CeeDee can't do. it. So I guess it's just unsportsmanlike.

is what they're going with and they can. call that on anything and I don't know. maybe the guy can't breathe and he's. just trying to get in there and clear. the entire thing out or maybe he's just. trying to be a. booger king. And it might be the booger. gang. We're not 100% sure. So we'll have. to get more information on why the refs. are looking for it. This past week. though he had a big time catch. Sideline. official was looking at his face. Don't. pick your [ __ ] nose. All right, we're. off tomorrow. We'll be live game day. tomorrow night for college football. playoffs. See you then.

Dig we nailed it. Yep. He should pick. his ass. Yeah, you got to throw your. turds. They got to throw turds. Pick his. ass and smell it. Yes. Maybe both of. them. Maybe both of them and then. I like that. >> I don't know but then that would be a. poop gun and a booger gun. >> You're right. You can't do the guns. So. I'm not 100% sure how he gets around it. but I think maybe. this is what the section three. unsportsmanlike conduct article one. prohibited acts reads. Nice. There shall be no.

unsportsmanlike conduct. This applies to. any act which is contrary to the. generally understood principles of. sportsmanship. Such acts specifically. include among others, okay, throwing a. punch or a forearm or kicking at an. opponent even though no contact is made. So even if you say I'm going to do this. and if you get in the way I'm going to. kick you, they consider them already in. the way and you're already kicking them, okay? You can't do that. B, using.

abusive, threatening or insulting. language or gestures to opponents, teammates, officials or representatives. of the league. I don't know picking your. own booger pointing into space. Pretty. disrespectful. >> Flicking it on the other team. >> Yeah, I don't. I don't think he's flicked it on the. other team yet though. Has he done that. and rubbed it like we've seen others? I. understand that. That would be a. problem. Yes. If he want boom boom bang. pow and then say Like when he already. shot it at a guy or he went and tried to. rub it on somebody. That I think I get. that. I get that. Okay, so but I don't.

think we found it yet. I don't think we. found it in here in. article A or. B here. How about C of section three. article one of the unsportsmanlike. conduct using baiting or taunting acts. or words that may. e n g e n d e r ill will between teams. Engender ill will. Okay, whoever's writing this needs to. stop being an [ __ ] Okay, just use. words that we all understand because. maybe that's engendering ill will I. guess whenever you I can see that. Like.

don't [ __ ] pick your boogers at me. Don't do that. >> Engender is to cause or give rise to a. feeling, situation or condition. So any. using baiting or taunting acts or words. that may engender ill will between. teams. I don't know I see a guy picking. his boogers over there. I don't think. I'm getting any ill will. I'm like bud. you're everybody can see you. Yeah, I. think it's what everybody's saying. Ooh. wee. Yeah, what if you're you know. you're with your kid watching the game. You're trying to get your kid to stop. picking your nose and all of A SUDDEN.

DAD SEE EVERYBODY'S picking their nose. It's hurting parenting. I haven't seen. this anywhere. D, violent gesture which. shall include but not be limited to, okay? Cuz they might come up with other ideas. A throat slash, simulating firing or. brandishing a weapon. Remember the kid? Got it. Got it. Can't do that. Using a. nose wipe gesture. Okay. Using a nose wipe gesture. >> There it is. Or an act that is sexually. suggestive. So any amount of pumps if it.

looks like you're pounding something. that's certainly going to be a problem. Picking your butt potentially but. depending upon what you're into. Yeah, cuz what if somebody starts. whipping themselves? We don't know. Cuz. maybe the ref's like I know what you. that was you got turned on. That's. >> [laughter]. >> That's section three article one D. You. know That guy over there got a boner. YEAH. DOUBLE MATRIX [snorts] BOOM. COULD YOU. IMAGINE somebody gets a first down wraps. one of those chokers around the mouth? Ball gag. [laughter].

And the ref's LIKE BOOM I KNOW THAT. TEAMMATE starts walking them like a. collar. Oh please. >> [laughter]. >> Someone's got to do that. Golden shower. Shouldn't be illegal. All right. It is. That would be part of it. Cleveland. steaming right there. There's a lot of. but I think I think if you were to do. that by yourself as a celebration it. would just look like you were dumping. I. don't think anybody would really know. you're potentially dumping on somebody. else which I guess it would be. engendering ill will but I don't know if. it would be a sexually aggressive thing. just by the sight. Unless you laid. somebody down. Teammate just apparently.

You would have to. But if you're a ref. What if they say. I'm good with it. I'm reporting. He's. I'm reporting to the referee. He can. dump on me and then here we go. If you're the ref do you have to go to. all 53 on the other team and ask them if. they were turned on by the move? Time out. Time out. Is your dick hard? Is your dick hard? Is your dick hard? >> [laughter]. >> Cup check. You know how they used to we used to. we used to line up before soccer games. and they would check our.

chin pads. Exactly. Just shuffle down. the sideline. >> [laughter]. >> All right. So we don't know. Submit this. Clip this. and submit this by the way. The only. thing we've really got is the nose wipe. gesture which is how it's written in the. rules is nose wipe gesture. Unnecessary. physical contact with a game official. under no circumstances will a player be. allowed to shove, push or strike an. official in an offensive, disrespectful. or unsportsmanlike manner. Okay, so. those are that is the entire rule right. there. Cuz I was asked what's the deal.

with the booger man? Who cares? If. somebody wants to do that let them do. it. You know it's not gang affiliated. >> Unless like you said there is like a big. upstart booger gang in Detroit that's. going around wiping boogers on the back. of seats at the Lions stadium. 8 Mile's doing it. Exactly. I mean you. could see Tim Robinson in Detroit doing. that exactly. >> Wiping boogers everywhere. Everybody in. the 313 get your boogers on your fingers. and go wipe on knees. [laughter]. I mean there's a chance. All right, let's get to a break on the other side. we'll make our picks and we'll wrap up.

all the very. very serious sports stories like that. one. If we don't talk about it who will? We just read the entire. Yeah, all the bylaws. All the bylaws. Nose wipe I think is where they got you. Amon-Ra. Nose wipe. We we read them all. Nothing. there says you can't throw turds. So. they should try it. I guess you could. catch them. Yep. No, just launch it. Not at somebody. though. You can't throw it at another. player. No, but remember that would be.

dropping a bomb and right here it. clearly says any violent gesture which. shall include but not be limited to. So. if the ref on site picks up the fact. that you're catching a turd and throwing. a bomb. Flag potentially coming. Plus you might. poop a grenade. Don't throw it like a. grenade then. Throw it like a baseball. pitch so it doesn't look like you're. throwing a grenade. That's even worse. Bam. But you got to. You got to cut you got hold it like. that. This is a This is unstable in my.

hand. It's sliding through my fingers. You got to show that sticky. Yeah, you. [laughter] got to You got to bring it up. to your helmet. >> Like gorillas, you ever seen a gorilla. throw poop? >> Yeah, smell it. Yeah, smell it. I saw a. gorilla. Yeah, I saw Shart? Yeah. On the. window and I'm thinking, was that AI? I. think that was AI cuz that was. explosive. What are they feeding that. thing? It's explosive. [laughter]. >> What do they feed that thing? >> the only three to see that cuz that. Did you see it? I saw it. I mean, I. Yeah. I saw it. Might be real. I know for a fact it's AI, BUT. I [laughter]. THOUGHT SO. I DON'T KNOW. UH, this video.

is not real. It is AI generated. Son of. a [ __ ] Community notes will get you. >> I haven't seen it. I'm Oh, you have. Oh, you've seen it. You do it every night in. your bathroom, pal. I'll tell you what, I have had a couple explosive situations. in the bathroom. And as soon as I see this video, I go, silverback, definitely. Possible. >> It's certainly possible. [laughter]. This This silverback gorilla, I think. I. don't know all the. different. types of gorillas, but I believe it's. silverback. The biggest, baddest,

loudest, the one you don't want to kind. of meet. >> [laughter]. >> You guys were questioning if that's real. or not. >> [laughter]. >> HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? I'm sending it to you, AJ. AJ, I'm. sending it to you. >> [laughter]. >> When I heard you guys describe it, I. knew it had to be fake. >> No, it's real. In the moment, in the. moment, I said I could see it. I thought. it was real. >> I could see it. Run it. Run it. Run it. Run it. Run it. Run it. Run it. Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> Yeah, it could definitely happen. You. never know. She's getting SASSY WITH HIM. >> [laughter].

>> YOU NEVER KNOW. You can't watch that. once. Look at that spray pattern. Yeah, LOOK AT THE SCIENCE. LOOK AT THE. SCIENCE. IT FEELS LIKE THAT would be how. it would go. And also, Poop web. >> He's about sick of it. I've had a couple. moments with orangutans. >> [laughter]. >> You never know. So, that's not real. Okay, good. Go see the silverbacks at. the zoo. That's not going to happen to. you. Be a friend, TELL A FRIEND SOMETHING. >> [laughter]. >> TAKE.

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WE DON'T JUST BEAT TOP 25 TEAMS, WE BEAT. THE [ __ ] OUT OF THEM. OKAY. THE one thing you didn't learn from me. is talking all the [ __ ] you talk. >> [laughter]. >> Welcome to the most electrifying. atmosphere in all of sport. I know. European soccer fans are wild. That's. like 30 to 60,000. [music]. You're about to see all weekend, 100,000. plus bananas atmosphere, and [music]. that is one part of the reason why. college ball is so damn great.

Is that a fun show? No. No, no fun show. Serious football. Alabama Jones IS VERY. SERIOUS. >> [laughter]. >> YOU KNOW, HE WAS TRYING TO BE FUNNY, WHICH I GET IT, and you know, my. daughter Kristen loves him, so that's. kind of soothed the soul a little bit. that somebody in our family LIKES THE. GUY. [laughter]. I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE. >> [music]. >> IN FRONT OF TOUCHDOWN Jesus and. everybody looking down. ARE YOU IT'S A MASSIVE WIN OVER NOTRE.

DAME. SHANE, I'm sorry. You're You're a. real scumbag. >> [laughter]. >> I thought Coach Signetti coming out here. was a real disgrace to the game. He left. his players in the locker room to go get. some camera time for himself. I know a. legend like yourself would never do. something like that. Would you? No. No, it's disgusting. I saw it, I thought, wow, what a sad, disgusting program. Notre Dame by a. million. Go Irish. Riley returned it to the Irish from. their own two. JEREMIAH LOVE BREAKS [cheering] FREE. JEREMIAH LOVE TRYING TO GO 98.

>> [music]. >> TOUCHDOWN! Might be fixing for a blowout here, fellas. Couldn't wait to get to the. wonderful state of orange. Orange. When the SEC come up to the Big 10, when. it's cold as hell, we shall settle the. conversation here in beautiful Columbus.

Coach, that hairline, you get a haircut. every day? No, not every day. Not every day. Big. beard, big boot, Peters in tow. 500 OH, THIS GUY SUCKS. HOLY HOLY Holy This guy's the worst. we've ever seen. JUST TOOK OUT THE OHIO STATE. CHEERLEADERS. $1 MILLION HERE, J.D. LEVEL. [music]. HEY! YES! This guy sucks at kicking, but we. appreciate the hell out of you, J.D. Hey, AJ, how are you doing? He has once.

wiped 100 times. >> [music]. >> That's what? Wiped what? Yeah, 100. times. There are actually people out. there, psychos, obviously, that like the. non-frosted Pop-Tarts. Gary's brother is. one of the best football players that. ever been on. Non-frosted strawberry. Pop-Tart. I like non-frosted Pop-Tarts. I always non-frosted Pop-Tarts. I, at one point this year, was the mayor. of [ __ ] Town. You were the mayor? Mayor. of [ __ ] Town, yeah. They voted me in. there, and that's my proudest moment. >> become the mayor of [ __ ] Town?

>> You just got to go around and say, listen, I heart [ __ ] I heart [ __ ] Sorry. Humorous. Whenever we found out that. there's going to be a college football. playoff game in Columbus, Ohio, we were. all jacked up to see this Ohio State. faithful be showcased to the entire. world about how much they love football. Then we walked out here to this GameDay. set this morning, and it was by Rocky. Top. You'll always. BE HOME. >> [music]. >> TO ME.

ROCKY TOP. ROCKY TOP. >> [music]. >> WELL, IN that song, they say it's home. Home for me is the north, and the cold. is going to beat the hard. GIVE ME THE. OHIO STATE FUCKEYES. REPRESENTING. I KNEW YOU FROM THE BIG 10. HOW COLD WAS TOM PERKINS, the Ohio State. football team, for allowing us to hang. out in their facility pretty much all.

day Saturday. They had five TVs set up. as a bunch of recliners. Roosters. supplied some phenomenal food. Hang out with. Treyveon Henderson in field. JALIN. HENDERSON. ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN FOR THE OHIO STATE.

BUCKEYES. STORY OF THE GAME THAT'S far as Chip. Kelly is going. Mad dummy, bro. All of. Ohio is excited. They were singing "Love. and honor us all to thee. Ohio.". from my. heart. First read, second read, third. read, scramble, ball on the ground, checkdown. >> [music]. >> touchdown. You would hate to be a Tennessee fan for. a chair, dear, or a wallet cuz [music]. they have no hope right now. Well, how. are you? One on one. Check. Check. JALIN.

HENDERSON. TOUCHDOWN. >> [screaming]. >> BY AND LARGE, THESE GAMES have. absolutely stunk, Pat. Peter Herbstreit. praising it absolute [music]. hell. Couple of people up here with that. smoky orange face paint on that are. feeling like real [ __ ] right now, think. As we look to the exits, and the. volume cheers, fans are saying, "GET MY. ASS back to the south. This one is. over." Bounces in. POPS OUT. TOUCHDOWN. OHIO STATE.

BOYS, that was wide [ __ ] open. He's. got left hand. He does the celebration there. 500. drones. One thing we know about this. game's over, but uh. we're still bringing it. Boom. >> [screaming]. >> Oh, okay. Oh, yeah. That's hilarious. Oh, yeah, AJ.

>> [cheering]. >> YOU EARNED THAT, BUDDY. HELL YEAH. BUT IT IS GREAT to be down here IN. T-TOWN, ALABAMA. NOW, let's do a little history here, shall. we? This is uh what's your name? Gabby. Gabby, you're a senior here, right? >> That's correct. >> And what is your major? Chemical. engineering. >> Okay. Okay, uh have you ever kicked anything. before? No. Okay, but you said you want. to do it, not get somebody ELSE, BECAUSE.

BECAUSE I CAMPED out for so many hours. with my friend, and I got lucky enough. to get picked, so let's go FOR IT. >> YES. YES. >> [cheering]. >> YES. ALL RIGHT. WE LOVE THAT, GABBY. LET'S GO. HERE, GABBY, OKAY? >> Oh my gosh. That seems fair. I don't know what a. chemical engineering degree costs, but. hopefully that'll help towards it all. My parents will love that. Okay. >> I'll throw in 200 as well. >> He's throwing in 200. $500,000.

>> [screaming and cheering]. >> All right, GABBY. OKAY. GOOD LUCK. WE'RE. PULLING FOR YOU. 33 YARDS. ALL YOU GOT. TO do is make the kick. Good luck, Gabby. Okay. Thank you. >> Any final thoughts? I love you, MOM AND DAD AND BROTHER. [laughter]. LOVE THAT, MOM AND DAD. HOPE YOU HAVE A. GOOD TIME. Ladies and gentlemen, Gabby Matthews, chemical engineer, senior here at. Alabama. WHAT A CHANCE TO WIN $500,000. OH. IT'S COME TO THIS, HUH? It's come to.

this. It's come to this. Dad, is why you smacked me in the face. Kirk just smacked me in the face. How about this? How about this, Gabby? If Kirk Herbstreit can throw that. football through those uprights right. there, we'll give you $300,000. >> [cheering]. >> Are you okay with that? $300,000 if Kirk Herbstreit can throw IT. THROUGH THOSE UPRIGHTS, FORMER OHIO. STATE QUARTERBACK.

NO WARM-UP. FULL SUIT FOR GABBY. >> [screaming]. [cheering]. >> GET GABBY. GET GABBY. GET GABBY. HE'S GOT DICE. He's got dice. >> [laughter]. >> All right. It's getting even more pricey. Kirk. Herbstreit, I DID NOT KNOW YOU HAD THAT. IN YOU. You son of a [ __ ].

>> [laughter]. >> Oh, that's great. Gabby. Gabby, it's for you, your mom, your. brother, the whole family. Congratulations, and Kirk, >> [cheering]. >> good on you, man. It was close. Back to. you, Lou. Jeez. Go to go, Gabby. I want. a moment. You know what? I love the fact. that Gabby wanted the experience. You know what? Blue Eye Buckeye still. got a little sting in that arm of his.

So, Hey. Dwayne. Let's. go. This show stinks, and the fact that you. listen, we are very, very thankful for. Mac could be on the line. >> [cheering]. >> with a gorgeous assist. The all-time. leading tackler for the Green Bay. Packers. You pick. DAMN IT. IF YOUR FRIEND TELLS A FRIEND. something nice, could change their life. for you.

Hello, beautiful people. And welcome back to our humble abode, the Thunderdome, on this College. Football Playoff Eve Thursday. Hour. three of the program begins now. FOOTBALL IS HAPPENING IN A HUGE WAY. tonight and throughout the entire. weekend. That's AJ Hawk. The talk of the. tables here are Boston Connor and that. Ty Schmidt. One of the hammer down. Cowboys AP, Tone, is here, and uh Tone, I think you uh we got to make our picks, don't you think? >> I feels feels right to me. Cuz we're off.

tomorrow, we will not only be selecting. this evening's game, but also this. weekend's NFL matchups, and then for. college, obviously, we're going to be on. the call, so don't have to make a pick, right? >> no, can't. Can't. Not allowed to. That's. kind of the thing. >> We can. We can. Beagle boys definitely. can. No, but even you guys. >> Technically, technically, we can't. either. That would not be We got to be. right down the center with this one. So, Dez, Coach Saban, the guest picker, who Boz is going to be. tomorrow. Hell yeah, Boz. That's what. they bought. Go.

Can't wait to see him. I assume he's. still incredibly jacked and a He's. sheriff now. And then Johnny Manziel. will be the guest picker for Saturday. down there at College Station. Now, I've. seen him throwing up the U recently with. with an actress, and uh I also saw him. uh with Vandy a lot this year. >> That ties into the fact that But he is. tech- I think he's a Diego Pavia fan. I. think he's obviously Texas A&M legend. >> Okay. So, like I I think obviously, anytime you get Johnny Manziel at. College Station, you're going to go. ahead and do that. Johnny Manziel needs.

to be a part of the biggest moment in. the history of Kyle Field, because he. has a couple of them. He has a couple of. them already. So, I'll be excited to see. him. Be excited to see Boz. But I. certainly won't be able to pick that. Texas A&M Miami game now that I'm. thinking about it. No, you won't. Well, Herbie should be able to pick it there, right? Cuz he's not on the call. Yeah. You guys flip. Yeah. So, I'll make his. pick tomorrow, and I guess we're on the. Yeah, and we're on on him. And he can't. And then you will. Yeah. Yeah. Perfect. Wow. That'd be cool if you were to say, "I. don't think you should let anyone know.

until it happens." Yeah, cuz there's no. way anybody at GameDay knows that I'm. calling the game. Bingo. >> Actually, no. And then we're all. changed. Actually, they don't. They will. not know [laughter] that. It will also. be awesome if you close the show by just. doing like a big promo and be like, "With that said, I'M GOING TO GO CALL. THIS THING." YEAH, I CAN'T PICK THIS. THING CUZ I GOT TO GO CALL IT. HERBIE. BUT IT'S IN THE STADIUM. OH, YEAH. OKAY. I think All right. We're in the stadium. somewhere, so you know, you kind of both. games, actually, in the stadium, so you. kind of get out of having to really do. any of the Six people on the call. song. and dance deal. Yeah, you'll have to do.

all the. Unless it's over the stadium PA. Which. Now, I don't want to give it away cuz I. don't know if it's been set in stone. yet. Saturday morning, College GameDay, we could potentially. have the biggest field goal kick in the. history. That's all I'm going to say. Kicking is easy is the contest, obviously, each week. This year has been. spectacular. You know, it has been fun. to kind of do. Very expensive, obviously, a lot of money going out of. this particular business into other. people's pockets, including charity, which has been a very fun part of all.

this, finding different charities in. different locations around campuses and. all that stuff. Nick's Kids was the one. selected by the lady from the SEC. Championship. Remember, she was Alabama. fan, husband was Georgia fan. Husband, Georgia fan, gets two kicks. He misses, but we still donate 250,000 to wife's. charity of choice as opposed to his. charity of choice. She picked Nick's. Kids and got a photo with Miss Terry and. Coach Saban. I mean, it was a Merry. Christmas. You know, yeah, Kicking is. Easy contest has created some magical. moments, obviously, in Alabama this uh. past I couldn't even tell you the Penn.

State one was insane. How awesome it'd. be. Vandy was insane. It'd be hard to just. pick Georgia whenever Hot Rod comes out. I mean, there's a lot of really cool. moments that have happened. I think this. one at Texas A&M on Saturday will be if. if everything gets Everything has to get. cuz we're going into the stadium, so. that would mean. Oh. >> I mean, the kick is in the stadium? Yeah, I think there's a lot of people. that would have to approve it, but I. think there's a chance that we have. 100,000 people. >> god. Jeez. Yeah. Not a chance. >> there's a chance that I think there's. 100,000 plus. Yeah. I think there's a.

chance that that's going to happen. Now, Coach Elko and Texas A&M folks have been. very, "Yep. Let's We are in." But I. don't know the actual logistics of what. is happening, so I don't want to. guarantee that it's taking place. But. without saying anything, there's a. chance Saturday morning the kick is. happening in front of 100,000 plus. >> And there's no chance that kid is going. to make that. >> And it might be worth It might be worth. buku bucks. A big one, yeah. Just. depending on how the vibe is. And. there's a chance that this will be going. to.

and the thing will be. Yeah. Pressure cooker. Oh my god. 100. some thousand people chanting some kid's. name. Imagine that. Just. Yeah. >> [snorts]. [sighs]. >> Maybe he'll be so tired, or she will be. so tired, or maybe they'll be so. adrenaline fueled that it'll help them. instead of hurt them. Or maybe that. thing really gets to them and they have. a moment of oh no, this is not that fun. to be a kicker. How did I sign up and. win this lottery to do this one of 300.

people? But there's a chance Saturday. morning's going to be awesome. No kick. tomorrow night before the game because. of logistics and everything taking. place. But Saturday morning, allegedly, there's a chance AJ that it is going to. be the. the biggest one possible. And that would. be sick. And once again, I'm speaking for our experience. The Texas A&M hospitality has been. outrageous for us. We just got invited. in the gym. Okay, uh. in an interesting phrase text message, we got invited to be able to use their.

facilities. Hey, we're not getting in. till late or whatever on Friday. It's. all right, we'll have somebody come here. and open if you guys need anything early. in the morning. You need anything, we'll. have somebody come open it for you. It's. like they have been very very And I. would say this, Miami earlier in the. year, probably the most hospitable to us. is So it's like we are very lucky that. this game is happening with how. everybody's been treating us. Now it's. our job to hopefully do it some justice. on ESPN 2, boys. That's right. That's. right. We're going to do that, boys. Do. our best. What's Coach Saban about? Hey, you're all going to be there. I'll be.

interested to know after the game. Do you think that's real? Any noise in. there? Or do you think. >> I love that he said that. I love that he. said that. Made some noise. What's that? Since saying it? Well, that one, but. more the more the G5 one. Yeah, and you know, elitist. culture, elitist mindset. Ty Schmit's. been heavily in the elitist conversation. for a while with this entire group of. five thing. There's a chance prove it on. field. Yeah, we're not saying it's their. fault. It's not JMU's fault. It's not. Tulane's fault. They just played the. games the committee put them in. Fox put. out what we were talking about yesterday.

with, you know, five-stars and [ __ ]. four-stars. A lot of it, obviously, production on the field got to be good. But body type, speed, that's all like. projections on what players could be. So. normally the five-star players are all. the big fast guys, the unusually big. fast human beings, the the bodies that. are. built differently than everybody else. Normally the five-star. Built on. projections of what they could be. Four-star, same thing, just whatever. Three-star, same thing. And then Fox put. out the comparison of the roster and. it's like, yeah, here's kind of how it.

lays out. There's six of them on Oregon, uh zero of 52 four-star players. There's. three at JMU, and then 51 others is like. two-star, I guess, or uh anything other. than that. >> No-star for Oregon. So they still got. the walk-ons in the the lower recruited. guys. But it's like this is what Saban's. talking about when he talks about a. weight advantage. Because these stars, I'm not saying this is how good of a. player is. I'm not saying this is. guaranteed to make somebody be great, cuz obviously I think I was a zero-star. before I went and hit a kick uh 65-yard.

field goal in Miami, and all of a sudden. I was the number one guy in the country. and nobody had even seen me before that. weekend. So I don't believe in all this. [ __ ] but the stars normally are body. type projections is what they are. So. whenever you're talking about size and. [ __ ] they can be utilized, not skill, not heart, not the size of the dog in. the fight in the dog, all that type of. [ __ ] I'm just telling you from pure. body type reasons, this is why Coach. Saban and others are like, this game. involves physicality. And whenever one. side is clearly bigger, stronger, faster.

than the other in football, they're. probably going to win that game, especially if it's that big of a. difference. That's why in the NFL you. see a lot of the same, it's a lot of. parity, whatever it cuz whatever it is. But whenever you have different weight. classes fighting, normally it bodes well. for the bigger, stronger, faster team. But JMU don't care about that, AJ. And. they can change the entire conversation. this weekend. So can Tulane. They can. literally change everything that's being. said right now can get settled on the. field. But if it ends up going the way. that all the people, Coach Saban and.

basically everybody else has been a part. of this conversation goes, it's going to. be so [ __ ] There's not even going to. be a conversation about Alabama, Oklahoma. >> Nope. There won't even be a conversation. about Miami, Texas A&M going in the next. round. The entire conversation will be. Notre Dame didn't get in, and these. other teams didn't get in, and what. happened on the field is exactly what. everybody thought was going to happen. And once again, Tulane and JMU, not. their fault. >> No, not fair for them, either. They. shouldn't be just getting murdered. through this entire thing by everybody. They should be celebrating a. championship winning and being one of. the top five ranked conference.

champions. But in the reality of this of. the entire thing, they took Notre Dame's. spot. One of them did, if not both of. them did. So it's going to be viewed as. such after the games. And once again, they can go out there and win those. >> They can. They can be lizard licking all. over true TV big time dub. Exactly. >> change the future of the college. football playoffs. If they If they both. these teams win, like then they're Okay, I think we figured it out, guys. We. don't need to make any tweaks. >> Even if they're even if it's Yeah. >> Yeah. Close. Good game. Comes down. towards the end, yeah. I think that's. all anybody's going to be watching for.

But as soon as it if, not as soon, sorry, then I am falling into the same. category as everybody else that's just. assuming it's going to work, which I. lean towards. I do you think that Oregon. and you know, Ole Miss. We'll see how they handle it all. Yeah. Lot of drama. Lot of lot of drama. Most drama before what happened in. obviously Ann Arbor, but like that's. that's not into the. >> also build them up, too, though. That. can also give you the old bunker. mentality, I feel like, for Ole Miss. Yeah, but the entire offensive staff are.

LSU Tiger coaches. So bunker. >> That is That does make it a little. tougher, you're right. >> So what bunker Yeah. are, you know, >> And a lot of the guys who are on Ole. Miss currently, like are those a lot of. those guys will probably transfer to LSU. as well. >> So it is fascinating, but on that note, could rally them and say like, hey, this. is our one last chance to kind of do. this as this team with this So to your. point, we never know how something could. go, but there are certainly outcomes. that are very polar different. >> And fun fact between those two games,

seven coordinators in those two games. will be on different teams next year. The only coordinator staying is Golding, who got hired as the whole the head. coach at Ole Miss. Yeah, both teams still dealing with that. whole coach and people leaving and stuff. like that, but I mean, also when you go. to those four biggest spreads, we talked. about how like, oh well, the two other. biggest spreads, you know, those two. teams covered. Well, it's also when. there's only four teams. So sure, the. two other big spreads with, you know, sit Where is it? Notre Dame-Bama, the.

2020 semifinal. Yes, you know, Notre. Dame they covered. They're the the. fourth-ranked team in the country. And. same with Oklahoma. Like this is a much. different situation. Like there's a huge. chance these teams get [ __ ] and then. we just have to not even watch, but it. also, like you mentioned, it takes away. from these other games that also might. be blowouts. Like Oklahoma might blow. >> Last year. Yeah. Like that that could. easily happen. Like oh, exactly. Ohio. State murdered Oregon in the Rose Bowl.

in the second round. Yeah, as the one. seed. Like blowouts happen, but in the. first round, that's when hopefully we. could get rid of them instead. The those. those those were the biggest spreads in. college football playoff history. The. biggest upsets, the biggest wins in. college football playoff history. TCU. was plus eight over Michigan in 2022. Ohio State plus seven and a half over. Bama in 14. Ohio State plus seven over. Clemson in 2020. >> State. Yeah, and how'd TCU do in the. national championship after that upset? They got beat by a close one to Georgia.

Oh, yeah. Was it raining in Los Angeles. that day? Yes, it was. >> Inside the SoFi? Yeah. That was crazy. >> on the concourse. >> Yes, cracking their skull open. Oh, that's super dangerous. Have we GOT ANY. >> OH, YEAH. AIRPORT WAS FLOODED. We move. along. We move along. We're thankful. that we're on top of it. >> no updates, though. But we need to keep. our head on a swivel down there. >> Big time. Especially if Spanks run. around. Yeah. I [clears throat] hope. Me, too. We've decided we're going to. fight you this year. That if you're. listening, Is he going to be Does he. know that you Does he know that he is.

Spanks that you're talking about him? I. I I found friends of his to make sure. they relay messages to him. Mhm. Like, hey, let him know that like. there's a significant investment on us. being allowed to stand where we are. So. if he needs to move 2 ft, like he needs. to do that. And. we're about sick of him prancing around. us, giving us nasty looks, and bumping. into us, and taking pictures of us, and. doing all this thing. It's like just go. do your job 2 ft to the left of us,

buddy. We know you need this exact. moment right here. I'm sick of it. I. hate that guy. >> Oh, yeah. We'll see him. >> [laughter]. >> Oh, we'll see him. It's true. The ref If. we're too close, the refs politely ask. us to back up. That has happened before. And we have. But the refs also kind of. understand like, hey, this is a part of the media package. of the college football playoff, like. the thing that is kind of doing this. entire thing. Don't want to big dog you, but I'm in the actual meetings where. where this is all being talked about. You can move your [ __ ] ass 2 ft to.

the left here, buddy. Okay? They. And I think there's other people that do. your job. I'm not sure. this one there is any, so. Yeah, I'm excited for that. I am excited. for that. Me, too. I forget Just now. thinking about it, I'm like, yes. Spank, get him around here. This guy's bigger. than the game. This guy's bigger than. the college football playoff. >> Without a doubt. This guy right here. It's unbelievable. I had no idea that. was even possible for somebody that. dresses like that. >> Not to mention, you know, Texas A&M goes. down early, and maybe Spank runs his. mouth to the wrong state trooper.

That state trooper We got to see him. Yeah. Was he banned? I don't we we. banned. We don't know if he That day he. was, but. >> That game he was, but I don't know if. he's banned They ended up winning, so I. I'm assuming he still hasn't paid for a. beer in college station. >> Let's make sure we find him. Mhm. So we. take a picture with him there. I think. that guy got reassigned, if I'm not. mistaken. >> [laughter]. >> What do you mean? Like, you ain't. [ __ ] working these games anymore, pal. Yeah, I I'm pretty sure he got. reassigned. That was unbelievable to see.

that. It's like, is this real life? The. Texas A&M said a state trooper made. contact with South Carolina players. during Saturday's game has been relieved. of his game day duties. What? >> [laughter]. >> What? That's bull. What did THIS GUY DO? SAVE the team. Remember getting. [laughter] a nice guy? >> Yeah. >> HEY, YOU. GET GOING, [ __ ]. AND WHO WON THAT GAME? Texas A&M. >> What was the score after that after that. huge comeback? >> Mhm. 30 31-3, I think. >> And I'm relieved of my duties? Oh, okay. >> Okay, I thought we wanted it every game.

earlier in the game. Oh, y'all like to. lose, huh? Okay. This ain't my Aggies. I. don't want to work here. I'm more of a. tech guy anyway. Yeah. Cody Campbell. I'm going to call. him right now. Cody Campbell would like six of me. around here. Yeah. Boom. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HEY, [ __ ] YOU. >> BACK ON THE [ __ ] FIELD. [laughter]. UNREAL. He got both of them. >> He did. But you, specifically, get [ __ ]. back on the field. >> [ __ ]. I love it. He's like, it's my tunnel. Protect it. Why are you here? Number eight sucks. I would like to hear.

his explanation whenever he sits down. and they go, "All right, what's your. side of it?". "As you can see, I was protecting that. tunnel. That is where our. as where our Aggies come from. So, I. just want I didn't want them to know. that he can't be going down there. It. feels like they were already coming back. though. They weren't really going. Yeah, but if they wanted to do it again, I had. to let them know that that ain't. that ain't the right move. But I don't. think it was really just a situation. with the but. you don't care about that tunnel. See,

that's why I was at the tunnel. Well, it. seems like you went out of your way to. hit them and then you kind of made us. all look like [ __ ] whenever you. turned and pointed it was them. I'm the. [ __ ] cuz I want the Aggies tunnel to. be protected. >> Fine. You want TO HEAR ME SAY IT? WE. WERE DOWN FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. I WAS [ __ ]. PISSED, OKAY? SO, I [ __ ] gave them. both the shoulder to chew on and then. that one son [ __ ] had the gall to look. back at me. SAID, "FUCK YOU. GET GOING.". AND WE WON. You should be thanking me. There's a. home game this weekend. Y'all in here? They're talking about wiping boogers on. on the side of the wall. [laughter].

All right, let's make some picks. tonight. Rams-Seahawks. Seahawks favored by a. point and a half on DraftKings. 62% of. the bets are on Puka Nacua. Hey, Puka, need a big one, buddy. Yeah. Need a big one. You need to have a big. game. This is part of becoming a. superstar in the league and what it's. all about, especially if you're going to. do stuff, it's going to be very loud if. you don't perform on the field, which. you always do. We can't wait to watch. Puka Nacua, Matthew Stafford, Sean McVay. and the boys travel up to Seattle for an.

NFC West heavyweight fight. Who's going. to win the division? Who has a home. playoff game? Or maybe a bye and home playoff. throughout entirety of the playoffs. AJ, who do you like How do you like it? No injuries basically other than. Davante. Okay. Well, first off, I like these. Seahawks uniforms. What do we Do we have. a name for these? What are these. >> their the These are their version of the. NFL rivalries. I believe they're the. last team to wear them this year. It was. the AFC East and NFC West. They're. That's what those those are.

>> Mike McCarthy took the Seattle Seahawks. strictly because of Schneider. I know. That's I'm over three whenever I pick. with my heart, but damn, Schneider's got. my heart pretty good. I'm [laughter]. taking the Seahawks up there. He would. be 9 and 5 if he was making selections. Last week he took another L, so he's 9. and 5, still very much a winner, but. it's still a very good odds, still very. good picking. He's on the Seahawks. though because of Schneider. That is. basically all it was. So, it's kind of. tough whenever he's that biased knowing. that whenever he watched film for this.

game, it was with the mindset of wanting. to pick. Schneider's Seahawks. So, AJ, who do you. like? How do you like it? Well, when I heard coach Mike say that, you know, I'm going with I'm going with. John Schneider and the Seahawks, I knew. instantly what my pick was going to be. I was leaning heavily towards the. Seahawks and that just cemented my. decision to take John Schneider and the. Seattle Seahawks. And I mean, think. about it though. The Seattle Seahawks. defense, they bottled up Phil Rivers. last week. That is not something that. everybody can do. So, I think they're. going to continue with that momentum.

Sam Darnold has a big game. I don't know. why you're shaking your head. Give me. the Seahawks. >> No, I'm Yeah, I'm nodding yes. I'm. saying yes to what you're saying because. you're right. Everybody was just killing. the Seattle Seahawks because it was a. close game against Phil Rivers and the. Colts. Might we remind you that the. Indianapolis Colts whenever they had a. quarterback that was operating. were the number one team in the NFL. THIS IS THE BEST OFFENSE IN the entire. league. Now, defense has a lot of. injuries. So, Sam Darnold and the. Seattle Seahawks not being able to move. a lot on our defense, Lou Anarumo. obviously gets a lot of credit for that.

The defense flew around. So, you can. certainly judge that, but like Seahawks. defense still very good. I mean, Jonathan Taylor was an MVP candidate. just 3 weeks ago. So, whenever you talk. about beating the Colts in the way that. they did and everybody holding that. against the Seattle Seahawks, I think. that was very disrespectful to the. Indianapolis Colts. I think that was. very disrespectful to the Seattle. Seahawks. And on that note, give me the. Los Angeles Rams plus one and a half. down in the Seattle. I like the Rams and. I think. I I might not be mistaken, but. I think Puka's going to have a huge. game.

I think Puka knows he has to. Like. I think Puka's going to have a huge. game. Just anytime there's a lot of. this, most dogs understand what they. have to do. We all believe that Puka's a. dog, right? For sure. We all believe. that is. So, I think Puka's going to. have an even bigger game, not that he. doesn't every single week. I think. Matthew Stafford's going to do well. I. think the wind is going to even only. spotlight what Puka's going to be able. to do anymore. You're going to have a. lot of jet sweeps. You're going to have. a lot of short throws to him trying to. get him the ball early. He's going to. run very angry. I think he has a good.

game strictly because he has to cuz if. he doesn't, it's going to be very loud. And I think McVay gets the job. Nope. Give me the Seahawks. I like the. Seahawks. What happened? >> In my brain, I just saw in my head I. just literally saw and heard the. Seahawks faithful, like the fans, and it. was like, "That's a massive difference, actually." In the 50° or 50 mph winds, 40 mph winds, I think that bodes well. for the home team normally, especially. if they know the place. And I think. Yeah, I like the Seahawks, I think, too.

Wow. >> No Davante. Like we're talking Mike. McDonald's being a defensive mastermind. Like having to cover two ones sucks, but. now it's just Puka. It's like, "Okay, let's take him out of the game. completely and then let's see if these. three tight ends, Tutu Atwell and Kyren. Williams, can beat us." Like with. Davante, I'm I'm with you. It's just you. wonder how Like all those touchdowns, how many goal goal-to-go touchdowns does. Davante have? Like 10 this year? Like. that changes their offense just a little. bit. Who knows if it's enough, but a.

little bit. >> 12. 12 goal-to-go touchdowns. >> Yeah, and we talked about it a bunch in. the first hour and I know, you know, Harrison Mevis has been good this year, but like Jake Moody is arguably the best. kicker in the NFL right now. And if you. think it's going to be a close game, like. you side with the guy who has been, you. know, >> Just went 6-6. >> bulletproof. The last time we talked up. Jason Myers though, >> True. Oh, no. he missed a kick the next. game. Tonight, he might miss a kick. because of how windy it is going to be. >> say 50 mph gusts up there? Yeah, they're. saying 40 to 50.

That's going to be wild. I mean, punting. I I I know I played a game in Chicago. where I'm on punt team and the the wind. was so serious, the snap got blown like. 10 yards away from our punter. Yeah, the. punting. The punting is the worst. And McCarthy, I don't know if you heard us talk to him. in the first hour, he said something that was so empathetic. of his punters that I was like, "Fuck, man. I never even thought of a coach. thinking of that." Coach McCarthy was. like, "If it's super windy. and it's third and nine, you know, you're not worried to maybe take a shot. here cuz the worst thing that could.

happen is just long interception and. it's basically just arm punt. You kind. of take it out of the punter's hands. anyways. You don't have to worry about. the wind." And I was like, "Yes." I would have loved to hear that. from like somebody going into a game. like in Cleveland and we had a game in. Cleveland. It was so cold, so windy. I. mean, it was ass and I did terribly. And. I thought I was built for that, like. born in Pittsburgh, West Virginia, like. I'm ready for this. And just mentally. and physically just wasn't able to. really do well. Would have been great if. Andrew just throws four picks that game, you know, just four massive 55-yard.

picks. He did it for me. I didn't do it. for me on purpose, I don't think, but he. said it did cross his mind, like, "Uh, worst thing that can happen here is. 50-yard gain if an interception." I. mean, Drake Maye just did it last week. It's like in these super windy games, punting is so hard. I didn't even. mention the snap. That's 15 yards where. that thing has to That's the tough. That's the scary thing. When it's that. windy, that snap is not easy. That's for. sure. >> That's a 15-yard completion. Like nobody. really talks about it and it's somebody. Can Sam punt? Can Sam Darnold or or. Stafford punt and do the old Ben. Roethlisberger take a couple steps back. and then all of a sudden he quarterback.

boots it? Uh, could. That'd be even more. scary though because the free fall is. what I talked about. So, whenever. somebody drops the ball and then from. hand to foot, there's a moment where. that ball is just kind of. lingering and it doesn't have a lot of. power or force. It's just kind of just. hanging there. And if the wind's bad and. that thing moves, it's like you got no. shot to hit that thing clean, basically. So, punting is a nightmare in this type. of weather. And this is one of those. games that I'll watch and I'll just be. like so pumped that I don't even have to. ever feel that feeling again of walking. onto a field in warm-ups and just.

feeling. and being like, "Well, let's hope I don't ruin my entire career. today. Let's hope that this doesn't. happen." And the worst thing that. happens, you hit a shitty ball cuz it. moves, hits off the inside of your foot, it's low, returner gets it, house call. Okay, so not only is it terrible. average, uh, it's a touchdown and you've just [ __ ]. your team. So, all right. It's been fun. That's possible tonight. for the punters. So, I believe in Dixon. Yeah. Yeah. I think he's very good. Who's Rams punter? The Jack guy, right?

Ethan Evans. I like him. I think he's. very good. What side though for. returners trying to catch those punts, if they actually do catch them, they can. also muff them a lot easier. Yeah, a lot. of this. A lot of this. Yeah, they're going to be. getting away from it, for sure. A lot of. Peter poison. What did you guys say? Peter, always. I always heard Peter as well. Whole. life, every person Peter. Then there's. people that say like poison, too. You. You ever hear that? People say that? >> I definitely heard other teams say. poison. Yeah, we were I was We said. Peter from first grade on, probably. Yeah, and I think even backyard.

football, street football. >> What is that? What's the What's the. background of that? Who How did that. start? >> be regional as well cuz we I I've only. ever heard poison. >> Uh back in I think it was the early 20s, 1920s, Peter Van Dyke. He he uh muffed. the punt he shouldn't have touched and. so Peter Peter Peter. And then the band. Poison, uh who obviously legendary band. Yeah, their acts man was a punter. Um and uh you know, growing up in the. Northeast, he He's just showing respect. that he started. He started the whole. Poison thing. >> POISON POISON, GREAT BAND, GET AWAY FROM.

THE BALL. YEAH, listen to music, don't. touch the ball. >> Exactly. Yeah, there's a chance both of. those things are true. There's a chance. both of them are not. I assume there is. a guy named Peter though that did. something on a punt play and everybody. was like, "This [ __ ] [ __ ] don't. be him.". Just don't do it. All right, let's go to. do the Saturday double header for the. NFL. Philadelphia and Washington. Washington with Marcus Mariota, over. under 44 and a half. Philadelphia Eagles. seem to be very jolly on Hard Knocks. I'm actually really falling in love with. their team. >> Yeah. Uh Bradley Cooper obviously was in. attendance with a big smile on his face.

Go watch his new movie. Uh Um is Is this thing on? It's. available what? >> Tomorrow. Yeah. December 9th. >> movie, right? Stand up movie? Uh it's. with Will. >> Will Arnett. >> Arnett and uh Laura Dern. >> Mhm. Fascinating. He. wrote, directed, shot, and is in. Bradley Cooper. So, you're talking like. super talent in this entire thing and we. potentially heard from him while he was. shooting and creating this. We're. talking about actually holding the. camera for a lot of these shots and then. directing and then editing in the whole.

thing writing the whole thing. So, we're. incredibly pumped for Bradley Cooper. Uh. we think he did a great job. The tomato. score for this is very high. >> fresh. Very very high. >> And it's like a 90 plus, I think. Yeah, very very high. So, congrats to him and. Will Arnett and Cooper I believe have. been friends for a very long time and. Cooper was like so excited and thankful. that Will Arnett agreed to do it. Seems. like he was perfect for the character. We got a chance to watch like the first. 45 minutes in here. It's very thankful. for the opportunity to do that. You're. going to see the artistry in there,

brother. I mean, there is uh uh shots, the whole thing. It's uh congrats to. him. That's available tomorrow, I do. think. Yeah. He 31 zip, Eagles just beat the Raiders. Uh Philly favored by six and a half. Who. do you like? How do you like it, AJ? I mean, I I got to go Philly here. I I I. tried to talk myself into taking. Washington cuz I like a lot of the guys. I like Dan Quinn, but I like Philly here. minus six and a half. I'll ride with you. as well. 31 zip will shut up anybody who. might have some doubts, myself included, for who that Philadelphia Eagles team is. and who they can be. And it's meaningful.

football time. All Sirianni's teams, right? Except for that one year where. they lose six straight, have seemingly. got better towards the end. Green Bay. versus Chicago Bears. Bears one and a. half point dogs in Chicago. Could be one. of the last times they play in the city. of Chicago. Go ahead, Bruce. Uh what's that? Oh, I'm sorry, the Bears. favored by point and a half at. >> dogs yesterday. They were one and a half. point dogs yesterday. >> Okay, so this is is coin. >> What changed? >> is coin flip. Uh I think the news that. this could be one of the final games in.

Chicago. >> Yeah. is maybe what changed things. AJ, we haven't got your opinion on that. Bears exploring all options as another. seemingly deal to relocate is now no. longer a 100%er. Uh Northwest Indiana, Gary area, only 31 minutes away from. where Soldier Field currently is. Uh. said, "Hey, we're open for business.". Mhm. >> And Governor Mike Braun, who is a former. businessman now governor in Indiana, said, "Hey,

we're open for business." And then. allegedly there was either a law that. was pitched already on the books that. could involve I think sports complexes. being built for professional teams with. tax-free incentives if you're to build. it. So, it's like everything that we've. heard that the Chicago Bears are looking. for and any team is looking for whenever. they're trying to build these new. massive stadium, hotel, shops, restaurants, Patriot Place, Jerry World. type business. Uh Indiana's like, "Yeah, we got it for you if you really want it. and then if you can have it, we we got. it. And we're close. We're close. You.

can still be that." So, AJ, I know. Packers fans would make fun of the. Chicago Bears fans forever. I think. Chicago Bears fans would not be happy at. all, but it feels like the Chicago Bears. relocation thing is just as bad as like. when the Athletics were trying to leave. >> Yeah. Oakland here. It's not really. going well for them, AJ. No, it's not. I mean, come on now. We. you can't have the Chicago Bears have a. stadium in Indiana. I don't care how. close it is. >> Yes, you can. If I'm Indiana's governor, mayor, if I'm. Indiana, absolutely, bring them in. Build your stadium. Give me your.

millions and millions of dollars of tax. dollars that coming in and we're going. to bring all this revenue for sure, but. no, the Bears need to be they need to. play in Chicago. The Jets and Giants. play in New York City? No. They're the. New York Jets, New York Giants and they. play in. New Jersey. >> That's what I thought. >> Yeah. Chicago Bears So, maybe I mean, we're. negotiating in the public. That's what. we're doing here. That's all we're. doing. >> Potentially, but they've done this. multiple times. Kevin Warren has done. this multiple times with the Bears and. it has come back not good multiple times. where it said like, "Yeah, we're doing.

it.". Can't get the funding actually, so we're. not going to be able to do it. Well, why. did you say you were going to do it? It. feel felt like you thought you were. going to get the funding. Well, there's. always a chance. And then we're doing. it. Where do the Cowboys play at? And. then all of a sudden they ain't got it. Arlington. Mhm. Oh, where where do the. 9ers play? It is the state of Texas. Santa Clara. Oh. We're talking cities, we're talking. states. >> saying. >> Both. We're just saying there's a lot of. lies. We're talking about the Midwest. Bears here. We're talking about the Gare. Bears. Yeah. Country Bears. Gare Bears.

Midwest Bears, the American Bears. Is. that what you're talking about? Chicago. Bears? I guess so. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, either way nothing's happening anytime. soon. Oh, well, Governor Mike Braun. said, "Actually, we can break ground. tomorrow." Right now. Can't touch. Michael Jackson's house. Okay, can't do. that, but Anything else? >> We got everything. >> Gary. Oh, Gary, you mean? Yeah. I I. should drive through Gary all the time. coming to and from uh Green Bay. See? See, you know the the land well. So, Michael Jackson's house is going to be. right there. The Chicago sorry.

The Gare Bear casino will be right here. You can not only stay Gare Bear casino, which we're getting all the revenue from. all the hotel rooms and everything else. that's happening right there. You can. walk right outside, guess what we got? We got the American Bear shopping plaza. right here. Oh, man. >> Oh my god, not just a gift shop, but. obviously any actual stores that you. could potentially need on a trip. You. want some. You want a new jacket maybe to go hang. out, maybe some gifts. We have 14. different stores here, a full plaza. >> Build-A-Bear Workshop. >> Oh my gosh, and not only can you build a. bear, you can also build a nice meal. We. got 14 restaurants here that you can.

kind of So, basically, you come watch. the Gare Bears, you're staying in our. place, you're eating our food, you're. shopping in our stores, you're gambling. in our casino, and you're watching our. team in our stadium. That's all possible. All weekend. That's all possible. Not. just Michael. Tito. also born there. Okay? All of the. Jacksons. And the rest of them. There's. a bunch of them. And La Toya And. >> Ooh. Jermaine Jermaine And. >> That's about as far as I'm getting. >> You're close though. I mean, you I think. I think you're really. >> Yeah, you're very very close. You almost. had it. >> Joe. His dad, Joe. That could be their.

pump up song. Their Renegade turns into. ABC. Yeah, you know me. Oh my gosh. Or Man in. the Mirror. >> mi ABC 1 2 3. >> Gosh. And then they could in the in the. back of each end zone. Beat it. for only Bears players. maybe Thriller. I mean, if we're just. going to start listing off all. [laughter] the songs that we know by. Michael Jackson, I like that. But in the. back of the end zone, the Gare Bears. cleats, they'll have secret things in. there. They can strap into two metal. things and they can do that forward.

lean. Yeah, that's a good So, that could. be only in certain spots in the back of. the end zone. Only the Gare Bears will know the. location of. In their cleats, they'll be. able to strap in like it's a bike, you. know, like a Peloton bike. And then all. of a sudden they're. And then the refs are going to be like, "If he goes below, what would that be?". 45. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. If he goes past 45. degrees, you got to throw the flag. He. just can't go. Yeah, you can't beat. Can't do that. Caleb in those things, he's going he's going to 10 degrees. >> god, I didn't think about him all the. way down. Uh-huh. He's going to get a. matcha probably. Mhm. A Gare get which.

they own the matcha shop. >> They do. >> It might be Caleb's matcha. right outside. Maybe Caleb's. Could be. Some say Caleb. Some say Caleb. Uh Rome Odunze and uh. Luther Burden are out for this one. They. just got rolled out, so. All right. AJ, does that change anything for you? Packers have a [ __ ] load. Uh no, but. with all that being said, I will take. the Green Bay Packers on the road. Get them. >> want to do it. I know you want to pick. you're going to pick the Bears, but you. want to pick Green Bay because you feel. and you know that they're going to win.

That line is. >> understand what you're doing here. It's. a program. You got you know, you got to. pick against me. Here we go. >> Okay. This is a must win for the Packers. >> Well, as I saw the GB there, all I. thought to myself was good, better, you. know. Ooh. And then [snorts] is there. best on the other side there? I don't. know. He's never got to say that against. the Packers, so. You know. Ben Johnson said he can't wait to beat. La Fleur two times. Maybe 2026. Close to 2026 though. Maybe the year. starts early just like Chicago kind of.

stretches into Gary, Indiana. Mhm. They were going to realign the states, AJ. That was being pitched. Seriously? Very real. Southern Illinois. was about to like parts of Southern. Illinois were about to become part of. Indiana and then I think parts of that. were about to go to Illinois. It was. being pitched. Local news, who knows if. it's real. Who knows what's being. pitched and what's not being pitched, but. I think politicians are always spitting. something. Mhm. I'll take the Packers.

God, we don't like it. Good to see you making nice rational. decisions. Oh, no. I'm actually running into a box over. there. So. Boom. I like the pick. >> [laughter]. >> Let's move along. Let's go to uh. Sunday's games. We have the Buffalo. Bills taking on. the Cleveland Browns. Bills favored by. only 10 and a half. Once again, the. Colts. the Colts 14 point underdogs in Seattle.

Okay, I thought that was very. disrespectful by the books. I will. continue to think that is disrespectful. Buffalo Bills favored by 10 and 1/2 in. Cleveland. Cleveland's defense in. Cleveland crazy. Miles Garrett can. obviously get a record for most sacks. ever recorded in one NFL season. Shedeur. Sanders fresh off a lot of picks. What. do you think goes. How do you think goes AJ? Who do you. like? How do you like it? I mean, I feel like this Buffalo Bills. team is really rounding into form and. they're really starting to hit their. stride. Obviously, Josh Allen doing.

well. So, I will take the Buffalo Bills. on the road minus 10 and 1/2. 15 mile an. hour winds, 28°, 30° is what. nflweather.com. >> Colder, windier, the better for Josh and. the Bills. You know that. >> Agreed. Slight chance of rain, so it. could be a little bit shitty. Give me. Josh Allen and the Bills favored by 10. and 1/2 as well. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Carolina Panthers. Now, this one's. interesting cuz Canales, the head coach. of the Carolina Panthers, formerly of. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, referenced how. this particular ref crew loves call. passing interference. And for Mike. Evans, this might be a little bit of a.

benefit for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They might be able to eat off this. Now, I know this because [ __ ] we did. whenever we were down there with Mike. Evans and our weapons that we had. So, that could be a storyline that could. develop. I also appreciate the fact that. we're starting to talk about these types. of things with ref crews going into it. because teams talk about this type of. [ __ ] with ref crews. Hey, this crew is. more likely to call a hold. This crew is. more likely to let it go. This crew. calls the handsy [ __ ] This crew does. these types of things. So, these are the. types of conversations that actually. happen in buildings. Now that it's.

becoming public, I like it, especially. with the NFC South on the line here. Who. do you like? How do you like it in. Carolina and Tampa Bay, AJ Hawk? Yeah, the the the Bucks have been a bit. of a weird team for me to try I picked. what I picked the Bucks a lot of times. and I've been it's blown up in my face, but I I feel confident. I'm taking the. Bucks here minus three, even though they. are favorites on the road. Why are they. favorites? They should be You should. give the the Panthers, you know, minus. three. >> You should need to talk to sports books. for that. So, 57%. of the public bets are on the Carolina.

Panthers. Congrats to them. There's no way that has ever happened. in a long time. That has not happened in a long time. I'll take the Carolina Panthers plus. three at home. >> going to say if you believe in that the. Panthers basically have been really. shitty one week and then they look like. world beaters the next week and then. they look really shitty the next week. They got beat by the Saints last week. A. lot of people saying, "Hey, that may. have been their really shitty game. They. might come out like gangbusters in this. one at home." To his point, Panthers are. five and one straight up after a loss.

and six and 0 against the spread after a. loss. Kansas City Chiefs favored by. three in Nashville. Gardner Minshew at. quarterback. Yeah. Okay, he gets a full week to work with. the boys. Oh, yeah. He's going to want. to win. Mhm. Gardner Minshew, perfect. quarterback for the situation that the. Kansas City Chiefs are currently in, I. would say. He's older, he's respected, he only knows one speed, so hopefully. that can rally everybody around him to. buy in. Andy Reid and the Chiefs have to. figure out what the future looks like. obviously in the offseason. The present. is the Tennessee Titans. Cam Ward has.

come out and said something about. wanting to meet all the coaching. candidates. Cam Ward, I don't think you. should want to do that and I think you. should not say that publicly. Just. naturally, I appreciate what you mean by. that and the sentiment of that, but. everybody's natural reaction would be, "Okay, bud.". Okay. That is basically what everybody. immediately does. Okay, let's try to do. something. Aaron Rodgers wasn't even. talked to whenever the Green Bay Packers. hired their new coach, Matt LaFleur. currently. Some places do it, some. places don't. Tennessee Titans have a. lot to figure out. Not saying Cam Ward's.

going to be a bad quarterback. Not. saying Cam Ward shouldn't feel as if he. should talk to the coaching candidates, but Cam Ward should also know that it's. much bigger than him whenever it comes. to an NFL franchise and who knows what. the Titans look like next year with him, without him, move on from him. You know, he has no idea what this looks like. anyways, either. Kansas City Chiefs. favored by three with Gardner Minshew. Who do you like? How do you like it, AJ? I mean, I I was thinking of taking the. the Titans here because I think the. Chiefs have never been in this. situation. A lot of these guys in the. team have never been in the situation. where you're not going to make the.

playoffs game doesn't really mean a. whole lot, but I can't do it. I'm taking. the Chiefs though. Yeah, Chiefs going to. play free down there. And you'll Hey, lot of history in Nashville for one. particular one of those players. All right, in Nashville for one of those particular. players. Who knows who's going to be. singing the national anthem? Going to be Taylor Swift? Maybe. For a team under 500? Chargers, she'll be wearing Chiefs gear. Okay. Chargers Cow Well, yeah, you're right. Chargers Cowboys. Cowboys favored by 2. and 1/2 at home. 76% of the bets are on.

the Chargers. >> Yeah, Chargers need this one. They are. at Dallas this week, but then versus. Houston on the road and then at at home, rather. And then at Denver. If they drop this one, then there is a. chance that they finish in that seven. seed or after the Colts beat the Niners, damn near fall out of the playoffs. >> Fluess will be spending the rest of the. season up in the booth calling the. defense from up in the booth. >> Okay, I thought their defense was kind. of figuring it out. I like that we're. making some changes down the stretch. here. Big fan of that. Dak Prescott and. Brandon Aubrey had an incredible.

interaction on Hard Knocks after Brandon. Aubrey knocked a guy down, didn't lose. his balance, and then also admitted on. Saturday, "I don't know what I'm. supposed to do in that in that. situation." Obviously grew up playing. soccer, played soccer majority of his. life, gets a tackle. Then I guess he. showed up a little bit late to practice, probably had some media obligation, maybe it was. Yeah, I have no idea what he was doing. And as he jogged out after Dak, the. entire team was like, "Okay." And Dak. even goes over to him and is like, "Hurt. a little bit though, right? Hurt a. little bit?" And Aubrey's like, "Yes.". It feels like their vibes are immaculate. at the Dallas Cowboys. I know that, you.

know, not everything has gone swimmingly. for them this year. I know there's been. ups, there's been downs, but if you. watch the Hard Knocks, it's hard not to. be a believer in Dak Prescott being the. face of anything you want to run. Yeah, I couldn't agree more and I think that, you know, I'm I just think back to when. they hired Shady and just how it was. kind of like not that he was going to be. a lame duck, but everyone basically. saying like. this is who you guys you you fired Mike. McCarthy, you had no plan in place and. you just said, "All right, [ __ ] it. We're going to hire, you know, Shady." I. think he's I think all those guys really.

like him. They play for him. I think. he's done I mean, the Cowboys were the. laughing stock of the NFL after they. traded Michael Parsons and, you know, 10 weeks later we're talking about them. being maybe the hottest team in the NFL. So, yeah, they're probably not going to. make the playoffs, but this season. overall, you know, has been a kind of a. success for them. Yeah, they're damn. near out. 99.9% eliminated from the. playoffs. A lot would have to happen. They would obviously have to win and. many other things would have to fall. into place. Do you like the Chargers or. do you like the Cowboys, AJ? Uh I was leaning Chargers, but honestly, you guys kind of talked me into to. taking the Cowboys. So, give me Dak and.

the boys here. I don't know who to take. on this one. I mean, what for one team it's a. must-win. For the other team it's a. let's go have some fun. Yeah, which you don't know. Exactly. Yeah, I know. That's why it's a Win or. lose. That's why like for the Chiefs, I. feel like the Chiefs are going to play. very [ __ ] good cuz it's just like. first time in forever. >> Exactly. Yeah. Travis Kelce hasn't. played in a who cares game what in And. think when they come out to warm up for. that Titans game, like the stands. probably aren't going to be jam-packed. It's going to be bring your own juice, one of those games. And the for the. Chargers, I mean, this is the third one.

in the row. Like they were overtime. against the Eagles and it was a 16-13. last drive against the Chiefs. Now it's. at Dallas. I think I saw some. resume. for the Chargers about the most wins. against playoff teams or something like. that. I think the Chargers have a lot of. like if we're to score good wins, I. think or. strength of schedule and [ __ ] like that. I think the Chargers fans were telling. me if it might have been another team, so maybe I'm misremembering. There was I. know there was something in the group. about teams with records above 500.

Above 500 and the Rams were 10 and. whatever and everyone else was like. three and whatever. I don't know if that. was it. I thought there was a Chargers. stat somewhere because I there was some. Chargers fans tweeting me to have. respect for what they're doing over. there. And it's like, we do. All right, I'll take. I'll take the Chargers. I'll take the. Chargers plus 2 and 1/2 going over. there. That's interesting though, man. That. Chargers team, I want to believe, right? Don't we all? Yeah. We do. You don't want to believe? Not after Not.

after what that that child had to hear. last week. >> [snorts]. >> He was just trying to talk to his. favorite player. Well, it's not his favorite player. We. know that. To one of his favorite players. To a player, yeah. But on that note, still a child and Still still just a. small boy with an even, you know, younger sister at his heels. Those are influential moments in the. history of people's lives. >> That kid went home and ripped all his. posters down. Now, would Dak do that? Mhm.

All right, so on that note, give it to. Chargers cuz. Herbert's going to have to walk around a. lot of kids. >> Exactly. He's going to be [ __ ]. pissed. So mad. So mad to see all these. people and kids talking to him. OH, [ __ ]. THIS. [ __ ] HATE THESE PEOPLE. WHY ARE. THESE people here? This is football. They're not a [ __ ] carnival. Hit me, Jim. Hit me. Right in the face. Actually, that kid, too. Smack my hand. really [ __ ] hard. I'm just going to get a broken limb. here. Vikings Giants. Vikings in nine, favored.

by three, going to take on Dart. AJ, who. do you like? How do you like it? I like. the Giants. Woah. Jeez, that was quick. I don't know. why when I saw this game pop up, too. I. like Jackson Dart and the Giants. I. really do. All right. If he can finish. the game. I'll follow uh. I'll follow the lead of betting against. you. Give me the Vikings. Ooh. Windy, what's the weather here? I mean, it might help It might help Dak. >> of snow and nobody's going to [ __ ] be. there. Amen. >> to be You're going to You're going to. have just your buddies on THE SIDELINE.

FOR. >> [laughter]. >> JUST YOUR BUDDIES ON THE SIDELINE for. this one. All right, I'll take the uh. I'll take the Vikings. Give me nine. Yes. >> Give me nine. Jets Saints. Saints. favored by 4 and 1/2. I like the Saints. AJ? Saints. Bengals Dolphins. I like the. Dolphins. What do we think the crowd for. that one's going to be? Similar to. yours. When yours for a start. Place. will be crying. Yeah.

>> [laughter]. >> 4 and 1/2, who do you like AJ? I know Joey B's trying to throw us off. the scent and act like he things aren't. really great, but I like Joey B here on. the road. Give me the Bengals. >> That is. What? You said the same thing last week and. they went out and laid an egg. I did. Miami, models, fashion, warm. >> Ah, good point. Give me the Bengals. Give me the Bengals minus 4 and 1/2. Jacksonville Jack Oh, but it felt like. maybe rally around moving on from Tua.

down there. >> Oh, everyone's pumped. I'll take the center. >> was pumped. I saw the center get. interviewed. He was He seemed pretty. excited. That's one of our games. Fire. coach games one of them and new. quarterback is one of them. >> Dolphins plus 4 and 1/2 at home. Let's. go Gump. Let's go. Got to have it. Well, No. No, you had to have had No. No, no, Quinn Ewers first start, got to. have it. Well, who's going to coach him. next year if he is the quarterback? We'll figure that out down the road. We. just got to win on Sunday. >> Yeah, just cover is all we're looking. for. Plus 4 [laughter] and 1/2.

Jags Broncos Broncos favored by three in. Denver. This Jacksonville Jaguars seem. special. Trevor Lawrence coming off his. best game as an NFL quarterback by far. Five through the sky, one through the. ground, six total touchdowns. They got. weapons, they got schemes, and they got. a defense that seemingly humming. How do. you feel about this one AJ Hawk with the. hot Denver Broncos? Yeah, I'm a I'm a. big fan of what Trev and the boys are. doing down in Jacksonville, but I feel. like this is both of Nicks and the the. Broncos defense on this one. So, give me. the Broncos. 58% of the bets on the. Jacksonville Jaguars, good for them.

I'll take the Broncos as well. Falcons. Cardinals, just cuz I need the Broncos. by the way. Falcons Cardinals three point spread 53%. of the bets are on Arizona. Kirk Cousins. breaking down every offense in the NFL. at press conferences. Raheem Morris says. everything's on the table for the. quarterback position going forward. Ownership says everything's on the table. for every position going forward. potentially. And then the Cardinals. routinely lose by 20 points. That is. seemingly who they are now. What are. your thoughts AJ? Who do you like? How.

do you like it? So, Kirk Cousins. starting for the Falcons, right? This. game? Yep. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we just don't know. Um, I like the Falcons. I I feel like they. got to figure out And like you said, you. you say that the Cardinals routinely. lose by 20. I don't know if they lose by. 20, but I think the the Falcons win and. cover here. >> Yeah, they might lose by 20. Drake. London did practice yesterday. He's. missed four straight games and I think. Marvin Harrison Jr. also practiced. I I. like that. I like the Cardinals team. I. like Gannon, but every time you look at. the score, it's just not good.

>> They stink. Yeah, I don't know what. happened. I've no idea what happened to. them. They got great local commentary. team though. Mhm. Number two in the NFL. some people. >> Number two in the league. Also, Trey. McBride is 12 catches away from setting. the all-time record for single season. catches for a tight end. Good luck to. McBride. I hope he gets it this weekend. He has been fun to watch and his. intensity would be great on a good team. So, hopefully they're able to become. that. I'll take the Falcons as well. Raiders Texans Texans favored by 14 and. 1/2. Over under 37 and 1/2.

So, you do you start looking at the over. under and then you look at how big. they're favored. They're like the. Raiders are scoring maybe three points. in this game. >> Their team total is 10 and 1/2. Okay, exactly. Shut up by 30 plus out gained. by 300 plus. The Raiders. Kansas City Philly became the second. team to have multiple such games in a. season since the 1947 Colts who were in. Baltimore obviously. Shut up by 30 plus. and out gained by 300 plus yards. It's only happened one other time in the. history multiple times in a season. This. Raiders team's one of them and this. Texans team.

can certainly do it. And I will take the. Houston Texans minus whatever. You as. well AJ? Absolutely. Texans. Lions favored by. seven at home against the hot Pittsburgh. Steelers. Aaron Rodgers going to want to go into. Detroit and get a big time win. obviously. He has a lot of history in. Detroit. Foxy favored by seven. Love it. or hate it? >> Ah, seven's a lot of points, but if you. guys remember Dan Campbell after a loss. holds the record currently. I think it's. tied for the record for wins after a. loss. So, this would continue that.

record, break the record. And it's just. been a weird season. Our offense is like. number one in every category, but the. defense can't stop anyone. So, I'm. expecting a shootout. If it's a. shootout, I think Lions win. Tone? Yeah, I tend to agree with what he. said. Lions 5 and 0 this year. off a loss, 4 and 1 against the spread. off a loss this year. The one thing that they are horrendous. at is their secondary in the passing. game. So, do the Steelers have the. offense to exploit that? I don't know. I'd be excited to see. This one doesn't. matter. So, you know. DK Metcalf gave a.

great answer on. Koons's podcast about Pittsburgh. basically being a hey, this team just. shows This city just shows up to work. They're genuine people. You know exactly. how they feel. There There's a. ruggedness to the city that he. appreciates or about the work ethic I. like. I like to hear that from DK. Metcalf. I like Pittsburgh Steelers. getting seven going into Detroit. Detroit might win the game, but getting. blown out at this stage, I don't think. this team's going to have that happen to. them. Go ahead AJ. Yeah, I'm with you. I. think the Steelers also they get. indoors, they feel pretty good. Your. body feels good. You're all you know,

your joints and everything's great. So, yeah, I'm taking the Steelers as well. What's up for the demon at the feeling? >> I was going to say it's not just Rodgers. who has the NFC North, you know, memories in that building. The demon. I. I I think the demon's going to score his. first touchdown as a Pittsburgh Steeler. this weekend. I like that. You got a. cake from Tom Cruise today. Uh, >> [laughter]. >> Very true. New England Patriots taking. on the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night. football. Obviously, when you forecast. this at the beginning of the season, you. wonder if the New England Patriots are. going to be good enough to make this. game matter. Now, if we were to forecast. this Sunday night football game at the.

beginning or at the at this stage of the. season, it's like, what the hell. happened to Baltimore? And also, what. the hell happened to New England? This. team all of a sudden is Super Bowl. favorite, Super Bowl darling whenever. they got a first year head coach, second. year quarterback, brand new offensive. system, and expectation level going in. that maybe next year they'll be good. Maybe in the next couple years they'll. be good. They're good now and they want. it all. And they're underdogs going into. Baltimore. Con man, how do you feel. about that? >> is going to be a tough one to pick right. now. Bob Spillane, Marcus Jones, Carlton.

Davis have missed practice the last two. days including today. Yeah, Bob. Spillane. Yeah, boy, oh boy. Last week against the. Bills when that starting defense runs. out and Bob Spillane. doesn't run with him. That's kind of when you start thinking, uh-oh. Josh Allen might have some fun. today. But the the Ravens defense is. kind of come alive. That's the real. problem. Shutting out Burrow, you know, maybe in. maybe not this year it means as much, but still blanking him means a lot. But. three point dogs, I mean, kind of love.

it. Win and we're in the playoffs, baby. Let's go to the dance. >> 80% of the bets are on the NEW ENGLAND. PATRIOTS. >> [ __ ] MAN. THAT IS NOT SURPRISING. WHAT THE [ __ ]. WHAT DO YOU mean it's not surprising? >> I thought they'd be favorites. Even on. the road, I thought they'd be favorites. [ __ ] AJ, you're taking the Patriots? Yes, I am. Yeah, me too. All right. Let's have the greatest weekend of all. time. Hell yeah. Oh. Yeah. You guys want. to pick the Jake Paul Anthony Joshua. fight? Yep. AJ?

Um, I love Jake, but I'm going to take. Anthony Joshua. Okay. Well, I am a real [singing]. American. So, give me Jake Paul. Jake said he's going to be coming. everywhere. Yeah, he did. And he said. fifth or sixth round. I don't like the. angle in which Jake Paul is. choosing to create content here, but. certainly getting a lot of eyeballs on. this situation that the fight's. happening. A lot of people seeing. Anthony Joshua pick up Jake Paul and. suck his face. >> Yeah. It was AI.

>> It was. I know that one. I could tell. I. still think the silverback gorilla might. be real. Yeah, I don't love that that was. immediately shot down as fake. If that. silverback gorilla had the capability of. doing that, No, who shot it down Whoever. shot down immediately is an [ __ ]. Okay? That's something you got to watch. 10 times before you say, okay, fine. Poop doesn't just come out like a circle. perfectly like that. >> Well, you would think if he does have. consistent flow out of his cheeks, which. it clearly he could.

>> Definitely. The window would then be. doing the science and it would disperse. in a perfect radius. >> And we don't know, did they just put. some Windex on that exact spot? So, it. kind of just catches it naturally. Makes. that shape. Yeah, and we assume that. this man or sorry, this silverback. gorilla has perfected the art of bullet. pooping. >> Yeah, no doubt. >> And that was clearly bird shot. It's one. of those. Correct? So, just the velocity at which. the turds flew out are what threw me. off. What made me think it's probably.

not real. So, you've obviously never. >> So, you didn't see them watch them and. Okay, look, he's like Look, he. clenches his butt right there. Yeah, he. aims it. >> So, like four He's probably four feet. away from the window and somehow you got. turds. >> Three feet. That's one yard, dude. We. Anybody get a yard? That was believable. to me. You see the gorilla just sit down. right before to projectile it. Boom. He. did. It's strategy. You see the muscles? I can't rule it out because in sixth. grade we went to Washington D.C. We went. to the zoo and there was a hippo at the.

zoo. They spin their tails. He pooped. with similar velocity, but they spin. their tails to chop it up. So, it was it. was impressive to see in person. >> seen that? It's similar. It's awesome. No. I mean, if Bevo pushed the way that. gorilla did, it would have poop pooped. on your back. You have a Bevo is a. longhorn. This is silverback [ __ ]. gorilla. Yeah, exactly. No, [laughter]. exactly. We don't know. Like did this. Did a couple burgers get dropped into. the enclosure? Did this guy eat a couple. slices of pizza that day before he had. to do something like this? We don't. know. Case Cerritos back?

Well, maybe it was that, but also what. we would like to say cuz he clearly has. upset tummy if you're able to do this. >> Yeah. He should be having some of Tom. Cruise's coconut bunt cake. I couldn't. agree more. Yeah, maybe not the venison. cuz my stomach IS KILLING ME. >> [laughter]. >> REALLY? DUDE, MULTIPLE TIMES AND I USED TO. >> cheese you think? >> Why I eat the same thing every day. Did. you have the cheese? I I had both, yeah. Maybe it was the cheese, not just the. venison. You never know. You guys get tummy aches from food?

What's up, brother? You guys like get tummy aches because of. food? >> No. Fast food, greasy stuff will get me. now, I think, cuz I'm trying not to eat. it as much. So, I certainly feel like. [ __ ] but I think I've just always felt. like [ __ ] eating it and just been a part. of it. Like, yeah, this is just what. life is. My stomach feels like this and. then I dump it and I move along. >> Yeah. Now, whenever you don't eat it. every day, you do feel differently when. you don't eat that type of food and then. when you have it out of nowhere, it's. like a hangover. Like when you get. drunk, you burn out. I get tired. I just. get tired. Yeah. And also, you. explosive. >> I I I know I've never like Yeah, I don't.

know. I've never thought of like I've. never correlated food to how I feel like. that. >> He poops like a rabbit. He poops like a. rabbit. >> AJ hasn't had a normal bowel movement in. 15 years. He's got rabbit pellets in. there. You remember he's a hundred. wiper. I don't know how he. >> That's a good point. So, now he's acting like that silverback. gorilla kid. Yeah, okay. >> Interesting. >> [clears throat]. >> He probably poops like that gorilla. Yeah, he's the vanilla gorilla and he's. out here just judging I instantly. thought of. which poor soul has to clean that glass.

is all I thought of. Bringing out like brillo pads and. scrapers trying to get those turds off. the window. That silverback gorilla is. not cleaning that. That silverback. gorilla is arms crossed watching whoever. >> Yeah. clean it. I'm doing it again tomorrow, too. So, >> Doing it again the second it gets clean, dumps again. Boom. >> I like the Tom Cruise coconut cake. >> Now. >> Or. we're doing this every day. >> [laughter]. >> All right. Have an incredible weekend a. ball. We appreciate you so much for. allowing us to do this for a living.

Before we get out of here, there is an. announcement that we have to make. Saturday we'll be doing the Field Pass. Please join us on ESPN 2. If we suck, you should leave. We'll tell you if it's. not going well. And today we celebrate. one of the most talented human beings. that sits in front of a microphone on a. daily basis in the entire world, maybe. the history of the damn world. He was uh smart enough to be an Ivy. Leaguer, got accepted to Harvard, said,

"Nah, I want to be a Big Ten angler at. Iowa. Give me the booze. Give me the. football. I'll figure everything else. out." We're so incredibly lucky that. this guy blesses us every single day. with his presence. I would say that he. is uh one of the most unique individuals. in the history with his talent versus. mindset versus off the cuff versus. script work. He's special. We're lucky. and it's his birthday. Happy birthday to. Ty Schmidt. Happy birthday, Ty. Thank you, guys, very much. >> We appreciate the hell out of you. I. guess the ice cream cake melted. Uh.

shout out to the entire uh group over. there. Just certainly just put it. outside and just left it there for at. least an hour or two, which. >> cold. >> We appreciate it. It was It was ice. cream. Now it's just cream. Um so, that's actually Yeah. It was a TC cake. Okay, so Happy birthday. to you. Happy birthday. to. you. Happy birthday,

dear Ty. Happy birthday. to. you. We love you. We appreciate you, buddy. Happy birthday. Appreciate you. guys. Thank you very much. Hell yeah. The back of the sink shut up the. [applause] mittens is the first time. that there hasn't been a bunch of wax. all over the place. Well, that's cuz. they had to adjust your late. Good for. them making an audible and yes, to your. point, it's crazy how when there's a. birthday in the back room, they all. sing. >> Yeah, just us. No one was singing in We. were singing We were singing the whole. time.

>> Mike's wrong. We didn't hear anything. They didn't sing anything. So, Ty, just. know that there is a little bit of a Now. now I do. Yeah, now we just learned. that. Yeah, you run the footage back. Yeah, it's on the audio. You can't You. can't hear it. But we were singing. screaming at the top of my lungs. >> didn't cut those either. THAT DOESN'T. HELP. NOPE. YEAH, SEE. SEE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, NICK, who didn't. turn on the mic back there. >> [laughter]. >> Thank you, uh Foxy, for pointing that. out back there. But I would like to let. you know, Ty, we love you, man. Love you. guys, too. Thank you very much. Happy.

birthday. We're thankful you were born. and uh we can't wait to see what you do. this next year. Appreciate it. And I'm. I'm very proud of you for saying you're. going to be uh. eating free and clean and living clean. for the next year I'm I'm certainly. going to try. I got another kid on the. way, so I need I definitely need to uh. try, but you guys heard JJ yesterday. He. said, "Man, you look slim. You look. good." And no one has [ __ ] said that. to me in years. So, uh. I don't know. I'm kind of thinking I'm. I'm just fine right now.

You certainly are. You're more than. fine. >> whole [ __ ] TC cake right after the. show. Well, I think that's smart. Yeah. Well, the elixir of eternal life, a lot of. people would say. Be a friend, tell a friend something. nice. It might change your life. Word is. sing together. AJ, anything for the team. here? Nope. I'm good. Thank you, though. Oh, yeah. Thank you, too. >> I'm not going to fake it. I'm not going. to fake one, but yeah. Can't wait for Saturday. All [laughter]. right. We'll see you tomorrow. Game Day. 6:00 p.m. Eastern tomorrow before. kicking off the College Football. Playoff. Game Day Saturday morning 9:00.

a.m. and then we'll be live Field Pass. ESPN 2 for Texas A&M Miami. The College. Football Playoff is here. Week 16 in the. NFL season is here. Football all day. Saturday, all day Sunday. We're back on. Monday. We can't thank you enough for. allowing us to do this for a living. And. in this holiday season, we hope we all. enjoy it a little bit more. We're. allowed to do this. We get to do this. We're lucky to do this. And we're not dead. Let's celebrate. that.

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