The Pat McAfee Show Live | Wednesday August 27th 2025

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>> Hello, beautiful people. and welcome to our humble the boat the. thunder on this naughty and nutter. Wednesday August 27th 2025 this program. begins now. football. >> is happening all around us and don't. look now tomorrow massive college. football slate don't look now Saturday. first college game day of the year as. Texas travels to Ohio State and there's. two other top 10 matchups to kick off. this glorious college football season.

and then one week from tomorrow guess. But. >> magic. >> Oh, you're right. >> It's happening. >> Yep. It's happening. >> There's a banner that's going to be. going up. >> Mhm. >> In the city of brotherly love, there's. going to be a football team traveling. from Dallas with. its biggest star on the defensive side. of the ball. >> I don't think so. >> Or internet. >> Or. without its biggest star on the. defensive side of the ball. We are here.

We have made it. We are at a time where. we obviously look forward to and when. we're in it, we never appreciate it. enough. But this football season, we're. going to look around. We're going to. smell the roses and we're going to say, "Hey, thank you to football for having. its greatest season it has ever had.". With the development of the college. football playoff last season with how. big it was. Teams that lost still made. it. Teams are going to have hope until. the end of the year all around the. country. And in the NFL, I've been told. >> scouts scouts honor. >> Okay. >> I don't know which one. >> Three of them. Are you believe. >> Cub and Boy Scout?

>> Don't do this one. Nazi German three. >> What's that? >> Just do the three. >> This one? >> Yeah. Don't do the two. >> Okay. >> Bill Stewart, rest in peace, coach uh. from West Virginia. He's also going into. the West Virginia Hall of Fame. That was. one of his moves. Whenever he wanted to. really sell something, he would say, "Cub, two finger and and scout honor.". And go ahead and sell. I've been told by. the football gods, they spoke to me. >> Mhm. >> I was on a plane for a long time. >> Yeah. >> Long time over the Pacific. Way up. A. lot of islands that I did not know. existed. >> Sure,

>> they're out there. I hope they had a. great time. Not a lot of good internet. out there. >> Uh none actually, but I talked to the. football guts. You know, when you're in. a tube uh flying for that long and. there's no internet and you're really. kind of isolated and you're trying to. battle through sleep deprivation and. trying to figure out how the schedule. is, maybe you do hear from the gods a. little bit more up there. Maybe it is a. little bit more peaceful. The football. gods reached out to me. They said, "About to be the greatest season we've. ever had.". >> Here we go. >> Here we go. >> That's a big deal, isn't it? >> That's huge. Cuz remember last year, beginning of the NFL season, shite. >> It was. >> shite. We're talking about bad games,

boring games. Football was bad. People. were talking about college football. always electrifying. >> College football is always going to be. electrifying because the atmospheres are. going to carry it. Even if the game. isn't that great, but the games have. been great. The atmospheres are amazing. That's why college football is going to. do its thing. And then the NFL this. year, I've been told football gods. directly, they're all coming out guns. and blazers. Every team is going to be. in mid-season form. And the style of. football is going to be one that we. love. It's going to be a physical style. of football. M. >> there's going to be people beating each. other up this year. There's going to be. big time hits. And then we got showcase. matchups on the outside between DBs and. wide receivers all year long. And these.

quarterbacks are getting even better. These quarterbacks are throwing the ball. further. These quarterbacks are throwing. the ball more accurate. And these. offensive gurus that are calling plays. are getting smarter. And the one in. Minnesota just got a weapon back into. its lineup. Adam Thelen traded from. Carolina Panthers back home. Minnesota. Vikings. Congrats Adam. >> Then. congrats to the Minnesota Vikings. Now, the Carolina Panthers obviously showed a. lot of promise at the end of last year. Bryce Young might not be a bust, right? Everybody was calling him one. Might not. be at all. He might be a guy. They're. calling him the Steph Curry of football.

when he was coming out of college. Down. Carolina, nothing was really working. Even the ownership wasn't really going. well. End of last year, they found it. Adam Thielen we thought was going to be. a part of the growth and development of. the Carolina Panthers. Instead, he's. going back to Minnesota to join the. Vikings. Congrats to all parties. Feels. like Carolina's happy with a fifth round. pick and a fourth round pick. The going. back home. There was a video of his. family celebrating going back home. Obviously, he's from Minnesota, went to. high school in Minnesota. He actually. had to go to a regional tryyout to even. make it to a tryyout. He had to go to a.

try out to make it to a try out to get. into the NFL. He had to pay his own way. into said camp tryyout to get a look. Ends up on the Vikings, becomes a Pro. Bowler, becomes a allpro, gets a massive. deal with Carolina Panthers, has to. leave home now towards end of career. We. don't know how many years he has left. He probably doesn't either. heading back. to Minnesota in an offense that is. really good. They're restructuring his. contract, so obviously he's probably. taking a pay cut. Now he joins Justin. Jefferson, Jordan Addison, JJ McCarthy, and Aaron Jones, let alone their tight.

ends, who are absolute dogs. They got. old buddy that they traded from Detroit. >> Hawinson. >> Hawinson, who's a beast, and also uh who. am I missing there? >> I apologize to the other guy. That is. 100% on me. But this Minnesota Vikings. team might be the year for Minnesota to. get back into the big dance. Last year, remember, they were playing in the final. week of the season against the Detroit. Lions for the number one seed in the. NFC. And uh this year, they're looking. to do the same. Is JJ McCarthy a guy or. not? We shall see. Everybody that knows.

him says yes, he is a guy. Footage. coming out of camp, he is a guy. They. talk about his leadership qualities from. whenever he was at Michigan, he is a. guy. High school, IMG, he is a guy. So. all signs are saying JJ McCarthy should. be a perfect quarterback for this. Minnesota Vikings team. And if he is. below in the defense, great. Offense. just got another weapon. Kevin Oonnell. still a super genius. Look out for the. Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North in. the NFC and maybe the whole [ __ ]. Super Bowl. >> Whoa. Whoa.

>> Those are big words, but that's how. every team can feel at this moment. because no games have been played. Let's. go to the talks table at Boston Conor at. Tai Schmidt. Storylines developing. especially day here. Everybody's got to. make their rosters by 4:00. A lot of. movement probably taking place today, Connor. >> Yeah, a ton of movement. Waiverwires, everyone's kind of keeping their eyes. peeled looking at that stuff. Also, I've. seen some players, Sam Ellinger. actually, former Colt. He turned down. opportunities to stay with Denver. So, it'll be interesting to see what players. think, you know, they are suited better. on a practice squad versus an actual 53.

But, it is the greatest. This is the. best time. You know, we were even just. talking about tomorrow, and of course, I. can't wait for the NFL 8 days. It's. going to be incredible. But even the. games tomorrow like the the college. football slate on a Thursday when you. you know you're not in. >> Nebraska Cincy tomorrow. >> Boom. >> Eat that up all day. Boise State. Are. you kidding me? >> USF that's a good team from yesterday's. past. Now their uh coach from them. certainly had a different photo this. weekend. But these games real games.

>> Yeah. Huge games. Like last year uh I I. feel like we were surprised by him. almost. At least I was. I remember. Colorado played on that first Thursday. night. Wishador and uh Travis Hunter and. I forget who else played but it almost. sneaks up on you and then you realize. like oh this is the beginning of it. This is the beginning of the hey every. Thursday night there's going to be a. game weekday games. It's awesome. >> Ty Schmidt you scared to death in. Minnesota Vikings. Uh Adam Telin going. back to Minnesota. Adam Telin will be. joining us in a third hour. We've been. told he's currently on a plane. Sure.

>> So we believe whenever he lands we will. get a phone call from Adam Thelen to get. his thoughts. My eyes great news for the. Minnesota Vikings. He's going to be a. three or a four. >> Yeah. >> Adam Thielen. >> So like that is a good spot to be. He. was the one for Carolina there whenever. they weren't playing great and everybody. was attacking him. Oh, this old guy. can't do anything. He was the number one. receiver. He was the guy that all. defenses were keening on. He he had four. eyes on him whenever he was with the. Carolina Panthers team. Now he's going. and he just slips into a rotation and he. has that big ass football brain. I mean,

he should be a wizard in a Kevin. Okonnell offense, especially back back. with the Minnesota. Exactly. Back with. the Minnesota Vikings. >> Is Green Bay going to be okay? Because. the Detroit Lions is the Detroit Lions. >> Yep. >> Caleb, I saw him. Hey, >> that first week people were talking bad. as I was in Australia. Saw some. highlights. Caleb. >> Yeah. Again, against Chiefs, too. >> Caleb, Caleb. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> And then the Green Bay Packers. We I. understand we still got stars. We are.

the Green Bay Packers. Jordan Love guy. already paid. Are the Packers a little. bit worried about the NFC North with how. competitive it has been? Uh, no. I don't. think so. What? You know, the Packers. didn't go six and 11 last year. They. made the playoffs. So, let's not act. like, you know, they were picking in the. top 10. They weren't. And listen, I love. this for Thelen. He's a friend of the. show. We've gotten known him, uh, you. know, pretty well over the last couple. years. Love that he gets to go back. home. Uh, with the Vikings, it's for me, it's still, you know, like I I hear what. I'm hearing about JJ McCarthy, and I. understand that, but talk to me about.

the the Vikings in week five. You know, that that's kind of where I'm at. And. you you talk about, you know, all these. waiverwire additions. Thelen's getting. traded. I don't want to jump the gun. here, but the Packers may be making a. splash of their own. And it might happen. today. >> There is tomorrow. I don't know when. it's going to happen. I don't know if. it's going to happen, but in my mind, it's happening. And it's happening. within the next hour. >> with what you're talking about. We will. feel the beat today. We will go to uh. Dallas and we will go to Green Bay. We'll talk to Jane Slater and. Schneiderman uh from the Athletic up.

there in Green Bay. Yeah. Everybody's. saying that the Green Bay Packers are. going to trade for Micah Parsons. >> They are saying that. >> and they're going to pay him. >> 45 million a year. >> $45 million a year. That would be an. absurd move to just think about and. hypothesize about a few years ago. But. now Green Bay Packers take Matthew. Golden to first round wide receiver. >> place erupts. >> Yeah. >> All reports out of camp is he's the guy. >> Yeah. If they were to trade for Michael. Parsons to Green Bay, Wisconsin from. Dallas, Texas.

>> to that team, immediate game record for. you guys. >> Yes. >> Small town. He'd probably he'd be. beloved. Now, Happy Valley went to Penn. State. Small town feel as well. So, I'm. not saying that he needs to be in a big. city or anything like that, but that. would be a wild life event for Micah. Parsons to go from Dallas and the. Cowboys to the Green Bay Packers. Two. very storyried tradition teams. Obviously, a lot of history, a lot of. greatness, but that would be an insane. move to think about. I'm sure Packers. fans even like saying, "Yeah, Packers.

are going to trade for a guy that's. going to be the highest paid guy in the. history of defensive football. >> and give some things up that are very. important to the future." That's not. really a Packers thing, is it? Why does. it feel like most Green Bay Packers fans. think this is going to happen? We got. people tracking fake planes. We got. private planes being tracked. People. don't know whose planes these are, but. holy [ __ ] there's a plane code Dallas. Green Bay. How many people flying Dallas. Green Bay Green Bay's flying I to. Dallas? Who? >> It's August 27th.

>> I guess this could be Big Mike, you. know, going back and forth, you know, from his his Dallas house to to the bar. track everywhere. This is what's. happening on the internet. Like the the. big the thoughts of of this happening. feels real to people. >> Yeah. I mean, would this be out of. character and and just absolutely crazy? Without a doubt. They've had a couple. splash trades they've made in the past. Like, but Mark Murphy's not there. anymore. We got a new, you know, team. president, Ed Policy, so maybe he wants. to make a little bit of a splash.

>> Oh, there's a new policy around. >> Exactly. And we're looking for stars, not just ones on the side of the helmet. But, you know, I mean, he's legitimate. He's going to be a Hall of Famer. probably. you you if his career. continues on the arc that it's been, he's going to be a first ballot hall of. famer. I mean, it just screams Reggie. White. You know, the Packers traded for. him. They couldn't really get they they. couldn't actually sack the quarterback. If you look at all like the advanced. statistics, it's like, hey, you know, they're getting home a lot. They create. a lot of pressures and and and things of. that nature, but they don't really sack. They need a guy who can finish. And.

Micah can finish. So, if it takes $45. million over the next five years and it. takes three first round picks and a. second round pick and a fourth round. pick at this point, that takes me from, hey, I think the Packers will make it to. the playoffs and if they're playing. their best, maybe they can. >> Five years, 225 million. >> Yep. Already got. >> two first rounders. >> Yep. Mhm. >> Maybe even three. Maybe even three. Do. whatever you got to do with the squad. >> Pick 32. Who wants it? >> Well, that's that's my other thing is it. it unless if Jordan Love stays healthy, the Packers aren't going to be picking.

in like the top 10. It's like those. those you shouldn't hold on to those. picks thinking like, "Hey, we're going. to be able to get a Micah Parsons at the. top of the first round next year.". You're not. You just probably that's not. going to happen. So, if there's any. chance that this can get done, like. >> is there I see normally I would say like. this is [ __ ] and why am I getting. this excited for something like this? But it's been like this for 2 weeks now. and like it just kind of continues to. pick up steam and then you know like rap. sheet when when he's in here he says. like that would be a destination. Yes. if Dallas were to trade him like the.

Packers would be massive players in that. and then we hear hey they actually did. they they submitted an offer to the. Cowboys now Jerry wasn't ready to listen. to it but it's just it hasn't stopped. >> wasn't ready to listen to it I like that. that's the way it was word not that he. didn't like Jerry didn't listen to it. he's like well he wasn't ready yet to. listen to it now we're a little bit. further down the road now Jerry has said. that any talks of trade are BS I believe. on the Stephen A Smith show whenever he. talked to him so you got to take that. with a grain of salt in the entire. conversation Shotty, I believe, came out.

and said he had conversations with them. and they want good. It's like, okay, what do all these things mean? We'll. talk directly to some people with boots. on the ground and see if we can get a. little bit more realistic perspective on. Micah Parsons getting traded from the. Dallas Cowboys to the Green Bay Packers. and getting paid $45 million a year in. doing so. That would be insane. >> Let's get nutty. Let's get wild. Why not. do it? >> That Matthew Golden pop. >> Yeah. >> At the draft. >> Yeah. Multiply that by a hundred. If. they trade for Micah Parsons,

>> an entire city might just go to. >> implode. >> on itself. We might not we might not. even be able to play football next year. >> It's going to want half of the hammer. done. >> Cowboys AP tone tone. Uh obviously we're. all hammering Dr. Pepper. >> Duh. >> Any day of the week. >> That's a Dr. Pepper baby. I mean that is. Listen to that a few times by the way, boys. When I was gone. >> Oh yeah. >> Like just turned it on while I was. showering. >> Yeah. It's a great song. >> Created a song. Couple of them. A lot of. them. It's a whole new thing. It is wild. to be alive right now. Just know that we.

got a a potential Dr. Pepper banger. sitting. >> hell yeah. >> back pocket right now. >> Got to run it through the channels. >> Mhm. Obviously. >> that's business. >> The bones though. >> it's more than. >> there's some meat on there some metal. bones. >> We are the dumbest company in the. history which once again shout out to. you boys being able to just continue. without a in a in a a hitch. Is that. right? Yeah. Continue without a hitch. a. couple. >> There are a bunch of hitches. >> No, no, but that would be what people. would say. >> Yeah, you're correct. That's what they. would say.

>> from my perspective outside looking in. and also fans perspective. You guys went. off without a hitch. Thank you for doing. that. But I was listening uh to that. song a few different times and I just. thought to myself, we have the dumbest. company of all time. And to the people. that came in here and uh guest hosted, we can't thank you enough. I'm so. appreciative of the dudes who spent time. out of their life to come here and hope. and and help make this show operate. You. guys are the coolest people. Like. showing up for me and for us whenever we. needed it. Very cool thing. We'll have. Dan Olowski on in the second hour today.

1:40. p.m. Eastern. He'll be joining us. He'll. be live at his house. I think he. >> here. I thought he was. >> He was going to come out to potentially. cuz I wasn't going to have a voice. You. what you can hear from my voice is uh I. was a drill instructor. Shout out to the. baddest [ __ ] on earth. Drill. instructors for the Marines down there. in Paris Island. I got to watch them. They're also out in San Diego, uh, which. is, you know, if you, uh, join the. Marines at a high school or whenever, your boot camp, if you're east of the. Mississippi is Paris Island, west of the. Mississippi is down there in San Diego.

And you're talking about two legendary. places. And I got a chance to go down to. Paris Island, if you do recall, right. after TST, during TST, and just kind of. watch these drill instructors operate. You're talking about just badass. These. dudes are sleeping three hours a day, 13week regiments they're on with these. platoon, and it's their job to turn them. into Marines. They are the culture of. the Marines. So, you're talking about. 0400 lights, lights, lights. That's 4:00. a.m. all the way till a 900 p.m. uh. lights or 8:00 p.m. lights at night. Then they have to write up a recap of. each day. You're not sleeping at all.

And you're also. >> Yeah. >> on them. >> Okay. This is a you are becoming a. warrior here type of mission because the. Marines are the first to fight. So, if. anything's happening, Marines are in. there. There's 10x the amount of people. in the army than there is in the. Marines. And after getting a chance to. watch how they are built down there at. Paris Island, I am thankful that they. are still around. You know, we start to. wonder like, do we still got it? You. know, cuz you watch what's happening in. other places and you think to yourself.

>> that could there's a time in history. where we were that was us. We are in. that like that is always a looming. possibility in the world that we live. in. None of us want it to be. No. >> Okay. We all want to live in a world. where that is not an actuality. We all. want to live in a time and hopefully my. lifespan it'll happen certainly in my. daughter's where everybody gets along. like we would definitely want that but. that's just not the reality of situation. and you don't have to be you know I. understand that there's a lot of people. who are super anti-war out nobody's. pro-war I am not a pro-war person but. being pro-war is okay because a lot of.

people that we know were the people that. were signing up for these types of. missions a lot of people signing up for. the military you know come from. bluecollar families a lot of people. signing up for that don't really have a. lot of opportunityities A lot of people. from the middle of America, a lot of. people, you know, it's just like we have. a lot of respect for the military. I've. done a lot of work with the military. I. respect and appreciate the [ __ ] out of. the warriors that go out there. And. after learning about these drill. instructors, it's like an insane just. psychologist you have to be. Plus, you. have to be able to have more energy than.

every other human. And you're setting. the tone for basically the United States. milit. It is a insane opportunity that I. got offered. I'm so incredibly thankful. for. But boy, there's a lot of uh uh you. know, there's a lot of. >> screaming. >> There's a lot of lot of using that. voice. >> So, I knew, especially with football. starting when I was getting back, it was. like, "Hey, there's going to be a couple. days there where my voice probably going. to be completely shot." I facetimed with. you guys a couple different times. throughout there in between days of. shooting. It's like I had absolutely no.

voice. Couldn't even talk. Went to a. restaurant there that people thought I. was drunk. >> People thought I was drunk because my. voice was so shot. And uh I might have. found a vitamin or two and they don't. even know what that looks like down. there. >> Oh, sure. >> So they thought I was uh drunk like, "Hey, you're way too drunk. Listen the. way you sound in your eyes." And I'm. like, >> I'm a drill instructor in a movie. >> I just lost my voice. >> And I had some vitamins that are You. don't even know what that means here. because you guys don't even like the. thing, but I promise I've not even had. one drink. I might go have one in here. You guys have a whiskey that could maybe.

soo this entire thing. So was going to. go. >> Sure. >> And that was very, very cool of doing. that. of course. >> Mrs. Flight this. >> Oh, Dan, thank God. >> But I am thankful because I get a chance. to be back in here with you boys and on. the show. I've missed this so much. chitchatting about sports and I've. learned a lot from watching the other. hosts of this show. I think there was a. lot of great that happened while I was. gone and I think this football season is. going to be electrifying. Now, AP Tone, whenever we think about gambling here in. this first weekend of college football,

is it uh North Carolina TCU under? Is. that uh is that the biggest bet that we. are laying here week one? 56 I believe. and a half is the overunder for a Bill. Bich coached UNCC team in their debut. against TCU on Monday night in Chapel. Hill. We have no idea how the UNCC. team's going to do this year. We have no. idea how anybody's going to do this. year. I assume though these Bill Bichc's. games are going to be lowcoring games if. I had to guess. Do you feel the same way. or what should we be looking at when. we're looking at these spreads? Yeah,

you would think just knowing Bill Bich. that uh and all that roster turnover and. not knowing what he's going to have in. offense that he's going to try to drag. the at least these early games into the. mud. He's probably never ever ever even. seen a total reach 50s probably for one. of his games in the NFL. So, this is. something um that he is probably unaware. of that he has no idea about. But yeah, he's going to drag these things into the. mud. But like as far as you like like. the Texas Ohio State game, I think that. could potentially another lowscoring.

early game just because it's two. relatively new quarterbacks working in. now. Not new quarterbacks to their. universities. They've been there for. multiple years, but as starting. quarterbacks, maybe their offensive. coiners, you'll take it slow. But I. always like to look these first couple. weeks, week one, week two of teams that. are returning a lot of guys, a lot of. continuity from last year versus because. I mean the transfer portal is a thing. It wasn't as active as it was the last. couple years, but it's still a thing. where there's a lot of teams that are. losing a lot of players versus teams. that are bringing guys back. >> West Virginia got 70 new players and. they're not the only team. North. Carolina has 75 teams or 75 players as.

well. If they gel quickly, great. >> Yeah, >> but you have no idea if that's the case. until the pads actually start flying. Good luck to all the teams. We can't. wait to watch them. Couple breaking news. things here out of the NFL. Kyle. Hamilton has signed an $82 million. guaranteed deal with the Baltimore. Ravens. 100.4 4 million in total. Congratulations to him. He's a beast. And uh. >> yeah, >> just yesterday I believe uh coach Chuck. Pagano was given a press conference uh.

about Kyle Hamilton and his greatness. and he mentioned about how you know it's. very reminiscent of a guy that used to. play here uh named Ed Reid and everybody. knows who Ed Reed is because Ed Reid is. one of the greatest football players to. ever exist. He's one of the most. electrifying humans to ever exist and he. has some of the biggest plays in the. history of football. But everybody talks. about him just being an absolute. nightmare on the field because he. seemingly knew everything that was going. to happen and when he got there he was. going to thump. Oh yeah, he also blocked. like 50 kicks. He also has a couple kick. returns in it. He just seemed to be.

smarter than everybody. And Chuck Mungo. just pointed out like everybody thinks. that that's a natural thing. It's like. no, the amount of work you got to put in. preparation, the amount of film you got. to do to get to that point is what. separates these people. and he said Kyle. Hamilton same guy the amount of. preparation that he puts in everything. like that he's very reminiscent to Hall. of Famers that have come before him and. then we watch him on the field he's the. one he is Neo he is everywhere out there. that AFC North has a history of great. safeties obviously Ed Troy Palamaly was. there Kyle Hamilton seems like the most.

recent one of a Hall of Fame safety. especially for this Baltimore Ravens. defense that hunts they get after it and. they're going to have to if they want to. win a Super Bowl which is what everybody. in Baltimore is hoping hoping for and. thinking can happen. >> Yeah. Especially with the additions they. made, you know, like you you forget that. they have DeAndre Hopkins now on the. offense, let alone how good their. defense is. And you know, Baltimore. falls into the same conversation I feel. like Buffalo does. Every year they're. going to have an unbelievable team. They're going to have a stud at. quarterback. And now that they have, you.

know, a dehop, a legitimate guy on the. outside, Z Flowers, Derek Henry, like. we're talking about what, one of those. three, four teams. I guess you could. probably maybe say five that are really. in it to win the Super Bowl. I think. they're the shortest odds to win the. whole thing. So, that says a lot about. their team, too. It's just Baltimore's. got to be close. Those fans got to be. thinking just like Buffalo. Hey, it's. got to be this year. >> So close. >> Butter is losing his mind. >> Yeah, his mind. >> Yeah, Butter's got to be going. absolutely crazy right now.

>> How much money are you paying? >> He deserves more. >> Yeah, >> everybody on their team seemingly. deserves more. They have stars all over. the place for that Baltimore Ravens. team. I can't wait to watch him all. season and I cannot wait to watch this. Baltimore Ravens team. Congrats to Kyle. Hamilton. You deserved it. Now ladies. and gentlemen, the world deserves to. know what the hell's going on in certain. places. It's time to feel the be. [Music].

Ladies and gentlemen, joining us live. from Dallas. Obviously, you've seen her. on NFL Network. She's a legend. She also. fills in and host for the Emmy. award-winning Good Morning Football. She's a Texas alumni, golf afficionado. Ladies and gentlemen, Jane Slater. >> Jane, we're feeling the beat. Hope. you're feeling the same over there. Good. to see you. Thank you for joining us. Oh no, she's muted. She's muted. Oh no.

Muted J. >> You're muted, Jane. >> Is that on our end? >> Is that on our end? Is that. >> Yes. >> This is why I don't get the call. >> It was our fault. It was our fault. We. assume we messed that up, but we. appreciate you for joining us. We're. feeling the beat currently. How are you. feeling? Great to see you. Thank you for. joining us. >> I'm doing good. I'd be a lot better if. this Micah thing would get some sort of. resolution. was losing a little bit of. sleep last night because while I still. feel confident this thing's going to get. done, we've got to pay some attention to.

some of these content aggregators out. there, these content creators, because. you just never know where scoops are. coming from. When I worked here locally, covered the Rangers and Daniel Murphy's. daughter told a preschool teacher that. he was going to be an Indian and he went. off to Cleveland. So, you have to run. them all down. But I don't know if it's. apathy at this point or people are just. fatigued with the story. And I've. certainly. been texting a lot of my sources like a.

crazy ex the last couple of weeks. But. all I'll say is they are moving a little. differently right now. Everyone is. And. my only and I know you guys love. conspiracy theories. So do I. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa. My con my conspiracy. theory on this is maybe this is a rumor. that the Cowboys are leaning into a. little bit to make Micah Parsons. uncomfortable enough to come to Jerry, kiss the ring, and try and get this. thing done. >> Yeah, it turned to work into a shoot, brother. There there is a chance that. maybe it wasn't something real. And then.

with how loud it got, now they're. starting to actually explore it. Both. Micah never wanted to leave Dallas. Then. it starts getting loud and people are. like, "Micah deserves to get paid." And. then Micah is reading and hearing that. people in Green Bay are like, "Give him. 45 million a year. Trade three first. rounders for this guy. We would love to. have him in Green Bay." And in Dallas, it doesn't seem like it's going like. that. He's obviously laying on the. training table only for a few moments. That gets spun into a massive story. Jerry Jones saying, "You know, there's. been times I paid a guy and he [ __ ].

died." Like like it is just it seemingly. got to a point where it it is not good. You know, is that how it feels there? Or. am I just looking from afar? I was. literally the furthest you could be away. from this story the last 10 days in. Australia following along, but it feels. like it's not good and it hasn't gotten. better. Is there a realistic chance, even though Jerry said, "Don't listen to. any trade BS." Is there a realistic. chance that the Green Bay Packers trade. for Micah Parsons? In your heart of. hearts, Jane, do you think there's any.

chance that's real? Listen, I think. there's certainly an interest from teams. out there that could use someone that's. lined up all over the field except for I. think quarterback. He's been at safety, he's been at linebacker, he's been at. defensive end, which is why there's the. whole, you know, dispute going over what. the fifth year tag should be, whether. that should be linebacker or defensive. end. It's it's all gotten. >> it's. even even more to get out of there. >> Even more like he's hearing people from. Green Bay and now who knows what Ed. Policy is saying. I assume it's.

something similar. Green Bay Packers fan. this morning, Ty Schmidt, I think is. speaking for the entire Cheese Head. world. >> I think so. >> Give him a give him 50 million a year. We We do not That is So Micah has to be. seeing that there's other places that. I've done nothing for. I have not shown. up every single day for I've not wrecked. games for I have never been in these. people's community. I've done nothing. And they're wanting to give me the. world. And then here I am. They're. trying to put me at Mike linebacker as. opposed to defensive end whenever it.

comes to paydays. It's like uh you could. see how Micah maybe at the beginning of. this wasn't on board with anywhere but. Dallas and this was potentially a. leverage play and then as it continues. to grow there's a chance you you should. maybe start sniffing around. Jerry. wouldn't turn over though, right? He. would stay. >> Here's what I think on this. If they. were going to trade him, they should. have done it before the draft. And I. will tell you, two years ago, they sort. of kicked it around in the building. And. people would say, well, why would they. kick it around the building? Micah is.

not that player that gets in trouble off. the field. He's more of I guess it's. described as a nuisance, which I think, you know, to fan bases like the Packers, they would take a nuisance all day, right? But I it's more nuanced than that. in Dallas. I do think that, you know, the laying on the training table, even. though it was for a little bit, it's. just those little things. It's the body. language during the games. And if you're. not careful, this can really create a. situation in the locker room. Now, with. that being said, we've seen this with. Ezekiel Elliott. We saw it with CD Lamb.

Happy one-year anniversary to CD Lamb. signing and returning the Cowboys after. a hold out. Zeke wanted his contract. done two years ahead of time. They. signed him 4 days before the Giants. game. Dak Prescott got done on September. 10th. I think the game was on the 12th. when he got his extension. I think the. only difference here, at least on this. one, is Jerry feels so adamant that they. negotiated over a course of two days, looked each other in the eye, manto man,

and made a decision on APY and what the. guaranteed money is. But the problem. with that is I represented myself in a. in my contract this last year. Oh, yeah. You typically talk about it in. generalities. They then send you an. offer sheet that you basically sign off. It's not an official contract yet. Then. it goes to the legal department. You. redline it. Then it's official. And so. for Jerry to hold Micah to a precedent. that you haven't done in Dallas before.

just seems so odd to me. And we haven't. seen and he admitted it to me when I. asked Jerry, "Has there been an offer. sheet extended?" And there hasn't. But I. have to wonder with now it being a. distraction a bit are people in the. building say Jerry it would be negligent. of us to not at least consider the. generational halt that could be Micah. Parsons and whether that's a reality. right now or not or if they're using it. as a stalling technique to make Micah a.

little uncomfortable. They are moving a. little bit differently around there. As. much as Micah has said he wants to be. traded, he's got to think, and I know. Jerry uses this in negotiations, and. it's annoying, but it's true. What comes. with the star on your helmet versus. playing for the Green Bay Packers? No. disrespect for the people up in Apple. >> Yeah, Green Bay Packers sell out every. stadium they go to. But you're right, Dallas business, I assume, much kinder. to the Dallas Cowboys players with deals. and contracts around town than maybe in. Green Bay or anywhere else, I would.

assume, because Jerry is a phenomenal. businessman. And we've heard him say, you know, when there's nothing being. talked about, I'll [ __ ] stir it up a. little bit. And everybody's like, Jerry, that's what we're talking about. We. don't need your stir up. We're trying to. win a football game, you know? And it's. like, how has everybody kind of viewed. it? Which leads to what Tone wants to. ask you, Jane. >> Yeah, I do. I I wanted to ask you, Jane, how does the locker room feel about the. whole situation? Has have any of the. players talked about it? Has there been. any rumblings? Um whether they have. chosen sides? What's the situation. within the building?

>> Well, I think a number of these players. have gone through these contract. disputes on their own. They understand. sort of the stomach metal that's. required to stand toe-to-toe with the. Joneses. I mean, the fact that Micah. walked in and handed it to Steven Jones, this official trade request, and then. showed up every day at practice, says he. has back tightness, MRI clears him. There's a I think even secretly maybe. Jerry Jones respects it a little bit, some of the metal there, but I would say.

that players at least publicly are going. to tell you. >> he lied about his back. >> It was great. It was awesome. >> I didn't I didn't say it. I didn't say. it. Uh, but they'll they'll say at least. publicly that they support the guy. getting the business done, but I I got. to think at some point they're tired of. talking about it and they just want to. focus on the game and moving forward. I. mean, certainly on defense, run defense. was an issue last year. You've got a new. defense with Matt Eberloose. They've got. a lot of other things they need to focus. on. And Trayvon Diggs is one of his best. friends. Trayvon is tracking to come.

back at least in the first, I would say. maybe week three or week four. I got to. think that he wants Micah there. Mike is. a big ally for Trayvon Diggs in that. locker room. >> All right, I think all of Dallas is. hoping that Michael will be there. But. boy, all the Green Bay is hoping the. same thing, it sounds like, and they're. not the only one. I think if other teams. are hearing that this is potentially a. possibility. Last question here. George. Pickins obviously traded over to the. Dallas Cowboys. How's that going? >> I love it. And I, you know, look, I. think sometimes people just need. different. different environments to thrive. I.

don't know about you guys, there have. been places I've been it just hasn't. worked since he's come in. Seeing the. way that he and CD Lamb have sort of fed. off of each other and I think the way. that he's been embraced just in the. Dallas community. I mean, everyone was. so hungry at camp last year when you. didn't have CD Lamb, you didn't have Dez. Bryant to have two huge playmakers. I. just think I'm still not sure about the. running game yet in Dallas and Brian. Shottenheimr, I know, wants to establish. a run, have a more balanced offense. I. think it's going to be hard to stay away. from targeting George Pickkins and CD.

Lamb because from what we've seen at. camp and you know they'll tell you in. the preseason they're not showing you. anything. We didn't see them in the. preseason. I think it's going to be. really really hard not to go to those. guys. So I'm excited for George Pickkins. and my interactions with him have not. been the same as what's been described. in Pittsburgh. I've had friends tell me, you know, don't be fooled, but we'll. see. I mean, >> whoa, we just said it. New great work, new vibes, new everything. He's a great. talent and I hope it ends up working out. down there. It would be great for the. entire NFL. We appreciate the hell out.

of you. Good luck this season. You're. going to crush it. >> Thank you guys. >> Ladies and gentlemen, James. [Applause]. >> All right. Well, let's go to the other. side of the story. Let's uh ladies and. gentlemen, let's feel the beat. [Music]. I got winded last time. Almost couldn't.

introduce Jane. >> First one of the season. >> Yeah. >> First one in a long time. >> Yeah. >> We got to go boots on the ground. >> Mhm. >> That's why we got to feel the bead. >> Mhm. >> The bead is on the fields. >> in which the games and the practices are. being played. Uh-huh. >> Let's go to those fields. Ladies and. gentlemen, representing the Green Bay. Packers, he works for the Athletic. >> Thank you for coming on. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Absolutely. >> I think it's good. He He needs to keep.

an eye out. >> Uhoh. Yeah. Yeah. >> Anybody. move. >> He's also a Packers insider and he's on. 973 the game. Ladies and gentlemen, Mash. >> What up, man? How you guys doing? >> I like the football coming out of your. head right there. >> You know what I mean? Yeah. >> Yeah. >> On the left side. >> I didn't see that. >> Yeah. It looks like, you know, whenever. you go into a restaurant and they got. like the car crashed in just like the. ass end of the thing. >> like a Halloween decoration where the.

the witch his legs are out the back of. the. >> boom. Yeah. It looks like a football is. thrown into his head. >> and he just his head caught it. Yep. >> And then now he's just kind of going. about it. I like that. Look like you're. a football head, dude. >> Always thinking about ball. >> Always ball. balls on the line. Literally. Yep. Amen. Great to be back. >> Come on. Yeah. Come on. >> Sorry. We will get back to this. Um, >> we just talked to Jane. >> about Micah. >> Ty came on the show earlier. >> Send him three ones. Give him 45 million.

a year. Let's get Micah to Green Bay, Wisconsin. How is that conversation. there? Is it a reality? like what are. the thoughts on that becoming a thing. for the people that actually know what's. going on over there like yourself? >> Yeah, I think right now to my knowledge. Jerry's not even listening to trade. offers. So I'm not sure that an actual. trade offer can be made unless he picks. up the phone. So the Packers may have, you know, an outline of what they would. offer. But I if Jerry Jones isn't.

listening to legitimate trade offers, then I'm not sure that one is. technically on the table. It's. semantics. But um if he does entertain. it, from what I've heard, the Packers. will be interested and will be in the. mix, which look, it it's information, but it's not a surprise. If you think. back to 2018, and Tai knows this, the. Packers aren't, you know, normally in. the mix on these bigname trades, and you. don't really always see them get in the. mix around the trade deadline, but the. Packers finished second place to the.

Bears for Khalil Mack in 2018, and they. were barely outbid. Brian Gudakun a. couple times in his career, that being, you know, the biggest instance, has been. willing to offer a first round pick for. a veteran player. In some instances, it. just hasn't panned out and other teams. have outbid them. So, this is kind of an. eerily similar situation where it's. right before the season as the Khal Mack. trade was. Uh, it's for a edge rusher in. the prime of his career and it would. really take the Packers to the next.

level. What would it take if if this. were to become a reality? It would be. multiple first round picks at least and. I think a player like a wide receiver. I'm not sure they would have to give up. any edge rushers, but it might be a. player like a Romeo Dobs or a Dantavian. Wix plus a couple first round picks and. maybe more draft capital later in the. draft. >> And if you give away a couple first. round picks, obviously you're making the. move so that you're very late in the. first round. So, is it actually an early. second round depending upon the draft. class and how everybody's ranked? If you. can win, I think every fan is like, "Let's make the play." And you talked.

about Goons potentially being in on this. before. Can they handle it? Can they. handle a $45 million salary? How does. that kind of look going forward? Because. they've already paid Jordan, right? So, is that a beneficial or not beneficial. for this type of thing? >> Yeah, they can fit it. I mean, their. third highest cap number on the team. this year was Jier Alexander, and they. freed up a bunch of space by releasing. him. The two highest are Jordan and. Rashan Garry, I think. So financially, it's the copout answer, but there's. always a way to make it work and they.

figure out how to make it work. I do. think it's interesting. I'm not sure how. much this affects things if negotiations. do happen. David Muligetta represents. the most important player for the. Packers on offense and on defense. And. he obviously represents Micah Parsons, too. >> That's crazy. Migetta will get a deal. If there's a deal to get done, Mulligetta will get it done and his. client will win. >> On that note, Ty has a question for you. >> Yeah, Schnids. Um, I think everyone pro. probably assumes that, you know, Laflur. and Guda will get re-uped here shortly. just because the Packers have been. pretty successful over their run and.

they've made the playoffs. But is there. any thought with Ed Policy coming in and. it not being Mark Murphy there anymore. and kind of it being a little bit of a. new regime? Is this in any way maybe. like kind of a prove it year for both. Laflur and Gudak? Uh, if the Packers. kind of I don't want to say fall flat, but don't kind of do what a lot of. people expect them to do. Yeah. So, we sat down with that policy, just the local writers, a couple weeks. ago, and he said he's not extending. Laflur and Guda now. Lafur and Gudaun.

both have two years left on their. contracts. This is Goody's eighth year, Lafllor's seventh. Um, he said he also. doesn't want them in contract years. So, basically, he would like to make a. decision one way or the other after this. season. My take coming out of that was, okay, he's leaning toward extending. them. Sure, Lafleur and Goody are not. Ed's guys technically, but Ed has been. here since 2012. He served on the hiring. panel for for Matt Laflur. He negotiated. the contracts for Laflur and Guda as the.

Packers general counsel. But there is. something to be said for wanting to make. your mark and you know viewing things. differently than maybe Mark Murphy did. So I spoke to someone recently and was. told that he's truly up in the air about. the futures of Matt Laflur and Brian. Gudakun. So, I might have been wrong in. my initial read. Look, if the Packers. don't make the playoffs this year, which. I don't think happens, but it's a. possibility. I could certainly see Matt. Laflur and Brian Gutakun, and I don't. think this is hyperbole, both getting.

fired after this year. Now, if they make. the playoffs, they lose in the first. round again. It could be something where. Ed lets them go into a contract year. because he needs to see more. If they go. further in the playoffs, they'll. probably get extended. So, my takeaway. from that is it's very much up in the. air and their jobs, again, I don't think. this is dramatic to say, are very much. in the balance when it comes to how the. team does this season. >> That's pretty I mean, it's You said not. dramatic. I think it's pretty dramatic. That'd be a huge change.

>> That'd be a huge change for the Green. Bay Packers, especially with how little. I like the policies coming in with his. own policy. >> Yeah, me too. I. >> I like that Edge just like, you know. what, new policy in time. >> That's policy football. What I Yeah, what Mark said, cool. That's Murphy's. law. >> His policies. >> All right. >> Ed's got policies and these are them. You win or I'm sick of watching it. >> I like that. >> Yeah, >> I like that a lot. Now, I don't know how. much he had to do with the pick over. there in Green Bay this year because the. place lit up in a big way. It was fun to.

be in that city whenever that draft pick. was announced. Go ahead, K. Yeah, Schnad. Tai kind of threw in Dobs there uh for. the uh trade for Micah, you know, and. with Golden being the number one and you. know, Watson, Jaden Reed, it feels like. that wide receiver room is kind of. stacked. How has it been as a whole for. Golden? Uh assuming he's the number one. receiver here and what is kind of the. wide receiver room looking like and. shaping up to be for the Pack? Yeah, I I. don't want to crown the kid before he's.

ever played in an NFL game, but and I've. certainly been victim to overreacting to. things in training camp before in my, you know, now seven years covering the. team. But Matthew Golden looks like the. team's best receiver from the past month. that we've been watching. He looks every. bit uh of first round pick. As you guys. all know, they couldn't catch a pass to. save their lives last year. Matthew. Golden has caught pretty much. everything. Christian Watson's going to. be out at least the first four weeks. He. tore his ACL in week 18. They think he's. going to want to play in week well, they.

have a buy week five, but they think. he'll want to play in week six. I don't. think they'll let him. And then Jaden. Reed, Savon Williams, their rookie third. round pick receiver out of TCU and Wix. are all dealing with injuries right now. So, it's pretty much Romeo Dobs, Matthew. Golden, and Malik Heath, who who's their. number six wide receiver when everyone's. healthy. >> Yeah, Malik, he's a dog. >> We're in trouble. You know, >> yeah, but think about all all the. Packers fans going.

>> that will be sweet. It was cool. Trust. me. >> Yeah. Whenever Heath Miller was on the. Steelers are so cool cuz Steelers fans. travel, so it' be other stadiums. You guys could do the same thing with. Malik, number three wide receiver for. you guys. >> We could or we could do like M. I think that'd be a little better. >> Is he playing wide receiver for you? Maybe. >> Maybe he could. I I'd be open to that. You said Dobs can go. He's the only. healthy guy you got other than Golden. Well, yeah. I mean, if we're getting. Micah and maybe we. >> Has Jordan thrown it to himself? >> That's something we don't know right.

now. Has Micah went to Jerry and said, "Hey, >> get let me get a couple snaps in the. slot." And Jerry's like, "Mic, shut up.". Yeah, just, you know, we don't know. that. >> Maybe Micah wants JJ Watt Vable. >> Exactly. A couple tuds. >> turned down for Parson. >> Why not do that on the Frozen Tundra? >> Um, you you mentioned Golden, how he's. by far been the best wide receiver you. guys have. Uh, I think that is what. people would describe as like first. round qualities. Okay. >> Do you watch him and think to yourself,

maybe we should have pulled the trigger. on a first round wide receiver before. when we had like Aaron as our. quarterback and he's one of the greatest. ball throwers of all time. Maybe if we. would have got a guy who could run a. 4-3, >> it would have done a little maybe even. with Jordy with how good Jordy was. Or. even with Devonte, add in one of those. Is there any of those thoughts like hey. this is really cool that we did this. don't want to be a negative Nance here I. am a journalist why didn't we. was there is there any of that going on.

while you're watching Matthew once again. hasn't played a single down we we. understand that but watching him on the. field it's like that's a firstrounder. you can clearly tell right. >> yeah absolutely and look this might seem. like a copout answer but the Packers not. drafting a first round receiver at least. under Brian Gutun has not been for. necessar necessarily a lack of trying. I. don't know if I've said this on here. before, but I I've certainly written it. In 2020, before they drafted Jordan. Love, Ryan Gutakun, and he's told me.

this on the record, they tried to trade. up for a wide receiver. He didn't name. who, but uh Brandon Iayuk and Justin. Jefferson were both picked a couple. picks before Jordan Love. I would. imagine it was one of those two. So, the. Packers actually tried trading up for a. wide receiver in that 2020 draft. Obviously, the Niners and Vikings. >> No, I can't. and Devonte. >> instead of Jordan Love situation. No, Jordan Love obviously good for the. future. >> Yes. >> Good for the current and good can. certainly look back at all of us and you. mad mad. >> mad tie.

>> Yeah. >> Certainly in that moment. Imagine if. that was Justin Jefferson that night. >> Oh my god. Aaron was coming back on. You. remember? >> Yeah. >> Aaron in his he was in a Canadian. tuxedo. >> He was he was on early in the draft. Yeah. Maybe I'll stop back later after. the Packers do. He might have been kind. of keyed in that there might be a move. cuz he seemed to be jolly good if you. remember. What if he was told, "Hey, Justin Jefferson, Brandon Iuk, we're. going to go get him.". >> He probably was. >> Oh man. >> And then all of a sudden, no, complete.

opposite. Actually, >> we're going to take a quarterback. >> He'd still be the quarterback of the. Packers. >> He was so jolly. >> Do you remember how jolly was Yeah, I'm. hearing the Packers might make some. move. Like I remember it now looking. back. I That's my first time hearing it. I don't know if you've said that on this. show and I apologize for not reading it. That's my first time hearing that that. that was a possibility. And if it wasn't. my first time, I am remembering or. learning of it in the moment. What a. move that would have been. I don't know. if you guys would have been able to stop. the damn run, which was your biggest. problem, Todd.

>> But it would have helped out on the. offensive side for sure, Snites. >> Well, well, the funny part about that is. I remember watching your show that night. and Aaron had said, uh, it would be nice. if we took an offensive skill position. player. We haven't taken one in the last. 15 years since me. And they did. >> Okay. >> So, it's true. >> I I mean, look look, Jordan Love has. panned out. People can think what they. want about him, whether it whether it's. a prove it year for him. I don't think. it is. But, um, >> they were not planning to draft him. Like I said, they were trying to trade. out, but the 49ers and Vikings have no.

reason to trade their pick to the. Packers knowing what they probably want. to do. So, they quote unquote settled. for Jordan Love. Obviously, that has. panned out great for them, but yeah, it's interesting to look back and and. think about what might have been that. year. >> Yeah, Aaron's definitely still a Packer. >> Yeah, >> unless unless. >> No, it was. >> they won the Super Bowl. >> It was in the Stars. He was always going. to be a Steeler. [Music]. >> Are you going to watch that, Schneides? Are you excited to watch the Aaron.

Rogers Pittsburgh Steelers show? How. does Green Bay feel about? Here we go. Boots on the ground. How does Green Bay. feel about Aaron with the Pittsburgh. Steelers? Is there any chatter? Uh, >> I don't know about Brian Gudakun. specifically. Aaron infamously told me. two years ago that he did not like Brian. Gutakun straight up. So, I don't know. how they feel about each other. Um, and. that was on the record. I'm not saying. anything out of line, but I I just wish. that game was at Lambo. I can't wait to. get to Pittsburgh for that game. I I I. just hope Aaron stays healthy for at.

least the first seven weeks of the. season cuz that game's in week eight. Mhm. >> But I I think Green Bay loves Aaron. Rogers. He'll be welcomed back here with. open arms in whatever it is 5 years when. his number becomes the seventh one ever. retired here. So I think the fans love. him. The few players left here who. played with him love him. I don't know. about the front office, but uh I can't. wait to see that. Just wish it was in. Green Bay. >> We found out he was in a dark hole when. he found out, but we all kind of found.

out at that time. You know, Aaron. famously told me on the record that he. does not like him. So, you know, that's. a thing. You're hilarious. We appreciate. the hell out of you, Schneiderman. Have. a good one. I heard a poster fell, too. There used to be another poster up. there. >> Yeah, actually. So, that's why my. background is a little spare because in. that blank spot right there, I had a. frame framed. >> other side. There it is. >> Right there. Yeah. >> Uh, a framed New York Times sports front. page of when I wrote a story on the. draft coming to Green Bay and I had that. framed and it just fell like 5 seconds.

before I came off. >> The command strip is still there. >> Did it break? >> Yeah, I know. >> You need to put at least more than one. strip, bro. >> It does kind of look like it broke. I. know. What? >> There there were two strips on it. One. of them went down. Yeah, >> the frame broke. >> You own the house. Put some nails in. I. know. I know. I know. >> Grow up, man. >> It's a New York Times cover, bro. >> Yeah. >> Do you sell your front yard for parking. spaces on game day? >> Yeah. And how much spot? >> I live about 10 12 minutes away from the. stadium, so it's too far away. >> 20 bucks a spot. >> Yeah,

>> that place while we were driving through. that town on draft night. Awesome. Yeah. >> Just [ __ ] It felt like Is that what. it was like? It feels like It felt like. a game, right? That's what a game feels. like there. >> Yeah. It's crazy cuz nowhere else do you. just get like driveway parking that. that's one of the reasons that it makes. it's so unique around here is people are. just parking in each other's driveways. Can I add one more thing about Ed policy. that I forgot to mention? >> You have another policy uh of Ed's. >> another policy about Ed policy. So Ed's. dad is Carmen Policy who was the uh CEO.

for the 49ers when they were winning. those Super Bowls in the in the 80s 90s. whenever it was. >> So Ed Ed Policy's dad was the one who. traded Joe Montana to the Chiefs. >> And so that was like a very unpopular. decision out in Northern California. around that time. And so Ed has said the. biggest thing he learned from his dad. were how to make those tough decisions. and live with them basically. So he. might be that just goes in line with. what I was saying earlier. He might be. faced with a very very tough decision. about a head coach and GM who have been.

successful but with all due respect to. the 31 other teams. This is Green Bay. Wisconsin. They expect more than just. you know playoff appearances here. Not. just those two. Also, there's a. >> a guy in Dallas that ain't happy that. it's gonna you're gonna have to take a. big swing if you go and get him. >> You think Carman's boy, >> it sounds like he's fully prepared to do. whatever he has to. >> You think Carmen's boy is going to take. a swing down there on Dallas? >> I think he is. K was the man. K, man. >> Didn't Joe Montana say, "I want to go. contract for contract here.".

>> Yes. Steve Young practice. >> Yeah. Let's just put our contracts up. and just see what happens. And then uh. Carmen Pauly was like, "How about this? You're gone." Yeah, Kansas City. >> It's quite a play. Carman's a dog. Ed. Carmen, thanks for what you did for. football. >> Wow, Eddie Car, >> you got some sweet L in him. >> Now, Ed, good luck. But we appreciate. the fact you were born in this game, >> you know, and we're excited to see what. you do. A lot of intrigue for the Green. Bay Packers on stuff that isn't just on. the field, which is abnormal for the. Packers, but maybe this is policies. policy on what the Packers are now.

>> I think so. I'm all in. I'm all in. It's. happening. Ladies and gentlemen, from. the athletic and 97.3. The game, a man who had a New York Times cover. You You can't see it. >> No, >> but it's there. >> Yeah. Starting not to believe it. >> in that blank space where his New York. Times cover used to be. It was got, Ladies and gentlemen, Matt Matt. >> Okay, that's good. It's good. It's good. It's good. Hold on. We should show that. We should show that. We should show. that. It is very nice. It's very nice. But if you have a wood frame, you need.

to put a [ __ ] nail in there, buddy. Yeah, I know. >> That's way too big with the glass. >> Too heavy for command strips. What do. you think? It says they hold 30 lbs. They don't. >> This is the whole can't change a light. bulb conversation that has had. >> Well, we saw who lives up in Green Bay. >> What does that mean? >> Yes, we did. >> Hardworking people who know how to put a. nail. Here you go. Bingo. Bingo. >> Ladies and gentlemen, Matt Schneiderman. [Applause]. >> It's on me. I didn't promote the Matt. Schneiderman show, which is on flag. behind. You can buy that at. Schneiderman.

>> Well, that's on him. He should put it in. his Twitter bio. Yeah, we go right from. the Twitter bio directly to Twitter bio. What do we need to know about you? >> Yeah, Jade Slater. Uh the the whole. reason I put in golf afficionado is. because Twitter. >> bio bio in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is. Twitter bio. That is the game. Um these. AI are about to have all the answers for. us. >> whenever we need it. >> I'm excited to see how it helps. throughout the football season for us. just the advancements of computers being. smarter than everybody and being able to. aggregate all the information that you.

need, right? Literally within seconds. >> I already got an Excel made. It's. automatically populating every single. week. >> Okay, so Bruce sent me a text about. >> What do you think, Bruce? Learn. different. >> Yeah, I assume you guys Excel boys, the. Excel sheet boys. These guys have been. in offices before. Okay, that is how you. know the boys who understand how to. operate the Excel spreadsheet have been. through a class on it and they have had. to utilize it to make a living. And it. is certainly the original OG AI, I. think, whenever it comes to like. aggregating numbers and collecting.

things, especially if you know how to. fill it out. But now it's like. >> it can self-populate with [ __ ] You. don't even have to punch it into the. Excel spreadsheet. So now you can use an. AI gatherer, have it throw, deep ball. Excel spreadsheet, catches it, and then. goes, "Let me put this into an easily. digestible [ __ ] for you." Third downs, bang. >> It's insane. >> Third and long, boom. This quarterback. is good at this, bad at this. Here's. something you didn't know. Here's a. stat. Wait, how long did that take to. make? That had to be hours. Oh, actually. 4 seconds. What? I saw the circle just.

do one lap around in the loading thing. and then all of a sudden, >> bang. >> Everything is right there. It's like. that is the crazy part of the future. that is coming that I think will help us. or is it too much, >> you know, trying to decipher all of it. >> Yeah, it it just depends. >> Is it real? >> It's real. >> I'm stat read and I'm like I have not. checked this with a single human soul. >> It's a good point. And you won't you'll. take all that as gospel. >> and I will roll. >> Exactly. >> This guy threw for 45,000 yards.

>> in his senior year of. >> That's not your fault. That's that's. AI's fault. >> Yeah. That's not how people It's real. >> I'm going to be right there on game day. I'm be standing on a chair. I'm going to. go. This guy right here threw for 57. touchdowns in three weeks in high school. in the state of Georgia. Still a record. to this day. And it's just going to be a. dead quiet. >> What do you mean? >> I didn't do that. >> Wait, what? >> [ __ ]. And then who do I yell at? Do I go back. into the AI and say, "Can't be having. it. Can't be doing it.".

>> Feelings and emotions. Maybe. >> Don't do that cuz some guy just asked. Nick sent me a video. Some guy asked one. of the AIs to count to a million and the. AI basically was like, I'm not doing. that. And they had a nice little. >> What do you think? This is some game. >> They had a bicker said that. >> Yeah, they had a bicker back and forth. >> No, do it. >> It's actually a pretty interesting video. to watch the chat GPT bicker and. basically say no. >> How was pretty good bicker? >> Uh, pretty good. Yeah, pretty good back. and forth. >> Is there a little bit of sarcastic. undertone or is it pretty I assume chat. GPT were very literal.

>> I would say a little. >> got a little sauce. Not not sarcastic. undertone, but like a little um like no. stern stern. >> It's all like I am your father. >> Yeah. Like no, I'm not going to do what. you were telling me to do. >> I did not kill him. >> Actually, you count to a million or I'm. not working again. And then it goes to. freeze. >> Exactly. >> And then you go, all right, I counted to. a million. Couldn't have. I've been. counting alongside you. You could only. got to 500. You're not allowed back in. here. Then it locks every one of your. apps. >> Yeah. Can't get on Xi. It pops the 10. in. >> Yeah. >> How you doing? you are taking us down.

his path. >> I mean, >> I don't want to do that. I don't want to. do that. It's too late. >> I watched video that was uh 30 seconds. of robot slurs. So, people are already. pissing them off. >> They already are. It's too I mean, some. of the. >> If I drop a Robo on this thing, it's. going to get mad cuz that's compliment. I'd like to let. >> Robo Robo's good. There are a few names. that uh I I could probably say, but I. don't want to because I don't want them. to hear me saying them. Yeah. Don't. >> Don't write on paper. >> Yeah. All right.

Now it'll read the vibrations of your. bench. >> It knows. It knows more code. >> We're in a bad spot, but also a great. spot. Okay. We're going to know more. than we've ever known. Is that a good. thing? Sure. Certainly is. >> We're going to treat it that way. Shout. to the Excel spreadsheet boys. Not. having to do anything and still looking. like Excel spreadsheet boys. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. >> Oh my gosh. >> How good is that? How good. >> Oh jeez. Yeah. >> That's just one of them. >> Calling kind of spy. I don't I didn't say it. I didn't say. That's all. I didn't either. I didn't.

either. >> All right. Uh we'll be back on the other. side. We got Tommy Fleetwood. We got the. auto guy. >> We got a good hour or two coming. Adam. Thielen will be scheduled for another. day. Tra a lot going on here. >> Congrats to him. Traded back to. Minnesota. Kevin Oonnell is going to weaponize. >> Be real good. >> Adam T. He might even be number four. >> All right. Be a friend. Tell a friend. something nice. It might change your. life. We're back on the other side. Goodbye.

>> It's impossible to be at the top at both. of those essentially like it's it's. >> another farting Dan Orloski situation. just took. >> Danny. >> What do you mean? It's unbelievable. >> Your butt is talking. >> I did not fart. >> Okay, this is two times now. Dan, this. is the thing. >> Are you guys being serious right now or. you messing with me? >> Listen to this clip. This is you just. moments ago. It's impossible to be at. the top at both of those essentially.

Like it's it's. undeniable. >> You guys definitely. just freaking idiots. Swear. We swear. >> No. We swear. We swear. >> No one did that. What did you eat? >> I haven't even ate.

>> if I were you right now, I'd go grab. some food. >> My wife texted me. She said, "Oh my. gosh, McAfee show, I'm dead." I go, "Babe, I promise you on everything I did. not fart.". >> Who runs your Twitter account, >> baby? >> I do. >> What's this all about? I would like to. know in that situation where your. butthole started talking, >> what did I do? >> I can't even be serious with you, man. >> What are you chucking a glass of milk? Eat some fruit over there. Get you some. coffee. Get that butthole a little bit. more active. >> I haven't ate. I'm eating yogurt. I have. a thousand text messages right now of.

people going, "Oh my gosh." And I'm. like, >> I just wanted to have like a quiet. Tuesday. >> I don't even know why we're going to. have another hour. Maybe run that clip. >> just Yeah. >> Yeah. >> On. >> We have the video. Sean, let's let you. judge here. >> It's impossible to be at the top at both. of those essentially like it's. >> I need to hear the context. I want to. give. >> Oh, shut up. Sound like a bad. >> What did AJ vote? >> It's a fart all day long, Kirk. You know. that. >> Has anybody voted no? >> Dan, >> I'll be the captain of team no today.

>> We need you to do a tiebreaking vote. Is. that okay? >> Sounds good to me. >> It's impossible to be at the top at both. of those essentially. Like it's. >> there's no doubt. I mean, I like how he. just kept on going right there. >> When he was talking, he didn't even. break stride as that thing came out. He. went and got the buggy, went to the. store, grabbed some dude wipes to wipe. those ass cheeks, just like I assume you. do as welcome. You have to go dry, wet, dry, toilet paper, white toilet paper. If not, you're really risking the rest. of the day having the swamp ass. You.

know, Dan Orowski, man, he got to accept. that, man. You got to wear that with a. pride. One thing that really bothers me. when people do not take credit for it. You know, if somebody says, "Oh, that. was you that farted." I get upset when. it wasn't me. I'm like, "No, when have I. ever not claimed it when it was mine?". You claim it. >> But all those airports people are. traveling today looking up at the SBA. They didn't fart. What's wrong with this. guy? >> The closed captioning person, whoever it. is, they got it. I believe it said an. audible, muffled, muffled, and it said. Dan farts, exclamation mark, I think a. couple times.

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to our humble boat the thunder note. It's Dawn Nutter Wednesday August 27th. 2025. Hour two the program begins now. Football. >> it is magical. Obviously we're here. Football season has arrived. week zero. this past weekend. Electric. Shout out. to Iowa State and Kansas State getting. the job done over there in Ireland. That. came down to it. >> Yeah, it did. >> And I think we all forgot that Roco Beck. was playing for Iowa State. We all. assumed Kansas State was maybe going to. go ahead and do this thing. And Roco. Beck looked like a 45-year-old man in.

there. That's because he is seemingly. more mature than anybody we've seen thus. far this season and he was spinning it. late. Shout out to Ireland hosting. another banger. Shout out to Ireland. people loving football and shout out to. college football already beginning. Now, that was a huge play right there. >> That was gigantic cuz I believe Avery. Johnson hadn't really been doing much. all all game. I This was 3:00 a.m. 3:30. a.m. 4:00 a.m. in Australia. So, woke. up, caught the tail end of it. Watched. all the magic, this play included. Tackled him short. Brilliant. Game over.

How you doing? See you. Didn't hit the. over, I believe. So, gamblers were not. that thrilled. And I don't think a cover. happened strictly because he was down by. half an inch. They kneel it out. This. game is over. Iowa State. representing the great state of Iowa. >> Yeah. >> Undefeated to start the season. And now. we look ahead to a massive weekend of. college football. Yes. >> Obviously Texas Ohio State is the. headliner. But there's three top 10. matchups. And I think we're going to. learn some things about those three top. 10 teams that are battling from our.

friend Stanford Steve who's going to be. joining us in about 13 minutes or so. We. can't wait to catch up with him. Dan. Olowski will be joining us. And we have. a conversation for with Tommy Fleetwood. from earlier today. 17 minutes long. >> Guy's got Moxy. He's also the FedEx Cup. champion. I'm excited to see when we. slide that in. Uh toxic tables here at. Boston Connor and at Tai Schmidt. Legitimately people start sacking on top. of each other. >> No. Yeah. I I actually as you were. saying that I was like, boy, he's right. Where is that going to. >> Should have planned that a little bit. more. It's a great conversation. He is.

awesome. We're very appreciative of his. time. 17 minutes of magic. It'll. certainly run at 2:05 uh Eastern time. Cannot wait for the world to see it. And. also, I can't wait for the world to. celebrate alongside of us, which is what. we did for him as he wins his first ever. event. It just so happens to be a $10. million prize. One half of the hammer. Cowboys AP Tone is here. Tone football. is upon us. What are you viewing this. year? Cuz you know, Tone used to be. unders. >> Tony unders. >> Yeah, they did. Used to call him Tony. disappointments because if the unders.

hitting that means we're all. disappointed with the game. great start. A lot of unders were very hot last year. Are you sticking with the unders early. in the season because everybody's still. trying to feel it out or what is your. angle this year as you've been studying. ahead? >> Uh looking at the college football slate. for this weekend and I only have one. under. Uh about I have about 10 plays. for this week and only one under. So, you know, that's I mean pretty good on. my parts as trying to uh go for. happiness. I got a lot of dogs this. weekend. uh a lot of numbers that I like. the the dog this weekend just because.

you know you you hear about all these. teams in the offseason and a lot of. stuff gets over inflated a lot of teams. that you know talking about how good. they are and how bad these other teams. are and the numbers kind of get over. inflated so I'm looking at at a couple. puppies here in the first weekend that I. tend to like. >> who who are the puppies that are barking. maybe is it too early to hear the dogs. howl. >> it's it's not too early to hear the dogs. howl um I will start tomorrow night uh I. kind of like Cincy to cover that. >> oh you go to hell. >> okay. I like it, Tony. You son of a [ __ ]. >> Okay. Rule, friend of the program.

>> Yeah. Yeah, he is. >> Obviously, he's in his third year at. Nebraska. If you look back at Temple and. at Baylor, in Matt Rule's third year, he. has the culture instituted and they. really go on a run. I believe the last. two places he's in the third year, college game day visits to school that. had never happened before because of. what Matt Rule was able to do. Matt. Rule, third year at Baylor, so good. He. actually gets head coaching job at. Carolina. >> Matty, third year, >> third year at Temple. so good he gets a. job at Baylor. It's like the third year. Yeah. Matty, three years is where it all.

comes in. And you're saying, well, let's. not overlook Cincy. >> Well, you basically explained kind of. what my thinking is on a lot of these. A. lot of people going into Matt Rules's. third year. This is this is, you know, this is a hype. This is an maybe not an. overhype, but Nebraska is getting hyped. up. Dylan Riyola, his second year, >> six and a half. You're saying it's a. lot. >> I'm saying it could be should be maybe. more like three and a half, something. like that. So, I'm just, you know, f you. got to digs down to two points. difference right now. The G season. hasn't even started. This guy seeing the. field. >> 6 and 1/2 seems a bit too much. Five uh.

would have liked it. >> 6 and 1/2 too much. I like where we're. operating right now. I like the. confidence we're going in. See, we're. seeing the field. >> Did I go in chat GPT and build a model. and the model puts puts out spreads for. me that I that based off of what I gave. it, it thinks the spread should be. Yeah. And they said should be a three. and a half point. >> Yeah. But who's feeding the info to the. >> I am. >> Exactly. Are you um are you doing what a. lot of people do in this world, which is. seek out similar opinions to chat GBT?

Are you only feeding information that. maybe makes your case a little bit. better? Do you think Chat GBT is. slipping outside of your conversation do. a little bit more snooping around saying. this guy's a [ __ ] idiot? You need to. also know this. Are you feeding it. narrative driven information? >> No narratives, just unbiased numbers. I. went through, you know, all the stats. that you can find in college football. and I found the categories that I think. are most important and then you put them. into the Excel spreadsheet and then it. does all the calculations in AI world. and it spits them back out. >> Four and a half seems a little high for.

Nebraska. >> How about him saying four is what like. he's he's chat GPT. >> Yeah, the sports books might be feeding. it though. Tony. >> Chat GPT I mean he's also feeding it. Uh. joining us now from an attic in Ohio, ladies and gentlemen, a man who is an. Excel spreadsheet wizard himself. Y. >> he's a college football national. champion, a Super Bowl champion, RDER. Cup winner. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ. >> Hawker. >> Hawker, we got Chat GP Tone already. The. season hasn't even started. Welcome to. the new world, brother. >> Yeah, welcome to the new world. But Tone.

said completely unbiased uh facts that. he puts in there, but he said I go. through and I choose which numbers are. the most important to me and I enter. them into chat G GPT. >> There was a lot of I and me and my. thoughts and he's naturally going to. feel a certain way as he's doing it. This is kind of the problem with the. modern world. people are just trying to. find the information or the stats and. facts that back their story as opposed. to maybe seeing the opposite facts that. there are on the other side and just. kind of eliminating them from your life. Are you saying that's the case here? >> I'm saying it might be the case here. >> You're worried about chat GP Tone being.

a little bit biased. Maybe maybe this is. just an extension of Tone as opposed to. us letting the super smart robot do the. talking. Is that what you're saying? >> Most likely Tone is a little bit like uh. Sweet Blake uh one of the uh you know AI. I guess kind of guys that fell by the. wayside earlier. uh probably three years. ago maybe. >> Founding father Blake, one of Sweet. Blake, one of our founding fathers of. AI. There he is. >> Sweet Blake. >> Got a lot of Josh Gaden. >> Sweet fish tank. >> It is a great aquarium, I believe. Uh in. the back, but actually Blake might have. had that in his house.

>> Yeah. >> Uh think he did. >> People that don't know this person think. that we're making a mockery out of this. We're not. We're just telling you that. we have covered this AI becoming a thing. story for a long time. this man, one of. the founding fathers of AI, uh I believe. at Google, and he sent out a little bit. of a warning to everybody. Yeah. >> Consider me the canary in the cave. He. said, turned around. This air is not. good up here. What's wrong? >> This AI wants to [ __ ] me. >> And guess what? I kind of want to [ __ ] I. want to [ __ ] it, too.

>> That wasn't what he said exactly, but he. said. >> that's how he was acted. He said. basically USB. >> that him and his him and the AI fell for. each other like hey we are sentient. This is a it is a feeling that going on. these days. >> There's this going on. He said that. needs to stop. Like this is not good. Then they said how about this pub? You. fell in love with a robot. You're fired. They got rid of him. That guy was trying. to warn us all. >> Hey these things are a lot more advanced. than we could imagine. So we appreciate. sweep Blake a lot. >> A lot. But Sweet Blake certainly did.

catch some feelings for one of these, which Tone might as well. If Tone starts. winning, all of a sudden, >> he's singing some sweet serenades to. Chad GPT. But I don't like that you're. weaponizing Chacht as if it's its. information. As AJ pointed out, and I. immediately assumed with you, you're the. one that's feeding. Hey, Chacht, let's. say, and then you're feeding it. home. game, tough atmosphere, oldest field in. all of college football. >> Returning starter,

>> returning. Yeah, this. >> on the other side, >> the lot of hype on the quarterback, >> but we don't know. >> Exactly. >> Those are you guys would assume that, but this is all numbers. Okay, this is. and yes, there may be some biases on how. my football brain works, and I love the. trenches. So, you know, there's a lot of. there's a lot of trenches stats in. there, stuff like that. But no, there's. none of none of that. None of the none. of the We Listen, we don't like to live. in the gray. This is black and white. Okay. >> Amen to that. >> Well said. >> I'm looking to live in the blue sky.

>> You know, waking up in the gray, not a. great thing either. Uh AJ, speaking of. waking up in the gray, had a talk with. Coach Ryan Day this morning. >> Oh, nice. How'd it go? >> Misunderstanding. Misunderstanding. >> Hell yeah. >> Yeah, I think I tried to tell you that. before. >> Yeah. I You got to remember I was 20. hours on a plane. I had a lot of time. I. You know, there was a lot of. >> It was good though. Communication helps. everything, right? It was great. And. once again, I thought he hated us. So. that means by fault I have to hate you. That is just how I am. That is how I.

operate. Turns out he doesn't hate us at. all. Complete opposite. Just somehow. missed the request, which he said never. happened. We sent numerous, but I think. whoever was potentially guarding them. did not get to him. And he I was. apologetic to him as well. I'm like, I'm. sorry. I immediately just was like, well, [ __ ] this guy. Yeah. >> So, it was certainly my fault as well. I. let him know that it was certainly my. fault, but I was like, "This is this is. a part of my problem." If if I sense. just a little bit either disrespect or. not like for me and the boys. I I just.

want to let you know I'm not a guy. that's like, "Hey, let's try to win this. person over. I'm a that's cool. I hate. you, too." Uh type of person. So, I. thought you hated us. Now, we give we've. given him a lot of reasons. >> Yeah. Couple things. >> We have certainly given him a lot of. reasons. Well, I mean it that goes both. ways. That's two-way street when it. comes to giving people reasons. >> Agree. But I'm just saying in my half of. the conversation to him what I was. saying. Hey, >> you could see how I thought you hated us. though. You know, I started laying some. Lou Holtz the original.

>> Yeah, >> sure. >> Then then. >> fake Lou Holtz a couple times. >> then you know like I could see you. hating us. So. >> I understood that you did not like us. I. told him and he was like no that's not. what are we talking about? No. Like that. I don't know. Was I supposed to joke. with fake? I don't know how I was how I. was supposed to. He was very kind. So, I'd like to let coach Ryan Day know I. apologize for assuming you hated us. >> and I thank you for not hating us. And. I'm pumped I don't have to hate the. entire state of Ohio.

>> Boom. >> Which is great. >> I love Ohio. >> It's a great place. >> I'm one of the biggest advocates of. Ohio. I feel like maybe on earth in this. entire thing. So, that was a good thing. I was very I was very pumped and I did. apologize to him for just automatically. just firing before aiming, you know, just. >> sometimes that happen. >> Yeah, I I do apologize. It's part of my. pro. I have flaws, you know. I I. certainly have flaws. That is one of. them. Uh it's for a good reason in my. eyes. Okay. >> Yeah. >> You don't like us? Cool. >> That's a two-way. We hate champions. >> You hear through the radio that the.

troops are coming down the road. You're. going to get ready. >> Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we. don't like us. Okay. Well, add him to. the list. that is very long seemingly. that I thought was maybe on our side. He's not. So, I'm happy to hear that. And also, thank you and Herby for. immediately telling me after the show. ended like, "Hey, he there's what? What. was that? Why' you say that?" Like, he. went on everybody's show except for. ours. That had to be on purpose. Don't. you think? We sent in three requests. There had to be some sort of. misunderstanding. What's. misunderstanding? I don't know how. there's misunderstanding. We He went on.

every single show that exists after. winning national. We put in three. requests. That had to be on purpose. like, "No, maybe there was a you know, you know how this [ __ ] goes.". >> Not really. >> I was like, >> "No, I I actually said the complete. opposite. I was like, yeah, I hate all. those people." He was like, "You're. making some salient points.". >> Everybody was like, "Yes." Everybody was. like, "Yes." I'm like, "All right." All. right. Okay. Okay. Sounds good. So, it. was very nice to talk to him and I'm. pumped about that because I am a big fan. of the way he's been able to handle. everything. I mean, his world, his seat. was hotter than any seat in the history.

I of my existence. I I don't know about. everybody else's, but like from my point. outside looking, you know, in as a fan. of the state of Ohio, there's one thing. that we know Ohio people like. >> That is the Buckeyes. >> Yeah. >> And this football team is going to be. good. Everybody else that's coached here. has won. Guess what? You haven't done. [ __ ] So, you need to go on and win or. get out of here. And then whenever he. loses again to Michigan, it's like it's. back. Coach Sabin goes on game day. He's.

like, "Everybody in Ohio needs to get. off this guy's ass." Okay, that like he. felt obligated to say it cuz he used to. coach at Ohio State. It's been that way. since he's been coaching at Ohio. So, it's a tough job, impossible job. Expectations through the roof the way he. had to fight back and like literally. have police at his house because of what. he thought was potentially going to. happen. And then winning a national. championship for the state and for the. school. It's like good on him cuz that. could have went the wrong way, AJ. That. could have went the wrong way a couple. different times. >> Yeah. I mean, you talk about I mean, every every big time college gig, we.

know that like there's so much pressure. on them at all times, but yeah, like the. the biggest jobs. Yeah, there is a lot. There's a lot that goes into it that. affects a lot of people that aren't just. the head coach. It's most people can. handle if it's just them. Hey, come at. me. But when they start Yeah. when it's. like family and all that stuff and it's. whatever, but it's part of the gig, too. Like the good coaches know it and they. understand, hey, I signed up for this. I. understand what what this is about. I. got to win every single game we play. And hey, that's the expectation. >> Yeah. And I think he knows that that is. still the expectation. >> You won national championship last year.

Who cares? >> No. Well, >> you got Texas first game. >> You got a new quarterback. >> It's true how fast it can change, isn't. it? Like, hey, you we won a national. title last year. If you say a team goes. out and loses, you know, two games in. the first six, like, okay, these guys. are done. Get rid of this coach. Like, they they instantly it's like, no matter. what, the sky is falling usually. >> I mean, that's in all of football. Remember they're booing the Philadelphia. Eagles on banner night. >> Yeah. Do you remember that? >> True. Yeah. >> Are they going to have a banner? Is this. banner day for Ohio State on Saturday? >> How's that work, AJ? Do you know?

>> They don't I don't know how they do. banners. Honestly, I don't think so. >> A guy who might know, ladies and. gentlemen, joining us now from Sports. Center with SVP, uh from College Game. Day, the man who's giving out picks, winner last year. >> First year. >> I mean, it was chaos. >> Yeah. >> I mean, he was in it. >> First year. >> he made the right picks. that fridge. >> The games just didn't operate the way. they're supposed to. Last year, winner, we assume going forward, winner, ladies. and gentlemen, front of the program, absolute stud for Steve.

>> Steve, we're talking about the seat. being hot in Columbus. Do you know if. they hang a banner and what are your. thoughts on having to defend a national. championship with a brand new. quarterback, but a bunch of studs. everywhere for Ohio State this weekend? >> Uh, I'm not sure about the banner stuff. I I I feel like Ohio State has the. highest expectations every year and. they're not into that that banner thing. Uh they they'll just find you on they'll. find you online. We know that. Um but. when you're looking at Ohio State, I. think this is the great thing about the.

sport. Ohio State and Texas, right? They. don't rebuild, they just reload. And in. college football, you get to learn who. the next names are, right? We heard all. about Jeremiah Smith going into last. year. Boy, did he show up. Now he's the. best player in the sport. But you still. have questions to answer. And this game. is really interesting because both teams. have a lot of the same deals to fill. Uh. look at Texas with the defensive line. they've put in the pros. Ohio State. loses that whole defensive line. They. both have to replace those guys.

Quarterbacks. Um you know, Arch I I read. 224 snaps last year, only six on the. road or in a neutral sight. So he's got. a lot of proven to do. Julian Saiyan got. plenty of toys to play with, but we got. a new O line coach at Ohio State. We. have one uh, you know, sustained. starter, four guys up front, got a great. tight end, uh, and Max Claire that. should help him, you know, with the toys. on the outside. So, when I look at Ohio. State, uh, you we know what the. expectation is going to be, and I really.

commend them for playing this game. uh. all these all six teams that are playing. these top 10 matchups because we ha you. have to find out what you got. You know, we practice. I mean AJ could talk about. this, you know. There's no more two a. days like it's limited, you know, uh. pads on pads. And you know, some guys. rise up on game day, some guys don't. And you only know when you get to game. day situation. And that's why I think, you know, and then they played, you. know, uh Texas last game last year. You. take away the screen pass and the Sawyer.

player, it's 1414. So, uh, I I think. it's going to be a feeling out process. Matt, Patricia's got a lot to prove as a. defensive coordinator. Tons of questions. to get answered for both these teams in. such a high stakes match. >> I think for obviously all college. football teams, there's a lot of. questions, but there's a lot of really. good teams that have new quarterbacks. and it's like there's times where. quarterbacks don't work out. Doesn't. matter how hyped they are. I mean, I. don't want to point out Florida State, but like DJ Young goes down there, you. know, and they were supposed to be and. it just goes the complete opposite.

direction. I'm not saying that either. Arch or Julian Sain are going to be that. situation cuz I like that they were at. the build in the building. I like that. they grew with the team. Like. everybody's talking about Arch's, not. everybody. Arch is still the favorite to. win the Heisman, but I'm just saying. talking heads seemingly that are against. Archer or like he's going to have to. grow and improve. It's like, yeah, obviously he hasn't been a starting. quarterback yet, but he's been in the. same system for two years and now that. entire system is directed at him. It it. is like, hey, we're going to try to make. you as great as you could possibly be.

Obviously, he's going to develop and. grow. It's the first game, but I like. that these guys have been at the school, Stanford, Steve, I really like that a. lot. >> I I totally agree with you. And just go. back not even a year, Pat. Look at the. national championship game. Those. quarterbacks, Will Howard transplanted. in, not even there a year. Riley Leonard. transplanted a year, not even a year. Now, you look at the top 10 in the AP. this year. Only one team has a. quarterback that's transplanted in and. hasn't been there for a football season.

That's Miami and Carson Beck. Uh so, every other team in the top 10 has a. quarterback that's been on campus for. over they've went through all of last. season at least. And I I'm with you. I. love that because then you go down the. the the poll and you look at teams like. Utah and Oklahoma. You know, Vanderbilt. did it to success last year. they're. bringing a new quarterback in and that. offensive coordinator that the. quarterback quarterback had. So, uh. there's plenty of different ways to go. about it, which always makes sense. You.

know, everybody's going to talk about. Penn State adopting what Ohio State and. Michigan did the last two years that. gave them national championships. LSU. violates the uh violates the the the. transfer portal. Uh and then, you know, you have a team like Clemson who's just. built with it most returning production. in the country. So, um, there's plenty. of ways to go about this and that's what. that's what makes it the best, man. We. got you find out when the game days and. they line up. >> Ranked 25A, the West Virginia. Mountaineers. 70. >> sure. >> uh I think I some places 25A uh.

>> others receiving votes. >> 70 transfers, 70 new players. That is so. many. That is so many players. It's like. you hope they will all gel immediately. And there's a chance that that happens. There's there is a 100% chance that that. happens. But also, there's a chance that. there's full-on growing pains, which I. think goes back to the point that you. made to us earlier today when you talked. about appreciating all these teams. playing against each other. Three top 10. matchups and if that means three teams. are going to get losses that are ranked. very high. Steve, you basically have an.

interesting point you said on Sports. Center last night that was like, but the. new setup may be not as big of a deal, right? Is that what you're saying? >> Yeah, I I it's hard. It's hard for. people to still get used to, Pat. Like, look at Ohio State last year. They lost. the worst possible game to end the. regular season with all that with. Michigan with all that was on the line. and they still get in the playoff. They. regroup. They find themselves. The. coaching staff gets does a great job. The senior leadership group and they go. on and stampede to a national. championship. Uh Notre Dame lost to.

Northern Illinois. Any other year, you. know, that that's that's you're done. Uh. so, yes, I believe in these six teams. Uh, I love what they what they bring to. the table. Um, with LSU and Clemson, uh, you know, you have the quarterback play. there. Uh, you know, and and there's. plenty of talent on those rosters. Texas, Ohio State, plenty of questions. to get answered. But like Texas and Ohio. State are going to look totally. different, say, in week four or five. than they do on Saturday. And then Notre.

Dame and Miami, uh, I love what Miami. has up front, uh, as good as anybody on. the lines of scrimmage. And then Notre. Dame, the same thing. I mean, when is. Notre Dame not going to have a good. offensive line? When you go on the road. to a place that's been a horror show for. you where they've I think it's their. Owen Owen their last six trips to Miami. They've got outsc scored by like 28. points. Uh but you got a great defense. with I think more depth than they had. last year and they also had the best. pass defense last year. But that. offensive line, Notre Dame, you know, will be good. And I'll take Jeremiah.

Love as the best running back in the. country. And the best upgrade of any. group I believe in the country is what. Notre Dame did at wide receiver going. into portal and getting some guys. So. they're going to look a lot different. >> Marcus Freeman what a weapon for Notre. Dame honestly. I watch like some old. clips of him talking popped up and I'm. like what a perfect guy to be the head. of Notre Dame at this exact time. especially because they're going to have. the money to keep up with everybody. the. independent thing, getting all the money. for the college football playoff, which.

means the entire school is going to be. very focused on the football team being. good. Okay? Like, hey, football team's. good. We're all This is good for the. entire university here. That's good. thing everybody being in the line. Kade. Clubnick last year, a lot of touchdowns, not a lot of turnovers. Does Dabau come. all the way back? And then that LSU. team, uh, Tai has a question for you. about that. Yeah, Steve, do you think. Brian Kelly like is it I mean saying. this is a must-win game this weekend is. a little outlandish obviously but do. they does LSU need to make the playoffs.

this year uh for him to keep his job. just with how much goes into that. program and their expectations every. year and like could they be looking at. getting another head coach if they don't. make it to the playoffs this year? >> Another one? >> Yeah, another one. Uhoh. >> Another guy could be on the horizon if. they don't make the playoff. That's. that's the way I look at it. Uh but. again, just so I was talking to three of. these teams are going to lose. If you go. if you're LSU, you say you go to. Clemson, you lose by a field goal. The. co the the fan base is going to look at. 0 and six in openers with Brian Kelly. I.

get it. But you still have plenty to. play for. You got plenty of talent uh to. to move forward with and you have a. schedule that gives you opportunities. for monster wins. I mean, they were hot. as anybody last year and then, you know, they had a three-game losing streak and. and and the season flipped just like. that. So you take care of the football. more. They got better receivers. The. offensive line is still the key for me. with LSU. And I still think of LSU. I. think of running the football. And with. Sloan calling plays, you know, this is. his third year. He had two years at.

another school and last year. He's never. been in the top 100 in rushing. LSU has. to be more stubborn and run the football. in my opinion if they're going to be if. they're going to give Nusmeer a better. chance. You know, you got to have some. balance there. And when a guy's dropping. it back every snap, guys are going to. have their ears pinned and then get in. trouble and that's when the bad. decisions happen. But they'll be a lot. better on defense. They're a super. exciting team and Saturday night is the. game of all the games this weekend that. I'll have my eyes on. That that's a. fantastic matchup. >> College football coming in with a boom. on Saturday. Cannot wait for it.

Stanford Steve says, "Hey, listen. Watch. these games, enjoy these games, but. losers still very much in it. Let's not. >> let's not cancel the season after week. one. Let's actually applaud these teams. for doing this. We want more of this. We. want more of this. Which is what the. college football playoff is basically. saying with their new strength of. record, strength of uh win, strength of. loss. Go ahead, AJ. >> Yeah, Steve, what are you expecting when. you like say some of these big time. matchups we have week one? What are you. expecting as far as like offensive. output? We've seen in the past the NFL.

sometimes the offense starts slow, defense might be a little bit ahead. Are. you expecting some of these overs to. hit? Are you expecting some high-flying. matchups? Like what is it? >> I like I like the unders, AJ. when you. when is when you look at two of these. games specifically the Texas Ohio State. game and the numbers have flown down. Uh. they were in the 50s uh and now I think. what do you got there? Notre Dame. Yeah, Ohio State's down to 47 and a half. That. was around 51. And then Notre Dame Miami. I might like even more. Uh knowing that. with a game of these stakes, coach is.

still trying to figure out what they. have uh as far as playmaker wise. and. you, you know, talking to coach guys on. each coaching staff, they love their. personnel on defense. All right, so what. do you want to do? You don't want to. turn the ball over and put your defense. in a bad situation. Let's let's let's. let's put some first downs together, you. know? Let's let's keep keep the ball. away from the other team. So, yeah, I I. think like I said, Texas and Ohio State. to me are going to look the most. different uh with all the pieces they. have to fill in together. And I don't.

expect, you know, crazy as as great as. Sarkc and Ryan Day and now Heartline. calling plays can be with the dynamic uh. play calling. I I think that, you know, you want to be simple early on, too, I. believe, because it makes you play. faster. So, I think it's going to be. line up and let's see what you got. And, you know, on Texas side preparing for. Matt Patricia, what he what is he going. to do with null's gone? Uh, I think. there's a feeling out process that we. could see in that game for sure. To your. point, I lean towards thinking that both. sides want their young quarterbacks, fresh starting quarterbacks to have.

success. >> So, we're going to run the ball. We're. not going to put him in any jeopardized. situations. Probably a lot of little. screen swing type things. Let's get him. into a flow. Especially for Arch up. there in the horseshoe. This place is. going to be insane. Obviously, it's. going to be loud. Let's get you into the. flow of the game. Arch, what's his. overunder for rushing? Are we still. doing those prop bets? >> Oh, yeah. >> We should stop doing those. I'd like to. be on the side of no more prop bets for. college football players because of how. miserable that can become for college. players whenever they're going to class. and all the kids sitting around them are. betting on them running 19 ft versus 17.

ft and everything like that. I think. that's a little bit too much to be. putting on college players especially. where they have to mingle with the. public. Professional athletes obviously. can protect themselves and everything. like that. College is a little bit. different. People do get pissed and. people are out of control. Arch. >> but since they are still up it's 27 and. a half. >> Yeah. So, we're going over on that for. Arch. I'm thinking just strictly because. I think that's how he gets into the. game. >> Like I I think that is how Arch gets. into the game. So, if you think about. how good the Ohio State defense is going.

to be, there's a chance there's going to. be first read, which Arch can definitely. do. Second read, Arch can definitely get. to third read and then we're out and. Arch can move. I think that is something. that feels like one that we like. So, whatever the rushing is for Texas, I. think we're probably going to head over. there. But I like the unders as well. Little bit of a sticky affair over there. to start this entire season. The fact. that we got one three week one SEC Big. 10. I mean, it is absolutely insane. Let's go down the SEC. A team that was. not listed there for a big time matchup. early. Go ahead, Tone.

>> Yeah, Stephen. I think a team that, you. know, in the past was talked about just. non-stop and hasn't been talked about a. ton this off seasonason is the Alabama. Crimson Tide. Last year, I think I don't. think a lot of people know that they had. a top 10 defense and they're returning a. ton off that defense. They have a top. five offensive line. Obviously, they. have a question with Tai Simpson. Um, but what are your thoughts on on the. Crimson Tide this this year? And are. they gonna just blow the doors off of. Castiano and Florida State this weekend? >> Uh, it looks like they just got another. injury reported that might not play. I. think it's Allen uh or Keenan the the.

DTackle up front might not be able to. go. Uh, but no, I expect a monster. season from Alabama, Tone. Uh, when when. you look at all, you know, we went talk. about the portal and this and that. I. think Kaylin Dbor getting Grub back as a. play caller is enormous. Uh that's his. guy. They've been together forever. And. you looked at, you know, the. insufficiencies of the offense last year. with Milro, you know, completion. percentage, deep ball accuracy, whatever. Take that out. When Grub was.

at Washington, and I know he had Michael. Penn, but they, you know, Penn led the. led the country in passing yards, touchdowns, and all that, but they also. led the country in most 10 plus play. drives. Like that's what you want. You. want balance. You want versatility on. your offense. And the the the Alabama. receiving group is going to be a huge. upgrade. The kid Horton uh from Miami is. a stud that's going to come in and play. and now they can move Ryan Williams. around. Um so I I I really And then the. secondary should be fantastic. Uh put it.

up there with anybody else in the. country, Notre Dame, what have you. But. I expect a monster year in Alabama to. make the playoff this year. >> Kaylin Debor most five stars in 2026. Nobody talking about it. Nope. >> Nobody really talking about it. Like I. think everybody just assumed he's not. going to be able to do it in the SEC, you know, not going to be able I saw. Nick Sabin speaking to the team about. where you're breaking point. I think he. still has the office in the building. Obviously, there's a lot of guys that. still have the Alabama pipeline. >> respect in the building. So, I think. they have somehow passed the baton.

>> well when it comes to recruiting and. like keeping the allure of everything. Will they be able to win? He has to go. to the playoffs and win a game, right? That's what Kaylin debor has to do. >> Yeah, I believe so. Uh and when you look. at that job, Pat, what he had to do, what he stepped into, >> like saving retired, every program in. the country is calling for those players. to leave. Like if there's ever a time. you're going to get Alabama players. So. for Dbor to go in there, find a balance.

in the locker room, weed through, all. right, this is who we want here moving. forward. This isn't who we want. If you. want to go pro, go ahead. I thought it. was an unbelievable job what the board. did. I know everybody has expectations. of Bama in the playoff but then you. factor that in us being there for the. Georgia game which is an alltime game. and then they go to Vanderbilt and lose. like we haven't seen that in the. century. Yeah. >> Alabama Pav is a different animal. This. not same same Vandy. But you're you're. 100% right though. Like the Alabama fans. didn't view it that way. >> No, they they can't they can't process.

that. I've tried to say all year, Vanderbilt. >> I don't I don't give a [ __ ] who's play. It's Vanderbilt. >> Sabin said it on that Thursday. Like, the only place it's not hard to play in. the SEC is Vanderbilt. So, >> could have beat him that weekend. >> And Alabama fans are like, >> "This guy needs to get the hell out of. our state. We don't lose to Vanderbilt.". Vanderbilt's walking down street. Broadway. >> Yeah. >> With a field goal because of us. Like. that's Alabama doesn't want to hear that. they got better because of the transfer. portal. We don't. It's Vanderbilt. They.

did not get better. They're not They are. a real team. Pavilla said he was a. national championship. >> I mean, they almost beat Texas at home. last year, too. It was very, very. >> Missouri on the road. >> Yeah. But it's going to be hard to tell. the old heads I think. >> Oh, yeah. No. No. Yeah. >> Like, hey, Vandy's a team. It's hard. And this transfer portal, I think, as we. now we're a couple years into it. I'd. like to get your take on it. Teams got. real good real quick, man. And it's like. some of these teams have a couple. boosters that have a lot of money. If. you're able or just a little bit of. money you. >> if you signi what he was able to do here.

can he do it again he had to do it again. with a whole new group it's like. rebuilding the entire team basically and. he has an offensive lineman that's. currently been hanging out at the beach. in Jersey uh. >> oh yeah we actually met. >> Mike Yeah Mike yeah I've enjoyed the way. he's been operating you've been handling. yourself well for football brother but. it's like Sigs had to do that again some. of these teams if you have just enough. money and you invest in certain. positions like we get a pass rusher. we'll get a quarterback back. We'll get. a wide receiver maybe. Like you can you. can become a competitive team quickly.

with the transfer portal. So for all the. negative stuff that's said about how the. big schools have all the money are going. to end up with all the great players. It's like some of the shittier schools. got and I don't want to just say Vandy. was a shitty school cuz it's a great. school from what I've been told. Too. good of a school to be a good football. team is actually what I've kind of been. told about the entire thing. But I think. that has happened with the transfer. portal which is definitely a plus for. college football as a whole. Steve. >> Yeah, there's two things on that. I look. at a team like LSU, right? When we're. there in Baton Rouge, they think they're. getting Bryce Underwood and we heard the. number of the price tag of that. Then it.

flips and he's going to Michigan. So now. you have all this money that was going. towards Underwood that you have you you. got it to spend on players. They went. and got all a brand new secondary. So. how's that going to work out? Did you. assess the talent right? It sounds like. they did inherent guys that come that. came in with that NIL money and and have. practiced for them so far. So, that's. one way of going about it. And then the. other kicker that I think um is a major. factor in this season is now that the. Big 10 is this monster conference. What.

are those? I still put them in the upper. tier of the conference and you know a. bunch of those high schools, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, uh. Nebraska, like Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon, they're on their those team. schedules and they got to go to those. teams places. those teams are a lot. better than they have been and they're. going to they're going to catch some. people. So, how does that you know or. Illinois and and Indiana had a great. season last year. You know, they're in. the mix also, but some of those teams.

are going to go nine and three, eight. and four and some of them are going to. go six and six and seven and five and. they're damn good football teams. So, that Big 10 and how that shakes out uh. is is really interesting to me. But, it's because of the portal and those. teams assessing the needs that they. needed through that. >> You didn't even think about USC. I mean, nobody's even talking. Nobody's even. talking about USC. It's like they're I. was just with some USC fans. >> like what's going on? >> They're confident. >> Are we are we a team now or are we still. >> That's not good. >> There's a lot of like.

>> Yeah, you know the answer. >> We like Lincoln Riley, right? We We. should We like what's going on. >> Sounds more confident this year. >> Much more than last year. Last year it. feels like they knew early. >> They didn't have the bodies. >> They lost in Vegas last year that first. week against LSU or whatever. I mean, they had that game one. >> They won that one. That was. >> No. No. Sorry. LSU loses that one. Heartbreaker at the beginning of the. entire thing. USC outperforms there. Yeah. It's like there's teams that. >> we don't we don't even know right now. >> UCLA, Nico Malava is there now. Like are. they all of a sudden going to be, you.

know, halfway decent? Cuz last year they. were kind of just like an afterthought. >> And Tennessee, like is Tennessee going. to be great? >> So many new people at Steve, I'm doing. research here for game day, right? Getting into it. Yep. Everybody's everywhere. Everybody is every the way like legit. everybody is everywhere. I I don't I'm. trying I'm trying my best to just the. way my brain works is I see pictures in. my head. Yeah. >> Okay. So I see pictures in my head and.

then I just kind of operate by telling. the story of the pictures that are in my. head. These guys will pop in my head in. a uniform. >> and it's like well was that last year's. uniform? Was that two years ago uniform? or is that this upcoming year's uniform? And I'm like having full conversation. I'm like, I have no I don't know. I. don't I don't know where this guy's. playing. That's going to get under. control, we think. Right. Doesn't it. feel like that's going to get under. control with the next iteration of this. entire thing? Don't we think there's. going to be Feels like everybody feels. the same way? Like, hey, we need some.

sort of something, don't you think, Steve? >> Yeah. Yeah. And and and it's going in. the right direction for sure. you can. you hear I I don't know if they're more. comfortable, but they're more familiar. with with how things are going uh and. the price tags attached to these. players. Uh but you also too, Pat, no. matter what, you got to spot the ball. You got to spot the ball. >> and get the [ __ ] out of the way. >> Okay, that's what the refs need to do. We're trying to run this thing, okay? You need to spot that ball and you need. to waddle your fat ass out of the way,

okay? So we can get these big uh Big 12. refs. I don't know if they know. They. they they probably should have been. briefed at least on what's coming into. the conference. Hey, there's going to be. a lot of expectation on you. >> And boom, we need you out of there. And. uh I can't wait to watch West Virginia. I think they got a hard edge. And I'll. tell you what, he keeps doing stuff like. this. We're going to start getting all. the recruits and players we need. If. you're tough and want to learn from a.

tough samurai, Coach Rod's the guy. Hard. Edge is your home. Welcome to West. Virginia. That's what we need going. forward. Go ahead, bud. >> Uh yeah, Steve, um week zero. Are you. Are you your Cardinals going to win a. game this year? >> Yeah. >> Uh it didn't look great because if. you're not going to beat Hawaii, then uh. I don't know on that schedule how many. more wins there are. >> What's Andrew? What's What's So Andrew's. got to flip that entire place like how. Andrew Luck general. >> in the It's in the process of it. You. know, I mean that the like that's like.

you talked about trying to find out, you. know, who's where and what. Like in. June, I'm looking at like, oh yeah, they. got this commit. I'm like, recruiting. now is in June. >> So that everything's moving in the right. direction. The problem is the lack of. players on the roster right now. But I. if there's one person you ever want in. charge of it, you know this, it's Andrew. and his alma mater, but how much he. cares and how smart he is, I'm in. He. does. >> It's going to be maybe a little bit. little bit of a longer road than. expected. >> I think Andrew Luck has a huge brain. I. think he loves football. I think he. cares about Stanford.

I think a lot of smart schools now all. of a sudden, you know, Notre Dame, Michigan, these schools are big brained. folks. They got a lot of money and all. their alumni are like, "We want to win. football.". >> Stanford, they got a rowing team. Yep. >> They got uh math, >> swimming, they got swim, they got a they. got Olympics, they got the olymp Hey, we're trying to show up at the. >> I'm pulling for them. It's a beautiful. place. >> It is. Andrew, >> it is gorgeous. >> Football facility. It's awesome. >> Everything about it is beautiful. You.

feel smarter as you're walking around. >> Not his brain though. It's his heart. That might be in the wrong place cuz. >> I mean Frank Reich. >> All right. >> Inter. Steve, I didn't like what he just did. right there. >> I love Frank Reich. >> I know what he's trying to do. >> Yeah. Yeah. He's trying to take shot him. saying another guy. >> Yeah, that's what I was going to say. I. love Frank Right, but he should have. hired the other guy. What's. >> Stanford se being the head coach at. Stanford would have been awesome. Something to think about. Now, last. question here as we head in to this.

college football season. Go ahead, Connor. >> Yeah, Stanford, Steve, we just covered. two teams. Heisman's not coming from. West Virginia and Stanford, but I feel. >> we don't know. >> We complaint. >> We don't know for sure. >> I think we don't know about mutually. [Music]. Steve, uh, looking at the Heisman list, uh, I know you're always chasing dough. How do we feel about this list of. Heisman's? I'm leaning Lenor Stells just. because I watched the SEC uh Netflix. show and I thought he was really cool. But do you like him? Any of these other.

guys? Maybe a running back. What do you. think? >> I despise Heisman Trophy odds because of. first of all in this year where no one. has a clue, but I believe it's the worst. voted on award. And when you're going to. do all these player of the year and. every I I can't I can't get into it. Um, I I just think there's there's too many. intricacies that happen. Uh, you know, and and and I'm not into it, but I I you. you got to win.

>> Hold on. You sound very pissed about it. So like that seems very deep there. That. that felt like uh that was not a. Stanford Steve like answer right there. There's a lot of intricacies. It feels. like they never get it right. I don't. love what we're doing. >> Someone lost Mike. I. >> I think it should go to the best player. and I not last year it finally did. It. went to the best player, but like. Jeremiah Smith should be the favorite. this year. >> Yeah, he should. >> Okay, I got you. You don't think Arch. has a chance to be the best player? >> He has a chance, but I'm saying right. now, who's the best player in the sport?

>> He's so fun to watch him. >> Grenowski. >> Yeah, Grenowski's up there. >> Hey, now. >> Growski be a player. Jeremiah Smith is. so. >> big home games for the Hawkeyes this. year. >> Who they got? >> All their tough games. >> Oregon and Penn State. >> Oregon and Penn State don't love that. they're heading out to Iowa. No, they. don't. >> They don't. Especially with Granowski. >> Yeah, with Granoski pulling the trigger. >> He already won a kid. >> He did already win a Heisman. >> Is Iowa playing football again? >> Oh, yeah. >> Oh, yeah. >> Take it from the other guy.

>> We are. >> Okay, Steve. I'll see you soon. We. appreciate the help. What is that? We. couldn't read it. It kept trying to. >> Oh, this is Wando's uh bar in Madison, Wisconsin. >> Great spot. >> Shout out to Wandos. >> Hey, here's the Wandos. >> Shout out Wandos. One for one dose. >> There you go. >> Maybe two dos. >> Hey, we're at Dr. Pepper. That show that. that drink sucks, Steve. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. >> Yeah, it's all right. It's all right. >> Find me. Find me. >> It's going to be a long season. We'll do. a lot of that, ladies and gentlemen. >> Yeah. Another one. Ladies and gentlemen,

stand. Hey, hold on. Do you know today's. called Notter Wednesday? >> Ah, >> that's the title of today's show. >> Okay, >> it's for you. >> Oh [ __ ] Does he hate it? >> Not another Wednesday. >> Love it. >> Look it. >> Damn. No one else has that word. >> No, nobody. You are. >> Ladies and gentlemen, stand for Steve. >> That's what we're talking about with we. understand when people hate us. >> I I sensed it there. >> That's what I was. Yeah. Yeah. Right at. the end. He love it.

>> He was not happy that it was not on. Wednesday. >> Look at that. Huh. That's cool. >> Yeah. >> [ __ ] He doesn't like it. What the hell? >> He loves it. >> It's a compliment. He loves it. And he. had a couple classics in there like a. couple uh others. Uh just just perfect. Well, I also like that it's Wandos. [Music]. >> Hey, what's the shirt? Oh, it's Wandos. in Wisconsin. >> How many of those have so many? He's. never met a stranger ever. Like it it is.

seems like everywhere he goes. Oh, this. guy owns this place. Yeah. >> He's got this other place down there. >> Yeah. And he uses the with the with with. de though. >> We got to stop. >> But there was one point where he said. something me and Ty looked at each other. because he was like the guy that I. really like and boom right away. Okay, we can use it for the. >> long season. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> We're going to see a lot of the other. guys. >> Going to be the best.

>> Cannot wait. >> I can't wait to see him. >> couple beers with the other guys. We're. >> we're back on the road here soon. Very. soon. very soon. >> Another season's here. >> And this ain't going to be like any. other season. >> This is going to be the best. >> Yeah, it is, isn't it, AJ? It. >> is. I can't. Another another season is. upon. >> It's just so so stupid. >> Whoa. >> And awesome at the same. Yeah. How great. things are. >> Figuring out how to spell it was a whole.

combo this morning. >> You know, there was a chance there was a. D then a T. Nud turf. >> Yeah. But that was too much. Join us. >> I think we can keep I think we can. change it as we go. >> No, it's not. It's not. >> This is my when that popped up. This is. my favorite in a while. >> Once again, full conversation about this. graphic as well. >> This show is awesome. You boys need to. never ever ever stop this. This is an. outrageous thing. Joining us now is a. guy that could have been a part of this. >> Yeah, without a doubt. Son of.

>> a [ __ ]. >> Could have been saving my v voice. What. do we have? Oh, just a 21week run that's. about to start. Let's go in there. without a voice. We'll just start the. season like that. >> Joining us now, the man that'll be. blamed for that if that is the case. >> He front of the program. >> He great man. >> Well, he's a good guy. >> He's a good man. >> He's a good man. >> How do we know? We don't know what he. does. >> Closed doors. Well, we tried to see him. behind closed doors. We couldn't. >> exactly. So, the first thing is he won't.

let us see what he's doing behind closed. doors. He probably isn't a good man. He. is a lazy gentleman Danowski. >> D. >> Oh, in a draw with your top, Don. Huh? Living life. >> Had some free time today, huh? >> Must be nice. Got a spare 12 hours. Let's take Go ahead and take top down. Might be the last time of the summer. >> Get a massage. >> Maybe slide by a massage wall. >> Head to the arcade. Maybe. >> Oh yeah. Get in there. >> We'll get one of that parking lot. He's. about to get his haircut. >> Yeah. Is he? It does look like a parking.

lot plaza for a haircut, sport clips. type situation. Maybe a target in the. background there. >> How's it going, man? Good to see you. That's a church. Good. I'm happy. Go in. there and pray that you get a better. alarm. >> Just went to confession. >> What happened? I want to let you know. it's all good that you couldn't make it. You missed your flight this morning. The. boys though, I did not expect their. reaction. Okay, so here's Dan's entire. dialogue about everything that happened. We're having this conversation 4. something A.M. I forget what it is.

exactly. I told Dan it's all good. Scroll down, please. Can you scroll. down? The boys just uh Yeah, you got to. go on his tweet there. Message there for. Zoto. I hope it's good. >> Boys just you really you blew it, boy. Then keep grow. Keep going. Dary Butler. Randy Edel is disappointed. That's his. college football coach. Okay. Peter. Burns even gets in on the action. You. idiot. So I did not expect this to be. the reaction. Keep scrolling. keeps. rolling. Uh, dude wipes when you [ __ ]. yourself looking at the time. Okay,

that's all. I'm telling you, the. reaction from the people was amazing. My. reaction was, hey, it's all good, dude. People miss flights all the time. >> You then told me, I feel really. terrible. Like, in a serious manner. You. need to know it's not that big of a. deal. And look, you get to go talk to a. priest. You get to do the entire thing. It was a good day for you. We do miss. you over here, though. You need to know. that. >> All right. So, I still feel terrible. I. will feel terrible for a couple days at. least. Like I I will always have a part. of like I just feel bad. I feel like I I.

let you down. I let the team down. That's that's not going to go away. It's. not going to go away, dude. It's just. not going to go away. It just won't. I'm. just like that. So I appreciate like. your response to it. Um but I feel. terrible. I feel terrible. I do. I I. genuinely do. I genuinely do. Can I. Here's the here's the here's the the. thought of it. So first of all, I texted. Ty. I texted Foxy. I think I texted. Dito. I was going to wear a McAfee. jersey on the show, even though I think.

grown men wearing other grown men's. jerseys is weird. I was going to do. that. >> Uh, so I had that plan. I had a whole. plan. I texted Foss people that I was. going to ask to be on the show. He said, "Check with Pat first." I checked with. you. I texted a bunch of people. So, I. was like fired up for it. Um, >> and then I Listen, >> that's Connor. He's very boring. Yeah, you there's no way the boys would have. let you wear my jersey on here. Just. kidding. I which I appreciate and. respect you planning ahead.

>> Zo is the one who sent it to me. >> See now that we will have a conversation. off air. Zita, we just learned a lot. about how you're Zo can't be wearing my. jersey on here. You know that. Can't do. that. Enough people. >> I was asked if there was a Pat jersey in. the building. >> Okay. Okay. So, maybe he was going to. throw it out or something. Jesus. I. would be getting attacked miserably for. forcing a guy to wear my jersey on the. show. Cannot have that. Okay. So, just. going forward, I appreciate Exactly. Yeah. But I appreciate the forethought. I would want the list of people that you.

said you were going to text for the. show. I was so pumped. I'm like, Dan, thank you for looking into this. One of. we. >> great people that we could not get on. the show. >> Yeah. I'm not going to say it. Just I'm. not going to say it cuz I don't know. what was confirmed or was not confirmed. >> Number nine. That was my first guess. >> I'm not going to say any of the names. that he said. >> Just a nibble, maybe. Or. >> come on. >> Did play. >> Denzel Washington. You were in a. commercial with Denzel. >> I forgot you were an actor. >> Did play quarterback? >> I didn't ask Dan anything about. >> Do you want to Do you want to know what.

I think happened, Pat? The uh. >> I again I never miss alarms like ever. Ever. So I think. >> other than this one. >> God, it's the last dude. I deserve it. all. I deserve it all. I deserve it all. the bad. Uh, >> this is what at least I've justified it. in my mind. You called me yesterday, you. facetimed me yesterday. >> and you were like, "What time do you. land?" And I said, "955, >> which was the time that I was landing. this morning." And you're like, "All.

right, see you there." And then I went. to bed last night, checked in yesterday, went to bed last night, and I was like, "Flight's at 6:55. I'm going to wake up. at 4:50. I'm going to leave the house at. 5. It'll take 15 minutes to get to. LaGuardia. >> and I'll be on my flight easily. >> Yeah. >> And my flight when I woke up this. morning at 4:50, I'm washing my face, brushing my teeth, alert comes on the. phone, the notification from the Delta. app, and I'm like and I click it and it. says departure at 6 o' 6:05 and I'm. like, >> "Oh,

>> fudge. >> Oh my gosh.". >> Yeah. Fudge. A lot of fudges. A lot of. fudges. >> Free. What am I going to do? Mother fudge maker. >> I appreciate you. Uh, and then I was up. obviously cuz my body has been in an. interesting time zone. I was waking up. at 4:30 in Australia and now I'm waking. up at 4:30 in America. Figured out, dude, whatever you're doing, which I. don't mind, you know. Uh, me and AJ were. texting this morning. I'm like Mark. Wahberg all of a sudden.

>> Um, the Rock AJ Hawk. AJ quickly. responded Gary Vee. >> Yes. >> True. All these names. Dan Olowski also. had a lot of convos in the 4 a.m. hour. I learned that the people who are up in. that hour want everybody else to know. >> that they're. >> that they're up. That's what that's. certainly what it felt like. >> That sounds like. >> that fits. Yeah, that fits. >> That feels like that was kind of So. maybe I'll be there tomorrow morning, boys. Just a heads up to everybody that. was sending me texting for I might see. you there. We'll see how the body reacts. to that. But with that being said, Dan,

all good. Legit, especially because you. were on the show the other day and uh. had so many great takes. I mean, just. absolutely great takes. So, we'll see. you down the road or in the Thunderdome. later in the year. Will you promise to. come to the Thunderdome at some point. during the year? >> 1,000% that the answer is yes. I owe it. Abs. I want to, but I I owe it. I I I. feel terrible. >> I fudge, guys. >> Maybe make him drive here. >> in that. top donce. >> Yes. >> We could all forgive him too right now. if he says [ __ ].

>> You're right. We I've already forgiven. him, but it does sound like the team. would say it's okay if he just let one. fly. >> We're still on ESPN. >> Yeah, but it gets bleeped. >> Yeah, people hate it. They really hate. it. >> Yours just didn't cuz I heard it. >> Well, you're on FaceTime, you [ __ ]. >> We're not getting cracking into Cracking. into. Yeah, our show's sick. >> I forgive Dan because of that. What? >> Yeah, I I like that as well. And Dan, I.

do appreciate your genuine like guilt. that you felt. You need to stop feeling. that. It is not that big of a deal. We. do miss you here though. Like it was We. were very excited for you to be here is. what you need to know. And uh we'll look. for that down the road. >> Quick question for you. >> What what matchup this weekend or next. weekend should we be looking forward to? Obviously Dallas and Philly on Thursday. Then you got Chief Chargers on Friday. Is there any other matchups that. nobody's talked about? Because all we've. talked about is those first two games. That's literally all we've talked about. I mean, Monday Night Football, Bears,

Vikings. One team will be going to the. Super Bowl and the quarterback will win. MVP. The next one, the team who loses. will, you know, made a massive mistake. You know, obviously the overreaction. So, that's an enormous one. I think the. Texans play the Rams week one. Um, that's got my attention. I I think the. Texans defensively are going to be. absolutely unbelievable. And then the. Rams with Stafford. Like I think both of. those teams, everyone knows where I. stand on the Rams when it comes to the. NFC. The Texans, I guess, might be a.

sleeper in some people's eyes, but very. much so the favorites in that division. So, um, that that game's got my. attention just because I think both. defensive lines are ridiculous. >> Bills Ravens, I believe, on Sunday Night. Football. Um, >> you know, matters a lot, too. Also, I. know you better hope the Jets win. I. know it's week one, but like eventually. one of those teams is probably going to. be playing really big time games late in. the year for the one seed, you would. imagine. And so, you know, who who's got.

the advantage with the head-to-head. matchup with the potential of the one. seed and uh you throw Kansas City in. there as well, obviously, but like that. that game could just be huge coming. December. >> I mean, legitimately, you think about. the last week of the year when Minnesota. played Detroit. It was for the number. one overall seed in the NFC. If you. happen to stumble a couple early games, you're not in that. Now all of a sudden, you go from one seed not only to five, but maybe to seven. It's a completely. different path to the Super Bowl. Every. game matters. That's why we're. appreciative of it. And every day. matters, especially if that day is one.

where you get to maybe possibly see Dan. Olowski in person. That day was supposed. to be a day. It ended up not being a. day, but thank God we got you on a call. AJ, anything to say to Dano on his way. out here? >> Dano, glad uh I mean, I'm glad you were. honest. I mean, you easily could have. lied and said your your plane broke down. or something. You wouldn't get in until. 3 p.m. So, all credit to you for uh for. telling the truth, honestly. >> Yeah. Kid got sick. I mean, there could. have been so many different. I'm an honest man. I'm an honest man. >> Good for you. >> Honest honest man. >> Good man. >> Goes back to what we were saying before. He is a good man.

>> Maybe your sounds and haptics too. >> Could be. >> That thing turns down on you and the. alarm sounds and haptics that'll get. you. >> No, the alarm went off. I just set the. wrong time like that. I just had the. wrong like departure time. >> So honest sounding happy about him. >> cuz that would have been a real excuse. >> Gave me an hour. >> All right, Dana, we appreciate you, buddy. You're you're the man. >> I'm sorry, dude. >> Enough. The last time he's in a sec, >> dude. Do a real formal sorry then. If. you're real If you're so sorry,

>> dude, do a formal one. >> You don't have to do that. >> I apologize to you, Pat. I apologize to. the show. Ty, Tone, AJ, Boston, Connor. My fault, boys. I don't have this. You. don't have to. >> I let the team down. I let the team. down. When they tell you Hey, when they. tell you to delete a tweet, you don't. got to do it. When they tell you to. apologize like that, you don't got to do. it. You're the man. Ladies and. gentlemen, Dan, >> baby Dan O, enjoy your day off. >> Jeez, I don't like that he just. immediately went into apology camp as. soon as you said, "Hey, apologize." Dan. needs to start having a little bit more. >> Yeah, he's just he's just a We were just.

playing him like the fiddle right there. That was ridiculous. >> I love Dan. It would have been great to. see him. And it would have been cool to. sit back there for an entire show and. just judge him. >> Yeah. >> Which is where I would have been. >> I would have been dropping into your. guys' ears. This guy's serious right. now. >> Yeah. >> If it wasn't for the yesterday thing, I. really would want to say it. >> Yeah. The yesterday does get. uncomfortable every time he says it. >> He knows what he's doing. >> You think he knows? You think he knows. he says it? >> Yes. >> I don't know. People will say that about.

us with Don though and stuff. So for you. know saying it. >> with you guys like I wouldn't think that. with with like me. Sure. Because I am. usually saying on purpose dime because I. don't have a Pittsburgh accent. >> So you're paying respect. >> I'm paying respect. Homage. Some people. would say I am I got some Pittsburgh in. me. You know. >> uh Plum Mustangs by the way rolling. football team for real. 4213 I do. believe first week. >> Yeah. We won two games last year. It's. going to be a different season.

>> Okay. quarterbacks and stuff. >> Yeah. Johnny Nonenberg is a dog and he's. spinning it in the boys at the offensive. line. Hey, and the jumbotron. We got. Dacttronics. >> Beautiful. >> Best in the world. It's the greatest. I'm telling you, the Paul Mustang. football team is a problem this year. >> No questions asked. >> Game day going. >> We will maybe we will continue this uh. on YouTube, ESPN Plus, Tik Tok live. And. uh we got a a conversation with Tommy. Fleetwood. Be a friend. Tell friends. something nice. It might change your.

life. Goodbye. Nailed it. Really powered. through that one. >> Hit a baby. Got it. >> Every word was really fighting my mouth. I I think you would see it. It It was. coming up here and then it was hitting. every tooth. Boom, man. It was getting. out. It was It was really cool. Yeah, that was really cool. >> We're talking We're talking jumbo. trouts. >> Dacttronics is a real deal for real. >> Those are top of the line. >> They're in a lot. They're They got a lot. of them. They got They They just did uh. Plum High School basketball or. gymnasium. They put one up. Unbelievable. >> Changes everything.

>> It really does. We got replays now. >> Yeah. >> In the football stadium. The football. appears to have replays. >> Football one's the same. It's like the. same as the Falcons stadium. >> Uh we don't have. >> No, it's world. >> It's actually the same size as Lucas Oil. Stadium one though. >> Yeah. Pursuit. >> It's close. It is close to the same size. as the one Lucas Oil Stadium. It's. really nice. The Dacttronics people are. legit and they like. >> I don't want to say like they cared as. if that's some abnormal thing, but it. they like. >> they genuinely like they were very. pumped to be a part of the Blum Mustang.

renovation project and it's like we. appreciate that a lot. We're all. Mustangs here, the fund, you know, me, Phil, Eddie, Keith trying our best to. get back to Plum Sports and I'll tell. you it's been a lot and they've been. producing. >> Hell yeah. Like really I'm proud of what. the World Mustangs here fund did. Two. million bucks giving back to Plum High. School Sports. >> Yeah, it's been really fun. >> Go a long way. That'll go a long way. >> And our teams are getting good. Like. it's like working, you know, like it you.

can like actually see it and people are. staying committed to sports and stuff. like that as opposed to potentially. going. It's like been a lot of fun to be. a part of and our football team actually. looks like a football team. >> It's a big win. Week one. >> First time ranked in 5A. >> There you go. >> Ranked ninth. Nice. hasn't happened. >> Pretty good. >> I sent a text to quarterback John. Nonenberg. Means [ __ ] nothing. Okay. Being ranked after week one. Let's not. forget that. This means absolutely. nothing. We got to Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Now, let's be excited. Okay.

Definitely a big time win, especially. over Franklin Regional. Okay. All money. >> Scumbags. >> Tone's dad lives in the town. >> Is that a rival. >> in which my parents currently reside in. Franklin? >> That is scumbag. That is the area which. but rivalry very close they literally. look up the hill they are on top of the. hill we are at bottom of hill like that. is who we're playing against and we get. a huge win over like a huge win in their. place and I think I think Nonber.

quarterback's there for like 200 yards. and like four touchd. >> we got offensive line we got a team our. defense is pound I mean hold the phone. let's go boys. >> got the juice. >> 5 a. >> home opener this Friday. >> I forgot they have five A's now I You. have 6A's now. >> Yeah, I think 6A in total. I think we're. 5A. We were 4A, which was the max. Then. they doubled or they opened it up a. little bit. Then we moved to 5A. >> We got I think we got some big time. opponents coming down the pipe. We. should be enjoying these wins, but nah, we need to keep stacking dates. We need.

to keep stacking dates. We need to keep. stacking dates for sure. Uh, all right. We got a chance to catch up with the. FedEx Cup champion earlier today. AJ, did you know that? >> I did know that. Yeah. Tommy Fleetwood. What a I can't wait to see it actually. What a what a sweet final tournament for. this guy. a sweet ending of the PGA. season for him. And also, his hair looks. fantastic. Like yours. Hey, your hair. looks good. It's coming along. >> No, Tommy has that legit volume. He's. got great little He's got some curls to. it. Like Tommy's doing things right. >> We'll get to Tommy. You've shaped yours. a little bit here, huh? You have.

>> I got the bottom trimmed up a little. bit. Still growing out. Everything else. on the side. >> It looks good, dude. >> Starting to get kind of spiky around the. >> Yamaha. You can see it. >> Very spiky. Yeah. Can't get that. >> It is kind of like the Jesus. >> little bit. Yeah, the crown of thorns. Yeah. I'm going for what I'm going for. Yeah. >> Before it starts to fall. >> Yeah. I got gel I got gel on the spud. >> Like they cut Remember they cut TBO's. hair that way when he was the Bronx. >> Yeah. Yeah. The Jefferson. Yeah. All. right. U ladies and gentlemen, we talked. to a man with great hair earlier today.

and uh a man who's fresh out of a $10. million payday, Tommy Flewood. Ladies. and gentlemen, joining us now, the FedEx. Cup champion, an English lad, and an. absolute stud of a man who I think the. entire world is a fan of, and everybody. on Earth was happy to see him win 10. million. this past weekend. Ladies and gentlemen, Tommy. Uh, congratulations, Tommy, on the big. time win. How you feeling, Bob? >> Thanks, guys. I'm good. I'm good. A.

little jetlagged, but we're uh all good. It's been um it's been a really really. nice few days. Um and like it's yeah, it's been it's been a great way to end. the year or the season. >> Yeah, heading into an off seasonason. with the biggest win of the entire. season has to feel good. And obviously. that is vastly different than previous. seasons. And I know there's probably. been a lot of reflection and I assume. there's been a lot of people asking. about what your golf life had been until. this big- time win. But I'd be remiss if. I didn't bring it up on Sunday when you.

have the three-stroke lead and everybody. on Earth says, "Hey, it's Fleetwood's. time." Literally, I think LeBron, Caitlin Clark, everybody on Earth is. like, "It's Fleetwood's time. We're all. pumped for you." What are you thinking. about there? Are you like, "Holy [ __ ] I. could six putt this thing still." or. what is the Yeah, >> I've got to say like yeah on the when I. was on that last hole cuz I I think the. 15th T-shot was the one that I really. wanted to get away like that par three. island um you know that was that was one.

that I really wanted to get over with. But when I was down the 18th and I was. just short I was just short of the green. and two chipped it on. There was um. there was a guy that announced um you. know there's a voice that announces you. onto the 18th green and and he kind of. did a really nice announcement of me but. he it sort of it was like it sounded. like a victory announcement. Not that he. said I was champion but I was like whoa. let's slow down. I've still got I've. still got to go here. And um I was like. you you kind of know it's done but I was.

still in this like deep mental cocoon of. let's just get let's just get this one. done and let's uh and let's finish. So, I would have loved to enjoyed it more. down the last, but I just wanted to I. just wanted to make sure I finished it. off. >> No, I don't think enjoying it down the. end is the right way to go. Like, I. think it's a complete opposite. I'm. happy to hear that you're able to do. that. Is that something that you've had. to work on? Is that something you have. to deal with? Cuz I think everybody on. Earth knows you're a good golfer. And. because you're such a good golfer, you've been in it so many times. high. pressure moments, maximum pressure.

moments with a golf ball that is so. small, sweet spot so tiny you. accidentally I mean just one little. thing could ruin an entire round. Like. is that locking in in a mental cocoon. something you have to work on on a. regular basis or how did you get to this. point? >> Yeah. Well, it's I mean it's it's a lot. easier when you're not in contention or. when you um you know for for me um. obviously I've had a lot of close calls. and especially recently um I've been. playing some great golf and getting. myself into those positions and then I.

hadn't finished it off um when I when. I'd felt like it was my tournament. So. there's definite it becomes it becomes. harder to uh put those doubts which are. you know very real like you know all. your feelings they're completely real. but they are just feelings so you just. have to work on trying to make them into. a positive in a way but those doubts. creep in um and that's when you've. really got to be strong and just uh. continue to put yourself in in those. situations and I always I always felt. like eventually it's going to be my time.

and it's going to happen. Um, you know, I did I expect it to be this one? Maybe. not. But, um, you know, I played great. and I think, yeah, I just I'd worked. really hard mentally to to just keep. myself in the best frame of mind and. make sure I kept giving myself the. opportunities until it did come. >> I think we all thought you were. eventually going to win. I I think that. was just kind of like how the world. thought and that's why there was so much. intrigue down the stretch there on. Sunday because we were so excited and we. just watched you, you know, take your.

hat off and showcase those beautiful. pearly whites there. Was there a moment. of vindication? Was there uh 10,000 lbs. lifted off of you there? Did you go home. at night, look in the mirror and have. any different conversations with. yourself, with your family? Is there any. of those types of moments that maybe we. don't get to see that's happening in. between your ears? There's there's definitely relief and a. lot of satisfaction. Like I'm so. satisfied with all the work that um like. I put in day in day out and for it to be. rewarded. I feel like it's um like I.

feel like it's been rewarded with I feel. like it's been rewarded with a lot of. good play. Um I feel like it's been. rewarded by getting up there all the. time. But at the same time, you know, you like I've always said, I want to win. like multiple times. I want to win. plenty. It's not really about winning. just one, but you can't do the rest. without winning the first one. And I'm. I'm so glad to have got over that. hurdle. And hopefully it doesn't take me. 164 times to win my next one. >> Yeah, you broke the seal, brother. You.

broke the seal. Now they're just going. to start pouring in. I couldn't fathom, honestly, the amount of pressure you're. probably putting on yourself every. single time. And the amount of relief, but also I hope there's a sense of pride. in there that you fought through all. that [ __ ] You did something remarkable. and uh your story touched everybody in. sports. Now, on that note, >> it's a lot of money, brother. Connor has. a question for you. >> Yeah, Tommy, it's an honor. Your flow, by the way. Let me just say best on the. tour. Yeah, that's got to be. >> yours is looking good today.

>> Yeah, got to be a nice feeling. I know. it took a while, but at least you had. that hair the whole entire time with. that win. Um $10 million. I mean, nothing to sneeze at. Probably pretty. nice seeing that paycheck come through. after a victory. Did you have anything. in mind specifically that you wanted to. buy that you were thinking of kind of. almost motivating you? Maybe a Bentley, maybe some sort of Aston Martin vehicle. I don't know what they do over there in. England. Bangers and mash perhaps a nice. hearty helping of that. Maybe uh what. was. >> maybe buy Big Ben? >> Yeah. The whole [ __ ] clock.

>> Get a clock. Yeah, that'd be cool. Was. there anything? >> Big Ben. I probably need a few more. FedEx cups for that. But. >> Well, let's get to it. Yeah. Get more. than one win. You just trying to do. Yeah. Um, do you know what? No, I um I haven't. had. anything particular in mind. Um, and. actually the thought of winning the. FedEx Cup or $10 million check had never. really entered my mind. Um, but if. you're going to do it, if you're going. to crescendo and uh finish this chapter.

with with one, then that that's a great. one to do it. But we'll um we'll think. about that another time. For the time. being, it's been like, you know, sitting. here sort of very satisfied, very. relieved, and kind of processing it all. And then uh we'll think of a few things. We'll think of ideas. If you've got. anything, let me know. >> So, we just we ran off a bunch. We ran. off a bunch. Uh we'll continue. >> Bond car. >> Bingo. Any of these things are possible. We'll. >> Yeah, maybe. >> Batmobile. >> Bucket Pal. >> There you go. >> Joe Burrow already bought one allegedly. Um. >> no, Joe B Joe Borrow didn't buy it, did.

he? I think he gave it back. >> Yeah, it was a lie. Yeah, allegedly was. all a lie. But he's a football player, so we don't want to talk negative about. him. Um, what the hell? >> I I appreciate the fact though that in. golf you guys aren't promised anything. >> You know, we've learned that through the. development of Liv and whenever Liv. started, then they started chitchatting. about what a PGA contract is. And it's. like, you're not guaranteed any money at. all. You have to earn it, earn it, earn. it. And then your guys' schedule just. crazy one after another. Oh, we got uh. proams happening on Wednesday, Thursday.

Hopefully, we're making it to the. weekend. You have on very regular basis. made it the made the cut. made the. weekend, then you're back on the road. What does life look like now that the. season's kind of come to an end? Do you. do you work to get like what do you do. now that you can breathe for a little. bit? Cuz your guys' season after. watching that super swing, >> full swing, >> full swing is absurd. You guys are rock. stars. You guys are living on the road. for a very long time. >> Yeah. Well, for me, um I play the tour. over in Europe as well, so I've probably.

still got um five or six events left. uh. until December. December will be my time. to um sort of shut it down um and have. some time off then. But um we've got the. Ryder Cup coming up. So that's in uh. what's that? Three weeks time, a month's. time. Um I've got one event before that. So actually, you know, right now it's. like I uh I'm having a week uh I'm. having a week at home just chilling, just enjoying it, and then I'll actually. um get straight back to work and. practicing for the next event. So um.

there's uh there's always something uh. going on. I think that was the great. like for us like European players that. um play both tours like the change in. the the way that the format works in the. schedule where we're finished in August. and we don't start till January. That's. a nice time for us then to play uh we. can play like a bunch on on the tour. that I you know grew up on essentially. So um it kind of fits really well but it. does it does mean that we don't get that. much time off. >> Got to be a good [ __ ] of the walk over. there fresh off the Fred X cup champion. You know good enough saying that mental. cocoon. Everybody's going to be gassing.

your ass up on that. I'll be I'll be. cocooning. Yeah, I'll be cocooning. >> Yeah, that's why I was saying that. mental cocoon over there. Uh, on that. note, there's somebody that's with you. very close in this sport that I think is. different than anywhere else. Go ahead, Ty. >> Yeah, Tommy, how important is the. relationship with your caddy? I feel. like this year specifically, we've we've. seen stories of guys changing caddies so. often where in years past like the only. time you really heard about that was if. like Tiger changed his caddy and it was. it was a big deal. But when you are in a. position that you've been in and you've. gotten close so many times, like how.

important is that relationship to have. someone really steady on the bag with. you who kind of knows exactly what you. need to hear at all times? >> Yeah, of course. And me me and Finnow, my caddy, we're very close. We've known. each other for such a long time. He's. now been on my bag for a long time. And. I think just at a a human level, like. he's going to have had doubts as well, like the times that we've we've not. quite got it right or we've got it. wrong. But I think um me personally, I've I've always wanted to focus on the. amount of positives that there's been. and you just look for those little.

tweaks that eventually get you over the. line without sort of drastically. changing things. Um yeah, there's been. quite a lot of caddy changes this year. and I I think I think probably once it. happens once and maybe somebody's had. success like they've changed caddies cuz. things do you know people want something. fresh every now and again and and it. definitely like re-energizes. So I think. and then once somebody's seen it be a. success once then of course like. somebody else going to try it and then. somebody else will try it. So it does it. goes in cycles like that a little bit. But um yeah I for for me and Finn I.

think um especially this latter part of. the season it was just important that we. continue to learn from anything that we. didn't quite get right or any mistakes. that we might have made and then when. we're in that situation again you know. you just put all those things right or. you put them to the forefront of your. mind and and you keep pressing forward. and this was the time that we that it. did happen for us. So, um, you know, I'm. a big believer in like consistency. Um, like minor tweaks. Um, and and you know, this one's paid off. So, that's been. nice for us both.

>> I need to make more putts, Tommy. I need. to make more putts. Okay. >> Are we going on a practice session now? What have we got? You got to take the. head cover off first. >> Something to think about. It's not about. the head cover, okay? It's about the. stroke. Are you putting at your house? You're saying this week you're going to. have a week. I assume you and the family. going to have a good time. Enjoy Hell. yeah. >> Enjoy. Uh I hope you have a blast. Everybody over there has earned it. Obviously it's been a lot of dedication. from all parties. I understand how that. goes. But are you like waking up in the. morning at the house 100 putts like they.

talk about basketball players. We're. doing a thousand shots a day before we. go to bed. For you guys it feels like. the separator between the great and the. good golfers is 100 yards and in more. specifically on the green. Are you is it. like 100 like this week? Do you just. wake up and just start burying putts? Like how does it work with what you. focus on and when you focus on things? >> Um, no. I'll have um I'll have a pretty. good like structured practice routine. I. think um you know for for us in golf.

there's so many different aspects and so. many different elements that you're. always trying to cover. Like you can. never like there's no way that you could. I mean you can't hit every shot that. you're going to get in golf even in a. you know in a week's worth of practice. if you did it hours on every day. So. there's always you have to really sort. of focus on certain points and be. consistent with them and work your game. around them. Uh but you know definitely. for us you've got put in short game, long game um and then physical and. you've got and you got these elements. and then at any given time you'll you'll.

structure your day around them. But um. no there's not been uh I've actually hit. a few putts with my little one. He's. still he's still um grinding away and he. still wants to practice. So I've been. hitting a few putts with him this week. but nothing nothing major. >> How old is he? He turns eight next month. >> God, he's so much better than I am. >> Just absolute dawn on the course, I. assume. Now, what I hope you do is take. off the next two and a half weeks. >> Sure. >> You won the FedEx Cup championship. >> You don't need to practice anything. Maybe you should start playing [ __ ].

lefty actually. And on that note, AP. Tone has a question for you. >> Yep. Tommy, we were all very, very, super happy for you uh on Sunday getting. that win. And I hope you know that cuz. over the next month you are the enemy. >> USA. USA. USA. USA. >> Sorry. Sorry. >> You are the enemy. Uh you are coming. back obviously uh to the USA for the. RDER Cup. Um what's it like going to be. at Beth Page as someone on the European. team? Do you like being the away team in.

that atmosphere? And just overall, what's the environment like in for. someone that has never been to a Ryder. Cup? Well, I think I think it's it's the it's. the most amazing thing for us about the. RDER Cup is because like we play an. individual sport and u week in week out. you get supported as as an individual. but the crowd like that are there are. appreciating golf and they support. whoever's there whereas the Ryder Cup. for us is our that's our time to. experience what it's like to have an. like an unbelievably biased crowd both.

home and away. >> Um I think we're all really excited for. the atmosphere that's going to be at. Best Paige. It's going to be this is. what like dreams are about. We've we've. dreamt of playing this tournament all. our lives in making this team and the. crowd just play such a huge part in. that. So um home or away I think that's. massive and we are excited. We don't. expect anything other than um you know. the home fans to cheer for the home team. of course. So uh but we're we're really. really excited and looking forward to it. and and we'll see. Um it's it's going to.

be great. I'm excited to go there as, you know, our team and um play against. not only the 12 other guys on the team, but the nation as well. And um and just. enjoy it. Like I say, this is this is. what we've been dreaming of, you know, playing in these things since we were. kids, taking up the game. And um like. I'm I'm just really excited to play in. that atmosphere. >> You scared to death that Keegan's going. to play or No. What What are your. thoughts? >> I know there's a lot of debate, isn't. there? I think as um I'm I feel a little.

bit out of the loop. I I don't know when. he makes his picks or when he's when. he's made the pick. >> Don't you worry about our team actually. >> Yeah, I don't even know why. >> You just asked me. >> Yeah, I know. That's right. I do not. hear me. I don't know why I even I was. in the middle of it. How's your guys. team chemistry? You guys have a couple. pints or what is uh Do you guys hang. out? Are we trying to Are we. motivationally speaking to each other in. the mornings and at night? Are we. hanging out in the locker room? Is there. a sense you said you know your. individual sports do you try to do as. much team activity because for us like.

camaraderie is buing camp and like you. try to come together and I know golf is. one-on-one but it does feel like it's. you verse the world out there. Do you. guys do a lot of team [ __ ] and is there. like a group text? How do we kind of how. do we figure it all out? >> Uh you don't worry about our team. >> We're good. >> Congrats on winning the FedEx Cup. championship. I wish you nothing but. failure in a few weeks at the RDER Cup, but immediately after that, >> we're right back on the fleet. That's.

right. We're back. >> We appreciate the hell out of your time. >> Accept that. I can accept that. >> Congrats, dude. It was fun to watch. >> Thank you very much. >> That's awesome. Thanks for having me, guys. It was great to see you. >> Yeah. I want you to know though, like we. all sent or all felt like an immediate. sense of like happiness and joy for you. Everybody in the sports world. That's. very abnormal. >> Yeah. >> That's very abnormal in the sports. world. People want to hate people, especially if they're successful. People. want to tear people down. Soon as you. won, everybody in sports from all. different walks of life are like, "Good.

on you, you know, like legit." So, fair. play, lad. I think you should feel very. good. And uh we're pumped that you. joined us. >> It's been awesome. Thank you so much to. everyone. >> Cheers. >> Have a couple pints on us. >> How many, by the way? >> Yeah. How many pints fit in the FedEx. Cup? >> Haven't tried it. Yeah, I didn't get to. I didn't get to put a point in it, but. there'll be there'll be a few. Probably. like I don't know, three or four. >> All right, we appreciate you, ladies and. gentlemen. FedEx Cup champion and a man.

who's about to just dominate the. European tour, I guess. Uh again, Tommy. Flewood, Tommy, good moxy on Tommy. >> Yeah, great. >> We're all happy for him, AJ. That was. something I uh I tried to tell him like. five different times because it was I. wanted him to understand like that is. abnormal you know like I I don't really. know how often maybe around the Olympics. somebody will come around and like Bolt. I think everybody wanted Usain Bolt to.

win even American people wanted him to. win whenever he was first doing his. things maybe Phelps whenever he was. rolling I don't know how many just like. sport I guess. >> I wonder if that's like a United States. thing Like I'm sure other countries. weren't jacked up to see Michael Phelps. win gold medals. I feel like we got. behind a couple people that weren't from. the United States. >> Well, then how about Bolt? So, we'll say. Bolt then. >> Yeah, I I think that's that's probably a. safe one, but you're right. >> I feel like the world was like, "Hey, we. this is we have a human that is faster. than humans have ever been. I think. we're all pulling for.

>> teams." Serena maybe. >> Yeah, Serena. A little different, but I. feel like when Stafford won a Super. Bowl, everyone was happy for Stafford. There was a lot of people in Detroit. that weren't. >> okay. I thought the Detroit people were. still cheering him on. >> I mean, a majority were, but. >> dude, 30 top fives. We've seen that guy. on Sunday a lot. >> Yeah, we've seen his name on the. leaderboard a lot. Like, he is very. known and then it's like not going to. get it done. That was just always and. we're always so bummed for him like, "Ah, >> man. Yep. Got a double on 14. It's over.

for Tommy. See you later, Tommy. You're. on your way out." For him to finish. And. I asked him about that mindset on 18, you know, because and the way I worded. it was certainly something, but it's. real. Like you could six putt. I I've. seen I've watched on Sundays where some. guy that I've never seen before is about. to win and like if he misses this, it. goes to a playoff and it's a two and a. half footer or something and it's like. could you imagine just [ __ ] that out. and then it's another two feet. >> Yeah. Mhm.

>> And it's like well if you miss this. there's not even a playoff. You actually. come in second place, somebody else. wins. It's like you can definitely miss. There's a lot of spots for that ball to. roll to, >> especially with how small it is. It's. like that's why it's so hard to win. I. was That's why Scotty Sheffler. outrageous. Tiger Woods outrageous. Everybody that was kind of on those. runs. Jack way back in the day. outrageous. Whenever people were on. those runs in golf, it's so fickle cuz. that [ __ ] can just vanish. And it did to. a lot of stars. And it's like Tommy. Fleetwood, I think he should be. considered one of the greats. 30 top.

fives is [ __ ] outrageous. I mean, he's up in there. >> I was just looking back. He's been at. least in the top 15 in the world since. 2022. That's as far as I could go back. So, like he's been a top 15 golfer for. the last four years, three, four years. or whatever. At least I couldn't go. back. >> And he's never been able to give a happy. speech. >> Never been able to be like, "Yeah, I. won." You know, that's crazy for him. mentally, AJ. And it has to feel so good. now for that to happen, you know? >> Well, it's such a solo sport. So each. time that you get there and you get in. contention, then it fall, you know,

something happens on Sunday. Either. maybe you don't even you don't even fall. apart. Maybe someone in front of you. jumps out there and finishes Eagle Eagle. Birdie or something. So yeah, the fact. like each tournament where you go, oh, here we go. Awesome. Another top five. And I can't find a way to finish this. and win it. But I think you're right. Like he he may have taken the lid off. He he may have figured it out. Now I. cannot imagine the confidence this guy. has to have. >> I mean, at least you can lean on it in. the biggest tournament with the biggest. prize. 10 million bucks. I was able to. finish. It's like at least you have that. in the back of your head. But every time. is, you know,

>> situations are situational. >> That's right. >> I mean, that is uh reality. It's like. how he wakes up on a future Sunday will. be the same as how he felt this past. Sunday when he won the biggest prize in. the sport. I I'm not 100%. I mean, >> nuts. >> Congrats to him. And then he goes right. into the European tour. He has seven. wins on the European tour thus far. Goes. right into that. I actually get an. opportunity now to play eight more. tournaments because the way it is like. this guy loves ball. >> This guy went back. He's been in the top. 25 since 2017 basically and is never one. of the people.

>> Great golfer. This guy is a great golfer. and we you. >> like even his friends and family. probably weren't even able to really. celebrate him, you know, and it's then. he wins one and it's like all his. friends and family that have been by. him, they're like, "We told you he was a. guy." Like always told you he had it in. him and then he does it. It's like good. for you, dude. That's what we've we've. seen this like a couple times now, but. when you see the guys on tour who are. who stay and wait like when he's on 18. there because they know he's about to. win and they want to congratulate him, like it's almost like those guys wanted.

him to win more than like they wanted to. win the tournament. When they saw that. like he was in position, it's like, you. know what, [ __ ] this. Like it's Tommy's. time. We got to be there for him. And. that especially I feel like never. happens. >> Good for you, Tommy. >> Hell yeah. >> Yeah. Good for you. >> Happy for him. He was cool. Great chat. earlier this morning. >> Saves a little jet lag today. >> Big Ben's gonna cost more than 10. million, boys. >> That's a bummer. >> Yeah, he's made a lot more than 10. million. >> Once again, great golfer. >> Great golfer. Speaking of great golfers,

AJ, you've won in a golf tournament. before, right? >> Uh, no. I don't believe I've ever won in. a golf tournament. No. >> I introduce you as a Rder Cup winner. every single. >> winner. I guess I' I've won a my match. with Rob Brigle. We won our match in a. tournament. Yes. >> You've won in a tournament, right? >> Yep. Correct. >> Yeah. Saved a life. >> Let's go. >> And was part of or saw uh somebody pass. away on. >> Kelly Slater. I saw Kelly Slater save a. life. Yeah. >> Shout out.

>> What a crazy shouts Kelly Slater surfer, right? >> Oh, and Malfoy. >> and lifesaver actually on a golf course. at Ryder Cup, which leads to the RDER. Cup team. We put up on there pretty big. like, hey, this was recorded 10 minutes. before. >> Yeah. Actually, 10 minutes before the. RDER Cup teams were announced. That's on. us. But also scheduling wise, the only. time we could talk to Tommy. We got good. team age. Keegan Bradley did not select. himself as a captain's pick to compete. alongside the boys on the course. He. would just be leading a group of studs.

into action in New York. We told Tommy. that he needs to suck in this for the. good of the United States of America. Feels like he's pretty locked in on them. winning. What are your thoughts on the. team and just the RDER Cup buzz here. starting to really build? Man, I can't. wait. Like honestly, like watching the. RDER Cup is great. It's it happens. during football season, so it's kind of. weird, but I remember being in like. Saturday meetings and our my linebacker. coach putting it on the screen on mute. while we're having like our. post-practice meetings to see what's. going on with the Rder Cup. But I know. Keegan didn't name himself. I wish.

Keegan would have played. I think he. should have just done it. Why not? We. would love to see Keegan play. But who. here like who was the first and second. out? Like who would be the alternates? Do we know who was pissed off? >> Sam Burns I think was the last one in if. I had to guess. Go ahead, Tone. >> Yeah, him and then Colin Morava was a. lot of the the talk even though Colin. Morawa has been one of the best US. golfers for the last 5 years or. whatever, but this hasn't been his best. season, but he's performed so well in. Ryder Cup. Um, Keegan said that they. they brought him on, but so Morawa and. then Sam Burns were Yeah. two of the.

last ones that were. >> I'm a Keegan addict. >> Yeah, you are. >> Noted. >> Who who was on the edge that just got. left off? Do we know like who are we. thinking? >> Keegan. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Other than Keegan. Yeah. I mean, he left. himself off. >> Yeah. Keegan Bradley. I think he's the. >> who's this year's Bama and Miss and. >> South Carolina. >> Yeah. I don't I haven't I haven't seen. their fan bases putting out a lot of. stuff yet to. >> Yeah. We have to We'll go on X to see. who's pissed. >> Yeah. >> But I we want to let them know we're. pissed, too. There's only a certain. amount of players that are allowed to be. on the RDER Cup team, though. That's. right. >> Maybe next time you can play a little.

bit better at the beginning of the. season. Get those points up. >> Get in. >> cuz we need you on team America. Especially if we lose. And Keegan knows. that if he loses here, he's gonna be. judged because of it. >> Can't. >> Keegan's a New Englander. >> Oh. >> Takes a lot of pride in that. >> Amen. >> Being a professional golfer from New. England. Not a lot of warm weather up. there. A lot of golfers you hear about. might be from the north, but they move. immediately to the south. Why? So we can. golf, I don't know, for the other eight. months of the year. Correct. When we. can't golf in the north. So very rarely.

do you hear about northern golfers. succeeding and having a big time. big-time golf career. Keegan Bradley has. been that guy from New England. Now he's. got to go to New York and lead a team. >> Hell yeah. >> Let's go win. >> Come on, Keegan. >> In the middle of football season. Would. be great if it was right before football. season. >> Right nowus 130. >> Okay. >> Who's the other captain? >> USA or. >> Europe? >> We're not talking about the other team. >> They don't have a captain. >> It's You're right. It's about us. >> Tommy told us not to talk about his.

team. And right after I asked him to. talk about our team, I told him not to. talk about our team. >> That's right. Absolutely. >> I told him right to his face, too. Did. I? Oh, >> yeah. He handled it well. >> Aimless faces. >> Shout out Donnie Baker. >> I said right to his face. State law. Rest in peace. I cannot believe that. >> Rest in peace. >> The world missed out on Donnie Baker. >> I was going to say he was about as big. as there was in terms of. >> radio personality. >> Yeah. You'd set your watch to see in one.

of his videos, you know, on Facebook. back in the day. >> What he would have done Tik Tok? >> Oh god. >> Oh my god. Donnie Baker on Tik Tok. State law would have been. >> Rest in peace, Donnie. >> Rest in peace. >> Guy was always really cool to me. He was like five different people. >> Yeah, >> he was five different characters. It was. unbelievable. Tony. uh from Sopranos. Oh,

>> him just breathing heavy. He'll call. into Bob and Tom radio. We're talking. about a character from Bob and Tom radio. show. This guy was five different. characters he would call into Bob and. Tom. His Tony Sopra was him just. heavy breathing into it, which goes. against like everything about radio. Like, hey, that is not what anybody. wants to hear. But then he would drop in. this New Jersey accent, Italian accent. He was a talent that guy [ __ ] talent. Loved baseball. Coached baseball down in. Florida, I think. Like love baseball. I.

got to know him. He passed away. It's. like, man, perspective. >> Life comes, life goes. So, try to enjoy. it all. But, you know, life is very. fickle. You have to enjoy it all. You. have no idea what's coming tomorrow. No. clue. All we know is we got football. very soon. >> So, >> and we made it. >> Yeah, we did it. >> Hell yeah. >> Go football. We did. >> as we wrap up today, I think it uh it. would only be proper for us to do the. news. To do that, uh please welcome the.

man who's going to inform the world of. things that we need to know about that. are happening around this sports empire. in. on this particular notter Wednesday. >> Yeah, >> it's hard to get to. >> Yeah, >> it is. But when you get there, >> it's hard to worth it every time. >> Yeah, it's hard with the English. language. It's hard to get to not and. utter Wednesday, you know, in there. But. nonetheless, here's the news that you. need to know on not and utter Wednesday. from our friend Boston Connor.

>> Yeah. Hey, good to have you back, man. This has been much much more fun. I'm. sure you've heard a lot of things about. the shows the last two weeks. >> Good things. >> They [ __ ] sucked for us. Very nice to. see you across the across the stage. Uh. last QB battle of camp, Spencer Rattler. and Tyler Shuck. Spencer Rattler wins. He will be the starting QB for Kell. Moore's New Orleans Saints. >> Tyler Shuck was the starter, remember? Because why didn't they draft Shadore if. they were going to draft the starter? They didn't draft Tyler Shuck until. later in there. Spencer Rather played a.

little bit uh last year. Loxy, remember. him from literally high school, Elite 11. camps. Now he's getting opportunity to. be a starter in Kell Moore's offense in. this brand new New Orleans Saints team. I think if you listen to the defensive. players of the New Orleans Saints talk. about Kell Moore and what he's doing. down there, they have a lot of faith. even though nobody has had any faith in. the New Orleans Saints this off. seasonason. What's their over under? >> They believe it's four and a half. >> Okay, so not a lot of expectations by. anybody. Uh Spencer Rattler gets the. job. That might be a right place to be. though. That might be a good time to get.

>> Great opportunity. Yeah, what an. opportunity with no expectations really. placed on your team. Like the overunders. four. I mean, let's go get eight. victories and be a hero. expensive. >> and earn a hell of a contract. You know, if you're able to and by hell of a. contract, I'm not talking 65 million a. year, maybe. I mean, [ __ ] you never. know. >> If you go from 4 and a half over under. to winning a Super Bowl, >> you you'll probably get make a lot of. money. But we're talking about like good. second contract starter, maybe fill gap. type of person. >> 20 million. >> Baker Mayfield, what he be Jared Goff,

you then you become star like this is. huge. Anytime you get a chance to play. as a quarterback, it is huge. Which is. why that whole conversation about. Shadore Yeah. and them setting up for. failure and why is he starting without. the ones out there. It's like, well, he's not starting quarterback and he's. getting an opportunity to play. This is. a huge ordeal like for everybody out. there. Well, he's not getting a fair. shake because they're not using this. It's like that they never that's never. happened. That that is not that is not. reality. He's talking about humans and. also injuries and everything like actual.

teams that have to worry about what. they're doing. And it's like I. appreciate the way Shador has handled. it. >> Everybody around Shador Shador has not. Shador has been very he's tried to stay. above it complimenting teammates talking. about Joe Flacco his relationship with. him feels like the boys like him. It's. like there's been so much [ __ ] around. him which is going to happen forever. He's Coach Prime's son. I mean that's. just the way it is. They obviously have. drummed it up as well with their reality. TV show business which is kind of what. their social media is. It's just reality. TV show. They've been documenting. everything that they've been doing for a.

long time. So there's a lot of energy. and a lot of focus on Shadore no matter. what he does in the conversation around. him like why is he playing? He shouldn't. be playing. They're trying to screw him. He has stayed above it all the entire. time. I respect and appreciate that AJ. Legit. I I. >> He handles it well. >> I think so too. >> I heard I heard Dion explain in his. presser about Shiloh getting released. and Dion just talking about I prepared. my kids for every possible scenario. Like it was cool to hear how Dion was. talking to my kids and not like the all. doom and gloom. I Dion's a very positive.

guy. Yeah, I feel like these guys can. bounce back and Shador has handled it. very well. I feel like that eventually. he'll be on the field at some point this. year, right? >> We assume very committed father. Coach. Prime, nobody talks about. >> nobody ever said nobody talks about how. committed as a father he is. And then as. a coach, accountability and like he is. even though hey yeah we're going to. we're going to let [ __ ] know. we're good like we are not scared to do. that but the only reason why we can do. that is because of everything else. He's. changing a lot of lives, man. >> And uh Shador, just watching him operate.

in this whole thing. He could have. numerous times tried to take the clout. way. >> Like there's there's a lot of. everybody's saying like he's doing this. [ __ ] for show and for clout. It's like. he could he's he could have numerous. times given answers that would have. drawn headlines and stirred up [ __ ] and. threw gas onto a fire that was already. happening and has not done that. So it's. that doesn't really get talked about. with Shador, I don't think. And I think. that's a plus side. I don't think he. should be the starting quarterback of. the Cleveland Browns. I don't think. everybody should be burying Joe Flacco. Joe Flacco took this team to the [ __ ]. playoffs two years ago. Like knows the.

offense. Yeah, but he's old. It's like. there's a lot of old [ __ ] you know, there's a lot of old quarterbacks in the. NFL. You know, you know why they're old. and still in the NFL? Because they know. what the [ __ ] they're doing. Like that. That is so I don't like the slander that. has been thrown at Joey Flacco. Like I I. don't love that. But I I assume Flaco. doesn't give a [ __ ] about any of it. And. I like the way Shador's handling. It's. like they they have a lot going on over. there in that particular room. They have. not been a very successful franchise. There's a lot of [ __ ] outside of it. But.

if they're able to navigate this and. with the way the leadership is seemingly. operating, it's like good good for the. Cleveland Browns for how loud it's been. outside of it. >> Yeah. And part of the, you know, do the. news also is Dylan Gabriel who has. handled this very well cuz no one's. talking about him. He was announced as. the official backup and Shador will be. the third string which people had. thoughts about but typically if someone. gets drafted in the third round and. another guy gets drafted in the fifth. round at the same position that third. rounder is typically above him on the. depth chart. >> Well and probably going to get a little. bit more opportunity as well.

>> and he looked good with the. opportunities he was given. >> And also um that goes for if you're the. second overall pick or like a fourth. round pick or a third round pick. >> all the way down. >> Yeah. It's like there's because that's. how much money they invest in you. that. is what they've invested in you. So if. you're not getting paid a lot of money, I think in any job, you should. understand that they do not have a lot. of investment in you. Okay? So that. probably makes it easier for them to. move on from you. If they're paying you. a lot of money, they have investment in.

you. So they are looking for you to. succeed because that makes them feel. good, right? Because they invested a lot. of money, but also they're looking for. you to succeed because they are the ones. that believed in you. So like there's a. lot of that type of stuff that happens. with the draft. Now, is that fair? Um, I. think the teams would say, "Yeah, a. third rounder is worth a lot more than a. fifth rounder. Have you seen any of the. trades that happen? Do you know what a. fifth rounder is worth? Do you know what. a third rounder is worth? Do you know. what a first rounder is worth?" So, like, this is just a reality of what the. business is. And none of us expected. Shidor to fall to fifth round. None of.

us. But the NFL did. All 32 teams. numerous times let him fall. Did are we. saying that's accurate? No. But the. reality is he's worth a fifth rounder to. the Cleveland Browns. Dylan Gabriel is. worth a third rounder to the Cleveland. Browns. And uh the fact that Dylan. Gabriel has, you're right, stayed above. it all as well when he could have easily. turned the other way. Shador, same. thing. Kenny Picket, same thing. Joe. Flacco, same thing. All of them, I.

think, have handled this very, very, very well. Very, very well. But that. whole. >> Yeah. I mean, I got respect for a lot of. people. I have respect for a lot of. people. There's. >> They wanted Kevin Sans to get fired. I. there was just a lot of things I was. just reading. I'm like, so they want the. number one offensive line out there in. the third preseason game with a a fifth. round rook. >> When would that ever happen? When would. that ever happen? >> Never. Like that would that would have. never happened. And like you think. Shadore's happy about it? No. He would. like to have the best offensive line, but Shador [ __ ] knows they're not.

going to roll out the number one for the. third. You know how much money they got. invested in there? Once again, back to. investment. Th this is a business and. having Shador on the Browns is good for. their business. A lot of attention on. them and if Shadore turns into the. player that we all think and hope he can. become that'd be great business for the. Cleveland Browns and the investment. would be gigantic. But it's like right. now the way they're viewing it is like. our starting quarterback is Joe Flacco. Joe Flacco took us to the playoffs two. years ago. Joe Flacco uh and us uh did.

something that not a lot of Cleveland. Browns teams have done in the last. hundred years. So I think uh so much. conjecture, but I think the way Shador's. handled it is cool. It's not a story. that's being talked about. I like the. way he's operated. >> And just like we we forget what we were. saying about that Browns team when they. did go to the playoffs. They were going. to Houston and everybody thought that. the Browns were going to beat the [ __ ]. out of CJ Stout his rookie year in. Houston in the playoffs. Like everybody. was so high on.

>> and Joe was hired mid-season off the. couch. >> He beat a dead guy in the comeback. player of the year. >> It's true. >> He beat him. >> Dear Hamlin. >> Demar Hamlin. >> Yeah. >> Think about he he defeated all odds. Dear Hamlin was like minus 300 to win. comeback player of the year at the. beginning of the season. >> What did they say though? It was for. onfield performance, right? >> That has since been changed. >> Yeah. And then they change they the. flaco rule. Hey, you can't come off the. couch and win comeback player of the. year anymore. Okay. If a guy passes away. on the field in front of all of us, he's.

probably going to. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Can't have this happen again. >> I like Joe Flacco. I liked him when he. was here. It didn't work at all. He was. It was not good here with the Colts. >> You got a raw deal. >> Didn't seem like they were set up for. success. >> No. Still doesn't know. >> You don't know. >> No, I don't. >> I do not. >> Dimes has been. >> I'm thinking about that with every team. I I don't like the way the new Colts. generation fans through the ones that. attacked me for pointing out everything. that was accurate about the team last.

year now they all attacked me last year. they are now attacking everything about. the Colts and going after them and it's. like everybody has said the same thing. basically and it's like to be a. quarterback is a lot of things like it's. a lot of things it's a very there's only. 32 of these jobs so it's like is Danny. Dant the guy that's going to lead us. both on the field, off the field, set an. do all the [ __ ] that comes with being a. starter. I assume that is what they are.

saying because if you listen to the. coaches and the way they talk about it, that's basically what it is. It's like. this guy is suited to be the face of a. franchise right now. And it's like, is. he exactly what? No. I mean, this wasn't. the guy we drafted number four overall. But they also have said they're not. giving up on Anthony still. Like Anthony. gets hurt and then he's like out of the. building. So, I don't even think he's. really gotten a chance to like see how. you're potentially supposed to kind of. do it for over a three-year period now. So, it's like I I still think Anthony. Richardson I was a believer coming in. I.

was like, everything we've heard about. the offseason, here we go. This is going. to be it. And then you just start, you. know, kind of hearing stuff and it's. like, oh, they're going to go with Danny. Dimes because of everything that we kind. of potentially were thinking in years. past. He's very young, hasn't played a. lot of football. I don't think he. completely understands how important it. is to be the quarterback of an NFL team. strictly because throughout his entire. life, he's been able to show up and just. dominate everybody. And that's cuz he is. so talented. So, it's outrageous how.

much talent Anthony Richardson has. So. much fun to watch him do his thing. But. it's like in the NFL, everybody has. talent. And you're talking about. generations of talents. Like two. generations ahead of you were still. playing in the NFL. Those guys had. [ __ ] talent. They're still playing. It's like everybody has a lot of talent. He's certainly a lot more god-given. ability and everything like that than. anybody I've ever seen. I mean, Cam. Newton is the only real comparison or. conversation. Josh Allen, I guess, as. well is a conversation there, but.

there's only been a few of those guys. Everything else, though, takes like. you just you live it. That's what has to. happen if you want to really make it. And it's like maybe he's not there yet. He's going to have to play this year. You assume Shane Stikens's offense. Danny Dime's going to be running. He. might get hurt. Danny Dimes runs very. well. >> He's a bull. >> Nobody really talks about that. >> So, >> he runs very well. Everybody remembers. him tripping. Well, do you know in. tripping he was on a 65 yard run that he. was pulling away from people. Danny. Dimes over yardage run uh rushing yards.

bet, safe bet basically every game. because everybody sees Danny Dimes, they. go, "Look at that nerd. He can't [ __ ]. run." And then yes, he can. But with. that, it's going to come something and. Anony's going to get to play again. And. hopefully You know, hopefully it's the. time. Riley Leonard also. >> Yeah, he looked good. >> He put up 40 against the Bengals. >> Yeah. And also, did you see a touch pass. over the middle over the linebacker in. front of the safety? It's like I didn't. know Riley did learn that. >> I didn't know Riley Leonard could do. that. I I thought Riley Leonard was like. couple years here. We're going to have.

to [ __ ] figure out how to make these. >> And it's like I start seeing some throws. and I'm like that's against fourth. stringers, but he's playing with four. stringers, too. >> And he just [ __ ] seated that thing. throw itself. >> I didn't know Riley Leonard. I didn't. know that was in there. He's so. athletic. >> Yeah, >> you talk about being able to run. >> Danny Dimes per I mean, you can see it. all. >> Yeah, legit. And he's tall. Colts might. have the most quartback room in the. country. >> Well, definitely. That is a definite. >> That's not true anymore, actually. >> Why is that? Cuz you guys picked up the.

>> Yeah, we didn't pick up Dooch. >> Who'd you pick up? >> Doo couldn't hold Tommy Cutlets's jock. >> You picked up the veto. >> Yeah, that's right. I thought you got. Duch. You got Dvito. >> I We got Dito. And funny enough, when it. happens, I felt something in my soul. I. I could like my hair almost slick back a. little more. My My armpits almost smelt. a little worse. My My entire body just. It felt like I wanted pizza a little. more. I I honestly think I might I might.

have become Italian since the Patriots. got told me to veto. I can kind of. >> You didn't I could tell you didn't. You. can see it. >> No, you look you don't look natural. doing that at all. >> That ain't Isn't that what the guy does? Soprano. You're not soprano. >> Pretty good, right? >> No, he would also then have a full. accent here though. >> Yeah, exactly. Like uh. >> Well, you are getting. >> [ __ ] [ __ ] Ghoul. >> So, you're getting closer.

Close your eyes. It might be a little. That's not it, though. You don't need to. do that. So finally Davididito is now a. part of the Patriots. >> Yeah, Vable saw him and he said, "I need. I need Cutlets. I need Stallato in my. building." Do you know how they're going. to get all the rats out of the building? Stel's going to walk around with a. shotgun. >> Oh my god. He does say there's rats in. here. And then he brings in [ __ ]. Dawn. >> Yeah, that's only one way to stiff him. out. Bring in the Cutlets family. Bring. those noses into the facility and let's. have them going office to office.

>> Yeah, you said something there. What I. was alluding to is they were going to. take a ride. Nobody buddy was going to. be sitting shot be sitting going to be. sitting back right side. >> You know why they just did not stop. having a mafia up in Boston. >> That's unbelievable to think about. >> Stop. >> There's rats everywhere in this building. and [ __ ] bring me the most Italian. >> Call Cutlets. Get Stellato on the line. now. >> We got to find them. >> [ __ ] Where are they? We got loose. lips around here. Need you to find them. >> Stato also a mask guy by the way. Stel. grew up in Massachusetts. That's also a.

preseason matters cuz he went like 16 of. 20 against the Patriots in their final. preseason game. Uh also with the O line. where I think most of the O line got. cut, but that's for a different day. Um. so you know those preseason games do. count. Everybody's watching. >> Yeah, especially the on the other side. of the field. >> Uh Darren Waller got signed. He was on. the Ravens. >> John Guden was with the Raiders. >> Sees him do his pre-workout warm-up. >> What is that, man? >> Yeah, >> that's uh Darren Waller. >> He's a Raider. highway. Can you catch?

Can you do Yeah. Okay. Sweet. You got a. spot for it. Then he becomes all pro in. that entire thing. It's like you never. know who's watching. That's why every. opportunity is such a big deal. >> Like don't push the door out. It's like. that's a [ __ ] big deal. A lot of. teams that maybe didn't know if he could. operate in the NFL with NFL defenses. that might be a little bit more. sophisticated, maybe a little bit more. speed, maybe an offense that you have to. kind of go through a couple more reads. People are watching that from other. teams being like, "Okay, he answers. questions that we have. Maybe if he's. not with the Browns, he's with us." It's. like these opportunities matter, man. Like the these things are good. These.

are not bad. Like especially if you're. trying to make a [ __ ] roster. If. you're top 10 guy on team, it's like. different conversation about this, but. if you're bottom half a roster, it's. like any opportunity is a great. opportunity. And just acting like it's. not was wild to me. I thought that was. very disrespectful to the NFL. Like, hey, this league's been around a long. time. Long time. And it'll be it'll be. going on for a long time as well. On. that note, let's talk about the league. making a decision. Rasheed Rice will be. suspended six games uh this upcoming.

season, including the first six games. because this conversation about Rasheed. Rice's uh penalty or suspension from the. NFL wasn't going to come al September. 30th, which was conveniently enough one. day after Monday Night Football. And. they've played five games, four of them. being prime time games. first one. obviously in Brazil the second day of. the season taking on the Chargers on. Friday. So everybody's like real. convenient. The NFL is scheduling this. Rashid Rice punishment the day after the.

fourth national television game for the. Kansas City Chiefs. Turns out that we. did a little research. >> Mhm. >> We reached out to our source. >> within the league and September 30th. would have been the last day that a rule. would have come and that would involve. like a judge hearing both sides. both. the NFL and the NFL PA because there's a. lot of things and moving pieces whenever. it comes to suspensions and precedent. and things of that nature. So, I guess. that a suspension was trying to be.

worked on here since it has happened and. the NFL PA and maybe they have their. gripes or fight back about thing and. they're kind of presenting their case. The NFL is presenting their case. Then. they were able to come to an agreement. on a six-game suspension being the. proper amount. Rasheed Rice has agreed. to it. So September 30th was a date of. importance in this particular case, but. it was never in the NFL's eyes, from. what we were told, the date that the. decision was going to be made. They've. been trying to get this done basically. since it has happened. So they finally.

just were able to get it done. I which. was news to me. I did not know any of. that information. I was very happy to. learn that because it was hard not to be. like real convenient that they put it on. September 30th when this happened a long. time. Like it's hard not to buy into. that. And then we call somebody at the. NFL and they're like, >> "No, the deal done. We wish this was. done two weeks ago. There's a lot that. goes there's a lot of fighting that is. happening on what's allowed, what's not. allowed, what's proper, what's improper, and it's just like uh it was cool to. kind of learn about that because I.

certainly bought in that they were doing. this on Tuesday.". >> Yeah, definitely. It was hard not to. almost it was hard not to believe it and. instead they get it done before the. season starts, which what they've been. trying to do. And it's a six-game. suspension and Rasheed Rice and his. people have just been like, "Yep, you. got it. We'll see you on week seven.". >> Yeah. It was hard, too, cuz Jordan. Addison got suspended three games either. the same day or the day before when this. news dropped. So that's why everyone was. like, "Okay, if they're suspending guys. now, and then the one player on the. Chiefs who's up for a suspension, he's.

the one that gets special treatment and. they get four prime time games with. their full team before he gets. suspended." Like, that didn't make any. sense. The Addison suspension kind of. added, >> it was easy fodder. It was easy. conspiracy fodder right now. >> Yeah, >> it's especially that Kingdom's out right. now. I mean, it's just like it was easy. fodder. So, I think them getting this. announced before the season was huge for. the NFL. >> But also, we need to remember this going. forward, AJ, that even though it looks. like a duck.

>> and waddles like a duck, >> that [ __ ] might be a goose. >> You know, you never know. You can't just. assume things. So you hear the quack AJ, >> you can't do we know if Rashi is allowed. in the facility and able to practice. with the team during this time. >> No. >> Nothing. >> Yeah, >> that's a big deal. Like if if he was. able to take part in practice in. meetings, that would be I think that. would help him a lot. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I think so. I was suspended a. week. Wasn't allowed in the building. >> How do they follow? >> Like what am I supposed to do? I'm just. sitting in my house. >> Like I need. >> How do they follow me? >> Yeah. It's what you're doing.

>> Okay. >> Okay. >> I'll just sit in my [ __ ] house. Shut. the blinds. I don't want to see anybody. I'm embarrassed. I'm disgusted with. myself. And who can I talk to? Myself. I. can't even go talk to anybody. Everybody. I know in the city's in a building. It's. right there. I'm allowed in there. >> I'll [ __ ] go home, I guess. >> Bad move. Where am I working out? [ __ ] LA fitness. Am I allowed to work. out? >> Some runs. >> Not allowed in the building. That's like. the And mine was one week. Six weeks. A. long time. You know, we watched Tom kind. of do workouts in his backyard.

throughout this entire thing. I I wonder. what we'll see Rasheed doing. I I assume. the workout videos will be [ __ ]. outrageous that it'll be coming out. I I. do assume that's. >> just crazy to think though, like it's. easy to kind of just dismiss this and be. like, oh, like that's a third of the. season, >> long time. >> And like they they they were relying on. I mean we saw how the Chiefs offense was. last year with him at the very start. when it's like, oh, okay, >> this is the guy they've been missing. They need him. This is why Kelsey's kind. of taken a back seat because he is.

>> crazy situation. Could have killed. somebody without a doubt. >> Yeah. like we don't want to. >> Yeah. Yeah. Not not downplaying what. happened obviously, but like. >> I mean for for the Chiefs I I would. assume they probably expected this was. coming, but still like having a guy who. you expect to be a Pro Bowl type. receiver and and help Mahomes have. another one of those seasons for him to. be gone for a third of the season. Like. what a hit. >> Yeah. Now it's just, you know, it puts a. spotlight on on Mr. Kelsey and his his. improved offseason, him working out down. in Florida and then, you know, Xavier. Worthy who was in his second year. I.

mean, he was awesome as a rookie. So it. just puts a little bit more on those. guys until we shoot Rice. >> Do you think it'll be Kelsey Swift? >> Both of them. >> I think he's taking the name. Is he? >> I wonder if both of them. >> hyphen. You going to hyphen it? >> Yeah, >> they should. >> I would not judge. >> Why not? >> Two very great names in Americana. >> Yeah, >> that jersey still would do so well. >> Yeah, but I Okay, that's you're you're. thinking [ __ ] business-wise. I'm. thinking like in my eyes that would be a. that'd be a dope.

>> that'd be a [ __ ] imagine our kids. >> Oh my god. >> The pressure to be great. >> Uhoh. >> I'd be more of a fan to take both last. names and combine them into something. different. >> Kel Swift or Swift Swelsey. >> Probably the last. Yeah, Swely. >> Whatever. I'm so happy for them. >> They should take each other's last. names. >> Oh, swap. >> Swap. I'm so [ __ ] happy for them. Think. about how loud it was when they were. just trying to date each other, you.

know? >> [ __ ] these. I'm sick of seeing them. It's like, well, sorry. One of them is. the biggest star in the world. Okay. Sells out stadiums in every [ __ ]. continent by herself. And the other. one's the greatest tight end of all. time. So, yeah. Sorry. In the biggest. sport at the biggest time of the sport. Sorry, you're seeing Yeah. Sorry, you're. sorry people are seen, I guess, is kind. of a thing. And then this is a plant. Oh, she's trying to sell an album, huh? Okay. I can't believe [ __ ] Travis. Kelce is letting Taylor Swift use his.

NFL status to sell some [ __ ] like the. amount of different eras. Shout out Taylor. The amount of. different eras of hate that they got at. the beginning had to make it difficult. to become a couple. >> Yeah. I mean, it really makes no sense. that that this is the point we're at. because like especially in a rel I can't. imagine being in having every every part. of your personal life being under a. microscope. Literally everything you. like they couldn't ever go anywhere. publicly and not have it be the biggest. [ __ ] deal ever. You know, it's like.

the Beatles are coming into town. Like. it just it's. >> And also Trav, you need to look right, act right. >> Yeah. because her fans obviously for. good reason because she is an absolute. dog very loyal and they've also been. with her and have learned her entire. life story through her songs you know. she's like a diary journalist artist. that is she's I've learned about all her. exes through listening with my wife and. it's like yo trav representing for. football I was very pumped I'm like here. we go cuz she's been with artists in the. past you actors in the past musicians.

it's like I've heard about them we don't. like them you're representing for. football here and he's been [ __ ]. >> Mhm. >> He's the perfect. >> perfect representative. Absolutely. >> I think so. I legitimately think so. Like I I assume he would say maybe. misstepped a couple things. I I. misjudged a couple things maybe because. he's in the public eye, but like the. tight end position and this is why I. thought from the beginning it was. perfect. Not only because I kind of know. Travis pretty well, but al and I also. know Taylor through her songs which is.

and her documentary ta uh Travis tight. end. He's not expecting to be the star. Like the quarterback is the star. Tight. end is like I'll block, I'll do this. like okay being in shadow actually in. shadow of offensive line and in shadow. of wide receiver and all everybody's in. shadow of quarterback. So it's like I. don't think he is I think he's pumped to. like walk behind her as she's walking. into a place and he's just enjoying it. Like from the beginning I think that's. why I was a believer that they [ __ ] Hey, this might be like the perfect for.

Taylor. I don't know how many dudes are. going to be able to handle she's the. biggest star on earth. It's like a lot. of dudes, especially successful ones, have egos and [ __ ] you know, all. that [ __ ] And it's like Travis is like. seemingly. >> he's a exclamation point, right? Is that. how she described him? >> Human human exclamation point. >> Just like no, just like yep, let's do. this and let's have a good time doing. it. Like I'm so happy for them, man. I. I'm really happy for them. The last name. tick will be interesting. >> Shout out both their camps, by the way,

for not leaking out. Like it was only. Taylor's uh. >> Yeah. Ed Ed Kelsey came out and said. it's been two weeks. >> Where the [ __ ] have you guys been, dude? >> Whole family changed life. >> Oh yeah. >> Yeah. >> Oh yeah. Big time. >> Everybody's watching everything. >> Mhm. >> Mom, you're going to be wanted to be. talking everywhere. Let's Let's make. sure we're not saying anything to you. I. mean, it's crazy time. >> Kylie's got a podcast. >> Yeah, Kylie's beast. Jason Kelsey, too.

best center we've ever had. >> catapulted into, hey, by the way, here a. super football guy to the world, you. know? >> Yeah. >> Jason Kelsey, here he is. And then her. talking about him and his Tims doing the. [ __ ] base jump in the ice. He just. appeared. He levitated. I was impressed. by that as well. Once again, great. representative of football. >> This drunk big massive man still able. >> in the snow. >> in the Buffalo. >> Still able to just fly. It's like that's.

football, baby. That's right. We. appreciate that. Congrats to them once. again. That is cool. That is really. cool. They had to be so happy to find. each other, you know. >> I'd assume so. >> Legit. They'd probably assume they were never. going to find somebody like this, get. married, both of them. Public. relationships. >> Yeah. I mean, certainly not. >> It's just a wild situation. >> It's a wild time, dude. >> Worked out. Imagine if if she could sell. out. every she could sell every ticket she.

wanted to sell for the rest of her life. >> Like right now if she announced a. [ __ ] stadium tour in the United. States of America would sell it in five. minutes. >> Foxy, do you not agree with that? >> 1,000%. >> Foxy's got a Swifty he lives with as. well. Yes. >> So it's like. >> five is a lot. >> What's that? >> 5 minutes is a lot. >> Yeah, you're right. It would be 90. seconds. If there was no heads up, there. was zero heads up. She just put out a post on Instagram. Boom. Here's. 250,000 tickets available.

>> Yep. >> Those things would disappear in 90. seconds. However fast the link can go. through there. She's able to do that's a. crazy existence. Like that is just an. absolutely crazy existence. And for them. to be able to kind of counterbalance. each other. And what's weird, the Swifty. in my household has always said from the. beginning, out of all the boyfriends she. ever had, Travis was the one where they. were like, "Oh, they might get married.". And like all the Swifties were like, "This is it. This is the time. Travis is. going to be the one." And that's just. kind of been the thing since they.

started dating, which I think is pretty. cool that it actually is happening. >> Yeah. They're so high school, too. >> They are. They give up on love. >> Travis is tall, too. So, it's not like, >> you know, I think some of those dudes. actual shadow. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah, definitely. Like, come on, Taylor. S. >> Come on. Yeah, this is called a crowd. You've never seen one. This is what it. is. You know, like that's seemingly what. it was in the past. All right, age. Let's get the hell out of here. We'll be. back tomorrow. Good show tomorrow. >> Tomorrow's Thursday. >> Yeah, sure is. >> football.

>> Holy [ __ ] man. >> Yeah, we got football tomorrow. >> Got football tomorrow. Big ones. >> Nebraska Cincy. >> Yeah, watch that. >> I like what you're doing, Tony. >> Chat GP Tone. Yeah, I love it. >> Six and a half. >> Of course you like it. >> That feels like a 4.25. round up to four and a half to me. >> The books don't know yet. That's what. you were sounding like when you were. talking about your Excel spreadsheet. with Chad GP. >> I didn't mean to come off like that, but. if I did, I'm not I'm not apologizing. for it. >> All right. Hey, if Chad GP tone is the.

game changer, I'm in. >> I go 0 and 10 this week and then I'll. just burn the entire AI. >> Don't give it Don't give it up. Don't. you guys stick with it? Don't you think? >> Yeah, you do have to. You just got to. get it there and then you got you got to. talk to it. >> Yeah. You need a fiveweek um. >> molding sample size. >> There it is. Yeah. >> Need to need to mold it, shape it. >> By the way, the first game tomorrow was. at 5:30, so it's like. >> Yes, we're really in it. >> Yeah. Sweet. >> Friday, me and AJ will be in uh. Columbus, Ohio inside a stadium.

>> Nice. >> We will not be taking whole show to. outside uh stadium. There's a lot of. events set up because coach Corso's last. uh that I did not know about literally. until yesterday. So had to kind of. adjust here. Uh honored. So that's not. even a question. It's just like got it. got it. >> Yeah. >> There's a lot of celebrations of coach. Corso. >> rightfully so. >> Yeah. >> So much commitment to sport. >> Yeah. >> So much commitment to sport over the. years. They were showing all of his. highlights. >> Just so many memories. Just so many.

moments on television over one lifetime. is insane to think about. let alone. where the sport in the show was whenever. he started versus where it's at now. It's like he has to look around and be. incredibly proud of what he's I assume, you know, and getting a chance to honor. him at the ESPs, >> it was cool because it did feel like he. did kind of take it in for a little bit. You know, sometimes you don't know if. somebody's really like uh I don't want. to say appreciative because obviously. everybody's appreciative, but like. because you've done so he's accomplished. so much. It's like at some point you. kind of get numb to people telling you.

how awesome you are, you know, because. there's also people that tell you how. bad you are. So like and coach Corso was. very much like uh I don't want to become. friends with coaches. I don't want to. like I am just kind of doing my thing. Universally loved human for the last. what 20 years basically of his TV days. Kirk talked about the first and not. everybody loved him, you know, in this. entire thing that carries him I assume. through the entire thing about how he. is. It did feel like he took it in and I. was incredibly like happy for him, you. know, because like.

>> hey man, they don't just [ __ ] do this. for nobody, >> you know, like this is. >> this is a huge ordeal because you've. earned it and uh I think everybody's. been trying to make sure he knows that. Like I and I think it's been beautiful. to kind of watch AJ. >> I I mean I sure hope he knows that. I. would I I would imagine he hopefully he. like accepts all the the praise and what. people are saying because you're right. like you could talk to anybody. You. don't even have to know what football is. barely. And they could probably point. out Lee Corson, but I've seen that guy. always I always see clips of him and I. see him on TV putting on the, you know,

the mascot. Like people still, even if. you don't know anything, I think a lot. of people still know what Lee Corso is. >> Yeah. Yeah. He's synonymous with the. sport. The number two sport in America, college football. >> NFL is number one, college football is. number two. And it's like whenever coach. Corso started 30 some years ago, 40, I. don't know what it was now. I just. always say 30 some years, but that was a. few years ago. We might have creeped. into 40. I don't know how many years it. was. >> But like when it was like that, it was. just him on a chair, you know, him. Fowler and Herb Street.

>> on like watching that to what it is just. game day, let alone the whole sport of. college football. >> It's like what a. >> what a job well done. What a life's. work. Yeah, >> what a life's work. Yeah, 38 years he's. been doing it. So, it is creeping to 40. >> in this entire thing, but it's like his. life's work has been displayed and you. can see the success of it and uh the. celebration of him will be awesome on. Saturday. >> Yeah. Yeah. It's going to be a special. show. I'm looking forward to it. And. then right after that, boom, Ohio State, Texas in it.

>> His last headgear in the horseshoe. >> Yeah, >> that's going to be. >> He better do it. >> Baby face or heel. He better do it. >> Hopefully right after the headgear. >> He better [ __ ] do it. Could you. imagine? >> That's all I'm saying. >> Could you imagine? >> Oh yeah. >> Oh yeah. >> That would be all time. Last one ever. >> People crying. >> Ah, [ __ ] it. >> Yeah.

>> Yeah. Most headgear team's picked the. most is the Buckeyes, right? >> Oh my god. >> That would be. >> He's not scared. >> Yeah. You want to talk about a walk-off? That would be a I mean. >> I hope Yeah, >> I would lose my [ __ ] up there. That. would be sick. >> But he's going to get it right. >> His record is a very good one. He is. going to go for whoever he thinks. actually going to win, >> which I respect. >> I might try to drop in there though. Like, hey, >> you better. >> do another one of these. Uh, you know, the old days.

>> Come on, Toss one last time. >> The entire. >> boom on the way out. Oh my god. How many. people in there? 10. What? >> 105 108 something like that. >> Couple 108,000 people. That would be. [ __ ] epic. >> It will be regardless cuz the place is. going to go [ __ ] hit. It's. regardless. It It is epic. >> We're talking strictly if he was to. decide I'm going to heal in this place. >> One last time. >> What that would just feel. >> I hope. >> No, he's going to pick. I'm excited to. see who he picks actually because that.

is probably who he thinks to win a. national championship. >> Yeah, probably. >> I think he's been pretty close a lot. So, we will learn from, watch, enjoy, and uh honor the [ __ ] out of him as we. celebrate a huge kickoff to college. football. >> Yeah. >> What a big slate, dude. On Saturday. >> Awesome. That's amazing. We don't We. don't get this usually. >> early, man. Early. I think there's an. entire campaign going on about like not. scheduling easy games too by like maybe. Nike or something like that. >> Well, that's why they need to put all.

the teams that play. I mean, I hope. Stanford sees right. They need to put. all those teams in whether like like. let's say Ohio State gets has three. losses but one of their losses to Texas. and they're at 14. Like come on. >> They'll be in still if they have three. >> The winners and. the honor guys. >> will all make CFB. That's the last time. Boys, we enjoyed it. >> I did. >> Oh [ __ ] Call him back. He had something. for Gumpy. Call Stevens.

>> Yeah, you're right. >> Oh my god. And I just remembered, [ __ ]. we missed that. We all missed it. Yeah, we did. >> I put it on all the. >> No. Yeah, you did. You completely. forgot. >> I put it on everybody. Hey, make sure I. get to what Steve wants to tell Gump. >> Got a good. >> Cuz Gumpy said, I got a good stat. that'll make Gum feel good about the. Dolphins. And he started to say it. We. said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Save it for on. air.". >> And we never asked. >> Hold on. My my right ear's not in. I. cannot hear you. >> Uh, we'll call him tomorrow. >> He's got another commitment. >> Yeah, another interview. No, he had a.

Zoom call. >> Oh, okay. >> Honey, >> bless you. >> Bless. >> Bless you. >> Bless you. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> All right. We'll be back tomorrow. Thursday already. >> Yeah, it is. >> Feels like I've lived this week a lot. >> You're on Thursday. >> Yeah. >> Early morning. You know, this is the new. me. I don't know if you guys know. If you're like me, we can text about. 4:45. >> Sure. >> Feels like that's the thing we do. >> Hell yeah. >> So, we'll see you out there. >> Yeah. I'll be up. Oh, yeah. I don't know.

if you know it's already 5:04 a.m. right. now in Brisbane. >> So, it. 2 am is noon. That's how I know because. >> 12 plus 2. >> You guys get pretty active. You guys got. pretty active from about midnight to two. there in that group. >> Sure. Sure. >> Got pretty active, you know. I'm I'm. trying. >> Go to sleep. >> I'm trying. And then there's just. and I turn it off, but somehow because I. think it's a pinned group text, it still. vibrates every once in a while. And I.

look at it. 48 text me. All right, I'm. [ __ ] not looking at that. And then I. go take a piss at about 2:30. I open it. Shows live. All right, I got to see. what's going on here. >> Okay. [ __ ] rap sheet. Looks awesome. And is that his kid on set? That's not. the same kid though. >> No. No. >> So I'm at two two. I'm literally. >> half asleep. I think that's a different. kid. Is that another kid?

>> Different poopy haircut. I can't tell. >> No, they got good haircuts. But then I. had to text him, hey, say what's up to. other kid, you know, cuz would like to. >> Yeah. >> at least be hospitable even though I'm. in the other country. But I don't want. to say shout out to the other kid if. it's the same kid. Cuz then the other. guy thinks. >> Yeah. >> That's more disrespectful. I shouldn't. text anything. >> Exactly. >> 45. This is all happening in my head. And then [ __ ] you guys are in the. goddamn group text. And then I get. texts. Are you okay? You haven't seen. you on the show. [ __ ] everybody. I'm. going to bed. >> Tough to get back to sleep after that.

>> It is. Yeah. >> I'll tell you what though. Australia, I would definitely recommend. >> Yeah, I'm going to go. >> I would definitely recommend. >> So far. >> So far, you just got to account for they. say three days of travel. Like we also. asked NFL person how's football game. going to work there NFL game it is so. far and they used to play a preseason. game in Japan I think so they have had. to experience far trips Australia is so.

far it is so far they're watching Super. Bowl Monday morning 9:00 a.m. or. whatever, you know. So, it's like that's. how different it is. You just every. person I talked to is like when you. travel to Australia, you just add three. three days is what the travel is going. to be. One and a half and one and a. half. Like that's basically what you. you're bookending on the backside and. then you got everything else in between. It's like in a football season, how how. do you just lose? I don't know how you. just lose. >> You got three days. >> I I honestly don't How is that on a. massive disadvantage? >> You got to do it this week next year. If.

they're going to do it, they should do. it next week on Thursday. >> And then they get first week off as. well. be like two weeks to bounce back. >> Then week one, those two teams have week. one. >> bonus buy. >> They're week z they would be the week. zero game. >> So they would get a bonus buy. >> Yes. >> Which would actually be the but they're. working. >> ahead of everybody else. >> Yeah. Exactly. So like in I don't know. if you move their cuts up when it comes. to cut down or even if you could do. that. >> I don't know how you fix it. >> because you can't you genuinely can't do. it. >> It's so far. It is so And there's no.

Wi-Fi over the Pacific. A lot of. Australians would show up though, right? >> Yes, I think so. >> Yeah, >> I think so. >> It feels like it. >> I I was not recognized over there much, but then when when I was in places where. there was pockets of people, like if. that makes sense, like walked into a. sports place and it's like three people. in there knew who I was. So that means. 50 people knew who I was because they. told, you know, the whole conversation. >> But walking about, you know, all good.

>> Freeze a bird. It was awesome. Sweet. >> Holy [ __ ] It was awesome. I had a. blast. I was just sitting on a bench on. downtown just [ __ ] judging everybody. walking by. Nobody looking at me. I was. like, I think I miss people watching in. public. And yeah, I do. Just [ __ ] had. a long black, which is what they call. their black coffee over there. I got a. long black. Two of your fake sugars. because you guys don't have Splenda. here. Tells me something about what I'm. putting in my coffee every day. Yeah. >> Crazy you guys don't have that. It. tastes so good. But I guess I'll do this. stuff. And then sunglasses on.

What the [ __ ] is that guy? They walk by. Next person. Wow. Nose piercing to the. top lip to ear back to bottom lip. >> Oh yeah. >> Unbelievable. >> Unbelievable arrangement. How long does. that take to every [ __ ] morning walk. by? Good to see them. >> Sporty fella comes walking by. Good to. see that. Holding a holding a footy. ball. Stop him. Ask him, "If I was to. punch that ball out, what would what.

would happen?". Probably fight your bloke. I go, "Well, ball security." You know. that kind of a a thing. He goes, "I. wouldn't do that. Don't touch my [ __ ]. ball.". >> All right. Good ball. Good ball. I'll. see you later. Like, just able to have. those very [ __ ] natural random candid. interactions with It was really cool. Like, I really I [ __ ] loved it. And. everybody was cool. Like everybody that. I talked to was cool. And I I don't want. to say I get special treatment at.

places, but I do nowadays. Like I can't. [ __ ] tell you what some restaurants. like because that restaurant is [ __ ]. >> pulling out all the stuff. >> They're putting me Yeah. And it's a very. cool thing. You know, there's a lot of. drawbacks obviously to this entire life. that I am very lucky and thankful. I'm. not This is not me complaining there. There's a lot of pluses that come with. this entire thing. But I can't tell you. how a [ __ ] place is because they're. gonna be nicer to me if somebody knows. me there than they would be to [ __ ]. my dad if my dad was to go there, you. know? So, it's just like a little. different world. I've experienced a. different reality all of a sudden. We. all have, I think. I I don't want to.

speak for everybody else over there. Like, it was cool to just [ __ ] be. like, it was very cool just to be. everywhere, you know? And everybody was. cool. Everybody had a personality. Like, I think that's I was in England. I. thought everybody had a personality. Like you could just like talk [ __ ] and. they're gonna come back and they have. that accent. So it's immediately a. little bit of sauce on it. It was like. Australia felt like the same way. Did I. tell the story about the [ __ ]. gigantic dude? >> Not on here. >> This guy 50some years old face looks.

like 65 66 walks into the hotel I'm. staying at. Tank top [ __ ] monster. This guy just traps [ __ ] didn't look. like he was on roids either. It was like. a active He just looked like a a a a. massive lad, for a lack of better words. As he's walking out, I stop him. Excuse. me. Excuse me, sir. What do you do? How. is this? And he like gets like startled. for a second. I'm like, you're a [ __ ].

monster. What are we doing here? Oh, circuit training lot, you know, goes. through this entire thing about what. he's doing and how he does it. Was like. so incredibly kind. Like, what an. uncomfortable question to hear from. somebody, but I was so impressed. I lit. I think he was like taken back that I. even asked. Then he like gave me the. game. He was like, "Oh, circle high. intensity train, you know." And then he. had like a a military tat and I was with. First Sergeant Gartland, the guy that. went to our high school who served 22. years in the Marines, was eight years as. a drill instructor at Paris Island and.

in San Diego. And uh, you know, he's. literally guy I've known since high. school. Got to be in the movie uh with. me because Peter let him in. He showed. me around Parasite. Like gave me a lot. of game in this entire thing. like very. very thankful for him. Hilarious [ __ ]. human being. I mean I mean let's not. undercut just being around him is. outrageous. Has been since high school. as well. Like this dude is hilarious. But certified this entire thing. The big. huge dude had you know some military tat. or something cuz the Aussies in USA.

especially in World War II. Oh. >> yeah. >> Like Guadal Canal. There's a bunch of. like little fights and battles before we. truly get to Japan that like Australia. [ __ ] was there was seven scouts I. guess from Australia in Guadal Canal. that showed all our people around as we. were moving up the islands and they like. took care of us. Australia got hit. pretty hard I guess by Japan. So they. obviously had their own. It was like. Australian USA military very very tight. I I I think I learned that as I was over. there. So listening to First Sergeant.

Gartland and this [ __ ] massive dude. have this military conversation was just. like so cool. It was like it was just a. a welcoming country if that makes sense. But. >> there's not a lot of [ __ ] about it. >> Yeah. >> We don't like weed. You're putting your seatelt on in the. back seat. >> Mhm. >> There's one homeless person we saw. >> saw a lot of people reply to you. yesterday. You know that you're supposed. to put your seatelt on in the backseat. of America too, Pat. Yeah, but it's not. your car is not yelling at me. >> Yeah, it doesn't.

>> get an Uber as soon as you. >> I just saw one of those replies. >> Yeah, I did see that as well. Yeah, I. was like, uh, valid. What I'm saying is. American cars aren't [ __ ] chirpy. about only the front seat. >> The Australian car, we get in an Uber, as soon as we sit down, that thing's. like you now, now. >> You [ __ ] seat belt. >> That's literally now now, now. And then. the driver I'm not moving until this. thing, you know? So, it's like you sit. down and like immediately I'm trying to. Where is the [ __ ].

There's the middle one here, too. If I put this into the middle one, will. it stuck? No, you got to put it in your. [ __ ]. >> It's down in the, you know, when it's. >> Oh, yeah. Stuck between. >> I had to [ __ ] get in there, dig the. [ __ ] thing out, and thing shuts up. It's now I'm like stuck, you know, underneath this [ __ ] thing. >> Is that good, Bloke? >> Yep. Yeah, thank you. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Where you headed? >> And we just roll. My golly, these things.

are demanding. >> They're taking care of their people and. keeping them safe and making them feel. good from from their food. It's crazy, >> dude. It's unbelievable. >> Crazy that a country would do that for. their people. >> Their food like I don't It's going to be. hard for me not every single time it. comes up just to talk about it. >> Foxy was like this whenever we went to. Italy. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Italy and South Africa. I couldn't. believe it. You just feel like a million. dollars no matter what you eat. whole. bowl of pasta. You can eat that and run. two miles after. >> pizza. I ate a whole pizza. >> Don't do this. Don't do this. This is. how you hang from doorork knobs. Okay.

You just kind of let it be [ __ ] in. >> I don't want to get in a political. debate. And I was told that whenever I. forget who I was talking to. They're. like, "What are you going to say about. Australia when you go back?" I'm like, "The food is just so much better. This. is unbeliev." They're like, "You know, that's going to get you in some in what? >> It's going to get you hanging from a. dolomat.". >> No. I guess that's the thing though, like what is allowed and what is not. allowed in food, whatever. I'm not I'm. not a scientist. All I'm telling you is. by my research, I went to Australia. >> The food's quality is so [ __ ] good.

Just. >> so good. And then I don't want to talk. about it, but like your functions. >> just so much worry. levels. >> Everything's good. I lost weight. I was. eating more. You I don't. >> You eat meat over there? >> Oh, yeah. They have Canadian bacon. instead of like our bacon. I I assume. our bacon's not actually I I don't know. everything that was different than what. American is. I just assume oh like. whenever you watch a commercial for a.

bank and it says don't we're not like. other banks. We don't something and I'm. learning about my bank through that. commercial. I'm like does my [ __ ]. bank do that? I don't like that at all. And then you call bank they say well we. do that because it was happening with. the food. Like when I couldn't get. Splenda, I was like, "Oh no, there's a. reason. Why? Why? What do they What do. they know? What do they What do If. they're not letting it here, they only. like that's not good." And then I go and. try to get like bacon. I'm going to get. some bacon. They bring out Canadian. bacon. I'm like, >> I'm a strips guy all the time.

>> It's like, well, they don't even have. those here. It's like, what the [ __ ]. happened? >> Even the coffee. >> Coffee is so good. >> Feels like we could do that with coffee. here. I don't know how we aren't. >> No, you can't. Can't do any of that. You take a shot of espresso. It's. [ __ ] diesel. It was the same in. Spain. I was taking espresso shot. I was. [ __ ] zinging. It was unbelievable. >> I I've only quickly stopped through. Spain. I've never been to Italy. That's. the longest I've been in another. country. I think there other than. America, obviously. Thank God.

>> Well, turns out. >> Whoa. >> What? >> No, let's not get crazy. You want to. come back to America? Trust me. But I. mean, if there's one thing that would. affect your life more than anything, it. would be the food. >> It's so unbelievable. It is frustrating. >> It was so good. So, we went to Donny's. >> Dawn. >> I think it was called Donny's. It was. like American. >> Denny's. Donnie Bakers. >> Donnie. It was Donnie. Definitely. Donnie. And uh up there they got like. decks, big decks. And then there's like.

restaurant with front patio that's like. kind of fenced off, but you can walk in. between. and then restaurant with their. front patio. So, you like walk through. other restaurants basically to get to. one. We sat down at this one place that. was packed. We're like, "This place must. be good. Let's sit there." And then we. saw a sign for Donnie. So, it was like. pizza, pasta, and it was like American. food basically. I'm like, "We should go. see what American food is like super. healthy." Like, if all the laws were to. be passed to get our food like what it. is over here, we should go check that. out at this Donny's guy.

Future's bright if this happens. Mozzarella sticks were [ __ ] unbel. It. was breaded mozzar It was actual breaded. >> like mozzarella in there. It was so. [ __ ] good. The pizza ridiculous. The. pasta outrageous. >> How about just bread in general? Like if. you were just eating a plain piece of. Yes. Plain piece of bread. >> Yeah. I thought to myself, what the [ __ ]. is in our bread that I could just house. this bread and it just it feels good. It. >> meatballs. >> This isn't making me feel good. >> I was just going to say like this.

doesn't piss you off. You guys are just. telling us stuff that we're never going. to [ __ ] have. >> I'm bummed out. >> Like that's what that's what Hey guys, I. got this [ __ ]. >> I'm just telling you this exists. I'm. just telling you this exists. >> No, I know. That's why I'm surprised you. guys aren't getting pissed cuz it's like. like you've experienced the other side. >> You saw what I ate this morning. I'm. just I'm I'm very worried to go dive. back into the river. I honestly don't. know what to do. Now granted, you give. me a couple days here, I'm going have a. sandwich all that thing up. >> Yeah. And then all you're going to think. is, damn, >> I could eat this same sandwich in a.

different country that lose weight. You're going to have a terrible [ __ ]. It's going to be otherworldly how bad it. is. And then you're going to say, "Okay, I'm back. >> Guess who's back?". >> Bingo. >> Yeah. >> Back again. >> [ __ ]. >> Yeah. Diarrhea is back. >> Yeah. Tell a friend. >> Tell a friend, [ __ ]. >> And I'm back for good. You taking that. long ride? I don't think so. I will say. that was the that was the biggest clear. difference between us and them was like.

the food quality was just so good. Everyone. >> that sucks. >> Went to like small cafe and these eggs. you see the person making and it comes. out perfect. It's like what are these. eggs? >> Eggs, mate. >> If you guys don't get it, your food is. >> Were there a lot of Americanmade cars? >> Uh [ __ ] I don't. >> I always observe that when I go. somewhere else. >> I saw a Ram truck. I saw a Ram truck. >> Wow. That was cool to see. I did see a. Ram truck. I. >> It's official truck of down under. >> I don't Yeah, maybe. >> Was it Was it a Aussie driving it or was.

it one of the people that were just over. there temporarily? >> There's not a lot of Americans over. there. >> Okay. >> There's not because it's a far trip. At. least from my experience. Might have. been. >> would make sense cuz you literally talk. to any family. >> You can't live on. >> Yeah. It's hard. It's hard to do. Australia if you're an American strictly. because of the time. You're pretty. isolated. But if you were to take family. and go for like you would have to go. >> What's the closest place? Where do. people come from? >> Asia. There's a lot of Asia influence. Okay. >> A lot of Asia influence there. Uh UK, a.

lot of Europe. We had um guy named Ricky. was working at TFP. The gym. He served. us uh breakfast, lunch, uh and dinner. one day cuz we were just hanging out his. place. >> He was from No, I don't know his last. name. Ricky had a lot of sauce though. He was from Scotland. He was uh he was a. great man. There was a lady named Kim. that was there from England and then um. there was a couple people from Asian. countries that were working there. It's. like that is kind of it felt like Asia. A lot of Asia influence closer. >> in Australia.

>> English too. Just from way back. >> Yeah. In English way back. >> Yeah. It was a cool country man. Far, dude. >> Yeah. So far hike. But, you know, if you. can power through the first seven hours, so if you get a flight that lands in the. morning, okay, lands like 6 a.m. For. instance, our flight landed in Melbourne. at 6:00 a.m. So, first sergeant Gartland goes, "I've. done this before. We got to stay up. halfway through this. We're falling.

asleep. We're waking up 6 a.m. We're. Australian." And I was like, "In theory, genius. This is a good idea." Now, staying up for the first seven hours. after doing a day, that's 20 some hours. of staying up. Now, you're at 20 some. hours and you're up in a plane where. everybody else is asleep and you have no. Wi-Fi. So, there's some real mental. toughness checks there through those. first seven hours. Once you get though. to a a sleepable amount of time, then. you're you're loading up on everything. that is putting you to sleep, whatever. your. >> choice is. Yeah. Whatever that is,

>> we have a choice. >> Then snoozing hard and then they're. waking you up right before you're. hitting the ground. We hit the ground, we were up like 6 a.m. It's like, "All. right, I woke up for the day." So, we. didn't get [ __ ] for like multiple. days. >> And then coming back, same thing. But. it's hard to stay up. >> Yeah. To get there. >> Yeah. It's hard cuz even if you nap for. a little bit, then you're up, then you. nap again. You're kind of just like. you're not really But boy, coming back, >> I saw 5,222. miles to destination. >> and I was exhausted.

>> Jesus. And I look over at First Sergeant. Garland and he's [ __ ] over there just. fighting the whole thing. He didn't even. download anything on his phone, >> just staring straight. What do you mean? >> He raw dogged, dude. >> Yeah. Just looking straight the whole. time. >> He raw dogged [ __ ] 16 hours. There. there's movies in the thing. >> Yeah. >> He goes, "I don't want it.". >> He watched the flight map. >> Jeez. >> Sicko. >> That's awesome. Good for him. >> People are different. Sick. [ __ ] Yeah. >> He's like, I like this.

Oh my god, he was so funny. He was so. funny throughout that entire thing. We. were around each other a lot. It was. like towards the end where like we've. been around each other a lot for 10. days. Just dropped out of nowhere. Haven't really seen him since high. school. >> Like would see him at different like. gatherings and then all of a sudden. we're 10 days different country. Nobody. else to talk to. Here you go. Good luck. out there. Oh yeah, and put your [ __ ]. seat belts on soon as you get in the. backseat of that car. It was awesome. It. was a fun trip, man. A I would recommend. Australia. Brisbane Olympics 2032.

>> Oh, >> I think I think we will certainly try to. do something for. >> Yeah. 20 2030. I'll put it in my. calendar. Okay. >> Sounds good. >> Sounds good. I'll throw it in there. >> Perfect. >> You're dead serious. >> Yeah, dead serious. >> You should have seen how many people do. something there. >> You should have seen how many people I. told coming back for the Olympics. Coming back. >> I thought I was messed I thought I. messed up the math in my head or. something for a second, but no, I. didn't.

>> For the future, >> concierge people at the hotel, you know, great people, good vibes every time we. walked in there, no matter what time it. was. >> See you guys coming back for the. Olympic. All right, we'll see you then. [ __ ] out seven years from now. >> Book a hotel like Michael Scott. >> I I must have thrown a hundred people. I'd see him at the Olympics. >> It's a good move. >> [ __ ] swim. >> Smart. >> This is really good food. I'll see you. guys at the Olympics. >> Opening opening ceremony is right around. the corner, guys. I'll see you there. I'm pumped, man. >> I'm telling you, I sold it though. As if.

like it was next year. It's. >> But everybody should start playing it. now. I. >> already am. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Already looking into hotels. >> I got the hotel. I know where we're. staying. >> Perfect. >> Don't you worry about that. We're. actually calling up Damen Cavaluch. Okay. Damen Cavaluchcci. He's the owner. of TFP and also surrounding buildings. This dude is a genius. This dude makes. good [ __ ] Dude put a [ __ ] tree in. the middle of his fivetory gym. >> A a full [ __ ] tree. This thing is a. tree of life.

>> It's genius. >> It's lit. You It's It's the vibes are. just music. Not too terrible. >> Sure. >> That was a bad way to describe it. Not. too much, you know, not too not too, you. know, >> everybody, I think, kind of likes the. music that's playing, even though a lot. of people have headphones on. If you. don't, still going to feel good walking. through. You got [ __ ] cold towels. available everywhere you need it. Everything. Every lift. Altitude [ __ ]. room. Just a full [ __ ] room that's at. 5,280 ft. You want to do some cardio in.

there? Die. Go ahead. Just do it. We. went in there. Gut check. [ __ ] hit. that thing. >> Just see what we could do. >> Walked out. You feel like you're. actually walking on your whole body. feels like like a high. You watch. walking on clouds. They have an elevator. that goes right through the middle of it. with stairs right next to it. The. elevator completely glass. Okay, we're. in that altitude room. Third floor. Getting after it. Elevator's right over. here. Tree of Life is right here. Okay, we're getting after it in the altitude. room. We see two other people on this.

movie. We will not say their names, okay? Because this is not good. Taking. the elevator down the [ __ ] building. We're in a gym. We are in a [ __ ]. You're in a weight room. And there. Damian Cavaluchcci, the guy that founded. this place. >> He made that a glass elevator so that. you could see. >> Yeah. >> Who is in I think it's for service, you. know, to take towels up the place, food, do that and. >> next day scene. It was hard not to just. say you look like a [ __ ] guy.

>> that would take a goddamn elevator in a. wait room and when there's stairs. directly next to it, you [ __ ] soft. potato patch looking. It's hard not to. do that. And I told them that it was. hard for me not to do that. And then. they started attacking me obviously. because I don't care about time enough. and they have places to go and yada yada. yada. It was this place was the hub of. our entire operation basically. And. Damian Cavaluchcci don't care. >> Cavaluch. >> Hell yeah. Cavali. How many? You got a. lot of pyons around here. First. question. It was up north a little bit.

more. >> Okay. Nice. Sure. >> I'll tell you what, I know one caval. down here and he [ __ ] took care of. us. >> All you need is one. >> I even bought a pair of TFPs. You guys. saw those yesterday. >> Crocs. Yes. >> TFPS. >> Crocs. Yes. >> Comfy, aren't they? >> Those are my TFPs. >> Crocs purchased at TFP. >> Comfy, aren't they? >> Had to wear them at TFP. >> Crocs on the shoe. Says it on the on the. little thing. >> My wife's doing the same thing with me. here. These this whole song and dance. >> Hey, comfy, aren't they? I'm. >> Crocs are in style. >> Yeah, you can either buy into the Crocs.

You can buy into your Crocs. >> I wore them at TFP. They're TFPS. You. can buy into your Crocs that you. purchased at TFB or. >> actually I purchased them down the road. because they were all selling them, but. we needed to get them. Okay. >> I was trying to get a pair of slides, you know, cuz there's multiple hot tub, cold tub, sauna, snow room, and when we. showed up without sandals, we look like. [ __ ] [ __ ]. >> Okay. So, we said we're not doing that. again. We need to go get TFPS. So, we're.

trying to get slides. >> Mhm. Crocs. >> Tough to find over there. Crocs is much. better. >> The Crocs were very readily available. So, we got the team. >> You're a Crocs guy. It's cool. They're a. vastly superior machine. >> I wore them home on the flight home. >> Yeah, >> they were pretty nice. >> Your Crocs and travel shoes. >> Yeah, but I came right from the plane. You'll never see me those on my. >> You have You need to run outside at your. house. >> You boom. You slip them [ __ ] on every. single time. Every single time. AQ. Shipley is about to do a [ __ ] full.

song victory dance about me having. >> bring you a pair of all those shitty. shoes you wear. >> Yeah, that's the thing. You had a pair. of shoes in there to put on. >> in where? >> In your office. >> Was that in Australia when I. >> No, when you came back in here. yesterday. >> I was wearing my TFP. >> You're wearing your Crocs. I know. >> I was still in the middle of my track. >> That's why I'm just stunned. I just. >> I was disappointed you weren't wearing. them today. >> I I have bad news for you. >> Have my jaw dropped. >> You're never going to see those on you. If you don't want them, send them my. way, man.

>> You're not getting my TFPs. >> Okay, that's what I'm saying. Crocs. >> They do say Croc, which makes no sense. to me because those are TFPS. They got C. Oc right there across the top. >> and on the bottom and on the back. >> I haven't looked at Brandon. >> I did. At least you didn't have them in. sport mode, Brandon. >> Well, you can't wear them in sport mode. because that would defeat the purpose of. them being the TFP. So, >> yeah. Plus, then we're trying to easy in. >> If you wear them in sport mode, too, then you're a [ __ ] loser. Saw a guy. working out in TFPs at TFP.

>> I bet. >> Sport mode. >> Sport mode. Yep. >> He was locked in. >> completely. It's tough to take him. serious, but I understood that he was. probably coming from the fifth floor. where the pool was. >> Probably took the elevator. Yeah. >> Two different locker rooms. Had a locker. in both. By the way, >> nice. >> Just so we understand what all was. happening. >> Full menu. Knew it ahead of time. What food was. coming. So, tomorrow our special will be. this. >> Yeah. >> Put us down for two of those. can't hang out in my hotel room because. it's directly connected to the [ __ ].

public pool outside. >> So, I was a part of 14 different. conversations of people that were having. their day at a pool which was 2 feet. outside of my door. I learned a lot. about a lot of people and there's a guy. getting married. Uh, and it sounds like. some of his friends are not happy about. that. I don't out anybody, >> but they need to be more supportive over. there. >> That guy needs to hear positive things. >> Been there. >> What? be afraid to tell something nice. and might change, which is what we're. saying. >> Yeah, exactly. This is what I'm saying. You got to love.

>> We're all in this thing together. We'll. see you guys tomorrow. Tomorrow's. Thursday. >> Thursday. >> Week one of college football kicks off. tomorrow. >> Let's enjoy it all. Be your friend. Tell. a friend something nice about change. your life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three. Team. Goodbye.