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A He A A A The following program is a collection of students talking about happenings in the sports world it is meant to be comedic informative the opinions expressed on this show do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of their peers their boss or ESPN there may be some cuss words because that’s how Cubans is the real
World talk if you are a young please seek permission before watching any further hey why let’s go this show stinks in the fact that you listen we are very very thankful for the all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers you P up up damn it be a friend tell a
Friend something nice could change their life sport hello beautiful people in welcome to NRG Stadium in Houston on this overreaction National Championship Monday January 2024 this program starts now football is happening in this Stadium this evening where a national champion will be crowned for the 2023 season will Michigan The Wolverine RS up
From Ann Arbor with Jim Harbaugh who I got to speak to just yesterday okay bring HTI and then the future of Harbaugh will be immediately questioned right after the game ends or with this Washington program that has restored greatness for the entire city of Seattle in West Coast Football will they be able
To win an Addie in the second year of Kalin dor leadership for the Washington huskys currently on ESPN bet the huskys are five and a half Point dogs you can get them at 4 and a half at some other book you get at five at some other books
But five and a half on ESPN bet we’re in for a great one we’ll be on the sideline and obviously I’m not the only dumb ass that’ll be here I’m filled with a group of boys whoa oh you got some sweet boys we’re incredibly lucky to be here
The playoff picture has been set in the NFL there’s potential firings we’ll have Adam schfer alongside of us all day here from Houston for any of the breaking news what’s going on with Tomlin what’s going on with Bill bich what Arty Smith’s already been canned who’s next we shall see see you later
Ron Rivera who’s next we shall see there’s a lot to chat about today and I’m incredibly lucky to be here alongside a great group of boys ladies and gentlemen nine-year NFL vet host everything DB in the manto man podcast darus J Butler we are currently in the stadium
Of the NFC South Champion congrats houon Houston Texans con T good win congrats CJ St too Ryan doing something that hasn’t been done often in the NFL rookie head coach rookie quarterback winning the division and obviously there’s going to be a lot of questions about what the hell happened to Jacksonville what the
Hell happened to them on the way end here seems like since Trevor Lawrence’s injury and uh about three quarters away through the season they’ve kind of gone downhill they’re not the only team though shout out to the Dolphins shout out to the Eagles joining us now is also
A man who’s a Super Bowl champion a college football national champion wearing a nice you know red hoodie yeah I like it ladies and gentlemen AJ HW is that for the Buckey because Michigan’s going to potentially take home uh uh no you know I think I just
Kind of branching out trying to trying to wear some new things got some water on it there’s pretty rainy outside we have some weird uh weird weather going on outside the stadium good thing we have a uh we can close the roof here supposed to be a potential tornado great
That’ll be fun yeah there’s tornado warnings in Houston and then they’re saying like Storm from Houston to Indie to New York oh perfect yeah yeah so it should be fun getting home tonight one half of the hammer Cowboys tone Diggs is here 5 and a half point spread currently
On ESPN bet can get it at other numbers as well how are you feeling how are you leaning where’s the money at publicly I assume Michigan is publicly it’s on Michigan cuz it open at 4 and a half some places have gone to 5 5 and2 now
Five and a half at ESPN bet so it’s on Michigan I don’t I think this is going to be a really really good game I’m not leaning either side because I I’m not going to ever question or count out penck and those wide receivers and then just like the whole team of Michigan
Like I think tonight it’s either like there’s it’s either going to be 4841 and Washington wins or we keep it in the 20s low 30s and I think Michigan comes home okay so you’re thinking if this is a track meate yeah definely Michael penck and a boys got it but if
Michigan can slow it down where Harbaugh wants it to be tough physical game you think Michigan has the edge I think that’s a good representation of big 10 football there isn’t it AJ yeah we these are just two big 10 football programs Right Bingo is the last year the P
Ear this is the last year the Pack 12 we’re looking ahead we’re looking ahead right a lot of big 10 people are saying that you’re welcome to Big tennis Inter National Championship that’s how the future looks like and the toic table is here well not only a man who is a dog in
Real life but a dog on his chest Boston Conor you look great pal hey I appreciate that very much interesting to hear AJ Hawk talk about the future when he lives in the moment constantly at all times no matter what but here we are talking about Big 10 in the future can
We just celebrate the Pack 12 one last time please pack 12’s last year in existence they have a national championship Contender that is good for the Pack 12 it’s good for Washington and I’ll tell you what who’s not here that’s Iowa but you know who is in the dance
All right for the NFL who’s that the Green Bay Packers in a transition year where we didn’t know what to expect where our defense was more holy than swiss cheese through a lot of it they find a way in the end to get a massive win over the Bears and now Jordan love
Has led the Green Bay Packers back to the playoff in his first year as a starter Tai Schmidt I saw you go six to midnight I know you can’t stand up right now you’re rock hard how about the Packers getting into the dance they’re not the only ones obviously no obviously
Not but I’m absolutely ecstatic this is the best Monday I’ve had in and I don’t know how how long I said going into the game all right we like that unbelievable Mond to have a good Monday great day Vibes are Immaculate I said going into
The game hey I was I was a little nervous bears were playing great football going into that game and even if the Packers were to lose hey we found our guy of the future they did it again I mean people can say hey they don’t
Love it Jordan love is the guy he is going to be a Hall of Fame quarterback biggest game of his career he goes 27 to 32 is that good good over 300 yards couple touchdowns probably should have had another one um I just and the defense showed up like I’ve I’ve worked
My way from just being like hey we just want to get into the dance to hey now we punch the ticket okay and you guys have what you guys have what it takes to go they the boys have what it takes Jordan love has what it takes Joe Barry might
Even have what it takes he might even have what it takes you beat the you beat the Cowboys and then who knows all bets are off I I’m I’m I’m in the best mood I’ve been in for a very very long time well how could you not be down here in
Houston Texas at the national championship ESPN has set us up pretty good have now there were some comments about one particular person at ESPN sure you know that I made only on the YouTube ESP Plus show that wasn’t even on linear TV what was that I didn’t know anybody
Was going to hear it cuz it was just on digital and no one no one does digital I guess everybody did hear it there was a topic of discussion obviously the entire weekend I and the only thing that I’m like super bummed out about it all is
That a guy that we like a lot a man that watched the game with us in the suite Burke Magnus yeah who is currently new guy in charge of the ESPN R below Jimmy pataro I guess he was kind of made to look bad because of what I did and how I
Did it I would like to let everybody know we love Burke mag y abolutely love Burke M and also love Jimmy pataro Love Bob auger but there is quite a transition era here you know between the old and the new new new new and the old
Don’t like what the new be new you know what I mean so there is certainly going to be a couple of that but we’re very thankful a lot of people are saying I’m trying to get fired no way what ESPN has been able to do for us more specifically
Whenever they do things like this you have no idea about the crew behind the scenes here that we’ve been working with basically all year not only on game day but for our show whenever we’re traveling we got nothing but love for all of these people now there’s certainly people we do not like
Certainly naturally and they do not like us that’s how it’s going to be and I don’t take back anything that I said about said person but the overall storyline about us in ESPN I think people need to remember we’re strong baby we are strong baby and we all understand what the
Future looks like there’s just some old hags that potentially don’t but we will move forward to that speaking the future playoff picture is set for the NFL now today is they call it Black Friday feels a little racist dbut can I uh go ahead do your thing okay they call it Black
Friday because a lot of people are getting fired okay staring at a camera with a black man operating it I would like to let you know I didn’t no I did not name it that that is not me that’s other people but there’s people that are getting fired have already been fired
Shefer will keep us up to date on everything there’s certainly story lines but the playoff picture being set is the most positive and great one to find out now whenever you look at this tournament you got to remember whoever wins in that first round the lowest winning seed will
And take on top seed in each conference so the Baltimore Ravens might take on the number seven seed Pittsburgh steel they better hope they don’t out now granted the Buffalo Bills are an absolute wagon congrats to Josh Allen wow okay congrats to Josh Allen leading his team to five straight wins the end
Of the year now cadarius Tony if he’s back about a half foot we have no idea what happens if that guy doesn’t write a hit piece about MC durman’s culture who knows it’s the boys rally and they get to where they are now who cares you’re
Here now you saw the video of Dion Daw and Josh Allen after they landed last night after beating Miami down 305 and all the bills Mafia showing up at the airport in Southwest putting all the bins in between the team and the fans so the fans couldn’t even really see the
Players while they were walking in the middle of the snow in the middle of the night but nonetheless the bills are where they’re supposed to be that’s right Buffalo Bills where they’re supposed to be number two seed though we could have never guessed that a few
Weeks back for the Buffalo no a lot of people wrote them off but I mean like you said Kudos of them rallying I think their record overall against playoff teams all year long 5 and one they’re pretty confident going into the D as they should be and Josh Allen throws
Some hilarious interceptions awesome that’s second one he threw yesterday it’s maybe my favorite interception to ever happen from a good football player in the NFL that is one of those throws where people thought I was trying to get fired that’s like a quarterback that’s just like does not care at all rolling
To his right it is fourth and two the ball’s on a 35 what do you want to do with it I’ll punt one well if you punt one to The End Zone it comes out to the 20 obviously so only a 15 yard gain there in the whole thing but this is
Things that were happening at the beginning the game that makes everybody go how come we don’t judge Josh Allen the same way we judge everybody else you know why because what Josh Allen’s going to do on a fourth and 15 later in the game is what not a lot of people can do
He’s like one of those basketball guys yeah he’s going to have a couple turnovers going to have a couple air balls but in the third and fourth quarter he knows everything that he did and he’s going to try to make up for it they live or die with that guy they’ve
Done very well do they have what it takes AJ to win this thing you think boy Josh Allen’s playing right now CU two of those costly turnovers early in the playoffs can get magnified now Granton Miami Dolphin’s Al also a playoff team y oh yeah it might be Joe
B oh now Gumpy it might be Andrew van gold he got injured in that we don’t like that at all a lot of injuries happening for the Miami Dolphins but do you think the Buffalo Bills right now the way they’re playing the way they’re constructing go in a run from the number
Two seed yeah I do I think because of Josh Allen like you said it’s a risk reward what sure yeah he may throw you a couple eventually hopefully not May throw you one I don’t know what’s going on if something just fell from the RO never Happ
We’re okay though I believe right holy hell you got jumps jump in the tornado h both of myed that was a big again anyways Josh Allen right he didn’t hear that yeah Josh Allen didn’t hear that but wouldn’t you take Josh Allen if he your quarterback I’m thinking yeah even if
I’m on the defense for Buffalo yeah Josh May throw one or two but we know he’s going to make up for it all the time I think the reward always outweighs the risk when it comes to Josh Allen I think so too but there is a lot of people that
Certainly get excited whenever Josh Allen has Josh Allen moment and Darius Butler is one of them he is me he threw for 360 and he ran for another 60 on the ground like you said you take the bad with the good that defense speaking of that defense though Lo potentially lost
The big piece banged up rul Douglas who’s had a great year since coming over from Green Bay to Buffalo so that’ll be a big thing to watch um during this playoff run let’s go back to the playoff picture on the AFC side because obviously the bills and the Pittsburgh
Steelers congrats to the Steelers tell two teams that were very different about five six weeks ago let’s go back to the playoff picture here Kansas City Miami Dolphins I mean who knows seriously legitimately who knows it could be Kansas City Chief season and we saw yesterday Chris Jones get the sack for
And5 million congrats to him and then he quickly after the game was like listen that’s money I lost already for now so everybody’s talking about this being a big bonus this is just me getting back and I like the way Brett V the Chiefs and Chris Jones handled that at the
Beginning of the season and it was a nice Feelgood story towards the end I don’t know if anybody thinks the Chiefs are playing hot enough to go on a run but it’s playoffs yeah it’s Patrick Mahomes Andy Reid and Travis Kel’s awesome mhm so we just assume that
They’re going to figure it out whenever they get going and this Dolphins team’s heading the wrong direction come man yeah kind of I mean Chiefs at home obviously Mahomes in Arrowhead it’s going to be difficult but you have Wadd last night you have moard last night maybe that game’s a little different
Maybe they score more than 14 points for the fins but banged up on defense Wilkins I mean we went ballistic when he got one of those late sacks on Josh Allen on third down and maybe he’s going for his 30 million in this playoff run just goes by the
Way recovered it himself and and oh yeah great superon I love Christian Wilkins I’m a big fan of his that was a freak play as we’re talking you we not talking about playoff teams what’s going on with Bill bich yesterday was like a tribute game
To Bill bellich yeah and I I would like to get through this without saying any F bombs uh so I’m going to do my best to think about what I’m actually going to say here but yeah it was Despicable one thing about Bill bich sh going through the memories it was fantastic just
Seeing everything that he’s done as you know on his own with New England was sweet I don’t understand where it turned yesterday cuz at some point someone either reported something or someone took something that was said weeks ago perhaps and the conversation was hey
This is it for Bill bck in New England I don’t think so the reports recently have been hey nothing is going to be final until Bob Craft and Bill sit down that might not happen till Tuesday might not happen till Wednesday now it’s being reported couple meetings as well between
Bill and Bob yeah but she tried to get up for a phone call from a craft he did and maybe that was Johnny craft saying hey shter stop saying you feel like Bill and Bob are done because because Sher said that everyone ran with it massive bummer my guy jordo Schultz who only
Reports real news is saying that there is a massive chance because Mike Vel is interested in returning to New England we might be able to get the guy who will cut his dong off to win another Super Bowl I do believe if it’s not built V will be nice still probably draw Mayo
Joining us you saw his head just cut off Boston Conor’s face there as he was talking and that’s a New England Patriot fan who’s been riding his wave of the Season he was super pumped that the New York Jets got that win yesterday shout out to Mike Roman all all year by way
Setting things up he was shaking the crowd our camera a little bit earlier too Mike Roman could bring he can hit you you know I mean you play Oklahoma drill you got to do what you got to do joining us now is obviously an icon in
The sports media World am Mana was just live on the field for two hours he’s getting jocked by the way oh yeah he getting jocked on here ladies and gentlemen Stephen A Smith what’s going how y great to see you man appreciate you coming by we’re breaking down the
Playoff picture right now and then we’ll obviously like to pick your brain for everything else uh let’s yeah there we go so Texans Browns last one on the AFC side this Texans team ends up winning the AFC South CJ Stout I think we’re going to be talking to him tonight
During the field pass he can go to hell okay Houston Texans can go to hell completely and on the NFC side now it’s perfect timing okay oh yeah perfect timing cuz Stephen Stephen stepen Sten where you going man I don’t know if you saw yesterday what you doing Pat Dak was
Slicing and dicing and cidi is number one in the league at like everything that matters from a wide receiver standpoint who’s throwing him to ball well first of all who’s throwing him to ball that’ be Dak Prescott oh Dak Prescott okay MVP candidate oh yeah it is Dak Prescott Cowboy quarterback Dallas
Cowboys I have no idea what y’all talking about as far as I’m concerned they had a b week it was the commanders I mean the commodor I mean the what whatever the hell coach listen listen we knew that was coming I told you that weeks ago when magic John second he arrived the
First week on the job he was talking about that team so you knew and then I ran into Josh Harris the owner who also owns the Philadelphia 76ers I ran into him at a Sixers game when they were going up against the Boston Celtics I knew this was coming it was inevitable
Stop deflecting I’m not deflecting yeah you are you’re talking about the commander we all know the commander we talking about the Dallas Cowboy P I went on National Television my brother just a few hours ago and I said this is the close is the best shot the Dallas
Cowboys have getting to the Super Bowl in 1995 we go I am a fairm minded individual okay I am fair-minded Dak Prescott is the best quarterback in the NFC right now as far as I’m concerned cidd lamb is the best wide receiver they’re the best tandem obviously their
Defense is real losing digs and this guy coming Don Bland coming out and playing away you had another interception yesterday Dallas is legit I get it now are they better than San Francisco are you you ready to say that that’s multiple weeks away though multip weeks
Away so so so you got me cuz the first next couple of weeks I’m going to have to deal with this no no you know what you’re going to do you’re go just wait that’s right I’m just wait but I still got to suck it up and deal with the
Noise that I’m going to hear for the next two weeks when the Dallas Cowboys win and get to the NFC championship game but they going down at that how much you think they get to Vegas how much do you think about Big Mike McCarthy and him being in his back cuz remember beginning
Of the Season he had not called players in how long since before he was retired right yeah what was that I mean 5 six seven years at least maybe longer than I’m not sold I’m not sold um if you’re not sold on Big Mike m not not yet
Here’s the deal he’s smashing War Mo motivation first of all he lied he lied he wanted Kell Moore out so he could call plays he talked about how the offense needed more balance and still threw the football more than he ran the football okay that’s that’s number one
All right so he lied to get Kell Mo out of there so he could take control of play calling no problem it worked for him M mad props to him but in the end here’s where it comes down to most of the teams you’ve gone against were sell
Dwellers now the big time teams that you needed to face up against your lost to them okay with the exception of the Philadelphia Eagles who we’ve now learned don’t look big time this year and so when I look at it from that perspective the level of competition
That you’re going up against is still a question mark however and by the way I still believe they lost to the Detroit Lines I don’t give a damn what nobody say they got robbed okay R lions got robbed but in the end they are where they are they’re the number two seed
They are a different team at home than they are on the road which you must concede and as a result I’ll give them the edge until the NFC championship game okay you just mentioned a team that in Philadelphia Eagles what the hell you think’s going on I don’t know what the
Hell you know is Dom dandro Dom desandro gets hit in the mouth by Green law I believe he gets escorted off never allowed back on the sideline they’ve looked like a completely different team now well actually they were getting the ass kick that day that green La yeah but D at
Halftime would have gave him a little high yeah yeah think yeah he would a little somehow somehow some way I don’t know what the hell is going on they lost both coordinators obviously I know they were doomed when they had Matt Patricia to help them out with the defense I know
They were doing at that particular moment in time that’s right I said it I didn’t stutter the point is this the Philadelphia Eagles have appeared to be a shell of themselves they lost Gardner Johnson and others in the off season they’ve had some injuries they don’t
Seem to be who we expected them to be Jaylen Herz hasn’t been healthy All Season he’s been playing broke his finger yesterday and then he heard his finger yesterday and even before against the Jets obviously at the leg injury he’s been compromise when he’s an elite dual threat meaning running with the
Football primarily it really opens up the passing game for them when you know you don’t have to worry about that with him so much it’s made things tougher for AJ Brown and Devonte Smith they got Dallas Gard he got hurt you know I was at the Dallas Cowboys game when he got
Hurt that game and he was out for a few weeks they don’t seem to have any kind of Rhyme or Rhythm to what they’re doing they seem to be a shell of themselves and I don’t expect much from them I don’t want to pick them to lose to Tampa
But it wouldn’t surprise me DB got a question for you let’s go to AFC side now obviously we probably all love the Ravens up there at the top but we got the Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes they kind of haven’t been the same this year then the Miami Dolphins kind of
Been going the wrong direction uh going into the playoffs who do you got more faith in in that matchup on the AFC side well first of all I have very little faith in the Kansas City Chiefs because I don’t think the receivers are going to catch the football what you talking
About no matter going I said the receivers are not going to catch the damn football Patrick Mahomes is phenomenal he’s great there’s one thing he cannot do he can’t catch the damn path sound like gelle he can like that and by the way that’s one of
The great I mean this the supermodel you saw that woman in the games in Brazil walking down that Runway I mean it’s just spectacular it’s just spectacular okay so let’s hold on to that one but let’s here’s the deal we don’t know what’s going to happen with Kansas City
Because we don’t know if their receivers going to catch the football okay Miami anytime they get away from South Beach something happens to them clearly away away Road games are like their CP tonight coming to Miami usually is everybody else’s crypto but not not Josh Allen and buff he’s an
Aberration okay because I’ve seen people go to Miami and you get there the night before games and that is second floor Elite distraction I’ll just leave it at that okay so it comes down to this for me believe it or not I think the one thing that can derail the Ravens that
Has a shot at the rail and the Ravens is Joe flacko and the Cleveland BR defense is phenomenal that defense is phenomenal and Joe Flaco I mean you’re talking about 40 qualified quarterbacks man this dude is leading everybody with 323 yards average passing I mean this is spectacular stuff that we’re see from
And so when I’m looking at it from that perspective I’m saying they can run the football they can pass it a number one option in Amari Cooper and then joku let’s not forget about him black ho swinging football turnover prone but nevertheless can make things happen and he’s very familiar with what John
Harbard wants to do because that’s his former coach that he won a Super Bowl with in 2013 I look at all of those things and I say we can’t sleep on Cleveland we certainly can’t sleep on Buffalo I’m sleeping on Kansas City because their receivers can’t catch okay
And I’m not anybody else well the Houston Texans I love stra but a rookie is not going to derail the Baltimore Ravens on the road in Baltimore if it came down to that I cannot see that happening all right yeah to hell with the Texans they cheated they made that
Guy drop that pass the refs won’t talk about it they put stuff on the ball right so you’re emotional because that it was Indie it was right in our face we’re supposed to host a playoff game bro we we’re supp they C Goodson catches that ball Gardner come on yeah littleit
Little bit better ball bit Goods needs to catch that as well I’m going look at this I’m going look at it I get where you’re coming from but the bottom line is it touched his hands and he dropped it the dude wasn’t on the field the
Entire game I actually see him jog on the field from where we’re sitting I go oh Goodson’s in I think I think Goodson’s in and then lo and behold Goodson’s the focal point of the biggest player of the Season yep I know I you cannot drop that pass well so there’s a
Lot of people saying too like Jonathan Taylor rushed for 188 yards why not just give him the ball Fair uh very fair people were like why’d you take Jonathan Taylor out put Goodson in well if Jonathan Taylor running back in that play I’m assuming there’s going to be at
Least four eyes on it Goodson comes in the defense is like haven’t seen that guy all day it’s going to be somewhere else he’s wide open need to complete that pass and Goodson was very emotional afterwards but nonetheless we saw CJ stoud a stud bro believe ridiculous he
Third and I forget what it was third and 14 he’s standing like this standard quarter they have his legs wrapped he’s falling he does one of these and it was just like a 22 yard ball right on the spot ask the question on first take what quarterbacks would I take ahead of CJ
Strad right now oh short list Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson I like that maybe maybe maybe Allan because of what we’ve seen him do in the postseason in the past that’s it can you legitimately say you can look at any quarterback any anywhere else in the league and
Definitively say you would take them over CJ stra so that was the second that was my second time getting to watch him saw him Ohio State Georgia from the sideline we got to watch this game from the he is up this ball so stupid fade away oh my guy’s nowhere near that well
How do I give him enough time let me throw this thing up oh what a doofus people are thinking as he’s throwing that’s going to be picked no only his guy could get the ball his football IQ even though he failed that one test going into the you remember this go
Ahead did you talk about the so he took some brain test going into the draft that was just dropped out of nowhere this supposed to find out if the guy’s got good brain or not right it’s going to be the S2 test and couldn’t process somehow it got leaked yeah guy’s memory
Is terrible the guy’s stupid this guy’s got no clue you thought previous quarterbacks were dumb and couldn’t read defenses nothing like what this guy’s going to be and then he gets in there his interception percentage is the lowest in like the history of the NFL
For a rookie are there any tests for how dumb some of these executives are you tell me mistak I mean I mean think about it and and listen you you look at the Texas I mean you lucked up with demo Ry but look at what they did with the previous
Two coaches they bounced them out after one year but they still get another opportunity K in Arizona how many opportunities did he get before they bounced him out with some of the decisions he made somehow some way we have we have to engage the intelligence of football players but Executives who don’t play
And their job is to use their brain to make decisions we there’s no brain test for them well they’re allegedly there a bunch of them they’re happening right now a lot of the dumb dumb executives are going to get hired over the next few days can’t wait to see which ones are
Right which ones are wrong going forward Colts got it right Shane Sten we’re very thankful for that Deo obviously doing it right here with CJ I think they believe too with the way that defense has been playing AJ’s got a question for you St Stephen I gotta get back to uh to the
Cowboys so Packers playing the Cowboys week one you already said the Cowboys you’ll give them till the NFC Championship so you’re saying Packers don’t have a chance to go in there I think they got a chance I just think it’s slim to them because of their defense I love what I’m seeing from
Jordan love he’s been very impressive um I’m being objective here got to give Matt lefl credit which is something I haven’t been prone to do I thought he was living off the resume of Aaron roders for far too long but nevertheless he showed up this year and you SE how
He’s developed he had some Peaks and valleys but ultimately to throw 32 touchdowns 11 interceptions you can’t say enough about what you’re seeing from Jordan love and offensively they’ve got some young wide receivers and Watson and Romeo dobs and Reed and others that I think are going to be uh exceptional so
Offensively you got to look at them but defensively they’re they’re just not that impressive and when you take that into account and you look at Dak Prescott and the way that he’s flowing along with the combination of him to CD lamb and Mike marthy well you can say Mike McCarthy we’ll see
Okay that’s fine but him and CD L there is no question that I I I just don’t think that I don’t I think that’s asking a lot for Green Bay to go on the road and do something in Dallas I just do yeah in Dallas in Dallas is like
Historic oh yeah why is that you think just cuz Jerry’s got that place buzzing well they do have it buzzing there’s no doubt about it’s the billion dollar play pin that’s what I call it it’s Jerry world I mean it is a special special place I cannot deny it okay and Dallas
Dancers and boxes hanging over the stadium unal play Dallas in terms of in terms of entertainment and by entertainment I’m I’m specifically talking about the cheerleaders the dance team Dallas has been superow Champions forever yeah forever in that category it all starts with them that’s right Jerry
From the beginning has been trying to win that game that has been what he’s been trying to do and Hell Tom Landry was trying to win it yeah well listen if the D RAM and was trying to win it could you imagine if the Dallas Cowboys go on a run in
2024 man that’d be great I can’t wait everybody would just be like this well what’s Stephen A GNA hate I I may not have something to hate on but I’ll be sick to my stomach it’s the one time in my career you’ll be they’ll put out an
APB for me I’ll be hiding from Cowboy fans because I can’t stand them damn Cowboy fans they make me sick they drive me crazy how do you feel about Patriots fans are going through it go yeah we are going through it and Stephen real quick you said something on the Stephen A
Smith show um great show unbelievable show some of the best Clips on the internet what you said about Red Bull vodkas though I I think you need to reel back Red Bull vodkas is a great what you say what you say he he says it was a
Question they asked me about vodka Red Bull is that the question yeah that’s for Caucasian J yeah the whites drink it a lot I’m sorry Brothers my brothers from other mothers do I look white that is not me have a white friend one I’m got a whole bunch of you’re one of them
But point that I’m trying to make to you I don’t knock your flavor don’t knock mine you saying is thing as opposed to vodka and and and to me when you hear the word Red Bull there’s a different thought that comes to your mind what was that hypnotic Hennessy
Mix Incredible Hulk when when when people talk about Red Bull I say they need assistance okay I understand but that’s not what I need all right anyway red vonas are a heart attack waiting to happen too but good night fantastic night good night you should think about
It sometimes I might I might well you never know could you imagine St two of them yeah unbelievable aside from that a lot of talk around New England about Bill Bel basically gone all of a sudden out of nowhere yesterday hey it’s over Belichick’s definitely leaving he should be gone yeah okay so
What do you think about where he would go and Chargers I I think that listen I think the Chargers gonna go after harbar um I think that if you’re bill bich there’s a you know listen he’s a six-time champion he’s better than most first of all he’s the greatest but in
This day and age despite the kind of season that they’ve had I think he’s better than 90% of the coaches in the league the problem is he’s had complete autonomy in in New England and believe it or not that’s what’s come back to haunt him and this is what I’ve been
Saying for weeks he is the man that forced out Tom Brady you can’t get past that he wanted Tom Brady gone Jimmy Garoppolo eror he wanted to expedite that process it didn’t happen it didn’t happen craft and Brady’s relationship stayed intact he win a Super Bowl and
Then after that you come back and then you lose in the playoffs you throw a pick six to end the game for crying out you’re out you’re out after that I was told at that particular moment in time I went on first take and I said just trust
Me on this it’s a very reliable source if Bill bich had said I want Tom Brady to stay oh this Tom Brady would have stayed yeah and he didn’t do it and so now if you’re Foxboro if you’re Massachusetts you’re looking at that guy
As great of a champion as he is as a coach you’re the guy that pushed the Golden Boy out the door before it was time and that is what they will never get over and that is why because they’ve been losing and that’s the backdrop that’s a patri fan you’re talking to
He’s disgusted yeah I mean people forget Bill belich offered him two years $56 million not enough guaranteed money but that is also true and drafted nille Harry over Debo Samuel AJ Brown DK maaf that definitely El but the only allpro that bill bich has drafted since 2012
And 2013 was a punter well well and a kicker D yeah what are you talking about Hey Stephen watch your mouth I’m talking right now to the AFC South Champion quarterback that just walked in here and now you’re saying pter and kicker what what excuse I didn’t say anything about
That brother that’s brother something special we were talk about the New England Patriots and the damn Ros that they got yeah well they’re going to be the Texans next year Stephen they look out because we’re going to get a rookie quarterback and it’s going to be nothing
Just won’t be bill bichi as your coach let’s now he might be back though we don’t know I think he should go elsewhere I’m not saying he should be fired just shake his hand rever this what if he’s not the GM anymore cele what if he gives up the GM that happen
How do you do that so so so so Pat McAfee you’re the man you’re the man you’re the boss now tomorrow well you know what we want you to relinquish all of this power to somebody else that that’s not going to happen that’s not going to happen that’s not going to happen that
What’s happen in ESP excuse me excuse me what the hell Stephen a baby that ain’t G to happen that ain’t going to happen hey last question and we appreciate the hell out of you from time yeah Stephen A what about your Pittsburgh Steelers All Season everyone’s bitching about Tomlin
Hey we got a clean house his his message is gr uh you know went stale and then Mason Rudolph comes in who the fan base pretty much just cast it aside including me okay yeah which you know not crazy to do but now they’re in the playoffs uh do
They have any chance of beating Buffalo and then regardless they they they have a chance but they’re not going far and the reality is this Fool’s Gold because you still don’t have a quarterback Kenny picket isn’t the answer Mason Rudolph isn’t the answer don’t get me started in
That damn Mitch jiny should be on a roster okay so I’m looking at it from that he just he just shouldn’t he’s had enough he’s had enough he’s had enough opportunities I’m done with him okay in the end it’s been a miraculous job that Mike Tomlin has done but learned
Throughout my years covering the NBA every executive I’ve ever known including some of the great ones like the great Jerry West and others have always said this to me the middle of the road is the worst place you can be you either on top or you want to be at a at
The bottom where it is clear a recl project needs to be in toe and you got to do you got to do to be the middle of the road where all right we know we ain’t going no damn place but at least we made it to the playoffs well if that
Satisfies y’all that’s fine I remember a Steelers franchisees had six Super Bowl championships that was about Rings okay not about get to the damn postseason where we know you ain’t going to do a damn thing that is does not suffice for me so I’m not excited it Mike Tomlin is
Great I hope he doesn’t go anywhere but they definitely need a damn quarterback period the standard was the standard yeah was the standard was I Bill Car said that he thinks Tomlin can rebuild it y but they do think a rebuild is needed whether it’s with or without Tom
Then Jay Glazer comes out who’s very tight with Tomlin we know Jay Glazer has came on our show I think hung over from hanging out with Tomlin the night before so they’re like close close and he said yesterday like he’s thinking about stepping away maybe taking some time off
I don’t believe that I don’t believe that I believe that if if Mike Tomlin would have leave Pittsburgh it’s obvious that he’s got his sight set on someplace else he either stays or he goes he doesn’t strike me the the man ain’t 60 or think he’s going go you think I don’t
Think he’s trying to take a year off unless they forced him to for you know and then obviously you sit out for a year then you come back Mike Tomlin is gonna be around coaching for a long time before we let you go we got to remind
People Andy Reid was the coach of the Eagles for a long time yeah and then he left and it was like kind of the last like five years there of him at the Eagles was kind of similar to what’s happening in some other places he’s had massive success at Kansas City you think
Bill will have massive success somewhere else and you toml I think I think as long as Bill bich is not picking the roster he will have massive success somewhere else um if he has if he still has that level of control that he enjoyed in New England I think what
We’ve seen from him we will continue to see from him hey which is a subpar product you know what we’ve seen from you greatness for like what 40 years and you look like you’re 35 mm we appreciate the hell out of you man here baby thank you ladies and gentlemen Smith thank you
Bro hey you broke his heart kind of with the hole Yeah broke my heart try Red Bull vodka try try red bu vodka not too many though I’ll try it I’ll try it just for y’all okay if it messes with me oh it’s going to yeah that’s what it does
It takes you I’ll be talking about Pat McAfee in the crew I’ll be like this Y how could y’all do this to me what what I’m just what is it going to do to me it’s not going to trip you out it’s not get a picture of it get get a couple
Pictures of it that’s usually what they did the best night of your life to 100 though yeah well CJ jeez look at this guy broke goddamn Hearts uhhuh what up baby ruined the loty to see everybody’s CJ hey first off congratulations on winning the AFC South as a quarterback a
Big deal first time ever with rookie okay that’s a big deal CJ you guys will be hosting a playoff game in this Stadium right here could have been in Indianapolis turns out that game became an AFC South championship game and we watched you dude you’re absurd bro thank
You for how young you are you like you seem like a 10-year vet when you’re out there like when we’re watching you with your teammates too the way you interact with your team and your coaches between plays after plays the way you celebrate and talk to everybody why why why are
You why is it just so easy for you and what do you think this team has that has made it such a special run this year yeah I appreciate that man uh I really feel like I was kind of groomed into this uh going to Ohio State winning a
Lot of big games losing a lot of big games um having to be the leader on the team every when everything hits the fan everybody’s looking at you and at that point it was like 108,000 in our Stadium um but now it’s a little less but it’s
Still a lot of pressure uh but like I said before I think pressure is a privilege and I think God put a special spirit in my heart to be able to calm the storm and rally guys around and uh I also have a great uh teammates to do it
With me you know so um it’s been a blessing this year working with a great group of guys um and we we shocked the world and we just want to keep going we want to keep proving ourselves right does it feel like a college locker room
Does it feel like uh cuz you know some sometimes like I came into a very old locker room right right I was like one of the youngest guys one of the only single guys in there for you guys it feels like everybody’s kind of we’re building the same thing is that an
Accurate depiction of how it is actually yeah 100% like we’re all really close U we all hang out pretty much um of course the younger guys like match and tank are probably two of my best friends on the team and um we all have a group text
Where we text each other funny things and all type of stuff so um it’s it’s been a really a tight new tight uh niit group and I think that’s like the best teams I’ve been on has been the tightest teams like the closest team absolutely because you’re playing for each other
And it’s very obvious whenever you’re watching which was on Saturday night before the boys have their questions for you CJ and we appreciate you making time for us today you made this one play God you fading away okay throw away oh it must have slipped out of his hand bomber
Not getting out of bounds coach pick this is going to be awesome here we go pick six coming right towards us right back towards where we were but instead it was a catch and I think you did it on purpose foxy you pull this play up the
Fadeaway throw to the right yeah this one right this one look oh oh he’s going to throw it away he’s too tired he must have slipped no only your guy there how the hell did you know he was there and when it left your hand
Did you know that that was going to be because when you stood up you acted so casual and I was so mad about that like I there was there was so much that happened there I was like this guy’s in the AFC South he’s a rookie it’s absurd
But that play in particular what was what was going through your mind how did you know that that was going to happen yeah well um they they were in man and mad coverage um and they rolled the safety down so he took away my first
Option I went to my second option and uh they were in man so he did a good job by having sticky coverage so at that point I’m trying to find my check down and check Downs aren’t always great in manto man coverage because they’re they’re
Matching um so I knew there was time to scramble so I try to step up and scramble and I think somebody got loose so I spent left spent left um Tred to find a way out and the forest Buckner who was a who a heck of a player a lot a
Lot of respect for that guy he’s like he’s a unit he’s like 1610 350 he’s moving fast as heck so I got up out of there um and I kind of seen Nico take off and I was like I don’t have much but I’m going to just try to get him my shot
And with that guy man you give him a shot he’s going to go make a play yeah he made a lot of them against us the other night as the you Darius has a question for you we saw you uh last year on the college football playoff scene obviously playing against Georgia tough
Tough fault game uh long long season in the NFL you know at some point you hit that rookie wall know you missed a couple games late with the concussion but how does the body and the mind feel going into this playoff hopefully another playoff run a playoff run for
You in the NFL how does it feel right now man it feels amazing uh like you said it it was tough missing those two weeks concussion protocol and things like that um I really appreciate people reaching out to me make sure I was fine um and I think ultimately it was all
Meant for the better of me you know um and came back out against Tennessee had a good game here at home and then went on the road and got a hard fought win against a great coach team so um this year has been a lot of ups and downs um
It’s been the longest Year of My Life um from going all the way from August of 2022 to what is it mid January now you know it’s been a long year man but it’s been a dream come true I’m living out my dream as a child um I always always just
Dream about playing in NFL games big time night games and I was my first one so it was just really cool to kind of see the fruits of my labor uh be able to to come out um in a in a big atmosphere against a great team so it’s been a
Great year man I’ve been blessed in the middle of that run you took a test the S2 test and they say you’re were just dumb you remember that this guy dumb can’t do it assume that test is never going to be used again because all you’ve done is just come in with a
Football IQ level that nobody historically has by the way you have like historic record for being the smartest rookie quarterback to ever play oh yeah by a lot and then and then there’s that thing said he wasn’t no so I think it’s just dead right no you think you think these decision makers
Are going to make that decision and say oh it’s let me move to something else well they I think they have to the strategy now is hey take take whoever is the dumbest quarterback do now I always say the eye in the sky don’t lie so um you watch the
Film you put on the tape even from college like you can’t play at Ohio State and under coach day who’s a who’s a ro rown offensive coordinator play caller his his offense is pretty is pretty deep when it comes to being knowledgeable you have to know everything I even had more
Responsibilities in college than I do now in this offense in this scheme so um yeah but that means you’re only going to get better which sucks for us they haven’t even Unleashed you completely which a whole different animal CJ it’s been awesome to watch you speaking of Ohio
State AJ has a question for you yeah have you thought about what it’s going to be like having a playoff game in here I saw you after the game in the loud housee as Pat calls it in Indianapolis wow they’re calling it the stoud house
Now did you hear that I think it is ruin was it louder it was louder that was a great atmosphere uh even pream go yeah pregame were you rattled at all like were you intimidated seven of them seven of them we have seven FSE I think it was
10 I think it was 10 false start one two no no no no no you did have a lot had a lot yeah I was celebrating heavy cuz kind of we came back and got a lot of first downs off that all right okay we good more yards that’s all we got I’m
Excited to see see this place packed man um I think going be loud loud I know you said that this probably the loudest stadium you played in ever yeah I think even just to picky back off what you said playing in in Indianapolis that was probably the loudest stadi I played yet
In NFL wow that was like a college how about that aot a lot I love that I like I like being the villain like run out to the Boo and you guys had the light show going on a lot of C stuff they made you
What was that a lot of cute stuff was you man yeah smart sophisticated winning franchise yeah you’re talking they did have you guys staying out there for a long time during that light show right right that was a long that was a long time y do it on purpose it’s okay oh
Yeah mean strategy of course has a question for you all right Hey listen congrat AFC South champ CJ St as a rookie go ahead Todd CJ you mentioned you know you guys shocking the like after you got drafted you know everyone was basically saying like hey this 3
Four years like they’re going to be unbelievable but no one in at least in the media expected you guys to do what you’ve done this year did you use that as like a chip on your shoulder at all during the year I mean obviously you don’t care about what the media saying
And all that kind of stuff but like it’s got to feel pretty good at this point proving everyone wrong like that and you guys are I mean you’re unbelievable and and you know you don’t have to wait three four years at time’s now obviously yes sir yeah um I feel like any
Motivation is good motivation you know so I think it’ll be a lot people say they don’t listen to the media like of course like we don’t necessarily care but everybody hears it like the day and age where we live in social media you have access to like everything TV your
Phone Instagram Twitter whatever I personally try to log out to everything but people text me stuff and things so um you you hear about it and you like man like I wonder why they think like that let me go let me go prove them wrong um but our mindset here let’s
Prove ourselves right we knew we had in this locker room and um we brought in a lot of vets that that been winning in other places and things like that so um we knew that we would have opportunities to play in Big Time games and we’ve lot
We actually w a lot of tight-knit games too so those were the times where I leaned on my vets and I like man what do y’all think like what do you think about this year what can we do like man we have a Super Bowl team like we have a
Team that that can shock shock everybody um and and you that you have no idea exactly cuz you don’t really know what it takes cuz I it’s my first year you know so that that whole you don’t know what you don’t know thing that’s real but certainly think the the statement of
Winners win winners win and losers lose I think that’s real and in my career I won a lot of games and my teammates have as well um I just think we needed winners in the in the building so U once we got that going and started getting a
Rhythm for each other it took a while but you know uh football is not an overnight thing it takes a minute so once we got our Rhythm we started looking good and now we’re here yeah it took forever yes it did four weeks it’s been a real long time and I think the
Good thing that you guys did CJ especially with how you played and who you are as a human and how you’ve handled this you know you wanted to be like Houston like hey I love Houston like there’s even a video going around the internet I don’t know if it was
After you drafted but you like put over Houston versus like Indianapolis which is a a lot of people like he’s talking he’s talking on Indianapolis it’s like no Houston is Houston’s an awesome aw Houston is an awesome place I think you’ve handled it perfectly and I think a playoff appearance especially with the
Buzz you’re going to wake up this crowd too like I I I you know we saw a lot of these chairs we were talking to JJ early cuz I don’t think I think they felt kind of betrayed by the organization how things have gone like you tell us to buy into something then
You fire that person then you tell us to buy into something then you fire that something then everything that happened it’s like I feel like the messages that I’ve gotten from Texans fans is that they like felt betrayed by the Texans for a couple years and now with the
Moves that have been made it feels like everybody’s okay we’re back to be the Houston Texans again that’s an incredible honor I think and for a rookie to be the one kind of leading the way is stupid not it doesn’t work like that a lot you take a lot of pride in
Like bringing a city pton did that for the Colts has a statue obviously but like Indianapolis was not a football town before Payton got there because the team had been not great and decisions have been terrible then pton gets there and the whole state the whole place is
Now a football town it’s like you’re going to do that again here and I hate that yeah tough I absolutely hate that Connor has a question for you CJ CJ TI just mentioned you don’t listen to what the media says and I assume the team
Doesn’t but just so you know you do know right now the biggest threat to the Ravens is Joe Flo and the Browns so just so you know Ste said you guys have no chance no chance no I’m not a brown I’m just telling you we have no chance
Stephen A said a rookie quarterback way is not going to do anything in the playoff that’s not happening all right and the Ravens don’t want to see they don’t want to see Joe Flaco they don’t if CJ St comes down who gives a but if Joe Flaco comes to town look out so
Just so you know that is what they’re saying but uh Conor Connor just put a $10,000 bet on the Houston you’re damn right I did but there was a moment after the game it was unbelievable where demo Ryan is waiting in the hallway to the locker room and
You know he’s emotional but he waits for you and then when you lead in you two like jump together essentially into the locker room it was unbelievable how great is it to have a rookie head coach with you alongside you I mean you can probably lock him in for coach of the
Year now and what do you think about the people who say hey if you’re going to hire a head coach don’t hire a defensive guy you should hire an offensive guy because that’s the one who’s going to be running your offense forever whereas demo has been that like defensive kind
Of almost an old school tomin bich type of Coach what do you think about those type of things being said and just how far you and demo have come since you know training camp yeah um I said it before but I think demo was a perfect
Person for this job he was the one when I when I met him uh he was like this the only job he wanted to be a head coach cuz he played for the Texans he wanted to uplift the city of Houston so I would say man like you’re looking for a head
Coach you want to look for somebody who cares cares about the city cares about winning cares about his players has been in the position that he’s done that you know so um when when I look ATO like of course we’re figuring out a lot of stuff
Together but man like the Poise that he has the trust that he puts in his players the accountability that he holds us to um the standard that he sets you know every day you see him put put constant work in you know so um there’s nothing to do but just follow that you
Know and to be a great leader you have to be a great follower as well so that’s all I do with him man um I listen to him a lot he’s a man of God he he definitely um cares about his players he always ask us what we want instead of just putting
Things out there um he puts a multitude of things on the table from just team issues or like even locker room stuff like we need a new showerheads he got us new shower heads you know so like just little stuff and some head coach B face
Move not really so like that may even like it’s a small thing that makes your players want to play for you a little harder you know so uh I love Deo man he’s a great coach I think Nick has done a great job as well our ownership has
Just the city of Houston like you said man like I don’t know about what happened in the past but I know now like just the buzz in the city just feels great you know um just feels like how it’s supposed to be hell yeah what else
We uh we need a new pool table we need uh well Case Keenum is probably the best uh what is it the ping pong oh is nice okay what else do we have we got ping pong in there got ping pong we got basketball I’m by far the best shooter
On the team I don’t want to hear ask George F as ly tunel Shaq Mason so are those guys your fans or guys you’ve beat guys I’ve beaten okay not the guys that are like CJ’s the guy like talking these are guys that you just beat and they
Know the okay tank Dale what are we playing 10 shots so we I don’t want to I don’t want to put us on blast but we just go like shot for shot pretty much okay got shot for shot so if I hit he miss and yeah yeah you win yeah is there
Cornhole in there uh it’s actually a new game uh it’s not spike ball it’s it has like uh John weeks just put in a Long Snapper he’s been here he’s on like his 15th year know week yeah my guy playing there for how many punters a lot yeah
He’s been here for what 15 I think stud I think he had a couple injuries too middle of his career to came so he got a new game in there uh it’s like orange and strings and it’s a ball and it’s like a net and then it’s a another net
On top and it’s like a cone and then it’s another thing on top and if so it’s like two points if you get it on the first thing how we doing we’re throwing what are we doing so you’re throwing it and you want to bounce it and then he
Like go I don’t know what it’s called but it’s a cool game they just put in there last week I ain’t played it yet Steve Nelson is good at though or Corner well we see you play uh baseball yep yep La Crosse golf basketball and football for your warm-ups have you developed any
Routines throughout this NFL season yeah um I think that was one of the main things I wanted to do was uh get away cuz like in college I was very superstitious like I would like do a lot of like things just to like get myself in the Rhythm but isn’t it crazy the
Pressure you put on yourself to make it to make it is a lot different than the one once you have kind of yeah and I I I look back and I’m like man I just put a lot of like dumb pressure on myself to like like to if I didn’t do this little
Thing I’m like oh I’m going to play better or whatever I thought it was so stupid so that Georgia game I just started doing whatever felt natural and then from there I went back home in California started training with my my trainers uh uh John Beck Taylor Kelly
And Adam dudo who works with 3dqb where chain at Huntington Beach and we started doing like basketball stuff baseball stuff swinging baseball bats um just being a yeah just being like like cuz being a quarterback like it’s such a rotational sport like like it’s so many different movements like you’re Crossing
You’re crossing over like a quarterback you’re shuffling like you’re playing defense you’re rotating your body like you’re swinging a bat you’re flicking your wrist like you’re shooting a basketball we saw that we saw that there was like a 21 Y where you’re getting tackled and you literally just did that
Like that one no I didn’t like any of it but it was incred a lot that stuff kind of plays into like the role of a quarterback and it just feels natural to me I played all the sports growing up and I know it kind of looks crazy but I
Like it and it works so so we saw you that Georgia game yep and uh we said yeah that’s the Sunday guy that’s a guy that’s that’s the one right there you just said that was a different you though right yeah mentally or physically
You think um I would say both uh I came into that game like I would say every I I wouldn’t say that was probably my best college game I think that was um my most freak game where like I was like man whatever happens I don’t really care I’m
Not I’m going go out with no regret so mentally let let go you know cuz there’s a lot of pressure playing onio State man um losing one game especially like the games we lost like like we’re still really good team but like Ouran base everybody told us that we sucked at that
Point you know so it was like I was like man you know what and a lot of our fans stuck stuck true um it’s like the social media fans That’s What I Call like you you’ll go to and you’ll see a stadium and coz used to tell me this like you
Could think the whole stadium hates you they really don’t our our fans love us you know but losing that game doesn’t help and it’s like those those 500 negative fans that are in the which a lot of Scrolls 500 is a lot of schs if
You think about and in college I used to go look and like that was just the worst thing I could possibly do but like at that point I’m like man you know what I I’ve done a lot of cool stuff in college and I’m going to go just prove myself
You know and we’re going to prove ourselves right in this game and we did that of course we came up short but that was a game I think like man I think I showed like what I can do for real that’s a very mature way of looking at
Life which is why you’ve probably had the success that you’ve already had in the NFL at such a young age because that’s not easy to get through you know cuz that 500 is a lot of that’s a long time right that’s like what four on a
Screen at a time so you start doing it if you think about how many 500 is and is so much but you got 10 and something thousand in the stadium that don’t feel obligated to tell you hey I like you it’s a different time it’s interesting
To have that mental toughness I think is uh you know great for you terrible for the Colts yeah brutal is absolutely terrible for the Colts CJ we appreciate you stopping by man you going to be at the game tonight uh I don’t know I don’t thinking about it I don’t know man
Michigan man come onig fans dis respect I don’t know I can’t I can’t say anything else I I can’t disrespect but I don’t know I’m going for Washington Michael penix is a great quarterback by the way man he’s a dog I like penix I like the receivers too
What’s his name he does penix all right Michael penix what is it I’ve been pronouncing it wrong all season might be you’re smart my bad Mike my bad no it’s all hey he’s a dog tight spiral we actually bro so we played him in Co year
2020 and he lit us up Indiana Indiana those were fun man he lit us up and I was like the game he kind of got put on the map I was like man who is this dude he was nice St four bills four times this year already over 400 and obviously
JJ McCarthy 26 And1 is a starter so he’s a Dogan for you we’ll see man know don’t comment rosebowl was awesome watching that Michigan team come together everything they’ve been through and then the Washington team same exact stuff everybody’s been down them all year every game that’s like ah Point
Underdogs and then they just go on and win everything it was a bowler that said a cool quote once uh he was basically it was he was retiring he was thanking everybody he was like thank you guys for watching that’s all you could do so like
That’s how like I feel like as players that’s how we feel is like y’all can talk all y want we really the ones we the man men in the arena you know we the ones going out there putting our bodies putting our lives putting our our
Livelihood on the line you know so like people can say whatever they want it doesn’t matter a lot of people appreciate the hell out of you though especially in this city can’t wait to watch you man we appreciate you ladies and gentlemen CJ stra got about a minute and a half left here
On ESPN we’ll continue after the second hour on YouTube and ESPN plus I guess there’s some people that watch on there well y that are like work or are you sure School CJ you got a QR code on your pants did you know that where does that
Go where does that take us St oh on you’re muted bad it’s Steve Sims his uh his brand so one of our players here oh sweet yeah yeah so I guess you it looks super cool get the you get the uh the link to where it goes so right to the
Yeah can we see it see the L it’s like a cross because we might be able to get the QR code yeah then people can cop those oh oh we got can you see hold on you got to pull it up a little bit they’re fine boom fine camera three good
Eye good ey good ey all right I’m about to get out of here all right CJ Michigan is going to clip him saying I like penix by the way I just want that to know pen P pen I I mean everyone says a different don’t you yeah didn’t uh Desmond Howard yeah
Howard said P just so you know hey see you dude thanks for being so good at football you guys are so screw so unfortunately you thought it was Trevor Lawrence wearing his teammate’s clothes too yeah yeah I know says all the right things does everything right everything
He does is the right thing Louis Vuitton hat too just to remind you yeah oh yeah still got it oh yeah he’s so good at football filthy all right hour one ends in the second hour we’ll be joined by I believe Adam schfer at some point I
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For the all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers you damn it be a friend tell a friend something nice could change their life sport sport sport sport sport sport hello beautiful people and welcome back to NRG Stadium live in Houston Texas the national championships tonight we’re overreacting our two begins
Now football it’s happening right here in this beautiful city isn’t it yeah tonight a national champion will be crowned for the 2023 college football season that was remarkable we have college game day starting at 4:00 what central 5:00 Eastern going for 2 and a half hours then we will be doing a field
Pass on ESPN 2 for the entire game that is an alternate cast okay oh that is an alternate cast the main there is a main one done by professionals who have been putting in an insane amount of work this week to call that game because this will
Be a 20 million plus person watched event and we are lucky to be here it’s not just me obviously I’m with an incredible crew of characters who bring a coolness to a couldn’t think of another CW word I was doing a lot of alliteration but you get it ladies and gentlemen nine-year
NFL vet Darius J Butler much pretty cool to be here man honestly this is awesome obviously we got some great uh personal memories in here but it’ll be a great uh National Championship that hasn’t even been brought up one time no I kicked the ball
To myself on that oh yeah right I kicked the ball to myself that’s right should Told CJ maybe the most athletic thing I’ve ever done in my entire being will ever be able to do happened right down there on a Thursday night football man you’re right we did have good yeah we
Did have good times we’ll think about it I wouldn’t go most athletic thing either I mean let’s remember what you did to Austin theory in Dallas Texas well yeah my reversal of that Aon Don to put two three you’re right how manyan people Texas didn’t even put yeah I love this
City love this state I’m sorry anyways uh man who is wearing red because his team is not here and a team that is his rival is certainly here and they’re favored by 5 and a half the president of Ohio college football national champion Super Bowl champion AJ
Hawk AJ is the buzz palpable I tell you what the rain certainly puts a damper on some things feels like outside you know because there’s like a lot of stuff set up the college football playoff does a fantastic job awesome they make it bit they make it feel it’s like it’s like
Super Bowl week basically Bingo College Super Bowl week where there’s all these events what who who was the band that played last night or two All America reject yeah I mean they get everybody to come out Fantasia is going to be singing I don’t know who halftime is but
We’re about to get a potential performance from uh Fantasia yeah in a few minutes which we will also debut i opportunity to have a sit down okay with the head coaches of teams that are competing for national championship this evening no big deal coach Jim Harbaugh
And coach kayin deor and me in a dimly lit very professional setting yes billion dollar set Candles there was no candles but if they put them in there they wouldn’t stick out okay you know what I mean sh I was picturing my picture was right then like if they had
A couple candles in there people would be like makes sense Ambiance tell you what pretty good 10 minutes awesome 10:30 was kind of I don’t want to say shoehorned in at the end but sh potentially their last media thing that they were contractually obligated
To do cuz I was kind of offered up they were like uh the coaches hey there it is right there plants uh y look at that some uh I think those are succulents suul the ones that don’t need water correct easy to take care of yeah the
Succulents in there the room was nice very I mean trophy yeah the trophy there stay tuned did anybody touch that trophy during the conversation oh that’s a teaser whoa whoa uh oh is that a is that a weird thing you’re not allowed to touch it yeah you tell me AJ I don’t
Know you’re a college football national when you won the NFC championship did you touch trophy cuz I know a lot of teams uh I do not believe I did I’ll tell you what when we won the a championship I I think I tou you just maybe that’s why we lost Super Bowl
There’s a chance you put a banner for that yes they did yeah I mean you put up Championship ban you think about this too just an added little thing here anyways that’s coming up in like uh 10 minutes or so yep great conversation I thought I I actually learned some stuff
Ask some questions from the show so we could get information from the from the coaches and everything like that but the banner thing if we went AFC South they take that down because there’s AFC South Champion AFC South Champion Banner AFC South Champion Banner AFC finalist
Banner and now next to it AFC South finalist Banner that’s Boston Connor he is a masshole uh that’s Tai Schmidt they make up the toxic table boys you’re calling a national championship again Tai unbelievable unbeliev I mean what we should we be here not probably not but
Like I said The Vibes are Immaculate this is shaping up to be potentially one of the greatest weeks of all time I cannot believe we’re here like you said there’s just something about being in an empty Stadium you know everyone’s kind of going we we know what’s going to
Happen later tonight but we don’t know how it’s going to happen final checks from security exactly if this goes down what are we going to do and a lot of them going to say we can’t really walk more than 10 yards no no Bingo that’s it exactly I wasn’t expecting that he’s
Right he’s not wrong it’s true I’ve been in a lot of stadiums lately there have some good eating out here lot not only all right well that’s not even 98y olds protecting the protecting the house where were we last night what was that place we were at
Last night down here in houon prosect park that was awesome get there get there if you’re in the area that place was awesome they had good security they had great security oh yeah that’s only that’s one of the first places I’ve ever been where I’m like okay real security
Feel good real security the mall we were at Great security oh yeah the mall had a uh every store had a security guard that’s one half of the hammer Cowboys tone digs the place where we’re staying down here in Houston the are it’s beautiful it is beautiful
There’s like a little plops too like we were drive you drive like 10 minutes all of a sudden you’re in like a different little sub Houston area cuz if you remember Houston is 700 miles wide huge if you recall it’s why it’s like the fourth largest city in America if this
Team gets going which it feels like they’re going to it is going to be a phenomenal now let’s look ahead to this evening okay this Washington Huskies dud yeah boys as we learned about them over the last week or so as we had to dive in for this evening’s big game that will’ll
Be calling on the sideline yep Darius this team five and a half Point dogs on ESPN bet a lot of points not worried about a damn thing over there that’s a veteran Le group that can put up numbers if they have to a lot of point and and
Tone mentioned earlier if it turns into a track me obviously the Washington team is obviously Michael pennick uh 400 yards over 400 times mentioned that earli Roman dun pke out there bunch of first rounders at the wide receiver position then an offensive line that can protect Joe Moore Ward winners so best
Offensive line in the country but we that Michigan uh defensive front if they get after him early like they did in Alabama they can get ugly for Washington hey Mason Graham 55 for the Michigan Wolverines in the middle of that defensive line now obviously the plan has always been to
Get to Michael penck sure hey just get them off he’s able to do it he showcased some running too oh yeah he’s a very very very capable mover if he has to just hasn’t had I think his stats going into last weekend were like 89% of his completions were from the pocket or
Something like that so like he is just protected immensely go ahead Tom for you guys that have been in the NFL then like does Michigan come and they put as little people in the Box as they can to see if how many how little people they
Can put in the box and still stop the run to compete against like the four five six weapons that he has thr you want to in Michigan that defense kind of want to make you go the long hard way you want to keep two high sh as much as
Possible with these receivers running cuz they they don’t need much space you see penck how on the money he can put those balls so yeah you want to be able to get after the quarterback with four maybe five but you got to keep some safy they brought pressure or they were in a
Stunt what was it first play of the game last week Michigan was it a stunt or pressure I don’t remember not sure it was was a pressure and then they ran a uh they were winning their one-on ones that’s the thing up front dudes wi it boom strike separate winning one-on ones
First series already like Michigan set the tone defense and we didn’t know if that was going to happen against an Alabama team that like hey it’s Alabama you know and I think a lot of us thought that way uh potentially about like can the Michigan team keep up it
Athletically with everything as it’s like this defense is so good yeah they are smothering everybody said Alabama had a bad first half bad game it’s like well maybe there’s a reason maybe there is a reason it’s this incredible group and then after getting a chance to chat
With Jim Harbaugh which we will be airing here in about five minutes or so although I see them already set up down there I think there’s going to be a potential miscommunication issue that’s going to lead to some sort of conversation that’s going to happen somewhere uh of course above the level
We are currently sitting at sure but one that I will be called to take the steps up to Chad as well absolutely you know that getting used to that it feels like yeah which is a good place to be good place to be but like Harbaugh no worries right now nope he
Was chilling football game like literally just like he’s been a superl he’s coaching a Super Bowl well when you think about all the way back to when all this stuff started happening that’s when he started using his best stuff at the press conference oh yeah it feels like it’s almost like reinvigorated him
Almost as if he is empowered by everything that has happened because he knows he did nothing wrong yeah it’s like they they searched everything allegedly like every they were going through phones stallion phones they were going trying to at least and then everybody see him and it’s like he was
Exonerated from knowing that this was happening but it did happen in a situation he was in I appreciate the fact that he has just been right in and his boys have just followed right in line behind him veteran team veteran staff and listening to sa been talking
On the show earlier about that was the first time they saw formation you talk about Michigan formation team that yeah huddle I’m sorry but coming out of there getting into a formation and then shifting motioning getting into another one so it’ be interesting to see how wash their handles was that but Jim
Harbaugh has been unbelievable all year long well I think if you look at and listen to like what sheer said about hey his his only goal is he wanted to you know restore Michigan to the brand oh I asked him about that go like obviously you want to win tonight they obviously
Want to win the national championship so does he but like Mission accomplice like MI Michigan is back they’re Elite again I mean they’re you know 10 years ago you know Michigan was kind of like a doormat and now now they’re who everyone knows them to be and uhoh the state below
Michigan yeah you South right that team down south instead of the team up north exactly yeah Miss is not accomplished for Michigan by the way they need to win tonight don’t you think they need to figure this thing out go ahead and win is not you think Jim Hardwell is going
To afterwards if they lose the game say hey guys I did my game like we’re we’re good we’re back on the five and a half Point favorites too yeah they need to they did we expect the five and a half Point favorite for Michigan I mean Washington’s disrespected Vegas Vegas
With Washington’s been super weird cuz what they were 10-point dogs in the Pack 12 championship and then they were well they were four and a half they were four and a half to Texas last week so I thought it would be something along those lines but I mean I I and they’ve
And in Michigan and Georgia in Vegas’s eyes have been the two best teams all year long so I wasn’t super surprised by by the line but I mean it’s a lot 55 and a half yeah how do you feel about that I think it’s going to I think it’s
Going to go I’m an under guy you know that for sure I always Happ and I’m pretty sure it’s going to go over damn okay so we got we got some fire you think Michigan’s going to be able to run the ball I think Michigan’s going be
Able to move the ball and I think Washington’s be able to move the ball I I think both teams are going be able to move the ball yeah I mean national championships generally they get out and they start scoring isn’t it crazy because you think they might be a little
Bit tight and if they’re tight that would certainly uh not be better for Washington because of how electrifying they can be and how Blake can run that thing 32 straight times I had a chance to sit down with the coaches of both teams that are competing in the national
Championship just yesterday it’s about 10 minutes we’ll listen to Fantasia s the national anthem it’s going to be awesome while you guys get a chance to hear from these coaches be a little bit of humans from just yesterday gentlemen congratulations thank you so much for taking the time where you’re
Contractually obligated to so I uh I appreciate you guys being here I want to be here I just want you to know come on I have watched you and uh do your thing man nothing but uh nothing but respect and praise for you the shirt the the
Where’s the shirt though yeah well and and and the guys love you too man the the uh the players love you the kids love you come on that makes me feel really good I had a couple booze cocktails last night was in here a little tired you just made me feel Mercy
I don’t want to hear about that no no it was me it was me and a are your boys or anything like that but let’s uh talk about this so I have a show every day a lot of things are said on it and I’ll start with you coach Adam schfer joined
Us Michigan man and he talked about you and your trip back to Michigan he said that he thought one of your missions was to restore greatness at Michigan like as a Michigan man you almost felt obligated to your Alma moer to come back and restore greatness now I don’t know if
You speaking for you or if he was just thinking that that was the case three straight college football playoffs now a national championship appearance do you feel like you’ve done that for Michigan and was that a mindset going back to coach there uh yeah I wanted uh I mean there’s
There’s a there’s a Michigan man um you know I try to live up to that standard it’s how do you describe that there’s no real one definition but um if if you know when they throw dirt over top of me if uh somebody could would you know
Eulogize me and say he was a Michigan man that would and and and that would sum it up I’d be I’d feel really good about that three straight and then now a national championship appearance I think a lot of Michigan people and khakis are saying you definitely did that and for
You coach I’ve got a chance to learn a lot about the history of Washington football this year because they’ve been taking a trip down memory lane with how great Washington football used to be I think a lot of America is getting introduced to the great fan base that
The Washington football huskies have had was that something that you talked about whenever you took the job was that expected of you like Hey we’re trying to get back to a national prominence and did you expect it to happen as quickly yeah I knew there was certainly a
History of greatness that invol that was uh surrounding the program and uh that was very attractive to me um I think there were was these roots this um these bones about the program um that that had Championship uh kind of a feel to it um knew it was possible because it’s been
Done before and um you know just coming in uh I guess um not in an arrogant way but just feeling like that’s what we’re going to do is compete for championships you know uh and to do it here in year two is special um it’s a huge credit to
Our players uh it’s it’s a huge credit to the people that helped bring them in uh even prior to our staff uh you know there’s just a a way that our guys have embraced our coaching staff coming in here in these two years um it goes both
Ways but uh man it’s just uh it’s just awesome you know having these moments right now bring back a lot of the memories of those great teams in the past you know and hearing more and more stories and me being it even more educated um you know only having been
Here two years it’s it’s really fun time right now being a Washington Husky coach we’re out there for game day 6: a.m. local out there in Wasington Seattle packed out rain miserable cold your fans show I didn’t know what to expect I was a little bit of a hater going in and
Then it was like the most active crowd I’ve ever seen I’m like I did not know West Coast Football was like this they’re like well Washington it’s different speaking it different your quarterback seems to be different this dude’s accuracy is phenomenal his arm a cannon his leadership great but I think
The story going into of the year was he came back to do this right in this kind of why he came back to Washington and with everything he’s been through why is he the perfect leader for the team that you have yeah well first of all it was
Great having you out there and we didn’t have that sitting next to us uh but uh you know we had they brought this thing in first the bottom part mhm thought that was a little small you know what I mean and then they brought this top part
On I’m like now we’re talking sweet you know that’s what we’re playing for Coach will you touch this H will you touch this me too man I’m I don’t got no shot but uh Michael penx why do you think he’s the perfect guy for your team yeah he just
Uh I mean going back to when he came here uh it helped us Kickstart things really quickly he he you know he knew the offense there the same system we ran back in 2019 and so uh we really got off and rolling quickly but what I’ve really
Seen out of him this last year uh beyond the skill sets uh and all the things that he can do um with his accuracy his arm Talent um he’s really LED our team you know and I have such an appreciation for the journey he’s been on how he’s
Tak all those experiences and really poured them into making sure that uh he can pass those moments that he’s learned from um no regrets control you control all those things that he stands for having faith and and just confidence in who you are that things can uh the sun
Will come up the next day you know uh when adversity does strike he’s taken all of that and just poured into our team our team again has embraced him in every way possible and it’s just been an awesome awesome piece to to see from my vantage point as a head coach uh seeing
This group of gentlemen come together um you know and obviously led by Michael yeah thanks for what you guys did for the state of Indiana there you that was the most exciting college football we had in our state for a while there you guys were dicing and slicing uh Coach
Harbaugh A wise man once said I like my locker room to be like my mother’s bathing suits in one piece in one piece and then I also heard a wise man say uh that chickens were skittish bird and then that same man said I was completely wrong we’re talking big man admit
They’re wrong big man huge to do that low maintenance high production correct these chickens so with both those things coming together do you think the reason why your locker room has been able to handle everything and has been able to stay in one piece like your mother’s
Bathing suit is because they’re a bunch of chickens low maintenance high production why do you think your group has been able to handle everything that’s been thrown their way this year and not blinked I’m going to be honest yeah I’m forced to pick games every week
On game day don’t love it not an easy way to be a hero in every town especially in a very uh we’ll say aggressive College fan base in some places got some death threats from places you know for picking against their team I assumed with the amount of
Distractions that your team had this year 18 to 23 year olds that’s something we get in it’s hard to win a football game your team has stayed the course stayed tight remained that bathing suit why do you think that’s the case and who do you think is responsible for that
Outside yourself sure um a lot of factors go into it uh you a lot of times it’s a thousand little things that add up to make all the difference but um you know different factors sometimes it it’s it’s as simple as I don’t care what the
Freak you say about us you know we know who we are and we’re going to try to dominate this day go to sleep and then wake up and dominate the next day you know another part is yeah it’s low maintenance equals the lower the maintenance the higher your production I don’t have any
Scientific evidence to support that it’s just what I’ve noticed um and the big thing is is the Players it’s always it’s always comes back to the players Pat in my opinion and coach said it you know he had a quarterback that came back he had members of his team that came back
Because they wanted to accomplish something you know we had the exact same thing um JJ McCarthy when he walked off the podium last year after the TCU game said he will be back you know we’ll be back and I had a reporter asked me yesterday um well JJ McCarthy last year
Left the podium and he said that that he would be back whatever and I said not whatever not whatever yeah you know that’s huge he Michael pennick you know uh it wasn’t just a resolution uh for Michael or JJ I mean that was repetition that went in every
Single day and had they not done that you know it would have been that guy would have been the first guy to say you know what went wrong knew it was going to go wrong predicted it was going to go wrong you know not giving a not giving a
Freak and you know putting that repetition in every single day you know those players made that happen you know I take very little credit for uh for what our players uh and coaches were able to accomplish this year but uh um yeah well I love it I love your teams
Watching them last question for me for both of you and I appreciate it and I think you probably already had to address this a thousand times and as we get closer to the game I’m sure you’re both excited to not have to do it anymore but as you watch film of his
Team what do you think his culture is what do you think he’s looking for whenever he’s recruiting a guy can you tell that by watching film and watching what type of Team he has on the field yeah tough physical connected um you know really talented uh players uh
Really well coached and and connected how about you coach for yeah I think the thing that I’ve been pressed with because um you always kind of identify it when it’s something that you really feels important and um you can see that you know coach uses the word connected I
Think that’s a great one um but you can see a team that’s just fighting all together all head in the same direction want it for each other um a lot of the things that I think we’ve utilized as far as having our having people maybe doubt us or challenge us um in different
Ways we’ve had each of those things happen uh in our programs you know over the last couple years and um you know it’s just man you know it’s all about just you and I think coach done an awesome job galvanizing his team and bringing them together and and uh just
You know being there for each other I think that’s what our team is done you know we’re there to to fight but uh yeah coach um when you talk about toughness and physicality uh Coach Harbaugh and his team um you know this would be the greatest challenge we’ve had all year
Long by far U both sides of the ball in all ways All Phases well great work this year by both you and your teams congratulations you know coach already touched this maybe you’ll get to do the same um what did you say to Reese resilience’s cool but I want to be
Relentless Bruce Willis Die Hard okay I give me the Terminator yeah you both approved that this year congratulations thank you so much for taking time yeah I mean honestly obviously we were uh whoops to Mad Dash there as uh everything was happening Fantasia absolutely crushed it
Tonight’s going to be epic I cannot wait for the world to hear what we just got to hear that we were captivated by so much that maybe we’re a little bit late back to the set but we’re not alone in thanking both Harbaugh and dor for not
Only making this an incredible game that we’re all anticipating some fireworks and great football but also handling this whole thing awesome they’ve been everywhere yeah they’ve been talking to everybody them taking the time out of their life to talk to me in that particular contractually obligated which I certainly reminded them at the
Beginning and had to and that’s the first time we’ve ever done that so I didn’t want them to feel forced they were fantastic good luck tonight boys go get them fell good luck boys all right so there’s potential fireworks that are going to take place in the upcoming moments and
If they do there’s a chance that the microphones and some of the power will go out oh good good so there’s a chance we have no idea what’s going to take place I just saw some flashing lights don’t know if they’re testing uh videos or not but wouldd like to let everybody
Know everything we’ve seen which I don’t think we have we’re supposed to see a lot of the you know cuz they were talking about us leaving yeah locking key lock yeah not supposed to be here tonight going to be a good show oh yeah it’s be I think it’s going to be a
Really good show and we’re lucky to be here now speaking of being here there’s a new man that has joined us he’s been great for us this year fantastic yes always comes on literally whenever start to finish now you got just got to get somebody to put it in schedule uhh the
Schedule is packed but if it’s in there executed ladies and gentlemen senior NFL Insider at ESPN friend of the program Adam Chef I’m lucky to be here and it’s an honor to be onet with all you guys today in person that’s awesome well TR Che you
Don’t have to lie to us it’s our honor Chey our honor my honor hey good to see you dude thanks for this year hey thank you at the beginning we didn’t know how it was going to go yeah not sure you know we didn’t know how it was going to
Go and how did it go it went all right I think it was you showed up every week every single week for us I’ll always be there I can’t tell you I’ll give you anything good but I’ll always be there which we appreciate we appreciate
Showing up and on the flip side we will let you know how we feel about it immediately now today is a day where a lot of things are supposed to be known and in the past have been known very much in the NFL now you have been
Staring at your phone since you got here you just explained what’s going through your mind on this particular day since you got here pretty much on what could happen any moment what are we hearing what do we know we know Ron Riva yep we know Ry Smith mad oh boy not disres he
Felt disrespected y jamus said the guys we voted whoops so nothing deis is could do he’s been fired obviously there’s openings that have happened during the season what is your expectation on today and how has it gone for you this far well by the way to bring it back to what
We talked about this season we said 7 to 10 right we’re at fivez we’re five right now okay okay we’re we’re waiting to see what happens in New England again that’s one of those situations where I think a lot of people across the league think it
Will wind up in a divorce but there’s a lot of conversations that you have to have before you get to a divorce when there’s 24 years together that’s right let me ask you about this so that game yesterday felt like a tribute to bill bich you can also put your phone on not
Sleep mode so you don’t have to keep it alive oh how do you do that yeah we’ll do it for somebody should have done that it probably Burns battery though right I’ll do it now I’ve been here since early this morning and I’m just praying the phone last get mobile
Charger let you take his phone right now yeah yeah come ony mobile charger okay change a couple settings need the newest iPhone what are you doing Chey what are you doing ESPN ESPN gives us the iPhones oh but you can say you know what I’ll spend this amount of money to make my
Life so much better you with one of those big iPhones with a charger on the bottom that photo would be electrifying especially on this particular day but yesterday the game with the Patriots and the Jets felt like a tribute game to Bill bich che’s time in New England well
It should be okay do you think they had felt obligated to do that because they didn’t know or do you think they knew something which is why they did that which is what some Patriots fans potentially thought while watching or maybe it’s both maybe they think there
Is the real possibility that it’s going to be his last game and we don’t know if they’re going to get another their chance to be together so you honor him why it’s never too late to honor anybody and if he’s back then great then it works out fine but again I think that’s
Been the prevailing notion that that would have been the last game but but before you get there there’s conversations that have to occur and we’ll see what comes out of them Tom diggs’s team has some stuff yeah uh Glazer started talking about a little bit yesterday you were talking about
Yesterday is just out of nowhere we’re hearing is Tomlin is Tomlin thinking about maybe going to another team I’m hearing commanders I’m hearing his wife loves loves La I mean a few weeks ago when things were going bad yeah there was talk about it but that was you know
Things are great now oh my God him with 107 let’s take it easy okay Joey Bosa Dern James oh yeah cuz they’ve been great exactly by the way like Shawn Payton took a year off up worked in broadcasting and just kind of stepped back and then came back a year later and
Got a new deal from Denver and it worked out pretty well for him and I don’t know what Mike tomlin’s going to do but I can tell you there are people out there in the league who say that that’s potentially an option that after this season maybe he could walk what’s
Interesting to me is when Pittsburgh went through the tough stretch that it did this year and I noticed that when you post about the guy like there’s so much negativity oh yeah towards him so much negativity in Pittsburgh and I think he’s much more respected that guy
Dressed up this guy right here that was only Matt Canada only mat and he deserved but you’re telling me that that City let me tell you what happen can I tell you can I tell you as an observer and a reporter can I tell you as an
Observer and a reporter um I think Mike Tomlin backing Matt Canada there for a few weeks which I think he felt obligated to do I hire this guy to be the offensive coordinator publicly I got to take a stand for my guy which is how Tomlin has always operated I think the
People that were on Tomlin side still in Pittsburgh they were like all right we can’t with this guy sticking up for this like it’s the same old same old so then when Tomlin makes the move I think he won a lot of people back I think there
Was a lot of people in Pittsburgh that were like tomama made a move that he would have never made a couple years ago the Steelers have never made so I think there is a Tomlin support group that was potentially lost and then found again in this particular season well and then it
They did and they beat the Bengals that one game and then it got real bad with Mitch and the two games against New England uh and the Patriots or sorry New England and the Cardinals um and and Stephen A said it on this show earlier today like we haven’t won a playoff game
Since 2017 and like that that’s a really long time in Pittsburgh to not one to win a playoff game or to be in a in a Super Bowl so I I think Pittsburgh respects the hell out of Mike tomin respects all the coaches and respects that he’s been there forever and the
Winning record never have a lose respects all of it but they’re just get they’re just tired of the mediocrity well and that’s a fair point there aren’t a lot of coaches that would get to stay in one city without winning a playoff game over six seven years that
Would not happen but he is Mike tomman he does have the track record he does and if Pittsburgh didn’t want him he would get another job like that i% agree it would be and he should he’d be the first guy off the street and so we’ll see but that’s just some speculation
That’s out there that maybe after the year he does take a year steps aside don’t know that it’ll happen I’m not reporting it’s going to happen but there are people who have suggested that possibility go AJ which we talked about y getting back to belich Chey if he
Let’s say he moves on from the Patriots they whatever they move on do you see him becoming the GM and head coach wherever he goes or is it possible hey just the head coach I you know I think Bill loves football so much that he just
Wants to be a part of it that I think it’s most important for him to be a coach first and foremost and if the other thing happens fine and if it does say defense coordinator Navy yeah exactly he would love that I think he’s happy just being involved I don’t think
He feels like boy I have to do this you don’t think he wants to be in charge of all that though he’s been of everything for so long now well you heard him what he said this morning his press he act like he was okay with it right like I
Don’t have to be the head Personnel man like that you haven’t heard him talk about that before is it possible chef de start to cut you off that he doesn’t want to coach in in New England anymore and he wants to change of scenery gez I
Just framed in an interesting say I I would say that there probably are builtup feelings like in any relationship there’s a lot of baggage that develops over 24 years on both sides and I think there are some things that bill doesn’t like and I think there are some things that the crafts don’t
Like and they made the S you know what we’ve had enough of those things and let’s go our own ways or they may have the idea that let’s talk this through figure it out come up with things that make it better and go on now again the
Feeling has been that that’s not going to happen but the conversations have been going on and until those are over you just don’t know how that’s going to come out you know maybe later to tomorrow the end of the week they announced that they parted
Ways I we knew that was coming but I still think until they have those talks and go through it you just don’t know and got a phone call we’ll see we’ll see you have to answer that right there not right now I mean right great okay so not fair
Close’s put it in the microphone we do it all the time yeah just call just answer live live live Oh I thought you were gonna do that oh me too doing it don’t do that uh there’s a there was a play Yesterday chef and I know you have to hit your
Phone where and you just said a lot right there without saying much with uh but also he probably does have some information he’s a master of you know what I mean so like every answer we have to kind of pick through the New York Jets yesterday were doing snow angels
Okay yep on the New England Patriots field and then they showed Robert Craft got to cover everything and you you actually see Robert Craft go all right they’re doing snow angels on the field okay and then he shakes the hand he’s leaving he don’t get up don’t get up don’t get up
Yeah they’re doing snow angels nice run in the Jets are doing snow angels well want to get down what a run by Bree Hall by the way this guy’s back huge day for Bree Hall 17 oh let’s do a little slip and slide Oh wait we’re in the snow what
What do we need to do oh we’ve seen the Patriots doing this snow angels snow angels all right all right they’re doing snow angel all right don’t please and then they go to Bill wearing a ski mask with the hoodie dog if that is the last image we see
See I mean what a what a time what a r m man yeah and then Robert Craft leaving saying I’m out of here but the conversation I found interesting was the we’ll talk to him tomorrow Aaron Rogers Aaron Rogers and Bill bellich man I mean allegedly they talked for like 20
Minutes before the game and then after the game there was a mighty Embrace beine to him he shook Robert Sol’s hand didn’t even look at anybody else beine for Rogers with his mask on mask on and that was it right after that the oh you think Bill going back to New York Jets
Pittsburgh to replace Tomlin oo n i mean there was a lot of people saying hey kind of Full Circle if this is it for bill which I hope it’s not kind of Full Circle leaves the Jets after being a coach for a day all the
Way loses to the Jets in his last game in New England there were a lot of conversations about that but with that sweep I believe the first time ever in the history of the NFL another head coach of another team decided to go and sit in the suite of Bob crafts now this
Man had a red jacket on because he was just inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame which a lot of people say is the most exclusive Hall of Fame in the entire NFL yeah you don’t even hear about it exactly you don’t hear you had no idea what’s happening no idea it just
Kind of popped up uh Mike Vel and jordo Schultz has reported and he only reports and he only reports the truth always have 100% accurate he says Rabel is interested and uh maybe coming back to New England won’t have to cut his dick off because you know he wants to do that
To win a Super Bowl that is his words it’s not ours busing yeah he has said that that is not some that is not hyperbole journalism is that something that has been kind of floating around your wat that is Vel definitely out of Tennessee that’s kind of out of nowhere
Or what’s going on no I mean we talked about over the weekend Sunday Countdown basically I think people had assumed that vable was safe I think that there’s been a lot of talk that he is interest in moving on he’s publicly said he’s not but there’s been a lot of Whispers
Otherwise I think the team has had some questions about what’s G on there this year that they want to get addressed and so they’re going to get together at some point this week and figure out whether or not they want to continue with this relationship but I think that one is
Unsettled and that one is up in the air and I know we want answers right now like oh he’s out or he’s in or okay he’s out sweet it’s just it’s just it’s just not always that easy it’s just it’s fluid right like it changes it changes yeah because
There’s humans involved is it from the time that AJ Brown was traded during the draft when he got up and did this number and then o GM fired new GM comes in like when do you think this all kind of started for VES to potentially think
About moving on and also was that why tanah Hill and Derek Henry like one last Rod boys I I think when they moved on from John Robinson I do think that Mike Rael had an idea of how he wanted the front office shaped and who would be the
New general manager I do think that he wanted Ryan Cowen to be the GM I think that was his choice and it didn’t happen that way and they hired Rand carthon who’s very well liked and very well respected and so whatever happens after that happens but he didn’t get the GM
That he wanted initially and so there’s some sentiment and some residue off that yeah certainly I mean that would be a very easy reason why you would potentially Nazi and obious say ran has his own idea on how the team’s supposed to go as well
So it might be good for a fresh well College you got to talk you got to figure out okay either we can figure this out and work together or we can’t that’s a massive part of a lot of these moves that get made right especially what’s coming up in the hiring process
Yeah well communication is a big part of it and also but every situation is different right like the in New England I always say I remember being in Denver for years and Dan Reed was an institution as a head coach he was a legendary figure he had been there so
Long and the Broncos owner Pat Bolan who was a great man he fired him and I remember saying to Pat Pat why you fire Dan Dan’s such a good football coach what happened and he goes I wanted my team back and you just get the sense sometimes if that’s the case where
Robert KRA wants his team back Che you said some really serious stuff the last couple these last three four sentences real serious stuff about a lot of situations like Vel in the that’s a big deal now it makes a lot of sense and it’s like all right maybe a fresh start
Them talking about him to the Patriots well they said fresh start and they said Patriots again let’s see how it all plays out we’re putting in with New England or anything like that well if he’s leaving Tennessee he’s going to New England let’s just get that out of the
Way uh is there another guy out of nowhere like a Mike McDaniel that people are really high on that no one knows about as a head coach yeah as a candidate well I think everybody knows by I like that pen that’s my say it say
It say you should say read it two words two syllables I’ll skip that thank you yeah I’m not going to sabotage myself here especially today today’s pretty big chefer day huge you still call this Black Monday or is it a new name i i i great question what do
You call it great question what do you call why don’t you say what do you call it I call coaching chaos okay is there going to be you talked about the seven to 10 there’s been five that is there besides bill is there more question marks still out there well there’s a
Question of what happens in Tennessee sure with Mike Rael there’s always a question with playoff teams like there’s always somebody that we talked about the idea that maybe Mike tomin could walk potentially who knows um but there’s always a playoff team that underachieves disappoints and then something could happen Mike
McCarthy that’s what they’ve been talking about that’s what they’ve been talking about is that possible you know that’d be a place bich to the Dallas Cowboy fire Big Mike after what he’s done yeah especially with the man he is all right Che but it’s an important postseason for them very okay whoa boom
That’s what he does it’s an important postseason for everybody for everybody oh of course every team what about Jim Harbaugh what’s he going to do well you know what he’s going to do AJ what is he gonna do after tonight win The Natty I think he’s gonna he’s he’s well we’ll
See hopefully he does that and then he’s going to entertain his future and figure out what he wants to do how what’s the time frame you think between him saying hey I’m staying in Michigan or boom taking a new gig in the NFL well first
Of all if he’s going to the NFL let’s just say tomorrow the Los Angeles Chargers wanted to hire him there are new interview rules that have been put into place you have to have two inperson minority interviews done with the Rooney Ro and the league has really
Encouraged teams to make this a drawn out process so that it’s not a sham and so even if the Chargers want to hire Jim Harbaugh tomorrow that’s not getting done just not happening tomorrow unless somehow they’ve interviewed people that we know even know about and they’re
Ready to make a move then they could do it but as but he’s listen you’re saying he’s listing though Jim yeah he can talk to anybody and he can go interview with however many teams want to talk to him so could I see him talking to teams this week
Absolutely that’d be crazy cuz Jim Harbaugh allegedly was linked to a couple NFL teams the last two off seasons and then for some reason one reason or another they just kind of didn’t happen it’s like what took place was there a meeting where harau was like I’m not doing this Minnesota he went
There it they had long discussions at the end of the day I think both sides decided you know what yeah but what sweet metaphor did he use to describe the reasoning why they didn’t get along they they they watched they watched great documentaries about an animals killing each other and and the Vikings
Had a more you know pacifist approach than Jim Jim was more aggressive and they were more passive and I think it just didn’t work out what’s going on that’s an awesome thought and that would be something that would happen with Coach Jim Harbaugh one of the most fascinating humans of all time great
Football coach he spent time with us obviously he leads the team you’re cheering for tonight we’ll stay glued to your Twitter account we can’t thank you enough for joining us Adam shefer great work buddy all right Chey how many today tomorrow what what is the normal timeline of this coaching
Chaos uh you know there’s no timeline because we’ve got five already and now coaching chaos Monday or is it just like the the three days here how long is coaching two weeks it wa could be I mean you know I remember Marty shot number one year getting fired like in March
After a 14 and two season that was wild hey all these coaches we appreciate what you did for the places you did it lose your job that absolutely and there’s the human element to this also let’s not lose sight of that and there’s also like guaranteed contracts for coaches so I
Know you guys travel a lot you got to work your ass off and you get paid little to nothing at the beginning of the ranks and then you work your way all all the way up there’s only 32 NFL coaches I think they all kind of understand the deal you know they all
They all kind of understand the deal but it’s not fun for anybody no yeah completely forgot uh Chey got got so bad yesterday on Twitter with Greg Olsen oh my God I don’t know if you guys saw it oh I I had to bring it out oh you talking about correcting him right
Community notes yeah he got community noted yesterday I just I saw that that was so funny yeah well for Greg ol it was that was so funny yeah I got community noted it was great is that what it’s called like Community not a great addition you get community
Noted in the last few days or what you you seen there was a baseball player who had the Dodgers Yankees yeah that was a goal of mine to be Community noted I’m glad I finally achieved that goal well let’s not do it too much
We need you to still be the guy at the top we push all right ladies and gentlemen I’m Chef all right joining us now via FaceTime is a man whose voice will be casted all over this national championship game this evening a man who has been the voice of every big moment
In college football for like the last three decades also the video game people know him and also Thursday Night Football voice for the NFL kicking off every single week for the NFL ladies and gentlemen Kirk Her how you doing how you doing great how are you it’s been a fantastic day I don’t know if you saw the CJ Stroud stop by in the first hour that’s that’s not good uhoh you know what I mean like that’s not uh he said everything right
Uh did everything right uh got bigger stronger faster was wearing his teammates clothes on the show on purpose made time out of his day to come say what’s up and say thanks for saying kind things about like seems like the perfect guy so things are great cuz we’re at the
National championship but as a Colt fan and a coat like investor not fantastic that that’s in the AFC sou other than that great Herby everything’s great how are you yeah that’s going to be a long run with old CJ there in Houston uhhuh mhm yeah he credited by the way Ohio
State and the big games and the things he’s been through as one of the main reasons why he’s been able to step into the NFL and have the success that he’s had at such an early rate now let’s talk about a couple of the guys that are playing tonight that are probably going
To be able to do this same exact thing let’s start with Washington we’ve covered this team all year been incredibly fortunate to get to see their City see their fans see their setup with game day whenever we went out there it was beautiful it was awesome it was
Electric it was alive it was beautiful do they have it tonight 5 and a half Point dogs Herby as you’re going into to call the game what are your thoughts well that honestly that’s been a big rallying call of there seems like every game that we’ve done of Washington
They’ve been an underdog I mean imagine how they feel they they were Underdog at Oregon State in a game in Corvalis uh late in the year game we called there were an underdog in the uh in the Pack 12 championship against the team they beat in Oregon they rallied around that
Felt disrespected they were an underdog against Texas last week went out and won that game and it’s only fitting that they’re they’re an underdog again you know against Michigan and that’s not lost on them that people doubt them uh I know Michigan has the shirt that says
Michigan vers everybody but I think it’s what’s great is Washington walks around with that same feeling and I think a lot of it has both these teams have have had a bit of a chip on their shoulder out to kind of prove everybody wrong Michigan with all the distractions about Harbaugh
And and all the stuff you guys talked about earlier in the show that’s only brought them galvanized them I think even journalism so I uh I think that’s what’s great dude I don’t know who’s going to win but I got like a 3128 kind of game I think
Both quarterbacks are going to play well I don’t know if that’s an over or an under but I got 59 that’d be over the over Herby thinks there’s going to be points and I think the reason why you’re thinking that is because like in the big moments
These teams have been able to do it you look back to what Michigan did against that Alabama team and you think about Blake corm and they go through their year like they’re battle tested running if they have to against anybody and it’s explosive I mean Blake Corin we saw him
Striding out numerous times they formation the hell out of Alabama so you know they’re going to come prepared and then you think about the other side it’s like pennx puts the ball in a key like an actual Keyhole and it every big moment this year that he’s had to put it
Somewhere he has so I assume that continues tonight there’s no reason to doubt him we’re in for a good one here in Houston debuts got a question for you Herby yeah Pat just mentioned it uh those two matchups obviously Mission and Run game versus Washington defense and then these receivers on Washington with
Michael penck slinging it what are some other match ups that we need to keep an eye on tonight well I think what what you’re saying there is is obviously two massive keys and who’s going to win the football game you know I think if you get in the
Slot I think jayen McMillan is a receiver romad dun gets most of the attention number one for Washington but number 11 who’s only played I think seven games this year he’s another NFL wide receiver that I don’t want to compare him to 19 at LSU but they are
That type of team as far as a quarterback that doesn’t miss when he has his feet set and they’ve got so many different receivers a big ex factor to me is Dylan Johnson’s Health you know he led the FBS and rushing from I think it was around November 1 on he’s forgotten
About kind of like Clyde Edwards elair that year with LSU everybody talked about you know Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase nobody really talks about Clyde Edward air given them balance and I think Dylan Johnson’s the same kind of X Factor for for what Washington can do
I think you know darus I think will Johnson the corner for Michigan he’s a first rounder you know future first rounder he’s only in his second year uh he’s going to get on Islands a lot how is he going to hold up is Michigan going
To be able to keep a roof on top of that defense they going to use safety help or will he be on Islands you know I think that’s kind of an interesting thing to watch and then I think on the other side you know the the offensive line the
Tight ends for Michigan uh you know you you alluded to the movement the pre- snap movement man that gave Alabama fits one of the guys guys we did not see have an active opportunity to make plays to me is a guy we all love Coulson leveland 18 oh yeah how will Washington matchup
Against 18 from Michigan I think could be another if you’re looking for a different kind of matchup to watch I think that’s a big one because I think Michigan can make some big plays off play action getting the ball to 18 five and a half Point favorites are the
Michigan Wolverines very complete theme yep mhm Kaylin dor said that you could tell by watching the film that what Jim Harbaugh wants is a physical team and a tough team and they certainly are that but the Washington team they got the Joe Moore award winning offensive line who
Protected penx in beautiful fashion that is going to be fun Mason Graham we saw him eat and we saw him Vibe too uhhuh hey he was vibing with the Michigan fans at the Rose Ball love his Moxy yes love the cut of his G he lets that gut hang
Too oh yeah he does let it hang he does he’s a stud man we enjoy watching him AJ’s got a question for you Herby Kirk I think the question everyone’s wondering who wins like the trenches battle we know how great this offensive line is for Washington the
Michigan’s D line is just off the charts how fast physical and with some veteran leadership what do you think how do you think that plays out early tonight and who who’s going to win that battle well I I don’t know who won the Joe I mean the Joe War Joe Moore Awards
Great H who whoa who who who this is Joe Moore mhm okay Joe Mo Joe Mo award yeah yeah yeah yeah I’m just saying putting that to the side just for a sec that Joe Mor whoa what’s going on here can’t do that he’s saying the people who vote
Don’t know ball Joe no no no no no no no no no I’m not saying that at all I’m just putting that to the side for a second got great group yeah in National Championship I love the I love the award because I love offensive linan so that
Hey go big guy we love Joe Mo that’s right yeah um I think the interior of the Washington defense will be challenged in a great way against Mason Graham and Company you know Chris Jenkins is in there Kenneth Grant I think that’ll be I think our cameras will be on that
Matchup a lot um I’m anxious to see that you guys if you’ve not seen him or studied him that’s be T from Washington um you’ll love him uh 55 I’m going to give you his name there Troy Anu lot lot of names tonight yeah that’s I’m doing meditation on that uses are
Killing it all over all over shout out by the way what an incredible group incredible everywhere also part of the team and 91 you want another matchup 91 if there’s one guy that maybe you haven’t paid attention to or seen from Washington’s defensive line it’ll be 91
I call call him Tuli his first name is Tuli big tul and then it’s Luli NASA and he is an absolute Handful in the interior can Rush the quarterback but really makes a living with his ability to get off blocks and is a great run Defender their best by far so that’ll be
Another guy but I would give I would on paper I’d probably give Michigan an edge in the trenches um based on what I’ve seen you know throughout the year I’m excited for this to potentially be in a highlight film for a national champion Washington team or just forgotten about
Forever because the Michigan defense already feels that way about themselves this show on ESPN will end it will continue on YouTube and ESPN plus the National Championship tonight we’ll be live on the field her’s in the booth you can’t lose tonight will be epic join us
At about 5:00 Eastern na nailed it let’s go go baby let’s go 5:00 Eastern is when college game day starts but that’s the national championship yeah oh you’re good there you’re good I think I nailed it and I think it’s five I’ll tell you what the central time zone
Just one hour different kind of kind of kind of with you a little bit sucks a little it is because you know two hours is like a real change exactly you know like things are being aired recorded yeah much different one hour you’re just in it you know what I mean
You’re just it’s not bad it’s nice to live I lived in the central time zone for N9 years in Green Bay it is a beautiful thing yeah it has been really good the day schedule is nice perfect it doesn’t change it didn’t Al Al your life
Like it Alters your it changes you go three hours that changes a lot one hour just like oh it’s a little easier everything ends a little bit earlier so we go Central Mountain Pacific correct right Central one mountain two you’ve been doing a lot how do you feel National Championship Congratulations by
The way I feel great I you know I I lived in Nashville for 11 years and I lived in that just like you’re saying AJ I lived in that Central Time Zone and at first it was weird because I grew up my whole life in Easter but I kind of
Adjusted to it started to get used to it I I don’t mind it at all I I I I kind of prefer it uh that Central Time Zone but I stay this time of year I stay Eastern Time Zone I don’t know how you do it
When you travel okay I just stay Eastern no matter what time it is keep my brain uh always there you know how is the brain buddy you look good this what this the most great in fit shape you’ve been right in a little bit at least at the
End of a season I feel good you know like like the Big Fellas help me get that’s Chief happiness officer to Rose bow chief chief the chief happiness officer may be getting denied tonight what uh oh hold the phone who fault is it cuz that’s huge for tonight is it one
Of the teams faults or did he dump on the rose bow field did he dump we did wonder no no Ben has been nothing but an absolute Soldier all the way through every Stadium he’s been through but um I think the Texans are talking to the stadium folks is what I understand Nick
I think Nick got involved with it a we Nick Serio likes likes dogs yeah he loves he’s a dog somebody somebody doesn’t like Ben somebody like a dog representation in Texas that about what’s that all about I don’t love it can’t have that I think a dog was was in
There a couple weeks ago in their stadium and attack somebody and I’m like dude that ain’t Ben Ben ain’t attacking nobody well I mean he may sleep he may fall asleep on somebody but he’s not gonna Brown’s fault Ben is the best best dog I’ve ever seen just
Powerful he’s got a good build he does he’s got a he’s got power he’s like a majestic dog yeah you know what I mean and he just comes into the conversation today we’re all we’re living good in Houston we are living good in Houston the rooms we were in are very very very
Kind ridiculous thank you so much to everybody that was a part of that we had a full meeting in there whole office and then Ben comes in he said hello to everybody just came in joining conversation with us leaves goes over to the kitchen area talks to them he’s
Fantastic got a great great talk been a great part of the story this year uh the NFL lot’s happening Not A lot’s happening allegedly a lot of conversations sher’s on his phone like a madman I mean like a madman right now checking it like every 14 seconds to see
If anything’s taking place what are your thoughts on how the NFL season wrapped up and also congrats on finishing yeah another NFL season yeah fun we had we had a lot of fun uh we the the the the uh broadcast itself continues to get more and more
Comfortable um you know the the ratings are great people are excited I think that the buzz is definitely there for Thursday Night Football even though you guys like to have fun with some of the matchups get not us me you guys us who’s you guys Mr no tie for Flo yeah yeah
That was something that was a decision you made who’s taking it serious who’s not yeah that’s what we’re wondering you know we’re doubting put a TI always every Thursday we’re your biggest fans yeah I don’t decide on the ties that’s out of my jurisdiction Guilty By Association
Are you not your own person well no that’s a funny me either not uh but it was a great year for you guys by all accounts I the games better and man I you know one thing that’s different obviously is 17 games and you know you look at a team like the Packers
Or you look at some of these teams that are having a great year like the Dolphins and you start to think okay you start to get ahead of yourself this team’s not in this team’s going to be good and then you watch teams like the r
Who get hot at the right time and you know you you you watched yesterday some of these teams that needed a win and and Green Bay finds a way to get it done and it’s just like damn you know all you need is punch your ticket and have a
Chance and that’s right got some great matchups uh the story with Buffalo you know I know you guys have people on from the bills seems like every week I know you guys got to be fired up about what what they were able to do last night um
You know six and six into November just lost to Philly in overtime there’s season’s over they win five in a row end up winning the division yeah I mean there so many good stories and so many matchups that I think are intriguing in the postseason the Stafford matchup with
Oh yeah you know with the Lions I mean that that’s an obvious one and um I’m torn there I love Detroit you know I loved them you know I love foxy and and what his team’s doing but just watching the Rams dude late in the year I was
Lucky enough to have them there’s a lot to like with that ball club and Matthew and Matthew Stafford and the boys on that off unbelievable PUK and breaking records and they’re all healthy they’re all healthy now which they they really weren’t until like week 14 you know
Until they all were able to kyen Williams is brought so much energy to that offense man they’re for real yeah absolutely con man’s got a question for you yeah Herby how do you feel about the thought that you know hey Chiefs Eagles can’t count them out they’re definitely
Going to be in it they’re super Super Bowl last year do you think that still holds true or do you think it is one of these years where yeah sure they still have momes and Herz and you know the Eagles o line all that but they’re just
Too different in that you actually could possibly count them out if you would because of how good the Ravens and the uh ners are this year nobody knows better than you being a Patriots fan how it’s a different season when you get to the postseason I mean with those two
Quarterbacks as as bad as they’ve looked down the stretch you know that they could light that Wick at any mo moment and get hot I mean it feels like they’re in it feels like they’re vulnerable it feels like they they could end up losing early but especially momes I don’t know
There’s just something about that guy if he gets all his pieces right and healthy couldn’t you just see him getting on a little bit of a run right when you’re ready to forget about him especially I would say Kansas City more than Philly for me um Philly’s entire defense and I
Know you guys were looking at that when we when I stepped in there or Darius was breaking that down just taking another Peak at it I I can’t really figure out what the heck has happened to that it’s one thing to have one or two guys but an
Entire unit that’s bizarre to me so I think they’re I think they’re legitimately in trouble oh yeah I think Kansas City can catch fire at any at any moment yeah I think so too because they have Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reed Travis K I mean you just think like do
They have the capability to do it well yeah we’ve seen them do it before we’re in the middle of a dynasty remember mhm they’re still hosting a playoff game it’s like the the interesting thing about the Chiefs is they was dead I deemed them dead yeah I deemed them dead
And I’m their biggest fan I was really making up excuses oh yeah remember Patrick M was sick yeah exactly and then was 70 mph wins what do you expect from them of course they’re not going to play their best football and then it got to a point where it was like I’m worried
About these guys I don’t know if they have it we’ll find out playoff time yeah now we we’ll find they have a defense too that they can lean on you know like you said you mentioned that Philly defense everything is wrong with him the tackling the communication the guys up
Front aren’t getting off after the passer but it’s flip side on the Kansas City side D DBS are great sne probably feels a certain type of way after being a pro bowl snub Chris Jones we know who he is and spags what four time champ at defensive coordinator so he’s definitely
Going to turn it up still concerned about the offense though oh oh who I was just feeling so still still concerned about the offense rash rice is kind of Step up and separate himself I think as a number one receiver Travis Kelce missed last week so we’ll see how
Healthy and uh you know how close to 100% he’ll be and obviously you can never count on Patrick Mahomes but it just hasn’t been clicking all year long all of us like oh you know December is the time this time and it’s like do you
Just turn it on on the offense be great in January we’ll see you guys look so cool by the way on this set like that shot of AJ and look how professional it’s a great like venue for us over here overlooking the Thing game day is going to be great might be your
Color yeah who knows Ohio State right could be that did you see the iso you had when you were asking a question no I didn’t look at that look at your eyeball pretty hair looks great today that’s awesome does look really good hey these people have taken care of us the game
Day folks have taken care of us all year Herby obviously you know this crew yeah is Roman there he was on TV a couple times earlier today heing you off right now great yeah he’s uh he’s sitting there chuckling at his feet right there Mano owns a he does have a
Nebraska he got a Nebraska hat on he does not he’s oh yeah he does actually it’s his coffee it’s his coffee company in Omaha dude I think he’s given up on Nebraska what he hold on let’s not be negative it’s National Championship it was a great college football year he just mouthed
you whoa I saw it I saw they got a quarterback too didn’t they just get a quarterback two of them they’re done um hey Herby legit though congrats on an incredible college football season you had a great one p I know you there was obviously incredible highs there was
Some moments where you know there were some people that disagreed with you for things that you said out of passion of college football thank you for doing what you did this year pal thank thank you yeah thank you what did I say out of passion well the Florida state thing you
Know yeah well that was more that was more of an opinion just kind of calm not okay but I was talking about your passion for the game for the games right like that’s from that was your it was good intention m of college football but obviously Florida State people did not
Take it that way uh can’t wait to be in Ireland you know me can’t wait but what a year what a year what a year how do you feel about your year yeah you know a lot has happened here recently and makes you not really be able to think about
The stuff that happened before well this year this year 2024 has been I would say alive awesome I would say alive I I would say 2024 is certainly alive what it’s alive what it’s what alive like does it have a pulse is it bleeding let’s play football it is aive
Uh and that’s that’s okay though that’s good we’re very lucky to do it I’m very happy though I’ve enjoyed every moment of this season genuinely a lot more energy I think than I’ve ever had in the past I think the baby girl has helped immensely you know with the wife kicking
It it’s been I feel good I’ve Loved this season man we had college football had great great all years great stories Friday live shows yeah unbelievable Comedia got it right yeah yep we think for sure they did yeah because the semi-finals were fantastic y both of them congrats great College Year great
Job you guys you guys traveling every week next year how you guys going to handle those Friday shows kirwan is worry about your six-month vacation coming up all right okay that starts tomorrow by the way don’t say you don’t say hey hey man we can FaceTime you maybe next week yeah
Need you FaceTime here what about you know Wednesday middle of the day what’s going on let’s checking with Herby I think I’m just going to I’m just going to hang I’m going to come over to Indie to the Thunderdome like a Tuesday and just hang out sure take out the Gage I
Can get the drinks I can do Jake’s job I’ll go get the Starbucks whatever whatever you need me to do I mean if you want to I guess you taking interns but do the draft what about the draft Herby y’all stumble in there on what is it Thursday it’s good move actually will
Too that’s the thing I was just in Hawaii actually watching film of course what are you guys talking about you’ve earned it all buddy 28 years now done is that what it is 29 20 28 after theight yeah wow keep going hary we appreciate you ladies and gentlemen the voice of
Tonight’s national championship on ABC and ESPN and ESPN 2 with you guys so if they want to have some fun we got that’s not the main now’s not the time to promote that please don’t because anybody that is watching or watching because of you right now and they need not think that
We are the main telecast you know what I mean think they should if they want to have some fun no hery here’s the thing I don’t think you’ve ever got a chance to hear ours you should not listen to ours no and the amount of work that you’ve
Done this week and this year to call the game alongside Fowler like one of the goats of this entire thing like yeah that they should not be thinking that’s the actual presentation of the national championship yeah I mean he’s dropping names and most of the time when tackles
Happen it’s that was tack number uh big Tuli we got we got tough angle down there tough to see everything from the end we don’t have a spotter we don’t have a spotter he’s elevated we don’t D we got Big D send D down with us be our
SP spot for us yeah spotter we need to be our ref all right let’s get out of here great season we appreciate you and Ben pal hell of a year all right boys love you guys man take care we’ll see you in a little bit hey we love you too
Herby love you Kirk love you ladies and gentlemen Kirk her stre buddy that’s sign language for I love you by the way made famous by both uh Big Ben rothberger and Aaron Rogers but Tony one of them actually me it what are you talking what is that who
Who’s the one seven seven tell jeez doesn’t mean it that maybe the half the crowd the red rocket he didn’t mean it we talking about Green Bay yeah what do you mean half crowd you know what I mean what are you talking about you saying we last week everyone wears
Tennis shoes Pat look at these seats look at these seats tone see the color of them is that what you’re referring to yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah literally actually oh okay the seats that are all around us is that what you’ve learned in the last week that plays yeah is that
What you’ve learned yeah oh wow they should have split that down the middle better what do you they pretty much did dude it’s a sandwich well if they just you know I’m saying down the middle of the field maybe put the and every once in a while when we get dropped in there
Buddy I hate it so bad I they hate each other always oh my God forever that’s on me it is my fault this is not a non-accountability operation we’re a part of it all but boy when we’re in it I won’t let you know nobody’s having a
Good time no nobody’s having a good time lot of mean things yeah at all times no matter what mean things some some people live in that world though can you imagine living if that was your every single day where just going to battle online your team Gonzalez yeah
You guys know he trying to he was trying to change the world I think well that’s what I think everybody in there I think everybody in this St know Gonzo’s intentions I feel like I know Gonzo is a human I don’t know those other humans personally oh you’re talking about just
The people that actually run for I office I thought you were referring to everybody that is in a political conversation seems to be so many not even that I’m just thinking anybody that just loves to fight online all day there’s some people that’s all they do that’s the next 10 months yeah can’t
Wait excited easy to stay out of it hey great time to get on TV yeah perfect absolutely yeah it’s going to be great JN baby that’s what we are uh let’s get to a break I that just reminded me that we’re going to have to
In my head right there oh yeah I was just thinking about boy there’s going to be some athlete that’s going to come I mean it’s already starting to happen I was going to say yeah happen during the season and it’s going to be in the off season that that
Is those stories you should just jump just jump right into it just like you had that awesome sit down these two coaches out he coach just get a couple guys couple candidates sit down candidates Joe that’s what I’m saying split face on screen FaceTime you’re moderating the debate yeah you moderate
A debate host no a sports one a sports one there should be we like sports feelings and that’ll be the only thing we do mhm we did it there’s a lot of issues in Sports World the president can change yeah like Delaware getting more players in like Flo Blue Hens yeah yeah’
Be great if they were able to do that they should how about Joe Flaco Stephen A Smith was like Joe Flaco can win Super Bowl because we seen him do it and then he goes CJ stra come on he ain’t seen CJ throw ball ain’t no damn rookie I tell
You that much no he’s for he’s 45 years old unbelievable wearing a Louis Vuitton Beany though yeah you know a little reminder dog dog I’m a big fan of his all right let’s get to a break we will talk about this evening we will also be joined by Reese Davis host the college
Game day which we have an episode today four local five eastern all the way up until about 30 minutes before kickoff which then goes to the kickoff show which I think is fantastic so national championship starts 5 Eastern cannot wait man oh yeah P cannot wait what a
Joke you know unbelievable absolute joke that we’re a part of this entire thing and uh we’re going to try to enjoy it as much as possible get as much information as possible and then we’re also obviously on job watch who has one who doesn’t yep who’s potentially going to
Get one there’s a lot of names now being tossed out about you know maybe you know like he just said Tom one to La commanders have already uh requested like four or five people I feel like Johnson Glen yep both both Lions coordinators um Rams DC hiring Bob
Meyers from the Golden State Warriors yep yeah yeah I don’t know how I feel about that right to like go through the to find the next Steph Curry of football well what do you mean why not what are you talking about I I don’t know we
Already got yeah we already got him he’s drafted one pick ahead of CJ yeah and he’s changing the game like St you know there’s a chance young there’s a chance 10 years from now yep Bryce young has a career and we all just completely forget about this year one which has happened
With a lot of greats absolutely there’s certainly a chance of that but boy not a lot us look like promising down there is it on him is it on everything else can’t blame him for else cuz they’ve been like this cluster Co new head coach new GM
Next seems to be levelheaded and kind of smooth and under control well except for when you know he has a drink and then he’s just like you know what that person looks thirsty yeah but didn’t you think it was better that he threw it at the
Opposing like if he threw it at his own fans then we really have a problem Oh see I’d love that that’s what I was worried about he threw it one of his own if he threw it at our own fans no it was the other team of course the owner’s
Passionate that’d be so much better if some fan sitting in front of his box you us you us peer yeah screaming you just scream yeah right now no no no terer that waser a fan yelling at terer that wasn’t me yelling you us Fantasia’s crew down there they’re all still practic
Damn it I love you Fantasia there now she knows she’s going to crush the national Anem she did the Billy photos over here just creep Billy made a trip he was flexing last night in that place a little bit Are All American Rejects doing the halftime show God I
Hope so what’s the song that you were trying to It Ends Tonight how it let’s hear well do you want that one you want Move Along do you want Dirty Little Secret like they got Tony B move along is the best move along is a good one is uh what’s the rhythm of
It Move Along move along you yeah dude keep Dar you ever walk by Hollister or abian pitch and hear that blaring out the door in you know what Hollister and ab come on we it was an ERA now where everybody was wearing sh my daughter old my 15-year-old’s still wearing it oh
Never wor it I never fit in it their sizes my legs couldn’t fit in their it was rude M it was very disgust to bad think for fat people just like guy the guy from Lulu Limon said it I didn’t say it he came out and said look our ain’t for
Everybody yeah he did well yeah he said he saw some things he was like yeah hey look Fatso is not welcome okay that’s what he said that’s what he said news we observing reported yeah it’s not tubby lemon Lulu Lemon which means skinny English yeah Lulu translat Swedish
Skinny tone you became thank you I think everyone looks real pretty good compared to what we normally look like might be Lulu it’s Lulu it is Tony I couldn’t fit in it last year weren’t allowed to wear it yeah in the owner’s eyes you were not
Allowed to wear that about 6 months ago called Jes picture what if you were the one that did this no I sent him a nude last week I said am I good now he said yeah thr okay so he gave you the thumbs up that’s on these facetimes now yeah I
Do believe he did reach out to the Bass Pro Shop guy said hey don’t you dare put on any Lulu Lemon ever for no matter what happens where’ that guy’s penis go that guy had a lot of Courage question it’s ice cold in there it’s ice cold it’s the first documented button [Laughter]
Dick game day set that’s what that’s what’s being said I I didn’t come up with that can you what happened for people that might not know what happened H dude when you mentioned it some it took me a little bit to remember and then I just saw the screenshot with the headline in
My head a man was a obviously intoxicated on numerous things and was Oh I thought he was swimming out a Bass Pro Shop yeah he was naked he was naked in a Bass Pro Shop he kind of hanging kind of for those that have never been to Bass Pro Shop or Cabella’s they’re
Sweet it’s a museum it’s a zoo it is awesome it is fantastic it is everything there orderly be packed it’s like a perfect store and there’s lot of sites and normally there’s like a waterfall that has like fish swimming y you know then they have some and this particular
Uh Bass Pro Shops actually had uh naked do with a very small uh hammer yeah not very small we we can’t we can’t kind of Shame small this is a different the guy had a tiny dick all right this guy it’s the worst thing this guy the worst thing
That could have happened in this guy’s life micro is what happened which is a shame because he was certainly an E I don’t know how his life goes now anyways let’s get to a break hey happy hope you get the help you need PA hope you get
The help you shouldn’t be doing that to his credit though he did he shaved his bush in his pubes to try to give him all right let’s get out of here hour three will be on the other side we got to talk about the Steelers okay in the playoffs
Yep uhuh how’d that happen from just seven eight weeks don’t let him get in I said you did say that you actually said after the buy something was going to happen and then we’re going to get a playoffs just like we did last year or whatever there was some words in between
There as well but yeah you had some negativity had some changes they’re in there the Buffalo be’s a whole new team and then nobody really talks about the one seeds like Ravens Niners I guess everybody’s kind of comparing them to it like when Stephen yeah we’re not even
Going to be talking about them it’s it’s fascinating cuz they’re the big bad wolf yeah yeah staring down next week oh yeah we got a great setup this show is absurd we’ll be back in about 5 minutes we should not be here but we’re thankful we are uh be your friend tell a
Friend something nice that might change your life take Fight everybody’s got Bryce young will Levis and Will Anderson above CJ stad allegedly we will one million per continue to drive that narrative because with what my eyes seen AJ and what you have seen if CJ Stout ends up at the Colts at number four I’m happy about the
Future of the Colts all of a sudden so this will be the last time we say this CJ St is the best quarterback in this draft class that’s right for sure we are massive fans of them and whenever ever we say whatever we say over the next few
Months before the draft we would like it to not be held against us because we know we are a part of the entire system here and we need CJ strout and indy have to have him it’s really fun to say Str yeah yeah we need him to go D to the
Fourth pick yeah you think they have to trade up cuz Texans are right there at two and you know those are the two quarterbacks of the future well I’ll tell you what there’s an opportunity and a chance for us to move too we got a lot of pieces to the puzzle that aren’t
Necessarily going to be there in the future probably you bundle that with the four overall pick I think you could maybe move up to one and then you get C J St Jaylen milro often wears his own branded apparel reading lank across the front it’s an acronym that stands for
Let a naysayer no being told by his former offensive coordinator Bill not what I thought is that not what you thought boy let a naysay or no let a naysay or no the professionals right in the middle of his that’s all right I just keep you almost lost
Me got real tight up here as you were you too smoo that I thought it was going down what’s going down here sorry let they say or no say say or no that’s what we thought the whole time that’s what we all [Applause] thought what’s isolation it’s four nights of uh complete darkness what is there a bathroom or you wearing a diaper for real holy CL the thing that really takes over the top Jesus Christ the thing that really a madm get it together the [Applause] [Applause] Champion hell yeah right we did oh I just said right there there’s the first one yeah that’s Right you oh my God boom right there his foot’s on the line that’s his foot on the line heing Laort I poop my pants on Monday actually a week ago today yeah [Applause] also Boston you got to have a working toilet can’t tell which side is which it’s crazy it’s a Dead Ringer Sky I Rocky climing I Cal down here calm down here did we talk about the long ball did we talk about the long ball was that money was that money was that right there inou I think I smoke meat very Well and Chef or would I text him when he somehow got my number and text me I didn’t respond to Diana Rini I think her name is I would say the same thing that I told Chef lose my number nice try my dad always said this he said boys for
Show that’s for D he said that one makes the girls cream but that one puts puts food on the table work musle every single Thursday we will be getting the incredible opportunity of chatting with head coach of Alabama Nick s people are saying you look like the weigh-in Brothers with the white chicks
Oh no say it was like a specific person it’s just like hey this is a sweet mask someone spend a lot of time on I guess and they had a lot of old Man AJ Hawk okay here we go oh boy this is what I’m talking about I’m trying to figure this whole situation out got a zoom here yeah congrats we’re on ESPN awesome my camera almost for that’s Live Like You Were Dying that’s that song Good song that’s how he wrote it
Probably let’s go to the Fones let’s go to Dan in Connecticut lovely place here in the 5 phone line what’s going on Dan oh what’s up Pat McAfee Dan you are too young Del listen to this show I can tell through I think how old I’m not Dan I am
Owen Owen how old are you so different I am at eight and a half oh eight and a half if you’re telling us you’re half age or too young to be listen that’s a record what what’s on your mom what do you want to talk about
Owen um I want to talk about how inspiring this show is you’re inspiring this whole entire world with how you’re talking about sports and how you’re talking about your life experience thank you Owen Owen thank you love you ow I’m taking and also Boston best I want to let Owen know if
You’re still listen Owen you’re inspiring best kid ever Owen the way you talk about sports is INSP can’t I didn’t know eight and a half to do that is shout out that Hey ow New Generation in Connecticut I guess he was making me feel good too by the way he
Making me feel good making the show feel good he was talking us up he was hyping us up and then boom yeah little was this aerle brother little misdirection from arisa’s Brother ow and eight and a half there that was awesome I’d say he put his balls on your forehead but I don’t
Think they dropped yet so hey what let’s go this show stinks and the fact that you listen we are very very thankful for the alltime leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers you P damn it be a friend tell a friend something nice could change their [Applause] life
Sport NRG Stadium in Houston home of the Space Program where the Impossible Is Made Real missions are accomplished we’re back on National Championship Monday overreaction Monday on the Pat McAfee show alongside Ty Schmidt tone digs Darius Butler AJ Hawk and the great Pat McAfee I’m merely reys Davis oh my
God awes that was the most professional thing we’ve ever had on this program hey we needed that after the last week Rees we needed that I appreciate you so much obviously today’s a massive day for you Ree and ALS we appreciate your hospit uh hospitability to us all year absolutely
You’ve been incredible to our crew so we appreciate you re I appreciate you guys I me I got to go to the Thunderdome this year we had a blast yeah but you worked when you were there like we everything yeah you were awesome for us and to us
And we will be very very grateful this college football season has been awesome and I’m sure the boys will want to talk to you about that a little bit but I want to talk about how we got to this point for these two teams what incredible story lines we have with this
Michigan team with two suspensions happening to their head coach who is their kind of Blood Sweat and tear of that team in representation of Michigan man I had a chance to chat with him where he said that’s all he wanted and the boys after getting you know losing
Back-to-back years in the playoff wanted to come back and do it and then this Washington team no way Kaylin debor second year Washington they’re going lose sometime they’re going to lose sometime Herby brought it up they were underdogs against Oregon State late in the year whenever they were very undefeated in showcasing potential
College football playoff conversation early in the last year of the Pack 12 both of them kind of been dotted and here here we are and we’re going to they got it right like these are the two right teams at this exact moment what a day ree I’m very pumped about it all
It’s going to be a great game I think two contrasting Styles but both are really physical uh the divorce story is fascinating because I said it to when you and I were talking to the coaches yesterday we’ve known Jim Harbaugh since he was the quarterback at Michigan
Meaning we meaning collectively as a a football public we’re learning about kayin dor he you know is a great player at the level at sou Falls won three national championships he’s been great and playoff settings they’ve won 12 straight against AP ranked teams and five and no an underdog I mean it’s a
It’s a tremendous match up strong team and then Michigan by the way you did fantastic in that Rees was wearing something very similar to this looked phenomenal don’t doubt it always absolutely phenomenal I was rolling in there hour and a half sleep sure wide Colts lost to the Houston Texans wi and
I was watching you sit down and talk to him I’m like that’s how a professional does it and you’ve done that kind of all year for me so I appreciate AJ has a question for you ree ree when you think about this game we hear everyone talk
About how who’s going to win the trenches we know how great these lines are I guess what’s something else may be that people aren’t thinking about that you may be looking for tonight secondary receivers and I almost feel guilty saying that with Jaylen McMillan who’s a great player but everybody thinks about
Ad dunay and Jaylen P because they’re over a thousand yards and I think will Johnson from Michigan’s the best corner in the country oh but you can’t just have one guy will he follow a dunesday will they be able to create matchups with McMillan and you know that’s that’s
The big thing to me is Michigan’s answered questions they hadn’t seen a receiver like Harrison they did they slowed him down enough hadn’t seen a quarterback like milroe they shut him down but they haven’t seen the entire package that Washington can bring like they will tonight Ty has one for you
Yeah Rees we’ve talked a lot about earlier in the show today and then kind of leading up to this point how harball has basically brought Michigan back and and they’re relevant again not that they ever weren’t but they’re the kind of Michigan team that people people who know college football kind of expect
Every single year do you think what happens tonight cuz I I personally think that win or lose tonight Michigan’s back her Harbaugh has kind of accomplished his mission there and then if he decides to go to the NFL so be it but if he does leave and they do lose tonight and then
Let’s say you know they they lose six games this year like do you think the job is done do you think Michigan has kind of been restored to the Blue Blood we know them as or do you think they have to win this game tonight both I do
Think they’ve been restored nobody’s won more games in Michigan but part of Michigan’s Legacy and their and their fans get mad when I say this is not getting not accomplishing what they want to on this stage I mean they haven’t even played for a national championship in the BCS in the college football
Playoff era they split that one with Nebraska which you know that’s those are semantics they were national champions I’m not trying to take that away prior to that it was 1948 that’s a long time I mean that’s a long time and they love football yeah they need to plant the
Flag they need to win the championship tonight doesn’t mean they won’t be good doesn’t mean they’re not a blue blood but I think they really need to win tonight Darius has a question for you I love both these running backs corm and Johnson I know Johnson was when we had
The uh kind of Red Zone college football thing I think he ran for like 200 against uh he’s kind of banged up though any update on his injury coming into this game how healthy is he most what the coaches have said is he’ll give it a
Go and Dylan himself I think said to Pete thill that you know he doesn’t expect to be 100% but good enough he’s got I think he’s got a knee foot on you know opposite sides but tough guy I think he’ll play well I don’t know if
He’ll be 100% being a foot maybe on the shame side you know opposite s potentially does the other side have a knee and a foot as well well you know it’s too early to tell uh like like ree mentioned I think he’s going to give it
A go in pregame warm-ups and kind of see how he feels but uh at at this point it’s it’s really kind of a coin flip Pete you got two knees two ankles two knees two ankles and uh some big boy pants that slide up around big year for Pete T what’s your question
Yeah re you kind of touched on it uh when AJ asked you the question but all due respect to the Michigan schedule and to Talia talova that was not how you say that Talia to his brother toah toah you aren’t even close and he’ll he’ll go by
Leah you can just call Tong of aloa too have a little respect jeez everyone just says Tua tongue of aloa Tong yeah yeah he’s like one of the best quarterbacks all due respect to the Big 10 leading alltime passer mhm has Michigan even the Mich has Michigan played a quarterback a
Good quarterback this year a quarterback that can throw not a complete one yeah um Jaylen milro is a good player he’s still working oh great great Point yeah B Knicks but I what are you saying no bck Michael play now I’m confused Michigan play oh I’m sorry sorry sorry sorry
Sorry sorry not of not of this caliber I mean I think TI is a really good player a really good player but penck his first round draft pick now who was that guy that uh Ohio kid who transferred to Penn State Penn State quarterback remember he was spinning it drew all Drew
All yeah they looked yeah hey Michigan’s defense is so good though I think that’s what I saw whenever we were on the field I don’t think I expected it and when they were playing Ohio State and we were there it was like uh you could see it
You know you could kind of feel it but I don’t know if I fully comprehended it I saw him against Bama and that’s 100% on me not on anybody else but it was like what they were able to do to Bama obviously gives them massive amounts of
Confidence they’re favored by five and a half on ESPN bet how do you feel about that I would not lay points against Washington but I think Michigan’s going to win the game a AJ and I were talking about this before we came on if Michigan hadn’t screwed up the Fielding the punts
Snapping the extra point that that might have been a it might have been a 17-point game Michigan control that game I even said the other day try out a little humor but I know I shouldn’t do this but if Alabama had won they wouldn’t have been able to come to the
Game they would have been arrested for Grand Larsen I mean it would have been one of the biggest steps of all time Michigan Michigan controlled that game and I think they’ll take a lot of as AJ said take a lot of confidence from that well and how about overtime too just oh
Yeah like it kind of adds to the whole Michigan story about like something happening self-inflicted almost you know and then just rising to the occasion they let Bama get back into that game we get to overtime obviously they have to earn their way back in overtime and just
Want over touchdown the door and then we’re going to stop it that’s on we thought we were potentially in for a two three CU normally field goal on that first one both defenses kind of make a stop we get to the next one it was just like nope nope it’s over they’re riding
That the Michigan team what a phenomenal story if they were able to close it out yeah and then now the future of hard ball is immediately discussion as soon as it’s over which is a wild thing and even if they lose it and then if Washington wins and Ken deor second ever
Season as he goes into the Big 10 incredible who future future college football is very bright re and I think we all agree with that we need Personalities in the game Kaylin’s a much different personality than Jim for sure but we need guys who are are strong
Centerpieces that’s why I’d love to see Harbaugh stay in college football I’ve got my doubts about that but I hope he does I want guys to stay in our sport that are big personalities and are are Cornerstone guys you’re the man you’ve had an incredible year thank you brother ladies and gentlemen
The maybe the most classy professional human though that I’ve ever met you know still a human not like a robot to can have a beer with a guy impossible to do yeah legit and then you just let me cut you off last week
Too which is very nice to you I had no I had no idea no we know yeah I know I can’t imagine the number of people who thought that I was like playing some game I was like yeah nope I thought it was some type of sexual sling I didn’t
Know okay that’s what I thought well I can I mean that’s an interesting angle I guess I didn’t know I love the fact again I love the fact though that you didn’t like try to fake yeah you know like everybody knew you didn’t know yeah
I know I mean that was uh that’s why it was awesome that’s why it was awesome and that’s why like you’re ree Davis and you’re incredible and also so focused you know you’re able to just adjust open up and then okay all I don’t know exactly what just happened but anyways
Right back to it I just went I I told my kids I went into dad mode I was like you guys finished okay all right here we go ladies and gentlemen Rees Davis guys I’m head back over that was fun thank you for opening the hour for us now we’re GNA all
Play uhhuh good job oh good job how about that thank you thank you R thank you re his chair is significantly shorter he’s so good Reese mine this one right here what’s that all about those are your notes okay I saw little notes on there all times in Central Standard Time
Y right there at the bottom as I was sitting I’m like oh whose notes are these I had to do the math I’m like this tone good idea good reminder we had that little discussion earlier today whenever we’re making because when we look at our phone it’ll be this time even though all
Brain normally stays in the eastern time how about this time where we’re just hours away from a national champion playing against an opponent that will say they made it to the Natty yeah Michigan favored by five and a half the Washington Huskies have been a team that have been doubted all season long
Michael penck Jr did not win the husman no uh-uh but he did win the hearts of his entire locker room in leading them to an undefeated season in the final year of the Pack 12 we think there was a time in the middle of the Season there towards
The end where Michael penx was a little bit banged up a little bit more injured than maybe people were talking about maybe that’s why his play dropped just a little bit that then led to everybody saying not a Heisman not a Heisman even though if you recall he had three wide
Receivers that were going for over a 100 yard for numerous weeks two of them end up going for over a thousand McMillan had an injury that kept them out of some games that’s the only reason why they didn’t have three they started getting a running game going in about November was
That the time you know whenever they became a fool and complete team and started believing that they can make to the National Championship I believe so and I believe tonight we’re in for a great one and this Stadium gets very loud so it should be ridiculous to watch
On TV and we get to be here which is just the dumbest thing of all time to yeah you talked about the running game in November too and I was like think did they have to do that because there was a point there where pennx wasn’t like his
Completion percentage wasn’t what it was like the first seven or eight games or whatever and then the last game against Texas it looked like he looked healthy again like I feel like there were that last month of the Season he may not have been fully healthy but he looks he
Looked very very healthy and he looked like he had the zip on the ball again that he did early in the season we don’t know if it’s as much as Z Za are way more than zip on the ball zappy but this is what it looked like at the beginning
Of the Season every single game and to be honest this what it’s looked like a lot whenever Michael penx Jr has been in this offense whenever he was at Indiana they were a problem kayin debor was there he was there that’s where they developed a relationship and then a few
Years later kayin deor gets a head coaching opportunity in Washington and Michael penck transfers out of Indiana which was a bummer because it was a great time to watch him play in the Big 10 and in Bloomington he goes over to Washington nobody really has any clue
What to expect it wasn’t being talked about as oh this could be a college football landscape changing transfer this could be a quarterback that changes the trajectory of an entire School an entire program an entire transition into a brand new conference like the big 10 that is what it has become clearly very
Quickly tashman how much do you think this game matters for his draft stock like we were talking about that a little bit earlier like if he throw if he goes out there tonight and throws five touchdowns and has like another 400 yard game is he a top five guy like do you
Think this game matters at all in terms of where he’s going to be drafted I believe so especially with it being against Michigan obviously a blue bu program but top defense in the nation when it comes to stopping stopping you know stopping guys on defense so obviously I think pennick at this point
He’s going to be one of those quarterbacks where they’re picking apart everything everything and he’s on the biggest stage tonight so it’ be huge 2 ACL still able to move had some banged up injuries this year it maybe even a flu nice transition to the NFL yesterday
A guy whose friends with the program mhm was not happy on a football field no he wasn’t head coach Atlanta former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons Ry Smith had joined us a lot this year yeah and I think we all envisioned the Falcons season to go a
Little bit better hoping and we were hoping to enjoy the entire run alongside coach Ry Smith but I’ll tell you what the way his era ended in Atlanta was spectacular as a spectator he walked over to Dennis Allen I believe he sold him a off a couple times you
Why you doing that that you that’s Bush leag that’s amateur that’s disrespectful I don’t you spit in my face in Dennis Allen you pig you just disrespected all the football Gods you might as well picked up lombo uhhuh from his grave what and spit on him with what
You just did now there’s a developing story whoa yeah there is Dennis Allen the head coach of the Saints the man who was being accused of potentially disrespecting football since football was created sure is allegedly in clear yeah you can say that he did call for a victory formation
Kneel down M but there was one man that had the P tonyon this guy go ahead this guy had a pulse of an entire team entire group all and they a democracy down there that’s right and he made a decision ladies and gentlemen the quarterback at the time jamus Winston is
Basically The Alibi for Dennis Allen in this Arty Smith I’mma punch you in the moue Saga that happened at the end of this rivalry game here’s jamus Winston discussing the situation that took place well I apologize to ba because the play was was victory yeah uh but I also explained to
Da that it was a team decision and uh and I think when you have the A Team morale and I asked the guys I say guys like what do what do you want to do we know how much Jamal means to this team and and I understood from DA’s
Perspective so I I I give him that yeah yeah but da didn’t condone that at all you know he he didn’t however uh we decided as a team to do it and man we got an interception to the one yard line you know like so if if if we would have
Scored would it still would have been disrespectful right you know so Tyron wasn’t in on it was he no Tyron was not not in but it was it was it was a offensive team discussion however when you when you return the ball to the one yard line and
You have that opportunity we just had that opportunity do you think it’s the kind of thing though that is forgotten fairly quickly or you know what I mean I I think it should be forgotten especially when the scores are already 417 I don’t know how how much worse it
Can get uh but I got a ton of respect for Arthur Smith and the coach that he is I think they do some incredible things I didn’t mean to I didn’t want to disrespect him that was not my intention uh my intention was to lead the team
That I’ve been with the entire year and we made a collective decision that we wanted to get one of our guys who they with Blood Sweat and Tears every game in the end zone and I’m going feel good about that all right boys coach called Victory but Jamal you scored a touchdown
Yet this year no we know that right dive all in favor say I oppose touchdown Jamal let’s go let’s go is that what happened out there I absolutely love it if that’s the case sounds and jam is just trying to be like listen Arthur sorry about it had to do
It and Arthur probably heard the explanation I get it all right but he’s out of a job and that’s how the tenure ended uh Jerry but what a wild scene down there yeah that’s we all know kind of some of the unwritten rules you know running up the score getting to the one
Yard line but this was hilarious to watch and then on the hills of you know J Alexander a couple weeks ago saying hey boys had my back this kind of similar situation J got the idea I talked to the teams and we were on the same page yeah he call Victory but
It you had 17 touchdowns last year let’s get him in the end zone this year you had the opportunity hey how bad could it get it already 4 what 417 so I mean I kind of love it it’s entertaining I like that Ry Smith was about to do it he
Forgot completely okay Cameron’s gonna be maybe he knew oh you want to disrespect me and my team like watch watch the black coach behind him though real quick just like ass oh yeah oh yeah I that was about to get become a team Affair there’s special teams coordinator for
The Saints there on the left side with the gold hat should remember his name but he was getting in there Summers there was a player that walked by at one point was thinking about talking to both coaches and say you know what I’m I’m going keep it moving I’m going keep
Moving here but we don’t get to see that a lot Schwarz right Schwarz back yeah Harbaugh and VES yeah remember a couple years back there was a potential little situation not as over the top we saw Ry Smith he’s walking he’s at the hash he’s already yelling at him like he was ready
Like he’s not trying to hide anything non-talented lip Raiders saw what taking place figured it out but I mean this is this is Saints Falcons like this is the disrespectful I live for like you want rivalries in the NF and it does suck for Arthur like we all are bummed
Out that that’s how it happened butm bummed out very bummed out but I’m bummed out you don’t think that Arthur Smith when that’s happened is thinking I’m the son of a marine you think I’m just going to you think I’m just going to let this happen and not go up to Da
And let da know hey I I should smack you in the mouth for what you just did to my boys cuz the Falcons I mean as as tough as the season has been the defense has kind of been the hey we need to lean on you a little a little bit
Here with what’s going on on the Falcons offensive side I felt bad for him but hey maybe Arthur Smith know there’s if there’s a vacancy in New England maybe Arthur Smith says you know I’m gonna take my talents Up To Boston get those boys back in shape up there okay so you
Want Robert Craft to interview Arthur Smith for the head coaching role of the New England Patriots I want Robert Craft uh if that role is open which I hope is not to get Vel back on his plane back out to New England and I want Vel to say
You know what when we were the one seed in the AFC who’s the offensive coordinator of that team Arthur Smith bring him back up there Ry Smith can draft his guy in the first round because as much as everyone’s been talking about Hey Arthur Smith he had 10
Top or he had three top 10 picks in every single draft I mean Drake London Kyle pittson you know bejan Robinson those are good players those are good boys did they have a quarterback to get them the rock boy it got loud for him huh yeah I’d say Desmond Ritter doesn’t
Really hide his emotions on the sideline when R messes up I’m trying to be professional but I just can’t how how do we do that how is that the decision that’s made and then he moves on and now a head coaching job is lost and he’ll be
Described as a failure as a head coach for the Atlanta Falcons and I assume if you ask him he’s saying can we have CJ St one time is that possible yeah that’d be a lot of fun if we could have CJ stad I think that’s what every coach is basically
Thinking at every single role in football is do we have a quarterback or do we not but they had an opportunity go out and at least try to get some quarterbacks I know they did remember they all in for basically get was right there they had opportunity to draft one you know up
In the draft you know so I mean they had the opportunity and as that head coach you got to get that position right we all know that and I think a little icing on the cake it makes him a little more pissed off that he making that walk that
Pissed off without the mustache I think it made like 10 times you think he lost intimidation Factor i c was still C kind of grabbing him like kind of help you could tell something is up cuz da is not coming back at him with that same aggression so
He kind of H him so we knew something was up J D in Victory form yeah the fact that he didn’t jamus didn’t put him into like formation like Hey we’re going to stay Victory Run that play again they almost run the tush push you L up in a regular formation that’s one
Thing but okay so here’s the setup Desmond Ritter pick Tyron Matthew the honey badger does it again 63 is that Lindstrom yeah that’s Lindstrom still giv it I mean that’s absolute effort there and remember Ry Smith and the offensive lineman were always very tight uh in offenseive linan chased down Ty
Matthew Happ he’s okay then we’re running tush Bush formation out of Victory formation and look at Jameson celebr big fist pump jamus won I don’t think T voted I don’t think T voted for the touchdown he was not happy I wish jamus just took it
Himself oh man I mean 8 look at how happy they are though McCoy remember he was about to fight Derek Carr uhhuh and now he’s jacked up it’s good locker room morale right Jam Jam J was celebrating Super Bowl touchdown Jam said I told him
Da told me what he wanted and I told him yep we voted he didn’t condone what I did but however you know however Williams is from here coach didn’t know that okay so speaking of Jer Alexander was uh in a news clip uh dancing having a good time put his sunglasses on after
The Green Bay Packers punched their ticket to the playoffs after massive win AJ Hawk obviously the alltime leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers wow your heart still bleeds green yellow green and yellow yellow yellow green and gold yeah what cuz Pittsburgh same thing with black and yellow it’s black and gold
Yeah the g& G green and gold right okay so the green and gold yeah how do you feel about what they’ve done because I have to say Obviously as a person that has spoken about the situation a lot I thought it was very aggressive to
Just be like you know what we did it before we’ll be able to do it again even though it’s an entirely new cast of characters that we have no idea if they were able to make the same decision we see buildings all over the place things up that they wouldn’t have done
In the past why because it’s a whole new regime we talk about a whole new building pretty much this Jordan love pick they go from Brett to Aaron seemingly R to Jordan love and this is his first year playing now I know he’s been in the NFL four years but it’s
Still his first year like learning defenses having a chance to do recall like oh this happened in week five I can remember this in week 17 alone whenever you’re in your third or fourth year that’s why what CJ Stroud’s doing is absolutely remarkable but like they hit
On Jordan love he looks so good I think it what’s more impressive is how he’s kind of weathered the storm like think how many times going back to training camp we saw him like they the clip comes out of him missing the net in their little drills they used to do when we
See Aaron hitting him all the time all that little stuff like that he never really got caught up in it we’ve how many times have they written off too all Packers stink people are saying they’re no good like that whole roller coaster all year long he’s heard that and he’s
Kind of shouldered it and he just keeps playing well especially when they need it so that’s what I’m saying like yeah I understand they got tough test in in Dallas in the playoffs but you definitely can’t count this team out Ty how excited are you I mean I honestly
Couldn’t be more look at that ball there all the flips the hips two minutes left that ice the game was like that’s like that was an alltime like Packers quarterback no not this one it’s the next one but like that’s an alltime Packers quarterback play yeah well
That’s like mus grave is a guy or tuger craft is a guy who like same deal he’s a rookie you know they like the the guys that they’ve relied on who it’s just like hey we don’t really have a choice like you guys have to be good you have
To develop and they have and obviously a lot of people were sending you know the clip of me on draft night when Jordan love got drafted but we’ve talked about it a thousand times like it was never really about that it was just being so close and then deciding to draft a
Quarterback but how can you fault him I mean they’ve done it two times now it’s worked and yeah like he he second in the NFL in touchdown passes this year and he has like just off an NFC Championship you get one more piece they gave up 180 yards before contact yep on
The defensive side of the ball in that NFC Championship game and then you trade up and get a quarterback in the first round it’s like all right we’re not trying to make it to a Super Bowl right now but then they said be patient grasshopper that’s what they said yeah
And then here we are and they got it again de that’s been an M Mo draft a quarterback when you don’t need one and we’ve seen how many backups have had to play this season how many guys are depending on backups even going into the playoffs but his development this year
And sitting behind I’m sure Aaron sitting behind Brett helped him a ton and Jordan just seeing that process that Aaron went through every day every week and now he gets the full arsenal it’s his it’s his turn you mentioned all these young guys he’s depending on too
Whether it’s dos Watson has missed a ton of time backs haven’t been there this offensive line has played lice out especially after losing bot they played light side I think since week 11 now we be up to 18 touchdowns one interception uh in the National Football League that
That’s unbelievable for a fourth year quarterback and that’s been the most fun part is like watching some of those throws and being like oh you can see Rogers that like he he always had like the the talent and his arm is insane but to actually see him in again
Like that that the biggest game of his life Bar None and he played arguably his best game of the year and for a lot of those passes it’s like oh you can see Rogers in that like the it’s just insane congratulations to the Green Bay Packers fans seemingly getting another
15 years yeah it feels like it yeah people are what’s so funny AJ no it’s amazing if that like that’s what we’re looking at right now it’s true we’re looking I lived through the I was in the from the transition from Brett Favre to Aaron Rogers I’m like man this is pretty
Amazing I got to play with two studs and now if you see if they actually hit again which it looks like they did credit to them man amazing and good for the fans getting an opportunity to experience that there’s a lot of places that have not so they get it right
Congrats to goody saying you know what yeah this is the guy because every year there’s guys yeah you know and this draft season we’re going to Hype up somebody that can’t wait yeah he’s not going to be good that’s right maybe maybe they’re all good this year they’re
All going to be good you’re right maybe this is the year it’s year no what am I even talking about the guy we hyped up last year he’s panning out CJ St then he’s coming in here talking his I respect love it oh he mad what the first
Thing he said all right CJ come on congrats on being a humble champion in the Strat house all right as we close it down here live from NRG Stadium this has been a wonderful day thus far and it’s only getting started game day kicks off the national
Championship 5 Eastern that is going to be a good show there is jacked they have some incredible PE you know what I mean oh yeah super talented people at college game day are very lucky to have worked alongside of them we are very lucky to have worked alongside everybody here
Throughout this entire college football season thank you so much for all the extra work you know what I mean hard work and also being like good spirits yeah for sure everyone’s awesome super positive that that has a big impact huge deal being good vibes especially during a season whenever you’re Trav in all
Over the place these people have been spectacular for us and shout out to college football man what a season so good thank you to college football yeah for everything there’s some absurd things that took place we’re in the middle of the hills of Virginia but JMU so for one of the craziest atmospheres
Ever of all time got to see the Joe Bros do their thing just feed away exactly Boulder Utah coming in freaking tequila with Dwayne Johnson Dame Dame was awesome we forget about that one that was a great crowd mhm you went in the crowd and got molested as they did pull
Push-ups on used you that was an interesting thing I I don’t think I knew what I thought they were going to flip me over you know what I mean yeah they did they flipped you back over on the right side watch it watch it got the hands on Saturday there
Was people back to Touchdown Jesus what’s that well you guys would keep coming back from breaking they would show the the sky cam shot and there was people all the way it was packed all the way back to touchdown Jes yeah mhm oh you’re talking about the game day I
Think I talking about Saturday at like the Colt Stadium right there you’re talking about game day at another day that was awesome so good that place is beautiful oh gorgeous you know we talked about Washington earlier that was cool to see yeah yeah that mountain there’s a mountain not right
Here is that what it was right like as you’re driving through the city it’s just like these B buildings part and it’s like you just see it in the background that’s Majestic and then they were up at 3:00 a.m. how about the college kicker we had this kids kicking
Oh yeah kicking Grayson made it right I think he was the one that made second attemp Utah we forgot about Utah to old buddy came in in a motorcycle oh that was so SI sweet not all about that one of your new best friends from Utah because we want to
Utah oh yeah let’s go Jazz let’s go Jazz let’s go Jazz man what a year yeah it’s awesome we’ll do other reactions tomorrow yeah probably good move feels probably add some for me a couple in from tonight maybe yeah yeah yes we’ll say shall continue mhhm let’s pop up one
Though Tai search and found some yeah one overreaction from the this morning Austin Penny hash I don’t want to overact but the Dolphins shouldn’t pay to a he has yet to show up when it matters the most and with how expensive quarterbacks are nowadays it’ be Ryan T
Hill 2.0 situation damn remember he got paid down at the Miami Dolphins before Andrew Luck got paid at the Indianapolis Colts and I thought to myself damn that’s what Daniel’s getting they’re going to have to give a percentage of the team to Andrew Luck cuz what he’s already accomplished we had already been
To the Aon Championship yeah he had already been in conversations for everything let our team he was the face of our franchise and they paid tanah Hill they hadn’t really done that yet in Miami he would then go on Tennessee have a great career which seemingly he’s over
Right that’s what yesterday felt like got a couple bags in that entire thing but are the Dolphins dead D is it Joe bong overing the dance and I honestly Dan Mar over sorry Uncle Dan but I do prefer this match up against the Chiefs over the bills again honestly and I I was
That Ryan that was his name I understand where he’s coming from you know what you you pay you got to pay two or 40 plus million dollars most likely but what is your alternative outside of to you never going to be drafting top five top you shouldn’t throw a chase clayo on the
Last dve game I agree I agree that’s a lot throwing double coverage to try to get him his six reception of the Season not probably not a great decision so on but second here in Mike McDaniel’s system you can only get better from here I will say uh pretty hilarious stat I
Saw while waiting the New England Patriots beat more teams over 500 than the Miami Dolphins let’s go to a man who’s currently in the trunk uh truck sorry but down in the dumps potentially in a trunk this man’s had a rough couple weeks back Tob back while we’re on the
Road watching his team kind of just blow it yeah so many injuries everywhere Gumpy what are your thoughts on everybody basically saying it’s uh J joob B for the Miami Dolphins it’s about as close to Joe B as it could get I mean we’re still in the playoffs but we got
Nobody left we got to sign Frank Clark Justin Houston maybe Sue like we have nobody left on defense and they still balled out and we still could have been up two scores offense doesn’t do a damn thing in the second half oh hey great work back there
Boys Gumpy sitting in for zi baby Z baby’s got a lot going on we miss you out here zto all good yeah oh yeah all good Nick good work out there your hair looked phenomenal look at the GR thanks brother appreciate it was the All American Rejects was that the uh ear
They had that long hair that’s what I’m saying you look a real rockar nickel back real rockar Nick some Scott sta oh yeah do tribute to Scott sta are they playing tonight they should be so yeah I think they are should have came performed at that spot at last night
I’ll tell you what there was a performance last night do we know who was singing no it was an R&B night though live R&B and then as soon as 9:30 happened off Boosy went right in and I I did not expect that transition but it
Was a good one so nice I mean they had I’ve never seen this before in in a kind of bar area like this had smoke machines for for this performance that’s how that’s how legit it was it wasn’t just hey this is a bar you know live ban
Tonight there’s a this is a smoke machine there was a hookah hookah hookah was there what obviously everybody knew how to work it perfectly yep naturally and hook is are very easy to operate not a mess or anything yeah they explained it really well actually was showed up put it down
Couple coals on there have a good night that was it got we did have a great night I don’t want to change the subject but you guys talking about this have you guys seen the concert that t the acoustic concert that t put on recently yeah he was phenomenal unbelievable I
Didn’t know he had it like that he’s a stud remember though there was a story about somebody uh from Atlanta who has a Vegas residency who’s a big time R&B Star right mhm know who that is allegedly telling T pay they ruined music because of the autotune thing yeah
He did not need autotune yeah he was a good he’s a good singer great but every once in a while he go put a little right little sauce on yeah can certainly whammy bar on there war P foxy how do you feel about the Lions buddy we got
Stafford coming to t uh oh it was always supposed to be this Pat we talked about it about a month ago Matthew Stafford goes to La he fulfills his Destiny he wins the Super Bowl now the same old Lions they’re dead it’s the brand new lions and it is our Destiny to beat
Matthew Stafford at home it’s going to be a hell of a game it’s be about a thousand points we just need to have the ball to end the game and that’ll be it and Jared gof yes will stick the steak in the heart of Stafford in Detroit that would be wild
Do you think um do you think like the celebration of Matthew Stafford cools off in Detroit if he comes in there and big bad wolf just yeah another year of the line yeah 100% I’m done with with him if he beats us it’s over you imagine
A legacy game I respect that Legacy I will say this this is the biggest game in Detroit Lions football history like 100% congrats you guys that’s not an exaggeration Tri got be warm got to be in warm they going to do it for a playoff game they’re going to do it I
Think they would have to put a picture up and say thank you something thank you mat has he not played there in the two years or what played in La they never played in Detroit did you imagine yeah they’ll do something goof goof walking down the field to win the game name
Jared G throws a touchdown just right to McVey hey that’d be sick that would be awesome or a suck it oh that is a Revenge game yeah oh yeah big time he was benched remember got benched benched the wolf the wolf and then Shawn MC is
Down in Mexico yep and he happens upon a hot tub that Matthew Stafford’s in just happens upon J with glaze Glazer was there mhm Whitworth cannonball into the pool y smaller pool juw and they have a couple beer I think Drew Brees was there playing pickle ball he was offside they
Could hear him he can’t throw anymore shoulder Kyle Shanahan was there but not with everybody and they had a couple beers together in that hot tub while Whitworth was in the pool and J Blazer was laying out Drew Brees was playing pickle ball on the side against Cutler and Shanahan
Was looking at film over there and mcfay thought to himself I can have beer with this guy I never had a beer with Jared G this ain’t never happen again yeah trade everything trade everything we want Matthew need and they w a Super Bowl together they did and now they’re
Rebuilding a team pretty much crazy which is an insane thought because allegedly what McVey was getting offered to go to TV last year just last year were which would have been like Madden you know back in the day Madden coached young successfully and quick and then he
Went on TV and just changed everything it’s like they were comparing McVey to him because McVey whenever he speaks fantastic that’s tough that that’s what the lions are going to have to get through I know they will though of course Rams don’t really have anything to lose either that’s the thing the Rams
Are kind of playing with house money people didn’t give him a whole lot of a chance this year foxy our all the pressure on the line close our eyes here you need to there’s a minute 41 left the Rams have one timeout oh no the
Rams are down six oh boy jeez they got the ball after a Touchback on the 25 Matthew Stafford is in shotgun puka a is to the right Cooper cup slotted to the right as well wow what do you think happens for the next minute 40 there foxy in Detroit
With Matthew Stafford at the helm I think as I’m envisioning this right now I see Matthew Stafford hitting cup boom down the field quick one oh no boom hitting puka down the field oh no we’re at about 35 yd line MH 25 seconds left what like Matthew what’s the chant in
There here we go what is it let’s go long that place Kid Rock will be there it is so lot it is L than the L I can see it now it is Sol L Matthew Stafford he drops back to pass he looks left not there Hutch is on his
Ass on the right he slings the pill Brian Branch interception the place erupts the Detroit Lions have just won their first playoff game since 1991 That’s How It Ends wow hope that happens that’s incredible could you imagine if that happens they SC going to say or he throws a 75 yard
Touchdown to top on the first minute 25 down by one there took the words out it’s either touchdown or pick six that’s there’s no other option with staff and then he’s taking a helmet off yep he’s probably getting one of these you’re welcome for one last J yeah and then
Walks off think Eminem’s in the building what if it’s like fourth and three on the 20 and they’re going in and Stafford takes snap and he kneels it and goes welcome Detroit for you then he takes his shoes off yep puts him in the middle
On the L and then he says I B you a do oh wow that’d be a that’d be a real Hallmark movie build statue if that someone might shoot him if he does that from where no there’s no Rams Fans I don’t think he’s getting back on the
Plane no no he’s selling the house he’s not even seeing it again moving back anyways is there more over reaction we can hit that was uh we should have done those earlier in the day I believe the set is to be used immediately # I want overreact but by 2024 not only will
Lambo field be renamed Jordan Lovefield after he wins a record 20th Super Bowl the Joe Barry statue will be unveiled down Lombardi Avenue as we show our appreciation to the greatest DC of all time never doubt lever says Lewis Ty I feel like you feel the same way yeah uh
I’m not going to do the whole Joe Barry sng and dance he was horeshit all year they beat the the Bears yesterday let’s not throw the guy a party and and you know I mean they need to fire his ass after the if they win at all it’s going to be
Hard what do you do that it’s going to be hard to win 2 gos by 20124 yeah I agree um um if they win at all you say thank you for your services now get the out of here you suck at your job cuz he does wins the Super Bowl he just
Doesn’t suck if if the Packers win the Super Bowl it will be because of Jordan love and Lucas vaness who is starting to get more playing top which you know it took took 18 weeks to put the guy you drafted 12 over all onto the field for
More than eight snaps a game but that’s neither here nor there okay Jordan love looks unbelievable I really do I mean we’ll see where we’re at on Sunday I think they’re going to beat the Cowboys they they’re five they’re five and0 last five games against Cowboys last time the
Cowboys and the Packers played in the playoffs you remember what happened oh the Packers absolutely got it on in World yep now granted our current kicker uh is little worrisome you know no he’ll make it Anders yeah dur he’ll make it in J World maybe I hope so but
He might not even need to because Jordan love Is Just he’s just playing at a different level right now by the way Aubrey misses his first kick it gets blocked that’s a shame commanders get a big time block good for them Dallas Cowboys roll they hot team as well
Packers are speaking of hot these two teams are before we cover it this evening do you guys want to make picks for this game or do you want to just go into the game on bu we’re covered it right we can’t covering it so like Kirk
We can’t I think Michigan’s going to win for sure I love Wast but it just it’s Michigan’s time or a dog shirt ex exactly and I like the dogs and I think pennx like we mentioned earlier he might work himself into the number one pick but it it’s Michigan’s time I’m sorry
Hawk I know you just said you flip me off but it it feels like it is Michigan’s time I’m on Michigan as well I I can pick yeah well you guys don’t have to as a big 10 guy I feel like I have to now granted you know this is a
Big 10 title No Matter What so I’m I’m pretty excited about that but I I I laid eyes I mean Michigan you know everyone was saying after they beat Iowa who who’s going to stop these guys now so you know I I gotta ride with Michigan I
Did they did how much did Iowa score on uh they didn’t score but a lot of people were saying that like hey if they can you know deal with this Iowa defense they’re going to be fine I’ve seen it I’ve seen everything T digs I’ve been on
Michigan all week but I I I’ve slowly I’m I’m on Washington tonight I think Washington’s going to do it wow so is that a waffle or is that an official decision- making process that’s very waffle okay so you were all in on Michigan yep all week and then I just kept thinking they
Have played no quarterbacks penx is going light up yep AJ Hawk I don’t have a I don’t have a decision yet on where I’m going but I’m also biased we were on the field last week we I was at the Rose bow so I have some recency bias I wasn’t at the
Washington Texas game I didn’t get to see them Michigan looks awesome I love their D line I love their defense does I don’t know who’s going to win I think penx is awesome as well so Blake be fun BL yeah the patience and confidence that
Dude runs with and maybe like I said I’m biased I watched it firstand but the game-winning touchdown run he had an overtime you watch his like his demeanor was was so impressive his patience and then oh cool yeah I’m just just a walk in the park basically boom to win it all
And send us the national title sounds like you just picked Michigan I didn’t but you don’t make a pick you make no that’s right know after pregame I like to get down there pregame and watch everybody warm up yeah you’re the only you normally just kind of disappear for
About 2530 that’s where I’m gathering info do do we ever hear the info though that’s gathered yeah okay just throughout the sometimes I’m not going to just you know spit it out there for no reason well sure sure I mean Buckeye Pete was giving you some stuff Pete gave
Me a lot of stuff I don’t know if I can compute everything that Pete gave me but I’m going to go find Pete pregame again me too I’m thinking about we do that the next couple hours he talks in zeros and ones it’s tough to unload Pete please
Yep I need everything that you have okay for this evening and he’ll have a lot oh yeah what did he say earlier he’s got two knees I got uh two knees two ankles and uh some some big boy pants that go over those knees and ankles so yeah if
You guys need you know any tidbits or you know anything like that come find me uh before the game that was phenomenal so good dbut let me Washington but I’m going to call it a big 12 be a big 12 CH won’t be big 10 yet but give me watch sorry sorry I
Like but um yeah Michael P I think he’s too good too many weapons uh I do love Michigan’s defense but will Johnson’s obviously a phenomenal corner but just too many weapons out there give me Washington wow the panel was split what will Coach Corso pick wow pick the
Michigan last week did he likes them I wonder if he’ll remain with that or he’ll change it how about Desmond hard who’s he gonna pick I think I knowt probably Washington I think and then who’s going to win a National Championship will it be Kaylin dbor in
The Washington Huskies or it will be Jim Harbaugh in the Michigan Wolverines we’re incredibly lucky to be here we’ll be on ESPN 2 ESPN kicks off at 5 Eastern we appreciate you all so much thank you for allowing us to do this every single day we’re going to continue to try to
Show up right have a good time cover sports right hopefully keep being a part of this Sports world that is only getting hotter and hotter it seems sports are more popular than they’ve ever been and I think there’s a good reason for it because sports are great
And tonight is a great depiction of two phenomenal things these two teams have been through a lot they’ve showcased adversity they showcased togetherness they showcased putting things aside that maybe would separate them and instead came together mhm that’s a beautiful thing it is yes that’s what football is
And tonight we get the crown of champion we’re lucky to be here we thank you all be a friend tell a friend something nice it might change their life we’re back tomorrow with Aaron Rogers Tuesday so yeah yes bugle up be excited can’t wait yeah MH it’s going to be good yeah goodbye
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McAfee is to this generation what Stone Cold was to the last WHADDDDDDDDDDD
I wish there was a timer on the screen so when I watch the clips I know when they are throughout the show
Wtf is this game on cable?
Scheffter brings the show down with his ESPN vibe
Pat was horrible to texans qb, that was media gold!!!! This show is epic, i pray u all never change!!!! U guys deserve every bit of money n clout !!!!
I love how nobody is picking Rams or Cleveland…😊 Keep lacking understanding. TV guys are so lazy and crowd pleasing. Sadly thats prized
Sick of Connor acting like he doesn’t want Bill to go.
Trying to watch ESPN2 is comical. Your voice doesn’t even sound like you and the game is boxed in like a theater. You got sabotaged bro 🙂
Showed you on the sidelines, had your names next to you guys. I didn’t know AJ Hawk was black?
Jamie Winston is the Ricky bobby of the NFL. Classic well I said with all due respect moment in that interview. I do wonder in next big owners meetings if these player “moral” moments keep taking place so publicly for all to see. Makes these coach’s look weak af.
Haha pat Washington loss to Michigan
Michigan wins!!!
teddy Poulsen from ottawa ontario canada and I am still in love with you mariah from fort worth texas so if she is listening i want her to know my love has never been more real or stronger then now. I thak you for the Mariah way but if you love me as much then it will be the teddy and mariah say not just the mariah way., I heard you and i did the work for us both are you willing to accept that and do the work no that you have fostered and planned since we were 17? i love you ND ALWAYS HAVE SO NOW IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO PROVE IT TO ME AT 51 . if not then I thank you for what you did for me.
Schefty and bum A. Smith= stooooooooge!
He doubled down hahahahaha
Is it my headphones or was this episode a lot more quiet than the others?
Did they ban the time stamp people?
Pat bringing the Double Down on the Friday comments like KFC baby
No disrespect to Shefty but I miss Rapsheet! Could you guys have him on in the 3rd hour after your off ESPN? Should Definitely bring Rapsheet back!!!!
Is ESPN making Pat wear all these sleeves? I know he said recently that all his beaters were worn out or in the laundry or something. But ALL of them? Simultaneously?
CJ is a straight DAWG
6 to midnight 😭
CJ is the complete package. And with DeMeco as HC, you know the Texans will do right by their franchise QB this time.
Schefter just repeats what the question is and says “now that’s what some are suggesting which I reported on”. He’s 💩
Take a moment to imagine the fallout if Pat and Foxy's 1 : 41 left in Rams v Lions prediction came true… it would be the smoking gun for all NFL is rigged debates for the rest of time. "OOOH Wow NFL set up this story line and had the new face of sports media predict it! How convenient they got 20000 billion views in 5 hours!
Reese is the goat
Looking forward to Aaron’s apology…
This goes to show that Aaron Rodgers is a brain dead dumb ass just like anyone who watches or plays football
Watching Reese's face when everyone is laughing at him for the Naysayer line will never get old 🤣 He's in such a tough spot
Schefty such a weasel. Would rather listen to steven a if they have to have an espn talking head on
5:37 show starts
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Wow has this show changed. Pat has changed so much too. What happened to the black tank tops? ESPN really changed you guys!