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And it's just been a lot right now. 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:02.460 uh kind of coming out on one time but today had 00:03:02.460 --> 00:03:04.879 an off day first time in a couple of weeks so 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:06.939 i made sure i wanted to get an episode out to 00:03:06.939 --> 00:03:09.659 you guys very conveniently or very lucky for 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:12.659 me it coincided with the debut of shidua sanders 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:15.340 but before we get into that make sure that you 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:17.580 guys hit that subscribe button wherever you're 00:03:17.580 --> 00:03:19.580 listening to this show definitely make sure you 00:03:19.580 --> 00:03:22.879 rate us um again that helps big us that helps 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.500 us big time when you guys subscribe and rate 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:28.800 and all that stuff so absolutely huge make sure 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.039 you hit that download button as well um and then 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:33.199 share with your friends i know i always say like 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:35.659 rate subscribe and share but like make sure that 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:37.620 you guys are doing that if you have not done 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:39.960 so already it is huge like i said it helps us 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:45.159 out tremendously whenever you guys do that um 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:51.409 so let's get into it so Last night was the debut 00:03:51.409 --> 00:03:54.689 of Cleveland Browns rookie phenom quarterback 00:03:54.689 --> 00:03:57.650 Shador Sanders. Now, I call him a phenom. Some 00:03:57.650 --> 00:04:00.849 may scoff at me, whatever. He was the most popular 00:04:00.849 --> 00:04:03.930 player in college football the last two seasons 00:04:03.930 --> 00:04:07.370 for sure. He, along with his father, his father, 00:04:07.490 --> 00:04:10.930 Dion, along with his brother in arms, Travis 00:04:10.930 --> 00:04:15.340 Hunter. revitalized to a national stage the Colorado 00:04:15.340 --> 00:04:18.180 football program. What they did for Jackson State 00:04:18.180 --> 00:04:20.319 and HBCUs with the time of Jackson State was 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.699 incredible. If you disagree, you're just a hater 00:04:23.699 --> 00:04:26.120 at this point. As far as this impact on college 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.540 football, what he did for the HBCU scene was 00:04:28.540 --> 00:04:30.259 huge. The Celebration Bowl was around two, three, 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:32.639 four years before, or even more years before 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:34.639 Jackson State played in those back -to -back. 00:04:34.699 --> 00:04:36.579 They lost them both, but played in those back 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:40.620 -to -back Celebration Bowls. They were easily 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:42.439 the highest rated and highest attended when Jackson 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:45.480 State was there with the ratings through the 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:47.800 roof. I mean, they played multiple games on ESPN 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.720 platforms during the time Deion, Travis, and 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:53.939 Shadur was there. Moved to Colorado. We know 00:04:53.939 --> 00:04:56.680 what happens there. Travis with a Heisman. Shadur 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:58.279 brings home some weapons. Both jerseys are retired, 00:04:58.579 --> 00:05:01.500 et cetera, right? So he comes in with all this 00:05:01.500 --> 00:05:04.100 fanfare, and we go through his pre -draft process. 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:09.040 Now, many people wondered. if he got past Pittsburgh 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.899 in round one, how far would he fall? And we kind 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:14.639 of discussed it, not discussed it then, but I 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.300 kind of reiterate it now. The advantage to picking 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:20.600 a quarterback is the first round. The reason 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:22.399 why is you get that fifth year of team control. 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:24.540 Now, if he hits, he's probably never seen that 00:05:24.540 --> 00:05:27.100 fifth year anyway, but it gives you five full 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:29.480 years with team control, very controlled money 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.319 to evaluate your quarterback. Like if he comes 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.860 in at 22, you technically don't have to pay him 00:05:34.860 --> 00:05:37.709 until he's 27. right now if he hits you're paying 00:05:37.709 --> 00:05:39.029 about the year three you're trying to get in 00:05:39.029 --> 00:05:42.290 front of the market etc but if he's a guy that 00:05:42.290 --> 00:05:44.569 you're like hey he's solid but he's not you know 00:05:44.569 --> 00:05:46.589 top of the market good let's play this thing 00:05:46.589 --> 00:05:49.269 out it could be he's 27 years old before he finally 00:05:49.269 --> 00:05:52.889 gets his money right so that's always on the 00:05:52.889 --> 00:05:56.129 table for first round pick quarterbacks after 00:05:56.129 --> 00:06:01.009 that nfl gms sort of see the pick of need over 00:06:01.009 --> 00:06:04.100 position So a first -round pick, you'll overdraft 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:05.699 quote -unquote a quarterback in the first round 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:08.139 because he's a quarterback. That fifth year weighs 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:11.920 that heavily. After that, he's another player. 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:14.379 So a quarterback can't help you. Like Shadur 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:17.360 Sanders, for instance, when you use him, he's 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:19.279 never playing special teams for the Browns or 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:21.420 anybody. He's not playing receiver. He's not 00:06:21.420 --> 00:06:24.899 running a gunner. He's not long snapping. He's 00:06:24.899 --> 00:06:27.139 doing nothing for the Cleveland Browns besides 00:06:27.139 --> 00:06:29.600 playing quarterback or any other pro team. Right. 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.959 He's not doing anything else besides that before 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.259 that team, besides playing quarterback. He's 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:36.240 only ever played quarterback. He's a quarterback. 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:39.839 That's who he is. Right. Well, when he got past 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.879 Pittsburgh in the first round, he fell like a 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:45.899 missile. Now, when the Giants traded up, ultimately 00:06:45.899 --> 00:06:49.579 go get Jackson Dart. Many people thought that 00:06:49.579 --> 00:06:52.399 was the pick that he was going to end up when 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:54.699 Giants flew back in the first round. OK, he's 00:06:54.699 --> 00:06:56.959 going to the Giants. He fell a few picks past. 00:06:57.019 --> 00:06:59.829 People thought he might have fallen. But he goes 00:06:59.829 --> 00:07:02.009 in the first round anyway. He doesn't, right? 00:07:03.149 --> 00:07:07.610 He ends up falling to day three. Fifth round, 00:07:07.709 --> 00:07:09.670 of course, Cleveland Brown picks him. Now, as 00:07:09.670 --> 00:07:12.029 soon as the pick happens, you start hearing discourse 00:07:12.029 --> 00:07:14.149 of, well, this is an Andrew Berry, Kevin Stefanski 00:07:14.149 --> 00:07:16.670 pick, meaning the GM and the head coach. Or was 00:07:16.670 --> 00:07:19.149 it Jimmy Haslam, who's the owner pick? It was 00:07:19.149 --> 00:07:21.269 widely considered this is a Jimmy Haslam pick. 00:07:21.730 --> 00:07:23.750 Correctly assumed, if it is Jimmy Haslam, who's 00:07:23.750 --> 00:07:25.470 in the business of not only winning, but primarily 00:07:25.470 --> 00:07:28.170 making money, this should do with Sanders' jersey. 00:07:28.649 --> 00:07:30.389 I mean, it sold out as soon as it was available. 00:07:30.550 --> 00:07:32.449 It was pre -order sold out. Like, I've never 00:07:32.449 --> 00:07:34.550 heard of that in my life. It was pre -order sold 00:07:34.550 --> 00:07:38.170 out. I mean, it was, it flew off the racks. Even 00:07:38.170 --> 00:07:40.170 last night during the game on the road, you saw 00:07:40.170 --> 00:07:44.149 a lot of white and brown and orange number 12s 00:07:44.149 --> 00:07:45.870 in the crowd, which is Shador Sanders' number. 00:07:47.550 --> 00:07:49.029 Ironically, it's also Travis Hunter's number. 00:07:49.269 --> 00:07:51.189 But he said he picked it for Brady, but Travis 00:07:51.189 --> 00:07:52.730 Hunter wearing 12, but that's neither here nor 00:07:52.730 --> 00:07:59.170 there. Right? And so, Shadua comes to the game 00:07:59.170 --> 00:08:05.790 and a lot of people were saying, okay, there's 00:08:05.790 --> 00:08:08.629 a lot to lose here. There's a lot to gain here. 00:08:08.910 --> 00:08:12.329 But what this kind of feels like is a setup. 00:08:12.430 --> 00:08:15.889 It kind of feels like Cleveland is almost doing 00:08:15.889 --> 00:08:17.949 the here. Golly. I mean, you want them so bad. 00:08:18.110 --> 00:08:21.790 That's it, right? He's been the fourth string 00:08:21.790 --> 00:08:25.470 quarterback on their depth chart the entire camp. 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:28.319 Behind Joe Flacco, behind Kenny Pickett, who 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.199 I don't understand, and behind Dylan Gabriel, 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:33.840 who's in his same draft class, right? He's been 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:35.039 the fourth string quarterback. He has not moved. 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:38.039 He has days gone days without getting any reps 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:40.899 in team at all. He's never had first team reps. 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:42.919 From what I can tell, he's never had second team 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:45.440 reps. He's always had third team reps at quarterback. 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:48.320 Then you toss him in this situation. Carolina 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.580 starting their starters. You really aren't starting 00:08:50.580 --> 00:08:53.600 your starters, second and third stringers. He 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.139 really hadn't practiced, and there's no other 00:08:55.139 --> 00:08:57.139 quarterback there besides Snoop Huntley. So he's 00:08:57.139 --> 00:09:00.279 going to play. You know, not until it was like, 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:01.639 okay, he's going to play two series and come 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.620 out, and then Dylan Gaber's going to play a couple 00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:05.279 series and come out, and then Kenny Pickett might 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.340 see one. Like, Joe Flacco's 40. He's not playing. 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:10.620 Kenny Pickett has a hamstring. Dylan Gaber has 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:14.220 a hamstring. So that leaves Shador Sanders and 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:17.840 recently signed within the last week or so, Tyler 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:22.330 Huntley. former pro bowler Snoop Huntley, but 00:09:22.330 --> 00:09:25.629 Tyler Hunt nonetheless. Ultimately, Shador goes 00:09:25.629 --> 00:09:29.809 out there and I said, I was listening to Nick 00:09:29.809 --> 00:09:31.129 Wright's podcast and I thought of this thought, 00:09:31.190 --> 00:09:34.570 but the thought was, what would be a good day 00:09:34.570 --> 00:09:38.669 for Shador Sanders? If Shador Sanders finished 00:09:38.669 --> 00:09:42.769 with this stat line, what would be considered 00:09:42.769 --> 00:09:47.429 a great day? If you never saw the game, you wouldn't 00:09:47.429 --> 00:09:49.860 say, what did Shador do tonight? what would be 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:52.139 the stat line where you said, okay, he had a 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:54.379 great night. Like, what is that number? What 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:57.080 do the numbers look like, right? And so I was 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:58.259 thinking about it, thinking about it on my way 00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:59.960 to work, kind of racking my brain about it. And 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:01.200 I said, okay, I came up with a number. I said 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:07.240 20 of 27, about 200 yards, couple of touchdowns. 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:08.519 No, I didn't even say couple. I said one touchdown, 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:12.740 no turnovers. I said if he did that and, you 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:15.440 know, was sacked maybe once, if he did that, 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:19.000 I would consider that a great night. He's rarely 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.779 played with these guys. He's against Carolina 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:23.460 starters, at least for a little while. If he 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:28.879 goes 20 or 27, that's a high number, but I think 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.519 a bunch of short throws. 20 or 27, a couple hundred 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:37.960 yards, one touchdown, no turnovers, zero or one 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:43.799 sacks. I would consider that a great night. But 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.779 I didn't watch the game. So I turned the game 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:48.100 on. I didn't even know his numbers. He started 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:51.220 off, and I watched every throw after the first 00:10:51.220 --> 00:10:54.519 drive. So he starts off a little rough. I'm like, 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:57.519 okay, not great, right? And you can almost kind 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:01.559 of feel it. Like if he has a couple more of these 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:03.840 rough three -and -out series, and he starts off, 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:05.460 you know, two of seven or two of eights or something 00:11:05.460 --> 00:11:08.059 like that, like it's going to be a lot happening. 00:11:10.789 --> 00:11:12.110 Anticipation is going to build, and he might 00:11:12.110 --> 00:11:14.309 force a throw and force a play. We don't need 00:11:14.309 --> 00:11:17.370 that to happen, right? He calms down. He starts 00:11:17.370 --> 00:11:19.470 like 3 of 7, and then he only takes like a 7 00:11:19.470 --> 00:11:21.990 of 11, you know, 80 -something yards, a couple 00:11:21.990 --> 00:11:26.149 of touchdown passes. He's a lot better in the 00:11:26.149 --> 00:11:28.549 second stretch. I thought he finishes ultimately, 00:11:28.610 --> 00:11:31.289 before I get to my thoughts overall, he finishes 00:11:31.289 --> 00:11:34.669 14 of 23, 138, two touchdowns, no turnovers. 00:11:34.750 --> 00:11:38.450 I believe he's only sacked for one time. I thought 00:11:38.450 --> 00:11:43.250 he did. everything he could do to win to manage 00:11:43.250 --> 00:11:47.409 that game good job right clearly kevin stefanski 00:11:47.409 --> 00:11:49.169 put you know it's like twice kevin stefanski 00:11:49.169 --> 00:11:51.950 put him in a couple of spots where it was rough 00:11:51.950 --> 00:11:55.129 he went fourth in one empty set um first read 00:11:55.129 --> 00:11:57.389 was closed off sack i mean the pressure came 00:11:57.389 --> 00:12:01.490 so fast couldn't get you a second read um you 00:12:01.490 --> 00:12:04.009 know i thought that could have been helped out 00:12:04.009 --> 00:12:06.029 coaching wise it was definitely felt like a challenge 00:12:06.029 --> 00:12:10.879 to me uh to see what he could do I do think he 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:13.019 managed the game very well. He took check downs 00:12:13.019 --> 00:12:15.080 when they were available. He scrambled for a 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:17.379 first down. He had his typical swagger. He has 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:18.860 a new first down celebration where he checked 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:22.100 the time on his watch. Then he threw up the watch 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:27.100 when he got in the end zone. I thought that was 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:29.100 great. I thought he, like I said, commanded the 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:31.259 huddle. The operation was smooth. They didn't 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:32.919 have false starts. They didn't have delay of 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:35.940 games. They didn't have holding penalties from 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:37.840 scrambling around trying to make a play. He didn't 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:40.139 do it. He didn't scrambling around one time. 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:42.639 He got out of it and he jogged out of bounds. 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:44.159 So instead of throwing out of bounds, he jogged 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:46.500 out. I probably threw it out. But he jogged out 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.740 of bounds. It's basically the same thing. It 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:53.039 was like a one yard loss. I thought that. The 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:55.919 team looked organized. Both touchdown throws 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:59.240 were high -level throws. One he was rolling to 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.899 his left, fitted between the man who was on, 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:03.460 which was the safety in the corner, trying to 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:05.080 close the gap, fitted right in between, corner 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.100 of the end zone, touchdown. And then another 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:09.139 one, he had pressure in his face, throws a 20 00:13:09.139 --> 00:13:13.059 -ish yard dig, low hold it, receiver slides in, 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:16.759 again, touchdown. One thing I want to give him 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:19.100 credit for, and this is a skill I don't think 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:21.120 is talked about much, But the greats had it. 00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:23.639 Look at your Tom Brady. Look at your Drew Brees. 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:26.179 Go look at Pitt, Patrick Mahomes, Peyton Manning. 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:31.080 Go look at Josh Allen, Jared Goff, Lamar Jackson, 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:33.580 Burroughs. Really good at this as well. Those 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:37.159 elite level guys. Jaden Daniels showed that he 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:38.519 could do it a little bit too. I mean, he missed 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.679 a couple opportunities. But when a team gives 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:43.500 you a turnover, what is your touchdown percentage 00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:46.399 on the back of it? Jaden Daniels, not Jaden Daniels, 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:52.980 excuse me. a muff punt in the red zone, and he 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:55.480 got an interception. Both of those drives led 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.840 to touchdown drives. Both of those turnovers 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:59.419 led to touchdown drives. That's huge because 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:04.059 flipping, you go into a game, I'll just tell 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:06.419 you from my experience, you go into a game thinking, 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:09.139 some people go into a game and think, okay, if 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:10.759 everything goes our way, we'll win by a couple 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:14.779 touchdowns, right? But, you know, everything 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:17.159 going your way changes the slim. So on and so 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.200 forth. But you kind of go in with the mindset 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.019 of, okay, they can really only score about 21 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:25.740 -24 on us. Whatever. You go in, a turnover, especially 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:27.440 a turnover down the field, kind of gets treated 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.240 like a punt, almost. And for him to go down and 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.980 score a touchdown, and then he got the short 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:35.220 field and scored a touchdown, that's big. That's 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:38.519 big from a coaching perspective of when we make 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:42.029 the other team make a mistake. We capitalize 00:14:42.029 --> 00:14:44.669 on that mistake. That's what coaches preach all 00:14:44.669 --> 00:14:47.009 the time. Capitalizing on our opponent's mistakes. 00:14:47.649 --> 00:14:51.450 Football is going to come down to 70, 80 plays. 00:14:52.169 --> 00:14:55.330 Five or six are going to decide the game. Mistake 00:14:55.330 --> 00:14:57.450 by somebody, capitalized on by somebody else, 00:14:57.529 --> 00:14:59.470 that's going to decide the game. Most of football 00:14:59.470 --> 00:15:01.490 is a three -yard run into a cloud of dust or 00:15:01.490 --> 00:15:02.769 a four -yard pass. You know what I'm saying? 00:15:02.830 --> 00:15:04.850 Most of it, both sides accomplish their goal. 00:15:05.669 --> 00:15:08.190 Then there's five, from five to seven or eight 00:15:08.190 --> 00:15:12.139 plays where... one side screws up and the other 00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:14.639 side takes advantage of it or doesn't. And that's 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:17.000 when the difference in the game arises. And I 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.220 think that he, and I know for a fact, I don't 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:22.700 think, I know that he took very high level advantage 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:25.200 of that, especially when, like I said, two turnovers 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:28.240 with two touchdown drives. That's huge. That's 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:30.659 major. Where a quarterback can lead his offense 00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:33.279 down the field after a turnover, putting points 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:37.370 on the board. It's humongous for any quarterback. 00:15:37.610 --> 00:15:39.389 But I thought he looked really, really good. 00:15:39.450 --> 00:15:41.870 I'm pretty sure he's not going to play next week. 00:15:41.929 --> 00:15:43.769 Dylan Gabriel, I can almost guarantee he's going 00:15:43.769 --> 00:15:46.730 to be healthy for next week. Conspiracy theory 00:15:46.730 --> 00:15:51.029 or not. I think that Gabriel is going to be healthy 00:15:51.029 --> 00:15:53.570 next week. What he did do, he did two things. 00:15:53.629 --> 00:15:55.250 One, he showed that he should have been a higher 00:15:55.250 --> 00:15:58.090 draft pick. First overall, maybe not. First round, 00:15:58.289 --> 00:16:00.309 absolutely. Definitely higher than Tyler Shaw 00:16:00.309 --> 00:16:02.070 and Jackson Dart, who Jackson Dart showed himself 00:16:02.070 --> 00:16:04.350 pretty well. I'm recording this around 5 -ish 00:16:04.350 --> 00:16:07.929 on Saturday. Jackson Dart showed himself pretty 00:16:07.929 --> 00:16:10.429 well as well. I didn't watch it as intently as 00:16:10.429 --> 00:16:12.590 I watched the Shador game. I had an appointment. 00:16:12.610 --> 00:16:15.129 However, from what I did pop in on and even seeing 00:16:15.129 --> 00:16:17.009 a couple of the highlights, he secured himself 00:16:17.009 --> 00:16:19.549 very well. He showed himself very well as well. 00:16:19.690 --> 00:16:21.830 I think Shador was better. I think he always 00:16:21.830 --> 00:16:27.129 was. But Dart showed himself well. Obviously, 00:16:27.129 --> 00:16:28.450 Sadur shouldn't have been the fifth -round pick. 00:16:28.529 --> 00:16:29.750 He should have been higher than Dylan Gabriel. 00:16:29.870 --> 00:16:31.210 He should have been higher than Tyler Shaw. I 00:16:31.210 --> 00:16:32.690 agree. I think he should have been higher than 00:16:32.690 --> 00:16:35.889 Jackson Dart. I think he should have been the 00:16:35.889 --> 00:16:37.830 number two overall pick. I think it should have 00:16:37.830 --> 00:16:40.590 been Cam Ward than him. I mean, that's just a 00:16:40.590 --> 00:16:45.690 fact of life. However, I'm excited to see what 00:16:45.690 --> 00:16:49.529 he's able to do in Cleveland. I think, again, 00:16:49.690 --> 00:16:52.299 he either quitted himself. He either showed himself, 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:54.000 not acquitted himself, he either showed himself 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.240 to be the guy in Cleveland in the future or, 00:16:57.340 --> 00:17:01.120 you know, a team like the Rams. I point to the 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:03.200 Rams a lot. There's no succession plan in Los 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.059 Angeles. Jim McRapolo is not the succession plan. 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:07.819 Neither is Stetson Bennett. There needs to be 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:10.460 a succession plan in Los Angeles. Matt Stafford 00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:14.130 is a bad back. Sean McVay calling, and Sean McVay 00:17:14.130 --> 00:17:15.890 and Les Snead calling the Cleveland Browns, saying, 00:17:15.950 --> 00:17:17.690 hey, you're drafting him for a fifth. We'll take 00:17:17.690 --> 00:17:20.009 him from you for a third. And sticking Shador 00:17:20.009 --> 00:17:22.910 in L .A. with the opportunity to learn from Max 00:17:22.910 --> 00:17:24.589 Stafford and learn from Jimmy G, and then next 00:17:24.589 --> 00:17:27.269 year it's all the Shador Sanders show. You know, 00:17:27.309 --> 00:17:29.630 I think that's an opportunity there for sure. 00:17:30.369 --> 00:17:33.769 I would look at it if I'm Deion and I'm Shador's 00:17:33.769 --> 00:17:36.549 agent. I call the Rams, hey, what would you think 00:17:36.549 --> 00:17:38.789 about bringing Shadur in? Especially if Cleveland's 00:17:38.789 --> 00:17:40.549 not going to give him a real chance of starting 00:17:40.549 --> 00:17:44.789 this season. All right, and then I guess we're 00:17:44.789 --> 00:17:47.650 going to do some quick -ish hitters in the NFL. 00:17:48.390 --> 00:17:51.670 My New England Patriots look like a completely 00:17:51.670 --> 00:17:54.509 different organization from the Gerard Mayo year 00:17:54.509 --> 00:17:58.980 to the Mike Vrabel day. Obviously, congratulations 00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:01.319 to Tom Brady for getting his statue unveiled 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:04.960 in front of the Foxborough Faithful. And then 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.000 the open kickoff of the game happens, and Trayvon 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:09.019 Henderson hits his head on the goalpost from 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:11.140 100 yards out. The offensive line looked mean 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:14.299 and nasty. Will Campbell had several big pancake 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:16.839 blocks. Drake May looked calmed and composed, 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.200 which is the report we've been getting all week 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:22.279 out of joint practices. Even the Will Campbell 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.559 stuff, he's been reported as incredibly nasty 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:28.140 on the blocks. which is, I mean, the ultimate 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:30.720 compliment for alignment is to be nasty. And 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:33.640 he was incredibly physical on the blocks. Trayvon 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.019 Henderson looked electric. We had some moments 00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:37.660 there. Prosperity on the offensive side of the 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:40.259 ball. Also had a turnover from Drake May. Trying 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.720 to do a little bit too much. I hope it's not 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:44.359 a trend that we deal with in the future. But 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:46.339 all in all, a good day for New England. They 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:48.000 just look like a professional football team. 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.900 They look like they know what the hell they're 00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:53.400 doing for the first time since the latter years 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:56.880 of Belichick. They know what they got going on 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:58.539 and they know what they want to do, which is 00:18:58.539 --> 00:19:00.960 what Vrabel pretty much said. He's going to hang 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.480 his hat on his know -how, knowing what he wants 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:06.200 to do, how he wants to get it done, so on and 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:10.119 so forth. So kudos to the Patriots for just looking 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.039 better, man. I couldn't take another unserious 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.240 year, as I called it, where we just looked silly. 00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:15.480 We looked like we didn't know what we were doing. 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:17.900 Like, I mean, you know, and then reports come 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:20.500 out, dry mayo. teams on the plane back from a 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:22.240 loss and instead of watching film with the coaches 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:24.980 he is in the back playing card with the players 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:30.180 like no it was a bad idea right and so I'm glad 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:34.559 that Mike very well is in to fix it to ensure 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:39.880 we don't have that problem again the Indianapolis 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:43.940 Colts man it must suck to be a Colts fan so they 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:49.600 go into the game with a plan of kind of equally 00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:56.960 evaluating um kind of equally evaluating both 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:04.880 Daniel Jones and um both Daniel Jones and Anthony 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.619 Richardson right kind of evaluating both guys 00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:09.940 and Anthony Richardson would get started game 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:12.339 one play for about I think it's a quarter and 00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:14.710 a half or two quarter of a set time And then 00:20:14.710 --> 00:20:16.009 the other quarterback would get like a half a 00:20:16.009 --> 00:20:17.690 quarter, and then they'd flip the rules in the 00:20:17.690 --> 00:20:21.349 second game. Well, Anthony Richardson gets P 00:20:21.349 --> 00:20:25.769 -laid early and dislocates his finger, which 00:20:25.769 --> 00:20:27.470 means Daniel Jones comes in in this game. Now, 00:20:27.589 --> 00:20:29.589 could they easily just flip it? Would Anthony 00:20:29.589 --> 00:20:31.170 Richardson get the start in this game? Sure. 00:20:31.769 --> 00:20:36.029 But Daniel Jones ended up getting kind of a wide 00:20:36.029 --> 00:20:39.109 array of snaps that he wasn't supposed to get. 00:20:39.250 --> 00:20:45.080 And I think further complicates the... Colts 00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:47.140 quarterback plan, because if you're going to 00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:48.779 stick with your plan, then Daniel Jones is going 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.819 to get considerably more preseason in -game snaps 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:52.440 than Anthony Richardson, unless you're going 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:56.400 to play them both in game three. And if you decide 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:58.640 to flip it to where, okay, Daniel ended up getting 00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:00.579 most of that game, and so I guess we'll go with 00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:02.920 Anthony. You know, he just look at his pinky 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.599 on his throwing finger. How healthy is he going 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:07.660 to be to even properly show you his competitive 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:11.500 level against Daniel Jones? I mean, it is complicated 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:17.019 in Indianapolis right now. So, I am definitely 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:19.579 rooting for them to figure that quarterback situation 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:22.000 out. I think Daniel Jones is the guy. I really 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:25.500 do. I've seen enough of Anthony Richardson. I 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:28.640 mean, I don't love Daniel Jones, but come on 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:31.079 now, it's Anthony Richardson. I think Daniel 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:33.039 Jones is considerably better than Anthony Richardson, 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:37.839 and I do think that wholeheartedly. And then 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.920 last team we're going to really discuss here 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:43.059 is the Cincinnati Bengals. They are the Bengals. 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:46.759 They are the Bengals once again. Offense, Zach 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:49.279 Taylor, he went out with the strategy of we're 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.519 going to play the starters. We're tired of the 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.880 slow starts. We're going to play the starters. 00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:55.079 We're tired of us starting 0 -1, 0 -2, 0 -3, 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:57.480 and having to dig our way out of it. So they 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:00.440 played their starters. In their preseason game, 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:04.839 and then they played a team in the Philadelphia 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.839 Eagles who played no starters, no Jalen Hurst, 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:10.539 no Saquon Barkley, no anything. And Joe Burrow, 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:14.619 Joe Burrow, 9 of 10, 123, two touchdowns, never 00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:22.380 sacked, 157 .5 rating out of 158 .3. Jamar Chase, 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:25.500 four catches, 77 yards on a touchdown. You know, 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:31.289 doing him, right? And the defense was just awful. 00:22:32.470 --> 00:22:36.690 Like, Tanner McKee, who is no one's starting 00:22:36.690 --> 00:22:40.569 quarterback, I think, absolutely ripped them 00:22:40.569 --> 00:22:44.410 to shreds. Like, the defense was terrible. I 00:22:44.410 --> 00:22:46.210 think it was missing Shamar Stewart. I don't 00:22:46.210 --> 00:22:48.230 think Shamar Stewart's playing yet. And, of course, 00:22:48.269 --> 00:22:51.910 it's missing Trey Hendrickson. But, my God, like, 00:22:51.990 --> 00:22:56.130 you have to have the ability to create some pressure. 00:22:56.990 --> 00:23:01.269 I mean, they were absolutely, I mean, Tanner 00:23:01.269 --> 00:23:03.630 McKee was just sitting back there. He got tush 00:23:03.630 --> 00:23:06.470 pushed at one point. I mean, like, he was looking 00:23:06.470 --> 00:23:09.269 like Jalen Hurts out there. And that was all 00:23:09.269 --> 00:23:13.829 Eagles backups. The Cincinnati Bungles could 00:23:13.829 --> 00:23:17.109 not have bungled their defense any more than 00:23:17.109 --> 00:23:21.009 they already did. Because it is an absolute nightmare 00:23:21.009 --> 00:23:28.839 of a unit. And that was the Eagles backups. Cincinnati 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:33.200 is, like I said, they got issues, and they're 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:35.880 mainly defensive. They just sold the Shamar Stewart 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:38.380 contract. Now moving on to our contract portion. 00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:40.579 The Trey Henderson thing is still floating out 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:43.660 there. I'm sure he got a ball out of seeing that 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:47.279 unit get kicked around like that. Probably thinking 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.680 he could help them, which, I mean, he led the 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:53.079 league in sacks last year, so I'm sure he could 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:55.720 most definitely help them. I mean, it was a disaster 00:23:55.720 --> 00:24:00.359 of a defensive performance. Micah Parsons and 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:03.480 Jerry Jones continues to be in a standoff with 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:06.140 Jerry Jones stating that he bought the Cowboys 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:08.119 on a handshake deal. You'll iron out the details 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:12.279 later. He's saying that him and Micah shook hands 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:16.000 in March about the general framework of a deal. 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:19.660 They just hadn't got all the intricacies and 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:21.500 the words and the bonus structure, whatever, 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:25.460 locked in, but the salary range was set. I mean, 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.839 Jerry's thinking like in the business world. 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.740 I said, I'm going to pay, I'm going to buy this 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:31.180 company for $300 to $400 million. You shake my 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:33.059 hand and say, all right, cool. We just got to 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:36.500 iron out what end of the range we're on, you 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.059 know, when's money to do, et cetera, et cetera, 00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:41.160 et cetera. But the general framework of the contract 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:45.799 is done. And that's when Jerry, you know, thought 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.880 he shook hands with Micah on something very similar. 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:50.299 Micah says, well, no, I can't do that. My agent 00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:54.980 can do that, though. And so that's where we're 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:58.819 at. Both sides are digging in. Micah's holding 00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:04.000 in. Jerry is not budging. Micah did give up his 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:06.640 leverage, however. So a few years ago, Chris 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:11.299 Jones famously sat in a skybox with his agent 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:15.000 when the Chiefs lost their week one game. The 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.759 Chiefs tend to come back to the negotiating table 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:18.119 and kind of pretty much giving Chris whatever 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:20.660 he wanted. And then Chris came back. Well, that 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.940 is allowed to happen if you never report the 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:25.910 camp. So if you eat the 50 grand a day and you 00:25:25.910 --> 00:25:30.970 eat the game checks up to week eight, you can 00:25:30.970 --> 00:25:36.150 rejoin the team. But you rejoin the team, no 00:25:36.150 --> 00:25:38.450 harm, no foul, basically, besides the financial 00:25:38.450 --> 00:25:41.630 stuff. And your contract doesn't toll and you'll 00:25:41.630 --> 00:25:46.410 be ready to go. If you ever show up and then 00:25:46.410 --> 00:25:49.369 decide to leave, it's basically like going AWOL 00:25:49.369 --> 00:25:53.440 in the military. Like, it is... Like, it's serious 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:59.099 if you ever decide to do that. I mean, I can't 00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:00.259 think of another reference right now, but it's 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.880 like walking out on your desk, like no call, 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:06.000 no showing your job. Like, it is high -level, 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:12.480 high -level screw -up in the United States. I 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:15.000 mean, they can void your contract. They can do 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:18.240 all kinds of stuff to you if you ever show up 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.799 and then leave. They have the right to do a lot 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:24.839 of stuff per our CBA. It ain't scary, Terry. 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.480 Not much has changed there. There was a small 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:30.740 update where they were saying that it's not the 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:35.039 money. It's the structure and the details of 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:38.400 like a DK Metcalf contract that Terry McLaurin 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.640 is after. Not necessarily the raw dollar amount. 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:46.220 But up next, we're going to talk about the WNBA 00:26:46.220 --> 00:27:19.670 and what's going down. Welcome back. into the 00:27:19.670 --> 00:27:24.890 show and now we're gonna move on to the w um 00:27:24.890 --> 00:27:26.930 as we got a couple of games tonight we have the 00:27:26.930 --> 00:27:31.109 cbs game actually sky and fever um kind of a 00:27:31.109 --> 00:27:34.210 disappointing game as angel reese not played 00:27:34.210 --> 00:27:37.789 in several games with a back injury uh many people 00:27:37.789 --> 00:27:40.289 myself included think she's shutting it down 00:27:40.289 --> 00:27:43.519 for unrivaled in a couple of months I would never, 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:46.180 I would never rival, you know, I would, you know, 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:48.039 not openly accuse her of quitting on the team. 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:52.579 However, the season's lost for Chicago, right? 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:57.180 And so certain moves to get draft position, there's 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:59.539 no lottery in the W. It's a straight draft. So 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.920 right now, Connecticut has the number one overall 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:05.680 pick. And then there's Dallas and then there's 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:08.720 Chicago. They're fighting for number one because 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:11.710 there's a five game gap. to washington and so 00:28:11.710 --> 00:28:13.470 on and so forth so they're so they are fighting 00:28:13.470 --> 00:28:16.789 for number one number one overall pick in chicago 00:28:16.789 --> 00:28:20.529 could be a flaw well no it won't be i would say 00:28:20.529 --> 00:28:24.230 uh i'm gonna say a flage johnson angel reese 00:28:24.230 --> 00:28:27.150 um reunion but no that's that's not gonna happen 00:28:27.150 --> 00:28:32.910 for a bevy of reasons um i mean they don't like 00:28:32.910 --> 00:28:37.430 each other so that was i didn't have a lottery 00:28:37.430 --> 00:28:41.089 but it would help you It would help you for sure. 00:28:42.130 --> 00:28:44.430 Lauren Betts does not need to be a Chicago Sky, 00:28:44.650 --> 00:28:47.690 right? She's great, but there are strengthers 00:28:47.690 --> 00:28:50.109 that are big. AZ Phug, I can almost guarantee 00:28:50.109 --> 00:28:53.990 is going to find her way into Dallas. Olivia 00:28:53.990 --> 00:28:57.210 Miles would be interesting in Chicago. Tania 00:28:57.210 --> 00:29:05.009 Lawson, like I said, Flage Johnson. Chloe Kism 00:29:05.009 --> 00:29:07.200 will help you either. So I think they're going 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.059 to be looking at a Flage Johnson. They got to 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:12.859 mend the fence with Angel or Tania Latson. She's 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:15.400 an absolute bucket. I think that is who they'll 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.900 look at. Either Olivia Miles, who kind of runs 00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:22.839 that point, kind of a do -it -all guard, or they 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:27.359 go with Tania Latson, who is an absolute bucket. 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:32.259 She puts the ball in the hole. Not the world's 00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:34.970 best three -point shooter. But as far as just 00:29:34.970 --> 00:29:37.990 raw scoring, I mean, she puts the ball in the 00:29:37.990 --> 00:29:39.109 hole. She's going to go to South Carolina this 00:29:39.109 --> 00:29:42.970 year. So she puts the ball in the hole. She led 00:29:42.970 --> 00:29:46.410 the D1 in scoring last year. She's a flat -out 00:29:46.410 --> 00:29:51.569 scorer. But regardless, but I want to talk about, 00:29:51.630 --> 00:29:54.390 I don't want to talk about Scott. I mean, I'm 00:29:54.390 --> 00:29:56.569 a Scott fan because of Angel Reese. I also love 00:29:56.569 --> 00:29:58.289 the Aces, Angel Wilson and so on. We'll talk 00:29:58.289 --> 00:30:01.130 about them. But I want to discuss the Indiana 00:30:01.130 --> 00:30:04.700 Fever. The NFL are falling apart. It's been a 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:07.559 very, very strange Kaitlin Clark season. She 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.759 had a groin injury or something that was bothering 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.839 her, a groin injury before the All -Star break. 00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:16.160 She came back and went out with it again. And 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:18.400 then she missed the All -Star game and hasn't 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:21.720 played since All -Star weekend. with this growing 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:25.420 injury. And then last night, or last night, yesterday, 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.039 a couple days ago, within the past couple days, 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:29.660 in the same game, they lose Sidney Colson to 00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:32.319 a 20 ACL and Ari McDonald to a broken right foot. 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:35.799 Both are for the season. So the Indiana Fever 00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:40.089 have lost three of their top four guards. for 00:30:40.089 --> 00:30:42.970 a considerable amount of time. Like I said, injuries, 00:30:43.170 --> 00:30:45.470 not injuries, excuse me. Kaitlyn Clark's having 00:30:45.470 --> 00:30:49.049 an incredibly strange season. She was never injured 00:30:49.049 --> 00:30:51.190 at Iowa. Like, she played every game at Iowa. 00:30:51.269 --> 00:30:53.369 She was never injured. There was no injury history 00:30:53.369 --> 00:30:56.630 of her in college, in high school. And then you 00:30:56.630 --> 00:30:59.009 get to the W, she wasn't injured her rookie year. 00:30:59.269 --> 00:31:02.730 And then now, she has this growing thing. She 00:31:02.730 --> 00:31:06.329 cannot play on it. Whatever it is, she is not 00:31:06.329 --> 00:31:10.460 able to push through it. I mean, of course, it's 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:12.059 affecting the team. I mean, they are used to 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:15.079 being Caitlyn centric and she is not there. And 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.640 now when they'll be even more Caitlyn centric, 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:20.319 Sidney Colson, Ari McDonald has been two of the 00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.880 people along with Kelsey Mitchell. That's been 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:25.440 really kind of closing that gap. And now Sid 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:30.660 and Ari are gone. I mean, so absolutely brutal. 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:33.339 What's happening in Indiana right now, injury 00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:36.250 wise. Hopefully, Caitlyn can come back soon. 00:31:36.369 --> 00:31:38.609 They're going to need to get very Caitlyn, Kelsey, 00:31:38.829 --> 00:31:42.150 and Aaliyah Boston -centric to have any shot 00:31:42.150 --> 00:31:44.569 to do any damage in the playoffs. They're going 00:31:44.569 --> 00:31:46.569 to need Caitlyn to come back soon in order for 00:31:46.569 --> 00:31:51.549 that to happen. The MVP, I'm sorry, Aja Wilson. 00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:56.579 She just scored 29 points on her 29th birthday. 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:01.079 Why did I bring Asia Wilson up? The Minnesota 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:04.339 Lynx star, who many consider the best player 00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:10.180 in the world, Nafisa Collier, have been surviving 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:13.339 without her. They've won four straight games, 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:16.519 eight and two of their last two. They have been 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:20.859 surviving relatively without her. In juxtaposition 00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:23.779 to that, someone who's been gaining ground in 00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:26.660 the standings, actually tied currently with Indiana 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:30.500 for fifth, is the Las Vegas Aces, led by Aja 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:33.720 Wilson, who have turned a corner. They are 7 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:38.119 -3 in their last 10. Aja Wilson's playing a lot 00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:40.079 more dominant basketball. Jackie Young is picking 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:42.940 it up. They're still not getting a turn out of 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:46.079 Jewel Lloyd right now. They've pretty much... 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:48.039 I mean, if I can tell you, they benched her. 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.619 I mean, they have just made it where she's just, 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:53.740 I mean, she's just not relevant on the team right 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:58.660 now. Chelsea Gray is the point guard herself. 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.519 She's absolutely balling. But I'm just looking 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.579 at Jewel Lloyd. She's still getting 28 minutes 00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:08.599 a night. But she's 11 points a game right now. 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.619 But I'm looking at Asia Wilson. She's 30 minutes 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:13.769 a night. 21 .8 points per game leads the team. 00:33:13.869 --> 00:33:17.190 9 .2 rebounds a game leads the team. 1 .6 steals 00:33:17.190 --> 00:33:20.349 a game leads the team. 2 .2 blocks a game leads 00:33:20.349 --> 00:33:23.250 the team. And she's not even fouling the most. 00:33:23.309 --> 00:33:25.930 That's currently Jackie Young. Actually, Melissa 00:33:25.930 --> 00:33:29.650 Smith is the current foul champion. And then 00:33:29.650 --> 00:33:33.009 when it comes down to assists, she is third on 00:33:33.009 --> 00:33:37.130 the team in assists. I mean, so she is one -womaning 00:33:37.130 --> 00:33:42.079 the Las Vegas Aces. back into playoffs. I mean, 00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:43.980 they're in the playoffs, right, back and trying 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:47.000 to get that first -round host. She's absolutely 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:49.440 playing out of her mind right now. But credit 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:51.240 to her teammates, Jackie Young, Chelsea Gray, 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:53.339 Jewel Lloyd is still playing solid basketball, 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.059 and Melissa Smith is beyond being that down -and 00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:58.819 -low bully that they were looking for. So credit 00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:01.599 to her teammates, but I think Aja Wilson right 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:04.119 now is playing her way into another MVP award. 00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:07.720 I came into this year, a lot of Nafisa Collier 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:10.059 being the best player on the planet. I kind of 00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:12.420 conceded it a few weeks ago. I gave in. I said, 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:14.880 okay, all right. She's the best woman on the 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:18.719 planet. It is what it is, right? And then when 00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:23.619 Nafisa went out and her team has been kind of 00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:26.460 playing well without her, and I'm just looking 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:29.840 at what Aja Wilson is doing every night, every 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:33.260 night, every night. every night every night just 00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:37.460 watching her play the way she is playing she 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:41.480 is the best player on the planet like and it's 00:34:41.949 --> 00:34:44.929 To me, it's a big three and everyone else. It's 00:34:44.929 --> 00:34:47.869 Brianna Stewart, it's Nafisa Collier, and it's 00:34:47.869 --> 00:34:49.610 Aja Wilson. And then there's everybody else. 00:34:49.670 --> 00:34:51.849 There's a gap. Like Candace Parker got in a lot 00:34:51.849 --> 00:34:54.929 of controversial trouble for her tiers. Her S 00:34:54.929 --> 00:34:58.230 tier is 10 ,000 % accurate. It's the big three 00:34:58.230 --> 00:35:01.829 and everybody else. It's Fi, it's Aja, and it's 00:35:01.829 --> 00:35:05.869 Stewie, and it's everyone else. And so absolutely. 00:35:06.630 --> 00:35:09.010 Kudos to Asia for just saying, no, we're going 00:35:09.010 --> 00:35:11.210 to get the top four seed. I'm going to be in 00:35:11.210 --> 00:35:13.730 the MVP race. You just gave the crown of best 00:35:13.730 --> 00:35:15.610 player away. I don't think I did anything to 00:35:15.610 --> 00:35:19.170 lose it. And so absolutely spectacular season 00:35:19.170 --> 00:35:24.429 by her so far. I mean, what she's doing with 00:35:24.429 --> 00:35:28.889 the Las Vegas Aces is just tremendous. I mean, 00:35:28.909 --> 00:35:30.610 you understand. I mean, at one point people were 00:35:30.610 --> 00:35:33.110 trying to trade Jewel Lloyd again. Like, she 00:35:33.110 --> 00:35:35.829 had lost her value. I mean, that is how far Jewel 00:35:35.829 --> 00:35:37.710 had come down. I mean, Jewel was a 27 -point 00:35:37.710 --> 00:35:41.389 game scorer at night. She's down to 11. Obviously, 00:35:41.429 --> 00:35:43.110 when you play with a really good team, you're 00:35:43.110 --> 00:35:47.070 not going to get as many shots, right? But what 00:35:47.070 --> 00:35:52.329 Asia is doing is flat -out spectacular right 00:35:52.329 --> 00:35:54.030 now. I'm just looking at it. I mean, she's playing 00:35:54.030 --> 00:35:56.510 a few less minutes than when she played last 00:35:56.510 --> 00:35:58.449 year. Some of her numbers are a little down. 00:35:59.050 --> 00:36:01.150 She's a little less efficient than she was last 00:36:01.150 --> 00:36:05.849 year. But she is absolutely balling right now. 00:36:07.150 --> 00:36:10.190 I think she, again, I hold on to the fact she's 00:36:10.190 --> 00:36:13.429 the best player on the planet. Other people may 00:36:13.429 --> 00:36:17.449 disagree with me. Again, if you tell me, it's 00:36:17.449 --> 00:36:20.929 one of those situations where in the NBA, and 00:36:20.929 --> 00:36:23.210 I hate putting men and women in basketball conversations, 00:36:23.409 --> 00:36:26.750 but in the NBA, if you tell me your GOAT is either 00:36:26.750 --> 00:36:28.329 LeBron, Michael Jordan, or Kareem Abdul -Jabbar, 00:36:28.449 --> 00:36:31.900 I may disagree with you, but I won't argue. They're 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:35.420 all very valid goats. And currently in the women's 00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.820 game, if you tell me the best player on the planet 00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:40.440 is Asia Wilson, Brianna Stewart, or Nafisa Collier, 00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:43.039 I'm not going to argue you. I may disagree, but 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:44.440 I'm not going to argue the point because those 00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:47.199 are easily the three best players in women's 00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:50.079 basketball currently. Asia Wilson's balling out 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:53.800 of her mind. In the close of the WNBA, shout 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:56.559 out to Alyssa Thomas, the most versatile WNBA 00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.659 player of all time. becoming the first player 00:36:58.659 --> 00:37:00.699 to ever go back -to -back -to -back triple -doubles 00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:03.840 in a game. So she's a triple -double queen by 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:07.119 far, but she's the first player ever to have 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.820 a triple -double in three consecutive games. 00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:12.639 Congratulations to her. She kind of does workman 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:14.739 triple -doubles. You know, they're not really, 00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:16.880 you know, 30, 10, and 10s. They're more of 11, 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:20.139 10, and 10s, or they're, you know, 10, 12, and 00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:22.619 11s. But triple -double, triple -double, and 00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:25.519 she's the first woman ever to get three in a 00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:31.099 row. But now we are shifting into our best for 00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.960 last, which is going to be talking about college 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:55.780 football. Welcome back into the show and welcome 00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:58.360 to Best for Last, which is going to be a quick 00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:02.519 round the country of college football. Now, there's 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:06.400 a lot of weight, in my opinion, on this college 00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:09.519 football season. A lot of it. There's a lot of 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:13.219 programs. This has to be the year for a lot of 00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:15.840 guys, for a lot of people in college football 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:20.480 right now. Arch Manning arrives. at the University 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:25.699 of Texas for two years, we've heard a lot about 00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:29.260 Arch Manning, right? A ton about Arch Manning. 00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:33.019 I mean, he was given a Heisman Trophy in the 00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:35.079 National Championship game on signing day. I 00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:37.079 mean, you know what I'm saying? We've heard a 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:38.639 lot about Arch Manning and what he's going to 00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:41.679 do, even to the point where people were conspiracy 00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:45.679 -theoring that teams were tanking for the right 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:48.599 to get him. In next year's draft, which his grandfather, 00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:51.760 Archie, has already stated that he's not coming 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:53.599 out next year. He's not coming out this year. 00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:57.860 He will be at Texas in 2026. I saw a tweet, somebody 00:38:57.860 --> 00:39:02.199 on Twitter, stated that, oh, we're going to suck. 00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:03.599 He was a Saints fan. We're going to suck next 00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:06.900 year too, buddy. We can do this all day. People 00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.920 are like, all right, cool. We'll just suck for 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:09.840 two years. Not a problem. You know what I'm saying? 00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:14.219 Archie has already said that Arch will be at 00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:17.800 Texas in next year. I tend to believe him. I 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:19.960 have no reason not to. Everything about Arch's 00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:23.539 career, especially in college, from him refusing 00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:25.519 to be in the NCAA game until he was given more 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:29.320 money, and him not being a legacy at Tennessee 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:32.619 or Ole Miss, performing his own path at Texas, 00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:35.219 so on and so forth. Everything about his collegiate 00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:38.780 career has been meticulously planned out. I mean, 00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:42.500 they didn't fight for money from the EA. They 00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:45.030 fought for ratings. His ratings was low. and 00:39:45.030 --> 00:39:48.230 it was the rumor and then they said we're not 00:39:48.230 --> 00:39:50.690 gonna be in the game and then they came out and 00:39:50.690 --> 00:39:54.329 like you know fought to get uh arch in the game 00:39:54.329 --> 00:39:57.030 and you know up i mean they did his own special 00:39:57.030 --> 00:39:59.389 promo shoot and then his ratings were upped and 00:39:59.389 --> 00:40:01.789 all kind of stuff like you know like it was a 00:40:01.789 --> 00:40:05.510 thing they've been very meticulous well he arrives 00:40:05.510 --> 00:40:08.110 all the meticulousness is gone he's had he had 00:40:08.110 --> 00:40:10.510 a couple of spot moments in games when you was 00:40:10.510 --> 00:40:14.340 hurt um What's his name? Steve Spurrier had a 00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:16.380 hilarious quote saying if Archie was that good, 00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:18.900 why didn't he start over a seventh -round pick 00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:24.360 in Quinn Ewers? To which I say, touche. You know 00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:26.159 what I'm saying? He was clearly the guy. If he 00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.880 was a runaway Heisman candidate and he's going 00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:30.159 to win a national championship, why not do that 00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:32.739 his sophomore year instead of his junior? Why 00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:37.619 not? Why repay? Why re -up Quinn Ewers' money 00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:40.679 and deal and up his pay if the guy behind him 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:46.480 was that much better? to which i say touche right 00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:49.199 like fair like you know what i'm saying like 00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:52.420 if he's the guy why wait why not you know what 00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:54.659 i'm saying why not just go for it if it's him 00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:59.780 if he if it's undoubtedly him why not just go 00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:02.420 for it um which makes all the sense in the world 00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:09.420 um and so you know he arrives now LSU, I'm a 00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:13.059 huge LSU fan. There's a lot riding on Brian Kelly 00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:15.440 this season. This is the best roster, and I've 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.800 said it before and I'll say it again, this is 00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:20.039 the best roster on OSU's campus since 2007. Yes, 00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:22.179 I know everybody's going to go, what about 2019? 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:26.539 Great, spectacular. Offensively, yes. Derrick 00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:30.460 Singley, sure. But as far as that second unit, 00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.960 because remember, we've seen the second unit 00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:34.840 the following years. The reason why Ed Ogeron 00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:37.059 got fired, outside of organizational dysfunction, 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:40.019 The roster behind them weren't that great. This 00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:42.000 roster has great twos and threes. Like, this 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:45.000 roster's loaded. Patrick Payton, like, is trying 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.760 to figure out how to play in the SEC. And he 00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:50.019 was a starter on the national championship level 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:53.440 Florida State team. Like, so it's just the depth. 00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:56.480 Several teams' number one receivers are on us 00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:59.179 right now. Of course, you got Garrett Nussmeyer. 00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:02.519 You got three number one backs. I mean, the offensive 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.710 line needs a reshuffling, sure. But as far as 00:42:05.710 --> 00:42:09.909 just talent, this team is loaded. Brian Kelly 00:42:09.909 --> 00:42:12.329 fails with this roster. And by fail, I mean he's 00:42:12.329 --> 00:42:13.730 not on the playoff team. If he's not on the playoff 00:42:13.730 --> 00:42:15.510 team with this roster, you're looking at somebody 00:42:15.510 --> 00:42:17.909 else coming in. And the rumor is it's Nick Saban. 00:42:18.230 --> 00:42:21.610 There's a lot of pressure on LSU right now. I 00:42:21.610 --> 00:42:22.769 think they get it done. I think they win the 00:42:22.769 --> 00:42:26.250 national championship this year. But there's 00:42:26.250 --> 00:42:28.469 a lot of pressure in Baton Rouge right now on 00:42:28.469 --> 00:42:32.440 Brian Kelly. Especially if the legend of Saban 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:36.760 truly is existing again. And he's mentioned coaching 00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:41.420 football several times, unprompted. If the rumor 00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:44.239 is true and Saban is right around the corner, 00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:48.380 lurking in the shadows, that he may have another 00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:51.079 four or five years. If he comes back, he doesn't 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:53.159 have long. It's not a 10 -year thing. It's like 00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:54.719 Belichick with North Carolina. I think Belichick 00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:57.059 with North Carolina is four to five years, max. 00:42:58.699 --> 00:43:00.820 I think if Saban comes back, let's say Brian 00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:03.559 Kelly goes 9 -3, 10 -3, whatever, and we're a 00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:07.380 Peach Bowl team, I think Brian Kelly gets fired, 00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:09.800 especially if Nick Saban expresses genuine interest. 00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:25.199 And all of a sudden, the legend of Saban is on 00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:29.360 your heels. Well, that's a problem, right? So 00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:33.260 you're going to get fired if Nick Saban's available, 00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:35.780 right? You can't have that if you're Brian Kelly. 00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:40.360 Georgia. Georgia is not used to not being in 00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:43.400 that final weekend, especially lately in the 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.840 Kirby Smart era. Gunnar Stockton is the quarterback 00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:50.260 now. That's a lot of NFL high -level talent to 00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:52.960 follow. everything with NFL first round, second 00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:55.719 round pick besides quarterback. Those couple 00:43:55.719 --> 00:44:00.099 teams were loaded in Athens. There was a lot 00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:02.000 of pressure there. Not necessarily on Kirby Smart 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:05.079 as far as job security, but like you set a standard, 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:07.380 right? So now you have to meet that standard. 00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:13.360 Oregon. Oregon is now in the pressure cooker 00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:16.880 because they've got talent now. And Dan Lanning's 00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:19.199 on a lot of chit -chat and a lot of, you know. 00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:22.340 He came at Colorado. He came at several schools. 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.599 Of course, they put it out. I mean, so like if 00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:28.980 you're going to be big, bad bully on the block, 00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:32.980 you've got to be big, bad bully on the block 00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:36.239 at all times. Right. You're going to be the man. 00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:38.199 You're going to talk the noise. If you're going 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:40.860 to do all that other stuff, you've got to be 00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:43.780 big, bad bully on the block at all times. And 00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:46.099 now it's Oregon's turn to be that guy. The Big 00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:48.519 Ten's got. Talent. The Big Ten's loaded. I'm 00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.420 going to speak about another team in the Big 00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:52.420 Ten shortly. Axis go to a Big Ten situation. 00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:55.000 Penn State. This has got to be Penn State's year. 00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:56.800 This is the best Penn State team they've ever 00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:59.320 had in Happy Valley under James Franklin. This 00:44:59.320 --> 00:45:02.179 has to be James Franklin's time to win the big 00:45:02.179 --> 00:45:05.480 one at Penn State. He's got to win it this year. 00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:07.739 He's got his team. He's got his program. He's 00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:09.739 got the backing. He's got the support. He's got 00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:12.380 the quarterback. He's got the roster. This has 00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:16.340 to be his year at Penn State. Because they share 00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:18.559 a conference with the defending national champion 00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:21.760 in Ohio State. Hulu's a quarterback. That's it. 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:24.559 Jeremiah Smith is back. Caleb Downs is back. 00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:28.619 Most of that team returns from last season. Emeka 00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:31.739 Abuka's gone short. But most of that team returns 00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:38.639 from last season. Ohio State is right there with... 00:45:40.590 --> 00:45:42.829 um anybody in the country the big 10 has three 00:45:42.829 --> 00:45:45.989 title contenders in it and clemson dabbo dude 00:45:45.989 --> 00:45:50.610 you are i mean and you're right there right and 00:45:50.610 --> 00:45:54.250 you got k club nick you've got your roster you 00:45:54.250 --> 00:45:56.010 don't believe in the portal you got a portal 00:45:56.010 --> 00:45:58.170 kid now like you don't believe in the portal 00:45:58.170 --> 00:46:01.489 you believe in building through your freshman 00:46:01.489 --> 00:46:03.809 where your team is up there now right you're 00:46:03.809 --> 00:46:07.380 in the acc there's no threats None. Not a singular 00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:10.340 threat should be you in the ACC. North Carolina 00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:13.440 might give you some problems, but there shouldn't 00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:15.860 be really any real threats to you in the ACC, 00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:19.960 not this year at least. This is your chance to 00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:22.199 roll through the ACC, get that playoff spot, 00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:26.719 and get in the playoff with Clemson with Cade 00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:29.639 Plutnik and Davo Sweeney because Kalen DeBoer, 00:46:29.739 --> 00:46:33.960 his leash ain't that long in Tuscaloosa. And 00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:36.699 of course, Dabo Sweeney has the infamous or famous, 00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:39.440 depending on who you ask, Bama clause in his 00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:43.579 contract where his buyout plummets if it's Alabama. 00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:48.320 And so Kalen DeBoer slips up again this year 00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:50.559 and the recruiting class ain't that great. And 00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:54.579 he loses the fan base there if LSU does what 00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:56.960 they're supposed to do. Auburn's reportedly really 00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:59.699 good. And, of course, Texas should be a national 00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:03.519 contender. And Texas A &M has a roster. And Georgia 00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:06.639 should be back. And if Alabama's the fifth, sixth 00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:10.780 team in the SEC, it's going to be a phone call 00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:13.159 made to Clemson, South Carolina, to Dabo Sweeney 00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:15.099 to see if he wants to come turn around the Alabama 00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:18.440 program. Now, they're going to tell him he's 00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:20.219 got to be able to use the portal because we're 00:47:20.219 --> 00:47:21.760 losing kids to the portal and not keeping them. 00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:23.400 You know what I'm saying? We're not getting them 00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:27.130 back, that sort of thing. That's going to be 00:47:27.130 --> 00:47:29.469 interesting. So you see there's a lot of weight 00:47:29.469 --> 00:47:32.329 this college football season on a lot of different 00:47:32.329 --> 00:47:35.949 programs. We didn't even mention Iowa 9 on the 00:47:35.949 --> 00:47:38.429 passing game. We didn't mention Mario Cristobal 00:47:38.429 --> 00:47:41.309 in Miami post -Cam War. We didn't mention Lincoln 00:47:41.309 --> 00:47:43.769 Riley at USC. We didn't mention the new regime 00:47:43.769 --> 00:47:47.190 at UCLA. We didn't mention Coach Brown at Syracuse 00:47:47.190 --> 00:47:49.989 having his best roster there. We didn't mention 00:47:49.989 --> 00:47:53.550 Coach Prime. Bless that he recovered from bladder 00:47:53.550 --> 00:47:55.329 cancer. But we didn't mention Coach Prime in 00:47:55.329 --> 00:47:57.130 the post -Travis Hunter, Shador Sanders era. 00:47:57.469 --> 00:48:00.170 You know what I'm saying? We didn't mention a 00:48:00.170 --> 00:48:03.710 lot of guys who also are carrying pressure on 00:48:03.710 --> 00:48:06.610 them as well. We didn't mention Matt Ruhle. Now, 00:48:06.690 --> 00:48:09.210 you know, it's another year of Dylan Rayola at 00:48:09.210 --> 00:48:12.429 Nebraska. So there's a lot happening around the 00:48:12.429 --> 00:48:15.780 country we didn't even get to. And it tells you 00:48:15.780 --> 00:48:17.519 how much pressure is going on around the country. 00:48:17.619 --> 00:48:19.719 It's a huge year in college football. Could not 00:48:19.719 --> 00:48:21.940 be more excited. Straight seeding in the playoff, 00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:24.900 which is going to be, thank God. The teams are 00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:27.920 still in how they were in, but straight seeding. 00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:29.500 Like, Boise State ended up with a bye last year. 00:48:29.539 --> 00:48:31.699 And it's like, what the heck? Like, you know 00:48:31.699 --> 00:48:33.440 what I'm saying? So, straight seeding in the 00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:35.460 playoff. So, once the 12 teams are decided, it's 00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:37.059 straight seeding. However you finish is how you 00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:39.590 get seeded. I'm good with that. I'm good with 00:48:39.590 --> 00:48:41.469 that because I want the conference to still mean 00:48:41.469 --> 00:48:44.449 something as far as, you know, top four conference 00:48:44.449 --> 00:48:46.349 champions plus the biggest group of five or the 00:48:46.349 --> 00:48:48.150 highest ranked group of five champion and then 00:48:48.150 --> 00:48:50.289 seven at largest. Once those seven teams are 00:48:50.289 --> 00:48:53.070 decided, then you straight seed them from those 00:48:53.070 --> 00:48:55.510 12. That's how the seeds get decided. So I'm 00:48:55.510 --> 00:48:59.809 okay with that, right? I'm good with that. But 00:48:59.809 --> 00:49:01.949 ultimately, I cannot wait for the college football 00:49:01.949 --> 00:49:04.019 season. It is three weeks. I'm recording this 00:49:04.019 --> 00:49:06.159 on August 9th. It's an instant release show. 00:49:06.300 --> 00:49:10.099 I love those. So it's three weeks away from LSU 00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:12.199 at Clemson. So two of the teams I mentioned are 00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:14.619 going to play each other week one. We're going 00:49:14.619 --> 00:49:17.159 to get some answers week one. Texas, who I mentioned, 00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:19.320 and Ohio State, who I mentioned, are going to 00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:21.480 play each other week one. So we're going to get 00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:23.380 some answers in three weeks on four of these 00:49:23.380 --> 00:49:26.880 teams. I cannot wait. I cannot wait. I'm over 00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:30.280 the moon for it, actually. But it's been a great 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:33.800 show. Great show. So happy to have been back 00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:36.719 in the recording chair, back on the microphone 00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:39.380 talking to you guys. I hope you guys have enjoyed 00:49:39.380 --> 00:49:42.139 this episode. Again, it's an instant release 00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:44.880 show. So I'm about to quick add some stuff and 00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:48.480 then it will be out to you guys for your consumption. 00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:51.360 But this is your owner and host, Justin Jackson, 00:49:51.579 --> 00:49:52.179 signing out.