Best of 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe

Thursday on 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, week 1 of college football kicks off and the guys look ahead to Texas vs Ohio State, Dave Portnoy being banned from the stadium and FOX reaching a deal with YouTubeTV. LaVar’s son gets ready for his first game with Penn State. Rumors swirl around Packers pursuing Micah Parsons. Plus, a visit from Albert Breer!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the best of two pros and a couple
Joe with lamar Ares rating Winn and Jonas Knox on radio.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
And how the hell a we feeling here on this
Thursday morning?

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Why? Why am I here?

Speaker 2 (00:18):
What's wrong? What happened?

Speaker 3 (00:20):
I'm just tired?

Speaker 2 (00:21):
You go to ten? Oh?

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Why you may believe I am this this old ass
party animal. I was working yesterday and I'm tired. What
what were you tired today?

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Tire boss?

Speaker 3 (00:37):
My age is catching up to me, fellas you know, Yeah, anyway,
come on?

Speaker 2 (00:43):
What so? What I mean? You're not gonna fill us in?

Speaker 3 (00:46):
No U. I was talking to you know, you know,
we launched Roar Roar plus. Penn State is uh you know,
school content uh hub. And it's just been it's been
a lot. It's been a lot of talking, a lot
of meeting, talking to student athletes because the student athletes

(01:08):
driven content. You know, It's a lot of talking to
the coaches. I sat with coach Mike Gampino last evening,
the baseball coach sat with the golf coach yesterday evening
as well. So it's good. It's good. Just tired, that's all.

Speaker 4 (01:25):
You hate golf though, I don't like golf.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
I'm not a golfer, but that doesn't mean that there
isn't supporters and lovers of the sport.

Speaker 5 (01:36):
That's true, that's true, But that means that means the
roar sounds a little bit different.

Speaker 4 (01:41):
You know, for football, you're like, for golf, you're like.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
Well, I'll say this, the roar is the same because
I support all of our student athletes. It's just the
intensity level of the conversation with him, yeah, versus the
one with other one. Yeah yeah, yeah. But good thing
is my partner he's a big avid golfan, so they
were they were mucking it up the whole time. So

(02:10):
it's not like he felt left out. Yeah, don't ads,
I said, I want to start. You know what he said,
he said, don't do it. He said, my personality type
would not be conducive to golfing. He said, don't do
it if you don't, if you don't really want to.
So I was I felt like that was great, great advice.

(02:32):
You know. Then I talked to your girl. Yesterday, I
talked to Dall's so we had a great conversation. So
that was cool. There's a lot going on going in
State college. Man Man I don't think it was Stacey.

Speaker 6 (02:45):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
I don't think it was Stacey.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
Idiot Jonas, just letting you know it was not he.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
One.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
What's her name?

Speaker 3 (03:00):
N I didn't say what's her name? You say you
threw a name out there. I just said I spoke
to Q's Q's homie, and you know, we did our interview.
It was good, you know, did a good interview.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
I know this college football's back, baby, I mean, it's
been right. But we are locked and loaded, filled to
the brim. We got what seventeen games on the slate
later today. Too many, I mean too many games. There's
only one that's in the top that's in a top
twenty five team as of now. Okay, but who cares

(03:33):
about all that?

Speaker 3 (03:33):
All right?

Speaker 2 (03:34):
This is I mean, we are clear sailing after this.
We are coasting after this. All the first awful stories
we've had to get into.

Speaker 5 (03:44):
Don't don't sit here right now and degrade all the
games that are going on tonight. I mean, you've got
all sorts of different storylines with these games. If you
want to, I can go through it now. We can
wait till later, But do not downplay debuts all sorts
of different teams that are playing. I mean Boise State,
who is twenty fifth country the only ranked team you mentioned.

(04:04):
They they might be a team that's playing for a
playoff spot, So don't start. I mean there's, by the way,
there's some other sleeper teams too, and so the Power
four conferences you got to keep an eye on.

Speaker 4 (04:14):
So I am not like Jonas, I'm sort of right off.
Oh there's only only one rigged team. No, these are
They're great matchups all across the board.

Speaker 2 (04:23):
Hey, I'm all about week zero Week one, like this
is this is my kind of football? Okay, sort of
under the radar, just throwing in there.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
Why is it under the radar? Though? I think the
Nebraska since game is going to be a cool game.
I think Wyoming Akron will be a cool game.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Is Minnesota is that just tradition? Minnesota opens up on
Thursday night? Is that just now become par for the
course with them, because I mean.

Speaker 5 (04:50):
It seems like a partnership with Fox at this point,
because we always get to you, by the way, Minnesota
is a sleeper team in the Big Ten, and one
day they've got some guys coming back. The other thing,
I think you got to keep an eye on is.
They've got a really soft schedule. I mean, they legitimately
could be a one lost, two loss team in the
Big Ten. When it's all said and done, prepare yourself

(05:11):
for that moment where PJ. Flyack and the Minnesota Gophers
are rowing the boat.

Speaker 3 (05:16):
Baby.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
You gotta row.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
Row your baby gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily,
merrily like, oh that's cute. Yeah, football, row that boat.

Speaker 4 (05:31):
Yeah, I mean you got the tonight.

Speaker 5 (05:34):
Yeah, that's all forget Eddie George is now coaching, so
Bowling Green they're taking on which is.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
You should know about Lafayette? Do you not know about?

Speaker 3 (05:45):
They play football in PA. But I don't think they
will be able to deal with Bowling Green. You know
what about the return start.

Speaker 4 (05:53):
The return of Scott Frost And you said that, Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:58):
I mean some great storylines.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
Man, it went so smooth.

Speaker 4 (06:02):
Tell it's gonna be great games tonight.

Speaker 2 (06:07):
Now, speaking of college football, we did good news yesterday
Fox and YouTube TV.

Speaker 3 (06:13):
Fox.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
They've you know, we got a temporary agreement in place.
All right, We've got we're gonna be able to watch
these games. We're gonna be able to see this game
coming up. People that are YouTube TV subscribers. They're not
going to be scrambling to try and find it. Don't worry.
They're going to figure out a long term deal moving forward.
But the press release yesterday, the statement from YouTube TV

(06:39):
goes as follows. According to YouTube TV, we have reached
a short term extension with Fox to prevent disruption to
YouTube TV subscribers as we continue to work on a
new agreement. We are committed to advocating on behalf of
our subscribers as we work toward a fair deal, and
we'll keep you updated on our progress. Listen, whatever, say,

(07:02):
whatever you want. Just don't screw anybody over this weekend.
We've dealt with it the past couple of years. Now
we've got this. We've got some time here to work
through this, and we're going to be able to see
that game, big noon kickoff, everything that comes along with
it uninterrupted coming up on Saturday. Good news for all involved.

Speaker 5 (07:21):
So everybody, But will we have Portnoy, I mean portn
Oi will be there?

Speaker 4 (07:29):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (07:29):
No, one said he's not going to show up or
be a part of the show. There's just limitations on
what Barstool's able to do. They're obviously not able to
bring their college football show, which is unfortunate. I mean,
Ohio States Handle alone on barstool has over one hundred
and eighty seven thousand followers, so they're not allowed to

(07:51):
bring their show. And then I guess Dave Portnoy is
not allowed to come into the stadium, which again it's
a it's not a Fox thing. No, it's definitely confirmed
it's not a Fox thing.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
Can we guess? We'll do this with Pete Prisco and
Brady's real good at pinpointing and predicting exactly what Prisco
is going to say before it happens. Albert Breer is
an Ohio State cabana boy and he loves his buck eyes.
Can we predict what Albert Breer's response will be to

(08:22):
this controversy because I'll say this, I believe even Albert Breer,
who loves that program, is going to say, yeah, this
is a soft look. Do you guys agree or do
you think he's going to go down?

Speaker 5 (08:36):
I think he'll say it is stupid, not soft. So
I think he's going to go that direction with it
because I think some people have challenged him about it
sounding soft, and he's he's refuted that so we'll see.

Speaker 3 (08:52):
I think though, I think he'll go with I'm I'm
confused or or not sure about it because I'm in
his mind and in his heart. Probably more so in
his heart, he has some type of a justification that
he just does not want to disclose or needs to disclose,

(09:14):
just based off of credibility's sake, right Like, but on
the inside, the fanboy of him is like it's because
he's a piece of ass or something like that, But
he can never disclose what he truly feels about it,
you know what I mean. Like in his mind, he's like,
if they made the decision, it was cause it was
the best decision for the Ohio State Buckeyes to win

(09:37):
another national title. You know. That's like in my mind,
I feel like he's going to give us a I
just didn't understand it. But you know, I'm sure there's
a perfectly good reason. He may not say perfectly good reason,
but I don't understand why it may have happened. Might
be you know what he uses the words he may
use it. That's my prediction.

Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yeah, I mean, what what if Ohio State loses? You know,
like what if they go out and get stomped out.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
And that's very that's very feasible. Means when good teams
played this early, that's a feasible that could be a
feasible ending. I mean, it's not not beyond the brama possibility.

Speaker 5 (10:18):
I think what's interesting is you're going to have people saying, like,
was Ohio State two focused on Dave.

Speaker 4 (10:23):
Portnoy and everything that didn't matter about this game as
opposed to Texas. That would be what I think a
lot of people draw conclusion to.

Speaker 3 (10:33):
And how would that be?

Speaker 5 (10:35):
You know, how could they be so focused on something
else besides the number one team.

Speaker 4 (10:42):
In the country.

Speaker 7 (10:43):
Right?

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Are they going to be doing anything special? Are they
raising a banner? Are they doing anything to the championship?
I mean ring president, They'll definitely, yeah, they'll definitely be
some moments for the National Championship to you know, for
that presentation, there will be because there's a number of
guys who are in town for it. They're also you know,

(11:06):
Lee Corso is kind of having his farewell, which is
gonna be a Dice moment, So all those things are
gonna be on display.

Speaker 5 (11:13):
You know what what actually happens though, during the game,
I mean, that's that's what I'm.

Speaker 4 (11:18):
Most curious to say.

Speaker 5 (11:19):
I was talking with a an NFL coach last night,
and he's got a little intuition into this matchup, and
he was just saying, how like he even mentioned it.
He's like, I'm concerned they've got their their focused on
the wrong things.

Speaker 4 (11:34):
And he said, this is a.

Speaker 5 (11:35):
Really really talented Texas team and if they're not careful
like I mean, and Paul Finebaum said it, and then
looking but whether or not you want to say Paul
Finebaumb's an SEC thumper?

Speaker 4 (11:46):
Did some people think Texas.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
He does hate on it ten? But whatever, whatever, I think,
I think I think Texas is going to be good there.
That it's a really really fast team, fast on offense,
they're super athletic on defense, always have been really really
strong upfront. They always bring bring some some big, big

(12:10):
holds up front on their D line. I mean their defensive,
I mean their strength and conditioning program has been pretty phenomenal.
And and I think sark Is, I mean, he's poised
to have a really really great year. Man. You know,
I just interviewed him not too long ago. We had
a great conversation and he just seems like he was

(12:31):
really happy Uh. We talked about you know, his you know,
his life in football, his journeys, you know, the the
ups and downs of his coaching career, and and where
he's at currently. And he seems like he's just a
guy that that really has achieved maybe that balance that
you look for, that that leads to you having you know,

(12:53):
the type of success that you're looking for. He felt
like they were really close last year.

Speaker 2 (12:57):
She asked him what was in his glass on the sideline?

Speaker 3 (12:59):
Yeah, you know, I should have asked him. I should have.
I don't know. He's a pretty cool dude. Man, He's
a he's a cucumber. You know, He's definitely cool as
a cucumber. So I know, I feel good about Texas
this year. But I gotta tell you, man, it's always

(13:20):
about Ohio State until it's not. You know, it's it's
just that's what it is. They've earn't that. You know.
Ryan Day is a premier coach. I find it funny
he will be on the hot seat if something goes wrong.
But dude is a coach man, and and he has presence.
He's got that aura about him and and so does

(13:41):
Ohio State. Bro.

Speaker 4 (13:43):
You think the hot seat.

Speaker 3 (13:46):
If they lose the Texas. You know, hot seat is
always like you know, like just a relative term like
literally and figuratively. I don't. I don't. I think more
figuratively than literally, you know, just think championship. I know,
I know, I know, But that's that's Ohio State. Like
people panic when you're like the best of the best.

(14:09):
I don't know. And when we have this conversation all
the time too, like they lose one game, it's like, oh,
they gotta go. It's coaching, they gotta go. What's what's
next for us? Like I don't get it. I don't
get it. It's just some programs like even here said state.

Speaker 4 (14:26):
A seven year extension in like February. Yeah, I don't
think this one.

Speaker 3 (14:32):
It's yeah, it's not sensible and it's not feasible. It
doesn't make any sense. But the fan base always calls
for certain people in Ohio State is one of them.
They call for your head on one loss. They they
lose their minds on one loss.

Speaker 2 (14:51):
It might be more so if you lose to Michigan,
because John Cooper won games, and that's overs.

Speaker 3 (15:00):
They wanted to be over. When you lose to Michigan,
if you lose a game, mark my words, if they
if they lose, watch what the headlines are, what and
look out the message boards. I mean maybe it's like
just a fan thing, but fans call for it for
their heads.

Speaker 4 (15:17):
Reality to it.

Speaker 3 (15:19):
I mean I don't either. I don't either, but you men,
the reality is.

Speaker 5 (15:23):
The half million per year, Like, who's going to write
that check?

Speaker 3 (15:28):
Who's that payout? Yeah? What's that payout? Yeah? I get it,
you can't do it, But what's like that ain't going
to stop fans from wanting it.

Speaker 5 (15:36):
Yeah, fans can be upset, but like unless they're willing
to write the check to move on from Lincoln Riley,
like he's he's your coach at Southern.

Speaker 3 (15:42):
Cal, you'll start seeing them petitions. Sign the petition, donate
so we can get them out of here. Like that's
that's what I was thinking.

Speaker 2 (15:51):
Ten ten games in eight years, and by four of
them have been in the Michigan.

Speaker 4 (15:57):
If you look at the rest, like the other six,
it's he's a really good football coach.

Speaker 5 (16:02):
People who want them to move on from Ryan Day,
I don't know if there's many brain cells working, like
I really don't. He's a great coach and he's just
won a national championship, like I would. I would have
a hard time having any sort of conversation with someone
where like they're like, no, he needs to go.

Speaker 4 (16:19):
It's like we're not going to agree on anything. Then,
like if we if I can.

Speaker 5 (16:25):
Show you the track record of success Ryan Days had,
and you're gonna say you want to fire him, Like
I don't even want to talk to you about your
favorite ice cream flavor.

Speaker 4 (16:33):
I don't care like.

Speaker 5 (16:34):
What movies you like, Like I just don't care, Like
I'm not gonna like any of your opinions. If that's that's.

Speaker 3 (16:40):
Not I have tried to have that conversation with you
guys repeatedly. But with that being said, at the same time,
we have the same conversation if they lose to Michigan,
I say, why, how can you have a problem with
Ohio State season because they won the national title and
you guy, you guys put it out there that even

(17:03):
in winning a national title, losing the Michigan is probably
bigger than them winning the national title, which to me,
I think is freaking absurd and crazy. But if that's
the type of fan base that you have, then it
is not beyond the realm of possibility that you will
hear outcries for Ryan Day's job if they were to

(17:25):
lose the Texas on Saturday. That's the reality of that
fan base.

Speaker 2 (17:31):
This Portnoy's story has confirmed that the game is more
important than the national championship game, Like this is confirmed
that because they should be I don't disagree with they
should be celebrating. They should be you know, like glorify.
We mentioned it yesterday. They should welcome him in and
let him watch the pageantry, let him watch them celebrate

(17:51):
a national championship. And instead they're like, no, you can't
be here because you say mean things about us, and
you're Michigan and we haven't beat you in five years.
Like it's just the whole thing's bizarre. And so I
just wonder if they come out hint and they look bad,
you know, now the discussion becomes, Man, they made a
whole lot about one thing when really the focus should

(18:13):
have been on the other.

Speaker 4 (18:14):
And by the way, I'm not going to disagree with that.

Speaker 5 (18:17):
I've tried to explain that to you guys, like, growing
up in Columbus, Ohio, how much this rivalry means to
Ohio State.

Speaker 4 (18:24):
Even if you even heard words from one of the
Michigan players.

Speaker 5 (18:27):
You know, you were interviewing him talking about their matchup
versus New Mexico and he said something along the lines of, now,
it's just nice to be able to hit someone else
different colors, and like, well, how do you get fired
up for He's like, well, there were in the FN
same colors as Ohio States.

Speaker 4 (18:43):
So it's like, well, all right, right out the gate,
that's all we've got going on.

Speaker 5 (18:47):
So it's hard to explain to people who like weren't
born here around it. It does matter a ton. I mean,
it's why this whole situation with Dave Portnoy in Ohio
State is what it is. I mean, I think some
people would say, like maybe David taking some things too
far made it personal, and unfortunately that's kind of the

(19:08):
day and age we're living in now in social media,
where if you want to grab attention you have to
do things that you know people feel like are crossing
the line and right wrong or indifferent. That's how people operate.
But I'll just say this, I'll never question the fan
reaction to a loss. I'm just saying if someone actually

(19:29):
believes that, if they if Ohio State doesn't be Texas.

Speaker 4 (19:33):
They actually believe that.

Speaker 5 (19:34):
Are going to turn around and say, oh, he should
be fired like it's I just it's why I can't
pay attention to that stuff. It's just there's no sound
thought to any of that.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
Can we can we fake it on Monday with that
take and just see who runs wild with it?

Speaker 4 (19:50):
Just do it the knee drik reaction.

Speaker 5 (19:53):
Making up people who like past Buckeye greats, like quote
Orlando Pace says, you know you just started like naming
people that's even true.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
Like Craig Crenzel threw up in a bucket watching their
performance over the weekend, disgusted by what happened. Just make up.

Speaker 5 (20:10):
Speaking of throwing up in a bucket, Lee, did you
throw up the past couple of days?

Speaker 4 (20:13):
You're looking a little pale?

Speaker 3 (20:15):
Heard his voice?

Speaker 8 (20:17):
No, no, no chunks blown my way.

Speaker 4 (20:22):
Better today than yesterday.

Speaker 9 (20:23):
I did have some bubble guts earlier this morning, and
I just took care of that.

Speaker 3 (20:26):
But he sounds so sad and subdued when he's not
fired up. Man, I don't I don't don't rather have
drunkenly than than soberly sober today.

Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, he was telling me, he was telling me before
the show that he had a Panda Express last night
with a suit with a silver bullet, and uh, he
was wearing it a little earlier. So Loreina, beware, you
could have an issue pop up.

Speaker 8 (20:57):
I'm always prepared, boy scouts, always prepared.

Speaker 9 (21:00):
I did take care of that that problem though, So
I think we're good to go.

Speaker 2 (21:04):
For the rest of the show.

Speaker 4 (21:04):
Are you a boy scout?

Speaker 3 (21:05):
Lee?

Speaker 8 (21:06):
I was?

Speaker 2 (21:06):
I was kicked out.

Speaker 5 (21:08):
Then you got a really a boy scout. Don't you
have to finish it to be a boy scout?

Speaker 9 (21:11):
Well, no, you don't have to be an eagle scout
to be a boy scout. You know, boy scouts always prepared.

Speaker 2 (21:16):
They're like, is this beef feeder? And they finished the program,
They're like, this is this bee feeder in your cant
beef feeder?

Speaker 10 (21:27):
Gin?

Speaker 2 (21:28):
Guy, guy, gin in his canteen.

Speaker 5 (21:31):
If you if you did like karate and I different differently,
there you go. But you're not a karate like you
don't have a black belt. No, okay, well you can't
like consider yourself a certain degree of karate just because
you did it a little bit but then actually didn't
earn anything.

Speaker 9 (21:45):
Well, the fact is is that I did it I
did do boy Scouts for quite a while. I was
you know, I was in the Weeblows and finished that,
and then I was in boy Scouts for a while,
and then I had football.

Speaker 8 (21:54):
Too much football practice.

Speaker 9 (21:55):
I couldn't go to They wouldn't want me to be
a boy scout anymore because I wouldn't go to the media.

Speaker 5 (21:59):
You're on, You're telling me football didn't want you to
be a boy scout, that we're gonna playing football for
the downfall of boy scouts.

Speaker 8 (22:07):
Well, it's not that they didn't want me to.

Speaker 9 (22:09):
It was that I had football practice, so I wouldn't
go to the boy Scout meetings.

Speaker 4 (22:12):
Like you can't keep practicing that game with balls. Still
play with our balls over here at the boys.

Speaker 8 (22:18):
Yeah, exactly right.

Speaker 9 (22:19):
No, I would only show up for like the field
trips and the fun stuff.

Speaker 4 (22:24):
Stop playing that tackle football, Come tackle our ball.

Speaker 2 (22:27):
Yeah, we're trying to make a fire over here on
my pants. That's success, like old way.

Speaker 3 (22:36):
Hey.

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Speaker 2 (23:46):
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Speaker 3 (23:52):
I mean, it's gonna be a little bit of buzz
going on here. See what the high ranked team looks like.

Speaker 2 (23:59):
You know, how much how much burn time is uh burned?
Is your son getting game?

Speaker 3 (24:06):
You know? I don't know, man, I don't know. I
went out to the practice yesterday. He's getting that dose
of wearing the uh the scout team number. I walked
out there, I was like, that kid looks like my son.
Why does he have number two on? Then I was

(24:30):
reminded by one of our legends that does media for
for our school that he's on scout team, and I
was like, yeah, I remember those days. So I don't know.
I don't know how much time he'll get, but he's hungry.
He's hungry for it, and he's got the right approach

(24:51):
to it. He wants to go down on special teams
and lace some people up. I says, Hey, when you're
not a starter, it's two things you do. Even if
you are a starter, you play special teams because special
teams is one of the three phases of the game,
and you blow somebody's ass up like not literally, but

(25:13):
kind of sort of literally. You knock them, you know,
you hit them, you get get get physical with them
on the way down the field, and be the first
one in the end zone. Like those two things, you'll
you'll garner attention in the few seconds you have to
be on the field as a special teamer, blow somebody up,
be the first one into the end zone. Show show

(25:35):
people how fast you are, show people how physical you are,
and you'll you'll get noticed. So I'm pretty excited. Man.
You know, my daughter's going to be cheering. He's going
to be out there. So I'm gonna see the twins
out there, and it's uh, I don't know. I don't
know what type of emotions I'll feel, but you're gonna try.
I'm gonna try not to you. I'm not I'm not

(25:55):
really a crier, but I'm not opposed to it. If
there's a moment to cry, that probably will be a
moment the first time I see them on in Beaver Stadium.

Speaker 4 (26:06):
Dude, I don't know why, Like ever since becoming a dad.

Speaker 5 (26:10):
I get way more emotional about stuff. Most it was
just for my kids. Now I'm not like sitting on
the couch watching a commercial. I'm like, damn that puppy.
I just don't wish someone would adopt it. It's more,
it's more you just I don't there's a sense of
like being proud. Yeah, like pride, right, that's one of it.
But also I like for me, it's like a genuine

(26:32):
sense of happiness. Like it's a genuine sense of I
don't know, And it's probably one of the reasons.

Speaker 4 (26:39):
Why, like I I was toy with the.

Speaker 5 (26:42):
Idea of trying to coach or help out some capacity,
because like I just want to give back, Like if
I want to do anything the rest of my life,
like for every single day the rest of my life,
it's try to give young people just some guidance and
and like, hey, this is what worked for me, this
is what didn't but this is how I looked at it,
and maybe you can look at it this way or

(27:04):
even like these are the questions that I asked, Like, like,
I think one of the things we miss out on now,
I think, especially in parenting and everything, is you know,
we always try to just give kids stuff or we'll
just try to show them the way that we did it.
And one of the things that I remember, like when
I when Charlie foy Awi first came to Notre Dame.
I would ask just a lot of questions and he

(27:25):
kind of said to me at one point and he goes,
you know, you've got to figure this out. The way
you're going to figure this out, this offense, how it
works for you, how you can run within it. He's
like Tom Brady figured out the way it worked for him.
He's like, but keep doing what you're doing, asking questions.
He's like, because that ultimately will He's like, I can't.
I can't do for you. I can't lead you there
I can, but I can teach you. And that was

(27:47):
kind of how he handled it. And I always thought
with young people like that's probably like the most powerful
thing is if you can teach them like how to
ask the right questions or just to be curious and
to ask a lot of questions, like they'll come up
with the answer, like they'll figure it out.

Speaker 4 (28:02):
But I digress, I just did.

Speaker 3 (28:04):
If you get emotional, that's real talk. Yeah, No, there's
no digress. That's a huge that's a catalyst. It's a catalyst.
You know that that approach because they will find their
way if you if you you gass them up. I'm
all about giving them that gas, you know what I mean,
Like make sure that their tanks are always full, you know,

(28:25):
and they know they know that asking those questions and
seeking all of that that that wisdom, and seeking that
experience from those who who have done it, that's that's
the key, you know. Don't be like man came to
see us at the dinner last night, right and he
wasn't even hunger. He just wanted to come sit with me.
And everybody was talking, and I was like, ask them questions,

(28:50):
you know, don't forget about that aspect of it. Like coaches.
You got two coaches, head coaches here, one assistant coach.
Ask them, ask them questions. You're sitting here, listen, contribute
because honestly, it's more important for young guys to garner
those those moments than it is for us, you know.

(29:10):
And they do it, you know, they do it, and
they it's led to them being where they're at. I mean,
I got three in D one schools right now doing
the you know, the Lord's work. So it's pretty cool, man,
pretty cool. So and Saturday will culminate, you know, I
got an opportunity to already see two of them. So
my oldest son played at Delaware and then Marley was

(29:34):
playing at LMU. She's at Oregon now playing volleyball. And
now the twins, who are what fourteen sixteen months something
like that younger than Marley. They're both in a Division
one Big ten school as well. Just super cool man,
super cool. So I'm bat in one hundred and I'm
back in a thousand right now with with you know,

(29:56):
with what I did. So thanks Trish. I appreciate you.

Speaker 4 (29:59):
Giv me James.

Speaker 3 (30:01):
By the way, have you been I appreciate it if you.

Speaker 2 (30:03):
Were kissing the can at the tailgate before you get emotional,
I'm calling before the end of the first quarter.

Speaker 3 (30:09):
You've been doing my business meetings that I've been doing
my business meetings at UH at Champs On Atherton because
they have stick City l on on tap and it's
ice cold. So I've been doing all and I've been
buying the whole bar. I've been buying the whole bar

(30:30):
bears the entire town that I've been here, so every
time I'll go there.

Speaker 4 (30:34):
It looks like a nice bar. By the way, is
that the place you set the photos of?

Speaker 3 (30:39):
UH? What? What? What did I do.

Speaker 4 (30:41):
Did you set a couple of photos yesterday?

Speaker 5 (30:43):
Have a bar you're at and it looked like because
I think it's on tap there right.

Speaker 3 (30:47):
Let me see, Yeah it is on tap.

Speaker 5 (30:49):
Yeah, yeah, that place looks nice. Thanks for telling me
about it. And I've only been a happy valley head
full of times now.

Speaker 3 (30:54):
Yeah, well next time you come and well, I guess
we were to.

Speaker 4 (30:59):
The last time we met up.

Speaker 1 (31:00):
Though.

Speaker 4 (31:01):
That spot's great. I mean, was it done, guys?

Speaker 3 (31:07):
Renovating everything?

Speaker 2 (31:08):
You guys remember a little while back when Leavar was
saying he was gonna send us some of that stick
City lagger. That's funny.

Speaker 3 (31:14):
It's going to come, bro.

Speaker 4 (31:15):
I mean I got mine, No you have not.

Speaker 3 (31:18):
I'm going to get it to you, guys.

Speaker 2 (31:21):
I was going to try to make that is messed up.

Speaker 3 (31:25):
I appreciate you trying to make him feel bad, but.

Speaker 4 (31:28):
We would be the one of the most frustrated alcohol
before me.

Speaker 5 (31:33):
By the way, mind you you did mention Delaware, Delaware
where your son went Delaware State. I forgot to mention
this earlier. You know, Deshaun Jackson makes his coaching debut at.

Speaker 3 (31:42):
Delawret against Delaware. Yeah's take on the Blue Hens.

Speaker 4 (31:45):
So it'll be a fun one.

Speaker 2 (31:47):
There you go, big time, very true. Now the question
is is it as big time as this.

Speaker 5 (31:55):
We got a week, baby, We had a week until
the season kicks off, and we got some business to
get done.

Speaker 2 (32:01):
So, Brian Schottenheimer, the head coach of the Cowboys, we'll
start with the status of Micah Parsons and then we'll
get juicy rumor. So Brian Schottenheimer spoke yesterday about the
likelihood that Micah Parsons participates for the Cowboys in Week
one as they open up the season next week against
the Eagles on Thursday Night Football.

Speaker 12 (32:23):
And he had this to say, at the end of
the day, as soon as he get out there, that's great.
But again, there'll be a ramp up plan for him.
And when he lines up out there to play, do
I think he would play seventy five plays in every play?
Probably not. You know, I don't think that that's real.
But I do think that he can be very disruptive,
like we all know.

Speaker 2 (32:42):
So you've got that, and then you got this, And
there's this rumor that's been out there that potentially teams
and one team in particular, is interested in maybe making
a move for one Micah Parsons, and so that team
would be the Green Bay Packers. There is an X

(33:03):
account by the name of at Ricky Scoops, who's I
don't know who it is. I don't know. It's an
alias for somebody who knows something. But they've called they
called the Feeling Trade. They've called a bunch of stuff
over the past few weeks, and their track record is
pretty legit. And he goes on to say that the

(33:24):
Packers have a trade on the table with the Cowboys
from Micah Parsons with a new contract worth forty five
million dollars per year. Now, Mike Florio has kind of said, well,
you know, their level of interest is more if they
can get him at a cheap rate or get him
at a good price, they would be interested in swinging
a deal for him. But this is at least out there.

(33:45):
I can't imagine the Cowboys would do it, but at
least the Green Bay Packers have let it be known. Hey,
we'll give him the money he wants and we're interested
if this is a possibility. Michael Parsons gets dealt and
ends up being a green Bay Packer. So that's the story.
That's the rumor that there's out there in the NFL
right now.

Speaker 5 (34:04):
I wonder if there's any legitimacy to any of this,
because it feels like.

Speaker 4 (34:09):
It comes from his agent, David mull look at it.

Speaker 5 (34:11):
Who represents Micah Parsons obviously doesn't getting anywhere with the Cowboys.

Speaker 4 (34:15):
He represents Jordan Love.

Speaker 5 (34:16):
With the Green Bay Packers, And if you'll recall, you know,
he's already done a couple of deals with Jordan Love
and the Packers, the initial one to extend him, which.

Speaker 4 (34:24):
I actually thought was a bad deal.

Speaker 5 (34:27):
If they would have played their cards right, his next
deal that they signed up for would have probably been
even bigger because they would have been able to threaten
free agency and franchise tags, all that stuff. So that's
what this is about, to me, is trying to figure
out different ways of pushing buttons to get this deal
done and probably keep him in Dallas. You know, would

(34:48):
Green Bay give up a bunch of assets and then
signing this deal potentially maybe you know, maybe that's why
there's something you know to some of those conversations, or
at least he's trying to make it seem like they've
got something that can get done. Then, But I still
think he gets a deal done in Dallas. I think
it happens somewhere in the next week.

Speaker 3 (35:06):
Yeah. I tend to fall on that side too. I
don't think anything crazy outlandish is going to take place.
I think it would be interesting if it did, but
I don't see that being being the situation here. They're
not going to allow for Micah Parsons to leave Dallas.

(35:27):
It's not happening. He's too great of a talent and
he's too young. Why would you give up a proven
generational talent to this point who has been comparable to
names that so many have come in between, the Reggie
Whites and the Lawrence Taylors, and have tried to even

(35:48):
come close to being in the same breath of mention
as them. And it doesn't happen. Year in in, year out.
It does not happen. And yet you have a player
in Michael Parsons who has done that. You're not allowing
him to leave. He's not going anywhere. The problem here

(36:13):
is not if he's going to end up somewhere else.
The question is in which presents the problem is how
are they going? It's seemingly how are they going to
get this deal done, and I feel as though, again
the whole Mulaghetta situation, I really feel like for the

(36:34):
other contracts that Jerry Jones has done, they get done
and they get done around this time. But there's something
about the feel of what's going on with this one
that maybe hits a little differently. And I know it's
because of what the type of deals that Mullagetta has
been doing, and it's more specific in particular to Deshaun

(36:57):
Watson's contract. People may not want to admit that, but
this is I mean, name another player that David mulla
Getta could leverage to do that type of a deal with.
This is as good as it gets for an agent
in terms of being able to leverage. You could say

(37:19):
that Michael Parsons is an even more and safer, bigger,
better guy the bet on than Deshaun Watson as a quarterback.
So to me, I think that that's where this danger
zone is. If mula Getta is dug in to try

(37:39):
to get one of those blockbuster deals done because this
can have a tremendously large impact on his career moving forward.
If he douds this, if this is a dud of
a contract. Then how does that impact him moving forward
and his agency moving forward. Maybe it isn't a killer

(37:59):
of his career. I wouldn't say say that or think that.
But after you've raised the bar so high with what
you did with Deshaun Watson, and you have Michael Parsons,
who is more than than you know, deserving of the
new contract that they're seeking. What is that number and

(38:20):
what is he's probably going for a fully guaranteed what
forty three, forty four, maybe forty five?

Speaker 2 (38:27):
I don't know what is he going for. He's not
getting fully guaranteed.

Speaker 3 (38:32):
I mean, but bro, that is the that is the
level of precedence that he has set with the contracts
that he's done.

Speaker 2 (38:40):
So here are some of the clients of David Mulligatta
Brady mentioned Jordan Love, You've also got massage. You've got
Justin Field's C. J. Stroud, Calvin Ridley, Kyle Pitts, Derek Stingley,
J C. Horn, Jalen Ramsey, Buddha Baker. You know, the

(39:01):
names go on and on. I mean, he's got some A.

Speaker 3 (39:03):
Few of those names are some serious names, Yeah, I
mean J. C.

Speaker 2 (39:07):
Horn and Derek Stingley, like they're near the top of
the DV list as all too so.

Speaker 3 (39:13):
I just think there's a lot of pressure on Mullaghetta.
I think there's more and and Jerry Jones don't think
for two seconds. Jerry Jones doesn't know that. And will
they hold the line? Will Michael Parsons crack? Will somebody crack?
Will David Mullagetta crack? But if I'm Jerry Jones, I'm
holding the line because just as much as that type

(39:35):
of success creates the opportunities to land that type of
a roster of players, it could work against you too,
because everybody that comes with you, they're expecting you to
deliver the next best contract. And if I'm Michael Parsons,
I had better be on that list of next best

(39:56):
contracts that you're trying to outdo. And if I'm Jerry Jones,
I'm know that that's on on David Mullagata's play.

Speaker 2 (40:03):
Can we just get Micah Parsons on the phone to
discuss this stuff on the air, Like, can we just
let's call him, Let's call Michaeh. Parsons. Please just see
if we can line that up. If you can line
that up, get him on, get him.

Speaker 3 (40:18):
In the yard.

Speaker 8 (40:18):
You know, well, I'm sending them the link right now
jumps on.

Speaker 2 (40:24):
Imagine Lee actually set Michael Parsons the stream yard link.
You see him pop on like, who's this?

Speaker 4 (40:35):
Yeah, well I.

Speaker 3 (40:35):
Would do that, would do it.

Speaker 8 (40:37):
Who's gonna say if anybody would do it? I think
Micah would.

Speaker 3 (40:41):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (40:41):
Lee's all rocked up because he hears Mike in Green Bay,
So imagine he thinks he's gonna be I.

Speaker 5 (40:48):
Was gonna say, Reggie, hold on, Lee, Lee, if if
Micah Parsons goes to Green Bay, but the conditions are
you have to stop drinking, will you do that for
the Green Bay Packers?

Speaker 9 (40:57):
I literally had that thought, literally had that though. I
said if I it wasn't that before you ordered a beer.
It wasn't even Mia. It was just like, if I
had to quit drinking for the season in order to
guarantee a back Super Bowl, I do it.

Speaker 4 (41:11):
Yeah right. You couldn't have a sip of alcohol. Not
a sip, not a sick tell you how.

Speaker 3 (41:19):
Much of an alcoholic you are, bro.

Speaker 8 (41:21):
No, it tells you how much I love the Packers
that I'm willing to do.

Speaker 3 (41:24):
It just tells you because you are so delusional you're
looking at that would actually say that empty?

Speaker 8 (41:32):
You know it's fully empty.

Speaker 3 (41:35):
You'd be like one two hours and before you need
a drink.

Speaker 2 (41:40):
Bro, you don't like there's always next day, a week?

Speaker 6 (41:44):
Did you?

Speaker 2 (41:45):
Did you hear what he said?

Speaker 3 (41:46):
Though?

Speaker 2 (41:46):
Like we're like, hey, you can't drink for the entire year.
He goes, yeah, I think I'd do it for a
Super Bowl. And Brady's like, not a sip and least
like not a sip. He doesn't that he doesn't count
that as drinking. You know, it's it's getting drunk. Yeah, yeah,
it's getting fall down drunk.

Speaker 4 (42:04):
No, yeah, I could do it.

Speaker 3 (42:07):
I do have a drinking problem.

Speaker 8 (42:08):
I mean, can it be you can I have non
alcoholic beer?

Speaker 4 (42:14):
Yeah? Sure, that's not not alcohol done?

Speaker 2 (42:18):
Isn't there a little bit of alcohol? Not another five?

Speaker 8 (42:20):
But it doesn't do anything.

Speaker 4 (42:22):
That would do something for you? Actually, I take it
off the table.

Speaker 3 (42:24):
What out of their?

Speaker 8 (42:26):
Oh you guys are being me?

Speaker 2 (42:27):
What's got more alcohol in it? That? Or mouthwash?

Speaker 8 (42:31):
Probably mouthwashed?

Speaker 4 (42:32):
You can't you can't do use mouthwash either.

Speaker 2 (42:34):
I'm not gonna do mouthwash.

Speaker 4 (42:36):
You would drink mouthwash?

Speaker 12 (42:37):
Lye?

Speaker 2 (42:38):
No, I would not, Yeah you would, Yes, you would Lee, Lee,
what's with all the robotussin in the cupboard?

Speaker 3 (42:44):
Geez got that drink?

Speaker 2 (42:48):
Yeah, you got that, JaMarcus Russell drunk.

Speaker 1 (42:52):
Be sure to catch live editions of Two Pros and
a Cup of Joe with Brady Quinn, LeVar Errington and
Jonas Knox.

Speaker 3 (42:59):
Weaked.

Speaker 2 (43:00):
It's six a m.

Speaker 1 (43:01):
Eastern three am Pacific.

Speaker 2 (43:03):
We mentioned this earlier. We've got a man who's got
a lot to answer for, a man who needs to,
uh needs to go ahead and be accountable for his
Alma maters actions. You welcome in the one and only.
Albert Preer, Senior NFL Report, Lead content strategist at the
m m QB, Amazon, NFL on Prime Insider, and an

(43:27):
Ohio State buck guy through and through ab Happy Game Week.
What do you have to say for yourselves?

Speaker 4 (43:36):
I don't.

Speaker 7 (43:36):
I don't have any comment.

Speaker 6 (43:38):
I don't. I don't have any comment on any of
the on any of the business the business affairs of
Brady Quinn. So uh, I think I think, I think
you guys have have your own insider on that situation.

Speaker 7 (43:51):
Uh, there don't you?

Speaker 5 (43:53):
I mean you are in a lum though. We haven't
gotten that perspective. We get a lot of Cincinnati Bengals fans, Albert,
who chime in because I call all the organization cheap
and they get offended by it, like it's their money.
I'm like, dude, just sorry, but like your organization won't
pay for boomer assize and to fly in for the
Ring of Honor, Like.

Speaker 6 (44:09):
Come on, that was pretty bad.

Speaker 7 (44:10):
That was pretty bad.

Speaker 5 (44:11):
Yeah, of course, but in Cincinnati, like these Bagels fans
get so they're so soft and like get disrespected about
It's like, it's okay, you've won despite that, like you've
got Trey Hendrickson back as well as t Higgins and
Jamar Chase despite the fact of how cheap you.

Speaker 7 (44:26):
Are, right right, right, So I guess now you want.

Speaker 6 (44:29):
Me to answer for like who's getting credential? And yeah, no.

Speaker 4 (44:33):
I'm not saying that.

Speaker 5 (44:34):
I'm just saying you are a representation of the Ohio
State alumni fan base.

Speaker 3 (44:40):
And I look at it like to Albert, let's put
it this way, Totten.

Speaker 7 (44:46):
I think I've gotten to the point over the.

Speaker 6 (44:48):
Last forty eight hours where I know too much about
this situation.

Speaker 7 (44:51):
I don't know what exactly how far I want to go.

Speaker 6 (44:54):
And I'm sure you know more than I do, Brady, But.

Speaker 7 (44:58):
Yeah, I mean.

Speaker 6 (44:59):
I on I I'm all for like an angry atmosphere
in the stadium, and you know, like I think like
anything that can be done to to to ramp up
like the edgy ness of that place, because I think
you know you've been there enough, Brady where it can
be like if you're talking about like run of the

(45:21):
Mill game, it like it isn't that wild in there,
But then for a game like this, it can be
like the drunkest, edgiest, angriest stadium on on on planet Earth. Right,
So I'm all for amping things up. I'm going into Saturday,
and one way or the other, it seems like this
has done it.

Speaker 7 (45:39):
So you know, I don't know, Hug, are you going
to be there?

Speaker 6 (45:45):
Yeah, I'll be on the field and come over and
say hello, do you hell?

Speaker 7 (45:48):
Yeah? How about that?

Speaker 4 (45:51):
But the other people are on the field, is that you?
Are you flexing right now? Certain people?

Speaker 3 (45:57):
Yes?

Speaker 10 (45:57):
Yeah, I've been.

Speaker 7 (45:58):
I've been. I've been clear to go down on the field.

Speaker 4 (46:00):
So would would you like to come by and meet
Dave Portnoy?

Speaker 10 (46:04):
Yeah? Sure, absolutely, I know Dave.

Speaker 5 (46:08):
I'm not saying you don't. I'm just saying I wasn't sure.
If you want to come by and say lo.

Speaker 6 (46:13):
I'd be happy to Yeah, But I mean it's like,
do I gotta do that outside the stadium though?

Speaker 7 (46:17):
Right?

Speaker 3 (46:19):
You?

Speaker 4 (46:20):
You tell us maybe you know, maybe there's certain ways
of getting it.

Speaker 7 (46:23):
I don't know.

Speaker 6 (46:23):
I mean there there have been some changes. If there
is some changes, I'm happy to meet it wherever.

Speaker 7 (46:27):
I'm good with it. I'm good with whatever whatever you think. Brady,
you tell me where to go.

Speaker 4 (46:31):
I'm not able to divulge anything.

Speaker 5 (46:33):
Okay, I'm not telling anyone what is planned to happen,
what's going to happen, what we're attempting to do.

Speaker 4 (46:40):
I'm not I'm not saying any of that.

Speaker 6 (46:42):
Okay, all right, Well, well you just tell me went
in awhere and I'll be there.

Speaker 7 (46:47):
How about that?

Speaker 4 (46:48):
Well, I hope I don't see where I saw you
the last obviously.

Speaker 5 (46:51):
State Stadium where we looked in disbelief in the high
State of Michigan, as was I.

Speaker 6 (46:58):
Yeah, I mean like the your crew. Someone on your
crew got a picture of me, and I don't know,
I don't know are Jones if you guys have seen
this picture, but somebody from Brady and I think I'm
not convinced Brady did not direct these people to take
this picture.

Speaker 7 (47:16):
Of me, but someone from the Fox crew got a picture.

Speaker 6 (47:19):
Of me where I like, legitimately like have like a
serial killer.

Speaker 7 (47:24):
Look at my d like it's not good.

Speaker 2 (47:29):
It's understandable. I mean, do you think that the I
may and I.

Speaker 6 (47:32):
May or may not have taken taken some some timings
like right in the moment from from your quarterback there,
Jonas Uh well.

Speaker 5 (47:40):
I was, I was trying to tell the crowd around him.
I was like, every time Albert Breer comes to one
of these games, which is true, Albert, I've seen you
the last four years. States feel to be Michigan the
last four years. Man, Like, every time I've seen you
at those games, it doesn't work out.

Speaker 4 (47:54):
Did you code the Oregon game too?

Speaker 7 (47:55):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (47:56):
But you know what though, Brady, I am three and
oh against Notre Dame, So like I wasn't all three
of those games.

Speaker 4 (48:04):
Geese flex, But like, we're not talking about Notre Dame
right now. We're talking about aren't we Aren't we are?

Speaker 6 (48:13):
And I badly want to beat them and I and
I by the way, that by.

Speaker 5 (48:17):
The way, apparently all we need to do is just
ask Dave Portnoy to come down for the note next
No State Notre Dame game, and that could be I just.

Speaker 6 (48:25):
I just I'm just so sick of the false, false
arrogance from them and the fake bravado. And you know,
I mean, you know what those people are like, just
like I do, Brady, because names people feel the same
way about Michigan people as Ohio State do. So I
think we'd be doing the entire Midwest to favor. We
can stuff them back in.

Speaker 2 (48:43):
That locker in November, Albert, do you think that, like
the A lot of people on the outside look at
it and go kind of a soft move by Ohio
State kind of soft.

Speaker 6 (48:54):
Well, I mean, I like, honestly like the way I
feel about it. I I think, like, bring them in
and let whatever happens happens.

Speaker 3 (49:05):
Right.

Speaker 6 (49:05):
I also understand some of the back and forth that's happened,
and I understand some of the anger. And I like Dave,
but I understand some of the anger towards him, you know,
like from some people in the program.

Speaker 7 (49:20):
So there are a couple.

Speaker 6 (49:22):
Of thoughts of this story, and it's it's interesting. I
think it's really good for the rivalry the thing like
like stuff like this, like I I think, I mean, look,
it's like the greatest rivalry in sports. I like, I
think even in a situation where we're not playing them
this weekend and we're on the biggest stage and and

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it's still being talked about as good, you know what
I mean, Like, so this is why it is where
it is, Like, this is why that rivalry is different.

Speaker 7 (49:50):
Than every other rivalry.

Speaker 10 (49:52):
And you know, the stage this weekend is.

Speaker 6 (49:55):
The biggest stage because we're on it. And I don't
know that you can say that about miss against program if.

Speaker 7 (50:00):
They were playing in a game like this.

Speaker 6 (50:02):
So so yeah, anything we could do to fuel fuel
to fire the rivalry, I'm all four.

Speaker 3 (50:09):
Almost.

Speaker 10 (50:10):
I don't remember I people talking about Texas Michigan the.

Speaker 7 (50:12):
Same this way last year. That's all I'm saying.

Speaker 6 (50:14):
Damn, they did the same game last year. I don't
remember people talking about the game the same We were
there for there's big stages and then there's the biggest stages,
and this is the.

Speaker 3 (50:24):
Big There was a little flex we we were.

Speaker 5 (50:29):
We were there for that and it did actually feel
really big, right like Michigan National Championship. I mean because
obviously both teams were ranked as high as these two
teams are, but it felt really big, Like it felt
big from the Texas fans that were there, It felt
big for Michigan to kind of celebrating their national championship.

Speaker 4 (50:48):
It felt big.

Speaker 5 (50:49):
But to your point, not not not both teams ranked
as high as these two teams are.

Speaker 6 (50:54):
Right right right, And and thereferent quarterback that's another difference.

Speaker 3 (51:03):
Like I said, I'm gonna switch gears to to will House,
I'm going to get away from the pageantry of and
the politics of Fox and Ohio State and Fortnoy and
go to, uh, the politics and pageantry of Dallas. What's
the latest from from your from your information, uh sources?

(51:27):
What what's what's the latest with Michael Parsons. Does dal
get done imminently or is this really turning into something
that could be maybe a little bit messier than what
maybe even originally thought of.

Speaker 10 (51:41):
Well, I think that's the first thing you got to remember.

Speaker 6 (51:43):
They're on a different timeline in the rest of the league.
I mean, tomorrow is ostensibly Monday of game wait for them,
you know, like so it's sort of go time for them.
The same way when we get to Monday and Tuesday,
it'll be going game weight for most teams that are playing.

Speaker 7 (51:58):
The following Sunday, So.

Speaker 6 (52:01):
You know, this would be when you would be trying
to accelerate talks to work to get a deal done.

Speaker 10 (52:06):
And I and I actually don't think this.

Speaker 6 (52:08):
One is overly complicated, like I look like I don't
think the big number is an issue, like I think,
you know, the Cowboys have shown a willingness to go
on the average per year to a record breaking.

Speaker 7 (52:21):
Point, and I think they're still willing to go there.

Speaker 10 (52:25):
You know, Like the most of.

Speaker 6 (52:26):
The dispute is, you know, over where a lot of
disputes are with Cowboys deals, which is the length of
the deal and the guarantees. And it's just so much
of this is over control, you know what I mean,
Like it's over the player's ability to lock down like
his number and a certain number of years guaranteed and
then the number of years in the back end the

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team has control over the player.

Speaker 10 (52:50):
And that's that's that that that's happened.

Speaker 6 (52:52):
I mean, that's one of the reasons why the Dak negotiation,
both of them went as long as they did, because
Dak wanted shorter term deal and he was able to
get them, but he had to really, you know, get
down in the mud and wrestle with the cowboys for him.
And that's why those you know, really went down to
the wire. And so you know, like, is there a

(53:12):
deal to be done there, Yes, there's absolutely a deal
to be done there. Has this thing gotten to the
point where it's become personal to some degree?

Speaker 7 (53:19):
I think it has, you know.

Speaker 6 (53:20):
And Jerry's been, I mean inside like ownership circles has
been you know, one of the the real leading voices
on you know, we need to draw the line on
certain things and we can't allow the players to have
certain controls over certain things.

Speaker 7 (53:37):
And so you know, I think you.

Speaker 6 (53:40):
Know, Jerry's obviously in a lot of cases why he
has made players you know, go to the very end
to get their deals, you know, and then on the
other side of it, you know, I think you have a.

Speaker 7 (53:50):
Player who you know took the extra year of injury.

Speaker 6 (53:53):
Risk and you know, now has you know, listened to
you know, the owner disparage his agent and you know,
tried to do an end around where they had the
one on one negotiation. It's just gotten so messy, and
I think you know, we all know, like there's an
easy way to solve this, right, the easy way to
solve this is to sit down and hammer out a deal.

(54:15):
And I think they're going to take another swing at it,
But I mean, some of this has gotten so personal,
and you sort of wonder if this becomes one of
those situations where they go into the year with him
and on his current contract, if they can't work out
something over the next week and then he has a
lingering back in issue or then an ankle comes up,

(54:36):
and before you know it, like you've flown the whole
year and you're tagging him after the year and maybe
trading him then again, Like, I think that they're going
to get a deal done. I felt that way all along,
like before the end of the season, but I'm a
lot less certain of it than I would have been,
you know, a month or two ago.

Speaker 4 (54:54):
If you're a betting man, does it get done before
their first game?

Speaker 6 (54:58):
Man, it's fifty to fifty. I'm going to say ye,
because like I I just like, it's just this is
based on nothing other than like Jerry and his handling
of his stars, you know what I mean, Like, and
he generally gets the stars done but I didn't think
that I would see Micah, you know, with a plate
of nachos walking into the last preseason gamer, laying on
the training table. I didn't think i'd see Jerry calling

(55:20):
out Micah's agent the way that he has. A lot
of the things that have happened over the last few weeks,
like have really big changes the dynamic here.

Speaker 10 (55:27):
Here's the other thing.

Speaker 7 (55:28):
Guys, It's like, you.

Speaker 6 (55:30):
Know Dak and Ceedee, Lamb and Zach part who've been
through this the last couple of years. Those guys were
revered in the Cowboys building. Those guys were all really
popular among their teammates, and I don't know that it's
the same way with Micah. So that could add another
dynamic to the whole thing too.

Speaker 2 (55:46):
Albert Brier joining us here on Fox Sports Radio, Senior
NFL reporter at the MMQB, Amazon NFL, on Prime Insider.
You can get him on ex at Albert Breer, you
had a chance to talk with Josh Allen. What was
your What stood out to you the most in your
conversation with him?

Speaker 10 (56:01):
I mean, just how conscientious he is about you know,
where he is in his career, and like the commitment
he's making to try to make sure that he lasts,
you know, because I think we all have.

Speaker 6 (56:14):
That question with a quarterback who plays the way that
Josh does, is like is there is there going to
come a point when you know the damage is is
going to take its toll, you know? And I think
the countionary tales Cam Newton, you know, where Cam had
the shoulder issues and things kind of came undone for
him quickly, you know, And Josh has like a somewhat
similar playing style to Cam.

Speaker 7 (56:35):
So do you you know, like if you know.

Speaker 6 (56:40):
Do you do you look at Josh the guy who's
an answer for the next two or three years or
can he be an answer for the next ten? And
I think, you know, he's really resolved in making himself
the answer for the bills for the next ten years.
And it's like a bunch of little things he's doing,
you know, with sleep, with nutrition.

Speaker 7 (56:54):
And all that, you know.

Speaker 6 (56:55):
And then I think, like the other thing was really
cool and talking to him, it's just like how he
want wants to be a cone setter for the entire
organization and how he's really embraced that. And one of
the cool things talking to him was just how like
it's not just like how you conduct yourself in the
locker room. He's like, I want to set like the
standard for how you know, players treat the trainers, how
players treat the cafeteria workers, how players treat the fans.

(57:19):
And you know, you see the little clips like on
on on social media and everything else, but I think
what the people there would tell you is Josh is
that guy all the time, and so it's kind of
cool to see like him growing to to that that
that that role too. And I think just as far
as like how that relates to what he's doing from
a football standpoint, Like he's just been really locked in,

(57:42):
not just this offseason but the last couple off seasons.

Speaker 7 (57:44):
And the scary thing about him, guys is like when
you would.

Speaker 6 (57:47):
Go to a training camp like four or five years
ago and watch him play, like you would sort of
see that break next style where you know, like it's
just kind of anything could happen on any play, And
what you see now in camp like he still obviously
got that, but like everything looks really easy for him.

Speaker 10 (58:04):
Everything looks calmer.

Speaker 6 (58:05):
Everything looks more under control, and so like I think,
you know, in the time for the time being, it
makes him more dangerous as a player if he's got
that element, you know, if he's got that club in
his bag, so to speak. You know, and then I
think long term, it's gonna it's gonna make it more
sustainable if he can win from the pocket, because you know,
father times undefeated, and as this is the case with
any other quarterback, eventually you know, physically, he's not gonna

(58:27):
be able to do the things that he was doing
when he was twenty three, twenty four, twenty five years old.

Speaker 5 (58:33):
Albert, what's when do you get in town for the game?
And then what will you be doing? Can you give
us a little rundown of like.

Speaker 6 (58:39):
Yeah, so so this is uh, this is Stephen Breer
and Drew Brier's first game, so I will yeah, I
will be but this is a this is the first
one that they get to go to.

Speaker 7 (58:52):
So it'll be a little toned down.

Speaker 6 (58:54):
I will say that it'll be a little toned down.
It won't be like the normal. Like, you know, I
wake up eight am in the morning of the game
wondering what the hell's just happened? So I, I, uh,
I gotta figure out what we're doing. I gotta figure
out what we're doing, like the the night before, we're
going to go dinner and all that like, but we're
gonna hang out with you know, some of my buddies

(59:15):
in Arlington who live over there.

Speaker 5 (59:16):
And then oh oh the upper class of Arlington and
up Upper Arlington is where will be going?

Speaker 7 (59:23):
Yeah, Brady's yeah, yeah, yeah, I.

Speaker 5 (59:27):
Beers with our pages up over there in Upper Arlington.

Speaker 10 (59:31):
Do you want me to do?

Speaker 6 (59:32):
You want me to swing by the swing by the
shack that you got out there in Dublin?

Speaker 7 (59:36):
Brady?

Speaker 4 (59:37):
Is that you don't know where I live?

Speaker 6 (59:41):
I don't know. I know you live, I know you
where you grew up.

Speaker 7 (59:43):
I know you grew up.

Speaker 4 (59:44):
Would I would? Where will you be Friday night?

Speaker 6 (59:48):
I gotta I gotta figure that out. We're do dinner
and we might go over one of my buddy's houses.

Speaker 10 (59:52):
But we're pretty free as far as all that goes.

Speaker 6 (59:55):
I heard you got an event going on, right there's.

Speaker 4 (59:58):
A there's a lot of stuff going on on. Are
you staying downtown?

Speaker 10 (01:00:03):
I am, yeah, Yeah, we are.

Speaker 4 (01:00:05):
Okay, I'll text you. I'll text you Hopefully you can
drop by and see some stuff.

Speaker 6 (01:00:08):
So okay, cool, all right?

Speaker 2 (01:00:10):
Ab moment of truth. When the game ends, do you
believe that Ohio State will have won the game by
more than one and a half points or or do
you believe this is a start of the legacy that
arch Manning is going to leave behind for the University
of Texas.

Speaker 6 (01:00:29):
I think, I think, I think this is going to
be like a sixteen to thirteen, thirteen to ten type
of games.

Speaker 7 (01:00:38):
Now.

Speaker 6 (01:00:38):
I've talked to scout who been through both schools this summer,
and what I heard is that the defense has owned
the offense in both places. And I think that that's
probably to be expected with some of the defensive stars
that you have on both sides, Like you you're Anthony
Hills and you're Colin Simmons for Texas and you know,
obviously you're Caleb Downs for for Ohio State. You know,

(01:01:01):
Jermaine Matthews, David and David Davis and Aguanos and Sunny
style is coming back. So uh r, bell rees, I
think it's gonna be. I think it's going to be a.

Speaker 10 (01:01:12):
Tough, tight, like like.

Speaker 7 (01:01:16):
Field goal game.

Speaker 6 (01:01:17):
Like I think you know you're gonna you know, two
young quarterbacks. I I I think like I think a
turnover could wind up determining who wins. To be honest
with you, like so, so I I think I think
Ohio State pulls out because I can't like I but
I think the game is a total toss up. Like
I I these these two teams, I think are are

(01:01:38):
going to play really even and again I think it's
going to be low scoring and uh, turnover could determine it.

Speaker 7 (01:01:45):
But I'll take the box.

Speaker 2 (01:01:45):
It's way under the total forty seven and a half.

Speaker 7 (01:01:48):
That's way under forty seven and a half.

Speaker 2 (01:01:50):
Yeah, yeah, I.

Speaker 10 (01:01:54):
Would take the under.

Speaker 3 (01:01:56):
How about that?

Speaker 2 (01:01:56):
So if you want to get parlay, So you're saying
a lot of you're saying of tight, but scheeks is
what you're saying a lot of tights.

Speaker 6 (01:02:03):
Yeah yeah, And I know what that stadium feels like
when it's tight. Again, no evidence of me being tight
in that stadium.

Speaker 5 (01:02:12):
You couldn't have been in a better spot to witness
the final drive for Ohio State versus versus Michigan and
where you were for that exact comment.

Speaker 10 (01:02:20):
So the field goal was the field goal?

Speaker 6 (01:02:22):
Like if he had missed it, why left he could
have hit me in the face. So yeah, yeah, that
was I will I will Uh, and I conveniently enough,
I don't know Fraidy told you this. I was right
by their set, so it wasn't very hard for him
to get over to me. And yeah, and let me
know what his thoughts on the game where.

Speaker 4 (01:02:41):
Yeah, that's it was a two way street.

Speaker 3 (01:02:44):
Pal.

Speaker 7 (01:02:47):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:02:47):
So I will send you guys over the just so
you guys know I'm not hiding anything. I will send
you guys over the picture of me and in the
stand so you can see what misery looks like.

Speaker 2 (01:02:55):
In all seriousness though, Uh, that's pretty awesome. Your boys
are getting to go to get to experience that and
get to see all that. That's gonna be fun. So
Albert enjoy it. You can get him on x at
Albert Brier as his Ohio State buck eys. And you
heard it from him, not directly, but Ohio State in
the under a slight lean maybe towards Ohio State in

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there's nobody worse in the world to run into when
you're really stressing out about a game than Brady. Like,

(01:03:40):
there's literally nobody worse in the world. And the fact
that you were there doing this, because the fact that
you were there and you spotted him as it was collapsing,
that's the worst moment of his Ohio State fandom that
he's had in a long time. That's rough Man rough
go for Albert Brier.

Speaker 5 (01:03:57):
I mean, I don't really know what you're trying to
say here, but here's the thing I've you know, we
talked to Albert often. I'll text Albert after this to
try to meet up with him. I know how passionate
of a fan he is, and I also know like
he likes to get after it. Like I've seen him
in different capacities, whether it be the Combine.

Speaker 4 (01:04:20):
Whether it be at super Bowl, whether it be at
Ohio State.

Speaker 5 (01:04:22):
Game, and he likes to get after it, you know,
like he will definitely party hardy. So I also enjoyed
that element of Albert where he lets his hair down
a little bit and he's not just you know, being
the family guy.

Speaker 4 (01:04:35):
We know, the football guy.

Speaker 5 (01:04:36):
We know he kind of refers back to that, like,
you know, college guy, so it's fun.

Speaker 2 (01:04:41):
He also like a legitimate I think he likes college
football more than the NFL because I remember seeing him.
He probably doesn't even remember this, but I remember the
first time I met him was at a South Carolina
Georgia game and he was walking into the bathroom and
he was there for it was like one of his
buddies bachelor part and he wanted to go see a

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game and he said, yeah, I'm gonna be covering the
Carolina Panthers, So I just came out here to try
and check. Like he loves college football and being an
Ohio State guy, good time.

Speaker 5 (01:05:11):
I would venture to say fans who are fans of
their college teams, it's more tribal, it's more cultural. It,
you know, is a is a piece of you as
you're going through your you know, adolescence, your your maturation
to an adult. So people tend to tie to their
college team or alma mater closer than a pro team.
That's that's my opinion. I'm not saying there's not some

(01:05:33):
diehard fans out there for professional teams. There are, but
you know, again, it kind of just comes down to,
you know, how you were raised and what you were around,
and if you went to school there too, you know,
and especially if your team has a good football team,
like some of those people who love pro teams, their
school either didn't have a football team, the football team
wasn't very good, and so they kind of latch on
to a pro team because the college team, that's not

(01:05:56):
even a battle they can fight.