Bucky Brooks & Alex Furman discuss LSU firing Brian Kelly, the Ravens turning a corner, & MORE!

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Speaker 2 (00:48):
Good morning, Bucky. How are we feeling this morning?

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Man? I'm great, I'm great. What's going on? Alex? Ho's everything?

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Hey Bucky, It's an amazing morning. I'm so excited to
be here with you. First and foremost, before we really
get started, I have to say thank you. I have
to say thank you for dealing with my dad all
these years. You know, I know it's not an easy
to ask weekend week out. It's grueling, It's it's grunting,
I know.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
I mean, he can be fun, he's feisty.

Speaker 4 (01:17):
I'm wondering if the little Furment is this feisty as
the big Farman.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
Well, you know what, it's a lot of people say
I get a lot of my spunk from my dad,
you know, but no one can ever replicate my dad.
But too, you know, I know that you really didn't
have a say when the decision was made when you
guys were partner up. So I just got to say
thank you so much for taking one for the team.
You know, so good, it's a good well I really yeah,

(01:47):
I'm really excited to be here with you today, Bucky.
We do have Asked Bucky coming up later in the hour,
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Speaker 2 (02:16):
Thank you so much as always.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
So I kind of want to get started here with
college football, and one of the biggest stories coming out
from this past week is Brian Kelly's firing from LSU.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
And I know a lot of people are rolling their
eyes right now.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
Oh, this is old news, this is week old news.
But guess what, I haven't had anything to say about
it just yet. And here's the scoop. LSU fired their
head coach Brian Kelly a week ago last Sunday on
the twenty six at the A forty nine to twenty
five lost to Texas A and M. Now LSU is
currently at five and three on the season, effectively ending
their playoff hopes, and Kelly's firing is part of this

(02:53):
bigger trend that's going on in college and NFL football
that high profile coaches are being let go midseason. And
we've already seen this before with Penn State and James
Franklin fired from Penn State just after three losses, and Bucky,
I have to ask you firing a coach midyear, mid
season from a performance standpoint, does a midseason coaching change

(03:17):
really improve the results or does it just create more
chaos for the team and the organization.

Speaker 4 (03:23):
You know, it's funny because normally you get a little
bump in emotion from the team, So the team will
take all this energy to negative energy from a fire,
and they're trying and galvanize themselves and get going for
a little bit. But a lot of time is fleeting
because what you've done is you remove the person at
the top, but the infrastructure that they created they're still there,

(03:46):
but you've lacked the leadership to continue to extend the
infrastructure and the philosophies and those things. So the interim
coach will try to like change some things. If you're
a team that operated in pads a lot, then you
take the pads off. If you're a team that was
a low energy practice team, then you add music and
energy to practice and vice versa. But a lot of times,

(04:08):
I mean, the team is the team, and it's hard
to change the team despite changing the coach, I mean
change the team's performance and those things. So look, man,
it doesn't really do much good to do it mid season.
The thing that you do is you get a jump
on the coaching candidates. But you also, in today's college football,
you open up the transfer portal where a lot of

(04:29):
your players can jump in and leave, and so the
cupboard a lot of times is bad when the new
coach comes in. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
No, absolutely.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
And you know with Brian Kelly, he was the most
winning coach at Notre Dame, and he knows how to
play or how the game play is played. And since
being at LSU winning three straight ball games in twenty two,
twenty three, twenty four, it doesn't sound to me like
he doesn't know his excess and notes. He knows how
to coach, he knows how to win, but he never.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Really brought that to LSU.

Speaker 3 (05:02):
I mean, the last time LSU was successful, if you will,
was back in twenty nineteen when they went a perfect fifteen.

Speaker 4 (05:09):
And oh.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
But what did Brian Kelly never have all those years?
I mean, what was the missing factor? What was the
missing element that he never had?

Speaker 4 (05:21):
You know, it's funny because at Notre Dame it was
a different ball of wax because he was dealing with
high academic standards. He was dealing with a different type
of kid that he had to bring in based on
Notre Dame's reputation and the way that they operated at
LSU was a little different. Right LSU, he had the
best of the best that he could tap into. The

(05:41):
problem is being from outside of the boot, being outside
of the area, he didn't understand what really mattered down
at LSU, and that is chemistry and connectivity. You're gonna
have all the x's and o's, you're gonna have the
great schemes and organizational structure, those things, but the job
is really about people and listening to and talking to

(06:03):
people around the program. In the program, he didn't connect
with the people and that's everything. And so it's hard
to get a group a team to play hard for
you if you don't really know them, if you don't
really show them that you care about them beyond what
they can do on the field. And ultimately that was
his undoing. The lack of care, the lack of compassion,

(06:24):
the lack of connection did him in.

Speaker 3 (06:27):
Yeah, and you know, I've heard some horror stories from
previous people that coached with them, or or graduate assistant
or even previous players that played underneath Brian Kelly, and
I've heard some horror stories about him.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
I don't like to talk ill about anyone.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
But at the beginning of the year, I was thinking
to myself, you know, Brian Kelly's really on the hot
seat this year.

Speaker 2 (06:49):
He's been at LSU for four years.

Speaker 3 (06:52):
He's had some success, but he hasn't had the success
that LSU expected of him. I mean, being in the SEC,
there's nothing short of expectation other than just winning. And
if it's winning, it's winning the national championship. And he
hadn't done that in his four years since being at LSU.
And uh, you know, Bucky, we were talking about this

(07:16):
a couple of weeks ago. I don't like firing a
coach mid year, don't I don't like it whatsoever. I
think you ought to keep the coach, keep the tide,
hopefully have some talks with the coach, Hopefully make some
changes within your organization, maybe to your point, you know,
taking off the pads or changing practice games or whatever
it may be. Try to change the culture just a
little bit, just so the ship can turn around and

(07:39):
try to go in a different direction. And then at
the end of the year, you know, maybe reevaluate. Maybe
Brian Kelly could have made them Bowl eligible one way
or another.

Speaker 2 (07:48):
By the end of the year. But I don't really
agree with firing a coach mid year. I mean, what
do you.

Speaker 4 (07:55):
Think, you know? I mean, I definitely don't agree with it.
But in todays time is coming when you when you
change the way that college football is doing business, where
you're so listening money from donors and boosters to pay
the players, they expect to see certain things. They expect
to see winning. I mean, they expect to see winning

(08:17):
right away, and they don't have the patience. And when
you're LSU and the last three coaches that you've had
have won national titles within the first five years of
taking the job, that's a reasonable expectation. And Brian Kelly
wasn't delivering on that. And it wasn't not just delivering
on that part. It's just that it just had a
wonky feel. It didn't feel like LSU. They never felt

(08:39):
like the Tigers, even under ed Ojeron or Less Miles
or Nick Saban. It was just a different feel from
this program. And ultimately they decided they couldn't continue to
go on with it.

Speaker 3 (08:52):
Yeah, you know, LSU and a lot of other programs
going around, you know, in college football right now, and
I'm just I had to stop. And you know, you
kind of brought up the transfer portal before, and I'm thinking,
you know, they had recruits at those games, you know,
showing them the facilities, having them meet the coaches, all
these recruits coming to LSU meeting Brian Kelly. And I'm

(09:15):
not saying everyone hated Brian Kelly as a coach. Certainly
there were some players that thought, this is the perfect
coach for me. I back him one hundred percent. This
is who I want to go next next year. I
want to go to LSU. But what does that do
for the players. How do players typically react to a
coaching change midyear?

Speaker 4 (09:36):
Look, I mean I think they will. Some of them
will be said, because some of them will ultimately be
Brian Kelly guys, and they'll feel responsible for letting him
down and for him being fired. Others will have a
sense of relief and they will gravitate quickly to the
interim coach. Frank Wilson has been there for a while.
He may have recruited a bunch of these kids, and
so they're trying to play hard for him because of

(09:58):
the connection that he had to them. But it becomes
harder because now you have people in different roles. You
have people trying to figure out offensive philosophies and defensive
philosophies with maybe a change in leadership, so all of
that can change. So I'll expect to see a little
emotional bump, but I don't know if it's going to

(10:19):
change anything in terms of the results.

Speaker 2 (10:21):
Yeah, certainly, don't know.

Speaker 3 (10:24):
If you know, the intereim coach can kind of turn
the team around, maybe try to make them Bowl eligible
or just kind of finishing out the rest of the
season just on the on the trajectory and the track
that they're going down the road right now. But for
Brian Kelly, I mean, I think you know word is
now that they're just gonna He's gonna take maybe some
time off, maybe for the rest of the year. I mean,

(10:44):
we can expect to see Brian Kelly back in the
head coaching position, But what do you think would be
his next steps to get back into coaching.

Speaker 4 (10:57):
I think the biggest thing for Brian Kelly is trying
to reassess if he still wants to continue to coach.
When you have a buyout fifty four million dollars, you
have time and money where you don't have to make
a rush decision. The thing is, there can be some
good jobs that are gonna be available, and there's not
gonna be enough coaches to fill those seats. Despite his

(11:19):
experience at LSU, you can't deny that Brian Kelly is
a winning coach. He's a championship caliber coach. He didn't
get it done at LSU, but everywhere else that he's
been he has raised the program to the level where
they were very competitive at the highest levels of ball.
It may take some time for the dust to settle,
but I think he's going to be interviewed and then

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he will have to make a decision on whether he
wants to jump back in the circle. But he's going
to have some options. They may not be the options
that we're talking about like LSU, Florida on that level
where we're talking about Penn State or whatever. But maybe
because when the carousel stops spinning, he's still going to
be one of the best coaches. That are James Franklin,

(12:01):
Brian Kelly. Those guys have won, They have PILs on
the wall, and someone is going to value their experience
and their winning pedigrees.

Speaker 3 (12:08):
Yeah, and it always boggles my mind, you know, like going.
Let's talk about James Franklin here for a second. It
just boggles my mind that Penn State would get rid
of him after three losses. I get it, it's unbelievable
that they lost the three games.

Speaker 2 (12:24):
They're big games that they lost.

Speaker 3 (12:26):
Maybe one or two of those games they shouldn't have lost,
but they were just so quick to make the decision
to get rid of them. I mean, he started back
in I think what twenty twelve really turned the team
around at Penn State and made them a Big ten
contending team, and just it was. It just shocks me

(12:47):
that after the three losses they were just saying, you
know what, your time is up.

Speaker 2 (12:51):
We're going to go in a different direction.

Speaker 3 (12:53):
We've already made up my mind, we've already made up
our mind.

Speaker 2 (12:57):
And we're gonna let you go.

Speaker 3 (12:58):
I don't know if why is this a common trend
that we're seeing now in college football?

Speaker 4 (13:04):
You have too many people involved in the decision making,
and those people that are involved in the decision maker
are the ones that give money. And when you give
people a voice because of their money, it can become
very emotional and rather than making decisions based on facts,
you're making decisions on feelings, and a lot of times

(13:25):
the feelings of the prominent donors swing from game to
game based on whether your team is winning or losing.
For James Franklin, I would say that what hurt him
was this perception that he couldn't win a big game.
And everyone references his record versus ap top ten or
the heavy hitters and the big ten, but what no

(13:47):
one ever talks about is what is Ohio State's record
doing that time, what is Michigan's record doing those times?
How many people have beat them? In general? Not many?
And so that was the standard. Penn State wanted to
use that against them, But there's no one that's going
to measure up to those standards that they're using against

(14:09):
James Franklin. So I'm curious to see who is the
so called upgrade over what he's done. Because the other
thing that Penn State has not factored in all of
those prominent players that were coming through all of those
top graphics, the abdual Carters, the Michael Parsons, the Sakwan
Barkley's and those guys, They're not coming to Penn State

(14:30):
because of Penn State. They were coming to Penn State
because of James Franklin. And if they think that they're
going to be able to pay their way to keep
those kinds of players coming, they're mistaken unless they bring
in a coach who has the recruiting chops and has
the personality to bring those types of kids in because
those kids aren't looking for Penn State on the map.

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Speaker 2 (16:10):
Next, I want to continue to talk.

Speaker 3 (16:12):
About college football and Ohio State hosted Penn State yesterday,
a game that was supposed to mean something, well what
a lot of people thought was supposed to mean something
at the very beginning of the year, but as we
all know, no more. Ohio State beating Penn State thirty
eight fourteen at home. Of course, we all know that

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Penn State, who started out as number two in the nation,
dropped off the ap list after three straight losses under
James Franklin.

Speaker 2 (16:42):
Bucky, I have to ask you, what do you think
happened to Penn State this year?

Speaker 3 (16:47):
I mean, they're now walking into five straight losses for
the year.

Speaker 2 (16:52):
What's going on well.

Speaker 4 (16:55):
I would say the first thing is being number one
overall and having that target on the back. They didn't
handle the pressure of the moment well. And some teams
do not do well when they go from being underdog
status to being favorites. And for Penn State, the pressure,
the anxiety overwhelmed them when it came to their team.

(17:17):
Despite having a team that on paper was better than
the previous year, they didn't perform up to those standards.
Near The running backs played well. The quarterback Drew Alla
was struggling before he suffered a season and injury. The
defense is still adapting and adjusting to Jim Knowles's new
defensive coordinator that came over from Ohio State after winning
a championship there, a national title there, so there was

(17:40):
a lot of change and transition and they just did
it just didn't come together quickly. And when you remove
James Franklin from the mix, there are a lot of
emotional scars. There's a lot of adjustments that you're trying
to make on the Terry Smith and right now it
just hasn't clicked. But look, they underachieved. They certainly and
perform to the standard, and only the players really know

(18:03):
what happened, but yeah, it's shocking to see them fall
the way that they fall them this year.

Speaker 3 (18:09):
So the ranked number one you said at the beginning
of the year, and some people might look at that
as motivation. They might say, Okay, we're number one, We're
supposed to be number one. We should have been number
one last year. We should have went to the national
championship last year. Of course they fell short, but they
felt like they should have been there, and being ranked

(18:30):
number one should have maybe helped motivate some of them
to play better and just to keep that number one spot.
What don't you think, or you said to yourself or
just now that number one is the target on their
back and that puts some pressure on people.

Speaker 4 (18:44):
What do you think.

Speaker 2 (18:45):
I like the you.

Speaker 3 (18:46):
Know your number one and you have to prove to
stay number one. I guess they ultimately didn't do that.

Speaker 4 (18:53):
Yeah, I think sometimes when you are a team that
hasn't had the weight of expectations on you like that,
it can be overwhelming because there's extra energy that comes
from the opponent that you have to fend off and
deal with. Now everyone is using you as the measuring stake.
People are gearing up for you, and there's more energy

(19:14):
and intensity and urgency from your opponent than you're used
to seeing. And then for your own team and your players,
some of them internalize all of the expectations that people
lump on them, and you try and tell players, a,
no one is going to have greater expectations for us
than us because we expect to compete at a high level.

(19:35):
So no matter what they think, good or bad, is
about what we think about us and what we do
at that moment. The problem is social media and some
of these other things creates a level of anxiety that
prevents them from performing because they're so worried about the
noise as opposed to the task at hand.

Speaker 3 (19:54):
So what if they changed like the beginning of the seasons.
I'm looking at their schedule here the first three games Nevada,
FIU and Villanova three games or three teams rather that
I mean, they're just kind of they're not very big games,
if you will. So maybe they had, you know, an
easy streak in the beginning. It was kind of like

(20:15):
false hope at the beginning of the season. Then they
started hitting the big hitters right Oregon UCLA. Honestly, that
should have been a win. Ucla should have been win.
Northwestern should have been a win Iowa. Maybe I give
that a coin flip. But then the big the big
game against Ohio State. But maybe it was a little
sense of false hope at the beginning of the year.

(20:38):
What do you think, Maybe there wasn't a sense of
urgency at the beginning of the year with these first
three games.

Speaker 4 (20:43):
I think people look at it a few different ways.
Some people believe that you should have your team tested early,
play a big game early so you know exactly who
you are right away. The problem is sometimes your team
me and I'd be ready to handle a big game
right away, and if you play too tough of a
schedule at the beginning, you potentially lose them for the

(21:05):
rest of the year because of their confidence. They don't
believe in the things, because they suffer a few different losses,
and you may not be able to bring them back
and playing the cupcakes as you will early, you're trying
to build some confidence, You're trying to work through some
things that you hope will translate well when you do
take a step up in competition, even though you haven't

(21:25):
been tested by that caliber earth talent, you have gained
enough confidence that you hope through repetition that those habits
created in those games will translate well versus Organ. It didn't.
There was a heartbreaking loss to Organ, but it was
a close losses one that went to overtime where they
really had a chance and probably should have won if
they take care of business at the end. The UCLA

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loss is probably the residual of losing the Organ where
they emptied the emotional bucket in the Organ game and
just had a hard time bringing it back, so you'd
use the UCLA And so now everything is sparaling because
the noise is getting because you lost to in a row,
and then you drop the one in Northwestern, another closed loss,
but you lose your quarterback. And because of the I

(22:07):
would say knee jerk reaction of administration where you fire
the coach, a season that had promises, look is lost.

Speaker 3 (22:14):
Yeah, certainly, I think. Also, you know with the UCLA game,
they went out West Coast. It's tough, you know, being
from the East Coast over to the West coast, the
time difference, the scheduling, that puts pressure on the player.

Speaker 2 (22:27):
And I always say it it's.

Speaker 3 (22:29):
Really hard to win on the road any team who
wins on the road is a really good team, even
if you're playing against UCLA. But for the rest of
the season, they got Indiana, that's gonna be a tough game.

Speaker 2 (22:40):
They got Michigan in State, maybe a kind of a
coin toss there.

Speaker 3 (22:46):
Nebraska, I think it's going to be a tough game
for them too, and maybe Rutgers.

Speaker 2 (22:50):
So for the rest of the season, it's not a
shoe in.

Speaker 3 (22:53):
It's not going to be easy for the rest For
the rest of the season for Penn State, I don't think.

Speaker 4 (22:57):
Well, no, I mean it's it's just definitely not gonna
be easy for them because they've already had to deal
with so much change. And Indian is a really good team.
You see how they're knocking out opponents and just dominating folks.
That was gonna be a tough one regardless. Nebraska is
up and down. As much as James Franklin had a
tough time winning big games, Matt Ruhle also has a
tough time winning big game. So we'll see which Nebraska
version which version of Nebraska shows up during that week.

(23:21):
But the only thing that you can do at Futury
Smith is just trying to continue to improve the team,
stick to the things that you believe in. Don't have
crazy radical changes to the practice schedule of those things.
Just continue to do what you've always done. If they
do that, they have a chance to have a lot
of success. But they have to lock in and focus
on the little things and see if they can kind

(23:42):
of slowly climb their way out of this rut to
their end.

Speaker 3 (23:45):
I absolutely love Bucky Brooks. You're the voice of reason here.
Thank you so much. I want to talk about some
other big games, some other big matchups from yesterday, number nine,
Vanderbilt at Texas, number twenty with Texas winning thirty four
thirty one. Final score there, big win for Texas, And
you know, Bucky, I gotta get your.

Speaker 2 (24:06):
Take on this. We're kind of going a little bit
sideways here with arch Manning.

Speaker 3 (24:10):
At the beginning of the year, his expectation was so high.

Speaker 2 (24:15):
Was it justified?

Speaker 1 (24:16):
Maybe?

Speaker 2 (24:17):
Was it not justified? Maybe not right?

Speaker 3 (24:20):
Big game against Ohio State, lost against Ohio State, came
back home and then had a couple you know, as
you put cupcake games, right, But during those cupcake games,
they were winning games.

Speaker 2 (24:30):
But everybody was.

Speaker 3 (24:33):
Giving Archie Maning a really hard time even though they
were winning games, and now a huge win against Vanderbilt
arch Maning going twenty five for thirty three, three hundred
and twenty eight yards and three touchdowns was all the
criticism of arch Manning at the beginning of the year justified.

(24:55):
Was that right that we should have been criticizing even.

Speaker 2 (24:58):
Those those early the wins were still wins.

Speaker 4 (25:01):
Yeah, it was justified, just because people that hyped him
up to be something that he hasn't been or something
that he's not. He is. Look, man, he's a solid player.
He does have some NFL potential. But the way that
he was hailed, or the way that he's been hyped
as a number one overall pick in this draft and
those things, it created a level of expectation when you

(25:23):
saw him, and he didn't live up and he didn't
perform up to that. And what happened is because he
underperformed early, people kind of jumped off the wagon. And
then he played some cupcacks late, started to get his
confidence back, and then he has a big game statistically
against Vanderbilt. But if you watch that game, I would

(25:43):
say that for all of the things that Archie arch
Manning is, this was a game where the supporting cast
really helped him. A lot of the completions were side
to side throws, screen passes, bubble screens, guys breaking tackles,
taking at the distance. There's a throw or two that's
in there. But on paper the game looks a lot
better than it was. And the only reason I say

(26:05):
that it was because I was there at the game
and watched it, and I would say that it was
a lot of high school like plays and concepts that
are side to side, not things that you're asking the
quarterback to do conflex reads in those things.

Speaker 2 (26:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:24):
I feel like in the SEC, specifically all SEC schools,
there's this standard of beating your opponent by seventy points
a seventy and nothing score or sixty to eight and
nothing score, and that's ultimately the standard. And you know,
when LSU beat Florida this year at home, Brian Kelly

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got fired up by one of the reporters asking him,
was it, you know, a good large or a good
win wherever he said.

Speaker 2 (26:54):
We wanted against an SEC school? Is that not good enough?

Speaker 3 (26:58):
I mean, where's this expectation of these of this SEC
conference being so powerful and they have to win against
these opponents?

Speaker 2 (27:08):
Seventy sixty eighth and nothing.

Speaker 4 (27:10):
Look, man, I think the standard is high in terms
of the performance, what you want to see from your team,
how it feels. The scoreboard is a scoreboard. When Brian
Kelly addressed a reporter like that, he did so kind
of being a bully from the pulpit. He has to
understand the LSU there are high expectations. Those expectations have

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been set going all the way back. You think about
how they were asked to performing, and they saving how
they performing in the smile like this is a program
that they expect to win, and they expect to win
big because they typically walk in with superior talent to
most teams. And even though it was a close game
and it was a win, for Brian Kelly not to
at least acknowledge that, hey, you know what, we didn't

(27:54):
bring our best, but we won, he could have funded
differently in his response as opposed to attacking the reporter
because to me, it was an unnecessary attack on the reporter.

Speaker 2 (28:06):
So you think it was unnecessary day.

Speaker 3 (28:08):
I think Brian Kelly felt like he was getting and
attacked him and his players were getting attacked by the
reporter by the type of question that he was getting.
So I see what you're saying, where maybe it was
a justified question. It was actually a good question by
the reporter, and maybe he could have just responded differently.
But going back to Texas, they seem to be here
on this winning streak, a win against Oklahoma, a win

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against Kentucky, Mississippi State, and then now Vanderbilt. But they
got a tough team coming up at Georgia number five.
I mean, what can we expect here? I think we
can see some momentum going into this Georgia game.

Speaker 4 (28:46):
Yeah. Look, I think we'll see some momentum going into
the Georgia game, and it'd be an interesting game because
both teams know each other, will they've competed well the
last few years when they've played against each other. Look,
Texas is playing much better, quarterback is playing better. They
found a way to kind of work around some of
the things that he wasn't doing well early, and that
gives them a chance. But I'll be honest, I feel

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like Georgia is underrated, and they're underrated in terms of
people were so used to seeing this dominant team When
they want a couple of natties, they're used to seeing
them crush opponents and they're not doing that, but man,
they're consistently finding a way to the winner circle. This
would be a good one. It'd be a good one
because both of these coaches are to the best in
the game.

Speaker 3 (29:28):
Yeah, I think it would be an interesting game to
watch just because I mean, Kirby smart.

Speaker 2 (29:31):
He just always finds a way to win.

Speaker 3 (29:34):
And to your point, they're not blowing the teams out
kind of like what we expect or what we normally
see from a Georgia game, but they just find the
ways to win. But now Texas and the Longhorns, they
have momentum coming into this game. They got some confidence,
as you're saying, going into this game, I think they
can kind of walk in feeling good about themselves and

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really be in a good position to put themselves to
be in a good position to e actually.

Speaker 2 (30:00):
Win at Georgia. I think this is going to be
a really good game coming up.

Speaker 4 (30:06):
Oh yeah, I expect to see that happen. I expect
to see them compete. I expect to see it be
a dog fight like they've all been. They've all been
dog fights and this will continue to be one.

Speaker 6 (30:16):
Well.

Speaker 2 (30:16):
I feel like Every SEC game is a dog fight.

Speaker 3 (30:19):
Just last night Oklahoma at Tennessee, Oklahoma beating them thirty
three to twenty seven.

Speaker 2 (30:24):
That was a dog fight last night.

Speaker 3 (30:26):
And I love Matte I absolutely love them at Oklahoma.

Speaker 2 (30:30):
I think he's doing a great job.

Speaker 4 (30:32):
Yeah, the quarterback came back. Quarterback's doing a really good job.
Inevitable and found something in Jeo Materior. They've been able
to run the ball effective lead, They're throwing it on
the perimeter. Defensive league. They were able to get after
it because that Tennessee. Tennessee offense is one that is
hard to deal with because of the way they stress
you with their wide alignments and splits and how they're
running that vertical passing game to compliment the run game.

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It's up. Oklahoma showed up. They've been solid for most
of the year. Big win for Benables, he needed it.

Speaker 2 (31:02):
Yeah, they have been solid for the year. And I
like Okaham. I like to school. I liked the program,
but I loved to Tennessee as well.

Speaker 3 (31:09):
Another team taken to l yesterday was Miami or at SMU.

Speaker 2 (31:17):
Miami really started off hot and then.

Speaker 3 (31:20):
A loss here and a loss there. I mean, what
can we expect with Miami for the rest of the year.

Speaker 2 (31:24):
What do you think.

Speaker 4 (31:26):
I don't know, man, they don't finish well. I saw
some stad about their reckon in November. It's been terrible.
I mean, they just have had a tough time winning
games down the stretch. On the Mario crystal Ball and
Camber the understanding because you think about the talent, you
think about what the you has traditionally represented when it
comes to toughness and tenacity. Surprising to see them fail

(31:47):
to close out games and seasons in a way that
we used to see Miami do. So this is one
where Mario cris Ball is gonna have to go back
to the drawing board, go back to the work, see
if he can inspire his troops to do it. But
I'll say right now, a team that was expected to
be a national contender, potentially he's on the outside looking
in when it comes to the playoff.

Speaker 2 (32:07):
Absolutely.

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(32:45):
do we have any questions for Bucky?

Speaker 8 (32:47):
So nothing from the listeners.

Speaker 5 (32:49):
I think everybody is just a little getting off that
World Series kind of hangover, possibly because the World Series
from last night. So I'll go ahead and go because
I have a few So Bucky Geon Sanders wouldn't let
players talk to the press. The Buffalos are now three
and six on the season. They lost fifty two to

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seventeen yesterday after losing fifty three to seven to Utah
last week.

Speaker 8 (33:16):
So he told reporters, no one will be available tonight.
It's on me. Don't attack the coordinators, come at me.

Speaker 5 (33:21):
Do you think that was the right approach after two really,
really really bad losses.

Speaker 4 (33:28):
Look, at some point they have to talk to the media.
I understand him wanted to put a shield up to
protect all the kids, and look, that's admirable, But at
some point you want to hear from the players. What's
going on. The last two times you guys have gone out,
you've given up fifty plus points. You haven't been very competitive,
Like what's happening? And so Dean can answer for a

(33:49):
lot of those things. But because as a journalist's media member,
you want to hear from the players, because they gonn
to tell you what's going on inside out. At some
point they need to talk. So I would say, let
the players stop.

Speaker 2 (34:00):
Well what about this? What about this?

Speaker 3 (34:01):
Shaquille O'Neil's custom range Rover was stolen in transport, Bucky.

Speaker 2 (34:06):
How the heck does that happen?

Speaker 4 (34:08):
I mean, look, yeah, they ask the criminals to thieves.
I don't know. I don't know how they figured out
how they took his truck. When it says in transport,
to me, it means that he probably had his truck
on a flatbed and somehow along the way they were
able to get the truck off the flatbed. That shouldn't
happen when you're transporting a truck across the country. But

(34:29):
stranger things have happened, and obviously he is a victim.

Speaker 5 (34:33):
Okay, Bucky, who has the defensive advantage? Between the Broncos
and the Texans on Sunday, they're going in with the
two of the top defenses in the league.

Speaker 8 (34:44):
Who do you think is gonna come out ahead?

Speaker 4 (34:47):
Look, the Broncos defense is real, and it's real because
they have talent everywhere. They have talent up front, they
can get after it. You think about the guys the
way they are able to rush on the Vance Show.
So they gonna bring p sure. I mean then they
played manned man in the back end, which makes it
very very difficult. The Texans are a little different. They're
very aggressive, hyper aggressive, but they play some match zone coverage.

(35:10):
It's just a really good matchup. But I would lean
towards the Denver Broncos because last year they were closed
to getting the sack record. This year down pace to
eclipse it. They're dominant defense. That looks really fun to watch.

Speaker 2 (35:22):
All right, Bucky.

Speaker 3 (35:23):
You know it seems right now that college coaches are
getting bigger paychecks than the NFL, but their buyouts are
even bigger.

Speaker 2 (35:30):
I mean, we just talked about LSU fifty.

Speaker 3 (35:32):
Four million, twenty one million for Billion Naper at Florida,
fifteen million for Mike Granny at Oklahoma State. I mean,
why is this happening? How are they getting all these
big payouts?

Speaker 4 (35:44):
I mean, look, you're bringing in people from the outside,
like you're bringing in your boosters and donors and collectors,
and they're pitching in to make sure that you can
attract the best coaches and also the best players. The
problem when you do that is you raise the expectations,
which is the pressure when you take those jobs. So
any prospective coach that is thinking about taking those jobs,

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he has to know what he's stepping into. He's stepping
into a frying pan, and it's gonna get hotter from
the first day you get in there. The expectation is
to win, to win right away and keep on winning,
which is very, very difficult to do in the current landscape.

Speaker 5 (36:17):
All Right, so the Dolphins are unlikely to trade at
Jalen Waddle at the deadline. Do you think there's anything
the Dolphins can do to not Obviously they're not going
to turn their whole season around, like that's they're done,
they're cooked. But is there anything they can do to
kind of get a jumpstart on next year.

Speaker 8 (36:33):
On like the rebuilding side.

Speaker 4 (36:34):
Maybe it's really hard because it's hard to start a
rebuilding process without the coach in place. If you're going
move on from Mike McDaniel, what you hope is they've
been competitive in games and he still has the team
playing hard, but he has to kind of turn that
into wins. I mean, we can talk about the field,
good story and those things, but he has to turn
it into win. That means getting your quarterback to play better.

(36:56):
To a tug of a lawyer's turned the ball over
too much, hasn't played well, to get the perimeter weapons
to play at the level that can support the quarterback,
and then defensively, they still need to up their game.
So this has to be a thing where it's not
gonna be the personnel. It has to be the people
that you already have. You can't swap away people and
make it better. You have to find a way to

(37:17):
make the team that you currently have perform better. And
that starts on the practice field.

Speaker 2 (37:20):
Okay, Bucky, I got a question for you. The NCAA.

Speaker 3 (37:23):
They want to prohibit or college athletes from betting in
professional sports, and I have a really strong take on this.
But I have to ask you, why is this even
a topic of discussion.

Speaker 2 (37:36):
Why are they even considering this. It shouldn't be at all.
It should be banned.

Speaker 4 (37:40):
Of course it should be. But I think what's happening
is the ease of access to players has made it
one of those things where they feel bad because as
more people are taking in the money from the gambling sites,
casinos and those things, it makes the line gray. And
because so many of the kids have been participating in
this gambling, even though some of them are but also

(38:03):
fantasy football, it's a really easy transition from them to
go to fantasy football, the daily fantasy, to oh, let
me just start wagering games. I don't believe that players
should be allowed to bet, because eventually, I think they're
too easy to get to from people who have bad intentions.
I would prefer to clean it up and not allow
them to do it, so you can kind of keep

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the integrity of the game.

Speaker 3 (38:24):
Right Well, that's my biggest question right there, is the
integrity of the game. And I think you know, money
ruins all everything, of course, and once money is introduced,
then people start swaying one way or the another and
there's questions being asked, well, did he drop the pass?
Do you know so you didn't cover or whatever that
may be. I just I hate I love what gambling
did do for for the sports, betting for sports. I

(38:46):
love what it has done, But there is the slippery slope.
And when I say slippery slope, Bucky, it's slippery all
the way down to the bottom. It's very problematic in
my opinion though.

Speaker 4 (38:57):
Ah, yes, the slippery slope when you engage in that,
like when you bring that in. Yeah, you're getting some
CD characters, You're getting some things that you don't want.
But you have to make a decision. Do I want
the money and compromise the integrity or do I want
to lose the money but keep the game intact from
an integrity standpoint. Those are decisions that the presidents in
ads have to make. I would just lean towards not

(39:19):
allowing betting to come in, yeah.

Speaker 2 (39:21):
One hundred percent. And it's going to be hard to
even regulate it.

Speaker 3 (39:24):
Who's going to keep an eye on every college college
athlete making sure they're not betting professionally or even making
side bets whatever it may be.

Speaker 2 (39:31):
It's too hard to keep in check.

Speaker 4 (39:34):
It is now the thing that they will tell you
they can monitor all those things to the sports books,
will keep them up to date on when they feel
like people are involving themselves in the game that shouldn't be,
which are the players betting themselves and fixing the results.
But yeah, it's hard to corral all of it, and
that's why they shouldn't even try to them. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (39:54):
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Speaker 2 (40:03):
The fun out of the locker room. Next and next,
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Good morning to those who are just now joining us.

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I want to switch gears now to the NFL. The
Ravens are hanging on for dear life right now with
Lamarge's injury injury. They beat the Bears last week thirty

(41:00):
to sixteen, and they put a pretty good show for
us this past Thursday in Miami with the twenty eight
to six win over the Dolphins.

Speaker 2 (41:10):
But there was no fun in the locker room.

Speaker 3 (41:12):
Why because Lamar took out the ping pong table, the
video games if you could, he was going.

Speaker 2 (41:19):
To take off the TVs off the wall. Bri do
we what did Lamar say?

Speaker 9 (41:24):
I told Knico I had equipment, don told him and
take all the games ping pong to turn the.

Speaker 4 (41:31):
TVs off, and we could have taken the TVs out.
It wud have been on too.

Speaker 9 (41:34):
But I appreciate missus Steven putting out nfus, you know,
but yeah, we had to focus that. I wouldn't say
people don't take the jobs here and don't get your own,
but like I didn't feel like O the time flat
you know you got you got a lot of room.

Speaker 2 (41:48):
So so Bucky I had to ask you, does.

Speaker 3 (41:50):
It really make a difference getting rid of all these
things in the locker room.

Speaker 4 (41:55):
It makes a difference in terms of just the focus right,
showing people that he it's a place of work, we
need to come get our business done and not goof off.
So I do understand that. I actually appreciate Lamar being
the one that was the leader for that, because sometimes
you do have to get guys in check and get

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them to understand what they're up against and what they're doing.
And when Lamar takes charge and does that, then everyone
else is going to follow suit. So look, good job
by him. He should be applauded for taking care of
that because it's a big deal, like they hadn't played
well and those things, and so when you're not playing well,
you want to make sure that everyone's focus is on
the right stuff and that that stuff is about Hey,

(42:39):
let's make sure we're on the details in the meeting room.
Let's make sure we're doing everything we can in the
weight room and then on the practice field to put
us as a position to win the game on Sundays.

Speaker 3 (42:48):
Oh yeah, I absolutely agree, And I want to compare
what Lamar is doing with the Ravens versus kind of
what Tua did in his comments a couple weeks ago.
And if you don't remember, Tua like was kind of
pointing the finger. You know, he's pointing out the guys
who's not showing up for meetings, or he's pointing out
things that are happening, you know, in the locker room.

(43:09):
But you know, when I played football in high school
a little bit in college, the quarterback was essentially the
leader of the team.

Speaker 2 (43:18):
And we can see a clear difference.

Speaker 3 (43:21):
Between, at least in my eyes, Buckey, a clear difference
between what Tula was doing a couple of weeks ago versus.

Speaker 2 (43:27):
What Lamar is doing now.

Speaker 3 (43:29):
Now, obviously both teams kind of they need to turn
the ship around a little bit, right Miami more than
the Ravens, But the two leaders on the team, the
two quarterbacks on the team, are taking two very different approaches.

Speaker 2 (43:41):
It seems that mostly Tua was his kind of pointing.

Speaker 3 (43:43):
Fingers and he wasn't really stepping up as a leader
on the team. But with Lamar, it looks like he's
taking the necessary steps in his mind, at least the
necessary steps to try and turn the season around.

Speaker 2 (43:57):
And to your point that's getting rid of the actions
in the locker room. I mean, what do you think
is that? Like, is that the right approach or what
could have Tua done differently?

Speaker 4 (44:07):
I guess no. I mean, look, I actually think it
is the right approach. I think with Lamar Lamar stepping up,
and because he's so well respected by his teammates, they're
gonna listen and heat that. And they also have some
other vets in that locker room that are going to
make sure those messages are passed down with Tua. I
don't like Tua throwing guys under the bus. And I

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do know that that culture has been a little wonky
under Mike McDaniel's in terms of the accountability in those things.
And Tua comes from a very structured program in Alabama,
so he understands what it should look like. That's it.
He cannot point fingers at his teammates, he cannot allow
the media to know family business. And he must do

(44:51):
a better job as the leader of protecting the team.
He didn't protect the team in that.

Speaker 2 (44:55):
Instance, no, absolutely.

Speaker 3 (44:57):
And the guys playing with Tua, the guy I was
playing for Tua, his offensive line, his his wide receivers,
his everyone a part of the offense, even the whole team, because,
like I said before, the quarterback is the leader of
the team, whether they're nominated, whether they're it just is.
The quarterback is the leader of the team. And to
your point, you can't throw your.

Speaker 2 (45:18):
Guys underneath the bus. You can't be pointing the fingers.
You can't be saying, uh, you're doing everything wrong.

Speaker 3 (45:25):
It's you gotta look inward, you guys, say what can
I do to change the dynamic of the team.

Speaker 2 (45:31):
And if the culture is so.

Speaker 3 (45:35):
I hate to say the word toxic, but toxic, then
it's the quarterback's position to change that, to change it
around and to build a better culture in the locker room.
And certainly two us not doing that by pointing fingers
and going to the media and pointing fingers as teammates.

Speaker 4 (45:55):
No, he's not doing that, and it's disappointing. And that's
loser mental and culture when you have those kinds of
things that are created when you are not willing to
hold yourself accountable for the missteps and the actions that
are leading to losses, but you're quick to point to
other people, that's losing behavior. You won't turn the thing around.

(46:15):
Into everyone is accountable for their own performance, their preparation,
their process, and those things. So you would like to
see to own up to his part of it, encourage
his guys to get on the same page, not publicly
but privately, and then just try and have this team
get back on track, because the only way that you

(46:36):
can get back on track is you got to dig
yourself out of the hole. And they're just in too
big of a hole right now.

Speaker 2 (46:40):
They're in a huge hole right now.

Speaker 3 (46:42):
And you know, Bucky, I have to ask, you know, Miami,
they are in trouble, and Miami's longtime GM, Chris Grayer,
decided usually both of them decided usually to separate after
the bad loss against the Ravens. And some people say
the problem with Miami, you know, maybe it is the
lack of leadership, whether that's coming from TUA or whether
that's coming from the coaching staff or even the front office.

Speaker 2 (47:06):
There's you know, maybe.

Speaker 3 (47:07):
A lack of coaching or maybe just a lack of
talent on the team as a whole.

Speaker 2 (47:11):
I mean, in your eyes, really, what does Miami need.

Speaker 3 (47:15):
To do to turn the ship around maybe this year
to just kind of save themselves.

Speaker 4 (47:21):
I don't know what they can do this year. I
can say what needs to be done in Miami is
they probably need to pull a page from the Miami
Heat and have a harder, more discipline and detailed program.
Meaning in Miami, everyone talks about heat culture, Everyone talks
about the things that pat Riley does to keep the

(47:41):
team in chuck check in terms of the conditioning, district
standards and all that. In Miami, because the city has
so many distractions and the trappings of life, you have
to have a harder, more rigid program to make sure
that guys are focused. If it's lacks, if it is

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not as Look, we don't put our thumb on the players,
the players who can go and engage in things that's
going to prevent them from playing at their best on
the field. So to me, it's not an X and
those things. As a culture, it's an environment thing. They
have to kind of try and create a blue collar
environment within a city that is full of bright lights
and big stuff.

Speaker 2 (48:22):
Okay, and then where does that pressure come from?

Speaker 3 (48:24):
I mean, does that pressure come from the GM, does
that pressure come from the coaching staff, does it come
from the players, like you know, to a stepping up
and putting that pressure against their own against his own players.
I mean, really, ultimately, who does that fall underneath? Whose
responsibility is that.

Speaker 4 (48:41):
It starts at the top, So it starts at the
top one with ownership saying this is the type of
team that I want, not X and o's wise, but look,
I want our football operation to have these things that
I care deeply about. Dennis on the general managing the
head coach to make sure that they want to and
locks it own ship to they create the kind of

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structure in detail that will foster and create the kind
of team that the owner envisions. And then when you're
the head coach, it has to be in your vision,
meaning you know, I want the ex'es and o's to
play a certain way. I want the discipline to be
a certain way, but it has to be complete alignment
from top to bottom. Everyone has to be on board
and the players have to be responsible enough, mature enough

(49:23):
to carry out the wishes of the coach and police themselves,
hold each other accountable because ultimately, if you want to win,
it's not just a coach driven thing. Everyone has to
be involved in creating a winning environment.

Speaker 3 (49:36):
You know, I always say I hate when they get
rid of a coach midseason because to me, it doesn't
really do anything for the team. And you know, we
asked this question before, but to me, you know, it
creates chaos. There's no loses direction of the team. And
to me, it's just like everyone's saying, well, this year
was a flop. You know, we'll just go out the

(49:56):
rest of the season and just hope for the next year.

Speaker 2 (50:00):
We'll try to rebuild next year. But for me in
Miami and Dolphins Mike McDaniel, I mean, to me, I
just wonder why the heck is he still coaching.

Speaker 3 (50:12):
It just seems like he's just so nonchalant about everything.
I mean, on Thursday he had a couple of bright
eye moments like come on, guys, what are we doing?

Speaker 2 (50:21):
But I mean a little too late, don't you think.

Speaker 4 (50:25):
I mean, look, it is what it is. His coaching
style is the same coaching style that led him to
have success early. The thing that you have to do
is within that coaching style where people will say he's
a player's coach, I won't say that he just has
a laidback demeanor. I'll say within that he has to
have enough guys on the coaching staff that are the
backops that can believe the behavior in the locker room.

(50:46):
He also has to make it very very clear here
my expectations and when people violate the expectations, their consequences,
because it's not only holding those people responsible and set
in the stage and the standard for everyone else to know, Oh,
if I mess around, these are the consequences that happened
to me. And when he does that, it allows the
team to then begin to operate business as usual. Hey,

(51:11):
this is how we operate. We go about our business.
We take care of business. We can have fun, but
until we take care of business, there's no fun allowed.
That's how it has to operate. That's how most teams operate.

Speaker 3 (51:20):
Well, the Lamar is definitely taking you know, things into
his hands and make sure that they're taking the fun
away and they're getting their head screwed on right and
going back.

Speaker 2 (51:29):
And you're talking a little bit more about the Ravens.

Speaker 3 (51:32):
Now that Lamar's healthy, you know, his health is very
important both for the Ravens and for my fantasy team.
But you know, I think the Ravens are in prime
condition to take control of the AFC North.

Speaker 2 (51:44):
Now the Bengals are three and five.

Speaker 3 (51:48):
With last week's embarrassing loss and the Steelers, they lost
the Green Bay and the Browns, they're essentially another bye
week for any team that's going to play them. I
really think the Ravens still have a chance to take
on the AFC and North Division.

Speaker 4 (52:02):
What do you think? Yeah, the schedule says uth for them.
They had a tough schedule to begin But the thing is,
no one, none of their competitors, the division rivals sees
control of the division. The Pittsburgh still has had a
chance to do it, but then they drop two games
back to back, and now the Ravens are right where
they need to be in terms of being able to
get into position to swap to swipe the division crown.

(52:25):
The Ravens have to continue to play better. They play
better on defense against the Miami Dolphins. We'll see if
that is then playing better or the Dolphins being atrocious
on offense. And then Lamar Jackson coming back solves a
lot of their offensive issues, not only as a passer
because he's been one of the more efficient passers this season,
but his playmaking ability as a runner. It enhances what
they have with King Henry. It just allows them to

(52:47):
control the game in a different manner, and if they
are playing good, complimentary football, they're going to be a
tough team to beat. I sense that they're getting back
to that, but they need to continue to stack the
dubs on top of each other to confirm that and
to eventually be a team that can steal the division
in the end. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (53:05):
No, I sense that too. That their offense, it seems
like we're firing on all cylinders. The running game was hot,
Lamar looked great.

Speaker 3 (53:11):
Their next couple of games here they got the Vikings,
the Browns, the Jets, and the Bengals and then the Steelers.
That's the next five games. Vikings might be a formable opponent.
They're kind of been kind of like an up and
down season this year. The Viking or the Browns definite win,
The Jets I think a definite win, The Bengals, I
think a definite win, and then the Steelers. So to

(53:33):
your point, I mean the next couple of games.

Speaker 2 (53:36):
I think they're in.

Speaker 3 (53:37):
Really good position to take control of the division and
come out on top by the end of the season.

Speaker 4 (53:43):
Yeah, I mean a great position to do it. It's
about finishing the deal. They have all the things right
in front of them. They have to just make sure
that they play well and it's about building upon what
they displayed. If they build upon the performance today had
on Thursday, have another good week of practice in another
game next week where they play to the standard, Yeah,
they absolutely have an opportunity to get back into the
race and to win the division.

Speaker 3 (54:05):
Yeah, and absolutely And with Lamar now hopefully he's as
healthy as he You probably get a little bit more
healthier as the as the season progresses. But it seems
a little bit maybe in the in the beginning of
the year, they just weren't clicking on all cylinders, the
offense and even the little bit of the defense. But
now it seems like they figured everything out and maybe
everything everyone's kind of calmed down a little bit.

Speaker 2 (54:27):
Maybe there was dust up in the air there. All
the dust is settled.

Speaker 3 (54:30):
And they just now they're back in their groove. Everyone
came back healthy after that bye week, and I think
now they're in a really good position to take on
to take on the AFC North and to be the
grounding champ. That's Bucky Brooks, Alex Ferman here, keep it here.
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Speaker 2 (56:06):
And it went into extra innings.

Speaker 3 (56:08):
Six times, including last night, right, and of those six
only one of those instances the away team.

Speaker 2 (56:18):
Won the World Series. It wasn't the home team that
won the World Series.

Speaker 3 (56:21):
So a big congratulations to La Dodgers on winning the
World Series. That's absolutely insane, Hey, Bucky, So I want
to keep it here on the NFL. One of the
biggest matchups in the NFL today is Kansas City at Buffalo.
It's Patrick Mahomes against Josh Allen. And we've seen this
match up a couple times before. And when I say

(56:43):
a couple times before, I actually mean ten times before.
And it seems that Kansas City is Josh Allen's kryptonite.
I mean, he just can't find a win against Kansas City. Now,
last year they played each other twice. The Bills beat
Kansas City at home thirty to twenty one, but then
lost to Kansas City in last year's divisional round. And Bucky, listen,

(57:09):
I recognize it's hard to beat a team twice in
the same year. I recognize that it's hard to do,
But really, what does Josh Allen need to do to
finally get a win against Kansas City when it really matters.

Speaker 4 (57:23):
Yeah, it's not really on him, It's on the rest
of the team. Josh Allen traditionally has played really well
against the Kansity Chiefs, but he hasn't had a defense
that could back it up. And part of the problem
that you have is when Pat Mahomes is on the
other side, he stretch you in so many different ways.
His running ability, his playmaking ability on unscripted plays really

(57:44):
makes it very, very difficult for the defense to stay engaged.
And I'll be honest, the Buffalo Bills are a great
team defense, but they may not have a lot of
individual blue chip players. That means that they got to
be very precise in their assignments. They have to execute
at a high left. But when things go awrid, they
don't have the one game changer on their defense that

(58:05):
can take the game over and say, hey, we're going
to finish this out and I would be the one
to get it done. So as much as we want
to put it on the feet of Josh Allen, it
really is on Sean McDermott in the defense to be
able to get it done. Because if Josh Allen is
thrown for three hundred yards, rushing for another fifty, scoring
four touchdowns. There's not much more that he can do.

(58:25):
It's on the rest of the team to do their part.
They helped him get over the top.

Speaker 2 (58:29):
Yeah, no, I get that. I really do get that.

Speaker 3 (58:32):
And you know with Kansas City, you know Patrick Mahons
and the offense that he has, you know, Travis Kelce,
Isaiah Pacheco, it is so hard to cover everything and
cover everyone right and again stretch the defense. Then, so
it's not really Josh Allen's maybe you're saying it's it's
Buffalo's defense that was never really able to step up

(58:54):
on those high pressure games.

Speaker 4 (58:57):
Yeah, I mean it's been that in their ability to
play confimentary football. Sean McDermott and make sure that all
the coordinators offense, defense, special teams, they're working together to
put a plan in place to win the game. And
that might mean on offense, hey, we need to hold
onto the ball a little more and not put our
defense out there, try and play keep away from Pat
Mahomes special teams. How can we still an extra possession?

(59:20):
Is that an onside kick? Is that a fake punt?
Are there things that we can do to extend drives
using the kicking game. All of that has to come
into play, and they have to play this game, not
treat this game like a playoff, but play this game
like as a playoff game, meaning that time management, game
management is really really critical to being able to help

(59:41):
them walk away with a dub.

Speaker 3 (59:43):
Yeah, you know, it's kind of tough. Like I said before,
it's tough beating the same team.

Speaker 2 (59:47):
Twice in the same year. But what it playing that
team early.

Speaker 3 (59:52):
In the year kind of help you prepare to play
the same team later in the year, especially during the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (59:58):
Wouldn't I mean to me that huge advantage.

Speaker 3 (01:00:00):
But it seems like the Buffalo Bills could never really
figure out, you know, either what they're doing later in
the season or just figure out.

Speaker 2 (01:00:08):
What was successful and what wasn't successful.

Speaker 4 (01:00:11):
Yeah, teams are constantly changing, So just because you beat
a team early in the year, it doesn't mean that
you're gonna see the same team later in the year.
Your team may be different due to injuries or those things.
You may not be playing as well as you were
at the beginning. People will make some adjustments to what
you did on tape. When you have those rematch games,
some things can carry over. But the entire game and

(01:00:33):
game plan doesn't carry over. So who adjusts well to
the adjustments that are made. How quickly can you get
up to speed with the new plan of attack from
the opponent. All of those things factor in, and then
the final part of it is are we playing at home?
Are we playing away? If we're playing at home, that's
great because we're in the confines of our own field.
But then sometimes the nerves from the home fans can

(01:00:55):
creep onto the sidelines and creates a higher level of
anxiety than you would if you were on the road.
So many different factors go into it, but really every
game is his own individual story, and you have to
be prepared to face that team for a second time,
knowing that the results may be completely different than the
previous time, and you have to be ready to change

(01:01:15):
and adjust when needed.

Speaker 3 (01:01:17):
Yeah, no, Dal, and I always think that, you know,
playing at home, I mean it is advantage playing at home.
You have the home crowd, you feel a little bit
more comfortable playing at home, and it's always harder to
win on the road. But you're saying because of that
added pressure, because it is a playoff environment, even being

(01:01:38):
at home isn't helpful if you're the home team, right, it.

Speaker 4 (01:01:44):
Doesn't guarantee anything. I'm just saying like it can create
a lot of stress when you play at home. And
the reason why I creates more stress is because the
home fans come in expecting to see your team win,
and when it doesn't go your weight early, the pressure
just escalates. And with each path seeing moment or quarter,
the longer year behind, the more you feel the sense

(01:02:05):
of urgency and the intensity and the drama and those
things that can be stressed. It's a different feeling of
stress at home than it is on the road. It's
more internal. So that's why I can be a challenge.
That's why it's not always exactly what you wanted to
be when you play at home. It can just be
a very look at me, a challenge. Oh wow, Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:02:25):
I mean that's something that you know, none of us
whatever I've known that. You know, you would know that
because you've been in those situations. You've been on the
field at home and you've you've felt the home pressure,
the home crowd pressure playing at home. You know, between
the two quarterbacks here, there always been talks of the MVP.
I mean, Josh Whinnon that last year but Patrick is

(01:02:46):
really making a case for himself this year.

Speaker 2 (01:02:49):
And between the two, who do you like or is
there even a.

Speaker 3 (01:02:53):
Third one that we're not even mentioning yet.

Speaker 4 (01:02:56):
You're talking about MVP candidate.

Speaker 2 (01:02:57):
Yeah, MVP of the Year, I.

Speaker 4 (01:03:00):
Would say, like d MVP candidate to me, like, it
has to be one of the guys outside of those two,
because like, those two are great, but they're not. When
I think the team that has the best record at
the Indianapolis Coast, Daniel Jones or Jonathan Taylor, one of
those guys has to be considered the front runner. And
it can go either way because Jonathan Taylor leads the
league in rushing, but Daniel Jones has been the most

(01:03:21):
impactful player when it comes to what he's done for
this team. This team has raced out to a seven
and one start. He solved their quarterback issues. He's taking
care of the ball, operating at a very efficient clip.
It's hard to envision him being a guy that we
celebrate as an MVP, but if you look at the
way that the team is playing, a lot of it
is due to the way that he is executing the

(01:03:43):
offense under Shane Styking.

Speaker 2 (01:03:45):
Yeah, you know, Let's talk about Daniel Jones here for
a quick second.

Speaker 3 (01:03:48):
And you know, Daniel Jones and Baker Mayfield are kind
of in the same situation where they both left their
previous teams and then really found a home, you know,
one in Indianapolis than one in Tampa Bay at the Buccaneers.
They really found a home, uh in those respected teams.
What do you think's the difference there? Was it the offense?

(01:04:10):
Was it the culture?

Speaker 1 (01:04:12):
Is it?

Speaker 4 (01:04:12):
Like?

Speaker 3 (01:04:13):
Is Baker Mayfield more successful at at the at the
Buccaneers now in Tampa Bay because it's his style of offense?
I mean, what do you think what's the success uh?
The successful factors there?

Speaker 4 (01:04:27):
Look, I would say that everybody, the overall majority of
players and a National Football League system players, they have
to be in the right system for their skill set
to succeed. And for Daniel Jones and Baker Mayfield and
Sam Donald, these guys finally got into a system that
allowed them to flourish. Now it's kind of ironic that

(01:04:50):
all of these guys have somehow fell into systems that
are extensions of the Kyle Shanahan Sean McVay system. But
it's a system that relies on the running game, says
the quarterback up for success with easy throws on play action,
explosive throws on play action, and then everyone adds their
own little touch to fit the skills of the quarterback.
But it's one where if you just kind of connect

(01:05:12):
the dots, you're gonna have a lot of success. Daniel
Jones has fallen into a system with Shane Styken where
he does a great job of building the offensive scheme
around the athleticism and mobile playmaking ability of the quarterback.
Daniel Jones has some of that athleticism and he leans
into that with a strong running game, a big offensive line,
playmakers on the outside. I would say that this is

(01:05:35):
the best supporting cast that Daniel Jones has ever had
in his career. And I'm saying that knowing that Saquon
Barkley is special, But if you look at what's around him,
he is able to flourish because he's finally supported with
a level dudes all across the board. So now he
just has to be a point guard instead of the playmaker,
and that has worked out well for him.

Speaker 3 (01:05:54):
So a little bit, I mean a little bit is
the people are surrounding the quarterback in this case Daniel Jones,
but also the offensive scheme. But don't you think so
he went to the Giants first, And don't you think
the Giants are looking at Daniel Jones and thinking, Okay,
he's successful in this type of offense. This is kind
of the offense that we're going to be building around him.

(01:06:16):
But he just wasn't successful there, even with Barkley in
the running in the backfield with him. I mean, just
why wasn't he successful there? But then he's successful here
and with the Colts. I just don't understand.

Speaker 4 (01:06:29):
Coaching has a lot to do it. I would say
this the year that they were successful where they went
to the playoffs, he had fifteen touchdowns, five interceptions, But
they ran the ball a lot. They ran the ball
a lot with Sakwan Barkley, they ran the ball with him.
The offensive line is not the same. The Coles have
a much better offensive line than the New York Giants
had during his tenure. The Coles have better receivers on

(01:06:51):
the outside than the New York Giants had under his tenure. Like,
let's think about who is the notable name and wide
receiver that you were scared about when Daniel Jones was
that quarterback. I can't even remember who that number one
receiver is. I don't even know who their tight ends
are during that point. So when we talk about why
he couldn't succeed, Look, every quarterback needs a village around

(01:07:13):
him to support them, and he didn't have the same
village in New York that he has in Indianapolis, which
is why the results have been different.

Speaker 3 (01:07:22):
And then talk about Baker Mayfield and Daniel Jones, I mean,
what does this do for a player.

Speaker 2 (01:07:28):
Who kind of.

Speaker 3 (01:07:29):
Thinks, okay, you know, they started out at their respective teams.
I think it was the Browns and then the Giants,
and they just kind of like they lose confidence that
they're not winning games, they're not at a successful program.
But then they go and move to a different team
and look all the success that they have.

Speaker 2 (01:07:46):
I mean, what kind of what does us do for
a player?

Speaker 4 (01:07:50):
Well, I mean I think they all realize, like most
guys realize, like, man, I need to be in the
thing that plays to my strengths. And if you have
enough awareness, enough self awareness, you stand the strengths and
weaknesses of your game. I do this really well. I
don't do this as well. If you put me in
a system that allows me to just do the things
that I do well. Man, I can have a lot

(01:08:10):
of success. That's what we're seeing. That's been the biggest difference.
The biggest difference is like people are doing that part
of it where they are leaning into things that do
really well, and that has kind of helped him and
has helped them tremendously, because the success that we're saying
from Daniel Jones and Sam Donald and others is purely

(01:08:31):
due to system and supporting casts.

Speaker 3 (01:08:34):
Yeah, and you know, I'm thinking also, like so with
Baker Mayfield, he was over there with the Browns and
early in this year in his career, I mean he's
in the prime of his life, the prime of his
athletic life, strong, healthy, quick and fast, but he wasn't
winning games. And now he's you know, with the Buccaneers.

(01:08:57):
He's a little bit older, but early on in his career.
Don't what do players get upset at themselves? Man, I'm
in the prime of my life right now and I
can't win games.

Speaker 2 (01:09:08):
I'm not at.

Speaker 3 (01:09:09):
An organization that's successful. It's kind of like a waste.
I mean do players kind of think about that kind
of stuff?

Speaker 4 (01:09:16):
Yeah, I mean, they do, but sometimes there's nothing that
can be done when it comes to it, right, Like,
you just don't know how to handle it, how to
approach it, what you're doing. It's unfortunate for those players
that you can feel like, man, I've wasted some of
my prime years with an organization that doesn't know how

(01:09:37):
to do it. But it happens, and you have to
do the best that you can in this situation that
you're in and hope that it produces the kind of
results that you want to produce. But it's just tough.
It's a very, very challenging and difficult thing to deal
with when you're trying to get up and going. You
want your career to succeed, but you also want your

(01:09:57):
team to succeed. It's rare that you're able to get
all those thing's going at one time.

Speaker 2 (01:10:01):
Yeah, no doubt.

Speaker 3 (01:10:02):
And I just I keep thinking about Joe Burrow. You know,
right now, he's in the prime of his career. He's
the best quarterback that the Bengals, you know, in my mind,
the Bengals I've ever seen ze ever had. But you
can't have protection. He doesn't have any protection around him.
It's a toss up whether he's going to get hurt
that year or not, and if he does get hurt,

(01:10:23):
he's out for the rest.

Speaker 2 (01:10:24):
Of the year. But he's in the prime of his
career right now.

Speaker 3 (01:10:28):
It's it's wasted talent and I'm scared. I'm so scared
that Joe Burrow. One day it is just going to
say I've had it, I'm fed up, get rid of me.
Trade me to somewhere else where I will be successful,
where I will have the protection around me so I
can be successful. That's just the kind of stuff that
I'm thinking about with Joe Burrow.

Speaker 4 (01:10:49):
Yeah, I mean, look, the Sinstanty Bengals aren't well constructed
right now. Offensively, they have a few talented pieces, obviously
on the outside. T Higgins Jamart so terrific. The quarterback
is excellent. You think about some of the weapons that
they're rotating in at tight end, they certainly can be
a problem. But offensive line has been an issue. The

(01:11:12):
defense has been bad. They fired a good defensive coordinating
lou Ana Romo, who has done a great job with
the Indianapolis Colts. Al Golden is a terrific defensive coordinator,
but he hasn't been able to get this unit up
and going. And if you don't have great defense, it
puts a tremendous amount of pressure on your offense to
go to work. And if you're going to lean on
your offense to go to work, it's hard to do

(01:11:33):
it without an offensive line that can hold its own.
So I would say, the poorly constructed roster has done
Joe Burrow no favors. And when you have that, you're
going to struggle and he's hurting on the sideline and
all those things. It's just hard.

Speaker 2 (01:11:50):
No, it is hard.

Speaker 3 (01:11:50):
And every Bengal fans will say, well, you know what,
will spend all the money in the world for a
great quarterback and for a great receiving group and whatnot,
but we won't spend any money on the defense. We
won't spend any money on the offense because Mike Brown
doesn't like to spend money. And you know, people, I
don't know if Mike Brown knows this, but you have
to spend money.

Speaker 2 (01:12:11):
If you're gonna win championship games.

Speaker 3 (01:12:13):
So if you're gonna win the super Bowl, I mean,
we went to the Super Bowl once before, and maybe
Mike Brown just thinks that he's gonna do it on
the backs of of Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase and
T Higgins. But it doesn't happen that way. Defense wins championships.
And he was so reluctant on.

Speaker 2 (01:12:28):
Even paying the name forget yeah, Trad Anderson, thank you.
He was so reluctant. He just I don't understand what
the what the pause is? What the uh what? What?
What it is?

Speaker 4 (01:12:49):
I think for trade Henderson, like the debate and the
dilemma that they had was how much money do you
want to invest in a thirty year old plus pass rusher.
Now you look around the league. Miles Garrett was over thirty,
he got paid TJ. Watt got paid it over thirty,
and you're trying to figure out when is that breaking point?

(01:13:10):
When does it fall off the cliff when it comes
to performance and production for an older player. Mike Brown
is one who believes in trying to stay i'll say
physically responsible conservative when it comes to the expenditure. I
just believe that they should have paid Hendrickson earlier. And

(01:13:30):
then some of the other players that they've had on defense.
They have really good players that they've let walk out
the buildings. Jesse Bates is won right now. They've benched
Logan Wilson, who is a really good player. They have
good players that have been on that defense. For whatever reason,
they haven't retained them. They hadlected to spend on offense.
But if you spend on offense, did you got a
draft and develop really well on defense? And I can't

(01:13:52):
say that they've done that to the degree that they
need to do it to remain a contender.

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When we get off of the air, you don't want
to go anywhere because it's the Blame Game next.

Speaker 2 (01:14:25):
Welcome back in. Alex Furman here in for my dad,
Andy Foeman.

Speaker 3 (01:14:30):
Bucky Brooks here too, and we are also We're coming
to you live from Fox Sports Radio Studios, and it's
time for the Blame Game.

Speaker 2 (01:14:39):
You ruin me.

Speaker 1 (01:14:40):
It's all your fault. No, it's your fault, right.

Speaker 2 (01:14:43):
After all your fault.

Speaker 6 (01:14:48):
Maybe it's everyone's fault, the liar. That's why there's the
blame game. Let's figure out who to blame.

Speaker 5 (01:14:57):
All righty, guys, Well, this is gonna be nice and relaxing.
I don't have Andy's screaming at me blaming me for
all these questions.

Speaker 8 (01:15:03):
It's gonna be nice. Alex so really happy you're here
for this. You are not.

Speaker 5 (01:15:08):
No, it's very like a nice and peaceful show, right, Bucky,
kind of just like very smooth sailing.

Speaker 8 (01:15:13):
Right.

Speaker 11 (01:15:14):
So there's one hundred and sixty eight million dollars to
fire college football coaches so far this season, Bucky, who
do you blame?

Speaker 4 (01:15:27):
Oh, I'll blame the lack of patients among administration eighties presidents.
Everyone wants to waive a magic wand and think that
their teams can compete at a championship level. Sometimes it can't,
but it's it's odd. It takes time to build a winner.
But people don't have patients, and when you're asking them
for money, I understand why the patients has slipped.

Speaker 8 (01:15:46):
The governor is getting involved in things like that. Alex,
who do you that's what you blame.

Speaker 2 (01:15:51):
I blame the governors.

Speaker 3 (01:15:53):
The governors are stepping their foot into these these college
programs now trying to make decisions on who's going to
be the coach. I mean, the governor for LSU's now
saying that I want my say and who's going to
be the next coach at LSU.

Speaker 2 (01:16:05):
It's absolutely ridiculous, honestly.

Speaker 3 (01:16:07):
Also too, that's all the crazy alumni, all those crazy
alumni people just throwing their money at the programs, saying,
buy me the best coach, buy me the best coach.
And they even got, Man, they got so much saying
who's going to be you know, who's here and who's
not here? You know alumnis, you know, saying how much
is it to get rid of them?

Speaker 2 (01:16:27):
I'll front you the money. I'll just give you the money,
all righty.

Speaker 5 (01:16:30):
So, according to a report from ian Or Rappaport, the
Cowboys are looking to add a pass rusher because you know,
they haven't had a really good pass rusher in a really,
really long time.

Speaker 8 (01:16:39):
You guys, I don't know if you knew that they're
looking at.

Speaker 5 (01:16:41):
A pass rusher at the trade deadline, and they're actually
open and trading their twenty twenty three first round defensive
tackle Mazzie Smith.

Speaker 8 (01:16:49):
Alex, Who do you blame for this?

Speaker 3 (01:16:52):
I think I blame Jerry Jones's psychiatrist because I guess
maybe they're not having the right conversations here. I think
Jerry Jones is a little bit have his mind getting
rid of Michael Parsons. He had a great defensive end.
Why get rid of him? Why not make him happy?
Make him a part of the team. He was, he
was essentially your entire defense. But I guess his his sessions,

(01:17:13):
they're not having the right conversations.

Speaker 2 (01:17:14):
That's why I blame.

Speaker 4 (01:17:15):
Yeah, not having the right conversations for sure. Just a
difficult situation. Like I blame all everybody, Like I'm just
mad at everybody. Everyone gets to blame for me.

Speaker 8 (01:17:28):
I just think it's hilarious. They're looking to add a
pass rusher.

Speaker 5 (01:17:31):
Okay, like you guys didn't have one, you know, in
the off season, right, Like you guys didn't have one
earlier this year. Okay, So the weekend this weekend, we
had the World Series Football College Football NBA, you know,
getting underway. The last few weeks. The list goes on
it's too much. Who do you blame, Bucky question?

Speaker 4 (01:17:52):
I'm sorry.

Speaker 5 (01:17:53):
So we just kind of have like the sports, you know,
equinox with the World Series, we got football.

Speaker 8 (01:17:58):
We had college football, the NBA. Yeah, just a lot
going on. It's just like a little much. Who do
you blame?

Speaker 4 (01:18:03):
I actually like it. I actually liked at the calendar
in October is loaded with things. It's always something to watch. Yeah,
it was a little crazy watching college football and the
World Series last night, but it was fun to me.
You would like to space it out where every sport
would have its own individual month or two week period
for the championships, but sometimes you can't get it done.
So it's life. It's a life calendar. Can't control it.

Speaker 8 (01:18:25):
Alex.

Speaker 2 (01:18:26):
Yeah, no, I blame that. I blame the TV programmers
and how the heck.

Speaker 3 (01:18:29):
I guess they must not watch sports because they're just
like just throw it all.

Speaker 2 (01:18:33):
On one day, or throw it all in one week.

Speaker 3 (01:18:35):
Or whatever it might be. You know, I thought about
this late last night. They need to have a specific
sport for each day. For Tuesday it's going to be baseball,
Wednesdays is going to be NBA, Thursday is going to
be college football.

Speaker 2 (01:18:48):
Then baseball, football, NBA go in rotation that one, we
can all enjoy the sports. I can't even keep up.
There's too much. There's too much to watch out there.

Speaker 5 (01:18:55):
And then how many streaming services you need to go
along with everything you need to watch.

Speaker 8 (01:19:01):
That's like a whole others.

Speaker 2 (01:19:02):
I'm going broke.

Speaker 3 (01:19:03):
I'm going broke watching all the sports I can. I
can't afford all the streaming services just to watch the
just to watch the games is unbelievable.

Speaker 8 (01:19:09):
Alrighty guys.

Speaker 5 (01:19:09):
Last one, the Ravens were fined one hundred thousand dollars
for incorrectly listing Lamar Jackson on the injury report last week.

Speaker 8 (01:19:16):
Bucky, who do you blame?

Speaker 4 (01:19:17):
Look up? I blame John Harborough because you shouldn't have
uttered what he uttered out there about Lamar. They should
have put the status there. I know they said it
was a mistake, and mistakes do happen, but you got
to stay on top of it. There's so many factors
that are involved in the injury report that you got
to put accurate information out there, not just for the
teams involved, but also for the gambler.

Speaker 3 (01:19:34):
No, I blame I blamed the training staff here let's
get Lamar taped up, ready to go, ready for the game,
and let's get him off the injury port as quickly
as we possibly can.

Speaker 2 (01:19:47):
That's who I blame. There, Come on, guys, Thanks guys.

Speaker 3 (01:19:49):
It's your starting quarterback we need. Thank you, Thank you, Brianna,
thank you so much. And Bucky, thank you so much.
That's it from us. My name is Alex Firman. He's
Bucky Brooks. Thank you so much for waking up with
us this morning. Keep the doal locked.

Speaker 2 (01:20:03):
We got Mike Harmon and Greg Cosel coming up next.

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