World Series Madness & NFL Headlines w/ Nick Rice

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:11):
How's it going guys? Thanks for tuning into this episode
of the Film Talk Sports podcast Fillings You Got and
Nick Rice back with you today. Nick, it's been a while.
We've had three hurricanes, You've had three new computers since
we last talked, so we finally got our schedule situated
again and it's good to talk sports view again. Man,
how's it going good?

Speaker 2 (00:30):
I knew that you guys were having a crazy couple
of weeks, but three hurricanes, geez, well.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
We had two, two affected us. There was one kind
of out there, and then in that time, you've had
to buy and return your computer three times. So we've
both been dealing with challenges in our own way.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Oh, I created a whole hurricane over at best Buy.
I mean there came a point where people remember who
I was. But yeah, I'm just glad everything's all right over.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
There in Florida. I know there's you.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Know, you get the like tornadoes that come around too.
I mean, yes, that was a big old thing. So
but you guys were better prepared this.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Time, very much so. No flooding this time. A lot
of trees down, but I'll cut up trees and stuff
after every hurricane as long as the water stays out
of my house. So that's the deal I've made with
mother Nature, and hopefully she you know, holds up her
endo the bargain moving forward. But no, we're good. Obviously.
I'm on the east coast Florida. The west coast, and
the Tampa Clearwater area got hit. You know, both hurricanes

(01:25):
hit them as hard as you can imagine. So that's
really where like the thoughts and prayers need to be out.
The fact that, I mean, we've all seen what the
Tropicana Field looks like where the Rays are going to
play next year. We're going to talk baseball here in
a little bit. Who knows what their plan is. That's
going to be an interesting story to follow. The fact
that the Lightning are able to play their games right
now now that hockey's in full swing is nothing short

(01:47):
of a miracle because there was photos of like three
feet of water leading up to the stadium where the
Lightning play at. And it's just wild that Tampa is
even semi normal as of right now. So you know,
good up to them and everything, and it's wild. It's
been like two weeks, it feels like it's been a month.
And then also feels like the hurricane hit yesterday. It's

(02:08):
just a weird We know how to bounce back from it,
but every time it just takes a little little more
at you. But that's just that's living in Florida. I
guess you know absolutely, man.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
I I would be remiss not to remind you just
how sunny it is out here. Just not a cloud
in the sky. I mean, I can't bask in anymore
sun if I tried so. But anyways, I'm really glad
everything's worked out for you guys, and shout out to
Baker Mayfield and all them for coming back right off
the hurricane with a great performance to get people's minds

(02:38):
off of it and back into where it should be.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
It's funny when no matter where you live in this country,
you're dealing with either hurricanes, earthquakes, or blizzards. So you
just got to decide which natural disaster you're comfortable dealing with.
I don't know that we made the right choice, but
I also wouldn't want to live anywhere else, so I
guess I guess we did. At the end of the day,
we're gonna talk plenty of football today. I'm hesitant to
go too deep on this world series. I thought we

(03:01):
were gonna come in here today. We're filming this on
Halloween Eve, so everyone enjoyed their Halloween. By the time
you hear this, hopefully, I thought we were on here
talking about a Dodger's sleep. Obviously, the Yankees woke up,
the fans woke up. We'll talk that story in a minute,
but so they did. The Yankees did side step to
sleep by the Dodgers. So like, we won't go super
deep into the games, because by the time you guys

(03:23):
hear this, Dodgers might win the next game and it's over.
But it is important to note and I'm not first
of all, Nick, are you I know I've asked this
for Are you a Dodger fan? I know you live
kind of more in the Angels territory. I know you're
only semi into baseball, So like, where do you staying
on this? Are you waiting with baited breath for the
Dodgers to win? Are you just casually watching?

Speaker 3 (03:43):
So I've been wrestling with this for a long time.
I mean, there's a reason why, you know, I could
get asked, and I think where I've landed is.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
That I'm just happy for one of the LA teams, Padres, Dodgers,
or Angels.

Speaker 3 (03:56):
To make it, I.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
Feel a little closer to the Padres because I relate
a little more with.

Speaker 3 (04:02):
That fan base. But I don't really tag any one team.

Speaker 2 (04:06):
I'm one of the weird Southern California fans who actually
have not picked one, unlike almost everybody else here.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, I was gonna mention the Padres because obviously when
the Chargers left, at least it's the only team that
still like claims San Diego, so they probably gained fans
when the Chargers left. Just being the true last pro
team you know in that area, and I know you're
where you live is kind of You're You're almost just
as far from true San Diego as true LA. So
you're like in the perfect spot. But have you would

(04:37):
you say in your area? Is it most it's mostly Dodger,
Like if you had to cut up California in general,
it's mostly Dodgers, especially now, but even before this I
would assume, right.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, like Padres is just kind of San Diego in
the surrounding area.

Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah, and then Dodgers pretty.

Speaker 2 (04:51):
Much fills the rest of Southern California. And then you'll
get your sprinkle of Giants fans. Actually sure, the bigger
thing I mean angels. I mean, I don't know where
they are, so clearly there's a reason why there's none.
You know, it's unfortunate, but.

Speaker 1 (05:06):
I mean people would buy their hats when they had
Otani and Trout at the same time, so obviously people
are gonna like. And then there was there's the other
weird influx of A's fans that yet again we don't
know where they are to this point. Either they might
be the Sacramento A's for a couple of years, and
then they might just stay there. Who knows. But back
to this, you know, like I said, very close to

(05:26):
being as sweet as of I think. I think the
highlights of this series so far has been Freddie Freeman
playing out of his absolute mind. We got another game tonight,
but I think between last night and now he hit
another home run. Somehow.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
He is the only player in MLB history to hit
a home run in his first four World Series games,
only one and we had the greatest legends of all
time and it's this guy.

Speaker 1 (05:49):
Yeah, somehow, I think he found a way to hit
one between games. I think he just went out to
warm up and He's like, let's let's count this one too.
But you know, Freddy Freeman, it is a lot of
mixed Like I'm a Phillies fan, everyone knows that, but
living in Florida, Yes, we got Marlins and Rays fans,
but Florida is and probably always will be Braves country
because before the Florida teams existed, you could watch every

(06:11):
single Braves game on TNT every day. So a lot
of Braves fan probably more Braves fans than the other
two Florida teams combined. So there's a lot of mixed feelings. Obviously,
Freddie Freeman being like a Braves you know, legend, winning
the title with them in twenty twenty, his agent had
that slip up and he didn't match the off or
something happened, and now he's on the Dodgers, So like

(06:32):
some Braves fans cheer for him. Some are still been
out of shape that he left. But yeah, just an
all time performance. I hope that's what this series is
ultimately remembered for. If, of course, the Dodgers pulled off
tonight and it's not, the story could also be I
guess the miraculous comeback from the Yankees. Such thing has
happened that We just have a Netflix documentary out about
when the Red Sox came back from down three to zero.

(06:53):
So it's not impossible, of course. But the other story
here is a fan involvement in Game one, of course,
was the fan interference on the home run call that happened,
and just as that was fading with, we had just
an incredible interference yesterday and this one involved like contact
with a player being that player being Mookie Betts. And

(07:16):
this only happens in New York. I think because the Yankee,
like we still think the Yankees is like embarrassment of riches.
They have all the titles, but realistically they have won
the title in fifteen years. So this is a whole
there's a whole generation of Yankee fans. Anybody younger than
us might not even remember, or if they did, like
when they want to know nine they beat my Phillies,
but like some of the people in those stands might

(07:36):
have only been like six or seven or eight years
old when that happened. So this is a weird gap
of Yankee fans that don't know success. So when they
say like act like you've been there before, a lot
of these people probably haven't, and I don't think that's
an excuse for what went down. There's a version of
this where like they kind of jokingly like, oh, give
me that ball out of your glove, and Mooky smiles,
and he might even throw it to him because he

(07:57):
caught it in foul territory. That might it even happened.
But the way this went down either holding his arm
wasn't the smallest guy either. He could have put too
much weight. He could have like seriously injured Mookie beskind
have popped his shoulder out, Like yeah, I might be
exaggerating slightly, but like this really could have been awful,
And those fans are banned for life. They're obviously they'll

(08:20):
have like a barstool deal by tomorrow. I'm sure they're
gonna they're gonna be millionaires out of this. But like
you have not seen anything like that since the Steve
Bartman era, And it's crazy. The difference is like that
guy had to go into like exile, whereas these guys
are probably gonna start a podcast tomorrow and just be
known around Bronx forever. So just those I hope we
just remember this series in the future. For the Freddy

(08:42):
Freeman performance, but like the fans are gonna come up
every time too. I think at this point a.

Speaker 2 (08:47):
Sports equivalent of Hawk two. I guess, all of a sudden,
something that was nothing. That's the thing, man Like, it
takes away from what is an incredible moment where an
incredible game. Really, like, there's the reason why a lot
of folks to go along with it being such a
long season where folks really dial in during the playoffs

(09:09):
and during October specifically because of the special moments. I mean,
no matter how this series goes, I think what happened
to close Game one is probably the greatest moment of
the season, of the whole season where the Dodgers I
believe there was a I believe there was, Like you said,

(09:31):
there was a bit of fan interference that prevented a
home run and allowed a double which prevented the Yankees
from winning it in the ninth inning. They take a
three to two lead in the tenth and then Freddie
Freeman blasts a way to win the game. Now, granted
they had the bases loaded, but there nearly loaded.

Speaker 3 (09:48):
But the Dodgers.

Speaker 2 (09:51):
Kind of remind me that moment of what makes baseball
so special and It flashes me back to my first
ever World Series that I watched with my dad back
in twenty eleven, Game six, the Cardinals, David Freeze down
in the ninth inning, bottom of the ninth with two
outs and two strikes, so you can't be any closer

(10:12):
to defeat, and he sends a home run to force
extra innings and then hit another.

Speaker 3 (10:17):
Home run to win that game and wind up winning
in seven.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
It just reminds me like baseball is so funny, man,
because like, even though it feels like the game is forever,
you know, all these little moments add up and then
you know, the whole thing can flip in just a second.

Speaker 3 (10:34):
So that's the special thing about.

Speaker 2 (10:36):
Baseball that you kind of can't replicate in any other sports.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
And that was Freddy Freeman in the series, and that's
happened a few times in the series.

Speaker 1 (10:44):
You know, I remember the flip side of that. For
whatever reason, that twenty eleven series where like the Rangers,
it probably stings less now because they won it, finally
won a title last year, but like, imagine being one
strike away from your franchise's first title and then it
gets away from you by tying the game ripped away
in extras, but like I always remember the heartbreak of
the other side. But obviously it's you can also bring

(11:06):
up is you know the triumph that the Cardinals had
back then, but it's with that game one fan interference,
like that ball would have been short of a home
run most likely because he had to reach over the
fence to get it. So that's probably a double one
way or the other. But it was just confusing the
way it went down. This other one again, it was
caught in foul territory. So the only reason we've seen

(11:29):
fans interact with guys in a playful way, We've seen
it happen with kids, even adults. Like Miguel Carbrere used
to be really funny for you and this you like
catch it and like put it his glove in like
people's faces after he caught it, just being funny or whatever.
So but so there's a version of this that's just
like funny, like I get out of here kind of thing.
But like there's nothing else you can do but ban
those guys at this point. And like, I think it's

(11:51):
important to know people know me as like a Phillies fan.
They know I'm from Florida. My entire family is from
New York to Long Island area. Specifically, almost all are
Yankee fans, a fewer Mets fans, but you know, so
so I could be biased and say like, oh no,
it's just guys be you know, and that's how they're viewing.
It's like, we're just doing what we can to help
our team win. This isn't arena football where you're allowed

(12:14):
to like reach in the field of play and swap
the ball out like you got to know, especially to
have seats that close, like you know, for a Dodgers
Yankees World Series, those tickets gotta be astronomical in price
a couple So to spend all that money just to
act a fool, I'm just like why, you know, those
sort of people even in the NBA games, like people

(12:35):
that have no idea what's going on, end up like
court side and people would like end other lives to
sit where you're sitting, and you're just gonna be like
an idiot about it. So that's that's unfortunate. But like
I said, as we record this where I'm not I'm
hesitanting to go with any major detail because the series
might be over by the time you guys hear this recording,
Like I said, but in the meantime, the Freddie Freeman

(12:56):
performance is just out of this world. And hopefully that
is what it's remembered. And maybe, you know, we'll come
back maybe after this series and and give like a
full picture of it. But for now, Dodgers' lead three
to one, Yankees win. I guess if they win tonight
gets a little interesting, But you know that's I feel
like if you're the MLB, that's what you want, you know,
because the longer this series goes, the more money they're

(13:17):
gonna make. I don't like to be that cut and
dry about it, because eventually the better team's gonna win.
But but I think my final point on this is, yes,
the Dodgers win up three to zero, but almost every
game has been close. And that first one, like we mentioned,
ended on a walk off Grand Slam, the first one
in World Series history, which is crazy when you think
about how long baseball has been played. So you know
that game ended in a walk off. Me let me

(13:39):
run through it real quick. The score is six to three,
but again it took a walk off home run to
do that. Game two was a two run to win
by the Dodgers after the Yankees started coming back to
run win again, and then the Yankees win. Honestly, the
Yankees winning eleven to four, have the biggest margin of
victory in this series. So you know, it's it's not

(14:01):
as over as it may seem. I think I'll leave
it there. It might be over by the time were
we finished recording this, like I said, but we'll talk
about the whole thing. We'll be able to look at
it from its full picture, you know, next week or sometime.
But just wanted to get some baseball out there because
I'm glad it's getting like the shine, especially based on
last year what was the lowest watched World Series of
all time. That's gonna happen when it's the Rangers versus Diamondbacks.

(14:24):
No disrespect to those teams in Texas, you know, won
the thing, but to go from those two small it's
kind of like March madness, right, People like when the
underdog wins a couple of rounds makes it like Sweet sixteen.
But once you're in the final four, you don't want
to see Oral Roberts, right. You want to see Kansas,
You want to see Michigan State. So there is a line,
and last year was perfect example of like you always

(14:44):
want the other dogs here, they are lowest viewed World
Series in.

Speaker 3 (14:48):
You'd like one underdog. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear it.

Speaker 1 (14:52):
That's like the like the Final Four a couple of
years ago, it was like FAU was a crazy one
and then San Diego State even but if the people
are paying attention to they've been building that program for
a while. But like Fau's run was crazy, So like, yeah,
out of the Final four one yeah oh yeah. See,
like I said, if there's one, people are I think
are okay with it? Yeah, all right, So we're gonna

(15:14):
we're gonna shift over to football. We haven't gotten to.
Like I said, I was without power for a week.
I was without internet for a whole nother week, so
we I think it's impossible to really catch up on everything.
So we're just gonna hit the highlights here. I had
Nick construct a list earlier, and I appreciate him doing that.
I think the number one storyline here in the NFL
so far that we can jump right into is there's

(15:35):
one undefeated team left in the NFL and they're not
even playing that great. So I think we're gonna start
right there with Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
six and oh, but really have not looked good at
any point in the season, the outside of a quarter
or two, you know, only beating the Raiders by I
think ten in their last game. Mahomes, you could say

(15:56):
he's struggling, but again he's six and oh, like are
the Chiefs for I would hate to compare this to
like the Eagles, where they were like ten to zero
before things fell off the cliff. I don't think this
team's gonna necessarily fall off the cliff, but someone might
catch them. They look as vulnerable as they've looked in
this tenure. And I don't know if it's just a
lack of receiving options between injuries and trouble with the

(16:19):
law and stuff. But like Nick, where do you see
this team going? You know, do do you think they're
gonna be able to write the ship while still winning?
And obviously if they if they lose a game or two,
it's not a huge deal, especially with the way the
standings is right now. But is this team truly not
the way they've been in the past few years or
are they still just figuring things out.

Speaker 2 (16:39):
Yeah, I think they're a slightly better version of that
year when the Steelers were undefeated. You remember that, Yeah,
where yeah, like quarterback wasn't playing well, defense was and
the obviously well coached, but the defense was doing just enough.
They were just figuring out a way to win all

(16:59):
the close games. And I'd say in the end it
helped them, help them kind of figure, you know, fight
through things.

Speaker 3 (17:09):
But yeah, this like people are treating it like a
foregone conclusion, which is amazing because.

Speaker 2 (17:16):
During the two years that people were like criticizing it
every turn, like how could you lose with the Raiders
on Christmas Day? That was before they won the last title,
and you know when the Chiefs kind of didn't look
great going into their first Super Bowl run, it was
the same deal. And what's hilarious is that I think
just because they they are six to zero and that
record looks amazing, like people are now afraid to criticize

(17:40):
this team, which is amazing because I feel like this
is the time when you should criticize them the most,
since there are so many little glaring things that I see.
So I think quite a bit of the team, especially
the offense, feels like a hungover from another long playoff run.

(18:00):
Feel weird saying super Bowl winning hangover, but I feel
like there is a level of complacency you get.

Speaker 3 (18:06):
And yeah, I.

Speaker 2 (18:07):
Think in the end, their weapons are going to hurt him,
some of their injuries are gonna hurt them. And then ironically,
even on defense, it does feel like they can be
had in the passing game.

Speaker 3 (18:17):
Even though they've won all these games.

Speaker 2 (18:20):
We saw Lamar Jackson play relatively well against them. Joe
Burrow carved him up a good amount last week they played.

Speaker 3 (18:28):
I keep forgetting. I think it's Aidan O'Connell for the
Raiders and he played well. They won.

Speaker 2 (18:33):
The Chiefs did, but that secondary Dona Jerius Snead is
now with the Titans, you know, and they're just a
little thin out there. I think they can be had
passing the ball in the playoffs.

Speaker 3 (18:45):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (18:46):
I think the defense, and it's a good word to use,
has been thin for a while. They've just had Mahomes
to cover up a lot of those holes. And now
he's not quite like it. I get why people still are,
but like he shouldn't be near the MVP discussion with
the numbers that he has, but he's umber home, so
they're gonna Yeah, so they're gonna, you know, keep him
that way. He's his numbers look closer to Trevor Lawrence

(19:10):
than they do a Josh Allen or someone are the.

Speaker 3 (19:13):
Lower passer rating than Trevor, just throwing them.

Speaker 1 (19:15):
Out out there, so you know, he's closer to Trevor
than he is like a Josh Allen typeer or throw
whoever else you want into that MVP conversation. But yeah,
with them being they're seven to zero now actually and
to be two games up on their division. The Broncos
somehow have five wins, not quite sure how that happens,
and we'll we'll touch on the Chargers here later on.

(19:35):
They're they're in the perfect spot, and it is just
kind of a wait and see. I like, at some
point this has to cost them, this lack of product.
I mean, how many times are you gonna win nineteen
to sixteen or twenty one to eighteen or whatever it's
gonna be. And again, losing one or two games doesn't
really change that. It's just like, can you do this
in the playoffs? Is really what it's gonna come down to.

Speaker 2 (19:55):
Yeah, I just think people look at the record and
they're afraid to say, how you know what this team
really looks like.

Speaker 3 (20:02):
I see the.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
Ravens are a tougher team, the Lions are a more
talented team, especially with Ben Johnson just unlocking all the
skills of the Lions. And I just look at this
Chiefs team and I don't I'm not sold that they're
as great as not only their record says. I think
we can all agree maybe they're not quite seven to

(20:23):
o caliber, but yeah, I feel very confident that this
team will not three P. And like before the year,
I think we all could have agreed there's no way
you know a team can three.

Speaker 3 (20:35):
P in today's era.

Speaker 2 (20:36):
But now that I'm looking at what I'm seeing, I'm
seeing there's a lot that can be had. But I
just think people get scared because last year the Chiefs
kind of like in this regular season, figured out a
way to win late.

Speaker 3 (20:48):
So they think they're just gonna do that again.

Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yeah, there's a lot of great challenges out there, and
believe it or not, I think you know, if they
do last through the AFC, they've got a team that
they know can beat them, potentially in Detroit and the
Super Bowl team that beat them that began last year
very comfortable and confident. Gets a chance to meet them again.
You've also got you know, Green Bays looking good. There's

(21:11):
a lot of teams that, to me, I think, you know,
look better than the Chiefs for sure.

Speaker 1 (21:17):
Yeah, plenty of teams look good than the Chiefs, but
they all have like the yeah. But like the Ravens
look great, but yeah, they just lost to the Browns
and they started slow. Buffalo, it's hard to believe in
just because we've seen them lose in every conceivable way possible. Detroit,
I think is the most comfortable. You feel like there's
less of a yeah. But with them, they're only yeah.

(21:37):
But is like maybe they're inexperienced, but a lot of
that team, I mean, you got Jared Goff, who's made
a Super Bowl. They went on a good run last year.
That experience is coming in the past, you know, two
year and a half seasons or whatever. So they're like,
if I had to put money on an NFC team
right now, I think it's Detroit. I think the sexy
pick right now would be Washington just because every four

(22:00):
five years they and I'm not saying to like win
it all, but to like make a Conference title game,
even because every four or five years, whether it's a
combination of the Eagles and the Cowboys doing what they're
doing and Washington kind of sort of figuring out they
win the division every like four or five years, it's
like a presidential election for them down there, right, this
might be the year, especially after that Hail Mary that

(22:20):
was just incredible to see this past weekend. But I
wouldn't feel comfortable putting money on them or anything right now.
I think if I had to put money on an
NFC team, it's Detroit. And then with the AFC, like again,
Buffalo is six and two, they're looking good. They have
a four game lead on the division. Whether you know, yeah,
it would take a would take a monumental failure to

(22:43):
not waltz in backwards with the afsee, so like they
have that going for him, right Pittsburgh's is six and
two as well, But the Ravens are right there. People
like I think the people liked Houston Moore at the
start of the year than they do now. I think
they're still very good and they all so have a
very winnable division, but it's pretty wide open. But in

(23:03):
the AFC, I don't know again, I guess even though
they don't have the record to show it, I think
I feel the most comfortable going with Baltimore as of
right now. Like you said, even though they've lost a
few games, they should have won. Like what you see,
I'm like, yeah, this can translate to the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (23:19):
It feels to me like the Ravens are a lot
like it. Just I can't get out of my head
the year the Colts won the Super Bowl with Peyton Manning,
where they you know, got rid of some defensive talent
and the defense.

Speaker 3 (23:33):
Didn't look as good as he used to.

Speaker 2 (23:36):
But you know, because they're well coached, they're a tough team.
They've lost a lot in the playoffs, they have a
quarterback that just you feel too good to not at
some point get over the hump. I think this is
the year they do it, especially when they have a
Derrick Henry. So I feel pretty good about them. And
then I forgot about this team and you brought them.

Speaker 3 (23:54):
Up with Pittsburgh. They just figure out a way to win.
They're a great, well coached team. And I've had micro
about Russell Wilson for a while. I feel like.

Speaker 2 (24:02):
Him being in the automatic first ballot Hall of Fame
talk when just my own personal gride, the fact that
Antonio Gates is not a first ballot is insane to me.
Argument for as good as any tight end there ever
has been, So that's wild to me. But Russell Wilson,
I feel, with this year being a vindication year, probably

(24:23):
should get in.

Speaker 3 (24:24):
As the Hall of Fame football player.

Speaker 2 (24:27):
He's really proven it this year, and I think, yeah,
if he can play like this, the Steelers are a
team to look after too, to go along with the
Ravens and the Chiefs.

Speaker 3 (24:36):
Maybe that's a three horse race in the AFC.

Speaker 1 (24:38):
I mean, we talked about this in our group chat
the other day. As much as I don't like the Steelers,
like Mike Tomlin, his title shouldn't even be head coach anymore.
It should just be like miracle worker, like the way
he man and like babysit. Yeah. Man, all the all
the ego stuff that that Russ had going on in Denver,
like it's non existent. He brought in two quarterbacks that

(24:59):
expected to start. Both have played. They're winning, right, They're
both quarterbacks are yucking it up on the sideline with
each other. This dude, I don't know that anyone's ran
an NFL team better for longer than Mike Tomlin, Like,
I really can't think of another one. And you mentioned like, yeah,
there was a weird version of this where they just
like because they haven't played particularly great either, but they

(25:20):
have found ways to win. So if they catch fire
with the guy like Mike Tomlin, could be good to go.
I'm watching that Giants game, you know, this past Monday.
I'm watching it for fantasy implications. And Russ throws a touchdown.
I'm like, oh, that's it for me. I'm gonna lose
this game by one point or something. They get the
ball back any fumbles, and if it's not the Giants

(25:40):
you're playing, they may go down the field and score.
But the Giants have a terrible offense minus in the league, neighbors,
and it doesn't matter too much. But like, you can't
let teams back in the game like they did in
that game. You got lucky because you're playing the Giants.
But like, the Steelers are in a weird situation, and
we've had teams like this in the past. I call
it Green Bay Packers, and it was the way it

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was with Aaron Rodgers. I could see them winning the
Super Bowl, and I could see them losing the Wildcar Rounds.
It neither would surprise me. You know. That's kind of
where we're at with them.

Speaker 2 (26:09):
And I told you're going after that Monday night game.
The Russell Wilson is the type of guy now where
he gives both teams a chance to win. It's just incredible.
You know, he makes all these great plays. He's one
of the great deep ball throwers of all time, but nowadays, Yeah,
he just has a tendency to make these like what
are you doing plays and yeah, shout out the russ
for helping you win last week.

Speaker 1 (26:30):
Yeah, he took he gave me a loss and then
he took it back, so that was very nice to him.
Before we go off to Steeers, I didn't even plan
to talk about the Steeers that much, but can we
talk about the Pickings touchdown that wasn't a touchdown? That
is the most incredible, Like, dude, just let gravity do
its thing and you score. And like, you agree with
me though, that that was the correct call. That was

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not a touchdown, right.

Speaker 3 (26:53):
Yeah, that's that's the way of the rules. It's just
should that still be a rule?

Speaker 1 (26:58):
I think it's hard to not like it says two
feet and I guess it's just implied that it means. Actually,
I don't think two feet's the word. I think it's
both feet is the word. Yeah, that stands because otherwise
that's a college catch where you know, you got your
foot down one time and you're in I cannot, like
when you watch it live, like that's as clear a
touchdown as you've ever seen, and they're all just standing

(27:20):
around and you don't know why, and then they show
the replay and I've never seen anything like that before.
I don't think you'll ever see anything like that since
the most like so like does Brian used to do
stuff like that all the time, where he like went
out of his way to like he could he could
drag his toe. You know, he's talented enough to do it,
and he just doesn't.

Speaker 3 (27:37):
You know how like that.

Speaker 1 (27:39):
He probably has like six to eight more touchdowns on
his career outside of the ones that he tries to catch,
you know, on the sideline or at the back of
the end zone.

Speaker 3 (27:47):
But more and more playoff one.

Speaker 1 (27:50):
Yeah, yeah, definitely, But no, I've just never seen anything
like that, and I don't know that I ever will again.
It was Yeah, it was wild and people are saying, like, no,
that should be a touchdown because he got a foot down.
That's not the rule, and this isn't like the rule.

Speaker 2 (28:03):
But I think I agree with them that that should
at some point be the rule. I feel, I know
that sounds crazy, but you're getting in the end. You're
supposed to have control and get two feet in. I mean,
how many times is that gonna happen? Like maybe one?

Speaker 1 (28:21):
And now that it's happened, in case anyone was ever wondering,
you know, that's that's how that's people are gonna remember
now that it doesn't work that way. They made the
right call, and I think we both agree on that.
It's just like, is it in the spirit of the rule?
I think you have to go out of your way
to not get your second foot down there, and he
basically did that, which is just the weirdest I think.

Speaker 3 (28:41):
Two crazy catch rules this year.

Speaker 2 (28:43):
I mean, I think his name first name is DeShawn,
the last name was Polk for the Patriots who got
his heel down.

Speaker 3 (28:51):
He got one foot down and then his right heel down.

Speaker 2 (28:54):
But the rough said incomplete on a touchdown because he
didn't get his whole foot.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
Down or like the front of the foot hit out
of bounds for the back of the foot, which again
that makes sense, but it's like, how often is that
going to happen? You know, It's just a weird thing
to me in the.

Speaker 3 (29:07):
End, if you get two feet down.

Speaker 2 (29:09):
The only argument people had to my thought of George
Pickens is that, well, then you can just you know, when.

Speaker 3 (29:14):
You're dragging your foot on the ground, technically it goes
up and down, you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (29:18):
It's yeah, but I think we all understand, like if
you get a whole foot down twice.

Speaker 3 (29:24):
I think that's I mean, but it's I mean, how
it is going to happen.

Speaker 1 (29:29):
So yeah, I get the argument for sure, But I'm
in the I'm in the boat that like, if you're
in that scenario, it's almost easier to put your second
foot down than it is to pick up and put
it back down.

Speaker 2 (29:40):
But it was a weird thing where he caught the
ball drifting, you know, not out of bounds, drifting sideways,
and then he got pushed right at the perfect moment
where he kind of felt like he's falling back and
his left foot stead But you got to have the
wherewithal to say I'm gonna put my foot down.

Speaker 1 (29:57):
Yeah, I mean, I will be shocked if we see
anything even close to that. Ever. Again, that's it's it's
similar to the yeah, yeah, it'll it'll happen. It'll happen
this week, now watch it. But you know, it's like
the whole fumble at the back of the end zone
is a touchback. Like, people don't like it.

Speaker 3 (30:16):
It's gotta get changed, I see.

Speaker 1 (30:18):
I don't know how you change it, though, because look
at it this way. I had it explained to me
this way, and I'll it'll keep my opinion this way.
No other play in football ends in the end zone
that isn't a touchback, So it has to be a touchback,
you know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (30:35):
Yeah, but most but all other plays, there is a
understood rule that the ball wow. So the one I
guess I'm even thinking about a kicking the ball out
of the end zone. Technically the other team didn't grab
the possession either, But in that case, I guess my
only retort would be if you if you're punting the ball,

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and instead of punting the ball towards.

Speaker 3 (31:01):
The opponent, you punt it out of your own end zone.

Speaker 2 (31:04):
It's a safety and you punt the ball in a
safety punt back to them, right, But if you fumble
the ball out of the end zone, you don't punt
it to them on a safety punt. You just give
them the ball to twenty.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
So the only exact we do figure out.

Speaker 3 (31:18):
A way to reverse you know, have different rules for
different things.

Speaker 1 (31:21):
The only thing I've thought of that like, all right,
if you have to change it, it's a loss of
down and the ball is all the way out to
I would go as far back as like the twenty
five because like, if you're not going to lose the twenty,
if you're not going to lose possession, it's at and
like people are like, oh, why why does that mean
to happen? Why can they get the ball we're fumbled?
Because it needs to be a penalty for you fumbling

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the ball, you know, otherwise you can just fumble, like
if you're going down and you can just kind of
like fumble it into the end zone in it like
corner pocket it. Yeah, holy roller, right, so like you
got to prevent that. People hate it, but like I
defend it more than I ever planned to because I
don't know what else to do with it, And the
only thing I could think of is loss of down

(32:03):
and out to the twenty five. So we'll see. I
know if it's lever changing because it happens once or
twice a year. People complain and then it goes nowhere.
Like honestly, it's I don't know that it will ever change,
And I'm kind of okay because like, if it happens,
it happens enough now, then when it does, people know, like,
oh shit, that means loss of Possessionally, it was happening

(32:24):
so infrequently before that when it did, people were just
looking around confused. People know what it is now?

Speaker 3 (32:29):
What's funny?

Speaker 2 (32:30):
Before I come with a with a steady opinion on this,
I kind of want to see how the college football
playoff works. And people may be like, what how does
that relate? We complain for years every time right around
the playoff time about hey, there's not enough teams in.
Now we have a ridiculous amount of teams in. I
want to see how many people complain now, and then

(32:51):
that will determine whether or not these rules matter, because
if I hear a lot of complaining, then I don't
know if I want to listen to much complaining anymore.

Speaker 3 (32:59):
Anyway, show, I'm here how playing to the playoff.

Speaker 1 (33:03):
When they went with twelve, I thought immediately that was
too much. I would have been fine with six, right
like your top four, your top four conference winners, your
best group of five champion and one wild card. And
then if people thought that was too exclusive, I'd go
with eight. But I thought six or eight made way
more sense than twelve in my opinion.

Speaker 3 (33:23):
Don't you find this funny?

Speaker 2 (33:25):
All these years where Bama was like sneaking into the
BCS and then all these years where BAMA was sneaking
in to number four, and guess where Bama's sitting around
right now?

Speaker 1 (33:37):
Twelve.

Speaker 3 (33:37):
They're going to twelve, right around twelve. Isn't that hilarious?

Speaker 1 (33:40):
Funny how that works? Yeah? Absolutely. I might have some
some college football stuff here at the end, but we'll
talk about you know, we talked about the lines a
little bit. Jared Goff talked about it. Has anyone, let
me throw this at you, has anyone ever had this
good of a second team run as Jared Goff is
with Theons. I mean, you got Joe Montana with the Chiefs.

(34:03):
He got Alex Smith with the Niners. I'm sorry with
the Chiefs from the Niners. I don't know many. Maybe
a Randall Cunningham with the Vikings, right, like that was
a crazy run, but he's up there. He's got to
be top three, top five for like second chance. And
this isn't just like a random guy that caught on
on his eight team. This is a guy that was
a first round pick, went to a super Bowl with

(34:25):
Team one. You know, was a couple of plays away
from making a super Bowl with Team Kurt Warner, right,
I guess with the he went to it right, but
he was better rams he was, of course, But like
just the fact that you could be that successful with
the second team is wild.

Speaker 3 (34:42):
Yeah, there are examples. Off the top of my head.

Speaker 2 (34:44):
I go Cunningham's teammate Randy Moss, he was good with
the Vikings.

Speaker 3 (34:49):
But but I'm talking quarterbacks, and I guess quarterback.

Speaker 2 (34:53):
I'd go Baker, you know, told so there are examples,
but it's few and far in between. But with even
fewer and farther in between is a double win on
a trade Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff, both teams are
happy with that trade. Maybe now Detroit actually might be

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a little more happy because.

Speaker 1 (35:14):
If they if they managed to win one, they will
be happier because the Rams could have maybe won if
they with somebody else with the team that they constructed
that year. But the Browns, I'm sorry, the Lions needed
someone like Jared Goff that was like, had the talent
but didn't have the personality, Like he weirdly fits as

(35:35):
a guy that was from played at cal right, like
he fits the Michigan Detroit better than than California or.

Speaker 2 (35:42):
Whatever, especially the fighting Dan Campbell's you know, they there
needs to.

Speaker 3 (35:46):
Be somebody behind the scenes.

Speaker 2 (35:48):
Of a Dan Campbell you know, shout show yeah or
kneecap biting show whatever it is up there.

Speaker 1 (35:54):
But you're right, I can't think of another like it.
I guess even if the four years from now, like
the Lions didn't win, but they made the playoffs, made
a bunch of NFC championships, like it would sting that
they never won it. But they're like, yeah, Trade and Stafford,
Like we wouldn't have done all that with Stafford at
the point because like Stafford had less time to do
because he was older. He won the ring right away,

(36:16):
and the Rams like he still shows his magic. He
you know, pulled out a big win last week, So
I think you're right. I think even at this point,
the Lions are like, yeah, we wouldn't be where we
are if we didn't make the trade. So we're better
than we would have been. Yeah, our other guy did win,
and maybe we do or we don't. But yeah, it's
it's one of the more even trades. That's the thing.
Like it's funny coming from but.

Speaker 2 (36:37):
It was good for like like it was great for
both that had happened, you know what I mean, Like
it wouldn't have been as good if they stayed there.

Speaker 1 (36:45):
Yeah, absolutely, they both benefit. Both teams benefited, both players benefited.
And it's funny coming from me being like I'm a
fan of a team that Howie Roseman runs, and he
you know, rips people off with every trade. But it
is possible to be like, hey man, I got an idea,
And fantasy football players think about this too. It is
possible to make a trade that doesn't rip the other
guy off. You can like, hey you need this, I

(37:07):
need this, boom, let's do it, you know, and then
it helps both of you just because it's not a ripoff.
Doesn't mean you didn't win.

Speaker 2 (37:13):
What I thought was a ripoff of Washington. What has
happened this year with Johan Dodson.

Speaker 1 (37:19):
I don't know. That's a great point. He's not hurt,
he's playing. He's Yeah, maybe we called him out with it.

Speaker 2 (37:25):
I thought Philly just got the height of the of
the year on that grade.

Speaker 1 (37:30):
But I agree, I agree one hundred percent. We'll see.
I mean maybe I don't know. To me, it's more
of a college thing where's like, oh, he doesn't know
the playbook yet. I'm like, he's the third receiver, Like
put him out there with some draws and some outs,
like he doesn't need to be you know, rain rain
man with the playbook to make a couple of catches.
But no, I'm with you, Omars I could do it.
And you know one Julio Jones came in right. He

(37:52):
was fine last year for US or was it last year?

Speaker 3 (37:54):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (37:55):
Last year? Still the last Eagle to score a touchdown
in the first quarter, Julio Jones from what w So
that's largely I mean the to finish Eagle updates. I
guess like we were three no since Sirianni buzzed his hair,

(38:15):
so you know, we can credit to that apparently. So
let's let's talk Chargers too for a minute. Is it,
you know, first year with Harball four and three winning record?
What if you get away late? Where where are we?
Seven games into the Jim Harball experience, the.

Speaker 3 (38:30):
Jim Harbaugh experience.

Speaker 2 (38:31):
I will be there in person at the Harball Bowl
when they play the Ravens.

Speaker 3 (38:36):
In a couple of weeks. I'm awesome, super jazz about that.

Speaker 2 (38:41):
The Jim Harbaugh experience has been not much different than
what I expected once I got my head around it.

Speaker 3 (38:49):
In the beginning. I came on the show and talked about.

Speaker 1 (38:51):
Like, I don't know, man, oh that's a Monday night
game too. Not to cut you off, but that's awesome.

Speaker 2 (38:56):
Yeah, yeah, that was the one game I knew I
had to go to or may happen. So and both
teams are looking right around where I thought, which is great.
So yeah, like this this experience is about what I thought.

Speaker 3 (39:09):
We aren't gonna score a whole lot of points. We're
not gonna be all that exciting.

Speaker 2 (39:12):
The one thing that I find a little strange is
that Herbert is just not developing like he His greatest
year was a rook as a rookie and he's just flatlined.

Speaker 3 (39:25):
So I don't get it.

Speaker 2 (39:27):
I know his receiving corp isn't all that great, and
he's made some great throws, but he's just I'm waiting
for him to take that next step and that, you know,
hopefully this year Jim Harbaugh and Greg Rowman and that
offensive staff you know, ignites that out of him. But yeah,
Chargers are tough, man, They're They're not like this juggernaut team.

(39:47):
I don't expect them to win more than one playoff
game with the most but.

Speaker 3 (39:51):
Yeah, I'm very excited. This is what I'll say. And
we got a rookie.

Speaker 1 (39:57):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (39:58):
One of my buddies call him last a Honkye Kong. Uh.

Speaker 2 (40:01):
He's the little guy that reminds me like Donkey Kong.
You know, he's so tough to bring down. You know,
he's gonna be something special. I think he has a
four or five touchdowns this year.

Speaker 1 (40:12):
So is he related to I quick could quickly google this?

Speaker 3 (40:16):
Is he really almost positive? No?

Speaker 1 (40:18):
Not New York Giants and dream Dream Bowl legend Phil mconkie.

Speaker 3 (40:22):
No, that's right, okay, all right, just general, I'm ninety nine.

Speaker 1 (40:26):
That so so you mentioned, like with Herbert, like the
progression almost every year, like he's best, you're being a rookie.

Speaker 3 (40:32):
That's flat line.

Speaker 1 (40:34):
I don't know that's worse, but sure, I mean his
I think his receiving cores for the most part is worse.
Which is and I think it's very understated what Austin
Eckler does for that offense, did for that offense, and
he's currently doing for the Washington offense, maybe not as
a straight up running back, but even as a as
a receiver as well, especially like you notice it if

(40:54):
you have him in fantasy, but honestly just watching the game,
any given drive, it's like, all right, this is gonna
be the Austin Eckler drive, just gonna run everything through
this guy. How how many more years of flat line
do do we flip the narrative of Like you can
sit there and say, see, Phil, I was right all along?
Herbert wasn't that great? Like are we are we inching?
Is that danger?

Speaker 3 (41:15):
I got a Herbert Jersey?

Speaker 1 (41:18):
Yeah, but originally you were like, I was wrong. This
guy is better than I expected. At what point does
it become this guy's average like I thought he was
prior to everything.

Speaker 3 (41:29):
Are we right?

Speaker 1 (41:30):
Are we inching to that territory?

Speaker 3 (41:31):
Thank you for bringing that up too.

Speaker 2 (41:33):
I got a couple of takes that are kind of
boiling right now. Another one, I thought Bill Belichick would
fit this year out and then retire. That was my
call before the year. I don't think I'm gonna be
right on that. I think Belichick is too active. He's
gonna he's gonna get a job I think next year.
But do you have a team in mind in terms
of Belichick?

Speaker 1 (41:53):
Yeah? Yeah, Oh I couldn't tell you.

Speaker 3 (41:57):
I mean, I I just I know teams. I'm almost
post if.

Speaker 2 (42:00):
He wouldn't do it's like the Jets, Jets, Yeah, there's
just no way.

Speaker 1 (42:04):
What about the Giants? I think he still I think
he still has like you know, roastanning glasses to his
days in New York. At least that part is sure.

Speaker 3 (42:11):
They just I don't think there are a couple of
guys away.

Speaker 1 (42:14):
So I think is that what he's looking for? You
think he's waiting?

Speaker 3 (42:18):
I think I think so.

Speaker 2 (42:20):
I think he'd do like a Brady route where it's like, Okay,
I have like a three or four year.

Speaker 3 (42:25):
Window here where I could really do something great. But
I forgot where we're going with that.

Speaker 2 (42:31):
So I called before the draft that Herbert would be
a little worse option than two. I thought both were
good quarterbacks. So in that case, that was wrong no
matter what happens, because unfortunately, and you know, it's only
made matters worse that he's not interested in the Guardian cap.
I just feel he's one hit to the head away
from having to retire, which.

Speaker 1 (42:53):
I mean, that's project. Yeah, I think most people the
way I love the meme. I wish he came out
to a press conference wearing a Cleveland Alaradians baseball hate.

Speaker 3 (43:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (43:02):
See, guys, I wore the Guardian cap, you know, so
that would be hilarious to me. But I agree. You
know what's funny. I watched the Dolphin game. I was
watching red Zone, and you know, Dolphins clips came up plenty,
and I saw a Chan take a carry and he
gets tackled, and I noticed that he's wearing a Guardian cap.
So like, to me, he's the first running back to
wear one that I'm aware of, at least a high

(43:23):
profile one, right, And let's be honest, the only reason
you wouldn't wear one is because you think they look
goofy and fair point. Yeah, they are starting to look better.
They're harder to notice, Like you eventually be like, oh,
that guy's wearing one. But the first last year and
into the preseason of this year, it was painfully obvious.
I don't know what they're doing differently because the texture

(43:45):
is different, right, the helmet is shiny, and these are
like Matt flat finished. They're like, it's pretty obvious when
a guy's wearing them. In ten years, is everybody wearing them? Maybe,
like I honestly like, and but my thing is, I
don't care if that happens, like if that truly helps people.
And honestly, the studies are still out there on how
much it's actually helping. But the argument to that is
if it helps ten percent, is it worth it. A

(44:07):
lot of people are gonna say yes, And I'm fine
with that.

Speaker 2 (44:10):
I mean, I don't feel like they would if it
had no impact. I'm sure it has some help, you know,
But yeah, we look too goofy.

Speaker 3 (44:19):
That's my only complaint if it just looks obnoxious.

Speaker 1 (44:22):
Otherwise, I mean, this is only the second model of
a Guardian cap, so they're going to continue to do
what they can with them. But what's ironic is where
they help the most is shots to the back of
the head, and that is to his problem. That guy
does not know how to fall. The back of his
head smacks off the ground too much. Like maybe it's
me being like a pro wrestling fan, but like, no

(44:42):
matter how you get slammed to the ground, there's a
way to get slammed to the ground, and he does
not know what that is. Like oftentimes it's not the
hit he takes, it's the way he falls after the
hit he takes. That's like most of those to me
has been been that point, except for this.

Speaker 2 (44:56):
Last one where he was running for the first down
and again they were down by twenty.

Speaker 1 (45:01):
Yeah, this one was strange, this one and to tomorrow
Hamlin of all people.

Speaker 2 (45:05):
Of all people, and he like a battering ram just
shoves his head into To me, I was like that
was killing on multiple fronts, Like there's there's room to run.

Speaker 3 (45:14):
Away from him. What are you doing running into him?

Speaker 1 (45:17):
But you know, I don't know, Yeah, he thought he
was like Mike Alstadt for a second. It's like, I
don't know, you've never trucked over anyone since like pee wee,
maybe so like, yeah, the other than this most recent
one that was been that's been his major problem. So
I agree, I think it'll be really hard. Hopefully this
is an issue and he doesn't get another concussion and
he just plays his career for what his career is,

(45:39):
but it'd be really hard for him to talk his
way back in after another one, for sure. And I'm
all for, like, don't tell people what to do, like
he does get to and like he has the right
opinion about it. He's like, hey, like I know the
risk because a lot of these guys and like people
mentioned that, like concussion research is like a fairly new thing,

(45:59):
Like we didn't have all this in our face growing up, right.
I don't think anybody thought getting hit in the head
was a good thing back then. We didn't know this
science on how bad it was, but nobody thought it
was good. So I think that's a weird thing to
hide behind by some of these guys in these lawsuits
like boxing UFC. Nobody thinks getting hit in the head's
a good thing, right, but they understand the risk for

(46:21):
the reward of the money and the fame and whatever.
And like I only say that because that's how he
made it sound so like if he is gonna just
say like, hey, I understand that I'm going he at
least has the right attitude about it.

Speaker 2 (46:32):
Yeah, I agree, and speaking of player safety because it's
on my mind, and I air quoted because how much
of this is players safety or just trying to avoid lawsuits?

Speaker 3 (46:41):
Right? I thought I would like to kick off a
little more. It's fine, but I do feel like it
needs some adjustments.

Speaker 1 (46:48):
Doesn't like I saw it in the XFL UFL whatever
you want to call it, you know, whatever alphabet, super
league you want to call it. It's fine. It doesn't
affect me. It doesn't bother me at all. I kinda
kind of helps. Like we've already had a return off
of it. You have big hits, but they're normal big hits.
They're not just like because the guy was running faster.
And like again, if the date is there that it

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helps keep doing it, I'm totally fine with it.

Speaker 3 (47:12):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (47:12):
And now the thing is, you get a whole generation
of people that are gonna come up with this kickoff
and it's gonna be that smoother. It is important to
remember it is only what the second year with it,
so yeah, or.

Speaker 3 (47:26):
Is this the first year.

Speaker 1 (47:28):
Yeah, so I think it's only gonna get smoother because
people are gonna do this. You're gonna do this in
college eventually, you gonna do this in high school eventually.
So I do think that's gonna be.

Speaker 2 (47:39):
Something like Yeah, I mean, I thought it had the
potential of adding new wrinkles, like maybe you run like
double lateral or stuff like that.

Speaker 3 (47:45):
And then for a kicker, I think I thought this.

Speaker 2 (47:47):
Week where kicker tried to bounce it right off the
twenty and then have it roll fast through the end
zone so you have to return it. So you know,
there's ways to make this even more interesting. Gonna yeah,
you know, typical kickoff, But I just and like you said,
I guess it's early, but yeah, I just haven't. It
just feels like like before, almost everything's a touchback and

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then any return.

Speaker 3 (48:11):
It's like it's just I don't know, doesn't feel very
interesting to me.

Speaker 1 (48:15):
But I think the longer we do it, kickers will
find out fun things to do. The reverse, the lateral,
all that stuff. I think we gotta give it more time.
I'm totally fine with the way it is now, but
I think if you're expecting more from it, more could
could come for sure. So you mentioned you gotta a
charge your game in your future. We'll do a quick
lightning round about college football before we get out of here.
Is there any San Diego State game trips in your

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in your future this year? Uh?

Speaker 3 (48:39):
Not positive.

Speaker 2 (48:40):
We had our starting quarterback Danny O'Neill go down with
an injury.

Speaker 3 (48:45):
He's kind of day to day.

Speaker 2 (48:46):
So you know the team is doing all right, not great.

Speaker 3 (48:51):
We do have I brought it up to Phil last week.
As of last week, he didn't.

Speaker 4 (48:55):
Have a sack unfortunately against Wazoo, but he was on
pace to have the most sacked per game in the
twenty first century, more than t Sizzle, who was second,
more than any great pass rusher of their day.

Speaker 3 (49:06):
So really exciting future for San Diego State for sure.

Speaker 1 (49:11):
Definitely. I mean they we have a week to be
rough because they did they do play Boise on the
blue turf this week, oh day where you play yeah
and you play gent that running back who if it's
not Travis Hunter, this mansion win the Heisman already has
thirteen hundred yards and eighteen touchdowns halfway through the season.
That's absolutely incredible.

Speaker 2 (49:30):
Okays, great, Actually, that's a great must watch because San
Diego State, believe it or not, not genty but San
Diego State's Marcus Cooper has the most rushing yards actively
in the country.

Speaker 1 (49:41):
Oh wow, So yeah, if you like running back play,
that's the game for you.

Speaker 3 (49:44):
For sure. That is the game.

Speaker 1 (49:45):
And then you got Ohio State. But no, okay, so
you might have I mean, might have to run it around. Yeah,
you never know, but you know what, Yeah, okay, cool
Ohio State Penn State at noon. Some people have been
out of shape that it's that noon because it is
the white out game for Penn State. I think that
looks awesome no matter what time of day it is,
So I think that's that's definitely a tune. In Miami

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eight No, could easily be like six and two, could
easily be like five and three, but they're eight. No.
They played Duke A six and two Duke Team manny
Diez Revenge game possibly right coming back to Miami for that.
A couple other Army continuing their undefeated streak against air Force,
which air Force is one and six. But you know,
anytime those academies play each other, you know, it's always

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always a big deal. Florida, Georgia also Big four to
Georgia game. The next couple of years, you're gonna play
these games in Tampa and Atlanta while the jag Stadium
gets renovated. So that's gonna this is the last you know,
the way people think of this game is gonna be
the last one that way in a couple of years,
for a couple of years. And then as for US,

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UCF plays Hanks Arizona Wildcats in our space game. We
are seven to oer in space games in our history.
We've lost. We're straight. So hopefully if we win one
more game this year, it better be this one. So Hank,
if you're listening, good luck, but not too much luck.
That's kind of the highlights of college football this week.
We'll probably next time go more in depth with that

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since we hammered home NFL this week. But Nick, any
closing thoughts before we get out of here.

Speaker 2 (51:17):
Oh man, just stay safe out there on those Halloween streets.

Speaker 3 (51:21):
These can get pretty crazy out there. And what's it called.

Speaker 2 (51:26):
No matter who family members or friends, no matter who
they vote for, in the end, that's just another person
that you should just you know, is more than just
who they voted for. So you know, just vote and
do all that stuff, and let's get back to just you.

Speaker 3 (51:39):
Know, caring for each other.

Speaker 1 (51:41):
I know that's not sports, but yeah, yeah, once November
fifth happens and the election's over, some of you need
to go find actual personality.

Speaker 3 (51:49):
So I hope you.

Speaker 1 (51:52):
I wish you luck in that endeavor. If you if
that bothered you, it's because you need to do it.
So hopefully we're all friends again November fifth for the
people who care about that sort of thing. Like you said,
not sports, but it needs to be said sometimes for sure, absolutely,
so Happy Halloween, happy second half of World Series games,
and happy Election Day, and everybody stays safe and be
kind to one another. We've been through enough lately, right,

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Thanks for listening. Everyone, take care and see you next time,
all right,