Any Given Sunday, Again

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Recorded October 5th, 2025

The weekend tried to break us—and we loved every minute. We open mid-drive with the Patriots and Bills and ride the wave into a college slate where Penn State stumbles at UCLA, Texas loses its shine, and Miami looks like a problem again. The throughline is impossible to ignore: parity is now a feature, not a bug. Between NIL leverage, the transfer portal, and thin depth charts, old assumptions about who should win no longer hold. We share a suite-side story with Taylor Heinicke at Old Dominion, then pull the camera back to show how the portal boosts small programs and guts them the very next season.

On Sunday, the NFL gave us the sharp edges. We unpack the Chargers’ offensive line chaos, a helmet-to-helmet no-call that flipped momentum, and a league-wide crackdown on illegal formations and shifts that’s catching teams flat-footed. The Eagles’ swings, Rams’ fourth-and-one faceplant, and Cardinals’ mind-bending sequence detonated survivor pools in real time. If you care about the details—protection calls, goal-to-go play design, officiating points of emphasis—this is a clinic in how little things turn into outcomes and how quickly a “safe” pick becomes a ticket to nowhere.

We round it out with MLB playoff volatility and why October rewards timing over payroll, and we look ahead to hockey’s return with plans to hit T-Mobile live. It’s a full, fast tour—stories, trends, and the kind of real-time reaction that makes football season addictive. If you’re here for sharp takes, human moments, and zero fluff, hit play, then tell us: which “can’t-lose” team do you trust least next week? Subscribe, share with a friend who lives for upsets, and drop a review to keep the bench buzzing.

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Episode Transcript

Announcer (00:06):
Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the
Bench Podcast with your hostsGraham Cohen and Scott Wasco.

Graham (00:21):
What's up everyone?
Welcome back to another episodeof The Bald Guys on the Bench.
Scotty, it's week five NFL.
How you doing, brother?

Scott (00:29):
Uh I was doing better until the four o'clock window
game started.
Sheesh.
Or not not started, sorry.
Finished.
Right.
But uh anyhow, we're about totalk about it.
You know what we do?
Grab it, crack it.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Fourth quarter of New EnglandBuffalo game.
Your boy had a feeling, tookBuffalo plus or New England plus

(00:54):
eight and a half.
My son's literally laughing atme as I'm telling him about it.
He goes, You're dumb.
Ain't happening.
Hey, any given Sunday.

Graham (01:05):
Right?
Is the story of week five andsome of these games that
happened today?

Scott (01:10):
Not week five, dude.
The season.
I mean, the Browns beating thePackers.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, dude.
All I know is, oh, Dalton Knoxgetting a little reception
there.
Uh, anyhow, as we're startingoff the episode, 10 minutes
left.
New England's up 20 to 10 inBuffalo.
Uh we just grabbed it.

(01:32):
We just cracked it.
Graham, how was your weekend?
What'd you do, bro?

Graham (01:37):
Weekend was pretty chill.
Uh, spent a lot of time justwatching college football all
day yesterday, threw in a littleuh playoff baseball.
What?
Uh and then uh we had some UFClast night, had some action last
night for that, was good.
And then, you know, it'sSunday, up early and watching

(01:58):
all day.
What about you, brother?

Scott (02:00):
Yeah, same thing.
You know, had to workyesterday.
Uh then last second decision togo to the old dominion game,
play in coastal Carolina.
Kellen and I went last night,had a great time, had a blast.
Uh, but you know, didn't get towatch a lot of college football
yesterday because of work andeverything.

(02:21):
But the one thing I keptmonitoring was the Penn State
UCLA game.
And I was just like, I'm sorry,what is the score?
What's going on?
And in fact, I think I textedyou and I was like, uh, UCLA,
and you're like, oh shit, I justlooked.

(02:42):
Dude.

Graham (02:47):
I I folks, as you can tell, speechless.
Um you want to crack off withthat right now, or you want to
keep going on?

Scott (02:55):
Yeah, it's the first thing in the notes.
Penn State UCLA.
I mean the way Penn State hasplayed this year.

Graham (03:04):
Well, they started off, did they start off preseason
number two or number three?
Somewhere up there.
Yeah, it was two or three.
Uh rankings came out earliertoday, not even in the top 25.

Scott (03:18):
You know who else isn't in the top 25?
Who?
Texas.
Yeah.
And correct me if I'm wrong,but weren't they number one week
one against Ohio State?
Yeah.
And you know what the same factabout Texas and Penn State is
so far this year?

(03:39):
Dude, going into week six,Texas and Penn State have not
beaten a team in one of thePower Four conferences.
Heyo.
Keel.
Let's go.
No, we're playing against him.
Oh, whatever.

(03:59):
Whatever.
It doesn't matter.
Doesn't matter.

Graham (04:02):
The way our fantasy teams look right now.

Scott (04:05):
It's yeah, but dude, though the most embarrassing
thing about the Penn State losswe were just talking about
before we got on.
UCLA wins their 0-4.
Did you see what UCLA calledthe student body rushing the
field after the win?
I mean, was there 12 people?

Graham (04:27):
I didn't.
Dude, on each side of the endzone, and in even around the
sides, there was so much of thestadium that was blocked off by
their tarp.
It was embarrassing.
They're all in four.
How many of the college kidsthat were at that game were
like, hey bro, call a friend,come to the game.

(04:48):
I mean, there was what do youthink?
Was there even 5,000 peoplethere?

Scott (04:54):
I'm I would say yes.

Graham (04:56):
I mean, it's hard to tell because that stadium holds
like what, a hundred?

Scott (04:59):
Yeah, it holds a shit ton.
Yeah.
So but but I mean, God.

Graham (05:05):
You know, the defense didn't look very good.
The offense atrocious.
And all I can say is for asmuch as everyone was saying,
look, this is Penn State's year,they're gonna go deep.
The quarterback stayed so hecould get quote unquote revenge

(05:27):
or at least take us back, youknow, take us to the title game.
How's that looking now?
Uh, but what I said to youyesterday was, and I'm gonna say
it now, after watching themplay these last couple games,
I'm not mad.
And you might be saying,Graham, why aren't you mad?

Scott (05:50):
Well, when you put when you put it in perspective last
night, I agreed with you the wayyou talked about it.

Graham (05:57):
Right.

Scott (05:57):
Uh, dude, there was 39,000 people there.

Graham (06:01):
All right, I was off by 35 or 30.

Scott (06:04):
Well, like you said, in a stadium that h that holds X
amount, 100, it looked prettyempty.

Graham (06:11):
Yeah, I mean, peanuts out there, crickets.
So this loss, the biggest thingis this.
Their coach, Franklin.
He had a nice resume before hecame to Pittsburgh.
That's great.
He has a bunch of on PennState.
Yeah, I slap myself already.

(06:32):
Penn State.
I mean, at least it's the rightstate.
Right?
Um he has a great record, butthe problem is he can't beat
Ohio State.
Hasn't really beat Michiganvery much.
Really much?
He's been there for 12, 13years.
I just don't know off the topof my head.

(06:53):
Because I don't know how oftenthey play each other.
I mean, granted, this the statis all off the top of my head,
but I do know.
I don't think he's beaten a topfive team in the country.
And it's just like Penn Stateis a blue chip school.
They are known for putting outlinebackers, putting out tight

(07:15):
ends.
Like they're known for havinggood defense.
You know, they're not reallyknown for being a great
offensive team, but they do wellenough, they hang around.
They're they're usually for themost part always competitive.

Scott (07:26):
Hey, where'd Micah Parsons come from?
Penn State.
Where'd Abdul Carter come from?
Penn State.
Where'd Saquon come from?
I mean linebacker, Penn Statelinebacker you.

Graham (07:38):
Exactly.
So they have a good program,but it just it comes to a point
where good enough is not goodenough.
And for the longest time,they're like, all right, is is
he on the hot seat?
Is he on the hot seat?
Well, let me tell yousomething.
After the end of this game, ifhe makes it through the end of

(08:02):
the season, most likely he will.
But there is no chance,especially in this NIL era, no
chance he's the coach next year.
And honestly, I ain't mad atit.

Scott (08:14):
Did you see what he said last night?
No.
Oh, Ohio State lost two gameslast year and won the national
championship.
We can do that.
Shit.
Ohio State also lost to Oregon.
At Oregon, I believe.
Yeah.
And to Michigan.

(08:34):
Granted, Michigan was dog shitlast year, but it's still the
number one rivalry in collegefootball.
Right.

Graham (08:42):
But I look as I said to you, and I'll say it to you
guys, this loss, which is soegregious, this is what needed
to happen to have theorganization be like, all right,
we need new leadership.
This is the same thing as withthe Chargers two years ago, or
three years ago, whatever it is.

Scott (09:03):
Whatever, when the Raiders blew our doors off of
Thursday night football.
It's the greatest loss in thehistory of the Chargers.

Graham (09:10):
Exactly.
And as we were watching it,we're I mean, we were going back
and forth, like, this isbullshit, da da da da.
And you're just you're justsaying to me, he's like, dude,
I'm stoked right now.
And look, look what came out ofit.
So I'm trying to have thesilver lining as that.
Look what will come out of it.
And it's just the thing thatsucks as a fan, there's still so

(09:31):
many games left.
It's tough watching your teamknowing they're out of it.
I mean, right?

Scott (09:40):
100%.

Graham (09:42):
At this point, so at this point, it's all spoilers.
So if we can play spoilers, orif we can beat some of those
marquee matchups, perfect.
If not, it is what it is.

Scott (09:57):
So long.
So long.
Peace out.
Dude, speaking of peace out,Florida and Texas.

Announcer (10:06):
I know, right?

Scott (10:07):
Uh Archie Manning.
If Homeboy's last name wasn'tManning, do you think he would
have had the hype?
No.
Yes.

Announcer (10:20):
Some.

Scott (10:22):
Yes.
I mean, remember the NIL dealHomeboy signed.
Yeah.
And who was their startingquarterback for the last two
years that he was backing up?
Yours.
Yeah.
Okay.
Uh, if he's the next coming ofPeyton, is he gonna be backing
anybody up?

Graham (10:44):
At this point, is he the next coming of Eli?
Either or, bro.
Either or.

Scott (10:53):
I mean, uh killing me.
Dude, uh, whatever.
Texas lose it again.
Yeah.
But like like we were saying,both teams were in top five
beginning of the season.
Not even ranked.

Graham (11:09):
That's why you gotta play the game, brother.

Scott (11:11):
Dude, hey Texas, welcome to the SEC.

Graham (11:14):
Yeah, exactly.
You know who did look goodthough?
Miami, bro.
Took the words right out of mymouth.

Scott (11:23):
Dude, especially their first road game of the year.

Graham (11:27):
Dude, how's their schedule lined up with for that?
Dude.

Scott (11:31):
Ridiculous.
First road game of the year,bringing back the rivalry, you
know.
Remember the old schoolrivalry?
I do rivalry, Miami and FloridaState, and everybody running
around.
The you, the you, dude, the youis back.

Graham (11:45):
Yeah.
Well, I mean, it helps when youhave Michael Irvin running down
the sidelines every game.

Scott (11:51):
Dude, remember last night we're watching the game and he
got drilled by somebody run outof balance.
I was like, oh damn, MichaelIrvin.
He just got injured.
But dude, they look good.
They do, they look really good.
And remember, your boy's beentalking about them since before
college football started.
Yeah.
Texas Tech.

(12:12):
You have.
You have.
Dude, dude.
Insane.
And it helps to have this newbooster or whatever, spending
all this money.
And you know, college footballhas forever changed because of
this.
And we're gonna get onto thattopic here on the next game
where that's on the notes.
But dude, he spent spent themoney.

(12:33):
When have you ever heard ofTexas Tech having a good
defense?
I never exactly.
Yeah, they're not over that.
The only thing that Texas Techis known for is what?
Gunslinging.
Airing it out.
Back when Cliff was there, youknow, slinging the rock.
What about before who wasbefore Cliff?

(12:54):
What was his name?
Remember?
Dude that is somebody in like asweat box or something.
Remember, yeah.
I forget his name.

Graham (13:03):
And then because after it was over, I think he went to
like Washington State orsomething.

Scott (13:07):
Yes, yes.
Leach.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Leach.
Remember that whole scandalbullshit?
Yeah.
Dude, you're getting a freeeducation.
Go sit over there in the sweatoutside.
Leave me alone.
I'll see you in a half hour.
Go sweat it out.
You're too fat.
Oh wow.

(13:28):
But dude, I mean, Miami, yeah.
They were laying the wood lastnight.
And I told you last week, Itexted you, Miami, minus four
and a half.
Do it.
And you talked to me Fridaynight, and you're like, You
still confident that?
I'm like, I don't know, dude.
Then the game starts out andthey're like dominating.

(13:48):
It got a little sketchy at theend.
Right.
I mean, they ended up winning,but dude, it was sketchy in the
fourth quarter.
I think they had like under 50yards in the fourth quarter.
Yeah.
It was no bueno.

Graham (14:03):
Well, when teams have leads, they're just like, all
right, Ben, don't break.
It's like, folks, that theorydoes not, I mean, not that it
doesn't work, but the successrate of it is not as high as you
think.

Scott (14:17):
And dude, pedal to the god dang medal.
Absolutely.
Finish them.
Finish them off.

Graham (14:23):
You know, the one thing about Miami that I am happy for
them, and I can't believe I'mactually saying this because for
the longest time, especially,you know, like 15-20 years ago,
I hated Miami.

Scott (14:35):
Oh.
He did not, no chance.
That's going to be a flag.
That's out of bounds too,right?
I don't know, dude.

Graham (14:44):
But with Miami, I'm actually appreciating the little
vindication for Carson Beck.
I ain't mad at it.
You know what I mean?
Like, he was kind of,especially during the offseason,
was dude.
That's a pick.

Scott (15:01):
He had both feet in bounds.

Graham (15:03):
Oh, I hope not.

Scott (15:08):
Pass interference.

Graham (15:09):
Praise the Lord, Jesus.
Alright, can you give me acouple dump offs?
I can't even remember his jobto cook, please.

Scott (15:18):
Oh, he did push him out of bounds.
Oh, 51.

Graham (15:22):
Yeah, it's probably not a good idea.

Scott (15:24):
Good try, though.
Hey.
But dude, Miami back in thehunt.
I mean, Ohio State, obviouslynumber one.
They still haven't played ateam.
No.
You know, I mean, they're stilltalented, obviously.
Right.
As we know.
But dude, college football,it's crazy right now.

Graham (15:42):
It is.
But that's the exciting part.
In the years prior, it wasn't.
It always came down to the samesix teams.
At least now with the NIL andthings changing, it makes things
a lot more interesting.
And honestly, I'm all for it.
I really am.

Scott (15:58):
Hey, we talked about it yesterday a lot before we it's
not even on the notes.
When is the last time youwatched Vanderbilt at Alabama?
And were like, oh my god,Vanderbilt looks good.
And this game is close.

(16:18):
I mean, yeah, we all knowVanderbilt beat Bama last year
in at Vanderbilt.
Yeah.
But dude, that was a game.
Yeah.
I mean, the old Commodoreswere, I mean, they're nationally
ranked.
I mean, good God.
Yeah, he dropped it, Graham.
Sorry.
And if anybody can hear rightnow, Graham's having a seizure

(16:40):
on the other side.

Graham (16:41):
Are you kidding me?

Scott (16:43):
Did you see where he threw the ball?
He threw it at his ankles.
How's he supposed to catch up?

Graham (16:48):
That was the first time he throws him the ball.
The first time.

Scott (16:53):
Yeah, because he was getting destroyed.

Graham (16:55):
Yeah, I know that, but like he doesn't need to.
Oh my lord.
But folks, I just need over twocatches from Cook.
That's why I'm having a panicattack right now.

Scott (17:07):
Third and six, four minutes left, 447.
Come on, Patriots, make a stop.
Oh, what a grab.
Who was that?
Coleman, probably.
Oh no.
Yeah.
Have a game, Coleman.
Why don't you?
Sheesh.
But you know, as we're stickingin the college football theme,

(17:30):
I mentioned it earlier.
Last second decision.
Got out of work a little early.
Decided to go to the olddominion game, and you know, was
pumped.
Told you I'm like, it's goingto be a blowout.
Take 19 and a half pointfavorites playing Coastal
Carolina.
Uh we were talking about takingthe line, and I was like, I'm

(17:53):
not too confident in the totalline, but I'm going to take a
minus 10 and a half in thefirst.
That was easy peasy, which Iwould have bet my house on it.
But dude, anyhow, at the game,knew Taylor was in town, and by
Taylor, I mean Heinekee.
Uh he was in town playing somegolf, and we were supposed to
play golf tomorrow, but thingschanged.

(18:16):
And uh after the opening drivefor Old Dominion, they literally
on the Jumbotron.
I was telling you this lastnight, it was kind of funny.
Uh we all know Taylor Swift'snew album came out on Friday,
and they did on the Jumbotron aTaylor cam.
And I was like, Oh, he's here.
I don't know why I didn't texthim before the game.

(18:38):
And so they're like showing allthese people, and they're like,
not that Taylor, this Taylor.
And of course they showHeineke.
Right.
And instantly your boy textedhim, and I was like, yo, Kellen
and I are here.
Or I said, my son and I arehere, come say hi or sneak me
into the suite wherever you are.

(18:59):
And he's like, instantly, I gotyou.
Nice.
He goes, I got I got two passesfor you.
So Kellen and I went hung outwith Taylor.
It was a good time.
Uh had some chats, talked somegolf, talked, you know, NFL,
talked everything.
And, you know, like I told youlast night, the first thing he

(19:20):
says as we're walking up, myhand finally feels better.
Because as I see him, he'slike, you know, what's up?
Or Chattan taps me up the highfive hug thing, and I'm like,
God damn, man, NFL guys, they'restrong as shit.
I'm this old fat bald golf pro.
Like, god damn, my hand hurts.
But the first thing he says ashe, you know, hugs Kellen is, My

(19:43):
God, you're huge.
And last night when I got home,I was looking.
The last time Kellen seen himwas when he they were playing
catch on the putting arena at myold club.
Dude, that was three and a halfyears ago.
So it was like, yeah, Kellen'sgotten super big.

(20:03):
He's out of bounds.
So it was awesome.
We had a blast.
It was good to see him, hadsome chats about golf and stuff.
And you know, uh, like I toldyou last night, I think Kellen
was happier that Taylorremembered his name more than
hanging out with him.

Graham (20:22):
Right.

Scott (20:22):
You know, as soon as we took a picture, I sent it to
you.
Kellen, like literally sent itto all his high school football
dudes.
You know, look who wanted tohang out.
Yeah, he was he was he was theG last night.
He was so like, yeah, all 100%,dude.
It was hilarious.
It was hilarious.
But the funniest part was hesends it to like his best friend
Fletcher, who we've mentionednumerous times on the show.

(20:45):
He sends a picture to Fletcher,and Fletcher's only response
was, dude, how hot are thecheerleaders?
Loved it, dude.
It was hilarious.
Funny shit.
But I had a good time, youknow.
Old Dominion dominated, butback to the NIL thing.
Old Dominion has hisquarterback that's a true

(21:08):
sophomore that's dominating theworld.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
She won't be there next year.
Because of the NIL, because ofall the new changes in college
football.
Good for him.
I mean, the NIO and thetransfer portal and all this
shit, it sucks for schools likeOld Dominion.

Announcer (21:30):
Yeah.

Scott (21:30):
For the smaller schools.
Like, they're insane.
This dude is insane.
But it sucks, man.
It sucks.
But that's the way of the worldnow.
College.
I mean, look at Connecticut,dude.
They signed all these dudes.
Did he make that?
Yeah, he did.
Uh Connecticut and collegebasketball.

(21:51):
They didn't have a ton ofrecruits, they just had a ton of
dudes in the transfer portal.
Yeah.

Graham (21:56):
But you know, see, that's the only thing about the
NIL that's negative about it isI think it really hurts the
development of players.
It's because you don't stay atschools long enough.

Scott (22:11):
You know what I mean?
Exactly.
Exactly.
I mean, old Dominion, Heinekee,like we were talking last
night, best player in thehistory of the school.
Yeah.
Okay.
This kid could be the next.
Yeah.
And the dude is insane.
Yeah.
I mean, he's that good, buthe's going to go somewhere to a

(22:34):
top 25 program.
Guarantee it.
Yeah.
Guarantee it.
That's how good this kid is.
But anyhow.

Graham (22:43):
Come to Penn State.

Scott (22:45):
Dude, I'll be pumped for him wherever he goes.
I mean, Old Dominion's sittingthere four and one.
Little old Old Dominion.
Their only loss was uh to a top10 school, Indiana, by 12, week
one.
Yeah, that ain't bad.
Yeah.
Blew the doors off of VirginiaTech.
Yeah.
But anyhow.

Graham (23:05):
I mean, I know the school more from college
basketball than I do fromfootball.
Because didn't you say to metheir football program hasn't
been around that long?

Scott (23:14):
Yeah.
Uh it was there.
I think we looked, I looked itup last night because you asked
me.
Yeah.
And they were there like theyhad a program from 1930 to 1940,
and then the football programwas gone.
Yeah.
And then it came back in early,late 2000, like 2008, 2009, or
whatever.
But uh, you know, Bobby Wilder,friend of the program, friend

(23:39):
of your boy.
He was the first head coachwhen they brought football back.
You know, he left.
He's now a Tennessee Tech.
Uh, have you seen what my boy'sputting up at Tennessee Tech?
He also moving on up.
Dude, so long TennesseeTennessee Tech.
Y'all better enjoy my boyWilder because uh he ain't gonna

(24:02):
be there next year.
Boom by I mean, first yeartaking over a program that came
in last place and then ties forthe conference championship in
his first year, and now he'snationally ranked and averaging.
I mean, off the top of my head,I'm just gonna say about 50
points.
I mean, it's probably more.

(24:23):
Yeah.
But dude, let's go, Bobby.
Right?
Yeah.
Let's go.
Anyhow, it was a great weekend.
Kellen and I had a blast.
Kellen had so much fun lastnight, and you know, always fun
to hang out with Taylor and talksome shit to him about taking
his money on the golf course.
That shit's gonna happen herein the future.

Graham (24:46):
But so when you were talking to him, I'm sure you had
to ask.
Like, did he get any calls withall the injuries?

Scott (24:57):
A lot of calls, but I don't know if I'm allowed to say
it or not.
But oh, all right.
I don't know.
Yes, he's gotten a lot of callsthroughout the NFL with a lot
of quarterback injuries, but youknow, it is what it is.
Fair enough.
I'm just not I'm not sayinganything.
No, no, it's on good.
You know, don't want to messthat whole thing up.
All I want to say is TH4, getthat wallet ready.

(25:22):
Your boy, Scotty Wad needs someof that NFL cash.

Graham (25:26):
Let's go.

Scott (25:27):
And I'm gonna send this to you personally.
Yeah.

Graham (25:33):
Hey, my caddy fees are real cheap, I swear.

Scott (25:36):
Yeah.
I'm making I'm gonna be makingmy way down to Hot Lana and
getting some of that cash down.
Oh, my Lord.
Yeah.
But anyhow, dude, let's switchright over.
NFL.
Let's do it.
Started off, started off theweek with another European game.
Minnesota there for two weeksin a row, losing the entire

(25:59):
game.
It was funny.
I I don't know if you were upbecause I know it was early.
No, no, yeah.
But dude, it was so funny.
Like, instantly, they're like,this was so classic announcer
jinx bullshit.
They're like, Miles Garretthadn't had one, you know, pass
rush, hadn't had one.
And the very next play, MilesGarrett just absolutely

(26:21):
destroyed Carson Wentz.
I was just like, bro, CarsonWentz is saying, hey, whoever
you dumbass announcers are, canyou stop mentioning that
bullshit?

Announcer (26:30):
Right.

Scott (26:31):
It was just classic.
But hey, Minnesota got the dub.
Last minute tutty from Addison,who was, by the way, benched at
the beginning of the game.
Did you hear that?
What?
From what I heard, Addisondecided he was not gonna join
the team.
He was gonna go venture out andexplore London by himself.

Graham (26:56):
What, during the game?
Before the game?
No, yesterday.

Scott (27:00):
What?
Yeah, he did not play one playin the first quarter.
First quarter, I believe.
Yeah.
Dude.
I steal from you.
Exactly.
Exactly.

Graham (27:16):
What?

Scott (27:17):
I don't know.

Graham (27:18):
Hey, he saved the day.

Scott (27:21):
Yeah, he did.
But dude, jump right in.
You know, Eagles, donkeys, myboy Greg, uh, dad from my flag
football team, Shane's dad, sentme a picture early this
morning, him and Shane and theirdaughter and all their Eagles
gear.
Go birds.
And I'm like, oh, that's right,they're going to the game.

(27:41):
I was like, hell yeah.
I'm like, let's go.
And dude, that game, Eaglesstraight dominated.
Until they didn't.
Dude.
I'm just gonna say this.
There were a lot of weird callstoday throughout the NFL.

(28:02):
When the Donkeys had it thirdand whatever, and they'd dump it
off to whoever it was.
I don't know if it was Dobbinsor if it was Harvey.
And they're the offensiveplayers trying to get more
yards, and the Eagles defensiveplayer hits him and they throw

(28:23):
an unsportsman like conductpenalty.
Instant first down.
I I I just uh I I don't know,dude.
There's so many penaltiesthey're just not fucking

(28:43):
consistent.
Nothing is consistent.

Graham (28:46):
Yeah.

Scott (28:47):
Nothing.
The only thing that isconsistent, and TP asked me
about it earlier today.
He goes, have you noticed allthese penalties on offenses this
year that I'm gonna read hisexact text?
Uh he goes.
Is it just me or are there moreillegal formations and shifts?

(29:12):
Do offenses not know how toline up anymore?
And I responded because I heardthis.
I was like, funny that you saythat.
The NFL said going into thisyear they were gonna call that
penalty more this year thanever.
Yeah.
There was more oh, what a pass.
More illegal shifts and illegalformation penalties through

(29:35):
four weeks this year than theentire season last year.

Graham (29:39):
That's insane.

Scott (29:40):
I mean And Philly Philly had one of those called on them.

Graham (29:44):
Right.
I mean, to pig to piggyback onthat, sorry to cut you off.
In this game tonight, earlierin the first quarter, um, the
Patriots got called for umoffensive offsides, I believe is
what it was.
And you know.
Because we've talked about thisbefore, but basically, when all
the players are lined up, therefs will use like the players

(30:07):
will look at the ref, and theref will give them a thumbs up
or thumbs down if they'realigned correctly.
Yep.
The NFL says we're no longergonna give you that signal
anymore.
You have to know yourself.
What?
Yeah.
The NFL came out and said that.

Scott (30:25):
The funny thing is when Kellum was playing wide receiver
last year in middle school, Iused to always laugh because he
would always like point to thereferee when he's lined up.
I'm like, he's been watchingtoo much god dang TV.
Right.
And they're not doing itanymore.

Graham (30:40):
Yeah, have you noticed how the players don't don't
point to the refs anymore?
I have not.

Scott (30:44):
Yeah.
The refs are not helpinganymore.
Wow.
So what are they doing?
Getting paid for beingdelivered?
I mean, getting paid for beingdelusional.
Getting paid for like I said,getting paid for being a jerk

(31:07):
off.
I mean, and as we transition tothe next game of the notes,
speaking of a referee gettingpaid to be a jerk off, uh
Chargers dominating the game up10 to nothing, driving past the
Quentin Johnson.
He fumbles.
You started lighting me up viatext.

(31:28):
What the F is this?
That was helmet to helmet.
Dude, not only was it helmet tohelmet, that was the definition
of being helmet to helmet.

Announcer (31:40):
Yeah.

Scott (31:41):
Chargers lose the ball, Washington recovers.
The end.
Momentum, the end.

Graham (31:48):
And the worst part about it, and we talked about it.
Not only did the refs miss itsomehow.
And look, I know you can'tthrow flags after a play is
over, considering, I mean, yousee the not the jumbo tron, but
you know, but they have it sofi.
But it's like the amazingcircle, yeah, whatever the hell
you want to call it.

(32:08):
The announcers, including TomBrady, including Tom Brady, who
I mean, let's be real.
I mean, if there's anyquarterback that ever, you know,
got the most special treatmentof all time besides Patrick
Mahomes, it's just like, how didthey not see this?
Like, I'm literally texting youand I'm like, am I blind?

(32:32):
Like, dude, how?
Like, did I not see that?
And look, folks, momentum is areal thing.
Like, that literally changedthe complexion of the whole
game.

Scott (32:48):
Dude, that was insane to me after the game, and you and I
were talking and rememberingback to it that nobody mentioned
it.
No one.

Graham (33:02):
Nobody.
And I'm like, like, was Iwrong?
Like, what was that not?

Scott (33:09):
They kept showing the replay of it.
And I'm like, Yeah, that's thegod dang definition of Helmutel.
Right.
I don't TP's like, I didn't seeit.
I had kids running in front ofme.
I saw the fumble, I didn't seeit.
Then he saw the replay and hegoes, 100%.
Andy, who's the biggestnegative Nancy ever?

(33:33):
He's like, Yeah, he's callingQuentin Johnson lazy.
Lazy motherfucker just got hitin a goddamn helmet.
Right, exactly.
Put your phone down and stoptexting yourself, dude, in the
conversation.
Watch the goddamn game.
I mean.
Just saying.

(33:53):
But dude, uh I don't know.
It it was a shit game.
You know, we talked about itlast week when we lost to the
Giants.
Oh man, come on.
Patriots have a field goalattempt to win the game.
Well, there's 20 seconds left.
Yes! Made it.

Graham (34:12):
How how are you in front of me?

Scott (34:15):
I don't know.
Now I just froze.
Let's go.
Unbelievable.
Let's go.
But dude, offensive line getsinjured again.
We had four different peopleplaying right guard for us.

(34:36):
Yes.
Four.
And and Brady said it, dude, inthe first half, talking about
the, you know, we'll just callit revolving door, that is our
offensive line.
He goes, if you give JustinHerbert a solid offensive line

(34:59):
and time, he's the best passerin the NFL.
Don't say I disagree with it.
But Brady also said, Brady alsosaid, you know, you saw the
beat in the game.
Marion Hampton never left thefield.
Yeah.
He was like, Chargers got toget somebody to help this guy
out.
Yeah.

(35:19):
What happens?
Where was he the last fiveminutes of the game?
MIA.
Banged up his ankle.
Was seen literally leaving thestadium in a walking boot.
Yeah.
Dude.
And something that is insane tome for how good we were at the

(35:40):
beginning of the season.
You know, I I did the numbers.
I went and recapped the firstfive games for the Chargers.
Dude, first three games of theseason, okay, for the Chargers.
Played the Chiefs week one,Raiders week two, Broncos week
three.
We had a combined 15 penaltiesfor 107 yards for the first

(36:02):
three weeks of the season.

Announcer (36:04):
Yeah.

Scott (36:05):
Okay.
Week four, last week againstthe Giants, we had 14 penalties
for 107 yards.
This week, we had 10 penaltiesfor 85.
So the last two weeks, we'vehad 24 penalties for 192 yards.
What are you looking at?

Graham (36:28):
Well, I mean, I can't hear what the commentators are
saying.
They were doing lines on thescreen.
I don't I don't know.

Scott (36:33):
Um that's not a Jim Harbaugh team.
No.
You know, what's Jim Harbaughfor?
Good offensive line.
Running them.
Good trenches.

Announcer (36:48):
Yeah.

Scott (36:48):
Good trenches.
And we just got shellac today,dude.

Graham (36:54):
Yeah.

Scott (36:54):
On both sides of the ball on the offense and defensive
line.
I mean, the def the defense, Ithink they had 160 rushing
yards.

Announcer (37:03):
Yeah.

Graham (37:04):
There was a few broken, broken runs that you're just
like, what?
And look, the nail in thecoffin, I I mean, I hate to
bring it up, but Herbie only hadwhat three interceptions last
year?
Four?

Scott (37:22):
Yeah.

Graham (37:23):
And he already has five this year.

Scott (37:25):
Hey, have you seen our offensive line?

Graham (37:27):
No, no, no.
I'm I'm not like I'm not sayingthat it's I'm just saying,
like, but the one he had the thethe one that he had that
interception in the end zone, orlike right in front of the end
zone right now.
Yeah, like that it wasterrible.
Didn't need to happen.

Scott (37:42):
What didn't need to happen was Greg Roman and his
bullshit calls on the goal linewhen it's first and goal on the
two.
I'm sitting here losing my shitand actually sent TP a fucking
YouTube video.
Have you ever heard of a playaction bootleg?
Play action bootleg, you handit the whole entire defense

(38:07):
thinks you're handing it off toHampton, Vidal, Haskins, whoever
it is.
And then guess what?
Herbie can walk into the endzone.
And the video I sent was ofPeyton Manning doing it.
Dude, I've got more mobilitythan Peyton Manning does.
I mean, dude, it was bad.

(38:33):
I mean, the only the only thingabout uh I don't know, the only
thing that I have a smile on myface about is Keenan.
Yeah.
Third in Keenan, right?
You know, Keenan's been doggedhis whole career for this, for
that.
Well, guess what?

(38:53):
Keenan is the fastest player inNFL history to reach a thousand
career receptions.

Graham (39:00):
Really?

Scott (39:02):
Fastest player in NFL history to reach a thousand
career receptions.

Graham (39:08):
13 years.
All right.

Scott (39:10):
Yeah.
I mean, it's the only thingthat I can smile about.

Graham (39:16):
I mean, there was also, well, there was one other thing,
and what I thought you weregonna say was uh how about your
number one wide receiver fromlast year finally got in the end
zone?

Scott (39:28):
The day day, yeah.
I mean I did I did win a bet onthat.
I don't remember making it lastnight when I was talking to
you.
By the way, did you look at howlong we talked on the phone
last night?
Yeah.
I must have been hammered.

Graham (39:43):
Well, dude, we started at the end of the the well, we
started the Miami game, like thesecond half of the Miami game,
and then after that was over,UFC was going on.
So we were on the phone forlike three hours.
Uh easily.

Scott (39:57):
Probably four, five.
I was like, I don't evenremember making this bet.
I made the bet La Day Dayanytime touchdown, I got a
profit boost.
30% profit boost plus 273.

Announcer (40:15):
There you go.

Scott (40:17):
I don't even remember it.
But yeah, we did watch a littlewhatchamacallit.
Uh UFC.
UFC.
Well, I didn't watch it, I justlistened to you.
Yeah.
Dude, but dude, I don't I don'tknow.
I'm I'm not very I I always domy Chargers record prediction

(40:37):
the day the schedule comes out,right?
In May.
And I'm spot on through fiveweeks.
I had us three and two.
Yes, but I didn't have us, Ididn't have us three and oh
against the Chiefs, Broncos, andRaiders.

(40:58):
And you always I did have us Idid have us beating the Giants.
I had us losing to the Donkeysand losing the to Washington.
But dude, I'm not too thrilledabout my team right now.
With our offensive line issues.

(41:19):
And Rob keeps I'll let you go.
Rob keeps going nuts about weneed to trade, we need to trade,
we need to trade.
Bro, nobody trades offensivelinemen that are decent.
Nobody.
Have you seen the NFL tradedeadline the last, I'm just

(41:40):
gonna say five years.
How about the number oneposition that gets traded?
Receivers.
Yeah.
What's the number one positionthat doesn't get traded?
Uh offensive linemen.
Why?
Because they're that importantto your franchise.

Graham (41:56):
A hundred percent.
Uh um quick question.
Rob listens to the podcast.
Uh sometimes.
I don't know.
No, I the only reason why Ibring it up, and maybe we can
clip it and send it to him.
So, folks, excuse me, you know,our friends that do listen to

(42:21):
this, they do know Rob, andmaybe you can give him some shit
for it.
But, you know, Scott during thegame was screenshotting me text
between uh Rob, him, and hisson Trevor, right?
And he's screen, he's sendingme these messages, and I'm
looking at him like, oh my god,Rob.

(42:42):
Now, granted, as a pre topreface this, Scott always says,
especially about Rob, thatRob's one of those fans that
like he lives on the edge.
Like he's like, he needs tojump off the bridge type of guy.
Yeah.
Like, like there.

(43:04):
So that being said, I'm like,oh, it can't be that bad.
So when he's sending me thesescreenshots, I tell I tell
Scott, I'm like, dude, you gottado me a favor.
You gotta add me to this groupchat.
And then he's like, I don'tthink you want me to do that.
I'm like, what do you mean?
25 minutes later, he sends meanother screenshot, and Rob is

(43:26):
literally off the deep end,number one, but number two, he's
arguing with his own son.

Scott (43:33):
Like, dude, it's amazing.

Graham (43:35):
His son was just like, dude, like he's trying to calm
him down, and he's just like,you know what?
F this and blah, blah, blahthat, and you could do it.
And I'm just like, all right,Scott, maybe I don't want to be
in this group chat.

Scott (43:48):
Dude, they they literally on our on our text thread made
a $200 bet.
Okay.
I'm this one.
Between Trevor and Rob.
No, I didn't swing that one.
Oh, okay.
Because Rob said, We're gonnago three and seven.
Okay, just the next four gameswe're losing.

(44:09):
And Trevor goes, not losing toMiami and the Titans.
And Rob says, make a bet.
Trevor goes, I'll bet you $200we don't, we're not gonna be
three and seven.
Make the bet solid right now.
Done.

Graham (44:28):
Hey Rob, can I get a piece of this action?
Is my new team name gonna be?

Scott (44:38):
Dude, speaking of jumping off the bridge, and I gotta
call this, I gotta call thisdude out.
Because we've mentioned himnumerous times on the on the
show.
Please.
Jerry, aka Big Toilet.
He sends me a text, okay.

(44:59):
The Chargers NFL established1970 and Padres established
1969, combined 111 years withouta title.
Unbelievable.
1963 AFL champion for theChargers don't doesn't count.
So then his next text is Ihereby denounce any affiliation

(45:24):
with the Padres as a fan.
I quit.

Announcer (45:28):
What?

Scott (45:31):
So I am calling him out.
We are making this into a reel.
We are putting it on Instagram.
I'm tagging him everywhere.

Graham (45:42):
Got him! Dude.
No, the best part was last nightyou were like during UFC,
you're like, hey, you know,Jerry is the UFC guy, right?
You know, he has all the youknow, he has he's winning all
these bets.
And I'm like, all right, cool.
So by the time we turned UFCon, we made it to the final two

(46:06):
matches, which was the co-madeevent and the main event.
And he's like, Yeah, Ofer.
Yeah, dude's been on fire.
The last two bets that we takeas bet was homeboy first
submission.
Nope.

Scott (46:19):
Ofer.
Like, yeah.
So I send Jerry a picture of mytattoo.
I'm like, dude, I would neverdenounce my fandom for a team,
especially with this.
I'm connected for life.
We can take care of that.
He says, Have you seen enoughyet?

(46:43):
I'm like, nope.
Denounce them.

Graham (46:48):
Dude.
So, Jerry, who's band laggingto jumping on?

Scott (46:53):
Yeah, exactly.
You're gonna go root for thedoyers?

Graham (47:01):
I'm not even gonna say anything.

Scott (47:03):
I'll just Yeah, I was just like, I can't believe you
said that.
I'm screenshotting it.
You know, have to bring it uptonight in the podcast.
But dude, you're a fan of ateam.
When I had season tickets forthe Chargers back in the day for
X amount of years, everybody'slike, oh, you haven't won a
Super Bowl.
You haven't won.
Does that make me not be a fan?

(47:25):
Yeah.
Suck it, Raider fans.
You won four Super Bowls.
How long ago was that?
And by the way, how'd that workout for you today against the
Colts when Danny dimes lit y'allup like a god dang you?
There's no way he's gonna gothat direction.

(47:46):
No, no way.
Speaking of the Colts andRaiders, something we have not
talked about.
Uh Mark Sanchez.
Bro.
Dude.
Dude.
I was literally scoring atournament at my club yesterday,
and you sent me that screenshotyesterday of Sanchez getting

(48:09):
stabbed.
And I'm like, oh my god.
And then as Kellen and I arewalking to the old Dominion game
after parking, you sent me thenext part of it when it's saying
that Mark Sanchez is the guiltyparty.
And I'm like, and then I seetoday he attacked a 69-year-old
man.
I I like we always say on thisup on this show, make it make

(48:38):
sense.
There's nothing that can makethat make sense.
About an Uber Eats driver orsome bullshit?
To be fair, like bro, go to InN Out.
Oh, sorry, it's it'sIndianapolis, they don't have
that.

Graham (48:52):
Well, you know, In and Out moved their uh headquarters
to Tennessee, right?
Or they're oh no, they talkedabout it.
Yeah, they still have the WestCoast.
I don't know.
But anyway, yeah, look.
You know, everyone says,especially in this country, you
know, real we are real big onsecond chances.

(49:14):
I mean, I look, we don't knowall the details, things haven't
come out yet, the police haven'tsaid a lot.

Scott (49:24):
I mean, I all I know is Sanchez was dismissed from the
hospital and taken directly tojail.

Graham (49:32):
Yeah, I the only thing not defending the man by any
means.
The only thing that I will sayis, and it's not an excuse at
all, but you, me, a lot of ourother friends, look, we will

(49:56):
don't want to admit it, but wehave definitely done some sh.
I mean, we haven't stabbedanyone, but but clip it, yeah.

Scott (50:11):
We've done a lot of shit in our lives, but I ain't ever
attacked an Uber East driver,bro, that's 59 years old.

Graham (50:20):
My point in saying it was his level of inebriation,
which by the way, was a Fridaynight into Saturday, and you're
working the following day, likeyou're gonna get that blackout
drunk.
Like he obviously was blackout.
The Uber driver, his Uber Eastdriver, and this is all
speculation, folks.
Speculation.

(50:40):
Uber driver must have taken toolong, finally showed up.
They were arguing about aparking spot.
Like I said, I I I'm notdefending him by any means.
I'm just we we don't have allthe evidence.
I'm just trying to throw ideasout there and see what may or
may not be the situation.
I have no idea.
Like I said, not condoning anyof this, but and not that it's

(51:04):
funny, but the hilarity of thesituation, it's just like when
you read the optics from theoutside, you're just like, wait,
come again.

Scott (51:13):
I mean, the screenshot you sent me when I was at work,
I'm like feeling all bad forMark Sanchez, and two hours
later you're sending me anotherscreenshot saying it's Mark's
Edgez's fault and he's beingarrested.
And I'm like, what?
And then Kristen this morningis reading it was a 69-year-old

(51:34):
dude, and then hearing that heslashed homeboy's face.
Oh, and I didn't even hearthat.
Wow, the old guy, then it'sthey're talking about it was
over a parking spot, likeChipotle.
Did you not get your fooddelivered fast enough?
Like what how come the foodrestaurant has not been

(51:58):
mentioned in any of this?

Graham (51:59):
Because you know they're they're like we're missing out
on free publicity right now.
Exactly.

Scott (52:07):
It's like I don't know.
I I don't know.
I and then you said somebodysaid it in our San Diego fantasy
thread.
Did he butt fumble the knife?
Yeah, I saw that.
I know it's not a laughingmatter.
No, no, no, he got it.
100% not, no.
Hopefully, hopefully the olddude's you know good, but you

(52:31):
still gotta laugh at it.

Graham (52:36):
I man, Mark Sanchez.
I have to I I'm speechless.
I don't I don't know what tosay.
Like, there's no like he has agood lawyer.
I mean, his best case scenario,best case, is no jail,
community service, getting firedfrom CB or Fox, whichever one

(52:59):
is.
I think he's Fox, yeah.
And that's it.
Like that's best case scenario.
Community service, no gym.
No, this is all on thespeculation of like charges,
final charges still haven't beenmade, so it's hard to say.
So it is what it is.
Um, you know, you had a roughday with the Chargers, as did I

(53:24):
watching them.
I I mean look, the start ofthat game, I it just seemed like
everything was going well forthem.
Myself and my team, theSteelers, look, I wasn't a huge
fan at the start of the seasonabout an early bye, but with how
injuries have plagued our team,kind of a perfect timing, you
know, and super excited aboutit.

(53:46):
And that being said, we didn'tplay this week, and we moved up
in our division.
And you're like, wow, how isthat possible?
Uh well, let's uh let's thinkabout it.
Cleveland took an L.
Uh a team we haven't talkedabout yet, but we'll get into
Baltimore.
Yeah, they took an L.

Scott (54:08):
Oh, dude, they're toast.
I saw the funniest thing aboutBaltimore, and it had a picture
of their score at the end of thethird quarter against the
Bills, week one, and it said ifyou could imagine this team is
now one and three going intoweek five.

(54:31):
Would you believe it?
Dude, you text me today, oh, CJStroud's having a game.
And I'm like, Graham, you or Icould have a game against that
Baltimore defense.
That's not that's not a bigcompliment.

Graham (54:49):
Well, for how you feel about CJ Stroud, that's why I
had to say it.

Scott (54:54):
That guy can go kick rocks.
But anyhow, dude, dude,Baltimore, and the weird thing
is, and I was talking to my oldclub president yesterday about
it, that's a big Steelers fan.
You know, he's like, the weirdthing is the Steelers are three

(55:14):
and more, three and one.
We don't know who they are.
He goes, I don't know for good.
I don't know anything.
The whole AFC, the only teamthat anybody can say is good is
the Bills.
But yet the Ravens at one andthree are still minus 185 to win
the AFC North.
They won't be after today.

(55:35):
Yeah.
Yeah, I just they're missing ashit ton of people, but dude,
every team's missing people.

Graham (55:49):
Yes, but it also comes down to, and what I've said on
this podcast from day one.
I know the saying, next man up.
I get it, but you cannot saynext man up when the people that
you are missing are Pro Bowlplayers or all pros.
Like you can't replace all proswith all pros.

Scott (56:13):
You're talking to a guy that just left lost up, all pro
left tackle in preseason Slater,and all pro right tackle in
all.

Graham (56:23):
Exactly.
That's my point.

Scott (56:25):
And people are out there blasting Herbert.
Uh, I don't care if you're thegreatest, if you're Tom Brady,
Joe Montana, Peyton Manningcombined into one person, if you
don't have an offensive line,good luck.

Graham (56:40):
Yeah.
Uh by the way, don't forgetyou're uh right guard, too.
So I mean, it's Becton, I mean,in out, in out, in out.
I know, I know.
So, and as I was telling youduring the games earlier, I was
like, why can't Pittsburgh playBaltimore now?

(57:01):
Damn it.
Like, this is just you know,people are gonna get healthy by
the time we play them, and it'sjust like, are you kidding me
right now?
Son of uh but look, Pittsburghcoming off the bye.

Scott (57:13):
We are hosting the Browns next week, which is super weird
because normally when teamscome back from Europe, they get
a bye the next week.
Well, usually that's weird.
That's weird, but dude, I knowwe're 57 minutes into the show.
Something we have not talkedabout.
Uh Survivor Leagues gettingdestroyed this week.

(57:38):
Rams losing Thursday night,Arizona losing today.

Graham (57:46):
Let me ask you a question.

Scott (57:48):
And not only no, go ahead.
Ask it.

Graham (57:53):
I think I know where you're gonna go with this.
After what happened today withthe Cardinals game, what is a
crazier loss?
That or week one with Cincylast year to the Patriots.

Scott (58:12):
Which nobody saw.
Week one, I would say week one,shit can happen.
Right.
Shit can happen.
It's not that the Patriots beatthe Bengals and that the
Bengals lost, it's the Cardinalsand how they lost today.

Graham (58:32):
Exactly.
100%.

Scott (58:34):
I think that's a bigger thing.
Oh, I mean homeboy, homeboyripping off that touchdown on
third and one that dropped theball before the goal line, which
every angle I've looked at it,and we talked about it earlier.
Was it conclusive that hedropped it before the goal line?
Not what I saw.

Graham (58:55):
That's why there's a chip in the ball, folks.

Scott (58:58):
The craziest part of that was Cam Ward throwing the pick
and the Cardinals playerfumbling it, and then the Titans
scoring a tutty.

Graham (59:09):
I you can't replicate that play ever.
Like, that is the mostridiculous play I've ever seen.
That I saw live, and I waslike, what just happened right
now?

Scott (59:21):
Yeah, insane.
I I mean survivor leagues, allover were destroyed.

Graham (59:32):
Dude, in the two leagues we were we were in, 25% of the
players that were left, boom.

Scott (59:42):
I mean, going into the Thursday night game, I wasn't
even thinking about the Rams.
No, and then I was like, Oh uhthe Niners have no Kittle, they
have no Purdy, which is anothertopic.
They have a bunch of their widereceivers out.

(01:00:05):
The Rams playing the bestfootball in the NFC barely lost
to the Eagles on a blocked fieldgoal attempt to win the game.
Yep.
Just beat the Colts last week,who were playing amazing
football because of anothermoron that dropped the ball
before he crossed the goal line.
But there was no doubt eightand a half point favorites.

(01:00:29):
What happens?
Mac Jones comes out, lights himup.
14 points, dude.
Early in the first quarter.
Best game of his career.

Graham (01:00:42):
Hands down.

Scott (01:00:43):
Dude.
Dude.
At one point he got hit, andI'm like, he's dead.
He's throwing up on himself onthe sideline.

Graham (01:00:50):
Yeah.

Scott (01:00:53):
Then it goes to overtime.
And fourth and one and fieldgoal range.
Rams could have tied it withwhat three minutes left?
Yeah.
You know, who knows what wouldhave happened.
But McVay decides to go for it.
And not only that, not onlythat, they missed an extra

(01:01:17):
point.
The Rams.
Well, that was the killer.
They missed the field goal, andyour boy Kyron fumbles
literally inside the five.
Uh, at the one.

Graham (01:01:30):
And as it happened, another situation where the
refs, not even the refs,commentators didn't say
anything.
The defender, defensivelineman, whoever it was, who
punched the ball out, dudepunched him in the face.
He literally punched him in theface.
You could see his head of thedef of the Kyron Williams' head

(01:01:52):
go.
If you get punched in the face,do you think you're gonna have
the right frame of mind to holdon to the ball correctly?
I I don't know.
Gets punched in the face, andthen as his hand keeps going
down, also hits the ball.
I thought that was a penalty,but apparently not.
I I I I don't know.

Scott (01:02:13):
Insane, dude.

Graham (01:02:14):
Yeah, I mean at the end at the and the worst part is is
the Rams had multiple chances towin that game.
When they went for it on fourthdown, McVeigh said it at the in
his press conference, that losswas on him.
That was by far the worst callyou can make on fourth and one.

(01:02:34):
It wasn't good.
I mean terrible.
Like you can't be uh offensiveguru, air quotes folks, and make
that call.
You just can't do it.
It was bad.
Like very bad.
You it's fourth and one.

(01:02:56):
You don't hand the running backthe ball out of the shotgun.
That that was the play, right?
Pretty was it out of theshotgun?

Scott (01:03:08):
Dude, all these running plays like shotgun where the
running backs seven yards off.

Graham (01:03:16):
Yeah, he got tackled three yards behind the line.
Like, that's what I'm saying.
Like, dude, what are you doing?
I I don't know.
Yeah, I'm curious to know howmany people are left in the
circumillion.
They haven't said yet.
Like, how many people gotbounced from that?
Oh man, I feel terrible for ourfriend in the San Diego League.

(01:03:37):
That is barous.

Scott (01:03:40):
Two entries.
Oh two entries of lost to both.

Graham (01:03:46):
It's the perfect I mean, look, I lost my parlays because
of them.
I also looked for the for theuh the Eagles, but still, I had
the Cardinals in every one ofthem.
Teasers, parlays, everything.
No, like if there's ever ascenario any given Sunday is

(01:04:07):
true.

Scott (01:04:09):
3,624 people took the Rams.
Oh 3,100 took the Cardinals.

Graham (01:04:18):
Oh 6,500 people.

Scott (01:04:24):
38 28% took, like I said, 28% of the people remaining
took the Rams, 25% took theCardinals.

Graham (01:04:33):
That's 50%.

Scott (01:04:35):
Yeah.
Six six point one percent tookthe Bills.

Graham (01:04:39):
Oh, I didn't even think about that.

Scott (01:04:41):
Yeah.
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Oh my god.
Wow.
28 people took the Eagles.
Oh yeah.
I mean it's the NFL.
Guess what?
Both teams have players thatwant to get paid.

Graham (01:05:06):
I mean, you always say you gotta you gotta make it to
next week, right?
In Survivor.
Well, all those people theythought they took guaranteed
dubs.
They're not dude.
So fun.

(01:05:28):
Like it's so fun, so stressful.
Like, it's it's amazing how youcan spend all this time
analyzing, think about it forfive days, and then you get to
the day and you're gonna backand forth, back and forth, back
and forth.
What had happened?
Well, you know.

Scott (01:05:48):
I mean, but dude, real quick as we end, major league
baseball playoffs.
Uh Yankees boat raced.
Oof gave up 10 runs yesterday,lost 10 to 1.
Today lost 13 to 7.
Brewers score nine runs in thefirst two innings yesterday.

Graham (01:06:17):
You know, I'm I would actually be happy to kind of
see, you know, maybe someonenew.
Not new, not like as a firsttimer, but especially in
baseball, you see the same teamswin.

Scott (01:06:33):
Yeah, because there's no uh whatchamacallit?
Salary cap.

Graham (01:06:38):
Yeah, and that's my point.
So if some of these heavyhitters get bounced, I ain't mad
at it.
I I I mean, look, to see thebrew crew, if they won it, I
mean, dude, Badger would have aheart attack, but that'd be
awesome for him.
I mean, there's other teams, ifSeattle, I mean, if there's
enough teams where it's justlike, you know what?

(01:07:00):
Why don't we let the why don'twe let the other kids have a
chance?

Scott (01:07:04):
Dude, and speaking of Otani last night against the
Phillies.
Bro.
Dude.

Graham (01:07:13):
Nasty.

Scott (01:07:13):
Nine strikeouts.
Beat the Phillies five tothree.
The guy's stupid.

Graham (01:07:22):
Yeah.
The best part was Otani gave upthe three runs in the second
inning, and they still left himin, and he just dominated.

Scott (01:07:31):
Yep.
Yep.
I mean, I don't know.
Fucking Tigers won last nightin 11 innings, got beat tonight.
That series is tied now, one toone.
Blue Jays up two games tonothing.
National League had the dayoff.
But we got Phillies, Dodgerstomorrow, Cubs, Brewers

(01:07:53):
tomorrow, Brewers up one game tonothing, Phillies down one game
to nothing.
It's it sucks.
And you know, this is playoffs.
It sucks.
The Dodgers and Phillies areplaying each other in the NLC,
in the in the NLC, NLDS, sorry.

Graham (01:08:11):
Yeah, divisional series, yeah.

Scott (01:08:13):
Yeah.
Because yeah, they were thebest two teams in baseball in
the National League.
But you know what?
That's why they call itplayoffs.

Announcer (01:08:23):
Thanks.

Scott (01:08:24):
You know.

Graham (01:08:26):
But with all sports, Seattle.
It's not how you got here.
It's how you were playing rightnow.

Scott (01:08:32):
You you gotta get in.
Yeah.
And the thing that sucks, youknow, NFL, they reseed.
Baseball, they don't reseed.
Yeah.
But anyhow, uh, guess whatstarts on Tuesday night, baby?
Uh hockey.
Let me guess.
It's like cold.

(01:08:52):
It's in an arena with sticks ina book.
Oh, yeah.
Hockey's hockey starts onTuesday.
Let's go.
Gotta get your ass over toT-Mobile to see a game.

Graham (01:09:06):
I gotta figure out why I'm not getting the same text
message discount thread.
Like, this is unbelievable.
I how you get these ticketdiscounts, and I'm not getting
them.
We need to figure it out.
I need to make it to a gamethis year.
It's gonna happen.
Gotta make some calls.
You have to.
You gotta do it.
Gotta do it.

Scott (01:09:22):
You have to.
But as we wrap up tonight, uh,someone that was supposed to be
on the show tonight, Audrey, uh,huge Washington Redskins fan.
Uh, congratulations on yourteam's win.
She texted me.
She literally texted me, dude,when we were up 10 and nothing.

(01:09:42):
And I'm gonna find it realquick.
She literally texted me and shesays, uh, where is it?
I'm gonna turn this off forreal, for real.
And I'm like, stop it, relax.
And then they score.
I'm like, told you, ouroffensive line is killing us.
She goes, relax.

(01:10:03):
We look desperate.
And then I was like, We'redoing the show tonight.
Can you come on?
And she's got her daughter andher granddaughter, grandson
there.
But, you know, something Igotta say.
She goes, Neither of us knowhow this game is gonna end.

(01:10:24):
But if you win, I'm happy foryou, and if you lose, I'm sad
for you.
Just saying your friendship isway more important.
Oh, and I'm like, you knowwhat?
I agree.
Let's go.
Well, for sure.
I mean, of course it's gonnacome down to that.
We're all fans, we're all fans.
But Audrey, you're gonna comeback on this show at some point.

(01:10:46):
I'm happy for you that yourWashington team won.
I'm happy for only you, nobodyelse.
The end.
Graham, get us out of here.
I'm also happy I got to see mygirl Melissa Startup.

Graham (01:11:09):
All I'm gonna say is, BB, can't wait to have you on
the show.
Scott, it's always a pleasuredoing the podcast with you.
And as the best home, why areyou looking at me like that?
I'm not.
Hey, as the best home alwayssays, Bubba.

Scott (01:11:32):
Good night, friends.
Good night, Rob.
Rob, please step away from theedge of the bridge.
Relax.
Nobody thought we were going 17and oh.
I love everybody.

Graham (01:11:47):
Bubba.

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