This episode explores the intertwined journeys of Texas football, family dynamics, and the spirit of community support. We discuss the recent Peach Bowl, upcoming Cotton Bowl predictions, and the significance of faith and resilience in the lives of players and fans alike.
• Revisiting the 2006 Rose Bowl victory and its lasting impact
• Analyzing Texas' performance in the Peach Bowl against Arizona State
• Previewing the upcoming Cotton Bowl against Ohio State and discussing game tactics
• Highlighting the faith and unity within the team culture
• Addressing the challenges young athletes face and their journey to maturity
• Reflecting on the rivalry and the unique scrutiny Texas football receives
• Emphasizing the importance of community and family in the sports experience
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Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hi, I'm Stevie Lee, former defensive tackle for the
University of Texas, and I'mClyde Hargrove.
I'm a roofer.
I also saw action in 52 gamesand I fixed a lot of roofs.
I also won a Rose Bowl andnever lost to A&M and I fixed a
lot of roofs.
Right, stevie, oh right.
And never lost to A&M and I fixa lot of roofs, right, stevie,
oh right, right, I'm sorry Izoned out a little bit.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
So are you going to say the thing about Hargrove
Roofing?
Hargrove Roofing, know who's onyour roof.
Is this even going to work as acommercial?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Fourth and five, the national championship on the
line right here, he's going forthe corner.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
He's got it.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Vince Young scores Stevie Lee man.
That really puts the age on us,you and I, everybody who
follows Texas Longhorn football,former players like yourself.
January 4th.
That date will forever beremembered as the national
championship of the 2005 season04, well, excuse me, january 4th
(01:42):
06, the national championshipBCS title game against USC.
That was the year after yourlast year.
I mean January 4th.
Does it still resonate with youevery year since then?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Kind of, but it's also January 1st for me, january
1st for me, january 1st 2005,.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
this year marked 20 years that I last put my pads on
.
Wow, oh my God.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah, this was 20 years ago.
This first was when I hung themup and when my wife stopped
cheering at the University ofTexas, that was our last game.
I said 20 years, man, that iscrazy.
I have an 18-year-old kid now.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
You guys didn't waste any time.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
No, we didn't 19 years ago.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
This past Saturday, it was the anniversary of that
Rose Bowl BCS title game.
We could not have this episodewithout a clip of Vince Young's
run that really clenched itshands.
Wow, incredible night.
I remember it like it was acouple of hours ago, but, man,
big time.
And now the current Longhornshave an opportunity.
(03:02):
They're two wins.
One went away from playing inthe national championship game.
Again, I am Sean clinch, thehost of stories inside the man
cave and the co-host of the pastrush with Stevie Lee.
Now I want to point outsomething that maybe may give
you the, so to speak.
But check out, stevie, he's gotpink, I've got a sty and it's
(03:24):
we're twins.
He's got pink, I've got a styand we're twins.
I don't think he's contagious.
This sty looks better than itdid yesterday.
Oh wow, new Year's Day is whenit started.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, and today I woke up with this one on me.
So it's been a rough lastcouple of days for me.
I was getting over the flu andthe cold and or the cold and um,
and then all of a sudden I wakeup with this.
It's just a brutal start to theyear, man hey, I feel for you,
brother.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
It's not fun I, I do warm cold presses, got the uh,
the medicated eye drops theadvil I'm just trying in the
shower with baby shampoo.
On new year's day I was with thelovely trish and I said, man,
something, my eye and it wasduring the the peach bowl.
I said, man, it feels awkward.
And lo and behold, woke up onjanuary 2nd and, uh, that it was
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in full blast.
So we're on day three of it,but I think it's improving.
But hey, before we get going,we're going to dive into the CFP
Final Four.
We've got another big gamecoming up and it's back in Texas
.
But before we do that, we haveto give a shout-out to our
Hargrove family, who reallymakes these series of episodes
(04:44):
possible.
But with Stevie Lee.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Hargrove Roofing.
Know who's on your roof?
It's my people.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
And you will, even if you have a sty or a pinka
Stevie.
This week's going to be reallyexciting because the Horns are
coming back in the borders ofTexas for a prestigious bowl
game.
A bowl game they're going toplay in for the borders of texas
for a prestigious bowl game.
A bowl game they're going toplay in for the 23rd time and
I'm pretty sure you're excitedabout this.
Everybody is how about we justdive into it and make it happen?
(05:15):
Let's do it, man, let's ridebaby.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
But now to be in the semis and playing the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas is huge.
You know we're going to needour fans.
We're going to need our fans'support.
I need Longhorn Nation to showout in Arlington.
We're going to need everythingwe got to try to win this game.
You know, clearly we're massiveunderdogs.
Nobody's going to give us ashot, so we're going to need all
that we can to try to win thisgame.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
And here we go, stevie Lee.
Happy 2025 to you and yours,your family, all your friends,
everybody who's watching orlistening to this, whatever
platform that you choose to do,and happy 2025 to my big little
brother, stevie Lee.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Happy 2025 to you, man.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Much love to you and your beautiful family and be
sure to follow us on each of oursocial media platforms, as we
are now with episode 443.
Overall, we're almost up tohalf a thousand, but Stevie the
college football playoff we'redown to four.
This is the round, obviously,that Texas went to last year
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when they were only four andbarely lost to Washington.
But when you look back at thatPeach Bowl, that Peach Bowl game
, much, much props to ArizonaState and Cam Scataboo I finally
said his name correctly,without hesitating or saying it
two or three times.
(07:26):
Much love and respect to themand they really made a game of
it, that heart and soul of theSun Devils.
They gave Texas all they couldhave and Texas was up 24-18
entering that fourth quarter.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, it was a really good game.
I got to eat a little bit ofcrow because I said we'll win
that by 21 points, Right, and itlooked like in the beginning of
the game it was going to belike that and then they found
something.
They dug deep and foundsomething in our a kink in our
(08:05):
chain of armor and made it agood game and I wish they would
not have.
But I'm also feeling optimistic, and we'll talk about this
later.
Is we barely made it out ofthat game?
So we are looking at this gamelike a loss so we can come out
and play a whole lot better nextgame.
So in Ohio State they handledOregon very, very easily.
(08:32):
They're riding high coming intothis game.
They're riding low trying toprove that we need to be in this
game.
That may be the motivation thatwe come out and play a flawless
game.
What we out and play a flawlessgame.
What we need actually is aflawless game.
We haven't had that all year.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Texas hasn't played a complete game since I want to
say Michigan, but I think righthere this is all Texas needs to
know A five-and-a-half point dog, that's pretty significant, and
the game is in Texas at theCotton Bowl Pretty significant
and the game is in Texas at theCotton Bowl.
I like it because I've said allalong I thought Ohio State from
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top to bottom both sides of theball and special teams, the
best team in the country.
And now we're going to see andlisten.
Arizona State elevated theirgame.
They really did, and Texas wasso close.
There were so many parts ofthat game that was controversial
(09:31):
and people are still talkingabout it.
Arizona State trying to.
Still they're not letting it go, and I get it.
But the targeting calls, thetargeting calls that were missed
against Bonds and then, ofcourse, taft.
I'll say this that was how youcoached to hit.
Yeah, did not with the crown ofthe helmet, Crown head up.
(09:54):
Head up, yeah there was nolaunching.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Sorry.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
But there was no launching of his body.
Yeah, exactly he just camedownhill and anyway.
And then when that missed fieldgoal by Arizona State hit the
ground, then went over the goals, field goal or the goal post.
They're saying that should havecounted as three because it's a
live ball and it's like no, youshould have gone after it if it
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was a live ball, but justbecause it hits the ground and
bounces over doesn't count asthree.
There's so many things, so wesee the Vegas odds here and
Colin Calhoun, a big nationalname.
This will eat at a lot of Texasfans because Texas has fallen
short so many times since that05 season, you know 09, you
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couldn't help it.
Obviously, colt McCoy there'salways that debate if he would
have stayed healthy.
But this is Colin Cowherd'stake on the Longhorns.
He's acknowledging that Texasis very sexy and very talented,
but this was his take on theLonghorns, which I don't know.
I can't wait to hear your takeon Cal Hearns' take.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
In between these amazing plays by these amazing
Texas Longhorn athletes, youcan't have 10 penalties, you
can't miss assignments.
I mean it looked like ArizonaState really could not wait to
play another game.
They were so intent playingwith such intention and urgency
and sometimes I just feel likemy entire life this has been
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Texas football.
I feel like they should besix-time national champs.
Not that one Vince Young teamand disappointment.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Can you say from afar , he's in LA.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
I mean, I think we both can agree from a big myopic
view.
I understand.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I do.
I do understand, man.
We've had success and we'vealways been that far away to
Colt McCoy getting hurt in thebig game to Texas Tech, and
we've always been that far awayto Colt McCoy getting hurt in
the big game to Texas Techtaking us out of contention, and
we've always been on the cuspof a national championship game.
He's right, if those thingsbounce our way, we probably
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would have four, five, sixnational championships in
between there.
But and he's right also thatthis game felt like, ah, here we
go again, you know, but it cameout on the other end.
You know, before this game Iprobably would not have agreed
with him, but because it's freshon my mind and the way I was
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feeling watching the game, itwas like dang it, man, here we
go again.
We we sniff and then we fall,you know, just like last year.
You know, uh, quinn threw thatback shoulder throw to.
Was it Isaiah Bond or was it?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
No, no, no, no no.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Number five last year .
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Why am I forgetting the name of the receiver Against
Washington?
Oh, Mitchell, yeah he's an NFLrookie right now.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Yeah, exactly Adedai, and if we'd have made that
throw, we'd have gone on to theNational Championship game.
So, yes, he's actually correct.
We we are one, two, three playsaway from having multiple
championships, but we still onlyhave one from 19 years ago
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that's it, yeah, and that'sthat's it, you know.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
And so in order for texas and we're going to dive
and peel these layers for thiscotton bowl the, the CFP Final
Four game in Arlington they knowthey're marketing it as Dallas,
but it's actually in Arlingtonand it's not in the Cotton Bowl
Stadium, it's in Jerry Worldwhich it's moved there, I think
after the 2009 season.
But the Texas defense againstArizona State, they were on the
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field for a lot of snaps.
Way too much, and I don't carehow good a shape you are.
They were on the field for alot of snaps in that season and
I don't care how good a shapeyou are, it's going to take its
toll and this was Sarkaddressing that because you
cannot do that against OhioState, because it could get very
ugly and it was an odd game.
Speaker 7 (14:20):
You think about we really lost almost three full
possessions on offense.
You know you think about wereally lost almost three full
possessions on offense.
Anytime you have a scoringreturn on special teams where we
had a punt return for atouchdown that would have been
an offensive possession that welost Our first drive on offense
we scored in two plays and thenwe have the safety in one play
and so we really lost threepossessions.
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That you know unintentionallyput our defense continually back
on the field.
I just thought it originally,man, we weren't getting off the
field, we were doing OK,especially in the first half of
that game, but over time thatcan wear on you, and so I
thought those guys showed a lotof grit, a lot of guts in that
game to fight through.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
You know we got players playing 100 snaps on
defense, not including specialteams.
That's a lot, man, and can youimagine you being on the field
that long?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
That's too many snaps , too many plays.
You can tell the defense hadgotten tired.
Yeah, but he's right,unintentional, we had to play
extra plays.
That going for the block punt,which I would go for twice again
.
It's just unfortunate that theball did not get touched and
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they put the guys back out therefor a few more plays.
That safety, a few more plays.
I'm glad that Quinn jumped onthe ball instead of um letting
arizona recover in the end zone.
That's, that's six points, uh,other than two points, you know.
So, um, but he's absolutelycorrect, man.
Um, they were unintentional,but still they were there and
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the defense cannot be on thefield that long.
We need to hold the ball alittle bit longer.
Unintentional, because we hadtwo play scoring drives Right
Two and so our offense go outthere and bang, bang and then
our defense have to come backout there.
We'll take that from ouroffense all day, you know, but
our defense, we still got tofind a way to keep our defense
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off the field, you know.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Well, and the part about that that it doesn't
bother me, but if you reallythink about it, that was just a
weird game.
It very weird, but it was alsoa part of when you really really
, really really look at it.
There's so many waves of energy.
(16:45):
You saw Arizona State.
They were not giving up.
They could have just thrown inthe towel down 16.
I mean, I thought it was over.
I did, but it goes to prove,many people like me
underestimated Arizona State andthe physicality.
Now you can debate and I'm notquestioning it, it just happened
(17:07):
.
I always thought you could pusha ball carrier into the end
zone, but you can't pull likethey did Scadaboo.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
They pulled him into it.
But regardless, you just cannothave your defense on the field
this long against the Buckeyesor whoever they may play in the
national championship, if theymake it so in this cotton ball.
Knowing what Arizona State I'mexcuse me, ohio State brings,
they're averaging 38.1 pointsper game.
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The eye tests they're sexy,very sexy, consistent.
How would you defend these guysfrom a surface level?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I think, doing exactly what we've been doing,
because I don't think thatthey've met a team with the
talent that we have, man to man,right.
We got the Thorpe Award winner,we got a big defensive line
that's big and strong all acrossthe front, not just, you know,
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two or two inside or two outside.
We got a linebacker core thatcould run to the ball Right.
So just play your defense thatyou've been playing all year and
I think that we'll be fine.
31 points against other teams,yes, but not 31 points against
one of the top defenses in thecountry.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Yeah, 38 points for the 38.1, if we're going to be
exact, my goodness 38.1,.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I got you.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Yeah.
So here are the two guys.
I mean they have a lot ofweapons and these are just the
two.
So Will Howard you know heentered the portal.
Texas has played Will Howardbefore when he was at Kansas
State.
He's talented, he's a bigquarterback, he's mobile.
I thought he was good at KansasState.
I just didn't see this coming.
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I thought he was a goodquarterback and it shocked me
when he transferred to OhioState but running, passing over
3,600 yards and is accounted for39 touchdowns.
Now, jeremiah Smith, mygoodness, 1,200-plus-yard
receiver with 14 touchdowns.
I mean, from a college footballfan, you've got to appreciate
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what these guys do.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
I think these are a lot of yards.
This is just a challenge forour defense.
I think we have a greatsecondary that can stop Smith
and how we're strong attack.
So, and then the defense, Ithink, is gonna just go to the
defensive line, which is hunkerdown with down, with the
linebackers filling, I thinkwe've got the weapons to combat
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their offense.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Okay, okay.
Well, during the Zoom call forCoach Sark, he was asked in
particular.
I think it was an Ohiojournalist, it doesn't matter,
but he was asked about defendingthose guys.
He was very quick with hisresponse.
Speaker 7 (20:11):
I just hope we're good enough to guard them.
These guys are really goodplayers.
We'll find out.
Speaker 9 (20:15):
Pretty simple.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
You catch more flies with honey right.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I can't wait to see it.
It's going to be a significantmatchup and good on good and
what I mean.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Chip kelly is the offensive coordinator at ohio
state yeah, yeah that's, that'spretty big and um, but I believe
in pk.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
It'll be two brilliant guys devising a plan
and then when you've got ColinSimmons and Anthony and you've
got weapons, it's just you'vegot to create turnovers against
these guys.
I don't know if a bend don'tbreak is going to work against
Ohio State, Sure, guys.
I don't know if a bend don'tbreak is going to work against
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Ohio State Sure.
I mean just my opinion, humbleopinion, that is.
So now we talk about all gas,no brakes on O.
I think that has got.
It's too easy to say this.
I think Texas has got to havethat mentality and not let up
against Ohio State.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
We need to jump on them early, stay on them and
stay on them late, man you know.
Have a complete game againstthese guys and actually show the
world what we can be when youthink about it, the run game was
was halted, stopped,stonewalled against arizona
state.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
There was no run game it's true, it's true.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
And so these, these uh office alignment got to take
that personal this week.
Got to take it personal and say, man, we're going to get in
here and dig these ohio statebuckeyes out of here.
Uh, dig them out of the holeand give some lanes for our
running backs to just go up anddown the field.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
So when you say that and at the same token I think a
lot of mentality of offensivecoordinators and fans alike they
say you got to have the rungame, open up the pass game.
But I think in this offense Ireally feel like it's Quinn
Ewer's passing game that willopen up the run game, open up
the pass game.
But I think in this offense Ireally feel like it's Quinn
Ewer's passing game that willopen up the run game and just so
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people can relive it, but alsoall the criticism he receives,
which I think is unjust in someways.
I have now reversed my tone.
This is the Quinn that has toshow up throughout the whole
game and he had a great pitch.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Ewers.
He's pressured looking toextend the play, directing
traffic.
Now he's going to run ithimself and Quinn Ewers goes in
for the rushing touchdown.
Quinn Ewers trying to audible.
To stay alive.
Can they hook him Touchdown?
Matthew Golden Second overtimeand Gunnar Helm opens it up.
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That way Texas' first play.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
The script to begin the game.
And you know, sark, that playthey drew up to Gunner Hound I
think he had to go deep into his, sark did into his play calling
that he did not expect he'dhave to use Because the way they
utilized that tight end therewas a lot of deception.
And then he went up.
I mean you don't see many tightends streaking Right and
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beatingaking Right and beatingcoverage.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah, I think they were sitting there all game
actually, yeah, playing chess.
Yep, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
So the Quinn Ewers and I don't know what to?
I think he's coming out and heshows up in big-time
environments and pressure.
I think we see it.
And what's funny about this?
We all know that hereclassified and skipped his
senior year at South LakeCarroll playing for Riley Dodge
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and decided to go to Ohio Statesign with them.
But here's the story.
Ryan Day talked aboutrecruiting Quinn when he was in
junior high.
Speaker 9 (24:32):
Well, he was one of the first eighth graders that I
ever offered.
He was in our camp here in theWoody and I saw a young he was a
boy at the time, really whojust had a tremendous release
and I remember grabbing him andgrabbing his dad and said man,
you've got a bright future aheadof you.
I don't know if this is good orbad, but we're going to offer
you a scholarship to Ohio State,even in eighth grade.
(24:54):
And again, I don't know ifthat's legal or not, but we did.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
I mean, I think everybody sees what Quinn is
capable of.
We've seen the throws, you know, and there's so much criticism
about him.
I mean he was the nationalheadline of high school
quarterbacks then.
Yeah, why do you think it'sevolved to now?
It's just like hot or coldevery week on Quinn.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I don't think it's hot or cold every week.
It's hot or cold during thegame.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah.
So there are some brilliantplays and you just played a few
of them.
And then there are some playslike, absolutely, what are we
doing?
Yeah, he's a great quarterbackman.
He's a great quarterback.
He's one of the bestquarterbacks we've had in 10
years at the University of Texas.
It feels like the Kirk Cousinsof college football.
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Kirk is going to get you there,but I'm not sure he's going to
get you through there.
But I think not sure he's goingto get you through there.
But I think that we have a lotof weapons around Quinn, that
whenever he stalls a little bit,someone else can pick up the
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slack on our team.
But he's a great quarterback.
I love the kid.
He's a good kid and he canthrow the ball.
He can obviously run a littlebit.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
To your point, stevie .
I mean, yeah, he's proven itand it's quietly, he's quietly.
People don't realize this untilyou look at the UT football
record books and the history ofUT football.
Now I know the game is morepassing than it ever has been
over the last 10 years or 15,you know, going back to your
years at Texas, you startedthrowing the ball more and Texas
Tech was really good about that.
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But he's third all-time UTfootball history in passing
yards.
All right, and that's withthose games that he was hurt and
didn't play in.
Fourth all-time single-seasonpassing yards and third all-time
with 66 passing TDs.
I mean, is this?
When you see that is it?
Are you kind of shocked?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
It is a little shocking, but again, he's not a
bad quarterback, right, he'sactually good, and he's led us
to college football playoffslast year, college football
playoffs this year.
So it feels like we're cryingfrom a yacht, but when you look
at the eye test and see him play, it's going to be very
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brilliant throws and plays.
And then, all of a sudden, whatthe hell are we doing?
You know?
Yeah throws and plays, and thenall of a sudden, what the hell
are we doing?
You know?
So we got to stop saying whatthe hell are we doing and be
like that's a good, smart play.
And then we see the magic thathe has.
That's a good smart play.
And then, oh my God, that was agreat throw.
Good smart play.
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Oh my God, great throw, not aoh my God, that was a great
throw.
It was like, oh, what the hellare we doing?
We can't go from one end of thespectrum to the other end of
the spectrum.
Let's go from brilliant play tothat was a great play, that was
a great kick down, brilliantplay, great decision.
You know so.
(28:20):
You know that's what we justgot to get rid of the, the
negative plays, because when thenegative plays come through,
they're real negative plays.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
Now you're right the part, so you don't need a hero
like performance To beat OhioState.
I mean Ohio State's notinvincible, but nobody is.
I mean Ohio State's notinvincible, but nobody is.
I think anybody can win on anygiven week and I do think, being
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the underdog, you're going tosee a.
This is going to be a muchcloser game than people think
because of that piece, do yousee?
what do you see from Quinn?
Do you want him to be a gamemanager or do you want him to
have a career day?
What's not what you want.
But what does Texas need tobeat Ohio State, do you think?
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Man.
I think that we needconsistency throughout the game.
I would love for him to have acareer day this weekend and put
the game away early.
I would love for that to happen.
The game away early.
I would love for that to happen.
But I think him managing Sark'splaybook if he just manages it
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really really well.
Sark's playbook is so good thatwe can still blow someone out
just by managing Doing long,sustainable drives, keeping our
defense on the bench and healthyand not tired and fresh.
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We do long, sustainable drivesand capitalize with touchdowns
on the end of the drive, go backout and have short drives for
Ohio State.
That's just a good, sound gameplan.
No one's doing anythingspectacular, but everyone's
doing their job.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
Yeah, and no turnovers.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
No turnovers exactly.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
A turnover could probably happen.
But ball security, I agree withyou.
I think he needs probably a250-yard day of passing a couple
touchdowns and limit theturnovers.
I mean, I'm just throwingsomething on the wall, but Texas
also needs to get these pointsfrom Burt Auburn and this is a
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hard subject because we arepartners with him and Hargrove.
But it is a game.
We analyze it, it's, it's, it's.
You've got to dive deep andcall it like it is.
Call a spade a spade.
And Cedric Golden, great writerfor the American Statesman,
friend of the podcast and alsouh stories inside the man Cave
(31:02):
VIP alumnus.
He was on the Paul Feinbaumshow and talking about man.
They may need a change atkicker moving forward.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
At the end of the day, man, it's a 38-yard field
goal and they actually calledthe play to get it centered up
for you indoors with no wind,that's a mental thing, that's
got nothing to do with physical.
And Will Stone is the backupkicker and I wouldn't be shocked
if Steve Sarkeesian is givinghim a look, because if it comes
down to field goal and this gameis going to be way closer than
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some of the odds makers aresaying you got to feel like you
can count on this guy.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
I don't disagree with that at all.
But either you're performing oryou're not.
If you're Sark or you're the,say that Stevie Lee's the
Longhorns head football coach,brother, what do you do in this
situation?
I mean, what do you do thisweek?
I mean, what do you do thisweek?
Speaker 2 (32:09):
First of all, I'm going to buy me a Cadillac
V-Series Escalade with that $8million that he's getting if I
was a coach.
But second of all, I will stickwith Burt.
I'm sorry.
He's been good all year.
He missed a couple field goalsall year.
He's been good all year.
He missed a couple field goalsall year.
But when you look at stats andstatistics and you look in your
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players' eyes last week hemissed two field goals.
I don't see Burke doing thatagain, right?
He's been good all year round,right?
So I think that you know, sark,leave him alone, let him do his
routine.
(32:50):
I did not like when Sark huggedhim and smiled in his face
before he took that kick,because that made that kick
different from all the otherkicks.
You know, just let him do hisroutine.
Leave him alone and let Burt dowhat he does and kick a regular
field goal like he always did.
He's not bad.
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We've praised him plenty thisseason and so he's going.
He.
There was two missed fieldgoals.
Yes, we still came out with theW.
This is not an individual game,this is a team game, so we
still got it.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Next week, I stick with him, right right, I think,
stick with him, but if we'regoing to be bluntly honest, this
is his worst year at Texas.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
I think he's missed nine kicks.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Okay, somewhere around that neighborhood and to
your point, he is a talentedkicker.
More than likely will bekicking in the NFL, but he's
statistically.
He's made some clutch kicks buthe has missed a lot of kicks
that he was money automatic on,I mean within 40, I think that
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was his first miss within 40yards.
Yeah, that's what I don't.
Nobody understands.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Yeah, kickers are a different breed.
Right and first miss.
If that's the first missbetween 40 yards, it's not a
pattern for him, so I stick withhim.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
Well, what if he misses one in the game in the
Cotton Bowl?
Do you yank him then?
Speaker 2 (34:30):
No, I'm going to ride with who I came in the game
with.
If he's not hurt, then we'renot going to change it, because
he'll get another chance to putit through for the win.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Makes sense.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Yeah, you don't want to ruin good karma.
You know what.
You know the book that I thinkI have it around here that Coach
Royal wrote Dance with the oneswho brung you.
And Burt Auburn for the lastthree years two, three years he
got us there.
We've been dancing with him allweek, all year.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Hey, stevie, something that you and I can
relate on is our faith right.
Not everybody has that faith andit's okay.
I don't judge anybody, but Ithought what Jadae Barron, the
Thorpe Award winner, and QuinnEwers said after that Peach Bowl
win over Arizona State Reallyand we've known this there's
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some strong faith going on inthis team and you know, your
brothers in a team really have agood influence on you in many
ways.
I will say my faith has savedme in different moments of life,
like so many other people.
But this is inspiring andregardless if you're a Christian
or whatever, if you have faithperiod, there's no judgment to
(35:48):
each their own, but I thoughtthis was somewhat inspiring to
hear.
Speaker 6 (35:52):
God has everything planned, it's already written
and all you have to do is justkeep going with the process and
just trust in the process andthen allowing everybody to be a
plus in your life and trust ineverybody, so just literally
relying on god.
And then psalms 105, verse 1just give thanks to the lord and
proclaim his greatness and showthe whole world what he has
done it's kind of like a dominoeffect in the locker room.
Speaker 8 (36:13):
I think more guys are , you know, starting to come to
bible study, come to chapel,whatever it is, and just to see
that and I think that's whatgrows us closer as well just the
amount of guys that are puttingtheir faith in the lord, as it
has just been really cool to seethat I think that's what grows
us closer as well, just theamount of guys that are putting
their faith in the Lord.
It has just been really cool tosee we pray after every
practice as a team, and prayeris very powerful and I really
believe in prayer.
Speaker 3 (36:34):
I mean your thoughts on that.
I mean as a I don't know.
I mean maybe other teams inTexas or across the country.
I know it's incorporated in alot of places, but your thoughts
, being a former player.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
No, I think that that's very important man having
faith in something higher powerthan what you're doing on the
field playing for something,playing for someone.
I think that these kids arereally grounded because these
guys got a lot of money andthey're really really young and
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you don't hear we're right downthe street from the university
and you don't hear the crazystuff that could be happening
with these kids.
They're centered, they'regrounded, they have a good
support staff over there to keepthese kids nose clean because,
you know, get at 19 years old,give me a million dollars yeah
give me a million.
(37:30):
My name will be on one of thoseclubs down down on sixth street.
You know what I'm saying.
We would have had a drink namedafter me down there.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
He'd have a cigar humidor named after you.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Exactly, man, but these kids are grounded in their
fate.
I think Kevin Washington hasdone a really good job over
there with their chaplain andtheir life outside of football,
life after football stuff.
These kids are really, uh,centered and grounded, so I I
love it so to switch gears tothe other.
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Another subject here here it is the final four.
I mean you've got four trueblue buds of college football.
Uh, in college football history, notice none of the teams who
had first-round buys won.
Hey, shout-out to the CFP forcreating that and trying it out.
I'm almost positive that justbecause you won a conference
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championship, they know theydon't deserve to have the buy.
None of the first-round buysprograms won.
Okay.
So I think, moving forward,they're going to revise it and
have the top four in the CFPrankings receive buys, which
more than likely would haveincluded Texas in a first round
(38:49):
buy.
But moving forward, here it isbeginning with the orange bowl.
I don't know, man, I don't anyof these teams can win it all.
Any of these teams, any ofthese teams?
I don't know, man, any of theseteams can win it all Any of
these teams.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Any of these teams.
Kyle Lee, I got a friend thatplayed for Penn State.
I got a friend that plays for afriend's son plays for Notre
Dame right now and a friend fromback home that played for Notre
Dame.
We can do without Ohio State,but any of these teams are well
(39:26):
deserving for it.
Any of these teams.
You're right, the blue bloodsof college football and the
history of college football isin all these campuses.
Speaker 3 (39:38):
It's unreal.
Yeah of college football andthe history of college football
is in all these campuses.
Speaker 2 (39:40):
So yeah, so it's.
This is a fitting for the firstyear of the 12 man playoff
system to have the creme de lacreme of college football rise
to the top.
All four of these teams can,should and is here right now, so
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they all can do it.
Speaker 3 (40:04):
And they can all do it, and they can all get blown
out too.
That's what's the crazy thing,because you don't know.
It's all about matchups,exactly, and this is what we
want the fans to come in here,those of you watching and
listening.
Who are you?
You canweet us atStoriesManCave or like and
follow on Instagram or ourFacebook page and comment on
(40:25):
this.
Or even, if you're watching onYouTube, comment with this who's
going to win each semifinal,who's going to play in the
national title and who's goingto win it all?
I mean, everyone's opinionmatters.
It really does.
So here's what I also want youto do, viewer and listener.
Let's get interactive.
(40:46):
Let's talk.
What's your three objectivesfor Texas to defeat Ohio State?
It could vary.
I mean, you heard, stevie.
My opinion is just that, and sois yours.
We want your opinion.
What's your three objectivesfor Texas to defeat Ohio State?
(41:06):
Tweet us.
I'll put this question up aswell on Twitter and on Instagram
.
I want to hear what we want tohear from each of you and share,
like, follow everything,subscribe for free to the
YouTube page.
All right, you'll love this.
So I think, stevie I don't knowwhy, but I've noticed it more
the last three or four years.
So many people across thecountry who hate Texas.
(41:29):
It's a different type of hatethan how people hated the old
school you at the Miami back inthe day.
Check out this influencer onInstagram.
I think she's in the Northeastbut she was pulling for Arizona
State and listen closely to whatshe says as the game progresses
.
When Makuba had thatinterception which sealed the
(41:53):
game, oh, no, no, oh, arizonaState.
Speaker 1 (42:13):
No, oh, I don't want them to be back.
Oh, my god, I'm still gonnatell my kids oh my goodness,
what an all-time classic.
Speaker 3 (42:22):
No, not Texas.
No, we don't want them to beback.
Well, they're back.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Yep, absolutely.
You can want all you want, butlook who's in the game.
Speaker 3 (42:36):
Hey, but again, that was a classic game the Peach
peach bowl.
It will be one of the bestgames, uh, that people will be
talking about for years now.
Speaking of hate, you know whoelse addressed it our guy t
sweat in the tennessee titanslocker room.
This was absolutely hilarious.
And keandre coburn, who heplayed alongside, alongside, I
(42:57):
think, his locker's, right nextto him he's the one in the
background egging him off.
Speaker 2 (43:02):
Why do everybody hate Texas.
Please y'all tell me thatEverybody.
Speaker 5 (43:07):
Everybody in this locker room, everybody in the
locker room.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
Everybody in the world.
Texas is on top of it.
I'm just saying, like everybodyhate us.
You know what I mean.
We almost blew it who we.
You know what I mean.
We almost blew it who.
Speaker 1 (43:19):
We won right, we won All right then we won Five, Five
, Five.
Oh you Stop, oh you Stop, ohyou Stop.
Oh, how you think I'm going todo shit.
Speaker 3 (43:41):
DeAndre Colburn.
Those are some big old boys onthat line, like you guys had.
Speaker 2 (43:45):
Yeah, man, if they're in the same locker room
together, that locker room iskind of tilting a little bit.
Speaker 3 (43:50):
They're causing tremors on the Richter scale in
Nashville, oh my God.
Oh my God.
I almost said T-Pain, but toVondre, he's a great ambassador
man, he's a fun-loving guy, heis for sure.
Coming up.
We're going to take a quickbreak and on the other side we
(44:11):
are going to Flavor.
Flav makes an appearance andsome mayonnaise.
And you ever thought aboutdifferent animals excrement?
There's one that's kind ofsurprising.
We're going to talk about that.
Speaker 4 (44:26):
Oh, we're going to see it on the other side of this
break Today is going to be anexciting day at the Hargrove
office as we bring in a localcelebrity.
Welcome the kicking phenom,bert Auburn, conference champion
of the Texas Longhorn footballteam, all-conference kicker.
He's gonna be our new spokesman.
Bert's the best kicker in theconference.
He plays for the TexasLonghorns, as you can see, you
(44:47):
know Bert's awesome.
Hey, stevie Boo, you're reallyreplacing me with a kicker.
No, no, not at all man.
Hey guys, who wants a picturewith Stevie?
Anyone?
Stevie almost won a Big 12championship.
Hargrove Roofing know who's onyour roof?
Hello Longhorn Nation.
(45:13):
Great time to be a Longhorn.
Not a better place to watch agame in town than Dirty's, about
100 years old.
We just came in 299, so comesee us.
Come see us win this nattyMen's and women's basketball.
We got it here, hook'em.
Speaker 1 (45:29):
Only from our generation would we understand
Flava, flav in the building inthe Duke's Mayo.
Speaker 3 (46:00):
Only from our generation would we understand
Flavor, flav and the big clockand yeah, boy.
Speaker 2 (46:07):
Flavor, flav, I love it.
Speaker 3 (46:09):
PJ Fleck, head coach of Minnesota.
They won the Duke's Mayo Bowland they pour mayonnaise on them
after the game.
Speaker 2 (46:19):
Oh my goodness, that's disgusting, but it's cool
.
Speaker 3 (46:22):
And there are people dipping Dairy Queen Dilly Bars
into the mayo and eating them.
Speaker 2 (46:28):
Don't know what that is about.
Speaker 3 (46:30):
Surely that's another subject.
Hey, I got called out a fewyears ago.
A girl acquaintance that I metsomewhere maybe it was on a
business trip.
She was a colleague orsomething.
She's from the deep south, goodsave and she criticized me
because I had never heard ofDuke's Mayo.
(46:52):
Have you ever heard of itbefore this?
Speaker 2 (46:54):
no, not before.
Speaker 3 (46:56):
I know Hellman's, it's a southern thing.
No, not before.
I know Hellman's it's aSouthern thing.
Speaker 2 (47:03):
It's a Southern thing ?
Nah, never heard of it.
I've been in the South all mylife.
Speaker 3 (47:07):
I've never heard of it.
I was like, man, that's aregional thing.
Yeah, it really is.
I don't understand why I gotcriticized for that, why I got
criticized for that.
Stevie Lee and his lovely wifeSummer is a much better half.
You guys do a lot of runoffs.
You guys keep up with a lot ofcool things and dining and fun
(47:31):
stuff for your family.
Is there anything that you haveencountered recently that you
had a good experience that youcould pass along as a pro tip to
our fine American viewers andlisteners?
Speaker 2 (47:43):
Yeah, I was going a different route with this one.
Today, man, austin, texas, isabout to get a freeze, a really
deep freeze, for the next fivedays, man.
So I am a real estate agent inAustin.
Um, I deal a lot with homes,houses and properties and things
like that.
So my pro tip, guys to takecare of your pipes.
(48:05):
Uh, go and cover or wrap yourpipes up tonight, because it's
getting down to the twentiestonight, um, well, and nights,
this probably going to come outtomorrow, but the nights after
that it's going to still be inthe 20s.
So, go and wrap your pipes,take care of your home, your
(48:25):
home will take care of you.
Go get some firewood and keepyour house cool or warm
throughout the day, so your HVACis not working overtime at
night.
So that's my pro tip to bundleup.
Be careful out there.
If we get some precipitation,which we look like we're going
(48:46):
to get on Thursday and Friday,that can freeze on the roads and
you know how Texans are drivingon ice.
We just don't know how.
Speaker 3 (48:57):
Lose their minds.
Speaker 2 (49:00):
Yeah, be careful out there.
The cool thing is I'm headingup to the game in Arlington,
texas, but that's the freezingnight too.
I may be up there early, but Idon't know if I'll be able to
get back late.
Everyone, just be careful outthere.
It's going to be freezing andjust take care of your place,
(49:21):
take care of your house.
Speaker 3 (49:23):
People plants and pipes.
Speaker 2 (49:25):
People plants and pipes.
Speaker 3 (49:27):
Pets.
And pets and pets, pets, yep,and then open up your cabinetry
to allow the heat to come in.
Speaker 2 (49:38):
To warm the walls up, so you don't want any busted
pipes.
I mean, we had um snowmageddonwe had a few years ago.
There were people out formonths without uh water because
of busted pipes.
So, uh, hang in there, guys.
It's a deep freeze, it's I'mactually looking forward to it.
A bundle up in front of thefire and watching TV and things
(50:00):
like that and watching somefootball.
It's just that time of year,man, enjoy it, but be careful
out there.
Speaker 3 (50:10):
That's great advice, great advice.
Another lesson, kind of gross.
Saw this on TikTok and it's ourTikTok in the man cave, the
things people put on there.
Now, keep in mind this is notme, I just discovered it and I
was like man.
If there's certain four-leggedanimals, you wouldn't think that
(50:32):
what would come out of them.
In certain ways and this wasinteresting it looks like a
mountain goat or a ram, like itwas winking at us it just rolled
(50:58):
down too, man, like it waswinking at us.
Speaker 2 (50:58):
It just rolled down too, man.
Speaker 3 (51:00):
It was like sonic ice .
Speaker 2 (51:06):
Who put the music behind that man?
Speaker 3 (51:09):
It's not what I expected, hey man.
Speaker 4 (51:13):
Tell me something good.
Speaker 3 (51:20):
All right, stevie, a lot of good.
This is a new year, that'sgreat.
But, I'm not a big believer.
As we talked about new year,new me.
Just think of it as a newchapter, to get a new start, to
create better habits.
Tell me something good, mybrother.
Speaker 2 (51:37):
Something good is we are in 2025.
Embrace it, love on it and takeit head on.
Man, 2024 was not great for me,but I'm ready for 2025.
I got a kid that's about to goto college.
It's going to be new beginningsfor 2025 for us as a family.
(51:58):
So I'm trying to take it headon.
You know, when you have a babyin the house for 18 years, it's
going to be a big adjustment tolosing not losing her or
anything like that, just nothaving her in the house 24,
seven.
So yeah, present in the house.
So that's something good, man.
(52:19):
Just the life changing, lifechanges and uh, I wanna.
I wanna embrace it and enjoy itinstead of uh, waddle in it and
and try to be or not beinghappy about the moment, because
I think that my wife and I havedone something right if we have
a kid that's doing the steps togo on to college and things like
(52:41):
that.
So I'm trying to enjoy it andembrace it instead of being sad
about it.
Speaker 3 (52:48):
Well, you have every right to feel that way.
Every parent does.
And I will say this, I'm goingto go on the record to say this
you and Summer have done anamazing job of raising these
girls.
Especially in this world wherethere's so many influences,
there's so many negative thingsto which not only are they just
good students, good studentathletes and just good humans.
(53:09):
They are so respectful toeverybody they encounter.
When you're with them and whenthey make eye contact yes, sir,
no sir, yes, ma'am, no ma'am.
And they have goodpersonalities, and that's a
reflection of you two.
But they're also their ownpeople and you guys, to get them
there, and I think, for all ofyou parents, to get them to
(53:32):
where they're going, to takethat next major leap as a young
adult, you've done a fabulousjob.
Speaker 2 (53:38):
I appreciate that, man.
That's all I've been trying todo for the last 18 years.
I got a 15-year-old.
That's heading the samedirection.
Man, it's not over.
I'm still in that parentingmode.
You guys will see me once I'mout of the parenting mode and
they're all out of my house.
Y'all will see it was different.
Stevie Lee, just just keep intouch with my Instagram, you'll
(54:01):
see.
Speaker 3 (54:02):
Oh, yeah, you'll see it.
Yeah, you'll see the oh manhe's.
Yeah, this guy's a charactercomedian.
It's natural ability.
I think he got it from hisdaddy.
But happy new year to each ofyou.
We appreciate you followingalong and we really appreciate
you, especially when you commentand be sure to like follow each
of our social media platforms.
(54:22):
We really appreciate you takingtime To watch all this and
comment.
Have some fun with it.
Help us continue to grow in2025.
And for the great city ofShreveport, louisiana, that's
Stevie Lee's hometown and we'reHargrove Roofing when the
genesis of Hargrove Roofingbegan.
It's now deep into centralTexas and Austin, lee's hometown
.
And where Hargrove Roofing,where the genesis of Hargrove
(54:43):
Roofing began, it's now deepinto Central Texas and Austin.
And for my college alma matertown, the Nacogdoches, texas,
and to my beautiful hometown,the Austin, texas, and to you,
we love you, happy 2025.
And for the OG man Cave boys,that being Harbaugh, harsh, big
Mike and the Coach Mo, what dowe tell them, stevie Lee?
Speaker 2 (55:03):
We out.
Speaker 3 (55:05):
Goodbye Pink Eye, Goodbye Stye, We'll see you next
week.
Speaker 9 (55:09):
You did a good thing.
I'm in my car, in a Gideon.
Speaker 2 (55:15):
I said get out.
Oh, you didn't do it.
Hi, I'm Stevie Lee, former defensive tackle for the
University of Texas, and I'mClyde Hargrove.
I'm a roofer.
I also saw action in 52 gamesand I fixed a lot of roofs.
I also won a Rose Bowl andnever lost to A&M and I fixed a
lot of roofs.
Right, stevie, oh right.
And never lost to A&M and I fixa lot of roofs, right, stevie,
oh right, right, I'm sorry Izoned out a little bit.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
So are you going to say the thing about Hargrove
Roofing?
Hargrove Roofing, know who's onyour roof.
Is this even going to work as acommercial?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Fourth and five, the national championship on the
line right here, he's going forthe corner.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
He's got it.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Vince Young scores Stevie Lee man.
That really puts the age on us,you and I, everybody who
follows Texas Longhorn football,former players like yourself.
January 4th.
That date will forever beremembered as the national
championship of the 2005 season04, well, excuse me, january 4th
(01:42):
06, the national championshipBCS title game against USC.
That was the year after yourlast year.
I mean January 4th.
Does it still resonate with youevery year since then?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Kind of, but it's also January 1st for me, january
1st for me, january 1st 2005,.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
this year marked 20 years that I last put my pads on
.
Wow, oh my God.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Yeah, this was 20 years ago.
This first was when I hung themup and when my wife stopped
cheering at the University ofTexas, that was our last game.
I said 20 years, man, that iscrazy.
I have an 18-year-old kid now.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
You guys didn't waste any time.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
No, we didn't 19 years ago.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
This past Saturday, it was the anniversary of that
Rose Bowl BCS title game.
We could not have this episodewithout a clip of Vince Young's
run that really clenched itshands.
Wow, incredible night.
I remember it like it was acouple of hours ago, but, man,
big time.
And now the current Longhornshave an opportunity.
(03:02):
They're two wins.
One went away from playing inthe national championship game.
Again, I am Sean clinch, thehost of stories inside the man
cave and the co-host of the pastrush with Stevie Lee.
Now I want to point outsomething that maybe may give
you the, so to speak.
But check out, stevie, he's gotpink, I've got a sty and it's
(03:24):
we're twins.
He's got pink, I've got a styand we're twins.
I don't think he's contagious.
This sty looks better than itdid yesterday.
Oh wow, new Year's Day is whenit started.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, and today I woke up with this one on me.
So it's been a rough lastcouple of days for me.
I was getting over the flu andthe cold and or the cold and um,
and then all of a sudden I wakeup with this.
It's just a brutal start to theyear, man hey, I feel for you,
brother.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
It's not fun I, I do warm cold presses, got the uh,
the medicated eye drops theadvil I'm just trying in the
shower with baby shampoo.
On new year's day I was with thelovely trish and I said, man,
something, my eye and it wasduring the the peach bowl.
I said, man, it feels awkward.
And lo and behold, woke up onjanuary 2nd and, uh, that it was
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in full blast.
So we're on day three of it,but I think it's improving.
But hey, before we get going,we're going to dive into the CFP
Final Four.
We've got another big gamecoming up and it's back in Texas
.
But before we do that, we haveto give a shout-out to our
Hargrove family, who reallymakes these series of episodes
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possible.
But with Stevie Lee.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Hargrove Roofing.
Know who's on your roof?
It's my people.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
And you will, even if you have a sty or a pinka
Stevie.
This week's going to be reallyexciting because the Horns are
coming back in the borders ofTexas for a prestigious bowl
game.
A bowl game they're going toplay in for the borders of texas
for a prestigious bowl game.
A bowl game they're going toplay in for the 23rd time and
I'm pretty sure you're excitedabout this.
Everybody is how about we justdive into it and make it happen?
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Let's do it, man, let's ridebaby.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
But now to be in the semis and playing the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas is huge.
You know we're going to needour fans.
We're going to need our fans'support.
I need Longhorn Nation to showout in Arlington.
We're going to need everythingwe got to try to win this game.
You know, clearly we're massiveunderdogs.
Nobody's going to give us ashot, so we're going to need all
that we can to try to win thisgame.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
And here we go, stevie Lee.
Happy 2025 to you and yours,your family, all your friends,
everybody who's watching orlistening to this, whatever
platform that you choose to do,and happy 2025 to my big little
brother, stevie Lee.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Happy 2025 to you, man.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Much love to you and your beautiful family and be
sure to follow us on each of oursocial media platforms, as we
are now with episode 443.
Overall, we're almost up tohalf a thousand, but Stevie the
college football playoff we'redown to four.
This is the round, obviously,that Texas went to last year
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when they were only four andbarely lost to Washington.
But when you look back at thatPeach Bowl, that Peach Bowl game
, much, much props to ArizonaState and Cam Scataboo I finally
said his name correctly,without hesitating or saying it
two or three times.
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Much love and respect to themand they really made a game of
it, that heart and soul of theSun Devils.
They gave Texas all they couldhave and Texas was up 24-18
entering that fourth quarter.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, it was a really good game.
I got to eat a little bit ofcrow because I said we'll win
that by 21 points, Right, and itlooked like in the beginning of
the game it was going to belike that and then they found
something.
They dug deep and foundsomething in our a kink in our
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chain of armor and made it agood game and I wish they would
not have.
But I'm also feeling optimistic, and we'll talk about this
later.
Is we barely made it out ofthat game?
So we are looking at this gamelike a loss so we can come out
and play a whole lot better nextgame.
So in Ohio State they handledOregon very, very easily.
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They're riding high coming intothis game.
They're riding low trying toprove that we need to be in this
game.
That may be the motivation thatwe come out and play a flawless
game.
What we out and play a flawlessgame.
What we need actually is aflawless game.
We haven't had that all year.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Texas hasn't played a complete game since I want to
say Michigan, but I think righthere this is all Texas needs to
know A five-and-a-half point dog, that's pretty significant, and
the game is in Texas at theCotton Bowl Pretty significant
and the game is in Texas at theCotton Bowl.
I like it because I've said allalong I thought Ohio State from
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top to bottom both sides of theball and special teams, the
best team in the country.
And now we're going to see andlisten.
Arizona State elevated theirgame.
They really did, and Texas wasso close.
There were so many parts ofthat game that was controversial
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and people are still talkingabout it.
Arizona State trying to.
Still they're not letting it go, and I get it.
But the targeting calls, thetargeting calls that were missed
against Bonds and then, ofcourse, taft.
I'll say this that was how youcoached to hit.
Yeah, did not with the crown ofthe helmet, Crown head up.
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Head up, yeah there was nolaunching.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Sorry.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
But there was no launching of his body.
Yeah, exactly he just camedownhill and anyway.
And then when that missed fieldgoal by Arizona State hit the
ground, then went over the goals, field goal or the goal post.
They're saying that should havecounted as three because it's a
live ball and it's like no, youshould have gone after it if it
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was a live ball, but justbecause it hits the ground and
bounces over doesn't count asthree.
There's so many things, so wesee the Vegas odds here and
Colin Calhoun, a big nationalname.
This will eat at a lot of Texasfans because Texas has fallen
short so many times since that05 season, you know 09, you
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couldn't help it.
Obviously, colt McCoy there'salways that debate if he would
have stayed healthy.
But this is Colin Cowherd'stake on the Longhorns.
He's acknowledging that Texasis very sexy and very talented,
but this was his take on theLonghorns, which I don't know.
I can't wait to hear your takeon Cal Hearns' take.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
In between these amazing plays by these amazing
Texas Longhorn athletes, youcan't have 10 penalties, you
can't miss assignments.
I mean it looked like ArizonaState really could not wait to
play another game.
They were so intent playingwith such intention and urgency
and sometimes I just feel likemy entire life this has been
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Texas football.
I feel like they should besix-time national champs.
Not that one Vince Young teamand disappointment.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Can you say from afar , he's in LA.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
I mean, I think we both can agree from a big myopic
view.
I understand.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I do.
I do understand, man.
We've had success and we'vealways been that far away to
Colt McCoy getting hurt in thebig game to Texas Tech, and
we've always been that far awayto Colt McCoy getting hurt in
the big game to Texas Techtaking us out of contention, and
we've always been on the cuspof a national championship game.
He's right, if those thingsbounce our way, we probably
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would have four, five, sixnational championships in
between there.
But and he's right also thatthis game felt like, ah, here we
go again, you know, but it cameout on the other end.
You know, before this game Iprobably would not have agreed
with him, but because it's freshon my mind and the way I was
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feeling watching the game, itwas like dang it, man, here we
go again.
We we sniff and then we fall,you know, just like last year.
You know, uh, quinn threw thatback shoulder throw to.
Was it Isaiah Bond or was it?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
No, no, no, no no.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Number five last year .
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Why am I forgetting the name of the receiver Against
Washington?
Oh, Mitchell, yeah he's an NFLrookie right now.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Yeah, exactly Adedai, and if we'd have made that
throw, we'd have gone on to theNational Championship game.
So, yes, he's actually correct.
We we are one, two, three playsaway from having multiple
championships, but we still onlyhave one from 19 years ago
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that's it, yeah, and that'sthat's it, you know.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
And so in order for texas and we're going to dive
and peel these layers for thiscotton bowl the, the CFP Final
Four game in Arlington they knowthey're marketing it as Dallas,
but it's actually in Arlingtonand it's not in the Cotton Bowl
Stadium, it's in Jerry Worldwhich it's moved there, I think
after the 2009 season.
But the Texas defense againstArizona State, they were on the
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field for a lot of snaps.
Way too much, and I don't carehow good a shape you are.
They were on the field for alot of snaps in that season and
I don't care how good a shapeyou are, it's going to take its
toll and this was Sarkaddressing that because you
cannot do that against OhioState, because it could get very
ugly and it was an odd game.
Speaker 7 (14:20):
You think about we really lost almost three full
possessions on offense.
You know you think about wereally lost almost three full
possessions on offense.
Anytime you have a scoringreturn on special teams where we
had a punt return for atouchdown that would have been
an offensive possession that welost Our first drive on offense
we scored in two plays and thenwe have the safety in one play
and so we really lost threepossessions.
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That you know unintentionallyput our defense continually back
on the field.
I just thought it originally,man, we weren't getting off the
field, we were doing OK,especially in the first half of
that game, but over time thatcan wear on you, and so I
thought those guys showed a lotof grit, a lot of guts in that
game to fight through.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
You know we got players playing 100 snaps on
defense, not including specialteams.
That's a lot, man, and can youimagine you being on the field
that long?
Speaker 2 (15:13):
That's too many snaps , too many plays.
You can tell the defense hadgotten tired.
Yeah, but he's right,unintentional, we had to play
extra plays.
That going for the block punt,which I would go for twice again
.
It's just unfortunate that theball did not get touched and
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they put the guys back out therefor a few more plays.
That safety, a few more plays.
I'm glad that Quinn jumped onthe ball instead of um letting
arizona recover in the end zone.
That's, that's six points, uh,other than two points, you know.
So, um, but he's absolutelycorrect, man.
Um, they were unintentional,but still they were there and
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the defense cannot be on thefield that long.
We need to hold the ball alittle bit longer.
Unintentional, because we hadtwo play scoring drives Right
Two and so our offense go outthere and bang, bang and then
our defense have to come backout there.
We'll take that from ouroffense all day, you know, but
our defense, we still got tofind a way to keep our defense
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off the field, you know.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Well, and the part about that that it doesn't
bother me, but if you reallythink about it, that was just a
weird game.
It very weird, but it was alsoa part of when you really really
, really really look at it.
There's so many waves of energy.
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You saw Arizona State.
They were not giving up.
They could have just thrown inthe towel down 16.
I mean, I thought it was over.
I did, but it goes to prove,many people like me
underestimated Arizona State andthe physicality.
Now you can debate and I'm notquestioning it, it just happened
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.
I always thought you could pusha ball carrier into the end
zone, but you can't pull likethey did Scadaboo.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
They pulled him into it.
But regardless, you just cannothave your defense on the field
this long against the Buckeyesor whoever they may play in the
national championship, if theymake it so in this cotton ball.
Knowing what Arizona State I'mexcuse me, ohio State brings,
they're averaging 38.1 pointsper game.
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The eye tests they're sexy,very sexy, consistent.
How would you defend these guysfrom a surface level?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
I think, doing exactly what we've been doing,
because I don't think thatthey've met a team with the
talent that we have, man to man,right.
We got the Thorpe Award winner,we got a big defensive line
that's big and strong all acrossthe front, not just, you know,
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two or two inside or two outside.
We got a linebacker core thatcould run to the ball Right.
So just play your defense thatyou've been playing all year and
I think that we'll be fine.
31 points against other teams,yes, but not 31 points against
one of the top defenses in thecountry.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Yeah, 38 points for the 38.1, if we're going to be
exact, my goodness 38.1,.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
I got you.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Yeah.
So here are the two guys.
I mean they have a lot ofweapons and these are just the
two.
So Will Howard you know heentered the portal.
Texas has played Will Howardbefore when he was at Kansas
State.
He's talented, he's a bigquarterback, he's mobile.
I thought he was good at KansasState.
I just didn't see this coming.
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I thought he was a goodquarterback and it shocked me
when he transferred to OhioState but running, passing over
3,600 yards and is accounted for39 touchdowns.
Now, jeremiah Smith, mygoodness, 1,200-plus-yard
receiver with 14 touchdowns.
I mean, from a college footballfan, you've got to appreciate
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what these guys do.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
I think these are a lot of yards.
This is just a challenge forour defense.
I think we have a greatsecondary that can stop Smith
and how we're strong attack.
So, and then the defense, Ithink, is gonna just go to the
defensive line, which is hunkerdown with down, with the
linebackers filling, I thinkwe've got the weapons to combat
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their offense.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Okay, okay.
Well, during the Zoom call forCoach Sark, he was asked in
particular.
I think it was an Ohiojournalist, it doesn't matter,
but he was asked about defendingthose guys.
He was very quick with hisresponse.
Speaker 7 (20:11):
I just hope we're good enough to guard them.
These guys are really goodplayers.
We'll find out.
Speaker 9 (20:15):
Pretty simple.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
You catch more flies with honey right.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I can't wait to see it.
It's going to be a significantmatchup and good on good and
what I mean.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Chip kelly is the offensive coordinator at ohio
state yeah, yeah that's, that'spretty big and um, but I believe
in pk.
Speaker 3 (20:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
It'll be two brilliant guys devising a plan
and then when you've got ColinSimmons and Anthony and you've
got weapons, it's just you'vegot to create turnovers against
these guys.
I don't know if a bend don'tbreak is going to work against
Ohio State, Sure, guys.
I don't know if a bend don'tbreak is going to work against
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Ohio State Sure.
I mean just my opinion, humbleopinion, that is.
So now we talk about all gas,no brakes on O.
I think that has got.
It's too easy to say this.
I think Texas has got to havethat mentality and not let up
against Ohio State.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
We need to jump on them early, stay on them and
stay on them late, man you know.
Have a complete game againstthese guys and actually show the
world what we can be when youthink about it, the run game was
was halted, stopped,stonewalled against arizona
state.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
There was no run game it's true, it's true.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
And so these, these uh office alignment got to take
that personal this week.
Got to take it personal and say, man, we're going to get in
here and dig these ohio statebuckeyes out of here.
Uh, dig them out of the holeand give some lanes for our
running backs to just go up anddown the field.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
So when you say that and at the same token I think a
lot of mentality of offensivecoordinators and fans alike they
say you got to have the rungame, open up the pass game.
But I think in this offense Ireally feel like it's Quinn
Ewer's passing game that willopen up the run game, open up
the pass game.
But I think in this offense Ireally feel like it's Quinn
Ewer's passing game that willopen up the run game and just so
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people can relive it, but alsoall the criticism he receives,
which I think is unjust in someways.
I have now reversed my tone.
This is the Quinn that has toshow up throughout the whole
game and he had a great pitch.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Ewers.
He's pressured looking toextend the play, directing
traffic.
Now he's going to run ithimself and Quinn Ewers goes in
for the rushing touchdown.
Quinn Ewers trying to audible.
To stay alive.
Can they hook him Touchdown?
Matthew Golden Second overtimeand Gunnar Helm opens it up.
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That way Texas' first play.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
The script to begin the game.
And you know, sark, that playthey drew up to Gunner Hound I
think he had to go deep into his, sark did into his play calling
that he did not expect he'dhave to use Because the way they
utilized that tight end therewas a lot of deception.
And then he went up.
I mean you don't see many tightends streaking Right and
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beatingaking Right and beatingcoverage.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Yeah, I think they were sitting there all game
actually, yeah, playing chess.
Yep, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
So the Quinn Ewers and I don't know what to?
I think he's coming out and heshows up in big-time
environments and pressure.
I think we see it.
And what's funny about this?
We all know that hereclassified and skipped his
senior year at South LakeCarroll playing for Riley Dodge
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and decided to go to Ohio Statesign with them.
But here's the story.
Ryan Day talked aboutrecruiting Quinn when he was in
junior high.
Speaker 9 (24:32):
Well, he was one of the first eighth graders that I
ever offered.
He was in our camp here in theWoody and I saw a young he was a
boy at the time, really whojust had a tremendous release
and I remember grabbing him andgrabbing his dad and said man,
you've got a bright future aheadof you.
I don't know if this is good orbad, but we're going to offer
you a scholarship to Ohio State,even in eighth grade.
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And again, I don't know ifthat's legal or not, but we did.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
I mean, I think everybody sees what Quinn is
capable of.
We've seen the throws, you know, and there's so much criticism
about him.
I mean he was the nationalheadline of high school
quarterbacks then.
Yeah, why do you think it'sevolved to now?
It's just like hot or coldevery week on Quinn.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I don't think it's hot or cold every week.
It's hot or cold during thegame.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah.
So there are some brilliantplays and you just played a few
of them.
And then there are some playslike, absolutely, what are we
doing?
Yeah, he's a great quarterbackman.
He's a great quarterback.
He's one of the bestquarterbacks we've had in 10
years at the University of Texas.
It feels like the Kirk Cousinsof college football.
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Kirk is going to get you there,but I'm not sure he's going to
get you through there.
But I think not sure he's goingto get you through there.
But I think that we have a lotof weapons around Quinn, that
whenever he stalls a little bit,someone else can pick up the
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slack on our team.
But he's a great quarterback.
I love the kid.
He's a good kid and he canthrow the ball.
He can obviously run a littlebit.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
To your point, stevie .
I mean, yeah, he's proven itand it's quietly, he's quietly.
People don't realize this untilyou look at the UT football
record books and the history ofUT football.
Now I know the game is morepassing than it ever has been
over the last 10 years or 15,you know, going back to your
years at Texas, you startedthrowing the ball more and Texas
Tech was really good about that.
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But he's third all-time UTfootball history in passing
yards.
All right, and that's withthose games that he was hurt and
didn't play in.
Fourth all-time single-seasonpassing yards and third all-time
with 66 passing TDs.
I mean, is this?
When you see that is it?
Are you kind of shocked?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
It is a little shocking, but again, he's not a
bad quarterback, right, he'sactually good, and he's led us
to college football playoffslast year, college football
playoffs this year.
So it feels like we're cryingfrom a yacht, but when you look
at the eye test and see him play, it's going to be very
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brilliant throws and plays.
And then, all of a sudden, whatthe hell are we doing?
You know?
Yeah throws and plays, and thenall of a sudden, what the hell
are we doing?
You know?
So we got to stop saying whatthe hell are we doing and be
like that's a good, smart play.
And then we see the magic thathe has.
That's a good smart play.
And then, oh my God, that was agreat throw.
Good smart play.
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Oh my God, great throw, not aoh my God, that was a great
throw.
It was like, oh, what the hellare we doing?
We can't go from one end of thespectrum to the other end of
the spectrum.
Let's go from brilliant play tothat was a great play, that was
a great kick down, brilliantplay, great decision.
You know so.
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You know that's what we justgot to get rid of the, the
negative plays, because when thenegative plays come through,
they're real negative plays.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
Now you're right the part, so you don't need a hero
like performance To beat OhioState.
I mean Ohio State's notinvincible, but nobody is.
I mean Ohio State's notinvincible, but nobody is.
I think anybody can win on anygiven week and I do think, being
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the underdog, you're going tosee a.
This is going to be a muchcloser game than people think
because of that piece, do yousee?
what do you see from Quinn?
Do you want him to be a gamemanager or do you want him to
have a career day?
What's not what you want.
But what does Texas need tobeat Ohio State, do you think?
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Man.
I think that we needconsistency throughout the game.
I would love for him to have acareer day this weekend and put
the game away early.
I would love for that to happen.
The game away early.
I would love for that to happen.
But I think him managing Sark'splaybook if he just manages it
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really really well.
Sark's playbook is so good thatwe can still blow someone out
just by managing Doing long,sustainable drives, keeping our
defense on the bench and healthyand not tired and fresh.
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We do long, sustainable drivesand capitalize with touchdowns
on the end of the drive, go backout and have short drives for
Ohio State.
That's just a good, sound gameplan.
No one's doing anythingspectacular, but everyone's
doing their job.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
Yeah, and no turnovers.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
No turnovers exactly.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
A turnover could probably happen.
But ball security, I agree withyou.
I think he needs probably a250-yard day of passing a couple
touchdowns and limit theturnovers.
I mean, I'm just throwingsomething on the wall, but Texas
also needs to get these pointsfrom Burt Auburn and this is a
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hard subject because we arepartners with him and Hargrove.
But it is a game.
We analyze it, it's, it's, it's.
You've got to dive deep andcall it like it is.
Call a spade a spade.
And Cedric Golden, great writerfor the American Statesman,
friend of the podcast and alsouh stories inside the man Cave
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VIP alumnus.
He was on the Paul Feinbaumshow and talking about man.
They may need a change atkicker moving forward.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
At the end of the day, man, it's a 38-yard field
goal and they actually calledthe play to get it centered up
for you indoors with no wind,that's a mental thing, that's
got nothing to do with physical.
And Will Stone is the backupkicker and I wouldn't be shocked
if Steve Sarkeesian is givinghim a look, because if it comes
down to field goal and this gameis going to be way closer than
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some of the odds makers aresaying you got to feel like you
can count on this guy.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
I don't disagree with that at all.
But either you're performing oryou're not.
If you're Sark or you're the,say that Stevie Lee's the
Longhorns head football coach,brother, what do you do in this
situation?
I mean, what do you do thisweek?
I mean, what do you do thisweek?
Speaker 2 (32:09):
First of all, I'm going to buy me a Cadillac
V-Series Escalade with that $8million that he's getting if I
was a coach.
But second of all, I will stickwith Burt.
I'm sorry.
He's been good all year.
He missed a couple field goalsall year.
He's been good all year.
He missed a couple field goalsall year.
But when you look at stats andstatistics and you look in your
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players' eyes last week hemissed two field goals.
I don't see Burke doing thatagain, right?
He's been good all year round,right?
So I think that you know, sark,leave him alone, let him do his
routine.
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I did not like when Sark huggedhim and smiled in his face
before he took that kick,because that made that kick
different from all the otherkicks.
You know, just let him do hisroutine.
Leave him alone and let Burt dowhat he does and kick a regular
field goal like he always did.
He's not bad.
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We've praised him plenty thisseason and so he's going.
He.
There was two missed fieldgoals.
Yes, we still came out with theW.
This is not an individual game,this is a team game, so we
still got it.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Next week, I stick with him, right right, I think,
stick with him, but if we'regoing to be bluntly honest, this
is his worst year at Texas.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
I think he's missed nine kicks.
Speaker 3 (33:43):
Okay, somewhere around that neighborhood and to
your point, he is a talentedkicker.
More than likely will bekicking in the NFL, but he's
statistically.
He's made some clutch kicks buthe has missed a lot of kicks
that he was money automatic on,I mean within 40, I think that
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was his first miss within 40yards.
Yeah, that's what I don't.
Nobody understands.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Yeah, kickers are a different breed.
Right and first miss.
If that's the first missbetween 40 yards, it's not a
pattern for him, so I stick withhim.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
Well, what if he misses one in the game in the
Cotton Bowl?
Do you yank him then?
Speaker 2 (34:30):
No, I'm going to ride with who I came in the game
with.
If he's not hurt, then we'renot going to change it, because
he'll get another chance to putit through for the win.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Makes sense.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Yeah, you don't want to ruin good karma.
You know what.
You know the book that I thinkI have it around here that Coach
Royal wrote Dance with the oneswho brung you.
And Burt Auburn for the lastthree years two, three years he
got us there.
We've been dancing with him allweek, all year.
Speaker 3 (35:05):
Hey, stevie, something that you and I can
relate on is our faith right.
Not everybody has that faith andit's okay.
I don't judge anybody, but Ithought what Jadae Barron, the
Thorpe Award winner, and QuinnEwers said after that Peach Bowl
win over Arizona State Reallyand we've known this there's
(35:27):
some strong faith going on inthis team and you know, your
brothers in a team really have agood influence on you in many
ways.
I will say my faith has savedme in different moments of life,
like so many other people.
But this is inspiring andregardless if you're a Christian
or whatever, if you have faithperiod, there's no judgment to
(35:48):
each their own, but I thoughtthis was somewhat inspiring to
hear.
Speaker 6 (35:52):
God has everything planned, it's already written
and all you have to do is justkeep going with the process and
just trust in the process andthen allowing everybody to be a
plus in your life and trust ineverybody, so just literally
relying on god.
And then psalms 105, verse 1just give thanks to the lord and
proclaim his greatness and showthe whole world what he has
done it's kind of like a dominoeffect in the locker room.
Speaker 8 (36:13):
I think more guys are , you know, starting to come to
bible study, come to chapel,whatever it is, and just to see
that and I think that's whatgrows us closer as well just the
amount of guys that are puttingtheir faith in the lord, as it
has just been really cool to seethat I think that's what grows
us closer as well, just theamount of guys that are putting
their faith in the Lord.
It has just been really cool tosee we pray after every
practice as a team, and prayeris very powerful and I really
believe in prayer.
Speaker 3 (36:34):
I mean your thoughts on that.
I mean as a I don't know.
I mean maybe other teams inTexas or across the country.
I know it's incorporated in alot of places, but your thoughts
, being a former player.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
No, I think that that's very important man having
faith in something higher powerthan what you're doing on the
field playing for something,playing for someone.
I think that these kids arereally grounded because these
guys got a lot of money andthey're really really young and
(37:10):
you don't hear we're right downthe street from the university
and you don't hear the crazystuff that could be happening
with these kids.
They're centered, they'regrounded, they have a good
support staff over there to keepthese kids nose clean because,
you know, get at 19 years old,give me a million dollars yeah
give me a million.
(37:30):
My name will be on one of thoseclubs down down on sixth street.
You know what I'm saying.
We would have had a drink namedafter me down there.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
He'd have a cigar humidor named after you.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
Exactly, man, but these kids are grounded in their
fate.
I think Kevin Washington hasdone a really good job over
there with their chaplain andtheir life outside of football,
life after football stuff.
These kids are really, uh,centered and grounded, so I I
love it so to switch gears tothe other.
Speaker 3 (38:04):
Another subject here here it is the final four.
I mean you've got four trueblue buds of college football.
Uh, in college football history, notice none of the teams who
had first-round buys won.
Hey, shout-out to the CFP forcreating that and trying it out.
I'm almost positive that justbecause you won a conference
(38:27):
championship, they know theydon't deserve to have the buy.
None of the first-round buysprograms won.
Okay.
So I think, moving forward,they're going to revise it and
have the top four in the CFPrankings receive buys, which
more than likely would haveincluded Texas in a first round
(38:49):
buy.
But moving forward, here it isbeginning with the orange bowl.
I don't know, man, I don't anyof these teams can win it all.
Any of these teams, any ofthese teams?
I don't know, man, any of theseteams can win it all Any of
these teams.
Speaker 2 (39:01):
Any of these teams.
Kyle Lee, I got a friend thatplayed for Penn State.
I got a friend that plays for afriend's son plays for Notre
Dame right now and a friend fromback home that played for Notre
Dame.
We can do without Ohio State,but any of these teams are well
(39:26):
deserving for it.
Any of these teams.
You're right, the blue bloodsof college football and the
history of college football isin all these campuses.
Speaker 3 (39:38):
It's unreal.
Yeah of college football andthe history of college football
is in all these campuses.
Speaker 2 (39:40):
So yeah, so it's.
This is a fitting for the firstyear of the 12 man playoff
system to have the creme de lacreme of college football rise
to the top.
All four of these teams can,should and is here right now, so
(40:02):
they all can do it.
Speaker 3 (40:04):
And they can all do it, and they can all get blown
out too.
That's what's the crazy thing,because you don't know.
It's all about matchups,exactly, and this is what we
want the fans to come in here,those of you watching and
listening.
Who are you?
You canweet us atStoriesManCave or like and
follow on Instagram or ourFacebook page and comment on
(40:25):
this.
Or even, if you're watching onYouTube, comment with this who's
going to win each semifinal,who's going to play in the
national title and who's goingto win it all?
I mean, everyone's opinionmatters.
It really does.
So here's what I also want youto do, viewer and listener.
Let's get interactive.
(40:46):
Let's talk.
What's your three objectivesfor Texas to defeat Ohio State?
It could vary.
I mean, you heard, stevie.
My opinion is just that, and sois yours.
We want your opinion.
What's your three objectivesfor Texas to defeat Ohio State?
(41:06):
Tweet us.
I'll put this question up aswell on Twitter and on Instagram
.
I want to hear what we want tohear from each of you and share,
like, follow everything,subscribe for free to the
YouTube page.
All right, you'll love this.
So I think, stevie I don't knowwhy, but I've noticed it more
the last three or four years.
So many people across thecountry who hate Texas.
(41:29):
It's a different type of hatethan how people hated the old
school you at the Miami back inthe day.
Check out this influencer onInstagram.
I think she's in the Northeastbut she was pulling for Arizona
State and listen closely to whatshe says as the game progresses
.
When Makuba had thatinterception which sealed the
(41:53):
game, oh, no, no, oh, arizonaState.
Speaker 1 (42:13):
No, oh, I don't want them to be back.
Oh, my god, I'm still gonnatell my kids oh my goodness,
what an all-time classic.
Speaker 3 (42:22):
No, not Texas.
No, we don't want them to beback.
Well, they're back.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Yep, absolutely.
You can want all you want, butlook who's in the game.
Speaker 3 (42:36):
Hey, but again, that was a classic game the Peach
peach bowl.
It will be one of the bestgames, uh, that people will be
talking about for years now.
Speaking of hate, you know whoelse addressed it our guy t
sweat in the tennessee titanslocker room.
This was absolutely hilarious.
And keandre coburn, who heplayed alongside, alongside, I
(42:57):
think, his locker's, right nextto him he's the one in the
background egging him off.
Speaker 2 (43:02):
Why do everybody hate Texas.
Please y'all tell me thatEverybody.
Speaker 5 (43:07):
Everybody in this locker room, everybody in the
locker room.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
Everybody in the world.
Texas is on top of it.
I'm just saying, like everybodyhate us.
You know what I mean.
We almost blew it who we.
You know what I mean.
We almost blew it who.
Speaker 1 (43:19):
We won right, we won All right then we won Five, Five
, Five.
Oh you Stop, oh you Stop, ohyou Stop.
Oh, how you think I'm going todo shit.
Speaker 3 (43:41):
DeAndre Colburn.
Those are some big old boys onthat line, like you guys had.
Speaker 2 (43:45):
Yeah, man, if they're in the same locker room
together, that locker room iskind of tilting a little bit.
Speaker 3 (43:50):
They're causing tremors on the Richter scale in
Nashville, oh my God.
Oh my God.
I almost said T-Pain, but toVondre, he's a great ambassador
man, he's a fun-loving guy, heis for sure.
Coming up.
We're going to take a quickbreak and on the other side we
(44:11):
are going to Flavor.
Flav makes an appearance andsome mayonnaise.
And you ever thought aboutdifferent animals excrement?
There's one that's kind ofsurprising.
We're going to talk about that.
Speaker 4 (44:26):
Oh, we're going to see it on the other side of this
break Today is going to be anexciting day at the Hargrove
office as we bring in a localcelebrity.
Welcome the kicking phenom,bert Auburn, conference champion
of the Texas Longhorn footballteam, all-conference kicker.
He's gonna be our new spokesman.
Bert's the best kicker in theconference.
He plays for the TexasLonghorns, as you can see, you
(44:47):
know Bert's awesome.
Hey, stevie Boo, you're reallyreplacing me with a kicker.
No, no, not at all man.
Hey guys, who wants a picturewith Stevie?
Anyone?
Stevie almost won a Big 12championship.
Hargrove Roofing know who's onyour roof?
Hello Longhorn Nation.
(45:13):
Great time to be a Longhorn.
Not a better place to watch agame in town than Dirty's, about
100 years old.
We just came in 299, so comesee us.
Come see us win this nattyMen's and women's basketball.
We got it here, hook'em.
Speaker 1 (45:29):
Only from our generation would we understand
Flava, flav in the building inthe Duke's Mayo.
Speaker 3 (46:00):
Only from our generation would we understand
Flavor, flav and the big clockand yeah, boy.
Speaker 2 (46:07):
Flavor, flav, I love it.
Speaker 3 (46:09):
PJ Fleck, head coach of Minnesota.
They won the Duke's Mayo Bowland they pour mayonnaise on them
after the game.
Speaker 2 (46:19):
Oh my goodness, that's disgusting, but it's cool
.
Speaker 3 (46:22):
And there are people dipping Dairy Queen Dilly Bars
into the mayo and eating them.
Speaker 2 (46:28):
Don't know what that is about.
Speaker 3 (46:30):
Surely that's another subject.
Hey, I got called out a fewyears ago.
A girl acquaintance that I metsomewhere maybe it was on a
business trip.
She was a colleague orsomething.
She's from the deep south, goodsave and she criticized me
because I had never heard ofDuke's Mayo.
(46:52):
Have you ever heard of itbefore this?
Speaker 2 (46:54):
no, not before.
Speaker 3 (46:56):
I know Hellman's, it's a southern thing.
No, not before.
I know Hellman's it's aSouthern thing.
Speaker 2 (47:03):
It's a Southern thing ?
Nah, never heard of it.
I've been in the South all mylife.
Speaker 3 (47:07):
I've never heard of it.
I was like, man, that's aregional thing.
Yeah, it really is.
I don't understand why I gotcriticized for that, why I got
criticized for that.
Stevie Lee and his lovely wifeSummer is a much better half.
You guys do a lot of runoffs.
You guys keep up with a lot ofcool things and dining and fun
(47:31):
stuff for your family.
Is there anything that you haveencountered recently that you
had a good experience that youcould pass along as a pro tip to
our fine American viewers andlisteners?
Speaker 2 (47:43):
Yeah, I was going a different route with this one.
Today, man, austin, texas, isabout to get a freeze, a really
deep freeze, for the next fivedays, man.
So I am a real estate agent inAustin.
Um, I deal a lot with homes,houses and properties and things
like that.
So my pro tip, guys to takecare of your pipes.
(48:05):
Uh, go and cover or wrap yourpipes up tonight, because it's
getting down to the twentiestonight, um, well, and nights,
this probably going to come outtomorrow, but the nights after
that it's going to still be inthe 20s.
So, go and wrap your pipes,take care of your home, your
(48:25):
home will take care of you.
Go get some firewood and keepyour house cool or warm
throughout the day, so your HVACis not working overtime at
night.
So that's my pro tip to bundleup.
Be careful out there.
If we get some precipitation,which we look like we're going
(48:46):
to get on Thursday and Friday,that can freeze on the roads and
you know how Texans are drivingon ice.
We just don't know how.
Speaker 3 (48:57):
Lose their minds.
Speaker 2 (49:00):
Yeah, be careful out there.
The cool thing is I'm headingup to the game in Arlington,
texas, but that's the freezingnight too.
I may be up there early, but Idon't know if I'll be able to
get back late.
Everyone, just be careful outthere.
It's going to be freezing andjust take care of your place,
(49:21):
take care of your house.
Speaker 3 (49:23):
People plants and pipes.
Speaker 2 (49:25):
People plants and pipes.
Speaker 3 (49:27):
Pets.
And pets and pets, pets, yep,and then open up your cabinetry
to allow the heat to come in.
Speaker 2 (49:38):
To warm the walls up, so you don't want any busted
pipes.
I mean, we had um snowmageddonwe had a few years ago.
There were people out formonths without uh water because
of busted pipes.
So, uh, hang in there, guys.
It's a deep freeze, it's I'mactually looking forward to it.
A bundle up in front of thefire and watching TV and things
(50:00):
like that and watching somefootball.
It's just that time of year,man, enjoy it, but be careful
out there.
Speaker 3 (50:10):
That's great advice, great advice.
Another lesson, kind of gross.
Saw this on TikTok and it's ourTikTok in the man cave, the
things people put on there.
Now, keep in mind this is notme, I just discovered it and I
was like man.
If there's certain four-leggedanimals, you wouldn't think that
(50:32):
what would come out of them.
In certain ways and this wasinteresting it looks like a
mountain goat or a ram, like itwas winking at us it just rolled
(50:58):
down too, man, like it waswinking at us.
Speaker 2 (50:58):
It just rolled down too, man.
Speaker 3 (51:00):
It was like sonic ice .
Speaker 2 (51:06):
Who put the music behind that man?
Speaker 3 (51:09):
It's not what I expected, hey man.
Speaker 4 (51:13):
Tell me something good.
Speaker 3 (51:20):
All right, stevie, a lot of good.
This is a new year, that'sgreat.
But, I'm not a big believer.
As we talked about new year,new me.
Just think of it as a newchapter, to get a new start, to
create better habits.
Tell me something good, mybrother.
Speaker 2 (51:37):
Something good is we are in 2025.
Embrace it, love on it and takeit head on.
Man, 2024 was not great for me,but I'm ready for 2025.
I got a kid that's about to goto college.
It's going to be new beginningsfor 2025 for us as a family.
(51:58):
So I'm trying to take it headon.
You know, when you have a babyin the house for 18 years, it's
going to be a big adjustment tolosing not losing her or
anything like that, just nothaving her in the house 24,
seven.
So yeah, present in the house.
So that's something good, man.
(52:19):
Just the life changing, lifechanges and uh, I wanna.
I wanna embrace it and enjoy itinstead of uh, waddle in it and
and try to be or not beinghappy about the moment, because
I think that my wife and I havedone something right if we have
a kid that's doing the steps togo on to college and things like
(52:41):
that.
So I'm trying to enjoy it andembrace it instead of being sad
about it.
Speaker 3 (52:48):
Well, you have every right to feel that way.
Every parent does.
And I will say this, I'm goingto go on the record to say this
you and Summer have done anamazing job of raising these
girls.
Especially in this world wherethere's so many influences,
there's so many negative thingsto which not only are they just
good students, good studentathletes and just good humans.
(53:09):
They are so respectful toeverybody they encounter.
When you're with them and whenthey make eye contact yes, sir,
no sir, yes, ma'am, no ma'am.
And they have goodpersonalities, and that's a
reflection of you two.
But they're also their ownpeople and you guys, to get them
there, and I think, for all ofyou parents, to get them to
(53:32):
where they're going, to takethat next major leap as a young
adult, you've done a fabulousjob.
Speaker 2 (53:38):
I appreciate that, man.
That's all I've been trying todo for the last 18 years.
I got a 15-year-old.
That's heading the samedirection.
Man, it's not over.
I'm still in that parentingmode.
You guys will see me once I'mout of the parenting mode and
they're all out of my house.
Y'all will see it was different.
Stevie Lee, just just keep intouch with my Instagram, you'll
(54:01):
see.
Speaker 3 (54:02):
Oh, yeah, you'll see it.
Yeah, you'll see the oh manhe's.
Yeah, this guy's a charactercomedian.
It's natural ability.
I think he got it from hisdaddy.
But happy new year to each ofyou.
We appreciate you followingalong and we really appreciate
you, especially when you commentand be sure to like follow each
of our social media platforms.
(54:22):
We really appreciate you takingtime To watch all this and
comment.
Have some fun with it.
Help us continue to grow in2025.
And for the great city ofShreveport, louisiana, that's
Stevie Lee's hometown and we'reHargrove Roofing when the
genesis of Hargrove Roofingbegan.
It's now deep into centralTexas and Austin, lee's hometown
.
And where Hargrove Roofing,where the genesis of Hargrove
(54:43):
Roofing began, it's now deepinto Central Texas and Austin.
And for my college alma matertown, the Nacogdoches, texas,
and to my beautiful hometown,the Austin, texas, and to you,
we love you, happy 2025.
And for the OG man Cave boys,that being Harbaugh, harsh, big
Mike and the Coach Mo, what dowe tell them, stevie Lee?
Speaker 2 (55:03):
We out.
Speaker 3 (55:05):
Goodbye Pink Eye, Goodbye Stye, We'll see you next
week.
Speaker 9 (55:09):
You did a good thing.
I'm in my car, in a Gideon.
Speaker 2 (55:15):
I said get out.
Oh, you didn't do it.
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