September 1, 2026 • 38 mins
Stugotz and Company discuss Colton Cowser's walk-off homerun robbery amid a barrage of cow jokes. Stu and the guys welcome Memphis head football coach Charles Huff onto the show. Plus, Taylor introduces the celebrity guest picker for college football.
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Speaker 1 (00:25):
Our thanks to Mel Kuyper for joining us in hour
number one. Charles Huff, the head football coach at Memphis,
going to join us in about 20 minutes. But Taylor
keeps walking around here all day today. He's watching the
highlight of Colton Couser's catch. He's talking about Couser's catch.
He won't shut up about Couser's catch.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
And it was a great catch. And it was a
great game. The Red Sox. Was it the Red Sox? Yes, right?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Against the Rockies.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Oh, the Rockies. Excuse me.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Close enough. They played once in a World Series against
each other.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
It's football season. But it looked like a walk-off, and
Couser said otherwise. But anyway, Taylor, why haven't you stopped
telling me about this catch? I saw it with my
own eyes.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
That Colton Couser catch, it made me say, holy Couser.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
This is why.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I mean, that catch.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Straight out of a movie.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Are you doing stand-up?
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I mean, the physics to catch that?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Probably ought to do calculus.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
His name's Colton Couser.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
People comparing it to the Joe Adele catch from earlier
this year? Didn't give me deja vu.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Couser.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
If you don't think it was the catch of the year...
I got real ground beef with you.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yes, Dan. Well, he needs his microphone on. It's a
key part of the job.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Me and the Baltimore Orioles needed some bovine intervention.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Oh, what? Are you kidding me? You deserved it. No,
you deserved it. Your mic wasn't on. It was late.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
I mean.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
The timing was off, and it was a bad joke.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I mean, that Colton Cowher catch, legendary. Utterly ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
That's all I got.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Moo!
Speaker 4 (02:32):
What?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I mean, how does moo get that sound? It's ridiculous.
We will get to the angels. Congratulations, Taylor. That was
ridiculously bad.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Stand-up comedian about a singular topic, Colton Gowser. I would
have thrown so many tomatoes at you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
We'll get to Taylor's conspiracy theory here on the Angels
sale in just a second. For those of you who
don't know, and by the way, Charles Hoff is going
to join us, head coach of Memphis, in about 15 minutes.
So this is the only segment we have to take
phone calls, 877-99 on Fox. That is 877-99 on Fox.
For those of you who don't know, Taylor walked on
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to the university of North Carolina's football team. He went
there for track. He walked onto the football team. He's
very proud of it. We're very proud of him. But Taylor,
I have a question for you because Lane Kiffin, who, again,
I said this earlier, I don't believe a single word
that comes out of that man's mouth. If I, you know,
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passed him on the street and he said hi to me, I.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Would think he's lying.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
If he, if he told you it was Sonny, You'd
bring an umbrella just in case?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
If he says it's sunny, that means it's pouring outside.
And if he says it's pouring outside, it's a beautiful
sunny day. That's Lane Kiffin. And when he left Mississippi
and decided to go to LSU, he talked about a
lot of locker room conversations that he and the players had.
And then the players came out afterwards and they were like, hey,
I never said that.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
And that never happened.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Why?
Speaker 7 (04:24):
Why?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Because Lane Kiffin, when he tells you it's sunny out,
it's pouring rain. And when he tells you it's pouring rain,
it's beautiful blue skies.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Pouring lane.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Thank you. Why do you get it all the time,
the rim shot? Moo!
Speaker 1 (04:45):
And so now recently at LSU, Lane yesterday said that
he had a team meeting and he talked to his
team about the idea of getting players who didn't make
their NFL team, who have declared for the NFL already,
and bringing them to LSU, even though the SEC is
saying no, which.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Is a joke. All of it is a joke.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Taylor, I am wondering here, because I don't believe Lane Kiffin,
when he comes out and says, yeah, every single player
in that locker room was okay with the idea of
me going to get professional athletes and bringing them to LSU.
What locker room, what kid wants more competition? So you're
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sitting there every day. You're in practice. You're sweating.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
You're grinding. You think you're going to get some reps.
You think you're going to get some playing time.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
And your coach walks in and says, hey, how do
you feel about the idea of me bringing in professional
athletes who are better at their jobs than you are?
And I'm just going to insert them right into the
starting lineup. And the reason I'm asking Taylor this is
because he played on a college football team, a Division
I college football team, the University of North Carolina. And
(06:01):
so I ask you, if your coach walked into the
locker room and said, I'm going to bring in other players,
better players, create more competition, less playing time for you,
would you be okay with that?
Speaker 3 (06:12):
The thing that I do believe is that when Lane
Kiffin left that meeting, Lane Kiffin heard the answer that
he wanted.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
But I don't believe that players went in and said, yes,
recruit these Greek gods coming from the NFL that led
the preseason in sacks who have eventually been waived. Bring
them to now be our edge rushers. and generate more pressure,
pressure that I probably wouldn't be able to. But I
do think that college coaches, they go into meetings knowing
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the answer that they want. They're going to go in
with their questions. Well, what's the point of the meeting?
That's the thing. You have to present it like it's
a democracy. It's not. College football is very much not
a democracy, but you have to give the college kids
the illusion that that they do have some say in it.
But Lane Kiffin's knowing that if he goes in that
meeting and he says, hey, guys, we're thinking about bringing
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in NFL players, what.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Do you think?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Whatever they say, he's leaving that meeting saying, I'm getting
the NFL players because that's what's going to make us better.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So you're saying all the players in that locker room,
they were like, no, we're not okay with this, and
he walked out saying, yeah, they're all okay with it.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
He walks out and he goes, wow, that meeting went
really well.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Yeah, he heard what he wanted to hear, yes.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
One time at North Carolina, we had not a similar situation, but– comparable.
There was a very bad weather in 2016, the Mitch
Trubisky year when North Carolina was an ACC favorite to
win the ACC. We had Mitch Trubisky, Matt Collins at receiver,
Ryan Switzer at receiver. We were a team that had
to throw the ball and we were supposed to get
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a hurricane and we were playing Virginia Tech who Virginia
Tech is like a smash mouth. It was Justin Fuente
coming over from Memphis and Our coach comes and says, hey,
our athletic director has come to us. He's giving us
the option to move the game. What do you guys think?
And we're saying, yes, we cannot play in Kenan Stadium
with a Cat 4 hurricane coming when we need Mitch
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Trubisky to throw for 400 yards to win this game.
And we said, yes, we'd like to move the game
to a neutral site. We'll give up the home field advantage.
And the coach just goes, well, I told the AD
we're already playing this game in Chapel Hill.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
What's the point? yes dad i'm sorry i think it's.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
Such a different a different era though like if we
were to talk about this 10 years ago with players
already not being paid or compensated we would have a
different thought process to this there would be different transfer
rules at that time but now the only way i
think that some of these players that are currently on
lsu that may lose playing time the reason that the
only reason i think that they would get screwed would
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is because of playing time and because they can't transfer
somewhere else. But they probably went to LSU because they
were making more money than they could get at anywhere else.
So it's tough for me to sit there and be like, wow,
this is a really tough break for you because they're
bringing in professionals.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
And I think.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
a decent portion of those players have already gotten their money.
It's different when you're maybe just going there on a scholarship,
but they probably have NIL deals on why they wanted
to go to LSU, and LSU gave them this amount
of money. So it's difficult for me to feel bad
for anybody else on that team, even if they're bringing
in pros.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
But even with the money, I understand what it is
you're saying.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
The next most important thing, and maybe for some it
is the most important thing, is playing time, is being developed,
is having a shot of making it to the NFL.
And this is, I guess, minimizing your chances of doing
that because you're not– yes, you're getting paid, but you're
not getting the reps and the playing time that you
thought you were going to get because he's bringing in
players that he thinks is better.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
And go ahead.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Yeah, and along those lines, to your point, they aren't
able to transfer now. So that like so that's why you're.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Kind of they missed the portal window yes.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
Exactly like those other those players coming in it's fine
for them which is you know part of the point
of contention that would be the only reason to that
I think that you could feel bad for them but
I I just don't have a lot of sympathy um
for what it is now turning into because I just
don't think it's I don't think it's the college days
that Taylor played in 10 years ago it's not even
close to that so I just it's you know it's
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tough for me to To feel bad for anybody who's
probably already making six figures. And maybe then they'll just
transfer next year, Stu.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Who knows?
Speaker 1 (10:27):
No, Dan, that's the next lawsuit. The next lawsuit is, well, no,
I went to LSU to play.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yes, I got paid.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
I wanted to play, and then he started bringing in
professional players. And so now I want my college career extended. Like,
it's never going to end. None of this is never
going to end. I mean, college football, for the most part,
is being played in a courtroom.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
It's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
I'm going to back Lane Kiffin until the cows come home.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I don't mind Lane Kiffin trying to improve his roster.
What I do mind is that Lane Kiffin comes out
and tries to give you something different than it actually is.
He tries to paint a different picture than what's actually happening.
Lane Kiffin doesn't care about those kids. I'm saying it
right now. He doesn't care about the kids at Mississippi.
He doesn't care about the kids at LSU. Lane Kiffin
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cares about Lane Kiffin, and that's it.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Period. End of discussion. He does not care about them.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
You seem very upset about this. I think you just
have to calm down. Don't have a cow.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Moo!
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Damn you!
Speaker 5 (11:35):
I agree with Stu on this. When Dan Lanning came
out and spoke out against this, I think it's because
Dan Lanning can't do what Lane Kiffin is doing. Dan
Lanning at Oregon.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Morally, you mean. And with the.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Chemistry of his team. Also, if this happens in year
four of Lane Kiffin's time at LSU, then at some
point I think there's going to be, you know, some
measure of distrust where you're just like, okay, I'm not
necessarily sure. Are my checks cashing? Is everything right? But
they're still trying to fill out a relatively new team
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at LSU. So it gives Kiffin a little bit of
leeway and escape room to get away with this stuff.
If you're Dan Lanning and trying to build this championship
team and you've got to you know, returning quarterback and
Dante Moore, like it's probably not good for team chemistry
to do something like this. And, but I think like
Kiffin for whatever reason can. So I don't, I don't
think you're far off on your comments at all.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
No, we can just do it and shut up and
stop telling me about team meetings where the players supported you.
Just do it. Just do what it is you're doing
and stop trying to convince me you're doing something else.
that the kids are okay with it, that you're including
them in the decision. What if he walked into that
locker room and every single kid on the LSU team said,
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you know what, coach? I'm not okay with this. Do
you think Lane would still go get those players?
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
All of it.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Like crying, sobbing. No way. I came here to play.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
I didn't come here for you to go get professional
athletes to play instead of me.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
No.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
You have this turning into a scene from Rudy where
they're all just putting their jerseys down and saying, we're
not playing. If Jack Pyburn comes to be our new
edge rusher.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Just the pros are playing. It would be a cattle call.
Thank you. Hey.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Boo! You guys have this playing out. It's almost the
opposite of the movie with Keanu Reeves, The Replacements, where
the replacements are not scab players. The replacements are just
NFL players to now replace the college guys.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yes, NFL players who, yes, who have already declared for
the NFL draft and maybe not good enough to make
their team.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Like, that'd be great. I'm good with it.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
But just stop trying to pretend and sell me that
you're doing something morally correct.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
You're not. You are not.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
You asked kids to come to LSU, and now you're
trying to replace them with players that are better, and
they don't have the option to leave.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Period.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
End of discussion.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
But Kiffin's going to milk this.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Of course he is. Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much.
I appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Proud of yourself.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Back to back they're hard to come by unless you're
taylor yeah taylor.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Gets them non-stop even for bad jokes i'm really milking this.
Speaker 5 (14:29):
That was my joke is there i can't i missed
that one five seconds ago steve he doesn't even get
booed for that he stole my joke that i said
five seconds ago and he gets a.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Rim shot yes yes Lane Kiffin.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
What's your conspiracy here before we get to Charles Huff,
the head coach of the Memphis Tigers? I love this guy.
I spoke to him right after. When he was at Marshall,
they beat Notre Dame. We had him on the next day.
He's fantastic. I can't wait to talk to him. What
is this conspiracy with you about the sale of the Angels?
Speaker 3 (15:07):
So the recent sale of the Lakers has prompted speculation
to think that the Dodgers could be next. And Otani
has a key man clause in his contract with the Dodgers,
which allows him to terminate his contract if certain people
are no longer involved with the organization. In Otani's case,
it applies specifically to Walter, who owns them, and Andrew Friedman,
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the president of baseball operations. I think Shohei Otani... He
comes out and he says, I made the Kevin Durant mistake.
I'm the clear best player in baseball. I went to
a team that has just kept adding and adding, most
recently getting back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner Tarek Skubal
at the deadline. And by building the super team, led
by Otani, it diminishes his accomplishments where... The Dodgers are
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overwhelming favorites to win the World Series. They broke baseball.
You have people now rooting for the strike next year.
The reports are he's unlikely to opt out if Walter
sells his Dodger stakes due. But if Otani decides he
wants out, there hasn't been an obvious landing spot for
him until now. Because what if that new team is
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his old team? The Angels have had terrible ownership with
Artie Moreno. Otani comes home to right a wrong. Six
years with the Angels, zero playoff wins, four-time MVP. Every
new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Otani time.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Where's his rim shot? I'm not going to utter another word.
until I hear a rim shot. Thank you, Dan.
Speaker 7 (16:40):
What?
Speaker 3 (16:41):
What?
Speaker 6 (16:43):
Be sure to catch live editions of Stu Gatz and
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Speaker 2 (16:49):
Eastern, 12 p.m.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
Pacific.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
The last time we spoke to this man, Charles Hough,
he was coming off a victory over Notre Dame at Marshall.
He promised I could call a play. I never attended
a game. He said if I showed up to the game,
he would allow me to call a play. And now
he's coaching at Memphis, and they just beat UNLV over
the weekend.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Coach, do you recall allowing me?
Speaker 1 (17:13):
You said you would allow me to call a play,
and I'm calling BS on you because there's no way
if I showed up.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
To that game, you would have allowed me to call
a play.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
Trust me, I'm a man of my word. So if
you showed up, you would have called a play. Probably
would have been much better than us coaches.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
So you would have been great.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
Or at least you wouldn't have had to worry about
getting fired if it was a bad play.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
He says it with a smile. Are you enjoying Memphis?
This is your first season at Memphis. You had a
big victory over the weekend. We'll get to that in
just a second. But are you enjoying the city of Memphis?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Yeah, it's been great.
Speaker 6 (17:49):
Obviously, I've had time in this city before, especially in
this state recruiting and the welcome, the community, the fans
have been great. Obviously, we're still a work in progress
in the football department, but we're making strides. You know,
the administration has been great. We got a lot of
work to do, not just football wise, but what we're
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trying to do here. But couldn't be prouder and happier
to be around these group of people, these players, the.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Fans, the whole night.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Coach, the win against UNLV was billed as a huge
game for the group of six for that playoff spot.
How do you keep your team from getting caught up
in that narrative, especially after the win?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Yeah, like I told them on Sunday, a great job,
but it was only four games that day. So, I mean,
you kind of– somebody had to be the one that
they talked about. You know, I– I mean, playing week
zero obviously creates a lot of, you know, hype and attention.
Everyone's ready for football to come back.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
And we did some good things.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
And, you know, like I told them, you know, we
didn't just come, you know, through all we came through
from the time we've got here to now just to
win a game. You know, we talked about things we
wanted to put in place. And then when you go
back and watch the film, you see that we still
have a lot of work to do.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
So. it's a different day and age.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Don't get me wrong. There's a lot of noise. We
talked about that a little bit in the off season.
There's a lot of noise that comes with winning and
losing and managing that from our perspective in the house
is probably as important as how we play.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
So we focus a lot on that.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
We talk to our players about it, you know, the
old way you'd move on after 24 hours and you
wouldn't hear about it. But now, because of the way
the media runs. Monday morning, it starts all over again.
And you're trying to find a balance of letting your
players be involved in the media attention for their branding
and their value. You're trying to find a way to
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balance the head coach doing interviews throughout the week. So
you're still marketing the program, but you still got to
move on. It's a tough job, but I think where
we are in today's world, you got to kind of
balance both.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Coach, you were down 14-7 at half. You outscored UNLV,
I believe 20-7 in the second half. I have you
as a coach who gives probably the best halftime speech
anywhere in college football.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
What'd you tell the kids at halftime?
Speaker 6 (20:10):
Well, I don't know about the best, but first of all,
I told him that we were playing just like I
was acting because I got a 15-yard penalty for questioning
a referee's tempo. And I was in the wrong. And
I told him, I said, guys, I apologize. You're playing
just like I'm acting. I said, and leadership leads emotions
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and energy. And I said, well, just like we always
talk about, right, one is responding. So I'm going to
respond and show you guys how you should be acting
on the sidelines. And I'm asking you guys to respond
on the field. And we talked about our process. Our
process is a four-quarter, 60-minute process. We talk about playing
60 minutes with a focus and intensity that another team
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can't match. And I told them, I said, you're prepared
for this. So go challenge their physicality. Go challenge their toughness.
I told them, I don't think they're as tough as you.
So go challenge it and see if they'll punch back.
And we were able to have some success in the
second half. Our coaches did a really good job of
making some adjustments. First game of the year, there were
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some things that we were a little bit chasing ghost
on that we thought we were going to see, but
didn't see. So we were able to kind of settle
into what we were seeing. And then the kids executed.
I mean, they challenged their toughness. They challenged their physicality.
They leaned back on their process. They leaned on each
other and we were able to get a win.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Coach, I don't know if you're a baseball fan, but
sometimes a manager has to get ejected to kind of
rile up the group. You can kind of spin that
penalty that you got into being like, this is what
got the team going.
Speaker 6 (21:40):
Well, that's kind of what I was thinking after the penalty.
And then I was like, well, wait a minute, if
we don't score a touchdown here, that could be a
big moment in the game. But they bailed me out.
So I went to the tight end and I told him,
I said, I did that for you. I wanted you
to catch a touchdown pass. So He was like, thank you, coach.
I said, yeah, you know, that's what I'm here for.
You know, I'm just trying to motivate you guys.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Playing chess, not checkers. What a great spin job by you.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Coach, when Dan Mullen brings out Elvis, that started a
debate on our show. Does Elvis belong more to Memphis
or Las Vegas? Would you be in favor of settling
that on the field every year, Memphis UNLV for the
Elvis bowl trophy?
Speaker 2 (22:22):
No, there's no debate. I mean, Elvis, when you think Elvis,
you think Memphis, right?
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Coach.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Well, to be honest, um, I probably, we probably had
80 guys on the trip, 80 players.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Um, None of them knew who Elvis is.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
You and Dan Mullen.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Yeah, I knew who he was and I didn't even
really pay attention to it.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
I saw it after the game.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
Um, but none of our guys, I mean, now if
he'd had like Glorilla or little baby that might've fired
us up, but I don't know if you can get
a rental Glorilla or a rental like little Wayne or
little baby, but none of our guys had no clue
who it was. One of our guys was like, Oh,
I thought that was their mascot. I was like, so I,
I don't know if it worked. Obviously, it was great
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for the fans. And like I said, after the game,
I realized it. But I don't know. I always thought
Elvis was from Mississippi, to be completely honest. And he
actually grew up in Memphis and then obviously had his
residency in Vegas. So I guess we all can kind
of claim, you know, Elvis' national treasure.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
He's all of ours um was that as excited now
you beat Notre Dame as I mentioned but was that
as excited as you've been after a victory because we'll
get to your celebration in just a second here uh
was that as excited as you've been.
Speaker 6 (23:46):
But we work really hard man and I I live
and die with every first down every tackle because we
we put a lot of work in man so I
try to enjoy the games with the kids um Every
time we win, I'm excited until I watch the film.
So it's all for me because I know how hard
these kids work. I know how many fans put so
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much energy and time and commitment into this. There's a
lot of fans that spend a lot of money to
come all the way to Vegas to support their Tigers.
So whenever we can win, I just get excited because
I know it affects so many people. It affects the
kids in our locker room. It affects their families. It
affects the fans. So that's what gets me excited. And
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then I watch the film and I get mad again.
So it kind of balances. I think that Notre Dame
and this win, they're two different groups or two different stories.
So the excitement is probably the same for different reasons.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Coach, when people hear you say things after the game
like no music, no ice cream truck, we don't do
fun things, they wonder how is that going to play
in recruiting. But if you follow college football, you've been
an elite recruiter at every stop you've been to. How
do you do it?
Speaker 4 (25:01):
Yeah, well, there's the fine line, right? I'm not.
Speaker 6 (25:07):
Daddy Warbucks here and everybody hates me. There are some
things that we do where we have a hyper sense
of focus and business approach. And then there's some things
we do that is uberly fun. If we're in a
team meeting, we play music. Our guys in position meetings,
they play music while they're watching film. Like they play
music in the locker room. We play music getting on
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the bus. We just don't play music in between the
actual practice time because it's hard to teach when there's
music blaring, right? So we try to minimize the distractions, right?
So we do a lot of teaching in practice and
it's hard to teach with music on it. Um, we
don't do a lot of fun things because the time
that we spend with these guys, we eat up a
lot of their time. So I tell them all the time,
(25:50):
I'm not going to waste your time with dodgeball and
ice cream trucks. I'm going to waste your time with
helping you become a better football player, a better man
and a better student. Um, so when it's time to go,
go home. Don't want you standing around eating ice cream,
go get out of here, go be yourself. Um, and
then again, ultimately all the people that have an opinion, um,
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I'm not recruiting them. I'm recruiting kids that want an
opportunity to create value for themselves and want a relationship,
want to be with a head coach that's willing and
available to develop that relationship to help them grow. You
tell them straightforward. This is how it is. I think
kids ultimately want discipline. They want accountability. They don't want
to be lied to and fluffed to. and told, hey,
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you're really, really good, and hey, everything is going to
be great. They want the truth. Who they're willing to
accept that from is the difference, right? They don't want
the truth from social media. They want the truth from
a person that has a relationship with them, that can
look them in the eye, be honest with them, and
help them grow.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Coach, just to be clear, you do love a good
ice cream truck, right? I mean, just a— Yeah.
Speaker 6 (26:57):
If it's not during football time, like you guys want
to go on your own and go downtown Memphis and
get ice cream, go right ahead. But while we're over here,
we got a little bit of time. We get these
guys for six months, really.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Right.
Speaker 6 (27:08):
When you talk about during the season. So you got
January to December and some of these guys' college careers
are over. So I'm responsible for trying to help a
young man create value for his entire life in a
12 or 10 month span. I don't have time for
ice cream trucks, right? So I got to make sure
that I'm maximizing that opportunity. Some of these guys may
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go on to play in the NFL.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
A lot of them won't.
Speaker 6 (27:31):
But the time that I spend with them in these
10 months could change their life. So I try to
focus on that. They can chase ice cream trucks and
all that stuff when they get out of here. But
I just don't have enough time. It's not like the
old days where you had five years. I don't have
five years anymore. I get 10 months, sometimes less. to
change young men's lives. So I try to do that
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with as much intentionality as possible.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Awesome.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
Coach, there's a large national conversation right now about NFL
players trying to go back to college. I walked on
to the University of North Carolina. If I had a
fifth year right now, I'd be at Memphis.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
So would I.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
Well, look, if you're tough, physical and don't mind no
music at practice, you'll fit right in.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
You're out, Taylor.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
No, he doesn't care about music. I just got an
open bar. He ordered a Shirley Temple coach.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
He doesn't care. He's responsible. Yes.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
That's taking care of his body.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Talking.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
Speaking of taking care of your body, what happened there
in the postgame celebration?
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Did you miss time to jump? What was going on there?
Speaker 6 (28:34):
No. Well, I mean, our D-line was playing so well
that I wanted to give them another sack. So I
made sure that I sacrificed myself to get them another
stat to make them feel good.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
Again, I'm all about the players, man.
Speaker 6 (28:48):
If I can help the players, whether that's motivating them
and getting them 15 more yards to throw a touchdown
pass or whatever. getting a one more sack opportunity before
we leave, you know, the Raiders stadium. Some of those
kids may never play in that stadium again. So I
wanted him to tackle one more person before we got
out of there.
Speaker 4 (29:04):
Again, chestnut checkers.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
All right, coach.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
I'm telling you, Taylor wants to play at Memphis.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
I just want to call play for you.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
So now I am promising if we attend the Memphis game, okay.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
And we'll do it at home.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Will I be allowed to call one of your first
plays on offense?
Speaker 6 (29:26):
I'll let you call the first play on offense, whatever
game you make it to, and we'll make sure that
you're on the scoreboard for the.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Result of if it goes good or goes bad. We'll
leave it up to you.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Uh taylor make this happen please just force me just
throw me on the plane to memphis and just get
me there all right what game any game in particular
just pick.
Speaker 6 (29:44):
A game any game any game i don't want i
don't want to handcuff you from your your true ability
your true calling.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
Okay uh this is very exciting uh and if the
play works do i get to call another i'm gone
i pushed it too.
Speaker 6 (29:56):
Far You can take my spot. We'll switch roles. You
can take all the credit. I'll do the podcast. I'll critique.
I'll have all the answers on Monday, what you should
have did.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
I'll be good.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
All right, Coach. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Congratulations again on the 1-0 start. And week one is
coming up this week. And you guys have a shot
at the playoffs, right? You tell your kids that. You
have a shot in the 12-team playoff. Memphis has a shot.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Why not?
Speaker 6 (30:26):
We got an opportunity to play really well this week,
and that's the reality of it.
Speaker 4 (30:29):
There's a lot of football left. I said before the game,
it's one game.
Speaker 6 (30:32):
I mean, if we don't win another game, no one
will ever remember me chest bumping and falling. No one
will ever remember me going to Vegas.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
No one will ever remember.
Speaker 6 (30:42):
So we got an opportunity to go 1-0 this week
with some momentum from last week and some things we
can learn from. And then we got to try and
find out how to do it again this week with
the improvements we need.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
All right, Coach, super happy for your success. Good luck
in the upcoming season here. We'll get with your people.
We'll let you know what game we're coming to. I
look forward to standing right next to you on the
sidelines and chirping in your ear, okay?
Speaker 4 (31:06):
Absolutely, man. You guys have a hell of a day.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
All right, you too, Coach. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
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Speaker 1 (31:44):
Our thanks to Mel Kuyper Jr. for joining us in
hour number one. Thanks to Charles Hough as well.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
The invitation is still open. Me, Mikey A.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
and Lance can go to a game, a Memphis game,
and I get to stand on the sidelines and call
a play.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Do you have a game targeted, Taylor? Do we have
a Thursday night game, I believe, right? They have a
Thursday night game?
Speaker 2 (32:04):
Yeah, ECU.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
There are certain things that, from this show, you really
hope don't stick. And for me, I hope Lance doesn't stick.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Right. Well, it's going to. Whatever, Lance.
Speaker 4 (32:16):
Right.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Mikey A., we used to do something way back when.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
When Dan and I were doing the show together, a
segment called Celebrity Prognosticator and a different celebrity would come
on every week. And if they had a winning week,
they would continue on. I think Chris Jericho was the
record holder. He was on for like 14 consecutive weeks. OK,
it was amazing. He just needed to have a winning week.
So I believe Lance has something cut from the same vein.
(32:41):
I'm not certain what it is, but I believe it's
a similar idea to what we did, the celebrity prognosticator.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
What are you doing? What are you putting together here, Lance?
Go ahead.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Yeah, so by Tuesday this time, it's time to close
the book on week zero and look ahead to week
one in college football. So what better way to look
ahead than get a celebrity to come onto the show
and cook up a nice little parlay?
Speaker 1 (33:06):
But you want to stay in week zero, right? It's
never felt better as a Carolina football fan.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
You don't want to move on to week one.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
Well, we're off this week.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
And then we have, because we're coming back from Ireland,
bye week for the travel and then East Tennessee State.
We're 1-0 this week. We've got to just keep our
head down and get back to work.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Well, isn't that a perk, though? I mean, you get
to be 1-0 for two weeks. That's one of the
perks of playing in Dublin.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
I mean, it is.
Speaker 3 (33:32):
It's a massive perk to know that North Carolina can't
ruin my weekend this weekend.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
All right, so what do you have set up for
us here? What are we doing?
Speaker 3 (33:41):
So this is going to be the first edition of
our celebrity guest picker parlay.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
It's time for our celebrity guest picker parlay to start
us out in week one. We've got a legend making
the picks. He's a Heisman Trophy winner, a national championship
winning coach, a college football hall of famer, and nobody
has ever pulled off a visor quite like him. The
head ball coach himself, Steve Spurrier.
Speaker 7 (34:12):
This is the guest picker for the week from Stu
Gotts and Company. All right, first game, Clemson at LSU.
Taking LSU because they're at home. Baylor versus Auburn. Auburn's
closer to Atlanta. I'm going to take Auburn. Louisville versus
Ole Miss.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
I think that.
Speaker 7 (34:33):
Game's in Nashville. That's going to be– You know, I'm
going to go with Ole Miss, SEC game. SMU at FSU,
I think I got to go with SMU. They got
a good team, I think, this year.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
All right, that's my picks.
Speaker 7 (34:49):
This is Steve Spurrier, former Gator head ball coach, and
you've been listening to Stugatz and Company. What?
Speaker 2 (34:57):
The old ball coach? I mean, what? Company.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Nobody says company like this.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
How did this come together? How did this happen?
Speaker 1 (35:04):
I've never been more delighted than I am right now.
And why wasn't Spurrier on the show?
Speaker 2 (35:09):
I mean, what are we doing?
Speaker 3 (35:10):
He just had time to fill that little spot.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
Right.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
So just to recap, he's.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Got time in between rounds. You mean rounds of golf? Yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Right. So just to recap, he's got LSU.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
I didn't even hear it.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
He's got LSU. beating clemson right miss beating louisville smu
beating florida state at florida state and then he's got
auburn beating baylor those four together plus 277 little parlay
and where else could he get the analysis of auburn's
gonna beat beat baylor because they're closer to atlanta where
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that neutral game is.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
His reasoning was a little flimsy but he's the old
ball coach and i don't care i mean.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Question what's better the way he says company or the
way Saban says program.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
Don't you dare have me play that again because I
will one more time spurrier and let's answer Mikey's question.
Speaker 7 (36:05):
This is the guest picker for the week uh from
Stu Gotts and company all right first first game Clemson
at LSU taking LSU because they're at home at home
Baylor versus Auburn Auburn's closer to Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
I'm going to take Auburn.
Speaker 7 (36:23):
Louisville versus Ole Miss. I think that game's in Nashville.
That's going to be, you know, I'm going to go
with Ole Miss, SEC game. SMU at FSU, I think
I got to go with SMU. They got a good team,
I think, this year. All right, that's my picks. This
is Steve Spurrier, former Gator head ball coach, and you've
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been listening to Stugatz and Company.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
I love you. I mean, I really do. He's never
going to take the Seminoles, ever, ever, or say anything
nice about him. What was your question, Mikey? I forget.
Speaker 3 (36:59):
It was, what's better, the way he says company or
the way Nick Saban says program?
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
Hmm.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
I mean, I love Spurrier. I'm torn here. You should
throw in, or the way Mel says, Lance.
Speaker 3 (37:16):
Until Nick Saban wants to come on this show and
be our celebrity guest parlay picker, I'm signing with Spurrier
every time, the old ball coach.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Yes, I am with Taylor on that. Mikey, you good
with that? Yeah, I'm good with that. Company.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Now, does Spurrier know you did four games? He could
go two and two. But does he know if he
has a winning week, he has to come back next
week and do it again?
Speaker 3 (37:42):
Well, the problem with this is I only got Spurrier
for this week. I cash in a once-in-a-lifetime favor to
get the all boat. Leave all of that in there.
What did you say, Lance?
Speaker 1 (37:55):
The old ball coach, Lance, is what you were trying
to say. You called in a favor to Spurrier. Why
didn't you just ask me for his number?
Speaker 2 (38:03):
I mean.
Speaker 3 (38:05):
That mistake's going to keep me up later.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
For weeks.
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Speaker 3 (00:18):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
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Speaker 1 (00:25):
Our thanks to Mel Kuyper for joining us in hour
number one. Charles Huff, the head football coach at Memphis,
going to join us in about 20 minutes. But Taylor
keeps walking around here all day today. He's watching the
highlight of Colton Couser's catch. He's talking about Couser's catch.
He won't shut up about Couser's catch.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
And it was a great catch. And it was a
great game. The Red Sox. Was it the Red Sox? Yes, right?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Against the Rockies.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Oh, the Rockies. Excuse me.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Close enough. They played once in a World Series against
each other.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
It's football season. But it looked like a walk-off, and
Couser said otherwise. But anyway, Taylor, why haven't you stopped
telling me about this catch? I saw it with my
own eyes.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
That Colton Couser catch, it made me say, holy Couser.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
This is why.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I mean, that catch.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Straight out of a movie.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Are you doing stand-up?
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I mean, the physics to catch that?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Probably ought to do calculus.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
His name's Colton Couser.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
People comparing it to the Joe Adele catch from earlier
this year? Didn't give me deja vu.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Couser.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
If you don't think it was the catch of the year...
I got real ground beef with you.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yes, Dan. Well, he needs his microphone on. It's a
key part of the job.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Me and the Baltimore Orioles needed some bovine intervention.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Oh, what? Are you kidding me? You deserved it. No,
you deserved it. Your mic wasn't on. It was late.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
I mean.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
The timing was off, and it was a bad joke.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I mean, that Colton Cowher catch, legendary. Utterly ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
That's all I got.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Moo!
Speaker 4 (02:32):
What?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
I mean, how does moo get that sound? It's ridiculous.
We will get to the angels. Congratulations, Taylor. That was
ridiculously bad.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Stand-up comedian about a singular topic, Colton Gowser. I would
have thrown so many tomatoes at you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
We'll get to Taylor's conspiracy theory here on the Angels
sale in just a second. For those of you who
don't know, and by the way, Charles Hoff is going
to join us, head coach of Memphis, in about 15 minutes.
So this is the only segment we have to take
phone calls, 877-99 on Fox. That is 877-99 on Fox.
For those of you who don't know, Taylor walked on
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to the university of North Carolina's football team. He went
there for track. He walked onto the football team. He's
very proud of it. We're very proud of him. But Taylor,
I have a question for you because Lane Kiffin, who, again,
I said this earlier, I don't believe a single word
that comes out of that man's mouth. If I, you know,
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passed him on the street and he said hi to me, I.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Would think he's lying.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
If he, if he told you it was Sonny, You'd
bring an umbrella just in case?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
If he says it's sunny, that means it's pouring outside.
And if he says it's pouring outside, it's a beautiful
sunny day. That's Lane Kiffin. And when he left Mississippi
and decided to go to LSU, he talked about a
lot of locker room conversations that he and the players had.
And then the players came out afterwards and they were like, hey,
I never said that.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
And that never happened.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Why?
Speaker 7 (04:24):
Why?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Because Lane Kiffin, when he tells you it's sunny out,
it's pouring rain. And when he tells you it's pouring rain,
it's beautiful blue skies.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Pouring lane.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Thank you. Why do you get it all the time,
the rim shot? Moo!
Speaker 1 (04:45):
And so now recently at LSU, Lane yesterday said that
he had a team meeting and he talked to his
team about the idea of getting players who didn't make
their NFL team, who have declared for the NFL already,
and bringing them to LSU, even though the SEC is
saying no, which.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Is a joke. All of it is a joke.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Taylor, I am wondering here, because I don't believe Lane Kiffin,
when he comes out and says, yeah, every single player
in that locker room was okay with the idea of
me going to get professional athletes and bringing them to LSU.
What locker room, what kid wants more competition? So you're
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sitting there every day. You're in practice. You're sweating.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
You're grinding. You think you're going to get some reps.
You think you're going to get some playing time.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
And your coach walks in and says, hey, how do
you feel about the idea of me bringing in professional
athletes who are better at their jobs than you are?
And I'm just going to insert them right into the
starting lineup. And the reason I'm asking Taylor this is
because he played on a college football team, a Division
I college football team, the University of North Carolina. And
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so I ask you, if your coach walked into the
locker room and said, I'm going to bring in other players,
better players, create more competition, less playing time for you,
would you be okay with that?
Speaker 3 (06:12):
The thing that I do believe is that when Lane
Kiffin left that meeting, Lane Kiffin heard the answer that
he wanted.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
But I don't believe that players went in and said, yes,
recruit these Greek gods coming from the NFL that led
the preseason in sacks who have eventually been waived. Bring
them to now be our edge rushers. and generate more pressure,
pressure that I probably wouldn't be able to. But I
do think that college coaches, they go into meetings knowing
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the answer that they want. They're going to go in
with their questions. Well, what's the point of the meeting?
That's the thing. You have to present it like it's
a democracy. It's not. College football is very much not
a democracy, but you have to give the college kids
the illusion that that they do have some say in it.
But Lane Kiffin's knowing that if he goes in that
meeting and he says, hey, guys, we're thinking about bringing
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in NFL players, what.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Do you think?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Whatever they say, he's leaving that meeting saying, I'm getting
the NFL players because that's what's going to make us better.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
So you're saying all the players in that locker room,
they were like, no, we're not okay with this, and
he walked out saying, yeah, they're all okay with it.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
He walks out and he goes, wow, that meeting went
really well.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Yeah, he heard what he wanted to hear, yes.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
One time at North Carolina, we had not a similar situation, but– comparable.
There was a very bad weather in 2016, the Mitch
Trubisky year when North Carolina was an ACC favorite to
win the ACC. We had Mitch Trubisky, Matt Collins at receiver,
Ryan Switzer at receiver. We were a team that had
to throw the ball and we were supposed to get
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a hurricane and we were playing Virginia Tech who Virginia
Tech is like a smash mouth. It was Justin Fuente
coming over from Memphis and Our coach comes and says, hey,
our athletic director has come to us. He's giving us
the option to move the game. What do you guys think?
And we're saying, yes, we cannot play in Kenan Stadium
with a Cat 4 hurricane coming when we need Mitch
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Trubisky to throw for 400 yards to win this game.
And we said, yes, we'd like to move the game
to a neutral site. We'll give up the home field advantage.
And the coach just goes, well, I told the AD
we're already playing this game in Chapel Hill.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
What's the point? yes dad i'm sorry i think it's.
Speaker 5 (08:25):
Such a different a different era though like if we
were to talk about this 10 years ago with players
already not being paid or compensated we would have a
different thought process to this there would be different transfer
rules at that time but now the only way i
think that some of these players that are currently on
lsu that may lose playing time the reason that the
only reason i think that they would get screwed would
(08:47):
is because of playing time and because they can't transfer
somewhere else. But they probably went to LSU because they
were making more money than they could get at anywhere else.
So it's tough for me to sit there and be like, wow,
this is a really tough break for you because they're
bringing in professionals.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
And I think.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
a decent portion of those players have already gotten their money.
It's different when you're maybe just going there on a scholarship,
but they probably have NIL deals on why they wanted
to go to LSU, and LSU gave them this amount
of money. So it's difficult for me to feel bad
for anybody else on that team, even if they're bringing
in pros.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
But even with the money, I understand what it is
you're saying.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
The next most important thing, and maybe for some it
is the most important thing, is playing time, is being developed,
is having a shot of making it to the NFL.
And this is, I guess, minimizing your chances of doing
that because you're not– yes, you're getting paid, but you're
not getting the reps and the playing time that you
thought you were going to get because he's bringing in
players that he thinks is better.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
And go ahead.
Speaker 5 (09:47):
Yeah, and along those lines, to your point, they aren't
able to transfer now. So that like so that's why you're.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Kind of they missed the portal window yes.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
Exactly like those other those players coming in it's fine
for them which is you know part of the point
of contention that would be the only reason to that
I think that you could feel bad for them but
I I just don't have a lot of sympathy um
for what it is now turning into because I just
don't think it's I don't think it's the college days
that Taylor played in 10 years ago it's not even
close to that so I just it's you know it's
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tough for me to To feel bad for anybody who's
probably already making six figures. And maybe then they'll just
transfer next year, Stu.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Who knows?
Speaker 1 (10:27):
No, Dan, that's the next lawsuit. The next lawsuit is, well, no,
I went to LSU to play.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Yes, I got paid.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
I wanted to play, and then he started bringing in
professional players. And so now I want my college career extended. Like,
it's never going to end. None of this is never
going to end. I mean, college football, for the most part,
is being played in a courtroom.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
It's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
I'm going to back Lane Kiffin until the cows come home.
Speaker 4 (10:51):
Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I don't mind Lane Kiffin trying to improve his roster.
What I do mind is that Lane Kiffin comes out
and tries to give you something different than it actually is.
He tries to paint a different picture than what's actually happening.
Lane Kiffin doesn't care about those kids. I'm saying it
right now. He doesn't care about the kids at Mississippi.
He doesn't care about the kids at LSU. Lane Kiffin
(11:14):
cares about Lane Kiffin, and that's it.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Period. End of discussion. He does not care about them.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
You seem very upset about this. I think you just
have to calm down. Don't have a cow.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Moo!
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Damn you!
Speaker 5 (11:35):
I agree with Stu on this. When Dan Lanning came
out and spoke out against this, I think it's because
Dan Lanning can't do what Lane Kiffin is doing. Dan
Lanning at Oregon.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Morally, you mean. And with the.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Chemistry of his team. Also, if this happens in year
four of Lane Kiffin's time at LSU, then at some
point I think there's going to be, you know, some
measure of distrust where you're just like, okay, I'm not
necessarily sure. Are my checks cashing? Is everything right? But
they're still trying to fill out a relatively new team
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at LSU. So it gives Kiffin a little bit of
leeway and escape room to get away with this stuff.
If you're Dan Lanning and trying to build this championship
team and you've got to you know, returning quarterback and
Dante Moore, like it's probably not good for team chemistry
to do something like this. And, but I think like
Kiffin for whatever reason can. So I don't, I don't
think you're far off on your comments at all.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
No, we can just do it and shut up and
stop telling me about team meetings where the players supported you.
Just do it. Just do what it is you're doing
and stop trying to convince me you're doing something else.
that the kids are okay with it, that you're including
them in the decision. What if he walked into that
locker room and every single kid on the LSU team said,
(12:53):
you know what, coach? I'm not okay with this. Do
you think Lane would still go get those players?
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
All of it.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Like crying, sobbing. No way. I came here to play.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
I didn't come here for you to go get professional
athletes to play instead of me.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
No.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
You have this turning into a scene from Rudy where
they're all just putting their jerseys down and saying, we're
not playing. If Jack Pyburn comes to be our new
edge rusher.
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Just the pros are playing. It would be a cattle call.
Thank you. Hey.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Boo! You guys have this playing out. It's almost the
opposite of the movie with Keanu Reeves, The Replacements, where
the replacements are not scab players. The replacements are just
NFL players to now replace the college guys.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yes, NFL players who, yes, who have already declared for
the NFL draft and maybe not good enough to make
their team.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Like, that'd be great. I'm good with it.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
But just stop trying to pretend and sell me that
you're doing something morally correct.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
You're not. You are not.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
You asked kids to come to LSU, and now you're
trying to replace them with players that are better, and
they don't have the option to leave.
Speaker 4 (14:06):
Period.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
End of discussion.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
But Kiffin's going to milk this.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Of course he is. Yes. Thank you. Thank you very much.
I appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Proud of yourself.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
Back to back they're hard to come by unless you're
taylor yeah taylor.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Gets them non-stop even for bad jokes i'm really milking this.
Speaker 5 (14:29):
That was my joke is there i can't i missed
that one five seconds ago steve he doesn't even get
booed for that he stole my joke that i said
five seconds ago and he gets a.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Rim shot yes yes Lane Kiffin.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
What's your conspiracy here before we get to Charles Huff,
the head coach of the Memphis Tigers? I love this guy.
I spoke to him right after. When he was at Marshall,
they beat Notre Dame. We had him on the next day.
He's fantastic. I can't wait to talk to him. What
is this conspiracy with you about the sale of the Angels?
Speaker 3 (15:07):
So the recent sale of the Lakers has prompted speculation
to think that the Dodgers could be next. And Otani
has a key man clause in his contract with the Dodgers,
which allows him to terminate his contract if certain people
are no longer involved with the organization. In Otani's case,
it applies specifically to Walter, who owns them, and Andrew Friedman,
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the president of baseball operations. I think Shohei Otani... He
comes out and he says, I made the Kevin Durant mistake.
I'm the clear best player in baseball. I went to
a team that has just kept adding and adding, most
recently getting back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner Tarek Skubal
at the deadline. And by building the super team, led
by Otani, it diminishes his accomplishments where... The Dodgers are
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overwhelming favorites to win the World Series. They broke baseball.
You have people now rooting for the strike next year.
The reports are he's unlikely to opt out if Walter
sells his Dodger stakes due. But if Otani decides he
wants out, there hasn't been an obvious landing spot for
him until now. Because what if that new team is
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his old team? The Angels have had terrible ownership with
Artie Moreno. Otani comes home to right a wrong. Six
years with the Angels, zero playoff wins, four-time MVP. Every
new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Otani time.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Where's his rim shot? I'm not going to utter another word.
until I hear a rim shot. Thank you, Dan.
Speaker 7 (16:40):
What?
Speaker 3 (16:41):
What?
Speaker 6 (16:43):
Be sure to catch live editions of Stu Gatz and
Company live weekdays at 3 p.m.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Eastern, 12 p.m.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
Pacific.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
The last time we spoke to this man, Charles Hough,
he was coming off a victory over Notre Dame at Marshall.
He promised I could call a play. I never attended
a game. He said if I showed up to the game,
he would allow me to call a play. And now
he's coaching at Memphis, and they just beat UNLV over
the weekend.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
Coach, do you recall allowing me?
Speaker 1 (17:13):
You said you would allow me to call a play,
and I'm calling BS on you because there's no way
if I showed up.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
To that game, you would have allowed me to call
a play.
Speaker 6 (17:21):
Trust me, I'm a man of my word. So if
you showed up, you would have called a play. Probably
would have been much better than us coaches.
Speaker 4 (17:28):
So you would have been great.
Speaker 6 (17:29):
Or at least you wouldn't have had to worry about
getting fired if it was a bad play.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
He says it with a smile. Are you enjoying Memphis?
This is your first season at Memphis. You had a
big victory over the weekend. We'll get to that in
just a second. But are you enjoying the city of Memphis?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Yeah, it's been great.
Speaker 6 (17:49):
Obviously, I've had time in this city before, especially in
this state recruiting and the welcome, the community, the fans
have been great. Obviously, we're still a work in progress
in the football department, but we're making strides. You know,
the administration has been great. We got a lot of
work to do, not just football wise, but what we're
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trying to do here. But couldn't be prouder and happier
to be around these group of people, these players, the.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Fans, the whole night.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Coach, the win against UNLV was billed as a huge
game for the group of six for that playoff spot.
How do you keep your team from getting caught up
in that narrative, especially after the win?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Yeah, like I told them on Sunday, a great job,
but it was only four games that day. So, I mean,
you kind of– somebody had to be the one that
they talked about. You know, I– I mean, playing week
zero obviously creates a lot of, you know, hype and attention.
Everyone's ready for football to come back.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
And we did some good things.
Speaker 6 (18:46):
And, you know, like I told them, you know, we
didn't just come, you know, through all we came through
from the time we've got here to now just to
win a game. You know, we talked about things we
wanted to put in place. And then when you go
back and watch the film, you see that we still
have a lot of work to do.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
So. it's a different day and age.
Speaker 6 (19:03):
Don't get me wrong. There's a lot of noise. We
talked about that a little bit in the off season.
There's a lot of noise that comes with winning and
losing and managing that from our perspective in the house
is probably as important as how we play.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
So we focus a lot on that.
Speaker 6 (19:22):
We talk to our players about it, you know, the
old way you'd move on after 24 hours and you
wouldn't hear about it. But now, because of the way
the media runs. Monday morning, it starts all over again.
And you're trying to find a balance of letting your
players be involved in the media attention for their branding
and their value. You're trying to find a way to
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balance the head coach doing interviews throughout the week. So
you're still marketing the program, but you still got to
move on. It's a tough job, but I think where
we are in today's world, you got to kind of
balance both.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Coach, you were down 14-7 at half. You outscored UNLV,
I believe 20-7 in the second half. I have you
as a coach who gives probably the best halftime speech
anywhere in college football.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
What'd you tell the kids at halftime?
Speaker 6 (20:10):
Well, I don't know about the best, but first of all,
I told him that we were playing just like I
was acting because I got a 15-yard penalty for questioning
a referee's tempo. And I was in the wrong. And
I told him, I said, guys, I apologize. You're playing
just like I'm acting. I said, and leadership leads emotions
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and energy. And I said, well, just like we always
talk about, right, one is responding. So I'm going to
respond and show you guys how you should be acting
on the sidelines. And I'm asking you guys to respond
on the field. And we talked about our process. Our
process is a four-quarter, 60-minute process. We talk about playing
60 minutes with a focus and intensity that another team
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can't match. And I told them, I said, you're prepared
for this. So go challenge their physicality. Go challenge their toughness.
I told them, I don't think they're as tough as you.
So go challenge it and see if they'll punch back.
And we were able to have some success in the
second half. Our coaches did a really good job of
making some adjustments. First game of the year, there were
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some things that we were a little bit chasing ghost
on that we thought we were going to see, but
didn't see. So we were able to kind of settle
into what we were seeing. And then the kids executed.
I mean, they challenged their toughness. They challenged their physicality.
They leaned back on their process. They leaned on each
other and we were able to get a win.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Coach, I don't know if you're a baseball fan, but
sometimes a manager has to get ejected to kind of
rile up the group. You can kind of spin that
penalty that you got into being like, this is what
got the team going.
Speaker 6 (21:40):
Well, that's kind of what I was thinking after the penalty.
And then I was like, well, wait a minute, if
we don't score a touchdown here, that could be a
big moment in the game. But they bailed me out.
So I went to the tight end and I told him,
I said, I did that for you. I wanted you
to catch a touchdown pass. So He was like, thank you, coach.
I said, yeah, you know, that's what I'm here for.
You know, I'm just trying to motivate you guys.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Playing chess, not checkers. What a great spin job by you.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Coach, when Dan Mullen brings out Elvis, that started a
debate on our show. Does Elvis belong more to Memphis
or Las Vegas? Would you be in favor of settling
that on the field every year, Memphis UNLV for the
Elvis bowl trophy?
Speaker 2 (22:22):
No, there's no debate. I mean, Elvis, when you think Elvis,
you think Memphis, right?
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Coach.
Speaker 6 (22:28):
Well, to be honest, um, I probably, we probably had
80 guys on the trip, 80 players.
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Um, None of them knew who Elvis is.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
You and Dan Mullen.
Speaker 6 (22:43):
Yeah, I knew who he was and I didn't even
really pay attention to it.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
I saw it after the game.
Speaker 6 (22:49):
Um, but none of our guys, I mean, now if
he'd had like Glorilla or little baby that might've fired
us up, but I don't know if you can get
a rental Glorilla or a rental like little Wayne or
little baby, but none of our guys had no clue
who it was. One of our guys was like, Oh,
I thought that was their mascot. I was like, so I,
I don't know if it worked. Obviously, it was great
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for the fans. And like I said, after the game,
I realized it. But I don't know. I always thought
Elvis was from Mississippi, to be completely honest. And he
actually grew up in Memphis and then obviously had his
residency in Vegas. So I guess we all can kind
of claim, you know, Elvis' national treasure.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
He's all of ours um was that as excited now
you beat Notre Dame as I mentioned but was that
as excited as you've been after a victory because we'll
get to your celebration in just a second here uh
was that as excited as you've been.
Speaker 6 (23:46):
But we work really hard man and I I live
and die with every first down every tackle because we
we put a lot of work in man so I
try to enjoy the games with the kids um Every
time we win, I'm excited until I watch the film.
So it's all for me because I know how hard
these kids work. I know how many fans put so
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much energy and time and commitment into this. There's a
lot of fans that spend a lot of money to
come all the way to Vegas to support their Tigers.
So whenever we can win, I just get excited because
I know it affects so many people. It affects the
kids in our locker room. It affects their families. It
affects the fans. So that's what gets me excited. And
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then I watch the film and I get mad again.
So it kind of balances. I think that Notre Dame
and this win, they're two different groups or two different stories.
So the excitement is probably the same for different reasons.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
Coach, when people hear you say things after the game
like no music, no ice cream truck, we don't do
fun things, they wonder how is that going to play
in recruiting. But if you follow college football, you've been
an elite recruiter at every stop you've been to. How
do you do it?
Speaker 4 (25:01):
Yeah, well, there's the fine line, right? I'm not.
Speaker 6 (25:07):
Daddy Warbucks here and everybody hates me. There are some
things that we do where we have a hyper sense
of focus and business approach. And then there's some things
we do that is uberly fun. If we're in a
team meeting, we play music. Our guys in position meetings,
they play music while they're watching film. Like they play
music in the locker room. We play music getting on
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the bus. We just don't play music in between the
actual practice time because it's hard to teach when there's
music blaring, right? So we try to minimize the distractions, right?
So we do a lot of teaching in practice and
it's hard to teach with music on it. Um, we
don't do a lot of fun things because the time
that we spend with these guys, we eat up a
lot of their time. So I tell them all the time,
(25:50):
I'm not going to waste your time with dodgeball and
ice cream trucks. I'm going to waste your time with
helping you become a better football player, a better man
and a better student. Um, so when it's time to go,
go home. Don't want you standing around eating ice cream,
go get out of here, go be yourself. Um, and
then again, ultimately all the people that have an opinion, um,
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I'm not recruiting them. I'm recruiting kids that want an
opportunity to create value for themselves and want a relationship,
want to be with a head coach that's willing and
available to develop that relationship to help them grow. You
tell them straightforward. This is how it is. I think
kids ultimately want discipline. They want accountability. They don't want
to be lied to and fluffed to. and told, hey,
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you're really, really good, and hey, everything is going to
be great. They want the truth. Who they're willing to
accept that from is the difference, right? They don't want
the truth from social media. They want the truth from
a person that has a relationship with them, that can
look them in the eye, be honest with them, and
help them grow.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Coach, just to be clear, you do love a good
ice cream truck, right? I mean, just a— Yeah.
Speaker 6 (26:57):
If it's not during football time, like you guys want
to go on your own and go downtown Memphis and
get ice cream, go right ahead. But while we're over here,
we got a little bit of time. We get these
guys for six months, really.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
Right.
Speaker 6 (27:08):
When you talk about during the season. So you got
January to December and some of these guys' college careers
are over. So I'm responsible for trying to help a
young man create value for his entire life in a
12 or 10 month span. I don't have time for
ice cream trucks, right? So I got to make sure
that I'm maximizing that opportunity. Some of these guys may
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go on to play in the NFL.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
A lot of them won't.
Speaker 6 (27:31):
But the time that I spend with them in these
10 months could change their life. So I try to
focus on that. They can chase ice cream trucks and
all that stuff when they get out of here. But
I just don't have enough time. It's not like the
old days where you had five years. I don't have
five years anymore. I get 10 months, sometimes less. to
change young men's lives. So I try to do that
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with as much intentionality as possible.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Awesome.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
Coach, there's a large national conversation right now about NFL
players trying to go back to college. I walked on
to the University of North Carolina. If I had a
fifth year right now, I'd be at Memphis.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
So would I.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
Well, look, if you're tough, physical and don't mind no
music at practice, you'll fit right in.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
You're out, Taylor.
Speaker 4 (28:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
No, he doesn't care about music. I just got an
open bar. He ordered a Shirley Temple coach.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
He doesn't care. He's responsible. Yes.
Speaker 4 (28:22):
That's taking care of his body.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Talking.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
Speaking of taking care of your body, what happened there
in the postgame celebration?
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Did you miss time to jump? What was going on there?
Speaker 6 (28:34):
No. Well, I mean, our D-line was playing so well
that I wanted to give them another sack. So I
made sure that I sacrificed myself to get them another
stat to make them feel good.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
Again, I'm all about the players, man.
Speaker 6 (28:48):
If I can help the players, whether that's motivating them
and getting them 15 more yards to throw a touchdown
pass or whatever. getting a one more sack opportunity before
we leave, you know, the Raiders stadium. Some of those
kids may never play in that stadium again. So I
wanted him to tackle one more person before we got
out of there.
Speaker 4 (29:04):
Again, chestnut checkers.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
All right, coach.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
I'm telling you, Taylor wants to play at Memphis.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
I just want to call play for you.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
So now I am promising if we attend the Memphis game, okay.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
And we'll do it at home.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Will I be allowed to call one of your first
plays on offense?
Speaker 6 (29:26):
I'll let you call the first play on offense, whatever
game you make it to, and we'll make sure that
you're on the scoreboard for the.
Speaker 4 (29:32):
Result of if it goes good or goes bad. We'll
leave it up to you.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Uh taylor make this happen please just force me just
throw me on the plane to memphis and just get
me there all right what game any game in particular
just pick.
Speaker 6 (29:44):
A game any game any game i don't want i
don't want to handcuff you from your your true ability
your true calling.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
Okay uh this is very exciting uh and if the
play works do i get to call another i'm gone
i pushed it too.
Speaker 6 (29:56):
Far You can take my spot. We'll switch roles. You
can take all the credit. I'll do the podcast. I'll critique.
I'll have all the answers on Monday, what you should
have did.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
I'll be good.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
All right, Coach. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Congratulations again on the 1-0 start. And week one is
coming up this week. And you guys have a shot
at the playoffs, right? You tell your kids that. You
have a shot in the 12-team playoff. Memphis has a shot.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Why not?
Speaker 6 (30:26):
We got an opportunity to play really well this week,
and that's the reality of it.
Speaker 4 (30:29):
There's a lot of football left. I said before the game,
it's one game.
Speaker 6 (30:32):
I mean, if we don't win another game, no one
will ever remember me chest bumping and falling. No one
will ever remember me going to Vegas.
Speaker 4 (30:41):
No one will ever remember.
Speaker 6 (30:42):
So we got an opportunity to go 1-0 this week
with some momentum from last week and some things we
can learn from. And then we got to try and
find out how to do it again this week with
the improvements we need.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
All right, Coach, super happy for your success. Good luck
in the upcoming season here. We'll get with your people.
We'll let you know what game we're coming to. I
look forward to standing right next to you on the
sidelines and chirping in your ear, okay?
Speaker 4 (31:06):
Absolutely, man. You guys have a hell of a day.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
All right, you too, Coach. Thank you so much.
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Speaker 1 (31:44):
Our thanks to Mel Kuyper Jr. for joining us in
hour number one. Thanks to Charles Hough as well.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
The invitation is still open. Me, Mikey A.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
and Lance can go to a game, a Memphis game,
and I get to stand on the sidelines and call
a play.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Do you have a game targeted, Taylor? Do we have
a Thursday night game, I believe, right? They have a
Thursday night game?
Speaker 2 (32:04):
Yeah, ECU.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
There are certain things that, from this show, you really
hope don't stick. And for me, I hope Lance doesn't stick.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Right. Well, it's going to. Whatever, Lance.
Speaker 4 (32:16):
Right.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Mikey A., we used to do something way back when.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
When Dan and I were doing the show together, a
segment called Celebrity Prognosticator and a different celebrity would come
on every week. And if they had a winning week,
they would continue on. I think Chris Jericho was the
record holder. He was on for like 14 consecutive weeks. OK,
it was amazing. He just needed to have a winning week.
So I believe Lance has something cut from the same vein.
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I'm not certain what it is, but I believe it's
a similar idea to what we did, the celebrity prognosticator.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
What are you doing? What are you putting together here, Lance?
Go ahead.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Yeah, so by Tuesday this time, it's time to close
the book on week zero and look ahead to week
one in college football. So what better way to look
ahead than get a celebrity to come onto the show
and cook up a nice little parlay?
Speaker 1 (33:06):
But you want to stay in week zero, right? It's
never felt better as a Carolina football fan.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
You don't want to move on to week one.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
Well, we're off this week.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
And then we have, because we're coming back from Ireland,
bye week for the travel and then East Tennessee State.
We're 1-0 this week. We've got to just keep our
head down and get back to work.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Well, isn't that a perk, though? I mean, you get
to be 1-0 for two weeks. That's one of the
perks of playing in Dublin.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
I mean, it is.
Speaker 3 (33:32):
It's a massive perk to know that North Carolina can't
ruin my weekend this weekend.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
All right, so what do you have set up for
us here? What are we doing?
Speaker 3 (33:41):
So this is going to be the first edition of
our celebrity guest picker parlay.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (33:50):
It's time for our celebrity guest picker parlay to start
us out in week one. We've got a legend making
the picks. He's a Heisman Trophy winner, a national championship
winning coach, a college football hall of famer, and nobody
has ever pulled off a visor quite like him. The
head ball coach himself, Steve Spurrier.
Speaker 7 (34:12):
This is the guest picker for the week from Stu
Gotts and Company. All right, first game, Clemson at LSU.
Taking LSU because they're at home. Baylor versus Auburn. Auburn's
closer to Atlanta. I'm going to take Auburn. Louisville versus
Ole Miss.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
I think that.
Speaker 7 (34:33):
Game's in Nashville. That's going to be– You know, I'm
going to go with Ole Miss, SEC game. SMU at FSU,
I think I got to go with SMU. They got
a good team, I think, this year.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
All right, that's my picks.
Speaker 7 (34:49):
This is Steve Spurrier, former Gator head ball coach, and
you've been listening to Stugatz and Company. What?
Speaker 2 (34:57):
The old ball coach? I mean, what? Company.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Nobody says company like this.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
How did this come together? How did this happen?
Speaker 1 (35:04):
I've never been more delighted than I am right now.
And why wasn't Spurrier on the show?
Speaker 2 (35:09):
I mean, what are we doing?
Speaker 3 (35:10):
He just had time to fill that little spot.
Speaker 4 (35:13):
Right.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
So just to recap, he's.
Speaker 2 (35:14):
Got time in between rounds. You mean rounds of golf? Yeah.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
Right. So just to recap, he's got LSU.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
I didn't even hear it.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
He's got LSU. beating clemson right miss beating louisville smu
beating florida state at florida state and then he's got
auburn beating baylor those four together plus 277 little parlay
and where else could he get the analysis of auburn's
gonna beat beat baylor because they're closer to atlanta where
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that neutral game is.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
His reasoning was a little flimsy but he's the old
ball coach and i don't care i mean.
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Question what's better the way he says company or the
way Saban says program.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
Don't you dare have me play that again because I
will one more time spurrier and let's answer Mikey's question.
Speaker 7 (36:05):
This is the guest picker for the week uh from
Stu Gotts and company all right first first game Clemson
at LSU taking LSU because they're at home at home
Baylor versus Auburn Auburn's closer to Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
I'm going to take Auburn.
Speaker 7 (36:23):
Louisville versus Ole Miss. I think that game's in Nashville.
That's going to be, you know, I'm going to go
with Ole Miss, SEC game. SMU at FSU, I think
I got to go with SMU. They got a good team,
I think, this year. All right, that's my picks. This
is Steve Spurrier, former Gator head ball coach, and you've
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been listening to Stugatz and Company.
Speaker 2 (36:48):
I love you. I mean, I really do. He's never
going to take the Seminoles, ever, ever, or say anything
nice about him. What was your question, Mikey? I forget.
Speaker 3 (36:59):
It was, what's better, the way he says company or
the way Nick Saban says program?
Speaker 2 (37:04):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
Hmm.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
I mean, I love Spurrier. I'm torn here. You should
throw in, or the way Mel says, Lance.
Speaker 3 (37:16):
Until Nick Saban wants to come on this show and
be our celebrity guest parlay picker, I'm signing with Spurrier
every time, the old ball coach.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
Yes, I am with Taylor on that. Mikey, you good
with that? Yeah, I'm good with that. Company.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Now, does Spurrier know you did four games? He could
go two and two. But does he know if he
has a winning week, he has to come back next
week and do it again?
Speaker 3 (37:42):
Well, the problem with this is I only got Spurrier
for this week. I cash in a once-in-a-lifetime favor to
get the all boat. Leave all of that in there.
What did you say, Lance?
Speaker 1 (37:55):
The old ball coach, Lance, is what you were trying
to say. You called in a favor to Spurrier. Why
didn't you just ask me for his number?
Speaker 2 (38:03):
I mean.
Speaker 3 (38:05):
That mistake's going to keep me up later.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
For weeks.
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