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September 10, 2025 • 41 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hour two of this Wednesday edition of the Richmond Weavers Show,
presented about Ingles Markets rolls on right here on one
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you might be listening and investing your time and you
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(00:21):
Hotline eight six four two four zero five four eight zero.
And we have to give a big shout out to
mister Connor shawl Oh, Yeah, former South Carolina quarterback joining
us here in studio and we will be having him
each Wednesday to talk South Carolina football and also obviously
SEC football and just college football in general.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
NFL.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
We'll get some of his insight as first NFL Yeah,
I mean he did play in the NFL. He did
start in the NFL. So we love having Connor being
able to join us part of our SEC weekly and
heads up for tomorrow, we will talk some ACC football
and some Clemson football with Eric McClain, former Clemson offensive lineman.

(01:03):
And you see him now on the ACC Network and
ESPN doing a lot of work and especially each week
going to different games with the huddle on the ACC Network,
So definitely looking forward to that to talk to him tomorrow.
And Brian Kite will be joining us in our one
Dailydiscipline dot com, the author of the Daily Discipline newsletter,

(01:26):
and you can sign up for that daily Dailydiscipline dot
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with some great insight as far as looking at behavior
performances and the best that you can be, not only
how you can utilize that in sports in your work life,
but also just in your personal life. So definitely looking

(01:48):
forward to having Brian and Eric McLain there tomorrow so
we are jam packed, and then also programming notes that
we will be taking the show on the road, yes
on Friday, the home opener sec opener for South Carolina
taken on Vanderbilt and we will be broadcasting on Friday
down there in Columbia right out there at Willie B. Yeah,

(02:12):
looking forward to that because I do know that campus
is going to be going crazy, oh this weekend, because
there's a lot of expectations going into the season already
sitting there to and oh, and I know you can say, well,
you know, we had to have special teams to really

(02:32):
solidify that win against Virginia Tech and obviously the two
punt returns for touchdowns there by car swayin in that
South Carolina State game. We're not happy with the offense.
You know, we can bemoan all of the frustrations or
that we have.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
But you're two and oh I was gonna say, is
that not the mark of a good team that win
one part lacks which can happen from week to weeks.
I mean it's football. Not everybody shows up that from
a week to week basis if you're full team, because
you forget special teams is part of the team.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Special teams is very important. And I think Shane Biemer,
we know his pedigree from Frank Beamer and how important
and how they specialized in what we know as Beamer Ball, right,
because there is something to be said about every aspect
of a team and a game, and you try to
win as many of those battles as you can. Absolutely,

(03:29):
so why nor special teams and why is it that,
oh well, you know we had to have special teams
bail us out. But you don't say that, oh well,
we had to have our passing game bail us out
that game.

Speaker 3 (03:42):
You can run or the defenses we had to have
the offense bail us like, no, it's a full team.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
It's a full team.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
Hey, you've got eleven guys out there competing against another
eleven guys, right, So who cares if it's special teams
or who cares if it's you know, defense or offense.
As long as you get the W I know it
might not look as pretty. I do understand that, but
as we were talking with Connor, the fans have to understand.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
And I'm guilty of it as well.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
So I mean, I'm a fan also, so I say
this and I look in the mirror, but I also
try to be objective as possible because at least I
have been involved on that side of high level basketball,
coached college basketball, and understanding that it seems so easy

(04:36):
to identify what you think is the problem when you
don't know the full context, you don't know everything that's
going into it. And especially I mean I remember there
were times even when I was coaching at Maryland Eastern Shore.
I mean for a few games we had a losing
streak going on, and there were reports in the newspaper

(04:58):
that you know, the team as I saw its chemistry, right,
you know, and all of this type of stuff. Well,
those reporters didn't know that three of the guys were
extremely sick. Yeah you know, we didn't Yeah broadcast that,
you know, and so why would you Yeah they were
playing at you know, fifty percent of what they normally
would be.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
These were three starters.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
Yeah, you know, So yeah, we played bad because our
three best players were sick and we're one hundred percent.
You don't know that type of context. So even during
a game, especially in football, you don't know all that's
going into it because the coaches and the players. It
can't just always be oh, let's have the touchdown play

(05:40):
right here.

Speaker 3 (05:41):
I'm guilty of that myself that sometimes I look at
it and I'm looking for that touchdown button right well,
of course, but I also do wonder, and this is
something that maybe you could you could speak on a
little bit more because obviously I'm from I'm a younger generation,
so like I grew up with Madden and things like that,
But I do wonder the prevalence of having a maddener
a college football.

Speaker 2 (05:59):
Game, point look at it and going why the hell
did he play that play?

Speaker 4 (06:02):
It worked for it?

Speaker 3 (06:03):
You don't have fatigue, you know what? Most people don't.
If they're playing on the right settings. Your players don't
get tired, Nope, they don't get injured, they don't get sick.

Speaker 2 (06:09):
There's none of that. It's a totally different perspective.

Speaker 3 (06:12):
And so it's so easy coming from a place where
you play the game and you think you're automatically a
head coach and you understand how.

Speaker 2 (06:18):
It works, and that's not how football works.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
I'm the greatest OC in history right here. And I'm
not saying because I don't play Madden or any of
those games. I have never been able to get into
those games because part of it, too is that you know,
that was before my time necessarily. And then also, I mean,
I just think the controllers are so complicated because I'd
go back all the way, you know, to the Atari day.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
Oh yeah, I mean that's exactly That's all. That's all
I needed, that's all I could learn, That's all I
could handle at the time. But there is something to
be said that, oh.

Speaker 1 (06:53):
We I can call that play, I can do that play,
and that's just not the reality of it, because it
is much more difficult than that.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
But that's why I also I love having Connorshaw in here.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Because he can even talk to it from a player
perspective and he can give you the rundown. And you
heard him talking about the play call Kyle Shanahan's offensive
coordinator Cleland.

Speaker 3 (07:18):
I mean, I guess they have enough time to spend
on it that you you know, the reps and everything,
but I still, like, right now, I don't even know
what where he started with.

Speaker 2 (07:25):
I agree, I wouldn't be able to tell you.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
We'll have to pull that up in the podcast version
there and you can get the podcast version. So if
you miss Connor Shaw in the first hour, former South
Carolina quarterback, one of the greatest, if not the greatest,
in South Carolina History's in the Hall of Fame there.
I mean, absolutely fantastic career at South Carolina. But he

(07:47):
talked about his first year there under Kyle Shanahan, who
was the offensive coordinator there at Cleveland, and some of
the play calls. I can't even remember what he said either,
but it was it was about like seventeen words or more.
I mean he did say one of them was like
seventeen words. It might have been ten to twelve words

(08:08):
right there, but still it was crazy and that you
have to not only remember that, But then you have
to know exactly what that play is and all what
you need to pull out of that.

Speaker 3 (08:21):
If it's different and you need to swap, you need audible,
then you have a whole other one that it's I
can't imagine.

Speaker 1 (08:28):
That's why you have to give some of these players
a little bit of grace, yeah, and understanding just the
pressure that they have, not only from the pressure of
what we see with the expectations of the fans, right
and wanting to win and wanting to play at a

(08:50):
high level, and then also just the pressure of the crowd,
the environment, all of that. Oh, and then go ahead
and throw in that you've got a two hundred and
seventy pound guy running after you, ready to take your
head off right any given moment, and or a linebacker
that's two twenty five coming at you on a blitz. Yeah,

(09:12):
and you have to make a decision in a split second.
I think there's a lot of people that would falter
in those type of situations right.

Speaker 3 (09:20):
Well, And I think a lot of people lose track
of even from watching it on TV. Two seconds, three seconds,
four seconds feels a lot different on TV than it
does standing there in the like just being intoing this.
And I don't mean that because I've never played football,
but I can tell you from even just a radio perspective,
when we hit these commercial breaks, people like, oh, three minutes,
it feels like a lifetime.

Speaker 2 (09:42):
You can speak to it goes. It's totally different on
this side of the on the radio. Oh, you better believe.

Speaker 1 (09:48):
You can only imagine in the pocket. Yeah, there's definitely
been some moments. Run into the restroom, hurry.

Speaker 4 (09:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (09:53):
I try to get back as fast as possible because
it does go extremely fast. You can join the conversation though,
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Speaker 2 (10:05):
Who's this.

Speaker 5 (10:07):
Hey, it's Sean. How you doing, guys?

Speaker 2 (10:08):
Doing fantastic, Sean? How about you? My friend?

Speaker 5 (10:12):
Doing pretty good? Pretty good? Uh, it's a shame. What's
going on down there in Miami with Tyreek Hill. You know,
he's inn it's until proven guilty, you know, so well
we'll see. But I do think, and this is mar
of a question, I do think Miami is gonna try
to unload him because there's other things going on besides that.

(10:36):
So I'm wondering if who's more like more than likely
to get him. I would say Aaron Rodgers would love
Tyreek Hill.

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Oh, mister tre Falco, how do you feel about that?

Speaker 3 (10:48):
I don't know that Aaron Rodgers needs a Tyreek Killer,
for being completely honest, watching the way he's connecting with
his tight ends, because ultimately, with the way that Arthur
Smith is running that offense, you're gonna run a lot
of tight end heavy offenses. He's in a lot of
different parts of the field, and I think, I mean,
obviously it's one game, so we'll have to see. But
Calvin Austin's really stepping into his own this year. He's
that kind of speedy downfield guy, that slot gadget guy.

Speaker 2 (11:11):
It I mean, he's quick.

Speaker 3 (11:12):
I mean he's only five nine, I think, but the
dude jumped up and lost. I forget the defender that
he was playing against there this past Sunday, but keep
an eye on Calvin Austin. I mean, I wouldn't say
no to a Tyreek Hill. I do worry about, like
cap situation, what that's going to look like. They could
probably afford to Tyreek Hill. I just don't know that
they need him.

Speaker 2 (11:31):
Yeah, So my.

Speaker 5 (11:32):
Question, I think he's thirty eight million a year.

Speaker 1 (11:36):
Okay, So my question here also with Tyreek Hill, and
if you don't know the news, he's alleged domestic violence
going through I guess, you know, a divorce in some
of the I guess the court documents, and he's being
accused of domestic violence from a few years ago. And
so the NFL is investigating all of this, and you

(11:57):
know rightfully so so my question though with Tyreek Hill,
we know he's a talent. I get all of that,
but Andy Reid had him in Kansas City and chose
not to continue to have Tyreek Hill there. And is
Tyreek Hill more of a headache right now and a

(12:19):
hindrance than helpful for a team? And I would contend
that it's more of the former that do you want
to deal with that type of headache from Tyreek Hill? Granted,
he might be able to help you in some of
those games, but Sean, I just don't know long term
if he's worth the money that he's probably going to demand,

(12:39):
and also what you might get from him and.

Speaker 3 (12:43):
Team that you're going to win this year and you're
a Tyreek Hill peace away, you can deal with that
with like on a one year rental.

Speaker 1 (12:49):
Maybe what team is at It's like Arizona is a
Seattle is that Do they have the ability to win?

Speaker 2 (12:54):
Probably not. I don't think Tyreek Hill is.

Speaker 1 (12:56):
Going to be a team Pittsburgh maybe, but again I
think to your point, I don't know if they need him.

Speaker 5 (13:05):
From what I've heard as far as the players go
down to Miami, they like them a lot. It's more
of a you know him, him and the coach maybe
getting into it a little bit that kind of thing,
which which is not like exploded, but that pretty much
that's what's going on. It's him and upper Man. That's
why I'm looking for them to trade him, you know,

(13:27):
either that or fire there.

Speaker 1 (13:29):
Well, I think I thinks yeah, I think that's pretty possible.
And also remember tyrak Hill, he is on the wrong
side of thirty now, so you do have that age
does start becoming a factor for some of these teams
when they're looking at picking up some guys.

Speaker 5 (13:47):
Sean, but I agree with you. The second team, well,
you said Casey probably wouldn't pick him up, but I
bet Mahomes would be beating that drum to get him
there because he's still he is still one hell hell
of a receiver.

Speaker 1 (14:02):
Yeah, well, in considering yeah, with Kansas City and some
of their problems with you know, some guys getting banged
up right now, so yeah, maybe there is you know,
they view it a different way. And then Tyreek Kill.
Could he come in and say the right things and
you know he's going to be the model teammate, you
know all of that. There's definitely that potential. But I'm

(14:23):
just curious how this will play out because I'm not
one hundred percent certain that he is the true difference
maker that he once was. Seventeen hundred yards. Is he
going to be able to get something like that? I
don't know if he could do that again.

Speaker 5 (14:36):
He's thirty one, I think, yeah, I think he.

Speaker 2 (14:40):
Is over thirty.

Speaker 5 (14:42):
I do know that, yeah, yeah, but I think he'd
helped me in my Aaron Rodser was MVP.

Speaker 2 (14:51):
There we go.

Speaker 1 (14:52):
Yes, we've got that on record, Sean, Yes, we do
have that on record.

Speaker 5 (14:58):
I'll remind you.

Speaker 2 (15:00):
Well, Sean. We appreciate the phone call, sar. We got
to hit this break you call any time, all right,
Thanks you guys, Yes, sir.

Speaker 1 (15:07):
And I did miss Shawn's text earlier. He texted in
when Connor Shaw was in studio and he wanted to
know the differences differences between NFL and college football locker rooms.
That's a very good question because I will ask Connor
next Wednesday about that. So Sean appreciate not only you
calling in but also texting in that question. And we

(15:29):
will save that one for Connor Shaw as he'll be
back with us next Wednesday, and we'll continue this Wednesday
edition of the Richmond Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets.
Right after this, the Wednesday edition other Richmond Weaver Show
presented by Ingles Markets continues as we are broadcasting live
from the Ingles studio and what a great partnership we

(15:50):
have with Ingles Markets. Make sure you get out to
your local Ingles as we are getting closer and closer
to another weekend of football NFL starting tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (16:02):
Yes, we do also.

Speaker 1 (16:03):
Have college as well and big games heading into this weekend,
so we will start breaking down some of the matchups
as we get closer to the games. And remember on Fridays,
we will do our weekly pick on this right. Yeah,
and you were sick, so you didn't get to do
the weekly Yes, you were out, so I have had

(16:23):
two weeks.

Speaker 2 (16:25):
Back to back four and one. Oh that's good.

Speaker 1 (16:27):
Hot start, right start? Oh yes, yes, yes, very hot
start right now. I did with the Illinois beating Duke
last week, Missouri taking down Kansas had that one. Also
had Tampa Bay over the Atlanta Falcons. It was a
one and a half point spread. I took Tampa and
they went by the field goal. Yep, exactly, I'll take that.

(16:50):
And then I did lose the Oklahoma Michigan game though
in terms of I took the over, it was forty
seven I think was the over. And we do know
that that did not have it goes in Michigan just
couldn't get anything going offensively. Bryce Underwood freshman quarterback, first time,
you know, on the road, hostile environment. Brent Venables now

(17:14):
he's taken over the play calling on the defensive side
for Oklahoma defensive former defensive coordinator at Clemson, so you
knew that he was going to have things dialed up
ready to go for a young quarterback. And again, I
think Bryce Underwood is going to be really good at Michigan.
But that's a tough task to come in and be

(17:35):
able to compete against a team like Okayhoma, because we
know they have dudes, just could they be more physical
than they have been in the past, and they obviously
were there, so we'll see what.

Speaker 2 (17:46):
Happens this week. Yeah, okay, let's get it. Let's get it.
Let's go.

Speaker 1 (17:49):
I need I need a five and oh week is
exactly what I need. But I'll take eight and two. Yes, hey,
I will take that all day long. So hot start
and we'll continue that as we'll break games down and
then be able to do our weekly pick thems there
on Friday. All right, let's take a look at some
of the latest headlines.

Speaker 2 (18:11):
It's only one game, and that's to take care of mine.
Hitting the latest headlines. It's the daily rundown. All right.

Speaker 1 (18:20):
We do have some news in college basketball. Oh yes,
we're going to talk some college basketball, as the Clemson
Tigers has been announced that they will be playing in
the Maui Invitational in twenty twenty six. And I've already
looked at the calendar and said, Okay, somehow I've got

(18:41):
to get out to Maui. I don't care how able
to do that, but that would be a fun trip.

Speaker 2 (18:47):
We'll figure it out with each other.

Speaker 1 (18:48):
There we go we're broadcast live from that, right, I'm
all about it.

Speaker 2 (18:53):
Let's do it, all right? How about this though?

Speaker 1 (18:55):
In the NFL, this is just crazy, you know, to
pull out some stats, you just know it's going to happen,
all right.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
So, according to NFL on.

Speaker 1 (19:06):
CBS, the most rushing yards in the NFL since twenty
twenty five. Okay, we've only got one game into it, right, right,
but it's Derrick Henry with one hundred and sixty nine
yards rushing that track since twenty and twenty four. The
most rushing yards. So one season and one game, it's

(19:27):
Derrick Henry with two and ninety rushing yards.

Speaker 2 (19:31):
Since twenty twenty three.

Speaker 1 (19:33):
Two seasons in one game, it's Derrick Henry has the
most rushing yards three thousand, two hundred and fifty.

Speaker 2 (19:38):
Seven Phili trend coming on since twenty.

Speaker 1 (19:41):
And twenty two, So now we've got three seasons. In
one game, it's Derrick Henry with four thousand, seven hundred
ninety five since two thousand and twenty one, it's Derrick Henry.
Since twenty and twenty the most rushing yards in the NFL.
It's Dereck Henry with seven thousand, seven hundred and fifty nine.
Since two thousand and nineteen teen, it's Derrick Henry with

(20:02):
nine two hundred and ninety nine rushing yards. Since two
thousand and eighteen, the most rushing yards in the NFL,
it's Derrick Henry with ten thousand, three hundred and fifty eight,
and since two thousand and sixteen, the most rushing yards
in the NFL is Derrick Henry with eleven thousand, five
hundred and ninety two. And Derrick Henry came into the

(20:25):
league in two thousand and sixteen.

Speaker 2 (20:28):
Dude doesn't slow down at all. It's a Cowboys could
have had him.

Speaker 5 (20:31):
I know.

Speaker 1 (20:32):
That's what it's even more frustrating. You've got to be
kidding me.

Speaker 2 (20:36):
I just don't understand that Jerry moves.

Speaker 1 (20:39):
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry in the America's team, the Gambler and
his Cowboys to Jerry talked about how he loves the pain,
and I.

Speaker 2 (20:49):
Know you love that clip. I love the pain.

Speaker 1 (20:53):
Yeah, the pain of seeing some of these players excel
on other teams. Yeah, And that's what's going to be
even more frustrating as you see a Derrick Henry there
and not that Derrick Henry was ever with the Cowboys,
but he wanted to be there.

Speaker 2 (21:09):
Oh yeah, Jarry just didn't want to pony up. He
didn't want to pony up. He didn't want to pull
out his check book. And then obviously didn't want to
do the same with Michaeh Parsons. And so now.

Speaker 1 (21:19):
We'll have to see the success of Michael Parsons on
another team. And remember Dallas does play Green Bay later
this season. Now, also in the NFL, Week one delivered
CBS's biggest audience since nineteen ninety eight, twenty point three
million viewers averaged across all of their coverage and twenty

(21:42):
three point nine million average for the Lion Lions Packers
national broadcast. Yeah, so they continue to be able to viewership.

Speaker 2 (21:54):
People love the NFL.

Speaker 1 (21:55):
Oh yeah, they love the opportunity of watching some of
these games. How about this in the NBA, This is
an interesting concept. So the NBA will implement a new
change for the twenty twenty five season. So if you
don't know this, they're at the end of a quarter.
If a guy, you know, heave's a half court shot

(22:17):
or a full court shot, you know, because the clock's
running out. You know this, You know, at the end
of the period heave it counted against that player as
a shot, right, and you know, such a low percentage shot.

Speaker 2 (22:30):
So the NBA has decided that.

Speaker 1 (22:33):
Now it will recorded as a missed field goal attempt
for the team, not the individual, because it's such a
low percentage shot, right. And it made me think, and
I should have asked Connor this while he was in here.

Speaker 2 (22:49):
That how about this in football?

Speaker 1 (22:53):
Because this would be equivalent to in football, we're a quarterback,
it's a hail Mary type of situation and throws it
up and you know, right before half, right before you know,
the end of the game. Yeah, and it's an interception.
So should that just be a team interception versus a
quarterback interception? Especially as we're minutely breaking down you know quarterbacks.

(23:17):
Oh well he threw you know, ten interceptions. Well what
if two of them were these you know context? Yeah,
you gotta have context exactly. So I think that's interesting. Yeah, yeah,
there you go.

Speaker 2 (23:29):
All right? How about this? Also, again I'm pulling out
all these stats.

Speaker 4 (23:32):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (23:34):
This is according to dan Orlowski through Paul Himbow at
ESPN Stats.

Speaker 2 (23:39):
So, over the previous two seasons.

Speaker 1 (23:42):
Twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four quarterbacks that have
posted a ninety two or more QBR in a game.

Speaker 2 (23:52):
Their record is forty three.

Speaker 1 (23:56):
They've never lost a game in the past two seasons
when they've had a QBR of over ninety two. Lamar
his QBR was ninety four Sunday night.

Speaker 2 (24:10):
And they lost.

Speaker 1 (24:11):
But what was Josh Allen's you know that it's right, well,
there you go. But the point is is that Lamar
continues to play at such a high level. But just
these games, just even think about last year against Kansas
City where if there's not for you know, a toe

(24:32):
that's an extra four inches long, they win that game
against Kansas City to start the season there. So it's almost,
you know, a tough pill to swallow if you're a Baltimore.

Speaker 2 (24:43):
Ravens fan and a Lamar Jackson fan.

Speaker 1 (24:45):
Because also did see a stat that Lamar Jackson now
has fifty three consecutive games where they have the scores
been within seven points. Yeah, I mean absolutely crazy. So
Baltimore is not getting blown out right even when they're there.
I mean, that's it's insane when you look at it

(25:09):
from that side of things.

Speaker 2 (25:10):
And also how about.

Speaker 1 (25:12):
This, this is going back og old school. The Washington Capitals.
They're in the NHL for this upcoming season, they're going
back to paper tickets. So okay, exactly, yes, that's right.
This is interesting that again, what's old is new and

(25:35):
that we love exactly. We love nostalgia, We love holding
on to some of the things that you bring you
back to those emotions and you feel the ticket, you
have it in your hand.

Speaker 3 (25:47):
Keep that stuff not the same as a screenshot or
whatever you do with or an email.

Speaker 2 (25:52):
It's definitely not the same.

Speaker 1 (25:54):
So I commend the Washington Capitals for doing this for
the season, you know, and again it's just for the
season ticket holders.

Speaker 2 (26:01):
It's not for all of their tickets.

Speaker 1 (26:02):
But I think that's a great job that the Washington
Capitals are doing right there. All right, we'll continue this
Wednesday edition of The Richmond Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets.

Speaker 2 (26:12):
Right after this, The.

Speaker 1 (26:14):
Richmond Weavers Show presented by Ingles Marcus continues right here
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been jam packed here in studio. Connor Shawl, former South

(26:36):
Carolina quarterback. He joined us in the first hour as
we were talking all types of things college football, a
little bit of NFL, getting ready for South Carolina and
Vanderbilt that will kick off at seven forty five Saturday
night down there in Willie b on the SEC network.
And make sure you remember you can listen to it

(26:56):
right here on one o four nine Fox Sports Upstate
because we are the Upstate's affiliate for the Gamecock Radio Network,
So make sure you keep it tuned right here to
one oh four nine Fox Sports Upstate and also Carolina
calls with head coach Shane Biemers tomorrow night at seven pm.
So again, make sure you keep it right here. And
it's easy to also remember, just get the iHeartRadio app

(27:21):
and then you've got it right there on your phone.

Speaker 2 (27:24):
It's that easy.

Speaker 1 (27:25):
Download it through the app store or on Google Play
and just search Fox Sports Upstate and then so if
you miss the live shows, you can find it on
the podcast versions right there, So make sure you check
that out all right. Something that I did find interesting
we talked yesterday about the NFL and some of the takeaways,
and that's what we do each week once the season starts,

(27:48):
just some of the observations that we can start making
and eventually we'll get to the point where they're going
to be conclusion. Oh yeah, yeah, so we will get
to that point. But I did find this interesting. Here's
some other things that I saw from the NFL, and
this is according to Brian McCarthy, which is the NFL
PR guy. So there were a lot of close games

(28:12):
this past weekend in NFL. So here's some interesting tidbits.
The average margin of victory in Week one was seven
point five six points at all, the third lowest margin
of victory in Week one since nineteen seventy, trailing only
nineteen seventy nine, which was six point seventy nine and

(28:33):
nineteen eighty three, which was seven points. On kickoff weekend,
twelve games were decided by one score, which was eight
points and tied with twenty thirteen for the most such
games in Week one all time. But now here's also
what's interesting. Here's the importance of Week one results. This

(28:54):
is where I started getting into some nitty gritty. Since
nineteen ninety history has it has shown us that teams
that are victorious in their season openers are more than
twice as likely to advance to the playoffs as teams
to lose their opener.

Speaker 2 (29:14):
So during that span since nineteen ninety, out.

Speaker 1 (29:17):
Of five hundred and forty two games, there's a winning
the teams that during that span. Hold on, let me
make sure I'm reading this correctly. Yeah, during that span,
fifty four percent of the teams to win their opener
have advanced to the playoffs. So fifty four percent have
advanced to the playoffs that won their their opener, including

(29:38):
both of last year's Super Bowl teams, k City Chiefs
and the Eagles.

Speaker 2 (29:42):
However, if you start.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
The season zero to one, still not impossible to overcome.
But only twenty five percent of the teams that lost
their season or opener advance to the playoffs.

Speaker 2 (29:57):
So you cou.

Speaker 6 (30:00):
There, you're going, there's a chance, you got seven, there's
a chance. Here we go, all right, that's right, let's
go cow Boys.

Speaker 1 (30:11):
We got a chance. It's a twenty five percent chance.
That's still pretty good. I mean still pretty good. And
we know it will actually even decrease if you start
oh to two, we know, and then if you go
oh and three, you're out.

Speaker 2 (30:24):
It's not happening. But it's crazy.

Speaker 1 (30:27):
Fifty four percent of the teams that win their opener
advanced to the playoffs. And again that since nineteen ninety,
that's right, history has shown us. And then also from
a special team's perspective, in Week one, seventy six percent
of kickoffs were returned. One hundred and eighteen of the
one hundred and fifty six kickoffs were returned, and that's

(30:48):
up from thirty three percent right and Week one in
twenty twenty four, where there were only fifty seven of
one hundred and seventy two kickoffs that were returned. And
last week there were three thousand and seventy four kickoff
return yards, the most in a Week one all time
and the most in any week in fifteen years.

Speaker 2 (31:11):
So kickoff's working.

Speaker 1 (31:13):
I think the ROI on the new kickoff rules seems
to have something to it, and I don't mind it now.

Speaker 2 (31:21):
I mean again, we're used to it now exactly.

Speaker 1 (31:23):
Yeah, you had a little bit of the aesthetics that
looked different by optics.

Speaker 2 (31:27):
But I don't mind it at all now.

Speaker 3 (31:29):
Yeah, And I also wonder too, you've got players that
are used to it now. You had a whole year
under it, so now I think there's something to be
said about now. You might see some more uptick in
that because they're used to it. They're also they're tweaking
the rules a little bit now too, with the I
think they changed it to where if you kick it
now it comes back to the thirty five or something
or whatever.

Speaker 1 (31:47):
The oh yeah, yeah, this is a big disadvantage. I mean,
that's why you need a kicker that can specialize in
pinning the team, yeah, to make sure that they do
catch it, that it's not you know, a fair you know,
right right, or touchback opportunity or whatever on the on
the kickoff, because it's either.

Speaker 2 (32:07):
Thirty five or the forty yard line. Maybe we're thirty five.

Speaker 1 (32:10):
But it's it's definitely something much more significant. I will
definitely have to to look at that, but I just
thought that was some interesting tidbits there.

Speaker 2 (32:19):
Week one of the NFL.

Speaker 1 (32:21):
You can join the conversation though eight six four two
four zero five four eight zero and let's head out
to the Ingles hotline right now, the Richmond Weaver Show.

Speaker 7 (32:28):
Who's this but it's definitely my farm.

Speaker 1 (32:33):
Hey Mike, how are you this afternoon? We appreciate you calling, sir.

Speaker 7 (32:38):
Yeah, I am doing great. I hope you are. But
you are the stat man of the day. They you
have so many stats of My brain is just swirling
right now.

Speaker 1 (32:54):
Well, I don't mean to put you in that swirl mode,
but we love our stats here.

Speaker 7 (32:59):
But I've heard Connor Shall earlier. I'm a big game
Cock fan, and I remember watching him play. And if
there was a better quarterback, I know they go back
to Jeff Grant and some of the others, Connor Shall
was manned back then. I'm telling you, Oh, I love
hearing him talk football because that need knows football.

Speaker 2 (33:21):
Yes he does.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
He lives and breezes it and lived it there And
was I contend, the best quarterback that's been in South
Carolina history. Now, I didn't know all of the quarterbacks,
but I'm just remembering what I have seen with my eyes,
and I can tell you that Connor Shaw is absolutely
the goat.

Speaker 7 (33:42):
Well, how about this. He was just like Deebo Samuel,
a three star recruit out of high school. I don't
even know if he was recruited that well, but I'm
glad that he was a Gamecock and it was enjoyable
watching him. But I've got a question for the current
your opinion for the current team that I'm kind of

(34:05):
scared about this week and every other week when they
get deep in that sec is we don't have a
running game. I just don't understand it. They played up
that Fagion guy from Utah State and what's he does? Yeah?
And who who on that team as far as running

(34:25):
backs looks like a breakaway guy that can score touchdowns
and keep sellers from running for his life every week?

Speaker 1 (34:34):
Well you didn't. You don't have that like you did
with Rocket Sanders. We do know that.

Speaker 2 (34:39):
And now.

Speaker 1 (34:41):
I think Adaway is serviceable, but he's not. He doesn't
have the breakaway speed like that. But I do think
that Fazoul I think he can be that guy.

Speaker 2 (34:51):
Just I mean, I think.

Speaker 1 (34:53):
There's just so much upheaval that was going into the
season if he was going to be eligible or not,
And so I'm wondering how that has played into it.
And also just from a perspective of the offensive line,
is it something to do with the offensive line with
as Connor was talking about, I mean, they've got some
missed assignments and just the little things and how that

(35:16):
can add up and that can impact the opportunity from
a running game. And then also, Mike, will they be
able to utilize Leonoris with his legs to be able
to create some other opportunities even for his running backs,
because then you're having to contend with both Lenoris running
and a running back. And maybe that's another avenue that

(35:38):
they can look at.

Speaker 7 (35:40):
Well, I know South Carolina's never had a good offensive
line in my lifetime watching them, They've never had a
good offensive line. But Connor Shall knew how to step
up in the pocket and make it work. Yes, and
a theme or even bragged about Luke Godi doing it
week He stepped up in a pocket and made a pass.

Speaker 4 (36:03):
And me, I think.

Speaker 7 (36:04):
He's asking sellers to do the same thing. But between
you and I, I don't care for the offensive coordinator.
He's living off his dad's name and he's never been
successful a lot. I don't even understand the.

Speaker 1 (36:17):
Higher Well, that's an interesting thought, and I think there's
still time to be proven wrong. Maybe I would say
there's a lot of football left.

Speaker 2 (36:26):
Mike.

Speaker 7 (36:27):
All right, Well, listen, it was good talk to you,
and thank you for all those stats.

Speaker 1 (36:32):
Yes, sir, a little bit better beautiful, Mike, We appreciate it.
And then especially giving us a call and letting us
know your thoughts. You call any time a friend. Again,
that number is eight six four two four zero five
four eight zero, And I do understand again the frustration
Clemson fans are feeling the same way in terms of

(36:53):
no running game. Had no running game there against LSU
when you have thirty one yards, But you also did
even focus on the running game. And I also look
at it because when you look at Troy Adam Randall
finally was able to get going there in that second
half of cause they fed him the ball. They gave
him the ball twenty one times, you know. So yes,

(37:15):
that is a lot, and that's what you needed to
do to be able to lean on that run game.
Even though the offensive line had been banged up. Tristan
Lee didn't start in that game, so you had a
little bit of a makeshift offensive line. And so I
do think there's something for South Carolina to be able
to also clean up some things on the offensive line.
But there's also the number of plays that both Clemson

(37:39):
and South Carolina. When they're only averaging like sixty plays
per game, it's hard to get into a good rhythm,
and especially when typically these these teams are averaging, you know,
close to eighty plays per game. So now all of
a sudden, I mean, it is shrunk significantly. You know
how many times you actually get the opportunity to put

(38:01):
the ball in play, So there is something to be
said about that. All right, let's head out to the
Engles hotline real quick. We do have to hit this break,
but let's let's have you join the Richmond Weavers show
right now.

Speaker 2 (38:11):
Who's this?

Speaker 4 (38:12):
Hey, this is Kevin Richmond.

Speaker 2 (38:13):
How you doing doing fantastic? Kevin? How about you? Brother?

Speaker 4 (38:17):
Oh man? I was doing pretty good until I heard
a gang Cok fan throcheade that Shane Beemer. I mean,
the guy won nine games last year's picked to win five.
He was close to winning eleven. You know that missed
out a game against LSU and Alabama that were three

(38:38):
and two points. He's beat Clemson two of the last
three years. He's a lot better than what we had
with Musham. He's played better than Lou Holtz did in
there and Sparky Woods. You know, Spurrier was the man.
He came in there and won forty games in four years.
So you know, I was skeptical about Beamer I thought

(39:02):
that maybe we should have hired the coach from Coastal Carolina.
He seems to be a hot name right now for
the Florida Gators. Uh so, you know, but hey, Beamers
recruited well, and I'm going to tell you what. I
listened to Steve Spurrier one time. They asked him what
it was like recruiting in South Carolina. He said, you

(39:24):
bring in a four five star prospect. Did you show
him everything you got? He said, he takes a trip
to Miami, trip to Texas, trip to Notre Dame, trip
to Florida State. He said, guess what, this guy's gonna
sign with Georgia, Tennessee or one of these other schools.
He's not coming to play for Carolina. So it's a
difficult school to recruit for and recruit against some of

(39:46):
the big blue buds. But Shane Beamer's done him a
fantastic job. I don't think you can ask for anymore.
He didn't walk into a wedding cake setup, you know,
when took over for Musham was there? Ye, So I
agree they need to run the ball a little bit,

(40:06):
but a so do half the teams in.

Speaker 2 (40:09):
The country, no doubt about it.

Speaker 4 (40:11):
That's two and oh, I think he's gonna beat Vandy
this week. I think we're starting five and oh, uh
you know, and then we'll have to see what the
middle of the schedule holes for.

Speaker 2 (40:22):
Us and that tough gauntlet.

Speaker 4 (40:24):
Yes, I like him. I think he's motivated. Uh, he's
not got guys fitting on other players. He's not got
got guys like Georgia Doug getting busted for drink drinking
and driving and raising Kane.

Speaker 7 (40:39):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (40:39):
You know, Clinton had a player that got caught up
in some stuff a few weeks ago. Uh, So you know,
he's got the program clean and where it needs to be.
And we've got to sell out this Saturday at will
he Be. It's gonna be rocking and I can't wait
to hear it.

Speaker 1 (40:55):
Fantastic, Kevin. We appreciate the phone call, sir. We got
to hit this breake. You call any time. And I
do believe that Shane Beemer is that guy also that
will get South Carolina to exactly where a lot of
the fans want. And I'm not certain that Mike was
saying anything necessarily bad about Shane Beemer all encompassing about
Shane Biemer. I just think it was more about his

(41:16):
decision to hire Mike Schuler there as the offensive coordinator.
So maybe that is a point of distinction. But we'll
wrap up this Wednesday edition of the Richmond Weaver Show
presented by Ingles Markets right after this. All right, the
Wednesday edition of the Richmond Weavers Show presented by Ingles
Markets Blue By. We are already out of time, and
we apologize for a short segment here, but we are

(41:38):
excited to talk to you tomorrow. We will do OTD tomorrow.
We'll get back to it. Appreciate you listening. We'll talk
to you tomorrow.
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