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CFB Week 14 Recap + Conference Championship Preview, NFL Week 13 Recap
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The Goal Post is back after a shocking weekend in College Football & the NFL
Damien and Patrick start off with Patrick’s funeral - Ohio State losing to Michigan: They break down ‘The Game’ and where Ohio State goes from here
The boys then go through the biggest storylines from Week 13 in College Football - Georgia & Georgia Tech have an overtime thriller, Texas locks up 1st in the SEC, Syracuse crushes Miami’s dreams, and Iowa State secures a spot in the Big 12 Championship
After that, they do a comprehensive preview of each Conference Championship in the power-four conferences - ASU looks to stay hot, Clemson is a sneaky underdog, Georgia is being underestimated, and Penn State is in over their heads.
To finish, the boys recap what they learned from Week 13 in the NFL with the biggest takeaways from the weekend — The Dolphins are dead, the Falcons are just not good, Antonio Pierce’s incompetency, and the Eagles are legit Super Bowl contenders. They finish by making their picks for the Week 14 slate - Damien still leads +4.
Enjoy!
Michigan beats Ohio State: 0:00 - 17:19
Georgia vs Georgia Tech: 17:20 - 22:38
Texas beats A&M: 22:39 - 25:59
Syracuse stomps Miami’s dreams: 26:00 - 29:18
Clemson the battle of SC: 29:19 - 33:47
Iowa State survives: 33:48 - 39:00
BIG 12 Championship Preview: 39:01 - 43:48
ACC Championship Preview: 43:49 - 49:05
SEC Championship Preview: 49:06 - 57:38
BIG 10 Championship Preview: 57:39 - 1:05:28
NFL Week 13 Takeaways: 1:05:29 - 1:47:22
NFL Week 14 Picks: 1:47:23 - 1:55:07
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Transcript
Welcome to 'The Goalpost'
00:00:21
Speaker
Alright, welcome back to another episode of the goalpost. But we're going to switch things up a little bit today for all the sickos out there.
College Football Highlights: Patrick's Reactions
00:00:32
Speaker
We're going to go with college football first instead of the NFL, because I know that more than a few people are tuning in to hear the misery of Patrick after the weekend. I'm talking about the game.
Michigan Upsets Ohio State
00:00:46
Speaker
Ohio State closed as 19 and a half point favorites. The Wolverines coming in at six and five and Michigan.
00:00:56
Speaker
Upsets Ohio State on their own home turf 13 to 10 Patrick I'm gonna hand it off to you after this Yeah, this is a lot of people are turning in for my funeral here. And that's kind of exactly how it felt. it This is the first time where the loss felt real to me, because in the past three years, you can always kind of lean back. You know, the cheating accusations, at least Ohio State had like competitive teams in sort of Michigan. It was like top five match ups. I could always tell myself, hey, at least Ohio State lost to to a really good football team on the other side.
00:01:36
Speaker
The same cannot be said for this this latest installment of the game. That was the worst Michigan team I've laid my eyes on in the past 10 years. And offensively, they really couldn't do anything. Davis davis Warren is like one of the worst quarterbacks in college football. And he was making mistakes after mistake, lead like keeping Ohio State in the game. The defense is making plays, but the offense was just historically bad, probably the worst performance I've ever seen from the Buckeyes. And it's just, it it didn't feel real until about Monday, Monday, like Monday morning was when it really set in that Ohio State lost that
Ohio State's Strategic Failures
00:02:20
Speaker
game.
00:02:20
Speaker
Ryan day moves to one and four against Michigan. And yeah, like somehow, some way in Michigan's worst season they've had in a long time down year, they still get to have like the last laugh over Ohio state.
00:02:36
Speaker
and like I don't know exactly where I want to go with this so you kind of like yeah all questions you need because yeah it's it's it's a lot of it's a state of shock for me and uh this is the first time it's felt real that like that loss has settled in and that um oh oh my my like last take and we'll go out there it's I don't necessarily think Michigan owns Ohio State. I think they absolutely own Ryan Day. That's that. And then let we will go into it now. like I think that's fair to say. Ryan Day now holds just a one in four record in the game. This is the first time Michigan has beaten Ohio State four times in a row since 1988 to 1991. I feel like we just grew up with Ohio State dominance. ah But the tides are clearly, clearly turning.
00:03:25
Speaker
We'll start with the game. We'll start with the recap and the takeaways from the game because from a unbiased viewer, I think you you hit the nail on the head. I've never seen Ohio State or this iteration of Ohio State look like that, especially Will Howard. Like he picked a bad time to have his worst game of the year. That first interception was the biggest muffin I have seen in a long time and you you know gifted Michigan their first touchdown.
00:03:52
Speaker
And it felt like that was kind of that set the tone for the rest of the game in the sense that there was a lot of times where you were gifting Michigan ah opportunity after opportunity, whether it was that interception, whether it was the missed field goal in the second quarter, you know, Howard gets picked again at the end of the third quarter. And more importantly, you played into their game plan, I think a bit. If you're looking at this from an Ohio State game planning perspective, the incessant running the rock here, and it felt like they wanted to beat Michigan at their own game when
00:04:24
Speaker
The talents of this Ohio State team are your Jeremiah Smiths, your Amica Bocas, your Cornell Tates. Did you feel like Ohio State really got away from their own game in this one? Absolutely.
Critique of Coaching Decisions
00:04:36
Speaker
like that's that's exactly like you you put it You laid it all out in front and that's exactly what happened. Ryan Day is just so in his own head and he forgets how to coach.
00:04:46
Speaker
for some reason when it comes to playing Michigan. And the it it started off so perfectly. Michigan starts with the ball. They get one first down, and then they have to punt. Ohio State is throwing it all over the yard on that first first drive. Tate's got three receptions, 34 yards. They're moving it down. They stole out in the red zone. But it was like, I wasn't worried. It was like, OK, we're going to go up and down the field all game long.
00:05:10
Speaker
And then, and then Michigan gets a ball, they start to move it and then a huge fourth and goal stop. And that's where I was really like this. Okay. the The game's over now. Like that was their chance to get a lead in this game. And then like you said, Will Howard just throws a muffin out to the sideline. That's where the worries immediately set in. Um, what's the defense going to do first and goal from the three, they punch it in.
00:05:34
Speaker
And then from that, Ryan Day just felt like, I'm going to run it. And not only that, Damien, like play into the strength of that team, arguably their best player on their roster, Will Johnson, a top 10 pick in the subcoming draft is a corner. And he was out in this game, ah not their second best player, probably, and third best player, Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant lie on the defensive line, specifically on the inside of the defensive line.
00:05:57
Speaker
Wouldn't you say, hey, let's take advantage of their weakness and not play right into their best players, especially when Seth McLaughlin, their starting centers out for the year. Josh Simmons is already out like two of their top three linemen are gone.
00:06:09
Speaker
And why are we running the ball? it's Sorry, sorry. Didn't mean to cut you off there. But I saw somebody say that yeah and I love that you said that Ryan Day is so in his own head because it seemed like Ryan Day wanted to win this game by by dominating the trenches. Like it was like a like an ego thing, like a toughness thing, like we're tougher than Michigan. We're going to win regardless of this.
00:06:32
Speaker
Agreed, and and Chip Kelly is guilty of that too, because I'm up in, like he was calling the plays all year long and I assume he was calling the play stay, and I don't know if him or him and Ryan Day were like, this is the game plan, no matter what, we are running the ball, of running the ball.
00:06:47
Speaker
Running the ball also makes the game go by quicker. And that's exactly what Michigan was doing. They were killing clock. They were doing exactly that. So when we start running the ball, too, we're not even moving it and we're killing the clock, which just continues to play into their hand, into their hand. And credit to them like Davis Warren had the had the one mistake, the one brutal interception. Caleb Downs made a nice play on the other one.
00:07:07
Speaker
but it was just insane to me where it was just so obvious that the running game wasn't working and i get trying it i got no problem with you trying to see if it works because you have to keep them honest to start the game but it was pretty clear by the end of that first quarter and halfway into the second this run game is non-existent today or like at least get creative with it. you know Halfback screens, pitches, quick outs, like anything to just stay away from this middle of their defense. And then when they were throwing the ball, they weren't even really like spread out wide. It was all tight formations. And like that like I said, that is the strength of the Michigan defense, the inside, the middle, the defensive front, where they're as weak as they possibly could be on the outside without Will Johnson. And that is the strength of Ohio State's offense
00:07:52
Speaker
Yeah, it was just so frustrating to watch. It was so frustrating. I turned the game off at with about 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter. I think Davis Warren it was like a third and eight and Davis Warren ran for like 10 yards. I just turned the TV off oh man was out of there. So I just knew what was going to happen. yeah It was that moment where it was like, oh, I was just hanging on for hope. I was like, just win the game ugly, win the game ugly. Who cares about the spread? Just win the game ugly. When he ran for that first down, it was like, oh, they're not going to win the game at all.
Emotional Aftermath and Reactions
00:08:21
Speaker
uh went on do not disturb from that point on went for a little nap before my shift that night uh went off and do not disturb probably around 7 38 o'clock and i woke up to 278 messages on my phone a lot of those word group chat texts don't get me wrong i'm not that popular but uh a lot of people were enjoying my my downfall yeah it becomes synonymous with the brand it's uh it's a tough one to to have to hold on and It sucks that you missed that end of game fight because let's move to that. Let's move after the game. Michigan tries to plant the flag at midfield. The brawl breaks out. Gus Johnson is is disgusted on on national television. There's mace you that the cops bring the mace out hundred thousand dollar fines for each school. There's no suspensions. That's the fallout of it. But I got to say, I think it's so silly for Gus Johnson and for other members of the media, Kirk Herb Street, especially.
00:09:17
Speaker
um I can't stand for you know broadcasters to drum up the hate of this rivalry all week all week these teams hate each other these players hate each other it's it's no love loss you throw out the record books and then when there's a fight you act all high and mighty and you say wow that's so classless I can't believe this so you don't get to play both sides of that you don't get to drum up the hatred of both sides and then be surprised slash like clutching your pearls when there's a brawl
00:09:49
Speaker
Yeah, and every hype video they're showing is includes fights from past years, the history of like the battles, um like the the the iconic Washington's getting kicked out at the Big House, the double bird flip. And then the night before, we got Georgia Tech, Georgia, and their rivalry is really called Good Old Fashion Hate. So then you fast forward to the game, which is an even more intense rivalry, built off years, ah century a century of hate.
00:10:17
Speaker
Yeah, like what do you expect? And then, you know, Michigan, like, sure, go ahead. I got no problem like flag planting. I tweeted a couple months ago, actually, there's a flag planting epidemic in college football that aged quite well this past weekend because it was there's flag planning going on. at play But Michigan did was the first one over this weekend to try and plant the flag into artificial turf, which just immediately falls over.
00:10:44
Speaker
Of course, Ohio State was going to respond like what it ah Michigan was looking for a fight. I also think that like it was everything that happened makes sense to me. I'm not going to overreact in one way or another. um the mae Bringing out Peppers for a mace is insane like that. That is crazy because there was no obviously they were like fighting, but there was no real fights like people weren't getting hit over the head with helmets. yeah There's no like punching in the face, gang like ganging up on guys. It was like, yeah, there were Scrapping but football fights are weird where it's like guys are kind of never in danger with their helmets on. Yeah
00:11:17
Speaker
um And I think that's to move on to the the final thing the outlook here I thought that there was no worse nail in the coffin then during that fight You see Michigan's head coach going head first into it to pull his guys out and Ryan Day is just standing there stunned and rosy cheeks just like wide-eyed looking at this Group of his players getting into a fight and not moving like an inch I thought that that was like the final nail in the coffin of like Ryan Day and Do fucking something man. That's like that just sums up what Ryan day yeah He was just in pure shock and and like that's how and that's exactly how I felt But yeah, I'm not the head coach of Ohio State. I wasn't playing in the game ah you have to be a man you have to be a leader of of men and an act and He did nothing. He just kind of stood there and was just like taking it all in there were some tough videos like Jack Sawyer and being held back by some Ohio State staff. And he's like screaming and everything, but just it's this senior class kind of represents exactly what Ohio State, Ryan Day has done at Ohio State. um the The first year he beat Michigan, it was with a lot of Urbans players. um And then 2020 came around, Michigan was scared. They canceled that game so they didn't play.
00:12:37
Speaker
And then this senior class goes out, it's all Ryan days guys in their own for against Michigan. Like that kind of sums up what the Ryan day era has been with Ohio state. But yeah I'm in a weird state where like it's.
00:12:52
Speaker
Let's not forget and let's not act like Jim Harbaugh didn't start out 0-5 against mit Ohio State in the matchup. Should have been 0-6 if he didn't cancel the game in COVID. And he's now regarded as some folk hero in Michigan because he finds a way to win a national championship 10 years later.
00:13:08
Speaker
Things take time and it's not pretty and it's as ugly as it can be. For me, the thing is not getting to Big 10 championships for four straight years. That is the pure, like, that is unacceptable. ah The Big 10 championship should be part of Ohio State's schedule every season. winner like and They don't have to win it every year, but it should be part of their schedule every season. And it has been for the past four. And Ryan Day is the common you know factor in all of that.
00:13:36
Speaker
so it's it's frustrating um but i mean they're still in the playoff i don't know where they're gonna be seated i think somewhere from the eight to ten range is probably where they're gonna be seated and do i think they can win a national championship yes do i think they will know because this is such a hard loss to overcome and i don't know what Ryan Day's message in the locker room is going to be to a player to a bunch of players who like that was the game. Yeah, it was just everything was on a platter for you to win the game. Jeremiah Smith has no targets in the second half. It was just inexplicable what happened on the field.
00:14:14
Speaker
And yeah, it does fall. on Ryan Day, Chip Kelly, Jayden Fielding is is also skating by the maybe the worst kicker in D1 football. if You can't make two chip shots to win the game. Yeah, those two you win at 1613 ugly, but you win the game and you can just like say, hey, Ryan Day, a lot of weight falls off your shoulders. um So, yeah, I understand it's he's owed if he was fired, he's owed 37 million next season. I obviously don't think they're going to fire him in the midst of a playoff run here.
00:14:42
Speaker
I think it's all but, and you know, a sure thing that he gets fired after the season. Where do you stand on the side of the fan base that says doesn't matter if we win a national championship we lost to Michigan?
00:14:53
Speaker
Little bit of insanity. Yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah. National Championships. Banners hang forever, man. Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. I understand you wanted to be Michigan. Everything was out in front of you to beat Michigan, but there's still more to play for. And Ryan is not going to be fired. He, uh, he already got the vote of confidence from the athletic director, Ross Bjork. He, uh, he said he's good. We have faith in Ryan day. It's weird. College football is weird, Damien. They had a three-day period. So National Signing Day is tomorrow, or if you're listening to this today, it's you can't fire them. They had a ah second to fire them right after the game. That was their only chance, because now you have to go playing the playoff. If it was a normal season, you could, because your season would be over right now. Two losses. You lose to an unranked Michigan. Your season's over. You're playing whatever bowl game. yeah You can fire them immediately.
00:15:42
Speaker
You got to think like recruits transfers, everything. It's so different. And like you said, the buyout factor as well. It's a terrible spot for them to be in. I think Chip Kelly is the one that's going to get fired out of all this. But Ryan Day, yeah, he's not a leader of men or has improved to be a leader of men. And I worry about it. But I think it's it's a Michigan effect for Ryan Day. I truly believe Ryan Day can beat every single team in the NCAA, except for Michigan right now. that That is how I feel with him. And if he wins a national championship, maybe I can deal with this in the 12 team playoff.
00:16:19
Speaker
but as of right now it's it sucks and i like if they did fire him i would feel no ways about it but i just don't believe they are because it called sports a little different than the nfl where if the athletic director is giving you the vote of confidence yeah it's not like the gm being like oh we have faith in our guy it's like oh no like that is basically what's happening and that's what's going forward like to see a lot of the recruits standing by their word or at least pretending to stand by their word. We'll find out tomorrow what, uh, what all happens there. But yeah, horrible game, horrible effort. Congrats to Michigan. You get the last laugh in this one. But, uh, yeah, I mean, onto greener pastures, let's go try and win a national championship. And if they do, I will be ecstatic. Damien, like how can you not be winning i agree so championship? like Who cares? Ugly loss.
00:17:06
Speaker
I think that's the ultimate last laugh like a a national championship is the ultimate last laugh. I think that's a good place to leave off with this. um We will continue some Big 10 talk where we get later in the episode to our Big 10 championship preview. um We mentioned it a bit earlier.
Georgia vs Georgia Tech Tension
00:17:22
Speaker
clean good old-fashioned hate will move to the Georgia Georgia Tech 8 OT marathon for the ages Georgia avoids absolute disaster after being down 17 to nothing at half this was the longest game in SEC history one overtime shy of the FPS record I don't even know where to start in this one I think we start in in overtime like I I was at the start of the overtime, you know, they do they back and forth both trade CDs. And then I always remember when I watch college games, you're like, oh, yeah, we're headed to the two point fest. I've never been a huge fan of it. This game might have changed my opinion. Like I think that in this in the third and fourth, I was like, this is kind of ridiculous. By the time we got to the eighth, I was like, this kind of rules like the it's like a hockey shootout, almost like the the depth in which they had to get into their bag.
00:18:14
Speaker
on on plays to run was so entertaining to me. And both teams, I would argue, forgot how to like forgot the play calls that they were calling through at the entire game, specifically Georgia Tech. I mean, Haynes King's running for over 100 yards in the game. He's dominating them. He's the reason you're in double overtime right now, whatever overtime you you want to start getting into it at.
00:18:39
Speaker
And they just weren't running them on these second, on these two point conversions. And it was so frustrating for me to watching it. I also think they should, a they had a chance to just win the game, right? and The first overtime Georgia goes, they get touchdown, kick an extra point. Georgia Tech gets it. They get in, go for two right there. What does Georgia Tech have to lose in that game? Cause you, if you lose that game going out like that, you go out proud and you go out like a, like a great rivalry game. It's a great finish no matter what.
00:19:07
Speaker
You keep dragging this thing on, you drag it on. I think that plays into Georgia's hands because it's a team full like bigger, faster, stronger athletes that are like, will just hold up longer than what Georgia Tech has. And that's kind of what happened. It was like Georgia, Georgia just found a way to get in.
00:19:23
Speaker
after a while and Carson Beck outlasted Haynes King. It's kind of what I expected to happen, but it's, I don't know, that that game just wouldn't end. You know what I mean? And I don't know what the alternative is to like speed it up, right? Cause if you keep starting them at the 25, then I guess someone would maybe be forced to go to two to try. And that's an argument to say it would go like shorter, but otherwise like I was thoroughly entertained by that overtime. Yeah. I, I thought that, uh,
00:19:51
Speaker
You're so right about that playing into Georgia's hand and especially playing into Kirby Smart's hand, like he out coached the fuck out of them in that over time. The the unlimited timeout rule, it was insane.
Media Bias in College Football
00:20:02
Speaker
Like that that is ah that has to go. Yes, that that aspect of it has to go because he was getting so in their head by calling those timeouts. And then if you notice the the last two point that they don't get, he didn't call the timeout. So who knows if that was the play that Georgia Tech actually wanted to run.
00:20:20
Speaker
Yeah, no, it was it was a Kirby smart in his, you know, everything was on full display there. It was they shouldn't. They knew that they were kind of lucky to get this into overtime with that fumble, which was possible targeting that, you know, nobody wanted to talk about. That was a full spear with the set. I know he didn't hit him in the head. They didn't even mention it on the broadcast. Jesse was sleeping like they're like, what a play. And he said the full crown of his helmet is going straight into Haynes King.
00:20:46
Speaker
that was uh abc or sec on abc on full display on friday night joe tesator Georgia is in no matter what you keep it saying even if they lost because he's obviously they were playing in the SEC Championship no matter what that was set in stone before this game is even played. But Joe Tessa tour just trying to repeat throughout the game be like, hey, guys, no matter what happens here, Georgia is still in the playoff. What are what are you talking about? Because they would have gone into the SEC Championship with three losses if they won the SEC Championship with three losses. Yeah, of course, they're in because auto bid. Yeah.
00:21:20
Speaker
But to just be like, yeah, no matter what happens here, they're not going to be punished for an SEC championship loss. No, 40, no chance a 14 playoff gets in or a 14 for loss team gets into the playoff. Thank you for that. um But yeah, it was a wild display. Aside from that, I did think Joe Tester did a great job of like finding the excitement levels of the game. I thought he did a great job on that call. But yeah, just the ah the very obvious like pumping up of Georgia for no reason like just enjoy the game and then yeah about it after I don't get it because I guess college football loves their like powerhouses that's it's always been a thing in college football but I don't see like the redeeming aspect of Georgia you know like there's nothing
00:22:02
Speaker
It's not like anybody who's not a Georgia fan is like pulling for Georgia to be good, like some Golden State Warriors team. ah they They're clearly not as dominant as the team that won back to back national titles. Like this is not that Georgia of a few years ago. They give up 563 yards in this one.
00:22:19
Speaker
ah We'll get to our SEC championship preview later, but they're going to be in top against Texas. ah that You mentioned the targeting. The refing was very questionable in this one at times, some very light past interferences. I thought Georgia Tech really got the short end of the stick in refing in that sense. um But nevertheless, they they come out 44 to 42.
00:22:39
Speaker
We'll stay in the SEC quickly here. Texas, in their first season in the SEC, advances to the SEC title game, finishes first in the conference. How's that for SEC dominance? your Your team coming out of the Big 12 comes and wins the conference in the first year that they're in it.
00:22:57
Speaker
It's 17 to 7 win over Texas A and&M. I think it was like 13 years since that rivalry game had been played ah Which is kind of insane to think about ah but this was a pretty boring game But Texas let so Texas A and&M hang around for far too long Yeah, Quinn Ewers had a fumble, had an interception, and they were they were they were cruising in that first half. I thought this game was going to be a blowout. But like you said, Texas, and and specifically Quinn Ewers, made some questionable decisions out there. And Texas A and&M credit to them, they were just hanging around, hanging in around. They got a key ah touchdown there to make it 17-7.
00:23:37
Speaker
and Then that second half like Mike Elko goes for it on the fourth down I do think that's the right call Instead of kicking a field goal to make it a touchdown just cuz who knows when you're gonna get that close to the end zone again They got it off a turnover like that was a huge momentum shift pause like possible momentum shift They weren't able to get it But I'm fine with a team like Texas A and&M going down swinging like that in the SEC championship because it's a game They had to win then they would've got to the SEC Championship. Sorry, I got a little ahead of myself there. What did they call wrong play call? Awful play call. Agreed with that. But like yeah, the 90-pound quarterback, like you said, was probably... I would've just ran it. like ah Just something like that. But I don't know, sometimes in that moment, they overthink things. Texas' defensive front, though, man, like that is clearly the strength of this team. yeah ah And no matter what Quinn Ewers did,
00:24:27
Speaker
Texas A and&M could not get past that defense and specifically like the front seven were just so dominant and they caught on to kind of A&M's playbook with the running in the quarterback pretty quickly and credit to Steve Sarkeesian um I had coach of class as well you know didn't allow his players to go to the logo after the game that's all class to SARC but yeah credit to Texas first year in the SEC and just kind of taking it to them that's that's got to feel good for them Yeah, and it was a game that was definitely full of mistakes for them to like the euros red zone turnovers in multiple consecutive possessions 93 yard pick six the strip fumble ah The blocked pun, you know by almost at the end of the game gave baggies life um crowd of a hundred and nine thousand people there man, that was
00:25:15
Speaker
That was a stunning crowd to look at, including Drew Brees, who said to Johnny Manziel, I always wished I was an Aggie while Purdue was literally playing at the same time and getting smacked by Indiana. That was, that was crazy to me. Drew Brees is such a fitting Texas A&M Aggie. Like when you, I didn't, I would have never thought about it until I saw him on the field there talking to Johnny Manziel. And I go, you know what that, that adds up. Drew, Drew isn't an Aggie at heart, but Tougher produce basically only whole One of if not the only Hall of Fame alumni from Purdue football like that's gotta suck. Yeah, you're part of Purdue You're like what you open Twitter after the game you like fuck man um Moving on to the ACC in a game that was ridiculously entertaining Syracuse 42 Miami 38
00:26:08
Speaker
I'm gonna go ahead and say it Syracuse ended Miami's playoff dreams. I know they still have a shot.
Impactful College Games and Outcomes
00:26:13
Speaker
I really don't think that Miami's gonna get the benefit of the doubt with losing to Syracuse and Georgia Tech in the last three weeks. two Two out of the last three games losses. They knocked Miami out of the ACC title game. Patrick, you called that this was gonna be a tough out for the Hurricanes when we previewed this game. Syracuse showed some some real teeth in this game.
00:26:34
Speaker
Syracuse is ah is an under the radar football club and the SEC, while I don't think it has the the top teams to hang in there, it's a sneak it's a sneaky deep conference full of just good teams. None of them are elite but a lot of good teams lie in the ACC and Syracuse is one of them. Kyle McCord I believe is leading the He's a top five in passing yards in college football right now. And it's just, he, no matter, they were down early, they were down two scores and it was just, it never felt, you know, in doubt for them. They never felt out of the game because it was just so quick. Miami's defense has been plaguing them all season long. Like Kim Ward, he should have been in the Heisman race, but his defense has kind of let him down and he can only do so much to win these games. But yeah, credit to Syracuse at home, like in the, in the,
00:27:21
Speaker
They don't call it the carrier dome anymore, but I don't know why you would ever change that name. It's just synonymous with Syracuse and they're, they're fighting Cal McCord's dancing in the locker room. yeah awesome. like Especially with a team like Syracuse because they're not good that often and then beating a team like Miami, like you said, crushing their playoff dreams, I believe as well. that was that was a third that What a weekend of college football. is We're two in a row since we started going into it. It's it's like they knew. It's like, but they we need content and they're giving us content.
00:27:51
Speaker
Yeah, it was Miami's defense was so head scratching in this game. Like they were getting passed on all over the place. They were actually doing a decent job of stopping the run. And then in that final drive, when they actually need to get stops on the run, uh, he, he Devin Grant or not, Devin Grant, uh,
00:28:08
Speaker
The running back picked up like two huge first downs and they just never got the ball back. Very questionable decision by crystal ball. I found they settled for the field goal and declined to go for it on fourth and 10 or fourth and goal from the 10. He said we use analytics. It was outside the 10 yard line with four minutes to go. Get the points, get a stop.
00:28:27
Speaker
They did not get that stop. I don't know why he thought they would get that stop. They didn't get a stop all all the of the second half. Syracuse ran the ball eight times to run out the final 342 on the clock like that. That was a bad, bad coaching decision.
00:28:42
Speaker
Yeah, you got to know what kind of football game you're in. It's not like, you know, a Texas, Texas A and&M low scoring battle. These teams are going up and down the field on each other. So for you to just assume that you're going to get a stop and get the ball back is crazy. yeah Maybe you should have used, you know, the ESPN analytics that are basically fourth and 14. Anything inside, just go for it. Just who cares what happens. Those are the most ridiculous aspects of all time. Yeah, we got we got some of them. Actually, we got the reverse last night. We're going to get into Broncos Browns later, but like,
00:29:11
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Sean Payton calling the timeout and then going for the field goal I thought would be the wrong call turned out to be the right call So maybe the ESPN analytics have something going for them will quickly move to two last games here two notable games ah number 16 South Carolina 1714 win over number 12 Clemson ah which is ironic because due to Miami's loss Clemson still weasels their way into the ACC championship so we'll start there and work backwards um Lenora Sellers he he gets a second touchdown with a minute and eight
00:29:44
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to play runs it in they could not stop him all day um at points it looked like both of these teams didn't really want to win the game um but they they did get the ball back and then clay cu clade clade club nick throws an interception with 16 seconds left on the 18 yard line like they clemson showed a lot in this game where it's like i really doubt them going into the acc championship yeah it's a shame because i've been a kade club and a guy basically since he started that first bowl game against unc i was high on him coming out of high school and he had he's had a good year this year solid for sure but it was just like this was an opportunity to like prove
00:30:25
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You know ah obviously they got like said they got away with it because they're in the acc championship no matter what now. But this is an opportunity just you know, prove a point over your your rival. ah South Carolina is one of the hottest teams in college football right now you could put an end to their season they're still holding out help but i don't think they're gonna get you know the benefit of the doubt either.
00:30:45
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But yeah, club Nick Dabo just kind of fell apart. A lot of mistakes. And then, you know, Chad Moses, Beamer, Lenore Sellers, they just found a way. Like it was an ugly game, entertaining, but ugly. Like 1714 is a little closer than I think people expected it. I think there is probably going to be more points, but no, it was an impressive effort from South Carolina and.
00:31:06
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He beamers in the postgame press conference, not the press conference, but like the interview after he's like, it was a Paul Maurice after he won the Stanley Cup. Like, I hope Clemson gets in the ACC Championship no matter what. So what the hell is that, man? You guys are rivals. You hate each other. And you're just like, that's kind of sunning them, I think, in a way. Yeah. He got his wish. Yeah. His wish. And it was weird. He's been on quite the media tour, man. Like he went on ESPN the day after on Monday on Sunday morning.
00:31:34
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And he kind of laid out South Carolina's ah resume or or their argument to be included in the playoff. That was their sixth straight win, four of them coming against ranked opponents. Clemson, Missouri, then Vanderbilt ah and Texas A and&M. I was going to ask you if they deserve a spot in the playoff. He mentioned that Indiana Clemson Miami Boise State Notre Dame have zero ranked wins ah He also included a couple other teams that just fully had ranked wins. It was like he read a reddit post He's like correct me if I'm wrong here and then he included like three teams that did in fact have ranked wins in them um he He also cited losses to LSU in Alabama by a combined five points 11th ranked strength of schedule for road wins three of them by double digits. It's a very good resume I just don't think it's enough
00:32:23
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Here's what it comes down to. They lost to Ole Miss. They lost to Alabama straight up. And those are the direct two teams they're going up against to get into that 12th spot. Why is he mentioning Boise State? There's an automatic group of five bid. Who cares? Boise State, you shouldn't even be thinking about. um Yeah, I believe they should be ahead of, you know, Clemson's and blah, blah, blah, those other teams.
00:32:43
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But the fact of the matter is they lost to Ole Miss and they lost to Alabama straight up. And they're not, the committee has been consistent in very few things in their short history. One of them is head to head match ups do matter. And I believe that they will stick to that even with a 12 team playoff. I know they're hot. I know they are one of the hottest teams. And do I think they are one of the 12 best teams in college football? Yes.
00:33:07
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I don't think they're going to get put into the playoffs. I wouldn't mind if they did. I think that's an easy team to kind of root for a bit of an underdog in the SEC, which is rare to come by. But man, you you lost straight up like you lost the two teams that you're going directly against. And it's unfortunate, but it's the reality of the the matter. And I don't believe they're going to get into the playoffs. And they got smashed by Ole Miss, too. Like he mentions losses to LSU and o Alabama by a combined five points. They lost like 35 to three to Ole Miss.
00:33:35
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And LSU is not a good loss either. right like it's like like I get it's close, but it's not a good loss. So it's it's tough argument for them. ah they just They had to beat LSU pretty much and they would have been in this playoff. Exactly. um We will wrap up here with Iowa State, Kansas State, iowa's first Iowa State's first 10 win season in program history.
00:33:56
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seven conference wins. That's the second most in program history. They got some help with BYU beating Houston. A lot went on in this game. two They got two turnovers, a blocked field goal. They drew a safety. They stopped them on two key fourth downs late in this game. ah Disappointing season for Kansas State who had an entertaining team. That was like I was kind of pulling for Kansas State this year. They got the quarterback who's got the pink Corvette from the or the purple Corvette from the NIL boosters. I don't know, there was something about Kansas State that was fun this year. And I think it was that Arizona game they played earlier in the season, that was a fun game.
00:34:33
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They're a likable team to me but Iowa State also a very likable team. I think Kansas State's goals were you know big 12 championship this year against the playoff. They basically kicked Will Howard out of town because Avery Johnson was like the guy and I at the time I agreed with them. Avery Johnson's younger, he's probably a little bit more mobile and faster than Will Howard.
00:34:54
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But he like they just couldn't put it all together for for the entire season this year. And, you know, kind of reflected in that game, whereas like you have a chance to kind of ruin someone else's season. You have chances. And Iowa State just found a way to just survive, keep their head above water in the black uniforms in Ames, Iowa at night. Like that's one of the sneakier fun teams to cheer for, ah like Brock Purdy is one of those teams, David Montgomery, like these guys are kind of putting Iowa State on the map a little bit more.
00:35:23
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But the Cyclones, that's 10 wins. I feel like they've been under the radar the entire season. And now they get a chance to go up against, you know, we'll get into it. Arizona State was another hot team. And it's like they, Iowa State has a chance to get in the playoff. And I think that's a very fun thing for college football.
00:35:39
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And that's, I don't know, I'm still on the side of 12 team playoffs are good. Maybe that's because Ohio State lost two games, but I think it's entertaining. And in this year specifically, I don't think there's a better possible setup for a 12 team playoff where I think Oregon has absolutely separated themselves as the number one team in the country.
00:35:58
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But aside from that, I think it's going to result in a lot of chaos and a lot of like fun home. And the thing about if somehow Boise State loses to UNLV and UNLV gets the group of five bid, Iowa State will be host or well, no, they would get a buy. I would just think like a team having to go into Ames, Iowa at night in the freezing cold. Yeah, I don't know. It was great when for Iowa State caps off their best season ever as a program. And I think they.
00:36:25
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are a sneaky team that can cause some trouble depending on the matchup they get in the playoff if they get there well i think the best thing about this new twelve team playoff is at this point in the season in past years we wouldn't be talking about iowa state right like we wouldn't be mentioning half the teams we just mentioned and that's the best part about it for me it's more meaningful football. People, the big argument was that this 12 team playoff was going to make games less meaningful. I think it's done the opposite and it's opened the door for there to be much more meaningful football down the stretch. um Absolutely. And you're seeing it, like you said, you're seeing in these games, like I had to stay up to watch BYU play Houston because Colorado had a chance against the big 12 championship, which would have resulted in playoff implications. A lot more games matter. I see the argument though, like Michigan, Ohio state, that game doesn't matter.
00:37:15
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it's not like it doesn't matter the players on the field still hate each other right i get you know the playoff implications may not necessarily be as high as they once were but other teams get a piece of the pie which i think overall is better for spectators of the sport and players in the sport yeah i'm very happy to see byu pull out that game did not want to see colorado get into the big 12 championship me and patrick are getting attacked by the Colorado fan base boys on on our Instagram page just just flooded in comments because we Did not want to see snap count brought into the Heisman conversation all hell broke loose
00:37:52
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Yeah, man, sorry, sorry, I'm not entertained by a corner and playing, you know, a corner. He's playing wide receivers, playing corner. It's great. It's exciting, I guess. But then Ash and Genty's setting records as well. He's getting his team to the playoff. At the end of the day, when you don't have like a quarterback of a top team, you don't have like an edge rusher in the mix. There's no wide receiver setting any records from like the top four teams.
00:38:17
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It just doesn't carry the juice that it usually does for me this year. And I mean, that's okay. Other people can be super into it. My opinion is I'm not that into it. And that and that's so fine. But, you know, Travis Hunter will be winning the Heisman, I would assume. Yeah. Bat patting against Oklahoma State just for fun. You knew that was going to happen, though. It was insane to see still. And and You know a lot of people bring up that it's like Ash and gente has this percentage of touchdowns against these teams I think it's something like 74% of of Travis hunters touchdowns come against Oklahoma State Colorado State In North Dakota, so it's like your state. Yeah, North Dakota State. So it's Not not not throwing stones from glass houses Colorado fans
00:39:00
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um Without further ado, we will go to the big 12
Championship Previews: Big 12, ACC, SEC, Big 10
00:39:04
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championship. This is where we're gonna do our championship previews for the top four ah Big 12 championship iOS state versus Arizona State Arizona State is two-point favorites down from two and a half points over under 50 and a half down at Jerry's world at AT and&T Stadium and to be playing in the Cowboys stadium I don't know why but like that stadium just for some reason does not fit this game match up resumes let's go over it ASU five consecutive wins upsets of then number 16 Kansas State and then number 14 BYU Iowa State three straight wins
00:39:40
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Cat by the wind at 24 K state biggest win was looking back on it in week two versus then 21 Iowa um These teams are kind of similar. They both have dual threat QBs ah Rocco backed at Iowa State Sam Levitt at Arizona State and Both of them threw for around 2,500 3,000 yards. Both of them ran for about 250 to 400 yards. A lot of TDs passing, a lot of TDs rushing. I think this is going to be a very, very close game as the spread suggests.
00:40:14
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I think we're going to see fireworks in this one. I don't think there's going to be a lot of defense on display, if we're being honest. Like you said, two dual threat quarterbacks, the game plans are going to be around the quarterback, getting them involved in the running and passing game. And overall, it's it's like you look at Arizona State, like you said, they've won five in a row. They're rolling right now. They've got a swagger to them. Kenny Dillingham's like what getting more know notoriety as one of the next upcoming young head coaches.
00:40:41
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Well, Iowa State, I just can't help but like have a soft spot for them. A team that's just been flying under the radar. They had a two game stretch where they slipped up. They lost two. They lost to Kansas and they lost to Texas. Oh, no. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. It was on the road at Kansas, 45, 36 in a shootout and then a one point loss at home to Texas Tech. Otherwise they've handled their business and they've had some ranked wins as well. They've got Kansas State last week. Iowa, like you said, it's like this is a game where it It doesn't jump off the screen at you when you see Iowa State versus Arizona State. But when you put in the implications that are in this game, it's a win and you're in and it's it's two teams that are like at face value as even as you can imagine, it's obviously going to be a game where it's like.
00:41:29
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who's not gonna who's not gonna get their pump block who's gonna make the field goals when they kick them and then who's gonna get in the end zone more but I think you're gonna see a lot of fireworks in this game I don't really have a lean to side at all I think this is gonna be a game where I just sit back watch and just kind of take it all in but I think these are two teams that have Arizona State less like they're they're starting to get more notoriety now. But these are two teams I do think that can win a game if they get into college football playoff. I don't think these either of these teams are pushovers. They play a tougher, tough ish style of play in the big 12, tougher than the ACC, I think. And yeah, I think these are two teams. I think this can be a fun matchup and just like whoever makes the last mistakes in this one is going to be the one that like just finds a way to win it and get into the playoff. Yeah, I would have loved Iowa State at
00:42:16
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at three and a half, not two and a half. I don't love the the opposite hook on that. You almost just might as well take a money line if you're, if you're thinking that way. Exactly. Uh, I think a lot of this game is going to be settled on the ground. Uh, cam scat about.
00:42:29
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top name in college football ah second in the nation all-purpose yards per game um iowa state's defense one of its uh weak points has been against the run they they are 14th in the big 12 against the run 173 yards per game against 15th in the league ah with five point yards per carry against uh so it's It's one of those games where I think that if Arizona State has a good game plan, I think that they could very well come out on top of in this one. But like you said, I think that it really is going to be who makes the last mistakes in this one, because they're both teams that are kind of fiery, both teams that which you would never really say about Iowa State, which is why I love partially love this team. um But yeah, it's going to be, you know, who can kind of respond in the lights ah well enough? It's going to be a big stadium, you know, tons of people there. I'm excited for this one.
00:43:21
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Yeah. This is one where like it's just, I think this will deliver. I think if you look at them all, all conference championships, I think the biggest spread between the power four teams is four and a half, three and a half. Yeah. So it's all like, we all have a great lineup of conference championship games. And in a normal 14 playoff, this game would kind of mean nothing. It would just be for big 12 bragging rights. But now it's, there's a spot in the playoff on the line. So this is going to be a must watch game.
00:43:48
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Yeah, we'll move to the ACC championship. Like we mentioned, number 12, Clemson. They're not going to be 12 because the new rankings come out tonight. ah But Clemson at SMU, this is at Bank of America down in Charlotte. SMU favored by two and a half points over under 53 and a half resumes. ah SMU nine straight wins win over number 22, Louisville and number 18 Pitt. They probably have one of the weaker resumes I would say out of these top teams, or especially a team in in a championship game, Clemson. Fresh off that loss to South Carolina, no ranked wins. They managed just 17 total points against Georgia and South Carolina in those two losses, who were the only two ranked teams on the Tigers schedule.
00:44:30
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They need to win to get the automatic ACC bid. There's no other path to the playoff for them. I think SMU has a path to the playoff, even if they lose. It's a little harder to argue, but I think that it still exists. um These two teams very, very different, I would say.
00:44:45
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um beautiful, beautiful defense. That's how I would describe it. SMU has a great defense, a great, great front seven defensive line ranks top 15 in the country in pass rush grade, also allowing less than three yards per carry on the run versus the Tigers who are kind of a bit of a running gun team. This is like a classic Dabo Sweeney want to pass on you game. So kind of kind of two opposing play styles going up against one ah one and another in this one. I kind of hate that Clemson's in this game because this, the I think they're going to steal the bid. I do. They like Dabo. He's so familiar with the ACC Championship. This is going to be his 10th appearance. He's only lost one, and it was in his first year as head coach of Clemson.
00:45:30
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and And the way they lost to South Carolina in a tough grueling matchup like that, I lean Clemson in this one and it's a shame. And you mentioned it. If SMU loses, will they get in? I absolutely think they should. I don't think you should get punished for playing an extra championship game. And I don't know how the committee is going to value that.
00:45:49
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because in years past, you would have to get punished because there was only four teams that get in. Now that there's 12, I don't really think you should get punished. And if you look at their resume, their resume is not great. It's better than Indiana's. There are only losses to BYU. Indiana has no ranked wins. They are the only ranked team they've played. They got kind of blown out by.
00:46:10
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And it's just like I don't think an eleven and two ah SMU team with the ACC Championship loss should be left out of the playoff because they you know played an extra game on their schedule. Whereas Clemson, they should be thanking their stars for what Syracuse did to Miami and having a chance to get into this playoff because i I just I have this weird feeling. I don't know. But as some used kind of first year team in the ACC, like they've never been in a massive spot like this, whereas Dabo, this game used to always be on their schedule. And here they are again with another chance to just kind of cause some havoc and just get into the playoff.
00:46:46
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And it's ironic because we're going to get to the Big 10 championship game. I think that SMU losing this game would be treated so differently than Penn State losing to Oregon, which is the exact same situation almost. And and and I hate it. I was doing some some you know research on the on the fan duel this morning. Alabama's minus two hundred against the playoff. Oh.
00:47:11
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But if SMU wins, I get it. yeah it's If SMU beats Clemson, I do understand why Alabama would be the 12th team. I just had the three losses in my head. Miami might have an argument, but i mean you had a chance to get into there into the ACC championship and you lost. um and We already mentioned South Carolina. Ole Miss, I don't think is even in this conversation. So those are basically the teams that you're looking at to get in. Maybe a big 12 team could have an argument if you lose, but I don't think they're going to even care about what happens over there. So yeah, I think, I just hope you treat SMU like you would any other power conference, pretend they're in the SEC, pretend they're in the big 10. The ACC, you know, two weeks ago, we thought they might have three bids potentially, but then, you know, Clemson, they lose, Miami, they lose, who hasn't lost ah SMU. They've swept the conference, one lost to BYU,
00:48:06
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who was ranked at the time, BYU's ranked, right? So it's like, I don't think their schedule should be, or I don't think you should be docked for having an extra game on your schedule, especially when it's a conference championship game. But hey, if they win, who cares, right? Like just win this game and you're all good. But there's something about Dabo and an ACC championship game, man, that I just, I worry about it. Uh, but I think Clemson is, is ripe for an upset in this one.
00:48:30
Speaker
Yeah, it's interesting. I like SMU in this one, but it's really it's hard to tell against, you know, they, they haven't played a team like Clemson in, in their schedule. So it's hard to judge those teams, how they're going to react. They have a great defense. They have a good running game, um but it's hard. You're right. Like you want to lean kind of with the legacy in this game. You want to lean with the people who have been there before.
00:48:52
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and Clemson is that team in the ACC. Clemson is like synonymous with ACC success. um So yeah, this one is a toss up. Wouldn't be surprised if Clemson won, but I want to see SMU win. um We'll move to the SEC championship, the big one here. Number seven, Georgia at number three, Texas. Texas is favored by two and a half points over under 50 and a half. This is at Mercedes-Benz in Atlanta, which I always find so fucking unfair to teams playing Georgia. It's it's something like 60 miles from Athens, Georgia, this stadium. So this is a home game for Georgia. And and Texas is going to have to play like this is a road game. Before we get into this game preview, did you see that clip of Carson Beck talking about how he doesn't enjoy watching football?
00:49:43
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i I just saw the quotes. it's one It's one of those videos where I see the quotes and I go, I don't want to watch this because it's going to upset me. ah what What was his exact response? Because I did see that he doesn't enjoy it. Dude, it was all over the place. He goes, yeah, I don't enjoy it because they were asking if he watched the A and&M game. He goes, I don't like watching football. It makes me too stressed out. I look at defenses and my mind can't rest. I think about why they're doing this, why they're doing that. Why didn't he throw it there? And then he realizes like,
00:50:11
Speaker
What he's saying sounds really bad because it makes it sound like he doesn't watch film and then he stops himself and he goes No, well, I love watching film. Don't get me wrong. I love watching film, but I can't enjoy watching football casually and he just He said it with his super weird tone. He is, he is a puzzling athlete to me. Yeah. and Yeah. He, puzzling is is, is a good word for Carson back. And he always has a puzzled look on his face as well. Yeah. Maybe he's just hanging out with the Cavender. He's, he's chilling in his spare time. He's, he's, he's all good. He doesn't want to watch football and of yeah flag to me, dude. Like, you is as yeah, you never encounter that in like,
00:50:52
Speaker
In sports, you don't see it very often yeah like of guys who are like, yeah, I hate watching the sport that I play. It's something like NFL, GMs, and scouts. They they cir they wrote that down when they saw that clip. No kidding. um Resumes. Texas. The elephant in the room is that Texas lost to Georgia 30 to 15 in week seven at home.
00:51:13
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um also the only team in the conference to not drop multiple games. So you like you lean both of those things against one another. ah Beating ah A and&M last week was essentially their best win of the season. I'm going to say that wins over Michigan, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt don't do much to move the needle for me. um They limited A and&M to 248 total yards. Their only points came on that pick six.
00:51:36
Speaker
ah Georgia number one in strength of schedule you'll hear Kirby smart talk about it all fucking season long wins over Texas and Tennessee But also losses to Alabama and Ole Miss which that Ole Miss loss just gets worse and worse every week that this season goes on But two very different but very similar strengths of schedule and resumes. I would say for these two teams.
00:51:58
Speaker
Yeah, like you said, the the overlying a thing in this game is that Georgia has beaten Texas head to head and it wasn't necessarily close either in that game. And Texas, well, you know, they have taken care of business for every game outside from that. They haven't had the toughest schedule in the world. And they were a team similar to Penn State that has been rewarded for not playing a ton of teams and just winning what's on your schedule.
00:52:24
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Georgia on the other hand has been through a gauntlet like you mentioned and both of their losses to top fifteen teams were on the road yeah this is a home game there's even more Georgia bulldog fans in Atlanta than Athens cuz they all graduate and they move to Atlanta so it's gonna be packed and it's gonna be all dogs in in Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
00:52:44
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um I, I, that's where I lie. I, I'd lie with the Bulldogs on this one. It wasn't a, it wasn't pretty against Georgia tech. And that's going to be the biggest picture in people's minds. They see Texas beat A and&M on the road. Second toughest game they've had all year. They handled their business.
00:53:03
Speaker
Georgia on in a dogfight at home against an unranked Georgia Tech, I think a lot of people are going to have that image in their mind. But I think when these two teams you know go head to head, Georgia has the athletes to take care of Texas' front. That's what I think. And they have the ability on the outside to beat them with speed.
00:53:22
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carson back While he hasn't been perfect this year, he he seemed to have somewhat fixed a little bit of his turnover problem recently, at least. Like we'll see, it hasn't been a big enough sample size where I'd feel comfortable, but at least he's showing signs of being more responsible with the football. Or on the other hand, we had Quinn Ewers last week.
00:53:41
Speaker
Couple pumpkin plays from quinn special teams wasn't great for texas that's gonna matter big time in this game in georgia like you said kirby smart gotta give them the edge in the coaching a guy who's been there a million times sarkhesian first time in in the scc here's the scc championship you're basically on the road I like I don't know if I'm just, you know, a sucker for taking points and all these matchups, but I like the underdog again in this one. And I think Georgia, I think Georgia just handles them, to be honest. I think Texas is a team. They see the record. um They see that game last week, but they haven't played a lot of games, man. Yeah, it's if we do the same thing. Remember when we were looking the Argos against the Alouettes and the Argos against the Blue Bombers, it was like when they beat them in the regular season, how did they do it? How can they recreate that?
00:54:28
Speaker
Georgia and dominated the trenches in that game, 108 yards rushing to Texas is 27 yards rushing in that game. Turnover battle was big in that game. Texas turned over the ball four times in interception and three fumbles. Texas managed zero points off of Georgia's three interception or Georgia's so Carson backs three interceptions in that game. They were down 23 nothing at half. I think that Georgia is a team when you talk about how well coached they are.
00:54:56
Speaker
If they get up in this game, they're going to put their foot on Texas's throat. Georgia's defensive line made you his life hell in that game. um A lot of people love, like you mentioned, the Texas front and their defensive line. Georgia has a very, very good defensive line as well. um This is going to be, again, battle less mistakes. Turnover battle is going to be huge in this game. Texas, you could argue, is playing better football currently.
00:55:20
Speaker
um But I think that Georgia overall when you get battle tested like they have they're more set to win these big games I think Georgia should have been favored in this game. um I love Georgia money line in this game. The one thing I will say for Texas is get arch Manning involved in this game. Like if you looked at how Georgia was piece the part by mobile quarterbacks this season jail and mill row Haynes King The bolt rushed for over a hundred yards on them even when they lost to Ole Miss Jackson dart moving out of the pocket was a very big problem for them and get arch manning some running packages, some scrambling packages, because I'm at the point in this offense where it's a very unreliable offense at times. You got to do something to kind of throw something different at Georgia.
00:56:06
Speaker
Yeah, great point. I had the wonderful see more archman and packages like we saw one of their two touchdowns last week came from archman and running the football and it gives them an edge, right? It's called football where you can kind of run more packages and it doesn't necessarily have to be Quinn. You is the entire game.
00:56:25
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Arches you know he's he's more than serviceable easy. He's a good quarterback in college football play He doesn't have a ton of experience, but he started a couple games this year when Queen yours was injured I don't think the moment's gonna be too big for him, so I think Sarkeesian's definitely I think it we're definitely gonna see some arch manning packages out here and I think they will abandon it quickly though if it doesn't work but in my mind I would kind of stick with it a little bit and just kind of you know Keep him honest I think he should throw some passes and run so it's not like ah an Alex or G package when he comes on the field It's like he's running the ball. Yeah, throw some to keep the defense honest But yeah, I think arch Manning should absolutely be coming in and in the red zone in this game Yeah, and on the other side of the QB battle you're right about back. He's kind of shorted up no interceptions in the last three games ah and had
00:57:11
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He had only 170 yards passing and three interceptions versus Texas last time. I don't think you're going to get that kind of game out of him again. So yeah, this is a big, big coaching battle. ah Texas is going to have to have a very, very good game plan. um But I like Georgia with the points. I like Georgia Moneyline. I saw Texas first half is a half point spread. I don't hate that. If if if they're up a a field goal, it's a nice bet to have in your back pocket.
00:57:38
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um But we'll move to the big 10 championship the last of these championship previews number four Penn State at number one Oregon Oregon is now favored by three and a half points Over or under fifty and a half at Lucas oil stadium This one is the is the stadium matchup that makes perfect sense up in Indianapolis resumes Penn State 1 and 1 versus AP teams. Their win against AP and AP team was at number 19 Illinois. ah The loss came to Ohio State as we all know James Franklin cannot beat Ohio State.
00:58:12
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It's a decent resume. It's not a fantastic resume by any means. I would say that the Ohio State loss, the resume gets even worse after Ohio State loses to Michigan too. So that doesn't help their case. Oregon, only perfect record left in college football. They would be in years past that classic, classic number one team.
00:58:32
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3-0 vs. AP teams, win vs. Ohio State, win vs. number 20 Illinois, and win vs. Boise State. They weren't ranked in the season so it doesn't count as an AP ranked win but I'm going to count it. um Now number 10 Boise State. Bit of a surprising matchup even with the OSU loss to Michigan. I dug some so deep into the tiebreakers.
00:58:54
Speaker
ah The article number for the tiebreaker is the tide teams ah because they were tied with Indiana as obviously the two to one lost teams The tide teams will be compared based on the best cumulative if conference winning percentage of all conference opponents um so because Penn State's opponents won more games than Indiana's Penn State gets to go to Indianapolis Yeah, it's basically Penn State played Illinois and that's kind of the reason they're they're in this game along with Ohio State blowing it against Michigan. Penn State's a weird team Damien because like I mentioned it before, they're a team similar to Texas who has had one real test all year and you failed. Illinois has been a good team. You beat Wisconsin who's you know not even going to get to a bowl game.
00:59:41
Speaker
yet you you You get by Minnesota on the road in what I thought was gonna be a tough matchup, but you found a way to win. They got six wins over bowl-eligible teams, which I believe is one of the highest numbers in college football. But like you said, Oregon's more than just a bowl-eligible team. They're a national championship favorite right now. So is James Franklin, who's notoriously failed every big test he's ever had, specifically against Ohio State, but against Michigan as well,
01:00:09
Speaker
Is he going to be ready for this test? I personally don't think so, because I think Oregon's horses, like they can spread the ball around to anywhere. You got Tez Johnson, Evan Stewart, Trayshaun Holden. Those are three receivers that are over 500 yards this year. you got to Terrence Ferguson has a tight end. He's over 400 yards, not to mention Jaden James, who is all over 1,000 yards on the ground. So the weapons they have with the quarterback who has the experience factor in this game,
01:00:37
Speaker
I lean Oregon big time in this one. The only thing that's kind of spooking me, you mentioned it, it's in Lucas oil stadium. Oregon's got to travel. Oregon's got to travel time zones and they barely got past Wisconsin on the road and in like they've.
01:00:52
Speaker
It's kind of been a storyline in the Big 10. Whoever has to travel out West, wherever the West has to travel out to the East, it's been a storyline all year. So I wonder if I think Oregon should get there early. I think immediately they should have been there after the game on Saturday, after they beat ah Washington should have just gone straight to Indianapolis, get comfortable, get used to the time zones.
01:01:14
Speaker
To me, that's the only only thing I can see holding Oregon back in this game. Yeah, it's interesting because when you go to the comparisons, when you go to like the team matchups, this is likely the toughest defense Oregon will have faced this season. You could argue Ohio State, you could argue back and forth about what has a tougher defense. Penn State has, like in a lot of ah respects, like a top five, a top six defense. So it's definitely the toughest defense. But on the flip side of that,
01:01:40
Speaker
they have Penn State has not played an offense like Oregon's this season. Nothing even close, I would say, close to the Ohio State and they did not do well on defense against Ohio State um for a lot of that game. And Oregon also has a top 10 defense. So it's like they, this is a matchup nightmare, I would say for Penn State. A lot of people like Penn State in this game too. it it's It's a bit weird to me because if you look at Penn State,
01:02:05
Speaker
in this game they have tyler warren at tight end i think a good college tight end is always a matchup nightmare for teams it's way tougher i think for teams to game plan for a truly game breaking tight end. We saw that with Brock Bowers dominance over the last two years with Georgia. They have a good running back tandem. They have a vet injury alarm, but eight eight not a stunning quarterback by any means. And then like you said, you got to go up against Dylan Gabriel, who has been fucking lights out against good opponents this year. He has almost a 74% completion rate this year. He's got 24 touchdowns, only six interceptions. He threw for 341.
01:02:42
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and two touchdowns versus Oklahoma versus Ohio State. So I don't love the law. I don't understand the love that Penn State is getting in this in this game. I feel like they're getting a lot of toughness reputation and which is carrying a lot of weight for them.
01:02:57
Speaker
don't forget they were at home when they played Ohio State they didn't get an offensive touchdown their ah offense came their one touchdown came from a pick six yeah I would give Oregon a lean over Ohio State for explosive offense and in their defense is probably just as good like you mentioned top 10 defense Drew Aller, he is a veteran. He hasn't played in these big games. Dylan Gabriel has played in these games at Oklahoma. He's played in some insane environments. I, I lean Oregon big time in this one. They have it like DJ you uncle Layla, his brother is like, got eight and a half sacks on the year. He's going to be an all American.
01:03:34
Speaker
I don't know. I think the moment's going to be the same Penn State. We always see the moment's going to be too big. I like Dan. I think Dan Lanning is arguably the best head coach in college football, especially this year. And he's going to have his guys ready to go. He's going to probably have some viral ah pregame locker room speech where he's kind of going at them for for whatever. But I i like Oregon in this one. I like him to cover the points. I think I like him to win by two scores, actually, in this one. Interesting. Interesting. Yeah. Penn State only the game.
01:04:12
Speaker
that is the difference in this game ah it it is and they're running up the score interesting season for penn state it's It is the second time in program history they are in a Big 10 title game. That was a surprising stat to me. Good. They're sneaky, horrible. They're like, they they think they're a blue blood, but they're not there.
NFL Game Recaps and Highlights
01:04:32
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and that Listen, Michigan fans can talk all the trash to Ohio State fans you want. You deserve it. You've earned it. You beat them head to head.
01:04:39
Speaker
I hate that Penn State is the team that gets rewarded for Ohio State losing. Yeah. All they do is just lose to Ohio State and they somehow get the benefit, and especially, well, this year specifically, but like James Franklin's another guy who should have been fired five years ago and he's still hanging on. And here's, here he goes. Like this is a chance for James Franklin to rewrite a lot of narratives. I just don't think he will. I'm dual Carter's like the one guy on the Penn State defense. You really got a game plan around. If you can just kind of take him away, I think they'll just be, they'll be just fine on offense. I think so too. That will do it for our college football preview of the championships, are our recap of week 14. Lot of good college football this weekend. I think we're in for some great games. One of those weekends, you just got to block everything out, sit on your couch, watch football.
01:05:29
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We will move now to our NFL week 13 recap. We're going to do this differently than we usually do. And we're kind of going to do ah what did we learn in the NFL in week 13, some of the biggest storylines, some of the biggest things that you can draw away from these games.
01:05:45
Speaker
We have to start with the Monday night game last game last night. We would usually start episodes this way Broncos 41 Browns 32 what an exciting football game I thought when I saw this on on the schedule and then I saw Green Bay in Detroit on the Thursday night game I was like wait a minute. Those are flipped around like Green Bay in Detroit should be on the Monday night That should be on the Thursday night. This was a Monday night football game ah and god Where to even start in this game man like you got to start with the vintage Jamis game for touchdowns to pick sixes a zillion interceptions and a brutal brutal backdoor cover for the Broncos and if you were a Browns better like I thought it was bad when they got that intercept that first interception at the end of the game and And then for them to go down the field to Browns to get a pass interference call and you are at the two yard line and James throws another interception that would have covered perfectly had it been a touchdown. That was disgusting.
01:06:50
Speaker
Yeah, probably one of the worst beats of the season, especially because it was in prime time. It was like the only game on the Browns were in this game the entire time. It felt like they were going to win it at some points as well, especially you mentioned it earlier when Sean Payton kicked that field goal late, and especially the way the Browns and Jerry Judy specifically were just moving the ball. It was almost like no one was covering him. It was setting him set in records, revenge game of all revenge games and for me it was like the game was like fun it was entertaining and then it just hit uh the as high of high of a prime time games as we've ever seen when bonex hits mims for about a 96 yard touchdown yeah and then the next play james hits judy for another bomb and it's just like okay we are watching fireworks on a full display on monday night i might argue is the best prime time game all year it's definitely up there and this was
01:07:44
Speaker
a game where if you are a vicious Pat Sertan defender, of which they are many, he had a tough night. Jerry Judy, 9 receptions, 235 yards in a touchdown, sets the record for most yards in a revenge game versus an old team.
01:07:59
Speaker
like he was nowhere to be found in that game Levi Wallace was on him yeah yeah but it's like it's certain should have been like sir like following him the entire game because who else does Cleveland have to throw the ball and joke who has a tight end but in terms of receivers he's the guy and I mean Elijah Moore still somehow at a hundred and eleven yards so Yeah, it was crazy. Sir Tan should have been following Judy all over the yard the entire night, but instead you're going to put your Levi Wallace wasn't even playing last time. It's because Riley Moss is out. Levi Wallace has to step in in place of Riley Moss and he's just getting cooked all over the place. He's like, ah you got him in man coverage when he's a zone coverage corner. It's what do you expect to happen?
01:08:39
Speaker
Uh, but yeah, you would have figured they would have made some adjustments in that game and they just never did that. And then when certain wasn't coverage, it still didn't seem to matter. Yeah. So it was, yeah, Jamis was throwing a million. and I'm so done with them though. The quotes I'm praying to Jesus that to stop it, Jamis, that's on you brother. Jesus can't stop you from throwing pick sixes, man. That's that's on you. You were the only person to blame there. I, I, listen, I'm,
01:09:09
Speaker
Hater, I do have hater blood in me and I am a bit of a critic, but I don't find it entertaining. It has a lifeline. It has a lifelong and I think it's past, especially when you lose when he's the reason they lost that game. Yeah. it The antics are fine where it's like he throws for 500 yards and they win. It's like when you throw an interception, two backbreaking interceptions. the and terrible throws, man, like terrible throwing to the inside of guys who are going outside. ah Just kind of like day one quarterback shit. ah The last thing I had from this game, Denver now has 30 straight games without an 100 yard rusher.
01:09:51
Speaker
Yeah, we're insane. It's going to be a problem because they're a playoff. They they believe their playoff team. and They got a huge they got a huge matchup against India in two weeks off a buy. You got to find that you got an extra week. You have to find a way to run this ball because you know, India is going to kind of be they're going to be able to run the ball. They got a quarterback and the top 10 running back like they're going to be running it.
01:10:14
Speaker
So like it's just it can't all be Bo Nix and Courtland Sun all the time. You got to find other ways to win games and luckily they were did enough and the defense came through when they needed it the most. But it's it's a problem that's been kind of plaguing them all year, but they somehow seem to get away with it.
01:10:30
Speaker
Yeah, and Nick's was up and down last night. He he had moments where he looked fantastic. He had moments where he didn't look fantastic. But yeah, he is. It's going to reach a breaking point where you can't really rely on him for that much week after week after week. um But nevertheless, bra the Broncos just keep fucking winning games. um We will now do a little rewind all the way back to Thanksgiving.
01:10:55
Speaker
um Hannon, Notre Hannon, Hannon Damas, however you want to put it, Iber Flus out finally, and the Thanksgiving time out debacle. Patrick kind of predicted that this was a perfect time to fire Iber Flus with the mini-buy, um but never, never did I think it would go down like this. ah Thomas Brown gets goes from passing game coordinator to offensive coordinator to head coach in a three-week span, um but the the story of this one was The Lions winning this game ah with the time running out on a Caleb Williams deep ball, Patrick, the Eber flu's face came out in full effect. Whose fault was the end of the game here? This had ah ah some take quakes on the timeline.
01:11:41
Speaker
I got it at 75% Eberfluis, about 25% Caleb. And the most of it I find is is what has been plugging Caleb all year long. He's taken these sacks that can't be taken. And that's how it all started, right? He takes a sack, gets them back, gets them in like very fringe field goal range. But like it was, you have a chance to go tie the game. They want to call another play. I don't really have a problem with that.
01:12:09
Speaker
But Caleb couldn't like get it together. He couldn't get them all set. So the coach has to immediately recognize that, yeah, hey, this is something. But if you call it early enough, like you said, you have a, you can run an out to the sideline correct at five yards, whatever you need and get out of bounds. Like there's a, you could even have enough time to run a play short five yards, get down, get touched and spike it to stop the clock.
01:12:31
Speaker
but you let this thing run down. You let your rookie quarterback. He's a rookie, man. He hasn't been in many spots like this, and you're just like, I trust him. I trust him with the world. And he clearly couldn't get them set. It was if after five seconds when he's just like, keeps putting his hands together, and no one's moving. He's screaming at everyone. And then he's just ticking, ticking, ticking. And then you once the broadcast clicked in, and to like they're like, oh my god, oh my god. Then he snaps it. And I'm like, OK, what are they going to do? And then he just slings it.
01:13:01
Speaker
Slings it to the end zone. It's about five yards overthrown ball hits the ground heroes on the clock And he I thought he had a chance to salvage his job there I really did because it would have been a hell of a comeback on Thanksgiving Day against our Non-existent power ranking number one team And he just he failed. I fell on his face like he's done for four straight games. And it's been four winnable games for the Bears that they continue to find ways to lose. And it was time. ah The way they did it was also hilarious. it's It's very clear they've never fired a coach in the middle of the season before because they sent him out to do all the press. And I'm like, oh, my God, he he avoided it. he He's not getting fired. And then after he's done all the press conferences,
01:13:47
Speaker
thank Thank you for your time, Matt. Pack your shit, it's time to go, because unbelievable what they did to them there, man. It's wild. So wild. that That, to me, is not the sign of a great organization, I would say. It's very fun for the rest of us, um but not the sign of an organization that knows what the hell it's doing. I love that Ebert Flus in that press conference after the game acted like a quick out, doesn't exist in the NFL. He's like,
01:14:12
Speaker
well if we called the timeout we wouldn't have been able to kick the field goal you would have had over 25 seconds you can run a five yard out it's so easy you could like i said you could have ran the ball and gone up and spiked it like that's how much time you had um yeah you mentioned it i don't It's such a dysfunctional organization. I, I worry they weren't, aren't going to figure it out for the next guy, right? Like that's,
Dolphins' Struggles and Coaching Criticism
01:14:34
Speaker
that's where I go. Where do they go from here? I don't know. Thomas Brown is the fastest elevating coach in the league. Good. Congrats to him, man. Like that's, it's got to feel good. I wonder what like the pay bump is. Like if you get any sort of pay bump as a guy who gets an interim head coach spot like that.
01:14:50
Speaker
I truly have no idea. You got to assume there's some sort of people. Right. Like from passing game coordinator to head coach. Yeah, I would hope you're getting more money. I hope so, too. The Thursday night game will skip over the Giants and the Cowboys. That was a bit of a ridiculous game. ah Perfect nap game. I did take a nap during it.
01:15:10
Speaker
Uh, the dolphins might be dead, uh, in, in, especially with the Broncos winning last night. Tough, tough look for the narratives on Thursday night. I was getting into it. I didn't know Packers fans were so fucking vicious on Twitter. I got, I caught ah got ganged up on by Packers fans on Twitter.
01:15:27
Speaker
that wasn't fun um although the cold narrative is lazy i will still maintain that it is a lazy narrative they happen to face top teams in the cold this is a mike mcdaniel problem i think that he is skating by with this cold narrative where it's getting blamed on like the team not being able to play on the cold to not being able to play in the cold Mike McDaniel is now 3 and 14 against teams above 500. Two of those wins came in his rookie coaching season. Against talented teams, he gets out coached, he gets outplayed, he gets out prepared every time. This is a Mike McDaniel problem, not a like dolphins as a whole problem.
01:16:09
Speaker
Correct. It's, it's a dolphins against playoff team problem. Yes. Sure. You can bring the cold into it because you know, late in the season, those like, they usually have to play good teams in the cold. Sure. If you, if like you said, I do think it's a little lazy too, because, uh, Jason Garrett, when, uh, Malik Washington drops the punt goes, that's what happens. Malik or Washington played at Northwestern in Illinois, Chicago. Yeah. tell me he's never dealt with cold weather yeah he's never played in cold weather like these guys have played in cold weather games man I get it it's they don't always do but they've all played in them before and it's a lazy take
01:16:46
Speaker
the the tackling poked its head out again damiian they can't tackle on defense and and we mentioned it against the bills. It plagued them big time against that one. They lose a one score game. This one, it was, you know, a little bit out of hand early, but they can't tackle. And like I said, I, I blame McDaniel a lot because the, the offensive play calling, yeah, I, it I can only imagine what it does to you because it drives me insane. It's so much sideline to sideline, dude. It's just go north, south. If it doesn't always work, like you can kind of figure something out. But starting the game, going sideline to sideline and then never adjusting was Ryan day ask. Yeah, it was. And that's the thing with McDaniel. It's always one step forward, two steps back with him. One great play call, two of the worst play calls you've ever seen in your entire life. It
01:17:32
Speaker
It is really worn off ah the the McDaniel effect, that this offense effect. A lot of people trashing on Tua for garbage time yards. Listen, Tua didn't have a great game, but he I also don't think he was the problem in this game. A lot of drops too. Just a bad game overall. The Dolphins are dead. Start losing games. You're not making the playoffs. I want a top 10 pick badly.
01:17:56
Speaker
For this team.
Chiefs vs Raiders Controversies
01:17:57
Speaker
I want career gone. I would I would be fine with McDaniel being gone I think that he has run his course in my mind um Tough time to be a Dolphins fan um We'll move to the Black Friday game and the Chiefs blood magic game Where the Chiefs blood magic in this one was Antonio Pierce being completely incompetent, dude It is this is more than a trend people really dragged on the refs in this one It ended up being the correct call. It's an illegal shift because the players never got set before the center and
01:18:28
Speaker
incorrectly snapped the ball, the ref blew the whistle after Bolton landed on the ball, had the clock been running at the snap, then by by rule an illegal shift turns into a false start, I didn't know that, since the clock was stopped from the spike on the second downplay, an illegal shift is a live ball foul, so they actually got that right,
01:18:48
Speaker
Not that people will really believe that. This is on Antonio Pierce. You get the brutal decision to call the timeout and then still decide to kick a bajillion yard field goal with your kicker who has missed two field goals already in this game. And then for some reason they run a third down play. Like when they ran on the field for the third down play, I was shocked. And then that happened. And it was like, oh yeah, that's why you don't do that.
01:19:14
Speaker
Yeah. A lot of people were pissed on that, that penalty call because they, they saw the, the ref do the false start penalty motion. Well, it was probably a lot of the people in our comments on that last post that don't know ball. Um, it's the same, it's the same motion for illegal shift as it is or illegal formation, sorry, as it is for false starts. So they it was the same call. They didn't change the call because you know, it was a dead ball foul as opposed to a pre snap.
01:19:41
Speaker
Like it was, it that was the call and they stuck with it. Antonio Pierce is a clown. He's just, you got to know the situation you're in, man. You got this Aiden O'Connell who's having a like the best game I think I've ever seen, him especially in the second half. Like they kind of had nothing going on the first half and then Aiden O'Connell started getting it going. Jacobi Myers, Brock Bowers, like they're moving the ball. And then you get into position to beat the Chiefs, the the the big, bad boogie man.
01:20:09
Speaker
And like, yeah, like this is a team where yeah, you're like, Oh, it's so frustrating because you're just yelling at your chain. I don't even care about the Raiders though. I should not be like the Raiders should not get me this upset, but it's, it's the same thing. You have a 49 yard field will attempt. You have no timeouts and what was it? 13 seconds. You said 15.
01:20:31
Speaker
What? Just kick it. Just kick it. Just kick it. And if it doesn't go in, it doesn't go in, but you don't look like a fool, right? Like it's saving face and you want to go back before that. Antonio Pierce, there was a, there was a, they thought they had a first down. They spotted it at fourth and inches. It was the correct call.
01:20:48
Speaker
But Antonio Pierce is just screaming at this ref, complaining, whining, like like whining, not even like upset, but he's like he's complaining. And it's like, dude, if you're that sure of it, just throw the challenge flag. And then while he's yelling and complaining at the ref, they run the fourth downplay, and they don't get it. And then in
Steelers' Unexpected Victory
01:21:06
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his post-game press conference, he goes, this is for the the last play there, I actually didn't watch.
01:21:13
Speaker
ah That last play there was a lot going on from the officiating to the flags to the ball being snapped. I just didn't watch What you're the head coach man. and What do you mean? You didn't watch the last play? It's insane ah They also just fully messed up the silent count yucky center that'll happen from time to time But man had the Chiefs just get away with it every week like they find a new way to win us a close game Yeah, it it is now getting to the point somebody mentioned ah the year they lost the box this was it was kind of a similar season where they really didn't have that that super super talented team that was playing lights out every week I think were kinda headed to something like that certainly
01:21:54
Speaker
on our invisible power rankings the bills have have firmly cemented themselves above the chiefs i would say ah you write him like are you are you ready to make a fool out of yourself or or i'm i'm pretty close to saying it i'm quite close to saying it i i still think they're gonna figure it out they have a tough schedule going down down the the stretch here. They gotta play the Broncos, they gotta play the Chargers. Steelers on the road, which is a game that's gonna have a ton of implications. ah I'm so excited for that game, Christmas Day. I feel for you though, like the Dolphins played on Christmas Day two years ago and against the Packers, and I remember Aaron Rodgers just like dicing us up, and it left the room in a weird vibe on Christmas Day.
01:22:37
Speaker
it it It is a family of a lot of Steelers fans, so I do have that going for me. And I do have good Christmas Day memories. I remember ah the Steelers walked off the Ravens on an Antonio Brown touchdown 2016, I believe, to win the AFC North. So i got I got good Christmas Day memories. I'm going to bring those with me. you know Hopefully Netflix can hold a stream. That's that's what I'm most worried about. I am very worried about that. I watched the Leafs game on Amazon Prime last night where they had a good stream no pauses no bumps no nothing crystal crystal clear I do not trust Netflix to do the same um part of me thinks maybe the NFL will like have stepped in after that Mike Tyson Jake Paul fight to be to make sure that they are ready to handle it but god if they couldn't handle that I don't know how they're gonna handle NFL football um moving on
01:23:25
Speaker
The Falcons are not a good football team. That is going to be my takeaway from this game. The Kirk Cousins dilemma. Probably Cousins worst game of the season. Four interceptions. Pick six. He's throwing muffins. He's throwing Will Howard muffins out there.
01:23:40
Speaker
zero touchdowns and six interceptions on this three game losing skid the bucks are immediately back into into division contention hopefully might take from the start of the year age as well on that do you think there's any way the falcons start michael pennick's junior that no right like that it's not that bad it has to somehow get worse or this trend has to somehow continue to do it i don't think they will but i mean it's right there right like it's like you're losing it like you said the
Falcons' Quarterback Woes
01:24:08
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bucks now have the same record over them the the falcons have the edge with the tiebreaker beating the box twice
01:24:13
Speaker
But i yeah, man, this was the one of his worst performance. This was vintage, primetime, Kirk, that whole narrative. The the pick six to Tareeb still was one of the worst throws I've ever seen from an NFL quarterback, very Will Howard-esque. Not to mention just Kirk Cousins. They got massive kicking problems in Atlanta. Yeah. Yung-Wui Ku has missed six field goals in his last six games. And in one of the games, he never attempted a field goal at just extra points.
01:24:42
Speaker
If he makes that one field goal earlier, they could have kicked a game-winning field goal on this one. They were down by four at the end. And I still think there is a decent argument for Raheem Morris to kick that field goal there and try an onside kick. yeah is You haven't moved the ball today. It was fourth and 12. To just expect that you're going to get a first down there, there was about 45 seconds left. i would have been I would have understood if they kicked a field goal. They went for it. Didn't get it. ah Hit Drake London pretty much right in the chest on the third down. Boy, you couldn't catch it.
01:25:12
Speaker
They got massive problems in Atlanta. And this is kind of a reflection of like a Chargers team who has a better culture and has learned how to win some tight games. And they've been winning tight games all year, even with like Atlanta sacked Herbert five times like Herbert. like He did not look great in this one either. The Chargers had a lot, a lot of things that went like the the Falcons had 10 sacks in total. They half their season total against Herbert in this one.
01:25:37
Speaker
They fumbled the ball away to give Atlanta their own touchdown. They fumbled it in their own red zone. They had the fake punt that didn didn't work. The offense had two first downs in the second half as well. And Atlanta still lost, right? Like a Kirk for interceptions. He is the reason to blame here. You could put some blame on your kicker as well. Cause he has been letting you down week after week. They got to figure something out
Seahawks vs Jets: Defensive Turnaround
01:25:59
Speaker
in Atlanta because that little swagger that they had going in that middle section of the season, it's, it's gone. And I don't know if it's Kirk is getting tired and as the season goes on and like the age is starting to kick in, but that was the worst game he's had all year by a long, a wide margin. That was impressively bad.
01:26:17
Speaker
Yeah, my dad made a great point where they flashed Young Way Coos record on the screen. And it was 40% over the last few games. So he said he's only 40% better ah than somebody off the street, which is like a hilarious way to look at kicking problems like you can't you can never dip into the 40s as a kicker.
01:26:37
Speaker
never man and like you said like jake baits like you you find these guys off the street like your dad said like yeah i you can find a better kicker than young wayku i i feel confident in saying that he is not the best option for atlanta right now no kidding um yeah chargers they they at least the chargers are kind of known for these close games so it's not like they they have been world beaters and then they Throw up this stinker. It's kind of who they are ah But for the Falcons man, this this project this year continues to get worse um moving on The Seahawks are live
01:27:12
Speaker
The Seahawks are very live, ah slash they just played the Jets, but third straight win in the row ah in a row, they go 49ers, Cardinals, Jets, all wins, roller coaster of a game. The Jets get out to a 14-nothing lead, very nightmarish first half from the Seahawks special teams, lost two fumbles on kickoffs, allowed a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, had a PAT blocked,
01:27:37
Speaker
But then things changed in the second quarter where Aaron Rodgers throws a 92 yard pick 6 return for Leonard to Leonard Williams. That was a play after he missed Garrett Wilson as wide open as a wide receiver could get in the end zone. Another game where it's like fuck Aaron Rodgers sucks.
01:27:58
Speaker
He's the sole reason they lost this game think about special teams was huge defense made plays They Seattle had seven straight plays on on like the one-yard line and the Jets kept them out It was dated every the defense did everything they pretty much needed to do Until Aaron started letting the Seahawks back in this game and hey you you better be thanking Aaron for covering I thought I I thought you had two early losers and I was I was pumped up. I was like, here we go. I'm going on a run. And then and then Genos coming down the field and Charbonnet gets it in with about eight minutes left. And I was just like, there is no way Aaron Rodgers is coming back in this game and leading a game winning drive after what he has done ah throughout the second half. It was it was impressively bad, but it just sums up what the Jets have been doing all season long. And like you said, let's give some credit to Seattle because
01:28:49
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But it would have been easy for them to kind of turn over down 14 nothing and kind of give up and be like, all right, like we just got to focus on next week against the Cardinals. We win that one. We're all good. Well, now if they beat the Cardinals, they don't they pretty much have the division in ah in a way like they'll be two or three games up. They'll have the tiebreaker over them.
01:29:09
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This game coming up next week is massive for the division. It's basically a two team race with the Rams kind of lurking in the shadows. um But yeah, this was like a a Seattle Leonard Williams setting records. that That's when the game flipped on its head. The 92 yard yeah ah return.
01:29:25
Speaker
Longest by a defensive lineman in NFL history. Aaron Rodgers part of history as well. and it He just refused to throw for 300 yards. That is my favorite stat going right now that I don't think he he may never like correct that stat. I don't know if he's ever going to pass for 300 yards again.
01:29:40
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34 straight
Texans' Controversial Hit and Comments
01:29:41
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games under 300 yards. He has now gone three straight games under 200 yards He's not even getting 200 yard games another hilarious Jets ending We've talked about this on this show like a zillion times He gets sacked by Leonard Williams on the third down and then he gets blown up in like a brutal Helmeri attempt on the fourth down Like they just refuse to end games in fun ways or like exciting ways. It's always limping out with a loss um I saw somebody on yeah ESPN mention Seahawks have a short yardage problem like that that reared its ugly head again It happened in that Bills game really bad when they lost to them ah and I think they get five plays from the one yard line in the third quarter came away and empty-handed Somebody mentioned Byron Murphy played a little bit of fullback in college Byron Byron Murphy at fullback is something I need to see on my TV screen
01:30:35
Speaker
I it can't hurt like whatever you're doing right now is clearly not working in short yardage and you you're going to need it. You got to convert fourth downs, right? Like whenever there's going to be a fourth and one, you're going to be in the back of your mind. You're like, we're not going to get this. If you're Mike McDaniel, like it's just like,
01:30:51
Speaker
I don't think we can get this you're gonna just be secondguessing yourself all year so you got it like your your biggest game of the season is next week this is your super bowl this is the division on the line you have to find a way to convert shortyardage scenarios especially when you're in the red zone or like on goal ah it's Try it out. Like, yeah, you got a week of practice. Try it out. Byron Murphy is a big boy or anyone like there's got to be someone in there like a fourth string running back from the practice squad. That's a big heavy load. Just like lead get him to lead the way and then just find a way to convert these short yardage downs. Yeah, exactly. Moving on. Trevor Lawrence got murdered in plain sight. This is not a ah story anybody wants to have to talk about, but we will. Texans player Aziz Al-Shahir
01:31:41
Speaker
Suspended three games this morning after that Trevor Lawrence hit he said on a Twitter notes app apology He didn't see Lawrence sliding until it was too late. That is a lie. um he that The extended forearm forwards was where this this hit got really brutal. Immediate fencing reaction for Lawrence. I've seen that way too many times with Tua. He is a repeat offender. I did not realize the the length of this. November, fine for a late hit on Tony Pollard. Fine against Tennessee. September, fighting Rochon Johnson on Chicago.
01:32:18
Speaker
last year fine for a face mask a brutal face mask versus Tampa Bay in November last year September fine for roughing that late roughing the passer against New Orleans on Derek Carr this is a guy who has done it over and over and over again and yet D'Amico Ryan's is getting on on the press conference podium and saying that the Jaguars players overreacted to the late hit and that that was uncalled for he blamed Trevor Lawrence for taking he blamed QBs in general for taking late taking advantage of late slides as if that's something that Trevor Lawrence has a history of doing he does not
Steelers Secure Victory
01:32:53
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ah he blamed Trevor Lawrence for the hit essentially this was victim blaming
01:32:56
Speaker
I can't help but feel like that would be a different tone if that was CJ Stroud lying on the ground. Shocking comments from D'Amico Ryan. His gut reaction was what he should have stuck with. with like We don't teach that style. That's what he said in the immediate post-game press conference. and It was like, okay, that's that's the the correct response to what happened out there. like We don't condone that. Good. like you're You're doing everything you need.
01:33:21
Speaker
What do you expect to happen when Aziz al-Shayir launches at a sliding quarterback puts the brace right into his head, not like the bra that brace is been damaging. That would be assault with a deadly weapon, man. That was incredible. ah One of the most vicious hits I've seen in a long time, especially with just like the, the, you know, the league, it's, it's a quarterback protected league. Like it's, none of this is a shock. He seemed in shock after the hit. You see him put his hands on, what did I do? You know exactly what you did, dude. You're an old, you and, uh, in the NFL PA, the statement,
01:33:57
Speaker
they They hinted at the repeat offender. the The quote says, your continued disregard for NFL playing rules puts the health and safety of both you and your opponents in jeopardy and will not be tolerated. I think three games is a fair ah suspension. Shout out to Sharf on the Jags. Almost fought him. Took the helmet off. Wasn't scared to go. And I didn't mind. that No, I'm not going to say that. um But D'Amico Ryan's saying that the Jaguars overreacted.
01:34:25
Speaker
is one of the most insane things I've ever heard. Like, what do you expect from a response? Would you not want that response from your team? Exactly. And like you said, the offsetting penalties still come into play here. ah At least ah Shair got you know kicked out of the game. So like, you know, that yeah you lose a key contributor of their defense. But man, the D'Amico Ryans, that that is one of that is his first major slip up to me as a head coach. Like, that is just a clown statement. And I think he deserves all the hate that he's going to get online.
01:34:53
Speaker
no kidding and i think that that is such an easy layup especially in the fight part like you even saw ryan day have a better response he said you know this is our players are prideful they're not going to be able to stand by and do something like that especially after a loss like he didn't put any blame on his players even in that flag incident Yet D'Amico Ryans can't see why it would be called for for Jaguars players to stand up for their quarterback. Yeah, very puzzling, puzzling reaction by D'Amico Ryans in another game where the Texans squeaked by a Mac Jones led ah offense. Like we're not even talking about the Texans in this game, but they probably in a lot of ways should have lost this game. um So again, another week where you come out of it
01:35:37
Speaker
questioning the Texans and their ability to win games um we will move to the Pittsburgh Steelers who win in a shootout who knew who knew the Steelers could win shootouts dude it every week the prophecy that you laid out early in the season and of overs and unders is being turned on its head Russell Wilson absolute star in this game ah and that was really it like it I asked you before the game should I start Russell Wilson in fantasy or should I start Kyler Murray I should have started Russell Wilson he was lights out in this game
Vikings' Comeback Against Cardinals
01:36:28
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Having no idea what to do, not making any adjustments throughout the entire game. Russ was doing whatever he wanted. Couple deep balls, couple check downs, couple outs to pickings, whatever he wanted. Spread the ball around to every receiver except Mike Williams, who just the most baffling trade of all time. You trade a fifth rounder for a guy you're not going to play. I don't understand what's going on there, but very lot of positives to take out of this, especially with how the game started, wrote like a questionable pick six. I think that should have been a penalty. Look to me like he got pulled down by the back of his helmet. No call. All good. Russ just goes out there, responds with a touchdown.
01:37:04
Speaker
Uh, and it was just, they just kept going back and forth, back and forth. And then the Steelers defense made the plays necessary to secure the win. And it was just a great performance from them. I don't think like, I think there was, these are inflated numbers because of that bangles defense, but it was nice to see that you can adjust and play some different styles of games. And yeah, like I come out of there with a huge bounce back win after a bad loss of the Browns on a short week.
01:37:29
Speaker
ah You get a chance for revenge coming up this week. ah But yeah, nice division win, especially with the Ravens losing gives him another game up on them. ah But yeah, great win from the Steelers team when everyone's getting it done and the Bengals just have. The fact like it was ugly all game.
01:37:47
Speaker
But to just like summarize how bad it was, it was third and five, I think on the last play of the game for Steelers. The clock stopped. Cincinnati's looks like they're going to get the ball back and have a chance with no time. I was, you know, maybe get some points on the board, win the game. You bring in Justin Fields.
01:38:06
Speaker
Who do you think's getting that ball? Three guys on the edge bit. Three guys. And Joseph Field just scampers for the first down to steal the game. That was like summarized how bad their defense was. Very undisciplined. And yeah, just horrible effort from the Bengals. Yeah, it's nice to know that the Steelers have these in them. Like it's a good thing. It's it's confidence building down the line that you know you can win a shootout. But yeah.
01:38:31
Speaker
Uh, the Bengals, man, a lot, a lot of off season questions for them moving forward. Um, quickly on our Cardinals, Cardinals blew it. Uh, they had a chance to beat the Vikings. That would have been a resounding win. They would have got off the mat. Jonathan Gannon kicks a field goal to make a one score game, a one score game. We've seen this
Eagles vs Ravens: Defensive Showdown
01:38:51
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a million times over Greg Olson called it out on the broadcast.
01:38:55
Speaker
about it. because then minnesota was playing for a touchdown um they this was again like like the bears like a soft shell defense man like it was some terrible terrible defensive calls here for for the cardinals and they just let minnesota walk back into this game and win it Yeah, and then like Kyler turns into a pumpkin in the fourth quarter with two and it's like they were fly. It was a low scoring game, nine, six and a half. It's just like, okay, don't make the mistake. Then they hit Marvin Harrison Jr for the touchdown. They take a two score lead 13 points. It's just like, okay, just hold on to this. Go win the game. Like Minnesota has kind of been looking to lose the game recently and they find ways to win. And that was the story of this game. Again, Minnesota comes out and Sam Darnold's slinging it in the fourth quarter, playing with nothing to lose.
01:39:43
Speaker
And the Cardinals, you know, they get tight, they tense up, they kick a field goal, make some questionable decisions. And now Minnesota's 10 and two and Arizona's fighting for their life next week, right? If that's exactly what it is, uh, Arizona, I guess like that is if you win next week, you get away with this loss. But if you don't, your season's over. Whereas like, if you win this one and you lost last week, at least you have an extra one in the bag, you don't. And in like Minnesota coming back from a 13 point deficit.
01:40:11
Speaker
They're not frauds. I'm officially, i'm I said last week, I'm just not going to touch them. I'm going to, I'm going to make a statement on the Minnesota Vikings. They are not frauds because they're a team that finds ways to win week in and week out and tenant like your tenant too. That is so impressive for this team and credit to Darnold Kevin O'Connell.
01:40:30
Speaker
You know, you'd probably like to get Justin Jefferson in the end zone. It's been a couple weeks since he scored. But I mean, aside from that, it's ah the Vikings scored touchdowns and the Cardinals had to settle for five field goals and touchdowns win games. And that's how Minnesota won this one. Correct. ah Another game, though, where they figured out, you know, if teams play Jefferson heavy, we'll just go to Jordan Addison. So it's good that they're continuing to be able to build on that. ah Yeah. Arizona has a a high hill to climb to get into that wild card spot, especially with the commanders getting off the mat. Well, I don't I don't I think the wild cards out of reach. I think it has to be the NFC West. And it's just it's must win next week against the Seahawks. Yeah, that's a good point, because then if they were to win that game, they would go to seven and six and split games with the Seahawks. Yeah, yeah you're right. It's a tough schedule down the stretch from what I from what I remember. They have to play. ah I forget what I don't have it, but I i want to encourage Vikings Bears Rams. That's where the NFC North. Yeah, that's what it was. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, definitely not a cakewalk. ah Last two quickly. Eagles look like an actual Super Bowl contender. we We talked about it last week. Test after test for the Eagles. They keep passing them. they This was a game where.
01:41:40
Speaker
early on it looked like this was going to be kind of one of those classic Ravens wins where they just kind of keep adding points on the board and keep, you know, skating by and eventually come out with a victory. That was not the case. This, this Eagles team, Jalen Carter is so good and that defense is so good. Cooper DeGene is so good. This Eagles team is super, super legit, man.
01:42:04
Speaker
that DeGene tackle on Derek Henry which basically sealed the game like it didn't you know exactly seal it but it put them in a fourth and long beautiful beautiful form tackle uh and yeah it just summarizes like the Eagles are playing great on defense exceptional on defense and then the offense We could probably figure out these first quarter issues, but they do get going. And when they are going, they're one of the best offenses in the NFL. And I think you'd be insane not to think that this is a team that can compete with the Lions. They can come out of the NFC and I think they can win the Super Bowl and like Saquon. He didn't, he didn't like.
01:42:43
Speaker
send a message, but he definitely kind of helped, I guess, his MVP case hurts when Josh Allen does did what he did. But yeah, it was an impressive performance from Philly. I think we were kind of waiting for, we didn't really know where they were. And then when you play a team like the Ravens on the road and you take care of business like that, I got no choice but to respect you. And
Bills' Dominance in Snowy Conditions
01:43:04
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like, do you have any questions about the Ravens? like Do you have question marks by the team?
01:43:08
Speaker
To me, they're a team where every now and again in the NFL, you will you will see a team where you can't put your thumb on what's wrong, but something's wrong. Like they they find ways to kind of lose games. That is like my biggest problem with them. And it seems like they always get drops at the worst times. Lamar makes the wrong decision at at the worst times. He stops scrambling. Like that late touchdown for them. Look at what happens when you scramble, Lamar. Like it's almost like he forgot that he had that in him for a second.
01:43:38
Speaker
Yeah, there' is that's a good point. There's a couple times where I was like, it'd be like a third and eight and Lamar like escapes from the pressure and he's got all the momentum. And it's just, he basically has to make one guy miss, which he can do in his sleep and he just, he rips it. I'm like, dude, just run and get the first down. And then like, you know, you got a fresh set of downs. You can figure out a play later.
01:43:57
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, they're definitely a playoff team. They're not a team you want to play in the playoffs. But i I don't have them in that Super Bowl contender tier right now. I think it's a small tier of teams, though. I don't have the Steelers in there yet. I have like the Bills, the Lions, the Eagles. I'm not I don't know if I'm putting that ah fourth team in there, to be honest with you. It's ah man i'm not going on record i'm not going on record but it's it that's how i truly feel i don't think that ah that second team the afc should be in that ti yet yeah i mean it's like voldemort you don't want to name them um the team that is firmly in that tier is the buffalo bills our last our last quick preview here
01:44:42
Speaker
the bills on sunday night Before we get to our picks, Titan's 5.5 might be my worst pick of the entire year. I've been on the wrong side of every fucking trap game this year. That was a trap game in all senses of the word. ah The other side though, Bill's 6.5 was one of the easiest picks of the year.
01:45:03
Speaker
to to think that the bills weren't going to beat the 49ers in a snowstorm. I don't know. There was a lot of people picking the 49ers to cover this game. That was a masterclass in knowing how to play your own brand of football and knowing your own home stadium. ah Fun game to watch. but The biggest losers on earth are the people who are like, I hate snow football. That is really not how this game If you don't like that, you don't like football. How about that? He's talking to you, Sid Sexero. Yeah, it was such a simple game plan and play calling from the Bills, but it's exactly what you needed to do. um I can't help but think this game would have gone a little differently if kirick Christian McCaffrey didn't go down early in the second quarter. Sad, really sad, after especially after what he went through to come back and then to get
01:45:49
Speaker
I guess it was a contact injury because apparently it happened on the play before and then he tried to go out the next one after and then he just goes, no, I can't do it. Uh, but it looks yeah PCL six basically out for the year. It, that's a real shame and I just really hope he stays healthy for next year. But like he, he started that game vintage McCaffrey and I was like, okay, we're just going to kind of go back and forth here. They couldn't make up for his loss when he went out.
01:46:14
Speaker
I feel like Christian McCaffrey's leg is like, you know when you see those barbecue videos and the guy picks up the turkey leg and he like slams it on the ground and the entire meat falls off of it? That is like the state of Christian McCaffrey's leg right now. I feel very bad for him. A lot of lot of Twitter doctors were zooming in on that play that he went down and like looked at the calf.
01:46:34
Speaker
And I don't think it was that like it was the knee hitting the ground on the previous play, right? ah That's I don't know, man. The Twitter doctors are making a living off speculation. And I guess it's, you know, they're hypothesizing, but it's it's a lot of speculation. You don't know. They're going to be pretty secretive, I think, about this. And I i don't have a problem with that.
01:46:56
Speaker
ah but I think like Fred Warner had to leave this game 49ers are a beat-up football team and this has now become a lost season three weeks ago I said you can't go 0-2 in this stretch they did and this season's over for them even in a horrible NFC West year where it would have been basically like given to them in a usual year but you're from hell for the 49ers no kidding it it is just officially done like dinner for the 49ers We will now go to week 14, Hicks. I was 21 and 15. I somehow went two and one. I am now 23 and 16. Patrick was 17 and 19, went two and one now 19 and 20. So I keep a four game buffer. But man, I got lucky. I got lucky this week.
01:47:46
Speaker
Dude, I thought this was my week and I was between the box and the Rams, but I told myself to stay away from the NFC West. And then when I saw the Rams cover and then the way the Bucks won, I was very upset with myself. But I i just got to keep winning weeks. There's still some time I still got ways to chip away at you. And honestly, I just need you to start losing some weeks and for being honest here. Raiders was a great pick from you. Steelers was a great pick from you. Bucks not so much, but We will move now. I keep serve here. Couple of- This is a tough week. We're you're like back to like when we were in like week seven and eight and hated the board. That is what this week screams to me. Um, I'm gonna take- Fuck man, this is like has trap game written all over it again. But I- What? Sorry, but like the past couple weeks feel like the first pick's been super obvious and like you've been beating me to the end. They've been winning. This week I have no idea where you're going with the first pick.
01:48:40
Speaker
And there are a lot of toss-ups this week like a lot of tough spreads to kind of guess I feel like we're at that point in the season where you have no idea who is winning these games who's covering in these games I'm going to take the trap game and in front of me here. It's Packers plus three and a half ah Packers looked great against the Dolphins um They lost in a bad way to the Lions the first time I love the hook on three and a half here and um Again though this could be a silly one where like the Lions stay dominant I like that the Lions are injured in terms of a pick here I think that if there's any game that the Packers kind of beat up on those injuries It's this game and I'll take them getting points with that being said
01:49:21
Speaker
Thursday night or could set your week off in a one way or another. Um, I have no, like no liens, no feel in this week, kind of like you mentioned, but I'm going to go with what I think is one of the best teams in the league right now. They're going on the road, which is why the line is the way I think it is, but I'm going to go with the bills minus four and a half on the road against the Rams. Um, don't love the time zone change, but I think they, this is a team that like they can, I think it's going to be a shootout and they can win it by more than four point, five points, I guess.
01:49:51
Speaker
yeah I had that written down for sure. um I'm going to take another favorite here, or or I guess, yeah, I took an underdog in the first pick, but leaning off your favorite here. ah It's Vikings minus four and a half against the Falcons. Bit of a puzzling spread. I just, I really don't trust the Falcons, especially from a betting point of view.
01:50:13
Speaker
the Vikings are at home like the val Falcons have to go home I guess Kirk Cousins revenge game but I'm taking the fact that the Vikings getting four and a half points in this game Yeah, I guess the only counter argument is like Vikings play close games. But I mean, the Falcons have looked horrible recently. So I'm not against that whatsoever. There's one line that's like it blows my mind. And I'm sure you're looking at it, too. I don't know if I'm going to take it. I'm going to. This could be crazy, but it's been a recipe that's worked for me in this pool. I'm laying the biggest spread. Eagles minus 12 and a half against the Panthers at home.
01:50:49
Speaker
I think teams that have been massive favorites aside from the Chiefs last week, they've been covering. So I'm going to stick with my formula here, not a divisional game like it was the Chiefs Raiders. So I think the Eagles kind of blow out a Panthers team that is kind of flying, flying a little too close to the sun these days. Hey, the Panthers burned you last week. This might be ah an auto, auto fade on whoever the Panthers are playing, but, um,
01:51:13
Speaker
i Got a I got a couple picks here. I wonder if it's the same one that we were looking at I'm between like three different picks I would say there's one that I'm very eager to take but I think this is the week that it breaks um I'm gonna take the Chargers plus three and a half Sunday night football at the Chiefs I don't love it being at arrowhead But with the defense that the Chargers have and the way the Chiefs have been playing I think that this is similar to the Packers game I love getting the hook on three and a half and I think this will be a field goal game Yeah, I mean, Chiefs, it's always close. So yeah, take more than a field goal. I think I got to do it for fun. Just, just for fun, man. Jacksonville Jaguars plus three and a half. How the hell is Tennessee favored against anyone? I don't care if it's Mac Jones starting. I don't care if it's Damian Lee. He's starting at quarterback. There's no reason the Tennessee Titans should be favored against anybody there. They won the worst against the spread records all year.
01:52:10
Speaker
Um, Jacksonville actually looked decent when Mack Jones came in last week against the Texans. Um, but in the Tennessee Titans got embarrassed last week. It's disgusting, but I'm taking it. Lose by a field goal and I'll be a happy man. Uh, the other ones I looked at bucks, uh, or sorry, Raiders plus seven to me is very enticing. Um, I don't know why, but it is. Um, screams, push, push.
01:52:35
Speaker
um brown's plus six and a half dude like that was the one i was really wanting to take but i think that this is the week where ah it's kind of another trap game it's like wow i'm getting six and a half points with The steals were six and a half against the Giants, which is like, OK, that's huge. And I kind of thought that was a trap game. I think when the spreads are this big, it kind of signals they might be ah might be a blowout this week. Who knows, though? I hope I hope they cover it. That'd be nice. Just win the game, though, and I'll be happy. The only the other one I was looking at was this this Saints game against the Giants.
01:53:13
Speaker
I just think the Giants are no good. I guess true luck kind of gives them a fighting chance as opposed to Tommy DeVito. But I just I couldn't like bet on the Saints. And then i I couldn't do it because of what I just watched last week. But I like the Bengals to just outscore the Cowboys. You know what I mean?
01:53:32
Speaker
Yeah, there's a couple weird ones even bears plus three and a half so weird spread to kind of guess against the 49ers But yeah, this is a this like this could be a make-or-break week Like you either one of us could go over three and or three and oh So like I like that I don't have the excuse of like you stealing packs because like yeah I didn't really have any that stuck out to me But ah none of those that you took I was like, oh man, I really wanted that one So I guess this is just a true who's seeing the board better this week Exactly um we're getting we're getting close to nitty-gritty time like going into week 14 It's getting to the point that if I get a good week next week and you don't you're gonna have to start stealing picks So keep an eye out on this picks battle. It's it's been an entertaining one this year
01:54:13
Speaker
Yeah, I thought about maybe just taking the Lions just like who knows what's going to happen with that. I've been trying to stay away from divisional favorites. That is kind of if you if you look at my past picks, it has been a trend, including Jacksonville this week against Tennessee. Exactly. um But that will do it for us at the goalpost today. A little bit of college football, a little bit of NFL. We're getting to that sweet spot of the year. It'll be kind of the same moving forward here until the end of the year.
01:54:39
Speaker
Excited for a good Christmas episode. That'll be coming up in in a few weeks. But until next week, Patrick, I'll see ya. See ya, Damien.