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Monday at this time. Colin

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Wright, Colin wrong, plenty

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of both. Where Colin was right,

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lazing five went three and two. I had

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the Giants to cover, the Texans to roll

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in Arizona. Plus the Points have not

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had a losing week since pre Thanksgiving.

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It's been a very good second half

0:43

of the season for US three and two on

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the year, and we're happy about it.

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Where Colin was raw, think

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I.

0:51

Was a little too optimistic on the Philadelphia

0:53

Eagles and Nick Seriani. They've lost

0:55

four of five. I don't know what their offense

0:58

is. How can Aj Brown not have

1:00

a touchdown in December? I

1:02

mean, the reality is they've got some

1:05

really good offensive personnel. A left tackle,

1:07

a center, a right tackle, capable running

1:09

backs, always good tight ends, Jalen Hurts,

1:12

two receivers, and yet outside

1:15

of the toush push. I don't know what I get. They

1:17

were outscored dominated

1:20

in this game in the second half. I

1:22

think I've been too optimistic on the

1:25

Eagles.

1:25

Where Colin was right to.

1:27

Sean Payton Russell Wilson divorce,

1:29

we had said, we're not sure if this

1:32

thing's gonna work. When they signed

1:34

Jarrett Stidham before the season to an

1:36

expensive backup deal, that

1:38

was a warning sign that Sean had

1:41

looked at film stylistically

1:43

didn't think Russell Wilson fit. They

1:46

have two different personalities. They

1:48

clashed on the sidelines once. He

1:51

was always questioning simplifying

1:53

the offense. You know, the contract

1:56

stuff aside that stuff gets ugly all

1:58

the time, and a lot of businesses. But we

2:00

just didn't think from the very early stages,

2:02

I thought Sean got the most out of Russ

2:05

you could get out of Russ at this point in

2:07

his career. But it's just stylistically,

2:09

in personalities, it's a difficult fit.

2:12

Where Colin was right.

2:14

Finally professed my love for Baker

2:16

Mayfield in the Bucks and they laid

2:19

an egg. They trailed twenty nothing

2:21

to the Saints. Baker did throw

2:23

for three hundred some yards, but most of

2:25

it was late in the fourth quarter, a little

2:27

bit of garbage time stuff the Saints.

2:30

And I've got my misgivings about Dennis Allen

2:32

in that operation right now, but I

2:34

went all in on Baker and that

2:37

was a very weak performance.

2:39

Where Colin was right.

2:40

You know, I love Kyler Murray. He put

2:43

on a showcase

2:45

yesterday. I think he's amazing. Thirty

2:47

two first downs, twenty five

2:50

to thirty one touchdowns on

2:52

all four second half

2:54

possessions. I just think he's magic.

2:56

I think he throws a beautiful ball. I think he sees

2:59

the field. I think he has twitchy

3:02

everything. I think he throws a good deep ball intermediate.

3:05

Yeah.

3:06

People say, is he great in the locker room?

3:08

Well, I mean, I don't know what that means. I'm not

3:10

in the locker room. All I know is

3:12

that guy generates offense. And if you didn't

3:15

watch this game closely, I

3:17

thought Arizona could have had ten more points.

3:19

I mean, they just did

3:21

what they wanted in the second half.

3:23

Where Colin was right.

3:25

The Miami Dolphins, listen, when they

3:27

beat Dallas. I said, I'm not going to give you too much

3:29

credit. I don't trust Dallas on the road.

3:31

I don't think Miami's the kind of

3:33

team that will be able in the

3:35

postseason to match up physically with some

3:38

of these teams. This game was interesting

3:40

for a quarter, but all the gaps,

3:44

I mean, they didn't pick up their alerts, their checks,

3:46

whatever it was on the defensive end, but there was just mistakes

3:49

all over the field. And again, I think they're

3:51

fun, I think they're flashy, I think they're fast.

3:53

I think Mike McDaniel's really clever,

3:56

certainly capable of winning a playoff game.

3:59

But this is the kind of game Northeast

4:02

physical team that I always have

4:04

my questions about with Miami.

4:06

Where Colin was row boy?

4:08

Did I miss on this? By October?

4:10

I was done with Jordan Love. I didn't

4:13

see it at all. He was tall and athletic, but

4:15

erratic. He's been terrific

4:18

his last seven games, sixteen

4:20

touchdowns and a pick. And remember,

4:23

all these receivers and tight ends are kids.

4:26

They're first and second round players. This is the youngest

4:28

team in the league, so we always knew

4:30

he had the size, he was athletic, he had

4:32

a pretty good whip, but he's really

4:34

playing under control. I like the

4:36

fact he's a risk taker he'll throw it downfield.

4:40

Boy, I was wrong on that. When this kid is really

4:43

really over, the last seven weeks exploded

4:47

where Colin was right. Florida

4:50

State got beat sixty three to three.

4:52

George is the one that should be upset. They're

4:55

the one that may maybe better than everybody Michigan,

4:58

Bama, Texas and Washington. And what really

5:00

bothered me about Florida State. Leadership

5:03

comes in many forms. When the administrators

5:05

and the coaches pouted and

5:07

whined and complain NonStop

5:10

for two weeks, it set the tone

5:12

in the building. The young players

5:14

watched it and mailed it in. Obviously,

5:17

preparation was poor. Many quit,

5:19

many transferred. Leadership

5:22

comes in many forms just because

5:24

you don't get your way. Whining

5:27

and pouting by adults

5:29

set a really bad tone.

5:31

For this game. Where Colin was right.

5:33

You know I love spring football and I know it

5:35

keeps failing. But yesterday Fox

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and ESBN jointly announced to UFL

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this thing is going to work with legalized

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gambling in America. I told you years

5:46

ago I would have invested

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in the MLS A decade ago. Those

5:51

have exploded. I would have invested in MMA

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UFC twenty years ago, I

5:56

didn't have any money, the UFL,

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the Spring Football League, the two major

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sports networks. It's going

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go the top ten the NFL teams

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according to College number

7:34

tax Listen.

7:35

I don't love Miami, but I wouldn't want

7:37

to play them in the playoffs. I

7:39

mean they if they beat Buffalo and they

7:41

get a home game. I mean two, it didn't play

7:43

particularly well. But Baltimore embarrassed

7:46

Detroit, Seattle, the Niners. Baltimore

7:48

embarrasses a lot of people. They're nine

7:50

to zero when they allow twenty points

7:52

or fewer. And I do think Bradley

7:55

Chubb's injury is a real killer

7:57

for this team because they're going to give up more points

8:00

and that'll mean a pretty quick exit. But we

8:02

have to acknowledge they're

8:04

fun to watch. They're very explosive.

8:06

If Tyreek Hill is healthy and running

8:09

downfield, they're dangerous. Miami

8:11

at ten. Number nine, I love the Houston

8:13

Texans. They're the first team

8:17

with a rookie head coach and a rookie quarterback to

8:19

make the playoffs since twenty twelve

8:21

in the Colts Chuck Bgano and Andrew Luck. The

8:24

bottom line here CJ. Stroud.

8:27

He's like a veteran. Four games, no turnovers,

8:29

bounce back off the concussion. They've got weapons,

8:33

Tank Dell Schultz, the tight end Nicocollins.

8:36

I don't think they're a multiple playoff

8:39

win team, but what a story they are in Houston.

8:42

Number eight.

8:43

Listen, Kansas City's bad receiver Lee

8:45

the NFL and drops eight

8:47

straight division title. They got a puncher's

8:49

chance, but super Bowl champions

8:52

generally don't look like this where

8:55

they've got issues all over the field. I

8:57

think they're gonna win playoff games, maybe multi,

9:01

but it's been rocky. Travis Kelsey's

9:03

age is apparent. He limps a lot now.

9:05

The wide receivers are they just don't have a

9:07

one. Rashi Rice is good, he needs another

9:10

offseason, but Andy Reid

9:12

Mahomes. They're a top eight team certainly

9:14

capable of winning more than one playoff

9:16

game.

9:17

Number seven.

9:18

I wouldn't want to play the Cleveland Browns first

9:21

team to make the playoffs, starting four different quarterbacks.

9:24

Uh, I'm just here to tell

9:26

you that defense is physical. Joe

9:29

Flacco has nothing to lose. No team

9:31

will go into the playoffs more care free

9:33

on offense. What are they gonna lose? Flacco

9:35

doesn't care. Flakho's got the back, Flaco's got

9:37

the TOPI. So they're gonna come in loose,

9:40

nothing to lose. They've

9:42

been banged up at wide receiver. They get them back.

9:44

I got Cleveland at seven. Number six.

9:47

The Rams are not a mystery. Great

9:49

coach, great receiving talent,

9:51

great quarterback. They're a little like the Washington

9:54

Huskies. Do you want to play them? With

9:56

that coach, that quarterback and those weapons. You

9:58

want to play them? And one great defensive

10:00

lineman. Listen?

10:03

Kyron Williams the running back, seven

10:06

straight games over one hundred yards. Pookah's

10:08

the rookie of the year. Arguably great

10:12

draft, Stafford healthy, brilliant

10:14

coach, again, house money. Nobody

10:17

thought they'd be here, like Cleveland and the

10:19

AFC. They're going to go into this playoff

10:22

loose. Stafford McVay

10:24

already have a trophy. I wouldn't want

10:26

to play him. Number five the

10:28

Cowboys. Listen eight to note home three

10:30

and five on the road. You

10:33

know, I think they are what they are. I don't

10:35

trust them late in games. That's why I don't think they're a

10:37

super Bowl team. I don't necessarily trust

10:39

him on the road, but Dak does lead

10:41

the NFL and touchdown passes. I still think they

10:43

should have gone and at the trading deadline

10:46

went after Derrick Henry or a better running

10:48

back to have no running game Tony Pollard's I

10:51

mean, is he a two? He was a third

10:53

best running back against Detroit. Ceedee Lamb's

10:55

a remarkable talent. But they feel

10:58

very dependent on CD like

11:01

wildly dependent on.

11:03

Ced Lamb number four.

11:05

Detroit.

11:06

Detroit beat Dallas, be honest, I mean they

11:08

really did?

11:09

You know?

11:09

I put Dallas ahead of Miami when they lost. I'm

11:11

gonna put Detroit ahead of Dallas even though they lost.

11:14

They're seven to zero when they have one hundred

11:16

and forty rushing yards and with that old line in those

11:18

backs, they get there a lot. I think they

11:20

can score a lot of different ways. I think they

11:22

can come from behind and win. They can ball

11:25

control and win. They've got a pass rush,

11:27

they have a flawed secondary. Almost everybody

11:29

in the NFL does. I like Detroit

11:31

and their story highly highly,

11:34

relentlessly aggressive, sometimes to a

11:36

fault. Number three, I'm not gonna

11:38

move the Bills. They've won thirteen straight regular

11:40

season games in December and January, and Josh

11:42

Allen leads the NFL in touchdowns

11:45

with forty two. I do think

11:48

the emergence of cook It running back and

11:50

the O lines had their best year in about a half a

11:52

decade. I do believe this

11:54

is what a conference championship

11:57

team looks like. I think they're going to get to the conference

11:59

championship. I don't know if they're gonna win it, but

12:01

they do not feel as totally

12:04

reliant on Josh Allen his previous

12:06

years, and I like what they're doing.

12:08

Number two San Francisco.

12:10

I don't think anybody's gonna argue they've

12:13

won twenty one straight regular season games when they score

12:15

at least twenty, and they generally score at least twenty.

12:18

I think they're probably gonna rest Trent Williams

12:20

and Christian McCaffrey in the final regular

12:22

season game. Listen

12:25

the final two spots. Nobody's gonna argue

12:27

San Francisco's two and number one.

12:31

Number one Baltimore has

12:33

humiliated San Francisco, Miami,

12:35

Detroit, and Seattle. I don't think there's any

12:38

question Lamar should be the MVP. And

12:41

what do you want me to say? I think he's the soul of the team.

12:43

I think between harbass chip on his shoulder,

12:46

Lamar's chip, the toughness, the grittiness,

12:48

the relentlessness, the competitiveness.

12:50

I love this franchise top to bottoms eight

12:53

Flowers. I know he's like a five to nine

12:55

rookie and a lot of people are like, is he a first

12:57

round pick? Holy moly, is that guy

12:59

a handful? That guy has transformed

13:01

that receiving corps. Sometimes you forget Obj's

13:04

on the field. I mean Jay Flowers is. And

13:06

by the way, the other kid, Lively eight number

13:08

eighty. Look at second

13:10

year guy. He's emerged as a star. So

13:12

Baltimore has been good forever. We've always questioned

13:15

their receiving corps. This year,

13:17

their receiving corps often leads the way

13:19

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14:00

Joel Klatt was doing one of those talkback

14:03

things.

14:03

No no, no no.

14:05

Not after games like that. I said, I

14:07

gotta be in studio. I gotta be with

14:09

Colin. Here we go and your beautiful family.

14:11

It's the only college game you get to go to all young, just

14:13

be a fan. That's right, it's the Rose Bowl

14:15

is And there's a picture that you're seeing right

14:17

now. This there's me and my bride and my three

14:20

boys. It's the only game I get to go to college

14:22

game and take my three sons and just watch.

14:24

And that, I mean, what what a special

14:27

afternoon that was. By the way, they interviewed

14:29

Jack Harbaugh his mom and dad after

14:31

the game, and that you know where Jim

14:34

and Joe Oh yeah, Jim is Jack and

14:36

Jim jack is. I mean, they're like identical

14:38

people. It's incredible. So you watched

14:40

the Michigan game and they listen, they held Vama

14:43

the ninety yards in the first I thought offensive

14:45

defensive line play. I thought Michigan

14:47

was better. Yeah, their special teams

14:49

were a disaster. And I watched Michigan

14:51

seven times this year. The special teams were fine. Yeah.

14:55

Can we just say I said this earlier.

14:58

They're twenty year old kids rushington

15:00

special teams, Michigan special teams.

15:02

Michigan was the better team and almost

15:04

gave it away. Is that fair? I think that's totally

15:07

fair. Michigan was the

15:09

better team. This is why Jim didn't have to

15:11

go for two at the end of the game, because he just thought, like,

15:13

well, we're just going to continue to dominate at the line of

15:15

scrimmage. That's exactly what ended

15:17

up happening. In a lot of ways, Mama

15:20

was fortunate to be in the position that they were

15:22

in because of the I mean, the

15:25

miscues of the special teams were egregious

15:28

or mis team like it. It was wild

15:30

to see Michigan like that, But that you

15:32

know this this team has

15:35

ever since I've started covering them, had

15:37

a chip on their shoulder, and they

15:40

would say behind closed doors, you know, we

15:43

want to go out there and prove that we're

15:45

more physical than an SEC

15:47

team that were faster, We're stronger,

15:49

we're better than an SEC team. And in

15:52

a lot of ways they proved that this year at

15:54

least, and I totally agree with you,

15:56

Michigan was completely

15:58

a better team outside of Jalen Milroe

16:01

making some plays and then the punt team for Alabama

16:03

that was the best unit on the field. It was the punt team

16:05

for Alabama flipping the field a few times. Okay,

16:08

Raven's best team in the NFL. Michigan

16:10

looks like the best team in college football. What's

16:12

the connection on here? Well, I mean the connection

16:14

runs so much deeper than anybody

16:16

actually realizes. And it

16:18

goes back to the COVID year when there

16:20

was talk when Jim Harball was going to be fired.

16:22

Yeah, and they wanted to walk away from

16:25

Jim and restart and do something else,

16:27

and they stuck with him. He took that reduced

16:29

contract and his move his

16:31

switch was calling his brother and

16:34

he said, hey, man, like I

16:36

have to get it right and I have to beat

16:38

Ohio State specifically, and I'll tie that

16:40

in here in a little bit. And he called Johnny

16:42

said I need your defense. Give me two guys,

16:45

and he gave him Mike McDonald and Jesse Menterer,

16:47

and he said, choose one, and he chose

16:49

Mike McDonald. And Mike McDonald was the defensive

16:52

coordinator at Michigan for twenty twenty one,

16:54

and Jesse went to Vanderbilt in order to get coordinating

16:56

experience from that tree. Okay,

16:59

so Jesse goes and he's

17:01

Jim told John like, I don't want to choose

17:03

Both of these guys are great. I could take either one.

17:05

And John says, well, you got to choose one and the other will

17:07

go coordinate at Vanderbilt.

17:10

So he chooses Mike McDonald. Mike then goes

17:12

back to Baltimore to be the defensive coordinators.

17:14

So what does Jim do, Hey give me the other guy, and

17:16

so he brings in Jesse Minner. And now Jesse

17:18

Minter and Mike McDonald are both coordinating

17:21

the two best defenses in football, and they're

17:24

running a very similar, if not the exact

17:26

same scheme. And now what you're starting to

17:28

see both in the NFL and in the college ranks,

17:30

is that people are chasing down this scheme. They

17:33

all want a piece of what's going on. And

17:35

what's going on is they build a run front with

17:37

their defensive tackles, they play hard

17:39

edges on the outside with those rush

17:41

ends, and then they've got hybrid players

17:44

in the middle of their defense linebacker, nickel

17:46

and safety with good solid cover guys

17:49

on the edge. And that's what they've built, both of

17:51

them, and they're eerily similar. And you've seen

17:53

them dominate both levels of football in the NFL

17:55

and college. And it goes back to that COVID year, Jim

17:57

calling John and saying, I want your two best,

18:00

brightest young guys and gave him Mike McDonald

18:02

and Jesse Miller. I saw Texas in

18:05

Tuscaloosa power through

18:07

Bama. I saw bama'z

18:09

O line could not block Michigan for

18:11

big chunks of the game. Do we look at

18:13

Bama and say, listen, they're still a very good

18:15

program, but it's different now.

18:18

It's different.

18:18

Now they're getting pushed around this

18:21

year by two teams. And by

18:23

the way, Washington beat Texas.

18:25

Yeah.

18:25

So I looked at Alabama and I'm like, that's the fourth

18:28

best team. If Georgia was in this

18:30

thing, they're better than I think if they played again.

18:32

Yeah, they weren't that one day, but I think Georgia

18:34

on the on the whole of the season. I

18:37

have not seen a Bama team dominated

18:39

up front like Texas did, Layton, tuscaloosen

18:42

like Michigan did you know. I don't

18:44

think it's the end of Bama. They they were too

18:46

They'll be good. They'll they'll continue to be very good.

18:48

I think what you're seeing is not necessarily

18:51

like the demise of

18:54

a singular team as much as what you're

18:56

seeing is the what's the word,

18:58

the peripherlation is that the

19:01

proliferation of talent throughout the

19:03

country, and that's now transfer portaland

19:05

nil. And what you're seeing now

19:07

is that you're not seeing the loaded

19:10

great teams and you're seeing like six,

19:12

seven, eight really good teams. I think it's better

19:14

for the sport. I also think it's better for the sport,

19:16

and I think that played out yesterday in those

19:18

two games, which both were outstanding.

19:21

But what you're seeing now is is you're seeing

19:23

the opportunity for schools to

19:26

use the development model in

19:28

order to be elite teams in the

19:30

sport. Michigan's not littered

19:33

with five star players like Georgia o'bama.

19:35

They don't have a domin. None of their

19:37

receivers could start for Washington. I

19:40

don't think maybe Roman Wilson

19:43

and Colston Loveland the tight end he would

19:45

be on the field. He's an excellent player.

19:47

But you bring up a strong point. I

19:49

would also do this, like if you're looking

19:51

forward this

19:54

matchup to me, I

19:57

immediately started thinking to myself,

20:00

Well, this is a matchup that is right in the wheelhouse

20:02

for Michigan, and it's like, well, why

20:05

is that? Well, this version

20:07

of Michigan goes back to the phone call to

20:09

John Harbaugh. What did Jim have to

20:11

do beat Ohio State? What was

20:13

Ohio State in twenty twenty and twenty

20:16

twenty one c J Stroud, Garrett

20:18

Wilson, Chris Olave and Jackson Smith

20:20

and Jigba. It's the exact

20:23

team with a different logo that

20:25

Michigan said we have to build ourselves

20:27

to beat them. The twenty

20:29

one Ohio State team is basically

20:32

the twenty three Washington team, and

20:34

so Michigan is uniquely

20:36

suited to play Washington to play Washington.

20:39

They built themselves for this style.

20:41

Yeah, no, I said this. I thought Texas.

20:43

I took Washington money line yesterday. My take

20:45

is Texas it was a bad matchup for him,

20:47

That's right. Their past defense wasn't good enough.

20:50

So even if they outplayed Washington, Washington

20:52

would just come down the field if you did a prevent

20:54

defense late and move it will. Michigan's

20:57

a different ballgame, good secondary. So I want to go to

20:59

Texas Washington. I'm from the Northwest,

21:02

bit of a homer. I would say this, though I

21:04

watched Michigan special teams implode.

21:06

Alabama's offense implode brilliantly.

21:09

Coach Washington special team almost give

21:11

the game away. We bang on Sark

21:13

for his in game coaching. These are

21:16

twenty year olds, that's right, not twenty nine

21:18

to thirty four year old pros. I agree. I

21:20

mean Sark got his team there, he

21:22

won in Alabama. Washington

21:24

was a bad matchup for him.

21:27

Okay, so I agree with a lot

21:29

of that. If you're just running down the Texas

21:31

angle, if

21:35

this team was going to live by the sword and

21:37

die by the sword, aggressive play

21:39

calling on first down, that's what Sark

21:41

is. We talked about him having time and building

21:43

a matchup, building a game plan, and

21:46

that's what he is. Think about what he did to

21:48

Bamma the last couple of years, what was it, aggressiveness

21:50

early? What he did again Oklahoma State in the

21:52

Big Twelve championship game, aggressiveness

21:55

early. And what that does, though, is

21:58

it leads to a situation where if his quarterback

22:00

is not playing great, Yeah, it's

22:03

second and ten and now all of a sudden, their

22:05

first six third downs of the game were

22:07

third and ten or more. Well, that's

22:10

that's not a recipe for success. You cannot

22:12

sustain that offensively. So

22:15

again, that's not a stark problem. I think what's

22:17

going to end up happening is I think that there's

22:19

going to be a lot of heat on quinnyewrs. That's what

22:21

I think. And and in particular because of

22:23

those four plays to finish the game. Now

22:26

you can we could debate like

22:28

the clock rules and what

22:30

happened with Dylan Johnson that even allowed

22:33

Texas to go down the field in the first place, that

22:35

was kind of wild with the injury in the time of

22:37

a huge break for texts, huge I mean

22:39

literally a game changing break.

22:42

The thing Washington didn't want to do.

22:44

The only thing that would get him in trouble is a player

22:46

getting hurt and stopping the clock, which which again,

22:49

like I don't know how to address it in the rules, but that

22:51

needs to be addressed, Like obviously

22:53

that's clear. But you go down and

22:55

now like that aside, Texas

22:58

has first down fifteen seconds

23:00

from what was it the twelve yard line, eleven yard line

23:02

right around there, and they've

23:04

got great wide receivers, they've got what's

23:07

supposed to be a good quarterback, and that sequence

23:09

at the end was awful. It

23:11

was terrible. As a quarterback,

23:14

you've got to know that you can't throw a

23:16

swing route. He did with like a fake pitch

23:18

and then throws the swing on first down. I'm thinking to

23:20

myself, oh my gosh, what was

23:22

that. Then he panics on second down,

23:24

throws it out of bounds. On third down,

23:27

makes the quality play to save a fourth down

23:29

attempt. He's getting pressure, he kind of dumps

23:31

it out and on fourth down. Colin,

23:33

this is where I think Texas fans are going to be

23:36

really upset, is that ad Ni

23:38

Mitchell was open. He's open

23:40

if Michael Pennox is on the field. That ball

23:42

is thrown with correct velocity,

23:45

trajectory and leverage and is a completion

23:48

and you weres through the wrong ball. It's

23:51

about pitch selection, not

23:53

play selection. The play was

23:55

correct. Mitchell's open, He's

23:58

got a back shoulder pie long throw

24:01

waiting for him. It's there. The defense

24:03

was wrong. They were misplaying the

24:05

formation, they were misplaying the leverage,

24:08

and yours lofts of fade

24:11

basically out of bounds. Guess what, newsflash.

24:13

One hundred percent of passes that are out

24:15

of bounds are incomplete. You've got

24:17

to give yourself a chance in that one. And that's what Pennis

24:20

does such a good job of, is his pitch

24:22

selection and accuracy and leverage

24:24

is uncanny. He reminds me he does.

24:26

I'm not saying he's Joe Burrow, but this team

24:29

reminds me. From play caller to weapons to

24:31

quarterback. Penix and Burrow

24:34

have this ability, this calmness

24:37

that is Yeah, it's funny.

24:39

Pennix has been sacked in his career fewer

24:41

times than Caleb Williams got sacked this year.

24:43

Wow, and think about the hyper athleticism

24:46

of Caleb and my takeaway is Michael's

24:48

very unique Burrow is. You look

24:50

at Burrow and you're like, he's not that big, don't have a power

24:53

arm, and you're like, yeah, I think

24:55

he's better than the homes today. Sometimes

24:57

great is hard to figure

25:00

out what is pennis because

25:02

when I watch him, he sees

25:04

the field better than it feels like ninety percent

25:06

of the NFL. So Michael Pennock is

25:09

an elite quarterback. Elite quarterback.

25:11

I think he should be drafted in the top five,

25:14

no doubt. I think that the knee injuries

25:16

will scare people off, no question, and they

25:19

he might fall, But I don't think he gets past ten

25:22

because what you see is is

25:24

is directly comparable

25:26

to what he needs to do at the National Football

25:28

League level. Look at how when the pocket collapses,

25:31

absolutely calm, total

25:33

calmness, and even when he's not ready

25:35

to throw, he manipulates the pocket with

25:38

with ease to get himself into a position

25:41

to make throws. And let me point out something

25:43

something else. There is a huge

25:45

difference between guys that throw the ball

25:47

well and guys that pass the football

25:50

well, and Michael Pennix is a passer

25:52

and the difference is is that he understands

25:55

leverage and understanding

25:57

leverage. You take a guy that's accurate with the football,

26:00

and then when you watch all of these plays, Colin,

26:02

what sticks out. The ball is always

26:05

away from the defense. Yeah, it's very brady

26:07

asque yes bro ask and it's like

26:09

an entry pass in basketball

26:11

to a postman. It's always away

26:13

from the defense. He's always allowing

26:15

his player and opportunity to make a play.

26:18

He's always putting the odds in these wide

26:20

receivers favor. It's not a fifty to fifty

26:22

ball, it's a sixty to forty ball.

26:25

At worst, it's a seventy thirty ball.

26:27

It's a ninety ten ball. Why Because he understands

26:30

leverage that's passing the football. He takes it

26:32

to another level and he protects himself well

26:34

with both timing and the manipulation

26:36

in the pocket of being an athlete.

26:38

This guy is an elite player. I think he upgrades

26:43

thirteen NFL teams next week.

26:45

And if I was drafting next

26:48

spring, I would really look

26:50

at this guy. Michael Pennockx's and by the

26:52

way, this whole narrative and

26:54

you know who you are if you push this that

26:56

the Heisman was done before the

26:59

conference championship games and it wasn't a

27:01

conversation between jayde and Daniels and Michael

27:04

Pennox. You should be ashamed of yourselves that it just means

27:06

that you didn't watch Washington football. Thank you,

27:08

because Jaden Daniels, as incredible

27:10

as his season was, did it against

27:12

Grambling and Georgia State to the tune of eleven

27:14

touchdowns.

27:15

Yeah.

27:15

So you can pad your stats in the three loss

27:17

team, or you can be undefeated and

27:20

have to be have to be

27:22

the catalyst for your team, which he was. Michael

27:24

Pennix is an excellent player. And the fact that

27:26

it wasn't even a debate at the end for the Heisman

27:29

Trophy, it shows that people don't watch Washington

27:31

football in the Northwest. We don't pat our

27:33

stats, just not how we roll.

27:35

Wow.

27:35

Okay, so you know, can

27:38

I I'm not a you

27:40

know, people have asked me. You know, you go on

27:42

these to conventions or something and talk radio

27:44

and as anything bother you collin

27:46

about the industry, and I'm like, I get paid. I'm off

27:48

at New not much cocktails by four. My

27:50

life's just one every man, you know, America's

27:54

honestly broker. It's a good life. It's

27:56

not like you're a slum and at either pal So.

27:58

Anyway, the point is, I'm not saying

28:00

I am so when I almost golf season, when

28:02

I hear when I hear

28:04

this, the ni

28:07

LA is ruining the sport, The Liberty

28:09

Bowl is dying, I'm like, bye bye.

28:12

Everybody has a funeral. My point

28:14

is this is great if you're

28:16

giving me this year with Dion. Did

28:20

you just say that everybody has a funeral?

28:22

I'll have one. I'm about, you know, twenty years away

28:24

depending on my lifestyle. The point

28:27

being is nothing less

28:29

forever, except in our

28:31

memories, which is a line from Uh what is it?

28:33

River runs through it? You're

28:36

exactly right love this year.

28:40

The only bad part of this year is

28:42

that there were not more teams playing

28:44

playoff games. That we didn't get a

28:46

chance to see Florida State play a playoff game or

28:48

Georgia play a playoff game. Right, like, I

28:51

want to see Ohio State play a playoff

28:53

game and not have all the transferson opt

28:55

out. And by the way, kids, Ohio

28:57

State's quarterback wouldn't opt out if

29:00

we had a playoff game. I agree

29:02

with that, I very much do. And if

29:04

this year proved anything to us

29:07

in college football, it's that the

29:09

playoff expansion is so needed.

29:12

Oh, we are desperate for it because

29:14

and here's the thing. Those that are clamoring

29:17

for either a non expansion

29:19

or you know, railing against

29:22

these new elements of college football, they

29:25

you know what they want. They also

29:27

probably on Friday night, want to be like, hey,

29:29

let's get the microwaveable popcorn and go

29:32

rent a video from Blockbuster. That's

29:34

what they want. It's like they want the past. You

29:36

just want the past. You want what

29:38

we had when I was a kid, which was set

29:41

up three TVs, the only three in the house, watch

29:43

with your dad, eat some wings, and watch all

29:45

the games on New Year's Day. But that's not reality.

29:48

Here's the other thing that nobody wants to acknowledge

29:51

is that those Bowl games. I'm not going to bore

29:53

you with my labyrinth of amazing sources.

29:55

The point being is they don't make any money for networks,

29:58

half of them. Nobody goes to. The ratings

30:00

are and depends on the bowl. In the end,

30:03

this Big ten explosion Washington,

30:05

Oregon, USC UCLA, this

30:07

SEC explosion Texas, Oklahoma

30:09

is driven by networks because

30:12

the audience wants big brands playing

30:14

each other over and over, and college football's had

30:16

one issue my entire life. And we both agree

30:18

with this. The schedule. Yeah, they're

30:20

uneven. The good team's fear playing

30:22

other good team? Are you kidding me?

30:24

Now? I'm gonna get on any Saturday.

30:27

Penn State in Eugene, Michigan's

30:29

in Seattle, USC's at Camp

30:31

Randall, Ohio State's hosting

30:33

UCLA, Texas is at Georgia,

30:36

Oklahoma's hosting Bama. We're gonna

30:38

get more big, gigantic games.

30:41

Yesterday was four big brands. That's the best

30:43

day of college football I can remember my life in

30:45

a long time, in a long time. I mean, to your

30:47

point, the schedule. Do you know next year Michigan's

30:49

gonna play Ohio State, Washington and Texas

30:53

and there Who's like, who's sitting

30:56

there except for maybe whoever is going to be the head

30:58

coach for Michigan saying like, oh, I don't

31:00

know about that. Nobody is saying that

31:02

because we all want to see eto types

31:04

of game. This new era

31:06

of college football I think is going to be

31:08

great. What we need is just some

31:10

guardrails, and we need some little tweaks

31:12

like, for instance, Colin we should have the playoff

31:15

start right after the regular season when college

31:17

football is hot, continue playing.

31:19

I don't know, like that's a thought. Well,

31:21

it hasn't December been dead for

31:24

us? Of course, you sit around waiting for the Sun Bowl. Now

31:26

December is going to be filled with number

31:29

eight Florida

31:31

State. I think I'm number four Ohio

31:33

State. I think that we should end the college football

31:35

season with a national championship on January

31:37

first. I think the national Championship.

31:40

If you're asking me, if I'm in the room,

31:42

I'm saying that that's setting Michigan and Alabama

31:45

the sun setting with the San Gabriels. The

31:47

Rose Bowl, that tradition the longest

31:49

running bowl game in football, right,

31:52

but longer than the Super Bowl, any of them.

31:54

That should be the national championship game

31:57

every year. It makes the most iconic

31:59

brand in college football. The Rose Bowl

32:01

the ultimate destination for every

32:04

team in college football. And you ended on the first

32:06

before the NFL gets to the playoffs. Then

32:08

you can open up the transfer portal. Then

32:10

you can have high school recruiting, and you fix the

32:12

calendar and scheduling and

32:15

destination all in one's fail swite. No,

32:17

I said. One of the things I love about college

32:19

football, and I hear

32:21

this occasionally. Well, it's

32:23

not as good as the NFL.

32:26

All right, all right, time out. You're

32:28

right. NFL

32:30

is rich, Carlton, it's closer to Marriott. But

32:33

I've been to the Marriott sports bar. Three cocktails

32:36

deep, kids of the pool. That's a good time too. I

32:38

mean, I think it's a little bit more like Hampton by

32:40

Hilton, if you know what I mean. Free breakfast

32:42

in the morning, coffee, waffles.

32:44

So here's my point. You know how they always say this

32:47

when you have kids, the

32:49

years fly by, the days are long.

32:52

College football's got kids, they screw

32:54

up. The special teams are embarrassing.

32:57

It's driving you crazy. But as a consumer,

32:59

I'm I'm exhausted watching college football

33:02

because I've got kids and their careers

33:04

are at stake. When I watch the NFL Lebron James

33:07

or I watch Patrick Mahomes, I don't sweat they're

33:09

all rich, they're all great. College football's

33:12

flaws. Yes, it's not. It's

33:15

not the most expensive hotel on the block.

33:18

But it's fun, it's it's vulnerable,

33:20

it's kids. Well, it's drama. It's

33:22

also tribal. Remember, none

33:25

of you that go to an NFL game or

33:28

watch an NFL game were a

33:30

part of that organization. But

33:32

if you went to Michigan, you

33:35

are Michigan. If you

33:37

went to Alabama, you are

33:40

Alabama. It's a part of you. It's

33:42

like Thanksgiving dinner. It's your

33:45

family, that's and so the

33:47

tribalism of college football

33:49

is actually much greater than

33:51

any pro sport. Yeah, I get

33:54

it, like the quality of the actual

33:56

sport is better, but the entertainment

33:58

value and the tribalism of college football

34:00

is starting to become very, very good.

34:03

And by the way, it's so far and

34:05

away the most popular of

34:07

any other sport in our country outside

34:10

of the NFL. I mean, it's far and

34:12

away more popular than the

34:14

NBA or hockey

34:17

or Major League Baseball for that matter. It

34:20

trumps all of those by a wide

34:23

margin. Ohio State and Michigan

34:25

had nineteen million viewers.

34:28

The next time even a World Series game

34:30

gets nineteen million viewers, let me

34:32

know twelve. That's

34:36

my point, right, and why because it's tried

34:38

well and the other thing. It was great yesterday. Washington

34:41

dominates Texas, but they're

34:43

twenty year olds made egregious

34:45

mistakes that you don't make in the NFL.

34:48

Those games would have been over in the NFL. Washington

34:50

wins by ten, but in college you keep

34:52

letting teams back. In Michigan a special

34:55

teams, they just kept letting Bama back in the

34:57

game. So the flaws end up

34:59

being just jet fuel

35:02

for drama. Yeah, those game, Michigan was

35:04

better and Washington was better for most of the game,

35:06

but the mistakes and what kids

35:08

do made those games riveting.

35:11

I was exhausted.

35:13

Do you know how many times you're having a great family dinner

35:15

and then all of a sudden it's just like something spills

35:18

because it just got a little bit crazy and out

35:20

of hand. It's like his spills

35:22

and it's like, oh, well,

35:24

you know what, it's it's life having

35:27

kids. I like that analogy a lot, and the

35:29

tribal nature of it I think is important.

35:31

All Right, I'm done talking,

35:34

Clatt. You drove, you had

35:36

some kind I came up here just for you.

35:39

It's like two jmac ninety

35:41

eight percent you yeah, you know we're trying

35:43

to reduce j Yeah,

35:46

because it's the well, then you know what,

35:48

act like I didn't bring him up. All

35:51

right, sorry Jmack. Everybody has a funeral. I'm

35:55

not wrong.

35:56

Be sure to catch live editions of The Herd

35:58

weekdays and Noononies. They're not a Empacific.

36:03

Let's blaze it up, Fired Up, it's

36:05

Collins Blazon. Fuck Falcons,

36:08

it's sick.

36:08

I'd been warned for years not to take Atlanta.

36:11

They're the side this week. First of all, Hey,

36:14

their defense has been sneaky good

36:16

this year. Last two weeks they leave the

36:19

league in sacks. Their defense has been top

36:21

five and six. Offensive line,

36:24

they're four and one when they rushed for one hundred

36:26

and fuck fifty plus rushing yards. Saints

36:28

can't defend the run. Alvin Kamar

36:31

probably doesn't play. You know what the

36:33

Saints average when Alvin Kamara doesn't play,

36:35

seventeen points. I

36:38

get the better defense, the consistent

36:40

pass rush, the offensive coach. If

36:42

Atlanta wins, they're in I

36:45

know. I like Atlanta

36:47

plus three. Falcons win upset twenty

36:49

four to twenty three. Seahawks

36:52

said Cardinals. Yeah, I like Seattle. Initially,

36:55

I don't now I'll take Arizona plus three.

36:57

Seattle's defense has gone into the toilet. Kyler

37:00

Murray is making his eighth start coming

37:03

off his best game. They're averaging three hundred

37:05

and forty eight yards when he plays. That would make them

37:07

tenth best offense in the league. The

37:10

Seahawks offensive line, they can't sustain

37:12

a run game. It's ranked thirtieth. Gino Smith

37:14

has regressed with every stat You can't hide

37:16

his flaws. This defense is allowing

37:19

five point nine yards of play. What

37:21

did Arizona do against the bad defense last

37:23

weekend? It's a young coaching

37:25

staff. They want to win this game. Arizona

37:28

is all in. Kyler Murray wants

37:30

to prove I got the bag. I'm worth every penny. The

37:32

Seahawks defense since week nine is

37:35

agregiously bad. Pete

37:37

Carroll, I don't know what's happening. I'll take the

37:39

points. Arizona wins straight out twenty seven to

37:41

twenty.

37:42

Four Bears

37:44

and Packers.

37:45

I like Chicago plus three. They've won four of

37:47

five, and their offense the last two weeks

37:49

is pretty good.

37:50

Right.

37:50

Green Bay's defense thinks there's no other

37:52

way to say it. Chicago's defense

37:54

doesn't. It's the number one scoring defense since

37:57

Week twelve, allowing

38:00

just fifteen a game. Leads the

38:02

NFL with sixteen picks eighteen

38:04

takeaways over the last

38:06

six games. Packers are two and two

38:09

over the last four games. They've beaten Jaron Hall

38:11

and Bryce Young. Green Bay's

38:13

defense is a mess. They're gonna make

38:15

a coordinator change. Two of their last

38:17

three games they allowed thirty plus. I

38:20

think the Bears are the side. I

38:22

don't think green Bay's defense scares

38:24

me. I'm gonna take the Bears with an upset. Twenty

38:27

eight twenty seven.

38:29

Eagles and Giants.

38:30

Giants plus five and a half is the side,

38:33

you know Tyrod

38:35

Taylor, he doesn't make any mistakes.

38:38

Three and three over their last six

38:40

games. They're coming off a game against the Rams they

38:42

could have won, and the Rams are red hot. Tyrod Taylor

38:45

is averaging in his three healthy starts

38:48

this year. The Giants average three hundred and fifty five

38:50

yards. The Eagles are one and four

38:52

over their last five games in

38:54

the NFL since Week eight, Philly

38:57

has the worst defense

38:59

period in the league.

39:02

Since Week eight. We can show

39:04

you all the numbers. They're like last on half

39:06

the stats. Philadelphia can't

39:08

stop anybody. It's a personnel issue,

39:10

maybe it's a coaching shoot, maybe it's

39:12

a culture issue. There's no way

39:15

Philadelphia goes on the road with that defense

39:17

and Tyrod Taylor and I'm giving up five and a half

39:19

points. I think we got an upset.

39:22

Giants twenty seven to twenty six. Take

39:25

the points, Bills,

39:27

ad Dolphin, here's the Bills. I'll take the

39:29

Bills as a favorite minus two and a half.

39:31

I think the line feels off now. The Bills

39:34

were initially I think for

39:36

about an hour we weren't in it worth

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an underdog for about an hour in this game that I got

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bet to. The Bills are now favored by minus two and a half.

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With Nick Chubb's injury, Miami now two

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of their best pass rushers gone. Under

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Sean McDermott. They're twelve and two against Miami.

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Josh Allen's last four games against

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the Dolphins, I

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mean, come on, he looks like Michael

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Pennix against Texas's secondary.

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He lights up my like nobody

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else. The Dolphins are one and four

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this year against the Bills, Eagles, Chiefs, Cowboys,

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and Ravens with a minus eighty four point differential.

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Every time Miami plays a good, hungry team.

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They got whacked to a

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career in December and January. What

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is he cald Weather? Two is ten and

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nine and nineteen games, Bill's

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win thirty three

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tw how about Blazing

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five? Been blazing for three

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four months? So I like dogs.

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They're barking this week. Falcons

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plus three Cardinals plus three Bears

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plus three Giants plus five and a half. How

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can Philadelphia be a five and a half

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point favorite with that defense on

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the road? Give me a break? And

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the Bills, hey, did

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you blaze up a joint when you were making

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these six four dogs? I

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don't do dogs this year. I've been a favorite guy

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this year. I

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would sooner get in a shirt cage off the

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Great Barrier Reef than back to Falcons. I

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mean that is insanity.

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Wow,