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Mac & Bone Hour 2: Panthers/Texans Joint Practice - What 2 Watch 4 · Mac & Bone Podcast

• 0:12
  Speaker 1: Is he your franchise quarterback? Is that how you view him?
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: Is he the franchise?
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  Speaker 2: I want to make sure I'm not speaking out of
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  Speaker 2: turn when I engage in such superlatives about him.
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: Is he your franchise quarterback? He is right now. All right,
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: there you go. We are still, Bone, having a back
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: and forth with the texters, our fellow Panther fans. So
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: we wanted you to hear it again. Also wanted you
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: to hear my favorite Dolly song. May you rest in peace,
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: you amazingly talented, beautiful inside and out angel, Dolly Parton,
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: passing away yesterday after a short bout with cancer, sadly, man. God,
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: what a lovable woman, man. No doubt.
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  Speaker 3: As we said when the show began, before we get
• 0:55
  Speaker 3: into the Panther talk here, it's hard in this day
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  Speaker 3: and age to find someone in the spotlight. that you
• 1:03
  Speaker 3: never see someone say a negative word about, and that
• 1:05
  Speaker 3: was her. I mean, usually someone gets nitpicked to death,
• 1:08
  Speaker 3: even if they are a good person. But for her,
• 1:11
  Speaker 3: yesterday you saw a non-country music fan saying, hey, I
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  Speaker 3: didn't love the genre, I didn't know her songs necessarily,
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  Speaker 3: but I knew the human being that Dolly Parton presented
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  Speaker 3: herself as. Or you had the country fans that said
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  Speaker 3: that it feels like, man, she crossed a threshold of
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  Speaker 3: life where she impacted everybody, no matter.
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  Speaker 1: Race, sex, music, whatever it is.
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  Speaker 4: 100%.
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  Speaker 1: And she cared about everybody regardless of race, religion. gender,
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  Speaker 1: sexual orientation. She cared about everybody. And she especially cared
• 1:42
  Speaker 1: about people that didn't have much. And I just, she
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  Speaker 1: was so awesome. She had a great sense of humor, too.
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: She told Oprah once that it's expensive to look this cheap.
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  Speaker 1: She didn't hide back her, you know, the work she
• 1:56
  Speaker 1: had done and all that. She just used humor to
• 1:58
  Speaker 1: address it. She was funny, man. She said, if something
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: is sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it worked on. Man,
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  Speaker 1: these are some amazing quotes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: Amazing quotes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But anyway, we'll always have 2023. Sagging, bagging, and dragons,
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  Speaker 1: also what we call the Matt Rule era. We'll always
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: have 2023 of her performing halftime in the Dallas Cowboy
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: cheerleader outfit, too. At the age. of what 77 yeah
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: look at that look at like that so anyway you
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: know who came up and talked to her right i
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  Speaker 1: know that you know jerry i know you've got a
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  Speaker 1: husband named carl but i'm jerry would you like to
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  Speaker 1: see the gore never mind there i'm just move on
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: a little bit there so anyway we talk about the
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  Speaker 1: joint practice in a second but anyway dave canal says
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  Speaker 1: he is right now So that means right now he's
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  Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback. He is not guaranteed anything beyond right now.
• 2:50
  Speaker 1: That is the way I read that. And that is
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  Speaker 1: the way bone, the fact that he hasn't gotten a
• 2:54
  Speaker 1: contract would indicate as well. So keep your texts, keep
• 2:58
  Speaker 1: your little text debates about semantics coming in. But I
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  Speaker 1: think we all understand what that does mean. And I
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  Speaker 1: have no problem with it. Texter made a great point.
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  Speaker 1: Like let that light a fire under Bryce. Ain't nothing
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: wrong with a coach putting a challenge out there, right? Publicly.
• 3:13
  Speaker 1: Ain't nothing wrong with a coach letting the world know. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he is right now. Ain't guaranteed anything next year. I
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  Speaker 1: don't mind that at all, man. And you know what?
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure Bryce will hear that and be like, all right, bet.
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: Let's do this.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's the right way to go about it, honestly,
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  Speaker 3: because even if you are a Bryce supporter like we are,
• 3:34
  Speaker 3: nothing is guaranteed right now with Bryce Young.
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: There's no guarantees.
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  Speaker 3: We think he'll play his way into the deal, but
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  Speaker 3: I don't think anybody fully knows yet how this is
• 3:45
  Speaker 3: going to play out. It's up to Bryce, this offense's team,
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  Speaker 3: to see what happens. But no one has a full grasp.
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  Speaker 3: And that's one of the discussions about Bryce right now
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  Speaker 3: is that we don't know fully yet still about Bryce Young.
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  Speaker 3: Still going to be better than C.J. Stroud this year.
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  Speaker 1: More on that later. More on that later on today's show.
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  Speaker 1: Because it is joint practice day. Bryce will go against
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  Speaker 1: a vaunted number one Texans defense from last year. And C.J.
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  Speaker 1: Stroud will be here going against a defense... that we
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  Speaker 1: want to improve to the point where they are in
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  Speaker 1: that top 10. So this is going to be a
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  Speaker 1: fun joint practice. Both fields are going to be really
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  Speaker 1: enjoyable and it's a really big test too. It is.
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  Speaker 1: And you get ones versus ones last week's practice bone,
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  Speaker 1: ones versus ones for over 40 snaps. So it's that's
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  Speaker 1: I just I love these. I hate that the fans
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  Speaker 1: can't see this. And next year, joint practices, y'all will
• 4:36
  Speaker 1: be able to be there. Right. Fans will be at
• 4:39
  Speaker 1: camp next year, just like the fans bone are at
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  Speaker 1: joint practices all around the country because these things are
• 4:45
  Speaker 1: better than the preseason games. Way better than the Jamboree
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  Speaker 1: season games.
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  Speaker 3: And what a, today could be, and look, I'm not
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  Speaker 3: saying it's going to go this way, but if the
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  Speaker 3: offensive lineback, if Freeling plays well, if the depth guys
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  Speaker 3: play well, this could be a huge confidence boost heading
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  Speaker 3: into the regular season for the offensive line if they
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  Speaker 3: hold up.
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  Speaker 1: Against this front today.
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  Speaker 3: Think about that. Think about that level of confidence. A
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  Speaker 3: guy like free wing will go into the season with
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  Speaker 3: if they play even or show out against this front
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  Speaker 3: line of the Texans.
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  Speaker 1: That's that has to be the first answer to the question, right?
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  Speaker 1: Of like, what do we want? What developments do we
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  Speaker 1: want to occur today? For you, me, and Fitty, it's, hey,
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  Speaker 1: what do we want to see happen in practice today?
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  Speaker 1: For fans, we want to know when you're following these
• 5:36
  Speaker 1: practices on Twitter and stuff, when you're listening to us
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow talk about it, KB talk about it later today, whatever.
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  Speaker 1: What do you want to hear are the storylines? And
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  Speaker 1: I think you just said the number one thing. It's like, man,
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: live in a world where Monroe Freeling and Will Anderson,
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: it was a good, solid, even battle.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? That would be great. Rasheed
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  Speaker 1: Walker on the other side against Hunter. Clowney, throw him in.
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  Speaker 1: That's a great front.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we're going to see Panthers' offensive line
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  Speaker 3: dominates the Texans.
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  Speaker 1: No, no. I'm trying to be realistic.
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  Speaker 3: But if they play them straight up and it's not
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  Speaker 3: embarrassing and they have moments, that goes a long... Look,
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  Speaker 3: for Houston... For Anderson and Hunter, it may not be
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  Speaker 3: that big of a deal today, but that's a huge
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  Speaker 3: deal for the Panthers' offensive line today.
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  Speaker 1: I think Brooks against this defensive front, too, it's a
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  Speaker 1: major challenge for him. This defense is fast, man. It's
• 6:34
  Speaker 1: not just fierce up front, Bone. These guys can get
• 6:37
  Speaker 1: the heck after it at all three levels. I mean,
• 6:41
  Speaker 1: Petrie is a crazed man at safety flying around. Um,
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  Speaker 1: so I, I just, I, I, John, this is a
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  Speaker 1: real test for Jonathan Brooks. I mean, I just want
• 6:49
  Speaker 1: to see where the offense stands against the most formal
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  Speaker 1: unit out there. By the way, the bears defense is
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  Speaker 1: nothing near this. Our week one opponent is nothing near this.
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  Speaker 1: So another thing too, is if the storyline is Houston's
• 7:02
  Speaker 1: defense won the day, but It was, you know, it
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  Speaker 1: was a battle. It was close. Like, that does not
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  Speaker 1: have to be treated tomorrow, Bo, by our lovable fans
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  Speaker 1: on the text line like it's horrible. You know what
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  Speaker 1: I mean?
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  Speaker 3: No, but I do want our, on the other side,
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  Speaker 3: I do want our defense to have a day against
• 7:24
  Speaker 3: cj stroud that that's we talked about anderson and hunt
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  Speaker 3: kind of know who they are in the defense for
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  Speaker 3: houston they are what they are cj stroud is a
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  Speaker 3: guy that is trending downward he needs to have a
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  Speaker 3: relatively good day uh heading into the season i would
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  Speaker 3: love mac to knock him back further uh confidence wise
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  Speaker 3: today i would love for cj's trying to enter the
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  Speaker 3: season questioning.
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  Speaker 1: His football life. I think the defense, I think that
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  Speaker 1: is a side of the ball where it's like, y'all
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  Speaker 1: can win this matchup to your point. I don't be
• 7:58
  Speaker 1: too mean to CJ strategy. Seems like a nice guy, honestly.
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  Speaker 1: But I think that like, I want the defense to
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: be seen by most of us in attendance as the winner. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: The Houston's offense bone is clearly the weakness on their team.
• 8:15
  Speaker 1: 19th in offense last year. Running the ball, they were
• 8:19
  Speaker 1: 29th in yards per carry last year. Now they have made,
• 8:22
  Speaker 1: you know, I think they got three new starters on
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: that O-line. David Montgomery's been added at running back. So
• 8:28
  Speaker 1: I don't want to act like they're not improved. I
• 8:30
  Speaker 1: do think their wide receiver situation is in flux right
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  Speaker 1: now because Dell's not healthy again. Jaden Higgins is out
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  Speaker 1: for the season. I don't think we'll see Kayshaun Boutte practicing. today. Like,
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  Speaker 1: so I I'd like to see horn Mike Jack, Mike
• 8:46
  Speaker 1: Jack's given some stuff up in the preseason. I'd like
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  Speaker 1: to see our secondary be able to lock those guys down.
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  Speaker 1: I will say the biggest test is Dalton Schultz. Dalton
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  Speaker 1: Schultz had 82 catches last year. The Jacksonville tight ends
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  Speaker 1: went off on us last week in the joint practice.
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: Tight ends repeatedly last year went off on us. That
• 9:05
  Speaker 1: is one spot where it's like, can you redeem yourselves
• 9:09
  Speaker 1: against the tight ends.
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  Speaker 3: Including Schultz? You want to see them. have success against
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  Speaker 3: the tight end, considering who the week one opponent is also.
• 9:17
  Speaker 3: I saw a podcast yesterday, Mac, about Colson Loveland, how
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  Speaker 3: there's thoughts now that he's ready to make a leap
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  Speaker 3: to being one of the top echelon tight ends in
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  Speaker 3: all of football this coming season. So they've got Colcombe
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  Speaker 3: as the backup. We know that they're going to utilize
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  Speaker 3: the tight ends week one. You want to make sure
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  Speaker 3: that you're, you're settled down a little bit in defending
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  Speaker 3: the tight out. Now, Loveland might get his, but you
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  Speaker 3: got a hell of a task that we want at
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  Speaker 3: a spot.
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  Speaker 1: No, at a spot that is maybe our biggest concern
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  Speaker 1: on defense. There's no doubt about it. And then a
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  Speaker 1: guy like Princely, too. Keep that momentum, man. Pat Jones,
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: you had a heck of a of a, of a
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  Speaker 1: night the other night. That red zone stop was all
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: you and Prince Lee. So Pat Jones bring it too.
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  Speaker 1: And those tackles, Braden Smith's a pretty solid player, Bone,
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  Speaker 1: their new right tackle. Ursary is a young guy, second
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: year guy, but like we can get these tackles, Jalen Phillips.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm hoping, I'm thinking Brown will play. I'm hoping
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: Brown plays and I'm hoping Devin Lloyd plays today. Thank you.
• 10:21
  Speaker 1: You know, thank you. So here you go. Fitty is
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: back running errands for you, Boney. No, he doesn't get
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: water for you every day over there. You wanted to
• 10:30
  Speaker 1: get in on this, didn't you?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 10:31
  Speaker 1: You said, I'm going to have Finney the butler go
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: get me some food out there. You had to stand
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: outside and get my delivery this morning. Long, long day, Matt.
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: We got a Panthers joint sesh today. I got to
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: fuel up here today. You do, baby. You do. I
• 10:45
  Speaker 1: respect it. I had a vending machine breakfast sandwich. I
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: offered if you wanted some McDonald's today. I went vending
• 10:50
  Speaker 1: machine breakfast sandwich. I've never had this. You went the
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: healthier option. This was next level, too. Like, this was
• 10:57
  Speaker 1: the best vending machine breakfast sandwich I've ever had. It's
• 11:00
  Speaker 1: a different brand. Which one? Sausage and cheese? Yeah, sausage, egg,
• 11:03
  Speaker 1: and cheese. I don't know what brand this was. Man.
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: But they knocked it out of the park, man. I
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: think we got off track here. There you go, baby.
• 11:11
  Speaker 1: Fitty will do anything today, by the way. He is
• 11:15
  Speaker 1: on cloud nine, baby. He did a... I saw him
• 11:17
  Speaker 1: do a.
• 11:18
  Speaker 3: He floated in here after last night. He walked out
• 11:19
  Speaker 3: earlier and did a heel kick step. He clicked his
• 11:21
  Speaker 3: heels together.
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: He had himself a nice little dinner date last night.
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: It's not just that, guys.
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: I landed Lenora Sellers out of the transfer portal yesterday.
• 11:30
  Speaker 2: I re-vent my quarterback room.
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: He's still playing? In NCAA 27.
• 11:34
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 11:35
  Speaker 2: And the Mets beat the Brewers in a walk-off last night.
• 11:39
  Speaker 2: There's more to me than just having one successful date.
• 11:44
  Speaker 2: I'm a little bit more sophisticated than that.
• 11:46
  Speaker 1: Sophisticated. He brought up a video game plotline, Bone. And
• 11:50
  Speaker 1: the Mets.
• 11:51
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: All right, so what are people saying here on the
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: text line? Texter Josh wants to know if Darren Waller's
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: playing yet. Sounds like he'll get some work into team
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: 11-on-11 drill. Bills fan says, damn, Bones a certified C.J.
• 12:05
  Speaker 1: Stroud hater. You did go in on, you did. I
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: said I wanted his football life to go worse than
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: it has. You got a little up in his kitchen.
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  Speaker 1: But that goes into the longtime C.J. Stroud. Not as
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: a human being, but it goes into the Bryce Young, C.J.
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: Stroud stuff. No, I hear you. I hear you. Look,
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: he had a great rookie year.
• 12:26
  Speaker 3: He got crowned one of the young elite quarterbacks in
• 12:30
  Speaker 3: the game, and I think rightfully so. But it's also proof, though,
• 12:34
  Speaker 3: that even if you have a good rookie year, There's
• 12:37
  Speaker 3: no guarantees of what's to come. I think a guy
• 12:41
  Speaker 3: that is sort of in that limbo right now is
• 12:44
  Speaker 3: Jaden Daniels. Great rookie year.
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: He got injured.
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  Speaker 3: I still think he can be great, but now there's
• 12:51
  Speaker 3: no guarantee that he might not step back either a
• 12:53
  Speaker 3: little bit.
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  Speaker 1: I think it also, no, you're right. And everybody has
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: different periods of growth and learning curves. Quarterback is such,
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: for most quarterbacks, not the Mahomes and Allens of the world,
• 13:05
  Speaker 1: but most quarterbacks, Bone, it's a position that is very
• 13:08
  Speaker 1: dependent on your surroundings. And I think that's something, too,
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: we've seen with Bryce and Houston.
• 13:14
  Speaker 3: Another guy who's still trying to figure it out in
• 13:16
  Speaker 3: some ways is Caleb Williams, but he gets Ben Johnson,
• 13:20
  Speaker 3: so now we think he's going to go to the
• 13:22
  Speaker 3: higher levels that he started out with, right? He's a
• 13:24
  Speaker 3: guy that's going upwards.
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh, he's been crowned. I feel like the national
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: media en masse has crowned him and the Bears. Like,
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: they are infatuated. I got to check, like, Bone, I
• 13:34
  Speaker 1: have to check and make sure there aren't stars on
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: their helmet. They get hyped up so much. Like, it's
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: crazy the love fest the nation has with the Bears
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: and Cal. Which is another reason, Bone, why I'd love
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: to burst that bubble week one. Oh, Mac, it's me,
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys. The stars are on our helmets.
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: My bad, Jer. My bad, Jer. Let's see here. What
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: do we have? Trying to get back to the joint
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  Speaker 1: practice today. What are the things you want to hear today?
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: as developments from today's joint practice because this is probably
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: the last look at our starters before that Bears game
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: so what would ease your mind this dude says I
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: need Brooks not only to run it well but pick
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: up that pass pro yeah I think we're definitely going
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: to be watching that today that was definitely something that
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: was a little scary those two um pass pro gaffs
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: the other day so i think that's part of it
• 14:23
  Speaker 1: um this texter says can we get a receiver not
• 14:26
  Speaker 1: named t-mac to go out against the number one defense
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  Speaker 1: and make some plays yeah it's not just the number
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: one defense bone that quarter combo is damn good too
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: like stingley give me stingley versus t-mac a bunch today
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: oh That is a hell of a matchup. But Lassiter
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: ain't no joke either as a second corner. Their linebackers
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: are pretty solid too, man. They don't have a weakness
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: on the defense. They don't. They don't. I think that text,
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: I'm going to read into that text. I think that
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: text is paging Jalen Coker. And I also think a
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: guy like Jimmy Horn, I'd like to see Jimmy Horn
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: get in there with the ones. He's frisky. He's playing well.
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: He's confident. So I'd like to see that. I'd like
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: to see Jimmy Horn in the return game as well.
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: The kick return game's been so good in camp. But
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: I think Jalen Coker is a guy, Bone, that I
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: think we'd like to see him have a day-to-day. Didn't
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: do anything, really, in the joint practice last week. You know,
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: Mitchell Evans had a long touchdown against Jacksonville. Can he.
• 15:23
  Speaker 3: Can he continue that today? Can Mitchell Evans have another?
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: I know that Vashti told us it was kind of
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: a coverage bust. Can we get another coverage bust on
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: a number one defense? In the regular season, Matt, we're
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: not going to sit here and say, well, it was
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: a coverage bust. Just make plays. Can Mitchell Evans make
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: another play or two today?
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: Let's see that. Oh, Tampa Matt said the same thing.
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: Want to see someone other than T-Mac step up? 704
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: number says, let's see here. 704 number says, it's all
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: about Monroe Freeling. This is a test. I have a
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: feeling he is going to fail today, but I hope
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: I'm wrong. I mean, listen, there are veteran veterans. Highly
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: paid stud tackles that have had a rough day at
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: the offices with Will Anderson. I do want to say that, Bone.
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: And Daniil Hunter on the other side is no slouch.
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: Hunter had three more sacks than Anderson last year. Hunter
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: had 15 sacks. Crazy. And Anderson had 12 in the
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: regular season. I think we both— What is that, 27 combined?
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: Good math over there, baby. I think we both, you know,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: Freeling just kind of holds your own. And to be honest,
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: he has been holding his own against Phillips so far.
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: I just love the fact, Bone, that this joint practice,
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: unlike last year when it was against the Browns, I
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: love the fact that it's a test like this. A
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: 12-win team. Last week, a joint practice was did the
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: 13-win team. But I would implore them to set their
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: alarm clocks on time and to actually show up at
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: the start this week. Please do.
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: Max, shout out on the text line to longtime Cowboy
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: fan Hype C, who apparently is texting from 1995. He's
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: got a special device to talk about the Cowboys winning championships.
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Hype, for that. It's amazing you can text
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: from the past like Hype C does. Unbelievable hype. Seriously,
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: you are about the most shameless Cowboy fan we got.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: And that's saying something. Because there's a long list of y'all.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: When we come back, the Big Ten and SEC make
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: rules to stop pros from coming back to college sports.
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: But what's the ACC going to do? What happens next?
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: And will Lane Kiffin still end up getting his own way?
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: We try to analyze all that chaos on Sports Radio
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: 92.7 WFNZ.
• 17:29
  Speaker 6: I'm Will Pelagic and this is your Charlotte FC Minute.
• 17:32
  Speaker 6: Charlotte FC in action on Saturday against rival Atlanta United
• 17:36
  Speaker 6: and coming off of a 3-1 come from behind victory
• 17:39
  Speaker 6: over DC United.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: Charlotte FC's Alan St.
• 17:43
  Speaker 6: Maximin got his first MLS start on Saturday and played
• 17:46
  Speaker 6: 82 minutes and four coming out of the game with
• 17:48
  Speaker 6: what Dean Smith described as dead leg. Earlier in the
• 17:51
  Speaker 6: week I asked Dean what compelled him to start Maxi.
• 17:54
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I probably decided earlier in the week. I felt that,
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: you know, after seeing the 45 minutes we got last
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: Saturday against Columbus, I thought there was never any thought
• 18:06
  Speaker 7: in my mind to start him on Wednesday because I
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: just felt if I did, then Saturday might be out
• 18:10
  Speaker 7: with the question with a quick turnaround. But, you know,
• 18:14
  Speaker 7: getting the 30 minutes he got on Wednesday allowed me
• 18:17
  Speaker 7: to start him then on Saturday.
• 18:19
  Speaker 6: The crown in fifth place, one point out of fourth,
• 18:22
  Speaker 6: hoping to keep pace in a tight Eastern Conference. We'll
• 18:25
  Speaker 6: pull on to Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 18:27
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't worry too much about that.
• 18:42
  Speaker 8: I think as you talk about villains, sometimes the difference
• 18:45
  Speaker 8: between the hero and the villain isn't very far apart,
• 18:47
  Speaker 8: and it changes very often. I see your wrestling stuff there,
• 18:50
  Speaker 8: so you referred to Hulk Hogan before.
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: Hell yeah, brother.
• 18:53
  Speaker 8: Then a villain, then a hero, then a villain, then
• 18:55
  Speaker 8: a hero again, and then a villain. So, you know,
• 18:58
  Speaker 8: it happens sometimes. And, you know, when you're trying to
• 19:01
  Speaker 8: do things at the highest level, a lot of times
• 19:04
  Speaker 8: people want you to apologize for what you're doing when
• 19:06
  Speaker 8: you're chasing greatness. And that's what we do here as
• 19:09
  Speaker 8: a program. That's how we run it. And our players
• 19:11
  Speaker 8: know that. And I think our fans and administration, wherever
• 19:15
  Speaker 8: they've been, they love it when you're there. And so
• 19:18
  Speaker 8: they understand that you're doing the best for their program
• 19:20
  Speaker 8: at the time so that they can win and they
• 19:22
  Speaker 8: can have everything that they want and they're wanting to
• 19:24
  Speaker 8: have on Saturdays.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: For what feels like 40 times, has cited Hulk Hogan.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: are pushing back on this stuff, but Lane Kiffin talking
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: about the whole villain thing, and he once again, Bone,
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: for what feels like 40 times, has cited Hulk Hogan.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: He says he was the villain, then he was the hero,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: then he was the hero, then he was the villain,
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: then the hero. Does he know that those are scripts
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: in wrestling? Does he understand, Bone, that's like a TV
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: character being a villain and not a villain and back
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: to a villain again? I'm not sure he knows this.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Did he watch the full documentary?
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: Does he know that... We lost Hulk about a year ago.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: Does he also know, Mac, that real-life Hulk Hogan also
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: became quite a villain along the way?
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: He did, for good reason. In many, many ways. For
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: good reason.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: I don't know if Wayne has a full grasp on
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: the immortal Hulk Hogan here, necessarily.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: He definitely knows he passed, because remember, that's his thing.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: He watched the documentary. He said, if Hulk Hogan can die,
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: I'm going to die, too, one day.
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: Is he going to rip his shirt off at some
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: point in the locker room?
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: Lane-a-mania, baby. Kiff-a-mania.
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: What you going to do, brother, when Lane and 55,
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: 40-year-old men run wild on you?
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: Ah, he's good for college sports. Sometimes I got to
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: remind myself, Bone, that the fact that we have these villains.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: You brought up Texas Tech also. Like, Cody Campbell has
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: really become that villain down there. Like, we got to
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: remind ourselves. Ohio State, to me, has always won. Notre Dame,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: I could go on and on. But anyway, like, these
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: personalities and dudes that fire us up are good for
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: the sport. But I've got to try to contain... contain
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: me getting worked up, Bones, so I do not drop
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: the F-bomb again when talking about Lane Kiffin and fifth-year
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: players like yesterday.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: I have no problem, Mac, with you dropping the F-bomb yesterday.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: It's how casual you did it. It was so free-flowing
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: that I'm concerned now. Fitty's now standing up during the
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: show so he can get the dump button quick.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: He's got his hand on it right now, like you
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: do when you're playing Press Your Luck back in the day.
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: No whammies, no whammies. He's got his hands right over
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: top of it. But anyway. Did you get talked to
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: by the family yesterday about your behavior? No, I was
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: going to tell my wife what I did, and I
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: was like, eh, what the heck. You know what I mean? Well,
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: I let her know that. You know what I mean?
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: But anyway, I get enough stuff I do bad at
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: the house. You know what I mean? I get in
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: trouble for. So let's talk about the latest on this
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: situation and kind of where this goes from here. and
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: how y'all as fans are feeling about the fact that
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: the Big Ten and SEC have taken a stand. They
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: have come out, both of them, Big Ten first, I
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: want to point out, and said, hey, if you have
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: had a pro contract, if you have gone through the
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: draft process and kept your name in there, if you've
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: been in a camp with a pro team that you
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: are ineligible to come back and play, College sports. So
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: they have tried to take a stand. It's hard, though, Bone,
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: especially when you have lawyers that work with these players
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: already going on social media last night and saying, oh,
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: this will not hold up in a court of law.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: It's hard, though, to feel like like like they're not
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: going to be taken to court, too. And there's a
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: very good chance these players will win in court. But
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: I guess I do applaud them for trying to do something.
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: What's going to stop this, per some college football experts yesterday,
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: was the suspension that looms for the Big Ten coaches
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: if they play guys that were in the pros. So
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: that will... we think stop some of the big 10
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: coaches or all of them from playing these guys that
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: right there so if they sue they say yeah go
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: ahead and sue even if they're eligible when you play
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: them whoever plays them will be gone for half the.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Year that is a good point there that i didn't
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: think about that it's.
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: A deterrent to play the guys you make you legally
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: yeah you can play them by the spirit of the
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: law you can play them but our conference isn't going
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: to allow you to coach them.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: So, like, the player themselves could go to court and win,
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: but the Big Ten would still suspend the coach for
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: half the season.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: And then the coach will take the Big Ten to court,
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: and then he'll get an injunction to coach.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: Half the season. Yeah, I don't know. Like, can the
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: coach win in court? I'm thinking no. But I'm definitely
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: thinking these players will win in court because I do think, Bone,
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: the argument for these guys is a simple one, and
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: this is because the NCAA mishandled this so badly. The
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: argument from guys like Daquan Wright and Zavian Harris who
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: are going to– who want to go to LSU, and
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: the SEC is trying to stand up, and I'm sure
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: they're hearing from their members on this. They're trying to
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: take a stance and say you can't do this. But
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: I'm sure the argument is just quite simply, if I
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: would have known in December when I had to make
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: a decision– I would have stayed in school. I wouldn't
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: have tried the NFL. And that's probably a pretty compelling
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: course in Kate. Course in Kate. Case in court. Case
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: in court.
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: How long until Wayne tries to slip a guy in
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: back with an alias that maybe played in the pros?
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: Bo Juro? So Joe, what if they're the Bojuro at
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: quarterback all of a sudden? Oh my goodness. So what
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: do y'all think about this now? The fact that conferences
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: are doing something about it. Do you have any faith
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: in them? 704-570-9610. If you want to get in here
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: with your thoughts on the latest of this craziness, um,
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: Then Bone drops this one in on me that there's
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: John Rothstein is bringing up European basketball players. I didn't
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: talk about that yet. Could certain players from certain leagues
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: be deemed ineligible as well? So this thing never, it's
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: a never ending cluster. I'll leave it at that this time.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: Cluster Cluck. We're focused on the college football and some
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: of the basketball, but we hadn't even thought of the
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: international players. Back right now, all of the Illinois roster
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: just woke up to check their eligibility right now. All
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: the Balkans said, oh my God, what's happening right now?
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: 828 thinks we might get a real-life Chad Power situation
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: where somebody comes back in disguise, though, Bo, and is
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: ruled ineligible. Chad Power's back next week, baby. I feel
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: like I might be the only person that actually likes
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: the show. But it's back next week. I can see
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, Matt, taking it for a spin.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: But we would notice him right away, right, with that body?
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: We'll say Peyton Manning. Oh, man. 704-570-9610 if you want
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: to jump in here. The NCAA, the only thing... The
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: only thing the NCAA is worse about than making rules
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: is getting rules to actually stand up in a court
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: of law. I can't argue with either one of those things.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: They're bad at both of those things. Let's see here.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: This texter says y'all acting like Lane Kiffin's the only
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: one taking these fifth year players. There are other schools
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: that are willing to do it as well. Yeah, I
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: think in fairness, he's the most high profile player. character
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: involved in this in fairness though bone you're right it's
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: like ucla there there's not many schools in the big
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: 10 are trying this ucla's chesney's trying to bring a
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: guy that was at jmu That's a fifth-year guy that
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: won the Louisiana case trying to take him to UCLA.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: And you said this yesterday that we are not as
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: bothered by other coaches doing it as Lane. But Lane
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: also is the one that is going to bring in
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: the most. He's going to do it the most shamelessly.
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: He's the headliner of the operation currently. This texter says,
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: I love the fact as a Florida fan, I love
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: the fact the conference is trying to stand up to
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin. Yeah, it does feel like it's a Sankey, Lane,
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: Kiffin kind of battle here. But the thing is, though,
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: once those LSU, you know, wannabes lawyer up, though, and
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: I heard somebody, it might have been Andy Staples, whoever
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: it was, one of the guys covering this said the
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: thought is that they'll go right back to the same judge.
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: That granted them the Louisiana win anyway, and they'll go
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: right back to the same judge, and that judge, what
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: are they most likely to do? Rule in their favor again.
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. Why is this turn? Why is college
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: sports turned into court TV bone?
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: I think we said this last week, but another texter
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: brings it up. Is Jaden Daniels, Matt going to go
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: and try to get his Jersey back?
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: He could have, maybe they'll literally let him wear number five.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: That would be a plot twist.
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: Josh wants Mac's thoughts on Leon Sandcastle's eligibility case right now.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: Oh, that one could be hot right there. That could
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: swing a powerful conference one way or the other.
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: Mac, while we're talking eligibility, I didn't want to forget
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: to bring it up, but thanks to Clark for reminding
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: me of this news yesterday. There has to have been
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: an announcement, but per an Instagram post yesterday... It feels
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: like Jizzle James, the transfer for Charlotte basketball, might not
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: be enrolled there. He said free agent on his Instagram post.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: Oh, no, not Jizzle.
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: He was a Wes Miller guy at Cincinnati, kind of
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: a big deal for Charlotte to get Jizzle. And it
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: doesn't look like, per that post, that he's coming. But
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: there has been an announcement on that, though. Not good
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: old Jizzle. Yeah, that sucks, because he's a hell of a...
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: I mean, he brought multiple guys with him from Cincy.
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: He did.
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: But that's a dude that sounds like he is a player. Plus,
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: it's a name we want to keep saying over and over.
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: And if he leaves Charlotte, we probably won't. Let's see here.
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: This texter says, Mac, if you follow any of these
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: lawyers and what they were saying last night, it's a
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: slam-dunk case. Um, uh, these lawyers are getting rich and
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: they ain't losing. Yeah, it does kind of feel that way. Um, uh,
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: another texter, leave it to Jim Phillips and the ACC
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: to be the last power for conference on this.
• 29:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: That sounds like the big 12 is on the way.
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: It did say the report I read bone did say.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: but the ACC is mulling it over. All right. So
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: they're at least in the mulling it over phase. I
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: could see them thinking, if we could get some pros
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: in here, can we upgrade our overall talent? I like
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: this honest text bone from a 3-3-6 number. And this
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: kind of goes in line with what you're wondering if
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: the ACC's thinking. What if we're the power for a
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: conference that takes these guys? 3-3-6, guy says he's an
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: Apple alum. I hope all the big conferences ban it.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: Maybe we have a chance to reverse the talent loss.
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: They are killing us with, yeah, you can get P4
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: caliber players that way. Now you got to have enough
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: money to make it worth guys while, especially the one's
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: bone that, you know, might be on an NFL practice squad,
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: you know, and that sort of thing. But yeah, you
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: do wonder, is there a conference Sunbelt one conference USA?
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: Is there somebody that's a non power for that would say,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: we'll take y'all, you know? The ACC. It just means
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: more years. American? American? ECU? Y'all want to get some
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: of these boys? Maybe? I mentioned the word. I want
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: to say this real quick. We'll do a fitty flash
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: here in the second bone.
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: ACC's meeting, I'm sure you mentioned this, but the ACC
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: meeting today, where they're expected to make the same.
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: Okay, so they're going to. Rothstein had some about it
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: last night. Okay, cool. They can't allow themselves to be
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: the one, you know, a power four.
• 30:35
  Speaker 7: No.
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: But.
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: somebody else group of six conference get on in there
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: um well the sunbell the sunbell came out and said
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: no yes or no oh they did okay so the
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: app fan is so you got it oh shoot okay
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: sorry uh three three six app fan okay there you
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: go um anyway uh the i mentioned the word shameless
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: with lane kiffin like he just you know he loves
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: being defiant you know he loves doing this stuff you
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: know he loves angering people you know he's taking these
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: guys in with a grin on his face, right? And
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: that's the thing. I just want someone to smack that
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: grin right off it. But listen to this. You talk
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: about shamelessness. This is from Chris Lowe yesterday of On3
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: Sports about Zavian Harris. This is the D lineman that
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: was also, like Daquan Wright, was also at Ole Miss
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: last year and wants to join Lane at LSU, has
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: been in an NFL camp, so it's in flux here.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: He says, lots of irony here. Harris ripped Kiffin after
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: the Sugar Bowl last year and told on three, among
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: other things, that Ole Miss saw how a real head
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: coach is supposed to be after Pete Golding took over.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: Harris also said Kiffin's departure felt like a slap in
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: the face and was especially upset upon hearing that Kiffin
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: was interested in joining the ESPN broadcast during the game.
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: Harris fumed, quote, that's what Kiffin tried to do. He
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: tried to be a damn announcer trying to be a troll.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: We are going to troll him. We got something for him.
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: He was just trying to steal our shine. That's all
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: he tried to do. That's all he's been trying to do.
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: This man now wants to play football again for Lane Kiffin.
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: It's shameless. And you know what this kid's thinking? Plenty
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: of money. I can overlook all that stuff. Oh, yeah.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: And do you think Lane cares that he ripped him
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: like this publicly? Hell no. Who said money can't buy happiness?
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: It's just shameless on so many fronts. All right, Fit Daddy,
• 32:29
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  Speaker 2: about the WNBA. Let's talk about a result on the
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  Speaker 2: The Portland Fire 96-78 last night, sending Paige Beckers to
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• 34:20
  Speaker 1: Cantor sightings at games yet last night? Has he been
• 34:22
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• 35:57
  Speaker 1: Wednesday with Westy, baby. Charlotte FC fell behind early second
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: half and then responded with three goals in a row
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  Speaker 1: to win 3-1 over D.C. They got the rivalry matchup
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  Speaker 1: in Atlanta on Saturday. We got to talk to our
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  Speaker 1: boy Ashley Westwood, the captain of your Charlotte FC squad,
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: fifth in the East right now. Westy, congratulations, man. How
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  Speaker 1: did that win feel? That was a hell of a
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: surge in the second half.
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  Speaker 4: Good morning, fellas. Yeah, it's been, since the World Cup break,
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  Speaker 4: we've been outstanding. The last, I think it's 11 games,
• 36:32
  Speaker 4: we've lost two. And one of them was the League's Cup.
• 36:35
  Speaker 4: So we're in a good run of form. And like
• 36:39
  Speaker 4: I said, it's a big one against Atlanta on Saturday.
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  Speaker 4: They've just signed, I think they've just spent another 20-odd million.
• 36:45
  Speaker 4: So it should be interesting.
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  Speaker 3: When you say you guys have been hot since the
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: World Cup break, that's true. Where do you think you
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: guys have improved the most since the break?
• 36:57
  Speaker 4: I think our all-round plays have been better. Listen, before
• 37:02
  Speaker 4: the break, we started the season. We were all right,
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: but I think the gaffer wasn't happy with the way
• 37:09
  Speaker 4: we were playing. We were getting results, but it wasn't
• 37:13
  Speaker 4: nice to watch. But I think after the break, we've
• 37:16
  Speaker 4: been so much better. We've scored a lot of goals,
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: so everything's clicking. Obviously, Max is coming as well and looks...
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: He looks dangerous.
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  Speaker 1: Dude, he is electric, man. Absolutely electric. Westy, how would
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: you like to be a fullback isolated against that rocket ship, man?
• 37:31
  Speaker 4: I'd have a few more yellow cards, mate.
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: Westy, are you close to another suspension on yellow cards
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  Speaker 1: or no?
• 37:37
  Speaker 4: I'm one away.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God. I heard that the other night. I'm like,
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: how did this happen? I feel like I blinked, Westy,
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: and you got back to one away again.
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  Speaker 4: It's what I do, mate.
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: It's what I do. Oh, man. All right. We'll just
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: embrace it, baby. We'll embrace it.
• 37:53
  Speaker 3: This might be a known thing, Wessie. Are you fine
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  Speaker 3: for the yellow cards, or how does that operate?
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  Speaker 4: Uh, no, not that I know of unless, unless Mr.
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: Tepper looks after me, but no, I don't, I don't
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  Speaker 4: think we get fined.
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  Speaker 3: Cause I was thinking that if you, if you had
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: a fine or something, we would help you out a
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: little bit.
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: Go fund me? Get a go fund me going?
• 38:11
  Speaker 4: I would do some donations.
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  Speaker 1: Westy, what does the missus think about like yellow? Like
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: does she, I mean, she might like it. You're kind
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: of a bad boy on, on the field. What does
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: she think?
• 38:27
  Speaker 4: She's used to it at home. She just says, you
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: just can't keep your mouth shut.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: Not surprised. She's not surprised at all. Oh, man. Max's
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: wife might do yellow cards at home at some point. Yeah,
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: I'd probably get some reds probably at the house. Just
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: get kicked right out of the house.
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  Speaker 4: That might be the best thing.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: Oh, my God, you're killing me.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: Ashley Westwood is with us, captain of Charlotte FC. We'll
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: talk about the Atlanta match coming up Saturday night down
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: there in Atlanta. So I do want to talk about
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: the fact that two of those goals came on set pieces.
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  Speaker 1: Is this something, Westy, and I know you're often a
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: big part of set pieces. This feels like something that
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: there could be more around the bend. Like, you guys
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: got dudes, Kessler, Morrison, both fullbacks, Cleary's good at. Like,
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: I feel like right now you got a lot of
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: dudes that are getting minutes that can finish these things.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and listen, a lot of credit goes to, we
• 39:27
  Speaker 4: brought in Carl, Carl Hooper, from, the gaffer brought him
• 39:31
  Speaker 4: in from Aston Villa and he's been, since he's come here,
• 39:35
  Speaker 4: he's been He's just been a breath of fresh air.
• 39:37
  Speaker 4: His enthusiasm for the games and set pieces are hard.
• 39:40
  Speaker 4: It's the worst thing to do in training, but he
• 39:42
  Speaker 4: makes it fun. He's got his, he's got little sayings
• 39:45
  Speaker 4: where everyone's a striker, dominate the chaos and the lads
• 39:48
  Speaker 4: have bought into it. So it's, and it's shown during the,
• 39:52
  Speaker 4: during the games. I mean, listen, on, on Saturday, we were,
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: we weren't at our best, but listen, it's been, it's
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: been a tough four weeks. I think that was nine
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: games in four weeks or something or three weeks. So
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: you need, set pieces are a big part of the
• 40:06
  Speaker 4: game now so if you're not playing very well you
• 40:08
  Speaker 4: know you're a threat from set pieces and I had
• 40:11
  Speaker 4: it at Burnley whenever there's a corner the team automatically
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: go they start to worry so you're in teams heads
• 40:19
  Speaker 4: before you even start so it's another positive.
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: I'm writing down dominate the chaos. I might drop that
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: on the show at some point. That could apply here
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, it really could. It really could. I
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: like that. That's what I do at home.
• 40:34
  Speaker 3: As a teammate and a player, what makes Pep Biel
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: so special to be around?
• 40:41
  Speaker 4: He's an unbelievable player, and I saw it the minute
• 40:45
  Speaker 4: he come in. This is a big statement. He reminds
• 40:48
  Speaker 4: me of David Silva, the way he gets into the
• 40:51
  Speaker 4: pockets and the way he can receive the ball, and
• 40:52
  Speaker 4: then he He's twisting and turning. Listen, he's not the biggest,
• 40:56
  Speaker 4: but he moves and he protects the ball. He's a
• 41:00
  Speaker 4: He's a top player, and I think he was surprised
• 41:03
  Speaker 4: to give me the armband when I come off on Saturday,
• 41:05
  Speaker 4: which was nice for him.
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: That was good for him. Man, what a baller he is, man.
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: What a baller. That finish, just so calm and cool,
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: slots it away. That was beautiful. We have texters that
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: want to go golfing with Westy. There is another texter
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: that wants to go drinking with Westy. Maybe at the
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: same time.
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  Speaker 4: I can do both very well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God. Um, Westy, I'm glad to hear, by
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: the way, you say that even pro soccer players don't
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: like it in training or practice when you got to
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: work on like corners or free kicks. Cause I coach
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: 16 year old boys and I've coached them for a while.
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: And when we get to practice in corners and free kicks,
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: they start goofing off. They have looks on their face.
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  Speaker 1: Like none of these things are going to work anyway.
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: Why are we wasting time with it? So I'm glad
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: to hear you guys act the same way. Apparently.
• 41:54
  Speaker 4: I'm the worst one. I'm counting the clouds in the
• 41:56
  Speaker 4: sky and the planes flying over. So I'm just as
• 41:59
  Speaker 4: bad as a 16 year old.
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: Oh, so what do you think about Atlanta? I mean,
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: the road form with, with you guys, I mean, it
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: still needs to improve. I think you would say, but
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: you're better than Atlanta. What do you think about your
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: chances of getting all three points and, and, and, and
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: knowing Atlanta, what do you got to do to pull
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: that out? How do you beat this team?
• 42:22
  Speaker 4: Uh, well, yeah, there's, They've spent a lot of money.
• 42:25
  Speaker 4: So they've signed a... Listen, the striker, there's no doubt
• 42:30
  Speaker 4: about it, he's a top-quality striker. They've spent a lot
• 42:33
  Speaker 4: of money, so they've got a threat going forward. But
• 42:35
  Speaker 4: I think as an all-around team, I think we're... You
• 42:39
  Speaker 4: would say we're the better team. We've gone there in
• 42:42
  Speaker 4: the past and we've done very well there. And I
• 42:45
  Speaker 4: think that's down to... Listen, we put on... We get
• 42:48
  Speaker 4: about 3,000 fans that go in the top corner. And
• 42:50
  Speaker 4: when we... When we see them, it gives you an
• 42:52
  Speaker 4: extra boost. So hopefully it's the same again Saturday.
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: That's awesome. That is definitely awesome. By the way, Westy,
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: you talk about what Atlanta's bringing in. Well, y'all brought
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: Maxie in, and that's paying dividends. And Dean keeps talking
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: about other people. Then I heard there was a mystery
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: guy at practice that no one knows who it is.
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: You got the scoop for us, baby? Give me the
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: names of a new guy or two you're getting in
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: there soon, Westy. Help me out.
• 43:19
  Speaker 4: I would love to know, mate, but that's above my
• 43:22
  Speaker 4: pay grade. I think we... There's a young lad training
• 43:25
  Speaker 4: that's from... He's been released from a team in England,
• 43:29
  Speaker 4: so there's a young lad coming over. I think he's
• 43:31
  Speaker 4: actually born in North Carolina, so... I think he might
• 43:35
  Speaker 4: have the American passport, but he's only on trial, so...
• 43:39
  Speaker 4: And now I saw a few reports coming out that
• 43:41
  Speaker 4: there's a mystery guy. I see that as well.
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I just didn't know if it was like Erling
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: Haaland was the mystery guy. I was just trying to
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: find out, you know. Not the guy with the haircut.
• 43:49
  Speaker 4: I think he enjoys Charlotte. I hosted Son for the...
• 43:53
  Speaker 4: MLS All-Star. I managed to get him on Quail Hollow.
• 43:55
  Speaker 4: So he's another one that we could look at.
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: There you go. Work it, man. Work your magic, Westy.
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Schmooze these boys. Do some recruiting.
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 44:04
  Speaker 4: I missed the selling Charlotte.
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: Some of these dudes just all want to go to
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: Miami or L.A., Westy. You got to convince these guys.
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: Charlotte is a great place, too. And I'm sure you're
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: working on it, brother. All right, man. Well, hey, we're
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: looking forward to watching Saturday night. Thanks for coming on.
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: Appreciate you. And behave yourself, man. No yellow cards, Westy.
• 44:23
  Speaker 4: Thanks for having me.
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: I will.
• 44:25
  Speaker 4: I remember you on Saturday.
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: All right, there we go. That is Ashley Westwood, who's
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: already had one suspension bone for yellow card accumulation. He's
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: working on another and he doesn't apologize. He does not.
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: Nor probably should he probably not something you want to
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: lead the league in, but it is what it is.
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: Everybody's got their role on the squad, man.
• 44:42
  Speaker 3: When we come back, Matt, we're going to talk to
• 44:45
  Speaker 3: Heather Dinich of ESPN about all the college chaos going on.
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: She'll try to explain it the best she can. She's
• 44:52
  Speaker 3: also going to talk about her new book venture that's
• 44:55
  Speaker 3: going right now into the springtime. Heather Dinich next from
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: ESPN on Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.