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OneLegUpAlex Media Gets Terminello's Take on Week 1 NFL Action on Sling TV Sunday (recorded 9-14-26) · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: All right, well, we didn't do a Sling TV Sunday
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: on a Sunday, but this is your Sling TV Sunday recap,
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: and I have a very special guest, Lou Terminello. Terminello's
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: take on the Sling TV Sunday recap, because for the
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: first time, I believe, since 2009, the Giants and Jets
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  Speaker 1: have won on the same week one game. I mean, 16,
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  Speaker 1: 17 years later, and Louis T, first of all, the
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  Speaker 1: Jets win, fluke or not? I know it's Tennessee. I
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: know it's Salah's first game as head coach, and of
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  Speaker 1: course he wanted to kick their asses. That didn't happen.
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  Speaker 2: So Jets win, affirmative or a fluke?
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  Speaker 1: What are you thinking here?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Alex, thanks for having me as always. Quick thing,
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  Speaker 3: it's hard to believe that this is the first time
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  Speaker 3: the Jets and Giants both won on opening day. since
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  Speaker 3: 2009 that is an amazingly bad statistic that that is
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  Speaker 3: incredible it's been that long um number two no the
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  Speaker 3: jet win wasn't a fluke um road game there were
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  Speaker 3: they were uh a slight underdog uh two points or
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  Speaker 3: a point and a half on the dog they look
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  Speaker 3: you know i told you my what my goals are
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  Speaker 3: for them of course i would like to win every
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  Speaker 3: game they don't have the talent to win every game
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  Speaker 3: They play a tough schedule. I don't know if they're
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  Speaker 3: going to win any of their next three games against
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  Speaker 3: the Packers at home, at Detroit, at Chicago. But you're
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  Speaker 3: looking for the Jets to be watchable, to be professional,
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  Speaker 3: to look like they know what they're doing on the field,
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  Speaker 3: that the coaches know what they're doing. And I think
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  Speaker 3: we saw that yesterday. They were professional. They didn't have
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  Speaker 3: any glaring... screw-ups on the field as far as clock management,
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  Speaker 3: down in distance. The right hand didn't know what the
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  Speaker 3: left hand was doing. They looked like a professional football team.
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  Speaker 3: And Frank Reich, as the new offensive coordinator, made a difference.
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  Speaker 3: That first drive, he had a Tennessee off-balance, you know,
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  Speaker 3: using Sadiq on that touchdown run. We didn't see that
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  Speaker 3: last year. And the Jets do have some talent. I
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  Speaker 3: don't know how deep a team they are. But Aaron
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  Speaker 3: Glenn is coaching to save his job. There's no doubt
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  Speaker 3: about it. And we know it's all about 27 when
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  Speaker 3: $ 100 million comes off the dead cap space opens up
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  Speaker 3: and they'll have the three picks. Now, again, I'm sick
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  Speaker 3: of waiting. as a lifelong Jet fan. I don't think
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  Speaker 3: yesterday was a fluke at all. But again, I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to be realistic. Six wins, seven, maybe they'll beat somebody
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  Speaker 3: that we don't expect them to beat on their schedule.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they play the AFC West and the NFC North,
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  Speaker 3: which is probably two best divisions in football. You know,
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  Speaker 3: so try to find the win out of those eight games.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to be tough. Um, but did I, did
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  Speaker 3: I like what I saw yesterday? Yeah, I did.
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Gino Smith is definitely going to, is definitely
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  Speaker 3: a very good stop, stop gap quarterback until whoever they
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  Speaker 3: draft next year. Maybe I'll draft two quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: Well, he's definitely a more mature guy and we saw
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  Speaker 1: that even in preseason.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No. And he can still fling that football. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he has a strong arm. He can, he can, he
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  Speaker 3: could throw in, he could be a window thrower as
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  Speaker 3: they say. And, uh, you know, there's so many college
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  Speaker 3: quarterbacks who are, we're going to see this college football
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  Speaker 3: season and just got, just got pick one, pick two.
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  Speaker 3: Like I said, I don't care. I would pick two
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  Speaker 3: in the first couple of rounds. That's how important this,
• 4:08
  Speaker 3: they got to get it right. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: potential good quarterbacks out there. I can't remember a year
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  Speaker 3: at the level below the NFL, which, the NFL, which
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  Speaker 3: college football really is NFL too, that they'll have a
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  Speaker 3: chance to pick from. But yes, I was optimistic yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: The offensive line was good. It was physical. They rushed
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  Speaker 3: for over 160 yards. Brees Hall had 102. I like
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  Speaker 3: what I saw. I did. I mean, I have no
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  Speaker 3: one to sound like a Jet fan who's going to
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  Speaker 3: be complaining about everything because that wouldn't be fair. I
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  Speaker 3: like what I saw. I did.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I like your score. I was sort of all
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  Speaker 1: over the place yesterday with the U.S. Open, with the Yankees. Look,
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  Speaker 1: I know it's week one and people want to make
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  Speaker 1: a big deal about it, but we're still in fall
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  Speaker 1: baseball mode now. I mean, the Yanks needed that win
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  Speaker 1: yesterday against the Mets, so I was kind of focused
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  Speaker 1: on that a lot. And then, of course, the Giants
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  Speaker 1: last night. But I love those kind of Sundays where
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  Speaker 1: there's just everything going on. And I want to add,
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  Speaker 1: the Bills also won. So it was the first time,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know since when, that all three New York-centric
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  Speaker 1: teams won on the same day in week one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's good. I have no idea when the last
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  Speaker 3: time the Bills and the Giants won.
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  Speaker 1: I've been trying to figure out when the last time
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  Speaker 1: the Giants won a meaningful game against the Cowboys on
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  Speaker 1: prime time. It's been a long time, and sometimes I
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  Speaker 1: think It dates back all the way to when they
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  Speaker 1: beat them in the postseason on the way to the championship. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's been around.
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  Speaker 3: It could be that long, my friend. It could be.
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  Speaker 1: And that's about 20, almost 20 years, which is just
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  Speaker 1: crazy to think about.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, overall, and then, of course, my dad's team,
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  Speaker 2: the Bears.
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  Speaker 1: DJ Moore, who I think was, you know, well, DJ
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  Speaker 1: Moore is the former Bear, right? He went to the Bills.
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  Speaker 1: But Swift making the most of his contract now, looking
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  Speaker 1: like the guy they signed, made the right move there.
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  Speaker 1: And I love DeAndre Swift. I think he's going to
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  Speaker 1: be the future and this running back they have.
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  Speaker 2: Caleb's in good hands, not just himself, but around him too.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the Bears have a very good team and
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  Speaker 3: they have a very good coach. They can win that division, obviously.
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  Speaker 3: But getting back to last night, that was a complete
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  Speaker 3: victory by the, by the giants. And I'm not a
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  Speaker 3: giant fan, not even a little bit. Uh, but the
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  Speaker 3: giants were the better team by far last night. Uh, they,
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  Speaker 3: they were dominating offensively and defensively on the line. They're
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  Speaker 3: big and they're physical. The giants are bigger than I
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  Speaker 3: thought physically. Um, they control the clock. Same as the
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  Speaker 3: jets did in the afternoon. Uh, they control the clock
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  Speaker 3: and the time of possession, uh, I think the Giants
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  Speaker 3: had 12 or 13-minute advantage there. They kept the Dallas
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  Speaker 3: offense off the field. Dart, I thought, played his best
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  Speaker 3: game as a pro last night. I thought it was
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  Speaker 3: his best game. He was outstanding. Likely was outstanding, even
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  Speaker 3: though the Dallas secondary was pathetic. We're still not going
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  Speaker 3: to knock Likely's What was it, eight catches for 70
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  Speaker 3: yards or seven catches for 80 yards?
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  Speaker 1: That's the first time they caught the ball. And then also,
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  Speaker 1: you know, unlike last year when they literally collapsed on
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys twice. I mean, it was bad. They held
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  Speaker 1: them this time. And that's really the difference that I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to see. I was never concerned about the offense,
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  Speaker 1: believe me, believe it or not. Because I thought we
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  Speaker 1: had it last year, too.
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  Speaker 3: I agree with you. I agree with you on that.
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  Speaker 3: I thought the Giant offense was okay last year.
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  Speaker 1: My goodness, they put up 33 points or whatever, 26
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  Speaker 1: on the Broncos, only to give it up 33 points
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  Speaker 1: in two quarters.
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  Speaker 2: So the defense needed to be improved.
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  Speaker 1: And we all learned last year you can actually fire
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  Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator, which I didn't know you can do
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  Speaker 1: as head coach. But anyway, looks like Harbaugh got that
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  Speaker 1: in tip-top shape. I do want to see more from
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: Brian Burns. You know why? Because he's like second team.
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  Speaker 2: He's been highly ranked.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's like 14th ranked or something like that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of expectations on the guy.
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  Speaker 1: And I still saw him having a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: gap there in some of it. But, hey, they held him.
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  Speaker 1: And that's the most important thing on opening night is
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  Speaker 1: you want to hold it. The rest will fall into place.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Scalaboo was outstanding. And coaching made a difference. Offensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 3: Mike Nagy. Called a great game. Harbaugh had his team ready.
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  Speaker 3: He did, unlike his brother in Los Angeles. We'll get
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  Speaker 3: to his brother in a minute. But, yeah, no, Harbaugh
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  Speaker 3: had his team ready. They were at home. They won
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  Speaker 3: seven games the last two years combined. If they don't
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  Speaker 3: win more than seven this year, I would be surprised.
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  Speaker 1: And about Matt Nagy, you know, I remember him failing
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  Speaker 1: as the Bears head coach, and now he's did that
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  Speaker 1: last night, you know?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I wouldn't have minded if he had become
• 9:23
  Speaker 3: the Jets head coach when they hired Glenn. Of course,
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  Speaker 3: I think the Jets interviewed Matt Nagy to be their
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  Speaker 3: head coach. He did a great— he called a great game
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  Speaker 3: last night. Now, yeah, so that was— That was a
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  Speaker 3: complete victory. They were the better team by far.
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  Speaker 1: Loss aside for the Rams, right, who the Giants play next.
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  Speaker 1: Loss aside for the Rams. It was in Australia, so
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  Speaker 1: they got to travel back. Then they have another week.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the Giants actually should be favored based on
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  Speaker 1: the travel alone that the Rams had to do to
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  Speaker 1: get to Australia. They lose.
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  Speaker 2: By 20 points.
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  Speaker 1: Now they come back. They have a week off.
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  Speaker 2: It throws a team off, I would say, with all
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  Speaker 2: this kind of.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'm not a science guy. Nobody will ever confuse
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  Speaker 3: me for a scientist. But some... scientists said coming back
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  Speaker 3: from Australia to the mainland of the United States, it
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  Speaker 3: takes five or six days for your body clock to
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  Speaker 3: get adjusted back. If, if that's the case, I don't
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  Speaker 3: know if that's true or not, but we'll see. Monday
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  Speaker 3: night is a must win. Yes, I know it's only
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  Speaker 3: the second game. It's a must win for the Rams. Um,
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  Speaker 3: in one sense, Joe, Just to get them back.
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  Speaker 1: On the.
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  Speaker 3: Tracks that they were Super Bowl favorite. Alex. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: they got their tails kicked in in Melbourne on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I've always said. Brock Purdy healthy is
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: a dangerous threat. And I do believe that. And even
• 11:07
  Speaker 1: Kurt Warner says, you know, Purdy is the best. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you're getting praise from a Hall of Fame quarterback and
• 11:13
  Speaker 1: Kurt Warner. You're the real deal. And I always say,
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  Speaker 1: If he was not injured in that game against the Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: they would have won the Super Bowl that year, too.
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  Speaker 1: That's how good he is.
• 11:26
  Speaker 3: You're right. I'm not saying that they would have won
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  Speaker 3: the game, but they definitely had a chance to win
• 11:30
  Speaker 3: the game. There's no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: That was his rookie year. That was really impressive, his
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: first year. I think now he's developed and I actually
• 11:41
  Speaker 1: think a lot of the problems last year for the
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: Niners were defensive. Didn't they give up a lot of points?
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: I mean, they put points.
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  Speaker 3: And they had a lot of, you know, they lost both.
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  Speaker 3: So they lost Fred Warner. I mean, those are two
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  Speaker 3: fantastic defensive players. And, you know, it's hard to, to
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  Speaker 3: overcome those losses. Yes. We know everybody has injuries, but
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  Speaker 3: there's some injuries that you can overcome and others that,
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  Speaker 3: that you can't. I think, and they're coached by, by Shanahan,
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  Speaker 3: who's great. And I think, uh, I guess, uh, the
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  Speaker 3: Niners have given him an extension. So my hopes of
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  Speaker 3: him being available for, uh, uh, for the green and white, uh,
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  Speaker 3: next year or down the drain for my Jetsies, but, uh,
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  Speaker 3: he's a hell of a coach. I think he's the
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  Speaker 3: best coach in the NFL. And, um, He did a
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  Speaker 3: great job getting them ready. And they got there five,
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  Speaker 3: six days before. The Rams got there 27 hours before kickoff.
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  Speaker 3: That was a huge mistake, in my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: And now is that a coaching decision or is that
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  Speaker 1: a team decision? I don't even know where that blame was.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I assume that it was. a coaching decision and
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  Speaker 3: a football operations decision. I don't think they asked the players.
• 12:53
  Speaker 3: If they relied on the players to make that decision,
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  Speaker 3: shame on McVay and football operations. Because that's it. You know,
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  Speaker 3: 27 hours before kickoff. It's not like you're going from
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  Speaker 3: New York to... To L.A.
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  Speaker 1: Stafford's on a spring chicken, so he probably had to
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: adjust to that timing, too. But 27-7 was that. And,
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  Speaker 1: of course, I don't know when Wednesday night became a thing.
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  Speaker 1: I guess recently. I remember the Giants opened up on
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday night against the Cowboys after winning the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: In 11-12, they opened up the 12-13 at MetLife. On
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  Speaker 1: a Wednesday night. I remember that very vividly because I
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  Speaker 1: was interning at Dow Global Sports at the time. Anyway, I.
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  Speaker 2: Say all that to say a Wednesday night game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. It just doesn't sit right with me.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't make sense.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they did that because of the time difference with Melbourne.
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  Speaker 3: So they didn't want to have it the next day.
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  Speaker 3: So basically, when we were watching that game on Thursday night,
• 14:02
  Speaker 3: it was Friday at 1230. No, excuse me, at 10.30
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  Speaker 3: Melbourne time, that game kicked off. So, you know, I
• 14:17
  Speaker 3: don't think you're going to see that next year, unless
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  Speaker 3: there's another game in New Zealand or in Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, the Pats had a big loss. I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: they just lost a newcomer, A.J. Brown, for what, six weeks,
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  Speaker 1: I think? It's just what a mess. What a mess
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  Speaker 1: for that start to the season. What other notables did
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: you have, though, that you want to bring to our
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: attention this week on Terminal Mistake?
• 14:40
  Speaker 3: The best player in National Football League is still... It's
• 14:45
  Speaker 3: not Mahomes. He's right there. But the best player in
• 14:48
  Speaker 3: National Football League is Josh Allen. The bills depend on
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: him way too much. If he gets hurt, they are
• 14:56
  Speaker 3: done as done could be. He was Superman again yesterday
• 15:00
  Speaker 3: against a great, great, great defense. He rang up 37
• 15:05
  Speaker 3: points on them, including that winning touchdown to Palmer in
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  Speaker 3: the last minute of the game. He's the best player
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  Speaker 3: in the league right now. And he's the most indispensable
• 15:17
  Speaker 3: player in the league. They cannot lose him. They lose him,
• 15:21
  Speaker 3: they're done. The other thing that really caught my eye
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: on the negative side was how bad the Los Angeles
• 15:29
  Speaker 3: Chargers were. Losing two at home. losing to the Arizona
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: Cardinals 26-14. They had a punt block. They were terrible.
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: They allowed Jacoby Brissett, who's a very capable NFL backup,
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: I mean, look like a first-team All-Pro. This is John
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: Horvath's third year, Jim Horvath's third year. He came, you know,
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  Speaker 3: after he won the championship at Michigan. He really I'm surprised.
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  Speaker 3: I thought the charges were going to take it to
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  Speaker 3: the next level almost immediately with Jim Harbaugh there. They haven't.
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  Speaker 3: And as a matter of fact, they might have even
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: taken a tiny step backwards. I don't think I don't
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: think Herbert's as good as he was before. since Harbaugh
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: got there. Harbaugh hasn't helped him in any way so far.
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  Speaker 1: I remember he came in because of that whole collapse
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  Speaker 1: with Jacksonville and all that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So that was a terrible loss to the Arizona Cardinals
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: who will be drafting in the top five in all likelihood.
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: Speaking of the Cardinals, their former quarterback goes down yesterday,
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. And then, of course, Carson Wentz steps in
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  Speaker 1: and beats the Vikings. I mean... Uh, I'm always happy
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: for Wentz. I still think that was such a raw
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: deal in a way he gets injured in week 15
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: of that season. And the Nick Foles comes in, Foles
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: is an incredible job for the Eagles the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the way, but you know, Wentz's time needs to come because,
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: you know, he's getting older now, but I've always thought,
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: I've always respected him as a quarterback. And then yesterday
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: he beats the Packers. So how about that?
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: Well, three touchdown passes, uh, the Packers were dominating them
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  Speaker 3: early and, uh, the Vikings took over the game. And,
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: you know, you got to have a quarterback who knows
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: the playbook. You got to have a quarterback that is
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: in sync with the coach. Doesn't have to be a
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  Speaker 3: great quarterback. And obviously, Wentz isn't a great quarterback anymore.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: And the year that you just referred to, when he
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: got injured, he was going to be MVP that year.
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: And he did a great job. The Vikings... they have
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: a good team. I mean, if they get competent quarterback play,
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: they have a chance to be a playoff team and
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: maybe even win that division. And as we said, that
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: division is very, very tough. All right.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: The four o'clock games are kind of, besides the Chargers,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: the Dolphins Raiders, I didn't really care about that one
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  Speaker 1: because I'm like, all right, well, I'll go. But I
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: see the Raiders won, so that was a big deal.
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: But I want to go to this other game, which
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: I thought was fascinating because the Saints and Lions are,
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: They go.
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  Speaker 2: Under the two-minute warning in overtime. That's how close it was.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: If I'm the Lions fan, though, I'm concerned having to
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: be taken all the way down to nearly under two
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: minutes in overtime against a Saints team I didn't expect
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: much from. Am I wrong to be worried about that
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  Speaker 1: if I'm a Lions fan?
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  Speaker 3: I think the Saints are better than you're giving them credit.
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: I like uh, Kellen Moore. I think he made a
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: terrible decision when they tied up, uh, late in overtime
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: by not going for a single point, going for the
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: two point conversion. I would not have done that. And
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: the play that they called was terrible. I don't know
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: if that was the play they called or the play
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: broke down and they just were, uh, they just were
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: trying to salvage the play. I would always go for the,
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: the tie. And, uh, again, maybe you get the ball back.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: I know there was less than two minutes to go,
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: but I would not have gone to DuPont conversion. Tyler
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: Schluck is pretty good. You know, he's a little older
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: when he came out of Louisville. I like Chuck. And
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: they're pretty good, Alex. They could win that division. But
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: everybody in the NFC South yesterday lost. Tampa lost. Carolina
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: lost Atlanta lost New Orleans lost so they're all equal
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: and they didn't play each other, so obviously we're all losing.
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: So really, yesterday was just a week off the calendar,
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: but doesn't hurt any of the teams in that quote-unquote race.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: Again, that was pretty close because I saw most of it.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: The Eagles kept the... The Commanders kept themselves in it,
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: and then the Eagles just won I believe it was
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: a failed two-point conversion on the commander's part. That is correct.
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: And something happened in that game. It also happened in
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: the Giant game last night. When Williams scored to make
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: it 28-20 and got called for taunting, pushing, even though
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: Aubrey is a fantastic kicker, pushed him back for a
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: 48-yard extra point, which he missed wide right. So if
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: Dallas got the ball back, which they didn't, and did score,
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: they would have had to go for the lower percentage
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: two-point conversion instead of the single point. In the Eagles
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: game with the Commanders, it was 17-9. I want to
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: say about seven minutes to go. I might be off
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: 30 seconds or a minute on that. You know, you're
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: watching all these games at once. They scored to make
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: it 17-15. They were losing 17 to nine. And again,
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: and now I can't think of the person who scored
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: the touchdown. He got called for taunting. So they couldn't go. They,
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: they kicked a single point from, they got the 48
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: yard single point instead of going for the two point
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: conversion because of the penalty pushed them back. So these
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: guys just have to be smarter. Really? You don't, you don't,
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: you don't need to taunt. You don't need to do
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: any of that stuff.
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: All right, I want to get to two more things
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: in football, and then we'll move on to what happened
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: in Flushing yesterday because I really was hoping for Ben Shelton.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: It just played a gritty match against Zverev, but I
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: think Zverev finally locked in at one point and just said,
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: I'm going to knock this guy out. But the two
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: points I want to make is I see the Giants
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: had 10 penalties. Now, you know me. I'm a big
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: discipline guy. I'm like, all right, does the penalties signify
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: any discipline? Harbaugh's the guy that teaches discipline, so I'm
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: a little surprised. I had 10 penalties in the first game.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: Should I be surprised by that or not really?
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Well, again, it's game one. These guys don't have the
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: reps in preseason like they used to because they're more
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: fearful of injury now, unlike back in the olden days.
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: I wouldn't worry about that. I wouldn't worry about that. Now, again,
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: remember the Giants did have some good fortune last night too,
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: but that doesn't take away from their complete win. They
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: fumbled four times, but they only lost one fumble. They
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: were able to jump on the other three. Sometimes the
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: way that Pixton bounces goes in your favor. Um, but again,
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: after winning seven games combined the last two years, I think, uh,
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: complaining about Ted penalties is a little bit nitpicking in
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: my opinion.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah. I mean, I'm just happy they won in
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: prime time, but like, I think you're, they'll straighten up
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: that little thing there.
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: I do. I think so.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: Now the other big story, that other big story of
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: the weekend has to be related to the giants. Cause
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: if Eli Manning, his nephew, Arch, Archie Manning, we've been
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: waiting for this for three years. for him to have
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: that breakout game, and he finally has it against Ohio
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: State in prime time. This is why I love sports, Louie.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: That comeback alone is why I love sports, because you
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: just never know. 21 unanswered points for Texas, and that
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: was his moment.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: That's his keystone moment as.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: Of right now that we were all waiting for. I'm
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: sure you were waiting for it, too, because the kid's
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: been hyped up for three years.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think if he had
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: come out last year, even though Mendoza had the great,
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: great Heisman Trophy year, national champion and all that. If
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: my team was picking number one, I would still pick
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: Arch Manning last year number one. I think we've just
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: seen the tip of the iceberg of how good this
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: guy is going to be. And Alex, like I said
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: a couple of minutes ago, there's a lot of great quarterbacks,
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: potentially great quarterbacks at the college level right now. But
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: that might have been his signature moment the other night.
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: I mean, because... For the first two and a half quarters, well,
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: first three quarters, because they scored all 21 points in
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, especially in the first half, Ohio State,
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: excuse me, was kicking the Longhorns' butt. And then they
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: couldn't stop them in the fourth quarter.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Now, honestly, I don't care about rankings right now. It's
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: too early in the year.
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: I don't either.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: I agree. But the fact that they had unseeded Ohio
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: State is very interesting. So I'll leave it at that.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: for now. And now one of the, one other thing
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: I would say is, um, the other weekend games, another
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: week where I was just, I didn't feel like there
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: was a lot of competition. I mean, Notre Dame over rice, uh,
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: LSU was close with Louisiana tech for a while. There
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: were these other games that were close, but we knew
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: they weren't going to end up in upsets in my.
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: Well, the only upset, the major upset was the, uh, Oregon,
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Oklahoma state game. Yes. You know, Oklahoma state was, I
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: had lost 12 in a row. Was it, was a
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: more than three touchdown underdog, and they had lost to
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: Oregon last year 69-3, and they put 39 points on
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: the Oregon defense, won 39-31, and now we have to
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: mention some questions about Oregon, who just got by Boise State,
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: and one or two things in that game at Boise
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: State might do differently, especially at the end of that
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: first half, when they didn't play the clock right and
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: cost them seven points. um, Oregon might be Owen too.
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: So they, you really got to look to see if,
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: how Oregon is going to handle the rest of the season.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: And if they even have a chance after Saturday.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: You, uh, get back in the, uh, now when you're
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: in Rutgers, they lose to BC and BC is not
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: supposed to be good. They're never really that good. So
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: that was a little bit of a surprise. And look,
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: I met Greg Shiano. I loved him in the big East.
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: We all know the Big Ten is such a big challenge,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: and I even think that's the case for Oregon, because
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: Oregon breezed in that first year in the Big Ten,
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: and it's still amazing how that happened, by the way.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: But it could be catching up to them now.
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: We'll have to see. But with Rutgers, moving to the
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: Big Ten has always felt awkward to me. It doesn't
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: feel like they're a good mesh. What do you think?
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: Well, if Oregon, USC, UCLA.
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: Washington are in the Big Ten. Nebraska, which used to
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: be in the Big 12. I have no problem. I
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: don't think it's awkward. I just think that they have
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: to get better. I like Shano as a coach. I
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: think he's a very good coach. But I think it's
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: time for a change. And I think there will be
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: a change.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: They probably brought him back because he was a.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: Big hero for a pick.
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: They should have never let him go in the first place.
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: that was a mistake. Those seven years between Shiano era
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: one and Shiano era two, those seven or eight years
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: of indecision with coaches and having poor coaches like Flood
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: and Ash, people like that, that really hurt Rutgers in
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: their early days in the Big Ten. If you had
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: if they had the continuity with Shiano, I think it
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: would have been a little bit different, but in my opinion,
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: and I, you know, I don't like to say coaches
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: deserve to be fired. I do think Rutgers needs to
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: make a change at the, at the head coaching position
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: for the football program.
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: Well, I have to see the other big 10 game
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: I was focused on because my dad was a born
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: in Oklahoma. So he was a sooner right by birth.
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: It's clear that, John Mateer got intercepted, but, you know,
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: he got injured last year, and people don't really talk
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: about that as much. Maybe that injury is still affecting him,
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: and I have to believe that's the case here, because
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: when you ask me in the beginning of the year,
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: with all the turmoil Michigan's been going through, and they're
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: still going through it, how can they be 2-0?
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: I'm surprised by that, Louie. I did not expect that.
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: Well, let's face it. They should have lost to Western Michigan.
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: I thought they were going to lose to Oklahoma on Saturday.
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: Their defense played okay. You know, Mateo made a couple
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: of mistakes. I like him as a quarterback. For some reason,
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: the other day, he didn't look as impressive as I
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: saw him before he got hurt last year.
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. I think the injury is still
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: affecting him in a way.
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah. So, you know, we'll have to keep an eye
• 29:08
  Speaker 3: on that. That would have been a big win. Right.
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: It would have been easier if Oklahoma won that.
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: But so be it. That's why we love these games.
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: Okay, so as you know, my friend and I, we
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: went to the U.S. Open last Tuesday, and we stayed
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: until 2.30 in the morning because we ended up with.
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: Courtside seats, which was pretty remarkable.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: I believe they were kind of seat-filling because people in
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: the bottom row were probably leaving that match, although who
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: would leave that match? We ended up leaving earlier just
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: because but i mean i was really hoping for shelton
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: the rest of the way because that was the match
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: of not only the tournament even though he lost yesterday
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: that was the match of like the decade or even
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: more you know like it's just it's one for the
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: ages as they say It was.
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: I don't like the fact that they started a little
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: bit after 11 o'clock. That's, to me, ridiculous. And the
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: match ending at 3.33 is really crazy. But I actually
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: thought Sheldon was going to win yesterday. But, you know,
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: he was down two sets. He won the third. And
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: it's ever his time. You know, he's the number two
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: player in the world. Now he's right up there with
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: center and.
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: I love it. He didn't even know it. He was
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: so focused on being the guy. He just didn't even
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: know he won. That was the best part of the match.
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that really was. So he was definitely focused yesterday
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: to win.
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: The other note about this whole thing is I see
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: Djokovic is now not in the top 10. He's actually
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: 12 now. So that's a bit different. We're used to that.
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: I see for the first time since 2002... Him, obviously
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: Federer's gone, and Nadal. But, like, none of our guys
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: I grew up with are in it, in the top 10.
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: It's becoming a new era.
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: And I know you were through it when Agassi shifted into.
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: Like, the, I guess, the Roddick era, right? And then
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: the Roddick era shifted into the Nadal era. Like, there
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: have been eras throughout.
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry. Go ahead.
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: It's always a little unusual when our heroes, if you will,
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: of that game They're just a natural evolution, a natural
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: evolution of rivalry.
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: That's exactly right. And being number 12 in the world at, what,
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: 38 years old, 37, 38 years old, it's pretty good.
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: I think he's going to squeeze out one more major somehow, Djokovic.
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: He's probably my favorite all-time player just because of his
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: competitive spirit, his ability to cover the entire court. I
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: always enjoyed watching him play. Yeah, but Alex, everything comes
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: to an end, even when you're the greatest player maybe
• 32:00
  Speaker 3: of all time. Even that career comes to an end.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: Well, because here's the thing about Djokovic that I think
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: you could not say about Nadal or Federer. He seemed
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: to dominate every court. Like, Nadal had his trouble on
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: certain courts. Federer had his trouble on certain courts. But Djokovic...
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: able to win on every court. Now, one other interesting
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: note about all this, I'm sure you saw this last week.
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: As we were complaining about the influencers that were ruining
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: the game, stopping the matches, it was horrible. Well, Wimbledon,
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: the classy organization it is, said, we're not going to
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: allow influencers in, and I really like that move. I mean,
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: Wimbledon is almost like the Masters in its master class,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: if you will, of how proper it is with the
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: Masters and Wimbledon. They're very similar in that regard.
• 32:45
  Speaker 3: I would agree with that. I would agree with that.
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: These influencers, they shouldn't disrupt an iconic tournament like the U.S. Open.
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: I mean, look at the idiots. And look, no offense
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: to Long Islanders, but look at the idiots in Long
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: Island when they golf. I mean, they all interrupt them.
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: It's very strange. There is some kind of decorum that
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: you need. And yes, I'm also saying the guy running
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: in the Palestinian flag on 9-11, that's not decorum either.
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: And I'm glad he got what he got. when he
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: got taken off the field, I guess bottles were thrown
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: at him. Now, that's a guy you could throw bottles at,
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: but that's.
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: Not the story. Absolutely, Alex. You're 100% correct. That guy
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: was a disgrace.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: And unlike, although I imagine we started to burn the
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: Palestinian flag, I wonder if that would have been a
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: plot twist to the Rick Monday story anyway. Anyway, I digress.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: The decorum is needed, especially in tennis. Look, I haven't
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: been in the U.S. Open in 16, 17 years, and
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: I didn't I didn't realize that while it's so quiet,
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: people still do talk a little bit, even though it's lower.
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: And it's so interesting to me because I'm like listening
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: to other people. I'm like, I just want to be
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: completely quiet in this match, you know, but it's a
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: little different now. And I think it's changed since years
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: ago because we all have our phones now. So there's
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: that going on also.
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: That's a big difference in every sport, at every sporting event,
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: how fans are looking at their phones instead of looking
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: at the action. I look at the action. You know?
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: And I don't know. It felt a little slower.
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: Maybe because it was 11 o'clock at night. But the
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: action felt a little slower. And it just... I don't know.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: It was weird. But I loved it anyway. And then
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: we got courtside. Then you could feel the action. And
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: then what Alcaraz is, he kept hitting into the net. Like,
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: almost every time he had a break, he hit into
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: the net. And I was like, something might be wrong
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: with him. He looks a little off. He hurt himself
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: at one point during that match, I think. So it just...
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: He had an off night. But I think he'll come
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: back and win some more.
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: He's very confident. He's... He's fantastic.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: Seven times and he's only 23. That's pretty damn good.
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: Absolutely. He's going to win a lot more than seven majors.
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: That's for sure.
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: I think so. But it's always fun.
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: And I feel like, influencer aside, it's always, the US
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: Open always is like that classy event you go to
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: just to be at and just be part of and
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: all that.
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: So it was cool. All right, Louis.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: Well, one last thing before we wrap up. Uriah's got
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: a captain today, and I think it's rightly so, Beau Horvat.
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I mean, he was the logical choice. I
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: definitely have no problem with it. Obviously, I assume the
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: next captain, whenever that will be, two, three, four, five
• 35:31
  Speaker 3: years from now, is going to be Matthew Schaefer. But
• 35:34
  Speaker 3: you don't want to give it to a 19-year-old kid. Now, yes,
• 35:37
  Speaker 3: I know there's been 19-year-old captains. Celebrini is, what, 20?
• 35:41
  Speaker 3: He's the captain, Bedard's captain of the Blackhawks. So I'm
• 35:45
  Speaker 3: sure Matthew Schaefer will be the captain of the Islanders
• 35:49
  Speaker 3: one day, but it's good that they gave it to
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: Bo Horvath. That's for sure. Keep some of the pressure
• 35:59
  Speaker 3: off Matthew Schaefer as he, you know, as he enters
• 36:02
  Speaker 3: his second year. And let's hope he doesn't have a
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: sophomore slump like a lot of a lot of players do.
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: And opening, we're less than what? Three or four days
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: away from the opening of camp.
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just crazy how time's flying. All right. And
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: as we mentioned about a month ago, Pete Alonzo will
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: be going for Homer 300. It's fitting it'll be at
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: Citi Field. You know what I think? It's going to
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: be the first at bat he comes up. I just
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: think he's going to do it right off the bat
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: because he did that at Yankee Stadium. Why not do
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: it at Citi Field?
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: Sure.
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: And I'll be happy for him. And apparently Lindor is
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: also up to Homer 2199. So they're both going.
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: Yes, he is. How about that for simplicity? Now, of course,
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: we all know that Pete Alonso has already hit a
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: home run number 300. But that embarrassment in Baltimore that
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: night against the Yankees, when he hit one that was
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: clearly a home run. Yeah. And.
• 37:01
  Speaker 3: Uh, but they, uh, they said that.
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: They rigged that so he could get it at city field.
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: Maybe he did that. Maybe they did that on purpose.
• 37:07
  Speaker 3: I don't know, but it's very weird. They didn't do
• 37:10
  Speaker 3: it on purpose, Alex. They just blew it.
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: Um, and that's with replay.
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: That's the funny part.
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: It's with replay. Okay.
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: That's the crazy part.
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it, it, it, it, that was major league
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: baseball should be embarrassed by that. All right, Louie.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: I got, I got to tell you, I'm revamping my fanatics,
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: a creator collection, uh, What Mets do you want to
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: see up there? I'm thinking of putting Benj and Ewing
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: and I don't have the heart to put Soto up
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: there because it's just, I don't know. Why not?
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: He's the best player on the team.
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: I think I'm going to and Lindor and I might
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: even McLean. There's another guy out there. But Benj and Ewing, man,
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: imagine them with Alonzo in the lineup, they could have
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: done something this year.
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: So, so imagine, imagine if the Mets didn't make the
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: trade for, uh, Javier Baez and they had, they had, um, PCA,
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: PCA in center, Benjen, right? Soto and left. And remember
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: Ewing played second this year and he played second in
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: the minor leagues. Now he's a great center fielder, but
• 38:16
  Speaker 3: you could have maybe Ewing at second Lindor at short
• 38:19
  Speaker 3: Alonzo at first. Bichette at third. That would be a
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: pretty good team.
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: Louis, it's going to be Howie Rose's final homestand. I
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: can't believe I'm saying that, but this is it. And
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: I might go Sunday. And they're actually doing the game
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: at 110, like a traditional 110 game.
• 38:36
  Speaker 3: Oh, okay.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: And see him.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: And he knows Yom Kippur, which is so interesting because
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: he never worked on Yom Kippur that I can remember.
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: He never works on Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah, never.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: But he'll be honored. So we'll be there on Sunday afternoon. um,
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: to honor him.
• 38:52
  Speaker 3: Well, I wonder what the Mets are going to do
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: with the, with the broadcast next year, who they're going
• 39:00
  Speaker 3: to have to add a third guy. I'm going to make,
• 39:02
  Speaker 3: I have no idea about his contract situation, but there's
• 39:06
  Speaker 3: a young man by name of Josh Eisenberg, who is
• 39:10
  Speaker 3: from Queens. I believe who, who did some Mets games
• 39:13
  Speaker 3: before he became the Royals radio announcer. He's very good.
• 39:18
  Speaker 3: And I, He might have gotten that job, but he
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: went to the Royals, I think a year before Wayne
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: Randazzo left the Mets to take the Angels to... job.
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: But that's the name, if the Mets add an announcer,
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: which I believe they will, keep that Eisenberg name in
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: the back of your head, because I think he might
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: be the one to get that job.
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: We'll go over calls and how he did, because there
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: are two that stick out in my mind. Obviously, the
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: Piazza home run call. And then the Alonzo call actually
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: in 2024 against the Brewers. But we'll go over that
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: in a separate episode because he deserves. And then we'll
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: even try and get him on. So we'll have to
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: see how that could work out because I still talk
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: to him.
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: That's good. And as we said two years ago when
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: Alonzo hit that home run, that was a perfect call.
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: And anybody who wants to be a play-by-play announcer should
• 40:18
  Speaker 3: listen to to that home run call, the detail, the
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: scene setting as he came up to the plate, as
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: Pete came up to the plate, basically detailing everything, not
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: only the home run, but as he got back into
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: the dugout and was mobbed by the players, he detailed everything.
• 40:36
  Speaker 3: That might be as perfect a description as you can want.
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: It was a brilliant call.
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: And To bookend it, of course, it was the Islander guy. So,
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: you know, he got to know him there as well
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: over the years. So, it was great. And on the
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: announcer note, I got to give credit once again. Chris
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: Fowler doing the big game on Saturday night.
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: Then flying up and doing the final with McEnroe.
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: And I loved it. I noticed McEnroe is a bit
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: of a homer for all the American guys. Like, he
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: always wants them to win. And look, even though he
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: doesn't play, you could tell he's still very passionate about
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: the sport that he dominated in. for so many years.
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: So I love listening to him actually on the call.
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: You know, both John and Patrick McEnroe are excellent tennis commentators.
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: And John Isner, who I love. They love the sport.
• 41:27
  Speaker 1: And John Isner was part of that longest match ever
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: at Wimbledon, is the sideline guy. I think James Blake
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: was as well. And you were telling me Andy Roddick
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: did a great job as well.
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he did a great job. He sounded like he
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: had been doing it forever.
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: Yep, well, we'll have to see. Americans, Tiafoe's going to
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: be in it for the long haul. Shelton will be.
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure about Taylor Fritz. He was highly touted,
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: but he collapsed again a week ago. I don't know.
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: I don't know if it's going to be that American
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: that just sticks it out every turn. He seems to
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: collapse at times, so we'll have to see what happens
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: with him.
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought he would be the guy to break
• 42:07
  Speaker 3: the streak, the drought, the men's drought for Grand Slam.
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: tennis events. I thought it would be Taylor Fritz.
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: And you know what? We forget Sinner wasn't in this one.
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: Imagine if Sinner was in it. That would have been
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: very interesting. But so be it. That's the way life is,
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: Louis T. So I'm glad to have you on Sling
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: TV Sunday. Mahomes is tonight. Pete Alonzo goes back to
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: the Mets tonight. So still a lot to look forward to.
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: And yeah, college football. I am going to watch LSU
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: play Ole Miss because that's Lane Kiffin's.
• 42:43
  Speaker 3: That will be interesting Saturday night. Very interesting.
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: Unlike other sports, college football is the only one I
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: could think of where these guys literally go in the
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: dark of night, you know, to another team. Brian Kelly
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: did against when Notre Dame actually to LSU and Nick
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: Saban did that, I believe. As well. They do like
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: the dark of night kind of thing where they just leave.
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: I don't know how they get away with it.
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: Remember, Nick Saban says he wasn't leaving the Dolphins for Alabama.
• 43:11
  Speaker 3: And the next day, he left the Dolphins for Alabama.
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: And created what a franchise.
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: You're right. What a franchise.
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: I'm sure he watches Tua and is like, that's pretty.
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: Because Tua was a freshman. He came in that second half.
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: And look at his career in the NFL. It's not
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: been what he was hoping for. Yeah, I think.
• 43:31
  Speaker 3: The concussions obviously have a lot to do with that.
• 43:34
  Speaker 3: It must be.
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: Fun for you to talk about all these guys because
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: we all saw them in certain points in their career
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: in college and then, boom, in the NFL. I mean,
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: you saw Namath in Notre Dame. Then he became this
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: guy in San Francisco. I mean, all these guys.
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: You mean Montana.
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 43:50
  Speaker 3: Montana.
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: Joe Montana, yep.
• 43:52
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: Who did I say, Joe? Did I say Namath?
• 43:55
  Speaker 3: You said Namath. By the way, Joe Namath and Joe
• 43:58
  Speaker 3: Montana are the only two quarterbacks to win a college
• 44:02
  Speaker 3: championship and win a Super Bowl.
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: Well, there you go. A nostalgic note to end Terminal's take.
• 44:09
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• 44:13
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• 44:15
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  Speaker 1: Louis T, one leg up Alex Media right here. We'll
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: have more for you. This is it. Two weeks of
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: baseball left. Yanks, four games out, 13 games left to play.
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: And I do think the Rays have it because that
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: schedule looks pretty easy right now with the A's coming
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: to Tampa. Yanks should beat Minnesota, but I don't know.
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: It's either a hit or a miss with these guys. Literally,
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: they can score six or seven runs or score nothing
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: nights at a time. I don't really understand it, but.
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: It's where we're.
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: At right now. Their lineup has been inconsistent as far
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: as production goes.
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: So we'll see. But Louis T, thanks again as always,
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: and we'll talk to you soon at One Link Up
• 45:04
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• 45:05
  Speaker 3: Alex, thanks for having me as always. Much appreciated.