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Tyrann Mathieu Rips Saints Offensive Line: Should New Orleans Trade Cesar Ruiz? | After Further Review · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: I'd just quit.
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  Speaker 3: Wouldn't you?
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  Speaker 4: It's Hump Day.
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  Speaker 3: is it?
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  Speaker 5: Mike?
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  Speaker 1: many conversations about the New Orleans Saints offensive line, the
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  Speaker 1: running game, lack thereof. One thing for me to say it,
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  Speaker 1: it's another when Tyron Matthews speaks. He's, I mean, he's
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  Speaker 1: a legend. He's an iconic player, not only at LSU,
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  Speaker 1: incredible NFL career, Super Bowl champion, pro bowler, played for
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  Speaker 1: the Saints, and On his podcast, and if you're not subscribed,
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  Speaker 1: Go subscribe. He does an awesome job. He's kind enough
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  Speaker 1: to invite me a couple times to talk LSU with him,
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  Speaker 1: which is awesome. Just chop it up with Tyron a bit.
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  Speaker 1: Tyron did not hold back when he talked about the
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints offensive line. Listen.
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  Speaker 7: I took a pay cut three years in a row
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  Speaker 7: so they could go find a way to pay offensive
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  Speaker 7: linemen that don't block, that don't make a difference, right?
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  Speaker 7: I'm watching the game today and I'm scratching my head.
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  Speaker 7: I couldn't believe I did that shit three years in
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  Speaker 7: a row. 17 runs, 18 yards. I mean, I don't
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  Speaker 7: care if you're playing backyard football. That's not a recipe
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  Speaker 7: for success. It's the craziest thing in the world, man.
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  Speaker 7: And I know those dudes got a tough job.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's hard.
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  Speaker 7: I'm not saying that that's easy, but it's not one
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  Speaker 7: of the toughest. It's not the toughest job on the field.
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  Speaker 7: They just look out of whack, man. I think the
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  Speaker 7: offensive line is judged on whether or not you can
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  Speaker 7: protect the quarterback and whether or not you can run
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  Speaker 7: the ball for three or four yards.
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  Speaker 1: And this offensive line does not do that. Interesting for
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  Speaker 1: Tyron to say it's not one of the toughest jobs
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  Speaker 1: on the field. I mean, you have a 300-pound animal
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  Speaker 1: across from you trying to maul you and kill your quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: Seems pretty tough. But, I mean, that's Tyron Matthew. I
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  Speaker 1: ain't him, obviously. He also talked a little bit about
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  Speaker 1: the cause of the Saints' offensive line struggles.
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  Speaker 7: They're just not a good group, man. I don't know
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  Speaker 7: if individually they're just not playing up to their potential.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know if it's the If it's a coach's issue,
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  Speaker 7: I'm not in the building no more. So I really
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  Speaker 7: don't know. But Tyler Shuck was on pace to get
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  Speaker 7: hit more than any quarterback that got hit in the
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  Speaker 7: history of the NFL. And then he's throwing the ball
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  Speaker 7: at a high rate. And then on top of that,
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  Speaker 7: you can't run the ball. And so I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to say the obvious, the most disappointing part
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  Speaker 1: is the investment. It would be one thing if you
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  Speaker 1: were trying to go bargain basements But you heard Tyron
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  Speaker 1: say it. His frustration is rooted, aside from loving the organization,
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  Speaker 1: being from New Orleans and everything, is that he took
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  Speaker 1: a pay cut three straight years so they could go
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  Speaker 1: pay linemen. And when you look at what you have
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  Speaker 1: invested with McCoy and Ruiz and Fuaga and Banks, it's
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  Speaker 1: three first-rounders, a second-rounder, and then going to sign David
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  Speaker 1: Edwards for $ 61 million. There's no excuse because of the
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  Speaker 1: investment you've made. It's not like you're playing money ball here.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you've made the investment to be good. You're
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  Speaker 1: just not good because you mis-evaluated or you misused the
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  Speaker 1: talent that you have. So I've been asked a lot
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  Speaker 1: as the trade deadline is approaching, would the Saints potentially
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  Speaker 1: be buyers or sellers at the deadline? Buyers, absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: Buyers at the trade deadline are contenders who think they're
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  Speaker 1: a piece away. Like a couple of years ago when
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  Speaker 1: the Saints sent Marshawn Lattimore to Washington, they had Jaden Daniels.
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  Speaker 1: They were a surprise team in the league. They felt
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  Speaker 1: like getting a lockdown corner was a missing piece, so
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  Speaker 1: they did the deal to acquire Marshawn. The Saints at
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  Speaker 1: that time were going nowhere fast, made a lot of sense.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get an asset. They did. The Saints certainly could
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  Speaker 1: be sellers in this market at the trade deadline. The
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  Speaker 1: complicating part about the trade deadline, though, or any trade,
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  Speaker 1: is remember, You have to trade a player and have
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  Speaker 1: someone give you an asset, and then also they're willing
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  Speaker 1: to take on that contract. So Jeremy Fowler over at
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  Speaker 1: ESPN has a piece of like 25 potential trade deadline deals,
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  Speaker 1: and they do list Cesar Ruiz here. Music to most
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  Speaker 1: Saints fans' ears. He's number 23 on the list. And
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  Speaker 1: the quick write-up is that the Saints could explore trade
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  Speaker 1: options while sitting at 2-5. Several teams are looking for
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  Speaker 1: a quality guard. New Orleans has to win and already
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  Speaker 1: lost a starting offensive lineman to Kelvin Banks. So it's
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  Speaker 1: hardly a slam dunk, but he's an intriguing name about
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  Speaker 1: who teams could inquire. They put the percent at 25%.
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  Speaker 1: And then the other write-up from Bowen says, Ruiz is
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  Speaker 1: a capable player in pass protection using his foot quickness
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  Speaker 1: and technique to slow interior rushers. He's posted a pass
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  Speaker 1: block win rate of 90% or better in five of
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  Speaker 1: seven pro seasons. However, Ruiz isn't a natural displacer at
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  Speaker 1: the point of attack in the run game, which impacts
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  Speaker 1: his ability to create consistent movement. His career run block
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  Speaker 1: win rate is 66%. They list the lines and the
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  Speaker 1: commanders as potential trade targets. Now, here's the thing. You
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  Speaker 1: used a first round draft pick on Cesar Ruiz. There
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  Speaker 1: is no shot. you're getting equitable value for them. You're
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  Speaker 1: not getting a first-round pick for Cesar Ruiz. And remember,
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  Speaker 1: he also signed a four-year, $ 44 million extension with the
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. So if you traded Cesar Ruiz, someone
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  Speaker 1: would take on his contract. Now, he has one year
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  Speaker 1: left on the deal in 2027, so he's a free
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  Speaker 1: agent after next season. The base is 9-5 for Ruiz.
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  Speaker 1: The Saints would take on, or 2027, The cap hit
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  Speaker 1: would be 16 million. The dead number would be 15-7.
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  Speaker 1: So all that to say, it would cost the Saints
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  Speaker 1: a little bit less, but less for Ruiz not to
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  Speaker 1: be on the roster next year than to be on
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  Speaker 1: the roster. But is somebody willing to take on that number,
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  Speaker 1: $ 16 million next year for Cesar Ruiz? That's hard to believe.
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  Speaker 1: Unless if you are in it to win it this year,
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  Speaker 1: you are a mercenary and you are just not worried
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  Speaker 1: about next year if adding a guard a starting guard
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL makes you better. Now, the teams they
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  Speaker 1: mentioned were the Commanders and the Lions. I'm not so
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  Speaker 1: sure the Commanders are buyers right now. The Lions certainly
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  Speaker 1: could be. But I look at Cesar Ruiz, and when
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  Speaker 1: he's been available, he's just not been good. They can
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  Speaker 1: try to sell me all they want on the pass
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  Speaker 1: block win rate and all that stuff. The PFF grade
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  Speaker 1: so far this year, his total grade is a 64.
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  Speaker 1: His run blocking rate is a 59. I mean, he's
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  Speaker 1: been bad. And he's been bad for his whole career.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, these are his overall grades from PFF for
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  Speaker 1: his career. Starting with his rookie season in 2020, where
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  Speaker 1: he graded at a 53.8. 53, 57, 56, 51, 67, 55,
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  Speaker 1: and then so far this year, 64. Plenty of time
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  Speaker 1: to screw that up. I think the question that you're
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  Speaker 1: asking yourself if you're New Orleans and you're entertaining a
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  Speaker 1: trade for Ruiz, number one, can you find a team
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  Speaker 1: willing to take on his contract and willing to give
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  Speaker 1: you an asset to take on his contract? And number two,
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  Speaker 1: would you rather get something now as opposed to either
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  Speaker 1: releasing him after the season or watching him walk in
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  Speaker 1: free agency after next season? And that's really the challenge
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  Speaker 1: that New Orleans has right Remember, they did the same
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  Speaker 1: thing with Trevor Penning when they traded Penning. They gave
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  Speaker 1: him away for nothing. But getting anything, even a late
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  Speaker 1: day three draft pick, is something, some asset that you
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  Speaker 1: can recoup instead of just flat out cutting the player.
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  Speaker 1: Like you did, say, with Isaiah Foskey. Isaiah Foskey was
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  Speaker 1: a second round pick. You cut him. You used the
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  Speaker 1: second round pick on him. You got nothing for him.
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  Speaker 1: He never made an impact in a game, and you
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  Speaker 1: weren't able to trade. You got nothing for him. It
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  Speaker 1: was a total waste of an asset. If you trade Ruiz,
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  Speaker 1: even for a sixth round pick, I'm just throwing that
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  Speaker 1: out there. I don't know what he would command on
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  Speaker 1: the market. Maybe that. Literally, maybe just that. But if
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  Speaker 1: you plan to cut him after this year, especially knowing
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  Speaker 1: you drafted Jeremiah Wright from Auburn, and Wright is very
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  Speaker 1: likely going to be your starting right guard next year, well,
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  Speaker 1: if you think that's the case, then instead of just
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  Speaker 1: cutting Ruiz at the end of the season, let Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: Wright have the rest of this season to take the
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  Speaker 1: training wheels off, send Ruiz out of here, get anything
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  Speaker 1: for him, and you move on with your organization. It's
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  Speaker 1: not an appealing option, but it might be a better
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  Speaker 1: option than just cutting him after the season. So, something
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  Speaker 1: to keep an eye on here as the trade deadline approaches,
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  Speaker 1: but the New Orleans Saints are... they're a mess. And
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  Speaker 1: I didn't think many of us thought that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: here at their buy in week eight, we'd be talking
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  Speaker 1: about trade deadline sellers instead of buyers trying to supplement
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  Speaker 1: a contending team. But here we are.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, kicking tires, lighting fires. If I was any better,
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  Speaker 1: Where's the shoe?
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  Speaker 4: You know, that's... That is an excellent question.
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  Speaker 1: from your insistence that Ole Miss was going to beat Florida,
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  Speaker 1: which they did not. Well, now Ole Miss has lost
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  Speaker 1: for a second time, losing at Texas.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Were you– this felt like three games in one, Texas
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  Speaker 1: getting a giant lead, Ole Miss rallying, and then Texas
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  Speaker 1: holding on. So which part to you do you think
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  Speaker 1: was the most impactful?
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  Speaker 4: All of it. You know, I mean, first of all, Texas.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, we're more than halfway through the season now
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  Speaker 5: and you still don't you don't know what Texas team
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  Speaker 5: you're going to you're going to see between snaps. I mean,
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  Speaker 5: not between drives. It's between snaps. You don't know what
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  Speaker 5: Texas team you're going to see. I think what I
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  Speaker 5: was particularly looking at in this game is has old Mrs.
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  Speaker 4: Run defense finally improved.
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  Speaker 5: Like we saw them do against Missouri the week before
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  Speaker 5: and Texas ran for over 200 yards, even without Hollywood's
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  Speaker 5: mothers and Brown and Manning Manning showed back up in
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  Speaker 5: the rushing attack. And if you remember when Ole Miss
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  Speaker 5: came back and tied the game at 24 and Texas
• 17:50
  Speaker 5: went on that 80 yard drive, right. Imposed their will.
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: How did they impose their will?
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: Running the ball.
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: Running the ball.
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: Yeah. So, and, you know, if I'm– and that's what
• 18:01
  Speaker 5: I took out of this game. That was the most–
• 18:05
  Speaker 5: the single most important thing I took out of this
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: game is Ole Miss, you've got to be able– if
• 18:09
  Speaker 5: you're going to win a championship, you've got to be
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: able to stop a running team. And, you know, they–
• 18:17
  Speaker 5: outside of their stadium, they don't seem able to do that.
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: So that's what I took out of that game, and
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: I'm still not sold on Texas.
• 18:23
  Speaker 5: Hmm.
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: Although they got a great defense.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: The other, I mean, it wasn't an upset by the conference,
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: but I think you and I talked about it last week,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: was Tennessee against South Carolina, excuse me, by the odds makers.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Carolina hung on 27-24. It was a giant letdown spot
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: for Tennessee. I still don't think South Carolina is any good.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: What do you make of that result?
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: I mean, again, we talked about this going into the game.
• 18:53
  Speaker 5: One thing that they have is a big offensive line
• 18:56
  Speaker 5: and a big defensive line and they can play.
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: The run both ways.
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: And, you know, Bishop still ran for 120 yards, but
• 19:04
  Speaker 5: it took 32 carries. I mean, that guy, he averages like,
• 19:09
  Speaker 5: what is it? 30 carries a game. I mean, it's
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: this ridiculous workload that they have Bishop, but ultimately they
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: have to have a quarterback. There has to be someone
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: under center, uh, McIntyre only had 136 yards and Tennessee
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: can run Bishop like a horse, but eventually a good,
• 19:30
  Speaker 5: even an average team is going to make McIntyre win.
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: And that's what South Carolina did at the end of
• 19:36
  Speaker 5: that game. And McIntyre gave the ball away, pay attention LSU.
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: Cause that's how you beat this Tennessee team.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that, but LSU has got to
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: get there with just two losses for it to matter.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: They took care of business against Auburn.
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: Yes, they did.
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: Were you surprised at the most lopsided score in favor
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: of LSU at Auburn in series history?
• 20:02
  Speaker 5: You know, it's interesting because everybody talks about the oldest
• 20:05
  Speaker 5: rivalry in the history of the South being Georgia and Auburn.
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: I think that if you went and spoke to more
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: Auburn fans, they would probably say LSU is the bigger rival.
• 20:14
  Speaker 5: They see LSU far more often, at least until the
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: conference got bigger. And, you know, they were heading into
• 20:20
  Speaker 5: that game. I spoke with a lot of people on
• 20:22
  Speaker 5: the planes and they were very excited, you know, very,
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: very excited for that game. So, you know, for them
• 20:28
  Speaker 5: to come out and, and really, we said heading into
• 20:32
  Speaker 5: that game, we talked on your show last week, would
• 20:34
  Speaker 5: Auburn be able to protect Byron Brown?
• 20:37
  Speaker 4: And we have an answer to that.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: They were not.
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: The answer is no.
• 20:42
  Speaker 5: Seven sacks, 12 tackles for a loss. They only ran
• 20:45
  Speaker 5: the ball for 67 yards. I mean, that was really Leavitt.
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: So that in and of itself stood out. The domination
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: stood out. Leavitt being near perfect. And I know it's
• 21:01
  Speaker 5: State and Auburn, but it's great to see this level
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: of improvement by Leavitt heading into– the most important stretch
• 21:09
  Speaker 5: of LSU's schedule, Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee.
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: Russ Mitchell is with us at RussMitchellCFB. Did you take
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: anything away from the Texas-A&M-Alabama game?
• 21:25
  Speaker 5: A & M actually leading 20-17, entering the fourth quarter
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: in Tuscaloosa?
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: Despite two early turnovers, too.
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: I think my elementary school teacher may have had a term.
• 21:41
  Speaker 5: That's a red flag, man. I mean, that's like, you
• 21:44
  Speaker 5: should not be losing to this A & M team
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: heading into the fourth quarter. Now I will say, then
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: Bama held A & M to only 15 yards and
• 21:55
  Speaker 5: three straight three and outs. So, you know, and from
• 21:59
  Speaker 5: a run defense perspective, they held to under three yards
• 22:03
  Speaker 5: of carry. And remember coming out of the Tennessee game
• 22:06
  Speaker 5: where they lost and let Bishop run on them, we
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: were wondering, do they have a problem? Well, they held
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: A & M. It's not Tennessee, but they held A
• 22:13
  Speaker 5: & M to under three yards of carry. The problem
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: is they're still super incomplete, y'all. I mean, they ran
• 22:22
  Speaker 5: for under, what was it, like 68 yards in that game?
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: It was.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: I'll look it up right now.
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it was 68.
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: So.
• 22:33
  Speaker 5: How much did LSU run against A & M for?
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: 28 rushes for 68 yards was Bama against A & M.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: In the LSU game, that was the game where Leavitt
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: injured his hamstring. LSU ran for 194 yards on 38 carries. Jesus,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: 200 yards. So I'm a little surprised.
• 22:53
  Speaker 4: To see Alabama only run.
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: Run the ball for 60. I was surprised to see
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: them losing in the fourth quarter. They were fairly inconsistent
• 23:05
  Speaker 5: on a number of fronts, special teams. Didn't think Russell
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: was that consistent. This isn't a great A & M team.
• 23:11
  Speaker 4: So if I'm Alabama, it's a win.
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: So that's obviously better than a loss, but I'm not
• 23:18
  Speaker 5: particularly excited about this.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Bama's not very good. So I want to preview
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: the weekend ahead. We'll get, I don't think we need
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: to talk about Kentucky Vanderbilt. We'll talk about Kentucky here
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: in a second, but You mentioned to me earlier today
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: that you wanted to talk about Pat McAfee and the
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: whole Utah thing. So this is a good opportunity to
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: do that before we turn the page to this coming weekend.
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I'm a little bit surprised that this
• 23:41
  Speaker 5: has turned into what it has with so many people
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: talking about.
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: First of all, I'm disappointed in.
• 23:48
  Speaker 4: I'm disappointed a little in McAfee.
• 23:50
  Speaker 5: I mean, it's not like he's... I understand the idea
• 23:55
  Speaker 5: that it's okay if fans... are ridiculing you or making
• 24:00
  Speaker 5: fun of you on their social media, but to have
• 24:04
  Speaker 5: an organization do it like.
• 24:05
  Speaker 4: The University of Utah.
• 24:06
  Speaker 5: And for those of you who don't know the story,
• 24:09
  Speaker 5: there was an Instagram or one of the social media
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: things where there was a reporter from, I guess, the
• 24:15
  Speaker 5: school or the school newspaper that was interviewing kids who
• 24:19
  Speaker 5: were sleeping outside the night before the game day. And
• 24:25
  Speaker 5: they were just making fun of him, like telling him
• 24:26
  Speaker 5: to keep his shirt on and that sort of stuff.
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: And he was upset that the university put that on
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: their social media page.
• 24:36
  Speaker 4: And, you know, there's a part of.
• 24:38
  Speaker 5: Me that thinks it's not like it's Coach Saban or,
• 24:44
  Speaker 5: you know, Curb Street. I mean, McIntyre's job, he plays
• 24:48
  Speaker 5: the clown on that show, right? And I don't mean
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: that in a negative way because he knows his football.
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: He's very, very smart.
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: He's an entertainer.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 24:58
  Speaker 5: He's made his success in this world is on entertaining. And,
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: you know, like if you are an entertainer and you're
• 25:06
  Speaker 5: playing that clown role and people you're going to have
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: people say you're behaving like a clown and to come
• 25:12
  Speaker 5: out against the university and say, like, I hope I
• 25:15
  Speaker 5: never go back there again. And to acquaint it to
• 25:19
  Speaker 5: assassinations and kill. It was I just don't understand. You
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: got to have a thicker skin than that to do
• 25:26
  Speaker 5: this job. And I thought it was unprofessional and, and disappointing.
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: I just don't watch college game day much anymore.
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: I don't, I don't either.
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: It's still, you know, it's still a thing and I'm
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: glad it's there and it supports the sport and it
• 25:45
  Speaker 5: makes a lot of folks happy, but you know, it
• 25:48
  Speaker 5: could be also brother that we've been watching it for
• 25:51
  Speaker 5: 25 years and it's, it's sort of like lost the.
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: Little bit of its excitement for us.
• 25:57
  Speaker 5: Maybe the younger kids watch it a little bit more,
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: but I'd rather sleep in the morning than, uh, than
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: watch game day.
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: Yeah. All right.
• 26:07
  Speaker 4: You know, I will, I will tell you this.
• 26:09
  Speaker 5: He, he pointed out there was a girl who did
• 26:13
  Speaker 5: his kicking thing, you know, and Mack and he, uh,
• 26:16
  Speaker 5: McAfee gives away so much money.
• 26:18
  Speaker 4: And I know it's.
• 26:20
  Speaker 5: Not all his, but he raises it and he gives
• 26:22
  Speaker 5: it away. It's a remarkable thing he does. But he
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: was kind of perturbed that the one girl, the Utah
• 26:27
  Speaker 5: girl said, well, you gave away three million at BYU.
• 26:32
  Speaker 5: You got to understand about Utah that. That state, and
• 26:37
  Speaker 5: I know that state very well. My wife's from there.
• 26:40
  Speaker 5: The rivalry between BYU and the University of Utah is
• 26:46
  Speaker 5: on another level because there's lots of other factors. There's
• 26:50
  Speaker 5: religion that goes into that in terms of how the
• 26:53
  Speaker 5: two schools interact. There's a lot of you know, the
• 26:57
  Speaker 5: way young siblings compete against each other. And if you do,
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: it's like, if you give a book to Johnny, then
• 27:03
  Speaker 5: Billy wants a book too. That's all that was. It
• 27:06
  Speaker 5: wasn't that she was being greedy or something. So that,
• 27:09
  Speaker 5: that was disappointing that he said that about the school
• 27:12
  Speaker 5: as well.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: Well, now I got a break. We'll get back on
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: to football that people care about. How about that? Talk
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: about the sec, what's coming up this weekend. Um, McAfee
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: can have it, whatever, you know what I mean? Um,
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: All right, let's do this. We're not going to break.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: Russ is with us. A big weekend, Ed, even with
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: LSU and Bama on the bye. We'll preview it with
• 27:28
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  Speaker 1: Glad to have Russ Mitchell with us. Preview the weekend
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: ahead in the sec and, uh, just five games, man. Um,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: i'll look man i'll tee it up for you where
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: do you want to start with a lineup that is
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: maybe the beginning of the season looked a lot better
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: than it does now.
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: Well you know it's interesting you say only five games
• 29:03
  Speaker 5: but we have nine ranked teams in the sec and
• 29:06
  Speaker 5: half of them are off so it's not just that
• 29:10
  Speaker 5: we have five games all the good teams are taking
• 29:13
  Speaker 5: a break on the same weekend and again you can't
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: plan for that but You know, it's up to you.
• 29:18
  Speaker 4: You want to start with.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: The cocktail party, Florida, Georgia. That one's going to be
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Remember, the Jacksonville Stadium is being renovated. So
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: they'll play Atlanta this year and then Orlando next year.
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: But I mean, for Florida, it's a got to have
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: it type situation. And for Georgia, it's you know, was
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: the Auburn thing just a hiccup or, you know, does
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: Georgia really have deep-seated issues that Florida can expose?
• 29:39
  Speaker 5: You know, why they didn't, you know, I know why
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: they didn't actually, I wrote a story on this, but
• 29:46
  Speaker 5: I really thought the Jacksonville stadium being repaired would be
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: a great chance for two years to do a game.
• 29:51
  Speaker 4: In Gainesville and a game in Athens.
• 29:53
  Speaker 5: Agreed.
• 29:54
  Speaker 4: Because then, But you know why they didn't do that?
• 29:57
  Speaker 5: Because the promoters knew that if they allowed that, they'd
• 30:01
  Speaker 5: never come back to Jacksonville.
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: Because playing this game.
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: Away from the stadiums is so dumb. But if you're
• 30:12
  Speaker 5: looking at this game, it's best on best. Or not
• 30:16
  Speaker 5: best on best, but Florida's got a really good running game.
• 30:19
  Speaker 5: Georgia's got a really good run defense. Georgia's run defense
• 30:23
  Speaker 5: holding teams to under three yards a carry. And Florida's
• 30:28
  Speaker 5: averaging over 200 rushing yards a game. So if you
• 30:32
  Speaker 5: can't run the ball against Georgia, you're in trouble. So
• 30:36
  Speaker 5: that's basically what you're watching in this game. And by
• 30:39
  Speaker 5: the way, irrespective of dropping the ball against Auburn, literally,
• 30:43
  Speaker 5: by the way, three turnovers, you know, that offense for
• 30:48
  Speaker 5: Georgia is still averaging over 500 yards a game. They're
• 30:52
  Speaker 5: the best in the sec on converting on third downs.
• 30:55
  Speaker 5: Gunner Stockton is leading the sec passer rating with six
• 30:59
  Speaker 5: touchdowns and only four interceptions.
• 31:01
  Speaker 4: So, and I, we still don't know who's playing quarterback.
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: I was going to ask who would you rather see
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Philo or, or Burnell?
• 31:10
  Speaker 4: I was really impressed with Joe.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: I know what you meant.
• 31:12
  Speaker 4: Yeah. You're forgiven.
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: The guy's only played one game.
• 31:22
  Speaker 4: Who do I want? I don't know, man. This is like,
• 31:25
  Speaker 4: do I want my ex-wife or my ex-brother-in-law?
• 31:28
  Speaker 5: I'm not really interested in either.
• 31:34
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 31:35
  Speaker 5: But I'd probably take Philo. But again, Florida's got to
• 31:41
  Speaker 5: run the ball. Now you could say, you know, with file,
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: they could throw it a little bit better, which might
• 31:46
  Speaker 5: open up the run. Uh, Jones has better legs. I, I, I,
• 31:51
  Speaker 5: I don't think it matters.
• 31:52
  Speaker 4: I like Georgia.
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: Okay. Tell me why Auburn is going to beat Ole Miss.
• 31:58
  Speaker 4: They're not.
• 32:02
  Speaker 5: I think, I think you could say Lacey's now out
• 32:05
  Speaker 5: with the dislocated shoulder.
• 32:07
  Speaker 4: Yeah. I feel sorry for the kid.
• 32:08
  Speaker 5: He's had a rough season, but, uh, You know, you
• 32:13
  Speaker 5: make the game about Chambliss. I mean, he had to
• 32:17
  Speaker 5: throw 52 times against Texas, and he had three interceptions,
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: you know, in a rough environment. Now, they're at home,
• 32:26
  Speaker 5: and they play much better at home. But that offense,
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: that Ole Miss offense, needs to run the ball. And,
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: you know, so it goes on Frazier. Now, Frazier did
• 32:35
  Speaker 5: run the ball for 100 yards against Mizzou, and he
• 32:38
  Speaker 5: did average– Well, he ran the ball only six times
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: against Texas and got 50 yards. But Frazier is going
• 32:45
  Speaker 5: to have to step up and run the ball for
• 32:48
  Speaker 5: Ole Miss to win comfortably. And that's what you're watching.
• 32:52
  Speaker 5: That's what I would be watching, will be watching in
• 32:54
  Speaker 5: this game is does Ole Miss– well, two things. First
• 32:58
  Speaker 5: of all, can Ole Miss tackle? Because they haven't been
• 33:01
  Speaker 5: able to tackle all year. They weren't able to tackle
• 33:04
  Speaker 5: against Texas. The only game they've been able to tackle
• 33:08
  Speaker 5: was Mizzou. So can they tackle Ole Miss, and do
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: they have a running game with Frazier?
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: I'm way more interested to see if Auburn exposes Ole Miss.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: You're right. I think Ole Miss' offense, they're going to
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: move against Auburn's defense. The other side of the ball
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: is where Auburn needs to keep pace. Do you think
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: Auburn can move the ball against an atrocious Ole Miss defense,
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: which is ranked? I wrote it down. Ole Miss' defense
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: is dang it ahead of here somewhere. Oh, man, I
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: had it in a note somewhere. They're like 106 in
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: the country in total defense. They're atrocious.
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: Unfortunately, there's one team that's worse in total defense than
• 33:50
  Speaker 5: Ole Miss, and you know who it is?
• 33:52
  Speaker 6: Auburn.
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: Auburn.
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: That's what I said.
• 33:55
  Speaker 3: I know Auburn.
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: I know Ole Miss is going to move and score.
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: I know that's going to happen. I don't need to
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: break that down. I want to know what Byron Brown
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: am I going to see? Am I going to see
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: the guy that moved the ball and ran for 100
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: yards against Georgia? Am I going to see the guy
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: that looked like he never played football against LSU?
• 34:11
  Speaker 5: Well, again, LSU's got the number one run defense, right,
• 34:14
  Speaker 5: in the conference.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: I like the sound of that.
• 34:19
  Speaker 4: But, you know, the interesting thing.
• 34:20
  Speaker 5: Is Georgia's got an excellent run defense, and Byron Brown
• 34:24
  Speaker 5: was able to run the ball.
• 34:28
  Speaker 4: All over Georgia.
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: I'm asking the question, Russ.
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: That's why I'm asking the question.
• 34:33
  Speaker 5: It does make the whole Georgia-Auburn game stands out, too,
• 34:36
  Speaker 5: because you could then argue, well, LSU is really good
• 34:39
  Speaker 5: at sacks.
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: You'd be right.
• 34:41
  Speaker 5: They're the second-best team in the SEC in sacks. You
• 34:44
  Speaker 5: know who's the third-best team?
• 34:46
  Speaker 4: Georgia.
• 34:47
  Speaker 5: So, like, what happened to Georgia in that game? It
• 34:52
  Speaker 5: really stands out as an outlier for the Bulldogs.
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: South Carolina, Oklahoma. South Carolina stinks. I mean, I'm not surprised.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: Field storm fade against Tennessee last week. But South Carolina stinks.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: They've got to go to Oklahoma. I think Oklahoma's going
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: to put them in a chokehold because Lenore Seller stinks.
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: What do you think?
• 35:09
  Speaker 4: I know you keep saying South Carolina stinks.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: They stink. I'm so sick of people trying to sell
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: me on South Carolina for three years. They stink.
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  Speaker 4: Stop. I have not.
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  Speaker 5: I did the first year, but after that I stopped.
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  Speaker 5: And I agree with you a hundred percent on Lenore Sellers,
• 35:26
  Speaker 5: although he's a remarkable athlete and every one out of
• 35:29
  Speaker 5: 10 games where he can throw the ball, they're spectacular.
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  Speaker 5: But by the way, he runs the ball. Everyone's making
• 35:36
  Speaker 5: such a big deal out of the touchdown. He scored
• 35:39
  Speaker 5: to tie the game against Tennessee where he didn't quit
• 35:42
  Speaker 5: and the cat's tough as nails and he didn't quit,
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  Speaker 5: but he carries the ball. to say he carries the
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  Speaker 5: ball like a loaf of bread is too kind, you know,
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  Speaker 5: like he's, he holds the ball and I know he's
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  Speaker 5: a huge guy.
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  Speaker 4: But he holds like out away from his body. It's like,
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  Speaker 4: it's as if he's giving it to people.
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  Speaker 5: So I don't know. Look, this is a fantastic. Oh,
• 36:09
  Speaker 5: you defense really, really good defense. And can they contain
• 36:15
  Speaker 5: sellers running the ball? Cause you don't have to worry
• 36:17
  Speaker 5: about him throwing the ball.
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  Speaker 4: And yes, I think they'll be able to contain his
• 36:21
  Speaker 4: running ability.
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  Speaker 1: I hate the Camario. Taylor's not going to play against Texas.
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: This is a football fan. We kind of get cheated
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: out of that because he's special to watch. So the
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: injury really sucks. I don't know that state really has
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: much of a, of a leg to stand on here.
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  Speaker 1: Night game, DKR, maybe a letdown spot for Texas. Anything.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah. You know, I felt the same way about the
• 36:42
  Speaker 5: LSU game. And I know you didn't because you wanted
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  Speaker 5: to win. But, you know, I really was looking forward
• 36:49
  Speaker 5: to seeing Taylor play LSU's defense in Baton Rouge. And
• 36:54
  Speaker 5: I'm really disappointed that he's out for the season. And,
• 36:57
  Speaker 5: you know, States now lost three straight games and they've
• 37:00
  Speaker 5: averaged under 13 points a game.
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 37:03
  Speaker 5: So can Mississippi State, can State score enough with Puckett
• 37:08
  Speaker 5: to beat Texas in Texas? No.
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: They scored one touchdown in seven quarters with him.
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  Speaker 4: I just want to.
• 37:16
  Speaker 5: See Texas play for 60 minutes the way LSU has
• 37:20
  Speaker 5: played for two consecutive games. Again, I know it's a
• 37:24
  Speaker 5: banged up State and a bad Auburn, but coming in,
• 37:28
  Speaker 5: into a tough stretch. What LSU was able to do
• 37:31
  Speaker 5: was great because now they're heading to this, you know,
• 37:34
  Speaker 5: this murderer's row stretch of their schedule and they have
• 37:37
  Speaker 5: been very efficient. They're getting their players back. I mean,
• 37:41
  Speaker 5: it appears that LSU is peaking at a good time
• 37:43
  Speaker 5: in their schedule. So I want to see Texas play
• 37:46
  Speaker 5: like that. I mean, that's what OU did last week
• 37:48
  Speaker 5: against state state is now the team you get right on.
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: So let's see if Texas does that.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: You got in the battle for the battle line trophy.
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: the greatest rivalry in all of sports, Missouri and Arkansas,
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: the battle line trophy.
• 38:03
  Speaker 5: You know, I didn't even know that until like two
• 38:05
  Speaker 5: or three years ago.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: They did the Arkansas with Missouri, what the SEC did
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: to LSU with Arkansas when they came into the league,
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: the stupid boot trophy and all the crap, the fabricated
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: trophy game made for TV. That's what Arkansas done.
• 38:20
  Speaker 3: It's funny.
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: Arkansas is in that rivalry with LSU is in LSU, Arkansas.
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: Arkansas feels like it's a force made for TV deal.
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: That's what LSU felt for 20 years. That stupid game.
• 38:30
  Speaker 4: Nothing wrong with made for TV, baby.
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: Uh, I mean, I'm good. I'm glad to watch football,
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: but I don't need it. I don't need a trophy
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: and a name for the game and the one 30
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: slot on third on Fridays. And I was stupid.
• 38:41
  Speaker 5: Now hatred takes a long time to build up, man. Uh,
• 38:46
  Speaker 5: both teams had to buy Mizzou and Arkansas heading into
• 38:49
  Speaker 5: this game. Uh, This is good on bad. Mizzou has
• 38:56
  Speaker 5: Roberts with his 900 rushing yards, Jamal Roberts, and Arkansas
• 39:03
  Speaker 5: can't stop.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: I have a better question to end. I have a
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: better question to end. Okay. Is this the last game
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: Missouri wins this year?
• 39:15
  Speaker 4: What's their schedule?
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: Texas at Georgia. Kentucky, Oklahoma. No, they can beat Texas.
• 39:24
  Speaker 5: They get Texas at home, right?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. And they can beat OU. Okay.
• 39:32
  Speaker 5: And depending on where Kentucky's at, the week before they
• 39:37
  Speaker 5: play Mizzou, Kentucky has a hellacious schedule. I was just
• 39:41
  Speaker 5: looking at Tennessee at Tennessee versus Florida at Mizzou. So
• 39:46
  Speaker 5: they're playing... at Tennessee and Florida before they go to Mizzou,
• 39:51
  Speaker 5: Mizzou could win that game. In their stadium, Vaught Stadium
• 39:55
  Speaker 5: with the Rocks in the background, which I still don't understand.
• 40:04
  Speaker 5: I know there was a time when you had difficulty
• 40:06
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• 40:11
  Speaker 5: a tradition.
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: Rocks in the end zone. He's Russ Mitchell.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, great time. Love that.
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  Speaker 1: walked off in the 12th. That was not good. Not
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, that's unusual for their bullpen to get the L.
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  Speaker 7: So, but, you know.
• 43:34
  Speaker 6: It happens. And we'll start with the World Series tonight.
• 43:37
  Speaker 6: Let's talk about... Tampa Bay and why the park is,
• 43:41
  Speaker 6: you know, it's an under park. It's a pitching-friendly park.
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  Speaker 6: And what a lot of people don't really know, is
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  Speaker 6: that make it, you know, no, it's actually the height
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• 44:02
  Speaker 1: Hitting, but still.
• 44:04
  Speaker 6: Mizorowski rested. Rasmussen's going to go one day short of rest,
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  Speaker 6: but I think he's going to be pitching dominant tonight
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  Speaker 6: in World Series Game 5. We're going to go with
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  Speaker 6: the under 6.5 in Game 5. If I had to play,
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  Speaker 6: I think that the Brewers will snap back and win it,
• 44:22
  Speaker 6: but it's a lot of juice on the road. College
• 44:25
  Speaker 6: football tonight. I put out Kennesaw State mistakenly thinking it
• 44:28
  Speaker 6: was last night, but Matt, the line has moved four points.
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  Speaker 6: And I'm just not, you know, chances are, odds are,
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  Speaker 6: that's not going to come into play, you know, plus
• 44:39
  Speaker 6: two and a half yesterday to minus one and a
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  Speaker 6: half today. But I just don't like taking favorites that
• 44:45
  Speaker 6: were once underdogs. So that's kind of a stay away
• 44:49
  Speaker 6: spot from there. And the other one is New Mexico
• 44:53
  Speaker 6: State at home. This should be more of a pick-em
• 44:56
  Speaker 6: type of game. Certainly give us any type of home
• 44:59
  Speaker 6: field advantage, plus points, plus three, New Mexico State. And
• 45:03
  Speaker 6: then won NBA play. Team got their first loss back-to-back.
• 45:08
  Speaker 6: They blew an 18-point lead. They lost in overtime at Cleveland.
• 45:12
  Speaker 6: That's nothing to be ashamed of. Minnesota Timberwolves, since the
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• 45:21
  Speaker 6: taken Minnesota to win the division, Minnesota to win the West.
• 45:25
  Speaker 6: Minnesota is really good. Ant-Man is on fire, averaging like
• 45:30
  Speaker 6: 37 points a game right now. So, They're new faces.
• 45:33
  Speaker 6: They're really good. Their defensive metrics are top five also.
• 45:37
  Speaker 6: So this is a very light number for Minnesota tonight.
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: By the way, when you gave it to the site,
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, we'll still lay it.
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: Still lay it.
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  Speaker 6: They get a little long in the tooth in San Francisco, Oakland.
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  Speaker 6: So with that roster. So you still like it, but yeah.
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