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Mac & Bone Hour 4: Jones Angell & Ryan Edwards · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
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  Speaker 3: Mack and Bone with us.
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  Speaker 2: People that are just tuning in are like, this dude says,
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  Speaker 2: that Hornets game was unwatchable.
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  Speaker 3: Have y'all talked about it?
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: We've whined. We've vented. We've moaned.
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  Speaker 2: We brought on Sunshine Sam and he got bashed and
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  Speaker 2: the poor guy got bashed on the text line. It's
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  Speaker 2: been an emotional day. No doubt about it. We still
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  Speaker 2: don't have any word on Con Canipple and the injury.
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  Speaker 2: But obviously the fear is, Bone, that He redid it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? It's the same injury. We
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  Speaker 2: don't know for sure. So anyway, we'll circle back more
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  Speaker 2: to the Hornets. I'm sure we also are going to
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  Speaker 2: do a little Know Your Enemy conversation with Ryan Edwards
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  Speaker 2: from KOA in Denver. We're going to talk about the
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  Speaker 2: Broncos team that's coming in here with the dastardly, hateable,
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  Speaker 2: punchable Sean Payton.
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  Speaker 3: This weekend.
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  Speaker 2: But right now, a man that is anything but dastardly
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  Speaker 2: hateable and punchable, the very likable Jones Angel joins us
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  Speaker 2: to talk about the Tar Heels coming off an absolute
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  Speaker 2: thriller against the number one team in the country. And
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  Speaker 2: Jones joins us here on the Mac and Bone Show. Hey, Jones,
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  Speaker 2: what's going on, man?
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  Speaker 3: How you doing?
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  Speaker 4: Probably depends on who you ask if I'm punchable or not.
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  Speaker 1: So glad to hear that you guys don't think so.
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  Speaker 4: But great to be with y'all. And yeah, it was
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  Speaker 4: a man. What a good ball game last weekend. I
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  Speaker 4: thought Carolina really played. On the offensive side, I thought
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  Speaker 4: they played their best game of the season to this point. Man,
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  Speaker 4: just couldn't get enough stops, and Miami is so tough
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  Speaker 4: to stop. And I saw Malachi Toney, you know, is
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  Speaker 4: injured now, got injured in practice this week, unfortunately, for
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  Speaker 4: the Canes. But when they're at full strength offensively, they
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  Speaker 4: are really tough to slow down. And then you had
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  Speaker 4: one or two plays, you know, right there at the end,
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  Speaker 4: as so many of these games have been. And unfortunately
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  Speaker 4: for the Heels, didn't go their way, but encouraging performance.
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  Speaker 4: But you want to see those encouraging performances turn into
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  Speaker 4: a few more wins. And that's what Carolina is going
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  Speaker 4: to try and do here down the final month.
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  Speaker 5: You're right, though, even though Notre Dame and Miami were
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  Speaker 5: not wins, how much have they showed you about how
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  Speaker 5: far they've come in a year in the losses that
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  Speaker 5: they've had and how close they really are to knocking
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  Speaker 5: that door down?
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 4: You know, I think it speaks to a couple of things.
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  Speaker 4: I think it speaks to the quality of coaching that
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  Speaker 4: Carolina is receiving. And, you know, that hadn't gotten talked
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  Speaker 4: about a lot, but a lot of focuses when it
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  Speaker 4: comes to Coach Belichick, a lot of the focus seems
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  Speaker 4: to be away from football. There is no question that
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  Speaker 4: he and his staff know football and can prepare a
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  Speaker 4: team and get it in its best place ever. to
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  Speaker 4: be successful with what they currently have. And so I
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  Speaker 4: think that's number one. And number two is the Tar
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  Speaker 4: Heels are getting better. This is a team that continues
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  Speaker 4: to grow. I do think still a lot of improvement
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  Speaker 4: needs to occur. And just on the global level, Carolina
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  Speaker 4: still needs to continue to upgrade its talent. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they need to develop a lot of these young guys.
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  Speaker 4: who are their second and third teamers right now, and
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  Speaker 4: they need to continue to bring in some quality players.
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  Speaker 4: And that happens, of course, in the offseason, and you
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  Speaker 4: build that over a couple different offseasons. And so this project,
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  Speaker 4: this journey that Carolina's on is not just not complete
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  Speaker 4: this year. It's not complete in total. I think you
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  Speaker 4: see that over the next season or two as the
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  Speaker 4: Heels continue to try to grow this to get to
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  Speaker 4: the point where they want to be.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking with Jones Angel, voice of the Tar Heels. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: there's no doubt the progress is there. And that game
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  Speaker 2: was an absolute thriller on Saturday night. They deserved to
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  Speaker 2: be applauded for the way they played. I've got a
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  Speaker 2: UNC fan saying, asking Jones, Can they run the table?
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  Speaker 2: Can they go the rest of the season with just
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  Speaker 2: one loss? What do you think? Can they down the
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  Speaker 2: stretch start to make that progress, Jones, where these become
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  Speaker 2: wins more consistently?
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  Speaker 3: It's the big question, right?
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  Speaker 4: Because I do think that Carolina has an opportunity in
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  Speaker 4: front of it to have a really strong close to
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  Speaker 4: the year. You know, you play four games, two of
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  Speaker 4: them are at home, two of them on the road.
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  Speaker 4: The two road trips are UConn coming up this weekend
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  Speaker 4: and then at Virginia, who has been struggling. So you
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  Speaker 4: have an opportunity in front of you to have some
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  Speaker 4: quality victories and to get some rivalry wins.
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  Speaker 1: In there, too.
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  Speaker 4: You play Virginia and NC State together. Both of whom
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  Speaker 4: I think fall into that category for Carolina football. And
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  Speaker 4: so you have an opportunity to really close the season strong. Now,
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  Speaker 4: remember last year, guys, Carolina, as difficult a season as
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  Speaker 4: the Tar Heels had, they were in a similar spot
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  Speaker 4: to this. They were sitting at four and five. through
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  Speaker 4: nine games, Carolina currently 4-4, and then lost in succession
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  Speaker 4: to Wake Forest, to Duke, and to NC State. And
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  Speaker 4: so obviously not the way you want to close the year.
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  Speaker 4: So I think this final month really gives the Tar
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  Speaker 4: Heels an opportunity for people to clearly see, not just
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  Speaker 4: with the way they've played, but in the actual black-and-white
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  Speaker 4: situation win total of you know that the Tar Heels
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  Speaker 4: have made some progress now the Louisville game certainly a
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  Speaker 4: big challenge all these games will be a big challenge
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  Speaker 4: but if Carolina plays the way that it has played
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  Speaker 4: if it continues to take some steps forward and grow
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  Speaker 4: on what it has done absolutely the Tar Heels have
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  Speaker 4: a chance to have a really strong.
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  Speaker 3: Close to the year Jonesy, I can call you Jonesy, right?
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  Speaker 3: I'm allowed to? That's fine.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, look, just don't punch me in the face.
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  Speaker 1: We're good.
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  Speaker 5: Well, actually, we're usually getting threatened to be punched in
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  Speaker 5: the face, so you don't have.
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  Speaker 3: To worry about that.
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  Speaker 5: Jelani Thurman, another impressive performance. Jones, hypothetically speaking, if you're
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  Speaker 5: an NFL team and you may have interest in tight
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  Speaker 5: ends down the line, how bright is the future for
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  Speaker 5: this guy past his Tar Heel days?
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  Speaker 4: It's really, really bright. And I will also say, I
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  Speaker 4: think that is maybe the number one position on this
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  Speaker 4: Tar Heel team that took a step forward from last
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  Speaker 4: year to this year. And I think it will continue
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  Speaker 4: to be a really important part of what Carolina does.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, you look at Bill Belichick's history in the NFL,
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  Speaker 4: and you can list, obviously, Gronkowski and Hunter Henry and
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  Speaker 4: several others that were really good at that position for
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  Speaker 4: him when he was a professional coach. So I know
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  Speaker 4: it was a position that Carolina really highlighted of wanting
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  Speaker 4: to improve and one that they will continue to focus
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  Speaker 4: on both in recruiting and in the portal. For Jelani specifically,
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  Speaker 4: you're looking at a 6'6 guy who can run, who
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  Speaker 4: is strong, who's got a really wide catch radius. I
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  Speaker 4: think that's one of the things about him that really
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  Speaker 4: makes him unique. is that radius of his ability to
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  Speaker 4: make the catch. You can throw that ball so high.
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  Speaker 4: You saw it on the touchdown against Miami where he
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  Speaker 4: did the thriller dance afterwards. The ball was high. But
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  Speaker 4: when you're 6'6, and you've got arms like Jelani Thurman does,
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  Speaker 4: it's got to be really high to be away from him.
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  Speaker 4: And so it was a really smart throw by Billy
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  Speaker 4: Edwards to the point where the only person who could
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  Speaker 4: get it was Jelani Thurman. And so when you have
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  Speaker 4: those physical gifts, he's really being able to show and
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  Speaker 4: played well against the best competition that Carolina's played this year,
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  Speaker 4: Notre Dame and Miami. He played really well in those games.
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  Speaker 4: He's got a really, really bright future, and Carolina feels
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  Speaker 4: like that position is has a very bright future with
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  Speaker 4: some of the young guys they have there, too, with
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  Speaker 4: Carolina's team this year and moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: So this Saturday on the football side, it's non-conference game
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  Speaker 2: at UConn, a chance to definitely get one of those dubs.
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  Speaker 3: Noon start, 11 a.m.
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  Speaker 2: Pregame with Jones and the Tar Heel Radio Network, which
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  Speaker 2: you can hear on WBT here locally and the whole network, obviously.
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  Speaker 3: Jones, I do want to ask you on the.
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  Speaker 2: Hoop side, Um, uh, it was, listen, we talked to
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  Speaker 2: you last week about the Charlotte exhibition. The game against
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  Speaker 2: Western Carolina was another one of those games that was
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  Speaker 2: a little too close for comfort. Um, uh, what, what
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  Speaker 2: are you, what are you thinking about this squad? They
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  Speaker 2: are also clearly a work in, in progress. What would you,
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  Speaker 2: what would you say to heels fans about where they're
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  Speaker 2: at right now?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah. I mean, if Carolina is still in this
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  Speaker 4: place in February, then I think the Tar Heels probably
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  Speaker 4: haven't had a very good year, right? They need to
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  Speaker 4: continue to improve. I think some of that is, you know,
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  Speaker 4: you've got a new coach coaching at the college level
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  Speaker 4: for the first time, which Carolina lived through this on
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  Speaker 4: the football side a year ago, where you have an
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  Speaker 4: excellent coach, but who is in a different environment. You
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  Speaker 4: have 11 new players on your team. And so, you know,
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  Speaker 4: that still does make a difference as they continue to
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  Speaker 4: try to and figure out how to play together and
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  Speaker 4: how to best be successful. I think all of that
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  Speaker 4: is relevant. I think Carolina is still trying to learn
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  Speaker 4: the best way that this group can be successful. Carolina
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  Speaker 4: took a lot of threes. I didn't talk about the Hornets.
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  Speaker 4: Carolina took a lot of threes in that game. It
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  Speaker 4: took 30 of them in the game against Western Carolina.
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  Speaker 4: Is that going to be who they want to be,
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  Speaker 4: or do they need to figure out how to mitigate
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  Speaker 4: that a little bit? And it also comes down to
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  Speaker 4: right now the Tar Heels just can't rebound the basketball,
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  Speaker 4: and they've got to figure out a way– to be
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  Speaker 4: able to rebound at a higher level. If you're struggling
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  Speaker 4: to rebound against Charlotte and Western Carolina, no offense to
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  Speaker 4: either one of those teams, but when you're playing Syracuse
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  Speaker 4: and NC State and Virginia, not to mention when you're
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  Speaker 4: playing Arkansas and Kentucky and Duke, you've got to be
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  Speaker 4: able to do better or you're.
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  Speaker 3: Going to be in trouble.
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  Speaker 4: And some of that is Cam Fins getting eligible if
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  Speaker 4: that occurs, but you cannot bet on that. You have
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  Speaker 4: to just figure out how to be successful with what
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  Speaker 4: you have. To me, guys, that is the number one
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  Speaker 4: thing right now hurting Carolina. They aren't getting offensive rebounds.
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  Speaker 4: They aren't keeping the team off the defensive or keeping
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  Speaker 4: the other team off the offensive glass. So they aren't
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  Speaker 4: able to run as much. The core of what is
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  Speaker 4: happening right now is their inability to rebound.
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  Speaker 3: No doubt. No doubt. That's so true. And we'll see
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  Speaker 3: as they progress.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see if they can get Cameron Fens eligible at
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  Speaker 2: some point in time. But I will not ask you
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  Speaker 2: to be a court expert and let us know what
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  Speaker 2: is going to happen there. Jones, you are the man.
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  Speaker 2: We appreciate you. And thanks, as always, for joining us, brother.
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  Speaker 3: Great to talk with you guys.
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  Speaker 4: I'll do it again next week. Looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Be good. There you go.
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  Speaker 2: That is Jones Angel, voice of the Heels. I did
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  Speaker 2: want to mention one college football tidbit, Bone, that's a
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  Speaker 2: big deal. And because this show is jam-packed with, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what's the Panthers' defense going to look like? um how
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  Speaker 2: much we want to punch sean payton and just how
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  Speaker 2: bad the hornets are looking where.
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  Speaker 5: Exactly is weatherman mark's barn located yeah i mean all
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  Speaker 5: these important things how much granny pat would love to
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  Speaker 5: see finny kiss i mean a lot of important things
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  Speaker 5: so you can see how bone the number one team having.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe their best player out this week against notre dame
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  Speaker 2: can slip through the cracks but it has um malachi
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  Speaker 2: tony um reportedly suffered a ankle injury In practice on
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday for the Canes, high ankle sprain, and Pete Thamel
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  Speaker 2: is reporting that he has to have a surgery on
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  Speaker 2: it and that it's expected to be like a one-month,
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  Speaker 2: like a four-week injury. That takes you, Bone, to right
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  Speaker 2: around ACC championship game weekend. So he's out for Notre
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  Speaker 2: Dame and beyond, man.
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  Speaker 5: And there might not be a more valuable guy to
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  Speaker 5: a team. than he is. Jeremiah Smith's up there, but
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  Speaker 5: there may not be a more valuable player to his team, Mac,
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  Speaker 5: as we've seen before in some of these games, Wake
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  Speaker 5: Forest and UNC. If he goes through stretches where he's
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  Speaker 5: not involved, Miami becomes vulnerable. Now they could put Leonard Moore, Mac,
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  Speaker 5: on Barcate or whoever. Miami, I think, is in. I
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  Speaker 5: thought they were in trouble anyway. I think Miami's in
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  Speaker 5: for a whooping on Saturday, to be honest with you.
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  Speaker 5: Have you seen what's happened to the point spread? I
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  Speaker 5: looked it up immediately yesterday. It went up two points
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  Speaker 5: in about 20 minutes. Notre Dame by seven and a half.
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  Speaker 5: And it was five and a half already, and it
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  Speaker 5: went up two immediately yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it did.
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  Speaker 5: Because Leonard Moore, who's a great defensive player, you put
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  Speaker 5: him on Bar-Kate. Now who else is on? They're so
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  Speaker 5: Malachi-Tony reliant.
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  Speaker 3: They are. Ments is going to have to prove his worth.
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  Speaker 3: Ments is a great player.
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  Speaker 2: And he didn't have Malcott Toney at Duke. He's a
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  Speaker 2: good player. But Notre Dame in a must-win game? Feels
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  Speaker 2: like they're in a great spot. I will say this, too.
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  Speaker 3: Against a defense that we're questioning also on the other side.
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  Speaker 2: Of the ball. Oh, yeah, that's the thing, is they
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  Speaker 2: have to score points, you feel like, to compensate for
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  Speaker 2: their past defense.
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  Speaker 5: This could also be very much a spotlight game for C.J.
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  Speaker 5: Carr on the Heisman Trophy. It's Notre Dame. It's the spotlight.
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  Speaker 3: It's Miami.
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  Speaker 5: It's against a defense that's struggling in the secondary. This
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  Speaker 5: could be a big-time game for T.J.
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  Speaker 1: Carr.
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  Speaker 3: And for Mensah. He goes in there and wins without Tony?
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  Speaker 3: No doubt. Holy crap. He's already the favorite.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, it needs to be said, this won't
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  Speaker 2: hurt your feelings because he left Duke high and dry.
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  Speaker 2: Cooper Barcate's been completely disappointing. I understand so many of
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  Speaker 2: the passes are going to Tony, but I've seen Barkay
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  Speaker 2: drop balls. I've seen games where you don't even know
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  Speaker 2: he's on the field. Well, he went to a lesser program.
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  Speaker 2: You know? Almost like maybe life at Duke, where they
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  Speaker 2: would have treated you like you're Steve Largent in his prime. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe that would have been something he said for that.
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  Speaker 2: Nate Shepard hung around doing pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true.
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  Speaker 5: He's got 18 touchdowns this year already. That's true.
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  Speaker 2: But he's also on the number one team in the country, too,
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  Speaker 2: so it's not all bad. I'd rather be Nate Shepard.
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  Speaker 2: I guess he gets a good education.
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  Speaker 3: He's beloved. He's a Heisman kid in his own right.
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  Speaker 3: 18 tutties for Nate Shepard. Yeah, he's got four of
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  Speaker 3: those are receiving.
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  Speaker 5: But he's an equal opportunity destroyer.
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  Speaker 3: Doot and dookin. Why did I say doot? Doot. Doot, doot, doot.
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  Speaker 3: The bloot. The bloot. I got a question.
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  Speaker 2: What is wrong with me? Am I drunk today? Do
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  Speaker 2: we need to plug you back in? I feel like
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  Speaker 2: you need to be charged.
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  Speaker 3: Reset me, broski. I'm telling you, I'm drunk or I
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  Speaker 3: am tired or I am just old.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know.
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  Speaker 5: Something's going on with me today. We're going to try
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  Speaker 5: to figure out this whole thing here. When we come back, Matt,
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  Speaker 5: one of my guys, Ryan Edwards, from KOA Sports in Denver,
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  Speaker 5: afternoon host, and the Broncos pre- and post-game host.
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  Speaker 3: Some say, Matt, he's the Willie P of the mountains.
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  Speaker 5: He joins us next for a preview of the Denver
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  Speaker 5: side of things for Sunday. Sports Radio, 92.7 WFNZ.
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  Speaker 2: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. We keep getting texts from people
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  Speaker 2: that just checked in. They're like, have y'all talked.
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  Speaker 3: About the Hornets? I need to rage.
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  Speaker 2: And it's like, we will tell you what a couple
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  Speaker 2: of national writers, they're getting on the Hornets.
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  Speaker 3: It's not just us.
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  Speaker 2: But I will assure you that if you want to
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  Speaker 2: rage about the Hornets, lifelong Hornets fan Colin Hoggart's got
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  Speaker 2: you covered today.
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  Speaker 3: Based on our conversation during the break.
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  Speaker 5: Between the Hornets and the ACC and the playoff rankings
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  Speaker 5: in college football. Hug your Collins today if.
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  Speaker 3: You see him. Shroppy, pick that man's spirits up somehow
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  Speaker 3: today on the show. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Anyway, let's focus on not the Hornets, but a team
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  Speaker 2: that only has a two-game losing streak as opposed to
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  Speaker 2: the Hornets' five-game losing streak. Bone, let's talk to somebody
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  Speaker 2: and get to know this week's opponent and enemy, the
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  Speaker 2: Denver Broncos. Ryan Edwards is from KOA Radio in Denver,
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  Speaker 2: the pre- and post-game host out there. for the Broncos,
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  Speaker 2: and he joins us to talk about the 6-2 Denver
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  Speaker 2: Broncos coming in this weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Ryan, what's going on, man? How you doing? Doing great.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, guys.
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  Speaker 2: What's up, Ryan? Appreciate you being here. So this Denver
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: team clearly comes in here. We don't have any winning streaks,
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: it feels like, going on in Charlotte sports. But Denver's
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: won four in a row, including the exciting goal line
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: stand victory, come from behind style, which they've been good at,
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: against Kansas City. What's been the difference here the last
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: few weeks? Because it does feel like they're rounding into form.
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: Well, I think part of it is the schedule lightening up.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: You look at the schedule for the Broncos, starting out
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: Monday night football on the road against Kansas City. You
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: had the Jaguars, which you guys know down in that
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: part of the area, different conference certainly. And then you
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: got the Rams and the 49ers and the Seahawks. Some
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: of these matchups were just really.
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: really.
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: Tough in that stretch. So the Broncos, you know, scratching
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: out a 4-2 record to start the first six, and
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: now 6-2. I think they're starting to figure some things out,
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: especially on the offensive side of the ball. We're seeing
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: a lot more confidence from them. You know, the defense
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: has been playing at a pretty good level, even though.
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: They're a little banged up.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: So it's just kind of all kind of coming together
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: for the team. I mean, this is kind of what
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: they did last year, a little bit of a slower start,
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: and then they started to pick up some things, and
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: especially on offense, and kind of get.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: Their confidence together.
• 17:29
  Speaker 5: Ryan, we're doing a constant vibe check around here, as
• 17:31
  Speaker 5: I'm sure most NFL cities do, with the play of
• 17:34
  Speaker 5: the quarterback. It's been a little up and down here
• 17:37
  Speaker 5: of late for Bryce Young. What are the current vibes
• 17:40
  Speaker 5: right now with Bo Nix at the helm of the Broncos?
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: Oh, it's mixed.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's going to be mixed. I mean, remarkably,
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: as you're talking about Bryce Young, I'm sure you guys
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: had similar conversations out there. right before you started to
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: think about paying him. And it's kind of that way
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: out here. It's like, OK, well, after this third year,
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: the Broncos could technically give him a contract extension. But
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: there's a lot of people that are kind of like,
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: I'd like to see at least one more year or
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: maybe he goes on a bit of a run and
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: we'll see. But right now, I think most Broncos fans
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: are kind of like, Yeah, I like those fourth quarter comebacks.
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: You certainly like winning. But this last week, for example,
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: they had 3-3 announced in the third quarter. They barely
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: moved the ball. They barely possessed the ball. And the Broncos'
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: defense has more snaps than any other defense in the
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: NFL right now. And as a result of that, it's
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: just a lot of pressure. And you've got to know
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: eventually that's going to wear down this defense if the
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: offense doesn't really pick things up here soon. They don't
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: have a consistent run game. That's not all on Bo Nix, but...
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's part of it because he throws so
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: short of the sticks more than any other quarterback.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: And he's in all that short to intermediate stuff that
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: teams just kind of key in on. So it's all
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: part and parcel right now. I think that the Broncos
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: fans are allowing this thing to kind of play out
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: a bit because they keep winning. But I tell you what,
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: if they start losing some games, this thing could turn quick.
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: We're talking to Ryan Edwards.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: KOA Radio covers the Broncos out there in Denver.
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: I will say this, though.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: You look at his splits, and this goes in line
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: with the four fourth quarter comebacks he's had. He is
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: a way better quarterback statistically in the second half. He's
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: had moments in the fourth quarter. Is there something to it?
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: Is there some Bo Nix magic there? How much do
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: fans give him credit for that element of this season?
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Oh, they certainly appreciate it. And there's that feeling, like
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: even this last week against Kansas City after the third quarter,
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: you're just like, I mean, nothing's going right. But yet,
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: even though they're down 11, you still think they have
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: a chance. And as soon as the Kansas City Chiefs
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: punted the ball with like 13-13 remaining in the fourth quarter, man,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: he just turns it on. And they just went on
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: to win the game. And they do that over and
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: over again. Last year, the Giants game where they had
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: a 30-point comeback. I mean, it's weird, right? I mean,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: it's almost Tebow-esque. in a lot of ways, but he's
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: got more tools. He's got more tools in the tool
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: belt than Tebow ever did. And trust me, I covered
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: that team. So I would know he just, you give
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: him credit for it, but you also are trying to
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: look at him in the prism of a franchise quarterback.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: And it's like, all right, well, You know, you kind
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: of want a little bit more from that guy. So, again,
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: you get excited about it. You love that this team
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: has a belief internally, not only in Bo, but also
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: in themselves, that they can come back from almost anything.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: That being said, again, you know, people keep questioning how
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: sustainable ultimately is it. But, again, until it's proven otherwise,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: they'll find a way.
• 20:41
  Speaker 5: That's the voice of Ryan Edwards, our friend from KOA
• 20:44
  Speaker 5: Radio out there in Denver, afternoon drive host and pre-
• 20:47
  Speaker 5: and post-host for the Broncos as well. Ryan, I'm sure
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: you're aware the Panthers made a defensive coordinator change last
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: week in large part because of what Chicago and Tampa
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: did on the ground to this team. How do you
• 21:02
  Speaker 5: view the matchup of the Panthers' defense versus the Broncos'
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: run game, and how worried should we be about the Broncos'
• 21:09
  Speaker 5: running backs in this matchup?
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: Well, you know, every time you have a coordinator change,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: that adds a little bit of a different wrinkle, no
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: question about it. I mean, I know how much the
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: fingerprints of a team can really change midseason with a
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: coordinator change. But, I mean, you have play callers. It's
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: the same conversation, right? It's like, all right, well, you're
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: doing this to shake things up. How much can you
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: actually shake things up because you still have the same personnel?
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: But the Broncos' rushing attack has really not gotten on
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: track because it's Yeah, no, Jonah Coleman had a bit
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: of a breakout game this last week. But, you know,
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: only 11 carries. He's definitely going to be this. He
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: may not start the game, but he'll be the guy
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: that plays the most. He's the rookie running back out
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: of Washington. So he's going to be the guy that
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: you're going to see the most. And he's really projected
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: the three down back. And he's got plus hands out
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: of the backfield. He's great in pass pro. runs hard
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: between the tackles. Some really nice things that we like
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: about Jonah Coleman. And the compliment to him is J.K. Dobbins,
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: who is just a shell of what he was prior.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: Last year, he's averaging five yards per carry before he
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: got hurt. This year, he's in the low threes. And honestly,
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: even this last week, he was under two. So it's
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: a one-two punch, which really more like one and a
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: half punch at this point. So yeah, I imagine the
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: Broncos are looking at this matchup against Carolina, knowing that
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: they've struggled stopping the run hoping to maybe get a
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: little more success going there. But once again, they haven't
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: shown to be a team that not only consistently attempts
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: to run the ball, but they give up on it
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: pretty quick. So that's going to be the fascinating thing
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: for me, is even in plus matchups against the run,
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: they don't always commit to it.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Got to ask you about this defense, the talent you
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: guys have there on defense. And if you look at
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: the stats, you know, a lot of the numbers don't,
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: you know, maybe indicate the talent you have. It does
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: seem like the defense is picking up. I think it's
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: like 18 points a game in the last four. They've
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: got Sertan back. What's going on with this defense right now?
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: And what about specifically the pass rush up front? Because
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: I know you've probably seen it. Bryce Young can't breathe
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: on a drop back right.
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: Now, you know?
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I've seen some of your issues with the offensive line.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: We were watching that primetime game last week. I'd say
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: the pass rush is still really, really good. I mean,
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: they get a lot of pressures. They got like 24
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: pressures against Jacoby Bursette a couple weeks ago. They're going
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: to light them up, and they sort of feel like
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: they have to because they're probably going to be down
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: their top two safeties in this game. They got all
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: their cornerbacks back. They've been missing a couple of those guys.
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: Those guys are all returned and are good to go.
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: But when you're missing Talanoa Hufanga and Brandon Jones in
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: the back end, you know, that could be problematic. Now
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: we'll see what the rest of the practice reports, but
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: two DNPs yesterday. So that's my expectation. But yeah, I mean,
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: the pass rush, Nick Benito, Jonathan Cooper returned after being
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: on the exempt list. And he looked like he really
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: didn't skip a beat. They just come at you in waves.
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: So it's going to be a challenge there because that's
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: how Vijay wants to win this game. He's going to
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: try to light up the quarterback, really speed things up,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: and that's going to hopefully help out the secondary.
• 24:23
  Speaker 5: Ryan, what do you think the ceiling is for this
• 24:26
  Speaker 5: Broncos team in the AFC right now with the other
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: top contenders?
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, right now, I mean, they're turning to
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: win the AFC West, which is obviously their first goal, right?
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: They say that every year. I feel like, you know,
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: once again, with this formula, if the offense can kind
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: of figure some things out here, find some consistency somewhere,
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: and again, I'm asking a lot apparently, but if they
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: can get that, then I feel like they could go
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: all the way, really, legitimately. I mean, the AFC is loaded, obviously,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: a lot of talent, but there's teams that are kind
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: of falling off. We don't know what's going to happen
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: with Baltimore, for example. Houston obviously didn't have the season.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Same thing with the Chargers. So all of a sudden,
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: the path is absolutely there, but they kind of need
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: to be playing at home. Again, they can win on
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: the road. They're a little bit of a different team there.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: having the home field advantage for this team, they really
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: lean into it a lot. So if they can somehow
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: secure that one seed, they got the Buffalo Bills on
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Christmas Day out here. So it might literally be for
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: the one seed at that point. But if they can
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: somehow find a way into the one seed, I really
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: like their chances.
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: Last question about Sean Payton. Take it with a grain
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: of salt because myself and many Panther fans here in
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: Carolina can't stand the man after our battles against him
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: when he was in our division.
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: I mean, when they when.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: They swept Carolina three games, including a playoff game. And
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: Sean had a broom afterwards. I mean, like, things like
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: that stick in our memories. There was the incident with
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: him and J.C. Horn jawing with each other a couple
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: years ago when Denver played Carolina. But I do want
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: to ask about him taking the play calling back. One is,
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: has there been a noticeable uptick in your opinion? But
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: then secondly, do people there in Denver feel like that
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: was cruel? Because I know him giving Davis Webb the
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: play calling kind of kept Davis Webb going.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: From leaving the organization. Was that seen as kind of shady?
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: Like, hey, I'll give him this play calling to keep
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: him here, but I might just snatch it away.
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: Talk about that a little bit.
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was met with some mixed reactions. I mean,
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: there were some people that just expected it to happen
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: at some point. Maybe this was on the earlier side
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: than some thought would be the case. But it was
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: one of those like, all right, well, I mean, I
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: understand you're doing this. We understand you're doing this to
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: keep him here. Certainly Bo Nix wants him to stay here.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: We get all that. He was given a brand new
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: contract as a result of it. So we felt like
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: that was just everybody getting along. But there's a lot
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: of arrogance, as you pointed out there. and and certainly
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: for Sean this was only a matter of time again
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: it was a little on the earlier side for me
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: I really bought into the idea of him trying to
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: be in a bit more of an executive role where
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: he got to oversee all parts of the team allow
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: the offense to function like the offense and just give
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: his feedback but he decided no I've seen enough we
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: need to do better at some things I feel like
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: they've They've had a little bit more commitment to the
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: run game. They utilize a fullback a little bit more,
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: which is better for them when they do that. I
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: think that there was a little bit more razzle-dazzle with
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: Davis Webb. Again, it's great, and I think later on
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: in the season some of that razzle-dazzle might work out.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: But while Bo Nix was struggling, it felt like he
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: was having a hard time kind of connecting with all
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: of it. And again, it just was an offense sort
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: of stuck in neutral. So I understood it. again, little
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: on the early side to ultimately do it. But once again,
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: when you have that kind of arrogance, you really can't
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: be slowed down.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: All right, there you go. He's playing to us, Boney.
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: He's using the word arrogant for Coach Payton.
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: All right, I like that. He is honest.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: He is Ryan Edwards, KOA Radio in Denver. Thanks for
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: the insight, brother. We appreciate you, man.
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: Anytime, guys. Thanks. Thanks, Ryan.
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: There you go. That is Ryan Edwards.
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of people bringing up Bone today. Hey, man,
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: do we remember the last time we played Denver? It
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: was an interesting game. Bryce first came back off the benching.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: And I know he had a couple picks, but I
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: thought he had two TDs. He started to show some signs.
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: But also notable for Sean Payton deliberately running up the
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: score and J.C. Horn calling him for it. back and
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: forth on the field, and then Sean Payton afterwards talking
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: some damn trash in the press conference.
• 28:42
  Speaker 5: I also didn't, Matt, get to my last question with
• 28:44
  Speaker 5: Ryan Edwards there. Would the Nuggets take Jokic for a
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: few second rounders? We got 78 second rounders in the kitty.
• 28:53
  Speaker 5: Would you have any interest in those? I mean, he's
• 28:55
  Speaker 5: getting old, right? He's slowing down. I mean, he's only,
• 28:58
  Speaker 5: you know, nearing a triple-double every night. He's not what
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: he was. You know what I'm saying?
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: I'm going Matt Rule here for some reason. You know
• 29:04
  Speaker 3: what I'm saying? The big honey? You do.
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: I feel like sometimes you will find yourself in, like,
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: an impression. I've got post-rule disorder. Sometimes I end up
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: like Bill Walton out of nowhere. The only thing I
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: think of with Bill Walton now, well, I think of
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: many things. I think of weird game broadcasts, but you
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: know what I love from Bill Walton? Who is smoke?
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: What is smoke? Where is smoke? Where there's smoke, there's fire.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Let's go. I love that from kb show oh yeah
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: i love that man all right we come back it's
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: the wrap-up we got a busy night of college basketball
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: tonight we'll preview that sports radio 92.7 wfnz so.
• 30:06
  Speaker 6: Hey, man, let me tell you something. You damn brats
• 30:07
  Speaker 6: got to quit bringing basketball cards and stuff to my
• 30:10
  Speaker 6: damn house. I'm giving you free damn candy. I'm not
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: there to sign autographs all night. I'm going to let
• 30:15
  Speaker 6: y'all get away with that this one damn time now.
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: You love it. He loves it. There's a lot of
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: that going on. I love being.
• 30:23
  Speaker 6: Home to give the kids candy.
• 30:24
  Speaker 3: I love that.
• 30:25
  Speaker 6: But now they're bringing cards. I say, yo, man, you
• 30:29
  Speaker 6: can't be mean to kids. I want to punch him
• 30:31
  Speaker 6: in the face, but I couldn't do it.
• 30:33
  Speaker 4: Come on, man.
• 30:33
  Speaker 6: Quit bringing damn cards to my house. I'm giving you
• 30:35
  Speaker 6: damn free candy. That's what Halloween's for. Did you pass
• 30:38
  Speaker 6: out candy, Kenny?
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: Yes, I did.
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: Okay. Hey, man, let me tell you something.
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: All right, there you go.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: Barkley had to restrain himself and not punch that autograph-seeking
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: trick-or-treater bone.
• 30:49
  Speaker 5: Charles Barkley is the only one that can say, I
• 30:52
  Speaker 5: wanted to punch that kid in the face, and no
• 30:54
  Speaker 5: one really bats an eye about it.
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: Everybody laughs at it.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: Everybody laughs at it, although it is the same man
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: that threw someone through a window of a Cleveland bar,
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: and he landed a story or two down, Bo, on
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: the ground. So let's not act like Charles could not
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: mix it up, but yes, he can say a lot
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: of things.
• 31:13
  Speaker 5: I'm surprised, Mac, that Chuck does answer the door at Halloween, though.
• 31:16
  Speaker 5: I think he'd just go back and just hang out
• 31:19
  Speaker 5: by himself and ignore people, but... It's almost like he
• 31:22
  Speaker 5: wants to be bothered with people. He probably wants a
• 31:25
  Speaker 5: little confrontation at the door.
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: I like it, man. That's pretty damn cool. I have
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: not had a trick-or-treater now in 12 years. You're complex,
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: not the hotbed of trick-or-treating?
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: No.
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: Performance aren't a thing, I guess.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, man.
• 31:39
  Speaker 6: Anyway.
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: The only time I had one, I didn't know what
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: to do, so I gave the kid a Hot Pocket.
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: Hot Pocket. I didn't have any candy. I was like,
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: oh my God, here's a Hot Pocket. What did my
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: wife say people were handing out?
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  Speaker 4: Ramen.
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: Somebody in our neighborhood handed out ramen to the kids.
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: Ramen noodles?
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: Yeah, ramen noodles. That's going to bring in the college kids.
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  Speaker 3: It's like.
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  Speaker 2: It's like my kids like ramen but i feel like
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: they might like a piece of chocolate a little more
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: for like they'll just ask the folks they get the
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: parents at home if they need ramen oh yeah ramen
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: and hot dogs got me through college man that's a
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: cheap dinner ramen and a hot dog you can have
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: about 52 cents um but anyway all right so let's
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: get i remember when i.
• 32:19
  Speaker 5: Was poor and i was i was uh eating robin
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: like three days a week that was uh way back
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  Speaker 5: in uh the fall of 2026 there.
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: You go okay you're still doing the ramen you don't
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: do the hot pockets anymore though do you no i
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: don't do the hot box see i picked up the
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: hot pocket it's a nice little 300 calorie lunch for
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: me when i don't want many calories i just eat
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: a hot.
• 32:40
  Speaker 5: Pocket no i've i've my palates matured Yes, yes, I'm sure.
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: It's right up to Willie P maturity levels now, your palate.
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: Overrated food guy, by the way, Willie P. Some more saying.
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: People are saying. Really? Let's wrap. You are out of
• 32:56
  Speaker 3: your freaking mind right now.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Let's get this wrap up going, Bone, tonight in college basketball.
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: Duke and Coastal play tonight. You've got Charlotte in action
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: against Georgia State. Their opener, their home opener at Halton
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: for the season. Wake Forest Vandy, that is an assignment
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: for the Deacs, man.
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: They're 17 and a half point underdog. That's a 6 p.m.
• 33:16
  Speaker 5: start for the Wake game tonight. Former big-name ACC player,
• 33:20
  Speaker 5: Mack Leach, Coastal Carolina. Charlotte's own Justin Gray. Was that Western?
• 33:26
  Speaker 5: Now he's at Coastal Carolina as a head coach.
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: That's cool, man. Always liked Justin Gray. Sorry in advance, Justin.
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: We love you, but this might get ugly for you.
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: It's got to be done.
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: Coach Shire's probably been screaming at him, Bone, unhappy with
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: the opener for two days.
• 33:37
  Speaker 5: James from Maiden's demanding a better performance than the 40-point
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: win we saw the other night.
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: Uh-oh.
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: So Shire and James from Maiden are mad. Oh, my God.
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: Duke by 40 tonight. I like to call that the coalition.
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: Also, shout-out Canes in action trying to bounce back from
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: the rare loss the other night. They take on the Islanders.
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: Jags Ravens. with my man what is it joe is
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: that his first name joe finiano yeah okay joe finiano
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: god joe is uh starting tonight uh for the ravens
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: although they're swinging a deal for jacoby brissett sounds like
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: we're likely to get brissett bone i think brissett's all
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: but done here i i see it like there's some
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: headlines like it's done and i think there's some compensation
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: maybe going back and forth but it's.
• 34:18
  Speaker 3: All but It's all but done.
• 34:20
  Speaker 5: Hey, Monroe Laramac, her son came home this past weekend
• 34:23
  Speaker 5: with Pepsi and chips from trick-or-treating.
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: Oh, there you go. Now I'm mad at that now.
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: I gotta tell you. I'm mad at those things. They're
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: passing that out.
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: I'm going out. I'm not mad at that. One of
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: the funniest, that's a topic we should have done earlier
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: in the week. What are the most interesting trick-or-treat things
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: you get? Someone says this is going to be the
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: laziest kids generation. They're going to door dash their candy
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: and not go out.
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: I gave Tortash their candy.
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: This text just says rice cakes from one of the
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: houses on their street. A rice cake would have me
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: ready to fight somebody if I was a trick-or-treater. In Connecticut,
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: there was a neighborhood dentist. He'd pass out toothbrushes.
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: And every year... I've heard of that before. That's brutal.
• 35:01
  Speaker 5: Every year, coincidentally, that house got egged. Pure coincidence. Someone
• 35:07
  Speaker 5: passed out apples, too, by the way, back in the day.
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: Who wants to... What kid wants.
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: Apple you couldn't eat. I remember we would get apples
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: and my mom wouldn't let us eat it. Yeah.
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: Because she's afraid what got, you know... Trying to put
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: you to sleep like your girl Snow White. They could
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: poison that damn thing on us. All right.
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: Or razor blades. That's a big thing. My mom was like,
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: is there a razor blade in that apple?
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: These are the things we were worried about back in
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: the day. Yes, my family was anti-fruits.
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: Let's see what we have going on here. This texter
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: wants to know if Mac got a hold of Son
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: of Granny's Moonshine. Another texter thinks I am sounding like
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: one of the robots glitching from the movie Total Recall
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: right now.
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: Let's see.
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: We have a text coming in that was during the
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: fan roundtable with Granny Pat and Weatherman Mark. The texter
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: wanted to know, is this the Beverly Hillbillies with Deputy
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: Dog making a guest appearance?
• 35:58
  Speaker 3: That's cold. That's cold.
• 36:00
  Speaker 5: Shocking news from Bebop about his candy past. He used
• 36:03
  Speaker 5: to eat the apples in the neighborhood. They passed out apples.
• 36:06
  Speaker 5: Bebop would eat them.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: I might explain it. They were laced with something, Bebop.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: He says they were caramel apples from the old ladies
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: in the neighborhood, and I ate them. He still hadn't
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: recovered from that. Weatherman Mark checked back in, Bone, to
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: tell us that Bryce Mack, it's true, he only has
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: 1.2 seconds to throw the ball.
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: He says, I cannot pass gas in that amount of time. Oh,
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: Mack can. Ha ha. Let me teach you, Mark. Let
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: me teach you. I'm the Usain Bolt of farters, all right? Seriously.
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: I get that thing right on out there.
• 36:34
  Speaker 5: Jim Dingleberry says he got a potato once for Halloween.
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: I'm telling you, the nerve of these folks, man. What,
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: do they just not have, like, they're not prepared? Or
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: is that their preparation, that they're going to give these
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: things that no.
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: Kids don't want? For kids, they don't want them. You
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: hand me a potato, I'm like, I made something out
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: of this guy. Let's chop it.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: Stifler says the thought of Fitty kissing makes me immediately
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: think of those sucker fishes that get stuck to the glass. Disgusting.
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: That was after Granny Pat said the thought of Fitty
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: kissing is delightful.
• 37:08
  Speaker 5: Fitty's very upset, Mac, during the break because Tommy V
• 37:13
  Speaker 5: of the Knothole Foundation, he set up a media kickball
• 37:18
  Speaker 5: tournament that we're going to be a part of Saturday,
• 37:21
  Speaker 5: November 21st at 10 a.m. And he put out a
• 37:24
  Speaker 5: photo and we thought it was A.I., But I got
• 37:28
  Speaker 5: to tell you, I don't think it's AI. And Fitty's
• 37:30
  Speaker 5: very upset that Tommy made him so fat in the photo. Mac,
• 37:34
  Speaker 5: I got to tell you, I don't think this is
• 37:36
  Speaker 5: AI generated. Let me see this photo. I'll come over
• 37:38
  Speaker 5: to that one. Fitty, you got a problem with this photo?
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: Look how, Mac, look at my stomach. I'm not that big.
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: I think that.
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: It's real.
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: I think that's you. Look at my face. That's why
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: I thought.
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: Maybe you slimmed it down. Have you slimmed it down
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: since then? That's March of 2025, Phinney. That's what you
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: were rocking with. You slimmed it down, baby. That's a
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: tribute to you. No wonder you're kissing now and getting
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: granny all excited. We tried to tell Phinney it was
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: AI and it wasn't. Oh, no.
• 38:04
  Speaker 5: By the way, one of the funniest things today, Finney
• 38:06
  Speaker 5: went to go use the bathroom during a break.
• 38:08
  Speaker 3: Locked out.
• 38:09
  Speaker 5: All four bathroom doors were locked. Matt, they're running that
• 38:12
  Speaker 5: 2-2 zone defense on Finney with the bathroom right now.
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: After that clog issue, man, they watching you. He said,
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: why are all the bathrooms locked? Well, they're trying to
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: keep you out of them. They're going to shut you
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: down like the Nets did to Brandon Miller last night, unfortunately.
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: How about this text about Kahn? This is pretty good.
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: Did you see Kahn's facial hair? Was that Kahn Knipple
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: or Moe Schrute from The Office? That was a grown
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: man that you saw for six minutes last night. I
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: don't love the facial hair, but I honestly don't care.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: I just want this man to be healthy. We had
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: him healthy for literally six minutes. Somebody says, just wait.
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: If this season continues this way for the Hornets, Sunshine
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: Sammy will be replaced by Surly Sam.
• 38:56
  Speaker 5: Sam has seen it all as the Hornets voice in
• 38:58
  Speaker 5: the last, I think it's the sixth year now or
• 39:01
  Speaker 5: seventh year. He's seen it all. You will not break
• 39:04
  Speaker 5: that man. He is unbreakable. He has not broken yet.
• 39:06
  Speaker 5: He's not breaking any time soon. No, we thought he
• 39:08
  Speaker 5: played a game on us and tricked us. He came
• 39:12
  Speaker 5: on the interview saying, hey, guys, and we thought the
• 39:14
  Speaker 5: sunshine was gone.
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: But no, no.
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: He pepped right up and told everybody it's early in
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: the season. Get your minds right, Hornets fans. They can
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: turn this around. And the texters responded, Bone, with a fury,
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: blaming Sam Farber for every issue the Hornets have on
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: the court. for some damn reason poor sammy man we
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: love you baby we love you all right we got
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: to get out of here i got some good news
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: bone good news for charlotte all right i know we
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: need it as sports fans The more I listen to,
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: you know, our guy from Denver talk, the more I
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: crunch the numbers, the more I think this game is winnable, man.
• 39:52
  Speaker 3: It's winnable.
• 39:54
  Speaker 5: I was thinking yesterday, why not us? Denver a little sleepy.
• 40:00
  Speaker 5: You mentioned the time zone change. They're off a win.
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: They got a bye.
• 40:04
  Speaker 5: They're going on vacations coming up. Just saying, I'm starting
• 40:08
  Speaker 5: to wonder here a little bit. A little defensive boost,
• 40:10
  Speaker 5: a little oomph in the defense with the change.
• 40:14
  Speaker 3: Denver's running game's terrible. It is.
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: So I feel like we can hold that in check.
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: Bo Nix is, you know, inconsistent. The Bowmen will be
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: there at the game.
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: That's right. They have to overcome that.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: They need to overcome that and Rasheed Walker on Sunday
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: to win. The 11-game winless streak will end at some point.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: And I'm feeling it on Sunday. I can't get past
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: the protection part of it. Us trying to block their front.
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: But let me crunch some more numbers, see if I
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: can come up with something, Boney.
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: Someone did say, Matt.
• 40:42
  Speaker 5: Real quick before we go, if it's Philip Rivers and
• 40:45
  Speaker 5: Kyle Bailey in the same state at the same time,
• 40:47
  Speaker 5: we are the procreation capital of the United States.
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: Oh, my God.
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: We are one Cromartie away from literally women not being
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: able to walk outside for fear of pregnancy.
• 40:57
  Speaker 3: You know what I mean? What if Bailey interviews Rivers?
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, baby.
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: I might get pregnant. Listen to that. All right. We're
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: out of here, y'all. We appreciate you.
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: Colin Hoggard seems to have similar angst about him towards
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: his beloved Charlotte Hornets that we all do. So you're
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: going to hear some of that and much more, I'm sure,
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: coming up. on charlotte sports today so keep it locked
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: in for that good work by fitty the bone man
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: we appreciate y'all choosing to tune in to us as
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: i bumble through a mistake laden show today i'll be
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: better tomorrow it's a panther football friday we'll chat with
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: you tomorrow on the mac and bone show