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3 Guys Before The Game - WVU Football vs Cincinnati Game Preview (Episode 747) · 3 Guys Before The Game

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  Speaker 1: Hey hey and hello welcome in everybody it's time for
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  Speaker 1: three guys before the game west virginia and the cincinnati
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  Speaker 1: bearcats on the football field coming up on saturday and
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  Speaker 1: the mountaineer basketball team makes its public debut sunday at
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  Speaker 1: maryland against the terrapins we'll get into all of that
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  Speaker 1: and more and all three guys they are here yes
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  Speaker 2: I didn't get the memo.
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  Speaker 1: West Virginia. Cincinnati.
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  Speaker 2: Old rival Cincinnati. Old conference rival.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to say must win.
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  Speaker 2: No, it is a must win.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'll let you do your thing. But believe it
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  Speaker 1: or not, you said that in jest. It is an
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  Speaker 1: old rival. It's the oldest rival that we have on
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  Speaker 1: this year's schedule. This will be the 23rd meeting. And so, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: as far as history goes in this new world, you've
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  Speaker 1: got a team that you've played 22 previous times. That's
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  Speaker 1: your oldest team. I think that speaks to something. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know exactly. And I'm not saying it's a good
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  Speaker 1: thing that it speaks to, but that's the reality.
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  Speaker 3: Well, this was an important game against Rich in the
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  Speaker 3: first iteration of his coaching tenure.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 3: Went over to Nippert Stadium there. They doinked one off
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  Speaker 3: the upright. We walked out high-stepping with his– I believe
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  Speaker 3: it was his first road win, was it not?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it was. It was. It is.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and even more than that, guys, if you remember
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  Speaker 3: back to that time, that felt like a seminal moment almost.
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  Speaker 3: It was like, okay, there it is. All right, all right,
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  Speaker 3: here we go.
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  Speaker 1: Now we go.
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  Speaker 2: Do we need to name like the I-70 rivalry or something? No,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it warrants a name. Just, like, play
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  Speaker 1: the game. All right. Just play the game. It's, like anything,
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  Speaker 1: if you kind of study and dive into it, it's
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  Speaker 1: an interesting game because they are rested. They are off.
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  Speaker 1: They run the ball well, 12th in the country coming in.
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  Speaker 1: They did not run it well against Arizona's in their
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  Speaker 1: last outing. They have some, like everybody else, They have
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  Speaker 1: some issues that they try to hide. West Virginia obviously
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  Speaker 1: has some issues that it tries to hide. And so
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  Speaker 1: a game of hide and seek will take place at
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  Speaker 1: the stadium coming up on Sunday. Also, the Mountaineer basketball team,
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  Speaker 1: as I mentioned, they are in action 3 p.m. Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: the very common 3 p.m. start time. and Brad and
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  Speaker 1: I are going to go over. We're going to do
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  Speaker 1: it on MSN Radio. It's on Big Ten TV, but
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  Speaker 1: you have to have some special tiered package.
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  Speaker 3: Big Ten Plus, it's streaming. You've got to have four subscriptions.
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  Speaker 3: It costs like $ 4, 000 to get it. Probably the best
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  Speaker 3: approach is just to go ahead and listen on radio.
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  Speaker 2: Listen on the radio.
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  Speaker 1: I think.
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  Speaker 3: Just trying to help here, but I think you just
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  Speaker 3: go ahead on radio.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Save some frustration.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: Save some dollars. Just listen on the radio.
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  Speaker 1: It's Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Middle of the day Sunday. You need to be outside.
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  Speaker 1: Just walk. Enjoy the leaves. Put some earbuds in or
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  Speaker 1: whatever and just kind of walk and listen to the game.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be there for you.
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  Speaker 2: It's a dandy of a game, by the way. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they've already played Georgia Tech. And what's crazy about it,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't even realize this. I looked at the box
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  Speaker 1: score from the Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech-Maryland game, and
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  Speaker 1: Maryland pounded them 15, lined up, beat them 15. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at the Georgia Tech box score. I'm looking
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  Speaker 1: at the name. Jackson Fields. He was a rebound away
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  Speaker 1: from a double-double. Like, Jackson Fields, he played for us
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  Speaker 1: last year, right? I mean, he got hurt, but that's
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  Speaker 1: the world.
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  Speaker 2: None of that should be surprising anymore, right?
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: Although you lose track. There's so much transaction going on.
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  Speaker 2: You lose track, and then you play somebody, and you go, well,
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  Speaker 2: that guy used to be somewhere. That's what I did. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's what I did when he said that. I looked
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  Speaker 2: at the box score. I didn't even look at Georgia Tech.
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  Speaker 1: And I told these guys just before– we don't meet
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  Speaker 1: before we start. We don't say, hey, this is– yeah, obviously.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be the order. We don't even
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  Speaker 1: do that. But I did tell those guys that these
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  Speaker 1: ongoing court decisions, which now seem to be a heavy
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  Speaker 1: favorite NCAA winning these things, if these decisions, if by
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  Speaker 1: chance some big decision comes out that renders everyone attempting
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  Speaker 1: to get the fifth year ineligible– it will be the
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  Speaker 1: most catastrophic roster change in college basketball history literally days
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  Speaker 1: before the season starts because it's not just West Virginia
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  Speaker 1: with its two guys. Every school, for the most part,
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  Speaker 1: has a couple of guys. And for some schools, i.e. St. John's,
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  Speaker 1: if they lose these dudes that they're trying to get eligible,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's damn near intramural team.
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  Speaker 3: There's some high-end guys. I think another looming issue that
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  Speaker 3: could pop up too. I think that will be catastrophic
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  Speaker 3: across the board for a lot of teams. I think
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  Speaker 3: another issue that causes a ton of problems is what
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  Speaker 3: happens when some are eligible and some are not.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's going to be it. That's when I
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  Speaker 1: will lose my noodle.
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  Speaker 3: You think I lost my noodle about hanging the banner, Kerchival,
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  Speaker 3: about that? Wait until somebody gets dinged or we get
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  Speaker 3: dinged and somebody else doesn't. But that's a real possibility
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  Speaker 3: here that some are allowed, some are not here.
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  Speaker 1: You can't do that. I literally have been thinking about that.
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  Speaker 1: If some schools get to play some dudes, and we're
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  Speaker 1: sitting there, and we can't play our dudes, and we're
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  Speaker 1: playing against dudes, you know what I'm doing? I shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: even say this.
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  Speaker 2: You know, go ahead.
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  Speaker 1: I'd go full Al Pacino. I'd go full Al Pacino
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  Speaker 1: and give them a, oh, is that right? Oh, is
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  Speaker 1: that right? Oh, they're playing. They're going to play.
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  Speaker 3: Those two things are on the table as of now
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  Speaker 3: until we get more rulings.
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday, I interviewed for a state of minds program, Gordon Gee,
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  Speaker 2: who has spent a lot of time in the last
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  Speaker 2: several years and the last several months lobbying Capitol Hill
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  Speaker 2: in support of the Protect College Sports Act. The House
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  Speaker 2: goes back into session today.
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  Speaker 1: Today.
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  Speaker 2: And you have a limited window, just a few weeks
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  Speaker 2: to try to pass that bill before this session of
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  Speaker 2: Congress ends. And you would have to start all over, Tony.
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  Speaker 1: So.
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  Speaker 2: You've got a window here. I don't know how that
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  Speaker 2: impacts what you're talking about now, but you have a
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  Speaker 2: window here to try to have some rules and some enforceability,
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  Speaker 2: and you need to take advantage of that now.
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  Speaker 3: Well, here's how it impacts it. I think if I've
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  Speaker 3: got this right, if the Protect College Sports Act passes,
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  Speaker 3: then these 2022 kids that we're talking about are eligible.
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  Speaker 3: if it passes, but the NCAA is fighting it to
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  Speaker 3: the death on the other side. Even though they're in
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  Speaker 3: favor of the Protect College Sports Act, but they're fighting
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  Speaker 3: the 2022s as if their very life depends upon it.
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  Speaker 1: The system's normal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's odd. Sorry, I didn't mean to
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  Speaker 2: interrupt you there. No, that's a very relevant point. And
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  Speaker 2: this is something that Gordon Gee said just off camera.
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  Speaker 2: He said he would have said it on camera. I
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  Speaker 2: didn't ask him about it. He thinks that within five years,
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  Speaker 2: you'll have somebody other than the NCAA. Because the NCAA
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  Speaker 2: is just so bureaucratic, it's so messed up, that you
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  Speaker 2: need another entity that everybody agrees upon to enforce the rules.
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  Speaker 2: Start over. But you just said the key phrase.
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 3: The key phrase that nobody adds when they say that
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  Speaker 3: is that everybody agrees upon. That everybody agrees upon when
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  Speaker 3: it comes to college athletics does not exist.
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  Speaker 2: It just simply doesn't exist. But another entity... Let the
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  Speaker 2: NCAA handle the tournaments.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we'll debate this later on. I mean, that's probably
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  Speaker 3: where it's headed, but that's also not a fix.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a fix because.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to listen to them, the governing body, and
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  Speaker 3: schools and college sports don't listen to the governing body.
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  Speaker 3: So how's it ever going to get fixed?
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  Speaker 1: But we digress.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, we digress, yes.
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  Speaker 1: I certainly hope this did not take away from your
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  Speaker 1: cherished segment. Ladies and gentlemen, we present Hoppy's Obvious. observations
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: he's got thoughts that sound brand new but they're things
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  Speaker 1: we already knew already know it bomb.
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  Speaker 2: Ready heaven knows let's.
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  Speaker 3: Make it quick before his bladder issues Already knew it.
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  Speaker 3: That's bladder issues.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 10:09
  Speaker 1: With your bladder issues, how do you do the food
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  Speaker 1: court and you hang out there for hours at a time?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think you want to know.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Okay. Moving on now, here's Hoppy's obvious observations. I do.
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  Speaker 2: If you thought that this team, and I think the
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  Speaker 2: vast majority of West Virginia fans did, as I did
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  Speaker 2: and I think we did, was going to win six,
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  Speaker 2: seven games, maybe more, and go to a bowl game,
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  Speaker 2: this is a must win.
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  Speaker 1: It is.
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  Speaker 2: Now, I don't rule West Virginia out for winning any
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  Speaker 2: of the games going forward, but based on what's happened
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  Speaker 2: so far, Tony, you look at this game and say,
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  Speaker 2: this is one, you've got to win this game, right?
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  Speaker 2: Because you've got Houston coming up, you've got Utah coming up,
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  Speaker 2: You got Texas Tech coming up. So you got to
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  Speaker 2: win this game, right, Brad, to get in the 6-7 category.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we always joke must win, not must win. Well,
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  Speaker 3: it's not technically a must win. But I'm with you.
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  Speaker 3: The margin for error has been reduced down to just
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  Speaker 3: a few games here where you're going to be favored in.
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  Speaker 3: This is one where you're favored. Yeah, this is an
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  Speaker 3: important one, no question. If we're talking about getting to
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  Speaker 3: a bowl game, yes.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that most fans are. I think that's
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  Speaker 2: the expectation. It's an important one. I don't know how
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  Speaker 2: far I want to go down this particular rabbit hole,
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  Speaker 2: but I was thinking about the idea of winning, winning
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  Speaker 2: versus losing. And winning is not just confined to sports.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we are wired to win, okay? Going back
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  Speaker 2: to caveman days, we are wired to win. And not just.
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  Speaker 1: You're the caveman reference. That's a good one. I want
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  Speaker 1: to see where this one goes.
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  Speaker 2: Talking caveman. What would you talk about?
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  Speaker 1: I'm taking this boulder. I throw it 50 yards.
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  Speaker 3: Cincinnati's going to want to run it. We're going to
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  Speaker 3: talk caveman.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead, Bam Bam.
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  Speaker 2: That is the nature of life. And it is exemplified
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  Speaker 2: by sports where the winning and losing is very, very evident.
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  Speaker 2: But in life, it's about winning because winning is about success.
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  Speaker 2: And every day we go out there. I was talking
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  Speaker 2: to Coach Hodge, and we were talking about exercising.
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  Speaker 1: Name drop. Yeah, go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: And we were talking about exercising. He goes, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you don't feel like exercising, but you go and you exercise.
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  Speaker 2: He says, that's a win, right? You go in your relationships,
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  Speaker 2: and maybe you have to work hard on something with
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  Speaker 2: your spouse or whatever. That's a win, okay? You're a salesperson.
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  Speaker 2: You go out and you don't make any sales for, like,
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  Speaker 2: several days. Now you feel like you're losing. And then
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  Speaker 2: you get some sales. Now it's a win.
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  Speaker 3: And then you would be in a must-win. Sales guy's
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  Speaker 3: got a must-win on a Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: So it just affects your headspace. Oh, yeah. Dramatically.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's where it all.
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  Speaker 2: Begins and ends. And if you lose, if you lose,
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  Speaker 2: that's the challenge. Because what thoughts creep into your head?
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  Speaker 2: All my effort was for nothing. I've let people down.
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  Speaker 2: That's what starts to creep in, and that's, I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Tony, you're very good at what you do.
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  Speaker 2: If you have a bad call or make a mistake,
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  Speaker 2: I think you have the ability, and you acknowledge, oh, God,
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  Speaker 2: but you have the ability to check and move on, right?
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  Speaker 2: But if you- Yeah, but early on, if you made
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of mistakes in a row, it would say,
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  Speaker 2: am I good at this? Can I really do this?
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  Speaker 2: So it is a really, for me, for this team,
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  Speaker 2: and to get into psychobabble, I think this is a
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  Speaker 2: really interesting time for this team, Brad. Like, where is
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  Speaker 2: their headspace? And it's the coach's job to get them to, like,
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  Speaker 2: set that stuff aside and win.
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  Speaker 1: Now, win what?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the macro is win the game, right? But that's
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  Speaker 2: a little overwhelming. Have you all watched the Nick Saban
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  Speaker 2: thing on ESPN?
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  Speaker 1: Those clips have not watched it yet. I watch his commercials.
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  Speaker 1: He's on everyone.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he is. He had that, when he was at
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  Speaker 2: Michigan State, and he got hooked up with that psychiatrist.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Right. And came up with the first part of the process.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And that psychiatrist, whose name was?
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  Speaker 1: Brad Howell.
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  Speaker 2: Lionel Rosen.
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  Speaker 1: Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Lionel Rosen. And his thing was, the game is seven seconds.
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  Speaker 2: The Each possession, seven seconds.
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  Speaker 1: Win that.
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  Speaker 2: Win that play. Win each play. And I'm sure the
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  Speaker 2: coaches do that anyway at WVU. But that's it, Brad.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's an interesting way to look at it,
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  Speaker 2: especially with this defense. Because if you just look at
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  Speaker 2: the macro, you go, oh, my God, they can't do anything.
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  Speaker 2: But can you win those seven seconds? Yeah, it's a
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  Speaker 2: great point.
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  Speaker 3: And if you can get your guys to do it,
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  Speaker 3: as he did a lot, then you see success.
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  Speaker 2: That's really hard to do.
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  Speaker 3: That's hard for people to do, to take the task
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  Speaker 3: in hand and not worry about the larger picture. That's
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  Speaker 3: hard in sports when you are result-based. The whole thing
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  Speaker 3: is result-based, as you just outlined, and now you're asking
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  Speaker 3: me to not be result-based and just trust the moment.
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  Speaker 3: The other thing, and we've talked about this a lot, guys,
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  Speaker 3: you can't artificially plant confidence. All coaches do, and some
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  Speaker 3: do a wonderful job of trying to speak that into
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  Speaker 3: existence and giving your team confidence. But you know what
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  Speaker 3: gets confidence, and especially for this defense, the only thing
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  Speaker 3: that's going to give them confidence? They've got to go
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  Speaker 3: make plays.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to make plays. Now, you make a couple
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  Speaker 3: plays early. And I've always said this to you guys.
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  Speaker 3: You know right away if the guy across from you
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  Speaker 3: is better than you. You know if you're swimming upstream
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  Speaker 3: or not. And that doesn't mean just because he is
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  Speaker 3: better than you that you can't get the better of him.
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  Speaker 2: But you know right away.
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  Speaker 3: If this team can make some stops early, then you've
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  Speaker 3: got a chance to get a little of that confidence.
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  Speaker 3: If not, it's hard. If they start out... and start
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  Speaker 3: running it right down your throat again, then there is
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  Speaker 3: a feeling. And I've been on bad, bad teams, Hoppy.
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  Speaker 3: That does happen. When you're on a bad team and
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  Speaker 3: they come out in the top of the first inning
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  Speaker 3: and just start knocking on you, you're like, here we
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  Speaker 3: go again.
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  Speaker 1: Here we go again.
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  Speaker 3: And it is hard to recover from that. And I
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  Speaker 3: think to your point, to tie into your point, that's
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  Speaker 3: where this defense sits. They sit on that precipice of, oh, no,
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  Speaker 3: here we go again. Or get off the field in
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: the first possession on a three and out, and you
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: get there's your win. there's your win to start the game.
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: Right. Sure. Yes. You get, if you were able, I mean,
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: as small as this sounds, but to your point, if
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: you're able to get off the field on your first
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: two defensive possessions on Saturday, if you're West Virginia, you
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: go like, okay. And it totally sets your mind. So
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: you give up a 47 yard run and then a
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: 42 yard pass play. And you go E or you go, Oh,
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: or we, or this is, this is, this is, this was, yes, exactly. Right.
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: So, and, And, Tony, you guys were talking. I mean,
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: what stood out about that second half of the Arizona
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: game was they scored, like, four touchdowns in, like, 12 plays.
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: I mean, something nutty. Averaged less than three plays per
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: possession in 68 seconds. So, it's gotten worse. So, do
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: you continue with that?
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: I mean, do.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: They come out and score right away? So, my point
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: is that the psychology of it all.
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: Agree.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: I mean, you've got to have players, but the psychology
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: is important.
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: What you basically are saying is the old analogy. How
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: That's what you're saying. Seven seconds, and then another seven seconds,
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: and another seven seconds. That's what I'm saying.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: It struck me as odd. Do people eat elephants?
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: Right somewhere.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: You think? If they do, it's one bite at a time.
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: Listening to you guys, I did watch. I was not
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: on the last program, but I did listen or watch
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: you guys.
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: What? I wasn't on the last program. We had your
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: seat ready. Thank you. Yeah.
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: And the word that came up, which to me was
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: the word of the day, was historic. The offense is
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: historically good. Has been through six, yes. The defense is
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: historically bad. Has been through the last three. I mean,
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: that's a great paradox. It is incredible what is happening.
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: And in some ways, in a perverse way, it's like
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: going to, there's almost more interest. Like how's this going to,
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: how's this going to shake out because it's a historic
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: season of, you know, of extreme highs and extreme lows.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: You usually don't get that. Okay. So, so there's that
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: now and Brad, you will get into the numbers.
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: I love this. He got, there's our first one. We
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: should have an overrun on how many times he.
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: Says that Cincinnati likes that because I think this is,
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: I think what we're talking about is about the conventional–
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: what I talk about is the conventional wisdom, the obvious thing.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: He said Cincinnati wants to run the ball. And French
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: has not, even though he's been like 70% completion and
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: no interceptions, he's not established himself as a great passer.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: So you would think, Tony, that, oh, stop the run,
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: make him beat you. But West Virginia's pass defense is
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: worse than his rush defense. So do you really want
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: to make him? Is he going to end up being
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: a mess to make her? In this game.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: That is the thing, to your point. I mean, the
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: old boy transferred in, right? Right.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: Georgia Southern.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: Georgia Southern. Oh, by the way, he's the all-time passing
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: leader in the school's history. Yeah. So don't think he's
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: going to go out there. I mean, like, he can
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: throw it. He can throw it. Hasn't thrown a pick yet.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: They're being very judicious, 134 attempts. They've only turned the
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: ball over twice so far. In their first five games
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: of the season? Yeah. I know. Listen, I don't want
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: to get into Brad's numbers. Go ahead.
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: Well, you have it, so I'll jump in with my
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: own number to my own segment before I start my
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: own segment.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Here's one thing, though, guys.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: On that point, Hoppy, I think that's a fascinating part
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: of this game is, yeah, they want to run it.
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: West Virginia's run defense hasn't been great either. We'll get
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: into some of that. But Cincinnati does not want to
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: throw it and hasn't thrown it. In fact, no one
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: in Power Five has thrown for a smaller, shorter, average
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: depth of target than Cincinnati so yeah completion numbers great
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: no picks they're throwing everything underneath when they have to
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: throw they don't want to throw are they looking at
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: this going well I mean West Virginia's having trouble stopping
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: the pass We might air it out. So I do
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: think that's interesting. And if you're West Virginia, do you
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: want them to try and throw it on you? Because
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: the game plan is what defensively? What do you always
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: want to do defensively?
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Stop the run.
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: Yes, but also make the other team do something they
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: don't want to do. Is that a win for West
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: Virginia if Cincinnati says, hey, we think we can attack
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: you through the air? I do think there's some psychology
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: to the game planning there of what Cincinnati tries to
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: do offensively. Take advantage of a struggling West Virginia unit
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: or just say, We don't do that. We don't like
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: to do that. We're just going to try and.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Run it anyway.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: It's a win unless French completes an eight-yard pass and
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: the guy goes for 30 yards. Correct.
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, that's the obvious, not the win. But
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: I'm saying from the very beginning, if they decide to
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: go away from what they do, is that just a
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: short-term win?
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: Until you see the results and maybe you come in
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: and go, no, it.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: Wasn't a win.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: A couple of the real quick things. Bridge Day Saturday,
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: people should be aware of the traffic. By the way,
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: it's 876 feet. Excuse me? It's 876 feet from the
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: bridge to the to the bottom.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Would you tandem jump down.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: No no don't like heights would not do that no
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: Sam would you can't do heights.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: No no need no no necessary for me.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: Jeb Corliss a base jumper says you can either learn
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: to control your fears or you can allow your fears
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: to control you I would add or you could not
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: do it that's.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: Or just walk around scared as hell it's good with
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: me just walk around or drive over the bridge do
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: that Homecoming, 105th Homecoming.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: And I didn't, you guys are going to, I didn't
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: know this, even though I'm a graduate of the Land
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: Grant Institution.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: Honorary doctorate member of the Land Grant Institution. Honorary.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: So in the fight song, when they say, and let
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: us pledge now to her anew, others may be black
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: or crimson.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: And that's a reference to Washington and Jefferson.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: Oh, really? Really. So West Virginia. That was our big rival.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: That was the big rival.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: The first homecoming game was 1926. And it was against
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: Washington and Jefferson, which was at the time the biggest rival.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: And the fight song was written actually in like 1921
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: or 22. But the first time it was performed at
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: a homecoming game. It was the first homecoming, 1926.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: And again, one line is, others may like black and crimson,
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: which is Washington and Jefferson.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: And you know, Hop.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: That was a good one, but that wasn't an obvious observation.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: That was very good about you.
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: I thought you guys would go, everybody knows that.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: If Vin Scully was doing Saturday's game, he would go,
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: and you know, folks, he'd do the whole thing. And
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: he would say, and that's part of the fight song.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: And isn't it ironic that last week, West Virginia ran
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: 104 snaps against And that is only second to the
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: 1928 game where Washington and Jefferson was the opponent and
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: West Virginia ran 110. Holy cow. Yeah, so W and
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: J figures. W and J, little did they know, figuring
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: prominently in homecoming 2026. Yes, they do. 110 snaps. Wow.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: In that game.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: By the way, in a 26 game, which Washington and
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Jefferson won, they went on to play in the Rose Bowl.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, it was wild.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Imagine that. This got back.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: I bet you they took a train out of Grafton
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: when they left. Grafton, great train town.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: And finally, and this, you know, again, more rabbit holes.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: So the passing of Mike Ditka, and I thought, did
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: Mike Ditka ever play at Mountaineer Field?
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: And he did.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: He did because he was on Pitt's team. He played
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: at Mountaineer Field in 1950, old Mountaineer Field, 1959. Wow.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: And 1960 in Pittsburgh. In the game in 1960, that
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: Pitt won like 42. 42-0, he called a touchdown pass.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: So Mike Ditka, there is a West Virginia connection to
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Mike Ditka. He played at least twice against West Virginia.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: One of the all-time iconic figures in the sport of football.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Hoppy.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: You're welcome.
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Those were some obvious, some not obvious, but it was
• 24:08
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• 24:09
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  Speaker 2: All right.
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: Are you going over to the coronation today? Yes.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: The investiture.
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: Excuse me?
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: Investiture, it's called.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: So President Benson, P1 listener to this program, is getting investitured?
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: I don't know if you use it as a.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, what is that? It's an inauguration, right?
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: It's his inauguration.
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: Investiture seems like they're putting some form of clothing on him.
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: Well, it's... You can't verb it. I think it's a noun.
• 25:44
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• 25:47
  Speaker 2: It's what you call, I don't know that much about it,
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• 25:51
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• 25:54
  Speaker 2: And yeah, I'm going.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: Are you?
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm in. You in? Brad, you're going? Yeah, I'm going.
• 25:59
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• 26:01
  Speaker 2: I will say.
• 26:02
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• 26:09
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• 26:11
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• 26:13
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• 26:14
  Speaker 2: Geez. Knowing Benson, he should have hosted us. We should
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: have done the investiture, right?
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: He'd probably be all right with that. So does he
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: get to where? Like, they put anything on him?
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm going. We'll find out. I've never
• 26:27
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• 26:29
  Speaker 1: All these years?
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: I don't think so. Where is it?
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• 26:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's over there, right, Brad? Okay.
• 26:41
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• 26:43
  Speaker 2: Get there after this.
• 26:44
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• 27:47
  Speaker 3: The opening segment here we've really already been through. This
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: is a wild and unusual situation is that you come
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: into this with the offense having run for 900-plus yards
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: in the last three games. You're averaging 32 points per
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: game during that stretch.
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: And you haven't won one of those. Yeah, that's weird.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: As we know, defense on the.
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: Other side has given up 46 points per game. Guys,
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: that's obviously got to change. There's my obvious observation heading
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: into this week. You're getting Cincinnati one of the more
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: explosive rushing attacks in Power 4, but also a Cincinnati
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: defense that's been really vulnerable among the conference's most vulnerable,
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: which we'll get into some of these numbers. So it's
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: a matchup where both teams should have opportunities to score.
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: Let's find out how you do that. Number one, I
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: think the biggest key Slash question is, will West Virginia
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: be able to slow Cincinnati's rushing attack? As was outlined
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: by Hoppy, this is a really good one. Almost six
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: yards per rushing attempt. They're averaging 230 per game. Tony,
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: you mentioned they're 12th nationally. Here's one to keep an
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: eye on because this has been a problem over the
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: last three games. Cincinnati's fourth in the power four in
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: explosive run rate. So West Virginia has given up some
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: of those. Can you shut that down or slow it down?
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: I shouldn't say shut it down. Can you slow that
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: down and not give up as many? We'll get into
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: some more numbers on that. Cincinnati's offensive line.
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: Very good.
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: Rich told you earlier this week there's.
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: Some that have their offensive linemen with three potential NFL
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: guys on that line. They're fifth among P4 schools in
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: yards before contact. That's also been an area West Virginia
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: has struggled with. leading to some of those big plays.
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: So you've got to keep an eye on that. West
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: Virginia's defense has given up those big runs at a
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: pretty high rate, 13.2% explosive run rate allowed. So that's
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: one every eight runs has gone for an explosive, so
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: basically 10 yards or more on the run. Cincinnati, as
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: I mentioned, the fifth in power four in explosive run rate.
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: So just start right there. Can you settle down some
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: of those big giant run plays? They want to do it.
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: You've given it up. So before you even get to
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: passing hop, that's going to be an area to watch.
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: Can you make them march down the field, not just
• 29:58
  Speaker 3: big play you? Little side note, bonus stat.
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: OK. A little something from the chef.
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: Haven't done this before. So if you look at all schools,
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: all levels in explosive run rate, 318 schools in total.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: Thought I'd go a little deeper for you today.
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: Wow, that is a lot of schools.
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: So Cincinnati is fifth among just power four teams in
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: explosive run rate. But if you list all those schools out,
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: all 318, number two nationally in explosive run rate would
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: be the Fairmont State Falcons just right down the road here.
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: Excuse me?
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: And number three in explosive run rate among all teams
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: in all levels across all of college football.
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: Number one?
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: Number three.
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: Would be former West Virginia standout receiver John Pennington and
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: West Virginia State Yellow Jackets.
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: Two teams from the same league.
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: How about that? Two and three.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Where's West Virginia?
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: It kind of averaged, believe it or not. I'll talk
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: about that here in a minute. Yeah, West Virginia's explosive
• 30:53
  Speaker 3: run rate is semi-average among power four teams. been one
• 30:58
  Speaker 3: of the best explosive pass teams in the country, but
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: run rate's about average. You're more doing it on a
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: down-by-down basis.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: Because you're running so much, so it cuts down on
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: the percentage.
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: All right, so here's where I think the key, let's
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: niche the key down even further. So you played really
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: well against Virginia defensively, right? We can all agree that
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: was the high watermark of this defense.
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: You know, you go back and look, you still gave
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: up five yards per carry, which is not where you
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: want to be. It started out like, oh, what's going
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: on there? But West Virginia had the ability to slow
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: Virginia on some first downs, which then jacked up their flow.
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: And that's part of what led to your success. So
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: that's what you're trying to do Saturday. Listen, I've said
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: it a bunch. You don't have to suddenly become the
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: 96 defense, which is a big ask, right? You go
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: from what you've done to the best in program history.
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: But just get a few more stops. And specifically, can
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: you slow them on first and second down? Can you
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: hold them to a two-yard run or a three-yard run
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: instead of allowing those six or seven yards? I think
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: that's where you start. Can you get them in second
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: and eight or third and seven instead of constantly being
• 32:02
  Speaker 3: in second and four when the whole playbook's available to you?
• 32:05
  Speaker 3: Cincinnati has been really good on standard down success rates,
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: and we've done that definition before, but non-passing downs. When
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: you're ahead of the sticks or on schedule, Cincinnati has
• 32:17
  Speaker 3: been really good. Their success rate's approximately about 52% in
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: those situations. It's nearly identical to what West Virginia is allowing,
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: which isn't very good. So that's an obvious area. You
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: have got to try and force them into passing downs
• 32:30
  Speaker 3: and then see if you can have some success. Prior
• 32:33
  Speaker 3: to the Arizona game for Cincinnati, when they had been
• 32:36
  Speaker 3: really rolling on the ground, they had averaged 5.4 yards
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: per first down rush and nearly eight per second down rush.
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: So to me, if you want to watch something, the
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: game within the game, watch first and second down. If
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: they're mushing you, mashing you up front, you've got a
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: big problem. If you're holding them and can force them
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: into passing situations, then maybe you can get after French
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: a little bit. Maybe you get a pick at that point.
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: But first and second down, I think, are just massive here.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: You're going to have to alert statistician Jeff Soup Campbell
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: on that one and say, keep a running tab on
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: average yardage gain first, second downs.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: And that's available. He'll be able to get that.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: You think Soup will be able to handle that one?
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the elite statistician.
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: I think you can find that. And I would watch
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: that because if they're chewing you, On first and second,
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: you got a major problem there. So we talk so much, Hoppy,
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: about third down. I think this one's about first and
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: second primarily. All right, number two, West Virginia is going
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: to run the football with success, I would think. No
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: one's slowed this offense down yet. But here's what we've
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: talked about. Rich has talked about this. The pressure that
• 33:37
  Speaker 3: exists on this offense right now is pretty steep. You've
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: almost got to be perfect. You were not last week.
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: Two fourth down stops inside the five. One of them
• 33:46
  Speaker 3: was a fumble. A fumble that turned into a pick six.
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: You're just going to ask this offense, you have got
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: to be really good. You can't have the turnovers and
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: you can't end in field goals either. You're going to
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: have to run it on this team and keep running
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: it and run it into the end zone. Arizona just
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: went for 238 on the ground against Cincinnati. The Bearcats
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: are 64th among 68 power four teams in explosive run rate.
• 34:11
  Speaker 3: They give up explosive runs. So West Virginia hasn't had
• 34:14
  Speaker 3: a ton of those. They might on Saturday, guys. I mean,
• 34:17
  Speaker 3: you've got two dudes that can run through tackles. They
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: might break some big plays on Saturday. And if you do,
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: get all the way to the house. Don't end up
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: on the five and settle for a field goal. Take
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: it to the house. But I think Hawkins and Cook
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: have a chance for some big running plays in this
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: particular game. Go ahead, Reagan, ask something there.
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: No, I was just thinking, you are going to be
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: without one of your speedbacks, Chris Talley. And I know
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: he hasn't had a ton yet, but they've already ruled
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: him out. Or Saturday.
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, tally's out. But expect some more Latimer. Expect a
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: lot of Cook and Hawkins. And this is one where
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: they can cook. But now here's the feast or famine
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: part of this Cincinnati defense. So this is the next
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: part to watch. I do think there's a heck of
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: an opportunity for some big play, big runs. But Cincinnati's
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: defense also has a stuff rate. The times that they're stopped,
• 35:03
  Speaker 3: stop runners for zero or for no gain or minus
• 35:07
  Speaker 3: yardage on a running play. They do that about one
• 35:10
  Speaker 3: every five running attempts. So they are giving up big plays,
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: or they're stuffing you. So when do those stuffs come?
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: Because they're going to say the same thing about West Virginia.
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: Put West Virginia in third and nine, and let's see
• 35:22
  Speaker 3: if we can go make something happen. Now, they still
• 35:24
  Speaker 3: have to worry about Hawkins scrambling away from you, but
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: they're going to look to have first and second down
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: success in stuffing you.
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: Keep an eye on that.
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: Explosive passing. That matchup favors West Virginia's offense. And I
• 35:39
  Speaker 3: think that's still one of the underrated parts of this
• 35:41
  Speaker 3: offense is how good West Virginia's been at the big play.
• 35:45
  Speaker 3: The Mountaineers are fourth nationally in explosive pass rate and
• 35:48
  Speaker 3: ninth among power four teams in yards per attempt. So
• 35:52
  Speaker 3: I said Cincinnati sits at the very bottom of power
• 35:54
  Speaker 3: four in average depth of target. When you talk about
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: yards per attempt, basically the same stat. West Virginia is ninth,
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: top 10 nationally, because what do they do? They're trying
• 36:02
  Speaker 3: to throw it down the field. So we know Hawkins
• 36:06
  Speaker 3: has had some trouble with completion percentage underneath. But man,
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: he's been a heck of a home run hitter. When
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: you go deep, that has worked. And it's been one
• 36:14
  Speaker 3: of the keys, I think, to this offense. You hit
• 36:16
  Speaker 3: a couple deep, and now that Cincinnati defense hoppy has
• 36:19
  Speaker 3: a heck of a problem figuring out what you're going
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: to do. The Bearcats rank 124th nationally in passing yards
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: allowed per game. And then overall, when you combine their
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: running and their passing defense, they're 60th out of 68
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: powerful defenses in explosive play rate. So running and passing.
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: There should be some big plays that come along with
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: this game.
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: So you like the over.
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: Let's talk about, well, West Virginia 6-0.
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: To the over.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah. By the way.
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: And it's what, 63, 62, something?
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: 63.5 last I checked. I'll check here in just a second. Okay,
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: here's another key. Let's get back to this finishing drives
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: like we talked about, that you have to score touchdowns
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: if you're West Virginia to try and protect this defense
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: a little bit. West Virginia is averaging 4.3. points per
• 37:03
  Speaker 3: scoring opportunity. It's about 42nd nationally, so it's good but
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: hasn't been elite. Cincinnati's defense, 4.2 points per allowed per
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: scoring opportunity. So there's some opportunity here to finish drives
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: and score some points. So keep an eye on what
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: West Virginia is able to do when they get down
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: in that scoring zone. So that's really inside the 40.
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: Convert those into touchdowns. West Virginia is 23 of 28
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: on its red zone trips, which is an 82% clip,
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: but some of that includes field goals. Again, I do
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: think there's some opportunities for some plays that come outside
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: the scoring zone as well. Cincinnati's been very good, guys.
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: So your defense is looking for some small wins, Hoppy.
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: Hold them to a couple field goals instead of touchdowns.
• 37:48
  Speaker 3: They've been third so far this season in red zone
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: conversion rate. They trail only Georgia and Alabama when they
• 37:53
  Speaker 3: get down inside the scoring zone. So can you get
• 37:56
  Speaker 3: some stops there?
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: I was just looking at that. They've been in the
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: red zone 20 times. They've scored. 17 touchdowns, no field goals.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: Correct.
• 38:06
  Speaker 3: That's why they're third nationally.
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah. They go in there and they go get themselves
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: some points. Yeah.
• 38:11
  Speaker 3: Stops on first and second. Stops inside the red zone,
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: holding the field goals. There's your formula for improving defensively
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: this week.
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 38:18
  Speaker 3: Turnover battles. Does that matter, Hoppy, to turnovers change games?
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: Yes, it usually does.
• 38:22
  Speaker 3: So West Virginia, we mentioned, had some trouble with that
• 38:25
  Speaker 3: against Arizona. And they were super costly ones, too. They
• 38:27
  Speaker 3: weren't just turnovers. Cincinnati's been very good here. They're plus
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: five in turnover margin. That's 17th nationally. West Virginia is
• 38:35
  Speaker 3: even in this category. That'll be something we keep an
• 38:38
  Speaker 3: eye on who wins the turnover battle.
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: We need regression to the mean.
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: Here's a sneaky one. Here's a sneaky one to watch.
• 38:44
  Speaker 3: This is a good on good matchup. I just mentioned
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: all the problems Cincinnati's defense has had. Well, here's something
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: they're good at. They are fifth among power four teams
• 38:53
  Speaker 3: in missed tackle rate. So they don't miss a lot
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: of tackles defensively. You can hit them for big plays,
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: but if they get around you, they're making the tackle.
• 39:00
  Speaker 3: They're going against two of the best in the country
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: right now in Hawkins and Cook. Cook is third nationally
• 39:06
  Speaker 3: in missed tackles forced. Hawkins is sixth nationally in missed
• 39:10
  Speaker 3: tackles forced. Among all runners, he's first among quarterbacks. Which
• 39:14
  Speaker 3: of those good on good? That could be a really
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: important part of this. Can they get West Virginia's two
• 39:19
  Speaker 3: stars on the ground, or do those two guys continue
• 39:21
  Speaker 3: to do what they've done to every team and run
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: right by people, around.
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: People, and through people?
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: That's all good. One more.
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: Some historical takeaways.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: Trends.
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: Cincinnati coming off a bye over the last three seasons
• 39:34
  Speaker 3: is 2-4. Coming off a loss the last three seasons,
• 39:38
  Speaker 3: they're 4-15. As a road underdog, which they currently are
• 39:42
  Speaker 3: as we record, they're a road underdog, which also tells
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: you something. As bad as West Virginia has looked defensively,
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: you come into this game still as a favorite.
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: Slight.
• 39:50
  Speaker 3: As a road underdog, the last three years, Cincinnati, 4-9.
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: The last four meetings against West Virginia, 0-4. Current line
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: sitting 1.5. Total was 63.5. I think it's the second largest,
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: highest total of the week.
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: Good numbers. So, based on all those numbers, question to
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: you guys is that they didn't... Arizona dominated their game.
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: Cincinnati didn't score until late. The game was over.
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: So, that.
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: And they ran for fewer than 100 yards. 74. Does
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: that tell you that some of those rush numbers by
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: them are inflated? Are opponent adjusted?
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: You're talking about Western Carolina, Miami of Ohio, Boston College.
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: Those were the previous opponents. Kansas State was the team,
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: the one league when that was at home. We'll see.
• 40:42
  Speaker 3: We'll talk about that Monday morning when we record. We'll
• 40:45
  Speaker 3: have to see there. I mean, that's your hope. That's
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: your hope. But again, You're also going against a West
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: Virginia defense that has struggled mightily the last three weeks
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: to even contain the run. All three teams you've played
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: have run the ball against you as well. So we'll
• 40:59
  Speaker 3: have to see if that's opponent adjusted. But West Virginia
• 41:01
  Speaker 3: might be. The fear for West Virginia is that they're
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: one of those that you say you list with the
• 41:06
  Speaker 3: other schools, right? You don't list as one of the
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: better defenses. Can they stand up and have a better
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: performance this week? And again, just a few plays in
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: those areas I think will make a big difference here.
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: Other question is, so does West Virginia have to score 42?
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: I don't think so.
• 41:23
  Speaker 2: We'll see.
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: Need to get over 30.
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: We'll see.
• 41:28
  Speaker 3: It simply depends on can you get a few more stops.
• 41:31
  Speaker 3: If you're asking are they going to play like they've
• 41:33
  Speaker 3: played the last three weeks, then that might not be enough.
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: If there's an improvement coming and you can make them
• 41:38
  Speaker 3: one-dimensional and you can handle that one-dimension as you did
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: against Virginia.
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: Then 42 will be more than enough.
• 41:45
  Speaker 3: How do you know that? How do you sit here
• 41:46
  Speaker 3: now and have any Any idea for certain what's going
• 41:50
  Speaker 3: to happen on Saturday?
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: If you put your gold and blue glasses on and
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: you just say, okay, and I'm not trying to be funny,
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: it has to get better. I mean, it can't get
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: much worse.
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: Well, does it have to get better?
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think the stat that you pointed out,
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: their scoring rate, Arizona's scoring rate at the end of
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: the game and the number of snaps it took them
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: to score, like, That's almost impossible to replicate, and again,
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: I'm not trying to be funny. So you would think
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: there's going to be some form of improvement. And again,
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: you just played the number one all-time passing leader in
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: Arizona history, and Mestemaker obviously is very good too, the
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: outlier being the Iowa State quarterback, Rainer. So... My hope
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: and gut says it's got to be in some form
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: better than it was. I don't know what that is.
• 42:49
  Speaker 2: Rich said either on your show or on the press
• 42:53
  Speaker 2: conference that Insanity is doing the same thing, expecting different results.
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: So I don't know what they're doing differently or going
• 43:01
  Speaker 2: to do differently.
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: Match-ups matter, and you would hope this particular match-up helps
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: your defense. We knew going into last week that was
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: going to be a tough ask against a really talented
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: quarterback that had played a lot of games and could recognize.
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: And it was.
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: He tore you up through the air. This is an
• 43:21
  Speaker 3: offense built on running the football. You would think you
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: could have more success. And again, I'm not saying you're
• 43:27
  Speaker 3: going to hold them to 10, but can you get
• 43:30
  Speaker 3: them in those first and second and longs, then have
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: a chance to find some pressure or cover for a
• 43:35
  Speaker 3: play and get off the field? That's your hope.
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: We'll see if that comes to fruition.
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: Three guys before the game. Coming up, we'll talk a
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: little basketball here. Then we'll get into textual healing. But
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: everyone's a funny guy nowadays. You ever notice that? Oh, yeah.
• 43:50
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• 43:54
  Speaker 1: Guy did write in, though, and said, is it true Noah,
• 43:58
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• 44:02
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• 44:05
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• 44:18
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• 44:21
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• 44:25
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• 44:27
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• 45:00
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• 45:01
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• 45:05
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• 45:08
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• 45:11
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• 45:56
  Speaker 2: Are you not a fiber guy?
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. I mean, I make that wheat bread. Oh, yeah.
• 46:01
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• 46:13
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• 46:31
  Speaker 1: three bells. Didn't the season just end? Yeah, it literally did.
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: Weren't we just in South Carolina somewhere or Charleston?
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: I spent last night. Let's go. Are we still pissed
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: off that we lost to Clemson?
• 46:45
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: I'm still mad. I'm literally still sitting here right now mad.
• 46:49
  Speaker 2: Our biggest non-traditional rival, rival, Clemson.
• 46:52
  Speaker 3: And Ohio State, for that matter. Those are two wins.
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: Yeah, can we play them back? They just lost a kick.
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: Clemson did for the season with a knee. Yeah, that's
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: a big loss. Big loss. So did you talk to
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: Ross about this at all? Is it a standard basketball game,
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: or will they be at some point going, all right,
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: that's practice against zone?
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: No, it should be standard basketball game.
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: It's like 40 minutes of ball. Officials with jerseys and
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: the whole thing. Whistles, too.
• 47:17
  Speaker 2: They're going to bring their whistles.
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: They're going to do the whistles. Music.
• 47:20
  Speaker 2: I think.
• 47:20
  Speaker 3: Well, I don't know about that.
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: It'll sound like a basketball.
• 47:22
  Speaker 3: I didn't talk to the Game Ops folks in Maryland,
• 47:24
  Speaker 3: but as far as the basketball part of it, it's
• 47:26
  Speaker 3: going to be a game.
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 47:28
  Speaker 2: It's a good one.
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: They had under 3,000. They had like 20-some hundred at
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: their game against Georgia Tech. So I'm assuming Sunday. Probably
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: something similar. That was last Sunday. So probably like 3,000, 4,000
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: in there. So it'll be nice. I mean, it won't
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: be obviously what it'll be in the season, but it'll
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: be fine. Hey, man. God, we've been talking and talking
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: and talking about it. And they have already, I was
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: thinking about it this morning. They have now been together
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: for four months and change. They've been playing together. So
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: this will be the first time against teams in another jersey.
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: that they go against. So it's kind of historic and
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: kind of be interesting to.
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: See how it works. That's the best part of this, right?
• 48:07
  Speaker 3: I mean, the win or loss doesn't matter. You're going
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: to go in there and try and win. It'd be
• 48:10
  Speaker 3: great if you get a win. But I think that's
• 48:12
  Speaker 3: what this team needs now is you can go see
• 48:14
  Speaker 3: what they have instead of going against each other. And listen,
• 48:18
  Speaker 3: you're not easing into this thing. Just like the non-conference schedule,
• 48:21
  Speaker 3: you're starting with what is a very good team, potential
• 48:23
  Speaker 3: NCAA tournament team here in Maryland. Year two with Buzz Williams,
• 48:27
  Speaker 3: they really struggled last year, did the Terps. So you
• 48:30
  Speaker 3: knew Year two, Buzz was going to get that turned around.
• 48:32
  Speaker 3: That guy's won everywhere he's been. This will be a
• 48:34
  Speaker 3: typical Buzz Williams team, and I think that's the first
• 48:37
  Speaker 3: test here. They crashed the offensive glass, had 16 offensive
• 48:41
  Speaker 3: rebounds against Georgia Tech in that exhibition, and that's a
• 48:44
  Speaker 3: big part of this. One of the things Ross has
• 48:47
  Speaker 3: preached all summer hop to these guys is, listen, you
• 48:50
  Speaker 3: have got to go hard. That's where the games are won.
• 48:54
  Speaker 3: When the shot goes up, Who gets the ball? That's
• 48:56
  Speaker 3: the game. That's actually the game is who gets the ball.
• 48:59
  Speaker 3: So this will be a great test for these guys
• 49:01
  Speaker 3: to see exactly what that means when you get other jerseys,
• 49:05
  Speaker 3: not just your scout team, other jerseys with talented dudes
• 49:08
  Speaker 3: going at it. They've got two of the best, if
• 49:11
  Speaker 3: they both play, two of the best offensive rebounders in
• 49:14
  Speaker 3: the country. And their star is Pharrell Payne, who was
• 49:17
  Speaker 3: at Texas A & M preseason, all big, big Ten performer.
• 49:21
  Speaker 3: Top 2% last year, guys, in all of college basketball
• 49:25
  Speaker 3: players in offensive rebound percentage. Actually, two years ago. He
• 49:28
  Speaker 3: only played a few games last year. Top 3% of
• 49:31
  Speaker 3: all college basketball players in his last full season that
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: he played at A & M in blocked shots. So
• 49:36
  Speaker 3: that's a dude. But here's what's fun. Here's what I'm
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: excited to watch. So he's a 6'9 wing that can
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: play inside, back to the basket. He can face you.
• 49:46
  Speaker 3: He can do a lot of different things. West Virginia
• 49:49
  Speaker 3: is going to throw multiple guys at him. You bring
• 49:51
  Speaker 3: Brennan Lorient, 6'9, super athletic guy that can go inside
• 49:55
  Speaker 3: or out. You have a guy that matches up profile-wise
• 49:58
  Speaker 3: right on him. B-Lo needs a break. B-Lo gets into
• 50:01
  Speaker 3: foul trouble. You're going to slide over 6'11 Mo Silla.
• 50:04
  Speaker 3: who can guard you on the perimeter, who can guard
• 50:06
  Speaker 3: you inside, and actually add some length on top of
• 50:09
  Speaker 3: that matchup. So that's one of the things, game within
• 50:11
  Speaker 3: the game, that I'm watching in this one will be
• 50:14
  Speaker 3: that matchup against a guy that's an all-league type of
• 50:17
  Speaker 3: player in one of the better leagues, and you've got
• 50:20
  Speaker 3: multiple guys you're going to throw at him at different times.
• 50:22
  Speaker 3: You can put Javen Buchanan on him for a little bit.
• 50:24
  Speaker 3: Traore could even go up. He's going to give away
• 50:26
  Speaker 3: a couple inches, but he could guard him. You've got
• 50:28
  Speaker 3: four or five guys that can guard their best player,
• 50:30
  Speaker 3: which will be fun to watch. DJ Wagner's a name
• 50:34
  Speaker 3: you may have heard. He's their point guard.
• 50:35
  Speaker 1: That's Milt's grandson.
• 50:37
  Speaker 3: Comes from Kentucky and then Arkansas. He's played 100 games
• 50:44
  Speaker 3: of college basketball, going against Miles Sadler in his first
• 50:47
  Speaker 3: game against Power 4 competition. So that'll be a fun test.
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: I was just going to bring that up. That literally
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: is Milt's grandson. That's how old we are.
• 50:54
  Speaker 3: Correct.
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: Milt Wagner, that's his grandson. His dad played in the
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: league as well. So yeah, you're right. Two at Kentucky,
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: one at Arkansas. and now at Maryland. So that'll be
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: a great matchup for the little guy, Miles Sadler, here
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: to start things off.
• 51:09
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they also have another guard, Caden House, who's a
• 51:12
  Speaker 3: four-star freshman that knows Miles intimately well. They battled last
• 51:16
  Speaker 3: year in the EYBL. He's from the other prep school
• 51:19
  Speaker 3: in Arizona there. So Caden House, I think he had
• 51:20
  Speaker 3: 14 against Georgia Tech. So he's really talented as well.
• 51:25
  Speaker 3: I mean, I could go down the list of all
• 51:26
  Speaker 3: their players. I've As excited as I was for basketball
• 51:30
  Speaker 3: to start, I've probably over-prepared for Maryland here. But that's
• 51:34
  Speaker 3: the highlights here. I think this is really just about
• 51:36
  Speaker 3: getting a look at West Virginia going against another team,
• 51:39
  Speaker 3: another team that thinks it's an NCAA tournament team. and
• 51:42
  Speaker 3: a team that's going to get after you defensively, get
• 51:44
  Speaker 3: on the offensive glass, and give your guys a chance
• 51:47
  Speaker 3: to see, like, all right, here's what we're talking about.
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: Like, this is for real.
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: Here we go.
• 51:50
  Speaker 2: Brad, this is my question to you because you've studied
• 51:52
  Speaker 2: this thing. You and Tony have been to a bunch
• 51:54
  Speaker 2: of practices, and you know that the talent level is
• 51:57
  Speaker 2: up significantly from last year. So complete this sentence. I
• 52:00
  Speaker 2: know they have a lot more talent in this team.
• 52:03
  Speaker 2: I just hope they can blank.
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: Win.
• 52:07
  Speaker 2: Well, okay. Let me talk execution. I hope that when
• 52:09
  Speaker 2: they're on, I hope that in their game, They're proficient
• 52:13
  Speaker 2: at blank.
• 52:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the single biggest question for this particular group,
• 52:19
  Speaker 3: it's not talent. It's not skill. I think you check
• 52:22
  Speaker 3: every box. It's not even guard. I think that will
• 52:26
  Speaker 3: be a little slow to come, but you'll overcome some
• 52:28
  Speaker 3: of that with your athletic ability. But they'll continue to
• 52:32
  Speaker 3: improve defensively, and this has a chance to be an
• 52:34
  Speaker 3: elite defensive team. When they get this figured out and
• 52:37
  Speaker 3: know where they're supposed to go on rotations, this could
• 52:39
  Speaker 3: be an elite, elite defensive team. My biggest question is
• 52:42
  Speaker 3: just when you get down, what happens? When you get
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: down on Sunday to this team, do you mope?
• 52:48
  Speaker 2: Do you press?
• 52:49
  Speaker 3: Can you not come back in it? We've said it
• 52:51
  Speaker 3: a million times. Last year, the best trait of that
• 52:54
  Speaker 3: team last year is they did not flinch. Up 17,
• 52:57
  Speaker 3: down 12, it did not matter. They kept playing each
• 53:00
  Speaker 3: single possession. Can this group do that? Because there's going
• 53:03
  Speaker 3: to be moments you're going to play a lot of
• 53:05
  Speaker 3: great teams. You're going to be down in games. They're
• 53:07
  Speaker 3: going to punch you right in the face. What's your
• 53:09
  Speaker 3: response when you get punched in the face? Do you say, oh,
• 53:12
  Speaker 3: is that right?
• 53:13
  Speaker 2: Is that right?
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: Here we go.
• 53:14
  Speaker 2: Or do you not?
• 53:15
  Speaker 3: I think that's what determines the ceiling on this team.
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: OK. Yeah, I'll be stunned if Miles Sadler doesn't fight
• 53:24
  Speaker 1: no matter what the situation is to the end. That's
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: going to be his differentiator. OK. He is a killer.
• 53:29
  Speaker 2: OK.
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: He's a basketball assassin, and he don't care. And he
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: is going to go DJ Wagner. I don't care who
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: your grandfather is. I don't care who your dad is.
• 53:38
  Speaker 1: I don't care if you played at Arkansas. I don't
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: care if you played at Kentucky. You watch. He's going
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: to go face that guy. He's that guy.
• 53:44
  Speaker 3: Assassin's the right word. He's got that. We were just
• 53:47
  Speaker 3: talking about confidence. He's not walking into the building going, well,
• 53:51
  Speaker 3: I hope I play well today. That ain't this dude.
• 53:54
  Speaker 3: This dude's walking in saying, I hope you think you
• 53:56
  Speaker 3: can handle me because I'm here.
• 53:58
  Speaker 2: I'm here in the building.
• 53:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's the difference. Yeah.
• 54:01
  Speaker 3: And he's not the only one. I do think you
• 54:03
  Speaker 3: have– I think, to answer my own question, I think
• 54:06
  Speaker 3: that turns out in the positive. I do think this
• 54:08
  Speaker 3: team and this coaching staff probably won't allow that, right?
• 54:12
  Speaker 3: But I think you have some guys in there that say, oh,
• 54:14
  Speaker 3: is that right? Finley, Biz Jack's another one, guys. He's
• 54:17
  Speaker 3: a quiet assassin. But when they're scrimmaging Hoppy, when they
• 54:22
  Speaker 3: say put six minutes on the clock and it's July 19th,
• 54:26
  Speaker 3: six minutes on the clock, we're going to play a game,
• 54:27
  Speaker 3: you'd think it was a Final Four game with Finley.
• 54:29
  Speaker 1: Really? Really.
• 54:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think you've got multiple guys down the
• 54:32
  Speaker 3: list that'll say, all right.
• 54:33
  Speaker 2: We're here, let's play.
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you, when I first met Finley back in June,
• 54:37
  Speaker 1: introduced myself, hey, looking forward to calling your games, looking
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: forward to calling some of those threes that you make.
• 54:44
  Speaker 1: And he said, yeah, man. He said, just remember, my
• 54:47
  Speaker 1: ball goes in. I like that. That's an endorsement, right?
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: That's an endorsement.
• 54:53
  Speaker 2: You've got some guys. This will be fun.
• 54:56
  Speaker 1: Like I said the other day, it's going to be
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: very much a work in progress. It all won't look
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: like a perfect symphony Sunday. It won't look like a
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: perfect symphony at Glenville or against Wheeling, and it probably
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: won't against the Purple Eagles of Niagara. You're going to
• 55:11
  Speaker 1: matriculate down the road here and you're just going to
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: need repetition and playing games, and they'll just get better
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: and better like everybody else. They're going to get better
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: and better and better. But what's exciting is the potential,
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: like you said. Like their athleticism and length will make
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: up for being one foot in the wrong spot defensively
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: because they'll just be longer and quicker and go get it.
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: You won't even notice it. Where last year's team, you
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: probably had to be right in the right spot.
• 55:36
  Speaker 3: And you know what's amazing about it? We keep saying that,
• 55:39
  Speaker 3: and it's natural to make the comparison to last year
• 55:41
  Speaker 3: because it was Ross' first year. We say stuff like that,
• 55:44
  Speaker 3: like you become more athletic, which you have. And last
• 55:47
  Speaker 3: year's team is you take that Clemson win, that Ohio
• 55:51
  Speaker 3: State win, you beat Kansas State on the road.
• 55:53
  Speaker 2: That's an NCAA tournament team.
• 55:54
  Speaker 3: That's a team that finished in the top eight in
• 55:56
  Speaker 3: what was an historically good Big 12. More draft picks
• 55:59
  Speaker 3: than this league has ever had. And you finished in
• 56:01
  Speaker 3: the top half of that and were a game out
• 56:02
  Speaker 3: of the NCAA tournament.
• 56:03
  Speaker 2: So it's not like.
• 56:04
  Speaker 3: You're comparing this group to a group that won four games.
• 56:07
  Speaker 3: You're comparing it to a fringe NCAA tournament team. I
• 56:10
  Speaker 3: think that's where the excitement comes from is that you've
• 56:13
  Speaker 3: got a chance. You've got a bunch of really talented
• 56:15
  Speaker 3: basketball players. Now let's hope they all can stay on
• 56:17
  Speaker 3: the floor, thanks to judges, and then move.
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: It forward here. Halfway through the month of October, and
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: Big Candy has just literally taken over. No matter where
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: you turn, Big Candy is front, and it is center.
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: And at Go-Mart, they're in. I mean, Big Candy's taken
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: over all the Go-Marts across West Virginia and beyond. How
• 56:36
  Speaker 1: about this? Rewards members, if you've got the Go-Mart app,
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: you can grab Hershey's Standard Size 2 for just $ 4
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: this month. Say, well, wait a second. I'm not a
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: chocolate person. I'm more of a salty snack person. Slim
• 56:51
  Speaker 1: Jim Monster, $ 2 for a Slim Jim Monster. You can
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: cash in your rewards, get the app downloaded at the
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: GoMart on their website or wherever it is that you
• 57:04
  Speaker 1: get your app. But Big Candy and GoMart go together.
• 57:07
  Speaker 1: And don't forget Saturdays, triple rewards points at all GoMarts. Triple.
• 57:11
  Speaker 2: That's still going on? Yeah.
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: It's the fall, so it's still going on triple rewards points.
• 57:15
  Speaker 2: I'm having a good week.
• 57:17
  Speaker 3: I'm having good tempo. I've got almost half a tank.
• 57:19
  Speaker 3: I'm going to cruise right into Saturday easily, Hoppy.
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: Easily?
• 57:23
  Speaker 2: You need to drive around a little bit until Saturday
• 57:25
  Speaker 2: you're going to fill up.
• 57:26
  Speaker 1: Even though gas is ridiculously high. I filled up Mile
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: Ground last night. I don't know if you've ever seen this.
• 57:31
  Speaker 1: When you go over there near the pumps, they've got
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: these pictures. There's a guy who looks exactly like you.
• 57:39
  Speaker 3: That's funny. I go to the Postal Plaza one, and
• 57:42
  Speaker 3: on top of the thing, there's one that looks exactly
• 57:44
  Speaker 3: like you.
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: Like me? I didn't see that. I saw the one
• 57:47
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• 57:48
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• 58:36
  Speaker 1: Jumping all in from the text line, hey, guys, it's Pop.
• 58:40
  Speaker 1: I have doubts that our defense can turn it around
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: enough to be competitive this year, but my real worry
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: is can they improve enough to keep the key offensive
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: players from leaving in the offseason? Suitors will come calling,
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: and it'll be hard enough keeping our guys. It's possible. Reality, though,
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: every school has that in some form. And fashion. And
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: we're seeing it. right we're just talking about this kid's
• 59:10
  Speaker 1: at his second school this kid's at his third school
• 59:12
  Speaker 1: sometimes it matters more what does the what's the individuals
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: what what's their what's their individual situation are they number
• 59:24
  Speaker 1: one enjoying it are they they feel that they're being
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: used properly Are they making money that's good? Like, it
• 59:32
  Speaker 1: isn't always what one side of the ball is doing
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: or not, quite honestly.
• 59:37
  Speaker 2: And also, I'm sorry, go ahead. No, go ahead. Also,
• 59:40
  Speaker 2: we don't know that if the Protect College Sports Act passes,
• 59:43
  Speaker 2: when it takes effect, which would limit transfers to one
• 59:46
  Speaker 2: without sitting out.
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: That's true, too. Yeah. It'll be a happy day, not
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: necessarily for the student-athletes, but it'll be a happy day,
• 59:54
  Speaker 1: I think, for the majority of fans and coaches. when
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: you can only transfer once and you finally get this
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: hopscotching stopped.
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 2: And there are exceptions. If the coach gets fired or
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 2: quits or whatever, then that, that, you know, that expands
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 2: your ability. But yeah, I think so. And, and this,
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 2: this is going to sound quaint, Tony, but in talking
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 2: to Guy yesterday about this is that no one in
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 2: any of this discussion, maybe it's, maybe it's really old
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 2: school to think that there's an education element to this anymore, but,
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 2: You have to think that 99% of these players aren't
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 2: going to go on and play in the pros. It
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 2: is important to have a college degree, I think, or
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 2: at least helpful. And I think that you probably can
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 2: get a better education at one or two schools than
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 2: four or five.
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: A thousand percent.
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 2: Yep. Even though the term student-athlete is now a bit,
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 2: you know, well.
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 1: Texter looking over the men's basketball schedule, looking like there
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: are 20-plus games against teams in the Ken Palm preseason
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 1: top 50. Regular season wins over under 18.5. Regular season
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: conference wins 8.5. Lofty expectations this year. Let's go. Schedule's
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 1: a beast.
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 2: Beast.
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 1: Capital B. Oh. Hard.
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 2: You know, you watched last year. You might know this.
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 2: I went to a couple games. Didn't know.
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah. We're going to try to get you, by the way.
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 1: If you go, like if Karen's not available, we're going
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 1: to get you and Rex the barber. Brad, what do
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 1: you think? Yeah. Rex the barber and Hoppy sit next
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: to each other. You guys have a good night up there.
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 1: Lower level seats. And you guys can watch the ball game.
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 2: He and I would probably first, by mistake, go to
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 2: the field house. And you guys see this all the time.
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 2: It's not new to you all. But being that close,
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 2: because I did have a good seat.
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: Well, you begged your way into a good seat. It
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 1: was kind of embarrassing. The president had to come through.
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 2: The pace and physicality, man, it is intense, Brad. It
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 2: is intense.
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 3: I think physicality is the thing that most people, if
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 3: you haven't seen it up close, that would surprise you.
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 3: It is hand-to-hand combat.
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 2: And, I mean, it's not like taking possessions off. You know,
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 2: every one is just a battle. I mean, it is intense.
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 2: You're right on that.
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: Fun. Texter, guys, at the risk of stepping into Hoppy's
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 1: obvious category, I don't understand why no one will come
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 1: out and simply say what we do not have, and
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: that's the talent to compete on defense. It is not disconnect.
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 1: It is not scheme. It is not coaching. It is
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: simply the lack of talent on the defensive side. It's obvious.
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 1: It's okay to say it, but nobody does. Ben and
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 1: Scott Deepo.
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 2: There's been talk about talent.
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 3: I don't totally subscribe to that.
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 2: Who is that, Ben?
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 3: I don't totally subscribe to that. I think it's clear
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 3: there has been some scheme issues, and it may be
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 3: communication of scheme, but guys just aren't even close. There's
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 3: a miscommunication there somehow, whether that's on the players to
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 3: understand where they're going, whether that's too many things, all
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 3: those things. But here's what I don't subscribe to. I
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 3: don't think it's so talent deficient on the defensive side
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 3: you should have given up a historically bad stretch of
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 3: three games. I just don't believe that. I think there's
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 3: plenty of talent over there. You might, again, you might
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 3: not be the 95 defense, but you're certainly not the
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 3: worst defense in West Virginia history. That's so I don't
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 3: necessarily fully subscribe to that from Ben.
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 1: Hi, three guys. Professor Vinny here. If the saying is
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: it's always darkest before the dawn, how will Congress passing
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: permanent daylight savings time help WVU football? Funny guy that
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: Professor Vinny Ever since he got that tenure, he's got
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 1: his feet kicked up on his desk somewhere out there
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: in Illinois, just off sending cute little texts. Andrew from Danville.
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 1: I think if we go with six wins this year,
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: make it to a bowl, I would consider it a success.
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: This is only Rich Rod's second season. I want to
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 1: win every game just like everyone, but we have to
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 1: climb the mountain first. Let's get the defense fixed in
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: the offseason and get it done next year. Let's go.
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 2: Somebody already looking ahead to next year.
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: Andrew, Danville. Mason in Mason County, probably not his real name.
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 1: Obvious observation, my chapstick is licorice flavored and my depends
• 1:04:29
  Speaker 1: are full. The PFF numbers are the opposition's BFF and
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 1: our opponent's OCs are having a great night wherever they
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 1: may be. I have faith in Rich to get it
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: turned around. DBs are hard to find. Quality DBs even harder.
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 1: Sometimes you swing and miss. Go Mountaineers. Mason in Mason County.
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 1: Three guys, this Saturday's game will be my wife Karen
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: and my seventh trip to Morgantown for game day since
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 1: our first, which happened to be an impulse trip on
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 1: our first anniversary while we were staying in Pittsburgh. It
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 1: just came down. WVU game days have become a favorite
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: annual tradition for us. We can't say enough wonderful things
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 1: about the WVU community. Thank you all for letting two
• 1:05:13
  Speaker 1: northeast Ohioans with no West Virginia ties become part of
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 1: the Mountaineer community.
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 2: Here's hoping.
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 1: Our vibes can snap the losing streak. See you in
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 1: the blue lot.
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 3: That's pretty wild.
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 2: No Mountaineer connection. They just drove down. They come to
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 2: a game every year now. Welcome.
• 1:05:28
  Speaker 1: Welcome.
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 2: Happy to have you here. Thanks for coming.
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 1: Yes. So a couple of notes before we have to.
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 1: I got more coming up here, but just a few
• 1:05:38
  Speaker 1: things here. This weekend, it's our last food court of
• 1:05:42
  Speaker 1: the season. Last food court.
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 2: That was fast.
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 1: It goes by quick when you're having fun. Tomorrow night.
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 1: The food court will go from 4 until 9. And
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: we have live music. Great name for the performer. Keg McClain.
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 1: Like if that's not a guy that should be playing. KEG? KEG. Keg.
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 1: There he is. Keg McClain. He happens to be a
• 1:06:09
  Speaker 1: P1 listener. Excellent. Extremely talented. He's from Charleston, Hobby. That's
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 1: down in the state capital city.
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 2: Go to GW.
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 3: Probably.
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 1: I mean, who hasn't? So it's Keg McClain. So tomorrow night,
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 1: Rev Kev's barbecue, the unbelievable brisket, pulled pork, all the sides.
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 1: And then Saturday morning, we're going 9 until 10.30 or 11,
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: and Rev Kev's going to do brisket on a biscuit. Oh,
• 1:06:33
  Speaker 1: that's good. Which is tremendous.
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 2: Also, we'll have kegs of Connection 304, and keg will
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 2: be performing.
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 1: Connection 304 from Parkersburg Brewing, and keg is going to
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 1: be performing.
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 2: Keg squared.
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 1: We're also going to be pouring free. On Saturday morning,
• 1:06:49
  Speaker 1: Mountaineer Roasting Game Day Grind. It all happens next to
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 1: Daniel's Men's Store there on University Avenue. Last week we
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 1: had Ross Hodge. He came through.
• 1:07:00
  Speaker 2: How about that?
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: It was fun. And so this will be it. Ben
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 1: Cutter's mom, Jen's Cookies, sold out again. Now she may
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 1: have an extra side cookie. Or two, but it's just
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 1: going to be for pickup because they sold out again.
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 2: I didn't tell you this. I'll tell you now.
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 3: I did this last Saturday morning when I got there.
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 3: I took your advice, got me a cup of that
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 3: Free Mountaineer Roasting Coffee.
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: You did the oatmeal cream pie with it.
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 3: And then Jen had one. I don't know where it
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 3: came from. She had one on her that she was
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 3: in the process of eating.
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 2: It was hers.
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 3: I just kind of slid my way in and said,
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 3: can I try a bite of that?
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 2: I'm not trying.
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 3: So she broke me off a little piece there and
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 3: had it with my coffee. That is an elite combination.
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 2: That's a good call.
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 1: It is really, really good. And I don't want to
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 1: get ahead of my skis because I never do. But
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: halfway through October, we're going to do our holiday.
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 2: What now?
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 1: What? Hold on here. What? It's not too early to
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 1: start thinking about what you can order for the holidays.
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right.
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: Working in some form. Going to... Jen, Jen Cutter.
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 2: Now, wait a minute.
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 1: Christmas tin boxes of cookies that'll be available for sale.
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 1: I think it can happen.
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 2: Well, wait, wait. I think it can happen?
• 1:08:19
  Speaker 1: I think it can happen. We'll have details coming up.
• 1:08:22
  Speaker 1: That's a big difference.
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 2: That's not even... We've talked about it.
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 3: No, there has not been talked about it. It's just,
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 3: I think it can probably... Now, I hope Jen overheard
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 3: a conversation somewhere, because that has not been talked about.
• 1:08:32
  Speaker 1: Probably.
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 2: That's new.
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: Well, probably... In all.
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 3: Seriousness, that's like he... He just thought of it just now.
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 1: I think he did. Well, you just said it. We're
• 1:08:39
  Speaker 1: going to package game day grind with her cookies, put
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 1: it together.
• 1:08:45
  Speaker 3: Now you definitely don't know that. I just said that
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 3: because I had it.
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 2: It was good.
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 3: There has not been a business discussion of that.
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 1: Well, we're going to have it early. We're homeless, homeless Dave.
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 1: It'll be like November one by the time we have
• 1:08:57
  Speaker 1: to order. Speaking of homeless Dave, I.
• 1:08:59
  Speaker 2: Mean, Jen's now got to stay in the kitchen and
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 2: make all these. Homeless Dave, you know, who's part-time job.
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: How about this story? So Homeless Dave.
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 3: I mean, that would be a good Christmas gift.
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: Seriously.
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 3: That would be good.
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: I'm going to make it happen.
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 3: More information coming up.
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 2: You're going to make it happen.
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's not done yet.
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 2: What are you going to do?
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 1: I'm going to make it happen. I'm going to make
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 1: it happen.
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 2: He thinks he made it happen by what he just said.
• 1:09:22
  Speaker 2: By just saying it? You're going to say it into existence?
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 1: You don't think?
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 2: He probably just did, too.
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: So Homeless Dave.
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 2: That keeps happening.
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 1: Homeless Dave.
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 3: Because now everybody moves around and gets it done, then
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 3: he just continues.
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 2: Exactly.
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: Homeless Dave flew to Colorado this week for work. Okay.
• 1:09:41
  Speaker 1: He gets on the plane. Part of... He had to
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: go visit, what he does, another entity, and... It just
• 1:09:51
  Speaker 1: happened that while he's there, we're recording on Thursday the 15th. Tonight,
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: Charles Wesley Godwin is playing Red Rocks. Like, massive show.
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: We auctioned off tickets back in the summer when we
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: were at Stonewall to fly family out and the whole thing.
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 1: So homeless is getting on the plane. And he goes
• 1:10:15
  Speaker 1: to sit down. There's Charles with one of those little
• 1:10:19
  Speaker 1: boys on his lap on the plane. Oh, really? We're
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 1: flying out to Colorado for the show. Yeah. I mean,
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: Charles is a man of the people. Chuck is a
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 1: man of the people. He didn't, like, he got no PJ.
• 1:10:31
  Speaker 1: I mean, he's commercial out of Pittsburgh.
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 2: Was he in business class?
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, I don't know if homeless goes. Does
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 1: homeless go business?
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 2: I don't know that.
• 1:10:38
  Speaker 1: Homeless flies 7 million miles a year, so he might
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 1: be able to. He might. I hope Chuck, by now,
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: is in the first class.
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 3: I hope so.
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 1: If you got the little boy on your lap, you
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: got to go first class.
• 1:10:49
  Speaker 3: We did this last year, too. Gabe auctioned it off,
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 3: and he played out there. Some of those pictures coming
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 3: out of there. What a setting.
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 2: So that's tonight?
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 3: Thursday night, that concert?
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 1: 15th October.
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 2: Speaking of flights, I forgot to tell you guys. So
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 2: I was traveling. It's the reason I wasn't here. I
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 2: was traveling.
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: This past weekend.
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 2: I get on a plane to go out to where
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 2: I'm going. And next to me is two guys who
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 2: are going to the Oklahoma-Texas game.
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: Two guys before the game, yeah? Two guys.
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 2: Because I was flying through Dallas, and they were going
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 2: to Dallas for the ballgame. So I was talking to them.
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 2: And the Oklahoma guys, I said, ah, we stole your quarterback.
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 2: You know?
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 2: So coming back, get on the plane, and the same
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 2: guys are sitting next to me.
• 1:11:32
  Speaker 1: Same seat? This is bizarre.
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 3: Same seat.
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 2: Same seat. And the one guy... Roger Sullivan, I started
• 1:11:38
  Speaker 2: talking to him. His son, Cole, is a linebacker on
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 2: the Oklahoma team. Well, they had a good day then.
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 2: They had a good day. Texas guys did not have
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 2: a good day. Or were they both Oklahoma fans? Both
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 2: Oklahoma fans. And his son's a linebacker on that team.
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 3: Now, they needed the defense to score a touchdown and
• 1:11:55
  Speaker 3: the special teams to score a touchdown there. They still
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 3: didn't have Mike Hawkins. He still did not suit up
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 3: in the Red River rivalry.
• 1:12:00
  Speaker 2: Mike Hawkins did not suit up. But there were some
• 1:12:02
  Speaker 2: big completions by, what's his name, Mateer?
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: Mateer.
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 2: Mateer.
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 3: But.
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 2: Nice guy. Great guy. But he himself was a football player,
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 2: was a lineman from Pittsburgh, a defensive lineman who played
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 2: at Kentucky.
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 1: Oh, wow.
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 2: Very nice guy. The downside is he's a defensive guy
• 1:12:20
  Speaker 2: who played at Kentucky.
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 1: Oh, you got squeezed.
• 1:12:23
  Speaker 2: So he was in the middle seat, the poor guy.
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 1: Over under on his weight.
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 2: 260, 280, something like that. I mean, just a big
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 2: human being.
• 1:12:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, a large person. So I had You had no space.
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 2: I had little space. Hey, that's what it's like backing coach.
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 1: You're the one that makes that call. People know. You
• 1:12:45
  Speaker 1: don't need to do that. You can go wherever you want.
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 2: No, I'm not. I'm a highly compensated talent like you are.
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 1: Don't start that. You can go wherever you want to go. Cockpit.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 2: Do you fly like Charter? Yeah.
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: I don't have that. Okie from Jumping Branch. Jumping Branch.
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: Okie from Jumping Branch. All the talk about how bad
• 1:13:02
  Speaker 1: the defense has played is warranted. The sad part about
• 1:13:04
  Speaker 1: this is. that it ends up being the only conversation
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 1: on most media outlets except for three guys and another show.
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 1: All of this hatred toward the defense turns the volume
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 1: to zero on this season's Cam Cook, the season that
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 1: he's having. Whoa, what a fighting back he is. Also,
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 1: Michael Hawkins, still a baby and growing game by game.
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 1: Thanks to you, three guys, for the full coverage you provide. Also,
• 1:13:30
  Speaker 1: if you can't tell, Coach Trickett is in town, then
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 1: you're not watching. They're coming off the ball.
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 2: Those two dudes are having years, man. Oh, my gosh.
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: Having years. Huge. Last one. Three guys. I watched your
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 1: Arizona episode, and I think there was a texter that
• 1:13:49
  Speaker 1: had a view of the coal rush and the uniforms.
• 1:13:52
  Speaker 1: Having received a master's from the then School of Mines
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 1: and appreciating what it means to the state, the university,
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 1: and those who make their living from it, we say
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: no way. Doing away with it would be second only
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: to taking the musket away from our mountaineer. And by
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 1: the way, we like the uniforms.
• 1:14:08
  Speaker 2: Do you guys like them?
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 1: So there they are. Husband, wife. I like it. And
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: you've got the School of Mines hoodie on there. Then
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: if you flip them around, yeah, they're representing. Pretty good seats, too.
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 2: Do you like the collage?
• 1:14:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think those are really nice uniforms. Really nice look.
• 1:14:26
  Speaker 3: Alternate uniforms. I'm an easy grader, but I love these.
• 1:14:29
  Speaker 2: I think they look great. Striped the stadium this week,
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 2: I think. Is that right? No, homecoming.
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: Is it striped?
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 2: I don't think it's that.
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know.
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 2: I think it's just regular.
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, I shouldn't have said anything.
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 1: Tell you what, if you wore white last week, though, well,
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 1: you stood out. I was looking down. I was looking
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 1: down like, not hard to find.
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, heavy black.
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 1: Heavy black. Looked good. Yeah, those are really good. All right,
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 1: we've done enough damage here. A program reminder.
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 2: It is striped the stadium.
• 1:14:56
  Speaker 1: Is it?
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 2: Gold, even numbered sections. Gold, odd-numbered sections, blue. Yeah. Stripe
• 1:15:07
  Speaker 2: the stadium for homecoming.
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: Phil got gold over there?
• 1:15:10
  Speaker 2: Got a lot of gold.
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 1: He does. Phil's got gold. New stuff.
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 3: I just put some out Tuesday at my shift.
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 1: I had a funny thing.
• 1:15:19
  Speaker 2: New blue, too, in case you're blue.
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 1: What do you mean?
• 1:15:22
  Speaker 2: He's got blue stuff, too.
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 1: Blue, blue, or that royal blue you were wearing the
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 1: other night?
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 2: No, not the Jerry West throwback blue. Like the Navy.
• 1:15:30
  Speaker 2: PMS 285. Got some of that. Gave you a PMS number.
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: One last thing. One last thing. I'll let you go here.
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 1: Or you can shut it off now.
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 2: Or maybe you already have.
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 1: Maybe you already have. We haven't done it already. If
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 1: you're still hearing this, you're still listening. It was funny
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 1: when Fine Looking Phil was at that event we did,
• 1:15:51
  Speaker 1: Moving Mountains for the United Way last week.
• 1:15:53
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he'll never come again. Why?
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 2: He'll never come again. Oh, Moving Mountains. I'm sorry.
• 1:15:57
  Speaker 3: I thought you meant food court where he got accosted.
• 1:15:59
  Speaker 1: That was bad.
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 3: You've got to provide better security. If you're going to
• 1:16:03
  Speaker 3: invite him down, you have got to be the one
• 1:16:06
  Speaker 3: that provides security. You cannot allow him to get jumped.
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 1: I precipitated all of it.
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 2: What did you do?
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 1: There were these two very nice ladies at the food court.
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 2: They're wonderful.
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 1: They're awesome. They were saying, why can't Phil sell women's...
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: clothing like this kind of gear like why is there
• 1:16:24
  Speaker 1: no women's if it's if you got to wear like
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 1: a small men's then it's too baggy it doesn't taper
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  Speaker 1: so i so i just i i texted phil i
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  Speaker 1: said hey before you leave i said come on over
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  Speaker 1: to the food court geez he walked out walked him
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  Speaker 1: into an ambush they attacked they went full attack mode
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  Speaker 1: he started to backpedal looked like a corner he looked
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  Speaker 1: like a corner and a guy was running a streak
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  Speaker 1: on him and finally he acquiesced he's going to do
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  Speaker 1: 36 pieces of like a nice high-level quality, like a
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  Speaker 1: Peter Millar-level women's thing, and we got that done, too.
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  Speaker 3: What Skippy doesn't know is he's now on the hook
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  Speaker 3: for unsold merchandise.
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  Speaker 2: He's buying it.
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  Speaker 3: That's why I said to Phil, I said, don't worry,
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  Speaker 3: go ahead and do it.
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  Speaker 2: He'll pick up the cost of what you don't sell.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever it is. Yeah, whatever it is.
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  Speaker 3: That's not Phil's responsibility to sell every item for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Especially when it's like the business decision when he's forced
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  Speaker 2: into a corner.
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  Speaker 1: I liked it. Anyway, my point to that is... Supposed ally.
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  Speaker 2: Supposed.
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  Speaker 1: My... The funny thing is, when he was at the
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  Speaker 1: United Way thing at Touchdown Terrace, after it was over,
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  Speaker 1: he was walking. I said, hey, come here, come here,
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  Speaker 1: come here, come here. And I said, let me see
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  Speaker 1: your arm. He did have a pin. Did he? I
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  Speaker 1: told you he did. He had a pin in his car.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't have the tape measure, but he had the pin.
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  Speaker 1: Just in case anyone there from the United Way needed
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  Speaker 1: to get fitted.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you might need to hem the pants. Pants were
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  Speaker 3: a little long on somebody. He could pin them right
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  Speaker 3: there and then take them back to Ebo. Ebo would
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  Speaker 3: get those things fixed, bring them right back to you.
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  Speaker 2: Did you see the purchase I made?
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  Speaker 1: That's an oxymoron. You made a purchase? What'd you buy?
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  Speaker 2: Socks? I mean, that was a fair shot by him.
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  Speaker 1: Bought a sock.
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  Speaker 3: I try and defend you when I can. I try
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  Speaker 3: and defend you when I can.
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  Speaker 2: That's a fair shot by him.
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  Speaker 1: What'd you buy?
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  Speaker 2: At the United Way, I bought the Jerry West sign. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I thought you meant at Phil's. We thought you meant
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  Speaker 2: at Daniel's. Well, I've bought stuff at Daniel's.
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  Speaker 1: Sock, rarely. Three guys brought to us by.
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  Speaker 2: My apologies. You did buy an auction. Apology accepted.
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  Speaker 1: Very nice. That was a nice item. Yeah. Three guys
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