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Mac & Bone Show - Zach Gelb Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Let's bring in our next guest that probably is ashamed
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  Speaker 1: of us. He probably can work the tables in a
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  Speaker 1: casino like no other. I'm thinking Atlantic City trips for
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  Speaker 1: this dude. He is Zach Gelb. By the way, he's
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  Speaker 1: in the Compass Media Studios. I'm thinking Atlantic City trips
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  Speaker 1: for this dude. He is Zach Gelb. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: he's in the Compass Media Studios for Auburn, Georgia on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday and then on Sunday, that big night game, Cowboys
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  Speaker 1: and Packers. Gelb joins us here on the Mac and
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  Speaker 1: Bone Show.
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  Speaker 2: What's up, Gelb? How you doing, man?
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  Speaker 3: Guys doing phenomenal. I actually have a quick blackjack story
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  Speaker 3: for you. I ever played blackjack. I had no clue
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  Speaker 3: what I was doing. I had 19 and the dealer says,
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  Speaker 3: what do you want to do? And I didn't really
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  Speaker 3: know what to do. So I just said, all right,
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  Speaker 3: I'll hit. I ended up getting an ace. This guy
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  Speaker 3: who is about 85 years old looks at me, and
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  Speaker 3: he goes, son, you are the luckiest son of a
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  Speaker 3: you-know-what I've ever seen. You should get up and never
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  Speaker 3: play this again.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't listen to him.
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  Speaker 3: I keep on playing, but, you know, we all won.
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  Speaker 3: I wonder if I mess up the table, though, he
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  Speaker 3: probably would have, like, a Tony Soprano character come over
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  Speaker 3: to me and just whack my kneecaps or.
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  Speaker 2: Something like that.
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  Speaker 1: See, that's my fear is I would mess things up
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  Speaker 1: for others, and we'd have hell to pay.
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  Speaker 2: That is hilarious, though. I'm afraid I would get panicky
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  Speaker 2: and go... Hit me. I just freak out out there. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's a trip, man.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome, though. So, Gelby, this Panther game has changed
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  Speaker 1: complexion with this Jalen Hurts news. I mean, Philly's already
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  Speaker 1: so banged up, the offensive line, the skill position, guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's now gone from where the Panthers are one-and-a-half point
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  Speaker 1: dogs to open the week to where they're three-and-a-half point favorites.
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  Speaker 2: Do you look at this game and say, oh, the.
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  Speaker 1: Panthers have this, or do you still worry– that the
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  Speaker 1: Panthers could get had by Tanner McKee.
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  Speaker 2: How you feel about this?
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  Speaker 3: Two words, killer instinct. That's what I want to see
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  Speaker 3: from the Carolina Panthers this week. Like remember a few
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  Speaker 3: weeks ago when they went up against Cleveland and we
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  Speaker 3: all thought, Oh, they'll definitely be Cleveland. And then we're
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  Speaker 3: sitting there and we're saying, eh, maybe the Panthers aren't
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  Speaker 3: that good. I know that had that game up against
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  Speaker 3: the lions where Bryce young was phenomenal. And they were
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  Speaker 3: able to weather that storm when the Lions looked like
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  Speaker 3: they were going to get back into the football game
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  Speaker 3: and maybe go win it. But I want to see
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  Speaker 3: killer instinct from the Carolina Panthers this week because there
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  Speaker 3: is no doubt about it. With how banged up Philadelphia is,
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  Speaker 3: Lane Johnson retiring, Cam Juergens getting traded, now Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 3: out with blood clots. With what the Panthers have, and
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  Speaker 3: we're still trying to decipher– Are they just good because
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  Speaker 3: of the NFC South or are they actually good? Well,
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  Speaker 3: good teams find a way to beat up on inferior teams.
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  Speaker 3: And it's wild that we're saying this going into week six,
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  Speaker 3: that the Eagles are an inferior team, but with the
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  Speaker 3: way that they're playing and now starting the key, because
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  Speaker 3: Kurtz is out with the blood clot, this is a
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  Speaker 3: game where the Panthers must just dominate an inferior football team.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's well said.
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  Speaker 4: Cause we were, we were trying to think of the
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  Speaker 4: way to describe this game and Because you can't really
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  Speaker 4: say must win based off the amount of games left.
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  Speaker 2: But I think killer instinct.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to have it.
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  Speaker 4: There are must wins, can't loses.
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  Speaker 3: And you've got to have it. This is a game
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  Speaker 3: that you've just got to have it.
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  Speaker 4: That's what we were saying.
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  Speaker 2: I like that.
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  Speaker 4: If Bryce maintains, Gelby, this level of play so far. Now, obviously,
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  Speaker 4: he's on a pace for 5,300 yards. That's a little ridiculous.
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  Speaker 4: But just the high level of play to a certain level.
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  Speaker 4: What future contract do you think we're looking at for
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  Speaker 4: Bryce Young?
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  Speaker 3: 55, $ 60 million a year. Like right now he's better
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  Speaker 3: than CJ Stroud right now. He's better than Bo Nix. Um,
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  Speaker 3: I know Trevor Lawrence is getting his damn act together,
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  Speaker 3: but look at the contract that like the two guys
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  Speaker 3: I just mentioned in young and shall, they haven't been paid.
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  Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence has been paid. And I think it's like
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  Speaker 3: $ 55 million a year. Dak Prescott makes $ 60 million a year. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: Bryce young right now is really good. Uh, I still
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  Speaker 3: don't know If he'll ever be elite, I don't know
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  Speaker 3: if he'll ever be top five, but we know this,
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  Speaker 3: really good quarterbacks get paid great money. And the career
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  Speaker 3: turnaround of Bryce Young has just been so fun to watch. Like,
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  Speaker 3: we all thought his career was bust when the first
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  Speaker 3: benching happened. Then he came on back, and he was solid.
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  Speaker 3: And then last year, he did some good things. But
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  Speaker 3: this year, what we're seeing from Bryce Young is really spectacular.
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  Speaker 3: You don't got to rush. You don't got to make
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  Speaker 3: a decision right now. That will be handled in the offseason.
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  Speaker 3: But if he keeps it up, even if he takes
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of a step back, he's getting a $ 55,
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  Speaker 3: $ 60 million a year contract this offseason. Maybe they could
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  Speaker 3: convince him to take a little bit less to try
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  Speaker 3: to go help the rest of the team. But we
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  Speaker 3: know throughout the history of the league, usually these quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 3: they don't take discounts and they get top of the
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  Speaker 3: line dollar.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Bryce is the nicest guy ever. I would play
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  Speaker 1: on that if I were the Panthers. You know you're
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  Speaker 1: the nicest guy ever, Bryce.
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  Speaker 2: Take a little less.
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  Speaker 1: Play for free, Bryce. But I think you're right about
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  Speaker 1: that neighborhood. If he keeps anywhere close to this performance,
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  Speaker 1: I agree. You mentioned Bo Nix. He was the winning quarterback, but,
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  Speaker 1: my God, he is getting slandered all over ESPN this morning.
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  Speaker 1: He looks like he's afraid to eat. He threw three
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  Speaker 1: passes beyond the sticks, Gelby. But then you have Sam Darnold.
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  Speaker 1: who couldn't take advantage of how bad the Denver offense was.
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  Speaker 1: And through those two late game interceptions, neither one of
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  Speaker 1: these teams looks the part of what we thought they
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  Speaker 1: would be, I think.
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  Speaker 2: What do you say?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I feel like the Broncos are last year's version
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  Speaker 3: of the Houston Texans where they have a phenomenal defense
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  Speaker 3: and then offensively it's going to be a painful watch.
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  Speaker 3: Like that's what they remind me in Seattle three and three. They, they, they,
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  Speaker 3: when they made the comeback last night, you'll think that
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  Speaker 3: they'll go win the game in overtime. And then Sam
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  Speaker 3: Darnold turned into a Dean ghost and getting mono jets version,
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  Speaker 3: Sam Darnold, which I thought that was out of his
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  Speaker 3: system with the way that he played the last two years.
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  Speaker 3: Seattle really misses Kenneth Walker. I know he won the
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  Speaker 3: Superbowl MVP at the time. I didn't think it would
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  Speaker 3: be that big of a loss. And I thought because
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  Speaker 3: of running back by committee in this league, they'll find
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  Speaker 3: a way to replace him. But man, Kenneth Walker has
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  Speaker 3: been the MVP so far of the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs,
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  Speaker 3: which is a wild statement to say when he's playing
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  Speaker 3: next to Patrick Mahomes. But you look at Bo Nix,
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  Speaker 3: I think there's a problem between him and the head
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  Speaker 3: coach because you have Davis Webb call the plays, and
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  Speaker 3: then you quickly take that back. Sean's been calling the
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  Speaker 3: plays last night, and it just didn't look pretty. I
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  Speaker 3: know he supported the quarterback after the game and the
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  Speaker 3: offense last by saying, hey, it doesn't matter in this
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  Speaker 3: league how you win just as long as you win.
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  Speaker 3: But I will say this. I thought Ryan Fitzpatrick last
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  Speaker 3: night after the game, I am so sick of this guy.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he was not a good quarterback in this league,
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  Speaker 3: and he's sitting there saying his play is disrespectful to quarterbacks. Well, like,
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  Speaker 3: how about your play when you were in the league?
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  Speaker 3: You know, I know that you were like a prop,
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  Speaker 3: and you were basically a dog and pony show, and
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  Speaker 3: everyone loved the Fitz magic, but I remember you being
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  Speaker 3: the quarterback. I'm a Patriot fan, but I remember you
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  Speaker 3: being the quarterback of the Jets and urinating down your
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  Speaker 3: leg in that final game of the season all those
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  Speaker 3: years ago. So enough with this magic stuff. Each and
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  Speaker 3: every Thursday, we got to see him rip his shirt off,
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  Speaker 3: and everyone thinks he's so funny. I find the guy
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  Speaker 3: absolutely insufferable.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm with you.
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  Speaker 4: It's one thing if guys like Troy Aikman and Kurt
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  Speaker 4: Warner and these high-level guys that are Hall of Famers
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  Speaker 4: are analyzing somebody. You're right. Ryan Fitzpatrick was a cartoon character.
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  Speaker 4: What are we doing here with this guy?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and here's the thing. I'm not saying he can't
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  Speaker 3: have an opinion. It's like the three of us are
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  Speaker 3: three bums. We all have opinions.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: There's a certain way, like Dan Orlovsky is a friend,
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  Speaker 3: not a good quarterback in the NFL, tremendous analyst. But
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  Speaker 3: to get on TV when you're Ryan Fitzpatrick and say
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  Speaker 3: it's disrespectful to the quarterback position, like, bro, we've seen
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  Speaker 3: your tape. So if that's disrespectful of Bo Nix, then
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  Speaker 3: what were you?
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  Speaker 1: He went off too you don't normally hear that about
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  Speaker 1: a winning quarterback that's not almost personal that's going viral
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  Speaker 1: that was extreme real quick Gal before we let you
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  Speaker 1: go the ESPN report is saying what we figured was
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  Speaker 1: the case that it is all but done that college
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  Speaker 1: football will go to a 2014 playoff and they'll have
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  Speaker 1: it in place by next season do you I mean
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  Speaker 1: we hate it do you not like this how do
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  Speaker 1: you feel about this Well.
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  Speaker 3: It really doesn't matter if I like it or hate
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  Speaker 3: it because college football and just football in general has
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  Speaker 3: this all by the cojones. And they could literally spit
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  Speaker 3: in our faces, sleep with our woman. And we would
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  Speaker 3: still sit on the couch each and every Saturday and
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  Speaker 3: Sunday and be like, yeah, I'm ready to go to
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  Speaker 3: go watch college football in the NFL. Like we're addicted
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  Speaker 3: in this society to football. With that being said, I
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  Speaker 3: absolutely despise it. I think it's so unnecessary. I think
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  Speaker 3: it will devalue the regular season. Like we'll still watch
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  Speaker 3: the regular season games and get all jacked up, but
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  Speaker 3: there is a buffer, but to go to 12 to
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  Speaker 3: 24 is just so drastic. But we'll all end up
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  Speaker 3: watching at the end of the day. And, and I,
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  Speaker 3: and like, I just encourage anyone that's like, yeah, this
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  Speaker 3: is awesome. Yeah, this is great. Go look at what
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  Speaker 3: the first round matchups would have been last year. And
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  Speaker 3: I know we've had some bad first round matchups, even.
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  Speaker 2: In a 14 format.
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  Speaker 3: But go back and look at the first-round matchups, what
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  Speaker 3: they would have been last year in a 24-team format,
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  Speaker 3: and please, I beg someone to tell me that they
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  Speaker 3: would get excited for more than two matchups. Because even
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  Speaker 3: just getting to one or two is difficult. It is ridiculous.
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  Speaker 3: The other thing I don't want to hear, because, hey,
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  Speaker 3: teams 13 and 14 in the 12-team format, all we
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  Speaker 3: hear about them is bitching. If someone's going to bitch
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  Speaker 3: that's team 25 or 26... Just shut the bleep up
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  Speaker 3: because if you can't make it in a 2014 format,
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to hear about a four-loss SEC team. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: we should have got it. No, nonsense. I don't want
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  Speaker 3: to hear that.
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  Speaker 2: 100%.
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  Speaker 1: You know all it is, Gelby, is these schools now
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  Speaker 1: have to ask their boosters for so much dang money
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  Speaker 1: to pay these players or to pay buyouts. They want,
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  Speaker 1: like these boosters want something in return. So they want
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  Speaker 1: to be able to say, hey, look, our school went
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  Speaker 1: to the playoff. But at some point, don't the boosters say,
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  Speaker 1: I don't give a damn, we lost by 36 and
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  Speaker 1: In the first round of a 2014 playoff.
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  Speaker 2: Like, I ain't giving my money for that. Like, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know, man.
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  Speaker 3: By the way, guys. I think this is our Bryce
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  Speaker 3: young season. Like I think this is either the fourth
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  Speaker 3: or fifth year I've done this show. And at times
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  Speaker 3: we've been contentious at times you've hung up the phone
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  Speaker 3: on me. I don't know about you guys, but the
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  Speaker 3: synergy and the chemistry through the first five, six weeks,
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  Speaker 3: I'm like Bryce young in the pocket, just delivering touchdown
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  Speaker 3: after touchdown, after touchdown, Mac is like Petero McMillan. And
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  Speaker 3: I guess bones like Cuba Hubbard.
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  Speaker 2: There you go, baby.
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  Speaker 3: Not Canadian, though. I get Hubbard any time touchdown this week.
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  Speaker 3: I need him to get in the end zone, all right?
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 4: Now, you said college football, like, it could sleep with
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  Speaker 4: our women and we're cool with that. It would actually
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  Speaker 4: free up some time, though, wouldn't it, if college football
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  Speaker 4: took some off our plate?
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  Speaker 2: They did that, and we just watched more football. Exactly.
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  Speaker 4: It's not a bad idea to go.
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  Speaker 3: I really hope my girlfriend and her family isn't listening
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  Speaker 3: to this segment. I know. They do have a home
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  Speaker 3: in North Carolina.
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  Speaker 2: You made sense, though.
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  Speaker 3: I will actually be able to watch more football if
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  Speaker 3: college football did sleep with my guy.
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  Speaker 2: I know. That's the point. That's the point. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want Mrs. Mack to have heard that either, but there's
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  Speaker 2: a point there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Nebraska's playing Indiana. Hey, maybe we should go
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  Speaker 3: around Central Park for a walk. How about.
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  Speaker 2: No?
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  Speaker 1: Galby, we love it, man. That was great stuff. Have
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  Speaker 1: a good weekend. We'll talk to you next week.
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  Speaker 3: You got it, guys. Don't hit on 18 or 19,
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  Speaker 3: all right, if you play blackjack.