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Miami Falls at Notre Dame as College Football Chaos Continues; Chargers 0-8, Bears Win Again · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you hit subscribe and follow us on social
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  Speaker 2: at the Daily Play Joy Taylor. So college football has
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  Speaker 2: been incredible this season. There has been so much action
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  Speaker 2: and so much parody.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a delight.
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  Speaker 2: I know everyone was very skeptical of NIL, but I
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  Speaker 2: think it has been a real blessing to the sport
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  Speaker 2: because there's just so much more competition. And with the
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  Speaker 2: transfer portal, it's so easy to move around for players.
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  Speaker 2: So teams can overnight and over an offseason become really viable.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's just really changed the sport in
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  Speaker 2: a positive way. And while this weekend was quite frustrating
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  Speaker 2: for me as a Canes fan and supporter, I could
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  Speaker 2: still holistically look at the sport and appreciate what's going on.
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  Speaker 1: So I went to South Bend, Indiana for the first
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  Speaker 1: time in my life. Interesting journey. Bundled up and watched
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  Speaker 1: Notre Dame and Miami battle it out.
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  Speaker 2: Notre Dame, I will say, squeaked out a win over
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  Speaker 2: the Canes. Really, really frustrating game from a Canes perspective.
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  Speaker 2: I think Notre Dame played really good football and Miami
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  Speaker 2: was struggling through the first half. It really took a
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  Speaker 2: while to get things going, but still had an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to get back in it. And that touchdown call was awful.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that was a catch. And I don't know
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  Speaker 2: what else to say about it. He completed the catch,
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  Speaker 2: stepped out of bounds, and then he knocked out of
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  Speaker 2: his hands. It's really understand Cristobal's frustration. But In the end,
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  Speaker 2: you can't leave things to the referees. I absolutely believe that.
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  Speaker 2: Play well enough that you don't leave it in the referees' hands.
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  Speaker 2: And Notre Dame had a lot of motivation. Obviously, Malachi
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  Speaker 2: Toney being out hurt the Canes, but they were still
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  Speaker 2: in it despite that.
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  Speaker 1: Miami shouldn't drop too far in the rankings. They are
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  Speaker 1: down to five, and Notre Dame moved up to three.
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  Speaker 2: It definitely eliminates any wiggle room from the rest of
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  Speaker 2: the Canes' ACC schedule. The SEC saw a lot of
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  Speaker 2: statements made. So Alabama beat LSU 31-13. Lane Kiffin remains
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  Speaker 2: winless against Alabama 0-6 in his career. First loss to
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  Speaker 2: the Crimson Tide as LSU's head coach, though. And Georgia
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  Speaker 2: dominated Ole Miss. Bulldogs are now at the top of
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  Speaker 2: the latest AP rankings. We'll see what that translates to
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  Speaker 2: in the college football rankings when they drop in Utah
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  Speaker 2: and UCLA remain undefeated. Bruins knocked off Minnesota 34-20 and
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  Speaker 2: the Utes beat Alabama. in-state rival BYU 28-20. Michigan's bad
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  Speaker 2: season got worse with the loss of Michigan State. So
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  Speaker 2: new Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham fired offensive coordinator Jason Beck.
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  Speaker 2: Some college football rivalries are so big that that kind
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  Speaker 2: of loss immediately has to be.
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  Speaker 1: Met with repercussions.
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  Speaker 2: And Oregon got another Big Ten upset of sorts, beating
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State 41-28 in Columbus. So both of those programs
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  Speaker 2: are playing without their quarterbacks due to injury, but.
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  Speaker 1: You know, some significant movement.
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  Speaker 2: So in the AP rankings, Georgia is at one, Bama
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  Speaker 2: at seven, Texas at eight, Tennessee at nine.
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  Speaker 1: For the SEC teams, Big Ten, UCLA is now at four.
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  Speaker 2: Indiana is at six. Big 12, Utah is at two.
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech is at 10 and BYU at 12.
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  Speaker 1: And then Miami, as I said, is at five.
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  Speaker 2: Wake Forest at 11. So if you're looking at the
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  Speaker 2: top 12 teams.
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of movement, a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Of interesting things going on in college football as the
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  Speaker 2: season progresses. I do think we will have a lot
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  Speaker 2: to pay attention to.
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  Speaker 1: And at this point, I really think it's anybody's national championship.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody has shown that they have the ability to lose
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  Speaker 2: any time, of course, except for the two undefeateds. But
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  Speaker 2: I think we all feel like that's eventually on the
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  Speaker 2: table as well. So just a really, really great weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Really frustrating from Miami's perspective. And, you know, obviously you
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  Speaker 2: hope to get Malachi Tony back for the postseason, but
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  Speaker 2: that's a huge loss for them. And they're going to
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  Speaker 2: have to make some adjustments. It's a different team than
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  Speaker 2: last year. They look different. They win different. And that
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  Speaker 2: was a frustrating loss.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's important, though, you know, to put things
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  Speaker 2: in perspective. And overall, they're still a great team. They'll
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  Speaker 2: bounce back, which is frustrating to be able to make
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  Speaker 2: a play like that and have it be negated when.
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  Speaker 1: It clearly was a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: Former Michigan National Championship winning head coach is not finding
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  Speaker 2: success with the Chargers. The Chargers are incredibly difficult to watch.
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  Speaker 2: LA dropped to 0-8 this week in a loss to
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  Speaker 2: the Texans that completely had just a barnyard musical effect.
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  Speaker 1: Theme to it. It just, it couldn't stop getting worse.
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  Speaker 1: And then it, and then it did, it did get worse.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to do when you're already a winless team
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  Speaker 2: to play a game like that. The Chargers went 37
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  Speaker 2: straight offensive possessions without scoring a touchdown. 37 offensive possessions
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  Speaker 2: without scoring a touchdown. They did score one in the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter to end that streak, but they had scored
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  Speaker 2: 24 points on field goals during their touchdown draft.
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  Speaker 1: It's just awful.
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  Speaker 2: And they had a moment where they had a big play,
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  Speaker 2: got things going.
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  Speaker 1: And then there was another fumble.
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  Speaker 2: And you could just see the frustration pouring out of
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  Speaker 2: everybody's energy.
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  Speaker 1: Like just the physical.
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  Speaker 2: Reactions, the feeling that like just nothing can go right.
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  Speaker 2: And Harbaugh said, stay together, bitter pill to swallow. Anytime
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  Speaker 2: you don't win a game, they made plays and took
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  Speaker 2: advantage of opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: So we go back to work. That's what we do.
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  Speaker 2: Giving up or giving in, that's not a vocabulary in
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  Speaker 2: our culture. So a bunch of cliches about nothing. I
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  Speaker 2: had some faith in Harbaugh because of his resume, what
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  Speaker 2: he has been able to do in the sport.
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  Speaker 1: But between the history of losing.
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  Speaker 2: And the hype around Herbert, without any real production, this
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  Speaker 2: is a crazy situation for them to be in.
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  Speaker 1: Herbert is struggling a lot.
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  Speaker 2: And now that Harbaugh's reputation is tied into that, it's
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  Speaker 2: feeling weird. Because I do think that Herbert is a
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  Speaker 2: very talented quarterback. And he has been lauded as one
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  Speaker 2: of the best of that class, and in some analysts' minds,
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  Speaker 2: is better than Harbaugh. his peers who have achieved a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot more in the league. And I don't think
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  Speaker 2: it's all on Herbert. But this whole situation is almost unexplainable.
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  Speaker 2: He was sacked eight times. That's the most by a
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  Speaker 2: Chargers quarterback since Dan Fouts, 50 years ago. He's also
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  Speaker 2: thrown an interception in all eight games. That's the longest
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  Speaker 2: streak to start since Peyton Manning threw one in each
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  Speaker 2: of the first nine games in 2015. Now he's dealing
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  Speaker 2: with an injury to his middle finger of his non-throwing hand. And....
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  Speaker 1: I just.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a disastrous season.
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  Speaker 2: And for them to have the talent that they have,
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  Speaker 2: to have a quarterback like Justin Herbert, to have a
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  Speaker 2: coach like Harbaugh, it's just... The questions are starting to mount,
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  Speaker 2: and I don't see how it gets any better. They
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  Speaker 2: have Baltimore on Monday Night Football next, then the Jets,
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  Speaker 2: then the Patriots on Sunday Night Football. I... Herbert's quarterback
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  Speaker 2: record has dipped below 500 now. I'm not saying that
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  Speaker 2: they should shut Herbert down. Obviously, if he's injured, there's
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  Speaker 2: no reason to force him back out there. He is
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  Speaker 2: a franchise guy. It's just like, where has everything gone
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  Speaker 2: so wrong? How has it gone this wrong? It can't
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  Speaker 2: just be McDaniels. I mean, I think that McDaniel is
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  Speaker 2: not a particularly good head coach.
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  Speaker 1: He had an okay coach. stint in Miami.
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  Speaker 2: I was never really a fan of the style and
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that the way that he built the
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  Speaker 2: team translated to success in the postseason or even in
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  Speaker 2: the winter. And obviously a lot of that had to
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  Speaker 2: do with Tua as well, but he's shown that he
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  Speaker 2: is competent. So, I mean, he's clearly not going to
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  Speaker 2: be there next year. I don't know how you could
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  Speaker 2: justify doing that. I don't know what the point is
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  Speaker 2: of firing him this year, but You know, the season
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  Speaker 2: is cooked.
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  Speaker 1: It's over.
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  Speaker 2: It's just like, where do you go from here? You
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  Speaker 2: have too many big names attached to this being successful.
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  Speaker 1: And it truly cannot be worse. It's astonishing how bad
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  Speaker 1: it's gone for the Chargers this year. And I was
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  Speaker 1: a believer. So the decisions that they're going to have
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  Speaker 1: to make this offseason are going to be very, very,
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  Speaker 1: very interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Finally, it wasn't pretty, but the Bears beat the Bucs
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday night to extend Chicago's win streak to four games.
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  Speaker 1: Caleb, Williams, and Baker Mayfield went old school on us,
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  Speaker 1: trading interceptions on back-to-back plays just before halftime.
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  Speaker 2: Caleb threw four picks in total in the game, but
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  Speaker 2: the Bucs were unable to capitalize on a single one
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  Speaker 2: of them for points. And Baker and the Bucs' offense
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  Speaker 2: punched a touchdown in two-point conversion after a very costly
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  Speaker 2: Luther Burden interception. fumble that gave Tampa Bay a new life.
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  Speaker 2: Shout out to Reuben Bain causing that fumble. And that
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  Speaker 2: tied the game at 24-24. which is under three minutes
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  Speaker 2: left to play. Caleb Williams drives down. Game-winning field goal
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  Speaker 2: by Cairo Santos. This was a messy game for most
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  Speaker 2: of the game. But what I like about this game
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  Speaker 2: from the Bears' perspective is one, obviously not allowing Tampa
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  Speaker 2: Bay to convert points on any of those turnovers but
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  Speaker 2: I also like the fact that if you're gonna play
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  Speaker 2: that way if you're gonna have a game like that
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  Speaker 2: which I'm sure Caleb is not happy about handle business
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the game and I love that
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  Speaker 2: he is maturing as a player the way that he
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  Speaker 2: is to still have the confidence to go and play
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  Speaker 2: like that. I mean, listen, you can have a game
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  Speaker 2: like that, you know, lose your bearings during that game
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  Speaker 2: and not be able to get back to them, not
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  Speaker 2: have your wits about you at the end to go
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  Speaker 2: and have a drive like that. I really love the
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  Speaker 2: direction that the Bears are heading. I think they're a
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  Speaker 2: legit contender for the Super Bowl out of the NFC.
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  Speaker 2: And they're currently the five seed in the playoffs because
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  Speaker 2: of the Vikings' hot start. But I think the Bears
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  Speaker 2: are a better overall team. That whole division is.
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  Speaker 1: really really tough.
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  Speaker 2: Right now and I think they are really a team
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  Speaker 2: that has the ability to make a run I'm so
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  Speaker 2: impressed with Caleb Williams this year I'm so impressed with
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  Speaker 2: how he is maturing as a player and find ways
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  Speaker 2: to win even when you're playing poorly I think that
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  Speaker 2: is the sign of a team that is stepping into
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  Speaker 2: a real contender space.
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  Speaker 1: Because look, it's hard to win in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: We say that's very cliche, but sometimes we get a
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  Speaker 2: little crazy about how bad a team can be. And
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  Speaker 2: we look at their record and think that there's no chance.
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  Speaker 2: And that's just not the case. These are all pros.
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  Speaker 2: They have all great players. That's why I was just
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  Speaker 2: talking about how surprising this is with the Chargers. And
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  Speaker 2: the Chargers are going to beat somebody this year. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think they're going to go undefeated.
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  Speaker 1: Undefeated. I don't think they're going to go winless. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think... they are really, really impressing me.
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  Speaker 2: I was very skeptical about how the rest of this
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  Speaker 2: game was going to go. And they now are seven
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  Speaker 2: and two heading into a bye. They have New Orleans
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  Speaker 2: and then Detroit on Thanksgiving. So they're putting together a
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  Speaker 2: really nice resume this season. And I think we have
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  Speaker 2: to take them very seriously. Thanks so much for joining me.
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