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3 Guys Before The Game - WVU Football - Tennessee Martin Preview (Episode 737) · 3 Guys Before The Game

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  Speaker 1: And the hits, they just keep on coming. Hey everybody,
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  Speaker 1: welcome in. It's time for three guys before the game.
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  Speaker 1: Game two of the season for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: old school, one o'clock kickoff. As Mountaineers, yeah, that's old school, man.
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  Speaker 1: West Virginia takes on the Skyhawks of Tennessee Martin. We're
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  Speaker 1: here to break it all down. Dean is in. The
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  Speaker 2: So a.
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  Speaker 1: Football season, if you would like, can be defined by
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  Speaker 1: a series of chapters, right? The book is 12 chapters long,
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  Speaker 1: and then maybe if you get a little extra extra,
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  Speaker 1: you get a 13th.
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  Speaker 3: Or an epilogue.
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  Speaker 1: And then if you're like really, really like, You can almost,
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  Speaker 1: if you get to the playoff right then and there,
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  Speaker 1: you're almost doing a sequel, right? You're doing chapter 14, 15, 16.
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  Speaker 1: But for West Virginia, it is game number two of
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  Speaker 1: the season. And we have discussed in detail the goings
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  Speaker 1: on in week number one. So things to get fixed.
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  Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing is that everyone that follows
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  Speaker 1: the team, both inside the building over at the stadium
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  Speaker 1: and those that as they say in the soccer world,
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  Speaker 1: the supporters of the Mountaineers, they would like to see
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  Speaker 1: a complete four-quarter effort that gives them a sense of
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  Speaker 1: when they walk out of the stadium or when they
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  Speaker 1: turn their radio off on Saturday, go like, I feel good.
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  Speaker 1: They want a James Brown. They want a James Brown.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of the game, Hop, they just want
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  Speaker 1: to say, I feel good. That's what they want to do.
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  Speaker 1: That's what we're looking for.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we used to have, through various coaches, we've
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  Speaker 2: had the mention index on which players, like in the
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  Speaker 2: summer camp, you mention the most, you kind of track it,
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  Speaker 2: like who's standing out. Leading the word mention index this
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  Speaker 2: week is contain or containment. How many times, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if I've said that word much in the last
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  Speaker 2: 10 years, said it 7 billion times this week. So
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  Speaker 2: that's leading the Word mention index.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Rich Rod.
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  Speaker 4: Said that that was, you know, that's all he said
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  Speaker 4: in the second half.
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  Speaker 3: Three quarters. Contain, contain, containment, containment. He said he lost track.
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  Speaker 2: He needs the Rich Rod mention index, but I'm also
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  Speaker 2: just talking regular people, talk show hosts, fans. Contain has
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  Speaker 2: been used a lot more than it does during a
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  Speaker 2: regular week.
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  Speaker 1: Unintentionally.
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  Speaker 2: That's my obvious observation of the week.
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  Speaker 3: Right on.
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  Speaker 1: Unintentionally during his talk show back on Monday night, he said,
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  Speaker 1: and he gave an index number. He said, I think
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  Speaker 1: I said it 100 times.
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  Speaker 3: That's what he said.
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  Speaker 2: So he put it over, under, over. I'll go over.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Over.
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  Speaker 4: Was he saying it or was he repeating what 50,000
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  Speaker 4: fans were saying?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I don't know if fans, I mean, I think
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  Speaker 1: a small percentage were probably saying containment during the game.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's after the game. Once they hear it
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  Speaker 1: in the postgame, then it becomes Monday's water cooler talk.
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  Speaker 1: But There aren't any more water cooler talks because people
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  Speaker 1: work remotely. So whatever it might be, but that's the word.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk pressure coming up. That'll still be a theme
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  Speaker 2: this week. We'll get into that. Because here's one thing
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  Speaker 2: while we're on this particular niche subject. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: it should get lost. And yes, containment has to get better. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I think it will this week. Yes, it'll be a focus.
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  Speaker 2: Don't get lost the amount of pressure West Virginia got.
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  Speaker 2: And maybe it's just me, but I was concerned about
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  Speaker 2: this defensive line in terms of depth. And the fact
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  Speaker 2: that you get 40 pressures, guys, you got 20 early
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  Speaker 2: spreads on stats. You got 21% of last season's total
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  Speaker 2: pressure number in the very first game this year. So
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  Speaker 2: my question becomes, and we'll do this a bunch hop
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  Speaker 2: as we move forward, is how much of the good
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  Speaker 2: pressure can you pick up and move forward to week
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  Speaker 2: two while then cleaning up some of the stuff you
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  Speaker 2: need to clean up? But I thought that group in
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  Speaker 2: particular was outstanding in terms of that. The pressure... Getting
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  Speaker 2: to the quarterback, and you hope to use another rich-ism,
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  Speaker 2: it's easier to tell him to sick him than woe.
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  Speaker 2: And so you hope that's what's going on this week.
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  Speaker 2: The aggressiveness or maybe over-aggressiveness still exists along that defensive unit.
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  Speaker 2: And now they just get a guy or two that's
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  Speaker 2: on the outside that gives it a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: woe to work on the containment.
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  Speaker 1: One other thing, and this will be Tennessee Martin's third
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  Speaker 1: game of the season. So West Virginia now has them
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  Speaker 1: for eight quarters on tape. They didn't have anything on
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  Speaker 1: Coastal Carolina because it was a new coaching staff. And
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  Speaker 1: we talked about it last week that you go back
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  Speaker 1: and you kind of see what they did against when
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  Speaker 1: they were playing for Missouri State and when they were
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  Speaker 1: at the staff was at Missouri State. One of the
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  Speaker 1: things that I was able to pull out this week
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  Speaker 1: is that what Coastal Carolina did was not in the
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  Speaker 1: book of what they had done in the past.
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  Speaker 3: Hmm.
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  Speaker 1: And so what West Virginia was expecting to see was
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  Speaker 1: really not what they saw. And as a result of that,
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  Speaker 1: I think you have a bunch of new guys out there,
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  Speaker 1: number one. And then number two, well, wait a second.
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  Speaker 1: That's not what they were supposed to do. So with
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  Speaker 1: that being said, okay, you get me once. It's the
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  Speaker 1: first game of the season. I got you. You pulled
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  Speaker 1: a rabbit out of your hat, and we hung on
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  Speaker 1: there once. So you got, again, as I said, now
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  Speaker 1: you've got two games from Tennessee Martin. You'll have two
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  Speaker 1: games when you play Virginia because they've been off. And
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  Speaker 1: that should give you a better idea of what to expect.
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  Speaker 3: Tony, it is. That's an excellent point.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's hard enough to get guys defensively lined
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  Speaker 4: up and doing the right thing.
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  Speaker 1: Number one.
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  Speaker 4: Number two, you got a bunch of new guys. What,
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  Speaker 4: eight new starters on defense, something like that. The entire
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  Speaker 4: defensive backfield is new. So then number three. Are you
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  Speaker 4: going to expect them to get lined up, do the
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  Speaker 4: right thing, and then adjust during the game, not to
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  Speaker 4: make excuses, but I think that adds to your observation,
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  Speaker 4: your obvious observation, that it was not the best scenario
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  Speaker 4: for that West Virginia defense.
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  Speaker 3: Now you've got a week to make corrections.
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  Speaker 1: Which, with all that being said, that means that you
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  Speaker 1: have got to put 60 minutes in on the board
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  Speaker 1: here this week, and you've got to look sharp, and
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  Speaker 1: you've got to look crisp, and you've got to look good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and your hope is in this one. And if
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  Speaker 2: it goes the way history has gone, you'll get the
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  Speaker 2: chance to do this. Get some more guys in, right?
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  Speaker 2: You don't want to see Cam Cook with 30 carries
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  Speaker 2: in this game. Michael Hawkins hopefully doesn't get 20 carries.
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  Speaker 2: Some of those defensive linemen, again, back to the defensive line,
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  Speaker 2: Nate Gabriel had to play 50 snaps in week one.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you can ask him to do
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  Speaker 2: that 12 times. So you've got to find some other
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  Speaker 2: guys that are willing to mix in. Go along the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line. I thought that was a surprise a little bit, too,
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  Speaker 2: that it was the same starting five offensive linemen for
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  Speaker 2: that entire game. This is a chance, hopefully, to get
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  Speaker 2: some of those other guys in, get some of the
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  Speaker 2: second line in there, and see what they have. Because
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  Speaker 2: this is your last week to do it. Things get real,
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  Speaker 2: real next week. And then from this point on, when
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  Speaker 2: then you enter Big 12 play, it's go time now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, certainly is. Three guys before the game. Hoppy's obvious
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  Speaker 1: Hoppy's obvious observations and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 3: I like stories. Sure. Okay. But anyway, I'll get to
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  Speaker 3: the stories in a second. First of all.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me a story, Mr. Piano Man.
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  Speaker 3: Not yet. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Say that.
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  Speaker 4: West Virginia does not lose to FCS teams, and UT
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  Speaker 4: Martin does not beat FBS teams.
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  Speaker 3: So start there. West Virginia is like 21-0 since.
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  Speaker 1: 23, I think.
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  Speaker 3: Is it 23-0, something like that? Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Coming up later.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. I got into your stat.
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  Speaker 4: UT Martin is 2-31 in the last 20 years, and
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  Speaker 4: the two wins were Kennesaw and Memphis. So my math,
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  Speaker 4: West Virginia has a 98% chance of winning the game.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously. Number one.
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  Speaker 2: Virtual score index there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, 98%. Containment.
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  Speaker 3: Over. Over.
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  Speaker 4: And listening and watching Rich Rodriguez press conference, I thought
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  Speaker 4: we did. I know Rich sometimes obfuscates, but he was
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  Speaker 4: candid in some of his comments. He talked about in
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  Speaker 4: the second half of pulling back and maybe he could
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  Speaker 4: have been more aggressive, but he was just trying to.
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  Speaker 3: Go like win the game and get out. He just
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  Speaker 3: wanted to get it over with.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that affected how they performed in that game.
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  Speaker 4: But he said this, but he said, I didn't see
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  Speaker 4: anything we can't fix.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Good.
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  Speaker 4: He didn't say, we don't have enough players. He didn't say,
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  Speaker 4: we don't have guys. He said, I didn't see anything
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  Speaker 4: we can't fix. I take that as a positive, right?
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Fix that stuff. All right. Let's see.
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  Speaker 4: Play calling we talked about. So you have this game.
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  Speaker 4: I think the schedule is a part of this schedule
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  Speaker 4: we've talked about, which is very favorable for the Mountaineers.
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  Speaker 4: You had a winnable game in the first game, but
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  Speaker 4: a test. And now you have a lesser opponent. where
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  Speaker 4: you can take what you've learned and apply those things
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  Speaker 4: and improve against a lesser opponent, Tony.
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  Speaker 3: This game is perfect before you get into the meat
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  Speaker 3: of the schedule. You disagree? You're shaking your head?
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  Speaker 1: I've been wondering. No, I don't disagree. I've just been
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  Speaker 1: wondering if it would have been better to go UT
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  Speaker 1: Martin week one and then Coastal week two, but they're
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  Speaker 1: not going to change it.
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  Speaker 2: I think I kind of like this.
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  Speaker 3: Do you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I do.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, test it a little bit. Now you've got the attention.
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  Speaker 2: You've got their attention going into this week. And in
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  Speaker 2: a game sometimes where you do get a little drop,
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  Speaker 2: you get this going. Now, but to your point, when
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  Speaker 2: you have that first, you're going to have their attention
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  Speaker 2: because it's the first game of the season, so you
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  Speaker 2: do get that. But I don't know that I mind this.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I kind of like it.
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  Speaker 2: I reserve my right to judge that until Sunday morning.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. No, I think it fits better than the other way, frankly.
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  Speaker 3: Let's see. Brad, you'll talk about this. Tony, you'll talk
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  Speaker 3: about this.
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  Speaker 4: But I think UT Martin's strategy when they watch tape is,
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  Speaker 4: can they limit possessions? In this game, because West Virginia
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  Speaker 4: goes so fast, every team's going to try to do that.
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  Speaker 4: They'll try to run the ball with Tommy the Tank Ansley,
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  Speaker 4: who's 6'1, 220. He's run for already 180 yards or
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  Speaker 4: something and a bunch of touchdowns, so I know you'll
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  Speaker 4: talk about him.
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  Speaker 3: So can they limit possessions?
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  Speaker 1: I like that, Tommy the Tank.
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  Speaker 3: Tommy the Tank?
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  Speaker 1: I like that.
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  Speaker 4: Can they limit possessions? Can they try to control the
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  Speaker 4: ball a little bit? Certainly, they probably will not have
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  Speaker 4: time to throw downfield. Can they throw the little dink
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  Speaker 4: passes like Coastal Carolina did?
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  Speaker 3: So those kinds of things.
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  Speaker 4: Defensively, I think they're worried because West Virginia goes so fast.
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  Speaker 4: So fast. That's West Virginia's advantage. But, Brad, you'll talk
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  Speaker 4: more about that. So, Jason Simpson, their head coach.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: This is his 21st season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Second longest tenured FCS coach. Second long. What?
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  Speaker 1: You're going Bobby Bowden on us. Now, he is the
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  Speaker 1: second longest tenured coach.
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  Speaker 3: Second only.
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  Speaker 2: Now, he has been there.
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  Speaker 1: To Roy Kidd, probably.
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  Speaker 3: Jerry Schmidt of Duquesne. So 20 years. So I think
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  Speaker 3: he knows what he's doing.
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  Speaker 4: And he's had success there, been to the playoffs a
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  Speaker 4: couple of times, won the Ohio Valley Conference five or
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  Speaker 4: six times.
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  Speaker 3: So he's a good coach. Right. So you have that.
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  Speaker 3: Here's a little nugget.
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  Speaker 4: And you know he's the father of Ty Simpson, new
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  Speaker 4: quarterback at Alabama, and now is with the Rams.
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  Speaker 3: And according to the.
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  Speaker 4: Notes I read, that Ty Simpson was recruited by Rich
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  Speaker 4: Rodriguez when Rich was at Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 3: That's correct.
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  Speaker 2: That's what Rich talked about, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously.
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  Speaker 3: Interesting. Hated to see that injury.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a younger son, too, that everybody's on.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody's on him.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody. You see that scholarship offer list?
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  Speaker 2: That's why I said everybody's on him. Everybody is on him.
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  Speaker 1: You know he's only 5'11.
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  Speaker 4: Hated to see that injury to Darius Wiley. And he
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  Speaker 4: was set to have a year, right?
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  Speaker 2: He was looking good.
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  Speaker 1: He looked in position to be a player.
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  Speaker 3: Rich says he's going to have surgery. Maybe he's already
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  Speaker 3: had it.
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  Speaker 4: But he expects him to be back next year so
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  Speaker 4: hopefully he can recover and come back because he's got
• 15:08
  Speaker 4: a lot of years to play.
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: Hopefully. Yeah, so we hope for that.
• 15:11
  Speaker 4: Okay, so here's the rabbit hole I went down. So
• 15:13
  Speaker 4: the play where Michael– I was obsessed by this play
• 15:16
  Speaker 4: where Michael Hawkins fumbles out of.
• 15:17
  Speaker 3: The end zone.
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: I love when you get obsessed.
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: So this is a bad rule because it is punitive.
• 15:25
  Speaker 4: If Hawkins had fumbled Brad at the half-yard line, what
• 15:29
  Speaker 4: would happen?
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: Balls out there.
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: Balls out of the half-yard line. But instead, he fumbles
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: through the end zone, barely out of the end zone.
• 15:35
  Speaker 3: And you lose the ball. You don't get the score.
• 15:39
  Speaker 3: They get the ball.
• 15:40
  Speaker 4: I mean, it is excessively punitive. This is rule 8-6-1.
• 15:45
  Speaker 4: It had its origins, Tony, in rugby.
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 15:49
  Speaker 4: In the late 18th and early 19th century. That's where
• 15:53
  Speaker 4: the rules started to form. And at one time before 1912,
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: there was no end zone. There was no 10-yard end zone.
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: Just crossed the goal line you were in.
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: Just crossed the goal line.
• 16:04
  Speaker 4: Yeah. So apparently the rule had its origins in, well,
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: you fumbled across the line. You didn't have the ball. Therefore,
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: you're turning the ball over, okay, because there wasn't an
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: end zone. Well, they added an end zone, a 10-yard
• 16:19
  Speaker 4: end zone, but they never changed the rule.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: They renovated. They expanded, but they didn't change the rule.
• 16:26
  Speaker 4: And the idea behind the rule is, well, okay, when
• 16:29
  Speaker 4: you're gaining yards, let's say.
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: You run the ball down to the one. You've gained,
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: and the ball goes out of bounds. You've gained those yards.
• 16:35
  Speaker 4: Those yards are yours. Those yards are yours. But the
• 16:39
  Speaker 4: end zone is the end zone. It doesn't belong to you.
• 16:40
  Speaker 4: So when you fumble through the end zone, that's not
• 16:42
  Speaker 4: your territory. So that's part of the logic behind this
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: whole thing about fumbling through the end zone. NFL has
• 16:51
  Speaker 4: the same rule as well. And it's come up in
• 16:54
  Speaker 4: the NFL more than it's come up in college. And
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: there's been some talk about changing the rule, but they
• 16:59
  Speaker 4: never do it. But here's a suggestion. Why not, if
• 17:03
  Speaker 4: you fumble... And it's too punitive. It should not be
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: that punitive.
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: Well, that's your opinion.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: It is my opinion, but I think... That might be
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: a majority opinion, though.
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: I could come back and tell you.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: A lot of people agree with that.
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: I could come back and tell you, you're allowed to
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: fumble out of bounds for 99 yards, and you still
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: keep the ball. But when you get to that, point
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: on the field, you no longer can fumble the ball.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: So you change the rule after 99 yards? Well, why
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: is it that way for 99 yards and you change
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: it for the final yard?
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: Because he just told you why. That's no one's property.
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: It's the end zone.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: But should you not only lose.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: It's overly punitive.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: But you're getting ready to score and the other team
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: gets the ball?
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: Correct.
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: That's what's wrong about it. Here's what I would do.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: In many cases, this was one of those examples. The
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: defense didn't do anything to get that back.
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: Exactly.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: They didn't even force it. Now, sometimes they will have
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: forced the fumble. They didn't do anything, and they're rewarded
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: for bad defense by getting the ball.
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: They didn't do anything. Should have been touched.
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: They didn't cause the fumble and got it.
• 18:04
  Speaker 4: So you're right. So there's a lot of things that
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: are wrong with it. I don't understand why it hasn't
• 18:09
  Speaker 4: been changed. Here's what I would change it to.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: I can't wait.
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: You fumble the ball through the end zone. You get
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: the ball back at the five and with the current down.
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: Unless it's fourth down, then you do lose the football
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: at the point. So let's say it's second down. You
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: fumble the ball through the end zone.
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: You get the ball back at the five, and it's
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: third down. Or from point of attack. Or from point
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: of attack. Yeah. Okay.
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: But you should not lose possession of the football because
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: the other team has not recovered the football.
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: Agree. I could go along with you on that. Good breakdown.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: I'm glad you went down that rabbit hole.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: So that's what I have.
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: I just think that it's weird that that's a– the
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: fact that the rule, Tony, is 120 years old and
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: its origins aren't– the origins do not exist in today's game.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, sometimes you got to– sometimes you have to change.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: I mean, they took the peach basket out and they
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: put the net in. Right, Brett? I mean, that was–
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: the peach basket was on the original thing. Sometimes you
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: got to make changes, move on.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so that's my take on it.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: I liked it. Thank you.
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: Well, you disagreed, but I mean, you.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: Well, no, I was just trying to give you a
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: counterpoint that you get 99 free yards, but you can't
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: go there. Kind of like put your hand on the stove.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: You can't put your hand on the stove. You put
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: your hand on the stove.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but you can never put your hand on the stove.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: Your point's the best point. Your point is the defense
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: did nothing.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: Didn't do anything.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: The defense did nothing to warrant them getting the football.
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: Right, so the compromise, and great idea. Others have suggested that, too. Like, okay,
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: even if you want to give them a 15-yard penalty.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: Whatever.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Like, it just shouldn't be you get possession of the ball.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: That is the phrase that you hear so often associated
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: with this when it's discussed. It's overly punitive.
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: It is.
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: And Tony, to your point about the other 99 yards. Okay,
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: but when you fumbled out of bounds, you had possession.
• 20:06
  Speaker 4: So you still possessed the ball. It wasn't like the
• 20:08
  Speaker 4: other team got possession when it fumbled out of bounds.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:12
  Speaker 4: So what I don't understand is why there hasn't been more.
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: I guess because it doesn't happen all that often. That's
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: why there hasn't been this huge push to change.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, one day it'll happen to, like, a major blue blood.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: And they'll go, you know, we probably need to re-look
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: at that, right?
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: Surprised the NFL hasn't got there yet.
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: And they've brought up a couple times.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: That's where it changes first. Then college will adopt it.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: But I'm surprised.
• 20:39
  Speaker 4: They can penalize you for how you do a first signal,
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: a first down, but they can't look at this.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: The other thing that we just briefly.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: Well, I thought officiating would be a big topic earlier
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: and we'd lose our mind. I didn't think it'd be
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: on the fumble through the end zone. I thought it'd
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: be on a celebration. That's not on officiating.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: That's just on the rule that deserves to be reviewed.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: All right. We briefly on Sunday's show touched on the Michigan,
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Western Michigan situation, which has continued throughout the course of
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: the week. And there now seems to be some improvement
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: going forward. But I did talk to someone who's involved
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: with the replay reviews. Okay. Some version of this is correct.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: But basically they said, so let's say when the game starts,
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: the replay coordinator, he's the person. What happens is you've
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: got these dudes, normally former officials that are in the
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: booth at a football game, and you have a person
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: that runs the replays for them. So they'll say, like,
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: I want to see the end zone. And he gets it,
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: and you'll see it during Mountaineer basketball games. There's a
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: guy down there. The official says, show me this, show
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: me that. There's something... before a game starts, where that operator,
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: that's the coordinator, needs to zero all of those monitors.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: You zero them so that they're, well, obviously, that didn't happen.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: And that is something that I'm sure now, in hindsight,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: they will address and they will correct.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: Tony, back to my dissertation there, is it? Here's why.
• 22:21
  Speaker 4: It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it
• 22:24
  Speaker 4: has a significant chance of changing the game, of changing
• 22:29
  Speaker 4: the game. It's not like a 15-yard penalty, which also,
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: but because of the punitive nature, it can change the outcome. Now,
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: it changed Saturday's game. West Virginia was about to go
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: up 31-0, game over. But West Virginia doesn't. They drive
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: 99 yards, and they got some momentum. So, Brad, it
• 22:47
  Speaker 4: changed Saturday's game.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: It didn't cost you the game, but it changed it, yeah.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Hoppy. We appreciate that support.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: The one change on that Big Ten thing is interesting.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: They're now going to open up the audio between replay
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: and the officials. They were planning on doing that on
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: Friday night games only. Now they announced they're doing it
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: for all Big Ten games and all games involving Big
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: Ten officials to open that process up.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: It's helpful.
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: If I was Western Michigan, whoo!
• 23:13
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• 23:16
  Speaker 1: not involve West Virginia.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: We're still bummed out and talk about it yearly.
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: The 93 fight.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Not only that, we talk about the Gonzaga review.
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: Oh, sure.
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: To this day, we still talk, we talk, brought it up,
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: bring it up every year.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: Sure.
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: And that was a less direct.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: Result than this one. But the 93. Couldn't function. I
• 23:34
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• 23:35
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• 23:37
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• 23:38
  Speaker 3: Last Saturday, yes, it was. I got Kevin Rogers, Tommy
• 23:41
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• 23:42
  Speaker 1: People just bring it up. Yeah. So that would thank goodness.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: It didn't happen to West.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: That wasn't a replay review that got botched. Like that was,
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: I know you can't even happen to me. I have
• 23:54
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• 23:57
  Speaker 2: it happened to us, I'd be more mad. That's how
• 23:59
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• 24:00
  Speaker 4: I thought, I thought Western Michigan handled it with some
• 24:02
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• 24:05
  Speaker 4: They handled it and flip the table over.
• 24:09
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• 24:10
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• 24:11
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• 24:13
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• 24:17
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• 24:21
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  Speaker 2: Pickup trucks are a rarely used phrase anymore.
• 27:01
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• 27:02
  Speaker 3: You just truck.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: Well, I mean, you're a farm guy.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: It was pickup for all my life, but I now
• 27:07
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• 27:09
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• 27:14
  Speaker 3: Truck.
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• 27:17
  Speaker 3: I don't think so. I'll call him and ask him.
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  Speaker 3: I'll ask him.
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• 28:13
  Speaker 2: A couple things I found of interest. We'll dive in
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: here and work through. We'll start where Hoppy was going
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: with FCF's opponents. Hop, to your point, West Virginia's never
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: lost in one of these games, 23-0 all time. The
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: only two games that have been one-score games. Oh, my.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: 2019 versus Kurt Cignetti and James Madison. If you'll remember,
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: West Virginia won 20-13, went on. to have a 5-7
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: record that season. 2013, William and Mary, a 24-17 win.
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: Go on to a 4-8. Remember that 2013 had some
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: defensive struggles that year.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: So you're saying don't jack around. If you jack around,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: you're going to have a bad year.
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: Just handle it. Yeah, handle your business. Your average margin
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: of victory in those 23 games is 35.
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: Points per game. And it spreads, what, 37?
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: Go out and take care of your business. Under Rich
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: at West Virginia, 5-0 in these games. 47 points per
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: game on average the offense scores. Defense gives up an
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: average of six points per game, 47 to six, kind
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: of right in those numbers that you would expect. So
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: we'll keep an eye and see if that mark can continue.
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: A little bit on Tennessee Martin here. Hop, you talked
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: about their offense. I'll dive into their running backs. They
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: actually have a pair of them, but Tommy Ansley is
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: the number one back. They feel like they have a
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: really good offensive line, and they've had some success rushing it,
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: especially in their last game. Against Chicago State, they ran
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: for six touchdowns. You're getting a West Virginia defensive line
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: that we've talked about that outside of containment was very impressive.
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: So their ability, Tennessee Martin's ability to run versus West
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: Virginia's defensive line, you're going to be asked first and
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: foremost to stop that run, which West Virginia did really
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: well against Coastal, recognizing that Coastal went to the air
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: most of the time. But that'll be the first matchup
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: to watch is UT Martin's success on the ground or
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: lack thereof against West Virginia's interior defensive line, group of
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: linebackers stopping that run. Tommy Ansley, the aforementioned Tommy the Tank,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: OVC Offensive Player of the Week last week. He went
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: for 16 carries, 118 yards, three touchdowns. He has eight
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: missed tackles forced on the season through their two games.
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: He has five runs of 10 yards or more. To
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: put that kind of in perspective, we talked about Cam Cook,
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: nine missed tackles forced in the first game. So that's
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: what you're dealing with there. They like him up the middle, Hoppy.
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: One-third of his carries through the A-gap, football term, between
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: the center and the guard there. They like to go
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: off the right tackle as well. Team likes that spot.
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: 27% of this team's rushing guards are off the right
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: tackle in addition to going right up the middle. Four
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: of UT Martin's eight rushing touchdowns are off the right tackle,
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: and Ansley has three of his from that same spot.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: So watch the right side of this line. Chris Franklin
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: will also get some carries. He averages 50 yards per game.
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: This team comes in third nationally in rushing touchdowns with eight.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: Here's the stat that jumped out to show their success,
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: and West Virginia will need to close this off. 2.5
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: yards before contact, Tennessee Martin is when running the football
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: so far. So they're getting almost three yards downfield before
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: anybody has hit them. That obviously needs to change if
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: you're West Virginia this week. Now let's get into their
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: quarterbacks a little bit because you're probably going to see both.
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: Julian Calvez has been the starter. Here's what to watch.
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: Only 12 rushing attempts through two games for him. A
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: third of those have been scrambles, so four of them.
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: He's picked up five first downs running the football. So
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: he doesn't do it a lot, but when he has,
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: it's been in high leverage third down situations when he's
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: taken off. So keep an eye on that on third down,
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: the quarterback taking off on you. He's only 52% completion
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: percentage through two games. No touchdowns, two interceptions, and two fumbles.
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: So there's been a lot of turnovers. You want to
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: guess what I'm going to predict coming up here in
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: this situation?
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's not going to play much.
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: He's turned it over four times.
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: Didn't play much in the last game.
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: The second guy in, because they had a chance to
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: get him in, is a redshirt freshman, Tate Serber. 16
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: of 23, 222 yards against Chicago State. Didn't face a
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: lot of pressure. It's a young guy that hasn't faced
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: a lot of pressure. He was only... 0 of 3
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: throwing the football while under pressure against Chicago State. Only
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: has one rushing attempt. So this will be interesting to watch.
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: If they go with him, is this the guy that's
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: going to sit back there? And you can pin your
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: ears and get some of that pressure. And if you can, again,
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: pick up what you did last week and move it
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: forward this week, I think there's some heavy pressure coming
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: that Tennessee Martin hasn't seen. That probably leads to a
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: couple turnovers for this team. So keep an eye on that.
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: 63% of Tennessee Martin's passes have been short less than
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: 10 yards and or behind the line of scrimmage. So
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: they have nickel and dimes you underneath. They'll go occasionally deep,
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: but it's been underneath stuff so far to this point.
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: Flip over to their defense. That rare week when both
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: offense and defensive players of the week out of their
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: conference came from the same team. Tennessee Martins' Reggie Allen
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: was the defensive player of the week. Here's the other
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: matchup to watch. They have so far been pretty good
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: against the run, certainly in the Chicago State game they were.
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: 50% of the carries in that game for Chicago State
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: went for less than two yards. They only averaged 3.3
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: yards per carry. Trey Cotton's one of their safeties that's
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: been very good against the run. So they've been dropping
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: him down into the box. Hoppy, have you heard this before?
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: So Trey Cotton's going to get pulled down into that
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: box to try and slow down this run. They created
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: a ton of havoc against Chicago State. In fact, in
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: the 98th percentile, for week one.
• 33:40
  Speaker 4: That's the most time Chicago State's ever been mentioned on
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: this broadcast.
• 33:43
  Speaker 2: Probably too much, quite frankly.
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: I'll do respect to Chicago State.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: That was a lot.
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: They're interesting. For the record, now they're transitioning. They're moving
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: up to FCS. So that game they played Saturday was
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: the first road game they've ever played as an FCS school.
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: Don't caution me about Chicago State. Is that what you're saying?
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: You're saying like, no, no.
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: No, I'm saying they're not good.
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: So don't get Don't look at these numbers and go like, oh,
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: my God. I mean, yeah, that shouldn't even be a game.
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: These guys are an established FCS, and this is a
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: team getting up to F, not FBS. They're getting up
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: to FCS.
• 34:18
  Speaker 3: I got it.
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: So that was like, that was a walkthrough.
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: That's right. That's right.
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: Let's talk about West Virginia throwing the ball a little bit.
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: You're probably going to see that more this week, just
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: to get some work on that. I don't know that
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: you'll need it, but if you do, some numbers that
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: jumped out to me coming out of the game. We
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: mentioned Hawkins was 11 of 14 through the year, 79% completion.
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: Man, if you can.
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: If you can replicate that throughout the year, you're going
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: to have a lot of success. This I found interesting.
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: Average depth of target was 12.5 yards. That was 33%
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: higher than the average for Power 4 teams in Week 1. Now,
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: some of that, you didn't throw it a ton, and
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: you had Armani Weaver-Bomar with the big play downfield, but
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: West Virginia was doing what it does. It wants to
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: run it, run it, run it, and then stretch you
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: deep over the top when you suck the safety, and
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: as you did on that particular play.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: Can I interrupt? I'm calling a wheel route touchdown for
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: West Virginia this week. Wheel route touchdown.
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: To Cam Cook?
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: Cam Cook this week.
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: Love it.
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: So through one game, again, small sample size on some
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: of these numbers. So do with that what you will.
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: But West Virginia was about twice the national average for
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: P4s in terms of that on deep throws. The percentage
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: of time that West Virginia threw it deep. So it
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: wasn't afraid to try and hit you downfield a little bit.
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: So keep an eye on that, see if that comes
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: back to play. Here's what jumped out to me on
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: the running game. So as we look for improvement, the
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: raw numbers, the counting stats for West Virginia on the
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: ground were great. You ran for, what, almost 300 yards,
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: 300 yards plus, whatever it was. But here's what you
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: want to see some improvement this week in the second
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: game with this line together. West Virginia averaged only 1.6
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: yards before contact. against Coastal Carolina. That's slightly below the
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: power for average, which was two yards through the first week.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: So you were a little below average in that one metric.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: That's one that should go way up this week. You
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: should be able to handle Tennessee Martin up front, get
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: that push, and allow those ball carriers to move themselves
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: downfield before they get hit. Let's look at Hawkins for
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: just a second and some numbers that jumped out from
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: him in game one. Took the third most snaps in
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: the Big 12 in week one from the quarterback position.
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: Had the second best grade among Big 12 quarterbacks that
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: took 60 or more snaps in week one. Connor Wigman, Houston,
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: the only one in that snap count area that had
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: a better grade. He has 103 rushing yards now on
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: the season after one game. That's fifth nationally for all
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: non-running backs. Six missed tackles forced, tied for second nationally
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: among non-running backs. So basically just quarterbacks. There's not a
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: lot of receivers with those carries. He has four rushes
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: of 10 or more yards. That's tied for fifth nationally
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: among non-running backs. Hawkins ranks first in the Big 12
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: through one game in six different categories, according to PFF.
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: Rush grade, rushing attempts, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, rushing first downs,
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: and yards per carry. Pretty good debut for Hawkins.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: It's a good start. Yeah, absolutely.
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: And, you know, Tony, Rodriguez talked about that. Just efficient, right? Efficient,
• 37:25
  Speaker 4: not a bunch of mistakes. The one thing in the
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: end zone, I just think he was trying to make
• 37:27
  Speaker 4: a play. So I thought he was really solid, man,
• 37:30
  Speaker 4: at first time out.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: Really good.
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I've probably gone deeper than we need to
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: for the stats in this one. But just some keys,
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: as we mentioned. You're going to want to slow the
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: run and force them to throw it. I said they
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: haven't seen pressure like they're going to see this weekend, Hop.
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: Only 18% of their pass plays have been under pressure.
• 37:47
  Speaker 2: That's top 40 nationally as it stands right now. That's
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: going to change. and you're going to get after them
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: quite a bit. How do they handle that? We mentioned
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: Calvez and the other quarterback. You're going to see both
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: of them, I would think, this week. So can you
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: use that number one key? Pressure this offense, force them
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: into some turnovers. We talked about recovery rate of fumbles
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: in the preseason. Mentioned on Sunday, you forced three of
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: these and recovered two of them, so you're off to
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: a good start. Have a feeling some interceptions start to
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: come along this week. And then can you win up front?
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: I said Tennessee Martin's been good against the run, but
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: this is by far and obviously... the best run game
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: they faced all season. So Tennessee Martin's averaging just 0.8
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: yards for opposing running backs before there's contact. So they
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: have been stuffing the run. West Virginia's at that 1.6.
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: That's going to be a key part to watch. How
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: far downfield can West Virginia get before it's hit? It
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: is giving up. Tennessee Martin is 70% completion percentage for
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: its opponents, and opponents have had a 50% success rate,
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: which is pretty good. I think you're going to throw
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: the ball if you want to be able to. You're
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: going to try and run it and establish the run
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: But the pass will be there if you want it
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: to attack them downfield. And again, they haven't got home
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: to the quarterback much. Just a 1.5% sack rate. So
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: you're going to have time to throw it if you
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: want it in this game.
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: Their two opponents so far, Central Arkansas. They lost that
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: game in their opener. And then the aforementioned and multi-mentioned
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: Chicago State, who they defeated back on Saturday. And so
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: this will be on the road for them. First ever
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: meeting between these two schools.
• 39:18
  Speaker 3: And Coach Simpson saying things like, this is a great opportunity.
• 39:22
  Speaker 3: Sure it is.
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: It's a nice paycheck, too. You're paid a lot of money.
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: Go handle your business.
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: First meeting.
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: Get after the quarterback and boom, run.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: Trivia question. When was the last time a Mountaineer football
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: team played a team from the state of Tennessee? I
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: thought I had the answer, but I was wrong.
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: What was it?
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: Is it Wofford?
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: No. Tennessee. From the state of Tennessee. Oh, that's South Carolina. Yeah.
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: You know why? Because I have repression I have memory.
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: Not the Charlotte game?
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: No, I thought it was Tennessee Volunteers. So, like, you're
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: going to giggle when I tell you this. You go,
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: we did? We played a bowl game against Memphis.
• 40:03
  Speaker 3: No, we didn't.
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: We did.
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: No, there's no record of that.
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: That was the amnesia game.
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: Like, that's the amnesia. Like, people always go, what about
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: that bowl game against Memphis?
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: Wait a minute. No, Hoppy. Are you sure?
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: Honest.
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that.
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: That rate's right up there. More obscure, but that rate's
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: right up there with that Utah game in Dallas.
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: Oh, no, I can remember that. That's a nightmare.
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: It was bad.
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: I don't remember it.
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: Well, I'll never forget the Utah game the day after Christmas.
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: That was a low point. 42-37 was the final. Yeah.
• 40:33
  Speaker 4: December 17, 2024. Yeah, I can't remember it. I have
• 40:39
  Speaker 4: no memory of it.
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, that's a good thing. Like I said, we repressed.
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: Had to go to Frisco to get beat by Memphis.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't good. Yeah, bad times. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep,
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: wasn't good. All right, we got some stuff to do here.
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: We got a lot of stuff to do. Football weekend
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: number two, which means like we are out and about.
• 41:02
  Speaker 3: Now I'm obsessed by that game.
• 41:05
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  Speaker 3: Seth Hennigan, 18 of 26, 294 yards, two touchdowns.
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know. For whatever reason. I mean, I can
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: tell you games, people look at you like sideways. How
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: do you remember that game? There's no memory of it.
• 42:04
  Speaker 3: Out.
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: But seriously, I remember being in Frisco, Texas, and when
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: someone says, yeah, it was against Memphis. You don't remember
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: the game. Not by any type of plays or anything
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: like that. I remember Dusty came up into the booth.
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: That's what you remember about the game. I remember Dusty Rutledge,
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: because Rich was already going to be the head coach,
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: and so Dusty came into the booth, and we were
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: chatting during some commercial breaks. I just remember that game
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: for Dusty.
• 42:36
  Speaker 3: Hoodie had 11 catches.
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he had a big game. Okay, so let's jump in.
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: A couple of different things. Firstly, let's let you know
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: what we're doing this weekend. If you're coming in for
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: the game, we record on Thursday afternoon. Thursday tonight, we
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: will be at Buffalo Wild Wings at the Suncrest Town
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: Center from 6 bells until 7.30. We had a lot
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: of fun last week with a full crowd at the event.
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: And we did stuff. We did hoop shooting contests. We
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: had student athletes with us. We'll do the same Tonight,
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: we're also, I understand, we're doing field goal kicking. What? Yeah,
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: I saw that.
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: I'm a little concerned about this.
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I hope they have some netting. But we're going
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: to have field goal kicking. Our food court this week
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: is going to be tomorrow night from the same time,
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: 4 until 10. And then on Saturday, they're going to
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: go from 9 until noon. Okay. And really happy to
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: report that Ben Cutter's mom's cookies, Back again this week,
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: she had unbelievable success with the oatmeal cream pies last
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: week and now sold out of the Baker's Dozen chocolate chips.
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: She did seven of those, so seven Baker's Dozens. So
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: what's that? That's 91 cookies, doing public math. And there
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: will be a limited number. Look at how they're packaged.
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: Look at the packaging. Wow. That's the Baker's Dozen chocolate. Yeah,
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: it's pro. Award-winning. That's what you learn when you go
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: around the country. winning awards. And then there will be,
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: for those that haven't already pre-ordered, a limited number of
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: the oatmeal cream pies for sale. Should note, RevCav out
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: on Friday, but we've got two different vendors that will
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: be coming in. Zach, if you want to show those pictures,
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: we've got Playables.
• 44:30
  Speaker 2: Playables, yeah.
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: Playables, is that how you say it? Playables. They're going
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: to do those things. And then Now, I've eaten from
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: there once.
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: Bites and Sips. They're going to have Smash Burgers there.
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: Smash Burgers there. Hoppy, I think you should buy a
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: look in line on that. And then various.
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: I'm told the lemonade there is elite.
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: You keep talking about that.
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: I've been told.
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: So we invite you to come out, have some fun.
• 44:53
  Speaker 3: Those oatmeal cookies made by Gin Cutter.
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: Were they awesome?
• 44:57
  Speaker 3: Oh, my gosh.
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know. Really good.
• 44:59
  Speaker 3: They were awesome.
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: So thanks to everyone for participating and doing that. I had, personally,
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: I had a really nice afternoon yesterday at Chestnut Mountain
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: Boys Ranch here in Morgantown. So there's a Mountaineer football
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: angle to this. And Zach, if you want to show
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: the picture, so there is Ernie Johnson, the legendary Hall
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: of Fame broadcaster. In the middle is Steve Finn, And
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: then I was there. So that's in the chapel, Chestnut
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: Mountain Ranch. But this is how this started. Vince Dooley
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: is the coach at Georgia. There is a boys home
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: there in Georgia called Eagle Ranch. Steve was a former
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: police officer in Atlanta. And he got a call to
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: go to West Virginia and start a boys home. I
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: don't know if that's the official name, but a boys home.
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: And so Vince Dooley writes a letter to Don Nealon.
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: It says, Don, this guy's coming to West Virginia. I'd
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: like you to introduce him to some people and take
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: care of him. So Don does that. Now, that's 2006.
• 46:14
  Speaker 1: They take their first young man in in 2011. And today,
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: if you go up there, it is mind-numbing, the things
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: that are there.
• 46:24
  Speaker 3: Where is it?
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: Just go up Kingwood Pike, Ponderosa Ponds Road, back into
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: the woods, and you come in there and it's just like, Unbelievable.
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: So Ernie was there yesterday with his wife. They have
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: their own incredible story, and his wife is involved now
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: in human trafficking and foster children. There's a very high
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: incidence of trafficking with foster children. So she was working
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: with those folks there. They're trying to get laws across
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: the country, state laws, to try to do that. But
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: he was great. We just had fun, just talked.
• 46:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I bet he's got some stories.
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 47:01
  Speaker 3: Well, that's fine. So you were there as just kind
• 47:03
  Speaker 3: of a thing for the kids?
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because I've been involved ever since, literally, like I just,
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: for years, making it. I was there for the first
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: press conference when there was nothing there, a field. And
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: Mike Pushkar was there. Don Nealon was there. It was
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: the day after a Mountaineer game. We were sitting out there.
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: And that's how, yeah, it's an amazing, amazing place. So
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: if someone that you know may need help, you just
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: visit Chestnut Mountain Ranch. But you know what Ernie told me?
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: What?
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: We were talking about big feet.
• 47:29
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: I've got 16s. He's got 15s.
• 47:31
  Speaker 3: What's Shaq got? 23.
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: You know what he said? Shaq's feet look bad.
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: Got bad feet.
• 47:38
  Speaker 3: Bad feet, yeah. Understandable.
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: He said bad. Like, I mean.
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: Carrying around, that's a big frame.
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: Twist and turn.
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: For a long time.
• 47:47
  Speaker 2: And pounding on those.
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: Twisting and turning a lot of times.
• 47:50
  Speaker 2: He's got bad feet, does he?
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because we were talking about there's a store in
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: Atlanta called Frederick's. Biggest feet. And that's where all the
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: NBA players go and get their shoes. And so we
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: were talking about that, and then 23s.
• 48:04
  Speaker 3: You have any good, probably stories you can't tell, but
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: stories like off-air stories?
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: He doesn't tell stories that you can't tell. Oh, okay.
• 48:10
  Speaker 3: Because he's a good dude.
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a good dude. He's not a knucklehead like us.
• 48:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah. You got a Barkley story?
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: I was talking to his wife about, I mean, Chuck
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: is Chuck.
• 48:22
  Speaker 3: That's who he is.
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: That's exactly who he is, off the air, on the air,
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: just like that's who he is. So it's been incredible.
• 48:28
  Speaker 3: Hey, Tony, props to you for doing that. Good work.
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: Oh, it was great. I mean, I appreciated the opportunity.
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: He called. I screwed it up. You guys are what
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: I told him.
• 48:36
  Speaker 3: What'd you do?
• 48:38
  Speaker 2: So Steve taught me about the least surprising part of
• 48:39
  Speaker 2: this story.
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: Two weeks ago, Steve says, Hey, Ernie Johnson's coming in.
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: You want to have dinner? I go, yeah, I'll have dinner. So, uh,
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: I say, that'd be great. So he said, it'll be
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: a Tuesday or Wednesday. This is the week I say, okay, yeah, good.
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: So Steve texts me like that day. He goes, okay,
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: we're on for dinner. I go like, yep. He goes, okay, 6.30.
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: I'm going to eat at Oliverio's. Obviously, Ernie didn't know
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: that they were serving Renfredo. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have gone.
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: But anyway, so like I'm cutting the grass. I'm cutting
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: the grass. Phone rings. It's Steve.
• 49:12
  Speaker 3: Where are you?
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: Like 6.45. I'm going like, yo, what's up? He goes, hey,
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: we're in the back when you get here. We'll be
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: in the back corner over there. And I went like,
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: it's tomorrow, isn't it? He goes like, no. I said,
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: I thought you said it was Wednesday. No, it was Tuesday. Oh,
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: my gosh.
• 49:28
  Speaker 3: So what did you do? Hustle down there? No. Oh,
• 49:30
  Speaker 3: you missed it?
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: Dude, I was like messed. I was a mess. So
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: he was good enough. I said, don't worry. He said,
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: let's just go up. Have lunch tomorrow at the ranch.
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: So I went up. I almost blew that.
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: What is going on? You know what? You're getting like
• 49:46
  Speaker 3: I am. I mean, you're getting like me.
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: It is kind of stupid. I just need to start
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: saying no to everything.
• 49:53
  Speaker 3: Like you do.
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: Like you do, Hoppy.
• 49:54
  Speaker 3: I don't say no to bread. Why is that about me?
• 49:59
  Speaker 3: Why do you make that about me? Good boy. He
• 50:02
  Speaker 3: was deflecting.
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: Special thanks to a longtime Three Guys listener, Herb. He
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: just hit us up, if you've seen this during the
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: show today.
• 50:12
  Speaker 3: Oh, my gosh.
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: This taffy is from Provincetown, Massachusetts, and it's Cabot's taffy,
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: and it's, like, world famous, and it was embarrassing. We
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: opened up the box before the show, and Brad had, like,
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: six of them before I could even get the box
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: away from him.
• 50:29
  Speaker 3: It's overflowing.
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Herb. We truly appreciate it. Thank you, Herb.
• 50:32
  Speaker 3: Is that, like, saltwater taffy or something?
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm. Text her. I think the stats are a bit
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: unfair to the secondary. The vast majority of Coastal's total
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: yards came when the quarterback broke containment. Due to poor
• 50:47
  Speaker 1: angles in pursuit, that can and will be fixed. Our
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: biggest concern has to be that two of our top
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: six linemen are out for the year. Is there any
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: hope of finding someone not currently on the roster who
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: can come in and help? If so... We have to
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: pay any amount of money to get help because with
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: too few bodies to compete up front, that's a problem
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: that can't be coached or fixed. Steve in Tennessee.
• 51:09
  Speaker 4: Hey, Tony, you would know this, but I didn't. So,
• 51:12
  Speaker 4: Jeremiah Johnson and Toby Hastrop, are those the guys that.
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: Well... They're bandits.
• 51:18
  Speaker 2: Is that what you're asking about?
• 51:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, they'll have to come in and.
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: The guy that's going to get the.
• 51:24
  Speaker 2: Well, Emerson Joyce moved up into Wiley's spot on that side,
• 51:28
  Speaker 2: but Yeah, your bandit, you have some flexibility there. I
• 51:31
  Speaker 2: thought Harper Holliman was outstanding against Coastal. He was your
• 51:35
  Speaker 2: top grade defensively. He was really good. And David Afogo,
• 51:38
  Speaker 2: I thought you mentioned his name a bunch. So when
• 51:41
  Speaker 2: you talk about Hashtrop and Johnson, the bandit and the
• 51:44
  Speaker 2: end are somewhat similar. There might be a way to
• 51:47
  Speaker 2: get some of those guys in there, but you're going
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: to see Emerson Joy first in from Alberta, Canada up next.
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: Football factory. Some are wondering, how was West Virginia able
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: to at least have some commitment from Jacory Thomas, the
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: former University of Georgia football player? Because if you're following,
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: you go, wait a second. I thought the Big 12
• 52:10
  Speaker 1: said you can't have someone that has signed a professional
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: contract come in. You're correct. They have, and they are
• 52:19
  Speaker 1: still in that. This is where this is different. He
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: never signed any contracts. He went to a camp and
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: was not offered a contract. So he was never on
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: a roster. He tried out for a team. And so
• 52:34
  Speaker 1: as a result of that, that still keeps him in play,
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: provided he gets into the portal through the University of Georgia.
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: So before all of this happened, because I was wondering
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: the same thing. So before all of this happened, West
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: Virginia goes to its compliance and West Virginia's compliance goes
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: to the Big 12 and says, OK, here's a scenario.
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: Are we good based on where we are at the league?
• 52:57
  Speaker 1: And they said, yes, because it doesn't come into play.
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: Never on a roster, never signed a professional contract. Good
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: to go. So that's how that has opened up the
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: opportunity for him to join the team.
• 53:09
  Speaker 2: He's operating under a TRO right now. My understanding is
• 53:12
  Speaker 2: that court case is coming up here. in fairly short order,
• 53:17
  Speaker 2: a decision one way or the other officially on that.
• 53:19
  Speaker 3: So you're waiting for that.
• 53:20
  Speaker 4: And Rich Rod asked about it this week, also said,
• 53:22
  Speaker 4: you know, I mean, he hasn't practiced, so you can't
• 53:27
  Speaker 4: just immediately plug and play, right?
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: He's an October guy if it happens. Like if the
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: legal part works out, I mean, that's like first week
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: of October, you've got your fingers crossed that he's able
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: to go. Started eight games last year at Georgia and
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: don't have a ton of playing experience at that spot. So,
• 53:47
  Speaker 1: you know, load up there. Stephen Eleanor writes, Sadly, we
• 53:51
  Speaker 1: lost my father-in-law, Bill, the last weekend of August to cancer.
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: He was one of those guys, like many Mountaineers, who
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: rarely watched a day game because he spent his Saturdays
• 54:02
  Speaker 1: working in his wood shop, in the woods, or on
• 54:05
  Speaker 1: other household projects. He always stayed busy. Instead, he let
• 54:08
  Speaker 1: Jack and Tony describe the action to him over the radio.
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: Another example of a Mountaineer tradition that binds us all
• 54:15
  Speaker 1: together Rest in peace, Bill Duncan. You were the best.
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: And we certainly do send condolences to Bill Duncan's family.
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: And Steve, thanks so much for sharing that.
• 54:27
  Speaker 4: Tony, you ever think about that? That's a good point,
• 54:29
  Speaker 4: that you're doing the game and you're focused on the game.
• 54:31
  Speaker 4: But there's Bill in the woodshop out there by himself
• 54:34
  Speaker 4: listening to you do the game.
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: That's what makes it awesome, man. That is so awesome
• 54:40
  Speaker 1: to know that. I mean, how many people have come
• 54:42
  Speaker 1: to me through the years and said that when they
• 54:44
  Speaker 1: were younger, their dad would drive them to a higher
• 54:47
  Speaker 1: elevation so they could listen to Jack Fleming do the
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: game because, obviously, games weren't on TV with great regularity
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: back then. That's awesome. Texter says, I promised Brad I'd
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: send some pictures. We had the absolute best time imaginable.
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: Stopped by the Friday evening food court, showed the girls
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: where their mom and I used to hang out around campus,
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: met Brad outside the West Gate. sang country roads with
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: our daughters after a Mountaineer win and took the girls
• 55:17
  Speaker 1: to Cooper's Rock.
• 55:18
  Speaker 3: Wow. Checked a lot of boxes there.
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: Where Amanda and I were married 23 years ago. My
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: only regret is that we didn't say hello to Hoppy
• 55:26
  Speaker 1: on Friday. We didn't want to interrupt his conversation. He
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: looked like he was offering some not-so-obvious observations. Didn't want
• 55:34
  Speaker 1: to interfere, but as you know, we were allowed to
• 55:36
  Speaker 1: get better. We'll remedy that the next time. So there's
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: those little girls that were babies. Remember, this is like
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: their third child. appearance on the show three straight episodes
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: they were little kids so i got the chance to
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: meet them that was really really nice so jay there
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: they are that's when they were little kids oh yeah
• 55:50
  Speaker 1: that's when they were little.
• 55:50
  Speaker 2: Kids fun meeting them thanks for saying hi jay.
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: First time in morganville uh texter brad we need you
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: to step in here we're all about new traditions and
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: new entrances to the field with or without inflatable helmet
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: but i never ever again Should we ever enter the
• 56:07
  Speaker 1: field through the service entrance without a single sign, dynamic light,
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: or a Mountaineer logo anywhere in sight? I love the
• 56:13
  Speaker 1: new way out of the field. And Morgan Wallen walk-ons
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: are all the rage. But the tunnel where we enter
• 56:19
  Speaker 1: the field needs to befit the message designed and brand
• 56:22
  Speaker 1: promotion team deserves. Thank you for your attention. Yeah, Brad,
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: why don't you get on there?
• 56:27
  Speaker 3: Mr. Howe will not be. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.
• 56:29
  Speaker 4: Howe will not be taking any questions concerning game day operations.
• 56:32
  Speaker 3: Thank you very much.
• 56:33
  Speaker 2: You got a talented crew that handles that.
• 56:36
  Speaker 1: Texter, for the record, that's why he isn't in the
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: business anymore because of techs like yours. He doesn't want
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: to have anything to do with a sign or this
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: person's not happy or the helmet didn't work and the
• 56:49
  Speaker 1: inflatable thing blowed up. He doesn't want that. He doesn't
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: want to know that the cheerleaders missed the bus and
• 56:54
  Speaker 1: so now they've got to get back and they've got
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: to get a space. That's why he's out.
• 56:59
  Speaker 4: He couldn't enjoy game day because he'd worry to see
• 57:01
  Speaker 4: if the helmet had the proper inflation.
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: Exactly.
• 57:04
  Speaker 3: He's out.
• 57:06
  Speaker 1: For that reason. Hey guys, Justin from Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
• 57:11
  Speaker 1: My daughter is a freshman at the local Catholic high
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: school and they just hired former WVU quarterback Markel Harrison
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: as the head football coach and assistant AD. I do
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: not recall him as a Mountaineer, but it seems he
• 57:25
  Speaker 1: was a backup to the legend Pat White. So far
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: the team 2-0 and loaded with some players he recruited
• 57:31
  Speaker 1: to the school. Seems always to be a West Virginia
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: connection even here. Of course, Markel Harrison, well-known in Mountaineer
• 57:38
  Speaker 1: history for the longest drive. 99 plays, 613-yard drive. I mean,
• 57:45
  Speaker 1: he started that boy near the weight room side of
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: the stadium. You know what? Ended up over the hospital.
• 57:55
  Speaker 1: It was at the mile ground by the time the
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: drive was over. Simply amazing. You know, by the way,
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: I went to look that drive up when I saw this.
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: What's up with WVUstats.com? Where did that go?
• 58:07
  Speaker 2: What's that mean?
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: You know that website?
• 58:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's still there. Sometimes you've got to work to
• 58:11
  Speaker 2: get into it.
• 58:12
  Speaker 1: What do you mean you've got to work to get
• 58:13
  Speaker 1: into it?
• 58:13
  Speaker 2: Sometimes you've got to go around a little way to
• 58:15
  Speaker 2: get into it.
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: Are you getting in?
• 58:17
  Speaker 2: I can now.
• 58:18
  Speaker 3: You had the same problem? I had to.
• 58:20
  Speaker 2: Go a couple different routes there.
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: I want to try it here. Will it not work here?
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: I mean, that is a good site.
• 58:29
  Speaker 3: What is it? WVUstats.com.
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: All of a sudden, they're like, yeah, site can't be reached.
• 58:34
  Speaker 2: Google. Put a space in between WVU and stats. Google it.
• 58:37
  Speaker 3: Oh, that came right up for me.
• 58:41
  Speaker 1: All right, fine.
• 58:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah. You can get in there. You just got to
• 58:43
  Speaker 2: work a little bit. Just bounce it outside. You try
• 58:46
  Speaker 2: and run it up the middle. They stuffed you. You
• 58:47
  Speaker 2: got to bounce it outside.
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: Bones from Oakton, Virginia, checks in with a season opening
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: installment of his Bones on Stats. I've decided to take
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: a cue from Hoppy and embrace a more joyful approach
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: to life. As such, I will no longer focus on
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: only the most frustrating analysis of WVU athletics. It's time
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: to bring some hope. positivity that mirrors the current state
• 59:12
  Speaker 1: of our athletic programs. With that in mind, I offer
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: a few numbers to chew on. In first games of
• 59:19
  Speaker 1: the season against major conference teams, all of which were
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: either game one or two, Rich's record since 2007 was
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: 7-11 and 1-8 in our last nine games before his return. Conversely,
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: Coach Rod's record at West Virginia, Michigan, and Arizona combined
• 59:37
  Speaker 1: was 10-6, 6-2 in his last eight. Why does this matter,
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: you may ask? Well, I'm not sure it tells us
• 59:44
  Speaker 1: anything about what to expect in the games ahead, but
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: what it does is it provides some hope, Hoppy. Like
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: Coach said, winning's hard, and I'd sure rather start off
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: the year with a win than a loss. It seems
• 59:54
  Speaker 1: like Coach believes the same. Then he added in, it
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: was a great weekend in Morgantown. Friday, quick stop at
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 1: Daniels by the Three Eyes tailgate. Enjoyed chatting with Tony
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: and Mrs. Tony while sipping on a Connection 304. There
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: was even a hoppy sighting. Pre-game Saturday was as expected.
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 1: And Zach, you can roll these photos. It was great
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: seeing all the fans and students out there earlier. Even
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: ran into a certain, there's Owen Schmidt with them, a
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: WVU legend. So Owen was out there. I didn't, it
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: was Owen at the, I'm turning my head sideways. Is
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 1: that at our place or is that somewhere else? I
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: think that's the stadium, I think. Of course, the highlight
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 1: of the day was seeing Pat's number retired. I actually
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: ran into him at Kegler's that night. Didn't want to
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: take him away from his family, but I did shake
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: his hand and conveyed the following. First, I said to him,
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 1: congratulations on a well-deserved honor. Second, thank you for all
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: you've done for our university. You continue to contribute all
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: you do in the future. You truly embody all of
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 1: what it means to be a Mountaineer. I hope you
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: recognize how much positive impact you've had on West Virginia
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 1: and the state of West Virginia. Now let's get ready
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 1: For the Skyhawks.
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 3: Tony, were you talking about Marco Harrison's eight-minute scoring run?
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: Yes, is that what it was?
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 3: Against Eastern Washington.
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: Eight minutes.
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 3: He scored on the one-yard run. Eight minutes.
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: Does it say how many plays?
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 3: I'm working on it.
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: Eight plays. Some textual healing for Brad from Luther College.
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 2: Don't read that. Anybody from Luther College banned from this show.
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: Reason? Reason?
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 2: That's like West Virginia Pitt.
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 3: Oh, okay.
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 2: These are wonderful people.
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 3: Love them.
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 1: What do you mean?
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 2: Shouldn't be read.
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 3: Just move on.
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 1: I'm reading it.
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 2: Fan from the show.
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 1: Conference drama this week. Blocked.
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 2: Reported for spam.
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: Fishing. Reported for fishing. Big Ten says, conference drama this week.
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 1: Big Ten, we're debating if we should change a win
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 1: to a loss. The SEC is saying, we are looking
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: at expelling one of our members. The ACC is saying,
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: we will have the lights working for the next game.
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: And the Big 12 says, hey, guys, over here. We're
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: still here. Yeah, Big 12 is the only of the
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: power leagues that hasn't had a big blowup, right?
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 2: That's a really good point when you look at it
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 2: like that. That is some absolute chaos for week one
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 2: of the season there from those three leagues.
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Texter, Waverly here traveled up from North Carolina to
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 1: see our world champion Mountaineers beat the guys from Myrtle
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: and eat some food. The game has been thoroughly evaluated.
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: We have a W in the win column. But help me, Tony.
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: Who in the world thought it was a good idea
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: to start serving designer pizza at a football game? Looked
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: more like a cheap three-cheese brand with bacon bits on it.
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 1: Worst ever I've had at a ball game or a festival.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: What a disappointment. What are we doing? Hit the pizza
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 1: portal and bring back real pepperoni. So much like Brad
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 1: not wanting to deal with, like, the inflatable thing, like.
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: Unfortunately, I can't. I'm not. I don't know. Can't give
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 1: you any help there. Professor Vinny, here's me on LSU.
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 1: Kiffin should not be adding players who sign with NFL teams.
• 1:03:03
  Speaker 1: It's terrible for the game and sets a bad precedent.
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 1: Also me. West Virginia just signed Ja'Cory Thomas, former Georgia DB.
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 1: Great move.
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 2: Love it.
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 1: No notes. I am a biased hypocrite for WVU Athletics. Now, again,
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 1: the difference is These players, Thomas did not sign. The
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 1: other guys were literally signed and in camp. I remember
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: Charlie from Midlothian, I kind of hit him the other
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: show on that Kroger gas thing.
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 2: Kind of unfairly attack.
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 1: And then I said he's got a lot of money
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 1: because he's got all those surface rights that he's got. Well,
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: he said, I must correct your unconfirmed statement about me
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 1: living off large mineral rights. The only thing those rights
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 1: are providing me with is an annual tax bill. So
• 1:03:46
  Speaker 1: they must not have drilled, right? He doesn't have anything
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: flowing out of those yet. This was really wild. This
• 1:03:54
  Speaker 1: is really good. Wes from Tailgate Central. For those that
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 1: don't know, when Rich was here for the first time,
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: right across the street from the stadium in a building
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 1: that doesn't exist anymore, there was a house. And these
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: dudes went in there, and they called it Tailgate Central.
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 1: And it was like the closest thing to Animal House
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: in real life that you would ever see. Like they
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 1: had couches out on the front lawn, and it was just,
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: the perception was, it was a 24-7 party, right?
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 2: Might have been the reality too, not just the perception.
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 1: And so, but the thing of it is, is you're
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: looking at that and you're going like, what are these
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 1: guys doing? Like these guys will never amount to anything
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: in life. And like they've all flourished. like they do
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 1: at the highest level of things, right? They flourished. Anyway,
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 1: they came back for the game. They said it was
• 1:04:47
  Speaker 1: a busy offseason for a couple of board members of
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 1: Tailgate Central. One of us, Thomas, managed to rupture both
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: patellar tendons this past June. Following surgery, he set a
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: goal of walking into the stadium to watch the Mountaineers
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 1: on opening day. On Saturday, I swelled up with pride
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 1: as I watched one of my closest friends in this
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 1: world accomplish that goal and walk into the terrace to
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 1: take in the whiteout. Meanwhile, how about this one? I'm
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 1: recovering from my own lower body injury after shattering my
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 1: pelvis last December. Now listen to this. Initially, there was
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 1: some uncertainty as to whether I would be able to
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 1: walk again without a limp or without assistance of a cane.
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 1: My surgeon... who happened to be a Pitt grad, told
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: me that my days of running were over. Like my friend,
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: I set a goal that I would be able to
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: run again. Over the summer, I received an email from
• 1:05:42
  Speaker 1: the Steelers advertising the annual Steelers Run Walk benefiting the
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: Art Rooney Foundation. On Monday, not only did I participate,
• 1:05:51
  Speaker 1: but I posted a new personal best for a 5K. Wow.
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: How about that?
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 3: That's impressive.
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 2: Well done, both of you.
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 3: Good job.
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 1: He closes by saying this, personally, I am tired. Hearing
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 1: Mountaineer Nation treat this past Saturday's game as a loss.
• 1:06:06
  Speaker 1: Second half, not pretty as any of us would like,
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 1: but a win's a win. I look forward to being
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 1: back in Morgantown Friday evening. Finally check out the three
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 1: guys' tailgate, get some Cutter's cookies, and watch another Mountaineer
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 1: win on Saturday. I look forward to seeing Hoppy, the Senator,
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 1: and Scopes on Friday evening.
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 3: Very nice.
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 2: I'd love to see those guys. That's a great story,
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 2: both those guys.
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 3: It is.
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 1: Doctor said he wouldn't be able to run again, Hoppy,
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: and he said no.
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 2: Lines up, sets a world record.
• 1:06:33
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go personal best.
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 3: Run it.
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 4: Hey, Tony, 20 years ago yesterday, West Virginia rolled over
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 4: eastern Washington, and Markel Harrison got in the game late
• 1:06:45
  Speaker 4: because he was out of control. West Virginia got the
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 4: ball on a punt on their own 11 with 925 remaining.
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 1: They went.
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 3: Went on a 21-play.
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 1: 21 plays. There you go.
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 4: 89-yard drive. And when they scored the touchdown, Harrison ran
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 4: it in. There was 47 seconds left on the clock.
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 1: Love it.
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 3: How do you like that?
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 1: Love it, love it, love it.
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 3: 21-play drive.
• 1:07:11
  Speaker 2: I think you said this last week, but Connection 304
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 2: now being served inside the stadium.
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 1: That's correct.
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 3: Right?
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 2: Craft beer section.
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: Where's that?
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 2: South end zone?
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's in the craft. I think it's called the
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 1: craft cave. South end zone.
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 2: You head down the concourse, down a couple stairs. It's
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 2: right over there on the side.
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: I strongly encourage, if you are one that would like
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: to drink a beer at the game of a craft
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 1: beer variety, strongly encourage that you do help the cause
• 1:07:35
  Speaker 1: and buy a Connection 304 because if you sell inside
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 1: the stadium, you get to stay inside the stadium and
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: they move them. So we pound that thing, blow those
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 1: things up, right?
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 4: And we have Connection 304 with Jim and Michelle.
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 3: Right at our tailgate.
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, from Parker's Bar Brewing.
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Parker's Bar Brewing. You can certainly get one at
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 2: our tailgate. It's flowing there. But if you're inside the
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 2: stadium and would like a beverage and you're so inclined,
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 2: drink responsibly, of course. But head over to the craft
• 1:08:01
  Speaker 2: beer section. If I'm not mistaken, correct me if I'm
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 2: wrong next week, South End Zone, I believe, is where
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 2: that's located.
• 1:08:07
  Speaker 1: This week in the Big 12 Conference, some important games.
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 1: Two teams that hate each other. Pitt, West Virginia. Ask Missouri, Kansas.
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 2: It's a Friday night game. That's an odd one. That's correct.
• 1:08:19
  Speaker 1: Friday night at... Kansas. And Missouri's going in on the
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 1: road as a five and a half point favorite. So
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: an important game for the league. Oregon, number six in
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: the world, 23 and a half point favorite over the
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 1: Cowboys of Oklahoma State.
• 1:08:39
  Speaker 2: Who had a bad week one as you can have.
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 2: Now they get Oregon, who had a little bit of
• 1:08:45
  Speaker 2: a game there for a lot of that game against
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 2: Boise State. So they'll get a fired up Ducks team,
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 2: I would think.
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 1: Arizona State on the road at Texas A & M. Aggies,
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 1: two-touchdown favorite in that sortie. Washington State at Kansas State.
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 1: Kansas State scored like 198 points last week.
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 3: Washington State hung in there for a while against Washington.
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 3: They did.
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: Kansas State, 17-and-a-half point favorite. Who is it? 17-and-a-half point
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 1: Kansas State.
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 3: That's not a lot of points.
• 1:09:15
  Speaker 1: West Virginia is at 42-point favorite. Up to 42?
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 3: No, 41-and-a-half.
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 1: I round up.
• 1:09:22
  Speaker 3: 41.
• 1:09:22
  Speaker 1: You can't do that in gambling.
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 3: You cannot.
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 2: There's not rounding.
• 1:09:26
  Speaker 1: By the way, if you ever listen to me and
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 1: I'm on the radio and I give a stat, I
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 1: always round up or round down based on. 5. If it's. 5,
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: I go to the next number. If it's below. 5,
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: because people can't.. 3 does not mean anything to you.
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: So if it's 13.3, he averages 13 games. If he
• 1:09:46
  Speaker 1: averages 13.7, he averages 14 points.
• 1:09:49
  Speaker 2: Sports betting, though. Read the script as it's written.
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: Weber State at Colorado. Colorado's 33.5-point favorite. This would be
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 1: a good one for the league.
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 3: This is a real good one.
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 2: I know what you're going to say.
• 1:10:02
  Speaker 1: This would be a good one for the league. UCF
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 1: at Pitt.
• 1:10:05
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's not what I thought you were going to say.
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: UCF at Pitt. Pitt's a seven-point favorite. That would be
• 1:10:09
  Speaker 1: huge for Scott Frost and the Big 12 if they
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 1: went up there and said, I'm going to tell you something.
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 1: Hit you right in the face. So we'll see.
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 3: Southern.
• 1:10:18
  Speaker 2: The best one still to come here.
• 1:10:19
  Speaker 1: Southern, a 51-and-a-half point dog at Houston. Western Carolina, a
• 1:10:26
  Speaker 1: 36-and-a-half point dog at Cincinnati. The Texas Techs on the
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 1: road at Oregon State. Texas Tech, a 25-and-a-half point pick.
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 2: They had a tough first half against Abilene Christian in
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 2: week one.
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 2: 17-6. They were up, but not what they thought they'd do.
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 3: They weren't interested.
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 1: Your boys, Cyhawk Bowl, Iowa State at Iowa, Hawkeyes, 14-point favorite.
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 2: That's a tough matchup for the Cyclones, trying to get
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 2: them rebuilt after Matt Campbell's departure.
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 3: Matt Campbell and 35 players.
• 1:11:01
  Speaker 1: Grambling at TCU, Frogs, 43-and-a-half-point favorite. You getting a tendency here?
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 1: Some big numbers. Prairie View A & M, good lord, 39.5
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: point dog at Baylor. And lastly, the Arkansas's are at Utah.
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 1: And Utah at home, a future stop for the Mountaineers
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: in November, Utah's 12.5 point pick.
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 2: You missed the best game. The best game that's out there.
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 1: Oh, Arizona?
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 2: Arizona at BYU.
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I did go over that one.
• 1:11:32
  Speaker 2: Noah Fafita in his fourth year as a starting quarterback there,
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 2: Brett Brennan, who A lot of people wanted fired a
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 2: couple years ago. Turns around, win nine's game last year.
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 2: They're headed out to take on the Cougars in what
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 2: we know is a tough place to play. But I'm
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 2: anxiously looking forward to that game.
• 1:11:46
  Speaker 3: We'll watch that one.
• 1:11:46
  Speaker 1: What are you saying?
• 1:11:47
  Speaker 2: I just want to see that game. I want to
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 2: see what Arizona's really like.
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 1: Who do you think prevails?
• 1:11:51
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's hard to go against BYU at home
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 2: in this situation. But let's see. They're getting a lot
• 1:11:56
  Speaker 2: of love. I want to see if Arizona's for real.
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 2: We'll be seeing that Arizona team. I want to see
• 1:12:00
  Speaker 2: how they look.
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 3: Brad, you were right. The craft beer is in the
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 3: southeast corner. Okay.
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 1: Thank you, Hoppy. Stadium.
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 1: And the biggest game, they're talking about some just stupid,
• 1:12:10
  Speaker 1: stupid TV ratings.
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 3: Well, Texas.
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 1: Coming up in this Texas game this week. Who are
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 1: we going with that?
• 1:12:17
  Speaker 3: Pick them.
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 1: What do you think?
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 2: I haven't looked at either one of them enough.
• 1:12:20
  Speaker 3: It's like a one and a half. Texas, one and
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 3: a half.
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 2: Probably time for Sark and Arch Manning to go win
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 2: one of those, though.
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 2: I mean, there's been a lot of talk about Arch Manning,
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 2: a lot of talk about Sark. They're in a tough fight.
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 1: Go win one.
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 1:12:31
  Speaker 2: Go win one of those.
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 3: Exactly. We're back on Sunday. Everybody's favorite in the preseason.
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 3: So go do it.
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 1: We'll release our next episode recapping Saturday's game against UT
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 1: Martin coming up on Sunday around noon-ish. Special thanks to
• 1:12:49
  Speaker 1: Zach in there today. He pinch hit.
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 2: Deep bench for us.
• 1:12:52
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: I mean, just like who's next man up. Zach kind
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: of a next man mentality, wouldn't you say?
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 2: This comes in, doesn't miss a beat, don't have to
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 2: explain anything, just handles it.
• 1:13:00
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• 1:13:03
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• 1:13:05
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  Speaker 1: So we encourage you to join us at the Clear
• 1:14:02
  Speaker 1: Mountain Bank stage, both for the Buffalo Wild Wings event
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: and also at the food court. We've got live music
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 1: at both venues, both at the food court and also
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: at Buffalo Wild Wings. And it's starting to become, you know,
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 1: the thing that people are kicking off their football weekend
• 1:14:20
  Speaker 1: to on Thursdays.
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 1: So we encourage you to check it out. We had
• 1:14:24
  Speaker 1: a lot of celebrity guests just kind of roll in
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 1: unexpectedly during last week's show, so you'll never really know.
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 2: Might have one tonight, I'm told.
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 3: Excuse me?
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 1: Did I just see that come through?
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know what you saw come through.
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 3: Are you pulling a Tony here?
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 2: Well, no, because if it was Tony, he would say
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 2: who it was and when they would be there.
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 3: Fair, fair.
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 2: I'm just saying there's a possibility of a celebrity sighting
• 1:14:46
  Speaker 2: and celebrity guest at tonight's.
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 3: I look forward to that.
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 2: We'll see if it comes to fruition.
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah. All right. Thanks for being with us. Y'all good.
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 1: See you.