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Ian Furness 9/18 H3: Rob Rang, fact or fiction and Booze News! · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 2: guy has it fine. Injury report is out for the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 3: And?
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  Speaker 2: Anthony Bradford did not participate today. Questionable. That is his
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  Speaker 2: game status. Sam Darnold is out. Nick Emanwari, questionable. Ty Okada, out.
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  Speaker 2: No other injury designation. So Bradford, if he's out, Christian
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  Speaker 1: time for Ian's weekly visit with Rob Rang from FoxSports.com.
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  Speaker 2: All right, welcome back in. Sports Radio 9, 3.3, KJRFM,
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  Speaker 2: Ian Furness with you and joined now, courtesy of Farrelly's Pizza, farrellyspizza.com.
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  Speaker 2: Rob Rang, as he does every Friday at 2 o'clock,
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  Speaker 2: we look at the big college football games of the weekend.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Rob.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing very well, sir. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good. There is a massive game this weekend. You
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  Speaker 2: know what? I'm not even going to delay. Let's just
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  Speaker 2: get right to it, can we? Can we just get
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  Speaker 2: right to this thing?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: LSU, Mississippi, 4.30, ABC tomorrow on Saturday. The emotions in
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  Speaker 2: this game are through the roof. What about the talent
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  Speaker 2: in this game?
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  Speaker 3: That's also through the roof, buddy. I mean, that's the
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  Speaker 3: thing is that, you know, say what you will about Langston,
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  Speaker 3: the man can flat coach, he can flat recruit. He
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  Speaker 3: may be a liar when it's all said and done
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  Speaker 3: because obviously just the unscrupulous way in which that he
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  Speaker 3: left Ole Miss and ruffled off a lot of feathers
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  Speaker 3: on his way out. He has done that before, of course,
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  Speaker 3: but he's... Now has his star quarterback, Arizona State transfer
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  Speaker 3: Sam Leavitt, who has been listed as doubtful despite any
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  Speaker 3: type of a real injury designation. The same thing with
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  Speaker 3: one of the star linebackers, T.J. Daughtery, who, oh, by
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  Speaker 3: the way, played for Kiffin at Ole Miss, is going
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  Speaker 3: to be returning back. So I just think that there's
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  Speaker 3: going to be so much storyline about Kiffin the emotions
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  Speaker 3: of the game. But to your point, I mean, there
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  Speaker 3: are a lot of very highly regarded NFL prospects in
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  Speaker 3: this game. Let's just start with Sam Leavitt, just because
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  Speaker 3: I do fully expect that he is going to be
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  Speaker 3: starting in this game for LSU. He's 6'2, he's 207 pounds.
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  Speaker 3: He's a quarterback that I got flashed a year ago
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  Speaker 3: at Arizona State for the last couple of years at
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  Speaker 3: Arizona State. The big question was, could he translate that
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  Speaker 3: success into the SEC without the spectacular wide receiver that
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  Speaker 3: Arizona State had last year, Jordan Tyson? Now, of course,
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  Speaker 3: the wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints. And all
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  Speaker 3: he has done these first couple of weeks is show
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  Speaker 3: off that backyard kind of ability that is so intriguing
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  Speaker 3: to today's NFL, where so much of it is kind
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  Speaker 3: of the You know, the impromptu improvisational style of play.
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  Speaker 3: He's got five rushing touchdowns. There's an awful lot of
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  Speaker 3: college football teams in over the last couple of the
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  Speaker 3: first couple of weeks of the season. Don't have five
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  Speaker 3: rushing touchdowns as a team. He's got it himself at
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  Speaker 3: the quarterback position. He is to me, the big storyline here.
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  Speaker 3: If they, if the, LSU doesn't have their star quarterback,
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  Speaker 3: then it'd be a lot more complicated. But I do
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  Speaker 3: think that a lot of the NFL scouts are going
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  Speaker 3: to be focusing in on LSU's defense. And one of
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  Speaker 3: the players that I think is really intriguing, another Ole
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  Speaker 3: Miss transfer, is number one, Prince Will Uman Mellon. And
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  Speaker 3: Uman Mellon, 6'4, 256 pounds, he originally was at Nebraska,
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  Speaker 3: transferred to Ole Miss, now is at LSU, and he
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  Speaker 3: is just cat quick upfield. As I mentioned with the
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  Speaker 3: five rushing touchdowns that Sam Levitt has, And Prince of
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  Speaker 3: Manilowen has five sacks already in just two games. So
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  Speaker 3: I think that whether it be at the quarterback position,
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  Speaker 3: whether it be edge rusher, LSU has got a couple
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  Speaker 3: of guys who maybe aren't first-round picks, but they can
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  Speaker 3: play themselves into that type of consideration. And that's just
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  Speaker 3: the tip of the iceberg on the Ole Miss side.
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  Speaker 2: Let me, just to refresh everyone's memory, I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: Levitt thing that listed as doubtful Wednesday, went through the
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  Speaker 2: walkthrough on Thursday, did Sam Levitt, and It's Kiffin playing games.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure that's going to go over really well with
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  Speaker 2: the SEC, especially with LSU and SEC already at odds
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  Speaker 2: and things. But, yeah, I think most people expect him
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  Speaker 2: to play. Where would he project? What round would he
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  Speaker 2: project as a quarterback right now in the draft?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'm happy that you asked that. That's actually one
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  Speaker 3: of the most recent articles I wrote for FoxSports.com. He
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  Speaker 3: basically did like a quarterback tears. And I have him
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  Speaker 3: firmly in that day-two conversation. I have him as an
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  Speaker 3: early third-round selection right now. I think that he can
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  Speaker 3: play himself up into the second round, perhaps even into
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  Speaker 3: the late first round. He is not as refined of
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  Speaker 3: a pocket passer as As say an Arch Manning or
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  Speaker 3: a Dante Moore, even the flashes that we saw from
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  Speaker 3: Trumesta Maker, of course, to Oklahoma State. And they stunned
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  Speaker 3: Oregon this past week. But what you do see with
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  Speaker 3: Sam Leavitt is an ability to make something out of nothing.
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  Speaker 3: And again, in today's NFL, that is just so valued.
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  Speaker 3: So valuable, excuse me. So I think that he is
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  Speaker 3: a player who is very much on the upswing. He
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  Speaker 3: just has to stay healthy. That has been an issue
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  Speaker 3: for him in the past. And again, as you just mentioned,
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  Speaker 3: I think this is a lot more about, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the head coach basically trying to kind of mess with
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  Speaker 3: betters and the SEC rather than real durability issues with
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  Speaker 3: Sam Levitt.
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  Speaker 2: A couple of guys that did not leave to go
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  Speaker 2: with Lane Kiffin to LSU. The quarterback, Trinidad Chambliss. He
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  Speaker 2: had his own challenges just to get eligible, but Trinidad
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  Speaker 2: Chambliss and the running back, Kiwan Lacey. Let's start with
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  Speaker 2: those two guys. We'll start with the quarterback, Trinidad Chambliss,
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  Speaker 2: and what you think of him for Ole Miss going
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  Speaker 2: against LSU.
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  Speaker 3: Well, to me, he is right there with Sam Levin
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  Speaker 3: as far as that day two conversation. And had he
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  Speaker 3: earned a first-round grade, then he would be playing in
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  Speaker 3: the NFL right now. And, of course, he applied for
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  Speaker 3: a grade from the NFL Advisory Committee. And a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people don't realize how that works. You basically apply
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  Speaker 3: for a grade and then a collection of NFL talent evaluators,
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  Speaker 3: former general managers, current general managers, Uh, they basically get
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  Speaker 3: together and they assign grades. You're either going to get
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  Speaker 3: a first round grade, in which case almost every single
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  Speaker 3: player will lead to the NFL, a day two grade,
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  Speaker 3: which of course means second or third round, or a
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  Speaker 3: recommendation to go back to school. My conversations with scouts,
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  Speaker 3: you know, were that he was getting third to fourth
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  Speaker 3: round grades, essentially meaning go back to school, given the
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  Speaker 3: talent in this last year's quarterback class probably would have
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  Speaker 3: wound up being selected on day two, uh, But without
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  Speaker 3: any type of assurance and knowing the money that's floating
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  Speaker 3: around now, returning back to college football as a big-time
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  Speaker 3: college quarterback, it made all the sense in the world,
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  Speaker 3: literally and figuratively, for him to return to Ormus. And
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  Speaker 3: I thought that he was very impressive in that week
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  Speaker 3: one shootout against Louisville. Showed an awful lot of poise
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  Speaker 3: late in that game. The same type of poise that
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  Speaker 3: he showed in the SEC championship game a year ago
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  Speaker 3: in beating Georgia.
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  Speaker 2: Rob, let's talk about Q1 Lacey. I remember watching Wazoo
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  Speaker 2: play against these guys last year, and Chambliss was just okay,
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  Speaker 2: but Kiwan Lacey was really good. 5'11, 205-pound running back.
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  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on him?
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  Speaker 3: I think he's absolutely dynamic, Ian. I mean, the fact is,
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  Speaker 3: you just mentioned he's 205 pounds. And so because of that,
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  Speaker 3: there are some concerns about whether he has the durability
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  Speaker 3: to be able to last in the NFL as a
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  Speaker 3: feature back. And I would just go back to last
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  Speaker 3: year when he led the SEC not only in rushing touchdowns,
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  Speaker 3: but just in carries. He proved that he can handle
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  Speaker 3: that type of a big workload. To me, in style
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  Speaker 3: and in stature, he is very reminiscent of Devin Aichen, who,
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  Speaker 3: of course, played at Texas A & M in the SEC,
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  Speaker 3: also now is a star for the Miami Dolphins. He
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  Speaker 3: just has electric moves and breakaway speed as well as power.
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  Speaker 3: Usually when they're guys that are built 5'11, 205 pounds,
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  Speaker 3: then they might have quickness. They might even have breakaway speed,
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  Speaker 3: but they don't have power as well. He has that
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  Speaker 3: entire package, and there's not very many backs in 25
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  Speaker 3: years I've been doing this that are 205 pounds that
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  Speaker 3: I've put a first-round stamp on. But with this young man,
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  Speaker 3: Kiwan Lacey, number five at Ole Miss, I do think
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  Speaker 3: that he is on the track for a first-round grade.
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  Speaker 2: at least on paper. Miami, Wake Forest. I think Miami's
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  Speaker 2: a pretty heavy favorite, but Jake Dickert and Wake Forest,
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  Speaker 2: we'll see what they can do. Let's talk about the
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  Speaker 2: two skill guys, though, for Miami. Darian Mensah, the quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: and wide receiver Malachi Toney.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, there's no question about it. We're talking
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  Speaker 3: about a team, of course, that played for the national
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  Speaker 3: championship a year ago here with Mario Cristobal. And I
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  Speaker 3: think that there's going to be lots of games all
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  Speaker 3: year long in that we can focus in on Miami.
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  Speaker 3: But I love the fact that you mentioned Jake Dickert.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, 2-0 for Wake Forest. And is there a
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  Speaker 3: battle of two teams in the ACC that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: essentially are playing for first place? And so I don't
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  Speaker 3: know that we're going to be able to say that
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  Speaker 3: much longer for Wake Forest. Look, at Miami, the story
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  Speaker 3: really is another quarterback, Darian Mensah, and their star wide receiver,
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  Speaker 3: Malachi Toney. First off with Mensah, you know, he's an
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  Speaker 3: interesting player. He reminds me a little bit of Jaden Daniels.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, for a former Heisman Trophy winner at LSU,
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  Speaker 3: we talked about a moment ago, Sam Levitt. Arizona State,
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  Speaker 3: of course, that's where Jordan Tyson or Jaden Daniels, excuse me,
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  Speaker 3: Jaden Daniels originally played his college ball. So I see
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  Speaker 3: in Darian Mensah a frame and a style very similar
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  Speaker 3: to Jaden Daniels, a little bit wiry, 6'3, 205 pounds,
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  Speaker 3: but he is a dynamic and elusive athlete. He's got
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  Speaker 3: really good touch. He has played the game as far
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  Speaker 3: as bouncing around from program to program. Was originally a Tulane.
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  Speaker 3: Transferred to Duke this past year. Led the Duke Blue
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  Speaker 3: Devils to their very first ACC crown, at least in football,
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  Speaker 3: since 1962. So the guy is a winner. He has
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  Speaker 3: been spectacular for Miami so far. Eight touchdowns, zero interceptions. Again,
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  Speaker 3: been dynamic in and out of the pocket. A true
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  Speaker 3: dual threat type of a guy. It's a lot easier, though,
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  Speaker 3: when you are throwing the ball to a guy like
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  Speaker 3: number one Malachi Toney. And Ian, you and I have
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  Speaker 3: been doing this for an awful long time. Virtually every
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  Speaker 3: time we talk, we discuss players that are eligible for
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  Speaker 3: upcoming years NFL drafts. This young man, Malachi Toney, is
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  Speaker 3: only a sophomore, but some guys just move different, and
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  Speaker 3: that's what this guy is like. I mean, he just
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  Speaker 3: changes gears like he's a sports car. There's so many
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  Speaker 3: touchdowns over his young career where it looks like the
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  Speaker 3: defense has an angle. The free safety is going to
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  Speaker 3: be able to get him. And he just switches to
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  Speaker 3: another gear, almost like the way that Jackson Smith and Jigba,
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  Speaker 3: of course, was able to train that fourth down throw
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  Speaker 3: from Drew Locke into a breakaway game-winning, essentially, touchdown for
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  Speaker 3: the Seahawks. Look, I think that Malachi Toney is going
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  Speaker 3: to wind up being even faster than the 4-5-3 that
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  Speaker 3: JSN wound up running. I think he's going to be
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  Speaker 3: in the 4-4s, but he plays even faster than that.
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  Speaker 3: If the NFL draft could select him this year, then
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  Speaker 3: he would easily be a first-round pick. I think he's
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  Speaker 3: going to wind up being a top-10, top-15 selection in
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  Speaker 3: 2028 when he is eligible.
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  Speaker 2: Rob Rank joining us, courtesy of Farrelly's Pizza. Let's talk
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  Speaker 2: about the other game tonight, 5 o'clock on Fox, Houston
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  Speaker 2: and Texas Tech. Houston's ranked 22nd, Texas Tech ranked 13th,
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  Speaker 2: and it feels like this is almost an elimination game
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  Speaker 2: and maybe the toughest game remaining on each of these
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  Speaker 2: two teams' schedules.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, look, buddy, I'm excited to talk about Houston and
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  Speaker 3: Texas Tech. I didn't want to mention one thing real
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  Speaker 3: quick with that Wake Forest game.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Unfortunately, tragically, we saw the loss of a former Seahawks
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  Speaker 3: legend in Fred Young. I want to mention, and so,
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  Speaker 3: you know, rest in peace to he and certainly my,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Well wishes to the rest of his remaining
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  Speaker 3: family and to the Seahawks family as well. There's another
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  Speaker 3: connection here in this particular game with Wake Forest to
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  Speaker 3: another former Seahawks legend, that being Brian Blades, number 89,
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  Speaker 3: a longtime star for the Seahawks. His son goes by
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  Speaker 3: Deuce Blades. His son is going to be playing cornerback
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  Speaker 3: for Wake Forest. And there's going to be some times
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  Speaker 3: where he gets the opportunity to match up one-on-one against
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  Speaker 3: the aforementioned Malachi Tony. And I just think that this
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  Speaker 3: is a Florida international transfer who doesn't have elite size,
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  Speaker 3: doesn't have his father's elite speed, or his uncle Benny Blades' speed.
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  Speaker 3: uh or outblades uh you know speed but at the
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  Speaker 3: same time he's a player and this is the exact
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  Speaker 3: opportunity that he might be looking for of course all
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  Speaker 3: those blades brothers before played at the university of miami
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  Speaker 3: so this is going to be quite the stage for
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  Speaker 3: brian or deuce blades the second number two uh to
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  Speaker 3: perhaps put his name on the big stage so i
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  Speaker 3: think that's another intriguing reason to watch the Miami Wake
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  Speaker 3: Forest game at 4.30 at ESPN. And I'm sorry, you
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  Speaker 3: mentioned Houston, Texas Tech, five o'clock on Fox. And you
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  Speaker 3: know me, I'm a company guy. I'm always going to
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  Speaker 3: pump the Fox games. You know, look, this is a game, however,
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  Speaker 3: that to me is more of a demonstration of just
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  Speaker 3: like where college football has frankly sunk to. It's all
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  Speaker 3: about money anymore. And This is a demonstration of just
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  Speaker 3: the best players that money can buy. We talked before
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  Speaker 3: about some of the other programs out there that have
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  Speaker 3: so many players in the East-West Shrine Bowls, top 1,000.
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  Speaker 3: The Red Raiders, Ian, have 27 players. on the east-west,
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  Speaker 3: top 1,000. My favorite player is actually a guy who
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  Speaker 3: came in play, and that being the quarterback, Brandon Soares.
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  Speaker 3: We can talk about him a little bit if you'd like,
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  Speaker 3: but I'm going to focus in on the wide receiver
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: for Houston because there's going to be so much talk
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: about the Red Raiders, obviously eligible for the college football
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: playoff this year. To me, this is almost like a
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: playoff game because whichever one of these two teams wins,
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: they have a pretty easy track to the college football playoff.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: The Red Raiders don't have another team on their record,
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: on their schedule, excuse me, that is currently ranked in
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: the top 25. Houston only has one game, and that's
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: against Utah in November. So whatever team wins this game
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: really does have a nice opportunity to go play in
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: the playoff. My favorite player in this game that's actually playing, again,
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: Brandon Sorsby, the quarterback for Texas Tech, obviously isn't eligible
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: due to gambling. We've talked about him before. My favorite
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: player in the game is a wide receiver, Amari Thomas,
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: number zero for Houston. He's six foot five and six foot,
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: excuse me, six foot 205 pounds. So he's got a frame.
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: He's actually bigger than T1 Lacey. They're running back from
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: Ole Miss that we discussed just a couple of moments ago.
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: And he plays like a running back, almost like a
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: golden tape with the way that he is able to
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: bounce off of contact. I won't use the comparison to
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: Debo Samuel that some have used, but he is a
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: very physical player after the catch. It bounces through contact,
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: and he almost looks for contact at the receiver position.
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: He's a fun slot receiver that I think could make
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: this game watchable other than a reason to, sorry, Brendan Sorsby,
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: but to bet on the money line.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Exactly. We'll worry about Sorsby when we get to our
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: draft previews coming up in the spring. Who else are
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: you looking at this game? I know there's a couple
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: offense alignment maybe that you want to take a peek
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: at in Texas Tech and Houston tonight.
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, you're always looking for opposite tackles. And,
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: of course, so much of what we're doing on this
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: weekly show is that what we're talking about players that
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: the Seahawks might be interested in. Obviously, Seattle has two
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: very good, still young tackles in Charles Cross and Abe Lucas.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: But you're always looking for the next guy's developmental talent.
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: And there's a couple of left tackles in this game
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: that I think are intriguing just because they're relatively decent
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: athletes considering how big that they are. First on Texas
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: Tech side, they got a big left tackle, Howard Sampson,
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: who's 6'8 and 330 pounds. And he's just so damn
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: big that he can just kind of swallow up guys
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: at the point of attack at times. Now, he did
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: struggle a little bit in high-profile games, of course, Texas Tech. Tech,
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: they played against some of the best teams in the
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: country a year ago. in their college playoff run. And
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: obviously they had some very talented players that they were
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: going up against, you know, just even in practice. But
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: he is a player that has good patience. He's got
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: pretty decent feet for such a big guy. There's just
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: no way he's going to be able to stay at
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: the left tackle position in the NFL. But he's a
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: guy that maybe could make the switch to the right
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: tackle spot. And the same thing in Houston. They've got
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: a player, left tackle, Alvin Ebosele, number 79, 6'6, 312 pounds. Again,
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: he's got good enough feet that he might be able
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: to make, you know, at least be a developmental kind of,
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: you know, type of an offensive tackle at the NFL,
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: especially in a wide zone blocking offense like the one
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: that John Benton and the Seahawks run.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: All right. One more game I want to get to
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: real quick, and that would just be the Alabama game
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: against Arkansas. Arkansas is not very good. But Kayla DeBoer's
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: got to have a dude or two we want to
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: talk about, right?
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: Not as many as you might think. I mean, Alabama,
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: considering the fact that they are Bama and they are
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: ranked 10th in the country, they have a lot of
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: very good young players. But when it comes to this
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: year's upcoming draft, it might surprise people that, in my opinion,
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: their best player is actually an edge rusher, not something
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: that Kalen DeBoer is, of course, known for, obviously being
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: an offensive guy after all this time. But number zero,
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: Yonce Pierre. An edge rusher, 6'4, 251 pounds. He reminds
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: me a little bit of Dallas Turner, who was an
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: edge rusher from Alabama a couple of years ago. The
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: Minnesota Vikings took him in the first round. You see
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: the flashes of just his initial burst, that bend, the power.
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: He really could be something. Again, it's been more flash.
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: than consistency so far, but the traits are undeniable, and
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: if he continues this upward trajectory, we could be talking
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: about him as a first-round selection by the time we
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: get to the spring. My favorite player for Alabama right
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: now isn't the flashiest guy, but he is one of
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: the more physical and reliable open field tacklers. That's the
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: safety key on SAB, S-A-B-B. He is a bad guy
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: when it comes to just in special teams and it
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: comes to just running down the alley and taking out
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: running backs. He is one of my favorite safeties in
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: this draft class that isn't necessarily talked about in that
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: first or second round conversation. He's going to be a
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: middle round player, but I wouldn't be surprised at all
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: if he winds up being a long time starter in
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: the NFL.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: Great stuff, as always, from Rob Brang. Again, brought to
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• 22:44
  Speaker 2: today because we've got USC on the horizon for Oregon.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: But let me just throw the– Something on the radar
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: down the road. I'm going to ask you a little
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: bit more about Dante Moore and a couple of those
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: linemen for Oregon that we thought were going to be
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: so good that haven't looked good. We won't learn anything
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: from Portland State tonight, but we'll get to that maybe
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: next week as well. Great stuff as always. What do
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: you got up on FoxSports.com right now?
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: Well, as we talked about, certainly the quarterback tears is
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: the most recent article, or excuse me, one of the
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: most recent articles. And then, you know, we're so excited
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: about Ole Miss and LSU this week. Last week it
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: was Texas, Ohio State. And so as that game was
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: going on, I basically was kind of giving my thoughts on,
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: on Arch Manning, uh, on Julian saying Jeremiah Smith, Cam Coleman,
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: the superstars at both of those respective programs, uh, and,
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: and just kind of trying to evaluate them on the
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: fly as the game went on. Obviously, Arch Manning and
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: Texas Engineering, a remarkable comeback victory. It's funny, people look
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: at the statistics and they think that Arch Manning didn't
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: play that well. There were a couple of drops that
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: I think that if he had got some of the
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: credit for some of the absolute dimes which he threw...
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: then people would understand why there is growing certainty that
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: Arch Manning will be the number one overall selection in
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: the 2027 NFL draft if he indeed decides to make
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: himself eligible. Although, hey, if it's the Cleveland Browns, they
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: might pull another Manning and decide not to want to
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: go there. They might opt out and just return to
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: Austin for one more season.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: God, wouldn't that be something. All right, Rob Rang, FoxForce.com,
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• 24:43
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• 24:45
  Speaker 2: And you can find that on the iHeartRadio app or
• 24:46
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• 24:48
  Speaker 2: you next week, Rob. Thank you.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: Looking forward to it as always, buddy. Take care.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: All right, Rob Brank coming up next. My Factor Fiction pick,
• 24:55
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• 25:08
  Speaker 6: You know, the U. I'll never tell you. I went
• 25:10
  Speaker 6: to the U. The U, you know, side of the helmet.
• 25:13
  Speaker 6: Put your thumbs together. Point your fingers up. It's the U.
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: Take your savings. Bet it all on Miami by $ 1, 000.
• 25:22
  Speaker 6: Thank me later.
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: Good advice. Very good advice. Speaking of which, let's get
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• 26:27
  Speaker 2: I'm sort of chasing on a Friday just because I
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: want to get some... I need some... I need something
• 26:32
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• 26:33
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• 26:35
  Speaker 5: All right, I like it.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: I've gone back and forth on what I'm doing with
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: this game. I initially was thinking the total, but it's high.
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: It's a little high for me. Instead, I'm going to
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: just take a team that's favored by 20.5 points. And
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: that is the U. You just heard it.
• 26:55
  Speaker 5: Oh, well, you're taking the advice.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Taking on Wake Forest.
• 26:58
  Speaker 5: Will you thank someone later?
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: I'm going to thank myself later if this comes in.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: Darian Benson Company, Miami, the Hurricanes have covered both times
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: this season against big spreads. One of them was against
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: the Trees of Stanford. The other team was an FCS team,
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: but it doesn't matter.
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: They've covered. Wake Forest barely. Jake Dickert. The fight in
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: Jake Dickert. Barely beat Purdue last week. Here's the deal.
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: If that was basketball, that's called a quad one loss.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: That's a good loss.
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: That painter's team's good.
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: You weren't playing at Mackey Arena in Lafayette. Yeah. You
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: were playing football, and you lost. Football. And you almost
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: lost to Purdue. So Miami minus 20 and a half.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: Fact 49451 over Jake Dickard in the Wake Forest. Demon Deacons.
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: That game is tonight, 430 Pacific time. Fact 49451 if
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: you disagree with Fiction49451. Here's the deal. Gio Lopez can
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: make some things happen, the quarterback for Wake Forest, but
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: not enough. Miami's defense has struggled a little bit this season.
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: That's why I was thinking about the under, or the.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Over, rather.
• 28:07
  Speaker 5: You know me, I like the overs and unders.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: I know you like the over, too, but got some
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: secondary issues. Obviously, losing two pass rushers to the NFL draft. Miami,
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: Mario Cristobal are on a mission. They're going to try
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: to take any and all questions out of it. It's
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: an ACC game, by the way, too.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: Not only winning the ACC, but also trying to wait
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: for it. Wait for it. Thank me later. Wait for it.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: Even if they drop a game or two along the way,
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: trying to make sure that there is no question that
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: they belong in the 12-team playoff, like there was last year.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: When they got all the way to the title game
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: and proved themselves. They're on a mission. They've scored a
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: lot of points this season. The fight in Jake Dickert's,
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: this is the type of game he'll lose and lose
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: big because by now someone's already called him by another job. Yes,
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: we're only two games into the season. I trust him
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: not at all. Mario Cristobal, Miami, minus 20 and a half,
• 29:01
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• 29:56
  Speaker 2: half against Jake Dickert and Wake Forest, Fact, 49451. If
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: you disagree, fiction, 49451. And if you're going to ask me, Ian,
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: is this an emotional pick and are you a bitter man?
• 30:07
  Speaker 5: I was going to ask, but I need the answer.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: The answer is yes.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: On all of the above.
• 30:11
  Speaker 5: Yes, I need the answer.
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: I don't ever root for Miami. No, me neither. Unless
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: they're playing Wake Forest.
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: Or if they were to play Iowa State and that
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: punk Jimmy Rogers.
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that would be a fair one too.
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: Yep, 100%.
• 30:23
  Speaker 5: That's a fair one too.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: I don't like those guys.
• 30:26
  Speaker 5: No, and I think you have a good reason not to.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: I don't like Oklahoma. Ben Arbuckle and John Mateer. But
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: you know what? They've got enough problems right now. Thornton
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: Interceptions and not being good at football.
• 30:33
  Speaker 4: I mean, I never want Alabama to win. I didn't
• 30:36
  Speaker 4: want them to win before Kalen DeBoer. I don't want
• 30:38
  Speaker 4: them to win with Kalen DeBoer.
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: Well, the good news now, they don't have a lot
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: of money, apparently, down in Alabama.
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: Yeah, they're just broke.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: Poor Alabama. Which I could have told you that. I
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: could have told you there's not a lot of money
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: in Alabama because I've been to Alabama.
• 30:46
  Speaker 4: It's like all of a sudden when everybody else got
• 30:48
  Speaker 4: to compete the same way.
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: Oopsie doodle. The $ 100 handshake turned into a million dollar handshake. Yeah.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: They're like, how many, what are we doing here? How
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: many boiled peanuts do we have to sell to get
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: to that? You said peanuts, right? Boiled peanuts.
• 31:00
  Speaker 5: Okay, thank you.
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: What did you think I said?
• 31:01
  Speaker 5: Well, it just wasn't very well enunciated. I got a
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: little nervous.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: Boiled peanuts? Oh, I got you.
• 31:08
  Speaker 5: Got a little nervous there. I was like, I don't
• 31:10
  Speaker 5: know how they do.
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: That in Alabama. Boiled, fill in the blank what you
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: thought I said. That would be top 10 of one
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: of the most painful things that could happen.
• 31:18
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was like, oh,
• 31:20
  Speaker 5: that sounds really mean.
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: In Alabama. I don't even want to think about it,
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: but now it can't get out of my mind.
• 31:25
  Speaker 5: Sorry for that.
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: Boiled peanuts.
• 31:27
  Speaker 4: Peanuts.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: Yes, they sell them on the side of the road.
• 31:30
  Speaker 5: That's another thing you shouldn't do.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Not a lot of food vendor certificates there in King County.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: All right, there you go.
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: 49451.
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: Again, one more time. It's Miami. Minus 20 and a half.
• 31:41
  Speaker 6: Fact.
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: Wake Forest is the opponent tonight. Bet on the Canes.
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: Bet on them now. Bet them on a heavy. Thank
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: me later. There you go. Let's go, Canes. Come on.
• 31:51
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  Speaker 4: And if you look, I mean, with the mix there,
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  Speaker 4: I think that's a five-calorie drink.
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  Speaker 1: Whoa.
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  Speaker 2: Sugar free. I'll have three.
• 32:41
  Speaker 5: Yeah, there you go.
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: I'll have half of one before I drive home. Yeah.
• 32:44
  Speaker 5: Five calorie mixer. There you go.
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: There you go.
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: Please drink responsibly.
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 32:49
  Speaker 5: Well, here we go.
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: It is the start of Booze News and a new
• 32:52
  Speaker 4: Booze News era. Our third iteration of Booze News, actually.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: Where did it start?
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: Started back in COVID.
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 32:57
  Speaker 5: It was a way for me to not drink alone.
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 32:59
  Speaker 5: Once a week, basically. So here we are drinking Cheetos
• 33:02
  Speaker 5: together on a Friday afternoon.
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: And it has been a whirlwind week as I learned
• 33:06
  Speaker 4: the ropes of a new show and a new schedule.
• 33:08
  Speaker 5: So, of course, there's been a lot of questions.
• 33:10
  Speaker 4: Thrown my way from listeners, family, friends. Everyone has the
• 33:14
  Speaker 4: first question. How do I like sleeping in?
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 33:17
  Speaker 5: And I'll tell you this. If you told 20-year-old me.
• 33:20
  Speaker 4: That one day I would consider getting up at 645
• 33:23
  Speaker 4: as sleeping in, I would straight up punch you.
• 33:27
  Speaker 5: In the face. In the face.
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: Yes. Yeah.
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: Yes. Yep.
• 33:30
  Speaker 5: But here we are.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: 645, you're sleeping in now.
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 33:33
  Speaker 4: Sleeping in.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: I can tell you I'm not up at 645, but continue.
• 33:35
  Speaker 5: Yeah. I do sleep until 645.
• 33:38
  Speaker 4: Now, I don't take naps. I commute with other commuters.
• 33:41
  Speaker 4: I hate the traffic lights in Ballard. These are all
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: things I have verified this week.
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: First world problems. Yep.
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: Things I am acutely aware of as of this week.
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: Commuting. Yes. But you're not getting out of a car
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: in the dark garage.
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: Not getting out of a car in the dark garage.
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: Not taking a nap is a big deal because that
• 33:58
  Speaker 4: takes a big chunk of your day. So I now
• 34:00
  Speaker 4: accomplish a lot more. I've gotten more laundry done this
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: week than I've ever done on a weekday. I've prepared
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: crockpot meals. I've done school drop-off. I walk the dog
• 34:09
  Speaker 4: miles every morning. I shower every day.
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: Jax, you know what I haven't heard yet?
• 34:14
  Speaker 3: What?
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: And I love working with Ian.
• 34:17
  Speaker 5: Well, I haven't gotten there yet.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: Okay. Yeah.
• 34:19
  Speaker 5: But now I am a contributing member of society.
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 34:23
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 34:24
  Speaker 4: A lot of other people want to know the differences
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: between working with you and working with The Morning Show.
• 34:28
  Speaker 5: So I'm just going to say this. There are differences.
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: As she takes a drink.
• 34:36
  Speaker 5: But I did love my five years working with The
• 34:38
  Speaker 5: Morning Show. They were great.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: I loved working with.
• 34:40
  Speaker 5: Chuck and Buck, and I'm truly excited to be here
• 34:42
  Speaker 5: with you.
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: Thank you. You're welcome.
• 34:44
  Speaker 3: Cheers.
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: Before you go to the next one, I actually have
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: booze news.
• 34:48
  Speaker 5: Oh, yeah, that's right.
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: What is it?
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: I wanted to contribute.
• 34:49
  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I'm ready for it.
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: I wanted to be a part of this.
• 34:51
  Speaker 5: I'm ready for this.
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: It's fresh hop season.
• 34:54
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: And by the way, you should point out, Ashley comes
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: in here for legalities. Jackson, thank you for brewing this
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: every Friday. Of course. Jackson will be paid off in beer. Yes.
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: That was the agreement. He's pretty excited about that. By
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: our friends at Georgetown Brewing. It's fresh hop season. And
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: if you're a beer lover, it is one of the
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: greatest times of the year. I checked with my boys,
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: Matt and company down in Georgetown. Keg dates are 9-23
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: and 9-24, so that would be, what, a week from today?
• 35:17
  Speaker 5: Yeah, next Wednesday and Thursday.
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: And for small batches, and October 5th for Fresh Hop Bodhi.
• 35:24
  Speaker 6: Oh, hello.
• 35:25
  Speaker 5: He just got so excited.
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: I'm working on it for you, Jackson. Thank you very much.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: Don't worry about it. Let's go. Go see your local brewer.
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: Support local. Doesn't matter if it's Georgetown or whoever.
• 35:34
  Speaker 5: Yeah, but Georgetown is the best.
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: We love Georgetown. And they're good with whoever your local
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: guy is. If you have a local brewery you like,
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: go support them. Get some fresh hop. Let's support those
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: local breweries. But yeah, fresh hop season is here.
• 35:42
  Speaker 5: Continue. Okay, I love that. Actual booze news in the
• 35:44
  Speaker 5: booze news. And some actual news news in the booze news.
• 35:48
  Speaker 4: AI is apparently going to kill us all and a
• 35:50
  Speaker 4: lot sooner than we all thought, which sounds super fun.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: That's great. Happy Friday.
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: One guy from Anthropic basically said it's like real life
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: Terminator and something needs to be done to stop it.
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: But apparently nobody really knows how to stop it or
• 36:00
  Speaker 4: what to do to stop it because they all want
• 36:01
  Speaker 4: to see how far it'll go. And I always joke like, oh,
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: the robots are going to take over. But it's a
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: lot less funny when the robots are going to take over.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: It's not funny.
• 36:10
  Speaker 5: No, it's not funny anymore.
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: Now I need another drink. Yeah.
• 36:13
  Speaker 5: I mean, I can't even handle voice to text. How
• 36:15
  Speaker 5: am I going to handle AI?
• 36:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: You haven't dealt with my text yet. Have you too much?
• 36:19
  Speaker 5: Not too much.
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: Jess will fill you in on that.
• 36:22
  Speaker 4: Well, I'll tell you this. In the last month, because
• 36:24
  Speaker 4: I always voice to text. In the last month, I've
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: sent an F word in an email.
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: Oh, good.
• 36:29
  Speaker 4: Talked to my friend about mushrooms on the side of
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: the road. Repeatedly called my daughter Pete and said the
• 36:34
  Speaker 4: phrase good balls to her as well.
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: Good what? She's at middle school, right?
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 36:40
  Speaker 4: And I scared the crap out of my mom this
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: morning as well because I accidentally voice texted her.
• 36:45
  Speaker 5: OMG what the F is happening.
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: Oh, my God. And then she. Oh, that's what I
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: just said.
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: OMG. Yeah.
• 36:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: And then, yeah.
• 36:51
  Speaker 5: So there we go. So I don't think I can
• 36:53
  Speaker 5: handle AI.
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: How does this whole thing, because somebody else brought this
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: up today, like the robots. Was it Florio? They're going
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: to take over or take over? Like how?
• 37:02
  Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know because they just keep building
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: them smarter and then they're figuring out how to even
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: like be smarter than the ones before.
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: Well, you know what? It won't happen here at iHeart
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: because we are guaranteed human. That's right. That's what it
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: says here in the little thing.
• 37:14
  Speaker 5: Yeah, robots wouldn't drink booze on a Friday.
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: They sure as hell would not. Do you like booze
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: news at 2.50? It's kind of nice.
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: Better?
• 37:21
  Speaker 5: It's the actual start of the weekend.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: It is. Well, the unofficial start of the weekend is
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: Thursday with Funston. Right, but this is the official. This
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: is the official start. And Jackson, we appreciate you more
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: than anything. I appreciate the beer coming. What's on your
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: show today? What do we have today on Football Friday?
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: We have Lee Sterling, 345. Bill Kruger on the just
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: craptastic baseball team at 4 o'clock. They're really good. They
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: are good for booze news. We have an hour of
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: Hugh Millen from 5 to 6 p.m.
• 37:46
  Speaker 3: As well.
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: That'll be fun. More at 5. There you go. Do
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: we have anything else?
• 37:51
  Speaker 5: No, we're good.
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: We're good?
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: Cheers. Hey, shout out and thank you to Tito's.
• 37:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 37:55
  Speaker 5: Thank you, Tito's.
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: They're a sponsor. Yeah, they are. We actually have a
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: sponsor for this segment.
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 37:59
  Speaker 5: I didn't buy this vodka. They gave it to me
• 38:01
  Speaker 5: because they sponsored the segment.
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: Well, that's even better. That's even better. Booze News every Friday.
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: In the meantime, have a great weekend. Softie and Jackson
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: and Hugh are next. For the mild-mannered and marginally objectionable
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: Ian Furness, this is Paddle Day saying so long, everyone.