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Vikings United : Lance Christensen Jr. Joins to Discuss Sports Insights, Coaching Changes, and Divisional Round Recap · Scene Projects Sports Network

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Welcome in to another exciting episode of the Scene Project Sports Network.
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My name is Bubba Starts.
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I'm the host of the show.
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I'm joined as always by my cohost, coach Cody.
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What's happening, coach?
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How we doing?
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How we doing?
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Man, we're good.
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What an exciting weekend of football.
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We're gonna get into all that.
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We'll bring in Big B, our other cohost.
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What's up?
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What's happening, B?
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I hope you're keeping a keeping a pulse on the newswire, man.
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Like, coach is getting let go left and right.
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Coach is getting hired already.
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We got a lot of news to share.
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Well, I'm still waiting I'm still waiting for the breaking news that Cody's been hired
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somewhere.
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I mean, you
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know, a lot of opening.
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That's why we gotta have you.
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We're gonna welcome in our special guest for at least a portion of the show tonight.
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My guy, Lance Christianson junior from the Driven brand.
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What's happening, Lance?
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I'm having a hard time hearing anything right now.
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What's what's going on here?
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Yeah.
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I don't know.
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You're probably on your phone.
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It's not the easiest,
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Okay.
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We're good now.
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Good?
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Alright.
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There we go.
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It's it's because purple and gold blew your speakers out.
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Right.
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Well, Lance, you're new to the show, but you're not new to content.
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You have the driven brand.
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You're a golfer, collegiate golfer.
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I I know that you got eyes on the prize going pro, whether it's this summer or in the future
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when your eligibility is up in the NCAA.
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But tell the guys here and all of our viewers at home a little bit about yourself and your
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journey, man.
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Were you able to hear me, Lance?
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Check one two.
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Can you guys hear me okay, Cody?
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Yeah.
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I can hear you.
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I can hear you just fine.
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Okay.
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I'm on my phone right now as well, and and you gotta do both, volume settings.
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But
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Well, when we get him back, I'll have you give him a tutorial.
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Okay.
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While we figure out Lance and I his situation, coach, what a, what a wild weekend of football.
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Obviously, we had playoffs in the NFL, but we also had a national championship game last
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night, a historic run for the Hoosiers.
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Pretty wild to, you know, watch that season transpire.
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I'm trying to bring Lance back in and see if he can see it.
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Can you hear us okay now, Lance?
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There we go.
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Yeah.
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Alright.
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Had had to make it dramatic.
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Sorry, y'all.
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That's all good.
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That's all good, man.
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Well, here.
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Yeah.
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Let's let's double back then.
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Let's get a little word out of Lance, and then we'll come back and we'll get a lot of football
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takes.
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Lance, little inside baseball.
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Lance is a big Pats fan, so he's a pretty happy camper right now.
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But, Lance, I wanted you to just kinda give us a little bit of your backstory.
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You got the driven brand.
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You're a collegiate golfer, but I I know you got eyes on the prize of going pro here whether
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it's this summer or it's in the future.
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So tell us a little bit of your backstory, man, and and then we'll get into the football talk.
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Yeah.
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What's up, everyone?
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My name is Lance Christensen junior.
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I'm from the Kyle, South Dakota in the dead center of the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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My story is I grew up playing golf pretty much my entire life, but, from the small little
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town, a little one high school, I was the first, native American from the reservation to
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win the twenty nineteen State Day Golf Championship.
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And the story belongs is that, I didn't have a golf course within 45 miles of me, and, I've
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every single day, I would travel that distance, and I would do the things.
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I worked extremely hard and put in a lot of hours, and then I signed to play division one
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golf.
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Was an all American in high school.
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Played at the national tournaments and on the golf channel, things of that manner.
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And then, played four years division one golf.
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And then now I started my brand just this summer called Driven.
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Working on that now, doing things like this, like podcasts and stuff, trying to get it out
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there.
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And, I'm playing my final year of eligibility at Colorado Christian University.
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They were the back to back, division two champions and runner-up last year.
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Lost in a playoff.
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So, that's been a been a crazy journey.
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And, I'm actually recovering from an injury right now, so there are a lot to more lot to be
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seen on Driven about the whole process and the whole journey, but, glad to be here.
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Let's talk football.
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Yes, sir.
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Well and you're gonna be a big part of our golf content over the course of 2026, and I got some
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big visions for following the rest of your journey and collaborating with you and driven
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and the Scene Project Sports Network.
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And I see a a bright future for us all growing together, man.
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So really excited to have you on the show tonight.
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Your Patriots got a big win in what I'm dubbing the AFC championship game this weekend with
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Boenix being out for the Denver Broncos who beat the Bills on Saturday.
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That leaves a lot of things up in the air for them, obviously.
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I feel like that's man.
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Yeah.
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Patriots, man.
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It's a I definitely was saying that, hey.
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We we could get a wildcard spot this year and then anything could happen.
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Like I said, that's beginning of the year.
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I thought we're gonna get 10 wins, but the fact that we went fourteen and three and just, you
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know I mean, we played, like, a great season.
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Drake May broke so many records for 23 years old, the same age as me.
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This is crazy.
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I did not see this coming at all, but, I mean, I'm only grateful we're back where we belong,
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baby.
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Bee, what'd you think about that game?
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I know that was I I I think you're picking the Texans in that one, weren't you?
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Oh, okay.
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I don't know about that.
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Everyone else wants, though.
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No.
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I was no.
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I was I I didn't really matter.
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I mean, I just didn't want the bills in just the fact that, you know, I'm kind of wanting to
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see the o four versus o four someday.
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But, no, props to the Patriots.
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I mean, they'll all all the games this weekend were, you know, good.
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You know, doubt it's up for the Seattle game, think, a really bummer, but
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That one was over with the opening kickoff.
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Yeah.
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They could've stopped right there.
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One seven six.
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Yeah.
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But, no, it was it was it was a good game.
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Good for the Pats.
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I mean, it just you know, we're talking on my podcast, Prime Time Blitz last week.
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You know, this 2024 quarterback class might go down as one of the greatest is '83 or '84 when
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they had Elway and Marino and all them.
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I mean, just look at what they've done, you know, just in the two years plus, you know,
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since they got drafted.
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I mean, we almost had four, you know, second year quarterbacks, you know, going for the
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Super Bowl.
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So, you know, it's gonna be good good for them.
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It's gonna be a tough game to pick because, you know, Denver without, Knicks there is gonna
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look a little bit different.
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So it'll be interesting to see, you know, what that plays out to be like.
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Cody, what did you see from the Pats defense, against CJ Stroud?
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What was it?
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End of four or five turnovers that they ended up forcing?
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I mean, it just didn't look well.
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Now, obviously, weather plays a little bit of a factor out there with the way it was snowing
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and just the cold in general is gonna have an effect.
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Now, I know you have some experience, with indoor football, but, you've been out in the
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cold too.
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You were at that Minnesota Gophers game when it snowed like a foot, weren't you?
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No gloves?
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Yeah.
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That was, yeah.
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No gloves.
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That was fun.
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That was a fun time.
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But
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Yeah.
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That that Patriots defense, I mean, they made CJ Stroud look unbelievably uncomfortable, from
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the start.
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And I honestly, I'm surprised they didn't try to pull him out for a little bit just to ask
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him like, hey, man.
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Are you even with us?
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Because, he he was struggling all day.
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Now, Lance, is that just an effect of that shutdown Patriots d?
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I I I have a good feeling of what you're going to say.
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But
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Oh, yeah.
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I mean I mean, I think I've been blessed with good defenses my whole life, let alone the
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offenses.
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But, like, here's the thing that, like, me and my, my friends are saying while we're watching
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the game is, like, Christian Gonzalez does not get a lot of of TV time.
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I think there's a few guys on our on our squad that just like like Carlton Davis and and
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Christian Gonzalez who just shut down, like, sides of the field and make it so much harder
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for quarterbacks to really go to their number one guys.
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And then our linebackers are just they're not the most flashy guys.
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They're not gonna do the biggest hits or make the biggest plays in the world, but they just,
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you know, they just have to do their job at that point because you got guys like that.
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So and then you got guys, you know, like me and Williams plugging up the middle too and getting
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sacks and stopping to run.
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So it's it's kinda nice to watch.
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We're a lot our defense is a lot closer to Seattle.
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I know it's a crazy statement, but our defense is a lot closer to Seattle than people think it
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is for sure.
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Well, isn't that just like Boston sports in general?
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Not just the Pats, but the Bruins and and the Celtics to a lot of degrees.
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Like, all these championship teams that come out of New England, and they all kinda have the
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same makeup, right, where not it's always a sum of the parts.
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It's not like one guy.
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And even Brady.
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Brady was never, like, the man.
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I mean, now I know he's the GOAT.
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Right?
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But he literally had to win seven championships for everybody to be, like, undisputed.
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He's he's the man.
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Right?
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Like, even after he filled up a whole hand, they're still doubting him.
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And I think that, you know, a lot of these teams, when you rely too much on the superpower
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or the star power and people being Superman, I e Chicago.
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Right?
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Chicago without Caleb Williams isn't really doing anything.
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That throw he had on fourth and three to throw it up to Cole Komed in the end zone, I mean, he
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sprints sprints backwards 20 yards
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20 yards.
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Straightaway jumper into the corner of the end zone.
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It was just, like, ridiculous.
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But you get all of that, and then you still don't win the game.
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Right?
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Like, you gotta have all the guys that, show up and just do their job.
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And, you know, that can that's what leads the championships.
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And I think we're really in.
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Now I heard that, Charbonnet speaking of Seattle tore the ACL, that's gonna change the
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look of that Seattle offense a little bit.
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And that's kind of a shame.
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B, did you see where that happened during the game?
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I don't,
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I mean, I was No.
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No.
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It was over so early that I kinda tuned out.
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I think I was working on my laptop trying to get some stuff done.
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Yeah.
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I didn't I didn't see nothing, but I'll look and see if they kind of tell us when it
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happened.
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Right.
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Because if it's in the second half of that game that was just over, that's such a huge law.
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You know what I mean?
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Like, that's atrocious to have those guys in that position.
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Now I know, you know, football games are sixty minutes long, and you gotta put it down.
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You can never help when a, you know, an injury happens.
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But, I mean, that one's gonna hurt.
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I know they got a two headed monster over there in Seattle.
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And but is that now gonna put a little more pressure on Sam Darnold to have to do a little
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bit more?
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And us Vikings fans know that when you ask Sam to do a little bit too much is when, he starts
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to make mistakes and put the ball into the other team's hands.
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So be interesting to see how that injury, plays for Seattle.
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Going against the Rams team that just, you know, one of the best offensives in the league
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and resilient.
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I mean, they they showed a lot of moxie playing outside in the cold in Chicago on Sunday night,
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a wild game overtime to, you know, force the interception, you know, whatever happened on
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that throw.
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You know?
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And, really, I listen to a lot of Chicago sports still, and they're they're all just
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kinda celebrating that they made it this far.
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They won a playoff game.
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They had double digit wins.
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So there's not a lot of people, like, dogging on that one play, in particular, right, the the
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turnover and overtime, obviously, that Caleb Williams threw.
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But yeah, it's
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It look it looked like that it was early.
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He only had five carries, so he must have What happened?
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Dang.
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Game.
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Yeah.
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That that's stinks, man.
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That's stinks for a heck of a ball player.
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I haven't seen a lot of him play, but the couple of games that I sent me, obviously, you
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know, they ran all over the Vikings midseason, but I watched that other niners game and
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watched Seattle just he's a powerful runner.
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Ain't scared of contact.
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Like, you just gotta respect guys like that because, I mean, they'd they'd run any of us
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right off the damn field.
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No offense, Cody.
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I know you played some ball out there.
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But
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Yeah.
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No.
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I mean, I'd I'd try to meet him in the gap, but I might get run over.
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We'll see.
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It's fifty fifty.
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That's what I love about you, coach.
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You're gonna go in there and throw your head in and get it done.
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No.
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Yeah.
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I mean I mean, k nine, Kenneth Walker, he really showed, though, like, even though
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Charbonnet is out and everything like that.
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I've been kinda saying that my one of my best friends, maybe he can come on the podcast one
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this time.
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He loves football more than anyone I've ever met.
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But but he was saying because he's the biggest Seahawks fan that, like, Kenneth Walker, once
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he gets, like, the touches, we'll just we'll we'll he'll he'll show that he's one top five
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running back in the in the league.
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And I I believe that for sure.
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Those powerful runners like that I mean, if the Rams can figure out how to stop him, then I can
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see that Sam Darland, you know, we'll see what he's made of, but I don't know.
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He's a tough one to stop.
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Well, and Seattle's just gonna keep putting the ball in their belly.
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Right?
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I think their coordinator knows enough about their team to just run the ball.
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Make them stop you.
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Right?
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And I think that's something that especially with this Vikings team this year that we're
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really disappointed in because we had one of the best averages per carry in the league.
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Right?
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You're top 10 in yards per carry, but you're last in rushing attempts per game.
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And at some point in football, you just have to make the other team stop you.
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You don't have to get cute.
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You don't have to overthink things.
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Just like when something's working, keep doing it until they stop it, and then you make an
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adjustment.
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Right?
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But, yeah, it's, it's nice to see that the teams that are succeeding, they all kinda stick
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to that.
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Right?
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They're not trying to be cute.
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They're trying to go out and win ball games, and, that Broncos Bills game was just wild back
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and forth.
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Obviously, what's the playoffs without a little controversy?
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What's the catch anymore, which, you know, it seems like every year we have one of them.
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That one pretty big.
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Might have caused Sean McDermott his job.
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I don't know.
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They might have been out, you know, kind of putting him out there anyway.
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I think I was pretty surprised to see that happen.
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B, what are your thoughts on the Bills letting go Sean McDermott after the loss?
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And, I mean, just as far as a coach goes, like, he's made the playoffs, you know, for the last,
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what, four, five years.
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I think he said eight playoff wins.
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Yeah.
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No.
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I I I was shocked, you know, a buddy of mine was not as shocked as he was.
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Yeah.
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Exactly.
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Or his family.
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I mean, but no.
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It it was a shock.
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Yeah.
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I I don't know what they could do.
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I mean, I guarantee he's gonna get a job very quickly somewhere else.
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Yeah.
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I don't know what the bills are thinking.
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I mean, I know they had a everybody thought it was gonna be their year because they didn't
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have to go through Baltimore.
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They didn't have to go through KC.
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They just had to play their game.
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Maybe it was that no call intercept or the interception that should have been reviewed.
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But, I mean, we we don't know.
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I mean, you got a guy in that gets fired for, you know, missing you know, or having the rest
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give the game away with the catcher interception.
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You got Harbaugh getting fired because his kicker missed a field goal, but yet you got the
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packers who, you know, lost because their kicking game are gonna rehire their coach.
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So I don't know what to think anymore with these coaches.
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Yeah.
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And you bring up the packers, lost their defensive coordinator to Miami who's going to
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be the head coach down there now.
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Just some some shakeup in the NFC North, but still not the one that we've been waiting for
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the other shoe to drop, and not a lot of news coming out of the beefalo camp yet.
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Sounds like Mike McCarthy really wants that Steelers job, and he's going all in on that.
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So with that potentially coming off the board, do I mean, are we are the odds increasing, I
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guess, of B Flow making his return to Minnesota?
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I think so.
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I
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think so too.
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Just to just to piggyback on that Bills, like, the Bills game, man, I was initially kinda
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shocked at the head coach being fired, but at the same time, like Big B pointed out, you
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don't have to go through, you know, you don't have to go through the Chiefs.
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There was no Chiefs this year.
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They had a pretty decent schedule leading to the Super Bowl.
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All they had to do was win it.
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I think this was a make or break kinda year for sure.
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I think I think it was Super Bowl or nothing, unless the playoffs started.
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As soon as they saw the who like, the seedings, that's when the decision was made.
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I almost guarantee it.
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Most definitely.
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You can see it.
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All the all the teams that you kinda named there was, like, the Ravens, the the Packers,
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the Steelers, the Bills.
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They all kinda they're having a head coaching change here coming up and everything, but they
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all need to get over that little hump.
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And maybe for some of them, it could be crash and burn and, you know, have to rebuild from
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scratch because of the coach, but some of them, it could pay off.
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And I think you're kinda seeing that with the Patriots right now.
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I'm just saying.
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You know?
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Kinda seeing it with the Broncos right now too.
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You know?
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Kinda seeing it with
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the seahawks.
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So I think that's kind of the trend, you know, just a newer style of football.
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Yep.
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Yeah.
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Well and and your patriots kinda went through it.
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Right?
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Like, you you had the fall off with when Brady left and you had the extra year of Belichick,
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things didn't go well.
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You lose Belichick.
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You kinda shuffle the deck a little bit.
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You know, things aren't quite working, but it really seems like, you know, Mike Vrabel's
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built himself, you know.
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And, obviously, I think I think culture is so important to sports, and we talk about it a
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lot.
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We talked about it a lot last week with the news coming out about, Jordan Addison being
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arrested and just kinda having, you know, cancers on your team like that.
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Right?
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Guys that just can't get right.
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And when you're trying to build a championship culture, they usually don't have that.
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So sometimes it can take a little while.
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I mean, the bears have been rebuilding since '85.
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So, you know, I've lived through that my entire life.
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They've had one good year.
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I I've said it all year whether they
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won baby.
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Yeah.
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Whether they won or lost in the playoffs, I think beating the packers for that for that
23:51
franchise was a big kinda monkey off the back, especially with, you know, the whole Rogers, I
23:56
own you quotes a few years ago and just there there was some things that, you know, as a fan
24:03
base, it really crushed.
24:04
It was nice to see some positivity out of my family.
24:07
I'm from Chicago, Lance.
24:08
My family's from Chicago.
24:09
We I grew up in South Dakota, but all my family, both sides are from from Chicago.
24:14
And that's, like, the one thing that that, unites the city, really, is Chicago bears
24:18
football because you're split with the baseball teams.
24:21
Right?
24:22
Not everybody's into hockey even though the hockey team was really good for a stretch there
24:26
in in the, you know, twenty tens.
24:29
But, the bears really unite the city, and it was it was nice to see it.
24:33
Happy for the bears fans to go out and get a win and, you know, get over that one hump, but
24:39
they're in for it next year.
24:40
You're gonna face a first place schedule now.
24:42
You're really gonna have to show up and show out.
24:45
And, you know, now you got a bunch of guys coming into free agency.
24:49
They're gonna want a little bit more money than they did before.
24:51
Right?
24:52
You know, we we want a playoff game, and we're contenders.
24:55
So I need more.
24:56
It really goes gonna come back to that front office being able to build another contender
25:01
and to see where they're at.
25:03
See, that just speaks a lot to the athletes now.
25:06
You know, back in the day, know, watching football, everybody stuck together.
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Hey.
25:10
Let's run it back.
25:11
Let's see what we could do.
25:12
We knocked on the door.
25:13
Let's knock it down this time.
25:14
You know, now, like you said there, Bubba, everybody's yeah.
25:18
They're looking for the rings and championships, but they're also looking to get
25:21
paid.
25:21
And, you know, what the sport that has a salary cap on there, you know, you're gonna see a lot
25:26
of changes.
25:28
I just I you know, to me, I'm also I kinda wish teams would just run it back.
25:32
Hey.
25:32
Let's let's do this again.
25:33
Let's see how many times we can do this.
25:35
You know, be like the Bill Bulls back in the nineties.
25:39
You know, let's win six of eight, you know, and, you know, until somebody
25:43
You know what?
25:43
If they don't sign Pippin to that twelve year contract for no money, they never win all those
25:49
championships.
25:50
Oh, man.
25:52
Whatever.
25:57
I love man, what a great series that was.
26:00
Right?
26:00
Oh, man.
26:02
What a great, great series.
26:04
Getting to take a peek behind it.
26:07
The last dance, of course.
26:09
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend
26:11
Yes.
26:11
To go watch.
26:12
If you wanna know the maniac that you have to be to lead a team and to win the MVP and to be,
26:20
you know, the goat that is Michael Jordan, there is no contest.
26:25
You can say whatever you want to.
26:26
I'll never believe you.
26:28
As far as a competitor goes, that's what it means to me.
26:31
I don't care what about the stats at all.
26:34
It's that fire inside of you that, I'm gonna do whatever it takes.
26:38
You're gonna try to give the ball to Karl Malone?
26:40
It ain't happening, baby.
26:42
I'm taking his lunch.
26:43
Yep.
26:46
Coach, talk about that the player thing.
26:52
I I love what we kinda touched on there.
26:54
And, you know, NFL stands for not for long.
26:57
And these guys know coming in that they have a pretty short window to make their money and get
27:03
out.
27:03
Now when you're trying to build that culture, and and I know you haven't dealt with, you
27:09
know, these big personalities.
27:10
Well, maybe some big personalities, but not the big paychecks and having to do that.
27:14
But you got a little taste of being a GM with the Saint Paul Bears this year for your first
27:18
time.
27:19
Kinda talk about it from the, I guess, off the field level.
27:23
Right?
27:23
The the GM level of trying to assemble a team, championship caliber team that you've now done.
27:30
Well, I mean, it all starts with, you know, the, you know, what the environment you want in
27:38
the locker room, the chemistry you want.
27:41
I just what you know, in my time with the bears, you know, I had to make sure with these
27:48
players because I had a few players that would come up to me and they'd be like, hey.
27:51
I need x amount of money per game.
27:54
I need free housing.
27:55
I want food.
27:56
Hook me up with a job.
27:57
I'm like, hold on.
27:58
Hold on.
27:59
Like, we're not there yet, and I don't think we're gonna be there yet because you don't
28:02
demand money from me.
28:04
But, you know, I I look deep.
28:07
I look deep.
28:08
I research.
28:09
I I'm looking on social medias, you know, what kind of player are they?
28:12
Are they gonna cause issues in the locker room?
28:15
Have they had any past issues with players that are already on the team?
28:20
Because that can cause big issues.
28:23
So, you know, there's a arrested lately.
28:26
Yeah.
28:27
Yeah.
28:28
You know, that that definitely plays a part into it.
28:33
I definitely had to deal with that a couple times, but, you know, it's it's more you know,
28:39
you gotta break it down more.
28:40
You gotta see see, hey.
28:42
Like, how's this guy, you know, off the field?
28:44
Is he gonna mess with the the locker room?
28:46
Because, I mean, it's a brotherhood.
28:48
And if you bring in the wrong person, like, as, you know, a cancer to the team, someone who's
28:53
always gonna get in trouble, always run his mouth, that's gonna create, you know, division.
29:00
Well and now it starts in the NCAA.
29:03
Right?
29:04
They're not just seeking the money once they get to the league.
29:07
There's NIL money in in NCAA athletics even on the golf teams.
29:12
Yeah.
29:13
Look at look at Lance here.
29:15
He's getting some of that money playing division two NCAA golf.
29:18
So imagine what these guys that just played in a national championship at that football level,
29:25
you know, are doing and the demands that they're going to have moving up into the league
29:30
in the near future.
29:32
Lance, can you kinda talk about the process of the NIL?
29:36
And I know it's kinda happened since you've been in school.
29:39
So you remember a time when there wasn't that as well.
29:42
Yeah.
29:43
So my freshman year, it started beginning to talks and then, like, to toward the halfway
29:47
mark of my sophomore year is when it ended.
29:49
So I played four years of division one golf.
29:51
I redshirted my freshman year, And I actually was at New Mexico State University where Diego
29:57
Pavio transferred before he transferred to Vanderbilt with, and I knew him a little bit.
30:01
And, yeah, the NIL money, you know, it's real.
30:04
You know?
30:05
Like, even the even the even the mid major schools like New Mexico State are getting that
30:09
money.
30:09
You know?
30:10
I mean it I mean, you sell out stadiums, businesses, local town, like, you know, local
30:15
businesses and and real estate firms and all they're they're willing to put money into you.
30:19
So it's yeah.
30:20
It's pretty crazy.
30:21
And I've gotten my own piece of the pie and everything like that, but the landscape of
30:26
college golf and now that I'm in division two now because of the injury and everything like
30:30
that is, a lot of these division two, division three, NAIA, JUCO, like, all these talented
30:35
players, a lot of the coaches are having a hard time recruiting to these smaller schools
30:39
because of the NIL money because they can't offer that, but the division one schools can.
30:44
So, that's a whole another landscape to the thing where it's like everyone's trying to get
30:48
to that level.
30:49
Not only just to be the best athlete and student athlete they can be and get a degree,
30:53
but now there's, like, a whole another layer layer to it.
30:55
It's like, if I can become as good as I can be, then, hey.
30:59
I can make a living out of this and never even touch a professional professional level.
31:03
You know?
31:04
So I think as an athlete who, you know, who who's been at the golf course for I've been
31:09
working since 6AM this morning, and I'm gonna go to the gym right after this.
31:13
I love it because this is my life.
31:15
You know?
31:16
I put in more hours more hours in my sport than most people do in their jobs.
31:21
You know?
31:21
So for me, I love every aspect of it, but then there also is the side of it that, you know,
31:26
can bring an ego to these athletes too as well, like you were saying.
31:30
So, you know, demanding or thinking they deserve the money and things like that.
31:34
So I guess there's two parts of it, but for a guy like me, I guess I love, you know, I love
31:39
it.
31:40
How much, because, yeah, obviously, b and I at least are way too old to have known any of
31:47
that, and I was never good enough at sports to get some NIL money.
31:51
Now I I don't speak for b on that.
31:52
He probably coulda got something out there.
31:56
Actually work?
31:57
I mean, are are you out there kinda acting as your own agent getting sponsorships from
32:03
outside entities?
32:05
Are the schools able to provide some money because they're getting a big thing?
32:09
Like, how does how does that actually work?
32:11
I don't want you to get into any any hot water, so only divulge what you're allowed to.
32:16
But I think Yeah.
32:17
Not just us here, but, you know, our fans that are listening would love to know a little
32:21
inside inside golf.
32:24
Oh, most definitely.
32:25
And, the university can help, like, help set you up with businesses or, like, how like, hey.
32:30
Put put my name in the pot kinda stuff like that.
32:32
It's not necessarily, like, the head office says, hey.
32:35
We got $4,000,000 from the university.
32:36
Here you go.
32:37
It's not like that.
32:37
It's It's it's it's it's all from outside sources.
32:40
You know?
32:41
It's using your name, image, and likeness to go to other outside, you know, vendors or
32:45
different things like that.
32:46
So, like, for me, like, I have a Subway NIL deal, and I'm kinda I act I use the NIL club
32:52
app, and then they there's an application.
32:56
I filled it out.
32:56
They they picked 25 athletes in the country, and they I was somehow somebody was one of
33:01
them.
33:02
And then, yeah, I made a video for them, and then hopefully, I'll make some more for them.
33:06
And, yeah, I get guess get some for it.
33:09
So it's kinda how it works.
33:10
You know?
33:10
Yeah.
33:12
Pretty incredible.
33:13
So they have an app that you as an athlete can use and to put in there and and some different
33:19
opportunities for you.
33:20
I'm sure that's gonna continue to grow.
33:22
I actually got a app that I've been introduced to that, I can't remember the name of right
33:26
now.
33:26
I might look it up while we're on the air, make sure I turn you on to that too that are out
33:30
there connecting athletes with brands.
33:34
So and they probably do it for a cut.
33:36
I don't know what it is.
33:37
I think it's free for the athletes, and and it charges for the brands that connect.
33:41
But, yeah, there wherever there's a dollar, man, there's gonna be a business that pops up
33:45
to to take their portion.
33:49
Yeah.
33:49
There's not a there's not a lot running to to collegiate golfers, but, I mean, I think
33:55
We're here to change that, Lance.
33:57
That's
33:57
what we're that.
33:58
Exactly.
33:59
I don't know how much longer you're gonna be a collegiate golfer anyway, and we can talk more
34:04
about that, later in the show too because I I would really, I'm sure that all of our fans
34:11
we've been talking a lot of golf now.
34:13
The Viking season's been over for, like, three weeks, so we've been kinda dipping into a lot
34:16
of other things here.
34:18
We haven't quite started our draft coverage yet, but, that'd be, pretty pretty cool stuff.
34:24
I gotta open it up to you guys.
34:26
You guys got any questions for Lance, about, you know, the NIL things in particular while
34:32
we're on the topic?
34:34
Well, not so much I n I l.
34:37
I mean but, you know, I know Cody gets out and golfs.
34:41
I get out a little bit.
34:42
Bubba, you get out.
34:44
What are some tips to help us that, you know, don't have the time to really go out every day
34:50
to help us, you know, just get those nice shots, you know, so we're not, you know, on a
34:56
par five and it takes us 10 shots to get to the green.
35:00
I mean, what what are some advice you could give us?
35:06
Well, I guess it's a broad question because golf is probably the most time consuming port
35:12
sport if there is.
35:14
Well, I I think so anyways.
35:16
But I would say, me, if I can answer that question to somebody, is this like, one, get
35:26
fitted, get clubs that actually work for you if you are somebody.
35:29
But if you're not somebody who is that invested in golf, just learn how to hit a shot from a
35:35
150 yards on in.
35:37
Right?
35:37
Everyone thinks you gotta figure out how to hit the drive, and you do.
35:40
You gotta learn how to get off the tee box, but it's the biggest club head on in the bag.
35:43
You know?
35:43
Learn how to hit it a 100 or 200 yards in the middle of the fairway.
35:48
And then from there, just learn how to get your ball on or around the green, and your score
35:52
will drop tremendously.
35:53
But if you're topping, you're blading them over the green, you know, put them in in bad
35:57
positions in the bunker, doing things like that, then, you know, that's when the scorecard
36:02
starts to jump and jump and jump.
36:03
Or you're hitting your hitting a pitching wedge into the water, you know, stuff like that.
36:07
So just learn how to learn how to hit a eight iron decently in the air, you know, every time,
36:14
and you'll you'll get a lot better.
36:15
Like, man.
36:16
Yeah.
36:17
Learn how to putt too.
36:18
You
36:18
know?
36:19
Yeah.
36:20
Yeah.
36:20
Take yourself to Treasure Cove or whatever it is out by you guys and hit that putt putt
36:25
court.
36:26
Yeah.
36:26
There you go.
36:27
No.
36:28
I like that, because, I I mean, off the tee, I can grip it and rip it, but just getting on the
36:34
green, that's another, like, six, seven strokes for me.
36:37
So I you know?
36:39
But so I agree with that.
36:40
But my question for you, how many hole in ones have you had?
36:44
Any?
36:45
Yeah.
36:46
Because actually, I'm one of the few guys that has played as much golf in hours as I have, and
36:50
I don't have a single hole in one.
36:52
But I'd have three albatrosses and, like, I don't even know how many hole outs.
36:56
But, like, I have, like, five or six from above a 150 yards, but never had a hole in one.
37:00
So
37:00
Wow.
37:01
Man.
37:02
Yeah.
37:03
I don't know.
37:03
I don't know.
37:04
The day's coming.
37:04
When it does come up, I'm
37:05
say You've
37:06
been waiting to do it on camera, Lance.
37:08
That's all.
37:08
You've waiting to
37:09
do on camera.
37:10
That those days are coming.
37:12
We're all gonna get out on the course together and be working on Lance's game.
37:17
Really looking forward to a lot of content that we're gonna get to shoot together.
37:21
And I know you're shooting stuff on your own all the time and and recording that.
37:26
And for you, do you use video as a training tool?
37:32
Do are are you reviewing tape like a, you know, like a pitcher or, you know, a football player
37:37
would?
37:38
Do you kinda use it in the same instance when when able to?
37:42
Oh, yeah.
37:43
Most definitely.
37:43
Just today, I was filming with my I had my tripod set up, and I was filming myself and my
37:48
swing and stuff because, I mean, it's I mean, your hand is your trail hand is here, and then
37:56
the difference to that right there.
37:58
Literally that and that can mean you winning a tournament and not winning a tournament.
38:02
You know?
38:02
Just that little movement.
38:03
So golf is the most minute, like, boring, monotonous sport in in the world.
38:11
You know what mean?
38:11
It's mill it literally is millimeters.
38:13
Like, on a track man, when they measure where you hit it toward the toe or hit it toward the
38:18
heel, they don't measure in centimeters.
38:20
They don't measure in inches.
38:21
They measure in millimeters.
38:22
So you're 10 millimeters toward the heel, 10 millimeters toward the toe.
38:25
So that's literally the definition of golf.
38:28
So, I mean, you gotta you gotta know every little thing about your swing and what you're
38:32
doing.
38:32
So yeah.
38:33
All the time.
38:36
In layman's terms, I think he just told us that, we're not gonna be very good golfers
38:41
unless we can
38:41
start putting that time in, fellas.
38:43
Yeah.
38:44
I picked up on that.
38:44
Get on the course hundreds of hours a week, for the next decade, and we might be, like, okay
38:53
golfers.
38:54
I I I have heard, though, a lot of people say that the first step is if you want to pick it
38:59
up is to get clubs that are fitted.
39:01
I've I've heard that one from plenty of people.
39:04
So It
39:04
was a game changer for me, b, because then I could finally, like, stand over the ball and
39:09
feel comfortable because I had clubs that were probably a half inch too short.
39:14
And you don't think that that would be much of a difference, but, it was massive.
39:18
It was a massive difference.
39:20
And, yeah, just having stuff that you wanna be comfortable when you're playing.
39:24
And for you, you're a big dude.
39:25
Right?
39:26
Like, you're you're you're not just gonna go grab, you know, we used to have a plate against
39:31
sports in Rapid City, Lance.
39:32
I'm sure you remember.
39:33
And you're not just gonna go up and grab us a set of used clubs and get out and be Tiger
39:39
Woods.
39:39
Like, it ain't you're gonna be Tiger woulda, shoulda, could been.
39:44
Yeah.
39:45
Exactly.
39:45
And then also, like, you know, in in golf clubs, there is there's different, like, flexes
39:52
in the shaft too.
39:53
So, like, you could go and play it against sports and think you're and then you're like,
39:56
oh, this looks good.
39:57
Like, it has a nice head on it.
39:58
It's like, oh, it's tailor made.
39:59
I only got these for $200.
40:01
And then the shaft is, like, swinging a freaking like, swinging a stick.
40:05
You know?
40:05
Like, it it it's like a it's like a pool noodle.
40:07
You know?
40:08
So then you'll never hit a good shot just because the head is good.
40:11
So, like, knowing not only the length, not only the weight, but, like, how stiff is the shaft.
40:15
You know?
40:16
And, like, how does it match your swing speed, or does it match the way you like to hit the
40:19
ball too?
40:20
And once you get to that level, you get some lessons.
40:23
Find find your local swing pro, have him give you some lessons, teach you the basics of the
40:28
of the golf swing, or just stick to one YouTube channel, one of those things that we'll go look
40:32
at 40.
40:33
And then after that, the only advice I got for you is practice.
40:37
That's just there's no other way around it.
40:39
How how important would you say is a good coach?
40:43
Right?
40:44
Somebody that can analyze the swing and to give you a little bit of pointers even if you're not
40:49
seeing that person on a, you know, weekly basis, but just having, like, a little bit of
40:54
direction.
40:55
How important is that to I mean, not just golf.
40:58
I think that's probably the to everything in life.
41:00
But, you know, was that a game changer for you growing up that you had one person, and you can
41:06
shout them out if you want to, that really took you from I'm passionate about this game to I
41:12
can be really good?
41:14
Oh, most definitely.
41:16
My I was blessed to have my dad or somebody who just absolutely was obsessed with golf.
41:21
He taught himself to swing.
41:22
He got swing lessons from a head pro, at Arrowhead Country Club, back in the day, and
41:28
then he was, like, a he got second at state, and it wasn't when he was in high school and,
41:33
like, you know, won a bunch of tournaments and stuff like that, smaller stuff and, like you
41:36
know?
41:37
And was just a really solid golfer.
41:39
So soon as I was big enough to walk, I had a club in my hand.
41:44
You know?
41:44
And so I was lucky enough to understand the swing and stuff like that.
41:48
Once I got to college, I I I was kinda on my own.
41:52
College coaches don't necessarily help you with your swing as much as you think they would.
41:56
They help you with the mental game, course management, how to go about this, that, and
42:00
other, you know, chipping, putting.
42:02
But, like, with the swing, they kinda they they're kinda standoffish with it because it's,
42:06
like, it's its own language.
42:07
You know?
42:08
Like, there's only certain few that can speak that language.
42:11
So it some college go some college golfers have that type of coach, some don't.
42:15
But, so I had to get my own swing coach, and I had to get my own lessons.
42:20
And I went out to Dallas, and I get to go out there to the Chris Como Teaching Academy.
42:26
I love that.
42:26
So he
42:26
said, mister Lance, what's your mindset when you know you have a big tournament coming up?
42:32
What do you do to prepare?
42:33
And I think on the mental side of that, because golf is probably, you know, 90% mental, as
42:40
someone who sucks at the game, I know that once I get, I I've hit a couple of bad shots in a
42:45
row on the course.
42:47
But the preparation going into it, and you've played enough tournaments to have a lot of
42:51
experience in this field.
42:52
Is there you know, are there rituals the night before or the day of?
42:57
I mean, obviously, you kinda have your, you know, your practice regimen out there, but is
43:02
there any superstitious things that go into it as well?
43:05
Or
43:06
No.
43:07
Not not really for me.
43:08
No.
43:08
There used to be when I was younger for sure.
43:10
But like I said, like, going out to Dallas, going to see my coach or just, like, kinda
43:14
touching base with him, getting a ground level.
43:16
Like I said, you know, your hands here or your hands here, there's a big difference.
43:19
So, you know, getting those little things done.
43:21
And then after that, it's just going through my checklist.
43:23
You know?
43:23
How was how was my wedges?
43:25
How are my distances?
43:26
Am I hitting my am I hitting my sixty hundred and one yards this week, or am I hitting 99
43:30
yards?
43:31
You know?
43:31
Like, I did that today.
43:32
Like, I I decide like, I can hit my 60 degree 105 yards, but a smoother 60 degree where I
43:39
don't have to swing as hard as 99 yards.
43:41
So just doing things like that, getting my putting nice and locked in, going back to the
43:45
fundamentals, and then just going out and playing.
43:48
You know?
43:48
After I do all those little fundamental things, go and play, and then just believe that you can
43:54
do it.
43:54
That's the one thing about golf is, like, you don't have nobody out there helping you.
43:58
No team like football.
43:59
You know, you just gotta believe in yourself after you do that.
44:02
Believe in your hard work.
44:03
Would you say, would you say that most of the college coaches are kinda hands off on the
44:10
swing because it may do more harm than good to start giving you advice?
44:15
Because when you've gotten, I would assume most collegiate golfers by the time they made it
44:19
there, you've probably been playing for a decade.
44:21
You've probably had the same swing mechanics for at least five years, right, kinda coming
44:26
through high school and maybe into your college days.
44:29
Is it more that they're worried about screwing something up and not helping you recover and
44:35
and it just not being worth the squeeze to make small adjustments at that point?
44:40
No.
44:40
Yeah.
44:41
I mean, kids will, like, will have a feel our whole entire life and the way we swung the club
44:47
our whole entire life.
44:49
And then if a coach tries to just switch that all around, I mean, it can be detrimental to
44:55
someone's game, you know, and someone's mental too.
44:58
It can change a whole player's, like, just whole mindset about the game as well.
45:01
So, I mean, you can't go into a to college hitting a draw your whole life, and then the
45:05
first week, he says, no.
45:06
You gotta hit cuts.
45:07
You know what I mean?
45:08
It's just kinda it's kinda like it's it'd be like teaching Tom Brady who has the perfect
45:13
fundamental throw to start throwing it like Patrick Mahomes.
45:15
You know?
45:16
It's just not necessarily you you just can't do that.
45:19
You know?
45:19
So I think that's why a lot of coaches are kinda standoffish it with it.
45:23
But then there are some coaches who, like, they take that time to understand what the basis of
45:29
your swing is.
45:30
Like, what do you like to feel?
45:31
What are your fundamentals?
45:32
What are your what are your bad habits?
45:34
And then kinda be like, you can understand it from there and then be like, okay.
45:37
Your bad habit is this, and I see you doing it during a round or during practice.
45:41
I'm gonna tell you.
45:41
You know?
45:42
So it's it's not like they won't help, but it's just like it's it's more, like, kinda reeled
45:47
back.
45:47
It takes time to to understand this language of the swing.
45:51
You know?
45:53
Cody, he touched on something there about changing your mechanics of that.
45:58
Have you ever, because you coach at a, you know, a different level, semi pro, you know, in
46:04
this, you know, professional world.
46:06
Is there times where you've had to change the mechanics and have maybe had a negative effect
46:13
on a player and it's had kind of the reverse effect of maybe what you were trying to
46:17
accomplish?
46:21
Couple times.
46:22
Yeah.
46:23
It did, you know, do more harm than good just because, you know, it it felt uncomfortable.
46:30
Everything new, especially when you you've been doing a technique for so long, whether it's
46:35
your back pedal, you know, opening up and, you know, if they're even, you know, they're
46:40
leaving and you're just running, but, you know, it just takes that that time, the the
46:46
repetitions, like you said, the practice, you know, and the awareness to know what you're
46:52
doing wrong.
46:53
You know, some coaches, you know, I could see it in golf, you know, you got there for a
46:58
reason, you know, and it was your swing, someone about your swing, and, you know, they
47:06
might not want to, I guess, do something or teach you something that's just gonna, like,
47:14
throw you off completely.
47:17
But it's that, you know, that uncomfortable feeling, you know, right away.
47:22
But once you have the repetition and the the practice, you know, it just all comes natural.
47:34
There's two Lance's.
47:35
Which one's
47:36
moving?
47:37
Uh-oh.
47:39
Which one is it?
47:40
Okay.
47:40
Remove this one.
47:41
Add this one.
47:42
There he is.
47:43
Yep.
47:43
Sorry about that.
47:44
You're all good, man.
47:45
You're all good.
47:46
No.
47:46
Yeah.
47:46
Well,
47:47
I I I just heard him say, like, you know, it's, like, players who take time to those little
47:52
details, that's that's really the the difference in in players.
47:56
And, I mean, sometimes it can it can hurt you overanalyzing things and, you know, taking the
48:01
athlete out of the game, you know, taking the phone, the kid out of the playground.
48:05
You know?
48:05
But then at the same time, though, it's only maturity, and it's understanding those things,
48:09
how to how to get through them, how to go through your checklist quickly in prep in
48:13
preparation for whatever.
48:15
And then when it's time to go play, just go play like you're a kid.
48:18
You know?
48:18
And then that's kind of the mindset I'm trying to adopt and bring into my professional career.
48:23
You know?
48:25
Speaking of the kids, man, I know you put together a really cool event, last summer.
48:30
I was almost able to attend.
48:32
I had some prior obligations, though, that had to be handled.
48:36
It was at the same time as the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally or close to it.
48:40
My kids were starting school back on the other side of the state, but I know how important it
48:44
is to you to give back to your community.
48:46
Tell us a little bit about last year's event and your plans to keep keep that kind of stuff
48:50
going.
48:52
Yeah.
48:52
So I've been doing this since 2018.
48:57
My dad
48:58
has been
48:58
a high school coach and everything.
48:59
He's been doing camp since since ever since the nineties.
49:03
But, I started in 2018, and I did a a camp out in my horse past year.
49:08
We did a eight week series.
49:10
We had a tournament at the end of it, and, I didn't really do it for publicity or anything
49:14
like that.
49:14
I was just doing it for, like, the boys and girls club.
49:16
Just thought was cool.
49:17
I just love golf.
49:18
You know?
49:18
And then the next year, we did it again, then COVID hit, and we we took about two or three
49:23
years off from doing any type of tournaments or lessons or something like or anything like
49:27
that.
49:27
And then, I think in 2023, when I was in college, we we made it to Oglala Nation, which
49:33
is, like, my tribe's fair, during during the, toward the August, the Oglala Nation youth golf
49:40
tournament.
49:41
And then it will it was it was big.
49:43
It wasn't getting, like, necessarily the publicity and everything like that.
49:46
And then I started my brand, and I was thinking about it.
49:49
And I was like, the message I would portray to these kids is like, hey.
49:52
Like, I came from this golf course.
49:54
I this was the very first tournament I had ever played in.
49:57
I got second.
49:58
I lost in a chipping contest for the playoff or whatever.
50:02
And, like, I've portrayed to them that message.
50:05
And then when I started driven, I was like, okay.
50:07
How what is this gonna look like?
50:08
How can I inspire people?
50:10
Because that's my goal.
50:11
And then I was like, you know what?
50:12
I'm gonna make this a driven youth golf championship.
50:14
So we got it together within a couple weeks, and then we fundraised a bunch of money and got
50:19
a bunch of cool prizes, and bunch of kids came out.
50:21
I had a crew come out.
50:23
People were you know, it it was just awesome.
50:25
And, it was I can confidently say it was one of the best days of my life, and I I'm gonna try
50:32
my best to make it even bigger next year.
50:34
So that's, you know, that's one of my goals outside of golf even though it is still golf,
50:38
but it's by
50:39
the way.
50:39
Well, it's it's having an impact on your community.
50:42
And in South Dakota, we don't really have ghettos.
50:45
We don't have hoods, but we do have the, you know, the the most reservation land in the
50:50
country, and these are heavily underserved and underprivileged areas in many cases.
50:56
You know?
50:56
There there's not a lot for, I mean, anyone to do, much less these kids to do, especially on
51:01
Pine Ridge.
51:03
So I really appreciate what you did, man, and I know that it means a lot to you.
51:07
We're gonna do everything that we can to give it the publicity that it deserves and to and to
51:12
work together with you to to really make it something special, not just for, you know, for
51:18
kids on your res, but, you know, bringing native kids from all over the the state and
51:24
bringing them together and to really make it something because I think it's important for
51:28
them to see you, to have positive role models.
51:31
Right?
51:32
You know, when you have the the drug use and the alcoholism that are rampant in these places
51:38
because there's no hope.
51:39
Right?
51:40
And that's really what it comes into is that there's no hope for a lot of these people.
51:44
You you see generations that have just gone down the same path, and there's not enough
51:50
positivity.
51:50
And I think that's what's so cool about not just your story and and inspiring that, but
51:56
then coming back.
51:56
You didn't just get out and get off, you know, that you're coming back and trying to lift up
52:03
your brothers and sisters and cousins and and all of these young kids.
52:07
I think it's so cool, man.
52:08
And I can't wait to help you raise even more money this year so we can impact more kids and
52:13
get some really great prizes out there and and inspire another generation of kids just like
52:18
you, to go out there and to chase their dreams, whether it's in golf or otherwise.
52:23
Oh, exactly.
52:24
I think that I you know, my story is is kind of improbable, I guess you can say.
52:31
And, I mean, even in college, I haven't, you know, I haven't quite accomplished the things I
52:35
thought I was gonna accomplish.
52:37
But but, unfortunately, I'm a driven person, and I'm I'm not gonna stop.
52:42
So I'm still I'm still chasing after it.
52:44
And I'm just I'm just my goal is you know, I have all these aspirations for myself.
52:49
I always have.
52:49
I've always had these goals.
52:51
But going through this, you know, this adult young adult phase of life and things like that,
52:55
it's just like, if you come from somewhere that that isn't as as as pretty and and as as as
53:04
doesn't have as many opportunities or whatever it may look like, that that is an excuse to
53:09
live your life with hopelessness or live your life and and not chase after something that
53:15
really, really wakes you up in the morning and gets you out of bed every day.
53:19
And, I don't think that I would want to live that life, so I hope I can inspire others to
53:24
live that way too.
53:25
You know?
53:27
Incredible stuff.
53:28
Alright.
53:28
So I had the I'm gonna finish with the question that's been on all of our minds, since we
53:33
brought you in here.
53:35
Are you available to be our golf coach?
53:38
I can help you guys out.
53:39
Yeah.
53:40
Yeah.
53:40
Guys out for a pretty price for a pretty price.
53:42
There we go.
53:43
Well, we gotta stock up that, we gotta stock up the coffers so that you can get into q school
53:48
this summer, man.
53:50
Yes, sir.
53:51
Hopefully, in September, I can, or, well, I guess it will start July.
53:56
Yeah.
53:56
It's pretty crazy stuff.
53:58
Professional golfer soon.
54:00
Yeah.
54:00
Well and I don't know if you've had any news yet about your eligibility.
54:04
I know you're trying to get a a fight back.
54:05
We kinda glossed over your injury, but that's a big part of what you had.
54:10
It it was a ligament in your knee.
54:11
Correct?
54:12
No.
54:13
It was actually so the three tendons that connect your hamstring to your to your hip, I
54:19
ruptured all three tendons off of the bone, and I had to get a metal rod that tied them back
54:23
together and healed it.
54:24
So it was actually the doctors told me
54:27
I thought you just, like, four days ago or something.
54:29
That sounds awful.
54:31
Yeah.
54:31
It was one of the worst.
54:32
It was the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life, and I've broken plenty of bones.
54:36
And How did that happen?
54:38
Was it a golf related injury?
54:40
No.
54:41
Unfortunately, I was working out, though, thankfully.
54:43
But thankfully, it was that cool, I guess.
54:46
But I was trying to, you know, do a groin stretch just like I do every day, and the
54:50
ground was a little wet, and I didn't think about it.
54:52
And I just slipped and, went into the full splits.
54:55
And, yeah, my hamstring didn't hold up.
55:00
You know?
55:00
Hold up.
55:01
Well and and I don't wanna ruin it.
55:03
I know that a lot of your content on the driven brand and and and you shot some pretty, you
55:08
know, kinda documentary style stuff about this, talking about your journey and bringing it
55:12
back.
55:12
So if people wanna check that out, where where can they find more out about you and your
55:18
story?
55:18
And, obviously, we're gonna keep you around for as long as we can tonight and in the future
55:23
shooting some more golf content.
55:24
But plug plug your socials real quick for everybody.
55:28
Yeah.
55:29
Everyone, you can follow you can follow me on Instagram, lant six underscore six zero five,
55:33
my personal account, and follow, driven brand on Instagram.
55:37
It's my whole story, all my friends, everyone that I collaborate with, you know, just my
55:41
journey, my tournaments, preparation, all that stuff.
55:44
So, you know, went out to Hawaii, went out to Cancun this past season, and got to play in
55:49
some tournaments and stuff there.
55:50
That was pretty cool.
55:51
So go check it out.
55:53
Awesome, Lance.
55:53
Well well, thanks for jumping on with us tonight.
55:55
You don't have to go anywhere, but I really wanted to, you know, give you some time in the
55:59
spotlight, introduce you to not just the crew, but to our fans.
56:03
I think you're gonna be a big part of what we're doing moving forward.
56:07
It's PGA week now, so I'm still waiting to hear back from some of our sponsors about some
56:11
content that we're gonna be working on together.
56:14
But I think it's important just to get together and to have a, you know, to have some
56:18
conversations and to get your story out there as much as possible so that we can do, even
56:24
more to support the youth and to support you on this journey.
56:28
I think it's gonna be a a hell of a ride over the next few years for you.
56:31
And, man, we're all here for it.
56:33
Yes, sir.
56:34
I would really love to stay and keep talking football on how my patriots are gonna win the
56:38
Super Bowl and get seven, but I would really love to.
56:42
But my buddy's waiting outside.
56:44
We gotta go hit our last gym sesh.
56:45
There you go.
56:46
Well, hey.
56:47
That was
56:48
Lance Christianson junior.
56:49
Y'all are gonna be seeing a lot more from him.
56:51
Lance, thanks for joining us tonight, brother.
56:53
Go go get your workout in.
56:54
Remember to stay driven.
56:56
You got it, brother.
56:57
Thank you.
57:00
Man, what a what a dude.
57:01
What a dude, man.
57:03
What he's been through in his life to to battle off of the reservation here in South Dakota,
57:10
which is about as bad as it gets to be where he is now and, you know, then going through the
57:15
injury, right, to kinda climb it, play division one, have her this injury.
57:20
I mean, it cost him his scholarships.
57:21
It cost him everything.
57:23
And, obviously, everybody's gonna get to hear a lot more about that, but, he's on the, he's on
57:28
the comeback.
57:29
And that's that's where we're kinda catching him.
57:32
Right?
57:32
And not so different from your story, coach.
57:34
And we had a coach we got a store or a question here rather from coach Vincent, who I know is
57:40
obviously a big fan of yours like we all are, Cody.
57:43
He says, Cody, what's the mindset of your team knowing that the season starts next month?
57:48
We had the big tryout.
57:50
You're getting the defense set up there in Minnesota.
57:53
The offense is out in Wyoming getting ready.
57:56
It's coming quick.
57:58
Yeah.
57:59
No.
57:59
It is coming quick.
58:00
And I told all my players before Christmas.
58:04
I was like, hey.
58:05
You know, these are the dates for camp, for the game, and everything.
58:11
Get yourself ready now.
58:13
Get locked in and stay locked in because after Christmas, New Year's, time's just gonna fly.
58:19
And, I mean, our game's in less than a month, our first one.
58:23
And we got camp we're gonna be leaving for Wyoming later this month, and, you know, we
58:29
come back, maybe have a practice or two, and then it's game time.
58:32
Everybody's ready to go.
58:35
Everybody's ready to get to camp, compete, and get that spot, you know.
58:39
A lot of these players on the defense, you know, I'm familiar with, but they all know from
58:45
years past, you know, ain't shit free and nothing's given.
58:49
So they already know they gotta go out and show out.
58:53
And for the offensive players that are gonna be staying here with me, I mean, they they gotta
58:58
learn two different playbooks, the scout playbook and ours.
59:02
So we're getting locked in mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually.
59:07
We're getting there.
59:12
Bee, I know you've spent a lot of time with Cody.
59:15
Obviously, his journey with the bears and everything.
59:18
Any any questions off the top of your head about the season to come?
59:23
I'm sure you know some of the players that are playing out there.
59:26
Kinda give you the hosting duties for a minute here.
59:31
I I guess it's just, you know, Connie, for you, I mean, you know, you got the, offense working
59:40
down in Wyoming.
59:41
You got your defense here.
59:42
I mean, how hard is that to kind of get chemistry between the team and the locker room?
59:48
I mean, that's gonna be kind of a challenge, don't you think?
59:51
Yeah.
59:52
It's gonna be a little bit of a challenge just because of the chemistry part.
59:57
But, you know, this next weekend, like I said, if you're heading out there for camp, this is
1:00:02
gonna be not only tryouts, training camp, but a a time for us to mesh, get to know each other,
1:00:11
try to get familiar because, you know, it's gonna be a brotherhood.
1:00:16
You know, it was kinda it's it was kind of a weird situation, me just having the defense
1:00:21
here in Minnesota and then traveling out there.
1:00:24
But, I mean, when I thought about it, it makes sense.
1:00:27
You know, I can have a scout offense.
1:00:30
You know, they don't need to be out in Wyoming with the regular offense unless they get called
1:00:36
up.
1:00:36
They can just help me out, and then, you know, we'll just take our dogs and head on wherever
1:00:43
we gotta go.
1:00:43
So, I mean, I I'm just I'm blessed.
1:00:47
I'm excited for the season, and, we're ready to go.
1:00:51
Honestly, we've been ready to go.
1:00:54
And it's a, yeah.
1:00:56
It's a pretty unique situation, I would say.
1:01:01
You guys got the, you got the text change set up.
1:01:04
You got the, the Facebook groups or something that everybody can get in and kinda bust each
1:01:09
other's balls like the locker room to to stay tight.
1:01:13
Do do you got something like that?
1:01:15
We do have a few different chats, couple different apps that we use, but it's all been
1:01:21
loved.
1:01:22
It hasn't really been any chirping or nothing.
1:01:25
You know, everybody tends to save that and tell the field.
1:01:30
You know, you don't wanna chirp with someone that, you know, just ain't like that, then
1:01:36
you're wasting your time.
1:01:37
But, you know, everybody's just introducing themselves, know, planning, you know, how how
1:01:45
we want to do our team bonding time and stuff like that.
1:01:49
It's it's everybody's excited.
1:01:51
Everybody's been excited.
1:01:53
You know, I get calls all the time like, hey, you know, when are we leaving?
1:01:57
Are you sure we're leaving this time?
1:01:58
Yeah.
1:01:59
We're leaving this time.
1:01:59
You know, I'm setting up the rentals and everything for travel.
1:02:04
So it it's it's an exciting time.
1:02:07
I love it.
1:02:11
Well, we're excited.
1:02:12
I know I speak for Bea and myself to to cover another team that Cody coached now.
1:02:18
We can't wait till it's the Golden Gophers next season, and to have some more football to talk
1:02:24
about, include another team on our, on our wall.
1:02:27
I mean, I'll buy all the pendants and the T shirts and the jerseys and whatever we gotta do
1:02:32
to keep supporting you on your journey and being a part of it.
1:02:36
Looking forward to having a coaches show with you, maybe even breaking down some tape, a week
1:02:41
to week basis and bringing some stuff in.
1:02:43
I think that would be pretty fun as well.
1:02:46
Yeah.
1:02:46
No.
1:02:47
I mean, soon, it'll be the Gophers.
1:02:50
Hopefully, I can jump past the college and just head into NFL, you know, I'm willing to do
1:02:56
whatever I gotta do.
1:02:57
Professionals.
1:02:58
Right?
1:02:58
I mean, you're you're working with professionals now.
1:03:00
So to to it would be a step back to go to working with amateurs again.
1:03:04
Right?
1:03:04
Yeah.
1:03:05
Yeah.
1:03:05
I mean, I'll I'll still do it.
1:03:07
I love being around the sport.
1:03:09
I don't care if it's youth.
1:03:10
I'll help out.
1:03:11
I mean, I've been a board member for the Rochester Youth Football Association helping
1:03:15
out with reffing and just anything that they need really.
1:03:20
Just love to see and help the youth develop, watch them grow.
1:03:25
You know, there's been a few youth that I have helped and, you know, just the growth over the
1:03:31
years are like, alright.
1:03:33
Yeah.
1:03:33
That makes me feel good.
1:03:34
Like, it just validation.
1:03:37
So, I mean, I did I did put in the application for the Gophers.
1:03:42
So, you know, if anything, I might not get it, but at least I'm on their radar now.
1:03:48
Yeah.
1:03:48
You gotta you gotta shoot your shot.
1:03:50
And just like you said, you you gotta put it, you gotta put your name in the hat or or you're
1:03:54
never gonna get picked.
1:03:55
Right?
1:03:55
So there's definitely something to that.
1:03:58
Speaking of youth organizations and football, shout out our guy, JJ Kern.
1:04:03
It's his birthday today.
1:04:04
So happy birthday, JJ.
1:04:06
Appreciate what you, doing for me to invite me out to the MPFL, Youth League and to see what
1:04:12
you're building out there.
1:04:14
We're gonna be seeing his boy be, getting out there and and crushing some skulls in in
1:04:20
Minnesota high school football here next season.
1:04:23
I'm sure even though I know, you know, he's just a young man still, but he'd probably kick
1:04:28
my ass.
1:04:29
Yeah.
1:04:33
Cody, can you give us a little insight of what Denver's locker room's like, you know, losing
1:04:41
their quarterback, going with a backup?
1:04:45
I know you had that experience a little bit when you played, that one game against Omaha.
1:04:53
You lost your quarterback.
1:04:54
So what what's their preparation going for backup quarterback in the biggest game of the
1:05:02
year for them?
1:05:03
Well, I mean, at this point, you know, there's no other option than, hey.
1:05:10
This is what it is.
1:05:12
You know, take the good from it and leave the rest to God because, I mean, there's not much
1:05:20
you can do.
1:05:20
You gotta get behind this guy, the backup as soon as you can and install, you know, as much
1:05:28
confidence in him as you can and just get him mentally there because I mean, I don't think he
1:05:35
even planned to suit up, you know, and you gotta be ready.
1:05:40
When your name's called, you gotta be ready.
1:05:42
So they need to make sure that, you know, even if it's a bad throw in practice, you're picking
1:05:48
them up, you're getting them in that, state of mind, that mindset of like, hey.
1:05:52
Might make a mistake.
1:05:54
Don't keep your head down.
1:05:55
You know, these guys got my back.
1:05:56
He needs to understand that they have his back.
1:05:59
Well and on the other side of the ball, how do you even plan for it?
1:06:03
There is no tape on this guy.
1:06:04
You haven't seen anything like that.
1:06:06
And a guy like Sean Payton, right, coach of the broncos, you know, say what you want about the
1:06:12
man, but obviously, one of the most gifted offensive minds in the league that you know
1:06:19
he's got some plan.
1:06:21
Right?
1:06:22
He's gotta have something, and you have to kind of now you have to go off of that element of
1:06:27
surprise.
1:06:28
Right?
1:06:28
Like, the Patriots have no idea what you're going to come out and do.
1:06:32
So as a defensive coach, now on the other side of the ball, how do you prepare your team when
1:06:37
you have no tape in a game that relies on tendency and and kinda knowing the other
1:06:43
players inside and out.
1:06:45
Shout out Prince Walker, man.
1:06:46
Thanks for the song, brother.
1:06:47
It was ripping off
1:06:49
the top
1:06:49
of the show.
1:06:50
Prince, that is a nice song there.
1:06:54
It might be the outro too to be perfectly
1:06:57
It deserves to be, honestly.
1:07:00
You know, if I'm the Patriots' defensive coordinator, I mean, if it if it ain't broke,
1:07:07
don't fix it.
1:07:08
I you know?
1:07:10
Yeah.
1:07:10
He's a backup quarter no.
1:07:12
He's a backup quarterback for a reason.
1:07:15
You you're not gonna have tape on him, but, you know, I would run my my defense, you know,
1:07:23
maybe a couple adjustments just to put more pressure on him and and make him think more and
1:07:28
be on his feet.
1:07:29
But, I mean, until he's until I see something different, I'm good.
1:07:36
Yeah.
1:07:36
Well and and they played really well against CJ Stroud at the Texans last weekend.
1:07:42
So you gotta it's hard not to think about them and especially those pass rushers just licking
1:07:48
their chops now to go after a guy that hasn't played all season, you know, and like you said,
1:07:55
backup for a reason.
1:07:56
It just, just a wild scene.
1:07:58
That was I mean, I don't know if that was the most surprising thing from the weekend.
1:08:02
Let's do that.
1:08:03
We had a biggest surprise or or favorite moment.
1:08:07
I'll I'll give you a choice.
1:08:08
Either one, you can do it.
1:08:09
B, let's go with you.
1:08:10
What was your biggest surprise from the weekend or or just your favorite moment?
1:08:18
You know, since Minnesota has a young quarterback, it was nice to see that I mean,
1:08:24
yes, Caleb threw three interceptions, but it was nice to see a mobile quarterback not panic
1:08:30
under the pressure, you know, kept his team in the game, you know, maybe got lucky if he you
1:08:36
know, with that Hail Mary pass, you know.
1:08:39
But it was just nice to see that, you know, if you give the guy time, he's gonna develop.
1:08:45
He's go I mean, yes, they're gonna make mistakes, I I think, you know, just overall
1:08:49
seeing the growth of kill Williams from last year to this year should give us in Minnesota
1:08:55
here a little hope that, you know, this could happen to McCarthy.
1:08:59
You know, just gotta give them time.
1:09:00
Gotta give them that team.
1:09:03
You know?
1:09:03
So but, no.
1:09:04
I mean, that that was a good game, you know, outside of the championship game last night.
1:09:10
I I watched a lot of Caleb Williams first year.
1:09:14
Right?
1:09:14
I saw a lot of those games, and I thought in a lot of ways, JJ looked like a much better
1:09:22
quarterback playing quarterback than Caleb did in hers first several games.
1:09:28
Now team's a little bit different.
1:09:30
Right?
1:09:30
You know, Caleb spent most of his first year running for his life because of a really bad
1:09:34
offensive line, but our offensive line wasn't great this year either.
1:09:37
Right.
1:09:38
And I've just I preached patience all season long with with JJ McCarthy and going, hey, man.
1:09:46
Like, he's not playing that awful.
1:09:49
And in a lot of ways, in a in a kid, and I know it's his second year technically, but really
1:09:54
his first, you know, year of reps out there on the field, he's looking pretty darn good.
1:10:00
And I think there's a bright future here.
1:10:02
Let let's take the you know, take a little backseat.
1:10:06
Now do what I'm really afraid of is that they bring in somebody.
1:10:11
KOC goes back, and a lot of what we're already hearing is kind of the we're gonna do what we
1:10:18
came here to do kinda talk.
1:10:19
And that worries me that they're gonna take the ball out of his hands and and to put it in a
1:10:26
veteran quarterback's hands instead of just letting him develop and become that that star
1:10:34
that I think some of us think he can still be.
1:10:37
Yeah.
1:10:38
I I'm with you.
1:10:39
I mean, there's only a few veteran quarterbacks that they brought in, and we still have JJ
1:10:47
here, then I'd be like, okay, JJ.
1:10:49
You're gonna sit behind him, and you're gonna play.
1:10:52
Or he's gonna he's gonna play.
1:10:53
You're gonna watch.
1:10:54
You're gonna learn.
1:10:55
And there's only maybe three, four quarterbacks that I would do that for.
1:11:00
Outside of that, you know, it's JJ's job.
1:11:02
Yes.
1:11:03
You want a veteran, you know, like, you come teach them, you know, show them the way, put
1:11:07
them under his wing.
1:11:10
But, I mean, outside of, you know, getting out top tier guy, you know, it's JJ's team.
1:11:17
I and I'm, you know, kinda get sick of everybody like, oh, we need to drop the
1:11:20
quarterback.
1:11:20
We need to move up.
1:11:21
We need to do this.
1:11:22
We need to do that.
1:11:23
You know?
1:11:24
No.
1:11:24
We we got other holes to fill.
1:11:26
Let's keep JJ here, and let's keep him happy.
1:11:29
He's he's what?
1:11:30
21?
1:11:31
I mean, you know, they say the average quarterback, it takes them a good season and a
1:11:36
half of games to learn how the speed of the game goes.
1:11:41
So I I I'm with you, Patience.
1:11:43
Let's just ride it out.
1:11:45
Yeah.
1:11:46
And really, the only thing that you're worried about is the the injuries.
1:11:49
Right?
1:11:49
Yeah.
1:11:49
The injuries is the big thing.
1:11:51
Yeah.
1:11:51
Yeah.
1:11:53
Thoughts, coach?
1:11:55
Surprising game for the this past weekend.
1:11:59
I'd have to say the Seattle seahawks 40 niners game.
1:12:02
I did not think that was gonna be a blowout.
1:12:05
I actually picked the forty niners at my mistake, but that was crazy.
1:12:11
My favorite moment would have been Caleb Williams passing that that, you know, dropping
1:12:19
back 20 yards, vomited to Cole Clement Clement.
1:12:23
That saved one of my parlays.
1:12:25
I'm not even gonna lie.
1:12:26
So I'm not even gonna lie.
1:12:28
I did, I did Cole Komet for over eighteen and a half.
1:12:33
I did Cody Parkson for, like, 21 and a half receiving yards.
1:12:37
And then David David Allen, some wide receiver for the Rams.
1:12:42
I was like, you know, over under half a catch.
1:12:46
I was like, he ain't gonna see the field.
1:12:48
So I that that Cole catch, man, that saved my ass.
1:12:52
I was so I was so happy that it was coal, who caught it too.
1:12:57
He was part of the CHGO podcast, team last year, and, I he took one of my questions at one
1:13:06
point.
1:13:06
I I'd sent a video into them and, you know, talking.
1:13:09
And I was, of course, asking him kind of a broadcaster.
1:13:12
You know?
1:13:12
What's it like to be a budding broadcaster now or something, you know, be it on the podcast?
1:13:18
But a Chicago guy, to catch that ball in the biggest of moments to to be in that moment.
1:13:24
Just really cool.
1:13:26
A little a little sad that they couldn't finish it out.
1:13:28
I thought they had a I mean, they they left points on the board.
1:13:31
They could have kicked a couple of field goals down there, and that touchdown could have been
1:13:34
to go up four points at the end.
1:13:37
Right?
1:13:37
So, and I don't you know, I'm sure Ben Johnson is gonna be second guessing some of those
1:13:43
decisions throughout the, off season as he should.
1:13:47
Right?
1:13:47
I think that's what good coaches do is to, you know, think about how we could have done things
1:13:51
differently, to not always think that you are the smartest guy in the room.
1:13:55
But, yeah, what a crazy crazy moment.
1:13:58
I don't think I've ever seen someone just sprint backwards to buy themselves time like
1:14:04
that and then to load up and to throw it like he does a lot off that back foot.
1:14:09
I mean, dude's got a cannon for an arm.
1:14:11
It's just unreal.
1:14:13
Yeah.
1:14:14
I I was surprised he did that.
1:14:15
I was more, you know, how open Cole Kmet was, you know, in that back corner of the end zone
1:14:23
or backside.
1:14:24
But
1:14:25
You can't even see the quarterback.
1:14:26
As the defensive back in that, you're like, they can't even see this man.
1:14:30
You don't know that the ball's coming until it's, like, almost to you.
1:14:34
Right?
1:14:34
And then you're like, oh.
1:14:37
Yeah.
1:14:38
Well, and
1:14:38
Kidding me, man.
1:14:39
You're watching all the defensive linemen and maybe a linebacker just run forward, And you're
1:14:46
think you know, as a DB, you might be thinking it's a fumble already or something.
1:14:50
Right.
1:14:50
It's over.
1:14:51
Like, we already stopped him.
1:14:53
Yeah.
1:14:53
You you you stop and then boom, he's behind you.
1:14:57
Well and I think too in that game, the turning point was that BS of a personal foul call on
1:15:06
the bears when the Bills line guy jogged into him and he, you know, of course bumped into him
1:15:13
and he fell over and they called him a a personal foul on the bears guy.
1:15:16
It's like, he didn't even see him coming.
1:15:18
I mean, that that was just a big b s call toward I think it was, like, late third quarter
1:15:24
or early fourth, and it it was it was just I think the turning point of the game is that,
1:15:30
you know, it would just shock the bears.
1:15:32
You know?
1:15:36
Yeah.
1:15:36
No.
1:15:37
Most shocking, like, game though for the weekend, I'd say it was a championship game
1:15:43
last night.
1:15:45
Shout out to Indiana.
1:15:48
You know, they they did work.
1:15:50
They did work.
1:15:52
Yeah.
1:15:52
What a turnaround for that Hoosiers team, that
1:15:56
Mendoza could take some hits, man.
1:15:58
Yeah.
1:15:59
Man, he got real bad though.
1:16:00
He was in a street fight.
1:16:03
Mhmm.
1:16:04
Yeah.
1:16:05
I feel I feel sorry because he's going to the you know, I feel sorry for him because he's
1:16:08
going to most likely to the Raiders.
1:16:11
I just hope they got the prepared
1:16:13
team.
1:16:13
What is that?
1:16:14
That's true too.
1:16:15
I mean
1:16:16
gonna get away plenty of street fights even though they don't play in Oakland anymore.
1:16:20
I mean Yeah.
1:16:21
But I I you know, I know we're gonna talk a lot about draft down the road, but if I'm Oakland,
1:16:27
I'm looking at all avenues.
1:16:29
And Mendoza, you know, props to him.
1:16:32
I mean, the first hit he took to that last touchdown drive where he got, you know,
1:16:38
collided at the three, I think, spun around and tried to reach for the or reaches for the goal
1:16:44
line and gets hit again on the side.
1:16:46
I don't know how that guy got up after those two hits.
1:16:50
I would still be laying out there on the field today.
1:16:54
Oh, yeah.
1:16:55
No doubt.
1:16:55
Yeah.
1:16:57
You you probably cover me in all this snow that we're getting, you know, just so I can, you
1:17:02
know, heal up.
1:17:03
But yeah.
1:17:07
Little bit of coaching talk.
1:17:09
You know, I guess my my moment is, I'm most surprised by the Sean McDermott.
1:17:15
I did not expect to hear that.
1:17:18
I it just goes to show you that nobody's safe in this league.
1:17:23
It doesn't matter what you've done.
1:17:26
That to me, that's just wild.
1:17:29
Just I understand that they haven't got there yet, but I don't see how I don't see how firing
1:17:38
your head coach gives you any confidence that you're gonna get even back to that level next
1:17:43
year.
1:17:44
Right?
1:17:45
Like, I just to me, that's wild.
1:17:49
Organizationally, it just seems, I don't wanna call it malfeasance.
1:17:54
Maybe misguided is a better, term, but that's that's crazy to me.
1:18:01
Right?
1:18:01
Like, we're we're fighting to even win a playoff game.
1:18:04
Right?
1:18:04
And it leads you to kinda look at the Vikings team, and you're like, should we fire a KOC?
1:18:08
Like, should we just make a move?
1:18:10
There's a lot of these good coaches that are out there.
1:18:12
Like, should we have made the move this year?
1:18:15
Maybe we coulda got a Harbaugh.
1:18:17
Maybe we coulda got, you know, a Tomlin or or something out there because you don't know if
1:18:23
you have a terrible season next year and you let KOC go.
1:18:27
Maybe the coaching, you know, the coaches available this year is is crazy to me.
1:18:33
Like, that's my most shocking thing.
1:18:35
Look at the head coaches that are available in this, you know, rotation, and that that's been
1:18:42
a a massive surprise maybe over the course of the whole you know, from the season ending, you
1:18:47
know, the Harbaugh letting go and and separating the the Tomlin walking away from the
1:18:53
Steelers.
1:18:53
Just been spend a lot, and you're about to see this league really get shaken up.
1:18:59
Well, I think too that I heard within the last ten years, I think there's been, like, a 100
1:19:05
coaching changes or something like that.
1:19:06
I know there's a short amount of time with the big coaching changes.
1:19:11
I know I saw a graphic the other day that there's 10 coaching jobs when the Vikings hired
1:19:16
KLC, and there's only two left from that hiring class.
1:19:20
KLC is one, and I think the Arizona coach was the other one.
1:19:26
So
1:19:26
Yeah.
1:19:26
He's he's on the chopping block
1:19:28
next to the two.
1:19:29
Well, and that's
1:19:32
the thing too is, I mean, if your coach is on the chopping block this year and you see
1:19:36
McDermott get let go and you see Tomlin get let go, it's just like, okay.
1:19:41
Maybe we just let our guy go.
1:19:42
Let's go talk to Tomlin.
1:19:43
Let's go talk to McDermott if they could wanna come in.
1:19:45
I mean
1:19:46
Well and they kind of alluded to that on Purple Daily a little bit is, like, you know, are
1:19:52
there those discussions happening at the top level of, you know, of the Vikings
1:19:58
organization?
1:19:59
Are the wolves kinda talking amongst themselves?
1:20:02
Right?
1:20:02
I mean, you're not letting that leak out.
1:20:04
God.
1:20:04
That would be a PR nightmare.
1:20:06
But are you having those conversations where you're like, look.
1:20:09
Well, I mean, do we do we wanna make some back do you know, some back channel talks happen and
1:20:15
to, you know, at least inquire because you're not gonna wanna make that move without knowing
1:20:22
that you got a really good chance of getting
1:20:24
the account.
1:20:24
But then that's tampering and, you know, stuff like that.
1:20:28
But I I don't think there's talk.
1:20:30
I mean, he had one bad year due to a lot of injuries.
1:20:33
I mean, know, yeah, the quarterback play wasn't that great.
1:20:36
I mean, of course, it doesn't look good that, you know, at the beginning of the year, your
1:20:40
both of your quarterbacks are leading two new teams to, you know, high standard.
1:20:45
Now you got one quarterback a game away from the Super Bowl.
1:20:49
So, yeah, that part doesn't look good, but, you know, I'm satisfied with where the Vikings are
1:20:55
sitting at right now.
1:20:58
Yeah.
1:20:59
I'm in the same boat.
1:21:00
I I think we're in the wills are behind doors going through options, you know, seeing what
1:21:09
they could do if they needed to.
1:21:12
But Yeah.
1:21:13
You know, I think we're good with KOC.
1:21:15
I think Flores is gonna come back and stick with us.
1:21:20
I think we're gonna be alright.
1:21:22
Yeah.
1:21:22
I'm not surprised that LaFleur got that contract extension.
1:21:27
You know, you make the trade mid season for Parsons.
1:21:30
Had it not been for that injury, and that injury to love, you're going a lot further.
1:21:36
So he bought himself some time with that.
1:21:38
Yeah.
1:21:39
I definitely think if probably Michael Parsons in that bears game, that that packers team
1:21:44
doesn't lose that game.
1:21:45
He just changes that defense.
1:21:48
But now you got a defensive coordinator change.
1:21:50
Who lands in that spot now, can change the face of the NFC North.
1:21:56
And if you get one of these guys that are, you know fuck, man.
1:22:01
I would hate to see this.
1:22:02
I don't know if McDermott takes a a DC job again and steps back into that role, but
1:22:08
McDermott becomes the DC in fucking Green Bay.
1:22:11
That does not bode well for for anyone, especially with a talent like Micah Parsons
1:22:17
there.
1:22:17
I hope I didn't just bring that in a physician.
1:22:19
I'm sorry.
1:22:20
Right.
1:22:20
If that ends up happening, I am so sorry to all of us, right, for for that.
1:22:27
B
1:22:28
One more one more thing with that
1:22:30
Go ahead.
1:22:30
With the with the Bills firing their head coach, you know, at some point, it's gotta be
1:22:37
there's gotta be a change that needs to be made, either the head coach or the quarterback.
1:22:41
And you know the Bills aren't gonna get rid of Josh Allen.
1:22:43
You know what I'm saying?
1:22:44
Like, something had to change.
1:22:46
I just I I think as soon as they knew Raven Ravens weren't gonna be in the playoffs, Chiefs
1:22:52
weren't gonna be in the playoffs, this was already a set decision.
1:22:57
Yeah.
1:22:57
Yeah.
1:22:58
And, you know, does that come back to bite them next year?
1:23:03
Right?
1:23:03
Does going through a head coaching search and change?
1:23:07
And how much did the availability of a Tomlin and a Harbaugh and Right.
1:23:13
You know, even a Mike McCarthy.
1:23:15
Right?
1:23:15
Which I know Mike McCarthy pretty much has said, for him, it's kinda steelers or bust.
1:23:19
But, you know, just the availability of these coaches.
1:23:22
What what part of that goes into the decision as well that we have someone to go get we have
1:23:28
a chance to go get a proven commodity.
1:23:30
Right?
1:23:30
You're not taking a chance on somebody else's OC or DC and elevating someone, a first time
1:23:36
head coach.
1:23:36
You got guys with real, you know, real experience in this league, the real playoff
1:23:42
experience as well to add in there.
1:23:44
I wonder how much of that goes into that decision, on there.
1:23:48
Or if there were already talks, you know, at that point and maybe they got their eye on
1:23:52
somebody, I know a lot of that's gonna come out probably over the next seven days, and, you'll
1:23:57
see who lands in the job.
1:23:58
We'll kinda speak to that as well.
1:24:01
Any, any things that we didn't cover?
1:24:04
I got a I got a couple products that have been sent to me that I wanna introduce you guys to,
1:24:08
but I I wanted to save them for the end of the show so it's easy for me to clip out and send
1:24:12
to them.
1:24:15
Oh, I think we pretty much covered everything.
1:24:17
I mean, everything from the playoffs to, you know, a little bit of golf, the national
1:24:24
championship game for college yesterday.
1:24:27
Shout out Kurt Signetti going from taking a three and nine team in two years and just
1:24:34
completely turning it around.
1:24:36
You know?
1:24:37
Tuesday is the first undefeated season all the way through the national championship like
1:24:41
that?
1:24:42
Mhmm.
1:24:42
Mhmm.
1:24:43
It's been a while, I think.
1:24:44
It's been a while.
1:24:45
And for Indiana to do it?
1:24:47
On a non football school to build that program into a historic winner is freaking wild.
1:24:57
That's great.
1:24:58
And I love that mindset.
1:25:00
I I, you know, I kinda have that same one of, hey.
1:25:03
You know, I'll take this team that, you know, is, you know, low prestige, you know, low wins,
1:25:13
and let's see what we can do.
1:25:15
Let's make magic.
1:25:16
Why why not Indiana?
1:25:18
You know?
1:25:18
He he said it.
1:25:19
Why not?
1:25:21
Well and and the thing is is if you're gonna make another sports movie about a team that
1:25:26
comes together, I mean, Indiana is definitely one of them.
1:25:28
I mean, you know, remember the Titans.
1:25:31
I mean, they brought two schools together to you know, I I I just think it is like coach
1:25:36
said.
1:25:37
I think it's all on chemistry, everybody buying buying in what what they're selling.
1:25:43
You know, just you know, everybody's counting us out.
1:25:47
We can't win.
1:25:47
I mean, that's all I heard.
1:25:49
You know, Indiana didn't belong there.
1:25:51
You know, they got lucky against Ohio State.
1:25:53
Wait till they beat Ohio State again in the playoffs.
1:25:55
They're gonna get ran over.
1:25:57
Well, Ohio State did get there.
1:25:59
Oh, Miami's gonna take care of them.
1:26:01
Miami could do.
1:26:02
I mean, it turned out to be a good game, but, you know, you know, props to Indiana, like, you
1:26:06
know, Bobby said, you know, a a non football school in the big 10, you know, just made
1:26:13
themselves a football school.
1:26:15
So, I mean, you know, props to them.
1:26:19
Pretty incredible stuff.
1:26:22
Man, I we're getting really good at this.
1:26:24
I thought this was a great show.
1:26:26
Shout out to us.
1:26:28
It's our team.
1:26:29
It's about going to war with the guy next to you.
1:26:31
Right?
1:26:31
It's about going to battle for your guys, and and that's what builds great culture and builds
1:26:36
great teams.
1:26:37
And, really happy to have introduced Lance to you guys tonight because he's gonna be a big,
1:26:42
part of this team moving through the summer and and some of the extra content that we'll be
1:26:47
shooting around the golf course.
1:26:48
And, yeah, we're, on the golf tip side, b, we got some big plans for a show, just that.
1:26:54
We we've been talking to some, some sponsors and some different things to bring in their
1:26:58
tech, so that I can hit balls at home.
1:27:01
I can send the data over to, over to Lance, and he can tell me what I need to do to, shave a
1:27:08
few strokes off the game this year.
1:27:11
So Mhmm.
1:27:11
Looking forward to that and, helping everybody.
1:27:14
Right?
1:27:15
So I got a new a couple new products that I wanna talk to.
1:27:18
Bee, you're a big food guy.
1:27:20
Right?
1:27:21
Well, yeah.
1:27:22
I think I mean, even Cody is a big food guy even though he looks like
1:27:26
he's like it?
1:27:27
Yeah.
1:27:27
Well, that's because he goes a 100 miles an hour to, like, thirty seven hours a day.
1:27:31
And Honestly, I'm eating, like, seven to 10 times a day.
1:27:36
So I had a Cajun seasoning company reach out to me.
1:27:40
Shout out to Lucky Cajun.
1:27:41
He sent me a whole big bag of them here, man.
1:27:44
All different types for all of us.
1:27:46
So this is the tailgate seasoning packages.
1:27:49
Right?
1:27:49
So
1:27:49
I'll be bringing all these.
1:27:51
When we get ready to get cooking for tailgate season and and barbecue season in the summer.
1:27:56
I wanna give a little bit of a it's just I I love it when people send me a little bit of ad
1:28:01
reads.
1:28:01
Says crack one open, you'll smell the difference immediately.
1:28:04
We grind fresh in small batches and it shows.
1:28:07
Fresh ground just tastes better on the grill.
1:28:11
You're darn right, man.
1:28:13
Appreciate the Blackwell family for crunching these up.
1:28:18
I put some on my steak and eggs.
1:28:20
I think I used this one on my steak and eggs.
1:28:21
Mhmm.
1:28:22
This is the black label.
1:28:24
Kinda good on everything, your burgers, your anything.
1:28:27
This is I think you say that Bulgosari, maybe.
1:28:31
I don't know.
1:28:31
They're they're Cajun, man.
1:28:32
I'm not that big, but this is a Korean a Korean chili.
1:28:37
Oh, I need that.
1:28:38
Oh, yeah.
1:28:39
I'm gonna do.
1:28:39
I need that.
1:28:40
Little Asian Persuasion, for your barbecue.
1:28:45
I love it.
1:28:45
Can't wait to cook with these things.
1:28:47
Shout out to Blackwell and, you know, Lucky Cajun for sending us some of these things.
1:28:52
We can't wait to get, more grilling.
1:28:54
Unfortunately, for us in the Upper Midwest, it's been coldest, the last, bit here, so we
1:29:00
haven't been able to get out to the grill.
1:29:02
I have a charcoal grill.
1:29:04
You got good.
1:29:04
Have propane or charcoal?
1:29:07
Charcoal.
1:29:08
I got pro I got propane.
1:29:09
I can't I've never been able to get a charcoal grill lit.
1:29:13
But I do I mean, I do think there's better food on a charcoal grill, open flame, definitely.
1:29:19
You know?
1:29:20
So but yeah.
1:29:22
I'm not I'm not the I I I like the grill, but I'm not the grill master.
1:29:25
So, you know
1:29:27
I'll show you a thing or two.
1:29:28
It is coming.
1:29:29
There you
1:29:30
go.
1:29:30
Yeah.
1:29:31
Well, I I mean, I I can't wait for, you know, the tailgate, scene for us.
1:29:36
I I know that we'll be more than welcome at the, you know, at the Vikings World Order
1:29:44
tailgates.
1:29:44
Of course, we always gotta shout out our pillars of valor.
1:29:48
Shout out to them.
1:29:49
I'm gonna huck one of these on a sled dog and send it up your way, Cody.
1:29:53
And, hopefully, it gets there.
1:29:56
You just yeah.
1:29:57
Winter finally got here.
1:29:58
I feel like it got here, and it is a cold, bitter bee.
1:30:04
Yeah.
1:30:04
That's why I need my mosey, y'all.
1:30:07
These things
1:30:08
are so sweet.
1:30:09
So really, really proud of this company because they took what we do.
1:30:15
I know you've been at some cold football games, wrapping your jacket around your legs, bringing
1:30:20
the extra blankets out.
1:30:21
This is actually an insulated, like, almost a skirt.
1:30:25
Right?
1:30:25
So it wraps around and then this is why my wife stole it.
1:30:30
Right?
1:30:30
So it actually wraps around and covers you up.
1:30:33
It Velcros on so that you can actually walk around in it too.
1:30:36
It's got pockets on it.
1:30:37
This thing's badass.
1:30:38
Is first
1:30:39
one who actually got to
1:30:39
put it on.
1:30:40
I know you can't see me here.
1:30:42
I'll I'll put the camera down a little bit.
1:30:44
But yeah.
1:30:44
So it actually is just like a Velcro skirt blanket.
1:30:48
Right?
1:30:49
This thing's freaking sweet.
1:30:50
My wife stole it immediately.
1:30:52
I went out.
1:30:52
It was so cold in there.
1:30:53
You got pockets.
1:30:54
You got a carabiner for your thing.
1:30:56
It's all thermal insulated.
1:30:58
I can't wait to use this next winter or at the next basketball game this weekend, which is
1:31:05
ridiculous.
1:31:06
Oh, and I'm gonna stuff one of these inside of it too.
1:31:08
Shout out to Purifier, hooking it up.
1:31:10
These are, like, giant size
1:31:14
And a warlord?
1:31:15
Warlords.
1:31:16
Yeah.
1:31:16
Nice.
1:31:16
Badass, man.
1:31:17
Last twelve hours.
1:31:18
So, Cody, next time you're going to the game and you're bringing not bringing any gloves,
1:31:22
we're just gonna send
1:31:22
you Yeah.
1:31:24
First of all, we're gonna get you some damn mittens.
1:31:27
It's crazy that you roll out there without them, but I I these people that reached out,
1:31:32
like, hey.
1:31:33
Can we send you some stuff to keep you warm?
1:31:35
Yes.
1:31:36
Yes.
1:31:36
You can.
1:31:37
Yes.
1:31:37
Please and thank you.
1:31:38
Well well, send me links this way, and I'll retell till two because we definitely could
1:31:42
definitely use them.
1:31:44
Brother, I am telling you, b, get on quoted.
1:31:47
I had a meeting with one of the gals from the company today, and I was like, I literally sing
1:31:51
your praises all the time.
1:31:53
Sign up for a free account as a creator.
1:31:55
You have a platform.
1:31:57
These people would be more than willing to send you some stuff.
1:32:00
If you need to work on your pitches a little bit, the company's more than welcome or more
1:32:05
than happy to help you write those out so that people will respond to those and
1:32:09
reach out to you.
1:32:11
Yeah, man.
1:32:12
I've had a ton of really cool stuff sent to me that, you know, is useful in our daily lives.
1:32:16
I got the golf shirt, from that same company.
1:32:19
Now I haven't had a chance to put this one on yet, but hopefully that helps me with my swing
1:32:23
a little bit.
1:32:24
I it's been a it's been a game changer, man.
1:32:26
I got the seasoning.
1:32:27
I got the hand warmers.
1:32:28
I got I literally got my tailgate taken care of next year.
1:32:32
All all by brands that believe in what we're doing here at the Scene Project Sports Network,
1:32:38
and, we're just so grateful.
1:32:39
So shout out to Mozy.
1:32:41
Go get you some of that, the great stuff.
1:32:44
We got the Lucky Cajun seasoning.
1:32:45
Make sure you're checking them out.
1:32:47
These people are gonna be features on the show, over the course of the next few months as well
1:32:51
and shouting out more of them As I get to go out and use them in the real world a bit more,
1:32:57
we'll be doing that, purifier as well.
1:32:59
Because winter ain't over, fellas.
1:33:02
It's really just getting started, so it's gonna be, cold until, probably April here in South
1:33:08
Dakota.
1:33:09
I don't know what, Minnesota Springs are like if you guys get kinda bipolar there.
1:33:14
Oh, yeah.
1:33:15
Let's hit our Minnesota.
1:33:16
I mean, you know, our spring, you know, it just sucks because sometimes winter rolls into the
1:33:21
first couple weeks of baseball season.
1:33:23
Of course, the twins open up, you know, sometimes up here.
1:33:26
So it's it's hard to go to a game when there's snow falling and the guys are out there wearing
1:33:31
hoodies and, you know, everything, mittens on one hand.
1:33:35
You know, it's tough to sit out there.
1:33:37
But
1:33:38
Well, Bea, we're gonna send you out with some purifier hand warmers.
1:33:41
We're gonna get you the
1:33:43
the No.
1:33:44
You need that.
1:33:44
I need that for the wife when we go out.
1:33:47
We're gonna stuff the hand warmers inside of the thermal insulation, and you're not gonna
1:33:52
miss a single twins game this year because of cold weather, brother.
1:33:55
Well, I I might wanna miss
1:33:57
the one.
1:33:57
This year.
1:33:58
Man, if I had that, I wouldn't have had to buy, like, 15 to 20 hot chocolates just to stay warm
1:34:05
just to hold them.
1:34:06
I'm fighting a company
1:34:08
that's gonna sponsor Cody.
1:34:10
Guys, I I absolutely love doing this show with you.
1:34:14
I appreciate you letting me bring Lance on today.
1:34:17
Oh, no.
1:34:17
No.
1:34:18
No.
1:34:18
We have it in the crew.
1:34:19
I think it's gonna really elevate, some level of our content.
1:34:23
When he told me he was a big Pats fan, I was like, well, if they win, man, you gotta come on
1:34:27
with us on on Vikings United on Tuesday.
1:34:30
Talk about your team.
1:34:31
Talk a little football with us, but share your story and to get comfortable doing that in this
1:34:36
world for these young athletes.
1:34:38
That's something that we're trying to do.
1:34:39
So if you have other, you know, young athletes that are out there that are looking to, you
1:34:44
know, get a little bit of media training, get used to being on these podcasts and doing that.
1:34:48
We're more than happy to have them on, especially as we kinda move into our off season
1:34:52
a little bit with Vikings United.
1:34:53
Obviously, we're gonna have plenty to talk about with the cavalry.
1:34:57
I don't know if we start a new show or we just talk about it on Tuesday nights.
1:35:01
We'll probably stick to the Tuesdays for now because the last thing I need is another damn
1:35:05
show.
1:35:07
But I was sure having a blast doing it.
1:35:10
Any parting shots on the way out the door here, fellas?
1:35:15
Man, it's always a blast to get with you guys and talk football.
1:35:19
You know?
1:35:19
Let's just let's have another great week.
1:35:22
And, hopefully, Sam Darnold can go ahead and beat the Rams this time and shove it in our
1:35:29
face.
1:35:30
Alright.
1:35:30
Alright.
1:35:31
So let's do picks for the championship game then.
1:35:34
Who you got?
1:35:35
Broncos and
1:35:39
no.
1:35:39
No.
1:35:39
No.
1:35:40
No.
1:35:41
Patriots and the I just said them.
1:35:45
Just said
1:35:45
them.
1:35:46
Yeah.
1:35:50
Rams too.
1:35:51
No.
1:35:51
No.
1:35:51
Rams are gonna lose that one.
1:35:53
Let's let's not be
1:35:54
I I I think that NFC game is gonna be the game of the week, and I I got Seattle.
1:36:01
They're home that, you know, twelfth man is, you know, terrible from, you know, all reports.
1:36:07
I mean, unless unless the Rams can shut them out early, but, you know, I don't I don't think
1:36:13
so.
1:36:13
I think they're gonna be hyped up from the get go, from their tailgates to, you know, the
1:36:18
heck, they're probably out there tailgating right now.
1:36:21
On the AFC side, I I think Broncos are gonna pull it out.
1:36:27
I think it's gonna be
1:36:28
a close one.
1:36:29
Honestly, I don't care from the AFC side.
1:36:31
I I like the the young teams over there, definitely.
1:36:35
The young quarterback and stuff.
1:36:36
I wish Nicks was in there.
1:36:38
But I just think the lack of film and lack of, you know, stuff, I I I think it's gonna be a
1:36:44
close one in there.
1:36:45
So I'm taking the Broncos in Seattle for
1:36:48
Now where is that game being played at?
1:36:50
Is it in Denver, or is
1:36:51
it in Brooklyn?
1:36:52
Nope.
1:36:52
It's in Denver.
1:36:53
They got It's in Denver.
1:36:55
Mile high.
1:36:55
He he's he's calling the miracle at Mile High right now on Tuesday, pulling out what I
1:37:04
imagine.
1:37:04
I've I haven't have you do they have lines out on these games yet?
1:37:07
Oh, yeah.
1:37:08
Yeah.
1:37:08
It's gotta be 10.
1:37:10
No.
1:37:11
No.
1:37:12
No.
1:37:12
No.
1:37:13
No.
1:37:13
Let let let me look.
1:37:14
I haven't looked at the lines yet, but
1:37:16
It's gotta be a touchdown, man.
1:37:18
There's no way it's
1:37:19
Five and a half.
1:37:20
Five and a half.
1:37:21
Okay.
1:37:21
So almost
1:37:22
Patriots are favored by five and a half.
1:37:24
Seattle's favored by two and a half.
1:37:27
Yeah.
1:37:28
I I think Seattle, my pick, Seattle and the Patriots.
1:37:32
I I think defense wins championships.
1:37:35
That's a saying for a reason, and these are the two best defenses.
1:37:39
I think I texted you after watching the Patriots opening game.
1:37:43
Like, that team's gonna win that team's gonna win ball games, and that's gonna be your AFC
1:37:49
representative.
1:37:50
And And the and the kick kicking
1:37:52
that Seattle game to the niners.
1:37:55
I think they're riding that wave right now at home.
1:37:58
It's gonna be really tough to to to overcome that.
1:38:01
I think if that Patriots game is in New England, it probably is double digit.
1:38:05
And the only reason that is five and a half is because it's in mile high.
1:38:09
Yeah.
1:38:10
Well, I mean and if you look at it, I mean, you know, typically, the whole team gets three
1:38:15
points right off the bat.
1:38:17
So you factor that three points.
1:38:19
I mean, yeah.
1:38:20
Okay.
1:38:20
So it is an eight point spread pretty much.
1:38:25
You know, I I just wish Nicks was healthy.
1:38:27
I mean Yeah.
1:38:28
Deborah Deborah does have a good defense.
1:38:30
So let's not cut off their defense.
1:38:32
It's gonna be a defensive battle.
1:38:33
I mean
1:38:34
I I I hate it, man.
1:38:36
And and to injure it in overtime like that to get all the way there
1:38:39
Well, depends depends on what report you're hearing because now I'm hearing that he injured
1:38:45
in a couple of plays prior to that kneel down.
1:38:48
He he heard it on the kneel down.
1:38:51
I mean, you just never know when he heard it.
1:38:53
I mean
1:38:54
You're talking about Bo Knicks?
1:38:56
Yeah.
1:38:56
Yeah.
1:38:57
I heard it was the kneel down, but there there's some people that think that he heard it
1:39:01
couple plays prior to the kneel down.
1:39:03
So
1:39:06
Yeah.
1:39:06
I tried to
1:39:06
I tried to relook at that play, the one like, two plays before the end or whatever.
1:39:12
It kinda looked like that's when it happened.
1:39:15
Like, his angle just hit real quick in a weird position, but I don't know.
1:39:20
Yeah.
1:39:21
That's just it's it's a sad thing to see regardless, especially when it's close.
1:39:26
Yeah.
1:39:26
It just sucks, man.
1:39:28
I mean, you're two plays away from the AFC championship game and a stuff for an injury
1:39:32
like that that's gonna change the game, just for everybody.
1:39:35
I mean, as a football fan, like, I don't have a dog in the fight, and I'm just like, that that
1:39:40
just sucks.
1:39:41
Well, I guarantee, you know, we we talk about betting and, you know, Cody and stuff.
1:39:46
I mean, Bowenix is in it.
1:39:47
We probably bet a little bit more on the Broncos.
1:39:50
But now that he's out, now we're gonna throw that money towards the patriots way a little
1:39:54
bit, and you're gonna have somebody like me that's like, you know what?
1:39:56
I wanna throw it on Denver, you know, and, you know, and and and stuff like that.
1:40:01
So
1:40:01
Yeah.
1:40:01
I will say don't, you know, don't discredit and discount discount, Sean Payton from having some
1:40:08
tricks up his sleeve because I think you have to.
1:40:10
You gotta bust out the trick plays.
1:40:12
You're gonna have to do something to set apart because they get some other injuries.
1:40:15
I think they lost one of their receivers during that game early on too.
1:40:19
Their number one receiver was the kid Bryant or or Brian that they lost.
1:40:24
I I thought he went out early in that game as well, and they had a number Broncos?
1:40:29
Yeah.
1:40:30
Let's see here.
1:40:33
But, I mean, if they have a game like Seattle, Seattle won it the way I thought they were
1:40:39
going to, you know, keep if you can if you can get receive the ball to start the game, take
1:40:47
that b all the way for a house call, and then your defense comes out and stops them again, I
1:40:54
mean, you're almost halfway through the first quarter, and Sam Darnold hasn't even touched
1:40:59
the field.
1:41:01
Yeah.
1:41:02
So, yeah, you got Brian is questionable.
1:41:06
Franklin, their other receiver's questionable.
1:41:09
Their center's questionable.
1:41:11
So, yeah, it's kinda We got some issues.
1:41:16
That's why I think it's
1:41:17
gonna be a defensive battle.
1:41:19
I think
1:41:20
Yeah.
1:41:20
I think we're gonna have a
1:41:21
defensive battle on that one.
1:41:24
Yeah.
1:41:24
Well and who knows what the weather's gonna be like in Denver.
1:41:28
Right?
1:41:29
It could be sunny in 75.
1:41:32
Maybe not 75, but sunny in 30 like it was last weekend, or it could be, you know, a foot of
1:41:38
snow.
1:41:39
Like, you never know if it's gonna be a freak storm this weekend that comes off the mountains
1:41:43
and
1:41:44
And and,
1:41:44
you know, I was gonna be in that locker room talking, you know, how he team up on his
1:41:50
playoff experience.
1:41:50
I mean, they're probably calling out every Denver Bronco that won a Super Bowl to come in
1:41:55
and talk to this team this whole week.
1:41:58
So
1:41:59
Yeah.
1:41:59
Where's TD?
1:42:00
Shannon Sharp.
1:42:01
Where where's Terrell Davis?
1:42:02
Where I I remember watching those games, man.
1:42:05
We had just moved out to South Dakota.
1:42:07
And so, obviously, a lot of a lot of Broncos fans out in Western South Dakota.
1:42:11
Eastern side of the state is pretty much all Minnesota fans.
1:42:14
But, yeah, man.
1:42:16
Well, looking forward to some ball this weekend again.
1:42:20
Yeah.
1:42:20
I don't know.
1:42:21
What are you guys doing for Super Bowl Sunday?
1:42:23
Any any big plans?
1:42:25
I'll be working in the morning, but definitely, I'll be home with time to watch the game.
1:42:30
May go up to a buddy's house if he's having a Super Bowl party, catch it.
1:42:34
But, you know, definitely gotta watch it.
1:42:36
Definitely gotta watch for the commercials.
1:42:40
You know, and hopefully for a good game.
1:42:42
At the very least, we are going to do a Super Bowl commercial rating show.
1:42:48
So keep track of them.
1:42:49
I wanna you know, I I don't know if we're gonna rate every single one of them in a ranking.
1:42:54
Right?
1:42:54
But I wanna do, like, top five.
1:42:56
Your your top five commercials from the game, we're gonna talk about it on a post show.
1:43:02
Well, I I know for sure I'll
1:43:03
be taking a nap at halftime over,
1:43:06
watching, Bad Bunny things.
1:43:09
Yeah.
1:43:10
Tell you one Bad Bunny song.
1:43:13
I don't know what my plans are for sure for the game.
1:43:15
I actually got
1:43:16
a text
1:43:16
message from a buddy.
1:43:17
He, he texted me.
1:43:19
He's like, hey.
1:43:20
I got a spare ticket to the Super Bowl.
1:43:22
Do you wanna go?
1:43:23
So I'm trying to figure that out.
1:43:26
I got a lot
1:43:27
of stuff to switch around.
1:43:28
Oh, yeah.
1:43:28
Oh, yeah.
1:43:29
I saw it, not a month.
1:43:30
The phone.
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I'm trying.
1:43:32
I'm I'm trying.
1:43:33
If I can make it You
1:43:34
can find another 12 jobs when you come back.
1:43:37
Yeah.
1:43:37
I probably could.
1:43:39
Yeah.
1:43:39
Yeah.
1:43:39
Good.
1:43:40
There's definitely gonna be an employment gap when you get back with all There's plenty of
1:43:46
plenty of Uber driving gigs out there, I'm sure.
1:43:48
And Right.
1:43:50
Oh, man.
1:43:51
What a mess.
1:43:51
Figure it out, though.
1:43:52
We'll see.
1:43:53
I feel, heart goes out to to you guys and everyone kinda living through this.
1:43:58
I don't care what side of the aisle you're on.
1:44:01
It ain't easy for anybody to live up there right now.
1:44:03
But, yeah, everybody be safe.
1:44:06
We love you all.
1:44:07
This has been, another great episode of Vikings United.
1:44:10
I've had a blast doing this show, getting to talk ball with y'all and to talk life.
1:44:16
And, really, that's the beauty of of football is that it has so many parallels with life, and
1:44:23
it it is the the greatest game for a reason.
1:44:26
So, with that, fellas, I'm gonna let you go.
1:44:29
We will reconnect next Tuesday, talk about these championship games.
1:44:33
Maybe we'll start to, divulge in some of the draft talk now that the college football season
1:44:38
is over, Cody.
1:44:40
So if you got a little bit of time to do some homework, maybe dig up maybe dig up just a few
1:44:46
of a let's talk some DB since that's your realm.
1:44:50
Let's talk some DB prospects next week because b sent me a mock draft that he did today, and
1:44:56
in that, the Vikings selected a cornerback.
1:44:59
Yeah.
1:44:59
I think I thought I
1:45:00
found it that to Cody too because the the one name I looked at and I saw Love dropped way
1:45:06
past the Vikings, the running back, I'm just like, man, I if that happens, I hope the
1:45:11
Vikings take them.
1:45:12
100%.
1:45:13
100%.
1:45:14
Well, you need help at running back.
1:45:16
And and a Belkow running back for this team, maybe that's enough to get KOC to run the damn
1:45:22
ball, but I'm not I'm not holding my breath for that one.
1:45:27
Yeah.
1:45:28
Alright, guys.
1:45:29
Well, this is Bubba starts here.
1:45:31
Big b from the coast to coast entertainment network.
1:45:35
Go check out all his stuff.
1:45:36
You got the show tomorrow night, b?
1:45:38
Yeah.
1:45:39
We got prime time blitz tomorrow, and then Thursday morning, me and Tim will be on early
1:45:44
to do some of rankings of birth certain birthdays in January.
1:45:50
So
1:45:50
Awesome.
1:45:51
Alright.
1:45:52
Cody already dipped out on us.
1:45:53
And
1:45:54
He must have got a work call.
1:45:55
Yeah.
1:45:57
Oh, yeah.
1:45:58
It's snowing up there.
1:45:59
He's probably working all night too, man.
1:46:01
Yeah.
1:46:01
Probably.
1:46:02
For everybody here and for coach Cody who's always working 13 jobs, this has been Vikings
1:46:08
United.
1:46:09
We love you all.
1:46:10
We'll see you next Tuesday.
1:46:12
Have a good one.
1:46:16
SPSN.