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Hutton & Withrow: Arch Manning’s Epic Comeback, Tennessee Rolls & SEC Chaos | Hour 2 · Hutton & Withrow Show

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  Speaker 1: SEC Big Ten Challenge in a way this past weekend with, what,
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  Speaker 1: three matchups. SEC wins two of them. One of them
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  Speaker 1: just epic with the way Texas, dead to rights. The
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  Speaker 1: looks on their faces, dead. And the way Arch Manning
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  Speaker 1: plays in that fourth quarter, epic. That is one of the,
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  Speaker 1: that's part of his legacy now. That's the moment. Running
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  Speaker 1: around the field when the clock hits triple zero. Well
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  Speaker 1: done with how he responds there. That's how you get
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  Speaker 1: it done. With all the eyes on you, all the
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  Speaker 1: pressure on it. And it's just a classic game. That's
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  Speaker 1: why I want more of this early in the season.
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  Speaker 1: There's so much to run through from this weekend. We're
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  Speaker 1: not going to get to all of it today.
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  Speaker 2: State all day long, every weekday, is we'll get to
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  Speaker 2: everything by Friday afternoon. But so much to hit on here.
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  Speaker 2: That game specifically, Hutton, I think you hit the nail
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  Speaker 2: on the head. That is the Arch Manning moment right now.
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  Speaker 2: That's the legacy moment that will be remembered. That video
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  Speaker 2: of Matthew McConaughey, who I love the dude because I
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  Speaker 2: feel like he's actually 100% genuine with his celebrations for
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  Speaker 2: his Texas Longhorns and jumping up and down. That is
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  Speaker 2: what Longhorn fans will remember about Arch Manning, if it
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  Speaker 2: encapsulates a moment.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, it's that.
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  Speaker 2: Now, if he goes on to win the national title,
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  Speaker 2: he's going to have plenty of other moments, too. But
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  Speaker 2: that is the moment in that comeback over Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: I joked on Twitter when Rutgers lost to UMass, I
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  Speaker 2: went to– why did I say it like that?
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  Speaker 1: UMass. UMass.
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  Speaker 2: I've never put an emphasis on the M that way.
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  Speaker 2: When they lost– but now I'm only going to do that.
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  Speaker 2: When they lost to UMass, that– And I posted, Rutgers
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  Speaker 2: is in the Big Ten. And Big Ten fans, of course,
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  Speaker 2: hated that, which was my intent with that. And then
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  Speaker 2: I also put when Michigan should have lost to Western Michigan,
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  Speaker 2: I said, Michigan is in the Big Ten. Well, Big
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  Speaker 2: Ten fans, which was smart, came back at me and said,
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma is in the SEC. Oklahoma is in the SEC.
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  Speaker 2: Send the tweet when they look bad and lose to
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  Speaker 2: Michigan as a favorite in that game. The turnabout is
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  Speaker 2: fair play. Well played by Big Ten fans. I would
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  Speaker 2: say what Coach Mack always said, though. You got to
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  Speaker 2: keep your powder dry. Because there were two other SEC
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  Speaker 2: Big Ten matchups over the course of the day.
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  Speaker 1: There were.
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State went to Minneapolis and beat the hell out
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  Speaker 2: of Minnesota.
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  Speaker 1: No contest. In that game.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm telling you right now, we saw them in Tampa.
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  Speaker 2: I've been saying it since the preseason.
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  Speaker 1: You have.
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  Speaker 2: Kamario Taylor is a dude. And he has proven that
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  Speaker 2: in two weeks. Mississippi State, Hutton, I'm going to go
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  Speaker 2: bold here. I think Mississippi State could be the Oklahoma
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  Speaker 2: of this year. Oklahoma came out of nowhere last year
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  Speaker 2: to get to the college football playoff. I think Mississippi
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  Speaker 2: State could be a legitimate team right now through two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I know it was a nobody.
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  Speaker 2: I know it was Minnesota of all Big Ten teams,
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  Speaker 2: but he looks very impressive. And when you pair Jeff
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  Speaker 2: Levy and his system, which is very similar to Josh
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  Speaker 2: Heupel's system, with the right quarterback who can run and throw,
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  Speaker 2: look out. I think Mississippi State's going to be quite
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  Speaker 2: a bit better than anyone expected. I was impressed with them.
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  Speaker 2: And then, of course, you hit on it. The Texas comeback.
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  Speaker 1: Over Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: That game was going to define what people thought of
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  Speaker 2: SEC versus Big Ten out of this week, regardless of
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  Speaker 2: what happened in those first two games of the day.
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  Speaker 2: That was going to be the one. And Texas comes
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  Speaker 2: from behind and gets the win. I also don't leave
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  Speaker 2: that game kind of like Texans and Bills. I don't
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  Speaker 2: leave that game feeling any worse about Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: And they had a game of war.
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: They should have won the game. They didn't fall that far.
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  Speaker 1: They missed a field goal.
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  Speaker 2: They should have scored a touchdown on another drive. They
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  Speaker 2: were dominating Texas on the road. That's a really good
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  Speaker 2: football team. I know JT's excited.
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  Speaker 1: To hear that. Well, they were up big. I'm agreeing
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  Speaker 1: with you there. They didn't fall that far in the polls, thankfully.
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  Speaker 1: Which is smart. That's the right move by the pollsters.
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  Speaker 1: It is. It is. Going back to– oh, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: somehow Oregon's still ranked. I don't get that. Don't understand that.
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  Speaker 1: So Mississippi State, I would compare them to– If they're
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  Speaker 1: going on a little run here, they're about to be
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  Speaker 1: the Ole Miss from 2021, where we were on the
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  Speaker 1: road with the tailgate, and we end up in week six,
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  Speaker 1: week five, week six, Kiffin's unbeaten and comes in to Alabama, right?
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  Speaker 1: So the next two weeks for Mississippi State, the next
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  Speaker 1: two games, they have South Carolina and Missouri. Then they
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  Speaker 1: play Bama. They're hosting Bama. But they have LSU right after.
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  Speaker 1: They go Bama-LSU back-to-back. If they're unbeaten, that's the game
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  Speaker 1: of the week right there against Bama.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're better than Missouri. I don't know yet
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  Speaker 2: on South Carolina. I don't know that I'm confident enough to.
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  Speaker 1: Pick them necessarily. Is that game in Starkville or in Columbia?
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  Speaker 1: That will be in Columbia, and they're hosting Missouri. I
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  Speaker 1: think they beat Missouri. I think it would be a
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  Speaker 1: gigantic win if they went to Columbia and won.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that I can pick that right now.
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  Speaker 1: But if they do that, I mean, again, they could.
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  Speaker 2: End up being this surprise team that's competing for a
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  Speaker 2: playoff spot in the SEC.
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  Speaker 1: You're right. I mean, I've seen that. You've nailed it
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  Speaker 1: with their play. They've been very good. Missouri, Hutton. Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: Let's hit on that. Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: The audacity of Kansas to go old-school slavery– in their
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  Speaker 2: hype video of their rivalry against Missouri. I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: are the type of people that, like, if it's funny,
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  Speaker 2: say it.
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  Speaker 1: You know? Like, I'm not here to... Right. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: here to mediate between what is acceptable and what's not
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  Speaker 1: in terms of comedy. Right?
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  Speaker 2: If it offends you, okay, sorry. It may not offend everyone.
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  Speaker 2: And if you laugh at it, it's fine, right? We're
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  Speaker 2: not cancel culture police here.
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  Speaker 1: Right, yeah. We're not trying to cancel. I will say, if.
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  Speaker 2: You are a university... or a football program or an
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  Speaker 2: athletic department.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't go that low. I don't know that I
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  Speaker 1: would go.
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  Speaker 2: To those depths in the interest of making a statement.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't think they were trying to be funny.
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  Speaker 2: It was truly like a good versus evil type of promotion, right?
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  Speaker 1: Like they're evil, we're good. Right. And that's the thing
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  Speaker 1: is like the, I don't think it was meant to
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  Speaker 1: be like to make anyone laugh or smile. You know,
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  Speaker 1: those were funny words. That's the rivalry you're going to
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  Speaker 1: go with for this? What else does Kansas have?
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  Speaker 2: It's Kansas football. They've got K-State and they've got Missouri.
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  Speaker 2: That's it. Look, I don't like Eli Drinkwood that much.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's sort of a smarmy dude. But I
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  Speaker 2: also do not blame him for what he said postgame,
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  Speaker 2: that he's embarrassed for them and this is ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking about 9-11 today. and people uniting, and they're
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  Speaker 1: going to go back to U.S.
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  Speaker 2: History of slavery and trying to divide and all that.
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  Speaker 2: I totally agree with him, what he said. And I'll
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  Speaker 2: say this, too. You know, Kansas is Lance Leipold, and
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  Speaker 2: Kansas can say, well, we'll remember that. And those things
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  Speaker 2: do have a way of coming back with karma when
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  Speaker 2: you try to run up the score on somebody and
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  Speaker 2: you do it that way.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't blame Eli.
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  Speaker 2: For saying, yeah, I'm trying to embarrass them the way
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  Speaker 2: they embarrassed themselves with that video late in the game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't mind it. Chad, it is the week. It's
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  Speaker 1: LSU and Ole Miss. It's happening. It is. And the
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  Speaker 1: line opened, I believe, at what? Three and a half?
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  Speaker 1: Is that right? I've not seen it. I've not seen
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  Speaker 1: the line, Chad. It's two and a half or three
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  Speaker 1: and a half. I believe it's three and a half
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  Speaker 1: in favor of LSU on the road and Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be awesome. Finally, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to hear answers to questions. We get to see how
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  Speaker 1: Kiffin approaches this. After saying that his team's pissed off
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  Speaker 1: that they're only winning by 31 points in the previous matchups.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see how he serves the pot throughout the week.
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  Speaker 1: Tremendous job, I thought, by Tennessee keeping their poise and
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  Speaker 1: sticking with the run game. We discussed the balls. They
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  Speaker 1: get the win on the road against Georgia Tech. And
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: then there's Vanderbilt. Still trying to find their spot, their
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  Speaker 1: identity a bit. Their firm grip on... who they are
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  Speaker 1: as a team right now. We dive into that as
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to make JT play with me. Is this
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: like our childhood in 98? Is this the ball season
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: like 98? A really nice win. down in Atlanta. Quarterback
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  Speaker 1: stayed composed in the first road start. They stuck with
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  Speaker 1: the run game, even though it wasn't pretty at times
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  Speaker 1: up front. They stuck with it throughout this game, and
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  Speaker 1: eventually they hit with it. And the defense is out
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  Speaker 1: there just making plays, covering sideline to sideline. I just
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  Speaker 1: thought it was just a thorough victory. Not everything goes right,
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  Speaker 1: but for where they are, this is normally, to me,
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  Speaker 1: a game that It comes down to like a final drive,
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  Speaker 1: a kick. They get out of there even though they've
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  Speaker 1: turned it over several times or they lose a game
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  Speaker 1: they're not supposed to. They were favored by 12 and
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  Speaker 1: a half. It looked like it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's the rare thing, Hutton. And we called this,
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  Speaker 2: I know you had it in one of your picks
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  Speaker 2: last week for Tennessee to cover. And I kept saying
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  Speaker 2: all week, I'm like, I mean, haven't seen the just
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  Speaker 2: turned 18-year-old quarterback on the road yet. But yeah, Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: just looks like they're quite a bit better. than Georgia Tech,
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  Speaker 2: and if they just play their game, they're going to
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  Speaker 2: go win easily. And that game went about exactly as
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  Speaker 2: we expected. You can't say that often, right? Like it
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  Speaker 2: went pretty much according to script. It might be a
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  Speaker 2: little bit close early. There could be a bump in
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  Speaker 2: the road. That block punt for a touchdown to give
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  Speaker 2: Georgia Tech the lead was that bump.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm watching.
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  Speaker 2: I never felt threatened by Tennessee. I'm like, okay, they'll
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  Speaker 2: come back down and score. And then the second half,
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  Speaker 2: especially when injuries started mounting for Georgia Tech, they just
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  Speaker 2: started rolling with the run game. You look at Faison Brandon,
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  Speaker 2: 10 for 21, 148 yards, two touchdowns, seven-yard average per completion,
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  Speaker 2: 88.7 QBR. That doesn't jump off the screen at you
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  Speaker 2: as some giant statistical game, but I thought he was
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  Speaker 2: excellent in that game and really took another step in
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  Speaker 2: his progression. There's a fourth and two play early in
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  Speaker 2: that game. Tennessee's down, I think, 10 to 7 at
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  Speaker 2: that point after the block punt for the touchdown for
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  Speaker 2: Georgia Tech. They had no business picking it up. Georgia
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  Speaker 2: Tech had it red. There's two guys in the backfield
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  Speaker 2: on them. He's trying to run to pick it up.
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  Speaker 2: He sidesteps one guy and busts it, what I want
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  Speaker 2: to see Cam Ward do when he scrambles. And he
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  Speaker 2: dives forward and picks it up by a yard and
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  Speaker 2: knew exactly where the sticks were and moved the sticks.
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  Speaker 2: Four times, I think, he ran. It might have been
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  Speaker 2: for three or four yards, but it was a pickup
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  Speaker 2: of a first down. When he took off running, he
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  Speaker 2: moved the sticks with his feet on– And to my knowledge,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that Tennessee called a design quarterback run
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  Speaker 2: in the game, which surprised me too. I thought they'd
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  Speaker 2: need that against Georgia Tech. They're definitely going to need
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  Speaker 2: it against some SEC teams as they go along, but
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  Speaker 2: I don't think they called a design QB run. That
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  Speaker 2: was just him being smart, picking up something when nothing
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  Speaker 2: else was there. I was really impressed with Faison Brandon.
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  Speaker 2: My big takeaway, I think Tennessee's got a dude at quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: We can talk about that with Mississippi State and Kamario Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: I think Alabama is in a similar situation with their
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  Speaker 2: young quarterback. Tennessee defensively has been as good as advertised.
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  Speaker 2: When you bring in the $ 2 million coordinator and Jim
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  Speaker 2: Knowles and what they're paying him, I think they've looked
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  Speaker 2: a lot better. Those safeties are a huge upgrade. You
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  Speaker 2: saw Lane with a pick six, but I'm thinking Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: safety play looks a lot better. The one negative, 14
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  Speaker 2: penalties are a lot. That was the most penalty yardage
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  Speaker 2: in the Josh Heupel era. It tied the Music City
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  Speaker 2: Bowl game against Purdue for the most penalties. That's the
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  Speaker 2: most penalty yardage. that he's had, they've got to clean
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  Speaker 2: some of that stuff up. But you also didn't turn
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  Speaker 2: the football over. You had the special teams miscue, but
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  Speaker 2: not a single turnover by the offense. And again, that's
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  Speaker 2: a true freshman quarterback who's not even putting the ball
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  Speaker 2: in harm's way one time that I can remember in
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  Speaker 2: that game.
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  Speaker 1: So all in all, a really good performance. And that
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  Speaker 1: sets up a week from, what, Saturday, the number one
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  Speaker 1: team in the country will be coming to Knoxville. And
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  Speaker 1: Tennessee could move up another spot or two Based on
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: what happens in the top ten, we'll see. But that
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: sets up– the only downside is when that game kicks off.
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: I think it's, what, noon? Yeah, it's early. I hate that. But,
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's tremendous for where Tennessee is and what
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: that could mean for going into the stretch of October
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: against some rivalry matchups. Yeah, I'm with you on that.
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: And, look, Tennessee had to win that game on Saturday
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: to have the season they want to have. Yes. So
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: challenge accepted, and they passed the test in that one.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: They're going to be 3-0. They get Kennesaw State this week.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: They get 3-0 to play Texas. That's going to be
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: a huge– that's our next college football Friday night show.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: Tailgate show with Sporting State also will be that Friday
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: night before Tennessee and Texas. I was thoroughly impressed, Hutton.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: I thought Tennessee had a good game plan, did well
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: in that game.
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: I come out of that.
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: Thinking, okay, they're what we thought they could be on
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: the high end right now through two weeks.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: This is a team that could challenge for the back
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: end of the college football playoff. They're doing what they
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: should be doing. So the LSU Ole Miss, by the way,
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: the spread, the line's two and a half, three, and
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: over under 58 and a half LSU favored in that
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: game at hard rock bets. And you could go there
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: and play $ 5, get $ 100 in a bonus bet. My
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: hardrock.bet slash clay. Vols against Kennesaw State. That's 35 and
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: a half right now. I'm going to rush there and
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: get that, I think. And Vanderbilt NC State. Vandy, a
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: four and a half point favorite. Despite the season's been
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: a grind at this point. It has been a struggle
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: at times. There's a brewing quarterback controversy, which I think
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: is good for Jerry Curtis. It's not brewing. It's there.
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: There was a controversy with those two. But they continued
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: to start him to begin the year. They went with
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: him saying that he was going to come off the bench.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: He was going to play. They're about to start him
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: moving into SEC scheduling. And that's fascinating to me. But
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: it's hard to find your footing if you don't have
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: the quarterback as your leader. And I don't think they
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: do that until they have the freshman coming to do it. Well,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: they beat Delaware by nine points. I know. And Austin
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: Peay was a struggle.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: They were behind to the Blue Hens of Delaware at halftime.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: And Joe Flacco's not quarterback at Delaware, last I checked.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: That's right. On this team. Yeah, I mean, look, Jared Curtis,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: 14 for 22, 2-10, a touchdown.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: He's got to be the starter. I just– I don't
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: know what you're looking at. You got– Blaise Burwood's getting
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: booed coming off the field. They're trailing, or it was
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: a close game at halftime. And I did not get
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: a chance to see much of this game, but having
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: read about it, and our guy Mark was telling us
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: that there were some boo birds from Vandy fans. I just–
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: I don't know what– You're proving right now if you're
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: Clark Lee. Look, it's his decision. He knows the team
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: better than we do. He's around them all the time.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: I understand you can't lie to your team and be like, hey,
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: the fans want this, so I'm going to do it.
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: They know who the better quarterback is. I just don't
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: understand how Jared Curtis, even from what limited I've seen
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: of him this year, is not their best option at quarterback.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: And I'm seeing a team that through two weeks, and
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: they've played nobody yet, they look like they're going to
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: take a sizable step back. from what they were a
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: year ago as a 10-win team. That's the Vandy team
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: I see right now on the field.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: Their special teams right now is their safety net. This
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: is back-to-back games with a block kick for a touchdown.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: They had that in this matchup that really sparked where
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: they ended up. But run defense looks pretty bad. Consistency there.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: And I would just say, like, We're about to see
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: the freshman. When it gets to this point, they're about
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: to make the quarterback switch at some point soon. I
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: just think it would benefit them to go ahead and
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: start the season with him if you're going to make
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: the switch right as you begin conference play. I don't
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: think that's beneficial to the freshman for Jared Curtis to
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: do that. I think part of this, too, played into it, Chad,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: was Where he played in high school, the level he played,
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: the competition he faced, that's no fault of his own.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: I mean, he wanted to stay there and play, whatever.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: But he's a five-star for a reason. Play him. If
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: I'm side of the five-star and I'm paying him, I'm
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: playing him.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: And I'm just not seeing Blaise Berlowitz showing and playing
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: well enough to say, oh, I get it, why they're
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: going with a veteran. Like, he knows the offense. He's
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: operating it well. They're really humming on offense. You need
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: to hum on offense against Austin Peay in Delaware. And
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: they haven't done that. And Blaise Berlitz has been the starter. So, look,
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: sometimes the most likely– it's Occam's razor. The most likely
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: outcome or solution is the outcome or solution. Start Jared Curtis.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Let's stop messing around with this. You're paying the guy
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: a lot of money. He's the five-star guy to be there,
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: and you want to start him. I thought about this, too,
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: going into that game. I do think that Clark Lee
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: views his program– as something that is elite because that's
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: what he is building and that's what he's working towards being.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: So he's not looking at it the way everybody else
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: is looking at it, including Vandy fans.
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: Because Vandy fans have been around that program for years
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: and have experienced a ton of success. And now they're
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: going to games. They're going to games, but also, Hutton,
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: they're sitting there thinking, we don't get five-star quarterbacks at Vandy.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: We've got this prized recruited quarterback, and you mean to
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: tell me he's not starting?
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: I think the Vandy mentality of the fans– is even
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: leading towards the Boo Birds at Blaise Berlowitz and the
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: questioning of Clark Lee and his decision because they're not
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: used to this. You know, I think the thought is
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: this dude left Georgia. You know, he was going to
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: go to Georgia, and he's here with us? Then we're
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: starting him right away.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: We're Vandy.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: We don't sit that guy on the bench. We want
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: to see this guy play, and he needs to start.
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: Clark Lee doesn't look at it that way. Clark Lee
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: is saying we are Georgia. That's the way he views
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: his program, right? I admire that about Clark Lee, but
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: that's what he's building, and that's the way he views
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: the operation and what they're doing. We are going to
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: be a top-notch SEC team in programming. We're going to
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: make decisions accordingly, and that decision is not going to
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: be just to start the guy because he's a five-star
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: freshman because we've never gotten one before, and we've got
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: to make sure he's happy. And that he's not upset
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: about not starting. So, look, I get all the different
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: thoughts on this. This is an opinion-based show. My opinion
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: on this, start the five-star freshman. Because the other dude's
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: not doing enough to warrant not starting the five-star freshman.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: It needs to start this week against NC State. Chad,
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Florida State this morning has fired their athletic director, Michael Alford.
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: That's according to On3. Didn't pay his light bill. And
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: he got fired because they shut the power out on him. Yeah,
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: but they owe a two-star. So they've had the loss
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: to SMU, and then they play Alabama this week.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: So that's one step before Mike Norvell gets fired.
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: That's the storyline.
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: The new AD is now going to fire Mike Norvell
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: after the season, or in the season.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: The cleaning of the house, right? The interim will end
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: up getting the job, right? Is that what you're saying? No,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: I'm saying no.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: No, I'm saying whoever they hire as AD, this is
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: the move, the preliminary strike. They will hire a new
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: AD who will then fire Mike Morvell and hire his guy.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: Just like Amy Adams-Strunk will fire Mike Borgonzi, and then
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: the next one on the chopping block will be the
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: new head coach, Robert Sala. And time and time again,
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: rinse and repeat, the cycle of who's next to blame.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: Arch Manning will go about 12 games as the starter
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: before they fire his OC as well, and they have
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: to learn a new offense. Right, and then you start
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: the process all over again. Go ahead.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: No, I was going to say, to me that's a
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: clear signal that Mike Norvell will be gone with the
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: new AD when they eventually fire him too.
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Since they won the ACC title in 2023, Florida State–
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: is 8-18. Since they went 13-1 that year and didn't
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: get in the playoff, right? Since then, they're 8-18. That
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: is crazy.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: No one is given anything. No one is promised anything.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: Even Florida State in a down ACC has been miserable.
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: Even after a really good season with Mike Norvell. I mean,
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: that's just a lesson to everyone. If you're successful right now,
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: it does not mean you're going to always be successful.
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: In an NIL world, you've got to spend money smartly,
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: and you've got to bring in the right guys, and
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: that's where Florida State has failed.
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: But those brands, if they fail, they fail for a
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: year or two, right? and then they're on the climb.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: I think of Miami in that regard. Clemson and Florida State.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: Clemson's on the opposite end of it where they're not
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: even investing. Florida State's always... It's just, man, the coaching
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: has been not... They haven't pulled the trigger. They finally
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: did here. Coming up, we find out what we made
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: this weekend. It is amazing how I try to speak
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: something into existence. I'm firm on something, and I'm close
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: to getting it, and then Week one happens at the NFL.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: And what we did hit on, we tell you how
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: you need to follow us. You need to roll with
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: us with our locks. That's next year on Huntley Withrow.
• 25:42
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  Speaker 1: the Titans' floor. Yesterday. Their floor, they're continuing to go down.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: It's like you've got the garage that goes underground. It's
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• 28:01
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• 28:05
  Speaker 1: we got it done this week. We did. Well done
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: on your pick. You went with, what, minus 21.5? I did.
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: I went with Virginia Tech, minus 21.5.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: And I am a winner with the Hard Rock Lock
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: bet last week.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: Barely. I think they won 44-21.
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: So I won by, what, a point and a half
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: or so on covering that spread against Old Dominion. But
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: like I said, James Franklin, these are games he wins.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: And he looks good in when he's going against non-conference competition. Yeah,
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: you crushed that. The real test will come with the
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: big ACC rivals ahead on his schedule. But so far,
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: so good for James Franklin and Virginia Tech. I'd also
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: say that I'm going to take, you know, Jacob Lutz
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: was asking us in the break, like, did your parlay hit?
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: Did your this hit? I'm going to take the Cam
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: Ward approach.
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: On this segment, and I'm only going to talk about
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: my successes. Any failure is on somebody else.
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: It's not on me. It's on my producer, or it's
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: on you, Hutton, or it's on.
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: Kelly in Vegas because I took bad advice from her.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: I will only tell you about the bets that I hit.
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: On this show, that's going to be a consistent feature
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: on Mondays. So I would only like to talk about
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: Virginia Tech covering the spread in my Hard Rock Lock.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: I will discuss nothing else except bets that I hit
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: on during this segment. That is what I'm terming the
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  Speaker 2: Cam Ward approach to press conference and show making.
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: So Clay and Kelly have this friendly rivalry going with
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: his bets versus hers. She's fading Clay. of the picks.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: I believe he had a winning day pretty good yesterday.
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: And she was not pleased with the success rate, let's
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: say that, because she wasn't having the same success if
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: she's fading clay there. Here's where I hit. You're going
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: to get a kick out of this. So Western Michigan,
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: my lock of the week last week, you and I both,
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: our locks hit. Minus 27.5. They got the job done.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: They responded well. They're 2-0. We're going to call them
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: 2-0 on the season. And I hit with the 49ers
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: last Thursday. One outright, and we also hit the first
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: half under there. But here's where... It's just that you
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: know something that is very consistent. The trend, year after year.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: I mentioned, and this is going back several years, the
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: NFL early on, offenses struggle. You go with the under,
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: especially the first half under. Chad, 10 different teams in
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: week one so far have scored at least 30 points.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: Games averaged 50 points per game combined with the two teams.
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: That is the highest week one scoring output ever. So
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: they go from low scores to now the highest ever
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: combined on the scoreboard. Of course, the Titans Jets didn't
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: get there, but practically every other game did, the Bears
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: being the highest. They boat raced. Carolina, even Carolina surpassed
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: the threshold that we're talking about here.
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: I will violate my own rule and tell you where
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: I did lose the one parlay that was for this week,
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: or it was actually our profit like it's hot. for
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: this past week because it's hilarious how.
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: I lost it. I went under, under, over.
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: I went under Rutgers-Boston College and won in total points.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: I went over Missouri-Kansas and won on the over. I
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: went under NC State and Richmond and even ridiculed the
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: NC State offense and what.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: I saw in the first week. NC State won the
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: game 73-0. Against Richmond.
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: Covering the over by a lot. I think the over
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: was like 53. They covered it by 20 points by themselves.
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: So that's where I hit two or three legs on
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: the parlay, which as we know does not count. But regardless, again,
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: that's my one violation of my own rule where I'll
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: discuss my failures over the weekend. But hey, Virginia Tech
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: Hokies came through for me. And Kelly also... Let's take
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: this chance, who continued to hit me up on Twitter
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: all week.
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: You nervous about Georgia Tech, Tennessee? You nervous about your Vols? Oh, man.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: Did she take Georgia Tech money line, or did she
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: just take them to cover? She took Georgia Tech money line. Yeah.
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: Talking all that trash, and then she had to tuck
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: tail and, well, I'll see you in Knoxville.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: In a couple weeks. And that was her big money parlay, right?
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: That's her.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: I believe that was part of her parlay, was the
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: Georgia Tech money line. Anyway, we know how difficult it
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: is in a parlay. But she was talking trash. She
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: has to hear it now. Tennessee, I'm not betting against Tennessee.
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: Well, she just kept going, you know, on to Knoxville,
• 32:33
  Speaker 2: on to Knoxville, because she's going to be there next
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: week with us.
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: And I'm thinking, okay, if you're allowed, then you'll be
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: in Knoxville. We'll have to see. We'll have to reevaluate
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: after that pick. Hey, tonight, Monday Night Football, I'm taking
• 32:44
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• 32:49
  Speaker 1: the offer on the app, bet $ 5, get 100 in
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• 32:57
  Speaker 1: defense returns for them, Chad. Jalen Waddell, they're added to
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: the offense there. They're going against a rookie at corner
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: and LeJarius Sneed. We know how Sneed has been with
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. They have Waddell and Cortland Sutton. They've added,
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: I know Kansas City has added Kenneth Walker III. But
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: Denver returns what was the number two run defense in
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: the NFL. I'm just confident about their defense showing up. Yes,
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: this is me saying that I'm probably going to take
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: the under as well. But I haven't yet, based on
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: the scoring out. But I'm taking Denver because I think
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: they're better than Kansas City. Yeah, I'm with you.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: This is our show bet for the Broncos' money line tonight.
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: I think the Broncos are heavily undervalued in that division.
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: I mean, you look at the Hard Rock Bet odds futures,
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: to win the AFC West. They're third in that division.
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: We saw the Chargers lose yesterday. I like this Broncos team.
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  Speaker 2: I think they win this game tonight.
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: Against Kansas City also. A big moment for Kansas City
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: this season.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to define probably the next three or four
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: years of the organization.
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: Is this a team.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: That is going to fall off a cliff and have
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: to reset with Patrick Mahomes as the franchise guy around him?
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: Or is this a team that's got another season or
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: two left of contending for a Super Bowl? We start
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: to find out tonight.
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: Doesn't it always feel like Kansas City plays at home? Always.
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: Every time they're national, it always feels like the Chiefs
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: are playing at home. Taking Denver tonight, that's also, JT's
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: going to be very pleased with that. The takeaway from
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: some of the guys that met yesterday in Miami, John Wall,
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: trying to think of some of the other, Joe Kim,
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: I know he's very tall, but you think about these
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: guards in the NBA, and you're trying to compare your
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: own size to these guys, and they're still towering over you.
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: It's still jarring. When you see, like, on TV, they're
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: all the same size, roughly. So you think about it
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: in your everyday walk of life. And then you see
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: these guys, you're like, whoa. Like, you're looking up at
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: Eli Manning. And it's just a different point of view.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: John Wall is listed at 6'4, you know, as a
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: point guard.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: I'm sure he looked like a giant, too. But even
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: in person, like, he just seemed taller.
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: And there were several other players there. Jonathan Vilma was there,
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: for instance. That was cool to see him. Jeremy Shockey
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: was there. A lot of Miami presence. That's awesome. And
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: Jimmy Johnson, who got on stage and got on stage
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: with Clay and had a chat. It was cool. We
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: had to fill some time because there was a storm
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: that came through. And the storm that hit knocked out
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: the DirecTV feed for a bit. And so we were
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: We were chatting about who we like in the SEC
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: and different things. And we looked out, and Marlon's man
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: is there. Oh, yeah.
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: Well, I've got to ask, what was the private jet
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: setup like? How long were you in Miami, and when
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: did you come back?
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: Okay, so we landed at about 1.30. We were at
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: the event at 2 o'clock. We left at 5.30. We
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: got done early a little bit. We went back to
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: the tarmac right around 5.30. This is all Eastern time
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: you're talking about too, right? Well, yes. Eastern time. We
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: were there for about a total of four hours. Car service.
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: Hard Rock hooked it up, man. We took off. We
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: landed at 2 o'clock Eastern at the event. We went
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: through the kitchen area to get to the VIP. Clay's
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: got the Got the setup. The food was awesome. The
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: place was packed. And the thing that really hit me,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: it's like they had some giveaways. We had autographed jerseys
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: and things we were giving away. During the weather issue
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: that knocked off the feed, I'm talking like it was
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: 10 minutes or so, everybody stayed in the room, which
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: I found unusual. Most people scatter and come back. Everybody
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: just packed it out. And it's a pretty large, I
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: would compare it to like a convention center ballroom type
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: feel with TVs everywhere, massive screens. You're going to love it.
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: It's perfect for awesome madness. Perfect for it. I want to,
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: I want to kick off week one every year like
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: this in September, go big. Cause that's exactly what they did.
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: Can't wait to take part in the next one, Hutton.
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: I was jealous when you guys were down there. It
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: sounds like an incredible time. And it's good to hear
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: that Kelly behaved herself and didn't get kicked out or
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: get in any fights or anything.
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: So it's nice to know that she can be a professional.
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: She was a lot of fun. Let's see. I was
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: the only one that had a sports coat. I didn't
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: know what to wear. So I broke, I brought a
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: sports coat. Clay had just a button up, a short
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: sleeve shirt, but of course it's there. It's humid, but
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: we weren't, we were inside. I didn't know what to
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: bring to an event was kickoff with hard rock. Of
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: course I was overdressed with just a sports coat. Um, the, the,
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: the jet set up and the, It was a citation,
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: so I think about eight people could get in there, roughly,
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: if you wanted to. Clay just read the Wall Street Journal,
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: the New York Times, the entire time. The entire flight? Yeah,
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: he had the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday papers with him
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: when he walked up. That's all he walked in with.
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: You should have done one of those, you know, the
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: Titans would have done a good job with this, like
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: the video logs of the trip, and it's just like
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: a minute-long video of Clay reading the newspaper on the
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: flight the whole time, and you video and send it out, like,
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: here's our trip on a private jet.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: So he was, he was, uh, we were chatting about
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: some other things as well, but like he mentioned like
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: how we were going to have someone do that at
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: the upcoming college game. Uh, read the paper. No, no, no. With, uh,
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: just following us around for social. Oh, okay. I got it.
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: Like the day in the life of clay. It's probably
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: for clay. It'll be one of us. It'll be one
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: of us. No, we're having a, he's going to have
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: somebody at either Ole Miss or at Tennessee with you guys. Gotcha. Yeah.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: In Oxford, I'm saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Looking forward to that.
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: Looking forward to chronicling Clay reading newspapers from various days
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: on our trip.
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: It's going to be riveting stuff. Every page. There's no
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: page left unturned there. I've never been to Oxford, man.
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: This is going to be a blast.
• 39:20
  Speaker 2: It's a very cool place. Pretty unique college football environment.
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: And when you get into Grove, Hutton, now the temps
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: are going to be quite up there looking at the
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: forecast right now.
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: Is it 90? 90. Is it 95? It's bad. It's
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: not good. It's not fall-like. We need some fall-like.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: Now's the time of year where it starts to turn
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: a little bit normally where we get some more fall-like conditions.
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: We're not having that this week here in the south
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: and not in Oxford. But it's going to be a
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: fun trip, and the Grove is a sight to behold.
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: I know we're probably going to spend some pregame time
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: before that game on Saturday night between LSU and Ole Miss.
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: I'm excited about it. We talked to Walker Jones about it.
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: He said it's going to be unlike anything that's ever
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: happened here. He said hosting that playoff game was unique
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: with the Christmas trees and the square and Oxford covered
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: in Christmas stuff and playing that home game.
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: But he said this is going to be on another.
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: Level in terms of excitement, people, hatred, all of that
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: stuff with Lane Kiffin coming back.
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: I can't wait.
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: What?
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: So, I mean, me either. I wonder which color uniform
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: they go with as well. You know, the helmet would
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: be light blue. But against Kiffin and what they do
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: against LSU, I would go with the light blue. I
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: hope they do.
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: They're going to go with the baby blues, I would guess.
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: But we'll get an announcement on uniforms soon. We know
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: that LSU will be in white, as they are all
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: the time. That's one thing we know.
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: Who we talked to last week, he didn't know either
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: for graphic purposes. But Yeah, so we talked Titans earlier.
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: Terrible loss. Is the season over? Yes. The death march begins.
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: Well, you can look at it one of two ways.
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: The death march or the march to Arch Manning. The
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: march to Arch has begun for the Titans because that's
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: where they could be headed with this team.
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: And I'm giving it about two more weeks on Cam Ward.
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: And if it doesn't improve dramatically, I think the Titans
• 41:10
  Speaker 2: need to start asking questions about salvaging what they can,
• 41:13
  Speaker 2: and giving Mitch Trubisky a shot.
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: Chad, this team will win in December. They will not
• 41:18
  Speaker 1: have the number one pick. Don't you worry. They're going
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: to be good in December. Remember, they're going to improve.
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: This is their floor. They will win their way out
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: of the arch. It'll be the Dolphins, the Browns, somebody.
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: Unless Archie's going to help push them to Tennessee instead.
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: Yes, and Taylor Zarger's going to sound like Denzel Washington
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: in Remember the Titans. As we get into December, he
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: describes how we started with the floor here, and now
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: we're in December and we've won two meaningless games, and
• 41:45
  Speaker 2: all it's done is knock us back a few notches
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: in the NFL draft, but this is why you come
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: to Nashville. This is why you're a Titans fan. I've
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: never been more down on the organization as a whole.
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: I think our audience can hear that in my voice,
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: but that was a train wreck of a game, and
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: it's indicative of a team that is headed for nowhere.
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: And has bad leadership. That's all I see at every turn.
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: I saw it with the Jared Stillman decision. I've seen
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: it multiple times. They are about the wrong things. And
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: that is not good. That is not a sign of
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: success in the National Football League.
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: It is micromanagement and overthinking the criticism when you think
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: this is the floor. Just you wait. Elevators go down
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: as well. As well as up. There could be a
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: floor one, and there could also be a 1B, 2B, 3B.
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: You could go down a few notches, and that's what's
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: happening here.
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: We did not even get into Steve Sarkis and Holly Rowe.
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: We're going to hit that hard tomorrow. That whole interaction
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: and that weirdness in that game, we'll hit that tomorrow.
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: And I've got to dive in on her reaction as well.
• 42:50
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