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Thursday Edition of The Drive · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: The number you have reached.
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  Speaker 1: get back to the afternoon drive with Jake Wimberley.
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  Speaker 2: Brett Beard, join us in our number one. Be what
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  Speaker 2: we got over there on the Cowboy Maloney's text line.
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  Speaker 4: All right, let's see. We got a couple here from Mr.
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  Speaker 3: DX.
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  Speaker 4: First, he said, welcome back, Beaver. And then he said,
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  Speaker 4: do you have an excuse for your absence, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Jake?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I can blame it on the corporate structure of
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  Speaker 2: our company. That is absolutely true. And then we had
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  Speaker 2: a hiatus on Wednesday. Let's just say that.
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  Speaker 4: Humphreys County dog. He said, Beav, please refer to my
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  Speaker 4: text from 48 hours ago. So we journey back to
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  Speaker 4: 48 hours ago, and he sent two texts. That was Tuesday,
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  Speaker 4: exactly 3 o'clock. He texted, any idea what we're going
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  Speaker 4: to talk about today, Jake? And then at 3.01, he texted,
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  Speaker 4: never mind. We took the day off.
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  Speaker 2: He actually tagged me on a post on X and
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  Speaker 2: put a bolo out on me yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: What? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he did. I'm glad he's thinking about.
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  Speaker 3: It, though. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Miko says, I just want to say it's no fun
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  Speaker 4: when I can't text the show during Pearl Brandon rivalry
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  Speaker 4: week and be nervous about the outcome 26.47 hours before kickoff.
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  Speaker 2: So is he saying he doesn't want to text or
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  Speaker 2: he's scared to text?
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  Speaker 4: I think he's saying I took that to mean he
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  Speaker 4: knows exactly what's going to happen because he said it's
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  Speaker 4: no fun that he can't text nervous about it. Meaning
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  Speaker 4: he's not nervous at all because he knows that Pearl
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  Speaker 4: is likely going to be destroyed.
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  Speaker 2: I got you. I got you. And, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: been 2,182 days and counting since Pearl won that game last.
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  Speaker 2: And you know what's interesting about that game Friday? The
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  Speaker 2: guy dialing up the plays for the Brandon offense, Justin Hunter,
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  Speaker 2: the Brandon offensive coordinator and co-head coach, is the guy
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  Speaker 2: who last beat Brandon.
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  Speaker 1: 2,000.
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  Speaker 2: 182 days ago. Isn't that pretty crazy?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So if this were the NFL, if we were one
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  Speaker 4: of these NFL announcers, we would drop the always hear this.
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  Speaker 4: This would be the Justin Hunter revenge game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe we ought to start saying that today, tomorrow. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's what it would be.
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  Speaker 4: Bill says, let's see, this was from when I, oh,
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  Speaker 4: your swan comment. He said, good interruption, Beaver. I caught
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  Speaker 4: that Swan comment as well. I hope that's the case.
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  Speaker 4: I'd like to see that kid get a chance.
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  Speaker 2: Look, he's got SEC experience. Now, he's a journeyman. Played
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  Speaker 2: a couple years at Vanderbilt. Year at Appalachian State. Sat
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  Speaker 2: a year at LSU. But he gives you at least
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  Speaker 2: SEC experience. And this isn't a shot at Billy Puckett
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  Speaker 2: by any stretch. I mean, Billy Puckett just needs reps.
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  Speaker 2: But I talked to somebody in Starkville. today about this,
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  Speaker 2: and they said, you've got to think about what Jeff
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  Speaker 2: Libby's going through. You know, before the Kamario Taylor surgery, which,
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  Speaker 2: if you missed it, that was clear, good. They said
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  Speaker 2: he'll make a full recovery. He'll be back next year.
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  Speaker 2: They had to find a way to piece it together
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  Speaker 2: before he can get back. Now you've got to look
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  Speaker 2: at a situation where you've got to find somebody who's
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  Speaker 2: the guy for five more weeks. And is it A.J. Swan?
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  Speaker 2: Is it Billy Puckett? Both will likely play on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: But it very well could be Swan just because he's
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  Speaker 2: got the SEC experience.
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  Speaker 4: Adams G. also enjoyed the Swan comment. He says, gold, baby.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Swan, don't dive in there.
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  Speaker 4: And then he said, Swan gonna Swan.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, look, would that do it for Arch
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  Speaker 2: Manning in Texas if State goes in there with A.J.
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  Speaker 2: Swan and a little bit of Billy Puckett and they
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  Speaker 2: beat Texas on Saturday night?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, because you always go back to that whole thing where, oh,
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  Speaker 4: Who am I going back to? Shula got croomed.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So you got swanned.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: You lost your job. You lost your starting job because
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  Speaker 4: of swan.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Sarkeesian loses his job. Arch has to hit the
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  Speaker 2: transfer portal because they got swanned.
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  Speaker 4: CWR, he's talking about Lincoln Riley. He said, Riley said,
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  Speaker 4: everything but I'll leave in a pine box. They may
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  Speaker 4: put him in one.
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  Speaker 2: He did.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: He said he did. He did the whole, you know,
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  Speaker 2: coaching charade, you know, standing this and saying this and that. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the the I guess you could call it
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  Speaker 2: the podium moment. He did everything but the pine box moment.
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  Speaker 4: Now we've reached a new. We've never seen this before.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 4: All right. So the the making fun of the time
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  Speaker 4: missed has become the standard. On the text line. But now,
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  Speaker 4: Monkeys Riding Dogs were speculating where you were during this
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  Speaker 4: missed time. And Monkeys Riding Dogs says, Jake probably made
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  Speaker 4: a trip to the Dominican Republic to negotiate with Kevin
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  Speaker 4: Todd and Randy. Man, those are two voices I absolutely
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  Speaker 4: have not missed this year. I hadn't even thought about
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  Speaker 4: those sucksters.
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  Speaker 2: I figured if anybody missed those guys, it was you.
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  Speaker 3: Shh.
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  Speaker 4: Couple of shade trees. Well, Randy, Randy was just a
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  Speaker 4: bull crap radio out artist. And he, so I don't
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  Speaker 4: know that he was a shady man. He was just
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  Speaker 4: doing his lame stuff to get paid. But Kevin Todd,
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  Speaker 4: KT one, he was, he was shady.
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  Speaker 2: And we don't even know if Randy's real name is Randy,
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  Speaker 2: by the way.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I did. Actually, he's been around. He's been on
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  Speaker 4: so much other stuff throughout his career, but that, That's
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  Speaker 4: one project he probably shouldn't have gone into.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with that.
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  Speaker 4: All right, RezDog. Jake, you've missed nine days this month.
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  Speaker 4: You've no-showed more than Jeff Lebby. Your new name is
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  Speaker 4: now Jake Lebby.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 2: That means I need to put my jacket on and
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  Speaker 2: miss a button? Did you see that going around?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: So Todd, who takes our show, you know Todd. Saints Todd.
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  Speaker 2: He texted me the other day after State Laws. And
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  Speaker 2: Todd was having a good old time. And he said, man,
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  Speaker 2: look at this guy. And I said, look, maybe the
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  Speaker 2: jacket was just flipped. It looked like Levy had missed
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  Speaker 2: a button. You know, in the walkthrough, you know, take
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  Speaker 2: pictures of all of them. They're all dressed up. So
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  Speaker 2: maybe the flap was just like tucked under his jacket.
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  Speaker 2: He zooms in and says, no, Wimberly, look, it's a
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  Speaker 2: missed button. Like, that's what we're at now with Jeff
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  Speaker 2: Levy is we're critiquing his attire.
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  Speaker 4: I think it was RezDog the other day who someone
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  Speaker 4: texted in. I'm pretty sure it was RezDog talking about
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  Speaker 4: how he couldn't even button his jacket right. But I
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  Speaker 4: never saw it, so I didn't know what he was
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  Speaker 4: talking about.
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  Speaker 2: I'll send you the picture. I got it. Let's see.
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  Speaker 4: Rebel One said he's talking about Arch if he lost
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  Speaker 4: to Swan. That would be his Swan song.
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  Speaker 2: Ooh, I like that. We'd have to get A out
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  Speaker 2: of Chris. Arch Manning Swan song. Referencing Swan.
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  Speaker 4: And Mr. DX is going to need real-time updates because
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  Speaker 4: he said, Jake, let me know what time you will
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  Speaker 4: miss the show so I can make further adjustments.
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  Speaker 2: Who said that?
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  Speaker 3: Mr. DX.
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  Speaker 2: Fair enough. Fair enough. Next time it happens, probably sometime
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  Speaker 2: in 2027, I'll let you know. Sometime in 27.
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  Speaker 4: Sometime in the next 27 hours. And that'll catch us up.
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  Speaker 2: how about Maryland? It's not a job that It's going
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  Speaker 2: to hit the national radar. I mean, it's a Big
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  Speaker 2: Ten job. Who are the candidates to replace Mike Loxley,
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  Speaker 2: courtesy of On3. com? And let's see here. Candidates, it looks
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  Speaker 2: like realistic Maryland candidates. It says one name that continues
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  Speaker 2: to be mentioned heavily by sources a week into the
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  Speaker 2: search is Wake Forest Jake Dickert. and less than two
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  Speaker 2: full seasons with the Demon Deacons. The former Washington State
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  Speaker 2: head coach is 15-5 and 6-1 this season, ranked in
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  Speaker 2: the top 15. He's proven he can win anywhere and
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  Speaker 2: be a top name for multiple jobs. Also, Jason Eck
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  Speaker 2: is another coach that's getting a lot of run, New
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  Speaker 2: Mexico and what they're doing out there. They're doing some
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  Speaker 2: pretty darn interesting, innovative stuff in the run game. And, man,
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  Speaker 2: they look really good.
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  Speaker 3: He was 9-4.
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  Speaker 2: Last year with a win over UCLA. He's off to
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  Speaker 2: a 6-1 start this year. And Jason Eck's name, he's
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  Speaker 2: a name to watch. Dan Mullen's name is on this list.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm not so sure Jimmy Sexton isn't pushing his
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  Speaker 2: name out there for that. I mean, does Dan Mullen
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  Speaker 2: really want to go to Maryland?
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  Speaker 3: Maybe.
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  Speaker 2: I guess you could see him out there. Brian Kelly
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  Speaker 2: is a name expected to be under consideration for Maryland
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  Speaker 2: where he has ties to Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank
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  Speaker 2: and their relationship work. Together is Notre Dame's apparel partner. Kelly,
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  Speaker 2: of course, is not working. He's out of work. He's
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  Speaker 2: working on CBS Sports right now, College Sports Radio and SiriusXM.
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  Speaker 2: So he is another name for that Maryland job. Memphis'
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  Speaker 2: Charles Huff, Western Michigan's Lance Taylor. And you've got a
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  Speaker 2: couple coordinators in here like Arthur Smith at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: He is a guy that is going to continue to
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  Speaker 2: draw interest as these jobs come open in college football.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't pretend to tell you who's going to
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  Speaker 2: take the Maryland job, but that's just some names that
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  Speaker 2: are out there. And I think you'll see, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Charles Hupp is going to continue to get consideration for
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  Speaker 2: what he has done, what he did at Marshall, what
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  Speaker 2: he did at Southern Miss, and what he's doing at Memphis.
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  Speaker 2: Lance Taylor has done a really good job at Western
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  Speaker 2: Michigan in the MAAC. And then when you look at
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  Speaker 2: Jason Eck out at New Mexico, he, again, New Mexico
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  Speaker 2: football has been nonexistent forever. And he has them at
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  Speaker 2: least talking about New Mexico football. And, you know, Jake Dickard,
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  Speaker 2: who probably makes a pretty good penny out of Wake Forest,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that they're pulling him out of there.
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  Speaker 2: All right, we were also talking about the Lincoln Riley situation.
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  Speaker 2: If Lincoln Riley gets dust rolled this weekend against Ohio State,
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  Speaker 2: that's going to be bad for him. Also, Deion Sanders
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  Speaker 2: on this list of coaches to watch. As they put it,
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  Speaker 2: the walls are closing in on Colorado and Deion Sanders.
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  Speaker 2: The Buffs have lost five in a row. They're 5-14
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  Speaker 2: since Travis Hunter and Shador Sanders left that program. And
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  Speaker 2: Sanders spent part of his pre-Kansas State press conference this
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  Speaker 2: week explaining away a joke from confidant Christopher Neely, better
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  Speaker 2: known as Uncle Neely, that imagined Sanders paying critics to
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  Speaker 2: stop criticizing him. So, yeah, a lot of chatter at
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  Speaker 2: his press conferences, going after some reporters. He's got to
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  Speaker 2: win games. And if he doesn't, then... He likely could
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  Speaker 2: be out of there. Will the SEC stay quiet this
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  Speaker 2: year in the coaching circle? Pete Nacos of On3 wondered
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  Speaker 2: if the coaching carousel could hit the SEC. A few
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago, it looked like it. South Carolina's Shane Beamer,
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  Speaker 2: but he has won a couple ballgames. He seemed to
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  Speaker 2: be in grave danger after losing his first three conference games.
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  Speaker 2: He beat Florida, beat Tennessee, and now he feels much safer.
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma's Brent Venables. despite an ill-advised contract extension this offseason. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: we talked about that over the summer. It was very
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  Speaker 2: odd that Kalen DeBoer at Alabama and Brent Venables got
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  Speaker 2: contract extensions, considering if things went south for either coach,
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  Speaker 2: it could be it for them. Also, you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you look at Shane Beamer, I mean, he's still got
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  Speaker 2: some games out there, but it looks like he may
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  Speaker 2: be safe for another year. And they like Shane Beamer
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  Speaker 2: up there. For whatever it's worth, they like Shane Beamer.
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  Speaker 2: And Beamer and Venables face each other this weekend. Each
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  Speaker 2: has blown out the other one in the past two seasons.
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  Speaker 2: One of them is going to lose Saturday. Venables has
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  Speaker 2: more protection from a $ 51 million buyout at Oklahoma. But
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  Speaker 2: in the world where Jimbo Fisher got paid $ 77 million
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  Speaker 2: in 2023 to not work at Texas A & M
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  Speaker 2: and Penn State, LSU, and Kentucky all bid down on
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  Speaker 2: buyouts greater than 36 last season. Penn State ultimately paid
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  Speaker 2: James Franklin about $ 9 million lump sum instead of $ 49
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  Speaker 2: million buyout in installments through 2031. Franklin had all set
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  Speaker 2: language in his Penn State contract. So any money that
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  Speaker 2: he made from Virginia Tech would have been subtracted from
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  Speaker 2: the amount Penn State had to pay. There's five Saturdays
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  Speaker 2: left in the regular season. Can you believe that? Only five.
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  Speaker 2: Emotions will run high, especially in places where losses pile up.
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  Speaker 2: The seal on the coaching carousel has been broken, so
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  Speaker 2: It is spinning mightily. And, you know, we talked about
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  Speaker 2: the Baylor head coaching job that's open. And some of
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  Speaker 2: those candidates that are out there, Jeff Traylor tops that list, UTSA.
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  Speaker 2: And he has done a really good job out of UTSA.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the thing is when you look at programs
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  Speaker 2: like UTSA in New Mexico, Jeff Traylor has stability at UTSA.
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  Speaker 2: They have dropped a little bit, but I think a
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  Speaker 2: lot of that's NIL and the transfer portal. And you
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  Speaker 2: look at Jason Eck out in New Mexico. These are
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  Speaker 2: two teams we never talk about, and they're being talked about. G.J.
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  Speaker 2: Kinney at Texas State, another young one. Now, again, Lincoln
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  Speaker 2: Riley's name has come up. And you wonder for Lincoln Riley,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you think about USC to Baylor. Why would
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  Speaker 2: his name come up? That feels like an agent floating
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  Speaker 2: that out there. Maybe for two things. One, maybe a
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  Speaker 2: pay bump, even though he doesn't need it. to try
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  Speaker 2: to keep him if USC desperately feels like they have
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  Speaker 2: to have him. And then two, maybe his agent putting
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  Speaker 2: it out there to see if there's interest. Charlie Weiss Jr.,
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  Speaker 2: LSU offensive coordinator, also in line for that. At least
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  Speaker 2: his name is out there for that Baylor job. And
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  Speaker 2: Weiss Jr. will ultimately, I think, be a head coach.
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  Speaker 2: The work he did at Ole Miss under Kiffin and
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  Speaker 2: now what he's doing down at LSU. His name, again,
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  Speaker 2: Jason Eck on this list. Zach Kittley at FAU. Shannon Dawson,
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  Speaker 2: Miami offensive coordinator. And, you know, when you start talking
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  Speaker 2: about coordinators, Shannon Dawson's name is going to get thrown
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  Speaker 2: around a lot at Miami, and then the Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: offensive and defensive coordinator. Bo Linguist is on this list
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• 18:17
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• 18:22
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• 18:35
  Speaker 2: a little catch-up on the coaching carousel that's out there. Again,
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: June Jones passes away. He was 73 years old. Rest
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: in peace to June Jones. Really, really, really good football
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: coach and did a great job with Hawaii. Also, let's see.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: What am I looking at here? Missouri star running back
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: Ahmad Hardy will make his season debut this weekend at Arkansas.
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: Of course, Hardy suffered the gunshot wound in the offseason,
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: so he is finally back. And I know Missouri is
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: glad to have him back. Now, what does that mean
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: for Missouri? You know, it's going to take him a
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: game or two to get probably back up to game speed.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: But Missouri, a team that, you know, they're sitting right
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: here at this 5-2 mark. They get a win against Arkansas.
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: That's 6-2. They head into November 6th. Missouri's got a
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: rough November they host Texas on the 7th of uh
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: November then they go to Georgia they host Kentucky and
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: they host Oklahoma so three of the four games they
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: host but they're hosting you know two ranked teams and
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: then Oklahoma team that could could give them all they
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: want so I still think it's too tall of a
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: task for Missouri to run out and get to 10-2
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: or even make it 9-3 and possibly get a college
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: football playoff berth. They did get a win over Florida,
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: mightily 17th ranked team in the country, but then got
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: almost shut out against Ole Miss a couple weeks ago, 31-3.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: So Ahmad Hardy will play coming up this weekend. And
• 20:13
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• 20:15
  Speaker 2: Brendan Chapman, since the SEC's new TV deal began in 2024,
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: LSU has played 16 of its 19 home games at night.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: That's 84%. Georgia and Mississippi State, just four of 18, 22%.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: And it gets even worse when you look strictly at
• 20:32
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• 20:36
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• 20:39
  Speaker 2: Night games matter for recruiting atmosphere and attendance and home
• 20:43
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• 20:47
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• 20:49
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• 20:55
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• 21:00
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• 21:03
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• 23:03
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• 23:05
  Speaker 3: I'm doing well. How about yourself?
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: Well, it's Thursday. So, I mean, you know, we're eyeing
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: in on another weekend of college in the NFL. And
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: got a World Series champ. And we just keep moving
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: down the road here. Speaking of moving down the road,
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: we got Carolina and Green Bay tonight. Packers are a
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: three-and-a-half point favorite. That totals at 47. Who do you
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: like on this Thursday night ballgame?
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: I kind of like Carolina. I'm hoping it goes to four.
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: I missed. There was a couple fours this morning that
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: I missed. Hoping it goes back. I mean, Bryce Young,
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: 12-0 against the spread, coming off a loss. And in
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: those 12 games, he is 10-2. In seven of those
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: 12 games, the Panthers scored 30 points or more. I'm
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: leaning towards Carolina in that one.
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: Let me ask you this before we move some college.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Jeffrey Simmons headed over to the Chicago Bears. How big
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: a bump? It looked like it was considerable. I could
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: be wrong. They're now 11-1 on what I'm looking at
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: for Super Bowl odds. A player of that stature. on
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: the defensive side moves, how much does that move a
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: potential line?
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: It does, but it's going to be very interesting. Yes,
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: it's a good move. He's probably not going to play
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: much or maybe at all this week. Now, if they
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: lose to Seattle, then that's a third loss. That means,
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: let's say, if the Vikings win or Lions win, everyone's
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: moving up in the division. So I wish this trade
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: would have happened maybe like on a Tuesday, so maybe
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: he gets some practices in and he plays a little
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: bit more. But let's face it, this is a huge
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: game against Seattle for playoff implications, and I can't believe
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: we're talking about playoff implications. It's only week eight.
• 24:42
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• 24:50
  Speaker 2: several big games. One thing that stuck out to me
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: is that Florida Atlantic-North Texas game tonight, that total is
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: around 78. That seems like one of the higher ones
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: we've seen in a long time.
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: Oh, just look at North Texas. I mean, they score
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: a lot of points. They give up a lot of points.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: FAU can score. They put up 51 last week against Rice,
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: but they also gave up 56 to Army a couple
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: weeks ago. So, yeah, this is going to be very
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: interesting because, like I said, North Texas can score. They
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: put up 44 points against UNLV in the beginning of
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: the season. I like FAU's team total. I think it's
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: 30 and a half. it would not shock me if
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: both teams go over the 30 mark.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Auburn travels to Ole Miss. Both teams coming off losses.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: Auburn got thumped by LSU. Ole Miss loses a heartbreaker.
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: They tried to make the comeback at Texas. They couldn't
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: make it happen. Now Ole Miss really needs to put
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: some wins together to be in line for a potential
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: college football playoff berth. Rebs are a 12.5 point favorite
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: at home. 11.45 kick. Total is at 57.5. Does Ole
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: Miss get it done, or can Auburn pull it back
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: together like they did against Georgia a couple weeks ago?
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: I don't. I still remember how, granted, they only lost
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: by 10 against Tennessee, but they were really in that
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: game at all. In the second half, I think Ole
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Miss at home, it bounces back. I like Ole Miss
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: to cover this one.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: Cocktail party not in Jacksonville this year. Florida, 17th-ranked team
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: in the country. Georgia, number three. Georgia's a 13-point favorite
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: in this game, 56-and-a-half. Georgia trying to bounce back after
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: that loss to Auburn and get back on the right
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: side of things. Or will Florida... Florida's peaked their head
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: up and had some big moments this year.
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: Why is it not in Jacksonville? I was trying to
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: figure that out. I mean, it's pretty much a home
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: game for Georgia when you're playing in Atlanta, and Florida
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: has not only QB issues, but they can't run the
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: ball all of a sudden. I think Georgia bounces back.
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: It wouldn't shock me if they went pretty big.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Also, you've got several games out there like UCLA. I
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: don't think they're in any danger. They're trying to stay unbeaten.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: They're a 22.5-point favorite. over Nevada, Indiana, pretty much with
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: a cakewalk. But South Carolina, Oklahoma, this is a 3-15 game.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: South Carolina has had some moments here recently. They are
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: a 4.5-point dog. They're on the road against the Sooners,
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: who got a win against Mississippi State last week. Totals
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: at 44.5. Feels like this may be an under-type game
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: as well with these two.
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: It is going to bounce on that Indiana game. Indiana, yes, 7-1,
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: but they're 1-7 against the spread. In their last three games,
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: they haven't scored more than 20 points in either one
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: of those games. I like Minnesota as a live dog
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: on that one. South Carolina, it's all about their quarterback play.
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: If Sellers can limit the turnovers and go good with
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: his arm and legs, then I think South Carolina is
• 27:42
  Speaker 3: a very, very live dog. They played well last couple
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: of weeks. If he throws a pick early... It's night-night
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: South Carolina.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: Ohio State's a six-and-a-half point favorite on the road in
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: the Coliseum against the Trojans, who got thumped by Wisconsin
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: last week. This total is at 51-and-a-half. Rumblings of Lincoln
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: Riley's job security are out there. Can USC pull the
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: upset at home in the Coliseum, or does Ohio State
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: put him in a little hotter water?
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: I mean, no quarterback for Ohio State. You really don't
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: have any tape on him. So I'm leaning towards... usc
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: but i mean are these usc players playing for their
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: coach or are they looking at the transfer window already
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: it all depends on what i like usc just because
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: i don't have any good knowledge of what this ohio state.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: Quarterback is going to do last one we'll get to
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: the nfl mississippi state 630 kick uh they're 20 and
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: a half point dog on the road to texas that
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: totals at 15 and a half camario taylor Out for
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: the year, he had surgery yesterday. Mississippi State having to
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: go with a couple backup quarterbacks. Texas may overlook Mississippi State.
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: I don't know if the State can go out there
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: and win, but can they cover this 20-and-a-half?
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: I think they could. I think it's going to be
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: a defensive battle game, let's face it. Mississippi State scored
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: 15 points since their quarterback has gone out. And I
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: like Texas' defense. I like the way they played. and
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: the second half against Ole Miss and their defense. Don't
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: forget they only hold Tennessee to 17 points this season.
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: I think defense is going to be the reason why
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: Texas wins, and I think defense is going to be
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: the reason why maybe Mississippi State covers.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: NFL on Sunday, Buffalo was a three-point favorite against the Ravens.
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson back practicing. Don't know if he's going to
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: play this week. That totals at 54-and-a-half. You like Buffalo
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: at home this week?
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: I do, even though I hate that evil half a point.
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: I know Jackson's probably going to play, but what's Henry doing?
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: Henry hasn't done nothing in back-to-back weeks. It doesn't matter
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: if Jackson plays. If they can't run the ball, then
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: I think Buffalo easily wins.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: Old-fashioned grudge match. Browns-Steelers, 12 o'clock. Steelers are a 3.5-point favorite.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: That totals at 39.5. Cleveland, one of the surprise teams
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: of the NFL this year.
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: I want to say take Pittsburgh, but teams coming back
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: from overseas do not go well on their next game
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: if they're not on a bye week. I like Pittsburgh.
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: I like Pittsburgh first quarter and first half because Cleveland
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: is horrendous in first quarter play. They haven't had a
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: lead in the first quarter all season long. So I'll
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: look at those two plays and maybe Cleveland, the backdoor cover.
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: And the Vikings on the road at the Lions. Again,
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: another noonday kick, three and a half in favor of
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: the Lions. That totals at 45 and a half. Big
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: one in that division.
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: Even though I have the Vikings at plus 450 to
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: the win at the division, I think this is when
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: they get their loss. I like the Lions on this one.
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: Even though they have some offensive stars who have not
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: practiced yet this week, I do believe they'll play. But
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: I like the way their defense played last week. I
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: can't believe I said Lions and defense in the same sentence.
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: Chiefs on the road, 325 kick at the Broncos. Chiefs
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: a one-and-a-half, a point and a hook. Favorite on the road,
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: totals at 40-and-a-half. Can Mile High get the best of
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: KC this weekend?
• 31:00
  Speaker 3: I think Seattle exposed Casey. Casey's offense is horrendous. Their
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: wide receivers are nowhere to be found. All you have
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: to do is maintain Walker. Not just stop, but maintain him.
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: Then I think you can beat Kansas City because their
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: wide receivers get pushed around from the line of scrimmage
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: right away, and they go MIA. I like Denver plus
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: the one and a half. Take Denver money line.
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: And let's grab one more. Monday night, Chicago Bears, Seattle
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: Seahawks Bears, now with Jeffrey Simmons are on the road.
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: Taking on the Seattle Seahawks, and, of course, when you've
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: got a defensive lineman, you can plug and play a
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: lot of times like that. Bears a three-point dog on
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: the road, total 46.5.
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: If the 12th man plays like they did against Kansas
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: City and pushes around both lines of scrimmage, then I
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: think Caleb Williams is going to be pressured all day long.
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: So I lean towards Seattle. I lean towards the under
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: more than anything. I think the Bears' defense is also
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: going to play well. I'm waiting for Joe Public to
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: see what he does on Monday nights, but I would
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: say under is my first play of the day for
• 32:00
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• 32:01
  Speaker 2: What else you got going on this weekend?
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: It's a big, big, big weekend. World Series is finally over,
• 32:07
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• 32:11
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• 32:17
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• 32:21
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• 32:34
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we got some texts here. Let's see. Okay, first. First,
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  Speaker 4: unnamed texter. Good lineup in the NFL this week. Give
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  Speaker 2: It is a good lineup in the NFL this week. Babe,
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: do you have any locks that you like so far?
• 34:27
  Speaker 4: Well, I don't so much like to use the word locks.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:30
  Speaker 4: Because it reminds me of Locktober. which has just been...
• 34:34
  Speaker 4: I thought we had gotten away from that, but then
• 34:39
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• 34:41
  Speaker 2: Oh, I did it just because I know it's annoying
• 34:43
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I know.
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  Speaker 4: I know. Let's see. Usually, I want to stay.
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  Speaker 4: Big lines like this in the NFL, when we reach
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: a line of eight in the NFL. And especially when
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• 35:13
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• 35:16
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• 35:21
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• 35:25
  Speaker 4: we're going to add Jonathan Taylor to that list. So
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: I'm very tempted to take the Jaguars to cover 10
• 35:31
  Speaker 4: over the Colts.
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can get an Ameristar right now for a
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: half a point less. Nine and a half. But you're right,
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: that thing may hit ten. What about... Well, I'll tell
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: you what. Looking at some of these matchups, do you
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: think Denver can handle Kansas City? Because as far as
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: a right, the KC offense has been exposed.
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: Their offense has been exposed, but so has Denver's this year.
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: And multiple chances.
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: So....
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: Kansas City already got them. That was a close game
• 36:07
  Speaker 4: this year. Give me Denver, but one that I do like.
• 36:11
  Speaker 4: I'll tell you this. The Jets are favored by one
• 36:15
  Speaker 4: and a half over the Raiders. Give me the Raiders
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: because that schedule has been terrible for the Raiders. They
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: started out 3-0, and then things got bad. And now
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: you have the Jets. And that's their most winnable game
• 36:33
  Speaker 4: for a while because now when they get rid of
• 36:35
  Speaker 4: the Jets, oh, well, then you got to go play the,
• 36:39
  Speaker 4: let's see, who was it? 49ers, Seahawks, and Broncos back-to-back-to-back
• 36:43
  Speaker 4: for the Raiders. So give me the Raiders to get
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: it back on track and beat the Jets.
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: I like it. What else you got over there? All right.
• 36:52
  Speaker 4: Let's see. Johnny Vegas. Beave, who you got... Don't ask
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: me questions. Beave, who you got in the bowl? I
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: assume you mean Super Bowl. Give me the 49ers. They'll
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: get their receivers back. Debo Samuel and Mike Evans will
• 37:13
  Speaker 4: eventually be healthy again. Just got DeForest Buckner back. He's
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: back where he started.
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: So, got.
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: You're going to get your offense healthy. You got some
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: additions on the defense. They're not done on that defense.
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: They got a lot of cap room to work with
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: right now if they want to make another trade in
• 37:30
  Speaker 4: the next week and a half. So give me the
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: 49ers and the NFC and let's go over to the
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: AFC and give me the Bengals will be the ones
• 37:40
  Speaker 4: to go get Jonathan Taylor because Chase Brown just ain't
• 37:43
  Speaker 4: cutting the Dijon. It's been trash. So they're going to
• 37:46
  Speaker 4: add a sweet running game. Jonathan Taylor and Joe Burrow together.
• 37:50
  Speaker 4: Bengals and the AFC.
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: Come on. I like that.
• 37:53
  Speaker 4: I don't necessarily believe it, but I'd like to see it.
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: You've been talking to Andre.
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: Oh, Andre.
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: And DX.
• 38:06
  Speaker 4: DX, don't encourage this. He says, Wim's winners. Give them
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: to me.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: Oh, tomorrow. Absolutely. Drop them on a Friday. You'll have them.
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: Last week of October.
• 38:18
  Speaker 4: That is going to catch us up over here.
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: All right, let's see here real quickly, and we'll touch
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: on this more tomorrow. This SEC, I thought it was
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: pretty fascinating from Brendan Chapman on this SEC home night
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: game since 2024, the TV deal, and Lane Kiffin out
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: here griping, basically saying his team was blackballed from getting
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: a night game against Alabama. LSU has had 16 home
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: night games, 19 total, 84.2% of the share. LSU, that's
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: a lot. Eight of 10 SEC games. night home games,
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: and eight of nine non-conference games. Auburn, number two, 52,
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: and it looks like a drastic drop. LSU by far.
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: The next two teams, LSU and Texas A & M, 52.6%
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: of their games have been at night. Kentucky, 50%. Ole Miss, 44%.
• 39:06
  Speaker 3: Oklahoma, 47%.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: I mean, Bama's 42%, which is crazy when you think
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: about it. Georgia, 22.2% tied with Mississippi State at the
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: bottom on night SEC games. You never hear Kirby Smart,
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: at least I haven't. Talk about this. Kirby Smart just
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: goes out and plays whenever they play it. Vanderbilt. 31.6,
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: more so than South Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi State.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: I don't ever remember seeing Arkansas on night games either.
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: That's something we'll get into tomorrow as we move along.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Let's see if there's anything else. I hear the music,
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: so that's not. I want to say thanks to Brett Beard,
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: thanks to Rafael Esparza. Remember, ketchup is king, bacon is
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: a delicacy, aloha means goodbye. We'll take a small break.
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: When we come back, it'll be 6 o'clock. We'll go
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: national for an hour, think Feinbaum or something. And then
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: back with Heinz football. Pre-game, 6, kick 630, Jones, Eagles,
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: final regular season game for both teams. Eagles will play
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: next Saturday in the Mississippi State Championship. Remember, ketchup is king,
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: bacon is a delicacy, aloha means goodbye. Be a man
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: of increase. We've reached the crescendo. We'll see you at 6.
• 40:42
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