Latest / Mac & Bone Podcast / Mac & Bone Hour 3: College Football Confidence
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- 0:03Speaker 1: Oh, oh, oh, it's Mac and Bo on your radio, baby.
- 0:07Speaker 2: This is my friend Matt. Posh, come on, Posh.
- 0:10Speaker 3: This is my friend T-Bone.
- 0:13Speaker 2: Let's have some fun.
- 0:14Speaker 1: I can't go to work without listening to Mac and Bone.
- 0:18Speaker 2: Do it live.
- 0:28Speaker 1: Yeah, they've been great.
- 0:29Speaker 4: I mean, we've got great kids, got great leadership. They
- 0:33Speaker 4: were awesome. I didn't really have to say much. They
- 0:35Speaker 4: were awesome. Actually, in the locker room after the game,
- 0:38Speaker 4: they were awesome in the meeting. These guys really, truly
- 0:42Speaker 4: care a lot. They know the things that we've got
- 0:45Speaker 4: to do better for sure. They came back Monday, reset,
- 0:50Speaker 4: and let's go see if we can win week two here.
- 0:55Speaker 5: That is Dabo Sweeney talking about the reaction, the response
- 1:00Speaker 5: this week in the locker room, in practice, to the
- 1:04Speaker 5: LSU beatdown. They got Georgia Southern. They're 20-point favorites against
- 1:09Speaker 5: Georgia Southern. And I made the statement, as we get
- 1:12Speaker 5: ready to do college football confidence, Clemson fans, do you
- 1:15Speaker 5: have any left? I made the statement earlier in the week, Bone,
- 1:18Speaker 5: that Clemson will get right against Georgia Southern. They will
- 1:22Speaker 5: route the heck out of Georgia Southern. And I got
- 1:25Speaker 5: met with a barrage of texts, some from Clemson fans themselves, saying, oh, no.
- 1:33Speaker 5: That ain't happening. Are we in a world bone where
- 1:37Speaker 5: Clemson fans and football people do not believe Clemson can
- 1:41Speaker 5: blow out Georgia Southern? Is it that bad in Clemson?
- 1:45Speaker 5: I can't imagine it's that bad.
- 1:46Speaker 3: Is it Georgia Southern has had wins before over Florida
- 1:50Speaker 3: and Nebraska.
- 1:51Speaker 2: I'm not saying the Florida one matters. It's not recent.
- 1:54Speaker 3: The brass is a couple of years ago, but it's
- 1:55Speaker 3: not unheard of Mac that Georgia Southern can beat.
- 1:59Speaker 2: A power.
- 2:01Speaker 3: I wouldn't predict it. I would think that this Clemson
- 2:03Speaker 3: team should have complete focus on Georgia Southern, but I
- 2:07Speaker 3: think that people that follow that conference have told us
- 2:10Speaker 3: Clemson struggled with Troy recently, and this Georgia Southern team
- 2:15Speaker 3: is better than that Troy team was. So it's not
- 2:17Speaker 3: out of the realm of possibility that Clemson at least
- 2:20Speaker 3: struggles to some degree to put Georgia Southern away. I
- 2:23Speaker 3: would be stunned if they didn't win the game, but...
- 2:26Speaker 3: Could Georgia Southern push them into the second half? I mean,
- 2:29Speaker 3: I wouldn't think that's a possibility. Let me take you
- 2:31Speaker 3: back two years ago, 2024. Georgia beat Clemson in the
- 2:35Speaker 3: opener 34-3. I'm sorry to do this to you, Mountaineer fans.
- 2:39Speaker 3: The next week, Clemson beat App State 66-20. I'm not
- 2:45Speaker 3: saying the game is going to be 66-20, but I
- 2:48Speaker 3: fully respect the response. I think the trenches where they
- 2:52Speaker 3: got their asses beat by LSU, I think they will win.
- 2:55Speaker 5: In the trenches. I think they will dominate in the trenches.
- 2:58Speaker 5: I think they will get the ball to Wesco and Moore,
- 3:00Speaker 5: and I think those guys will do damage. If they
- 3:03Speaker 5: don't cover the spread of 20, I would be surprised.
- 3:07Speaker 5: Now there's the flip side. I'm not right often in
- 3:10Speaker 5: my predictions. But I just feel like Clemson ran into
- 3:16Speaker 5: a buzzsaw where Lane Kiffin had that team ready to
- 3:21Speaker 5: kill somebody. Like, with everything that was going on, you know?
- 3:25Speaker 5: And Dabo should have his team ready to kill Georgia Southern.
- 3:28Speaker 2: Willie? I don't know.
- 3:29Speaker 3: Dabo this week, usually I... When Dabo speaks after moments,
- 3:34Speaker 3: not that they've had those exact moments, but when things
- 3:36Speaker 3: are down and Dabo speaks at the podium, I always believe,
- 3:40Speaker 3: not necessarily... I believe that Dabo believes in what he's saying.
- 3:45Speaker 3: I think Dabo, when he talks, he thinks what he's
- 3:48Speaker 3: saying is the truth. He believes his message. This week
- 3:52Speaker 3: when Dabo was talking, there was an energy decline. There
- 3:56Speaker 3: was a.
- 3:57Speaker 5: Noticeable dip in that energy level where I don't even know, Mac.
- 4:02Speaker 3: Dabo's saying, yeah, the guys responded awesome. Now, Dabo actually
- 4:06Speaker 3: sounds like a defeated man right now. And I've not
- 4:09Speaker 3: seen him before not be able to sell anything. his
- 4:12Speaker 3: point with energy like i saw this week uh this
- 4:15Speaker 3: texture it's just not the dabble just looks like he's
- 4:17Speaker 3: a yeah sad man right now look like he lost
- 4:20Speaker 3: his puppy dog um dabble reach out man are you
- 4:23Speaker 3: okay dabble this texter said tea time says yes mac
- 4:26Speaker 3: it is that bad i'm telling you as a clemson
- 4:29Speaker 3: fan 704 number says bone that troy team won eight
- 4:33Speaker 3: games last year georgia southern won seven quit acting like
- 4:37Speaker 3: Georgia Southern is better. I am telling you what people
- 4:40Speaker 3: have told us this week on the text line that
- 4:42Speaker 3: follow that conference closer than we do. They said this
- 4:45Speaker 3: Georgia Southern team this year is better than what that
- 4:49Speaker 3: Troy team was last year. I'm not saying last year's teams.
- 4:52Speaker 3: I'm saying they told us that Georgia Southern right now
- 4:55Speaker 3: is better than what that Troy team was. I'm not
- 4:57Speaker 3: following the in and out to Georgia Southern and Troy.
- 4:59Speaker 3: I'm just telling you what people told us, pal. Okay,
- 5:03Speaker 3: but you stated it as fact almost. Yeah. I'm telling
- 5:05Speaker 3: you what people that follow that conference have said. I
- 5:08Speaker 3: don't know that much about Georgia Southern. I'm just using
- 5:10Speaker 3: an example. Blame those people then. I'm just telling you
- 5:13Speaker 3: what people have told us this week. My God almighty.
- 5:17Speaker 3: Let's listen. Let's use both ears. Put them to the radio.
- 5:20Speaker 5: It sounded like you were touting Georgia Southern. It sounded
- 5:23Speaker 5: like old Bonesy wanted to go anti-Clemson.
- 5:25Speaker 2: Here goes Clemson mag. We're going to go out there
- 5:26Speaker 2: and rap.
- 5:27Speaker 5: They're bouncing back this week. I'm not saying anything about
- 5:30Speaker 5: the game against Carolina. I just expect a response this week.
- 5:34Speaker 5: This is a Georgia Southern gave up eight yards rushing
- 5:36Speaker 5: last week, Mac. They're good in the trenches. They played
- 5:39Speaker 5: Charleston Southern. They played it worse Southern than they are.
- 5:43Speaker 4: Oh, man.
- 5:43Speaker 5: All right, let's talk about other games here. I'm getting
- 5:46Speaker 5: so worked up over a 20-point spread. And I could
- 5:49Speaker 5: be wrong. This dude says Mac, it's over.
- 5:51Speaker 3: Clemson was favored by 31.5 last year when they played Troy.
- 5:54Speaker 5: Now they're favored by 19.5. Yeah, there's an adjustment. There's
- 5:57Speaker 5: no doubt. This dude says Mac, it's over. I'm a
- 6:00Speaker 5: Clemson fan. It ain't the same. They ain't that same
- 6:02Speaker 5: type of team. So anyway, we'll see. I think it's
- 6:04Speaker 5: an interesting game. I am looking for fans that have
- 6:07Speaker 5: college football confidence. We do this segment every Friday. If
- 6:10Speaker 5: you want to crow about your team, you think you're
- 6:13Speaker 5: going to get a W, let us know if you
- 6:16Speaker 5: are a bit scared. And Clemson fans right now, a
- 6:19Speaker 5: couple of them, don't sound confident against Georgia Southern. We
- 6:22Speaker 5: want your honest opinion. ECU and App, we can get
- 6:25Speaker 5: you all in here. We got you your own segment
- 6:27Speaker 5: at 845. But if ECU and App fans want to
- 6:30Speaker 5: get in here, I know that Fitties loves Sensei. Paul
- 6:33Speaker 5: is going to the game. His daughter's a student at ECU.
- 6:36Speaker 2: He got some free time now that Fitties is dating.
- 6:42Speaker 2: Nice to see that.
- 6:42Speaker 5: He's got some time to go to the game. Man,
- 6:45Speaker 5: ECU needs this game. We'll talk about it more later.
- 6:48Speaker 5: But if you're an ECU fan and you lose this game,
- 6:54Speaker 5: start 0-2 and lose for the fourth straight time to
- 6:56Speaker 5: App State.
- 6:58Speaker 2: That would be a huge win for Dow Long. It
- 7:00Speaker 2: would be.
- 7:01Speaker 5: It would be huge for App State to start 2-0
- 7:03Speaker 5: with a blowout over Maine where that offense looked legit.
- 7:07Speaker 5: And then if they win their fourth straight over ECU.
- 7:10Speaker 5: So we'll talk more about that one. Give me a team,
- 7:12Speaker 5: but I'll give you Duke. Duke's got this revenge game.
- 7:15Speaker 2: It's Illinois. You talked about badly. You want to beat,
- 7:18Speaker 2: what'd you call him? Fathead Bielema.
- 7:20Speaker 3: Every year he finds a way to ruin things for me.
- 7:23Speaker 3: I'm about tired of it. His head keeps getting bigger
- 7:26Speaker 3: and my annoyance with him keeps getting bigger.
- 7:28Speaker 5: Are you confident in this game? Cause this game feels
- 7:30Speaker 5: like it's going to be a tight one to me.
- 7:32Speaker 2: What do you think?
- 7:33Speaker 3: I'm not right now. Well, the quarterback play last week
- 7:37Speaker 3: didn't really give me a whole lot of confidence. I
- 7:39Speaker 3: think they're good enough to hang in the game. I
- 7:41Speaker 3: think they'll cover the spread. To win there, I need
- 7:44Speaker 3: to see more out of the quarterback play. It can't
- 7:47Speaker 3: be all on Nate Shepard week in, week out.
- 7:49Speaker 2: Look, he's great.
- 7:50Speaker 3: He's fantastic. That was a lot of carries. And at
- 7:53Speaker 3: some point, if they take him out of the game
- 7:54Speaker 3: even slightly... They're in trouble. So when I see Eget
- 7:58Speaker 3: maybe be able to carry things a little bit, I
- 8:01Speaker 3: don't know if he can.
- 8:02Speaker 2: My confidence level would go up.
- 8:04Speaker 3: But to go on the road against a good Illinois team,
- 8:07Speaker 3: I don't know if I feel ready to say, yeah,
- 8:10Speaker 3: that Duke can win that game yet. I think they'll
- 8:11Speaker 3: be competitive because that's how they are under Manny Diaz.
- 8:15Speaker 3: But I don't know if they're going to win the
- 8:16Speaker 3: football game. I think they're going to be right there
- 8:17Speaker 3: in that game. And they had some problems with them
- 8:19Speaker 3: last year too, man. They got– bludgeoned in the second
- 8:21Speaker 3: half by them last year.
- 8:22Speaker 6: It was.
- 8:22Speaker 5: It was the turnovers, though. They had five turnovers, and
- 8:24Speaker 5: that's when the thing really got away from it. But
- 8:26Speaker 5: Duke did that often last year in some of those
- 8:29Speaker 5: non-conference games. Lee Sterling talked about it. Illinois' defense looked
- 8:33Speaker 5: bad against UAB. They gave up 413 total yards, 194 rushing.
- 8:38Speaker 5: Now I agree with you. Duke does look one dimensional.
- 8:41Speaker 5: I actually wonder, you know, Connor O'Neill bone covers Duke
- 8:43Speaker 5: and wake, right?
- 8:44Speaker 7: Yep.
- 8:45Speaker 5: And he was tweeting about how he thinks there's a
- 8:47Speaker 5: legit chance. They turned to may hand at some point,
- 8:50Speaker 5: not just like a pretty decent quarterback recruit for them,
- 8:53Speaker 5: not just the packages that they have for him, where
- 8:55Speaker 5: he's the running quarterback, but he wonders if they would
- 8:58Speaker 5: pull the trigger. And then, you know what that would
- 9:00Speaker 5: do if they went to him, it would allow them
- 9:02Speaker 5: to run zone read and be a little multidimensional, right?
- 9:06Speaker 2: In their run game.
- 9:07Speaker 5: So I wonder if we see a little bit more mayhem,
- 9:09Speaker 5: maybe not a full move, but do we see a
- 9:11Speaker 5: little bit more of him, um, this week? He get
- 9:14Speaker 5: could be gone. Um, but I will not be calling
- 9:19Speaker 5: him Dan, the man may hand. I have not thought
- 9:21Speaker 5: about that.
- 9:22Speaker 2: No, not at all.
- 9:23Speaker 5: I think they should be able to run it a
- 9:25Speaker 5: little bit. Duke's defense looked good last week, but Tulane
- 9:29Speaker 5: feels like they are, um, I feel like they're two
- 9:32Speaker 5: lanes blown away from where they were in the past.
- 9:35Speaker 2: That wasn't that funny, was it? That wasn't that funny.
- 9:38Speaker 3: I was about to laugh, but then you said it
- 9:40Speaker 3: wasn't funny, so I didn't know what to do. I
- 9:42Speaker 3: got stuck in the middle there.
- 9:42Speaker 5: But can Duke's defense handle Hauser? Illinois ran for 5.6
- 9:47Speaker 5: yards a carry last week. Duke's defense is good, though.
- 9:50Speaker 5: I don't think they're running like that on Duke's front, man.
- 9:52Speaker 5: So I think Duke's right there in the game. I
- 9:54Speaker 5: would say Duke to cover. Cover confidence, maybe?
- 9:57Speaker 2: What do you think about that? No, I think Duke covers.
- 9:59Speaker 2: I just don't.
- 10:00Speaker 3: I'm not confident enough to say they're going to win
- 10:02Speaker 3: the football game on the road yet. Mack, we have
- 10:04Speaker 3: a texter I've not heard from before called the Tipsy
- 10:07Speaker 3: Bitsy Spider.
- 10:09Speaker 2: Guess who he's coming after? He's at NC State. The
- 10:12Speaker 2: end of Dave Doran starts tonight. Go Spiders. Are you
- 10:15Speaker 2: losing your mind, Spider? Where are you at?
- 10:16Speaker 5: I'm going to go step on that spider. I'm going
- 10:18Speaker 5: to go step on that spider. That's what State's going
- 10:20Speaker 5: to do tonight.
- 10:20Speaker 3: Tipsy bitsy spider has spoken, State fans. We've got Georgia
- 10:24Speaker 3: Southern coming after Clemson. And we've got Richard coming after State.
- 10:27Speaker 3: That shows you what's happening. Sad times. What's the State spread?
- 10:32Speaker 3: Or is there no spread in this game?
- 10:33Speaker 2: No, there's a spread. Is there always a spread, even
- 10:35Speaker 2: if it's FCS?
- 10:36Speaker 1: It is.
- 10:36Speaker 3: I got it right here, actually. It is 32 and
- 10:39Speaker 3: a half. State, go out there and cover it. Richmond's
- 10:41Speaker 3: favored by 30. I'm just kidding. State's favored by 32
- 10:43Speaker 3: and a half.
- 10:44Speaker 2: C.J.
- 10:44Speaker 5: Bailey, you better go off, bro. You better get some
- 10:46Speaker 5: chemistry with these new receivers. You better run the ball
- 10:49Speaker 5: with Duke Scott. They barely tried against Virginia. And when
- 10:52Speaker 5: they did, it didn't work. State's got to show something.
- 10:54Speaker 5: State and Clemson both have to show something.
- 10:58Speaker 2: Let's see.
- 10:58Speaker 3: Who else do we got? Willie's still going after Kansas
- 11:01Speaker 3: on his own. Oh, my God, P. There has not
- 11:05Speaker 3: been one Kansas fan that has chimed in on anything,
- 11:07Speaker 3: and Willie's having this huge— fighting right.
- 11:09Speaker 5: Now fight he's fighting air right now man um let's
- 11:12Speaker 5: see uh the Buckeyes are getting called out a little
- 11:15Speaker 5: bit this texter says I'm not a Texas fan but
- 11:18Speaker 5: can they please shut up the Buckeye fans another texter
- 11:21Speaker 5: says um am I the only one that thinks Arch
- 11:24Speaker 5: Manning will light up that Ohio State defense feels like
- 11:29Speaker 5: he needs a.
- 11:29Speaker 2: Big game tomorrow night doesn't.
- 11:30Speaker 5: He It would be big for him after what happened
- 11:35Speaker 5: last year. And that Ohio State defense, I can't imagine
- 11:38Speaker 5: it's like it was last year. They lost so much
- 11:41Speaker 5: premium talent to the NFL. Now, they brought in some
- 11:43Speaker 5: key transfers. They still have talent. But I don't imagine
- 11:47Speaker 5: Bonitz at the ridiculous level it was last year. My
- 11:50Speaker 5: question for Ohio State tomorrow is... Julian saying, can you
- 11:55Speaker 5: play a, you know what I'm saying? Bone? Can Julian,
- 11:59Speaker 5: can Julian play a good game against a good defense?
- 12:02Speaker 5: Because against Texas last year, they didn't really do much.
- 12:05Speaker 5: They won with defense and against Indiana last year, bone.
- 12:09Speaker 5: They didn't really do much on offense against Miami last year.
- 12:12Speaker 5: The offense wasn't the same. I question Julian saying in
- 12:17Speaker 5: a spot like this tomorrow. I do.
- 12:20Speaker 3: I think this is a different Arch Manning this year.
- 12:22Speaker 3: I think it's a more confident. I think it's a
- 12:24Speaker 3: healthier Arch Manning. I expect Texas to win that football game. Matt,
- 12:29Speaker 3: a couple of text updates here on the confidence thing.
- 12:31Speaker 3: We now have the Kansas fans showing up going after Willie.
- 12:34Speaker 2: There you go. Get after him.
- 12:35Speaker 3: Chase from Concord says, Rockshaw Jayhawk dropping Trowell. Says, shut up,
- 12:39Speaker 3: Willie P. So he's going after Willie P. Also, we
- 12:45Speaker 3: have here some people Mac wants some love. Tomorrow, it's
- 12:49Speaker 3: North Carolina Central. In North Carolina A & T. Big game.
- 12:53Speaker 3: The game's been moved up to noon, but that's a
- 12:56Speaker 3: massive game locally, HBCU. Want to give them some love, Matt?
- 13:01Speaker 3: That means a lot to both y'all, Matt. Matt, who
- 13:02Speaker 3: are you picking in there? I know what you're going
- 13:04Speaker 3: to say in this game. All apologies to A & T.
- 13:06Speaker 5: There's only one reason I'm picking North Carolina Central, because
- 13:08Speaker 5: then I can yell out, North Carolina Central! That was
- 13:12Speaker 5: our guy, Biggie Mack, used to yell that when he
- 13:14Speaker 5: called us. Gamecocks coming for Towson's neck. That's from Bubba.
- 13:19Speaker 5: Brian says, hey, Towson, Mack, you hadn't said a damn
- 13:21Speaker 5: word about the actual school you went to this week.
- 13:24Speaker 5: Wonder why. You just talk about all your fake alma maters.
- 13:28Speaker 5: What am I going to say? I'm a Towson fan.
- 13:30Speaker 5: We couldn't even beat the main team to that beat
- 13:32Speaker 5: by 50 points. What the hell am I going to say?
- 13:35Speaker 5: I need a fam you like beat down tomorrow on this.
- 13:37Speaker 5: I got nothing, baby. We're a lacrosse school. That's all
- 13:41Speaker 5: I got for you. And I'm not even sure we've
- 13:43Speaker 5: been that good at lacrosse lately, but that's what we are. Yeah,
- 13:46Speaker 5: what can I say there, Bone? I mean, for South Carolina,
- 13:49Speaker 5: what do you want to see? You want to see
- 13:50Speaker 5: an absolute beatdown and you want to see that offense.
- 13:52Speaker 5: I know Peek and Stewart won't play, but it sounds
- 13:54Speaker 5: like they're tracking to play next week. You want to
- 13:56Speaker 5: see that offense, Bone, just have another absolute blitz of
- 13:59Speaker 5: a game.
- 13:59Speaker 3: More utilizing harbor like they did the other day all
- 14:02Speaker 3: over the field and not just straight line speed type
- 14:05Speaker 3: stuff and getting all the receivers involved. Yeah, so I mean, look,
- 14:09Speaker 3: also just... you know, come out of the game healthy
- 14:11Speaker 3: as well. I know that goes for all these teams,
- 14:13Speaker 3: but you got the SEC play starting the week after.
- 14:15Speaker 3: So let's not only get the guys ready to go
- 14:18Speaker 3: that have been out, but let's make sure this thing
- 14:20Speaker 3: gets settled with no other injuries in this football.
- 14:23Speaker 5: Uh, app state, uh, App State Haste says, App and
- 14:27Speaker 5: ECU should play every year.
- 14:28Speaker 2: Go App. I would like that, too. I think this
- 14:30Speaker 2: is a cool little series, man.
- 14:32Speaker 3: I did not realize, Mac, I was looking at the
- 14:34Speaker 3: history of the game log between the two. They didn't play,
- 14:38Speaker 3: I believe, if I look it up from, was it.
- 14:41Speaker 2: 1979 to 2009? Let me double check. I didn't realize
- 14:46Speaker 2: they went through that long of a period, and then
- 14:48Speaker 2: let me see.
- 14:48Speaker 5: And then they went for another period until they started
- 14:50Speaker 5: playing more recently.
- 14:51Speaker 3: They did not play. They stopped playing in 1979 to 2009.
- 14:57Speaker 3: They went nine in 2012, then they stopped again, and
- 15:02Speaker 3: they played in 21, 23, 24. They don't need to
- 15:06Speaker 3: have those gaps that long.
- 15:08Speaker 2: That's a matchup.
- 15:08Speaker 5: Charlotte App and ECU. I know Charlotte and ECU are
- 15:11Speaker 5: in the same conference. They should all play each other
- 15:13Speaker 5: all the time. Like, I think those three schools should
- 15:16Speaker 5: have a– I'd even come up with a stupid little cup.
- 15:18Speaker 5: I'd come up with a stupid little trophy for those
- 15:20Speaker 5: three schools playing round robins every year because it just
- 15:23Speaker 5: feels like natural rivals, the levels that they all are.
- 15:26Speaker 3: They played almost every year– or not every year, but
- 15:29Speaker 3: they had a series going from the 30s to the 70s,
- 15:32Speaker 3: and then it stopped. And then they've not consistently had
- 15:35Speaker 3: it going– Let's make sure that that thing gets rolling
- 15:38Speaker 3: here year.
- 15:39Speaker 2: In, year out.
- 15:39Speaker 5: Welcome Down says App and Western should play every year.
- 15:42Speaker 5: At the risk of upsetting Smoke Ludwig. Which is tough
- 15:46Speaker 5: to do. Yeah, very tough. Now that App is FBS,
- 15:53Speaker 5: do we really want to see that game every year?
- 15:56Speaker 2: I know some people are going to blast me for this.
- 15:59Speaker 5: The historical implications. And I guess you could make the argument, Bone,
- 16:03Speaker 5: the app played Maine, right? An FCS school. So why,
- 16:06Speaker 5: if they're going to play FCS schools, why can't it
- 16:08Speaker 5: be Western every year? If they're going to play one
- 16:11Speaker 5: FCS school, right? You're a great point. So I guess
- 16:14Speaker 5: I'm kind of just, I guess I just argue with myself.
- 16:16Speaker 3: Here's the issue, Mac. There's no ECU app game as
- 16:19Speaker 3: of now. ECU plays NC State and Wake in 2028.
- 16:25Speaker 3: I do not see all the way up to 2034.
- 16:27Speaker 3: I don't see them playing again as of now on
- 16:29Speaker 3: the schedule. So there's another gap here with these teams again.
- 16:32Speaker 3: Seth from Kannapolis. That sucks. Seth from Kannapolis. ECU and
- 16:36Speaker 3: Apps Trophy would be a Dixie Cup and a bong.
- 16:41Speaker 3: We got a Catamount man on here.
- 16:43Speaker 5: Charlotte Catamount says Western Carolina going to cover the spread
- 16:46Speaker 5: against Cincinnati.
- 16:47Speaker 2: Let's go. Hey, y'all. How are you momming in? I
- 16:50Speaker 2: hope you do. I hope you compete.
- 16:51Speaker 5: I just can't claim, Bo, to have a lot of
- 16:54Speaker 5: knowledge to break that game down.
- 16:56Speaker 2: I can't. Cincinnati took care of BC last week. Watch
- 17:01Speaker 2: some of that, but I don't know enough about... I'm
- 17:03Speaker 2: not going to lie to you. I don't know enough
- 17:04Speaker 2: about Western's chances. They don't have the quarterback from last year?
- 17:08Speaker 2: There's a man coming up at 3 p.m. That's right.
- 17:11Speaker 3: I don't want to produce Bailey's show. It should start
- 17:13Speaker 3: the radio program at 3 p.m. Lead off Bailey with
- 17:15Speaker 3: Catamount Cincy, baby. And don't believe Smoke when he sends
- 17:19Speaker 3: you a text about Drake Mays' record against winning teams anymore.
- 17:22Speaker 2: Smoke, you set Kyle Bailey up, man. I'm upset. I'm upset.
- 17:26Speaker 2: Let's see. 704 number. Where'd it go? I don't know. Oh,
- 17:32Speaker 2: a 704 number.
- 17:33Speaker 5: Mac, you could call me the Michigan man. And I've
- 17:36Speaker 5: heard y'all rip us all week. We get our get
- 17:39Speaker 5: back this week. Everybody's down on us. We will win
- 17:43Speaker 5: with our defense over Oklahoma. I do think their defense
- 17:47Speaker 5: can keep them in the game bone. I could see
- 17:49Speaker 5: it being a defensive battle between those two teams. How
- 17:54Speaker 5: on earth am I supposed to back Bryce Underwood? The
- 17:57Speaker 5: dude in his last seven games has five touchdowns and
- 18:00Speaker 5: eight picks. And I don't know if you saw any
- 18:02Speaker 5: of his presser.
- 18:03Speaker 2: Oh, I did.
- 18:04Speaker 3: It doesn't seem like he's motivated. Someone tweeted out yesterday,
- 18:09Speaker 3: does Bryce Underwood still want to play for Michigan?
- 18:12Speaker 2: The way he was talking about it. He seems depressed. Yeah,
- 18:14Speaker 2: we're going to go out there. Depressed, upset. I don't
- 18:16Speaker 2: know what's up with him. I think Bryce Underwood is
- 18:18Speaker 2: about to go portal in here at some point soon.
- 18:20Speaker 5: Well, and in good riddance, because he's getting paid tons
- 18:23Speaker 5: and tons of freaking money to play like that last week,
- 18:26Speaker 5: to play like he has over the last seven games. So, like,
- 18:29Speaker 5: he can get mad all he wants. He's the problem
- 18:31Speaker 5: at Michigan. I watched a ton of that second half
- 18:34Speaker 5: once I realized, oh, crap, they're in trouble. Greg Venable's
- 18:36Speaker 5: defense might eat him alive. And that's the thing, is
- 18:38Speaker 5: don't you think he's going to turn it over? Or
- 18:41Speaker 5: on the flip side, Mateer's healthy now. He doesn't have
- 18:43Speaker 5: that hand injury like he did at the end of
- 18:45Speaker 5: the year last year. Is he going to turn it over?
- 18:47Speaker 3: The portal may land on the field during the game.
- 18:51Speaker 3: And he may step in and it may just like
- 18:52Speaker 3: a spaceship. He think he's going to jump in that thing?
- 18:55Speaker 3: They're going to toss you in that portal, bro.
- 18:57Speaker 5: Your own head coach basically sounded like he pretty close
- 19:01Speaker 5: to making a change.
- 19:02Speaker 2: Anyway.
- 19:03Speaker 3: Yeah, when we come back here in the Mac and
- 19:04Speaker 3: Bone Show, that was good to see some college football
- 19:07Speaker 3: fire when we come back. Sheena Quick, Ace Panther reporter,
- 19:11Speaker 3: joins us to preview the game against the Bears. And
- 19:14Speaker 3: I think she might talk a little bit about Bryce's
- 19:16Speaker 3: future contract as well. Sports Radio, 92.7 WFNZ.
- 19:43Speaker 5: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. Mack and Bone with you cruising
- 19:47Speaker 5: through the 8 o'clock hour here. It's beautiful, man. College
- 19:51Speaker 5: football fans getting hyped up, talking trash. Panther fans calling
- 19:56Speaker 5: out the attitude, the condescending attitude of Bears fans.
- 20:00Speaker 2: We're breaking down the game a ton, too, so... What
- 20:03Speaker 2: a day. What a day.
- 20:04Speaker 5: And by the way, ECU and App, you're going to
- 20:06Speaker 5: get your own segment coming up at 845. I want
- 20:08Speaker 5: to hear from fans on both sides of that game.
- 20:10Speaker 5: That's a juicy matchup. And do y'all hate each other?
- 20:13Speaker 5: Bone brought up the fact that you haven't played regularly
- 20:17Speaker 5: always over the years. Have you played enough to hate
- 20:19Speaker 5: each other, though? I'm hoping the answer is yes. All
- 20:23Speaker 5: this show is missing, Bone, is a great guest like
- 20:27Speaker 5: Sheena Quick. And luckily, that is about to happen right
- 20:30Speaker 5: now on this show. Sheena Quick is part of that
- 20:33Speaker 5: awesome new Panthers Collective podcast with Dunk and Joe Person.
- 20:38Speaker 5: You can check that out. And also follow Sheena Quick.
- 20:43Speaker 5: Follow all her coverage online. of the panthers because it
- 20:46Speaker 5: is top notch and we want to see what she
- 20:48Speaker 5: thinks about the team heading into the opener against the
- 20:51Speaker 5: bears and sheena joins us right now on the mac
- 20:54Speaker 5: and bone show sheena what's going on how you feeling.
- 20:57Speaker 6: Good morning i feel good how are you guys.
- 20:59Speaker 3: We're doing good you can't be bad ready to go
- 21:02Speaker 3: out there and hit somebody for real you know what
- 21:03Speaker 3: i mean football wise.
- 21:06Speaker 6: I'm in traffic.
- 21:08Speaker 1: Don't say that.
- 21:08Speaker 2: Watch people. No, you don't do that. Watch people hit
- 21:12Speaker 2: people for real. Not you in the car. No, I mean,
- 21:14Speaker 2: like we're ready to watch. There you go. There you go.
- 21:16Speaker 2: Clean that up a little bit. What do you think, Sheena?
- 21:19Speaker 2: You're very online.
- 21:20Speaker 5: You're very like in touch with kind of like what
- 21:22Speaker 5: the fans are doing online.
- 21:24Speaker 2: I love that.
- 21:25Speaker 5: And the Bears fans, I mean, ever since the Bryce trade.
- 21:29Speaker 5: And I haven't really gotten involved with it, but Lord
- 21:32Speaker 5: knows the four-man rush going at those Bears fans every day,
- 21:35Speaker 5: every hour. Like, do you find the Bears fans annoying
- 21:38Speaker 5: on social media? Because it's funny, we played this podcast
- 21:41Speaker 5: guy that was saying the Panther fans are the ones
- 21:44Speaker 5: that are annoying. It's like, I think the Panther fans
- 21:46Speaker 5: are just responding to this condescending post-Brice trade Bears thing.
- 21:52Speaker 6: I agree. I don't feel like Panthers Twitter starts it. Well,
- 21:55Speaker 6: sometimes they do. But in this case, they didn't start it.
- 21:58Speaker 6: They're just finishing it. And I've never understood the animosity
- 22:01Speaker 6: from Bears fans because, like, look at the haul that
- 22:03Speaker 6: y'all got in the trade. I don't understand the anger.
- 22:06Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like I guess they want to throw that
- 22:08Speaker 5: in our face or whatever. But it's so weird.
- 22:11Speaker 3: Sheena, your partner Joe Person on the Panthers Collective podcast
- 22:15Speaker 3: put out some stats this morning about in his time
- 22:19Speaker 3: as a Panthers starting quarterback in the first two weeks
- 22:21Speaker 3: of the year, Bryce Young is the lowest rated passer
- 22:24Speaker 3: in the league for those first couple weeks. So how
- 22:27Speaker 3: important is it for Bryce to get off to a
- 22:30Speaker 3: good start.
- 22:30Speaker 2: In this game, in this season? And do you think
- 22:33Speaker 2: he's ready to get off to that hot start that
- 22:35Speaker 2: we haven't seen before?
- 22:37Speaker 6: I do think he's ready. He has a great command
- 22:39Speaker 6: of this offense. He has some weapons. He has some
- 22:41Speaker 6: protection and he has more time in this system. You
- 22:45Speaker 6: got to think about the instability he was facing the
- 22:48Speaker 6: first couple of years. But, you know, they added Darren
- 22:50Speaker 6: Bevel to that to the staff. So really excited to
- 22:53Speaker 6: see what he brings to it. When people talk about
- 22:56Speaker 6: the early season, you know, woes and things like that,
- 22:59Speaker 6: thank God the season doesn't end.
- 23:00Speaker 1: At week two.
- 23:01Speaker 6: But I get it. I get the need to start
- 23:03Speaker 6: fast and to start strong, especially for a team that
- 23:07Speaker 6: was kind of so up and down. All season, they
- 23:10Speaker 6: win one, lose one, win one, lose one. So I
- 23:12Speaker 6: think it's important for the team as a whole to
- 23:15Speaker 6: hit the ground running. And not to mention, you know,
- 23:17Speaker 6: this is the first time the home crowd is really
- 23:19Speaker 6: seeing them since that crazy wild card game last year.
- 23:22Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
- 23:23Speaker 5: I think they want to carry over that energy from
- 23:26Speaker 5: that game. I can't wait to be at the bank.
- 23:28Speaker 5: and kind of experienced that again, because it was so awesome.
- 23:31Speaker 2: It really was.
- 23:33Speaker 5: How worried do you think we should be as fans
- 23:36Speaker 5: about the, some of the offensive struggles in the preseason, right? One,
- 23:41Speaker 5: you know, you had the Houston practice, you had the,
- 23:44Speaker 5: you know, one touchdown drive and five first team drives,
- 23:47Speaker 5: the rough O-line joint practice.
- 23:49Speaker 2: Like how much does that worry you? I will say this.
- 23:52Speaker 5: I'm glad it's the Bears defense and not the Houston
- 23:55Speaker 5: defense on Sunday. What do you think though?
- 23:58Speaker 6: And that's the thing. It's not Daniel Hunter and that
- 24:03Speaker 6: pass rush. And Will Anderson and that Houston. The Bears
- 24:06Speaker 6: are not the Texans. And if I'm worried about anything
- 24:09Speaker 6: for this game tomorrow, it's not the Bears' defense. As
- 24:12Speaker 6: a matter of fact, I think this is probably a
- 24:14Speaker 6: really good opponent, secondary-wise, for us to see what Brad
- 24:18Speaker 6: Izzik is going to do as far as opening that
- 24:20Speaker 6: playbook and taking some shots down the field. I think
- 24:24Speaker 6: there's a great opportunity here, like you said, to start fast.
- 24:27Speaker 6: But I don't think that the preseason is an indication
- 24:30Speaker 6: of what we need to be worried about on Sunday.
- 24:32Speaker 6: You got to think about the fact that, you know,
- 24:35Speaker 6: it was a patchwork offensive line for the most part
- 24:38Speaker 6: because Damian Lewis and Rob Hunt missed a lot of
- 24:40Speaker 6: training camp. And when they did join, they joined late
- 24:43Speaker 6: in camp and they were kind of still getting their footing.
- 24:45Speaker 6: So I would think that was just knocking a little
- 24:47Speaker 6: bit of the rust off in the preseason. And I
- 24:49Speaker 6: think both of those guys are ready to go now.
- 24:52Speaker 3: Sheena, what's the concern level with Jonathan Brooks, who's been
- 24:54Speaker 3: limited with the groin injury this week? As you know,
- 24:58Speaker 3: anything involving him, we're going to kind of freak out about.
- 25:02Speaker 3: What do you think his status ultimately is going to
- 25:03Speaker 3: be leading up to Sunday?
- 25:06Speaker 6: I think he'll play. I think that the abundance of
- 25:09Speaker 6: caution is warranted. I mean, it's just kind of part
- 25:12Speaker 6: of the course with kind of how his luck has been.
- 25:15Speaker 6: But I think he'll be fine for Sunday. I think
- 25:17Speaker 6: that they are, again, operating out of abundance of caution
- 25:19Speaker 6: just because making sure– he took a lot of reps
- 25:24Speaker 6: in the preseason and in training camp with Chuba out.
- 25:26Speaker 6: So I think that they're kind of just watching that really,
- 25:29Speaker 6: really closely, not wanting to re-aggravate anything unnecessarily. And so
- 25:33Speaker 6: I don't have a ton of concern right now. I
- 25:38Speaker 6: think that it was just Aaron on the side of caution.
- 25:41Speaker 5: Sheena, what do you think about the matchup between that
- 25:44Speaker 5: Bears offense, which is potent– and this Panthers defense that
- 25:49Speaker 5: even with guys like Pat Jones and Skorton out, we're
- 25:52Speaker 5: all so excited to see Phillips and Devin Lloyd. What
- 25:56Speaker 5: do you think about that matchup? Do you think the
- 25:58Speaker 5: Panthers defense can hold their own in that matchup?
- 26:02Speaker 6: I think it's going to be a really good challenge
- 26:03Speaker 6: for them. You know, the Panthers were actually first in
- 26:06Speaker 6: defending play action, and that is how Chicago sets up
- 26:10Speaker 6: at least a third of their passing plays, and they're
- 26:12Speaker 6: really good at that. They were one of the best
- 26:13Speaker 6: teams in the league at doing that, and the Panthers
- 26:15Speaker 6: are one of the best teams in the league at
- 26:16Speaker 6: defending it. So it'll be good to see that, and
- 26:18Speaker 6: it'll be a challenge for Evro to see if he
- 26:21Speaker 6: can match all of the misdirection that Ben Johnson and
- 26:24Speaker 6: the Bears are going to bring because that's all you
- 26:26Speaker 6: heard the defenders talk about all week long. That's all
- 26:28Speaker 6: you heard Devin Lloyd talk about. That's all you heard J.C.
- 26:30Speaker 6: Horn talk about. Mike Jack, you know, they're going to
- 26:32Speaker 6: try to disguise some things and get people's eyes in
- 26:35Speaker 6: the wrong direction. And luckily, those guys that I just
- 26:38Speaker 6: mentioned are vets. So they've seen kind of a litany
- 26:40Speaker 6: of things as far as NFL offenses, just being consistently
- 26:45Speaker 6: disciplined and, you know, making sure that they're they're running
- 26:50Speaker 6: their game plan. I think that they'll be fine, but
- 26:51Speaker 6: I think it'll be a really fun matchup to watch.
- 26:54Speaker 3: Sheena, I thought you had some really insightful stuff on
- 26:56Speaker 3: the Panthers Collective the other day with you dunking– well,
- 26:59Speaker 3: I almost called him unk.
- 27:00Speaker 2: I almost called it dunking unk. You dunking Joe Person.
- 27:03Speaker 2: Dunking unk. That should be it. Please. Keep that between us.
- 27:07Speaker 7: Please.
- 27:08Speaker 2: My Lord, I don't need Joe Mattamy there. Dunking Joe
- 27:10Speaker 2: the other day.
- 27:11Speaker 6: I can't wait to tweet that afterward.
- 27:13Speaker 2: That is pretty funny. You fell into a good one there, Bo. Yeah. Oh, boy.
- 27:19Speaker 3: You added some insight on the, we always focus on
- 27:21Speaker 3: the Panther side of the potential Bryce Young contract, but
- 27:26Speaker 3: what about the Bryce Young side and maybe what his
- 27:29Speaker 3: camp is feeling about his future contract?
- 27:32Speaker 6: I think that Bryce and his camp feel that his
- 27:34Speaker 6: best ball is, you know, to come. And honestly, maybe
- 27:38Speaker 6: accepting an extension right now isn't reflective of what he
- 27:42Speaker 6: feels like he can do and what he can bring.
- 27:43Speaker 6: It might be an underpayment right now. So I think
- 27:46Speaker 6: he's willing to bet on himself. And just because no
- 27:49Speaker 6: one has said that extension talks have happened or taken
- 27:52Speaker 6: place does not mean that they are not happening. And
- 27:55Speaker 6: you can just read between the lines on that. You know,
- 27:57Speaker 6: a lot of people are saying, oh, you know, there's
- 27:59Speaker 6: body language. And I don't think the Panthers think that
- 28:00Speaker 6: Bryce is it. And they're trying to make him prove it.
- 28:02Speaker 6: I don't think that's it. I think it's just negotiations
- 28:04Speaker 6: over the amount. I'm not going to say that I
- 28:10Speaker 6: don't think that that's it. I know that that's not it.
- 28:12Speaker 6: I know that the Panthers have come to Bryce Young
- 28:15Speaker 6: with the expectation that he is their future. So I
- 28:18Speaker 6: don't think that it is a position of the franchise that, oh,
- 28:22Speaker 6: we don't know or we're unsure. That's not what's going
- 28:24Speaker 6: on right now.
- 28:25Speaker 2: Wow, that's pretty strong right there. Sheena, you.
- 28:29Speaker 5: You were there for the David Tepper presser. We have
- 28:32Speaker 5: not seen him converse about Panthers-only subjects with the media.
- 28:36Speaker 2: Sheena's laughing. There were some entertaining moments in there, Sheena.
- 28:39Speaker 2: There were definitely some entertaining moments. I felt for my
- 28:41Speaker 2: man Mike Kay in there, too. What did you think?
- 28:44Speaker 2: What were your takeaways from talking to Tepper?
- 28:47Speaker 6: I think that he started it out defensively and kind of,
- 28:51Speaker 6: you know, settled in because he hasn't been available to
- 28:56Speaker 6: the media. He hasn't been available during combine or anything
- 28:59Speaker 6: like that or postseason, you know, exit interview, none of
- 29:04Speaker 6: that stuff. We haven't seen him since he fired Frank
- 29:06Speaker 6: Wright and he was getting irritated when he fired Frank Wright.
- 29:08Speaker 6: So I think that he kind of, I wouldn't say
- 29:11Speaker 6: has a mistrust of the media, but I think it's
- 29:14Speaker 6: kind of a touch and go because he has been
- 29:16Speaker 6: beat up in the media before, deservedly so at times.
- 29:20Speaker 6: And I think that the tide is turning. You know,
- 29:23Speaker 6: he's taking a step back. And it might be a
- 29:25Speaker 6: sense of, you know, how the players go through media training.
- 29:28Speaker 6: I feel like David Tepper is going through a little
- 29:29Speaker 6: media training of his own, so to speak.
- 29:32Speaker 2: Interesting.
- 29:32Speaker 5: Yeah, interesting. I will say this. He said it to y'all.
- 29:36Speaker 5: He's talked about the reason I'm not involved. and you're
- 29:40Speaker 5: not hearing from me as much is I trust Brant, Dan,
- 29:43Speaker 5: and Dave. And I think that's the best part, right?
- 29:47Speaker 6: I told everybody that. I said, listen, I said... David
- 29:51Speaker 6: Tepper's involvement is less an indictment on him and more
- 29:54Speaker 6: of an indictment on his confidence in who he had
- 29:57Speaker 6: coaching and in his GM. And I also don't think
- 30:01Speaker 6: that Dan Morgan would have accepted a job if it
- 30:04Speaker 6: were otherwise.
- 30:05Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah. No, that's good news. That's definitely good news. Sheena,
- 30:10Speaker 5: we appreciate it.
- 30:13Speaker 2: Thanks so much for coming on. We'll see you on Sunday.
- 30:16Speaker 6: Thank you. Thank you guys for having me.
- 30:19Speaker 2: There you go.
- 30:20Speaker 5: That is Sheena Quick. Check out her great Panther coverage.
- 30:23Speaker 5: The Dunkin' Unc thing is going to get me. The Dunkin' Unc.
- 30:26Speaker 5: They need to market that, man. I know Joe might
- 30:29Speaker 5: not like that, but that is a catchy one. Oh,
- 30:34Speaker 5: my God. How about people are reacting, Bone, to what
- 30:37Speaker 5: she said there. It is her understanding the Panthers have
- 30:41Speaker 5: let it be known to pricey's their guy and that
- 30:45Speaker 5: it's not as much of a hey like the narrative
- 30:48Speaker 5: we've all kind of believed is they want to see
- 30:51Speaker 5: more she thinks it's more of hey you're our guy
- 30:53Speaker 5: we just will work out the price at some point
- 30:55Speaker 5: yeah which is.
- 30:56Speaker 3: Interesting yeah very interesting i do believe we have a
- 30:58Speaker 3: special guest on the line right backers It's not a
- 31:01Speaker 3: Philly update, but we have a special guest coming.
- 31:03Speaker 1: Oh, shoot.
- 31:04Speaker 2: I forgot all about it, man. Yeah. We got so many.
- 31:06Speaker 2: I believe you booked this guy.
- 31:08Speaker 5: This man's been working on this, Bone. This man, and
- 31:11Speaker 5: you know Baron. Baron is the official musical artist of
- 31:14Speaker 5: Mac and Bone Nation.
- 31:16Speaker 2: All right? I'm not saying there's not talented musicians out there.
- 31:18Speaker 2: Haven't heard from him in a while.
- 31:19Speaker 5: This man has taken the mantle and he has run
- 31:23Speaker 5: with it. And he would like to kick off the
- 31:26Speaker 5: season with one of his songs that he writes. and
- 31:29Speaker 5: we'll perform live, Boney. All right, this ain't auto-tune. Okay,
- 31:32Speaker 5: this ain't like Pat McAfee's album. This is live stuff.
- 31:35Speaker 5: You can't auto-tune this, baby. And this is Baron ready
- 31:40Speaker 5: to perform his Panther preseason anthem going into the season.
- 31:45Speaker 2: Baron, what's going on, brother? How you doing, man?
- 31:49Speaker 1: Ready for the season. Yeah, I always try to kind
- 31:52Speaker 1: of find what's most important. You know, one year it
- 31:55Speaker 1: was David Tepper kind of chilling out. One year it
- 31:57Speaker 1: was C-Mac, Derrick Brown, all these different people. So we
- 32:02Speaker 1: all can't deny it. If you like Bryce or if
- 32:04Speaker 1: you don't, it's a make or break year no matter what.
- 32:09Speaker 1: And I think with the way the team's structured, it's
- 32:12Speaker 1: there for him. Like, if he balls out, then we
- 32:14Speaker 1: know where we're going.
- 32:16Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
- 32:16Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. If he fails, then we know we're failing.
- 32:19Speaker 5: Mammoth year. Mammoth year for him. So your theme is Bryce-related.
- 32:24Speaker 5: Usually you do a parody. So what is the song
- 32:26Speaker 5: you're doing a parody of this time?
- 32:29Speaker 1: It's a very tough one to memorize and try to
- 32:33Speaker 1: get this rhythm. So I'm hoping for a little backdrop.
- 32:35Speaker 1: But it's a little... Ice Bryce Baby.
- 32:39Speaker 2: Okay. All right. Here we go. Here we go. Right now.
- 32:42Speaker 5: All right.
- 32:43Speaker 2: Get your inner vanilla ice on. Let me hear it, Barron.
- 32:47Speaker 1: All right.
- 32:48Speaker 2: Oh, I got to coordinate it with DJ Fitty. DJ Fitty.
- 33:00Speaker 2: All right.
- 33:00Speaker 1: Collaborate and listen. Bryce is back with a fourth-year addition, Munchkin.
- 33:05Speaker 1: But he gets away nicely, rolling out the pocket and
- 33:07Speaker 1: the sorrow is to leave. Will he ever stop? Yo,
- 33:10Speaker 1: I don't know. But turn on the light and he'll grow.
- 33:13Speaker 1: To the extreme, he throws a rock like a vandal.
- 33:15Speaker 1: Light up the stage and watch him jump over scandals. Dance.
- 33:19Speaker 1: Chupa talking in booms. Coca in your zone like a
- 33:21Speaker 1: poisonous mushroom.
- 33:23Speaker 2: Deadly.
- 33:24Speaker 1: Make some of these a dope melody. Anything less than
- 33:26Speaker 1: a tick was a felony. Run it or throw it.
- 33:29Speaker 1: You better gang way. You better send all five. Bryce
- 33:32Speaker 1: don't play. If there was a problem, yo, he'll solve it.
- 33:35Speaker 1: Check out Jimmy Hooks while Matt just hauled it. Ice
- 33:39Speaker 1: Bryce baby. Fourth quarter, Ice Bryce baby. Fourth quarter, Ice
- 33:48Speaker 1: Bryce baby.
- 33:50Speaker 2: All right, guys.
- 33:51Speaker 1: There you go.
- 33:51Speaker 2: Yeah, baby. I like it. Good writing, man. That is
- 33:55Speaker 2: good writing. Thank you, Baron. You're the man. We have
- 33:57Speaker 2: to turn Mac's microphone off when other guys are rapping.
- 34:00Speaker 2: I was reacting live. I'm sorry. He said, stop. Mac said,
- 34:02Speaker 2: hold on. It wasn't about you. It did. He's going
- 34:05Speaker 2: for the hook. And you're like, yeah.
- 34:06Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
- 34:07Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. He was going for the hook. I can't
- 34:09Speaker 2: contain myself. You've got to step back.
- 34:10Speaker 3: You're not the only rapper on the show, although you're
- 34:12Speaker 3: a great beatboxer.
- 34:13Speaker 5: I'm supporting him. I'm supporting him. It's kind of like
- 34:16Speaker 5: the battle rap crowds go, argh. That's what I was doing, man.
- 34:20Speaker 5: People were saying, get Mac off the air. What the
- 34:22Speaker 5: man flow? That's not all people are saying. There's the
- 34:25Speaker 5: people that wanted him gonged. This guy says he nailed it.
- 34:28Speaker 5: Right here, this dude says he nailed it. This dude
- 34:30Speaker 5: says fire. This dude says Mac messed up the song.
- 34:34Speaker 5: Amit says Mac messed up the song. Amit, just like
- 34:37Speaker 5: you mess up every show when I read your damn text. Seriously, Amit,
- 34:41Speaker 5: get the heck out of here.
- 34:42Speaker 2: Clown show. Allow me to have a decent Friday by
- 34:44Speaker 2: not seeing your text, sir. All right?
- 34:46Speaker 5: Allow me to do that. My goodness gracious. Why don't
- 34:49Speaker 5: you text in another Drake May apology text? Why don't
- 34:52Speaker 5: you send that in?
- 34:54Speaker 2: My goodness. Why are you laughing, Bob? I'm just usually,
- 34:57Speaker 2: I'm fighting a man. It's good to see someone else
- 35:00Speaker 2: have a battle every once in a while. Oh, my goodness.
- 35:02Speaker 3: Someone, Picante said, this is like when Conde cut off
- 35:05Speaker 3: Taylor Swift.
- 35:05Speaker 2: Picante got involved. I was excited, y'all. I was excited.
- 35:10Speaker 5: Someone just said, that's great. We hope the Bears fans
- 35:13Speaker 5: don't hear that. The Munchkin line getting some love here.
- 35:16Speaker 5: This texter says, my boy's gifted. Best white rapper since
- 35:21Speaker 5: Vanilla Ice himself. You mean to tell me we hadn't
- 35:23Speaker 5: had a white rapper good since Vanilla Ice?
- 35:25Speaker 2: I believe Eminem has arrived on the scene there at
- 35:27Speaker 2: one point. Slightly. Slightly better.
- 35:31Speaker 3: I believe Macklemore arrived at one point. Machine Gun Kelly.
- 35:35Speaker 2: Was he a rapper? I think he is, right?
- 35:37Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 35:37Speaker 2: I'm not sure those last two.
- 35:39Speaker 3: Macklemore was very popular for a while.
- 35:41Speaker 7: Oh, man.
- 35:42Speaker 3: All right, we come back at the Mack and Bone Show.
- 35:44Speaker 3: App and ECU get their own segment. How are we
- 35:47Speaker 3: supposed to know what to expect in this one? And
- 35:50Speaker 3: how do the fan bases feel about each other? Oh,
- 35:53Speaker 3: it's going to get ugly. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
- 36:10Speaker 7: We've got to do exactly what we would like to
- 36:12Speaker 7: have done Saturday and who we want to be. I
- 36:14Speaker 7: think we have the right guys in place. I think
- 36:17Speaker 7: I said this Saturday, I think we have a good
- 36:19Speaker 7: football team. We've got to go do what good football
- 36:22Speaker 7: teams do, not make mistakes, come off the football, stop
- 36:25Speaker 7: and run, run the ball, and go play the game
- 36:26Speaker 7: the right way. We haven't shown we can do that yet.
- 36:29Speaker 7: We've shown flashes and glimpses in practice. We've got to
- 36:32Speaker 7: take it to game day. That's where it matters. It
- 36:34Speaker 7: doesn't matter if you just show it here a little
- 36:37Speaker 7: bit in practice, show it there a little bit in practice.
- 36:39Speaker 7: You've got to carry it over to game day And
- 36:40Speaker 7: we're certainly going to need to show it this week
- 36:42Speaker 7: because it's a big ballgame for us.
- 36:44Speaker 5: Huge game for ECU. Not saying it's not a big
- 36:46Speaker 5: game for App. It feels really huge for ECU for
- 36:49Speaker 5: so many reasons. We're going to talk about it. We
- 36:52Speaker 5: want the Pirate fans. We want the App State Mountaineer
- 36:56Speaker 5: fans engaged. Who's feeling frisky? Are both sides confident? I
- 37:01Speaker 5: think both sides could have a reason to be confident.
- 37:03Speaker 5: I think going into the season, even though they didn't
- 37:05Speaker 5: get a chance to show it yesterday, Bone, I think
- 37:07Speaker 5: we thought ECU's got more talent than App. But then
- 37:11Speaker 5: for App State, what a start. I know it was Maine,
- 37:13Speaker 5: but my goodness, Singleton was amazing, 22-24. And they run this,
- 37:18Speaker 5: he is the perfect guy to run the zone read,
- 37:20Speaker 5: the heavy RPOs.
- 37:22Speaker 2: He spread the ball around.
- 37:23Speaker 5: So I think both fan bases have a reason to
- 37:26Speaker 5: be fired up going into this game. For ECU, they
- 37:32Speaker 5: need this win desperately. Not only do they need to
- 37:34Speaker 5: kind of prove something, especially offensively with the new scheme bone,
- 37:38Speaker 5: because they weren't able to do much. Outside a couple
- 37:40Speaker 5: of plays, weren't able to show much of anything against Bama.
- 37:43Speaker 5: But like we were talking about earlier in the hour, ECU,
- 37:46Speaker 5: y'all lost three straight games to App. App's almost got
- 37:50Speaker 5: you doubled up in this series historically. Like, ECU's got
- 37:55Speaker 5: to respond, man.
- 37:56Speaker 3: Plus, I think that no one is surprised, really, by
- 38:00Speaker 3: what happened in Week 1. You're playing Alabama. But this
- 38:04Speaker 3: is the matchup that you have to bounce back from.
- 38:06Speaker 3: If you don't have a good performance after getting blown
- 38:09Speaker 3: out by Bama, that's when people will say, well, maybe
- 38:12Speaker 3: ECU just isn't very good. The fan base won't get
- 38:15Speaker 3: mad at Alabama, but if they don't beat App State...
- 38:18Speaker 3: then there's a problem. I think ECU is better entering
- 38:21Speaker 3: the season. I don't look at last week as meaning
- 38:23Speaker 3: anything for ECU. It's hard to judge them based off
- 38:26Speaker 3: that because they were playing Bama. I think ECU wins.
- 38:30Speaker 3: I think they're the better team right now. And I
- 38:33Speaker 3: think it would be very disappointing if ECU, not from
- 38:35Speaker 3: a fan point of view, but from an ECU point
- 38:38Speaker 3: of view, if I was a fan of theirs, and
- 38:41Speaker 3: they didn't beat App, I'd be very disappointed.
- 38:43Speaker 5: Well, I think the pressure's on them. I think the
- 38:45Speaker 5: pressure is on ECU big time. They're seven-point favorites. I
- 38:48Speaker 5: think App can cover that, seven and a half maybe.
- 38:51Speaker 5: I think App can cover that. I think this is
- 38:52Speaker 5: going to be a heck of a game. Hell, last
- 38:55Speaker 5: time they played, ECU was up something like 16-0 and
- 38:57Speaker 5: blew it.
- 38:58Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
- 38:59Speaker 5: So like I just I was just telling you, ECU
- 39:01Speaker 5: needs this win bad. And if I'm an app fan,
- 39:04Speaker 5: I'm feeling after watching last week like, oh, this might
- 39:07Speaker 5: be a little different. I mean, again, it's only Maine.
- 39:09Speaker 5: It's hard to tell, Bone. It's hard to tell to
- 39:12Speaker 5: your point what ECU has when they go against Bama.
- 39:14Speaker 5: There were times, Bone, where ECU's defense got penetration, got pressure.
- 39:19Speaker 2: And then Keelan Russell just literally said, no, you don't.
- 39:22Speaker 2: I'm out of here. I'm going to go make a
- 39:24Speaker 2: play Cause I'm special.
- 39:25Speaker 5: Like it, if, if they play like that in the trenches,
- 39:29Speaker 5: can they finish plays off against Singleton and app state?
- 39:32Speaker 5: I also have this question too, for app and ECU fans.
- 39:35Speaker 5: Cause you brought up bone, the long stretches where they
- 39:37Speaker 5: haven't played this game necessarily. I know they played a
- 39:40Speaker 5: bunch here late or a few here lately. Um, do
- 39:43Speaker 5: y'all hate each other? Like, is it a real like hate?
- 39:46Speaker 5: Is it, do you annoy each other? Um, I sense
- 39:53Speaker 5: it's their bone, but I don't know if they play
- 39:55Speaker 5: enough for it to be full on.
- 39:57Speaker 3: Has there been too many gaps when they play? And
- 39:59Speaker 3: there's another one coming up, which sucks. From what we
- 40:02Speaker 3: see now, they're not playing again for a while. So
- 40:05Speaker 3: is it consistent enough for the hatred to build up?
- 40:07Speaker 3: That's something that only the fans of those teams can answer.
- 40:11Speaker 3: And I like hate, so I'm kind of rooting for hate.
- 40:14Speaker 3: You thrive with hate.
- 40:15Speaker 2: I know, man. Seriously, I guzzle hate. I guzzle. I
- 40:18Speaker 2: do keg stands on kegs of hate, baby. People don't
- 40:21Speaker 2: know this, Mac. Your car, you don't put gasoline in.
- 40:24Speaker 2: You just run on hate. When you're hating, your car
- 40:27Speaker 2: keeps on running. Oh, God.
- 40:29Speaker 5: Mountaineer Gordon says, ECU's going to get crushed. Our linemen
- 40:33Speaker 5: are better than EC poos.
- 40:35Speaker 2: I don't know.
- 40:36Speaker 5: I thought they had decent moments in the trenches on defense.
- 40:42Speaker 5: Now offense, like we saw a couple of plays to Melvin.
- 40:45Speaker 5: We saw the long play to Tyler Johnson. The problem
- 40:48Speaker 5: is Brock Spalding's not going to play for ECU. They
- 40:50Speaker 5: got two other of their top receivers injured. They're a
- 40:53Speaker 5: little banged up. This texter, we own them. App State
- 40:57Speaker 5: fan says App is going to whoop some pirate booty.
- 41:00Speaker 2: We own them. See what you did there with pirate booty.
- 41:05Speaker 2: I changed the word. I changed it to booty because
- 41:07Speaker 2: I feel like that works good, right? That makes sense.
- 41:09Speaker 2: Rich says, as.
- 41:10Speaker 5: An ECU fan, I'm very annoyed by app fans, especially
- 41:13Speaker 5: in Charlotte, where they get lots of credit for doing
- 41:15Speaker 5: a small portion of what ECU has accomplished over the years.
- 41:19Speaker 5: Pirates will win. This isn't Mike Houston anymore. Blake Harrell
- 41:23Speaker 5: will have those boys ready. That's a pretty good point.
- 41:25Speaker 5: Blake Harrell, like, Loggins is clearly a question mark, right?
- 41:29Speaker 2: Like.
- 41:30Speaker 5: Did a great job at South Carolina as the OC.
- 41:34Speaker 5: But last year, the way that second half went, Bone,
- 41:36Speaker 5: he's a huge question mark as a head coach. Blake Harrell,
- 41:39Speaker 5: 14-6 as a head coach. I would give them the
- 41:42Speaker 5: coaching advantage.
- 41:43Speaker 3: I didn't really, honestly, I didn't really fully look at
- 41:46Speaker 3: the ECU box score when the week began. And again,
- 41:50Speaker 3: rushing numbers in college can be a little skewed because
- 41:52Speaker 3: of the quarterback sacks count for yardage, right? But did
- 41:56Speaker 3: you see the final rushing numbers for ECU and Bama
- 41:58Speaker 3: the other day? Bama ran for 227 as their total
- 42:03Speaker 3: for the game. ECU, because of sacks, ran for minus
- 42:06Speaker 3: 27 yards. They had two yards rushing total. That's what
- 42:09Speaker 3: I'm saying.
- 42:09Speaker 2: They had minus 27 as a team. So they actually.
- 42:12Speaker 3: Accounted back for 0.1 yards per carry.
- 42:15Speaker 2: I'm going to say this right now. ECU, you got
- 42:18Speaker 2: to run for more than 0.1 yards per carry.
- 42:20Speaker 5: And that's the thing is if ECU played Maine, we
- 42:26Speaker 5: don't think they would have beat the breaks off Maine.
- 42:28Speaker 5: Like if App State played Bama, we think they would
- 42:31Speaker 5: have held up against like, so it's really hard to
- 42:33Speaker 5: draw conclusions based off what we're saying.
- 42:36Speaker 2: I do know this.
- 42:37Speaker 5: I was listening to some of Steve Logan show. He
- 42:39Speaker 5: actually had Zoke on and those guys are going back
- 42:41Speaker 5: and forth. You are all over the state, man. You
- 42:44Speaker 5: are everywhere this week.
- 42:45Speaker 2: I was listening. I wasn't talking. Your ears are everywhere, man.
- 42:48Speaker 2: Your ears are everywhere, man. But I was listening.
- 42:49Speaker 5: And Steve Logan is like, you know, he's a big
- 42:51Speaker 5: offensive guy. You know, he was a great play caller.
- 42:55Speaker 5: And his whole thing is like Jordan Davis comes here
- 42:57Speaker 5: from North Texas, right? Comes from a great offense. He
- 43:01Speaker 5: says they weren't able to show us anything about their
- 43:03Speaker 5: offense identity. He said App State has the advantage of
- 43:07Speaker 5: they were able to go out there, accomplish things, and
- 43:09Speaker 5: run their offense. They come in feeling confident about their
- 43:11Speaker 5: offense and who they are. He says ECU's got to
- 43:13Speaker 5: show us something early in this game to show us
- 43:15Speaker 5: what they are offensively. So I know some Pirate fans,
- 43:18Speaker 5: even though what you said is true, you got blown
- 43:21Speaker 5: out in Tuscaloosa, so be it. Some Pirate fans are
- 43:23Speaker 5: a little uneasy, and then you throw in the fact
- 43:25Speaker 5: App has owned them lately.
- 43:28Speaker 3: Here's the concern for ECU. When you think of the
- 43:32Speaker 3: Pirates and when they've been at their best historically, Mac,
- 43:35Speaker 3: it usually involves a quarterback playing at a high level
- 43:38Speaker 3: from back in the day to Hauser. When ECU has
- 43:42Speaker 3: momentum as a program, Mac, a quarterback is usually at
- 43:46Speaker 3: the forefront of what's going on. Mitch Griffiths and Embry-Williams,
- 43:50Speaker 3: are they good enough– to get the Pirates where they
- 43:53Speaker 3: think they should be.
- 43:54Speaker 2: That, to me, I don't know.
- 43:56Speaker 3: They don't have that dynamic quarterback that normally we see
- 44:00Speaker 3: with ECU. They say, oh yeah, they've got great quarterback play.
- 44:03Speaker 3: That's what the fans love there. They love that offensive football.
- 44:06Speaker 3: I don't know if I trust either guy to maybe
- 44:08Speaker 3: get them as good as I thought they were. Although,
- 44:10Speaker 3: I expect them to bounce back tomorrow. Long-term, though, I
- 44:14Speaker 3: worry about that quarterback spot.
- 44:16Speaker 5: And I worry about it tomorrow. Is Mitch Griffiths good
- 44:19Speaker 5: enough to do what the last three starting quarterbacks in
- 44:22Speaker 5: this rivalry haven't been able to do? The app fans
- 44:25Speaker 5: are all over the text line. ECU fans are getting
- 44:29Speaker 5: demolished on the text line. I guess that makes sense.
- 44:31Speaker 5: I guess Charlotte probably has more app fans. fans than ECU. Um,
- 44:36Speaker 5: tell me if I'm wrong, pirate fans, App State, Zach, uh,
- 44:40Speaker 5: says let's, oh, he sent in a gift for a
- 44:43Speaker 5: meme or something. I can't really work with that, Boney.
- 44:46Speaker 5: I can't really work with that right there. Let's see
- 44:48Speaker 5: what else we have. The App State running game is
- 44:51Speaker 5: going to be an issue for ECU. PSL Smith says
- 44:57Speaker 5: about the only thing ECU and App fans have to
- 44:59Speaker 5: argue about is who gets the drunkest.
- 45:05Speaker 1: Hold on.
- 45:06Speaker 2: I feel like that's– no, one's drunk, one's high, right? Well,
- 45:11Speaker 2: knowing Ab, it's a combo of both. That's true. Let's
- 45:15Speaker 2: not shortchange the moonshine. I'm sorry, AppFans. I forgot to
- 45:20Speaker 2: give you credit. Did you just challenge AppFans to drink more? Oh, dude.
- 45:26Speaker 5: Anyway, Kylan Huntersville says, as a Hokie, I hated playing
- 45:29Speaker 5: ECU at ECU back in the 2000s. He says, I've
- 45:34Speaker 5: been to many college football atmospheres and stadiums, ECU, top five, tailgate.
- 45:39Speaker 2: As always, a great time, win or lose, you always booze.
- 45:43Speaker 6: I'm sorry.
- 45:44Speaker 2: That's good, man. They're unbeaten tailgating, aren't they? Put that
- 45:47Speaker 2: on a t-shirt. At that rowdy dowdy? They're unbeaten at tailgating. Oh, man.
- 45:53Speaker 5: I do want to say this, though, Bone, real quick.
- 45:55Speaker 5: I got a little heated at a MIT last segment.
- 45:59Speaker 5: Monroe Lara has told me that was very mean of me.
- 46:02Speaker 2: No, no, no, no. She says it is a MIT's
- 46:04Speaker 2: birthday week.
- 46:05Speaker 4: Oh.
- 46:06Speaker 2: And she says it's very mean of me. So a MIT.
- 46:09Speaker 5: I lost it there, man. Everybody was coming after me,
- 46:12Speaker 5: so I went off on you.
- 46:13Speaker 2: All right, man. Have a good birthday week, my friend. No,
- 46:17Speaker 2: the one rule of fighting the men is you don't
- 46:19Speaker 2: apologize to them, man. What are you doing? Just because you—
- 46:23Speaker 2: He'll have more birthdays.
- 46:26Speaker 5: Just because you bone will never doesn't mean I can't
- 46:32Speaker 5: say happy birthday to my man, Amit.
- 46:33Speaker 2: All right? Even though you pissed me off. What's next?
- 46:35Speaker 2: We're going to say something nice about Bebop when his
- 46:37Speaker 2: days come around?
- 46:37Speaker 3: No, that ain't coming. Let's not get carried away. Thank
- 46:39Speaker 3: God we come back. It's the days we crave. We
- 46:43Speaker 3: count down all year for this. Are we going to
- 46:45Speaker 3: Panther up? What are our final score predictions? It's the
- 46:49Speaker 3: last call for Panther Bears predictions for Sunday.
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