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Alabama has a new football coach, NFL Playoffs are here and much more · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

• Oh w RKS pickings Jackson, Hey, what do you say we singing driving song? There's not gonna be any singing around here. Real Sports on the Afternoon Drive with Jake Quimberly. Yeah, there's gonna be sweets all right here right now on ESPN one oh five point nine Zone and online at the Zone one O five nine dot com. Twelfth day of January twenty twenty four. Welcome in, Happy Friday. Let's go to the weekend. Let's get there. You got three hours here with us or thirty minutes or maybe you just change the channel right now. I have no idea, but hey, it is Friday. Welcome in, Catfish Friday, Fried Chicken Friday. Whatever you want? Uh? Did you eat either today fried chicken or catfish? I just had some fried chicken salad. That's it. So but you can get that at Martin's. You can get of course, Capitol Girl's got some great food. Also legends Sameri Star Casino. Get out and enjoyed today. It is Friday, brought to you by Mara Star Cassino. Get out and play, and of course get the bat Builder. We have Keith Harty thirty get his thoughts on the Alabama coaching search the new coach, Kaylen Debure, Kaylen Debuer? Is it d boor or Debure? Are we gonna? Am I gonna butcher this thing for the entirety that he's here. Oh yeah, you're gonna you mean continue? Oh okay, the boor Boor. I don't know why you're trying to be off Frenchy the last few days. Well, he just like a Frenchman, Kaylen Debia. So that's should I just continue to call him? That? Might as well? Yeah, Kaylen Debuer, we'll just call him that. That's his suedo name, Swato name yep. Across the haba, coming across down the Mason Dixon line somewhere. He's never been, never lived down here, never recruited down here. And guess what, that don't matter. A lot of people already trying to make correlations to Brian Harson at Auburn. But we'll get into that. 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All right, we'll have Jake Thompson on three dot com talking Ole miss We'll get his thoughts on Lane Kiffin' staying in Oxford. I don't think it was ever really an option. Don't think it was ever really an option. So Drew dearmone I got to give him props to this. And by the way, Bill King will join us national sports Talk radio at five fifteen. Keith Harty four thirty got to give Drew DeArmond prompts for this when he was on yesterday, and I'll have those interviews up, Beaver sent him today. I'll get him up during the show. After the interview, he texted me and he said, hey, look, here's what's going on. He said, you know, obviously there's some things I just don't want to say on the air. He said, from what he was told yesterday, Alabama, Greg Byrne, whoever the decision makers are, took a plane from Suscaloosa. First off was Houston, Texas. Demiko O Ryans. They did have that conversation. Demiko Ryans did not have interest in Alabama. He is interested in the NFL and what he's doing there. That's fair right now. This is all just what he's telling me, he said. Then they left and flew straight over hop jump to Austin, and you saw today Sarkesian pulled his name out, Norvel pulled his name out. Norvell was a thing too, by the way, earlier in the week, and sarks happy in Texas, his wife likes Austin, didn't want to move to Tuscalosive. Austin, Texas to tusk Closive is a difference. Then they flew to Washington and it was almost a done deal yesterday. So Kaylen de Boor Debueau is the new head football coach at Alabama. What is your thoughts, real quick thoughts on Kaylan? Oh, Kaylan, I think it's a good hire. But the problem has been this whole week is that no matter how good the names out there were, it's still just the simple fact that it's coming after Nick Saban. You so so couple that with you know, Alabama expectations and he wins ten games next year ten and two? Uh oh, not a good year out there. He lose two. That was always the problem, no matter how good the candidate that was available. You could have had Hardball and de Boor as co head coaches well following Nick Saban, though, that is true, and it's gonna take some It was gonna take somebody like Lane Kiffin that was brash and just didn't give a rip and you know, don't worry about that, or somebody like Kaylin de Boor who worked his way from the Naia into the Washington gig and then now in two years he gets an Alabama call and maybe in his mind he's like kind of riding on house money, right, come a long way, baby, come a long way. And if it doesn't work out, then I can do something else. But I'm gonna give this a shot because what if it does work and what if I can pull this off? Or if not, I'll go back the other way. Would you have took it? Yeah, hindsight's twenty twenty. If I was in Kaylyn de boreshoes, I probably would have. Let's see here, Buffalo, Chris. So, does this mean Will is going to be QB one at Bama? Don't know, don't know. There was a team meeting in Washington, per several reports about an hour ago. Already one player of defensive back in the transfer portal. It's a great question. Have no idea. You know. Another thing that I was told yesterday is that Jalen Milroe will likely be in the transfer portal because when you think about Jalen Milroe's skill set, Alabama was able to make that work. Kaylyn de Boor is not going to He is going to want to throw it. Michael Pennock's state fans like it or not, He had his choice in the portal. Well, Rogers was his choice. So that was his choice at Washington. That his choice to bring him with him or Will Will Will Will Hold serve in Washington. We'll see, we'll see. Gator Matt, don't bother learning how to pronounce his name because he won't be there after next year. So you got one shot, deal, all right. Several things to get into the nc double A is expected. Of course, the NCLA did penalize Florida State for NIOL related violations. I want to get into this later. This is a bunch of pockey uh poppycock crap stuff that the NCAA did here to Florida State. This is stupid, dumb in the n C double A. And I will tell you my theory on why I think the NCAA did this to Florida State. Also, Evan Stewart, the very talented Texas A and n wide receiver, is committed to Oregon. He has headed to Oregon. As Josh Pate said on those Florida State penalties, he said, there joke, no way, these people are serious. Nick Saban told Rhys Davis he with ESPN he is interested in twos after coaching one, finding parameters and building a framework for college football during this era of the transfer portal in NIL. Ultimately aiding the sport. That's one means he'd be a commissioner in college football. How about that two? Broadcasting in some capacity because he knows he's good at it. So Dick Saban said he liked to broadcast. He'd like to transform the game. As far as nil Cadillac Williams has resigned from his post at Auburn. That was effective yesterday. He is off two different things. He was the Tigers running back coach this past year, interim head coach when Brian Harson was fired a year and a half ago. If you remember Casey Thompson seven year college career, Casey Thompson Texas twenty eighteen to twenty twenty one, Nebraska twenty twenty two, FAU twenty twenty three, and his seventh year will be this year at Oklahoma, that's Casey Thompson. Also staying with the Knicks theme, the SEC teams that had zero wins versus Nick Sabn Arkansas was oh and seventeen against Nick saven Kentucky oh and six, Missouri oh and four, Vanderbilt oh and four Possum Nick Joe Rogers is going to have a tough time throwing for thirty five hundred yards in Tuscalooso. Why why would he do that? Why would he have a tough time? Joe, he was gonna do it at Washington. If he can do it at Washington, he should do it at Alabama. Why would he have a tough time? Talent's better at Alabama? That is it Washington. You look at me like I'm crazy. Well, no, I don't. I'm not saying you're crazy at all. I'd completely disagree with Joe. Joe's just dislike of Will Rogers takes over logic. But I don't know that we can definitively say he was gonna do it at Washington. I wouldn't say that. That's the only thing I was looking at you. Oh, not crazy though, That's not That's not what you were seeing in my eyes. I can never tell with your eyes. Never tell. Let us see here, dexter. If I tell you it's going to be ninety five degrees tomorrow and my sources are real. I knew this before the plane left Tuscaloosa. He sent us a text yesterday. I heard it scaling to boor good source. Would you turn around and look out the window and tell me who this mystery man? Is just staring at me. I have no idea who is that? I don't know. Why is there a man a man outside the window just staring daggers at me for like three minutes straight. I have no idea who that is. People. No, I don't like when Bill does it? Why would I want when a stranger does it? Well, let's take a time out. We may or may not be coming back. What brought to you? Actually? How we cry like relator seven six nine two two six three seven eight to two, Facebook dot com forward slash Ashley Howie relative on the Afternoon Drive as pure pleasures I have left in my life. Yeah, maybe you ought to get a life first. Okay one USBN one O five point nine in his own and live at his own one O five nine dot com. We're wroch you by Martin's Downtown. Get down and enjoy a beverage smickelob Ultra bud Light courtesy of Southern Beverage this afternoon of this weekend. Music this weekend, you can find it at Martin's Downtown Jason dot com and we're brought to you by Maristar Casino. Get out and play today. Jake Thompson on three dot Com coming up in the next segment. Thanks to LSU ten for swinging in and dropping off some good old deer sausage. BB. How about that fresh deer sausage. Yeah, so that's who the mystery man outside the window was. And then I turned out to b LSU ten and I kind of felt bad, but you know, when there's someone looking through the window, you don't know, kind of disconcerting. But god, that's awesome because I've been talking to LSU ten for so long and never met the man, so that's why I didn't know who was who it was. But that's awesome. LSU ten. If you're still listening, thank you, thank you, that's awesome. Thank you so much. Brot he's been talking about bringing that that stuff for a while. Yeah, we definitely appreciate that, sir, Thank you very much. Oh let's see here six hour one eight five three, seven seven six. That is the Cowboy. Miloenne's text line sun double Macy. Hearing the drive music on a Friday afternoon makes me, to quote Pete Carroll, freaking jacked. Don't get two jacked out there right. Oh. If he can do it in Starkville, he can do it in tuscal loose talk about Will Rogers. Of course he can question, is you know we won't know this until next week. How many guys are leaving Washington and what's gonna happen there. Let's get caught up on some of this other stuff here. Alabama wide receiver Isaiah Bond is in the transfer A portal jumped in two hours ago, So he is in the portal. He's not hanging around. Steve Sarkeesian again officially staying in Texas, saying just getting started with a Texas video on the Texas Longhorn Football X feed. Also, as Peter Burns put early, it's more to say, hey, if it wasn't going to be Kaylen de boor you better start getting nervous. Yeah, it's a good thing they closed that, because who would you have wan after then? Wasn't going to be Kiffin? You maybe headed back to nineteen ninety seven. Alabama Mike Norvel and Florida State have agreed to a new eight year contract that will pay him more than ten million a year. Sources tell y'all who's sport so Florida State is all in on Mike Norvel, even though Florida State is on probation, which again I that whole deal we'll get into. Yeah, Isaiah Bond, the leading wide receiver for Alabama this past year. He is in the transfer portal. And this is I think big news. Now. It could flop now, Beaver, this won't be big news to you because you never watched the first two. Top Gun three is happening. It was announced today. I don't know what they're gonna call it other than the Top Gun three. I'm excited about it, though, are you excited about it? It's time to watch the first two finally, So you got time now before the third one's out, watch the first one, then watch the second one. You could do that this weekend. By the way, are you gonna watch any of these playoff games this weekend? Yeah? It's not Top Gun and it's not the national or the National title game. Yeah, it's no longer top By the way, you're old. What do you mean you were done a long time ago? Get out of here with this Top Gun franchise. Let's see here. Klay Travis OutKick, says de Borgo in Alabama super successful at Washington. He says two questions he has one, how well can he recruit not getting not great at Washington so far, but it's Washington. Washington has lived around twenty five to thirty, so I think that's unfair to judge him on Washington recruiting. It's only been there two years. And by the way, he just played for a national championship. Travis says Sabin was a maniac recruiter, maniaco recruiter to highly handle the SEC fish Bowl monster culture change for him. Has never lived or coaching in the South. Does that matter? No, said the same thing about Brian Kelly, he won ten games two years in a row. Said the same thing about Nick Saban, came from Michigan State. Said the same thing about Les Miles, came from Oklahoma State up in that part of the world. Said the same thing about Urban Meyer. But a lot of people will say, oh, but look at what Brian Harson, what happened to him at Auburn. So what Dan Mullen's not from here worked out well for him until he decided to go over there. That dumpster fire Florida Gator program worked at Missippi State, Brown Hornet, Jake Sabin make Saban make make another jump to the NFL. Do you think he's going to the NFL. I don't think so. I mean, I guess anything's possible. Yeah, Isaiah Bond now is headed to Texas. That was quick left Alabama headed to Texas. So Steve Sarkisan gets Alabama's best receiver to go with the group of guys he's got over there. Yeah. Kayln de Boor courtesy of Brett McMurphy and Chris Lowe. They're working out the details on this deal, and of course Debor will have a home game against Georgia, Missouri and Auburn road games at Wisconsin, Tennessee, LSU, and Oklahoma. De Bor's final move Alabama owes Washington about twelve million dollars in the buyout. That, combined with the debors likely ten million dollar plus Sowy makes this an incredibly expensive move for the Crimson Tide. A commitment of nearly one hundred million dollars. It's a lot of money. There's a lot a lot of money. Of the top candidates, Kaylyn de Bor was five and zero versus Dan Landing at Oregon and Steve Spurrier or something. Steve Sarkasian Steve Spurrier with it come from Steve Sarkasian uh in his two seasons at Washington and Cincinnati. Defensive coordinator Brian Brown was named ole Miss's co defensive coordinator and secondary's coach. Brown is an ole Miss grad. And let's see about it. Well, this should be over now, Washington's team meeting, so we'll see what happens. Monkey's riding dogs. Dubs up? What does that mean? Oh? Dubs up? The w is anyway you can turn that down and turn it into an A or a whatever. Yeah, just take one away and turn it down. Which team did he lose to last year? Just curious? Well, if you go look at Washington last year, I think this is a fantastic hire for Alabama. By the way, I think it's a great hire. You're talking about a guy who has just really tore it up. Last year. They lost to Arizona stack eight on the road, forty five thirty eight, and they lost to UCLA. It was back to back losses Ucla on September thirtieth, forty to thirty two, and then they lost a shootout again two road games the eighth of October forty five to thirty eight against Arizona State. So that was the two losses six one eight nine, seven, one zero five nine one more notes here says over the ross Ellinger says, over the last two days, Washington officials have activated a search by vetting a pool of candidates for their coach. Sources tell yah who Sports, including off its coordinator Ryan Grubb. Grub passed on group of five head coaching opportunities as a cycle. If the bores deal, which it is now finalized, Huskies could promote him from within. Also, Alabama heavily pursued Mike Norvale. Florida State not only agreed to a new deal, but committed to a substantial increase in resources such as recruiting, budgets, et cetera. The schools in the midst of a four hundred and fifty million dollars upgrade to the stadium and football only operations center. All eyes now, uh, we'll focus on him there. And then, of course Kaylyn de Boor at Alabama Bama fan awesome higher by Greg Burn and Bama great fit. Look, the guy's hot. The guy's hot. He's the hottest name in football right now. Yes, Jim Harball won the national title, that's a big deal. But Kaylen de Boor is the biggest name we're brought to you or the biggest up and coming name, Ways Energy. Go to ways Energy dot com for great flavors to get your hands on over the weekend and as you move through the new year. And of course you can find him on Facebook dot com, forward slash Ways Energy. 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I appreciate you. Hey, look we'll talk a little basketball first. I want to talk to just a little football. I would assume, you know, early, anytime a job opening comes open, Ole Miss fans, especially a big one o Miss fans kind of shut one eye and look and see. I don't know that Lane Kiffin was ever a real candidate. We may know that at some point, we may not ever know it. You may know it and can't say it. But I would assume, at least today now that kelend Boor is the new head football coach at Alabama, Olys fans can breathe a little sigh of relief. Yeah, you know, I think even initially Wednesday afternoon, it's all popped, you know, Wednesday afternoon, when I was getting ready to head to the Tel Arena for the game against Florida and basketball. But you know, seeing the initial names had always come out immediately, you know, from national sources, which is usually from you know, the agent or agent depending on if it's not the same one kind of putting out names and feelers. You know, Kiffin's name was not on there. And you know, I know everybody has felt he is the heir apparent to the throne, regardless of what you know, other statement assistants may view that job as well. But his name didn't pop up on any short list. You know, initially it was Dan Lanning, Kaylen de Boor was on there. I think noravel initially Sarkesian was an obvious one as well, but Kiffin's name was never fully out there or fully you know, believed as an option. And you know, that was a little shock to me because I just expected that at least the names there, but he was never up there. He was he's been out recruiting, you know, just got back from his post, you know, seasoned vacation and had been out recruiting across the kind of the country, and uh continued to never shoot up the list, even when you know, Landing said no and start put that that video out and and Norvelle both of them got contract extensions and raises today and you know, as well as the lanes got scratched off, he still never shot up the list until uh, you know, it became official that he would not get it and the boar is getting it, and so yeah, I think it was it was a different search for this time around. There was a little panic, but the fans on the you know, lease of the message boards and some of the fan base wasn't as concerned as they would have been. Maybe FIST had been like a Florida type gig for whatever. You know, the reason may be, let's go around. We won't know it until you know, all this kind of plays out. But how does this shake up the SEC? I mean, if you look at Vegas odds, and that's just one way to look at it, Alabama dropped from you know, second in line behind Georgia to right there title miss curse if a mayor Stark Seo pen gaming at eleven to one, which is still really good od just to win the national title next year in your estimation, How does this shake up the SEC? You know, I think it makes Alabama. You know, they're still going to be considered Alabama until they're given reason for us to not view them in that same light, you know, next year or beyond. But you know, I think the SEC is maybe gettable. I know, you're adding Oklahoma in Texas. You're not just gonna sit there and go all right, it's Georgia and Alabama, and you know, everybody can pretend they're at it, but in the end, it will be those two back in Atlanta come December. I think, you know, Ole miss is considered up there. You know, obviously Missouri has a lot of momentum. The SEC is you know, I think it's got a handful of teams now to consider Texas obviously, because you know, they're getting Quinne Welrs back and they're still going to be very good from this run they made this year to the playoffs. But I think also it makes the SEC enticing is the twelve team playoff, the expanded playoff makes more SEC teams in play, so they're not just having to be like, all right, we got to be one or two. We got to get to Atlanta and see what happens to get into that four, that top four, because as we send this year going undefeated, that you know, really doesn't mean much if you're you know, looking at Florida State. So you've got to win as much as you can and look as good as you can uh to get in there. This, you know, from this fall on until it gets changed again. It's kind of anybody can get hot and get in that and for the school is like the old Misses and I think the Oregans, which is why Landing stated that this new this new setup plays well for them, uh that to kind of be that always a contender for one of it, to be one of those twelve teams. So I think odds were for all miss I mean they I think they're where they should be. It's you know, it's a new world and a new feeling for all miss fans heading into a football season in a few months of yeah, we got a new coach, let's see what happens. Oh we got a Sugar Bowl? Can we can we get to that again? As oh no, Now the world is talking about us being one of these blue bloods and title contenders for the whole thing. And so it's created some excitement and with Kiff and not really flirting with this job this week and are not even being a name and being shut down by others who would know more, you know, on the Alabama side of things, that it's caused optimism that this is a long term thing. It's not a twenty twenty four, whatever happens, and maybe he's here, he's not. This feels like this does feel like the start of something big, and the SEC title is obviously one of those initial goals on their on their board, fishing board, so to speak. Jake Thompson on three dot com on a Friday, talking about ole Miss football and the effects of Lane Kiffin standard ole Miss obviously and the new Alabama coach. One more football question as far as quin Shine Judkins of course going to Ohio State. Any word on possible portal guys or how that backfield might play out. I mean, I know spring practice obviously be extremely important and determining a lot of that. Yeah, you know, they got Mentley to announce he's staying that. They kind of got him kind of a new nil deal and got him to decide to come back from a year said of, you know, throwing his name in the NFL. Hat now give it one more season to college level. Then they signed or got Logan dig the LSU player to commit out of the portal. Now he's there's an injury question mark for him them and what that may pertain. It could be like I say, Kariy Franklin type issue of will he be effective or will he even play much at all? And then you've got Catcher Griscano of you know, the rising sophomore who was you know, a big name out of the signing class a year ago, and you know he got a lot of special teams reps. But he's going to be asked as well to you know, kick the tires on him. But the staff is still high on him, and you know that could be your three headed attack. But I do think they'll they'll look into portal continue to especially after the spring practice where at last that you know, that portal window opens up again and in May, at the end of the school year, to see if they can find one. You know, they'll always be looking for another running back just because I think you can't have enough players now because you don't know who's going to be here and who's not with the way the portal windows and these, you know, instead of Lakes changing these rulings on eligibility, let's shift over to basketball real quick. ReBs got a win, got back on track the other night against Florida one o three to eighty five. They will host Vanderbilts coming up tomorrow at noon and then and of course travel next Wednesday to LSU back to back road games coming up after the two game home stand against Florida and Vanderbilt at LSU at Auburn before coming back home and checking on Arkansas. Your thoughts on this team and able to rebound and and of course the league is you know, early two games in. We'll see what happens tomorrow, but this league looks like a lot of people have projected it's going to be extremely deep. All Miss one of those teams. Yeah, I think the top half or wherever that line of demarcation kind of ends. I think we'll know after a couple of weeks of play a league play where they had and have notts are, but you know, Ole Miss bounced back massively, needed to respond after that tough loss in Nuxville a week ago, did so, and maybe shocking fashion for a lot of people. I mean, scored one hundred plus points, most points scored in the pavilion and their new home, you know, and kept Florida and check it was up by twenty, you know, a good chunk of the game, especially in the second half when they went on that fifty nine point run, those those final twenty minutes and put themselves back on track, you know, feeling better, feeling good, and you know they needed to with which they did, because you've got a winnable game tomorrow against the Bardoner Belt that's just down this year, just not doing great under Stackhouse this season. And you got to know the Shoe team that was not great during non conference play didn't look great. And now, of course you look up to see the two and zero, but those wins are against said Vanderbilt and an A and M team that doesn't seem to know it's identity and doesn't seem to have a consistent you know course right now, so it's kind of a gettable team at the moment. So they got two early wins as well. But I feel like Ole Miss, you know, it should be favored obviously, it's heavily favorite tomorrow and should be Wednesday, And if they could get to three and one, I think, you know, then next Saturday at Auburn, that's gonna be a kind of their first second or first true test post Tennessee to kind of see where they are. But you know, if they can get three and one early, keep racking up those wins, they're firmly in the projections for the tournament, which I think is a tremendous credits and what he's been able to do with the players who stayed in Morrell and Breakfield and mixing in these new kids jal and Murray, Brandon, Murray, se Say and Sharp is too big. They've been able to produce points higher pace. And then we've seen it all MISS a few years, and I think there's a chance that you could see for the first time both teams, both programs dancing in the SA Tournament in the same season, which has not happened at all. Miss. Neither of the men is nor women have made the postseason in the same year together. Jake toom so make sure to find him on on three dot com also on x as well. Jake, I appreciate your time on a Friday, look, enjoy the weekend and we'll do it again very soon. Thanks Jake, Thanks for having me back on. You'll have a good weekend. You tube appreciate it. Same to you. 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All right, let's see here six O one eight eight, five three, seven seven six. That is the Cowboy Meloenne's text line. Dana Squez says that Will Rogers cannot catch a break. Well, we'll see what happens. I mean, it may end up he stays at Washington and has a great year and they win eight nine balgains. You just have no idea me end up at Alabama. There's no who knows, who knows man's playing. Said the same thing about Joe Morehead. A wait, yeah, but you're pick you guys are picking like Joe Morehead, Brian Harson. That's two that didn't work. And for the two in the northeast or the midwest or this not from south of the Mason Dixon line that worked, I'll give you about ten that did work. Can we say that those people that are doing this are glass half empty guys? But now Morehead was this is a different situation altogether. Morehead was, what, Okay, he's head coach of Fordham, Fordham, Fordham or one of them. I think it was Fordham, Get out of here. And then he was an offensive coordinator at penn State, not not the head completely different. This is a man who just came off a national championship, and it's not like they just you know, hey, this is not his only year of experience was kind of good before then coached Pennix. I mean, a whole different situation compared to a man that was at Fordham, that's right, And was the oc at Indiana or Tom Allen when Pennix was there and he had a big year of that year, Jam, Jake, try again. Washington's only loss was to Michigan, the champ in the championship game. Well, Jam, he said, last year, not this year. How many losses? Last year? Res Dog won in the championship game his first year? Last year, he said, last year. Last year was twenty twenty three, because you we're in a whole new offseason now. Last year was twenty twenty three seasons. Technically yes, technically yes, Red Dog Ryan Grubb to head coach, Will Rogers to oc AT Washington. All right, let's see here what the notes here. Let's see on the Boar one hundred and four and twelve overall record, two time pack twelve, Coach of the Year three and over versus Dan Lanning two and oversus Steve Starkeysan two and oh versus Lincoln Riley. It's a good resume. Let's see the boor is also won eleven games or more and seven of his nine seasons as the head coach. And I think about that, yeah, But nothing to down here in SEC. So what league's water down? Anyway you think, uh, eleven wins. I think Alabama fans would be happy with eleven wins in his first year. If he makes to the college football playoff plays for the Southeastern Conference championship, I think I think they would take that. All right, we got some NFL news, breaking news, bab did you see this about kayleb Williams. You're gonna love this. You're gonna want to respond to this. Caleb Williams wants assurance the Bears will be trading the first overall pick before declaring for the NFL Draft. Williams and his camp have no interest in playing in Chicago and want assurances that they will be trading before he says yes, I tell this guy to take a hike. Dude, you're not even in the league. And I know that some of this has happened before, but this guy has gone way overboard. All these assurances part ownership of a team. It's not the WWE What are we doing? What is he doing? I don't know who this guy in his camp. God always hate that term, by the way, no matter who it is, who's in your camp? Camp? Camp? You know this is I'm trying to remember, well, the last thing we heard was his dad, Carl, who also doesn't need to be speaking. Oh Carl, before that, what was it about? Oh, there was the rumor that he might want a stake in a team. Man. You know, sometimes you hear something and it really just makes you want to root for someone to fail. I really wanted this kid to fail so bad. Now, but here's the thing. It's so ridiculous. No, none of these gms, none of these owners in the NFL. Well, I won't say none, but the people at the top, there's no balls there that are going to go against this kid. So he's still gonna be a top three pick. That. This is absurd. This is pathetic, is what this is. Do you remember this guy has Unreally, I mean, this is real. This is bad for him. I feel sorry for him in a lot of ways because he's getting a lot of bad advice. Do you remember in May of last year, twenty twenty three, he didn't to play for the Cardinals. Now I didn't want to play for the Bears. Who the hell does he want to play for? Dude, you are gonna be a number one pick. You're gonna play for a bad team. You're gonna play for a bad team. That's the way the thing works. Don't want to play for the Cardinals? Now I didn't want to play for the Bears. Who does he want to play for? He want want to go hang out with Taylor Swift in Kansas City. Yeah you think that what some? Okay? Well? Yeah, where do you think? Like? That's? I just I can't even wrap my brain around this because he's trying to change the whole system, the nerve of the gall Do you think that you should be the one to try to change the system? Should change for it's not happening. Wait, number one team is the worst in the league. That's why they're the number one pick. Yeah. I'm sitting there looking back at articles Back in May, Cayler Williams refuses to play for Arizona. Now he's refusing to play for Chicago and wants assurances. Let me tell you the only assurance he's gonna get if he keeps going on his path, he will not be in the league in three years. It's not gonna happen. He'll have to go to play in Canada. Gator Matt, he says. Kaylin de Boor is Jim mcilwaine reincarnated Jim mcilwaine resdog the board, don't know how to play no defense in the sec the real Eric. If the news of Saban keeping an office in the facility is true, there will be friction. Alabama will have six wins this season coming up well, I mean supposedly, courtesy of several reports, he is going to be in the building, Bieber. Does that cause friction? Give me this again? Sorry over here talking? Oh it's okay. Nick Saban in the building with an office. Does that cause friction with Kaylin de Boor? I don't know why why it would? I mean it could be a little bit like John Cohen allegedly meddling in the Mississippi State football program as athletics director of football program baseball program early in his career. I mean, what if Sabans just decides he gets bored, he wants to go hang out at practice, just watch everything, stand there by the boor and just give his opinion all the time. I don't know, I don't know. Saban's that kind of guy. He's classier than that. Well he's classy, but that's his program. Okay. That may be just like if you decide, well, that's a bad analogy chief shooting Bull. I think Carl made sure somehow got the extra nice travel Ball Championship ring probably did possile neck. Joe Jaken beeve if things ever get tough, I'm always in y'all's camp. Joe, you are a gentleman and a scholar, and I appreciate that, Joe, and we're in your camp. But wait a minute, I am beaver. Are you and Joe's camp if things get tough? Unnamed Texter didn't Eli do the same thing as Williams is attempting to do? Eli? Basically, yes, in a short version, Yes, but it was for the first pick. He just didn't want to go play for the San Diego Chargers. He didn't want to play for the Chargers. The difference here is Caleb Williams has said, now two teams and he wants half a stake in a in a league franchise. That's a little bit different. He said no to the Cardinals, and Nice said no to the Bears. It's like like, do you where do you want to go? What do you want to do? Oh? And I want fifty percent of a team or twenty five percent of the team. None of that's practical. None of it. 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Keith Hardy will join us coming up at four thirty as we'll jump into the NFL action coming up this weekend and see what's happening six one eight, eight, five, three seven seven six. That is the couplo Maloney's text line, And of course you can hit us up on the Malone roofing Carl line six or one nine nine five one zero five to nine. Oh, let's see here. Now there is one guy out here that's saying Cliff Kingsbury could be the next Washington head football coach. I don't know how that makes you feel. All right, let's see here the real Eric. I see Sabin being Philip Former. Wow, I don't know that he's Philip Former. Maybe we'll see dB. Caleb is going to f around and find out with this nonsense. It's not like he's a generational talent. I wouldn't touch him with one hundred foot pole, dB, I'm not sure I would either possum nicking or possum and a gunbush reference to Sabin hanging around from time to time, let's say, oh, it could be like Chris Brooks snooping around over there for hours and tim I remember how he got punched by Utah and their QB in twenty twenty. Are punked by Utah and the QB in twenty twenty two. All right, let's see here. Yeah, Washington defensive back Michelle Powell has entered the transfer portal. Thirty eight tackles, three interceptions this past year, started every game for the Huskies. He is in the portal. And let's see here. If there's any other quote unquote breaking news, let's see here. I think right now we're caught up. We're caught up. All right, let me move forward. NFL head coaching tracker, so Bb, what do you think about the new New England Patriots head football coach? Now that we get Tower two, we can talk about that. As the New England Patriots have a new football coach, they promote from within. There's still several, obviously, programs that are looking for their head coach. As the New England Patriots have hired Gerrod Mayo to replace Bill Belichick. He is a lifer there, played football for the New England Patriots assistant under Bill Belichick. He will take over. Now. They're still the Carolina Panthers, the Las Vegas Raiders, the Los Angeles Chargers, all of whom fired head coaches mid season. Then there are the Atlanta Falcons, who fired Arthur Smith on Sunday Sunday evening just after midnight, the Washington Commanders, who moved on from Ron Riviera on Monday, and the Tennessee Titans, who parted ways with Mike Rabel on Tuesday. The Raiders. The Raiders fired Josh McDaniel on Halloween after a three and five start. He went nine and sixteen in two seasons as the Raiders head coach. McDaniels reportedly lost the locker room as his players ripped into the leadership approach. Las Vegas went five and four underd linebackers in interim head coach Antonio Pears to finish the season eight to nine. Their fifteen point nine points per game allowed from week's nine to eighteen under Pierce ranked as the fewest in the NFL. So we'll see if there's any other head coaches that are named over the weekend. Do you still think Jim Harball is going to the NFL? I think he probably will. I could see him that. I mean to look, it could happen this weekend. Some of these teams obviously aren't playing that need coaches. They're courting people that could absolutely happen. Is this a private message from rezdger to you or public, Oh that's to me. Okay, I'm old enough to remember a certain Manning dictating who would he would play four out of college? What a douche? So is it the same Kayleb Williams and Eli Manning? No, I don't think so. I didn't like it when Eli Manning did it. I I don't like any of when these punks do this, like John Elway, even though before time I always heard the stories of that. But he threatened to go play baseball. And then Eli Manning. Yeah, I thought that was, as res Dog says, a pretty douchey move. But this, this is different because with Eli Manning there wasn't a pattern. There is a pattern here where we see Caleb Williams. I basically basically think he's trash right now, disgusting, trash person, garbage child. Because let's go back to what Tim just referenced, that Utah game. That's when we first started seeing that Caleb Williams is kind of trashy as a person because that's where he put the he painted his nails. Remember he painted the F word yep on four fingers of one hand and Utah when they were going to play that Utah game, and that's what Tim references. And then they went in there and Utah destroyed them. That's when it started. And then it just keep adding up with all these stories. He really does and you're you're not, you're coming out of the Who was it that says he's not a generational talent. Somebody on the text sign said he's not a generation I think it was dB said he's not a generational talent. Yeah, because he's not. He's not. He's a really really good college quarterback. But we have seen all kinds of really good quarterbacks happen. You're not that, man, No, And we typically what we see is when guys, and not just in football but in any sport, if they're more focused on where they're going and what they're getting, and obviously all that is important, but if that's the main focus, they do, what flame they flame? Let's see here, jam Jake, the Manning deal was way way different. It wasn't that he wouldn't play for San Diego. It was the general manager, the GM Archie did not like it at all. That that is true, That is absolutely true, all right. Prices for the Dolphins Chiefs games are plummeting like the temperature. Saturday's game between the Chiefs and the Dolphins has the makings of a pretty solid contest on paper. After all, you've got a couple of stellar quarterbacks in the form of Patrick Mahomes and two Tangovloa, as well as the best offense in the NFL going up against the second ranked defense. However, one storyline has risen above the pack in the lead up to the game, the weather. There's a chance the Chiefs Dolphins game that it ends up participating in the coldest game in NFL history. When everything is said and done, the temperature is expected to be around zero degrees fahrenheit with a windshill of minus twenty five when the game kicks off, and it's very likely conditions will only get worse throughout the evening or as it progresses. That's not great news for the Dolphins based on how the team is fared in frigid weather. Yeah, I'm going to tell you if Dolphins are done. And while the Chiefs will theoretically have home fund advantage on their side, you have to wonder how many fans will actually take the trip to Arrowhead to brave the elements based on how ticket prices are currently trending, it's very hard to imagine we're going to be treated to a pack crowd. You could grab a seat as low as ninety dollars if you were shopping on the secondary market on Monday, and prices only continue to slide from there. The cheapest seats, we're going as low as sixty nine dollars by Wednesday. And as this, Arthur says, I'm riding this, the bottom has dropped down to forty bucks. So yeah, you can get a ticket now for about forty dollars to this game. Would you if you were just thirty minutes from the stadium, you were going to be in Kansas City, would you pay forty bucks to go sit in zero degree temperature with minus twenty five windshield? Yeah, but I guarantee you I wouldn't make it through the whole game. I'd go in just to watch a little bit. Because it's an NFL playoff game. Yeah, I'd go check that out. But here's now. You know, we assume that the Dolphins are going to lose, and yeah, I really think they are because the weather will be the main factor here against Miami. But think about this during during great conditions, Chiefs receivers couldn't catch the ball. Does that come into play when the ball as hard as a rock? Now? I think absolutely the Chiefs two, I think absolutely it does. Let's see here. Stephen A. Smith said he felt like Dion Sanders was the best choice for Alabama for what it's worth, and Alabama head coach search becomes clear after two more candidates drop drop out. Of course, we know now it's going to be or it is Kalyn de bore six one eight nine seven one zero five nine. Let's say Philip. The reason Eli Manning and his family said they won't play for San Diego they wanted one of the AFC and one in the NFC so they would have a chance for the Mannings versus Manning Super Bowl. I think that is true. I think I do remember that. And Buffalo Chris Miami is going to win that game. How do you think Miamy's gonna win the game? I don't think so. Yeah, I don't think so either. Do you know fans are now I'm sitting here looking at some of these headlines, fans are actually calling for them to move this game, Dolphins Chiefs. Yeah, fans are actually calling for the NFL to move the ballgame, and I'll get into that. Six one eight nine seven one zero five nine. We are brought to you by Clinton Body Shop. They are OEM factory certified. Your family safety and your car's value matters at Clinton Body Shop sixer one nine two four two one five nine Clinton and Enrich Free good Afternoons. Afternoon, Welcome back to the Afternoon Drive Quiverly where he's talking about anything and everything that mississippis spoiling. No great afternoon right here on ESPN one oh five point nine in the Zone and gone wine worldwide on the Zone one oh five nine dot com. 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Packers Cowboys on Sunday at three point thirty. Cowboys are seven point favorite. Fifteen and a half is the total, and the Rams at Detroit Sunday night. Detroit's a three point favorite in the Matthew Stafford Bowl fifty one and a half, and Monday night, Philly is a three point favorite on the road against Tampa Bay forty three and a half. Is there one of those games where if there was an upset beav which one would you be most shocked over the weeken which ones? Just out of Brown's Texans? If all the Dogs won, if Cleveland, or excuse me, if Texans won at home, if the Dolphins won on the road, if the Steelers beat the Bills, Packers beat the Cowboys, Rams beat the Lions, or the Bucks beat the Eagles. I would say Packers beating the Cowboys would surprise me the most. Would Mike McCarthy get fired for that? No, Jerry Jones, not that you can trust anything the man says. But it was on a radio show. I think it was just yesterday. He was talking about Mike McCarthy's got a year left on his contract. So basically, why are we even talking about it? Because you're Jerry Jones and we just don't know what he's thinking or what he's going to do. Carlos wants to know if Taylor Swift is going to be at the game. Carlos, dude, can we have one show where she's not mentioned. She'll probably be there. I'm sure she will. Although there's trouble in Paradise. According to reports, Uh oh kay, true because according to reports, Twavis snapped at on Christmas Day because he lost a game. Oh no, yeah, reports that he was all mad and he snapped at her, and she just she was just in fear the few days leading up to the to his game on New Year's Day because she was worried that he might snap at her again and the relationship was gonna suffer. I told you from the beginning, I says to you, Look, one day, this man's gonna hit her. This man is gonna hurt this woman. And I'm not laughing at domestic violensisi. No, no, it's not. It's not funny. But it's just the vibe I get. The vibe is what I get from Travis Kelce, Georgia. Still three and a half to one on the odds to see where Alabama has fallen to or as it moved in more today, because it did move. They were number two at I think four to one or four and a half to one. They're down now to eleven to one as of yesterday, still at eleven to one. Right there with all miss at eleven to one. To win the national championship next year Texas ten to one, Oregon seven to one, in Ohio State six to one. Right by Miss is LSU at fourteen to one, Michigan the defending champions at fourteen to one, Notre Dame fourteen to one, and then Clemson at twenty to one, Florida State twenty to one, Penn State twenty to one, and then Tennessee, Texas A and m USC at thirty to one. So that's your and after that you get well on out there. Oklahoma forty five to one, Auburn fifty to one. Dexter, Travis and Taylor had about as much a chance as the hot Popeyes. I just ate already gone. I still say it was a sigh out possum Nick joe Hey, Cayler Williams to meet Ryan Leaf very well could be and boding dog. No, we aren't laughing about that. It was just that these two, the way they spar That's all we're doing, not making fun of that. All right, let's see here, let me make sure on the notes over here that the Ohio State running back Travon Henderson will return next season. So you're gonna have Travion Henderson. This is interesting. You're gonna have Travion Henderson in the backfield at Ohio State and Quinshin Judkins. And if you go look at Travion Henderson, I mean, all of a sudden, this Ohio State team looks like it could be trending in the right direction after some pillage of sorts in the transfer portal. But Travion Henderson, who was a nine hundred yard back eleven touchdowns, is back. He will join Quenshin Judkins will join him in that backfield. So you've got basically right out a thousand yard rusher coming back in Travion Henderson, and you've got a eleven hundred yard back in Quenshine Judkins. So that's gonna be a big one two punch. Let's got a space ghost, space ghost. Welcome him. Welcome to Friday, gentlemen. How about it? Got a question, since we talked about it or out of text yesterday and mentioned something about what would happen if Deborg goes to Alabama? What do you think about Will Rogers as well? It happened, So since you're close with the fam, any word on what he's doing. Nothing, nothing official. No, that's it's way too early to know. So he'll have thirty days as of today to decide that is correct. Okay, yep, thirty days. All players, yeah, all players on teams or coaches lead, they got thirty days. I did see the eyeballs of that eight point buck last night, by the way, hearing me to death. What color? What color were they? Greenish? Brown? Kind? Of Hazel very good. The uh, y'all be careful on Monday Tuesday, it's gonna be nasty. I think, yeah, it's supposed to be. Be pretty lucky. I have a good weekend. I mean, yeah, you too. See you. Let's go to get your Matt Matt Happy Friday. So I guess you probably won't work on Monday or Tuesday. No, I'm gonna convenient for you. I'm gonna be here, are you. Yeah, we'll be here four to six. I've got uh a little thing to do there, but I'll be here at four o'clock. Okay. I thought maybe you'd do it remotely like your brothren in the morning. Maybe do it from your doc No, overlooking the water. We're gonna stay away from all that. Hey, can I can I lose a little bit of credibility with you? I'm sure? Go ahead, man. I actually sat down and I paid nineteen eighty nine and people, you're gonna love it. I sat down with my wife and my two oldest kids, my daughters, and I watched that Taylor Swift concert. Jake, have you seen it? No, it's not bad, really, it is not bad. I mean, you know, how can I mean let's be honest. I mean, how can like six billion people be wrong? I mean, good Lord, she's bigger than Elvis. It wasn't bad, it wasn't terrible, But I hate to hear that about her in for a Travis or Trevor who she didn't whoever, Kelsey, hear that, listen, Kellen Bore. I'll be honest with you. I have no clue how that's going to turn out. It could it could be a home run, or it could be another horse. We'll find out. I'm fascinated. I can't wait till next season. We've got to go to nine ten confer. I don't care any more football. See you see ya? Six are one eight nine seven one zero five nine. We are brought to you by the MHSA officially become official today with the MHSA. I'm not getting off yet. I'm not getting off yet. I'm just doing to read here. Six are one nine two four six four zero zero Beaver space and by SSHSA dot com. As we'll have the twenty twenty four MHSA Basketball Championships coming up here in a few months. Let's see here. Stay grad ninety eight. Text me the phone number, please, Okay, we'll get that to you and real name texture after the breakup. Taylor Swift may go to may Go Atlantis mooresett on the next album JC Gator Matt liking the Taylor Swift concert confirms everything I've ever believed about him. When was this thing on, Beavin? Did you watch this thing, this Taylor Swift concert Matt spoke about. Oh, it's on, Well, it's on your streaming devices. No, it was in the movie theaters last fall. Oh okay, okay, okay. Brooks e Macjack. Ohio State trying to convince a running back to be a backup will be a must see. Well, I mean, there's enough carries on the board. I mean I think Ohio State's going more physical. If you look at what they're doing. They've got Judkins now Trevion Henderson, and they've got a mobile quarterback, a pretty darn good quarterback coming in from Kansas State. So it looks like they're going to go more physical in their approach. Pee Lee Bama hire is big surprise. Washington had a slew of good coaches in recent years. Though. All right, let's see here one more note before we do take the actual break. Beaver's gonna jump over this thing one day, Brooks, You're gonna have to get here. Beaver wants to beat me up. I'm so used to you doing that, though. What now, I don't take early breaks often. What are you talking about? We got a window there. I just try to stay in that window. See, I don't have that exit music like Chris always liked. Didn't Chris? He had to have it. Oh, he insisted on the music. Yeah, the ends and at the intro and outro music. Uh. The Alabama schedule Kaylin de boor Western Kentucky to kick it off, South Florida, at Wisconsin, Georgia, That's when it really gets real. At Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, at LSU Mercer at Oklahoma and Auburn. We do have to take a time out. We'll come back. Keith Hardie will join us from a Maristar. Okay, we're back. I'm ready. 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So yeah, I'm very interested in this Ohio State roster that's starting to take form, really interested in it because of the running back room that they're going to have and the act that you know. Obviously their quarterback moved on headed to Syracuse and they picked up I believe Will Howard. Let me make sure that I got that right. Make sure I got that right. I believe I did. Yeah, Will Howard is going to be the quarterback from Kansas State. And you look at Will Howard. He's a guy that throw twenty four touchdowns, ten interceptions, twenty six and forty three yards, completed sixty one percent of his passes. This will be his only year there, and he rushed for three hundred and fifty one yards and nine touchdowns. So I think it's going to be a new look Ohio State team. It looks like they're focusing more on the power game. I mean, obviously they've become more of a finesse team over the last few years. I mean they could still run the ball, but with Will Howard and now two big running backs in that backfield, I think that's going to be a very formidable opponent. And you see why Vegas has them now right there at the second or third best side and on the book that you look at. Keith Hardy on your radio courtesy of Ameriic Star Cassino. Okay, Keith on Friday, Keith, welcome in, sir. How you doing, Jake Wimberley, my man, Thanks for having me on. Man. Absolutely always good to get you on. I hope you're having a good new year. We'll get into these NFL playoffs. But what was your thoughts when you heard Nick Saban was retiring and now Alabama with a new football coach. Man, Wow, you know, I you know, we knew it was coming. You know, what a great career, you know, and it's probably time because the college football is about to go through some even bigger changes. Right, It's been changing and now it's going to change even more. And I think he's saying, you know, I've had a guy, you know what I thought was kind of cool or I don't know if it's irony, but how him and Belichick both went out at the same time. Yeah, and Pete Carroll about a day before that. I don't know if Pete Carroll's was my choice though, that is true, right, yeah, but yeah, yeah, right, I know, end of an era there. You know, some great coaches, you know, with you know, Belichick and and they've been always be tied together from the Cleveland days. How they went on after that do great things. I mean, these guys weren't good coaches, they're great coaches and definitely the end of era. I do like the Patriots too, higher though Jared Mao, right, former Patriot. I've been with the team for the past few years, so so you know that that's pretty cool. But yeah, yeah, man Indovin era, Jake, it is yeah. And I like the Patriots high too. I mean there is a quote unquote Patriot brand. He understands it. I just think the game may have slipped by Bill Belichick. And you go younger, go with a guy who understands the program. Have we gotten to Wildcard? Super Wildcard weekend coming up this weekend? Starting tomorrow? You got two games, three on Sunday, one on Monday. Let's talk through some of these games. You got the Browns at the text and you can play all these at a Meristar grab the bat builder. Cleveland minus two against Houston as C. J. Stroud looks to trying to get a playoff win here, also the Browns do as well. Who do you like in this ball game? Man? This is tough gee, you know, I mean, Cleveland's been you know, they've been playing really good with Flaco and that defense is incredible. And Stroud what a story, you know, Rookie of the Year, no doubt. But I'm gonna take the two. I'm actually moving it. You know how we can you know down here you can move the point spread. I'm moving it up to four, Jake, and I'm gonna I'm gonna take the Texans. I it's but I think it's a nail bier and it's gonna come down to a field goal at the end either way, and that'd be in the case I'll take. I'll take a couple of points. Keith. We could have the coldest NFL game on record when the Dolphins take on the Chiefs Saturday night at seven pm. The Dolphins are a four and a half point dog totals at forty four. I don't think, I mean Miami could win the game. I just you know, these games don't ever pan out well for the offense, going from South Florid in the cold weather and you're talking about win child minus twenty five. Tickets are now forty bucks apiece on the secondary market. This is there may not be ten people at this game. Well, you know the Mafia is gonna show out. Oh no, I'm sorry not. I'm thinking of the other game that's gonna be real cold. Yeah, Buffalo game Camp City. Yeah, I know right now. Tua from Hawaii play in Alabama, right, warm weather guy. But he went into Buffalo last year in December and they had a foot of snow. They didn't win the game. Buffalo won the game if I remember right, but I don't remember to having a bad game. I still think, though Kansas City is gonna edge him out in this one. I think it'll be a tough one. I you know, i'm litero at four and a half. You know, if I were playing this game, I might move it down to three. I could see there are two and a half. I see this being a field. I think Miami can stay in it because you know, Kan's City is shown state. They've struggled to score. But I kind of liked them at home to win the game. But I'm a little deary. I'll tell you what, though, I'm all over the under on that one. Give me under forty four all day now. I think you're right on that. Definitely under forty four. Steelers at the Bills the other cold the game you're talking about. They're talking about moving this game maybe to another location. Sunday twelve o'clock kick the Bills are nine and a half point favorite totlet just thirty three and a half. Who you gotta like the under? You know, it started out at like thirty six or thirty five and a half, and it's going down that's you're the first I've heard about it moving to another site. I don't know what the MAFI is gonna think about that one. Uh, you know, let's tell Buffalo Chris that I'm backing his bill. Buffalo Chris sent me a text message. He's a he's a fan of the show. You know that he was listening in and I know he's listening. Now. I'm letting Buffalo Chris though, I'm back in the Bills and the under and that one. Keith, when you look at some of the other games that we got going on, you got the Packers at the Cowboys. Anyway, the Boys lose this, they're minus seven favorite by a touchdown fifty and a half. Well, don't they find a way to blow it in the playoffs typically? That is? You know, so, I but I think you know, you know the Young Love. It is the first playoff game for Love, right, and so you know, I gotta lean towards the Cowboys in this one. I think maybe in the next round, you know, they blow it. But I like the Cowboys in this one. See Keith Harty on your radio a Meerstar Casino, get out and visit with him. As it is NFL Wildcar Weekend Sunday, seven pm The Rams at the Lions the Stafford Bowl Lions or a three point favorite total fifty one and a half should be a really good game, this one. Are you kidding me? You know? The playoffs are always great, but this one You've got two quarterbacks going against former teams, and you know the storylines in this one, and ken Detroit get over the hump that they haven't been in the playoff. You know, won a playoff game in forever. I'm like in the Rams, though, you know, I'll this is another one. I think he'll be close. Give me the points. You know, I'm a big fan of the Dogs. Another one I might. I might add a hook to that one, you know, Jake. Don't get me wrong. Detroit could definitely win this game, but you know that that past the game the Rams have is pretty tough. I'm I'm gonna take the three points in that one, Jake, But I think this is definitely an exciting game. I'm really psyched for this one. But I'm gonna go Rams plus three and a half. And the final one on Monday night seven to fifteen, Kick Eagles at the Bucks. The Bucks are three point dog at home total forty three and a half. Jalen Hurts still nursing a finger. Yeah, it's tough. You know, Philly, what happened? What they start off ten and one or something, and they just man just been going down and things just don't look good for them. A. J. Brown's questionable. They've got a lot of injuries, and then you know Baker's nursing some rib injury. They didn't put up a lot of points last week. I don't get with that game. Was was it nine nothing or something? I mean it was you know, I like, I'll take the points in this one again. I'm grabbing the three. I might move it to three and a half and another under for me in that one, Jake, Although you know you'd think over with the way Philly's defense has been so poorous, But I'm thinking this will be a tight game coming down to a field goal either way, and I'm going with Tampa Bay putting a hook on it, though, Jake gonna make it three and a half. I like it. Keith, tell aybody else what's going on down there this weekend? Well, Jake, you know, it's not just sports betting. It's sports betting at a Marista man. You know, great people, Number one, great people, lots of fun at the Bottleneck Blues Bar. If you're looking for a bite to eat, we got four great venues. You know, Bellas is great for burgers and pizza and wings. And then if you're looking for it all you can eat buffet, we got the Heritage Buffet and hey, how about a steak dinner there's bourbon. Looking for something, We've got Asian cuisine going down at the Red Loaded and of course Black Deck baka ob Craps, roulette, all your favorite slid video poker, live poker right here next to the end zone. And when you come down to the end zone, we'll help. If you've got questions, we've got answers. We'll put the bet builder on your phone. We'll show you all the different bets that you can make. You know, it's not just who's gonna win or lose or what the old runner is gonna be, but it's about you know, win margin or player props, so futures, grab yourself a future right now too. So always a good time down here in the Mariston. And if you come down this weekend and you come up and you say playoffs, you gotta say it like that, So you gotta say it like Bori. You gotta say it playoffs. Well, guess what I got some Saints memorabilia for you or an adult bevy on me. What do you think of that? Jake? I think that's great. I think that's great. 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When you need a win, we appreciate Keith Hardy jumping in talking sports gaming courtesy if a maristars Seene'll get down say the word playoffs in the Jim Mora voice or try to and you'll get a free beverage on the house piglobultra bud like courtesy of Southern Beverage. More there as well. Of course, grabbed some swag Saints swag as well. Six or one eight nine seven one zero five nine. That is the Malone roofing KLINI will have Bill King coming up here at about twenty five thirty minutes talking some college football with Bill King. Let's see here Brooksy mac Jack on the Cowboy. Maloney's text line. Debr's sec introduction is hosting Georgia. That's must see TV. Yeah, there's no doubt about it. I mean, when you're talking about that's that's gonna be of course anytime Bam and Georgia get together. It's big and of course there'll be a lot of storylines about Nick Saban out, Kirby Smart and Kaylin. Can we call on Kaylen? It's gonna call him Kaylen? Is that bad calling ba his first name? You're talking about Dubor. Yeah, he's just gonna call him Kaitln. Well, coach k oh, I don't know about that one. It's always sacrilegious. Yeah, maybe coach Kayley to some at least if they start losing, we'll call him Kaylee. M No doubt about it. True, Maroon, move the game to the Saint Stadium. They aren't using it talking about the Dolphins game. All right, let's see here. Did you have something on the phones we need to get to Are you good? Okay? What in the world? Oh okay, let's see here. You know, the Nick Saban statue is right there on campus, on the campus of Alabama, outside of the football stadium with a lot of the other statues that are there bear Bryant Jeans stallings. If you ever get through there, if you've never seen it, you ought to go by there and check it out, right outside of the stadium. Really nice area. All the history there for Alabama. Well, here's some of the weirdest things. You know. People left a bunch of stuff out and did you see it, almost like he had passed away, like a visual of sorts, and some of the stuff that were left very very weird. There was the quote get well soon balloon near Saban's right hand. And we know that he's not sick. He said he's not. At least he's not sick. It says you could take a look at the bottom right portion. There's a photo on X out there. I did, I think I did put this out there on X. I'll make sure to retweet it. A shiny gold can of four loco and I don't know. There's a slice of pizza, a figurine of a duck, some adult. I don't even know how to frame this up. I'm gonna skip. A pillow shaped like a red red lips. Somebody left a Target gift card. It's then they said it's functional. Some cash, a bucket of pickles, a bottle of smearing off ice, and some empty wine bottles. The hell is wrong with Alabama fans? Why would you leave a bucket of pickles at the base of the Nick Saban statue? Is this for stuff for him to come by and get or what what would you leave at the Nick Saban statue? First off, I love that I didn't know any of this. I mean, I saw the picture, but I didn't zoom in on things I saw. Oh, I could only make out a bunch of there's a bunch of ot milk cream pies, and that makes sense, and he liked those. Right. Yeah, But the get Well Soon balloon, that's weird. But pickles, the food items, the slice of pizza, Okay, that's pretty good. That's pretty good because yesterday Matt Wyatt was talking about y'all are yell are kind of or it seems like Alabama fans are kind of comparing this to a death. And at first it did seem like that, like you said, a vigil. But now that you're telling me these items, I think that's pretty funny. A lot of that stuff. Yeah, there's some flowers, there's some roses. I'm sitting here looking at the picture now. That was just the list I was reading off of several obviously Coca Cola products from the plastic bottle that you'd see sitting on the on the podium when he did the press conferences to an old Coca Cola bottle, oatmeal cream pies, tons of oatmeal cream pies, a bag of ice. Somebody left the back of ice. I'm sitting here looking at it. Pom poms. Some looks like beef jerky from BUCkies. Somebody left a somebody a Mallard decoy, like a duck decoy sitting right there. Let's see several bottles of alcohol, some adult products. Yeah, okay, let's go back to that, because you punted on that and you just made me even more curious or what what? What are you talking about? Protection? Okay, this is a kid friendly show, so yes, I felt like you could do it, though, Yeah, my brain's not firing. There is Let's see here, what is this say? It's a broken plate that said something IP. I'm telling you this is this is wild. Somebody I see a dollar bill. Like the more you look, it's kind of like where's Waldo? You see more stuff? A slice of pizza. This is fantastic. Actually, just a cup. Somebody left a cup. It's a blue cup. What would you leave here? M several sign like some left a little whiteboard long lived the king roll tide rtr Somebody put a sticky note on his statue. The balloon somebody left a a turnover chain. I'm telling you more, look at this. There's just more and more stuff out there. What would you leave? Do you remember back when I and I told you about this man, I referred to him. His name was Lonnie big lawn dog is what we called him. He was a massive beast of a man. He was a big Alabama fan. And I knew him from the gym space and he would be over there like for example, preacher curls and with every set, and I mean you could hear him from across the gym, he would go Saban, Saban, Saban. Every rep he would yell Saban. He'd like one more for the tide. And he used to wear he he had an Alabama dog tag. And after he passed away back in twenty eighteen, I found that dog tag and I are not his exact one, but I have the one. I found it on Amazon one he had, so I still have it. So I go put that on the statue. You this gentleman passed away. I'm say, yeah, now that's now that's real talk. But to be like these other people, even stupid stuff a copy of a Taylor Swift album. Why not? I would just go drop off a bottle of catchup? Can I do that? It may be a pack of bacon. What would you leave at the Nick Saban statue? Six are one eight nine seven one zero five nine white Denzel my Parlay. I just picked up Hunter Bucks to win thirty two to fifty six. He has Nase Harris to score a TD in the Pittsburgh Buffalo game. He has Naje Harris over fifty nine and a half rushing yards under the total in the Steelers Buffalo game, thirty six under forty four Eagles Bucks Isaiah Pakio or how do you say that name? But how do what? He said? Pakio? What is that? This? This rushing? This running back the Chiefs? Yeah, oh Paticko Pachecko, thank you over fifteen and a half rushing yards. It's a good ticket, happy gaming, Good luck, sir, True Maroon. I'd leave a broken headset. I like that Ko. I wouldn't leave a damn thing at his statue. Grow up now, k you're talking about Alabama fans. You're talking about Alabama fans. Oh, space ghost, No, it's not Hey, why Bill King coming in at five point fifteen. As we end our number two, we're brought to you by Madison PTS, Bill Thomas and Madison Pts. We out there in a couple weeks new location as you can get out to gluckstat and check it out six or one eight nine eight one eight two eight. Learn techniques for your baseball players or softball players repsido pitch logic, ball pulse sensors, elbow and blast motion sensors for batting, ask about cage rentals and more. That's Madison PTS Hour three coming to next dot com. W r K guys. Pick it's Jackson. Where it time? Time time kick it on. Yes, we're back with Jake Wimberly on the Afternoon Drive. 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We'll get the King's interpretation of the King retiring Neick Saban and Kaylyn de Boor, which I think is a fantastic hire for Alabama. Still moves them back Vegas moved them back on there excuse me Nowtional Championship ods, and we'll see what happens. Six or one eight eight, five, three seven seven six. That is the Kewboy Maloney's text sign. Hey, if you need heat, especially get cold cold, Coble Maloney. Cawbo Maloney's has it portable heat units, all kinds of stuff to make your house a home at Cawboy Maloney's got to Cowboy Maloni's dot com JM and thirteen locations around the state. Jake, I would leave some Grecian formula forty four and a comb and some battalis or is that the talis? Yeah? Talking about the Nick Saban statue? What people left at the Knick Saban statue there on the campus of the University of Alabama right by the football stadium, Bright Denny Toddy, I would leave a sign that says go to hell LSU in f Bama. Casey Tiger says, photos from where you know. Nope, can't do that, Come on, case No, no. He even texted after though he sent that. He sent separate texts that said, don't say that. But he started to say it, Jake, but it's below it. You start it, We'll say, don't say this. You can't blame Casey Tiger for that one. Well you caught me. Thank you. Let's see here beavers former nighbor Steven Kelyn debuor when he sees sec refs cheating him for the first time. And I don't know who this is. To be honest with you, Bill, Jake, what do you think the odds are the new coach in Alabama brings one or more quarterbacks too, and to compete with Milroe. I think it's high, very very high. But here's the thing. You got to go remember this. Now you do have what's his name on campus. Let's see. I don't think it's gonna I think Jaalen Milro is gonna hit the transfer portal, and a lot of people over there think he will too. I don't see him sticking around because Jalen Milro is not gonna fit what the boar wants to do. And you say, well, what does the boar want to do? Did you see Penix? Did you see that offense? That's what he wants to do. He wants to throw it. Ty Simpson is there, But how good is ty Simpson? Do we really know? Didn't we see that? We saw all? I think we saw all we needed to see of that against South Florida. Who else was it? I can't remember the other It was Tyler Buckner. Yeah that's Notre Dame quarterback they transferred in. But he's gone. Yeah, he's gone. So I think Milroe's gone. So I would think it's a high probability that you look at the portal and again, Mississippi State fans. Not all, but a lot of them can't put their arms around this. Their head can't comprehend this. When Caitlin de Boor was at Washington, that transfer portal was full of quarterbacks. Who did he target Will Rogers? I would not be shocked. Don't have you anybody telling me this. I know it is a massive turnaround and go straight to Washington, find an apartment, hang out for a week and a half, and then turn around and pack it up up and head south. I wouldn't be shocked if it's Will Rogers. It may not be Will Rogers may say thanks, but no thanks. I'm staying at Washington. I'm just gonna stay here and see what happens. But if he's offered by the coach, hey, come on, let's go, and I'm gonna take two or three more y'all with me. I don't know that he will refer to them as Louis, but he could do. You know how mad as hell Misssippi State fans will be if Will Rodgers ends up being the starting quarterback at Alabama. They were mad that he was throwing balls at the championship game, hanging out on the sideline in a Washington Jersey. Can you imagine if he's the starting was the starting quarterback in Alabama? And I don't understand why you would get angry. I'm telling you something happened in a lot of Missippi State fans' minds after they won the national championship in baseball, and the whole thing blew up. It was like a chaotic event, a catastrophic event, and I think it impaired their judgment a little bit by their own programs. I'm not playing Let's see here, Casey Tiger. You didn't mention my ol bag of life, oak tree poison, Alah Harvey Updyke. I like that Bill said, you just read my mind. I think it will happen. I think Will is going to come back down South. It could now Again, all parties have to be on the same page for that. Let's go to Jeff. Jeff, welcome in. Happy Friday. Happy Friday, man. I've heard few two days for you to say that the Bissop State fans will be mad if Will Rogers starting quarterback in Alabama. I'm a State fan and I'm a Will Rogers fan, and I wouldn't be mad in the least we don't play them why would be mad about it. I'm not saying all State fans. It's just some of the vitriol towards Will Rogers by a portion of that fan base. I might seen though for about four thousand yards. I mean, I mean, good for him if he gets to do that. I mean I don't I don't have any ill will at all. Will He's done did miracles of Mississi State. So I mean, I'm I'm cheering for him. That's it. Appreciate it, but thanks, Jef. Appreciate it. Brother, Be safe out there, a grins. Rogers isn't going to stay up there. Have you seen how many UW guys have declared NFL or portal in the last few days? Yeah, excuse me. That is a different roster than what it was coming out of the National Championship Game, for sure. I mean you already had a lot of guys that were leaving, but you know that we're going to be onto the National Football League, or their eligibility have had expired. But we'll see. I mean again, what you'll know what over the weekend, because the portal is now open for thirty days, how many guys start to hit the portal and you know it. Just again, it's just a weird time that we live in college football. The way that this whole thing is is unfolding, so to speak. Two four seven sports dot Com report speaking of to Washington's likely key returners, quarterback Jabbar Mohammad and Nicol Michelle Powell, alongside quarterback William Haskell have entered the portal today. So you've got one quarterback and two other guys have hit the portal. I mean this could devastate the Washington program. It really could. So you've got now that's four today in the portal already from Washington. Four and you got one Bama. Let's see, wide receiver Asaia Bond is headed to Texas. So it's the trickle down effect for sure, Red Dog. If Will is the quarterback at Bama, I will eat my boxers. Who res Dog? Careful with that? Ryan. I'm a State grad and fan. Maybe I'm not die hard enough, but I wish Will Rogers the best. He gave us what he had through no fault of his own was Delta rough hand. I think he's a good kid and I wish him well. Floodtown Ghost, time to call Flint. Let's see here. State grad ninety eight. Let's see he is talking with Beaver over there, and Gris Rogers isn't going to stay up there. You okay, say he told you? Oh yeah, talking about Gris. And see how many guys hit the portal. He already four today in the last two and a half hours. And just watch the ticker over the weekend. If you start seeing you know, ten eleven guys eggsit out, it is a it is a very very tough deal, you know, especially this time of year when your coach leaves and you're not sure who your coach is and the portal is officially open and your guys start, you know, start bailing. Let's see here, the Buffalo Bills want anyone interested to meet at the stadium at ten pm on Saturday night. Twenty dollars per hour. Complementary food, snow, shovel provided must be This is just a note coming in from Buffalo. We're going to need some shovelers to get High Mark Stadium ready for Sunday. 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Also find his show six to nine Monday through Friday in Nashville, of course, Nashville Sports Talk Radio, all over the great state of Tennessee and more Bill. Happy Friday, Happy New Year. How are you, sir? Hey Jake doing good? Appreciate it, Bill, I appreciate you. All right, Nick Saban out before we get to the new era of Alabama football. You know, just talking a guest. Over the last or last day and a half, you've covered this league as long and as good as anybody your thoughts of Nick Saban and you know, we know about the wins and the legacy, but just how you kind of frame it up as you see him kind of walk out the door. I was shocked to sit here and say I saw this coming would be a lie. I thought he had a good five years left in him, and I think this season, ok, I think the way the team started playing really poorly, the way they went down to Tampa, wouldn't play Joe, they wouldn't play their quarterback at the time, and frankly Jalen Milroe, and it was a big cluster with Tyler Buckler and ty Simpson. As we watched, they were not ready to play. The offense, couldn't do anything against a really bad team, and I thought they'd lose two three more games at that point. The way he in season was I think arguably his best job ever, including all the previous national championships. But I think this vigilante environment that we're in that is only going to get worse. And the constant having to not only go out and recruit and poach other teams, but have your players poached, and then probably every day at a place like Alabama, somebody is expressing their happiness because of the locker room and who's getting paid, who's not getting paid. I think that just accelerated his aging ten times, guys, I really do. And I think the culmination of that broke him as a coach. I think it literally broke it. Bill King on your radio find edition of the program at Bill, I agree with you one hundred percent, and it sounds like you know in so many words, that's probably what did happen. So now, Kaylyn de Bore comes in from Washington. Your thoughts of a guy who you know has won everywhere he's been. He has an unbelievable win loss record, just played for a national championship, on the scene in college football, major college football, just two years, phenomenal coach, a fantastic high or and I think he knows what to do with talent. Now, he's never had his hands on Alabama talent, but he's had his hands on a team that could get to the championship game. What he doesn't know and nobody could, is the enormity of that job. There is not another job in college like that one where it's not win or die, it's win or we take you to the Kia team, that kind of death right, and you don't know what. You don't know until let's say day three. He's down there on the job and it's the first moment he's been in his office and is quiet. It's just him in that office. He's going to have a come to Jesus moment about what he's taking on. I'm not saying at all he can't handle it, but he has no idea what he's gotten himself into. Yeah, Bill, I mean, obviously I think he'll be successful there. I wish him all the best there. But you know we were talking about this yesterday. Is a lot of fans that are, say thirty five and younger. I don't think they old enough to remember prior to Nick Saban. I don't know that it's just as simple as you know, rints and repeat chain shirts, put another one on and continue the same thing. I mean, we have seen Alabama prior to Nick Saban, A lot of us have. They hired seven different head coaches from Bear Bryant to Nickson. Two of them you could call good hires. The other five you could call catastrophic. At least three of those you could call catastrophic. That bad of a hire. Now, what's that have to do with coach de Board? Nothing, But it just goes to show you the biggest schools blow lots of hires. But I would endorse. Having said all of that, I think this is a good higher. I think he's forty nine, he's not super young, he's certainly not old, and he knows how to deal with talent, and he knows how to project talent. And he's an offensive side of the ball guy, and Dick comes from defense. But remember a few years back, Nick adjusted and decided we just need to score a bunch of points. And they got a guy that's going to do that, and that quarterback position is going to be a lot better. And I know Milrow improved a lot and got accolades, but that's going to be interesting because that's probably not his style of quarterback. We get you out of here, just your thoughts on the new SEC. I mean, I know we still got to see these, As you said, Vigilanti rosters kind of come to a culmination after spring practice, and that's second transfer portal. But with Texas coming in already making the playoff this past year, they've got a lot of guys coming back. Quin you were says today he's coming back, Steve sarkejan back. They come into the league, Oklahoma, we'll see what they look like. Ole miss a lot of excitement in this state and will continue to be for Lane given in his program. Missouri Georgia. You know, for a league that seemed kind of down this year, it looks like it's going to be very strong next year. Texas was worried two years ago what would they be like at football when it was time to join the league. Right now, it's not a worry. That is a really good looking football team. If you're ranking the league right now, you're just taken the sixteen, which is the way it's going to be. We don't have divisions coming up in football, they'd probably be in the top three. That's what they've got coming back. They recruit well from Texas, but all over America, and they do well in the portal. They've got some key pieces coming in into the portal. They had the two best defensive tackles in America, the best pairing of the tackles. They got to replace them. That that's something you guys know down there, because Mississippi State has had a lot of good defensive linemen. Dudes like that are hard to come by, and they've got to replace those two. Bill, I appreciate your time today. Look, Hey, happy new Year. Thanks so much for joining us. Look and we'll catch up and we'll do it again. I really appreciate you. Yeah, man, thank you, thanks so much. Bill King on your radio. We're brought to you by our friends at Guttermasters, Guttermasters LLC dot com get Protected today, and of course Facebook dot com Forward Slash gutter Masters as well. We'll look at some of these roster moves in the portal. I we'll look at Ohio State a little closer when we come back, and we'll look at Texas as well, and then we'll see if there's any more portal movement on Washington and Alabama. Back sports, Waitlimberly on the afternoon Drive. One of the last pure pleasures I have left in my life. Yeah, maybe you ought to get a life first. Okay, Bunnie USBN one five point on this and talk line at this Zone one O five nine dot com were brought to you by Ay one Gernando, your hometown vehicle specialist. Anything under the Hood front end of back fifteen plus years down on forty nine. In Florence, it's six zero one nine three nine one zero six zero. Let anyone get your vehicle in class A shape. We appreciate Bill King jumping in possum. Nick Joe says he doesn't think Bill should be allowed to even vote in this country. I don't know why he would say that. Let's see here, Ohio State fifth in the recruiting rankings right now. You used to have a little, you know, another cycle here in February fourth last year. They've got twenty commits and four transfers. And you look at the transfers. They've got a offensive lineman from Alabama, Seth McLaughlin. He's the center that screwed up everything for Alabama, essentially, Quinn Shine Judkins, Will Howard, and a tight end from Ohio six six, Will cack Marek. So I like this Ohio State team though, I really do. I'm liking what's going on here, and I think Vegas would echo that again their second on the way too early college football playoff odds. Who do you like better than the Big ten next year? Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon, I think it's going to be an organ Ohio state battle. Just looking at it way too early. I think Michigan slides. We'll see how you know, what goes on if Harball really does go to the NFL. But I think it's going to be those two. All right. Let me check over here and see if there's any Friday news dump information that we need to get to. And we move forward here and see, I don't see anything what Chris lover there he is? Let's see a nine am Central team meeting has been called or nine pm Central meeting tonight for Alabama football players. So it looks like that's the damage control meeting, the intro slash damage control with Kevin de boor. So you bring him in and then move forward. All right, So this Florida State thing, we hadn't even got to. Florida State is on probation. Did you see this? They are on probation, which is wild. NC DOUABA penalizes Florida State for NIL related violations if you miss this. The nc double announced yesterday that Florida State, a Florida State assistant football coach, violated its recruiting rules in April of twenty twenty two by transporting a transfer prospect and his family to a meeting with a school booster. At that meeting, the booster, who was affiliated with a name, image and likeness a collective connected to the school, offered the recruit fifteen thousand dollars per month an IL opportunity. According to the NC doable A boosters are generally quote not allowed to meet with prospects or propose and IL deals. And that's where it gets really murky in all of this, FS, you agreed to a list of penalties, and if you go back here, let me go way back here in the notes and gets you just an abbreviated list of these penalties and stuff. This whole thing is just dumb because if you're going to penalize Florida State for what they got penalized, you might as well go ahead and penalize the entire and I mean entire world of college football. Let's see here, where did that go? I am looking for there? It is so basically they're going to get a two year probation where they can't make postseason play. I believe. Let's see two years of probation, scholarship reduction of five percent over the next two academic years. A reduction by seven in official recruiting visits twenty three and twenty four, probation on recruiting communication for six weeks over the next two academic years, including next week's January twelfth through eighteenth window. A reduction of eighteen elevation days the spring of probation on communication with athletes in the transfer portal from April fifteenth to twenty first, financial penalty of one percent. And I think there is a postseason ban in here as well. But this whole thing is so weird because the NCUBLEA they have such a moving target on this. Here's what I think has happened. This is just my opinion. Charlie Baker has spoken about this and about how they're going to button things up and blah blah blah. This is Charlie Baker lashing out at one of the big boys because of his proposal for this subdivision. And I think that Florida State is probably not the last to get something like this. Now, this is not really going to affect Florida State in the grand scheme of things. Obviously, Florida State isn't worried about it. They just gave Mike Norvella an extension and a ten million dollar a year deal. But I think this is Charlie Baker snapping snippy at the big boys. Nobody noticed this. Nobody that is a big boy we talked about this yesterday, is remotely interested in this Charlie Baker proposal for this subdivision to bring everybody together at the table for this new NCAA nil structure. Nobody, And why wouldn't they Because the collectives are making more money for these guys than what Charlie Baker is proposing by large amounts. So I think this is Charlie Baker trying to flex a little bit to what I think. And I don't think that they're done trying to do this. I was trying to see I thought I saw somewhere. I don't see this in these notes, but I think they have a postseason ban. I could be wrong. What do you think about this? This is so dumb? You know. When I first saw this story earlier today, I saw it on the the tracker or bottom line, whatever you want to call it. FS one. I was watching your best friend Colin Cowherd's show, and I didn't even think about Florida State when I saw this story, this made me think of something completely different. Jacob makes me think, Harball, It makes me think it strengthens the talk of this year we'll be vacated. Here's why because it's the assistant coach that set this up with the booster. But the assistant gave you know that that statement they put out quote misleading statements, basically lied to the NCAA. That's what they get more pissed off about. Then the infractions is lying to them like they're like their parents and you're their kid or something. And that's what Harball. You know, for that whole COVID wasn't supposed to talk to someone and then give misleading statements. You know, that whole thing's not over. So that's what made me think of that. If this assistant at Florida State got popped so bad for this, I don't know. It really made me think about, well, what's gonna happen when they continue on this with a much bigger name, Jim Harbaugh. That's where my brain went. That's fair. I mean, that's definitely a road you could go down and make those conclusions. I think I misspoke. I don't see anywhere now I'm on the NCAA website on this case where they got postseason ban. It is a two year probation to two year show calls for the assistant that you spoke of, including a suspension from the next three regular season games, a two week restriction on recruiting communications, required attendance at an NCAA regional rules seminar. So he's got to go to a seminar here, A restriction from off campus recruiting during the fall of twenty twenty three for the assistant. A three year disassociation from the booster. All of this because the coach took the player to the booster to line them up with a collective. How do they think this is going on? This is going on everywhere everywhere. Coaches are lining kids up with boosters. Allegedly, kids are contacting kids on social media. You can't police this, man. The NCAA opened this up. You cannot now all of a sudden think that you're going to crack a whip in flex here. The NCAA is awful. Does anybody like the NCAA. It's an awful institution. It has no merit, it is no structure. It's just and Charlie Baker's an idiot. Is there anything about the NCABA that you like outside of the basketball tournament? And you know what, the teams don't need the universities don't need the NCAA to have the basketball tournament either, they really don't. I think this Charlie Baker making enemies and trying to make a point, and I think he's on the losing end of this because again, what he's gonna do is he's going to eventually push these people out and they're gonna be all look at each other and go, you know what, I don't necessarily like you. I don't particularly like your conference. I don't even like your teams. But one thing we can agree on is we all hate the NCAA and we need to get the hell out of here. I think that's what's gonna drive this stuff, just like this is gonna expedite this process. Joe the last Oh, I already got that one. Sorry, And Floodtown goes got to support local boy, especially if he goes to Bama. Yeah, I have no idea what's going to happen with that zero idea what's going to happen with Rogers? And uh if he stays if he goes again. Washington already with four guys in the transfer portal since the uh Kaitlin de Boer exodus Michigan Corner. Amari and Walker enter the transfer portal Thursday and wasted a little time planning a visit to Ole Miss. He has expected in town this weekend and so he will be visiting Ole Miss Almoss trying to get another one in the transfer portal this weekend. We're brought to you by sound Communications online at soundcomav dot com. Collaborate, design and build with sound Communications. They've been around since nineteen fifty five. One more segment to go. On a Friday, It's time just get backing to get the afternoon drive that's entertain on the Fish and specializes in the Missis it be sports you love? Now? We're talking live and look on ESPN one on five point nine in the Zone and online the Zone one on five nine dot com. Final segment today Brown see by Mari Star Casino Get out and play today. We're streaming on the Zone one five to nine dot com. You can find the podcast just search Jake Quimberley Show, iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, Google, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, All that stuff search Jake Quimberley show. We got the all that out there for you for the weekend. I want to say thanks to Jake Thompson, Keith Hardy, and Bill King jumping in appreciate you guys. You can still text to six or one eight eight, five, three, seven seven six. So you're gonna watch how many of these games this weekend? You know, well all of them on Sunday because that'll be a Saintsbury Sunday tomorrow night. I'm intrigued by the weather aspect in that Chiefs Dolphins game. I mean, I still think it's gonna be a good game, even though the Dolphins are miserable in the cold. So I'm gonna look at that. How many am I gonna watch? Most of them? I don't know why you would think that I'm just not gonna watch this. This is not Michigan Washington, you know, Snoozefest National Championship. This is the NFL Playoffs. This is a different It's a whole different ball game. You said it was like twenty five million people watch that championship game? Was it? Did they come out with the numbers? I didn't even see it. Yeah, let me make sure, I'm right on that number. Mean, look this in here and see and see what we come up with. Twenty two point six million. Okay, twenty two to six is the TIVA ratings are out for the National Championship game. And let's see Monday's Michigan Washington game. Actually, twenty five to five was the actual across ESPN, ESPN two, ESPNU and deportes. Over All, the Wolverines played in the three most watched games of the season, the semi final one, our Alabama average right around twenty eight, and Ohio State brought in nineteen. So yeah, now here's what I wish would happen. Though I don't like how because on Sunday, you know, Saints Bro's House, we'll watch the Steelers Bills, We'll watch the Cowboys Packers. I wish that Cowboys Packers was flipped with the Lions Rams. I am so much more interested in that Lion's rams. The Packers just Jordan Love. He's improved, he's improved, but it still doesn't do anything for me. And I like the story, the Jared golf storyline going back against McVeigh, all that business, and the way speaking of the weather factor by the way and that you know, we're looking at that Dolphins Chiefs game obviously, but the Steelers' bills is going to be rough as crap too. Game time. I think it's going to be around fifteen degrees something like that. They're talking about one to three inches of snow accumulated by the n twenty five mile an hour winds. That could be interesting. Yeah, and the uh, the CDC, for whatever it's worth, is advising people to avoid this extreme cold weather and for sure Kansas City. Yeah, and let's see here CDC. Okay, So I'm just putting that out. Don't make it a habit of listening to them. Let's see. Many of the fans suggested to move the game to Saint Louis. That the cities are over three hours apart. It would be nearly impossible to prepare the dome at America Center home with Saint Louis rams for on short notice. So yeah, I don't think even though some of the fans are on X complaining saying hey, move the game, they're gonna play the game there and cold playoff trends. According to CBS Sports Miami, which hells from the city where the lowest recorded temperature during the entirety of twenty twenty three. Who has forty four degrees has lost ten straight games when the thermometer dipped below forty. The Dolphins are zero and ten in their last ten. Yeah, this isn't gonna end well for Miami. They're gonna lose this one too. Is that the easiest win of the weekend? Or does Mimi go in there and you look up and they've upset the Chiefs. You know, some things, though, Jake, are too obvious. Remember when before the NFL season started and the pick the pick to win the AFC South, all the buzz was about the Jaguars, and I says to you, I says, it seems too obvious. I don't like these things that are just that seem too obvious. You know what I'm saying here. Yeah, so you're saying that this Chiefs pick is too obvious. I think so. I'm not saying the Dolphins are gonna win this game, but I mean they played them. They played them earlier this season. That was the Germany game. I think, yeah it was, but weather was way different, and I don't know, are we thinking too much about the weather because these are NFL players it's not like they've never played in weather before. But that's extreme, No, it is. I mean maybe we are even thinking this. Let's see here, Nick Saban walked into the interview podium after practice one day that I'm looking at other Nick Sabor. There's tons of notes out of here, tons and tons of notes on Nick Saban. I guess we'll have those notes. I mean, Nick Saban, he'll be a big even though he's not coaching. He'll be a big storyline for the twenty four season. Every time Alabama's on, they'll be talking about Nick Saban, right, every time. So if you're Kaylyn de Boor, you've got to, I guess learn to deal with that, right, You've got to learn to deal with that. So yeah, now they're already asking will Ohio State have the best running back room in the country? And I think that they probably will. Quinnshine, Judkins and trevy On Henderson, what does that do for you? It's a good combo, real good, real real good. Let's see here, do you have any of the news we need to get out and las next two minutes? I don't have anything. Let's see, I'm looking through Chris matt Zenitch's notes to see if there's anymore. LSU was hiring Missouri defensive line and edge coach Kevin Peeples, sources say worked to the new LSU DC Blake Baker at Missouri. Also, do forget you got SEC basketball. We'll have Missippi State basketball here over the weekend. Tennessee takes on Georgia on ESPN two tomorrow at eleven, Vanderbilt Ole miss SEC network at twelve, number six. Kentucky travels to Texas, A and M on ESPN at two or one o'clock. Central South Carolina, Missouri SEC network going on at two thirty, Arkansas Florida on ESPN at three, LSU at number sixteen, Auburn SEC Network at five o'clock in the Missippi State will host Alabama tomorrow night on the SEC network at seven thirty. So you'll get a good dose of SEC basketball. And just like football next year you have Texas and Oklahoma and of course the Mississippi State Alabama game pre game seven o'clock. That's going to be here. But it's more so what's not gonna be here this weekend? And this is bad, bad news for monkeys riding dogs. Yeah, he's gonna be disappointed. No where, Kevin Todd, He's done till next year, done until next year. I know you are sad about this. I know, man, No more Randy Well. Football will be here before you know it, and Randy will return, just like the reindeer. Before you get the reindeer, you get Randy. So I know you're upset about this. What are you gonna do to cope about this? Is there anything you can really do that's gonna make you feel better about this loss? No? No, I don't think so. I don't think so. Do appreciate Jake Thompson, also Keith Hardy and Bill King. Remember Keith told you if you get out to a Maristar and say playoffs in h an impersonation form of who said that? Mara Jim Mora? Yes, I was gonna say Bob Mora, who's Bob Moore? Jim More? Then you get your choice of free Saints gear, some gear, and then a Beverage're gonna take saintsbor out there to do that? Wouldn't he love that? Oh? No, he burned. He burned his Saints hat last Sunday. Burned it. Yeah, really, well, maybe that means he needs a new one. So maybe I guess I should, I don't know. All right, that's gonna do it for us. Remember catch up his King Bacon's a delicacy. A loha means goodbye. Grab the podcast over the weekend if you're bored, and we will see you Monday. Have a great weekend. Good night,