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Set 1: Top 5 Week 0 Games · Stugotz and Company

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that Chuck Norris was chasing the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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  Speaker 2: The Rex was not chasing the Jeep. Murray! Murray, you there?
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  Speaker 2: You love sandwiches, huh? Let's go to 80. His name
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  Speaker 2: is Bo. Wow. That's prime time, baby. I had a
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  Speaker 2: crush on Betty Rubble.
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  Speaker 1: I honestly, until after the segment ended and we went
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  Speaker 1: to commercial break, had no idea that Jonathan Coachman was black.
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  Speaker 1: He cost them the game last night. Although they won
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  Speaker 1: the game.
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  Speaker 2: You're listening to Stugatz & Company.
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  Speaker 1: It is Stugatz & Company presented by FanDuel and the
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  Speaker 2: Just me and Taylor today. Just the two of us.
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  Speaker 1: And Tim Kirchner is going to join us in our
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  Speaker 1: number two. I walked in this morning, Taylor, and Ricardo
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  Speaker 1: was here. And he had a big smile on his
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  Speaker 1: face because he loves baseball. I said, why are you smiling?
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  Speaker 1: Why are you so happy? He said, Tim Kirchner's on today.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, no one in sports media will do that
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  Speaker 1: to you, right? Anyone else coming on today, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: certain Ricardo is nearly as excited about you know, as
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  Speaker 1: he is for Tim Kirchner joining us, it's set number two.
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  Speaker 2: I told him to have baseball questions ready. What do
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  Speaker 2: you think?
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: And he's allowed to ask questions too.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: That's big time.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I gave him the option.
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  Speaker 1: He can ask him himself or he can give me
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  Speaker 1: the questions and I will ask them on behalf of
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  Speaker 1: board op Ricardo.
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  Speaker 2: So what do you think?
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  Speaker 3: I like the idea of Ricardo asking questions, give it,
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  Speaker 3: give him a chance to shine and see how he
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  Speaker 3: does delivering his questions. But no, Tim Kirchner, Tim Kirchhen
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  Speaker 3: is always going to move the needle for a certain
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  Speaker 3: level of not only baseball fans, but fans of the
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  Speaker 3: Levitard Show with Stu Gatz. When you hear Tim Kirchhen's name,
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  Speaker 3: it's a name, it's a first-bout Hall of Famer in
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  Speaker 3: names that just make you smile.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Ricardo, if I told you Aaron Rodgers was joining us
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  Speaker 1: in hour number two, would you be more or less
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  Speaker 1: excited than you are for Tim Kirchhen?
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  Speaker 2: Way less excited.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Tim Kirchhen is a legend. He's been with
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  Speaker 3: me since I was like 10 years old on Baseball
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  Speaker 3: Tonight every night.
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  Speaker 2: The guy's a legend.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anyone in the NFL where I could tell
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  Speaker 1: you they're coming on in hour number two and you'd
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  Speaker 1: be more excited for them than you are for Tim Kirchhen?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: Is there anyone in the world? It'd be tough. It'd
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  Speaker 2: be tough.
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  Speaker 3: Kirchhen's definitely on the top of that list for sure.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 2: How about Jeff Conant? Ooh, I love Niners.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Marlin. Mr. Marlin. I mean... Taylor, did you laugh? So
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  Speaker 2: Tim Kirscher will join us at hour number two. Did
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  Speaker 2: you laugh yesterday?
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  Speaker 1: The SEC, they voted as to whether or not once
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  Speaker 1: a player becomes professional, a professional athlete, whether or not
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  Speaker 1: they can go back to college. And obviously LSU is
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  Speaker 1: right in the middle of all of this. Lane Kiffin,
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  Speaker 1: of course, is in the middle of everything. But did
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  Speaker 1: you laugh that the SEC announces, hey, we had a vote.
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  Speaker 1: If you go pro, you can't come back and play
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  Speaker 1: college football. It was a 16 to nothing vote in
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  Speaker 1: favor of not allowing the kids to come back to college.
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  Speaker 1: And while they were announcing that, their head coach Lane
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  Speaker 1: Kiffin was on with McAfee announcing, hey, I'm going after
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  Speaker 1: these guys.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't care. He's got a judge. I mean.
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  Speaker 3: So I see both sides of this argument because one,
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  Speaker 3: In terms of the 16-0 vote, most of these schools
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  Speaker 3: just want to rule with the majority in their conference,
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  Speaker 3: even if it's going against their team's self-interest. It's a
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  Speaker 3: 16-team vote. You don't want the vote to be 15-1
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  Speaker 3: and then you're the one sticking out like a sore thumb.
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  Speaker 3: So I get, once you probably see the vote going 10-0, 11-0, 12-0,
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  Speaker 3: LSU's going to kind of just fold their cards and
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  Speaker 3: be like, okay, we're going to get on board with
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  Speaker 3: this vote. But also, if you are Lane Kiffin, To
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  Speaker 3: be fair to Lane Kiffin, the right strategy was to
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  Speaker 3: take the players first and let somebody else decide whether
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  Speaker 3: it was allowed later. It's better to ask for forgiveness
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  Speaker 3: than it is for permission.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Lane Kiffin is the sore thumb, though.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know you're saying you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: stick out like a sore thumb, but they kind of
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  Speaker 1: are sticking out like a sore thumb, aren't they?
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  Speaker 2: With their actions, not their words or their votes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's not even just a football thing. This
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  Speaker 3: is just an LSU philosophy right now because Will Wade,
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  Speaker 3: their basketball coach that they got over from NC State,
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  Speaker 3: Will Wade, all-time snake. You couldn't talk about a better
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  Speaker 3: pairing or a better relationship than LSU and Will Wade.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Will Wade making his return to Baton Rouge.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: They're doing the same thing where they're going to the
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  Speaker 3: Boston Celtics G League and finding Boston Celtics G Leaguers
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  Speaker 3: and be like, guess what? You're coming to Baton Rouge
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  Speaker 3: next year for our college basketball team. So this is
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  Speaker 3: a Baton Rouge issue right now where their college basketball
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  Speaker 3: coach is doing it, their college football coach is doing it,
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  Speaker 3: And their administration is trying to look at everybody being like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: I know we hired you guys, but you're kind of
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  Speaker 3: making everybody look bad right now.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like you're saying a couple of snakes are
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  Speaker 2: cutting it up, huh?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, add Kim Mulkey to that.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, a trifecta of snakes.
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  Speaker 3: A holy trinity of snakes.
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  Speaker 2: LSU doesn't give a bleep. They don't.
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  Speaker 1: Louisiana's a different state. So LSU, I imagine, they're like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: let's just vote. Kids can't come back to college once
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  Speaker 1: they declare themselves for the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Just vote.
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  Speaker 1: Just so we look good. Just so we're in line
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  Speaker 1: with all the other teams in the SEC. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to get our guys anyway. We got a judge.
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  Speaker 2: We do. I mean, and his name's Lane Kiffin.
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  Speaker 3: The judge, the juror, and the executioner.
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  Speaker 2: And the sore thumb and a snake. And I love him.
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  Speaker 3: Lane Kiffin has to win in year one, right?
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  Speaker 2: Wow. He doesn't have to win a year.
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  Speaker 1: You don't go to the lengths you went to to
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  Speaker 1: get Lane Kiffin and say to yourselves, well, what kind
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  Speaker 1: of winning are we talking about?
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  Speaker 2: Does he have to make the playoff?
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  Speaker 3: I think he has to make the playoff.
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  Speaker 2: And what happens if he doesn't make the playoff? You're
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  Speaker 2: saying he's going to get fired?
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  Speaker 3: Well, okay, you checkmated me there. I think from a perception,
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  Speaker 3: he has to make the playoffs because he leaves Ole
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  Speaker 3: Miss the way he left Ole Miss and he goes
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  Speaker 3: to LSU. And LSU has the resources. He gets a
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  Speaker 3: great quarterback in Leavitt to follow him to Baton Rouge.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't think it's necessary he's going to get
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  Speaker 3: fired if he doesn't make the playoffs. But public perception-wise,
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  Speaker 3: I think Lane Kiffin has to make the playoffs to
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  Speaker 3: justify LSU making this move to get him. At the
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  Speaker 3: very least, let's play a game called middle ground.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Where we try to find middle ground.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so we're just searching around for middle ground. We're
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  Speaker 1: giving opposite sides here. We're just trying to find some
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  Speaker 1: middle ground here.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. So I'm saying... What a ridiculous game. Anyway, go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: I know, but it doesn't have to be a game.
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  Speaker 2: We can just find middle ground. Well... Let's make it
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  Speaker 2: a game. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: This is the new game, middle ground.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: I'm saying LSU has to make the playoffs. You're saying
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  Speaker 3: they don't have to make the playoffs. Middle ground? LSU
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  Speaker 3: at least has to win at Ole Miss this year.
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  Speaker 2: You're saying that's the middle ground.
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  Speaker 1: That's the ground where if Lane Kiffin beats Mississippi but
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  Speaker 1: doesn't make the playoffs, he's going to be fine.
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  Speaker 3: I'm saying that they have to make the playoffs. You're
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  Speaker 3: saying they don't have to make the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: Your middle ground is Mississippi.
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  Speaker 3: Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 2: Ole Miss is a must-win game. But if they beat Mississippi, okay?
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  Speaker 1: I made this mistake with Ryan Day just last week
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  Speaker 1: where I said he can go winless and still have
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  Speaker 1: his job at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: That would mean losing to Kent State.
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  Speaker 1: And Ball State two of the first three weeks of
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  Speaker 1: the season. So be careful in what you're saying here
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  Speaker 1: because I am telling you, there is no need to
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  Speaker 1: find middle ground in this scenario because Lane Kiffin, even
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  Speaker 1: if he loses to Mississippi and doesn't make the playoff,
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  Speaker 1: is going to be back as the LSU head coach
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  Speaker 1: next year. So why are we seeking some sort of
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  Speaker 1: middle ground when we don't need it?
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  Speaker 2: I mean.
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  Speaker 3: I really just wanted to attach the must-win label to
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  Speaker 3: that Ole Miss game because that game is going to
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  Speaker 3: be fireworks September 19th.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no doubt. At Ole Miss, right? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: If... If we were also playing the game, one game,
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  Speaker 3: you could only go to one game this year in
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  Speaker 3: college football.
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  Speaker 2: That would be it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be an easy choice for me, LSU
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  Speaker 3: at Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 2: Indiana, Ohio State? Both teams are going to make the playoffs, though.
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  Speaker 3: Two very solid teams, two very solid coaches. You have
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  Speaker 3: a pretty good idea what Indiana is going to be,
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  Speaker 3: even though they're replacing Fernando Mendoza. You have a pretty
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  Speaker 3: good idea what Ohio State's going to be, being the
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  Speaker 3: preseason number one team. But I think for my one game,
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  Speaker 3: I need the flair of the SEC. I need the
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  Speaker 3: pettiness of the Ole Miss coaches with your ex-Lane Kiffin
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  Speaker 3: coming back to town. And then I think you just
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  Speaker 3: need the fireworks that you're going to get in that game. Plus,
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  Speaker 3: 7.30 p.m. kickoff.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Texas-Ohio State jumps to mind. I mean, just one game.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just thinking of one game. I'm not certain you're
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  Speaker 1: not wrong. I think it probably is the one game, but...
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  Speaker 1: You're getting your game out of the way early. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: because then there's the next big game right after that
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  Speaker 1: big game.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 3: Well, you can only choose one.
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  Speaker 2: But you can only go to one. You can watch
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  Speaker 2: the other. You can just attend one. You would attend
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  Speaker 2: that game. You would go to Mississippi.
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  Speaker 1: You turn down a free trip to go to Ireland
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  Speaker 1: to see North Carolina play.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but they're. There's nothing appealing to me about an
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  Speaker 3: international college football game.
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  Speaker 2: You're right.
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  Speaker 3: College football was meant to be played on campuses. College
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  Speaker 3: football was meant to be played on the South. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: I would rather go to the Grove in Oxford, Mississippi
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  Speaker 3: than go to an eight-hour flight to Dublin, Ireland to
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  Speaker 3: see North Carolina versus TCU in a non-conference game.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if North Carolina is going to be lousy
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  Speaker 1: and lose by four touchdowns to TCU.
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  Speaker 2: they might as well do it in another continent, right?
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  Speaker 3: So you're doing this thing right now where you're saying
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  Speaker 3: North Carolina is going to be lousy?
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: I'm officially at the point of the week before a
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  Speaker 3: week zero game where I'm fully convinced my team is
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  Speaker 3: going to win.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, that's what we do. Yes, I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to say it, but I have the Jets in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: I was looking at the spread earlier on FanDuel and
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  Speaker 3: I saw TCU plus seven and a half.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Or TCU minus seven and a half, sorry. And I
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  Speaker 3: was like, oh yeah, North Carolina, I'm going to put
• 9:57
  Speaker 3: North Carolina plus seven and a half in every parlay
• 10:00
  Speaker 3: this weekend imaginable. I think I'm going to sprinkle a
• 10:03
  Speaker 3: little on North Carolina money line.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: They're really doubting us, our offense. We're making an upgrade
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  Speaker 3: at the quarterback position. Our defense was a lot better
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  Speaker 3: than some metrics might suggest last year.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And then I'm doing all this and I'm like, man.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: College football is here.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's here. I mean, you have your top five
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  Speaker 2: games for week zero. Are there five games?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, there's a ton of games.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Before we get to those top five games, and again,
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: Tim Kerch, you're going to join us at hour number two.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have the Carolina schedule in front of you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I do.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's do it.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see if I can also convince myself that Carolina
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  Speaker 1: is going to be good. Last year, I had them undefeated,
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  Speaker 1: making the playoff and winning the national championship.
• 10:44
  Speaker 2: I believe when we did this, right? Yeah. All right,
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  Speaker 2: so Carolina TCU, let's start there. It's on a neutral field.
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  Speaker 2: It's in Ireland. Yeah. Carolina win. One and up.
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  Speaker 3: You have it as a win. I have it as
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  Speaker 3: a loss.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Win for me. I heard Rich Eisen playing
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  Speaker 2: this game. I was proud of him.
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  Speaker 3: Week one.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: East Tennessee State.
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  Speaker 2: That's a win. Two and oh.
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  Speaker 3: I have one and one. All right. So they're going
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  Speaker 3: to win that game. This next part of the schedule
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  Speaker 3: is brutal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but they have Belichick.
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  Speaker 3: At Clemson.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Clemson hasn't been that good in a long time.
• 11:17
  Speaker 1: They haven't been great in a long time. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to say that's a win for Carolina. How about that?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, I have them 1-2.
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  Speaker 2: I got 3-0.
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  Speaker 3: October 3rd, home against Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 2: You have to figure there's going to be a lot
• 11:34
  Speaker 2: on the line there, especially if Carolina's 3-0. A loss,
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  Speaker 2: you could see. Yeah, Ricardo laughing. I'll give them a
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  Speaker 2: loss there. 3-1 for North Carolina after four games.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, I have a loss, 1-3. And then they're on
• 11:49
  Speaker 3: the road the next two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Wait a second. I thought you convinced yourself. I mean.
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  Speaker 3: I'm starting to convince myself.
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  Speaker 2: You're 1-3.
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  Speaker 3: Go ahead. This prediction is official. So that's why I'm
• 11:59
  Speaker 3: going with a loss in the TCU game. At Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 2: That's a win, 4-1.
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  Speaker 3: I have it as a loss, 1-4.
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  Speaker 2: And by the way, that loss to Notre Dame, it's
• 12:08
  Speaker 2: a close game. It is. At Duke. Win. They lose Mensah.
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  Speaker 2: He goes to Miami. It's a win for Carolina.
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  Speaker 4: 5-1.
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  Speaker 2: I have it as a loss. They are cruising to
• 12:20
  Speaker 2: the playoffs right now.
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  Speaker 3: I have it as a loss. 1-5.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 12:25
  Speaker 3: Versus Syracuse. One of the only teams North Carolina beat
• 12:28
  Speaker 3: last year, but reminder, that game against Syracuse last year,
• 12:32
  Speaker 3: they started a lacrosse player at quarterback.
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: Syracuse did.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 12:36
  Speaker 2: Yes, Frank. Oh, man.
• 12:39
  Speaker 3: North Carolina escaped the carrier dome with a win.
• 12:42
  Speaker 2: Belichick would love a lacrosse player at quarterback. He would.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's why he had an advantage against them.
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  Speaker 2: Six and one.
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  Speaker 3: I have it as a win. Two and five.
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  Speaker 2: You're really convincing yourself. Go ahead.
• 12:54
  Speaker 3: Halloween matchup, October 31st. Home against the U, Miami.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 3: North Carolina historically has been good against Miami. This is
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  Speaker 3: going to be a name-your-loss game. where if Miami wants
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  Speaker 3: to beat North Carolina by 40 points, Miami has the
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  Speaker 3: capability to do that. Two and six for me.
• 13:14
  Speaker 2: I'm at six and one. Miami, they're good. Mensah, he's good.
• 13:19
  Speaker 2: I'm staring at the TVs right now. Mike Greenberg's 30th
• 13:22
  Speaker 2: anniversary at ESPN.
• 13:25
  Speaker 1: I'm not certain my wife will be as excited for
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: our 30th anniversary than ESPN is for their 30th anniversary
• 13:31
  Speaker 1: with Greeny.
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  Speaker 2: How about that?
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  Speaker 3: She won't be.
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  Speaker 2: If I make it.
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  Speaker 3: I can say that definitively. She won't be. Sal Pal
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  Speaker 3: brought out a band at Ravens training camp for Greeny.
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  Speaker 2: I saw it.
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: The line I just gave to you, I actually sent
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: that text to Greeny, and he sent me back two
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  Speaker 1: crying face emojis.
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  Speaker 2: Not one, but two. Special, right?
• 13:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, tip of the cap to Greeny.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, 30 years. Better than ever. I mean, he ain't
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  Speaker 2: going anywhere. He hosts every show there.
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  Speaker 3: I think he made a point to say, 30 years done.
• 14:03
  Speaker 3: I'm just getting started.
• 14:06
  Speaker 2: All right, I'm at 6-1. Miami?
• 14:08
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 14:09
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 14:10
  Speaker 3: Hmm.
• 14:12
  Speaker 2: I mean, Miami traditionally does not play well on Halloween.
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: I can tell you that much.
• 14:18
  Speaker 3: You've got numbers to back that up?
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: No, I was hoping that you might. I'm not certain
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: if they've ever played on Halloween. All right, fine. Six
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: and two.
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: I can't convince myself they're going to beat Miami, even
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: though the game's at home.
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: All right, six and two. You're looking up their Halloween record?
• 14:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm trying to.
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: Traditionally, very bad.
• 14:40
  Speaker 3: Looks like the last time they played... Actually, no.
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: This.
• 14:45
  Speaker 3: This Google search. I Googled Miami on Halloween, and the
• 14:49
  Speaker 3: first one it showed me was October 28th.
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: This might be the first time they ever play on Halloween?
• 14:56
  Speaker 3: Ricardo's showing me it says they're 4-3 when playing on Halloween.
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: That's what I'm telling you. I mean, not great.
• 15:02
  Speaker 3: Their last time that they played on Halloween was 2020.
• 15:06
  Speaker 3: They lost to Virginia Tech.
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: 2015, they... beat Duke.
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: That was the Cornelder.
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: The Mike Ryan, the fake Joe Zagacki.
• 15:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, the eight lateral passes. That was a Halloween game.
• 15:22
  Speaker 3: That makes sense because that game was a little spooky
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: to it.
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying. I mean, the Canes traditionally do
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: not play good. You know what?
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: They should have lost that game.
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: 7-1. How about that?
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: Big upset because losses don't matter as much anymore. The
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: Canes lose that game.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: They're still going to make the playoffs. Carolina needs that game. 7-1.
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: How about that?
• 15:39
  Speaker 3: Alright, the next game is at UConn. Reminder, the last
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: time North Carolina played UConn was the Fenway Bowl. UConn
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: absolutely destroyed them. I'm going to go with a win, though.
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: 3-6.
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: 8-1.
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: What?
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: Last month of the season. Home against Louisville. 3-7.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: 9-1.
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: At Virginia, the South's oldest rivalry.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: Is Virginia good?
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: They're one of the most experienced teams in the country. Spoiler,
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: that might be one of my top games in Week 0.
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: I didn't ask if they had a bunch of seniors.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: I just asked if they were any good.
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: Tony Elliott's deepest team so far in Charlottesville.
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: All right, 10-1. Belichick in his second season.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: So I have 3-8. You have what, 10-1?
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: I do.
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: And then the rivalry game to close out the season is...
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: versus NC State. I have that as a loss.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: 3-9.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: No one cares about that rivalry, seriously, especially as it
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: relates to football. I mean, is NC State good this year?
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah. They're about as mediocre as you could get for
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: the ACC, so it's better than Carolina.
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: So I'll give a loss to Carolina there. They're coming
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: in 10-1. They already have a playoff spot secure. They're
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: going to rest some of their starters. It's not that
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: big of a game, not a big deal.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: So they finish the season 10-2. How about that?
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: So I have Carolina finishing 3-9, which brings Bill Belichick's
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: college record to 7-17. North Carolina fires him, and hopefully
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: that's the end of the Bill Belichick experiment.
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: If I was right this year and was right this year,
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: if I was right last year combined with being right
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: this year, Belichick's career record would be 22-2.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: Huzzah.
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: Those are numbers when he had Tom Brady as his quarterback.
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: Instead of Billy Edwards Jr. and Gio Lopez.
• 17:33
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• 17:33
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• 17:36
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• 17:38
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• 19:23
  Speaker 1: What are your top five week zero games here before
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: we get to Tim Kirchard?
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: Hold on, I need my college football music. There it is.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: Band. So they got a band for Greeny, huh? Yeah.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: He thought the band was actually just interrupting the live shot.
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: He was like, what are the, what a coincidence that
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: we're going to Sal Pal and there's a band performing.
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: And then Sal Pal had the band perform like the
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: ESPN theme song.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: That's so cool.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: He has to know, though, in that spot, that Sao
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: Paulo has his live shots mapped out, planned out. There's
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: no way a marching band is walking into a Sao
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: Paulo live shot. He had to know something was up
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: when he saw the marching band.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, he had to.
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: If he did know something was up, he played it
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: off like he did not know.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Okay, all right.
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: Number five, week zero game.
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: Okay, so these are Taylor's top five week zero games
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: in college football.
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: Jax State versus North Dakota State.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: It's a big one. It is a big one. It is.
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: Those are two sneaky good teams. I'm surprised they're playing
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: so early. I really am.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: So this is a 5.30 game on CBS Sports Network
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: in the Fargo Dome in Fargo, North Dakota. It's a
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: 2015 FCS National Championship rematch. And the Bison, this is
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: their first game at the FBS level after a run
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: at the FCS level where they won 10 national championships.
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: How will the Bison do moving up a level?
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah. It's going to be interesting to see. Only to you.
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: Well, it's number five.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: Number four, please.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: Hawaii versus Stanford.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: That would be number one for me. Is that game
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: being played in Hawaii?
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: No, it's being played at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California,
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: 7 p.m. on the ACC network.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: Okay, so the season doesn't really start until Hawaii plays
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: a home game at midnight Eastern, which I believe is
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: the following week.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: Put it on the poll, Taylor.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Does the college football season start when Hawaii plays a
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: midnight Eastern home game?
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: So this is actually a rematch from last year, but
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: now Hawaii is making the trip to Stanford instead of
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: Stanford going to the island. This game came down to
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: the wire last year. Hawaii pulled out the win. They
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: returned their quarterback, Micah Ali-Hato, who's at the very least exciting.
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: Stanford stinks.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Andrew Luck, though.
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: And is he playing quarterback.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: All of a sudden? No, he's a GM.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: You have to think he's going to get it right
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: at some point, don't you? I guess you don't have
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: to think that. Why would you think that?
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah, unless he is recruiting himself to play quarterback, then
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: I am going to continue with the trend that Stanford
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: probably stinks.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: All right, so you have the Rainbows winning on the
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: road there, huh?
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: Off to a 1-0 start, and they host a big
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: midnight Easter game in week number two. How about that?
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: Or week one, I'm sorry. Game number three for you.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: Top five week zero games for Taylor.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: Memphis, UNLV.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: That is a big, big game. The Running Rebels, how
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: about that?
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: So this is a 10 p.m. game on Fox at
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: UNLV Stadium where the Raiders play Legion Stadium.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: This, Stu, I think it's a week zero elimination game.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: Because you're looking at the group of six playoff spot.
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: I don't think Memphis could afford a loss. I don't
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: think UNLV could afford a loss. Neither team has named
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: a starting quarterback yet. There's a chance in this matchup
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: we see four potential quarterbacks.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: UNLV's coach is Dan Mullen.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: Oh, wow. Yeah.
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: Well, he's been there for a little bit now.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Yes, but Dan Mullen means points are going to be scored.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: No defense, but points are going to be scored.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: Their quarterbacks are, if you remember, Alex Orji from Michigan.
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: He was just basically a running threat when Michigan could
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: not throw the ball at all. And then their other
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: quarterback is Jackson Arnold, the transfer from Oklahoma and Auburn.
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: Stunk at both of those spots, but moving down a
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: level should help him out.
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: You have two quarterbacks, Taylor. What's it mean?
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: You might be Memphis because Memphis also has two quarterbacks. Memphis'
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: battle is West Florida transfer Marcus Stokes and Stu.
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: South Carolina transfer, one of the best names I've ever
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: heard for a quarterback.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: Give it to me.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Air Noland.
• 23:38
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: Wow. Wow. Wow.
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: I would name him starting quarterback just off that name.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: Just off the name Air.
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: You can only play quarterback with the name Air Noland.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: If I was choosing a quarterback to start on my team,
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: on my college football team, just based on name alone,
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: I could not see him play.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: I have no idea who they are. I would pick him.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: The only way that name could get better is if
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: it was Air Manning.
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: What's his name?
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: Air Noland.
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: Wow. Trying to think of Air Noland. Because Arch Manning
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: is a pretty good name. But Air Manning.
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: Oh, significantly better.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: Oh, God.
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: What's Peyton Manning's son's name? Oh, Marshall Manning. Marshall Manning
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: is a great quarterback name. I think Marshall Manning is
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: a better quarterback name than Arch Manning.
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: No way. Marshall Manning? Yeah. The sheriff. Peyton's kid? Yeah.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: No pressure on that kid.
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: His games are already televised on ESPN. I think he's
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: like a sophomore.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: High school.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll have a Marsh Manning, Arch Manning matchup in
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: the NFL one day. Your second, what game.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Are we on?
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: We're number two.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: Number two.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: Week zero.
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: We're going to Ireland. It's North Carolina, TCU.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the game you didn't want to go to.
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: But I'll be watching.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: Front row on my couch.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: Right. I have Carolina winning that game, of course. We
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: already did that.
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: So I do think the numbers from last year are,
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: and this is why I was more on the fence
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: thinking that Carolina could win this game. The numbers are
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: a little skewed because North Carolina had some turnovers that
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: led to TCU easy points. TCU's quarterback is from Harvard,
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: so he's making the jump up to the FBS level.
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: There's enough for me to think that North Carolina, at
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: the very least, has a chance. And this game is
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: normally a game where whoever loses the Ireland game, their
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: season never recovers. I think of the past five games,
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: only one of them has finished at least. 500, and
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: that was Kansas State last year, finishing 6-6. So you
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: don't want to lose this game. You don't want to
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: lose any game in college football, but you definitely don't
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: want to lose the game in Ireland. Long flight back.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: Makes sense. So you're saying.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: With Memphis and UNLV and North Carolina and TCU, they're
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: must-win games.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: Loser should go home? Loser should stay in Ireland?
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: Loser, yes.
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: Loser's not making the playoffs? Yes.
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: I was going to say loser leaves town, but loser
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: stays in Ireland.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: Because these are teams that can only afford one loss
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: to make it to the playoffs, is essentially what you're saying, right?
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: The Memphis-UNLV game.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: Neither of those teams is getting it. Now I'm confused.
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: I shouldn't have went back to this game. I apologize
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: for doing so. I've confused everyone here.
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: I see your confusion. I can help you out here. Memphis, UNLV,
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: week zero elimination game.
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: North Carolina, TCU is a loser won't go 500 game.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: Got it. Okay. Thank you for clearing that up.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: Your top game for week zero of the college football season.
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: We're going to a game that was originally set to
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: be played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but was relocated
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: to Charlottesville because I think the powers that be realized,
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: why would anybody from NC State in Virginia go to
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: Rio de Janeiro to watch a college football game? It's
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: NC State, and it's Virginia.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think people would travel from Michigan
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: to see the Wolverines play in Rio de Janeiro.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: It seems like the athletic directors got together and was like,
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: this is such a good idea. The first international game
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: in Brazil. And then they looked at ticket sales and
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: was like, yeah, nobody from Raleigh, North Carolina is getting
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: on this flight right now. And making the trip over.
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: Spend $ 10, 000 to see their lousy football team play another
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: lousy football team.
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: So the reason why this game is in the number
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: one spot, getting a conference game in week zero, it
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: feels crazy, but I kind of love it because you
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: have two teams that you don't really know what each
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: team is going to be. At the very least, these
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: teams are just average. There's nothing splashy about these two teams.
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: But the fact that they have to play a conference
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: game in Week 0 with so many unknowns, I do
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: like that element. NC State has the quarterback advantage here.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: C.J.
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: Bailey, his third year as the starter, is a 3,000-yard
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: passer for the Wolfpack. And then Virginia's quarterback, as I
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: mentioned before, one of the deepest teams that Tony Elliott's had,
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: their quarterback, Former Penn State quarterback and former Missouri quarterback,
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: Bo Perbula.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: Rolls right off the tongue, yeah.
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: That mistake is going to keep me up later.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: Let me hear you try it again.
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: Bo Perbula. I knew it was Bo Perbula.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, redemption though. You just got it. Keep it all
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: in there. It's going to keep you up at night.
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Just a bad mistake.
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: That's why they call it week zero. I mean, if
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: I'm being honest... I'm interested in zero of these games.