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Mac & Bone Hour 3: Lost Season In the Works? · Mac & Bone Podcast

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Oh, oh, oh, it's Mac and Bo on your radio, baby.
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  Speaker 1: This is my friend Matt.
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  Speaker 2: Posh, come on, Posh.
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  Speaker 1: This is my friend T-Bone.
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  Speaker 3: Let's have some fun.
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  Speaker 1: I can't go to work without listening to Mac and Bone.
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  Speaker 2: Do it live.
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  Speaker 4: All right, Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. So we sit here
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  Speaker 4: and trying to deal with some folks in our fan base.
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  Speaker 4: Not many, not many, but some saying Mac. We have
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  Speaker 4: so many injuries. It's one of those NFL loss seasons.
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  Speaker 4: And I will say you get them. You see them, Bone, right?
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  Speaker 4: You do see those those seasons where you look back
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  Speaker 4: and you're like, it was just too many injuries to overcome.
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  Speaker 4: And we're sitting here in week three and it's sad
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  Speaker 4: that already we're getting some whispers on the text line.
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  Speaker 4: I think this might be a season we just can't
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  Speaker 4: win because of all the injuries. It's been bad signs
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  Speaker 4: since the first day of camp, right? When Nick Skorton
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  Speaker 4: went down, we said, oh, man, you're already losing key
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  Speaker 4: guys as soon as you get to camp. And then
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  Speaker 4: Brazel goes down. You already had the Icky Moten stuff
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  Speaker 4: happening there. Or Moten ended up in camp. But Icky
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  Speaker 4: was already out.
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  Speaker 5: So it's one of those things where we said at
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  Speaker 5: the time, if they're losing guys– Before it even gets real,
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  Speaker 5: they're going to pile up eventually, and that's what's happening.
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  Speaker 4: But we didn't realize the pace was going to be
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  Speaker 4: like this.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: I said it earlier, and I may be missing someone.
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  Speaker 4: It's at least 12 guys that are out, have been out,
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  Speaker 4: have missed at least a game, or are hurt right
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  Speaker 4: now and might miss a game.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously J.C.
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  Speaker 4: Horn is the one that shocks you the most because
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  Speaker 4: of the stud that he is at corner and all
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  Speaker 4: the things he allows you to do. move them into
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  Speaker 4: the slot, move them back outside.
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  Speaker 2: They've been doing that this year. It is 12, by
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  Speaker 2: the way. You got it. How do you know that?
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  Speaker 2: You looked it up? Yeah. Did AI help you with that?
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  Speaker 5: I just Googled current number of Panthers injured, and it
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  Speaker 5: says the injury report right now was over a dozen
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  Speaker 5: players injured.
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  Speaker 2: See, I'm going, yeah, it's over. I'm going just starters.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Because I'm not even counting Brazel.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going just starters, Bone, who have missed at least
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  Speaker 4: a game or have been out. You've got two tackles.
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  Speaker 4: I'll throw Jalen Coker in there. He's injured right now.
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  Speaker 4: I didn't even mention Bryce because I think he's going
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  Speaker 4: to play. Three tackles with Brady Christensen, too, right? I
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  Speaker 4: didn't even mention Brady. He's not a starter. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: that's what I'm saying. There are important depth pieces, too,
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  Speaker 4: that have missed. And then you go to Skorton and
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  Speaker 4: Pat Jones both. Pat Jones has missed time. scortons out
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  Speaker 4: devin lloyd missed the game the two corners right now
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  Speaker 4: are hurt horn and mike jack damian lewis is hurt
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  Speaker 4: you got to throw him in there too bobby brown
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  Speaker 4: is a starter turk wharton like listen to all these
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  Speaker 4: i there's there's 13 because i forgot about nick scott
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  Speaker 4: you missed this week there's actually if i count them
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  Speaker 4: up 13 starters it's 16 total right now players It's
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  Speaker 4: 13 of your total 22 starters.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Like if you were to lay out first string. Scott
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  Speaker 4: is one of the guys that's also a depth guy.
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  Speaker 4: If you were to lay out and now chairless is out,
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  Speaker 4: they put him he's on IR that happened over the weekend.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of people missed it. But like if you
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  Speaker 4: were to lay out first and second string defense when
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  Speaker 4: training camp started, 13 of the 22 have been hurt.
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  Speaker 2: And J.C.
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  Speaker 4: Horn is the most devastating. It could be for the season.
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  Speaker 4: I know Jeremy Fowler said six to 12 weeks, and
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  Speaker 4: I know J.C. 's getting a second or third opinion.
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  Speaker 4: but it sounds like that's a torn quad. What do
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  Speaker 4: you think? And I just, I got it. I saved
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  Speaker 4: a couple of these from yesterday. This guy says season over.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 2: So you're joining the crew. This guy says Haynes King time.
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  Speaker 2: Like really? What does that have to do with this?
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  Speaker 2: He played cornerback? Where's he going? He might be able
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  Speaker 2: to actually. It's true.
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  Speaker 4: 704 number yesterday said, Mac, you have NFL lost seasons.
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  Speaker 4: Too many injuries to overcome and it ain't their fault.
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  Speaker 4: Is that what's happening to us? Another texter. Mac, this
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  Speaker 4: season is over. These were from yesterday. We're going to
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  Speaker 4: hear new season over proclamations now. They're from today as well.
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  Speaker 4: But yesterday, Mac, the season's over. This is just too
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  Speaker 4: many injuries to overcome. Our depth is not good enough. Finney,
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  Speaker 4: did you say something? Did you say KB or Smoke
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  Speaker 4: said this too? Or were they just asking the questions?
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  Speaker 3: I saw some promo audio saying that it was starting
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  Speaker 3: to feel like a lost season, and I couldn't think
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  Speaker 3: of anything about the Hornets because they haven't tipped off
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  Speaker 3: a game yet, and we got positive news about Brandon
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  Speaker 3: Miller yesterday, and constant he's going to try to play
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  Speaker 3: opening night.
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  Speaker 2: So I had to think it had to be about...
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  Speaker 2: About the kiddies. Who's giving up? Smokey giving up? Come on, Smokey! Mac,
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  Speaker 2: they've played three games, dude.
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  Speaker 3: They started one and three a year ago. And oh,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, you brought this up in the first hour.
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  Speaker 3: Have you seen this crap division? The Bucs are 0-3.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think Atlanta's win over Green Bay is a
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  Speaker 3: sign of things to come for them.
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  Speaker 2: Going to be some improved football team.
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  Speaker 3: And the Saints just blew an 11-point lead at home
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  Speaker 3: in the second half to the Raiders.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not looking forward to playing Olave and Chuck, though,
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  Speaker 5: without J.C.
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  Speaker 2: Horn, though. That's one thing I'm not looking forward to.
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  Speaker 4: No, you're definitely not looking forward to it. There's no
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  Speaker 4: doubt about it. There's a lot I'm not looking forward
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  Speaker 4: to without J.C.
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  Speaker 2: Horn. It's far from ideal. But are you.
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  Speaker 4: Saying you kind of are starting to have this feeling too, Bone,
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  Speaker 4: about the season is just going to be a lost one?
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  Speaker 5: I don't know if it's a lost season, but I
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  Speaker 5: don't know if I had about 10 wins, I'm not
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  Speaker 5: feeling too... Too great about that because I also– not
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  Speaker 5: only am I worried about the loss of the Browns
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  Speaker 5: in analyzing the season just in general, but the amount
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  Speaker 5: of bodies that are lost. And we're not even to
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  Speaker 5: the fourth game yet. So I'm not saying it's lost
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  Speaker 5: because the division thing is very, very real. But I–
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  Speaker 5: and I think that the schedule– It's not as daunting
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  Speaker 5: as it will appear. Some of these matchups, like Green Bay,
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  Speaker 5: is struggling. Eagles aren't some dominant force. Tampa Bay's 0-3.
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  Speaker 5: They can win some of these games, but... For them
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  Speaker 5: to be better than last year, which was my goal,
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  Speaker 5: I don't know about that right now.
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  Speaker 4: That's another question we're getting. Are you lowering your win total?
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  Speaker 4: I'm just staying at nine right now. I want to
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  Speaker 4: get to the bye week and take a deep breath.
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  Speaker 4: I kind of have a feeling we're going to play
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  Speaker 4: Inspired on Sunday. I also have a feeling we could
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  Speaker 4: give up a lot of points on Sunday as well.
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  Speaker 4: All right, so this is the ask the audience question, Bone,
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  Speaker 4: is do you fear the lost season situation or are
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  Speaker 4: you staying strong and.
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  Speaker 2: Saying, no, you will not do that in week three?
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  Speaker 2: I'm with you 100%, bro.
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  Speaker 4: Now, I'm not on here saying bet your mortgage on
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  Speaker 4: the Panthers making the playoffs. Bet your mama's rent. But
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  Speaker 4: we're still tied for first place. Has anybody ever waved
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  Speaker 4: a white flag while tied for first place? That feels
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  Speaker 4: very weak sauce to me. And I say this all
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  Speaker 4: the time. Our saying as a team, our mantra is
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  Speaker 4: keep pounding. And our fan base, when things go bad,
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  Speaker 4: the only thing y'all are pounding is beers. Like, y'all
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  Speaker 4: keep pouting. I say this every year I've got to
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  Speaker 4: give this speech. Keep pouting. For a team that has
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  Speaker 4: the mantra, keep pounding, man, we are some give-up-early-whiny-babies sometimes.
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  Speaker 4: I said it last hour, and you said it too, Fit.
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  Speaker 4: We're playing the damn NFC South. So pardon me if
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  Speaker 4: I don't want to just write the season off playing
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  Speaker 4: in this god-awful division.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm about to double down and really— take the
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  Speaker 3: people off that want to quit on the year and
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  Speaker 3: start talking draft and looking forward to 2027. Mac, you
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  Speaker 3: know why I feel confident the season ain't over? Because
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  Speaker 3: I think our guy, our quarterback, has taken a step.
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  Speaker 3: Because look at all the crap he's had to endure
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  Speaker 3: the first three weeks of the year, right? Look at
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  Speaker 3: how bad his defense was in week one where he
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  Speaker 3: did his job to give his team a chance to win.
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  Speaker 3: Then you look at Sunday where his offensive line failed him.
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  Speaker 3: Run game failed him. His head coach failed him for
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  Speaker 3: going for it on two fourth downs. Gave the opposition
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  Speaker 3: 10 points.
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  Speaker 2: And that guy in.
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  Speaker 3: The fourth quarter had us winning the football game. Had
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  Speaker 3: us with a chance to win. And so that's just
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  Speaker 3: why I am where I am. Are they going to
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  Speaker 3: go 11-6? Are they going to maybe do the things
• 8:35
  Speaker 3: we wanted them to do this year? which was be
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  Speaker 3: above 500 and win a playoff game, that answer might
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  Speaker 3: be no. But can they still win this division? And
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  Speaker 3: can they still make us feel like they're heading in
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  Speaker 3: the right direction? That answer to me on September 29th
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  Speaker 3: is still yes.
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  Speaker 2: You give up in the NFC South, man. You are
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  Speaker 2: weak sauce.
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  Speaker 4: Like seriously, like if you give up in this division
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  Speaker 4: and don't think it's probably, we won it with eight
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  Speaker 4: games last year and we didn't even play particularly well
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  Speaker 4: at times down the stretch.
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  Speaker 2: We got it. We needed help on the last day.
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  Speaker 4: There's a big difference in being worried and giving up, right?
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  Speaker 5: I think anyone's worried about the injuries. I think that
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  Speaker 5: we all have to be worried to some degree. But
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  Speaker 5: there are some people, Matt, that also, and I see
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  Speaker 5: the names on the text line, you can almost point
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  Speaker 5: out the guys that, Matt, think it's a lost season
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  Speaker 5: because they thought it was a lost season back in
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  Speaker 5: July when we were.
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  Speaker 2: Talking about the season. That's true. Oh, it might be
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  Speaker 2: a lost season. You think every season's a lost season.
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  Speaker 2: So what does that even mean? That's true.
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  Speaker 4: And this texter says, Matt, it's a difference if we're
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  Speaker 4: wondering could it be a lost season. If we're declaring
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  Speaker 4: it a lost season in week three, please rip us. No,
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  Speaker 4: I think that's fair. We're also being told Walker, maybe Walker,
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  Speaker 4: is Walker the one with the promo fit?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Walker also just wants it to be Hornets season,
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  Speaker 3: so he's probably wishing the Panthers would suck.
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  Speaker 2: Stop that, stop that.
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  Speaker 4: Someone texted in and said Walker said yesterday that he's
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  Speaker 4: wondering if it's a lost season. I guess that's a
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  Speaker 4: fair point. You can wonder, is that where this is headed?
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  Speaker 4: Because those seasons do happen in the NFL. I also think, Bone,
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  Speaker 4: our depth this year is way better to handle it
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  Speaker 4: than in past years. I think Dan Morgan has built
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  Speaker 4: this depth.
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  Speaker 2: Is it perfect?
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 4: But I do, I think, and like, for a lot
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  Speaker 4: of people are saying the defense without JC, I'll just
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  Speaker 4: say this. Our pass rush is better. You can already
• 10:20
  Speaker 4: see it in the metrics and some of the numbers.
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  Speaker 4: Pressure percentage, sack percentage, it's already been better. Your eyes
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  Speaker 4: can tell you with Phillips and Princely getting after it.
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  Speaker 4: Travis Gibson has had a really good pass rush win rate, too,
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  Speaker 4: I was looking at yesterday. And also the linebacker position
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  Speaker 4: is so much better. So, yeah, you lose J.C. Horn,
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  Speaker 4: but we've improved ourselves bone in the front seven. So
• 10:41
  Speaker 4: can that not make up for it? If you pressure more,
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  Speaker 4: you don't have to cover as long. You know, I
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  Speaker 4: also think the linebacker. I mean, that's the thing.
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  Speaker 5: The other day there was no Devin Lloyd and we
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  Speaker 5: saw what the difference he made. So, yes, they they've
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  Speaker 5: missed J.C.
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  Speaker 2: Before.
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  Speaker 5: But this linebacker play with Devin Lloyd will be the
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  Speaker 5: best that they've had without J.C.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely. Definitely.
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  Speaker 4: 704 number says, I heard y'all's theory that the offense
• 11:06
  Speaker 4: is ready to carry more load and score more points.
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  Speaker 4: That would be true if our tackles weren't turnstiles. That's
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  Speaker 4: the one big thing. Like, we had a texter earlier
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  Speaker 4: that said it's going to get ugly against Detroit on Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: And I said, maybe for the defense, right? That offense
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  Speaker 4: is high-powered with those skilled players and golf at the controls.
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  Speaker 4: But it could get ugly for their defense, too. They're
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  Speaker 4: in Detroit. you know, freaking out about their secondary injuries, right?
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  Speaker 4: Both starting safeties, a third safety, a corner. Like, so
• 11:37
  Speaker 4: their defense is very gettable too in the past game.
• 11:40
  Speaker 5: Perfect time for T-Mac to have a big game, right?
• 11:43
  Speaker 4: Oh, I definitely think so. I definitely think so. And
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  Speaker 4: I don't think they're going to let that happen again.
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  Speaker 2: But like the whole thing is the tackles.
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  Speaker 4: But I do think you'll, you know, they haven't given
• 11:54
  Speaker 4: us a timeframe, but I feel like they've said all
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  Speaker 4: along they do expect Moten and Icky back.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a question of when.
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  Speaker 4: Hopefully we'll get those guys back, and hopefully you can
• 12:04
  Speaker 4: find a way, Bone, to get better tackle play. You
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  Speaker 4: said it earlier. Aiden Hutchinson coming into that building and saying, hey,
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  Speaker 4: Walker and Freeling, where are you boys at? That's not
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  Speaker 4: a great feeling.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's not. I'll concede that.
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  Speaker 5: We also, Matt, get Sunday night, we get Chris Collinsworth
• 12:18
  Speaker 5: talking Bryce Young, right? Now, Mike, here's a guy. He
• 12:22
  Speaker 5: walks in the building. You're thinking, how does this guy
• 12:23
  Speaker 5: throw a football? Then he comes out there, and I'll
• 12:25
  Speaker 5: be damned, Mike. This guy is just slinging it around,
• 12:28
  Speaker 5: and this is a guy I believe in, Mike. Did
• 12:30
  Speaker 5: you hear what he said? That might not be my
• 12:32
  Speaker 5: best Collinsworth impression. I kind of went John Gruden there
• 12:34
  Speaker 5: for a second.
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: Where's Eddie O when we need him? Why would Eddie
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: O be part of the NBC broadcast? I don't understand that.
• 12:42
  Speaker 2: I just want to hear that.
• 12:43
  Speaker 5: Maybe NBC Louisiana down there, I could be part of
• 12:46
  Speaker 5: something there with my crawfish and my.
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  Speaker 2: Gumbos and whatnot.
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  Speaker 4: Collinsworth said yesterday that most of these players, when he
• 12:52
  Speaker 4: talks to them the week leading up to the game
• 12:55
  Speaker 4: or whatever, they think he played quarterback. He said, these
• 12:58
  Speaker 4: people have no idea who I am. They just assume
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  Speaker 4: I play quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my God.
• 13:03
  Speaker 4: By the way, how about Mark Schlereth? How about our
• 13:06
  Speaker 4: guy Stink Schlereth's tweet yesterday? He was very proud of himself.
• 13:10
  Speaker 4: He said, based on your reaction on social media, I've
• 13:14
  Speaker 4: realized both the Panthers and Browns fan bases think I
• 13:17
  Speaker 4: was biased yesterday. And it tells me I'm doing my
• 13:20
  Speaker 4: job right.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 4: How do we feel about that? Fitty, you made a
• 13:26
  Speaker 4: stink about stink yesterday.
• 13:27
  Speaker 3: I'm going to order some of this chili, take a stink,
• 13:30
  Speaker 3: and then mail it back to him. That's what they
• 13:31
  Speaker 3: give him on the air.
• 13:32
  Speaker 2: Wow, we really got him there.
• 13:35
  Speaker 3: Got him! There was never a point in time I
• 13:38
  Speaker 3: thought he was biased towards the Carolina Panthers. The over-criticism
• 13:42
  Speaker 3: of Bryce Young, while the... over defense and praise for
• 13:47
  Speaker 3: Deshaun Watson was nauseating. If I'm the NFL, I write
• 13:51
  Speaker 3: Fox a memo and a letter, and I'm embarrassed by
• 13:53
  Speaker 3: the broadcast that they conducted on Sunday. Because I'm not,
• 13:56
  Speaker 3: we should not be here for his comeback story.
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  Speaker 2: Why don't you write the letter? Write that letter right now, Fetty.
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  Speaker 2: Start crafting it on the air to us.
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  Speaker 3: Was it 345 Park Road is the address up there?
• 14:06
  Speaker 3: I'll give it to Goodell.
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: 345 Park Road. Is that Park Road Shopping Center? Yeah,
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: it's right on the street here. Can I tell you what, Bob?
• 14:11
  Speaker 1: Park Avenue.
• 14:12
  Speaker 2: It's Park Avenue in New York. Look, we all have words.
• 14:14
  Speaker 5: We go to, but March to Lareth Mac during the games.
• 14:18
  Speaker 5: There's not a man in the world that can say
• 14:21
  Speaker 5: the word football more than he does in a game.
• 14:24
  Speaker 5: Football field, football game, football player, football injury. He has
• 14:27
  Speaker 5: to throw football on top of everything he says, and
• 14:30
  Speaker 5: it drives me insane.
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  Speaker 2: It makes no sense. We know what we're watching.
• 14:33
  Speaker 5: Bryce Young can see the football field. He uses football.
• 14:36
  Speaker 5: Other guys do it, too. We know what we're watching.
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  Speaker 5: Stop throwing football in every word. We know what we're watching.
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  Speaker 2: What do we think? They're on a baseball field? Like
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: what it was, you know what I mean? It's just, yeah,
• 14:45
  Speaker 2: that's an unnecessary word.
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  Speaker 4: But again, uh, how many unnecessary words do I say
• 14:49
  Speaker 4: bone during the course of a four hour show?
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: You would say all of them. Some things don't need
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: to be said.
• 14:57
  Speaker 4: Flawless says when he said, who's the Carolina Reaper now?
• 15:01
  Speaker 4: He sounded like a D1 Panther hater. People are calling
• 15:05
  Speaker 4: Schlereth names we can't see on the radio right now.
• 15:09
  Speaker 4: This dude says, I'm a Browns fan. And even I
• 15:12
  Speaker 4: know he sounded way more critical towards Bryce than Deshaun. Yeah,
• 15:16
  Speaker 4: I actually thought he pointed out some decent stuff. I
• 15:20
  Speaker 4: thought Bryce could have thrown that ball to Tremble down
• 15:23
  Speaker 4: near the goal line. I actually thought he did have
• 15:26
  Speaker 4: Mechie open. Would have been a first down. Instead, he
• 15:28
  Speaker 4: missed the corner route on the left side. I actually thought, Bone,
• 15:33
  Speaker 4: he was making some decent points about mistakes by Bryce.
• 15:35
  Speaker 4: It's kind of the way he says it. And that's
• 15:38
  Speaker 4: why I was asking yesterday, and I don't know if
• 15:40
  Speaker 4: you probably hear him more than I do, Bone. God
• 15:43
  Speaker 4: knows we heard him a lot last year. I feel
• 15:45
  Speaker 4: like I should know. Like, does he criticize everybody with
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: that oomph? Like, it just feels like he really digs
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: into Bryce. And there were times, Bone, where he complimented Bryce, too.
• 15:55
  Speaker 4: I will say that, you know, but he really but
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: maybe he's just kind of that loud, like in your
• 16:02
  Speaker 4: face analyst that just doesn't sugarcoat stuff.
• 16:04
  Speaker 5: I don't.
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: But but the guy is right. He's right. I don't
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: think he was.
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: All over Watson. I know he pointed out when he
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: missed some throws, but I don't know. Or am I
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: just a biased Panther fan?
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 16:15
  Speaker 5: He was all over their general offense at one point
• 16:18
  Speaker 5: early in the game. He was ripping the Browns offense
• 16:20
  Speaker 5: at one point. I forget what the terms were. But
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: he was pretty hard. As the game went along, he wasn't.
• 16:26
  Speaker 5: But there was a moment there he was all over
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: their offense when they were not doing anything. I forget
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: what exactly he said.
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: I think he is.
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: I think that's kind of just the way he rolls, right?
• 16:33
  Speaker 4: All loud and in your face and stinky.
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: He's a football guy announcing a football game in a
• 16:35
  Speaker 5: football field to football fans.
• 16:39
  Speaker 4: This dude says, Mark Schlereth is the worst. I pray
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: to bring back Tiki Barber or Jonathan Vilma to do
• 16:48
  Speaker 4: our games.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: Be careful what you ask for there, fam.
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: Mac and I always say, we haven't got Vilma in
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: a very long time. All last season and this season
• 16:56
  Speaker 5: so far, we are... We are way overdue for the
• 16:58
  Speaker 5: Vilma experience, are we not?
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah, knock on wood. I don't even want to jinx
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: it talking about that, man. I say they put a
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: Panther Haters ball together, Bone, and the Panther Haters ball booth,
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: and it's Tiki, Vilma, and Schlereth all together.
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: How many TVs would be broken in the Charlotte area?
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: Or you mean Rondé?
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: Oh, Rondé. Yeah, not Tiki. The texter said Tiki. That's
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: my bad. Oh, yeah, it's Rondé. Yeah, it's the Buccaneer version.
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
• 17:27
  Speaker 5: Who's no longer broadcasting but still catching strays on the
• 17:29
  Speaker 5: text line.
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: He was like one of the first ones when I
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: got here that was like, man, he is annoying to
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: do our games.
• 17:36
  Speaker 5: When we come back, Adam Gold. It's a big day
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: for the gold man. The Hurricanes get their cup defense ready.
• 17:42
  Speaker 5: We'll talk about that. ACC football, the Panthers' performance, and more.
• 17:47
  Speaker 5: Adam Gold, the weekly spot next on Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: We'll be right back.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: Oh, good thing.
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: We're live, everybody. We're live, live, live.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: Good thing we didn't have a Sacramento hot mic situation
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: during that break, man.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: We got a little frisky.
• 18:23
  Speaker 5: All I simply did was tell Mac who Lola Weiss
• 18:26
  Speaker 5: was on WWE.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: I'm not aware. I'm not aware of the current ladies
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: involved in wrestling.
• 18:33
  Speaker 5: I've never seen a man search quicker for a name
• 18:36
  Speaker 5: than he did during that second break.
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: I'm a throwback. I'm a Miss Hancock man. Stacey Keebler.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry?
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: Stacey Keebler. Isn't that her name? You're not talking about
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: my mom, right? No, I'm talking about, wasn't that the
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: character Stacey Keebler played? Yes, it was.
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah, my fellow Towson Tiger alum, Stacey Keebler. She will
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: ever be my favorite wrestling woman. But I'm open-boned to.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Hear the new names.
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: There's a lot of them. All right, let's focus here, man.
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: The Canes open today, baby, at 5 o'clock, an hour
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: after Bone eats his dinner. The Carolina Hurricanes will raise
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: a banner and drop the puck and take on those
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: dastardly Kachuk brothers.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: And the Florida Panthers. What a fun way to open
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: the season.
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: There's also something that apparently is a policy they're announcing
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: about fan behavior that we have questions about. So there's
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: going to be a lot of Kane stuff here. We
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: will probably work some football in as well. But Adam Gold,
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: he is here, and I know he's ready for Kane's season.
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: 99.9 to Fanning Rally. What you need to know in
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: Charlotte is weeknights here on WFNZ at 7 o'clock. Goldie,
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: I know you're ready to go for tonight, huh, man?
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: I am fired up. And a day game, too. I
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: love it.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: Are you good with that?
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: A lot of fans were complaining about the 5 p.m.,
• 19:52
  Speaker 5: but that's kind of a cool thing, I think.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: I don't give a... Oh, wait. I almost... I almost
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: already broke a rule. We'll all get over it. Well,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, 5 o'clock's not the most convenient thing, but
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: it's not like it was sprung on us yesterday. We've
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: known about it for two months. So we're good.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: Let's go.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: Let's party.
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: Canes fans can do that fine, just fine. I think
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: the argument that I've heard is like, man, we're raising
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: a banner. We're the champs, and you've got to give
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: us the early time. But, of course, I was informed
• 20:31
  Speaker 4: of what two markets play that slot where you would
• 20:34
  Speaker 4: like the Canes to be, and it's Boston and New York.
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: It's like, just like in baseball, you ain't bumping those
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: markets off the primetime, man.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Florida was the two-time defending champs and they played the
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: five o'clock game last year.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: Okay. I didn't know that. Okay. All right. It does
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: kind of suck though.
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: It's the last three, holders are the last three cups
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: and they get five o'clock, but you're right. Canes fans
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: will make the most of it. So how are you
• 21:00
  Speaker 4: feeling about this season? I mean, obviously it's hard to defend.
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: I'm not even talking about that. Like Do you feel
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: like this team can be as good? Do you feel
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: like they can be improved in some areas? Are you
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: worried about a step back at all? What's your feeling
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: about this team compared to the champs?
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: I think they'll be better than last year's team. It
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're going to win a cup, but I
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: think in the regular season, all that does is give
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: you a chance. I think they'll be a better team
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: in the regular season this year than last year. I
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: think there's areas for several of their players to improve.
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: They'll get a much healthier version of Seth Jarvis back.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: My guess is he'll come back before J.C. Horn. That's
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: my guess.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: God, that hurts. I mean, good for Jarvis, but that hurts.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know. I apologize. But I think they'll be
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: a better regular season team. And then we'll see how
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: it all falls together in the postseason. It's the most
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: unpredictable of the sports postseason because anybody can beat anybody
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: in the first round. All bets are off in the
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: first round. It's just a goofy way of– it's an
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: incredible sport.
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: Mack and I were taken aback by one of your
• 22:25
  Speaker 5: tweets today, a quote tweet saying, From at Canes Hockey AC,
• 22:29
  Speaker 5: it's a screenshot of new fan etiquette rules at Lenovo Center.
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: Any fan who curses in front of children will now
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: be evicted from the arena. Cursing does not have a
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: place in the game of hockey. We had to ask you,
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: was this real? But it turns out.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: That it is.
• 22:48
  Speaker 5: The Canes are cutting down on cursing at the arena, huh?
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Were they not at their own parade?
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: I just thought the same thing. I was like, what
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: about that parade? I mean, my gosh.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: Sebastian Ajo was treating Jordan Stahl like Roy Kent.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: It was awesome. Look, you know, I think.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: We'd all like to be better around kids, but I
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: think this is sort of like, you know, on the
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: back of the ticket. It tells you that, like, if
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: a puck goes into the stands and it hits you,
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: it's on you. Like, they're just really covering themselves. Hey, look,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: we told them, like, if somebody gets really abusive, yeah,
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: we'll probably, I'm sure they'll kick him out. But I
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: do have questions. Am I allowed to say H-E double
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: hockey sticks?
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we need to know. It's hockey sticks. You should
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: be allowed to. Well, you need to know.
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: You know, old school radio, Goldie, you had those seven words, right?
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Exactly. We need to.
• 23:50
  Speaker 4: Know what are the no-nos in the arena. I have
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: to tell you, I said this, and I know this
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: doesn't make me a good person.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: It might make me the opposite.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Uh-oh.
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: But I was saying to the boys off the air, Goldie,
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: I can't watch a sporting event without cursing.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: You're a Charlotte sports fan. That's hard for me, man.
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: And I get it with kids because I've been there
• 24:13
  Speaker 4: before where I've had my kids and it's like some
• 24:16
  Speaker 4: people are really belligerent about it, but just like a
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: curse word here or there, that feels impossible to me.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: Not to mention that depending on who you are, we
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: all have different thresholds. To me, H-E double hockey sticks,
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: It's not a curse, but to some it is. Is
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: Karen going to call security on me?
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: That's a good point.
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: If you get stuck with a total Karen near you,
• 24:47
  Speaker 4: are they going to listen to her and you said
• 24:51
  Speaker 4: a word that's not that bad one time?
• 24:53
  Speaker 5: I tweeted you my theory. This is brilliant. You can
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: keep the Northeastern fans out now.
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: Oh, the Rangers fans will be gone by the first
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: TV timeout. They'll go back to Carrie and put on
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: their hurricane jersey. Here's my suggestion. We also turn into
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: Roman Maroney from Johnny Dangerously and just curse like he did.
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: I like that. You've seen the movie, right?
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you bargain ice hole. Am I allowed to say that?
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: I think I can say that.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: You're some of the beaches. You're wastages.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Yes, wastage. That was another one. Oh, that's fun. Oh,
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: that's fun.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: So I do believe, though, ref you suck is okay.
• 25:42
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it better be because I know that's going to
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: be done. That'll be done tonight at some point.
• 25:46
  Speaker 5: Adam, I feel for the arena workers that if there's
• 25:49
  Speaker 5: a guy banging on the glass and you have to
• 25:52
  Speaker 5: go down there and say, sir, you have to leave,
• 25:54
  Speaker 5: you use a naughty word, good luck with that guy.
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: I'm sure everybody's going to take that well. I dropped
• 26:00
  Speaker 4: one F-bomb, and I'm out of the game. I spent
• 26:03
  Speaker 4: $ 200 on tickets.
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh.
• 26:05
  Speaker 4: Now, one last Canes question, Goldie, and I'm sure we
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: can do some football stuff or whatever.
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: The Rod Brendamore get thrown out, someone asked. Yeah, that's true.
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: Oh, man, if a kid's sitting behind the bench, holy cow.
• 26:17
  Speaker 4: Keep the kids away from the bench, y'all, all right? Um, Goldie,
• 26:21
  Speaker 4: I was going to ask about Jarvis. So like, do
• 26:23
  Speaker 4: you know what timeline? And then the other question is Nikitian,
• 26:27
  Speaker 4: the defenseman is, I guess it's a restricted free agent
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: situation where they haven't come to terms. Like, can we
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: just forget about him this year?
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: Like what, what are those two situations?
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the Nikitian one. Uh, let me handle that
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: one first. Uh, there, I mean, he has a new agent,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: which actually may help Carolina, uh, But ultimately, they value
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: him differently at this point than he values him. So
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: my feeling is that this is probably going to end
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: in a separation and a trade. Who knows what Carolina
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: will bring back? They have interest in Winnipeg's goaltender, Connor Hellebuck,
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: but there's no direct The Hurricanes and Winnipeg aren't good
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: trade partners, and I'm not sure Nikitian wants to go
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: there anyway. Not that he would have to approve. He
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: has no rights. Hurricanes can trade him to whoever they want.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: But no team's going to take him unless they can
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: sign him. And I don't believe he wants to sign
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: a short-term deal. I think he wants a long-term contract.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: Hurricanes are not ready to do that with him. I
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: think the Canes would love to buy a look at
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: him for two years. and then make their decision at
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: least during or after this season. But I don't believe
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: that's what they're interested in. So I think this is
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: ultimately going to end in a trade. As for Jarvis,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: according to Eric Tolsky yesterday, if it was up to Seth,
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: he'd play tonight. But he's not really ready for that.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: And with shoulder surgery, it's always kind of tricky. My
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: feeling is he'll probably miss the first– oh, three, four
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: weeks of the season. If I didn't see Seth Jarvis
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: in the lineup until November 1st, I'd be fine with it.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: I'd actually be fine with it if we didn't see
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: him until December 1st. The longer he stays out, I
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: think the stronger he is.
• 28:28
  Speaker 5: How much of your faith in the Panthers took a
• 28:31
  Speaker 5: hit on Sunday with the loss to Cleveland, but also
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: the amount of injuries that are piling up, including J.C.
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: Horn?
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: Um, I mean, the injuries are the only thing that
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: would have shaked my faith in the team. I thought,
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: I mean, I thought Bryce played fine. He wasn't great.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: Certainly wasn't as good as he was in the first
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: two games. But Cleveland's defense, and I said going in,
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: I thought this would be a low-scoring game that the
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: Panthers would just kind of figure out a way to win.
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: And they could have. They certainly could have. But Cleveland's
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: got a legit defense, even without Myles Garrett.
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: I was not surprised that it was more difficult. I
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: think the injuries, to me, are the real problem. And
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: as I said before the season started, I know Horn
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: and Jackson hurt. That's a problem. And they'll have to
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: figure out a way around that. That means more pressure
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: on the quarterback. It certainly wasn't good that Devin Lloyd
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: wasn't available. I think that has a lot to do
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: with why the game played out the way it did.
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: But I've been telling you, the two guards... I know
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: Robert Hunt hasn't been great to start the season and
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: now Damian Lewis has banged up. And he was sort
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: of in and out of training camp's lineup. That is
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: my biggest concern for this team. Because it speaks to
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: whether or not they can run the ball effectively.
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: It does. And those tackles, too.
• 29:54
  Speaker 4: You know, I wonder how long until we can get
• 29:57
  Speaker 4: at least one of Moten or Icky back. That would
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: certainly help as well. What did you think? Real quick, Goldie,
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: what did you think of the way Dave Doran? It
• 30:05
  Speaker 4: was feisty Dave. You get this from Dave from time
• 30:08
  Speaker 4: to time. It amuses me. What did you think of Dave?
• 30:11
  Speaker 4: When he ended his press conference, if they blow a
• 30:14
  Speaker 4: 21 point lead with against app, but finished with the
• 30:16
  Speaker 4: last 10 points. And he says, by the way, we
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: won that game. What did you, what'd you think of
• 30:21
  Speaker 4: that feisty Dave moment?
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: I thought his look, that's what Dave. That's Dave, right,
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: in a nutshell. I don't know why anybody thought that
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: this would be a blowout. Maybe because it was 21-0
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: in 28-7. But State isn't so good where they're going
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: to blow anybody out other than Richmond. And App is feisty,
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: plus the game, you know, it's in some ways App
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl when you're playing NC State. I saw the
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: game I thought I was going to see. High-scoring game
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: where State won by about a touchdown.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: Okay, good.
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: Could Dave have chosen better words than to use lynch mob? Okay,
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: I think that's a little extreme.
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: I caught that, too.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not using it in the sense where lynching
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: is something so egregious for Dave Dorn to say. I'm
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: just saying I don't think people really are looking at
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: it in the way Dave is reacting to it. I
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: think fans are frustrated because the team... Really, fans are frustrated.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: If they had beaten Vanderbilt, I don't think we would
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: see this. But they're still sore over the fact that
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: they lost that game that they should have won. And
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: they felt like maybe the whole thing was sort of mismanaged.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: And I do. I thought that game was mismanaged at
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: the end. But with all that said, I think Dave
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: was a little bit in his feels. And I think that... Like,
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: I wasn't at the game... So maybe he was hearing
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: it from the fans because they blew the 21-point lead,
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: and that game was, what, 31 apiece deep into the
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: fourth quarter.
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. All right, Goldie, you rock, man.
• 32:05
  Speaker 4: That was a great preview of the Canes on the
• 32:08
  Speaker 4: ice and in the stands.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate you. Enjoy the opener, man. We'll talk to you
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  Speaker 2: next week.
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  Speaker 1: F yeah.
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  Speaker 4: All right. There you go. Adam Gold joining us. That
• 32:18
  Speaker 4: Johnny Dangerously callback. I forgot all about that movie and
• 32:21
  Speaker 4: the silly way that they did replacement cuss words.
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: We got a text from Dan Orwaski that says, use
• 32:25
  Speaker 5: the word fudge.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: It works well. There you go. That'll help you out,
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: Canes fans. All right.
• 32:30
  Speaker 5: We come back in the Mac and Bone show. We're
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: each going to present a top five list of who's
• 32:35
  Speaker 5: got the hottest cheeks right now in the Carolinas.
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  Speaker 2: Finally. From a coaching standpoint. We're talking coaching hot seats.
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  Speaker 2: Settle down, killer.
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  Speaker 5: Our hot sheet rankings next on Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 33:06
  Speaker 4: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. Mack and Bone with you. Good
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: to talk some puck with Goldie. I'd like to make
• 33:12
  Speaker 4: an announcement, Bone, as well. You're not retiring, are you?
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: Don't sound so hopeful.
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: No, no, no.
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying I don't want you to.
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  Speaker 4: I didn't know. I would be surprised and hurt. Bone's like,
• 33:23
  Speaker 4: get all your ads if you're retiring. Ancient has a
• 33:27
  Speaker 4: roofing because he used me. Caniac Mack is in the night, baby.
• 33:32
  Speaker 4: All three periods of this game tonight, Caniac Mac is in. Usually, Bone,
• 33:38
  Speaker 4: I do not show up, or I'll dabble in the
• 33:40
  Speaker 4: opener for a handful of minutes. But usually I will
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: not show up, Bone, until, I don't know, maybe the playoffs,
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: quite possibly. Caniac Mac, in. for this opener tonight against
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: the dastardly Kachuk brothers.
• 33:52
  Speaker 5: And the Hurricane Hockey Network, is that on DirecTV stream?
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: I haven't figured that out yet. I just know it's
• 33:57
  Speaker 4: on ESPN tonight. So I know I can watch tonight's game.
• 34:01
  Speaker 4: And then I was going to worry. I know they're
• 34:04
  Speaker 4: on Spectrum, I think. I think they've got a deal
• 34:06
  Speaker 4: with them. But I don't know, Bone, about DirecTV stream,
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: which is what I have, and I don't know what
• 34:12
  Speaker 4: providers the Canes may deal with.
• 34:14
  Speaker 5: It won't be YouTube TV, because as Joe Ovietz was
• 34:17
  Speaker 5: tweeting about yesterday, they don't really do those deals with those.
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: Types of team networks like that. So it would have
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: to be DirecTV for the stream at some point. Okay,
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: so we'll see what happens. You got it on Prime.
• 34:28
  Speaker 4: You've got to go to Prime and pay for it.
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: If you're a Braves Canes fan, you get the mackerel
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: all day today, don't you? Oh, that's right.
• 34:36
  Speaker 4: We got a double dip, baby. We got a little
• 34:37
  Speaker 4: Braves where I jump in, y'all. I act like y'all's
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: Braves are my team because the Orioles stink. And then
• 34:43
  Speaker 4: I go right to the Canes, baby. Might be the
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: only game I watch for a couple months. I'm in
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: the day, though, baby. It is on USA Soccer tonight
• 34:50
  Speaker 4: as well. Can't miss that. With a bunch of young'uns
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: as well. So we've got stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Happening, baby.
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  Speaker 5: HHN, the Hurricane Hockey Network, is on Prime, apparently, also. Well,
• 35:00
  Speaker 5: Prime is their number one thing, right? Yeah. That's the
• 35:04
  Speaker 5: one we know. The other, you've got to pay for
• 35:06
  Speaker 5: it there.
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  Speaker 2: I've lost track. Yeah, you've got to pay for it there.
• 35:09
  Speaker 4: But the hope is that they get on a lot
• 35:11
  Speaker 4: of our different satellite and cable services.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's right. Yeah, Prime's there. You're right. I've lost track.
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  Speaker 4: All right, let's go to, let's talk about, as Bone
• 35:18
  Speaker 4: put it so eloquently, the hottest cheeks in the Carolinas.
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  Speaker 4: We got to take Finney's mic during this segment. We're
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: talking about coaches. There feels like there is a definitive
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: five coaches in the Carolinas. who at least have warm
• 35:32
  Speaker 4: booties right now when we talk about hot seats. We
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: have both been tasked to rank them five through one.
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  Speaker 2: We'll count them down. If you would like to nominate your.
• 35:44
  Speaker 4: Coach for the hottest seat in the Carolinas and say,
• 35:47
  Speaker 4: get rid of this dude, feel free to text in.
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  Speaker 2: It is unbelievable.
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  Speaker 4: And we said this, it was this way going into
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: the season. Like the amount of coaches that had something
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: to prove and that were already on warm seats going
• 35:59
  Speaker 4: into the season. It feels like a very unique season.
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  Speaker 4: So who do you have of the five? And just,
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: you know, so we're on the same page. We're thinking Beamer, Belichick, Doran, Dabo, Albin.
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  Speaker 4: We're saying those five are at least warm, if not hot.
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  Speaker 5: Buns off the burner for Dow Loggins.
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  Speaker 2: Big time, big time.
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  Speaker 5: And obviously Manny and Dicker, whenever we're going to be
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  Speaker 5: on there and– Blake Carroll was never going to be
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  Speaker 5: on there either right now.
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  Speaker 2: No, definitely. All right, so who do you have at No. 5,
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: hottest seat?
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  Speaker 5: No. 5, I have a longtime friend of mine, Dabo
• 36:30
  Speaker 5: Sweeney at No. 5. I never really have thought that
• 36:35
  Speaker 5: he was going to get fired from Clemson. I've always
• 36:37
  Speaker 5: said he'll move on if it's getting bad or he
• 36:41
  Speaker 5: feels like it. I don't see them firing Dabo based
• 36:44
  Speaker 5: off the history. I still think he may end up
• 36:47
  Speaker 5: not loving the sport and walking away at some point.
• 36:50
  Speaker 5: But on this list, Mackers, I've got my dear friend
• 36:53
  Speaker 5: Dabo at number five. I've got Dabo at five as well.
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  Speaker 4: First of all, his buyout bone is upper 50s, low 60s.
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: Low 60 million, right? 57 or 60 million, depending on
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: when you fire him. That is a big old chunk
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: of James for Clemson. Not to mention, I think the
• 37:13
  Speaker 4: staff's been doing some coaching. I'm not on here trying
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: to tell you that Matt Luke, an offensive line coach,
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: should be lauded or praised, but the line did get.
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: a bit better against Cal.
• 37:25
  Speaker 4: Chad Morris, I understand if Clemson fans still want to
• 37:28
  Speaker 4: text us ripping him, but I feel like they're trying
• 37:30
  Speaker 4: to find a way. It's not pretty with the freshman
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: QB in the low line, but they're trying to find
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: a way to run the ball. um defense was a
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: bit better this week against a really talented quarterback so
• 37:41
  Speaker 4: i feel like i'm with you that's a lot of
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: money and a buyout for your for your all-time greatest
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  Speaker 4: coach and i think they're starting to maybe they can
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: have an okay season but.
• 37:49
  Speaker 5: I still um i still wonder if dabbo's back just
• 37:52
  Speaker 5: on his own accord we'll have to see how that
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  Speaker 5: plays out but i could see.
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  Speaker 4: That happen that's a lot of money to you know
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  Speaker 4: to To turn away from, man.
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  Speaker 5: Dabo's not there for money. He's there for the ward
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  Speaker 5: and football.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, okay. Thank you, Bone, for that. It's not about
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: money for Dabs. Number four. Hot as booties. In coaching
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  Speaker 2: in the Carolinas. Who is it, Bone? Number four, I've
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: got Dave Doran.
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  Speaker 4: We're going to have the exact same list. We love
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: the exact same list. We did not check our booty
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  Speaker 4: list here before we did this. Our hot booty list.
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  Speaker 4: So do you think it's obvious? Do you think the
• 38:27
  Speaker 4: five is in an obvious range? Dorn and Belichick was
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: an interesting one for me. If you ask the state fans,
• 38:35
  Speaker 4: Dave Dorn, I think, would be higher than four. I
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: think state fans have seen enough. I think they know
• 38:39
  Speaker 4: what he is in the best of times.
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: And I think they're tired of.
• 38:42
  Speaker 4: Seeing double-digit leads blown, even though they were able to
• 38:46
  Speaker 4: stabilize against App. I still think that annoyed state fans.
• 38:50
  Speaker 4: But I put him below Belichick because I just don't
• 38:54
  Speaker 4: know how the administration feels. I just don't feel like
• 38:57
  Speaker 4: the administration at state is in the hurry to fire
• 39:00
  Speaker 4: him and make a change, and just try a new
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: guy the way fans and even media are.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think Belichick's at three, Matt, partly because he
• 39:13
  Speaker 5: still has to get the football team to perform, but
• 39:16
  Speaker 5: it's also all of the other stuff that's going on.
• 39:19
  Speaker 5: Bill Belichick, Matt, had a quote yesterday that they have
• 39:21
  Speaker 5: a plan going forward to do the right stuff at
• 39:24
  Speaker 5: the football program.
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: They had to come up with the plan to get
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: things in the right order. That should have been your
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: plan right away. Yeah, what was your plan when you
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: got there? To F everything up?
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  Speaker 4: Have to fire Lombardi and Stevie? And have to do
• 39:38
  Speaker 4: an investigation? Was that the plan? Yeah, I put Belichick
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  Speaker 4: at three. You could argue two maybe for him, too.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know. It's going to depend on
• 39:49
  Speaker 4: what kind of football they can play. They have Notre
• 39:51
  Speaker 4: Dame at Pittsburgh at Duke. There's a very good chance, Bone,
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: that that 2-0 start becomes a 2-4 season. And then
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: you have 2-4, and then you have, Bone, the bad
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: stuff off the field.
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  Speaker 2: It could escalate. The heat could escalate.
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  Speaker 5: Of all these teams on the list there, they have
• 40:11
  Speaker 5: the football problems and the off-the-field problems, right?
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  Speaker 2: They do. And it's only $ 10 million.
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  Speaker 4: Just like it is to buy out Doran, it's only
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: $ 10 million after the season. Like I say only, but
• 40:21
  Speaker 4: like in the current landscape of like Dabo's buyout and
• 40:24
  Speaker 4: Norvell's buyout, both being over 50.
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  Speaker 5: My number two, now I do think we were talking
• 40:30
  Speaker 5: during the break. I do think that you can make a–
• 40:33
  Speaker 5: Beamer is so hot currently that he may not last, hell,
• 40:37
  Speaker 5: another full week. But I think Tim Albin's buns are
• 40:41
  Speaker 5: extremely hot when you look at the totality of what
• 40:44
  Speaker 5: he's done the first two years. I don't think it's
• 40:46
  Speaker 5: all his fault, but there's a new AD, and the
• 40:49
  Speaker 5: way this season's going, he– I mean, even if they
• 40:53
  Speaker 5: win one game, I don't know how big of a
• 40:54
  Speaker 5: deal that is, but he's potentially looking at, like, one
• 40:57
  Speaker 5: win in his first two years. That would be 1-23,
• 41:00
  Speaker 5: and the only win would be Monmouth in that two-year period.
• 41:04
  Speaker 5: I like Tim Albon. I don't like doing that, but
• 41:06
  Speaker 5: if he goes 1-23 or 2-22, which seems likely in
• 41:08
  Speaker 5: his first two years.
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  Speaker 2: with a new AD. Yeah, if you're Kevin White, you're
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: sitting there. That's a record. I don't know if you
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: can defend bringing that back to the fan base, right?
• 41:19
  Speaker 4: If you're Kevin White, you have to sit there and think,
• 41:23
  Speaker 4: can I do better than this? Now, we know that
• 41:24
  Speaker 4: Tim Albin coaches ass off at Ohio, and we know
• 41:28
  Speaker 4: there's all kind of other issues there. I just don't
• 41:30
  Speaker 4: think the NILA, or even though they beefed up the money,
• 41:32
  Speaker 4: is necessarily a great one for Charlotte. But yeah, I
• 41:36
  Speaker 4: watched them bone, and it's like, I thought there were
• 41:39
  Speaker 4: some strides against Ole Miss football Apt, they were down
• 41:42
  Speaker 4: by 19, but they scored two touchdowns, cut it to five.
• 41:46
  Speaker 4: Those turnovers and that offensive performance, God, that was ugly
• 41:50
  Speaker 4: on Saturday. So, number one, we both go Shane Beams, right? Yeah,
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: because he– Beamer number one. Look, he– Alvin C.
• 41:58
  Speaker 5: At the end of the year might be extremely hot,
• 42:01
  Speaker 5: but Beamer's is hot in the moment right now where
• 42:05
  Speaker 5: a win over Kentucky may save him for the immediate,
• 42:08
  Speaker 5: but it feels like– Keeping him around, Mac, just for
• 42:11
  Speaker 5: beating Kentucky puts off the inevitable. I think with the
• 42:15
  Speaker 5: way the team is performing, all the money spent on
• 42:18
  Speaker 5: high-end star talent, that's not working out. The fact that
• 42:21
  Speaker 5: they're unraveling a little bit behind the scenes, it appears.
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: I don't really know.
• 42:27
  Speaker 5: Outside of going on some unforeseen great run where they
• 42:32
  Speaker 5: knock off three or four teams in a row, which
• 42:35
  Speaker 5: I don't really see that happening right now with the
• 42:37
  Speaker 5: way Sellers is playing. I don't see how Beamer's going
• 42:39
  Speaker 5: to save himself on this one.
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: No.
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: I don't know if B.D.
• 42:43
  Speaker 5: Clemson at the end of the year is going to
• 42:44
  Speaker 5: save him again because he's done that before twice, and
• 42:47
  Speaker 5: it hasn't really translated into consistent performance.
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: I don't know if there's a hotter seat in America.
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: Like, you know what I mean? He is the one.
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  Speaker 4: I haven't read a report where somebody else, if they
• 42:58
  Speaker 4: lose this weekend, could get fired. And like you said,
• 43:00
  Speaker 4: that's the Pete Nakos report about this Kentucky game for Beamer.
• 43:04
  Speaker 4: You also made the point, look at the schedule the
• 43:06
  Speaker 4: rest of the way.
• 43:07
  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
• 43:08
  Speaker 4: Even if you hold him off for a week, what
• 43:10
  Speaker 4: happens at freaking Florida against that gauntlet now? And I
• 43:15
  Speaker 4: hate it for him because I think he's a good dude.
• 43:18
  Speaker 4: It feels like it's happening. The problem is, and if so,
• 43:21
  Speaker 4: they beat Kentucky. Which, by the way, now we're looking
• 43:24
  Speaker 4: at Kentucky as... season-saving or job-saving wins when Kentucky seemed
• 43:30
  Speaker 4: like a foregone conclusion about three weeks ago. Now it
• 43:33
  Speaker 4: looks like Kentucky's ranked quite well. Who are you taking
• 43:35
  Speaker 4: to win that coaching battle? Will Stein, who looks freaking amazing,
• 43:39
  Speaker 4: looks like he's 12, but this dude seems like the
• 43:42
  Speaker 4: legit article or a struggling Shane Beamer.
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: You're wondering, is he losing that team?
• 43:47
  Speaker 5: Gamecocks favored by three and a half also at home
• 43:50
  Speaker 5: in that game, which is kind of interesting to me.
• 43:51
  Speaker 5: But say they even beat Kentucky and they get a
• 43:54
  Speaker 5: win that they need. Well, then it's the Gators after that.
• 43:57
  Speaker 5: You can see where that's headed. They're just going to
• 43:59
  Speaker 5: be the same conversation again, right? These techs are great, man.
• 44:02
  Speaker 2: They're great. We'll read them later.
• 44:03
  Speaker 5: All right, we come back here on the Mac and
• 44:05
  Speaker 5: Bone radio program. Was Sunday just a blip for the
• 44:09
  Speaker 5: Carolina offense, or do you fear it's a sign of
• 44:12
  Speaker 5: things to come? Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.