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Hutton & Withrow: Arch Manning LEAVING Texas? Titans STUN Colts, GM FIRED! | Hour 2 · Hutton & Withrow Show

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Speaker 1: Chad, you're posing a question for a manning.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're going to put this poll question up in
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Speaker 2: the YouTube chat also if you're watching there. So Arch
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Speaker 2: Manning clearly is not being developed at Texas. Let's go
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Speaker 2: ahead and call it what it is. I don't know
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Speaker 2: if he's not getting it and he's just not improving
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Speaker 2: and the coaching staff has done everything possible to improve
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Speaker 2: him and he's just not. Or Steve Sarkeesian and his
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Speaker 2: staff are doing a poor job of developing him to
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Speaker 2: improve because everyone expected it to be much better than
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Speaker 2: it was a year ago. It's not. In fact, it's worse.
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Speaker 4: Right.
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Speaker 2: Than it was a year ago right now for Arch
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Speaker 2: Manning and Texas. Again, a lot of contributing factors, not
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Speaker 2: putting it all on him, not putting it all on
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Speaker 2: the coaches, but there's some combination of something that's happening
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Speaker 2: that's leading to him not improving. So the question is this.
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Speaker 2: If you are Arch Manning, you've got three options next
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Speaker 2: season in football. Are you entering the NFL draft, even
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Speaker 2: though you clearly are not ready for the NFL, but
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Speaker 2: you will be drafted, likely in the first round, by
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Speaker 2: someone that'll take a chance on you?
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Speaker 4: Are you.
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Speaker 2: playing your career out at Texas and coming back for
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Speaker 2: another season? Or are you three other, which is transferring
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Speaker 2: anywhere else to play one season under a different staff
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Speaker 2: and be developed in a different way and go try
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Speaker 2: to make it happen somewhere else? And let's face it, too,
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Speaker 2: if they lose another game, the vitriol from Texas fans
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Speaker 2: in that situation is going to become almost unbearable for
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Speaker 2: Arch and for Steve Sarkeesian, for everyone, because that is
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Speaker 2: a team that has no business not playing in the
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Speaker 2: college football playoff. Given their roster allocation, given Wingo and
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Speaker 2: Coleman and Simmons and all the dudes they have on
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Speaker 2: both sides of the football, that is a gigantic disappointment
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Speaker 2: if that team cannot get in the college football playoff. Hutton,
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Speaker 2: which are you choosing of those three?
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Speaker 1: I'm staying, and it's because I don't know if a
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Speaker 1: quarterback nowadays gets development like.
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Speaker 4: This over the course of one year.
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Speaker 1: Cam Ward is, I think, an outlier, so to speak,
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Speaker 1: where he was already throwing for tons of touchdowns. He
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Speaker 1: played in the wing tee offense in high school. That's
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Speaker 1: why he's overlooked and goes to incarnate word. And I'm
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Speaker 1: not saying that's the only reason, but he goes to
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Speaker 1: Washington State and balls out. Ends up at Miami for
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Speaker 1: one year and goes from a third-round pick to a
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Speaker 1: number-one overall pick. If you want to follow that path,
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Speaker 1: Manny needs to go to Miami. I don't see that happening.
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Speaker 1: But I don't see a lot of quarterback development, Chad.
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Speaker 1: I don't see quarterbacks nowadays coming in, reading defenses and
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Speaker 1: doing all these things the way that maybe we used
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Speaker 1: to with the old style of the way coaches and players,
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Speaker 1: quite frankly, stuck it out with one program. And I
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Speaker 1: would also stay because He's got the best mentors possible
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Speaker 1: in his family. So I don't think he needs to
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Speaker 1: go to some other school to develop. I think he
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Speaker 1: needs to go to the Manning Academy and develop. It's
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Speaker 1: that simple to me, and I would stay at Texas
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Speaker 1: simply because that's the structure and framework that they've set
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Speaker 1: up and that they've planned.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think C. Sarkeesian's lost his fastball a
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Speaker 2: bit with play calling, too.
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Speaker 4: I do think that's part of it here.
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Speaker 2: I don't see... A lot of tweaks the way he
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Speaker 2: did for years to different things, the passing game, the
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Speaker 2: run game. They can't run it. I mean, also, you're
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Speaker 2: supposed to have this great offensive line, and you can't
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Speaker 2: run the football at all at Texas. There's just some
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Speaker 2: questions I have a hard time answering about what's going
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Speaker 2: on at Texas this year with that team. And I
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Speaker 2: do think that Arch Manning is a big part of
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Speaker 2: the problem at Texas. I would leave. I would transfer out.
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Speaker 2: I'm going to give you two places that I would
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Speaker 2: consider it. One is your family school, Ole Miss. Trinidad-Chambers
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Speaker 2: is going to be gone after this year. Would Pete
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Speaker 2: Golding and that environment be a breath of fresh air
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Speaker 2: for Arch to finish out his career as an Ole
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Speaker 2: Miss Rebel? In that offense, we know they've got talent
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Speaker 2: on that roster too. I think that would be a
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Speaker 2: pretty comfortable landing spot for the Manning family and for
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Speaker 2: Arch to go be a reverse one and done at
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Speaker 2: Ole Miss. Your family institutions. with your dad graduating from there,
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Speaker 2: your uncle Eli graduating from there, and of course, grandpa
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Speaker 2: Archie being an all-time legend on the Oxford campus. I
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Speaker 2: would consider that. Here's another one I consider. Michigan and
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Speaker 2: Kyle Whittingham. Michigan just benched their quarterback, Bryce Underwood. I
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Speaker 2: don't think Bryce Underwood's going to be around next year
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Speaker 2: at Michigan, the way things are trending right now. Would
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Speaker 2: Michigan be interested in a one-season veteran Arch Manning coming
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Speaker 2: in with that Kyle Whittingham system? that at times is
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Speaker 2: a lot more pro-style also, and would the Michigan coaches
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Speaker 2: be good at developing an Arch Manning for one year?
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Speaker 2: Those are two schools I would consider if I am
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Speaker 2: Arch Manning. He is not ready for the NFL. If
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Speaker 2: you get some grade that you're going to be drafted
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Speaker 2: in the first round, I understand him making the decision
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Speaker 2: to go ahead and go to the NFL and sit.
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Speaker 2: He sat for two years at Texas. He's got no
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Speaker 2: problem sitting and learning, and you can go somewhere and
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Speaker 2: learn for a year and develop in the NFL also.
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Speaker 2: I get that that's an option, but I'm not normally
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Speaker 2: one to say leave the school you've committed to and
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Speaker 2: played multiple years for another school. But more and more,
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Speaker 2: when I watch that Texas team play and the mistakes
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Speaker 2: by Arch and the mistake late in that game on
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Speaker 2: Saturday and that home loss to Florida, I think he
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Speaker 2: would do well to leave and go get a fresh
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Speaker 2: start somewhere else for one year.
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Speaker 1: He's not going to be able to find the talent
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Speaker 1: around him somewhere else like that. I'm talking about Michigan
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Speaker 1: compared to Texas. Chad, I look at this and go, development-wise,
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Speaker 1: if that's what the question is surrounding, like where do
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Speaker 1: you go for that reason, I just don't think he
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Speaker 1: makes a huge jump no matter where he goes. I
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Speaker 1: will say this, though. The Ole Miss thing is fascinating.
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Speaker 1: How much of that decision came down to Kiffin being there?
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Speaker 4: I don't know.
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Speaker 1: And maybe does Charlie Weiss Jr. end up with a
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Speaker 1: head coaching job somewhere at a program? Because he certainly–
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Speaker 1: He knows the quarterback touch as well. That would be key.
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Speaker 1: To me, we would see a jump this year in Manning.
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Speaker 1: We haven't seen that. We've seen a quarter. And sitting
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Speaker 1: two years for a reason to develop, And trying to
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Speaker 1: make the next– I don't think we see that just
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Speaker 1: by a transfer. It's got to be within the mechanics
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Speaker 1: and everything. And I think that reading defenses, I think
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Speaker 1: that's more– he's got the resources around him. And I also–
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Speaker 1: I don't think it's necessarily about which program but which
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Speaker 1: coach you're going to. And who's the quarterback whisperer? It
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Speaker 1: was Lincoln Riley. That's gone to the wayside. Which guy
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Speaker 1: is going to have that perfect connection– with the quarterback
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Speaker 1: to turn the corner and get him ready for the NFL.
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Speaker 1: I don't think he's ready for that within just one year.
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Speaker 1: If we're talking just to get out from what's happening
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Speaker 1: in Texas, if it's not his issue, it's the play
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Speaker 1: calling and it's the vibe, then absolutely. But if we're
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Speaker 1: talking development, I don't think he makes the big swing
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Speaker 1: just by moving. Who would be the quarterback whisperer right now?
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Speaker 2: Kurt Cignetti. is one guy I would trust. I mean,
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Speaker 2: I don't, I think Josh Hoover is the one and done,
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Speaker 2: but maybe he has one more year where he could
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Speaker 2: come back also at Indiana. So I'd have to see that.
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Speaker 2: But if Indiana had an opening, there's another one.
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Speaker 4: That's a great one. Throw in the mix.
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Speaker 2: I don't know that Kurt Zanetti would want Arch Manning, honestly,
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Speaker 2: based on what we've seen from Arch Manning right now,
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Speaker 2: as opposed to other quarterbacks, he could go get in
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Speaker 2: the transfer portal and Indiana is going to spend top
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Speaker 2: dollar for a quarterback as well. And we've seen that already.
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Speaker 2: So he's in a difficult spot. and Texas is in
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Speaker 2: a very difficult spot right now with Sarkeesian. They lost
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Speaker 2: back-to-back years to Florida. They lost to Billy Napier, and
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Speaker 2: now they lost to John Sumrall, who was reeling coming
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Speaker 2: into this game, the way Florida had looked, with a
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Speaker 2: backup quarterback in Tramell Jones Jr., who made an unbelievable
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Speaker 2: play to ice that game where he avoids the sack
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Speaker 2: and is able to run and pick up a first
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Speaker 2: down to basically end it for Florida.
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Speaker 4: I don't know.
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Speaker 2: And then they've got tricky games. on the horizon where
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Speaker 2: now every single game is do or die for the
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Speaker 2: Texas Longhorns with those two losses already.
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Speaker 1: Again, we're going to put a poll up in the chat.
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Speaker 1: You can stay, you can go to the NFL, or
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Speaker 1: you can transfer. Which one are you checking right now?
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Speaker 1: You can jump in the chat and get in there
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Speaker 1: and let us know your thoughts on this. The storyline-wise, man,
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Speaker 1: it would be like, what's the Manning watch like compared
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Speaker 1: to Peyton whenever he was trying to find his team?
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Speaker 1: What's the arch watch like whenever he enters the portal?
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Speaker 4: That would be insane to me. It's going to be
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Speaker 4: it's going to be crazy.
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Speaker 2: But you know, when Peyton Manning declared in 97 that
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Speaker 2: he was coming back for his senior year, that was
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Speaker 2: like a state holiday in the state of Tennessee. I
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Speaker 2: remember watching that in my freshman year of high school,
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Speaker 2: we had the TV rolled out and we watched Peyton
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Speaker 2: Manning's announcement in the afternoon on television and in my
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Speaker 2: physical science class at the time, and everybody was going
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Speaker 2: nuts when he declared he's going back to Tennessee. You're
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Speaker 2: not going to get some ticker tape parade if he
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Speaker 2: announces he's coming back to Texas right now. You're just not.
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Speaker 2: Not from Longhorn fans, not with the production, not with their–
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Speaker 2: they've got a really solid chance of missing the playoff
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Speaker 2: this year. Yeah, you're not going.
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Speaker 4: To get that.
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Speaker 2: It's not going to be like Uncle Peyton deciding that
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Speaker 2: he's coming back to Tennessee for one more year. I'll
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Speaker 2: tell you that. If he enters the portal, Hutton, here's
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Speaker 2: what I believe about him and his family. There will
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Speaker 2: be no watch. He will have decided he is going somewhere.
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Speaker 2: He will not do a lot of fanfare with it.
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Speaker 2: It will be an immediate decision. Boom, I'm in the portal. Boom,
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Speaker 2: I'm at Michigan. Or boom, I'm at Ole Miss. Or boom,
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Speaker 2: I'm at Indiana. They will have made that decision before
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Speaker 2: they even entered the portal, and they will not make
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Speaker 2: some media circus spectacle out of him leaving and going
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Speaker 2: somewhere else. It'll be very quick, and it'll be announced
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Speaker 2: very quickly.
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Speaker 1: And that will be when the parade begins at the
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Speaker 1: other school, not at Texas. But the manning coming there,
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Speaker 1: that's where the parade begins.
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Speaker 2: Well, and someone said, you know, Ole Miss is the
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Speaker 2: one place where they would worship him on name alone.
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Speaker 2: and have a lot of patience with him, even in
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Speaker 2: one season. If he went there, every other school would probably,
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Speaker 2: Michigan included, would be like, hey, prove it, dude. We
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Speaker 2: don't care about you. Go win games. Go produce. We
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Speaker 2: don't care about your last name.
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Speaker 1: I think they would love it just based on the
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Speaker 1: quarterback play that they're getting. Some of these places have
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Speaker 1: just burned out to where you're just like, you're not
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Speaker 1: watching Manning on a weekly basis. The name alone would
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Speaker 1: carry some– I mean, even in the NFL– You know, Chad,
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Speaker 1: was it last week? Two weeks ago, we're discussing these
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Speaker 1: mock drafts and who left Manning out in the first round.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: You know, like, he's still a high pick based on
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Speaker 1: some mocks that we're seeing.
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Speaker 4: Maybe not.
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Speaker 2: But the brand alone matters. Beer League Live in the
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Speaker 2: chat says, Arch is too classy for Michigan. Beer League
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Speaker 2: Live understands what I've said for years about the Michigan man,
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Speaker 2: that it's a myth. There's no such thing as a
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Speaker 2: Michigan man. Michigan men are no better than men from
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Speaker 2: other schools, and they proved that with some of their
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Speaker 2: decision-making with that program in recent years.
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Speaker 1: But to me, it's not Michigan, it's the coach. The
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Speaker 1: head coach is worthy of Manning. I'll say that with
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Speaker 1: what he's doing and what he's had to do to
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Speaker 1: try to fix the program. But yeah, I don't know
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Speaker 1: if the Big Ten is Manning. Is the Big Ten
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Speaker 1: worthy of Manning, Chad?
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Speaker 2: We're only five minutes into our poll, but right now 67%
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Speaker 2: are voting other to transfer somewhere else. 33% are voting NFL. 0%
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Speaker 2: have voted to stay at Texas if you were Arch
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Speaker 4: We got a lot of A & M fans there.
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Speaker 1: The Titans get the victory. They are not going 0-17,
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Speaker 1: it wasn't as bad and as fortunate as they had
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Speaker 1: last year in Cam Ward's first victory, which came against
15:15
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals, where DeMarcato's dropping the football on the
15:19
Speaker 1: one-yard line instead of going into the end zone on
15:22
Speaker 1: a huge run at running back.
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Speaker 4: Chad, it took six sacks. It took three turnovers.
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Speaker 1: The special teams counting the field goals that the offense
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Speaker 1: did at least put in position to kick. They were
15:37
Speaker 1: put in position based on a strip fumble, a big
15:40
Speaker 1: punt return. Special teams ends up accounting for 19 points
15:44
Speaker 1: of their 26. But the Titans are on the board
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Speaker 1: with win number one on a week where the quarterback
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Speaker 1: barely threw for 100 yards. And they're already bottom of
15:53
Speaker 1: the league in time of possession. And yesterday in Indianapolis,
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Speaker 1: they were below even that league, their season average, the
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Speaker 1: lowest of their season so far. They win anyway. What
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Speaker 1: a horrendous performance by Daniel Jones and the Colts. They're
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Speaker 1: wanting to burn the team down now. I don't blame them.
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Speaker 1: And for the Titans, they end up getting a victory
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Speaker 1: Monday and a different vibe. for what will be a
16:20
Speaker 1: win that ends up changing the conversation a bit. And
16:22
Speaker 1: then I want to get your thoughts on the game.
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Speaker 1: And then I want to tell you where the Titans
16:27
Speaker 1: really won on Sunday.
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Speaker 2: Well, for the first time, I actually thought to myself,
16:34
Speaker 2: maybe that lady on the sideline with the headset should
16:37
Speaker 2: coach this team in Carly Gordon Ursa. As I'm watching
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Speaker 2: the Titans, they're going to walk into Indy and win
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Speaker 2: the game. I'm thinking, You know, maybe she's on to
16:45
Speaker 2: something when she was asking that staffer about why they
16:48
Speaker 2: called something else.
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Speaker 4: 13-0.
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Speaker 2: I kind of want a Tom Haywood situation from Little
16:52
Speaker 2: Big League where the owner steps into the managerial role
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Speaker 2: and takes over the team. So I'm totally fine if
16:58
Speaker 2: I'm a Colts fan with Carly Gordon Ursae coaching the
17:01
Speaker 2: team the rest of the way after what I saw
17:02
Speaker 2: from that Colts team. Block pump for a touchdown is
17:05
Speaker 2: the difference in the game for the Titans. I mean,
17:07
Speaker 2: let's call it what it is. Big play by Titans
17:10
Speaker 2: special teams, but they win by six and That ends
17:13
Speaker 2: up being the difference. Good performance by the Titans defense,
17:16
Speaker 2: especially in that second half. They're down 13-0 at halftime.
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Speaker 2: At halftime of the game, and I didn't post it,
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Speaker 2: but I'm thinking, this is a soul-sucking experience watching this
17:26
Speaker 2: Titans team.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 2: Not only are they winless, it is so boring. And
17:32
Speaker 2: there is nothing happening. And not only do they suck
17:35
Speaker 2: the life out of all their own fans, every game
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Speaker 2: they're in is just endless suffering. siege of pride and
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Speaker 2: joy of watching them play. Like, it's 13-0. I'm thinking,
17:47
Speaker 2: I just want to go to sleep. This is so
17:50
Speaker 2: awful to watch. It is terrible. And then they come
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Speaker 2: back with defense and special teams and win. Cam Ward
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Speaker 2: was 11 for 22 with 102 yards, a touchdown, and
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Speaker 2: an interception in the game. He had a QBR of
18:02
Speaker 2: 42.4 in this game. That's the least amount of yards
18:07
Speaker 2: any starting quarterback who finished a game has had and
18:11
Speaker 2: the lowest QBR they've had to win all season. And
18:14
Speaker 2: Cam Ward's jumping up and down the sideline celebrating with
18:16
Speaker 2: everyone and running onto the field and celebrating with players
18:20
Speaker 2: left and right in the game. Hutton, I don't know
18:23
Speaker 2: how I feel. I mean, look, a win is better
18:24
Speaker 2: than a loss. You know, if you're a Titans fan,
18:27
Speaker 2: I give them credit for finding a way to win
18:30
Speaker 2: the game and getting their first win of the season.
18:33
Speaker 2: But I also don't know how anyone can feel better
18:34
Speaker 2: about Cam Ward as the future quarterback coming out of
18:37
Speaker 2: this game.
18:38
Speaker 4: Okay.
18:40
Speaker 1: He didn't play well. It was not a great performance,
18:42
Speaker 1: to say the least. It was bad because they're not
18:45
Speaker 1: moving the football. Look, Brian Dable– He.
18:47
Speaker 2: Also didn't lose the game. I'll say that. He didn't
18:50
Speaker 2: make a dumb mistake, multiple turnovers. He stayed out of
18:54
Speaker 2: the Titans' way enough for them to win.
18:56
Speaker 1: There are two plays, though, where he is a part
18:59
Speaker 1: of the reasons why. The Cardinal-Tate catches. There was a
19:03
Speaker 1: third down conversion where Tate makes the catch on the boundary.
19:07
Speaker 1: A great catch. Also a great throw. That's an NFL
19:10
Speaker 1: throw that he made. It was a fantastic, fantastic play.
19:15
Speaker 1: That was the third down right after Jeffrey Simmons had
19:20
Speaker 1: the strip fumble, the first play on Jonathan Taylor. I
19:23
Speaker 1: thought that was the play that really sparked everything. was
19:26
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons making that play. That leads to that third
19:28
Speaker 1: down conversion. They don't drive and get a touchdown there
19:31
Speaker 1: by any means. They can't. But they get the third
19:35
Speaker 1: down conversion. Number two was the touchdown to Cardell Tate,
19:38
Speaker 1: the throw and the catch. Tate's getting his. This is
19:42
Speaker 1: now two out of the last three weeks where he
19:44
Speaker 1: looks like a true number one receiver.
19:46
Speaker 4: That's the spark.
19:47
Speaker 1: That's the one bright spot on this Titans offense.
19:50
Speaker 4: I'm with you, man. It is a bore.
19:53
Speaker 1: It's something to behold at least once. I would recommend
19:56
Speaker 1: watching them twice. But you have the block punt for
19:59
Speaker 1: the touchdown. You have the fumble that sets them up
20:03
Speaker 1: in Colts territory. You have the turnovers. You have the sacks.
20:06
Speaker 1: I mean, the defensive line got after it. And it
20:10
Speaker 1: wasn't just the second half. I mean, they were doing
20:12
Speaker 1: this in the first half, too. Amani Hooker, great, great interception.
20:16
Speaker 1: But the offense just doesn't do anything with it. They're
20:18
Speaker 1: down 13-0 to half. They end up winning and coming
20:21
Speaker 1: out in the third quarter. And the fourth quarter is
20:23
Speaker 1: where they really sparked everything. And they get points on
20:27
Speaker 1: special teams and defense.
20:29
Speaker 4: Okay.
20:30
Speaker 1: Chad, the real winner, the Titans had two wins yesterday.
20:34
Speaker 1: They went on the field, and then Burke Nihill wins.
20:37
Speaker 1: Because this is exactly what they set up going into
20:40
Speaker 1: the weekend. They have the news dump where he does
20:42
Speaker 1: the interviews with Corey Curtis of News 2 and with
20:46
Speaker 1: Teron Davenport of ESPN. They selected those outlets, the partner,
20:50
Speaker 1: their media partner on TV, and ESPN outlet with TD.
20:55
Speaker 1: The reasons why, and let's just think this through. They're
20:58
Speaker 1: going to the weekend. Tennessee, Alabama wins. And they have
21:02
Speaker 1: the Titans game against the Colts. On Monday, the conversation
21:05
Speaker 1: is all about Tennessee, Alabama, and the Titans getting their
21:08
Speaker 1: first win. They dumped it to those outlets, News 2,
21:12
Speaker 1: their partner. ESPN, if you give it to them, they're
21:15
Speaker 1: not going to put it on their front page. It's
21:18
Speaker 1: not front page worthy on that Friday.
21:20
Speaker 4: So it's buried. And the Titans don't do, they don't
21:23
Speaker 4: even put anything on their website. Titans Radio doesn't do anything.
21:28
Speaker 1: Nothing's being talked about now in regards to that.
21:30
Speaker 4: And he spoke.
21:32
Speaker 1: I bet they planned this on Tuesday to stay radio
21:34
Speaker 1: silent until Friday. Didn't do all the outlets because then
21:38
Speaker 1: it would be blown up because there are outlets that
21:40
Speaker 1: want to discuss and a fan base that wants to
21:42
Speaker 1: hear from him. But the conversation changes over the course
21:45
Speaker 1: of three days. From Friday, Saturday to Sunday, now Monday,
21:48
Speaker 1: no one's leading with this. And I wanted to point
21:50
Speaker 1: that out. That's another victory for them because everything died
21:53
Speaker 1: out after a week where they're at the lowest point
21:56
Speaker 1: of their franchise. They had the ability to say they've
21:59
Speaker 1: spoken without anybody actually knowing.
22:01
Speaker 2: That they spoke. You're spot on in the time they
22:05
Speaker 2: did it and where they did it. And they got
22:07
Speaker 2: friendly interviewers. I mean, I'm sorry, but when Corey Curtis
22:11
Speaker 2: opens the interview by saying, hey, I'm trying to tell
22:13
Speaker 2: people that the same people are in charge that were
22:16
Speaker 2: here when the team was winning and had six straight
22:19
Speaker 2: winning seasons. And I'm thinking that's not even accurate. Burke
22:23
Speaker 2: Nihill took over in 2020 after the run to the
22:26
Speaker 2: AFC championship game. took over immediately after that, and they
22:29
Speaker 2: were still pretty good in the beginning of that. But,
22:33
Speaker 2: I mean, it's been really bad since the decision to
22:36
Speaker 2: fire John Robinson followed by the decision to fire Mike Vrabel.
22:40
Speaker 2: And I still don't see it as an organization that's
22:43
Speaker 2: fan-friendly with anything. Instead of being transparent, they'd rather take
22:48
Speaker 2: themselves off the website so people can't go search and
22:51
Speaker 2: find their name or find out how to email them.
22:53
Speaker 2: And then instead of doing an actual– interview with some
22:57
Speaker 2: substance to it with a Paul Koharski or an us
23:02
Speaker 2: or a Jared Stillman. or any number of people decide
23:05
Speaker 2: to go to it. They decide to go to a
23:07
Speaker 2: guy who's going to start the interview by talking about
23:10
Speaker 2: how successful the organization was, even though they're not successful
23:13
Speaker 2: right now. So.
23:14
Speaker 4: Jed, you're right. And I want to say this, like.
23:16
Speaker 2: They get no credit with me for doing that.
23:18
Speaker 4: None at all. Exactly.
23:20
Speaker 1: But the conversation isn't about that anymore. And I want
23:23
Speaker 1: to mention that because if you think about it, this
23:26
Speaker 1: was planned perfectly by them. It's a great decision by
23:29
Speaker 1: them if they don't want to speak and they want,
23:31
Speaker 1: they need to.
23:32
Speaker 4: So they do.
23:33
Speaker 1: But it's not heard and it's not even being thought
23:35
Speaker 1: about today. It's weird. And I would also say, I'm
23:39
Speaker 1: not even trying to pick and choose the outlets that
23:40
Speaker 1: they spoke to. Do a press conference and speak to everyone.
23:45
Speaker 1: Do something on the website. If I want to hear
23:47
Speaker 1: from the Titans and I can't hear from the outlets,
23:49
Speaker 1: I'm going to go to the website. There's nothing there.
23:52
Speaker 1: So they did something without really doing anything.
23:56
Speaker 4: If that makes sense. And that was.
23:59
Speaker 1: That's my overall point there. And by the way, the
24:02
Speaker 1: whole thing about the people being in charge, those guys
24:05
Speaker 1: are long gone. Burke Nihill, again, he's a nice guy.
24:09
Speaker 1: I like Burke. But the way this got about, he
24:12
Speaker 1: sat in front of me, a couple rows in front
24:15
Speaker 1: of me, on the team bus whenever we're going to
24:18
Speaker 1: the stadium on Sundays, when we're on the road, when
24:20
Speaker 1: I was with Titans Radio. I sat behind Burke Nihill.
24:23
Speaker 1: I didn't sit behind ownership.
24:25
Speaker 4: At that time. I didn't sit behind.
24:26
Speaker 1: He was either general counsel or he was the team president.
24:30
Speaker 1: But whenever he became team president, that was my final
24:32
Speaker 1: season during COVID. So I didn't witness those in charge,
24:38
Speaker 1: so to speak. That's not the credit. It's about where
24:43
Speaker 1: we are now and how we got here. And the
24:45
Speaker 1: voice of ownership spoke to two outlets. And the next
24:49
Speaker 1: time we hear from anyone, other than the head coach
24:51
Speaker 1: or quarterback, It'll be like Borgonzi around the trade deadline
24:54
Speaker 1: because he has to speak because of the media contract
24:58
Speaker 1: with the league.
24:59
Speaker 4: That's it.
25:03
Speaker 1: Other people will be speaking publicly. And by the way,
25:05
Speaker 1: they're not going to pick outlets. They'll have a press
25:07
Speaker 1: conference and discuss things. Yeah.
25:09
Speaker 2: And then they'll go to who they want to go
25:10
Speaker 2: to and then they'll dodge any real questions. Feslov in
25:14
Speaker 2: the chat says, sport and state greater than state-run media,
25:18
Speaker 2: a la WKRN and WGFX.
25:20
Speaker 4: Hey, I love Fes.
25:22
Speaker 2: When we were at WGFX, we're not agreeing. That's Slappy Fes.
25:27
Speaker 1: Yeah.
25:28
Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, I know.
25:28
Speaker 4: Okay, okay.
25:30
Speaker 2: We're not agreeing to do that interview unless we can
25:33
Speaker 2: do the interview.
25:35
Speaker 4: Right.
25:35
Speaker 2: I feel confident about that. My point is, even when
25:38
Speaker 2: we were under the Titans radio system, umbrella, our old show.
25:42
Speaker 2: And I know for a fact, PK would not have
25:45
Speaker 2: agreed to do the interview. It's like, Hey guys, you
25:47
Speaker 2: can only ask this, or you got to ask it
25:49
Speaker 2: in this way. And Oh, by the way, can you
25:50
Speaker 2: drop in there that this is the guy who had
25:52
Speaker 2: all the success? No, it would have been fair. It
25:54
Speaker 2: would have been professional. We wouldn't have been screaming at
25:56
Speaker 2: the guy. No, we would have asked, we would have
25:58
Speaker 2: asked realistic questions about the team. Uh, when, when done
26:02
Speaker 2: with that, I mean, I want to say this, like
26:04
Speaker 2: I watched the full interview with Corey, Corey asked some
26:07
Speaker 2: good questions.
26:08
Speaker 1: But you can't lead like that. And I'm with you, Chad.
26:12
Speaker 2: I'm not going to watch the full interview because of
26:15
Speaker 2: how it started. I know.
26:15
Speaker 4: I get it. I'm with you. I'm not.
26:17
Speaker 2: Like if you get a chance with that guy that
26:21
Speaker 2: has been a part of all this and that's how
26:23
Speaker 2: you lead it, that's all I need to know about
26:25
Speaker 2: the interview. And that's a lesson for anybody out there.
26:28
Speaker 2: When you start that way, you've completely turned off the
26:34
Speaker 2: people that want to actually get answers or have, you know,
26:37
Speaker 2: actual questions thrown their way.
26:39
Speaker 1: So I'm not going to watch it. Here's why they
26:42
Speaker 1: also did one outlet like that. The other television stations
26:45
Speaker 1: in the market are not going to play it because
26:47
Speaker 1: it's a competitor. So it's just one station and one
26:51
Speaker 1: specific audience. It's not the full Titans audience.
26:54
Speaker 4: You see what I'm saying?
26:56
Speaker 2: Yeah. Also, shout out Mike Keith for getting off the
27:01
Speaker 2: Titanic when he did. His calls on Saturday of the
27:04
Speaker 2: Tennessee win over Alabama were glorious. from before the game
27:08
Speaker 2: to the end of the game to the calls during
27:10
Speaker 2: the game, I watched the cut-up of all the highlights
27:12
Speaker 2: of the game and then the end and his delivery of,
27:15
Speaker 2: this is what Josh Heupel does in Neyland Stadium. He
27:19
Speaker 2: beats Alabama. Not here, not today. It was great. And
27:22
Speaker 2: I'm thinking, imagine calling that game in that atmosphere and
27:28
Speaker 2: then realizing, you know, if I hadn't left, I would
27:31
Speaker 2: be an Indy watching Carly Gordon Ursae on the sideline
27:36
Speaker 2: as the Titans find a way not to trip over
27:39
Speaker 2: the other unit and win a game.
27:42
Speaker 1: The Titans get it done again. Chad, the other thing,
27:44
Speaker 1: I sent him a text. Father of eight. There he is,
27:47
Speaker 1: the father of eight. And the winner of one game.
27:51
Speaker 1: In this NFL season.
27:52
Speaker 2: Holy cow. Speaking of winner of no game NFL season,
27:55
Speaker 2: Mike McDaniel's got to get fired, right? Yes.
27:57
Speaker 4: From the Chargers.
27:57
Speaker 2: I mean, immediately. I know everybody's talking about it, but
28:00
Speaker 2: how has that not been announced yet?
28:01
Speaker 4: I don't know.
28:02
Speaker 2: That is a train wreck of a season right now
28:04
Speaker 2: for the Chargers.
28:05
Speaker 4: I asked Mike, by the way, I said, which is better?
28:07
Speaker 1: Because I've traveled with him with the Nashville Cats in 2006.
28:11
Speaker 4: Which is better, Mike?
28:12
Speaker 1: The cigar after this win or the cigar after Grand
28:15
Speaker 1: Rapids Rampage against Nashville Cats? And he's like, this one
28:18
Speaker 1: feels pretty good.
28:19
Speaker 4: Yeah.
28:21
Speaker 2: He, I mean, it's just, look, regardless of where Tennessee's
28:25
Speaker 2: season goes or doesn't go or anything else, I'm just
28:27
Speaker 2: thinking calling those games in these SEC cathedrals for a
28:33
Speaker 2: way more serious organization in Tennessee football than where you
28:37
Speaker 2: were and seeing the writing on the wall, I just
28:39
Speaker 2: want to give high praise to Mike Keith for getting
28:42
Speaker 2: out when he did.
28:43
Speaker 1: And as we're talking about this, Carly Ersig-Gordon, has released
28:48
Speaker 1: a statement.
28:48
Speaker 2: Did I say Carly Gordon Ursae? My apologies to Carly
28:51
Speaker 2: Ursae Gordon for flip-flopping her hyphenated name.
28:55
Speaker 1: They fired Chris Ballard, their general manager. By the way,
28:59
Speaker 1: we're hearing from ownership in this chat with the statement,
29:01
Speaker 1: and it sounds a lot like Amy Adams-Trump used to release.
29:05
Speaker 1: As I said at the start of the season, the
29:06
Speaker 1: sense of urgency has never been higher. Our standard is
29:09
Speaker 1: to compete for championships, and I believe a change in
29:11
Speaker 1: leadership is necessary to meet that standard. Making this change
29:14
Speaker 1: during the season was a deliberate decision Waiting would only
29:18
Speaker 1: delay the important work that needs to begin now. We
29:20
Speaker 1: will conduct a thorough search of our next general manager
29:23
Speaker 1: and take the time necessary to identify the right leader
29:25
Speaker 1: for the future of this organization. I also want to
29:27
Speaker 1: be clear. This decision does not change our goals.
29:29
Speaker 4: For the season.
29:30
Speaker 1: We have a lot of football in front of us,
29:31
Speaker 1: and I expect to compete, improve, and win football games.
29:34
Speaker 1: That's directly to the coaching staff.
29:36
Speaker 4: Win or peace. You're next.
29:39
Speaker 2: You're next, Al. I'll take that clipboard and headset and
29:42
Speaker 2: call the plays. This is what Carly Ursae Gordon, I
29:45
Speaker 2: don't know why I was flip-flopping the two.
29:47
Speaker 4: That's fine.
29:48
Speaker 2: Hey, strong move. Strong move by her to fire. And also,
29:51
Speaker 2: a lesson to Amy Adams-Strong. This is when you fire
29:54
Speaker 2: the GM. You know, not when you're in first place.
29:56
Speaker 2: You fire the GM after you blow a 13-0 halftime
29:59
Speaker 2: lead to the lowly Tennessee Titans and can't do anything
30:02
Speaker 2: on offense, and you're clearly out of it, and you're,
30:06
Speaker 2: I guess now, a game ahead. They've won two, right?
30:09
Speaker 2: So they're a game ahead still of the Titans in
30:11
Speaker 2: the division. But, yeah, this is when you fire the
30:13
Speaker 2: GM and not when you're in first place.
30:16
Speaker 4: Late in the season. And there you go. Oh, this
30:20
Speaker 4: is a great one.
30:21
Speaker 1: Brian Dable and Daniel Jones finally combine to get a
30:23
Speaker 1: general manager fired.
30:28
Speaker 2: That's really good. Whoever wrote that one, kudos.
30:32
Speaker 1: Sean Marash did. Schefter's also reporting that Andy Dalton's back
30:36
Speaker 1: in the league, signing with the Falcons.
30:38
Speaker 4: There he is. He's making the rounds. He's the new Fitzpatrick.
30:41
Speaker 4: There you go.
30:41
Speaker 2: But also, somehow, someway. My fantasy team beat JT's fantasy
30:46
Speaker 2: team yesterday with Derrick Henry, my two running backs, Derrick Henry,
30:50
Speaker 2: who did absolutely nothing against the Browns, and Cam Scadaboo,
30:55
Speaker 2: who didn't get a single carry. And then was it
30:57
Speaker 2: John Harbaugh's ass? He's like, he's been benched. No, no, no,
31:00
Speaker 2: not benched. That's just what the game called for. And
31:03
Speaker 2: I'm thinking, what? What? You absolutely bet he was healthy
31:07
Speaker 2: and available. He did not get a single carry in
31:10
Speaker 2: the game. I thought, was he hurt early in the game? No.
31:13
Speaker 2: They just elected not to run Cam Scadaboo, their number
31:15
Speaker 2: one running back in every other game, because he's in
31:18
Speaker 2: the doghouse with John Harbaugh. And he got zero points
31:21
Speaker 2: for me. And my quarterback hunting was Dak Prescott, who,
31:24
Speaker 2: as you know, did not do a lot offensively last
31:26
Speaker 2: night in the loss to Packers. But Dak Prescott, because
31:29
Speaker 2: they threw the ball 54 times, because they were down
31:32
Speaker 2: so much the whole game, got me just enough points.
31:35
Speaker 2: And Matthew Golden for the Packers helped out in that game.
31:38
Speaker 2: And I defeated JT, who I think is on a
31:40
Speaker 2: three-game losing streak now.
31:42
Speaker 1: JT probably had every player on a bye. JT, is
31:45
Speaker 1: that right?
31:46
Speaker 2: Are you on a three-game losing streak after this L? No.
31:49
Speaker 3: Todd, looking this over, the defense, how they're doing this
31:52
Speaker 3: stuff in defense right now is ridiculous. But most importantly,
31:54
Speaker 3: I think instead of us talking about losing streaks, we
31:57
Speaker 3: need to maybe go to.
31:59
Speaker 4: Break, guys.
32:00
Speaker 2: Not something I really want to discuss right now. Kind
32:03
Speaker 2: of not fair.
32:04
Speaker 3: When I looked last night, Chad, it was– I think
32:07
Speaker 3: you had a.
32:09
Speaker 4: 57, 58% chance to win.
32:12
Speaker 3: And I was like, okay, but Dak and– yeah, and
32:15
Speaker 3: I just– it fell apart.
32:17
Speaker 2: It fell apart.
32:18
Speaker 4: Well, it definitely fell apart.
32:20
Speaker 2: JT.
32:21
Speaker 4: JT now to the back of the line. Out of
32:23
Speaker 4: the playoff.
32:24
Speaker 2: That's right.
32:25
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Speaker 1: Thank you to Tennessee Shine Company for a great host
33:31
Speaker 1: for us in Gatlinburg. And then thank you Wagon Wheel
33:35
Speaker 1: that crushed it yet again.
33:36
Speaker 4: Fantastic.
33:38
Speaker 1: Everything that Chad had said about what the first trip
33:41
Speaker 1: was with Kelly and Ariel, it lived up to every expectation.
33:44
Speaker 1: And so did tailgating, Chad. Let me point this out.
33:49
Speaker 1: I was impressed with Oxford.
33:51
Speaker 4: Loved it.
33:52
Speaker 1: Never been to the Grove. I've been to Circle Park
33:54
Speaker 1: quite often. This was outstanding. I mean, the scene was
33:58
Speaker 1: just as good. I put it right up there with
34:01
Speaker 1: what we saw at Oxford. That is exactly the vibe
34:05
Speaker 1: that we want with Portland State.
34:07
Speaker 2: Absolutely. Yeah, Circle Park, a great spot. See us down
34:10
Speaker 2: the field pregame. So much fun walking around, taking in
34:14
Speaker 2: the sights and sounds of everything, getting ready for that
34:16
Speaker 2: huge game. Circle Park tailgate was awesome. Wagon Wheel tailgate
34:20
Speaker 2: was awesome. At this point in my life, I'm not
34:22
Speaker 2: trying to make a lot of new friends. I've got
34:25
Speaker 2: friends and family, friends I can rely on. Mark Jernigan
34:29
Speaker 2: is one of those new friends in the last four
34:31
Speaker 2: or five years. I told him this after the game,
34:33
Speaker 2: I love this guy. There's not a lot of new
34:37
Speaker 2: friends being made. He's one of the new friends of
34:39
Speaker 2: sport and state and of us, the owner of Wagon Wheel,
34:42
Speaker 2: who's been terrific to us. We love doing our Dixieland
34:45
Speaker 2: Delight Friday night show from his spot. I got to
34:47
Speaker 2: tailgate with him. He had a Michelin star chef doing
34:51
Speaker 2: the tailgate with us on Saturday, which is pretty cool.
34:55
Speaker 2: You get to see Tennessee huddling up here pregame. I mean,
34:58
Speaker 2: just an awesome scene. And, Hunt, I said it before.
35:01
Speaker 2: General Nealon took over Tennessee 100 years ago. Tennessee's won
35:05
Speaker 2: 39 of these Tennessee-Alabama games in those last 100 years.
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Speaker 2: They're 41-61-7 overall. These days are special. Enjoy it, Tennessee fans.
35:16
Speaker 2: Enjoy it, college football fans. when you see a site
35:19
Speaker 2: like that in a college football game. But especially for
35:22
Speaker 2: Tennessee fans, and of course I'm one of them, this
35:25
Speaker 2: weekend was very special to me, and I'm going to
35:27
Speaker 2: enjoy it. I'm not going to spend a lot of
35:29
Speaker 2: time worrying about how now Tennessee's a two-and-a-half-point underdog instead
35:33
Speaker 2: of a two-and-a-half-point favorite in South Carolina. I'm going to
35:35
Speaker 2: appreciate the moment, appreciate good friends, and a lot of
35:39
Speaker 2: people in Knoxville this past weekend.
35:41
Speaker 1: And I appreciate the moments, even the ones that don't count.
35:45
Speaker 1: Check this out. This is the fumble recovery for the
35:47
Speaker 1: touchdown that did not count in the game, but the
35:50
Speaker 1: atmosphere and Chad's reaction, outstanding. And it's loud as well
35:59
Speaker 1: to set the scene on that. But, man, they were
36:01
Speaker 1: getting after it, getting after it the entire game.
36:08
Speaker 2: Listen to that pop of that crowd in that moment.
36:11
Speaker 2: And you're going to see me pop off. Right after this.
36:16
Speaker 2: Thinking it's a touchdown.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, we all do. I love it.
36:21
Speaker 2: Of course, what I didn't know was that Tyree Weathers'
36:23
Speaker 2: knee was down when he picked up the fumble. And
36:25
Speaker 2: Tennessee would eventually kick a field goal after this and
36:28
Speaker 2: go up 6-0 instead of 10-0. I was very excited.
36:34
Speaker 4: I love how Lutz is in the background, too. Always there.
36:37
Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Lutz was there. Lutz was in hell all weekend, basically,
36:42
Speaker 2: because he's a Kentucky guy. He despises Tennessee, especially also Alabama.
36:48
Speaker 2: So he was in a real meat grinder the whole weekend. But,
36:52
Speaker 2: you know, I don't care. I was in heaven, and
36:55
Speaker 2: I loved it. And you saw there was a celebration
36:57
Speaker 2: that ended up not counting. I was having a heck
36:59
Speaker 2: of a time. Also, shout out to our usher lady
37:02
Speaker 2: next to us who had to shout down and get
37:05
Speaker 2: into it with some drunk old man before. And then
37:08
Speaker 2: another old man stood up for the usher next to
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Speaker 2: us and told the guy to do what she was saying.
37:14
Speaker 2: Then she had to go get a cop at one
37:16
Speaker 2: point for some other issue that was happening. But, you know,
37:19
Speaker 2: it was very nice to us as we kind of
37:20
Speaker 2: stood standing room only there and watched the half. We
37:23
Speaker 2: were on our best behavior. We stood there quietly.
37:25
Speaker 1: Speaking of help, Tombstone to Help for The Undertaker and Kane.
37:30
Speaker 4: Yeah, we were.
37:31
Speaker 1: Playing dead, you know, not actually dead, but because of that,
37:35
Speaker 1: we didn't get kicked out. Jacob and I are driving
37:37
Speaker 1: back past this. You may have passed this too, Chad,
37:39
Speaker 1: but the volunteer undertakers.
37:41
Speaker 4: Yeah.
37:41
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's quite the decision to carry the casket around.
37:45
Speaker 1: About to see the undertaker and Kane come back from
37:48
Speaker 1: the grave here, a buried alive match.
37:52
Speaker 2: So this vehicle was at Bucky's, pulled up right next
37:56
Speaker 2: to me when I stopped to get gas, which is
37:58
Speaker 2: crazy that you're showing this. I didn't know that you
38:00
Speaker 2: had that They stopped at Buc-ee's. I think at one point,
38:04
Speaker 2: also shout out to Alan Bean and his family who
38:06
Speaker 2: we hung out with at the tailgates. Alan Bean and
38:08
Speaker 2: his family stopped at Buc-ee's for breakfast. You guys drove separately,
38:12
Speaker 2: stopped at Buc-ee's. I was at Buc-ee's all at the
38:15
Speaker 2: same time. None of us saw each other. Place was packed,
38:18
Speaker 2: got in, got my brisket and egg taco, got my Powerade,
38:21
Speaker 2: got my coffee, got back in the truck, didn't try
38:24
Speaker 2: to see anyone, got back on the road. It was
38:27
Speaker 2: a great ride back. Very quick. I felt like it
38:30
Speaker 2: was one of the fastest drives from Knoxville ever yesterday
38:32
Speaker 2: morning driving back. And a nice stop at Buc-ee's with
38:35
Speaker 2: a lot of orange in that place, but didn't see
38:37
Speaker 2: any of you guys. And I think we're all there
38:39
Speaker 2: at the exact same time.
38:40
Speaker 1: We were over there shopping for jewelry and coffee table books.
38:43
Speaker 1: That's why you didn't see us over at Buc-ee's.
38:44
Speaker 2: You were in the apparel section?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
38:47
Speaker 2: Hutton got a big Bucky the Beaver hat that he
38:50
Speaker 2: wore the rest of the way home.
38:52
Speaker 1: Yes.
38:53
Speaker 4: It was a fun trip. Coming up, credit is due.
38:58
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39:01
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39:45
Speaker 1: We were watching this throughout the weekend, or really the week,
39:49
Speaker 1: because the weekday of Friday. Chad, the Friday night continues
39:53
Speaker 1: to hit for you. Congratulations to Tulane. We've got six
39:57
Speaker 1: and a half. We were watching that on Friday. Man,
40:03
Speaker 1: not even just the cover, you were going to take
40:05
Speaker 1: them outright. We won Florida as well. You crushed that.
40:11
Speaker 1: And Ohio State, Indiana, they're well under 51.5 on our
40:14
Speaker 1: Hard Rock Lock of the week. If you followed us,
40:17
Speaker 1: you know. And you can roll with us this week
40:20
Speaker 1: whenever we hand out our locks on Thursday.
40:22
Speaker 2: I need to go bigger. I mean, you know, I
40:24
Speaker 2: would not have guessed Florida to win outright. So I
40:27
Speaker 2: would not have taken that. But I did think Tulane
40:29
Speaker 2: could win outright. Tulane whipped them. They whipped Memphis in
40:32
Speaker 2: that game. Our guy, Charles Huff, very upset postgame with
40:36
Speaker 2: his Memphis Tigers performance. But 15-1 now on Friday night's.
40:41
Speaker 2: I'm getting better and better on college football Saturdays, but
40:45
Speaker 2: I will say this again. If you are not tailing me,
40:47
Speaker 2: I'm speaking to you, Kelly and Ariel, and Joe also.
40:51
Speaker 2: If you're not tailing me on Fridays, you are doing
40:54
Speaker 2: our viewers, everyone who follows sport and state, a disservice.
40:59
Speaker 2: I will be handing out another lock this week, and
41:02
Speaker 2: I guarantee you that lock will feature a Friday night
41:05
Speaker 2: college football game. And I'm telling the public that. Bet
41:08
Speaker 2: whatever I bet on Friday night. You're not going to
41:11
Speaker 2: find another 15-1 better that's out there right now, and
41:14
Speaker 2: I'm going to give you a winner later this week
41:16
Speaker 2: when we get into our locks.
41:17
Speaker 4: You can bet this game as if the game has
41:19
Speaker 4: already been played.
41:20
Speaker 2: You really can.
41:21
Speaker 4: Chad is saying book it is what he's saying on
41:23
Speaker 4: this game. Yes, book it. And I'll tell you this.
41:25
Speaker 1: I'm also going to be following Kelly on whatever she
41:28
Speaker 1: wants to do with the Tennessee matchup this week. because
41:31
Speaker 1: we both backed Alabama, and she just faded us.
41:37
Speaker 4: She cashed in because of that.
41:39
Speaker 2: She won big. Yeah, she liked– this is what I
41:42
Speaker 2: know now about Kelly, is that she likes to take
41:45
Speaker 2: private text and then post them publicly, apparently, because she
41:48
Speaker 2: made the post about my response. I said, I think
41:51
Speaker 2: Alabama kills them. I would take Alabama to cover. And
41:54
Speaker 2: her response was, good, taking the Vols right now, now
41:57
Speaker 2: that both of you guys are taking Alabama. So– Thanks
42:00
Speaker 2: a lot, Kelly. Congrats on your win, and we're both
42:02
Speaker 2: very happy. I'm happy that my bet lost. I'm happy
42:05
Speaker 2: that my team won.
42:06
Speaker 1: How is Tennessee already the underdog in this game after
42:09
Speaker 1: what they did?
42:11
Speaker 2: Two-and-a-half-point favorite is what it opened as. They're now a
42:14
Speaker 2: two-and-a-half-point underdog. South Carolina's got a week to rest. They
42:18
Speaker 2: have two weeks to get ready for this game. Tennessee,
42:20
Speaker 2: we're seeing it again. Tennessee's coming off the emotional drain
42:24
Speaker 2: of winning, the celebration, everything else. Now they go on
42:27
Speaker 2: the road to Columbia.
42:28
Speaker 4: On the road.
42:29
Speaker 2: Thankfully, it's not a straight-up night game. It's a 2.30
42:32
Speaker 2: in the afternoon game. Tennessee has been really bad at
42:35
Speaker 2: night in Columbia, South Carolina, for whatever reason. I think
42:40
Speaker 2: Vegas knows. Vegas knows. I'm not making a prediction yet,
42:44
Speaker 2: but Vegas always knows in these situations. I knew before
42:47
Speaker 2: the season this was going to be one of the
42:48
Speaker 2: trickier games on Tennessee's schedule. Given Lenora Sellers and some
42:52
Speaker 2: of the top in town, Dylan Stewart, they're all back.
42:55
Speaker 2: They're playing well. South Carolina just before the break whipped
42:59
Speaker 2: Florida on the road. I mean, I see it. I
43:02
Speaker 2: see why they're going to be a slight favor in
43:05
Speaker 2: that game. I'm just surprised by the quick change from
43:07
Speaker 2: 2.5-point favor to 2.5-point underdog so quickly.
43:11
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43:13
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43:34
Speaker 1: discuss across.
43:35
Speaker 4: The SEC as well.
43:36
Speaker 1: We're going to dive in on some of these other games.
43:40
Speaker 1: with Indiana, the way they went down, comments from other coaches,
43:44
Speaker 1: the upsets. We didn't touch on all the upsets. We
43:48
Speaker 1: have so much to get to. We'll get to it tomorrow.
43:49
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