In short
Best of CFB Week 1 Part 1 recap and analysis, focusing on Colorado’s 27-20 home loss to Georgia Tech (without Shador Sanders and Travis Hunter) and a separate segment on Florida State’s upset over Alabama.
Guests/backgrounds
The episode is hosted by two sports commentators (referred to as “Ocho” and “Chad/Unc/Johnny” in the transcript). They discuss college football film, coaching, and game management; one host also references personal football routines and Cincinnati experiences.
Key claims
- Colorado’s defense failed “gap integrity/contain/leverage,” allowing Georgia Tech to run 47 times for 327 yards.
- Colorado’s quarterback (Kalen Salt/Salter) missed too many routine throws and was criticized for decisions (e.g., not running when appropriate).
- Georgia Tech’s early three turnovers led to only 7 Colorado points in the first quarter, keeping the game close.
- Alabama’s aura/fear factor is gone; Florida State exploited Alabama’s inefficiency and pressure.
Notable examples
- Georgia Tech’s 47 rushes, 327 yards; Colorado allowed sustained drives.
- Late-game clock/timeout misuse by Colorado with 1:07 left.
- Florida State: Castellanos efficient passing (9 throws, 31 points); Alabama pressured Ty Simpson (16/51 dropbacks) but still lost.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOColorado's Opening Game Performance
0:00 to 0:34
Analysis of Colorado's first game of the season without key players.
“When you're moving like I do, you don't always get a lot of lead time.”
Colorado's Opening Game Performance
3:14 to 4:52
Analysis of Colorado's first game of the season without key players.
“The last one, 45 yards to put them ahead with a minute and seven seconds left in the ball game.”
Concerns on Defense and Offense
4:52 to 6:04
Discussion on Colorado's defensive struggles and offensive performance.
“You can't let somebody come into your building and run the ball 47 times for 320 yards.”
Quarterback Performance Review
6:04 to 8:00
Examination of the quarterback's performance and missed opportunities.
“That's an area that hasn't been filled, so that needs to be addressed.”
Running Game and Offensive Strategy
8:00 to 10:10
The hosts dissect the running game and overall offensive strategy.
“They got the ball back with a minute and seven seconds in the ball game.”
Tackling Issues and Game Execution
10:10 to 12:20
Exploration of tackling problems and execution issues during the game.
“Running the football and stopping the run is about will.”
Testing Players Under Pressure
12:20 to 14:01
Discussion on how players perform under game pressure versus practice.
“And then if you don't have the size, you got to have people that want it.”
Frustration Over Performance
14:01 to 16:29
The hosts express frustration about Colorado's performance in the game.
“But if you want to find out what a man can do, put him to the test.”
Frustration Over Performance
17:18 to 18:14
The hosts express frustration about Colorado's performance in the game.
“And now you're taking a guy's trip that actually matters.”
Analysis of Game Strategy
19:21 to 28:06
The hosts discuss Colorado's game strategy and missed opportunities.
“They've got, look, it's the first game, Ocho.”
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Nostalgic Football Memories
28:06 to 30:03
The hosts share memories of friendship and football experiences from their past.
“I have no other outside friends outside of those I met on the first day I got lost in Cincinnati.”
The Pain of Losing
30:04 to 31:39
The hosts discuss the emotional toll of losing games and handling disappointment.
“My routine was the exact same for a decade straight.”
The Complexity of Team Dynamics
31:40 to 35:15
A conversation about individual contributions and team performance in football.
“Because I've always been one of these guys that worked so hard for it.”
Analyzing Recent College Football Games
39:01 to 42:00
Discussion about recent college football games, including Florida State's upset and Alabama's performance.
“and having dinner where you can actually hear each other.”
Alabama's Changing Landscape
42:00 to 45:25
A discussion on the shift in Alabama's football dominance and coaching challenges.
“And I was like, man, they might get rid of Kalen DeBoer.”
Florida State's Efficient Performance
45:25 to 49:30
Analyzing Florida State's effective gameplay against Alabama and the lack of fear from opponents.
“But like you said, Johnny, nobody fears Alabama anymore.”
NIL's Impact on College Football
49:30 to 55:06
Exploring the implications of NIL on recruitment and team dynamics in college football.
“Hey, Uncle, Florida State almost lost, not almost lost that game, but almost let them boys back in the game, too.”
Evaluating Player Performance
55:06 to 56:00
A critical look at player performances in high-stakes games and the inconsistency of star ratings.
“Because not only are you able to obviously get money for playing a sport you love, you're able to help your family out.”
Evaluating Star Players in College Football
56:00 to 57:50
The hosts discuss the performance of highly rated recruits in college football games.
“Johnny, y 'all could probably help me out when it comes to these stars and whoever is rating them.”
LSU vs. Clemson Analysis
57:50 to 1:02:04
In-depth analysis of LSU's victory over Clemson, highlighting key player performances.
“The game that just went off, LSU, the number Tigers, number nine, LSU Tigers go on the road into first time in a long time you've had two Death Valleys.”
Defensive Struggles and Offensive Opportunities
1:02:04 to 1:04:25
Discussion on defensive plays and the lack of standout offensive players in the game.
“I don't see anything in Clemson's game that they should feel too down on.”
Transcript
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3:14Shannon Sharpe:The last one, 45 yards to put them ahead with a minute and seven seconds left in the ball game. And they go on the road and they defeat the Buffaloes 27-20. The first game without Shadour Sanders and the receiver, Travis Hunter. So Colorado is on the new era now. Hey, Kalen Salt, I think that's his name. 17-28, 159, one touchdown. They ran the ball really well, 31 for a buck, 46. But it was Georgia Tech, 47 rushes. 327 yards. Ocho, I was disgusted watching this game. I said, what about gap integrity? What about contain? Georgia Tech has run the football since I was a kid. Even when they had Megatron, they ran the damn football.
4:01Shannon Sharpe:When they had Demarius Thomas, they ran the football. Georgia Tech runs the football. It's like if you play the Naval Academy or Army. You know they're going to run the football. Ocho, I was like Livingston are you going to make any adjustment guys are what is your responsibility what about your gap integrity what about what about your contained responsibility I'm like this is utterly ridiculous and quarterback Salter bro you missed entirely too many throws he missed entirely too many throws Ojo and number 20 got a nice set of hands on him the running back bro he wide open and I hate when quarterbacks do this Ojo when you miss a throw you go to the running back or you go to the wide receiver.
4:42Shannon Sharpe:No, bro, I was right there. Put it on me. All you had to do was hit me right here. Don't talk about... Don't do that. Don't do that. You effed it up. And he had the guy on 30-10. He missed entirely too many throws. But their defense let him down tonight. You can't let somebody come into your building and run the ball 47 times for 320 yards. Hold on. Let me see. Before you go, Ochoa, let me see. Yes, sir.
5:11Shannon Sharpe:See if I want to see No, I want to go back Box score Man, Ocho, this was I'm like, but I knew I was on the phone with my brother early in the game I say, Spank, a team give you three turnovers at home in the first quarter, and you only score seven points you're telling that team, beat me beat me, kick our ass You're supposed to have a barrier, they didn't and they got what they deserve. Go ahead, Ochoa. I'll fight it in a second. Go ahead. I say, listen, what I was going to say is, obviously, we all want to see what Colorado would look like without Shador Sanders, without Travis Hunter, and they didn't look that bad.
5:51First game of the season, you want to get the kinks out. You want to see what areas you need to improve in. Obviously, we see defensively, defensively, Colorado has to be able to stop the run because now it's out there on tape. What do we do when we play against the Colorado Buffaloes to have success? That was the issue last year, the Ocho. Damn. That was the issue last year. Obviously, Georgia Tech showed that. That's an area that hasn't been filled, so that needs to be addressed. Boom, for me. For me, the beginning of the game, Georgia Tech tried to hand the game to Colorado. They tried to hand the game to them.
6:26I'm saying, well, goddamn, in my mind, I'm looking, boom, after the first turnover, oh, them boys went down and scored, and then it was two more turnovers after that. I'm like, well, all right, I don't like the way this is looking because if you got the ball back two more times.
6:40Shannon Sharpe:Three turnovers in the first quarter from Georgia Tech. In the first quarter, and you only do something with it one time, I say, you know what, it's going to come down to the end. It's going to come down to the end because offensively, they're not doing enough. They're not doing enough offensively to put me at ease and to make me calm because, for one, the first turnover, it was all the way in your territory. So, of course, it was easy to go down and score. But the other two, it seemed like you really couldn't move the ball. They didn't. You really couldn't move the ball. You tried everything you could to establish the run.
7:16The run was – They ran for – Ojo, they ran. I mean, they ran for 146 yards. Yeah, but obviously, Unc, it wasn't enough. It wasn't enough. You want a happy balance of both, you know, to kind of keep the defense, on their heels on not knowing what's going to come. Are they going to run it? Are they going to throw it? But they weren't good enough in the air either.
7:39Shannon Sharpe:That's the quarterback, Ocho. Look, I think he has tremendous arm talent. But, bro, you don't have to impress us with every throw of your arm. You're missing routine throws. He's going to have to learn how to throw better on the move because on the move, he's not very good. And, you know, we're going to be nice, Ocho, because these are college kids. These aren't professionals. although some are making it's week one it's week one too it's week one throw it on the move that should be able to week one week no one week anything you should be able to throw he also the throws that he's missing because that's third down you're off the field right you want to stay on the field i want another crack give me four more cracks at you right and we saw him miss numerous throws the second time he had an opportunity ocho why would he could have ran the ball to the end zone instead of throwing it yeah bro yeah we understand that you you have a nice arm I mean we saw him launch at 60 65 yards but bro sometimes you got to understand okay this is an opportunity for me to that was not the time for you to try to dazzle try to impress us with your arm pick up the first down and another thing on children I'm gonna turn it back over to you I don't know what Coach Primer was thinking.
8:53Shannon Sharpe:They got the ball back with a minute and seven seconds in the ball game. You got two timeouts, and you don't use any? You took those same two timeouts you had to start that drive, and you go into the locker room with them. So you throw one pass behind the line of scrimmage. You get tackled. You don't call timeout. You complete another pass on second down. You don't call timeout. And then the quarterback picks up a third down, but he burns eight, nine, ten seconds on the clock. What the hell are y 'all doing? Too much time. On the scramble. I'm not sure what was going on in that situation. Obviously, you want to use those timeouts to give yourself as much time as possible.
9:30Continue running plays to try to get down in some type of range to throw a Hail Mary pass. I'm not sure what the issue was there. But listen, they got some stuff they need to work on. They have some stuff they need to work on. I'm sure Prime is glad that college football is back. We're out there playing against opponents and not just ourselves. So we can see what areas we need to get better at. Obviously, some areas, some of the same stuff that we had issues with last year. I'm going to start with just the running game. Being able to stop the run game. Having the meat and potatoes to be able to compete up there in the trenches and stop people from running down your goddamn throat.
10:09320? That's where it's at. 320. Yeah, that's a lot. That's a lot too, boy.
10:16Shannon Sharpe:Oh, that's a whole lot. Running the football and stopping the run is about will. It's about want to. Because schematically, I can't do anything. Ocho, they weren't doing anything. He faked the toss, and then they pull a guard, or they pull a double guard and tackle, or they'll pull a guard and they'll pull a running back. That's all they were doing. They weren't doing anything. The pass game, schematically, Ocho, I can scheme people. When I run the football, it wasn't nothing fancy. It was nothing. It was our guys kicked your guys' ass. That's what we did. That's why football is, for me, mentally the toughest sport.
10:54Shannon Sharpe:Because you know why, Ocho? You're asking the one man to move another man against his will. Now, I know Colorado didn't want to leave that patch of grass, that A gap, that B gap, that C, or contained. I know they didn't want to leave it. But Georgia Tech said, you're getting your ass up out of here. You're getting up out of here. Yeah. And I'm like, bro, what? Livingston, I know, hey, look, you go back and you watch the film. There's a lot. You didn't really do a whole lot good other than the fact, you know, when they got the lead, I mean, you came down, they went and got 20, you matched them.
11:32Shannon Sharpe:But then they go right back down the field. Right back down the field. And they ran the football, Ocho. Do you know what it takes to go 75, 65, 70 yards? and I just run it. I think they threw one pass. I think they threw one pass. Yeah, on the ground at that. On the ground at that. Hey, listen, you know the difference. You know the difference and what matters when it comes to wins and losses. What you got up there in your front. What you got up there in the trenches. You ain't got to, listen, if you ain't got enough meat and potatoes up there in your front yard and you got, you know, boys ain't got enough rocks in their back pocket, you can get moved around.
12:12You can get pushed around. You know, you understand that. And that's what you saw tonight. Week one. The same issues you had last year. And there's only one way to fix it. You got to get them big hogs up there. You got to. That's the only way to stop it. And then if you don't have the size, you got to have people that want it. People that got this. That want to come downhill. Well, you know what? You want to move me against my will. Well, let me show you. I'm not one of those. I ain't going nowhere. That you just going. I ain't going nowhere. I ain't going. I'm coming to the party. It don't matter what time I get there, but I'm going to be there.
12:49Shannon Sharpe:Coroners. Ocho, whatever happened to, I'm not going to let my outside arm get pinned. You never give up that leverage. Where the hell leverage? Where is contained? Don't know. I mean, I'm sure it's hard for me to bleed with the personnel that time has on that staff. They don't teach leverage. They don't teach contained. They don't teach gap responsibility. gap integrity. I refuse to believe that. And constantly I see DBs giving up the outside arm and the guy running down the sideline. Constantly I see defensive linemen. I'm like, bro, that is your gap. How you let that man get you up out of there?
13:30Shannon Sharpe:That is your gap. And the funny thing about it is coaches can coach it and repeat it over and over and over and over as many times as they want. or when the bullets is flying on, you have one responsibility to take what you're taught and execute the X's and O's. That all comes down to want to. That all comes down to want to at the end of the day. Oh, Joe. Here's the thing. When you're walking through something, it's easy. But if you want to find out what a man can do, put him to the test. The test is when the... Hut! When that ball moves, that's the test see I know what you're doing when you're walking through I know what you're doing but if you want to know what a man can really do put him to the test put his ass under the gun and let's see what he does because I've seen so many guys and you have too in practice they look like Odell Becker catching the ball they running the ball I'm like well damn look at how you break on the ball Deion Sanders and then get in the game and he playing like Colonel Sanders I'm like, oh, no, hell no.
14:43Shannon Sharpe:Man, please. So, man, Chad, I'm sorry. Chad, I'm on one tonight. If you guys can tell, that Colorado game, they got me pissed off. I don't know. I'm to the highest. I'm pissed, Timothy. Is that a word? Yeah. Who they playing like, Colonel who? Yeah. I mean, in practice, they look like Deion Sanders breaking on the ball. Now they get in the game, they're looking like Colonel Sanders. Fried chicken. Oh, God. And I'm looking, and I understand. Some of these guys, I mean, starting for the first time, the bright lights. Yeah. But that's what makes us who we are, to being able to perform under duress, under adversity.
15:37Shannon Sharpe:and not forget that I can't get my outside arm pin. I got to I got to hold contained. I got to maintain my leverage. I got to have sound gap responsibility. And you can't throw that out the window because now all of a sudden they firing off the ball. That's the thing. You got to be able to hold that. Chet, I'm like, look, maybe I'm using turn, but you watch the game. You saw what I saw. Hell, my old ass could have ran through some of them holes. Now, I wouldn't have got no 45 yards, but I'd have got a first down. I'm like, damn. When you're moving like I do, trips don't always come together weeks in advance.
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19:21Shannon Sharpe:They've got, look, it's the first game, Ocho. And for me, I've always felt that. I want it at home, especially the first game, Ocho. I got to win that. I got to hold serve at home. You got to win that. I got to. And listen, they had plenty of opportunity, y 'all. They had plenty of opportunity. When they got that second and that third turnover and didn't do anything with the ball, I said, it's going to be a long night. I told Spake, I said, Colorado. It's going to be a long night. That should have set the tone for the game right there. Should have put them down. At worst case scenario, you'll put them down 13-0, 17-0.
19:58Shannon Sharpe:At worst case, but with three turnovers and that team's on the road, you're in your home, it can't be 7-0 going into the second quarter. It cannot be. It cannot be. And it puts all the pressure back on Georgia Tech. Go ahead. Go ahead, Ocho. No, I was going to say it puts all the pressure back on Georgia Tech where you won't have that comfortability of being able to run the ball all second half long. Because guess what, Ocho? You didn't take me out of what I want to do because it's only 7-0. Now, maybe if it's 17-0. Maybe if it's 21-0, I force you to throw the football. Thank you. But now, even with these turnovers, you allow me to still stay in my comfort zone.
20:45Shannon Sharpe:Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I don't know how to do it, Ocho, but most of the time, if you don't make somebody get up out, if you rent an apartment, if you use somebody's landlord, and they go a month or two, and they ain't paid you your money, there's a good chance They're not going to pay you in week three, a month four, month five, month six. So they squatting. They squatting, basically. I've got them. Okay. Guess what? You come home, it's locked. It padlocked. Or the locks changed. Uh-huh. And then I don't know why. I don't know what happened. I know what happened. You$13 ,000, you're$15 ,000 in the rears on rent.
21:24Shannon Sharpe:And I've got responsibility. I got banks that want their mortgage on this building. And you talk about, man, that bank don't want to hear nothing about you lost your job. Right. Because I can't, you know what, I'm going to bring you your money next month because, you know, a couple of my tenants lost their job. They're not trying to hear that, Ocho. So in this situation right here, all Colorado did was yell across the field, hey, appreciate them three turnovers. Now kick our ass. Yeah, that's it. three turnovers in the first quarter. Yeah, you got to do something with that. You got to. After the second one, I say, okay, if they get another one, we got to find a way to get the game out of their hands.
22:14Make it a little easier on the back end. But after that second one, and they went damn near three and out. They did? Damn near. Might as well have been. I say, you know, it's going to be a long night.
22:26Shannon Sharpe:I knew they wouldn't win in this game. Once they got them three turnovers in the first quarter and they only came away with seven points and you allow Georgia Tech to stay within the scheme of what they want to do, the first thing I want to do, if you are a running team, I want to get you out of that. I don't want you to be able to run the football. What do you do? What is the second best thing that you do? I want you to play to that. I don't want you to play to your strength, Ocho. I want you to play to your weakness. And if you beat me with your weakness, Ocho, I come to the center of the field.
22:53Shannon Sharpe:Congratulations. Good job. Hey, stay healthy. I see you down the road, coach. But I'm not going to let you beat me when I know that's what you want to do. Right. But like I said, the D coordinator, I understand y 'all put a lot of time in because you know what Georgia Tech does. Georgia Tech wants to run the football. But your gap integrity, your leverage, your contain was piss poor. And that'll cause you to lose a lot of games. That'll cause you to lose a lot of games. We had this conversation last year when they played Kansas. We've had these conversations over the years when we're discussing Colorado about being able to stop the run.
23:35Shannon Sharpe:Now, one thing I will say, Ocho, they look better in pass protection. That left tackle's going to go play at the next level. That left tackle, number 77, he's going to go play at the next level. He's going to go play. He's going to be playing on Sundays. But they've got to do a better job. I don't care how good you are offensively. If you cannot stop the run, because they're just – I mean, think about it. They still have five more minutes of possession with three turnovers. And a lot of turnovers are like two plays. One play, turnover. Three plays, turnover. You give them the ball back too fast.
24:13You're not doing nothing with it. You're not doing nothing with it. Man, I was so frustrated because I'm like, bro. Hold on, you think you're frustrated tonight? Wait till you see tomorrow's game. You might be frustrated again. Who? Who play tomorrow? Oh, Clemson? Well, Texas and Ohio State. What you mean who play tomorrow?
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24:35Shannon Sharpe:Look, I think the thing is, Ocho, when games, if you know somebody, I'm going to be watching because I like Sark. I know Sark. He and I, we communicate. So, yes, I'm going to be pulling for Sark. I'm sorry, Chad. Yes, I'm going to be pulling for Sark because I like him. But, you know, when you know time, you kind of vest it. You know, you and I both have gone to see you, watched them play. It's a great atmosphere. And this was a winnable game for Colorado. But they did everything they possibly could to help Georgia Tech steal it from them. But Georgia Tech didn't steal it. They went on the road.
25:07Shannon Sharpe:They outplayed them. And Coach says, look, give their defense credit because the defense bowed their back because they only gave up seven points on those three turnovers. So they could have gotten out of hand. Colorado took care of the football. They didn't turn it over not one time. They had less penalties. But when you let a team go run for 320, 320, I mean, first of all, 200 yards a lot. Would you start letting teams get 300, 400 yards running on you? Yeah, please. Please. Yeah. But I'm sure Coach Prime, I don't know how they do it in college. I mean, we played Saturday. We was off Sunday. Unless we played like horse and coach would make us put our uniforms on and go practice.
25:55Shannon Sharpe:I was thinking about that, Ocho. Ocho, do you know? I mean, think about it, Ocho. If you played a game on Sunday and coached you in Cincinnati, they said, Ocho, put your pads on. We're going to practice on a Monday. I don't know about that. Hey, listen. Grown folk, now grown folk, that ain't going to work. We are not putting no pads on after playing a three-hour game on a Sunday. That's not happening. I'm not sure who the team captain would be, but I can guarantee you they will not be in no pads after game day. Uncle, you already know how we're feeling after game day. What? Yes, I absolutely know.
26:30You know how long it takes to get out of bed after a game? I do. Man, please. Put on some pads. Pads who? Shoot.
26:39Shannon Sharpe:Nah. Ain't happening. But they'll probably have tomorrow off. Come in Monday, watch the tape, and get ready because it's a fast turnaround, Ocho. You can't let this linger. That stench is there. No, not long. It's just something about Luke. It's been damn near 40 years since I was in college, Ocho. But there's something about, and I was never a big guy that went out after the game. But I can assure you, if we lost, you were going to see Shanna Sharp on campus. Oh, hell no. First of all, you barely saw me after a win. Barely. I'm talking about maybe, I think I went to maybe one party in four years of college.
27:16Shannon Sharpe:I ain't, no, no, no. And we lose? Yeah. I'm looking at the guys filing out, man. They hurrying back Ocho to shower, especially if we home. They hurry up and shower and go to the party. I'm like, you sorry, mofos. Y 'all want people to see y 'all? Y 'all just lose. Hey, I tell you what, though, this is how I look at it. And I'm going to be honest. You have to think, my time during my tenure in Cincinnati, we had, what, maybe one, maybe two winter seasons? My entire season when I was there. So I had no choice but to handle my business week in and week out, whether we're winning or losing. Because I'm stepping outside.
27:57I'm stepping outside. And I can tell you, I know exactly where I was at because I had friends of mine that I met, Maine, Rico, Los, all them boys down there in Cincinnati as a group of five. We've been friends since 2001. I have no other outside friends outside of those I met on the first day I got lost in Cincinnati. First day, still friends of this day. Dude, we used to go to Annie's after every game. We played at 1 o 'clock. The game in at 3. We had Jay Alexander's at 6 o 'clock. And then when 10 or whatever I call roll around, oh, I'm going out. I'm going out because I'm trying to enjoy myself, get some of the soreness out, walk around, you know, have a little fun, talk to some of the fans.
28:36You know, the dudes out the hood that be out off a short vine and wherever they're from. You know, just talk football. I like that. I was more of a people person, you know, during that time and loved to talk the game of football, whether we were losing or winning. And I would always show my face whether we were losing or winning. I mean, I enjoyed it.
28:55Shannon Sharpe:I mean, one of the worst times I had, Ocho, I was in Baltimore. And I had already made reservations at Ruth Chris. I had brought everybody in and we lost the game. If I didn't have my mom and my sister and all them kids, I'd cancel that. He didn't know. I would get takeout. I would get takeout. We lost the game. Hey, Sean, we going by such and such. I'd say, no, I'm going home. I'm going home. I'm a sore loser. I'm a worse winner. But I don't want to be around nobody. I know how I am. I'm moody. I'm irritable. Because guess what? That's why y 'all lost. Y 'all out here partied. You need to be home in your playbook.
29:36Shannon Sharpe:You need to be studying your play. You know what I'm saying? I ain't trying to hear that. So let me take my black ass home, soak, moat, and think about, man, what could I have done differently? Right. Hey. Hey. I was hanging with us. I was hanging with us. We have a game. We have a game. Obviously, we played 1 o 'clock. I swear for God you would think I wasn't even a football player for one not just a football player but a star football player like that because if you want to catch me after a football game before me and the fellas go eat dinner you can just catch me on short vine you can catch me down the way I go see my little young bulls that enjoy the game of football I sit there with them talk about the game for a little bit you know chit chat we on the corner huh we on the corner in Cincinnati just chilling ain't nothing I'm going home talking football for about an hour or two I sit there with them Smoking cigar after the game.
30:34Boom, I go down to Jay Alexander's. My routine was the exact same for a decade straight. It never changed.
30:41Shannon Sharpe:Well, I don't know if they're still in existence. But I would call. I would get Black Eyed Peas was the name of the restaurant. I would get the grilled chicken or the country fried steak. I would get rice. I would get kernel corn. And I would get Black Eyed Peas. I'd get a combination of like lemon tea, raspberry tea or something. and I'm going home. Yeah. That's it. I'm going home. I want to be miserable by myself. I don't want to see nobody. I don't want nobody to tell me you played a good game because I played like dogs. I don't care if I had 150. I played terrible. I didn't play good enough to win, and I don't want nobody to try to pat me on the back.
31:20Shannon Sharpe:You guys are going to get – no, we're not. No. I don't know what's going to happen after this. I'm talking about this game. So I know how I am. I've always been like this. We lost the game in high school. Hey, Shaw, we going. Man, I'm going home. Coach, take me home. If we win, your boy, hey, I'm going to walk the streets with y 'all. Right, right, right. Yeah, you're taking it hard. Nah, nah, because I know. Because I've always been one of these guys that worked so hard for it. I know what I put in. And the more you put into something, the more it hurt when it doesn't work out in your favor. you see i like what you just said you know what you put in i i understand what i put in i understand the work i put in to make sure i is the team game right it's a game when it comes when it when it comes time to get paid you get paid individually you do you definitely do i made sure i did my part if things don't now if the other 10 don't do what they supposed to do now i'm not i'm not I'm finna punish myself.
32:26I'm finna punish myself. Why am I not going nowhere? Because y 'all son. What the hell no? I'm finna get out here. I'm finna go get my Jay Alexanders. I'm finna talk to my homeboys. And I'm finna go out. I'm finna go to Annie's. And I'm finna enjoy myself. Now, I don't drink no alcohol. But I got my fellas with me. I got my fellas with me. I'm finna make sure they have a good time.
32:49Shannon Sharpe:Man. Oh, a transformer. just hit Joe's house and so he ain't got no power. Joe got buzzed, look. He need to move. Hey, Joe over there on a$100 million property. A$100 million property. 273 ,000 square feet and ain't got no power. Where the goddamn generator, Joe? Joe, where the generator? I know you got a generator out there, Joe. Everybody should have one Atlanta because them pop-up storms gonna pop up and knock it out. Gonna knock your power out. Hold on. Can Joe see us right now? Hey, Joe, can you see us? He got the power. FaceTime me, Joe. Nah, he got a cell phone, huh? Internet. You don't got...
33:38Oh, come on now. Internet. You don't... You need LTE or G5. What you call it? What you call the provider? 5G. Yeah, that don't require nothing. Your phone should work. Joe FaceTime me Joe if you can see If he got no internet he can't FaceTime you? Yes you can No you can't But the internet in the house Has nothing to do with your cell phone working Man look here okay Hey he can FaceTime me I can just hold the phone up He can see if he's part of the show
34:10Shannon Sharpe:Coach Prime who was recently diagnosed With bladder cancer And needs frequently use of the restroom No longer has to travel far He has a portable toilet next to Colorado's bench to accommodate him following bladder reconstruction surgery. And it's sponsored. Man, time out is mine. Hey, that depends. I know they're playing well for that. Oh yeah, for sure. Because a lot of people are embarrassed for that, Ocho. Who? I wish I would. You know how many zeros probably come behind that right there? Yeah, but I'm saying a lot of people don't want people to know that they have to wear adults undergarment.
34:49Shannon Sharpe:You know what I'm saying? Like that. Yeah, for sure. You got to understand who Prime is. You got to know who Prime is. He's one that could wear any and everything on his shoulders. Don't give a damn with none of y 'all on the outside things. People wear them, but they don't want to advertise it. But like you said, you know what I'm saying? Hold on. They make them for a reason. Anytime they make something, somebody is purchasing it. So it's a lot of, you know, sometimes women, after they have kids, It takes a while for them, for those muscles to get back strong again. Sometimes men, they have bladder cancer, they have prostate, they have issues.
35:23Shannon Sharpe:It's hard. And some, you know, hey, my grandmother, my grandmother wouldn't wear them. She said, Libby, I want my dignity. So my grandmother wouldn't wear them. And, you know, she obviously, she passed, I think, right, it was 88. In May, she was 88. So she passed in July. Yeah. so I tell you what depends if you see this come on holla at your boy ain't nothing wrong with you but sometimes I do be thinking about getting me a goose man I be tired of walking to the bathroom I just need to get me a goose and go right side the bed hey give me something where I can just roll over to the right or roll over to the left I don't want to get up out of bed anyway because I keep upstairs oh boy about 60 degrees 60 degrees it's freezing up there So when I got to get up in the middle of the night, sometimes I don't want to do that.
36:16I could always use some deperience.
36:18Shannon Sharpe:Hey, I'm going to date myself here. And if you my age or older and you're from the South, you know what I'm talking about. Hey, I'm going to get me a night pot or a slop jar. So if you're from the South and you my age or older, you know exactly. They call them pea pots. They call them night pots. They call them slop jars. I ain't never heard. You can Google it. That's what I say. Anytime I say something, I say. Hey, you know what that mean?
36:49Shannon Sharpe:She immediately, anytime I say something on your show, I can see the fake. But yeah, but I mean, look, to where it depends, that's the least of the issues. I'm glad they caught this in time. I mean, think about it. Boy, hey, God good, God great. And what he instilled in man to take his bladder and reconstruct it and use a small... Man, please. Man. I like that. But... I like that. If anybody... Look, this man, that joke of time, his attitude about anything, he'll make anything positive. It could be the worst situation. He's one of the few people, no matter how bad a situation is, he can make it positive.
37:36Shannon Sharpe:He can make light of a situation, make it positive. hey and you hey and the thing that you know hey like when uh i did the interview and i know a lot of you guys have seen the interview when i went up there and i started getting on everybody's toes that he wouldn't have it any other way because he's like you know if it was on the if it was you you know i get you i'm like i absolutely i know yeah absolutely i know the joke's gonna fly now that's that's something that's gonna always happen when you're moving like i do trips don't always come together weeks in advance. Sometimes production shoots, interviews, or something I've got to travel for on a short notice.
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41:10Shannon Sharpe:Should have told me that. Because I got to get you. Florida State pulls the upset. Unranked Florida State takes down the number eight team in the country. Put pressure on Ty Simpson pretty much all day. He was pressured on 16 of 51 dropbacks. One of 10 for 30 yards with three sacks. when pressured. Simpson was not on the same page as Ryan Williams, who left the game late with a concussion. Simpson was just 5 '11 when targeting him. 0-3 on passes thrown more than five yards down the field. I was thinking to myself, Johnny, and Ocho, I was like, man, look here. I understand there's not a college coach that's going to be Coach Saban, but you can't.
41:53Shannon Sharpe:He's lost to four unranked teams in 14 games. Coach Saban was there down there two decades, that he might have lost four unranked teams in his whole tenure. And I was like, man, they might get rid of Kalen DeBoer. But I looked at that buyout. He has a$70 million buyout. They ain't got them deep pockets like y 'all got Johnny down at Texas A &M where y 'all got a Jimbo up out of there for$77 million. They ain't got pockets like that. So, O 'Chill, let me ask you this. You watched Alabama. Oh, yeah. Coach Saban's not walking through that door anytime soon. Okay, Coach Saban's not walking through that door ever.
42:31Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. When you look at Alabama, they don't even look the same. They don't have the same swagger. They don't even take the feel the same. Well, Unc, you got to understand, of course they don't look the same. This is what we're seeing now when Saban was there. This was pre-NIL, Unc. This was pre-NIL. NIL came along, and even the scoreboard all the way across, so all the talent and the players that used to go to Alabama where everybody would go and have to wait in line, They got receiver after receiver after receiver, quarterback after quarterback after quarterback, running back after running back after running back.
43:02Everybody going all over the place because teams have money and players don't want to sit and wait behind anybody else. They want to play right now. Money talks. What is which is one of the reasons why Nick Saban left? Because the even the playing field has even with a level of talent is scattered across everywhere. Well, now most of the part coaching comes into play and coaching is that much more important. is that much more important now because Florida State today, I'm not going to say they embarrassed Alabama. They did. I guarantee you a lot of people, a lot of people, especially if you gamble, I guarantee you had Alabama to win.
43:40I guarantee you had Alabama to win.
43:45Shannon Sharpe:Johnny, what do you think? What didn't you like about what you saw from Alabama and what did you love about what you saw from the Seminoles? I mean, I think Castellanos for Florida State jumped off the page in every aspect of everything. You know, you look at what they did. He only threw the ball nine times. That's super effective to be able to go put 31 points up and you only throw the ball. You're only 9 of 14 for 152. That's efficient. The one thing that I will say that I think in the past, you walk in facing Alabama team, you probably got a little fear. This is Bama, the team that's been a dynasty.
44:21The team, you got a little fear. That fear aspect of what Alabama is is completely gone. And nobody's scared of them boys. Not Vandy, not Kentucky, not nobody. Nobody's walking in and seeing Alabama on the schedule and having any kind of shake, any kind of fear, nothing. They've been getting wiped the last couple years. You say that buyout's deep, but, like, they're not going to sit here and let this stand for sure.
44:45Shannon Sharpe:They'll go find it in the woods somewhere. They absolutely will. because I was thinking the same thing with that said about Jimbo because prior to Jimbo, the biggest college buyout was Gus Malzahn when he got$21 million to leave Auburn. And basically you tripled, damn near quadrupled that with this buyout for Jimbo. But you're absolutely right. When you're Alabama and you've had to expect and you've done what you've done, six national championships, you lost another two times in the championship game. You're damn near, they called it the Alabama Invitational because Alabama was in it every year.
45:18Shannon Sharpe:and people had them with a chance to win it every year. You can't count Alabama out. You can't count Alabama out. But like you said, Johnny, nobody fears Alabama anymore. And when you don't, when half, that's half the battle is fear. That's one of your biggest strengths is another man's fear where they don't have that anymore. And I'm looking at Alabama, Ocho. They ain't got the same level of talent. You're absolutely right. When you look at the running backs, it was Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson and this one and that one. and you look at Derrick Henry and Jameer Gibbs and this one and that one.
45:52Shannon Sharpe:You go look at the wide receivers. You went to Julio and Ridley and Cooper and this one and that one and Judy. Back to back. And you look at the quarterbacks. You look at those big D linemen they used to have. You look at the DBs. They don't have that no more. They just have guys now. Ain't nobody jump. When have you watched the game, Johnny, and you played against them, when can you honestly say you watched an Alabama team and ain't nobody jump off the page at you. Ain't nobody like, damn, ain't nobody going to flash for Alabama? Not since the Georgia game last year where Ryan Williams did his thing and absolutely went crazy.
46:28You've seen one player stand out where you're like, okay, this guy is a level of talent of Alabama that we're accustomed to seeing. Everything else, you may see a splash or a dash here or there, but you're not seeing it consistently week in and week out like you're accustomed to. And the funny thing too, Unc, is I said something about, for me, obviously being a receiver and thinking about college football and thinking about all the players that have been promoted and advertised as opposed to be them boys. And me saying, like, nobody popped out to me on film today and people in the chat saying, it's only week one.
47:02Yeah, week one. Yes, it's week one. That's the whole point. You allowed to pop out. Just because it's week one, that don't mean you can't flash. That doesn't mean you can't show. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. What do we talk about? It's only week one. Yes, that's when you actually pop out and you show off when you're playing against the top talent. You're playing against the good teams. These are the games you're supposed to pop out because you're trying when you get to the next level. Every week is the same thing. Every week you play in NFL. It's them boys you playing against them boys. So I'm expecting I was expecting.
47:36I was expecting maybe maybe coaches want to call conservative games. Maybe they want to feature the players that we've all been noticing on commercials and seeing over and over and over. So maybe next week. Maybe the week after. I don't know. At some point, the games of the day were okay. The Alabama and Florida State game, to me, was probably the best and the most exciting with the Clemson game following after that. But there's one more game we haven't talked about yet. That was the absolute snooze fest. I'll wait till we get there.
48:09Shannon Sharpe:When I think about Alabama, the one thing Alabama could do was stop the run. You know Coach Saban, Johnny, you had to throw. The thing that gave Coach Saban problem has always given Coach Saban problems. The dual-threat quarterback and the guy that could pass the football. You go back and look when they lost to Oklahoma, Trevor Knight, I think that was his name. You look at what he did to them in the Sugar Bowl. He stood back there and he threw the ball. Now, the thing that gave him the most problem is a dual-threat quarterback. A guy that could throw the ball and run. You look at Johnny Manziel.
48:39Shannon Sharpe:You look at Deshaun Watson. You look at guys that Cam Newton. You look, damn, it just so happens. You're talking about two guys won the Heisman Trophy. One guy was one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL before the injuries and things off the field took place. You see, but they got ran on 49 times for 230. Coach, you don't run on Bama. Bama don't let you run. They stuff your run, and then they go hunt your quarterback. They can't really hunt the quarterback. They really can't consistently stop the run. And Castellanos was doing whatever he wanted to do. Like you said, John, extremely efficient in the passing game.
49:17Shannon Sharpe:Only threw the ball 14 times. And you know Gus Mozan. You know what he wants to do. He wants to run the football. He wants to give you a lot of misdirection. He's going to run jet sweep. He's going to run his quarterback. That's what he does. Hey, Uncle, Florida State almost lost, not almost lost that game, but almost let them boys back in the game, too. after the second half, that second half and third quarter, everything started being conservative. Everything started being conservative. The three and outs, giving Alabama the ball back, allowing them to have a chance to get back into the game.
49:49Now, if it was the old Alabama or a team that was a little bit more competent and efficient with the ball, hell, Alabama could have came back and won that game with as conservative as Florida State played in that second half.
50:00Shannon Sharpe:Well, the old Alabama wouldn't have been behind like that. Well, that too. Go ahead, Johnny. No, I think you look at what Alabama wants to do in the past. They would always say, listen, we're going to go man on man. We're going to take our best versus your best, and we're going to lock you down. Times like we said in the past where they've had success against Alabama has been when they're running man coverage, running down the field, and the quarterback's able to escape the contain and be able to get out. But this is a team that just doesn't even resemble that. like we're going to put our best corner against your best receiver and body and throw them out of bounds and bully them up.
50:37Or, you know, we're going to take our best edge rusher and just absolutely mop you all day long. You don't, you're not used to seeing an Alabama team get pushed around, especially in the trenches. No. And yeah.
50:49Shannon Sharpe:And plus they can't run the ball like they used to, you know, Alabama get them hogs up and I'm looking at the offensive line. They go six, seven, three 40, six, seven, three 20, six, six. I'm like, bro, y 'all big for no reason. Why the hell you that big if you can't block? If you ain't moving, oh, Joe, you got to move further until you that big. Yeah, yeah. I said, y 'all that big and can't block the sun at y 'all. I was like, well, damn, ain't no sense of being that big if you ain't going to move something. Yeah. I'm like, well, damn. I mean, 29 rushes for 87 yards. Ocho, 27 rushes, 89 yards?
51:28Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Three yards a carry? Yeah, Florida State looked good. I'm talking about all three levels, up front, second level, and the secondary. I really want to know, Chad, I don't know if you guys know, if you remember Earl Little that played for the Cleveland Browns, is that his son, Little Jr.? Hey, he was all over. You're talking about the DB Earl Little, right? Yes, Earl Little went to North Miami down here in Miami. I think that is his son. You think so? Man, he was baller, boy. Nick Saban coached 230 games at Alabama. He had four losses to unranked teams during his stretch. Kalen DeBoer has coached 14 games, and he just lost his fourth game to an unranked team.
52:06Shannon Sharpe:Since 2007, in games in which Alabama was favored by at least 14 points, Coach Saban is 131-2. Kalen DeBoer is 4-4. They get you up out of there. You don't want to be the man. You don't want to be the man to follow the man. You want to be the man to follow the man that followed the man. So I want to be the guy that came after the guy that followed Coach Saban. I don't want that pressure. You don't want to follow Coach Bryant. You don't want to follow Nick Saban. You don't want to follow one of those, the Barrett Switzer's or those air procedures, one of those mythical coaches. You want to be the guy that followed the guy that followed him.
52:46Shannon Sharpe:Because now that's what I'm going up against. Because I've got some separation between me and Coach Saban. I've got separation between me and one of these historic great coaches. the question that I have for you Johnny is that do you believe the NIL would be the death of the SEC no I don't think so I think the South will only the SEC in that conference will only find a way to work around it and do what they need to do there's too much money there there's too much in these collectives to be able to make it successful I think we'll see some more I think we'll see different programs, different teams, same Georgia, Alabama, the same couple little pockets of teams that have been winning from the SEC.
53:35So I think it'll give some disparity in that regard. But for the most part, I think the SEC is aligned for whatever moves forward in the college football NIL landscape, whether it's getting to bigger conferences where we only have three big conferences throughout the country or four or whatever it may be. I think the SEC can keep accumulating teams, more teams, and end up being, you know, the biggest conference, 16, 20 teams. You know, when it's all said and done,
54:02Shannon Sharpe:and this stuff kind of plays itself out. Ocho, what you thinking? Because you look at Underwood. I think we might touch on him. Yeah. You get Larry Ellison, one of the top three richest men in the world. He underwrites it. You get Dave Portnoy from Barstool. You get a Tom Brady. He says, hey, I'll personally help you out and mentor you and coach you. and you give a kid, an 18-year-old,$12.5 million, say, come on down here, this is what we got for you. It's hard when you got these deep pocket donors. You get a team like an Oregon, and you got Nike, and you got that field night dollars, and you get all those uniforms.
54:40Shannon Sharpe:So now it ain't no Dodge Chargers. It ain't no Challengers. These guys got Ferraris, Johnny. These guys got Lambos. These guys driving Cullinans and McLarens. Yeah. It's 18, 19-year-olds. Yeah. Yeah, listen. Hey, the landscape has changed. It absolutely has. The landscape has changed. And like I said, I said, it's even the playing field. And I think it's good. I think it's good for the players. I think it's good for the players. Because not only are you able to obviously get money for playing a sport you love, you're able to help your family out. You're able to help your family early. And as long as you can stay focused and understanding that you got this money as just a jumpstart for your bigger dream.
55:21for your business, but making it to that next level where the real money is, as long as you can lock in, stay focused, and do what you need to do. I think I like it because, like Johnny said, it adds some disparity, obviously, to college football in general and even the playing field where everybody gets the talent instead of one or two or three or just three teams getting everybody.
55:42Shannon Sharpe:You're right because it sure seems that way now. it doesn't look like I mean I not look Alabama still get five-star recruits but they don't look like the five stars they normally get it seemingly Ohio State are getting those guys now and they're like you said I mean if they're 25 35 star Alabama's getting one or two where they normally have two running backs two wide receivers three D linemen two O linemen a corner uh the number one the number two or three dual threat, they don't, those guys don't look like the same caliber player that they normally once had, had, had. And I think you guys are right.
56:23Shannon Sharpe:You know, I have a question too. Go ahead. Johnny, y 'all could probably help me out when it comes to these stars and whoever is rating them. Yes. From the people that are supposed to be these four and five stars, when the lights were bright tonight, when the lights were bright today in general, the stars didn't come out the stars didn't come out at all well and that's the thing which you alluded to you say when people you you tweeted what you tweeted and people say what Shannon uh they said Ocho well it's just the first game doesn't matter if you if you are who you say you are first game second game third game first quarter second quarter third quarter it does not matter yeah and you're like a pit bull on a leash when this first game comes up you're you're sitting there thank you thank you you're in training camp you know you got bang bang plays going across the middle and you can't touch each other and you're running by and you're barking this is what you're doing all training camp you're fake blowing stuff up you have the sack whistle that you'd be like boy if that was in a game we'd have tore your ass up like that's what you're doing all spring and all training camp.
57:35So now you're off the leash. This is your time to run free. First time on a field, maybe in front of the lights. Yeah, it can hit you a little weird in a couple spots, but when it comes down to it, a dog is a dog, and it's time to be off the leash.
57:48Shannon Sharpe:I don't know what. All right, let's get into it right now. The game that just went off, LSU, the number Tigers, number nine, LSU Tigers go on the road into first time in a long time you've had two Death Valleys. That's what Clemson called their home, Death Valley. That's what LSU calls their home, Death Valley. So one Death Valley went into the other Death Valley. So number nine, LSU go on the road, take down the number four, Clemson Tigers, by the score of 17 to 10. Nussmeier, Garrett Nussmeier played extremely well, John. I thought he played really well in the second half. He calmed down. He showed a lot of poise, a battle back, and they got the win, a very tough victory.
58:31Shannon Sharpe:normally early on in the season these are the type of games LSU normally loses and you see opening they lost to Florida State they got blown out and then they lost the year before that they got beat now LSU showed me a little something going on the road in an extremely hostile environment the number four team in the country and getting a win that was very very impressive Johnny let me ask you this what did you like about what you saw from LSU I mean I think you look at a lot through the game you see it was kind of stagnant there for a while where nothing was really happening it's kind of just kicking it back and forth waiting for something to happen but they stayed patient Nussmeier finally got things going a lot better in the second half they have the turnover in the first half that really killed a lot of momentum but one of these kind of slugfest games that when you go on the road you never really know how you're going to win these and get these done but when you look at the end of the day you want to have this win I think they just found a way to get it done in the second half nothing too like overwhelming overpowering or anything like that but just a solid you know one touchdown win.
59:32Shannon Sharpe:Ocho what'd you like about what you saw from LSU considering these are the type of games we talked about that Brian Kelly has seemingly lost early in the season and finding a way to win a game like this you know when you go on the road and you beat the number four team in the country it doesn't matter if it's 17 Tim if it's 17 16 if If it's four to three, you won. As long as you get the win. Listen, LSU played extremely well. I think the beginning of the game, it was very stagnant. It was a very defensive game. Obviously, most of the time when it comes to college football, even NFL, the defense is always ahead of the offense because all they have to do is read and react.
1:00:06And it takes time for offenses to get rolling. And what I did see from LSU, and I didn't see enough of, let me tell you what I didn't see enough of, Unc, of LSU as being wide receiver university. LSU to me is now a wide receiver university. I don't see that dog. I don't see that one player out there that can make a difference for LSU. And I don't see that for Clemson either. They're another university that produces some good wide receivers. I haven't seen anybody emerge. Actually, honestly, we talk about not just this game, the entirety of the day about college football, those that I thought are supposed to step up, those that have always been on my radar as really, really good receivers.
1:00:45Nobody really – what's the word I'm looking for? Nobody really – Stepped up to the front and pressed it. Yeah, nobody. Nobody at all. Especially in this game tonight, I was really looking forward to seeing somebody for LSU to make a difference in the game. Somebody for Clemson to make a difference in the game. But that didn't happen. It was more of a defensive slugfest. And the points that were scored, they were earned. Every point was earned at night.
1:01:09Shannon Sharpe:I think LSU will look back on this game, and if they see they go and have the type of season that I think guys they want to have, they'll definitely look back at this game. Anytime you can go on the road in a hostile environment, and this is not Clemson's number four team in the country. They have the number three rated overall prospect. He happens to be a quarterback, Clint Kubnick. And to go in there and to get that win, I think that tells you, I think Brian Kelly learned something about his team tonight, Johnny. I think he really has, I really think he has a team now that he believes that he can take it anywhere in any environment and get a victory.
1:01:45Yeah. Look, this is a playoff team, Clemson, from last year. Same quarterback coming back, a lot of the same pieces. So you got to feel like early in the season, you know, this game has been scheduled on their, you know, bulletin board for the whole offseason. They knew what they were coming into to play. And like we said earlier, this is a game LSU normally doesn't come out and win. So for them to do that has to make them feel really good about themselves. I don't see anything in Clemson's game that they should feel too down on. You know, you obviously want to win this game, but going through the ACC and the schedule that they have, they'll be fine.
1:02:17I think they need to continue to have Klubnik run the ball as he did a couple times there to extend some drives and do some certain things. But listen, everything's going to go through that guy, number two, for Clemson. And if he doesn't put a touchdown on the board, they're usually not going to come out with a win in that situation.
1:02:32Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, LSU had to play well. They showed up with T-shirts with 1-0 on it. When you were on the road, Johnny and Ocho, when you show up on the road against the number four team in the country, and you're wearing T-shirts and you already got 1-0, boy, you better come out there, boy. You better come on out there and play. And they played. They played. That second half, they really dominated this game. Like I said, Johnny, you were 28-38, 230, one touchdown. Not overpowering. He didn't have a 300-yard day. He wasn't 70-plus percent completion percentage, but he was solid. He made big-time throws when he absolutely had to have them to get a drive, tie the ball game up, and then he goes down and get the go-ahead touchdown.
1:03:15Shannon Sharpe:He was very, very impressive. And I think Brian Kelly has to be impressed with his team. Defensively, they started getting off the club, Nick. And once they started to put that pressure on, they brought a blitz. The linebacker looped around on fourth and four, and they turned them over on downs. But LSU, this was an impressive win. Now, you go look at it. Texas is in the SEC. Georgia is in the SEC. You see, there are no – look, there are no – there's not going to be any cakewalks. I mean, even Vanderbilt say, hold on, hold on. We're not your homecoming now. You know, Vanderbilt used to be – first game of the season was homecoming.
1:03:53Shannon Sharpe:Vanderbilt on the schedule. Vanderbilt was like 10 homecomings a season. Even when they played – It's a coming out party that day. Hey, everybody's thinking about, hey, I'm going to pad my stats. You know, hey, the party tonight, I need to shine. But the SEC is going to be very, very tough. Clemson, I agree with you, Johnny. The ACC, they're not – ain't a whole lot to write home. Now, the team that we're about to talk about in a little bit, Florida State, they showed us something. That Custodianos, he showed us something today. Hey, Florida State, hey, Johnny, I don't know what Florida State team we saw today, but they look really good.
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Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson break down the biggest College Football stories from Week 1 on Nightcap! Kicking things off with Prime led Colorado's disappointing loss, Florida St. DESTROYING Bama and more!
0:00 - Colorado loses season opener
32:29 - Florida St. DESTROYS Alabama
49:15 - LSU defeats Clemson
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