Best of Indiana CFP Title Run Part 1: Hoosiers DOMINATE Bama, Crush Oregon's Hopes

24:08The sideline going crazy behind him, stone cold killer face. That's it.

24:13Shannon Sharpe:But Mendoza was very good. The job is not finished. Go ahead, Osho. Go ahead. What are you saying? No, I was just saying the job is not finished. That's the mentality and the mindset and his body language. That's what it showed. The job is not finished. There's no reason for me to be celebrating. Yeah. Yeah, you can celebrate that. I mean, you can't get to the job if you didn't finish this job. I mean, all that means you have another task. It's kind of like when you're growing up, if you grow up on the farm, there's always something for you to do. You can move the animals from one pen to another.

24:45Shannon Sharpe:You can grind, feed. There's always something for you to do. But you must finish said task first before you move on to another task. So win the Big Ten. Okay, get to the Big Ten Championship. He won that. He won the first, you know, get a bye, and then they win the next game. So now you advance to the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Now the ultimate. You get to play for the National Championship, something you've never won. You've never been in that situation. And they're a good team. He's unbelievable. This might be, I mean, they might need to do a story because we've never seen a turnaround happen this quick.

25:22Shannon Sharpe:Not with a team that's been this historically bad. I mean they've been historically bad I'm talking about historically historically I'm talking about like bad news bears bad hold on the funny thing about it Indiana is a basketball school huh this is a basketball school when is the last time we've seen a basketball school dominate like this the entirety of a season no we haven't the entirety of a season and beat everyone I'm not I'm not I'm not sure if a lot of people if they if they were gamblers if they were betters and they bet on college football, how many people had Indiana to be in this position throughout the season?

25:56How many to be able to make it, to be undefeated, to be playing in a national championship in Miami?

26:02Shannon Sharpe:Before Peyton Manning got to Indy, they were known for basketball in the Indy 500. Right. Then Peyton Manning come, and then all of a sudden, they got excited about football. And he gave them a reason to be excited. Yes. but this story IU football and to be in this position one win away from winning a national championship and had to go through the gauntlet because it's a little bit more difficult now because now you have 12 teams you have to win multiple games in order to get to a national championship once you win you know you win your division you go to your championship in said division you win that and normally up until a few years ago you play for the national championship you rank one or two you play for the national championship it's not like that anymore you get a bye so you have to win three games to win a national championship after you go through your regular season after you get to your conference championship now you gotta win three games in order to be so we'll know the real it ain't no ain't no more man such and such should have been in there and if they'd have been in there they'd have done this now you win three games you the champ oh yeah you got you got ample opportunity you got ample time you get oh man I'm sick of this camera you got ample opportunity to be able to prove yourself and your worth if you make it to the playoffs and you make it to the national championship.

27:22Hey, the fact that Mendoza gets to come back home and play in front of his home crowd in front of the place where he's from, you know? I mean, it's going to be dope. But listen, Mendoza is going to have his hands full and Hurricane is going to have his hands full. I know the pressure's on Carson Benz. Oh, yeah. I know the pressure's on him and all those interceptions and for one, the turnovers. You can't turn the ball over. And they have to capitalize. if those opportunities present themselves defensively. You got to catch

27:48Shannon Sharpe:some interceptions this game. You're going to have to. We saw what happened, Ocho. Mendoza put the ball on the ground twice and they didn't get neither one of them. Neither one. And they ended up getting points out of both of them. I didn't understand. Oregon, okay, you're already backed up. You take a delay of game penalty to get backed up even further and now you let the guy come in. They only rush two guys and you let one of the guys block the punt. I'm trying to figure out I said, hold on, you already backed up. Why would you take a delay a game?

28:22This game, basically, it was 7-7.

28:27Shannon Sharpe:That was the last time this game was interesting. I thought it was going to go back and forth, especially after the interception. And Oregon got the ball, and they went right down the field, right down the field at will. I was like, oh, okay, you know what? This is going to be a long night. and it's going to be a scoring fest, excuse me, back and forth. Yeah, I was fooled. I was led astray. Oregon couldn't get any pressure on Mendoza. Mm-hmm. Couldn't. He was pinpoint accurate. Surratt, Becker, those guys, Cooper Jr. I mean, he was just spreading it around. You get a catch, you get a catch. Mm-hmm.

29:12Shannon Sharpe:They already bought Pons in. Let him catch a pass.

29:18Shannon Sharpe:it's uh hey boy these are you know these are the um both quarterbacks in this game mendoza is projected to be number one more is projected to be number two i mean i i can see why yeah i i can see why and obviously i i wasn't that high on mendoza obviously because you you watch you watch indiana play but i didn't know he was this good now that the spotlight is on him. It's a pressure situation and you have to show up when it matters most. And he played phenomenal. He played phenomenal. So obviously if he's going to the Raiders based on some of the throws I saw him make tonight, when you put some pieces around the quarterback I saw tonight at the next level, he's going to be alright.

29:58Shannon Sharpe:You better put some offensive linemen around him. He's definitely going to be alright. That's part of the pieces too. The most important, the most important at that. You got to get him a receiver. Just one. Just one to go with Brock Bowers. He's going to be alright. I agree. I agree with you.

30:18Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, this guy, we were hoping for what we got last night, a very interesting ball game. Excuse me. I got to hit him. It was interesting for about seven minutes. That's about it. Seven minutes. That was it, Ocho. And it was a blowout from there. I mean, once it got to the half. it was 35 7 and a half yeah hey hey chat it was 35 7 and a half at that point I tweeted is it okay for me to take a nap or will Oregon have an opportunity to come back and obviously it's college football anything can happen momentum shifts, the pendulum shifts at some point and another team catches fire and at no point did Oregon threat or even have a chance to actually come back in this game.

31:10And, you know, it sucks. I thought it would have been similar to the situation of the game last night. It was very exciting. But, hell, you didn't want to blink. You didn't want to leave your seat to even go to the bathroom because you might miss something. That's what I thought this game would be after the way it started out, even with the interception at the beginning of the game and seeing Oregon respond and go right down the field and score. It just didn't happen. It just didn't happen. Indiana looked very good. But most of these games, especially games of this magnitude, when it comes to when teams are of equal value and quality and skill, you know, the games are won in the trenches.

31:45The games are won up front. And that's exactly where Indiana dominated on both sides of the ball up front. And so it's going to be a good one. It's going to be a good challenge for the hurricane. It's going to be a good challenge for Indiana, you know, because I think the winner of this game is going to be whoever wins the battle of the trenches. and also whichever quarterback makes the least amount of mistakes. And that's who wins the game. I would love for the University of Miami to win, but I'm also cheering for Fernando Mendoza in Indiana because he is here. He's a hometown Florida kid, so I'm excited.

32:22I'm excited for the game.

32:24Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I mean, watching Mendoza, I've watched him a lot more down the stretch. Excuse me, as Indiana got closer and closer, and it looked like they were going to be on a collision course with Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. You knew they were going to get into the playoffs whether they won the Big Ten Championship or not because they had been ranked number two for such a long period of time. Excuse me. I'm sorry, Chad. I got hiccups. But with that being said, watching him, I'm like, okay. Yeah, all right. But watching him against Ohio State when he really needed to make throws, watching him how they just blitzed Alabama, how they just blitzed Oregon.

33:03Yeah.

33:11Shannon Sharpe:The Canes better be on their best behavior, Ocho. Yeah. They're going to be all right now. The boys are going to be ready. This kid is on a Joe Burrow type run. You remember what Joe Burrow did? I like the comparison. I like the comparison. Obviously, that 2019 Joe Burrow was elite. based on the numbers he put up that season, going to the natty, winning the natty, but the numbers he put up was unbelievable. So you understood when it's certain times you can look at a quarterback in college, and you can tell if what he does in college is going to be able to translate to the NFL. And you knew watching Joe Burrow, no matter where he went, as bad as the Bengals might have been, he's going to have success wherever he goes.

33:56Shannon Sharpe:Well, you look at what he got, and they got one of his receivers that he had in college. They got Chase to join him. You look at Chase had like 20 touchdowns. Jefferson had like 17 touchdowns. They had Marshall. They had Thaddeus Moss. They had Clyde that was hilarious. They had the best offensive line in football. They had a defense with Queen and Stingley Jr. And all those guys. From a talent standpoint, IU doesn't have that. Now, do I think IU is maybe have the coaching advantage? Yeah. Yeah. I like Ed Orgeon. I like him. but Signetti is upper level. You can make a case that he and Kirby Smart, Kirby Smart, and he are the best two coaches in college football.

34:40Shannon Sharpe:Ryan Day is in that, but to do that, what he's done with that team, I mean, look, going to Ohio State and taking over that, come on. You're going to get blue chip guys. Going over to Georgia and taking over that, you're going to get guys. Go take over Alabama or something. Bro, that's Indiana. That's IU. Yeah. Is it safe to say Coach Signetti's done more with...

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37:04Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, for sure.

37:09Shannon Sharpe:Mario Tristable and his Miami Hurricanes are headed to the national championship thanks to a 31-27 victory over the Ole Miss Rebs. Ocho, I'm surprised how the game was this close. Yes. When you possess the ball almost 42 minutes, the other team have it for less than 19 minutes. Yes. You have the amount, you 13 of 21 on third and fourth down, and you have to hold on for your life. The Canes dropped so many interceptions, Ocho. Four. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Because remember, they dropped that one right before the half, Ocho, and they got a kick. And then they had one to do. He bobbled it, then he bobbled it.

37:48Shannon Sharpe:Well, I think you're going to catch it. I'm going to let you catch it. Then he hit the ground. And then the dude, Bob, this thing is pretty. Yeah. Other DV pops it up in there. He right there to pick it up. It went right through his hands, huh? Right through his hands, Ocho. Right through his hands. But the Canes are headed to the national championship game, 31-27 over the Ole Miss Rebs. A very, very good ball game. I can see why people like Carson Beck, and then you can see why he has his critics. Because, Ocho, he was a Maryland. That game shouldn't have been that close. He got Tony. He split the seams on cover too.

38:17Shannon Sharpe:Go ahead. I'm going to let you talk. Go ahead. Tell me what you thought. What did you like about what you saw from the U? Listen, what I like from the U, obviously it was the offense. It was the offense. Defensively, I would have loved for him to add a little bit more pressure on Chambliss, but he was able to sit back there comfortably and deliver. I mean, Chambliss was what, 23 for 37? He had one TD for 277. I thought this game would have been won because of that goddamn front four. That front four, they weren't able to get home and disrupt Ole Miss the way I thought they would have. Obviously, Lacey got loose.

38:51Lacey got loose early in the first half. He got loose on the big one. They kind of kept him in check after that. But this game was won by Carson Beck. Even though he will have his critics, because of what he was able to do tonight, make some of the throws that he did make that were completed, he missed some that could have blew this game out the water. Wide open. Blew this game completely out the water. He's going to look at film. They're going to go back. If they're playing a better team, honestly, if they're playing a better team offensively, they lose this game. Because you had to fight for your life, you know?

39:24Shannon Sharpe:And you shouldn't have. Not when you possess the ball like they possessed it on your own show. They had the ball for over 41 minutes. Not that much. And also, some of them interceptions, some of those interceptions that they should have had, you're hoping if they got the ball back, they could have turned those into points. Yeah. It was, you look at the game early on, you know, you got Tony. Tony splits the seam. He throws it up the rail like he's going to throw him into the corner. No, keep him front side. You see, Tony's looking for it like this, and he throws him like that. He's like, bro, what are you doing?

39:56Shannon Sharpe:I mean, he throws one. He got the guy wide open in the flat. He ailmails it on the last drive. And then you're looking at some of the throws that he's missing, and you're like, bro, they're talking about you a top quarterback. And then you watch him on the last drive on the throws that he completed. I mean, Malachi Tony saved him. I still don't know how he caught the ball back here and still got a foot. I don't know how. You know what? For some reason, they called that play out. I'm not sure why because the toe touched down. Because his heel, the ball of his foot hit first. You think so? It did.

40:31Shannon Sharpe:Did you think it like the ball of his foot hit and then his heel hit out? I thought, to me, when I was watching, when I saw the replay, I thought his toe touched first. And obviously, the heel has to follow once the toe touched. Yes, that's what I'm saying. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I agree. Yes. Yes. I thought it was a completed. I thought it was a completed play. I thought it was. So I was tripping. I was tripping because the torture. No, you weren't tripping. But but listen, it wasn't complete. But Malachi Tony tonight, you know, down here in Miami, we call him baby Jesus. That's that's a nickname.

41:00And boy, he was every, every, every bit of that tonight. He was special. He's a special player. He being able to do some of the things that he's done, the screen pass he took to the house. having the vision to be able to maneuver through traffic and get in the end zone, man. Goddamn Brother Fletcher. He told it that ball tonight, Unc.

41:20Shannon Sharpe:You can tell it because he won't listen to me. Tell him you can't jump cut when you got your cleats spatted. Because there's no traction underneath. Because when you slip on that wet grass, your feet going out from under you. Coming right from under you. But it was an unbelievable game. Look, The Malachi Tony play was sensational.

41:46Shannon Sharpe:I'm watching it in real time. Marion? Marion? Marion. Yeah. Ocho, help me understand this. Talk to me. The DB has Marion man. He's got him man. He's trying to feel for him, but he's trying to look at Carson back. Marion turns wheels and goes up, and then he starts chasing him. Bro, you got him man. you cannot clue that far down the field. No, you can't. I'm looking at some of these guys and I'm like, bro, I know damn well your DB coach ain't teaching that technique. You're 30 yards down the field and you're looking in the backfield when you got this man, man? Yeah, I think I know you're talking about the DB from Ole Miss.

42:24I think it's last year. Yes, yes.

42:25Shannon Sharpe:When Marion rolls, he turns it up and catches it. He has him man because he starts on like an end route. Yeah. But he's feeling for it. and then he turns it up. He looking in the backfield like, what can you do for, I just want to know, if the quarterback got the ball and you 20 yards down the field, tell me how do you impact the quarterback? You can't sack him. No, nothing. Nothing at all. But obviously wanting to see and get a hint on when the ball is coming out. Is that number 32? Was that Grave Jr. on that play? I forget who it was. It might have been Ocho. Or was it six? I'm not sure what it was.

43:02But obviously, one of the players that stuck out to me on the Ole Miss defense, even though they lost the game at DB, was that young bull. He was number 32, Graves Jr. He's going to be a hell of a player. You hear me? He's going to be a hell of a player.

43:15Shannon Sharpe:No, you're right. It might have been Graves Jr. It was. Yeah, yeah. Who was it that got beat on that broken play where Beck rolls out of pocket? I like TJ Daugherty, too. Number six? Oh, yeah. He nice. Number six? I don't know if he's a, what they call a rover or a Mike or a Will or a stuff. I don't know what he is. All I know, he can play. Yeah, yeah. He can play, Ocho. They got a good defense. Graeme Jr. stuck out to me on film to the point where I had to tweet, well, goddamn, is he running the routes? I mean, does he know? He's running the routes for most of the DBs in the game. And obviously, he had a PI, but he made some really, really great plays in man-to-man out there.

43:57So, I mean, that's some credit to him, even though they did lose the game. That's one of the better fourth quarters in college football I've seen in a very long time.

44:07Shannon Sharpe:It is. In a very, very long time. Overall, it was, look, the stakes are really, really high. Yes, sir. Everybody, somebody knows their season's end, and it's ending one game before the ultimate goal, which is getting to the national championship and winning. So that's what hurts the most, because you're one step away. and somebody knows that dream is ending tonight. Yes. And so maybe you'll look tentative. Maybe, hey, look, okay, hey, let's feel our way into it. I thought Miami was doing good, going down the field, end up having to sell. I don't know what the guard. Right guard, how many times are you going to false start?

44:44Shannon Sharpe:They told you in the huddle. They're in the huddle. Hey. Don't move. Ready? Break.

44:51Shannon Sharpe:Bro, where you going? And then the next play, the ball gets tipped and it's intercepted. Yeah. It's the like, like I said, Ocho, see, that's why me, I couldn't do it. Son. You not understand. Did you not, let me ask you a question. Did you know the snap count? Did he not tell you? Because everybody else knew it. Yeah.

45:13Shannon Sharpe:Boy, this was a game. Hey, great game. Ocho, I'm looking at Ole Miss. I don't know how Ole Miss made it this close. Look at this. I'm going to see something, Mocho. Because I think they had like, I think the U had like 90 plays. Yeah. To like 40-something. Mm-hmm. Maybe 50. Oh, shit.

45:39Shannon Sharpe:51 rush attempts to 21 rush attempts. So 37 and 51, that's 88. 60. 28 more plays. 42, you had the ball 41 minutes and 22 seconds. Ole Miss had the ball 18 minutes and 38 seconds. And for the game to be as close as it was, when you dominate time of possession, you're crazy efficient on third and fourth down. Yeah. And for you to basically, you know, need a Hail Mary to fall incomplete, you let a team hang around now you got away with this one but i'm not so sure the next team that you play if you let them hang around as long as this you i wouldn't tempt fate if i was them it might hurt you and obviously when they do play in the national championship game obviously it's going to be a home game for the hurricane because it's being played here at the hard rock stadium in miami i'm hoping the defense i'm hoping the defense shows up a little better more so that front as opposed to the back end for the Miami Hurricanes.

46:49I need Bain and them young boys, them young bulls on the front. I need them to impact the game a little bit more, make their presence felt a little bit more, make whoever they play, whether it be Mendoza or whether it be the quarterback from Oregon, I mean, more, whoever they play, make him uncomfortable because both of them, if you allow them to sit back and throw the way Chandler was able to throw tonight, they, they, they, they surgical with that ball, man. They are surgical with that ball.

47:15Shannon Sharpe:The problem that I think Miami is that the guy had great mobility. And when you have a guy with great mobility, you're really cautious. I just don't want to let him jump out the window on me because he kind of hurt Georgia with his legs on some plays, and he's hurt teams with his legs, and he has that ability. So they felt that they matched up really well with their secondary, and they felt they could get enough pressure with four. Now, they brought some pressure early on, and they got to him and caused him to get an intentional grounding. But I thought it seemed like to me the game plan was, it's like less containing.

47:51Shannon Sharpe:Less containing. I like the last play, Ocho, because a right-handed quarterback, normally they're rolling right. What did they do? They dashed him left. Yep. So now they got three guys on that one side. Now we got one guy. So we got plenty enough time to get him out there and let the guys get down the field so they can throw it. But I thought Miami did a great – look, penalties hurt Miami, killed some drives. They dropped some interceptions. They ended up leading the points for Ole Miss. But those opportunities, when you get those opportunities like that, and I was like, man, you guys got the momentum, man.

48:24Shannon Sharpe:You need to put this team away. You need to get some separation. Right now, there's not enough separation between you and Ole Miss. And you're like, you look at it, they're dominating this game. I'm like dominating it. And you look up and like, hold on, wait a minute. They're still in this game. As a matter of fact, they took the lead and then Miami got it back and then they go back and get it again. And then Miami has to take it again. I'm like, how do you guys have the lead when you have basically a quarter or a half worth of fewer plays? But this was an unbelievable game, Mojo. This was crazy.

49:07Shannon Sharpe:This is what you hope. This is what you hope. this is what you want

49:14Shannon Sharpe:I guess the money going to be coming in piling into the U.H. and some of them alumni this is what we expect now absolutely and another thing this is good not only NIL but with players that are hitting the portal guess where they're going to want to come players are going to want to come to Miami because you see what the program has done you see what Chris Paul has done with the program and I think this is the resurgence to the Hurricanes of old. I'm not saying they're the same 2000 Hurricanes as the Hurricanes from the 90s. Well, mainly the 80s. 80s. Yeah. This is a great step in the right direction for that program in general.

49:53And they got some really good players on. They got them. Malachi Tony, Malachi Tony is supposed to be a senior in high school, man. Yeah. He's supposed to be a senior in high school, man. Just watching what he's done and being a very, very good friend of his pops who was from Liberty City, too. I don't know if you remember Antonio Brown. Not Antonio Brown that played for the Cowboys. Right. And not our Antonio Brown, but Antonio De La Brown. He played for Buffalo Bills. He was short. He ran 4-2. Okay. He played a little bit with a command. I almost said red, but the commanders. But Aon, he was fast, boy.

50:31He was fast. So seeing his son out there, man, shining and having fun, man. Salute to De La, man. and Malachi. I'm a whole... You want to come to the game?

50:41Shannon Sharpe:No, I don't. Ocho. I can get tickets to the Hard Rock for us to get in the game. Ocho, I'm going to be traveling. I got... We got to go to New York next week and then I got to go back to LA for three days next week to take two episodes of Club Shay Shet Man. Right. And plus, I still got to travel for the Super Bowl. Nah, bro. Well, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. They know me and Jordan at the airport like, oh, y 'all again, huh? Yeah. Hey, but listen. Listen, I'm telling you I can get us free tickets. I can get us free tickets in the game so we can go watch the game and we can do it again.

51:09Shannon Sharpe:I wish I could like make myself magically appear and not have to get on up to the bank. Do you know how far Miami is from Vegas? Yeah, I know. Well, you already got to be on the West Coast anyway. You got to be on the East Coast anyway. So you might as well come on down this way early. No. You just said we got to be in New York. Okay. Then you already you could already be on this end. No. Miami to New York is a two-hour flight. I know. Ocho, I need some rest, Ocho. Do you know how much we, Ocho, think about it. We got tonight, tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. I travel Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

51:51Shannon Sharpe:Now, guess what you just said. And guess what? I leave Monday. I take Tuesday, Wednesday, and come back Thursday. Well, let me tell you something. You heard that schedule you just ran off, right? Yes. You do understand I'm doing the same traveling you're doing, right? Yes. I'm getting on the same flight, doing the same traveling. You want to be my guest host on Club Shay Shay? You want to host the episode? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Who we got? Who we got? Who we got? Who we got? Oh, you can't tell me who we got, huh? Tell me who we got so I can do my homework so I know what to ask. I'm about to let you take the episode this summer and see how you do.

52:28Shannon Sharpe:Okay. Oh, so just me? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you and the gas. Okay. Oh. Hey, can I ask you a question? Can I ask you a question? Now, does that come with pay? Is that extra pay? I mean, I need to see if you could do it. Maybe you might want to do one. Maybe you might want to start your own. Yeah, hey, hold on, hold on. I got some. You see how much homework, how much prep come with you. Right, right, right. I think I'm ready for that, hon, because, you know, I can flip the switch from the person that everybody sees on nightcap and completely different than the person that'd be on Club She-She. I get very professional, Unc.

53:04I flip the switch. I'm going to put on a nice polo and a jacket.

53:09Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but you ain't got to, but Ocho, you know, in an interview, everything can't be ad lib. Yeah, there can be some moments in there, but you got to follow a script. Oh, I'm going to let it flow, Unc. And you know, I'm not really good at scripting, Unc, unless it's a TV show. I'm not really good at scripting, so I'm really good off the top of the head. But Ocho, it's got to be a sequence. is you just can't be all over the place. Oh, I know. One band, one sound. I got it, baby.

53:34Shannon Sharpe:I'm ready. But this was unbelievable. Look, the Canes won their first national championship in Miami. Yeah. There's a chance. I remember when they won the first one, they beat Oklahoma. Oklahoma, yeah. Oklahoma put a tie and won the national championship, but they went for two, and the ball got batted down. This was in 84, 83 season, 84. That was Bernie Kosar. Bernie Kosar was a freshman. That's when they had Oklahoma. Nebraska had Turner Gill, Mike Rogier. Mike Rogier had won the Heisman Trophy that year, went over 2 ,000 yards. I think Dean Steincoula was on that team. They were loaded. They were loaded.

54:18Shannon Sharpe:But the U sprung that upset, Coach Nellenberger. they came out of nowhere and from that point on they had you know had high smell Mel Bratton Melvin in fact yeah that was the uh that was the uh that was the uh the beginning of the you as we know it you know coach Nellenberger and then he leaves he goes to I think the USFL or maybe uh another school, and then in come Jimmy. And then in come Erickson. Yeah. Hey, they were balling, boy. That team Jimmy had and Coach Erickson. Oh, yeah, Jimmy. Well, look. Not only could Jimmy build a team, he knew exactly what to say to the player. Because, you know, I know you guys have seen the interview with Mike where he said, I said, Mike, man, why you 141?

55:12Shannon Sharpe:He said, man, that was Jimmy. I didn't want no 47 so I went to him I said Jimmy let me get another number man 47 that ain't me he said I'm gonna give you some touchdowns I'm gonna give you some yards he said Mike you know what I see when I see you in that 47 I see a big old 747 about to land in the end zone and score a touchdown Mike said yeah that's what you see you know I'm like that's what you see he said man I get the dollars about two or three years in and we having a drink. He say, Mike, I can't believe you brought that story. Mike say, what story, Jimmy? He say, that 747 story. Jimmy knew how to sell.

55:56Shannon Sharpe:Jimmy knew how to motivate. Jimmy was the perfect carrot and the stick. He knew that. Yeah. And, man, he had some playboy that ate. Whew! They got J Boogie, they got Danny Stubbs, and they had Testaverde. I still don't I don't know how they lost that game to Penn State. I still don't know. They lost 14-10. I don't know. With that level of talent that they had on the field that night, they wasn't supposed to lose that game. Hey, Jimmy had some players, too. And when Dennis Erickson was there, Jimmy had some players, too, boy. But I still – look, Ole Miss, you ain't got nothing to hold your head down for.

56:36No, no, absolutely not.

56:37Shannon Sharpe:This was – boy, I think Lane would have probably been sick. had they won this game. Because remember, Ocho, he's leaving Ole Miss to go build a championship team, and lo and behold, he built one already. Yeah, yeah. He built one. Yeah. And the thing is, is that he could have stayed there and done this and had no problems. He must win a national championship at LSU. And we also have to understand why he left. We have to understand, you know, because money talks, huh? Yes. Money talks. But it's being reported that Ole Miss was willing to match.

57:20Shannon Sharpe:You know, hey, you know FedEx, now he passed away, but you know, I'm sure he left a pretty nice endowment. Yes, sir. I can tell you one thing. I think if Ole Miss was willing to match, when the rumblings of him actually leaving LSU would have came about, they would have matched it then. What's the point of waiting? Ocho, if you really want to stay, you know, you don't even entertain that. Yeah, yeah. I got you. It's like in a relationship, Ocho. If you really want to stay with old girl, are you really out there entertaining others? No, not really. If you really. We don't even talk about that. Don't even worry about that, Ocho.

57:58Shannon Sharpe:Don't even worry about that. We ain't. We don't even talk about. I'm with you when you're right now. I'm with you right now. Hey, hold on, hold on, hold on. Before you keep going, let me put my camera back on my... because I'm on my laptop and I don't like it being not clear. Hold on. I need the people to see my face.

58:25All right, there we go. There we go. See how clear that boy is now? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You brought that down. That's real nice there.

58:32Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Oh, tell him, ask your question. Yeah. Was that pass interference on the last play? Oh, the very last play in the end zone in the corner? That's a touchy one. That's a touchy one. Honestly, that's a touchy one because he's feeling for him and he has him the whole time. He pulled him down. But he pulled him down a little bit. It's a call that can be called. The ref wanted to be an asshole. He could do it. He could do it. Obviously, it's not a spot foul. It'll be 15 yards. and I think even with the 15 yards, I still don't think they get a touchdown because they needed a touchdown to win. But he could have called it if he wanted to.

59:10Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, I think that was more of a pass interference than the one in Ohio State. Remember they called the one in Ohio State? Yes. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was tough. If I'm not mistaken, I think that gentleman, the DB, I think he in prison, Ocho. Chris Gamble? Sharp. Sharp. He is? I think so. Dang. I think he called him a 187. That's tough.

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