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22:54Shannon Sharpe:And knowing what they do, we threw the goal ball 42-4. The ball was 42 yards, four yards from the sideline. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Y 'all had the red line back then? I don't know. Some people, it's 44-3. I don't know, but I'm just saying the way we did it, it's 42-4. It's the same. 42 yards deep, four yards. Is that the way? Yeah, it's the same. It's the same. Y 'all had the red line too back then? Yeah. Y 'all had the red line, Unk?

23:28What'd you say, Ocho? Y 'all had the red line. You know, we had the red line painted on the practice field to let the receivers know the state. When you stack, you want to stack and stay on that red line, which was four yards from the sideline.

23:40Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, I don't care where you release. You can release in there by the center. All I know is when John's going to let the ball go, it's going to be 42-4. So if you want to release inside, if you want to run a shallow cross, it didn't get back out there. I don't care. Mike didn't care. Mike said you can release inside. You take the best release. But at the end of the day, I need you 42-4. And like you said, a job immediately. If I get you, I'm stacking you. I'm not just going to run and just hope. No, no, no, no. I'm going to stack your ass because now I can't have John to always have to make a perfect throw.

24:14Shannon Sharpe:Because if you don't stack him and you let that guy be in his hip, there's only one place John can throw it. It's going to probably be a completion, and it's over here. Over here. Because if he put it like here, he's going to chop. Yeah. So I want him kind of like what Marvin Mills did. And if I have to slow down, you're going to have to come through me to get this ball. Yep. Ocho, I thought they let him play tonight. Man, Miami was real handsy. Oh, yeah. They let him play. I don't think they called a P.I. the whole night. Maybe I missed something. Listen, they played it fair, though. They played it fair.

24:45Not only did they let them play, they were very handsy. And obviously, I see that as a part of football. So they were handsy, but none of the handsiness impeded the receiver in being able to make a play.

24:58Shannon Sharpe:I thought on some of those start routes, I was like, oh, my goodness. Hey, hold on. Hold on. Did you see at the beginning of the game, number five for Indiana? Yeah, pawn. Boy. But hey, he nice. Oh, yeah, he quick. And he's very Denzel Ward-like. Yeah, he quick. He got quick feet. Yeah, yeah. I wasn't able to watch him the whole game, but just his technique and what he was able to do in that first play, I was like, okay, they got something out there. I say it's going to be a long night in the passing game. And I don't have the stats in front of me, but if you look at how many yards the goddamn Hurricanes had at halftime, I understood it was going to be a long goddamn day.

25:35Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Now, I mean, they gave up a block putt for a touchdown. You let them convert. I think they converted. Let me see. I think they converted two fourth downs on that one drive. Now, I'm not sure how. And I think, didn't they say that was the first time they had gone for the fourth down in the college football playoffs? So in three games, just about everybody else was going for it on fourth down. They've been so efficient, they didn't need to. They were picking up getting everything they needed on first, second, and third down. Mm-hmm. 3 of 11. Okay. IU went for two. They're two for two on fourth down.

26:10Shannon Sharpe:Indiana, you know, excuse me, UM, 3 of 11 on third down, Ocho. That didn't help. IU was 6 of 15. They're normally a lot better than that. Mm-hmm. Penalties, 7 for 65, 38, one turnover. And Indiana dominated time of possession, over 36 minutes to a little under 24 minutes for the Canes. But when you look at what Signati has been able to do, he came from, if I'm not mistaken, he was on the staff with, you remember now, Ocho, he was on the staff with Coach Saban. He was even in Alabama too? Yes! Man, everybody come from up under that tree, always has success wherever they go. Scott Hart, Lane Kiffin, Loxley, Dan Lanning.

27:02Shannon Sharpe:When you see his tree, ain't nobody in college football has ever had a tree like Coach Saban. Yeah, Sig was there. Yeah. Who else was there? The guy that was at Florida, the head coach at Florida, he was there. If I'm not mistaken, I think he was the receiver's coach.

27:25Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Crystal Bull was also on that staff. Crystal Bull, too? Yes. He was the old line coach. Dan Lanning was a grad assistant. Kirby Smart was the D coordinator. Mel Tucker was the DB coach. Loxley was there, was the quarterback's coach. All of them, yes, all of them was there. It's so funny. Everybody that's come under that. Oh, Sarkeesian? Everybody that's come under that coaching umbrella up underneath, Nick Saban has had success everywhere they went. had some type of success everywhere they went. Ocho, look, I understand some programs have been down. What Jim Harbaugh was able to do with Michigan, but Michigan has always been Michigan.

28:04Shannon Sharpe:Yes. We know them from Coach Schimbechler. Although they never won a national championship, but he always had them in contention. Yes. So what Jim Harbaugh was able to do, revitalize a once-dominant program. Indiana, their first Big Ten title in 58 years. I wasn't born the last time they won a Big Ten championship. The first undefeated season in 80 years. My mom was three years old. The first Hoosier to win a Heisman Trophy. The first ever national champion. First ever number one ranking. And probably Mendoza is probably going to be the first number one overall pick from IU. Absolutely. Indiana National Championship included just eight four - and five-star recruits, while Miami had 45 four - and five-star recruits.

28:57Shannon Sharpe:If you go look at their program, what they did, they took a lot of guys from lower levels, James Madison, that situation, and brought them in. Guys that are already proven, that's already played at the college level. Damn, that potential y 'all might be good. I already know I've seen what you did at that level. Come on. Yeah. Because we had Serato here. He said, hey, I played with him at JM. He said, hey, you know what I'm about. Yeah. Let's go get it done. And those guys came there.

29:27Shannon Sharpe:This is the most impressive thing that I've ever seen in college football. How he was able to turn that program around so fast? Yes. Because even if you look at Auburn, Auburn has had players. They had Bo. And they had guys, Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams. They've had players. Andre Bruce was the number one overall pick in 1988. They've had players. And prior to camp, they had Heisman Trophy winners. Bo won the Heisman. I think they had another. Bo might have been the only one. Maybe Pat Sullivan. I think didn't Pat Sullivan win the Heisman Trophy? If I'm not mistaken, I think Pat Sullivan.

30:05Shannon Sharpe:They might have only two, but I think Sullivan won the Heisman Trophy. But we've seen nothing like this, Ocho. This is crazy. Yeah. This is crazy what IU was able to do. Yeah, in such a short amount of time. And now with the college football playoff, Ocho, well, if such and such had made it, they wouldn't have beat this team. If that would have did this, they wouldn't have beat that team. Well, they beat Ohio State. They beat Alabama. They beat everybody that you put in front of them, they kicked their ass. They beat them. Yeah. Hold on. They beat them convincingly. They didn't just sneak by. there wasn't no controversy they beat everybody fair and square with no questions none, none I don't know, we ain't got nothing to really talk about from UM I thought they got out to a slow start I thought IU defense was playing the heck of a game they were putting pressure on Beck and then all of a sudden they couldn't get any more pressure on Beck and had and i'm like bro on third and 15 you bring a corner blitz that's the time you play zone now it's third and five third and six you rush three drop eight huh oh joe i don't care how i don't care how many you drop if you don't put pressure on the quarterback guys gonna find dead areas hey every time man it's even easier zone zone if if you got you a very smart receiver, understanding scheme and tactics and what you're trying to do defensively, it's easy to find the zone.

31:47It's just pitch and catch. Pitch and catch. Pitch and catch, get your ass up field, or get down. One or the other. Get down.

31:55Shannon Sharpe:This was a heck of a game. This is what Nash that ish, the Ash Almamada got beat 65-7 and all these blowouts that we've had, that ain't what it's supposed to be. Nah. It's supposed to be this. You're supposed to be on the, I I don't know who's going to win this game, Mocho. Right. And matter of fact, you know, I was upset. I wanted to take my son to the game. Obviously, I looked at the tickets, everything,$5 ,000,$7 ,000. And I chose not to go to the game. I told my son, you know, probably the best seat in the house is probably sitting at home watching it from TV. But for those people that were able to go to the game, regardless of the price, this game today, regardless of how much the ticket was, it was worth the price of admission.

32:35Are you sure this game was in Miami?

32:36Shannon Sharpe:because I saw way more red than I saw green and orange. Are you sure? Are you absolutely certain? Are you willing to put this on your 12 kids that this game was in Miami? The game was in Miami. So why are them there? Can I tell you why? Yes. Can I tell you why? Yes. Because they priced all the real fans out. They priced all the real fans out. I mean, obviously the fans from Indiana, you know, some people took their life savings. They took some money they saved up, and they came and bought tickets. Well, y 'all ain't got no life savings? I mean, we do, but we ain't finna spend it on that. Oh, y 'all know what the outcome's going to be?

33:15Nah, we, nah. Are you football? Oh, now you're a Hoosier fan all of a sudden.

33:21Shannon Sharpe:Hey, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. Are you a Hoosier fan? I just need you. Hey, you just, I'm going, hey, you just go on to order that case. Just order gold, that case. What case? Not what case. Chad, you see what I'm talking about? I'm going to have to put that pistol in his mouth. Wait, I'm going to ask you, I don't got no case? I'm going to have to put that fire on you, Ocho. No, I'm asking you honestly, what case? Chad, y 'all hear what he's saying now, Chad? He's talking about what case? I ain't get in trouble. You talk about like case. The only case I know about is like when you got a case.

33:56Like what you mean?

33:59Shannon Sharpe:I need you to order a case of LaPortier. Oh, man. Oh, I got you. Why you, hey, matter of fact, I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. Hey, hold on. I'm going to do it right now. Matter of fact, I'm going to do it right now. Tell me how I order. What I go to, Unc? Hey, hold on, Unc. You ain't got to do that. I got you, Unc. I promise you, I'm going to do it. I'm going to order it right now. Hey, I need the website. What's the website, Unc? Unc, I don't want no problems. You heard me? I don't even like guns.

34:38I'm going to order the case right now. I promise you. I got you. I got you, twin. Hey, that's on nightcap. I got you on sweet Jesus. On grandma cookies.

34:54I got you. I keep my word. That one thing about me, I always keep my word now.

35:05Unc, you good over there?

35:06Shannon Sharpe:Mm-mm, I'm not. I got you. Hey, send me the link. Send me the link for La Portier.

35:17Hey, Unc, you got to learn how to wear your shysty. If you're going to wear it, you got to make sure can't nobody recognize it as you. I don't know who Unc is.

35:22Shannon Sharpe:I don't know who Unc is. Who you with? 57 shysty? This shysty shape. Shysty shape. Okay, okay. I like that. I like that. Yep. I got, hey, what's that in your hand? That's a baton or a golf club? I'm about to be 58 Savage. Okay. I got you. Hey, hey, what's the link to the Laporte? I'm for the order right now. And I'm going to see you the receipt. Laporteconiac.com. Hold on. I'm going to do it right now. Hold on. Hey, baby. Baby, I know you're watching. Do me a favor real quick. Order a case of, go to Laporte.com. Order, what I got to order, Unc? A case of Laporte? Order a case of Laporte with Chase.

36:00and then send me the receipt, screen shopping the receipt so I can send it to Unk real quick. Just let them know I'm on top of my bets and I don't want no smoke. I don't want no issues. I want everything. I want the transition going into Super Bowl. I want that week to be smooth for us. And I don't want no, I'm going to clear my debt. I want problems. Huh? I want problems. I just said I'm finna do it, Unk. I don't want no smoke.

36:26Shannon Sharpe:I tried. I tried to be nice. chat. Y 'all see? When you try to be nice to somebody, they take advantage of you. I just said I'm finna buy it. I'm paying my debt. The mere fact that I had to bring it, you supposed to have already ordered it. Oh, I didn't know you was gonna lose. They lost 30 minutes ago. I know, but it came down to the last drive and I forgot all about the bet we had. But I'm taking care of it right now, though. Hey, because I respect you and I respect our bet. because all I got is my word. And if I ain't got my word, I ain't got nothing. And I told you, I told you I'm going to stick to my bet and I'm ordering me.

37:04Let me see it. Let me see it. Let me see if she ordering the case right now. Hold on.

37:11Shannon Sharpe:There's about to be two cases ordered. The one you ordered from LaPortier and the one Miami PD put on me. Oh, no, you good. You good. You good. Listen, if you do something to me, I'm going to tell Miami PD to let you go. But they going to catch you anyway because you ain't wearing your mask right. First of all, you owe me still$5 ,900. Hold on. How? If I'm buying a LaPortier. Boy, you better off-stop. That ain't got nothing to do. Hold on. Hold on. I got to order a LaPortier and pay you a$5 ,900? You sure do. Yeah. Boy, you going to have to get that in blood, boy. Okay. I'm buying a LaPortier.

37:51Hold on. Hold on. Let me make sure. Chad, y 'all see what this man trying to do?

37:55Shannon Sharpe:this man tried this man tried to say since he found a case the 5900 is wiped out but i thought that's what we bet on the the the new bet was about was about oh no no no no yeah that was a new bet the old bet didn't go away okay okay okay so the okay i got i got you on the 5900 and um i'm gonna bring cash to you at the live show in santa clara life's non-stop work family workouts True Nature Meats New York Strip Steak, richly seasoned, pre-cooked perfection that melts in your mouth. 30 years supplying the finest steakhouses. Heat in four minutes. No stress, just nourishing joy. Head to truenaturemeats.com, code FREEMEAT for 20 % off, plus free New York Strip, Texas Smoked Brisket, and Mediterranean Chicken with code FREEMEAT at truenaturemeats.com.

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41:01Shannon Sharpe:Okay, we got a very special guest joining us. Joining us from the national champion Indiana Hoosier. He had one of the biggest plays of the game and it does it was the difference in the game Mikal Kamara, Mikal. How you doing bro? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. How y 'all doing? What's up? Good. Good. Help me walk us through the point block cuz you got a guy that's over you that's gonna block you and you got the up back that he kind of just like turned your loop. Were you surprised that like damn you ain't gonna put up no effort? So the punt before that We was in defensive safe right So I kind of like oozed off the ball And I kind of seen I was like I'm a little bit closer to the punter than I thought I would be So I was like alright This next time I get another opportunity I'm going to really shoot my shot So this one I really just got off the ball And I shot my shot and I blocked it And I was just like damn Like this is crazy You know what I got a question too Obviously I've never seen it before Maybe it's something that they do new in college mk but why is it that i see punters now instead of walking straight rugby style kick the ball why is he why is he veering off to the right making it easy for you to block the punt is that something new that they do in college or is that that's gonna been around especially with with our uh special teams coordinator we used to get a lot of guys from uh like australia a lot of like rugby style kickers that's like a big thing in college Hey, bro, the block punt wasn't only, you know, probably the pivotal moment of the game, but it earned you MVP, defensive MVP.

42:39Well, I mean, what that felt like, bro? I mean, what's that like? It was crazy, especially because, you know, the season has been a lot of, like, ups and downs, especially from my season last year. So just kind of, like, to put a cherry on top to end my college career as a national champion. And then as the defensive MVP, it's something only God could have written for me, man. That got to be the best feeling in the world, man. You got to think, bro, I've been playing football since I was four years old. I've been playing football since I was four years old, and I've never, ever been in a situation where I've been an MVP or I've won anything like a national championship or a Super Bowl.

43:21When you realize, when that clock is zero, you realize y 'all won that game, What does that feel like walk me through it so I could so I could feel it too because the only thing I ever wanted is I got you. Oh, it's like rice. It's a real brother Like it doesn't even right now. It doesn't feel real I'm seeing like my it's my my Instagram blown up my Twitter blown up And I'm just looking at all the videos on the clips and it's just like it's like I'm in like third person But it doesn't feel like like I'm looking at myself like like it's somebody else But it's like, it's me. I made the plays. I had up that trophy.

43:55And it's like, it's a feeling that you just, I'm not going to lie, but you might got to put the cleats back on and try to get you one. Hey, you know, I got some eligibility. Oh, I know you do. I know you do. You come back. You come back. Hopefully, come back and be a Hoosier, bro.

44:13Shannon Sharpe:Mikal. I like it. The last play. Now, it looked like you guys were in cover two. The coverage. in the back end. Now, I'm surprised that Miami, because I think it was a terrible design, because normally, Ochoa, when you're trying to throw something in the cover too, you've got to have somebody in the flat to control that corner, because if there's nobody in the flat, he's going to keep sinking, plus the safety is zooming over the top. So I don't know, even if he had led him, I'm not so sure it would have been completed past. When they called this defense, tell me what you were thinking, like I need to get home, and then all of a sudden you see the ball release.

44:51Shannon Sharpe:What goes through your mind? Well, first, I mean, I'll kind of walk you back through just the whole, like, the last series for real. So just, like, knowing the way – so we kicked the field goal. And I'm like, okay, like, it's time to go get money. Like, this is, like, the best – the best feeling as a defensive player. Like, the game is on your hands. Like, this is it. Right? So it's, like, time to go get money. And Coach pretty much put in, you know, our pass rushing substitution. so I was like, I gotta get home, I gotta get home so I was rushing, doing my thing and I was getting tired, I'm not gonna lie but I was like that's what I'm being tired, I ain't gonna lie but that last play so I'm kind of bending the edge and I kind of get pushed and I see the ball and I'm like, damn, like no, it can't end like this and I hear the crowd pop and I look up and I see Sharp with the ball, he took his knee and he's running around and I'm like Bro, we really we better win this we better win this I'm like, oh

45:57Shannon Sharpe:That's unbelievable. Yeah, you guys were getting to I was surprised that they didn't sub because they just kept letting you guys rush I'd say okay I know y 'all got some other pass rushes these guys are tired after like two or three pass rushes you spin No, don't get I mean we got I mean unfortunately my two brothers they both got hurt uh kellen ryan and steven daly those are my guys uh so it was really it was kind of me out there i'm not going to lie i'm not using my entire game so i i was i was feeling it though but it was like it's it's the final game for for uh uh a storybook ending wow so as the dust settles uh it probably hasn't really hit you yet it's only been a few days since you won a national champion what's the next process what's the next steps for you as you prepare for the next journey after college football so right now it's right now I'm packing trying to pack up my apartment and get ready to go go down to Florida to train oh you coming down here Orlando Bob Maritos Bob Maritos oh you gonna be a Bob Maritos Bob Maritos I'm coming down there I'm coming down there training for the draft you said what you gonna be training for the draft hell yeah Hell yeah.

47:11So. Cowboys. I hope the Cowboys get you, bro. I mean, I hope any team gets me. You know, there's no bias. I'm just saying. I'm just throwing it out there. I'm just throwing it out there. We need a nice little defense. Speaking of, what you want? Hey, you haven't been to Cincinnati? I haven't been to Cincinnati. No. No? Man, listen, we can go ahead and get you acquainted, man. I'd have you meet Mr. Brown. Nah, yeah, that ain't what you want.

47:33Shannon Sharpe:That ain't what you want. So what do you know at the combine? What are you hoping to run? What are you hoping? What can we expect? Can we expect something 4 '6"? Can we expect a 10.5 foot long jump? Can we expect something special in the shuttle? What can we expect from you? I'm expecting big, big numbers for sure. Going down with Pete, Pete's pretty proven with everyone that he's trained. Oh, yeah. So the biggest thing is having him get me healthy. It's been a long, long season. Playing against some good competition. so body's definitely a little bit banged up but I'm going to go down there and put on the show for sure what made you decide to go to Indiana because prior to the last two years there was the losing this college team in America and somehow this is better than Rudy the ending that you guys had this year what made you decide to go there and what made you think that you guys could actually win it all or when did you think you could win it all so pretty much so Kosek pretty much he got the job at Indiana this is when I was at JMU so honestly before the end of that season I was already thinking about hitting the portal and that kind of just made my decision like solidified so I hit the portal and I still didn't really have really any offers I had Indiana I had Pitt and then I had Cincinnati and it really just came down to playing in the Big Ten like Big Ten or ACC I was down to playing the Big Ten um so but knowing the the whole history of of indiana i was like dog like out of all the teams you decided to go to it's it's it's like and we put up there in bloomington you know it's cold so we put up there in indiana it's it's january i get there and it's it's like two three feet of snow i'm like dude what am i doing um but then uh we went through the whole process we got to the to i always talk about the maryland game last year uh maryland game was kind of like a real pivotal moment.

49:34That's kind of when we realized individually that we could play at this level. Then the home win against Michigan was huge. That's when we kind of realized as a team who we were. And then it kind of, not shattered, but when we went down to Ohio State, we realized like, damn, this is a big moment. We lost to them. That stadium was rocking. When I tell you I've never played anything like that, that was rocking. But we definitely learned from that We learned from Notre Dame And all the guys that came back We kind of had a lot of experience Then we got a lot of guys at the portal Who are vets Who played on winning teams And then this season We was tried We went through Oregon We went through Penn State We went through Ohio State We went through Iowa So those were just some of the big games That kind of made us realize We are one of the top dogs We are the top dogs for sure and then going down, playing SEC, playing Alabama, beating them the way that we beat them, we was like, dog, it's up to us.

50:39It's 100 % in our hands to drop this ball, and we came up on top.

50:46Shannon Sharpe:Well, congratulations on Mikael on a very unbelievable season. Man, this is 16-0. You're the first team, well, in this era, in the college football playoff era, to win 16 games, undefeated, unblemished. outstanding game. That game was on the edge of your seat. You didn't know what was going to happen to the very end. And at the end of the day, you guys stay on the top of the mountain. So, congratulations to who's your nation out there. And good luck in the draft, man. Come back and talk to us once this process is over. MK, where you from? Virginia. Are you from VA? Okay, okay. How long are you going to be down here in Miami?

51:23I'm going to be there until end of March. Okay, end of March. Okay, okay. But you've been a I have it. I have it. Okay. Okay. We're going to go grab a little bite. Nah, I'm going to be with you. Hey, it's business first, but we can't handle something after that. Oh, yeah. Listen, I take care of business too, but you got to eat.

51:45Shannon Sharpe:You got to eat. Mikhail, thank you so much for joining us, man. Appreciate it, y 'all. Congratulations, and we'll see you down the road. Thank you. Thank you. Mikhail Kamara, champion, defensive player of the game in the Cali Football Playoff National Championship. and now his college dream is realized. He's a national champion and now he goes down to Florida to train for the draft and get ready to hopefully put some good numbers and get drafted really, really high. All right, going back.

52:20Shannon Sharpe:There's been speculation that the Ravens and the Raiders could end up discussing a trade that would send Lamar Jackson to Las Vegas. There's a feeling out there that the Raiders are going to make a play for Lamar. That's a big splash. If the Raiders, you'd give up all these pieces for Lamar over drafting Mendoza with the first overall pick. Man, stop playing with my dog like that, man. This makes no sense to me. Whoever even came up with that report, talking about making a splash and making a play for Lamar, man, stop playing, man. Stop playing. The quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders will be Fernando Mendoza with the number one overall pick.

52:58okay Fernando Mendoza's receiver on the right of the left his ex will probably be George WB Pickens okay and that's pretty much it they're gonna revamp everything over there in Las Vegas and that's pretty much it they definitely need to do something don't you I don't know what all they're gonna do but they need to do something yeah absolutely um

53:26Shannon Sharpe:the quarterback would definitely help but i still think they're just so many pieces away man they don't really have no wide receivers now if they get george pickett all that i mean you got brock bowers but when i say wide receivers we don't brock bowers when you list brock bowers they have te by the end of his name right when you mentioned all the uh uh mcbride they have te so when we say wide receivers we're not talking about the tight end we're talking about the guys that are wide receivers. They don't have any. Their best one, they traded to Jacksonville, I think for a third or a fourth round pick.

54:01Shannon Sharpe:So they got a pick coming back. Right. I don't know if they have any compensatory picks. But with that being said, they're still a long ways away. Yeah. They're in the back. They're in the back of the class for a minute because everybody got substantial quarterbacks. You got Mahomes in that division. You got Herbert in that division. And you got Bo Nix in that division. Woo! Now, maybe, maybe, I don't think Max Crosby would be upset if you were to trade him. It all depends on where you're going to trade him. Yeah, and what you can get for him. Oh, you're going to get a first-round pick for him.

54:42Yeah, what you can get for him and help him to build that team and get some pieces. Because, I mean, with him you lost, so without him you could lose too. So why not, while he's extremely valuable, if you trade him, get what you can.

54:58Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Get what you can. Yeah. I can't wait to see Pickens in that goddamn black and silver. Huh? Hey, call it. Call it. Call it. Call it. What you want? Blue 17. Blue 17. See? Huh? Hmm.

55:28Hey, Unk, boy, I'm still quick as hell, boy.

55:31Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I see that. God damn. And my knees still hurt.

55:38Ooh, I feel like I can play, boy. I can play. You can, man. Nah, I'm talking about, hey, Unk, right now, right now at 58, Unk, I'm telling you I can give you four quarters. Third downs. Yeah, change for a dollar. on the four corner you do it nah nah nah nah I'm telling you put me out now you know how competitive I am yes we all feel competitive

56:05Shannon Sharpe:in our very own minds give me an opportunity to get out on that field right now man I've soft these little young dudes up man they don't understand it's different here first time you go full out you gonna pull a hamstring gonna tear your hamstring smooth out the bone I play soccer every weekend full out. Ocho, you ain't running no full speed to try to hit no ball. You have to. It's 11 v 11, huh? This not the little field. I don't care nothing about that.

56:31Shannon Sharpe:I'm ready, boy. Stay out the field. Hey, you talking about pull or something, Ocho? Hey, my knee's good.

56:45Shannon Sharpe:You need help, Ocho. Hey, I'm flexible too. Look at that joker, stiffen in the fence post. Huh? That joker, stiffen in the fence post. Ah, man, look at that.

57:01Shannon Sharpe:Nah, you better stay on the sideline with me, man. Stay on the sideline with me. Ocho, Joe Burrow hasn't tweeted in two years. This is what he treated today. The amount of people that don't understand what a catch is in the rule book flabbergasts me. And it's not the official. The two plays yesterday were not difficult calls. They got them both right. Yeah, listen, you was right. You was right. They're talking about the Hutchinson play. The Hutchinson play, do y 'all realize that he caught the ball, took off running, his knee touched, and then Gonzalez popped it out? As opposed to a guy that just dropped to the ground and in the process, J-Mac?

57:43Shannon Sharpe:I mean, y 'all thought, do those plays look the same to you? One guy was a runner. His knee goes down.

57:54Shannon Sharpe:Hutch was a runner. Which game were these tweets referring to, huh? He's talking about the play in Denver and the play in Houston. Remember when Gonzalez popped it out of Hutch? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hutch ran, Ocho. He was running. And in the process of getting ready to go down, his knee hits. That's different than you catching the ball and going straight down. Because the question is, let me ask you this. If he catches that ball and he goes straight down and it pops out, what is it?

58:33Bumble. It's incomplete. Incomplete. Incomplete. Unless you make a football move. You got to make a football move.

58:39Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all keep saying, well, what about likely? likely is in the end zone. In order for it to be ruled a catch, they got three steps. If you go look before that third step hit down, the guy ripped it out. Mm-hmm.

58:57Shannon Sharpe:Just go look. You can see they slowed it down. Was that a Sunday night game? Yes, that was a Sunday night game. You can see he goes one, two, and the third is about the Pittsburgh guy pulled it out. As a matter of fact, it was JP too. He pulled it out. They're totally different plays. Brandon Cooks didn't take it. He goes straight down. And I knew what happened. He showed him the ball, Ocho. He said, he showed me the ball. And I know if he showed me the ball, he got to bring it down. Ain't no way he gonna hold it up here. So in the process of bringing it down, trying to put it to his body, you gonna see his His hands, this the ball, Ocho?

59:39His hands are right there. Bring it to me. He brought it right to him.

59:47Shannon Sharpe:Devontae ran. And is he hit? We're moving on. Your team lost. If you was for Buffalo, your team lost. If you was for Chicago, your team lost. Now go argue. Go argue in an echo chamber. and who echo chamber oh man according to ian o 'connor the contract hold up between john harbaugh and the giants centered around reporting structure harbaugh needed in writing that he would report directly to owner john mara not gm joe shine a harbaugh reported directly to ownership in baltimore but that has not been the structure with the giants shown recused himself from negotiations over the last couple of days.

1:00:36Shannon Sharpe:Look, he had that set up in Baltimore. It's hard, Ocho, once you've been in a position and this is what you're used to, for you to go any other way. That's why I think it'll be hard for Coach Belichick. Coach Belichick had total autonomy. The only person he reported to was Mr. Kraft. And Mr. Kraft, for the most part, there's only one decision. that Mr. Kraft says, okay, and that was to keep Brady and get rid of Garoppolo. Other than that, he sided with Coach Belichick on everything. Even when the rubber needed to meet the road at the end of 20 years, he said, okay, Billy.

1:01:21Shannon Sharpe:Damn. So I think it would be very hard. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it would be hard that you got to report to a general manager, You're not in charge of the 53. You're not in charge of the draft. You're not in charge of the free agency. Oh, should that be extremely – when you've had that kind of control for 20 years? Yeah. Listen, I told you. I told you, see, now that this is going on and they're having some tug of war in the language that's in the contract, now what's the chance of him pulling out of that and going over to Buffalo? But I think they got it done. Now, I think that was a problem.

1:01:56Shannon Sharpe:But I think that language did get into the contract. Okay, okay, okay. Sean, he recused himself. So I think the contract's done now, Ocho. Okay.

1:02:12Shannon Sharpe:But you see what he did, Ocho? Mm-hmm. Get it in writing. I ain't taking your word for nothing because you see, oh, yeah, that'll be no problem. And then all of a sudden, no, you got to go through it. No, see? Yeah. Get it in writing. Yeah, they'll play with you now. Yeah.

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