Nightcap Hour 1: Ryan Garcia KNOCKS OUT Conor Benn + Jia Opetaia SLEEPS Noel Mikaelian + Da’Mazion Vanhouter DEFEATS Raphael Akpejiori + Texas COMPLETES 20-Point COMEBACK + Michigan UPSETS Oklahoma

16:56Joe Johnson:he's A-side, most definitely. Most definitely.

17:00Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Joe, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm coming out last. If we got a concert, if we doing a concert, he might basically right now, I'm not in a literal sense, he's Drake right now. Yeah. Hey, hold up though. So why not the rematch with Haney and Ryan? He said he wanted a rematch. He said he wanted to unify the belts. He said, I think Devin got two belts, he got one. He said he want all the belts. I would love to see that fight you and I was talking about it we was in the hospitality suite and I say the thing that I like about him he don't dunk he fought Marios, he fought Tank he fought Devin, he fought Rolly, he'll fight that's what we want win, lose, or draw at the end of the day you in fighting

17:58Joe Johnson:you fight Mm-hmm. Hey, I got I got one that that that will probably Probably be the the highest gate in boxing. What's that if they have a rematch? Ryan Garcia has two losses on a resume, but there's one I'm sure any and everybody would want to see who? Well, that's him and take bring that thing back one more time.

18:19Shannon Sharpe:Yeah He ain't going if tank come up to 147 he'll do it. He ain't going back down to 140. He's too draining think about how he looked at 45 and a half now imagine him coming all the way down to 40 he ain't got nothing and then Tank gonna make him sign a rehydration clause yeah nah

18:43Joe Johnson:I wouldn't do it

18:44Shannon Sharpe:I'm fighting 47 if you want what I got come see me at 47 otherwise kick rocks there are fights to be made at 47. You got Devin. What's Keyshawn? What's Keyshawn? 40 or 47, Ocho?

19:03Joe Johnson:I think Keyshawn 40. I think he's 40. That's who I want to see fight, though.

19:10Shannon Sharpe:I want to see Keyshawn fight.

19:11Joe Johnson:Well, Keyshawn and Richard Hitchens might be up next.

19:15Shannon Sharpe:I want to see them boys go at it.

19:21Joe Johnson:Hey, I was surprised, man. man. Second round.

19:25Shannon Sharpe:You surprised that he won or you surprised he got him out of there that quickly? I'm surprised he got him out that early, man. I am too, Ojo. Well, not me, considering the fact that he was undisciplined the way he was, man. Come on, man. He kept getting hit with all them punches that Ryan was throwing. At some point, it was going to turn his lights out. I didn't know it was going to be that early, neither. Damn. It's a tank, folk. What you call them at? Ryan at 35?

19:51Joe Johnson:That was at 35?

19:54Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, Ryan ain't going down now. I don't think he can make 40 again, Ocho. And I think that has something to do with Conor Benn. Conor Benn hadn't made 40, 75 years.

20:04Joe Johnson:Yeah, and you know he rehydrated back up at like 170-something, I think. Yes, I know. He filled back in. Damn, man.

20:14Shannon Sharpe:The question was, could he take Ryan's power? The answer is no. Because he stunned him a couple times. He stunned him a couple times. Oh, Joe, we got an answer. We wanted to know, you know, hey, Bud was saying, hey, could he take his power? No. When he knocked him down, Bill Haney looked at me and like, it's a wrap.

20:44Joe Johnson:Hey, it's one thing to be quick and fast, right, Uncle Joe?

20:48Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

20:48Joe Johnson:Be quick and fast and have goddamn dynamite behind them punches?

20:52Shannon Sharpe:Yes. Because sometimes Ocho, them punches that catch you, you don't see them. Yeah. It's one thing, even if you see it, I still knock you down. I still knock you out, even a punch that you see. Dude walked, dude, he just walked. I mean, he took his A.T. hit it. You know what?

21:12Joe Johnson:I got a question for anybody that's in the chat about this. When it comes to the hand speed, how come with Amir Khan? Amir Khan was also known as someone who had very fast hands. I'm assuming Amir Khan didn't have the punching power that Ryan Garcia has. I could be wrong. Anybody in the chat that actually watches boxing, I mean, I could be wrong. Maybe he's not as fast as Ryan Garcia. I mean, I don't know. I'm just jogging and thinking of people out the top of my head. Gary Russell Sr. also blazing fast hands. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All that joke.

21:50Shannon Sharpe:when you look we we think of fast hands in that division the first person come to my mind is sugar ray i know you a little young to see sugar ray but sugar ray was good god almighty like like that those to be that huh like that like throwing in volume yeah and sugar way through volume sugar ray might throw 70 punches 80 punches in a round ocho and he hit hard yes sugar ray had dynamite. Because you got to realize Sugar Ray started out, probably started out, he's a five division. So he took on Hagler at 160.

22:31Shannon Sharpe:He's a five division champ. I mean, he fought, think about it, he fought Durant, he fought Hearns, not Hearns, yeah, Tommy Hearns, hit man. Fought Hitman, boy, that was 14 rounds, that was a hell of a fight. Slug fence. Yes, yes. Man, this was, this is what I go to see. Now, see, I pay good money for this. But not no second round, though. Damn, you wanted to go at least six rounds.

22:56Joe Johnson:But, y 'all, we left early. We left early. I mean, to you, that was in the team. It wasn't no more fights. What the hell you want me to do, stand around? Hey, but listen, listen, Joe. Like, I mean, look, I want to see a fight. I want to see boxing. I want to see, you know. Oh, you wanted to old school. You wanted to go. You want a slug fair for 10, 12 rounds. They ain't even have to go that long. At least get to the, you know, six, maybe seven round. Give yourself a watch. I mean, we get over there, you know, we fight through traffic, and we gone. Not in the hotel.

23:29Shannon Sharpe:Well, I ain't bad because, you know, we'd have been on his thing. Think about it. They probably just been in the sixth round now. If Opinaya, we're going to talk about Opinaya, Ja Opinaya stopped his guy. Hell, if he didn't stop his guy in the ninth round, think about it. That's three more rounds. We can stop them in the ninth. So we got to finish out the ninth, tenth, 11th, 12th. Now, you got all the – now they're going to take another five minutes. Talk to Openia. Now it's going to take another five minutes. Okay, guys, you up. Get back warmed up. Now you got to walk to the ring. Man, we ain't coming on.

24:04Shannon Sharpe:We still wouldn't be on. We still wouldn't be on.

24:09Joe Johnson:Yeah, you right. You right. You right. Hey, I like that Openia call.

24:14Shannon Sharpe:out benavidez too yeah you seen benavidez get up in that ring too he is he a big boy in the arm yeah yeah and hey hey the the way benavidez throw punches bro for a heavyweight he don't he don't mess around he coming to get you out of there boy yes uh man i was like but i i the next I don't know who Ryan's going to fight next, but if he fights Teofimo, I'm going to be at that fight. I'm going to that. Yeah, but you got Ryan though, right? Yeah, for sure. For sure.

24:51Joe Johnson:That's crazy, man. I'm still thinking about that because as soon as he caught him, as soon as he went down, Joe, my mouth just dropped open. I'm like, no, not this early.

25:03Shannon Sharpe:That right hand, Ocho, that right hand. Ocho, I told you, I said, Ocho, he going to catch him. I said, Ocho, he getting hit with the right I said, we worried about the left He getting hit with the right, Ocho

25:15Joe Johnson:Yeah

25:15Shannon Sharpe:And I was like, Ocho's up there with a mile I was like, wide open

25:21Joe Johnson:Hey, the first thing I said on the show You got to make him comfortable You got to make the fight ugly You got to make it dirty You know, he had him on his bicycle a little bit, you know And I'm like, damn, Ryan can't do that for 12 rounds Okay, Conor, just go in there Keep your guard high and elbows in tight, man

25:37Shannon Sharpe:Yeah Yeah.

25:39Joe Johnson:But he, as soon as he open up, bop. Soon as he open up, he throw something. I'm like, what the? I'm like, man, the hand speed, man, is a, oh my goodness, boys. You remember Roy Jones?

25:51Shannon Sharpe:Roy Jones had hand speed like that. Bingo. Bingo. Roy Jones had hand speed like that. But Roy was 68. Roy was 75. Roy was 93 fighting in the heavyweight. Yeah. Hey, Roy was different, Uncle Ochoa. Them hands, not only was they fast, but I'm telling you, that boy put you to sleep quick. Oh, Captain Hook. They called him Captain Hook because he throwing that left hook.

26:13Joe Johnson:Hey, that rabbit punch, Unk, we just launched forward. Yeah. Bye-bye.

26:23Shannon Sharpe:But Ryan Garcia maintains his WBC middle welterweight championship thanks to a second-round TKO over Conor Ben. Man, that was a great fight. Great fight. Ja Openia. Huh?

26:40Joe Johnson:How you gonna say it was a great fight in the end? It was a great fight. Why it lasted? Damn.

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30:05Shannon Sharpe:You're like, man, that was fun.

30:10Shannon Sharpe:Nah, I ain't going to lie. No, Bickelanian. He stopped the fight in the ninth round to claim the vacant WBA regular cruiserweight title. As you talked about, Ocho, you and Joe was talking about Benavidez fighting Opinaya. What did you like about what you saw from Open Eye, Joe, tonight? Man, the power that he had, the patience that he played with, Uncle Ocho. And obviously, he was just a better fighter than the dude he was fighting. I'm going to just keep it. He was. You know what I mean? It was more of a tune-up for him. But he looked good in that. He looked good. I like how he called out Benavidez at the end.

30:45Shannon Sharpe:He did what he said he was going to do. He sat down with us. He said he was going to put that man out of there. He did exactly what he said he was going to do. He did. He did. He stopped him. He was catching him. He hit him with a right. Then the guy grabbed his right arm. Hit him with that left. He forgot. He didn't let his right arm go. Caught him again. That was it. You think he was stunned after that? After he was holding his right and he hit him with that first left. It's like, okay, man, look, you got to protect yourself. Okay, Ocho, you get hit by a once, you can't let him come right back and hit you with it again.

31:26Shannon Sharpe:He like, which for the only one?

31:26Joe Johnson:He know he can't let that right hand go. He let that right hand go and grab the left and the right gon' hit him.

31:31Shannon Sharpe:Come on, man. But see, that's what he thought. That's what he thought though, he forgot. He done got hit with so many rights, he was begging for a little. Dude, say, I'll oblige you. Wop, wop, wop. Oh, man. Nah, but hey, you know, but that's what he said. He said he had trained, you know, in Queensland, and, you know, he went over there. He trained. He had a great training camp. He said he's ready. And he did what he said he was going to do. He spoke with conviction, too, when he sat down with us. I'm telling you, I believed everything he said. I ain't going to lie to you. I know they all kind of talk, you know, talk that talk.

32:06Shannon Sharpe:As a boxer, you kind of got to have that swagger. You know what I mean? Yeah. But, man, I look a man in his eyes like Ocho. Hey, he looked like he believed everything that he was saying. Yeah.

32:16Joe Johnson:Hey, what happened to our young boy from the Philippines, huh?

32:20Shannon Sharpe:Which one?

32:21Joe Johnson:That sat down with us.

32:23Shannon Sharpe:Oh, the little young dude. I don't know what happened to him, Joe. You know the little one that was excited. You know, little, little, little dude. Probably weighed about 130. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know which one y 'all talking about. I know which one y 'all talking about.

32:34Joe Johnson:I got to look back and see if he won.

32:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, look and see if he won. Was he supposed to fight though? Yeah. He won by the unanimous decision.

32:43Joe Johnson:Oh, they cheated my dog, man.

32:46Shannon Sharpe:Not unanimously, did it. Hey, hey, Joe, if you lose by a split decision, maybe. Unanimous, Abe. But I know unanimous. Open Eye versus David Benavidez, the WBA WBL Cruiserweight Champion. Benavidez climbed in the ring after Ja upset a win. He was predicted to win, congratulating the Australian before calling him out. Open Eye made no secret his desire to face Benavidez and may get his wish in May. Let's do it right here. Cinco de Mayo. Next year, Benavidez said respect. This is a great fighter right here. A strong fighter, but there can only be one monster in this weight division.

33:26Joe Johnson:Okay. I like that, Benavidez. Yes, sir.

33:35Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man.

33:36Joe Johnson:I can't believe that, man. I'm still hot.

33:38Shannon Sharpe:Whatever, man. Demazion. Van Hoarder. defeats Raphael. Mazi has 13 wins, 10 by KO, recorded his ninth career, first round knockout, making quick work of the Nigerian heavyweight. One minute and 58 seconds. Hold on. This the Hooper? That's the Nigerian dude, yeah, yeah, yeah. The one that came on that football player, football player, yes. He got knocked out?

34:08Joe Johnson:Aw, man, come on. Yeah. Well, you know, young bull, young bull came on and said, this is what he's going to knock him out. He said, he got 19 fights, right? 19 fights, 18 KOs, right?

34:20Shannon Sharpe:I don't know, buddy. No, no. Raphael had, had, had 19 fights, 18 of his fights ended by KOs and he had two losses.

34:28Joe Johnson:That's what I'm talking about.

34:29Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

34:30Joe Johnson:Yeah. The little young kid. I mean, look, he looked young. The life kid, the one he came on, he was the one that said, oh yeah, I got some for him.

34:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

34:36Joe Johnson:Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. he said he's he told he told us but yeah he did they finna get knocked out damn i mean for one

34:43Shannon Sharpe:hurt it with a overcome then flattened with a right hand to finish the job in the first round one minute and 58 seconds in the first round the man come on there talking all that smack man you mean tell me he go out come on man come on man man man joe boxing difficult joe is hard to you know

35:02Joe Johnson:play multiple sports and be good at everything joe well hey you need to be humble about it then

35:06Shannon Sharpe:don't come on here don't come on nightcap talking about oh man hold on he was kind of humble though

35:11Joe Johnson:he was kind of humble he wasn't like braggadocious or nothing like that but he said he was gonna do his thing though yeah i mean that's what he got he got to say he's gonna do something he can't say oh i'm gonna go in there and you know and do the best i can i got to go in there

35:24Shannon Sharpe:and say i'm gonna handle my business oh it's your first round oh come on man come on bro all right that was quicker that was quicker than ride come on first round you got to the second And then if he got to the second. Damn.

35:43Joe Johnson:Hey man, I thought it was. What? Ryan came on here, right?

35:50Shannon Sharpe:Yes. Happy, energetic, like playing around.

35:54Joe Johnson:I don't even, man, he knew something. Maybe I don't know.

36:00Shannon Sharpe:Ocho.

36:01Joe Johnson:But I ain't never seen nobody approach a fight like that charismatic with that much personality maybe a Floyd or maybe a McGregor I mean most of it I'm thinking like okay this is an important fight I'm thinking hell is a dangerous fighter you know it's dangerous anytime you get in there but he really thought Conor Ben was nothing he called him a novice they paying me millions of dollars to get in and beat up a novice

36:29Shannon Sharpe:yes that's what he said they paying me to beat up a novice

36:33Joe Johnson:and he made it look just like that.

36:36Shannon Sharpe:And you heard Ryan. Ryan said, man, look, me and my team back there listening to the gospel, you know, before I came out. So he said he was ready, bro. He said he was ready. He looked ready, too. Ryan, you owe me a drink. No, he was really relaxed, man. When I sat down with him, Ocho, he was really, really relaxed. He's like, oh, man, he's like, man, he can't beat me. He said he had an expensive trash can. That's crazy. I said, come on, how you can call the man a trash can? Say he a punch, say he a heavy, Ocho. The man said he a heavy bag with legs. He did, he did, bro. He had a lot of confidence coming in this fight, man.

37:16Shannon Sharpe:He did, he absolutely did. He absolutely had a lot of confidence coming in this fight. The fight was, and thank you. Thank you, Zuffer. Thank you, Parallel, for having us out. We greatly, greatly appreciate that. Always the hospitality was A1. Straight in, straight out. Hey, really appreciate that Dana. Good looking out. Man.

37:37Joe Johnson:Hey, don't forget Unc and Joe. Hey, chat, Danny got a surprise for us. You hear me? Hey, your boy gonna be doing that ring walk. Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe gonna walk me out.

37:49Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

37:50Joe Johnson:Coming soon.

37:52Shannon Sharpe:We're gonna have to, Unc, Unc. We're gonna have to make sure Dana give him somebody an easy win, man. We gotta get it confident. Nah, nah, nah, I'm gonna do A-A-A. We gotta get it confident. He needs to find somebody sleeping outside of 7-Eleven. No, no, no, no, fine. Hey, hey, Joe, listen. Hey, clean him up.

38:11Joe Johnson:Hey, listen, Danny gonna bless me, man. Let me get one more time and get up in that thing, man. Y 'all just, y 'all be ready to walk me out. Joe, just be in my head, you know, just hype me up.

38:21Shannon Sharpe:You know, I got you, I got you, yeah, I got you.

38:24Joe Johnson:I'm gonna be the A. Yeah. Hey, hey, hey, uh-huh. Hey. Huh? I'm going to call Unc to the ring. We're going to have Unc say the prayer after I whoop a nigga.

38:37Shannon Sharpe:The Texas Longhorns scores 21 unanswered points as they take down the number one team in the country, the Ohio State Buckeyes, by the score of 24 to 23. Down by 20 points in the fourth quarter, they storm back, scored 21 straight. The Buckeyes appeared in complete control, Dominant three quarters, 23-3, but the Longhorn scored 21 points, a deliberate archer manager to Steve Sarkeesian, a signature win. The victory was the fifth 20-point comeback in the Texas program, the first since 2007 at Oklahoma State. Prior to Saturday, Associated Press, number one ranked teams, were 197-0 when holding a 20-point lead at any point in the fourth quarter since 2004.

39:23Shannon Sharpe:Connor Hawkins who had earlier made three straight field goals, Mr. 45 yarder setting up Texas game winning drive. Hmm. Hey, man, it always happens like that, man.

39:35Joe Johnson:It was two. It was 24, three, 20 to three. I mean, excuse me. It was 23 young. I mean, is this is this is not is I don't want to sound ridiculous. Obviously, this is a much more important game. But I don't know why it reminds me of Atlanta and the Wingman. So people just want to put that game away, Unk. They spotted you. Texas spotted you, what, one, two? They had three points. Yeah, they spotted you, you know, 10 off rip.

40:03Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

40:04Joe Johnson:Then you have an interception. Then you got a Wingo dropping an easy touchdown to actually make it a more interesting game. You mean does y 'all love?

40:13Shannon Sharpe:I mean, yeah, I get you.

40:16Joe Johnson:I don't understand what happened. A 20-point swing?

40:21Shannon Sharpe:I told him

40:22Joe Johnson:when he was sitting in the lounge, I told Ryan Clark, I say, the only way Texas come back and win this game, if Ohio State just lays down. I'd be damned. Them boys laid down.

40:37Shannon Sharpe:When we left the hotel, I think it was 23-3. I thought the game was pretty much over. When we get to the fight and they're watching the game, I'm like, why they still watching that damn game? Hell, it's over with. I thought it was over with, too. Man, because I thought Texas spotted Ohio State with them first two possessions. They had them first two turnovers. Yeah. I said, man, it's hard to win like that. What we talking about? Turnovers. You turn that ball over, especially in football like that on the road? I mean, hold on. What were they at? What were they in? No, they was at home. They turned the ball over at home.

41:08Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, they was at home. Yeah. Two turnovers in your first five plays. Yep. and you divide yourself down but you know what happens is and I tell people this and people don't want to hear it's harder it's easier to play from behind than it is to play with a lead and keep it because what do you do when you start playing cautious you know because I don't want to do anything crazy I don't want to give up a pick six I don't want to do anything reckless and let you back in the ball game but by the same token you taking your foot off the grass and now all of a sudden they get a touchdown they done got their crowd right back in it.

41:44Shannon Sharpe:Then I got momentum and next thing you know you look up, you're like, damn, we got the ball, but we only up six points. We should have ended this thing. I started should have been out at the start of the fourth quarter. You find yourself in a dogfight, but I got to give Texas credit because in years past, this is a game Texas would have lost. I'm not so sure Texas won this game last year. I'm not so sure Texas winning this game the year before. This is the game we've seen Texas lose in the past. Archimani?

42:20Joe Johnson:He made some

42:20Shannon Sharpe:really good throws. He made some good throws. He got unlucky on a couple of throws because he had one. The guy caught it. Hit the ground. It popped up. He got an interception. Dijon Love catch one over his shoulder. I mean, Wingo catch one over his shoulder. You say who? Dijon Love? That's who he looked like the way he had his hands.

42:44Shannon Sharpe:I think you got to give Texas a lot of credit. Give Sark. Sark did an unbelievable job of keeping the guys focused in the game. And they found a way to win this ball game because I'm like you guys because when I left, it was 20-3. Yeah. And then by the time I got to the hospitality suite, I was like, 23-3, damn. Yeah, I was like, hey, ain't no sense. Let me focus on these boxing matches. because I ain't got nothing to add to this. Next thing I know is, hey, 17 to 23. That's what it was, 17 to 23. When I looked up, I'm like, damn.

43:21Joe Johnson:That's crazy. That's a good thing, though. Listen, I'm happy for Arch Manning. I'm happy for Arch Manning starting the season off the way he started off so far as opposed to last year and some of the ups and downs. He played very, very well towards the end of the season, but it was kind of rocky, very up and down. and they had crowned him as he was the next coming of the next big thing. And obviously things didn't work out at the beginning of the season, but as it tailed off, he played well. And to start the season off like this is an extreme confidence for him.

43:53Shannon Sharpe:I agree with you, Ocho. I think to get a top five matchup early in the season like this, this is good for college football. This is good for football in general. You know what I mean? We want to see these top teams match up against each other, top players, he's top NIL guys. I want to see him out there playing against the best, bro. This is a hell of a game. Man, and what do we say about Jeremiah Smith? They can't feed him enough. I mean, hey, I'm going into a game I'm saying, look here, if we come out of this game without having him having 15 targets, I'm firing everybody. I mean, he had an 8-4 book, 64.

44:35Shannon Sharpe:Now, I understand they started rolling coverage his way on, Joe. Yeah, they did. That's when the other guys need to step up and make plays to make them pay for that But bro if you don't win the bulletin the cop war and I know Malachi Tony is having an unbelievable year to crazy That's the best receiver football. Yeah, he doesn't have a bulletin the cop award based on what he's done since he's been in college Oh, yeah, he says this freshman year he could eat They get Malachi lemon bless you, but legitimately he could have had he could have had that award his first year Hey, and I heard the quarterback say that he felt that was his job to make sure that Jeremiah Smith get that award.

45:14Shannon Sharpe:You know what I mean?

45:15Joe Johnson:So, hey, he looking for him. He should. Every time Jeremiah Scott, he hit that Heisman. Every time I got Tony Scott, he hit that Heisman.

45:25Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

45:25Joe Johnson:The boy's going back and forth each week.

45:32Shannon Sharpe:But he's unbelievable. The catches that he made the one that he made over the middle where he was That that was a that was a good throw because he throwing in between the safety in the corner. Yeah He tried to he don't want to give him that kill shot bingo because that's that corner hanging on the side. Yeah

45:49Joe Johnson:Yeah, that was a very good throw

45:52Shannon Sharpe:But people but people don't understand how hard it is to be running one way and now open He'll slip your body and catch the ball back here like this and take that shot kudos you kudos young fella oh yeah he he got all the potential though joe i mean he got he got the nfl body he got the nfl hands look he plenty fast enough i don't know what he's gonna run you know one thing i do know about ohio state receivers all of them can run yeah if they can't do it ohio state receivers and tbs yeah oh they're gonna test now they're gonna fly now They're going to test. They're going to test extremely, extremely well.

46:31Shannon Sharpe:You'll never hear nobody at Ohio State talking about, oh, well, he didn't do well at the combine. I don't know how they get them guys to run like that. The running backs can run 4-3. The wide receiver is going to run 4-3, 4-4. Their DB is going to run 4-3, 4-4. I'm like, well, damn. Even their big guys. Look at Nick Bosa. Look at Joey Bosa. Vernon Ghost, and although Vernon Ghost didn't pan out, You talking about a guy that's 6 '4", 6 '5", 260, 275, running 4 '5". Hey, them boys getting track. They getting track training over there, ain't they? But the thing is, Joe, the only wide receiver that really couldn't run fast was CeCe, Chris Carter.

47:12Shannon Sharpe:He started it all, and he's the slowest one. But you go back and look at Joy Galloway. Joy Galloway ran 4 '2". Terry Glenn, David Boston, all those guys could fly. Yeah.

47:27Shannon Sharpe:So I don't know what they got going on at Ohio State, but whatever it is, it's working. But this was a signature win. This is the best win. This is one of the best wins that Sark and Arch Manning has had because you know what was going to be said. The big game. They can't win the big game. Last year they went on the road. I think they only lost 10-0. But the game, it was only 10-0, but it really wasn't that close because Texas really didn't mount a threat. And you felt if they could just get out of their own way, they might could do some things. Yeah. The moment they got out of their own way, the momentum started – momentum is funny, man.

48:10Shannon Sharpe:It is. And you see what happens? When Ohio State had the momentum, you – how much separation can you put? Because the other team is going to get the momentum now. Yeah. The momentum's going to swing. Every time. And when it swings, have you put enough separation between you and the team that now has the momentum? Yeah.

48:35Shannon Sharpe:And, well, I guess the answer is no.

48:39Joe Johnson:You got to keep that foot on the gas, man, as the offensive play caller. You got to keep your foot on the gas. Hold on.

48:45Shannon Sharpe:Is Arthur Smith the OC at Ohio State now? Because that's who it looked like on the sideline.

48:52Joe Johnson:Don't do that. Don't do that. Is that who it was Ocho? No I'm not sure I don't know who the offensive coordinator is I'm not sure who's calling the player It is him Ocho

49:03Shannon Sharpe:It is? Yes

49:09Joe Johnson:I be damned So we have a repeat of Super Bowl Whatever it was when the Falcons When he was the offensive coordinator

49:19Shannon Sharpe:Kyle Shanahan was the coordinator

49:21Joe Johnson:Okay well okay my bad

49:22Shannon Sharpe:DQ with the head coach. Hmm my bad my bad Arthur Smith was the oh, I think was Arthur Smith the head coach in Atlanta. Nah, I know he was the head No, he was the OC. He was OC in Tennessee. Oh, okay. OC in Pittsburgh I mean I'm the Braves.

49:41Joe Johnson:I wonder I might Tomlin. I wonder why coaches do that What's that you winning the game of that magnitude in a very big game? Even though it's early in the season. Why not continue to put your foot on the pedal? Why not continue to do that? Use the other receivers. Okay, they want to double Jeremiah's going off. He's going crazy. They want to double him. Why not take advantage of the other receivers you have on your team? You got Chris Henry Jr. You got Brother L. You got Ennis. Ennis. I don't remember his first name. You have a great running game. You know, I mean, I don't understand what we're doing.

50:13Joe Johnson:Randy, yeah.

50:14Shannon Sharpe:Chris Henry didn't catch a pass today, Ocho. Bo Jackson, the running back, he had four. Mason Williams had two. Nate Roberts had one. Brandon Ennis had one. And Devin McCune. McCunnan. Yeah, they got to get everybody else involved. They used a run game, Ocho. Hey, I think once Texas got that momentum, it was a wrap, bro. You know, because they trying to run the ball to run that clock off, but Texas was ready, bro. Oh, man. Yeah, you the one that said it was over man. This game watch out watching the game for it's over

50:57Joe Johnson:Joe and I'm in 24 3 23 It should be I mean, it's all good. It's all good. Listen, I didn't have I didn't had no horse in this race No, I just I just wanted to watch a good game and once they went up the way they went up, you know I'm watching the mistakes early in the game and they capitalize in the scoring You know, you get a field goal off the first interception then you score again off another mistake well no, are they spotting them 10? okay, yeah, this is going to be a long night

51:31Shannon Sharpe:yeah, well got even longer for Ohio State that's a big win for Ohio State we know when it comes down to college football playoffs Ocho, things like this matter beating the number one team in the country, no matter if it's early is late, it does not matter. If you got a victory over the number one team in the country, that's huge points for you. Who knows? It gives the difference between starting on the road and starting at home in the college football playoffs. That means a lot. But I think we just have to give credit. I mean, yeah, when you get a lead like that and for the team to come back, you have to help them.

52:11Shannon Sharpe:They just can't come back on their own. You got to do some things. You got to make some mistakes. You got to You got to create opportunities for that for the other team to come back.

52:21Joe Johnson:Ohio State created Justin to gave them crack the door just enough for Texas to actually push the door open and walk in.

52:30Shannon Sharpe:So they.

52:33Joe Johnson:The plays had to be made, so I'm giving our I'm arch man his flowers where you did one, too.

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56:07Shannon Sharpe:Joe, how big a win is this for Michigan? But I would say let's scale it down. Let's feel a couple of layers away. How big a win is this for Bryce Underwood?

56:19Joe Johnson:I was going to say that. I think it's a much bigger win for Bryce Underwood because obviously coming off the hands of what his coach had to say about his job not being secure in general, regardless of how much NIL money you're making, my job is on the line. My job is still on the line. So when you make statements like that publicly, it lets your quarterback know, listen, I need you to play better. I need you to make better decisions with the ball. They didn't even throw the ball that much, Hunk, today. And what was it? Was it 9 for 11?

56:48Shannon Sharpe:9 of 17 for 111 yards. I mean, listen. They ran it 41 times.

56:54Joe Johnson:They ran the ball like they've always done. Michigan team do. and defense won this game for them. I mean, that plays offensively. Yeah.

57:04Shannon Sharpe:I thought it was a huge win for Underwood considering the fact that he led them in rushing. Didn't he lead them in rushing? He did. He did. 87, 18 for 87. Yeah, I thought he used his legs well, but throwing the ball, he made a couple good throws, but that ain't a strong point. Him getting outside that pocket, running them, you know what I mean? run them quarterback. Hey, man, that man got some wheels on him. Now, him throwing it and being accurate, I ain't see none of that, but I tip my hat to him because I know this is probably a lot on his shoulders coming into today's game considering the fact what they went through last weekend.

57:43Shannon Sharpe:So, kudos to Underwood and Michigan for pulling this win out.

57:48Joe Johnson:Go ahead, Ocho. I was going to say, you know what I don't like though, Uncle Joe? I don't want him to become one-dimensional. I don't want the steal or the spiel about Mr. Underwood to be, he's just a running quarterback. I don't like that. I understand that Michigan is a running team, but I would love for them to find ways to show that he can also throw the ball.

58:09Shannon Sharpe:Do we have those weapons, Ocho? Do we have weapons to really show that he can throw the ball like that? I ain't really see nobody out there really creating no separation like that for him to – you know what I mean? Because he can get outside the pocket. You know what I mean? He can pocket pass a little bit, but for the most part, I ain't see none of that, bro.

58:26Joe Johnson:Yeah, I don't think he, ah, Joe.

58:28Shannon Sharpe:But that might not be his strong suit either, though. I think the thing is maybe we need to look at, maybe we need to, because I think the thing is, Ocho, you know how it is. When we put money on something, we automatically think it's better. The more you pay for something, the greater the expectation is that it's better. Right. The kid is making$3 million,$3.5 million a year, and he got that as a freshman. So we automatically think that he should be seasoned, he should come out passing for 300 yards. And that might not be his game.

58:57Joe Johnson:No. And not only is it not his game, that's not the system that he's playing in. They don't ask to do that. And we talked about this, you know, at the fight as well. Maybe they don't have the personnel to be able to do what some of the other teams do when it comes to doing the ball.

59:12Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

59:14Joe Johnson:That sucks.

59:15Shannon Sharpe:I don't know.

59:17Joe Johnson:What's going to happen when they play the better teams, huh? They have different defenses. where they're going to stop the one. We're not able to run the ball. And they force you to throw it.

59:27Shannon Sharpe:Or they put you in a situation you need to throw to catch up. Yeah. Because your defense is going to have an off game here and there. Right. And now somebody jumps out on you. They put up 20. They put up 24. They put up 27 points on you. Now then what happens? I don't know how you run your way back into a ball game.

59:45Joe Johnson:Right.

59:46Shannon Sharpe:When the other team scores 24, 27 points. You're going to have to throw the football. They got to find him. Hey, whatever the case may be, like you said, Joe, they might have to move the pocket because it seems like he throws better on the run and give him a two-way option that he's just not sitting back there because right now he's not advanced enough to be able to just drop back and just sling it all over the yard. That's not his game. That's not what he is. But that defense is good enough. That defense is good enough to keep somebody at about 10 to 14 points, though, Arkan Ocho. Yeah, but it's going to be hard.

1:00:19Shannon Sharpe:No matter how great your defense is, it's going to be a game or two where some of the offense is going to get off on you. You go back and look at the Bears. You remember when Dan Marino did what they did to him on that Monday night, Ocho? Yeah. In 1985? You remember that? Yes, I remember that. I remember that. I was a junior in high school. Yeah, my granddad. I also remember – nah, hell nah. Well, I was about to be a senior in high school. Why are you bull jiving? I was a senior because I graduated in 86, so that was fall of 85. and I graduated in the spring of 86. But same thing with the Ravens.

1:00:53Shannon Sharpe:That happened to us. We played Jags. Yeah. Jimmy Smith and Keenan.

1:00:59Joe Johnson:They went crazy on y 'all.

1:01:02Shannon Sharpe:Jimmy had 290, 15 for 291 and three touchdowns.

1:01:05Joe Johnson:Mm-hmm.

1:01:06Shannon Sharpe:So, yeah. And that's what's going to happen. It's just be hard-pressed for your defense to hold everybody to 10 to 14. You would like for that to happen because I don't know if you have the offense that can go get you 35, that can get you 31. That doesn't seem to be that that's who their offense is. Now, hey, it's early in the season. Give them some time. But Michigan is really – Michigan is always – their offense ain't really been like a passing offense with Brady. Yeah. But for the most part, they've always been running the football. Coach Jim Beckler prided himself on being more physical That is a boat is his team people look at passing teams.

1:01:49Shannon Sharpe:It's not physical They look at them as being finesse finesse.

1:01:53Joe Johnson:Yeah

1:01:54Shannon Sharpe:Physical team rerun the football Three yards in a cloud of dust

1:01:59Joe Johnson:I'm trying to think of some of the receive the good receivers that come out of uh, michigan

1:02:02Shannon Sharpe:They used to throw that was the only one I can think of oh, yo, hold on. You remember anthony carter

1:02:08Joe Johnson:Nah, do you remember david terrell?

1:02:10Shannon Sharpe:I do remember david terrell Maybe David's friend. And the boy never had that one year. Remember that year he had in Cleveland? Yeah.

1:02:18Joe Johnson:I know what you're talking about.

1:02:19Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Him and Derek Anderson.

1:02:21Joe Johnson:Yeah. He was at the Pro Bowl. Anthony Carter.

1:02:26Shannon Sharpe:Anthony Carter was the baddest receiver to come out of Michigan. Yeah. What? What year was this? I was young. This was in the 80s, Ocho. Okay. Go back and look at number one. I came out with a guy named Greg McMurtry. He also wore number one. Right. But now AC. Went to Minnesota. he was there in Minnesota before CC showed up he was like that yes yes he from Miami yeah he's from Florida he's from Miami he's from some part of Florida how they got him out of there oh they talking about Desmond Howard oh yeah Desmond Desmond was a receiver but them returned y 'all he was killing your punts and kickoff because he was super bowl mvp in uh super bowl 31

1:03:17Joe Johnson:mario manningham yeah man somebody said nico collins went to michigan i didn't know that don't joke i ain't know that either oh hold on hold on hold on the nico collins went there for a year or he did his whole four at michigan don't start me to lie don't show i ain't no

1:03:33Shannon Sharpe:dico collins went to michigan jack but y 'all hey y 'all keep on throwing that name y 'all better to go back and study Anthony Carter. Y 'all go Google Anthony Carter. Yeah. Mario Manningham had some hands, boy. Go Google Anthony Carter. That's what y 'all do. Y 'all keep throwing out all these names, and I guarantee you, when y 'all see Anthony Carter Tate, y 'all gonna say, yeah, yeah, it's him, he him. Yeah, Ocho, 17 through 19, 2017, 2019.

1:04:05Joe Johnson:Oh, so he had a whole three of that thing, boy.

1:04:12Shannon Sharpe:yeah oh yeah derrick elizabeth he also with the cleveland seems like all y 'all receivers go to cleveland michigan receivers go to cleveland that's why that's why we that's why we don't hear about them too much huh they don't have they don't

1:04:28Joe Johnson:have i mean everybody all them boy braylon had a good a good year that one oh boy he had a hell here that year with uh derrick derrick anderson boy yeah no i know braylon yeah they went crazy

1:04:44Shannon Sharpe:but y 'all did uh uh ac when he was with uh uh michigan boy he was a bad boy boy he was bad bad bad i'm sitting here boy my damn razorbacks getting their eyes beat out yeah they y 'all did y 'all They need to call. Oh yeah, Joe.

1:05:01Joe Johnson:It's 36-3, Joe. Yeah, Utah putting on a mean demonstration, boy.

1:05:06Shannon Sharpe:They ain't playing, boy. They ain't playing.

1:05:10Joe Johnson:Damn. Hey, that old white looks nice though, Joe. All right, that's enough. No, I'm just saying. I mean, this is -

1:05:17Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Ocho.

1:05:17Joe Johnson:Huh?

1:05:18Shannon Sharpe:He was a two-in 80 and 81. He was a two-time unanimous All-American. First team All-American in 80. Big 10 most valuable player in 82. Big 10 player of the year in 82. three-time first team all Big Ten. Now tell me which Michigan receiver got that resume. Now keep telling y 'all. Y 'all just throwing that name. But he went there. Go back and look at Anthony Carter. I ain't telling what somebody told me. I'm telling what I know. I watched him.

1:05:45Joe Johnson:Hold on. What kind of receiver? Give me his comp in the NFL. Big plate.

1:05:50Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, I'm telling you, he go over the top. You throw him a slant. He go to the house. And he wasn't that big, Ocho. he like he might he might have been six foot might have been not the ocho not like give me

1:06:05Joe Johnson:his nfl comp right now who would be his comp you'd be like okay he's like so and so i'm trying to he was oh man he was buttery smooth i'm trying to think who who was ac's competition who

1:06:26Shannon Sharpe:would him tell you i really couldn't because he was not me like kenny like kenny digest smith not quite that bad but boy he get out

1:06:46Shannon Sharpe:what y 'all i get it all the more but i'm telling you how many of them are you do you do you know what you got to do to be a unanimous MVP, a unanimous All-American? You got to be kicking up dust. Everybody voted for him. He was a two-time unanimous All-American. He was an All-American in 80. Big 10, player of the year at a wide receiver. Hmm.

1:07:14Joe Johnson:I got the CD high life. Google it. I'm watching.

1:07:20Shannon Sharpe:Oh, he was like, Ocho. So I think, I think, I want, I don't know why he keeps like Florida keep popping up, but I think he, I think he was from Florida. I don't know if he's from Miami.

1:07:29Joe Johnson:Yeah, he probably, if you say anything like that, he probably from the crib. You know how we, you know how we make them. Oh man, chill. You know, I mean, I'm just saying, you know, huh? Oh Joe. Huh?

1:07:41Shannon Sharpe:Say he was a 5 '11", weighed 160 pounds. Speed galore. Damn. Oh yeah, burn him. Yes. Yes. Hey, somebody in the chat said he ain't never have a thousand yards a season. Uh-oh. Hey, you know Bo Schimbeckler ain't throw the ball like that. I'll tell you what Chess said. But, you know, they ran the ball back then, Joe. What receiver with Bo Schimbeckler had that? All I know, he was a three-time All-American. Two times, he was unanimous. I do know that.

1:08:19Shannon Sharpe:But y 'all Google him. When y 'all get an opportunity, they say he's from Rivero Beach.

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