In short
Nightcap episode analyzing college football Week 1/early-season storylines, mainly Oklahoma vs. Michigan (OU 24-13), Colorado’s QB situation (starter Kane Salter benched; third-string Ryan Staub shines vs. Delaware), and a separate discussion of Florida losing to South Florida (USF 18-16).
Guests (hosts/roles)
Shannon Sharpe (former NFL All-Pro, Hall of Fame–level player; co-host “Unc”). Chad Ochocinco (Ocho) Johnson (former NFL WR; college football analyst). Johnny Manziel (“Johnny Football,” Heisman Trophy winner; college football analyst).
Key claims
- OU’s win over Michigan sets up a playoff path if they only lose 1–2 games; their schedule includes Texas, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Alabama, and LSU with many ranked opponents.
- Michigan’s freshman QB Bryce Underwood looked like an 18-year-old in a hostile environment; Oklahoma’s defense (Brent Venables) pressured him and Michigan’s play-calling lacked urgency.
- Colorado’s offense exposed problems with dual-threat QB Caden Salter missing “routine” throws; Prime’s decision to go to third-string QB Ryan Staub worked.
- Florida’s loss to USF reflects recruiting/competitive decline and losing top in-state talent.
Notable examples
- Underwood: 9/24, 142 yards; OU also benefited from late-game clock management and a face mask/late first down.
- Colorado vs. Delaware: Staub 7/10, 157 yards, two TDs after Salter struggled; Prime’s “each QB gets two series” plan.
- Florida vs. USF: USF beat Florida 18-16; discussion includes USF QB Myron Brown stats (23/36, 263 yards, one TD) and “check” games paying smaller schools.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOOU vs. Michigan Game Recap
0:00 to 0:34
Discussion on Oklahoma's victory over Michigan and the implications for both teams.
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OU vs. Michigan Game Recap
3:00 to 5:00
Discussion on Oklahoma's victory over Michigan and the implications for both teams.
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OU vs. Michigan Game Recap
6:16 to 6:49
Discussion on Oklahoma's victory over Michigan and the implications for both teams.
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OU vs. Michigan Game Recap
7:13 to 8:34
Discussion on Oklahoma's victory over Michigan and the implications for both teams.
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Michigan's Performance Analysis
8:34 to 9:38
Analyzing Michigan's quarterback play and overall game strategies.
“I mean, it's all right there in front of you.”
Oklahoma's Tough Schedule Ahead
9:38 to 14:00
Exploration of Oklahoma's upcoming challenging games and playoff aspirations.
“And the following week, they get LSU at home.”
Quarterback Performance Analysis
14:00 to 18:04
Discussion on quarterback strategies and challenges faced during games.
“You do realize that when you roll a quarterback out, basically you remove half the field.”
Oklahoma's Football Legacy
18:04 to 20:28
Exploration of Oklahoma's history and expectations in college football.
“They have as many Heisman Trophy winners as anybody in the country, and that's a proud university.”
The Hostile Environment of SEC Games
20:28 to 21:26
Insight into the atmosphere and intensity of playing in SEC stadiums.
“So is Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama.”
Coach Prime's Decision-Making
21:26 to 24:28
Analysis of Coach Prime's quarterback choices and team dynamics.
“Strong hands built America and kept it running for 250 years.”
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Colorado's Quarterback Situation
27:05 to 28:00
Discussion about Colorado's quarterback performance against Delaware.
“And I'm not talking about, look, I'm not talking about no difficult throws.”
Discussing Third-String Quarterback Dynamics
28:00 to 28:32
Learn about the implications of a third-string quarterback taking the field during crucial games.
“You can't go to the third-string quarterback.”
Analyzing Recent College Football Scores
28:32 to 29:21
Get insights on recent college football games and their expected outcomes.
“Tennessee beat East Tennessee State, 72-17.”
The Economics of FCS vs. Power 5 Matchups
29:21 to 31:04
Understand the financial and competitive implications of FCS teams facing Power 5 schools.
“And that's what happened today because, you know, You look at the score and what it is, they're still in the water feeling around trying to get your footing a little bit for sure is where that team is at right now.”
The Impact of Historic Embarrassment on HBCUs
31:04 to 32:59
Explore the consequences of historic matchups for HBCUs and their future scheduling strategies.
“to go out there and get beat 77-0, to get beat 70-3.”
Quarterback Confidence and Team Dynamics
32:59 to 36:21
Learn how quarterback changes affect team morale and the dynamics in the QB room.
“that's why they look forward to these games scheduled against power five schools because there's huge chunks that can help the program whether it be academic or athletic let me ask your question.”
Preparing for Upcoming Challenges: Houston Game
36:21 to 40:07
Discuss the expectations and preparations leading into the game against Houston.
“And if he plays bad again and not able to do the routine things, the routine things that quarterbacks should be able to do with their goddamn eyes closed, you're coming out of the game.”
Coaching Decisions and Player Emotions
40:07 to 42:01
Examine the fine line coaches walk between making tough decisions and managing player emotions.
“So when Monday comes around and they run out the ones for the team period, you're up.”
Florida's Upset Loss to USF
45:44 to 46:30
Discussion on Florida Gators' surprising loss to USF.
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The Decline of Florida Football
46:30 to 47:29
Analyzing why Florida football is struggling to compete.
“When I think about the Florida teams, especially collegiate, of the 90s and the 2000s, the early 2000s, with Florida, Miami, and Florida State where the schools to be and be at.”
Recruiting Challenges in Florida
47:29 to 49:21
Examining the difficulty Florida teams face in retaining talent.
“You got other big teams that's willing to pay to get those kids.”
Historical Perspective on Florida Football
49:21 to 50:53
Reflecting on the glory days of Florida football compared to now.
“My boys, Joakim Noah, Chandler Parson, Joe Hayden, all these diehard Gator boys.”
Performance Review of USF vs. Florida
50:53 to 51:56
Breaking down the game statistics and performance of both teams.
“But you go back and look at, you look at, they let the guy that just retired from the Raiders.”
Turnovers and Penalties Impacting the Game
51:56 to 53:48
Discussing how turnovers and penalties affected the game's outcome.
“Yeah, you got to give them some love, man.”
The Ejection and Its Implications
53:48 to 55:45
Discussing the implications of a player being ejected during the game.
“Neither team was really great on third down.”
Reflections on Aggression in Football
55:45 to 56:01
Personal stories and thoughts on aggression in sports culture.
“It was one of these raining torrential downpour games.”
Spitting in Sports: Consequences and Reactions
56:01 to 58:50
The hosts discuss the implications of a player spitting during a game and its long-lasting effects.
“We come out in the second half, run the ball.”
Exciting College Football: Baylor vs. SMU
58:51 to 1:01:29
The hosts break down the thrilling Baylor vs. SMU game and its standout moments.
“Unbelievable two-minute drive through a nice little seam route, little beater to take it into OT.”
Post-Game Punishments: The Syracuse Example
1:01:30 to 1:04:28
The discussion shifts to unusual post-game punishments for college athletes, including running sprints after a win.
“You've been getting in trouble in class.”
Lottery Dreams and Coaching Challenges
1:04:29 to 1:10:01
The hosts joke about winning the lottery and discuss the pressures faced by coaches in college football.
“We would go down in the corner of the end zone, especially if we weren't winning.”
Lottery Dreams and Plans
1:10:01 to 1:13:29
The hosts discuss plans and dreams related to winning the lottery, joking about spending and giving back.
“I'm going to make sure I take care of my people, and then – Damn.”
Transcript
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5:17Shannon Sharpe:Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. Y 'all know me. I'm your favorite unk, Shannon Sharp, my partner and co-host. He's Liberty City's own. He's Madigan Ratings Adjuster. He's Bengal Ring of Fame Honoree. He's a pro bowler, a former All-Pro. He's Chad Ochocinco Johnson and our college football analyst. Every week, here he is, ladies and gentlemen, all the way across the pond. He's at a different location every week. Hopefully soon he's back in the States. You know him. Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny Manziel. Johnny Football, what'd he do? All gangs here.
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7:44Shannon Sharpe:But he looked like an 18-year-old guy starting in a very hostile environment, missed some throws, took his eyes from downfield. And looking at their schedule, if Oklahoma, Johnny, if they can only lose two games with this schedule, they got Texas at South Carolina, they got Ole Miss at Tennessee, at Alabama, and they get LSU coming in. If they can only lose one or two of those games, they're going to the college football playoff. With that schedule, already beating Michigan, and you've still got number seven, Texas, number 10, South Carolina, number 20, Ole Miss, number 22, Tennessee, and number 21, Alabama, and number three, LSU.
8:28Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, they lose one or two of those games, guys, I believe they're going to make the college football playoffs. Yes. What you thinking, Johnny? I mean, it's all right there in front of you. You got to go through the golly. You got to run it. You got to run it. You said it yourself. Look, you said it yourself. Ranked opponent, ranked opponent, ranked opponent, all coming up through your own conference. So great test tonight. You play a team that historically, traditionally, very, very good. They did what they needed to do. I wouldn't say it was anything too out of the box, over the top. Great. But in these type of situations, these type of games, you've got to go out and find a way to win, win.
9:11And then you're going to get into a run that starts in the SEC that's going to be like, your back's against the wall. We've got to come out and play. But if you go with two losses throughout this whole schedule and the way it looks right now on paper, get them in the playoff.
9:25Shannon Sharpe:Before you go, Ocho, think about this. October 11th, they got Texas, the Red River rivalry. The next week, they're at South Carolina. The next week, they get Ole Miss. The next week, they're at Tennessee. The next week, they're at Alabama. The next week, they get Missouri at home. And the following week, they get LSU at home. So you got Texas, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Alabama, and LSU. So six of the seven opponents that they face are ranked, and they're all in consecutive weeks. Yes. looking at Michigan like I said Bryce Underwood 9 of 24 142 yards he's 18 years of age he looked 18 years of age he looked like a guy that's just out of high school starting for a top-ranked team on the road in a hostile environment and Brett Venable has made much much more accomplished quarterbacks juniors and seniors look bad so I'm not surprised that he did this to Bryce Underwood but Michigan has a very favorable schedule.
10:28Shannon Sharpe:They get Central Michigan at Nebraska, Wisconsin at home, at USC, Washington at home, Michigan State on the road, Purdue, Northwestern, Maryland, and then they get Ohio State at home. So they have a very favorable schedule. I thought Michigan had some opportunities in this game. They got a face mask. They gave them a first down late in the ball game, learn to burn more time off the clock. But Ocho, looking at this game, looking at Michigan, do you like what you see with Michigan? you think they can be a contending team? I like what I saw from Michigan. Obviously, they've always been a running team.
11:01I would have liked the coach to have done something different, even though you have a freshman quarterback. If you see that the running game isn't working, lean on your quarterback to be able to make some other plays, maybe outside of the pocket, rolling them out, playing to their strengths a little bit more to get them a little bit more comfortable. The Oklahoma defense is very good. Yes, they are. They were very good. So you have to be able to counter that and make the necessary adjustments to give your team and quarterback the best chance offensively to get you in the game. Because what you were trying to do wasn't working, especially the running game.
11:32And they continue to stay with the same thing because I felt, the coach felt, listen, we're handicapped in a sense where we can't really open the playbook as much as we want because of what you just said, having a rookie quarterback, and there's only so much we can do.
11:46Shannon Sharpe:The thing that I didn't like about what I saw from Michigan, Johnny, and also let me know what you think, is that they're running them slow developing ass pulling plays and the backside end chasing it down. I'm like, bro, you cannot run that against these teams because they're going to chase it down every time. I mean, they were stopping the guy in the backfield for two to three yard losses every time. Yeah. You got to hit some of those quicker, quicker hitting, quicker inside zone. Just like get on the ball, get some movement, get going. I mean, anything when that starts to happen, you're dragging ass.
12:21You play with no sense of urgency. You play with no sense of urgency.
12:26Shannon Sharpe:Sense of urgency, no pace. I agree. I just think, Ocho, and you said you wanted to see more. They were pretty balanced, Ocho. 24 passes, 32 rush attempts. And the thing that you want to do, you want to try to protect Ocho. For a guy that's a dual threat quarterback, he was the number one recruit in the country. have you been noticing a lot of these dual threat quarterbacks don't throw well on the move well if you can't throw well on the move it's going to be very difficult for you to beat these teams and we saw this today with colorado and we're going to probably talk about this a little later they ended up going to their third string quarterback because salter can't throw on the move i'm like these throws are routine bro you got to hit some of them i'm not saying you got to be 10 for 10 but damn you can't be 0 for 10.
13:11Shannon Sharpe:Right, right, right. But no, I'm saying you said you wanted them to throw the ball more. Ocho, the dude was 9-24.
13:21Shannon Sharpe:I can see Ocho, if he was 15-24, he was 16-24, he died of 24. Do you know how bad that is? That's not even 50%. What's 9-24? 45 %? 42 %? Yeah. I actually do know how bad it is. That's why I was saying and make him a little bit more comfortable, do some of the things predicated to his skill set. If you have a dual threat quarterback and he's not really that good, drop him back in the pocket and being able to see things and process the information from the traditional spot, roll his ass out so he has a good eye line, so he can see what's in front of him, so he can make the necessary throws where he doesn't have to sit there and read a defense.
14:02Shannon Sharpe:You do realize that when you roll a quarterback out, basically you remove half the field. You remove out the field. You have to because he's not able to play. He's not able to play seeing the whole field. In the process of doing that, Ocho, you just said, he don't look very accurate on the move. So we put him on the move to do what? Yo, just get him one of those plays with a little handoff and come out where you just come out. It's so wide open, you just can hand it to the motherfucker. Just hand it to him. Put a bow on it, whipped cream. with jotted a something to get a little bit of like you got to give him something when you get into an offense like that i don't care if you're you know a high school guy that's just coming in when you open that playbook up and you see it for the first time you're like yo i like stick i like slants whatever you like there's something where the ball gets snapped to you in your hands and you catch it and you immediately based off instinct based off everything you've done playing football you're gonna whiz that thing out there and you know you can get a completion so in that situation with a guy starting like that in this type of game you have to put him in situations and play calls that allow him to do that to where it's no thought no read just bang instant and the funny thing about it too on when you get it when you get a quarterback that's that young freshman 18 17 however old he might be playing against a team like Oklahoma homer that's ranked with players that are very very good defensively in all three phases whether it be the front second line or the back line you want you want to get him in rhythm you want to get him in rhythm early you want to build his confidence early i'm not gonna let him get in the rhythm i'm not gonna let him get in the rhythm he's 18 so what am i gonna do i'm gonna heat his ass up i'm gonna turn i'm gonna put him on the stove and i'm gonna start i'm gonna start from the moment he on the stove, I'm boiling.
16:01Shannon Sharpe:I'm not going to let him get in the rhythm because I know that's what, look, they want to establish the run. We are going to stop the run. We are going to make this 18-year-old beat us on the road. There haven't been very many 18-year-old college freshman quarterbacks that's ever been able to go on the road in a hostile environment, like in an SEC game, and win on the road. I'm not going to let you get him comfortable, Ocho, because I'm not going to let you run the ball because now if you run the ball, you can play action pass off of it i am going to heat his ass up yeah all right you you got to and johnny you know that and even you saw what they tried to do to you what you did is that you punished alabama every time they brought the blitz you made them pay for it because you was coming out the backside hey you make that first guy miss and you're like okay you don't miss now so i got at least 15 yards before everybody the crowd start yelling and screaming and people get their heads back around to see me.
16:57Shannon Sharpe:I'm chasing the wide receiver. I ain't going to throw him the ball. So when you got an 18-year-old true freshman playing at Oklahoma and the way Brent Venables can get after you, you know he's a pressure DC. That's what he's always been. That's what he's always going to be. He ain't letting no 18-year-old get comfortable. The thing about that is when the kitchen gets hot and the pans are flaming and bursting around and there's fireworks going off and shit in the kitchen and you're in the pocket, I love that. That's where my best football decided to come out and be played off of natural instinct.
17:35So, of course, Venables being a guy who played against him. They did it to us when we were at Texas A &M. Didn't work for them. Nevertheless, you get a kid like this. I had a red shirt year under my belt. This is a guy coming straight, fresh out. A lot of hype. Now we're in the era. A lot of money. a lot of like there's heavy heavy weight behind what this kid's coming into so all in all as a program for michigan i still think they're going to be set up for success in the future but but for a night like tonight like listen you're playing the ou team this is legacy history a good program and one that didn't have the year they wanted to have last year they're coming for some
18:16Shannon Sharpe:they're coming to play some ball they are and brent venable knows his job is on the table uh uh he gave a little money back to say, okay, look, I'm bought in. He understands it. Six and seven is not good enough at OU. It's not. That's a very proud historic program. They've won national championships. They have as many Heisman Trophy winners as anybody in the country, and that's a proud university. And six and seven ain't going to cut it. Not at that university, not in the SEC, not in the Big 8, not in the Big 12, not in any conference they've ever been in. Oklahoma wants to be at the top of that pyramid.
18:53Shannon Sharpe:When you look up there and you see the Alabamas, you see the Ohio States, and you see all those great universities, Oklahoma pride themselves on being that. They played for national championships. They've been in that game. They've won that. They have great coaches. You look at the coaches that they've had. Bud Wilkinson, rest his soul. 57-game winning streak, three national championships. You've got Barry Switzer, who started to wishbone. You got a Bob Stoops. They ain't accepting anything less than that, Johnny. Hey, Norman's not an easy place to walk into and play, too. Nope. We went there my redshirt year, and I was on the bench.
19:31Their benches are really close to the sideline. People in the front row. I don't know if you've been down to Oklahoma, but. No, I haven't been. They'll tell you some shit over there. They'll say some shit over there on your sideline. So I know being a redshirt freshman that first year, you're kind of seeing all these games and all these places. You know, Norman was a place where if you haven't really walked into a lot of stadiums before and you're sitting there and they're really close to you, they're on your fucking head all night. So I know he felt it tonight for sure.
20:05Shannon Sharpe:And the thing is, look, they weren't always in the SEC, but the one thing we know about SEC football, those fans are ravenous. And it fits. I mean, Oklahoma and Texas, it fits because their fan base is ravenous. What else are you going to do in Norman, Oklahoma, besides go watch a college football game? What else are you going to do in Austin, Texas, besides go watch a college football town? Those are college football towns. So is Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama. So is Knoxville, Tennessee. So is Starkville and all those other. You go back and look at it in the SEC. Every team that plays in the SEC, see where their school is situated, the only thing they have is college football.
20:48Shannon Sharpe:Now, you can drive down, if you're at the University of Athens, it's like an hour, hour and 15-minute drive, but that is a college town. So is Columbia, South Carolina. So when you look at all these schools, those fan bases, that's the South. Football rules the South. I'll give it a damn what you bring down there. You can bring the Yankees. they're not going to outdraw a college football team. It's just the way it is. And to ask him to go into this environment. I do think Johnny next year, this time he'll be better equipped. He'd be all right. Different story. Yeah. Totally agree. Totally agree.
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25:08Shannon Sharpe:When Colorado's offense stalled, Coach Brian skipped over his backup, Julian Lewis, turned to third string, Ryan Staub. Instead, Stobb went 7-10, 157, two touchdowns after taking over for starter Kane Salter. Coach Prime's explanation after the game, I wanted it to tell its own story. Instead of me telling the story, I wanted it to tell its own story. The plan was going to be each quarterback gets two series apiece. They did, and somebody was going to come out of the pack. Johnny, it's not normal that we see something like this, but are you surprised that coach prime did this and can he continue or has he found his starting quarterback listen i think the one thing that you we us collectively obviously know about prime is he's going to get a guy in that position that can do what needs to be done for the overall collective of the team whether it's x y or fucking z somebody's going to get on that field and do what we need to do to move the ball down the field and get this offense going and he's going to oversee the whole thing that's the one thing about it so hey you're not getting it done it's early in the season we're in week one two three you're early yeah it's your reps because how much can you really tell from training camp how much can you really tell from spring ball when they blow the whistle and the sacks and the rah-rah bullshit that goes on in practice what can you really tell.
26:33So get out there, live bullets are firing. You come out, you play, what did we say last week? Dogs are going to show up.
26:45Shannon Sharpe:I think that's what Coach Prime, look, the cream going to rise to the top. And so I wanted to see. And like I said, Caden Salter, Coach Prime said he's a dual threat, and really a dual threat. He can move. But bro, he misses entirely too many throws Oh, I'm talking about guys wide open. And I'm not talking about, look, I'm not talking about no difficult throws. These are throws a guy of his caliber should be able to make routinely. Yes, go ahead, Ocho. No, I was going to say, obviously, with Prime, especially in this situation, I don't care who you're playing. I don't care if you're playing the Sisters of the North.
27:24I don't care if you're playing the Holy Spirit. There are certain throws that he has to make, being the starting quarterback. For one, you're playing for Coach Prime. Two, you're playing for Colorado. Three, you have to understand that everything you do, being the face of that team now, especially being a quarterback, you have to do everything the right way to give yourself and your team the best chance to win. What we saw today was not it, Unc. That was not it. Unc, I have a question for you, too, and you two. Who was Colorado playing? Delaware. There should be no reason. No disrespect to Delaware.
27:57There should be no reason that the coach has to go to another player. You can't go to the third-string quarterback. At the most important position on the field. I agree. There's no reason.
28:08Shannon Sharpe:I agree. Hey, we're going to find somebody. We're going to find somebody if he ain't going to come out of stands. We're going to find somebody. Come on. You can throw the picks again. Come on. Come on. Johnny, again, Delaware, come on now. This is the game where you're supposed to be your confidence. This is the game we're supposed to put up big numbers, big yards, to be a confidence going up into week three. Yeah, it's supposed to be a game. Utah beat Cal Poly, 63-9. Texas Tech beat Kent State, 62-14. Indiana beat Kennesaw State, 56-9. Tennessee beat East Tennessee State, 72-17. Alabama beat Louisiana Monroe, 73-0.
28:48Shannon Sharpe:That's what's supposed to happen with CU today versus Delaware. Yeah. That's why you schedule those types of games. We've had those games before where you come out. Sometimes when you play opponents like that, though, at times, and you know what you're supposed to do, and it's pre-planned and pre-rolled for you to go out and do it, sometimes there's something in the air, something makes it a little bit different where you overlook it or you're just not on your P's and Q's to the base of your ability, and you can let it slip a little bit. And that's what happened today because, you know, You look at the score and what it is, they're still in the water feeling around trying to get your footing a little bit for sure is where that team is at right now.
29:32Even if we, first of all,
29:35Shannon Sharpe:the third string quarterback plays because we're up 50 to nothing. That's why he plays. We don't bring the third string quarterback in, Johnny, to give us a spark. I can honestly say this. I've never seen this before. And if I'm not mistaken, I think isn't Delaware an FCS or they Division 1? I think they're FCS now. Subdivision, whatever they call it. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but I think that's what Delaware is. They got a check, Shannon. They got a check from that school. Oh, yeah. You got a – they probably played them a meal. A meal two. Hey, I have a question too. When it comes to the schools like this, where it's the Power 5 playing the smaller schools and the small schools get that check, does it go strictly to the athletic department only?
30:25Yeah. Okay, okay.
30:27Shannon Sharpe:I'm just curious. Look, there are some schools that, look, I just, you know what, Ocho, I want to win the Powerball for a simple reason. In 2026 and 2027, no HBCU will pay a Power 5 school. You're not going to get embarrassed to get$500 ,000 or$1 million. I'm going to give you$1 million. I'm going to give you$2 million. I'm going to give each of you guys$2 million, not to schedule these. Because what it's doing, Ocho, it's not helping the club. I understand it's helping your athletic budget, but you're getting your kids embarrassed. They have no business being on the school, being on the field with those guys, to go out there and get beat 77-0, to get beat 70-3.
31:12Shannon Sharpe:What is that doing, Ocho? That was Florida State today, right? Florida State beat somebody 77-3?
31:23Shannon Sharpe:and that's ah man okay this is Delaware's first Delaware's FPS now guys yes okay
31:35Shannon Sharpe:um yeah you shouldn't you look and I understand look I mean hey Oklahoma State got a check and Oregon put 69 on them but you know Bethune, Cookman, Savannah State, Grambling when you go play Ohio State, Ocho, Bethune and Ohio State really? You really? Yeah. I mean I don't even know they probably took it off because a lot of what they had started doing was taking them off the board we're not going to even bet this game. Savannah State going a couple years ago playing Oklahoma State and getting beat 77-0. They play Miami get beat 84. What is that? And you get that and you get that. Guess what? Now they give you $500 ,000,$700 ,000 and you got to bring your band because your travel is paid.
32:19Shannon Sharpe:You got to pay for your own travel out of the money that they get. Oh, hell no, man. Because that's why I want to win the lottery. I want to win the lottery because I want to give every historically black institution. I say, I'm giving y 'all$2 million not to take these damn games and get your players embarrassed because it does nothing for them. But all it does is make these schools that's playing you they'll love that like oh we beat such and such come on man come on yeah but bob obviously you know what you know the funny thing about it too long is those games have to be scheduled those games have to be scheduled for a reason because there's no other there's no other place for that money to come to revenue is not flowing through hbcu program no i know it's not why they yeah no that's why they look forward to these games scheduled against power five schools because there's huge chunks that can help the program whether it be academic or athletic let me ask your question.
33:08Shannon Sharpe:You want to sponsor, you want to attach yourself to somebody that got beat 77-0? 84-0, I'm just asking. I mean, you got to think. FAMU always has to play university. They don't have to. I mean, we ain't won the Powerball yet. We ain't won the Mega Man's yet. I think the thing is, look. Hey, don't put that in the air. We won that bit. I think the thing is, Ocho, is that it's the same thing that Prime ran into at Jackson State. 60 ,000 people in the stands, and everybody bought tickets, and all of a sudden we only raised$20 ,000.
33:50Shannon Sharpe:That's the issue. Like I said, we're going to win the Powerball, and I'm going to fix this. I can't fix it forever, but I'm going to fix it for two years, Ocho. Yeah, you're right. I'm going to fix it for two years. You got who? A family. Don't even worry about it. You can take Miami off the schedule. Here's two million. Stay home. Right. Schedule somebody. Go play Savannah State. Go play Edward Ward. Go play Morehouse. Get your girlfriend something. Yeah, for sure. Hey, you know what I'm saying, Ocho? We're going to start our own bowl. We're going to have a nightcap bowl. Right. We're going to have a nightcap bowl, Ocho.
34:31Hold on. Hold on. You just, you just, you just, you just. Come on. you got my brain thinking that we were talking about savannah state versus
34:37Shannon Sharpe:hey we have us a nightcap bowl we have a nightcap bowl and a club shea shea bowl so that's two games right hey get a me i'll pay y 'all guys a million dollars to come play the cup to play the club shea shea bowl and and the uh nightcap bowl but i like that i'm for real but going back to this game i i mean you need your third stringer to give you a spark against Delaware at home? Yeah. Now, to me, Stahl should look better. He looked better today than Salter did at any point in time, the first game or today. He looked better in the little bit that I – the 10 reps. I mean, he came in. Look, he was great.
35:27Shannon Sharpe:Ain't no way around it. He was great. and I was surprised that coach put Salter back in the game go ahead Ocho well you know why he put him back in the game huh his confidence he put him back in the game simply for his confidence because he feels he is quarterback number one there's a there's a reason he had to put him back in the game okay you know what son you didn't play well in the beginning of the game I had to go to quarterback two and three so we can get a little spark so we get a little a little bit of momentum and consistency, but this is your job. I'm going to allow you to go back in so you can prove yourself so you can get a better understanding on what I need out of you.
36:06This is what I need out of you. With other, well, not two, what number three was able to come in and do. That's what I need. That's why he put him back in the game because he still feels he's the quarterback to continue to lead them down next week, week three, week four, and so on. And if he plays bad again and not able to do the routine things, the routine things that quarterbacks should be able to do with their goddamn eyes closed, you're coming out of the game. And the next time you take him out, he ain't going back in. No, I'm just being honest. From a coaching standpoint and from a player who's played the game, if he take you out twice, you're not going back in the game.
36:44Because, you know, if you do what you're supposed to,
36:47Shannon Sharpe:I ain't even looking to stop. Yeah, absolutely. I ain't even looking to put nobody else in there. Hey, go ahead of that. I know you got this taken care of. What you thinking? Tell me, Johnny, what you thinking in a situation like that. Let's just say for the sake of argument, this is you, Johnny. This is before. Obviously, if you Johnny football, that ain't going to happen. But just say before you became Johnny football, you Johnny, you the starter. And then coach pulls you out and you see either the backup or the third stringer comes in there and he drives him down there. And he, those two guys, that one of those guys look better leading the team that you did what's going through your mind yeah i think the one thing about college athletics is when you get in you come in together and you get in that quarterback room there was no at least in my situation there was no animosity between the one the two the three the four and the walker we were tight knit we were really close so i i got hurt against auburn i had to go down below the stadium get a shot to try and come back Matt Jokul came on the field let us on a couple drives like I think for our morale and our situation like and in this one currently you want to have a great QB room not one that's pins and needles and really kind of going at each other oh man you're not thinking in your head oh am I gonna get a play is this my chance this this you have so much stuff that could be going through your mind um you want to have great camaraderie great you you know, cohesiveness between your quarterback room where, hey, listen, we are the guys, four, five, six guys, whatever it may be in this quarterback room that makes this whole ship run.
38:25We have to be together. So if it's Salter, we need you to go. If you're going and you're taking us down, you're driving us, amazing. We need that. And eventually this will play itself out in a way to where everybody on the team, the O-line and the left tackle, whatever it may be, rallies behind the guy because they see that little spark. and they will rally behind him, and it will present itself, and they will – it's just like a horse. You got to tie up with somebody. So they'll find somebody. And in this little early season moment, you'll look back at it and be like, okay, trying to find our footing.
39:02Now we latch on, we go. Next week, what do we see?
39:08Shannon Sharpe:Salter – so it still is the same. One, two, and three stays the same. Yeah, absolutely. Salter's starting next week. Matter of fact, this is going to tell you the whole story. Who are they playing? I think they play Houston. Colorado have it. They do. They play Houston on Friday night. Houston not that bad, huh? That's going to be a test. Houston not that bad. So now you get to see. If he goes out there and he plays bad and he puts the team in uncomfortable positions where they don't have a chance to win or things aren't going right offensively, Prim is going to make that change. He's going to make that change again, and he's going to make it a lot sooner.
39:52He's going to make it a lot sooner this time. It starts on Monday, right? It starts on that first week of practice, setting the tone, getting ready, getting right. Like, you know what it is. You saw it play itself out. You're sitting there on the sideline as you're not playing. You're watching the team go down. That gives you a sense of urgency. That's a kick in the ass that you need. So when Monday comes around and they run out the ones for the team period, you're up. You better fucking latch onto that and take that practice week really, really, really serious and get ready to go. Because Houston's not just going to roll over.
40:26Shannon Sharpe:And I think the thing that I love that Prime did is that he's like, bro, I understand how this look and how this might upset you and your feelings, but right now I'm trying to win a football game. Feelings don't win football games, huh? They don't. No, they don't. And Prime understands that playing at the level, coaching at that level. He understands. He's been a coach. He's coached high school football, Jackson State, now CU. He understands. And a lot of times, sometimes coaches are afraid to hurt the starter's feelings, and sometimes they stay longer with that guy than maybe they should. I want to give a coach some credit for going to make this decision because I promise you it wasn't an easy decision.
41:14Well, I know one thing. When the Colorado Buffaloes lose, you know who gets the bulk of the hate? The head coach. They're not going to be talking about the quarterback. Coach Prime is going to be in the news. Coach Prime is going to be in the media. So making that decision that the quarterback position and making a move to one that can give us a better chance to win, it's easy because of the bull drive he got to deal with if they do lose.
41:43Shannon Sharpe:So it's going to be a very interesting situation moving forward. We'll see how this thing plays out. But Johnny, like you said, hey, they'll still, this Monday leading into the week, things could change. But I agree with both of you guys. I think Salter stays the starter. But I don't think this thing, I think this thing is written in pencil. It's not written in Sharpie. It's not written in permanent ink. You know, raise a thing. Strong hands built America and kept it running for 250 years. Strong hands also keep Copenhagen moving today. Here's to the bravery of linemen, the endurance of truckers, the skills of welders, the traditions upheld by farmers, and all American tradesmen sharing in our work ethic.
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45:50Shannon Sharpe:Florida inexplicably loses to University of Southern Florida 18-16. This is the second week they went on the road. I think they went on the road last week and they beat Boise State, number 25 Boise State. They come home and they end state. They go down to Gainesville and they beat Florida. Man, Billy Napier. Johnny. What happened? Go ahead, Ocho. Go ahead. Go ahead. I was just going to ask you, Johnny, Johnny, What happened to the Florida that I love? What happened to the Florida that I love? He ain't opening that wide, Johnny. No, Johnny, he opens like this here. I know you either gator or gator bait.
46:27Shannon Sharpe:Now people eating gator tail. They eating gator now. I don't understand what happened. When I think about the Florida teams, especially collegiate, of the 90s and the 2000s, the early 2000s, with Florida, Miami, and Florida State where the schools to be and be at. Especially from a competitive level. No matter who you're playing every week, you got some dogs coming out of it every week. Where's Jeremiah Smith? Where's he from? Oh, he's from the Williams kid that's in Alabama. Where's he from? Florida, right? Where's he at? He's in Alabama, right? You see what happens when you keep letting your in-state, your best in-state players leave?
47:18Shannon Sharpe:Now, you got to think about it. It's Miami. It's Florida. It's Florida State. If you could just recruit the state of Florida, you'll be fine. But you can't keep them now because you got Ohio State. You got Alabama. You got Tennessee. You got other big teams that's willing to pay to get those kids. So where they got Tim Tebow's and they got the Percy Harvins and they got the Channing Cross. hey they got the joe hayden's those guys bye-bye because guess what because like you said ocho they're no longer competing for national titles i'm going to alabama i'm going to georgia i'm going to ohio state i'm going to michigan i'm going to where they're going to compete for titles they're not competing for titles they're not close in florida now listen to how we just started this segment.
48:0820 years ago, hell, 10 years ago, you wouldn't believe it. University of South Florida beats Florida Gators. I wouldn't believe it, no. Ain't nobody believe in that. Nobody believe in that. My, how the times have changed. But congratulations to University of South Florida. What you thinking, Johnny? Man, I'm thinking a lot of hype around DJ Lagway, around this team, around this, like, Florida will always be Florida because of what they have done in the past. You know, watching A &M football over the years, seeing – we had a slip-up a couple years ago. Appalachian State came in early in the season and beat us.
48:55I'm sitting there on Twitter. I'm egg on my face. Every corner of the world. So it happens. You can be walking down the street, somebody come up and slap you on the backside of the head, catch you slipping a little bit. But this mentality and this way the program is being run right now as far as a whole, I don't think anybody that wears the Florida colors. My boys, Joakim Noah, Chandler Parson, Joe Hayden, all these diehard Gator boys. Yeah. You did. because this is a tough pill to swallow tonight.
49:40Shannon Sharpe:That's not, Ocho, that's not the U. That's not FSU. That's not Florida. That's not LSU. That's not tennis. That's the Bulls, baby. Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Hold on, huh? Hold on. What do you mean it's not the U? No, I'm saying no. That's not the team that beat you. That's South Florida. Okay, okay, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Okay, okay. I got you. I got you. I got you. I got you. But I'm expecting I'm expecting Florida. Have you seen Florida State the past? Yes. Have you seen the University of Miami the past two weeks? Well, the hell is going on down right down the street in Gainesville.
50:19At some point, you should be improving, too, just like everyone else or your two other sister schools that aren't too far away from you. How are you regressing as a program? And losing to University of South Florida, no disrespect to them. But it's not supposed to happen.
50:35Shannon Sharpe:I want to stand corrected. Ryan Williams is from Alabama. He's an in-state kid that stayed in state. He and Jeremiah Smith was thinking about going to Ohio State together. And he wanted Jeremiah Smith to come to Alabama. Jeremiah Smith wanted him to come to Ohio State. He stayed in state, Jeremiah Smith. But you go back and look at, you look at, they let the guy that just retired from the Raiders. Amari Cooper South Florida kid Calvin Ridley South Florida kid Jerry Judy South Florida kid They all from the bottom You see They let all That's You know Florida used to have receivers Now the one thing they did have They had receivers Yeah Yeah Back to back Anthony Caldwell They had receivers Ike Hilliard They used to have receivers Out the union They had running backs out of the yin-yang.
51:32Shannon Sharpe:Fred Taylor. Another one. Speaking on this game still, too, Myron Brown, USF, 23-36, 263 in a tutty, had a little 66 on the ground. We're going to go for over 300 going into Florida's place. Man, mad props, mad respect. Go in and have a game like that. That played really well against the SEC team. You're right. Yeah, you got to give them some love, man. That's a hell of a game. Good props to the young man. You're absolutely right. Oh, here it is right here. The USF and Florida. I mean, you paid them. They probably got a good – they got a cool million. That would be like – hey, Ocho, that would be like paying somebody$500 to slap hell out you.
52:22Shannon Sharpe:Nah, hell nah. You paid this team a million dollar to come down there and put foot senior these are the type of team that Florida schedule
52:35Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Johnny, oh, man y 'all know a at a big school Hey, we are when you put something when you schedule that obviously it's not a homecoming game But when you schedule somebody for homecoming you supposed to win you got all this alumni coming back The students that don't even normally go to games. They're gonna come to the game. They want to see a dog I guarantee you when they put us usf on the schedule. They're like, oh, yeah, this is a dub for us They probably they probably checked it off soon. They saw the schedule soon as they saw the schedule There's certain team that you look at oh, we got this this ain't nothing But uh, uh, to do it, uh, what no turnover south florida didn't turn it over So, uh, and they took them all away from language once 31 for 143 Langway was 23 of 33 222 so he didn't play bad but they had to South Florida had 263 passing another 128 on the ground two things that jumped off to me you lose the turnover battle even though it's plus one or minus one whatever you want to call it and penalties I mean 103 yards and penalties too so two things in a game like that that comes down to be you know three scores for each team-ish.
53:45You know, turnovers and penalties come down to be a lot of the nitty-gritty of what it comes down to.
53:51Shannon Sharpe:Neither team was really great on third down. South Florida was 6-16. The Gators were 4-12. Nothing to write home about. The Gators possessed the ball almost nine more minutes. But like you said, Johnny, the great equalizer of penalties. So when you have, what, 28 more yards, two more, and 28 more yards and penalties, you bring a team that maybe you're better than you bring them up to your level or you creep down to their level. And South Florida goes in there and that that's that's great for their program. So guys look at the eight. We play Florida's and guess what? We beat them. So just because you go to just because you go down there, that don't mean you're going to win.
54:32Shannon Sharpe:You can stay right here with the Bulls and we got that. But from this game, Florida's defensive tackle, Brendan Bett, was ejected for spitting in the face of an opponent in the final drive of the upset loss to USF. Bett spit in the face of South Florida offensive lineman, Cole Skinner. Ocho, is this a new thing? Maybe they were doing it, Ocho, and we didn't have the cameras around to be able to see it. but what what we just saw this Thursday night and I'm sure he saw it it's been everywhere so everybody's seen it by now he turned right he's been in the guy face I don't I don't understand listen no knowing that cameras are out there coaches can see you there's a camera at every angle there's a camera in the sky there's a camera on the sideline there's a camera in the north and south end zone you can't get away with nothing you can't get away with anything the referees out there.
55:33So I'm not sure how angry, how angry are you getting? Listen, South Florida whooped them up and down the field all night long. So there's the frustration. There's the frustration where it boils over to that point. Man, I got a good story. My first start SEC, we played Arkansas. We played them at home. It was one of these raining torrential downpour games. We're kicking the shit out of them at halftime. We come out in the second half, run the ball. I get tackled. Big pile. Mosh up. Bottom of the pile. This dude, I hear him, too. Oh, come on, Johnny. Spit it. Spit through my face mask all over my face.
56:19For the rest of my life, we'll never forget that, ever. I got up and just looked at old boy like, you're mad. You're a big man. Oh, Johnny. It happens. But to see it in the NFL game, know it's plastered all over social media, everywhere. They're going to come out and do it again? Like, mm-hmm. Some people just get it, so it's over. I'm going to say this, so it's over. Let you go. If you spit on somebody, whatever they do to you after that, I'm cool with.
56:50Shannon Sharpe:Right. Wait, even on the field of play? If you spit on someone on the football field, in the mall, walking down the street, whatever they do to you after you spit on them, I'm cool with. I got you. I got you. I got you. And you know what I don't like to? For a player, any player that does spit, not the person that's receiving it, but the one who is responsible for doing the spitting, that stays with you forever. Yeah. I'll definitely do that. Rest of my life, I'll be 85 years old. I ain't never going to hear what that felt like, what it smelled. All of it. That's it. And you know it's going to affect everything, especially if he's a prospect, too, going to the draft, huh?
57:39They can remember that.
57:41Shannon Sharpe:I guess there's another defensive lineman from the University of Florida, Jamari Lyons. He was ejected for spitting on an opponent in 2023 during the game against Florida State.
57:55I'm
57:56Shannon Sharpe:I'm You're perplexed right now I just can't I just can't fathom and look, we've all been really, really mad we've all been really, really upset but I'm the thing that's going through my mind is not to like spit on somebody because I'm saying whatever somebody does, look I might not be able to control your actions but I can control the consequences from your actions so you get to control one or the other you get to control the actions someone else gets to control the consequences if you spit on somebody on the football field you spit on somebody again outside of the football field whatever that person does to you I'm cool with good with it yeah no big uh one takeaway huge for this week i thought my favorite game of the day that i watched all day you guys tap into the baylor smu game at all that i saw hey hey hey uh johnny and uh my nephew my nephew uh played for play for smu romelo brunson okay they uh that was a man i thought smu had unbelievable two minute drive by baylor shout out jake spavitol my guy my old OC at Texas A &M.
59:21Unbelievable two-minute drive through a nice little seam route, little beater to take it into OT. OT, Baylor goes down and scores. First play from SMU, dot on a fade ball right out of the gate. Couldn't get it in on their second possession. But, man, shout out to Baylor. That was a really, really good game. Me and KD were sitting out here in Paris locked into that game watching how it unfolded. So I think that was my favorite game of the weekend for sure.
59:48Shannon Sharpe:Well, if you like points, if you like getting up and down the field, which most of us do because we're on the opposite side of the football, it's hard not to like that for the simple fact, like you said, 48-45. So that's what people come to the ballgame to see. They don't want to see all that, oh, 13-10 and 21-20. Nah, I want to see some points. And the more overtimes, the better. If you want to see some funny shit, Watch Iowa State try and score a touchdown with a minute and a half left on the clock in a football game. They don't know what the hell's going on when they have to throw that thing.
1:00:24Shannon Sharpe:Man, I was like, man, this was all I tried to pull the –
1:00:34I know we got more – the Baylor SMU.
1:00:38Shannon Sharpe:It was just up, but I hit it and something else came on. Sawyer Robertson 30 34-50 for 440 and 4 see okay back to back weeks balling but you know with the Baylor the thing I like first of all SMU gonna put points on the board Baylor gonna put points on the board he keeps doing that that's what I did no he did the same thing you hit Baylor and that's what came that's what came up it's going to be like I said, I love if you love points, watch a Baylor game because they're going to score and it's going to be hard for them to prevent someone from scoring so you're going to get probably a game that's going to go late into the fourth quarter and it's probably going to be a field goal or a touchdown game one way or the other Syracuse head coach Fran Brown made his team run sprints after winning 27-20 versus UConn Ocho, Johnny have you ever seen anything like this have you ever been a part of something like this i've seen something like that at the high school level i see something like that when i play peewee when i play for literary city optimist or i play for miami lakes optimist you know when things aren't going well and i've never seen it happen after a game it's always something that you do during practice or after practice or maybe you know what huh your your teacher calls and tells your mama, your grades ain't up the park.
1:02:08You've been getting in trouble in class. You're disturbing. Your coach puts you through gassers as punishment. Suicides, whatever you want to call it. But after a game, at the collegiate level, nah.
1:02:22Shannon Sharpe:Nah. I've never seen anything like that. I wouldn't want my teacher to call my grandma and tell her nothing about my grade because my grandma is going to come up to school and tell your ass up. So, that'll be worth it. I'd rather run gassers. Then have my teacher tell me to run gassers because I already to know what happened if Mary Porter was going to come up there. Ocho, I remember I told you the story, John. I told Ocho the story. We lost the game on a Saturday, and Coach told us after the game, he said, since y 'all ain't hitting nobody with these uniforms, y 'all ain't get them dirty. We're going to get them dirty tomorrow.
1:02:50Shannon Sharpe:We're going to practice tomorrow. So we got that same uniform. He said, oh, wash them because ain't nothing wrong with these. They not dirty. They not musty. They not stink. So have them have these jerseys hung up in their locker, and we're going to practice. And so we practiced that. Man, you're talking about – I'm like, damn. Even being 20 years old, I was still – I think I was about – no, I was 19. I was still sore because I just played a game. I just played 60, 70 plays. And to come right back out there and put the pads on, we played bad in the rain. Coach, we had the whole field. We go out there and practice.
1:03:28In the rain. You know what it is, though? I'm sitting here. I'm telling you guys from spring ball into summer into training camp, I keep saying the same things. Y 'all keep doing it. Keep doing something wrong. I'm preaching. I'm preaching. I'm letting you know as I stand up in front of this team meeting in front of you, this is how we're going to do things. Oh, you boys don't want to listen? This is the game? Jazz on the line. I know where he's coming from. I get it. I mean, do you want to do it? But I guarantee you what? When they get on that bus and you can hear a pin drop on the bus on the way back to the plane or wherever they're going?
1:04:07They were home. That message is going to be received. Yeah, Syracuse was at home. Okay, at home. You're going to be taking your car back to the crib. Girlfriend ain't talking to you. Man, fuck him, bro. That sucked.
1:04:23Shannon Sharpe:That's it, man. I mean, it's embarrassing. It's just like anything. I mean, you know, because a lot of times we didn't go into the locker room, Ocho. We would go down in the corner of the end zone, especially if we weren't winning. Now, if we were winning, coach would take us in the end zone. But if we weren't winning and coach is doing this, you know, if somebody's doing that, you're getting ringed out. He mow forward us and they're so big in us. I'm like, Lord, have mercy. All the thing I'm going through my mind, he ain't talking to me because I got nine for a buck, 20, and two touchdowns. So he ain't talking to me.
1:04:57Shannon Sharpe:That's the only way I can get through it, Ocho. Right, right, right. We only got one heartbeat. But see, I have to tell myself that because my grandmother never spoke to me like that. And I feel some type of way if people, somebody called me out of my name. So I'm just telling myself, he's not talking to you. So it's okay. He might be looking at you, but he's not talking to you. So that's what I'm telling myself, Ocho. I understand. He has to do it for the betterment of the team. That's why I always did the right thing, because I didn't want someone to think that I could do wrong, but they had to do right.
1:05:34Shannon Sharpe:No, I'm going to do right. So now, well, hell, if Sharp does it, we got to do it. But if Sharp says, no, we're not going to do that, well, we're going to rally behind him. And so I understood Coach's frame of reference, Johnny, because I told Ocho also that we used to jump outside and Coach would make everybody run. even the people that wasn't even on the plate. Don't you say, hold on, we even at the one? No, it doesn't matter. You on the sideline. If you on offense and you jump off sides, give me a lap. Give me a lap. But, yeah, look, I bet he got their attention. Yeah. Because the last thing you want to do is after you've played, in most colleges, probably most colleges, you're going to probably play 60, 80 plays.
1:06:21Shannon Sharpe:I'm looking at this Baylor game, Johnny. They had 94 recorded plays. They had two receivers, Ochoa, go over buck 40, buck 45. One had nine for 151. The other had 10 for 145. And 115-yard rushing. You would have liked Baylor. You would have liked Baylor. Yes. It felt like crazy. It felt like crazy. What's the receiver went to Baylor, and it really didn't pan out in the NFL? It went really early. He played in Cleveland. Very early. Corey Coleman? Corey Coleman was the first-round draft pick. Didn't he go to – he went to – what'd you call him, though? Didn't he go to Tennessee first? I don't know.
1:06:59He went to that team, and I don't really talk about it no more after last week.
1:07:02Shannon Sharpe:He went to Cleveland. What'd you call him? Went to Cleveland, too. Led the league in receiving. Cleveland. Who? Josh. Oh. Josh Gordon. Josh Gordon. Hey, he was the real deal. You're going to tell me nothing. Hey, Josh was the real deal. Yeah. There was another Baylor receiver who played for the Cowboys, my dog. What the fuck's his name? It was cold. Terrence Williams. Yeah, gee. Good player. Good route runner. They got some dogs that came through there for sure.
1:07:37Shannon Sharpe:Johnny, we're going to get you out of here on this one. An Alabama fan says she'd know what she would do if she won the Powerball. Let's take a listen to what she said. What would you do if you won the big Powerball jackpot? I tell you exactly what I'd do with the first 70 million. I'd pay off Kalen DeBoer and get him the heck out of the University of Alabama. And then I'd take whatever else it took to get rid of the AD, old Byrne. I don't like him either. So they're ruining our football program. I'd give my church money. I don't know how much of what I'd have after I paid my taxes. I'm sure I'd have plenty with this kind of deal, but I know I'm not going to win.
1:08:17I just hope I win some scratch-offs. I just do it for the fun of it.
1:08:21Shannon Sharpe:Hey, she said she knows she's doing it with the first 70 million. She's going to get on the board out of there. She's going to get him up out of there. She's going to pay the whole 70 million. Hey, were you Alabama? Hey. The standard is a standard, and it's been set for a very long time. that's why you don't want to be the man coming after the man you don't it's just it's the same thing with with uh coach brian who who would want to follow coach brian you think i want to follow that heck no who wants to follow coach saban who wants to follow coach tom osborne who wanted to follow barrett switzer or bud wilkinson who wanted to frank lahey i don't want to follow those mythical coaches yeah now every once in a while you'll get a guy that follows jimmy johnson erickson and guess what he kept he kept it going and then he goes to the nfl but i and even though jimmy was good jimmy wasn't on the level he could have been had he stayed but i'm saying right coach saban been there for 20 years he's never lost what more than probably after his first year more than four games in a season.
1:09:31Johnny, you win that
1:09:33Shannon Sharpe:1.5, 1.6 B. What Johnny going to do? I might break her off a little piece of that because I'll keep her vibe a lot, to be honest. She's cool as hell. She's a mind of my family Thanksgiving this year. Man, to be honest, you probably ain't never going to see me again. Damn, Johnny, we just two weeks in. I'm going to drop off a duffel bag at your front door. Okay, okay. That's okay. That's okay. Okay. I'm going to make sure I take care of my people, and then – Damn. I'm outside. Hey, can we get – I'll tell you what, Johnny. Drop the duffel bag off, and then when the college football playoffs and the national championship game, just come back after the national championship game, break it down, and that'll be it.
1:10:21Shannon Sharpe:We appreciate it. Peace out. I got the jet. We'll hop on. We'll go. We'll do whatever. We'll do the nightcap from the 737 that I put Ocho's face on the wing. Ocho, Johnny said if he wins the lottery, say we're probably not going to see him again. He's going to drop a bag off, drop one off to you, drop one off to me, and then we're not going to see him until the national championship game.
1:10:48Shannon Sharpe:Johnny said he outside. Yeah. I just got to keep it above. Hey, I can't hear. I'm going to show up too, but I can't say, hey, Ocho, I'm going to be like a dark-skinned slave. I'm going to be outside too. Just so you know, Jocho. I'm just going to be real with it. What is it,$1.5 billion? $1.7 billion? $1.7 billion. Oh, yeah. Hey, Ocho, you win$1.7 billion. You're going to stop being so damn cheap? No, no, no. I'm going to still be cheap. I'm going to still be cheap. Listen. I'm going to teach you how to spend some fucking money. I'm going to be the only person, I'm going to be the only billionaire still flying Spirit, seat exit row 13A.
1:11:29Shannon Sharpe:You might have to bail Spirit out because I don't know how much longer. But anyway, they close. But, Ocho, you're not going to be quite a billionaire yet. I mean, 1.7, you'll probably be about 600 million, but you'll be close. No, they don't. No, they're only taking, I'm in Florida. They're only taking 432 million in taxes. 1.7 in taxes. How much if you win the lottery in Florida? but you're taking a lump sum. You're taking a lump sum, right? Okay. Yeah, I'm taking a lump sum. No doubt.
1:12:06Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, I'm definitely taking a lump sum. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I told you we're going to win. I'm telling you now, I can feel it. I can already feel it. I know it's going to happen. I got to get back to the States. This shit hit me a lot. You win 884. Yeah, that's a good number. That's a good number. Yeah, see, that's my number right there. Hey, listen, I can work with that. I can work with that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man. All right, all right. Hey, I'm going to give my – I can't give all that to one church, but I'm going to tie my 10 % to a bunch of churches. Right, right. It did, hey.
1:12:44Mm-hmm. I know the first place I'm going. You got to give it to the HBCU.
1:12:48Shannon Sharpe:Oh, oh, oh, they already – hey, I told you. Hey. I'm going to look at who are on their schedule for 26 and 27. Go ahead and take them off. Y 'all not playing now. Here, here you go. Y 'all not playing now. Nope. Nope. Hey, play in the club, Shea Shea in the night, Cabo.
1:13:08Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Johnny, thank you. Enjoy your time over there. We'll see you back here in the States next week. Enjoy your last days overseas, man. Thank you for everything. Appreciate it. Johnny Manziel, Glory Days. That's his podcast. Make sure you go subscribe. Check him out. Johnny, appreciate that, bro. Appreciate you, boys. More ball next week. Let's get to it. This is a good time. I'm loving you, boys. See you guys next week. All right. Guys, I'll make sure y 'all go subscribe to the YouTube channel and follow his podcast, Glory Days, with Johnny Manziel. To honor our country on its 250th birthday, this can of Copenhagen goes out to those defending the free American soil that our tobacco has taken root in for over two centuries and counting.
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Shannon Sharpe, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, and Johnny Manziel break down Week 2 of the College Football season as Michigan battles Oklahoma in a primetime thriller, Colorado’s third-string QB steals the spotlight in a big win, plus reactions to the biggest upsets, standout performances, and more from around the country!
04:45 - OU beats MI
18:55 - Coach Prime plays 3rd string QB
35:55 - Florida loses to USF
51:35 - Syracuse head coach made team run sprints after win
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