Nightcap Hour 2: Unc & Ocho are welcomed by Olympic Champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden!

26:03Shannon Sharpe:Hold it. Stay in the front. Like, come on, let's do this. And even then, I kind of feel like, not that I held back a little bit in that 200, but it was almost like, I think she's going to come and catch me eventually. So it was kind of like almost I was waiting for her to do that. It was like, Melissa, why did you do that? Like, why don't you just trust your abilities? Why didn't you think that you were fully capable of winning this race, no matter who's in the race, you know? And so going into trials or I won Philly and then going into trials, it's just like, OK, let's just go out there and see what you got.

26:38You know, you're strong enough to do it. You know, you know how to execute a race. Just go out there and do it. Like stop getting in your own way and go out there and do what you know you can do. And so that's what I did. And I'm happy. Like 2184 for me, you don't even want to know what I had written down on my goals for the 200 this year, like surpass that.

27:01Shannon Sharpe:Probably 22 flat, low 22 or maybe 22 flat. But I think what running the 200 did. It was definitely 21.9. Okay. And you surprised. So you went 21.8. but I think what the 200 did do is that it gave you the strength that you can hold on to that 100 meters so I'm expecting something really I'm expecting something special I'm expecting something that only Flojo has been able to do I'm expecting you to go I can see a scenario you go high 10.5 I can see that I can too I can too I like it. But let me ask you this. As you are mainly a 100 meter, now you've been to the 200. How different is the training from the 1 to the 2?

27:56For us, it's actually not that different. We pretty much do the same things we do for the 100 for the 200. The way our coach trains us, it's literally like you either got it or you don't. You know, it's kind of one of those things. um and then obviously you know when it comes to certain part of the races like there's there is an extra hundred meters so you know it's all about teaching us when we're when we're getting out of the blocks and what we do at point of the 200 and things like that but when it comes to like whether if you're asking like do we do more strength endurance training for that or you know if different in that aspect of it it's not that much and not it doesn't vary a lot yeah

28:40Shannon Sharpe:right because a lot of because like like 400 meter runners they'll do a lot they'll do a lot of 500 a lot of 600 200 meters runners you'll probably do a lot a lot more threes and for and for and for the uh the hundred meters you do a lot more 150 maybe 170 like that so it's interesting to see because they require different things you know obviously the the hundred meters is all about get out because I don't care. 10-7 ain't catching 10-7. The first 10-7 to get out the blocks, that's the 10-7 that's going to cross the finish line first. So those days are you running somebody down? Absolutely. That's the thing.

29:18Shannon Sharpe:That's the thing. That's the thing in the past when you're dealing with equal, you know, you and Julian and Miss Alfred, when you guys get out and that's what you've been able to do. I'm like, I don't know if I've seen a woman get out of the blocks like you. I mean, it's almost like I'm looking at you. You're like a two foot, like you push off like two feet. Normally you see that with men.

29:44So go ahead.

29:49Shannon Sharpe:I want to know what, how, how have you been able to like the way you thrust yourself out of the blocks? so for me it's all about it it's almost this thing to where like we do it every single day in practice so the minute I hear go uh the first the first thing I think is just like okay how much first step I'm doing so you know obviously it's about you know you get in you get to the the technical side of things so you talk about your stride length and all of that stuff. But for me, it's really just about how much can I get out of these first couple of steps? How can I set myself up to separate from the rest of the field is basically what I'm thinking in my head.

30:35And whatever gets me to doing that is basically how I go about it. It's always fun, though, to be able to line up with women who have or who are just as capable of doing the things that I do, you know, as far as getting out the blocks. Like I like getting out the blocks with people you know i it makes me want to be better it makes me like if we can get out together um i'm i'm now i now want to see how i can get out faster than you like that's the type of athlete that i am i'm always looking for ways to improve always looking for ways to be a better melissa and in doing that you know it comes it boils down to uh perfecting my craft and i do that every single day with my training partners in practice you know like we push each other past our limits sometimes and in good ways obviously but you know just you know bringing the best out of one another is is I feel like why I've been able to do the things that I've been able to do like you see me how you say like I get out the blocks the way I do I don't get out the blocks the way I do if I'm not being pushed like that in practice so right and I have no disrespect but I forgot about the

31:42Shannon Sharpe:great uh the great Brits uh Daryl Nita and Dina Asher Smith I'm sure they're gonna they're gonna they're going to be on the line. They're going to, they're going to have something to say about this. But Melissa, I mean, have you thought about, I mean, when you were growing up, did you ever, did you ever, did it ever cross your mind? I want to be, I want to be the fastest woman in the world. Not in a, not in, not in Texas or Florida or Georgia. I would be the fat of 8 billion people. There is not going to be a woman in the world that can outrun me. Yes. Honestly. yes like there's no lies to it i'm so dead serious yes i mean look i'm i i'm expecting i'm expecting to go uh in the 100 meters i'm gonna be i will be and i'm expecting a time i'm expecting you to lay down something special that that we that we're going to be talking about leading uh um in the 28 because obviously the uh the olympic is going to be in LA and hopefully you, you know, you can stay healthy, but I'm, I'm expecting something special because I know you got it in you and the way you run the time that you run, it ain't no where she ran 10, eight.

32:56Shannon Sharpe:Now she ran 11 flat. She ran 10 and she ran a 10 78 and now she run 10 92. Now it went from 10 88, 10 86, 10 84, 82, 75, 72. I'm like, what day? Hey, does she got, does she got a hurricane behind us? The time she's laying down and the consistency in which you're laying these times down. Oh, yeah. You know, consistency is the name of the game in our sport and I feel like the biggest thing for me this year also just on top of everything else that I've been doing, whether it be my mindset or anything like that, is just being disciplined in who I want to be on those days where I may not be feeling my best or, man, I'm a little tired today.

33:45Coach been beating us up all week. Make sure to keep showing up for myself. Because at the end of the day, I don't want to get to Tokyo and be like, man, if I would have just did that, I wouldn't want to cool it down loud. Or if I would have just sucked it up and came to play. Or if I would have did that, then maybe. Like, I don't want to leave with any doubts of everything that I did. I didn't leave or I didn't do. Yes. I can't get the words out for some reason. Excuse me. It's five o 'clock in the morning over here. But yeah.

34:22Shannon Sharpe:And we thank you for your time because there are two. You get a lifetime of discipline or a lifetime of regret. Now, the lifetime of discipline is something that you can look back and you can be proud of. That regret is something that you can't go back and undo. Absolutely. And so, like I said, I'm expecting you. You look fit. You are fit for you to run those times that you've been running, the consistency in which you've been running, Melissa. So I'm expecting you when you win, which you will win, we're going to speak it. They say there's power in the tongue. We're going to speak it into existence.

34:58Shannon Sharpe:You're going to win, and you're going to come back here, and we're going to have something very, very special for you on night count. So when you win the 100 meters, come on back and have a conversation with us. Okay. All right. That's the deal. Melissa, thank you so much. Thank you for your time. Appreciate you staying up or getting up early in the morning to have this conversation with us. You can tell that we are big track fans. We covered the Olympics. We're going to cover the world championships. We didn't get an opportunity to come out to the trials. But moving forward, we will be at the trials.

35:29Shannon Sharpe:uh hey Ocho in her downtime she likes playing Call of Duty and say she be a she say what is he say she wear a size 14 and she be putting boots in guys she said she be putting boots in guys I do I do okay okay we're gonna have to run we're gonna have to run one we're gonna have to run one now we now okay I'll be talking I like it I like it all right got you here she is ladies and gentlemen Melissa Jefferson Wooden she's the US champ in the 100 meters and the 200 meters she'll be representing the US in the 100 to 200 and the 4 by 1 hey you pick up a fourth goal you jump on that 4 by 4 you got that in you listen if they want to win they should leave me off of it this year I'm just being honest I'm just being honest

36:27Shannon Sharpe:Melissa congratulations on all your success Stay healthy and we look forward to talking to you real soon Thank you for joining us Thank you guys Thank you Thank you so much, take care Man Ocho, I was hype Ocho Man I got, man I don't know what to do Don't nothing get me hyped Anytime you talk about track Boy you be a, boy you go You see, when we talk about Don't nothing excite me football basketball nothing excites me like track and field so see how you get how you get with track and field when we talk about soccer boxing it's like soccer boxing if one more thing soccer boxing yeah that's about it soccer but i don't know i don't know what it is ocho i think it's the fact of you know being the next track athlete and knowing what you put in because guess Guess what, Ocho?

37:18Shannon Sharpe:You can't rely on nobody else. It's you. It's you. And then you can't be mad at the results you didn't get for the work you didn't put in. You heard what she said? I heard a guy the other day, he said, motivation and discipline. He said, what happens on the days that you're not motivated? Are you disciplined? Think about that. On the day, motivation and discipline, they're very different things because you're not going to always be motivated. But will you stay disciplined? Yeah, get up when you don't want to.

37:55Shannon Sharpe:Studying, watching track and field for as long as I have and watching this young lady run, Ocho, I don't know if the chat realized how impressive what she just did is. I don't think they understand the gravity or the magnitude of her running the time she ran, what she's done. She's put herself in a very, very elite company. very, very elite. She's fit. She's going to have the people in the race to lose from the Ivory Coast, the St. Lucian, Julian Offrey, those two great Brits, Daryl Nita and Dina Asher-Smith. Sha 'Carri, look, the women are going to be there. I believe the conditions, the favorable conditions, if she can get a 1.5 to 1.8 and she can get out like she got out today, she's going to...

38:47Shannon Sharpe:Now, the difference is, Ocho, you got rounds. So, hopefully she doesn't get anybody. Hopefully she can just like, you know, just get – because all you want to do is get through. All you're trying to do is get through. You're trying to not – you're trying to expel as little energy as you possibly can because now when it comes to the final, I'm emptying the tank. With the condition that she's in, the fitness, She can go, she can run, she can run, she can run low 10.6 or high 10.5, which only two women have ever done that. Elaine Thompson Harrah and Flojo, the great Flojo. If you look at the field, if you look at the field that she'll be running against, you might not have a choice but to run that.

39:32Oh, yeah. I have a choice but to run that.

39:35Shannon Sharpe:That UT, that horn, that long horn, Julian Alford from St. Lucia. Oh, oh, I can't. But I saw Ocho. I saw her when she beat her. Something and she was she was giggling and she like, yeah, it's that confidence. Ocho, that is the reigning Olympic champ. She got out. Catch me if you can. That's dope. She knows that's the that's the type of race she's going to have to run. Man, I mean, I mean, I can't wait for the. Come on, LJ. Bring it home. When is it? Come on. Tokyo. September 13th through the 21st. Right around the corner. Right around the corner. Right around the corner. I'm just hoping she can hold on to that fitness for another month.

40:25Shannon Sharpe:Hold on to that fitness. Hold on. Because, A.

40:34Shannon Sharpe:That's going to be a race. Man, I can't wait, Ocho. I can't wait. We got something for it. hey, Jamaicans, y 'all want some of this? Yeah. Y 'all remember what we did to y 'all last time? I told y 'all what we were going to do. Going to do it again, too. I don't know about the man, Kishane. Kishane, but who? Kishane Thompson, they playing. Did you see that race today? If there was another 10 meters, Noah would come in to get him. But see, that's the thing. In order for Noah to have a chance, he's got to get closer to it. he's got to be closer to him because Noah is a 200 meter specialist and see that was that was Usain Usain started out as a 200 meter specialist and he was giving up too much ground he'd run out he'd run out he'd run out of meters before the race was over so now once he got his start down Noah has the endurance to come get you later on in the race yeah he's got to get out with him He's got to get out with him.

41:40Shannon Sharpe:He's got to be closer. Now, you've got to realize, Noah hadn't run a whole lot of 100 meters. He hadn't run a whole lot of 100 meters. He hadn't run a whole lot of anything this year, actually, to be honest. But the question is, how fit? Now, he looked good at the trials. You know what? The way he looked at Kenny Benaric. Kenny came in third today, huh? Yeah, yeah. But he's got to be closer. Because like I said, Ocho, 9-7 ain't catching 9-7. 9-7 can catch 9-8-5 or 9-9, you ain't catching 9-7. 9-7, 9-7, if he get out like that, like he got out, man, I can't wait for track and field, man. Man, I get hype.

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44:55Shannon Sharpe:Terry McLaurin came off the putt list amid contract tensions with the commanders. Despite the contract standoff hold-ins trade requests, Terry McLaurin will soon be practicing with the commanders. The team announced today that he has been activated from the putt list. Ocho, could Terry removal from the putt list mean contract extension is on the way? Probably something is looming. They're almost there. It's probably not where it needs to be, but the fact that they think they're going to practice is a good thing. He'll be able to get two weeks under his belt, if I'm not mistaken. He'll be able to get two weeks under his belt before he's able to play in a live game, which would be September, I'm assuming, what, September 7th, maybe, or 13th?

45:42Shannon Sharpe:What at, Ocho? What at? No, in a live game, a real game. He didn't miss the preseason. oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah definitely not going to play uh uh week three the last preseason game no so um i'm hoping i'm hoping i i pray once he gets paid no setbacks no injuries it's going to be so different um it's going to be so different the fact that he wasn't able to go through training camp and oh you took the word right out of my mouth i i'm saying to myself and I'm thinking to myself and I say I know Ocho thinking this. Man, I could not imagine not playing a meaningful game in eight, nine months and my first real game is going to be that.

46:28I couldn't imagine it, Ocho. I wouldn't want that. I wouldn't want that. No, hell no. Honestly, I would tell my agent, listen, if we get this deal done, I'm going to go practice. If there's a chance that we get this deal done, I'm going to go practice. because I need people pushing. I need people pulling. I need to be fighting through contact. Work with my wife, man. Forget that, man. Because I'm telling you, the body will tear up. The body will tear up trying to go from zero to 100 without putting it through that rigmarole. That's what I'm going to call it.

47:03Shannon Sharpe:I don't even know if it's worth it. You got to condition your body for the stresses that it's going to endure during the season. In order to run fast, you got to practice fast. You hear what she said? Hey, I wanted to be on the ground. It's hard. Would you miss that kind of time, Ocho? You're not going to miss that kind of time and just pick right up. It's just not. You sit, and I agree with you. You kind of like, you just hold your breath like, man, please, no soft tissue injuries. No soft tissue injuries, please. no groins, no quads, no hamstring no calves no adductors, none of that because like you said Ocho, you going just like that you been cruising you been cruising and then all of a sudden step on the gas step on the gas, out the blue and what normally happens something got to give yep man But hopefully they can come to an agreement real soon.

48:12Shannon Sharpe:The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs could make NFL and Super Bowl history this upcoming season. There have only been one instance in which two franchises played each other three times in the Super Bowl, and that's the Dallas Cowboys-Pittsburgh Steelers, 75-79-95. After the Eagles face one another two of the three big games, the Chiefs are currently to have the highest odds to be a matchup for Super Bowl, what is that, 60? 60. 60 in February of 2026. This would make the franchises the second of their kind to play one another on three separate occasions on the biggest stage to add no other quarterbacks in the history.

48:51Shannon Sharpe:No quarterbacks have ever faced each other three times in the Super Bowl, something Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes have a chance to do.

49:01I mean, it sounds good, but you want me to tell you coming out of coming out of the AFC this year

49:09Shannon Sharpe:you got to worry about winning your division you ain't coming out of nowhere have you noticed the Bengals have been playing in the preseason right yeah all I know all I know is when L Jack is on the field Cincinnati can't win when L Jack is on the field Cincinnati can't win this is the new year you think about the past I'm trying to understand why you think about the past. And this is 20, we in 2025, you telling me what the Baltimore Ravens did in the past. I know what's going to happen this year. The Cincinnati Bengals, for the first time in years, have let the starters play in the preseason.

49:53That's to let you know that there's going to be a difference come week one when the regular season starts. So what the Ravens did last year or any years before that don't mean nothing and don't matter when it comes to football season in 2025.

50:12Yeah.

50:14Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all defense still suspect. Team record after winning the MVP in 2016. Here we go. Cam won the MVP in 2015. 2016, they were 6-10. Matt Ryan won it in 2016. They were 10-6 in 2017. Tom Brady won it in 2017. They were 11-5. Patrick Mahomes won it in 2018. They were 12-4. Lamar Jackson in 2019. They were 11-5. Rodgers won it back-to-back years. In 2020, they were 13-4. And in 2021, they were 8-9. Mahomes won it again in 2022, 11-6. Lamar Jackson, 2023, they were 12-5. Josh Allen 2024 will remain to be seen what their record will be. What you think the record is going to be? The bills? Yes. Listen, they're going to be waiting.

51:08They're going to be way above 500. I can tell you that.

51:12Shannon Sharpe:Well, that's a way to go out on a limb. Listen, if I could tell you what the bills record was going to be on guy go play the lotto because I'm going to know the numbers. You don't have to be Exactly. You know what I'm saying? They're going to be 11-6. They're going to be 12-5, 13-4, 14-3, 15-12. I like 12-5. I like 12-5. I definitely think, listen, knowing them and knowing Josh, especially with the chip he got on his shoulder coming off the MVP season, they might. I don't know why he got a chip. Lamar should have a chip. That's a whole other conversation. I'm not even going to bring that up. Lamar said they got my MVP.

51:56Shannon Sharpe:And we should have left out of the door with a victory. Absolutely. Absolutely. They're going to be good. I think, man, the goddamn Bills are going to be in contention every single year as long as you got 17 at the helm, boy. As long as you got 17 at the helm. There's going to be a team. I don't know what team it's going to be. That's going to surprise us. Because the same teams are going to be in the hunt this year. The same team is going to be in contention. the same team got the same good quarterback huh because they got the same good quarterback but then there's going to be one team that surprises every year there's a team that comes out of nowhere that plays extremely well and I'm going to go out on a limb people probably don't laugh at me I told you how I felt about the Panthers right yep the Panthers and the Bears I think the Panthers and the Bears are going to surprise people that's it people in the chat you might laugh at me But when it happens, remember who said it first.

52:55The panthers and the bears are going to surprise people.

53:00Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, check this out. A 2020 study conducted found that dogs are capable of what scientists call third-party social evaluation, meaning they can observe how a stranger interacts with their owner and use that information to make character judgment. Dog assesses social interaction and make moral judgment based on observation. They're not just loyal, they're socially intelligent with the ability to detect fairness, cooperation, and intent. When someone mistreats their human, dogs remember and may respond with distrust or avoidance. I like that. And the reason they call it man's best friend. That's right.

53:41Shannon Sharpe:That's why my boys love Shannon. And when people mistrust, mistreat me. Yep. I feel you. I feel you. Yeah, I just... Don't be doing our daddy like that. I would love to get a dog, man. But I just... You gone too much. Listen, if I get a dog, he gonna fly with me. He'll be my emotional support animal. I just... I can't... I cannot. I cannot. You tell me stories on NICAP. And I start crying. If you say the right thing. when we first started the show you talk about a dog i'm sitting here crying you telling about a dog that's no longer here that ain't had no relationship with me and i couldn't take it you think i'm going to get a dog i got all my dogs at this age and he passed away and i'm supposed to oh hell no man i can't i i can't imagine being without one i can't imagine i can't imagine being without one, Ocho.

54:47Shannon Sharpe:All right, we're going to get you out of here on this one, Ocho. Now it's time for our final segment of the evening chat. It's time for Q and A. I don't see how y 'all do it, but...

55:03Shannon Sharpe:Stu Baby Love TV said, Ocho, go to timeout. You know what Dylan Gabriel meant. Y 'all just wanted to mean that. uh-uh Brigitte Brigitte Maxey said same coach Lanning who plays golf with Stefanski Ocho don't play don't don't downplay nastiness plus he threw check downs all down all he didn't he didn't ball East Coast Kevin Ocho Ray Charles can see he was throwing shade at your door and Skip would say put your glasses on

55:41Shannon Sharpe:Meshack of Baltimore say maybe the coach said that to him and he repeated it.

55:48Shannon Sharpe:983 made. He's been in college six years. He's had media training. We don't care if Bo Nix was the quarterback. They share the same coach. That same language rubbed off on him. Rubbed on him. He meant it. If Shadour called the press media entertainers to their face, World War III would have happened. But Dylan, they say, next question, trade 12.

56:1210-12 down there in New Orleans.

56:16Shannon Sharpe:We'll take care of him. I love CC26 says he was taking shots at 12, Mr. Pick 6. Kurt West said Dink and Dunk Dillon. Looked less like an effective Jeff, looked like a less effective Jeff Garcia in that number five Browns jersey. hey y 'all uh ural yana said are the steelers these people so mean but they ain't playing the night way they don't play they don't play by the uh uh shador uh ural yana said are the steelers a playoff team yeah yeah and i'm and i'm not i'm not saying that because of the goddamn quarterback i'm saying that simply because of the defense if they play like I know they can play with the names they got on paper man absolutely this question is specifically for you it says I love y 'all haven't missed an episode any advice for me re-integrating re-integrating re-integrating to my wife to my home after six months tour to my wife now and four-year-old.

57:28Shannon Sharpe:I got less than 60 days left. Not going to lie. I'm excited. So how does he, you know, he's been away for six months, Ocho, and he wants to get reintegrated into his home with his wife and his four-month-old. He wants to know what's the best way to do it. That's a good one, bro. That's a good one. You better equip the answer to that than me. He asked you. He asked me. Hey, what? Be creative, what? Be creative. Be something. Do something. Do something. Oh, yeah. The man been away for six months. He tried to get reintegrated in his home. He's been away for six months on tour. Yeah, that's why I said do something she's not used to you doing.

58:09I don't know what that would be. You know? You know what your wife's like. Do something you've never done before. Something different. If you've been on tour that long, that mean you come home with a little bag. You know, bring her something nice. Don't do them flowers. Don't do them flowers and none of that bullshit. Do something different. You know It's hard for me to tell you what to do Because you married to her so you know what she like Yeah don't Take my god damn cheap ass advice Shit

58:36Shannon Sharpe:So if you was going Let's see the Cambodian queen You going away for six months Yeah You going away for six months Hey honey So how you Come back And reintegrate y 'all got a kid. Let's just say y 'all don't, but if you've got a kid four years old... We have a kid. We have a kid. We have a kid. We have a kid. We have a kid. We have a kid. We have a kid. But go ahead. I'll let you. We have a kid. Go ahead. How would you go about that? That's a good one too right there. I like that. I like that. And especially when it comes to stuff like that, I'm very creative. I'm very creative. Like the first thing I'm thinking about right now too, they have a...

59:17I've been gone for six months. you've been home with the kids

59:24I gotta take you somewhere nice I gotta take you somewhere nice that's where we're going somewhere nice you know where I wanna go I wanna go to Saudi Arabia right they have a resort bro you just got from overseas you tried to turn around and go back overseas yeah well I need to get out the states I need to get out the states and I'm thinking of somewhere nice she hadn't been now they just got these new resorts in Saudi Arabia. Stay with me real quick. I can't remember the name of them. They look like, you know, Star Wars, right? It's like these, they almost look like Star Wars stateships in the middle of the ocean.

1:00:02I'm assuming they built it themselves. I was just Googling it too.

1:00:09Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, you just come off, seemed like what is a deployment. Are you meaning to tell me? You're going to turn around and go back overseas. Yeah, absolutely. I'm going to say where it's nice, huh? And when you see it, when I find the link... Ocho, you going overseas on a military salary. Me? Yes. Why are you going to limit my money, man? Because he's in the military. His money is limited. Oh, shit. Damn. Okay, now it's... Come on, now. But now you're giving me hypotheticals and then you're hypothetically limiting my goddamn funds because hypothetically his funds are limited we have there's only so much you can do

1:00:54Shannon Sharpe:okay let him ball out on the budget first of all maybe maybe maybe have someone you know i understand you probably want to see the kid spend some time with the kid but maybe have your mom have a grandma or family member take the kid and y 'all go get a little stay vacation what hey shabara resort shabara hey chat chat hey look at that chat shabara s-h-e-b-a-r-a resort that's that's that's where i would go but i got some bar i got some bar pizza money that's what i got some bar you remember in the mall how they got s-b-a-r-r-o that pizza place in the mall that's the kind of money i got so that place i ain't going it.

1:01:38Shannon Sharpe:I guarantee you like it when you check it out. Oh, I believe it. I guarantee I won't like it when I check it out. You know why? Because when I check out and I see that bill, I ain't going to like it. It ain't number 2 ,000 tonight. And you done flew private. Ask the show it to you. Ask Jordan to show it to you. Yeah, that's like that. Hey, Chad, tell me what y 'all think, Chad. Shabar Resort. Oh, Jordan said he might have some money because he got a housing allowance. what does it get a grocery allowance and a per diem so you might have a little money stashed yeah it's not that much it's a uh starting at 2400 what is sar 9 000 what is sar

1:02:24what's 9 000. you know i mean it says sar in front of it but then it said 9 000 it's all together i i don't know man that's your resort don't worry about it that's where I'm going I'm thinking about it I'm ready to go now

1:02:47oh I curse my

1:02:48Shannon Sharpe:bro I think the thing is that the first thing you do you come home you hug your wife you tell her how much you love her you tell her how much you miss her and how much you happy to be home be back on American soil shit get her pregnant again Oh, Lord have mercy. Your child, you got a four year old. He he or she's going to be excited to see dad, which they haven't seen in a very very in six months to them, six months and six years. So I don't really know how much, you know, you know, you haven't been you haven't been around her in a long time. She haven't been around you in a long time. She's gotten into a routine.

1:03:29Shannon Sharpe:you've kind of gotten into a routine and so you've got to kind of reintegrate yourself without stepping on each other without getting in each other's way because you've been without each other for six months man listen man get back in there man have another child man hello have mercy man that ain't the answer to everything I'm sorry hey Uncle Ocho please wish my wife Carrie happy anniversary 11 years of marriage and 16 years together P.S. Ocho take your time you'll be blessed Carrie, every underscore 1990 wants to wish you a happy wedding anniversary. Y 'all been married for 11 years, a little over a decade, but you guys have been together for 16 years.

1:04:13Shannon Sharpe:That's a feat in and of itself. So congratulations. Hopefully you get another 16 years together and these 16 will be even better than the previous 16. Up has baby dogs. Ocho have the baby french fry anyone who has a problem needs to go play on the road do a rush hour yes i love my dogs and Ocho love french fries and because she hadn't been around she hadn't probably seen no choice she's like hey i want hey it's my time to shine

1:04:47hey um you know the game tomorrow right i'm playing on cbs man Oh, the big three. Make sure you tune in. So we're not on the show tomorrow, huh?

1:05:04Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, we got the show tomorrow at 7, right? Yes. 7, 8. Oh, yeah. We're on it tomorrow at 8? Oh, yeah. Y 'all see what I think. That boy, KS, just responded. Man, you answer. Oh, you're going to have my wife hating me. You're right. You're right. Yeah, bro, just take your time. It's been a minute since you guys have been together. Hey, spend some quality time. Just let her know how much you're missing. The kid, I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, spend some time and, hey, ask her what she want to do. Hey, maybe she's going to have her side of the family come pick the baby up. Maybe you have your side of the family come pick together up, and y 'all just spend some time together just kicking it.

1:05:57Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, my question is, what would it be like if Michael Jackson and Prince did a song together back in the 90s? Woo-hoo! They couldn't. Why not? Who's going to sing first?

1:06:17Shannon Sharpe:I'm just being real. who say it first they would have worked it out think about it if I'm not mistaken there's a clip where Prince Michael Jackson asked Prince to be in was it beat it he said no he said first of all he said your ass is mine you not finna say that to me and I'm not finna say that to you so the song the song ain't going nowhere i got you i got you i got you so again who's singing first it was one thing to get them the compilation together to sing we are the world i don't know if you remember that night we are the world okay that's one thing but you're talking about michael jackson and prince who's singing first on the song i got you

1:07:20michael's a legend prince is a legend you would you would think two people of that magnitude would be able to work as one

1:07:29Shannon Sharpe:oh you think and you think they you think they got that way doing that huh is that how you that's what you're thinking okay i didn't think so

1:07:43Shannon Sharpe:only Jesus and Santa Claus is bigger than Michael Jackson yeah and he did it with no social media no internet he didn't need it MJ

1:07:59Shannon Sharpe:the original MJ there have been a lot of MJ since but he is the OG guys thank you so much for joining us tonight Man, we really, really appreciate it. You could have been anywhere. You could have been doing anything, but you chose to spend a couple of hours with Ocho and I on Nightcap. We can't thank you enough. I don't know if we ever say it or if we can properly, adequately express our appreciation for what you've been able to do for us. So sincerely, from the bottom of my heart and Ocho and everybody at Nightcap, thank you guys for joining us. Y 'all know me. I'm your favorite Uncle Shannon Sharp, my partner and co-host.

1:08:35Shannon Sharpe:That's Liberty City's own. That's man-adjusted rating. Bingo, Ring of Fame, R.E. Pro Bowler, All Pro. That's Chad Ochocinco Johnson. He's also French Fry Father. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button. And guys, go subscribe to the Nightcap Podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. Thank you again for your support and your continued support. Every subscriber counts. My cognac, LaPortier, has had a new drop. and this one is very, very personal to me. I've created a limited edition release to honor my brother Sterling for his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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1:09:51Shannon Sharpe:Melissa, we can't thank you enough, and we want to wish you the absolute, very, very best at the World Championships, September 13th through the 21st. We'll be covering it, and she says when she wins the gold, She's going to come back and join us because we got something special for her. So, guys, again, thank you for joining us tonight on Nightcap. We'll see you tomorrow. Again, thank you. Stay blessed. Stay safe. Peace. It's the difference between trying to talk to your friends over the music at a bar and having dinner where you can actually hear each other, between getting food delivered and cooking something you know she's going to love.

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