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Pardon My Take - Episode Notes
Episode Overview Title: Booger McFarland Talking NFL And CFB, JMU Got Screwed In The Latest Rankings, Hot Seat/Cool Throne + Guys On Chicks Description: The episode features a discussion on the latest College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings, Monday Night Football (MNF) highlights, and an engaging interview with Booger McFarland, along with segments like Hot Seat/Cool Throne and Guys on Chicks.
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Key Discussions
CFP Rankings and JMU Controversy
- JMU Exclusion:
- Discussion about James Madison University (JMU) being overlooked in the latest CFP rankings.
- Arguments emphasizing JMU's strong performance despite a perceived weak schedule.
- Reference to the inconsistency of criteria used by the committee, particularly regarding quality wins.
- College Football Dynamics:
- Potential bias towards teams from larger conferences like the American.
- The hosts express frustration over perceived favoritism in rankings and the impact on JMU's chances.
NFL Highlights
- MNF Recap:
- Summary of the Dallas Cowboys' impressive performance against the Las Vegas Raiders.
- Pete Carroll's demeanor suggests frustration with the Seahawks' performance.
- Key Players:
- Discussion on standout players like Dak Prescott and the Cowboys' overall effectiveness.
- Examination of how the Cowboys’ offensive and defensive strategies contributed to their success.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
- Hot Seat:
- Discussion of James Franklin's potential move to Virginia Tech and the implications for other coaching positions.
- Cool Throne:
- Booger McFarland shares insights on various teams and players, highlighting the unpredictability of the NFL season.
Interview with Booger McFarland
- NFL Team Trust:
- Booger expresses skepticism regarding which NFL teams he can trust heading into the playoffs, highlighting the Rams and the Eagles.
- College Football Performance:
- Discussion on various teams’ strengths and weaknesses, including Georgia, Oklahoma, and Indiana.
- Booger emphasizes the need for teams to have a solid running game and the impact of quarterback performance.
- Coaching Changes:
- Insight into potential coaching changes across collegiate football programs, with particular attention to Penn State and Virginia Tech.
Relationship Segment - Guys on Chicks
- Bathroom Preferences on Road Trips:
- A humorous debate about preferences for bathroom breaks during road trips, with one partner insisting on hotel restrooms over gas stations.
- Gambling and Spending:
- A listener expresses concern about their partner's spending habits on gambling and guitars, seeking advice on how to approach the situation without causing tension.
- Proposal Preferences:
- A listener’s specific vision for a proposal leads to a discussion on how best to communicate expectations to their partner without ruining the surprise.
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Key Takeaways
- CFP Rankings: The committee's decisions often reflect inconsistencies, especially regarding teams from smaller conferences like JMU.
- NFL Analysis: Teams like the Rams and Eagles are viewed as more trustworthy than others heading into the playoffs, and defensive performance will be crucial.
- Coaching Dynamics: Changes in coaching staff can significantly impact program trajectories, illustrated by the discussions on Franklin and Fitzgerald.
- Personal Relationships: Open communication about preferences is vital in both romantic relationships and friendships, especially regarding shared activities like road trips and financial decisions.
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Conclusion This episode of *Pardon My Take* features a rich blend of sports analysis, humor, and relatable discussions about relationships, making it a comprehensive and entertaining listen for sports fans and casual listeners alike.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Hey, Pardon My Take listeners, you can find every episode on Apple Podcast and Spotify. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music On today's part of my take presented by DraftKings We have our good friend Booger McFarlane on the show He's eating donuts and he's talking college and pro football with us It was great to catch up with him We're going to talk the college football rankings at the beginning of the show We're taping this after they came out JMU has been screwed We're going to go through that we have uh monday night football the raiders are a tough tough tough watch and it's really a bummer to see them out there uh cowboys maybe who knows we also have guys on chicks and hot seat cool throne and it's all brought to you by our friends at planet fitness everybody can get strong at planet fitness high value membership that supports any fitness journey as low as 15 a month over 2700 club locations.
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2:00yeah pardon my take yeah pardon my take welcome to pardon my take presented by draft kings the crown is yours today is wednesday november 19th and james madison university has been screwed by the committee it's a it's a screw job the fix is in about to go january 6th on the cfp this is bad it's bad big cat for a few reasons um number one it's a travesty it's a shame mockery it's a travesty it's a travesty mockery it's disgusting it's not right it's an infringement upon our constitution which james madison wrote by the way uh they seem to really be hammering home the line that jmu doesn't have any high quality wins we played one uh power four conference game this year which we lost to louisville miami also lost to louisville uh looks like they might have been dinged a little bit on that in terms of where they're sat but uh without without like just going full on nuclear which i can do uh i think that what is happening right now is they had their heart set on the american on that conference whoever wins that conference is going to get just pigeonholed in.
3:19Doesn't matter what else happens. Listen, Tulane lost by 22 points to UTSA. They lost by 22 points to UTSA. We don't have a common opponent with Tulane, so you can't play apples to apples, but I can do the transitive property and I can say that Texas State beat UTSA 43 to 36. JMU beat Texas State 52 to 20. And what the committee has always done is at least, you know, since the, since the tournament expanded, they've taken into account the health of your team, famously with, with Florida State a couple of years ago, that matters to them if your star players are injured or if they're healthy. And in week two, when we played against Louisville, which by the way, we were, we had a halftime lead against Louisville.
4:10Can't say the same thing about Miami. Uh, we had a starting quarterback, Alonzo Barnett, who is a great quarterback. He's playing awesome ball right now. Uh, he tours ACL in the very last game of last year. So he's like eight months recovered from the ACL surgery in that game. He can't run. They sub them out whenever we need to have a quarterback that can run. Uh, and then over the course of the season, he's gotten healthier. Now he's running in addition to passing he's a different quarterback we're a different offense we're kicking the shit out of people so i mean yeah you can say that we've got a bad schedule it's down near for the sunbelt i agree with that i'm not gonna like try to gas up the sunbelt that's that's impossible to do but we're kicking the shit out of every team that we play we're top 10 offense we're top 10 defense all the graphs were top to the right on all of them and yeah two lane beat duke you know who well-speech duke yukon everyone everyone so if we're gonna if we're gonna like pin that and put that up on a pedestal now i can get i don't want to go there but i will go there there's a new head of the cfp committee mac rhodes from baylor stepped down we don't know what happened there something weird sounds like there's some weird stuff going on baylor so the new guy that they Baylor?
5:24No. Yeah, Baylor. Can you believe it? No, never. So the new guy is Hunter Juracek, and he is the athletic director at Arkansas. I did just about 15 minutes of research on this guy. Okay. His son is the tight ends coach for App State. App State, who we just emasculated on Saturday. Guess how many yards receiving App State tight ends had against JMU? Zero. negative zero they had zero catches for zero yards so how how bad of a coach does he think his son is that we just kicked the shit out of him right that's got to start some that's going to be an awkward thanksgiving yeah that's that's facts like he got his he got his ass kicked by a team that's not even worthy of getting ranked yeah yikes can you believe that can you believe that But so, yeah, I've said my piece.
6:20I don't really have – I don't even have anything else really to add. I think that the record speaks for itself. I think JMU should be in it. But it seems pretty clear that they just want to put whoever wins the American as the group of five rep, and that's their prerogative. They can do that if they want. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So I agree with you. I've been fighting the fight on the front lines with JMU. It's bullshit. They're going to – they just want to find a way. We now are the biggest Rice Owl fans, I believe, is who Tulane is playing. Temple. No, wait. No, I think it's right. Are they playing Temple this weekend?
6:55Temple. Yeah, I think. They're playing Temple? Okay, so we're the biggest Temple Owl fans. Temple's actually been a frisky team this year. Yeah. Yeah, they're running the Owl gauntlet because they just played FAU. Can they go back-to-back Owls? Who can do that? Who can do that? yeah so they're playing Temple then they finish with Charlotte Charlotte is garbage Temple's not bad they're at least frisky so we're rooting against Tulane it's listen not personal just business if you're a Tulane fan and you're listening to this not personal just business yeah and then we also have to root against North Texas and ECU because that's what they're just going to keep doing they're going to keep going down the line of American teams and the next one's up They probably will, and this is going to be – yeah, it's going to be a situation where we cross our fingers, root for Temple, and then at the same time, you just got to go out and you got to beat Washington State if you're JMU this weekend by 50 points.
7:57Also, I forgot Navy. They're going to jump to Navy. They probably will, yeah. They would absolutely jump to Navy. You know they would. Yeah, I'd have a hard time digging up dirt about Navy. Yeah. Okay, other thoughts from the rankings. So you mentioned Miami. it's very funny because I do think that these rankings are the as much as like it still doesn't matter because things are going to get worked out I love these rankings because I actually think it's like a group of people who don't really watch college football and they're kind of dumb and they just so Miami if you look at Miami they would be in the playoff right now because it'd be the highest ACC team Miami went from 18 to I think they're now ranked 13 in the last couple of weeks they didn't really do anything they played bad teams but I think that the the committee is just admitting oh we kind of fucked up on the first time we ranked Miami we shouldn't have done that we they beat Notre Dame that's eight spots higher than them let's just every week slip them in a little bit more and now Miami would be in the playoffs so right now if you if the playoff were to start today based on the rankings it would be one seed Ohio State two seed Indiana they obviously have to play in the Big Ten Championship game.
9:09Three-seed Texas A &M, four-seed Georgia. Those are your four buys. Then it would be five-seed Texas Tech playing Tulane at the 12-seed. Notre Dame going to Norman, Oklahoma, 9-8. Miami going to Ole Miss. That's the 11-6. And then Alabama and Oregon is the 10-7. It's an awesome bracket to look at. I'd be very excited to watch this college football playoff. The big winners, though, out of this PFT, I don't know if you agree, but the winner number one is Georgia because Georgia obviously beats Texas. They get to four. Georgia's in that perfect spot where they could potentially not go to the SEC championship game and have a bye, which that's got to be the greatest spot you could ever be in because Alabama beat Georgia.
9:58Yeah, if Alabama wins the rest of their – they just have to beat Auburn. I think they played no one this week. They had to beat Auburn. Texas A &M wins out. Texas A &M and Alabama in the SEC championship game. Georgia can sit at home and be like, but we still get a bye. That's perfect. It's a great situation for them. Alabama fans, they don't seem to be too happy with the way things shook out. But, I mean, you can just blame yourselves. Yeah. You lost. And you lost. That's what happens when you have a recent loss. And also the Florida State loss. I know that Florida State, you know, looked good at the beginning of the season.
10:32But that team has been garbage. So that's a tough loss. And I know teams change, but that's just the case here. And then the other big winner to me is Texas Tech, because if Indiana and Ohio State, when they play in the Big Ten championship game, if Texas Tech can win the Big 12 championship game, I would imagine Indiana, the loser of the Indiana-Ohio State game, might drop out to the five seed, and Texas Tech, if they can win, would slip up into the bye. I actually don't think I think that it all depends on what the loss looks like. But if it's a close game at all, like within 10 points, I don't think that Indiana would drop out.
11:12If Texas only has one loss, so it would be a one loss Big 12 champion versus a one loss runner up in the Big Ten. Yeah, I still think. I think they keep Indiana in there. The other thing I was looking at was Oregon. So, Oregon, what happens if Oregon loses this weekend? If Oregon loses this weekend to USC, they could be in trouble. They could be in trouble because the one win that they have on their schedule that's really doing a lot of work is the Penn State win, which is kind of the same. Well, no, Iowa, too, at Iowa. Well, Iowa recently, but the one that's doing – that's like keeping – that's like they're dangling on if they lose this game.
12:00And the reason why is because that Penn state win, I think the committee is still valuing that Penn state win as being a quality win because it's back. Which I have no problem with Penn state was good. It was a great game. And when I was watching it, I definitely didn't think to myself, Oh shit, Penn state sucks. It was before all the wheels fell off for them. But if you're looking for an argument against Oregon, if they lose this weekend, that's where you go. Yeah, the counter argument would be what is USC? Obviously, if USC beats them head-to-head, maybe they would take their spot. But USC doesn't have a signature.
12:39I mean, their signature wins are pretty similar. You know what I mean? They beat Michigan at home. They beat Iowa at home. Oregon beat Iowa on the road. They beat Penn State on the road. But yeah, the head-to-head will obviously determine that because I'm a big believer and you got to play it on the grass. so if they lose tough luck but yeah it will be it's it's looking more and more like it's going to be a three three bid league for the big 10 four to five for the sec one for acc notre dame's going to obviously get in there notre dame's just going to stay at the the same spot i think they're gonna i think they've just been at nine for a while now which makes sense because i don't think they should go up much higher they haven't they're not going to have a big data point to be like oh Oh, wow.
13:23But Notre Dame should be in the playoff. I do think they're one of the playoff worthy teams. But yeah, those are the big takeaways. The Jurczyk guy said that he's not even thinking about Notre Dame and Miami. The comparison between the two schools is not happening inside of his own brain because they're not close enough to each other in the rankings for him to compare one to the other. Yeah, which is what you should compare one to the other. Yeah, you should. You should absolutely. They played on the field. yeah they need miami to lose again is what is what they're saying yes they need i think you're right about that i think that when they made the first rankings they didn't really think it all the way through right and then many people pointed out to them online they're like oh shit they kind of have a point let's see what we can do to just kind of tread water and hope that this takes care of itself yeah and the the thing that's going to get interesting there's like definitely some chaos scenarios that are going to cause some problems for the committee one being Michigan beating Ohio State and being two losses if that is in conjunction with USC beating Oregon now you what are you going to do there another being you know Vanderbilt beats Tennessee and wins out the season only has two losses if if BYU somehow gets revenge on Texas Tech like there could be a world where they have just a lot of spots and or a lot of teams and not a lot of spots and they'll be kind of fucked there and that's where Notre Dame could get fucked so there's there's another doomsday scenario I love doomsday scenarios it's my favorite part of of this time of year when we're like just thinking ahead to what the bracket might look like the ACC has a major one that's just it's a ticking time bomb we've moved on from Duke we forgot Duke was just a shitty team because they got absolutely smashed by Virginia.
15:19I watched the majority of that game and it was they are just not a good team. The ACC, they could have a six-way tie for first. Ha! I love it. That would be awesome. I think it's Miami, SMU, Virginia, Pitt, Georgia Tech, and Duke could all tie for first place in the ACC. And it's not that crazy. It's not that crazy. Duke is not going to win out. I'm done with Duke. You don't think Duke could beat North Carolina? No, they absolutely could beat North Carolina, but then they have to play Wake Forest. Duke is bad. I'm done with Duke. I'm done with Duke in any scenarios. Duke has a chance to beat Wake Forest, though.
16:01It wouldn't be the craziest thing. No, of course they do, but I'm done with Duke. I'm telling you right now, I'm done with Duke scenarios because I just can't. They're 5-5. They're not a good team. Yes, they lost Duke on. yeah uh miami they just have to win out they have to beat virginia tech they have pit if smu loses one of their next two games they could very easily lose to louisville uh if virginia that's really the main one if virginia loses to virginia tech now that one virginia is much much better than virginia tech but it is like a true these two teams hate each other type game i don't know maybe maybe the program is it gets a shot in the arm from just having james franklin's name put on the door yeah uh and then pit if they split between miami and georgia tech and then if georgia tech if they lose to pit then all those schools will be six and two okay the acc most likely will just fuck itself over and uh i the acc just cannibalizes itself no matter what like whatever the whatever the worst outcome for the ACC is that's the one they'll find a way to have happen yeah it's basketball season yeah it is basketball season watching the Boozer twins are they they are actually twins right yeah and uh Cameron was named after the stadium no way yeah it's a fact yeah I mean we said it with last last week with Joakim Noah that it's it's definitely a I feel old because I remember like seeing Carlos Boozer's Instagram stories nine years ago when they were little kids like in his driveway taking shots.
17:45Oh, we have they are. Yeah, we have some breaking moves. Oh, breaking moves.
17:53Hank, you going to do it? No. What are you doing, Hank? What's it about? Hank, you got to move. I don't know. Hank is worried about it being something. We're talking about the ACC. Is it breaking moves about the ACC? No, it's just breaking moves about something else. What is Hank worried about? He's worried that you're going to bring up Belichick at Jordan's adult cheerleading competition. I actually haven't seen that yet. But now, okay, double breaking moves.
18:27Hank, you know what's so funny? do you know what's so funny is that i saw that picture like an hour ago and it i could i don't know why it just went out of my brain because we were getting ready and if hank hadn't had that face i would not have thought of it but the minute hank had that face i was like oh fuck i forgot that i saw a picture of bill belichick standing sadly for i didn't know he's intently watching he's intently watching i didn't know they did cheerleading competitions like wreck cheerleading competitions that's crazy it's serious stuff is it it's not even they're not cheering for a team they're cheering just to play softball dude that's a difference that's a cheerleading whoa it is whoa yeah sport definitely sport i don't do i don't do sports where there's judges I guess boxing yeah UFC yeah that hurt my my my what so what Hank why did you want us to bring it up no I just I that's not what I was talking about oh okay my mic was muted okay PFT what's your breaking loose are you looking at the pictures PFT I'm looking at right they're very funny yeah very funny look he's a supportive he's supporting code black yeah good he's locked in and we We are Team Jordan on this podcast, and our queen, if she wants to go and play cheerleading on a Tuesday night at the local YMCA, she should.
20:00Can you gamble on it? I'd like to bet on it. Wait. Wait. What if that's our punishment for the picks? What? Loser has to go join a rec cheerleading squad. I don't think they'd have us. I think you've got to be able to. That would be so funny. Just no respect for the cheerleading community. That would be so funny. Oh, my God. Bill's being a good guy here. He's a good. I don't know why. Every time I call him a boyfriend, it's very funny. It's so funny. He's being a great boyfriend. No, that was not my breaking mood. My breaking moves. It was. Hank, do you want to do the noise?
20:52jamar chase's appeal of his one game suspension has been denied oh i already denied it so that's good i was i was still feeling it from the uh from the internet invitation i was just denying shit but that's good that it was denied because i i concur i i don't know what his appeal looked like he was like his appeal must have just been please he did the oj i feel like his appeal i actually i don't know what yeah what his appeal actually looked like did you i do what he said if i wanted to spit on him i would have spat on his face not on his uniform oh yeah i would have done a simple like here all the times jalen ramsey was a fucking dick like you could have just gone that route been like hey look someone was gonna to spit on him eventually.
21:43It happened to be me. Yeah, I like that he said, if I really wanted to spit, I'm way better at spitting than that, and I would have drilled him in the face if I wanted to. So, Hank, what does this do to the Patriots' schedule? I just think it's more opportunity for Drake May, 300+. 350 +, probably. We'll get to it. We'll get to that, yeah. Don't spoil the stats, Hank. No, I'm just talking about what it means for the game. But the Bengals not having Jamar Chase is a big deal. Yeah, it's a shame. It's a shame. You want to beat people at their best. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I think that's everything we got.
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23:40Kraftkings.com slash promos. Okay, boys. Monday Night Football. We had to watch the Raiders play football. I am sick of watching the Raiders play football. I have a question for you, PFT. Is Pete Carroll having fun? No, he's not having fun. He's not having any fun. I can tell because the amount of gum that he chews during a game is way higher. Yeah. Usually he's got like one thin stick of juicy fruit in his mouth. Now it's like he's got three Bazooka Joes in there. Just trying to distract him from it. He was surprised that the Raiders didn't play well. I get halftime. They asked him about it. He's like, I did not expect this to happen.
24:13I don't know what team Pete Carroll's – I expected it to happen. I expected it to happen. Not only that, but I think I saw in this game something I haven't seen in a while where before halftime, the Monday Night Football camera crew was doing the sad Raiders on the sideline. Yeah. Like they're showing Geno Smith looking sad. I feel bad for Max Crosby. Max Crosby is so fucking good. and Max Crosby I feel like in this season the two and eight Raiders there's been at least a moment in every single game where you're like is Max Crosby gonna win this game by himself and he had it the beginning of the game when he forced that fumble and then you realize oh yeah the Raiders just stink and uh they can't move the ball and Ashton Gentry are we worried about him or were we right about him I think he had six carries for seven yards I think uh I think there's no way to tell i think i think ashen jinty's good i think that he's an impossible situation they keep showing that stat of how he's the uh the the one player in the nfl that like he has the fewest yards before contact yeah of any player maybe in nfl history because he's always getting in the backfield he almost made it out when they got that safety called on him yep he got hit like six yards five yards deep in the end zone almost i think he's good i just think that right now having a running back on that team you don't really use him because you never are playing with the lead you're never even playing with the tie there was a fourth and one i believe in the third or fourth quarter where ash and genti got the ball and got the first down but it was like the most miraculous first down ever because every single cowboy was in the backfield ready to go and no yeah i i agree like i i think he's gonna be fine it's just an impossible spot for him on a team that cannot block they cannot play with a lead they can't do anything offensive he might be the best player on that team i think that's probably still brock bowers but yeah yeah i mean i mean it's just crazy that that he's uh he has literally no chance to run the football we just don't know if he's good or not yeah but i'm pretty sure that he is now with the cowboys it feels like last night was obviously for a number of reasons like a super emotional win for them uh dealing with the loss of their teammate and all that like credit to to schottenheimer and dak that seemed like they were the ones that kind of took on the leadership roles they did a pretty a really good job of that and the team offensively we know that the cowboys are great yeah like and they looked really really good last night like this is the pickens is so good when he's making those cuts it's so infuriating if you're a coach and you're like watching him cut backwards all the time but he's the guy that will get eventually to the outside and then you know go on a little run and make a few guys miss and get downfield once he feels like it he's awesome cd lamb should have had another touchdown to Dak played out of his mind.
26:53The whole offense is so good. The defense even looked good last night. Yeah, they've looked a little bit better. I mean, it was the Raiders. Now, they have a really hard schedule coming up. They have to play the Eagles, the Chiefs. I think the Lions are up in one of their few next games here, too. So it's not inconce - They're not eliminated from the playoffs, but I do think that they're playing like a playoff team would right now. They're - Well, they did remember the last time we saw them play was against the Cardinals and they got killed by the Cardinals. So they're playing like a playoff team would against the Raiders.
27:27Against the Raiders. Against the Raiders. I'd agree with that. It was total insult to injury for the Raiders that I don't remember the last time I've seen this where CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens got sussied for the first series, which is something you do if you are Alabama playing, you know, Bethune-Cookman. Yeah. Week one. and you're like, oh, yeah, our guy missed a meeting. We're going to let him sit out for the first drive. The Cowboys are like, yeah, we're going to let our two best receivers sit out, and we know it won't matter because I don't even know. Why did they sit out? Was it just guys can't have fun in Vegas anymore?
28:02They won't say. And I actually think this is a – you can look at Schottenheimer and be like, this guy has the pulse of the team. Yeah. Because after the game, they asked Pickens about it, and he was like, you know, we just saw something on offense against that defense that we wanted to run the football a little bit more. so we started out with me and cd on the sideline like he bought the line he's he's george pickens is towing the company line yeah proactively which is something i thought i'd never say and then cd kind of just like smirked and was like i'm not going to get into that with you guys but they're not saying what the reason was my my imagination took me to some places where it's like this is the plot of the hangover yeah we're like they woke up in the morning and they lost their friend or they woke up in the morning there was a tiger inside the hotel room i don't know something happened in vegas and it was probably a great time i want to know the whole backstory behind like what did cd lamb and george pickens get into a night on the town in las vegas where i'm guessing they missed a meeting right and it was it's so insulting for the raiders like the cowboys are not gonna most likely not gonna go to the playoffs unless they pull off a bunch of miracles coming down the stretch but it is a team that is like hey we're not statistically out of it We have to win every game.
29:11Our two best players on offense are going to sit out, and we'll just deal with it. It's crazy, but that's what the Raiders are. They didn't have to worry about it at all. Yeah, I agree. The Raiders, there should be a blacklist of teams that at this point, I'd say after like 10 weeks in the NFL season, fans should be able to vote on which teams should no longer be considered for primetime. They don't have to play the game, yeah. It should be against the law to put the Raiders on primetime television. The Raiders, the Titans, the Saints. Who else? The Browns. Get him out of here. The Jets are kind of exciting.
29:47Cardinals. Cardinals. Cardinals. Commanders. Kobe Bursette, he kind of lights it up. 47. Dude, he broke the record for completions. They're not good. He's not a draw. They don't win. You don't want to watch them in primetime. That's correct. Yeah, you're right. I don't. Thursday night, maybe? No. Okay. Commanders are on that list. I would put the Dolphins on that list Yeah Falcons Yeah Get them out of here Definitely Yeah so that was big news too Michael Penix is Gonna maybe miss the rest of the season Yep So Kirk Cousins is back Gets to earn that paycheck Gets to earn that paycheck Yeah so to put a bow on Monday Night Football I'm done with the Raiders Eagles I think we all agree Eagles are a tough watch Max, you did not watch Monday Night Football.
30:37You watched the Leo movie. Do we have a review? Didn't watch the Leo movie. What did you watch? Apparently, last night was deep clean in my apartment night. So the football game was on. At what point? How many times have you deep cleaned your apartment? Yeah, at what point? I don't get to choose when I deep clean my apartment. So here's a question. You don't get it. This is very. You don't get it. Here's a question, though. Well, I actually don't. This is because I host Thanksgiving. This is going to I'm going to I'm staring at that. Yeah, I was given a warning shot on Monday of like, hey, you got shit everywhere.
31:17You're going to have to clean it up. I was like, oh, yeah, I'll get to it. We have family visiting this weekend. And last night was the only night where I don't have stuff going on. At what point in the night were you told that that was going to take place during dinner? Oh, that's that's not fair. you needed at least you needed like a text during lunch being like hey just a heads up we're gonna have to do some cleaning tonight well to to be fair it was like uh oh we have to we have family coming over this weekend and it was like uh when are we going to be able to do this and then i started going through the rest of my week and she was like so it has to be tonight yeah yeah it sounds like this is something that might have even been discussed like last week yeah we're gonna have to clean it also could have been discussed earlier that i that i you know probably wasn't paying attention yeah yeah that's that's the most likely scenario there's it's always you you think that they don't aren't gonna bring it up but they're always gonna bring it up because i have i'm dealing with that right now like where i just have i have i think four piles that i could just count off the top of my head at various points in my house that i know are gonna they're on life support they are they've been looked at they've been stared at they've been like what's going on here i think i have even a suitcase that still has shit in it those piles i have sentimental value with them but i know that hey guys i'm gonna take you out back soon and we're gonna have to do this we're gonna have to get rid of these you gotta have a room that that has a little bit of space for the piles to just go into temporarily yeah we were searching for matching pillowcases because the get we have to get the guest room ready for family to stay in and we for some reason we could not find the other the the full set of all the matching pillowcase and then at one point i was like oh this is definitely just in my pile in my closet and that's where that's exactly where they were so i got yelled at for that yeah i'm hosting too for thanksgiving and uh there's there's some chores that are on my list i think i'm just going to try to use the power washer to do every chore that's still on the list even inside even inside yeah like bathroom floor yeah i'll just power i chose to do the bathroom because you can kind of just hide in the bathroom oh yeah and like like look at your phone yeah i'm cleaning right now that that was that was my role because i i'm not supervised in the bathroom yeah we got dishes i'm gonna power wash those yes bring them on i'll bring them all outside i'm gonna power power wash the show house is gonna be spig and span uh any other cleanup from week 11 so aaron rogers is going to try to start on on sunday that's what you saw memes the report he's trying his hardest mike tomlin has a press conference right now he's dropping he's dropping some quotes which okay okay give us some quotes because that does scare me because i know aaron rogers wants to beat the Bears one last time, that does make me a little nervous, even though I think Mason Rudolph is just about the same as Aaron Rodgers currently.
33:59I want to see exactly what Tomlin's saying here. He told reporters that – oh, he closed out of it. That was a nothing. He's a fracture in his wrist, and we'll find out he's trying to play on Sunday. The wrist is the elbow of the hand.
34:16Find us some Mike Tomlin quotes. We can talk about something else. Well, there was a report yesterday. I think it was about Mike Pinnock. And Rappaport and Schefter both tweeted the news out about Mike Pinnock. It's pretty much identical news. It was phrased differently. The report came out at the exact same second. How does that happen? They both get texted from the same person. Well, they do. And then they can copy and paste. But these words were different from each guy. And it happened at literally the exact same second. Are they two different guys? Are they in cahoots with each other? I don't know.
34:48Did they agree? Let's schedule these tweets for this one exact minute. Yeah, they're synced up. It was really bizarre. Something's going on, and I want to get to the bottom of it. Schefter, tell us what's happening. How is that? Like, mathematically, it's not possible. But it happened. Something fishy is going on. It did happen. We need to figure that out. Oh, I have a dumb rule for you guys that our good friend Nick Terani threw out during Wake Up Bar School, which I actually was thinking about it more, and I like it a lot. He was saying, dumb rule, teams should have to win four games to get their first pick.
35:23So at the end of the season, you have a Raiders Monday Night Football game has actual consequences where it's like they need to desperately win this game. To get a first round pick? To get their allotted first round pick, they have to win four games. Maybe it's three games, but whatever. I it's kind of it's kind of what we've always said like relegation is never going to happen in American sports but that is a little bit of a relegation where it's like you can't be that bad it might work better in the NBA because the NBA like you know teams truly tank in the NFL they don't take the same way like I don't know if the Titans are capable of winning four games yeah that's what I'm saying you have some teams that that go out there and and they put forth an honest effort and really really suck but at the end of the season when you do get these games that are in prime time that have no consequences they will now have consequences i i wouldn't hate three games i wouldn't hate a sad playoff at the end of the year between every team that finishes with four losses or fewer and then the winner of that or just do the pro bowl thing where you have the two worst teams they play in the pro bowl and the winner gets the first round pick yeah i kind of i i like that way what what max that i like that would be yeah yeah no that would be the best we've said that many times there could be a lot of teams that don't get four wins this year yeah so maybe it's three yeah but like memes imagine the investment you'd have in the jets coming down the stretch if you have two wins and you need to win a third game this is a terrible rule okay listen i i know i know but it is again it might not be an nfl rule because it's hard to tank the nfl but for other sports there's a there's a floor on what you have to accomplish as a team to to receive your first pick yeah i think it's more for the fans just like watch a game featuring your shitty team that actually means something yeah that you have to win yeah that it's not like the teams are going out there and they're not really committing the best effort because i feel like in the nfl there is incentive in terms of the non-guaranteed contracts right and you're trying to get a job for next season it's hard to it's really hard to actively tank in the nfl i feel like most teams that are tanking are doing so because of incompetence right not because of effort so three i'm looking at right now three wins might be the number which would be exciting because you have like what six teams seven teams at the two win mark right now yeah they have to do it i'm gonna start getting on i i gotta get deep into these mock drafts i started reading some last week some yesterday being a mock draft guy is a tough existence it really is it's like a whole new world that you have to step into you got a tough go of it hank that was it's real tough that was rough i do i'll save it for friday but I actually love the Patriots this weekend.
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38:04Love them. I love them. I do. Against the Bengals? Against the Bengals, yeah. I think it's going to be... You want to save it for Friday? I'll save it for Friday. For sure? Why? Because I think it's going to be a blowout. I think that Drake May is going to go off on him. You look at what Drake May has done this season. He's just lighting defenses up. He's like the king of the deep ball. He's getting yards against everybody. and it doesn't matter what defense he's going up against. He's going to get his yards. He's elite at throwing downfield, huge chunk plays, and I think that this week against the Bengals, he's finally going to get 300 yards.
38:42I think that this is the week that it's going to happen and he's going to light them up for the first time in his career. He's looking up right now to see if he has 300 yards. He's going to have a 300-yard game and it's going to be awesome. He's never had a 300-yard game? He has not had a 300-yard game. Who has the passing yards lead this year? Is it Drake May? I don't actually know. Let's look that up. Yeah, we can look it up. But I'm saying I'm picking the Patriots this week. It's Drake May. Oh, yeah. I'm picking the Patriots this weekend. I love it, yeah. This is going to be the week where he goes for 300.
39:15Right. I mean, he's... Buy BFD. What's that? Haven't had their buy. Oh, they haven't had their buy yet. Yeah. That's a good point. Oh, so per game. Extra game, yeah. Per game. Per game, he is not first. That would be Daniel Jones. Actually, I don't know if that's true. he still could be first. No, he's not. I'm looking right now. Okay. Per game, Daniel Jones is one. Patch Holmes is two. Brock Purdy, three. Dak Prescott, four. Drake May, five. That's great. Top five. That's really good. Top five. It's outstanding. And again, I'm saying like he has been incredible this year. There's no arguing that.
39:44Has he gotten? No, I'll take. I'm going to get that clip. That was a great clip. I liked what you just said. Everything you just said. Yeah. He's going to go for, I'm going to say 304 this week. So not blow by it. No, it's going to be a breakout performance. Okay. Just put a pin in that, Hank. Will, I'm with you. I'm riding. I'm happy you've turned the corner. What's the over-under on his yards this weekend? I don't know. You've got to hammer it. I'm going to hammer it. Hammer it. Prop of the year? 300 plus. Prop of the year? I might adjust it up to 300. Might be prop of the year. Yep. Memes, is Tyrod Taylor your starting quarterback now?
40:20He is the starting quarterback now. Because I saw Aaron Gleds doing this funny thing where people, the media he does his press conference and then they ask him a question and he says I don't know ask this reporter he said ask Diana yeah he did that last week too about somebody's like ask this guy did he say today yeah he said ask Diana I love Aaron Glennon versus the press he just hates the press yeah yeah well I mean he was right he was right uh apparently he was gonna the week Woody Johnson slander Justin Fields that was a week he was gonna start Tyrod but he was hurt ah so this This was always the plan, and now you have to evaluate everybody on your team to see if they're going to be on the team next year.
40:58So that's where you get Tyrod slinging the ball. This is always the plan. Always. Always the plan. Did you see on the Manning cast last night who the guest was? No. Oh, George Bush? President George W. Bush was on the Manning cast. They've had now three war criminals on that show. Mm-hmm. Revelle up next, I'm sure. Who's the other two? Condoleezza Rice. Okay. Barack Obama. Okay. So they're just loading it up. They're loading it up. It was... I saw that. I was like, this guy's going to pitch a Saudi Arabian team. Let's put the Texans in the NFC Middle East. Demanding guests. They booked some big-time guests.
41:34Huge guests. Actually, I can't fault them for it. I would take George W. Bush on this show. I would not. But I don't want to take any politician. I would love to interview George W. Bush. Talk baseball the whole time. Talk baseball with him. Can you go back in time and become commissioner of baseball? How many times has Jane Daniels gone for over 300 yards? At least once. How many? Well, I know he had 299 yards against the Lions in the playoffs. Remember that? That's not 300. I know, but it was his second round of the playoffs to reach the NFC Championship game, which is pretty crazy, and he had 299 yards.
42:08I know he's had it one time. I think it was against the Bears. That would be it. Yeah. Okay. So he had, yeah. A solid one. And now Drake gets to join a fraternity. How many yards was it against the Bears? 300. 326. Okay, so a lot of it was the tipped Hail Mary. I mean, that counts, too. It does. He had a lot of drops, too. We're not counting the drops as yards that would have counted. No, yeah. I mean, that's, yeah. Really impressive. Well, yeah, Drake gets to join. Welcome to the club, Drake. Welcome to the club. We'll have a big party for him. Okay, let's do Hotsi Coulterone. This is fun. This is fun.
42:50Hank is now looking up spreadsheets. No, I don't know. That's the thing. That's where it's like all you do is think about Drake May and the Patriots. I don't have to worry about you or Jane Daniels. You guys are just a sad existence. It makes me laugh. You make me laugh. You're a funny guy. That's great. Listen, hey, I'm believing in Drake May. I'm not thinking about Drake May, but when I see a – Prop of the year. Yeah. Yeah. On a Tuesday. Yeah. Prop of the year on a Tuesday. You spend your entire Monday. Who does that? Worrying about Drake May and the Bengals game on Sunday. Hank, if you learn how to gamble, first of all, maybe the Hungry Dog would hit every now and again.
43:24Hungry Dog's up on the season. Second of all, you want to bet these games on a Tuesday before the lines move. How many times did you hit it? Once, 15 to 1. Oh, okay. So it is still up. But we're getting closer to not being up. Yeah. I mean, is Monday nights up on the season? No. Okay. I never said they were. I just wanted to say the Hungry Dog's up, but it is. No. I mean, I didn't know that it was up because I didn't know you hit. What? That was rude. Yeah, because I know you only hit it once. I didn't know what the odds were on. That's the beauty of the hungry dog. He's got to hit twice. Right.
43:53I'm going to hit three times. Oh, you are? Yeah. Okay. If I can hit it once, then I can hit it twice? Can I bet against that? No. Hitting three times? Yeah, bet against it every week. Well, I'd be up. False. Oh. How many times have you gotten swept? I don't know. I don't worry about that. Okay. So it could be not false. I don't know. Who's to say? it's impossible we'll never know but you can just say no we'll never fucking know listen hank i just want i want you to have the same faith in drake that i have that's all i'm asking i have the utmost faith in drake man okay okay let's do hot seat cool throne hot seat cool throne brought to you by twisted tea it's that time a year again thanksgiving's coming up and you know what that means football food and of course twisted tea twisted tea is a refreshing hard ice tea with five percent alcohol meaning it's got the perfect kick to get you through running into your ex at the hometown bar or for when Uncle Rick starts telling the same story about his fantasy team for the fifth year in a row.
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45:38Grab a refreshing twisted tea today. Hank. Hosting is Max. Oh. Oh, why? Italian pasta. Oh, yeah. What happened? I don't know about this. You know about this? Yep, I do. Did you fall to your knees in a Walmart when you found out? In a Walmart? You got to pay a little extra. But there's 13 major Italian pasta brands that might stop shipping to the U.S. because of a tariff. Wait, which ones? Pasta Garofalo, La Mollisana. Rumo. It's like. Agritalia. Aldino. Antici. Antici Tradizioni. Barida Grupo Milo. Pastifico Argentino. So not the blue box. I think that's American. Pastifico. Yeah. I don't even know what brand that is.
46:31Yeah. What is that? Blue box with a red thing on it? I don't know. I need the blue box. I love the blue box because it has the window. You can see the pasta. You can see the pasta. You can see the pasta. You can see the pasta. I guarantee you Jeff D. Lowe knows the exact right. I think they all got the window. Barilla? All of the major ones. This is a time where it would be a real shame if a few cartons of those fell off a truck. Like, there's a way to get around paying these high prices. So, Max, it matters in your own hands. Did you drop to your knees at Walmart? I just bought some fresh pasta last night.
46:59Italiano? Did you say Italian? Yeah. It's Italiano. Yes, I did. Okay. So, if you buy fresh pasta, it's still going to be expensive, but the price is... Yeah, no, like places will make fresh pasta here. It's just the imported from Italy pasta, like dried pasta. Why are they stopping that? Tariffs. Ah. We're getting tariffs. A lot of tariffs. Shit. You should have to pay tariffs on Jordan Mailata, too. That'd be funny. H-1B visa for him? I don't know. No, thank you. Okay. Here's something I'm going to say. don't know enough about tariffs to have any opinion. Still don't really understand them. It sounds fun like it would be a fun time to be like, I'm going to put a tariff on that.
47:50Yeah. I took Econ 101, I think. I actually might not have. So, yeah, I don't know. It's okay sometimes you just say, don't know, and just walk away. That's how I've lived my life. Yeah. All I know is at the pasta. I took an international business class. Did you? I just remember it because it was like the 1-8 a.m. class I ever took, and it was terrible. Yeah, fuck that. Fuck that. Econ. My cool throw is Lawrence Taylor. Oh. Remember at the beginning of the year when Abdul Carter got drafted, he wanted Lawrence Taylor's number and Lawrence Taylor declined. Yeah. Abdul Carter has just been missing meetings.
48:26He was asleep in the facility, missing walkthroughs. Lawrence Taylor would never. He got benched for the start of games. So that was the right decision by Lawrence Taylor. I mean, but yeah, Hank, you have to. Except Lawrence Carter. Lawrence Taylor. If you compare what Lawrence Taylor did when he was on that day at one point. He produced, though. Yeah, he produced. At one point, I remember reading a story that he wrote where they had to go wake him up in his hotel room, and he had just cocaine everywhere. And then he went out and probably had seven. Yes, that was the end of that anecdote was he went to the game.
48:56He had four sacks that day. But yeah, Abdul Carter. It more so tells you that I don't think Abdul Carter had ever met Lawrence Taylor before he got drafted, because if he had, I think he would have been too afraid to ask Lawrence Taylor for his jersey number. Didn't Lawrence Taylor tell us a story that he was once partying so much that he drove by the Meadowlands and saw the lights on and was like, fuck, we have a game tonight. So funny. Okay. It looked like a miscommunication. It was a miscommunication. Carter City spoke to Kafka about it on FaceTime, called it. So he took a little nap. No, he was getting treatment.
49:33And apparently there was a change in practice time, and he didn't know that there was a change in practice time. And he was in the building getting treatment done. Got it. And it looks like they cleared it up. Are you defending the Giants? I'm Abdul-Karter. Wait, so was he benched or not, though? Why would he be benched? Because Kafka didn't know that he was in the building? This is what I'm saying. In our elementary schools growing up, they had a PA system. Being late to meetings has been an issue during Carter's recovery. If they were trying to find somebody, they could just be like, Abdul Carter, please report to the practice field.
50:08And then he's in the training room, and he's like, oh, shit, I'm late. I'm late for practice. Better get out there. Abdul Carter, your mom has brought your lunch. Exactly, yeah. That kind of thing. Okay, PFT, your hot seat, cool throne. Okay, Hank, good hot seat, cool throne. Good hot seat, cool throne, Hank. Thanks. You're welcome. My hot seat is Draymond Green. He got into it with a fan at the game the other night, and the fan was allegedly calling him Angel Reese because he was missing a bunch of layups, getting his own rebounds. That's funny. That's funny. It's funny. And he was getting me bounds.
50:40And then Draymond got up into the fan's face. The fan stood up and it turns out that the fan was like six foot eight and much bigger than Draymond Green, like looking down on him. And so then they got into a nice calm conversation courtside where cooler heads prevailed. I'm not saying that Draymond was intimidated by how big this guy was once he stood up. It's like a shooter turn around and seeing seeing jaws right at the golf tournament. But they got they had a nice little conversation. And then the guy afterwards, he he was explaining his side of the story. And he was like, yeah, they kicked me out.
51:14But listen, I've been kicked out of many sporting events before. And what I said did not rise to the level of being kicked out. So at first I was like, I like this guy. Yeah. And then he gave the interview and he was like, as a man who constantly gets kicked out of basketball games they didn't they should not have asked me to leave this right i know where the line is yeah usually i'm way past it i didn't even get close to it this i like that oh but it was a very funny visual seeing draymond get up into his face and it's like oh shit this guy's huge yeah um then my cool throne is cam scadaboo cam scadaboo recovering from injury uh i don't know if he's still on the scooter or not it was unclear because i saw him at a wrestling event at msg the other night taking part in the wrestling theatrics like i think he shoved roman reigns it was him and his some of his offensive linemen and andrew schultz is there which checks out and then scatterboo was like in the middle of it i think that this is a problem for the giants because scatterboo is an awesome player i love him he is going to get him every time he's injured he's going to get himself more injured yeah and you can't tell him to stop because he's like a hyper active child i'll put it this way uh my dog blake has had three major joint surgeries he had double elbows at one point he had a knee every time he gets a surgery i keep him in his crate and i keep him sedated for like a month because if he's up and he's walking around he's going to try to run he's going to try to jump on and off the furniture he's going to try to play right so for his own good i keep him on the edge of being passed out for like three four weeks at a time kafka needs to consider a similar treatment for cam scadaboo yeah i'm in a crate for a little bit put a put a cone on him yeah just keep him he would probably just start funneling beers out of it but keep him keep him calm stationary for a little bit because when i saw him i was like not surprised at all no that he was he was participating in a wwe match essentially from the sidelines he probably wanted to be in the ring and it looked like the best time ever yeah they probably were like hey we can't actually legally put you in the ring because you're very injured yeah this guy had a bone going through his leg three weeks ago he tried to walk it off yeah he was like i got this all credit to big dom for bringing those the the cheesesteaks and the pizzas massive credit big dom was also there big dom was all wait he's there or was he also at at monday oh obviously he was keeping an eye on what do you mean obviously of course he was there why cooper g wanted to go so So he brought security.
53:41Our guy's not allowed to have security anymore? I mean, we talked about this when he visited Cam in the hospital. He's like, it'd be a real shame if you said anything. I think you know, keep your mouth shut. He was in the ring. Here's some cheesesteaks. And then all of a sudden, he's following Cam Scatterby around to make sure that he's not talking. Big Dom had nothing to do with the actual production. He was just watching. You got a problem with him being there? No, I'm saying obviously he was there. I wouldn't expect anything less. Oh, Cam. That's crazy. that our paths keep crossing like this.
54:11Anyways, it's good to see you. I'll be around if you do anything. You know where to find me. I'm never too far away, Cam. I'm always watching. Okay, my hot seat is Arkansas fans because James Franklin has taken the job at Virginia Tech and they're very much in their feels. Yeah. Called it. Listen, great call by James Franklin. Yeah. I think that Virginia Tech is a much better fit right now than Arkansas is for. I thought the people at Virginia Tech were fucking with, or someone was just like drunk saying that to me. I was like, oh, hell yeah. Yeah. They were on it. I have a take that I don't know how it will be received, but there was a lot of people being like, why is James Franklin taking a job when he has a$50 million buyout?
54:51Because now they negotiated the buyout's only$9 million because his salary at Virginia Tech is mitigating some of it. I feel like you don't get to a point where you are successful enough to get a$50 million buyout unless you have that killer instinct competitive drive. So everyone's like who basically says, if I had that$50 million buyout, I'd sit on my couch. That's just not how James Franklin is wired. Yeah, he wants to coach. Also, it shows that I guess he had a pretty good relationship with Penn State. Right. Because what he could have done is he could have taken a much lower salary at Virginia Tech and then kept Penn State on the hook for most of his salary and kind of fucked them over that way if he was pissed off at them.
55:32Yeah. I just think that these type of guys are what? That's wrong. That's wrong. What? This is coming from Penn State fans. They think the relationship between Penn State and James Franklin is very bad because he hasn't done a thank you Penn State thank you fans post yet. Well, that's soft by Penn State. Yeah, that is. Yeah. Incredibly soft. The man willingly elected to take$9 million instead of$50. That's because that has nothing to do with Penn State. That has to do with it. I think it has a little bit to do with Penn State. I think he could have obviously he wouldn't have coached at Virginia Tech for zero dollars.
56:07But I'm saying that in the negotiation process, he probably could have gotten that buyout down to like 15 or 20 mil from Penn State and then told Virginia Tech, you can keep some of this money. I'm getting the money that you would have given me from Penn State. I'm saying business wise. Yeah, he did them. He did Penn State a favor. Why don't you follow Lane Johnson? What? Why don't you follow Lane Johnson on Twitter? Wow. I can follow. that's crazy that is not crazy work but uh do you guys agree with me like because there's a lot of i mean i just saw it's in front of my face there's a lot of people like why would he ever go back to coaching his 50 million dollar buyout i'd go play golf and sit on my ass you don't get to the point of james franklin's success if if money's the only thing money his competitive nature is why he got to the point it's like if if you are someone who's going after money you're probably not going to get it the way that james franklin did james franklin's going after being an awesome coach coaching he needs he needs football to to live i think it's one thing to say that about a guy that's as young as james franklin and it's another thing to say about a guy that's like towards the end of his career where he's like i'm going to retire i'm going to take the tv money yeah i'm going to keep getting paid from the college that makes sense yeah that makes but he's got so much like he wants to yeah he'd go crazy if he retired yeah he's not james franklin is not a man that was ever thinking about retiring yeah off this ever that was never consideration for him.
57:34It was always like, oh, is he going to go to Auburn? Is he going to Arkansas? Is he going to Florida? People just love to spend other people's money online. That is true. In a general sense. That is true. But yeah, I think it's a great hire for Virginia Tech. I think that this is probably as close to a perfect fit as it gets. Yeah. Okay. My cool throne is I have two of them. One is Shador Sanders because it looks like he's going to start. So that also means he's going to get first team reps. Congratulations to him. Against all odds. That's going to be huge against all odds. The discourse on George Sanders is so fucking funny.
58:08Hank, you were right that we needed it as a take show. We needed him to win against the Ravens. Now we need him to win against the Raiders and look awesome. So it basically becomes if they had ever given him first team reps, he would have been incredible. Because if he's bad this week, then we're going to be in trouble. It does not look good for him, though, because the stat is this would be the 18th different QB to make his first career start in the regular season for the Browns since they returned to the NFL in 1999. Those QBs are 0-17. Stop. That is crazy. That is wild. That's insane. Insane.
58:43I need him to win. I need him to win. Even if he looks bad winning this weekend. Oh, yeah. That's hungry dog all day. Yeah. Big time hungry dog. And then my other cool throne is meeting women because I don't know if you guys saw this trend going around, but Bill Ackman, I think he's a Wall Street guy. I don't know. This Bill Ackman guy, no one knew who he was until two years ago. Yeah. And now we're all supposed to know who Bill Ackman is. He's like a billionaire. He fancies himself to be a writer sometimes on Twitter. Yeah, I don't know who he is. He's the most boring, weird guy that I've ever encountered online.
59:16And now, yeah, you can go ahead with the thing. But everything I hear him say, I'm just like, this is a guy that I wouldn't have fun hanging out with. He's someone who you're, he has billions of dollars, I assume. you don't have to also be famous just enjoy your billions he's the guy that put himself in that tennis tournament and all the tennis players got upset about it so he said I hear from many young men that was funny I hear from many young men that they find it difficult to meet young women in a public setting in other words the online culture has destroyed the ability to spontaneously meet strangers as such I thought I would share a few words that I used in my youth to meet someone that I found compelling I would ask may i meet you before engaging further in a conversation i almost never got to know i feel like you never got to know dude because that's really weird to walk up to someone say may i meet you yeah you know what he got a shitload of uh what okay or uh yeah get away from me yeah yeah no of course you didn't get a no no everyone's confused by that zach are you willing to maybe go and try that out this weekend that sounds extremely uncomfortable what i'll get i'll do i I think you could land the plane.
1:00:27Just give us one. May I meet you? That's a tough plane to land, but I'll rip it. May I meet you if you need me to. I actually think like knowing you, you would say that. Yeah, you would say that though by accident. Whatever happened to saying hi. Hi. Hi, I'm Bill. What's your name? Whatever happened to staring at a girl across the bar, locking eyes with her once, never talking to her, and then going home being like, yeah, I could have fucked her. She wanted whatever happened to that. Yeah. Whatever happened to seeing women in public and then getting scared and then going home and be like, man, I wish I had said something.
1:01:05Yeah, she definitely locked eyes with me. That's a much better way to handle it. May I meet you? Oh, this is the Nick O 'Neill choose rich guy who's a troll. This is now become too much internet. Yeah, that's the problem, too, is now that this has gone viral, he's like, yeah, it's very tough for people in the internet day and age to meet girls. Now he's setting it up that people walk up and say, may I meet you? The women are going to be like, oh, you're that online? Yeah. That Bill, you're taking it from Bill Ackman? It's kind of funny, though. You kind of mentioned it earlier that as rich as you can get, you can be one of the top 10 wealthiest dudes in the world, and you can still long for acceptance online.
1:01:46Yeah. You can still be like, I wish that my social media profile was a little bit bigger. They want to be, yeah, you could have billions and billions of dollars and you still are like, I wish people would recognize me and I could be famous. Again, how much does this guy have? Can we look it up? Can we look up how much Bill Ackman has? Billions. Because I'll just go back to it. I've said it a million times. I think it's a very strong take that I've had for a long time. If you are a billionaire and you don't own a professional sports team, you're a loser. That's a fact. That's what you should do.
1:02:15You have$9.4 billion. Go buy a team, dude. that's the only reason you get that much money is to go buy a team. 9.4 billion. I think these guys, their sports teams are just political parties. Yeah. It's like, yeah, I kind of own the Democratic Party. Yeah. Watch them play every November. May I meet you. Been a disappointing couple years. We're getting great traffic, though. He said, I think the combination of proper grammar and politeness was the key to its effectiveness. You might give it a try. And yes, I think it should also work for women seeking men as well as same-sex interactions. Oh, thanks.
1:02:47He's opening it up to the gays. Just two cents from an older happily married guy concerned about our next generation's happiness and population replacement rates. I love that he threw in the population replacement rates at the very end. Yeah. You know what? I've got the key to repopulating the globe. It's may I meet you. May I meet you? No, you can't. Chicks are going to be dropping their panties left and right. Can I meet you? That's double consent. So good. Oh, all right. Zach. my hot seat this week is going to be Nick Narasina I may be pronouncing that name incorrectly but I believe it's Narasina he recently went out in Thailand with a big group of friends after a night out and what I can assume is they were inspired by Hangover 2 they decided to get black henna face tattoos but I think black henna is either illegal or banned in the United States for good reason because now it's like scabbing and burning into his face and he may be left with a permanent Mike Tyson face tattoo do you watch his streams?
1:03:45He's a friend of Barstow. Danny Lance grew up with him. He's an entertaining guy for sure, yeah. Yeah. That's going to stay there for the rest of his life? I'm worried he may have the... There's a chance he has that on his face for a while now. It's like scabbed and scarring up a little bit. Not a good spot to be in. He'll be okay. And if he's not, he'll look cool. He's a good-looking guy. He'll be like, I got a good story to tell. Yeah, I guess he is traditionally handsome enough to pull off the Mike Tyson face tag. Right. If anybody's going to do it. And just be like, yeah, I got this in Thailand.
1:04:14It was a fucking crazy story. I feel like that might be better than May I Meet You. Does that happen to every person that gets a black henna tattoo? I believe the place that he went to and got it from, there's a bunch of other reviews of other guys that have the same one burned on their face. Gotta go to Yelp. Gotta go on Yelp. Nick really should do a copy-paste of the Bill Ackman tweet, and instead of May I Meet You, be like, get a black henna tattoo in Thailand and have it scab up. Yeah. It will open up all women will be interested in what you have to say. Probably will do well for them. They probably have a higher success rate than Willem.
1:04:45May I meet you. May I meet you. May I meet you is tough. I want to see one. Can you try one? I'll try it for you. Yeah, certainly. But I can't promise the results. Maybe a punk on Friday? Zach's going to do it to the person at McDonald's, like, giving him his food. He's like, may I meet you. Shoot or shoot. Yeah, it is. Okay. Zach, are you roadieing this weekend? Yes, sir. We're going to make sure you get all your gear. I love it. Love it. I think Big Cat and Max are singing a song with us on Friday. I'm going to try. Hank, I'm going to get myself up for it. Your thoughts? Do you want to sing?
1:05:21Yeah, you asked me this. I was like, do you want me to? You're like, you don't have to. Yeah, but you didn't answer. You can if you want. No pressure. I'm a bad singer. If you want me to, I would love to. You're not bad at anything. Oh, thanks. You're great. We love you. Yeah. You're our guy. Your cool throne, Zach. My cool throne this week is Jake Paul. Oh Jake Paul found a A replacement fight For the Tank Davis fight That got cancelled But it's Anthony Joshua This time Ooh Okay Not good No Heavyweight Former heavyweight champion He's gonna get fucked up But as far as like Pool goes I think Anthony Joshua Has got a great Great pool So I think it was a good swap I'm out Well no I'm out on all the Jake Paul fights But here's what he's doing PFT He's now getting to the point Where he's maybe Getting to a point Where you could see him Get knocked out And that's where people get back in.
1:06:09That's what he's been trying to do. I know. Every fight has been, oh, this guy could knock him out. No, but this one is apparently way different. This would be the one. If Jake Paul is agreeing to fight anybody. It never is. Yes. I think this could be the one. If Jake Paul is agreeing to fight anybody, it's because he has an understanding that he's not going to get knocked out. Because the second he starts getting his ass kicked, that's when he stops making money off all these fights. I think even if there's an agreement in the ring At a certain point These guys are competitors Maybe egos get involved Andy Joshua could still just starch them I think he could too But I don't think that Jake Paul is taking fights With the understanding that he might lose This could be the one The faucet stops running The second he gets his ass kicked twice in a row I went through a rabbit hole Yesterday Of going through this And real fight people are basically saying that this is like very dangerous yes yes he's he's like this is way different than every other person that's all anyone wants to see so i'm gonna buy it is on netflix it's on netflix yes yeah so i already bought it i already bought it yeah okay let's get to uh our interview with booger mcfarland and then we'll finish up with guys on chicks before we get to booger he's brought to you by the farmer's dog you know what time it is it's time for a fresh approach to dog food.
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1:09:09For J.D. Power 2025 award information, visit jdpower.com slash awards. Head to chevy.com to learn more and build your own Chevy Silverado today. And now, here's Booger McFarland. Okay, we now welcome on a very, very, very, very, very special guest. It is our good friend, Booger McFarlane, talking college football, talking pro football. Boog, good to see you. It's been a while. I don't think we've seen you since week one. Do you have any donuts you're going to eat? Yeah, of course I have donuts. Oh, I love it. I love it. Are we going with Krispy Kreme? Of course. Okay. So definitely no.
1:09:50All right, I'm going to let you off the hook for now. I actually think that just the fact that you had the donuts means that the bet is paid off because it will be tough for you to eat donuts and answer questions. That's cool. And I know you're a man of integrity, so you'll probably eat the rest of them after. And you're also fat, so you'll eat the rest of them after. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. All right. Based on a picture I saw this weekend where you had your shirt off. Illegal. I said no screenshots. I didn't take a screenshot, but I did see the picture. and you were in a very vulnerable position, you have no reason to call anybody fat.
1:10:25Okay. Yes, it was tough. I had to bend over in the cold tub, but I am back in the gym, so everything's good. We'll revisit. I'm doing a body reveal. My next body reveal is April 27th. I'm going to do a body reveal. What's going to change? Everything. Literally everything. I put on the big sweatshirt for the next six months. when I take this thing off on April 27th, you're going to be like, oh, my God. How did he do it? Probably TRT. Are you doing the Serena with the Rose Sparks and the Barkley? Are you Ozempic, Manjaro? What are you doing? No, I eat too much. I like eating too much. I'm going to probably try to do TRT.
1:11:06What is that? I don't know what that is. Testosterone replacement therapy. Oh, okay. Yeah, I've heard of that. Yeah, right, right. All right, let's talk some ball, though. I want to actually start with the NFL, and then we'll do some college football. We were talking about this on Sunday's show, Monday's show. How many teams do you trust that you're like, I have no doubt about them that they can be there in late January? And what are those teams? Like, that's the thing about this year. I don't know if I really trust anybody. Like, if you think about the best teams in the league, let's look at the NFC.
1:11:48the Philadelphia Eagles. They got a lot of, they got a lot of turmoil up there based on who's catching the ball, who's getting all the credit. Detroit, the Rams, Seattle, like Dewey, if you, if you force me to pick one, I'd probably say the Rams. Okay. Matthew Stafford is playing at an, at an MVP level. The defense is young. It's outstanding. I love how they run the football. Sean McVay is one of the best play callers. So I guess if I had to choose one team on the NFC side, it would be the Rams. on the AFC side. I love Daniel Jones and the resurrection, but do we really trust him in a big game?
1:12:24I like Bo Nix. I like the win they got against Kansas City, but are we really willing to risk our money on Bo Nix? I'm not really sure who you trust. The Chiefs are the Chiefs. Right now, they're not a good football team, but I think we know more about them in crunch time, or at least we used to. The team I probably trust the most right now is the Rams. and that's on both sides of the ledger. Yeah, yeah. I agree with that. And when you're talking about the Eagles, I think that the Eagles should be a dominant team. Their roster is as good as any team in football, I think. We've been talking a lot about their offense and how frustrating it gets.
1:13:02You mentioned the wide receiver position. Booger, you played with some – we use this term not as a slam or an insult, but as something that we appreciate about the NFL at times, the diva wide receiver. Absolutely. It feels like if you're a diva wide receiver, that's a guy that can make a difference. I also just kind of like the antics. I like what happens and all the stories that kind of come out of that. It seems like the Eagles are going through some of that with A.J. Brown. You played with a few diva wide receivers in your career. You played with Keyshawn, right? Yeah. Dominant wide receiver.
1:13:35What is the key to keeping a diva wide receiver happy besides throwing them the football? Because A.J. Brown does get the football. He gets it thrown his way, but he doesn't really appreciate the ways that they're throwing to him. So can you just say, like, how do you keep a diva happy? Okay, so it's very similar to how we keep our significant others happy. You make them feel good. You know, you tell them how good they are. You tell them how pretty they look. You throw them a football. You take them out to eat. You make them smile. You tell them jokes. You make them laugh. Because to your point, A.J.
1:14:06Brown is getting the ball just as much as he did last year. However, he seems to be unhappy. And I think there's an interesting dynamic that's happening in football. And you guys tell me if you agree. Jacksonville, Miami, Philadelphia, Arizona. You know what those four teams have in common? The quarterback is the highest paid player on the team, but he's not the best player. And so when you have that dynamic, the guys, I'm not going to use the word respect, but there's always something when the guy making the most money is not the best player. And I think if you look at Philadelphia, A.J. Brown basically said, he's like, cool, I'm cool with the championship.
1:14:47That's great. I love the ring, but this is the new year. And right now our offense is not performing at a high enough level. And I think he's calling everybody out, including himself. And I think when you look at it, yeah, he's getting the targets, but the offense is not performing. So he's really not complaining about himself. He's complaining about the offense because he's getting the requisite target. So I just think it's one of those dynamics that happens in that situation. Now, look, Philly is so talented. They probably could still win the Super Bowl based on the talent with all the turmoil going on.
1:15:20I think they're that good. But there's something to be said for that little caveat that I just added. Think about those situations around the league. Quarterback's the highest paid player on the team, but he's not the best player. In those situations, like, it's always a little something going on in those situations. It may be a comment here, a comment there, somebody misspoke. It's always something on those teams with those dynamics. That's interesting. I hadn't considered that dynamic, but it does make a lot of sense. They should just have an option where, you know how you go, you buy a cup of coffee and they flip the iPad around on you and you can tip afterwards?
1:15:54After a game, Jalen Hurts should be allowed to tip A.J. Brown out. You should just give him the iPad. Depending on how he plays. Yeah, can I get$250 ,000? Thanks, appreciate that. Hey, I mean, AJ Brown is paid handsomely now. It's not like he's, I think he's making 28 million a year, something like that, maybe 30. So, like, these guys are ultra, ultra millionaires, ultra rich. They're making the top money at their position. But it's always something in Philadelphia, right? Like, it's always something. I think after the season, this is my gut feeling. I think this is AJ Brown's last season in Philadelphia.
1:16:26I think regardless of whether they win the championship or not, I think they're going to move on from him. and Howie Roseman will continue to do what he's done masterfully, which is rebuild this team through trades and drafts. In the NFC, besides Philly, and I do think that Philly's the best team in the NFC besides the Rams. Outside of the Rams, Philadelphia, who do you think would be a team that could give the Eagles a run for their money? Because the Eagles have played a tough schedule. They've beaten almost every good opponent on their schedule. It's not always pretty. But outside those two, is there one that's built in a way that you could see making a run?
1:17:00Absolutely. I think Seattle was built the right way. You know, people ask me about the Sam Donald game. Is it a bump in the road or is it a cause for concern? I'm going to go bump in the road right now. I think Sam Donald has a Ram problem. If you remember when he was in Minnesota last, the Rams came in there and sacked him like nine times. I just think Chris Shula and their defense present problems to Sam Donald. So I don't know if it's a cause for concern yet. I'm just going bump in the road. I think Detroit. But like Dan Campbell is the guy like, you know exactly what you're going to get. And I think in a situation where they don't go 0 for 5 on fourth down, they can beat anybody.
1:17:38I love how Detroit's built. I would have said Tampa, but Tampa's too injured right now. And Tampa has a glaring weakness. They can't rush the passer outside of Blitzing. So I think there's a clear hierarchy in the NFC. And I'm leaving Green Bay out right now specifically because I don't know if I trust Jordan Love. Like Jordan Love has really not shown us any form of consistency right now. And so I think the clear four, I guess that's four if you look at it, Philadelphia, the Rams, Seattle, Detroit. Like I think those four, and then you probably follow them with Green Bay, are probably the top five in the NFC.
1:18:18But I clearly trust the Rams more than anybody. I think they've been the most consistent team so far in the National Football League on the NFC side. All right, let me give you a little thought starter on the AFC. If I gave you, to get to the Super Bowl, if I gave you the Broncos, the Patriots, and the Colts on one side, or the Bills, Ravens, and Chiefs on the other, which one are you picking, knowing that technically right now the Ravens and Chiefs are not even in the playoffs? I'm going on the side of the Broncos. Okay. You know, like, the hardest thing for us to do is let go of the past. Like, that's the hardest thing for us to do.
1:18:56Like, we are creatures that we love like nostalgia. Like, big cat. Like, it was hard for you. I remember when you was, like, super fat. Like, I remember back, like, seriously. I was, like, 20 pounds heavier, yeah. Right. I remember when you were super fat. Like, those habits that got you super fat, hard to let go. PFT, I remember when you used to ride the bike religiously. Yeah. That habit, it's gone. Like, it's hard to let go. Yeah. So like old habits die really, really hard. And I think we think about the Ravens, the Chiefs, and the Bills. Yes, the best teams. No, they're not. The Ravens' defense is flawed.
1:19:34The Chiefs are 5-5. And if you look at the Bills, the Bills, if Josh Allen's not Superman, they can't win. I think the teams, the Broncos, the Colts, more complete teams. Now, do we trust the quarterbacks? That's the question. But I do think that those other teams are better teams, if you follow me. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's a very good point because I think there's something to be said where everyone's kind of waiting around for the Chiefs and the Ravens to get their act together, and the Ravens have recently, ever since Lamar got back. But the Chiefs, to me, I thought they were going to win that game against the Broncos on Sunday.
1:20:09I thought that that was a perfect spot for the Chiefs off the bye. You see the Chiefs, they had the ball when they're up three in the fourth quarter. They can't get a first down. They had the ball when they're tied in the fourth quarter. Can't get a first down. That's not what the Chiefs have been. Like the last seven years, that's a team that gets those big-time first downs, salts a game away, and the Broncos' defense, all credit in the world to them, played lights out, and Bo Nix made the big throw at the end. So do you think, like, there's a world I'm starting to get on board with it. The Chiefs could miss the playoffs.
1:20:41They don't have a margin for error anymore with who's in front of them and who has tiebreakers. If the Chiefs lose to the Colts this Sunday, they're missing the playoffs. Wow. Period, point blank. As a guy who loves election TV around election time, as our guy John King would say, it's just math. It's simple math, guys. They're 5-5 now. If they lose one more, that's 5-6. That's 11. There's only six left. Like, it comes down to simple math. Like, if they lose to the Colts, I'm telling you right now, you can book it. They're not making the playoffs. This is the biggest game, I think, of the quote-unquote Chiefs dynasty or Chiefs magical run.
1:21:25Because the biggest step or the hardest step is always the first step. This will be the first step into them basically kind of the dynasty crumbling. Because if they lose to the Colts, they're not making the playoffs. That's year one. What happens next year? Chris Jones is only a year older. Travis Kelsey is only a year older. Like those guys, like this, this iteration is coming to an end sooner than later. I think in it all, to me, there is a, there's a pivotal point and it happens this Sunday at Arrowhead against Daniel Jones. I like that take. And we were talking about how the chiefs would basically be eliminated with another loss.
1:22:02Although the math does technically exist. I think we should go with your route though. Like, uh, like the election graphic. Boger McFarlane now projects the Chiefs will not make the playoffs and put like a checkmark on it with an outline of the state of Kansas and Missouri right there. I want to talk to you real quick about the rookie quarterbacks this year. So Cam Ward, my take on Cam Ward is that we don't know. He might be good. He might not be. I think the position that he's been in in Tennessee, like the way that team is organized right now, it feels like we have no idea. By the way, that is one straddle of the fence kind of take.
1:22:38He may be good or he may not. Like, pick a side. Like, which one is it? It's impossible to know. How do you evaluate that? Well, pick one then. Don't just, well, he might be good, he might be not. No shit. All right, I'll take he's not good. You take he's good. Okay, I think he's good. He makes – I think he's not good. He has one of those throws every week where you're like, God damn, that guy's awesome. I love that pass that he just threw. He's got a cannon for an arm. And then he has that play where he just, like, takes three steps back and he just drops the ball on the ground for no reason.
1:23:04So I don't know how to evaluate Cam Ward. That's why you're the expert, Booger. We're bringing you on because we're fucking idiots over here. So help us out. If you're looking at Cam Ward, Jackson Dart, I was really impressed with Shadour on third and 10 against all odds in that play that he had on Sunday, picking up that first down. But if we're looking at all the rookie QBs, is there one Jackson Dart obviously using his legs a lot, but how do we evaluate these guys at this stage in the process? Very young. Cam Ward, Jackson Dart, both of them are super talented. Cam Ward has zero weapons. And he's not a runner, so he hasn't been able to make some of the plays that Jackson Dart has with his legs.
1:23:42Cam Ward can run, but he's more of a guy that's going to beat you from the pocket. He's made some wild throws. I think the fact that right now he doesn't have the requisite weapons kind of limits him. Calvin really breaking his leg is going to hurt. I think if you're a Tennessee, you have to, like, your entire draft should be wide receiver, tight end, wide receiver, wide receiver, tight end. Like, draft a bunch of dudes that can catch the football. I think the offensive line has been better than we would have thought. I love Cam Moore. Jackson Dart has to realize, man, like, how many running quarterbacks live to be, like, 10-year running quarterbacks?
1:24:19Like, when you're a running quarterback, the shelf life doesn't last a long time. He's got to modify his running style. He's been in concussion protocol four times. That's not good. Now, I love what he's brought. I love everything about him, all the aura and the mystique he's brought to the Giants and giving the Giants fans hope. And the future looks bright. But you can't have four concussions a year. Like that's not like his brain will be jelly by the time he's in year three. He just can't do that. And hopefully he modifies his running style. Hopefully the next next coach will will kind of limit the design runs.
1:24:54But I love Jackson Dart, man. He is a – he's definitely – he's got a little swag. Like, he reminds me a little bit of – like, if you see him at his post-game press conference, he's got the chain on. I think I saw him with a grill on. Like, he's got a little bit of swag, PFT. Yeah, no, he's a fun guy to root for. But you just said the same thing about Cam Moore that I said. You said he doesn't have any weapons. No, yeah, but I didn't say he might be good. He might not. I just said he doesn't have any weapons. I think he's good. Okay, all right. He's got a tank. So, I agree. I agree. I think he's good, but they need to build around him.
1:25:26But I've seen a lot of people being like, yeah, the Titans should think about, you know, if they do get that first pick, they should honestly evaluate quarterbacks. And I disagree with that. Yeah, no, I disagree with that as well. All right, so Booger, let's talk some college football. Let's start with James Franklin and Virginia Tech. I think it's a good move for, obviously, Virginia Tech. Like, he can recruit that area. What do you expect? And also, it feels like there was a lot of fan bases, especially Arkansas, who feels like they are like, what is the point of this? How did we lose out to Virginia Tech?
1:25:58I just think that James Franklin made a good move for his own personal life, for where he can recruit well. And I think it's a fit that's going to get Virginia Tech back to a little bit of relevancy, which they've been just missing for the last however long years. Yeah, it's an interesting thought. I want you guys to think about this. Let's go back to when Scott Frost was at UCF. And Scott Frost, if you remember, he had a choice between Florida, I think Tennessee, or he could go back to Nebraska. And someone told me a quote. I don't know if it was true or not, but it sure made sense. Why would Scott Frost go to Nebraska over Florida?
1:26:34And it simply said this. If you go to Florida, you're basically, the moment you sign on the dotted line, it's not if you get fired, it's when. because that fan base expects a national championship every single year, and it's hard to deliver. You can go back to your alma mater, Nebraska, and you can basically be there as long as you want. Now, it turned out that wasn't true, but I think you get the premise of the point. I think if you're James Franklin, I think the only other job James Franklin was kind of looking at was Florida State. I think after Florida State won this past weekend, James Franklin got the inclination that Florida State wasn't going to open, so he takes Virginia Tech.
1:27:12I love it. James has coached in that area. Penn State's not too far from Virginia. He's recruited in that area. That's where his base is. That part of the country, if you think about it, he was at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. He goes to Pennsylvania. Now he's at Virginia Tech. That area of the country, he understands very well. He knows where the high school players are. He knows all about that area. So I think it's a perfect fit. And the SEC's not built for everybody. And I think James has been in the SEC at Vanderbilt, and he won eight or nine games, so he can be successful. him. I just think he feels it's a better fit for he and his family in Blacksburg.
1:27:46And quite frankly, I can't wait to see James Franklin in the tunnel when they play in a Sandman. And he's trying to bob a little bit like that. I can't wait for that moment to happen next season. Yeah, I think it's a great hire. I think that Virginia Tech, what they're looking for is exactly what James Franklin has delivered in his past. If he does what he did at Vandy and what he did at Penn State and he does that at Blacksburg, they're going to love him and he's going to stay there forever he's gonna have a lifetime contract they don't I don't think Virginia Tech has you know they actually have like the perfect perspective when it comes to a college football fan base and a lot of fan bases don't get this where you're in the conversation you win 10 games a year that is an awesome year you had a great season if you win 10 football games it's hard to win uh and they're happy they will be happy with that if Franklin can get them in the playoff conversation at Virginia Tech and I think that that's actually what he's suited for and they've committed a lot of money to the athletic department now I think with the overall goal of either joining the Big Ten one like you know five ten years in the future or the SEC so even though he might not be built for the SEC he might find himself in the SEC at the end of his uh his tenure at Virginia Tech but I I agree I think it's an awesome hire for Virginia Tech and then we've got some other dominoes that are going to fall now Penn State obviously still open and uh with Penn State let's just say what do you think what do you think in terms of like the coaches that are out there floating around who do you think would be the best fit in happy valley pat fitzgerald yeah like like if if the penn state people can get past allegedly what happened at northwestern and i know he's been vindicated based on the lawsuit if he if the penn state people can get past that doesn't it make a lot of sense yeah now i i know there's a there's some rumors that Clark Lee also is a candidate there.
1:29:35But Pat Fitzgerald makes so much sense. I listened to him talk for 30 minutes on a podcast, and I was ready to suit up. I'm literally – I was ready to go outside. And, you know, Bullock hates cold weather. I was ready to go outside and pack up and head to the northeast and just get cold and frozen and play for Pat Fitzgerald. Like, that's what I was ready to do. Who's going to coach your LSU Tigers? You guys feel – I mean, the Lane Kiffin thing is very funny. I think he's staying at Ole Miss. He's going to pretend he's going to LSU. He's going to pretend he's going to Florida. And then they'll announce his thing at Ole Miss.
1:30:07But who are you guys going to get? Well, it's funny because, like, I've never been, like, a true fan. And so to be on social media and watch Florida's fan base, LSU's fan base, Ole Miss' fan base, like, go crazy over every rumor, every flight, every this, every that, like, it's kind of funny to me because I've been on the other side. I've never been like that like wound up about anything like that to answer your question I'm not sure I think LSU is the number one job in the country I think there are several people who are would do a lot to get that job whether it's Lane or not I don't know whether it's somebody else I honestly have no idea I just know the next coach at LSU has to embrace the culture like saying y 'all and family can't be something that is, that has to be taught to you on the way to the press conference.
1:31:03Like you have to be able to understand what it's like in the Southeastern Conference. So our athletic director, Virge Osbury, played football at LSU. He's been there 30 years. He's the guy making the hire. So I honestly have no doubt this hire is going to be a home run, whether it's Lane or whether it's somebody else. How much golf is too much golf for a college football coach to play? So number one, you should not golf during the season whatsoever. So I'd say at all. 100 % no golfing during the season so from August to January no golf um once the season is over for the next month probably around a week okay that's that's appropriate yes so let's so let's go four rounds there uh then you got to start getting ready for spring practice uh spring practice usually starts in late March so between January and February four rounds between February and March, I'll give you four more rounds.
1:32:00Once spring practice starts, so that's eight rounds so far. Spring practice is done about April the 15th. So now, since there's only one transfer portal period, you got a little time off between April, May, and June. I'm going to give you 10 rounds late April, May, June. So that's 18 rounds. If your coach is playing more than 20 rounds a year, then you got the wrong coach. You shouldn't have a current handicap even. Well, yeah, somebody should tell Hugh Freeze that. Yeah, well, yeah. I mean, the transfer portal is now, what, January 2nd now? 2nd through the 16th? So that's two weeks, right? So you got to take two weeks off that.
1:32:38So we're down to, what, 16 rounds of golf per year now? 16 to 18, no more than that. That sounds about right. It does. Okay, so in terms of the actual playoffs, and, you know, we're taping this on Tuesday morning, so we don't know the actual rankings. I don't think there's going to be much change at the top. I'll start with this is Georgia back to being Georgia because I feel like they are and their defense is obviously not what it used to be but their offense is humming right now what they did to Texas what they did to Mississippi State it feels like everyone kind of got off the scent early on because they were not only lost to Alabama but they also been down in games they've struggled in some of these games but it feels like in terms of the SEC Texas A &M's been great Alabama's been good.
1:33:26Oklahoma, all these teams. But Georgia, people are kind of forgetting that Georgia, hey, they're going to probably go there, and they're going to be the team that might go the farthest in the SEC. Agreed. Kirby Smart's the best coach in America. He gets it, and he is the – like he's got the most confidence, and he can afford that because he's got a couple national championships. They play a brand of football big cat that's physical. That means you can take it anywhere in any weather against anybody. And like, if you watch the game against Texas, it's like, it's typical Georgia. Like at some point they're going to impose their will.
1:33:58And just basically, it's almost like when, when Rocky fought Drago, like no matter how good Rocky looked, you knew at some point Drago, you know, when old boy said from the corner and Drago went crazy on Rocky, like the pure physicality was going to take over. And if it was not for Rocky's heart and great acting, Rocky would have got beat. What's the same way against Georgia? Like, at some point, Georgia's going to line up, and they're going to beat the hell out of you. And if you can take it, you got a chance. If you can't, it's good night. And most teams haven't been able to take it the way Rocky did.
1:34:34Yeah, yeah. What about Oklahoma? Now, they had a huge game on Saturday. Pretty impressive effort from that defense. The Sooner defense looked amazing. They got two winnable games to close out the season. It feels like they're going to make the playoff. if I were to guess, I would say Oklahoma, I think, will make the college football playoff. I feel like they could be a sneaky team that could do some damage once the games start meaning something. Sneaky, yes. Will they actually do it? No, they can't run the football. And so now you're going to put everything on the quarterback who, although he finally looked like himself pre-thumb surgery in John Mateer, when you go against the best teams, your flaws show.
1:35:15And the defense was outstanding. They got turnovers. They were able to beat Alabama. But if you look at the offense, Alabama outgained them two to one. So Alabama moves the ball up and down the field. They just got some timely turnovers. So can you always count on turnovers? I don't think you can. Now, they may happen. They may not. But you can't always count on them. So I think I agree they'll be favored against Missouri and LSU. Whether they win those two games, we'll see. But if they're able to win those two games, they'll get into the playoff. And then it becomes matchups. Then it becomes who you're going to play.
1:35:47I don't know who they would play where I would favor them because they're limited offensively, and so much is put on the quarterback. Yeah, the turnover thing was true for Oklahoma's big win at Tennessee as well. Tennessee was moving the ball, and they were taking the ball away, but maybe that's just their defense is very good. I'm a big believer in John Mateer, and you might just be able to get a running game from him. He's a tough, tough guy, and he can rack up those yards, And he has, like, they did draw up at Alabama some of those QB draws and designed runs where it's like this is how we're going to have to figure out a way to get some type of running game going.
1:36:28Yeah, but when you're running quarterback so much, that's how you got hurt last time. Yeah, of course. Of course. So, like, I don't know if you can do that, but if they get into the playoff, they're going to run the hell out of him. And he and Ben Arbuckle, who's the offensive coordinator, they've really been really, really good together. So I think there's a chance. Like, it's 12 teams. All you want to do is get in, and then it becomes matchups. I think Ohio State is clearly the best team, even though they haven't been tested. Georgia looks like they may be the best team based on how they've been tested.
1:37:00So we'll see. It's going to be fun, and this is coming from somebody who was kind of against the 12-team playoff. Man, now I'm all for it. It's going to be super fun to see the matchups, the home games. Yeah, I can't wait, man. It's going to be great. So you didn't mention Indiana in that group. I think Indiana is capable of winning it all. They are very, very good. Obviously, their win against Oregon, what they've done to some other teams, are you thinking that Indiana – maybe give us – do this. Give us your list of teams that you can win the national championship this year because it's a little easier than the NFL where I think you can pretty much say here's four or five teams that I could see them winning it all.
1:37:39Ohio State. Yep. Georgia. Yep. Indiana.
1:37:48Notre Dame, Alabama. Notre Dame, Alabama. I don't think Alabama should be on that list, but Notre Dame I do think should be on that list because similar to what you said about the, you know, we struggle to get rid of, like, old, you know, perceptions of teams. Notre Dame had two big games in the first two weeks of the season where their defense looked like shit. Their defense, while not the best offenses they've been playing, has turned it around, and Jeremiah Love is a difference maker, and C.J. Carr is a really good player. I think people kind of got off the scent of Notre Dame and don't realize they are that type of team that can win a couple playoff games.
1:38:23They understand who they are. They're going to win out. They're going to be 10-2, and very similar to Georgia. They understand who they are. They can run the football. They got the two best, maybe the two best running backs in America, and they happen to be on the same team in the same backfield. C.J. Carr started to play better and better. I just love their coach also Marcus Freeman whatever game they're in I hope it doesn't rain because you know the whole cap and the hairline thing I hope that doesn't come out but he's phenomenal I love him Notre Dame is going to be a tough out one because I think they're getting in so I'm going to push back on the Alabama thing we think Georgia might be the best team Big Cat Alabama beat them so how can you say or why are you not a believer in Alabama similar to the Oklahoma I don't think they can run the ball effectively enough in big moments.
1:39:13And when you get one-dimensional like that, I think there will be a matchup problem where they find someone in the playoff who can just basically be like, hey, we know you're not going to be able to run the ball. We're going to be able to defend the pass. And that type of inability to be flexible in the big moments, whereas like you talk about a Notre Dame can run the ball and throw the ball. Ohio State can do both. Georgia can do both. having the ability to do both at a high level just gives you, you know, depending, like it doesn't matter who you're matched up against. You can do what you want to do offensively.
1:39:43Yeah, that makes sense. That's a good point. That's one of the better points you've made on this podcast. Thank you. Appreciate that. Now, what about Texas A &M? Because you look to last week, and you can look at that game one of two ways. You can say, how the fuck did they get out to a 30-3 hole against South Carolina? But then you can also look at it and say, that's an unreal comeback that Texas A &M had to not give up on that game. And that's the kind of stuff where going into next week and the week after moving forward, like they could be a very, very dangerous team because they believe that they can do anything now.
1:40:15So I've been like the biggest hater of A &M throughout the history of this show. I've called them a cult. I've called them a bunch of weirdos. I might be getting indoctrinated into the cult right now because I do find myself going away from that win and saying that's actually very impressive that they were able to come back? Very impressive. I don't think they can stop the run. So if Texas A &M played Georgia, I think Georgia would rush for 250 yards. Marcel Reed, man, like it's the tale of two halves. Like which guy do you believe? I think he's been really good. Do you trust him? I don't know.
1:40:52Texas A &M might be the fastest team in the country. but like if you can't stop the run and the quarterback, like you put so much on the quarterback, I think eventually the quarterback will buckle a little bit. I lie to your point, B cat Ty Simpson, even though Ty Simpson is one of the best passers. I think John Mateer, Marcel Reed, like when you put so much on them, I just wonder at what point do they kind of buckle and fold a little bit. Okay. Yeah. That makes sense. What about Texas tech? I think Texas tech is maybe in that group. Their, their defense is awesome. Yeah, I mean, I understand they put a lot of money on the defense.
1:41:26The defense is good, but I don't know. I got to see it from them. Just I don't know. Like the defense is good. They can rush the passer. Texas, I'm going to throw some matchups out. Off the top of your head, tell me who you're favorite. Texas Tech, Notre Dame. Where's the game being played? Hey, big guy, top of your head. Where's the game being played? I asked where's the game being played. Come on, B-Cat. On a football field, Texas Tech, Notre Dame. Probably Notre Dame. Texas Tech, Georgia. Probably Georgia. Texas Tech and Texas A &M. That one I might take Texas Tech. Yeah, I might take Texas Tech on that one.
1:42:10I think their defense could stop them. It's going to be a matchup-type game for them. They're just not dominant against everybody. I guess that's my point. Speaking of the Texas stuff, are you going to get in on the discourse of the Texas Longhorns if they beat Texas A &M should be in the playoff, even though they have three losses? No, I don't think we've reached the point where a three-loss team is getting in. Okay, now here's the only, because I agree with you. I do not think Texas should be in. I think the losses should matter. Their loss to Florida is very bad. Here's the only counterargument, and I hope we don't get to this point, but I don't want to have it be a situation where teams start saying, well, why the hell would we ever schedule anyone good at the beginning of the season?
1:42:54Because if Texas does beat Texas A &M, they could put their hands up and be like, hey, if we just didn't play Ohio State, we'd be in the playoff. True. However, they also can't lose to some of the teams that they lost to also. So I think that's what I like. They've lost to Ohio State. They've lost to Georgia. If they lose to A &M, then obviously it's over with. But like the team that they lost to Florida, like the team they've lost to are not – some of them aren't good teams. So I get it, but you just can't lose to teams that aren't good. I'm also going to count going to overtime against Kentucky as a loss.
1:43:29Yeah, that's fair. And Mississippi State. And Mississippi State too. Yeah, yeah. But especially the Kentucky one. That should be enough. That's enough to disqualify the argument against the Ohio State loss. Yeah, I don't want Texas in the playoff. I do not think they deserve to. I just also don't want teams to start going just cupcakes in September because they see, like, what did we gain from playing Ohio State? Absolutely nothing on the road to start the season. So, yeah, just as long as – maybe the committee just has to say, hey, Texas, we're keeping you out because of the overtime to Mississippi State and Kentucky, not because you lost Ohio State.
1:44:08Yeah, they had the two worst wins. You have to just say that. Yeah, you have to factor in their two worst wins were against those two teams in overtime. You know, now, if they were to go and play Texas A &M and take belt to ass and just be like, just where are they? See, you're doing it. You're doing it. I'm just saying. Like, you could almost talk me into it. Yeah, you are. You are. Man, I hate to say that, but like if they beat A &M by like 21, then maybe we can talk about it. But there are other things that have to happen. Like, it just can't be that in the vacuum. You have to have other things happen.
1:44:40You have to have other losses come down. You a group of five guy at all? Who do you have in the playoff from the group of five, and why is it James Madison? Well, they're the best team right now. They got one loss. And so, like, JMU is the best team. I thought it was going to be South Florida, but they couldn't stop Navy. I think James Madison is going to wind up getting in. I think their schedule, they got, what, one game left? I think it's pretty favorable. We'll see. Like, the group of five, at some point, I think we're going to come up with a scenario where a group of five is not a part of this conversation.
1:45:09Because what you may wind up having is James Madison at Georgia. Yep. I don't like that look you just gave me. Yeah, listen, where are they going to play? Out of football field? You can play that bitch in the parking lot. It doesn't matter. Listen, my national championship would be if James Madison made the college football playoff. That would be my national championship game. And if we cover the spread, I would declare myself to be a national champion at that point. Because you're right. It is a mismatch. I like having the group of five in there. Because if you separate it out and you have the group of five playoff, then all you've just done is you've just made another Division I AA FCS bracket that you have to go through I like having them in there just because one year there will be a year where it happens we're out of nowhere that the group of five teams somehow lucks their way into a win it might be five years from now might be 10 years from now might be 20 years but that's going to be a hell of a moment and I don't want to miss out on the opportunity for that moment yeah it It may happen, but it won't be this year because it's going to be JMU against Ole Miss, maybe, Texas Tech, Georgia.
1:46:15Like, that's who could be in that fifth spot. I don't like James Madison's chances in that situation. That defense is really, really good, and the quarterback's playing as good as he played. They got a running back, too. You're right. It's not going to happen. But I want to see the day where there is an upset that nobody sees coming. I mean, just imagine if somehow Indiana got the five seed and then JMU got the 12 seed and then go play against Kurt Cignetti. How cool would that be? That would be absolutely phenomenal. I don't think Indiana is falling. Like Indiana is going to be undefeated. They're going to play Ohio State, I think, unless Michigan shocks the world and beats Ohio State for the Big Ten championship.
1:46:56So even if they lose to Ohio State, I don't think they're falling to five. Yeah, you're probably right about that. Yeah. Okay, Booger, I got one last question. You want to eat a donut while I do the last ad read? Just as a good faith, and then we'll call it clean for Tommy Fleetwood. Let's do it. Come on. I forgot that's what it was for. Yeah, let's do Tommy Fleetwood for your Roback question. R-H-O-B-A-C-K.com, promo code TAKE. 20 % off your first purchase. Q-Zips, polos, hoodies, joggers, shorts. Roback.com, promo code TAKE. I got a health question for you, Booger. Are you ready for this? Talk to me.
1:47:30What, as you stuff your face with a donut, But how – and we can go college or NFL here. This time of year, right around Thanksgiving, how is the body feeling like in terms of football players and being able to get up there? Like what percentage are they able to play at week to week? Because we always say it, you know, everyone's got something, but obviously we don't know what the fuck they've got. How does it feel week to week like rehabbing and getting yourself back ready to play on Saturdays or Sunday? So quarterbacks are probably about 85, 90%, most of them, because they rarely ever get hit.
1:48:06Offensive and defensive linemen are probably 75%. It's just tough, man, because we hit every play. Like, we're just banging each other over and over and over. The other spots, the other positions are what they are. But, like, the two most physical spots are the O &D line and, like, the running backs, obviously. But the quarterbacks can get hit, and when they get hit, they take big hits. So overall, man, like if you're out on the field, like something is nagging you, something is bothering you. But there's a rule of thumb. All right. If you step on the field, there's no excuse. You've got to show up and be ready to play.
1:48:42And so I think that's always been the mentality of players. If you're hurt, we can play. If you're injured, you can't. A lot of players play hurt. So it's just it's just that type of game. man like that's how it is yeah yeah it's it is always i always just think about it like even college football you know we're we're two weeks away from it being over nfl there's a lot of football left and there's a lot of wear and tear left and it's like you know i know no one wants to be like hey credits the guys but credits the guys it's crazy like we're we got two full months of nfl football left and i can't wait to watch it all miss it's gonna be fun like this is the best time of year like thanksgiving is next week uh you know kids are out of school for a week You got Christmas coming.
1:49:26I got decorations being put up right now. Like, it's the best time of year, man. It really is. I love that. Booger, real quick before you go, I think B-Cat was a little bit afraid to ask you about this because he was afraid of what your answer would be. Did you say B-Cat? That's what he called you earlier. Oh, okay. Yeah, B-Cat. Yeah, I like that. Are the Chicago Bears good? They are well coached. Okay. Are they good relative to the other teams we talked about in the NFC? Can they beat Seattle? Maybe. Can they beat the Rams? No. Can they beat the Eagles? No. Can they beat – who am I missing? Who did not name Detroit?
1:50:02Can they beat Detroit? We're going to find out. They're a good team. I put them in tier two right now. Totally fair. They're a good team, but they have to prove it against some of the great teams. I think that's really where they're at. Like, we've beaten all the bad teams, and so we're no longer a bad team. We're a good team. But, yeah, I think the one thing I'm very excited about is they have won seven games already this year, and they haven't really put together, outside of maybe the Cowboys game, like a great game on all three phases. And if that happens, especially if we get some of our secondary healthy, like this team could be better than we think.
1:50:40I would definitely agree with that. But congratulations to you on the Bears. Looks like a home run higher on Ben Johnson. PFC, not really sure what to say. A lot of regression in Washington, hopefully. things come back to form next season. Congratulations on JMU. You can just say that. Well, first of all, I'm not going to congratulate them until they make the playoff. Then at that point, I'll send out a tweet congratulating you and JMU. I appreciate that. No, things have been bad in D.C. Very bad. It's as bad as I could have ever imagined going into this season. But, you know what? We're going to move forward.
1:51:12We're going to hopefully get a good pick. And there's next year. And congratulations to you, Booger. It's a world where the Bucs, Colts, the Booger McFarlane Super Bowl could conceivably happen. It's in play, and maybe Christmas will come early. It'll be Bucs, Colts, and the Super Bowl. Maybe before then, we actually get a head coach that knows how to save family and y 'all in Baton Rouge, and all of a sudden, everything in my world will be great. I love it. I love it. Well, you're the best, Booger. We love having you on. Thank you so much, and appreciate you being a man of honor with the donuts, and you have paid your debt to Tommy Fleetwood.
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1:53:40He gets so fired up when people stop at gas stations, fast food places, etc. to go to the bathroom on road trips. He's adamant about hotel lobbies always being clean, nice music playing, and always accessible as a receptionist never say anything. It has gotten to a point where we are backtracking 10 to 15 minutes to go to a hotel instead of pulling over at a gas station. We have been at wit's end with each other on road trips recently. What should I do? suck it up and go out of our way to hotel bathrooms or give him an ultimatum that's actually something i've never once considered in my life what stopping at a hotel instead of a gas station yeah this guy he might be a genius i don't think i'm comfortable enough to do that to just walk in take a shit is he talking about shitting or pissing god if he's talking about pissing just suck it up and go into a fast food restaurant or gas station i suck it up no matter what but you're also thinking of nice hotels the hotels on the side of the highway or not well that's what he was talking about he was saying hotel lobbies are pristine they're clean they've got nice music playing i've been into some that are not on the side of the highway like it's not the four seasons on the side of the highway you're going to la quinta also if you're on a road trip like you can't you can't be taking luxurious shits no you had this guy has to suck it up yeah you gotta just suck it up because you're on a road trip the goal is to get from point a to point b right and you got to do whatever it takes to do it as in as little time as possible wear a diaper it's inconsiderate for the person that's driving or anyone else in the car because if you have if you must stop and take a shit at least do them the favor of putting them in a gas station where they could buy combos mountain dew it was usually fine too they have a lot of stalls oh this would drive me insane any if you're on a road trip and you have to take a 15 minute detour that's not like for food, this would drive me nuts.
1:55:28Yeah, and he's definitely taking his time in these nice bathrooms. I would say, yeah. That should be your treat at the end of the road trip. Zach, what do you have? What if it's for a shit and a continental breakfast? What if he's like, hey, you know, they're going to have this first bread. Now I'm in. Now I'm in. Yeah, if we're talking early morning shit. Yeah, but that's a tough one to pull off, just as not a guest and just show up. Get a bagel and like a small box of fruit loops. Act like you've been there. Yeah. They're not checking keys at the waffle station. No, probably not. Okay, next one, Hank.
1:55:57My boyfriend and I have an argument. I want him to save money so we can get an apartment together, but all he does is spend money on gambling and electric guitars. He uses the argument that he could be spending money on drugs instead, and that he uses the winnings to buy the guitars. I don't believe that he is profitable and do not know how to get him to stop. Thanks, guys. I'm now a two-time AWL. He's not profitable. Not profitable. He's definitely not buying guitars with the gambling. That's the money that could be going to an apartment. Budget. Gotta set a budget. you gotta say it might be time to do a strict one in one out policy on the guitars you can trade a guitar is he in a band like you don't need how many electric guitars do you need two if you don't play live music I would say yeah two to three even if you do play live music I would say two electrics and an acoustic is not unreasonable either way he's gotta do a budget but I'm saying even if you like how many do you need uh I don't no comment.
1:56:54Yeah, but you it's for you. It's like it's a hobby. You're not. You could always turn two of those guitars into one guitar and just get a double guitar. Yeah. Some people thought that I bought Jimmy Page's double guitar from Jim Irsay. I think that's like a two million dollar guitar. I did not buy that guitar one day, though. It will be you're going to buy it. Oh, yes, it will be my I'll give real advice. So you got it. You can't tell him to stop gambling because he's just you know what I mean? You can't be like, hey, you're not allowed to gamble because then he's going to start resenting you.
1:57:21Just budget. budget. Here's what you get a month. Here's what we do in a month to gamble and then save everything else. Sick apartment would be awesome. Maybe you guys do. Maybe he just doesn't want to move in with you. That also could be very much. It sounds like that's exactly what this is. Yeah. Or you can try to suggest like let's do a couple's apartment parlay. We hit this. We get the apartment. We did do that in college to try to get a new TV. But the Seahawks against the Steelers in the Super Bowl lost. hi pmt i have a specific vision in mind for how i want to be proposed to no sports game not in public family and friends party afterwards but still a surprise how do i tell my boyfriend this without ruining the surprise and still making him feel like he has any say in the proposal any advice from maxi as recently engaged man thanks i i love her very strict rules yeah which is like not on a jumbotron and not with a big crowd around me tell her sounds like she knows he wants to do it at a game yeah you just got to tell your your best friend to tell him so simple i feel like that just happens with everyone like the down to the ring where it's like oh this is what she likes she's given a pretty narrow example of things that that are allowed to be done if it can't be on a jumbotron and it can't have a screaming crowd around her like what else is a guy gonna do yeah like golden corral you're really you're taking away our office Roadhouse.
1:58:48Roadhouse if you're feeling fancy. The surprise is already over because you're already planning it. There's no surprise. Yeah, there's no surprise. There's no surprise of yes or no. It's just like whether they know what's happening at that moment. Actually, you've now put yourself in a spot where the only way he could truly surprise you is doing it at a sports game. Because you've let him – I'm sure you told your friends to tell him and he's following. So now he's got to, yeah, this guy, if you're listening guy, and this sounds like your girlfriend, the only way you can surprise her is you got to do it center court at a sport, maybe like a mid-tier college basketball game.
1:59:26If you tell a man that he can't propose to you at a sports game. Maction would be great. Oh, Maction would be so sick. His only option remaining is that he does a fake proposal to you at a sports game. Yeah. And then he's like, psych. To piss you off. Just kidding. Yeah. Or he does it like they do a stadium tour. So there's not a game going on at the time. So it's not public. It's not a sports game, but it's still in a stadium on the Jumbotron. She said no crowds around, though. I'm saying, yeah. Private stadium tour. Private stadium tour. All right. Last one. Hello, Hank, Big Cat, and PFT. Together you form one functioning adult, so maybe you can help me with this one.
2:00:05Okay. After microwaving food, instead of touching the food, my husband leans in, smells it, and somehow decides if it's hot. Yeah. Is this a superpower or a red flag? That's legit. It's the air that goes into your nose. You can feel the steam. Yeah. Like, the closer you get, you can feel it. Yep. Yeah He's good He's smart This guy's smart. Does he put his head in the microwave? I hope so. That'd be awesome. Microwaves. There's something about microwaves that scare me. Yeah. Like, I feel like I'm going to get cancer if I'm just around a microwave too much. Everyone's parents tell them when they're kids, like, don't stand.
2:00:43If you stand in front of the microwave, you're going to get cancer. Yeah, I got that. Don't stand next to the TV. I would sit right in front of that. Oh, yeah. I'd stare at the microwave. Oh, yeah. Microwaves are apparently, like, one of the most dangerous things that we have in our houses. Really? Yeah, do not ever take apart a microwave because you'll die. Oh. You'll get electric. They've got like a bomb inside of them. I wasn't planning on it. Yeah. But now I really won't. It makes sense. It's a nuke. Yeah. Like you nuke your food. It's a nuke? You have a nuclear weapon in your kitchen. Have you ever heard that?
2:01:14People - Oh, yeah, nuke your food. Yeah. Yeah, I like this guy. I think he's got it figured out. Yeah, you can smell the heat. Do you guys save seconds for later? Oh, of course. Yeah, you take it out with like - It depends on what it is, but a lot of times if I'm reheating a coffee or something, I'm going to leave 15 seconds on it, and then I'll take it out. Oh, it's not quite done yet. Let's just finish the 15 seconds, and then if I don't think 15's enough, I'll just do the add a minute. I just do 30 seconds every time. I just do popcorn every time. Popcorn is crazy. Popcorn is insane. It's the top button.
2:01:47No, but if you just click start on most of them, it just does 30 seconds. No, mine has, I just click popcorn. It doesn't matter what it is. Popcorn is insane. And then I just watch it for 20 seconds, 30 seconds, whatever. Yeah, instead of punching in the time like a fool. No, I never punch in the time. I go 30 seconds. And then you can add 30, add 30. No, I have a popcorn button. Popcorn is crazy. Popcorn is insane. I don't know. Popcorn might be a different sort of setting all along. I don't give a fuck. It heats it all the same. You don't know that. Yeah, it does. I take it out and it's hot.
2:02:20Okay. Good show, boys.
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2:03:40Okay, numbers. Three. I thought PFT said 15 and there was a lot of popcorn to talk back here. Was that because you said numbers? Yeah, Big Cat said numbers. I said numbers during the ad. 33 77 82 10 49 Pogue 15 44 86
2:04:03Did you pick three?
2:04:0839 Anyone? Bueller Diddy Woodhead Yep Okay I think we should just do one today Yeah, let's just do one. Yeah. Why not another? Nah, let's just do one. You're never going to get it anyway. Why not another? Nah, we can't let you get used to it. Are you scared? No, not at all. Sound afraid. No, not scared at all. Terrified. Press it. I'll press it, but it doesn't count. Yeah, press it. That's great. Yeah, press it. Just press it. Oh, this doesn't count. This doesn't count. Press it. Oh, my God. What do you mean it doesn't count? This does not count. What do you mean? This is not an official lottery ball.
2:04:45If the ball goes up, a number is mine. Nope. Correct. We do practices sometimes No press it it doesn't count We do practices all the time We do practices all the time Yes we do This is an unofficial practice round What? Oh my god Wow if that was three If that was three we all would be dead I would have won No you wouldn't have I would have won I would have won You would have said every time, have you gotten this? You would have said, yeah, I got it. And then we'd all be like, no, you got to practice. And you would go insane. You don't make the rules, buddy. I would have won. I would have had two wins.
2:05:26And PFD would only win. No. You have zero wins. You have no wins. No wins. And you're never going to get it. PFD also has won. I've got multiple wins. You have a win. No, I've got multiple wins. He's got multiple wins. He has a win by himself. No, I've got multiple wins. He has one win by himself. It's pretty clear that I have multiple wins. It means you have none. One win. You have zero wins. You're never going to get it. You're never going to get it. Ever. Ever. I actually think you're never going to get it. One win. Yeah. Acknowledge it. No, I've got multiple wins. Who picked that two? It says right there, winning numbers.
2:05:55I won on two. I won on five. Which one did you pick? I got two winning numbers. Which one did you pick? He picked two. He picked five. I got two and five. I got two and five. You picked two for him. I got two and five. Yes, correct. I picked it. Thank you, Max. For him. I got two and five. But I picked it. But no wins. You were trying to get. The one time that you got it correct was the only time you were trying to get it wrong. You were actively trying to get it wrong. No, I was trying to get it right. You're always trying to get it. No, you weren't. You're always trying to get it. You're always trying to get it, and I got it.
2:06:26The goal at that point was like, let me pick the one number that it's not going to be. Memes, this is like if Sam Darnold won a Super Bowl, and you're like, yeah, the Jets won a Super Bowl. That's not true, but I did win. I won that ball. No, you didn't. No. I did. Wrong. I can't believe it. Love you guys. Thank you.
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