PMS 2.0 1447 - NFL Week 10 Preview/Picks, TNF Recap, Texas Tech Head Coach Joey McGuire, Nick Saban, & AJ Hawk

18:38Pat McAfee:Yeah, absolutely. And whenever, you know, you got people openly speaking about the culture too, like the players i think that's great news like anytime you get the players coming out talking about it i think it's really good and uh gumpy was it you gump or digs i forget somebody made a a seattle seahawks super bowl bet it was that you gums yeah seahawks and colts both tickets okay i like everything about that obviously let's talk about the colts carly ursay gordon's getting a lot of love isn't she yeah she deserves it she's getting absolutely she puts the g in cig IG in Carly Ursae. Gordon, she is a absolute beast.

19:12Pat McAfee:They're starting to break things down. They're starting to say, is this the best owner in sports? Is this the best owner in sports? You know, I see a lot of people's immediate reaction whenever kids get handed something. I react the same way. Like, wow, must be nice. You know, I don't know how that is your life and this is mine, but must be nice just to get it. But whenever you think about how Carly, Kalen, and Casey have gone about this entire transition process, which has been very difficult emotionally. You know, obviously they're all very much big fans of their father and their dad, big fans of them.

19:43Pat McAfee:I mean, very, very, very, very close. So emotionally, it's a whole different transition, but also how they're operating in leading the team and how Carly Ursa has been hands-on but not interfering. It's an interesting little dynamic that they've been able to thread the needle, and they're making big-time plays early here. It's like Colts fans are like, yes, let's go, Carly. And I think the rest of the NFL fan bases are starting to feel that way as well. And I don't want to say, like, hey, Taylor Swift brought a whole new demo in. But Taylor Swift brought a whole new demo in. And they're seeing Carly dress like she's an absolute boss on the sideline and making big plays and influencing the league right now.

20:20Pat McAfee:It's like this is a good time for the league. And I think they're doing a great job, the big three, AJ.

20:24Nick Saban:Yeah, do you know how involved she is day to day? Like, is she roaming around and seeing, like, players and coaches every single day?

20:32Pat McAfee:Yeah, learning. She's just trying to learn, though, just like she is there at practice. Like she just wants to learn stuff. I think she'll sit in on some like special team stuff. She'll sit in on some of this stuff. Obviously got meetings business-wide because they're owners of the league. So like there's those stuff that happened. But yeah, very, very, very active in the building for even whenever, you know, Jim was alive there for like the last five, six, seven years of Jim's life. Very active in the building trying to learn stuff. So like wanting to understand the business that they're about to run has been like a goal for the big three feels like for like the last decade decade and a half and now it's they're still continuing that while having to make the decisions and uh yeah dude i think it's i think it's i think they've done a great job and i'm happy to see everybody showing her the way she dresses is so awesome that jacket dude she does not care she knows that they're gonna be taking pictures she's like that's my jacket's what i'm wearing also on the team okay let's remember that but also i'm just out here because i would like to learn some stuff and also shane steikin knows ownership 100 on board like the gm chris ballard understands like at least whenever he says something to ownership here carly will understand the whys carly understand where it's headed why it's potentially happening like her on the headset on the sideline uh going through plays listening to plays watching the outcome you don't think that had some say in needing sauce gardener like you don't think her you know what i mean hearing their back and forth too i would imagine from the

21:58Nick Saban:box to the the sideline their defensive coaches speak about like yeah man if we if we had one more piece here this we might be able to open up this defense a little bit and do a little bit more

22:07Pat McAfee:and she's watching and learning the play calls like hey we're tagging this we're tagging this we could tag this if we had another corner we don't have a corner because of injury like she's hearing all that and seeing all that they talk about coordinators that are up in the booth up in the suite and then they come down on the sideline why because they kind of want to be like carly has been on the sideline like very much feel not interrupting but just in it where

22:27Nick Saban:If you were a coordinator, would you want to be up in the booth or on the sideline?

22:31Pat McAfee:I want to be with the boys. Me too.

22:33Nick Saban:I do, but when you do watch from up there, the game, I mean, fans that do think, oh, this looks easy. The guy's wide open. That's an easy tackle to make. It does look easy when you can see it from afar. So I can see coaches that are schematically, but I think football is such an emotional game, and you've got to get a feel for what the pace is, the tempo, how the guys are, how they're feeling. I think being on the sideline for me would be my ideal.

22:56Pat McAfee:Well, and that's why I don't want to say we're against stats. We're not against stats, right? No.

23:03Nick Saban:No. No.

23:04Pat McAfee:We're not against stats. We love all of them. There's good stats. You need it all. My entire football career was based off of stats. So, like, I love stats. I think they're great. But, boy, you've got to have feel. You've got to be in there. You've got to know that's the difference between sports and like this.

23:19Nick Saban:That's the thing. There's humans out there making those plays, generating those stats that you read. And each human is so different, and they're going through different things every day.

23:28Pat McAfee:This guy's feeling it. Sorry, Tom. Go ahead. No, no, no. I was going to say, if only stats mattered, gamblers would be undefeated. Because you just look at the stats and be like, oh, this offense is better than this defense. This defense is better than that offense. Okay, good. This team's going to win automatically. That's why I say it's any given Sunday, baby. We are undefeated, though, off of our picks. Yeah, agreed. Agreed. You're right. We need to continue to remember that as we get embarrassed last night. It's the player's fault. Both of us. You stuck with the Broncos?

23:56Nick Saban:I know you went back and forth, but you stuck with the Broncos?

23:59Pat McAfee:No, yeah, you're right. I took the Raiders. Yeah, of course. I don't know.

24:01Nick Saban:Let's run it back.

24:04Pat McAfee:No, don't run it back. Just know that we can get a clip of me saying I'm on the Raiders. Maybe I got the Raiders, too.

24:08Nick Saban:Did I take the Raiders? But I think we –

24:11Pat McAfee:You took the Broncos. Yeah, I think you took the Raiders. Are we both wanting to know? Are we both wanting to know? Yeah, we both took the Raiders. Yeah, we both took the Raiders. That's good advice. It was too many points for a division game. We knew that. We said that. That was just way too obvious. Yeah, it's a vision guy. Too many points. It needs to be better. But, yeah, stats matter. I don't even know how we got on this tangent. But teams that like each other, good. Teams that don't, not good. We would like to say. Carly Ursa, Gordon being down in the sideline, I think that's a big piece of the Sauce Gardner trade.

24:38Pat McAfee:Like, I think that is a huge part of it, her being in this kind of understanding. And also, she's on that sideline when good things are happening. She's felt the joy of, like, team, coaches. You know normally up in the booth certainly happy, but being on a site in the locker like you know Let's do more of those. She says if we want to if we win a Super Bowl who cares how many ones? We got to give up at the tail end of it You can take pick 32 next year too and a year after that and a year after that which I absolutely love ladies and gentlemen I have to set up an incredible guest here AJ will see you in about two minutes.

25:10Nick Saban:Yes I guess that he teased who we have coming on here. I We'll let him introduce him when he does come on. It's close here. I think I might know. I don't know. We will see. But this Texas Tech-BYU game, hey, Tone, what do you say here? What are the Sharps doing on this game? What do you think is going to happen? So Texas Tech is one of, I want to say, two or three teams in the country where their offense and defense is ranked in the top five or top ten in the country. So they're good on both sides. Dang, I didn't know 11.5-point favorites already? Yeah, it's a huge, huge spread. because statistically they are an incredible football team.

25:47And BYU, they have a true freshman quarterback coming into a very, very hostile environment. And Texas Tech has just done everything right this season. So it's a big spread. It's a surprising spread against an undefeated team. But they've kind of earned that spread so far. Yeah, they have.

26:01Nick Saban:And I think it's going to be a wild environment at Texas Tech. We know that Pat's going to be down there in the morning getting them all frosted up. Those fans are going to be absolutely wild. And I think you may have our special guest right now, Pat.

26:13Pat McAfee:They're already frothed up. And I'll tell you what, it feels like they're going to be that way forever with this man as the head coach, ladies and gentlemen, Joey McGuire. Thank you, guys. Hey, I watch y 'all every day, man, so it's pretty cool. I'm serious. I watch you every day. Oh, that's not great. We don't love that. You need to be doing great things. You're kind of in the background. I'm watching film, but I got to hear what's going on. Yeah, but please have us muted. We don't need to be influencing anything in your brain. You have one of the greatest in the history of football. Can we talk about your story a little bit?

26:42Pat McAfee:Obviously, I see the Texas High School Coaches Association. Yes, sir. It's Coach's Day in the state of Texas. High School Coach's Day. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And Texas high school football, obviously. Big time, man. It's real. Which movie is your favorite about it? Varsity Blues? Varsity Blues is great. I mean, it's really good. But I'm a Friday Night Lights guy, man. You know, it's just that's what it really is out here in Texas. Okay, so we should watch Friday Night Lights and understand that that is actually high school football. How many years were you a high school football coach? 23. Okay, and I heard from Matt Rule.

27:12Pat McAfee:My dude. Yes. Okay. That's what he said, basically, that he really wanted to sell you on leaving high school football. But a lot of people have done that in the past and you never wanted to leave high school. Is that an accurate? 100 percent yeah so I was we won state in 2006 and from 2006 to 2016 I had an opportunity to go to college and I didn't you know I wanted to coach one I wanted to coach my kids my daughter and my son and uh and two at the time it was like man I'm a high school coach a head high school coach and in a great program and you know I felt like that's what I was meant to be and then I met Matt role in 2016 it did help my son that was his last year I knew everything was going to kind of change for me um with him it being his senior year but I met Matt and man we really hit it off like what football's about uh how you treat kids you know how you grow them into men and and so man I was all in yeah high school football feels like the most pure football now with how business has has kind of taken over college football.

28:16Pat McAfee:Let's talk about that for your school. Yeah. Why is this the perfect place for you? Former high school football coach. Baron Morton's dad, I believe, high school football coach. Also for like 32 years. So it feels like you guys have a great combination of like the purity love of football with obviously good backing. I drove through some of the oil rigs. Just boom, the bang. Drill baby drill. Yes, that's what they certainly are doing. That's certainly what they're doing. Then they're also assisting with Texas Tech football, which is awesome. Cody Campbell, I think his name has come up a lot as an ex-Raider football player, Red Raider football player who's now in it.

28:48Pat McAfee:But tell me how that's a perfect mix for you guys here at Texas Tech and how it matches maybe the community. Because this place loves ball. It is very, very obvious. Yeah. You know, I have seven high school, former high school coaches on my staff. You know, some was only a year, but they were in high school football. And so it's a really strong staff. It's a group that loves football and understands football. But, man, I'm a Texan. I ain't never lived anywhere else. I was born in Texas, and I'll die in Texas, you know, and hopefully not anytime soon, but I'm going to die a Red Raider. I'll be here for the rest of my life.

29:24And so this town is built. This is a true college town. It is built around this university and everywhere you go. When you go out tonight, and I know you're going to have a great steak, I'm taking care of it for you. Really? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey, thank you for that. I got you, man.

29:41Pat McAfee:And I got good meat palate like the meat judges. Get ready. Yeah, okay. It's unreal. It's unreal. And so, like, this town is a true college town, and everywhere you go you're going to see the double T, and there is a great pride in their football. Let's talk about your students at Tent City out there since Sunday to get in general admission. Obviously top ten matchup here with BYU. Are you talking to your players about what the students have been doing this week, or how are you kind of treating what seemingly is the biggest week here in a long, long, long time? Yeah, you can't shy away from it.

30:10You know, I mean, they see it. My PowerPoint, whenever I introduced the team Tuesday to BYU, I actually had some of the tents, some pictures of the tents, you know. And I left Tuesday night at 9.15 out of the front door. My truck literally is 30 yards away. I got in my truck at 10.46. And my chief of staff saved me or I'd have been there even longer. Hell yeah. I signed kegs. I signed a lot of Copenhagen cans hell yeah a lot of zins it's unreal man and that's honestly I've had so many of the students come up to me and say man my cousin said he got to do this in 08 or my uncle said he got to do this in 08 this is really cool I mean I believe in the college experience I believe in the high school and college experience and I'm really happy to make this a big deal

31:05Pat McAfee:Sports can do that for a lot of universities. It's incredible. Obviously, with game day, getting an opportunity. This guy's 80 years old. Keg stand out there with the boys. He said, hey, thanks for a good time. Thanks for letting me hang out out there. You know, not a bad keg stand either. I think he won a good 10 seconds. I don't know how many gulps he had, but the boys were reliving the great times, and sports can do that everywhere. No doubt. I'm thankful that you guys have a good commitment to sports here. Now, speaking of commitment, you have a couple returners, got some new people. Tone has a question for you back in Indianapolis.

31:33Yeah, Coach, I do. A lot of people were so high on tech coming into the season because you had so many returning starters, but then you weren't afraid to bring in the number one transfer portal class in the nation. So how hard was it for you, because you had so much returning talent, to be like, hey, you're great, but we're also going to bring in some guys that are just going to supplement, that are going to start. So was it hard for the culture to tell some guys, hey, I know you were a starter here, but we're going to bring in some more guys that's going to make us better in the end? yeah it kind of a mixture I mean one you got to earn everything I mean if you start on this team you earned it you know nothing's given and and we're everything's about competition I do believe that real players understand real players from the standpoint like if I was a guy that was starting a defensive end and all of a sudden David Bailey walked on campus I realized I'm not like that guy that's going to make guys going to make us better and so that's part of it um but I think a lot of it too is I've been doing this for 31 years and this is the healthiest locker room I've ever been a part of.

32:36These guys have gelled and you said it. One of the big reasons is the guys that were returning. Ben Roberts, Jacob Rodriguez, Bryce Ramirez, Barron Morton. They bought into our plan too and they got behind us right off the bat.

32:54Pat McAfee:I love what you're building here, man. I really do. I enjoy it, especially the fact that you're a high school football coach in Texas. I'm sure that helps a little bit. It does. I'll give you another reason to enjoy it, too. You know, Cody Campbell played for the Colts. Yeah, before I was there. Yeah, man. I know, and he's got a strong go-to, too. Yeah, yeah. Listen, I would like to pick Cody Campbell's brain. He's pretty damn smart, I'm telling you. I watched the Jerry Jones documentary. I saw what an$800 ,000 rig could be. You know, I saw$100 million. And he's sitting on a honey hole right now.

33:22Aren't we waiting for it to come, you know, the natural gas? I mean, that's what Gary Jones is looking for. I know. See, I told you I listened to y 'all.

33:29Pat McAfee:Yeah. Wow. That's hilarious. People in Texas listen to us talk about the honey hole. Yeah. Gary Jones. But literally, as you land here, we were driving. I made First Sergeant pull over and stop in the middle of the street. I'm like, oh, I got to get a photo of this. There was a stop sign. Obviously, it was at a T. We're out in the middle of nowhere. Yeah. Sunrise. It was like a perfect thing. And you just saw, like, the silhouettes of oil rigs. Yes, sir. That's people betting on something right there. All of them. They have no idea if it's going to hit. And then allegedly, if I get like 30 minutes out of this town or something like that, there'll be one like every 50 feet.

34:02Pat McAfee:People are just trying to find it. It is, man. A lot of courage out here. A lot of scratch-offs, man. Well, you know, I'm going to tell you, that's what we were talking earlier. That's what's really cool about the Red Raiders. Like, whenever you go to different places and you're like, hey, this is a big donor, this is a big donor, this is a big donor, that's daddy's money. Cody Campbell didn't come from daddy's money. Dusty Womble didn't come from daddy's money. You know, Mike, they didn't. They bet on themselves at a high level. Like the Cody Campbell, John Sellers, that's Double Eagle. So they're called Double Eagle because they're from Canyon, Texas.

34:35The Eagles, they were high school teammates, so we got two Eagles, Double Eagle. They were college teammates here at Texas Tech and went off, did two things, one real estate and one was playing professional football, came back and bet on themselves. and not just bet on it. They bet on themselves where everybody else was running the other way. Yes. Hey, we got one, though, man. I told you, you got one. There we go. There we go.

35:02Pat McAfee:Not two. That's somebody else. Yeah. I don't know who it is, but you just friggin'. Yeah. There we go. We got one. Yes, sir. Okay, right here. Yeah. I didn't bring my own. We were talking about that yesterday. I don't know if you saw that. I was potentially just going to bring my own guns. Yeah. And then as game day started, I was going to pull them out, you know, and then just fire them off. but I didn't know how, you know. We can get you some. On a university. Get him some. You talked about the D-line a little bit there about, hey, when somebody shows up, it's a little different. AJ has a question for you about that.

35:29Nick Saban:Yeah, Coach, can you just talk about how dominant they've been? I know you've got a couple of velociraptors, as you like to call them, on that front. Can you talk about the impact they've had so far this year? Well, it starts with our leadership. You know, we lost, and it hurt us in the D-line. We lost Skylar Gill-Howard to an ankle. He dislocated his ankle because he was the big voice in that room. Lee Hunter has really stepped up vocally with that. But, you know, you have – you know, we have some guys that bought in to being backups and being rotational guys that were starting last year, like Duda Banks and Jayden Cofield.

36:03So our depth in the D-line is we're two to three deep. But Lee Hunter, Romello Height, David Bailey, A.J. Holmes, Jayden Cofield, So they're big people beat up little people, man. And they're big people. They're extremely physical. And they have bought into Coach Wood and his defense.

36:25Pat McAfee:You talk about big people beating up little people. I heard the meats around here. These are big steaks around here. Yes. That's what you're paying for me for later? I got you, man. How many ounces? Well, you ought to get the tomahawk. Yeah, I will. Yes, please. If you're paying for it. No, I got you, man. You could be around here a long time. So do we know the ounces? I don't know the ounces, but it usually takes a couple people to eat the Tom Hawk. So I think you're the man. Yeah, I got you. Yeah, Coach knows that. We're in a crazy world right now where it feels like a lot of coaches, especially purity of game coaches, are trying to get out of college because what it has become from a business standpoint, it feels like you view it a little bit different.

37:03Pat McAfee:Connor has a question for you, actually. Yeah, Coach, just to quote Shaquille O 'Neal real quick, I owe you an apology. I was unfamiliar with your game. You were the fucking man. It's incredible to talk to you. But Matt Rule, Pat mentioned how Matt Rule brought up his relationship with you and how you guys were brothers after the first meal you guys had together. How important is that to you just as far as relationships go with your coaching staff and also your players? Just because, you know, Pat mentioned the transfer portal, you really never know if the guy you're recruiting is going to be there two years later.

37:35So how do you kind of handle that, and how do you kind of approach player-to-player relationships and, you know, coach-to-coach relationships? Well, I'm a player's coach, and, you know, these guys are stuck with me for the rest of their life, whether they're with me for a year or they're with me for four or whatever. I've done two of my players' weddings, and first of all, I'm not a pastor.

37:57Pat McAfee:Yeah, but you got the little certificate. I actually asked Sam Tecklenberg, who was my plate for the Carolina Panthers, I asked him, I said, are you sure you've seen me at practice you've heard my mouth yes and uh he said no coach i really want you to do this but man i do i think uh i'm a coach because of coaches harris brownlee tom mccone they made me the man that i am and and that's what i want to do i want to help these guys become the men that they are you know and and i think it's a need in this world that we live in today that you've got just like you guys you've got strong role models male role models that understand that we're in a very soft society and we have to stand up and be real men.

38:39And I challenge my guys every day, but what I also challenge them every day with is I tell them I love them, I hug them, and, you know, I do, I pour into them. And I think that's why I'm on this earth. And I think it's a lot easier to do. It's harder every day, but it's a lot easier to do in high school football and college football than necessarily in the NFL. So I'm here to stay.

38:58Pat McAfee:I want to let you know, I love, hey, geez, I had no idea what was happening in this conversation, looking ahead to it. I did some research on you. I love that it was high school coaches day here in Texas, so we can celebrate you with that. I had no idea everything that was about to come out of your mouth is who you are. You might be my favorite coach. Yeah, we're putting it up. I think Rich Rod's your favorite coach. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right. Yeah, and I love Rich Rod. But you know what I mean. Yeah, thank you, man. The Pantheon with Signetti, with Rich Rod. He's in the Pantheon.

39:26Hey, another stud, man.

39:28Pat McAfee:Yeah, Pantheon, I think is the right word there. What he's doing at Indiana is absolutely incredible. I mean, it really is. Similar mindset as you, though, too. Yeah. Dogs. Is it easy to find dogs nowadays or no? You talk about society a little bit. Yeah. We wonder this about football. Isn't this kind of a conversation we have? All the time. Is there going to be dogs forever? I mean, you're helping create them. And then the biggest thing, whether they're a pup or trying to be a dog, is do they love football? like I mean you've got to find the guys that love football and or want to fall in love with it because it's hard man you know you've been a part of it man it's hard it's a 24 like here's another thing we have no optional classes at Texas Tech so if you're not if you're in an in-person class I'm going to know within 15 minutes you're late or are absent then you're going to see me at 5 30 the next morning I'm going to encourage you to be on time because that's what men do you know like I'm going to encourage you with some steadmaster.

40:25You know, we got the Jacob's Ladder, and I bought the Jacob's Ladder on purpose just for that.

40:30Pat McAfee:Yeah, it's encouragement. But, you know, like we've had our highest GPAs in the history of Texas Tech has been under the last four years of this coach's staff and this academic staff. And so, I mean, that's part of it. It's part of being a guy. This is what you do. Yeah, you also got to show up for your obligations. Yeah. Now, on that note, my experience at West Virginia was a little different. I wasn't in a lot of those. I would have been silent. Now, I encourage fun. I mean, I did encourage my guys to – I was disappointed some of my equipment. Student workers were not in the tents. Like yesterday, we work out in the morning on Thursday and Friday, so we come in at 6 o 'clock.

41:11I gather them around, and I was like, how was your night? Who stayed in the tents? None. One out of 13. I was like, guys, we're going to have to read.

41:20Pat McAfee:I don't know if they gave the right answer there. I think we're going to want to be a part of Texas Tech for the long haul. Let's go ahead and get out there in those tents. They were also a dance party, I think, about 1230. It was. I have a text group with my commits, so the 2026. And this is a unique group because they stay in that group. Some of them get their own group and leave me out of it. So I'll open my phone, and there's like 50 techs. And there was a video of 1 a.m., and they're like, oh, my God, This is incredible. I can't wait to get to Texas Tech. The way you describe and talk about Cody Campbell and the double Eagles, the boys that are kind of giving back to all sports here, it's like why not just build an absolute powerhouse right here in West Texas?

42:01Pat McAfee:Feels like you can do that. Ty has a question for you back in Indianapolis. Yeah, Coach, speaking of that, and first and foremost, I will echo Connor's sentiment. As of about 20 minutes ago, never mind college, you are my favorite football coach, period. High school, NFL. He's trying to join the Packers, brother. Yeah, exactly. You name it. But just talking about what you just mentioned with the commits and all the resources you guys have, and you said how you got people coming up to you talking about how special it was in 08 around that time when Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree were doing what they were doing.

42:34When you look at big picture at Texas Tech moving forward, do you think that it is just as desirable of a school for these big high school commits in Texas as a Texas or a Texas A &M was? Because it does seem like, you know, over the course of the last however many years, like it was kind of always Texas and then everyone else. But it seems like you guys have kind of, you've really trimmed that gap down quite a bit. Well, you know, tomorrow's a big part of this. And us getting to the Big 12 Championship, which we got to win tomorrow to do that, because we're eliminating all excuses. You know, we have the best facilities in college football.

43:14And anybody that sits there and says, actually some of these coaches that try to negatively recruit us, it blows up in their face because they're like, well, Tech doesn't have that. And then these guys get out here and they're like, no, their facilities are better than yours. We're sharing at the highest level whenever it comes to revenue share. So the money's not the excuse. What we got to check off is that we can play in all the big games, that we can do everything everybody else is doing. And that's what this year is so important. important that's why tomorrow is so important and um i do i think we can compete with anybody i think we've got a great coach's staff and and we've got a we got a great brand to sell 24 7

43:54Pat McAfee:sports.com has you guys as the number one recruiting class in the big 12 congratulations on that you know west virginia's coming for that ass yeah you know uh the last week come we got to go to y 'all's place not good scotty fox is starting to figure it out yeah he's i was really i mean that was a heck of a win thank you i mean that was a legit win that yeah we're finding a hard edge right there yeah we're tapping the saddle i like it tapping yeah you ever hop on this thing i haven't i have not but i tap it every time whenever we freaking go out i like that hi coach i appreciate the hell out of you thank you you bet man this is an honor i'm serious man but huge fan of you guys appreciate y 'all we're a huge fan of yours yeah yeah ty and connor right there yeah we we know a lot more about you right now all right yeah i think you understand if you do watch the show we're maybe too transparent yeah so too much about what we feel that's all right we didn't know much about what was about to happen down here in texas tech we didn't know much about lubbock i don't think we knew much about texas tech then we started seeing the videos then i started hearing people reach out me wolf matt over here reaches out to me he's like hey we gotta resist all half for you don't we got you on man it's got your name in it man yes yeah and i'm like damn i can't wait to get down to lubbock and then we hear you talk it's like you guys got something special here thank you man thank you for having us appreciate it And good luck tomorrow.

45:05Thank you, brother.

45:06Pat McAfee:Ladies and gentlemen, catch Jay McGuire. Yeah, Cole. Love you, coach.

45:10Nick Saban:Man, thank you, coach. Did you guys comment? You had no idea that that was that much moxie and that much, you know, swagger, I guess? Yeah, I will say, like, when it does come to college football, I was definitely more of a casual probably five years ago just because didn't really grow up with a college football team. It was, you know, in New England and Boston, you only care about the pro sports team. So when it comes to college sports, that really was a casual, especially football. That guy is unbelievable. Are you kidding me? That was up there with all the Cignetti stuff from last year and this year that you see.

45:44That's just incredible. And then, like Ty said, that might just be the best coaches in football. I mean, I feel like I just watched Gary Gaines address the locker room. You know, he said Friday Night Lights was his favorite movie. He's got a little Billy Bob Thornton as Gary Gaines in him. But, no, I mean, in Texas more so than really anywhere else, if you can get a high school guy who was legit in high school who can prove he's legit in college, you can recruit the whole state. And, obviously, we've seen how important that really is. He's just not afraid to be himself. He was talking about soft culture and stuff like that.

46:19And a lot of coaches would be afraid to be like, oh, yeah, it was signing kegs and Copenhagen cans and Zincans, stuff like that. That dude's just who he is.

46:27Nick Saban:Yeah. Now he's leaning in. I believe Pat might be back with us, too. I like that he had a text chain with his 2026 recruit group, too. Like, hey, guys, welcome to the club. Next time, I'm sure a kid commits to Texas Tech, coach adds them into the group, here we go. They're all already like the culture.

46:44Pat McAfee:That's 20 people there that are going to be on that because they've got 20 commits or whatever. Number one in the Big 12, they're only getting started here, it feels like. Legitimately, they're only getting started. As a horse goes ahead and walks right by there, surveying the field, It is great to see. Obviously, it will be saddled and ready to go as the masked rider, raider, rider. Are you right? Raider Red, unless it's the human because that's two different people. No, it's a masked. There's a masked rider that takes the rider horses onto the field here. Okay, and this place obviously goes crazy.

47:19Pat McAfee:And we're pong-da-pang-da-pum-da-pum-da-pum-da-pum. I just saw the horse walk by. That's a lean-looking stallion. I mean, maybe not a stallion. I have no idea. Pony, maybe whatever the hell. Quarter horse, whatever. Race horse. Blystett Budweiser horse. Good-looking horse. It's a Thurman. Sure. It's a beautiful horse, I will say. And I'll tell you what, it looks like it's got pretty good grip on this turf out here, too. I like to see that. But this place is special. And I was talking to Coach McGuire about the meat that I was about to eat later tonight. And I'll tell you what, they take a lot of Bridener meat as they should.

47:55Pat McAfee:Okay, let's look ahead to the NFL slate, shall we? Sunday Night Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Chargers. Obviously, this is a huge game for both teams. Chargers favored by two and a half at home. This is the highlight of the NFL Sunday slate. The Pittsburgh Steelers once again in primetime. AP, Tony, are you guys pumped about the Steelers in primetime against this Chargers team? Or are you a little bit worried, pal? Yep, you know that I'm not. If it was a warm p.m. game, I would be ecstatic. But, no, for some reason it feels like primetime has not been good to the boys as of late. They get on primetime and bad things happen, and then I got to talk about it on Monday.

48:30It's awesome. But, no, the good news is obviously both tackles are out. Mekhi Becton, I believe, is out too. So they're on three backup offensive linemen. So if they can do what they did to the Colts, they should be in good shape there. Jalen Ramsey is going to stay at safety, which was huge for that game on Sunday. So as far as, like, on-field stuff, feel great about it. But as far as vibes and what things have been like in primetime as of late, don't feel great about it. But this is, once again, another test to be like, hey, this isn't the same Steelers team that it has been the last four or five years.

49:01This is one where you actually make a statement on primetime and people actually talk about you being a good football team.

49:07Pat McAfee:Tone, listen, I think we're all thinking the same thing. What's that? You Yinzers will never be satisfied. You Yinzers see a huge win against the Indianapolis Colts, the best team in all ball. and all of a sudden you say the next week, I don't know if they're a good team yet. What I want to let you know is this Steelers team is prepared. And if they can't beat the Chargers on Sunday night, can they really win a Super Bowl? You guys should be pumped for this game going in there, Tone. And I think you will be as that game kicks off on Sunday night as we wait all day. And then let's go to the early morning, 9.30 a.m.

49:37Pat McAfee:in Berlin. The Indianapolis Colts will kick this thing off as six-and-a-half-point favorites against the Atlanta Falcons. Age, I like where the Colts are, especially because the Sauce Gardner trade and the big move that took place there. bouncing back off of a loss. But the Falcons, you have no idea who they are. You literally have no clue who they are week to week, age.

49:55Nick Saban:Yeah, we don't. Drake London, we know that dude is really coming into his own, too, playing very well. What? When did the Colts leave?

50:02Pat McAfee:Oh, my God. I just saw the Schefter tweet. When was this from?

50:06Nick Saban:Yeah, this morning. Oh, shit. What happened?

50:09Pat McAfee:I don't know. He took a – Take it down. I don't want to see it anymore. At least it's not full season, just at least four games. He took a big shot on Sunday. I don't know if that's what led to this. Troy Fautano was – you know how AQ is always like, look for ribs. He got one of those on Sunday. So, I don't know if that's what caused this. But, yeah, that's tough because that is the leader of that football – the defense at least. The whole team, I think. I think he is probably the biggest voice on the whole team. Holy hell, it's happening. There's a cape on out here. There's a cape on somebody on the back of the horse.

50:40Pat McAfee:Don't be distracted. Don't be distracted. Don't be distracted. There's somebody –

50:43Nick Saban:You can't turn your camera to that?

50:46Pat McAfee:Outside it's going to be very bright I think there's going to be quite a scene Oh there it is, there it is, there it is Holy hell we got it Oh man Riders on the stone Is that a game day match for the back? Yes it is Is that Mike Foss in the end zone? It is That is Mike Foss getting things done You see him, he's got quite a waltz He's got a lot on his plate Take a little stroll Yeah, I'll tell you, it was majestic here as I was learning about the DeForest Buckner news. I'm looking over here, there's a horse, this beauty thoroughbred, kind of trotting along. And all of a sudden, I look at my screen, Schefter saying DeForest Buckner, the leader of the Colts, is out.

51:25Pat McAfee:That's quite an interesting place to live in right now underneath this 10-gallon resist-all cowboy hat. But on that note, DeForest Buckner, whenever he hasn't played for us, not great. That is just a real thing. So that alarms me a little bit. But we should be able to get a win over the Falcons. and i'm excited to see what sauce gardner does so pittsburgh sealers chargers sunday night football colts falcons 9 30 morning football in the afternoon you got the commanders hosting the detroit lions the detroit lions favored by seven and a half heading into washington and i have some breaking news i have some breaking news okay uh foxy could you please thank you there we go breaking news here

52:10Pat McAfee:source - CIS are telling me that President Donald Trump will be in attendance for this Washington Commanders game in the afternoon against the Detroit Lions and he will actually be there to celebrate the veteran celebration that's taking place at halftime. He'll be sitting in ownership Josh Harris' box and he'll be excited to celebrate the hell out of the greatest sport on earth American football. So that's breaking news as we do here live from a tunnel that the Texas Tech Red Raiders come onto the field from with a horse saddle behind me. The president will be in attendance for the Lions versus the commanders, and I'd like to go directly to Foxy.

52:50Pat McAfee:Foxy, how do you think that turns out for the Detroit Lions is seven and a half point favorites. The president of the country will be in the owner's box of the commanders. Does that worry you? Do you think MCDC is going to be a little bit worried about what's going on over there? No, no, no, no, no. I love everything about this. The offense last week had some hiccups. They didn't look great, so now they know. President's in the building. We got to show up. We got to show out. The running game is going to be back. We're no longer going to be ass in cheeks. We'll be back to Sonic and Knuckles. They're going to score a lot of points here.

53:22Pat McAfee:I love it. The boys are going to bounce back here. Okay. AJ, it's big news. It's big news. Yeah, I think Foxy says that no matter what.

53:30Nick Saban:He says that no matter what. Whatever you throw at him. Oh, the whole team is hurt. The Detroit Lions have three players dressed in. He's like, I like it though, Pat. I like those three guys we love. You got to be worried about NCDC a little bit here. I mean, there's probably no one on the planet that he'd get nervous in front of. But Trump, you'd probably put him up there. He might have two tins.

53:55Pat McAfee:He might have two tins in his mouth at one time just kind of go through the anxiety, maybe too jacked up. At least two pots of coffee, too. There's a chance. And maybe he gets a workout. Holy hell, his horse is staring at me. It's running towards us right now. It's running towards us right now. I don't know if it's still on there. Nope, it just broke the plane. It's gone. Touchdown? It's gone. Yeah, just scored a touchdown, then it went off to the corner there out of the sight of the camera. But it should be a big deal if the president's going to the game. It's big NFL Sunday slate. Go ahead, Foxy.

54:24Pat McAfee:My initial thoughts are if the president's going to be there, kid rock, diehard Lions fan absolutely has to be in the building, which I love for my Lions. Yeah, you're right. And maybe he goes out there and says, ball with the ball, the bang, the bang, diggy, diggy, diggy, said the boogie, said the boogie, said the boogie, ball with the ball, the bang, the bang, diggy, diggy, diggy, said the boogie, said the boogie, said the boogie, and then he might say, when he walks in there, maybe he didn't meet the owner of the commanders yet, Josh, and he'll go, hi, my name's Josh Harrison, and he'll go, my name is Ted.

55:01Pat McAfee:Right there. I think he hits and he finishes the ball with the ball right there in that moment. And, yeah, that's the spectacle that we're looking for here. And that's going to be taking place for the Commanders. So shout to the NFL. All eyes always on the NFL. And this particular Sunday slate, starting at 930 all the way to about 1 a.m., should have absolute bangers. Bills and Dolphins, that one will be fun. Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks. We just sang the praises of the Seattle Seahawks with how tight they are. This Cardinals team we're big fans of as well. Jacoby Bursette, starting quarterback for them no matter what.

55:31Pat McAfee:That's an interesting storyline that's going to go. Patriots, Buccaneers. Conman, how do you feel about this game? This feels like a good game for the Patriots fans to find out. Yeah, I actually feel pretty good. Some people took him earlier this morning. That made me feel not great. But now, you know, as we talk about the game, think about the game. You know, Emeka Abuka, great receiver, but he's kind of the only one. And Christian Gonzalez now, he gets to kind of, you know, maybe hopefully give him his welcome to the NFL moment since Abuka has come in and basically dominated from the first game and on.

56:01But I feel good about it. I don't know if I should. This is, to your point, though, a great litmus test. Like, hey, I need to be able to set my expectations, whether it's actually Super Bowl or whether it's divisional rounds. Like, I need to know, and this will be a great point for that.

56:16Pat McAfee:NFC West, Rams and Niners do battle. I mean, you got some really good. And then, obviously, Eagles-Packers on Monday night football. This is a good slate, even though last night's game was ass, JJ.

56:28Nick Saban:Even though last night's game was ass. On paper, this does look like it should be a great slate of games. Do you think we're going to reverse the curse we've been having lately? We're going to see some good barn burners back and forth?

56:38Pat McAfee:Last week we had a good week. Nine of 12 games on Sunday were all one score game.

56:42Nick Saban:I'm skewed by last night's game thinking, oh, here we go. That was a barn burner.

56:45Pat McAfee:And two weeks ago. And two weeks ago. Some of these primetime games have been a little bit of a big old poop, like the horse that's running out there. But we think Sunday's slate is going to be awesome from beginning to end.

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58:02Nick Saban:Our two of the Pat McAfee show feel good Friday November 7th. I'm AJ Hawk sitting in for Pat. He's in Lubbock, Texas. Huge battle BYU Texas Tech football. It's what it's all about. Right Pat? How'd your is the was it the masked rider? Are they still out there? What are we doing here? And you got some you got some new gimmick you have here for the second hour. What is that? What do you got going on?

58:26Pat McAfee:A new gimmick? Yeah, right. You see that logo right there, brother? That's Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes. Patrick Mahomes, I do believe, is debuting some new stuff here at his alumni Texas Tech this weekend. He's obviously the college game day guest picker. Just so happened to time out perfectly for his bye week. I believe he's down here and he's got some things set up and it is going to be a electrified, maybe an ass cold weekend for Patrick Mahomes down here back at Texas Tech, and obviously he has donated a lot to this school, and I think he's done a lot of business with this particular school in football.

58:58Pat McAfee:So you're talking about a special weekend to be in town, top 10 matchup, Patrick Mahomes giving back and a part of the guest picker. I mean, you're saying that this could be the greatest weekend in the history of Lubbock. You know, they're talking about that type of stuff. So we feel incredibly honored to be here. And obviously, Patrick Mahomes at Texas Tech was something special. I don't think anybody was talking about him being the number one overall pick, but every team that really wanted him said, this guy could be the guy. He gets drafted to Kansas City Chiefs with Andy Reid. He sits behind Alex Smith for one season.

59:25Pat McAfee:Gets to play in the final game of the season because Alex Smith and Kansas City Chiefs have already secured what their seed would be in the playoffs. So it's a mail-it-in week. Patrick Mahomes is going to beat the Denver Broncos in that game. And then everybody would start telling stories about what he did during the practice squad for the rest of his rookie year. And then Andy Reid would move on from a potential MVP, Alex Smith, to this guy. And what would this Texas Tech Red Raider go on to become, oh, a goat by the age of 26. Everything that this dude has accomplished is obviously immaculate for football, but it feels like he's never changed.

59:58Pat McAfee:He loves this school, always gives back, and him and Adidas are doing some special stuff this weekend on campus, and I happen to reap the benefits of that in getting free shit. So we will certainly say shout out to that. Shout out. But Patrick Mahomes coming out of college, coming out of Texas Tech, I think there were some believers, but I don't think nationally we knew he was going to be the guy. I don't think that was something we knew at the time. They feel like they knew down here, though.

1:00:23Nick Saban:Yeah, they knew down there. And obviously Andy Reid and all of them, the scouts knew what they said. I guess when you go back and you watch him play in college, we should have known, right? We should have known. I mean, I guess you can never predict that he's going to be and do what Patrick Mahomes has done so early in his career, but still. The thing was, it was like, oh, he's a Texas Tech quarterback. Of course he's going to throw for 500 yards a game. That's what Texas Tech quarterbacks do. Hold on. Hold on. I see it. Holy shit. Whoa. He's got the gun. There's a drone.

1:00:52Pat McAfee:This is a rehearsal? There's a drone. Yeah, there's one gun out out there. There's one gun out there. One gun salute on that horse. Yeah, that is a rehearsal potentially. Or maybe they're trying to get some sweet shots with the drone for the entire thing. I'm sorry, Tone. We interrupted you talking about Patrick Mahomes in college. We watched the highlights. And obviously, Cliff Kingsbury loved him. But whenever you think about projecting to the NFL with that style of offense at the time, I think there was a bunch of guys putting up huge numbers. Right, Tone? Yeah, exactly. Like him, Graham Harrell, all the Texas Tech offense.

1:01:18All the air raid type guys. Gardner Minshew in college. All those guys. Yeah, it's like, oh, he's just one of these guys, Colt Brennan. But he wasn't. And that's why he went in the first round. That's why the Chiefs got him at, I think, 11 it was. Yes, he was the best of the bunch. It was not just a system thing for Patrick Mahomes, obviously. But he was awesome when he was down there. Yeah, Pat, didn't you get a call on the old show when we still had callers from somebody either in Kansas City or Texas Tech like, hey, you guys need to know Mahomes is the one.

1:01:49Pat McAfee:Yes, whenever we were doing our show live, we were just a YouTube show at the time, and as soon as they move on from Alex Smith, I go to Andy Reid. Like, come on, Andy. Like, I've lived this football life alongside you. When you were in Philly, you guys were good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good. Are you ever going to be it? Then you get to Kansas City. You have Alex Smith. You finally execute your offense. You guys are dominating. He's in the MVP conversation, and then you decide just to move on. It's like, come on, dude. This feels like a bad decision. Why are the Chiefs doing this?

1:02:16Pat McAfee:Obviously, we like the Chiefs' kingdom, but this is a dumb decision. And then somebody from Kansas City called in and said that we need to have a lot more respect for Patrick Mahomes than we have. And that person was citing stories he had heard from the practice squad from people around town. And I guess Patrick Mahomes has been doing Patrick Mahomes shit literally since the day he got to Kansas City. And the defense for Kansas City all year was like, this guy's a nightmare. What are we even talking about? That made its way around Kansas City, I think, as they make that decision to move on from Alex Smith.

1:02:44Pat McAfee:And they were very defensive and positive of him from the beginning. We were a little bit negative, but they were right. They were certainly right, AJ, that guy. But also it goes back to he sat for a year. Yeah, he did. He sat for a year. So, like, that never really gets brought up in the conversation. You know, like, hey, Aaron Rodgers sat for like three years. Patrick Mahomes sat for a year. You know, now Peyton Manning came in and broke the interceptions record for a rookie and for the NFL. And he obviously would go on to do great. But it's like interesting kind of how everybody develops, especially the goats, whenever you talk about that level of shit.

1:03:19Nick Saban:Yeah, I don't know if you saw this. I don't know if we can run it back, Pat, but I don't know. They showed that Patrick Mahomes' stats were from the Oklahoma game. I almost forgot about it. Was it 50-something of 88, 700-and-something yards? I mean, I do remember when this happened, but now it's been a while since I've refreshed. 52 of 88, 734 yards, five touchdowns and 12 rushes for 85 and two touchdowns. That's one game this dude played. I remember, yeah, now I'm looking back. Jeez.

1:03:42Pat McAfee:That guy might know what he's doing. That guy might be good. That guy might be good at football. There might be a chance that that guy is good at 88 attempts. I mean, yeah, he's spinning it, dude, every time. And once again, that goes back to a lot of these quarterbacks in this air raid system were putting up such big numbers. So you'd have some detractors that would be like, he's getting 88 times a game. He better throw it for 600 yards. I mean, what are we even doing here? Like there were some of those people in the NFL that were probably maybe saying he's not supposed to be the number one overall guy.

1:04:14Pat McAfee:But obviously Andy Reid and Veach and everybody in Kansas City knew what the hell was happening. I will tell you this, interesting technology. This thing is stretchy. It's stretchy. It's stretchy. Is it swishy?

1:04:26Nick Saban:Do I hear a swish? Is it like a rain jacket? Oh, yeah. Swishy, all right.

1:04:30Pat McAfee:And it's also, it's pliable. It's pliable.

1:04:35Nick Saban:Some alien technology putting that thing, huh?

1:04:38Pat McAfee:Yeah, it feels really nice. This is some good stuff here. It's got a good texture, good vibe. Feels like I won't be too hot outside wearing it, although it was colder than I expected here this morning. Get off the plane, tank top. How you doing? I'm in Texas. Was about to do a full. How do you do? Wind gust. Wow. It is very cold here. Then immediately I'm told, get down to 35. There's some frozen out here, too. And I'm like, well, Gumpy told me yesterday it's 80 degrees. So I don't know what the hell is going on. It turns out when the sun comes out, it still has its fastball, but it's pretty desert-like, you know, at night and morning.

1:05:09Pat McAfee:I guess it's cold as hell. And I'll tell you what, we got another ride down a thing out of the horse. Can't see. He's right behind the upright. So it's going to be difficult to catch every single time. Damn it.

1:05:17Nick Saban:Honestly, can you ride? Like, will they let you at least jump on the back?

1:05:21Pat McAfee:Name that silhouette that's in that shot right there. Go ahead and take it. Give me about two minutes here, AJ. Gotcha. Yeah, I don't know.

1:05:27Nick Saban:I think you should. What's up, comment? Well, I was just going to say, I don't even know if we spent enough time on those stats from that game. How, like looking at Mahomes side for sure. Did it go into nine overtimes? But pull up the Baker stats. How do you complete 27 passes for 545 yards? That's a hefty average. A lot of 80-yard touchdowns. We need to watch this game again, don't we? The defense back in the day was not. Non-existent. Yeah. I was going to say. The defense is much better in the Big 12, I feel like, than it was back in the day. They also didn't have a running game either. That's what, like, Mahomes.

1:06:00Nick Saban:Threw the ball 88 times. That might have been why he dropped, too. It's like, hey, this fucker's arm's going to fall off by the time he's 28. And people just assumed that you couldn't do that in the NFL, too. And that air raid and all that. Well, it's a different game. You know, you can't do that in the NFL. And that's why college football is almost better, because all these teams are so much more complete, to your point about how the Big 12 never had defense. Like, now they've got studs all over the place, BYU, Texas Tech, and it's just complete football teams. It's unbelievable. Yeah, and what if you don't have a complete football team?

1:06:27Nick Saban:Hopefully you've got some money to go get those pieces you need to make your team complete. And I think Pat may have a setup there with the greatest of all time in college coaching ranks. Pat, what's going on?

1:06:38Pat McAfee:Ladies and gentlemen, the GOAT, Nick Saban, has joined us down here. Hey, Coach. Coach, tell me your thoughts about us being in West Texas. I landed this morning. We're out in the middle of the fields. I saw some oil rigs out there. The sun was rising. I'm getting told that the meat around here is so damn good. Their tent city is happening outside. They love ball, obviously. Have you been here before, and what are your early thoughts here on Lubbock? You know, I haven't been to Lubbock before, but I've been in West Texas to recruit. Obviously, there's a lot of good players out here and definitely some good programs, but there's not a lot around.

1:07:11Pat McAfee:What? What do you mean? I see oil rigs everywhere. I'm at people. Oh, yes. Of course, it is very beautiful out here, and we are certainly out here. Let's talk about Joey McGuire. He was just on our show. He's awesome. High school football legend, comes into the college ranks. Now he has his school. Baron Morton is quarterback's dad, 32-year high school football coach as well. Feels like that's a large part of their story. What are your thoughts on Joey and the program that he's kind of built here at Texas Tech? I think he's done a phenomenal job here. I sat through the interview with him earlier today.

1:07:43I'd met him in 2004. We were recruiting some of his players, so I've always thought a lot of them. But in the meeting today, it was amazing philosophically what a good team builder he is and how he's done a great job, very similar to the way I approach things. Winning and losing is the same. Always sort of keep the same routine for the players. Teach the players every opportunity, whether you win or lose. And he's gotten some really good players, but he's also been able to keep the culture what it needs to be so that they can play winning football consistently together. He's built leadership on the team.

1:08:21So, you know, we talk about these players, you know, coming to teams because they want to make money. But I think the really good players still want to develop. And they're not going to make the decision just about money. They're going to make a decision about, you know, where can I grow and develop. And the facilities here are fantastic. He designed these facilities. He set up a program. and everybody in this organization is bought into doing things to help the players create value, which is, you know, sort of the way we always try to do it. So tremendous amount of respect for this guy.

1:08:53Pat McAfee:Yeah, we talked about the NIL stuff a lot whenever we're talking about a team. They got a lot of support here from ex-players, a lot of support here from ex-players. And Joey McGuire, you talk about him having everybody's support around here. This city is ready to erupt. This city is ready to erupt. Yeah, and I think this city is built around this university, which kind of makes it a unique kind of a place. And when you're a college coach, like Tuscaloosa is built around the University of Alabama, that really makes it something special for the players. Everywhere they go, everything seems to be really important in terms of what they're doing and what they're investing in.

1:09:30So I think this is that kind of place, too.

1:09:32Pat McAfee:A.J. Hawk has a question for you about a different game happening this weekend in a little colder weather. Go ahead, A.J.

1:09:38Nick Saban:Yeah, I do. coach. Kirk Herbstreit came on here and he was pretty adamant. He feels like Oregon's going to go into Iowa and going to have a battle on their hands and Iowa is probably going to get a win there. What are your thoughts on that game? We're not looking for your pick. I know we're going to do everything tomorrow. What kind of atmosphere are you looking for? Do you think Iowa's going to give them a good run? Oregon heard that. I actually think that I watched Oregon play earlier and they have some fantastic skill guys, great quarterback, but when they've not been able to win on the line of scrimmage and when they've not been able to run the ball and have balance, they've struggled a little bit.

1:10:13And I think that's what they're looking at at Iowa because Iowa's going to be a physical team. They're like second to Ohio State in terms of total defense or whatever it is. So they're going to make it tough on them to run and try to make them one-dimensional. And that could be a problem, but Oregon does have great skill guys. And if Iowa can't match up with those skill guys, there's going to be a lot of big plays, but the other thing I was going to try to do is shrink the game by keeping the ball, which is the way they play. Keep the ball on offense. Limit the number of possessions the other team has.

1:10:45Run the ball. Play good defense. That's how they win.

1:10:49Pat McAfee:Do you want to say it? Do you want to say what Kirk said? Kirk just came in. We don't need that. We don't need that. AJ softened it mightily. Kirk Herbstre came on and said, I was beating Oregon this weekend. Shh, don't tell anybody. He did it on Thursday. It's like, well, now all the Iowa fans are like, thanks, Kirk. There was a chance that maybe Oregon was going to be a little sleepy coming into the game. There was a chance that Iowa, 30 degrees, windy, was going to maybe just kind of pop up on him. Not that Oregon wouldn't be prepared, but he certainly threw a whole other added conversation about this particular game.

1:11:19Pat McAfee:Ty Schmidt, Iowa grad, what you're hearing back there is him telling Kirk, shut up. He shouldn't have done that, right? Ty, that's what you're saying? Yeah, that was an all-time generational asshole move by Herbie with how Iowa fans have been feeling going into this game. And I guarantee you that Lanning had that up on the screen within 20 minutes. Yes, he actually did. Because the greatest motivator for this generation is if somebody dogs them, somebody disrespects them, and you can use that to motivate your team, I loved it. I was hoping that you guys picked the other team. Don't be saying you guys me.

1:11:55Pat McAfee:You're saying we're part of the problem. I want to let you know. You know the way my brain works now. If you were in a game, there was about 100 % chance I was picking the West Virginia Hillbilly, okay, who was the greatest of all time in Nick Saban. Devin did it in Georgia against Georgia, as you found out. The greatest of all time was what you did in the Georgia-Alabama game when you had all those Georgia people all fired up about how you were going to pick them. Oh, that was, you could never match that. Okay, so now that you know me a little bit more, okay now that you know me a little bit more think about uh the transition from guy who i love pollock okay i love david pollock he was a part of college game day he was very nice to me i come on and then pollock ends pollock ends up not being on the show because his contract's up they don't renew it whatever the case i wish they would have brought him back i love david pollock i can't say that enough how nice he was to me but georgia people were like the great one of the greatest damn good dogs that we've ever had gone this asshole is in here so they were very i mean they were a loud bunch against me got kicked out of a restaurant i got kicked out of a restaurant in athens georgia so think about an entire season of that with how petty you know i am now think about that think about that happening in their yard it was like guaranteed now you going out and get a win for me coach cemented legendary for me i appreciate the hell out of you but yeah we were vibing in there we were certainly vibing in there and uh that's why college football is great man that that type of situation is why college football is great better than any other sport that we have in America, the pageantry, the passion, this camping out stuff here.

1:13:25Pat McAfee:And you talk about the school and kind of building this town, sports and football can take your university to, I mean, Alabama, it happened alongside you guys, right? With how good your football team was. Better the football team, better the whole university was, right? No doubt. And I think they, the whole plan at Alabama was to build the team, to build the town around the team and the university and make it better and they absolutely did that because you know the window that people look at a university is through the athletic program and you got great passion you got all this enthusiasm you got people that love it and it's so unpredictable i think that's what makes it great so um it's and i think that is definitely alive well here in lovey i think so even there's softball remember that uh what's the girl's name what was the girl's name oh no she has a great name too we should i'm from We talked to her on the phone trying to recruit her to come to Alabama.

1:14:19Pat McAfee:And then Cody Campbell got on the phone here. That was it.

1:14:25He's a much better closer than me.

1:14:27Pat McAfee:Najari Kennedy. Kennedy. Okay, she was a beast. Led them to the World Series. So, like, was it worth it? Yeah, I'd say it was electrifying throughout the entirety. Now, obviously, you did a lot with Alabama. You also did a lot at LSU. Maybe that's happening this weekend. Let's go to digs back in the Thunderdome. Yep, Coach, you're the perfect person to ask about this. Obviously, this is the first game since Brian Kelly has been fired, and it's not like LSU lost all of its guys as well. They still have guys because they're LSU and they're going into Bama. When you're coaching against a team like this that just fired their coach, they have nothing to lose.

1:15:00Is this a scary situation for the Bama side of all things? Well, I think that it's a very scary situation because it's very unknown to them. How is LSU's team going to react to this? and what changes are they going to make. Their players have nothing to lose, as you said, so are they going to play free and easy and just go out and try to play the best football they can? And they probably feel a little disrespected. I'm talking about LSU relative to where they are, their season, how it's gone, their coach getting fired. So it'll be interesting to see how they respond. So this is not a game that Alabama cannot go out and play their best game of the year because, you know, for Alabama, to me, LSU has a great secondary.

1:15:46Alabama's depended on the forward pass quite a bit this year with the receivers they have and the quarterback. And their inability to create a consistency in the running game makes this a pretty good matchup for LSU versus their defense versus Alabama's offense. So it's going to be a really interesting game to see how LSU's team responds.

1:16:07Pat McAfee:Okay, let's talk about a team that might have a little bit more free or maybe a little bit more to prove like this LSU team. because, you know, new head coach and everything like that, interim head coach, you've got to put them away early, right? Is that the big thing that you're putting? Like, hey, if this lingers, they're all of a sudden staying in it. That's an empowering thing for the other team potentially? Yeah, I would assume that when you play in a game like this, if I were the coach, I would tell our guys that, you know, we're going to have to play through the initial great enthusiasm that they're going to come out with to try to prove something, and you're going to have to change the way they think, and you need to do that by getting off to a great start and not let them stay in the game.

1:16:46Because if they can stay in the game and think they have a chance to win, you're creating a monster.

1:16:51Pat McAfee:Okay, speaking of creating a monster, Ohio State's the national champions. Nobody's talking about them. Connor has a question for you, Coach. Yeah, Coach, we had Ryan Day on yesterday, and he seemingly loves the fact that nobody's really talking about Ohio State at number one, and it feels like the Buckeye Nation, AJ included, loves that as well. When you were coaching for Alabama and you guys were in a similar situation where you're just so dominant there's no point really to talk about the team until later in the season. How did you use that throughout the season? Was it something like nobody respects you?

1:17:21Was it something as if nobody even wants to talk about you guys? How did you use that to your own advantage, the way Ryan Day is using it for Ohio State? Well, I always tried to make it about the individual as much as I could. So regardless of whether anybody was talking about us or not, I would always tell the players, are you creating value for yourself by the way you're playing? Because there are people out there looking at you. There are people out there evaluating. You all want to go play in the league someday. So what are you going to put on the tape that creates value for you? And that's what I try to do with our players.

1:17:57And I try to use their own goals and aspirations, their selfish, self-absorbed, ambitious sort of attitudes that most great athletes have, which is a good thing to me. It sounds bad, but it's really a good thing. I try to use that to keep them motivated so that they were going to go out there and play the best that they could play and not listen to the outside noise, whether it was good or bad or nothing at all. I kind of like nothing at all. I hated it when everybody was talking about how good our team was. That's where the whole rat poison came into play.

1:18:32Pat McAfee:I tried to give them some. I don't know if you saw. Ryan Day was on the show. And I told him, congratulations, you won. You're number one in the first CFP. You guys won title. Go ahead, put the crown on, give you a ring. He shut up. He got up and left. He literally got up and left. We haven't done anything. Fun is when we win. No fun is when we lose. He sounded a lot like you, to be honest. He certainly did. And I think he reached out to you about having sustained success. But it feels like his big message is, like, let's not get bored doing the right things. And he's trying to drive home the same messages that I've heard you talk about a lot, which is good for Ryan Day.

1:19:05Right. Right, and I think that people have to understand that success is defined by consistency and performance, and it's not a continuum. So if you don't continue to strive to get better all the time, people are going to bite you in the tail end. You would say ass, but...

1:19:23Pat McAfee:Well, you just said it as well. You just said it as well, but you're right. And that's a great definition of success. Like, consistency is the difference between great and good, I think. you know and that that's kind of like are you there for a little bit are you there for a long time well long time means you're consistently good that's why guys that play 20 years in the league in any sport it's like they're unbelievable unbelievable yeah it's crazy to think about we're just talking about patrick mahomes we're just talking about his entire road how he gets drafted to the chief sits behind alex smith alex smith has an mvp like season and then andy reed kicks him out of town and they're like we're going with this guy and i was very confused by and then all of a sudden he goes on just takes over the world and it's like well he has that competitive he He is, in between the ears, everything you want in a player, basically.

1:20:06No doubt. And I think you just talked about what makes great players, what made Michael Jordan what he is, what made Tiger Woods what he is, Kobe Bryant what he is, Patrick Mahomes what he is. They can continue to challenge themselves even when they have a tremendous amount of success. And that's just the kind of competitors they are. And, look, I have more respect for a great competitor than just about anything, and those guys were great competitors.

1:20:31Pat McAfee:I like learning why the greats are greats. That's why we enjoy chatting with you because you're greatest of all time. Now, on that note, you've had a lot of coaches coach for you, and there's a lot of you in a lot of your coaches. Lane Kiffin obviously has learned a lot about and from you. He does it in his own way. Ty has a question about their weekend. Yeah, Coach, Ole Miss has the Citadel this weekend. From your experience, how difficult is it when you're in the teeth of the SEC schedule and then this late in the season you play a non-conference team who, human nature would say that a lot of the guys are probably thinking, hey, if we show up, we're going to beat the shit out of these guys.

1:21:06How difficult is that? Kind of just the preparation of that going into a week like this when obviously if you don't show up and you somehow get beat, that's catastrophic for what you're trying to do the rest of the year here. Well, ironically, we played the Citadel in a similar situation I don't know, maybe the 10th or 11th game of the year just a few years ago. And if you look at the book, we were behind at halftime. And I think we might have been number one in the country at the time. All right, so firsthand, I'm telling you, it is really, really difficult to get your players to play when they've been playing SEC games that are so important.

1:21:45You're trying to get into playoffs. You're playing a big game every week. Can't afford to lose one. Trying to get in the SEC championship game. Now you're going to play the Citadel. No disrespect to their kids, their players, their families, or anything else. but it's just not the same to the players and it's really really hard to get your team mentally ready to play prepare the right way during the course of the week and then go out there and execute with the right disposition when the game comes and then these guys that that's they grew up wanting to play at Ole Miss or Alabama or Georgia or whatever now they're getting the opportunity to play in that stadium I'm telling you man it's their biggest game of their life and probably not that big a game for your players, and that's a tough psychological thing to overcome.

1:22:30Pat McAfee:Yeah, Winadad, we hope, will just continue to be who we thought he was. Ferris State, absolute stud, has gone into Ole Miss, and now he seemingly just gets better and better every single week. Lane Kiffin could run that score up on him, too. I mean, there could be a lot of alley-oops coming on the sideline, but if you let him linger, this is the same thing, though. You let anybody linger in college football, then there's a belief that kind of starts to happen, and confidence changes the trajectory of games and seasons. Well, and I think that because Ole Miss has really good skill players and they're going to spread them out and make them defend in space and play loose plays, that's going to be a disadvantage for the Citadel.

1:23:05So the biggest chance they've got to stay in the game is probably to shrink the game, run the ball, don't give them very many possessions, and hope they can get some turnovers and stops.

1:23:13Pat McAfee:How was the cake? Good. Really good. Carrot cake is my favorite. Oh, I love carrot cake. Yeah, carrot cake is very good. It also feels like you're eating something healthy because carrot's in there, even though it's clearly not. Even though the icing is, like, really good for you. How come you wouldn't sit the hell up, huh? Why wouldn't you sit the hell up? There's a celebration going on. You're just there snoozing. You got your America's Best to your right, two blankets on top of you there. You're living the good life. Miss Terry's bringing this cake. She just, she made that 10 hours ago for you.

1:23:43Pat McAfee:You won't sit your ass up first? You got to tell you to sit up, coach? You think she made that cake? Yeah. Miss Terry found out about catering a long time ago. But she is a hell of a cook when she cooks. That was a beautiful moment, showcasing your guys' relationship. Genuinely, that was a beautiful thing, man. How old again? 74. Have we hit it yet? I'm trying to get more shots, but these damn guys I play with are really difficult. You're the man. Thank you so much for being so nice to us and kind to us. The world appreciates you. I think you'd be the only person if you announced that you were going to be running for president.

1:24:24Pat McAfee:Everybody would be excited. Did you hear President Trump's going to be at the Commander's Lions game? Well, I knew that he was trying to get a hold of you to make that announcement. That shows how important you are. That was pretty weird. I got a text from the White House. I got a text from the, hey, this is, insert name here, from White House. Okay, this is like 20 minutes before we go live. I'm like, oh, sweet. I've been talking to the McAfee people, not just antivirus. Obviously, they got scam detection and all this other stuff that they can help you and save you. I almost sent this number immediately to them.

1:24:50Pat McAfee:It was like, this is bullshit. Get a text from the White House. I respond. And they're like, hey, the president's going to be enjoying the Veterans Day celebration at halftime of the Commanders game. I didn't know if you wanted to make the announcement. He'll be sitting with Josh Harris, the owner of the Commanders, and he'll be at the game enjoying football and Veterans Day celebration. I'm like, is this real? I have no idea if it's real. They're like, yes, we will send an official email to follow up that you will see it. We got an email from the White House. That was a pretty big deal. So, of course, though, you just – I forgot you were on the group text with the leaders of the world.

1:25:20I'm going to tell you, President Trump is a great sports fan. He loves sports. He loves football. He loves all kinds of sports. And if you ever talk to him, that's all he wants to talk about.

1:25:29Pat McAfee:Yeah, I heard. I heard you were potentially at a little bit of a meeting where there were some business people maybe. Nice. Some big-time business people. And then Coach Saban's sitting there, and then the president's there. We got good music blaring, obviously. We got good times. DJT actually being DJT down there. I heard Mr. President Trump as the DJ, and I heard literally the conversation was about sports the entire time. The whole time. That's awesome. The whole time. Sports are the greatest. They're the greatest, and it's amazing how people relate to it, and the competition, and the passion that people have for their team.

1:25:58It's fantastic.

1:25:59Pat McAfee:I don't know Josh Harris' political affiliation, and I don't really care to look into it, but I do know sports and stadiums are where people from all different backgrounds. Now, there's becoming a pricing issue, which we should certainly talk about. We've got to make sure everybody can still get in these stadiums because it's a magical moment. All backgrounds, all prices, all socioeconomic coming together just to tell the other team that they suck. It's beautiful. Sports are the greatest. You know, I might have told you this before, but when we won the national championship in 2003 at LSU, I had Jesse Jackson was in town for something.

1:26:32I had to come talk to the team. And when he got finished talking to the team, he said, you know, Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night is closer to the kingdom of God than my church. I said, you've got to be kidding me, man. You ever been in this stadium? I said, you can smell the bourbon on the 50-yard line when you're doing a coin toss. And he said, no. He said, you know, everybody's got the same goal. The rules are clearly defined. Everybody's together in spirit.

1:26:59Pat McAfee:Doesn't matter if they're short, fat, tall. It doesn't matter. Everybody's together in spirit. and he said that's very difficult to do but that's how sports brings people together Amen Preacher Saban, Reverend Jesse Jackson President Donald J. Trump We have a hell of a life we're living and we're lucky to do it We're going to enjoy the hell out of Lubbock Coach Saban we sent on his way here and then I will rejoin you boys to make our picks to wrap up this beautiful hour and we might have a surprise guest appearance at the end of this thing but ladies and gentlemen the greatest of all time, Coach Nick Saban

1:27:31Nick Saban:Thank you Coach I don't know who that – you guys know who he's teasing? A possible surprise guest? First thought would be Peter the dog. I'm not sure. Is Peter, Mitch, and the whole crew making the trip right now? Just Pete. I saw Pete on – Kirk posted last night talking to Bo Nix before the game. A bunch of different people, right? He bit Bo Nix in the hand, right? Yeah, that's right. He was having trouble. Word on the street is Peter was not happy the other dogs got some shine last week. So I assume this is a – He hurt him? Solo mission. Yeah, he injured the other dogs and they can't make it.

1:28:02It wasn't even about that. It was more so just realizing, like, why are there three CEOs of happiness? Like, I'm the CEO, bitch. Yeah, exactly. This isn't succession, okay? I ain't Kendall. I ain't the sister. I ain't Roman, okay? She have the sister.

1:28:18Nick Saban:I'm fucking Logan Roy. Okay. That's what Peter's making a stand. I got a little worried there when Bo Nix has had the ball in his hand that Peter's going to jump up and just take the two of his fingers off. That's what I'm saying. Rip a fingernail off or something like that? Oh, I don't know about that. Pat, how does Coach Saban, how's he doing over there? Are you guys back? There you are.

1:28:35Pat McAfee:Peter does like the ball, I will say. Will he bring it back, though?

1:28:39Nick Saban:Will he bring it back, like, fetch?

1:28:41Pat McAfee:Yeah, I've seen him around any ball. Yeah, he's a golden retriever. He will retrieve. I mean, it's in his name and his blood, and boy, he loves ball. This morning, as soon as we got here to campus, Peter was wide-ass open in a grassy field just getting the ball to the ball. And the way he slides, you know, because he's so big, so fast, so nimble. He's stopping. He's, like, going around like it's dirt track racing. You know, like his ass end is, like, kind of sliding out. He is an incredible athlete. I mean, Peter is very big but very athletic, very nimble. And he's got great vibes all the time, but he loves a ball.

1:29:19Pat McAfee:I mean, is Peter's brain at all times. And, yeah, I do love how much everybody embraces the hell out of him because as soon as you see him, his tongue's hanging out. Just like Thamel. He's all ball all the time. Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball. And tongue hanging out. Yeah, I think it is pretty similar there. Yeah, I think it is. Coach Saban is the best.

1:29:44Nick Saban:Yep.

1:29:44Pat McAfee:The absolute best. So this morning, what time the meeting started here, Locals, I'm sorry as I'm batting the hell out of my microphone here. This morning, what time the meeting started, Coach Saban got in like basically at the same exact time. So there was a little bit of chirping, a little bit of chirping around the room. I didn't say anything. I said, Coach, yeah, you do whatever the hell you need to do, brother. You're Coach Saban. You do what you need to do. But that is very abnormal for Coach Saban, so everybody kind of took their shots at him. Whole meeting happens. Very end, he looks around.

1:30:10Pat McAfee:He goes, you. Coach Saban starts talking shit to people. You. Bang, bang, bang. It was great sauce this morning out of Coach Saban. And last week, if you watched Game Day, which, breaking news, game day will be available on x on our account yes in its entirety uh so if you obviously are in the middle of this dispute that is taking place between espn and youtube tv if you have the x account at all game day will be live on there for the second week in a row and this is kind of a trailblazing thing for x you know obviously they've made deals they're getting the content game with the NFL. They got deals with the WWE.

1:30:52Pat McAfee:They're starting to try to get into the content game in a bigger way. They're starting to be a hosting platform. They're trying their best. Remember Elon's vision of X is a place for everything. They want not just words. We want pictures. We want to be in content creator world. We want to do business. He's also worth, I think, a trillion dollars now as of yesterday. So his goals are for X to kind of become this one-stop shop for a place because especially if they can hub everything they will so in the content world they've been picking it up big time so there's a guy named mitch over there that's been really spearheading it with x and uh game day and espn trying to make this a thing because this would obviously be huge and uh jimmy pataro needs a lot of credit for this because he loves college game day and what it brings to people and he understands that people can be upset about everything that's going on business wise both companies are allegedly you know in there allegedly if you're listening to what's reporting a lot of people obviously tacking espn and disney for it because they have the rights for it it's like well i think they think that the other side is potentially doing some stuff and anytime that takes place we have no idea how long it'll be so jimmy pataro zigging and zagging to try to get college game day to college game day fans and college football fans as much as they possibly can don't think they can do sports right now with the way the deals are the actual games studio show even though we're on the road a little bit different i think whenever it comes to back-end contracts so i think they're trying to work on that as well but jimmy is like We need to get our fans our stuff.

1:32:17Pat McAfee:We hear you. We understand that. So another week of game day being live on X, obviously for free. And, yeah, I'm thankful that we can be a small part of hopefully getting, you know, one of the greatest shows in the history of television to more people and to their fans that watch it because I'm lucky to be a part of it. So, yeah, it's a pretty big deal what's happening tomorrow, I think, in the history of platforms and media distribution. I think these last two weekends, when we look back like five, ten years from now, we'll say it's a pretty big deal. in it all because I think X is going to try to get in the game in a pretty big way.

1:32:48Nick Saban:Yeah, why wouldn't they? Especially with how many people want to watch college football, want to watch college game day. I mean, like you said, it's been an institution. It's just what you do on Saturdays when you wake up. You watch game day. That's what I think a lot of people have been doing for 30 years now, however long it's been running now, I guess.

1:33:03Pat McAfee:It's an interesting thing, though, because on X, I think they do have the app for a TV, I was told. Somebody told me that I could do that. I didn't know that. I only X on my phone. I don't really use a computer, So I understand that X is on a computer as well. But it's like fun to think about the next generation, which has been a big deal for game day this year. The 18 to 39 or whatever bumper, the 18 to 24 bump this year has gone up in a huge way. It's like, how do we continue to, you know, cause a lot of them are YouTube TV. A lot of them are, they don't know what school,

1:33:33Nick Saban:they don't even know what we're talking about. Like when you, these issues.

1:33:36Pat McAfee:So X feels like a very good platform for it. Just easy, you know, just kind of get in there and hopefully reach a lot of the fans. And they know it's not perfect. They know it's not easy for everybody. None of this is good for any party, I think everybody thinks. But, like, trying to figure out ways to make sure is certainly a focal point for Jimmy in this entire thing, Jimmy Pitaro. So cool that we're a part of it and cool that we're a part of the future age. Now, on that note, let's talk about this weekend, shall we? Hell yeah. 9.30 a.m., we got a game, AJ. 9.30 a.m., we got a game in Berlin.

1:34:09Pat McAfee:in. Now, the Falcons will be taking on the Indianapolis Colts. And I don't know if you know this, AJ, but Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Nope. It would be nine. Nine would be the answer. Exactly. Unbit Poo. Unbit Poo is French, I believe, or maybe German. But whatever the case, I know a couple things. Ein Gross Bierbitte, Dankeschir, I believe I know Bibliothek, I think that is a library. Fluch Deutsch is something. Yeah, okay, yeah, so I got a little German in me. I know a little bit. I've been over there. I actually love that place. I appreciate the way that Germans have treated me when I was over there.

1:34:45Pat McAfee:I told you guys that I ended up at a rave in a basement at some club after a pretty extensive evening out on the town. I've had a good time.

1:34:55Nick Saban:Sometimes people lose organs when they wake up from a situation like that.

1:34:59Pat McAfee:I was vibing with everybody. I don't know how I had communicated with these people up until this point because they had very limited English and I had no German but boy we were having a good time I was sweating I came back oh man this is a wild day here I need to where are we right now and you know uh one German man you know said we're here give me a thing get a water I get out bang right down the block from the hotel I'd started a different place obviously that's crazy evening who knows how that whole thing goes but the Germans took care of me so I will always be very thankful for that but I was also teammates with Bjorn Werner, obviously.

1:35:35Pat McAfee:Bjorn and many other Germans, I don't want to say many because it's not like a lot of them, but there's a lot of like grassroots love of football in Germany. And there's been a lot of people trying to make it a thing. You go all the way back to the World League, German people seemingly love football. And whenever the London games were happening, you talk to a lot of the locals there, they say it's a lot of people coming in from Germany. And there's a lot of people, a lot of big time fans. And I got a chance to experience out with Bjorn, and it was so cool to watch. And he's been a great representation.

1:36:03Pat McAfee:He has a bromance show over there. They sell out an arena whenever they want to cover games. So it's like Germany showcasing their fanhood is another cool thing that's going to be happening. But also the Colts are very over over there because of Bjorn. So I'm excited for the atmosphere. I'm excited for the morning. I'm excited for Germany. And I believe we fly the Flukzoyk into victory lane. And I think we're having ein gross Bierbitters afterwards. words and I think the Colts cover whatever the spread would be AJ yeah it's uh what Colts are

1:36:33Nick Saban:six and a half point favorites right now do we know what when either team left like is that a whole thing now the travel days like how many days you have it before you play the game there

1:36:41Pat McAfee:that's always been a Colts left yesterday I don't know if it was morning or night it was definitely dark out but we're starting to get to the time where it's dark out all the time yeah yeah it's starting to be starting to become that in Indianapolis we got a couple good sunrises happening but that thing is going to be very limited moving forward with the way you know fallback clock schedules go. They left at night. It was dark. So I don't know if it was yesterday morning or yesterday night, but they're posting on socials. I think Eddie, Edrin James is over there. Dallas Clark is over there. Bjorn's over there.

1:37:09Pat McAfee:I saw Kalen cutting a ribbon at some thing going on. So it's like they're trying, I think the Colts are trying their best to say thank you to Germany because I think we do have a lot of fans over there. Yeah, I was going to say, if you believe in, if you believe in good karma, I believe I saw Dallas Clark and the big three-row over there, and the Colts wasted no time. They built a playground over in Berlin to kind of say thank you. So, yeah, I mean, obviously you've got karma on your side, and they're also the better football team, which doesn't hurt. Yeah, Edge and Dallas Clark going over there.

1:37:40Pat McAfee:Bjorn, I believe, was in the back there next to Blue is Bjorn. If you see on the top right photo, I believe that would be Quadrant 1.

1:37:47Nick Saban:Do they know how aggressive Blue can be with people? Do the Germans understand what he did to Foxy and he's done to other people?

1:37:54Pat McAfee:He cream-pied Jane this morning, I believe. Jane Ashley Slater. It was a good pie. It was a strong pie. Yeah, he cream-pied. He did the classic, you know, cream pie that he does all over everybody. Right there on Good Morning Football. Boom, blue came in with the cream pie. That is blue football. Honestly, that's part of blue football that people don't really talk about enough is that blue will get you with a cream pie no matter where you're standing. You can be in the United States or America. You can be in Germany. you're going to catch one of these cream pies from Blue because anybody can get it, especially whenever he's dealing it.

1:38:26Pat McAfee:I am excited for Blue to experience Germany, especially Berlin. There's a lot of history in Berlin, obviously. Here it is. Look at this, AJ. You thought I was joking when I said it. I did. Look out, Jane. I think it's her birthday. Happy birthday, and you get a cream pie. Got her clean. That's pretty good.

1:38:47Nick Saban:Interpol's going to be looking for him by the time he's done this trip. Oh, there it is. There's his classic move.

1:38:51Pat McAfee:Yeah, he's got good gyrations of the hips. I think he takes a lot of pride in that. And I like that he pump faked her a little bit because she was ready for it the first time. He said, nope, this is like slap fest. And then he came with a second one. She said, nope, nope. And then he got it with the third one. That's classic blue football. So I'm pumped up about the Colts being over there. I like the Colts minus six and a half. Is there any other lines, Tone?

1:39:09Nick Saban:Six and a half across the board. Give me the Colts, too. Eight.

1:39:15Nick Saban:Last week I said, hey, I got to go with them until they prove me wrong. But I'm sticking with them. But I think coming off a loss, yeah, the Colts figured it out here. Yeah, just the only big worry is back-to-back bad B. John Robinson games. He has not looked good the last two weeks until he's running the ball. So you're saying he's good. And I'm not saying – I'm not trying to sway, okay? What's the field look like in Berlin, too? Are we going to have a normal – It's going to be a good field. A chunky field. It's going to be a good field. You've got to wear nine-inch grates. Great point. Tip-top shape, I'd assume.

1:39:39Pat McAfee:The scary thing is no DeForest Buckner.

1:39:42Nick Saban:Yes.

1:39:43Pat McAfee:That's the scary thing with no B. John. That is a very scary thing. So 6.5 might be too much, but I'll roll with the Colts. Giants, Bears. Bears, I think it's supposed to be 30 degrees if I saw the weather report accurate. Not that that would affect the New York Giants. Bears favored by 4.5 there at Soldier Field. Anything we need to know about this one, boys? I don't think so. I think it's just one of those situations like, okay, can the Bears stop anything? And then for the Giants, you know, running game, how's it going to be? no more scat? Is that going to continue to be a problem? Or will Jackson Dart squeeze one out for Dayball?

1:40:22I know because Bruce was talking about it yesterday the Giants have some secondary injuries that are probably going to be game time decisions. So look at the injury report to determine what their secondary is going to be like in that situation. But as far as lines go, you get anywhere from four to five on this one.

1:40:38Pat McAfee:Bears also banged up. Okay, Bears a little banged up, but it's also a football season, so you never know what you're going to have. and the ball is kicked off, you know? Yeah, you have to find a way to get that in the Thunderdome. Just for the record, let's dump this and make sure we get that done. How about me announcing that President Trump's going to be at that game taking that camera? Yeah. The amount of people that are going to see that, they're going to hate me so bad. Doofus in cowboy hat looks ironically into camera to his side to announce that the president is going to an NFL game. Can't wait for that.

1:41:13Pat McAfee:Been in those pools before. I like the Chicago Bears minus four is what I heard from Diggs there.

1:41:18Nick Saban:Yep. Is that minus four or minus four and a half? Four is the lowest you can go. All right. Give me the Bears minus four as well at home, Pat.

1:41:25Pat McAfee:Ravens, Vikings, J.J. McCarthy's on demon mode, bro. Okay. Nine is going hamsky. He is so lit. And Lamar is seemingly all the way back. The sportsbooks thought that the Baltimore Ravens, when Lamar came back, would be all the way back. He proved that his first game. He threw for four touchdowns. I will take the Baltimore Ravens minus four and a half against the Minnesota Vikings, even though I can't wait to watch nine do his thing out there, AJ. Pat, you could get him at minus three and a half. And if you did want the Vikings, you get him all the way up to four and a half. Did anyone see the tweet that said, if we're going to have to defend this shit, this guy better bring us a championship?

1:42:02Talking about the demon, the nine thing.

1:42:05Pat McAfee:Well, a lot of people are saying he threw for 140 yards. So let's go ahead and relax. But he ran in for a touchdown. Okay, he ran in for a touchdown. It feels like the boys love him, and that's who he is. I think that's why you couldn't have another quarterback in there with him. You know, like last year, Sam Darnold, he gets hurt. I think he's alpha. I think JJ is an alpha alpha, and I think the team loves him. I think they like him. I think KOC's good, but I just like the Ravens on their comeback tour because the sports books have been calling them the AFC North favorites for weeks now. So it feels like they know something we don't.

1:42:32Pat McAfee:Maybe Baltimore's all the way back, and Chuck Pagano might have the boys rolling. Give me the Ravens minus four and a half.

1:42:38Nick Saban:Yeah, I think so. I would take the Ravens, and I believe we can get it minus three and a half, right? Yes, you can. Okay, we both have the Ravens minus three and a half, Pat.

1:42:46Pat McAfee:Okay, that's good news. Let's go. Saints-Panthers. Panthers favored by five and a half at home. I will take them just strictly because I watch their mic'd ups and I like them.

1:42:54Nick Saban:Me and the Panthers as well. Yep. Dowdell, I believe, is questionable, but if we know anything about him, he's going to be ready to go. Yeah, he's going to play.

1:43:01Pat McAfee:Yeah, they're going to get the Ricoette. Yes, they certainly are. Buffalo Beals against the Miami Dolphins. Beals favored by eight and a half. Let's head over to a table of optimism here. Gumpy, what should we be thinking about this game? Bills can't stop the run. That's one thing we are kind of good at with A-chan. Ollie Gordon should be back. Maybe Jalen Wright, not a healthy scratch because he's very good at running the ball. Other than that, Rasul Douglas possibly out. Our whole secondary possibly out. Okay, so who did you guys trade away? Because I heard somebody say it was the best day of his life when he got traded away from the Dolphins.

1:43:32Jalen Phillips, yeah. The weather is nicer in Philadelphia than Miami. He didn't say that, did he? Yeah, that's what he said, and he got the most Instagram likes he ever got on a pitcher.

1:43:41Pat McAfee:Yeah, but I thought he said it was the best. Oh, I missed that part. I missed the start of it. I missed the best day of his life.

1:43:48Nick Saban:You guys not about to be excited? Yeah, I mean, I thought I was excited day one. I mean, talk to me now. Like, this is literally the greatest thing that's happened to me in my whole life, probably. But it's just awesome. I mean, the guys are awesome.

1:43:58Pat McAfee:Pause. What? That's good. Did you hear it there, Gumps? Did you hear it? Let's hear the whole clip. We can't be chopping things like that. It's not good. He said it was the greatest day of his life. Everybody's been super welcoming.

1:44:10Nick Saban:I love the environment here. I love the vibe here. The city of Philly's giving me a very warm welcome. I got about 20 times the amount of Instagram likes that I ever got on a post before from the Philly fans. So shout out to y 'all. But yeah, it's been great so far. Getting out there practicing. I love the weather here. I love the locker room. Everything's awesome.

1:44:29Pat McAfee:What makes it the greatest? He likes football weather, Gumps. Don't blame him for that. He loves everything else, but it's the greatest day of his life getting traded to the Eagles. I'm happy for Jalen Phillips. He's a very good football player. He deserves it. All right. On that note, I'm not picking the Dolphins against anybody. Who do you have in this one, A.J. Hawk?

1:44:48Nick Saban:I would say, shockingly, I am going to have the Buffalo Beals here, minus eight and a half.

1:44:53Pat McAfee:Cleveland Browns, New York Jets. Oh, gosh. I'll take the Browns, I guess, minus two and a half, A.J.

1:45:00Nick Saban:You get minus one and a half. Yeah. I'm taking the Browns minus one and a half as well. Yeah, we're green on a lot.

1:45:06Pat McAfee:Yeah, I think we're starting to see the board. Now, is that a good thing for you or a bad thing? I have not been getting a lot of NFL games right, although college I feel like I'm potentially in my bag this season. Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans, AFC South battle. Tone, is there a percentage of money on this one anywhere? Yes, there is. Let me pull it up real. Who's the quarterback? The quarterback, I'm not sure. Dave is Dougie Mills. Yeah, it's Doug Mills, but I hate to say it. These Texans are figuring it out. That defense is still that defense. Dougie Mills is a junkyard dog. We know that.

1:45:37And 69 % of the money is on the Jacksonville Jaguars because unlike this program, a lot of the country does not believe in Davis Dougie Mills like us.

1:45:45Pat McAfee:We love Dougie Mills. Five years ago, we loved Dougie Mills. We didn't even know his name was Davis because we called him Dougie so much, actually. So that's why he's still Dougie Davis Mills. I will take the – AJ, who do you have?

1:45:59Nick Saban:JJ Watt will be in the booth. Give me the Texans.

1:46:02Pat McAfee:Plus one and a half. I'll take the Texans as well. It's such a bad number. It's such a bad number. I know.

1:46:09Nick Saban:Yeah, it is.

1:46:10Pat McAfee:I'll take the Jacksonville Jaguars minus one. I'll do that. You get the Jags minus one. Let's keep in mind the Jags did, in fact, go to overtime with the Raiders. That's a good ball club, though. Maybe it's just because we're fresh off the Raiders.

1:46:23Nick Saban:So they're good in close games, is what you're saying. Jacoby Myers edition.

1:46:28Pat McAfee:Yeah, give me the Jags. I'll take the Jags. Jags minus one and a half. If you're on the Houston Texans, I like it. Patriots, Buccaneers. We heard Conor chit-chat about how this is a good litmus test and, you know, how Patriots fans should feel good. I mean, both these guys, MVP conversations. What the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are with Baker Mayfield, awesome. What Drake May and Mike Vrabel have been able to do with this Patriots team, incredible. Stephon Diggs all the way in. Defense ready to roll. AJ, who do you like? How do you like it?

1:46:52Nick Saban:When I first, I guess, walked in here today, I was leaning heavy Patriots. But you know what? You pop this graphic up. Give me the Bucs right now. Like, I see Baker. I see him compete and maybe jaw him back and forth with Braves a little bit. Wake them both up. Give me the Bucs.

1:47:06Pat McAfee:Okay, I'll take the New England Patriots. The Bucs have ruled out running back Bucky Irvin, says Ari Mirov of MySportsUpdate. Chris Godwin and Hassan Reddick for Sunday. So I will take the New England Patriots plus some points in Tampa. Let's do this thing, Con. Man, Cardinals, Seahawks. I think we like the trajectory of both of these teams with decisions that they're making. I love the Seattle Seahawks, and I'm just going to pick them no matter what they're favored by going forward. AJ.

1:47:31Nick Saban:Yeah, I'm on the Seahawks bandwagon as well. We got Seahawks minus six and a half at home. I think they cover. Yes, sir.

1:47:38Pat McAfee:Los Angeles Rams favored by four and a half going into Mac Jones and the San Francisco 49ers. Any information we need on this one, Tone? Obviously, we are still going to get Mac Jones at quarterback. Obviously, the Niners have dealt with a plethora of injuries all around the field. I believe Ricky Pearsall is still out. The defensive line has been dealing with injuries. But other than that, I think we're all good there. And the line is four and a half across the board. Okay, I will take the Los Angeles Rams minus four and a half because I think Matthew Stafford has quite a day there. AJ, who do you like?

1:48:10Nick Saban:Man, I was trying to talk myself into taking the Niners, but I love that Rams D line. I like how they get after the quarterback and obviously what Matthew Stafford can do, Puka, all of them. Give me the Rams.

1:48:20Pat McAfee:With a halftime celebration of the veterans taking place with President Donald Trump in the owner's suite. The Detroit Lions traveled to the Washington Commanders as seven and a half point favorites. Some updates on Jaden Daniels' elbow. It was dislocated, but nothing was really torn. They said it's a very positive diagnosis after such a nasty injury. Give me the Detroit Lions minus seven and a half against the Washington Commanders, even though the commander-in-chief is going to be there with the Washington Commanders, AJ.

1:48:53Nick Saban:Yeah, I'm going to have a tough time I'm picking against the Detroit Lions here. Foxy, I'm with you. Give me the Lions minus seven. That's a lot of points, but seven and a half, I'll take it.

1:49:01Pat McAfee:Quick stat for you guys. Jared Goff and Dan Campbell after a loss are 21-8 against the spread, and they've won 12 in a row against the spread after a loss.

1:49:10Nick Saban:Pretty good.

1:49:11Pat McAfee:Okay, so we like where they're at. Seven and a half probably took that into account too. The sportsbooks probably saw that and took that. That's a lot of points. I respect the commanders. I like the commanders. I appreciate what they're doing this weekend, but I like the Detroit Lions to get a big win there. and then Sunday night football. The Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers favored by two and a half at home. Who's house? Normally Rams house, but the Chargers house now. Justin Herbert, obviously megastar out there in Los Angeles. He's in a celebrity couple.

1:49:41Pat McAfee:He's being seen around town. He's drinking beers, and he's leading this Chargers team to a potential. Awesome outcome with Jim Harbaugh as the head coach. Hortiz has been dialing it up as GM, and then the Pittsburgh Steelers go all in this offseason. They're paying$30 million to a wide receiver. They're bringing in a Hall of Fame quarterback. They're bringing in DBs. They're trading for tight ends. They got magic happening in their building is how they feel, fresh off a massive win over the Indianapolis Colts, where their defense looked like what everybody thought their defense could be all season.

1:50:12Pat McAfee:Does that continue, A.J., or do the Chargers get a massive home win as favorites by two and a half?

1:50:18Nick Saban:Yeah, I think it does continue for the Steelers' defense. I think they found something. They built some momentum, some confidence. I like Jalen Ramsey at the safety position. He's super physical, and we know he can cover. So give me Pittsburgh plus 2.5. Plus 3. Plus 3. I would take it, Pat. Pittsburgh.

1:50:33Pat McAfee:All right. I would take the Los Angeles Chargers minus 2.5. Okay. I would take the Chargers minus 2.5 at home. You got the Pittsburgh Steelers plus 3. Pat Fryer-Mooth scores a touchdown last week and executes a beautiful punt celebration. I want to let him know the drop was perfect. The swing was immaculate. I really love. And I love what that Pittsburgh Steelers team is doing. And I can't wait to get back to Pittsburgh around that draft and make some magic. I don't want to break any news, no spoilers. We're going to be doing pop-up shows around Pittsburgh Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, before the draft goes live.

1:51:03Pat McAfee:And then Thursday we'll be live at the draft. And then Friday we'll be live there as well. A week in Pittsburgh taking place around the draft. Cannot wait for that. Look out for Rudy Sub's parking lot, maybe on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. The greatest sub in all of Pittsburgh. So I love what Steelers are doing. But I like the chargers.

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1:52:08Pat McAfee:Ladies and gentlemen, I believe there is a special guest here, Con Man, as you are about to echo some sentiments of people that don't know what they're talking about. And whenever you think about Texas Tech, you think about, you know, cowboys. You think about oil. You think about, ladies and gentlemen, this is Centennial Champion, a nine-year-old quarter horse that did not win anything when it was racing but has become an absolute superstar here at Texas Tech. The masked rider is the lady that is currently with Centennial Champion. I believe we're trying to get it. Can you bring it all the way?

1:52:49Pat McAfee:I don't want to get it.

1:52:50Nick Saban:Bring a horse behind the podium right now. That's amazing.

1:52:51Pat McAfee:Yeah, can a Centennial Champion come all the way up? Hey, Centennial Champion, how you doing? Centennial Champion.

1:52:55Nick Saban:Get a mic on, Centennial Champion. Can we get a headset for the horse, please? Yeah. Give him some ears. Pat, you sit up there and do the rest.

1:53:03Pat McAfee:Hey, how you doing? Little majestic creature. Beautiful. Nine years old quarter horse? Yes. Is that accurate? And you are the mass rider?

1:53:11Nick Saban:Yes, sir.

1:53:12Pat McAfee:How many mass riders are there each year?

1:53:14Nick Saban:There's only one mass rider. Wow. Each year? Yes.

1:53:17Pat McAfee:Once you get hurt.

1:53:17Nick Saban:And I'll hold it for the one year, and then we'll transfer to the next one.

1:53:20Pat McAfee:Okay, and how does it work? You're going out of this tunnel, or are you already outside, and then you take it 100?

1:53:24Nick Saban:We'll get right in front of the field post, and when the band cues a song, then he knows it's ready to go.

1:53:31Pat McAfee:Centennial Champion, go horse. It's a good pony?

1:53:33Nick Saban:Yes.

1:53:34Pat McAfee:Oh, sadly.

1:53:35Nick Saban:How many people she beat out for that gig? I'm sorry.

1:53:37Pat McAfee:Kind of starting to body me a little bit.

1:53:42Pat McAfee:Centennial Champion, I can't wait to watch you tomorrow. I appreciate you. Thank you so much for letting Centennial Champion stop by. Good luck on the ride tomorrow. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. It was nice meeting you. Very nice to meet you, too. Good luck out there. Thank you, Centennial Champion. I'm getting away from the ass. Shoot them good. Tomorrow. Yeah. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

1:54:02Nick Saban:Projectile.

1:54:02Pat McAfee:That was awesome. Hey, I grew up in a hockey town. That horse was setting me up to check me, I think. Did you see that thing turning? I was kind of getting a little bit trapped here. Horses are majestic. They say they're smarter than the average animal. And I want to let you know, that horse did not have a good vibe about me. Might have known that this hat that I have on is not necessarily one that I wear every day. I think that horse was sniffing around and saying, it's a food gaze. I think that's what just happened. He was letting you know he was boss. He said, this is my tunnel. This is my tunnel.

1:54:32Pat McAfee:I don't know if you saw anything underneath that horse, but he certainly let me know. On that note, have the greatest weekend of all time. We'll be live from Lubbock, Texas tomorrow morning for College Game Day on ESPN, also on X and ESPN+. Have the greatest weekend of all time. We'll see you on Monday. Goodbye, beautiful people. Nice.

1:54:55Nick Saban:Boom. See the hat? It's perfect. See that? I did want to ask. That was awesome. Great. Real Texan.

1:55:00Pat McAfee:Real cowboy. I did want to ask. Wanted to get the picks.

1:55:03Nick Saban:Oh, no. Yeah. I thought we all froze for a second. I didn't know. Oh, here we go. We're back. We're back. We got you. I wanted to get the picks.

1:55:13Pat McAfee:Yeah, I wanted to get the picks in because I knew Horace was hanging out right here staring at me. So, great work on that, boys. Way to power through with the information. And then I think we should be proud of that Horace just kind of walking in here, strutting it, stuffing, and walking the hell out. I think that's exactly what we needed there for a good Lubbock Friday. Yeah. Can we now revisit the controversy of Rudy's sub not being the best sub in Pittsburgh per Pittsburgh people? Nobody said that. What did they say? Have I been lied to every single time we've gone back to Pittsburgh? Listen, I love Rudy's subs.

1:55:47Pat McAfee:Every time we've gone back, it creates a memory. I love sitting at the back of the tables, circle tables, eating my sub, eating my fries. And I've been told every time, best sub in the city. And then yesterday, out of nowhere, someone from the city tells me that's not the best sub. What the hell is going on here? Hmm.

1:56:11Pat McAfee:Fuck you.

1:56:15Pat McAfee:Foxy, I don't like that you just thought that you needed to post that somebody said that. And the person that said that is currently on a microphone. We know that. And the person that said that has the worst palate. Oh, he's not on a microphone. The person that said this that's no longer on a microphone would be never considered on the meat judging team down here. His palate is how we like to describe ass. He's got a bad palate. That guy's taste buds have no idea what's good and what's not good. Then we started pressing this person a little bit. What is the best sub? And he said Fazoli. No, I didn't.

1:56:51Pat McAfee:This guy said Fazoli. I didn't say that. I heard rumors of that. Listen, I was just in a mood, so I just said something. I immediately regretted it. Rudy Subs is the best sub in Pittsburgh. You said no. Yeah, that's what he'll say. That's what he'll say. This guy is full of it. And we need to remember this whenever we're doing a little pop-up show, maybe from Rudy's on draft week. I do think Mr. S was my first ever employer. Voice of the Mustangs.

1:57:19Nick Saban:Oh, he was? He was awesome. He was awesome. That's another Mustang first.

1:57:28Pat McAfee:And he's saying that in heaven now. He's saying that in heaven now. He's Pudgy Wadgy the Cat. Pudgy Wadgy the Cat has nothing to do with Rudy. Thank you, Pudgy Wadgy. There's a memorial for him inside of Rudy's Well that's because Rudy respects greatness No it's just a photo Wonderful photo

1:57:46Nick Saban:They do great work You can stuff your animals Well you can clone them too

1:57:52Pat McAfee:And Mr. S ain't doing that at Rudy's Okay so don't you worry about any of that All you need to know is that draft week Monday pop up show somewhere Tuesday pop up show somewhere in Pittsburgh Wednesday pop up show somewhere in Pittsburgh And then Thursday's draft Friday will be there as well So draft week in Pittsburgh should be pretty insane. And we'll make sure we're eating the best sub in town in Rudy's. What did Caboli say? What did Caboli say about this entire thing? We know that he's eating some eight-hour-old Rudy's subs that has been sitting in his cargo pockets. So when I sent the tweet out, I said, who's a part of the Pittsburgh meat-eating team?

1:58:28Pat McAfee:Definitely Mark Caboli. So I said, Caboli, is this true? Is Rudy's not the best sub in town? and I'd like to mention, he never said that Rudy's was the best in town. He never said which one it was, but he never outright mentioned Rudy's is the best sub in town, and that's a little concerning to me, and from Mark Caboli, I think he would know personally. He never said it wasn't either. That has to be taken into account. I'm sick of it. Guys eat microwave mayo sandwiches. I don't know if his opinion really matters. Thank you, Gumby. There's been a lot of slander. And then guess what? I had a little text conversation with somebody that isn't a part of the office as this has all taken place.

1:59:10Pat McAfee:I have a text message conversation with somebody. I'm like, hey, you know, I plan on doing a show live from Rudy Sub's parking lot because there's been a lot of slander. It's going to be difficult. I don't know if they've got enough power. I don't know if we have clearance. And I don't know if they have enough service. But we're definitely going to do that. The response I get from this person, okay, Rudy Sub's, question mark, is that in Lubbock?

1:59:31Nick Saban:Who is this person? I even know. Okay.

1:59:34Pat McAfee:Okay. Thank you. Yeah, we all do. Okay. We all do. Now on that note, we got to get out of here before we get out of here though. It is a special member of the Thunderdome's birthday. Again? Shit. And, uh, yeah. Uh,

1:59:49Nick Saban:I just read a note. I hope you read it. Please.

1:59:57Pat McAfee:Usually we have a cake for any birthday that happens at the Thunderdome. We attempted to today, but very apropos to the situation, the door dasher bringing the cake actually got into a car accident. Joining us now is the birthday boy, a man who is no stranger to car accidents at all. Happy birthday, Mitt. We love you, buddy.

2:00:20Pat McAfee:No cake for you, Mitt. No cake for you. They were driving like you. They crashed it. There's no cake at the office. I don't even know if Mitt showed up at the Thunderdome after what happened to the Raiders last night and everything like that. But, Mitt, we love you. We appreciate you. You're the best, dude. You work your ass off. Obviously, you have lived the life of a football coach's son. You've been all over the country. You certainly have a brain that is unique, but we love you. Happy birthday, brother. Happy birthday, man. Sorry we don't have a cake. Happy birthday, Mitt. Sorry we don't have a cake, brother.

2:00:50Pat McAfee:It crashed. You understand what happened to that door dasher. Well, it's a tough bounce. At least it was not into Bill's house this time. So it's been a great week here and great year. Thank you. Yeah, we love you, Mitt. We love you, Mitt. Got a baby, Mitt. Got a baby, Mitt. A baby, Mitt. Thank you, Talk, for getting the candle in there, Talk. That's very kind of you. All right, Gumpy, why don't you come over here, brother? Let's have a great weekend here in Lubbock. I am very excited to kind of experience this place. Get that steak. Get that tomahawk. Yeah. I'll tell you. Nope. Not going to say it.

2:01:21Pat McAfee:Maybe, though.

2:01:22Nick Saban:Got to have it. I got it.

2:01:23Pat McAfee:Coach, got it for you. I know, but I got like a two-year-old daughter. I got like six jobs. There's a lot going on. Boy, these Friday nights. These Friday – yeah, I guess there's a little bit more. But the Friday night falling asleep has been really nice. Coach said you could have it at 5 p.m. Yeah. That's the plan that you should do. I'll eat their meat. Eat their meat. Eat their meat. Eat their meat. Eat their meat. That's what I'll do. They got meat down here. They got good meat down here. That's good tart. Patrick Mahomes got really good stuff with Adidas. We need to remember that. They're making some massive announcements this weekend.

2:02:02Pat McAfee:I know what they all are, and I don't know what I'm allowed to say, but there's some big shit coming out of the Patrick Mahomes camp tomorrow morning, I would say. I think pretty big stuff. There was one person in here who thought that surprise guest was going to be Patrick Mahomes. So he was definitely surprised when he was the horse. Very happy. Centennial champion? There was no chance, Patrick Mahomes. There was no chance. But on that note, we're lucky that we get to do this show. We're very appreciative that we get to do this show. Thank you all so much for allowing us to do this. Hopefully next week's shows will be better, but we doubt it, right?

2:02:35Pat McAfee:Doubt it. AJ, thank you for traveling to Indy. You're the man. Thank you, baby. Very hard.

2:02:44Pat McAfee:Boys, great work this week on a stage out there. Good work, boys. You too, dude. Behind the glass, you guys really crushed it this week.

2:02:55Pat McAfee:Graphic, boys. Way to go. D-bone with your zipper burn. Good job, buddy. Good work out there. Good work, Bill, with your house getting crashed into by Corvette in the middle of the afternoon. Going to have to rebuild the whole foundation. It's all right, Bill. It'll all work out. Happy birthday, Mitt. Gumpy, you're the man. Everybody have the greatest weekend of all time. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three. Team. Goodbye. MLB.tv on ESPN is your home for every out-of-market game, live or on demand.

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