PMS 2.0 1457 - NFL Week 12 Preview/Picks, TNF Recap, Oregon Head Coach Dan Lanning, Broncos QB Bo Nix, Stanford Steve, & AJ Hawk

16:59Pat McAfee:So last night, MVP in my eyes, the Houston Texans defense. The second MVP, Tommy Thompson. Well, absolutely perfect. Third MVP, Dougie Davis Mills. Fourth one, D 'Amico Rhines, that energy, that crowd. Fifth one, this guy. I think he needs a white cap immediately, too, by the way. He has the moxie to do it. He felt like he was very confident. The boys respected the hell out of him. He's ump, so he's already in there. It's like, I think we're looking at a, I think we need Roy Ellison to put on the white cap. I think he needs to be elevated. Is that not what you took away from last night as well?

17:36Dan Lanning:That's exactly what I took away. And look at him. Like, the moment was not too big. When you get called upon, when it's your opportunity, like you're a backup QB, whatever it is, make sure the moment's never too big for you. Look at him. He came out with so much confidence. Like, he knows exactly what he's doing. We feel like we're in good hands, whether he makes good calls or not.

17:51Pat McAfee:Well, it's, okay. We need him to make good calls. Of course. Ideally, yes.

17:56Dan Lanning:You would love that.

17:57Pat McAfee:And it felt like he didn't, you know, they didn't mess up anything too bad after he became it. But you're talking about having to juggle a bunch of plates whenever you don't really know that it's going to happen. I mean, who thinks the head ref is going to blow their – I don't know if that's what happened. Has that been reported? It has.

18:12Bo Nix:I thought it was awesome, though, that he was the only white hat. He had the only white hat on the crew. He had to take off the white hat and pass it down to him. I mean, that's how it works. It's a captain band, bro. It's a captain band. Yeah, it's a fucking captain band.

18:25Dan Lanning:I mean, what if – think how sweaty that thing probably was. Do you want to throw that hat on? Yeah, you have to. You have to. I have to. Part of the game. Yeah. Internet was super impressed. Bring a bit of ball. They would have never let that happen during COVID.

18:36Bo Nix:We know that. They had backup hats back then, I bet. Ellison got zero reps last week as a white cap. So, like, for him to come in and do that, like, oh, jeez.

18:44Dan Lanning:You're telling me he got no reps as a white cap. Zero. No. None. Good for him. None. Good for him.

18:48Pat McAfee:He didn't watch film as a white cap. That guy that tore his Achilles as a white cap, that guy's been reffing for, what, 100 years. I've seen that guy for so long. So, him taking his hat off and saying, it's your cap now. That's a big moment in football history.

19:02Dan Lanning:They should have made a bigger deal on the broadcast, actually.

19:05Pat McAfee:AJ, you're disgusting, honestly.

19:08Dan Lanning:No, we're in this. Unfortunately, Roy had to wear this sweaty hat that old buddy was wearing, like, T's and P's, man, with this Achilles. Adrian Hill is his name. Adrian Hill, I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry about your Achilles, but I guess, yeah, look at him. Here we go. It's your hat now. Yes.

19:24Pat McAfee:Bingo, which is bar football. And I'm happy we got to see that. And we would like to let Roy know, hey, We hope you earn your own white cap. I hope you get to the point where you get to take that white cap, just like they do for the CFP committee, how they put those white hats on that shit. I hope Roy gets a chance at some point to take that white cap off at his home and put that thing up there because he has certainly earned it. Also, another shout-out last night I think needs to be talked about. There might be a new horse in the best mascot in the NFL race. I don't think we've given much. Obviously, we talk about Jax, him, Deville down there in Jacksonville.

20:01Bo Nix:He's a dog. This guy's a stud.

20:03Pat McAfee:He shows up in a Speedo. Human Speedo, actual cheeks out with the rest of the first. And he'll jump off the sky. Jax, him, Deville through the Jaguars down times. He's been holding it down for Duvall for a long time. Blue, obviously, with the Colts. Sensational talent. Cream pies, everybody. Yeah, everybody. Also, great athlete. Great athlete. Throws football from the upper deck into a garbage can every single home game. He's a weapon as well. Toro down there in Houston. This guy's good. I don't know if you saw what he did to a Bills fan. Let's go ahead and measure these dims, please. See if you're up for the task.

20:39Pat McAfee:Okay. Obviously, it's an NFL mascot. We appreciate this. How do I have her here? And what's happening?

20:44Dan Lanning:It's pretty good. Pretty good. Yeah. 100 % of the chance I do that this weekend.

20:49Pat McAfee:Yeah. That's good hijinks right there out of Toro. I like the fact that they kind of let that fly. And also shout out to the Bills fan. Hey, you got boom. Okay, how's that going? And then I don't know if you saw this. This guy came in from the clouds. This guy came in from the clouds. Go ahead and film himself, confident, casual, coming in from the top of NRG Stadium, the artist formerly known as Reliant Stadium, the artist known as a lighthouse down there. Not the lighthouse, but a lighthouse. Texans Toro is doing pretty good. Saw him also have a great sign. You know, some Bills fan came down there with Bills Mafia.

21:20Pat McAfee:He said, how about Mills Mafia? I mean, he was on it. But, hey, Toro had a big night last night. Very clever primetime game out of Toro. Would like him to be in the ranks. Con man, I just think it needed to be said that Toro might be bringing his fastball a little bit better than everybody else.

21:35AJ Hawk:Yeah, whole entire team, really. I mean, I don't know. They're hitting their stride right at the right time. I mean, you're talking about the team as a whole being great. That's awesome. But when you have the guy getting the crowd hyped, I think you can't not kind of entertain the thought that without Toro, that crowd isn't as pumped. NRG Stadium isn't as rocking. and that defense doesn't play as well. I mean, look at this. You do not get this at every single stadium. I agree. You know, Duvall, Jackson, DeVille, whatever. His butt cheeks being out, that's not everybody's cup of tea. And you can even go to Blue and say, hey, Blue is fantastic, but there ain't no Air Toro, okay?

22:08AJ Hawk:There's one Toro. Toro brings the heat every single time, and there's nothing like sneaking a nut shot against a guy who's tailgating at your place, trying to bring the vibe, trying to crush tables. No, we're going to crush your nuts, brother. You're going to try and crush tables. will bring it right back. Don't even think about coming into energy with that type of stadium. I've never seen that

22:27Pat McAfee:before with the whole tape measure. I thought that was brilliant. Also brilliant, ladies and gentlemen, Dan Lennon.

22:33AJ Hawk:How we doing? Y 'all good? That's quite the move. I'm going to pull that out. Not bad, right? That's a good trick.

22:40Pat McAfee:That does feel like a duck-type move. Definitely the duck would do that. Duck is a good mascot. You guys have a great mascot.

22:45AJ Hawk:We got the best.

22:47Pat McAfee:Toro came down from the sky. is this duck flying off the top of this thing? You never know, man. You never know. We're pitching new ideas. You never know. Okay, let's talk about the fog. Let's talk about the setting. This is perfect, I assume, for you. Football. Yeah, man. How awesome is this? Amazing. We got late November, mid-November football here. USC coming to town. Everything on the line. What is the mindset for you and your team?

23:08AJ Hawk:Go play football, man. Let's go have some fun. I mean, you're blessed to get to do what we get to do. This is what you're excited for. Top 20 matchup right here. Everybody's paying attention. It's It's time to go execute.

23:18Pat McAfee:Okay, last time we were here, obviously. Okay. We know how it went.

23:23AJ Hawk:Not hot.

23:24Pat McAfee:No, it's time to get back to work. I don't like that. I don't like that that happened.

23:28AJ Hawk:I love how it hurts you when you're like, ah, I picked the other team.

23:31Pat McAfee:It does, but I just knew at that stage of where teams were.

23:36AJ Hawk:Yeah.

23:37Pat McAfee:I live in Indianapolis, so I see this team. I saw what that team was.

23:41AJ Hawk:You didn't give me any heads up. You didn't want to give me any heads up. Hey, Fernando's really good, dude.

23:47Pat McAfee:You need to know this. But I thought that team had come along very quickly. I thought like they developed and matured as a team early in the season. And I think not a lot of people knew that. So that's why at that time against you guys, I thought that. Your team from them until now is seemingly. We're growing, man.

24:03AJ Hawk:Did you like the loss? I never liked losses. That's BS. But do I think we grew from the loss? Absolutely. We've improved since then. They're a really good team. There's no doubt about that. But we're not the same team either. And I'm sure they're not. But we're not playing them. We're playing SC, so it's time to get ready for those boys.

24:19Pat McAfee:Okay, so what do you see from them? Obviously, Lincoln Riley always going to have a great offense.

24:23AJ Hawk:Yeah, they do an unbelievable job on offense. They're really balanced when it comes to being able to run the ball and throw the ball. You get to see them play a gritty game against Iowa last week where they bang heads a little bit, and then obviously Lemon came out in the second half and was dominant. So they've got great wideouts. They do a good job changing the picture on defense. So it's a great challenge for us.

24:42Pat McAfee:AJ has a question for you. back in Big Ten country, Indianapolis, Indiana. Hey, Jay, hit me.

24:47Dan Lanning:Good to see you, Coach. I was going to ask something about your team and learning about what your players do best. We can get to that, but first off, are you left-handed? When you took your shirt off on game day with Pat, you saved a little woo to the crowd. You're not left-handed. Okay, well, I had to ask you.

24:59AJ Hawk:No, no, no, no, but when I'm taking my clothes off, I'm ambidextrous, but normally just right-handed.

25:05Pat McAfee:No, so at the end here, you take your undershirt off. By the way, thank you for doing this, and the amount of pain your bride's tattoo.

25:12AJ Hawk:Tells you how much I love her. Yes.

25:14Pat McAfee:I think none of us were expecting that much on that part of your body that hurts. So you, dominant hand. Dominant right. Dominant hand took the shirt off.

25:23AJ Hawk:Right. But de-clothing, ambidextrous.

25:26Pat McAfee:You're saying you could have gone lefty there. Yeah. I'm talented with my clothes off. We saw that. I thought you were as well. But you take that off, and then you felt in the moment you had to do the left-handed because that's what AJ saw.

25:38AJ Hawk:I don't know a lot about that moment right there. I mean, it didn't work. So tomorrow I'm not going to be taking my clothes off.

25:44Pat McAfee:What? I don't think it was the moment.

25:46AJ Hawk:The moment worked. Did you hear the crowd? The crowd was great. But I do have a little superstition. It's like, okay, tried that. Didn't work. You know, so I'll probably, just before we get to that part tomorrow, you were already planning on me. Yeah, I got to go again. You can't take your pants off on life.

26:00Dan Lanning:That's a thought.

26:01AJ Hawk:Maybe I didn't take enough off.

26:04Pat McAfee:What tattoos does he have down there? I've got more tats than you realize. I got some hidden tats, man. Both quads are elephant.

26:15Pat McAfee:Okay, what would you say, characterize, like the, I don't know, how do I say this? Like, if we were to describe your football team, I think with you as the coach, we'd always say, like, the defense is going to hunt, there's going to be dogs everywhere. Is that how you would describe this team? Like, how do you think this team is taking shape, and what is kind of their story, if you will?

26:33AJ Hawk:Our identity. I mean, I hope people watch us and they say they're relentless, right, in all phases, right? We're a team that plays for each other. I hope you see love and connection. Like, that's something we want to see show up. And then, you know, the kind of team that wants to drag you to deep water and choke you out. So, you know, that's the thought process behind us.

26:51Pat McAfee:Okay. I like that. And going into deep water is where I want to be, especially with people that hail from this particular part of the world. It is beautiful out here.

26:59AJ Hawk:Unbelievable.

27:00Pat McAfee:Okay. I will say that.

27:01AJ Hawk:Yeah.

27:02Pat McAfee:The only reason I come out here is because of you. I appreciate you, man. Yeah. I appreciate you. I think we all only come out here because of you. and we're, well, and your team. The Ducks, man. Yeah, the Ducks. That's amazing. Getting out here is beautiful. Right now, we can't see it because of the fog. But whenever you get people.

27:17AJ Hawk:It's going to break before the show's done. You're going to see. It's going to get better. We saw it earlier. It came. Oh, it's coming out. Yeah, yeah. So it's actually kind of cooler. It's part of what kind of cool about it. Yeah, yeah. It's kind of cooler.

27:25Pat McAfee:Selling this place, I think, is a big deal. Getting people here, obviously, is a part of it. Yeah. Then once they get here, selling it. Oregon, obviously, everybody knows the Nike background and the history in sports, the investment in sports. But it's also like it's different with how beautiful the place. You're in a postcard. How much of that kind of works to your benefit, and what are kind of the selling points of Oregon?

27:44AJ Hawk:Well, you said it. I mean, ultimately for me, it's about picking best, not most convenient. And this place offers something that doesn't exist anywhere else in sports. And, yeah, it's the hour and a half from the coast. It's an hour from the mountains. It's a place to go and become the best version of yourself without distractions. We're not in the middle of the big city. You drive to works the same day, same every single day. You're not going to be courtside at a Lakers game or at a Young Jeezy concert every night. You're going to be focused on football, becoming a great student, becoming a great player.

28:11AJ Hawk:And I think that's what this place sells. You want to go somewhere where you're not going to have the distractions, you're going to have the opportunity to grow, build unbelievable connections with people all over the world. This is that place.

28:19Pat McAfee:Yeah, there's great connections, obviously, here. And you've certainly proved that you can take guys and put them into the next level and have a lot of success. Your resume, quickly, how old are you?

28:29AJ Hawk:39, aging quick. Jesus Christ. My wife was making fun of my beard last night. See how old gray is showing up?

28:34Pat McAfee:Yeah, you know why I shave.

28:35AJ Hawk:Is that the secret? Is that what you're doing? My whole thing is great. It's all gray? Yeah, I'm 38. If I shaved, my face would look super fat. No, it wouldn't.

28:42Pat McAfee:We're very similar. Science or what? You know what science I'm talking about. Oh, no, no, I'm not doing that science. It'll give you a jawline. Really? Yeah, look at this thing. I've never had one either. I'm Irish. Thank you. Yeah, I'm Irish. This thing comes right here normally. Grab a little science. Thank you, 2025. Thank you to all these people. all of a sudden were shaving our face all of a sudden. You know what I mean? You have a good jawline in there. Strong jawline. Yeah, I got a good jaw. Football season, though, I don't know if you need to be taking any science. You got a lot of boys to live.

29:08Pat McAfee:No, no science for me, man. Tone has a question for you, Coach.

29:11Bo Nix:Yeah, Coach, I also have some grays and look like shit when I shave my face, so I feel you there. You are rushing for double-edged sword, man.

29:18AJ Hawk:What do we do? Oh, come on. That wasn't even intentional. That wasn't even intentional. Yes, it was.

29:26Bo Nix:But, Coach, you're rushing for like 235 a game, I believe, and you're second in the nation in yards per carry. When you started this season, did you envision that's how your team would be built going through the run? And then also I wanted to ask you about the bye week because you came out out of the bye week a little banged up. Did you guys just beat the shit out of each other during the bye week?

29:44AJ Hawk:Great question. We want to be a team that can beat you multiple ways, right? We want to be a team that can beat you on the ground and beat you in the air. You know, you have a lot of different strengths. I think high school coaches are the best in the world at saying, okay, what do you have available and how do you use it? We want to be that team, and we can beat you with running. We can beat you in the air attack. And ultimately, I think you have to fit off the skill set of your players. I don't think anybody in the nation right now uses more running backs than we do, tight ends than we do, personnel groups.

30:09AJ Hawk:So we have a lot of variety, and I think that makes us really hard to defend. As far as beating each other up, we're physical. It's a game that requires physicality. What's weird about some of the injuries we've had, a lot of them have been non-contact. So, you know, it is what it is. That's the sport of football. But strength in numbers has shown up for us. And we always say next man up, got to be ready to roll. And we've had some guys do a great job stepping up.

30:30Pat McAfee:Next man up is obviously a mantra that a lot of football teams carry because there is going to be injuries regardless. Your mantras week to week, though, are pretty legendary.

30:39AJ Hawk:Yeah.

30:40Pat McAfee:Do you – will we learn it? Post-game maybe. Is this one sweet?

30:46AJ Hawk:No, it's nothing special, man. What? Look, it's got to be. Motivation's overrated. Motivation's overrated. Hell yeah. Great at it.

30:53Pat McAfee:I think you're one of the best motivators. I think that is like one of the separators for you as a human, don't you think?

30:58AJ Hawk:I think our players is the separator for me. What they go out there and they do on the field, yeah, I want to light the fire, spark it a little bit for them. But, you know, that wears off. You've got to go out and execute. And our guys have done an unbelievable job of executing. Certainly we have a message this week, and it's going to be fun to see it all play out.

31:13Pat McAfee:It's fun to watch your leadership style. Actually, Ty has a question for you about that. What's up, Ty?

31:17AJ Hawk:Coach, first and foremost, I don't know if you've had the opportunity yet, But if you want to thank that jackass Kirk Herbstreet for really blowing up, you know, the Iowa-Oregon game. I send an apology to Pat about that. I knew, Ty, that would bother you. Can you at least give me a little Lou Holtz question here before it's all said? You know what? Yes, I can. Listen, Coach, I don't think I've ever seen anyone do this. But during that Iowa game, you know, you're getting pissed on in the rain. And you got, you know, a cotton sweatshirt on. I'm thinking, Jesus Christ, is this guy a psychopath? But I am curious, when did you kind of adopt that mantra and say, hey, you know what?

31:55AJ Hawk:Fuck the reindeer. I don't need that garbage. I'm going to be in the same stuff that my boys are in because I want to show them, hey, listen, I'm in the fight with you guys. I would like to say, though. So I'm just curious. When did you start doing that? But also, coach is getting late in the season. It's getting cold. I can't have you getting pneumonia and missing a goddamn game. So maybe just think about that. But I am curious about when that tactic started because I love it. I wish I would have been doing that in South Bend 20 years ago. Coach, Coach, thank you. It's an honor to get a question from you.

32:31AJ Hawk:Yeah, I don't know. I've always kind of been that way. You know, you might catch me at practice, rip a top off just so these guys can know, hey, look, it's not bad. Let's go play ball. So that's kind of always been my mindset. You know, I came in the locker room at the Iowa game, and there was like this little contraption that was supposed to be like a heat warmer or something. It's like, what's this, a microphone? You guys at the locker room, you know, mic'd up? They're like, no, no, no, coach, you could wear that in your gear. I was like, hey, man, mama didn't raise no bitch. I'm not wearing that.

32:59AJ Hawk:So, yeah, we don't put it. I don't know. It's just like as close as I can get to it, you know, and not be in the action with these guys.

33:07Pat McAfee:Yeah, being in the fight, though. Yeah. That's a thing. And also.

33:10AJ Hawk:Maybe at some point I'm like, ooh, guys, it's too bad.

33:13Pat McAfee:Lou Holtz's age, I think you should be. Yeah, yeah. At that point.

33:17AJ Hawk:I'm sure I'll start putting a jacket on at some point.

33:19Pat McAfee:How about Lou Holtz, though, just finding some real inspiration almost from you? He's one of the GOATs. He said if he could go back, he would take from you. Is that what he said, Ty? Is that what Ty and Lou Holtz said? Is that what he said? Yeah, absolutely.

33:29AJ Hawk:You know, I was wearing the bunny ears over my – you know, I had to make sure. I tell you what, what did Coach Lula want to be on the sideline as Colts? That's when he starts being a mean cuss. He may be, you know, taking some players off the field. start getting a little distracted. But Coach Lou ain't a hard-ass like Dan Lanning. That's maybe something he could adopt if he could go back.

33:53Pat McAfee:Hey, Coach, what do you think of Dan Lanning, if you had to give a descriptor on what type of coach he is from the outside looking in?

33:59AJ Hawk:Mean cuss. I'd say he's the – I had this thing with Jimmy Johnson back in the day. He said, forget the damn football game. I'll be sitting in the parking lot, and I'll beat the shit out of you myself. I tell you what, I wouldn't be saying that to Dan Lanning if I was getting ready to play an Oregon Ducks football team because that dumb bitch would knock me out real quick.

34:19Pat McAfee:That's right, Coach. That's right, Coach. I think you'd be able to hold your arm maybe to your younger age because you are a little holds, but you're right. Madman. And this tattoo says he's willing to just sit in the fight. That's like, AJ, that's the worst. It's the most painful spot, right?

34:31Dan Lanning:It's got to be the most painful spot. And yours just goes from like armpit to waist.

34:35AJ Hawk:Yeah, it's a funny story. You know, they ask you, you want the cream? I'm like, no, I don't want no cream. they started kind of in the bottom and that's where my wife's tatas are and i was about to walk out there with just a set of hey i can't be i'm just about to have two i was on my side and i'm going out of this bad boy but you know give me the cream yeah six hours later it was worth it she didn't know i was doing it so when i walked in she was kind of pissed off but you know she's got her claim yeah she's got her claim you know it's like she staked her territory absolutely

35:05Pat McAfee:But that commitment out of you, that is very painful. But let's get back to ball, shall we? AJ has a question for you about your team and the boys.

35:13Dan Lanning:Coach, you were talking about – actually, I want to pivot quick to the motivation situation. Who motivates you? Who do you look for? Is there anyone you talk to that gets you juiced? I'm sure every game you always want to have a plan on what you're going to do, how you're going to approach it. But who motivates you?

35:26AJ Hawk:I mean, just the opportunity more than anything. It's not necessarily a person. You know, your kids, right? The players that you coach for. Just the chance to get up and get to do what I do every day. I think I'm really lucky. Anybody that gets to be in this profession, yes, there's some headaches that exist. But to get to do what we do, if you don't take advantage of that and recognize that opportunity, I never want to waste it. So, yeah, pretty self-motivated, I guess I'd say, in that area.

35:48Pat McAfee:How long have you been coaching? I remember the story goes you drove to Pitt, I think, right, from Arizona to get your first gimmick. And then how long has it been now?

35:55AJ Hawk:Since 2008. I coached high school football first. Been in college since 2011.

36:01Pat McAfee:Okay, so the business of football, obviously you don't have NFL experience or anything like that. But now you are in the epicenter of the business of college football, the change of college football. Your name, also we would like to say, isn't even really getting brought up in places. Shouldn't. I think that's sick. We actually pointed that out. I think that is not being talked about at all. Your name is not being mentioned for any of these jobs because of how open you've said the grass is damn green here. But also business-wise, you have to deal with a lot, I think, right? Everybody talks about that, but managing all of it.

36:29Pat McAfee:How have you kind of evolved in that world, and how hands-on are you in that world?

36:33AJ Hawk:Yeah, certainly involved. I think as a head coach, you want to be involved in every part of your program. Lucky to have some great people around that support me and allow us to be able to do what we do, and then also some people that I trust within our program that can attack. Ultimately, you want to maintain the focus. Every piece matters. It's not one thing in your program that matters, but if you can be involved in all of it and hire people you trust, you're going to have success.

36:56Pat McAfee:All right. Connor has a question for you about this weekend. Go ahead, Con, man.

36:59AJ Hawk:Yeah, Coach, real quick, back on the mascot. The Oregon Duck isn't really up there just because he's all politics. If you could pull up the DoorDash ad, the Oregon Duck actually forced his way onto the DoorDash LRAP. He's all politics. You can see his little right arm there holding a piece of pizza. So don't ever even think about throwing him in the same category as Jackson DeVille, you know, Toro, and Blue. Let's forget about that for a second. What's the problem here? Because he's making money with a pizza ad? What's the problem? Oh, yeah, yeah. That's what everyone says about Oregon. What's going on here?

37:28AJ Hawk:That's what everyone said about Oregon. Hey, we need the mascot to bring in money. Phil Knight and everybody else aren't writing enough blank checks. But let's forget about that. Here's his favorite team. I can tell. What's your problem? Look, I consider myself a mascot aficionado, so I want to keep it real. Don't even get me started on the Atlanta Braves blooper. That guy talks way too much. Stick to the gimmick. The Duck is great, though. All politics. Way too much from the Duck. He's doing too much. You've only been talking about the players. The Duck's all about himself. It's ridiculous. But again, that's your camp.

38:00AJ Hawk:You can get your camp in order if you want to. Connor, the head fell off. The duck lost its head. Bingo. Yeah, exactly. It's on a bend right now. You can't be showing your face everywhere, acting like you're the talk of the town, and then running out and having your head fall off. That is ridiculous. That is Bush League. That is the exact reason why the duck isn't in the NFL. There is a difference. There's a difference in the football, not just the mascots. But let's talk about Oregon USC. Let's forget about the duck. Okay. Oregon-USC, I feel like – Let's put the duck to bed. For people right now, I don't think Oregon-USC strikes them as like a rivalry.

38:34AJ Hawk:You guys have been at the top of college football for a long time, and USC has had their ups and downs. Can you just talk about that rivalry and kind of what it means to Eugene with USC coming to town? Because I, for one, game day going there a second time, I'm worried about the juice of the entire thing, game day, the stadium, everything like that. But can you talk about how fired up these people are to kind of go in there, cheer on their ducks against a real rival, USC? Yeah, we've got unbelievable fans. They're going to bring on the juice. And it's kind of neat. As the Pac-12 broke up, the fact that a lot of us moved into the Big Ten, it's really kept a lot of those things alive, a lot of things that exist about West Coast teams getting the opportunity to compete in this great conference.

39:18AJ Hawk:And this is certainly one of those games, right, getting to play against USC. But our fans will bring it. I'm not worried about that. They've got juice. They always do. You doubt it? No. Nope. You'll see them.

39:29Pat McAfee:Why'd you pause? I know. I can't wait. They'll bring the juice. Every time I come out here for one of these shows, game day, I am blown away by your fans. They're awesome, man. Dude, legit. It's so early in the morning.

39:41AJ Hawk:Yeah. So loud. We're nocturnal, man.

39:43Pat McAfee:It feels like you kind of – and then there's a toga thing happening because Animal House. It's a special family. We were just here, though, like three weeks ago. It felt like – and it's special. Obviously, everybody's excited to be there. Speaking of being here, ladies and gentlemen, the quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Bo Nix.

39:58AJ Hawk:How about that?

39:59Pat McAfee:Big weekend. Big weekend. Bo, what's up? Bo, what's going on, dude? Let me see if we can get – you should get in here. Let me get you in here. What up, Bo? We got to get close. We got to get close. Hey, Coach, how you doing?

40:09AJ Hawk:Long time no see. Good, man. We just talked the other day. And then you went and beat my Chiefs, man. Well done. Well, somebody else is about to beat your Chiefs this weekend.

40:19Pat McAfee:Hey, Bo, real quick. Can you talk before we let him go back to his job? obviously a huge game this weekend, about kind of what an Oregon team or a program is like with him as your coach. He feels like one of the most electrifying humans we've ever been around, obviously, Bo.

40:33Stanford Steve:He is, and he doesn't fake it when he gets on screen. This is what you get at all times, and he's one of the best coaches in America, in my opinion. And he helped me get to where I am today. I owe him a lot. But obviously I'd be saying the same stuff if he wasn't on the program with us. But I love Coach Lanning. We had a great two-year run together, and I wish I could run it back any day.

40:56AJ Hawk:I love you, buddy. Appreciate you, man. Keep balling. I appreciate you. Appreciate you, too. Y 'all should see Pat run this show from up here. He's got all these buttons. It's impressive, man. Come on, come on, man. You're impressive.

41:06Pat McAfee:I appreciate you. I got a little gear for you over here. Oh, you're the man. Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We love you. Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Landis. They're clapping for you. So you know that. They're clapping for you. They're clapping for you. Bo, hey, sorry, brother. that was perfect actually i'm happy you got a chance to hold on let me uh i needed to holler at coach real quick anyway that's good what did you want to say to him did you want to get anything from me you need some more oregon gear they just brought me a box i can ship it your way if you

41:31Stanford Steve:need it hey listen they take care of us just fine we got all the gear we need trust me i know yeah

41:37Pat McAfee:it seems like that's kind of been the story about oregon way before the nil era always had the greatest gear this place is special there's a fog uh happening right now behind me that is absolutely outrageous and doing some numbers to our cameras currently so we appreciate you kind of dodge duck dip diving and dodging with us let's talk about you so we had sean payton on the show uh the night you were drafted during our draft spectacular and he couldn't stop talking about how it was like love at first meet with you obviously he loved the film but then once he started talking to you the person it was like an instant connection what was that from your side did you feel that as well because there's obviously AJ got drafted number five overall obviously you got drafted high I got picked 222 you know so we're kind of in the same boat here but whenever like there's some teams you feel a better connection with there's some coaches you feel a better connection you're like hoping for is that something that happened with Sean Payton and don't feel obligated to say yes even though you kind of are in this moment but what are your thoughts of like from Sean Payton meeting him

42:34Stanford Steve:to now well I loved our our visit when he came out to Eugene we were able to sit down and you know really go through a hour long, you know, a couple hour long meeting, talking football with him and Davis, my quarterback coach now. And, you know, we just literally went through an install and we talked a lot about football, where it originated, how he got it. And we watched some video along with it, watched some of my stuff, how it compared. And I always knew we had a, you know, just similar background, similar style. He likes the quick game. He likes the shots. And obviously I love throwing the football.

43:11Stanford Steve:So for me, it was, you know, it was all about going to a place to be with a coach that, in my opinion, had so much knowledge and so much experience that I could learn from. And that's exactly what I got with coach. And then I think underrated is Davis Webb, my quarterback coach. He's just he's always prepared me extremely well, especially from the get go. So he played the position and knew what it's like to walk into a game. And so he prepares me on a very good level, and we're always ready for the task at hand.

43:44Pat McAfee:I love to hear that about you and your coaches. Your coaches feel the same exact way about you. That's a beautiful thing. That means you're an absolute dog on the field and off the field. We respect and appreciate that, especially with the future of the NFL being in your hands. From last year to this year, going into the season, you guys were like Super Bowl darlings by everybody. And it was always because how good the defense is. His defense, his defense, his defense can win. Sean Payton going to be good on offense is how everybody just kind of views Sean Payton. For you from last year to this year, whole different ballgame, understanding what NFL defenses are doing, understanding what your offense is.

44:18Pat McAfee:Like how do you describe last year versus this year? And you guys obviously up and to the right, brother. Congratulations on all the hard work.

44:26Stanford Steve:Well, thank you. But it definitely, one, starts with a defense. In this league, you've got to be able to stop people. And it comes down to the end so many times to where we just feel comfortable with our defense that they're going to go out there and get a stop no matter what happens. They rush the passer at an all-time effective way. And they do a great job downfield covering guys and make open field tackles. A lot of erasers on that defense. So we know at all times you're going to have to stop people. And if you can stop people, that's the name of the game. And offensively, we're, you know, at times we've been great this year.

45:01Stanford Steve:At times we've struggled, but I think when it matters most, we know how to go down there and just finish out the game and do what we need to do to close it out. And, you know, it's not always an easy, you know, four quarters. Everybody acts like we're great in the fourth quarter, but I just think we're great at finishing the football game. And, you know, we have timely positions where we score points, we score touchdowns, we get a field goal, whatever it may be. We tend to go down there and do it. But at the same time, you know, we've done it for a couple weeks now in a row, but we still got to continue on this track and continue this role we're on.

45:37Stanford Steve:But it's not going to be easy. We've got a really tough schedule down the stretch here. And, you know, we just got to find ways to continue to close out these close football games that we've been in.

45:47Pat McAfee:Yeah, I think closing out games and winning games is a trait that great teams have. You know, and obviously you have five fourth quarter comebacks this season that's tied for the most alongside the Bears. that some Hembo stats for you. It feels like we're just watching Will Lutz kind of come out and win games alongside every other kicker that is in a winning position and on a winning team. I want to let you know, Bo, you're fun to watch, and we've seen a lot of you. Ty has a question for you.

46:14AJ Hawk:Yeah, Bo, just curious. Now with the way college football is, a lot of times guys, they'll have one prolific year, and then they're going to the NFL and getting drafted high. But with guys like you and Brock Purdy comes to mind too, a big talking point is these guys are so ready to play in the league because they started so much in college. Do you feel like that was the case with you, that you were kind of just ready to take that baton and run with it because you had so much experience playing college? Obviously, the NFL is next level. You have to improve and learn. But how ready did you feel like you were when you got into the NFL?

46:52Stanford Steve:I feel like I was as ready as I could be. But at the same time, the NFL, I mean, it's its own league. It's its own thing to where you even have to get some experience in that before you feel like you're super ready and prepared to go in each and every game. But I think playing as much as you can in college is only going to help a collegiate athlete and it's only going to help for the future. And so a lot of these guys that, you know, are making decisions, I think there's nothing wrong with going back and doing it again. And, you know, being in college, learning from your coaches, learning from experience and seeing defenses over and over and being in different types of games and having different types of outcomes.

47:31Stanford Steve:I just don't think that's a bad thing. And I think in the grand scheme of things, when you look at myself, Jaden, you know, all of us that spent a lot of time in college. You know, it just showed up and we've been able to, it's shown and it's, you know, it's allowed us to grow, I think, as younger players and have some success early.

47:52Pat McAfee:What's your dims? What's your dims? What's your dimension? Sorry. You feel like you're a bit of a stout individual. Are you? I'm thinking 225.

48:01Stanford Steve:First of all, I didn't know where you were going with Dems there. I was going to have to ask what that meant, but I'm glad you clarified. I'm 6 '2", 215. So I feel like there's so many of us in the league that are around 6 '2", 6 '3", 210 to 225, 230. I feel like we all fall in that category, and I'm right there in the middle.

48:23Pat McAfee:Okay, so they use that for traits whenever they're scouting guys and everything like that, but I think it matters. You have to be a little bit bigger to take some of the hits. Have you transformed how you kind of came into this season versus last year after taking some of the hits from grown-ass men? Has that changed anything with you and how your body is?

48:39Stanford Steve:That's a great question. I focused this offseason on maximizing, and it sounds crazy, but maximizing how athletic I think I can be and not neglecting that and just being able to run as fast as I possibly can and be able to move as quick as I can. And I mean, the size is always going to be there. And I feel like, you know, 215 for my frame is is plenty. I can get up to 220 and it's like, you know, I don't feel much of a difference, but I think the strength is there. And I think at this point in your career, you know, with the college strength and conditioning program, were you worried about strength?

49:17Stanford Steve:I think now with I mean, because everybody in the league is athletic. If you can move away from people, if you can run, if you can try to avoid some guys and run for a first down, I think that's where defenses, you know, they can't stand it. So a lot of us, you know, going into the league, if you look at a lot of the guys in the league right now, up and coming, the guys that are just showing up, I think the ability to escape is what sets guys apart. You know, you've seen Patrick do it forever now. Josh does it at a high level. Obviously, Josh is, you know, different size than all of us. He's bigger than every single one of us, it feels like.

49:53Stanford Steve:But there's still an element of moving and getting away from the blitz and the pressures and being able to extend plays that I think just gives defenses a hard time.

50:02Pat McAfee:Yeah, I think everybody has to move nowadays. The strictly pocket quarterback is of days past. I think that's just natural evolution of athleticism amongst males, potentially, and especially in the sport of football. I don't know. I don't know. I don't immediately think it. You guys need to stop taking hits, though. Okay? You guys need to stop taking hits. You big athletic guys. Hey, we're so super athletic. Okay. Well, get your ass out of bounds or get down. Okay. Because our league depends on you. All right. So you need to know that my livelihood, my happiness. Okay. My daughter, I love her.

50:33Pat McAfee:My family. Love my family. I will get happiness from my family. Okay. But my happiness comes from NFL football and you assholes. Okay. You super athletic now, new quarterbacks are need to just, let's not be as alpha all the time. Okay. Let's just not take hits because we need you. Okay. These eyes need you out there. All right? You got that?

50:53Stanford Steve:I got it. And trust me, there's nobody that wants to avoid these big shots more than me. No, me. I think it's me.

51:03Pat McAfee:Yeah, Sean Payton probably as well. Sorry. Okay, let's talk about the youth of your team seemingly. Go ahead, Tone.

51:08Bo Nix:Yeah, Bo. Obviously, everybody knows Cortland Sutton. He's been in the league for a long time. He's been great for a long time. But your other wide receivers, Pap Ryan's a rookie, Troy Franklin, second year. He's only 22 years old. Marvin Mims, I believe, is only 23 years old. to obviously you being young and coming in with these guys and building with this guy with these guys is it exciting because you know that you're all so young and that you can continue just to keep getting better absolutely it's uh um you know being young is a great thing but it's also

51:37Stanford Steve:you know in the league they don't really wait on you so you gotta you know mature as as quick as you can but we have a very you know all of those guys that you just um you know listed they're extremely mature. They're great football players and they're only going to get better during the season and then in their careers. But I think it's good that we're all learning together and we know that there's sort of a hurry to get better. It's like as fast as you can get better, especially in this situation we're in, leading our division and playing really good football. The urgency to even get better is there.

52:14Stanford Steve:And it's great to have younger guys. They all have fresh legs. They can run all day. They're eager. They're excited. They show up to work each and every day. And I think they're just very competitive dudes that we all just want to show up and do whatever we can to win. And right now we're doing that. Now there's a lot of room to grow, and we can just watch over and over things that we can get better at. But I think that's the fun part of football.

52:42Pat McAfee:Yeah, you guys are the number one team in the AFC. Okay. You said, yeah, we're leading the division. above the Colts? Yes, above the Colts. I actually had to have them pull this graphic up from my little monitor here to see where exactly we were sitting and where they were sitting because I wanted to talk shit immediately and then I was sharing this graphic. It's like, okay, Broncos number one team in the AFC. Everybody needs to relax. Everybody needs to show them their respect as they should. Speaking of respect, your teammates are showing you a lot of respect. Go ahead, Con, man.

53:09AJ Hawk:Yeah, Bo, a lot of us are prisoners of the moment and I would definitely throw myself in that category so so I apologize if you've ever seen any of my tweets about you. I take them all back, especially after your unbelievable performance against the Chiefs. It feels like you have kind of silenced all the doubters. And Adam Trotman gave a great postgame just about people who do talk crazy about you. And, you know, you go out and have that performance and it's unbelievable and you beat the Chiefs. And then the conversation this week is more so about the Chiefs losing and the Broncos, you know, going out there and getting a massive win.

53:40AJ Hawk:Do you guys have that bunker mentality within the, you know, the building where hey everybody else can talk about whatever the hell they want we're nine and two we're the one seed at the end of the day that is indisputable they can't really say anything about that uh how is the team when it comes to that mentality and does this feel like one of

53:57Stanford Steve:the closest teams you've ever been on we actually do talk about how close our team is um you know we just got a lot of young guys i mean the i think our oldest guys are year eight year nine so we're just all in similar stages of life. I think that's what makes us close. But we also know what it was like last year. We know what it was like to lose some of these close games. And so we we have turned some of those around. We have had a better record in close football games this year. But I do think it just goes back to the, you know, the confidence and the belief of the team. We believe that we can win these games.

54:32Stanford Steve:We're not going up. And, you know, I feel like last year, sometimes we like didn't expect or didn't think we were going to find a way to win at the end. And then after a couple of those games this year that went our way, we just kind of felt like, hey, guys, we got this. We can win these close games. We got really good defense that we can lean on. We got offensive playmakers that are going to make plays when time comes. And then Will's done a great job in clutch time. And so when you look at our team, look at how close we are. We just know what it can be like on the other side. So we don't try to get too focused up in the narrative or the perception.

55:06Stanford Steve:That can go so many different ways. You're you're you're exactly right. And in the you know, it's all about, you know, the moment we get so stuck in the moment where in another week people will be saying something totally different. So we try not to get too caught up in the chaos of what's going on outside. We just try to live within our building and go to work every day, find ways to get better. There's so many, you know, on clips are out there that list of things that we have to grow and get better at. And I think that's also what's keeping us a little bit urgent and hungry. We know we have these things to get better at.

55:40Stanford Steve:And so we don't really have time to sit around and act like we've made it because we really haven't. We're just winning close games, and that's what's put us in this situation right now.

55:51Pat McAfee:Hell yeah, Bo. Hey, I don't know if you know this man or not, but it's a compliment when I say this. And I think a lot of people take it the same way. I don't want you to take it any other way. You sound exactly like Kevin O 'Connell when you're speaking. and that's good, not bad. Every answer you give is like of a leadership, what you're hoping for your quarterback to be. And we appreciate the hell out of you. I want to give you a nice shot here of these trees to maybe take you back to your time and Eugene and maybe get a little feeling as they test the sky cam for tomorrow's massive game against USC here at Autzen.

56:25Pat McAfee:We appreciate the hell out of you, Bo. Good luck the rest of the way. Stay healthy.

56:28Stanford Steve:Thank you so much for having me today. And by the way, go Ducks. They're going to get it done.

56:34Pat McAfee:What's the final score? What's the score?

56:38Stanford Steve:I think Dante and the boys will put up 31 points and our defense will hold them to 17. It'll be 31-17 ball game.

56:47Pat McAfee:That's pretty good. They will be mad though.

56:55Stanford Steve:Respect.

56:57Pat McAfee:We appreciate you, Bo. We're back on the other side. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. Thank you.

57:03Dan Lanning:From 30 for 30 podcasts.

57:14Bo Nix:Brian Pata senior defensive lineman from Miami gun down.

57:18AJ Hawk:The key to this case. It's Brian. An hour before he died, he was on the phone. This might be a hit. You want the truth. They just want a conviction.

57:30Dan Lanning:We had a killer amongst us. Murder at the U. Listen now.

57:38Dan Lanning:Football! It's what's happening. Autzen Stadium with a beautiful view. There you go, Pat. I see you. The fog rolls out and here we are. You're in a new place, it seems like.

57:48Pat McAfee:Yeah, the fog rolls in, the fog rolls out. It's ball season. Let's all ball out. So I think the good news about what is taking place this morning is we got the eeriness of Eugene, Oregon in there. kind of set the scene for what USC is going to have to walk into tomorrow. Lincoln Riley and the boys have to take on an Oregon team that is different and better. And only looking for the college football playoff at this moment, only one loss. And the college football playoff committee said, listen, Oregon, you don't be messing around. Dan Lanning joined us earlier. He was awesome. Bo Nix joined us earlier.

58:25Pat McAfee:He was awesome. The view has now become absolutely spectacular back here. and tomorrow morning should be absolutely electrifying on College Game Day, which will be live on X and ESPN. I guess it's been a huge year for all of college ball, even with the hiccup in, hey, we don't get along with each other right now because we both are trying to make our businesses survive, which is certainly something that took place in the middle of ball. Don't love that that happened at all. None of us do, but we're happy to be on the other side of it. It should be a glorious football weekend, and it started great last night as the Houston Texans get a gigantic dub over the Buffalo Bills.

59:01Pat McAfee:And now the entire conversation leading into week 12 is, is this Buffalo Bills team going to win Super Bowl, AJ? Is this Buffalo Bills team going to win Super Bowl? Or are they just going to have the best player in ball and not be able to get it done? And how do they transform into a team that gets Lombardi? And that's what happens in week 12 when you lose on Thursday night to the Houston Texans and get sacked eight times and have a defense that's not able to get a stop whenever you need it, A.J. Hawk.

59:27Dan Lanning:Yeah, that's the problem. If you're going to lose a game, lose a 1 o 'clock Sunday game, right, that not a whole lot of people see. When you lose a prime time game, especially a game like this to where you get sacked eight times and turn the ball over three times as a team, yeah, I think people are going to question you a little bit more than they normally would. I was on record saying I thought these Buffalo Beals were a team that was going to the Super Bowl this year. I can't say I'm as confident in that statement as I was maybe a couple months ago right now. I don't know, man. And they've been banged up, obviously, but Josh Allen is a generational talent.

59:57Dan Lanning:And for whatever reason, his team can't figure it out. What the hell's going on with Keon Coleman? Yeah, what is happening? What's the official statement? What's the official statement from the coaches?

1:00:04AJ Hawk:I think the official statement is just he's a shitbird. I don't know if there's any other official statement. I mean, if you're the – But he showed up late, right? He showed up late. I guess he missed the team meeting. Yeah. They said he missed the team meeting. And then this Thursday I saw they kind of blamed it on, like, well, it was a short week, So, you know, he just needs to keep stacking days so we can get him out there next week. And then I saw Tyrell Shavers, the rookie wide receiver, talk about their relationship about he's the big brother and Keon Coleman's the little brother.

1:00:35Pat McAfee:Yeah, well, I think Keon Coleman, yeah, he's part of ownership. So he obviously, I think, from ownership going down and talk to young Buck OG in sports. How many years did he play? We just watched him play in Atlanta a couple years ago. How many years did Vince play? Vince played 20, I think.

1:00:59Pat McAfee:Tracy McGrady, how many years did he

1:01:01AJ Hawk:T-Mac play? I want to say at least 15 because he had magic to Raptors. We saw Vince. Did we see T-Mac?

1:01:11Pat McAfee:No.

1:01:14AJ Hawk:No T-Mac. That was Vince's last last go around when we saw him in Atlanta.

1:01:21Pat McAfee:Did I see T-Mac in a Pacers? I don't know. Whenever you see, you just think like legend, and you think like super OG whenever you think of like certain guys. T-Mac, obviously one of them. Him talking to young players saying, hey, you've got to tighten your shit up. I think Deion Dawkins said the same thing last week after the game. Said, hey, I think you need to tighten this thing up. He needs to continue to grow. It's like, I hate hearing that. And in a Buffalo Bills building, I like that they're holding him accountable, but I didn't think this was possible in that building. AJ, I thought that was kind of not really the thing, which I guess is why they're trying to publicly make sure people know that it's not their thing.

1:01:53Pat McAfee:Like, hey, yeah, this guy's not acting right. This is not how this is going to go. It's seemingly what the Buffalo Bills are not only saying to Keon Coleman, but to anybody that is to join the Buffalo Bills. This is not what we're about over here, AJ.

1:02:05Dan Lanning:Yeah, I would think that's the thing where the coach is setting the tone and letting people know. Let everybody else know. If you're going to show up late, if you're not going to be a pro, which we always talk about being a pro, like there's consequences for your actions. That's what you're doing. You're trying to make sure you, you cut this off right now from Keon Coleman, but you also, Hey, none of these young guys coming into your facility. They know that, you know, they sat Keon Coleman for a primetime game. Like, Hey, you can't be doing this kind of stuff. We want to tolerate with no deep threat.

1:02:30Dan Lanning:They,

1:02:30Pat McAfee:they sat Keon Coleman with no deep threat.

1:02:32Dan Lanning:They needed when they actually, they really needed them. They could have used him. Obviously.

1:02:36Pat McAfee:Yeah. They need Keon Coleman. And they're like, Nope, we're not doing it, which I, I appreciate them saying,

1:02:42Dan Lanning:yeah,

1:02:43Pat McAfee:yeah. Yeah, we will not jeopardize our culture for anything. There is nothing that will get in the way of that. I respect it. Schottenheimer had to make some tough decisions. Schottenheimer had to make some tough decisions. Obviously, we saw C.D. Lamb and George Pickens miss the first drive, and then we saw C.D. Lamb and George Pickens take over the rest of the game. There's now a quote that has come out from C.D. Lamb that basically said it was disrespectful to even suggest that he was thrown up in a casino, which is why he was suspended. Did we have a few drinks? Certainly. Were we at Red Rock?

1:03:16Pat McAfee:Yeah. Did we miss the curfew? So what? It's hard. What do you want from us? How'd we play? Perfect. But you guys saying that I was puking and all this stuff? Relax. I'm an adult. Okay? I can hoot with the owls, soar with the eagles. Always have. You saw how we played. Let's just talk about that. Now, we can't be missing curfew, which I assume is what Shawty said. Boys, come on. This is like the most Las Vegas thing of all time. You can't just miss curfew in Las Vegas. And C.D. Lamb and George Pickens say you never walk away from a heater. They could have been on a blackjack heater that we have no idea about.

1:03:53Pat McAfee:But they miss curfew. C.D. comes out with one of the most legendary quotes of all time. And Shoddy and the Dallas Cowboys move on after a massive win. That's kind of how I see this all unfolding. But I don't like the trend here of team meetings and curfews and all this shit being missed. We're in the middle of big-time football right now, boys. This is November. We're trying to win a damn Super Bowl out here. And maybe, you know, Jerry Jones going on the record and saying, you think I give a fuck about football right now? There's$100 billion of natural gas underneath our feet right now. You think I care about football?

1:04:27Pat McAfee:Maybe that sets a little bit of a standard around everybody else so you don't have to be completely locked in. Or maybe they just missed curfew accidentally, shot he had to punish them, and there is two biggest stars, be who you can afford to be, basically, and they go crazy after making a mistake. I'm happy that we kind of move on. This isn't a big deal. I'm happy C.D. Lamb had a hilarious quote, but I don't like the trend of potentially people just, you know, not respecting the profession of being an athlete. You know what I mean, AJ? I'm not saying that this is that, but I'm saying Keyon Coleman's story, this story, if we go back to last year with what we were hearing on the Colts, it's like I think every – I don't think – I don't think any generation is immune to people not being pros, but in 2025 I didn't think it was going to happen anymore because how business oriented everybody is basically, if that makes sense, AJ.

1:05:14Dan Lanning:Oh, yeah, and these guys have been treated like professionals since they were probably 12 years old. You know how good they are in the different seven-on-seven teams and travel teams, AAU basketball. They understand what it's about. But think about it. You can kind of turn around. Miami Dolphins, I know Gump's sitting over there with you. We heard a lot of stuff coming up. We heard a head coach even say, what am I going to do, fine them? These guys don't care about getting fine money. We haven't heard a whole lot of that stuff and they've actually won a few ballgames now.

1:05:39Bo Nix:Yeah, we figured it out. Jack Jones told us. He loves coach. Call him a genius.

1:05:43Pat McAfee:As you guys can see, Gumpy has his microphone pointed directly at the desk. Perfect. As you guys can see.

1:05:52Bo Nix:There we go. Sick clock, though.

1:05:55Pat McAfee:Sick clock. Sick clocks. So underneath that clock there, can you lift the clock? Is it taped on or what is it? You can lift it. That's kind of like it. Look at that. It's just like an outlet. Yeah, a thermostat-like thing there. Oh, wow. I think it's a little wooden frame around it. That's old school. That wooden frame was just added, I do believe.

1:06:15Bo Nix:Need some paint on it, especially in this weather. Yeah,

1:06:19Pat McAfee:so that wooden thing was just added by a man named Shane. Okay, Shane is an ops worker here at the stadium at Autzen. And that thing had no wood around it. That thermostat was just sitting over Gumpy's shoulder in this particular shot with where we are. President's suite, very nice. They have like a little seemingly smoking area here of the suite in the spot over there. I don't want to describe it how I would view this particular area, but this feels like a smoking balcony. It's kind of covered. There's seemingly stuff. I don't know if that's what people are doing here, but that's how I would certainly view this presidential suite.

1:06:49Pat McAfee:So very kind, thankful that they put us in here. Gumpy, that's the spotter he's at. Didn't have any. A guy named Shane built all that this morning for Gumpy to cover that up. Think about that. Built that thing. The clock. He built that clock. He's a craftsman. I have no idea how you even – yeah, this Shane guy. All right, thank you, buddy. That's the Oregon difference.

1:07:07Dan Lanning:Call him MacGyver. He just drawn a picture on a sheet of paper maybe and taped it over.

1:07:11Pat McAfee:That'd be a half measure. There's a whole story behind it. There's a whole story behind it. That's good.

1:07:18Bo Nix:That'd be a Ohio State thing to do. Oregon doesn't take half measures.

1:07:21Pat McAfee:Oh! Hey, who's the Big Ten champs right now? I don't know. Oh, yeah. Season's still going on. Oregon. Oregon's the reigning Big Ten champs. Have some respect.

1:07:33Dan Lanning:Isn't it amazing how these conference championship games have just taken on a different meaning now with the college football playoffs in the future?

1:07:40Pat McAfee:Oh, classic. Classic.

1:07:43Dan Lanning:What did you do? I'm just saying, if I'm Ohio State, I'm thinking, hey, we get to the Big Ten championship. All right, let's not get hurt. Let's not get hurt, guys. Let's not get our studs hurt before we go on a playoff run.

1:07:53Pat McAfee:You sound like Coach Saban. Coach Saban says, I don't think he's going to be able to. Nah. It has opened up, but I don't know. He's probably in line.

1:08:01AJ Hawk:There's probably 30 planes in front of him that are circling with him. Yeah, he hop in the cockpit yet, just take a circle and just, all right, I'm going to do this myself. He might parachute. Just jump out.

1:08:10Pat McAfee:I think he should maybe just start flying planes. That would be an incredible thing. All right, let's – I understand. You want me to get – are we firing any missiles? Last time I did this, we fired some missiles. He's the best. All right, let's talk a little bit about firing missiles. A.J. Brown, the Philadelphia Eagles, always, always, not just some ways, not just half ways, always in the middle of something seemingly. Still able to win, still able to put a great product on the field, but there's always some sort of drama. It is taking its next step. A.J. Brown was interviewed about maybe the state of his ability currently at his locker.

1:08:51Pat McAfee:What would you say to, there's some speculation out there that you are not the same player? What would you say to those players?

1:08:58Bo Nix:I can't say Quan ain't the same player either. Alright. But I don't got no comment about that. I don't care about that.

1:09:06Dan Lanning:You obviously don't believe it.

1:09:08Bo Nix:Y 'all don't believe it.

1:09:10AJ Hawk:I didn't say it. Okay.

1:09:14Pat McAfee:Okay, so, you know, that was a quick response. He's thought of that. He's thought of that. But he's been seeing it. He's been seeing it like AJ actually just trashed now. Like AJ Brown, he's old news. This guy's washed. He's seeing that. He goes, oh, so just because I'm not having the same year I had last year, I'm washed. In his mind, he goes, let's start looking at some other people here. Saquon, how's he doing this year? Worse than last year. Okay. So is he washed? Sweet. This guy just walks right into his trap. Hey, I read a couple tweets saying it may be your washed. Boom. Response that he wasn't able to put on X right to this guy.

1:09:45Pat McAfee:Saquon washed? Thanks. Shut up. Next question. Let's move along here. what are we even talking about? A.J. is an incredible talent. A.J. Brown's a game changer, a game wrecker. Right now, it does feel like, man, and I guess not right now, it has felt for some time now that maybe he doesn't love what's going on over there, A.J. What is the answer to this? And how do you feel about Coach Sirianni seemingly always having to juggle, you know, relationships and drama at seemingly every single turn?

1:10:14Dan Lanning:Yeah, I mean, think about when you think of an NFL football team, all the different personalities, everything you've got to figure out as a head coach. Sirianni has a lot on his plate. And I understand A.J. Brown being frustrated by that question. Wouldn't you? I get it. Did someone ask you that question? Like, hey, I don't know if you watch. You watch every single rep, buddy? Even if they're not getting me the ball, I'm still getting open. I'm still able to do things and play like I can. Just my numbers might not be there. Now, I don't think you have to pull Saquon into it. I understand you're frustrated.

1:10:41Dan Lanning:But then he said, I've got no comment on that. After you make a comment that you know is going to go around, probably.

1:10:47Pat McAfee:You want to talk about 2-6? Go ahead and ask him. Yeah. Hey, you wash, dude. Our offense sucks this year. Are you bad? All right. No other comments, basically, is what AJ Brown just said. How's he going to fix it, though?

1:10:59Dan Lanning:How do we fix this? Obviously, if he gets 10 balls for 120 and two touchdowns in the next five games, it's a little bit different.

1:11:05Bo Nix:Two weeks ago, he kind of had that game, and it's still –

1:11:07Dan Lanning:Yeah, like how did – I mean, Sirianni's doing some – him and Dom are doing some great work behind the scenes, I guess, probably just trying to keep this thing under wraps a little bit. I don't know.

1:11:16Pat McAfee:Well, last year, I remember, it was a big conversation about the wide receivers not getting the ball. Like, hey, because Saquon Barkley kind of led the team through it all. Their run game and their offensive line was everything for the Philadelphia Eagles team. And then having Devontae and A.J. Brown as weapons over the top was certainly a nice added bonus to have two number ones that you can throw with whenever they have to stack the box. And they did all that. It was awesome to watch last year. Kelly Moe leaves. But they had an awesome offense last year. And then they come into this year, and they were still mad.

1:11:44Pat McAfee:Everybody was still mad last year. Sirianni had to balance that. And then at the end of the season, whenever they win the Super Bowl, the two guys that dumped the Gatorade on Coach Sirianni are the two wide receivers that have potentially been underutilized all year or maybe misrepresented in what they are to the offense or what they are around the league because they didn't get as many touches because it was running game. They're the ones that dumped the thing. So it was like obviously the Coach Sirianni was having to manage that because he's a former wide receiver. That guy can give you a nine right now if you really wanted to.

1:12:13Pat McAfee:So he understands that. But it just only continues. It's only continued because I think their offense has gotten worse and they still haven't been able to do it. So it's like, was this inevitable? Was this brewing? And I don't know. Ty, what do you think inevitably happens with Coach Sirianni, the Philadelphia Eagles, A.J. Brown in the future? And con man, if you want to tag this right after Ty talks about it, everybody's saying A.J. Brown wants to get back under the variable coaching tree. Everybody's saying that that's where A.J. Brown's trying to go. Is that how you feel like this ends, Ty, or what are your thoughts on how Coach Sirianni handles all this?

1:12:45AJ Hawk:I mean, yeah, it seems like that. Howie Roseman said at the trade deadline, hey, you don't trade away a guy like that when you're trying to win a Super Bowl, but it doesn't seem – and just based on what we do on Mondays with Overreaction Monday, I don't see a whole lot of people – people obviously don't love these kind of comments from A.J. Brown, but I think it's more so like they're talking about the offensive coordinator. They're talking about Kevin Petula. Like this guy can't get it figured out. And luckily they have maybe a generational defense this year that has kind of eased that a little bit, but it just, I mean, I think this comes on the heels.

1:13:20AJ Hawk:I think AJ Brown either sat down with the owner or Howie Roseman and basically said like, Hey, from here on out, like, I promise I'm, I'm not going to be a distraction. And then for this to come out right away, but like Tony mentioned, like they kind of had this thing where it was, Hey, AJ Brown, he, he had, I think one catch for four yards one week, they win and it gets really loud. And then the next week they come out and he has 10 catches in the first quarter, you know, so they, they, but it's like at this point, you know, they're still trying to win a Superbowl. Like, and for Sirianni, I'm sure it's just like, this is groundhog's day.

1:13:50AJ Hawk:Like we're eight and two right now. And this is all people want to talk about. Am I ever going to have the opportunity where I can just walk in and be like, Hey, you know what? We're pretty good. Like, I understand you guys are unbelievable players, but like, we really don't need to bitch about it about anything every single game we play like we should win if we do what we're supposed to do but yeah it just at this point it's it's a story every single week no matter what happens so it's it's impossible to imagine that he's gonna all the sudden next week just be like you know what everything is kind of in perspective and I want to be here like it seems like he is ultimately just going to be traded at the end of the season well and you've mentioned like Pat uh that he you know is always in the center or something but he's also always been unbelievable since his rookie year.

1:14:33AJ Hawk:He's never had a year where it's like, oh no, maybe A.J. Brown's losing a step. Nope, he is fantastic. There's a clip of him sitting next to Jalen Hurts at the Super Bowl, and that was this year after they won. They're sharing lockers. It's great vibes. Everything is awesome. Celebration. We just won a ring. A.J. Brown, Jalen Hurts, both of their first Super Bowl victories after losing the Super Bowl two years prior, so it's not as if they don't have that in their bag. But we are so far removed from that moment, and I don't know what the relationship is like. Clearly, it's not what that video shows, though, because if it was, then we wouldn't be here having this conversation.

1:15:12AJ Hawk:And you mentioned everyone is tagging to New England. Throw myself in that. I am also saying welcome to New England, buddy. You're going to love being a New England Patriot. But that's the thing. Look at the Patriots and Stephon Diggs. The whole entire conversation around Stephon Diggs for a long time, especially after he left the Bills, was Diva. This guy only cares about how he wants his balls. He wants his touchdowns, paws as they say, his touchdowns, all those things. But at the same time, there is some sort of transparency in the building between coaches, McDaniels, Drake May, and Stephon Diggs that clearly isn't present with the Eagles.

1:15:50AJ Hawk:I don't know if they're telling him one thing, like he's going to get 10 passes in the first half every single game, and then that's not happening. But there is some sort of lack of communication, at least outside looking in, that it feels like.

1:16:02Pat McAfee:I don't know if it's lack of communication. I assume there is communication coming from Sirianni. I think there's something that happened. I saw a tweet that was going around, too, and I don't know if that's necessarily it. But it does feel – and I think I saw Deshaun Jackson talking about it maybe on either his podcast or – who was he with? He was with a former running back from Miami. Clinton Portis, I think. Clinton Portis. Clinton Portis. I got a chance to do TV with Clinton Portis back in the day on NFL Network. He's awesome. 2 a.m. call time. I laughed so hard at Clinton Portis so many times.

1:16:38Pat McAfee:Now, Clinton Portis got caught up in some stuff. I'm happy to see him back. Clinton Portis was very good to me and very hilarious. Him talking to Deshaun Jackson. Deshaun Jackson was like, feels like something happened here. This feels like a personal relationship. The personal relationship could be kind of ruined from numerous different things, maybe not getting the ball on a regular basis when you think you're open. But also with a locker room, AJ, these are humans interacting with humans. And Jason Kelsey talked about it on a morning show over there in Philadelphia about him and Lane Johnson getting into it so bad and actually not even talking to each other.

1:17:09Pat McAfee:And they would consider each other best friends. He talked about how Stoutland, obviously, the offensive line coach, is like Jason Kelsey's second father, you know, aside from Ed. And he got into it with him. It's like football brings out a lot of emotions, and there's a lot of pride, and there's obviously a lot of confidence and a lot of success and a lot of alphas. It's like, is that manageable in the middle of a season for this team? It seems louder than last year even, AJ.

1:17:28Dan Lanning:Yeah, it does seem louder than last year. And if you're a receiver, your whole life depends on your quarterback, though. Like, you can run the best routes in the world. You can be open every single play. If you don't get it to you, then people don't know what's going on other than your coaches can, hey, man, don't worry. Keep working. I see you. I see you getting open. We'll get you the ball. Like, I don't know. This is going to happen as long as football is around, which is hopefully forever. We know that. We're receivers and people are going to want the ball. If I don't get the ball enough, I want the ball.

1:17:54Dan Lanning:But the thing is, the Eagles are winning games. That's why the Eagles are their own special world.

1:17:58Stanford Steve:Their favorites to win the Super Bowl.

1:17:59Dan Lanning:Yeah, they win, but they have all these issues that, I don't even want to call them issues, but they have noise around them. Distractions, noise around them.

1:18:07Pat McAfee:Distractions.

1:18:08Dan Lanning:Yeah.

1:18:08Pat McAfee:If you get labeled a distraction in the NFL, you don't get a job. That is literally what it is because NFL teams don't want a distraction. Now, granted, if you're a –

1:18:16Dan Lanning:Really, really, really good. You can have a job for a while, but eventually your plate drops one notch. See ya.

1:18:22Pat McAfee:Yeah, be who you can afford to be, for sure. But if you can label it a distraction because of how many distractions there already are and how hard it is to win an NFL game, it's like they're trying to eliminate distractions at all times. That is literally what coaches and buildings are trying to do. Scared to death to add a distraction. And then the Eagles are just like one constant distraction and somehow get on the field and win. I don't know. They're defying football. They're defying professional football with how they're doing it. Because the teams that win are all locked in. I mean, you know, the Patriots, their dynasty, the most you're going to hear out of any of them is, we got to get better on first down, second down, third down, and fourth down.

1:19:00Pat McAfee:How'd you play today? Good team played really good. We can obviously get better. Okay, that's all you heard out of them. Did you talk to the media? No. Do you do any events? No. Do you do any of this? No. Just locked in because it's hard to win. So you're going to kind of do your thing. Now, certainly some things we've learned about were happening in that dynasty that could be considered a pretty big distraction. You know, pretty big. Probably the biggest, maybe biggest ever. You know, maybe biggest ever distraction happening at the same time as playing up there. But he was, like, super locked in.

1:19:30Pat McAfee:Kansas City Chiefs, like, hey, tucking our jerseys in, we're doing this. Super locked in. Philadelphia Eagles, it's like drama. Yeah. Everywhere. Oh, yeah. At every turn. Even with the fans. Fans drama. We hate it. He's talking to us. We hate it. We won't wait. They win a Super Bowl that year. It's like, I don't know how they do it. Honestly, I have no idea how they do it. Maybe they get bored.

1:19:49Dan Lanning:Some people like to live, like, not in chaos, but they like to have a little activity around them, you know? Maybe that's just what keeps them alive, keeps them moving and then not get – yeah, it might just be boring if they went about their business and there was never any noise around them.

1:20:01Pat McAfee:Maybe they need distractions so that they're not fully engulfed, you know? So it's like, yeah, we need some other stuff to kind of keep us fresh so we can continue to kind of do our thing here. Sunday play game, we win. Yes, we did. How's it going? Let's ask the team. Oh, boy. Yeah, we won, I guess, but boy. Imagine Sirianni after a game.

1:20:20Dan Lanning:He wins the game and he's like, for like two seconds, he's like, yes! And then their PR guy comes in and lets him know what the headlines are and what they're talking about, what players may have just said at their locker five minutes ago. When did he say that? When did he say that?

1:20:33Pat McAfee:He said it while he's walking off the field to a fan and a camera. That thing's out right now already. Can I...

1:20:39Dan Lanning:I get five minutes of just happiness after a win, possibly.

1:20:44Pat McAfee:He goes out to his press conference. I'm tired of talking about this. They don't all want to kill each other. I know what he said. I know we just won. But, geez, Louise, we're trying to get to next week. It's a long season. We just won a Super Bowl. It just never ends, it feels like. So, congratulations to the Eagles still being able to do it. And, A.J. Brown, whatever your future is, can't wait to watch you play football. Now, you boys take it for about a minute, and I got something special that's about to pop in front of these pine trees.

1:21:05Dan Lanning:Uh-oh. Okay. Hey, Foxy, I don't know if we have it. We got a great slate of college games, I believe, this weekend that are going to pop up here. Oh, yes. Look at you guys always on the mark. Here we go. Tone, when you look at this, sorry about that quick mute we just had. I actually hit that button. We got a good surprise coming for us, boys. I just checked the back wall. Can't wait. But, Tone, when you see these games, which one's most intriguing to you?

1:21:26Bo Nix:Like, we're at the part of the season where, like, we did this last week, and I was like, oh, all these games are playoff games. And we're here again. Like, Oklahoma and Mizzou, if you're Oklahoma, you cannot lose to Mizzou, or you will definitely drop out after that huge win to Bama last week. Oregon and SC, if Oregon loses, I would not be shocked if they drop out and SC kind of moves up into that spot. SMU is playing for a chance to get into the ACC title game as well as Louisville, but SMU has the better chance. Obviously, you have Montana State and Montana. That's the number two versus number three game in FCS.

1:21:56Bo Nix:Pitt and Georgia Tech is basically a playoff game to get to the ACC championship. And then if BYU keeps winning, they will be in the Big 12 championship most likely against Texas Tech. Cincinnati still has a chance, though. So just like last week, all these games that we have up here have serious, serious playoff implications.

1:22:12Dan Lanning:Yeah, we got great slate coming on. And Pat, no real way to intro this guy. He looks amazing. But Pat, what do you got going on over here, Gene? Oregon Steve's here.

1:22:23Pat McAfee:Hey.

1:22:24Bo Nix:Hell yeah. A lot of years. A lot of the years you couldn't wear this. They're rivals, Pac-12. Now they're in the Big Ten. So I can wear it.

1:22:31Pat McAfee:And now they're.

1:22:31Bo Nix:It could be my Big Ten team.

1:22:32Pat McAfee:A little different class, too. I don't want to start bearing too much because I love Andrew. Look, I appreciate him. Obviously, I appreciate the Stanford and Stanford, Steve. You guys kind of asked Oregon very, very good. Correct. Obviously, this place is spectacular. You've talked about this being an incredible home environment. Yeah. I haven't had a chance to experience. I was going to stay for the Indiana-Oregon game, and I pick Indiana, and the way that I do, I go, you probably shouldn't just utilize the sideline passes here this time, and I get out of here. You love this place as a home field advantage.

1:22:59Pat McAfee:What do you think about tomorrow in USC?

1:23:01Bo Nix:I think it's a super matchup because we've got to see what Oregon's pass defense brings to the table, Pat. They've only played teams in the hundreds in pass offense the last month. And the last time we saw them here, Indiana threw the ball effectively against them. Now they had Mendoza. And this pass offense for SC is their strength. So to me, it's all about how Oregon can defend the pass. Now, I will say with USC, when you mentioned Stanford, When Stanford had success against Oregon teams, they matched them up front. Indiana matched them up front. Everybody talks about the skilled guys with Oregon, but you've got to beat them on the line of scrimmage on both sides.

1:23:39Bo Nix:And does SC have that? This is their best chance since Lincoln Riley took over the job at USC.

1:23:44Pat McAfee:That's a really cool jacket. Thank you. That is a really cool jacket.

1:23:48Bo Nix:Kenny and the boys in the equipment room.

1:23:49Pat McAfee:Do you see that? I don't know. How do they do the swoosh? Is that the Grateful Duck?

1:23:53Bo Nix:It is the Grateful Duck.

1:23:55Pat McAfee:He looks. Utter side. Utter side.

1:23:59Bo Nix:Utter one. Yeah, the utter one.

1:24:00Pat McAfee:You have an utter sleeve. That's the utter sleeve. Not to be confused with the utter sleeve. Yeah, you talk about Oregon's physicality. I think Dan Lanning loves that. We talked about him last hour, and he said, I want my team to be known to be relentless, and I can't wait to watch that, obviously. Last time we were here, not good for them.

1:24:19Bo Nix:No. Not good at all. Crowd was not even a factor. But on that note, crowd tomorrow morning game day? Oh, they're ready. Crazy. They love us. They love us. It's a different breed here. The way they could do staying out Friday night, coinciding with being awake for our show, then go take a quick nap-a-roo, and then come back for the game and be ready to go.

1:24:41Pat McAfee:Okay, I love that we're doing it. And every time I watched an Oregon show game day, I felt envious of the people that were there because how special it was. Every time I've been part of an Oregon game day, it's been a spectacular lot. You're 6 a.m. out there, and the place is... I mean, it is wide awake, and it's special. It's a special place.

1:25:00Bo Nix:And it's so much better now. When we first started coming here, we did this right out here. Or no, over there. On the other side. The other end zone. But that was the best. That asked a lot for the students to come over. Now we're right in the middle of campus. They'll be ready to rock.

1:25:15Pat McAfee:Yeah, I cannot wait to see them. This place is special. Tone has a question for you back in the Thunderdome. Steve?

1:25:21Bo Nix:I do, Steve. I agree with you. Everything about that game, Oregon obviously being the number one pass defense, but they haven't really played anyone yet. But I wanted to take you down to Oklahoma and Mizzou. Obviously, Oklahoma gets the big win last week, even though they're outgained by 200 yards. They only went for 200 yards. Their offense has not looked good at all. Is there any chance Mizzou can get them, though, without Pribula? Because I know the freshman hasn't been great, and Oklahoma's defense is going to throw a ton if it's the freshman going. But can Mizzou, do they have a chance if Pribula goes, or do you think they have a chance either way?

1:25:53Bo Nix:I think they need Prebula with what that brings to the table.

1:25:58Pat McAfee:You two just pronounced that differently so figure it out.

1:26:00Bo Nix:He's right. Prebula. He's definitely right.

1:26:03Pat McAfee:Okay, well, Tone said Prebula. Prebula?

1:26:05Bo Nix:No, I said Prebula.

1:26:07Pat McAfee:I said Prebula. Prebula.

1:26:10Bo Nix:Let's show some respect. They need him but the issue is an ankle and going against that offense, you're going to need to go 100 miles an hour and can he sustain that? The issue I have with Missouri is when they have played the upper echelon teams in college football, in the SEC. They haven't fared great. Where we got here? Ahmad was 52 yards, 52 against Alabama, and then nothing against the other top 10 defense they faced. So it's an uphill battle. I mean, Oklahoma's defense, what they did to Ty Simpson last week, 240 yards in the first half held him to 80. They get the pick in the end zone. They get the pick six.

1:26:51Bo Nix:Just an opportune deal. But those are two monster wins for Oklahoma. Actually, they should have been at seven. They should have been at Oregon.

1:26:59Pat McAfee:Okay. No offense. Before you start diving into that, AJ actually has a question for you.

1:27:03Dan Lanning:Yes. Stanford Steve slash Oregon Steve. I'm not sure how to address you right now. But what do you think of this, you know, when you look at the board here for the college football playoffs, what do you disagree with? Do you have any big issues with what's going on here?

1:27:15Bo Nix:Yeah, my issue is seven to ten. I would have Oklahoma at 7, Oregon below Alabama. I would have Alabama at 8, and then Oregon, Notre Dame, 9, 10, whatever way you want to do that. When you look at Alabama's resume, four top 25 wins. How am I thinking? Oregon. You got it. Oregon, Minnesota, and Iowa are the only teams over 500 in FBS that they've beaten. That Iowa team's a good football team.

1:27:45Pat McAfee:They are good. They are good.

1:27:48Bo Nix:But I just look at the resumes, and to me it's just showing the eye test is weighing more with all those coaches in the room, but also Alabama's getting penalized for that bad loss at Florida State. I didn't think it was a bad loss then, but the way Florida State's season has played out with losing all these games now and not looking like an upper-tier team, they're getting penalized for that loss.

1:28:07Pat McAfee:Do you think this is going to be consistent with how they view the rankings going forward, or is it like every week we should expect something different? Like, oh, it was a big win. This was a bad loss. This is this. Do they kind of just – you know it a lot better than us. Should we just expect multiple different reasons on why they picked what each week?

1:28:22Bo Nix:Well, you look at a team –

1:28:24Pat McAfee:Or is each committee different?

1:28:25Bo Nix:Yeah, you look at it – I think every week it changes because the rankings are going to change. So, like, last week Iowa was a top 25 win. Now they're not because they lost to SC and now they're out of the top 25. So the resumes are going to change, and that's what everybody wants to see with Miami and Notre Dame because they don't have a lot of data points to gain. But will that head-to-head end up being the big kicker at the end when the resumes are finalized?

1:28:49Pat McAfee:Miami, Notre Dame, what are your thoughts?

1:28:51Bo Nix:They play!

1:28:52Pat McAfee:They play!

1:28:53Bo Nix:I thought Notre Dame got rewarded big time for blowing out Pitt. I don't know how good Pitt is. You know, when you – Talking hard news? They do suck. You're not hard newsy. I'm just saying. They got a lot to prove. Look at the schedule.

1:29:07Pat McAfee:Tyler Palco gave them a speech before last week. Yeah.

1:29:10Bo Nix:Do you know that? Did you see the handshake after the game? Yeah. That looked a little dicey. What is that? I don't know. Coach Freeman seemed like he didn't want to hear any of that.

1:29:20Pat McAfee:Is it the 100 to nothing, you think? Is that the point?

1:29:22Bo Nix:Yeah, I thought that. Maybe. Maybe trying to, like Dez said, trying to flip it over to Notre Dame's side. Like, whoa, we're just coming in here to play a football game.

1:29:29Pat McAfee:So Marcus Freeman said, thanks, Narduz. 110 to 3. Why don't we even just, what are we even doing here as a football coach? But you're saying Notre Dame gets rewarded seemingly for this Pitt win. We don't know.

1:29:39Bo Nix:I don't know about Pitt. Yeah, Pitt goes to Georgia Tech, and then they host Miami. We're going to know a lot more about Pitt. I mean, they were sneaking in the rankings, and now they're not. They got the freshman quarterback. They obviously didn't play well last week. When you get that stage and you get that opportunity against a team like Notre Dame, you've got to play well. They didn't play well. I expect them to bounce back tomorrow. I'm not sure if they're going to win the game against Georgia Tech. But to me, Notre Dame got a lot of credit for beating that Pitt team. They were impressive, no doubt.

1:30:03Bo Nix:But to jump all the way up or jump the spots that they did and drop Bama behind them, I thought that was a lot.

1:30:08Pat McAfee:So Tone immediately, I think after maybe week three or week four of the college football season, Tone immediately goes, well, this reminds us, if Notre Dame wins every game by 30 going forward, are they going to get in a playoff? I said, no way. Just because I was a prisoner of the moment, I'm like, can't happen. Now, we know about Texas A &M, obviously. Texas A &M, vastly different view on them now versus maybe at the time. But that is kind of what they've done. They've become a dominant football team. In the eye test, if we're going strictly by eye test, Jeremiah Love. And they got Price as well.

1:30:39Pat McAfee:Jeremiah loved him after us talking to him. I love this man. I absolutely love this man.

1:30:44Bo Nix:I got an idea if we want to throw a little money on him for the Heisman Trophy. He's going to run for 800 yards against Syracuse and Stanford. He's going to do whatever he wants. Now, he doesn't have conference championships Saturday to extend his prowess as far as a Heisman Trophy winner. But everyone's saying that it's going to be Mendoza and saying the winner of the Big Ten title game is going to win the Heisman. And I don't agree with that. I think that's going to be a defensive game. I don't know how impressive the quarterback play is going to be in that game. So if I get love in these two monster showcases he already showcased last week, I believe he deserves the Heisman.

1:31:21Bo Nix:What about Marcel Reed? He's still got some work to do. I'm saying Jeremiah's got to get way ahead. He's got a chance.

1:31:28Pat McAfee:Now, look at the – Are you NDSPN? Yeah, because we got SEC, ESPN. Are you NDSPN?

1:31:37Bo Nix:I'm trying to make a case. You guys were talking about how great you felt about the Texans. I got a little mojo going with this thing.

1:31:42Pat McAfee:You felt good about the Texans, too, didn't you?

1:31:43Bo Nix:It was stinky.

1:31:44Pat McAfee:Dude, I woke up in the morning. I don't know if you heard.

1:31:46Bo Nix:Oh, yeah, I heard.

1:31:47Pat McAfee:Dude, never. Indiana beating Oregon, the most my body has ever felt. Like, if you listen to me make that pick, I literally say congratulations to Indiana. They went as if I was a fortune teller and I knew what was going to happen. That's how I felt in that game.

1:32:01Bo Nix:Yeah.

1:32:01Pat McAfee:Yesterday, same thing with the Houston Texans. And I wish I would get it more. Like, that would be really cool. if that would start happening.

1:32:07Bo Nix:So we've got to wait until tomorrow morning.

1:32:09Pat McAfee:I don't know because I thought I was going to wake up today and I was going to look at the board and I was just going to get up. Yeah, get that feeling. The football gods are going to be like, hey, Pat, actually we have chosen you to get it right now going forward because of how much it was yesterday. That Texans team, though, is legit. It feels like.

1:32:21Bo Nix:Oh, that defense is sick. Unbelievable. Sick. And Dougie Mills, Stanford guy.

1:32:25Pat McAfee:Yeah.

1:32:25Bo Nix:Good player. Didn't play a lot of college football, but he's played more in the pros now than he has college.

1:32:30Pat McAfee:29 starts, I think, for the Houston Texans.

1:32:32Bo Nix:That's more than Stanford.

1:32:33Pat McAfee:What was that, COVID years or what? Yeah.

1:32:35Bo Nix:Yep.

1:32:36Pat McAfee:There's no way Stanford was playing during COVID.

1:32:38Bo Nix:You guys shut that down. I think we got to five games that year. Really? Yeah, I think so. Too scared. Four and two, I think, I believe. I think they went four and two. Good ball club.

1:32:46Pat McAfee:I'm happy everybody was okay, by the way. A lot of athletes we heard got it, and they all survived. So we're happy that happened.

1:32:52Bo Nix:Yeah.

1:32:53Pat McAfee:Those are wild times. California, shut down. They weren't the only ones, though. It felt like everywhere was. Let's move along. Let's move along. Where are the other boys? Yeah, Dougie Mills. Let's move along. Let's move along. Connor has a question for you, Stanford Steve.

1:33:08AJ Hawk:Yeah, Stanford Steve. I'm wondering what you think about the talent on the field tomorrow. How many GMs, how many NFL scouts do you expect there? Just because it seems as though there's a lot of first-round picks. I mean, Makai Lemon over there for USC. I know some teams who might want a young rookie wide receiver are kind of eyeing him. And then, I mean, Dante Moore. He's going to be a top 10, top three quarterback probably. What do you expect as far as skill?

1:33:34Bo Nix:Well, I'm interested, Conor, it's funny you brought that up. At the Indiana-Oregon game, plenty were on the field in the pregame watching both quarterbacks. And now we don't know what Dante's going to do with the status. I mean, the way it sounds is that if these quarterbacks are going to keep getting paid, they're going to come back to college. That might be the opportunity for him, knowing that everybody wants a quarterback in the first round, for him to go. So I'm interested to see what scouts are back to show it Because then they're in on Dante Moore. So that is interesting. But the wide receiver core for SC is awesome.

1:34:09Bo Nix:Makai Lemon is an absolute stud. I know Ty saw Kirk Ferentz's comments about him, talking about a player maybe he hasn't seen in 20 years. I mean, he was dominant last week in leading that comeback to a win. And then Lane's just a perfect offset guy on the other side who has a ton of height. But that's the deal I have to see with SC, is the offensive and defensive line. The great SC teams had studs, pros up there, and they've come up here and beaten Oregon. Now, it's been a while. They've only played here three times, I think, since 2011. But SC has to win up front, and that's what the test is.

1:34:42Bo Nix:I thought they played great, both these teams, against an Iowa team who I think is very good up front. Oregon rolled up their sleeves and ran the ball down Iowa's throat, and that was the biggest shocker to me in that game. And Iowa couldn't get to the quarterback last week, and that's what provides the comeback for SC. So the lines of scrimmage are enormous, especially for SC in this atmosphere tomorrow.

1:35:06Pat McAfee:Yeah, it's getting foggy up here, and Stanford Steve's bringing the heat. Obviously, we appreciate that. Excited to see the scouts and the NFL talent that are on the field tomorrow. The weekend slate features one in Montana that I thought we were going to head to. The highest these two have ever been ranked while facing each other. 124th time they'll be playing. Montana State takes on Montana. Not in Bozeman. in Missoula.

1:35:30Bo Nix:Yes.

1:35:30Pat McAfee:And we could have been there. Yep. Obviously, we don't make the decision.

1:35:36AJ Hawk:Looks like Steve doesn't make the decision. Yeah, Steve. Steve. Yeah. Look at that.

1:35:42Bo Nix:I'll get the free jacket. I'm 0 for 11. On guessing? Yeah.

1:35:46Pat McAfee:On where we were heading.

1:35:47Bo Nix:Yeah. So you don't want any of me. At some point, you should have got one right. No. I'm going back. I'm like, wow. That's wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. So just know that we all feel the same way, though.

1:36:02Pat McAfee:No. We do not make the decision.

1:36:04Bo Nix:The backdrop there in Missoula would have been incredible.

1:36:07Pat McAfee:What do you think about that game?

1:36:07Bo Nix:Montana State's a favorite in Missoula. That was pretty eye-opening. I caught a little Montana State last week against UC Davis. Good ball club.

1:36:14Pat McAfee:Yeah, what style of play does Montana State have?

1:36:16Bo Nix:A little wide open, quarterback, mobile, a lot of ride to the side. RPO game.

1:36:20Pat McAfee:What about Montana?

1:36:22Bo Nix:Montana is bigger physical.

1:36:24Pat McAfee:Oh, it's going to be cool. We know that last time we were here. No sense of vinegar.

1:36:27Bo Nix:Those guys don't like wearing sleeves either.

1:36:29Pat McAfee:Yeah, it's because they've got to showcase that they're tough. That's what they've got to do.

1:36:32Bo Nix:Yeah. They could have the old AstroTurf up there. You don't know.

1:36:36Pat McAfee:All right, question of the week is a coach that's in Ole Miss.

1:36:40Bo Nix:Yeah. Now, Theo Vaughn just told a story about experiencing Oxford with Lane Kiffin.

1:36:50Pat McAfee:Talks about he wants to yoga with him. 6 a.m. yoga, non-negotiable for Lane Kiffin in this new life that he's living. He's in there every single day. I have happened to have received some text messages before going in there from Lane. My relationship with Lane at this point is pretty hilarious.

1:37:07Bo Nix:FaceTime only.

1:37:08Pat McAfee:FaceTime only. It's very random. It's not like every day. This is like a patchy, I would say, relationship and text message. Theo Vaughn talked about him in the middle of this yoga, 6 a.m. yoga, about how he's actually not the coach, the yoga teacher, whatever it's called, the yogi, but he'll go around and motivate some of the people that are in the yoga class. And if it's a little quiet, Theo Vaughn says, he's dribbling a golf ball in there to add a little accent noises to the 6 a.m. yoga. Lane Kiffin seemingly loves his life at Ole Miss. They are rolling. Everybody thinking, obviously, going to the college football playoff.

1:37:42Pat McAfee:Who knows? They're selling that place out. They're celebrating. Belt to ass is becoming their thing. BTA is becoming their thing. I know, obviously, Mississippi State, the Bulldogs have the cowbells. They're getting the belts. Like, they're developing, like, a lot of tradition.

1:37:56Bo Nix:I'll take a belt against a cowbell.

1:37:58Pat McAfee:Cowbell, though, guaranteed sound. Yeah, watch it. You've got to really do – you've got to do well with the belt, you know. Yeah. Because you can't miss that. You can squeeze it, and it doesn't make a massive sound. And, you know, so that's a big deal, obviously, on getting the sound and getting everybody in unison. But, like, Lane Kiffin legitimately could become king, like statue, just like Saban almost at Alabama. Ty has a question for you about all of that.

1:38:23AJ Hawk:Yeah, Steve, what do you think is ultimately going to happen with this? Connor was looking at some of the Ole Miss message boards before the show, and he was saying how a lot of people are speculating that LSU and Florida boosters are basically flying private flights over Oxford to really rile up the fan base, make them think that something maybe is happening that's not. I think a lot of people at this point are kind of assuming like, hey, we don't know if a contract extension was offered, So if that's the case, like, is he gone? He's going to play out this season, but he kind of knows that maybe he will leave for LSU or Florida.

1:38:59AJ Hawk:The longer this takes, it kind of does seem like there's a good chance that he is going to leave. Where do you sit with this whole thing right now, and what do you think is ultimately going to happen?

1:39:09Bo Nix:It's a lot. I thought Coach Saban has done a great job of explaining how this window in the calendar is just brutal for this and guys trying to make decisions. And when you're talking about families involved in the whole deal, I tend to think that Lane sends his family ahead to Baton Rouge to get a tour, and that purple sells on people. Then you hear the idea that LSU would be in agreement that Coach O would come back and be part of Lane's staff. That thing has seriously cooking right there. Purple.

1:39:42Pat McAfee:Yeah, but who's saying any of these things? People. Yeah, I know that. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

1:39:49Bo Nix:And also, go ahead. I thought there were some deals where there was scenes of the family in Baton Rouge. Okay, so on that note, Baton Rouge, isn't she dating?

1:40:03Pat McAfee:Isn't a member of the family dating? Yeah, weeks. So we would assume family has been to Baton Rouge.

1:40:09Bo Nix:Okay.

1:40:10Pat McAfee:Right? We would assume that that is the case. Now, Gainesville, if there is trips being made, that is fascinating with the family dynamic. Like maybe there has to be like, yeah, let's go check it out type thing. Cause I know the internet was sleuthing all that stuff. And you can track planes. And I don't love that at all. It's actually a very scary situation, but I understand, Hey, we will all have information on everybody about everything. I completely agree with that, but it's like, wow. I know in the history of ball, you leave Ole Miss to go to Florida or to LSU. It's like, man, you got it.

1:40:44Pat McAfee:10 wins, three straight seasons.

1:40:45Bo Nix:Yeah.

1:40:47Pat McAfee:6 a.m. yoga. I think the rest of his days are pretty good, too. Pretty good.

1:40:51Bo Nix:They got yoga in Baton Rouge and Gainesville. Right?

1:40:55Pat McAfee:Is he dribbling a golf ball around at 6 a.m.? Is he walking around motivating everybody at 6 a.m.? That's how comfortable he is at his 6 a.m. yoga class, let alone everything else in his life. And it's like, is the money different? I guess that's a question we should ask you. Is LSU, Florida money different?

1:41:10Bo Nix:Who's going to make him not be able to say no? That's what it sounds like it's going to come down to. And now it sounds like Ole Miss is going to try and do that this weekend, even though he denied it.

1:41:19Pat McAfee:Oh, did he?

1:41:20Bo Nix:On your show.

1:41:21Pat McAfee:Well, he said they didn't make him have an ultimatum. I didn't know if there was like a contract offer already. You know, that changes everything. Crazy situation that he's just in the middle of. And every other decision kind of waits on what he does. So I think you've got a lot of pressure from other agents and other coaches and other ADs and other presidents and governors potentially in some states that would like an answer now because it helps them and benefits them. I wonder how much of it's actually real. Because he said, I was not given an ultimatum. And it doesn't sound like he's thinking I need to make an answer now.

1:41:51Pat McAfee:But the Ole Miss fans are like, it might not be real, but we're hearing what everybody else is saying. We want an answer now.

1:41:56Bo Nix:And like you talked about, in the midst of this, an unbelievable season, one loss, still has a monster game against his rival.

1:42:05Dan Lanning:This is what we're dreaming of.

1:42:05Bo Nix:Yeah. This is the cusp of the whole run. This is why you hired Lane to take you to this place. And with all that going on amidst all these talks, it makes for mayhem.

1:42:15Pat McAfee:It does make for mayhem.

1:42:17Bo Nix:Blame the calendar.

1:42:18Pat McAfee:Yeah, Transfer Portal, middle of college football playoff run. You would think next place would win Transfer Portal if Lane was going somewhere. And also –

1:42:25Bo Nix:He is Transfer Portal king.

1:42:27Pat McAfee:TPK. Ferris State guy right now running – Oh, awesome. Now it's just win and dead because all he does is win, win, win no matter what. And that seems like Lane Kiffin's story too. Will it remain in Ole Miss with a skyline potentially being built alongside of his success? Or does he head somewhere else that certainly has other opportunities and options? I don't know. As somebody that is not the closest with Lane but can text Lane, I'm almost like brother. Life is okay right now.

1:42:56Bo Nix:To your point, he's made – I watched his doc.

1:42:59Pat McAfee:Life being okay now I think is a big part of that. He made that known.

1:43:03Bo Nix:Yes, exactly. But the idea how he's done this with just violating the transfer portal, when you go back to Florida or an LSU, it's more of a homegrown deal. Like, does he really want to go back to sitting in living rooms, recruiting guys? Because that's how you build that thing. You get players from in your state, not necessarily Ole Miss, where he's just firing away. I mean, Charlie Weiss Jr. talked about seeing Trinidad on film. It was like, call him. And save their season.

1:43:30Pat McAfee:Yeah, granted, you have to do that again and again and again.

1:43:32Bo Nix:Does that get old or is recruiting get – you know what I'm saying? There's two different styles to this. It seems like the recruiting thing is going away, but you see Coach Lanning with what he's done.

1:43:42Pat McAfee:We appreciate the hell out of you. Hey, here's the Week 12 slate that we're about to pick.

1:43:47Bo Nix:Any of these ones we like? I love the Steelers this week. If Tone was playing quarterback, I'd take the Steelers. And the under in that game.

1:43:54Pat McAfee:I'll take that as a compliment. You like the Steelers and the under? Tone didn't really spin it. It sounded like you were maybe taking a shot at them like Herbie was doing a shot at Ty yesterday. Did you see that yesterday?

1:44:03Bo Nix:Ty, I got you, bro. Thank you. Thank you, Steve. I love you. All right. Come on.

1:44:07Pat McAfee:Ty can hit bombs, dude. People forget about that. All right, Steve. We appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen. Watch out for the Chiefs.

1:44:13Bo Nix:Just saying.

1:44:14Pat McAfee:Watch out for the Chiefs. Uh-oh.

1:44:16AJ Hawk:Uh-oh. Get out. Get out. Take that handshake back. Yeah. Did you? Nope. Take it back. Take it back. Quick.

1:44:24Pat McAfee:All right. See you, buddy. I appreciate you. What was that about?

1:44:30AJ Hawk:That was tough. shot on the way out. Why is he doing that? It was a great hit, too, up until then.

1:44:35Dan Lanning:Yeah. What's that? I like these artsy shots that you do.

1:44:40Pat McAfee:I don't like it. You just beat. Oh, pop your little skull in there. I just have to ask a question. Yeah,

1:44:52Pat McAfee:he left his phone, Steve. Steve, can we showcase the back of that? Oh, no. You need to get out of here because what you, can we showcase the back of that? Oh, you see that? See, what is it? Look at the back of this. Come back. Come back a little bit more. Face that way. Camera's over here. You can just get on the camera. Sorry, you're back that way. Back that way. Slide over. Back here, Jack. Are you on, other guy? Other way, other guy. Other way, other guy.

1:45:13Dan Lanning:What are we doing?

1:45:14Pat McAfee:All right. We never got it. We still never got it. He's gone. Is he serious?

1:45:18AJ Hawk:All right. See you, Steve. He's serious. That's classic other guy. It is. Jerry Garcia designed that thing?

1:45:25Bo Nix:Question. Did he have to sprint up a 700 flight to steps before he got to the hitter?

1:45:30Pat McAfee:Oh, jeez. Mike Fren just collapsed, too, after the entire performance we just saw there. Yeah, I mean, we're up here. Yeah, I don't know what the exact location. Yeah. But also, he's been on the road, what, 11 weeks, 12 weeks. He's home how many days? One a week, I think. Stanford Steve is home like one or two days a week. He's living life like an old-school professional wrestler. I respect that. I do. I really respect that.

1:46:00Pat McAfee:All right, let's make these picks. AJ, in that business and in this business, you've got to do these types of things. Houston Texans cover last night, thank God, and get the outright win. Holy hell, look at this right now. Look at this right now.

1:46:13Dan Lanning:Oh, man. It's changed like nine times over the course of the last hour and a half. That's what you dream of.

1:46:19Pat McAfee:Yeah, I'm up here in Eugene. Look at how beautiful this place is. You're going to climb any of those mountains?

1:46:24Dan Lanning:Absolutely beautiful.

1:46:26Pat McAfee:I'll tell you what, you won't need to climb those mountains to get to that altitude, brother. I'm already there. I'm already there. There is a couple shops with local laws all around where I'm staying, and we will certainly enjoy that. And finish it before getting back to Indiana where it is not legal. Of course, we live and die by those rules because we enjoy freedom and life, and we are certainly enjoying that here in Oregon. The Houston Texans getting six points yesterday or five and a half wouldn't have mattered. They covered. Let's go to the New York football giants with Jameis Winston as their quarterback.

1:47:01Pat McAfee:Traveling to Detroit to take on the Lions. Lions favored by 10. AJ, who do you like? How do you like it?

1:47:07Dan Lanning:10 points seems like a bunch. Jackson Dart is out. So we got J-Mo playing. Give me the Lions minus 10.

1:47:12AJ Hawk:Laporta did get surgery today and he will be not out for the season for sure yet. But it's going to be tough for him to get back.

1:47:19Bo Nix:If you guys would like to know what the sports folks think of Jackson Dart and Jameis Winston, since the Jackson Dart news, the line has shot up to 12.5 or 13. Wow.

1:47:31Pat McAfee:Jackson Darts were at three points? Apparently.

1:47:33AJ Hawk:Yeah, and Kayvon Thibodeau and Adebo, our best corner, were also ruled out. So basically nobody's coming back. So if there was any optimism at all, it got extinguished this morning.

1:47:44Pat McAfee:That's awesome. Congrats, Foxy. Okay. Yeah, and to add up to all of this, the Lions after a loss, 13-0 against the spread, boys. All right, I'll take the Lions as well. Jets, Baltimore Ravens. We see Lamar Jackson super pumped about being on Instagram Lives with Marlon Humphrey and such. He's their favorite by 13-and-a-half, taking on the Jets. We're going with T-Mobile as quarterback just because Coach Glenn wants to. AJ, who do you like? How do you like it?

1:48:09Dan Lanning:Man, I like the Ravens to win, but I do not like 13-and-a-half, so give me the Jets.

1:48:14Pat McAfee:I'll take the Ravens minus 13-and-a-half. Now, it feels like it's some massive spreads this weekend. 13 and a half going into Nashville, the Seattle Seahawks. 69 % of the money is on the Seattle Seahawks. I'll take the Seattle Seahawks. AJ, you?

1:48:25Dan Lanning:Seattle Seahawks as well. You get them at 12 and a half.

1:48:28Pat McAfee:Bam. Perfect. We'll take them there. New England Patriots travel to Cincinnati. I show speed will be the ruler of the jungle. 73 % of the bets are on the Patriots. Minus six. Conman, what are we hearing? What are we learning?

1:48:42AJ Hawk:Kayshawn Booty, the deep ball threat for New England. He will be back, still up in the air about Ramondre Stevenson. But aside from that, the real question of the game is who's starting IQB for the Bengals. They haven't said if Burrow is or not. He did take first-team reps yesterday, Flacco taking second-team reps. So kind of still up in the air there. But I feel good either way just because the Bengals can't block anybody and they can't stop a cold.

1:49:07Pat McAfee:Okay, so it sounds like you love the Patriots. I love the Patriots as well. Give me the New England Patriots and Vrabel going into Cincinnati and covering six. Can we get that at five and a half, maybe?

1:49:17Dan Lanning:No, no, no. Six is actually the best. I got the Patriots as well here, Pat.

1:49:22Pat McAfee:Okay, let's go to the Vikings, Green Bay Packers, the NFC North. Are they about to get a little bit of nine on the Lambo?

1:49:30AJ Hawk:Ty, your thoughts? Josh Jacobs, potentially a game time decision. He basically said, hey, if it's up to me, I'm going to go. But we'll see that Flores defense against a Packers offensive line who's been kind of dog shite all year. So it should be very interesting. Obviously, Josh Jacobs is the key here, though.

1:49:48Pat McAfee:Josh Jacobs obviously don't love watching that last week. Jordan Love fresh off a big-time play. Give me the Minnesota Vikings plus six in Green Bay, AJ. Okay.

1:49:59Dan Lanning:In Green Bay, give me the Packers minus six.

1:50:02AJ Hawk:Are you sure, Pat? Pittsburgh, what? Just checking in. Just wasn't sure if you saw any of the memes going around on the internet or anything.

1:50:09Pat McAfee:yeah look one two three four five six seven eight and

1:50:18Pat McAfee:nine yeah yeah yeah yeah give me that uh pittsburgh steelers chicago bears steve loves the uh steelers and the under uh give me the pittsburgh steelers going into chicago girl go the chicago bears give me the chicago bears minus 200 give me the pittsburgh aj who do you like?

1:50:38Dan Lanning:I like the Steelers. Stanford Steve seems so passionate about this.

1:50:41Bo Nix:I just want to let everyone know Aaron Rodgers is 24-5 against Chicago Bears. 64 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Alright.

1:50:47Pat McAfee:Okay, so I'll take Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Chicago. Indianapolis Colts at the Chiefs. Colts are getting 3.5 and 58 % of the bets. That's crazy. That is crazy that the Colts are getting 58 % of the bets against the Chiefs and getting 3.5 points. I like the Colts. AJ, who do you like? I like the Colts as well.

1:51:05Bo Nix:Oh, yes! Dan Jones, good to go. And Charverius Ward also back. Yeah. Here we go.

1:51:12Pat McAfee:Don't love that he had a fibula coming off the bye week. I don't know what that even means. That's a big word. Don't like any of it with Daniel Jones. Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals. Liam Cohen favored by three heading into Arizona. They've been getting blown out because they've been starting terribly. Who do you like? How do you like it?

1:51:27Dan Lanning:I like the Jacksonville Jags. I think Trevor Lawrence has a day here, minus two and a half. I will take it.

1:51:32Pat McAfee:I'll take them at two and a half as well. Cleveland Browns playing the Las Vegas Raiders. Browns defense versus the Raiders offense. That might be overscoring in of itself. I like the Cleveland Browns getting four going into Las Vegas with Shador Sanders at the start. How about you, AJ? Give me the Browns and Shador on this one. Philadelphia Eagles favored by three and a half. Crazy. Just somehow. And then on the other side, Dallas Cowboys. Crazy. Everything that goes on in that place. This is the battle of controversy in the NFC East. Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Dallas Cowboys. Eagles favored by three and a half going into Jerry World.

1:52:07Pat McAfee:AJ, who do you like?

1:52:09Dan Lanning:You know what? I like the Dallas Cowboys here. I think their defense is playing better than they were early, so I will take them here.

1:52:15Pat McAfee:Me too. Falcons, Saints, and the NFC South. Falcons getting two and a half going into New Orleans. Give me them, AJ Hawk. With Kirk Cousins a quarterback? Yeah.

1:52:24Dan Lanning:Give me the Falcons as well.

1:52:26Pat McAfee:And then Sunday night football, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baker Mayfield travels back to the place that maybe saved his entire career, to the Los Angeles Rams. Matthew Stafford on an MVP run. Baker Mayfield might be the MVP by the end of this thing. Rams favored by 7. 67 % of the public bets on the Buccaneers getting a touchdown and an extra point. AJ, who do you like?

1:52:48Dan Lanning:I like both these teams, but I like the LA Rams here to cover this one. 6.5 I will take.

1:52:55Pat McAfee:I will take the Tampa Bay Buccaneers plus 6.5. Rams to get a win on Sunday Night Football and that is the entire Sunday Slate, that is AJ and I making our picks. We're not saying we're seeing it perfectly, so please do not ride blindly alongside of us, but what we do want you to do is have the greatest weekend of your life. Football is about to show up in a huge way. Tell your friends and family you love them. Holidays are right around the corner. Meaningful football is happening, and we are the luckiest people on Earth that you allow us to do this for a living. We can't thank you enough. Be a friend.

1:53:25Pat McAfee:Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. We're in this thing together. We're back on Overreaction Monday. Goodbye, Hi, everybody. Game day from Oregon, 9 a.m. on ESPN and X. I feel like we really got that one, boys. Oh, yeah.

1:53:38Dan Lanning:You got it. You got it.

1:53:43Pat McAfee:I had to see if this was a good smoking balcony. Sure. Looks like it. I mean, do most stadiums have a smoking balcony? It's the president's. I don't know if the president's just smoking. It's like President Sweet up here. I mean, they got a full. This is definitely smokers. area.

1:54:01Dan Lanning:So that's like an outdoor patio to the suite? Is that what it is?

1:54:05Pat McAfee:Yeah, suite's in there. Okay, so right behind Gump here. Right behind Gumpy there is the suite. You know, so like if you...

1:54:12Dan Lanning:Is that where Mike Voss was sitting? Yeah, where the Voss was in the suite. Is McFist still in there?

1:54:20Pat McAfee:He's sitting back. I don't love that, you know.

1:54:22Bo Nix:Do the windows open in the presidential suite?

1:54:25Pat McAfee:Not these ones, no. Which once again leads me to... Yeah, and there's, yeah, Barco just found a pack of Marlboro Sigs over here. Yep, there you have it. Just as we thought. Just as we thought. Okay, so, Gumps, why don't you come on over here? Boys, we can't thank you enough. Travel out here was crazy. I mean, it was a long time. Yeah. It was a hell of a week. AJ, thank you for traveling over to A &D, brother. You're the best.

1:54:48Dan Lanning:There's some fog in Ohio. I drove by a school that had a two-hour fog delay, which doesn't happen very often.

1:54:56Pat McAfee:Indiana, yeah, super foggy too, right, boys? Yeah. Big time. This is Travis Kelsey's flannel. Looks good. And since the Colts are playing the Chiefs this weekend, I figured I'd give them a little shout-out after the Colts ruined their season. Yeah. It has some fur on it on the outside, but it's comfortable on the inside. He's got a good line with, I think, American Eagle. I think it's who Travis is doing his stuff. This is awesome. It is very, very nice. I just want to show a little respect. Gumpy, great to be back in Oregon again. Yeah.

1:55:26Bo Nix:Eugene, beautiful.

1:55:28Pat McAfee:It is beautiful.

1:55:29Bo Nix:It is. Some good shots.

1:55:30Pat McAfee:Especially whenever you can see this stuff. You know, you couldn't see stuff for a while. Now it's all kind of coming together. Let's take this. Yeah, it looks great. There's Foss. You see him. Oh, wait. You don't see him because I didn't cut over there. Oh, hey. Did I do a haircut?

1:55:43Bo Nix:Yeah. There it is.

1:55:44Pat McAfee:Foss really handling your business. I really love whenever he handles his business in this business, the way he handles his business. I don't know how we white balance this one. honestly it's been uh can you fix the uh can you get the gump one to be able to oh yeah yeah yeah there it is there it is there it is there it is there it is boys you should see where we're at right now obviously it's right behind us but like the the fucking wow oh yeah oh yeah that's it that's the one right there as we embark on a massive weekend here in eugene Oregon. The college football world will look on to see if the Ducks will go to the college football playoff or if Lincoln Riley and USC old Pac-12 rivals will come into this green majestic land and get a huge win and send Dan Lanning and the Ducks in a downward spiral as USC remains supreme and goes on a run or the Ducks win by 30.

1:56:54Pat McAfee:There's a chance. The Scaldogs. Scaldogs.

1:56:58AJ Hawk:Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

1:57:05Pat McAfee:hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Yeah, it's great vibes out here. Great vibes out here. I'm sorry. Get started. I want you to start getting started. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right.

1:57:16Dan Lanning:So I'm going to sleep. Are you wearing a Togo pack? You are in a Togo tomorrow? How does it work? Just the people coming to game day. Who's doing it? I think they're doing it for the game. So like the stadium? Like the whole stadium or the students?

1:57:27Pat McAfee:I think they're trying to break a record from my understanding. I think they're trying to have the world's largest Togo board. Togo. It's good. Togo.

1:57:34AJ Hawk:Togo. Togo.

1:57:37Bo Nix:Togo. Togo. Kelly Stanford-Stevens, Heisman. That was crazy.

1:57:44Pat McAfee:Jeremiah Love.

1:57:45Bo Nix:Yeah.

1:57:45Pat McAfee:He said in the Big Ten Championship, Sane and Fernando are going to play like shite. Yeah, we have a defensive battle. There will be a defensive battle. Yeah, but Matt Patricia hasn't had to see Fernando Mendoza yet. True. Or Sigi. All right, we appreciate the hell out of you boys. Great work this week, boys, on the stage up there. You too, dude. Behind the glass, great work, boys. Great work behind the glass, boys. Graphics design, boys. GDBs, good work out there. GDBs. Z, Mitt, great work, boys. There you go, boys. Bye. Had a lot of new things this week at the Thunderdome. We're trying to enjoy it all.

1:58:25Pat McAfee:Obviously, we're incredibly lucky that football season is happening and we get to talk about it all season. Be a friend, tell a friend, something nice that might change your life. We're in this thing together. Have the greatest weekend of all time. Hell yeah.

1:58:35AJ Hawk:Yeah. Great timing. That was unbelievable. Great timing.

1:58:40Pat McAfee:Team on me. Team on three. Wow.

1:58:44AJ Hawk:Yes. Yep. Hell yeah.

1:58:46Pat McAfee:That's fine. I couldn't say it better than my fucking self. Team on three. One, two, three. Team. Goodbye.