PMS 2.0 1627 - Thursday Night Football Recap, NFL Week 2 Preview/Picks, Nick Saban, Ian Rapoport, Stanford Steve, Ole Miss Head Coach Pete Golding, & AJ Hawk

20:56Pat McAfee:What do you see from these two teams? Because I was down there for LSU Clemson on the field, had eyes on it. That was pretty dominant. I mean, it was incredible. Now, Louisiana Tech gives them problems. Obviously, the next week that game is closer than anybody could imagine. Sam Levitt has some turnovers. Obviously, there's the doubtful injury report that is certainly cute that has come out from Lane Kiffin and LSU. But on the field, Trinidad, Kewan Lacy, both Heisman candidate conversations going into the season. Right. Ole Miss, LSU, how's on the field matchup in your house? Well, in my mind, both of these teams are fantastic offensive teams.

21:34They've got really good players. I think Trinidad Chambliss is probably the most dynamic player in college football in terms of making plays when they're not there, but being very efficient in making plays when they are. I mean, this guy's a fabulous player. They've got a great runner. And so they've got a great offensive team. LSU's got a great offensive team, in my opinion. You know, Sam Levitt's playing well. They can run the ball. Lane's a great play caller. Charlie Weiss does a great job. They're always going to get the best play by seeing what you're in on defense and taking advantage of it.

22:07But I think the difference in the game is how does LSU's defense match up with Ole Miss' defense? Because I think LSU's got some really good players on defense, and they've played really well on defense in two games, regardless of the rest of the stuff. Ole Miss has struggled a little bit, especially in the secondary, giving up some big plays to Louisville, you know, when they played in that first game. Now, Pete's a great defensive coach. I'm sure he'll get it fixed. But I think right now, LSU's advantage is they have a little better defense.

22:40Pat McAfee:Okay, so you like LSU's defense. I did too as I was watching. I'm going to do some tape on them. I know you got some tape tomorrow on game day. I'm excited for that show. Let's continue to talk about this game. A.J. Hawk, obviously the all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers, has a question for you, Coach. Coach, we've seen the injury update with Sam Levitt. Obviously went from doubtful to, I guess, what, probable now. Questionable. Questionable. I don't know. They don't have the NFL injury reports. But I guess if you're Ole Miss' defense, the old thing is like, oh, we've got to test him early.

23:07Let's see how healthy he is. Do you think that Ole Miss defense, has anything changed for them to try to get him to move around outside the pocket, do something to see how healthy he truly is? Well, if I was a betting man, I would say there's absolutely nothing wrong with Sam Levitt.

23:21Pat McAfee:What do you mean? What do you mean by that? So I would be actually psychologically telling the defensive players that this doesn't matter. Sam Levitt's going to play. He's going to be the best. We've got to stop him. You know, don't lose your edge because you think he's not going to play, and then he shows up and plays, and it's a downer. So you're expecting him to play whole? You're 100 %? 100%. What? That's awesome. Is that how everybody in the SEC views that? As soon as he puts that, Lane Kiffin puts that into the injury report, everybody that's ever been around him says, thanks, Lane. We have to read that.

23:57Pat McAfee:Now we move on? Now we move on. That's amazing. This guy is a menace, bro. An absolute menace. Okay, let's stay in the SEC. AP Tone has a question for you, Coach. Yeah, Coach, there's a big one in the SEC this weekend with Auburn and Florida, both programs looking to return back to their glory days, and they have two new head coaches in Alex Golesh and John Summerall who are coming in from Tulane in South Florida. If you're a coach making your SEC debut, they were both coordinators in the SEC, but how do you think these coaches are going to approach this one, and how do you feel about this one and their SEC openers for them?

24:34Well, I've been really impressed with Florida. I mean, they can run the ball. Aaron has played really well at quarterback for them. They got some good receivers. I think John Summerall probably inherited a little better roster and added to it at Florida in terms of the kind of defense they can play. So I think Florida is a little bit further along as a team just based on the first two weeks of the season. I think Alex is going to do a really good job at Auburn. Byron Brown is a really good quarterback. Now, he killed Florida last year, and Florida had a good defense, and he ran all over them, and he was the difference in the game and maybe the best player.

25:13I think that Florida's defense better play with a lot of discipline in terms of how they control this guy in the pocket and how they don't give up explosive plays because of his ability to scramble.

25:23Pat McAfee:I believe the last time Summerall and Gillesh took each other on, Summerall had his way. Yeah, I believe. Yeah, John Summerall, when he was at Tulane, beat Alex Gillesh. Gillesh? Gillesh? Gillesh. Gillesh? Sorry, Gillesh. You're a legend. I appreciate what you're doing at Auburn. South Florida, last time they met 45-10. I want to throw up some more shakes. I'll watch that tape. So he's been thinking about it since then. We'll see if that motivates or doesn't motivate. Let's move up to the Big Ten. Hey, the North had a massive win. Michigan beating Oklahoma. Welcome back. And then a massive loss.

25:57Pat McAfee:Ty Schmidt has a question for you. Yeah, Coach, just curious. When it comes to the Big Ten, like how do you handle, you know, maybe these early – like for Ohio State, obviously they have a lot to play still. How would you handle this week of preparation when they have a Kent State coming in and not have another deflating loss after what just happened at Texas, knowing that everything we want to do is still out ahead of us? I think players respond a lot better to bad things happening. I think the challenge is when you have a big win, how do you keep the players focused and not have the rat poison sort of affect them psychologically in terms of the things they need to do to improve.

26:42Because when you lose a game like Ohio State did, their players are going to be out to really prove that this is not the kind of team we are. We can play for 60 minutes. We're not going to lose our edge in a game again. So sometimes when we lost an early game, that really helped our team improve. Because sometimes when you win all the time, you need to lose just to get everybody back on track in terms of what they need to do to prepare the right way and go out there and be able to execute like they can. So I see Ohio State bouncing back with a vengeance. I think Texas is going to have to do a really good job of, they've got an easy opponent, which will be easier for them to do, is to make sure that they don't sort of let the rat poison affect them and that they can continue to progress because it's early in the season.

27:28And how much you improve is going to be the key to the drill.

27:31Pat McAfee:Okay, so that's Ohio State. Let's talk about Oregon. You know, because Oregon obviously has massive loss to Oklahoma State, who might be a team. Hey, that might be. We have no idea what's going to happen with any of these squads as they go down. What's the quarterback's name? Drew Mestemaker. Mestemaker. I almost called him Westemaker because he might be the best of maker. This guy is an absolute stud. I love the way Mestemaker operates. But obviously on the flip side of that, Oregon, Boise State almost gives them one. Now, Boise State might be the best group of six teams. They handled Memphis there after going down and then absolutely crushing them.

28:02Pat McAfee:So Boise State, I think, good team. So Oregon's struggling with Boise State. I think some people might think of it as a big deal. I think Boise State, good team. But definitely need a bounce-back game here against Oklahoma State where they brought in a brand-new team as a whole. What did you see there? And how does that kind of go from Dan Lanning? Because you did just mention losing early being maybe good for a team. Is that how you think Dan Lanning and that Oregon team could respond or will respond? Well, I think the problem is, you know, Oregon hasn't been able to play very well on defense, which is uncharacteristic for Dan Lanning and his teams because he's a defensive guy.

28:34They've always been good. I think some of the issue is they have two new coordinators, which is kind of like your second lieutenants when you're a head coach. And when you have all these changes on your roster and then you have some guys coming back, I mean, how does that all mesh together? And I think when you have continuity in your staff, it helps you be able to overcome those things. but it doesn't look like Oregon sort of meshed together yet. Now, hopefully, you know, they can get it right and get it back on track, but right now they haven't played very good football the first two weeks.

29:05Pat McAfee:Can you tell me about hiring coordinators? You had to do that a lot because whenever you win, obviously there's going to be a lot of eyes on your program. Dan Lanning, congratulations. Your program's successful. Your coordinators now are a bell of the ball for some other schools. Stein out to Kentucky, Tosh to Cal. So whenever you talk about replacing coordinators, which you were able to do, what are you looking for? How are we picking good ones? Because it felt like if you pick two coordinators that aren't best for your team, you can have quite a drop quickly, right? Is that not something that could happen?

29:35Pat McAfee:I'm not saying that's what happened at Oregon, but interesting little coincidences. You've got two new coordinators. Are they still trying to find their way? Will they find their way? I guess Dan's betting that they do. But when you hire those positions, that's a huge deal, right, to keep up the culture? Huge deal. Huge deal. First of all, you've got culture, you've got system. So what I always wanted to do when I hired new coordinators was hire guys that were going to have the character, the leadership, the ability to present so that they could affect players in a positive way. But I also wanted to buy into the system because I didn't want to hire independent contractors that was going to come in and change everything for 50 players in the room who already knew the system that we were in that was already successful that they were loyal to.

30:18So how that all fits together and getting the right guy that's smart enough to be able to adapt to what you want to do, but also have input in adding things that will help that and make it better but still impact the players in a positive way, that was always a challenge. Now, fortunately, I had a couple times where, unfortunately, we didn't hire the right guys, and they couldn't do that. And that was really a tough thing for the head coach trying to manage, the toughest thing I ever had to deal with. Because your players know, too. The players know, too. Yeah, especially the ones that have been there before.

30:51That's right.

30:52Pat McAfee:So then whenever they're there again and it's like this ain't – How long does it take, Coach? And Oregon actually has more players returning than most teams, and maybe that's an issue for them. Go ahead, AJ. I'm just wondering, Coach, how long until you realize, hey, this might not be the right decision, this hire is not going to work out, how long does that take? Well, for me it took one game. Okay. So because, you know, you have a plan. You try to get the guy to implement the plan. And that's the key to being a really good coordinator, in my opinion. Not necessarily just the planning, but when you get in the game, can you implement the plan and take advantage of the things that you plan for so that you create an advantage for your players situationally?

31:39And, you know, I think Lane does that probably as well as anybody. I mean, he has a good plan. He sees what the defense is in. He's always running the best play, the most advantageous play that he can against them. And it creates a lot of problems, and it creates a lot of big plays for them. But you have guys that are great planners. They're not bad teachers. They're good coaches on the field. But when it comes to the game, they get marbles in their mouth, and they're calling the wrong thing at the wrong time. I mean, I remember games that we had when it's third down and six on the 45, and it's four down territory and the defensive coordinator is putting a dime in the game.

32:14I said, hey, man, it's four down territory. It's like third and three. We ain't putting a dime in the game now. So, I mean, that can't implement the plan. So what did you do?

32:24Pat McAfee:So hold on. So after one week, they're saying it and then you just said, give me the headset? Like how do you – that's a pretty big decision to have to make in front of everybody, a coordinator. Yeah, well, I actually did what you said once and took it over when I was at Michigan State when I was young and dumb, and that probably wasn't great. But what I did, always did, was I tried to shift some responsibilities so that the staff could share more of the big picture stuff and have a little more input in what we're doing, even in implementing the game plan on game day. Well, and you have to empower the other coaches that are probably maybe better coaches than the current coordinator who are probably not thrilled that that's the coordinator and they're not the coordinator.

33:08Pat McAfee:So you have to kind of balance that all as well, right? Yeah, and that's a tough dynamic. Yes, certainly, especially if you like to keep them around, you know, for when this guy is gone. That is something you need to do. Replacing great coordinators. Is difficult. Yeah, and I assume in your documentary they'll dive into that, but that is something you were able to do. and we all just said, like, these coordinators were lucky to go to you, okay, because they got baptized in the Saban waters. And then what do they do? Boom, head coach here. Bang, head coach there. Boom, head coach here. Hey, this guy had a massive collapse publicly.

33:38Pat McAfee:Nobody really likes him anymore. Boom, come down to the Saban waters, drink from it, bathe in it. Bang, head coach, now you're back on top of the world. That is how we talk about it. But it feels like from your side, you're like, thank God these guys came down here and continued the standard of Alabama football because it's not easy to find good guys. I think that is a very difficult thing to do. That is true. But it was easier for me for what you just said because guys wanted to come because they thought that was a way to enhance their career. Definitely. If I go back and coach at Alabama and we win and I do a good job, I'm going to have a chance to be a head coach again.

34:12Or I'm going to have a chance to get to be a head coach because we're going to have success. So I was able to get some of the better guys out there to come to Alabama because of that, because they could see that they could enhance their chances of being successful. So I was an advantage, really.

34:31Pat McAfee:Yeah, you were an advantage. Yeah, I would say. I was at an advantage. No, no, you were an advantage just in general. Okay, last question. We've got to talk about the ACC has a huge game. Go ahead, Con Man. Yeah, Coach, sorry for asking about the ACC. I know how much you hate it. Louisville SMU. They're a good conference. I like Miami. They're in the ACC, but I love them. I think Mario's done a great job there, done a great job recruiting, putting the roster together. They're well-coached. I've watched them play. They're very good. So let's take Miami out of the ACC. Hold on. There you go. There's other teams.

35:06Pat McAfee:Well said, Coach. Unbelievable. Go ahead, Con. Yeah, I figured you'd bring up Miami, especially because disciple of yours, to that conversation we were just having with Mario Cristobal. But SMU Louisville, kind of a sneaky game of the weekend almost, aside from Ole Miss LSU. you uh they're going in it's on espn too of course but still massive massive game how do you approach a game this big especially in conference uh this early in the year is one of those things where you hey empty the clip play do everything you can to win this game call every play you possibly can don't hide anything or how do you approach this if you are louisville and smu well i think the The big thing is have a good plan, but have a plan that the players can execute.

35:50You know, like sometimes in games like this, people wanted to do too many different things. To your point, they wanted to do something to trick the other team. And, you know, my whole thing was, hey, how about they know we're going to run the ball on first and two at the two, and we knock it up their ass anyway. That's the kind of team I wanted. I wanted the players to believe in that and believe in what they were doing. In fact, I've had players come to me, especially on offense, when we'd put all this stuff in because we were in a big game, and the players would come to me and say, Coach, we believe in what we've been doing.

36:23I mean, we've been scoring 45 points a game in what we've been doing. Why are we changing all this stuff just because we're playing in this game? Because they believe and trust in what they were doing. So it's a fine line between, yeah, we have to make some changes because they know what we do. We have to break some tendencies. They know what we do. But at the same time, we've got to do the things that our players can go out there and do and execute well and have confidence in so we play our game. Because it's going to be about what we do on the field. It's not going to be about what the other guys do.

36:53But I think this game that you're talking about is going to come down to which quarterback plays the best in this game, who takes care of the ball and who makes the most plays, because they're both really good players.

37:02Pat McAfee:Yeah, very good players. Kevin Jennings versus Lincoln Kainholz. 77 % completion percentage for Jennings. 68%. 403 total yards per game, 375. 14, damn near 15 yards per attempt to 13 yards per attempt. Eight touchdowns, two interceptions, 4-0. Rushing touchdowns. Lincoln there can move. Oh, yeah. He's like a Josh Allen, this guy. He's fun to watch, too. He'll throw some suspect balls, I would say, but that can certainly create some electricity for the squad. And then Kevin Jennings, he's been in that system so long that whenever they're down in Florida State and they didn't have any communications, like whenever he got to Rhett Lashley, that was how it was anyways.

37:43Pat McAfee:So you're talking about a lot of experience, a lot of talent. They're talking about him like, hey, why isn't he in the Heisman conversation? Yeah, well, you know, but his M.O. is taking care of the ball. If he takes care of the ball, this guy's going to make enough plays. Now, I always try to tell our quarterback, if you can eliminate the bad play, you guys make enough good plays. But when you try to force things to make more plays is when you get in trouble. Eliminate the bad plays and keep the good ones, and we're going to be great. That's good coaching. Good coaching. That's good coaching. Score more points.

38:13Pat McAfee:Score more points than them. Oh, that's it. It's easy game. Easy. Hiring coordinators, easy. Easy. They all want to come. Some of them. Oh, probably. Coach, thank you so much. I know you have a couple friends with you as well. I'm happy they got a chance to hang out. Miss Terry is here. Great to see you. Obviously, entire team. Miss Amy back there. We're very grateful. But, you know, I really appreciate, you know, Jason and Lisa made a huge commitment to Nick's Kids and to the Saban Center, which is an educational center for young people, to come on this trip. And they come on this trip to see you.

38:51No. To meet you. That's why they came.

38:54Pat McAfee:Yeah, right. It was an incredible time to meet you guys. They were at the meeting earlier. I believe we got a – I'm going to a hilarious event this evening. Are you going to that thing? If you're going, I'm going. What do you mean? There we go. Canadian or what? Because you're going to be where it's happening. Mud wrestling? It's a good call there. Governor's ball? No, it's not mud wrestling. Whoever said that, I think that was Chris Maddon Russo back there in the studio. It's a cocktail hour. I've never done a cocktail hour before. Oh, they're the best. Is it before like a dinner or a wedding?

39:27Pat McAfee:Yeah. Yeah, I think it is. I don't think there's a wedding. I think this is like a super. this might be like the biggest sooty thing I've ever potentially ever walked into. I'm pretty pumped up about the opportunities. I don't know how many of these I'll get invited to, so I think I am going to go in there. Jorts and a tank top, for sure. That sounds good. For sure. Get slammed, dude. I love cocktail parties because I get a ginger ale with a twist and everybody thinks I'm drinking when I don't. Genius. Cheers, giving toast to everybody. Don't do that. Oh, yeah. That's what I'll do tonight. I'll smoke some sage, too, to keep the good vibes.

40:02Pat McAfee:You know what I'm talking about. Yeah, all right, ladies and gentlemen, the greatest of all time, Coach Steven. Hey, Coach! Thank you, Coach Tone. Quick to you. What's going to happen in this game? What's the line? Where are the betters? So the line has been anywhere between minus three to minus one and a half for LSU, depending on the injury report and what time the injury report comes out and what you're looking at. Back up to minus three right now. Total is 58 and a half, which is a ton of ton of points. 24-20, I think, was the score between these two teams last season, but but they've had very, very high scoring games between these two.

40:31I mean, it's going to come down to the quarterbacks, Sam Levitt, Trinidad Chambliss, and then that LSU defense, if they can get Trinidad under control or maybe just say, hey, he's going to get his. We just have to make them matriculate down the field, if you will. But, I mean, just one of the most anticipated games of all time. Very, very excited. Do you think it lives up to the hype as far as the scoring? I do. I think so. I mean, like LSU has a very, very good defense, but it's very hard. Like Trinidad is absurd. We watched that last year in person against Miami. And then the Ole Miss defense, I mean, they had a very, very hard time against Louisville.

41:05Maybe that was a good thing. Maybe that was a wake-up call. But, yes, when Lane and Charlie Weiss Jr. are calling the plays on the other side, I do think it's going to be high scoring for sure. Tom, man, what do you think? You excited? Yeah, I'm pretty jacked up. And even if it's not high scoring, this is one of those games because of what the atmosphere is going to be, because of just all the fodder around Lane Kiffin and all the hate from Ole Miss to Lane Kiffin, it's just going to be awesome to see what it's all about. You know, it feels as though this will be one of those, you know, crowds that you remember.

41:32And even if it is just smash mouth 2017 defense, that is going to be entertaining too. Like I can't wait to watch this football game. Yeah, Pat, can you imagine what that first – the first third down that LSU is on the field, their offense on the field, how loud that Ole Miss crowd is going to be?

41:48Pat McAfee:So I got to experience that down at LSU whenever Clemson had their first third down, first big third down. and it was deafening, obviously shaking, and that was after a two-hour delay or whatever the case was. And it almost felt like the most obvious pick six in history. Like, it felt like the most obvious. And I actually said that. I told Gumpy we were sitting in a – what's his name? What's the fine gentleman's name? Great man. He was a great man. He was a great man. He's a great man. Oh, my God. Great person sitting in his suite. Ed Orgeron. No, he does, Coach O, for sure. Nonetheless, I'm sitting there, in there with Gumpy.

42:29Pat McAfee:We got great seats. Reese Davis is doing some handshaking back here. We just kind of get the chance to do this. Very, very thankful for Ray, I think is his name. Nonetheless, the place is going crazy. Gumpy's right next to me. I'm like, this is the most obvious pick six of all time. Timeout is called. Remember, Clemson calls timeout. They leave the field. Then they come back out. Same. Gets loud again. Same exact formation. I'm like, so they just let them see basically what they're about to do. This is a clear pick six. Like I wish in real time I could have got on and did that. Pick six. It was so clear.

43:01Pat McAfee:It was so obvious. And Sam Levitt has turned the ball over already. So if this place, which I've heard yes can get crazy, I do think that is the difference between like college environments and NFL environments. It can actually rattle folks. It can make people make bad decisions. It can make, you know, have to hurry up or make something you're not supposed to do. I think Ole Miss does have quite an advantage. But if Sam Levitt and LSU come out and just kill them, that takes the entire advantage away. And then everybody walks out of here just thinking, well, I guess he did the right thing. Now, let's go back to last night's game.

43:31Pat McAfee:You were talking about can it live up to the hype. I can't believe last night's points lived up to the hype. I can't believe with how much everybody was talking about it, even the sports book, we talked to DraftKings, they were heavily – tonight there's more action on the over for this, they said, than any action on Jalen Brunson during the NBA Finals or something like that. It felt like everybody on earth saw the same thing that we were all seeing, and obviously it hits way over. Now there was a couple injuries and some other storylines coming out. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, with his weekly wrap-up with Rap Sheet and Friends, he being Rap Sheet, us being the friends, Junior NFL insider for ESPN and NFL Network, Ian Rapoport.

44:08Yeah, Rap Sheet!

44:09Pat McAfee:What's up? What's going on? What's up? What's up, Junior? I'm down here in Oxford having a good time. I hope your life is spectacular. We're back at it for week two of the NFL. Debut a brand new stadium last night. I think Highmark Stadium certainly showcased itself well. Let's talk about some of the storylines coming out of there. DJ Moore, sprained AC joint is what we saw. What does that mean for a wide receiver? It means that it's probably best case scenario. I mean, he landed hard. You know, all the Twitter doctors were kind of up in arms about, you know, reading his eulogy and all of that.

44:39And then it's like sprained AC joint day to day. We'll see if he's able to play next week. They got kind of a little extra time, obviously, because they played on Thursday. But not major. Separated shoulder, essentially, which is what an AC joint sprain is. I think, you know, should be okay long-term for sure. So, definitely good outcome for the Bills.

44:58Pat McAfee:Okay, the other storyline out of last night, as we will continue to ask you about some injury updates here in a rather moment. The Detroit Lions defense has just been decimated with injuries, but also dominated by other teams on a regular basis. And Foxy will probably tell you a little bit more. We love Kelvin Shepard. We really like Kelvin Shepard. Love him. We like – I genuinely love Kelvin Shepard. But, I mean, there's got to be a lot of eyes on that. What are we thinking from the Detroit perspective? Because is Josh Allen maybe going to go on and have the greatest season of all time? Maybe.

45:29Pat McAfee:Maybe. Maybe. And they just ran into a buzzsaw here. That should be said. But what are the conversations on some of these teams or some of these units that don't perform great early? Yeah, I mean, I would say, you know, Calvin Shepard is a really good, young, respected defensive coordinator. And my guess is the Lions are going to be fine. But what I think you see early on this year, and Cowboys are kind of going through it as well, even the Texans, who are awesome, and I think is going to be one of the best defenses in the NFL, week one looked a little different. You know, you haven't tackled a ton.

46:00A lot of coordinators put a lot on the plate of a lot of these young players. and you get into week one or two and some can handle it and some cannot. And then some others have to face Josh Allen, which, you know, when you have Buss in the secondary, which is what it looked like, who knows? That doesn't help either. I expect the Lions to kind of get it together. And I would also say that, you know, as we kind of get through the season, you look at the teams who still have needs. I would wonder about the Lions looking for another, looking for a little help in the secondary. Like, is there a corner available potentially that they could say, you know what, we're going to go sign this guy.

46:38We're going to go trade for this guy. Who would that be, Rap? Who's out there? I mean, Joey Porter Jr. is the one that comes to mind. As of now, like, I haven't sensed a lot of activity there. But for me, you know, and I know I'm sure we'll get into that in a sec. But if there is a trade, I mean, those trade partners would make sense to me. Now, can they do a deal? Are the Lions interested? What about the money? There's a lot. but I'm just saying like the Lions have never been shy about making a big move to to fix something or add something I would say that would be one I'd be kind of keeping an eye on what would that be

47:11Pat McAfee:worth weren't they saying a first rounder or something is what uh is that what the conversation has been around since this conversation started with Joey Porter Jr. potentially being shopped around the block yeah I mean a first rounder would be great you know into the season there's not a lot of precedent like I don't know if there's actually I'm not sure if there's any precedent of a player being traded in season for your first round, I'm sure I could find someone. You know, but if it's, you can always make it work with compensation, right? Like, let's say it's a second rounder plus something else.

47:40Like, you can always find a sweet spot with additional picks. But, I mean, you know, that's a situation that I am, I mean, obviously we've talked about it, but like, he goes out to the walkthrough yesterday or the practice yesterday while reporters are watching. You see the trainer leave with Porter. You know, we'll see what his status is this weekend. and I'd be a little surprised if he plays. It's just, I just don't know how that gets better. They don't negotiate during the season. That's been their historical stance. So how actually does the situation get better?

48:12Pat McAfee:Yeah, it's their public stance currently as well. You know, so they came out and said, we will once again let everybody know that we, the Pittsburgh Steelers, do not negotiate during the season. Now, that's a great leverage piece to have as an organization that has a pretty high-priced potential free agent amongst them. so you can just say, oh, that's what we do. Sorry, just what we do. I know Baker Mayfield put a deadline on his deal with the Buccaneers. I was just thinking that. I was just thinking that. Sorry. But if Omar Khan sets precedent here and pays somebody during the season, then they pay somebody during the season.

48:43Pat McAfee:So that's always the constant battle that a franchise is kind of figuring out. Baker Mayfield saying there's a hard deadline and then accepting a big money afterwards. It's like precedent has been set that if Baker puts a deadline on it and you offer him over$110 million, he will take it. Now, the precedent for the Pittsburgh Steelers is that if we don't do this, so as soon as you do one, obviously you do a bunch more. But they did pay$30 million a year to a wide receiver, which they've never done in the past as well. So interesting dynamics wherever you talk about the business behind it all and what Omar wants to do and what Joey Porter Jr.

49:17Pat McAfee:feels like he deserves at this exact moment. I feel like they should have been trying to get this deal done before the season started if Omar had been telling him publicly and also saying publicly we won't negotiate during the season. So, I mean, what are we doing, man? Yeah. I mean, you know, get a ton over there. Yeah. I mean, I just – you really broke down the good points that it's like – you know, and press in is important and teams stand by it all the time. But the Steelers – and I don't mean to like – this is not picking on the Steelers. Like, you do what you need to do to get the deal done.

49:51but like they've also been big on not giving guarantees into the second year and they've done it for quarterbacks but then they also did it for tj who is special who deserves all the things but then they did it for dk who you needed to do it because it was a trade but so it's like you do what you need to do it's like parenting right it's like you do what you need to do to get through to the next day to then be a parent again right like you have to hold the screen for a second like obviously it's bad you don't want that but like hey look i'm working and like you got to give the screen you know it's like you do what you got to do to survive the next day so we'll see what happens i just i've been thinking about it a lot and i have not come up with any

50:27Pat McAfee:good answers unfortunately okay thank you for doing that rap just continue to put your mind around it and maybe we can get to the bottom of it at some point we're trying to get to the bottom of a situation that's uh burning over there in the natty go ahead ty schmidt yeah rap sheet just curious uh joe bureau joe burrow he didn't practice wednesday or thursday and kind of you sent red flags up, hey, what's going on with this guy? We saw him kind of land awkwardly. It looked like an elbow, but then they were saying it was his back. He did practice in full today. Was this just out of an abundance of caution, or how should we be looking at this situation with Joe Burrow?

51:02Is he going to be less than 100 % going into Sunday? Yeah, I didn't view it as an abundance of caution. It felt like he was pretty tight. The hit you're talking about, which I think was the sort of sideline scramble, it's tough to know, but that was kind of what I thought. and what they thought that he, you know, developed the tightness in the back, I guess. But, like, it sounded like Wednesday was not great. Thursday, he did throw a little bit, so that was a little bit better Thursday. And then today, through and from the reporters on the scene, like Ben Baby and others, sounded like, you know, he was as close to 100 % as you could ask, maybe not quite there.

51:39But, like, it's not a great thing. You know, he's a rotational athlete, like, definitely something to keep watching. He's going to play, but how close to 100 % is he going to be? Yeah, I mean, that's the hit right there. That's not – that would probably, for me, cause a little more than back tightness, I would say. We'll see if he's actually 100%.

51:58Pat McAfee:Hopefully he is. Okay, Joe Burrow certainly warranted of a conversation if he's missing practice this early because of how big of a superstar he is. Let's look at some of the other star statuses around the league. Rap, you can kind of bounce around to see what you see and tell us what we can maybe expect from them this weekend. Okay, so we'll start with Aaron Donald. I mean, he went through practice yesterday. Sounded like he was all out there all the time. Like, my understanding has been the target has been Monday night football at home against the Giants. We'll see how he goes through the week.

52:29But, like, that would be a very, very cool debut. And I would say that's definitely one that we're watching and keeping an eye on. But the hope is that he plays on Monday night. Zay Flowers was back at practice. That's great. Didn't seem to do very much. That's not as great. Maybe that's one that takes another week. But official status is coming there. Brock Bowers hasn't practiced yet. I was told one or two weeks. So hopefully if it's not this week, it's next week. Nico Collins did not practice today. That's not good. He had a little hamstring pro-er in the week. Doesn't seem serious, but like no practice Thursday, no practice Friday.

53:10Generally not great. And then Kyler, you know, if he can get to a full participation today, then I would say it's likely he starts Sunday. But that's another one that, you know, it's concussion.

53:24Pat McAfee:So it's basically going to be decided by the doctors and we'll see what they end up deciding. Since what, like 2024? Has anybody only missed one, the rest of the game with a concussion? I don't think. Everybody misses two weeks at least, right, AJ? Yeah, I was going to ask. I was thinking the same thing. Has anyone got knocked out in one game, left for concussion, and then gone on protocol and made it back for the following game? Yeah, it has happened. I think it's a little less than 50 % sort of historically about whether a guy misses a game or not. I mean, obviously, the hardest thing, and for me, it's like I want to get as much information as I can.

54:00It's almost impossible to report on concussions. They're all different. Every player is different. How they respond to the protocol is different. So like you can't guess, you know, so like it looks like based on where he's progressed that he has the chance. But like you really just don't know until the doctors clear him.

54:19Pat McAfee:Yeah, the doctors clearing him all comes down to him clearing himself basically, you know, because it's a lot of how do you feel? How do you see? There's a lot of that type of thing that can happen. And there's a baseline sort of measure that they have to get to to be clear. And that's the independent neurologist who ultimately decides. So the independent urologist and also the baseline test, which is a whole other avenue. How did you do on the baseline is the question, yeah. Yeah, did you rig the baseline, which some of these meatheads do, okay? Some of these meatheads, just so people understand.

54:51Pat McAfee:Go ahead. I think that's why whenever they talk about NFL doctors and training staffs and stuff and people put them down whenever a mistake is made, sometimes there is ineptitude as you bop your mic around. Sometimes there is an aptitude, of course, and all that. But the difference between, like, an NFL doctor and, like, your doctor is, like, a lot of people are lying to the NFL doctors because they're trying to play so they keep their jobs so they don't get fired. Okay? So that's, like, an entire thing. So just the thought of a doctor having to make a decision on how somebody's brain feels. and then also the thought of the players tanking the baseline at the beginning of the season so that whenever they're potentially knocked out later and a little bit slower, they're trying to guess.

55:37Pat McAfee:These are all things that guys are baseline. It's like 30 questions, right, AJ? Isn't it like 30 questions, if you remember? Yeah, I don't know. I just clicked through them so fast it didn't matter. Exactly. That's what I'm saying. It's like 30 questions. AJ. I never had to take a follow-up baseline. I never had to take one. Hey, you got dinged up. Take this and we'll compare it. I never had the second one. These guys are taking the baseline. The NFL is like, hey, we're going to take care of this. We're going to do this entire thing. And I'm like, yes, I agree. I'm happy we're doing that. Good for players for the rest of our lives.

56:05Pat McAfee:Everybody has to take a baseline test now. It's a new thing that's being initiated because of Dr. Will Smith. You go in there, and then guys are looking at each other like, we're not trying to do good on this, right? They're like, what do you mean? It's like, no, because when we take this again, we're not going to be able to say anything. They're going to take us out of the game. Yeah, right, then we get fired. So guys are tanking the baseline test so that can happen. Not everybody, just saying guys at bottom of roster who are trying to survive in this entire thing. So the concussion thing is very much like a baseline thing, but also how are you feeling?

56:33Pat McAfee:Do you have a headache? So hopefully Kyler gets back. But if not, the Carson Wentz experience lives on. We've got 20 seconds to a hardout. Anything we missed that needs to be brought up, Rap Sheet? Cooper Rush looks like he's starting again for the Falcons. Michael Penix, not quite ready. Didn't take the reps today. So from QV3 to Falcons starter in a couple weeks, let's take Cooper Rush again. Okay, he didn't play great. We'll see if he gets better. That's Ian Rappaport, AJ Hawk. We'll be back on the other side. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. Goodbye.

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57:54Pat McAfee:He's the absolute greatest and that is why I'm down here in Oxford, Mississippi as Ole Miss and Pete Golding who will be joining us I believe about an hour from now on our digital side of this particular program hosts Lane Kiffin and LSU. LSU three point favorites over under 58 and a half. Both offenses are obviously electrifying and the crowd is going to be a bit loud when it comes to Lane Kiffin. What will it have in store after an incredible day of college football? How will the nightcap go? Well, it's the first time they've been top 10 teams facing each other since like the 70s. Whenever you think about how Pete Golden got his job, it's because of how Lane Kiffin left this particular job.

58:36Pat McAfee:And if you ask the locals, they're very excited to welcome Lane back in a way that they think he deserves. Lane Kiffin excited to come back in here, maybe ruin their entire to hell with Lane Kiffin party that they're hosting. Now, 1962 was the last meeting between LSU and Ole Miss, in which both teams are ranked inside the top ten. Ole Miss won 15-7. So if history tells us anything, maybe Ole Miss wins this one in a low-scoring affair like it was the last time they were top ten teams. Or maybe they light it up in the last team with the ball is the team that wins. LSU's defense, very good. 142 yards allowed per game.

59:13Pat McAfee:Ole Miss's defense has certainly given up some yards, 395.5. Can Sam Levitt, quarterback of the Tigers, keep the ball, or will he be a turnover machine? If he's able to do that, LSU probably wins pretty mightily. If Ole Miss' defense can step up, look out. Ole Miss might get one of the biggest wins that they've ever had. I just got a text from Hembo saying, hey, I think you could say that this is the most anticipated sports event in the history of the state of Mississippi. He started looking into it. And I'm like, all right, thank you for doing the Mississippi history. But I would say Kirk Herbstreit and others are saying, is this might be the most anticipated, at least college game day that they have felt.

59:48Pat McAfee:We have no idea what the crowd is going to be like out there. We have no clue how this is all going to go. And, obviously, tomorrow night we have a bit of a feeling, but until it happens, how do you really know? Back in the Thunderdome, a man who made the travel over from Dublin, Ohio, which is inside Columbus, I believe, a college football national champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup winner, A.J. Hawkins. See you, Hawkins. Ohio State, Michigan, obviously a massive rivalry, not a lot of love. for either side, even though Whittingham came out and said, I've got no problem with Ohio. I mean, I kind of like Ryan Day.

1:00:21He sat down with Urban Meyer, too. He sat down and did an interview with Urban.

1:00:23Pat McAfee:Yeah, so obviously maybe you guys are all kumbaya up there in Ohio State, Michigan, but I know you're no stranger to hating a team. Just naturally, this is what sports does. We hate this team. This is what rivalries are. It feels a little different down here. How does that affect the game, you think, actually, AJ? You know, as a guy who played in the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry a lot, as somebody who grew up in Ohio and understood how the Ohioans would treat you guys if you were to lose to Michigan. How do you think it affects the players? Lane, born in the chaos, is his team ready for all that?

1:00:53Pat McAfee:Because they're certainly getting dragged into it because of it all. And then for Pete Golding, it's like, does Pete Golding know that his life is just chaos too because the way he got a head coaching job as Lane left? It's like, who do you think it benefits and how do you think it affects the players here, all the drama outside? I think it definitely affects the players, but I think it affects them for each squad. Like, hey, I want to represent, I want to do this for our guy. Like, who is behind their coach more? Is it Ole Miss with Golden or is LSU in Lane Kiffin? And I know, Pat, you can tell me if you've had any of this.

1:01:23I'm sure you had some of this with Rich Rod in college. Like, if people are, I don't know, like, there's so much talk of Lane Kiffin. We know that. I think he's even mentioned how this has kind of taken some pressure off the players because they're focusing so much on Lane's return to Ole Miss, all this. I think if you want to ride with your coach and you want to, like, have your coaches back, that's how I think this affects you. Like, man, they're saying if I'm LSU and I'm on a team and I'm all in on Lane Kiffin, I'm thinking, like, hey, they're saying crazy stuff about our coach or all this stuff.

1:01:50We need to make sure we go out and we represent and we win for this dude. And same thing with Ole Miss and Golden. I think both these teams have a feel of that. And we'll see Saturday night, I guess, how it all plays out. But that's how I would want to rally behind my coach.

1:02:03Pat McAfee:Yeah, and let's go to the toxic table. con man, Lane Kiffin, we heard him at halftime, say, the whole world hates you. The whole world hates you. Now you go tell them. You can go fudge yourself. Okay, that is what he said, but he didn't say fudge. No, no, no. He said F dash dash dash to the team. And it did rally the boys, and they did crush in the second half. So I think he has built up that, hey, we are hated mentality. I believe he employed some of the fraternity bros around LSU campus to come before practice, hold signs, and chirp to the boys as they walk into practice. So I think that is something that has happened.

1:02:46Pat McAfee:He's obviously put up quotes from people saying they hate Lane or they hate LSU all around the practice facility. It feels like Lane is trying his best to kind of let the lads know. But I think they have rallied around Lane thus far. Had a sandwich game last week, but I do think they come in here understanding they're the villains, understanding they're the bad guys, understanding they are the reason. Well, Lane, more specifically, is the reason for the most anticipated game of the years thus far. So I think the boys are ready for that type of pressure, or how do you think they handle it, Connor?

1:03:20Pat McAfee:And then on the other side, Ole Miss, what an opportunity to stick it to a guy that is being certainly talked about as a guy that stuck it to your entire university. Yeah, and that's what's awesome about the LSU side of this thing is like you can rally around your coach here. And it feels as though, you know, the first couple games, Clemson and the sandwich game that you mentioned for LSU, of course you got to take care of business, but all eyes have been on week three for both of these teams. And even Ole Miss having to play Louisville week one, that was a big game. That was the only ranked matchup of the week.

1:03:51Sure, that was big. All eyes have been on this game. So for LSU, it's one of those things. hey, we're going into an environment where our coach is going to get basically berated with every word in the book that you can imagine, and we kind of have to stand on business for him. And I'm sure Lane thinks the same thing too. Like, hey, I want to put up 100 points on these guys, and I need you guys to go out there and execute for me, with me, against this team. And then, yeah, for Ole Miss, I don't know. I wonder how the Ole Miss team feels about it. I don't know how much hate there is from the Ole Miss players towards Lane Kiffin, but of course the environment, the people around them.

1:04:30I was just in my head picturing what would happen to you if you were to pick LSU on game day tomorrow and what that type of reaction would be like. But I feel like the outside perception is, hey, LSU is probably going to go in there and kind of beat their ass. But I don't know if that's how people are feeling in general. That's kind of what I'm thinking. but I hope that that's not the end result just because for sure the hate from Ole Miss is real and the people and the fans and the entire state for LSU. I just don't know if it has that same mentality within the team because I don't know if the players actually hate Lane Kiffin for what he did because they kind of understand the business of the entire thing.

1:05:11It feels like that's the one aspect of NIL when it comes to the players and coaches that has changed a little bit when it comes to coaches switching jobs. But I can't wait. I do hope that it is kind of a route shootout. Who's the last one with the ball type of game? But no matter what, I mean, that first quarter, hopefully it's 0-0 by the end of the first quarter just because then it will be one of those, hey, the environment's going to start to cook, start to eat here a little bit. But I can't wait, and I do just want to have it on record now. I strictly want you to pick LSU just to see what happens behind you after that would kind of basically be like a Bama, Georgia, once you call the dogs and then pick Pam.

1:05:50Pat McAfee:Yeah, I understand that you would like me to do that just strictly for the chaos. Have you thought about it? Naturally, have I thought about it? Yeah, I've thought about it. Here, I'm going to send a video that I was making its way around college football circles. This is the video from Practice of Lane hiring the fraternity bros. I just sent it to the group. It might come through trashy. I'm not connected to the internet. Let me know if it's blurry. I'll set it. But there's actual, like, due diligence being done on people saying terrible things to these guys before they're walking into the stadium.

1:06:33Pat McAfee:Like, that's the attention to detail that I think college football has that maybe, you know, no other sport has. And I said at the beginning, and I made it, if there's conversations about, like, is this team safe to go play a football game in a place? I like it. I like that that is even a thought. Yeah, here's the video. Turn the sound up.

1:07:02Shit weeks.

1:07:19Wayne just punched one of them right in the face.

1:07:26Pat McAfee:Isn't that crazy, though? Like, that is a hilarious thing to think about. And it's like, that's what college football has that nobody else has. And, you know, obviously there's already a bunch of sheets on windows and signs. Good one. We assume tomorrow morning is going to be outrageous. Like, we – this is cool. I'm very happy that this is happening. All right, let's pivot to last night and to the NFL slate as a whole. Let's go to one half of the hammer. Don! Cowboys AP Tone. What did last night tell us about NFL Week 2, potentially Tone Diggs? It kind of carried over a trend from Week 1 where the favorites had their way kind of in the Week 1.

1:08:04I believe they were 10-6 in Week 1. And then now, obviously, the favorites start again with a win here in Week 2. And the high scoring continues again in Week 2. We talked about a tide for the highest scoring week one of all time. Then you score 70 points in the first game of week two. It doesn't feel like it's letting up as far as points are concerned in this one. And the favorites so far are covering because of all those points. Normally when the dogs and the dogs start covering and winning is when it's a low scoring game. And kind of in this situation where the cream rises to the top with the scoring and the good teams and the favorites, that's kind of what the trend has been from week one to week two so far.

1:08:40Pat McAfee:117 teams have allowed 30-plus points in each of their first two games. 93 of them want 0-2. 21 of them want 1-1. Three want 2-0. 2026 Bills, 2 ,000 Rams, 1991 Bills. So the Bills have lived this life a couple different times. I think obviously this is a massive complement to what Josh Allen is capable of accomplishing. Can you hang on that long and win in the end, or does your defense have to make some plays at some point? Let's assume Jim Leonard is able to get the Bills' defense a little bit better, but that Detroit Lions defense, man. Foxy in the back, they're talking about maybe trading for Joey Porter Jr.

1:09:14Pat McAfee:Does that solve it? Yeah, I mean, anything will help, Pat. This defense has been – I've watched a lot of Lions in my entire life, 32 years of living. This defense is up there with the worst they've ever had. They're comparing this defense right now to the 2008 Detroit Lions defense. Do you know how many games the 2008 Detroit Lions won, boys? Zero. Zero games, okay? So we have three games until our bye week. We have the Jets. We have the Panthers. We have the Cardinals. We better win those games. The defense better look better. And then hopefully after that bye week, we get Brian Branch back. I'm not expecting Kirby Joseph back, but that would be an absolute bonus.

1:09:52Pat McAfee:And then to your point, why not go get Joey Porter Jr.? Yeah, I just couldn't hurt. Are they willing to pay him and give up, what, at least one first round pick? No. Historically, the Lions and Brad Holmes have not done that. They don't go get a guy from outside the building, pay him, and trade a lot of assets for him because they value those draft picks so much. So if they did do that, I and most Lions fans would be absolutely shocked. There was a – we guys were talking about with Rapp, the first-round pick during the season. Minka Fitzpatrick got traded in week two from the Dolphins to the Steelers for a first-round pick.

1:10:26So that was the one that I could find. And Sauks last year. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That worked out. And Quinton Williams.

1:10:33Pat McAfee:It works out when you do it. Mm-hmm. Minka was a great Pittsburgh Steeler. Sauce Gardner is going to have an incredible run with the Indianapolis Colts. We're waiting for that to start. He still has yet to win a game, right? I think so, yeah. He's still waiting for it. I don't even think he won a game last year with the Jets, right? And then he came to the Colts. We didn't win a game once he got here. That is correct. Yeah, so Sauce needs one. Sauce needs one. We appreciate Sauce. A big-time trade like this, obviously, maybe what Joey Porter Jr.'s team is waiting on. Maybe that's why he showcased that he could practice, that he's out of practice.

1:11:08Pat McAfee:Is he still hurt? Do teams want to trade for somebody that's hurt? Give up a one or something like that? Obviously, storyline will continue to develop, especially if defenses continue to be ass. The conversation around the Monday night game with the Rams and the Giants, is Aaron Donald returning, and why have they not told us? They don't have to tell us, AJ, right? They don't have to tell us, so we just kind of just have to live and die by we're just going to find out right before game time that Aaron Donald's playing? I guess. I mean, they've got to designate. What's he designated right now? I think he was full in practice yesterday.

1:11:37Full practice, but they won't commit to whether he's playing or not. He's got to be playing, right? I mean, I know we assumed he was playing the first game, kind of, but now I think we feel like he's got to go.

1:11:46Pat McAfee:Yeah, and if you look at that game just from a logistical standpoint, I believe the Giants are traveling out on Saturday. I heard this from Gordo from the Monday Night Countdown team. They're traveling out, I think. The Giants are traveling out earlier to L.A. than the Rams travel to Australia. so that'll be you know kind of something to see how it pans out obviously cross-country trip new york and la on monday night football cannot wait to see if john harbaugh's giants can go back to back with their style of play aj they just pummeled that dallas cowboys team dallas scored in both of their possessions in the second half it did not matter the giants just kind of boa constricted them out of physicality out of their entire life ty schmidt giants might be for real there's a lot of these games this weekend where I think we are going to start crowning teams, even though it's way too early, Todd.

1:12:38Yeah, no, I agree. And I think, you know, especially, it's kind of what we talked about in the preseason and in the offseason leading up with the Giants. It was how big of an impact is John Harbaugh going to make? And I think it was easy to say, hey, you know, he's going to come in and he is a winner, so he's going to win. Things just got stale in Baltimore. But it was very evident in that Cowboys game, just how different they look. The philosophy looks completely different. Jackson Dart looks like a completely different quarterback. He looks much more comfortable than he did week one. And, you know, I think for a lot of these teams around the league who we are maybe kind of hesitant to crown, the difference between going, you know, 1-0 to 2-0, especially if we thought that team might go 0-2, like, look at some of the teams that could potentially go 0-2 this week.

1:13:26I mean, you think of the Packers, the Rams, the Broncos. There are a handful of teams. Colts. Colts, sure, you add them to the list. There are a handful of teams who had legitimate Super Bowl aspirations who, again, an 0-2 record doesn't mean that you can't do everything you want to, put the Patriots on there. But it certainly does. I mean, we've seen the stats. Digging yourself out of that 0-2 hole when you're not playing your best ball, this kind of just goes to show how we talk every year. There are probably four to five teams every year who are much better than everyone anticipates, and they put themselves in position to be a playoff team early on in the season.

1:14:06Pat McAfee:Yeah, I would like to see my team be undefeated from the beginning to the end. Only one team has obviously done that, the 72 Dolphins. You're going to lose a game at some point. We all just understand that. But stats tell us you lose early and you lose often. That probably means your team might actually be ass, A.K., you know? So that actually, that might mean your team is not good. Now, I'm not saying the Colts are dead, okay, because they took on a Baltimore Ravens team. Let's flip to the other side. Let's not talk about being dead. Let's talk about being alive. I think we all crowned Josh Allen in the Bills last night, even though we were a little bit worried about their defense, right?

1:14:40Yep, very. Yes.

1:14:42Pat McAfee:We're a little bit worried about their defense. Baltimore Ravens, not a lot of conversation, probably because they beat the Colts maybe. They don't have enough respect for the Colts. Lamar Jackson looked perfect. Their offensive line looked perfect. Jesse Minter's defense looked like they were everywhere. Obviously, we didn't have an answer for anything. In special teams, the guy hit a 58-yard field goal. So whenever you talk about the Baltimore Ravens, I think you have to talk about maybe a team that can get it done this year. Then the Kansas City Chiefs, they're back to ground and pound with great defense.

1:15:08Pat McAfee:Patrick Mahomes, still Patrick Mahomes. Travis Kelsey looks like he drank from the fountain of youth. And Kenneth Walker, the Super Bowl MVP, is running all over the yard, and they're coming out and saying, hey, yeah, we're trying to run through people this year. Travis Kelsey told Jason Kelsey, hey, we, since day one at BNME, being back in the spring. The only messaging from the team has been, hey, we're going to run through a mother's face. That's what he said. We're going to run through a mother's face. Run through it. Run through it. Run through it. And they did. So they're telling people openly, like, hey, this is the Chiefs brand of football.

1:15:36Pat McAfee:And they slaughtered the number one seed in the AFC last year. So it's like, the team's at the top that we have to give credit to. Seattle Seahawks still the Seattle Seahawks, even with Drew Locke? I think so. He looked pretty damn good. We'll see. Defense definitely still is. Tough one on the road with Michael Flores, boys. Okay, so we've got to show respect to the Seattle Seahawks because they're Super Bowl champions. We watch Hard Knocks. We respect the hell out of them. Buffalo Bills, obviously we're crowning because Josh Allen's going to get it done in the end if he needs one, no matter how many points the defense gives up is how we feel.

1:16:04Pat McAfee:Chiefs, we've got to feel good about how they're playing because the way they're playing is something that can sustain in the colder weather, into the playoffs. And if Patrick Mahomes starts picking up his shit, and by picking up his shit, I mean they start utilizing his shit more alongside that Kenneth Walker. once they're able to suck up the linebackers and drop in behind Travis Kelsey, obviously GOAT in the tight end community. If they're able to do that, I like them. And then the Baltimore Ravens, I got them sitting atop a lot as well. New York Giants can obviously move their way into the conversation of teams that we think can win in the end.

1:16:35Pat McAfee:But I don't think it's just winning a game. I think it's the style in which you do it. So that leads to the Chicago Bears. Will they, after last year having so many turnovers and kind of live and die off of that on the defensive side, Will they be able to shut it down a little bit more as their offense potentially does historic stuff? It feels like there's six to seven teams that I have kind of maybe looking like they could go on a run, but obviously there's question marks across the board, AJ. Yeah, let's see who can get back on track, too. That's the thing. Of those teams that are 0-1, there's multiple squads I feel like that we know.

1:17:05We assume they would be in the hunt for the Super Bowl. So I want to see who goes. I mean, it's much different being 1-1 than 0-2. Like the Dallas Cowboys, they start out 0-2. They're going to panic a little bit. Obviously, the L.A. Rams go 0-2. That's a little bit of a panic situation. I want to see teams like that. Indianapolis Colts and AFC South, you don't expect them to go 0-2. So, yeah, it's a huge week, I think, for a lot of these teams.

1:17:25Pat McAfee:I'd like to hear that. And let's say in the AFC South, the Jags in their last nine games are 9-0. Okay. Plus 177-point differential. Is that good? Yes. Yeah. So, I think maybe we put the Jags into that list, which is wild to think about, Tone. I don't know if anybody would have expected the Jacksonville Jaguars to be in. Hey, that might be Super Bowl team whenever it's all said and done with how they've started. But it's been quiet down there. Hasn't been a lot of chatter. Liam Cohen might be a mastermind. And the defense is huge. We see them whenever they come into the Loud House every single year.

1:17:58Pat McAfee:Maybe the Jacksonville Jaguars have a year where they can go on a run tone. Yeah, I agree. And over that nine games, Trevor Lawrence is like number one in QBR and points. And he's been playing unbelievable. and a lot of that is the first guy in the first clip that we showed was when Jacoby Myers, when they made the trade for Jacoby Myers and he came over. So now they have three legitimate, really good wide receivers with Travis Hunter in special packages as their fourth wide receiver. And then you talk about like on that defense, they have proven guys with Hines Allen on the outside and Javon Walker and then the linebacking core is great.

1:18:29And then Travis Hunter, when he was targeted last week, was incredible. So if they can get all these pieces with Liam, Liam Cohen can call the shit out of a football game. and I feel like he's got the pulse on that team. I love the Jaguars, and they've got a huge test in a bounce-back spot in Denver this weekend. So that'll be one of the games this weekend I'm definitely going to watch.

1:18:47Pat McAfee:You want some Paisanalytics? Love them, please. From Paganegui, since trading for Jacoby Myers, the Jaguars are 9-1 against the spread and have gone over their team total in 9 of 10 regular season games. Their only spread loss was his first week with the team when he arrived in the building on Tuesday of game week. It feels like what you said there about Jacoby Myers being a separator, a key piece, very accurate whenever we're talking about picking games, which we'll do here in about 10 minutes. Boys, I got a super surprise guest picker alongside of us. I think you guys are going to be pumped up.

1:19:20Pat McAfee:No way. No way. Thamel? Yeah. No, not Pete Thamel. He's obviously in the trenches right now trying to figure out if two F-15s are going to be flying above Link as he comes into the building. They're going to be putting fenchies around where the away team, visiting team, Bushes drop off their team, so maybe nobody can bum rush the Bush as Jelaine Kiffin gets off there. They're trying their best to absolutely protect these lads. But, yeah, it's going to be the other guy. What? Yes. Woo! Steve-O. How incredible is that? I can't wait to see Stanford Steve, man. He's obviously got a good lean on things.

1:19:55Pat McAfee:He's been on the road already for 45 straight days to start football season. So we appreciate him. Ladies and gentlemen, it is Friday, so I think it's only right that we do some things that normally kind of wrap up the week. Ain't that right, Ty? Like, on Friday, it feels like we've become adults now where we're trying to wrap up the week. Yeah, you got to let people know kind of like what they missed. You know, hey, in case you missed it, this happened maybe earlier in the week or maybe spotlight. Hey, this was one of the best things that did happen this week is AJ, you know, smashes some stuff on the desk and makes a bunch of noise.

1:20:25Pat McAfee:Watch that sage over there, AJ. Watch the sage over there. You got the demons out here. We're good. Exactly. But, yeah, Pat, you hit the nail on the head. You know, hey, we got to wrap up the week. Got to put a nice little bow on it for people to understand what they missed kind of going into the weekend. Yeah, and it's not always just, you know, berries and gumdrops. No, no. Well said. It's not always – what's that old cliche there? Champagne and roses? Candy and nuts? Candy and – none of these. Okay? It's not always super – it's not always glitz and glitz. Yeah. Okay. It's not always super positive.

1:21:02Pat McAfee:There are some things that happen every single week in the sports world that just make us say, oh, no. All right, listen, you remember Akron last week. Marty Wims II won the season ticket raffle to call the plays for the first series for Joe Moorhead's Akron squad. Now, it started out good. We're running in a hurry. There you go. Thank you. Akron zips. Starting out with running a little hurry up. Fumble! Marcel Williams with the fumble there. RMU, Bobby Moe's linebacker. Jake Lepinto recovers that. Akron will go on to win 45-10, but this whole song and dance about having a fan call plays, it wasn't on the fan that was calling plays.

1:21:44Pat McAfee:It was on the player that fumbled that thing. All we can think is Marty Wims is having an Arby's delight. Marty Wims is on top of the world. Marty Wims might be the most famous alumni in a school right now. And then all of a sudden, Marty Wims is let down by a wide receiver. I feel like he got the full experience of a play caller and of a coach all in one while we were all saying, Oh, no! AJ, don't you think it's nice he got to experience that? A player letting him down or a bad bounce happening on the field? Yeah, he understands how tough it is to win a ball game, I guess. But also, was he going direct, was his going directly into the speaker of the quarterback, that would be awesome.

1:22:24And did he berate this player afterwards? Did he feel like he was a good coach? What if he did get in his face and was super pissed at him?

1:22:32Pat McAfee:Threw his hat, take off the speaker system, break a clipboard in half if he had it. I hope he didn't miss the opportunity to do all those things. But all I know is if you let a fan call plays, you win the game. Maybe others should think about it. Let's stay in college football. We love this guy. Remember, this dude had his team running gassers while people were still in the stadium after getting a win but not good enough. This guy has done a lot of things saying, hey, here, we play differently, hasn't showered whenever they lost. He'll keep that going as they lose the pit 27-13. And ref stripes.

1:23:09Pat McAfee:Doesn't even move. Doesn't even budge. Frank gives him a little fake cobra strike there with the hay. That's awesome. Not even a budge, you know, not even a budge. I have massive respect for that. It's like whenever Kobe was staring down to Matt Barnes' ball on the inbound pass and Kobe doesn't even budge, you think to yourself, wow, that guy is unbelievably focused. This ref locked in, doesn't even see Fran trying to get into his space, throws the flag, insult the injury. This Syracuse run for Fran Brown, I know there's a lot of high hopes. It seems like we only really talk about him when something not great happens, AJ.

1:23:45Pat McAfee:And for that, we got to say, oh, no. Go ahead, Age. Look at this ref. He didn't, not only did he not flinch, he didn't peek at him. He didn't look at him. What did Fran say here, right there? What do you think he said? I think he said, what you doing around here? What you doing around here? Good news, though, two plays later, Damon Ferguson, Jr., 32-yard touchdown. Boom. It would then go up 14-zip with 12.38 remaining in the second quarter. Brown actually disclosed afterwards. He's told the backdrop. I feel like you're blank and cheating. Okay. Okay. I like that. I tell you what, as somebody that grew up in the area and has friends that are alumni of that team, they don't, or that school, they don't go to the games.

1:24:32Pat McAfee:You know, they stay at home and watch those games. A lot of yellow seats. They stay home and watch those Pitt games. I think if you were to tell Pitt people that refs were cheating for their Pitt football team, I think they would be pretty surprised by that. I think they're trying to help us win. I didn't know that was the case. I had no idea they were trying to help us. I like that Fran Brown's keeping it real. Who knows how long that all happens. Okay, let's go to the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Par four, first hole. Okay. Rom finds a greenside bunker here. Good to see Rombo, Bombo, DP World Tour in the bunker.

1:25:06Pat McAfee:And great swing. Good get. Boom. Hits the flagstick. Too good. Too good of a shot. Right on line. Would have skipped by. Probably came to settle pretty like two, three feet away. Instead, hits the flagstick, hits the pole, rolls back to the fairway. And for that, we just go, oh, no! Rombo Bombo. AJ, sometimes the golf gods just kind of smack you in the mouth. Feels like that's what happened here for Rombo. Yeah, do we have audio on this? How did Rombo handle this? Was he okay with it and just brush it off or what? He snapped his glove in half. Yeah, he freaked out. Well, so that was the par four first hole.

1:25:42Pat McAfee:He would go on to shoot six over on the day. So how did he react? Not great. Okay, I would say that's the answer. And Rombo, sorry about it, pal. You can't help but just say, oh, no. That was a big oh, no. Is he coming back on the tour? Maybe. Not after that. I think so. Did he get out of his deal with Liv? Well, Liv's dead, so no deals left. Yeah, but they owe a lot of people a lot of money. I don't know how they're getting that. You know, that was a part of the conversation, I guess, at the very beginning where people were saying, like, who are you going to deal with? And what does that mean?

1:26:20Pat McAfee:You know, like, what does that mean? What if they don't want to do a deal anymore? Are you going to do anything? And now it's like, yeah, I don't know. What are you going to do? There's a lot of money owed to a lot of people. Yes. I think in the live world, which is why I think the new guy that was wearing the Chanel Adidas is whatever the shoes were. the first time we see him talk. I think he is very much wanting to keep it going to potentially, you know, try to make right for these people that are owed a lot of, I don't know. I think that situation is only getting louder and louder, but it does feel like the future of the PGA is about to be very strong.

1:26:55Pat McAfee:And after talking to Rollap and what he said about Brooks and other stuff, feels like there is going to be a path back for the good golfers, the great golfers that they want back on PGA so that the best golfers in the world can compete against each other. But I think it's going to take a little bit. I think there was some damage done. I believe there was some damage done. As we look ahead to the slate, let's go ahead and start picking these. As the outer guy has not made it on time. What the hell, outer guy? I don't know. Maybe our clock's off. Might be lost. Maybe he's trying to find his way.

1:27:25But, yeah, we are currently sitting at 1.30 Eastern, and it is officially time to pick the NFL Week 2 Sunday slate.

1:27:34Pat McAfee:Hell, yeah. Let's do it. Last night, we were all on the Buffalo Beals, minus five and a half. Even Chuck Pagano, after he did a little whoop-de-woo switcheroo, which he had a gimmick and a prop, which we respect and appreciate. Good for him getting on the right side. Bad for us not winning our super boost. And for that, we would like to apologize to all parties. Okay? We would like to apologize to all parties for that. We should have had it two times the Detroit Lions run a one-yard line. Okay? They got Jameer Gibbs as they're running back. I don't know how they don't hand that off. I don't know how we don't end the round if you want to do something cute.

1:28:11Pat McAfee:I don't know how any of that happens, but they throw it twice. They score two touchdowns. So I guess we can't actually be mad, but we certainly aren't happy with what the Detroit Lions did on the one-yard line. We have now lost two back-to-back boosts, boys. Yeah, we're due. We're all right. Till now. All right, ladies and gentlemen, I can't. If you cut back to Thunderdome, please, I have a big surprise for you guys at about 35 seconds. Oh, okay, sick. Here, Ty, what do you think the surprise might be? To be quite frank, I have no idea because I was expecting Steve-O, utter guy, to be there on time.

1:28:43But my guess would be that he might be running stairs in a stadium right now. If I know utter guy, sweating out a couple of the booze cocktails he had last night. I saw he was embedded with the Ole Miss basketball program. So I assume he was doing the mic and drill all day yesterday. Maybe his joints are a little sore. Maybe he's a little sore from, you know, having a knockdown dragout basketball practice. All right, let's see. Who's the surprise, Pat? Yeah, the surprise is the otter guy.

1:29:14Pat McAfee:What's up, boys? Good to see you, Mr. Steve. Thank you so much for stopping by. Absolutely. Obviously, we know you're a good gambler. You make good picks. We're about to pick the entire slate. Thank you for being guest picker alongside of us. How has your time in Oxford been? We did get a chance to see you catching up with Coach Beard and the basketball squad. I know you went to a nice dinner last night. Yeah. How is Oxford, and how are you expecting it to go over the next 48 hours? You know, when we were in Baton Rouge, I got the feeling of everyone I talked to that they were like, we're not going to Oxford.

1:29:43Like, this is why we hired Lane. Go there, get a win. Good luck getting out of there, but we'll be here for A &M next week. So the riffraff from Baton Rouge I think is going to be minimal, and I just hope it's more of a celebration of Ole Miss to show out what they can bring to the table. It's an incredible place. People have been awesome, and obviously they've been waiting for this game for a long time.

1:30:03Pat McAfee:Yeah, a long time for sure. But also, like, I hear a lot of Ole Miss people saying, oh, we're supposed to be hospitable now. We're supposed to be hospitable now. What's that all about? And, yeah, it does feel like that. I'm excited to experience this place for the first time. I've only seen photos. I've only watched videos over the last week or so trying to learn about their culture. And are you ready? I cannot wait for a nice. There's been a lot of names thrown around for who's going to do that. Yeah, certainly. Yeah, I cannot wait to see who's all going to be in town. Let's go ahead and get to these picks with De 'Otter.

1:30:34Pat McAfee:How have you been seeing the board lately? The board hasn't been good. One and two. Steve, how about NFL? I'm winning Superdog. How about NFL, though? I don't bet week one NFL ever. Well, it's week two. Here we go. Very smart. I'm ready week two. Okay, so this is your first time really making NFL picks on a season? Right now, yeah. Okay, so week one I have no one. No one plays in the preseason. You can't go off of that. I need some tape. I need some subs. Very level-handed of you, Steve. Yeah, I like that you're able to do that because we're not able to do that. We're not able to just not make a pick.

1:31:03Pat McAfee:Understood. I get it. But I think you are doing it right. Week two, do we think we know? Yeah. Let's believe. Okay. Let's believe. Eagles, Titans, Eagles favored by seven. Do you believe that the Philadelphia Eagles, who sneak away with a dub last week after a couple poor decisions were made by the commanders, take on the Titans in Nashville? I think Tennessee Titans fans are wondering what their team is as well. Will Coach Sala be able to turn around? Cam Ward is now getting hyper-focused on upon, is this guy a real NFL quarterback? Jalen Hurts, I believe in Jalen Hurts. He's won a Super Bowl, favored by seven in Nashville.

1:31:40Pat McAfee:Stanford Steve, Otterguy, how do you see it? It can't be worse than it was last week for Nashville. I'm going to say Eagles win Titans cover. Wow, keeping it close. Tone, what are the percentages of bets on that one? I assume everybody's just riding on the Eagles pretty heavily. Yeah, 87 % on the spread, and the money line was 97 % for the Eagles. So it's probably going to be a popular Survivor League pick this weekend. So if the Titans win, then probably everyone's going to be out, especially after the Cardinals win last weekend. Okay, so maybe don't hop on that train if you are in a Survivor pick.

1:32:12Pat McAfee:AJ, who do you like? Who do you hate here in this one? So I was leaning Eagles early, but I tell you what, the other guy came in there and made me believe. So I think the Eagles probably win, but give me the Tennessee Titans at home at plus seven. All right. So you like Tennessee with the points. AJ saw the board very well last week. Very well. He always sees Walwell. No, he does not. Not always. No. No, that is not true. This is not a guarantee, Steve. Okay. You're right. He had a great offseason. He's got a new focus. Yeah, he had a great offseason. He has a good read, a good lean. It's going to be normal for him to be as right as he is.

1:32:43Pat McAfee:Okay, so you're both on Titans plus seven. Yeah. Toxic table, how do you feel? He ain't going to catch me dead betting the Titans right now. No chance. I'll take the Eagles minus a touchdown with an extra point heading into Nashville. New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens. I just watched the Ravens favored by 7.5. They looked flawless. Saints obviously put together a wild second-half performance, forcing overtime. Inevitably make the right decision by going for two instead of letting that game end up as a tie. They lose off a fade call, which could have been a blown coverage, wasn't a blown coverage.

1:33:20Pat McAfee:Are you high on the Saints? Are you high on the Ravens? enough to cover 7.5 at the bank. Stanford, Steve, obviously you know Baltimore well. How do you feel about the Ravens favored by 7 and a hook? Yeah, I thought they were really impressive last week going into that tough place to play. Thank you. That's a big-time road win. The history of those two franchises, there was a lot on the line there. And the Ravens with a new regime came in and looked buttoned up and impressive. The Saints, I'm worried that they're not healthy. When they have all their receivers, they got some good guys. but a lot of it is constantly getting dinged up, went in and out of the game last week.

1:33:54I like the rookie receiver, Trey Lance's brother, Bryce. So we're going to go, again, Ravens win, Saints backdoor cover.

1:34:02Pat McAfee:Okay, going to keep it close. NFLweather.com is telling us likely some rain showers, 80 degrees, going to be okay, but likely a little bit of rain. Who does that help? Who does that hurt? I think it helps the Ravens mightily with Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson's ability. Also at home, you know, a team goes up there in the rain, gets smacked around. The bank starts humming. Maybe Shuck's not ready for it. I like what the Saints did to the Lions late, but I don't know if I like them against the Ravens. I'll take the Ravens minus seven and a hook while you take the Saints plus seven and a half. AJ, who do you like?

1:34:37I think the Ravens too much of, you know, overall the whole team is great. Offense, defense, give me the Ravens minus seven and a half.

1:34:44Pat McAfee:And this is a lot of overreacting by me. Okay? Because you saw it firsthand. Well, not only this game, but also the last game. It's like, yeah, Eagles will kill the Titans. Titans suck. It's like one game. This one, Ravens are the best team I've ever seen in my life. They'll kill the Saints. It's like just one game. But I'm doing it early, and I'm just trying to say this publicly so that we all can see what we're probably all doing that have natural dumb brains like mine. Browns, Bucs, yep, Bucs going to kill the Browns. I'll take the Bucs minus eight and a half, Even though Baker Mayfield turned it over a bunch last week, even though Baker Mayfield and the Bucs didn't have their best outing against the Bengals, I like them a lot more than I like the Browns.

1:35:23Pat McAfee:If this was in Cleveland, maybe a different conversation. Down in Tampa, give me the Bucs minus eight and a hook. Steve, who do you like? Yeah, I picked the Bucs to win that division. It didn't go well last week, getting off to a bad start. As bad as I want to hold my nose and take the Browns, I can't. I'm with you. Tampa. Yes. Smart. The Browns are the one? The Titans weren't. The Browns are. Cheeks. Oh, geez. I mean, that was bad. Bad bull. Bad. Well, Deshaun, what you're expecting 500 yards. No, I'm not one of those people. I want to find the – where are those people that are expecting 500 yards and five touchdowns for a minute?

1:36:04Yeah, Connor.

1:36:04Pat McAfee:Boston Connors. This guy got paid$230 million guaranteed. We need to put up some offenses, what Connor said. But, yeah, nobody else is expecting that. Just efficient offense, I think, or any offense at all would be good for most parties. AJ, who do you like? How do you like it? Yeah, I mean, I don't need to go on and on. Give me the Bucs minus eight and a half. Oh, he doesn't want to belabor the play. He's not an Ohio guy. Yeah. I grew up a Bengals guy. I grew up a Bernie Kosar fan, but a Bengals fan of the team. Yeah. And also Jim Brown, great up there. Josh Cribs, obviously. I believe him, Brown's legend.

1:36:34Pat McAfee:We can go through a lot of Brown's legends. Peyton Hillis. Yeah. That's the fullback, right? Or the running back? Eric Metcalf. Almost killed Joe Thomas. Metcalf. Yeah. Well, yeah, Cleveland Browns, it did come out that Joe Thomas had to go speak to a psychologist because of the team, and we'd like to let Joe Thomas know that we appreciate your service to ball, bro, in the way you had to fight through. But I do appreciate him saying, I had a perfect game. We lost by 38. Imagine that feeling. Yeah, I'm a punter. Yeah. I do. I do imagine that feeling. How many perfect games do you have? Him? No, you.

1:37:08Pat McAfee:I mean, I didn't give up a return for like a month and a half, a yard. What was the team's record, then? Yeah, exactly. So against the Pittsburgh Steelers. So when I was a young lad, fun story, win the punt, pass, and kick. We've all seen the clubs. I'm down to national punt, pass, and kick. You've got haters, naturally, you know, who are going to come out even at that age. I had a lot of haters then because of who I am. That would go on to be my life. And I'd probably deserve a lot of it. So I'm not saying woe is me in this entire thing. But a lot of people say punt, pass, and kick is in football.

1:37:37Pat McAfee:Who cares about that? Who cares about that? Okay, and I would always say it's literally what football is. Okay, there's no tackling or anything like that. So then against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that I won the punt, pass, and kick for on Thanksgiving. In that game, I punted, I passed, and I kicked. We lost by 24. So it did not matter. It did not matter what I did. I did not mean to bring up that memory. Second half of a game, punter, we're down 17. You know what I'm doing? Nothing. Are we punting? No, we're going for it. Can I affect this game at all? Absolutely. The only way is a bad hold for Vinatieri.

1:38:15Were you worried about staying loose on the sideline?

1:38:17Pat McAfee:Well, so that's a whole other game. We're down 100 to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thank you for bringing that up. I look at Chuck. I go, hey, we're going for it, right? We're down so much. We've got to go for it. He goes, absolutely. Don't worry about it. Untie my shoes. Okay, it's fourth quarter late. Untie my shoes. We're not going for this. All of a sudden it's like, what, fourth and six or something. I forget what it was. Punt team. Punt team called out there. We jog out there. Antonio Brown is returning. Oh. Yeah. Crib. Right by us. I was the only one with my shoes. Shoes tied? I tied. Okay.

1:38:50Pat McAfee:But I was the only one with shoes untied. Everybody else did that. So, yeah, there's a hopelessness that comes with being a punter. But you're also the least athletic person on the field. I could imagine being in an impactful position like left tackle, having a perfect game and just being like, I can't even affect this game at all. Correct. I could see how that could take place. because for me it was a lot of that just, I hope these guys win so I can be happy for the next week. That's literally the goal of the punter the whole time. I hope we win so I can be happy and suck it in the way. So thanks for bringing that up.

1:39:21Sorry.

1:39:22Pat McAfee:Geez, real drama. I just asked if you had perfect games and you went to that. I think I have had a couple very good games. I don't know if there's a perfect game out there. We'll check the tape. But if you're not winning, you have to be miserable. Don't matter. Win. That's right. He got a gold jacket, didn't he? Who? Joe Thomas. What are you saying? You saying, hey, Joe, get over it? Boo-hoo. Yeah, right? What do you mean, foo-hoo? This guy? Should have asked for a trade if he was that miserable. I don't like that you're this upset about Joe Thomas being transparent. He's a Hall of Famer. I'm happy for him.

1:39:56Pat McAfee:Yeah, but this is – Phenomenal career. Miles Garrett wrote this in a letter to the Cleveland Browns. It ain't about being in the Hall of Fame. It's about winning championships. Is that guy ever going to play again? I don't like that. Let's get back to the picks, please. Let's get back to the picks. Thanks for ruining my life, Steve. I was in a good mood. It was a feel-good Friday. I burned sage yesterday on the show. I don't know if you saw that. Had a lot of bad spirits and bad vibes out as I wasn't able to see the board well last week. Okay. I don't know if you saw that. I burned some sage. You'll see it.

1:40:25Okay.

1:40:26Pat McAfee:It's out there. We're winning. We're winning. That's right. Let's win. Because of that sage. Okay. The library here, Oxford, Mississippi. Good spot. Got it. Enormous. What is it, food? There's no books there. Who's? Ice-cold beers, I bet. They sure do. Not after Steve went there. They do have ice-cold. And I'll take another one. They know how to do it. Funky's right down the street from there. Another one. Another one. Yeah, and then there's the other one. Not tonight. Curfew tonight. Oh, okay. You got a curfew on yourself? Yeah. Okay. Yes. What time is curfew, Steve? About 10.30. Okay. Listen, if the man – Central time, I'm still – three straight weeks on central time, still not registering, and then we'll be out of central time.

1:41:10And then you've got to adjust accordingly.

1:41:12Pat McAfee:Okay, so 1030 central time is your bedtime? Okay, I like that. Do you turn off your phone or something at that time? Yeah, you do. What? Jeez, I like this. You turn it off? Hey, good discipline. Dez and I are out there early doing SportsCenter. We're getting ready to go. If he has the discipline to not bet week one, I'm trusting him on this one too. That's true. Yeah, that's kind of crazy. Thank you, Tom. Let's get back to the boards. We're very proud of you. Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears. Bears favored by four and a half. Kyler still in protocol but was doing practice. If he was to come back, that would be certainly a surprise.

1:41:43Pat McAfee:Carson Wentz experience. He becomes the first backup quarterback since like Fran Tarkenton or something like that to come into a game, have three touchdowns and zero interceptions. Obviously, backup quarterback doesn't get any of the reps during the week. So Carson going in there doing his thing, spectacular for the Vikings. Over under 48 and a half. Ty Schmidt, anything we need to think about this NFC North battle? Well, I don't know about the – I mean, I think the Bears will win. Me, personally, I will be betting the Bears team total over until they convince me otherwise. Okay, so the Bears offense trying to be historic.

1:42:15Pat McAfee:They certainly started that way. I would imagine the percentages are all about the over in this game too, Tone. 66 % is on the Bears as far as total is concerned. Yeah, 81 % to the over. Careful. Okay, careful. Oh, man. Locked running a lot. Flories. People are just going to – they heard Ben Johnson before the year. They saw what he did last week. Everyone's betting me over. Okay. Last night, though, everybody was betting you over on a hit. Correct. So – People win sometimes. Gee, Steve. I thought he was going to be positive. That was the narrative last night, Thursday night, but then you got Josh Allen.

1:42:52Pat McAfee:Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears. Bears favored by four and a half. I'll go with the Bears. Who do you like, AJ? I'm taking the Vikings here plus four and a half. Steve? Vikings plus four and a half. Vikings, they've got to force some turnovers. They've got to get after them and force some turnovers. Good number. Flores. I'll take the Vikings plus four and a half. Okay. I'm riding with you guys. Just Flores is a monster. Yeah. I was leaning Bears about 30 seconds ago. Me too. I might still go back over there. Let's talk this one out here. You know what? Actually, give me the Bears minus four and a half.

1:43:25Pat McAfee:Yeah, so I'm in the same boat here. Yeah. Trust my instincts. Yeah, but the Bears' defense. Stinks. Stinks. Stinks. They get turnovers. They used to. No, last year they did. Didn't they get three early? I think they had a couple against the Panthers, but that's the other thing with the Panthers' defense. A lot of people are saying their DCs also might be on the hook after this weekend as well. Everett. Yeah, Canales had to come out and say, I like them. That's not good after week one. Week one, that does suck. Week one? Yeah, that's not a good start to things, I don't think. Okay, this is a good line.

1:44:02Pat McAfee:Dumpy, who do you like here? Skull, baby. Okay, you like plus four and a half. Okay.

1:44:11Pat McAfee:Is that because Flores did great things for the Miami Dolphins? Yeah, I just don't think the Bears defense can recreate what they did last year. The turnovers, they lost a lot of guys on the back end, too. I just don't think they can do it. All right, I'll take the Bears minus four and a half. I don't love it, though. AJ, you're there as well? Yep, Bears minus four and a half. Okay, so Steve's the only one. Let's go to the other NFC North team. The Green Bay Packers favored by three and a half, taking on the New York Jets and MetLife. Hey, brand new Jets potentially. I like what I've seen out of them.

1:44:42Pat McAfee:Very quiet around draft time, no leaks. Obviously, Aaron Glenn saying, how about them, mother Jets? And the boys are rolling. They've been quiet. They've been working. They looked a lot better than we thought. And did they have a 15 person or a five? Did they have five tight ends on the field at one place? Yes. Yep, Sadiq in the backfield. He's in his bag, bro. So Frank Reich is out here working. Love Frank Reich. Do you? Yeah, he resurrected Stanford last year. Did he? You guys alive? Yeah, we beat Cal. That's all I wanted. I love that. Okay, shout out to Frank Reich. But then he said he wasn't coaching anymore.

1:45:14Pat McAfee:Yeah, and then he goes to the Jets. Quickly. Yeah. So I think he was excited to baby. I learned this one. I helped out Andrew. He loves Andrew. We all love Frank, who's ever been around. Frank hasn't had the most amount of success as of late. Could anybody have success in Carolina? I guess we're learning right now with Canales. but whenever you think about him with Geno Smith and Aaron Glenn, I don't think you immediately think this team is going to be the one that saves it, but maybe they are for some reason. Do you have faith in the Jets covering three and a half against the Packers? I do not.

1:45:44I read a trend and a stat that I'm going to go with here. LaFleur is 7-0, ATS in week two games as a head coach. Give me the Packers. Even though that O-line does not look good, Ty. Yeah, I know. There will be changes on that this week, I believe. Yeah? Okay.

1:45:59Pat McAfee:Did the stats account for a week one collapse? I didn't read any of that. I just saw week two, seven and oh. Yeah, but what about week one, fourth quarter, last time you were on the field, shit the pants. What have they lost, six in a row? Yes. Yeah. Stops this week. Okay, Packers. Jets are better, though. Yes, they certainly are. AJ, who do you like? Because Fireman Ed's going to be in there. We already saw him working down in Nashville. Yeah, we know he's still doing it. Now, give me the Packers, minus three and a half for sure. All right, I'll take the Packers as well. Sorry, Aaron Glenn. You guys are going to have to prove that before we buy in, I think.

1:46:32Pat McAfee:Steelers, Patriots. Patriots favored by five and a half at home as Aaron Radges and Mike McCarthy travel up to Foxborough. Old school classic matchup. Let's go to one half of the hammer. Done. Cowboys, AP Tone. How do you feel about the Steelers traveling up to Foxborough as five and a half point dogs? Michael Pittman has not practiced yet this week. So maybe we'll see Jeremy Bernard make his kind of debut for the Steelers in that offense. We'll see how that goes. I am worried about the pass rush on the right side of the Steelers' offensive line. If they can handle that, then I feel pretty good.

1:47:07They caused, what, five turnovers last year against Drake. They're going to need that again to win this weekend.

1:47:13Pat McAfee:Okay, in toxic table, Boston Connor can't go 0-2 after a Super Bowl appearance with that offseason that it was. How do you feel about the Pittsburgh Steelers coming to town? We're going to beat the shit out of them. This is going to be an absolute rout. Trevion Henderson's back this weekend. Again, I believe Carlton Davis is out. Kind of match that Michael Pittman being out. Don't matter. Don't care. We're going to piss all over him. And also just a messy game in the Northeast this weekend. It's going to be raining big time. We might run for 250, 300, 400 yards. Okay, 300, 400, 500 yards. That's crazy to think about a historic run game there for the Pittman.

1:47:48Will they watch this game together? Absolutely not. Yeah, we have to hold hands.

1:47:53Pat McAfee:Tone Diggs is a big run-and-watch game by himself guy. Tone is? Yeah, Connor is kind of as well. except for whenever we're down in the suite and there's a bunch of people around. Yeah. I don't know how people watch with big groups, honestly. It stinks. I don't know how you pay attention to anything. It's tough. Yeah, like we're down at that suite, and it's nice because me and my daughter now are watching the game. Nice. But it's hard to – Especially if people don't know ball. Yeah, that's the hardest part is when you watch with a bunch of people and then you get a question like, why aren't they just running the ball down their throat and going to score touchdowns?

1:48:24It's like, all right. It's a lot. It's all fantasy people out there now, too. Yeah. All they care. Throw it to my guy. Throw it to my guy.

1:48:29Pat McAfee:I'm like, that's not the point. Jamar Chase said he's sick of the fantasy football people in his DMs. You're sick of them, too? I'm sick of them. Aren't you one of them? Are you one of them, Steve? I'm not. He's a gambling man. He's a gambling man. He doesn't even take player props because he hates fantasy so much. Good for you. I like that, Steve. You got to stand for something, fall for anything. Who do you like here? Steelers, Patriots, five and a half, Steve-O. Tricky number. Both offenses didn't look crisp last week. I kind of agree with Connor that they're going to run the ball. I'm still worried about that Steelers defense.

1:49:04Give me the Patriots.

1:49:05Pat McAfee:Yeah! Woo! Okay. All right. I like that that's a reaction to Stanford Steve, picking the Patriots over the Steelers by five and a half. A.J. Hawk, who do you like? I like the Steelers on the road. Woo! Shut up. Shut up. There we go. Shut up. That is why I did it. You know what? I'll take Big Mike McCarney. Come on, man! Plus five and a half. I'll take a plus five and a half. I think the Patriots win, but maybe this one's just ugly. Man, you could see the Patriots winning by 20, though. Yeah, you could. Yeah, you could. No, yeah, but you could also see this one being a cagey affair, especially with the way TJ's playing in the defensive line.

1:49:47Pat McAfee:I'll take the Pittsburgh Steelers plus five and a half. Bengals, Houston, Texans. Texans lose to the Buffalo Bills last week. First time they've lost to Josh Allen down there. Bengals coming to town. Joe Burrow, full participant, obviously. We'll keep an eye on how he is health-wise, but it feels like he's ready to go. Sexy Dexy and the Bengals did great things against the Bucs last week on the defensive side. Steve, who do you like in this one? Bounce back. Texans at home. Give me that. AJ. Give me the Bengals. Okay, he played for the Bengals from Cincinnati. Feels obligated to pick them, which I respect and appreciate.

1:50:17Pat McAfee:I will take the Houston Texans minus two and a half. Shout out to AFC South in a big bounce back. Carolina Panthers favored by two and a half against Cooper Cush. It was announced by Ian Rappaport starting again for the Atlanta Falcons. Jack Strand needs to get some rub if Cooper Cush is going to play the way that he played like last week. I'll take the Carolina Panthers favored by two and a half going into Atlanta. You, Steve? Agreed. AJ? Make it three. Give me Carolina. Raiders traveling to the Chargers. Chargers look like ass. Raiders look pretty good. Now, Kirk Cousins did have a turnover, had a couple bad balls.

1:50:49Pat McAfee:There is a chance that he's only going to get better or maybe get worse as the tape continues. The Chargers look really bad, or the Cardinals looked very good. Stanford Steve, who do you like in this one? Is the Chargers favored by almost a touchdown and an extra point? I was watching some Linderbaum cut-ups. He dominated last week for the Raiders. The problem is Kirk can't throw the ball down the field. Chargers bounce back. I'll lay the 6.5. Wow, that's a lot of points. AJ, you like Jim Harbaugh bouncing back, or Kubiak continuing the yippee? Give me Kubiak and the Raiders plus 6.5. I like the Raiders as well plus 6.5.

1:51:24Pat McAfee:This might be a little bit of overreaction by us because of what we saw, but, hey, we're daily sports. Jaguars, Broncos, if we want to overreact, here's a good one to do just as such. Go ahead, Steve. This line reeks. Watching the Broncos the other night in person not be able to tackle Kenneth Walker and Jacksonville look as good as maybe the best team in the NFL last week off a week one impression. It doesn't make sense. I'll take the home team. Okay, so it doesn't make sense, so you're taking the stinky number. Broncos minus two and a half. Jags have won their last nine games, plus 177-point differential.

1:51:59Pat McAfee:Regular season. Regular season, sorry. Give me the Jacksonville Jaguars, plus two and a half going into Denver, although I expect Denver to play better. Yeah, give me the Denver Broncos at home. I expect that Denver defense to be ready to roll. Miami Dolphins taking on the San Francisco 49ers. 49ers favored by 12 and a half. I think Gumby has been on record as saying that could be 25 and a half. Give me the Niners over the Dolphins. We all feel this way? No. What? What are the percentages, Tone? Because this line's going. There's nobody betting Miami. The line went down. 73 % on San Francisco on the spread.

1:52:34For good reason, other guy. Give me the points. Give me San Francisco all day long here, Pat.

1:52:41Pat McAfee:Okay, plus 12.5 for the Dolphins. Chop Robinson is out as Gumpy was giving us a team report. We have one minute before the hardout here. Seattle Seahawks favored by 3.5 going into Arizona. Love Arizona, but I also became a Seahawks fan because of Hard Knocks. Give me the Seahawks minus 3.5, Steve. I love the toys that Percet has to play with. Give me the Cardinals. Give me Seahawks here. Okay, Commanders, Cowboys, Cowboys, can you get a stop in the second half? Favored by 3.5 at home. Washington come to town. Who do you like, Steve? Dallas. Okay, AJ? Dallas. I'll do the same. And then the Indianapolis Colts are getting six and a half.

1:53:16Pat McAfee:Give me the Chiefs on this one. That was quick. Okay, we got a hard out. Nothing against the Colts. I just think the Chiefs are the Chiefs right now. Okay, the Chiefs is still the Chiefs. Agree. Give me the Colts plus six and a half. Obviously, the Chiefs get a win, but the Colts cover. We are live here in Oxford tomorrow morning, 9 a.m. on Eastern for College Game Day. We hope you will join us. It should be an absolute blast. Have the greatest weekend of your life. We'll see you on Monday. Burn some sage. Get the evil spirits out. Goodbye. I feel like we did that. Nailed it. Trust it. We're still alive, Steve.

1:53:52Got it. You nailed that heart out.

1:53:54Pat McAfee:Thank you so much. You know, it doesn't always happen. Do you know I can do this to you right here? Steve, did you buy that T-shirt or did they give that to you when you went there? I know the owner. He's a barrel guy. It's like a full-blown college bar. Oh, dude, it's incredible. Is it weird not being in college and being there? No. Oh. No, there's other adults. Oh, good. What's your problem, Lago? No, I'm just wondering. I'm talking like a full-blown college bar where there's usually not adults. It's enormous. There's not adults in those. There's like, I want to say, five different bars in there.

1:54:24Pat McAfee:Oh, okay. I love that. Hey, where we're staying at, I saw a bank. I think I saw like State Capital maybe. No, it was closed last night, 7 p.m. What? Yeah, why is everywhere closed early around here? It's like it's a banking community. They like to get after it during the day here in Oxford. Hell yeah. Oh, really? Oh, yeah. You'll see. We sat outside on a patio last night. It was basically the only thing that was kind of going. 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, full tilt, they'll be going. What do they drink? That's nothing. What is it like? Dotties. Okay, what all goes into that? I believe it's whiskey.

1:55:02White. Bourbon. White. Honey. White. Lemon. Sounds pretty damn good.

1:55:09Pat McAfee:And I think they just say hotty-totty each other. Hotty-totty. Hotty-totty. Hotty-totty. Hotty-totty. Hotty-totty. Don't mess around going to it. The brown liquor, like neat, I can't do that. I need ice. Give me a diet buffalo. Yeah. Amen. I'm drinking diet buffaloes now. Do you know what that is? I believe. No. I'm guessing buffalo tracing diet. Good. Very perceptive. Buffalo Trace. It was a tough one. The Buffalo Trace people that drink Buffalo Trace, like generational, oldest distillery, I believe, in America, from my understanding. The people drink it and eat, I think, a lot. So me putting diet in it, I think people will be pissed off.

1:55:50Pat McAfee:But it is so good. It is so smooth. So I'm a Diet Buffalo's guy. Okay. Give me a Diet Buffalo. I like that. Not like baby Buffalo. Bruce last night? Yeah. How did you feel about the baby Buffalo last night, Bruce? Did you see this? No. Dude. Peter was riding him in. The NFL game. No, we didn't have a snack bar. They didn't have a TV there. Snack bar? What, you getting off of this? Was that a pool? No, no. It's just the name of the room. I went to every bar in the city last night.

1:56:22Pat McAfee:It is tough, the Amazon situation. You saw me when I came home from dinner. Yeah, it was early. You are early, but it seems like you were in a lot of places. The Amazon situation here, we're five seasons in. if you are traveling like a lobby TV or restaurant TV, they haven't figured that out yet. And if you have – people that have direct TV don't even know they put it on a channel now. Which I just learned right now. Yeah, they have. It's on there. Thank you for that information. Yeah. That's very kind of you for the good of all. All right, let's get to a break. On the other side, we have – The man.

1:56:54Pat McAfee:We have somebody that's pretty important to this entire fucking situation down here, Coach Golding, head coach. What? Hell, yeah. Yeah. Football team will join us on the other side. Let's go to a break. Let's take four to five minutes or so, and let's bounce back and do some real journalism, boy. Hell yeah. Yeah, that's baby Bruce right there. Okay. Did you see that was baby Bruce? Saw that. You missed that. It's a baby bison. That bison lost its mom in April, okay, due to complications potentially from birth. So now baby Bruce, his mom, Bill's Mafia. A lot of the Bill's people say, can we get a bigger bison, though?

1:57:28Pat McAfee:Why do we got to get a little baby bison? It's like a couple years. Just feed him? Full grown by five. He's going to grow with the team. Are you going to give him a nip? A what? Yeah. You've got to feed him, get him milk. Maybe Coach Belichick, they're saying? Oh, come on. That was a bad angle. People are coming after him. I don't know if it's a bad angle, Steve-O. Bad angle. The guy's 90 years old. What are they calling him? They're calling him Coach Bubachick. No. Yeah, they are. Who said that? I've seen it everywhere. That's disgusting. You can still bench 500. Of course. That's just what happens when you become 90 years old.

1:58:09Pat McAfee:Old man backs. All right. Let's get to a break. On the other side, we've got Coach Golding breaking it all down for us, which we're certainly grateful for. Utter guy, great work. Appreciate you. Great work. You're the man. All right. Be a friend. Tell friends something nice. It might change their life. Take five. Bye.

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1:59:28Pat McAfee:Hello beautiful people and welcome back to this glorious feel-good Friday September 18th, 2026. We're on the eve of the biggest game in the history of Mississippi. Our three starts now. Football! Listen, football is the greatest thing to ever be created. We are incredibly lucky that we get a chance to chat about it every single day. And joining me now, live, here in Oxford, on the eve of the biggest game of, nah, he was in a playoff last year. On the eve of one of the most anticipated games he'll ever be a part of for the rest of his coaching career. He is the head coach here at Ole Miss. Had been here for three years before getting the head coaching job, and then five years before that, he was with Coach Saban in Alabama.

2:00:11Pat McAfee:Ladies and gentlemen, absolute legend, Coach Golden. Yeah, Coach! Quite the introduction there, brother. Appreciate it. Well, to be honest, because I was looking at the camera that I couldn't see the screen, I had no idea what was happening over here. I was trying to get it done with as quick as possible. But thank you for joining us. We are very, very, very grateful. Thanks for the hospitality. Can we talk a little bit about, you know, nobody really chats about your perspective in this entire game. Lane Kiffin, obviously the exit from Ole Miss was what it was. You were kind of put in a position that I think was very difficult and did a great job of keeping everything together while there's full chaos happening around you.

2:00:46Pat McAfee:How do you feel now after, like, having a crash course in head coaching during the playoffs, the most important time with all that, versus a regular season heading into this anticipated game? Is it the same feeling as whenever you got dropped into this all at the playoff time? Or do you feel a little bit more experienced, even though you're short in your career here? Yeah, I still feel like I don't have it all figured out yet. I can promise you that. But, no, I mean, obviously that transition was a little different based on the timing of it and everything else. This one, having the staff in here, 51 new players are in here.

2:01:14You had all your offseason. and you had all the summer, you had fall camp. So it definitely feels more yours, so to say, you know, to this point. But the feeling of the preparation feels exactly the same, man. Like always the concern, are you doing the right thing? Are you putting them in the right position? Are you staying on their ass and doing everything that you need to to give yourself your best shot? But, no, it definitely feels a little more real doing these things, you know, and all those type of things just for you. You know, I ain't digging all this. Yeah, well, we appreciate you stopping by.

2:01:39Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2:01:40Pat McAfee:I know you don't love chit-chat. You'd rather just do your coaching. You've done a great job handling it all. A lot of pressure, a lot of chaos, like I said, but just something I don't think anybody has really seen before. And then now that comes to this weekend where Kirk Herbstreit has been around game gear for 31 years is like, this is maybe the most anticipated, what, week three game in the history of college football potentially with the amount of hate and the amount of attention, the amount of energy. How are you treating that with your team? Because obviously a lot of the lads on the team know Lane.

2:02:09Pat McAfee:We're brought here by Lane. I think a lot of your scouting probably brought here by Lane as well. But the intentions outside of your football team in this campus is to hell with this guy. How do you kind of balance that with the lads, and what is your messaging? Well, the good thing for us is the football piece of this. Whether we were playing Louisville or we played Charlotte, if we didn't roll to three cloud and we busted it, it was a damn touchdown. You know, so, like, regardless whether Coach Kiff's on the other side or not, if we're not going to execute our plan at a high level, then we're not going to win a football game.

2:02:37That has nothing to do with Kiff, right? That's based on us. So I felt like, you know, the Charlotte week was really good for us last week, you know, to come in and really focus on ourselves. And in that tape, like I thought you saw a half of football where both sides played really well at the same time. And we both swung. And then we came out in the third quarter and we played like shit on both sides, you know. And so this game for us, as we know, it's a top ten matchup, really good football teams, got good players, got a good coach. We got to swing together for four quarters, right? Louisville game, defense did the first half, offense did the second half.

2:03:07Charlotte, offense, defense, first half. Neither one of us did the second half. So it's time for us to put four quarters of the ball.

2:03:12Pat McAfee:I think everybody's trying to do that right now. Tone actually has a question for you about that Louisville game that we thought was maybe a little scary there to start the season. Yeah, Coach. Obviously, there's kind of some similarities between the two teams. Sam Levitt can run and throw. Lincoln Keenholz can run and throw. Jeff Braum is an incredible play caller, obviously, with Coach Kiff and Coach Weiss Jr. They're obviously great play callers as well. Are you happy that you kind of got that experience against Louisville from a defensive perspective kind of preparing for this game? Yeah, I mean, going into it, I absolutely was not.

2:03:41You know, I mean, Coach Brahms, a heck of a coach, has done a great job, and they're a talented football team. I think that back is one of the better players that we were going to see this year and did some good things. Coming out of it, absolutely. You know, my big concern that we kind of talked about it in SEC media days was like we got good players and I love our team, but I didn't know how we were going to respond when we got hit in the face. And we got hit in that face, you know, several times in that game. So to see the resiliency of the players and to be able to come back and finish it the way we did to beat game one, there were a lot of lessons for us to learn to be able to use moving forward because we're going to get punched in the face again tomorrow night, and we've showed the ability to respond.

2:04:19We're going to do it tomorrow night.

2:04:20Pat McAfee:You talk about 51 new guys. There's a couple key guys that are still here that have had some big experiences in some big games. Ty has a question for you about that. Yeah, Coach, obviously you're a defensive guy, but how comforting is it having Trinidad Chambliss kind of there as that anchor to kind of just, you know, be steady, Eddie, and calm everyone down. You mentioned, you know, hey, there's a good chance we're going to get punched in the face tomorrow night. How nice is it having that guy playing quarterback and knowing that he can kind of, you know, just steady everything and go be special at any moment in the game?

2:04:51Well, you know, I went and watched my – I got a, you know, fifth-grade son last night, and I went and watched his little junior high game. And I don't care what level you're coaching. If you don't have a quarterback, you're screwed, right? I mean, you go watch that and you watch football when you don't have a quarterback. It's tough to watch. So to have a guy that had been in this system, right, JDB is very similar to that system, right, that's had a lot of success. And that had a lot of success at the place that he came from. Yeah, it was Division II, but the kid's used to winning, understands what it takes to win.

2:05:17So for that to be the leader of your team, right, obviously you can sleep a little better at night when you've got six with the ball in his hand. So I love everything about the kid. He prepares the right way. He's a great human being. Our guys rally around him. They trust him. So, yeah, you feel good with the ball in Sixers' hands.

2:05:33Pat McAfee:And how about Lacey? Let's talk about it because they might be the two best players on a field every time you guys step on a field. Keeping them here a huge deal. Congrats. Yeah, appreciate that. That was a village. That was a village keep there. Yeah, I think it was. Obviously a good idea as well. And I think we heard the story or the angle in which you pitched them about what they've done for this school already and how your legacy could be forever. What do you think Lacey's legacy could be, especially tomorrow night as all eyes are upon the LSU Ole Miss rematch? Yeah, I mean, I think y 'all see him play.

2:06:01He's a special talent. He's got really good balance and body control, can take it the distance. But what I love about him is how he plays without the football. I mean, if you watch him on third down and picking up protections and how physical the kid is. So even during camp, like I didn't put him in a green jersey. We put him in a red jersey. He went through it, and he was thud and all that. So his toughness piece on our team I think is really, really improved that our guys really respect. So to come off the year that he had last year, and all eyes are going to be on him in sixth this year. So not going to get a lot of favorable box counts a lot of the times with five in the backfield.

2:06:33But I think, you know, you saw he can extend plays and he's got really good balance of body control. And he's got to make some guys miss tomorrow.

2:06:38Pat McAfee:OK, so riddle me this. Were you a head coach of like a high school team or junior high team? Or is this your first time as head coach of a football team? This first rodeo, brother. What a way to get dropped in there. Now, on that note, you do come from a institution of coaches who have had success in college. AJ has a question about that. Yeah, he's obviously talking about Coach Nick Saban. He was on the program earlier today. I'm just guessing from your time on staff with Coach Saban, what's a couple things that you took away from him? We've heard all the great stories. You guys sneaking around playing golf behind him so he doesn't see you.

2:07:13All of those fun things. But I guess what was it like truly day in and day out being a part of those staff meetings? And how do you use some of that, I guess, in your own head coaching nowadays? days? You know, for me, you know, for the longest time coaching, like I felt like discipline was like when I signaled a defense in, did the 11 guys line up where they were supposed to and they do their job the way that I was telling them to do it? Like that's how what I thought about discipline. And I never thought about it was the length of your socks or is your shirt tucked in, is your jersey pulled down?

2:07:42And so coach was the first one that made me realize like, look, no, no, the self-discipline piece is here's something I know I'm supposed to do, but I don't want to do it can I make myself do it and say we're either making these guys do this Monday through Friday so when that decision comes up on Saturday and it's late in the fourth quarter and we call cover two and he knows he's supposed to go jam quarterback hole but he doesn't feel like doing it and he's not going to do it so the self-discipline piece to me like I learned so much from coach Saban and it's not just for the players it's everybody in the building and the ability to hold people accountable the way he did on a consistent basis and not get tired of it at the age he was at it's It's got to be exhausting, right, Coach?

2:08:17Sorry to cut you off, but it has to be exhausting, right? Because you can't. Holy shit. I'm exhausted.

2:08:24Absolutely. Dude, he's a machine, man. I learned so much for him and really appreciated my time, obviously, you know, at Alabama with him.

2:08:31Pat McAfee:Yeah, accountability is something that's an all-the-time thing. You know, how you do anything is how you do everything. There's all these cliches because they're absolutely real. And, you know, Coach Saban is obviously the greatest of all time. I was very lucky to be with Coach Rodriguez, who has a similar type mentality. So if you show up a minute late, how the hell do we expect you to do something right on a football field whenever we all need it? Absolutely. You're still molding men, right? Do you still feel that way? A hundred percent, man. Because it is professional now, but do you still feel like you are molding men and creating better people for the future?

2:09:01Pat McAfee:And I know that's a little deep. No, it's not deep at all. I think we definitely are. And I think when you see the additions to our staff, they're unbelievable dudes. and I realized real early I'm not great at everything, right? Not good at a lot of shit, right? Let's make sure we hire people that are really good at those things. So the guys that we put in this program to be able to lead these guys by example, but more importantly to set programs in place like the Future 40 program and our character development and bringing Shep in and getting all these things that have nothing to do with football but everything to do with it.

2:09:30Does that make sense? Yes. Because at the end of the day to me when you're a good dude and you work extremely hard and you're grateful, you play better, right? Because you approach things differently. So I think we're definitely responsible for that. That's one thing for Coach Saban that I was so grateful for. The amount of resources that we put in that had nothing to do with X's and O's based on the development for them to be good husbands and good fathers and good businessmen and good community people was unbelievable. So we're definitely trying to do the same thing.

2:09:53Pat McAfee:Pretty crazy how the football gods seemingly bless the people that are doing it right too. Football justice, baby. Yeah, there it is. I like that. Football justice. I'll start using that as if it's my own. Thank you for giving that. We actually use it the other way when they screw something up, you know, and then they get hurt or some bullshit happens to them. You should have done it the right way. FYI there. Yeah, okay, I like that. I'll use it in my way. You use it in a way that it's actually meant for. But it does feel like the harder you work, the luckier you get. And if you do things right, it feels like the ball bounces your way.

2:10:25Pat McAfee:There's a lot of people that are saying maybe Lane didn't do it the right way whenever he exited here. Can you do a proper exit, I think is the question. But there's also a lot of shit that Lane does that you got to learn from, I assume, as well. Con May, do you have a question for him? Yeah, Coach, I have to get your reaction to the midweek injury report. Did you have one? Did it change anything, or did you expect something like that? Well, I got the text before, you know, the report went out, like, from Lane, hey, our quarterback's out. I'm like, yeah, buddy, I bet he is. I've been around here a lot of Wednesdays with you, man, for three and a half years.

2:10:56I said, I think our first one, we had 42 guys on the first ever SEC injury report on a Wednesday. So, I was like, yeah, man, see you Saturday.

2:11:07Pat McAfee:The text to you is my favorite part. Obviously, the injury report is going to go public. But I text you directly, hey, man, they're going to see it on the Internet. Yeah, just let you know, man. No quarterback this week. Just give a heads up and get ahead of it. I think he talked about how you, Charlie, and he obviously been around each other a lot. And how you become a head coach is because of a lot of decisions that Lane made. Bringing you in, I believe, would be a part of that. Obviously him leaving, setting it up for you. What is your relationship like with him? Because obviously your fan base is going to want to, you know, kill this man tomorrow, figuratively and metaphorically, I guess, both ways.

2:11:45Pat McAfee:But for you, I know you have history with him. So how do you balance that? And what are your thoughts on what you can take away from a Lane Kiffin head coach that you got to coach under? Yeah, first off, I learned so much under Kiff, you know. I mean, because what I loved about Kiff was you saw the model in Tuscaloosa. And a lot of guys came through there and went other places and tried to recreate the same thing. And it wasn't Tuscaloosa and you weren't Nick Saban. And so what I loved about Kiff here, I felt like a lot of the because of, and we won because of a lot of things in Tuscaloosa, we did here.

2:12:13And some of the in spite of things, right, that Coach Saban believed in, but Coach Kiffin didn't, we didn't. And we did it another way and still won. And so that was really healthy for me to be able to see, like, you can play music at practice and still win 11 to 13 games, like, you know, because we hadn't had that for a while. and you cannot have to wear a suit on the bus and still play really well. There's other things to be able to do it. So I really appreciated that about KIF that there was still the attention to detail and doing things right and holding people accountable and hiring really good coaches, but also as a piece to, all right, I see it this way.

2:12:45When I have fun, this is what I believe in. This is how I want to run my program. So that really helped me with taking over this, right, to where you want to continue to do things that we've done that allowed us to have success, but then what's your twist on it and kind of your non-negotiables and how you want it to run. And so I really appreciate that for him. I really appreciate how he treated me and my family, you know, throughout the process. So, you know, we became really good friends. There's things professionally in every profession, right, that you don't respect. And probably the same thing that he done about me at times.

2:13:11But I don't hide it from him. I'll call him and tell him, you know. So there ain't no beat between us that everybody tries to make and all that. So everybody's got business decisions every January. Coaches do, players do in the business we're in, right, and they're going to do what's best for them and their family. I ain't got to agree with it or I ain't got to disagree with it. So I ain't here to judge him. I wouldn't be standing in front of you without him.

2:13:29Pat McAfee:I know that. Yeah, but every once in a while you'll send a shark tweet out. That's for a recruit, man. Yeah, yeah, of course, of course it is. Okay, so you look at the stats and the numbers. Yeah. Seems like LSU defense versus Ole Miss defense, a lot less yards per game. Your thoughts on defensive performance against Elaine Kiffin because obviously you know Elaine very well. Yeah. Elaine knows you guys very well as well. How do you think that kind of joust takes place tomorrow? I think they're thinking what I'm thinking what I'm thinking about. Everybody's thinking, okay, well, he did that when he was here, but he thinks I'm going to do that, so I'm not going to do that.

2:14:07So you can start playing all those games. But I think either side of the ball on offense, they've been really effective when they get in the right place versus the right looks and they take care of the football, and they have at least 12 possessions. That's kind of the number normally in these systems to get to better win football games when you actually look at it. So we've got to do a great job with our possessions of taking care of the football and until he's with a kick. Hopefully they're PATs, all right? If not, hopefully field goals. And then defensively, the explosive pay piece that we haven't been very good with the first two weeks.

2:14:34You know, you've got to eliminate explosives, which is tough, you know, versus a KIF team. And Charlie does a great job creating some of those. So we've got to eliminate explosives, and we've got to tackle really well in the perimeter. You know, we've got to take the football away on defense, which we haven't done on a consistent basis yet.

2:14:46Pat McAfee:Twelve possessions. If you look at the data, it's somewhere right in there probably. That's a huge piece of information. And I'm going to sound like a genius when I say this tomorrow. Once again, football. You might want to check it before you say it, you know. No, you're good. We're good. Believe me. I don't know. We live in that world on a regular basis. Yeah. Is this real? I think, right? Golding seems like a smart guy. Yeah. Send it. Depends to your ass, man. Depends to your ass. But obviously, it is a hurry up. But also wait because the Green Dot situation. But they are trying to get as many possessions as possible.

2:15:18Pat McAfee:What have you seen from Sam Levitt in Lane Kiff's system or Charlie Weiss's system? that makes you go, okay, perfect fit for each other? Or for you, we like the matchup potentially? Yeah, I think in that system, when you've got an elite athlete or quarterback that still has arm talent, right, they're really hard to defend. Because so many times they're extending drives and extending series when it wasn't a designed quarterback run, right, and the play broke down and they didn't have the route or the luck they wanted and then he can extend the play. So I've been really impressed with his athleticism.

2:15:48You know, I know he had led that league prior to getting hurt and scramble attempts and scramble yards. So, like, I knew it. But then seeing his top-end speed, he's kind of got a punt returner build to him, too, as well, as far as sticking his foot in the ground and making guys miss. So, I think the key to the game for us is on base downs, not allowing him to extend plays for first downs. He's going to escape some and all that. But I think containing him on base downs is really, really important. And then getting him the third down, you'll have a plan, obviously. But I think containing him and making him a pocket pass on base downs is really important.

2:16:14Pat McAfee:That's if he's healthy. Yeah. Yeah. Of course. You want to bet on that? Yeah. That is if he's healthy. Okay, last question. We appreciate you taking time here. Obviously, massive weekend for you. Hospitality here has been great. This is a great setup, so we appreciate that. Who's somebody tomorrow, you know, that could catapult themselves into a conversation on your team? Who's somebody, like, under the radar that if they have a massive game with all the eyes here could change its trajectory of their entire careers, you think? Yeah, I think several guys on offense could. I'm really excited about Caleb Odom getting back healthy.

2:16:45You know, he played in Louisville, got a little banged up, didn't play in Charlotte. He's a big piece of the offense with JDB in that tight end position. He's long. He's got size, speed. So, I think he's somebody that could potentially, you know, play well. Defensively, I think some of our edges, you know, I think Blake Purchase is starting to come into his own a little bit. The development at Maldonado on the other edge, right? And I think Perkins, which everybody knows the name, I think he's going to have to have a really good game, you know, for us to be successful.

2:17:11Pat McAfee:We appreciate the hell out of you, Coach. Good luck, man. Absolutely, man. Congrats on all the success. Yeah, appreciate you. Actually, so early. Put the tail of the tape up. Put the tail of the tape up, please. the number of head coaching games, like four and one, you as a head coach, and it's like, what are those games? Oh, the biggest games of the year. So you getting dropped into the fire. I don't know if you were this gray whenever you got dropped into the fire or not, but you have done a miraculous job handling the circumstances. Congrats to you on that. We can't wait to watch your team.

2:17:38Appreciate you, brother.

2:17:38Pat McAfee:Cheers, bro. Absolutely. Let's have a little silver fox. Thanks, Coach. Yeah, Coach. Thanks, Coach. Man, well, Tom, what do you think of him? What do you think of Coach Golden? He seems very calm, cool, and collected. I think his team probably takes that same person out. Yeah, he's awesome. I listened to him talk at the SEC Media Days this summer, and I came away with the same opinion after just talking to him there. He is very cool. He's very honest. And I think the players resonate around that. Yeah, I'm sure that's how he gets all the – I could easily see him walking into anybody's living room and talking to the parents.

2:18:08Yes. He just seems like actually a real person. We know sometimes these big-time college coaches, they're not even – they don't seem like they're humans. Correct. They're all ball. He seems like he can actually have a real conversation. Pat, I know you got to catch up with him a little bit, but I know he's on his way. How's it going?

2:18:23Pat McAfee:Yeah, he's awesome. I really enjoy him. Just good energy, good vibes. He said it off the record, but I'll say it to you here. I said, how do you feel going in? He said, I feel terrible every week. Okay, so this guy is a miserable psycho. Okay, exactly what you need. So I appreciate that that's his mindset. But, yeah, what a situation to start your head coaching career. with everything that it was, trying to rally and wrangle and lasso and keep and retain, and then also who's leaving, who's staying, who cares, who doesn't care, biggest games, all eyes. Oh, yeah, Andrew, quarterback, he was out of Ferris State a couple years ago.

2:19:00Pat McAfee:He might be the best player in football. So take care of that. Let's make sure that isn't wasted. So just the way he's been able to do it and how he's been able to do it and what he's had to have done is really cool. I like his personality. Maybe his personality is the only one that could have done it all too. You know, like maybe this personality is the perfect timing for the perfect situation. And then on the flip side, like Lane Kiffin, 118 games he's won as a head coach, that's a lot of wins, bro. That's a lot of wins. And this guy, the reason why all the energy and all the attention and all the noises is because he's a damn good football coach.

2:19:37Pat McAfee:Be who you can afford to be. Lane Kiffin can be however the hell he wants to be with his injury report, his tweeting, his comments, his lawsuit, you name it. because he's a damn good football coach. We're in for one tomorrow. Lucky to be down here, AJ. Very thankful to be down here. Yeah, Lane Kiffin's another one of those offensive gurus. We talked about that yesterday. Young coaches, what are you, offense, defense? I mean, we know Golden, what he can do defensively especially. But yeah, Lane Kiffin can score points. He's always scored points wherever he goes. I think that's why he's always in demand.

2:20:08Pat McAfee:Sam Levitt, nobody's buying. This guy might be a little bit hurt. Not even an ounce. They're not believing it at all. Sam had to feel something, right? He had to be banged up a little bit, right? Well, he was limited, I think, in practice, right? Yeah. He wasn't full of gold. Can they say what? What it was? Speculation. Oh, it's all speculation. They don't have to say upper body or anything? Sounds like just a classic Lane thing. Just feels like Lane Kiffin being Lane Kiffin from the sounds of everybody that knows Lane Kiffin. He said, well, before the report went out, I got a text from him that said Sam was hurt.

2:20:41Pat McAfee:It's okay. All right, dude. Immediately. All right, I get it. The NFL, though, right, don't you only get fined if you don't put somebody on the list? You have to properly place them on there. It has to be – the NFL has, like, a very strict, hey, this is what it needs to be if this is what this is. Also, can't be this if it's this. Because remember, Lamar did, like, summer practice one time. Yep. And then he was labeled as something, but he was like, you can't be labeled as that if you do this. It's like the NFL has a very, very strict, this is how you got to do it. And obviously it's because of competitive balance, fairness, gambling is happening.

2:21:19Pat McAfee:Also the fans knowing what the hell is going on is probably good for the sport as opposed to bad for the sport. The NHL doesn't view it that way though. And the NHL is in a boom. The NHL will just tell you nothing. Hey, you didn't know everybody out here is healthy and ready to go. This guy, this guy's got an upper body. What does that mean? Well, something above his hips hurts. What is it? His spine. Okay. Don't we think we should maybe tell people that? Nope. If the fucker can skate, we'll let him skate. And that's just what we're going to do. College football, you would assume, now granted, who's the entity that's going to rule that?

2:21:48Yeah. You'd say they're going to try to rein it in or make it more like the NFL, but who's going to do that?

2:21:54Pat McAfee:So it would have to be conference commissioners. It would have to be the ones that would do it and enforce it and stand in the pocket whenever they're getting sued to not be able to enforce their own rules. What are you doing if your SEC is playing Big Ten, but say the Big Ten has restrictions, SEC doesn't? Then what? They all got to get on the same page. They're all on the same page for this one thing that's going through D.C., the couple good votes from my understanding for the bill. Whether people think it's good for society or not, I guess that's a big judgment call. But every single conference commissioner is on it, every single everything that is around the sport seemingly saying this is good, have to amend a couple things.

2:22:27Pat McAfee:Feels like it is a real feel-good Friday. Real good momentum out here. Yeah. Let's have the greatest weekend of all time, shall we? Going to snack bar tonight with the other guy? I don't think so. A cocktail hour. Oh, yeah. Congrats. Yeah, we got a cocktail hour. You got to mosey around, make sure you talk to everybody, you know, shake hands. So the reason why it is a disadvantage to run a media company out of Indianapolis as opposed to New York or Los Angeles or Connecticut or a big city where all this shit happens is because those happy hours where everybody's doing deals, getting everything done.

2:23:04Pat McAfee:You know, all the suits are patting each other on the back for doing their suit stuff. They're all living in their LinkedIn worlds. A lot of theory in theory talk happening, but they're all around each other, you know? And people normally do business with their networks. So I running media company in Indianapolis miss out on a lot of happy hour conversations, the relationships that could pop up, whether that's for guest booking, whether that's promotion, whether that's a deal. Like that is something that is a downfall of running a company out of Indianapolis versus other cities. Now, for me personally, me having a built-in excuse not to go to any of these fucking things also awesome okay like that is that is an awesome thing ah sorry couldn't go to the handshake event i'm an indie you know it's in new york i'm so sorry you know i sorry can't do it get invited to them like the up fronts had a blast because it was a big spectacle big show good to see people and every time i do it i think to myself man it's probably a good idea to do these types of things you know because like when you're shaking people's hands you do it and then there's like 20 minutes in and i just get to the point where i'm like i I need to get out of here.

2:24:06Pat McAfee:I start getting uncomfortable. I start to sweat normally because I run hot. Then I have to get out of there. I'm excited for tonight. I'm thankful for the opportunity to go to this. It does feel like this weekend down here in Oxford has a Super Bowl feel, a CFP feel. It has a main event of the evening type vibe. That's how it should be. Shout out to college football for creating it. Shout out to sports for being the greatest of all time. Shout out to you, AJ, for driving over here today. Thank you, buddy. Hey, Margo. Talks at table. Incredible work this week. Even though, Ty, you took a piping hot pice and missed the first half or part of the show with Chris Mad Dog Russo subbing in.

2:24:48Pat McAfee:Thank you, Talks at table. Good work, boys. You too, pal. You too. Hey, pretty positive response to you being Chris Mad Dog Russo on the internet. You know, there's a couple people that are impressionists that say you didn't do a good job, and then there's like a majority of people that said, like, that was awesome. we need to see more of that. It's like, all right, let's definitely think about that, Ty. You got it. Whatever you say. How do you feel about Chris Mad Dog Russo? You think he liked the barking? I'm guessing he didn't like it, but that I would hope he didn't, because that would be Mad Dog to a T.

2:25:17I wouldn't want to hear that, like, oh, Mad Dog thought that was great. He wants more of it, because quite frankly, that just wouldn't be the Mad Dog.

2:25:24Pat McAfee:Yeah, and that's the dog in him. Exactly. That's doggy. Let's go to one half of the hammer. Cowboys AP Tony, good work this week. Thank you, you too. 0 for 2 on boost this week. Okay, here we go. Well, I mean, 1 was plus 600, so how often is that going to hit? Well, they say 1-6. I would like to let everybody know that our next boost is our best boost. Last Saturday morning we hit on one. I don't know if we're doing that again or if we're just putting out some picks for the later in the afternoon games tomorrow on DraftKings, the best sports book on earth. Shout out to DraftKings, by the way. If you're of age and agreed to gamble or trade responsibly, we would love for you to come join us on the best sports book on earth.

2:26:09Pat McAfee:Shout out to DraftKings. Even though we lost last night, which I don't love, we're going to win, aren't we? Hell yeah. We're due. We might not, though. You remember, this is kind of the reason why we got out of this game a couple years ago. But this time we're telling everyone to be responsible, so who cares if they lose? Yeah, we're being super duper. We can't reiterate enough for you to be responsible. don't be an asshole because we don't there's no reason for you to be assholes here. Okay? We just need you to gamble responsibly so you have a good time with the game and maybe we'll find some winners.

2:26:40Pat McAfee:AJ Hawk. Maybe. What would be an example of being irresponsible if you're a gambler? Well, somebody just putting all the money they have in their bank account in there. Yeah. Don't do that. Not being able to pay rent. Some people do that. Pay rent or mortgage, stuff like that. Yeah, some people. A very small amount of people, though. So we got to remember that. Just like in anything, there is a small amount of people that are going to abuse it and we need to reach these people and tell them to stop doing it. But we know, because we are in the world, a majority of folks do sports gambling how you're supposed to do it, responsibly, just kind of pepper a little bit more, a little bit more of dialed in on a game that maybe you weren't as dialed in as.

2:27:12Pat McAfee:And obviously you're not jeopardizing anything in the future financially for what you're trying to pick in a sports game that is impossible to actually predict. So I think as long as people are told numerous times not to be assholes, I think society will understand and will continue to move forward. But we need people to not be assholes because they will ruin it for all of us. Yeah. Agreed. Like Adam Sandler in that movie, he was a bit irresponsible. Uncut Jack. Yes. Highly irresponsible. Gotcha. Yeah, because there was like, and it was hard for me to really feel bad for him because there was like six different times he could have just stopped in that movie.

2:27:46Pat McAfee:So I was pretty confused by that. Did I miss something in that movie, Ty? Because I'm a Sandman fan, and I thought he did an incredible job acting there. Obviously, I love Adam Sandler. But I couldn't buy into the uncut gems because there was like five to six different times where I think he could have stopped and it's like all over. But he just kept going. So I'm like, I don't know how bad I feel for this guy. No, I think you hit the nail on the head. Kind of a cautionary tale, you know? Do you want to wind up like this guy if you're, you know, being irresponsible and doing all the things that we're telling you not to?

2:28:14I don't think so. Bad things happen to bad people, so don't do bad things.

2:28:18Pat McAfee:Yeah, don't be irresponsible. That's right. Because irresponsible things happen. Mm-hmm. All right. Let's have an incredible weekend. Make sure everybody does the sage. Yes. Okay? A lot of talk about that. I did see that. Quite a bit. Quite a bit. Everybody's kind of misrepresented what that was. You know? I don't know what that's all. You've been sage-ing for years. Yeah, it's not the first time that you've had sage. Exactly. I'm a believer. I'm also in the state of Indiana. I have respect for our laws, I always say, when they are in a state where it's legal. Which, for instance, DraftKings, all 50 states.

2:28:50Pat McAfee:Yep. Go ahead and come join us. if you're going to be responsible and of age, come join us. I'm in Indiana. Everybody needs to relax. But, boy, they got really loud out there. They got really loud out there jumping to conclusions. It'd be like that sometime, especially whenever the Buffalo Bills come out on fire. It do be like that. And they're just smoking the Lions right in front of everything. And the Internet's like, well, I ain't the only thing. You smoking? You talking about safe? Let's go behind the glass. Great work back there this week. Great work, guys. Good week, boys. Phenomenal stuff.

2:29:22Pat McAfee:Graphic design boys, way to go, boys. Way to go, boys. Way to go, boys. Zito production, really good work. Obviously, mint, phenomenal stuff. And to all of you.

2:29:41Thank you.

2:29:43Pat McAfee:It's because of all of you that we get to live the coolest lives of all time, talking about the greatest thing to ever be created, which is sports, more specifically, football. Have the greatest weekend of your life. We'll be live, college game day, 9 a.m. Eastern, 8 a.m. local, Oxford, Mississippi, kicking off another day of magic across the college football world, then leading into an NFL Sunday slate that's going to be jaw-dropping, Sunday night football, Colts at Arrowhead in the home. of the cheese.

2:30:22Pat McAfee:And then Monday Night Football in Los Angeles with the New York Giants coming to town. Yeah, right. Life is great. Thank you all so much. To the boys, you're the best. I'll see you guys on Monday. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. AJ, anything you can say to the team? I hope everyone has a great weekend. Nice. Hell yeah. I hope everybody has the greatest weekend of all time, actually. Hey, Gumpy, really good work out of you there. Good job, Gump. Really good work, boys. Good week, everybody. Good week. Good job. Good week. Thank you.

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