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[33] Roy, what do you got?
[34] We got Ravens at Chiefs.
[35] The Chiefs are three -point favorites at home tomorrow.
[36] They have won eight of the last nine season openings and have covered the spread in six straight games.
[37] Go with the Chiefs tomorrow.
[38] Against the spread.
[39] The spread.
[40] Analysis.
[41] How about that?
[42] That's why you're number one, Roy.
[43] Speaking of analysis, you guys trusted me last week that UCF would cover 41 and a half points against New Hampshire.
[44] They host Sam Houston State UCF, one of the two undefeated teams in the state of Florida.
[45] They'll stay undefeated.
[46] They'll also cover the spread minus 22 and a half.
[47] Against the spread.
[48] Best running game in the nation.
[49] Billy, bring us home.
[50] I wanted to do Central Michigan minus six and a half at FIU, but I can't because I'm calling that game.
[51] First game at Pitbull Stadium.
[52] If you want to check it out, go to FIUSP .com slash listen, you can hear the call on the radio.
[53] Central Michigan at FIU.
[54] First night at Pitbull Stadium.
[55] Also, I saw they're going to be giving away Pitbull Pins.
[56] Can you get me one?
[57] I don't know if I have that pull.
[58] I hope I can get one.
[59] You're calling the game.
[60] Yeah, but it's for fans.
[61] The Herbie treatment of he can't pick the game.
[62] I can't pick the game.
[63] Those are the rules.
[64] Billy, can I get you to bring my dog to the game?
[65] What?
[66] I'm going to be busy in Herbie's footstep oh herbie's not I have two I have two dogs okay I'm sorry I'll take my two dogs and Jess's dog and your dog well have oh a little puppy pen in the corner then all the puppies can play together do you think dopey and Willow would get along dopey hmm not sure the name of the dog is dopey dopey and Willow get along of course Billy will well he's a rescue why wouldn't Billy like Willow what mean I'm just trying to figure out what the name of the dog is and if it's dopey it is it is Billy's dog was it like a canine unit or or dopey for another reason what you know how like drug I mean it's not a drug someone adopted his dog and then they you know it was a divorce and they abandoned the dog there's a child involved him soon named it after Snow White I don't know the history snow white indeed my dog comes from a broken home sir how dare you minutes for ruining comedy Oh, no, that power play comedy.
[67] Did you just tap your nose?
[68] I gave you comedy.
[69] So I'll take the Texans minus two and a half over the Colts.
[70] Against the spread.
[71] Against us spread.
[72] Billy, what I was asking you is, how is it, how are you going to make this broadcast a special thing?
[73] FIU football.
[74] Pause up.
[75] Is trying to get into the game with Pitbull.
[76] And Goldie.
[77] And Billy.
[78] And Kim Bo -Camp.
[79] And you.
[80] He doesn't realize it yet.
[81] Billy, let me explain something to you, okay?
[82] Because we've been doing this for 20 years, right?
[83] And I don't know that Stugats has ever been more angry at me than when he's trying to create what we've presently created.
[84] And the flagship that is the radio station makes me lead into the Don Strock show in a way that deeply insulted Stugats because he thought I should be supporting the Don Strock show.
[85] And I'm like, but it's the Don Strock show.
[86] What's going to happen with Gordia does a Florida Panthers conference?
[87] I don't know.
[88] I'll ask him on Saturday.
[89] I'm guessing he does the hockey.
[90] FIU has a big team.
[91] Goldie's prepared for that.
[92] Goldie's going to be doing the TV side with Kim Bo -Camper, ESPN Plus, if you want to check it out there.
[93] But I would urge you to not.
[94] I mean, you can if you want to.
[95] Why don't you do this?
[96] You can watch it there, but listen to us instead.
[97] FIUSP .com.
[98] That's the pro move.
[99] Watch it on the TV and you listen to the radio.
[100] I'm going to toss in a couple of these left to right on your radio dial.
[101] That's what I'm going to be doing.
[102] Then you can, you paint the picture, Dan, when you're doing it.
[103] I love that.
[104] Because they can't see it.
[105] So you're throwing a left to right on your radio dial.
[106] But that's also depending on the side of the stadium you're sitting on, right?
[107] Because, like, if you're on the opposite side, it's right to left on your radio dial.
[108] And if you're in an end zone, it's either coming right at you or it's going away from you.
[109] The detail they don't often give is, we're on the side of the FIU band.
[110] I want to know which side of the field you're on.
[111] I like that.
[112] I'll write that down.
[113] I'll let you know.
[114] So where's the son?
[115] For Chris Cody out there, we're on the FIU side line.
[116] Where's pit bull?
[117] You guys have seen that you.
[118] Usually the broadcasters that get the best jobs are former athletes.
[119] Andrew Marchand of The Athletic recently wrote, Hey, Peter Schrager's so good at this and Mina Kimes is so good at this.
[120] May we eventually get back to the day where Tony Kornheiser or someone like him who's a non -athlet is actually on these games or is it always going to be Rich Gannon?
[121] Like, are we going to put some people on here who aren't just former players?
[122] And Billy Gill at FIU.
[123] Not an athlete.
[124] I'd take offense to that.
[125] Take Umbridge.
[126] Do you take Umbridge?
[127] You do take Umbridge.
[128] Oh, I've taken it, sir.
[129] You don't give Umbridge, you take it.
[130] Oh, I can give Umbridge.
[131] Don't dare me. I'll give you some Umbridge.
[132] No, I will.
[133] Can you give Umbridge?
[134] I think you can.
[135] I think you might only be able to take Umbridge.
[136] Love Stugats, like, oh, I think you can give it.
[137] Well, of course, he's going to go right now to Umbridge .com or ask Taylor to do it for him.
[138] Like, yes, I don't know whether you can give umbrage how do you spell umbrage why you do you only take umbrage there's no giving of umbrage there's no other is there any other use for um if anyone can give umbrage it's me i'll tell you that right now and this saturday i'll be giving all the umbrage i don't know if you take umbrage then somebody has to be giving it to you right hmm umbrage is offense or annoyance it's using a sentence she took umbrage at his remarks so i don't know if you can dictionary dot com says to give umbrage to someone to feel umbrage at a social snub or to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
[139] So you can indeed give umbrage.
[140] Give annoyance, Jeremy, you're the personification of that.
[141] You are umbrage.
[142] You are umbrage.
[143] I think you should.
[144] Yeah, as a Harry Potter fan, I really don't like that one.
[145] I know that only made it worse.
[146] What house are you?
[147] I mean, you know I'm a griffindore.
[148] No one cares.
[149] Billy.
[150] You're not a griffindore.
[151] I'm obviously a griffin door.
[152] I'm obviously a griffin door.
[153] different on this broadcast.
[154] What are you going to do to make this something that people want to listen to?
[155] Tell you which sideline he's on.
[156] I'll tell you which sideline I'm on.
[157] I'll say left to right on the radio dial, right to left on the radio dial.
[158] I feel like we talked about this while you were away.
[159] I'm being brought in as a clown of sorts.
[160] So I think I put the old switcheroo and I wow them with my expertise on Conference USA Football.
[161] What do you think?
[162] I want you to be the next Tony Cornheiser.
[163] Cornheiser ruined it for all of us, right?
[164] Because they'll never do that again.
[165] The church of football will never allow a court jester into the booth again.
[166] Am I a crank like him?
[167] Yes.
[168] But a young one, a young crank.
[169] You can play the character of crank for comedic effect and are also spiritually an incredibly old person.
[170] Are you not?
[171] I don't know.
[172] Do you not know this about yourself?
[173] Sometimes it's hard to analyze yourself, which is why I'm going to be analyzing the field.
[174] left to right on your radio die or right to left depending on which way the ball is moving and the quarter it's true billy's going to be cranking it are you are you dance dog are you with dan's dog yes cranking it are you are you nervous am i nervous uh i will say this this is a new group that i'm doing this game with it was last year so i don't have the familiarity of a j ricketts who brought me in to kind of do what i was doing so i'm not sure if this crew knows exactly what they're in for funnier.
[175] Even better.
[176] It's uncomfortable, though.
[177] Also in the vein of Stugats, is it in the vein, or Umbridge?
[178] Whatever it is.
[179] I told Taylor to come along with a camera, so I haven't run that by anyone yet, but I will.
[180] You get to pay him or?
[181] No. Have you started studying up on Joe Lobos?
[182] Oh, yeah.
[183] The quarterback for Central Michigan?
[184] Yeah, yeah.
[185] You have to.
[186] Good, good contribution, Chris.
[187] He's a red shirt, junior.
[188] Yeah, see.
[189] Billy, do some.
[190] Should be a senior.
[191] He shits red.
[192] for us.
[193] What's that now?
[194] Connor Stallion's famously, allegedly at the CMU game last year denies it, although everyone says that was definitely you.
[195] You can do some reporting for us.
[196] Who gave him the press pass?
[197] Jessica, thank you for bringing that up.
[198] What happened untold?
[199] What happened to what they were making there?
[200] Like, how does something come out of the box being that good?
[201] And then all of a sudden, did they trade access for making things less good just because they're getting the gators to sit down?
[202] and so they're not going to get Urban Meyer to talk about anything?
[203] We did talk about it a little bit last week with Amin, and I think our consensus was if they just rebranded the series as retold, I think there would be fewer problems with it because the problem is essentially that a lot of things are just being retold, and we already kind of knew a lot of these things already.
[204] We're not learning anything.
[205] We're not learning anything.
[206] And worse, in some of these documentaries, they are giving voice to people without challenging them any way.
[207] So the last week we talked about it, I brought up the Donahey thing.
[208] He's just sitting there and lying.
[209] Easily verifiable lies.
[210] If you just go back and watch the tape.
[211] But because they got access to Donahey, you're like, we're just going to go with it.
[212] I don't know how I feel about you with a hat.
[213] It's a long...
[214] I'm not a hat person.
[215] I don't like hats on myself.
[216] I think I look dumb with a hat on.
[217] I think I look like a cop most of the time.
[218] Why today?
[219] My barber, because he took Labor Day off.
[220] So the Labor Day weekend off, I should say.
[221] Big Mike, whole weekend.
[222] You're going to take the whole holiday weekend all.
[223] So as a result, I couldn't get a cut.
[224] So I'm looking a little wild upstairs.
[225] Well, I knew that you guys talked about this last week.
[226] And I also know that Amin was a little bit frustrated with the fact that he wasn't able to get a show off the ground because he wanted badly to talk about it because you saw what happened to Showtime, right?
[227] Everybody saw what happened at the very end at Showtime.
[228] They're doing documentaries with Boogie Cousins and Russell Westbrook and they're not any good because they're just access.
[229] but nothing's in them, and then Showtime goes defunct, right?
[230] Because you've got to make, the things you make got to be good.
[231] They can't not be good because you continue to trade access for things that stink.
[232] And that Florida documentary stunk, and the Steve McNair documentary stunk, because they're just telling you stuff that if you've been paying attention at all, you've already known, and furthermore, you can then see the omissions because you know more than what they're showing you, because they're not just retelling the story, they're sanitizing it, they're changing it, they're making it, actively less good than the story actually is.
[233] So with Manteau, they can surprise you because a lot of people don't already know the story.
[234] And so getting Manti Teo to tell it, you can tell it well.
[235] But if you trade access for we'll make this less good, and I'll do this for you, Boogie, who's interesting, but his movie wasn't?
[236] Or I'll do this for you, Russell Westbrook, who's interesting, but his movie wasn't?
[237] You can't make shit.
[238] You got to, and untold has gone from being something that, It was unbelievable when it started, filled with possibility to, oh, you guys are just trading access for stories that are poorly told.
[239] Should be told.
[240] That was a joke we did.
[241] Steve Martin, too.
[242] The thing that Jessica and I connected on about this was about the Connor Stallions one, which is the latest chapter that was released.
[243] And it was, you know, to Jessica, I don't want to steal your words, but you said basically a bunch of Michigan people watch it.
[244] Like, see?
[245] Nothing to see here.
[246] And that's, that's what the Florida people did.
[247] around murder.
[248] And it's, but it's, that's, that's the problem, right?
[249] The problem isn't, hey, you went a little toothless.
[250] I wouldn't say the Russell Westbrook or the cousins' documentaries were terrible.
[251] I just think they were toothless, but I don't think they were purposely misleading.
[252] I thought the Conner Stallions one, which I did go back and watch, just like the Donahey one, just like the Florida one.
[253] Like, you guys are basically being mouthpieces to take people.
[254] away from what the truth was.
[255] And the problem, and the bigger conversation I wanted to have last week was the problem is you have millions of people who watch these things and walk away feel like I know everything there is to know about this.
[256] I watch the documentary.
[257] And I always ask of which documentary did you watch which is a follow -up that no one ever asks because there is an assumption that if we put the label documentary on it, well surely it must be true and accurate and objective.
[258] There is no behavior that we're teaching people that, yes, even with a documentary, you've got to ask questions and read up and kind of figure out what are the angles they're not telling you.
[259] Here's a hint.
[260] If everything is kind of positive, it probably isn't the most truthful.
[261] I will tell the audience here now that we are in the documentary business that artful documentaries and I love them.
[262] Love documentaries.
[263] They're my favorite and I mean's right that it's not they they're it's not the truth it's a truth but you want that to be an exhaustively reported truth so that it can't be disputed and as content changes we're in a weird place right now where the giant streamers want to make stuff that's palatable can I get Florida's audience to watch my Netflix thing on Urban Meyer I don't care if it actually has the controversy in it or is the truth?
[264] Just can I get Florida fans and Michigan fans to watch?
[265] And there's going to be a dilution here with, and already has been a dilution here, on what happens to be the truth in the transaction of what stinks about the documentary business, which is this, after Hollywood has closed.
[266] Billy Corbyn made the most popular documentary in the history of Hulu.
[267] And what's he made sense?
[268] Adam McKay is a monster filmmaker.
[269] What's he made?
[270] sense.
[271] Keep an eye on what the hedge funds and Hollywood is doing to the business of the truth because the business of the truth already got eaten up in journalism.
[272] Hedge funds ate that up and it's eating up Hollywood right now because Hollywood's like, Iger, you got to solve right?
[273] And Iger's like, oh shit, this is all changed really fast on me. And my theme parks are closing and pandemic and I used to be in charge and I got to come back and be in charge and I don't totally know what I'm doing.
[274] And it's not because Iger's not great.
[275] It's because nobody knows what they're doing because the whole thing is changing so fast that we're on Zumo Play and Samsung TV Plus, Roku, Sling, other things I don't know what they are.
[276] Dan, the other interesting thing in this whole business dynamic, you said, hey, they're just doing it for access or whatever.
[277] The Conor Stallion thing is an example of we're not even going to take our time to do this PR piece.
[278] It just happened, just get it out the door.
[279] So this is what late stage capitalism looks like.
[280] It's like we're just accelerating everything to get to the shitty half -ass product that we know will be consumed one way or another.
[281] Are people watching them?
[282] Are they watching the half -ass product?
[283] They are.
[284] They are.
[285] I can't count how many people Sue got to watch stuff just because Netflix suggested it on their algorithm.
[286] Well, I think the other thing is that we're not really sure how many people are watching it.
[287] We don't know exactly how Netflix counts viewership.
[288] Are they counting, like, the first 30 minutes of retention?
[289] Are they counting people that watch the entire thing or just turn it on for five seconds and turn it off?
[290] Like, I don't know if we really have great access to what the streamers are saying that, you know, things are how popular they are.
[291] I, wow, terrible disappointment.
[292] Nice.
[293] Jessica, this is what I would say to you about that because, uh...
[294] About what?
[295] Listen.
[296] Wow, man. She stumbled toward the finish line and normally I would just throw her out for, But the thing that you're saying there that's super, super interesting to me is...
[297] You know, he's mad about the Peacock Minus joke.
[298] I get it.
[299] People think that Netflix is an entertainment and movie and making things company.
[300] They're an information company.
[301] They're a data company.
[302] They want to collect all your information and then do not share it with the people that they're paying $200 million to make their movies.
[303] They are data collection because when the money's going to only be in five places at the end, you have to have all of the information when the phrase that was the biggest in everything that was just said there is a mean saying, and I don't think a mean, I don't think Stugat's even heard him.
[304] Late stage capitalism, the people with the money want all the money and in the information.
[305] They want all of it, and what's going to happen?
[306] They're going to eat up the truth.
[307] It's going to be a bunch of documentaries about Florida that don't actually have the truth in them.
[308] It's just what the late stage capitalism, what he said is, I'm not sure people understand that part.
[309] I mean, like you who comes from understanding how economies get eaten up when there isn't freedom, like you threw out late stage capitalism there flippantly when what's happening there is documentaries are closest to the truth.
[310] They make, they have to do something that is really hard to make.
[311] And it's hard to make money with them because they're not, they don't have action heroes in them.
[312] It's funny because on Pablo Tori finds out a couple of weeks ago, he had Dan Soder and Katie Nolan.
[313] And they were shitting on the Pierce Brosnan James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies, which is about, which is tomorrow never dies.
[314] It's the one where the premise is this billionaire who wants to control the media so he can start wars and just keep the news cycle going and it seems so ridiculous back then but it's like we're inching towards that where like this control of information shout out to Newman from Seinfeld right when you control the mail you control information like these are all things that are real when you control information you can control what people think about things everything so you can control everything a great example of this Elon Musk is a big clown he ruined Twitter, all that stuff.
[315] But he still controls Twitter, which is this massive vehicle of information delivery that people use, right?
[316] People use to form opinions.
[317] People use to influence other opinions.
[318] He posts an AI -generated picture of Kamala Harris dressed in like some Mousitong, like, communist garb.
[319] It says, oh, she's openly claimed she wants to be a communist.
[320] Now, I know that Elon Musk thinks he's quote -unquote fun.
[321] and like, oh, I'm just being, I'm just trolling or whatever.
[322] The problem is, A, not everybody knows that, but also B, when you are a gatekeeper of information, you don't get that luxury to joke around like the rest of us.
[323] Any more than CNN can, you know, have like Trump with a Nazi arm band and doing a salute, right?
[324] Like, if it didn't happen, you don't get to make those jokes as gatekeepers of information.
[325] but who you know who watch dogs the watch dog right who the media is the fifth or is the fourth of state the fifth of say I don't know what number guys football starts tomorrow what are we doing I like to go on Netflix I mean opening night Kansas City Baltimore I want five teams who didn't make the playoffs last year who I think are going to make the playoffs this year you have your preseason awards preseason awards I want to talk more about my hat tomorrow let's do tomorrow oh the hat yeah what's on your hat by the way It says Order 66.
[326] What's that?
[327] It's a Star Wars thing.
[328] You wouldn't know about it.
[329] You're right.
[330] Why?
[331] Because she's a woman.
[332] Wow.
[333] That escalated quickly.
[334] Amin said it not me. That's at least two minutes right there.
[335] Kevin got married.
[336] Billy, what are you guys doing with God bless football tomorrow?
[337] You've got a lot.
[338] Football has just landed on your face.
[339] FIU football, you're going to be announcing it.
[340] And God bless football is going to a game in Kansas City between Kansas City and Baltimore a game that people are interested in.
[341] Not the Bengals, huh?
[342] Not the Bengals, not the Broncos.
[343] What is God bless football doing?
[344] We're going to be out there live tomorrow.
[345] There's going to be a draft king stage.
[346] Gojo and Golick are going to be doing their show from there live.
[347] Then we're going to do God bless football on the stage.
[348] And then if you tune into the draft king's network DKN, as some people call it, there's going to be a kickoff show from 3 to 6 central time.
[349] So I guess I should have just given you Eastern Time.
[350] 4 to 7 Eastern Time.
[351] Leaning off to kickoff.
[352] There's some new football shows on Drafking, so enjoy.
[353] Tune in.
[354] Watch us.
[355] Come say hello if you're in Kansas City.
[356] We are going to start the full football sprint, okay?
[357] It's ahead of us.
[358] It's been the Panthers won the cup.
[359] The last couple of years during playoff runs have been really grueling for this show.
[360] This show is about to get on a sprint for several months through football season that's going to be crazy.
[361] And what you're going to to hear next is a new segment and is it Jess and Lucy and who else?
[362] Like not a new segment or an old segment that now is renewed.
[363] You're not going to like this answer.
[364] Taylor.
[365] Are you paying him or is God's paying him or I paying him?
[366] Who's paying Taylor?
[367] Both of you guys, not me and Lucy, but it's mostly me. We played a new game today called All Bias Aside.
[368] I'm a big fan of this game.
[369] I think after a while Lucy started to get the gist of it, but But our fans will like, all bias aside.
[370] Because of our 20th anniversary and everything going on yesterday with the announcement and Peacock, I have not gotten to talk nearly enough college football.
[371] And really what I meant to say by that is I have not gotten to talk nearly enough about the bloated purple face of Brian Kelly.
[372] All bias aside, we did talk about Brian Kelly in the episode.
[373] You'll hear my all bias aside answer about Brian Kelly and his reaction, losing another opener for LSU.
[374] against USC.
[375] So we're not going to get it here.
[376] We'll get it next.
[377] Well, you'll hear it next, but I can also give you a little bit here.
[378] Do you want to watch the clip first?
[379] I mean, it's up to you.
[380] No, no, just tease it.
[381] We're going to have, you and Lucy and Taylor are going to give us more college football for the people who have rightly thought that our college football coverage has been insufficient over the last day and a half.
[382] Had Mike Alco on last week.
[383] Yeah, but it has been insufficient because we didn't even get to the Knoxville radio call.
[384] We got to get to the Knoxville.
[385] radio call.
[386] Did you guys do anything with the Knoxville radio call?
[387] No, but we also need to get to the Penn State offensive coordinator talking about how their offense is like a blizzard because that was one of my favorite.
[388] There was also a clip of Mike Gundy talking about Shaggy.
[389] There was also this controversial situation in college football this year where we now have a two -minute air quotes timeout.
[390] And all of the announcers have said they're not allowed to call a two -minute warning, even though it is essentially the two -minute warning.
[391] I don't know why.
[392] They're trying to differentiate it from the NFL, even though it is literally the same thing.
[393] It's just, there's a commercial break at two minutes now.
[394] Do you guys get into the Florida fan ranting on the show?
[395] Do you get into the Western Michigan player jumping over the referee?
[396] We didn't get into that.
[397] Honestly, 24 minutes is not enough.
[398] We did as much as we could.
[399] We did talk a little bit more about Texas A &M and Notre Dame because Lucy was there.
[400] I assure you this will not be an Iowa, Notre Dame segment every time moving forward.
[401] But it was, They were pretty important games.
[402] That's so good.
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[438] Miami, they were simulating the snap count the entire game, and they were clapping at the line of scrimmage.
[439] And the only thing I want to see clapping are them cheeks on Mrs. Met in my face, Mike's shirt.
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[441] Stugats.
[442] There are a bunch of cheaters, Dan.
[443] And you know who should be cheating?
[444] Mrs. Met on Mr. Met, and he can watch if he wants.
[445] This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats.
[446] Welcome back to Gen CFB.
[447] I'm Jessica Smetana.
[448] Lucy Rodin is here, fresh off her trip to College Station.
[449] Lucy, I am so, so disappointed in you and Taylor, first of all, because I woke up Saturday morning and all I saw wall -to -wall on social media, videos of you in Texas A &M gear in like a cute little cowboy hat doing Texas A &M yell practice or whatever, midnight yell, I don't know.
[450] It just made me really sad that you completely abandon your friend in her time of need and anxiety to become a Texas A &M fan.
[451] That was all AI.
[452] That was not me. I don't know what you're talking about.
[453] This video editing stuff, it has, wow, really taken off.
[454] I would never do that to you, ever.
[455] You super did.
[456] I'm tempted to just show up.
[457] AI.
[458] I'm tempted to show up at El Asico in a Cyclone's jersey this weekend.
[459] Just to with you back.
[460] I'd be happy you're there.
[461] Full transparency.
[462] I went into the weekend wanting to root for Notre Dame.
[463] I had a t -shirt.
[464] I had a hat.
[465] And then me and Lucy went into Aguiland outfitters and everything changed.
[466] That was actually the best store I've ever been in, like my entire life, period.
[467] Set the scene for us then because you guys walked into college station and you were your, your hearts were open.
[468] You were, I mean, Lucy, I know you, you like to buy stuff.
[469] So I figured you were to buy some Texas A &M stuff.
[470] But you were, what, impressed, overwhelmed, intrigued.
[471] What was your reaction to Kyle Field and to Texas Hay &M in general on a game day weekend?
[472] Kyle Field is awesome.
[473] It is far and away one of my favorite places we've ever, ever been.
[474] It reminds me of Penn State Stadium, just in the way like the stadium is set up.
[475] But fan -wise, it's really hard to compare it to anything else because it's so unique just in the sense of tradition and the way they cheer and just like all.
[476] all the weird little quirks that are also very culty that like go into an A &M game day, it was a super awesome experience, but I probably wouldn't go back for a minute just to like decompress because I was like, this is, this is culty as hell.
[477] I can definitely see why people buy into it 100%.
[478] Really, interesting.
[479] Taylor, you mentioned to me there was a moment where you knew Texas A &M was going to be in trouble in this game.
[480] Can you share that on air?
[481] Notre Dame's about to come out of the tunnel and I see Marcus Freeman.
[482] He's playing up to the crowd.
[483] He's kind of like antagonizing them, giving him a little pump up.
[484] He's looking at his players.
[485] And from that moment on, I was like, I'm very worried about Texas A &M right now because I had Texas A &M Money Line.
[486] And then the second moment was when Connor Wegman was just throwing up over himself.
[487] And I was like, this is not the quarterback.
[488] I want to be backing right now.
[489] Yeah, that was bad.
[490] I'm curious what it was like boots on the ground watching the game.
[491] If you ever felt like you had any sort of feeling, it was going to be a, go a specific way loose.
[492] because the crowd was definitely a factor in it, especially in the first half.
[493] And going into halftime, the score was only 6 -6.
[494] It was not a high -scoring game.
[495] It was two defenses sort of battling it out for a while until pretty much the fourth quarter when Notre Dame had a couple good drives and put the game away and then iced it with the field goal at the end.
[496] But just from your perspective, like what was it like to be there?
[497] And did you think that Texas A &M really felt like they were in this thing?
[498] I felt like A &M was in it just straight up like vibes wise where like when you're in a stadium like that and atmosphere like that you're like there's no way they can lose like techs a nm is going to win this game i think taylor put it perfectly i felt like i was watching an iowa game with those offenses where i was like i just don't know if this is going to get done like this is weggman was so terrible and then ted cruz showed up and i was like oh this is just all bad vibes for an a and emm out how many different news outlets asked you for a comment on your ted only one and i was like hell yeah i'll give you a comment and they were like we don't want it anymore Wow, journalism is so bad.
[499] Your time has passed.
[500] What was your comment going to be?
[501] I think I was going to, my plan was to play it off as like my bit was that I knew Texas A &M would lose because he was there.
[502] Also the bit of that he smelled bad.
[503] So I was like, there's so much like opportunity to be funny.
[504] And I responded like, they emailed me at like three in the morning.
[505] So I was like, well, obviously I'm not going to respond to you at that point.
[506] And then they were like, this is, yep, your moment's over.
[507] Hope you enjoyed the 15 minutes.
[508] Did he really smell?
[509] bad?
[510] I would assume so.
[511] I didn't want to get close enough.
[512] Okay.
[513] So Texas A &M loses at home to Notre Dame.
[514] We won't spend too much time on it, but obviously you guys were there.
[515] It was one of the games of the weekend.
[516] Notre Dame, my alma mater, they came through with a huge win.
[517] Despite one of one of the worst calls that I've ever seen in a college football game of, first drive after halftime, Riley Leonard, QB keeper crosses the first downline.
[518] And they mark him like a half yard back, and then they review it.
[519] And they're like, nope, wasn't it first down.
[520] I'm wondering if you guys have a specific thing that you scream at your television when there's a bad call or, like, something goes the wrong way for your team.
[521] Because I realize this weekend, I have one and I do it a lot when I'm watching games like this.
[522] And it's like a very specific phrase that I scream at my TV.
[523] Well, what is it?
[524] Well, you tell me yours first.
[525] I don't think I can say mine on air.
[526] Okay, text it to me. But it's not a slur.
[527] Mine is, I look at the TV and I go, off.
[528] I just screamed that at my TV.
[529] And I did it in the second half of that game because I was so mad at that spot.
[530] Those are usually the kinds of calls where I'm like, well, Notre Dame's not going to overcome this drive ending.
[531] Yeah, Lucy, don't say that on air.
[532] She just texted it to be moving on.
[533] Notre Dame one.
[534] I say Gigum.
[535] That's what it is.
[536] The answer is Gigum.
[537] Lucy says Gigum.
[538] Notre Dame one.
[539] Maybe a tough road ahead for Texas A &M if they're not able to figure out some of their offensive struggles.
[540] On the flip side of that, Notre Dame's got a very good defense.
[541] And Texas A &M also has a very good defense.
[542] And I think their defense is probably good enough to win some games.
[543] So what is your, we're going to do some hot takeage here moving on in a little bit.
[544] But, like, Lucy, is the season over for Texas A &M with Mike Elko or are we just getting started?
[545] No, I mean, like, I think that's kind of been the weird thing we're forgetting in this game is, yes, Texas A &M lost.
[546] Yes, Connor Weggman was really bad.
[547] This is Mike Elko's head coaching debut at A &M.
[548] So, like, he's taking in a new system, one that Jimbo just kind of, like, ran into the ground.
[549] So for them to compete with Notre Dame, the way they did is really impressive.
[550] The quarterback position, I don't know, the backup, maybe he's better.
[551] Who knows?
[552] But, like, the thing with A &M is, like, this season was always going to be an adjustment, but you have so much money as a university that when portal time comes around, you can find somebody better.
[553] Yeah.
[554] Well, they are giving a lot of that money to Jimbo Fisher, but go ahead.
[555] And with that Notre Dame, Texas, and M game, I think.
[556] I drastically overestimated Notre Dame's offensive line going into this game or underestimated them because it was like six combined starts and then they just came out and dominated where every time Riley Leonard ran with the ball outside of that fourth down where he got called short which clearly didn't it felt like it was a guarantee like six yards every time.
[557] Yeah, it actually was shocking because it felt like the run game was stifled so much in that game but Notre Dame carried the ball I think it was 5 .8 yards per carry and rush for almost 200 yards in that game with their two really good backs.
[558] Riley Leonard obviously opens another sort of door for the Notre Dame offense with his rushing attack on his legs.
[559] And I think you're right, Taylor.
[560] I think that to Notre Dame's credit, Mike Denbrock had a really good game plan.
[561] And I think that he schemed around a sort of inexperienced offensive line really well and helped them out with sort of some protections from tight ends and running backs and such.
[562] So anyways, I was very happy on Saturday night.
[563] I went to bed, a very happy little boy.
[564] I just growled up in my little bed, smiling, ooh, yay.
[565] Notre Dame won one of these games that we, like, typically don't win, especially on the road against an SEC school.
[566] We don't play a lot of SEC schools, especially to start the season.
[567] So I think it had been like 20 years or something like that, crazy since Notre Dame had won a road SEC game to start the season.
[568] So we're recapping the wild week of college football, and it's brought to you by Cheez -It.
[569] We're feeling the cheesiest, coach.
[570] Heck yeah, we are.
[571] Jeez, cheese, cheese.
[572] So, Lucy, we're going to play two games today.
[573] In the first game, we're going to rank some hot takes.
[574] And the ranking scale is one to ten.
[575] One being, not that have a take, 10 being, this is a scorching hot take.
[576] This take is Deion Sanders and Pat McAfee coming for all this stuff.
[577] This take is uniquely Miami.
[578] This take is so hot.
[579] It's going to send your eyebrows off.
[580] So where do you want to start with our hot take ranking?
[581] Well, I think I have to start with this one that I obviously did not write.
[582] Iowa's offense will finish last in the big 10.
[583] It's not, it's a one in the sense of it's not a hot take because like they do that a lot.
[584] It was, but I disagree with it.
[585] Okay.
[586] Okay.
[587] So not a hot take, but not a take you agree with that.
[588] That's interesting.
[589] I wonder if we could rank.
[590] No, never mind.
[591] We're going to overcomplicate this game now.
[592] So Iowa was like a tail of two halves with the offense, right?
[593] It's, it's looked like same old Iowa in the first half.
[594] But then all of a sudden, second half, hey, guess what?
[595] We got 40 points.
[596] What the hell?
[597] That hasn't happened in like two years.
[598] So not a hot take, but why do you disagree with this take?
[599] I don't, I think there are worst offenses in the Big Ten.
[600] I think Minnesota's up there.
[601] I think Purdue is up there.
[602] I don't think that Iowa is going to be the worst offense in the conference.
[603] I definitely think they'll be bottom half.
[604] But I think that I'm hoping that the days of just purely dreadful, worst in the country offenses is over and that we've just transitioned to bottom half of the Big Ten, which is a huge upgrade, huge improvement.
[605] This game against Illinois State was the first time that Iowa had three passing touchdowns in a game in like four years.
[606] Okay, Taylor, what's your stat?
[607] Freshman Reese Vander Z. became the first Iowa receiver to record two touchdowns since 2022, not in a game, but for an entire season.
[608] What?
[609] really good.
[610] We're back.
[611] That's a great stat.
[612] Okay.
[613] So that's, you know, not not the hottest take.
[614] Cold take.
[615] Cold take.
[616] So we'll move on to maybe something a little hotter.
[617] College kickers, they're too good now.
[618] Lucy, I watch college kickers rip off 52 yard, 59 yard, 55 yard field goals all weekend.
[619] Am I crazy or is this just like a thing now where we can't rely on them to just miss these little chip shots and like we're we're going for it now and kicking field goals from these insane distances just what happened to the sport that I love you are 100 % right like where's the chaos my thing is is I haven't felt whole since Alabama got a good kicker like that was the most reliable thing in sports death taxes bad Alabama kickers and now we're not at that spot anymore and you're right everyone is making these insane 50 plus yard kicks we have to find a way to like spice it up a little bit.
[620] I've always thought that you should get points for dinging it.
[621] So maybe we add that in the equation.
[622] So people are going for like a little doink.
[623] Off the crossbar.
[624] Yeah.
[625] Yeah.
[626] Yeah.
[627] And then you add extra sort of like spice to it because wow, now you're down too.
[628] And if you doink it, you get an extra one.
[629] So then you're going to get some really wild kicks with people are trying to doink it.
[630] Doesn't sound like that was a hot take either.
[631] So what are we saying?
[632] No, it's not a hot take.
[633] I think it's a right take.
[634] I feel like we're going extremes here, what two, three?
[635] All right.
[636] Well, we need a hotter take than that then.
[637] Give me something that is a legitimately hot take.
[638] Shoot, I don't know what.
[639] Oh, USC might have a defense.
[640] Maybe that's the one that we want to go to.
[641] Okay.
[642] Go ahead.
[643] I can't like, like, they looks great.
[644] They looked great against LSU.
[645] I just can't say that fully with like my chest, my heart, my soul and believe it after week one.
[646] I think that's what I struggled with most this week is like looking myself in the mirror and being like, don't overreact to week one, don't overreact to week one, don't overreact to week one.
[647] So like all of these hot takes, like the only take that I feel pretty confident is Florida State's pretty bad, but everything else, like one game, I'm just trying to like keep myself grounded where it's like, all right, that's just a very small sample and we'll learn more week two.
[648] So I don't feel super comfortable being like USC has a phenomenal defense.
[649] They definitely have an improved defense, but that's also not that hard to do.
[650] So like a five on the take scale?
[651] I think that the most impressive thing about USC's defense was that they made tackles.
[652] They just didn't make tackles last year.
[653] Like they could not complete a tackle.
[654] Everyone, they tackled each other.
[655] True.
[656] They were so good at that.
[657] Yeah, but Lincoln Riley may have a good defensive coordinator over there.
[658] And if they're able to combine that with yet another fun offense, watch out Big Ten.
[659] You may be, you may be looking at the University of Southern California as your Big Ten champion at the I know it feels I saw the Big Ten patch on their jerseys to him like ah what is that that's so weird okay well do we have any hotter takes than that Lucy or or should we move on to the next stage of our show which is all bias aside I don't think it's a hot take but I do want to talk about it okay um I felt myself just like having to kind of reevaluate my life watching Penn State West Virginia because I have said time and time again that like Penn State has always just missed this like component of having like explosive fun just like a little extra seasoning on the offense and we finally saw that against West Virginia where there were big plays and and Drew Aller looked great so like I have been a firm Penn State's going to make it to the playoff and get blown out immediately and now I'm like I think they could compete with Ohio a state better than they have before.
[660] I'm not saying they're going to win.
[661] I think they could eventually advance in the playoff.
[662] Like, it's weird because once again, I'm trying not to overreact, but for the first time I watched Penn State and was like, wow, I see signs of life.
[663] Like, they needed that new offensive coordinator.
[664] And it's kind of weird.
[665] So I must, I want to apologize to Penn State fans because I on you all the time.
[666] And I'm buying in.
[667] Okay.
[668] Well, Penn State's explosive play rate against West Virginia, 99th percentile.
[669] That is, that's a, about, out as high of a percentile as you can get.
[670] You're right.
[671] It looked like they maybe figured some things out with their new OC, who came over from Kansas.
[672] We need to talk about his quote about the offense being like a blizzard.
[673] Well, maybe we'll get to that next week.
[674] Maybe we'll do like, we'll make Taylor edit a useless sound montage because he loves doing that so much for the NFL coaches.
[675] Oh, okay.
[676] He said he's in.
[677] All right.
[678] Well, let's play all bias aside then.
[679] This is the real breadwinner for our episode.
[680] is Taylor's game that he came up with.
[681] Taylor, is there any, do we have to explain the game or should we just get right into it?
[682] You just have to say all bias aside and then your statement and then just remember, just put your bias to the side of it.
[683] Okay.
[684] Okay, I'll start then.
[685] All bias aside, I don't think it's going to work out well for Brian Kelly at LSU.
[686] What was that?
[687] I'm on the table.
[688] I mean, not only did they get outcoached, but also his press conference afterwards was so, it's weird too, because as a Notre Dame fan, he sort of changed after the Come to Jesus 2016, Four and Eight campaign at ND.
[689] And like, I don't know what he did, but he was much more composed afterwards and like not purple -faced on the sideline screaming at people quite as much.
[690] And then like it fell like after that LSU USC game Sunday night.
[691] It was like, we were all the way back to like vintage 2011 Brian Kelly.
[692] And we're sitting here again.
[693] We're sitting here again.
[694] talking about the same things, about not finishing when you have an opponent in a position to put them away.
[695] But what we're doing on the sideline is feeling like the game's over.
[696] And I'm so angry about it that I got to do something about it.
[697] I'm not doing a good enough job as a coach.
[698] And I got to coach him better because it's unacceptable for us not to have found a way to win this football game.
[699] It's ridiculous.
[700] Do you think it's because he had a purple shirt on, and so it just brought the tones out more?
[701] That is a fair question.
[702] I don't think that that's what it is.
[703] I think that he just was really, really angry, and that press conference was very uncomfortable to watch because the way that he slammed his fists on the table, it was like he sort of like was practicing it all, right?
[704] I don't know.
[705] It was weird.
[706] But all bias aside, I mean, just Brian Kelly, things don't look good for him at LSU.
[707] No, they don't.
[708] Like, it's just, it always cracks me up because he'll go and just shit on his players in the press conference.
[709] I'm going to like, what?
[710] That doesn't sound like him saying his quarterback is bad.
[711] She's like blatantly.
[712] He said USC's quarterback outplayed LSU's quarterback.
[713] I like Donsfire too.
[714] He played well.
[715] And that's the thing that's so frustrating, I think, if you're an LSU fans.
[716] Like, you've got another quarterback that waited his turn, you know, stuck around, played really well in this game.
[717] The offense looked pretty good most of the time.
[718] And then once again, the defense is just like struggling to contain and they're getting blown up in the fourth quarter.
[719] So big win for USC, but all by us aside, Brian Kelly's situation looks not great right now.
[720] All bias aside, Dylan Raola at Nebraska.
[721] Wow, he looks really, really good.
[722] This is going to be a good year for Nebraska.
[723] Bull eligible Nebraska.
[724] He was 19 for 27.
[725] 238 yards against U -TEP, which I know is just like against U -TEP, but considering like the pain of the Martinez brothers and everyone to follow, they're not brothers, but they're all Martinez's, to follow at Nebraska.
[726] It's very obvious that Matt Ruhl was the right hire.
[727] And Nebraska, I feel confident in saying, is a good football team.
[728] Hang on a second.
[729] Are you playing the game right?
[730] Taylor, give her an example of all bias aside the right way.
[731] I think I am.
[732] I hate Nebraska.
[733] Yeah, but it's all bias aside, Omar and Hampton is the best running back in the country from North Carolina.
[734] To be able to do what he did against Minnesota, knowing Carolina's quarterback situation, Minnesota was selling out to stop him, and Omar and Hampton still carry North Carolina to win.
[735] So all bias aside, I'm putting my bias aside, you see?
[736] Yeah, so I don't get it.
[737] Put your bias aside.
[738] So, okay, I'll give you another one.
[739] All bias aside, who wouldn't want to play for Marcus Freeman?
[740] I mean, he had Notre Dame so pumped up before that Texas.
[741] Now you're playing the game.
[742] He was dressed impeccably.
[743] He was stone cold, locked in, aggressive play calling, going for it on fourth down.
[744] Hasn't always been his strong suit at Notre Dame, knowing when to go in and win a game on offense.
[745] And he just was just super, like, composed and confident in his team.
[746] And just if I'm a recruit, I'm watching that.
[747] All bias aside, I don't know where else I would play.
[748] I feel like I get to game now, but I also feel like, I don't want to subject the listeners of this show to more Iowa offense talk.
[749] I don't think they deserve that, and I know they don't want it.
[750] You're a better person.
[751] They've made it clear they don't want it.
[752] Okay, here, I'll give you another one then.
[753] All bides aside, Michigan might be in trouble this year.
[754] They look like they don't have their quarterback situation figured out.
[755] Lucy, big game this weekend, Michigan and Texas.
[756] What do we make of Michigan coming off their national championship win, obviously?
[757] But a lot of the coaching staff gone, maybe some offensive holes, some gaps, but still maybe a good defense?
[758] Like, what do we have in this game?
[759] Yeah, the defense is great.
[760] I don't think that's a question at all.
[761] The quarterback situation is very much an issue for Michigan, and we've been hearing wrong things of that all summer long.
[762] It's like Michigan does not have this quarterback situation figured out.
[763] Talent -wise, Texas has more talent, much better quarterback, much better backup quarterback.
[764] So I don't really see a way that Michigan wins this game.
[765] I think that Texas pretty much outmatches them in every sort of category.
[766] The only way that Michigan wins and competes is doing the Big Ten thing of just dragging you down to their level.
[767] You're going to suffocate you and make you play sloppy, nasty Big Ten football.
[768] I just think that Texas is better.
[769] Okay.
[770] So I think you're getting the gist of the game.
[771] I'll do one more just to make sure, all bias aside, Miami, they should not be eligible for the playoff because their non -conference schedule this year was so easy.
[772] They were supposed to play Notre Dame this season, which would have given them a top 10 team on their resume to start the year.
[773] And instead, They had this game against Florida, and now they're playing a few cupcakes.
[774] A USF, not terrible, but still.
[775] And then they play this ACC schedule, which without Florida State, I mean, is there any real trouble for them getting through the ACC?
[776] They just should not be considered as part of the college football playoff, even if they win the ACC.
[777] I know that they're supposed to, you know, get an automatic buy if you're a ranked conference champion in the top 12.
[778] But Miami should not count for any of that.
[779] All bias aside.
[780] Agreed.
[781] She's getting the game Taylor.
[782] I couldn't have said it better myself.
[783] Clip that for social.
[784] Okay.
[785] Well, Lucy, what else do we want to do before we wrap up this edition of Gen CFB?
[786] It's kind of an interesting slate this weekend for a week, too.
[787] Obviously, we talked about Michigan, Texas at noon on Fox.
[788] The late games, Nebraska and Colorado, like you mentioned, Nebraska, true freshman quarterback, Dylan Rayola, the highest rated quarterback recruit, I think, in program history against Dionne is Colorado.
[789] We saw them play last Thursday against North Dakota State.
[790] They obviously won.
[791] But what do you expect from this?
[792] This is kind of, I think a lot of people will be watching this.
[793] It's going to be 7 .30, but a peacock game.
[794] How about that?
[795] Our friends on peacock.
[796] I think Nebraska wins.
[797] I actually think Nebraska, like, pretty easily takes care of business.
[798] I think that North Dakota State, like, yes, Colorado won that game because North Dakota State was five yards short of a Hail Mary, you know?
[799] True.
[800] Like, they weren't necessary, like North Dakota State was in the entire time.
[801] And the play calling from North Dakota to say it was kind of atrocious.
[802] So, like, had that game been a little better coached, I think they would have won.
[803] There's still a lot of issues with Colorado.
[804] And as good as Travis Hunter is, as good as Shador is, that's end of list.
[805] Yeah, I think, I think Colorado looks very similar to last year.
[806] And maybe if they did fix sort of some of the issues they had in the trenches, those are things that might take a while to mesh.
[807] So unclear how much they really were able to fix those things, right?
[808] Like it's, it's only week two.
[809] And so it should be a interesting matchup against Nebraska.
[810] I think a lot of people are going to tune in and be like, wow, this freshman kid is actually so good because he looked really, really good this past weekend.
[811] The other prime time game is Tennessee versus NC State at 730 on ABC.
[812] NC State had a really weird week one game against Western Carolina in which they were tied going into the third quarter, I believe.
[813] Grayson McCall is their quarterback.
[814] He transferred coastal Carolina.
[815] And Tennessee has another quarterback that is going to, I think, really impress people.
[816] Nico I Amaleva, he looked really, really good against Chattanooga.
[817] Obviously, it's Chattanooga.
[818] They're not a P4 team.
[819] But Lucy, who do you have in this Tennessee, North Carolina State game?
[820] Oh, I have Tennessee in this one.
[821] I think their offense is too good.
[822] but I think this is a better test.
[823] NC State always has a really good defense.
[824] They always have a super strong linebacker unit.
[825] So I'm excited to see Tennessee face someone who's a little more up to the challenge, but their offense is really unbelievably good as Josh Hypo always has.
[826] So I think Tennessee wins.
[827] I think they compete really well in the SEC because I guess there's not an SEC East anymore.
[828] Sad.
[829] The last, I think the last game will mention really quick, Boise State at number three, Oregon.
[830] Oregon was weird this past weekend.
[831] Oregon, Michigan, UCLA.
[832] they all got the second screen treatment, for me at least, because I was watching Texas A &M and Notre Dame, but they all really struggled in week one.
[833] So Boise State's running back, Ashton Janty, ran for 267 yards and six touchdowns in week one against Georgia Southern, now going up against Oregon.
[834] Boise State is one of those teams that if they do really well and win their conference could be a playoff team.
[835] Do we think Oregon pulls off a win here?
[836] Yeah.
[837] That's confident.
[838] Yeah, pretty confident.
[839] That's a one on the hot take scale from Lucy.
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