Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 1: Colorado lands 4 highly rated recruits, Matt Eberflus poor clock management

Episode Date: November 29, 2024

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson are joined by four very special guests on this Thanksgiving edition of Nightcap: highly rated high school recruits London Merritt, Alex McPherson, Quentin Gibson and Carde Smith stop by the show and each of them have very special announcements to make: The four-star recruits all committed to Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. Later, Unc and Ocho react to Chicago Bears HC Matt Eberflus fumbling the end of game clock management in loss to Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions and much more!03:13 - Show starts03:34 - Intro05:10 - London Merritt commits to CU19:00 - Alex McPherson commits to CU28:31 - Quentin Gibson commits to CU36:39 - Carde Smith commits to CU46:10 - Lions v Bears(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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there are three games on the slate today. Really only one we're really interested in and that was because of the bonehead plays by the coach. But anyway, we'll get to the NFL games, there are three games on the slate today. Really only one we're really interested in and that was because of the bonehead plays by the coach. But anyway, we'll get to that a little later. But Ocho, before we get to the game, we got some very, very special guests we'd like to introduce. The first guy that you guys see on your screen

is from Atlanta, Georgia, but he's out of the IMG Academy. He's a defensive end, he's six foot three, 255 pounds, and his name is London Merritt. London, welcome to the show. We hear you got a very, very special announcement you wanna make. The floor is yours. Well, first of all, I wanna thank God

for giving me the ability to play football at this high of a level. I wanna thank both my parents for pushing me to my limits every day, sacrificing everything for me. You know, without them, I wouldn't be in this position today. You know, I want to thank all my coaches from Little League all to now. I want to thank all my trainers, you know, John Lewis, Dez Walker. Now, I also want to thank my agent, Cliff Hill. And without further ado, I'll be commending to be Colorado University.

Okay. Congratulations, man. Congratulations. Sir, I appreciate you. Hold on. I just thought about something. Now you could you you you said thank you to everybody, but you ain't thank me. Can I can I get some type of you know what I'm gonna thank you after I will be whenever

you come in. I want to work. Oh, time out. time out, time out. I'll be there tomorrow. I'll be in the mall. Let's go on the fan. I play left tackle. I play right tackle.

And I studied you. I did my research on you. I know what you can do. You're the real deal. You are IMG Miami. I'm in Miami. I'm right down the street. So I've been watching.

You know, I've been watching. I did my homework. But I'm just telling I know your moves. I know what you like to do. Now listen, what you can't, you can bend real good. You got a few moves. You got a few moves in your arsenal. So I appreciate that.

You're working good. Hey, and your first step, nigga, you got a first step. You got a good first step, but I'm telling you what I could do. Once I anchor down, once I anchor down at the point of attack, it's over for you, boy. All right, I'm gonna let you think that. All right. I'm going to let you think that. All right.

I'll be in Atlanta tomorrow. That's all I got to say. We'll do it. London, you had an opportunity to go to a lot of big schools. Originally, you were scheduled to go to Ohio State. We know what Ohio State, as far as the defensive line, the Bolsa brothers, Chase Young, Vernon Goldstone, they normally have high round draft picks

at the D line position. What went into your decision? You flip and all of a sudden you're going to CU Colorado. Coach Prime is very excited about that. What went into your decision to all of a sudden says, you know what, I think CU is the place for me. Well, it was just, you know, the way that Colorado believes in me. And then just the consistency from Colorado.

You know, Ohio State, you know, especially Coach Johnson, you know, I love them a lot. But at the end of the day, it was a business decision for me. I had to bet on myself and I felt like it was just a better fit for me. Better fit for me and Colorado's, you know, defense, you know, with their staff and everything in that nature. So that's the main reason why I decided to go ahead and make a decision with my family and flip over to Colorado. Have you spent any time Warren Sapp is on that staff as an assistant? We know what Sapp is. He's the first battle of Hall of Fame D tackle, one of the premier D tackles

in NFL history. Have you spent much time talking to Sapp? Yeah. Every time I, every, every,, well every day I was there, you know, we was talking, he's crazy, I love him a lot. You know, he brings a lot of energy to the room and you know, that's just something I need.

You know, I need somebody on my back to get on me when I'm not doing what I gotta do. Right. Coach Prime loves, he loves players with swag and he lets guys be themselves. You know, celebrate, Hey, celebrate, just don't hurt the team. But I want you to be yourself. I'm not going to force you to be something that you're not.

If you play with a lot of emotion, you play with a lot of passion, as long as you're not hurting the team, that is who I want you to be. Do you, do you, is that how you play? Is that one of the things because you see how the guys holding up this? The guys doing they haven't seemingly having fun. Yeah No, of course. I mean you should See it like why you see I thought that was footlocker. No, it's like basement like you see it like Oh, I got that way, you know I'm saying but um, but yeah on the field, you know, I got my little celebrations

You know, I come out, you know how close coach Coach, um, said, you know, look good, feel good, play good, you know what I'm saying? So then they pay good. Oh yeah. Yes, sir. So what are some of the personal, what are some of the first, obviously you say you're going to get there, uh, the spring. So you're an opportunity.

I think you'll get an opportunity to practice in the spring and hopefully, you know, see what you can do. But what's your goal? What's the goal for you London, your freshman year? What do you want to accomplish in your first year at CU? Definitely want to, you know, become a freshman All-American, you know, freshman, first team.

This, you know, I just wanna or um, this, you know, because I just want to be a freshman all-american and then um, that's one of my main goals when I get there. So I'm gonna, you know, work my tail off, you know, I'm gonna let Coach Brown know that's what I want to do. So I'm gonna work my tail off and um, you know, prove it and just prove it to them. You know, there's also some, there's also some, I can't hear my parents, I'm staring. There's also some, I can't hear my parents up there. But I, you know, some goals in the weight room that I got to handle too, you know, I'm trying to get my 40 down to, you know,

four or five, you know, 225 for at least more than 30 times. So, you know, just things I needed, I just, I got, you know, set my goals for. Yeah. You know what, I do want to congratulate you again. You know, there were other schools that you could have chosen, but you're choosing to go to Colorado again with a legend and Deion and one that will allow you to be yourself.

And I think that's very important. And not only are you getting a coach, a very, very good head coach, but you're getting, you're getting, how do I say it? A player's coach, which is very important, especially for the younger generation, a coach that can relate to the younger generation, can relate to this era. And not only a coach, dude, you're getting a person like Prime, man, that can also be somewhat of a father figure as well. And someone that will help you become a man outside of your immediate family. And I think

that's also a good thing. And the fact that he's going to allow you to be yourself. I think that's very, very important for Pram to be able to understand on how the players of this era are able to enjoy themselves and express enthusiasm with their play and the passion for the game. So for one, I want to congratulate you. And you will have a good time over there, man. You get more than just a head coach. And you might not understand it right now,

but you'll get it on the back end what I mean. Yes sir, of course. I appreciate that. London, if you were to compare yourself, who are some of the guys in the NFL that you look at and says, okay, I kind of want to pattern my game out to him. Ocho. I think, um, I'm not definitely, um, definitely, um, Michael Parsons, you know, I watch him a lot and, um, you know, I'm a, I would say I'm versatile, you know, I can play all over, all over the line and, you know, and I definitely see myself playing the way he plays, you know,

he listens from linebacker plays, you know, all in the wide nine, you know, in the tight five, you know, there's all over the line. So, um, that's just, you know, that's my main comparison, you know, Do you like to stand up or you like to put your hand in your dirt? You're more comfortable with a 43 being down, like you said, in the nine, the shade, seven technique, and the three, four defense, you mentioned it's like a five-eyed, like damn, you want to be a tight defensive end. So what you see yourself sliding up and down the line, wherever you can find a weak link, that's the door handle you want to pull on. Oh yeah, of course. You know, anyone on the line, you know, cause like I said, I'm versatile, you know, anywhere, anywhere they need me, I'll be there. So I'm, I'm good standing up and good, you know, coming up in three point stance. So, um, why nine, five, five, three, anywhere.

That's live. Coach prime. Also, he also like, he's like, look, obviously these guys come here and some of them have aspirations to go into the next level and I want that to happen. But I want to create great men. I want to create great fathers. I want to create great husbands. I want to create great community leaders.

Academics is something that he stressed. What will you have you decided on a major? Yeah Probably major in business and finance Okay, that's that's that's that's a good, you know How do you handle your business and then your finances to take care of themselves and you know where your money's going? Yes, sir. You mentioned your course. You mentioned your mom and dad, how they pushed you, and they motivated you to become the best version of London that you could possibly become. Talk a little bit about your parents.

Well, ever since I was little, my parents instilled greatness into me. My dad has been everywhere. He spent, my parents spent so much money, they'd sacrifice so much things. They sent me to He spent, my parents spent so much money, they've sacrificed so much things. They sent me to IMG, my junior, like the beginning of my home or halfway through my junior year, so I can get ready and develop for college.

That's kind of a big move because I'm not home, it's different. It's like a Martin college, but at the end of the day, it's about my development and me my development, my, you know, and me being ready for the next level. So, you know, dad, he pushed me since I was a little kid, always now, and then even farther. So he tells me one thing I like about, you know,

Coach Prime, he, you know, he always says, he'll keep it a hundred with you. He will tell you what you're doing is right or wrong. That's the same thing my dad has been doing since I was a little kid. You know, he has been telling me, you know, he always says he'll keep it 100 with you. He will tell you what you're doing is right or wrong. That's the same thing my dad has been doing since I was a little kid. You know, he's been telling me, you know, everything I don't want to hear and everything I need to hear. So he's just, he's not going to, you know, baby me or tell me, Oh, you had a pretty good game. Now if I had a bad game, he'll tell me how to bad game and what I need to work

on. So definitely I appreciate both of my parents. You know, my mom's there. My mom helps me with the school part. My mom don't play bum, the school word, you know? So they like a lot. They like parents, you know, my mom's there. My mom helps me with the school part My mom don't play bum the school word, you know So they like a lot they like how you know, of course Brian doesn't play around either cuz you know Why we why we was there we kind of did like a day in life thing there, you know Like a day being above, you know, and he randomly, you know puts up people's grades on the No, no on the board or whatever. So my board was great. Yeah. So my mom, my mom, well, my mom already owned me, but my grades, you know, so she liked that. And so now she ain't got worried about, you know,

me slacking in school, whatever, because go from going to be on. Yeah. Hey, is there a specific team that you like in NFL? I'm not saying where you want to go, but I'm just saying right now, as far as watching the game of football, do you have a specific favorite team and a favorite player? It doesn't have to be your position just in general. No, I don't really have like a favorite team. I'm just kind of watching players, you know, I like watching the Ravens. But my favorite, my favorite player is Michael Barsley right now. I just, I watch him so much and I just model my game after him so much. So that's just kind of my third player is right now. But I like watching, I really like watching the work. So outside of Michael Parsons, how do you feel about Miles Garrett and TJ Watt?

Oh yeah, no, they're both very good. Um, Miles Garrett, he's versatile too. He's strong, you know, he heavy handed. I would, if I would like take some ass shoots from him, I would say our hands are similar. You know, I'm heavy handed too. I like to strike people, I like to hit people. You know what I'm saying?

So, and then, you know, the pass rush is there. Guys, congratulations. We appreciate you making this announcement on club, Cheche. We greatly appreciate that. Yes, sir. Appreciate it. I mean, what'd I say? Oh, my bad, night cap.

London, before we go, guys, that's London Merritt, defensive end, six foot three, 255 pounds, from Atlanta, Georgia, but from the IMG Academy. Seems like IMG Academy Colorado has a pot line from IMG Academy because he's the first of many that's gonna be headed to see you. London, congratulations. Yes, sir.

And don't duck me. We'll keep an eye on you and we'll see you down the road. I'll be in Atlanta tomorrow, don't duck me. All right, bet, just let me know. Oh, Smoke, you know what it is. Yeah, you know, I know, don't worry. Yeah, all right. All right.

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Listen to Against the Rules on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Woo, man, IMG Academy must be had a heck of a defense. The next guy that has a very impressive announcement that he wants to make, he's a six foot three defensive end defensive tackle, 260 pounds, also from the IMG Academy. He's Alex McPherson. Alex, I heard you got some very interesting news you want to break tonight on night camp. and 60 pounds also from the IMG Academy. He's Alex McPearson. Alex, I heard you got some very interesting news you wanna break tonight on night camp.

The floor is yours. I definitely have some exciting news, but I wanna thank the two people first. First and foremost, thank God. I wanna thank my parents for being there for me every step of the way, sacrificing so much. I wanna thank my family, uncles, aunts, cousins, all of them. I also want to thank Ruben Carter, George Bailey for helping me get to where I am. Training wise, and my coaches from IMG.

I also want to thank the coaches from Oklahoma State for, you know, respecting my decision, understanding that a relationship we've built has been really strong. But at the end of the day, like Ron said, it's a business decision. So without further ado, I'll be taking my talent to University of Colorado That's what's up man Congratulations Baby, I must have had a heck of a defense that had you on one side London on the other

I'm really I'm reading your bio here, your defensive end defensive tackle, but you played a lot of other positions. You played tight end in high school, so obviously you got great hands. What made you flip to the other side of the football? Because if you're tight end, you like, you know, touchdowns and the crowd screaming and all,

and all of a sudden, did you grow out of the position or you just felt better hitting people as opposed to getting hit? Defensive player. Alex, if you grow out of the position or you just felt better hitting people as opposed to getting hit? This is a player. Alex, if you don't mind us asking, you mentioned that Oklahoma State, you originally had committed that you were going to go to Oklahoma State and then you last minute you changed your mind and you flipped to go to CU. What were some of the things that went into your decision that caused you to say, you know, obviously you had a strong liking for Oklahoma State because you originally committed

to them and then all of a sudden you change, you know, you you had a strong liking for Oklahoma State because you originally committed to them. And then all of a sudden you change, you know, you reverse field and then you go to see you, what was some of the things, what was the major thing that made you change your mind? Yes, sir. Um, you know, the obvious is it's hard to pass up all those guys that have been where you want to go. And I think that's the best thing to help me get there.

You know, the guys that have been there, done what you want to do, and they know what it takes. So, yeah, like that. What do you think you bring to Colorado's program that along for coaches prime vision and what he's trying to accomplish and having a consistent winning program at Colorado? I know he talks a lot about off the field character, which I have a great character off the field, very humble, you know, to myself. On the field

strive for greatness, you know, they help that too. So I'm always trying for greatness, I got a great character on the field. It's very different character on the field than there is off the field. So. Right. What can, what can the student body, what can the alumni, what can the community of, of CU, Boulder, Colorado, what can they expect to get out of Alex MacPherson? Oh, a great player that's always going to do his best to help the team win. Uh, off the field, you know, I'm always open to meeting people, talking to them. You know, I'm really just like a chill guy off the field, you know, I'm always open to meeting people, talking to them. You know, I'm really just like a chill guy off the field. I'm not the same guy off the field.

You know, you see these kids like be cocky or whatever. Not want to talk to people. That's not me. I like it. Listen, I know what you're talking about. Oh, you got it. No, no, go ahead. Yeah, I know what your long term goal is. Obviously Colorado being a stepping stone to get to the highest level, which I'm sure the childhood dream of yours. But what are your short term goals as far as Colorado goals once you get to school?

Again, like one just said, I want to be on the field early. Freshman All-American is in my mind and I want to get bigger, faster, stronger to get into that next level. I like I have one question as far as nutrition is concerned. Do you eat McDonald's? That's very important when it comes to being successful. If it's late night and nothing else is open I'll eat some McDonald's. Let's go. That's what we're talking about. Freshman All-American coming right now. I'm telling you boy. I need to have the McDonald's All-American coming right now. I'm telling you boy I'm looking at your bio Alex your six three two hundred and sixty pounds and I'm looking at some of the guys that

That are that plays in the league the level that you want to get to Who are some of the guys that you kind of pattern your game after and says you know what? I kind of want I kind of want to model my game after here So I've heard a lot of comparison of Max Crosby like the way we play. Yeah I was a good one. I don't really like to compare myself to people to other people you know because everybody's a different person but um I mean Max Crosby I think is my closest comparison. Okay let's go away from comparisons. Players that play your position that's in the NFL. Is there someone that you look you you look up to or you kind of model your game after and not compare? I'm not comparing.

I'm just saying some of you might your game after and look up to as far as someone like you if there was a player that you would want to be like or maybe even better even better than who would deserve? I like Max Crosley, he has a high motor. Okay. He definitely has a motor. What were some of the things, Alex, when you went on your visit to see you, what were some of the things that sold you and said, you know what, instead of going to Stillwater,

I think this is the place for me? Going back to what I said about all the people there, all the people around, like I saw Oto on my visit, like that's just one of the people I saw. There's all these... Wait, you saw who? You saw who? That's me. I'm an intern, so when you get there in the spring, I'm an intern there, so we're gonna

be seeing each other. But yeah, like I said, all the people that are around there, that if they tell you to move a hand a certain way, a foot a certain way, it can always help you, you know, get to that next level. And then one of the things I like about that is they can tell you what separates the people that were great and what separates the people

that were good. Know what I mean? Obviously, I'm sure you had conversation. I asked London about SAP. He's one of the premier defensive players that's ever played in our game. He played at a high level for a very, very long time. He was a defensive player of the year. He was an all decade player. And obviously, he's a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

What is it about SAP that you like talking to him about? That I like talking to him about? Yeah, talking to Warren Sap. So I'm sure you had conversations with him. I mean, just ball, you know? What he did to get himself better. I mean, that's really it. Like on the sideline before the game, he came up,

he was chest bumping my dad, and he was saying, Leave your boy here and he'll have fun came up, he was chest bumping my dad. He was saying, leave your boy here and go have fun. Yeah, that was pretty cool. But, uh, like I said, just talking about ball, how we got to where he was and all goes back to like the people around there that know what it takes and they know how to get to them. You mentioned that your mom's a DUI lawyer in South Florida.

Um, so tell me, tell me the role that your mom's a DUI lawyer in South Florida. So tell me, tell me the role that your parents played in your upbringing and helped you get to the player, the person, the man that you're the young man that you are into the transition. Hopefully you become an even better man and even better football player. Tell us the role that your parents played in that. Since the young age, they were on me hard about my future. Like as soon as I started playing football, they were like, you got to be locked in because I mean, you're gonna have a future because I was big since a young age. So yeah, and we're always in church, you know, so I love God and we're a big Christian family. So that goes along with Chris Pine's

culture and all that. That's live. Well, you know, everything always starts at home. The foundation for any man, young man, regardless of what sport you play, regardless of what you do in the outside world, it always starts at home. And based off what I've seen so far, listen, your parents did one hell of a job, man. And I'm wishing you luck when you do get the Colorado I'm gonna be seeing you there because I am an intern. I just got another job. You know that they were primed So I'm excited for you. I'm excited for you. I hope you have your family your parents are excited, and I know you're gonna do well We're sorry. Thank you. We're all excited

Alex we're looking one more thing before we get you out of Alex Well, I'm looking at your defensive end defensive tackle is. Is there one that you favor other than the other? Do you like playing in space? You like the three technique, you like the shade, or you like to be the nine technique, you like to be able to seven technique, you like to be able to five. What do you favor?

What's gonna get the best out of Alex's experience? I like to say that I think I'm more productive on the inside because usually I'm a lot quicker than the guards so I I'm a lot quicker than the dog hurts so I can Okay, you get faster. I like being in space because you can move to and space but uh, I think I'll be more As a defensive tackle because I can move quicker than a lot of the dogs Well Alex we want to thank you for coming on nightcap tonight making this very very special announcement Congratulations to you and your family.

There's big things ahead of you in your future. Uh, see you getting some, uh, got two great players and, uh, we're proud of you and we wish you the best we're going to keep our eye on it. So I'm sure we'll have a conversation again next year. Thank you for having me. All right. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate you, bro. Our next guy that's going to make this very very special announcement.

He's out of Fort Worth North Crowley house. He's a wide receiver. He's five foot eight, 165 pounds. He runs on the four by one relay, the four by two relay. So normally when you guys out of Texas and they will play wide receiver or skill position, they normally can run. Yeah. So here he is without any further ado, Quentin Gibson, Quentin, the floor is yours. Take your time. Young man. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. QB, QB. Before you go, before you go, before you go outside of the four by one, what else you run or on the phone by today? Let me run the open event last year. OK, OK. I'm doing it. You think you're faster than me? Yeah.

We come again. Yeah. You could be me in the 40, 60, come again? Yeah. You could beat me in the 40, 60, 100, 200. No matter. Hey man, don't play me like that, man. No, I'm serious. I'm asking you a real question. I'm serious. All right, line it up. When and any day.

All right, where you at right now? You in Texas? Yes, sir. Okay, I'm gonna come, I'll be out there Saturday. I'll be, we can do that tomorrow again. Okay. I'm asking come, I'll be out there Saturday. I'll be, we can do that tomorrow again. Okay, I'm gonna- I'm asking you, Rich, you have this game. All right, say less, I'll be there.

I'll be there. And then they say the pepper smoke you on, yo. I'm just letting you know, and that's with all due respect. I think- Quint, you got a very special, Quint, you got a very special announcement you'd like to make, the floor is yours. First, I would like to thank God for giving me

the chance and opportunity to be where I am right here today. I would like to thank my family for being there with me through the ups and downs and the sacrifices they made for me to be at this point. Also, my coaches from Little League to now for developing me to the man I am today. I would like to thank my trainers from 365 Training

for pushing me and helping me throughout my process. With that being said, I'll be committed to Colorado. Let's go. That's what's up. We out here. Go bus. Quinn, what went into this decision? Obviously, you know, uh, going into your senior year, you didn't have a lot, but

then you got Mississippi state, TCU, Kansas State, Illinois, SMU, and a lot of other schools. What was it about your trip to Boulder that changed your mind and said, this is the place for me? So when it's my decision with me wanting to be brought into a school that was like them, and like everybody that's been around Coach Pram, been with Coach Pram for many years. So like, what was the, what was the best option? So like, what was the big option? Yeah, that is true. Anytime you do play for Coach Prime, obviously you being able to talk to him, you understand what you're getting, not just as a coach, but as a mentor, almost a father figure.

And I continue to say that to the other athletes that we've had on there because he was a father figure and a mentor to me during my time, during my playing days, and even still long after, you know, my value in NFL is no longer worthy. So I'm excited for you. I'm happy for you. I've seen you, I studied you, I know what you can do. So I understand the contributions that you're going to bring, you know, to that team and that squad.

So dude, I'm happy. What do you hope to learn from Coach Prime before you get there once you in that, that controlled and structured environment? Really? I hope, I hope to learn from Coach Prime before you get that once you're in that controlled or structured environment? Really I hope to learn, shoot really how to be a better man in life, you know, outside of football but with this with that football what is going to take for me to get to the next level where I want to be. Yeah. The one thing I can say about Coach Prime if you look at his skill position players and the wide receivers, he puts the ball in the hands. Be it Travis Hunter, be it Webster, Shepherd, it does not matter.

He wants the ball into his playmaker's hand. You consider yourself a playmaker with elite speed. What do you hope, what does Quentin bring to the CU offense? Well, I bring the ability to flip the field, no matter where we at. And I bring, you know, consistency. We like, so if you need a third down conversion, throw me the ball.

Hope to feel like the shoes of Lil' Jontay West and Jimmy Orme. Yep. Yeah. When you're the youngest, you have six siblings, you have five sisters, one brother, you're the second youngest. What is it like being in a family that size?

You say you're the second youngest, so is your sister the oldest or the sister the oldest? Yeah, I have a sister that's the oldest. It's like, really? Growing up, there was a lot of girls in the house, so a lot of girls in the house. A lot of different attitudes going on. I had my brother, my mom sometimes,

I was my sister more. It is what it is now. So you get to see you, you look like, I think you're gonna roll into spring, and so obviously you're hoping to make an impression to show everybody who Queen Gibson is What do you hope to bring? What can this what can the student body what can the the alumni what can they expect from you in your freshman year?

What do you want to accomplish in your freshman year? I just want to make history like whatever it takes like it could be most senior, most freshman touchdowns, some receiver, anything. I just want my name to be in his two books. Are you returning to awesome? Yes sir. Wow. Yeah. Okay.

So you want the ball. So in other words, he want the ball in his hands, old Joe. He say, they can point it to me, they can kick it to me, hand it to me, throw it to me. Just put the ball in my hands and I can make a play. Yes sir. And all you got to do is show him, start starting in the spring. Just put the ball in my hand and I can make a play. Yes, sir. And all you got to do is show them. Start starting in the spring. You put the ball in my hands, I'm going to do something with it every time.

I'm going to deliver like Amazon. Next day, two days, three days, it don't matter what it is. You got to walk with that confidence and you already got it. There's a certain thing that you can, coaches can coach. And just sitting here exchanging with you in this short amount of time, you already got it. You got that it factor. All you got to do is take you already know what I'm trying to say take what you got now take it on the field

and the rest is gonna be history it don't matter who you plan week in and week out yes sir quit when I look at you obviously is there something about guys receivers that come out of the state of Texas we expect all them to run four three or faster who are some of the guys that Texas. We expect all them to run four, three or faster. Who are some of the guys that when you look at your, I mean, you're five foot eight, you're 165 pounds, but so that lets me know you got speed to play with, you got speed to burn.

Who are some of the guys that at the next level in the NFL that you was like, okay, I can do some of the things that he does? I can say like Tyre Kill, Terp'n. I like Terry McLauren. Yeah. I feel like I flip the field like Tyre Kill. I can't track the ball like Terry McLauren.

Got the speed like Terp'n. I like that. I like that. You got to thank y'all so much. I had to throw another quality in there for him real quick. He left that one out. Well, Quentin, congratulations, man. That's that's the CU family. I'm sure they're very, very excited to get you.

Coach Prime spoke very highly of you when I talked to him the other day. You're joining two great guys that's also going from the IMG Academy. It looks like this freshman class is going to be something special, something that CU can build on because it looks like they're coming off, they're going to be coming off a great season. We'll see what happens the last game of the season on Saturday, and then they're going to a bowl game, so hopefully they can win that. And so that means you guys coming in, you're gonna have to have a lot on your shoulders

because to see you that the last five or six years is not to see you today and what's gonna be tomorrow. So again, congratulations to you. Look forward to following your career. And I'm sure Ocho and I and Nightcap see you down the road. It's down the road. I'm gonna see you Saturday. I'm gonna see you Saturday at the game. And I got. I'm going to see you Saturday. I'll see you Saturday.

And I got my spikes, too. I want no excuses. No excuses. Yeah. All right. Yo. Guys, I know you told me. I know we told you we're going to have three guys,

but we got a surprise. We got a fourth guy that's gonna be joining us and making this special announcement. You ready? He's coming, give us, oh, there he goes. The guy that just joined us is a six foot five, 295 pounds offensive tackle from Mobile, Alabama out of Williamson High School.

Cardi, they call him Smitty, Smith. Cardi, what's good, what's good? Man, congratulations, man. We're excited to have you all here at Nightcap, the Nightcap family, and you make this very, very special announcement. Hopefully it's the first of many announcements that you're gonna be making that's very, very special.

The floor is yours, take off. So we have a little technical difficulties, bear with us guys, bear with us tonight. We have some young men just making some very, very special announcements for us. We good to go now? And so just bear with us. We really appreciate these young men coming on and sharing these very, very special announcements

with us. This is very, very big for them. A lot of don't get this kind of platform to make these kinds of announcements. So we really thank these young men for giving us their time and giving us this opportunity to showcase them. All right, Cardi, we got everything situated now. The floor is yours again. First, I want to give a big shout out to my mom, my dad.

It's been shout out to my mom, you know, that's where my bat ball. What I give a shout out to my coaches, my teammates, and all my little league coaches, and everybody that got me in this position, basically my whole family. And with that being said, I'll be committing to Colorado skull bugs. The bugs, the bugs.

How to, Smitty, you wanna be called, you wanna be called Smitty or you wanna be called by your friend? Okay, Smitty, okay, that's what I, that's all we need to know, Smitty. How did you come to this decision? Really just, you know, going up there, I've been up there twice, I went up there

for the Baylor game and the Cincinnati game. Really just sitting down talking with Coach Field, Coach Prime and all the other coaches, and just seeing that I have a chance to come and play early as a freshman, that was really the main thing that set it off. Oh yeah, hey, what are you looking forward to most about competing at the collegiate level, boss man?

I just want my shot. I just want my shot to go take. And I get it. They go, they go feel it. What is your expectation? The left tackle is a true freshman that's starting. Is that your goal to go in there in the spring, earn a spot and say, look, I'm not, I look, I ain't trying to redshirt. I ain't trying to rate a year and get rotational plays. I'm starting, I'm trying to be a day one starter

from the jump. Yes sir, that's my definite plan, you know. I feel like I can go in there. They give me the chance and I feel like I can beat Wayne about to take that spot. I like that. Hey, I have a question, right? Like I want beat Wayne about it. I'll take that spot. I like that. Hey, I have a question, right? Like, I want to change the name.

I'm going to call you Boss Man Smitty. All right. OK, dude, we rolling with that. So from now, your name is Boss Man Smitty. Smitty, you decommitted from USC, right? And you chose Colorado. What went in your decision that made you want to do that? Really just the environment that I was around with Colorado coaches.

It just feel like family more. Really Coach Phil, you know, Coach Phil a real dude sitting down with Coach Phil, he telling me the answer not, and this and that about Colorado and seeing that, you know, he actually played in the game, having a coach that actually played at that position. And you know, it was really the best in his time,

you know, where he couldn't turn it down. Plus the opportunity to play it really. I'm looking at your background. You played basketball also? Played a little basketball. A little basketball? Middle school. Yeah. You played basketball also play a little basketball a little basketball You are you are you are grew you are grew to court

Did you did you run track did you throw the shot the discus no, no, sir So you just once once once you just started focusing on football you like, okay This is gonna be my ticket up out of here. Yeah, once I took off with it, it was always very dangerous. I'm reading your hometown. You grew up in Mobile, Alabama. Obviously, that's where the senior bowl is located. Have you ever gone and watched those guys? Those are the guys that are the college seniors

or the underclassmen that goes down there. All the scouts are there to get an opportunity because those are the guys that's gonna get drafted. Have you ever gone down there and watched those guys practice, watched the game? Yes sir, I ain't go to no one last year, but it used to be at lag, you know, we used to always go up there every time they had the game,

we used to go out there at lag, tailgate, then go watch the game, and after you know, get to meet the players and stuff. Yeah. That's awesome. Obviously you wanna play at the next level. When you look at some of the offensive tackles, you got Jay, obviously you got Trent Williams,

you got Lane Johnson. That was too awesome to say. Special Lane Johnson. Oh, that thing, okay, go ahead, I'ma let you, go ahead. You know, Trent Williams at left half, you know you got Lane Johnson with Philadelphia at right half. You know, I really say Lane Johnson, because you know, he played my position. Def, you had Wright tellin' me. You know I really studied Lane Justin

because you know he played my position. Yeah that boy, he different. He is, he is. Great feet, great hands. If you notice those guys, they never lazy with their feet and they're never lazy with their hands. Because these guys are the next level, Tremendous.

They real good, if you get lazy, it don't take more than half a step and they bite you. Yeah. They are. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

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Here we are talking to you, but there's a lot of people behind the scenes that are responsible for you being here today. Oh, yes. Speaking of that, I also want to give a shout out to Coach Dev. Coach Dev, you know that Colorado, one of the recruiting coaches, he's one of the first dudes that hit me up, got me in tune with Colorado.

I want to give a shout out to Coach Dev. All right. Well, boss man, we appreciate your time, man. We're gonna keep an eye on you. We'll be following you to see, hopefully in a couple years down the road, where you'll come back on here and say, hey, my time to see you is up.

It's time to take it to the next level. So congratulations to you and your family, man. And we'll be seeing you. Thank you. That was Cardi, boss man, boss man, boss man, Smitty Smith. Boss man, Smitty. London Merritt is a defensive end.

255, he's going to Colorado. He decommitted from Ohio State going to CU. Alex McPherson, he decommitted from Oklahoma State going to Colorado. And Quentin Gibson is a speedster out of Fort Worth, Texas, North Crawley High School, wide receiver, 5'8", 165 pounds. That was the four guys that made their announcement here on Nightcap. For the first time Ocho, we've had high school seniors make an announcement of such magnitude here. It's the

first of many, I'm sure. Hey there, it's Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Liar's Poker. On every author of Going Infinite, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Liar's Poker. On every season of my podcast Against the Rules, I take a broad look at various characters in American life. The referee, the coach, the expert. My next season is all about fans and what the rise of sports betting is doing to them, to the teams, and even to my family. I'm heading to Las Vegas

and New Jersey and beyond to understand America's newest form of legalized gambling. Listen to Against the Rules on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Now let's get into it, Ocho. The Lions beat the Bears 23 to 20, but that wasn't the story of the game. So Caleb Williams had one of the great, the second half was as good as he could possibly throw it. The plays that he made outside of the pocket, the way he threw the ball from the pocket, and he had a couple of drops in there too, Ocho.

But that he was undeterred. He ran. Now, it wasn't smart that you try to get slick and try to, you know, stop on the diamond, cut back when you're going on the bounce. Going out of bounds. We hit him in the knee? Going out of bounds. Don't play.

They're not going to let you get away with that because they saw what Patrick Mahomes did and they saw guys fooling before. So they're going to punish you if they get there. So just going out of bounds. But uh, it was. Caleb Williams got sacked Ocho. When he got sacked, it was 33 seconds on the clock. They have a timeout. One. It's about. They got one. It's about to be third down. Take your time out. Now you got 33 seconds. Ocho, even if you don't get it, even if you don't, you still got fourth down. How do you go from 33 seconds and you keep your time out

and you won't run only one plate with 33 seconds? Because if you complete the ball and bounce, Ocho, you should be able to run your field goal unit on the field, get your other players off the field with 18 seconds. So even a play only lasts what? Five, six seconds? Let's just say for the sake of argument, Ocho, we're going to say the play lasts 10 seconds. Caleb Williams, scrabble around, it took him 10 seconds.

You still have 23 seconds to get your field goal unit on the field to get your other guys off the field. That's more than enough time to get the ball snap, get it held, get it down and get a kick up. Honestly. Um, and I mean, no disrespect. I'm all for people having a job. I think it's very important to have a job, but that was coaching malpractice.

Not only that was coaching malpractice. I think he must have been betting against the odds out there in goddamn Vegas for not calling that goddamn timeout. You know, that is a fireball offense. And I'm not going to ever stand on my soapbox and say that someone should be fired. But for them to have lost the last five, I think, what, five or six games, and this is a game that you had an opportunity to go for at least high and go into overtime and see what you could do in overtime. I can't believe, you know, coach did that that he didn't call the time and also on Caleb Williams. Understand you have to have better clock management in your head.

If your coach is not on point the way he should be and really being on top of the time and how much time you have left, Caleb Williams as a player who's played at the big level out there at USC, you should understand how much time is on the clock and what you need to do in those situations to make sure it doesn't happen again. So this is for one, the coach you should already know. You should already know this is coaching malpractice, but Kayla Williams this is a situation if it ever comes up again during your tenure in the NFL, understand clock management and how important it is

to give your team a chance to either tie or win a game. That's a bunch of bullshit man. Keenan Allen says something very interesting. Oh yeah that's a good shot. No. Keenan Allen said as players we played well enough to win this game. Bingo that's a good shot. Think about what he's saying. Think about the underlying tone and what he's saying. I know the underlying tone. Okay, yeah. Look, if I'm at Iberfluce, if I'm Iberfluce,

Ocho Aru just took the fine, and I'm not talking to the media after that. Right. Because then he gets up there and says that bulljive that we got what we wanted, and I'm good with it. That's ridiculous. You sound foolish. It sounds like a man that no, he made some made a mistake and want to die on

that hill instead of say, God, that's on me. Why that's on me. I should have called a timeout with 33 seconds. Right. What's wrong with how you run one plate? Right. 33 seconds. Right. What's wrong with this?

How you run one plate Right. with 33 seconds is absolutely a fireball offense. And I have never advocated for anyone to lose their job. Right. Because I understand how precious jobs are. But you can't continuously make the mistakes that he's making

Right. and remain in that position. And then come out there and give those bull jive excuses or those bull jive answers to why it's played out. It's too many times, there's a real current theme that if you notice Ocho, anytime they put a receiver in, it's always a new receiver in. It's always somehow the ball finding.

Or they put a new DB in. Somehow the ball always goes his way. You watch it in baseball. The ball somehow always will find him. Basketball, a new guy comes in, somehow the ball, damn, we want the ball to end up your hands with the last second, but damn, here we are. It keeps coming down, Ocho, to plays like this.

When you have to understand the situation that your team is in, and you have to understand the situation that your team is in, and you have to make split second decisions, he let his team down more times than not. Yeah, most definitely. Listen, and decision making like that is the difference between not winning, not losing the past five games. The seconds like that, listen, it's a game of inches.

It's a game of inches. And the coaching. Is one of the reasons why teams win. That's what do you think the difference is in the Detroit Lions before Dan Campbell got there and the Detroit Lions while he is there? That's coaching. That's coaching. That's all that comes down to being able to execute the plays. I know some of it is on the players, but also the coaching, it has to come together

and work as one, but you can't be coaching like that. You know, and having a situation like that and wanna say the excuse you use and not take accountability, how you think your players feel? Yeah, it's a- Like just listen to what Kenan Allen said. Players don't normally react to a game like that

and coach under the bus. There's a disconnect. There's a complete disconnect in the locker room. Ain't no disconnect. They've lost confidence in their head coach because the thing is with situational football, you have to practice certain situations. You have to practice fourth down.

You have to practice two minutes. You have to practice no huddle. You have to practice fourth down. You have to practice two minutes. You have to practice no huddle. You have to practice being in certain situations. So therefore, if you're in that situation, you'll know how to respond. We practice running the field goal unit on the field, we getting off the field, and it's with 18 seconds. So we practice certain situations.

Get out of bounds. Make sure you try to get the ball to the official. Don't aim all that. Don't throw the ball. Cause Hey, look, they're not receivers. They're old. Hand them the ball. Yeah. I just don't get it. And like I said, I don't, I don't, uh, uh, Jimmy Johnson said, it said in 70 years of being around coaching, he's never seen the level of dysfunction that the Bears have right now.

And I can't say that I disagree with it because it's reoccurring if Ocho is week after week. I can see if it's a one-time thing, Ocho. That's an accident. Right. But you know what else? And speaking on top of what Jimmy Johnson said, he said he's never seen any kind of dysfunction.

No, it's just not this year. It's just not this year. You're trying to change the culture in Chicago in general, the culture, the winning culture in Chicago has been going for a very long time. It's been going for a very long time and being able to contend and compete year in and year out on a consistent basis. All of that starts at the top. And in the middle, it starts for the coach and then it lingers into the players.

So until you get that middle ground the right way. Everything else is going to falter and it starts with little shit like today. It might be little, you know, because it's one game, but it affects the entirety of a season because bad decisions will continue to be made. Oh Joe, I don't know what they said, but normally when we went on, we would go on the field, especially as the last drive. We got two timeouts. We got one timeout. We got no timeout.

If you can get the ball out of bounds. All things being equal. timeout. If you can get the ball out of bounds. All things being equal. We'll take a five yard game and get out of bounds as opposed to a 10 yard game and not get out of bounds. So we've already gone through situations that we could potentially see in a game. Because there's only one way to handle a situation. It's just like everything else. You practice first down, you practice second down, you practice third down, you practice second. Now you practice third down. You practice gold line in red zone. Okay. There are certain certain situation.

Now you can't practice everything, Ocho. But hopefully you play football long enough. You'll know with 33 seconds and you got a timeout. After a sack, you automatically take a timeout. I don't know what even Flus was even thinking. The funny thing about the first thing you do because the official is standing right there by you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's the side judge. You write a timeout.

Timeout, timeout, timeout, timeout. And the funny thing about it is, is you got to rent. You got to rent. You got to rent that play, right? Now you got to call that timeout. Ran ran another play. And I'm not sure what your signal was on where the special team is already ready. And we used to yell fire, fire, fire, fire, hurry, hurry up. There's enough time on the clock. There's enough time on the clock.

You come out and you kick the field goal. And hopefully before the clock hits zero, you have them execute that field goal and tie the game and take it into overtime. And then boom, now you got a fresh start and hoping you can get down there and score. That's it. Even ball gaming at that point. But you don't even get a goddamn chance. And they had the momentum.

They had played extremely well yesterday. They had the momentum in the ball game. I thought Detroit got away from running the football. There's another, Ocho, at some point in time, you're gonna have to stop making excuses for Jameson Williams. You gotta stop. You've gotta stop making excuses for it.

Oh, the fumble? No, that's give. The hitting the guy in the face with the football that's standing on the sideline. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He almost cost his team. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the kind of, see, that's the kind of the immaturity. I'm trying to figure out what could the guy possibly on the sidelines

bro? Why are you talking? You're not even in the game. Let that sink in for a second. You're not even in the game and you talking right? You didn't the game first and then I'll address you. I ain't addressing nobody on the sideline. Right? What made it even more egregious is that it was after the play, so the down already counted. So now they back you up 15 yards. And then he gives to the sideline and he's arguing with Antoine Randall-L

trying to explain what he did. Bro, shut up. There's no, offer with no explanation In the words of the great Billy Holliday function, I don't explain What are you In a great words of who we should know by Billy Holliday I'm trying to figure out trying to figure out. Oh Joe. What's his explanation, right? Everybody saw what you did. He said something you turned and flipped the ball in his face.

You lucky he ain't running, put his foot in your ass. Yeah. Hey, I got a question for you. Now that we talked to the Bales. Now I understand what Jameson Williams did. You know, I'm, I'm going to talk to young bull. I got young bull. I got young bull on the line too. So I'm going to talk to him and you know, you know, you can't do that.

You can't cause your team, especially as well as y'all are doing right now. But what you think about chat, y'all tell me what y'all think that what you think about Bill Belichick to the Bears. I think wherever Bill Belichick goes, as long as they have a defense and a quarterback that you can work with, Caleb Williams is a quarterback that you can work with. He's someone that you can win with based on his skill set and what he can do. What do you think? It's because what I'm going to do on two on Wednesday, when we,

when we do inside NFL, I'm going to bring it up on the show. I build, what do you think about your opportunity and having a coaching job in Chicago? There's a defense, a very, a very adequate defense that you can work with one of the better corners in the league and Jaylen Johnson, who's that you can work with. One of the better corners in the league, in Jaylen Johnson, who's my little nephew, you got a quarterback that you can develop in bold and understanding what it takes to win. I mean, who says no to that?

Then you have an organization that's gonna give you the keys. They're gonna give you the keys because you have an understanding on what it takes to win, what it takes to build a winning team. Here you got six, seven Super Bowls. You also, you wanna go get that coaching record

from Don Shuley, you wanna break that, right? Now, boom, you have organization gonna give you the keys and allow you to build the team you need to build to be able to contend and compete in that NFC. Why not take it? Yeah, cause that division ain't coming back. This is what even clues when he addressed after the game, he said, I hope was that we rerack that play at 18 seconds, throw it in bounds, get into field goal range

and then call our final timeout. So you see, Ocho, he doesn't understand. you don't need to call a timeout with 18 seconds That's more than enough time wait get your field goal unit on and off the base more Way more that's the same was where we were that I was decision-making process on that We were outside of field goal range no jive Sherlock and needed to get a few more yards in there as the closer we can get We're going to call time out. That's why we held the last time. So in other words, now you go into next week, you got four

timeouts in the first half. Oh no, you can't use that timeout. Disappointed for our players. They put a lot of work on and on a short week and put themselves in position to win that game. They did. And you denied them that you, that part you got right on a short week and put themselves in position to win that game. They did. And you deny them that you that part. You got right on a short week.

Our players, we didn't play the best first half, but we played an outstanding second half and we put ourselves in position to win the game. And my boneheaded play, my boneheaded situational awareness, likeack the lack cost. I T gave more games are lost than one in the NFL. Exhibit eight. I like to, I like to present this. Your honor.

Exhibit eight of how games are lost. Yeah, I don't get it. I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't get how he continuously finds himself. If you notice, like I said, when you make bonehead plays, somehow you always find yourself with that situation week after week until you correct it, until you rectify said situation. Bro, call the timeout, call the timeout. You can run your, like I said, if the, if the play only. Oh, Joe, call the timeout. You can run.

Like I said, if the play only cost you eight seconds, I gave you 10 on the long end. Hopefully, Caleb understands that you can't run around. But I just, I don't get it. And I said it in real time. I'm like, what is he thinking? What the hell was he thinking? Why would you not call a timeout with 33 seconds left?

I don't know. Everybody said the same thing. Again, it's coaching malpractice. It made me think he had money on the game to do something like that. To not even give your team a chance to win, especially with what you've been through weekend and week out with the losing, the close games,

the games you played well. I mean, like, come on, man. Give yourself a chance. There are multiple scenarios when you're down in that situation that should already be going and be playing in your head, not just the one you explained at the goddamn podium. There are multiple scenarios that you should play on. Okay, what do I need to do? Split decision, fast decision making.

You know, if you don't have it, then your quarterback gotta have it. But your quarterback is supposed to be learning from you. So if you ain't got it and you the head man, nigga, how he supposed to know it? But definitely to hear no there. Caleb will know and have a better understanding of time, you know, and how much time you have to use,

you know, as he gets older and a little bit more mature in the NFL and understanding. Explain that to him. Let him know, hey, we got one time out, Caleb. So, hey, if you get sacked, don't be afraid. Let's not be afraid to use that time out. Yeah. The Lions knocked their first Thanksgiving win in eight years. Jerry Groff threw two touchdowns to Sam Laporta. Golf 21 to 34, tworaw threw two touchdowns to Sam Laporta Golf 21 to 34 to 21 to touchdown while the Detroit Gown ground game led by Montgomery and Gibbs ran for

194 yards on 37 carries Yeah, they look They got I mean that first that third quarter went by so quick it was like Chicago got a possession, scored a touchdown. Detroit got a possession, scored a touchdown. And Chicago ran two more plays and the quarter was over. Yeah. So what you needed, because what Chicago,

the Lions couldn't get off the field on third down, Ocho. They get them in third long, it didn't matter. Caleb Williams made some great throws. Guys ran great routes. Guys got open. Yeah. And Detroit couldn't get him out to feel on third down. And so tick, tick, tick. You keep your offense off the field.

Now they get they get out of sync. And the next thing you know, Chicago makes this game close. Probably should have went to overtime at worst case scenario and we see what happens in there. But, uh, Chicago, the players played well enough, but it was their coach that made a bonehead decision that, uh, that, uh, that cost them the game. Hey there. It's Michael Lewis, author of going infinite, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Liars Poker.

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