Green Light with Chris Long - Baseball Watchers and Bowling Alley Chicken

Episode Date: October 30, 2019

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Happy Tuesday, everybody. I'm going to go through my weekend. I'm going to go through last night's Barnburner, NFL news. I'm going to talk about baseball. I am a prolific baseball watcher. Also, Barrett Jones will join me and shit I saw. Pretty cool! Got a podcast!

Hope it doesn't suck. What'd it do, baby? Kauai Leonard is patenting that phrase, so I'm going to get it out while I can. Um, this weekend, well, first off, welcome to Greenlight. That's the name of the show. I'm not going to sell the show being good. If you think it's good, keep watching.

If not, plenty other podcasts, um, and shows to watch. This weekend, I was very productive. I did not drink all weekend. I was very healthy, pillar of health. Um, I did one productive thing that improved my health further. And that was I got a burner account on Twitter. I'm admitting that. Am I the first person to admit to having a burner account? Maybe. Is it smart? Yes, because if you ever find my burner account, you won't roast me like Romney,

Katie, Calangelo, especially. I will not blame it all my wife. Meg has nothing to do with this. I just got so tired of looking at my timeline. And the other day, somebody who I had followed as a courtesy, I realized had unfollowed me. Maybe they didn't like something I said. And I never, like following that person anyway so I was so excited it was like a weight lifted off that I could hit that unfollow button and I realized I don't like most of the people I follow like as far as their timeline is concerned it doesn't mean I like I don't like them personally they're bringing me down on a daily basis and I can't wade through it to read the stuff I actually want to read so I started a burner account and the first person that can actually find my burner account I will fly you here to

the prestigious green light studios in Charlottesville Virginia This is wine country. We have a lot of restaurants. I'll take you out on the town, have you on the show, but you got to find my burner account. I'm also having trouble because at night when I get high, and I'm on my burner account, I forget that I'm on my burner account,

and I go to read my replies under tweets I have, my actual account, and I get angry at some of the replies, and I nearly respond. Like, hey, don't say that about me. I'm going to be the first one to directly give away that I'm using my burner account. Hope it doesn't happen. You know, I mentioned this weekend I was a pillar of health, no drinking.

Two weekends ago, not so much. It's all about balance, one in one. One weekend you drink a bunch of beer, eat some fried food. Next weekend you live clean. That is the post-30 formula along with mixing in some waters. Two weekends ago, I went to the mecca of unhealthy living and I went bowling. been in a long time. I was there for a birthday party on a Friday night, not a kid's birthday party, believe it or not. My dear friend Kenny turned 34. Happy birthday, Kenny. Thank you for throwing your

party at a bowling alley. We do like going bowling. Hadn't been in a while. The lanes were packed. Like bowling is frozen in time. It is still 1998 at bowling alleys across America. It's like baseball to me this time of year. Not sure who actually watches baseball. you open up Twitter, you go to a sports bar, everybody loves baseball. Walk into a bowling alley in 2019, it's still there. Not a lot of overhead and keeping those things, the lights on in those bad boys, I don't think. I mean, what does it really cost to run? One thing they do have to pay for is delicious food.

I was the brave soul that opted not to eat dinner before going to the bowling alley the other night, and I needed something to preface the 236 ounces of Miller. I was going to consume while bowling a 113. And chicken. Chicken. Chicken was my choice. I was thinking to myself, I have to be healthy. I'm going to have a grilled chicken sandwich, probably a mistake, at least get a flash fried.

And I bit into it. It was crunchy. I shouldn't have been surprised. Not great. There's a lot of places that you could get. I mean, first off, the lady looks at, when the lady looks at you, like, are you sure? That's a problem.

She looked at me like somebody hadn't bought one in there since Kingpin was in theaters. And I should have taken notice, but I bit into the chicken and it was disgusting. And I had me thinking, where's the best place to actually get chicken that's not a restaurant, like non-traditional spots? Like, there are a lot. Gas stations would be one. Gas station chicken is chef's kiss. Terrible chef's kiss, by the way.

Very uncordinated. I won't eat gas station sushi. Not my favorite. I draw the line there. I eat airport sushi, not gas station sushi. But one place that has pretty good chicken, and I know some people on the set will agree with me, is strip club chicken.

I can say that. That's okay to admit. I've had strip club chicken. East St. Louis has some good strip club chicken. Gas station, it's an 8 out of 10. Strip club chicken's like a 10 out of 10. It is the holy grail of non-traditional chicken sources. East St. Louis, again, it's a staple.

It's usually served on a nice bed of fries. You have to anchor all that guilt and shame that you have when you are at a strip club at 1.30 in the morning, you come home smelling like cigarettes. and strip club chicken. You got to carve up for the anxiety-ridden Sunday, or Monday or Tuesday, depending on who you are,

that you're going to have. You know, there was a restaurant in northern Virginia. I shouldn't call it a restaurant. It was a gentleman's club called Crystal City. Crystal City Restaurant. It's an abomination to the acronym CCR, and I'll tell you what. They serve sushi

right under the performer. That's what we'll call them. For $260, I looked this up, and I've never been, but I have friends would have been. You can spend an hour in the back room, and you book that hour through your server. So after you get brought a plate of mahi-mahi with baby powder on it, just baby powder falling from the sky, dusting your ma-hi-mahi, you get to go to the back room for an hour. And it's disgusting. I would not eat sushi at a strip club. That's where I draw the line.

Strip club chicken, A-OK, C-C-R, glad it's closed down. I don't want to be insensitive to the performers that made their living there. But sushi is a no-go at a strip club. Another thing this weekend is the Titans continue to be the bane of my existence. First, they take the Oilers, coolest uniforms in football. then I go 0 and 3 in my professional career against the Titans. I'm not sure I was winless against any other team. We could look that up later.

But that included a 47 to 7 drubbing back in like 2010, where I watched Chris Johnson pass by our defense like a Ferrari on the highway, and we didn't know what the fuck was going on. 23 to 3 we lost to Jake Locker, or actually there's 26 to 23. 26 to 23 we lost to Jake Locker in a tight ball game Barn Burner back in like 14 or was it 23 to 3?

Did we get our asses kicked that bad by Jake Locker? I think it was 23 to 3. The game we did lose 26 to 23 was an overtime game in 2018. Yeah, felt like 10 years ago. It was a year ago. And we lost an OT. We blew a side.

17-3 lead. Every time I played the Titans, it was something terrible, and they continued to whoop my ass post-football. I got roped into Chargers' second half plus two and a half two weeks ago and celebrated in a bar after a really bad day. I thought that was the bet that would get me back in it. I thought Melvin Gordon crossed the goal line. Obviously, he fumbled. Obviously. That sunk my Sunday two weeks ago and my Sunday yesterday or two days ago was sunk by uh Derek Henry looking like Jim fucking Brown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense the defense that held Sequin Barclay in check CMC in check everybody they played can barely sniff a yard the minute I bet Derek Henry under 62 and a half I should have known those damn Titans so yeah

Titans I respect you but I don't want to use the word hate at this point I don't like you you you continue to torment me let's get on to some NFL stuff Ravens Dolphins I said dolphins So yeah

It turns out the You know the show Greenlight is not just about Shrimp Club chicken It is also about the NFL Which is what I did for a very long time I've also been on a lot of bad teams And we just saw Greg Camarillo

Who came in on a white horse and saved the day about a decade ago in the twilight of a season that looked like the dolphins would go 0-N-16. So who's going to be this year's Greg Camarillo, when's that wind coming? You could see it very soon. I think you could see it against the Jets,

and that's no disrespect to the Jets. You could also see it towards the end of the season when the inevitable clash between the Bengals, and Dolphins happens. Listen, hats off to the dolphins, those players, they play their asses off. I know Flo, I played under him in New England. I like him. I wasn't crazy about his zero blitz on third and 20.

I wasn't crazy about how they turned the ball over. Haven't been crazy about all the decisions they've made, but those players are playing their asses off. And that takes a lot in the NFL. you are down routinely and you're the laughing stock of the league in the twitter era it has to be really hard to be on a bad football team and i feel like i cost them the game last night and i'll explain why they went up seven nothing i like them getting 14 points for the game naturally i pounded i didn't pound it i tapped the money line plus 206 the lead balloons to 14 my heart rate

goes down to about 48 nice resting heart rate not even nervous i got Fitzpatrick at the helm and then they collapse and I want to apologize to the Miami Dolphins organization for fading them by placing a bet I think that is because of me you will continue to be in the running for oh it shouldn't be an apology actually you're welcome because you'll you'll probably ship Josh Rosen to the Pats who will turn into a three-time MVP and Super Bowl champion It's just the way these things go. And you'll draft Herbert next year because you'll be 1 in 15 or 0 and 16. So you're welcome.

And you're welcome to the Pats for your future quarterback. That's what we call the butterfly effect. Rudolph up and down, really rusty in the first half, hit some nice those on the sideline. Not great over the middle. And then as the game went on, those receivers that you'd never heard of in Pittsburgh. They've done a great job of drafting receivers outside the first round since 2009, a bunch of pro bowlers. started making plays. And again, didn't learn much last night,

but that's why you loved football. It felt like a big game, and it wasn't. Make no mistake about it. I was in a lot of games like that when I was in St. Louis. I was on one team that I think might be worse than the Dolphins are this year, and that was a 1-15 team under Steve Spagnola, his first year in 2009.

The point differential going into week 8 for us was 151. The Dolphins is 148. These are negatives, obviously. Of course, we picked up our win at Detroit, thanks to a fake field goal to Daniel Fells. And that was our only win of the season. The dolphins obviously lost last night. I will say this, though. It is a lot harder to go 0 and 16 or 1 in 15 in a Midwestern climate than it is living in Fort Lauderdale like these guys are doing.

I'm not saying it's not hard, but it's nice and warm down there. we snapped a 17-game losing streak when we won in week eight and that was a big deal so two backup quarterbacks essentially last night in Rudolph and uh fitzpatrick although i don't want to disrespect fitzpatrick by calling him a backup he is a legend uh i think backup quarterbacks in 2019 are going to be when we look back at it the biggest storyline uh i don't want to say it's a hidden storyline it's right in our faces every week it's this big changing of the tide. I remember when I got in league, you've got your big five quarterbacks, you've got your Rathesburg or Brady, Breeze, Manning. I'm forgetting a few others, but

these guys are all going by the wayside due to injury or otherwise, and we're seeing an influx of new names based on decisions front offices have made or based on injuries. And there's going to be no bigger name when you look back at 2019 than Teddy Bridgewater, the job he's done, job that Sean Payton has done has been nothing short of spectacular. Bridgewater was not just a game manager in the five games he won since Breeze went out and everybody thought that maybe the best team in the NFC

would lose their home field advantage. The most important home field advantage in football. Bridgewater was anything but a manager. He beat good teams along the way and in his last outing against the vaunted Bears defense, he was six of eight for I think 148 on 10-yard plus passes. that's without Camara or Cook

so hats off to him hats off to Peyton they've done a great job I think he'll go down as this year's Jeff Hostetler and for those of you who don't remember 1991

late in that season along the way when the Giants won the Super Bowl against the bills they lost Sims for a couple weeks Hostetler finished the season he'd only had two starts prior and he won two games for him big games to get him in the number two seed in the playoffs and eventually sims comes back and they

roll to the super bowl but my favorite backup quarterback is my boy jacobi brissette who i saw firsthand in new england uh play admirably in some spots when brady was suspended actually in 2016. Backup head coach with the Josh McDaniels debacle, backup quarterback with Andrew Luxon Promptu retirement. The big question was can he win games? I think he showed that. No greater evidence than their big win over Houston two weeks ago. Offensively, they don't pick up a single rushing first down. That's all Jacoby. He's made big throws. He can manage games and he knows when to win them. And I think that's the Frank Reich effect as well. And that's Jacoby being a good student. Indy fans, how about y'all? You are lucky as hell. That horseshoe, I know where that horseshoe,

I know where that horseshoe is. Y'all have had franchise QB after franchise QB after franchise QB because I think I think Jacoby is. With no dip in production or lag time, you had Manning, you have luck, and now you have Brissette, all very different. And by the way, you have a really good roster and the Ballard situation has played out beautifully at least this year the most cap room in the NFL with that roster and that leads me to one of the biggest storylines in football and that is a backup quarterback because that's what Jimmy G was in New England 7 and 0 staring down the barrel of a season where it looks inevitable it in fact is inevitable that they're going to play the Patriots and possibly a Super Bowl preview.

Two seven and no teams. I saw Jimmy G. step in in 2016. He got us a big, big win on the road on Sunday night football to open that season with Brady. Suspended. He also looked like Joe Montana against Miami before his shoulder exploded.

I had a buddy in high school that his girlfriend cheated on him, and she also loved Tom Brady. So he hates Tom Brady. when Tom was suspended and Jimmy G looked like Joe Montan, he said that's evidence that Tom Brady is a system quarterback. Not so much. The truth is always somewhere in between. Jimmy G. Looks more like Jimmy G. in San Francisco. But again, that team is 7 and 0. New England is 7 and 0. It looks like a collision course.

And I think odds on favorites, I think I saw football outsiders had the two greatest odds to be in the Super Bowl. Patriots at like 35%. I think San Francisco. Francisco somewhere in the teens. There's a lot that they have in common, right? So there's the wide receiver trades right before the deadline, Sunu and Sanders, going to those two teams respectively to inject some life into two kind of middle of the road offenses. You have injuries to two key O'Lyman on both teams.

Joe Staley's coming back. You're getting win back in New England. You lose David Andrews. He's not coming back. They both use fullbacks heavily. Use check is out. He's coming back. The fullback in New England, Devlin, who I think is a big part of their success as anybody,

people freaked out about losing Gronkees, freak out about losing the guy that allowed you to get in 21 and pound the ball down people's throats throughout the postseason. It allowed them to morph into a different team last year in wins against the Chiefs, and most notably the Chargers along the way to the Super Bowl. missing fullbacks, wide receiver trades, injuries. The DVOA for these teams are one and two by a wide margin. Last week going to the game, I saw a stat where the difference between the two and three DVOA teams defensively, and that was San Francisco and Carolina,

was the same distance as the distance between the number three and number 2018. So that gap is massive. These two teams are all on their own. and they do it from the back end down. And that's what's really interesting. I don't know if Bill did this on purpose, I would assume he has, but they've built that team and they've said,

we're going to disregard pass rush. And I'll get to that in a minute. I think San Francisco has developed into a back end first team. They've obviously drafted up front. But the dec coordinator was in Seattle for three years, saw Legion of boom, 11 to 13. Joe Woods was there in the no-fly zone era in Denver, I think it was called. He was a coach under Wade, and there was the D.C.

And there he's helped in San Francisco develop those pieces that were kind of average pieces around Sherman into pluses. And now the D.Bs are killing it in San Francisco. I talked about pass rush. New England deprioritizes it, won't pay pass rushers. Chandler Jones goes. Tray Flowers goes And what they do Because of the Gilmore signings they can lock half the field

Down usually what happens is Gilmore goes on number Two and locks him Locks him down you don't have to worry about two Throw away the key and then on number one you have safety help And they zero up and they blitz a lot It ain't the front four making hay there And at one point they were on pace for 70 sacks That's all back end

It's a little bit less back end In San Francisco they've drafted three first rounders Really well in in Armstead, and obviously they've hit on a guy who should be defensive rookie of the year in Bosa, and they brought in D-Ford. But an interesting stat going into the last week was the pass rush win rate. When you look at that, that's how quickly pass rushes are winning. 2.5 seconds is a threshold.

San Francisco had 20 sacks going into that game. One in 20 happened in quicker than three seconds. That's good coverage. Four in New England's 26 sacks going into. this Sunday were the same way. And when you look at the Super Bowl implications, I look back at some of the most notable scheme-driven Super Bowl victories. The 85 bears, obviously that 46 defense that people weren't ready, they always had one too many. You couldn't block them. 91 pats, or not 91 Pats, 91 Giants, and Bill was there, and Bill's defensive game plan, people of jokes should go

to the Hall of Fame, as well as the 18 Pats, which obviously, to, defense to win 13 to 3 they beat the Rams. Two out of those three Super Bowls in the last 30 years, 35 years have Bill's stamp on them. And I think that this year's Super Bowl may very well have another Bill's stamp on it defensively. And the Bill's credit, they've all been different. So matchup problems for New England. I think they, I think if they saw San Francisco, they'd have trouble because of the run game and the D-line getting pressure on Brady with four. That's a big key. You saw it with the Giants. That's why. they were constantly harassing Brady

in Super Bowls is because they get pressure with four. You don't have to scheme it. Another matchup that might be trouble for the Patriots is not in the AFC. It's Drew Brise. He was 15 to 17 against the Blitz on Sunday in his first game back. He's a tough guy to deal with if they see him down the line. Quick hitters

here. We're on the NFL. I want to shout out Brandon Brooks while we're on the Eagles, giving up the lowest pressure rate of any guard in the league. 11 months off in Achilles. This guy's inhuman. He's like 316. pounds. Brooks, I know how hard you work. Shout out to you. Shaq Barrett. He went on a tear the first month and a half of the season. It's cooled a little bit. He just picked up his 10th sack.

Congrats on him getting double digits. And most importantly, picking up the bonus, $250K. I think he's going to rot away on a forgotten team, but I hope to do the right thing and put him in a Pro Bowl. Not the Pro Bowls mean anything anymore. Cudos to him. Andrew Whitworth is actually old and good enough to have actually beaten all 32 teams, I believe it is. JJ Watt, out for the season, Torres Peck, I believe it was. You hate to see that. Three years out of the last four, he's suffered major injuries and was still playing at such a high level.

He's certainly a future Hall of Famer. And if I had to bet on anybody coming back from an injury like that, it's JJ. Wish you the best. Chargers, four games in a row under 40 yards rushing. That is abysmal. Wizz and Hunt is fired. Funny tweet here. I mean, yeah, home field advantage in LA is not their strong suit. Melvin Gordon hasn't injected much into that offense. In fact, I think he could be moved. Boy, that started out looking like a good move for Melvin. and didn't turn out to be so great to hold out. There's a rumor going around,

started by Adam Schaefter on Chicago Radio that Bethard, who is obviously in San Francisco, might be shipped for Gabriel, who's in Chicago, who actually played under Shanahan in Atlanta, I believe. I like the trade for Chicago, actually, because I think you're going to have to do something about quarterback, at least have the option. And I like CJ. I think he played really well in the Packers game, I believe it was,

last year. Tough kid. Another thing about the Bears, Nagy took a lot of heat this week for his decision-making at the end of the game. Opted to kick a 41-yard or took some knees. That has a 27% miss rate, and the Bears have only fumbled on run plays at a 2% rate. So you can see the disconnect there. And he had 24 hours to dissect.

He said he'd do it again a thousand times. That means you would miss. I'm no math magician. But hey, make, 27% misses on a thousand kicks. What's that? That'd be a lot of misses. About 270? That's right.

Yeah. Don't know about that. I still think Nagy's a good coach. I think they have to do something to quarterback. So, enough football, I get bored with it. I am much more of a baseball watcher, as you all know. let's get to baseball. I'm going to have my high school coach join me

and tell me a little bit about the scouting report on me and my analysis. Little background here. A lot of y'all know me as baseball watcher. This is a four-scene fastball right here. What's a two-seat basketball? This is my high school baseball coach.

With the train tracks. This is Eric McGrane, also known as Wookie. He was my high school baseball coach for a long time because I spent five years in high school. You also coached me in JV Ball, right? Correct. And married one of my friends' sisters, who you also coached. That was messed up.

Sort of, but she's so good looking. I thought there was no chance that she would ever marry me. Not my fault. McGrain, bro. How do you like the, you know, people on Twitter, I know you're not on Twitter. I'm a big baseball watcher, and that's kind of my brand right now. Gotcha. So that's why I brought you in to kind of grade some of my postseason analysis,

but also to great some of my swag. What do you think about the Harper jersey? I think we're not off to a great start with that. He's played well in the World Series, hasn't he? Yeah, yeah, he's played really. It's good to see him finally in the World. It's good to see him finally in the World Series. Do you tell him he's not in the World Series?

Yeah, he might be playing for the Phillies. Go Phil's. I wanted to get into it. I mean, a lot of people are asking was I get at baseball because I'm really good at analyzing baseball, but in football, they like some of the analysis to come from great players. Was I a great player?

You were pretty good. You were really good. You had a very short swing. You had a quick bat. Short swing. Yeah, you had a nice compact swing, but you looked like a football player when you swung. That's bad? No, it was good.

I mean, the funny part was that you couldn't hit a damn curveball. I could remember practices. I threw, like, we were in the cage forever. I was just spinning balls at you nonstop. To the point where I was like, this is hopeless. Like, genetically, I just felt like. That happened? Yeah.

Maybe I blacked that. out. I don't remember. And I'll never forget your dad was like, you know, what's the plan? I was like, he's not allowed to swing at curveballs. Because if a pitcher saw you swing and miss at a curveball, I was afraid that you would get. So it's like a self-scout, like if we don't even try to hit curveball. No one will know that you can't hit them. Because I was like, it's high school. They got two pitches. And everybody knew who you were. You were the biggest kid out there. I figured every pitcher wanted to throw a fastball. So your batting plan was if it's straight swing. And you hit like 700. It totally worked. Yeah, 700 against.

fastballs, which is good. I mean, you had a great season. Because I'm, hold on. No major leaguers ever hit 700. Never. Never. You had a great season just swinging at fastballs. Enough about my weaknesses. Talk about my strengths.

So my favorite Chris Long moment was, so you took your junior year off from baseball. I did. I took a hiatus. And you came back your senior year. Yeah. And you were just, and you played lots of sports senior year. You're just having fun. Sports guy. And we were at Fernandina Beach.

on our spring break trip. And it was a night game. They had these low lights. There was some fog. Set the table. This is my first time back to Jacksonville and the Sea Turtle Inn. Correct. You're a Jacksonville residents watching the show.

So this is all right. We stayed at the Sea Turtle Inn. The last time I was there, I got kicked off the trip. We're trying to buy Swisher Suites with somebody else's ID. I walk into a 7-E-11. It's like the JV trip. So, of course, there's nothing in the Swisher Suites, but like JV athletes like to grab some cigarillos

and just walk into an alley. So it's me and some homeless guys, and I'm puffing these filtered swisher sweets with nothing in them. So I go to 7-Eleven and try to buy them at the C-Turtle Inn. You've heard this story. Yeah, Evan. Right as I try to buy the Swiss or sweets,

the woman would have thought I was trying to, you would have thought I was trying to rob the 7-Eleven the way she was like, police! It was an overreel. There was a cop. Yes. It happened to be, this was my luck. I always got caught.

There was a cop that happened to be in the parking lot, and he brought me back to my hotel. But my first trip back, I had a redemption tour. You did. You did. And it was that Fernandina Beach. They were a good team. And the kid was throwing real hard.

And this was like testing out the theory of don't swing at curveballs. And so it's your first at bat. We're all kind of wondering, like, how it's going to go. And he, I mean, he was throwing mid. 80s and you hit that thing a good. It was mid to high 80s. Probably. Maybe 96, 97, something like that. But good movement. You absolutely mauled it. Hit a complete laser like way deep over the lights into the woods. It was easy for 50. They called out a moonshot. It was a laser. You hit a lot of balls real hard. Okay. But my brother was better. Yeah. Okay. I mean, Kyle was better. He had that

classic beautiful left-handed swing. Ken Griffey. He looked like a big ass Ken Griffey Jr. But a white, like a whiter. Yeah. Yeah. He was, yeah, he had a very good swing. And I'll never, like, that was your home run. That was a missile that went 450. I mean, to the point where-

Could I hit the ball 500 feet? I think we had this discussion one day, like in the locker room. And I think it could. I think you could. Could Kyle hit it 550? Easy. Easy. So, I mean, that ball, I don't want to take anything away from your home run in Fernadena.

No, we're past that. Okay. I mean, that kid probably watches on Sunday and is like, yeah, I gave up that home run. Yeah, I gave up to. But anyways, but Kyle's was like, Kyle hit this ball in the state championship game against Paul the 6th. And it was like, you know, good home runs have like landmarks, right? You hit a parked car and the alarm goes off. You hit the bowl and you get a free stake.

So right field had this huge water tower behind it. And Kyle hit this hanging curve ball between the second and the third rung of the, the water tower. So it was like, it was no question. So he hit, he hit the curveballs. Yeah, he could hit the curve balls. He hit it. It was like, no question it was leaving the yard. It was like, is it going to hit the damn water tower? So he goes through the second and third water towers. I know it's a massive bomb because I look in the stands and everybody's got their phone out. This is, what year is this? I know. They had their, their fucking razors. Their flip phone. And I look up and everybody's taking a picture and everybody's kind of

shock. So I'm like, dang. There's no way you're catching that ball and midair the way the pixelation was in 2000. No way, but I think they were just filming. It was bizarre. So that stuck out. And then it was like once it went through the water tower, it was like over a fence into somebody's yard.

I mean, I'd love to see the layout of that field because that could have easily been 500 plus. Oh yeah, I remember the shot. Okay. So, but my favorite part, the thing that makes the home run even more epic, is that it lands in the backyard of some dudes that were just grilling on a Saturday.

Like the guy... So they're just grilling out there. They've never seen a ball hit their yard probably. Probably ever. Never. And all of a sudden, like the Bigfoot video, right? Of like back in the day when he's like... There comes Howie Long into their backyard.

And this guy's like... To fetch a home run ball. And this guy's like, hey man, I think that's Howie Long. And you know his buddies are like, dude, buddy. What the fucking Howie Long doing here? And your dad explains it like, hey. Howie, you want some barbecue? So that's my favorite is not only was it a massive bomb, but it includes these, like, random dudes that are like...

That was the most memorable day for those folks. I believe so. Yes, for sure. So, also, I want to admit something before we move on to my current job as an analyst. Got you. The day we beat Woodbury and that double header, I was hungover. You hit a home run in that game, too. Yeah, I played well hungover.

Yeah, I didn't know that. That's awesome. Well, now you know. we're past that we are past that we're just podcast guys now we're fine yeah we got kids we're fine we turned out all right a few notes here i had as i was watching because uh i hadn't watched baseball full disclosure i've been like rip rip van winkle with this shit like i took a long time off it's not that i didn't like i don't like baseball or no baseball i've taken 11 year nap it's like 162 games or whatever it's too much for me my ad d can't handle it but playoffs are cool i turned

it on the other night in game two I think it wasn't the top of the seventh right and they scored like 10 runs and I was like I could get used to this baseball thing so now I'm in right got you um so I had a few notes I want to see what you thought about my analysis first question I had is is is baseball the best sport to take a shit yeah yeah especially if you have a bathroom in your dugout yeah at stab we had a bathroom in the dugout I don't remember if I went in there drop any but yeah I believe it is you have a whole half inning to take a break high school diet that was It was like pregame was like 40 chicken nuggets. Yeah.

I could go to McDonald's and eat 40 chicken nuggets and think they were healthy because it's chicken. Yeah, baseball, you basically get, you get time off in between. Yeah. Unless you're hitting, but yeah, it's a great sport for that. What about in the major leagues? Like, do guys in between, and you played collegiate baseball, by the way. He's not some slouch. He's a legend.

And I'm getting better as time goes on because UVA baseball has gotten better since I was there. Yeah, so your stock is rising. It is. I would say that if you're a professional athlete, though, your chances of going and dropping a deuce are quite high. How many people a game in the MLB do you think take a deuce during games? I mean, it's got to be, it just depends on what your body clock is, right? What do you think the city is that people are taking the most deuses on the road? Los Angeles.

The food? Why? The late nights. The late nights. Yeah. I think he could cut up a little bit. Is Bumgardner an asshole? No, so I don't think so. He seems like sensitive guy pitcher, which is not a thing I'm...

I think with a name like Bumgartner, you've got to be a nice guy. Okay. But what about him being sensitive about every time somebody makes a play? Like, so much as watches the ball. I mean, that's the thing I don't get about baseball is all the unwritten rules. Yeah, but the unwritten rules make it great. Okay. Seriously, the unwritten rules, the game is.

game kind of polices themselves. I kind of like the unwritten rules. Is there one you think that should go? Because like a pitcher, he strikes somebody out. He can fucking pump his arms, scream at the camera and shit. Somebody hits a dinger. Fair. You get beaned.

You get beaned. Fair. Then you go to fight the guy and everybody runs out. I do like the baseball fights. The guy for the Reds this summer, he was impressive. I feel like there are some kind of moments. When David Justice first charged the mound and was the first guy to throw the helmet, he's the first one?

He was the first one that I remember that used the helmet as a weapon. I thought, that's up in this game. That's up in the game. There was a AAA game once I saw where, you know, typically what happens is the hitter rushes the pitcher and the catcher's right there to hold him back and nothing ever happens. Which is always a, it's a frat. So in a AAA game, this guy was like, he drops the bat. turns around, drills the catcher to knock him down.

I saw that. Before he goes, and I was like, that's up in the game too, right? Oh, that's a good video. And then my other third favorite fight was the, I forget who it was, some pitcher or somebody tried to like karate kick somebody and completely missed and fell on. That was another good one. I like Nolan Ryan putting that guy in like a- Ventura.

A headlock. Yeah, it was like, don't come after dad. That actually, I actually legitimately, I don't believe that a lot of baseball players can kick people's asses, like functionally out. in the world. Yes. Nolan Ryan has whooped a couple

people's asses. And I remember like Sports Center back in the day they were like one, two, they counted them out. It was like seven straight to the head. That's the way it should be.

It should. I think it's like hockey. It's so funny how we get up in arms about these fights in every other sport. We just let it happen in hockey. We actually like it as part of the game. I think we should make it part of the game

in baseball. Caesar Rodney, how would he do in a baseball fight? You mean Rodney for the national? Yeah, he's my favorite player. With the side-cocked hat. Yeah, I love him. He's 43.

He's the side-cocked hat, he's 43. I love it. He's actually in my notes here. What is the deal with Caesar Rodney? So he's an old guy that's been around the league forever. It seems like he's playing for lots of teams. Personally, when I watch the Nats, he gives me a lot of stress. And I feel like it's either a really good inning or a very, very bad inning.

And the other night he had a very, very bad inning. I think he walked two, gave up a single and a grand slam, something like that. I mean, that's an outing. I've had some bad ending like that. I mean. The last time I cried, like, in the middle of a sports game was Little League, I think, in the middle of it. Like, I've cried after a game, but I cried. I totally bitched up on the mound my 12-year-old year.

They were doing the county fair behind McIntyre Little League. Oh, yeah. Craig Builders lit me up for like that type of seized. Rodney and oh yeah and you know the crying on the mound thing and Little League is a real thing it is a real thing yeah if you're gonna coach Little League at some point how do you deal with kids that cry on the mound you you just gotta go give him a hug give him a hug I mean the one thing about baseball that is hard is it is a team sport but when you're pitching right or when you're hitting it's just you or if you're playing third base and the balls hit to you and you kick it

hot corner yeah it's what they call it in the biz yeah it's a very isolating sport. Like when you strike out, it's not like the safety didn't come help you in the defense. Like, you struck out. Yeah, it was just you. Yeah, it was just, and you got to own that, right? If you're pitching and you give up a massive home run, it's like, yeah, I did that. So it's very isolating. And so I think that that puts a lot of pressure on people. So baseball is hard for me looking at it because in football, like you said, we share a lot of the blame in baseball. All eyes are on you. You got to have some big balls to play baseball. What's the easiest position, though in the bigs. If you had a dream job, lowest pressure.

DH. DH? I think so. I mean, some people would say that mentally, you know, you've got to be able to shake off the bat at bad in between innings. But DH, right, you're only hustling if you hit the ball. I think that's probably the easiest job. Okay, some more things I had in my notes here. Is Altovae afraid of the ball? He has an elbow guard and a shin guard. What happened to him? So that's part of the, so while you were asleep, I feel like the padding for hitters has become a thing. All these hitters have these pat-

You never used to do that? No. I don't, I mean, I get it. Like the guys that get hit in the face that have the extra kind of jaw piece, right? I think Steinbeck and the A's was one of the first. Yeah, old rude. Yeah.

Like, I feel like if you got your jaw broken in half and busted, that extra piece is fine. But, you know, you got the shin guards, you got the elbow guards. And so as a pitcher, I think it would bother me that they have all of that armor because they're basically making themselves more comfortable on the inside part of the plate.

And as a pitcher, you probably don't like that. You want them to be uncomfortable with the inside part of the plate. I think it's kind of a bitch move. I kind of agree. Okay. Altuve also caught a grounder on his knees down 11 to 2 in the 8th, I think it was, during game 2 of the World Series.

Joe Buck creamed himself and said, It's 11 or 2 and Altuvae still playing hard. Like how fucking hard is that? It's not. To hit your knees and catch a ground ball. It's not hard. Okay. But I think the bigger issue is as an announcer, like you said, 162 games.

You got to keep it fresh. And it's 11 to 2. Like, what are you going to talk? I mean, it was a few nights ago. It was the game. Nice play by Altuve, way not to screw that up. Like, there's ways, there's different ways. The way they call baseball games,

by the way. It's basically a podcast. Yeah. They basically fill 30 second gaps in between everything with just banter. Yes, but baseball doesn't have a time, a clock, right? Like in football, you're out, you can run it out. In baseball, like, what do you do if it's 11 to 2? You got to come up with something. Yeah, and on the field, you're kind of like, why are we out here?

Yeah. Nine runs in an inning, it's not happening. Right. And like, I want to go to the fuck home. at least when you play football and you're down 40, you could be physically embarrassed. You could be mortally wounded, so you have to survive. Yes.

I know that for a fact, because we were down 40 a lot in St. Louis, which we talked about earlier in the show. But yeah, I mean, in baseball, what's the motivation? It's like, dude, I don't have to survive out here. Like, I'm going to take my ass home. Well, I think nobody wants to make an error. And there are people that enjoy a blowout, right? Like hitters that are having a stat day?

Yeah. I mean, they're having a great day. It's like pass rushers late in the game for the lead. Pretty much. Yeah, pretty much. Another thing is I saw a guy hit a home runner run really fast around the bases for the nationals. Yeah. And they freaked out.

I thought they were going to sport science. Like John Brinkis, like, how the fuck? He's an elite athlete. Look at him sprint around the bases. What is the most athletic thing somebody does on a baseball field? Because I never see, I see outfielers getting top speed. That's impressive. what's something that people don't think about that's a really athletic play?

So I think some of the most athletic plays are when you have the shortstop in the second basement trying to field a ball to their offhand side, right? You've got a second baseman running towards center field, left field. You've got a short stop running towards third. And they've got to stop and throw across their body hard enough to throw a professional athlete out. I think like the Jeter plays back when he was jumping and spinning and throwing, I think those are some of the most athletic plays. Yeah.

to throw with nothing behind it, all arm strength, and your body weight's going the other way. I think that's pretty impressive. How do older guys in baseball not tear their hamstring? Like, explode it, because no disrespect to a catcher in the MLB, but he's probably not an elite athlete when it comes to sprinting. He's not there because he's a sprinter. So you get a base hit, maybe catcher's not the best one.

Some guy who's been sitting there cold on the bench, whether you've been playing or not, and then you're trying to run out a grounder. Like, how do you not explode your hamstring? I have no idea. Honestly. I had, there was a guy I played with at Virginia who, who, that was his thing. He just kept popping his hamstring over and over again.

I don't know, right? I think, because he was fast. I mean, there are other people that were fast that didn't blow their hamstrings out. But I'm totally with you on that one. I don't know how they do it. In fact, if you look at baseball injuries, most of the baseball injuries happen when people aren't running in a straight line. Like baseball is a very strict.

great line sport. Right. Most of the injuries happen when people... It's the fastest distance between two points. Right. That's a... Serious. It is.

I agree. I agree. Suzuki, what's this guy's deal, man? Because I listened to the announcers the other night. I had written in my notes, backhanded compliment, question mark. They basically shit on him for 35 seconds after he did something good. And then the compliment at the end was he's a stone in Verlander's shoe. Yeah, I don't get that.

I don't get that. I don't think he's a pebble on Verlander's ass. Like, I just, I don't think Suzuki. He's substone. Yeah, he's substone. Jesus. I mean, he hit a home run, and they gave him a lot of credit for it. No, they didn't give him any credit.

They proceeded to talk about everything he's bad at for a whole minute, and then they called him a stone in Verlander's shoe, which is the worst compliment you could give somebody. I didn't know that was a compliment. What did Suzuki do to y'all baseball fans? I just think baseball fans want people they can count on. And I don't know. I don't see it. What's up with people filling out the scorecards?

Is that? Yeah. So you mean at the games? Yeah. So there are a lot of people. Did every one of them do it with their dad when they're a kid? Is it a dad thing? I don't know.

So I know a lot of people that like to bring a scorebook to the game and they do it and it makes them happy. I don't understand that. Like I played baseball. I get it. But like keeping score is the thing like at my kids game. They're like, well, someone keeps score and I'm like, oh. Yeah, it sucks.

You want to check your phone. Right. You can admit it. Yeah. And I'm like, I'll do it. I don't think your kids are listening to this. They might. Lucy might.

So I don't get it. I mean, it feels like it's taken away a lot of the other stuff with your head down, keeping track of pitches and doing all that. So I don't understand it, but it makes people happy. Why is Frank Thomas doing boner commercial? I guess because he's got low tea. I mean, it's hard to see. Is there any difference between the testosterone commercial and a bone commercial?

I'm trying to give him some credit. It's hard to watch. He was such a stud back in the day. He's still a stud. That's the whole point of the, that's the point of the, but it's like he needs supplements to be the same study. It looks like an intro to a browser scene. It's hard to watch.

I was a big Frank Thomas guy. Hey, ladies. Just sitting at. the coffee shop, just a Hall of Famer in a coffee shop. Is that a Frank Thomas? You guys having trouble with your husbands right now? Yeah, it's hard to watch. It's hard to watch.

It is hard to watch. It is hard to watch. I'm going to keep watching it. I think you're on to something. I am on to something, and I want you to come back and talk baseball with me. Anytime. On a regular basis. Eric McGrane, former athlete, current dad, current friend of the program.

Thank you, Eric. Thank you. Well, the Iron Bowl. Okay. And I saw where they put... Okay, man, again, that's 28 years later. Okay, well, let me tell you what I did. The weekend after...

Well, that's fair. I put Spike 80 D-L in them. Did they die? Do what? Did they die? They're not dead yet, but they definitely will die. Is that against the law to poison a tree? Well, do you think I care?

No. Okay, I really don't. You think I care? I really don't. I do care about the guests we have today, my dear friend, Memphis, Tennessee native, six foot five, three-10 pounds, three-time national champion at Alabama. That is criminal. Outland trophy winner in 2011 and played with me in St. Louis.

But most importantly, a dad, a future dad. Barrett Jones. Congratulations. And welcome to the Green Light Show. Well, thanks, Chris. Glad to be on. And, you know, you're a big reason I'm out of the NFL. So, you know, my poor child won't be able to probably eat because you're just.

you beat me so many times in practice. That is screwed up that you would do that to me, bro. Well, you know what? You know what he could do is, you know, he or she, your child could get some of that booster money that's going to trickle down maybe from some of the Bama players that are getting paid about 30, 40K a year. Pay cut when I went to the NFL,

just because of all the boonstermony I was getting that Harvey Updike was funneling through the university. Oh, damn time. The NFL was basically like food stamps for me after my college experience. That's true. And NFL was a big come-up for me because we did not get any handouts at Virginia.

And obviously, we're all joking here for people who are comedically lacking. I want to get right into the two. Well, first off, are you going to name the kid Alabama like Harvey Updike? Either Alabama or Crimson with a K. That's my two options. I think we're leaning out of Alabama,

but we're also, if it's a boy, we're just thinking, My name is Bear, but we're just thinking Bear, of course, the Bear. Yeah, or so we're just Sabin. There's a lot of options available. Big Owl. That's another one that's the name of our mascot. Oh, yeah, there are a lot of options.

One name that I think you should throw in the pot, and I was going to ask you about right off about as Tua. Tua is an electrica player. I don't know about you. He reminds me of like Russell Wilson, which is obviously high praise from anybody who would compare him. The injury, we think it's going to affect them. sure. What do you see from them down the line and what do you see for Tua and his draft stock?

Well, I've watched a lot of college football this year. I've thankfully gotten a chance on the SPN to call a lot of great games. And I think Tua in that passing offense to me is by far the most dominant unit in college football. I mean, Tua is incredible and the way he gets the ball out of his sand so quickly. And the accuracy with which he does it is unparalleled. But I think let's not forget that receiving court too. I mean, you got Jerry Judy, Henry Drugs, Devonte Smith, Jalen Waddle. I mean, they have four dudes who are just straight up playmakers and can really beat you man to man.

You know, to his ankle, look at the high ankle spray. I mean, you probably had one of the rest. You remember the famous low damn high I had? You know, I know, I know all about it. They're a bear, but you know, I don't know if you do this, but this whole new tightrope procedure, you know, that's the big thing right now is this new surgery. And that, well, we'll say one thing, you know,

because Alabama, they have everything great. They have incredible doctors. James Andrews and his whole team are down there with Lyle Cane and Norman Waldrop. They invent a lot of the surgeries, you know, that people do. And they've had a lot of success with this tight road deal. So, you know, I will say this about Tua. I love to. I think he's an incredible player. He doesn't play quite as well historically when he's a little beat up.

That's just the M.O. on him. He gets hit a little bit. He sprained his ankle earlier in the – early in the SEC championship game. Didn't play as well in that game. So when he doesn't feel 100 percent, sometimes he has a tough time battling through that. So that's certainly something to keep an eye on because. I think LSU, without Tua, there's no doubt that they're a much better team than Alabama. So they're going to need full strength in order to win that game.

Well, it's like the Patrick Mahomes thing. People ask why he struggled to throw the deep ball at times this season. And some things were dropping off. And you're like, well, it's an ankle injury. But a lot of a throwers mechanic come from the bottom up and that ankle. You hear quarterbacks talk about it all the time. It depends on if it's the plant leg or otherwise. when you see a guy like Mac Jones come in,

and I would have been surprised that they had put up 40 plus points. I know they have great players. I know they have a great system. But did you see this coming from this kid individually who played lights out on Saturday? Well, he played really well, but let's just pump the brakes a hair, right? Arkansas is historically bad as far as SEC goes.

So, I mean, they're, and I hate to be negative about Arkansas and Chad Morris, and I hope they get things out in the right direction. Do you really? But they are, well, no, not really. But they're a very bad team. So I don't, I mean, I think that came in and executed the offense and played well and did a nice job. And look, I'm not anti-MAC down the road. I'm just going to tell you that I've seen enough of Mac to know that he may eventually be a good player.

But I think too highly of LSU this year. I think LSU right now is the most complete team in the country. Yeah. So I think that without too a, and if Mac is playing the majority of the game, LSU won the football game, probably by two touchdowns. Wow. Well, that's the bet I'd probably take. I'd probably take Bama if they're getting 14 points.

It would be too enticing. You look at Joe Brady at LSU, the job he's done. What's the over-under in year? I'll set the over-under at four years until he's a head coach. You take the under or over? I'm taking the under for sure. I mean, the trend right now is just to hire anyone who, you know, Sean McVeigh really started all this.

Sean McVeigh, it was his whole deal that, hey, let's go out and hire some young quarterback coach, and it really worked out well. So now you see guys all over the NFL, and it's creeping into the college game that you want to hire a quarterback mind. You know, I'm a big believer that there's really only a few people in football that really understand how to coach the quarterback position. Yes, amen. Amen.

They just assume, like, oh, this guy, he's a good play caller. Surely he knows how to coach quarterbacks. But most people don't. Like, a lot of coordinators come from a receiver background or tight-it. you know, some of them come from quarterback backgrounds, but there's really only a few guys that understand how to detail and coach up the quarterback position. And when you find a guy like that, they're rare.

And that's why usually they ascend to head coaching jobs pretty quickly. And I think in order to really be great these days, especially in college football with the emphasis on how the rules are and the fact that you can go three yards downfield and RPO, like you have to have a dominant quarterback. You have to have a really good quarterback. I think the days of a ball control game manager quarterback national championship, are over. I really do. And that's hard for me to say because I'm a family guy and we want some

national championships that way. But I think in order to win at these games, you were screaming at your quarterback over that. You were like, stop managing the game. I remember that whole clip. I was. I was like, quote, managing the game. We got to make some plays, you know? So no, that's a holdover story. Yes. I believe. So you're not mad at LSU leapfrogging y'all in the standings. We've talked about that. You think they're a better team other And then two. It doesn't matter, ultimately. They have three top 10 wins.

And I know those teams aren't currently in the top 10 necessarily. But three top 10 wins, they absolutely deserve to be. But again, it doesn't matter. It's all going to be settled on the field and should be fun to watch. Especially for, yeah, two teams that are on a collision course. And you look at that playoff picture. Who do you see sliding in those four slots at the end of the year? Well, it's a great question.

And I think, you know, right now the Big 12 is in some serious trouble, just based on what happened this past week. And I actually think, you know, the LSU Alabama game has some really interesting implications. Let's just say hypothetically that LSU loses because of those three top 10 wins, I think they would be in a great spot to slide back in that number four position. You know, right now, Clemson, I know there's a lot of noise about Clemson and they almost lost in North Carolina. Look, I'm just going to tell you, like, people forget this thing is too corporately based and there's too much money involved. If someone goes undefeated in a Power 5 conference, you can just book it.

They're going to be in the playoffs. Especially a team with a track record like them in the playoffs. Correct. And especially a defending champion. There's no one keeping them. So Clemson, I think they're pretty much automatic. You know, then let's just say, you know, whoever wins the Alabama LSU game if they're able to get past Georgia in the SZ championship, I like them.

And then I like Ohio State, man. I think Ohio State is a really complete football team as well. I'm really, I called them over this year. And they've gotten so much better on defense. Justin Fields is playing well. he still got a little ways to go, but that running game was dynamic. The O-Lines played well. They got a ton of talent that secondary.

Ohio State to me, I think this is a really fun year of college football. Not that the last few years haven't been fun, but pretty much within reason. We've tried to talk ourselves out of it. The last few years, we basically knew it was probably going to be Alabama and Clemson. I don't feel that way this year. Now it could end up being those two teams, but I really feel like Ohio State, LSU, maybe even throwing Oklahoma, I think it was pretty good. Penn State, you know, that'll be an interesting

There's some really good football teams this year, so I can't wait to see how it all shakes out. We can all thank our lucky stars that Notre Dame got beat because no one wants to see them in the playoffs. Do you think it needs to go to eight, though? Well, it's a great question. You know, I'll say right now,

actually got a chance a few weeks ago, I went to do this thing called the mock committee. They let ESPN guys do, and you go up there and you're in the actual room and you go through and you kind of pick it out. It's a tough process. I'm sure. There's a lot that more goes into it than people kind of realize.

But currently I love the buzz around four and five. Like I think back to Ohio State or Oklahoma a few years ago. Like there's just so much buzz over who that fourth team is going to be. I don't think there would be quite the same buzz between eight and nine. So I think it's good for the sport when that's really like there's pretty much usually that's all anyone's talking about. Even look back to the first year where you had Ohio State, Baylor and TCU all with one loss. It creates a great buzz. And like, so I like it for.

I don't like add another game either. Do I think it will ultimately go to eight? I do, because again, at the end of the day, like Jay Bill says, there's just too much money. Too much money. Well, not enough money. That's what Jay says. Not enough money, obviously, sarcastically, yeah.

Like, they can add another game and make money off of it. And especially if, you know, every Power 5 conferences get their champion in, I think that makes too much sense. They'll probably do it. But I actually like the format. I think it's a lot of fun the way it is, just a battle over four or five it makes it a little more interesting to me i would be against automatic bids if they did go to eight that to me would be a you know if you have some kind of

five lost c garbage team like virginia get in there you know we'd like to keep the pack 12 completely out of it there's no we'd like to keep the the pack 12 completely out of it so i i wouldn't like that but you know i think it'll ultimately change because again there's just i mean chris like i'm a business guy and it like the whole thing to me is nuts like what are business can like the Alabama football team for example I'm going to round off the numbers here but like what other what other business can you spend about 50 million dollars which is about what they spend on the program which is a bunch to make like a hundred million dollars you know I mean they they're like clearing like 50 million dollars I think selling cocaine would be it that's it's a

great deal right but eventually all that money like they're they're going to find a way to get another game and I'm not like I'm a capitalist like I get it it's just that's just reality of the situation yeah well Well, I mean, they can have my money if they go to eight. I love the parody. I love the volume. That's why I love college football over pro football. So we'll see what happens there.

Before I let you go, everybody here on set is like, hey, we've been talking about saving. There's got to be, Mick, Mike, did you have a question about saving? Because I couldn't think of one. Barrett, it's a simple question. Is or is not? Did you hear the question? Macon said, Macon said, is or is not Nick Sabin fueled by little Debbie cream pies? that's that is very true he's very much fueled by those every single morning uh has one on the

drive then like he nick saving here's what you got to understand about him right i could we can do a whole other show on next day but well we'll have me back to talk about he is the most consistent human being on earth yeah seriously like that's part of what makes alabama so great he is so consistent yeah he does pretty much the same thing every day he's got he's very routine pattern oriented uh and yes part of that pattern and routine is that he has a little debby pie every uh you know every day like he he he hates like this is a This is a funny quick anecdote, just by a consistent. Like, he doesn't like all the, all the, you know, the celebrating everything.

And I remember after 2011, we won the national championship, had not even had the parade yet. He calls a team meeting. And he says, all right, guys, like, you know, congratulations on a great season. You guys played well. But, like, I don't want to hear one more person mentioned the 2011 season. We're on the 2012. Like, we're ripping the rear mirror off. We're moving on.

Because we're going to repeat back-to-back chance. Because last time this happened. no nine we had a terrible year in 10 we're not going to let that happen again so i know we have the parade in a few days but after that i don't want anyone else to mention this season again and like he's just he's so consistent like he just wants to get in there and grind that's like that's like belichick yeah he's very much like belichick's one of their good buddy's like i think people think he's miserable and he's unhappy i don't i think that's a false narrative like he loves he's never happier than practice he loves practice every day he's skipping around and i would assume they

practice a lot. Yeah, they do practice a lot. I'm still trying to figure out where our off day was that was compliance because we practiced on Monday, unlike everybody else. That's why they paid you all the big bucks, Barrett. That's why we got paid so much by these boosters, man. We appreciate having you, man, and congratulations again on becoming a dad. I think you're going to make a wonderful dad. We hope to have you back soon on the show. Well, it'll be fun. I know it'll be a nervous few days for you because you're such a big baseball fan, so good luck to you. Yeah, I mean, I've got to get through the World Series. Hey, roll damn whos, baby.

I'll talk to you later. All right, roll tight, Chris. What the fuck was that? I'm pretty sure that was probably the most unsafe zip line operating in America. Was the zip line at that stadium in Jacksonville. God, I think it's kind of fucked up, Jags. Hope somebody pees in that big, fancy pool.

Oh, wait, it happens every single week. So Darnold, miced up, Ghostgate, Mono, all that stuff runs together. That was the story last week. I don't think it's a big story. I think he did a great job with it. I think he shrugged it off. I like somebody that's confident enough to say they're having a bad game. And, you know, this guy's so innocent, this Sam Darnold.

I love him. He's so pure. I actually, usually, as a mono survivor, I know this, in college. I was stricken with mono during my freshman season. People usually accuse you of making out with people at the bar. I don't think that's what happened with Arnold. I think it could have been, could have been a drink.

I actually believe the guy. I actually, I actually believe him. I was only miced up twice in my career. I believe in not being miced up, but there can be a lot of fun. had when others are miced up, and I always made sure I had fun. Oh, yeah, yeah, you're right.

No, I'm miced up. Oh, okay. The rash cleared up, the one that you were asking me about, like, a topical ointment, the one right next to your... Yeah. That's the oldest trick in the book. See somebody miced up? Go ask them about their herpes rash that they don't have.

It's a joke for any of you people out there who don't get humor. Just talking rashes. Nothing wrong with it. Again, nobody in the NFL has a rash. It's just something I ask anybody who's miced up. I've asked countless teammates about their rashes. And Jank had fun with it too. So the Sooner Schooner, a lot has developed since the video went viral.

They're shutting down this Oregon Trail like wagon. Oh, C.T. boom tau protein I can joke about it because I'm at risk for it the roughnecks man they took a spill that's what they call the male cheerleaders there I don't know why they call them that

I think there's a little stolen valor there because those are the guys on oil rigs not the first time they had a spill though and again shut down for the season 1993 against Colorado oh that's when the rough necks were really rough necks.

That's AstroTurf. Bersitus, at the very least. You got people getting the structural integrity of their knees checked out. Yeah, I think that guy blew everything in his knee out. They were a lot tougher back then. Of course, UVA,

full disclosure, had a mascot disaster. This is Cavman. This is back when we weren't a powerhouse and we were on ESPNU, nearly impaling himself with his saber. Hopefully it was fake. Cavman is a personal friend, name drop. He used to run his horses on my farm.

He's a good dude. I'm not trying to docks him. But we don't do that ESPNU shit anymore at Virginia. Not under Broncos watch. And then this guy showed up again. I love this dude. This is, there he is. The Bill Burr, Johnny Sins, love,

child right there in a wholesome ass middle of america chevy commercial that keeps showing up every sunday night and i caught it with my cell phone you know who didn't catch it the folks at chevy i'm glad that they are living clean and they don't know the work of mr sins if you do get this segment you are a pervert if you don't get it do not google who johnny sins is stop right there it also reminded me of a fact that i wondered about before thinking about Bill Burr and his New England accent they don't hire adult performers film actors and actresses with New England accents they just they don't hada hada can't do it before you sit in the casting couch they ask you if you're from something that ends up in borough or you know something like a hangum or a lull massachusetts if you hear any of those

birthplaces they just send you back out and you don't even get to sit on the casting couch they ask you if you're a patriots fan can't sit on the casting couch just doesn't work in that industry can't have a new england accent not sexy so we have a lot of stuff going on at chalk have a DJ premiere interview that dropped last Saturday. If you haven't seen it, on my very own interview show called The Fish Bowl, just check it out. The first time we finally met in person,

I came to your game when you played with Philly. And you texted me from inside, and shot to Nicole. Yeah, Nicole, Woody. Yeah, Nicole Woody. And you say, hey, be by the end zone because we're going to come out and warm up. Yeah.

So let's see you come out, and y'all are just hyped that day y'all played the broncos yeah shout to my boy john cleary who i brought with me because he's broncos and he didn't he didn't want to show the jersey you know not in philly that's not a place you want to wear he had the jersey on but he had a green hoodie over it so that you wouldn't see it yeah and i mean he's died he wanted me john ellway so bad and all of a sudden you see elway walking and he's like he's like the president man like they they're walking with him like if he's got i remember that that because he was on the sideline he's got like 15

suits with him. Yeah, and he's just like, damn, man, I'm going to say if I can go say hi to him. I said, well, do it now because the game hasn't started, maybe you can. And he went over there, he said he got scared. So he comes back. And right when he comes back, Bismarck, he goes, yo, what are you doing? Dude, he's always there. You know, and me and Biz go way back. I always wanted to say hi to him, but I was like, fuck, I don't want to like come up. No, he's super cool. Yeah. He's like, what are you doing? And I said, I'm with Chris Long. How do you know, Chris? You know, I was like, yo, man, we're cool. You knew who I was?

Yeah. Fuck yeah. No, yeah. No, he's definitely down with sports. And so then we see you and, you know, I'm like, maybe you'll say what's up. I know you're in the moment and the game can ready start. And right when you see me, you come over to me. And I think he was just going to do a little.

Yeah. You run, you rammed to me like if I'm fucking, I have the ball. Yeah. And I'm just like, I've always had strong legs. So if I didn't lock up. Yeah. I would have been on the ground. I'm on a lot of coffee.

Yo, I would have been on the ground because you hit me like, oh, with pads. I'm also my teammates say that I can get a little over the top. I told all my, I told all my friends to say, yo, when I met Chris, I think he's just going to give me a little, you know, little brother. No, we're brothers, man. You hit me. I want you to feel the game to energy. I felt it. You want the full experience.

I know what the NFL hit feels like. So Primo got the NFL experience. That's me on seven cups of coffee. Before a game at the link, it is dangerous. Don't get in my way. That was another life. This is the new life. Check back with us Friday.

Greenlight will be back on. Heading into your weekend, we will talk about a whole lot of different stuff, including an upcoming fishbowl interview that dovetails nicely off that preview with a special guest that I will surprise you with Friday. Have a great week. So what I fuck up today, make?

You've been correcting me for how long now? About 25 years? 25, 30 years. You posited that the 2013 Rams Titan score was 26 to 3 or 26 to 23? Yeah. It was 2821 CTE. Loronitis, nine tackles in a sack, Hot Rod McLeod, Virginia, seven tackles in a pick. Kendall Langford, two sacks, William Hayes is sack in that game.

Chris Long, one tackle. Had a lot of hits though. Roll that tape back. Maybe I need to justify myself. A pro football reference has QB hits one. Oh yeah? A singular QB. I think they missed that. I'm going to bring the tape in Friday. What else do I fuck up? And I wanted to give the first and only shout out of this pod to Fernando Rodney. Ah. Because you referred to him as Caesar Rodney, an officer of the Delaware Malifference. during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Yeah, well all I asked was what was up with Caesar Rodney.

Whatever, motherfucker.