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Episode Date: December 4, 202300:00 - Introduction02:30 - Packers upset Chiefs10:30 - 49ers beat Eagles27:00 - Dolphins beat Commanders47:00 - Alabama gets into College Football Playoff57:00 - LeBron and Ime Udoka exchange words1:...04:00 - Is Brock Purdy the MVP?1:34:00 - Meeting Michael Jordan1:40:00 - Much more Nightcap #Club #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oh yeah.
The Packers just beat the chiefs.
27,
19,
Jordan love 25 or 36,
two 67,
three touchdowns.
Clean game.
Patrick Mahomes,
21 of 33 to 10 touchdown one pick uh there were
some really missed calls on that last drive oh that was i counted that was that was that was pi
on that d ball to mvs that should have been pi you know the db he was very early he was very early
you got to get your eye on the ball you got got to get it. I know, listen, one of the things, especially in the situation,
as a defensive back, because I'm a former DB myself,
in a situation like that, the best thing for you to do
is get your eyes back to the ball.
Because, obviously, if that call is made, which it should have been,
the refs missed that one.
Come on, that.
You cost your team the game.
Obviously, they let it go.
I'm not sure if the bets was in or something.
Something was going on, but that was an obvious P.I.
But listen, the Packers played a good game.
The Blacks, the Packers played a good game.
They did.
They did.
But here's the thing, though, Ochoa.
I counted three bad calls on that last drive.
What were the other two?
That was not an unnecessary roughness on Pat Mahomes.
He was inbounds.
Okay, okay, okay, okay. You know, the first rule of thumb,
you can't let up when you're going out of bounds
because he's coming and he's going to knock your block off.
Right.
And I thought he had knocked Pat out of the game
because you got up, he's a little woozy.
Woozy, yeah, a little bit.
Number one rule of thumb, you do not let up on the sideline.
Right.
You go ahead and get your butt up out of
bounds. You don't take unnecessary
hits because they are coming.
I thought they could have
called that shove in the back by
Owens when he shoved
Travis
Kelsey on the Hail Mary.
Because remember, the NFL went back and
said you can call P.I. on
Hail Mary. Now, we don't see and said, you can call P.I. on Hail Mary. Right.
Now, we don't see it often, but it has been called because he shoved it before the ball got in the air.
And he shoved it.
And it kind of knocked Trav off his spot.
I think that would have been bad, though. Don't you think to have a game in that way to throw a pass interference?
All right.
The first play, the first deep ball, the MVS, I understand that one.
But to throw a flag
and then they get the ball
on the one-yard line
on a Hail Mary,
that would have been
a horrible way to lose the game.
I think that would have been
a horrible way.
But I think the thing is,
Ocho, for me,
you got to call a foul a foul,
whatever it's called.
Because, you know,
if guys, like,
we've seen guys
in victory formation
and the guys line up off sides
and they throw a penalty. They're like, man, we don't need that five yards.'ve seen guys in victory formation, and the guys line up off sides, and they throw a penalty.
They're like, man, we don't need that five yards, bro.
We in victory formation.
No, we got to call a foul a foul.
But, Ocho, there's a bigger problem.
And I told you this.
Yes, sir.
Even the greatness of Patrick Mahomes, he can't overcome these mediocre receivers.
And I kept telling you, I told you this.
I said, at some point in time, Ocho, you can't keep steaming.
You've got to say, look here, guys, I need you to go beat man coverage.
Right.
How many smoke screens?
How many try when you try to change the DB's eye level before you just have a guy to go beat me on a comeback?
Right.
Or beat me on a speed out or beat me on an end cut?
They can't do that consistently, Ocho.
Right.
I mean, listen, I've said it before.
Even the greatest of Patrick Mahomes can't overcome it.
You know, honestly,
when you think about it,
I think they regret,
I wouldn't say regret
letting Tyreek go,
but now you understand
his importance
and what he meant to that team.
Because now,
when Travis Kelsey's
not having a great game,
who else do you have
as an outlet
that you can count on
to continuously win
one-on-one battles?
I mean, listen, the
entire game, they was really just basically
just playing man-to-man on everybody
because they didn't feel they had anybody
adequate enough to get open
in one-on-one situations.
And that's exactly what you got.
Look, I think the thing is, look,
they proven, Pat Mahomes won the MVP,
they won the Super Bowl without Tyreek.
But I think the mistake that you make
is sometimes you're like, okay, we're straight.
There are guys out there.
You could have got a DeAndre Hopkins, a guy
that can beat man coverage consistently.
And so now you pair him
with Travis Kelsey. And now you let
Kadarius Tony. Now you let Sky Moore.
Now you let Rasheed Rice. You let
them continue to grow knowing you got
two guys on a given play that can go consistently.
Right, right, right.
Even Patrick Mahomes' greatness can't overcome average to mediocre play
at that receiver position.
Yeah, guys catch a ball here or there.
But nah, nah, nah, because you're asking too much.
And I know Pat Mahomes is great.
He's historically great. But Ocho, you're asking too much. And I know Pat Mahomes is great. He's historically great.
But Ocho, you're asking him an awful lot to make chicken salad out of that chicken stuff he got going on.
I think they're going to address the issue.
They're going to have to address the issue.
They're going to have to address it through the draft.
But I think they should more so looking to getting a veteran, bringing a veteran in.
There are a lot of receivers that are going to be on the market this offseason.
And they need to go find and get one of them.
They got to.
They got to address that issue because when they lock in on Travis Kelsey,
there is nobody else that Patrick Mahomes can count on and say,
you know what, come hell or high water,
I can count on this individual to make a play for me in tough times.
Who can I put the ball up to other than Trav that can go make a play for me?
Nobody.
Yeah.
Everybody has at least one person that I feel confident in
that if I put the ball up, they can go make a play.
Right.
And Kansas City doesn't have that guy.
Right.
Because if Andy doesn't scheme up the perfect play, they can't get open.
Right, right, right, right, right.
And even Patrick Mahomes. And Patrick Mahomes, I can't get open. Right, right, right, right, right. And even Patrick Mahomes.
And Patrick Mahomes, I don't think he...
Look, they're not going to be able to get stretch the field
because they don't have a Tyreek.
They don't have a guy that can push the sticks.
Well, I mean, MVS would be their burner, right?
I mean, he's not Tyreek fast, but he is their speed guy.
But they called this like,
well, he wasn't going to catch the ball anyway.
That's why they didn't throw the flag.
They're like, hell, he wasn't going to catch it anyway.
Don't do that. Don't do that. Ocho going to catch the ball anyway. That's why they didn't throw the flag. They're like, hell, he wasn't going to catch it anyway. Don't do that.
Ocho, you saw the ball he caught tonight.
Patrick Mahomes threw him a ball to
man lay in flat of his back. He'd catch it.
He'd throw him one the other night.
He'd hit him and he'd drop it.
He is
the guy.
Skymore, I've been waiting for
Skymore to take that next step because he
showed some things last year as a rookie. I've been waiting on Kadarius Sky Moore to take that next step because he showed some things last year as a rookie.
I've been waiting on Kadarius Toney
to take that next step. He showed some flashes.
But man,
Ocho is getting hard.
Because think about this, Ocho.
They scored 19 points. Now we've
seen them. The Broncos,
they scored under 20.
We've seen this before.
I think it was Philly. They barely under 20. We've seen this before. I think it was
Philly. They barely got 20.
So the points
and it used to be
it was automatic. The last
three, four years, Patrick Mahomes
needed a touchdown and a two-point conversion
to tie this game. He's going to get that.
Most definitely.
Now,
you're like, man, they ain't going to do this.
That's how far it's...
The man wouldn't have gotten field goal range in 13 seconds.
Yeah.
Now, he could have had five minutes,
and I don't believe they would have scored.
Right.
Because of his greatness, I still,
even though he had nobody to throw the ball to,
I still, because with it being Patrick Mahomes, I still give him a 50-50 chance.
That's how great he is.
But once they address that issue at the receiver position
and allow that young core to continue to mold and get better
and get comfortable in situations where Patrick Mahomes can count on them,
they will be all right.
But they got to address it in the offseason and get in the receiver that can get the job
done. Beat man coverage consistently. Yeah.
That makes the offensive coordinator job easy. You know what?
I don't got to scheme you. I need you. I want to line
you up out here X. I want to line you up at the Z
and I need you to win for me.
Just win for me.
Jordan Love in his last three games has been playing
outstanding. 857 passing
yards, 8 touchdowns, 0 interceptions
3-0 record. Let's go to the game of the day. been playing outstanding 857 passing yards eight touchdowns zero interception three and oh record
uh let's go to the game of the day yeah what we thought was going to be the game of the day
the 49ers black gap the 49ers last the eagles brock purdy 4 to 42 19 was the final score
brock purdy 19 of 27 314 two touchdowns Debo Samuels backed up all that talk.
Remember, Debo was talking that thing.
Debo said last year, y'all lucky
that our quarterback got hurt because
we'd have sent y'all home. But you know
what? Everybody said, ah, Debo, you just got
sour grades, blah, blah, blah.
Debo said, no, I'm telling you.
We watched them on tape and their defense,
especially that back end, is
cheeks. And we know what cheeks are booty
cheeks so they can be had
Devo had three touchdowns
Jalen Hurts 25 of 45
298 going for one
touchdown rushing for another but
the last 100 yards that was
junk because going into the fourth
quarter he had 196 yards
so the 49ers backed off
let him go up let him go down the field
so i'm gonna disregard that last it looks good on the stats but he did not play particularly
where the eagles offense looked inconsistent the 49ers uh always felt that they could beat the
eagles uh it just was pretty was hurt uh last year in the championship game right and uh we
saw what happened today again the eagles 204 in the red zone the guess what the 49ers were in the championship game. Right. And we saw what happened today. Again, the Eagles, 2-4 in the red zone.
Guess what the 49ers were in the red zone?
4-4.
4-4, yeah.
You see?
Difference in the ball game.
Think about it, Ocho.
They had a 6-0 lead, which really should have been 14-0.
The 49ers, as bad as they were played in the first quarter,
they scored touchdown in the second quarter, and guess what?
They got the lead.
Yeah.
And once they got that.
It was a wrap from there.
Listen, the Eagles offense didn't look to par.
It didn't look like what we're used to seeing.
They kept Jalen Hurst on the run.
They had him uncomfortable the entire time.
He wasn't allowed to set and throw.
And there were multiple plays where I felt like, wait a minute.
Do the 49ers defense have the goddamn Eagles game plan? and there were multiple plays where I felt like, wait a minute,
do the 49ers defense have the goddamn Eagles game plan?
Because every time he dropped back, he was scrambling and he had so much time to throw.
And it was a cover sack every time, over and over,
the first down, second down, third down.
Even when they tried to run to try to keep everything balanced
and try to keep them guessing, that wasn't working either.
No,
but I thought the thing with the,
what 49ers had a breakdown and I'm sure Steve Wilson is going to talk to him.
You got to keep him contained because if you look at a lot of his plays,
he made outside of the pocket,
throwing on the run.
And so a mobile quarterback,
you want to make him go away from his dominant hand.
He's a right-handed quarterback.
Make him roll to the left.
You don't let him go to his dominant hand,
but you try to keep him contained.
If he beats me from throwing from the pocket,
I can live with those results, Ocho.
I can't let a mobile quarterback
get outside by time because
now he stresses the defense
entirely too much.
But the 49ers,
I've seen, look, we're 12
weeks into the regular season,
Ocho, 13 weeks. Ocho, I've seen, look, we're 12 weeks into the regular season. Ocho, 13 weeks.
Ocho, I've seen enough.
No team can step on the gas like the 49ers
and lead.
They're like Tyreek.
There are a lot of fast receivers,
but ain't none can step on the gas like Tyreek.
Tyreek can, yeah.
We've seen the Cowboys.
We've seen the Cowboys play their best.
We've seen the Ravens play their best.
We've seen Buffalo play their best. We've seen the Cowboys play their best. We've seen the Ravens play their best. We've seen Buffalo play
their best. We've seen the 49ers play
their best. When the 49ers step on
the gas, can't nobody see them.
Not right now, especially not with the way they look today.
And another thing that I think
that is really, really interesting about the 49ers
and that defense is how well
the matchups were
individually. I'm talking about the DBs
against A.J. Brown and Devontae
Smith. I can't remember the DB on the other side for the
49ers, but they played
a good game. Outside
and underneath in the
running catch situations, everything
10 yards and
more, man.
They're challenging everything down the field.
Right there on his hip.
Right there on his hip.
Ward.
Yeah, as opposed to what we're used to seeing,
you know, with A.J. Brown and Devontae Simmons being open.
It was a different ballgame tonight.
They did a great job.
And when you look at what they're able to do,
you look at a Deebo.
Put the ball in his hands, he can go.
Amen.
Deebo is a running back once he gets the ball in his hands. He go amen but Debo is a running back yeah once he gets the ball in
his hand he's not the typical wide receiver right and you look at you look at IU tremendous run
after the catch you look at Jennings tremendous run after the catch you look at Kittle great run
after the catch you look at Christian McCaffrey tremendous run after the catch all the guys but
what did I tell you Ocho you see those jailbreak screen to hit the deep bowl? Yeah. You see IU? You see those receivers
marking downfield?
Yeah.
That's what you got to see.
That's the difference
between a 10-yard play
and a guy hitting his head
on the goal post.
I got a question.
How come the smoke screens
and the receiver screens
work for the 49ers,
but the smoke screens
and receiver screens
don't work for the Chiefs?
Because those are
big physical receivers.
Deebo's a physical receiver.
IU, remember I told you, normally in the West Coast,
your receivers got to block.
You got to block because that's how you get long runs.
That's the difference between a 20-yard run
and a 50-yard touchdown run
because receivers are knocking DBs off the guys down the field.
If you go back and look at that touchdown,
I know you remember it.
When Garrison Hurst broke that 96-yard touchdown run in overtime.
Down the sideline.
And what would T.O. do?
T.O.
Yeah.
You see T.O. booking it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Yeah, I remember that.
T.O. walks him all the way to the end zone.
Yeah, I remember that.
That's what you got to have.
You watch.
When those guys catch most screens, you look at Kittle.
When they run that flip talk, you see Kittle.
Kittle hands on the sweater.
He looking.
He's like, come on, Deebo.
Come on.
Come on, Deebo.
That offensive line did a tremendous job.
That silverback out there, Trent Williams, people ain't trying to see him.
Everybody want to go to the other side.
They want to go to the other side and try to get a cheap sack.
Big Trent said, oh, come on back over here.
I need y'all to see me.
I want you to come see me.
Listen, I've seen the Cowboys play their best.
I've seen Buffalo play their best against Miami.
Right.
I've seen.
But can't anybody step on the gas?
You see what happened, Ocho?
They went, they got the ball six straight possessions and went and got tubs
against what everybody said that was the best team in the NFL,
considering they had only lost one game.
And they find ways to win.
And that's a nice...
But see, for me,
I look at the front seven,
I see the front seven pretty good.
But that back end,
that back end can be had.
You know, the back end can be had,
but the front seven and the front five
is so goddamn good
and can apply so much pressure
as opposed to when you're playing somebody
outside of the 49ers
who are able to match up very well as far as their all line is concerned.
So then you get exposed a little bit,
you get exposed a little bit and you play an offense like the 49ers that can
do goddamn almost everything.
And this is,
this is the results that you see,
but if they were playing any other team,
if the Eagles were playing any other team in the NFL today,
same atmosphere,
same crowd, same weather, I guarantee the results would be different.
You might be right.
I think the thing is, Ojo, they've got to get back.
They can't run the football.
They've become one-dimensional.
They've become a past-our-oriented team.
Swift is not running the football.
Jalen Hurts' legs is not as dangerous as they once was.
They don't call as many runs because of that knee.
And so
their inability to run the football
like they once could. Teams
are gearing up and saying, look, we got to stop the pass.
And it's normally the short pass. A lot
of under routes. You see AJ.
They want to get the ball in his hands
and let him run.
But here's the thing.
You're going to play a team next week on Sunday night.
The Cowboys.
What do they have?
An offensive line.
Line, yeah.
They got an offensive line.
Yeah.
So it's going to be now.
And that's a division opponent.
Now, we throw everything
at the winner
when it's a division opponent.
We know the Eagles
don't like the Cowboys.
We know Cowboys
don't like the Eagles.
And we know what happened
last time them two teams
played, Ocho, is that the Eagles got a victory. CeeDee Lamb ended't like the Eagles. And we knew what happened last time them two teams played, Ocho,
is that the Eagles got a victory. CeeDee Lamb
ended up catching the ball. They tackled him at the two-yard
line. The game ended.
But the Eagles are going to have to find
a way to not kick field
goals once they get into the red zone.
And they're going to have to do a better job holding up on the back end.
Because CeeDee Lamb is
licking it. Hey, CeeDee's another
guy that can catch the ball.
He can run after the catch.
He can go now.
Yeah, man.
I like Jake Ferguson.
I'm not saying he's killed him,
but he's developing swag.
He's starting to feel like I belong.
That's starting to trust him.
So the Eagles got to be careful
because you've had, think about it.
Now, all of a sudden, you lose this game next week.
Guess who has the number one seed?
The 49ers.
The 49ers, yeah.
Because the 49ers beat you head to head.
The 49ers ain't just beat the Cowboys and Eagles.
They shall watch them.
42-19, 42-10.
Yeah, big time.
Big, big wins.
It ain't no, man, you know, if we done did this,
because you know sometimes, Ocho, you get a close ball game.
Man, all we had to do, if this dropped past, if we didn't form with this,
when somebody beat you 42-10 and beat you 42-19, what you saying?
Ain't nothing you can say.
And then you can say.
But listen, and the funny thing about it is not that they beat them very convincingly,
and it's damn near what the playoff atmosphere is going to be like.
Let's say, depending, in regards to the results,
I see all of them making the playoffs.
I see the Eagles making the playoffs, obviously.
The 49ers and the Cowboys making it.
Once you get to the playoffs,
what can change? What can you
actually change where the Eagles
can compete and the Cowboys can compete
and really nullify anything that
the 49ers are doing.
How do you approach the game?
Turnovers.
Turnovers are equalizers.
Okay.
Turnovers are equalizers.
Because I still believe because the thing is that even though the Cowboys, the Cowboys hadn't run the ball like they ran it last year with Zeke and Pollard.
Right.
They're throwing the ball better because CD is having a monster season.
Brandon Cooks is starting to come on.
He's starting to catch some passes now.
But as far as just running
it, the thing that was so scary
about the 49ers, they can run it
and throw it. Because C-Mac,
man, C-Mac is shaking people up in the hole.
I'm talking about in a phone booth.
And guys can't touch it.
And so now, guess what happened when I play action off of that?
Because now you got to drop that safety down.
Now I got Zeke Debo on the over route.
Or I got IU working one-on-one.
I got Jennings working on your one-on-one.
Or you got C-Mac coming out the backfield.
Out the backfield.
When you can run it and throw it, you put so much pressure,
added pressure on your defense.
And these guys are running after the catch.
You're not just bringing them down with an arm tackle.
They're not satisfied with a 10 or 15-yard game.
They're trying to get home.
Every time.
They're trying to get home.
Every time.
And yeah, this is, look,
there's something,
I know you saw this,
Drake Greenlaw and the Eagles head of security, Dom DeSandro.
I saw that.
They were both ejected.
Ocho, you know, look here, if you ain't in the game, hey,
because guys going to, any coach, if I run to your sideline and the coach,
look, if you're not trying to help me, don't touch me.
Right, right, right.
Because I'm already mad. Right, right, right right you know how to do so you're
already frustrated and then you're gonna touch me you talking ish yeah yeah okay yeah i mean it's
you know it obviously you know both of them are wrong both of them wrong you got to be able to
you got to be able to keep it cool as a player and also big dom as the head of security for the
eagles you already. You already know.
You already know.
So, look, cooler heads will prevail.
I mean, I'm sure they won't make that mistake.
They did once they got to the locker room
because they figured it through the ass out the game.
I think the refs,
you got to understand the circumstance at the time.
I understand the ref, you got a job to do.
But as a player, it's the heat of the moment.
You really don't mean to do anything wrong.
Same for Dom.
Same for Green.
Green.
How do you say it last name?
Green Law.
Yeah, same for Green Law.
But listen, you're losing like that, man, at that time.
You know how to deal with a joke.
Listen, I know.
I know.
Very well.
And we're going to talk about this a little later with Ime Adoka and LeBron.
Because you know you're on the sideline.
Man, get your, you know, what up out of here.
What you say?
Yeah.
Okay.
You're not in no pants now.
I can tear your ass up.
But listen, LeBron, I mean, we're going to get to it later.
But you know, you played basketball before.
I played basketball before. I've been at you played basketball before. I played basketball before.
I've been at the YMCA.
I played at Venice Beach.
I played, you know, all this growing up as a kid.
That's a part of the game.
Yeah.
I've been to Rucker.
I've been to Rucker Park.
I done seen them boys.
That's a part of the game.
But here's the thing, though.
When he talking about y'all playing like some bitches, I'm like, who?
Now, you ain't putting a title on that with somebody.
Who are you talking about? You talking about them or you talking about y'all playing like some bitches, I'm like, who? Now, you need to put a title on that with somebody. Who are you talking about?
You talking about them or you talking about me?
But you can't take that personal, you know?
In that situation, understanding who you are, you are the king.
You are that boy.
So you know he's meaning as a whole, the complaining, the crying about files or whatever it may be, whatever the situation may be.
You know he doesn't literally mean it.
Yeah, hey, hey, hey, you need to put a title on it.
Just tag somebody with it.
Put a name with it?
Yeah, yeah.
Who are you talking to?
You talking about Austin Reed?
You talking about Vando?
You talking about D-Law?
I mean, who are you talking to?
Right, right, right.
Who are you talking about?
Because I'm a part of the Lakers.
So if you're talking about the Lakers
and you're talking about B-I-T-C-Hs,
are you including me in it?
Right.
Because I need to know.
I need to get a little closer because I don't know if I heard you correctly.
Because I could have swore you said female dogs if you referred to the Lakers.
So let me get a little closer to make sure I heard you right now.
Now, what did you say?
Yeah.
I mean, I understand.
Listen, honestly, that trash talk, that's good for the game.
Listen, remember Spike Lee and Reggie Miller?
Yeah. Or Spike Lee and Michael Jordan just having that
it was Spike Lee and
Scottie Pippen
when he dunked
no Patrick Ewing
you gotta be careful
calling a man a female dog
remember how I told you
everybody don't play like you play Thursday. He don't mean it. Everybody don't play
like you play.
You're right.
You're right.
But you got to understand,
he doesn't mean it literally.
He doesn't really mean
you are a bitch.
It's just the fact that
y'all might be playing
like some doesn't mean
you actually are a bitch.
Hey, I was at a game
one time and I called
a dude a mofo.
He's like,
Sharp, I ain't going to
be too many more mofos.
I said, do that one.
You don't got to be no more
but you that one. Man, you know know i had to come back with something quick okay i don't call
you no more but you that one yeah take that one with you but uh yeah you're right i mean the nfl
probably gonna i mean anytime you get suspended i mean you get thrown out of the game you're
getting fine that's a fine oh yeah you're getting fine and i'm sure the nfl is gonna really talk to
the head of security.
Right.
Because you definitely.
You can't touch nobody.
Because as the NFL, you got to stay above the fray.
Right, right.
Stay above the fray.
So, Ocho, we got 33,000 people watching in the live.
What, 33?
33,000.
Our previous record was 24-5.
Right.
And we got 33 currently.
Listen, all 33,000 of you,
I love you.
I love y'all so much.
I want all of you to text me.
I want to see you,
my number, 786.
Make sure you call me.
Get you a pin.
786-235-6212.
And I'm putting it out there
because I love y'all
and I need some friends.
I need some friends
and I would love to hang out with y'all one day if I travel to your city.
You know, we can get together, have dinner.
And, no, you're going to pay in our tip.
I appreciate y'all supporting us and loving us.
Happy holidays and all that good stuff.
See, when they start talking about all the B-I-T-C-H and all that stuff.
Yeah.
Homie don't play that.
I was going to say, what's really going on? What's on your mind? that I'm going to say
what's really going on
what's on your mind
because I'm going to ask you
if there's something
on your mind
you want on your ass
because I can put it there
for you
oh I like that
hold on
let me write that down
right there
wait say it again
if there's something
on your mind
you want on your ass
yeah I got to use that
with my kids
that's what my grandpa
used to tell us
I'm going to use that on my kids because That's what my grandpa used to tell us. Yeah. He used to tell us that. I'm trying to use that on my kids.
Because, you know, Christmas coming up,
and they might not get what they want.
And I'm going to use that line right there.
Yeah.
Is there something on your mind you want on your ass?
Because I can put it there for you now.
Something on your mind.
That's what you're looking for.
You can get exactly what you're looking for.
Something on your mind you want on your ass.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah.
The Dolphins beat the Commander.
Man. I think this was
this was a a score agami this was a score agami agami is a score that's never ever happened in
the nfl before the dolphins beat the commanders 45 15 at one point in the third through two two
quarters midway through the second quarter tyreekreek had three catches, 132 yards, and two touchdowns.
He now has 1,481 yards with five games to go.
He needs to average 104 yards a game in order to get that 2,000.
The rollercoaster celebration.
I like the rollercoaster celebration.
Hey, that thing was loud, wasn't it?
Hey, they were riding.
Hey, that was a good one.
That was a really good one, man.
It was. Listen, Tyreek, I know you're going to see this.
Man, please continue to make the game fun and entertaining.
Continue to get people tuned in.
Continue to get fans engaged.
You don't understand how much for me,
watching from the outside in as a fan of
the game and a fan of entertainment.
Dude, I appreciate you.
I love you. There are not many,
honestly, there's really nobody else doing it like that right now
if you think about it. No, no, no, no.
Every week, if you watch a Dolphin game,
you're tuning in. Even if you don't
like fucking football, even if you don't like football,
I'm tuning in because I want
to know what type you is going to do.
He set the goal for 2,000
yards. Who knows what people might
have thought. People might, oh, it's impossible. It's never been
done before. What makes him think he's going to be able to do it?
He had two of playing quarterback.
What is the man doing?
This is a testament to how
great the young fella is, man.
How great he is.
I just need him.
Excuse me, y'all.
I need him to get,
I need him to have one of those,
I need him to have,
we're doing the next three games,
I need him to have a 200-yard game.
Matter of fact.
Because I won't,
because Ocho,
you know what's going to happen.
Let's just say,
for the sake of argument,
he needs 100 yards.
Right.
Draylon Waddle will have 300 yards receiving.
They're going to put
three people on Tyree.
They're not going to let him
break the record again.
They didn't do it today.
They didn't do it today.
I didn't understand why they didn't do it today
or why they didn't at least try.
They didn't even try.
They just said, you know what?
We're going to leave him there.
Whatever you get today, he going to get it.
And he continued to do work early in the game.
Anyway, didn't they take him out the fourth quarter?
Didn't they take him out the fourth quarter?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You don't want to run the risk of getting him
hurt in a situation like that.
Yeah, in a situation like that.
But I'm thinking,
Ocho, I don't know what you were thinking,
but I was thinking like three catches, 132.
Now I'm just trying to feed it.
I'm beating him smokes. He's going to have
13. He might not have like six yards
to catch, but he's going to get 200 in that one because
he's already at 132 with
three catches. So now I got
defeated. I got defeated.
That's crazy. You know the schedule? You know
the next few games?
Give me the...
I know they got Buffalo.
They got the Cowboys.
Okay, Cowboys. He's going to
eat. Yeah. They're not changing. They Okay. Cowboys, he gonna eat.
Yeah.
They not changing. They not scheming for no one person. No, you can't.
You can't play him man up.
I don't know what Washington was thinking.
They don't have the kind of DB. They not gonna change, though.
They not gonna change.
You know what? We gonna stop.
We gonna change and stop doing what we normally do.
Just gonna be playing the Miami Dolphins and Tyreek Hill.
Some defensive coordinators are stubborn.
Yeah, see, they got the Titans, the Jets, the Cowboys,
the Ravens, and the Bills, right?
Yeah.
They got Titans, Jets, Cowboys, Ravens, Bills.
Titans, Jets, Cowboys.
He getting 1,000.
He getting 1,000.
2,000.
I mean, 2,000. He getting 2,000. He getting 1,000. 2,000. I mean, 2,000.
He getting 2,000.
He definitely getting it.
That Titans game?
That Titans game?
Yeah.
Man, stop playing.
And he going to get some opportunity against the Jets
because the offense is so inept.
He's going to get a lot of opportunities.
He going to be in the field a lot.
Yes.
He going to be in the field a lot.
Yes.
Yes. So, congratulations to the
Dolphins, 45-14 winners over
the Commanders. Woo! Commanders,
y'all got to do better. Y'all might need to change
y'all name again. Hey, you think they're going to
fire Mr. Rivera?
Oh, yeah, he gone. Yeah?
But it's only his third year, though.
He gone.
See, that's new ownership.
Josh Harris did not hire Ron Rivera.
Oh, that's right.
That's right.
Right.
Yeah.
So I'm going to get my people in there.
Right.
And move on.
Well, who would his people be anyway?
Anybody.
Anybody other than Ron Rivera.
Well, you got to say it like that.
I don't know.
No, I'm just telling you
because, look,
that man spent $6 billion.
Woo!
Do you know how much?
$6 billion.
Yeah.
$6 billion.
I can't even fathom.
If I'm not mistaken,
he brought...
Dan Snyder purchased Washington.
They weren't the commanders
at the time.
We know the name that they were
for about $800 million from the estate of
Jack Kent Cooke. Wait, only
$800 million? $800 million in
1999. Look at me talking about only.
My bad. But I'm
saying, so
$6 billion. Right. That's crazy.
Yeah.
Imagine if you had the money to get you
an NFL team, man.
No, imagine if we, we, I mean, we, cause we, we, we.
Yeah.
Imagine that.
We got to pull.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think there's only a handful of people that I'm talking about a real percentage.
I mean, cause you're probably going to have to have, I mean, there are guys like a Jay-Z,
a Robert Smith, who I think is the world think is the wealthiest black billionaire, Oprah, Michael, you know, guys, people like that.
Magic was able to get in on it.
But, I mean, for me, yeah, it would be amazing.
I want to see the day that Magic's in there.
Magic gives us hope.
Yeah, yeah.
Magic gives us hope for NFL. Michael. Magic gives us hope for NFL. Michael
gave us hope for an NBA team.
Magic gave us hope for MLB.
So now we see
people of my color that
looks like me, that played a professional
sport, that has an opportunity, that's
a minority owner. Right.
LeBron is looking at it. LeBron wants
that team in Vegas. Right.
He gonna get it. He gonna get it. He gonna get it. LeBron wants that team in Vegas. Right. Oh, he going to get it.
He going to get it.
He going to get it.
And he wants to be a majority.
He wants to be.
But I mean, considering what NBA franchise is going for,
what happened was when Donald Sterling had to sell the Clippers,
because prior to that, no team had ever gone for over $600 million.
Right.
If I'm not mistaken, Vivek, didn't he buy the,
I think he bought the Sacramento Kings for $550.
Then he comes out and he
plays, and a bomber,
Steve Bomber, pays $2.2 billion.
Which
is four times what
the highest franchise had ever been
sold for. So,
now you see where
the NBA prices
are going. You see what Michael brought.
I think Michael brought the Bobcats, the Hornets, excuse me, the Hornets for maybe $300 million, $400 million.
And I think he just sold for $3.5 billion.
You see Mark Cuban purchased the Mavericks for $200 million.
Just sold a large share of them for $3.5 billion. Wait, he purchased the goddamn Mavericks for $200 million. Just sold a large share of them for $3.5 billion.
Wait, he purchased the goddamn Mavericks for $200 million?
$200 million.
Look at me, I'm talking about he purchased,
like I got $200 million just sitting around,
like I could go purchase some goddamn body.
Ain't a whole lot of people got that kind of money.
I mean, if you got that kind of money,
I mean, now there are guys that got money, I mean, now, there are guys
that got billions and can have
$2 billion in escrow
in a matter of hours, you know, a day.
But that's a great thing
and I'm happy for Magic.
Minority owner in the Dodgers,
minority owner in the
Commanders.
Any owner of the Sparks, too?
Minority owner of the Sparks?
He might be. I think he sold
it. He was in the Lakers.
But I think he sold that. But he sold
a lot of his holdings and
the Starbucks and stuff to be able
to purchase shares into
the Dodgers and the
Washington football team. The Broncos
get lose today, 22-17.
They come up short.
Jimmy Ward intercepted Russ passing the end zone with nine seconds to play.
Derek Stingley Jr. picked up two more passes.
Russ finished 15-26, 186, a touchdown, and three interceptions.
And what had really helped the Broncos spring back,
Russ was playing clean games.
The Broncos are not good enough as a team
to overcome those
types of mistakes.
Maybe you could overcome one,
but you can't overcome three.
And that's
what happened today. Russ tried to
force some throws, and
Stingley made great plays on a couple of
them, and they lose the ball
game. C.J. Stroud was 16 of 27, 274, and a touchdown.
The Broncos, what do you take away from Broncos?
And we'll get to the Texans.
I mean, you think about it.
Russ has been cooking the past five games.
And what I think Sean Payton has done is Russ didn't even have any games
in those five that they did win where he threw over 200-some yards.
You know, everything was dink and dunk you know what make sure you keep
us in the game and i'm allowing the defense to take over and win it for us you just keep us in
position and we gonna be all right right this game let it you know we're gonna let him off the leash
a little bit and what happens when they let him off the leash a little bit you know you get you
get the turnovers. Obviously, there
were some good players and guys that also get paid
millions of dollars on the other side of the ball.
You know?
It just didn't go the way it would.
But it's not a bad thing because you did
win five in a row.
You got next week. You come right back.
You fix what you need to fix.
And hey.
You could have been sitting really pretty.
You could have been seven. You could have been sitting really pretty. You could have been seven.
You could have been, what, seven and five?
Yeah.
You could have been seven and five.
Yeah.
And now you're one game behind the Chiefs.
Yeah.
Who would have thought that somebody would be right that close to the Chiefs?
Because the Chiefs normally run away with the division.
With everything, yeah.
Not right now.
Right.
And so you'd have been right there.
CJ Stroud, 16-27, 274 and a touchdown.
What'd you like about CJ's game?
Man, CJ is the real deal, man.
Continue.
He continuous, continuous,
week in and week out,
acting like he's been here before.
I've never seen a rookie
play this poise,
be that relaxed,
being able to make the reads and adjustments
and being able to process the game
at such a fast rate like he's doing.
Nico Collins, man.
I think he's out.
No, that's Tank Dale.
Tank Dale, I think he's out for the year.
Tank Dale, man, he broke his fibula, man.
That's unfortunate.
Very unfortunate.
But listen, the way Nico Collins is playing, Nico will be able to pick up that slack for CJ Sorrell
so they continue to wreak havoc week in and week out.
You know what?
Look, I think Mike McDaniel is going to get a lot of votes
for Coach of the Year.
But right now, the Houston coach.
Yeah.
That's the Ryans.
Yeah, D'Amico.
Yeah.
D'Amico got gotta get it, man.
Yeah. Yeah. This team,
how many games did they win last year? Two?
They won two games last year?
They won two or three.
I think they won two games last year. How many games
did they win last year, Ash?
And
the way they're playing, Ojo,
they're in every game.
And a lot of times they go in these games, you're like, I think the Texans gonna win. This playing, Ojo, they're in every game. And a lot of times, they go
in these games, you're like,
I think the Texans are going to win.
He doesn't coach like a
first-year coach.
And C.J. Stroud definitely doesn't play
like a rookie quarterback.
They were 3-13-1
last year.
And they've already doubled that.
They've won six games, right?
I think seven.
Five and six or six and six.
I know they're
right there on the Jags' heel. They're nipping on
the Jags' heel.
They're seven and five.
Seven and five.
Yeah, he could
definitely be coach of the year. Most definitely. But
Mike McDaniels is also someone who is
also deserving of it.
But what D'Amico has been able to do
with the Texans in such a short amount of time.
Yeah.
And what I like to say,
sometimes, you know,
they give us,
they give us,
I don't want to say it the wrong way.
They give us the hard jobs.
Yes.
You get where I'm going.
Of course.
You get where I'm going.
Yes.
You ain't getting Big Ben. You ain't getting Rodgers. You're not getting Mahomes. Okay. You ain't getting Big Ben.
You ain't getting Rodgers.
You're not getting Mahomes.
You're not getting those guys.
Okay, you see where I'm going with this.
They send her members to the Jets.
They send you to teams that don't have quality quarterbacks.
And when it doesn't go well, they say, oh, well, you didn't turn it around.
You got it down.
Yeah, I know exactly where you're going.
Okay, okay, okay.
Tony, Big Buck Buchanan.
How do you feel about the Falcons' jet game?
And if Falcons win the NFC South, do you give us a chance to win a playoff game?
I don't know about winning a playoff game, but I think you definitely have a chance to win that division.
Yeah.
Because that division is not very strong.
The Falcons still atop that division at 6-6, followed by the Bucks at 5-7, New Orleans at 5-7,
and Carolina obviously pulling up the rear at one and 11.
But yes, first of all, that game shouldn't have been closed
because at the end of the game, that was a fumble.
That was an empty hand, and they blew the whistle.
The league has already told them, let the play go
because we're going to review all scoring plays.
We review all turnover.
Right.
So there was no reason.
There was no reason for you to blow the whistle.
Right.
Just like in the Kansas city green Bay game.
What did they do?
Oh,
Joe,
they let him score the touchdown.
We go to the booth,
bring it back,
bring it back,
but you blow the whistle.
Well,
but the further review,
the,
the,
the quarterback had an empty hand coming forward.
It was a fumble recovered by the Falcons.
But you robbed him of a touchdown.
Right.
Yeah.
And the NFL is already saying, let the play go.
We can always come back.
We got all turnover plays are reviewed.
So, yeah, but the Falcons.
Man, I'm jazzed.
I told you, Ocho.
No, I know. You didn, them Jets I told you, Ocho No, I know You didn't tell me
I told you
Listen, there was nothing
There was nobody
There was no magical answer
There's nothing we can do
Aaron Rodgers
Talk about you coming back
Coming back to do what?
He doesn't
Coming back to do what?
He just talking
He talking
I love
I love
I love my Jets
I'm talking about my Jets
Listen, I'm a part of every goddamn team I don't care what it is You sure are Listen, I love my Jets. I'm talking about my Jets. Listen, I'm a part of every goddamn team.
I don't care what it is.
You sure are.
Listen, I love my Jets.
I love my Jets.
I fucking love Zach Wilson.
I'm going to stand on business about Zach.
There is nothing you can put back there at the quarterback position.
Jesus himself could come down and play quarterback for the Jets.
The results for the game today would still be the same.
There is work that needs to be done. There is work that needs to be done.
There's work that needs to be done
internally,
and it starts from the top
and it works its way down.
Rob Asala,
you can't blame the coach.
You definitely can't blame the coach
at all.
But listen,
there's a lot of work
that needs to be done
over there in New York,
and they got to get to the bottom of it.
And I don't like the fact that they're making
Zach Wilson the scapegoat.
They shouldn't.
There's so many other areas that need to be fixed
and addressed, and then you go from there.
Well, this is an organizational problem
because here's the problem that they have.
They've missed on two franchise quarterbacks
in the span of about five years.
Wait, who did they pass up?
They drafted Sam Donald, number three of all,
and he didn't work out.
Yeah, but he was great at USC, though.
So what you're calling was great at
BYU. And we
just talked about this on Thursday. Just because
you're great in college doesn't mean you're going to be great
in the NFL. Wait a minute. Stay with me now.
Listen, I told you
the best thing for a quarterback, especially
when you're young, is coming to a situation
that is perfect for you.
We have a supporting cast.
I don't care who you are.
There's 32 teams in the NFL.
If a quarterback is only as good
as his supporting cast,
unless you are superior,
and the only superior quarterback
in the NFL right now
that is leaps and bounds
ahead of everybody else,
that is Patrick Mahomes.
And right now,
because he doesn't have
a great supporting cast around him, he
doesn't even look like Superman right now.
So imagine
another scene. Look what's happening to Bryce Young.
Another two years, they're going to be saying
Bryce Young is a problem when that's
not his fault.
But the problem is
that normally when you go
to a team that's so high,
you're devoid of talent.
That's why you're picking number one overall.
That's why you're picking two.
That's why you're picking three. That's unfair, especially for the quarterbacks that get drafted early.
Yes, yes, yes.
And so what you try to do is that you have a situation where you get the quarterback
and now you've got a few quality vet,
because they're young at every position.
The quarterback's young.
You look at the wide receivers, they're young.
And so there's no veteran wide receivers.
So now you're coming in and you're like,
man, we got to start from scratch.
But if you don't, see,
but that's really the only position
that sets you back three years.
You can miss at a linebacker.
You can miss at a DB.
You can miss at any position.
And it really won't set you back like it does if you're doomed.
But you understand how difficult it is to find a quality quarterback.
You know how difficult it is for a goddamn C.J. Stroud to come along and act like he's already been playing for a goddamn 10 years.
You just plug in and he just go.
Ocho.
Difficult.
That's why you don't hear me throw the word around elite.
Yeah, right.
That's why.
Because the very reason what you said, do you understand?
Right, right, right.
Because you can have a game.
You can have a stretch.
But to do that over and over
and over. Consistently, that's difficult. Year in
and year out. Consistency is difficult.
Yeah, man.
The five
picks after Darnold
have all been to the Pro Bowl.
So Sam Darnold
went number three. Denzel Ward, Pro Bowl. So Sam Darnold went number three.
Denzel Ward, Pro Bowl.
Real deal.
Bradley Chubb, Pro Bowl.
Real deal.
Quentin Nelson, Pro Bowl.
Real deal.
Josh Allen, Pro Bowl.
Rayquan Smith, Pro Bowl.
Wait.
Oh, Baltimore Rayquan Smith?
Yeah.
He went to the Bears first.
He went to the Bears first.
He's been a Pro Bowler.
That's right.
Yeah.
Hey, them boys was good.
Everybody you name is the realler. That's right. Yeah. Hey, them boys was good. Everybody you name
is the real deal.
Mm-hmm.
And Chubb just got traded
to Miami
because the Broncos
like, well, we're not going
to where let's see
if we can parlay the...
Bradley Chubb.
Yeah.
Okay, okay, okay.
For the Broncos.
Yeah.
Zach Wilson went number two
to the Jets.
Trey Lance went number three.
Kyle Pitts went number four. Went for a thousand yards. Went to the Jets. Trey Lance went number three. Kyle Pitts went number four.
Went for 1,000 yards. Went to the
Pro Bowl his first year. Jamar Chase
going to the Pro Bowl. Real deal.
Pene Sewell going to the Pro Bowl.
Pastor Tan going to the Pro Bowl.
Micah Parsons
has gone to many Pro Bowls.
And he's been an all-pro every year he's been in the
league. But
Ocho, you miss on that quarterback. There's so much emphasis pro every year he's been in the league. But Ocho, you miss on that quarterback.
There's so much emphasis on him because he's for your structural foundation.
I don't care how much marble.
I don't care how much mahogany and piano wood you got in your house.
Without that foundation at the quarterback.
Yeah.
Ain't gonna work.
It ain't gonna work. It ain't gonna work.
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Ocho, I told you something.
I told you Friday.
I told you Thursday. Yeah. I said, Ocho, if Alabama beat Georgia told you Friday I told you Thursday
I said Ocho
if Alabama beat Georgia
they going to the
college football playoffs
now I told you
I said Ocho
if I tell you
a dunk smoke cigarettes
you grab him
and check on his wing
he got a pack of butter there
hey I'm so glad
there's no
I'm so glad
we on this right now
because you got to give me a better understanding of how in the hell Florida State go undefeated and don't make the playoffs.
Somebody asked me, right?
The first thing I said, you know what?
I don't even have to watch college football like that to understand the four teams that they pick.
They choose to go.
Follow the money.
Follow the money. Just follow the money.
Outside of that, that is the bottom line. Come hell or high water behind
all things and then they're going to talk.
Stop thinking with your emotions. Stop thinking
because you're a fan of that team
or you have allegiance to them. That's your
alma mater. Follow the money. That's
what the committee is doing.
Ocho, the thing is that I don't know what people are thinking.
Right.
So you mean to tell me you thought the committee was going to leave two 12-1 SEC teams out of the college football playoffs.
Is that what you thought?
The toughest conference in the country.
Right.
Year in and year out.
And you got two 12-1 teams, and you're going to leave both of them at home.
I told you, and I was trying to explain to people,
and I said it on first day, I said, with their quarterback being injured,
and you own your second and third quarterback,
I said the committee is going to hold that against them.
I said if Alabama beats Georgia, they're going to the that against them. I said, if Alabama beats Georgia,
they're going to the college football
playoff. That's Bama.
If Georgia
beat Alabama, then you think Florida State would
have been in? Florida State would have been in.
Because now you take Georgia,
you take Michigan, you take
UW, and you take Florida State
because nobody else has no compelling argument.
But Georgia just
beat the number one team in the country.
They've won 11 straight games.
And you look at Florida State
struggled against
Louisville.
They needed to beat them 40 to nothing.
Do they take into account strength of schedule?
Does all that even matter?
Yes.
Alabama, from the homework I did, Alabama had the fifth an account strength of schedule does all that even matter or the just about yes yes so alabama
alabama from from from the homework i did alabama had the fifth strongest schedule this year yes
so they're in even though they have uh even though they have a loss and the fact that they just beat
georgia they beat georgia they beat the number one they beat the the 29 team that hadn't lost
in in two and a half years years yeah they beat that team okay
and i knew and i knew look i like kirby but they were talking about kirby is the best because no
kirby's not kirby's had the best talent over the last two years right because you mean to tell me
if coach saban would have had that talent he wouldn't have won the national championship right
i love kirby i like kirby a lot i don't love him I like him a lot and I think he's a fabulous coach
and he got
he cut his teeth
under Coach Saban
but St. Nick is where it's at
there's never been a coach
in college football
that was better than St. Nick
and I'm talking
and I'm old enough
to remember Coach Bryant
I'm old enough
to remember a lot of them
not him
Dr. Tom Osborne
when he won
all of his championships
in the 90s
and when he had that
Nebraska team in the 80s,
when they were the old Big 8, I don't know if you
remember the old Big 8 conference. Not Tommy
Frazier.
Tommy Frazier and
nutcase
Lawrence Phillips.
They were, man,
they averaged like 400 yards rushing
the game.
With that option?
They just bludgeoned people.
Yeah.
They just beat people down.
Yeah.
Well, you know what?
My next question goes, well, now you have,
we all know the four teams that are in there.
Michigan is one.
Washington is two.
Texas is three.
Alabama is four.
So Michigan plays Alabama.
Washington plays Texas.
So you tell me how it's going to play out.
What you think?
Look, did you hear?
For everybody that's watching, if you're gambling,
if you're a gambling man or you're a gambling woman,
you listen to Unk and bet your house on what Unk tell you.
This is what I do know.
When it was announced, because they announced the first three teams first.
Right.
Michigan, Washington, Texas.
And who will face Michigan in the fourth spot?
When they unveiled it was Alabama.
Did you hear the size that came over Michigan's locker room?
They thought they was going to get Florida State and a second or third team quarterback. And make it easy to get to the national championship, huh? You're going to have to
play. You're going to have to play.
Because that's one thing about St. Nick.
He's going to have them ready. How do they match up, though?
How do
the Wolverines match up?
Michigan is a physical
team. They try to bludgeon
people.
I can only
remember only a handful
of teams since he's gone
back to Alabama that
beat him running the football.
You normally beat him with a quarterback.
It's a Cam Newton.
It's a Johnny Manziel.
Zeke ran him off
the field, but Cordell Jones had
some timely throws. Normally,
if you beat him, even when they lost
in the Sugar Bowl that night to Trevor Knight,
he threw for 300 plus yards.
Normally, in order to beat
an Alabama defense, you have to throw the
football.
Is Michigan capable of actually
throwing the ball up and down the field
like that?
Michigan pride themselves and said, you know what?
We tougher than you are.
We gonna bully you?
That's what they believe.
That's a Jim Harbaugh's philosophy.
Right.
If you watched him
when he coached the 49ers,
you see how they played.
They were suffocating
with big fans.
You're suffocating defense
and Colin Kaepernick
and Frank Gore
and that crew
running the football.
Right.
I mean, you can do that if you have the personnel
to do so, but we talk about Alabama.
They got them hogs.
They got them hogs up front now.
You know it.
And Jalen Monroe
has gotten better. Remember now,
he was big.
He was big.
And he got the job back
and he hasn't looked back.
And so guys make a bone.
Isaiah bone.
Guys are making plays for him.
That defense played outstanding yesterday,
but Jalen Moreau, his legs is what got him because they could not give the ball back to Georgia.
And he gets outside.
He goes for 30.
He stays inbounds.
And then he gets a first down.
The guy punches the ball out.
The ball comes out, but he lands on it.
They run the clock out.
So it's going to be – I like this matchup.
I'm not surprised of the four teams that made it.
Texas, I love Sark.
Sark is unbelievable.
It's going to be a great game.
But I think
the game that people are kind of circling
is
when you got three blue bloods.
Texas, Alabama, and Michigan.
You don't get any bluer than that.
You don't get any bluer than that.
Washington is the outlier.
But, man, this is going to be
a great matchup. The two programs, I think Michigan is the winninglier. Yeah. But, man, this is going to be a great matchup.
The two programs, I think Michigan is winning its program in NCAA history in terms of football.
Right.
I think Alabama is probably like three or four.
Texas, the burnt orange is back in business.
Yeah.
Sartre got him.
And where did he go?
Went to Coach Saban, rehabilitated himself.
Right.
Got a job.
Very deserving of the job at UT,
turned that program completely around because you know they come to the SEC next year.
Texas, Oklahoma, now, and everybody talking about, oh, they're going to 12.
So now you're going to have five teams from the SEC.
And you're going to have four teams from the SEC in the college football player.
Right.
And you're going to have two or three from the big team.
So now you're going to be mad all over again And you're going to have two or three from the big team. So now you're going to be mad all over again
because you're going to have five, six, seven teams
from two conferences
in the college football playoff.
And now you're mad.
You'll get lip stuck out.
Mm-hmm.
Man, that ain't fair.
But what you want to do?
That's crazy.
With strength of schedule,
are the colleges,
are the head coaches in charge of
who you pick to play?
Or is that done by somebody else separately?
You should purposely,
you should purposely,
I mean, this is what I would do.
Well, you got to play X amount of SEC games.
Right.
You got to play X amount of those.
But I would want my schedule
to be a little bit more difficult
so when the time comes,
the committee can't use strength of schedule
as a reason for me not making it.
No, you don't.
Man, I ain't taking no chances.
Man, you think I'm finna go out there?
If you think I'm some team in the Big Ten, I'm gonna play
Alabama or I'm gonna play Georgia.
You watch your damn battle, Cho.
No.
Yeah.
My boys will be ready.
Guess who got the toughest strength of schedule?
Such and such. But they got three losses.
Where that gonna get you?
Okay.
You see, Alabama couldn't make it last year with two losses.
Your goddamn Florida State were goddamn undefeated.
And look what they used the strength to say.
That's the goddamn reason why they're not in there.
I mean, that's bull.
And then they're going to say, well, their quarterback ain't there.
They're down to their third string quarterback.
What does that have to do with the matter of the fact that they are undefeated?
What's the purpose of going undefeated?
Going undefeated.
If you're not rewarded.
It was such a bad break, and I feel bad for Florida State.
Yeah.
But I'm not surprised by the outcome of the committee taking Alabama.
Those three.
Follow the money.
If you saw the Wolf of Wall Street, just follow the money.
Yeah, because Alabama going to bring them.
Bring them out.
Bring them out.
Who wins the national championship? The chat says
39% says Bama,
30% says Michigan,
and Texas and Washington both
get 16%. So
that just goes to show you that a lot of people still
believe that Alabama is Alabama.
So they count out
UW?
Man, don't count out Pennix Jr. now.
Pennix Jr. is the real deal back there.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
For sure.
That's going to be, I mean, for Texas,
Texas might have the most balanced team,
both offensively and defensively,
because yours can throw the football.
They got some great receivers.
A running back can run the football.
Their defense is solid. So,
from an overall standpoint, they're probably
the most balanced, the most complete team.
Right. But Michigan,
Michigan, I mean, it's going to be, you know, people want to
see Michigan and Alabama. They don't get an opportunity
to lock horns much. That'd be
a good one. And so, that's going to be a good one.
We kind of touched on this earlier,
Ocho, I made Doka, called
LeBron. He said, stop crying like B-I-T-C-H doka called LeBron he said stop crying like
B-I-T-C-H's man
LeBron we're all grown men that B word
ain't cool I'm a soft ass
boy stop B-I-T-C-H
acting like you gonna do something
you see
walking over here like you gonna do something
maybe Mr.
I made maybe he wanted to smoke
I made a doka maybe he wanted to smoke. I may a doka.
Maybe he wanted to smoke.
Okay.
You get your ass tore up, coach.
Get your ass tore up.
Man, don't be playing.
Look here.
If you ain't got no pants on, if you ain't got no jersey on, and you talking sideways?
Yeah.
I mean, that's a good thing.
Listen, the player, the Rocket players, the Rocket player, you see your coach talking
trans to the king like that, you know what that do for the morale of the team? Oh the rocket player, you see your coach talking trash to the king like that,
you know what that do
for the morale of the team?
Oh, shit, we finna play.
We finna play for this.
Oh, man, coach got tore up.
I almost said N-word.
Hey, man, coach got tore up.
Hey, but listen, I mean,
it give you,
especially when you deal
with them young kids, man,
and they see you, you know,
moving and operating like that in that type of manner.
I'll say, hey, coach is really
with that. He with the shits.
Shit, that's somebody we got there and play for.
But see, the thing is
with Bron is that Bron
is like,
he just like want to get along.
Bron just all about love
and all about peace. He said, man, Bron, just don't use
that word loosely.
LeBron is trying to reason with him.
Right, right, right, right.
But, okay.
Coach one's trying to reason.
He's trying to win the game.
Coach trying to win the game.
I'm saying, okay, I may.
Now, you keep being like the cabbage, all head, no ass.
Okay, you're going to find out.
Okay?
Okay, now.
You better stop.
Okay.
Hold on, hold on.
I got to write that one down.
Try to be like a cabbage.
All head and no ass.
Okay. Now you think I'm stealing some of these.
I'm going to use that one.
I'm going to use that one for real.
Man, people done got the way to get reckless, Ocho.
Right, right, right, right.
But like I said, I don't know how to lock a room, but I came up in the 90s.
Yeah.
Another grown man wasn't finna talk to no grown man like that.
Right, right.
Because, man, everybody don't play.
Everybody don't know how you talk to somebody.
Right.
You can't talk to everybody like that, man.
You just can't.
It's different i i'm thinking of
just just playing on the park man playing ball ymca parks traveling like i said you know being
at being at venice beach being at the ymca just pick up ball growing up that's the way i'm maybe
it's where i'm from where i'm from listen you understand is trash talk from eight o'clock in
the morning to eight o'clock at night.
And anything that has to do with anything competitive, no matter what, it doesn't matter whether it's spades, basketball, football, soccer.
If you're fighting and you know every punch, you're saying the word bitch.
Every punch, you know, you talk, you talk about it.
It just is a part of it.
So it's really hard for me to understand why the word even bothers you that much
when you know you're really not a bitch anyway.
You know you're not soft anyway,
but it just comes with the territory.
Okay.
You see a B-I-T-C-H slapping.
That's all you got to do.
Yeah.
If you see one slapping.
Right, right, right, right.
I understand.
Okay, man.
I understand.
But here's the thing.
When a man tell you to stop playing,
if a man tell you don't call me that again,
let that go, bro.
Yeah.
Let that go.
Right.
Let that go.
Just like, I get it.
And he's going to talk about what you're going to do.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay, now you're tough.
Okay, now you're tough.
Right, right. When you was in a basketball uniform, now you're tough. Okay, now you're tough. Right, right.
When you was in a basketball uniform, you never said that.
You never said, because LeBron played against you.
You never said none of this.
Now you on the sidelines, you're going to get tough?
Yeah.
Hey, unless you got Kevlar on, suits don't make you tough.
Unless you got Kevlar.
Yeah, Le Teflon.
Man,
see, LeBron could
have hit it with the low blow and it
ended all talk.
You know what, I ain't going to do this.
I ain't going to see you.
Don't do it.
When they go low,
we go high. No, we don't. When you go low,
I go to the basement.
I'm going lower
than you. Right, right. Yeah.
I go to hell if I have to.
That's how low I'm willing to go.
Again, I
like it though. I'm putting
myself
in the
shoes of the players that play for the Rockets.
Man, you see our head coach?
Yeah, he found that.
Man, he got, man,
Bron tore his ass up.
I don't know why he was talking
reckless to the king like that.
Man, listen,
I understand.
Everybody respects LeBron
for all his accomplishments.
No, they don't have to talk
to him reckless like that.
I know, but you not understanding
what that would do for the team, though.
Yeah, you got to understand
and see where I'm coming from.
Yeah, for sure. I mean, look, if I'm on. Yeah, you got to understand and see where I'm coming from. Yeah, for sure.
I mean, look, if I'm on that team, I got to back up.
I mean, my coach writing checks, but I got the cash.
Right, right, right, right, right.
I ain't got no problem because I played in Baltimore,
and Brian always wrote checks.
Yeah.
And we had the cash.
Right.
Now, okay, fine.
I ain't got no problem.
I don't got no problem with talking.
Like I said, I just needed to know how we going to play the game, Ocho.
Are we snap the whistle?
When they blow the whistle, we done?
Or we snap till after the whistle?
Right, right.
Till they break us up.
However you want to do it.
You're ready.
You can do it.
Either way.
And I will give it to you shipping and handling because I'm going to make sure you get it back because I don't want no question.
Man, I ain't get what we do to me.
You're going to get it back. I'm going to get you back. Yeah. I'm going to get your you get it back because I don't want no question. Man, I ain't get what it would do to me. You're going to get it back.
I'm going to get you back.
Yeah.
I'm going to get your ass back.
Oh, yeah, for sure.
Because I can make everything
look just like a player in the game.
I block.
I cut, block you.
I get you.
Yeah.
And then, man, you...
Hey, keep on.
Okay.
You over there
bumping them gums.
Now you're talking about
stop cutting.
No, stop running your mouth.
I couldn't do that.
That's too much.
That's too much energy wasted.
I needed all my energy.
And if I don't get you, I'm going to get your teammates.
Hey, man, what the fuck?
Hey, your boy running his mouth.
Don't even shut up.
You his teammate.
So, hey, if I don't get him, I get you.
Next man out?
Sure.
If I don't get him, I'm going to get you his team.
Right, right, right.
So, that ain't no word in there. That's funny. If I don't get him, I'm going to get his team. Right, right, right. So that is what it is.
That's funny.
Fan question.
Cleveland squad asked, so with Purdy winning today,
is he now in the lead for the MVP?
What's Purdy numbers?
I think Dak got great numbers.
Yeah.
And I think the Cowboys are going to have a record good enough
that will vindicate Dak and say if he gets the MVP
and they go, they lost three games already,
so they go 14-3, they go 13-4.
He's going to have a good enough record
and his numbers are going to be good enough
that if he won the award, you can't you can't argue with it.
I think I think he's going to win.
He is 23 and six.
Dak is what?
Twenty six and six.
Dak is 26 and six.
What's Lamar's number?
Lamar's 13-5.
It's going to be hard because at the end of the day, Ocho,
you know this is – people are like, oh, man, he winning.
But, bro, you got to have stats to go along with those winnings.
You look at Purdy's numbers.
You look at Dak's numbers.
Dak has the same record as Lamar.
And Purdy has the same record team-wise as Lamar. But Purdy has
10 more touchdowns. Dak has 13 more
touchdowns. How you gonna get MVP
if they have the same record?
How you gonna get MVP to Lamar?
With Purdy with those numbers, with Dak
with those numbers.
What's Jalen Hurts' numbers?
Jalen has 19 and 10.
Yeah.
What's a,
who else has some big time numbers?
Josh. Josh Allen leading the NFL right now.
Josh has like,
I think he had like 29,
30 touchdowns total.
Yeah.
24 and 13.
Yeah.
But I think,
I think the interception and the turnovers are going to cause him.
So right now, right now for me, Purdy, Dak, and Lamar.
But here's the thing, though, Ochoa.
Check this out.
Considering Purdy's team beat Dallas, Purdy team beat the Eagles. Purdy
had, what, seven, eight touchdowns
and a clean game against
both of them. I think in the voters'
eyes, they're looking at Purdy right now in the
cat purse.
Because I saw Purdy,
Dak. I think right now, Purdy,
Dak, Dak, Purdy. I think that's
kind of where the voters are leading. You know, I think
what's going to happen is there's a gauntlet.
There's a gauntlet of games
coming up that are very difficult
for the Cowboys.
A gauntlet of games
that are going to tell us
who the real Cowboys are
and what we're to expect
from the Cowboys.
They got the Eagles,
they got the Bills,
and they got the Dolphins.
And the Dolphins.
That gauntlet of games
right there
will be the test of time
for the Cowboys.
And I think if they can win
two of those three,
you might as well goddamn book it.
Dak is walking away with that goddamn MVP trophy.
Tua is 24 and 10.
I think Tua probably has what?
22,000, 3,000 yards?
Wait.
Purdy probably won't have the 4 000 yards like a no no that um but that
touchdown to interception ratio that right now is 26 to 6 purdy is 23 to 6 lamar is 13 to 5
hers is 19 to 10 but hers probably has another 10 rushing touchdowns, doesn't he? Mm-hmm. Allen is 24-13.
C.J. Stroud is 20-5.
Mm.
Tua, 24-10.
Impressive.
But you know what?
It's going to be a situation where it probably comes down to the last day.
Mm-hmm.
Because Dak has done a great job over the last three weeks of taking care of the football.
Jalen Hurst has 12 rushing touchdowns. So he's 31 touchdowns. How many
fumbles? So he has
10 interceptions. What?
Five fumbles?
Just like
music.
Man, a rookie got 20 touchdowns with five picks.
That's crazy.
Wow.
With five games to go.
Crazy.
Yeah.
Doing work.
Oh, he is.
He is.
And it's not a situation where they're just like, oh, we're going to let you throw the ball on third down.
No.
He threw the ball on first down, second down, third and short, third and long.
They put the ball in his hands They go make plays son
But this MVP race
Is going to come down to the end
It's going to come down to
Just like what
So right now
Hurts has 29 touchdowns
And 14 turnovers
10 picks
4 fumbles
Damn
It don't seem like he got 10 picks, 4 fumbles. Damn. It don't seem like he got 10 picks, though.
Mm-hmm.
Yep.
31 touchdowns?
Oh, 19-12.
My bad.
Damn.
I was looking at the 19-10.
He has 31 total touchdowns with 14 turnovers.
Does Purdy have any rushing touchdowns?
Let's get Pur let's get,
let's get Purdy's numbers and Dak numbers.
I'm telling you right now.
What you, who you like?
Who you like for the MVP?
If you got to pick one right now.
I like, I like Dak.
I like Dak.
Everybody, listen,
everybody else continues
to get their praise.
I want to see Dak, you know,
get that goddamn monkey off his back.
Get that monkey off your back, man. Excuse me. Go Dak, you know, get that goddamn monkey off his back. Get that monkey
off your back, man.
Win your MVP,
go into
the playoffs,
pass the first round, and get
them people off your back, man.
You do know you win an MVP.
You heighten the expectations.
You know how that works, Ochoa. Well, listen, he
played for the goddamn Dallas Cowboys,
so the goddamn expectations
been out the goddamn roof regardless.
Okay, they're out the roof.
Now they're about to go out of the world.
They got to go out of the stratosphere
because now you play for the Cowboys
and you got an MVP,
which signifies you had the best season
in a calendar season,
in a football season.
Yeah.
That's fine.
I believe, considering what he's gone through in his adult life,
the past tragic passing of his mom, the untimely demise of his brother,
he built.
Yeah, he built for that.
He built for it.
Most definitely.
He built for that.
Most definitely.
We'll get back to those numbers.
We've got a couple of questions.
The Real K Love asked
How y'all feel about Puka?
Oh Puka did it
Oh Puka was pooping on him today
Puka Nuka?
Puka
Oh Puka pooped on him
Yeah Puka Nakua
He pooped on the Browns
Puka Nakua is a real deal man
Puka Nakua is a real deal
And this is one of the things
About being a part of that McVay
offense, man. Once they
scheme up the plays for you to get
the ball and understand that you are
savvy enough to be able to win
in situations and line you up
in multiple positions, this is what you
get. This is what you get.
Kuba Cup, Puka
Nakua.
But let me ask you a question.
Like sliced bread.
If I got Puka Nakua on a rookie contract,
do I really need to pay Cooper Cup
$17, $15, $16 million a year?
So what you think they're going to do?
They're going to make a business decision next year?
Yeah, I would ask them to take a pay cut
or I'm going to have to move on.
For real?
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know if they're going to go they go i mean that's that's cooper cup man they're gonna be over they're gonna be over the cap
by a big number big number what would they you think would they ask aaron donald to take a pay cut
i'm sure they i'm sure yeah dag has 28 total touchdowns, only six turnovers, which is so.
Phenomenal, as opposed to last year.
I think they're right here.
They're right now.
Purdy got 25 total touchdowns, seven total.
They're right here.
The thing that got Purdy head-to-head,
he blasted Dak
and he blasted
Jalen.
But
if you say Dak,
if the voter was the day and Dak won it,
I wouldn't even be mad at you.
I wouldn't even be mad at you.
I mean, you shouldn't be mad because I told you
he was going to win it.
I done told you ahead of time you're going to win it. I wouldn't even be mad at you. I mean, you shouldn't be mad because I told you he was going to win it. Yeah. I done told you ahead of time
you're going to win it.
I wouldn't even be mad at you.
I would not be mad at you.
The Cowboys have the Eagles.
Who do
the 49ers play next week, Ash?
Jalen Hurts has
31 total touchdowns
14 turnovers
Allen is right up there also
Allen has a bunch of touchdowns also
Yeah
I thought Josh Allen
Was leading the NFL in touchdowns
He was
But he's on a bye
He's on a bye
And you know
What you call him
Had a rush touchdown
And a pass touchdown
No
Hurts
Oh okay okay, Hurts. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Hurts.
So...
Who the Eagles got?
49ers played the Seahawks next week.
They got the Seahawks. Now remember
they went to Seattle and put that thump on
on a Thursday night about two weeks ago.
Yeah, yeah.
Here's the 49ers
schedule. Seahawks.
Cardinals.
Ravens.
Commanders.
Rams.
Shoot, they can go
that last five.
They can go four on one., they could go 4-1.
Yeah, 4-1, 5-0.
Yeah.
I mean, they're going to give everybody because they –
look, they're as balanced as we're going to find in the National Football League.
They can run it.
They can throw it.
They do a great job of protecting the quarterback,
and they do a great job of protecting the football.
Right.
So they're going to be a tough eye for anyone,
no matter where you play them at.
I think the Ravens go to San Fran, don't they?
Or do San Frans come easy?
It's in San Fran.
Ooh, that's going to be a good one.
That's going to be a good one.
That's going to be a good one.
The Nathan High Voltage 52 says,
I'm an objective Cowboy fan.
That's a lie.
There is no objectivity with a Cowboy fan.
But you ask the question, we're going to answer.
I've never said this.
This is our year.
Being a Cowboy fan is like being a parent of a bad child.
Hope when they get better with age.
But I couldn't wait to know what I was going to say
about my Cowboys after a long time.
I'm glad you know. I'm glad you know.
I'm glad you know.
Because, you know, when you got a bad kid, they blame everybody.
It's the teacher.
They ain't teaching my son.
They pick on my son.
He get on the bus.
He pulling people here and he doing all this stuff.
That bus driving don't like my son.
That's what it is.
I know.
He think he's lit.
And my son, my kid, my kid doesn't know.
If your kid bad at home, what
the hell you think your kid gonna be when he
take his ass to school? If he ain't listening
to you, if
he ain't listening to you, you think he
gonna listen to somebody that's not you?
But Nathan, high voltage.
Thanks for your question, bro. I don't know if there's
such thing as a, that seems oxymoronic
to say objective and cowboy fan.
It's like saying Quiet Riot or Jumbo Shrimp.
How you be Jumbo and a shrimp?
Shrimp by nature is miniature.
And then Jumbo is big, so you can't have Jumbo miniature.
And you can't have objective cowboy fan.
But appreciate it, NathanHighVoltage52, for your question.
Rob Schneider asks...
I don't think that's the one that you're thinking of, Ojo.
What team in your guys' playing days
did you want to see on Sunday?
Because you knew they had some hitters
and it was going to be a physical game.
Shout out to the Niners.
So what team you wanted to see?
Yeah, I wouldn't see any of them.
I mean, look, there are certain teams
that there were finesse teams and, you know, some you had to buckle any of them. I mean, look, there are certain teams that there were finesse teams
and, you know, some you had to buckle that thing up.
Yeah.
We played Kansas City.
We know Kansas City.
Yeah.
Kansas City were coming.
Back in the 90s, they were a defensive-based team.
Yeah.
I don't want people to think that what you see today is Kansas City.
They weren't like that.
Nah.
They had heavyweights.
They had DT, Neal Thomas, Joe Phillips, Dan Salamua.
They had thumpers. They had Deron Cherry. They had Martin Blayless. They had heavyweights. They had DT, Neil Thomas, Joe Phillips, Dan Salamua. They had thumpers.
They had Deron Cherry.
They had Martin Blayless.
They had Kevin Ross.
They had Albert Lewis.
They had Dale Carter.
They had James Hastie.
They had thumpers.
They had headbusters on that side.
So you knew, and they were going to cheap shot you.
So, you know, you had to keep your head on the swivel.
And so every chance you get,
hey, they try to send one of
yours out the game, you try to send one of theirs to the emergency room.
It is what it is.
It is.
I think for me,
the NFC was very easy.
And they weren't really physical at all.
But when it came to that AFC North,
when it came to that AFC North,
you better have two motherfucking chin straps
when you play the Steelers
and you play the Ravens.
During that 2000 era?
Man, shit.
But you know, Ocho,
before you got there,
it used to be the Ravens,
the Steelers,
the Jags,
the Titans,
the Browns,
and the Bengals.
That was the AFC North.
Really?
All of them?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
I didn't know that.
Yes.
I appreciate that history lesson.
All of us was in the same.
In the 2000s, we had to play the Titans, the Jags.
Those were some – oh, Tennessee used to thumb too.
Yeah.
When they had the freak.
When they had the freak.
Yeah.
Man, I wish people could have seen the freak before he got injured.
He messed his ankle up.
Javon Kersh, yeah.
Man.
Man, hey.
And all they get on defense
and they play on
and they come over the PA system.
Oh, freak out.
He coming.
Oh, Joe, he coming.
He had the first,
he had the quickest first step.
Yeah.
And DT had,
but for a man his size,
he had the quickest first step I ever seen. Yeah. Yeah, man for a man his size, he had the quickest first step
I ever seen.
Yeah.
Yeah, man.
Man, that joke would be
on a wide nine
and at the snap of the ball,
he'd cross your face
if you ain't careful.
Right.
Oh, man, he was special.
Oh, he was special.
And the thing is,
what made Tennessee,
there was a hatred
between us and Tennessee.
Right.
There was a hatred
between us and the Steelers.
We hated them.
Hated.
And that's when they had, they had, who they had?
They had JP, Joey Porter.
They had, what's Gilder there?
Joey used to talk some trash, boy.
Earl Holmes, did you play against Earl?
Nah, nah.
I remember Earl.
Earl Holmes?
I remember Earl.
Yeah, man.
And, man, they had another linebacker. He ended up going
to Kansas City. I can't think of the dude's name.
But Ocho?
Boy, he would drop that thump on
your ass.
From University of Georgia. What was that line?
What was his name?
Ah, man.
The boy we're hitting, huh?
What? Ocho.
Ocho. Ocho. Ocho Ocho Ocho
Ocho
but you know
we had
so because
here's the thing
Steelers
they known for defense
oh yeah
and the Ravers
oh yeah
we had Ray
we had Peter Boulware
we had Rob
we had Mike McQuarrie
Adelius Thomas
yeah man
y'all was loaded
Adelius
Adelius
when I got
when 2000 Adelius was a rookie so AD didn't get much playing time when I was there then when I got to 2000, Adelius was a rookie
so AD didn't get much playing time
when I was there, then when I left
he moved into the starting lineup
Kendrell Bell, that was his name
I remember Kendrell Bell
hey, he used to
thump, boy, I remember buddy
what? I remember buddy
he used to thump, boy
yeah, Jit Jit was Yeah, Jit was nice.
Jit was nice.
He was nice.
Yeah, man.
I remember Jit very bad.
Steelers used to bring pain.
And you know what?
You know who a coach used to talk a lot of smack?
Coach Cowher.
Bill?
Yeah, man.
He don't look like no trash.
Don't let him fool you.
Don't let him fool you
oh yeah
coach I know you'll get we used to go at it
we used to go at it
Mike asks what do you think about
Mike Evans and where he fits in other
elite receivers 10 straight
seasons of 1,000 yards
I look
because he came up
nobody ever thought that he was
Fitzgerald or he's Tyreek
now you got Chase
you got Jefferson
so sometimes you can have a great career
and it gets overshadowed
and I'm afraid that's what happened
with Mike Evans
what you think?
I love Mike
he doesn't talk much
he just puts his hard hat on.
He goes out and does what he needs to do year in and year out regards to
who's that quarterback in regards to who's at the helm.
He catches the ball,
he scores touchdowns and he's had consistent 1000 yard receiving 1000 yard
receiving yards for a decade straight.
That in itself is an enormous feat.
It's commendable and he is definitely a Hall of Famer for doing so.
Yep. Consistency
is difficult. It's the key.
Yeah. Consistency is very difficult.
And for the most part,
he shows up
every single year.
And you know what you're going to get out of it.
You know what you're going to get out of it.
Kudos to Mike Evans.
Congratulations.
10 straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons.
Boy, to start a career, that's saying something.
That's saying something.
Carlos Smith asks, who had a better big three,
you, TD Elway, or Troy Emory, the playmaker?
Man, them Jokers played together.
Hold on.
They played together.
That's a good trio.
Yeah, but they see,
they was together from 89,
no, from 90.
90.
So 90,
they played together until about 99.
You know,
John only played 95,
only played four years with TD.
Damn.
Only played four years with TD
because John retired
after the 98 season
and TD got
hurt in 99
he was okay but he wasn't the same
once he tore his knee he wasn't the same
I had left and went back
but
I talked more ish than any playmaker
that's for sure
I bet you that
but I mean it's hard to argue I mean Emmitt won two MVPs
uh they won three Super Bowls in four years we won two uh
they would I mean we the triplets they that was their big we had our version of the triplets with
myself John and TD but the triplets give me a dude I like I give me a dude the triplets with myself, John, and TD. But the triplets. Give me a dude.
Give me a dude.
My triplets was better than y'all, though.
Who?
Me, TJ, and Chris Henry.
What you mean, who?
You got to have a running back and a quarterback.
We had Rudy Johnson and Carson Palmer.
What you talking about?
This man say Rudy Johnson.
You better be talking about God dang old Fat Albert Rudy.
Nah, I'm talking about Rudy Johnson. Auburn, you the motherfucking versity. That Rudy Johnson. You better be talking about God dang old Fat Albert Rudy. Nah, I'm talking about Rudy Johnson.
Auburn, you the motherfucking Versity.
That Rudy Johnson.
Yeah.
You said Rudy Johnson better than TD?
I'm talking about trios.
Did I say anybody was better than anybody?
We talking about trios, right?
I had my own trio too.
So you putting Carson with Elway?
Huh?
I'm talking about my trio.
That's what I'm saying.
You, Carson, and Rudy.
Nigga, we better than both of y'all trios.
Talk about.
Y'all don't want to see us.
All I know.
Now, two of the three trios that we got,
our three members are in the hall.
What?
You talking about like a hall?
A hall?
Like, oh, you got a call?
No, not a haul.
Wait, it's about cough drop?
Paws?
Football heaven.
Football heaven.
That's all right.
Football heaven.
That's all right.
That's all right.
Listen, everybody ain't fortunate,
but I like my trio better.
I can't believe that you put Rudy Johnson
in front of TD and Emmitt.
Man, I'm putting my teammate before whoever.
I put my teammate before whoever. I put my teammate before
whoever and whenever, and
I like my trio better than your trio
and the Cowboy trio. Well, you better
combine Corey Dillon and Rudy
Johnson and Iggy Johnson and Iggy Woods.
Matter
of fact, quiet
is kept. Corey Dillon
is the better running back than
everybody you just named.
On the Bengals.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm talking about TD and Emmitt.
Oh, Joe.
Corey Dillon.
You do realize that TD averaged 142 yards a game in the playoff rushing?
Why you mention this stuff that we can't control as individuals?
That is a team accomplishment.
Your guy didn't average 142 yards. My guy got 2,000. We can't control this individual. That is a team accomplishment.
Your guy that averaged 142 yards, my guy got 2,000.
How did he get 2,000?
Because what?
Running the football.
I know.
Did he run by himself or did he have help?
Your team should have got him 2,000.
Don't talk about my team. Did y'all have any running plays?
Yeah, we had running plays.
We did
Okay
My guy was
My guy was
My guy was being out of the game
My guy during his 2,000 yard season
Was out during the third quarter
Wouldn't even play the fourth quarter
Out at the half
Because he done ran for
160 yards at the half
Can I tell you something?
Who does that?
I don't care
I don't care
None of them numbers
I'm still going with my trio
I'm going with my trio.
Oh, you're going to be who? Y'all going to be who?
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What you finna say? Y'all going to be who?
Man, we didn't beat the...
Yo, whoa. Nah, now we talking, my mother.
Hold up. My 90 ain't Broncos?
Your 90 ain't Broncos. Ain't beating the 2005 Bengals. Don't do that.
Don't... Let me take my...
We'd have beat y'all to y'all shit, then. We would beat y'all for shitting on the field.
Yo, the 2005
Bengals. Your
98 Broncos was not beating us.
Stop playing, man.
Stop thinking just, oh, it's
the Bengals. Oh, we finna run. You not
beating us. Y'all the Bengals.
But you just said it. Stop thinking.
I can't stop thinking. I'm just thinking of the concept of the old Bengals. Y'all the Bengals. But you just said it. Stop thinking. I can't stop thinking.
I'm just thinking of the concept of the old Bengals and how we were thought of.
Old Bengals, new Bengals, y'all suck.
You was not beaten.
You know what?
I mean, I appreciate you sticking up for your team.
And that's very commendable of you.
But we the beat the dog.
I'm not trying to be funny.
I'm not trying to be funny. I'm not trying to make jokes.
Statistically speaking,
the 2005 yard season was the best ever
and your 98 Broncos
had never had a season like that,
like we had offensively.
You were not going to beat us.
You would have not beat us that 2005 year.
It might have been 2006.
I forgot what year it was.
I don't care.
If you combine the seasons,
do you understand
what we had?
Do you understand
what we had?
We had Rudy Johnson,
Carson Palmer,
Chris Henry,
myself.
y'all won 11 games.
Ocho,
y'all won 11 games.
Do you realize
we went a three-year span.
We won 39 total games in three years.
I don't care nothing about what you did then.
I'm talking about that 2005 bang.
I'd have quit.
You would not have beat us.
I'm guaranteeing you wouldn't have beat us.
From 96 to 98, if we won less than 12 games, I'd have retired.
You won 11 games.
Y'all celebrating.
Man, listen.
Listen, I'm talking about your team, your 9-8 team beating us. It wasn't living games. Y'all celebrating. Man, listen. I'm talking about your
team, your 9-8 team beating us.
It wasn't happening. Offensively, we would have
ran y'all off the motherfucking field into the
locker room. And I mean that respectfully.
Ocho.
The 9-8 Broncos,
we were second in points scored. You know who
was first? Who?
Minnesota. That was Randy
Moss' rookie year.
What does that have to do
with what I just said? Ocho,
y'all couldn't beat the Steelers.
Why didn't we beat the Steelers?
What happened? Oh, you forgot.
What happened?
Why didn't we beat the Steelers? What happened the first play of the game?
I don't know. You know what happened.
How about this here?
We played four games without John Elway.
In the regular season, we played
four games
and averaged more points with Bubby
than we did with John. With who?
And we averaged 30. Bubby
Brista. Hey, I remember Bubby Brista.
We the red
y'all ass out the field. Bubby Brista. Y'all want to
beat us?
We the red y'all out the field. Shit me. Ocho. Ocho, we outsc. Y'all wouldn't have beat us. Where the red y'all out to feel?
Shit and me.
Ocho.
Ocho, we outscored y'all by 80 points.
You outscored who by 80 points?
We outscored y'all.
We scored 501 points.
Y'all scored 421.
I'd have been embarrassed to score
with that offense we had.
Let me tell you something.
Listen, I love you, Unc.
I love you.
I love what y'all had over in Denver.
Y'all would not have beat out 2005 Bengals, man.
I'm just telling you.
I'm just being honest with you, man.
Y'all couldn't do it without Ocho.
I'm just being honest.
How was y'all going to stop us?
Think about that.
Ocho.
How was y'all going to stop us?
Ocho, do you see the 49ers?
You see the 49ers with Brock Purdy?
Yeah.
You see how the offense look?
Yeah.
So now you imagine TD ran for 2,000,
two 1,000-yard receivers,
a 10-touchdown tight end.
Our offensive line was just as good.
We had 2,000-yard receivers too.
What you saying?
What are you saying?
We'd have beat the ish out of y'all.
Yeah, all right.
Well, there's no way.
All I know is this here.
We're chronicled as the 12th best team in NFL history. I don't know where y'all chronicled.
I ain't worried about all that. I don't care nothing about chronicles. I know what would happen if we had played y'all.
Well, all you had to because, you know, y'all won the playoffs. Y'all won Super Bowls.
The chat is delusional too.
And everybody in the chat
that's not for the Bengals,
I see you.
And lose my phone
if I get y'all earlier too.
Just you and Rail for the Bengals.
And Rail sleeps.
So only you for the Bengals right now.
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Can you tell us your experience lining up against Deion?
Chad caught him in Baltimore.
I would like to hear the stories about, did you catch?
No, I didn't.
Look, we didn't throw no balls at time.
When he was at the Cowboys, we didn't throw no balls at him.
Yeah, sure.
You better not.
Why throw balls at time when we can beat hell out of the rest of the guys?
We had the ball five times in the first half.
We had 35 points.
So why mess with time?
Yeah. Time had 35 points. So why mess with time? Yeah.
Time had an easy day.
Mm-hmm.
TD had two carries for 126 yards and two touchdowns.
Damn.
Oh, two carries.
I had three catches for 90 yards and two touchdowns in the first half.
Man, we didn't beat the...
Man, look.
Yeah, I see.
Time was... See, I think that the thing is,
see, if you watch time highlights,
it doesn't do him justice.
No.
They wouldn't throw the...
Listen,
I don't care how good Trayvon Diggs is
and Jay Ram and Xavier Howard,
and they're all good players.
He's different.
He's different.
He's different.
They would not throw the ball.
They would throw the ball and time say, if you throw the ball my way again,
he would tell them, if you throw this ball my way again, I'm going to pick it.
I'm going to high step on you.
Yeah.
Okay, they're going to strike up the band.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Yeah.
Everybody, we're not afraid.
We run our offense.
Yeah, okay.
And if the offense calls for us to throw the ball, okay.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
And the next thing you know,
he's doing this on you.
Now you're looking
like a boo-boo the fool.
I saw Prime once.
Matter of fact, Prime
was, he played the nickel, if I'm not
mistaken. I'm trying to remember because D.L. Carter
was on me throughout that
whole game. And Prime was in Baltimore
and he wore 37.
I think he wore 37 because he was 37 years old at the time.
We never did get a chance.
I think we lined up against each other maybe once, once or twice.
And I wish we had been mic'd up because all we did was sit there and talk shit the whole time.
The whole time, the whole goddamn game. That was for me as a kid, you know, as a player
and just being able to share the field with somebody like that,
with somebody that magnitude that I actually looked up to
and wanted to be like, even though I'm not a DB.
Something about, think about that.
I'm on the field with Deion Sanders, man.
I was standing in line trying to buy his shoes, trying to do the glove, trying to wear the
socks.
I used to put on like three or four socks just to get him up high and roll him down.
Just, oh, that was one of the greatest moments of my career.
It wasn't about, it wasn't no touchdowns or catches but being able to
share the you know share the football field with somebody like that dog that was unbelievable that
was unreal hey uh uncle no joe uncultured jay asked hey uncle no joe what was your first star
struck moment also ocho you didn't hear it hit me, but someone said your forehead looks like you use echolocation.
What that mean?
What's echolocation?
I don't know.
Ain't nothing wrong with my forehead.
My forehead is intact.
I be.
You need a little Botox.
You need a little Botox like your boy.
Nah, I don't need no Botox.
I don't do no Botox either.
Nah, I don't need none.
I mean, you got a bone here.
Ooh, this ain't
nothing but knowledge.
What
was your first starstruck moment?
First starstruck moment?
Oh, that's a good one. Ooh, that's a good one right
there, huh? Man, the
preseason. Man, that's a good one.
Man, my first preseason game, I mean, my second preseason
game, we played the 49ers. Jerry, that's a good one. Man, my first preseason game, I mean, my second preseason game, we played the 49ers.
Jerry, Joe Montana.
No, ain't no Steve, Joe.
Right.
Jerry.
I caught a touchdown on a Monday night.
Right.
And hit the hammer on him.
Don't hurt him, hammer.
Yeah.
Don't hurt him, hammer.
Yeah.
Man, that's a good one.
So, I mean, outside of football,
I mean, just life in general,
do you have a starstruck moment?
Because I'm trying to think of mine.
In 93, I got, the Super Bowl was in Atlanta.
Yeah.
I got on the elevator.
I'm on the elevator.
I'm getting on, the door opened up.
Michael Jordan and his first wife on the elevator.
Nah, boy.
MJ? I get on the elevator. Nah, boy. MJ?
I get on the elevator and all of a sudden, it's bright.
Yeah.
It's like this end glowing.
That boy.
And I'm looking at him.
He's like, man, this dude a weirdo.
Did he say nothing?
I did.
I said, hey, I'm Shannon Sharp.
He said, I know who you are.
He said, I met your mom
in the casino.
He said, yeah, I know you and your brother.
Y'all some bad boys.
I'm just...
You was in awe, huh? Yeah, yeah.
That's Michael Jordan.
Now, I worked out.
I met Denzel.
His son, John David, used to
train with my trainer when he was in Morehouse.
Right, right.
Met Samuel Jackson.
Met Oprah in the four seasons.
Gale.
Yeah.
David Beckham.
Victoria Beckham.
Oh, I done bumped it.
But to see Michael Ocho, and I tell people this, and you look at, as a matter of fact,
go listen to Damon Lillard say when he saw him at the 75th anniversary
he said he didn't say anything to him so he couldn't
believe it right Ocho
this man doesn't
seem real he's the only
man that I've ever met
he doesn't seem
he seems mythical
I know that's Michael Jordan I'm looking at him
that's a man right that's Ocho
man he love a team and anybody that's Michael Jordan. I'm looking at him. That's a man. Right, that's live. But Ocho, man, he love a team.
And anybody that's ever met him,
from Shaq to everybody,
say the exact same thing.
He doesn't seem real.
Yeah, that's dope.
And I met him on several occasions
because he and Oak
are very good friends.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And so,
when Oak was with the Wizards,
I went to the game.
I went to the...
Oak got me tickets. I went to the game. I went to the... Oak got me tickets.
I went to the game.
Went back.
So,
I'm leaving
and I'm walking
and somebody stick the head
out the window.
Man, take out that tiny ass shirt.
You too big for that shirt.
It's Mike.
He yelling out the window
to somebody,
take out this tight shirt,
that too little ass shirt.
Ocho,
I ain't never,
I can't put it in a word,
but this man
is like,
he levitating when you talk to him.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Have you ever met him?
Yeah, I met MJ once.
It was a golf tournament,
a golf tournament
that I had to go to.
I didn't say much.
He was smoking a cigar.
You know, I walked by,
shook his hand. It's a pleasure. You know, I walked by Sugar's hand.
It's a pleasure.
You know, I kept moving.
But for me, starstruck,
probably my first time,
my first time was meeting Cristiano,
Cristiano Ronaldo,
when I was with Nike at the time.
I was a rookie.
And what I did during my off season,
for those of you listening,
you know, my first love
has always been soccer.
It always will be.
If you follow me on Twitter,
obviously, I know you're sick
of the soccer content.
But when I was with Nike in 2001,
maybe 2002,
whatever year it was,
it made it easy to bridge the gap
with the other athletes that were sponsored by
Nike as well. Obviously,
the understanding of how much I love the game of
soccer. Every offseason, where do you
think I travel to during the offseason to go watch
soccer matches?
To Europe.
To Europe.
So I used the relationship with Nike to meet the players consistently year in and year
out.
I forgot at what one point, at this point now, Cristiano was at Real Madrid.
So I had my agent call, listen, Chad Johnson, He's flying out, he's coming to a game
It happened to be El Clasico
He wanted to come to practice, he wanted to meet Cristiano
I think Jose Mourinho might have been there at that time
The special was there at the time
Dude, and I had the opportunity to meet Cristiano
In his prime
Like the real deal
And dude, it didn't even seem
Like how you met
When you met Jordan
It didn't even seem real It didn't even seem like how you met when you met Jordan. It didn't even seem real.
Yeah, man.
It didn't even seem real.
Cool as hell.
He's talking about working out, training.
He wanted to know my nutrition, you know, what I ate.
Well, obviously, he wasn't doing that, man.
He just really locked in and really, dog, it was crazy.
One of the greatest experiences ever.
And, dog, you don't you don't
know what that that's like to meet someone of that magnitude of that caliber one of the greatest to
ever play right ever grace the pitch and played a beautiful game was was awesome and so from that
point on obviously i met messy after that messy didn't really know English. So the, the, the, yeah,
the connection really wasn't,
yeah,
it wasn't the same.
Like me and Cristiano,
though,
that shit was fucking bananas.
That shit was crazy,
B.
And to me,
that would be my starstruck moment.
And we've been cool ever since.
We've been cool.
Oh,
Magic too.
Oh,
man,
I meant Magic.
Magic was dope.
Of all the,
of all the celebrities that i've ever met
and i've met a bunch um magic johnson makes you feel like he's known you for 35 years that's how
i treat people when i meet him in person yeah that joker man man how your brother tell your
brother say hello man your mom doing good how you? Every, every time I've ever met magic,
that's how he makes you feel. Yeah. I mean, he just, he just a great man.
I'm talking about great. And not to say, I mean,
I've never had a bad interaction with, with, uh, with Mike, Mike,
the same way, you know, Hey, uh, but I think a lot of it because, Oh,
he and Oak are very good friends and
oak and i used to work out together anytime i'm back in atlanta i call oak i'm like oh man i'm
i'm at uh houston he say which one he gonna pull up if oak in atlanta and i'm somewhere eating right
oh coming he coming and and vice versa right hey i called oh i said man because i had said if when
the cleveland cavaliers beat the uh golden state the finals, I'm going to the parade.
They won.
Oak, you coming?
Now, you done told everybody on TV.
I said, man, Oak.
He said, hey, I already got everything taken care of.
I got his backstage passes.
I got all this situation just flying.
I'm going to pick you up from the airport.
Just tell me what time.
Came in, hung with Oak,
went to the parade,
got back on the plane.
All the guys have been great,
but man, that magic.
Matter of fact,
now we on a star shark.
There's one,
is there anybody
you haven't met?
For me,
there's one person
that I haven't met
and I don't care.
I mean,
I lose my motherfucking marbles.
I lose my fucking mind if I had the opportunity to sit down. I just my motherfucking marbles. I lose my fucking mind
if I had the opportunity to sit down.
I just want to have a conversation.
All I need is 30 minutes.
My favorite actor.
I'm not sure if you know
who Daniel Day-Lewis is.
You know who Daniel Day-Lewis is?
Played in Lincoln.
Played in Lincoln.
Gangs of New York.
There will be blood.
There will be blood.
Oh, listen, if I could just
meet this motherfucker just one time.
You want three lead actors. Oh, yeah. just one time. You want three lead actors?
Oh, yeah.
You're only going to every three lead actors.
The man that retired, and he's one of my favorite, maybe edging out, maybe the favorite.
I just want to meet him one time and sit down and just talk with him. one of the greatest method actors of all time that I've actually seen lose themselves in character,
become somebody that you don't even recognize
outside of who they truly are.
And I just want to meet him.
I just want to meet him.
I love him to death.
I love all his work.
In all his work, everything he does,
the roles that he takes,
you talk about range?
You talk about being an actor
and having range?
Yeah.
Man, shit.
Yeah. That'd be a dream for me
and actually i uh i met denzel last year uh he was at the game in which lebron became the all-time
scored leader uh the okc game i think it was like february or march um i went to the game and had a
conversation i uh he introduced it he introduced me uh to his wife he was explaining to his wife, he said he was the guy
that looked after John David when he was in Atlanta. Because I used to work out with John
David. He wanted to play in the NFL. He ended up going to the, he was on the practice squad with
the Rams and then he ruptures Achilles. But it's, I mean, yeah, to be able to meet the guys,
to meet Floyd Mayweather, to meet all the guys that, I mean, being on able to meet the guys to be Floyd Mayweather to meet all the guys that I mean
being on this side of what I do now and being able that's the best part about my job yeah yeah I get
to talk about sports and I get to talk about a lot of stuff and people ask me but the best part
the best part of my job is that I've been able to meet people that right even when I played I didn't
get an opportunity to meet and so especially as far as non-athletes.
Oh, I met Tyler Perry.
Hey, TP.
I met Drake.
What's funny is when you meet people
and the first thing they say,
man, you funny as hell.
Yeah, yeah.
Man, and you be talking that,
and you know what you're talking about too now.
Oh, I watch it.
I've had so many people that I'm like, I know you don't.
Hey, I'm going to do.
Because, Ocho, I'm never going to be arrogant enough to assume everybody knows who I am.
Right.
So anytime I meet anybody, how you doing?
I'm Shannon Sharp.
I know who you are.
You don't got.
But that's just me.
I'm not assuming you know who you are. You don't got... But that's just me. I'm not assuming you know who I am.
But man, that's been my greatest.
My greatest is to meet the people
that I've had an opportunity to have an interaction with.
That's dope.
That's dope.
That's all you got?
Yeah.
Chris Pearson asked,
Uncle Ocho,
what were your favorite shoes
growing up?
And favorite shoes
you have now?
Oh, nice,
because Ocho probably
got shoes from Payless.
His laptop
caught fire last week, so.
Oh, no.
Listen, the laptop,
I mean, the laptop
from last week,
I bought that from my homeboy.
I bought that from my homeboy. I bought that from my homeboy.
I know.
It wasn't nothing but $150.
Man, you think I'm going to pass that up?
A laptop for $150?
That used to be the case.
I mean, you used to have a phone.
You know, you get your phone, get a phone for $30.
It's going to last for a few months.
Now, it's going to last for a month before they cut it off.
Well, listen, the laptop lasted me, what, three months of the season?
We in December now.
Yeah.
So I got that there.
You plugged the wrong charge in there.
Tell him what really happened.
You plugged the wrong charge in there and he burnt it up.
That was what happened.
How do you know?
Because I know.
I know you.
Hey, that's literally what happened.
Duh.
Yeah, I know what happened.
Yeah, but-
My favorite shoes, good luck.
When I was growing up, Nike was not what it was you had to you had the cons you had the weapons the dr j's the magic johnson or the
lab bird uh and then when spud webb won the dunk contest he won the dunk contest in city wing ponies
i wouldn't got me a pair nike didn't come. Nike really didn't take off until Jordan.
Now, you know, Iceman and Moses Malone.
There's a lot of people that wore Nike, but ain't nobody.
Nike wasn't like Converse was the shoe.
Yeah.
Adidas.
Kareem had the top 10 Adidas, but it was mainly Converse.
All the top guys, the Magic, the Birds, the Mark Aguirre, all those guys.
I think Isaiah also was a con.
No, Isaiah was an Adidas guy because I think he had Adidas from Indiana.
But Nike, now with Michael, and they came out with them Chicagos?
Yeah, it was a wrap.
It was a wrap for everybody.
It was a rapper everybody for me i i got for me my favorite shoe
is i'm not sure if nobody will remember obviously when i went to school all i wanted was some bad
kids no i don't know no pro kids that i wanted i wanted ballets you remember ballets yeah we know
what that is the balance is still out of course there was a specific valley it was a specific
valley back back in the back in the early 90s. We call them the animal ballets.
They came in yellow,
blue, black, red,
and just a low top or a high
top, and it just had animals. It had like
cows going around the sole.
I begged my grandma for a pair
of them goddamn ballets.
My football cleats that I wore
wasn't Nike. It wasn't Shark.
Remember Nike Sharks back in the day? The old Nike Sharks? It was the ponies. The pony cleats that I wore. Wasn't Nike. It wasn't Shark. Remember Nike Sharks back in the day?
The old Nike Sharks?
Mm-hmm.
It was the ponies.
The pony cleats.
I had ponies.
You had pony cleats?
Yeah.
Man, I had a pair of pony cleats, man.
Converse used to make
what you call them also.
You know, Converse
used to make cleats.
For real?
Yes.
I didn't know that.
When I was in high school,
all I wanted was an all black,
they was all black pony cleats.
And in high school, I used to wear a pair of Troops.
I bet you don't remember the Troops.
I heard of them, but I don't remember them.
You remember Troop?
No.
Man, I had the Troop sweatsuit.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I remember the sweatsuit, man.
I didn't know they made shoes, but I remember the sweatsuit.
Man, I had the shoes and all, man. They used to be ranking me, yeah. I remember the sweatsuits. I didn't know they made shoes, but I remember the sweatsuits. Man, they had the shoes and all, man.
They used to be ranking my ass.
They used to be ranking me, too.
You know, Pro-Cans was a shoe.
Right.
You had zips.
Oh, what about, oh, what about rules?
You have some rules with a zip on the side?
Mm-mm.
You ain't had rules.
Oh, come on.
Nah, we had, and we had We had you know
The cons
Cause you had the cons
Came in
You know you had to have
Those all white
Lows and highs
Yeah yeah yeah
Snoop still wear
The cons
The canvas one
But they came in green
Black red blue
Had all kind of colors
But I only had
I think I had
I had the whites
The lows and the highs
And I had a blue pair of lows.
Hold on.
What about Lottos?
You remember Lottos?
I do.
I do remember Lottos.
What about Diodorus?
Remember Diodorus?
Diodorus, yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, I got one for you.
I got one for you.
What about Etonics?
You ain't had no Etonics?
I didn't have no Etonics.
You ain't had no Etonics?
I remember Etonics.
No.
Oh, man.
I had the purple Etonics, the green, the orange, the gray.
Yeah.
But, you know, back there, see, you get them crease.
You had to have a start.
Here we start.
Oh, yeah.
It's interesting to get a heavy start.
Yeah.
Had Lee jeans.
Yeah.
At least you had Calvin Klein.
Sergei Rigoletto.
Yeah.
Valentino.
Yeah.
I ain't had no. I ain't had noino. Yeah. Yeah, I ain't had none of them.
They had a big tree.
I ain't had none of them.
With eyes on.
With the eyes up.
I ain't had none of them.
You could hit me.
Oh, so you could hit me in the ass with a red out.
Boy, I would clean.
Boy, I would clean.
I would clean.
Yeah, I ain't had none of that.
And I had me a members only.
You know you had the members only.
What you know about the member only jacket, man?
I had a beige and a black one.
Yeah, I had a beige and a black one. I had a beige and a black one. Yeah, I had a beige and a black one.
I had a beige and a black one, yeah, man.
I had the Izar, I had the Izar sock,
Izar belt.
Yeah.
For us, back then when I was in high school,
getting fresh, you get your Tommy Hilfiger,
Tommy Hilfiger outfit,
Tommy Hilfiger set, or a polo set
with the Reeboks.
Man, I'm talking about the old
Reeboks?
You talking about the old black aerobic Reeboks?
Bingo!
Yeah.
With the two straps at the top.
Couldn't tell you nothing.
Yeah. See, Tommy Hilfiger
came out. I was in college. That was kind of like
around the 80s, like 87,
88. Tommy Hilfiger came out. I was in college. That was kind of like around like the 80s, like 87, 88.
Yeah.
Tommy Hilfiger
and Tommy Hilfiger
was the thing.
And Tommy,
them short sets
with the collar, man.
Boy, you get them
with them all white,
with them all white boys.
Yeah.
See,
what was that?
Them jams.
You remember them jams?
Them jams,
the matching top
and the shorts?
Nah.
Y'all ain't have no jams?
Uh-huh.
Aw, man.
I don't know what that is.
I'm the jam king.
I'm the jam king, bro.
It was a short set, but the top and the shorts matched.
They were exactly.
Right.
Shirt matched the short.
They call them jams.
Nah, I ain't never heard of that.
Aw, yeah, man.
Aw, yeah.
I was clearing them jams on.
Aw, that's crazy.
You know, you're wearing them flops a little bit. Yeah, man. That was back inams on. You know, you want to floss a little bit.
Yeah, man.
That was back in the day, man.
Throwback.
And you know what's so funny?
We live in Miami, right?
Yeah.
And like the big boy, I'm going to say the big boys.
I don't want to say the D word.
You know what I'm talking about.
The big boys.
Yeah.
The big boys used to wear the leather pants, man.
They used to wear the leather pants.
I got some leather pants now.
I'm going to bring them back out.
For real, with the Coogee sweater.
Man, we in Miami now.
Yeah, yeah.
With the Coogee sweaters.
Man, the big, man, the jewelry, man, the rim.
Like, golly.
Of course, a bad grandma.
I'm in high school.
Mama, all I want to do,
all I want to go with my ballets,
please, is a pair of black leather shorts
from Ross Sewell's.
If anybody in Miami watching me,
anybody in Miami right now, you know what I'm talking about.
The leather shorts you're getting from Rossouls
on 7th Avenue,
I'll never forget. And my grandma bought
me for Christmas, one Christmas, bought me some
leather pants, leather short pants
that go with my black valleys.
And I had my LaCouche sweater.
Man, you couldn't tell me nothing that first day
of school after Christmas break, huh? Man, you couldn't tell me nothing that first day of school after Christmas break, huh?
Man, you couldn't tell me nothing.
Man, it was the days, man.
Man, I miss, you know,
when my grandfather
would take my brother and I shopping.
Yeah.
He'd take us Easter shopping
and we'd get a suit.
So the way my grandfather,
I mean, the suit was $30.
You know, you get a suit.
Man, my granddaddy was like,
man, I just spent $60.
You ought to give me the shirt and the tie for free
my granny don't bargain
every time
yeah man we
been to $30 suit come Easter
me and my brother dressed to the
nine go ahead Oh, that's throwback, man.
That's, oh, wait.
Who asked that question
to the ball back memories like that, man?
Hey, that was a good question.
Chris Pearson.
Now he got my memory jolting
about the 80s and the 90s.
That's crazy.
But I bet you
a lot of people in this chat
are going to remember them jams.
They remember them jams.
And them jams,
them jams with the jelly.
It must be where you from, huh?
Ah, man.
I know Florida
because y'all always had
the matching top and bottom.
Yeah, I mean.
But they had print.
But they had print.
They had like flowers on them and they had trees. They have animals. They call them and bottom. Yeah, I mean... But they had print. But they had print. They had, like, flowers on them
and they had trees.
They had animals.
They called them jams.
Yeah.
You remember the jelly shoes?
I know you remember the jellies.
For the women,
they like see-through.
Yeah, ninjas wore them, too.
Where?
Where you from?
Where dudes had on jellies back then?
Yes!
Everybody wore jellies.
And you mess around and rock get caught in the heel
because they had openings in the side of the heel.
Yeah, rock get caught in the heel with the jellies.
Man, my damn ear thing is in wind dead.
Forget it.
I'm going to work without them.
Hey, jellies is for women, man.
Man, jellies for everybody that could afford $4, $5
to get them and put them, slide their feet in them.
Oh, hell, goddamn jelly.
I knew exactly what you're talking about, too.
Goddamn.
Real, real, real say she watching.
Baby, you had you some jellies?
Oh, yeah, no real had some.
Hey, goddamn, I'm trying to think.
What else, man?
What else from back then?
Back in the day, Ocho.
Oh, man, he got some good memories? Back in the day, Ocho. Oh, man.
He got some good memories.
You probably had them Wrangler dreams.
You from Florida.
You had them Wrangler dreams.
No, I had 501.
I had Levi's with the heavy crease, with the starch.
With the starch with the yellow top.
Niagara.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That Niagara. Boy, I had the heavy starts
In them thing
Don't nobody starts
No jeans
Like them boys
From Texas though
Them boys from Texas
With the polo boots
You remember the polo boots
Yeah
For sure
Oh Joe
But see here
The thing
When you run out of
See when you run out of starch
You had to
We use flour water
And we make our own Yeah that's what you use Flour water Flour water That was starch heard the thing when you run out of starch. See, when you run out of starch, we use flour water.
Yeah, that's what you use.
Flour water. That was starch.
Yeah, I know you did.
See, you had it good. You had it good. You had to make do.
Yeah, I remember that thing.
Oh, yeah. Every night
from the time I was about in the
eighth grade, because my grandma taught me how to
iron my clothes and stuff.
Because, you know, she's like,
baby, the grant ain't going to be ironing your clothes no more.
I'm like, okay.
I'll wash it, she'll say, you know,
fold it like this and put it up there.
I put it on the ironing board, ironing myself.
From the time I was about the eighth grade
all the way until I was about,
I probably stopped creasing my jeans probably about 96.
I wore creasing my jeans until about 96. I wore creasing my jeans until about 96.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
I like.
Yeah, from the time I was about 12
to the time I was about 28.
I got about a 16-year run
out of creasing.
Mm.
I'm talking about sharp,
too cutchey.
Yeah.
Yeah, Ocho,
I was so clean one night,
a fly landed on me,
I cut his throat.
I said, how dare you
mess with my outfit?
Off with his head, Ocho.
Man, boy, you
clean now.
Yeah, man. Oh, that's dope, man.
Damn, he jogged some good memories.
Brian West asked, hey, Uncle Ocho,
I'm standing up past my bedtime
for work to ask this. Can y'all do a raffle
giveaway for the subscribers that can't watch
live? But I do listen faithfully to the audio
at work first thing
in the morning.
Can we do something for the
How do we do
something for the
Okay.
Brian, you know what? We're going to work something out.
We're going to work something out for our audio
listeners. Because like you
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And we want you to continue to work
But we want you to continue to faithfully
Listen to us so we're going to come up with a way
To reward the people that
Can't stay up and watch the live
But do get an opportunity
Because we want everybody to have an opportunity
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What time is it? It's early, ain't it?
It's 1030.
It's 1030.
Yeah. 10, 10.
Oh, it's 130.
Oh, man.
It's 130 here, East Coast.
For real? Yeah, I'm looking at my watch. I said, damn, it's early here.
I said, we got a couple more hours.
No, we don't.
Hey, well, how long we been on?
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Hour and a half?
You lying.
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Ash just lived up here smiling.
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so I sound good.
Oh, you know, I told the people
me and you are going to do Christmas caroling.
Christmas carol? Yeah, we're doing Christmas caroling.
You ready? Yeah, you want me to start it off or Christmas carol? Yeah, we're doing Christmas caroling. Good. You ready?
Yeah, you want me to start it off or you got it?
You can start it off.
Silent night Silent night
Holy night
Holy night
All is calm All is calm
All is bright
Round yon virgin
Mother and child
Yeah, bring us home now.
Holy infant so tender and mild.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Yeah, don't hit that note no more, man.
Don't do it.
Sleep in heavenly peace. Yeah. Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Nightcap.
I'm your favorite TV ump, Shannon Sharpe.
He's your favorite number 85, Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson.
Thank you.
We'll see you tomorrow night.
I love y'all.
We out.
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