The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Fiery Zest

Episode Date: September 9, 2024

We kick things off with Stugotz's Weekend Observations including a coach hotter than his hot seat, Jacoby Brissett doing what Jacoby Brissett does, the Top 5 QBs That Took What the Defense Gave Them. Plus, after we watch the video of her trip to Iowa vs. Iowa State, Lucy is here to discuss the pain of the Iowa loss, Oregon's struggles, Colorado getting crushed by Nebraska, the fiery zest of Bo Nix, her upcoming trip to Wisconsin vs. Alabama, and how Jimmy Kimmel has impacted her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Jersey City, New Jersey, please drink responsibly. This is the Dan Leventor Show with the StuGuts Podcast. It is time for StuGuts to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu. Weekend observations brought to you by Miller Lite. Great taste, just 96 calories available for delivery. This is a big one. Come on, with the energy. You talk about energy, Tom Brady needs to bring energy. This is the first NFL weekend observations. This is going to be bloated with all sorts of stuff you can't get anywhere else. Dan Sunday morning started with the news of a star player getting arrested

just outside the team facility. Then the richest contract in the sport was given out by America's team for a quarterback that has never won in the divisional round. And that was all before players took the field. And Dan, just like that. I was there, it happened. Make no mistake about it. I was awake for a full three hours. The NFL. That's right.

Is back. Yes, yes, did it dwarf? We haven't even taught college football. I know. Do you realize how hard that's been for Mike not to mention Colorado in the first hour of this show Do you have any earthly idea? Just so you know, I don't make the schedule Jess. Mm-hmm If an elite athlete is going to get arrested on the way to his job You can rest assured that Jeff Darlington is going to be there.

The Miami Police Department tackles better than the Jaguar Secondary. Marcus Freeman, the rare hot seat that isn't hotter than the coach. I can't believe Northern Illinois won at Notre Dame. Are you shitting me? They have a chance, listen, a group five school's gonna make the playoffs. Why not them? What, are you kidding me?

How do you lose at home to Northern Illinois? I don't know. You're Notre Dame! I don't know. You're also Marcus Freeman, who does that a lot. Yeah. To massive favorites. Did it to Marshall. Yeah. Did it as a massive favorite to Stanford. This is a thing now to keep an eye on.

We finally found something that Tom Brady stinks at. Mike Tomlin looked naked without a hat on the sideline. He did. Put it on the poll, did Mike Tomlin look naked without a hat on the sideline? Stash this away into something to ponder file. Was Bill Belichick holding the Patriots back. Please get that Jacobi Brissette game out of my life forever.

Jacobi Brissette did what Jacobi Brissette does. What is that? Throw for 130 yards? Wins. You simply cannot have enough Jacobi Brissettes on your football team. That not you let me right there man I'm sure it's amazing. No, Dan. You need guys like that. He's a leader. That's what he is. He comes in He fills a gap. He wins you a game or two. He doesn't embarrass you. He's a leader They won the game. I feel for anybody who's got one of those teams

That's gonna have to win 17 to 10 by Like any fan base that's following that all season, I'm sorry. Right. Steelers, I'm sorry for you too. Headline, Mark Schleyrith believes Russell Wilson is playing himself out of the Hall of Fame. Stink. Hey, stink.

That was a great take a year ago when I said it. Dan, you know what the S what i was really rich stands for it's only stealing my takes sam darnell i hate them baker mayfield gamer the browns could use a quarterback

like baker mayfield the jets could use a quarterback like sam darnell the jets could also use a quarterback like gino smith uh... Billy, can you help me with something? Oh my god. He's used a couple of times on the show already. The Jets play tonight. Aaron Rodgers, they have a quarterback. A couple of times he's already made the joke that Jets could use a quarterback like Sam Darnold because he started whatever, 12 for 12 yesterday.

This is so good. Has that a joke that's been made on God Bless Football? No, he saved that one for you, Dan. Thank you. That one's just for you. All right, you let me know if there are any jokes in here from God Bless Football, recycled, okay? Thank you. Checking me out here.

Well, I'm just saying, God Bless Football has to be a strong, different entity. It's coming out first. They're getting your good opinions there, a refresh. Like, the other big podcasts go Sunday night night they do it right after the game so your fresh hot takes their important that we get them out on god bless football alabama but i don't want to recycle over here i didn't say this this morning alabama enough with south florida if you want a cupcake schedule florida state

you know that i did not use all all state. How about that? I did not use that. No. There is no way I used that. Yes, a recycled tape. Yes, thank you. I'd like some recycled sounds that stops Dugats in his tracks and points out to people you've already heard this material fresher somewhere else. They have FSU next year. Michigan Cupcake. Michigan, do it without Connor Stallions Anyone enjoy some baseball over the weekend?

Yes, huh? No, you didn't get out of here. You did I'll tell you I'm gonna change a rule right now for you What anyone who gets hit in the helmet by a hit by pitch that pitcher should be automatically ejected They're way too many guys throwing too hard and they don't care where the baseball goes. Like that has to stop. You can't get, even if it's by accident, get people out of here when they hit somebody in the helmet. Is Connor Norby good? The Marlins are not any good. But Connor Norby. Right, he only asks you about Connor Norby. Yeah. Who is that? You can't be Norby. Your name can't be Norby and you're good at sports. That's not how that works. Last name though? No, there can't be Norby your name can't be Norby and you're good at sports. That's not how that works last name though No, there can't be a Norby anywhere in there Really?

It's a new rule. Yes, the find the Norby. I'm just good at sports Anyone else watch baseball Bridgeport You have to give Kirk Ferentz credit his defense was just too much for his own team to handle If Iowa had any balls They'd fire Kirk and replace him with his son Dan you know what the I in Iowa stands for? I don't know. If Iowa had any balls they would fire Kirk and replace him with his son. I don't think that's what it

stands for. I think it's got to be. They're my observations. That's not the way that works. Why his son? Well I mean why not? Did they put up 40 points? No that was a fake story. That wasn't his son either. His son works for Maryland now. Well hire that person. Whoever put up the 40 points, hire that person. I thought it was Brian Farrance. Did he fire Brian Farrance? He fired his own son? Well, this guy should be out. You don't have any idea what you're talking about. You're really... You're just firing in every direction.

Let's just keep it moving. But you have no idea what's coming out of your mouth. Well, what do you mean? There was a guy? And Taylor wrote it by the way, you're not there was this You're not gonna stay there was a guy who coached and he they scored 40 points Hey McNamara look great, and then Kirk came back and talking about they went back to being Iowa That's fair right do you know what happened with Iowa this weekend or not? They lost

Iowa State. I had Iowa. I know what happens. Anyone else terrified for poor Bryce Young? He looks so tiny out there. That's what I told you last year. He looks small. He looks smaller than everyone else. The Carolina Panthers traded DJ Moore and Caleb Williams for Bryce Young. Holy hell. When

Scott Hanson said seven hours of commercial free football starts now. I got chills. He was rusty yesterday. Yeah, I'm used to Hanson being better than that. It appears the Cardinals drafted Marvin Harrison Jr. to use him as a decoy. The Rams could use a quarterback like Jared Goff. Sharrone Moore is coaching without an officially signed contract. The rare coach that is coaching the way out of a docu sign. I mean you have to sign a contract What is he doing? You do how is he taking the sidelines without a contract? Mike Marvin Harrison had four yards yesterday. You've got him a thousand yards on the season. That's my lock of the year Just nine hundred and ninety seven yards to go in a game with not very much offense. You'll get there though

Marvin Harrison the only receiver in that game who didn't have a bunch of yards. He's the only one yeah Yeah, he was wide open to that one time The Titans were up 17 to 3 at half against the Bears and lost 24 to 17 that Levis pass You know what that means Mayo on his fingers, huh? Yeah, I mean the pick six just You know what that means, Mayo on his fingers, huh? Yeah, I mean, the pick six just... So bad. How confusing is it? It's the worst pass in the history of the NFL.

You're so used to these guys being accurate and anytime someone's open, hitting them in stride, that when someone does something like that, you're like, that person can't play in the NFL in a way that's gonna win meaningful football games. Like that, you can't do that. Anyway, you know what that means, right? Dan tale of two halves. Chicago had no business winning that game, but they won. None. They

won despite Caleb Williams. Those two teams send them out to see both of them. Get them out of here for a season. I'll see you next year. I have the Bears in the Superbowl. Bears jets. Did you not see how bad the Bears offense was yet? 1-0 Dan. The rookie quarterbacks aren't gonna take a whole year to learn the position. You're gonna watch. You think any of them are gonna be any good? No, but if you watch the games like I did you would notice that Caleb Williams threw a dart to Keenan Allen in the end zone that he normally catches but Keenan Allen dropped it. Otherwise today would have looked better for Caleb Williams. It

would have. I saw signs Dan. That's on Keenan, not on Caleb. I mean, I didn't see very much yesterday that suggested anything other than the rookie quarterbacks are probably going to struggle. Chase Young is a saint. Atlanta Falcons, death by field goals. Anthony Richardson, my god. I cannot believe how good that guy is.

How good or how strong his arm is? He's good too, Dan. He's nine of 19. How strong his arm is? I think he's good. He runs the ball. How strong his arm is. And yes, he's only started 16 games in his football career.

I think what you like that I understand why you would fall in love with it. Off the back foot, 70 yards. I love that. Yeah. Who wouldn't like that? Yes. Miss a couple throws though. It was as dynamic and impressive a 9 of 19. Easy ones. It was a fun game. No but a couple of throws, Stugatz, a couple of throws that every quarterback in that league makes when your guy gets that open like it's inaccuracy that you notice you notice that it's slightly less professional than the other guys it's a slightly more raw you can see the upside of it but missing guys he shouldn't be missing kind of like Brady

by roughly midnight tonight the Jets will be in last place in the AFC East I hate them how did all three teams win yesterday? It looks so promising. Bills were down, dolphins were down. Feeling pretty good. Patriots were never down. Why? Chikobi presets. What am I talking about?

Calbeat Auburn. Big win for the ACC. It's unbelievable, It really is. It doesn't make any sense. I don't know. I'm like when I go in the weekend to check a score and I'm like, where's Louisville? Like I've got to think for a second where I used to check. I don't know which conference to go to.

Kevin Harlan calling your game. What a treat. It really is. I'm going to do that too. Kevin Wow, really? So, we we're gonna criticize Tom Brady's broadcasting while not getting a single broadcasting thing right, and you're going to criticize someone's sartorial splendor when you've been wearing a hoodie from the trunk of your car for four years. That's fair, I'm not coaching though.

I mean, I'm not, not in prime time on ABC. I'm not doing that. I dressed nicer when I was on ESPN, I did. I'm not doing that to disrespect you I'm just I like to be comfortable when I'm doing the show. That's all you look exactly the same You're putting on us not being on ESPN. You're totally right. Yeah, but I didn't wear a hat back then Yes, you did. I let the hair flow Mike Ryan's got an accusation about

The Dolphins coach who hair transplant Oh about the Dolphins coach. Hair transplant. Oh. Mike Ryan's lane. I think you're right. Mike Ryan is the only one reporting on these things anywhere in sports. He wants to be an insider who,

and he's not judging it, who just tells people about cosmetic work that was done, and he's claiming that McDaniels' hair is new hair. Not judging it. In fact, good work. Good work, and I would have said maybe pharmaceuticals could have gotten them along there. He wasn't that far off, but he wore a hat all off season and the results are pretty good. Good work, coach.

Nico, Tennessee's quarterback. I want to give you credit, but I'm scared of your last name. They're good. They are good. That team's really good. Texas, the rare team with two quarterbacks who are better than the other teams starting quarterback. They're good. Manning's coming. Oh, my God. That kid is good. Andrew Van Ginkle is a Viking. Where else can you win a college station one week and lose it home to Northern Illinois the next? College football, Dan-O. You mentioned Van Ginkle. Are you aware where Gusecki is?

Because I don't play fantasy, so I like these discoveries. Only because I wrote it down. He's a Bengal. Yes. How about, how about do you know where Bobby Wagner is? Oh, Wags. Is he back with Seattle? No. Well, hold on. I he back with Seattle? No. Well, hold on. I'm going to save it for a second. I'm going to save it because I want to put together a list.

This had to be happening all over the sport. Yeah, it happened with me and with Honey Badger. I didn't know he was still playing, let alone a Saint. Right. Saints are good. I mean, that might have a lot to do with Carolina. It's going to have more to do. It's going to happen. This fantasy

plague that is everywhere makes it so that you generally know where the skill position guys are, but defensive players are gonna surprise you. Mack Hollins, scoring his first touchdown since 2022. You could say it was the return of the Mac. Taylor. Tar Heel. Roommates. Death, taxes, and Daniel Jones chasing down a defender on his way to a pick six. Guy stinks.

Something we don't talk about enough enough Trevor Lawrence might just not be good I'm sick of the car washes that make you get out of the car Serious I want to drive through that machine. I want to sit in that machine all day. I love that machine Oh, it is great. It's like vacation away from my wife. Put it on the pole Wow at Levitard show is the car wash a sanctuary away from your wife and also put it on the pole at Levitard show what are you laughing about? It is silent in there What do you mean it's it's it around no, it's not silent

They're hitting you on car on the on? It's hitting you. They're squishing around. No, it's not silent. They're hitting you on the windshield with those flaps, those leathery flaps. I just don't want to get out. Put it on the poll as well, at Labotard Show. Do you want to get out of your car at the car wash? Want a nice pin code? I punch it in, I go through and I'm done. Car washes are different now, right? There's like the car washes now, it's like a club.

There's like lights, you go through this different section, then you go through when it's drying and like the red lights turn on. Like if this red light is drying your car, then there's blue lights and yellow, it's all this stuff. Sometimes when I'm bored and I don't know what to do with my children, my daughter will ask, can we go to the car wash? And I say, yes.

And that's the entertainment for the day. We out of music? Yes. It's coming back in a second. Bill Belichick, Notre Dame, Collision Course. Wow. Watch out. Something going on with Belichick, man.

He's getting the boys back together. Those car washes are a scam too, right? Like the cheaper, especially the ones that you just like drive and it pulls you through, that thing is like just automatically taking you through. How do they know if you paid like the $30 or like the $5? I always go with the five, because in my head- Of course you do. It's the same car wash. Mm-hmm

They're just ripping you off Arthur Smith revenge game Simon Cowell doesn't even look like Simon Cowell anymore. Neither does Randy Jackson They don't Have you seen him lately yes, yeah, let's look the same. I love a quarterback that takes what the defense gives them Jacobi brissette top five quarterbacks that took what the defense gave them number five Steve Deberg Number four Chad Pennington Number three bubby brister

Number two, Alex Smith. And number one, the greatest of all time, Tom Brady. Notorious for taking what the defense gave him. He was. That list had three people on it that didn't belong on it. Deberg? You had two. How about Jim Kelly?

I was thinking about Jim Kelly. No. He would try to press it. No. Alex Smith is one of them. Chad Pen. I mean, we try to press it. No. Alex Smith is one of them. Chad Pennington. He's got to be kind of noodle armed. It's got to be mid-range and a lot of check downs.

It's not down the field. Well, who goes down the field there? I mean, Bobby Brester? What if the defense is giving you down the field? Tom Brady? Yeah, if the defense is giving you down the field, you go down the field. Tom Brady took whatever he wanted.

Yeah, but it's taking what the defense gives you. No, he took it all from the defense. The defense wasn't trying to give him anything. You're forgetting early Tom Brady. Definition of taking what the defense first year only only the first year. Okay. Brian Sipe. Who Sipes a good one. I'll give this list some thought. It's a flawed list. Taylor. The Falcons passed on Bill Belichick. I think every week Nick Saban is rooting for Alabama to lose. I still have no idea how the hell the Steelers won that game. I don't. Speaking of hell. Harper Riles. Dan, those are the weekend. Put it on the poll please at In the NFL, there is no margin for error. One mistake can change the outcome of a game, and science shows that quality sleep is key

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Join for just $4.99 a month. Savings may vary. Eligibility and member terms apply. Don LeBretard! Why are you guys blurting out safety names? Oh, it's the best game ever. A little while ago, we were talking about Bernard Pollard, and now I think we're just playing a game in this studio where we're just naming safeties.

Kind of like the 90s baseball player game. Like a couple minutes ago, I just blurted out Brock Marion. I think we're just playing a game in this studio where we're just naming safeties. Yeah. Kind of like the 90s baseball player game. Like a couple of minutes ago, I just blurted out Brock Marion. Ah, great one. And it made a few people happy. Yep. Stu Gatz. Bob Sanders.

Yeah, you know, he was early in the list. Classic. Very cathartic. Yeah. Adam Archuleta. Not a good safety though. But a great name and a name. He had a run.

A name alone sounds like he should be better. Adam was a good safety for a few years. Did someone say Brock Marion? Yeah, so that's where this was a gambit. Hey, listen, I'm struggling with memory as I get older This is the done. LeBata show with the Stu gods Hey listeners of the LeBata Show, it's me Lucy. I just want to warn you that the video you're about to watch is a little bit disturbing. How did you feel seeing Iowa score 40 points last week? I'm not going to lie. It was a bit shocking.

We got to save some points for next week. I'm hoping to double it this game, actually. Kate Maximou is my daddy. Dude, this quarterback is hotter. Okay, whoa. It was a spiritual experience seeing an Iowa wide receiver catch a touchdown. He is funny. He got that for me. That's my brother.

Jack, what does it feel like to be my brother? It is an interesting experience, definitely. I don't like that answer. Iowa State, can you guys say one nice thing about them? No. Iowa State is like a third world country. What? F*** the clones.

I mean, they're lovable losers. Matt Campbell is one in six against the University of Iowa. They did a very good job at choosing the worst alternate uniforms this year. It's not even a rivalry at this point anymore you know like this is their Super Bowl this is a normal game for us. No! It wasn't a bad catch! Is Iowa cool? Hell yeah! Iowa's number one place.

Party hard and they win hard. We have the best head coach in college football. We love **** I don't know what... No we don't we love Miller Light. I forgot I can't say that. You can restart that. I forgot I can't say that. When a girl walks in with a itty bitty waist and a big thing in your face you get scrung. And we love Powerade right? I f***ing love Powerade. Powerade is actually my favorite drink. This was presented by Powerade. It takes more.

Let's go! We're honored to have you guys here at the University of Iowa. One of the best colleges in America. The best! This girl, I've met her many times and she can drink. Just like most!

No comment. See me on Jimmy Kimmel? It's hard being a celebrity, you know? Congrats on Jimmy Kimmel. He's hit us proud. What do you guys want to say to Dan Leventhal? I don't, I don't. Is that the guy on the radio show?

Do we like Dan Leventhal? He's my boss. Hell yeah, Dan Leventhal. Give Lucy a raise. Do we like Dan Lambertard? He's my boss! I love you! Give Lucy a raise. You are a staple on the Lambertard. I know I love the Dan Lambertard! Yeah! Who's this? Is this Mike?

No, this is Thomas. Not Mike. This is Rose. That's not Mike. We've been told we have a speech. I don't know what about or who for. Dan. This is the Psyhawk series. Human cockfighting edition.

Happy Chanooka to Stu and Jeremy. Roy, you come here. We got as much free food and beer for you or alcohol as much as you want. We got you. Tony, keep an eye on Riley Moss. Yes! I hope you can become an Iowa fan because the rest of your favorite teams, because you got like 70,000 of them. Mike, Zembeck's cheating. You bastard. Last but not least, Billy, you You evil cat, pause up. That for you Stu.

Go Hawkeyes baby! Let's go! Now one day you're on Jimmy Kimmel and the next day you're at rock bottom on the on the end zone knowing that you got here basically as many times as Iowa did today. Oh look there's a little kid with the Iowa State thing running. Should I trip him? Should I, whoops, I don't know how that happened. It was unintentional, I did not trip him. I'm a super duper positive person. Everybody knows that about me. Next week I can go to Wisconsin and just feel,

you know, hopefully nothing is kind of what I'm looking for in life really is to feel nothing. Thanks for watching. Everybody's slurring in all her videos. She's having more fun than the rest of us. I don't know how this works with you, Lucy. You and Jessica have become very good friends. When Notre Dame loses, do you console her

or do you make fun of her? So when Iowa loses, if somebody texts me, you're on my shit list. We're not pals. I know you don't really care about me. So when I saw that Notre Dame lost, I literally looked at Thomas and I said, I will not say one word to Jess.

And then Iowa lost. And I said, well, damn, we're both in a tough spot here. So I made a little joke. And so since we both lost, I'll say something. But if Notre Dame had lost and Iowa won, you bet I would have not answered this question right now. Mike, how does it work with you when UM loses? Does anyone here bury you or do they all leave you alone because

they know you care way too much and it's unreasonable? Usually it's the only time I get to actually talk about Miami football when they lose so I'm pretty quiet on my front today. I've never texted Mike after a loss ever. But Lucy's not here and Jess isn't here so we can put all that Mike makes a schedule talk away. Lucy, did you see any of Big Noon? Because Mike Ryan has fallen in love with what is the, it's the alternate pregame show

because Game Day has been the master for a long time, but Big Noon kickoff is something that a lot of people are noticing that it too is good. I did not watch Big Noon this weekend, but I have watched Big Noon previously. I think they do a great job. I think that College Game Day is kind of following suit with what Big Noon did because Big Noon started like really trying to engage the fans originally where College Game Day was just like an experience. You go and you watch and now

with like the Pat McAfee like field goal and like a little more like crowd interaction you can see they're sort of taking a page from Big Noon's playbook. I think both shows do a really good job and it's honestly for me I know that I'll watch the show that I have that's at the game I care more about. Yeah they're both really good shows and I think Big Noon is creeping more into the national conversation with the stuff that they're doing be be it live music performances, which is something that I enjoyed from last week's show. Matthew McConaughey actually giving really good analysis,

leaving Urban Meyer speechless at one point during halftime and then having a face off on the field while holding a Longhorn flag up against Charles Woodson and both of them talking trash face to face. We're in a pretty good era of college football coverage and we all used to be all in on game days the only thing that matters and now that you have an alternative,

you can actually sample both, have one on each screen, flip channels, depending on the game and last week was certainly a big, big 10 game between Texas and Michigan, they might actually give you more of what you want. I love having options. I was driving on Sunday morning before football and Lucy, I'm curious what your take here is because it's not surprising, but I'm legitimately staring at my radio, Sirius XM with my mouth open because we've already gotten to, well, you can't blow it up again in Colorado. You

know that Deion might leave with Shador and Travis, right? You know that he might leave with Travis Hunter and Shador. And other people are saying, and you know he's not going to let you fire him. And I'm like, whoa, we're there already, but it looked that bad against Nebraska. It didn't look any better than last year. I think that's kind of my takeaway from the two games Colorado has played.

Somehow they're the exact same team with all different players, like the exact same team. Uh, Nebraska is not a bad football team by any means. Nebraska is a team that is like not, their record has never really been accurate to how good they've been the last few years, but this was a long time coming for both Colorado and Nebraska. Nebraska was going to get that big win and Colorado was going to show exactly who they are, which is not a good football team. Their defense is bad, their

offensive line is terrible. They have three players. They have three players on that football team, but yet they're three really good, really fun players, so we have put so much into that when the rest of it is genuinely terrible and unwatchable football. They were really committed in offseason talent acquisition to the offensive line and you've got nothing to show for it except a quarterback throwing that offensive line that's still got a block for him under the bus. One of the offensive lines that really also caught my attention for playing poorly was Oregon. What is happening with Oregon right now? They conceded all five

sacks all of last season. They conceded four just a Boise State alone. They needed two returns for touchdowns to eke out a W against Boise State which with all due respect is a good football team. Always good. Yeah they're good. They have the best running back in the nation but I cashed out on an Oregon to win the national title futures bet because that offensive line Lucy that does not appear to be it. No, that was my thought watching that game back was so my thing is I don't really take too much stock in a close win against Boise State because like you guys said Boise State is unbelievably good and Ashton Gentry is the best running back in college football

and if you have not watched him you should it's appointment television he had six touchdowns the first week but the offensive line looked so, so bad and Oregon still has that big play potential. But like Dylan Gabriel doesn't necessarily have like the fiery zest of Bo Nix. So he needs a little bit more from his offensive line, which we're not seeing so far. And as good as Boise State is,

you're about to enter the big 10, which is built on the foundation of very strong defenses and very good D lines. Oregon is gonna have to make some changes pretty much ASAP because like you are not going to have the luxury of you know two like returns when you're playing a Big Ten team like that's just not gonna happen but the offensive line was my biggest issue I think just like defensive wise I'm not too worried about giving up anything that I shouldn't take because he's literally so so so good good What is this fiery zest that you talk about?

But I have not heard anyone in sports analysis say that someone has a fiery zest. What is this? How he like runs with his head cut off like a chicken like Bo Nicks the Bo Nicks experience, baby You don't know what you're gonna get. It's crazy. I just wild you got about four air yards Yeah, three.3 yards per attempt in Denver. It didn't seem like fiery zest. It seemed like charred remains of garbage. Yeah, well you didn't watch freshman year Auburn at Bonix. That was the best. He was just a young child when that happened. Yeah, and he was awesome. He was great. What Oregon does isn't what the NFL does.

Bonix kicked ass at Oregon last year, the last two years. He was so fun. He was one of the best offensive players in the country. Sorry that I didn't translate to your precious NFL. I just don't know what this fiery zest is. Who else has- That's what, Bo Nix at Oregon has fiery zest. All right, who else has fiery zest right now?

Who else showed you? Let's do a segment. Let's get a sponsor for spicy foods and let's get a, who showed you fiery zest this week? And you wept, you wept again during the wave? Yeah, okay. But that one I feel like is really, really valid. They're waving to children in the children's hospital who are too sick to be there to watch the game.

So they watch from up there. You're right. Everyone cries at that. I cry every single time. Lucy, you mentioned- So don't you dare bully me for that, Dan. I think you tipped your hand as to where you're going next week. What's a game this coming weekend?

Is it Wisconsin, Alabama? Yes. Tyler Van Dyke versus Alabama. Crazy. This has been a very, like, this is kind of one of those weeks where you look at it and you're like, oh Okay, we're like they are game day is going to LSU at South Carolina. You're like, all right I guess this is what we have. So like Alabama's got Wisconsin I don't expect it to be very great. Although Alabama did look iffy against USF this weekend

I'm just a little nervous because I do think Alabama is gonna win and not that i'm rooting for wisconsin but i'm in dangerous ted cruz kit territory of going all in three for the home team and no one's ever gonna let me back well this is part of what's happening now the energy of the reports gets uh... you you have to do a lot more work when the the home team loses correct i'd do uh... but like most of the stuff we do is before the game and everyone has like this insane confidence that they probably shouldn't have, but my job is a lot easier when the

home team wins. And so far we are 0-2 on that and like most likely Bama's going to beat Wisconsin by 50 and that's really going to bum us out. But on the bright side, I think Wisconsin and Iowa are in the same sort of family tree of, they get so drunk at tailgates and they will be fun no matter what. The biggest story of the weekend was Northern Illinois, of the college football weekend,

is Northern Illinois going into Notre Dame and winning at the last moments. What's second? The second biggest story? Yeah, just something from the weekend that you would put in the, there's nothing to put in the realm of that, but you say week three,

you're not totally thrilled with what's coming up. What about what we just watched? Week, so I think the second biggest story is that several teams tried to do what Notre Dame did this weekend. Penn State was down at half to Bowling Green. Alabama led USF by one point in the fourth quarter. Oregon barely beat Boise State, needed the game-winning field goal.

There were a lot of top 10 teams this week that were so close to doing what Notre Dame did. And so that makes me excited because hopefully that means that in the coming weeks we're gonna start see that happening and more of the Notre Dame NIU results. But I think it shows that like you know it's not as wide open. We didn't think that we thought the top was a lot heavier than it is and so playoff could be crazy. Things are things are going wild right now. I think another great story is what Tennessee has done. They're so good. Oh my God.

Their defense is really good. NC State spent a fair amount of money in talent acquisition along the offense and you wouldn't know it from watching that. It appears like Tennessee is getting to tier one status, Lucy. Oh, absolutely. James Pierce is one of the best players

in the entire country. And obviously we all know that Tennessee is gonna have a really great offense. Tennessee is a super interesting team because it feels like no one's talking about them except for you just asking that question right now because you're in the SEC where you just saw Texas beat the crap out of Michigan

and Georgia beat the crap out of Clemson last week. Tennessee is still very much a contender and they look really, really good because the thing with Tennessee a few years ago when they had Hinden Hooker was their offense was amazing but their defense was still one big giant question mark. That defense looks really good right now. And I know that NC State isn't like a high flying offense or anything, but the way they were able to score against one of the better defenses in the ACC,

and then to be able to defend the way they have with James Pierce, who I cannot emphasize enough as one of the best players in the country, Tennessee is a very, very dangerous team. It seems like you two would both go in terms of early first month of the season, that it's Texas, Tennessee and Georgia is the best of what you've seen. I think Ohio State's really, Jeremiah Smith is outstanding. I think that they're like in a tier and teams like Nebraska and Miami are kind of like figuring out where they fit in this expanded college football playoff. I think it's irrefutable though. Alabama's probably in that second tier too. It's irrefutable that the talent has dispersed across the nation and really like maybe four or five teams have a legitimate shot at winning this national

title. Yeah, for sure. And I also think that like, I have to tell myself this every week one, every week two of each new college football season, we all got to chill out for a little bit. We all have to out for a little bit. We all have to just collect ourselves. This is why I wish like polls didn't exist till week five because two weeks ago we thought Florida State was a top 10 team.

Like we're all still trying to learn and adjust. We don't really know who's good yet or who's not, but I think we can confidently say that the only teams we're very sure are good, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, Ohio State, very good. What was the fallout on you appearing on Jimmy Kimmel? It was cool I don't know there was not very much fallout people seemed to be pretty happy for me for the first time in my life my brother thought I was cool he was like hey Lucy meet my friends she

was on Jimmy Kimmel that's never happened happened. So that was really, really cool. I've been getting like mean tweets a lot lately, but I don't really care about that. I get mean tweets just doing this. What about your return to Iowa? You go back frequently. How did all of that end up feeling to you? Oh, it was so fun.

I wish, I don't know if Rose is in studio or not, but she told me unprompted that Iowa had the best tailgating of anywhere we've ever gone, which I took so much pride in. It was great to be back. I know the vibes were kind of, they were really high because it was a rivalry game and Iowa scored 40 points the week before. Obviously, losing sucks, but it's always so much fun to go back there. And everyone treats me like a little celebrity, which is so cool.

They said, Lucy, can we get your picture? However, I will say that two fans of this show, shout out to you guys, after Iowa gave up like an 80-yard touchdown pass and the stadium was silent, I was standing right behind the Iowa bench and they were all in a bad mood and these fans just kept screaming Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, which was very nice, but you picked the worst possible time. Let's go. You got to get your timing right, Iowa people. You have to be zealots in the correct way with rhythm and with respect to the product on the field. Howdy folks, it is Mike Ryan and over the course of our 20 years together, there have

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