The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: Football Friday

Episode Date: September 8, 2023

It's a jam-packed Football Friday before Week 2 of College Football and Week 1 of the NFL! First, Dan and the Shipping Container take their first trip to the Grid of Death. Then, Lucy and Jessica are here with their still-unnamed College Football segment to recap and preview the biggest storylines from across the sport. Plus, Jeremy wants some advice on how to properly be a fan of a Power 5 team facing a Group of 5 team, and Stugotz delivers his Top 5 Best Looking College Football Coaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. This is the Dunlabel Tarshall with the StugatSpotCas. I tried yesterday to properly utilize HBOogize HBO real sports a ground spray a groundbreaking television show Is that what is that in my ears? God, what is that? Oh God oh god i thought we agreed we were going to leave this at the clea linder i thought we were never going to do this again because we don't actually do the penalties except for me i'm the only one and I will grant you that it is funny that no one respects the rules here and that the

founder of the company has to come in dressed in some sort of ridiculous costume while no one respects the rules. But Chris Wittingham has like nine outstanding penalties. We've got way too many people who work here now, way too many people who aren't here on the grid of death day, on the bucket of death day. How are we handling all of that? We're all gonna have to be pulling double duty, and people are gonna have to pick for multiple people,

and not be dicks about it. What's with the lighting? This is very ominous. I'm scared. It's a demon-y, it is red, it is scary. The grim reaper is here. The grim-reacher touched- Grim-reacher. Grim Reaper touched my lower back. It's a demony, it is red, it is scary, the grim reaper is here. The grim reaper touched my-

Grim reaper touched my lower back. Oh, the grim reaper! Well, that's essentially what I was trying to say. The grim reaper around. The grim reaper. Processional broadcaster Jeremy Tache. It should be noted that the- The bucket of debt is brought to you by KFC.

$20 filip box purchase in the app right now. Make it a chicken night this fantasy football season just for 20 bucks. That's finger-like and good. Jessica, what are you eating? KFC? That's not a C-Gimbo Fisher. Jeremy, go ahead and reach into the bucket.

Let's see what it is that you're fine there. Fins up baby. Oh wow the dolphins. So the dolphins. What is the point spread in the dolphin game? I have seven sheets of paper here. The dolphins are a three-point dog at the chargers. I'm gonna keep it. Really? Wow! He's taking this local guy thing. Way too seriously. I'm very nervous. I don't like this decision. Jeremy picking for anybody or is he just picking for himself? Jeremy will also be picking for Billy. I will. You sounded like that was a question mark at the end of that. I will. I will. We have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now the Bucks are the

R1.com dog on the road at the Viking bike. 6.2 dogs. I'm sure Billy will appreciate that. My printout is messy, it's sloppy. This whole thing is to make it... Pittsburgh Steelers! Bum, bum! Now the Steelers are a two point dog to the San Francisco 49ers, so Billy now has the Steelers. A lot of people put in the Niners on upset alert. That's an upgrade when you look at the spread, Stan. But we picked them for against the spread.

We did. We have a lot of broken content. Lucy, go ahead and pick in the bucket. Are you picking for yourself here? You're good. I'm very overwhelmed right now. Oh, you've never done this before. I've never done this before.

I can't even get in there. I can't even get in there. You know what? So the lights turned red and then this walked in. If you're paying attention, if you're paying attention, you might have saw it last night in the chief's Lions game, but rookies making their first ever NFL start are gonna be wearing patches that say NFL premiere on them So like when you go to Disney World for the first time

That is not sick and you're eating with a spoon It's a it's a potatoes, which has also excellence. Brother looking for them. The Jembo Broncos. No more kissing babies, Lucy. They are, I think, last I checked a four point favorite CBO against the Raiders. To the Raiders?

Oh, bucket this. That was more confident than I would have been. Three and a half now. Three and a half, according to our good friends at that. They had a new coach. What an amateur, Lucy, is not understanding half according to a good friends at that. That a new coach. What an amateur Lucy is not understanding that there is nothing good in that bucket. Everything in that bucket is bad.

Do you understand? It gets so angry me for being positive and trying to just keep the vibe. I am around. Keep her. Sorry for trying to make this a fun place to work. You gotta understand the stakes. We gotta Roy and he's gonna be thinking of anything.

Roy's gonna be picking for himself first. No one is playing anything to me since I've started this job. Everything. Welcome Lucy. All right, I have the San Francisco 49ers. Oh, some people put them on an upset alert. That's for you. He wanted to get that analysis out there again. Minus two at the Steelers Roy. You know what, I'm gonna keep it. Wow. All right, it's time for Chris's. God, that game is a solid stay away, which means by the end of Sunday,

I'll have $650 on it. Yeah. The Cleveland Browns. They're playing Joe Burrow and the Bengals. Has Joe Burrow finally beaten the Browns yet in his career? No. They're two and a half point home dog, Roy. They're two and a half points.

They're getting. I'm getting put this back here for Chris and I have the Indianapolis coach They always shit the bad Melissa Anthony Richards. He's terrible. My point. Yeah, sorry Chris and the Jags on them. So it's just a terrible pick They are at home the analysis the analysis is they always shit the bad I think I saw a stat that not only do they not cover week one. They don't cover by like seven points on week one Jessica are you picking for just yourself? I don't know, but they're making me rummage with my left hand. I don't like

Left hand rummage with my left hand. I don't like Left hand rummager. Oh, okay, the Ravens are playing the Texans. I think they're a ten point bay. I'm gonna keep I will be pulling for myself and Tony first myself How long is he gonna be? Jacksonville Jaguars, you know some people have have noted that the Colter Terrible League won. They often shit the bet, and I am going to keep the Jacksonville Jaguars. All right. Tony's always on vacation, by the way. A little more than 10-day Tony if I'm right.

Now, picking for Tony. Now, we are now picking for Tony. Thank you, KFC, for the new bucket. L.A. Rams. They are at Seattle. Cooper Cup. Peers to be out for this game. I'm going to put that back. See how C-Hogs are five and a half point favorite. Yeah. Thank you, Lewis, for telling me in my head that he would put that back.

Stop talking. Stop talking to us. Lee. Uh, chargers. They're at home against the Miami Dolphins. I had that he would put that back. Stop talking. Who would stop talking to us? Lee. Chargers. They're at home against the Miami Dolphins. He's got no choice otherwise. That's gonna be a good game. Do concluded how about that one last night? Wow. Oh my God.

Oh my God. So good. Can you believe that thing? That thing that happened? There's the Kelsey. All right. Yeah. Go ahead and reach into the bucket there.

Kelsey. Oh, I can feel it right here. Let's see what you got. Controversial. I've got my God Gino in the Seahawks. Keeper. All right. Can you also pick for Greg Cody?

Okay, sure. By the way, I should say that a mean had the single most amazing prediction in the history of the show involving Gino Smith, got his stats before the season almost entirely right. It was crazy. Tell us what he's going to do this year. Well, first of all, I'll tell you what Greg Cody picked, which is the Philadelphia Eagles. Oh, they were a tricky game on the road at New England. Four point favorites.

What would Greg do? He would keep it. He would keep it. All right, I'm keeping it. So, questioning what will happen now with a full off season passing vice? On his offense, wasn't that complex. I'm picking for me and Stugat. You're picking for you first.

This is the Dallas Cowboys. Primetime, Sunday night football, sea asterisk, and the New York Giants. I will keep it. Wow. Now you're picking for Stugatts. You're surprised by that? Keeping the Cowboys?

I saw a deck press got in practice the other day, thrown to double coverage while targeting a five foot three receiver. The little x world. Death of grid is what this says on the helmet. Does that mean they're at the end of the grid forever? Death of grid? I have no idea what it means. No idea what that means. Okay, none of us know what it means. Death of grid. Death of grid. That was when the Billy weird commissioner era. I don't know what that means. Who's the commissioner? I don't know what that means Well, we're stuck Let's just let's just say he's good for the week

I am not allowing stugots to win on death of gray then back I'm sending it back We could have never done the grid again. Yeah, well, man, KFC would be really disappointed by that. What if it means everybody dies? Stugat says the tanking card notes. Oh, boy, this is going to be with a lot of controversy. Yeah, I wish I knew what that happened. Every year, every year, every year.

I really wish. I know. I got one question, though. Who took the bus here? I had a fire in my belly when I did.. I know. I got one question though. Who took the bus here? I had a fire in my belly when I did. No, good. I had KFC in my belly also. Oh, nice.

What a hot spicy. Yeah, what a great segment. Brought to you by KFC. I hate that this is back. $20 Philip Box. Oh, that sounds so good. Not KFC. I love that KFC is back. I hate it.

I'm just in the app now. Make it a chicken night. This fantasy football season. Just for 20 bucks. That's finger-looking good. Don Lebertard. Well, my point about Jimbo Fisher is that, and he's been trying to cancel me for saying that Mrs. Met

has cake, and Bobby Bowden would have said, Mrs. Met, she has snatched. Stu gots. Damn, she has snatched. Stugats. I never pay for a player. Now, I would pay for Mrs. Met to give me a lap dance. This is the Don Levertar Show with the Stugats. The President of our Draft King Sportsbook, one of America's top-rated sports book apps. Draft King's has all kinds of ways to get in on the action, including sing-game, parlay,

props, live betting, and so much more. Use Go Dan, when you sign up on a DraftKings Sportsbook app to check it out. So Jess and I are back with our college football segment, and we have decided after hearing your name suggestions. To not go with any of them, all of them were bad, made me very uncomfortable, and I had to close my games. They were all so bad. So one point Dan texted me and was like,

our audience takes great pride in wordplay, and naming segments of our show. And I was like, mm-hmm. I felt victimized with those. I was like, oh my God. I don't, Twitter should have blocked us out. We shouldn't be able to see it. So we're just gonna go un names for a bit, right?

We're not gonna have an identity, kind of like Clemson football right now. How come there's a transition of that? My God. I don't even know if that's the order we're supposed to go on, but it doesn't matter. It felt really nice. It felt really nice.

It felt really well put together. And now as I sit and talk about it, it feels significantly less. But Clemson, I was off. I thought Clemson would be a lot better this year. I thought the coordinator would make a difference. Gara Riley had better weapons at TCU than he does at Clemson. And we saw that.

And we love our Duke Blue double set. We really do. Yeah, I think Clemson isn't a really tough spot right now, because I know that a lot of the conversation coming off of their big prime time loss to Duke on Monday night has been about how Davo is not using the portal. And if you compare Clemson to Florida State in the way that Florida State has had such a immediate positive impact from their skill position, transfer portal players compared

to what Clemson has done the last couple years. Like there's a huge golf in between the two. Like Davo does not want to use the portal. He does not believe in the portal. However, I think there's way more going on there. I think that's maybe a small element of it. And I think that had Clemson gotten a few really great top-notch players in the portal. Yeah, they'd be in a better position. They'd be a better team. But I think what's going on in Clemson is a bit of a more systemic issue. I think Brent Vanibles leaving has not been discussed enough in terms of the legacy that he left at Clemson and the dynasty that their

defense had there for a decade. I think that the development of players is a big thing to watch. Like, Clemson did that with on quarterbacks with DJ Owingingelit, Ui Youngelilay and played Kate Clubnick, two cycles in a row.. Like those were both top of their class guys. Like DJ was only behind Bryce Young in his quarterback class. Kate was only behind Drew Alar, who was the Penn State quarterback, who we saw debut on Saturday night. Those were both really supposed to be really good guys.

And if they both don't work out, I think that speaks more to Clemson than to those two guys. And we also said DJ finally played this weekend outside of Clemson. Had a really good game Lucy. We owe him an apology at my last job. This game we used to play was we would put up stats and say Clemson or Iowa. And most of the time you couldn't tell. You could not tell the difference between the offensive stats of Clemson and Iowa. And against Duke it showed. And if Iowa is the bar, you were in a bad, bad spot. Yeah, I also saw a quote that Dabo,

instead of running the air raid, he said he wanted to run the dirt raid. Yeah, he's doing that in the odds name, in the general likeness. Nice. But yeah, I think Clemson's got some issues to work out. They might still end up like making the conference championship game.

They might still end up in a playoff. I don't think they will end up in the playoff, but they might end up being a good team, not a great team, but they do have major systemic issues. And I think when it comes to Florida State, you have to look at their schedule now and think, hmm, seems kind of wide open for them in the ACC. Watch out for Duke, watch out for Duke.

I will say Clemson Florida State likes three weeks. Yeah, it's their early one We're gonna learn a lot about we're gonna learn both teams so much That's why all that was are you are you standing by your Florida states over it to take when they lose to Duke sure I feel like I didn't get nearly enough heat for how bad several of my takes were and I I Appreciate that I appreciate you being nice to me, but also I want things to be fair. Florida State looks phenomenal against LSU Taylor and I were at the game.

That is, they were light years better than LSU was and I do think that LSU got probably a little more height than they deserve last year, beating Bama will always do that for you. But Florida State is like a clear favorite to make the playoff right now. It's just something in my gut, something in my heart and my soul is like, there's no way Florida State is like a clear favorite to make the playoff right now. It's just something in my gut, something in my heart and my soul is like, there's no way

Florida State can go without messing it up a little. Yeah, screw it up a little bit. I'll put a pin in that. We'll revisit that in a few weeks when they play Clemson, the next ranked team on their schedule. Clemson's still ranked at the time. I imagine they will be. They've got a couple cupcakes coming up.

But you're right about LSU. LSU finished the season last year. A little shaker than I think people remember because of the win at Alabama. They barely eaked out a win against Arkansas. The Alabama game did end in overtime. It was very, very close, like you said. And then they lost to Texas A&M in the final week of the season. And they also lost in the SEC Championship game, played Purdue in the final week of the season and they also, you know, lost in the CC Championship game

played Purdue in the Bull Game. I don't know if they beat the crap out of Purdue But like Bull games in this day and age. You can't like really take too much out of them So yeah, no one was playing and it was Purdue. That was a wildly unfair matchup So they let up 40 points Texas a.n.m Very Middling offense last last, probably worse than middling. And then 50 points to Georgia. Like now they're giving up a lot of points to Florida State in their opener.

It looks like Brian Kelly is getting a lot of criticism for how he's played their star defensive player, Harold Perkins, and his positioning as an off the ball line backer. You also see maybe some regression from their quarterback. You also see a team that maybe is just not ready to play in prime time, which like these are all things that have haunted Brian Kelly through his career at Notre Dame. And now maybe they're coming to light at LSU,

but we're not gonna overreact because LSU, they've got a tough schedule ahead. They might not be as bad as they looked and on Sunday night. I love the joy in your voice when you talk about Brian Kelly. I just like hear it. I don't know what you mean about that.

Taylor producer, former North Carolina wide receiver says that Notre Dame won the break up. We'll see in five years when all is set and done. It's too soon, it's too soon, Taylor. But yeah, Notre Dame fans definitely are getting some shot and for right out of watching LSU win in prime time. I should, I'm happy for them. And I've never been happy for Notre Dame fans definitely are getting some shot and Freud out of watching LSU win in prime time. I'm happy for them.

And I've never been happy for getting a baby ever before. Oh my God, I can't believe I just said that. What also are we freaking out about? Should we talk about North Carolina, South Carolina at all? Yeah, when I was looking at this preview doc that Taylor so lovingly put together for us, thank you. I was like, why are we talking about UNC's defense?

We had nine sacks. We had nine sacks. Yeah, South Carolina's offensive line basically turned around and sex spins around her themselves. I was like, do they hate him? Do they not like him? South Carolina too is another team.

They got a lot of hype at the end of last season when they beat Tennessee and Clemson in back-to-back weekends. Tennessee after they were starting quarterback, Henan Hooker was hurt. And then Clemson, which we know, Clemson had major issues last season. They're still fixing them now, still have issues.

Maybe they were a little overrated coming on the season too. It's, South Carolina simply can't finish a season strong and then start the next season also strong. That's like inherently against what the GameCock stand for. There was never a world where they were gonna be nice to their fans like that. They just can't do it.

And I love to see Frank Beamer, oh Shane Beamer, excuse me, I do that all the time. Kind of losing his mind over it a little bit, kind of blaming things on hot dogs, which sure, go for it, absolutely. A hot dog, Sackdorgord, back nine times. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Taylor says that Drake Majes needs an average defense.

And like really does. He really does. He's a title contender. UNC in Iowa, I think, are the inverse where if Iowa just had half an offense, we'd be unstoppable. And if we should come together, the Lucy Rodin team, because I'm from North Carolina, I think it counts. Rodin team.

Yeah, that sounds good. And then we would just have segment name. Ooh, but then you're not in it. Yeah, I don't care. I think it counts. Yeah, that sounds good. And then we would just have segment name. Ooh, but then you're not in it. Yeah, I don't care. That's good. But yeah, UNC, we were talking about it a little, how wild is it that we're gonna be excited for UNC Duke football game this year?

Even a lot of times game is exhausting. I think it also goes to show like how I think hated Debo Sweeney is by a lot of fans that people were rooting for Duke in any athletic endeavor this past weekend. Like universal applause for Duke at any point will always shock me, but yeah, that was a crazy thing that actually happened.

All right, we've been doing this for a decent amount of time and I think we just have to talk about Dio and Colorado, I think. Yeah, well we talked a lot about them on the main show. We really did, so much. There's only one left unsaid about Dio and in Colorado, I think. Yeah, well, we talked a lot about them on the main show. We really did. There's only one left unsaid about Dio. I want to double down. I'm not trying to be a hater.

I want, I'm happy if Dio succeeds. It just scares me a little for college football. The college football is not the same. And I get it, blah, blah, blah. But Nebraska's got a good defense, so I'm looking forward to it. We also didn't talk all week about the leaders and dogs patches on the uniforms, which like, you're a big 10 fan.

You remember the legends in the leaders, right? How did I forget that was the glory dish? Exactly. And just, I feel like we didn't talk about it enough. It's all a mark, like, Deon does it so well, where he can just market his team in a different way. I know other schools have done it. I believe UCF has done it,

where they put social media handles on their practice jerseys. Yeah, Jeremy's ears just popped up from like five rooms away. They have. Yeah, that's what I thought. But Deon's done such a good job of branding it, so it's Colorado's not like other schools. And it's in that sense,

I have a lot of respect for him in general, but that sense, I'm so smart what he's doing. He's making his players in IEL value and like insanely valuable. Which is awesome. I want to talk about one sneaky upset this weekend, Baylor losing to Texas State. Oh my God. That's what happens when you bite Ted Cruz your football games. This one happens.

Lucy, we have only a few minutes left. Should we talk about what we're going to be watching this upcoming week two in college football? Oh, heck yeah, we should. Yeah, it's a tough act to follow. This was one of the best week ones in a while. The five days straight of just like, Friday was a little bit of a bus, but everything else. Miami, Miami, what are you talking about?

Oh, that was, I mean, God, all of us, there were 300 people there. You know, it was crazy. That's true. If you didn't watch that game, attendance was not great. If you didn't watch that game, you're with all the other Miami residents. They also did not watch that game. But yeah, Miami is playing Texas A&M this weekend. Kind of talked about on the show this week. They're doing a bogo ticket thing.

My question is, why are they selling upper deck tickets for $125 to this game? Like, if you're someone who wants to bring your husband or wife or partner and two kids to this game, you're really going to spend $500 on Miami tickets. Like, lower the prices, and then maybe you'll get a sellout. I saw them for $58 on game time.

I think the code is DLB. That, nice Lucy. Ah, you can barely tell I'm new here. Great plug. Look at that. Yeah, the tickets are going for below face value right now, that's where we're at, so. Yeah, well, they should.

Like, no one, neither of those teams are ones that I want to pay to see. I will say I did watch a little bit of A&M, and I believe it was New Mexico State or New Mexico. They scored points. I mean, they hired Bobby Patrino to do that. This obviously Miami is better than New Mexico. Well, you know what, I can't say obviously Miami

is better than New Mexico State or New Mexico, which one it was. But this is a little different, Texas A&M team. Jimbo's not calling the plays anymore. Thank God for everyone, unless you're a Texas A&M hater. We'll see, I'm probably not even going to really

wash this game that much. Elasticos on the at the exact same time, and that's tell us what the over under is on points for Elastico. 36 and a half. And you're taking the under. Absolutely. Last year. I will

I will I will lost 10 7 so it hit last year for sure. Oh man it always makes me laugh when I hear these final scores. I love it so much. Look we scored two touchdowns back to back. All right so you have never been done by any team ever and Brian Farron still not out of the hook 24 points. He's not a hit 25 per game and win seven games. Yeah, and I can tell you we will not 25. All right. So Lucy's taking the under and L. Asco. That's Iowa Iowa State. That's on in the 3.30 window. Yep. At noon, we have Nebraska a Colorado Eastern time. This is one of the most bet on games, like in betting history. Crazy.

I don't have a pick in this game. I don't know. Nebraska looked so bad against Minnesota. They can't score points, but they have a good defense, I guess. There's nothing wrong with not being able to score points. Not everyone can do it. I think Colorado is going to win this game,

but Nebraska is a team that doesn't get blown out. Like, they will put up a fight. The Minnesota game, yeah, they looked pretty bad, and they had that game in the bag till the last two minutes. It was just pretty much how every Nebraska game has gone for the last two years, which is unfathomable. I actually hate Nebraska, and I feel so bad for them. I think this game will be closer.

The defense is so much better than TC uses, but I still think Colorado's got too much talent. Big road test for the other big college football higher of the offseason, Matt rule. Notre Dame, NC State also at noon. I'm a little nervous for this one. It's the actual like first real like test for Notre Dame. They played Navy in Tennessee State so far.

So if you want to flip that on while you're watching a commercial break for Nebraska Colorado go ahead and see States got a pretty good quarterback this year Brennan Armstrong he's a transfer from Virginia he's very mobile and Sam Hartman has played and he stayed a lot now he's playing against them for a different team so we'll see how that goes I'm a little nervous for it but the big game of the weekend Lucy Texas Alabama who you got you predicted an upset last week with Duke and Clemson little nervous for it. But the big game of the weekend, Lucy, Texas, Alabama, who you got. You predicted an upset last week with Duke and Clemson.

Are we going to predict another upset? Alabama's favorite. Am I wrong for what I like? Texas should have won last year. They should have won last year. They should have won last year. Where'd back I hurt? It's in Alabama.

Say it. Screw it. Get in Texas. Texas is back, Lucy. I don't want to say that. Say it. screw it, get in Texas. Texas? It's Texas is back, Lucy. I don't know what it's like that. Say it. Texas is back. My God.

I don't know if I believe in Texas. Leave that if you. Don't leave that if you. Don't leave a tart. Lou Holt, number one tell you. Trooping my balls off. I can't play a little tit-a-prey You cannot give me enough fake lOOHOLT saying any number TRIP IT MY BALLS OFF

We're- You can't give me enough STUGATS DROL ON THE MICROPHONE I'm not sure what you're gonna pass the fire To avoid the eating mind when fake This is the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugats. Presented by DraftKings Sportsbook, one of America's top rated sports book apps. DraftKings has all kinds of ways to get in on the action, including same-game parlays, props, live betting,

and so much more. Use code Dan when you sign up on the DraftKings Sports Book app to check it out. So you guys know I'm a pretty big UCF guy. To everyone's detriment. The biggest I'd say. I know, the deep side is exactly what I expected the reaction to be.

But now, finally, after years of moaning and complaining, a power five guy, myself, as a UCF guy. And the biggest issue that I now have is UCF this weekend is playing at Boise State, one of the most difficult group of five environments in the country. Ah, the Blue field. Is it a really tough environment?

Is it the thought of that difficult? Yeah, it's a tough place to play. Tough place to play. It's one of the most tough places. It's a whole cut like a cut. Is the field still blue? It is, I believe. It's really. It's called, it's a tough place to play. Tough place to play. One of the toughest in a whole cut like a field still blue. Yeah, it is, I believe. It's really. It's called smurf turquoise. Tough to watch. How come other teams haven't done that with other colors? They have. They have. It's always terrible.

All right. No. There's a gray field. I hate that one. There's also a bunch of teams have the green field. That's color. So UCF's playing at Boise State this weekend. And I'm really worried. UCF, I believe, is a two touchdown favorite, if not more. There it is. If not more. And my,

they're two touchdown favorite. I think they already pre-worryed that. Yeah, no, that's my concern. Yeah, so my concern. My general concern is that UCF could lose this football game. As I've seen, everyone do. Going undefeated is very, very difficult in college football game as I've seen everyone do going undefeated is very, very difficult in college football. I think that when teams go undefeated it should be celebrated as has been noted. And so if UCF loses to Boise State, I need to

come up with my excuses because what I've seen over the span of years in college football is that if you lose early in the season to a non-power five team or an out of conference team, there are excuses to be made. So I was hoping some of the veterans here, I mean, we have Notre Dame represented, we have some Miami fans in here. You guys are like the kings of making excuses for. I don't see a single Miami fan in here today.

Oh, the hunter, the hunter. Yeah, so I'm just, I mean, I want to know at this point what it's like to be able to make those excuses. But you'll blame Cotsman, that's the first able to make those excuses. But you'll blame the coach. But you'll blame the coach for carrying her. That's the first place you'll go. Okay, so you blame the coach. That's my question.

I just want to know who to blame. My team loses a group of five out of conference game, which would be majorly disappointed. I mean, who loses a group of five teams? They're pathetic. This is what you do. Number one, you blame your coach. Yeah, that's always a good start. Number two.

So get off the Gus Bus. Number two, there you go. There you go. There you go. You have to hype up who you lost to. LeBron is very good at this. Like when someone has gotten the best of him, he does a great job of singing their praises. Why? Because he wants you to feel like, yeah, of course I lost to them. They're the greatest team of all time. They're the greatest player, whatever. Wait a second. Is that front end work or back end work? Which one is it? I think you have to set it up on the front

out. Right. You sandwich it. You sandwich sandwich it for sure like you already start after start hyping up boysy as like yo this is one of the the preeminent group of five programs top is plays the play the country the blue chair yes yeah when i was not in last to marshal last year i just told everyone i wanted to die I think this is really when you get your first like baptism into the big boy club jare bear now you're the stakes are so high that if your team loses a game where there are two touchdown favorite, you just tell everyone how depressed you are and it's true. No, no. No, I feel like that's what I did before.

Yeah, don't walk down that path of depression. You need... There are excuses to be made. Absolutely. Absolutely. Again, we start with what I like to call the compliment sandwich. You compliment them before the game. A lot.

You hype them up. And then the meat of the sandwich, it doesn't really matter. If you win, you compliment them some more afterwards. And look, man, that's a tough win. You guys, it looked easy with those two touchdowns, but this was actually a great team. If you lose, you said, look, I was talking about it all week long before.

This isn't just an automatic W on the schedule, but this shouldn't change anything. You've got to put everything into the perspective of like this was actually a tough game. I appreciate this advice because my go to predominantly going into the week has just been, my team is unmotivated. You know, this isn't a conference game. We'll still control our own destiny in the big 12, but is that excuse making not right? Like when you're just going like,

oh, you know, the conference championship still in play. I've heard that one on this. No, you can't say unmotivated, unless you're going to blame the coach route. Yes, you're going to blame the coach route. You're like, we were unmotivated. I blame the players. Because coach, no, we didn't know.

I don't, I don't know what happens on the show. It's what Deon's going to do when they lose. I mean, right, right. So it's it's blame the coach first, blame the players second, blame the conference. Third, I would be can also blame a recruit that didn't sign with you guys. Ooh, that's not the one you can do.

The other direction never would have happened if XYZ, right? Yeah, and he decided not to go to your school because he's just a bad guy. Yeah, only once wants NIL money. Correct. Okay. And I have the wrong reasons.

And NIL is ruining college football. Like if you lose, always wait in the transfer portal. And you're doing it the right way. Yeah, then if you don't talk about who you didn't get in the portal, you talk about who the other team got in the portal. Exactly. You blame the portal. That about who the other team got in the portal. Exactly. You blame the portal. That's what I was trying to say.

Find the right booster at Boise State and I know right. Exactly. Paying the big. You blame the portal and less the portal helps you in which case you you celebrate the freedom of movement that these players have. Right. But but if it doesn't help you then you got to be like this is ruining college football. You see F did have four transfer quarterbacks through touchdowns

for other schools over the weekend. So I'm claiming those. 1000% start blaming all those quarterbacks. Okay. Yeah. They didn't want it back. Exactly. They just stuck it out. If they just stuck it out, this program would be in better shape. Don't worry. We still have a shot at the conference time. But that comes back to Gus Malzahn. He let the wrong four quarterbacks go exactly okay. Perth the wrong guy circle it all the way back around the coach. Yeah, why didn't you make it work with Dylan Gabriel? That actually is a good question.

Dylan! I was wondering that. What happened? It's really a complicated one. I don't know if you're... I don't know if you're... You could go the gallows humor route or you could go the... Well, we're still better than everyone else route and I was right.

I think that's the big thing like well I told you guys this was you know I said to watch out the good news is is I've already couched this I'm in a good position now at least personally because I brought it up I brought up my fear but when they inevitably win everybody knows Boise State great group of five program group five just up there with those big boys at the power five no different heck for that matter group five might as well be the pack 12. So there's another part to this, by the way, if they lose this game, but then they go on to win like the rest of the year and they enter the college football playoffs and

whatever, you have to remind everybody that everybody counted you guys out at the time, but you knew, you knew that this was a character building loss, not just something that was going to be a stain on the resume. And you have to keep bringing it up. It was a good loss. What's really amazing is you just brought up a theoretical version of this season, which is UCF losing on the road to a group of five team and still being able to make the playoff that, again, not used to this version of life where you mentioned a loss and I'm

like, oh my god, with a loss, they could still potentially compete for a playoff. Really? It's not the big 12 really, the honest. This is on the back 12 of the ACC. So he needs to spend the rest of the week really hyping up Boise State to everyone, to anyone who wants the list. I'll be in here with a Boise State. You should, yeah. Throughout the weekend, just making sure that everybody is ready for Boise State Tuesday. Smurf.

Yeah. Smettie, you and I were talking over the weekend. You sent me a glorious picture of Marcus Freeman, who I maintained. No. You didn't? That's someone else. That's amazing.

That was me, too. Yeah, I sent that to you. I mean, I'm saying I'm going to help this picture. It got me thinking anyway. Someone sent it to me. I don't know. Wait, you had a full conversation thing you were talking to Jessica and it was Chris Cody?

It was Chris or maybe Jarbar or perhaps a mean. But anyway, we digress. I think that Marcus Freeman is the best looking coach in the history of sports, okay? But it got me thinking and I actually put together a list, a definitive list, I think, of the best looking college football coaches of all time.

Just college football. Just college football? Just college football, yes. I can't wait to see where Bobby Banks is. As a professional, I won't comment, but I am intrigued. Let's hear it. Okay. Professional what?

Good question. Number five, Gene Stallings. We're all fivously googling. Now it's an old school look. He's a former coach at Alabama. Okay, he's old school. He's a tough guy, you know, old school guy. But if you're googling type in young.

Yeah, that's a say. Gene Stallings. This dude. Okay, a young Gene Stallings. A young Gene Stallings. Yeah. I get where he's going. He's got a chin. This dude jeans a young jeans stall a young jeans stall yes Yeah, I get I get where he's going to chin. He's got a chin. Oh, you know what he's got He's got the hair that kind of like yeah, yeah, I see where you're at here with you number five yet number four Larry fedora

Fedora is of a underrated leaf funny. maybe we should do a top five list of athletes whose names can note hats after this. Because Larry Fondara cracks me up every time a year. Can you be great looking if you wear the visor? Larry visor. I love the visor. Holy crap, this dude is shredded. Or is this just photoshopped?

Should I be in shirtless or something? Larry Fondara. He is shredded, yes. Yes, shredded. Yes. Wow. Now I'm trying to think of athletes that can know the hats. Beanie Wells. Oh wow, I'm seeing him shirtless.

You're right. Right, like oh my god. I would never would have guessed. We doubted Stu, but so far. Yeah, strong so far. I see where he's going. Tippy Martinez. Tip of the cap.

Was that three? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, different game. Number three, Bronco Mendenhall. That's what I don't know. Interesting. Why? Wow. Bronco Mendenhall. His name is Bronco. I thought for sure he was going to look like Rashard Mendenhall, but he doesn't. Did you? Yeah. That's it. The Mendenhall. I don take off. Twins, huh? The men in halls. I don't know.

No, I'm not with you on this one. Definitely not with another two. Yeah. Number two, Marcus Freeman. I don't got to Google that one. That's my background. So I thought Marcus was the best looking coach in the history of sports, but then I stumbled upon someone else who's better looking and he's number one.

And that is Bob Diacco. His nickname is handsome Bob. He's like, I can't even know that. Oh yeah. Okay, I see what you're putting out here. Yeah, Diacco. I like it. Yeah, where is he now?

I could get lost in these eyes. This is a little con for a while. He's the one who started the civil conflict. The civil conflict, I was just about to say it. He's my favorite. I can't stop looking at you. You see F rivalry that never existed. It's the peepers that does it for this guy.

He's got great eyes. Conflicts using a capital FL in the trophy. Yeah. Is Yukon conflict? I've never seen you so excited. It's odd. Oh, the civil conflict is one of the greatest pieces of college football, Laura, this century.

Todd Bowles, like Bowler Hat. Oh, yeah. Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, someone named Cap was in there an athlete. Colin Kaepernick. Yeah, there you go. Cap. Hey, you. Derek Eater of the Captain. Wow. The dream of Duel Jibar. Hmm. That's the more the captain. Wow. The cream of Doolger Bar. That's the more the captain's now. What kind of names of hats?

That's the thing I've been struggling with. Top hat. No, there's no one named Top. Scully? Is there a Scully out there? Pork pie. Oh, a school cap. Vin Scully.

Vin Scully, there you go. All right, what else we got? Bucket hat. Bucket. Oh, Jimmy Buckets. There you go. I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say, I'm going to say,

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I mean, the game should end. Yeah, the game ended up. Sorry guys. I hate when that happened. Steve Hat. Dude, nice. Nice!