The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: Foot Girls

Episode Date: December 1, 2023

The crew takes a trip to the Bucket of Death and need to draw for a number of Shipping Container members who are missing. Then, it's time to discuss Dak Prescott and the Cowboys winning and whether the Eagles or 49ers are the best team in the NFC. Plus, it's the OFFICIAL introduction of FOOT GIRLS as Jess, Lucy, and Charlotte (women empowerment!) take a look at the world of College Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. Welcome to the big suite! Presented by Giraffe King. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables

to grab somebody's fries, that if they're just there, that hasn't happened to you guys. I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, that face and the habitual liar. BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM Hate this thing, Jeremy has to pick on behalf of three people. Uh, Stu got somehow doesn't have to pick because he's on a by-week. Does everyone else

here have to pick from the bucket of death? Thank you. I didn't go on Tuesday already. So like, yeah, that's already been established. Right. Uh, this is the first instance. This is our first Friday show in a very long time in life. We wanted to do something special. So not a lot of people are here. Jeremy's got to pick for three. Everyone in this back room will pick, and then Dan will pick to close out this segment. Before you do so though, Jeremy, I just, I am going to get to the point I was going to make before what broke out was Jaime Hacquez

is either Damien Lillard or Luca. I've you squit. Don't forget who's dead. And who's take is it, Mike? He's Jimmy Butler, come on. I do want to finish the thought I had about us starting at max and how poisonous the reaction was in the comment section. Go ahead Jeremy. Pick though from the bucket

of death. Who are you picking for right now? I am picking for Jess first then Lucy then Roy. So Jess gets the Colts at the Titans. I wanted a half point favorite. That's a good pick. I think that's good. I'm going to keep it. I'm going to keep it. favorite. That's a good pick. I think that's good. I'm going to keep it. I'm going to keep it. She just gets it out.

Yeah. Jess has had real good luck in this game. She lost one last year. She's drawn some bad teams. Lucy gets the Arizona Cardinals at Steelers 5 and a half point under the hook. Put that back for her. And she gets the Miami Dolphins. And it's obviously the biggest favorite of the week. By the way, our Miller Lightwatch party is officially a Miami Dolphins. And it's obviously a huge thing. Biggest favorite of the week. By the way, our Miller Light Watch Party

is officially a Miami Dolphins watch party. The NFL did not flex that. They actually did against what Joe Buck predicted. They did flex out mohomes and Kelsey. They flex the Chiefs out because they're playing the Patriots. We can only put Bill Bela check up as a graphic for apparently nowadays. Lucky for us.

They flex that for Eagles Seahawks, but Titans Dolphins is officially a go. We'll be at Vivo Miami at the Miller Light Stage. December 11th open to all ages. Come out and hang out with us. It's still the Chief. Some surprise they flexed them. I mean, it's crazy. Roy gets the Pittsburgh Steelers 5 and a half point favorites against the Arizona Cardinals. The dolphins incidentally on the road at Washington. They are nine and a half point

favorite, but they're on the road against the commanders. And I'd be scared of that. Like I'm scared of everything in that bucket. All right. I got the Texans at home. Three and a half point favorite against the Broncos. Interesting game, I'll keep the Texans. Yeah. Big game, big game this weekend. Play off eliminator. What a hot bat. Yeah. Us.

Texans and Broncos. The end of our man. You would have thought that after the Broncos was a lawsuit with teams. That put up 70. Yeah. I'm also picking under protest. I'm picking under protest because I have

the gold helmet in life. Tony, wait a minute. It's the way you're bad, winning at the time. That's a good win-nade, amen. Yes, agreed, but Tony, you cannot claim that you had the Broncos after allowing 70 as still a good football team. The bones were there, Dano. It's like looking at a house, right?

Look at the house and you're like, hmm, interesting bones there. I think I quit on the Jags. I didn't quit on the Jags I just was stressing my love for CJ Stroud and then boys and you also didn't cheat in getting the golden that's also true this pick is under protest because Billy swap with stew the week that I had the golden home in a life so he does not have that golden home I do pick I have the pants of the crew back take it take it up with the commissioner I'm sure Billy will rule in your favor your success friends

You should have done that in sign language. Well, he's helped you cheat in your bad mouth. Oh, yeah, yeah 100% I got the brown Just I'll keep them The rounds are at the Rams. They are three and a half point dodged after the Rams done you have Possibly flacco a quarterback, no miles of Garrett, no water Cooper. Like it's just a tough draw for us. Good spot. I mean, the Browns. The Browns are on their fourth quarter run.

I've got the Tampa Bay Bucks and Baker Mayfield who should win come back player of the year, pretty easily. Panthers, they're playing at home against the Panthers, five and a half point favor. Yeah. I mean, Demar Hanlon is favored to become back player of the year pretty easily. Panthers they're playing at home against the panthers five and a half point favor. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Damar Hanlon is favored to become back player of the year. Not a lot of good tape on him this season. Baker for me easy. Easy. It was going to be dogs there for a minute. I feel like an Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers would like a word. He really would. He opened up his window. If he plays, it's got to be aired, right?

Let me tell you. Let me ask you guys a question. Who's been the best player this year? Jamor Hamlin, Aaron Rodgers are faker me. Wow.

The defense rest. I mean, the season's not over for Aaron yet. We don't. He could win. Come back later the year. Do got said the pass for not fell back to earth.

You get it? Yes. I saw you pointed him and he pointed at you. Yes, you were all very happy with each other. Loving her guns. Did he fall off the toilet back to earth the astronaut? I have the underdog helmet, which I never like. Well, it's like underdogs.

You know what? I'll keep the titans against the Colts. I'll go directly Thunderdives. You know what? I'll take all I'll keep the Titans against the Colts I'll go directly really Really? You can go eat Remember the old spring team you go Eagles and home against the Niners You're taking Will Levis, though I am scared of the Niners The Niners look totally overwhelming whenever they're healthy

You're going against Jess by the way she has the Colts I'm going to own this sake. Niners won in the Super Bowl. I mean, don't like it. No, no, it's mine. You saw how they made Dallas. Try to steal it a month from now. You saw how they made Dallas look.

The 49ers win their healthy. Because Dallas's offense looks right now. It's like it can't be slowed or stopped by many people. Here we go. Yeah, I love that. Do it in the postseason. I mean, sir, I know Dax has been great. The last seven games. Here we go. Yeah, I love that. Do it in the postseason. I mean, sir, I know Dax has been great the last seven games. We touched down two with the exceptions, but

enough. It's that part of the schedule, like I told you earlier, it's that part of the schedule. He tricks you to think he's a good quarterback. Yep. Until he doesn't. Here we go. It's a greatest thing since Omaha. People are going to jump to that conclusion with Dax as a turnover person. They are waiting for it to go. It's their waiting for him to cough up a football game and what I would simply ask you because I don't think that that press got has actually gotten much better, but I do believe his skill guys are better than they've been in a minute. And his offensive line is good.

And so he's looking like a quarterback who is very relaxed, very poised, not turning the ball over that much. And CD Lam is arguing he's the best receiver in the league. And he's pretty close. But also, I'd always want a branding cook on my team. I'd always want somebody who stretches the field like that. Jerry Jones has been trying to get that for a while. In fact, been trying to get it for a while. In fact, been trying to get it

for a while, at least in part, because he wasn't going to keep a Mari Cooper and CD-Lam together, because CD-Lam was obviously going to be the number one receiver. So you need to compliment to that, and Pollard is better than, uh, Zeeq. At this point, yeah. Pretty easy. He was, but he was the last couple of years, too, and they weren't using him as much because they were giving the carries to Zeeck. Yeah. It's still hard to evaluate the Cowboys though. I mean, the Seahawks, while they were competitive last night in a game that they low-key might have needed badly, they're not playing good team still. And I don't know if you can lump Seattle, considering how they've looked recently into that good team bucket yet. And they struggled with that. I will say the one ruling that I'm willing to make is now seeing what Dallas

looks like with McCarthy calling plays and seeing the kind of year that the Los Angeles chargers have had the wonder kid, uh, Kevin Moore stuff is got no more shine to it. Yeah. We're going to figure out what the Cowboys are in the next couple of games. They play the Eagles, the bills, the dolphins, the line. They went to Philadelphia and lost by three points, I think. I thought the DAC had a good game. Yeah, I thought DAC was, that's as impressive a performance on DACs who resume this year. Yes.

Can you guys get me sound because I'm tired of the argument that Jeremy and Mike are having on and off air about who had what right. Can we have a video investigate it first? Yeah. Well, we're going to get a video investigation here going to find out who was actually right. But before we do that, Hassan Reddick of the Eagles says of facing San Francisco, quote, talk is cheap. They get to come back in the link. It was a lot of boohoo's last year, a lot of crying, a lot of what if a lot of this, a lot of that, they get a chance to come back in here, line that shit up and prove it again. I love the link. Let's go. What are your

thoughts about what he is saying there, though? They get to come back in the link. It was a lot of boohoo's last year, a lot of crying, a lot of what if a lot of this, a lot of that. Listen, Philadelphia, for me, they're being disrespected this week. I think they're the best team in football. They're being disrespected this week. They're not favorites at home against San Francisco. And they're right. Like they got to go to the link and you got to get it done there. No one's going to trust Dallas or Dak Prescott then until he does it in a big spot in a big game in the post season. That's just the way it is.

That's fine, but I'm more interested here. When I hear, like this is so football and to me, genuinely and generally frustrating. This is the quote, it was a lot of boohoo's last year, a lot of crying, a lot of what if, a lot of this, a lot of that. The San Francisco 49ers in a playoff game didn't have a quarterback.

That's not boohoo's what ifs like crying, they didn't have a quarterback. Ha ha ha. McCaffrey was playing quarterback. That's not a lot of boohoo. What if it's like, we didn't have a quarterback. We'd have a quarterback. We might look like we look when Brock Purti,

who might also not be a quarterback. healthy quarterback that we could put back there like that's not who's what ifs excuses like that's so the 49ers play to playoff game that they lost on the road that I would expect them to win favored in this game because everybody thinks the 49ers are the most overwhelming team in football when they're healthy. Chris Sims says one healthy, their best is better than everyone else's best. He also said that Mac Jones would be Brock Purdy if he played for the San Francisco 49ers. I mean, that's absurd.

I mean, Garoppolo can't play. I love Sims. He's on our show. He's great to us, but that seems ridiculous. Garoppolo can't play. He was a pass from winning a Super Bowl. Can't play quarterback. I'm happy that we get this game in the four o'clock window.

It's no late at night, no excuses. We're gonna line that shit up. And you're gonna find out that Brock Pertie isn't just some guy that's orchestrating the offense that's designed and put it up numbers. Dude's been making throats. If you squint, if you squint, talk to me. It looks like early day Tom Brady stuff.

I'm not projecting him to be Tom Brady. But in terms of working within an office, make a pinpoint pass, throw on the line zone. I mean, you know, I mean, you know, I mean, you. They built such a great team and they got the hack, which is a guy that's putting up numbers and making winning plays at the most important position, making less than a million dollars a year.

It looks like Trevor Simeon. So you're saying he's pretty good. Another thing that I said seven months ago with Jeremy. I'm saying until he wins a playoff game, crock, party. I am going to give you a stat here on the opposite end of this. Tim Boyle is starting another football game this week. And this is from Seth Walder. It's such a great stat at Yukon.

Tim Boyle had a QBR for three years, total of 15.8 among all 251 quarterbacks in college football who had thrown 200 passes in the last three years. He ranks dead last. Doesn't say wait with me. Don Lebert hard. Yes, you can't talk about double-digit national titles when every single call of you winning the national title. It sounds like this. Oh, there's a stepping checker running down his eyeline.

That's easy. If you audio it, yeah, that's good. That's good. Yeah. And there's a wolf-wool-two veteran pitching into another white guy and he avoids another white guy. Oh my god, Notre Dame, the fighting Irish, have done it again for the eight-time, and avoids another white guy. Oh my god. Not a name the fighting Irish have done it again for the

Pan white people who got Sorry He's black Sorry, man I'm in bravin' here. It's a pretty cool rip. That's the clear one. That's the shaker running down the side. He smells it differently.

All right. His name is Shubby. Maybe you didn't hear me correctly. His name is Shubby Chakras. His name is Sadeen. And that's... I feel like that should be the largest of five. And...

And Shubby Chakras. It sounds like a college football name. This is the Dalle Batar show with the Stugats. So see, we're finally back after... We back after two weeks of Thanksgiving and you were in Seattle and then we didn't have a Friday show last week, so we couldn't do this last two weeks. We're finally back and I missed you. I missed you. We got the same city in our Spotify wrapped and I was like, that's a sign we should be

together. And it's a sign that we are Colorado Buffalo's. I just did Buffalo's. I just did Buffalo's. Buffalo's tough. We also have a guest this week, Charlotte. Hello. Charlotte used to live in college station, basically.

Yeah, I did. I had to go three times in two years, which is so many times. For college football school. Oh my God, I married a couple at Texas A&M. You officiated a marriage. Yeah, I did. Get married to. Sorry, no, I didn't get married. Oh God, I did not get married at Texas A&M. You officiated a marriage. Yeah, I did. Get married to. Sorry, no, I didn't get married.

Oh god, I did not get married at Texas A&M. Thank you so much for having them. I'm honored to be in this unnamed college football. You're here as a emotional support. Yeah, because it's funny. You brought that up. Mike is also here and he wants to show us something. He's free.

Well, we've been talking throughout the week about how your show is unnamed and that's very unfair to you guys. I know you're a part of the show, but this college football segment is carved out its own identity and the best way to do that is to have a brand around it. So we bought, we bought into the concept of you guys having this college football show. Next thing was how do we make it bigger? So we punched it up after talking to several firms and we put together something. The team, I, with all the feedback and analytics that our consulting department had and we put together something that I'm super excited about. I'm sure I'm so happy that you're here for it because I know there's been a lot of debate and discourse

about foot girls, but you guys know how much I value you guys's individual talents and your knowledge of college football, second and none, I just think that we need to have some branding so we can get people to search out college, football, girls, all that stuff, and have a huge, huge show for you guys going forward. And I'm really happy with what we came out with. Foot, foot, foot, foot, foot, foot He gets in a losing egg messing around They're talking football, they're the messin' town

They got their toes out and the feet are small And they are expressing college will mall Mike Why is there a foot on my microphone? Branding branding. Yes, you're that's your brand new foot Mike those be very careful each one of those costs $700,000. I'm so sorry. I don't have one. If you're not watching this on YouTube, which you always should be,

that was a video compilation of feet to a song that Mike recorded. Did you like the songs? I will. We have a brand new fancy background for you guys here. And so I'm really happy that you guys gave me the chance to punch this segment up. I'm proud of the art that we made. It's a catchy little ditty, I think. And so thank you for not just rebuffing

me and telling me to go shove it and really given this an honest try. Happy for the official launch of Foot Girls. Yeah, we'll think about it. Yeah. I know, maybe we'll get back to, we'll lose to you and I will have a meeting. It looks like they're wearing ankle monitors because the mother's strapped to your microphone. Are these like felon feet?

Oh, no, there's a name. Now there's a name. Now there's a name. All right, my get the fuck out of here please. We need to actually talk about football and we only have 20 minutes left and we haven't talked in like three weeks, Lucy. I guess we'll keep the feet on for now.

I don't love that there are toes behind my head in the background. That's, I don't like the like trajectory of the foot because it's a little, yeah. It look, it's too close to my mouth. Yeah, I don't like the trajectory of the foot, because it's a little... Yeah, it looks, it's too close to my mouth. Yeah, I don't like it. The big toe, like the second, is your guy's the second toe bigger than your first toe?

Yes, same. Really? Is that rare or not rare? I don't know. I don't know. Well, I'm not gonna tell you good anything about my feet. That's a good point. Yes, same, we're not giving that away for free.

It started working, it started working. Cut, Tim, it. Just what he wanted. I don't even know how do we segue to football. There it is, football. Yeah. Get a nice week out of it. 13.

Die on in. God, hey, looking at this spot. I hate looking at this spot. All right. Feet are kind of gross. They are real. But I do like toses. Oh, you're cute.

Like, in general. Little piggy. There's so many little piggy behind you. You can like see up under the piggy. You're on my head. Okay, let's start with what happened last week. And I guess you were at the big game. What?

The medium game. Well, the medium house. I thought it wasn't really great. It was an awesome game. Maybe one of the best games we went to this year outside. I think Red River was also a little bit better The the big house is It's just it's just a big stadium. That's the medium house. That's the extent of it Call me crazy. I actually didn't fun. I didn't when I was there

It didn't feel as big as other places like LSU felt so much bigger to me even didn't feel as big as other places. Like LSU felt so much bigger to me, even Tennessee, college, well Kyle Field is like crazy. Kyle Field is where I go in my nightmares. But yeah, did it feel big to you? No, so I've actually been to a Michigan game before. But I went to a Penn State game this year as well and it's similar seating capacities,

not quite as big as Michigan. Where Penn State is so tall that it's over top you and it feels so much louder and so much bigger. We're Michigan is just like a big ass bowl. Yeah. Like a like a wooden salad bowl, which just doesn't pack the same punch as a hater. I'm here for the slander. But it was a great game. It did live up to the hype, I think. Right? I came down to the final drive in the game, was kind of the maker break moment for Ohio State and could Ryan Day finally beat Michigan?

The answer is still no, even though, like they could have, like it wasn't like they were, you know, outplayed, but it felt like they were outcoached honestly. It's no, kind of McCord is weird, but you have to know what to do in those situations when you have a quarterback who is not the most accurate. It was not the most trustworthy. Like, this is a game where you came in

and this is a beatable Michigan team. They struggled against Maryland last week. They're without their head coach. Like, this is a winnable game for a team as talented as Ohio State. Look, if I'm in charge, I throw the ball in the air since you're in every single time. I don't think about anything else ever, ever. for a team as talented as Ohio State. Look, if I'm in charge, I throw the ball to Marvin Harrison Jr. every single time.

I don't think about anything else ever, ever. It's just Ryan Day is like proven to you time and time again that he's just like, better James Franklin. James Franklin with more talent. Like, those are James Franklin with the dyed beard. Yeah, with hair. Yeah, very dark.

It's not like, Ryan Day, look, that's the only game that matters. And like Jim Harball came out and said, like, oh, it's overblown. I don't think it is. I think people really care about it. I think boosters really care about it. No, having been to two now in the past two seasons that I was doing in college football stuff, people care more about that than anything else.

It is so absurd. And the fact that Ryan Day is what, two and three now, three, no, in like big games and like that in playoff games. Well, he has seven losses only in his coaching career. And they are all two teams that Ohio State expects to win some against like Ohio's like Georgia, Michigan, Clemson. They have a playoff lost to Clemson. Yeah. Emphasis on the Michigan. Yeah.

Michigan is not the one that you can lose. Lucy and I sat earlier in the season that if you lost again to Michigan, it would be bad. And a lot of people on the internet did not like that take 12. So Ohio safe hands are normally so well. It'll be fine. So no, people are really like a ton of former Ohio State players were tweeting that you needed to be fine after the game. Which I don't even agree with. I would love it if one.

Yeah. But that shows you the type of job that is. And like, I'm not saying that Ryan Day isn't a good coach, but like, man, if you can't win that game in Ohio State, there's no point in you being at Ohio State. Go somewhere else, go. Like, I really, I liked the idea of him at Texas A&M because I want to be an hilarious. But like, that's, the stakes in Ohio State

are always a thousand times larger. You have the trademarked. Like, it's a school of things very highly of themselves. Like, you have to keep your life. You can't trademark, because I, did they succeed? I feel like they didn't didn't they or did they it worked I believe so I like that take Lucy I feel like I'm not going to pay them a dime I'm going to say the whenever I want the whole point no I like that the

idea of like if Ryan day wants to look up for Ryan day he needs to not be at a while state it's I mean like it's the same thing was like the Texas job where you're like, yeah, that's a big job. But you have a lot of things you got to worry about outside of it. Ohio State's like, go find yourself like a nice mid SEC school. Go find yourself. You shouldn't have taken that Nebraska job. How awesome was that?

It's been for you. Oh, man. I think it's fun that next year. There is a possibility non-zero chance that these teams play each other multiple times in a regular season matchup, in a conference matchup because they're getting rid of divisions, and potentially in a playoff because we are going to have a 12-team playoff next year. So we could have lots of the game in the medium house. When I was watching the ranking show, which I don't watch every week because it's stupid

most weeks, but this week it matters. And I was looking at the, you know, just like a beyond four. And I'm like, we're really going to have a system that we let a little miss him. Like, we have to do this. Is that what we want? We want to see all this in the playoffs. What are your feelings about this as college football die hard? It's a 12 team playout.

Yeah. Too many. Well, you, they're not going to put the toothpaste back in the tube now that they've agreed to do 12. Like the TV networks are salivating over it. But I mean, I just think it's a lot of games, especially if you're going to keep the conference championship games. It's a lot to ask of players to play if they're in all of the rounds of the playoffs and making a deep run.

And also, like, I kind of wish wish we had built our way up to that. I also don't think that if the problem with the 14 playoff is there's blowouts in the semi-finals every year, that's going to change in a 12 team playoff. There's still going to be a lot of blowouts because there's just unequal talent across college football. Like, we'd have a world where Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State are all in the playoff, and we clearly know that Penn State is not nearly as good as those other teams. Like, I think we just added so much when the problem in college football has always been

this like giant gap between, you know, the best teams and then, you know, the usually like the two best teams and then some great teams. Yeah. That's, there's not enough, like, if we've learned anything from this year, there's not enough good teams in college football. It's, it's really hard to be a good college football team. Taylor brings up a good point. What we should do for determining how many teams make the playoff is wherever Penn State

is in the rankings. That minus ton. I've told you guys, I say my take all the time. Penn State should always start the season ranked 17. If they beat Michigan Ohio State, they can go up. If not, you're stuck at 17. This is where you're in. Where you're in at 17. This is where you've got, by the way, you're starting out in a really negative place.

Donald Lebatard. He, for some reason, would do a Gary Stevens impersonation of the offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins and the University of Miami. Go ahead. Do you want to do that for the people? You're Jerry Stevens impersonation. You want to give people some of that 30 years in the making. Spookots. What? Who needs me? Oh, that?

What? Give that my whole life. You're going to go to Buffalo and win with Bernie Parmaly. Who needs me? This is the Dalabatar show with this two guys. I'm gonna pull us back from the edge because I feel like I'm being way too much of a hater right now. So let's talk about a game that we actually kind of are excited to watch and I like both of these teams, the PEC 12 championship,

Oregon, number five versus number three, Washington. Oregon's a big favorite. The way that the committee has ranked these teams, you have to imagine Oregon wins and they're in. I agree with that. It's, I understand, so the spread for this game, as of, you know, whenever is, I believe Oregon minus nine and a half.

It's large. Yeah. It's a big spread. I don't know how anyone who has watched organ football in Washington football the last month since they've played would disagree with that. Organ is done enough that like, they don't have, that the ranked ones are what, organ states.

Yeah. And organ state, I believe. Yeah. They need this one desperately, but with you have a He-summit candidate on your team in Bonaix, Washington a team that you lost before, but you lost at their home field. Utah was their big win. Yeah, but Utah has now, you know, fallen out of the ball. Yeah, so Oregon, if they win, they deserve their spot and I think that if Washington wins also, they deserve their spot, but like, Washington's been playing with fire for weeks now.

Yeah, they have. They have been fighting for weeks. They have been extremely tried to lose that game against Washington, say he did everything in his power to lose that game. Yes, they have been playing really, really close games versus Oregon, which has just continued to play like pretty solid football for the second half

of the season since the Washington game. So I'm excited to watch this one. I mean, I think I give the edge to Oregon because I gave them the edge the first time they played. I thought they were a slightly better team on both sides of the ball, but Washington and Roma Dunezay, like just such a, they have been such a fun team to watch this year. And I still expect them to do some cool things. So I don't know if it's gonna be a blowout

or anything like that, but I kinda think Oregon will win. They've been very TCU-esque and just their ability to win all these games. You're like, yeah, you've been trying to lose that one. You definitely did. Also the color purple. Yeah, I mean, and like we say TCU,

like, oh, well, you know, TCU biggest college football championship loss ever, but they also beat Michigan last year. They were fine. So being TCU is not the worst thing. It's like it had done that to Michigan. It's sort of occupying that space where it's like, oh, okay, we're sort of a little surprised you're here, but like welcome.

You've clearly, oops, I almost knocked it off a water bottle. Like you've earned your spot at the table. I'm serious, serious. I'm serious. Yes. And that brings us to Saturday. I mean, we're probably not going to talk about the CUSA champion. If we have extra time, we'll talk about in Mexico State versus Liberty number 34, Ranking the Country with Jamie Chaddle, undefeated.

There we go. We talked about it. Saturday at noon, the big 12 championship, Lucy, you got to watch Texas play this year at the Red River rivalry. Red River rivalry. Very, you got to watch Texas play this year at the Red River rivalry. Very tough to say. Tough to say. And because of some late season screw ups by Oklahoma, which you also got to witness

in person, we now have not a rematch of that, but a Oklahoma State Texas big 12 championship game. Very orange. Very orange game. We've gone to a lot of orange. Texas is a big game. Yeah. Texas should be a big favorite on this one.

Oklahoma City is very, very weird. They are a team that you don't really know what's going to show up. The team that beat Oklahoma and this huge fun rivalry game to end out, Bedlam, went and got blown out at UCF. Like the next week, they haven't played a consistent level of football for me to believe that they're gonna beat Texas. I'm gonna look at Texas specifically, I look at that Kansas State game,

which is a game that the last 10 years Texas would have lost nine out of 10 times. Well, they haven't won a conference championship since 2009. It's been a long time. We were, we were children, weak, because we're, you know, the same age. Yeah, and I'm the same age as both of you. Okay, I have a question.

Well, archmaning play. No. I don't think they're gonna blow them out. They won't. And even if they did, I don't think he would play. But I will be talking. We saw it's tech. Yeah, that's true.

And they've handled that very, the quarterback issues there very well. Because having your starting quarterback go out when you're in the hunt for the playoff is always dicey. But Texas, if they win, needs some other things to happen for them to make the playoff, I think. I think that if Oklahoma had made it to the championship game and been undefeated, that would have been an opportunity for maybe Texas to get in.

But also now you have an Oklahoma issue because of Oklahoma's losses. And now this game against Oklahoma state, Oklahoma states ranked 18. I think Texas needs some help. They absolutely need help. They're a root frowl. A band of one this weekend because that only strengthens their win. Everybody is a Louisville fan this weekend. Like unless you're a Florida state fan, you are cheering for Jeff Braum to to pull this upset, which like not that unlikely. I think I might actually be a

pretty like tight game. I think so too. I obviously have Jordan Travis for playing. I think it'd be a different story, but he's not. So the ACC championship is like so rarely like the game everyone wants to watch. I say this looking at Taylor who is like, yeah, that's accurate. Carolina got killed in it. Yeah. It's always it's I mean, there was the one your pit wasn't it. That was kind of fun. Yeah, that was crazy. But other than that, it's like the fake slot game. The fake flag was electric. That was probably the highlight of the ACC championship. That was the ACC championship over the last 10 years. Well, but yeah, that's on Saturday night at eight o'clock. Same time as your Iowa Hawkeyes game against Michigan in Indianapolis. So two games that have very different points, breads. Louisville is a two and a half point underdog

to Florida State. Louisville, because they lost to Kentucky last weekend and their rivalry game now completely out of the playoff picture, which is a huge bummer because they were maybe like a dark horse candidate, although losing to Pitt, you know, you never really gonna, you got nor do you know what cover from that. Yeah.

When you're brown and you get in our doozy. That's tough. Yeah. So other than that, the big, I think the biggest game of the weekend, as always, like this always happens every year. Even when the years of Alabama, I know. I know. The SEC Championship game is going to be at four o'clock.

It is going to be Alabama and Georgia and Alabama winning. I just got nervous when you said that for some reason. And I'm the, like, the, the anticipation and the, just like, general horror. It's, yeah, I mean, the chaos that is exciting is going to have long ranging ramifications. So what do we do with this game? Because who? Five or five and a half points, Brad.

Jalen Miliro playing better, but like still, like they should have a second loss. They should have lost to Auburn, but Bama pulled it off once again. Their defense is good, but George has got a good offense. They've got Carson Beck, who's like playing really well now. They a couple of their players are banged up, like Brock Boa was had, you know, he's obviously coming back from surgery.

He's like, he's back so fast. I don't know. I don't know. He's gone for like five minutes fast. I don't understand medicine these days. I'm like, everybody's back. Like, Aaron Rodgers saw what Brock Bowers did. Yeah, he was like, I can do that.

I can do that. He's like, he's his client. He's smart, gave him. But like we all said on the show, we're all rooting for Alabama. Well, can I admit something to you guys? I've been sort of a secret Alabama fan for a long time because of the Patriots. Because I was like, how can I, when the Patriots were good, I was like, how can I be...

You're just an asshole? Yeah, I was like, no, I was like, how can I be a fan of the Patriots and then be like, Alabama fans are obnoxious. I was like, I sort of have to put my money where my mouth is. Okay, I respect that. You know, not just because you like Mac Jones. Oh, God. No. Mac Jones is, oh, I can't even talk about Mac Jones. I really hate Alabama. I feel like.

But like, this was three years ago. This was like three years ago. Now it's like, oh, well, okay. All of that fell apart. Little Brian. Thanks Bill. Brian. Yeah. Okay. I don't know. I think George is going gonna win, but I think it would be hilarious. Hellarious if Alabama broke their, what is it, 30 game win streak at this point? I think Georgia K-Quarks to, outside of this game, I think this game could be funny,

but I think Georgia's gonna get in that playoff and win pretty easily. But would it not be the most Alabama thing ever to barely beat Auburn? And then be like, you know what, Georgia, we're gonna ruin everything for you. We're gonna ruin it all. And like this Georgia team, I think is very good.

I think it's a lot better than any other team in the country. But they've had moments this year, like, Mizzou's a good football team. It took them three quarters. Which is longer than it normally takes. Yeah. I didn't even get the head start. So, okay, so let's say that,

or Georgia wins, Oregon wins, Michigan wins, sorry, Lucy. Oh, but, okay, so let's say that... Georgia wins. Oregon wins. Michigan wins, sorry, Lucy. But, okay, I take it back. It would be funnier if I will one than if I have one. Yeah, that's funny. It's case scenario by far. Everyone is rooting for Iowa this weekend. In Florida State wins.

Are we in agreement we're gonna have Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, Oregon in our... College football playoff. I think that is what the Playoff Committee will choose. It's not Texas. I think it's their praying for it, that they don't have to make those. It's not what I want. Ooh, what do you want?

The whole thing with the Playoff is like, that's their thing. We don't choose the foremost deserving teams. Those would be the foremost deserving teams. We choose the four best teams. I would love to see someone take Florida State Spot, that they've earned it, so I'm not pioneering for it. Florida State, if you win, you deserve to be there. I'm not trying to take that away from you.

I'm just saying that if I want a competitive matchup, which you will most likely be matched up against Georgia, I'd like to see Texas there. I can see them even trying to sneak in Ohio State, not because I think Ohio State deserves to be there, but just because I think the entire point of the playoff in its entire existence is how can we get more Ohio State football? That's their M.O. when they have that meeting, they're not talking about who's best, who's worse.

Everyone wants to Ohio State Akron this weekend, I hope so. There are a number one. Yeah, I disagree with you. I think a Florida state wins. I don't have any issue with them. I don't think that the committee would actually take them out. I don't think they will. Maybe they just go on the agenda.

I just want them to do that. If they had dropped them a little bit after their struggles versus Florida, I think we'd be like, oh, they're setting the stage for pissing off. Florida state fans. But they dropped them. They moved them back up after Ohio State lost because they dropped them to five and when they dropped them to five, that's when I was like, I think they're preparing us to not, you know, have Florida State here.

I think the committee is just hoping for everything we expect to happen this weekend to happen and no chaos. But like it's, it's going to be a tough sell to like, I'm not going to really want to watch Georgia, Florida State as much as I want to watch George in Texas. I saw Florida State Fan on Instagram being like, ESPN is the most insane Alabama bias. And I was like, if you win, you're probably good. Yeah, that's when you're games.

That's the thing. Same with Washington, like when you're games. Yeah, when you're good, Florida State fans, I'm not saying you don't deserve to be there. So like, don't get mad. Everyone deserves to be at Laugh. Yeah, I we all have we self worth and we all do have nice things. And that's why they're letting everybody in next year. Before we go, this has been the start of a coaching carousel extravaganza this past week. I mean, well, I mean, it started like a month, months ago, really,

but the Mark Stoops Jimbo Fisher text to say in a Michael Ebo piasco on Saturday, I think, was like a great moment that we'll talk about for a long time, but there's been a lot of new hires this past week. There's a lot of job openings, right as we were starting to record this Indiana hired Kurt Signetti from James Madison, big get for them. I feel like paying a $40 million buyout and hiring a winning head coach from James Madison, like Indiana. Good move. They want to play football.

They're invested. They're ready to rock. They had that one COVID year and they're like, we need a bag. They were like, we are high on our own supply right now. The Bloomington has never been funner. So good for them. And there's also a ton of names in the portal right now which we Bloomington has never been funner. So good for them. And there's also a ton of names in the portal right now which we already talked about this week. So whether

you're watching the games or not this weekend, there is a ton of shit happening and it's great. It's so fun. But I'm rooting for chaos. You guys are rooting for chaos. I'm rooting for Oregon, Georgia, in the national champion. I would love that. Even though Bonaix cannot play against Georgia, like historically, just can't do it. But like Dan Laning versus Kherb Smarrick. Oh, it's great story. That's a lot of stuff of Greekness. Maybe he's coming, but I think they're,

yeah, I think they'll get better. Yeah, I'd love to see like my sneaky choice, I talked about this on the main show was, God, I would really love to see Michigan win the whole thing and then immediately have taken away. You know, we can't let, they're the one team that doesn't deserve to have nice things. No, they'll get taken away.

I don't, I don't, no, because they'll still, they'll still lord it over all of our heads. But I wanna see is this fucking foot microphone taken away from my face. I can't tell you how glad I am, I don't have one and I'm sorry. This was not a good choice. taking away from my face.

I can't tell you how glad I am I don't have one, and I'm sorry. This was not a good choice. We need a chair.