The Herd with Colin Cowherd - 3 & Out - Reaction to Bo Nix & Broncos OT win vs. Commanders on SNF + NFL Week 13

Episode Date: December 1, 2025

Former NFL scout John Middlekauff is reacting LIVE immediately following the Week 13 Sunday Night Football matchup between Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos vs. Marcus Mariota and the Washington Commander...s. John kicks off by reacting to Bo Nix's performance in an OT win against the Commanders on SNF. Next, John reacts to the San Francisco 49ers win in Week 13 vs. Shedeur Sanders and the Cleveland Browns and explains why he believes the Browns are a joke. John then discusses why the NFC West is getting weird after the Los Angeles Rams' loss to the Carolina Panthers. Next, John defends Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and states that the team is poorly built and not built for success. John then reacts to Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin leaving for LSU and what implications that may have for Ole Miss and college football landscape moving forward. John also reacts to former Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell accepting a position at the University of Florida to become their college general manager. John wraps up with his Hard Rock Bet Monday Night Football pick: New York Giants (+7) at New England Patriots 04:40 - Broncos-Commanders 17:37 - 49ers-Browns 23:18 - GameTime 24:20 - Bills-Steelers 33:34 - Lane Kiffin to LSU 43:08 - Florida GM 47:20 - HRB MNF Picks Follow John on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for the latest.  All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet Use promo code “3ANDOUT20” on https://nicokick.com/zone for 20% off at checkout! Check out Gametime - the fastest growing ticketing app in the US, and the official ticketing app of 3 & Out and GoLow -  for tickets to all of your favorite NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA teams. Concert and comedy show tickets, too. Go to Gametime now to create an account, download the app and use code JOHN for $20 off your first purchase. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:03:26 have a commanding lead in the AFC West, and look poised to compete for the number one seat, even though their quarterback and offense can be very, very hit or miss. Their defense was a little off as well tonight, but a lot of other stuff going on. The NFC West, wide open. Mike Tomlin and the Steelers in Shambles. I mean, they were the ones saying it, not me.
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Starting point is 00:05:07 Three and out. 20 on NicoKick.com for 20% off at checkout. It's been a long weekend. But let's just start with Denver Broncos, who I don't even, I have a philosophy. When as, you know, you get late November, early December, I think we will see this tomorrow on Monday night football. When you take a team that's 10 and 1 or 11 and 2 and you're playing a team that's a three or four win team that is headed toward potentially draft.
Starting point is 00:05:38 in the top five or six, right? These are human beings. So when you look at your opponent, you just don't take them as seriously. And one thing, if you watch a lot of NFL football on Sunday, don't blame you if you did not. Unlike the guys that play on Thursday, they don't eat their Thanksgiving meal until after the game.
Starting point is 00:06:00 I do think there's like the triptophan, kind of lack of focus. I thought it was pretty spotty play throughout the league today, and it kind of carried into the night game, where it just feels a little something's missing, especially from Denver, who still has a lot to play for. I mean, getting a home field, the number one seed in Denver, is a huge, huge swing moment for teams going to mile high, right?
Starting point is 00:06:29 And you're watching a night, you go, is there a team with a bigger variance in the NFL? That's a good team than the Denver Broncos? I mean, you can watch him on individual series when you're like, their defense's incredible. Hufunga was just a plug-in play. It looks like an all-pro. Their pass rush is awesome. Obviously, he's Rattan's back in the mix.
Starting point is 00:06:51 He's one of the best defensive backs in the league. But then they got Riley Moss, who Marcus Marriota made him look like he should be on a practice squad. I mean, Riley Moss, it is very, very difficult in this. modern free agency era to have a perfect defense or a perfect offense. You're typically going to have a liability somewhere, right? A guy that you would like to replace. But it's just, it's hard. You're not going to have all 11 high-end starters.
Starting point is 00:07:25 It's like, yeah, we've got 11 pro bowlers. Like, this isn't the mid-90s and it's the Cowboys or the 49ers. This is the free agency era. You're just going to have some individuals who are on the field with some limitations. And clearly when it comes to Riley Moss, like if you're going to do anything, that's who you're going to throw after. And they just went after him relentlessly tonight.
Starting point is 00:07:48 And, you know, he's just targeted constantly. Throughout this entire season, a couple weeks ago, I remember watching the game. I don't know if it's still the case. Led the league and past interferences. Tonight with the game on the line, Debo Samuel, who isn't exactly Jerry Rice or Marvin Harrison, not junior but senior
Starting point is 00:08:07 when it comes to route running and when the ball is not in his hands I wouldn't consider Debo to play fast goes right by him I mean almost almost scored ended up leading to what would have been the game tying touchdown in overtime
Starting point is 00:08:24 but obviously they went for two instead of kicking the field goal and Marriota didn't get it now I do believe that Marriota tonight looked really good through for basically 300 yards. I mean, you watch games like tonight. Marriota is a high-end backup and the athletic ability to keep plays alive with his legs.
Starting point is 00:08:47 Little inaccurate at times, but has a pretty explosive arm. Just a good player. Really high-level guy. People love them. And was playing really well. Like, was giving Denver all that they could handle. But I go back to these are human beings.
Starting point is 00:09:02 and when you go into a game against a team that is 3 and 8 whose star quarterback is watching the game from a box whose team is just not played very well you don't take them seriously and that's what I just wonder Denver coming into this game now there's an entire other element where Bo Nix is a giant wildguard like there were series like at the end of the first half
Starting point is 00:09:27 the what was the score They had just, Washington scored a touchdown to made it seven to six. And Denver got the ball back with a little over two minutes to go. And you want, you know what? You want to get some points. So at least you have a lead going into halftone. Maybe it's nine to six. In a perfect world, you get a touchdown and you go up, you know, 13 to 7.
Starting point is 00:09:52 And Bo Nix gets the ball, leads them right down the field on touchdown drive. You're like, well, that's the good Bo Nix. and then in the second half there's a play where he throws it right to Bobby Wagner, who Bobby Wagner didn't even move. He basically took a step back from where he was lined up pre-snap. And Bo immediately grabs his helmet like this, for those of you listening, he just puts his helmet or puts his hands on his helmet. Obviously, many of you were probably watching the game.
Starting point is 00:10:20 And it's like, that can't happen. And you could convince me that Denver could win the AFC pretty easily, if they get number one seed, win both games, and be the representation in the Super Bowl. I have a ticket on them to go to the Super Bowl. You could also convince me they could lose in the first round, right? If New England gets the number one seed, they're the two seed, depending on who they play as a seven seed, it would not shock me at all if Bo Nick just has a game where throws a couple picks, their offense doesn't do much, and they just lose a game like 15 to 13.
Starting point is 00:10:53 That would 100% be on the table. That's why I think that there is not a team with the high end and the low end that is going to be in the playoffs like the Denver Broncos. And it kind of goes to Bo Nicks. And I also think sometimes Sean Payton plays a role in this. We'll talk about the Panther game a little bit later, but when we discussed that game when they played the 49ers, it was like, why didn't you run the ball more?
Starting point is 00:11:20 How did you only have 13 carries in a game where your quarterback was just a little hit or miss? and tonight, like R.J. Harvey had 13 carries. You go, well, John, he only had 35 yards, averaging, you know, under three yards of carry. Well, that's part of being an offensive coach. Just slow down the game a little bit, and eventually your guy's going to break one. Maybe not for 50 yards, but if it's 20 yards or 30 yards or even 15 yards, there's a level of, you know, controlling the clock and establishing a physicality on offense and also taking some of the pressure off your.
Starting point is 00:11:55 quarterback because Bo Nix gets in these streaks where he's like running around skipping balls at guys' feet and you're like, this is, what is going on? And there probably hasn't been a more frustrating player throughout this season on a good team
Starting point is 00:12:11 than Bo Nix for the Broncos. It's like you watch individual series, you go, that's really impressive. Then you watch individual series and you go, that's terrible. You could leave this game and make the argument that Marriota out played him tonight. You know, I'm not even just factoring in numbers.
Starting point is 00:12:29 Marietta was a little less accurate. They basically threw similar yardage. Marietta threw for one more touchdown. Now, granted, it came in the overtime session. But they both threw an interception. Mariotto was sacked twice. Bo Nix was sacked once. They both kind of scramble around.
Starting point is 00:12:48 Kind of similar players. I would say Bo Nix's arms a little bit better. Though I think Mariotta's arm was, looked pretty strong the night. But one major difference is the commanders ran for like 60 more yards. And they just, they had 10 more carries. Like, that just helps an offense just settle down.
Starting point is 00:13:11 And I think Sean Payton, for whatever reason, gets into these positions with his quarterback where he's like trying to prove, I told you this is my next Drew Brees, who can move. I told you this is the guy that can lead us a Super Bowl. It's like, yeah, maybe that inevitably happens, but why are you trying to prove it on this individual
Starting point is 00:13:31 series when things aren't going well? Settle everything down, call some more runs. Hell, call quarterback runs for him. But it just feels like he's hesitant to do that or he just refuses to do that. But at the end of the day, only New England has
Starting point is 00:13:49 as many wins as they do. And assuming New England beats the Giants tomorrow, like the Broncos are easy, ahead of Jacksonville and Indianapolis, who are both 8 and 4. The Chargers are currently 8 and 4, but their quarterback is going to have surgery on his hand tomorrow. Now, I'm pretty sure it's his non-throwing hand, and even Herbert said that he expects to play in the Monday Night Football game against the Eagles coming up this week. But that's a pretty big wild card.
Starting point is 00:14:22 The Chiefs are currently 6 and 6. the Ravens and the Steelers are 6 and 6. So this thing is wide open. Now, I do think Denver has a better roster than the New England Patriots, but it would be hard to argue that you would have more faith in Bo Nicks than Drake May, given the way the two guys have played this year. So I think, listen, the AFC hasn't been this wide open in a long, long time. You could make the argument in like decades.
Starting point is 00:14:56 Because for 20 plus years, it was mainly New England with a little bit of Peyton mixed in. And the last five years has been Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reed, with Baltimore and Buffalo basically beating everyone else. Well, now Buffalo is also 8 and 4, but they got a million injuries. And they don't look great. You have the Ravens, who in any other season, would be up three games in that division. Steelers are in their circle in the drain.
Starting point is 00:15:28 I have zero faith. I mean, Indianapolis is playing a quarterback with a broken fibula. And he's like, well, healthy enough to play and the doctor's cleared me. It's like, that's a great sign. They're clearly leaking major oil. I have no faith in Jacksonville. You could argue Houston is one of the hottest teams in the league. And who knows if they can dig themselves out of that O and three hole?
Starting point is 00:15:51 I mean, they're attempting to. but at Jacksonville and India, I'm pretty sure haven't even played yet. But like Denver, if their quarterback play was more consistent, I think everyone would be picking them to win the AFC. Because their defense wasn't that great tonight. But the totality of the season, it has been excellent. And really for two straight years, it's been really, really good. And then from a weapon standpoint, I mean, Sudden, Ingram,
Starting point is 00:16:19 R.J. Harvey out of the backfield. Franklin's an explosive player. They do have enough weapons. Now, you lose J.K. Dobbins, their running game. Is their coach going to be willing to call enough runs? That is definitely up for debate. I just, I don't know, man. The AFC is in complete shambles right now.
Starting point is 00:16:40 And Sean Payton anointed this team at the beginning of the year saying, I've, throughout my however many two decades of being a head coach, I've had a handful of teams that I knew in training camp had a chance. right and this was one of them and like I do think the way that it's broken with the injuries with the chiefs being in shambles with the Ravens and how they've played with Burrow getting injured
Starting point is 00:17:06 it's all for them to take now do you have faith that they can take it I don't but I don't know who else I would pick you know we'll see New England tomorrow I just I'm still hesitant to think are they good enough I think they're a year away. Kind of like last year when Washington made it to the NFC championship game,
Starting point is 00:17:28 it was like, is this the least talented team ever to be in a championship game? But their quarterback was just playing out of his mind. And there's a little bit of that element with New England, though, you know, Travion Henderson has added an explosive element now that he's played over the course of the last month. Clearly their coach is a pretty accomplished guy, a lot like Dan Quinn last year. Like he had taken a team to a Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:17:51 He had some pelts on the wall as a coach. But I do think this thing's pretty wide open. Today's show is brought to you by our new presenting sponsor Hard Rock Bet. The Hard Rock Bet Sportsbook app is the only legal sportsbook for whenever you're in Florida. It's also live in Arizona, Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, Tennessee, Virginia, Illinois, and Colorado. Coming soon to more states, too. Sign up today and you could win 150 in bonus bets. Just place a $5.5 bet.
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Starting point is 00:24:37 or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaking of wide open, the NFC West, I thought today the, I was expecting crazier weather. in the 49er Browns game. I mean, last night I followed some social media accounts. It was like a whiteout.
Starting point is 00:25:03 I'm like, it's going to be snowing. It's going to be windy. How are they going to be able to function? And it turned out it was just really cold and kind of windy, but it wasn't really like raining and snowing. And that game was just an organizational, we're way better than you. It's crazy how big of a joke the Browns are.
Starting point is 00:25:21 I mean, it really is. The whole organization, everything about them, It's like, I understand they have good players. I mean, they have one of the great pass rushers of all time. It looks like their draft this year is really good. And they just got their teeth kicked in by a team that's rolling out like a UFL Front 7. And I've been saying this for a while about, you know, that coach and the GM.
Starting point is 00:25:44 Kyle went in there. And one, he has been owned by Jim Schwartz. Jim Schwartz is 8 and 1 against him, physically dominated him a couple years ago. The year the 49ers went to the Super Bowl. and lost of the Chiefs. It was one, the 49ers had like a three-game losing streak in the middle of that season. But today, it was just from muffed punts to tush-push, fourth and one play calls that the tight ends fumbling.
Starting point is 00:26:14 It's like, what is going on here? And it's not like the 49ers are doing anything special. They couldn't run the ball. It would just, you know, they couldn't tackle anybody. Junkins, I would have given it to him every single play. and then you look up and all of a sudden it's like, wait, what's the score? And the 49ers win 26 to 8. It's like, how did this?
Starting point is 00:26:35 It's just because we have nothing in common with you. We're well run and you guys are just a complete joke. I mean a complete and utter joke of a franchise. And the 49ers to find a way to get to 9 and 4 with the amount of guys that they have injured is just an incredible accomplishment. It really is. And it's crazy to think, because I would have said this
Starting point is 00:27:01 a couple weeks ago, they have absolutely no chance to win the division. I still think it's going to be an uphill battle, but like they beat the Rams at home. Or excuse me, they beat the Rams in L.A. They beat Seattle in Seattle. They still play Seattle
Starting point is 00:27:17 to end the season in at Levi Stadium. They get a buy. Their next game is the Tennessee Titans. Like the 49 Niners pretty likely are going to be 10 and 4. They're going to be 10 and 4. They're not losing the Titans off a buy. In Seattle and the Rams in a couple weeks,
Starting point is 00:27:35 play each other on Thursday night. And here's the thing. Like I said with Denver, when you go on the road and you play a bad team, I don't want to say the Panthers are like bad. I mean, they're 6 and 6. But I think after that 9er game, you don't take them quite as seriously.
Starting point is 00:27:55 You go on the road, it's rainy, your time clock's a little thrown off, you just got to get into a weird game. And Matt Stafford clearly played the worst game of the season, right? Throws a pick six, throws another pick, has a fumble that could have been a fumble six. Luckily, they were able to tackle the guy. It was just off-kilter. And all of a sudden, you're like, because every time I would look over, I'd be like, I still think the Rams are going to pull this one out. And then all of a sudden, you're like, no, actually, they're not. And then all of a sudden, Bryce Young is doing the victory formation.
Starting point is 00:28:29 You're like, the Rams just lost that game. And now they're 9 and 3. And so the 49ers have the same amount of wins as both those other teams. I mean, that is, I don't think anyone would have saw this coming. The 49ers, Seattle, and the Rams, if I would have told you a month ago, would all have nine wins after Thanksgiving weekend. You would have told me I'm on drugs. Now, Seattle got a, I don't want to say lucky.
Starting point is 00:28:54 they played a team that essentially did not have a quarterback today. I mean, that kid that the Vikings rolled out, there are a lot of conspiracy theories on the internet about J.J. McCarthy. I did buy in some of them with the ankle injury. It was clearly the longest ankle sprain in the history of the NFL. I do think the concussion thing, he's not the first and he won't be the last guy to get concussion like symptoms either the next day or on the plane ride home. that happens.
Starting point is 00:29:26 I didn't have the audio on that game, so I'm sure they talked about it. Typically, when a guy is in the concussion protocol and he can't pass, doesn't always travel with the team. Maybe they make exceptions for a quarterback because they wanted to listen. I don't know. I don't think it's great for you to travel.
Starting point is 00:29:43 He clearly did, and he was on the sideline. But there is no disputing. Their quarterback situation is the worst in the league. It's an absolute joke. and Seattle could have rolled out me at quarterback and just handed the ball off every single time and they would have won that game. So Sam didn't really have to do much,
Starting point is 00:30:02 but this thing's wide open and things get weird. The reason I like the 49ers to make the playoffs at the beginning of the year because their schedule's pretty easy, I actually took the Browns kind of seriously today. Turns out I shouldn't have because the Niners are just way better. even though they got a lot of random dudes and you know Miles Garrett had a sack today on Trent Williams kind of smoked them actually in an inside move it was kind of sweet but yeah this division is about to get really
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Starting point is 00:31:37 Swipe, tap, ticket, go download the GameTime app today. I want to defend Mike Tomlin a little bit. Obviously, they're teams and shambles, and they could just lose out. I mean, they are, they're 6 and 6. they've lost 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 5 of their last 7
Starting point is 00:31:59 3 of their last 4 Chargers kicked their ass Bears just handled them in the second half and obviously the bills today 1, 26 to 7. Their team is not very good. They have a poorly constructed roster and in the NFL
Starting point is 00:32:21 or in college, even the best coaches. Like, listen, I'm giving Kyle Shanahan a lot of credit. Again, the Browns. He still got George Kittle. Still has Joanne Jennings, who clearly is pissing a lot of people off. I don't know what Joanne's saying to people, but Shelby Harris said after the game,
Starting point is 00:32:40 you know, that Joanne Jennings got hit in the nuts last week, deserved to get hit in the mouth because of the things he's saying to guys when they're on the ground. I love to know a little bit more, but, you know, the 49th of, credible offensive players. But you can only do so much, right? It's about the Jimmy's and the Joe's and the X's and the O's. Now, I've been saying for a while,
Starting point is 00:33:03 in coaching, I don't care who you are, Pat Riley, Bill Parcells, Andy Reed, you go to different sports. Most people have a shelf life and need a restart, need a reset. We're seeing it this year with Mike Vrable. Mike Frable was told a year ago in Tennessee you need to pack your shit and get out of here
Starting point is 00:33:26 Took a year off Kind of got a fresh look at everything Got to reset got to put a little chip on his shoulder Comes to New England It's kicking ass and taking names And I think Mike Tomlin will really Really benefit from that But that's between him and the Steelers
Starting point is 00:33:42 And if they want him have him as the coach for life That's their prerogative One thing I would say to Mike If I knew him is like But you need a little more help in the front office. Like back when Kevin Colbert was your right hand, man, you guys had a point of difference. You guys had an advantage.
Starting point is 00:34:02 When I got in the league in 2010, definitely when I was a kid in college in the 2000s, and then even once I left the league in the mid-2010s, the Steelers were looked at like a high-level scouting operation, the way they evaluated players, the way they signed players, the way they drafted players. And I look at their team now, they kind of just constructed a roster like you or me might do if we're 16 years old on Madden. Kind of desperate at Aaron Rogers, trade for Jalen Ramsey, trade for D.K. Metcalf.
Starting point is 00:34:39 That doesn't seem like what a well-run operation would do, though, if they were trying to win games on Sunday in the actual National Football League. and I don't think it's by coincidence that they're getting their ass kick by all the good teams the Packers, the Chargers, the Bears, the Bills. I mean, think about that. All the games that they have lost over the course of the last month plus
Starting point is 00:35:03 are two teams that the Packers, the Chargers, the Bears, the Bears, and the Bills that are going to be in the playoffs. And they're getting worked for the most part in these performances. Because they don't have the talent. They don't have the rosters. The Buffalo Bills today are missing their two tackles.
Starting point is 00:35:24 So if you tell me, I'm the Pittsburgh Steelers and I get to play a team, whether it's a team that last year was in the AFC championship game or a team that's going to be drafting in the top 10, and they don't have their two starting tackles in a league that struggles to find decent offensive linemen, let alone backups who can fill the spot for starters, I would have been like, you should be able to make this game weird. And I saw T.J. Watt talking about the game after, in his post-game press conference, was basically like, I can just talk about the defense, but we're terrible.
Starting point is 00:36:03 We're just not very good. And I'd be like, yeah, because in a game, when you're playing backup tackles, you should dominate. If you put Miles Garrett versus a backup tackle, you could convince me to have 9,000, sacks. And I just watch the Steelers and I watch the bills. I go, bills just have more talent. I'm not even talking about Josh Allen. Then you factor in that your quarterback, who's about to be 42 years old, has a cast on his hand, on the one play where he got sacked by Joey Bosa, had his face slammed into the ground. I mean, after the game,
Starting point is 00:36:40 he looked like he just fought. I was going to say Floyd, but Floyd doesn't really hit you. He just kind of dances around. More like Mike Tyson or something. and I got blasted in the nose. And I actually, and I said this to Coward, I respect Aaron. Because when you've made that much money and you've checked every box you need to check for your quote-unquote legacy
Starting point is 00:37:04 and your resume as a football player, you don't need this. In 20 years, no one's going to talk about the last year you played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers the year they went 8, 9, or 9 and 8. It will be an afterthought on the way people discuss your career, right? And him playing in that game with a cast on his hand, and I get it's his non-throwing hand, I got to tip my hat to him.
Starting point is 00:37:33 But you could argue even just getting into business with him. Now, they didn't have many other options. Like, what do you think a 41, 42-year-old's going to be in the NFL? This is typically how it goes. It is typically ugly. You know, Brady going to 44-45, that's abnormal. We're not going to see that anymore. The norm is Matt Ryan, is Philip Rivers, is Big Ben, is Drew Breeze, is Eli Manning,
Starting point is 00:38:03 is the crew of peers that Aaron Rogers had, that when they got 37, 38, 39, Peyton Manning, his last year in Denver, they fall off a cliff. They're not nearly as good. Now, depending on how your team is built, Peyton Manning plays on a team with an elite defense and Julius Thomas, Demarius Thomas, a good offensive line, like other good player, Emmanuel Sanders, I think.
Starting point is 00:38:29 They had a lot of talent on the team. That's not the case here. This team is poorly built. And I started texting around to just, my buddies out there in the trenches of football scouting. And I got a couple of people to hit me back. John, their scouting staff's kind of embarrassment. And it shows.
Starting point is 00:38:49 And I get the Roonies, take a lot of pride in continuity, consistency, and patience, I guess, is a word. But it's easy to be patient when in the 90s or the 2000s, when you're going to a lot of conference championship games. When you have Super Bowl bursts, when you look over and you go, we're six and six, we're technically not even in first place. And honestly, the only reason we have a prayer this year is because Lamar Jackson got banged up and they had some other injuries early in the season. I would say a typical year, at minimum, there are two games behind the Ravens. And that would be the Ravens having a weird season at 8 and 4. So I think if you're the Steelers ownership, you've got to look in the mirror and ask yourself, what's going on? And did Mike Tomlin get dumb overnight? No. No. I think, I think, if you're the Steelers' ownership, you've got to look in the mirror and ask yourself,
Starting point is 00:39:39 what's going on? And did Mike Tomlin get dumb overnight? No. But clearly the talent on our roster has dramatically fallen off since early in his tenure. And even we go back to when they were winning playoff games in the 2010s, they had a lot of impact guys at a lot of different positions.
Starting point is 00:40:03 And the other guys that weren't pro bowlers just felt like guys that would start on every team. and they were just well-built. They just were a balanced team. And I watched this team, and I've been saying this now for weeks, they're just not well-built. And you, Steeler fans,
Starting point is 00:40:21 that are closer to the sun on this, no more than me, but it does feel the influence Tomlin has, if he's picking the players or has a lot of influence on the draft, maybe I'm out of touch on this. It does feel like the front office
Starting point is 00:40:35 has really screwed him and put them in a position to have no chance against the good teams in the NFL because simply put, they're just not a good team. Okay, a couple other things before we get out of here. I do think one thing college football has going for them is unlike the NFL because of the way their system is built with the conferences, it's kind of like pro football now, especially with the NIL,
Starting point is 00:41:07 meets the real housewives. You know, because the NFL, doesn't have the capability to steal coaches. So that element is something that just brings a drama and a reality television element, especially in the South, that we just don't get in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:41:27 And the Lane Kiffin saga, in a weird way, is fantastic for college football. Why? Because everyone has an opinion. It's one of those that you could ask someone that doesn't even watch that much college football, and they would have a take. Oh, he's fucking over his guys.
Starting point is 00:41:44 It's like, you would never turn down that much. It's LSU. What are you talking about? Every single person is going to have an opinion. And I do believe I'm not someone that's scared to take a stance. This was always going to be messy. And I've heard a couple people say, and I do agree with this. And I watched the documentary that he did on E60.
Starting point is 00:42:05 I think it was pretty clear that this year was a lot about changing his image. Or at least letting the world know that he has changed his image, right? Let everyone know I'm sober. The hot yoga thing became really, really big. My health, my wellness. My family now has all moved back around me. I'm around my kids. I'm around my ex-wife.
Starting point is 00:42:27 I text someone tonight, does that mean him and his ex-and-and-I know. I text someone that knows him pretty well. It's like, do they, like, live together? Do they sleep in the same bed? Or is it like his ex-wife just moved into town because their son is there now. And I couldn't quite get a real answer. But that's not the point of this whole thing. And maybe they're back in love. Maybe they're not. But hey, I'm a family man. It's almost like a politician. You're a stronger politician if you're married. If you can take
Starting point is 00:43:00 Christmas card photos with your three children than if you're just standing there with a couple your boys and a couple of 12 facts. I mean, you just look much more hireable when you check all the boxes that society has told you to check. And let's face it, for a long time and even Lane admitted this, he wasn't checking any of them.
Starting point is 00:43:20 And here's the other thing. He has been trying to get all these jobs four years. I know for, and I don't blame him. I know for a fact, he really wanted the Oregon job several years ago when Mario went to Miami. And they wouldn't even talk to
Starting point is 00:43:35 Think how crazy that sounds now. Now, clearly they made a great hire with Dan Lannning, but at the time, they would not even interview Lane Kiffin. And he obviously was on the fence a couple years ago about Auburn, ended up staying at Ole Miss. Think about this. Because I talk about this a lot, that if the Alabama thing, and I've probably tweeted this,
Starting point is 00:43:57 like he'll just go back to Alabama, Alabama was open last year. And guess who controls all of this? Jimmy Sexton. Well, who's just not? number one client and kind of has to do whatever he tells them to do when it comes to some of this stuff. Nick Saban. And Alabama, definitely, once Nick retired, was not going to hire someone that Nick did not want them to hire. So you're telling me that last year when Alabama came
Starting point is 00:44:20 available, Lane Kiffin wouldn't have been interested in the job. Well, guess what? Alabama wouldn't have hired him. And I think Lane Kiffin knew it. And I don't think the E-60 thing was random. And listen, PR, propaganda. We live in a world of it all. Clearly, I don't know Lane. I haven't talked to him in a long, long time. But my Fresno ties, it's where Lane went to college. I know a lot of people that know him well. My good buddy Tim Skipper played on the college football team with him.
Starting point is 00:44:49 John Baxter, who's the special teams coach at Fresno State, was a special teams coach at USC. Like, listen, I think what everyone says, Lane's a different cat, I do think the drinking and the partying was a big kind of X factor to his life. and I think he wanted to show everyone that is behind him. And you just look at him. Like he just looks sober with his skinny face. And clearly health is a big part of his life now.
Starting point is 00:45:16 I also think, though, he's treated like he's Nick Sabin. It's like, guys, I mean, last year he, a lot of people thought, beside Ohio State, had the best roster in the country and didn't even make the playoffs. Now, this year he's done a really good job. what's his best win Oklahoma again I'm not trying to diminish any of his accomplishments my point is that he's talked about
Starting point is 00:45:44 like he's Nick Sabin or Urban Meyer and I think it's more of a product of this hype machine we work in now part of it he's a huge personality and that always and will always work in college football and it's fun I enjoy it I like following this whole thing I'm entertained by it I understand if you're an Ole Miss fan
Starting point is 00:46:03 you hate him. You're going to believe in that one... You know, the guy that said you can't turn a hoe into a housewife, the... I don't know if he's a local reporter, local podcaster that clearly pissed Lane off. Like, that analogy kind of works here, Elaine. Like, based on your career,
Starting point is 00:46:25 you're kind of a nomad bouncing around. Whether you're getting fired, like at USC, or like when Nick Sabin fired you, Or like now, you have a playoff team and you're choosing to go to LSU, which may age as being the right decision. May age to not, because the one thing in the SEC, whether you're a huge personality, or whether you're an asshole,
Starting point is 00:46:51 or whether you're a big talker, or whether you're an introverted, don't say much. If you win, no one cares. But if you don't. And I mean, especially at LSU, at Florida, at Bama. Look at Kailin Dubour. He was probably a couple minutes away from Auburn scoring,
Starting point is 00:47:15 and if they went for two losing that game, to basically being forced to having to go to Penn State, just because 9 and 3 would not have been accepted. Missing the playoffs would not have been allowed. Because their expectations there are so high. And I think the lane is going to have the hoopla, the hype machine, it's going to be a lot of fun and I'm excited to watch him at LSU
Starting point is 00:47:37 I love the drama of this I'm very entertained by this as an outsider as someone who doesn't have a specific team I gravitated for years to Nick Saban just because I enjoyed watching Alabama play but I just enjoy the drama of the SEC
Starting point is 00:47:53 and I can't wait to watch this and when LSU goes back to Ole Miss next year the animosity, the anger It's going to be a lot of fun. But you better win, you better win big. And I think you get all this money, you get all this hype. Eventually, you start playing games.
Starting point is 00:48:15 And, you know, what he did at Ole Miss, there's just, there's a bigger magnifying glass at LSU. And it's going to be fascinating to watch. Now, I do think some of these guys, there's no disputing Lane's offensive mind. He's clearly pretty brilliant, you know, going back to USC days to Alabama when he was Wissabin to what he's done at FAU and clearly at Ole Miss.
Starting point is 00:48:42 But I just think this thing is going to be, it's going to be crazy and it's going to be intense. And the hatred. The other thing in sports, like sometimes you need villains. Like you can't just have, it's the problem. Like I love the PGA tour. Every guy's just too nice now. All their villains play on the live tour. Like you need some Draymond.
Starting point is 00:49:04 Green's and Dennis Rodman's. You can't have everyone being buddy, buddy. I need people, like, I say this all the time. It speaks to like Ohio State and the Lakers that I root against you. That's a powerful thing. People root against the Yankees. People root against Duke basketball. No one roots against the Arizona Cardinals.
Starting point is 00:49:30 No one roots against the Jacksonville Jaguars. No one roots against the Atlanta Hawks. But like, some people hated Nick Saban. People hated Coach K. People hate Rick Petino or John Calipari. People just want to root against the... People hated Brian Kelly. Since Lincoln Riley has gone to USC,
Starting point is 00:49:51 I find myself kind of rooting against them. I don't even know why. You just need people to root against. That's the power of sports. You can't... The programs or the teams that are just fans don't care about, that's a problem. So LSU now is going to, a lot of people in the SEC are going to root against them.
Starting point is 00:50:11 That's good. I mean, that's because of lame. And he's become the number one villain in college football. He's an extremely polarizing individual. And buckle up because I can't wait to watch it. Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blank. In the wake-up dead man, a Knives Out mystery with an all-star assembled cast for his most dangerous case yet.
Starting point is 00:50:40 when the young priest, Judd Duplensity, is said to assist a charismatic fire brand, Manseigneur Jefferson Wicks, it's clear that all is not well in the pews. Written and directed by Ryan Johnson, critics are calling it the sharpest Knives Out movie yet. Wake up Dead Man, a Knives Out mystery in select theaters, November 26th, and on Netflix, December 12th, rated PG-13. Hey, it's us, the Jonas brothers, and guess what? We have some big news. What's the news? Huge news.
Starting point is 00:51:11 We created our own podcast called Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to a... We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys?
Starting point is 00:51:29 I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Oh, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band the four Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast,
Starting point is 00:51:48 where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. What's up, fam?
Starting point is 00:52:07 It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano. podcast point game is about defying the odds. Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luca and Austin Reed. And finding ways to win no matter what. He's the smartest player to ever play the game. His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows without Luca and Austin Reeves,
Starting point is 00:52:25 I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs. I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nasree. He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too.
Starting point is 00:52:49 Steve Nass would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He running up the court licking his fingers while he got the ball. Like, after you go through a training camp with that, Isaiah, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you. You get your podcasts. Keith Gianmanca seemed like a mild-mannered suburban dad,
Starting point is 00:53:15 but secretly he became someone else, a master of disguise who went on a crime spree. At the time, did it seem like a crazy idea? It seemed very crazy, but I felt so desperate that I felt it was the quickest, easiest way out. Did you allow yourself to think about how it could go wrong on what that might look like. No, I didn't want to manifest that.
Starting point is 00:53:42 I was trying to manifest success. Every family has its secrets. But what happens when you discover that your dad has been living a double life? That is not the look of an innocent man. This is going to change my life and my family dynamic forever because everything that had existed prior in my reality is now untrue.
Starting point is 00:54:07 Listen to deep cover, The Family Man on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The story I've told myself about love or relationships can then shape my behavior, and that can lead me to sabotage the possibility of connection. This Mental Health Awareness Month, tune into the podcast deeply well with Debbie Brown and explore the journey of healing, self-discovery, and returning to yourself. We explore higher consciousness, emotional well-being, and the practices that help you find clarity, peace, and self-mastery in a world that can feel overwhelming. The world is becoming lonelier.
Starting point is 00:54:52 We're not becoming more social and connected. We're becoming more individualized, but we actually meet people in connection. If you've been searching for a soft place to land while doing the work to become whole, this podcast is for you to hear more. Listen to deeply well with Debbie Brown from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
Starting point is 00:55:18 Hey, I'm Jared Adano. You might know me as that loud guy who yells out, help on the internet. Help! Somebody! Please! But there's so much more to me than me. I'm an actor.
Starting point is 00:55:28 I'm a comedian. And recently, I've become quite the helper myself. And on my new podcast, hope from a hypocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with my sage advice and thoughtful solutions. Sike, I'm a comedian!
Starting point is 00:55:44 I'm not qualified to give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we riff, rant, recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to man. If I'm calling you, even if you're on your phone, let it ring twice. One ring is too scary. Oh, cream a chicken suit. Hey, cream.
Starting point is 00:56:03 Cream a chicken suit. This is help from a hypocrite. The worst advice. from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the Mike Coutura Podcast Network available on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I saw a story today from Jeff Darlington about Dave Caldwell,
Starting point is 00:56:29 the former Jags GM, who was actually working for the Philadelphia Eagles, I think for the last six or seven years. And he's leaving the Eagles to become the GM for Florida. and I do believe, and I've been saying this for a while, whenever this topic comes up, that a lot of guys in the NFL that are like the third or fourth guy, like if you're the college scouting director, or you're like the head SEC scout,
Starting point is 00:56:55 if you get the opportunity to be the GM of the LSU for Lane or be the GM for Florida, or be the GM for Clemson, or be the GM for Ohio State, these jobs are pretty elite because a lot of them pay, you know, Jim Nagy, who is a longtime NFL scout, ran the senior bull once Phil Savage left, and now he is the general manager at Oklahoma. I'm pretty sure he makes $850,000.
Starting point is 00:57:25 So unlike when you're a road scout and you have to travel all over the place, you basically are just in-house. And because of the current rules, you can't go on the road and recruit. So from a travel perspective, besides going to the teams away games, it's a pretty good gig. Now, it's hard, long days, long hours,
Starting point is 00:57:45 but if you're already having that gig in the NFL at either on the road for a team or like an in-house pro scouting director, you're working crazy hours anyway and not making nearly as much money. I was texting someone a day. I've never signed a $100 million contract, but I can't imagine some of these guys
Starting point is 00:58:06 that are making $100 million in the S&S. that live in these towns, how many homes in Baton Rouge or Oxford, Mississippi, are worth like over $3 million? You know, this was the thing when Lincoln went to USC,
Starting point is 00:58:21 he had just built like a new mansion. And they're like, who's he going to sell it to? There's no one in Norman, Oklahoma that is going to buy this off of them. So USC had to spend the money to essentially just buy his property. And I do think these guys
Starting point is 00:58:38 are just living. Like, Lane Kiffin's going to make $12 or $13 million to be the head coach in Baton Rouge. He's been making $8, $9, $10 million for the last four or five years in Oxford, Mississippi. Like, the amount of money
Starting point is 00:58:53 he is making right now, I bet he is making the equivalent of some NFL players making like 20 or 25 million that are living in a place like Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York. When you factor in the taxes, when you factor in the cost of living,
Starting point is 00:59:08 like he is swimming in money. And I think a lot of these college football programs are the assistants, the GMs. Like this is a really good time. When I worked in college football, none of these jobs existed. Definitely none of this money was near at this level. So I get asked a lot of times, like how do you get involved if I want to get in scouting? There is a direct route now in college football. And you don't have to start out as like the GM, but just like get your foot in the door.
Starting point is 00:59:38 All these programs are building and creating scouting departments that did not exist a decade ago. Saban kind of started it, maybe in the 2010, 11, 12 range. And by the end of last decade, kind of everyone's copied. Now because of the growth and the wealth of the sport, there's a lot of money behind it. And it's not like, well, you can work for the program, but we can give you a $200. a week stipend. It's like, no, we got three positions. They all pay $75,000. And then you can be the number two, make $400,000, and then you can be the GM and make $900,000. So it's a crazy business. The Lane Kiffin story was nuts, and we just got to buckle up and enjoy it. Have a great night.
Starting point is 01:00:26 Hopefully you guys had a good week and talk to everyone. I'll see everyone on Monday morning. Oh yeah, really quick before we get out of here. Thanks, my man, Shane, for reminding me. Hard Rock Bet. All our lines are brought to you by them. They've been great partners. And I do like a lot of underdogs in this situation when they're playing in prime time. Because for the New York Giants, one, since Mike Kafka has taken over, they could have gone 2-0. They could have beat the Packers and they could have beat the Lions.
Starting point is 01:00:57 They've played well. I also think Jackson Darts coming back should give them a little life. They're bound to win one of these games. I mean, no team has blown more late leads. obviously they just fired their defensive coordinator. I just think seven points a lot. We have seen multiple seven point plus underdogs, whether it's the Bears, whether it's the Bengals,
Starting point is 01:01:18 cover, go on the road in cover, actually outright win. So I'm going to take the Giants, getting a touchdown, and yeah, so that's the way I will roll. Have a great night. The volume. Hey guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called Hey Jonas.
Starting point is 01:01:50 We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it. But, you know, tired and sick. Tired and sick. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it.
Starting point is 01:02:11 What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano. It's our favorite time of the year on our podcast, Point Game, the playoffs. We're digging into the biggest surprises of the season. And I'm looking back on some of my greatest playoff moments. If we didn't talk ever again, I was calling it. You just understood. That's how personal it got. Wow. Then after that Game 7, Marquis come until he's like, you know I love you, dog. You know, it's all love. This was just playoffs. This was just basketball.
Starting point is 01:02:36 So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Deanna Maria Riva, and on my new podcast, How Hard Can It Be? I call on my Gen X squad from Ohio to Hollywood as we navigate Midlife's most fantastic BS. Unfiltered conversations from night sweats to fupas to scheduling sex. Wait, what sex? Is it just me or does every woman my age want to look at Pinterest instead of having sex sometimes? They say we can't polish a turd, but we're sure going to try. So let's get blunt with laughs, tears, or tears of laughter.
Starting point is 01:03:09 Listen to How Hard Can It Be with Diana Maria Riva on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Sometimes a suspect is found guilty before a verdict is ever read in court. On the Wicked Words podcast, I talk with the writers who dig deep into the cases that changed history, including Marsha Clark, who went from prosecuting one of the most famous murder cases to writing crime fiction. It doesn't matter that you didn't take part in the murder. If you were at the scene at all, you're guilty. of murder. Every week, the real story is revealed. Join us every Monday for new episodes of Wicked Words. Listen to Wicked Words on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 01:03:51 This week on Crimless, Rory and I welcome a very special guest. When I did podcasts, I wear my sleep masks. I like where this is going. So if you guys will indulge me. That's right, the incredibly talented and hilarious Will Ferrell on an episode dedicated to crimes committed by people named Will Ferrell. You're good for 300 crimes? Yeah. We've got two. I'm ready to go right up to present day.
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