The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 127 - Aaron Rodgers, The XFL, Saving The College Football Playoff & NFL Power Rankings

Episode Date: November 7, 2019

On today’s show, Pat and the guys are joined by Super Bowl Champion, Super Bowl MVP, 7x Pro Bowler, 3x All-Pro, the most gifted thrower of football’s of all-time, and Pat’s best friend, Aaron Rodgers. They chat about what he’s doing with State Farm to bring some aid and relief to those who have been afflicted by the wildfires in California, and how that situation hits close with him. They also cover the differences in the Packers offense this year, his thoughts on responding after a tough loss to the Chargers, he expands on his relationship with Brett Favre, and explains what a normal night in his life is like. If you’d like to help donate to wildfire relief visit neighborhoodofgood.com (2:16-25:09). Also included on today’s show is the announcement that Pat will be joining the XFL in a field analyst position that was created specifically for him. He explains what exactly he’ll be doing, and asks for some suggestions. Plus, Pat and the guys break down the first College Football Playoff Rankings, and effectively fix the entire system to ensure that the best team is crowned champion every year. Pat also goes through the list of ESPN’s NFL power rankings and gives his thoughts and who is slotted where and what he’s looking forward to in the coming weeks of the season, and we throw to the Rich Eisen show as Pat retells the story of having a team camaraderie building barbecue at his house in college and why Rich Rod was less than pleased. Today’s a good one. Come and laugh with us, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Joined by the most gifted quarterback to ever throw a football, a man who has led his team to seven wins, two losses, a man who's a Super Bowl champion, an all-pro, and with State Farm, an incredibly philanthropic. Bingo. Nailed it right. Ladies and gentlemen, friend of the show, Aaron Rodgers. That a boy, Aaron.

Are we live? Are we on? Yeah, we're live on the air right now. Oh, okay. Yes. Hi. How are you? Hey, Mr. Rodgers.

Everything's going well. First of all, I just got all the stats sent to me about what you and State Farm have been able to do for the California Wildfire Relief. Incredible work, fine sir. Thank you. Yeah, they've been a great partner for a long time with some good commercials. And then this last year, obviously, with their neighborhood of good, they already do a ton of great stuff. But, you know, when I felt compelled to help out, you know, the area I grew up in, really,

you know, they stepped up and donated a million dollars alongside me. And, you know, it's been tough for those folks up there in Northern California. But I think, you know, there's been a lot of great people helped by the donations of State Farm and some other amazing folks up in the North State and really across, you know, across Northern California and in the country. So it's been fun to see people come together for, you know, some great folks. I mean, the people of Paradise lost their town and thousands, 40,000 people were displaced. lost their town and thousands, 40,000 people were displaced.

So there was a great E60 actually about the Paradise football program recently I saw that was pretty cool. It kind of highlighted just how devastating of an impact it was, not just on their football team but on the people there and the displacement and what their day-to-day life changed from having a home and a place to go to school and a football team and then the playoffs to, you know, they have no home, they have no football season, they're doing classes in some warehouse, their whole life has changed upside down.

These, you know, 15-, 16-, 17-year-old kids trying to figure it out. So it's been, you know, it's been cool to see the North State start to rebuild and two really bad fires in two years. It's been tough on those good folks. Yeah, because we see it on the news, the wildfires going, and we see the destruction, and we don't hear about it again. You don't really think about the post-fire life

for a lot of people, and you can help out Aaron Rodgers and State Farm right now, helping out California wildfire victims at neighborhoodofgood.com. Incredible stuff that you're doing, giving back to your community. Very lucky to call you a friend and i think the world is lucky to have you now i'd say best friend but thank you oh can i say that i've said it you already have but with you on the phone it's hard you're a sensation by the way you're going everywhere

man this is it's been fun to watch i mean knowing you for so long now and seeing where you were to where you've come, it's a rags to riches story, and I'm so proud of you. Yeah, you. Now, when you followed me on Twitter, it was a couple years back, I was like, oh, my God, the greatest football player of all time just followed me. And then I got a chance to meet you, and you're like this incredibly cool dude. But you don't talk to people much, like in the media, so you never get to hear it. So now I get a chance to chat with you every once in a while.

And I think what people have misunderstood is that you're like one of the coolest dudes that ever exist. I mean, we see the mustache. We see the costumes in the training camp. And we see you on a football field laughing and having a good time. But I think deep down, and even with this California wildfire stuff, you're just a good dude who just so happens to have a cannon attached to that right shoulder of yours well sometimes i wish that i was a brand member uh your brand you know so i'd get some some videos every now and then because i do enjoy following your reactions to some of these

uh you know whether it's a big tackle or a big kick. But thanks, Pat. I appreciate that. I'm glad the world is finally getting to see the real you. I feel like you've been such an enigma for so long. Nobody really knew what Pat McAfee was all about. Now they do. Thursday night, anytime on ESPN. Podcast.

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You guys made it too nice. We should have just got knockoff belts. I'd be able to wear it more, because these are like 30-pound belts. Well, that's for the core. That's incredible. All right, let's talk about the Green Bay bay packers let's leave out this last week which happens to every good team has a situation other than the 72 dolphins where you have a little

bit of a speed bump game you called it a piece of humble pie what did you mean by that were you guys because you're hanging 50 on everybody looking so damn good do you think some people lost focus in there or what do you think well i just think it was one of those perfect storms, if you will. We had a long trip. I don't think we were as dialed in as we have been in the past. We played a team that their ability and their focus and their will didn't match their record. I mean, that's a team that won i think 12 games last year

it's a good football team you know a great veteran quarterback and a lot of pride on both sides of the ball and they played harder and played smarter and played more focused and uh we you know kind of took it uh took it on the chin i think you know it can be good for you when you take a bad loss like that if you respond. Hopefully we have the leadership and the grit to respond properly.

It just wasn't a good trip for us and wasn't a good game, obviously. This is something that happens with humans. This is the way it goes in the NFL, but they're so quick of a turnaround in the NFL. You can't have pity for way, this is something that happens with humans. It's the way it goes in the NFL. But there's so quick of a turnaround in the NFL, you can't have pity for it. You just got to move forward.

That's what the season is, because if you let one loss become two losses, then you're a weaker team than ever. And what the team looked like that you guys had before this Chargers game was a team that looked like you guys were having a blast. I mean, that conversation, that candid convo that NFL Films got between you and LaFleur about he wanted six touchdowns, and you went out there and got it.

And then the Aaron Jones having 45 touchdowns and you not being the main focal point of that offense. What has happened between you and LaFleur in that offense that has made it really hum this year so far? Well, first to touch on your original point, which was a good one, I think the key, like we talked about yesterday, was we can't be a fun-loving, happy, dancing, celebrating family when it's going good. We can't be frontrunners. Those type of teams don't end up achieving greatness at the end of the season. We've got to be a team that sticks together through adversity.

I was proud of the responses and the guys that spoke up yesterday and the conversations that were being had and the guys that spoke up yesterday and the conversations are being had and the positivity moving forward from a tough day but it has been a lot of fun with Matt you know Matt is personality-wise a little different than me so it's been fun to you know to loosen him up a little bit on the sidelines and joke with him and see his you know relaxed nature come out a little bit I mean sidelines and joke with him and see his relaxed nature come out a little bit. I mean, because he's just such a driven guy. He's a grinder.

He's driven to be successful and to win and loves it. It's been a really good working relationship. I think the relationship quarterback, the play caller, has been really good too. Just trying to get on the same page. Obviously, we were really bad on offense uh sunday but um you know i think we've been we had been really improving uh every week before last week and we just ran into a team that was uh it was better than us on sunday we just saw a video of you dancing at practice great rhythm

yeah thanks for showing that uh it was hashtag friday feeling from the green bay packers social media team I know that. Yeah, thanks for showing that. It was hashtag Friday feeling from the Green Bay Packers social media team. This dude's the absolute best. Best friend. He said it. I said friend. He said best friend.

Have I said best friend before when he wasn't around? Yes. Did he hear that? Yes. But he confirmed it. Best friendaron rogers absolutely crushing it wait till the second half of this interview this conversation gonna get deep with the aaron roge a roge aaron rogers most talented quarterback to ever come to the nfl aaron rogers without question whenever he was doing the promotion for the State Farm Neighborhood of Good where they're helping people

get back on their feet, which is an incredible thing. Good guy stuff. He was asked who he wanted to promote with. And he said, I'll go on McAfee's show. I said, what about other shows? He said, let's do McAfee's show first. Let's see what happens. Very thankful for that.

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Is it like the wording of things, the style of things, the strategy? Is this the first time you've had to learn a brand new offense? And I think it's something as a very intelligent man that you are. You win Jeopardy all the time. You almost looked at it as a challenge and I assume you're enjoying. Yeah, why don't you just answer? Why don't you ask the questions and answer for me, Pat? I feel like you're inside my head right now all right next question i don't know the difference of the offenses though that is something yeah

no the difference is it's uh it is a brand new system um i think from a schematic standpoint we do a lot more condensed formations, you know, bunches and stacks, and then motion, you know, on a lot of plays. So we're constantly stressing defense on strength and eye discipline, where in the old offense, you know, we kind of pride ourselves on beating you with rhythm and timing and winning one-on-one matchups, and we obviously, you know, did that for a number of years. The Devontae Adams comes back.

What does he add to your team? Because you guys had a lot of success without him, and then he comes back, and now you get to add another weapon. Now, granted, Chargers game is an anomaly for your offense. Now that you have Devontae Adams back, what does he add other than just being an explosive player? Well, he is an explosive player, and I think teams have to figure out how they're going to play him um you know he's progressed every week health-wise that's the most important thing because you know the toe injury is not a that's not something that uh just instantly gets better

and goes away I think you've seen other star receivers deal with similar injuries and uh we're you know we're hoping that he continues to progress with that and feels comfortable running the entire route tree moving forward. But he's a dynamic player with the ball in his hands, and we've just got to keep finding ways to get him the ball. I think in his absence, we've found a way to win with Alan Lazard and Jake Kumro and Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams out of backfield making plays and we've got to keep doing those

things because those are really positive for us and creating matchups in our favor through formations and splits and alignments and good scheme. We've got to keep doing that kind of stuff and allow Devontae to seamlessly transition back into being the number one

receiver. How about that defense you guys have, man? Immediately after that Bears game week one, I think I've talked to you about this before, you said that the Bears defense is going to give a lot of people fits. They have. But you also said, hey, we got a defense. And it seems like that is something you're incredibly happy about, as you should be, instead of just having to win every game on the offensive side of the ball. It seems like you have a defense that can really do some damage for you guys.

Yeah, we do. We do. Really like our pass rush. You know, as we saw on Sunday, if you can win with a pass rush of four, you know, you're going to have a pretty good time on defense. And that's what San Diego was able to do. And that's why they, you know, stymied us most of the day. And that's what i think we can

do with our defense and we have done this season is get after you with a four-man rush and then you know be able to cover it up on the back end really well obviously zadarius and preston are having great statistical seasons with their number of sacks they've gotten but for us it's been more than that it's been the the leadership they've brought to the locker room and then the fun. I mean, you know, Captain Fun is probably the Darius Smith. I mean, he is a fun-loving guy, and he's been a really positive force in our locker room, much like I'm sure you were in Indy for years, Pat. Hey, that's a big deal. I don't think that ever gets the paycheck that it should,

but that is a massive part of being a part of a team is a good locker room guy. I agree. No BS. I agree with you. Have we ever figured out who the hell you were in Game of Thrones? We're still looking. I'm going to watch it a couple more times, see if I can see more than a partial face shot, but

yeah. The fact that the internet thought you were that guy that couldn't run was one of the most disrespectful things i've ever seen in my life yeah yeah it was uh it was interesting for sure anything outside of football going on is your life just completely football whenever the season starts no i'm gonna balance my friend balance is very important have You have to have balance. I'm always looking for a new scotch to try. So any recommendations from you or the boys, pass those along.

I forget what it was. I think my friend's dad, some would argue he's an alcoholic. I think he's, Glenn Fittich is his thing, right? Is that it, Glenn Fittich? It's a single malt scotch so you don't get hung over is what he says? Glenn Fittich? Yes. Fantastic. Are you a single malt guy or mixed blend?

No, I'm a single. For the same reason he is? Why is he? Because he's an alcoholic. He doesn't want to be hung over. There's no sugars in it. It's not a meeting. We sit in a circle have you seen any movies or watching television like what is a night of balance for you and danica you listen to music she's like super into yoga i've noticed are you like becoming a

super spiritual guy what is your life like off the field oh definitely spiritual i love the yoga um gotta watch jeopardy at six o'clock if i can or tape it you know it's a big big part of my day i'm hooked on documentary now the ifc show that's on netflix now with bill hater and fred armisen the parody the you know some famous documentaries it It's absolutely fantastic. Trying to find another show to get into. I was into Afterlife with Ricky Gervais for a while. If you're a Ricky Gervais fan, it's basically him at his finest.

Dark, comedy, beautiful. Much like The British Office. Yeah, man, I don't know. There's a lot of sports going on recently. The World Series finishing up. The Bucs basketball starting up. Get off to a fast start. We're 5-2.

I got enough to keep busy. And we got this season we're going through too now. I was called a bum because I don't know much about baseball, but I said this Nationals team felt like a team of destiny. Was I dumb for saying that? I mean, it worked out for me, so I call people a genius. But do you think that team of destiny or momentum type thing is a real thing in sports, especially a sport that revolves around one person pitching good?

I do, Pat, but I feel like you need to give yourself more credit. You have that voice where you can basically say anything, and with your inflection and your energy and your delivery, it's going to sound great. The Nationals were a team of destiny, Aaron. Tell me why they were. I didn't know you were a big baseball guy.

You already know. I didn't know you were a big baseball guy. No, I did. Did you play? No, I'm not. I can't say I'm a huge baseball guy. I enjoy playoffs. I think that's everybody. And good stories. I think Washington'm a huge baseball guy. I enjoy playoffs. Yeah, I think that's everybody on there. And good stories. I think Washington had a really good story. I was bummed out the Brewers got beat.

Will you live in Wisconsin forever? Because, I mean, you're a Brewers fan. You're a Bucs fan. The Wisconsin team looks up to you. You're a hero. I mean, everywhere you go up there. What is future for Aaron Rodgers, do you think? Back California? Come on, Pat. You know the answer to you. You're a hero. I mean, everywhere you go up there. What is future for Aaron Rodgers, do you think? Back California?

Come on, Pat. You know the answer to this. Wisconsin. No. No, I mean, I think I'd love to split time between California and maybe a state that doesn't have a 13.2 state income tax when I'm done. and maybe a state that doesn't have a 13.2 state income tax when I'm done. But I'm always going to keep some sort of residence out here because I have the ties to the Bucs, obviously,

and hopefully I can finish my career here. The Packers do a great job of making former players really welcome coming back and still being a part of the family, which I've always appreciated since day one when I got to meet Bart Starr and Max McGee and Fuzzy and Paul Horning and Jerry Kramer and all the greats over the years. They do a really good job of

keeping those guys around and a part of the program and a part of the family. So, you know, hopefully I'll always be a part of this family and and uh and have a spot out here well i'm gonna live where it's a little warmer that's probably smart and you've deserved it you've worked your ass off and you've done nothing but perform for the green bay packers the last time you were on i mentioned how i got the chance to see you and brett farve interacted

that golf tournament that we won and beat the hell out of the n at. And everybody was kind of mind-blown about that. You and Brett Favre being friends, I assume, is nothing but good for your life and still has been? It's fantastic. It really is. I mean, I love Brett. I always had a great appreciation for him. But we were caught in the middle of a power struggle that, unfortunately, broke apart. Brett and Packers and brett and myself

and you know i do give a lot of credit to maura mant who's produced the uh sps and nfl honors over the years and and she knows both brett and i and and kind of approached us about uh doing something at the honors years ago and that was kind of the beginning about doing something at the Honors years ago. And that was kind of the beginning of everything coming back together. We presented an award together, and we had a, surprisingly, because most of the stuff on stage at award shows is superscripted and fake and doesn't go very well. Agreed.

But it was a really authentic moment where we didn't really talk about what we were going to do on stage besides reading our lines and then kind of reacting. And we had like a handshake and some reactions. And that was like the beginning, I think, for myself and Brett and maybe the fans of like, hey, it's time to patch things up. Like this is an important relationship for Packer fans moving forward. It was an important relationship for me,

and it's been great to have him as a really, really close friend. He definitely rivals you and I's friendship, Pat, so you should be a little jealous about that. I'm sure you saw that on the course, but it's been great having Brett back in my life, and it's been a lot of fun. Is it the Copper Fit? I'll go to CVS right now and buy all of them

oh you're funny man aaron uh the work you've done with state farm not only in the commercials is very entertaining and enjoyable but this neighborhood of good raising money for california wildfire victims is amazing two million plus counting you can help help out Aaron and State Farm by going to neighborhoodofgood.com and donating. People helping people, that's what it's all about. Aaron, can't wait to watch you and the Packers get back on track. Yeah, big thanks to State Farm and big thanks to you, Pat. Keep up the good work, man.

I love the Thursday nights. You're doing a hell of a job changing the way that we consume sports. So keep up the good work, man. Hey, that means a lot, man. And I'll tell you what what one day i'll get to commentate a game you play in i was there for one you got hurt early and i will uh i can't wait to see what comes flying out of my mouth because your magic to watch on the field and you're incredible off the field ladies and gentlemen absolute legend aaron rogers thank you bub thanks good. There's underwear, and then there's Tommy John, the revolutionary clothing brand that's redefined comfort for Americans everywhere,

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TommyJohn.com slash pat. Told a little story the other day with my friend Rich Eisen. One of my favorite tweets of yours this season, I haven't brought this up to you, was when they showed Rich Rod in the booth. Okay, he's in OC right now. And he's on Ole Miss. Is that where he is? Is he the OC? Where's Rich Rod right now at Ole Miss?

They showed him. He got so angry and upset it was on a camera. What did you tweet? You tweeted something about that you've been there or done that. What was that about? That was fantastic. Do you remember that? What did you say? That is a Rich Rod Rodriguez

staple right there. The look away yell. He's so angry. He wants to yell so loud, but he has to look down and away from you so he doesn't just project all of his spit on you and he's so mad. That is something that I've been on the other end of a couple of times. One that I've heard too was that he heard five different stories about what happened last night.

I had a team camaraderie building barbecue at my house. It was not a party. He told me straight to my face I was not allowed to have any parties, so I did not have a party. I had a team camaraderie building barbecue at my house. It started at 8 p.m. It ended at like 2 a.m. But nonetheless, team camaraderie builder.

And three of my teammates left that party and got arrested later that evening. So the next morning, I had to go in. And he pulled me into his office. And it was that same reaction from the video you saw of him in the booth, punching air, yelling. And he said, I've heard three blank damn stories about what happened last night and they all start at your mother trucking house and i uh i had to tell him that i have a duplex i was having a barbecue and the house is connected to my house they were having the party so i can understand where the confusion is and uh he made me run the steps to the stadium for two weeks it was great

6 a.m stadium so he did not accept the the the issue of the detail that it couldn't be your house because you actually lived in a duplex he did not accept that pat he rejected well the issue with this is uh the fire marshal got called to this party. Every police officer in Morgantown was called to this party. They let us have it. So my story did not check out with literally anybody of authority that had to speak to Rick Rod. So, I mean, I thought it was valid, though. There were two separate houses that were connected, and I was having the barbecue.

They were having the party. But I could easily see how the fire marshal, the chief, and the sheriff would all be confused about that. Pat McAfee here on the Rich Eisen Show. All right, man. That's why I call you America's sweetheart, Pat. That is just fantastic. The old team camaraderie building barbecue. Had to come up with that one on the fly.

I'm going to be honest. We had no clue what was going to happen at that party. We thought Rich Rod had got to everybody. Nobody was going to come. Instead, everybody came. Coaches, players, police officers. Felt like the entire town of Morgantown was potentially in the front yard of our duplex. I told everybody to leave, but the other half of the house

just kept the party going. And who am I to not partake in a party happening in my front yard? It's the least I could do. We had a blast. Sucks those dudes got arrested, though. I'm going to be honest. Kind of put a black eye on the whole thing. It was actually a legit party.

That was back when the Soulja Boy was popping off. You. Soulja Boy off in this hoe. Watch me crank and watch me roll. Watch me hit that. Man, I don't want me. You. People were doing that on tables in the front yard.

I think at one point, two cops had flashlights on two people doing that like it was a spotlight. We had a time of our life that night. Best team camaraderie building barbecue I have ever went to in my entire life. Big news. Big, big news was broken on the internet yesterday. I have added another job. I have added another job. I am not in the booth, which I was not 100% for,

because I don't want to be a sideline guy, mostly because I've seen Molly McGrath do it, and it is a lot of work. And you only get a certain number of times on camera, and if you miss it, it's a whole, I mean, it's tough to be a sideline. It's much harder to be a sideline reporter than people could ever imagine, just from watching football games, by the way. But instead, I was told that there's this field analyst position in the xfl where i am going to be given unprecedented access during games you might see me in a huddle you might see me talking to a coach immediately after he makes a terrible decision maybe talking to a ref about a call i

guess they're just going to let me roam down there with an open mic and talk to whoever whenever about whatever and And I'm assuming that's going to make for pretty good television. I don't know how the game's going to be. I don't know how the actual teams are going to be. But I do know, me getting to ask a question like, what the hell are you thinking there? It's going to make

for pretty good television, I think. And I'm excited to do it. I'm not sure I'll be there every single week, but it's been worked in there that first week will be there. Let's see how it goes. And I'm excited to do it. I'm not sure I'll be there every single week, but it's been worked in there that first week will be there. Let's see how it goes. I'm assuming that Oliver Luck and the XFL, after my first week on the sideline, they're going to have some questions to ESPN.

Why was McAfee in the huddle in the fourth quarter? I'm sure you won't have any suggestions to throw in there while you're in that huddle. Hey, you guys have been really doing well with the flea flickers. Let's do maybe a triple pass. Hey, guys, I just let them know I think they should do a triple pass. I mean, it should be interesting, though. I think it's going to be a good time.

I've never met the other two people that I'm calling the game with ever in my entire life, so that should be a lot of fun. Who are the other two? I don't know. I don't know. When does that season start? Directly after the Super Bowl. Oh, nice.

I mean, this season, this fall season, has been what we like to call quite a run and don't worry though it's not stopping not stopping at all i had a lot of questions about a lot of these things but the beautiful people at espn were like hey we'll take care of you and also we think this position that has been added to the coverage of the game is one that you're going to thrive in and i was like all right maybe let's see how it goes field analyst i'll be on the field more than i was when I was punting. It's going to be a good time. Sounds like a CIA position or something. That's like Elvis.

I watched that thing where he wanted to be a field agent. Yeah, he wanted to be an undercover agent. Don't eat the M&Ms. That's from the movie. Obviously, only like 45 people saw that movie, so nobody else would really understand that reference. Shout out to Zito, though. I didn't watch it. Zito just made a reference to a movie that nobody watched, including himself.

I appreciate that. Apparently, Elvis went and met with the president. President Nixon. President Nixon. I'm not a crook. I'm not a crook. And Nixon basically had this set of rules for Elvis. And Elvis' people had this set of rules for Elvis, and Elvis' people had this set of rules for Nixon

and how he should talk to Elvis and how Elvis is supposed to talk to Nixon. And Elvis just went in there, kicked his feet up on his table, jacked all of his peanut M&Ms, and just really established alpha status on Nixon immediately. Pretty good little movie, actually. I don't remember the name of it. Why he was the king.

Just did whatever he wanted. I mean, he ended in a pretty poor fashion. fashion i mean banana and peanut butter right on the toilet in the movie they show him emptying a clip on his televisions in his theater i mean i think he had a pretty angry life there towards the end other than that pretty good little career though 10 51 i'm pumped about that xfl stuff by the way i have a feeling it's going to be tough for you to watch that football And not want to strap the pads on And go sling a couple out there Well that has been an issue thus far

I mean I see Jacoby go down What do I do? I immediately put on the bandana Put on the horseshoe t-shirt Start slinging it around the office Blow up a beer can first swing I mean the arm was feeling good, too. I was taking holes out of the brick there behind the thing. I feel like I could really sling a little bit.

Cardio is going to be an issue, though. I mean, I ran to the bathroom here in between breaks, got winded coming back, didn't think we were going to be able to finish the show. So that's going to be a little bit tough. And I assume that the offensive linemen are not great in the XFL. So those quarterbacks are going to be getting slammed around. I don't know if I'd kick or punt in a league ever again, but if quarterback becomes available and I can run more than 10 yards without dying, I might want to get involved.

By the way, with this field analyst thing, I think I'm going to be basically playing quarterback. I'm going to be right behind the guy. Hey, hey! I can't wait to hear the guidelines that they have for me, what I'm allowed and what I'm not allowed to do. If you intercept the ball. Oh, Mike, what if I bat one down?

Not a big hit. What if I'm sprinting next to him like Tyreek Hill was to that guy? Oh, my God, here we go. A little pat on the ass. Am I wearing cleats out there? I think you have to. We're designing the, like, we'll design, like, a pair of J's, but we'll put cleats on the bottom.

My suit will be full on, like adaptable. Flex fit. Yeah, flex fit. Now granted, these games are happening in very cold conditions. I mean, this is in February and March here. Some of the teams are based in New York and other places. It's going to be cold as hell out there. Oh yeah. That means I'm going to have to move

more, so look for me to stay active. I'm going to start doing jumping jacks on a daily basis so i don't die on the air down there but they're saying i get unprecedented access i'm ready to go should be good i mean i tell you what the dc defenders they they might as well not even play the league this year because dc is going to go undefeated they're going to win the whole damn thing i've looked a little tape that's my team for this year. You're in for a treat. There's going to be some good football there.

Who's the coach there, Pep? D.C. Defendant. Incidentally, I do not know who the coach is. Whatever team Connor Cook is on, book it. Hammer him. He's the face of the XFL right now. I think I'm the face of the XFL. I think we might as well just start calling it for what it is.

This field analyst position is a brand new position in football. It's in a brand new league. Let's assume I'm going to have a good opening week. Oh, you and Trent Richardson are going to get a chance to hash it out on the field. Trent Richardson and I have no problems. I just wish he played football better for the Colts. Yeah, but now you

can tell him when to zig instead of zagging. Hey Trent, what up man? This next time, whatever you're feeling, fade yourself. I'm going to start doing that with gambling, I think. I'm going to start doing that with gambling, I think. I'm going to be like, hey, go this way. No, let's go the other way. I think I'm going to have to.

That should be a blast. I honestly have no clue what they're going to allow me to do. Whenever I started rambling off all those things on the show about what they're going to let me do, I was not told any of that. I'm just kind of letting it all out there to see what they say. You know everything you just said you can't do. Instead, the XFL tweeted it out. So anything else you guys are looking for me to do, let's go ahead and let it fly. I really do think they want to reimagine the football broadcast, which I respect and appreciate. And I'm pumped to get out there. I'm pumped to get in the football broadcast, which I respect and appreciate.

And I'm pumped to get out there. I'm pumped to get in the mix. I'm pumped to ask questions that we haven't been able to ask in the past. Speaking of asking questions, these rankings are a bunch of bullshit. I do believe that these college football playoff rankings are only put out for people like us, for people that have shows. So that they can generate conversation about college football. Because right now, who knows what's going to happen the rest of the year. Who knows what team is going to show up and what team isn't going to show up. But right now, to generate conversation and to generate buzz, the college football playoff committee put out their first official first four in.

They are as follows. In fourth place. Hailing from State College, Pennsylvania, Penn State, who take on the Minnesota Roadboat Gophers this weekend. P.J. Fleck just signed a seven-year extension, probably worth millions and millions of dollars, and I couldn't even fathom what the buyout is. They just signed him because the FSU job just opened up. The SC job is supposed to open up. Potentially Notre Dame job is going to open up.

If you're a guy who's had success everywhere you go, you lead the Gophers to an undefeated start. That AD knows that these schools that have big old pockets are probably going to try to come get old Sky U Ma, PJ Fleck. Necton mentality. Always hungry, never full. Wanting more. Motivational speaker, PJ Fleck.

By the way, comes on our show, gets a seven-year contract extension. Just goes to show you. I mean, that thing's probably worth $30 million. At least. Give or take. That thing's probably worth $50 million. I was going to say, I would guess he's probably making what? To stay there, like at least $4 to $5 million a year?

Probably $5 million a year? Seven times five, click math, $35. Yes. Probably $40 million. The buyout's probably $20 million like old Willie Taggart had down there at FSU. These college coaches are in a good spot. If you're a good coach, you're in a good spot because this college football landscape never is settled unless you are a big dog.

Speaking of big dogs, number three, Alabama. Nick Saban's Alabama squad is at number three right now. Is that potentially because we don't know what's up with Tua's ankle? Do we not know how Tua will hold up for the rest of the year? Why is Alabama at number three? Nobody knows. Number two, downer in the bayou coach owen the boys brand new offense been able to slice and dice teams no more are we

the team that's just gonna pound you to death on offense and then suffocate you on defense the lsu tigers are now a team that takes it to other teams with joe burrow lighting it up potential heisman winner number two team lsu and the number one rated team by the college football playoff committee who i got to hear a few of them speak at the college football orientation program that espn put on a couple older whites talking older whites ohio state the ohio state number one team in the land which is interesting because urban meyer's name is such a hot commodity in this coaching world he leaves and their team gets better somehow and the reason why i believe is because chase young on the defensive side a lot of people argue and he's the best player in all of college football and then you talk to people who are in the know who know things about stuff especially this type of stuff guy from the elite 11 camp and has been around knows all the quarterbacks he says justin fields is the best

quarterback in the country and it's not even close i'm like wait a minute more than that air bear kid over in oregon is supposed to get drafted better than him like what about joe burrow better than him justin fields i guess is the truth so when you have the best player on offense on one team and the best player on defense on the same team that makes sense that they're number one that they're up there in there but if you're clemson and you're the tiger fans you're like hey what the hell is going on here the hell's going on is dabbo swinney still our coach yeah is trevor lawrence in that main still taking snaps for us yeah did he start out a little rocky? Yeah. Yeah, he won a national championship as a freshman

and took over the world. Of course he's going to have a little bit of an off-season of fun. Away from his parents for the first time. Away from quarterback camps for the first time. Away from quarterback counselors for the first time. No matter how humble you are, when you're on top of the world as an 18-year-old, it's probably going to be a little bit difficult not to look around and smell

a little bit. It is, it's true. So he stumbled out the gate a little bit and by stumble, they still won. I think he still threw like 18 touchdowns or something like that or 100 touchdowns in the first week. He just threw a couple picks. They didn't look great. They struggled against UNC. So now Clemson falls out of the top four. And if you're a Tiger

fan, you're like, what the hell is going on here? But everybody knows that at the end of the season, Clemson's going to continue to roll, continue to roll, and they'll be in it at the end. It's almost like the college football playoff committee did this strictly so I would say that Clemson deserves to be in there so that everybody would talk up Clemson, who's the reigning national champion. It's kind of a smart move, which leads me to the next point.

Is this list all BS? It's out of doubt. Is this list all BS? It's out of doubt. Is this just complete BS and mean absolutely nothing? Are you telling me that I'm talking about something that means nothing? Sure feels like it. Because who cares? What if Ohio State goes out there and loses the next four games? I saw at least eight teams, I think, still control their own destiny,

and if they win out, they could get in. LSU and Alabama play each other this weekend, and then Penn State and Ohio State are going to play in two or three weeks, so it's going to be completely different. So right now, what we are reading is a list of who the best teams in the country are

from a group of people we don't know who they are. So an anonymous group of humans who are in a very powerful position released a list of their best teams in the country, and this is them. So I guess we got to talk about it because those said people are the ones that picked the four playoffs at the end.

So now at least we get a chance to see inside their brain to see which way they're leaning, who they're looking at. Obviously, they like the Big Ten a lot, and they like the SEC, which everybody's going to know. And since I've gotten a chance to call those Thursday night games, I've gotten a chance to kind of bebop around the country

and chat with coaches. And the conversation always turns towards the playoffs, always. And when I sat down with David Shaw, Stanford, and it wasn't just me, it was the whole crew, we asked him about it. And Stanford used to be a very prominent, prominent program. Heisman winners, lot of nfl players but they're in the pac-12 which is kind of a victim of the east coast bias over there and we asked him about the playoffs and what they should do and he said oh he thinks

there's a pretty easy answer and i agree with him the nfl player the ncaa football uh playoffs should be eight teams. Everybody knows this. It should be the champions from the Power Five conferences. So let's make the championships in the actual conference play mean something. Even if a team loses early, they still have a chance to win their championship of their league. They should get in. Let's take the five champions from the Power Five leagues. Just makes too much sense. And then the last three spots, those are at large bids so if another

ucf comes through and just wins like 75 games in a row but they never get a chance to play against anybody because they didn't know that they were going to be that good whenever they were scheduling games for the next four years give them an at-large bid if georgia who struggled against south carolina early in the season can continue to get hot put them in there if minnesota goes on and dominates all year and loses in the big 10 championship against a team that's already in the playoff why not give it to them what about the baylor bears who are currently undefeated they'd be in there because of big 12 championship but what if oklahoma wins and they're in there then let that committee debate on who the three at large are let let the conferences decide who the five are,

and then whammy, everybody's happy. We got more games. We got more money. We got more opportunity for schools that think that they should have opportunities, like the Pac-12 schools, which they should, by the way. It just simplifies everything. And everything makes sense. College football's big thing is every game matters.

And I guess that's accurate. But i think a much more accurate statement would be every game matters until you lose your first one until you lose your first one and then once you lose your first one see you later you're probably not going to be in the college football playoff conversation if you're not in the sec or not in the big 10 if you're in any other conference other than those, once you lose one game, sayonara. Your team might as well not even exist. That hurts attendance. That hurts everything. That hurts ratings. Whenever people are like,

this game doesn't really matter. And back in the day, by the way, Fiesta Bowl, I got a chance to win one of those with the team I was on. Awesome. Sugar Bowl, I got the chance to win one of those back one day. Awesome. All these bowl games that used to be so revered they'd be nothing anymore nothing people don't even play in them nothing matters anymore other than the college football playoff so to act as if every game matters now

granted they're still getting a stipend the kids are still getting an extra two weeks of practice to get better for the next season yes they get another chance to play football and play football and represent their school. But in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. Like Fiesta Bowl championship, whenever we won that, a BCS was a big deal. Huge deal. BCS was a huge deal. Now, granted, the BCS only happened because the NCAA sold its rights

to declare a champion to the BCS, right? So we had a BCS champion and you had the BCS Bulls. Such a wild maneuver. They did that. So you'd go to the NCAA Hall of Fame and they would have the D1 AA champion as their champion because they sold their rights to declare a champion. So that is just

a hilarious thing. But everybody wanted a playoff. I was on a team by the way that wanted a playoff bad. Bad, bad. Our West Virginia team in the Big East Conference was not given a lot of love. We won a lot of games. We were dominant a lot. And if we had this eight-school thing, I think we would have gotten that large bid.

I think we would have been able to sneak in and made something play. But there's a lot of teams that are still suffering from that right now. Yes, the four game was better than what it used to be. And I think that's kind of their thing. Well, do you want to go back to the BCS? No. Everybody hated the BCS. I mean, I love the mountain bike I got for

playing in the Sugar Bowl. I love getting a chance to go to Atlanta and Scottsdale and Charlotte and Jacksonville with the team to play in a bowl game and to win them. I love those opportunities, but in the grand scheme of things, if we're

going to talk for real, none of those games matter other than the playoff game. And if you lose one game, you're out of the big-time conversation. David Shaw referenced the USC team from a couple years ago. They lost early to Alabama. I guess they just got trampled. Then they bring in Sam Darnold to play quarterback, and they didn't lose again.

But since they lost to Alabama early, their name, because they were in a Pac-12, was basically thrown out. But if they would have got in, that team would have beat anybody. And that's just the way it goes if you're not in the SEC or the Big Ten. If you lose a game, you're out of conversation. Every game matters until you lose one. And I think there's a lot of those stories around college football. I think there's a lot of people that probably agree with me.

I think the only people that don't agree with me are probably Alabama, LSU, big-name schools. The old guards. The old guards, which, by the way, congrats to them. The ability to stay on top for that long is not easy. It's just like the Patriots. It's very hard to do that. But I think there's a lot of teams that are kind of on the outside.

They're like, hey, we want to take a swing at these dudes. We want to take a swing at Saban. Now, granted, anytime you swing at something that big there's a chance you might eat a couple right in the face there's a chance for a couple buzzsaw blowouts in these playoff games but that happens in the nfl playoffs that happens in every form of playoffs in high school you play playoffs in little league you play playoffs in the nfl you play playoffs but in college it's just four game 14 four team playoff. It's like, come on. They say, well, they don't want them to go an extra week or whatever.

We'll start the season a week earlier. Easy. Easy peasy. And let's just move forward and make college football what it truly is, not only the best environment, but the best football product there could possibly be. Sounds good to me. Pretty happy we just fixed that. It was the least we could do.

I mean, college football, I'm now a voice of it. Thursday night football, by the way, that's why we're in Tampa. Who's this? This is the Rednecks on Broadway by Dave James. I think the Rednecks on Broadway would agree with me, though, with college football. Without a doubt. I think everybody would agree. All right.

If you have anything to say to me, tweet me. We can't take calls because we're in the back of a box truck. Tweet me. Tell me your thoughts. I will hope. Maybe I'll, you know, I'm either right or I learn. If you're right, I'm open-minded. I don't stick by things unless I'm right.

Unless I'm right. Unless I'm right. If I'm right, I will stick with it. I view that in everything, by the way. If I feel a certain way, and I'm right, we're going with it. I don't care what anybody else has to say. But if you have something that's better than me, I'll go, fair play. Let's do that and keep it moving. So if you tweet me something that's better than the eight-game playoff,

I think Harbaugh drew up some 11-game playoff or something in an Excel spreadsheet, which I enjoy a lot. I like the thought that it generates so much buzz. Because imagine if Clemson didn't get in, being undefeated, being the national champion last year. Right. Be like, what the hell are we doing? Well, then that also changes the entire dynamic of the season.

Why schedule a good team at the start? Why not play like a 1AA school and just beat the hell are we doing? Well, then that also changes the entire dynamic of the season. Why schedule a good team at the start? Why not play like a 1AA school and just beat the hell out of them? There's no reason to go play Alabama other than you're making money. Well, then it's hard for teams that are smaller to schedule good games. Right. So like our West Virginia team, there were teams that didn't want to play us, so we couldn't get them because of what could potentially happen early in the year. You know what I mean?

Right. So it's like a very difficult thing to do. Athletic director's got to get to work. The NFL ratings each week whenever they come out, I guess the internet enjoys listening to me break these down. They do. These things do well on the internet. So I'm going to give it a go right now. And I don't care what you think at home.

These are my opinions, okay? The number one, should I go 10-1 or 1-10? 10-1. All right, in 10th place, the home team for Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Rams, who started out like dog grumpy, have all of a sudden started to play good football. Think they had a bye week last week? Nobody knows if they got better or worse, but let's assume that McVay, the young whiz

kid's going to figure something out. Last year, they were in the Super Bowl. The beginning of this year, everybody was like, what has happened over there? They trade Aqib Tlaib out. Aqib Tlaib, hilarious interview on Colin Cowherd yesterday, by the way. I'm excited for Aqib Tlaib to do more media if he doesn't go and play for the Dolphins, which he said, by the way, if they're trading for me they want me to play i'll play for him keep to leave was very cool but the los angeles rams bring in jaylen ramsey a guy who can go on an island if you need

him maybe maybe reboots that entire team in a confidence level in the con level of the los angeles ramps well said number nine minnesota vikings minnesota vikings kirk cousins adam Los Angeles Rams. Well said. Number nine, Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota Vikings, Kirk Cousins, Adam Thielen. Got a pulled hammy. Will he come back? We don't know. Maybe rest it so he doesn't get in a game and then out of a game where you have him in a game plan, then he can't use him. That seemed to be a problem for them last week.

Although Kirk Cousins and a Minnesota Vikings offense seemed to be good all the way up until this past week. Was it just a little stumble and a fall? We'll find out going forward number ninth ranked team number eight a man who thought he lost his eyeball then threw a touchdown two weeks ago took a trip to england and took a jaguars team straight to hell a balled out deshaun watson quarterback and the houston teans, are now the number eight ranked team in the NFL, according to ESPN. Green Bay Packers at number seven.

A little piece of humble pie this weekend. Aaron Rodgers came on our show yesterday, said he loved the way the team bounced back after the loss. An NFL season is too quick. You can't mope over losses, or one loss becomes two, two becomes three. Aaron Rogers said some things after the game like, hey, our preparation wasn't the greatest. We needed

to do this. We needed this game. Keep it moving. Here we are now on Wednesday. Talked to him on Tuesday. He said he likes the way the teams responded. I feel like the Green Bay Packers are going to get right back in on the right foot, and I think Devontae Adams is going to become a weapon for them as he transitions back into that offense nicely.

The defense, very, very good still. They even proved that this past week. Go ahead, Ty. They need to know how to stop the run. That's the down the stretch here. They're going to be challenged, and they've got to be able to stop the run. And Ty Schmidt is an owner of the Packers. To win late in December and in the playoffs,

there's two key rules that basically everybody lives by you got to be able to run the ball and you gotta be able to stop the run if the Packers can't stop the run will that be doom for them later on in the season or will Aaron Rogers be able to keep up with any team no matter what he's gonna have to it sounds like number six the Seattle Seahawks who just added Josh Gordon unbelievable football being played right now by Russell Wilson Tyler Lockett and the entire Seahawks gang they don't play great defense so it's always a shootout look for backdoor covers against the Seattle Seahawks for the rest of the year but now they got Josh Gordon who I assume is only going to open things up even more for

Russell Wilson look for Russell Wilson to win the MVP if it's not Aaron Rodgers number five Kansas City Chiefs I have no clue why this is happening I guess it's not Aaron Rodgers. Number five, Kansas City Chiefs. I have no clue why this is happening. I guess it's all because of potential and what they could potentially be, how they could potentially play. Yes, they are loaded from top to bottom. Their defense is playing a lot better

than they were at the beginning of the season. They're getting Patrick Mahomes back. They have all their weapons, and Andy Reid is still their head coach, but they've lost games with Patrick Mahomes playing. I don't know why they're still ranked this high but I will tell you this anytime they're on television I'm going to tune in I'm going to watch I do hope that they make an extended stay in the playoffs strictly for that reason and that reason alone number four the Baltimore Ravens this Lamar

Jackson led team that has the ability to do things that no other team can do they have three tight end sets with Hollywood Brown in there. They go with a pistol and two backs next to them. That offensive line says, hey, you want to talk about every other offensive line that's cool with us? We got Yonda, who everybody says is the best offensive lineman in history, and we got a quarterback that can make people miss. He's a mixture of Le'Veon Bell, Michael Vick,

and he can throw the ball a little bit. I like the way Lamar Jackson plays football. I think what he has you can't coach, which means it's hard to coach against because whenever you're coaching against an offense, what you're trying to look for is tendencies and what they're supposed to do. Lamar Jackson debunks all of that. He does whatever the hell Lamar Jackson wants to do. They go as he goes.

Let's just hope he doesn't go down from a big-time shot at any given point. Looks like he's been able to handle that type of stuff before. Who knows? It's the National Football League. Number three, the New Orleans Saints. Welcome back, Drew Brees. Gives a motivational speech to Purdue Boilermakers. Refuses to talk to the punters and kickers.

Do I hate him for that? No. Punters and kickers motivate themselves. They don't need any outside forces to come in and make them feel ready for a game. But I like Drew Brees. I like his atmosphere. I like his energy. i like what he does and anytime you get to play don air super dome it is awesome i mean it is an incredible place and that saints team whenever teddy

bridgewater was in learned that they can win without true breezes arm they learned that latavius murray can win a game for you they learned that the offensive line is good they learned that the defense can play that only juices them up going further. Look for the New Orleans Saints to be good and probably end in a terribly heartbreaking manner like the last two years. The Minneapolis miracle, then the phantom no pass interference call that changed the game of football completely, by the way. Number two team, New England Patriots lose to the Ravens pretty bad. 37-20, still ranked number two strictly because they're the New England Patriots lose to the Ravens pretty bad 37-20 still ranked number two strictly because they're the New England Patriots and you should show them that type of respect let's assume that the AFC runs through the New England Patriots until the New England Patriots say hey it doesn't

run through us anymore they have a pretty tough upcoming schedule the New England Patriots could potentially lose a couple games but let's always assume that Bill Belichick Tom Brady Josh McDaniels and the boys are going to be able to figure out when it matters most. Real football for them doesn't start until after Thanksgiving. We still have a couple weeks for that. And the number one team in the ESPN rankings, the San Francisco 49ers. John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, Jimmy G, Richard Sherman, George Kittle, Emmanuel Sanders, Hyde. The whole team over there is hot.

That team is playing good football. But, and I say this every single time, Arizona Cardinals took them to task, 28-25. Came back late. Yeah, it was a lot closer than the entire game. I get it. But that Niners team, with an incredible player in Bosa, probably going to be the rookie MVP. Conversation of potential MVP talk for him. That team is very, very good.

They have not been tested yet. But on Monday Night Football, they play the Seattle Seahawks. I'll be excited to watch this game. I think ESPN's got a good one in San Fran on Monday night. Pumped to see what we got from the Niners. Congrats to them for being the number one ranked NFL team right now by ESPN. And good for all the teams for trying their best out there, except for the Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, and Redskins and Jets.

It's tough for me to take those serious, but hey, I like to know where everybody's sitting at in other people's eyes. Got a lot of foosball left. Can't wait to see what happens. Also, if I were you, there's something I would do stat immediately, promptly, ASAP. What's that one word that I used on broadcast? Post haste. Expeditiously.

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