Football Special: Picks, Predictions & Rival Trash Talk

1 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:13,640 Uh oh. I don't know if this music means as much to you as it does to 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:20,480 me, but it's football season. Something about all these 3 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:27,440 old. NBC and ABC, Fox, CBS, ESPN football songs, football 4 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:34,120 themes. Just gets my blood pumping. It is football season. Welcome into always pneumatic, never static 5 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,840 episode 31. Thank you all so much for being here today. This one is quite possibly the one that 6 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:46,839 I get worked up for the most. Uh. It is my favorite time of year. Of course, we'll talk about this a 7 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,879 little bit in the segment coming up when we get some drivers in here to talk football with me. Uh, 8 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:58,160 but my birthday falls around this time of year. We've got kickoff of the NCAA season bookended by 9 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:04,750 kickoff of the NFL season. It's finally here. They make us wait so long. All of us die hard 10 00:01:04,750 --> 00:01:09,989 football fans to get football back in our lives. We've spent the last three months of summer 11 00:01:10,029 --> 00:01:15,829 picking apart every storyline that has to do with our teams, talking about injuries and rosters and 12 00:01:15,830 --> 00:01:22,189 depth charts and record predictions and betting odds. And finally, we don't have to talk about any 13 00:01:22,190 --> 00:01:28,230 of that anymore. We can finally talk about the product that our teams are going to put on the 14 00:01:28,230 --> 00:01:34,190 field, whether that be your college team, your pro team. It doesn't matter. All even talk Australian 15 00:01:34,190 --> 00:01:39,309 rules football with you. I don't know anything about it, but it's got a ball shaped, uh, vaguely 16 00:01:39,309 --> 00:01:44,589 shaped like an egg and a bunch of big dudes with big shoulders hitting each other for it. That's 17 00:01:44,629 --> 00:01:51,150 where I'm at here. Okay, big, big football fan. If you guys haven't picked that up yet. Um, uh, not 18 00:01:51,150 --> 00:01:55,710 much of a player. I was a player in high school. I was actually fortunate enough to be elected 19 00:01:55,710 --> 00:02:00,660 captain of my football team. But I wasn't a world beater. I was more of that locker room guy, as you 20 00:02:00,660 --> 00:02:05,739 guys can imagine. Uh, you know, I didn't run my mouth a lot on the field because I'm only five. 21 00:02:05,779 --> 00:02:12,059 Nine. Uh, but I did like to, uh, to try to be the spiritual leader of the football locker room, and 22 00:02:12,059 --> 00:02:16,860 I probably wasn't even that good at that, but that's when I fell in love with it. Okay. Going all 23 00:02:16,860 --> 00:02:21,979 the way back to when I was a kid, following my 40 niners, uh, coming to the University of Oregon and 24 00:02:21,979 --> 00:02:28,899 becoming a diehard ducks fan after experiencing Autzen Stadium. I am a 15 or 16 year 25 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:35,339 vet of of a season ticket holder at Autzen Stadium. I tailgate for every home game, and then I 26 00:02:35,339 --> 00:02:41,899 spend Sundays on the couch with my guy, Scott Hanson. Seven hours of uninterrupted football on 27 00:02:41,899 --> 00:02:48,820 NFL RedZone. I can't get enough of it. I play fantasy football. I'm playing NCAA football 28 00:02:48,820 --> 00:02:55,779 on my Xbox, I'm playing Madden on my Xbox, you name it. If it's about football, I'm in. Uh, you know, 29 00:02:55,779 --> 00:03:02,009 I'm even. I think this is really cool. There is, uh, basically a website now that 30 00:03:02,009 --> 00:03:07,049 broadcasts high school football games, streams them. Of course, you're not going to get commentary 31 00:03:07,049 --> 00:03:11,570 or anything like that, but if you're like me and you love football so much and Saturday can't get 32 00:03:11,570 --> 00:03:18,209 here quick enough, well, I get to sit down now and watch my alma mater high school, uh, play their 33 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:23,489 season on Friday nights right here from my studio. It's really cool. And I just can't. I can't put 34 00:03:23,490 --> 00:03:29,329 into words how much I love this time of year. Uh, the seasons changing. It's not so brutally hot 35 00:03:29,369 --> 00:03:34,089 outside, but here in the Pacific Northwest, it ain't winter yet. We have. We got a little bit of 36 00:03:34,089 --> 00:03:39,089 rain this week, but we're going to get sun for when my Oregon Ducks kick off against the Boise 37 00:03:39,089 --> 00:03:44,849 State Broncos. Now, by the time you guys hear this episode, uh, College Week one will be in the books. 38 00:03:44,849 --> 00:03:51,089 But we will be looking forward to NFL's week one. And I'm bringing in some drivers here right now 39 00:03:51,169 --> 00:03:56,719 to talk about their teams. And and we're going to do some fun stuff I don't really want to call 40 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:02,600 these games, but I'm going to ask these guys, hey, plant your flag. Give me a prediction that you're 41 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:07,399 going to make about your teams this year that you could come back and defend after the season's 42 00:04:07,399 --> 00:04:14,359 over. Um, I'm going to ask them who, if they had to choose from their rival team, who they 43 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:19,040 would take a ride along with. And that's an interesting conversation. How about this? I'm going 44 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,919 to ask the drivers about changing some rules. What would you change if they put you in charge of the 45 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:29,879 NFL for one week, or the or the NCAA for one week? Or hey, maybe you get to change it for both. Maybe 46 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:35,480 you're just the czar of football and you get to make one big sweeping change. What would you make? 47 00:04:35,559 --> 00:04:41,679 Uh, we'll talk about that and much, much more here in just a moment when I bring my drivers in, uh, 48 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:47,599 for our football roundtable. And it's a fun one, guys, we got a lot of laughs on this one. Shots get 49 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:53,559 fired almost immediately. Uh, it's football season. It's exactly how it should be. 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Without 65 00:06:14,659 --> 00:06:21,140 further ado, it's time to bring these guys in here. You think they're ready for it? I don't know, I 66 00:06:21,140 --> 00:06:25,299 mean, I look, they're friendly guys. I've talked to every one of these dudes before, and I don't know 67 00:06:25,299 --> 00:06:31,059 if they're, uh, they're diehard fan enough to really give me the paces that I deserve here. Are 68 00:06:31,059 --> 00:06:36,059 they going to pop me in the mouth about my teams? Because I'm certainly going to be firing shots on 69 00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:39,059 their team. Let's get them in here and find out. 70 00:06:47,739 --> 00:06:53,099 You are listening to Always Pneumatic, Never Static the Totally Pressurized podcast, brought to 71 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:58,619 you by Bulk Transit, where we keep the lines clear, the tanks empty, and the conversation anything but 72 00:06:58,620 --> 00:07:03,459 dry. Whether you're running powder, pellets or anything in between, pull up a seat, crack the 73 00:07:03,459 --> 00:07:10,379 windows, and let's hit it. You know, these football themed 74 00:07:10,379 --> 00:07:15,060 episodes are always some of my favorites, because if you get the right people that want to come in 75 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:21,059 here and have a fun conversation and talk about their team and why your team's no good and their 76 00:07:21,059 --> 00:07:27,019 team's the best. What you get when you're me is you get these guys on the phone before we start 77 00:07:27,019 --> 00:07:32,860 recording, and it starts to feel like that scene in a college football tunnel where the coach is 78 00:07:32,860 --> 00:07:37,939 trying to hold them back because they're just all chomping at the bit they want out there. They want 79 00:07:37,940 --> 00:07:42,779 to hit something. And that's what I've got right now. My three drivers waiting in the tunnel right 80 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:47,939 now, and they are locked and loaded for this episode. I'm very excited for it. So let's welcome 81 00:07:47,939 --> 00:07:53,209 them in here real quick. Joining us first on the show today. We've got Gary Cress on the line. Gary, 82 00:07:53,210 --> 00:07:58,609 thank you so much for being here. You told me you're locked and loaded for this one, man. Oh, yeah. 83 00:07:58,650 --> 00:08:04,969 I'm coming at you. Okay, I like it, I like it. Also joining us today, we've got Jeff Linne back on 84 00:08:04,969 --> 00:08:11,809 the show. Jeff, you ready for this, man? Absolutely. All right. I'm glad you're here. And 85 00:08:11,809 --> 00:08:17,768 also joining us, uh, want to send a special thank you out to Mike short for joining us today. Mike, 86 00:08:17,769 --> 00:08:23,570 welcome to the show, man. Yeah. Thanks, Marcus. Thanks for having me. Now I've got a 87 00:08:24,369 --> 00:08:30,768 hoodie. There we go. That. See, it's already starting. It's already starting. Yeah. That's right. Now. No, no 88 00:08:31,049 --> 00:08:36,489 donation is on the in the valley of wrong. If you want to be on the mountain of right, you got to be 89 00:08:36,489 --> 00:08:42,049 cheering for the black and yellow. Oh man. Oh my goodness a Steelers fan. You see what I've. It's 90 00:08:42,049 --> 00:08:48,089 already started. It's already started. It's gotta be it's gotta be bandwagon. It's not real. 91 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:55,159 Now. Uh, Mike, real quick here, before we get going, I gotta extend a special thank you to you. You 92 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:59,959 texted me yesterday and told me happy early birthday, which I really appreciate it. We're 93 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:06,559 recording this on September the 3rd, and, uh, my birthday is coming up on Sunday the sixth. 94 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:11,959 And, uh, happy birthday to you as well, Mike, because you and I share a birthday. We're birthday buddies 95 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:18,159 out here, man. Yay! You want me to sing to you? You don't have to sing to me, man. I, I I will, I will 96 00:09:18,159 --> 00:09:22,639 forgive you that. And I will not sing for you either, because I want people to keep listening to 97 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:29,559 this podcast. Okay? That's where I was going. I agree with you. You know, I will ask 98 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:34,799 you. Happy early birthday. You too buddy, you too. And thank you for that. I will ask you right now, 99 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:40,960 is there any better time to have a birthday as a football fan than the first week of September? You 100 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:47,319 got Labor Day, you get a three day weekend. Uh, you get football kicking off all around you. I mean, I 101 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,549 love this type of year. Mike. I don't know about you. I feel selfish sometimes because of how much 102 00:09:51,550 --> 00:09:56,389 I love this time of year, but I haven't even been thinking about my birthday. I'm thinking about 103 00:09:56,389 --> 00:10:03,030 Saturday because that's when the ducks kick off. You mean you guys have this week? Uh, we are 104 00:10:03,030 --> 00:10:09,669 playing Boise. We didn't say. Yeah, I didn't say bucks. I said the ducks, man. Oregon 105 00:10:09,669 --> 00:10:16,389 ducks. Uh. Hey. Hey, Marcus. Yes, Marcus. Just to just to clear something up. I'm not a huge 106 00:10:16,630 --> 00:10:23,549 college fan, but but I am from the West Coast, if you remember, from 25 episodes ago. Yes, 107 00:10:23,550 --> 00:10:29,830 sir. I am a West Coast person, so I don't Ohio, but, uh, I 108 00:10:30,390 --> 00:10:37,229 go, uh, I'll go pro with you, but, um, I'm gonna have to go with the ducks, not the bucks. That's my 109 00:10:37,229 --> 00:10:42,309 guy right there. That's my guy. See what happens when you share a birthday with somebody? You end 110 00:10:42,349 --> 00:10:48,140 up being best friends. I. That's okay. I'll just get all my brownie points because I know the owners 111 00:10:48,140 --> 00:10:51,579 are O.H.. I know, I know. 112 00:10:55,420 --> 00:11:02,058 Oh, man, I love this episode every single time it comes up. Man. I can't wait to get to it, fellas. So, 113 00:11:02,419 --> 00:11:07,739 uh, I, I want to just I we can go around the seasons. I'm telling you right now, we can talk 114 00:11:07,780 --> 00:11:13,339 high school, whatever. Football Friday. I love it all myself, man. This is like you said, there's 115 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:18,939 nothing better than this time of year. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I agree with you. Now, uh, we're going to do 116 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:25,339 something kind of fun here to start off. And, uh, I didn't prepare you guys for this, so I'm gonna. I'm. 117 00:11:25,340 --> 00:11:29,499 I'm pulling this from your college football fandom right out of the middle of your chest, 118 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:35,259 right where that team that you bleed for resides this time of year. And what we're doing here is 119 00:11:35,260 --> 00:11:41,699 called plant Your flag. Okay. This is perfect because we're recording right at the beginning of 120 00:11:41,699 --> 00:11:46,769 football season, which means that at the end of football season. We can have you guys back on and 121 00:11:46,770 --> 00:11:53,489 we can talk about how right or wrong our plant our flag scenario was. So I'm going to go 122 00:11:53,489 --> 00:11:58,890 around the horn here. All you got to do is make me a prediction that has to do with your favorite 123 00:11:58,929 --> 00:12:05,849 team. This can be college or pro. Doesn't matter to me. Tell me who your team is and what 124 00:12:05,849 --> 00:12:11,609 you think they're going to accomplish this year as the die hard fan that you are. Mike, I'm going 125 00:12:11,610 --> 00:12:16,609 to start with you, man, because I know you're going NFL here. You've there's already been shots fired 126 00:12:16,609 --> 00:12:22,249 at you as a Bengals fan. Uh so I'm going to give you the first chance to plant your flag. Give me a 127 00:12:22,249 --> 00:12:28,489 prediction for the Cincinnati Bengals this year that you are very confident will come to fruition. 128 00:12:29,050 --> 00:12:35,729 They will win the AFC North. But unfortunately Joe Burrow is probably going to get hurt. 129 00:12:35,729 --> 00:12:40,969 So they're not going to do good in the playoffs. But I'm hoping that's a Bengals fan. If I've ever 130 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:45,399 heard one man, you are very real with yourself. You know that they got a hell of a squad, and you know 131 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:50,639 that they're not going to keep your quarterback up on two feet. I mean, it's that's that's been 132 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:57,159 happening all the way since Boomer Esiason and, uh, Ikey Woods hasn't it? Yeah. Yes, it sure has. 133 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:04,679 You know, you got to get that line a little better as a as a 40 Niner fan. I remember that, uh, that 134 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:09,319 Super Bowl against your boys and, uh, and Icky woods and the icky shuffle and the whole thing. I 135 00:13:09,319 --> 00:13:15,118 was really young at the time. Uh, but I do remember it. And being a 40 Niner fan all the way back then, 136 00:13:15,119 --> 00:13:20,559 it's different than being a 40 niner fan today. But, uh, the Bengals, man, it's been a struggle. I've 137 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:25,880 got some some, uh, some family, some far removed family that lives out in Ohio. And they're all 138 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,599 mostly Bengals fans. And it's been tough on him for a while, man. How do you how do you keep 139 00:13:30,599 --> 00:13:35,399 yourself upbeat for the season? You you just watch Ja'Marr Chase run out of that tunnel and think, 140 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:40,719 look, if we got that guy, we can do pretty much anything. Yeah, he's he's he's pretty good. He's 141 00:13:40,719 --> 00:13:47,590 awesome. But just high hopes in the beginning. And and just just keep watching because it's good, win 142 00:13:47,590 --> 00:13:53,149 or lose. There you go. All right. Prefer. Prefer winter. Hey, Marcus. Real quick, though, I do have a 143 00:13:53,150 --> 00:13:58,510 prediction for college. Okay. And, um, I'll throw a little bit in. I'm not very knowledgeable, but I 144 00:13:58,510 --> 00:14:05,468 think Andy Indiana is going to repeat again. Sorry, Ohio. Wow. I'll tell you, I take a little bit 145 00:14:05,469 --> 00:14:10,669 of offense to that one as well. You know, I, I think the hardest part about watching Indiana win a 146 00:14:10,669 --> 00:14:14,989 national title is that you only have to go back like five years, and everybody would have told you 147 00:14:14,989 --> 00:14:21,509 that Indiana was not just one of the worst, but the worst D1 college football program when it 148 00:14:21,510 --> 00:14:26,069 came to winning percentage. And now they hired a cigarette as their head coach and they're 149 00:14:26,070 --> 00:14:32,349 hoisting a trophy. It blows me away, fellas. Anybody can win. Yeah. It's true. 150 00:14:32,909 --> 00:14:38,309 I never thought of Indiana as being a football school. It's always been a basketball program. Yep. 151 00:14:38,309 --> 00:14:42,179 That's true. Well, I'll tell you, if they come out with Hoosiers part two, and it's on the football 152 00:14:42,179 --> 00:14:48,899 field. I'm not watching it. I'm still upset about that game 153 00:14:48,899 --> 00:14:55,339 last year that, uh, sent us packing. So, uh, obviously that's what football fans do. We hold grudges, we 154 00:14:55,340 --> 00:15:00,419 hold on to things. But, Mike, I love your prediction there. I'm writing it down right now. We got 155 00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:06,739 Bengals winning the AFC. Uh winning their division. Sorry but not doing well in the playoffs because 156 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:12,299 of a Joe Burrow injury. Uh good stuff there I like it guys. You kind of get the feeling of where I'm 157 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:18,298 going with this plant your flag thing. So, Jeff, let's go to you, man. College or pro or both. 158 00:15:18,299 --> 00:15:23,579 Doesn't matter. Plant your flag. Make a prediction for your team right now that you think is coming 159 00:15:23,580 --> 00:15:30,179 true this season. You know, I'm doing both. I'm a big hoodie fan. So I'm going to say this I 160 00:15:30,379 --> 00:15:37,059 back I go back way back I, I, I seen every Super Bowl that they were in. So there have been 161 00:15:37,060 --> 00:15:43,329 heartbreaks San Francisco beat us play And now I want to say this. I'm going to go to I'm going to 162 00:15:43,329 --> 00:15:50,329 say it's going to be a rematch again with the Rams. And we're going to win it this year. 163 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:58,049 And I'm also going to say that we got a national championship coming to Ohio 164 00:15:58,049 --> 00:16:04,089 State. You're going to have to go through Eugene to take that trophy home bucko. That's all I got 165 00:16:04,090 --> 00:16:10,449 to say to you. Well, we'll take care of that in week eight or whatever it is, I think. Yeah. Marcus, 166 00:16:10,450 --> 00:16:15,570 just remember, origin comes to the horseshoe this year. Oh, I know, and the last time we came to the 167 00:16:15,570 --> 00:16:21,729 horseshoe, we whooped your ass there, too. So I. You know, it's these regular season games. I mean, look, 168 00:16:21,729 --> 00:16:26,009 don't say anything about my squad in the playoffs because I know it's been questionable, but we've 169 00:16:26,049 --> 00:16:31,489 had we've owned the regular season the last couple of times. So, um, you know, I, I love where 170 00:16:31,489 --> 00:16:37,168 your heart's at because I understand it's easy to root for Ohio State, but, uh, I you got you got a 171 00:16:37,210 --> 00:16:42,679 juggernaut coming to town in November. And one thing I really like about that Dux Buckeyes 172 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:47,559 matchup is that it happens later in the year. I think that's really cool because we get a chance 173 00:16:47,559 --> 00:16:52,159 to see what these teams really are. They don't have to come out. You know that Ohio State Texas 174 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:58,559 game these last two years has been well. Walk me through it, Jeff. As a as an Ohio State fan, how do 175 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:05,520 you feel about playing Texas at the beginning of each year? I am going to be honest with you. And 176 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:12,479 this is because we are so good and we have such great talent. We lost, I 177 00:17:12,479 --> 00:17:19,279 think, 7 or 8 defensive players to the NFL, so that does 178 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:26,119 make me a bit nervous. Over to the Texas game, because we're going to be an untested 179 00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:33,079 defense. And I do think that Arch Manning and the Texas group is pretty 180 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:40,029 dang good. And I and I will say this. I don't like being preseason number one 181 00:17:40,030 --> 00:17:46,709 in the AP either, because for whatever reason, whenever, if the Buckeyes were stumble 182 00:17:46,709 --> 00:17:52,749 early, it's not like Alabama. Alabama can stumble early when they come out number one, and they 183 00:17:52,749 --> 00:17:59,310 would only drop maybe 1 or 2 spots. But they hit us hard. We stumble and we get knocked down 6 or 7 184 00:17:59,310 --> 00:18:04,150 spots, and then sometimes it's hard to get back into the top. I mean, I know it's different now. 185 00:18:04,150 --> 00:18:09,749 They take top 12, but when it was the top four, we could hardly ever get back to the top four to get 186 00:18:09,750 --> 00:18:15,790 back into the talk of a national championship. And we would go on a run and look good and be 187 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:21,749 deserving of it. But you know, that's the way it goes. I don't want to be crying and and and being 188 00:18:21,749 --> 00:18:28,549 old for sport or nothing like that. But. But no man listen, I think 189 00:18:28,589 --> 00:18:34,789 this is going to be a good year for me in sports, I feel okay. Do you want, uh, Jeff, did you want to 190 00:18:34,789 --> 00:18:39,669 make a Bengals prediction as well. And listen I didn't hear a real prediction there for Ohio 191 00:18:39,670 --> 00:18:45,709 State. Are you going to call it a national title year? I am calling it a national title year okay. 192 00:18:45,749 --> 00:18:51,549 And I'm calling it a and I'm calling it a Super Bowl title in bingo country. That's right. You did 193 00:18:51,589 --> 00:18:57,229 say that they're going to they're going to beat the Rams this time. Okay I'm writing that down man. 194 00:18:57,270 --> 00:19:03,149 It's in stone now. Nothing you can do about it I love this though I love how you guys before you 195 00:19:03,149 --> 00:19:10,069 want to know what's really wild. What's that? I was actually a Cowboys fan when I was very 196 00:19:10,069 --> 00:19:16,349 young. Oh, you poor soul. Oh. That's worse. Well, the problem, the reason being is 197 00:19:16,349 --> 00:19:23,309 because back in the late 70s, we didn't have cable. So everything we had was ran 198 00:19:23,310 --> 00:19:30,189 off of Ben ten or whatever. So you got like ABC, CBS, NBC or whatever through the antenna. So 199 00:19:30,310 --> 00:19:35,660 the only time I got anything I ever watched was on it. Pat Summerall John Madden was the 200 00:19:35,660 --> 00:19:42,539 commentators and. And so I got to see the end of the career of Staubach. You know, Danny White was 201 00:19:42,540 --> 00:19:48,939 the punter. And then whenever he got a sore left. Danny White became the quarterback. But 202 00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:55,219 every week was the Cowboys. And obviously it was all the teams in the and the 203 00:19:56,260 --> 00:20:02,979 the the northeast, the Giants and the and the Redskins and and the Eagles. They were it seemed 204 00:20:02,979 --> 00:20:09,779 like they were always. And then the Cowboys and the 40 Niners had their thing. And so I was it my 205 00:20:09,780 --> 00:20:15,020 first couple children had cowboys stuff you know because I was in the 90s still like in the 206 00:20:15,020 --> 00:20:21,619 Cowboys I mean I was like the Cowboys were my NFC team and the Bengals were my AFC team. It was 207 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:27,779 um it and I it was probably the first year, um, that the Bengals went to the Super Bowl that I 208 00:20:27,779 --> 00:20:33,129 actually started. Uh, our we got cable and our cable system had 209 00:20:34,689 --> 00:20:40,609 channel five out of Cincinnati. And so I was getting the Bengals every week. So I was like, hey, 210 00:20:40,609 --> 00:20:47,129 they're just down the road from me, you know, a couple of hours. And not only that, but, uh, I don't 211 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:52,328 know, just some of the names and things like that. And then I got into fantasy football. Then I just 212 00:20:52,329 --> 00:20:56,529 liked football in general. But the Bengals ended up being, you know, the home game. So they're 213 00:20:56,569 --> 00:21:01,249 they're they're my team. Well good man because I can tell you one thing we don't need any more of 214 00:21:01,290 --> 00:21:06,529 in this world. And that's Cowboys fans. So, uh, I'm happy to hear that you're, uh, you're a diehard 215 00:21:06,569 --> 00:21:13,249 Bengal now. Um, you know, as a as a 40 Niners fan growing up, it was only the Cowboys that I was 216 00:21:13,249 --> 00:21:17,769 concerned about. And the rivalries have sort of changed over the years of things have gotten 217 00:21:17,770 --> 00:21:23,010 tougher for Jerry in the squad down there in Dallas. But, um, I'll tell you guys a little story 218 00:21:23,010 --> 00:21:28,050 about the some of the very earliest of my football fandom kind of coming out before I 219 00:21:28,050 --> 00:21:34,719 really knew what was going on. My dad had taken me to a boat show up in Seattle, and we're walking 220 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:40,640 around looking at all these huge yachts and ski boats and fishing boats, bass boats, you name it. 221 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:46,959 They had everything there and there was only one TV. At the time, this was before, uh, I believe this 222 00:21:46,959 --> 00:21:53,958 was the 94 NFC Championship game. 40 Niners ended up winning and going to play in the 95 Super Bowl 223 00:21:53,959 --> 00:21:58,199 against the Chargers. If I'm not mistaken, I might have my years a little mixed up, but that was the 224 00:21:58,199 --> 00:22:05,159 season we're talking. So I'm ten. Okay, uh, I'm standing there at this little 12 inch tube 225 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,959 TV that has the antennas pulled up, and they keep moving them, trying to get better reception. And 226 00:22:09,959 --> 00:22:14,920 we're watching the worst reception of the NFC Championship game that I've ever seen. It's it's 227 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:21,799 all staticky and everything. And there's a guy standing next to me, an adult, and it's just me and 228 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:28,799 him, me and me and this guy, I don't I don't know from Adam. And we're watching and my dad 229 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,589 will tell you that I was given this guy some guff because the Niners were winning that game and 230 00:22:33,589 --> 00:22:37,989 they ended up winning that game. And I you know, I don't know how to talk too much trash as a ten 231 00:22:38,030 --> 00:22:43,709 year old, but I was kind of letting him have it. And you know, he laughed it off and shook my hand 232 00:22:43,709 --> 00:22:48,789 and off we went. And my dad walked up to me and he goes, do you know who you were just standing next 233 00:22:48,790 --> 00:22:55,108 to? And I said, no, I was a Cowboys fan. Why do I care who he is? You know, normal stuff. 234 00:22:55,469 --> 00:23:02,469 And my dad says that is the owner of M. B sports, the boat brand that your best friend's dad 235 00:23:02,469 --> 00:23:08,229 owns one of his boats. He's the owner. He's the guy behind it. His name's Mike Brindle. He's a he's a 236 00:23:08,229 --> 00:23:13,389 slalom ski champion now. He owns his own boat company. And you were just insulting him. And I 237 00:23:13,389 --> 00:23:17,790 don't know if I can take you home because my dad's a big boat guy, you know, and he. He couldn't 238 00:23:17,790 --> 00:23:23,149 believe I didn't know the guy from Adam, but he was he was a Cowboys fan, so he was he had a 239 00:23:23,150 --> 00:23:28,429 target on his back as far as I was concerned. So, um, I've got some history with the Cowboys there, 240 00:23:28,430 --> 00:23:33,300 Jeff. And I'm glad to hear that you're a Bengal now at heart because, um, I don't know, I might have 241 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:37,059 had to pause the podcast to take you off the air and have a conversation with you. If you were 242 00:23:37,060 --> 00:23:43,939 going to come in here and root for the Cowboys. Ask you if everything's okay, 243 00:23:43,979 --> 00:23:48,739 actually is what I would do. That's the first thing I would do. Hey, as a Cowboys fan, are you 244 00:23:48,739 --> 00:23:55,579 okay? Right. You know, back in the day when I was a cowboy fan, all I could ever 245 00:23:55,900 --> 00:24:01,979 replay in my mind was the catch that, you know, Montana rolling right, going out of bounds, 246 00:24:01,980 --> 00:24:06,739 throwing back across his body back toward the center a little bit, and Dwight Clark going up 247 00:24:06,739 --> 00:24:13,219 high and grabbing it that that. I can't remember what year that was, but that was that was one of 248 00:24:13,219 --> 00:24:20,060 the heartbreaking moments when I was a Cowboys fan. Yep. I think that was 1984, if I'm not mistaken. 249 00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:25,499 And, uh, the one thing I've always loved about that play is he threw that ball over a guy named Ed, 250 00:24:25,539 --> 00:24:30,889 two tall Jones. Well, you weren't tall enough that day, and you were added to. You're not tall enough, 251 00:24:30,889 --> 00:24:37,329 Jones, because he got it over the top of you there. But, uh, you know, I'll tell you, um, I, you know, as a 252 00:24:37,329 --> 00:24:41,889 die hard niner fan, I was fortunate enough to go down and watch a game about 6 or 7 years ago. And 253 00:24:41,889 --> 00:24:47,209 they have a museum there at Levi's Stadium that you can walk through before the game. It's really 254 00:24:47,209 --> 00:24:51,770 cool if you're a 40 Niners fan. I don't know if you'd enjoy it as a Bengals fan or a Cowboys fan, 255 00:24:51,810 --> 00:24:58,089 but you know, it's it's worth your time if you're in San Francisco. But they have a bronze statue of 256 00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:04,968 that catch of Dwight Clark making that catch. Oh wow. And it's a it's elevated off the ground to 257 00:25:05,009 --> 00:25:11,688 represent how high he jumped to make that catch. And as a five foot nine man I'm standing next to 258 00:25:11,689 --> 00:25:18,489 it and his knees are above my shoulders. You guys I mean it is you cannot put it into 259 00:25:18,530 --> 00:25:24,050 words without going there and actually standing next to it. Um, and, and just a little peek behind 260 00:25:24,050 --> 00:25:28,839 the curtain of how really enthralled with football, I am. I mean, I will wear another man's 261 00:25:28,839 --> 00:25:35,519 name on my back. Watch me. Um, you know, I don't have any problem with it. Uh, 262 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:41,199 but, uh, myself. Yep. Yeah. Well, uh, Gary, you're the last one that has to plant your flag here, man. 263 00:25:41,199 --> 00:25:46,679 Make us a prediction for your college pro team. Doesn't matter. You can do both. Uh, what do you 264 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:53,559 think is happening this year with your teams? For sure. We'll start in college now, guys. 265 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:59,520 Undefeated national champions. Wow. Running the table. Yes. 266 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:03,879 Perfect season. Man. I love you, man. 267 00:26:07,239 --> 00:26:10,759 Because Oregon's going to come to Columbus and they're not going to know what to do there 268 00:26:10,759 --> 00:26:14,839 because they've never played in an environment like that. And they're just going to get a muddle 269 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:21,598 stomped in those ducks. They're going to be ducking all the bombs. Because, 270 00:26:21,959 --> 00:26:28,949 because, because even even though we lost eight guys on the defense to the draft, 271 00:26:29,390 --> 00:26:36,389 we only lost one on the offense. And Julian Singh and Jeremiah Smith is just 272 00:26:36,389 --> 00:26:43,309 going to tear it up. And then our our our starters this year are going to prove that they 273 00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:49,588 deserve to be they deserve to be starters. And they're just going to they're just going to shut 274 00:26:49,589 --> 00:26:55,589 down every offense they come against. Okay. That's my prediction. Undefeated national title holders 275 00:26:55,589 --> 00:27:02,309 for 2026. Okay. You and every other Buckeye fan. Gary. Gary. What's up? Hey, 276 00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:08,150 hey, remember when, uh, when, uh, Michigan planted their flag in the middle of, uh, the horseshoe? You 277 00:27:08,150 --> 00:27:14,789 know, I was thinking about bringing it up. Let's do it. Yeah. Let's, uh, that's that's that's that's 278 00:27:14,789 --> 00:27:21,669 that's a subject there that that almost started a fight that actually, believe it or not, after 279 00:27:21,670 --> 00:27:28,459 that event, the Ohio The Ohio legislature almost passed a law making that 280 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:35,379 illegal in the state of Ohio. Man, you know, you people shut up. Everybody in Ohio was 281 00:27:35,379 --> 00:27:40,419 about that. Yeah. You know, you've rubbed somebody the wrong way when they said it. Yeah, right. But 282 00:27:40,419 --> 00:27:46,139 the problem with all of that is Michigan had to copy somebody else because it wasn't it Baker 283 00:27:46,140 --> 00:27:52,059 Mayfield. It was when he was at Oklahoma, didn't he. Uh, he went and done a planting of the flag in the 284 00:27:52,060 --> 00:27:56,379 center of the. Well, that was at Ohio State, too, wasn't it? It was. It was. They didn't even have a 285 00:27:56,379 --> 00:28:02,859 rivalry. They were just upset at one another. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, there was something about 286 00:28:03,420 --> 00:28:08,459 that. They didn't shake hands at the beginning of the game or something, or captains or something. I 287 00:28:08,459 --> 00:28:13,619 can't remember. I can't remember exactly, but see. But the thing about it is Michigan couldn't do it 288 00:28:13,620 --> 00:28:19,699 on their own and think about it. No, it wasn't it wasn't Baker. It wasn't Baker. It was, um, it was 289 00:28:19,699 --> 00:28:25,609 Manziel. It was Johnny Manziel that did that. I thought it was Baker Mayfield. Well, either way. I 290 00:28:25,610 --> 00:28:30,369 mean, I mean, pick your pissed off, short white quarterback. It doesn't matter. They're pretty much 291 00:28:30,369 --> 00:28:36,490 the same guys, just different NFL careers. Right? And then they both had short stints with 292 00:28:36,490 --> 00:28:41,448 Cleveland. Yeah. So they both spent time at the stake on the lake. Hey, let me tell you something 293 00:28:41,449 --> 00:28:45,768 about Cleveland. The Cleveland Browns. If you're a quarterback and you play for the Cleveland Browns, 294 00:28:45,769 --> 00:28:50,809 it's going to be a short stint. You can just go ahead and mark that on your calendar. Fast forward 295 00:28:50,810 --> 00:28:55,089 a couple of years and that's when they're going to trade you regardless if you've won games. So 296 00:28:55,089 --> 00:29:01,369 that's just Cleveland in a nutshell. Right. Right. Exactly. That's a that's the quarterback carousel. 297 00:29:01,410 --> 00:29:08,289 Yep. Yep. So Gary getting back to it now we've got Ohio State, uh, planting their flag on the 298 00:29:08,289 --> 00:29:13,729 national title with an undefeated perfect season and a mud hole. Stomped in my ducks on the way. 299 00:29:13,769 --> 00:29:20,689 I'll remember that. Uh, but how about your protein? So, unfortunately for the two 300 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:27,240 Bengals fans here in the chat. Um, they think that they're going to make the playoffs with with a 301 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:34,119 divisional title. And I hate to say it, but I have not been impressed with 302 00:29:34,119 --> 00:29:41,078 the offensive line in preseason. So I'm going to say that Joe Cool 303 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:47,479 is going to be Joe injured by mid-season, and it's going to destroy their season, and they're going 304 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:54,479 to be last in the AFC North. Pittsburgh is going to run the table and win the AFC North. And and 305 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:01,599 I I'm not expecting Super Bowl, but I'm at least expecting the Pittsburgh Steelers to make it to 306 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:07,518 the AFC Championship game. And how do you expect your quarterback to fare through that season 307 00:30:07,519 --> 00:30:12,159 since he's walking around on 41 year old ankles wheel wheelchair? 308 00:30:14,439 --> 00:30:21,159 I have a feeling, uh, if he does go down, we have three very capable quarterbacks 309 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:27,919 behind them. Ready to ready to go back. Go under center. But I don't believe you're going to see 310 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:34,278 Rodgers get hurt because even though he's 41 years old, he can still light the Jets and get 311 00:30:34,279 --> 00:30:41,199 away. That's true. Too late brother. Something's wrong. And, Gary, 312 00:30:41,199 --> 00:30:46,439 I want some of what you're smoking. Hey, hey, 313 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:55,239 I ain't smoking anything. That's illegal trucking. Yeah, it's just diesel fumes, man. 314 00:30:55,239 --> 00:31:00,839 It's years and years of being around diesel fumes, I think, is all you can say here, but, uh, I like it. 315 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:06,840 Guys, this is this is a good one. We've got we've got some real predictions here. And and just to 316 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:12,359 make this fun and, and put myself on the line here as well. Uh, let me go ahead and give you my 317 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,879 predictions for my teams this season, because I feel like if I'm going to ask you guys to go on 318 00:31:16,879 --> 00:31:22,829 the record, I should go on the record too. Also, you guys know where this is going? We got an Oregon 319 00:31:22,830 --> 00:31:28,589 national championship. Now, listen, I'm not going to mess around with the regular season, I don't care. 320 00:31:28,629 --> 00:31:34,669 Even if we do go into Ohio and get a mud hole stomped in us. As Gary said, I still think the 321 00:31:34,709 --> 00:31:40,588 ducks make the playoffs. And I think that this is our year. I think this is you know, you guys talk 322 00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:46,549 about your Ohio State Buckeyes losing 7 or 8 guys to the draft. We could have lost 7 or 8 guys to 323 00:31:46,549 --> 00:31:53,469 the draft. But they all came back. And four of them are on our defensive line. We've got four day one 324 00:31:53,469 --> 00:31:59,149 day two draft picks on that defensive line. So every bit of agreement that I have with you in 325 00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:03,909 your Ohio State Buckeyes offense being great, I'm going to tell you, I hope you got the best 326 00:32:04,270 --> 00:32:09,389 offensive line in the country, because if you don't, you're going to have four really big angry 327 00:32:09,430 --> 00:32:16,349 ducks sniffing down Julian Sands neck all day, but I digress. I've got the ducks winning the national 328 00:32:16,389 --> 00:32:22,739 title. I'll tell you this. I've got Dante Moore hoisting that Heisman at the end of the year. And, 329 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:28,819 uh, we'll go over to probably that one. I'll give you that one. Okay. Appreciate it. We'll go over to 330 00:32:28,860 --> 00:32:35,059 Pro here. Uh, my 40 niners looking a little bit healthier than what they have been at this time 331 00:32:35,060 --> 00:32:41,179 of the year. Um, I've said this a couple of times in different places. I think that John, uh, John 332 00:32:41,179 --> 00:32:46,139 Lynch is the only one left that needs to make his blood sacrifice. But Kyle Shanahan, our coach, got 333 00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:51,659 in a head on collision, got injured this year. Jed York was looking up a prostitute in Pennsylvania 334 00:32:51,659 --> 00:32:58,539 for 140 bucks. This is a blood sacrifice, fellas. They are sacrificing themselves to the football 335 00:32:58,540 --> 00:33:04,579 gods. I'm telling you, before kickoff next weekend, you're going to see John Lynch show up. Maybe he's 336 00:33:04,579 --> 00:33:09,299 had a few too many, uh, oats sodas, and he's going to say something off color on a TikTok video 337 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:14,579 that's going to go viral. That will complete the blood ritual. The 40 niners will have a healthy 338 00:33:14,579 --> 00:33:21,209 regular season. And I will tell you right now I'm thinking at least one playoff win, if 339 00:33:21,209 --> 00:33:27,009 not two, for my San Francisco 40 niners this year. It's the toughest division in football, the NFC 340 00:33:27,050 --> 00:33:32,689 West in my opinion, so I don't I'm not going to guarantee a division win. These teams tend to beat 341 00:33:32,690 --> 00:33:38,769 each other up in this division. But I've got the 40 niners getting to the NFC 342 00:33:38,889 --> 00:33:44,369 Championship game. I can't say it's a Super Bowl title winning team. There's too many good teams in 343 00:33:44,369 --> 00:33:50,329 the NFL this year, but I've got an NFC Championship appearance for my 40 Niners and a 344 00:33:50,329 --> 00:33:55,849 national title for my ducks, as well as a Heisman for Dante Moore. Fellas, let me have it. I gave you 345 00:33:55,850 --> 00:34:01,568 my opinion on your take. So you guys got anything to say about mine before we move on? I agree with 346 00:34:01,569 --> 00:34:08,289 the Heisman, but I. I can't agree with the rest. Okay. That's fine. You're that's your right as a 347 00:34:08,289 --> 00:34:15,039 red blooded American know my question is with 40 niners kicking off the NFL season in 348 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:21,519 Melbourne, Australia. Granted, this probably going to air. This one's Aaron after opening week. 349 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:26,600 Correct. Uh, no. This will air next. This will wear air next Wednesday. So we'll be after the college 350 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:33,599 opener but before the NFL opener. Okay. So my question is is Nick Bosa and 351 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:39,759 Kendall going to be able to play him. Uh Bosa is a yes. Against the Rams. Yeah Kittle is still up in 352 00:34:39,759 --> 00:34:46,600 the air. But it sounds like he is traveling. Uh and Bosa is a yes. He's gonna play. Yeah I did 353 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:52,279 hear that. I do listen to NFL radio in my active receiver every once in a while a couple times a 354 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:57,599 week. And I did hear that both of them were traveling, but I didn't hear whether or not they 355 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:04,239 were going to be active for the game. So that's going to be a tough opening week matchup 356 00:35:04,679 --> 00:35:11,360 on foreign soil against not only in-state but division rivals. Yeah, yeah, it's going to be tough. 357 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,590 There's no question about it. Look, there's not a 40 Niners fan out there that's happy about having 358 00:35:15,590 --> 00:35:21,389 to go halfway across the world to play the opener. Uh, but one thing I will say about is I think Kyle 359 00:35:21,389 --> 00:35:26,949 Shanahan's got it figured out. The 40 niners left or are leaving. I don't know if they've left yet, 360 00:35:26,949 --> 00:35:33,829 but, uh, today for Australia, the Rams are not leaving until next week. So I think 361 00:35:33,830 --> 00:35:39,148 you're going to see a 40 Niners team yesterday. Yesterday. There you go. Yesterday I think you're 362 00:35:39,149 --> 00:35:44,030 going to see a 40 Niners team that's well adjusted. Um I found this out yesterday. The Rams 363 00:35:44,030 --> 00:35:50,628 have the broadcasting rights in Australia. Um but there's not going to be a lot of Rams fans at 364 00:35:50,629 --> 00:35:56,990 that game. Call it right now. The 40 Niners fans are worldwide and we play home games wherever we 365 00:35:56,990 --> 00:36:03,309 go. Uh we play one in Mexico City last year. We play a home game in Los Angeles at least once a 366 00:36:03,309 --> 00:36:08,069 year. Uh, and that's, I think, why the Rams wanted this game in Australia. They're going to travel 367 00:36:08,070 --> 00:36:13,458 halfway across the world and realize there's a sea of red over there, too. Uh, so that's that's my 368 00:36:13,459 --> 00:36:19,059 thoughts. But again, I'm a I'm a fan. I'm not thinking through this logically, fellas. I'm just 369 00:36:19,060 --> 00:36:24,899 I'm seeing red and gold at this point. That's all I can see. I have heard, though, through the 370 00:36:24,899 --> 00:36:31,899 grapevine that there's a few sold out right from LA to Melbourne, so. Oh, it's all those 40 371 00:36:31,939 --> 00:36:36,779 niner fans that fill up Allegiant Stadium every year. That's who. That's they. They're just from LA. 372 00:36:36,780 --> 00:36:43,659 So they're flying out there. You know, the, uh, probably the that's probably the sad 373 00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:49,539 truth of it all because, I mean, I, I it's pretty much a home, uh, home field advantage for the 374 00:36:49,540 --> 00:36:55,540 Niners for a long time. It is. We called down there to play the Rams. That's crazy. I've never I never 375 00:36:55,899 --> 00:37:01,740 it was just. It's just a weird thing. Why do you think, uh, Pittsburgh plays so well on the road? 376 00:37:02,539 --> 00:37:09,499 Because the fans travel. Yes. You see terrible towels at every stadium they go 377 00:37:09,499 --> 00:37:14,169 to. And they are terrible. I mean, they couldn't have named that thing better. That terrible towel. 378 00:37:14,209 --> 00:37:21,049 Like, get it out of my face. You've been hitting me with it all day. Hold on though. Don't speak ill of 379 00:37:21,050 --> 00:37:26,929 the terrible cow. You will curse your teeth. The curse is real. That's right, that's right. You can't 380 00:37:26,930 --> 00:37:31,849 talk about the towel. And you can't talk about the fact that Bill Cowher spits a lot when he talks. 381 00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:38,529 Those things are off limits for Steeler fans, right? Yeah, 382 00:37:38,729 --> 00:37:44,009 that was what that is for sure. Bill coward did have a very wet mouth. Yeah, especially when he was 383 00:37:44,009 --> 00:37:49,649 yelling. He did. And Ryan Day has he has a beard drawn on with a Sharpie. I can keep going, fellas. 384 00:37:49,649 --> 00:37:56,649 I've got him for every team in the big game. Here it is on point every week. It doesn't matter. It is 385 00:37:56,649 --> 00:38:03,329 on point. He's got facial hair gag. Well, if you're painting it on with shoe polish, then. Yeah, 386 00:38:03,370 --> 00:38:08,329 it looks on point on the camera. That's what I'm saying. But it's got no texture. It's got no 387 00:38:08,330 --> 00:38:14,159 texture. guys. All right, fellas, uh, next thing we're going to do here, I'm going to stress you guys out 388 00:38:14,159 --> 00:38:20,799 a little bit, because this is a really fun one for me. Um, I kind of got this idea from, uh, some guys 389 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:25,878 talking about whose jersey would you wear? And I want to. I want to give this a little bit of a 390 00:38:25,879 --> 00:38:32,839 trucking angle. Okay? You have to ride along in your truck for a full day's route 391 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:39,958 with a anybody from your biggest rival team. And it can be any era that 392 00:38:39,959 --> 00:38:44,599 you want. Going all the way back to when we were wearing yellow, uh, leather helmets, I don't care. 393 00:38:44,639 --> 00:38:50,879 But as Ohio State fans, maybe you got to pick a guy from Michigan to ride with. As Bengals fans, 394 00:38:50,879 --> 00:38:56,599 you got to pick a Steeler. You know, as a Steeler fan, maybe you got to pick a Bengal or a Patriot. 395 00:38:56,719 --> 00:39:02,038 Uh, for a duck fan, I'm gonna have to pick an Oregon State beaver or, God forbid, a Washington 396 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:08,469 Husky. Uh, so this is what I want you to think about a little bit. Now, who would ride along with 397 00:39:08,470 --> 00:39:14,349 you from your rival team? Who could you stomach? Who could you think? Maybe they've got such a good 398 00:39:14,350 --> 00:39:19,349 football career that you could just pick their brain all day long? Or who would you bring along 399 00:39:19,389 --> 00:39:24,989 to ridicule for an entire day? It really doesn't matter. But we're going to go right back to the 400 00:39:24,990 --> 00:39:31,629 top here. Mike, I'm going to start with you as a Bengal and, uh, and a Buckeye. Tell me, 401 00:39:31,790 --> 00:39:37,829 who would you ride along with from one of your rival teams for an entire day? Y'all don't want to 402 00:39:37,870 --> 00:39:43,109 hear this, but I'm going to go Michigan. And there was a quarterback there that won a few Super 403 00:39:43,110 --> 00:39:49,830 Bowls. And, uh, I'm going to have to go with that because, uh, he's he's he did pretty good. He's 404 00:39:49,830 --> 00:39:56,029 pretty smart. Yeah. He might be responsible for the downfall of football altogether, in my mind, with 405 00:39:56,029 --> 00:40:00,829 some of these rules that they made around him. But you're talking about the infamous sixth round 406 00:40:00,870 --> 00:40:07,819 pick, Mr. Thomas Brady. Aren't you sure that that would be the man? Yeah, Yeah. Hard to, uh. Hard to 407 00:40:07,820 --> 00:40:14,499 disrespect that guy, but real easy to hate him. And he and he's he's, uh, 408 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:21,259 responsible for, uh, Deflategate and a few other incidents. Spygate? Yep. Absolutely. 409 00:40:21,260 --> 00:40:26,099 Man. He is. Well, that's a really good pick. I would think. Probably one of the best ones you can make 410 00:40:26,139 --> 00:40:32,059 is just a die hard football fan. Um, and I love the fact that you're not saying that's from your pro, 411 00:40:32,060 --> 00:40:37,059 uh, alliance because you're thinking, look, my pro alliance runs too deep. There's no way I'm going 412 00:40:37,059 --> 00:40:42,100 to say a Bengals fan's riding with Tom Brady. But as a Buckeye, I guess I can stomach him, right? 413 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:49,139 Right, right, right. Got it. All right. Jeff Linne, who are you riding around with from your rival team, 414 00:40:49,139 --> 00:40:55,019 if you absolutely had to. Well, I have to admit that's a pretty good one that he just chose. But 415 00:40:55,019 --> 00:41:01,899 I'm going to go back years before that. And I got a lot of respect just because he's been 416 00:41:01,899 --> 00:41:07,648 able to do a lot in the coaching world as well. I would say probably Jim Harbaugh, just because I 417 00:41:07,649 --> 00:41:14,529 would want to pick his brain on his thoughts on the game itself, how to just what 418 00:41:14,529 --> 00:41:20,728 does he look at and what does he see when he's trying to think of schemes and that kind of stuff? 419 00:41:21,129 --> 00:41:27,729 Um, if it's a, if I would go pro and, uh, and if I had to pick and 420 00:41:27,729 --> 00:41:34,729 choose like a Steeler, I'd probably have to go with 421 00:41:34,730 --> 00:41:41,609 probably Ben Roethlisberger, somebody that was a little more recent. Um, and not only that, but 422 00:41:41,969 --> 00:41:48,810 but you know, he's a Miami, uh, I don't know what it was when he was there on the Red Hawk. When they 423 00:41:48,810 --> 00:41:53,809 don't call him, you know, that they used to be, uh, it was an Indian name at one time, but it's 424 00:41:53,810 --> 00:42:00,290 RedHawks now. But, uh, he he's actually from, uh, like the 425 00:42:00,290 --> 00:42:06,918 Lima area or something like that of Ohio. so. It's not too awful bad. He's still 426 00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:11,479 from the Buckeye country, you know what I mean? I know what you mean. Just make sure you get him a 427 00:42:11,479 --> 00:42:16,319 helmet, okay? Because one more concussion from that guy. You know, you hit a hard break and he bumps 428 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,319 his head off the dash. You might be having to buy him coloring books for Christmas. Okay. 429 00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:29,719 Uh, actually, let me let me correct you there, Marcus. The dude has more knee injury issues than 430 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:34,359 he does head injury issues. Okay? So make sure he's got those three points of contact. That's what 431 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:41,079 we're looking for with Ben Roethlisberger, right? We don't want him to fall out of the truck. I like 432 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:47,879 it because you're talking about a guy who grew up in my neck of the woods. He was actually 433 00:42:47,879 --> 00:42:54,759 from Findlay, Ohio. Findlay okay. Yep. Gotcha. He played for the Findlay Trojans in high school. 434 00:42:55,759 --> 00:43:02,279 Uh, played for University of Miami, Ohio. Yep. And was drafted in the first round at 435 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:08,639 the 23rd. If I remember correctly, the Pittsburgh Steelers played his whole career there, 436 00:43:08,639 --> 00:43:15,639 and this year he is eligible to make the Hall of Fame and he will put on the gold 437 00:43:15,639 --> 00:43:21,280 jacket this year. There's another prediction for us. I like where your head's at. And I must say, 438 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:28,279 Jeff, I also like the Jim Harbaugh pick there for for an Ohio State fan. Um, you know, as a 439 00:43:28,279 --> 00:43:33,678 40 niners, I've got a very special place, coach. Yep. I got a very special place in my heart for him. 440 00:43:33,679 --> 00:43:38,359 I'll tell you guys this about myself. I actually dressed up as Jim Harbaugh for Halloween one year. 441 00:43:38,399 --> 00:43:43,799 Easiest costume I've ever made. I just went to Walmart and bought a pair of khakis, uh, and put on 442 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:50,560 a 40 Niners shirt. And I was Jim Harbaugh. It was great. So. Right. Um, uh, Gary, we're on to you, man, 443 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:56,159 for, uh, for your rival. Who you riding along with? And and what's the thought process behind it if 444 00:43:56,199 --> 00:44:03,069 you absolutely had to. So Mike and Jeff both had really 445 00:44:03,070 --> 00:44:09,829 good ones. Yep. I mean, so for the college side, I can't. 446 00:44:10,389 --> 00:44:17,229 I mean, obviously that that team up north I'd have to go with. But that's just a really 447 00:44:17,230 --> 00:44:23,909 tough one because like those are two really good picks. 448 00:44:24,870 --> 00:44:31,709 So I mean, just to try to be different than them, I would have to say probably 449 00:44:32,189 --> 00:44:38,509 JJ McCarthy because he is a national title quarterback. Okay. That's not a bad one. I mean, 450 00:44:38,709 --> 00:44:45,509 who now who is now residing in Minnesota playing for the Vikings? Yep, 451 00:44:45,549 --> 00:44:50,589 yep. And uh, you know, that's a that's a pretty good one. I'm I'm surprised that you're going with that 452 00:44:50,590 --> 00:44:55,789 recent because I can imagine, uh, you know, that was if I'm not mistaken, that was the flag plant year. 453 00:44:55,789 --> 00:45:02,659 So, uh, that's that's got to still be a pretty open, uh, recent wound for you there, but, um, you're 454 00:45:02,659 --> 00:45:09,339 okay with it. I'm okay with it. Because it wasn't it planned to play. Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. If it would 455 00:45:09,379 --> 00:45:15,779 have been him. All bets are off, right? You guys are fighting in that cab. I don't know, I would have 456 00:45:15,780 --> 00:45:18,259 been heartbreaking and slamming into the dash. 457 00:45:22,939 --> 00:45:28,539 I love it, fellas. I love it. All right, well, that's really good. I'm gonna give you one. Oh, sorry. Go 458 00:45:28,539 --> 00:45:35,378 ahead. On the pro side though, on the pro side, I 459 00:45:35,379 --> 00:45:42,259 would have to say because Bengals fans think Pittsburgh is 460 00:45:42,300 --> 00:45:49,259 their arch rival. But anybody who follows the AFC North knows that it's the 461 00:45:49,259 --> 00:45:56,099 Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers that are arch rivals. Right. And I would have to say 462 00:45:57,139 --> 00:46:03,128 that Picking a archrival. 463 00:46:03,969 --> 00:46:10,969 Um. Uh, team member, I would have to say Baker Mayfield. 464 00:46:11,570 --> 00:46:18,089 He would be entertaining, man. He would have some good conversation with Baker Mayfield. I, 465 00:46:18,250 --> 00:46:25,169 I give credit where credit. Dude, look at what he's doing in Tampa Bay now. Yep. He is on 466 00:46:25,170 --> 00:46:31,409 fire. And I think Cleveland would be a team to compete against like a really tough team to 467 00:46:31,929 --> 00:46:38,129 compete against. If the Browns would actually give him a chance and not try to play him injured. 468 00:46:38,330 --> 00:46:44,049 Yep. Yeah I can agree man. And you know Baker's got that attitude about him. He's not the biggest guy. 469 00:46:44,050 --> 00:46:48,609 He's not the fastest. He doesn't have the strongest arm. But he's got enough heart for a 470 00:46:48,610 --> 00:46:54,129 full team plus a couple. And, uh, I love to see it, man. I tell you, there's one thing about Baker 471 00:46:54,129 --> 00:46:59,560 Mayfield that I don't think many quarterbacks have, and that is, he'll get hit right in the mouth 472 00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:05,360 and get rolled up into a pile that looks like it came out of a Warner Brothers cartoon, and he pops 473 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:11,479 right up and he's chirping at the guy that just hit him. I know that that puts his his, uh, face on 474 00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:16,879 a poster in that locker room, uh, of the opposing defense. But I love seeing it happen, man. It's what 475 00:47:16,919 --> 00:47:21,519 football is, right? Oh, you think you hit me hard? You didn't hit me hard. I've been hit harder than 476 00:47:21,519 --> 00:47:27,039 that by the last time I walked in front of a Tesla. You know, a that type of stuff, like, I, I love 477 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:32,599 it. I think Baker's got a great attitude. Um, I, I think that, uh, I really like that pick for your 478 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:39,439 pro one there, Gary. Uh, good conversation for sure with Baker Mayfield. I've got one. And 479 00:47:39,439 --> 00:47:44,239 here's here's the deal. I'm going to put myself in your guys's shoes. If if I was to have to do your 480 00:47:44,240 --> 00:47:51,240 job for a day and I had to take an arch rival with me, I'm, I'm taking Marshawn Lynch. And I'll 481 00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:57,429 tell you why, then. This goes for college and pro for me, okay? Because he kicked our ass when he was 482 00:47:57,429 --> 00:48:03,349 in Seattle, and I'm a 40 Niner fan and going all the way back to his tenure at the University of 483 00:48:03,350 --> 00:48:08,989 California in the great Pac 12 conference. He kicked our ass. Then two when we were ducks 484 00:48:09,030 --> 00:48:13,590 playing the Cal Bears. So I'm going to I'm going to cover both bases with one guy, and I'm going to 485 00:48:13,590 --> 00:48:18,628 tell you what the situation is before we get into the truck. While Marshawn Lynch is out there 486 00:48:18,629 --> 00:48:24,510 helping me with my pre-trip, I'm going to say, hey, Marshawn, now I just want to remind you that they 487 00:48:24,510 --> 00:48:29,589 will find you if you don't go along with me on this ride. So the only thing he'll say to me all 488 00:48:29,590 --> 00:48:34,829 day long is I'm just here so I don't get fined. And that's one of my favorite parts of Marshawn 489 00:48:34,830 --> 00:48:40,628 Lynch his career. Just awesome. Just keep saying that to me, buddy. That way we don't have to talk 490 00:48:40,670 --> 00:48:47,429 about football, okay? You're just here so you don't get fined, I get it. Uh, so so that's my pick, fellas. 491 00:48:47,429 --> 00:48:52,510 Uh, and also, I, I think he's kind of funny, you know, if you ever watch the, uh, the TV show The League, 492 00:48:52,550 --> 00:48:57,458 uh, which was about fantasy football on FX. Marshawn Lynch makes a couple of great cameos in 493 00:48:57,500 --> 00:49:04,019 that show. Um, so so that's my pick though is really good stuff here for you guys. Um, I'm going 494 00:49:04,020 --> 00:49:09,379 to take it away from the, uh, from the imaginary or the imaginative here for a minute. And we're going 495 00:49:09,379 --> 00:49:14,339 to talk about something that I think real football fans can sit down around a table and 496 00:49:14,340 --> 00:49:20,739 enjoy a tall, cool one or a cup of coffee and really dig into. And that's rule changes, fellas. 497 00:49:20,739 --> 00:49:27,540 Now, anywhere in the scope of college or pro. If there was one rule that you would 498 00:49:27,540 --> 00:49:33,579 change, what would it be? And I'm going to give you guys mine first this time to kind of give you a 499 00:49:33,580 --> 00:49:39,899 primer of of where you can go with this because it there's there's no guardrails here, unlike the 500 00:49:39,899 --> 00:49:45,779 highways and byways that you guys drive every day. No guardrails. So I'm telling you, if they put me 501 00:49:45,780 --> 00:49:52,619 in charge of football for one week and this goes back to Tom Brady and all the 502 00:49:52,620 --> 00:49:57,289 rules that they've enacted around Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes and all of their golden boy 503 00:49:57,289 --> 00:50:03,689 quarterbacks. I am changing the roughing the passer rule if there is an 504 00:50:03,689 --> 00:50:10,648 inadvertent hand to the face. It's going to be a five yard penalty with no automatic first down. I 505 00:50:10,649 --> 00:50:16,609 am so sick of seeing a guy put his hand up to block a pass and graze the helmet of Patrick 506 00:50:16,610 --> 00:50:22,449 Mahomes, and gift the Kansas City Chiefs 15 yards in an automatic first down. I think it's bush 507 00:50:22,449 --> 00:50:28,849 league. I think it's soft. I think you know what? It's football. Stop trying to make the quarterback 508 00:50:28,850 --> 00:50:34,529 into a guy that's independent of the rest of the football game. Everybody else can get slapped in 509 00:50:34,529 --> 00:50:39,889 the mouth and there's no penalty. Why is it that Tom Brady gets the luxury of 15 extra yards in a 510 00:50:39,889 --> 00:50:45,849 first down? So that's the rule I'm changing. If you give me a shot, fellas, uh, Mike will go right back 511 00:50:45,850 --> 00:50:51,610 to the top here and start with you. Any rule and this, this could be nil, too. This could be free 512 00:50:51,679 --> 00:50:58,600 agency. It doesn't matter. What are you changing? I. You stole my thunder. I was going to 513 00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:05,599 go with that. But not necessarily, uh, hand in the face, but but, uh, um, when 514 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:10,799 they started giving quarterbacks flags. So you pull the flag instead of tackling them. That's. 515 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:16,199 That's a rule I'd like to see change back to the old days. Yeah. Just let him stand in there and get 516 00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:22,759 walloped. Right. That's right, that's right. It kind of makes me wonder, since we mentioned Joe 517 00:51:22,759 --> 00:51:29,119 Burrow, it kind of makes me wonder if I'm sorry the flag I met were the ones they were wearing, 518 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:35,799 not the referee flag. Oh, yeah, I get you, I get you. Well, it makes me wonder, you know, we brought up 519 00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:39,839 Joe Burrow in one of your predictions, Mike, was that Joe Burrow was going to get injured. And I 520 00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:45,080 wonder if we would see, you know, originally they said, well, we gotta we gotta legislate around the 521 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:50,629 quarterback to make sure quarterbacks can stay healthy. But you don't you don't continually stay 522 00:51:50,629 --> 00:51:56,829 healthy if you don't get hit in football, that's why. Still, at practices they might be walking 523 00:51:56,830 --> 00:52:01,309 through and shells they might be wearing. No pads and just helmets. But there's always one day a 524 00:52:01,310 --> 00:52:06,709 week at least, that these teams are going out there and hitting each other at full power, 525 00:52:06,709 --> 00:52:12,789 because you cannot expect to practice without getting hit, and then go get hit in a game at game 526 00:52:12,789 --> 00:52:17,749 speed and walk away from it. So I think these changes and all these rules that came in have 527 00:52:17,750 --> 00:52:24,429 actually made quarterbacks softer over the years. Mike I agree. Totally agree. Boomer 528 00:52:24,429 --> 00:52:30,869 Esiason could take a hit. Yep. Yeah it took hundreds of them I saw him a lot of them in those 529 00:52:30,870 --> 00:52:37,789 40 Niners Super Bowl. Sorry I'm just trying to be a jerk now. That's not the original TV well person 530 00:52:37,790 --> 00:52:44,628 that he hits when he plays. Yep. Well you seen you seen last year when, uh, uh, I 531 00:52:44,629 --> 00:52:51,459 forget his name for Cleveland. Got the, uh, the sack record, and he didn't even touch Joe Burrow 532 00:52:51,500 --> 00:52:57,459 and Myles Garrett. Yes. Thank you. And Joe Burrow just fell down. He didn't even touch him. Yeah. And 533 00:52:57,459 --> 00:53:03,259 he got a sack for that. That's that's crazy. That wasn't a sack. Yep. And then came the hammer. And 534 00:53:03,260 --> 00:53:09,819 then Cleveland did. Cleveland did that year that Michael Strahan got the record. It's true. Yeah 535 00:53:09,820 --> 00:53:15,619 it's true. Brett Favre did go down like a sack of potatoes for Strahan. And that that to me is kind 536 00:53:15,620 --> 00:53:20,259 of bush league two guys. These are big records. Like the sack record is not one to be taken 537 00:53:20,260 --> 00:53:27,219 lightly. You don't just give that guy a sack. That's garbage. But it was great to 538 00:53:27,220 --> 00:53:32,059 see the the Browns do Cleveland Brown things and wait for him to get the record and then trade him, 539 00:53:32,060 --> 00:53:36,699 because that's like, why? Why wouldn't you do that? Right? Like, he's proven himself. Now we can get rid 540 00:53:36,739 --> 00:53:42,899 of him and go on to continue losing all the time. Um, just my take on the Browns, guys. Jeff, I'm 541 00:53:42,899 --> 00:53:49,769 coming to you next, man. Um, what rule would you change? So mine's not going to be quite 542 00:53:49,810 --> 00:53:56,688 different. Not a lot different than yours, really. The whole. Tackling 543 00:53:56,689 --> 00:54:03,289 of a quarterback. And you can't have your body land on top of them. You got to have some kind of 544 00:54:03,290 --> 00:54:09,729 action of like you're trying to roll off of them as you're tackling them, like you can't when you 545 00:54:09,729 --> 00:54:16,530 go to tackle them. You can't land like have your whole body weight on top of them. It's 546 00:54:16,530 --> 00:54:23,529 like what? Like like, say, put a flag on them, man. And it's just it's like. And it's it. A lot 547 00:54:23,529 --> 00:54:28,089 of quarterbacks want to be hit. To be honest with you, I bet you if you'd ask every quarterback in 548 00:54:28,090 --> 00:54:34,728 the league um, I know Joe Flacco mentioned it in some of the videos I've watched that 549 00:54:34,729 --> 00:54:40,969 they've they've they need to get hit to feel like they're in the game. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. You know, 550 00:54:41,010 --> 00:54:45,169 I think that for some of these quarterbacks, we ought to get them one of those motorcycle, uh, air 551 00:54:45,209 --> 00:54:49,850 airbag suits. If you're that worried about him hitting the ground with a big guy on him, get him 552 00:54:49,850 --> 00:54:54,490 one of those puffy jackets that'll puff up with. They're the minute that they feel contact. Because 553 00:54:54,490 --> 00:55:01,049 how are you supposed to control your body as a 300 pound man running a 4 or 540 and making 554 00:55:01,049 --> 00:55:05,329 contact with somebody, and now you've got to practice ballet so that you don't land on him. I 555 00:55:05,330 --> 00:55:11,369 don't understand it. Well, people like, uh, 556 00:55:12,530 --> 00:55:16,850 back in the day, they thought of them. Guys would never make it in the NFL. So they lose all their 557 00:55:16,850 --> 00:55:23,409 money for all the fine. Yeah. Imagine a Lawrence Taylor then in the NFL today. Oh, man. Or Kevin 558 00:55:23,409 --> 00:55:29,529 Greene is another guy I think of in the NFL today. Like you Bill Romanowski. You think you think a 559 00:55:29,530 --> 00:55:35,769 flag's gonna stop that guy? He'll break your face mask. I mean, he doesn't care. Uh, yeah. Good stuff 560 00:55:35,770 --> 00:55:41,609 there, man. What I'm getting is impersonating crap. Yeah. I mean, what I'm getting here, fellas, is that 561 00:55:41,610 --> 00:55:45,999 we're a group of guys that would really like to see some quarterbacks that aren't ours. Take a few 562 00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:52,759 hits and I get that. That's what football's all about. Here. Here's what happened when football 563 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:59,679 became a business and it became a monster industry with money. And all of a sudden became, 564 00:56:00,719 --> 00:56:05,919 I don't know, it's more entertainment than it is, which I know. I kid if they say it's entertainment, 565 00:56:05,919 --> 00:56:11,480 but it's it's almost like it's a scripted thing, you know, like, hey, let's just go get a bunch of 566 00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:18,159 actors and act like we're playing football back in the day, man. Whenever I, whenever I was a 567 00:56:18,199 --> 00:56:23,320 young kid growing up watching, you know, Ronnie locked on somebody going across the middle, he's 568 00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:30,239 going to tattoo him. Yeah. You know, he. Nobody was running across the middle unless they 569 00:56:30,239 --> 00:56:36,159 were one tough son of a gun, you know what I mean? I do, I do. Ronnie Lott had a finger amputated 570 00:56:36,159 --> 00:56:41,399 mid-game so that he could go out and continue playing back in the 80s. That's how they used to 571 00:56:41,439 --> 00:56:48,109 do it. He has one less knuckle. The tough guy? Yeah, he has one less. He lost the last knuckle on, I 572 00:56:48,110 --> 00:56:53,709 believe his ring finger. Because it was. It was like at 90 degrees. And they said, we can't get it 573 00:56:53,710 --> 00:56:59,469 set and get you back out there. It won't happen. And he said cut it off and went back out and 574 00:56:59,470 --> 00:57:05,350 finished the game. That's that's 1980s gridiron for you. Um, uh, Gary, we gotta go to you here. We're 575 00:57:05,350 --> 00:57:10,549 kind of getting short on time here, but you got plenty of time to give us your rule change. So far, 576 00:57:10,550 --> 00:57:14,829 pretty much everything's had to do with the quarterbacks. Um, I'm interested to see where 577 00:57:14,830 --> 00:57:20,109 you're going with it. Gary, what are you changing? If given the opportunity, it's on the quarterback. 578 00:57:20,149 --> 00:57:27,149 Yep. And? And here's my thing. Like, the quarterback throws the ball and the defender's on a 579 00:57:27,189 --> 00:57:34,030 D-line full speed coming at him. There are two steps. Two steps to break the break away, 580 00:57:34,309 --> 00:57:41,148 to disengage. There is no way a 300 pounder running at full speed is going to break away 581 00:57:41,350 --> 00:57:47,939 and disengage from the quarterback and do that and the whole bullcrap of a 582 00:57:47,939 --> 00:57:52,698 quarterback. Quote unquote, getting themselves up and sliding. 583 00:57:54,980 --> 00:58:01,739 No other player gets that luxury. It's any other player that has. The football is not down 584 00:58:01,740 --> 00:58:08,459 until they're down by. Contact with a defender so they can slide away from the hit. 585 00:58:08,500 --> 00:58:15,378 Just knock up and keep running. Yep yep. And that's a load of baloney that the quarterback 586 00:58:15,379 --> 00:58:22,299 gets special treatment. They can lie. They quote unquote give themselves up. And if a if a defender 587 00:58:22,299 --> 00:58:28,778 touches them it's considered unnecessary roughness 15 yards and an automatic first down. 588 00:58:28,899 --> 00:58:33,459 And that's a load of baloney. Yeah. These quarterbacks are just too soft these days man. You 589 00:58:33,459 --> 00:58:38,899 know what. I think it was Jeff. You mentioned uh Joe Flacco talking about hey I want to get hit. It 590 00:58:38,899 --> 00:58:44,049 helps me feel like I'm in the game. I'll tell you one time he didn't want that is when Kiko Alonso 591 00:58:44,050 --> 00:58:49,209 from the Dolphins hit him mid slide. Uh, I don't know if you guys remember that, but it bounced his 592 00:58:49,209 --> 00:58:54,089 head off the turf so hard that he started doing sign language. Uh, while laying there. Knocked his 593 00:58:54,090 --> 00:58:58,850 helmet off, of course. Started a whole brawl. But that's that's what they're trying to keep out of 594 00:58:58,850 --> 00:59:03,889 the game. But, uh, Gary, if you had your way, that slide wouldn't even exist. Those guys could either 595 00:59:03,889 --> 00:59:08,889 dive forward and take the contact, or they can get hit like the rest of them. Is that what you're 596 00:59:08,889 --> 00:59:15,689 saying? Exactly. Gotcha. On the pads, just like every other player, they should be 597 00:59:15,690 --> 00:59:20,250 getting hit just like any other player. Yeah, and. And while we're on the subject, get rid of 598 00:59:20,250 --> 00:59:25,930 roughing the kicker in every single aspect. The kicker is just full. He's full. Go on him whenever. 599 00:59:25,930 --> 00:59:32,889 It doesn't matter if he's kicked it or not. Hit him. Um. Maybe not the best idea. 600 00:59:32,929 --> 00:59:38,049 Maybe a little tongue in cheek there, fellas. Just for fun. But, guys, this has been great. One thing 601 00:59:38,050 --> 00:59:42,479 I've learned about us is we think quarterbacks are too soft collectively. That's something we can 602 00:59:42,479 --> 00:59:47,319 all agree with here today. But this has been awesome. Fellas, I want to leave some time for your 603 00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:52,319 final thoughts. As always, final thoughts can be anything we left on the table. Uh, anything you 604 00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:56,758 didn't get to say that you wanted to. Or of course, you can throw in some shout outs here if you want 605 00:59:56,759 --> 01:00:02,759 to shout out family members, friends, uh, coworkers. The floor is yours. Guys, I want to thank you all 606 01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:08,639 for joining me here on our football themed episode. This is always one of my favorites and 607 01:00:08,639 --> 01:00:15,360 this one is no exception. Uh, great time with you guys. Mike short. Uh, happy early birthday to you. Uh, 608 01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:20,319 thank you so much for wishing it to me as well. As we set off the top, you and I are birthday buddies. 609 01:00:20,519 --> 01:00:25,840 Uh, September 6th is when Mike will be celebrating, and I'll be celebrating as well. Final thoughts 610 01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:31,679 from you, Mike. Uh, before we let you go today. And thanks for being here, my friend. Yes, sir. And thank 611 01:00:31,679 --> 01:00:38,668 you, Marcus, for having us. Thanks, fellas, for, uh, good. A good hour here. It's been fun. Um, my 612 01:00:38,669 --> 01:00:44,429 shout out, I'm going to I'm going to not mention bulk transit like everybody does every week. But I 613 01:00:44,429 --> 01:00:50,589 would like to shout out to my wife because, uh, she's my best friend, of course. And every Sunday, 614 01:00:50,589 --> 01:00:55,949 especially when the Browns play the Bengals, she organizes. And we have a lot of kids. We have nine, 615 01:00:55,990 --> 01:01:02,750 ten grandkids, husbands, boyfriends, and she organizes a football party every time they play. 616 01:01:02,789 --> 01:01:09,469 So shout out to her. Uh, and it's wonderful. And and anyway, I don't want to get 617 01:01:09,470 --> 01:01:15,869 emotional, but she's she's my best friend. Shout out to you, Carrie. Hey, great idea there. Great idea. 618 01:01:15,909 --> 01:01:20,669 Go for it. Mike. We appreciate it, man. I'm sorry. I thought you had more to go there. And I do want to 619 01:01:20,670 --> 01:01:25,669 say, you know, there's there's something in business that they say all the time. It's a it's a 620 01:01:25,670 --> 01:01:30,629 very common adage. You can't go broke making a profit. You can't get in the doghouse shouting out 621 01:01:30,629 --> 01:01:36,109 your wife on this podcast, man. So good on you there. Uh, good on you for sure. We appreciate the 622 01:01:36,109 --> 01:01:40,819 time, Mike. Uh, Jeff Linne heading to you next for your final thoughts here today. We really 623 01:01:40,819 --> 01:01:45,899 appreciate the time. And of course all of you guys welcome back anytime. But Jeff, let's get your 624 01:01:45,899 --> 01:01:52,019 final thoughts before we let you go. I feel like I need to start doing my hoo hoo hoo. They think I'm 625 01:01:52,020 --> 01:01:57,860 going to beat them B or or hang on Sloopy. No, I better not. No. Listen. 626 01:02:01,700 --> 01:02:08,379 I, I honestly, I'm, I'm going to shout you out, Marcus, because I think you do an awesome job. I 627 01:02:08,379 --> 01:02:14,659 listen to all the podcast and, uh, I think it's doing exactly what the company 628 01:02:14,740 --> 01:02:21,418 intended it to do. Um, we used to get, uh, every quarter, these newsletters and everything, 629 01:02:21,940 --> 01:02:28,699 and, uh, they, they replaced that with this, uh, podcast. And it's it's nice to 630 01:02:28,699 --> 01:02:35,259 hear other drivers out here with all the different topics that come along. I just would 631 01:02:35,259 --> 01:02:41,969 encourage more to get involved. I you know, I just would like to hear my, my, my, uh, 632 01:02:41,969 --> 01:02:47,089 cohorts out here and see what they got going on in life and what, what intrigues them the most. I 633 01:02:47,089 --> 01:02:53,969 enjoy listening to them, and I feel like you do a great job of guiding and asking, 634 01:02:53,970 --> 01:03:00,850 and just the program runs real smooth, and I think you all do a real, real job of that. And, uh, 635 01:03:00,850 --> 01:03:07,689 I'm going to leave you with. All right, I hope I 636 01:03:07,730 --> 01:03:11,810 gave you a chance because I've stepped on you every other time you've tried to do it. So I just 637 01:03:11,810 --> 01:03:16,529 wanted to let you get one in. Jeff, since you said such nice things about us here at the podcast. But 638 01:03:16,529 --> 01:03:23,049 that's the only one, okay, that's the only one. And and, Jeff, we greatly 639 01:03:23,049 --> 01:03:27,489 appreciate it, man. We really appreciate you listening. Every single week. Everybody out there 640 01:03:27,490 --> 01:03:33,249 that clicks uh, download or listens at the website every week. And I will remind everybody, I always 641 01:03:33,249 --> 01:03:37,919 have to say this when somebody gives us some flowers here on the show, I am merely just the 642 01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:43,279 face of it. We got a whole team working behind this podcast that does a phenomenal job for us 643 01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:49,079 every single week. Uh, so I'm going to extend your shout out to Jessica and Mike and Ari and Lewry 644 01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:54,439 and Tyler and Hannah and everybody else. If I didn't mention your name, Hayley is another one 645 01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:59,239 that'll help us out on here. Uh, we greatly appreciate that, Jeff, and thanks for making some 646 01:03:59,240 --> 01:04:05,158 time to, uh, to tell us about it, because it's for you guys. So, uh, that's exactly what I'm hoping to 647 01:04:05,159 --> 01:04:10,198 hear. And, uh, I'll just advise you tell a friend, man, because we want to get more drivers on here 648 01:04:10,199 --> 01:04:17,120 for sure. Absolutely. Thanks, Jeff. We appreciate the time. Gary Cress, final thoughts from 649 01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:23,879 you before we let you go, man, thank you for joining us today on our football episode. Oh, not a 650 01:04:23,879 --> 01:04:30,520 problem. It was fun. Uh, definitely. I gotta go with Jeff on. Um, give you a shout 651 01:04:30,560 --> 01:04:37,509 out the the podcasts every week are great. I love listening to what other people 652 01:04:37,509 --> 01:04:43,389 got going on and hearing what some of the terminal managers have to say, and 653 01:04:45,189 --> 01:04:52,189 it's just it's fun to listen to every Wednesday, and it definitely helps when it 654 01:04:52,190 --> 01:04:59,149 helps. The drag of Wednesday, uh, move on a little bit quicker to get me 655 01:04:59,149 --> 01:05:06,149 into that downhill side of the week. So. Well thanks, Gary. Really appreciate it, man. And 656 01:05:06,149 --> 01:05:12,709 then I gotta throw that twice a year during football season. My wife and I are bitter 657 01:05:12,710 --> 01:05:19,550 enemies, so I gotta say, Emily, I love you. Except for the two weeks 658 01:05:19,550 --> 01:05:26,509 that Steelers play the Browns. Hey, you give me a 659 01:05:26,509 --> 01:05:32,019 call after, uh, we record here. If you think it's a good idea for me to bleep the very last part of 660 01:05:32,019 --> 01:05:36,060 your statement out there. Gary, I'm going to leave that up to you, okay? You're going to have to be 661 01:05:36,060 --> 01:05:41,139 the judge of that one. Uh, great job shouting out your wife. But she might have some thoughts on 662 01:05:41,179 --> 01:05:47,939 that, uh, little Brown Steelers comment there. Oh, she already knows it. So it's all good. 663 01:05:47,979 --> 01:05:54,699 All right fellas, there, there. In those two weeks, we, uh, we knock heads a little bit. I get it. 664 01:05:54,899 --> 01:06:00,779 It's all in good fun. All in good fun, man. Well, Gary, uh, Jeff and Mike, thank you all so much for 665 01:06:00,779 --> 01:06:06,458 being here today. You guys be safe out there. And remember, we're going to call you back in probably 666 01:06:06,459 --> 01:06:12,179 January to talk a little bit about our predictions that we made. So, uh, get ready for that 667 01:06:12,179 --> 01:06:17,938 one. Get ready to defend it because we all know it never goes like you think it's going to go, fellas. 668 01:06:18,020 --> 01:06:23,499 Uh, happy football season to you guys. We'll get you back in here soon. All right? Sounds good. 669 01:06:24,060 --> 01:06:26,259 Thanks. Thanks, guys. 670 01:06:34,059 --> 01:06:40,019 Well, exactly like I expected. That conversation ran long and I'm glad that it did. That was a lot 671 01:06:40,060 --> 01:06:45,699 of fun. Big thanks to Mike Short, Jeff Linne, and Gary Cress for coming in here and laying it all 672 01:06:45,699 --> 01:06:50,859 on the line. You know, there's football fans, people that just like to watch and they don't have much 673 01:06:50,860 --> 01:06:55,819 of an allegiance. And then there's what allegiance? And then there's what I like to call diehard fans 674 01:06:55,819 --> 01:07:02,619 and diehard fans like myself, like Mike, like Jeff, like Gary. Uh, we have some thoughts and we would 675 01:07:02,620 --> 01:07:07,539 like to share them with you. We don't necessarily need your thoughts because we know we're right 676 01:07:07,539 --> 01:07:14,299 about what we're saying. Uh, otherwise fan wouldn't be short for fanatic. Uh, great stuff from the guys, 677 01:07:14,340 --> 01:07:17,859 though. I love it when people come onto the show and they're willing to play ball and have a 678 01:07:17,860 --> 01:07:23,499 little bit of fun. Um, you know, have a take here. Uh, every single one of those guys planted their flag, 679 01:07:23,499 --> 01:07:29,019 made some predictions. Maybe not the most bold with the teams that we're talking about, but bold 680 01:07:29,050 --> 01:07:34,969 indeed. I mean. Yeah. One guy say he had the Bengals in the Super Bowl against the LA Rams which 681 01:07:34,969 --> 01:07:39,249 listen I can buy the Bengals in the Super Bowl. It's this LA Rams garbage that I can't wrap my 682 01:07:39,249 --> 01:07:43,889 head around. If any team from the from the NFC West is going to make the Super Bowl it's going 683 01:07:43,889 --> 01:07:49,649 to be the 40 Niners. But I digress. Uh, we've got national championship predictions for the Ohio 684 01:07:49,650 --> 01:07:56,009 State Buckeyes. Times two. Uh, we've got an Oregon national title prediction from your boy here. We 685 01:07:56,009 --> 01:08:01,409 got a Dante Moore Heisman prediction. I laid that one on the line. We're going to come back around 686 01:08:01,410 --> 01:08:05,969 in January I think is probably when it's going to fall once the Super Bowl has been played. So it 687 01:08:05,970 --> 01:08:11,248 might might not even be until February. Uh, but we'll get these guys back in here and we'll talk 688 01:08:11,249 --> 01:08:16,809 to them about, hey, how are you feeling now after you came on our football episode, planted your 689 01:08:16,810 --> 01:08:22,729 flag and then watched it all fall apart because that's what happens, right? It's it's a lot fewer 690 01:08:22,730 --> 01:08:27,929 and more far between that you plant your flag. And that prediction comes true in football. That's why 691 01:08:27,930 --> 01:08:33,879 they say we don't just roll the helmets out on the field. We gotta play the game. And what a 692 01:08:33,879 --> 01:08:40,359 beautiful game it is. Um, you know, all the love to Tom Brady. And that guy got a lot of run here on 693 01:08:40,359 --> 01:08:44,560 the show today, but I don't think it was because people liked him. And that's what football does 694 01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:50,240 for you. You will talk about the the guys, the teams, the plays, the things that made you so upset 695 01:08:50,279 --> 01:08:55,079 almost more than you'll talk about the stuff that you really enjoyed watching. And that's why I love 696 01:08:55,079 --> 01:09:01,680 it. I once again, just hats off to all those guys, Mike, Gary and Jeff for coming on the show today. 697 01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:07,319 Uh, greatly appreciate my time with them. And, and we'll get them back in here to, um, to take it on 698 01:09:07,320 --> 01:09:14,240 the chin or to celebrate after the season's all wrapped up. Uh, podcast.com is the website. Want 699 01:09:14,240 --> 01:09:19,918 to remind you that every single Wednesday at 5 a.m. local time, we've got a new hour of content 700 01:09:19,919 --> 01:09:25,319 for you. Sometimes we're talking safety, sometimes we're talking the job in general, and other times 701 01:09:25,319 --> 01:09:30,189 we're just doing stuff like this. We're talking football. We're enjoying it. I know there's a lot 702 01:09:30,190 --> 01:09:35,229 of Ohio State Buckeye fans listening to this show, and I appreciate you guys playing ball with me. 703 01:09:35,430 --> 01:09:41,389 It's got to be a little bit weird to have the company based there in Plain City and all these 704 01:09:41,430 --> 01:09:46,829 Ohio State fans, and the one guy that you get lucky enough to host your podcast happens to hail 705 01:09:46,830 --> 01:09:53,669 from Eugene, Oregon, and is a Oregon alumni who gets season tickets and tailgates for every home 706 01:09:53,669 --> 01:09:59,029 Oregon football game. Uh, that's just I feel like I'm kind of the fly that invaded their picnic, if 707 01:09:59,029 --> 01:10:02,869 I'm going to be honest with you. It's like, man, we were all in agreement until this Oregon duck 708 01:10:02,869 --> 01:10:08,750 showed up and he won't stop quacking. And, uh, I if I can elicit those feelings out of you, it means 709 01:10:08,750 --> 01:10:14,669 I'm doing my job here today. So thank you all so much, uh, for showing up and and playing ball with 710 01:10:14,669 --> 01:10:21,469 us here. If you want to be on this podcast, podcast, dot coms the website, send me an email. Uh, 711 01:10:21,470 --> 01:10:26,539 take the quizzes over there. We got a giveaway coming up pretty soon. We're actually in kind of 712 01:10:26,580 --> 01:10:31,699 the planning phases right now. We're coming up with some ideas on how we can get an awesome 713 01:10:31,700 --> 01:10:36,859 prize and give it away to you guys that are listening to this podcast, and you will be able to 714 01:10:36,859 --> 01:10:42,499 enter that giveaway just by taking the quizzes up there at podcast.bulktrucking.com or Excuse Me, 715 01:10:42,540 --> 01:10:48,259 podcast.bulktransit.com. I've got football brain right now. I'm just putting words where they don't 716 01:10:48,259 --> 01:10:54,419 belong. My apologies. But, uh, and my my thanks for being here with us today. I hope you had as much 717 01:10:54,419 --> 01:10:59,219 fun as I did today. And if you want to be on our next football episode, all you got to do is send 718 01:10:59,220 --> 01:11:04,100 me a message. We can do more than one of these. Okay? If there's enough of you guys that want in, 719 01:11:04,139 --> 01:11:09,419 we'll do it. And the other thing that I want to tell you is, maybe you're not so much of a a 720 01:11:09,419 --> 01:11:14,939 sports guy, but your sports are different. You like to go outside and recreate. Maybe you're a hunter, 721 01:11:14,980 --> 01:11:21,379 a fisherman, maybe, uh, maybe you just do some camping and some hiking and exploring, foraging, 722 01:11:21,380 --> 01:11:26,529 whatever it is that you do, if you want to talk about it, you send me an email. We'll get an 723 01:11:26,529 --> 01:11:31,849 episode going. I know we got a lot of hunters out there that are listening to this show right now. 724 01:11:31,850 --> 01:11:38,728 And your boys, 102. Okay. Deer. Elk. Ducks. Geese I do it. So if you want to talk about it. 725 01:11:38,729 --> 01:11:43,568 Love to have you on to talk about it. All you got to do is send me an email once again. Podcast.bulktransit.com 726 01:11:43,569 --> 01:11:49,689 hat's going to do it today for this episode of Always Pneumatic, never static. Uh, 727 01:11:49,689 --> 01:11:55,088 thank you all for listening. Drivers stay safe out there and be sure to tune in next week, 5 a.m. 728 01:11:55,089 --> 01:12:00,249 Wednesday local time. We'll have another hour of content for you here from always pneumatic, never 729 01:12:00,249 --> 01:12:07,048 static. Be good out there. And that's all she blows for today's episode of Always 730 01:12:07,049 --> 01:12:13,089 Pneumatic, never Static. Your number one and probably only Pneumatic Trucking podcast, brought 731 01:12:13,089 --> 01:12:18,690 to you by Bulk Transit. Thanks for rolling with us today. Till next time, stay safe. Keep those lines 732 01:12:18,690 --> 01:12:20,569 clear and keep it pumping.