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I love when Notre Dame plays a big game because you can see like Brady gets all tense and like, and then we can mess with him.

Can you mess with him, though?

No, you can't because they're like,

you know, he's just like, all I say is USC once.

And he's like, oh, well, what happened last three years, dude?

What happened, Matt?

What happened?

You tell me, Matt.

You're like, hey, relax, Chris.

All right, welcome to another episode of Throwbacks.

We are live via remote, just fresh off the LA trip.

Pat, are you sad I'm gone?

Dude, do you tease me?

Being there for a week, just spending all that time with you and the fam.

You know what, though?

The takeaway is

I think the family got a feel for what it's like to be back on the West Coast.

And

I feel like I move the needle a little on the thought of you returning to the great city of Los Angeles.

My little guy a few times was like, I want to go back to California since we've been home.

He's asked several times, James, to come back.

Um,

we got a good show for you today.

We're going to talk about that in a second, but real quick, did you quarterback me, bro?

Meaning, like,

so I'm out there in LA, folks.

I lived there for 20 years, so it's not an unfamiliar place, but we're staying in this cool Airbnb, not far from you, Matt, by the beach.

And every morning driving to work, Leinert's like, we had to be in by like eight.

He's like, I'm going to pick you up at seven, a little early, but fine.

7:15.

And I'll have a coffee.

I'll have a coffee waiting for you.

And what did your boy do?

What did your boy do?

First day, beep, beep, 7.15.

I go down, coffee in there.

I'm like, wow.

Now, surely he's not going to do the same thing day two.

Like, you already proved yourself.

You're about that life.

Day two rolls up, 7.15, burnt, burnt, black coffee waiting.

I'm like, oh, he's like, he's like leading.

He's like, this is the quarterback room.

I'm in the quarterback club.

Always on time, buddy.

You got to be on time.

If you're late, if you're late,

what was the old adage?

We go, if you're early, you're late.

So or if you're on time, you're late.

If you're on time, you're late.

Right.

And that was the thing.

And they listen, man.

If I tell you, I'm going to do, I was actually, I actually was there like eight minutes early.

I said, hey, I'll be there early.

Don't worry.

Just, you know, come out when you're ready.

You know what I mean?

Like, give you plenty of time.

Bring the, bring the coffee.

We had a freaking great week, dude.

Lots of great shows.

A lot of

stuff coming out over the next month with some freaking awesome people all over the place, man.

Really excited about all that.

It was fun.

It was fun to get the boys together.

You know, we were

dad life in all week, dude.

Just beach

restaurants, just kids running around, scootering.

It was fun, man.

It was a lot of fun.

Pool, like a pool day, you know, just wrestling, like just a lot of, a lot of boys.

I gotta, I gotta, I did get a, a first look at, um, look, now I know genetically.

Last week was a big week for you.

It was.

I know, I know my kids are going to be small, right?

I'm 5'6.

Their mom is 5'5.

Like maybe they stretch out 5'9 because of her side.

All good.

I don't really care.

I've made the most out of being short.

Some might say I've made a career out of being short.

I've jumped into every character.

Also, I know how to get in and out of rooms easily.

Like no one notices me leaving.

They'll notice you walking in and leaving.

Yeah, you also fucking Houdini your ass off.

They don't see me leave, but I did get a look at your two boys.

And like, I will say, at one point, everybody, we're in Matt's backyard and his five and a half year old, who's the cutest, sweetest kid, but he's also enormous,

is wants to get a few hits.

And Matt's pitching to him.

So, and Matt's dealing lefty, and he's throwing for a five-year-old.

No, we're playing, we're playing wiffle ball.

It's like wiffle ball but like it it was it was a pretty heavy wiffle ball and you're throwing pretty hard like for a kid and

there's no shortcuts your five-year-old is just turning on it just ripping it down you have the nice fence over the barbecue oh yeah we lost about 10 balls that day I was like, oh my God.

Then you're like, wow, he's not even the best one.

Watch the little guy.

Then the little guy gets up and it was like Nomar Garcia Para just stepped in.

He's in there wiggling the bat and he's ripping them like back up the box.

And then my kids get up.

I'm like, Matt, throw Underhand.

Throw

Underhand.

James has a good little swing.

They got a swing.

We're fine, but I saw the levels.

So funny, dude, because there's so many, like

every kid is different, right?

And like genetics are funny, right?

So like when you look at my two boys,

the five-year-old has my size.

He's a little more awkward than the little one.

The little one has more Josie's side, but he's

big and strong, too, which I can't do.

Like even wrestling with the boys, he's like a gentle giant.

Because he knows he could do damage.

Oh, yeah.

But we know, we know his, we know, like, you know, you know, you, you know, their limitations early on.

What, what you can, you can kind of see it, right?

And with Cannon, Cannon's a little more timid in some things, but like super fluid.

And I'm watching your boys.

And like, it's just funny because James is like not, James a lot like.

A lot like Kaysen in the fact that like he's, he kind of just charges everything.

He's kind of not afraid of anything.

And Cannon's a little little bit of that way too, for sure.

And then you look at Jacob and I was dying laughing because I think at one point I was like, I don't know what they were doing.

I don't know if it was wrestling or like, oh, hey, Jacob, you want to get in there and do that?

And he goes, no, I'm okay.

I'm just going to sit back and watch.

Like it was, and it was just funny because you've all, you've said this.

Like.

like you know he's getting into sports but like you could tell he's going to be one of those kids and it's okay like he's going to be like the analytical one for sure

everything and you've always said like he's going to be like he could be a GM or like

a recruiting dude.

You know what I mean?

Like, he's going to have that type of mind, which my kids don't have.

Right.

It's just funny when you see them all together and you see, and they all got along, which is awesome.

Oh, it was great.

It was great.

They've asked about your boys already.

Yeah.

Great segue right here.

You mentioned analysis and analytical.

Our guest today is your boy.

Fox's own Joel Clatt.

Now,

the season is upon us, right?

Like, I know everyone's talking NFL, like, it's, it's here now.

We had some games last week, but you are gearing up.

You are gearing up to start.

I mean, I don't want to call it your day job because it's so much more than that.

And you're all over the country.

When are you gone?

When are you out?

And you're heading to OSU, Texas, arguably the biggest game in how many 10, 15, 20 years?

Yeah, I mean, I'm out.

I'm out.

I'm out today.

You know, I leave Thursday.

So, you know,

we drop this pod today.

I leave.

And then it is,

just go time, dude.

It's so funny, man, because this summer is like, and for all the dads, mom, parents out there, like summer is summer's a lot when you have a lot of kids, right?

Because you're trying to book their schedules, you're trying to put them in camp, you're trying to keep them busy, but it's also a lot of fun.

Like, you, you, like, you get to enjoy like the summer days, the beach days, or the pool days, or like for you, like you guys have the block party days, and the kids are all like, like, like you, and as they get older, like you, you just love being there.

So, for me, and then also the hardest part about this year is my oldest boy, Cole, he starts, he starts, he's got a game tomorrow night, first game senior year.

And, you know, he's freaking pumped.

I don't get a chance to go to any of the games except one.

Uh, so, so, a lot of emotions going into this season for me.

Uh, I love my job.

I love my crew.

It's the best.

We have a blast.

It is a small blip.

It goes by really fast.

But all that being said,

you got a good one week one, my guy.

Yeah, we've had, yeah, we've been, we've been in the news a lot this week.

It's okay, we're ready to fucking rock.

Big noon is ready to rock.

I feel like big noon this weekend, there's going to be some extra eyeballs on it.

Yeah, yeah, there sure.

You know, listen, we Ohio State, Texas, the biggest season opener really in the history of the sport.

I think it's one versus three.

These two teams squared off in the playoffs a year ago.

Brand new teams, new quarterbacks, Arch Manning.

There's just so many storylines.

Ohio State defending.

And as you said, we we have Joel Clatt.

And Joel is one of the best, biggest voices in college football.

He does a fantastic job.

He's great.

He's a good friend.

He's been a mentor to me.

And I know we'll talk about that a little bit just because he's so good.

He's so detailed.

He's so organized.

And he gets to call.

Like he's a G-man, and he's funny.

And gosh, he's got it.

I mean, I wish we, I hope we have enough time with him because he's got, he was a minor league baseball player, then went to Colorado to play football, then got into- Oh, right.

He's a Buffalo.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Got into, got into media, started, I believe, with like sports radio locally in, in, um, maybe in Denver or something.

Like, I think that's where he grew up.

So, um,

anyway, uh, Joel's great.

It's going to be fun.

And we're looking, we're going to talk all things college football.

It's on.

We're going to talk the biggest game of the year coming up, week one.

Um, this is going to be a great year.

College football never disappoints.

It's the best time of the year.

We got NFL right on the horizon, dude.

Um, it's on, dude.

I'm not a big prediction guy, and you definitely don't tune into this show to listen to my gambling picks, or I'm sure you like to hear me talk about gambling.

I'm already going to say Ohio State at home minus one and a half is already a

super suspect line to me.

It's meaning like, I feel like that's the, I dare you to take Texas.

Like we're going to give you a free point and a half here and take it.

And it's going to be like, why wouldn't I take Texas?

They're loaded.

OSU law.

And we'll talk to Joel Klatt more about this, not the betting side, but just the game.

And my suspicion's already up.

I just, to me, it's a sucker line.

And I'm like, no, I'm going the opposite way.

I'm going OSU at home.

This is the week to get them.

Everyone's healthy.

I mean, as you mean coming out of camp, both sides.

I'm going OSU.

I think it's that one and a half.

If it was like Ohio State three and a half, I'd almost be like, oh, now they're going to be a good one.

It's one, it's the defending champ.

They do return.

They do return good pieces, but they do miss a lot.

They have two new

half of them are in the NFL.

Brand new coordinators.

They have a brand new quarterback in Julian Sane who has played like 20-something career snaps.

So like, and he's super talented.

He's a Cali kid.

Like, he's, I think, I think he's going to be really good, but like, unproven, Texas's defense is absolutely loaded.

You know, they played great against Ohio State a year ago.

You know, like that game was, you know, Sawyer had the sack-cause touchdown, which put him out a couple of touchdowns.

That game was a one-score one-score game late in the fourth, you know, like Texas going in, right, to score.

So

it's just interesting.

But again, like, like it's week one.

We don't know a lot.

I mean, is Arch Manning going to be as good as we think?

Oh, you're setting up the table so nice right now.

You're getting me so fired.

And again, we can ask Joel.

Joel won't give a prediction because he can't do that, but he will.

I was shocked by this line.

And I'm just curious to hear what he

thinks as well.

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So, Matt, we're obviously going to be very heavy college football and NFL to come.

The golf season just ended, and you know, anytime I get a chance to talk about golf, I will.

The story is already a few days old.

Can I just interrupt you one time, real quick?

Yeah, I talked to you.

I talked to you this past weekend on Sunday,

and I got a call and it said Jerry Ferrara on a weekend.

I was like,

shit, dude, something happened.

And dude, you had, you, you were, you know, you were a couple, you know, you were a couple, you were, you were on the golf course, dude, or you were going to golf.

I had never heard you.

One, I don't really speak to you on the weekend.

Not something I do, but like to get a call.

So weekends are madness.

To get a call from you on a Sunday and you were fired up, dude.

I could hear it in your voice.

So what you witnessed.

You were like a kid on Christmas morning what you witnessed is what bree calls golf mood it's usually reserved

it's usually reserved for when she wakes up in the morning and comes downstairs and the house is spotless there's an amazing breakfast on the table the boys are dressed teeth brushed hair combed like the tape the house is in as good of condition as it possibly can be and the boys couldn't be more ready and happy for the day which usually means i'm leaving for golf yeah you're out for six hours so what you witnessed though sometimes on the tail end when I play bad, those calls are a little grumpy.

You witnessed someone who pulled off some shots on a Saturday and I finally got my new PXG clubs arrived and I took out that magical seven wood out of a bunker 215 and I stuck it to 10 feet and made a birdie and it's just on.

You caught the tail end of golf mood, bro.

I like that Jerry dude.

I like that.

You're going to get it more.

Talk to Breed.

Tell Breed it's safe.

Listen,

I got Brie locked.

We're good.

All right, go back.

Well, look, the story is a couple of days old, but it begs a better question.

But first of all, all the props to Tommy Fleetwood, right?

I think

he had the world probably rooting for him.

What an event to win, like for your first one.

You basically are going to make up for all the misses where you would have won $4 million, $3 million, and you end up finishing in third.

He took home $20 million with the FedEx Cup.

Basically,

let's see, 29 times in the top five without winning.

Runner up six times, 12 times times in the top three.

And to boot, like last summer at the Olympics, he won, of course, the silver medal, losing the gold medal of Sheffler.

So he wins a big tournament, gets the monkey off his back, which begs the question:

who are some athletes, coaches, teams that you maybe weren't even a giant fan of that you were just really happy when they finally got the chip?

You know, this is gonna, this is, this is a little

surface level.

I didn't dig super deep for this, but it was super meaningful.

Um, and it, and it's, you probably would agree, it was Tiger winning in 2019.

And

I'm staying in the, and, and here's just why for me.

Okay.

So

I, as you know, like I'm getting more into golf, but the only reason, and I probably speak for a lot of dudes out there, the only reason I watched golf was to watch Tiger Woods because he was MJ, he was Kobe, he was like a Tom Brady.

Like you just watched him.

And he had, you know, he had a fall from grace.

He dealt with a lot of personal stuff, tons of injuries.

And in 2019, he won the Masters.

And it's one of the greatest comeback stories, I believe, in sports history from the greatest of all time.

And I remember watching that.

And I think, you know, he hugged his son after his kids.

I cried.

And yeah, it just makes you cry.

Like you could watch that.

over and over and over again.

So, you know, I know he's still kind of hanging around and obviously he's doing other things and other golf ventures and he's doing that.

But like, that was, to me, like, no matter what he does in the future, like, that, that solidified it, right?

Like, he went out on top.

He won a what, a fifth, I think, a fifth masters.

Um, to me, it's one of the greatest comebacks stories in sports history.

And

just like he changed the game.

He's the reason why millions of people watch.

Yeah, if you have to get that.

I mean, like, we have Scheffler and like the like Rory's, like, we have great sports, great players, but, like, Tigers,

different man and if you haven't watched there's a two-part tiger documentary on HBO you should download it for your flights to all over the Midwest and stuff but they do just a really good job because they show the fall of Tiger right and all the the arrest while he was like out of it and all this stuff and then you just are watching that documentary like there's no way this guy's ever going to win a big tournament or any tournament again they do a really good job of hitting you right in the it's one of like the ultimate cry sports moments moments i think in the dock for me ever is that dude there's not very that's like the most successful golfer maybe ever and we still felt that way there's not very many resurrection stories like like his fall was was bad like a lot of shit right a lot of personal shouldn't have come back society would tell us paint it painted him in a different way in a different light and a lot of stuff that he owned up to and a lot of stuff that he had to he had to deal with perception all that kind of stuff right all his personal stuff then the injuries and then like it's just like you you kept rooting for him him.

You're like, damn, like, this sucks.

Like, because it's over.

Come on, like, it's totally going to be over.

And then to win that and that and that.

I mean, I remember watching it.

Like, it was,

I, I remember sitting with Josie on the couch watching it.

And I'm like, I was like, babe, come in here.

You're about to witness history.

Come in here now.

And we watched it.

And she, of course, we're both just crying.

And anyway, that was mine.

Like, it's just so.

I had that one up there.

A few honorable mentions.

Like, I really like, I liked it for John Elway back in the day.

I was really kind of watching it as a kid, like younger.

And he was like, he felt so old at the time.

When you actually look at it, he was like nothing compared to like Brett Brady and Rodgers and stuff age-wise.

But he got those two back to back.

That did it for me.

I was sneaky, really happy for the Raptors as an organization because I remember when that, like, I'm old enough now to remember when the Raptors entered the league.

So I've watched their entire franchise in existence and winning a championship was pretty cool.

Other honorable mentions like Dirk, it was super cool.

KG was super cool.

Ray Bork on the hockey side.

That's probably the number one.

But for me, I'm selfishly picking an organization and the LeBron Cavs Cleveland.

This is for you.

Having now lived in Cleveland.

I was a comeback, yeah.

I was a comeback.

Down three.

That one.

Okay.

Yeah.

Down 3-1.

You know, knowing the Cleveland sports scene like I do and the history with the Browns and the Indians and now Guardians and then getting a title with the Cavs.

Let me just tell you, Matt, because I remember those parades and it's, I think it's like the biggest recorded.

This is after they burned all his jerseys, right?

When he left?

Yes, because then he came back and won him a title, so all is forgiven.

Exactly.

There is

no city, in my opinion, that will tear everything down to the ground out of joy than Cleveland if the Browns ever won a Super Bowl.

I'm sure the Jets in New York would be nuts.

It's a big yes, buddy.

Well, it's not going to.

I'm just saying, look out if the Browns ever want to switch.

Well, they love, I mean, yeah, they love their teams, man.

Oh, my God.

So, but yeah, I'm with you.

That Tiger one was great.

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Joel Pass.

Oh, so good to be here.

Yeah.

What's up, dude?

Oh, this, it's not much.

It's not a busy week for you.

Yeah.

No, not at all.

Not at all.

I can't wait for this.

This one.

Like, there's, there's never been a bigger opener in our sport, which is so exciting to be able to call it and to be there.

So I can't wait.

Yeah.

Does it feel?

I mean, look, I feel like you'd be excited really, no matter what, because you're getting back to it.

And we're all obviously the fans are dying for a game like this.

But even for me, as like, I won't say I'm the biggest hardcore college football fan, but even for me, I watch and I consume.

But even this one feels different for me.

It's, and especially I'm in Ohio.

I'm in Northeast Ohio too.

So everyone around here is just ready for this game.

I just don't remember a bigger opening to a season like this.

Yeah, I don't think that there has been.

I mean, off of the national championship for Ohio State, you know,

I think that you can make an argument that the

two

individual positions in our sport that come with the most scrutiny and pressure are the quarterback at Texas and the quarterback at Ohio State because of the fan bases and the size.

And we get two guys that are new starters.

One of them happens to be royalty.

And so it's like, that's incredible, right?

And we get to see the start of the arch era at Texas.

Meanwhile, the guy who's totally overlooked is Julian San, who was a number one player, number one quarterback coming out of high school.

So just that in and of itself, the way that Texas has finished the last couple of seasons in the national semifinal, the fact that Sark has them back at a level that they always feel like they should be at the top of college football.

And I would be really shocked if these two teams aren't right there in the final, you know, 8-4 or even in the championship game this year.

You mentioned both quarterbacks, Joel.

And again, I know, gosh, we're going to talk about this ad nauseum over the next couple of days, but it really is an interesting matchup.

And

you look at Ohio State and the pressure to play the position at that school

coming off a championship.

Will Howard was great in the playoff.

He had his ups and downs.

And then Arch Manning, where I don't remember a young kid who has more pressure on him, and he handles it because you don't really hear much about him.

He just kind of goes about his business.

Who, you know, first of all, what do you expect to see from both these young guys?

Obviously, both surrounded by young teams, but different, you know, different situations.

And then who has more pressure going into this game, do you think?

I think Arch does personally, just because,

like,

well,

let's put it to you this way.

If there was a guy making his third start in college football in his career, and

you know, he was quarterbacking a team that lost the majority of their wide receivers and the majority of their offensive line and is getting healthier at running back, but should be a good defense.

And we think the team is going to be really good.

I just highly doubt that that person is the Heisman frontrunner.

But when you put Manning on his back and then you think back to his recruitment and everything that we've seen over the last couple of years, now all of a sudden he's the Heisman frontrunner and his team is number one.

And everyone's expecting him to be a great player.

Not just like, oh man, he's a good player, a great player right away.

And as you know, that takes time to develop.

Now, listen, and Jerry, this is where Matt might roll his eyes because he's probably like, hey, man, I don't know what you mean.

My first game against Auburn, I was dicing him up.

But not everyone can be Matty Ice.

You know what I mean?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes.

Thank you, by the way.

You got it.

And

no one refers to me as Maddie Ice, but it's fine.

Thank you, Joel.

The greatness that is expected of Arch, I think would be suffocating for anyone that didn't grow up in that family.

Because that family is self-deprecating.

They've been around big moments.

You know, for Arch, this is going to be like the...

In a ranking of big games that he's either attended or played in, this is going to be like 20.

And for everybody else on the field, it's going to be one or two.

And I think that that matters.

But, you know, that pressure is certainly there.

For Julian Sayyon, I think it's the opposite.

I don't think that there's going to be a ton of pressure on him outside of the fact that he's the quarterback of the Buckeyes, but only in the sense that, and Coach Meyer will probably, I'm stealing this from him, Matt, because I had him on the show.

I didn't ask you.

I'm sorry.

I asked Coach Meyer.

I've only been on your show once once in like eight years but it's like well he's only been on it once in eight years so you're you're i wouldn't expect anything different we helped get him podcasting joel so you do have us to thank we've helped got urban podcasting

well done well done he's gonna bring this up and i think that this is really smart really smart and i hadn't thought of it this way and he said like for julian say in every single series whether they're backed up or across the 50 It's not about beating Texas.

It's not about scoring, creating great plays.

It's about getting two first downs.

And you basically, it's like the old adage: you know, how do you eat an elephant one bite at a time?

And it's like, hey, I can achieve two first downs as a young quarterback, even with all this pressure.

And I think that will be the expectation for him.

And I'm certainly going to steal coaches' mindset during the game, during the analysis, because I think it's smart.

I think it's really smart.

And in particular, with their defense.

So two, two,

very different situations for these guys.

And I think that the pressure is on Arch because the expectation is not just good, but it's greatness from him.

And in your third start in college, that's a lot.

So if you could just for a second, take off your analyst hat and think about it.

Obviously, the fans are excited for this game.

I know you're excited to call it.

But if you're thinking about the magnitude of a one versus three week one, how do you think like, would you rather see a Texas or OSU have this matchup this early or late?

Do you think there's any rhyme or reason for oh i'm glad we saw each other week one we're all healthy means the other team is healthy or and then you could kind of if you lose this game you could i don't know does it increase focus more because you have the one loss already and or versus if it was week you know whatever 10 11 down the road it's a great it's a really good question um let me break it up into pieces okay so the so the first one just about like

do you do you have a do i have a preference of when it is no because beggars can't be choosers in our sport and we don't get a lot lot of these non-conference monsters, you know?

And so, as

schools and programs have gotten rid of these games and actually backed out, like for instance, Tennessee and Nebraska backed out of a non-conference game that they've got in the future.

These two didn't.

And so, I don't care when they play.

Like, they can play at Jones Junior High School.

They can play in the parking lot.

It's like, great, you know, give it to me week zero, whatever.

I just, I want to see them play.

So, that's that's the first and foremost.

Then, to your point about what it does to the teams and the effect on the teams, let's just look back to last year.

If you were to ask Ohio State, in hindsight, would you rather lose in Otson and grow

or win in Otson and be undefeated and not grow?

Now, I'm not suggesting that

Oregon didn't grow or anything and didn't develop.

I'm sure that they did.

But I've talked with Coach Day at length, Jerry, about

the losses, as painful as they were, allowed them to change and morph and turn into the team that ultimately went and won the national championship.

And in this format with 12 teams, you know, the loser of this game is by no means out, by no means.

And so it's going to allow, you know.

each of these teams to measure themselves and to see where are we good?

Where are we not good?

Where do we need to get better?

And I think that that's really valuable.

I personally believe that these types of games are really valuable.

I think Matt would probably agree with me on that.

I don't think you learn anything about your team when you go out and you beat someone by 57 points.

Yeah.

I really don't.

Yeah.

I, another interesting storyline is, is one, just Jeremiah Smith, you know, and I, and I, you know, the best player in college football, probably in both our opinions.

He reminds, I was thinking about this today.

He reminds me a lot of Andre Johnson, who I played with,

like the body type, the route running.

Andre was such a like unique, because I played with Larry Fitzgerald, who just was so unique with the size and jumping.

And like Andre was like, I was like, gosh, he's really good, but he like, he just like, he almost go unnoticed on practice sometimes.

He was like one of those guys where he just came to, came to work every day, did his job.

Jeremiah reminds me of that.

And as you know, the game last year, Texas held him to one catch.

He had virtually zero impact in that game, but they had a lot of other guys, a Buka, they had a quarterback who's playing well.

They had the running backs.

Is that a factor that you see in this game?

Because now you have Brian Hartline, who's a new OC, calling plays.

You don't have another first-round talent on their side.

Maybe, maybe Tate eventually is.

But

the impact of this Texas defense that's loaded, how they stopped Jeremiah Smith, and the pressure that that potentially could put on Julian Sane.

So you caught me at a good time because I literally, the last two hours, I poured over the Oregon Rose Bowl film and the Texas semifinal film.

And I thought that the game plan against Oregon for Ohio State was so much more creative in ways that they moved Jeremiah and got him into

a position where it was hard to double team him.

And they would, so like Jerry, there's this concept called a slide with like a boot for a quarterback.

And basically

you fake a run one direction, you boot the quarterback out the opposite direction.

And generally the simple form of a boot is just a layered route concept.

You've got someone in the flat, you've got some sort of over and then a deep route right there.

And it's just one, two, three.

That's the simple way to do it.

But then a more intricate thing is like you'll take a fullback or a tight end from that play fake side, the run fake side, and you'll slide him as like a second flat player.

And it's called like a boot slide.

Well,

they, Matt, they slid him from the number one position, not the number two position.

So when you're the number one receiver on one side, usually the linebackers and safeties are only going to be aware of you for in particular a safety is if you go vertical and you threaten them in the vertical zones.

But the linebacker certainly isn't going to be aware of a number one receiver as he's coming across because his eyes are usually going to be on number two or the back and his run fit.

I'm getting very nerdy.

But things like that were creative.

Right.

So they slid Jeremiah from number one.

That was the touchdown in the third play of the game.

Number one slid him across the formation.

There's nobody there.

It's like, well, how does Oregon lose Jeremiah Smith?

Well, creative formation and play calling.

Didn't see that very much against Texas.

So he was largely, I would call, static, you know, lining up wide or in the slot.

And what it allowed Texas to do is double team him.

So they, every, almost every snap mat, they had someone over the top and looking him up underneath, kind of a bracket-style coverage.

So there was nowhere to go.

with the ball to him.

In fact, they tried to force him the ball, like the third series of the game, or maybe right after half, one of the two.

But the linebacker is bracketing him and they pick it off.

And so everybody else had to get going.

So all of a sudden, Tate had to get going and Omeka had to get going.

And these other guys who have one-on-ones and more space to operate, they've got to be the factors in the game.

So long-winded explanation to basically say, like, if Texas is able to take him away, that means guys like Carnell Tate, Brandon Innes, and Max Clare, the new tight end, are going to have to play really well.

But I also think that the pressure is on Ryan Day and Brian Hartline for an offseason to navigate and design a game plan in which Texas can't take him away.

So those are all things that I'm going to be certainly interested to see in the first quarter and see how it's all playing out.

It's just like reading a script, Jerry, right?

It's just like reading a script.

I know you guys might not think I followed that, but I did follow that.

And I play a lot of Madden.

There you go.

That's where I get most of my offensive play calling knowledge from.

I think the chess match is going to be incredible.

And again, Joel Klatt's on the call on Fox Texas at Ohio State this coming weekend.

Joel, I do want to switch gears a little bit.

I get asked this question all the time as a college football analyst.

And I told Jerry kind of the backstory.

What was it like to be the USC quarterback in the early 2000s?

It was a good time.

It was a good time.

I wanted to.

We don't have enough time today.

One more story.

One more.

You've heard too many stories.

I told Joel, I told Jerry, I love your stories about minor league baseball.

They make me crack up all the time, but that'll be it.

That'll be another day.

That'll be off-season when we're just off-season.

We're shooting the shit about a bunch of other things.

But I get asked all the time, like the prep work that goes into our show.

And again, a lot of people don't know this.

And I love telling the story.

Like, I told Jerry, you've been a true mentor for me early on, about 10, 12 years ago, when I was kind of getting into TV.

I eventually kind of slid into your spot as you became the number one game crew for college football.

So it all kind of happened for a reason.

I remember we sat down and I picked your brain all these things and here we are 12 years later.

The fascinating thing I think about you and your job is the prep that goes on.

I tell it's hard.

It's an art.

It's a skill.

And I know you've perfected that skill over time.

Take us through a week of prep for you, what it's like.

And this week is a perfect example.

This is the biggest.

One, this is your game of the week.

So it's the biggest game, right, of the week.

What does that week look like for you?

Well,

um,

over the years, uh, I've, I think my process has changed over the years, but generally speaking, um, adding about four years ago, I started doing my podcast.

And so that takes up quite a bit of time.

But it also, um, from a strategic standpoint, I started the podcast so that it would help me prepare for the, for the country and not just the specific game.

And so it keeps me global,

which helps in my prep quite a bit.

So I rely on the podcast to take care of that side of things and kind of prep me for all of college football.

But then when it comes to the game specifically, it starts Sunday night.

I watch at a minimum, you know, the team's previous two games usually,

watch their film.

And then Monday morning, I start talking with SIDs or radio broadcasters or people around the program, not the coaches.

And then I'll continue to watch film and I start to develop like overarching thoughts and big themes that I want to get into.

That happens on Monday.

Tuesday, that continues.

And then I record a podcast on Tuesday.

So

that comes out.

But eventually, it's just a lot of work to get to like where we have.

And I happen to just have these like right next to me.

So then you're building these, you know, like charts

and taking notes and then making these big, like, I make these big notes, right?

And so they're all legal size.

And it's just a lot of research and a lot of film.

And

inevitably, come Friday night, it's like studying for a

semester final in college.

You have all this information.

And then I try to kind of like parachute back out.

and I go back to the Monday.

And the reason I brought up Monday is because of those major themes.

And I try to remind myself, like, okay, the fan at home is really worried about the major themes.

Now, I think what's different is that now in my prep, what I start to do is I try to build in layers.

So, for instance, this is my philosophy when I'm calling a game.

When I'm calling a game, I usually take the first couple of series and I try to what I call chum the water.

And so, I just throw a lot of little lines out there.

So, it's just like basis, like like very surface-level nuggets on whether it's players or philosophy or matchup or, you know, anything along those lines.

And I start to just throw them out there in the water.

And then what I hope the game will do is that they'll pick up one of those lines.

So a fish will bite.

And then you just reel it in.

So all the prep is there to just say, like, we're going to drop the nugget of, you know, Carnell Tate and what he needs to do.

And Max Clare, the transfer.

And then the defensive tackles for Texas are all new, five new transfers.

So you throw these little nuggets out there.

And then all of a sudden, the game will pick it up.

And then you can further that storyline.

And that's helped my philosophy during the course of my career.

After hearing all that, which, by the way, it sounds like a lot of work, fun work, but also

you know, I very much can imagine myself wanting to be prepared for anything and everything.

Well, Jerry, my nightmare on Thursday and Friday night is like you're not.

The chart is lost.

You know, it's like, where's the chart?

How do you know?

I can't even imagine.

I would lose my mind.

I would wake up in a cold sweat and be like, I'm not prepared.

Where's my chart?

Like, for sure.

So, that all being said, in your career calling games to this point, has there ever been, or what's the thing that just stands out?

Because I know there's definitely been a few, probably.

The thing where you're like, holy shit, I, that was, there's no notes in the world that could have helped me with that one because it just came out of nowhere.

So, but it's an outcome, a player, a game plan, a coaching call.

Yeah, so I I remember there was, it's happened a few times, but one of the things I like to do is on Friday is just watch the whole game and game film.

And I'm a big believer that every play caller, defensive or offensive, has a fingerprint.

And so

you can pick up just little feels.

And I start to just put myself in the mind.

And I know it's nerdy.

And so I close my eyes, but I put myself in the mind of the play caller.

And I'm like, okay, what is he thinking?

And then I'll pause it at just the formation.

And I'm like, okay, this is the formation he called in the personnel group.

Why?

And I just start to think like that.

And then in the games, there are times, Jerry, where all of a sudden it's like, I've got him.

You know, like, I'm in his head.

I know what he's doing.

I know his fingerprints.

And I know what he's trying to do.

And then there's those little moments where you can say, hey, you know, like, I really feel like a shot is coming up here.

Or

if they go back to that concept or this personnel group or this formation, this is what they'll have available to them.

And when those things happen, I mean,

I knew it.

Yeah,

that's the best.

That's the mind-melting with a coach.

I mean, that's got to be a fantastic feeling.

I've had actually coaches, Matt, real quick.

I had

a couple of years ago,

Justin Fields' Ohio State team was playing Indiana and Ohio State got down into the red zone.

And I I had watched a red zone cut up Friday night.

And I knew that, like, they ran it, and then they got into a similar but not the same formation.

And then they faked a Justin Field like power and threw a little tight end dump pass.

And I was like, okay, they're not going to do the exact same play.

But if that situation arises, like, that's kind of like, that's the way that the play caller likes to feel it out down there.

So, sure enough, I said it.

They run the ball, and I'm like, boy, watch for Fields to take a step and then try to get somebody out into the flat or something.

And it happens, and Indiana stopped it.

Well, Ryan Day

confronted me and was like, How'd you know that?

Oh, wow.

Right.

And now you tell him you're cautioning.

I did.

I did.

I said, well, you did the same thing against Penn State two weeks ago.

And so I had it.

You know, I had watched the film and I was like, you did it third and two against Penn State.

You did it on the left hash.

You were on the left hash again.

Same yard line, six yard line.

You had third and two

inside the 10.

So you could get a first down and you did it.

And I thought you would do something similar but with a different uh past concept and he just like he kind of crossed his arms and he was like i gotta get to my office okay yeah so well that's my favorite cool because like first of all i wonder if he just watched it back listening or i wonder how that was pointed out like hey clatt called that right someone told he got someone they also i think that's good coaching copies as well too sometimes i think that's good coaching though to be like well i gotta figure out the tell it's like the end of the movie rounders i don't know if you've ever seen like Teddy GGB.

Like, what's the tell?

And he came to you for that.

That's a, that's awesome.

Yeah.

Here we go.

We got a rounders fan in the building.

Clap it up.

I've sat in the booth with Gus and Joel.

I think it was Pac-12 championship game.

Maybe it was.

It was a long time ago.

It was early on.

Like, gosh, this was like 10 years ago.

And it was just fascinating.

It's really fascinating to be up in the booth and watch.

those two guys just dissect the game in real time, right?

Like the reaction and all that kind of stuff.

And no one does it better than Joel and Gus.

Thanks, man.

A couple more minutes, Joel, before they go.

I know you're super busy.

This is the time of the year for,

you know, I'm not going to ask you the sleepers and all that kind of stuff.

Just, you know, there's always great storylines, right?

Texas, Ohio State's a big one.

There's a couple other big games this weekend that sort of just set the tone for the season.

You know, Colorado,

your Buffaloes, kind of

how they play with Shador and Travis.

Is there anything just that catches catches your eye early on that you're excited to kind of see develop as the season progresses?

It's a huge week one.

You know, not only the monster that we have, but LSU Clemson is a huge game.

Notre Dame, Miami is a huge game.

I love when Notre Dame plays a big game because you can see like Brady gets all tense and like, and then, and then we can mess with him.

And so like Matt and I will like.

Can you mess with him though?

No, you can't because you'll be like, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

He's just like, he's one of those over the top.

All I say is USC wants.

And by the way, I don't even care.

And he's like, oh, well, what happened last three years, dude?

I'm like,

bro.

You tell me, Matt.

You tell me, bro.

I don't know.

Like, easy.

Oh, anyway.

God,

what else?

Not a dame, yeah.

Yeah, that's a fun storyline is watching them play, play Miami.

And then, you know, personally, when I...

And you know that you're going to start to laugh because listen, this whole conference supremacy thing is like a big deal, right?

And everyone puffs their chest out in the SEC and the Big Ten has won two straight national championships and

so on.

And we heard the egregious

broadcasting of the playoffs last year at times when they were bashing other conferences and not the SEC.

So I'm just looking at the SEC and they've got monster games early in this season.

And they didn't win any big games last year.

I mean, think about it.

I mean, the lowly Trojans beat LSU.

Sorry, man.

I mean, but they did

early in the game.

Oh, Jerry.

Surely.

What happened the last three years, man?

Jerry hasn't watched one USC game in his life.

That's not straight.

I watched the Bush push.

What are you talking about?

Illinois beat South Carolina.

South Carolina.

Texas lost to Ohio State.

Notre Dame beat Georgia.

Michigan beat Alabama.

There was like a string of games late last year where some of their, you know, Ohio State crushed Tennessee.

And so now you come to this year and you've got these big matchups, you know, Texas going to Ohio State

Friday night on Fox, Baylors hosting Auburn.

LSU is going to Clemson.

And so there's these big games that I think are going to resonate from a conference perspective.

And I think week one, that's probably

something that I'm very much attuned to and watching for.

Yeah, that's a great slate.

Last thing for me, I'm going to let you go because you got a massive game to call.

Monday night, I mean, Belichick was so in the news, it's all we heard for so many months.

All that now, oddly enough, it's been quiet, at least from the PR, girlfriend, all that crazy stuff, whatever.

How interesting!

I mean, Monday night, you watching that one eye open, or you like, oh, it's digging into the same way.

I can't wait.

I'm watching that, right?

It's kind of exciting.

You know what?

It's been too quiet.

It's been too quick.

Jerry, you know what's fascinating is like this, it feels a little like the Dion at the time time experiment and they were going to play in tcu and lo and behold guess who north carolina is playing tcu so sunny dykes has got to be thinking to himself like what are we doing here like why do i get thrown into these situations i think north carolina will be a lot better with bill belichick because the conference is not great which means that you're going to be in a lot of close games and in close games situational football matters and what is he the master of situational football so you like put two and two together and and and I think that they could win seven or eight games.

The problem is, I think this is actually one of their two toughest games.

I think they play Clemson later in the year.

TCU is quietly very good.

Nine wins last year.

Josh Hoover is back.

He threw for over 300 yards a game.

I believe Andy Avalos is their coordinator in his second year at TCU.

So

this is not a great matchup for North Carolina to start, but I'm so interested to see how this goes.

And like, is he going to be the same?

Because these are kids it feels so different he does feel like he's just like if he comes out cut off tar heels

guns out in the oh man it's

his girlfriend gonna be right there behind him on the sideline she's probably gonna be on this will she be on the box or the sideline i have no idea i have no idea i mean that quieted down a little bit it did that's what i wonder if he really stepped i wonder if he's finally stepped in and was like dude i mean

first practice she was out there like stomping around the field in her heels and i was like

what is happening right now?

I know.

I miss the, we're moving on to Cincinnati.

Oh, guys.

I missed the, we're moving on to it.

We're moving on to Cincinnati.

We're moving on.

Joel Klatt show every week, right?

Yes.

One of the best.

Yeah.

Love it.

Do a great job.

Excited for you, man.

This is going to be a good one.

Incredible.

You guys are doing such a good job with this show.

I got to tell you.

It's such an entertaining show.

You guys get good guests.

Happy to be on.

Thank you for having me.

So well done, both of you.

And again, get Leinard on yours when you need him.

Now we do, you got to do the crossing.

There we go.

He owes you one now.

Jerry, how about you?

Hey, I'll listen.

We'll come on and discuss how a kid from Brooklyn, New York, who moved to LA when he was 20, I had no college team to root for.

I didn't go to a big-time school.

But why didn't you adopt USC at that time?

What year is it?

You know what?

I tried.

That was the same year.

I felt like

I would have felt like a homer.

I don't want to be like my nephew who's now like, I mean, trust me.

I like the Warriors when Steph Curry comes along.

Like, I would have felt like a massive frontrunner if I just move out to LA and I'm like, USC, baby.

I mean, Matt will tell you I'm going to get killed for this because I live in like USC Central.

I'm down in Orange County right now, but that's kind of their whole fan base.

Frontrunners, yeah.

Right.

Matt?

You're not wrong.

You don't have to.

I can't.

You don't have to.

Okay.

I mean, gosh, if anyone's been harder on USC the last couple of years, it's been me.

I'm getting, I just get crushed by the fans.

Like, what, Matt?

What do you mean?

I'm like, what do you call it how I see it, buddy?

This is my last 10-second question then.

If you were just to say, hey, Ferrara, you know what?

You don't like the frontrunners.

You want to go with like an exciting young maybe team?

Who would you tell me to root for?

What fan base would you tell me to adopt?

That would fit, A, my personality that you know from 30 minutes of talking to me.

Yeah, yeah.

And also, B, all right, he doesn't like the frontrunners.

Let's give Ferrara a team.

You know, you know who you should be a fan of?

Indiana.

You and Kurt Signetti.

Right?

You like that?

Yeah,

kind of rough around the edges.

Gritty, you know, like a little bit of an underdog,

but confident.

Yeah.

And like, hey, man, like, Google me.

Get ready for Hoosier's football.

That's it.

Yeah, Google me.

Signetti.

Do you even know who Kurt Signetti is, Jerry?

I know every Italian.

It sounds like that's an Italian last name.

I know every Italian you just watched.

There's not many of us in college football.

So appreciate you, Joel.

Have a great time, man.

Enjoy.

We'll all be watching and listening.

So appreciate everybody.

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I'm just also like, I'm trying to think how I would prepare for calling it.

Like, he's just going into, you're calling the biggest game maybe of the year, week one out of the gate.

I would have some nerves, but like excited nerves.

Yeah, he's a G, as you can tell.

He's the, he's one of the best in college football.

Uh, great mentor to me, just a great dude.

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She also covers the game out in Chicago.

Huge Packer fan.

And her recaps after every NFL week are outstanding.

So we're going to talk to her in a second, preview what we're going to do for you guys next week and also just get to know her a little bit.

Yeah, first of all, you mentioned season two.

So I did want to just shout out all of our listeners and subscribers.

Thank you.

Season one was a blast.

All the sponsors, we had a blast.

Go follow us on Throwback Show.

Fired up for season two.

We're coming out with a bang next week.

We're closing season one with Joel.

We're, you know, talk to Andy.

And let's just say we have a few in L.A., we did a few

taped interviews.

We have a few two.

We have a two-parter coming for you.

We got some bangers

coming out, bro, in the next month.

Fired up, man.

The only time with this show I have ever been scared to talk to the guest, like legitimately nervous.

Listen.

Yeah, we got some time.

I will just say this.

This is one of the most crazy stories that you will ever hear in your life.

It is

absolutely crazy.

You know how I'm like 30 for 30, the whole catchphrase is like, well, what if I was to tell you this?

And then they say, dot dot.

We couldn't even do that with this because no, we can't tell you that because you would say BS.

That's not a real story.

Yeah, but it is.

So we got that in the coming weeks.

We're going to get to Annie Agar in a second.

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My crossroads, Matt, I was at it in LA.

You had just done this weeks before, but my wife hit me with the,

while we're in L.A., We should take the kids to Disneyland.

Now,

there's a lot of parents, dads, moms out out there that just shivered with the thought.

I personally, I've been before with the boys.

I enjoyed my time, but it was a very short day.

Let's just say my trip with the boys and the family to Disney, I walked, according to my iPhone, 30,000 plus steps, which equated to 13.8 miles, 90 degrees in Anaheim.

That is,

it is hot as shit out there.

Now,

here's the crossroad on that.

Yeah, you committed i committed but i got to give credit where credit's due and we just had brie on the show last week she could actually start a business as a consultant for families going on a disney trip the way she had this thing now we had to spend a little bit of extra money but it wasn't a crazy amount the way she had this thing working matt we never waited 15 minutes or less for every ride Kids went back to school that week.

So everything was just moving.

That helped you big time for sure.

and my kids are six and four at that age now where they kind of go on mostly everything like space mountain yeah star wars right like it's no longer like we're just in a small world we're on the big boy so i end result i thought i was gonna be miserable i had an unbelievable time you're a you're a better man you're a better dad and you're a better husband than me i we

we we went the week before I bowed out early with the baby.

It's a long day, but Josie and Bree are a lot.

So bowed out, you took separate cars, like you bounced.

Well, listen, we have a, you know, the boys can rally as your boys.

They could rally, but having a baby there in that heat.

In the heat, no, you can't do it.

You know, 8 or 9 a.m.

to 10 o'clock at night.

It's just, it's just not.

You just can't do it.

Right.

So, you know, we planned.

We took two cars.

I'm, I'm not a Disney guy.

I get it.

I'm not.

It's just not.

That makes sense.

That's tracks.

One, one, I stick out like a sore thumb.

I'm 6'5.

I sweat.

I hate lines.

I've been, I grew up by Disneyland.

I've been there a hundred hundred times.

I think for the kids, I get it, right?

It's, it's, I get it.

I totally do it.

You sacrifice it.

I will say this.

We, we did it.

We got the passes.

Again, a little extra money, but we got it.

And it was, it was, we had a great time.

And I left.

I was there from about 10 to about three o'clock.

And we hit everything that we needed to do.

But I will say this about you, dude.

Holy hell, buddy.

Way to commit an 8, a 9 a.m.

to a 10 o'clock at night.

Well, at Disneyland?

The problem started the night before when I was

out there working, by the way.

Yes, real quick.

That's why your golf mood was so great.

We were out in L.A.

working.

And then when we got finished with the interviews, I said, okay, Brie, what time are we leaving for Disney?

She's like, oh, we'll probably leave at seven.

I'm like, okay.

I want to get there when the park opens.

Okay, that tracks.

So seven.

Which means you think you're leaving by like five, four or five.

Oh, yeah, five, maybe six.

Like, all right, maybe we'll eat there, come home.

She's like, oh, no.

The parade starts at 8.45.

I'm like, we're staying for the parade?

She's like, well, we stay for the parade because then the fireworks are at 9.30.

I'm like, so we're leaving at 7

and then we're in the park till 10.

And when you actually start walking out of the park, you're not getting to your car till 10.30.

Oh, yeah.

And then you're getting home by like, oh, we're really doing this.

It's like, yeah, Jerry, it's family day.

Why wouldn't we?

And I made the decision right in that moment to keep my mouth shut.

and

just go with it because I could have, I could have talked some logic into the mix.

By the way, your quick thinking in that moment allowed you to golf for six hours on a a

Sunday.

I knew.

I'm learning this dad stuff.

And a lot of you have reached out to me, especially.

There's a lot more moments coming up in the future, buddy, with the third on the.

I got a big response from people when we put out on the show, like, how we watch our football and what can I negotiate with my wife.

And a lot of people reached out.

And I think that did set a good example for me.

And I knew in that moment.

Like, if you would have paused and did the voiceover, like the one to years, it's like, this is the moment where Jerry needs to decide, does he want to play some golf this weekend?

Then he has to go do Disney for 12 and a half hours.

Yeah, there's moments in your marriage where you can open your mouth and say the wrong thing and see what fucking happens.

Or there's moments in your marriage where you can just be the bigger person.

Just say you.

I just heard bone thugs in harmony in my head going, see you at the cross.

You won't be lonely.

I just heard it and I made the right call.

Well, good for you, buddy.

All right.

You know what?

I'm not even going to say our next guest because this next person is.

I guess you could say it's going to be our first friend of the show.

She's going to be joining us weekly alongside working with our new sponsor twisted tea one of my favorite follows on all social media for any nfl football stuff annie agar thank you for coming on we're excited to talk to you how are you doing let's go thanks for having me guys i'm excited this whole twisted t thing is gonna be fun we're gonna we're gonna do some spins with it i think it'll be a good time we're gonna do some spins and i wanted to kind of ask you out of the gate as i get to know you we did some stuff at the draft in green bay yes um and now knowing like this look, we're all excited.

Matt and I just talked to Joel Klatt getting ready for college football.

It's like, so for you, though, you know, creating some amazing content, what is it like for you going into the season?

Are you looking at it like, I have some long-term things I want to do already?

Are you just going with whatever the crazy NFL throws at you from week to week?

It's funny you say that about Joe Clatt, actually, because I just.

was researching for this Big Ten video because I try to do a college football video to kind of kick it all off because that's how I first started doing this content.

Um, so that is, I dive into because that's so much has changed right in the offseason with college.

I mean, you guys know more than anybody.

Um, like, just the turnover is crazy.

So, it's a lot of research there.

But in terms of NFL, I've realized how much I ride my emotion

content-wise.

And the videos that do the best, I'm not even kidding you guys, are me just being a depressed Packers fan.

Yeah, it's like instant reaction after the games, and I'm just either like telling them to fire every coach that we've ever had or you know, complaining about running more end around

in the red zone.

So it's just so funny that it's, it's like a very emotional base for me.

So I do have a plan kind of content wise.

I'll do my weekly videos to recap everything, but the videos that sometimes do the best are just this raw emotion that NFL fans feel.

I don't know if I've ever asked you this because we've been friends now for a couple of years.

Do you ever come across any of these people that you sort of, you know, you kind of, you know, you, you, I would say you make fun of, you have fun and you're obviously sweet and you love the sport and it's all in good fun.

But, like, have you ever come across someone that's like, hey, you just used me in your video, and I didn't appreciate that?

You know, yeah, so awkward moments.

Right.

Thank you.

And the more I get to know these guys, like, the more I meet them at the draft or at the Super Bowl, it's harder for me to make fun of them because they're

a lot of nice guys.

Like, Deb Prescott, nicest guy.

And I just, I just roasted him the entire season.

No, I do.

I do get good feedback from the guys.

They handle it usually really well.

The one bad encounter I got was Eli Apple's mom.

Oh,

yeah.

Former giant legend, Eli Apple.

What does she say to you?

And who has not roasted Eli Apple at some point in their career?

She called me every name

in the book, like, and went after me personality-wise.

And yeah.

Did she know you right away?

Like, like, was there how did like she clocked?

All publicity is good publicity, right?

Like, she pushed my name out there more.

I don't think she knew who I was, but I roasted roasted her son pretty hard in the Super Bowl.

I said, I tweeted out a picture at those, my first Super Bowl I covered.

So I tweeted out a picture and I said, I had a great time providing coverage in my first Super Bowl.

I'm like Eli Apple.

It did not go over well.

I was

recommending that to him.

I guess you did this video in Green Bay at the draft, but one of the ones that I related to the most was because I'm a big, I hate what like Twitter has done to the drafts, even with the NBA.

And you were watching the Packers pick, not looking at your phone,

trying to get the other.

And that's how Matt thinks I'm crazy.

He's like, why would you like just look?

I'm like, no, I need to see the broadcast and see the pick.

I like the pageantry of all that.

So I feel like I related to you right there.

Plus, your brain can't keep, like, you're on the certain number pick, and then we're like two picks ahead already.

And I'm still trying to process the previous pick that was just made.

It's just too much going on.

Storylines change.

And obviously the Cowboys are like, I mean, what's going on?

Like, is there a fun storyline that you're kind of following that you're excited to maybe do something with or something that you're dying to see happen this season?

Yeah, what's funny with content, and I talk about it a lot because people are always like, oh, you're, you wait for the, you know, prime time games, and that's where you get all your content.

No, it's the, it is the like scum of the earth storylines in the NFL that are so funny for my content.

So I'm going to ride with the Daniel Jones storyline.

Oh, yeah, let's do it.

I'm so excited to see how, because no matter what happens, it's going to be great content and it's going to be terrible.

And like the fact that Anthony Richardson got beat out, again, it just is the funniest storyline to be able to.

You know why that's brilliant too?

Because then you're going to hook psychos like me who are so happy that Daniel Jones is no longer on this team, but I'm going to enjoy whatever it is you come up with because it's no longer my problem.

It's no longer my.

So you're not only going to tap into the Cults, AFC, South fan base, you're going to touch on the New York Giant fan base because I'm just going to be like, I'm so glad that's not me anymore.

Well, like, like Saquon, all of last year was just a nice little nod to you guys as well.

Well, the Giants and the Cowboys are two teams that I imagine are like the gift that keep on giving for a content creator like yourself.

Just storylines coming.

I like the fact that we're still talking about Michael Parsons.

Like I have content in the offseason still.

It's great.

Let's put on your analyst hat because you are a diehard Packers fan and they're a very good team.

Very good.

Do we have, do we have thoughts?

Do we have thoughts on the Packers?

Can they make a Super Bowl?

I mean, a prediction.

You know what, guys?

i just hope that we have enough guys to facilitate a 53 man roster at the end of this preseason the injuries were ridiculous but i'm in our wide receiver core everybody's talking about the drops again matthew golden looks great and i think he might be wide receiver one at some point barring injuries and what happens there but he looked great and i think we'll package him a lot i've been talking about it on our our nfl show um like we did with jaden reed like he'll be in motion a lot he's he's small he's he's fast i think uh matt liffer will know how to use him and i think with jordan lev i think Jordan Lev will be better this year than last year.

I think he regressed in the terms that we, this high expectation we set for him.

So I think he'll be supposed to be like a slight improvement every year.

So yeah, so it's just a tough division.

It's the toughest division.

I don't, there's so many question marks because we don't know what Ben Johnson's doing with Caleb Williams.

We don't know what happened with Detroit with other coordinators.

It's just like a weird and JJ McCarthy.

There's some

it's the most polarizing division for sure.

Oh, it's so weird.

I'd love to feel confident, but I don't at all.

How do you, again, you're going to learn this about Jerry?

Jerry's a diehard Giants, Knicks.

Like, it's honestly nauseating, but it, but it's fine.

He's, I've become a Knicks fan through him.

Thank you, man.

You are a die.

I'm fascinated by diehard fans of any sport.

Like, I guess as an athlete, it's always a little different.

Like, I love my teams, but I'm not like, I'm not glued to watch the game.

You know how the sausage is made.

What is it like watching a Packers game?

What is your typical Sunday like when they're playing Sunday football, watching a Packers game?

That's a great question I would love to ask you this question because I always wonder how athletes watch games compared to the fans because for me like I and I'm so thankful that my job is like if I were a sports reporter and I had to be unbiased I would I would die there's yeah it don't strike me as you could be

so biased and I so game day I'll you know I'll do the prep I'll set my lineup I'll play some bets maybe because I'm a degenerate and then

I'll I will lock into Green Bay so if it's a afternoon game or a later afternoon game um I'll have Green Bay Bay on its own TV, obviously.

And then, yeah,

it's hard because I have to keep an eye on what's going on in the other games for my videos to recap everything.

But I do all just like lock in on Green Bay for so long.

I'm like, oh, dang it, there's other games going on.

But yeah, I'm just, I'm full-on fan mode.

I kind of lose reporter mode.

And you can see it in my tweets too, because I just tweet any kind of raw emotion that I'm feeling.

Yeah,

you got a heavy hand during the game.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

There's you and Jerry, you and Jerry have that in common.

Give us a, um,

I'm asking this for a reason.

You'll see where I'm going with this, but okay, give us just if you can only have one Packer on your fantasy team this year, only one.

Whoa, you have to pick one.

You know, that's an easy one, I think.

Well, I'll tell you why I'm asking because I might have, I had, I have two Packers on my team this year so far.

So I'm hoping one of the ones I picked are one of the ones you're going to say.

Now it's not that easy.

They, I mean, it's not to me.

It could be a couple.

I just picked Jaden Reed, and I feel really good about that.

He's like a little bit later pick, but I would say Jacobs.

The only one I don't have.

I have Jordan Love.

Exactly.

I have Golden, and I might have even reached for Kraft.

Is it the tight, my backup tight?

So I have three actually Packers on my roster, not even knowing that we were going to be working together this NFL season.

I'm honored.

Well, Annie Agar, have yourself a heck of a season.

We're thrilled that you're going to be joining us next week.

Along with Twisted T, we have a fun segment planned for you.

And I'm excited for your recaps.

I'm excited.

It's a part of my regimen is the Andy Logar recaps.

You know, I had somebody the other day, I ran into them and they said, I watch your videos on the toilet every Tuesday.

Thank you, sir.

I did not need to know that.

Minor, a little bit more like with coffee at the table while I'm trying to get my kids out the door.

But I like to hear that too.

Yeah.

Thanks, weirdo, out there.

A little overshare.

Yeah, I did not give that guy a picture.

Yes, but let's all just like, again, let's all take a moment and just welcome football back into our lives.

Best time of the year.

I love it.

I cannot wait.

All right.

Everybody, we'll see you next week.

Can't wait.

Sounds great.

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Now, if you feel like I rushed that, I did, because even though this is airing on a Thursday and we're taping it early, We just got breaking news.

So we're bumping our previous.

Sorry, Coach Vrabel and the leaks that were coming out.

I mean, this is more important.

This is a big story.

As we're taping this show,

Taylor Swift, well, I see your English teacher and your gym teacher, according to them, are getting married in what is a collab to end all collabs on the internet.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey getting married.

That is going to be an early day.

Breaking the internet twice in two weeks.

Have you ever seen a couple own the internet more in a two-week cycle than between the pod they did and this?

No.

Ownage.

No.

Like they are the internet right now.

Oh, they're the internet.

They're absolutely.

And, and, I mean,

I got to be honest with you.

I'm super happy.

I'm super happy for the guy.

I'm super happy for my guy, Trav.

He, a lot of people.

We're kind of giving him shit.

A lot of people have given her shit early on.

Thought it was fake, thought it was this.

And like, my dude, hey, my dude, my dude fell in love.

My dude fell in love.

And you know Kelsey a little bit, right?

Yeah, I know Kelsey pretty well.

He's a great dude, man.

Super pumped for him.

The thing I love about him, too, is just like, he just, he hasn't changed.

Like, he's just, he's a guy's guy.

Like, he's literally dating the most, or now he's engaged to the most famous person in the world, arguably.

And

he's.

the dude you want over to play games with and talk shit about anything.

You know what I mean?

Like he's still that guy.

So

damn, dude.

See, I'm even like, she posted pictures on their account, like of the ring and stuff.

And it's like, my quiet, if we were interviewing Travis Kelsey today, I would ask him, so, buddy, like, what is it like?

Well, see, well, that's what I, that's what I'm curious about.

Like, what is it like ring shopping for Taylor Swift?

Like, you're not going to impress with, like, hey, here's a, here's a $2 million ring.

Tells me she probably, you know, there's a classy, like, less is more in that situation, right?

Yeah.

And also, like, just because it's a bigger diamond doesn't mean it's more expensive.

So that's one thing to learn too.

Brand-wise, she's never going to, like, does she become, is she going to become a hyphen?

Is she going to be Taylor Swift Kelsey?

No, she's going to, she's,

right?

She reminds, she's going to keep her stage name, right?

But she reminds me, I think legally, she reminds,

she's a, she's a traditional girl.

I think she's going to

go Taylor Kelsey?

Yeah.

No way.

There's no way.

She can't.

There's no way.

She'll be Taylor Swift.

There's no way.

That's an interesting conversation.

I bet.

Which is also none of our business.

And we'll learn about once they announce it.

Let's let's we got to put a pull up there.

Do we think she I get it?

Like when she's in her music and when she does that, she's still going to be Taylor Swift.

But like she's a giant brand that she's like, she's going to go by.

Like, is her driver license?

Like, is her marriage license going to say

Taylor Kelsey?

Absolutely.

I guarantee it.

My prediction would be maybe be a version of Taylor Swift Kelsey.

She

then we just start calling her TSK.

Did you see TSK last night?

Taylor Swift Kelsey.

Where do you think they're going to get married?

I see this.

It's going to be a remote location that they are not going to give details of.

And as they should, because that would be a

that would, I mean, in terms of like couple weddings and the media hype, I mean, this might be bigger in terms of the media, like

the royal wedding, essentially.

Yeah, but they'll keep it small.

I feel like they'll keep it small and intimate.

but they've done i mean they've done a pretty good job of like staying under the wraps as much as they can you know what i mean like

well i truly hope it lasts a test of time because it would be in a world where things are a little wonky right now and like you said everybody questioned oh is it real how like it would be just awesome if you look back at this story 40 years from now and they're still together with a bunch of kids and grandkids and you're like wow they they truly were in it for the long haul it feels that way good for them Hey, listen.

You know, Trab.

Do you get a wedding invite?

No.

Beautiful couple.

No.

You don't know him like that.

No.

He's my guy, though.

See, I feel like if I got to be friends with him casually for a year, a few rounds of golf, I heard he likes Entourage.

We presented her years ago.

the cast of Entourage.

I think it was like the Billboard Awards or something.

We presented her with an award.

She came up and she did say, I'm a big fan.

Now she might have been doing like the nice Hollywood talk.

She for sure knows you from Entourage.

Guaranteed.

i'm not saying she didn't know me i'm saying i don't know if she was a true big fan i feel like i i feel like i could get myself a wedding invite if i just get got into the friend circle for like i met her i met she came out to arizona i met her when she was just coming out she might have been 16 or 17 and there was a station there was it was kind of like uh phoenix's like kiss fm right like a ryan secress it was i'll give john john jay and rich were like the local uh radio djs and um they were doing a show and she came out and i met her and i i believe like honestly, I think like she gave me an autograph.

I think I signed an auto, I signed a helmet or football for her brother at the time, who was a football fan.

I don't know if she would remember that or not.

It was might get you the wedding invite if she remembers.

Yeah, I'm going to probably go out of the limit and say I'm not getting invited to the wedding, but now if you did, sending my congratulations.

Last hypothetical, and then we'll wrap the show.

If for some reason

they talked and you received in the mail, Travis and Taylor would like to formally invite you to whatever remote location that they probably won't even give you the location you go right like sight unseen you're just like josie get a sitter we're going like does a one-legged duck swim in circles absolutely see i'm the opposite that would give me so much anxiety and feelings of like wow i don't belong

between you and i that's just between me and you that's an invite you just go and you enjoy you just have fun that would be it's gonna be a fabulous it's gonna be a fun ass wedding i would never go to the wedding wedding i would be way too intimidated way too scared and intimidated come on jerry disagree we're not going come on jerry big news um

all right maddie we're sending you off buddy into the wild to go and analyze a damn good college football game week one go have fun that's literally buddy we'll be watching i'm sure no one's real i'm sure there's not going to be any waves at ohio state with you guys i'm sure it's going to be smooth sailing go have fun uh thanks everybody we'll see you next week

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