Bald Guys On The Bench
Bald Guys On The Bench
Electrifying Games, Boxing Buzz, and NFL Insights
Recorded November 19th, 2024
What happens when the crowd actually roots for the Chargers at SoFi Stadium? Join us as we recount the thrilling Chargers-Bengals game, where the home team experienced a rare wave of support that defied the usual 50-50 fan split. We dive into the electrifying atmosphere that was fueled by motivational clips and a spirited fan base, sparking a conversation about the shifting sports culture in Los Angeles. From personal anecdotes of game day excitement to how winning can transform a fan base, our discussion captures the essence of what makes football a thrilling spectacle.
Ever wondered about the spectacle of modern celebrity boxing? We tackle the curious case of Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson and what such events mean for the sport of boxing. Are these celebrity match-ups more about financial gain than genuine competition? We reflect on Tyson's legendary career and explore the technical streaming challenges that accompany high-profile fights, drawing parallels to other major sports events. It’s a candid exploration of the intersection of entertainment and athleticism that questions what boxing has become.
Football fans, get ready for playoff predictions, standout performances, and a sprinkle of nostalgia. From Bo Nix's impressive rookie year to the chaotic landscape of college football rankings, we bring you our insights and bold predictions for the current NFL season. We reminisce about the days of sports radio broadcasts while analyzing modern team dynamics and thrilling matchups like Steelers vs. Browns. Whether it's a shoutout to unexpected victories, crucial game analyses, or playful banter about favorite teams, this episode captures the heart and excitement of football fandom.
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welcome to another episode of the bald guys on the bench podcast, with your hosts Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco what's up everyone and welcome back to another episode of the bald guys on the bench.
Scott:You know that sports comedy podcast for the everyday fan by the everyday fan. I'm here with my boy, Graham. What's going on, bro?
Graham:What up, what up what?
Scott:up.
Graham:Hey, like we always do when rambling together about sports, you know what time it is, let's grab it and crack one brother, let's go.
Scott:But before we do, oh, we tried to record. Last night we had some it issues, so it's tuesday night. We're trying this again, but you know, you're a steelers fan got that huge dub at home against the ravens. My chargers got that huge dub at home against the bangles. So, to quote my boy, jimmy harbaugh, who's got it better than us?
Graham:nobody. Let's go, bro track it.
Scott:Oh, that sounded delicious uh sorry everybody for the technical difficulties last night. We got no, no Monday Night Football game going on, but you know what, not watching the game is about as eventful as the game we watched last night. So I mean, y'all ain't missing nothing. You ain't wrong, bro, unless you like stadiums collapsing.
Graham:It kind of works out because there's some new news yes, quote that came out between last night night today that we can talk about. That it's kind of important. So in the grand scheme of things, everything works out.
Scott:So what it is it's all good, right, but anyhow, graham, even though it's tuesday night, you know you had to work. Yeah, tell us real quick about your weekend. You told us on Thursday night you were going to the Chargers-Bengals game. How was it? How was Big Rob? How was Warning Track? What was going on? How was SoFi?
Graham:Because everything I've heard from Chargers podcasts was it was one of the best home games in the history of SoFi as far as a home crowd being loud, everything yeah, um, I will start off by saying this normally, at all the home games, from what it's been in the past and I I'll air, quote this what it was normally it's minimum 50-50 fans, kind of like how it is at Allegiant. But you know, walking in the stadium I did see a lot of orange, but from my seats I'm looking around. Yeah, it was peppered around, but it didn't seem like it was 50-50. I mean, there wasn't times during the game where you heard the opposing team's chants.
Scott:I mean there was a couple of who-dad or who-day or whatever that stupid saying is. I was going to say I heard a couple of those.
Graham:On the tee, yeah.
Scott:But literally everything, and not from a biased side, everything that I heard and that I've read. You know Harbaugh last Sunday, after beating the Titans, how he left his press conference. He was like Charger fans, we need you next Sunday night. Hack the place. He did.
Graham:You know it's funny. You say that because they actually played that clip at the start of the game. I heard To pump up the crowd.
Scott:I heard on another podcast at the start of the game to pump up the crowd. I heard on another podcast at the end of the game. It was like third and four or something and it was a third down play in the stadium. They cut all the lights off and then did something and got the crowd all hyped up. You were probably on another planet.
Graham:No, I mean, hey, I was sober-ish.
Scott:And then I heard Harbaugh talking yesterday after the win going. It's the best atmosphere we've had since I've been the head coach, obviously, and not only that, but since the Chargers moved to LA and look at it right now. We've always talked about this. La is what. They ain't showing up unless you're winning, bro. Even when they are winning, it's still tough.
Graham:I mean, I mean.
Scott:I remember way back in the day when I first moved to California. The angels won the world series, and the next year my Mets are playing at the angels. It was like a home game. And you know we always say that, dude, you know it's Southern California, Even when they were in San Diego if they ain't winning, they ain't showing up. Oh for sure, the atmosphere at the Q from 2004 to 2011, there was nothing like it, until Spanos started threatening to leave. Yeah, Anyhow, sorry to interrupt, I just wanted to point that out.
Graham:No, you're good.
Scott:Because I was excited to hear that and the people rallying around them.
Graham:I definitely see where you're coming from and what you heard I get that I would venture to say the stadium was at like I wouldn't go as low as to say 80%, but I'd say 85% capacity. I mean, there was still a bunch of empty seats. Granted, most of them were up in the 500 section. There was a couple of sprinkled empty seats throughout the lower levels. But I mean, if you're just looking at it, it just seemed like little blimps of of orange. It wasn't like other home games where it's just like on the visitor side it's just loaded. So that was pretty good. The one thing that you'll get a kick out of this um, so like a lot of the teams do and how you get on me about it. But you know how Pittsburgh, in the fourth quarter, they play Renegade and get the crowd all fired up. So all the teams do something like that, right? Well, the Chargers, what they do in the fourth quarter, they usually play differently, they switch it up with the songs, but you know how I always talk about the kid.
Announcer:Oh, yeah, takes his shirt off. Takes his shirt off and yeah, takes the shirt off and starts, you know, waving around.
Graham:Well, he came prepared today, so he painted his chest yes, yeah, you know, with some words on it. And, dude, every time the kid is shown the crowd just goes nuts. Yeah, I mean, he's the best, well, the funny. The reason why I'm bringing it up is there was another kid that was trying to steal his thunder. Step off, bro, step off guy. He takes his shirt off Know your role guy.
Graham:Like starts doing. I'm like they go back to him and this kid's and the original one is like what the? He's just like. Looking at his mom, he's like what is this? Then they shoot back to the. They do to another person, they go back to the other kid and the new kids, like you know, you gotta earn that okay, yeah yeah, I've been doing this for three years. Bro, you can't step up here and take my shade something.
Scott:something else I heard it was it was alumni weekend. There was a bunch of old retired Chargers fans or Chargers players, and this is hilarious because I literally on the way to work today listening to a Charger podcast. They were talking about it, so they had everybody on the field before the game except for one person, and that was LT. Was he late person? Yeah, and that was lt, so I was so they bring late, they bring lt out on the field and then they play that whatever music video that lt made, yeah, his touch the slide and they were like the touchdown
Scott:slide like l the face. The lt's face was like man. Are you kidding me right now? Yeah, he was in a box.
Graham:Or he was in a suite.
Scott:Dude, I was dying.
Graham:The camera found him.
Scott:I was dying dude, but anyhow, how was the game? I know you took your dad to SoFi for the first time. Yeah, you got to hang out with Rob and WarningTrack FaceTimed you after the game had a great time.
Graham:The game was good. It was nice taking my dad. It was the first time him going to SoFi and also it was really special for him because he was born in Inglewood. He grew up there for the first 20 years of his life, so when I say lived there, he literally lived a mile away from where SoFi is. So it was very nostalgic for him being in that area when we did the tour of the stadium and the outside. He's just like a kid in a candy store just trying to figure out where is everything? Where'd that building go?
Graham:Or where'd this come from, all those types of stuff. So I mean, it was a blast from the past for him. So he had a really good time, one of the coolest things experiences while the game was going on. We chatted about it last time was, you know, when Herbert had his first big run for the first down. You know, I do the ever so classic copy it off you which you copy it off good old Phillip Rivers, but the the look both ways.
Scott:you know, with the handout, wait for it First down you know points and figures out there, you got to give them the Whatever Bam. Come on If you're going to start talking about. You know PR like let's, don't you know, sugarcoat it here, bro.
Announcer:But so I showed him that.
Scott:You can't call it a jumbotron, you can call it the greatest thing ever.
Graham:Sensory overload is all you can say. He's just like here's the thing. He actually was watching it a lot of the time because he's like, honestly, graham, I can't see the players over there. He's like I just can't see them. He's like, not to say, the old but he has glasses, but it's just like it's harder mean.
Graham:Dude, my dad's almost 70 years old, you know what I mean. So it's just like he's watching how, when the players are at midfield, towards the other side, because folks yeah, a lot of you figured out because we've talked. Well, I'm just saying because I'm on an end zone side, so when they were playing closer to us he could see them. But when they were on the opposite side of the end zone, like where rob's sitting, um, he was looking at the jumbotron, you know whatever you want to call it, the whole time. But uh, yeah, I mean he really enjoyed it. You know he enjoyed meeting rob.
Graham:Um, you know it, just, it's funny, when we were hanging out with rob this was the first time I saw him and his kid trevor since last year, so we're all chopping it up. We were fac out with Rob. This was the first time I saw him and his kid Trevor since last year, so we're all chopping it up. We were FaceTiming, we FaceTimed you, obviously, and you know, after a while my dad just like slapped me on the elbow and he's just like bro, we need to go.
Scott:It was late. The game ended at like midnight. Yeah, it was a long game, yeah it was a long game.
Graham:Yeah, normally it ends at like 830, maybe 820. But because of all of, like the player, injuries on the field and it's just, it's just drug out, but Joe Burrow the reason I bring it up, because he's 0-3 against Herbert.
Graham:We take a shuttle there and they say the shuttle goes up until an hour after the game ends. And I didn't realize how much time went by. And I look at my watch and it's 10 o'clock. I was like yo, we need a bounce Because it's a solid 10-minute walk back to the buses, dude. We got back over there. There wasn't a soul in sight. There just happened to be like like two people that work for the buses and I'm like looking around, I'm like did we fuck up here? And he's just like well, what bus do you need? And I was like bus seven going back to Harbor Gate. And he's just like, well, you're in luck, that's the last bus of the night and it just happens to be yours. And I'm like prison load Because my dad's like what are we gonna do? And I was like dad worst case scenario just have to pay for the popcorn.
Graham:Back home simmer down yeah, grammy, I mean it probably would have been faster, but graham's got it covered, bro, you're good yeah, you're good. I mean you're good like it's all good I mean, that would be. It would be story of my life if that would happen, if we would have missed the bus. That would have been a story of my life if that would have happened, if we would have missed the bus.
Scott:That would have been classic.
Scott:But anyhow glad you got to take Papako in there. I'm just going to reiterate what you were talking about about the screen. The first time I the one and only time I've ever been to SoFi was with you and Grammar Police and we started off in your seats And're watching. I'm watching, I'm like this thing is insane. Then somehow I forget how we ended up down on the field level and we're looking inside of this thing and I'm like, oh my god, this is amazing but incredible stadium. Your eyes are all over the place watching everything. But as we wrap up your weekend, I'm just going to jump real quick into mine.
Graham:Yeah, go ahead.
Scott:Worked Saturday got to watch some college football. We'll get into that in a minute. Friday night we had the Tyson-Jake Paul fight, which we'll get into that in a minute. You know, friday night we had the tyson jake paul fight, which we'll talk about in a second. Played some golf with my dad and a family friend.
Scott:Our boy boyd just joined a private club down virginia beach, went down there and played, so I didn't get to watch a lot of football. Obviously I had your game on while I'm playing golf, trying to watch it because I knew you weren't going to be watching it. You were listening to a drive into la right. And you know, awesome weekend, came home, got some pizza, got ready for the charger game and you know that was that. But let's jump right in. Friday night, dude, netflix, the anticipated. You know tyson jake paul fight. You know, the greatest marketer, we'll call him of our time right now. I mean four years ago the dude was nothing and four years later my guy's fighting mike tyson getting 40 mil. You know I I can't stand the guy, but you can't call him an idiot well, I mean no.
Graham:Well, yeah, you can't. You can just call them other words that we won't see on on the radio right now, but um, you know.
Scott:Here's my question before you say anything, is he gonna challenge biden to his next fight? Oh shut the fuck up why?
Graham:because he fought an old man that didn't just like stumbled around the ring. He didn't do anything.
Scott:I mean somebody tweeted after the fight is he gonna challenge bernhard longer? I mean?
Graham:Dude, there's some people. I heard that he called out Canelo. Dude, canelo would wax your ass With one hand tied behind his back. Yeah, I don't want to butcher his name. Is it Javontais or something? He's another undisputed. He's more like 155 or no. He's probably like 165 weight class. So dude would have to come down a lot, but even still, I think homeboy would fight him regardless. I mean now real boxers are pissed because here's the thing.
Graham:I love it. The whole hype of the fight is Iron Mike Tyson, the baddest mofo to ever put on the gloves. Obviously there's other badasses, but Mike Tyson is Mike Tyson.
Scott:Dude and Tyson's prime. Nobody wanted any part of that. Facts, facts. Nobody wanted any part of that, facts, facts. Like I said last night in the episode that was deleted, I remember I was in eighth grade. It was my boy's birthday and we were at his house spending the night and his dad bought the fight for us when he lost to Buster Douglas Wow, I can remember it, dude, it was nuts. Because Tyson, dude, dude. Not only was he winning every fight, he was, as we always say, laying the wood to dudes. Okay, and buster douglas comes in and he's like I got you. I'll never forget it. You were probably a little too young, but this was 91, 92, but, dude, just the fact that Jake Paul got in the ring with Tyson pulled all this, this shit, off is insane.
Graham:Yeah For clout. That's all it is. It's a money grab. It's clout. He can put it on the resume. Who?
Scott:I'll tell you who Him With that 40 mil in that bank account.
Graham:Yeah, he makes enough money doing this. I mean like I get it. Look, they hyped it up. Look, they hyped it up. His team hyped it up and made everyone feel like, hey, yes, mike Tyson's 56 or 58, whatever old he is Seven, but he still got the swag. You saw all the training videos little promo videos that he did he granted.
Graham:those videos are only 15 seconds apart but, like with the rules that they agreed upon, going from three minutes down to two minutes, going from 12 rounds down to eight. You know it was things to help, tyson, and when you watch the fight after that first round, maybe even the second round, I mean it looked like he was out of gas. But here's the thing All the commentary that we did yesterday that went buh-bye. Thanks, buzzsprout.
Graham:I kind of feel like, yeah, I'm kind of feeling, to be honest with you, after doing more research and we're all suckers, and by research I mean watching a bunch of videos. I'm going to be, honest with you. I think right now I'm at 75%, maybe even 85%, in belief that this shit was staged All of it, Like they're showing clips where it's just like when he fought Roy Jones three years ago. Who Tyson Tyson?
Scott:fought Roy Jones three years ago. Who Tyson Tyson fought Roy Jones Jr.
Graham:Yeah, during the pandemic, or like right after the pandemic.
Scott:I don't remember that, but whatever, yeah, he did.
Graham:I'm not questioning you, I'm just saying yeah, it obviously didn't get the ratings, because who wants to see two 55-year-olds? You know what I mean. But anyway, they're playing clips side by side where it's just like the opponent throws a jab, he ducks under it and when he fought Roy Jones, dude throws a counter and punches him right in the face, but against Jake Paul he doesn't. You know the whole biting of the gloves. Was that like a sign of like? Hey, hold up, or hey like?
Scott:he would don't hit me.
Graham:He was hoping it was holy field's ear yes, there's just so many times where it's just like he had shots but just didn't take them. And then, obviously, the last two rounds were a complete joke. He dude, he only threw in the entire match, and by he I mean tyson. I only think he threw 40 punches.
Scott:There's only eight rounds it was, it was bad he wasn't even throwing punches the last 20 seconds.
Graham:He they just basically stood there and, you know, hugged it out and Paul was just like well, you know, his team afterwards is just like well, it just seemed like we didn't want to beat up an old man, we didn't want to knock him out. Dude, you know what? After saying all this, I'm at 100%. The shit was staged, they waxed us all. It was a money grab. And look who's to blame more them, netflix, and Netflix had their own problems.
Scott:Dude don't.
Graham:You can't be the largest streaming company in the world and not expect that out of, let's just say, worldwide. I'll lowball it and say you have 100 million viewers. It and say you have 100 million viewers. I and to quote Charles Barkley guarantee minimum 25% were watching that shit.
Scott:Dude, I'm going to rewind to last year okay. When the NFL signed the deal with YouTube TV and I questioned it and we I even talked about it on the on an episode I was like this ain't gonna work. It's the nfl, everything's streaming. And what did I say after week one? Wow, yeah, no issues. They are right, they good going into this dude, the preliminary fights. Everybody on social media is going. I'm buffering, I'm buffering, I'm buffering. And the only thing I could think about was the Chiefs-Steelers game on Christmas, because that's on.
Scott:Netflix. Yeah, granted, there was more people watching the fight than what are going to watch the sealers chiefs game on christmas, oh for sure. But for sure you know how kellen and I watched the fight. No, how you know that wide receiver, that was amazing for your stealers. That went cuckoo thanks to vante, perfect oh, yeah, uh he throws something out on twitter and facebook and he goes. I understand everybody's having buffering issues. Click this link. I'm gonna throw it.
Graham:Facebook live I'm kind of surprised facebook live allowed that shit to happen kellen and I are literally watching the fight on Antonio Brown's Facebook Live.
Scott:He's got his phone propped up at the Jumbotron and Kellen goes Dad look at how many people are watching this on his Facebook Live. And I'm like how do I see that? And he points it and I'm like oh my God, five and a half million people watching it on Antonio Brown's Facebook live feed.
Graham:So if you got five there, how many people are on Netflix? You know what I mean? Like unbelievable, Just insane. Like if you're an executive for Netflix, obviously the next day you're having a meeting and firing whoever, but it's just like you've done live events before.
Scott:That's fine, Not like this though.
Graham:But I get it. You have to assume worst case scenario half of your users are going to watch this around the world and if that's the case, you need to be set up and ready to go and, I don't know, check your system accordingly to make sure shit works not only I'm sure they did not only their users.
Scott:What, bro, just think about a family like mine? Okay? Yeah I'm trying to watch it on tv. Kellen's trying to watch it on his phone, krist went to bed. She's trying to watch it on her phone, so we got three people in one household trying to watch it. Think about the world.
Graham:Oh, it's. It's like I said last night someone's getting fired, I don't know who. I don't know who, but I would be shocked if someone didn't get fired, but don't know who. I don't know who, but I would be shocked if someone didn't get fired. But like you said for Christmas, it's the Kansas City, pittsburgh. There's also another game. It's actually really good. I think it's Ravens. Your game is the only one on.
Scott:Netflix right.
Graham:No, I think they're both on Netflix. Come on, don't do that I'm dead serious.
Scott:No, I think they're both on Netflix.
Graham:Come on, there's two games. Don't do that, I'm dead serious.
Scott:All right, I'm looking, keep talking.
Graham:So we brought it up yesterday. But it's like dude, if the NFL is on Netflix and there is any type of issue, you know our boy Roger Goodell is going to be like nah, nah, nah, you had your one chance, buh-bye.
Scott:Because we ain.
Graham:Yeah, what's the other game we got?
Scott:Chief Steelers at 1 Eastern, and then we got Ravens Texans at 430.
Graham:Yes, that's what it is. That's going to be a great game too, dude.
Scott:Netflix, come on, don't fail us.
Graham:I mean I want to knock on some wood right now, just in case, but two great matchups. I'll say that.
Scott:Oh, and I'm looking at the. Espn schedule chargers at Patriots flex game. It's either the 28th or 29th.
Graham:Who wants to watch that?
Scott:I do, and guess who's going to be there, live and in person, oh well you what has two thumbs baby. This guy, and that's all because my boy TH4. Let's go, Well, actually we'll call him TH2.
Scott:No, he's eight now TH8. Oh eight. But anyhow, dude, college football had some wild games. Tennessee at Georgia Lose by 14. Kansas on the road, dude, playing the three seed at the time BYU beats BYU in football. We ain't talking about basketball, we're talking about Kansas beating somebody in football. What, Dude? Oregon, stupid-ass coaching decisions at the end of the game, losing at halftime but win the game. We'd get more into it. But it's Tuesday night and you know what happens on Tuesday night the playoff prediction brackets come out. Right, dude, it comes out. And I was just like, oh my Lord, dude. One thing I forgot conference winners get the buy. Okay, makes sense, yeah, it does. But I'm sitting here looking and I'm looking at it and Oregon number should be. Texas number two should be All right, miami number three.
Announcer:You just lost.
Scott:Yeah, and Boise State, number four, okay, but that's not what I'm complaining about. What I'm complaining about are the first round matchups, and I looked this up. So the first round matchups, the lower seed or the better seed gets to host a home game against them, right. So you got Ohio State as the five seed, hosting BYU. Is that going to be a competitive game? No chance. You got Notre Dame hosting Alabama. Is that going to be a competitive game? No chance.
Scott:Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois, a Mac school. Then you got Penn State hosting Georgia. Is that going to be a competitive game and I'm not talking shit on you no chance. Then you got Indiana hosting Ole Miss. Dude, I'm sorry, indiana, yeah, you're the seven seed, but the only quality win you have this year and you can't even call it a quality win is Michigan. You know, we all know Michigan lost a million people. You know, we all know Michigan lost a million people. But the thing to me is, dude, you got I don't know, you got Penn state at six. Okay, and I'm not talking shit on Penn state because of you, I'm just saying in general right, ole Miss Georgia, bama, run them out of the stadium.
Scott:Then you got the first team out Tennessee. They beat any of them. The second team out SMU do I have a lot of faith in SMU? Don't know new in the ACC they could still win it, get the three seed. And so this all comes out and I text our boy Buckeye Obviously we know he's a fan of by the nickname Buckeye's like dude. Here's the crazy thing Ohio State could end up playing Oregon in the Big Ten Championship when, okay, we're just saying win or lose, ohio State's getting in. They could have to play Oregon again for the third time this year.
Graham:That's insane, right? I thought adding the extra teams was going to make this scenario better. I mean, before it was just the four teams, which is better than just the two teams.
Scott:What did we always say, though? No matter how many teams you add, there's going to be controversy Facts. Everybody thought adding all these teams was going to make everything more relevant. Dude, adding all these teams does nothing but say, hey, come on sec, come on big 10, we know you're the best. Two conferences in college football. Yeah, I mean, the big 10 has one, two, three, four teams.
Graham:Yeah, I mean, I get what you're saying.
Scott:But two of them, Indiana and Penn State, haven't beat anybody.
Graham:Yeah, I mean I get what you're saying, but also we've had conversations off air where it's just like. We've had conversations off air where it's just like has this season really seemed for certain teams as dominant as it was before? It kind of just seems like it's a free-for-all this year. If this system was like I don't know six, eight, ten years ago, when it was pretty cut and dry who the teams were and also you had to think about it, there was more conferences, teams were, you know, and also you had to think about it, there was more conferences so you didn't have so many big name schools in these big conferences. Now you know what I mean.
Graham:So like that changes everything yeah it's just, you know, when there's the four major conferences and you have so many good teams that moved into these conferences, like I mean, it's great during the regular season because you see a lot of better games during the regular season and I appreciate that, but when it comes down to the playoffs now it's just like okay. We're still kind of going to see the same thing over again, I guess.
Scott:So my question tonight, after these brackets came out, was what's going to happen with the bowl games? Right, like there's so much money involved in this and like I aren't, like I said, the first round, the higher ranked team gets the home game I'm like, where are the bowl games going to come in? And so I looked it up. So literally on New Year's Eve one quarter final game is at the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona. Then on New Year's Day you have three quarter final games Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta, the Rose Bowl in Cali and then the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Okay, so there's the quarterfinal. Then we just scroll on down college football semifinals on January 9th at the Orange Bowl, and then the next one is on January 10th at the Orange Bowl, and then the next one is on January 10th at the Cotton Bowl, and the national championship game is going to be played on January 20th at. It doesn't even say presented by AT&T. So my guess is that's the Cowboys place where the roof falls. But it's wild. You know the bowl games are getting involved. They have to get their money, but oh for sure. I mean I'm glad we finally got this new playoff system, but we said it back when it was announced there.
Scott:No matter how many teams you add, there's going to be controversy, facts Doesn't matter. We could talk about this for another 30 minutes, but good thing we're not. But, dude, next NFL man. We had some matchups. I love how the NFL put them in all different time slots. I thank the NFL for flexing the Colts and Jets out of Sunday night football, thank God. But we start the day off in the one o'clock time slot. You know, steelers, ravens Nobody respecting the Steelers Ravens, three-point favorite on the road, playing in Heinz Field with all the terrible towels, lamar, I mean, what is it?
Scott:The Ravens before going in that game? One and seven, something like that. One, six, one and seven, yeah, and it was just the classic Steelers-Ravens game Defense, defense, defense. Second play of the game King Henry fumbles. Last night you had to point out that somebody punched the ball out and I had to remind you that still counts as a fumble. But you know, let it die, bro. But the Steelers didn't score a touchdown. Kick six field goals. You know, let it die, bro, but the Steelers didn't score a touchdown. Kicked six field goals, you know. And the Ravens make a charge late in the game. They have a two-point conversion to tie it with just over a minute left, and the question I have is who wasn't on the field for that two-point conversion?
Graham:Good old boyrick henry. What's up? You need two yards. Make it make sense. Yeah, you know it's tuesday, obviously tuesday night that we're recording. I've been watching a lot of uh you know different commentators talk about the games and listening to the different commentators talk about the game, there's just certain things that just kind of resonate, and number one is this what's the point of getting Derrick Henry if you're not going to use him? Granted, they only rushed him 13 attempts in the game. Derrick henry is a back that you feed and then you feed him some more and then you feed him some more, unless you're down considerably. And then obviously you have justice hill come in, because that's their past, catching back. I get it.
Scott:That was interesting but interesting but still.
Graham:Another, yeah, I get. What do we always say? Make it, make sense and it makes sense because it's the Ravens and Lamar.
Announcer:And the only way.
Scott:My guy succeeds is when he has the lead Granted. The game was close, it wasn't out of hand either way. Right Tucker misses two field goals. Shocking, not really, have you seen? What he's done this year.
Graham:Well, I mean, it's only shocking because he is the greatest statistical kicker of all time. Not anymore. I mean, obviously his numbers are going down. But I mean, well, here you know, a point was brought up earlier that I was listening to. If he wasn't, or should I say if you took the name off his jersey and he performed that way, would he still be kicking for them? I?
Scott:guarantee you the Ravens would have somebody trying out.
Graham:Yeah, I mean that's you know. That's obviously something to think about. You know a lot of commentators were talking about even prior to the game starting. They're like, look, the Ravens run defense is best in the league, but their back end terrible. So they figured and plus with how the offense or should I say how Pittsburgh offense has been running. Russ has been throwing the ball a lot better than what it's been. They thought, and I thought as well, that we'd air it out. Yeah, we made some passes, but it didn't go that way. I mean no touchdowns for the Pittsburgh. We got six field goals Great. There was the two by Baltimore, if you had Boswell in fantasy.
Scott:You were loving it.
Graham:Oh, pfft. Thanks, 28 points, or whatever it was. You know my who.
Scott:I must say, is a very, very, very underrated kicker.
Graham:Oh thank you, I agree. I mean, I think and I don't want to jinx him, but I think he's only missed one extra point or one field goal this year. He just does his thing Reliable.
Scott:Yeah.
Graham:What any team would want. Can we just have a guy? It's funny earlier today, tomlin always does his talk with the media on Tuesdays and one of the reporters asked him. They're like oh so what are your thoughts on your kicker? And he said I'm going to be honest with you, I am not a fan when he consistently is AFC special teams player of the week, yeah.
Scott:And I'm like I didn't think about that for a second.
Graham:That's what I'm saying. We need touchdowns, tutties, and he made a good point. He's like I love the guy, but we need to do a better job on offense. He took a question that was going to lift a guy and was just like yeah, I love the dude, but we need to be better. That's why back in the day I had a Mike Cyphers jersey. Yeah, I remember that. Why I?
Scott:remember that. Because everybody's happy when he's on the sideline. Yeah, am I wrong?
Graham:No, not at all, and he used to play golf at my golf course and he got it.
Scott:There's other reasons? Yeah, but I've never told this it.
Announcer:There's other reasons.
Graham:Yeah, but I've never told the story. It's not like you're at the pro shop, Like I want his jersey.
Scott:I've never told the story about his mom. Yes, you have Walking into the game. That was so awesome. Why are you wearing that jersey? He plays golf at my golf course. Oh, my God, I'm his mom. My god, I'm his mom. I'm like what she goes. I've never seen anybody wearing his jersey uh, duh he's a punter, he's like what a picture it was so awesome when I told him that story, dude, I was dying, he was too, but oh, of course, of course.
Graham:Um, you know, but just thinking about the sealer game. So obviously I'm in the car driving to LA for this, for the charger game, I'm listening to it in the car and obviously there's a huge difference between listening to the game and watching it. So you like, I'm trying to visual, or I'm trying to mentally picture what's going on, with who's on what side, which way the ball is going. So I'm paying close attention to the commentator for the play-by-play and I mean I was doing fine with it. But there were certain plays that I finally saw after, like on replay, when watching highlights, that just was like wow, the interception, unbelievable. The interception by Peyton Wilson in the fourth quarter, it was sick.
Announcer:I mean I still, and because here's also the thing, the interception by Peyton Wilson in the fourth quarter.
Graham:Catch of the interception, it was sick, I mean it was sick, I still, and because here's also the thing he took the ball from him. If he would have done it like a half a second later, hill's knee would have been down or his butt would have been down, and that would have been rule to catch Right. So it's just the timing of everything.
Scott:Something I said last night that obviously was toast, when we were talking about you listening to it on the radio. We're huge sports fans. I have listened to numerous games on the radio. Obviously, we've watched 7 million games on the TV. I think it is way more intense listening to it on the radio.
Graham:Yeah, because you have to be paying attention to every detail.
Scott:Not only that, but whoever that radio play-by-play guy is, you're living and dying on everything that comes out of that dude's mouth. Oh, facts, facts. And he's painting the picture. We got the Steelers first and 10, moving from left to right, they send pickings in motion and you're just in your mind, you're, yeah, painting this picture, right, right, and this is the steelers ravens. You're, I can see you driving right now on the way to la. You're like freaking out on every word that they're saying. And I can see papa cohen going, graham simmer down, graham simmer down. And you're like shut up, dad. You're like, ah, you know, I can just picture it. Facts, picture all of it
Scott:dude, you know. But there's something to be said about that, because back in the day, you know, all sports were on the radio. Yeah, our parents early on in their lives, their grandparents or their parents, that's how they dealt with sports.
Announcer:Yeah.
Scott:I mean, we're spoiled as shit, Like I'm playing golf, bro, watching the Steelers and Ravens, as I'm playing golf on my phone thanks to YouTube TV. Yeah right. Really. Yeah, I mean 100%, but anyhow, huge win for the Steelers, huge, you know huge and first division game for us this season.
Graham:There's only one of two teams. It is the first time in the NFL that two separate teams had their first division game, week 11. That's so dumb.
Scott:Like how ridiculous is this? And when the schedule came out, I remember you just bitching and moaning about it and every right to yeah, I mean it's ridiculous, it's so weird.
Graham:Because here's the thing Usually, after we play the Ravens, it seems like a lot of years we've got to play the Browns right after that. Oh hey, guess what Guess who we play on Thursday night? Four days after who? We just played a slug match with Baltimore. Now we have to play Cleveland. And look, in previous years I've talked about it with you. There are times that Pittsburgh plays down to their opponents, and I'm going to be honest with you.
Scott:You're worried, and so is Vegas. Dude, you're only three-point favorite.
Graham:I mean I'm worried a little bit, but not as much as you think, Because honestly I really believe that this year, with this team that's put together, there's like some new fresh air in that building and to be honest, people Leaving Baker or not Baker Mason Rudolph Kenny Pickett.
Graham:Yeah, I mean yes, the Tors is finally finally, what's the other guy, maserati Mitch, trubisky, dude you pass the torch you pass the torch from Big Ben and then you hand it to these guys and granted, you got Russ for nothing, you got Fields and your defense is playing its ass off and we'll just leave it at that yeah, but here's the thing, even with ben though there are times with ben right towards his like end of his career where, like I said, play down to the competition, and I think this year just it's not that tomlin is re-motivated, because I mean, he always has it, but it's just like there's something in the air and honestly I really believe that and everyone criticizes him for it because they just don't believe it's true. But like Russ's attitude, mentality and just like how he speaks, like I really think that that's rubbing off on the team and just his positive aura is just making it a difference.
Scott:Dude, after his two years in Denver, he has to do this oh, facts, has to do this.
Announcer:Facts.
Scott:But we're 46 minutes into this episode.
Graham:Yeah, I know.
Scott:And we're about to just do cliffiffsNote version. Chiefs, bills, yeah, chiefs, you lost Josh Allen that touchdown run on fourth and two Beast mode. Thanks for playing, you know.
Graham:Hey, that was the MVP style run, right there it was amazing, it was sick. And fourth and two I mean, the best part is when the game's over and all the players are going across the field and all the marquee guys are talking to each other. Mahomes is like it's alright, bro, We'll see you again. To Josh Allen it's all good, he ain't scared. He was scared before, but now he definitely ain't scared and he ain't seeing him again.
Scott:Well, oh, he ain't seeing him again. The Chiefs ain't going to the AFC Championship game. Facts it ain't happening. Facts Because that's the onlyFC championship game. Facts it ain't happening. Facts Because that's the only time he'd see him again. The way the seeds are right now.
Graham:Yeah, I mean, it really just comes down to who wins Because look who knows? Pittsburgh plays the Chiefs on, the Chiefs will lose again 100%, whether it's to us or to us and another team and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Scott:Ain't scared of Kermit, bro Ain't scared.
Graham:No.
Scott:Anyhow.
Graham:Hey. I'll say this, no, anyhow. Hey, I'll say this After what your team did last Sunday night if they could keep that win streak together and take care of business with Lamar coming Monday night, all the confidence in the world for that.
Scott:Let's just jump right into it. Chargers-bengals, let's go Flex to Sunday night football. Chargers, jump outbert's, slinging it right. I mean it's domination station. Bangles can't do shit. Bangles come out in the second half and whatever was said in that locker room dude on that defense worked and we couldn't do anything offensively in the second half. Uh, christian fulton dominating the game, still dominating the game.
Scott:Fifth round corner we're playing our ass off. We're up. Next thing, you know it's tied 27-27. And I'm like, oh God, here we go again. And all I could think about and I didn't even say this on the episode last night so the Jaguars game, when we're winning 27 to nothing. We're watching it Saturday night and Kellen's watching the game and he falls asleep on the couch and he wakes up we lost. He's like dad, are you kidding me? We were winning 27 to nothing. Sunday night. We're watching the game, chargers are dominating. Kellen falls asleep and I wake him up it's tied 27-27. And he's looking at me like half asleep and he's like can't even believe it, right? So moral of the story is Kellen's not allowed to fall asleep during a game when we have a big lead at halftime.
Graham:But anyhow, dude, all right, hold on. I got to ask you one question. I mean, some of this is to poke the bear a little bit, some of it's not Poke it. So it's halftime, right, and I'm walking around with Pops and showing him the stadium some more and my dad's like I was like, so you having a good time? He's like, yeah, you having a good time. He's like, yeah, he's like it's good. He's just like you know, this game's pretty one-sided right now. Yeah, I was like. Yeah, I was like, not gonna lie, I hate to be that guy, but I wouldn't object to making this game a little bit more interesting. I was like wouldn't mind cincinnati coming back a little bit now. Granted, some of this bias is also because I do have Jamar Chase and Burrow in fantasy. I needed some action. But when shit started to go, I'm like you know.
Graham:I wasn't look, I'm a seasoned ticket holder for the Chargers. I root for the Chargers. I got love for them. But I'm not going to lie. There was a part of me that was just like I need some fantasy love here and I also wanted some excitement. So me saying this and I'm sure you already knew that that happened, even though I didn't tell you?
Scott:Yeah, I don't give a shit about your fantasy. How much do you hate me for it? I don't give a shit about it.
Graham:I know you don't. I know you don't. I'm just saying Like, obviously you want to see the wind and dominate the whole time, but there's also some part. You want some excitement in the game.
Scott:I honestly think the Bengals coming back, the Chargers facing a little adversity losing Christian Fulton, losing Hart, losing Still yeah, and then pulling off a dub helped the Chargers more than a blowout.
Announcer:I agree.
Scott:I think it 100% gave them confidence. The old Chargers regime Brandon Staley, anthony Lynn, mike McCoy they lose that game. Not only that, the three games before that which you're playing opponents that you're supposed to beat. We don't win those three games. So just watching everything unfold and yeah, dude, the Bengals record is not how good they are. Okay, amazing offense their defenses, but you still got burrow. You still got jamar chase. They're missing.
Scott:Mixing higgins has been out the last three or four weeks. He was insane against us. I knew it wasn't going to be an easy game going into it and the way we came out it was just like oh my God. And watching Herbert sling it, everybody was playing their ass off. But a couple things, dude. Obviously Harbaugh has installed his culture for the Chargers right. I mean the guys believe in him. You can see it. I sent you the postgame locker room celebration last night. I mean we're singing, he's a jolly good fellow. And Derwin James is embracing Harbaugh, the whole organization. In his speech he's saying, yeah, they got the momentum, but we never flinched. We got the guys here thatick to the Super Bowl and the guys believe in him. Everywhere he's been he's been a winner. And now you got a GM that's been in one of the greatest organizations in football, the Ravens learning, and this guy is making move after move. And I'm just gonna say this real quick dude, remember that when we traded keenan and we did that episode when I was like in tears and in shambles yeah, yeah okay, and I still am because I love keenan yeah, right
Scott:I see something. Last night and I don't even know if I told you this ortiz out there playing chess. Keenan, allen, mike williams this year 43 receptions, 480 yards and three touchdowns combined. Lad and quentin johnson this 65 receptions, 970 yards and 10 touchdowns. The Chargers traded Allen for a fourth-round pick, which was 110 in the draft, which was then traded in a deal to acquire McConkie, which acquired us another fifth-round pick, and we drafted Tarheap still, which acquired us another fifth round pick, and we drafted Tarheap still. Those are things organizations have to do. I agree, and we're doing it Ladd McConkie, second round pick that we moved up for Chargers wide receivers with multiple 100 games since 1980. Oh, there's two of them, somebody. I just mentioned that we traded away Keenan and now Lad.
Graham:They're the only two receivers to have Multiple 100 yard games In their rookie season.
Announcer:Oh, okay. I was like yeah, and let me remind you, khalil Mack was out.
Scott:Okay, yeah, I, and let me remind you, khalil Mack was out, okay.
Graham:I was gonna say, now that you mentioned that I didn't hear his number called Khalil has a groin issue.
Scott:He only played four plays against the. Titans okay, joey. Bosa, you know, hasn't been on the field a lot in the last five weeks, dude. Yeah, joey. And Tooley Hasn't been on the field a lot in the last five weeks, dude. Yeah, joey. And Tuli, who we always talk about on the episodes Tuli. Okay, bosa and Tuli had the most pressures in the entire NFL this week. Yeah, eight. Each Bosa played his dick off and that's why, bud, that's why he's still there, bud.
Scott:Dupree, even Bud Dupree was contributing, dude, the last play of the game, the Hail Mary was and Tule was about to kill Burrow, and that's why he had to release it early. But anyhow, just something to think about, dude, and this is where we were last night. When you froze up, think about this, dude. This is wild. The Bengals have the third worst defense in the NFL, allowing 26 points a game, and they're four and seven. They're allowing that many points a game and they've won four games.
Announcer:Yeah, in 2021.
Scott:Okay, this might blow you away. In 2021, the Chargers had the third worst defense, allowing 27 points a game, and the Chargers finished 9-8. Herbert is the only quarterback in the last 20 years to have a winning record with a bottom three defense.
Graham:It's insane, considering the fact that Burrow is the number one statistical quarterback as of right now In the league. Bro, it's been. Was that just week 11 or week 12? Week 12? Right, week 11. It's been week 11 and he already has 3,000 yards. Yeah, passing, that's insane. Has the most touchdowns, I think it's like 29. And oh, his partner in crime, you know Jamar Chase, number one wide receiver in the league. Like they got offense. They just can't stop a cold right now.
Scott:But, dude, quentin Johnson I mean my guy myself. I hated him last year, obviously we talked about it a lot.
Graham:Yeah, dude, he's tied for fourth in the NFL in receiving touchdowns it's crazy because the thing is when, noticing him at the game the other night, he had like what did he finish with five catches.
Scott:He doesn't have a lot of yards. I don't think it was more than that.
Graham:No, but that's the thing. But it's just like there's like three points in the game where it's just like he'll make a play. That's just super important for the team.
Scott:He's why Because he's not a 50-50 guy, Right that they made him last year when Mike Williams got hurt.
Graham:I know it's amazing what happens when you use the people that you Well that, but also them having a real coach so that way they can use the players to the skill set that they have.
Scott:Everybody bitching and moaning. Chargers didn't take a wide receiver at number five overall. When you got my boy, joe Alt on the right side, you got Slater on the left side, you got a second round pick in Ladd. It worked out. How's that working? But I mean, look, this game coming Monday, dude, go ahead. What were you going to say?
Graham:No, I was just going to say in the last 20 years, since the huge increase in offense, there's only been a handful of wide receivers that's been taken in the top five that are actually worth anything and look the only player that comes to mind like right off the bat, cincinnati five years ago, like when they took DeMar Chase, when they had all those issues on the offensive line.
Scott:I was telling my dad about it last night. Do you remember how they got destroyed by the media for taking him instead of an offensive lineman? Yeah, and then the preseason when he couldn't catch a ball because he was complaining about the stripes around the football going from college to the NFL.
Announcer:Yeah.
Graham:Ridiculous, my guy is insane. You know who they would have taken if they didn't take him. Was it the dude? Yeah, ridiculous, my guy is insane. You know who they would have taken if they didn't take him.
Announcer:Was it the dude that went to the Lions? Yeah, Penny Sewell, who's an all-pro, so it worked out for both teams.
Graham:Yeah, so it could have been either way. I mean it worked out perfectly for each team because it helped them in their individual race. You know what I mean. But, like it's, it's just funny how the cookie crumbles sometimes.
Scott:Yeah, so chargers game Monday night. I'm bummed you ain't going to be there. Have you sold your tickets yet?
Graham:Who said?
Scott:I'm not going. Okay, I ain't mad at that. Oh, oh, I ain't mad at that. Oh, oh, oh. The Harbaugh Bowl, let's go this game is-.
Graham:Yeah, I need to take them off the sell list right now and not let them think about it. This game is huge dude, I mean it's the game of your season right now. I mean, it's not what it is.
Scott:You can't say that Because I mean we want to be the five seed, I want to go play the texans because right now, yeah, the six seed's going to go on the road to play pittsburgh which would be the ravens man in pittsburgh, but a lot. I mean we got a lot of weeks to go. Chargers got the ravens, we got the falcons the next week and then we got the chiefs and arrowhead on sunday night football.
Graham:So not saying at the end, then your boy's gonna be in chowder world for the game against the patriots, can't wait, I know not that it wouldn't be good for our friendship, but I'd love a rematch in the playoffs at at acushare with you. I'm telling you, if it happens, can we call it heinz field?
Scott:yes, we're calling all right and I stopped. Can we stop saying that?
Graham:Accu. Whatever If it happens, we're going, I'm not going. I'm just telling you, I'm not going, you're going, I'm not going. Why not?
Scott:Don't be a I'm not going. We've talked about this multiple times.
Graham:No, that's the Super Bowl, not a playoff game. I'm not going, but you would come here for a playoff game, a hundred percent.
Scott:What's the difference?
Graham:I'm not trying to get hit in the face with one of those stupid towels you won't get to, bro.
Scott:shut the front door. I'd rather be on my couch yelling shit, cuss words, drinking my know 20, 30 pack of coarselite. You are unbelievable. Anyhow, I can't. Some news that came out today we're gonna skip. Yeah, seahawks went on the road, beat the niners. You know the entire niners defense got hurt. Broncos lay the wood to the Falcons. You know Bo Nix give him some credit. Broncos Already have gone over their win total From Vegas, which was five and a half Alright.
Graham:I know we're blowing through it, but I do have to Bring up one point. It wasn't in the notes, but it was something I was going to bring up with you. Bro Bo Nix the way he's been playing right now in these last however many games.
Scott:He scares me.
Graham:I've been hearing a lot of rookie of the year bullshit. You just took the words right out of my mouth. Their stats are almost identical right now. The only difference is obviously because dude Bo Nix is even rushing it too. The only difference between him and Daniels right now is Daniels has more deep ball receptions. That's it. He has like seven over 40 yards and Bo Nix only has two. That's the only difference. Don't look now.
Scott:Dude. The AFC West has got three teams in the playoffs.
Graham:If I would have told you at the start of the year the AFC West would have three teams in the playoffs, you'd be like what are you smoking, bro? As?
Scott:long as one of those three was my team, I don't give a shit, yeah, but dude Falcons, I guess you know they were getting the wood laid to them brought in Pennix to end the game. Daniel Jones benched. And not only was he benched, but on the depth chart he's the third string quarterback because of the injury clause. And let me remind you yes, but go ahead.
Scott:Thanksgiving Day we got the Giants visiting the Cowboys, so we get to witness Cooper Rush and what's the dude's name? Devito, yeah, devito in a Thanksgiving game. How exciting is that? It might be exciting because they both suck ass, but it might be exciting because they both suck ass.
Graham:but I was going to say who has two thumbs is not watching that.
Scott:but You'll watch it. It's Thanksgiving, what else?
Graham:are you going to watch here's my only thing about it the WNBA. Yeah, that ain't happening. No, you bring in Drew Locke. He's your number two. Why is he not starting? I get it. I understand what Because you had a little spark last year.
Scott:That's why.
Graham:Because DeVito played the game of his life. Bro, look I get it. Dable's playing for his career Not career, but his time in New York. This is it. He's done. He needs to do something. Buh-bye, but how many times? Make it make sense? Make it make sense. Yeah, jets, make it make sense. Oh hey, by the way, we're going to fire not only the head coach, but see you later, general manager. Buh-bye.
Scott:When I saw that today, see you later, general Manager, bye-bye.
Graham:When I saw that today See you later, Aaron Rodgers, when I saw the GM got fired today.
Scott:I was like, wow, why'd they wait so long? And not only that dude, it wasn't his decision solely to bring in Rodgers. No, you don't think Woody Johnson had any say in that?
Graham:Dude, I read earlier Woody Johnson points to Benz Rodgers, yep.
Scott:I literally screenshotted it and was going to bring it up.
Graham:I mean, Does that mean I need to pick up Tyra Taylor? I mean, I don't know, but ridiculous. The only other game that we did talk about last night that's worth anything Packers-Bears Bears had a chance and yet again in this year the field goal kickers are letting everyone down Blocked kick at the end of the game. They would have won it for them. What?
Scott:Speaking of. I heard on the radio yesterday that the Bears sent tape of that field goal block to the NFL Dude. Here's the deal, bears. Why don't you run one more play and try to get a little bit closer when you have all that time on the clock and a timeout? Whatever Packers you know, you started off hot. Jordan Love got hurt. Homeboy came in what's his name? Malik Willis? Yeah, and looked great. Your defense looked great. You really almost lost to the Bears.
Graham:Look, actually, hey, I'm glad you said that because we have a friend of the program. Oh damn, Our good boy Larrabee.
Scott:And after you call out Larrabee, I'm about to call out Buckeye.
Graham:So we love you, bro. You're the best. But.
Scott:He just texted me five minutes ago going are you awake?
Graham:You are the guy that coined the phrase. I got clues. I'm selling three for 15. Well, this same guy, and I quote and Scott, you can verify this At the beginning of the season. Our friend.
Graham:Badger said before the season I'm sorry he said lock it up right now. Packers are going to have the number one offense in the season. Before the season I'm sorry he said lock it up right now. Packers are going to have the number one offense in the league Love going to be the MVP. Hey Badger, I got clues. Three for ten. You might need it yeah.
Scott:Not only that, then our boy Buckeye, you know, obviously we talked about earlier. He's an Ohio State fan, but he's also a.
Scott:Charger fan Texted me during the Charger-Bengal game the other night and he goes and I'm going to read you word for word okay, he goes, our defense is playing hard tonight. And I texted back. I'm like guy, not tonight, all effing year. Word for word Okay, he goes, our defense is playing hard tonight. And I texted back. I'm like guy, not tonight, all effing year, we're the number one D in the NFL for points allowed per game. And he responds this is my third game that's been televised, so this is the best effort I've seen. And then he goes in Michigan cheat, so it all makes sense now. And I'm like mentor is the greatest defensive coach on the planet. And he responds Scallions is in the stand somewhere. And I'm like come on, guy. And he goes just saying I'm pretty sure we covered this a couple of weeks ago when everybody was bitching. You know when I'm like I'm pretty sure we covered this a couple weeks ago when everybody was bitching, when I was like dude, look at what Mentor's doing his first year as a defensive coordinator. And then last week, when Harbaugh started his press conference after the win against the Titans, and he goes well, my defensive coordinator, mentor, he'll be gone next year because he's taking a head coaching job somewhere. At this rate, I hope he stays for one more year like homeboy for the Lions.
Scott:Johnson, ben Johnson, yeah, but dude, how can you say this guy benefited from Connor Stallions when his first year in the NFL as a defensive coordinator? He's leading the Chargers with two fifth-round cornerbacks. Asante Samuel Jr hadn't played a game since week whatever. We were still sweating because it was hot and he's leading. We hadn't allowed more than 20 points a game until this past week. We allowed 27. My guy is him, yeah.
Graham:I don't disagree.
Scott:But anyhow, jaguars, see you later. Lions, oh my God, are they a juggernaut?
Graham:So the question is who are they playing in the Super Bowl?
Scott:Well, as long as Dan Campbell is an idiot in the playoffs, like he was last year. But dude, that team is even losing to Aiden Hutchinson. Oh my God, yeah.
Graham:Dude. Yeah Well, hey, Zedaria Smith, welcome. Come on down Pro Bowler. They nasty right now, Nasty Right.
Scott:As we close out this episode, we got a big college game next week. We got Indiana and Ohio State. I can't believe.
Announcer:I just said that.
Scott:We're not talking basketball, we're talking football. Indiana, I think, 14-point underdog Do they cover?
Announcer:Yes.
Graham:So everyone take the opposite, I like it.
Scott:I don't even know what to say. I don't know. I mean, dude, and Indiana just gave homeboy their head coach from JMU. That's literally retooled that entire program. Yeah, just gave him a big extension.
Scott:Like seven years On a side note. On a side note, what's up, I got to say this and this is going to be our first reel of this episode my boy, bobby Wilder, tennessee Tech, formerly from Old Dominion, old member at my old golf club, my guy's six and five dude Just won five games in a row at a program that I don't know how many wins they had last year, but he just beat the number 13 ranked team in Division II this past week. Let's go. Wilder Sent him a text after the dub the other day and he sends me a picture of him smoking a cigar and he's like let's go, he does this and it's like for wings up or whatever they do at tennessee tech dude could not be happier for my guy. Literally I sent you the video that he sent me after the win in the locker room dude, dude, insane. And that right there folks.
Scott:He was riling those boys up and that right there, folks, is what a coach that cares about his players when the players buy into a system and rally around a coach. That's what it's all about. Bobby Wilder, I love you, dude, the shit you've done for my son. My son loves you. I mean, you coach my boy TH4. We'll call him TH8 in college. Let's go Tennessee Tech who would have known Graham lead us out? We got Chargers-Bengals Monday night football. We got Steelers-Browns Thursday night football. Let's go, baby. It's another big week, both of our teams doing more than we thought we were going to do. Like we said at the beginning of the episode, who's got it better than us?
Graham:hey, let's keep this win streak alive. Let's go for two in a row. Baby, let's do it nobody scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with you. I can't wait till next week, but as the best homie always says, says buh-bye have fun at so far, lamar.
Scott:I hope you suck ass, like you always do when your team sucks, and you don't give the ball to derrick henry on a two-point conversion. Good night, friends.
Announcer:Suck it, ravens this episode of the ball guys on the bench podcast is brought to you by our friends at north star credit union and southern auto, located in southeast virginia.
