Carrying Cord: A USF Football Pod
Carrying Cord: A USF Football Pod
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Veteran Pookah regals the world with what it means to be honored on Veterans. Also we play Temple this week. Should be even tougher than Alabama.
What was it like listening to that again? Red. That was brutal.
Track 1:Whoever he was, he that guy had some brilliant takes. Sounded like a real genius.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:A real smart one. It's carrying cord and we are falling on our knees. Praying for a victory this week. For the love of God, please, we
Track 1:see no other way we could beat a powerhouse team like Temple other than just simple prayer. So
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I just, nobody is a safe bet in the American right now.
Track 1:temple.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Temple. Go with it, man.
Track 1:always respected that institution.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:even last season, you were the one saying that, that, they were a good team and we really needed to look out for them.
Track 1:I think I got that score prediction just about right. Last year. Yeah.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Just really close to that one. And there were no lingering effects. were right there. You are a football mind, but you wanna know what, even football minds get it wrong sometimes I, and.
Track 1:Yeah, I was awful last week too. said Tom Brady backed up Chad Henny, and it was actually Drew Henson, a different fucking white ass Muppet for the Michigan Wolverines. So
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:But you know what, it's, I'm not surprised you didn't know that.'cause it's some no name school in the Big 12.
Track 1:Huh? we talk about the Big 12 a lot.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:We do.
Track 1:Or the Big 10. Oh, you said the Big 12. It's actually the Big 10?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Are they in the Big 10?
Track 1:Yeah.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Michigan's in the Big 10?
Track 1:Yeah. With Ohio State and,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:no. I'm just AUSF fan. We don't have to talk about all them.
Track 1:Oh God. Anyways, another little thing that came through, from feedback is while we were talking about how bad, Glenn Spencer and Bob Schoup were, and. Raymond Woody, there was a little discussion of some people want to bring back Wally Burnham to replace Todd Orlando.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Ooh.
Track 1:and I thought maybe we'd just talk about all time defense coordinators for USF rank'em real quick.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:You, you wanna go through and rank all the ones we've had? Do we have time for that? That's like a,
Track 1:I, I've got'em all right there. We may not come to a quick consensus, but we'll just agree or disagree. Wally Burnham's the best.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Without a doubt. The Jim Levitt years were some of the best defense that we've ever had.
Track 1:I am going probably Tom Allen next with the Bull Shark Defense.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:You know what? I would almost say that Wally b and Tom Allan are about the same.
Track 1:Wow. Well,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:take that.
Track 1:a lot longer though, so at least at USF.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:because he had, it was the same coaching staff for a long time, right? Like
Track 1:Allen moved on to be a head coach
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah, exactly.
Track 1:after that I'm going, Brian Jean Marie, under Coach Charlie Strong. he was there for consistently, we had a solid defense. It was the offense under Gilbert that really struggled, so
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:We don't say that name. Somehow that dude went and got a head coaching job. How did it talk about people that went and got a head coaching job and fucked it all up? Oh, bless his heart. They were really excited.
Track 1:and then it gets a little dicey from there. you could probably go maybe Mark Schneider for a year. Bresnahan. You remember him?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Oh
Track 1:Todd Orlando. Now
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. Todd Orlando. You got him pretty far down on the list,
Track 1:he's got a, he's got a big resume, but he's been fired a lot.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:so have you.
Track 1:all in that, just that middle bunch never really did much, but maybe Todd Orlando will work his way down. I don't know.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:It's like Neapolitan ice cream has the strawberry in the middle that nobody really likes, but they eat it anyway'cause it's got good stuff all around it.
Track 1:I'm, I love the strawberry man. You
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:course You do.
Track 1:personal attacks that you just know are gonna hit hard on me.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:you just, you, flinched when I said that, like the folks can't see it at home. But you're, you physically recoiled.
Track 1:You already got me all fired up talking. We're about to get to these names that should not be spoken of, defense coordinators. And you gotta come for strawberry ice cream too,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:yeah man. Sorry. It just, the only strawberry ice cream is sorbet.
Track 1:We got, Chris Kosh in there for a year. Joe Tracy, do you remember that guy? he just came in for a year right at the end of, Levitt's tenure. I think he's from like Ohio State or something. He was like, DB's coach mainly, but then he took over at one point.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Nope, don't remember that guy.
Track 1:and then we, oh, Ernie Sims as interim dc. He was great for a game. So
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Oh yeah.
Track 1:he's definitely in that middle of the pack. He could've been great if we held onto him. yeah. Then we get to the bottom of the barrel. We got, you got your, Glenn Spencer. Raymond Woody Bob. Oop.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:who's the worst of all time though?
Track 1:I think we know the answer just from the pure nepotism and family relations,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:It's. It's. Rick Kravitz Who? Who is Rick Kravitz related to? You said nepotism. Folks are gonna wanna know what we're talking about.
Track 1:Rick Kravitz the one and only Bobby's Uncle
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Who's your uncle? Oh, Bobby. he would die for that man.
Track 1:We don't actually think Rick Kravitz is the worst either. Bobby, if you're getting all fired up at
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:yeah. It's all right, dude. We're just joking. Sorry. I mean, if Kay can have us talk about how shitty he is at hockey, you can have us talk about how bad Rick Kravitz is as a DC he really wasn't that great though. Anyway, moving on.
Track 1:woo.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:That's a good segment. I like that. And who are we ranking next week? Equipment managers, assistant directors of equipment.
Track 1:in the spirit of this next one, it would have to be USF all time wide receivers.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Woo.
Track 1:Since your boy, Sean Atkins is going for the all time reception record
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:is he really?
Track 1:he is, yeah.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:how far away is he?
Track 1:Do you not see the note that says Puka to provide numbers?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I don't, I didn't see this until now. I don't have the numbers. Do you have the numbers? You're the one that put it in there.
Track 1:You're meant to know all things. Sean Atkins over there.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Receptions in a season. Rodney Aden 67
Track 1:boom.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:in a game. 12 receptions. That's Andre Davis. Sean Atkins is currently tied for ninth with nine receptions at a game.
Track 1:seven away from tying, eight away from winning.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Eight away. So if he has an eight, that's give us three game. I think he's got three receptions in him over the next three games. He breaks the record.
Track 1:No, it's in the preview for today because he's getting it in this game.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:You think he's gonna get it in this game? Oye of High Hope
Track 1:I've always been a Sean Atkins believer.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I am the Sean Atkins believer, but I don't know man. I know something about Temple scares me. We'll see. You know what else scares me? the rankings.'cause for some reason they don't make any sense. we move up, we go down, we go to the left, we go to the right, we're sideways, we're upside down. we moved up. We lost, but we moved up.
Track 1:Yeah.'cause Memphis was that good and we almost. Played them well,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Oh wow.
Track 1:but yeah, we're up to one 12. Unfortunately, temple and Charlotte both won this week, so they were moving up as well. So the gap has closed between us and them, but still
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Okay,
Track 1:UTSA way above us, temple and Charlotte still below us, but maybe not as below us as we thought before.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:we're gonna see
Track 1:the end of last episode you were really hoping it would be more decisive, that we knew we were gonna buy a beat temple coming into this
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:not feeling very decisive a year.
Track 1:yeah. but in the preseason predictions, I had this one as a loss. You had this one as a win. So
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:One of us is gonna come away.
Track 1:us We'll see if that holds up as we get into the analysis.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:'cause with that, you're six and three on your preseason predictions. I'm eight and one. I've only gotten one wrong. Is that what that means?
Track 1:Yes,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:That have only gotten one wrong tier three that you gotten wrong. Now we have.
Track 1:that everyone knows at home is the temple game means more than any other game.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:any other game, whoever gets this one, right? yeah, Wins the season. it's like double or nothing. I was brought onto this pod for my football knowledge. I also wanna point out that in our survivor eliminator league, I made it further than you.
Track 1:He did. Yeah.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. you made a pretty dumb pick early on. What was it? Week six or something? You got eliminated. That's pretty early. I only made it to eight
Track 1:Oh, you're out now.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. Out. Yeah. Yeah. Because the Chiefs lost on the road to the Broncos. I was saving That, pick
Track 1:a, yeah, that's a rough one.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:That was a rough one. The Fuckheads, whatever. Let's go back. we're talking Temple. We're talking Temple and Tampa this week. We've played them a lot
Track 1:Everyone knows about temple.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:and we all know about Temple, the other Owl, the third owl team of the season
Track 1:we're one in one against owls. This is the rubber match
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:who.
Track 1:and that's why it means more can't we can't lose the owls on the season. Gotta. Take home the victory
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:We gotta be two and one against the owls here.
Track 1:yep. three and six all time against this. This Apple team in particular?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:three and six,
Track 1:Yeah. 3 and one at home. So that's good news because we're at home this year.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:but that would make us oh and five on the road really in Philly Yeah. I mean we, we knew Philly sucks and they beat the Cowboys for all you cowboys fans out there. But that was a tough one. Philly does suck. They've got the flyers too. Ugh.
Track 1:Good news. This one's at Home. Sweet Home, Raymond James Stadium. The best stadium that'll ever has been and ever will be.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:because we don't need an on-campus one. Go ahead loses some more of those three subscribers we got there. Red, you jackass. We have.
Track 1:but yeah, looking back at the different, games we've played against Temple, 2019 was the one time we lost at home. That was under Charlie Strong.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:A lot of losses under Charlie
Track 1:lost 17 to seven on the back of, just no offense, less than 300 yards. We fell offense by us, couldn't get it going, and Temple just ran it out on us, essentially.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Nice.
Track 1:More recently, 2021 game. That's the last time we played Temple. Uh,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I said, yeah,
Track 1:we won, 34 to 14
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:you had me fucked up for a second. I was like, wait, really? Hold on a second. Something. Something's not clicking.
Track 1:I dunno what you're talking about. that would've been the height. Of the coach Jeff Scott era. We had 420 yards rushing in that game. that was the infamous, we got a kick blocked early on and tight end. Chris Carter ran all the way down the field and tackled the guy and didn't give up on the play, tackled him at like the one yard line. Then we got turned over right after that and everyone was like, oh, you see this team hasn't quit and they're buying in and this is the turning point. This is our Syracuse moment. This team's going places.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:And then
Track 1:we lost 16 straight FBS games after that.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:to include that, that temple loss that you're trying to pretend didn't happen last year. Yeah.
Track 1:It's not ringing a bell.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Sorry man. it's, there is a thing, in trauma where you don't remember specific parts of the trauma. Like whole parts of it are blocked out. This could be what's happening here could be.
Track 1:I guess so.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah, it feels like it. It feels a little bit like it, but we're favored That doesn't mean shit. home favorites baby. That's gone well for us this season.
Track 1:Yeah, especially against FAU, right? Am I remembering that one correctly too? Home favorites. We came out and dominated. Held serve at home.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:when we are favor at home against owls, bad things happen.
Track 1:I'm trying to think about the RI rice. We were not favored, correct?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:No, we weren't.
Track 1:underdogs there.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. so we were favored against owls
Track 1:but Temple, they're, and they're good team coming in here. Three in six records strong. Three in six record, one in four in the conference. Just beat Navy last week.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:who hasn't beat Navy at this point.
Track 1:They lost all other conference games by double digits. So we're either gonna be Navy or we're gonna beat'em by double digits.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Okay.
Track 1:and that includes a 55 to nothing respectable effort against SMU.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Nice, nice. that's a, it's a quality team there. SMU, actually, I think SMU is pretty good.
Track 1:they are.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah, but 55 to nothing is stacastic you can't even get a field goal.
Track 1:So here's the thing though. We throw all that shit out they really struggled on offense. And the reason they struggled on offense is'cause their starting quarterback had been hurt for a month
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Oh, I
Track 1:came back last week and then they got a win. So
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I was about to say. I, bet he's, I bet he's back, isn't he?
Track 1:yeah, came back last week. Last week he threw for 400 yards and four touchdowns when he was healthy. Before that, he threw for 400 yards and four touchdowns. we know him, we love him. qb number three, EJ Warner, the son of my favorite NFL player, Kurt Warner.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:a special place in the cockles of Red's heart.
Track 1:Yep. and yeah, since you ruined the hard work of my therapist of making me forget about last year, we can reminisce on the fact that we were EJ Warner's coming out Party gave him 344 yards and two touchdowns last year, and in his, at the time, career best game.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:how many times there should be a single season record for the number of times an announcer says, career day for x. When playing us
Track 1:my friend, because I'm not done.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:yes.
Track 1:they're leading rusher for the year only has 300 yards. so they're not running the ball well at all. Um, but that includes they got a senior running back. Number two, Sadie. And if that name sounds familiar, it's because he's the guy who put up 300 yards on us last year,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yes, he did.
Track 1:that was the only time in his entire career. He's a senior, so he is played football for a while.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Mm-Hmm.
Track 1:time in his career that he is ever gone over a hundred yards even and he's only put up 134 in this entire season this year. and he's played in every game. He hasn't been hurt,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I wonder if guys are just like, I just need to make it to USF. I just need to make it to that game. I'm trying to declare for the draft boys, like I need to get to the USF game'cause this is 134 on the season. we had more yards in that last week.
Track 1:Yeah.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Damn.
Track 1:He's got his press release ready. USF games on
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah.
Track 1:Get ready to declare immediately after the game.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:to declare. I've got, I got film going look at this, dude's. Speed on the edge, up the gut, doesn't matter. Catching passes, kicking field goals.
Track 1:sending personal invitations to scouts to attend Raymond James. Yeah.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yes, Cardinals Scouts are in the stands.
Track 1:Oh man. So yeah. I'm sure he'll have another career day. other threats they've got, they got wide receiver number 15, Ahad Anderson Jr. He's their leading wide receiver. And then, what might be the biggest matchup nightmare for us? Just'cause we don't know how to, well, we don't know how to cover anyone, but we specifically don't know how to cover tight ends. Tight end number five. David Martin Robinson.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Oh, hyphenated name.
Track 1:I'm predicting him to have a big day. Let's put it that way.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Oh, it's'cause it's confusing. Is he blocking? Is he catching? Is he running? What's he doing? He doing both. It's such a versatile position. The tight end. Yeah. Too much for us.
Track 1:expert football analysis on the history of the tight end there.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:You see the thing about the tight end is they could do both. They could do one, they could do the other. Next thing you know they're catching, they got a touchdown. John Madden rest his soul.
Track 1:Ah, if John Madden was here, what would he wanna see from USF Puka?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I, if I could tell you what he would wanna see, he'd wanna see us not give up 14 points early. I swear to God, if we give up 14 points early to temple, like right out the gate. I'm gonna send a text to Kay to put a strongly worded letter on our Twitter X to the team. That's about as far as I'm gonna go with it. I'm not gonna be happy. Not gonna be happy at all.
Track 1:you are the best at expressing your emotions,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I'm not. I'm gonna be slightly peeved.
Track 1:But I concur for the love of God, don't go down 14 to nothing please. like you said, if we see them getting ready to score that second touchdown, just call the game.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Just call
Track 1:there. Do something crazy.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:every game you have to fucking fight back from 14, nothing. And it's come on.
Track 1:Some trainer needs to be like, oh, that was a strike of lightning. we all gotta go back to the locker room for a minute.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I heard it. I heard it. my my pants are choking out my ankles. The medical emergency. We gotta call this thing. We're gonna need to see some things though. Maybe mostly maybe on defense. But first, let's talk about the offense. What do they need to do?
Track 1:Keep it rolling. Looked pretty good for a half in there. Probably football last week, maybe three quarters.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:like third quarter. It really looked like shit in the fourth quarter
Track 1:right.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:and couldn't keep up for the first two in the shootout. But I see what you're saying. Keep it rolling.
Track 1:Keep it rolling. We build some confidence, but really the running game needs to be the differentiator temple on both sides of the ball. Temple can't run the ball, can't stop the run. Less about what is our strength and more about what's their weakness. So let us get it going. Ball control. Keep our defense off the field perhaps even if you're, even if you're still doing the pace, I feel like the running still just helps better,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah, you're right, we need a more balanced, offensive attack is what you're saying?
Track 1:Correct.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. That isn't leaning heavily on Byron Brown'cause he's taking some shots out there. even clean shots, dirty shots. Tequila shots. He's taking shots.
Track 1:He cannot take tequila shots. He is only 18.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:19.
Track 1:Oh, is he 19 now? that's still under the drinking age.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:That was news to college. Me
Track 1:we all know, no one in college drinks under the drinking age.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I hope not. He
Track 1:especially not on this well-disciplined team.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:yeah. Not all. They're doing exactly what they need to do, but yeah, he, we need to kind of protect him. Let's not get him hurt, last season. It kind of fell apart towards the end of the season with quarterbacks'cause people were getting hurt. It's a long season when you're relying on the quarterback for the run game. You're asking for injuries. Let's not do that.
Track 1:He asked, one of the reporters asked him in the post-game, pressor how he's feeling. He said, he is great.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:what's he fucking supposed to say?
Track 1:He's got a big smile on his face. He's good to go. He's ready. He's fine.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:that's like going to McDonald's and being like, Hey, are these chicken nuggets? Real chicken? What are they? What are they fucking supposed to say? Oh man, I don't know where we found these things. I don't,
Track 1:they're definitely not the pink paste.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. I don't know. What are they supposed to say? You probably rolled off the media stand after that. Crawled back to the locker room, got into the ice bath.
Track 1:Ugh,
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:No. What do we wanna see on the defense?
Track 1:tackle.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:that's easy
Track 1:Don't give up the one play touchdown. Make them drive the ball.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:then. We had some good defensive stops last week. If We could get more consistent with that would be great. I,
Track 1:It seems like it's either three and out or touchdown.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:but I'll tell you what, that three and out you couldn't pull dental f floss through my asshole. It's so tight watching the three and out.'cause it's are they, because even if they go for on fourth down, it could be a touchdown. It's like most of the time when they go for it on fourth down, our defense, it's oh shit. They could actually score on fourth and they end up doing it. Yeah.
Track 1:And then lastly, what we wanna see. Is really just progress, right? We're really just looking for a moral victory week and trying to progress.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:No, we have to win
Track 1:You're right, nothing else is acceptable.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:no no moral victories. The fuck you talking about? I don't know that I'll watch any more USF games this season if we walk away from this going well. There's some really good bright spots. Really great. Hey, we got another punt block. Got Got a little bit more production on special teams. I'm gonna be pulling my damn bull hockey out and be leaving the team. I bet that thought. I bet that dude thought he was safe. Never, still coming for him. Yeah. You know who I'm still coming for too. K Pumper. Dump baby
Track 1:I am glad you're still coming for him'cause he's shooting blanks. Oh and four last week, Clemson and Michigan State both won as underdogs
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yep.
Track 1:when he had them, the other teams covering or whatever. And then no one even watched the UCLA Arizona game he picked.'cause that didn't start till 10 30, packed 12 after dark or whatever.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah, that shit is brutal.
Track 1:but I've looked it up afterwards. In Arizona, one is a underdog there too, Missed that one. And then USF covered too after Kay said it was no shot.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. Nothing. And he was one of the most optimistic voices around this team. Yeah. that USF has a way of doing that to you, where like you're really in it and then they break you, and then you're like, all right, never, fool me once. Shame on you, fool me twice. Well, you can't, you can't be fooling me again.
Track 1:I don't know that feeling at all. I've always been highly skeptical of USA's ability to win a football game, so.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. You're convinced. Convinced that they are not a good team. Who knows Who does he have this week?
Track 1:he is got, he's switching it up. He's going with Michigan State now
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Okay.
Track 1:they fucked him last week. he's got them covering 31 and a half against the Lee's second favorite team, the Ohio State University.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Ooh. Michigan State had that one, dirty ass hit where their player got ejected on a flagrant. It was an offensive player. It was an offensive lineman too that got ejected against Michigan. Great
Track 1:think I saw that.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:it was like a really bad hit. and Michigan State also has that whole Larry Nassar thing, so I just don't fuck with them.
Track 1:And they got their whole coach getting fired this year thing too.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah. that's comparable to the whole gymnastics scandal.
Track 1:to their football team's ability to win a game this year. Yeah. It's probably more impactful than Larry Nassar, but
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:and he is still saying that they cover. Okay. Kay, I see what you got.
Track 1:He's also got Georgia Tech Pump, and Georgia Tech says they cover against Dabo and Clemson.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I think that's a safe one.
Track 1:I do not at all. I thought Clemson showed back up last week against Notre Dame.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I don't, I think it's week to week with the old Davos. South Carolina, Davos.
Track 1:He's got him on a too much of a rollercoaster emotional rollercoaster.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:That's what I'm saying. This is, it's like the death throws of a team, a national championship team. They get like the gasping breaths and until they flatline, mark my words, next season, Clemson's gonna suck. Either that or they're gonna have a whole bunch of recordings of other a, c team, signals.
Track 1:if Clemson's on their gasping breaths. I don't know what USF is over here, So we've been fucking coding for
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah, that's what I'm saying. we're the convulsions when you get hit with the paddles. Yeah. What else has he got?
Track 1:I guess, the final game case. He's a little insider knowledge, watched Memphis last week. Don't know where, but, he's got Memphis and Charlotte going over 52. He's either really unimpressed by the Memphis D
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Okay. Okay.
Track 1:he thinks the Memphis offense can get over 52 by itself, which I don't know if they've ever done before, oh eight, but hey. not playing USF this
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:yeah. You never know.
Track 1:and then, but okay. Okay. Not completely broken. He has USF to win. Not quite, all there though he doesn't have the cajones to tell us that they'd cover, so doesn't wanna put his money where his mouth is.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I get that you don't wanna bet on USF. You don't wanna risk, you don't wanna risk it because then what if they lose? And it's like you jinx the team. And he's just he's already lost a whole bunch of money. This season. He had that seven way parlay where he had like the bears beating somebody that they clearly weren't gonna beat, and they did beat him. And like lost money on, who knows? he's not the bet in mind. The folks at home may think he is.
Track 1:I disagree. He's Rainman.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:he's a great social media manager
Track 1:He is the EJ Warner of betting.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:So he has weeks where he is injured, comes back and throws 16 million touchdowns. I like it. That's what I'm talking about. Cool. that's his prediction. What do we got?
Track 1:I
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:me to go first? What do I have?
Track 1:sure. or do you want me to go first?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:no, I'll go first.
Track 1:on a high note or a low note?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:I wanna end on your note, because I wanna know where you sit. Waiting a whole season for this one game right here for retribution. 35 28 USF wins it. my my idea here is the offense comes out slow. We start kind of stressing. We're thinking bad things are gonna happen. Temple's just not a good enough team. Though we will eventually wear them down, they're gonna get production against our defense. Our defense is just that bad, but we will eventually come out on top 35 28 USF wins at and my score, prediction and predictions for the season. Keep rolling, Oman.
Track 1:I am well thought out. Rational answer.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Yeah.
Track 1:I'm just kind of reaching out into the universe thinking of a score that's probably never happened between USF and Temple before. and so I'm thinking just randomly here, 54 28 for Temple. USF definitely doesn't have a history of giving up 50 points a game I don't think temple's ever scored 54 on us before. That's pretty positive about that one.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:No. Yeah, that's never happened. Never.
Track 1:So very probably gonna be s kigami. We got Sagami last week though. I don't know if you knew that.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:No, I didn't know that. There you go. Little tidbits and facts. That's what this pod is here for.
Track 1:Also another, side note here before we sign off,'cause I know we're heading towards the outro
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:huh.
Track 1:on Twitter. I retweeted from the account. Sorry. Kay. I took control for a minute. someone took the highlights of the Northwestern Iowa game that I broke down in our last episode and I took the sound out and put it in black and white, and that is a wonderful two minute montage of just how football was meant to be watched.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:It's, Ugh, it's disgusting. I feel gross. You know what else makes me feel gross? Salute to service. Why do we, why? What is the point of a salute to service game?
Track 1:To salute the service members.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:never once. And being a veteran, I get to be the sole authority on this, and I get to speak for all veterans. Just like when folks start talking about conflict and war and that one dude walks in and he's being a veteran, as if like that. Makes his opinion Trump everybody else's in the room and everyone's gonna stop and listen and be like, oh wow, what does this guy know? And really, he just ended up doing HR paperwork on a fob in fucking Kuwait. But anyway, never in my time in other people's time that I've talked to in have they said, you know what? I really am glad we have a football game. That's a salute to service. I feel like that really makes my service mean something. I come back, I've been in the field for nine weeks. I smell, I haven't seen my family. I'm getting all my gear. we're thinking we're coming back in, we're getting ready to just go back home. Somebody loses their weapon. We stay on base for another 24 hours.'cause we gotta find that bad boy. We finally do have, we find it, we get back on the base. We're all kind of breaking stuff down, we're getting screamed at. We get our safety brief. I go home, plop down on the couch, and the first thing I see is a dude in a shit camo uniform for a salute to service game. And I think. And I think America, they got some flyover by the Florida Air National Guard. Some guy 700 pounds can't fit in an airplane to begin with. Somehow he still flies those things and passes height, weight, and APFT. Who knows. I just don't understand what the point of the salute to service game is. We're supposed to honor, I mean it's Veterans Week. we should mention that the distinction between Veterans Day and Memorial Day.'cause there are some nerds who are gonna get upset about this. Veterans are for the people who are alive, who are served Memorial Day for the people who gave their lives when they served. If you don't want to, celebrate either of'em, that's your right. that's literally what people signed up to do support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and that's, it's called free speech. Do whatever you want. I just don't understand. I'm on a little bit of rant here, but I just don't get the point of the salute to service game. I just don't get it, man. I don't get it.
Track 1:isn't it at least a game that US F'S guaranteed to win, like the Children's Hospital Harbor for UAB?
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Let me tell you a little secret, Redden, last time we won a salute service game was 2016 against Navy. How's that? How's that for Slutting the service? Not only are we gonna get out here in uniforms and pretend like we're sing the service, then we're gonna beat the shit out of a service school and you wanna know what is interesting about 2016. You wanna know the additional fun fact?'cause folks are coming here for fun facts and tidbits. You wanna know what else happened in 2016?
Track 1:I do. I do. Yeah.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:It's the last time you had sex with a woman where she didn't cry.
Track 1:last year after the Temple game, I was the one crying during the sex, so I guess that doesn't count.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:It doesn't count. It doesn't count. Sorry. Either way, I don't want to hear any more of your justification. Go outside, nerd. I'm done It doesn't bode well for chances here is what I'm trying to say. And it's a salute to service. I just don't think it's gonna be great. I am interested to see what the uniforms look like. I do. So talking all that shit, I do have the Salute to Service Jersey, from when we played Miami one year, way back when and lost to them.
Track 1:was that the like six to three game or is that a different
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:that was like the six to three game. Yeah, that was, it was the, I have that jersey framed'cause I thought it was cool. so I talk all this shit and then I stick with it and, but I won't be out at Applebee's getting my 50% discount on Ribbies and Wees and all that other stuff. I'm gonna stay home and just be that grumpy vet that's, doesn't wanna be thanked for service.
Track 1:thank you for your service
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:God dammit. 12:00 PM kick on espn plus. Ray J for this one, folks, and you only have one more home game after this, so get out there. go. If only to salute the service. If only to see the local high school, J-R-O-T-C. Do the color guard and everybody clap and sing and have a grand old time saluting military members. Which also is funny to me because I served alongside some people that you definitely would not want to think. Like they're not the kind of people, if you saw'em on the street and they hadn't served, you'd be like, And this dude is complete dumb ass. Anyway, get out there. Are you getting out there?
Track 1:I'll be there Puka. I will not be saluting anybody though'cause I am not a service member. So I shouldn't just walk up to random service members and salute them. I'll thank them.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:don't do that.
Track 1:buy them a beer.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:do that.
Track 1:I will watch the cool uniforms, but it'd be weird if I just went around saluting people since I didn't surf.
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:You should do it. You're always there though. It's gonna be 88 degrees, partly cloudy. So a nice toasty one for tailgating football, footballing. Make sure you drink water, red
Track 1:I'll be drinking something
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:whatever. Something is gonna have you walk around saluting people. Let's see how this one goes. Let hopefully, folks, we don't break red for good.
Track 1:Too late Puka. Too late
pookah_1_11-06-2023_212247:Go bulls, y'all.
Track 1:Goebbels.
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