Episode #1: NFL Week 1 Highlights, Shohei Ohtani vs. Aaron Judge Debate, Texas Tops College Football

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Welcome back listeners to another episode of the Sports Shots pod. I’m Isaiah and I’m here with Kyle. How was that? How would you rate that out of a 10?

That is a… I’ll give it a 9.2.

I’ll take it. I’ll take it. That’s Hall of Fame type rating right there. I think they’ll probably star me on radio next week.

Yeah, well, that was the family… you know, the family I guess upgrade because it wouldn’t be a discount.

True. Well this is considered episode one because last week was our episode zero. And just like how I mentioned last week – week zero – that there’s no viewers watching college football week zero, we had no viewers watching episode zero. But that’s okay, that’s okay because we’re going to keep doing it. We’re going to keep grinding.

But on to episode one. What’s in your cup?

I’m gonna go ahead and had to switch it up from last week. This is my go-to because we’re getting towards winter time and there’s two things that I drink in the winter time. But this one right here my friend, we’re going to go with the gentleman… Maker’s Mark and a little bit of Coke. I think that still one-ups me from last week from my Jack and Coke.

Maker’s Mark is good. Yes, yes it is. Did you know each bottle is hand-dipped?

Yes it is. That’s crazy. Yes, because we’re getting towards winter time I need that fine taste. Yes, you need that warm feeling. Next is Hennessy.

Yeah, so it is coming into winter time. But as you know, Texas doesn’t really get a winter – we just get a slight breeze. But I’m actually not drinking liquor this week.

You disappoint me. Cold beer? You disappoint me.

I know, but the problem is I started already drinking the beer and I said like, “Let me stick to the beer, let me play it safe.” But I’m drinking some… I always warm up too, but sometimes I just say “F it, I’m just going straight to it. I ain’t wasting no time.”

The more sober I am, the harder it hits.

Exactly. So Isaiah, did you really have to lead me on thinking that I was about to run away with this week one win of fantasy? Like I seriously thought… I mean, I was the one who called dibs on Tyreek because like, how the hell do you have him in all three leagues? And I do this, dude, and you know the Jaguars defense held him down the whole game.

I checked back because it was right around the time when the Texans game ended and I’m like “Oh shit, I’m leading.” I checked back a couple minutes later and you jumped me and you’re like over 20 and I’m like “What the f?” And then I didn’t even realize you had Joe Mixon, you lucky bastard.

Yeah, yeah. So as I mentioned last week, I drafted Tyreek Hill in all three of my leagues. I was top five pick or top four pick in our… next time I’m setting the draft order. And I was a little worried when I woke up to the news that he got cited. First it said that he got detained, right? That they were holding him right outside of… what is it, Hard Rock?

Hard Rock Stadium.

Come on man. I’m gonna be honest and speaking… and this is the only… I’m gonna make sure this is one of the rare times I go down this route. From the black perspective, when they say you detained, you going down usually. Don’t use that shit, man, come on.

But thankfully it was whatever the crap happened. It’s going to be a super bad PR disaster for the department, kind of like what happened to Scottie Scheffler.

Yeah, oh man. What a screwdriver… man, like I don’t know. I guess whatever it is, it is what it is. Shit stays the same.

Exactly, exactly. But no, but you know he was good. He made some comments afterwards about it… might get into it.

Yeah, I saw his post on his back. Oh man, I would have done the same.

Tyreek Hill was kind of silent in the first half and then second half just BAM! Zero to touchdown out of nowhere. I got him the majority of his points and I had, as well… I still got St. Brown going tonight.

Yeah, yeah you do. That’s true. But I also had Joe Mixon who put up some good numbers – who carried the ball like 26… first time in the 23 years that I’ve been watching that dysfunctional franchise, they’re finally giving me a reason to actually be excited. And of course all my teams, all my squads start winning after I leave the city.

We’re all excited for week one football. It’s the first Sunday where we could finally just sit back, have a drink and just watch something that we’ve been waiting for for a long time. But with good news usually there’s always bad news.

Friday night, the Packers and the Eagles played and Jordan Love went down. Reports are saying that he is out for three to four weeks, which is just a rib shot – a liver shot – to the Packers offense because they have Malik Willis as a backup out of Liberty from Tennessee. And what’s crazy about that is because Jayden Reed went off that game.

Yeah, yeah he did. He put up some serious numbers. I have in front of me a list of the top players for fantasy this week – week one. Number two was Tyreek Hill with 26 points. This is a PPR score. And number one is Jayden Reed with 33.1.

Yeah, yeah. Thank God it’s week one. I’d like to see who’s going to be popping off in like week 10. Got to start looking for those sleepers this around the time… right at the start of the season, you know. Got to see who’s out, who has that kind of time. Like that’s kind of hard to do to manage honestly, don’t you think? Like is it more luck or is it really skill that wins these leagues?

In my honest opinion, I say it’s like 70-30. 70% being skill, or it could honestly be flipped also. You just don’t know. You really don’t know. You just don’t know because… injuries, you know.

Yeah, I think Jordan Love was drafted as a for sure top 10 quarterback and now look. I’m pretty sure he was multiple people’s QB1, man.

I don’t get… I mean, okay, so basically all you have to do is catch fire for a couple weeks and then all of a sudden you’re like top 10 in the league and then you become the highest paid in the league. Is that where we’re going? Is that where we’re going with the whole league? Because how many… not the segue so quick, but like I just feel like there’s a lot of mid quarterbacks that we’re kind of being a little too bullish on after really small sample sizes. And not only that, you got these franchises just dishing out all this money for it.

I mean, who got extensions? I mean Daniel Jones… don’t you think the Giants regret that? Wasn’t this year but my goodness… sucks ass, trash.

I mean look, look. We can talk as pretty much like failed football players ourselves, so it’s okay to point out the other… it’s okay to point out the other failures.

Yeah, we’re not even has-beens, we’re never-was.

Never-was, you’re right. I can’t touch that. I don’t know. I don’t even know what the NFL smells like, you know? That’s how… I mean I’ll take my one-year redshirt and just run with it.

So yeah, so you got Lawrence getting a contract, you got Tua getting one. He’s probably… I mean just because you put numbers… I’m gonna interrupt you here because this is where I’m gonna insert, you know, the cash register sound – the cashier opening sound – because I think you know who got a deal this morning?

I thought that was a hoax on social media. So that shit is true? I did not even bother reading into it.

Dak Prescott is the highest paid player in NFL history.

Why wasn’t that breaking on my phone? Like I have so many damn alerts, that should be popping off and I didn’t even get that shit. What’s the money? But before you go into it, what’s the money?

Oh, are you sure you want to know? I know… is that all Texas money and that old Jerry money? Yeah, go ahead and tell me.

Okay, so his contract… are you ready?

Yes.

Four years, $240 million.

And the Bengals are paying Joe Burrow more and he looked ass. Are they?

Yes, they’re paying him like $275 I think. Oh, for like a total? Yeah but he’s getting paid… he’s the highest paid annually, I guess. That’s all that matters. Whatever. I just… I mean what… it doesn’t matter. It flip-flops every year. I think at one point Kyler Murray had that title and look at him now.

Yeah, yeah. And oh, do you know how much of it is guaranteed? $240? I’m gonna say $125.

$231 guaranteed.

I’m like trying to understand that like while I’m burping at the same time and I’m holding it in. Yeah, this… it’s a little bit more Maker’s than Coke, I’ll just tell you that. $231 guaranteed over… this man has like a phone number as a contract. Then how much is CJ gonna get?

Well see, that’s… we’re just throwing numbers out there because I just feel like that’s what’s happening now in the league. Now we’re just throwing numbers to say these owners say “Oh well, you know what, here take this. Here take this. Oh, you know he got that? Here take this. You haven’t won a playoff game yet? Here’s $250.”

I think if CJ Stroud goes four more years in playoffs – he makes it all three or well, three more years in playoffs, stays away from every mess in Houston – I think… oh man. Yeah, I think he gets a $250 million contract guarantee. Not as long as he follows those steps.

As of this recording, it is just around kickoff of the Sunday Night Football game. We’re going to go over the MVPs for fantasy of these afternoon games – the early and late afternoon games. I already know who number one is.

And for quarterback, we’re going to start with the quarterback position. As of right now before the primetime games, it’s Josh Allen.

Oh yeah, hands down. Unfortunately he has to do it all himself again.

Yeah, four TDs – two passing, two rushing. He did have a fumble early on. I have him in fantasy in one of my leagues. He had I want to say maybe three points at halftime and then he just went off.

Yeah, and just single-handedly… almost single-handedly just, you know, came back. Now it was kind of his fault that they were down, but then it was also his fault that they… he’s the modern-day Brett Favre.

Wow. Yeah, we’re just gonna have to live with the fact that he’s gonna throw a lot of picks. But with me saying that, Buffalo… that means what does Brett Favre have for Green Bay? A Super Bowl. Y’all going to finally get one. So just better hope that he lives up to that there.

I mean, they’re there every year. The AFC East is practically theirs every year now.

No, we already know it’s going to be the Swift… who’s going to get it. So let’s… all right, just moving on to the next MVP. Hopefully if he turns out like Brett Favre, hopefully he has better finances.

Don’t get me started. Don’t get me started. You already know what that does to me. If you want to go that… if you want to go down that route, just…

All right, moving on. Going to the running backs, the MVP of the afternoon games – or I guess we won’t consider afternoon games but the games before the primetime games – Saquon Barkley. Friday night, three touchdowns, I believe.

Yes, not believe… confirmed. Confirmed. Carried the Eagles a little bit I think. I have one thing to say about the Eagles. What’s that?

I think the tush push is gone with Kelce gone.

Oh yes. And Jalen is probably actually happy for that. Just watching that game and watching the new center… I don’t know who the new center is on top of my head. It just didn’t look the same. There’s even some miscues on snapping as well at one point. But that’s all I’ll say. Tush push is no more when it was a huge thing last year.

I did not watch the game because I’m not paying extra for Peacock. NFL can kiss my ass on that. Moving on.

Yeah, yeah. I am unfortunately paying for Peacock just so I can watch one game a week. But anyway, moving on to receiver. This person also played Friday and we also mentioned him prior – Jayden Reed. And he’s leading by far… by 10 points compared to second place AJ Brown.

No sir, it’s Tyreek Hill.

Oh yeah, that’s right. It’s Tyreek Hill. All right, AJ Brown almost made top five though. But Jayden Reed, I think he had a receiving and a rushing touchdown, over 130-140 receiving yards, a good amount of rushing yards. But solid.

Moving on to the tight end MVPs. I’m gonna let you guess who you think the tight end MVP was.

I’m going to be honest, I’m going to be clueless because Kelce didn’t do… I’m sorry, Taylor’s boyfriend didn’t do shit. And Andrews didn’t do shit, Schultz didn’t do nothing, Njoku was shut down. I’m out of guesses.

So you were really close early on. It was Isaiah Likely.

Oh yeah. Is he really a tight end? I thought he was just a really big receiver.

I think that’s what he is. I mean that’s what I consider Kelce too at times, you know, just a really big receiver. I don’t see him a lot of times with his hands in the dirt, but that’s another conversation for another day. But Isaiah Likely.

Kicker, defense… do we really care? No.

Do we want to… I didn’t even draft one.

Yeah, it’s true. I had to pick one up off waivers. I was like “Shit, I forgot to get a damn kicker.” I’m sorry. I’m kind of harsh on kickers because like all you do is kick and then when you… nothing pisses me off. There’s two things that piss me off watching football: missing chip shot field goals and offsides penalties. And you kind of know what I’m referencing when I also say offsides, right?

Oh yeah, yeah I do. But we’ll keep that between you and me. But we’re gonna take a quick break because I need another beer. I’ll be right back.

All right, cool.

All righty. Gonna just leave this in… that was kind of loud actually. That was nice.

Going back to the fantasy topic real quick – are you panicking about any of your positions or any of your players?

Nah, I don’t panic on week one. I wait it out.

I agree, I agree. There is however, in my work league, my running backs are kind of weak.

Oh no, that’s your problem. Should have drafted better.

Says the guy that lost.

I think you were the guy that also panicked and picked up a kicker if I remember.

Hey, I wasn’t going to just leave points out there and you still lost. Have you checked the… I don’t want to check.

Listen, as of this recording I’m winning.

Yeah, you are, you are, you are… until you look at them projections.

So who do you have winning against the Rams and the Lions tonight for Sunday Night Football?

I go Lions. They’ll show out, they got to make a statement.

What about the score? What’s the spirit? What’s over?

Come on. All right, all right. I’ll give it 20… I’ll give it 20-17. I’ll go defensive slugfest. Both quarterbacks are shaky because they’re mid anyway.

Wow. I mean they’re okay, but I mean this is the best that they got. I mean you’re the Lions… if it’s not Golf, who?

Well for my picks, I’m gonna go with the Rams but I have it at 34-28. So you want an offensive show?

All right, yeah. The Lions defense isn’t… is great. They allowed a lot of passing yards.

Yeah, second in pass yards. Aaron Donald retired, he’s not there to just disrupt anymore.

Interior guard… celebrating.

Yeah, so I have the Rams 34 to 28. I think it’s going to be a shootout. I think the Rams without Aaron Donald is going to actually give up a 200-yard rusher this season.

They might. And then he’s going to come out of retirement.

I hope not. Who you got tomorrow?

So tomorrow I think… I mean I’m gonna go with the safe route. I’m gonna say the 49ers.

If you’re a Jets fan… I say all right, here we go with this shit again.

Yeah, I mean I’m sorry. How do you be a Jets fan?

You don’t. Like the Giants, going back… I think the 49ers are just going to take it.

Yes. And Rodgers is back. If he lasts a quarter, he already improved from last season. But I don’t see the Jets… If the Jets win, it’s because they only allow the 49ers 10 points. I’m counting on that because I got them starting on defense.

Yeah, I think there… I understand it’s Aaron Rodgers, but I don’t see the Jets offense playing better than the 49ers offense. I think the Jets are going to have to shut down the 49ers offense and give their offense good field position. It will happen until the fourth quarter when McCaffrey finally pops off.

He might, man. That guy… if McCaffrey doesn’t get hurt, he could be, you know, offensive player of the year every year.

Who do you have?

49ers.

Yeah, yeah. Probably 17-10, something real low.

That’s fine, just as long as the Jets get a few turnovers. That’ll help – a few sacks here and there.

Yep, yep, yep. So all right, I guess we can go ahead and completely switch gears.

Yeah. Is Judge gonna get the Triple Crown?

So he’s leading in home runs obviously, he’s leading in RBIs obviously. It’s usually what happens when you’re leading in home runs. I think he’s third in batting average.

You think? Let me… I’m pretty sure it’s Bobby Witt. He’s third and he ain’t catching Witt. Witt’s winning the batting title – he’s .336, Judge is .321. We got less than about three weeks left. He ain’t catching it.

So he ain’t getting it.

Yeah, he ain’t getting it. It was close though, it was close. I will give him that. But yeah, it’s another hard-fought almost. It’s probably going to be another 40 years before we see it, like it was when Cabrera did it back in like 2010 or something.

Yeah, something like that. What’s your… while we… before we switch off the batting average and just continue on because I read a lot about it… what do you think… what’s your opinion on Luis Arraez? Because there’s a lot of hate sliding his way just because all he does is hit singles. But is that someone you still want at the top of your lineup? Because if you ask me, I’d say yes because I mean if he ain’t… okay, if he’s not drawing walks, he better get hits and he gets hits.

I mean… there’s roles for guys like that. Correct. I think the problem we’re getting to – and I kind of hate this with the new age of… I don’t know if it’s the philosophy in baseball or it’s just the new age baseball fans young and old coming in – like not everything is going to be a home run. And you see what happens to teams that do the pure outcome… perspective where you get just a home run and that bat is going to end in either a home run, a walk, or a strikeout. And that’s what’s honestly killing the game because I like to see pure hitting, I like to see contact, I like to see action on the base paths. Yes, the home run is nice, yes it helps, yes we need it, but I’m not expecting one through nine to be freaking Barry Bonds. That ain’t happening.

No. Yeah, yeah. I mean I totally agree. There’s a reason why he’s leadoff, right? And there’s a reason why there’s leadoff, there’s a reason why there’s cleanup. You know, there’s a reason for these positions in the lineup. If my leadoff is hitting even over .290, that’s a win.

That’s a win. Until now… I guess… I don’t want to eat my own words, but I also… yes, at the same time I don’t want my on-base percentage to be at .300 if he’s a .290 hitter. But the thing is, yeah, I will still take that also as a win. But you know, it doesn’t have to be the pure outcome. Like get on base any somehow, someway. Just get on base. If you don’t hit the home run, get on base. Okay, not everyone is going to have Kyle Schwarber leading off.

Exactly. And I think where people get upset at Luis is maybe because he’s a first baseman… he’s a small first baseman. I thought he played all over the field. He’s probably just playing first base for the Padres right now because they got… I mean all the others, what are you going to do? You gonna put Machado out at third? Who they got, Cronenworth at second? Like no, they gotta keep that bat in the lineup.

Yeah, yeah, yeah I agree. But usually, you know, your first basemen are these like stocky or heavy-set dudes that could just… oh, you want a Rowdy Tellez? That’s what you want – Rowdy Tellez, Pete Alonso, Josh Bell, you know what I’m saying. Now, but I mean if he’s hitting .315 then I don’t care about his home runs.

Exactly, STFU. You know he’s doing his job. Yeah. Now if you had him cleanup and he was hitting .235 but only had four home runs, then I think I would have an issue with that, you know.

Not fired… well not fired a manager, you’d have to have a sit down and be like “What the hell you doing?”

I mean, well if he has four home runs you better have like freaking 90 RBIs.

Exactly, racking them in. Exactly. But another person we should be talking about that might break his own record again that he broke this year is Ohtani. He’s on his way to a 50-50 season.

Yeah, yeah. That’s… has that been done before, right? I’m sure…

Nope. Nope. Okay.

No one’s… there’s only been a few people that have ever done 40-40. Now let me check real quick, let me fact-check myself. No one’s ever had a 50-50 season.

Damn. Yeah, I’m ready to see it. I think Acuna had a 40-40-70 season a couple years ago or a year ago…

That was just last year. Yeah, yeah. He had 47, but I don’t think anyone’s ever done a 50-50.

And I can’t think off the top… so let’s go ahead… I mean he’s… I mean the dude is… he’s a unicorn. I’m not throwing shade at him, I’m gonna throw shade at the Dodgers. But you know… man, how can they afford it? How… I mean where does money grow on trees for them? I mean they’re over here trying to form the Justice League or the Transformers or whatever the hell. Dude man, I… whatever.

Yeah, I guess, you know, money really grows on trees in that whole state. I guess it does, honestly.

Yeah, because right now he’s at 46… oh yeah, oh come on man, he’ll probably get there before Wednesday.

He might, man. He really might. But what do you think is more impressive? Who do you think is more impressive right now – Ohtani or Judge?

Ohtani, because when he comes back to pitching…

Yeah, yeah. Now if Ohtani was pitching, hands down Ohtani. But let’s just see him as batters – I know it’s hard just to see Ohtani just for what he does. If I’m gonna figure it out and see how I’m gonna compare the two – is Judge stealing bases like Ohtani?

I don’t think so. I don’t think so. I think when you hit home runs, I don’t think you have to steal.

Yeah, with that foot injury he had the other year, he ain’t doing too much running on the base paths.

So no. Let me just check. I doubt it, but let me confirm for you. Mr. Judge has eight stolen bases.

My point exactly. Yeah, yeah. Ohtani’s just only five home runs behind but like almost 40 stolen bases ahead.

Well then the argument is settled. Give me the all-around player. I’ll take Ohtani. I mean who… but imagine both of them in the lineup. Imagine Ohtani and Judge, start to finish.

No, no. Let’s not give the Yankee fans any hope.

Yeah. So we’ll go ahead and skip the playoff lookout for MLB because we still got a couple weeks for that and we could talk about it later. But are the White Sox the worst team that you’ve ever seen?

Yes, right now. Yes, yes. I’ve been to White Sox games a couple times through the years when I’ve been through Chicago and like… oh man, that’s… yeah, that’s… they are literally the living version of that movie Major League. I mean it’s terrible. Dude, I thought this was supposed to be the A’s. What the White Sox doing? Look at the A’s over here going out with a bang. I mean they still suck, but they’re not trash juice. They’re not sewage. They’re not what happened on the Dave Matthews bus over the Chicago River. People, look it up, it’s real. Yeah, that’s how bad the White Sox are and it’s… oh man, it’s like they… I guess you got to say thank God for the Cubs. The only thing I can say is that they suck, man. Because what else? Why waste any time on them? Because they’re not even trying. They’re not worth the time.

I actually have run down… so right now they’re at 111 losses, right? The record for most losses in a season is 120. Who did it? I believe it was the Mets, but I could be wrong because you know how sometimes they bring up stats from the 1800s.

Come on, I don’t want those stats.

And I actually believe… the Mets lost 120 games in 1962.

Yeah, yeah. That was expansion year so that makes sense.

Yeah, but then it goes back to 1899 – the Cleveland Spiders lost 134. But I mean we don’t… I’m not going to count that. But my point is there’s 18 games left for the White Sox. There’s only nine games from… I say they win no more than three.

I think they’ve already made it. So you’re saying the White Sox make history?

I want to see it. Once they hit 120, I’m gonna watch every game of the White Sox. I’m gonna watch them probably more than the Astros. [Laughter] No one else is. I mean hell, give them some viewership or something, you know? They still need that TV money. They need it, man. They’re down bad. They’re trading away all their stars and they’re just getting prospects.

But enough of baseball. Let’s move on to something that you’ve been excited about for some time. Let’s talk about some college football. And I want to lead off by saying… okay, yes, we lost, but you can’t fully talk shit about us, okay? Because…

No, yeah, yeah, I agree. Okay, let’s just get that out there now. Yeah, like… man, they’re the Big 12 version of Iowa in terms of offense.

I’m gonna ask right now – Oklahoma and Houston. I didn’t watch the game, did you watch it?

I’m going to be honest with you, I was out on Saturday. I was following the score throughout on my phone, catching the highlights throughout the whole game, so I just didn’t watch it on TV. Yeah, and I just don’t know. I mean I knew it was going on as it was going on, I just couldn’t watch it, right? I knew it was a low-score game, I just don’t know. And that’s what made me… you know, like damn man, I wish I was in front of this game because I was really, really hoping that they did the unthinkable and kind of like what Northern Illinois did to Notre Dame.

Dude, dude, they suck. They really disrupted things already. But then again, Notre Dame… they’ll probably win a few more games, they’ll have a big win, and because they’re non-conference people still… this is the… yeah, this is the thing, right? And tell me if I’m wrong – Notre Dame is independent, right? Still are?

And it pisses me off. So this year’s the top 12 playoff. However, there’s reserved five spots for the Power Five – whoever wins their conference in Power Five. Even if they’re not a top 12 team, they are reserved a spot if they win their conference. That’s like reserving a reward or a treat for a kid… for a badass kid that don’t deserve it and you’re still going to give it to them. Or like just reward of mediocrity almost. And not to say that they’re mediocre, I’m just like… why the special treatment so much? I don’t get it. I don’t get it and it annoys the hell out of me.

But yeah. So UH, good job. You still lost. At least that’s probably… I mean I think that’s probably the only super hard one on the schedule. Everything else is going to be a toss-up. So 6-6 sounds good.

What the f— Florida State? Weren’t y’all bitching last year about being undefeated and being left out of the playoff?

Dude, I mean… hey, you know what? Maybe… I don’t know because my prediction has been for the longest that Deion was going to end up at Florida State. Now one half of that is going to come… yeah, and the fact that Norvell may get fired at the end of this year if this shit don’t change right away. Yeah man, they’re in a rough spot right now.

Yeah. Colorado looked bad against Nebraska, correct?

Yeah, yeah. No, they didn’t look good when they barely beat… what was it, South Dakota State? North Dakota? Week one – North Dakota.

And don’t throw shade on North Dakota State. I still want to see them versus Alabama.

Yeah, I mean North Dakota State… before they… because they used to be… they’re still… they weren’t always… they’re still… they weren’t always like Division I, right? Or were they?

Who, again? North Dakota State?

North Dakota State. No, they’ve always been… well, Division I FCS. But you know, they win a championship like every year.

Every year. Yeah, yeah, every year. They produced Carson Wentz and Trey Lance and then they produced another center or guard that played for like the Bucs or something, I think, I don’t know. But no, the team overall is good. They’re good.

So yeah, I mean Colorado was lucky to escape out of that. But all hype, no results. That’s all they are. I mean, you know, it’s unfortunate but…

Holy shit, Texas. I mean… all right, I guess… well this is obviously… this is on record. This is on record, Isaiah. You know me, I’m not cutting this out. This is… oh my God. You know me, you know me too well and you know how I feel about that other-ass orange. I got to tip my hat, I got to tip my hat. I think if… when y’all play Alabama… oh man. Soon. That’s before… that’s before the Georgia game, right?

No, let’s see. I’m looking right now… we do not play Alabama this year. Nope. We do play Georgia but not Alabama.

All right, but then y’all beat Georgia, y’all be number one. Tickets as low as $434.

Get out of here. You know some people’s going to be coughing it up.

If Texas beats Georgia, if you’re A&M, do you even bother showing up?

No, that’s where you play the guys that want to earn a spot because the starters are either going to transfer portal or sitting out for the draft. That’s where you start your walk-ons and just try to, you know, show out, try to earn yourself a scholarship out there.

Yeah, dude. This is the SEC and this is where I want to go with this because we’re going to have two levels of college football. The SEC is holding one, two, three, four, five, six… six out of the 10 spots in the top 10. I mean, and they got four of the first five – all SEC. This is where we’re coming to and this is what they wanted. It’s just going to be a super league and then it’s going to be everyone else. The super league is going to be the SEC, Big Ten, and then it’s going to be everyone else. And there’s… and the main championship is going to be just for the SEC and Big Ten and then everyone else is just going to be, you know, the regular bowl games.

So it may get to a point to where the only teams you see in the playoff is teams just in the ACC and the Big Ten… sorry ACC, y’all done. Sorry Big 12, not enough. Pac-12? Yeah. Mountain West? Give me a break.

So like that’s where we’re going early. Yeah, that’s where we’re going. It’s just gonna be filled with Big Ten and SEC and that’s it. That’s it. That’s it.

This is the first time that the SEC has done this since 2019… and I mean not 2019, I’m sorry, 2014. Those teams… it’s probably going to blow your mind when I read to you this list of four of the first five from 2014 when the SEC was, you know, just going ham. I think one of them is Tennessee.

You’re way wrong. Number one… I’m about to blow your mind with this shit. Number one Mississippi State. Wow. Number three Ole Miss… wait, it is… that was Dak. Yeah, that was Dak. Yeah, damn. Number one Mississippi State, number three Ole Miss, number four Alabama, number five Auburn. Who was number two?

Shit, can you tell me their starting quarterback? That’s going to give it away. I’ll give you the conference, okay? What about colors? Can you tell me their colors? Green.

Yes, Oregon. Well, is Oregon… I mean I was hoping you said Baylor first, but yeah. I’m not… what the hell? Because I just wanted you to be off and just be a homer since you’ll never leave Texas. Oregon.

Yeah, yeah. That is not how the final playoff rankings ended. This was like in October when this happened. The final playoff rankings is going to blow your mind and this was also the first year of the playoff. Number one Alabama, number two Oregon, number three Florida State, number four Ohio State. That was your Ohio State one – that was Zeke Elliott, I believe.

Yeah, that. And Mississippi State finished seventh and Ole Miss finished ninth. So talk about a drop-off.

Yeah, yeah. So not as bad… not as bad as Florida State. But what is… come on man, they don’t deserve that. They don’t need to get burned like that. Okay, hold on, one more burn. Florida State, just a reminder – y’all lost to freaking Houston in the Peach Bowl. I’m sorry, y’all got steamrolled by us.

This man is going back to the archives. All right Kyle, you know what time it is. It is time to watch the rest of this game and it’s time to pour up another drink and it’s time to go to sleep.

Wrong, it’s quiz time.

Oh Lord, come on man. And I have a quiz for you – NFL quiz. Now to celebrate week one, I’m gonna quiz you on the NFL week one starting quarterbacks of last year. Now I’m gonna read off the team name and you have to tell me the starting quarterback. Are the instructions clear?

Yes, they’re clear.

All righty. So… Arizona.

Pass, because I know it wasn’t Murray, right? He was hurt.

That’s right, that’s right. Oh my God. Atlanta.

Ridder.

Yep, that’s correct. All right, easy one. Baltimore.

Yeah, yeah. That was CJ’s coming out… of course Lamar was coming out with their first contract.

Yeah. Buffalo.

Come on, man.

All right, one. Carolina.

Oh, they looked ass today. Oh man, thank you for taking Bryce, thank you.

Oh shit, that’s right. Good Lord. All right. Chicago.

Pass.

Cincinnati.

Shit, he was hurt. No, Burrow… I thought Burrow was hurt to start the season.

Yeah, yeah he got hurt but… oh he was starting though, okay. Yeah, right.

Cleveland.

Yeah, because Deshaun Watson was suspended. He started last year, he started because I thought… I know because I know… okay, I thought… I know because… wasn’t Brissett the QB on that team last year? Brissett did start like the second… well, and then they started him mid and then they got Joe Flacco.

Flacco. Dallas.

Dak.

Yep. Denver.

Russell, let’s ride.

Detroit.

Oh, Goff.

Yeah. Green Bay.

Love.

Houston.

You already know that answer.

Yeah. Indianapolis.

Oh, Richardson started, didn’t he? Got hurt.

Yep, he did. Jacksonville.

Lawrence.

Yeah, yep. Kansas City.

Pass. I don’t want… I’m not giving them anything.

Los Angeles Chargers.

I think Herbert was hurt, right? He was hurt later, but he did start.

Los Angeles Rams.

Stafford.

Yep. Las Vegas.

Garoppolo.

Yeah, that’s right. Minnesota.

Oh, Cousins.

That’s right. Miami.

Tua.

New England.

Mac.

Yep. New Orleans.

Derek Carr.

That’s right. New York Giants.

Daniel Jones. No, he got hurt.

That’s right, okay. Yeah, he did get hurt though.

Yeah. New York Jets.

First quarter. Oh my God, you made it the first three plays practically.

Yeah, Rodgers. Philadelphia.

It hurts to see those turnovers.

It does. Pittsburgh.

Small hands.

That’s right. Can you pick it? Seattle.

Geno.

San Francisco.

Okay, I’m not going to say the nickname like that. I’m gonna keep it… I’m gonna keep it classy. Purdy.

That’s right. Tampa Bay.

Baker.

That’s right. Tennessee.

They went through like… Tannehill.

That’s right. Washington.

Who the f— knows? Sam Howell.

Okay. Now there’s one you didn’t answer – it was Arizona.

Yeah. You want to try or do you want a hint?

I want to say Colt McCoy, but I may be way the hell off because I know he played for Arizona at some point, but I could be… he did play for Arizona, but no.

He did? I don’t know, man. He was drafted by the Browns, I think. Or he played for the Browns, he played for the Steelers, and then he kind of went off for Arizona last year. That’s… I’m still… Joshua Dobbs.

Oh, okay. All right, yeah. But yeah, but every show will end with a small quiz and we’ll take turns. I quiz you this time, you’ll quiz me next time. So make sure you have one ready.

Of course you are. Of course. Don’t do hockey though.

All right, give me… you know, give me a chance. Hey, I’ll be quizzing myself because I’m still learning. But yeah, I’m gonna give you some hard-ass questions.

Well, it’s been a fun, entertaining episode of the Sports Shots. Thank you all for listening and we look forward to seeing you in the next one. Laters, laters.

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