WEBVTT 1 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:38.119 Well, good morning, Happy Tuesday. Welcome everyone to the Mark ash Here 2 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:43.200 USFL live playoff recaps, and then we'll also be doing the championship preview game 3 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:46.520 note. Our Friday show this week is going to be a live show. 4 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:50.399 I've got John Vogel coming, I think Pat Evan and coach Craig Sports. 5 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.320 We're trying to figure out the time, but that will be on the YouTube 6 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:57.880 channel Live Friday full preview for the USFL Championship weekend. We'll be doing that 7 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.520 in place of the normal Friday show on that. Checking in today with Pat 8 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:04.280 Here. Pat, there's a lot of nonsense going on in the world right 9 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:08.439 now. How are you doing? Oh man, I'm stop. Unfortunately in 10 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:12.359 my industry, I gotta deal with about it less than a tenth of it, 11 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:18.120 and it's a little bit too much for me. So lots of things 12 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:19.879 going on. We're going to do a quick note here. Normally we get 13 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:26.319 a lot of questions about the USFLTV radians quick and we're gonna pour one out 14 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:32.799 for our dead homies today on here show. Buzz Daily just posting this morning 15 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:37.239 Mitch over there that they're shutting the site down, kind of noting you can 16 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:42.519 read the article, but noting just kind of the manusha that goes into basically 17 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.280 like things are so switched to streaming now, there's so many different ways to 18 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.920 consume this content and everything to the manusha of like a point two three versus 19 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.560 a point two five or whatever on some of these TV shows and things, 20 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.560 and just kind of he doesn't feel like it's important enough to keep tracking this, 21 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:00.319 and like he's not providing any data if you want to take it, 22 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:02.640 you know, once the sight goes down. So kind of a you know, 23 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.519 a kind of a sad little post here. But I think Mike Mitchell 24 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:10.879 should still be able to get us the TV rating staff. He said that 25 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:14.120 he was talking, we were in the group chat this morning. He was 26 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:19.439 talking, but I know some of the Twitter reporters there, their their sources 27 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:22.680 are immediately gone. So, Pat, are you sad Showbuzz Daily going the 28 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.759 way here? Yeah? I mean I don't. I don't do the TV 29 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:30.439 ratings. It's kind of out of my wheelhouse to be honest with you. 30 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:34.560 Um So, I mean, my life doesn't really change, you know. 31 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:38.080 I feel like Mike and I are pretty uh in good, in good faith 32 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:44.080 with each other. That I got my insider source right there. So I 33 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.800 think I think the main thing is as as as long as someone has it 34 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:52.520 um where I have no problem, you know. I mean it sucks because 35 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:57.199 it's independent journalism, and well, like I care about it more from just 36 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:01.280 like you know, I think we talked about it. You know, we 37 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:07.439 don't really agree or you know, or have like you know, some of 38 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:12.840 the best relationships with other outlets, but like there's very few people that if 39 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:17.360 I saw their platform to throne or taken away, It's like I don't wish 40 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.919 that on any of these people, you know what I mean. Like some 41 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.560 of them obviously do it for free. Some of them make a little bit 42 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.879 of money. But you know, it's just all these different these outlets, 43 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.520 even if you know we're not the most friends with them, they they all 44 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:34.639 put their heart and soul into it, you know what I mean. Yeah, 45 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.120 I just I just know there's a lot of people that take very highly 46 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:43.439 I'm being able to push these TV ratings every week. So that's just interesting. 47 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:47.159 Hey man, I'm I'm you know, pretty high about finding UFL stats 48 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:53.599 and talking about how good Brooks Follinger was in the for the Florida Florida Tuskers 49 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:58.400 you know, over ten years ago now, So yeah, I want to 50 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:03.199 I just tweeted this out of so does sounded silence that Thanos sitting here in 51 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:06.919 the peaceful world, here overlooking the overlooking its life. I will say I 52 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:11.879 did see the prelimbs before everything went down. I want to say it was 53 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:15.039 like seven hundred and fifty thousand, give or take, for both the games. 54 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:17.720 I know that obviously the overtime game on Saturday went late, don't I 55 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.439 don't if I'm wrong, if I if I remember there was a seven in 56 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:23.639 front of all the numbers. I'm sure Maxwell let me know if that was 57 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.600 incorrect, But I do believe what I saw it was that at the times. 58 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.360 So anyway, anything else with it, with the anything else with the 59 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.079 rating show buzz. We'll get into the games here, we'll talk playoffs, 60 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:34.360 and then we'll do a preview here, and then obviously we'll do the big 61 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:40.600 preview on US Friday's all uh not really on my front. Um, you 62 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:45.000 know, it's it is what it is. It's it's it's like for the 63 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:48.560 ratings people and whatnot. But I mean, regardless, ratings are not if 64 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:51.759 you watch it great if you didn't watch it you know, kind of sucks 65 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:58.639 for you because overall, like despite the lack of Section US from the competitiveness 66 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:02.480 of the Breakers and Stallions game, we did see a lot of good football, 67 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:06.399 at least from the Stallions, you know, and like that that Mauler's 68 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:11.079 Panthers game was pretty on point as well. Yeah, so let's get into 69 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:13.360 that here. So that was, you know, to me, we had 70 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:15.839 one game that was very unappealing here in the North with the Panthers Maulers, 71 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.439 and then this was kind of everyone was expecting, Okay, this is the 72 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:23.720 big championship game. One really delivered, one didn't. I watched every snap 73 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:26.360 of the Sunday game. Saturday was kind of in and out. We had 74 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:30.360 a birthday dinner, caught enough and the overtime, first overtime, and USFL 75 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.000 Coms had a weird tweet where it was like the first overtime since last and 76 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:38.079 they were the Maulers were involved in that back in like nineteen. I don't 77 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.160 know, I couldn't really try what they were trying to stay with that, 78 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:45.319 but let's get into it. First year Maulers worse the first You're North Division 79 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:47.279 champions, Pat, what did you make of this? I mean, we 80 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:55.079 all knew it was a gaggle, a gaggle of this North Division, right, 81 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:59.879 and like what we saw that was different from the other four and sixteen 82 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:05.000 previously was you know, at least the Roughnecks were like the established favorite, 83 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:09.399 right, Like this was a toss up, like you know, how's Troy 84 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:13.240 Williams gonna do? Like how is you know, this defensive line going to 85 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.360 do? Like the Mueller's offensive line not the best in the in the game, 86 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:19.160 Like we all we all knew the answers about the Muellers on defense, 87 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:24.519 but it's like, okay, are they going to do enough to manipulate this 88 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:28.920 game for a victory? And it's like, okay, granted the Panthers, 89 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:30.439 you know, they had a nice little spark with E. J. Perry, 90 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:33.519 and I guess you could say he delivered another spark. You know, 91 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:38.279 I think he played as well as he could with the condition and whatnot, 92 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.920 and of that he's under you know, only being with the team for four 93 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:45.279 weeks. But like overall, like I mean, the first half was a 94 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.839 little slow, and you know, we kind of took our time, but 95 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:51.040 like once that second half came, like you know, you go from the 96 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:56.120 Xbox meme of like casually sitting back to like sitting to the edge of the 97 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:58.600 seat. You're like, oh, okay, this this game means a little 98 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.360 you know these let's let's go a little bit, you know, well, 99 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:04.759 you wanted to feel like it matters short at this point the last week and 100 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:08.560 we were talking week ten, it felt like some of these teams were playing 101 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:11.920 either like not to lose. You're like, god, I mean these are 102 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:15.000 for playoff spots here, so it's good to see kind of some motivation there 103 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:18.079 on that. In terms of the Malers, it's I think it's a good 104 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:20.560 storyline, right, I mean I wasn't a big fan of them being in 105 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:24.920 it, but it is a cool it's a compelling storyline now going especially now 106 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.879 into the championship game. Yeah, I mean, like, you know, 107 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.360 I talked about a couple of weeks ago, I think I said why not 108 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:31.639 them? You know, at this point, like why not? You know, 109 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:35.199 um, you know, I think we got a little bit of a 110 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:45.000 parody obviously with like you know that the evenly matchedness of the of the North 111 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.680 Division kind of everyone being all, you know, under five hundred and like 112 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:51.839 someone was gonna limp in there. But like you know, you obviously have 113 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:59.639 all the nonsense from twenty twenty two and then you have you know the story 114 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:03.279 of Earn Horden, his dad, obviously the coach, like changing their culture. 115 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.199 Like Boogie Roberts, we talked, we talked about him a lot, 116 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:09.560 but for good reason. One he's a good football player and two like he's 117 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:16.199 a pseudo face of the league in my opinion, like like it's a little 118 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.600 different for us because we covered these leagues so much. So it's like like 119 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.120 I knew Boogie Roberts played on the Rams in like twenty twenty and then that 120 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.199 was it until he came into the league last year and then he was highlighted 121 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:31.639 a lot going finishing his degree at San Jose State and then like you know, 122 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:33.919 you saw him on in the Burma and that was like the coolest thing 123 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:39.720 about the Birmingham Hub in my opinion, was like these players would go interact 124 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.320 with the you know, the fans when they weren't playing and whatnot. So 125 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.600 you saw a lot of that. So he began, you know to form 126 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.919 like you know a lot of love with that. He's doing the radio show 127 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:54.840 in Ohio, Like there's so much that not to there's so much to like 128 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.240 about these guys, Like you have Ruben Foster, there a second chance to 129 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:05.240 Vino some Marcus Um sorry not Marcus Gilbert, Mike Mark Gilbert the cornerback. 130 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:11.399 Like you keep going down that list, and it's just like underdog after underdog, 131 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.080 and then you go on the offensive side of the ball ball You have 132 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.600 Terry Poole, who was a cast off put the word receivers that probably don't 133 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.879 get enough respect. Troy Williams was the backup, you know, supposed to 134 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.240 be the James Morgan Show, and thank god, you know, we moved 135 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.000 on from that. And then you keep like throwing all these like you look 136 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.320 at each position group and it's like, oh, man, that's kind of 137 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:37.600 cool. Yeah, Madre London a European guy, you know, Garrett Groshek 138 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:41.840 never really you know. I feel like I'm like Jason Kelsey from the Super 139 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:46.120 Bowl. You remember when he was dressed up as a genie. Yeah, 140 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:52.240 and he's like Howard Rose Lane Johnson can't stay off there. Like That's how 141 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.080 I feel when I'm talking about this team, man. And it's like, 142 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.720 you know, when you start and like break it down person by person and 143 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.679 play or by player. It's kind of like it is kind of cool man, 144 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:05.480 Like you know, like do I think they beat Birmingham? No, 145 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:11.080 But like I mean at this point, whynot, right Pat? You need 146 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.360 to be careful here here almost coming to cloud across too glowingly talking about the 147 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:18.799 USFL. You need to be careful. Yeah, I mean maybe I got 148 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.720 too many sins in so like my my dopamine and the ndorphins, they're all 149 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:26.480 high up. But I mean I think E J. Perry got a job 150 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.799 this weekend, like that was pretty cool. You know, his story's cool 151 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:37.080 too. In terms of the Mawlers here, I saw a lot of crediting 152 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:41.399 Ray Horton coming in kind of like and you said changing the culture. Do 153 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:43.200 you think that that? Because I always with these like spring leagues, and 154 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.519 like, I don't know how much culture there is right in like the Roughnecks 155 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:50.639 next year, like depending on who comes back and there's turn I mean, 156 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:54.720 do you think there was enough like duty culture with the Maulers here that we 157 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.799 needed to flip it? Yeah? Yeah? And I think that goes for 158 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:01.720 any spring league team, right like you got like you you established the culture 159 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.799 when you show up right like like way it establishes the culture. So I 160 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:11.159 don't know the percentage of like players they had from year one the year two, 161 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:16.360 but like it's a pretty decent amount. Like granted, the quarterbacks room 162 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.159 was completely changed. Okay, they got rid of badly Roland Rivers, Kyle 163 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:24.200 Lavela, the and Josh Love, and I mean that changes it, right, 164 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.799 So it's like, oh, the quarterback like the guys they drafted the 165 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.759 first two picks like from last year. Granted that was a Kirby move, 166 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.960 but then you know, Ray gets brought in and I think he got brought 167 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:39.799 in later after Roland and that were that were released, But like Jaren was 168 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.840 still there, and everyone talked about how how up and coming Jarn was and 169 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:48.080 you saw the enthusiasm, and then you bring in a guy like Ruben Foster 170 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:50.320 who's like, you guys want to go to the NFL. I was there 171 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:56.240 and I talked to Joey Ivy about that on my show about like when these 172 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:00.559 NFL guys came in, like him being one of them, like you guys 173 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.519 want to taste this, like this is what you have to do. And 174 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:07.120 I talk to a lot of coaches about that as well, about like you're 175 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:11.600 not doing enough or you're not doing it right, and like this is what 176 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:13.519 we need to do, and everyone thinks for a joke and this and that, 177 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.879 and you know, I don't think James Morgan played outstandley like well, 178 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.159 but he's still a guy who's been in NFL QB rooms and been around NFL 179 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:28.840 players. And it's like, you know, Grett Groshek played with um Jonathan 180 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:33.360 Taylor, so you bring that. Terry Pool has been around all these football 181 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:35.080 leagues. You bring in that. So it's like you keep going down this 182 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.799 list of guys with experience to be like, hey, man, like this 183 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.639 is what you have to do to be successful, not only on the field, 184 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.279 but get to the next level. And that translates into, like my 185 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:50.480 opinion, character like being a good man as far as like you know, 186 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.960 character building and like because in the end, like a lot of these guys 187 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.919 are going to do other things in the off season in the off season, 188 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:03.840 and so we continue to like you know, not only build these people as 189 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.480 football players, as young men and whatnot. And it's a I mean, 190 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.639 I think I think I think it does matter way more than people give it 191 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:13.799 credit for. And I think it matters even more because the seasons are shorter, 192 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.679 do you have to be like, hey, like hammer down or get 193 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:24.559 out? And it sounds well with Jared getting kind of that was an assistant 194 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:26.960 Coach of the Year and then not doing that last year. I thought that 195 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.519 was kind of a cool honor as well for that, didn't you think? 196 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:31.600 Yeah? No, And and maybe that was a part of the plan the 197 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:35.200 whole year, you know what I mean? Like like, but in the 198 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:41.440 end, like the you know, assistant coaches coordinators are usually the unsung heroes 199 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:46.039 of this though. I mean the CE Jaron get recognized for all the work 200 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.720 you did, and like that defense was great, Like, you know, 201 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:52.639 we had questions about Troy, and you know, I think Troy's a little 202 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:56.759 bit better than um, you know, a guy like DeAndre Johnson and uh, 203 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.279 you know these other more mobile guys and whatnot. But I mean, 204 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:03.960 you know, he came into the season as a QB two and you know 205 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:07.720 obviously turned that team around once he became the starter. What did you want? 206 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.399 That's the thing too, Like, even if maybe that wasn't the plan, 207 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:13.080 I think that that's a really easy pivot to do, right where you 208 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:18.200 see Jared, Like, I that's the thing I wish and I go back 209 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:20.200 and forth because I didn't like last year kind of the Tank Bowl and adding 210 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.200 you know, okay, we're going to add the picture whatever. But I 211 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:26.360 do like the mobility of some of these spring leagues to be able to like, 212 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.679 yeah, let's do this, like let's honor, like let's kind of 213 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:31.919 make this be a thing here because it is something guys take pride in that. 214 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:35.480 It is something that I know the team probably really appreciated him getting recognized 215 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:39.440 as well. And not only that, just for like Jared, like you 216 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:41.879 know, he's coached at Yukon. I think he coached at another school before. 217 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.559 Like this was his air quote big break, and he is doing what 218 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.879 he is supposed to be doing, like he is taking advantage of the opportunity, 219 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.320 you know, like like all football, spring football, you know, 220 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:58.759 all this stuff. If your goal is to get to the NFL, like 221 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:03.720 you might not have the most linear path depending on your background or this or 222 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.759 that. You know. So it's like like none of these guys and like 223 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.679 a guy like James Morgan can't look in the mirror anymore and say I never 224 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:16.200 got a fair shot, you know, like Jaren Jaren if he dubbed it 225 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:20.519 out right, like it's obviously coaching is a little bit different because it does 226 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:22.960 come down to the players. Like scheams could be good, but like you 227 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:26.120 look at Jared and it's like, hey, man, I did everything I 228 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:31.960 needed to do to put myself in to give myself the best position to one 229 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:35.320 put the team to succeed, get him into a championship, and then two 230 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:41.759 like like do what I needed to do. And he took advantage of the 231 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:46.960 opportunity. And you know, sometimes it's kind of a double edged sword because 232 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:50.120 you play so well then you're then you're gone, you know. But in 233 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.000 the end, like he needed to do what he needed to do, and 234 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:56.720 I know that's a very simplistic way of looking at it. And he took 235 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:00.000 full advantage of the situation and now he's going to be peating for a championship 236 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:07.320 with his defense. Is does Jaren does he come back next year? I 237 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.519 don't know, And I you know, I think that comes down to him. 238 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:14.200 You know, um, you know, does he want to go be 239 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:18.000 a dB coach or a D line coach or you know, a linebackers coach 240 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:22.879 or is he like you know, money talks obviously, right, Like I 241 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.320 don't know what the coaches make. But you know, the money money talks. 242 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:33.639 So if the financials line up in addition to if the financials lineup in 243 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:37.799 addition to the uh, you know, just the squeeze. I want to 244 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:41.120 say, is the juice worth to squeeze? And you know, I think 245 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:45.000 it comes down to that. I was looking on here. We had a 246 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.000 comment. I can't find I was trying to find the tweet. Dylan has 247 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:52.600 a comment just while we're talking about the Mallers. Here are they talking about 248 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.080 doing the hub style and kind of all that stuff. Um, they had 249 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.200 to tweet that that they're selling season tickets for Canton next year now, but 250 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.320 they it's like TBD what the teams are gonna be or whatever. I thought 251 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.000 that was kind of weird. I think that that's that's a tough sell. 252 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:08.319 They kind of get fans to buy into that. I mean, here, 253 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:12.480 if if the Malers win or not, Like I don't either, what do 254 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:15.319 you make of that? I mean, I know we're kind of sick to 255 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.000 death talking about the hubs and all that, but here we're selling season tickets 256 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.880 for next year, but we don't know the teams that they're going to be 257 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.680 there. I mean I think we talked. Um. I mean I think 258 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.039 COMMS US of l COMS put it out like was that who was let me 259 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:27.680 try to find I don't know if they put it out, but I think 260 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:33.279 I know they like subtweeted like an announcement about the teams. It's gonna it's 261 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:38.599 gonna come out. Um. I mean I eventually you got to get everyone 262 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:44.000 into their home markets, right, Like that's just you know you have to 263 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:48.519 do that. So I know they have a plan. Um. I mean 264 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.920 I don't you know, I don't want to go shill here and just do 265 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.880 like trust the process, but any end, like all the speculation we're doing 266 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:59.519 is not like oh or the or the Breakers going to be there or is 267 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:02.440 this team to be there? Like okay, so it was COMS that did 268 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:08.759 it, Like like I'm not I'm not ready to sing the praises or or 269 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:15.519 go against like that state that like situation until I know what the teams are 270 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:19.319 and everything like that. Like it's just you know, I want them all 271 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.400 to be in their own cities. And I think I think to an extent 272 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.200 like everyone else does as well. You know, like you've got people covering 273 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:32.000 New Orleans who haven't been to a game, you know, and we'll see 274 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:36.759 what happens. I just like, like, who doesn't want them to not 275 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:40.759 be in their hub or into in their home city. Well, the thing 276 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.640 too is, and I've seen a lot of people like, oh, well, 277 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:45.599 you know, if Pittsburgh wins, they like they should absolutely be moving 278 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:48.160 to the city. It's like, well, I think they would have had 279 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:52.279 I mean, Canton was the fallback plan last year. I mean, they 280 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.880 would have been there, you know, Jersey and Philly if they have Aaron 281 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:57.039 Pittsburgh, if they would have had somewhere to go. I mean, just 282 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:03.599 winning the title doesn't necessarily make a stadium available or make it better financially for 283 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:06.160 you to move into a market. I mean I think that it would certainly 284 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:11.039 incentimized. I don't know the residents that the pit through Mullers have in the 285 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.000 city of Pittsburgh right now. I can't imagine it's it's particularly high, but 286 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.400 I mean I'm sure it's a non zero number, right yeah. I mean, 287 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:21.119 I mean I'm definitely one of those people that like, I think you 288 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:25.680 can championship that into a mark into their own market, you know. Um, 289 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.960 Like I said, I don't, I don't know if that's the air 290 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:33.200 quote right move and whatnot, like or exchange the right move the right train 291 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:38.720 of thought. But regardless, like I think it would be nice for like 292 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:45.359 the people of Pittsburgh to have this obviously, and like I don't I don't 293 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.119 think many people would disagree with me, you know, and you could kind 294 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:49.640 of sell it. Um. You know, I've been very vocal about that 295 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:56.079 Cannon that Cannon Stadium kind of being the transitionary one. Um. You know, 296 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:02.200 you gotta think about like in Memphis and the Gamblers and you know, 297 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.920 in New Orleans with the Breakers and the Stars up in Michigan. It's kind 298 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:11.039 of like, in my opinion, you gotta look like what team did the 299 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:17.960 worst as far as like attendance wise, and let's like push them into a 300 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:22.279 new market if we can't get them into the home market, to just kind 301 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:25.839 of freshen it up a little bit. Because I do think like part of 302 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:33.720 like geographically it makes sense to me that um, um, that Pittsburgh and 303 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:37.079 New Jersey were there, But like I also part of me and I don't 304 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.599 know any of this for a fact that like maybe you have them there because 305 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:47.519 you knew that you had something in the back room type thing. But I 306 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:51.359 mean, and I've been vocal about this too, like I do think it's 307 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:57.680 cool that that, um, you know, people in Ohio got a casual 308 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:00.920 taste of this, whether it was one person or one million people. I 309 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.599 just thought it was kind of like, oh, we're going to the Pro 310 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:07.640 Football Hall of Fame. Like was it always successful? Absolutely not. But 311 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:11.799 in the same sense, it's like, well, I'm from Iowa and I 312 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:15.400 went to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I'm going to care about those 313 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:17.519 a little bit more, you know what I mean? Like I don't I 314 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.960 don't know how much dividends that's paying in the long run, but I mean 315 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:26.599 it is expanding the market, whether it be by a minimal movement or you 316 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.680 know, more than we know. The interesting thing to me here at Dylan 317 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:33.519 Siger to like CFL haus nineteen, I want to add a nineteen nineteen doesn't 318 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:37.759 work in the CFL. It needs to be even numbers otherwise, Yeah, 319 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:42.720 the CFL by weeks. But just my quick note if Pittsburgh, well, 320 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:47.920 I guess now I would say either way now that Pittsburgh is the because there's 321 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.359 been a lot of talk like do we do the Canton Gold or do we 322 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:52.960 do the Canton whatever, what do we do? We make an Ohio team. 323 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:56.039 You can't rebrand Pittsburgh now, right, I mean I think you could 324 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:59.440 have last year where they were duty and you're like, but we did the 325 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:02.319 Colors who to make up like that? But you have to keep Pittsburgh now. 326 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:07.839 So do you lose New Jersey? I mean from that I wins and 327 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.960 losses record, probably not, but from a nostalgia of the USFL, I 328 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:14.319 think you have to keep the New Jersey generals there. So what do you 329 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.880 do at that point? How do you lose that team? I yeah, 330 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:22.519 I get all the teams into their markets before I get rid of any of 331 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:25.799 the teams. Like if we if they go to New Orleans and negative for 332 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:30.720 people are there, then you go to a Canton Legends. And I'm pretty 333 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:36.200 big on Canton Legends being the being the name. Um I think that was 334 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:38.599 a maddened name at some point. But uh yeah, I mean, like 335 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.119 you have to give it the old college try, like you have to, 336 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:47.960 Like I think it's an injustice, like if New Jersey blows. I'm not 337 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:51.680 big on these teams going to the East Coast, Like I just I don't 338 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:55.200 think it's I mean, I saw it with the UFL, with the New 339 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.519 York Sentinels. Um, you know, Mike Mitchell, I know went to 340 00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:02.519 a couple of Guardians games in New York. Um, I'm not I'm not 341 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:04.960 big on it. Uh you know, like I am from there, believe 342 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:08.240 it or not. I know my accent doesn't sound like anymore, thank god. 343 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:15.359 But um, but I am pretty big on like staying away from the 344 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:19.319 East coast on that front, um in the northeast rather because I think Florida 345 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:22.240 you can put a JV team there and I think people show up, you 346 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:25.839 know, I think, you know, it helps when they have the win 347 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:29.440 lost thing. But I think the Apollo showed up and have to look at 348 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:33.400 the Guardians, but rand that they were kind of a kitchen fire when we 349 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:36.440 look at that, or the Orlando Guardians. But I think the Vipers had 350 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:40.039 decent crowd crowds and know the Orlando Rage did pretty well, but I think 351 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:47.279 that was because everyone like Jeff Brown, you know, the XFL and yeah, 352 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.119 it's just weird. I don't know, I don't know what they do. 353 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.400 I'll be curious to see here because it is kind of a pickle. 354 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:53.960 Like I said, you could have gotten rid of Pittsburgh or whatever going into 355 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:57.160 the season, but now you're surely not anything else. I mean, obviously 356 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.400 we'll talk that the Salad Championship game and all of that here. Anything else 357 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:06.160 at Michigan picked up steam here towards the end, it wasn't enough and we 358 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.599 got the two four and six here. We made the jokes and stuff about 359 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:11.839 that last week, but anything else about the Panthers, I mean, I 360 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:17.279 mean they put together a great effort. Um. You know, EJ pushed 361 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.759 the ball down field a lot more. He's a lot more aggressive, you 362 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:23.440 know, still relying on his athletic abilities, still having some mental mishaps and 363 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:29.279 whatnot as well. He threw that interception the cole hicatmy fumble. Um, 364 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:33.400 I mean just sometimes things happened, you know, he got hit and as 365 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:37.119 he was like putting them, like trying to readjust the ball, it's slipped 366 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:40.759 out. You know, it's sweaty, sweaty and uh, you know, 367 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:45.440 probably humid in Canton. Um. You know, there was a miss handled 368 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:52.079 on the handle on the on the excuse me, on the exchange to him, 369 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:56.200 and I think Stevie Scott, Stevie Scott fumbling at the one yard line. 370 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.720 Rewatched the game last night, and I mean, Pereira isn't wrong, 371 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:03.519 like by the rules, they got the call right. It's just I just 372 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:07.680 you know what I mean, Like that's not like Ken Stabler. I think 373 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:11.160 it was who was kicking the ball you know, down the field and in 374 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:15.240 the seventies when that rule was like okay, like fourth quarter under two minutes, 375 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:18.200 Like I just kind of feel like, you know, like, yes, 376 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.759 the call is right, but that might be an adjustment in the rule 377 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:22.640 book because it was a clean it was a clean fumble. Like I agree, 378 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.000 it was a fumble. Um he didn't have control of it when he 379 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:29.599 was you know, when he crossed the plane, but like tray Quinn like 380 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:33.519 had a clean recovery on that, you know what I mean. Like it 381 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:37.240 just to me, it's it made no sense, you know what I mean, 382 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.880 Because now you're saying, if there's a botched snap and he scores a 383 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:45.160 touchdown, that's a fumble, the play's dead. I don't know. I 384 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:47.839 think Pereira is kind of the guy Dean does it too. Praire kind of 385 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:49.599 doubles down on that where it's like now like we're like we're then like, 386 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:53.599 I mean I think that they're I think they're trying to establish like they're like, 387 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:57.640 this is the rule. Both of them do it. It's like it's 388 00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:02.480 it's it. I know. We kind of like we've touched on before where 389 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:04.839 Mike gets way more heat than he deserves because you know, he's not as 390 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:11.039 good looking. But I mean, you know these uh, these younger Italian 391 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:14.119 guys with their facial hair man and jaw lines, you know what I mean, 392 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:17.480 Like you know, you throw you throw some rogaine on Mike and give 393 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.880 him you know, look at five o'clock shadow beard. We might be like 394 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.960 Mike, it's Mike, you know what I mean, it's uncle Mike. 395 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:27.359 Do you remember this? Do you remember when he was like this going on 396 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:32.720 this this is why people don't like like for cutting the brag and he's like, 397 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.599 what is what is he doing here? I mean, Mike gets a 398 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:38.440 lot of heat. I think he deserves it. Sometimes it's it's it's something, 399 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:42.160 dude, Like I think I think both of these guys are kind of 400 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:45.839 like memes in their own right, you know what I mean. Like I 401 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:49.559 remember Dean did something and then like they panned over to him and he was 402 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:53.599 like, yeah, we got that wrong, and I was just like, 403 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:59.599 dude, yeah, no, Buino, you can't. You can never admit 404 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:03.240 defeat. So Panthers here, do they have enough going into next year? 405 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:07.240 Do they have enough to build on here? Like I mean they did they 406 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:11.559 end with with enough momentum or even though they lost? Yeah, I think 407 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.640 they do. Man. But the problem is is, like, you know, 408 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:15.319 it's Spring League. So it's like we so we talked about this, 409 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:19.680 right, there's like twenty six open roster spots right now, probably more because 410 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:25.319 I saw some guys get released over the weekend, and it's like, why 411 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:29.200 aren't teams signing those guys, you know what I mean? Like they have 412 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:33.359 they're looking at the USFL like they're looking because like at this point, the 413 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:37.720 XFL, like the you know, hot girl and the hot new girl at 414 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:41.680 school is like, all right, man, she's been around for a year, 415 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.640 Like she ain't that hot, you know what I mean? And I 416 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:47.000 knew that might be a little bit edgy to say, but like they had 417 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:49.440 their big boost, right, So you have twenty five open roster spots. 418 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:55.920 Teams already have had twenty of looks at like free agents, undrafted free agents. 419 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:59.119 You know, there's definitely guys who are waiting on injuries that might have 420 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:03.640 been offered contract and whatnot. But like who who's going next? You know 421 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:07.359 what I mean? Like who's the next Like who's the next girl transferring and 422 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:11.400 into San Demons High School? I hope, I hope you guys got that 423 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.359 reference by the way Sandeons high school football rules? Um uh so, like 424 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:22.200 who who who is the next group of of of incoming players and it's got 425 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:26.279 to be usbl guys, like it makes sense and like excuse me, I 426 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:30.480 live our work by trick but um but so it's like you have guys like 427 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:33.480 Brilliance speaks right like all he I don't want to say all he had to 428 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:37.160 do, but if he played effectively, he's gonna get an opportunity. We 429 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:41.880 have magoo right Like McGoo is just tearing this league up right now, Like 430 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:45.559 it's not even it's not even fair to watch at this point. So you 431 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:49.240 got McGoo. He's doing a lot of great stuff. CJ. Marrable was 432 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:52.400 great. Derek Dillon did a lot of stuff on special teams and whatnot, 433 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:56.720 Like go down this list of the guys. You know, Lavonte Taylor had 434 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:00.200 a great season, had a couple of pass breakups and as well Frank Endo. 435 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:03.839 We can't talk enough about him. Levi Bell a shorter guy, but 436 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:08.759 you know despite his you know, putting up Elvis Dumerville like pressure and whatnot, 437 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:12.400 and like playing a lot like Patrick Rashard who's a fullback and whatnot that 438 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:17.000 used to play defensive line. I mean, it makes sense that like, 439 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.640 and that's you know, it comes out and you gotta give you gotta give 440 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:22.599 the Stallion so much credit because of you know, it was a reload, 441 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:27.599 not the rebuild, like who is our team actually? You know? And 442 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:32.039 then when those guys get signed, how if they get released, how many 443 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:34.480 of them come back? You know? So it's so much you know what 444 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:38.079 I mean, Like and that's a podcast in itself. So in like my 445 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:44.759 opinion, like I I think they a lot of these Panthers like players. 446 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:47.839 If they can keep some of this core core in, they're like, yeah, 447 00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:49.759 of course they're gonna be a competitive team. They're gonna be a good 448 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:53.759 team and whatnot. But but I mean, I can't tell you any of 449 00:29:53.759 --> 00:30:00.440 that about any of these teams until February. And then you have these guys 450 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:03.359 who were drafted, like they're gonna get cut from like the ones who went 451 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:07.160 to the NFL. Like those guys could get cut, you know what I 452 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.759 mean, Like that may have another rights draft coming in, so now that 453 00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:15.400 they know their formula of the draft, like what's going on? Like where 454 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:19.000 are we at? So it's like February, I think when those rosters and 455 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:22.400 I don't you know, I think they're gonna go to sixty or something like 456 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:26.000 that in the off season again, but whatever it is, when those rosters 457 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:30.680 get close to solidified because obviously we had like Pru Cup was a late signing 458 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:34.079 to Carson Strong, and I'm sure there are other guys you know that are 459 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:37.839 escaping. You know, Ryan Willis came in from the XFL. But until 460 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:41.720 like February March comes around, like I can't, I can't. I can't 461 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:45.599 tell you like, yeah, the Stallions they're going to be in the championship 462 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:49.039 account or the Panthers are gonna build from the season and onward and upward, 463 00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:52.279 because you can't tell me. EJ. Perry isn't gonna get some workouts because 464 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:56.039 he was already a cuss guy, you know, just got released by the 465 00:30:56.400 --> 00:31:00.519 Texans. And then you know in these and playing in these games, performing 466 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:04.200 well and showcasing more more rushing ability than he did it in the preseason. 467 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:07.160 Like, you can't tell me that he's not going to get a phone call 468 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:11.000 or two especially. I'm gonna interrupt you here, Pat, we have some 469 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:14.319 breaking news here. We'll get back. I want to talk to the timelines 470 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:17.440 all that stuff as well. We do have per Mike Mitchieter. We do 471 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:21.720 have the USFL ratings here for the weekend, So never fear SHOWLEZ daily is 472 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:26.240 Dad Mike Mitchell. Here. We have Saturday night game Michigan Panthers North Division, 473 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:29.039 which I called Dan. I said that would be the higher rating game 474 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:33.440 nine hundred and fifty seven thousand. Sunday New Orleans Breakers where we have Stallions 475 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.480 eight hundred and fifty two. Neither hit a million, but I did, 476 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.920 if you remember last week, predict that that the NBC game, even with 477 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:45.920 the duty North and the losing record, is all that stuff, that that 478 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:48.759 would win. So any thoughts on this nine fifty seven and eight fifty two, 479 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.160 I mean, and you got to you gotta think that, um, 480 00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:56.599 you gotta think that with all the streaming numbers, you probably kissed a million. 481 00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:00.599 You know what? I mean, like I mean, I'm I'm pretty 482 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:04.119 good with that. I think, you know, consider all things considered, 483 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:06.680 like you want to hit that mill, you know that's sexy number. But 484 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:10.319 like I mean, you know, two games, you know, it's just 485 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:15.839 you know, two games heat of summer Saturday night, like you had nine 486 00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:19.359 hundred and fifty thousand people watching, you know, and like I had to 487 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:22.720 you know, like you know, I had a friend of mine he went 488 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:25.799 out in the Lake of the Ozarks and he changed he changed a couple of 489 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:30.160 these games, you know, onto onto NBC. You know what I mean. 490 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:35.640 So I mean, I'm I'm pretty good with that. I just you 491 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:38.160 know, I just I just think so especially where I'm out in the Midwest, 492 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:42.720 you know, like we know some you know, we we know what 493 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:45.359 the BattleHawks are, but we don't know what the USFL is. So it's 494 00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:47.799 like like, you know, let's let's do you know grant. It's not 495 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:51.920 a local market, so it's a little bit different. But it's like let's, 496 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.559 you know, let's get these games on that the Buffalo while Wings or 497 00:32:54.599 --> 00:33:00.079 something like that. You know. I'm just here, I will say I 498 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:02.920 think I think you said I think nine fifties a tremendous number for that with 499 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:06.880 everything going on right now, I would feel good about that. I'm sure 500 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:09.279 they wanted to hit a million, but like I said, it proves network 501 00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:12.799 and time slot has nothing to do with it. It has nothing to do 502 00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:15.319 with the teams that they're playing or anything else. You got the two losing 503 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:19.039 teams, worst records, all this kind of stuff. It doesn't matter in 504 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:22.279 terms of the championship game. We'll kind of do predictions for that coming up. 505 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:25.400 But any other thoughts on that, I mean, the Fox eight fifty 506 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:30.200 Sunday, I don't know quite the competition that was going on this weekend more 507 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:34.559 than just the life happening. I know obviously they went up back to back 508 00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:37.279 with the CFL game, but I can't imagine the CFL game was drying, 509 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:42.160 drying, not much. So. Something I want to talk about, and 510 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:45.079 I think we have in spurts but not consistently, is like what does that 511 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:50.440 spot do in twenty twenty one? You know what I mean? Like, 512 00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:53.200 what are these spots doing in twenty twenty one? So if they're like getting 513 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:58.759 five hundred thousand and twenty twenty one, you know, mid June from a 514 00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:02.519 baseball game or something like that, like, are we like if if that's 515 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:07.039 the number and obviously arbitrary number and it's something we can look up and I'm 516 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:12.719 not going to be straight up about it, but um like, are we 517 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:15.800 seeing improvements from the time slots, because that's something I used to say about 518 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:19.719 like the USA and like FX, and it's like, if you're getting more 519 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:25.760 than a normal FX game or USA like program or whatnot, it's kind of 520 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:30.599 a win, you know, it's kind of an improvement. So I'm more 521 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:37.039 curious to see what they're getting, um like without the USFL and whatnot from 522 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:39.840 previous years to like, you know, if they're getting five hundred thousand and 523 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:43.880 now they just had four hundred and fifty, like tune in, Like you 524 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:49.559 would imagine that the executives at Fox are pretty pumped about that. Mike has 525 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:52.119 a question here, will the Championship game hit a million? That's a good 526 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.280 question. I think I think one hundred percent. I mean, I think 527 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:58.119 if you're getting nine fifty for the playoff gam I think i'd say, what, 528 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.559 you know, one point two, one point at three. I mean, 529 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.800 we'll do the predictions on Friday, But that that would kind of be 530 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:05.599 where I would be at what's it a good last year? I know it 531 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:08.280 was like I feel like two, No, it was like one point one 532 00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:12.599 point whatever. Let me look at that here, Yeah, because I feel 533 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:16.599 like I feel like if it hit two, I say one point seven, 534 00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:20.840 If it hit one point seven, I say one point five. Like you 535 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.440 know, I s one point five two one point five two million last year? 536 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:27.079 Yeah, I would say that one point two to one point three. 537 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:30.199 But I mean proved me wrong, you know, hopefully hopefully they proved me 538 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.760 wrong, you know what I mean, Like I've no problem being proven wrong 539 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:36.679 on this. No, I mean like I would be Yeah, Max is 540 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.840 coming here, I would be happy. I would be happy if I was 541 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:42.599 them with with kissing the million here for the weekend with a lot of competition 542 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:45.599 going on and the streaming, you know what I mean, Like you got 543 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:51.840 like I know it's not I know it's not like you know, solid in 544 00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:55.239 Stone, but like I mean, do they count, like the rewatches on 545 00:35:55.320 --> 00:36:00.440 the streaming because I rewatched it on Peacock you know I rewatched both games Peacock 546 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:04.079 Talk Sports, you know, like you know, like does that matter? 547 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:07.679 Like I know, you know what I mean? So and I say the 548 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:09.159 same thing for ESPN Plus. You know, like I watched a lot of 549 00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:13.840 stuff, Like rewatched a lot of stuff on the ESPN Plus because you know, 550 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:15.960 if I went to a battle Hawks game, there's a game at at 551 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:22.360 four, then at seven, Like I'm not in front of my TV by 552 00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:25.840 you know, seven o'clock when the game ends. So well, I think 553 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:29.559 a lot of the questions here, like we talked about at the top, 554 00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:31.719 we showed uz a daily you know, stepping down I think there is this 555 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:36.239 this perifloration now kind of ways you can watch a lot of this stuff, 556 00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:38.280 and I think that they've you know, it's we get caught up in the 557 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:42.960 minutia of all this week to week and oh we they won and we won, 558 00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:45.239 you know all this kind of stuff. But I you know, there's 559 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:50.239 a million different metrics who's watching online, whether the impressions on you know, 560 00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:52.599 the tweets that they have out or video views on the YouTube by the XFL 561 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.519 is kind of the championship that I campion that as well, I have to 562 00:36:55.559 --> 00:37:00.519 go. I've an emergency that has an emergency. All right, we're gonna 563 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:02.599 get paid off here and thank you about Well, here we go. We're 564 00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:07.360 kind of wind down here in a minute talking through this. If anyone wants 565 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:10.599 to call in, we need to go through the Birmingham and the New Orleans 566 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:15.159 game here, so will I will open up the chat lines here if anyone 567 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.920 wants to talk through that other or else, I can run through. I 568 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:22.840 saw enough of the Birmingham and the New Orleans one, but I did post 569 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:24.239 the I did post the link here. If anyone wants to call in. 570 00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:28.519 I know Jared's always hanging around. We'll see if anyone wants to do that. 571 00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:32.920 Let me pull up the New Orleans and Birmingham. Max Is commenting all 572 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:37.079 the people watching if I watch us online to follow these low you know, 573 00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:42.559 we're still talking to demographics of the viewership and all of that. Mike saying, 574 00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:45.639 I don't think there's a ton of sports competition this Saturday off the top 575 00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:47.199 of my head. Well, you know it is. We're a million different 576 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:51.320 things, So let's go here. This was the other big game of the 577 00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:53.400 weekend. I was kind of surprised. I thought this was going to be 578 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:58.119 we had Pat and I had talked, this was going to be more of 579 00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:01.960 the championship preview game, little lackluster, a little bit of a blowout, 580 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:07.199 didn't feel close here, Breaker is kind of making a late run here at 581 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:12.559 the end, but Birmingham forty seven to twenty two on this it was interesting 582 00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:15.440 to me with McLeod BETHA. Thompson obviously playing in this game, and then 583 00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:22.800 the Argos playing opposite that with it with Chack Kelly now in the cfl Argos, 584 00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:27.280 you had a much better night than mister mccauw Belthlo Thompson did here, 585 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:30.599 but I thought he was good. I'm curious kind of like, what is 586 00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:32.559 what does McLeod's take away from all of this here at the end of this, 587 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:37.199 you know, came in, made it to the champion, you know, 588 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:39.199 made it to the playoffs, you know, losing here kind of an 589 00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:45.159 embarrassing fashion here twenty six to fifty. Uh. Not a tremendous performance from 590 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:47.000 him, But you know, I think the Breakers should be happy here seven 591 00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:51.360 and three with coach Flip and all that for the year. Be kind of 592 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:53.880 curious to see what they end up doing here going in the next year. 593 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:58.639 I don't know. I don't know if I see McLeod kind of going through 594 00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:01.599 here for another season, you know, obviously with his kids, kid and 595 00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:07.159 wife and everything working there in Atlanta. I think that worked out for him 596 00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:08.519 this year, but I'll just be kind of curious to see if he decides 597 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:15.280 to go forward without again next year. Let's say here Gregory checking in as 598 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.880 a Stallions fan. The only thing I can say is it was a magical 599 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:21.000 night in the Magic City. The crowd and the game was fantastic. I 600 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:23.639 know, I saw we had comments here off the top when kind of Pat 601 00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:30.360 and I were setting up the show talking Pip saying kind of embarrassing crowd attendance 602 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.199 for the playoff games. I thought the Birmingham game looked good. I thought 603 00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:36.440 the home side looked really good. Yeah, Jacob is kind of contesting that 604 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:40.320 here not Birmingham. You know, Canton has always kind of had a little 605 00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:44.679 bit of an issue. But I did think Mike corroborating here as well. 606 00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:47.239 I thought Birmingham had good attendance, and good attendance compared to the other games 607 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:52.079 Birmingham not compared to last year at the game of Cant was just terrible. 608 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.559 I don't know. I think they need to figure out what they want to 609 00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:58.039 do there. I don't know if we've kind of talked on here of calling 610 00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:01.519 the team the Canton you know, if does anything, if that incentivises anybody 611 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:07.239 to go that way here, Dylan checking in Birmingham looked like a fun time. 612 00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:10.519 You can't defend the miller's attended zone, not for a division championship interest, 613 00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:15.079 you know it kind of it's kind of back and forth here, Jacob 614 00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:19.239 saying you can't expect people to drive three plus hours to watch four and six 615 00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:22.239 teams. I know, interesting though, you know, with the TV radiance 616 00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:24.960 on all of that. But McLeod looked good, kind of magoose on a 617 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:29.000 different level here, you know, Pat, we've talked about that before. 618 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:31.159 You know, is he going to get a shot here and moving on? 619 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:37.559 Just really looks lights out compared to everyone else in the USFL at this point, 620 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.960 you know, he's doing finger rolls into the end zone and all of 621 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:45.559 that USFL posted him, you know, kicking the drone camera or whatever act 622 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:49.079 my age. Yeah, commentators were all there predicting the NBT would be done 623 00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:52.920 after this game. Seemed a little preemptive to me at the time. I 624 00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:55.880 don't know, I think it's a lot. I think McLeod is really old. 625 00:40:55.920 --> 00:41:00.440 I think McLeod has played in this and played in every thing, and 626 00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:04.679 I don't. I don't know. I don't know. If you do, 627 00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:07.880 you put your life on hold with other other things you want to do here 628 00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:09.960 for another year to come back to the USFL. I don't know. I 629 00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:14.599 mean, that's the McLoud question and kind of thing he's going to have to 630 00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:19.119 ponder. I know we had him on the show here was It was when 631 00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:22.519 they were doing their kind of the undefeated streak and all of that, and 632 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:25.039 I thought that was interesting. You he seems there like in a very happy 633 00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:28.800 spot. You know, his wife and kid, they can visit. He 634 00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:31.559 was going to go watch the movies and all of that stuff. In Birmingham. 635 00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:34.960 I think he was going to go watch the what was it the Birmingham 636 00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:37.960 the Triple A or whatever baseball team they're in, the Bananas or whatever that 637 00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:43.280 is. Jared, we know Birmingham is fine for fan support. It's all 638 00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:45.800 the other teams are concerned me. Yeah. Memphis. Memphis picked up steam 639 00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:49.840 kind of towards the end. That was That was one that I thought was 640 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:52.800 was came out the gate hot, a little lackluster, but I think that 641 00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:57.480 they've built a good oil fan base there. I think Memphis is going to 642 00:41:57.559 --> 00:42:00.480 be good. It's really just a can't an issue. It's surprise and still 643 00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:05.360 like we said with the Canton you know, the Canton season tickets and all 644 00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:12.519 of that going on. McGoo looked good here, you know, Sermberger, 645 00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:16.000 I don't know, this really just kind of felt like a victory lap for 646 00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:20.639 Birmingham. Kind of sitting there watching it, I really felt bad, really 647 00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:23.440 felt bad for coach Flip and all of that stuff. Gregory says, heading 648 00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:27.679 to the ship good. I don't know. I want to hear your guys' 649 00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:32.199 predictions going in. I would like to see from my own amusement, the 650 00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:36.880 malers kind of put a beat down on this. But Birmingham eight and three, 651 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:40.400 you know, three losses over the last two seasons. RJ. Young 652 00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:44.719 I saw this morning he was calling them a dynasty. I don't know if 653 00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:49.119 I would go that far with two seasons of spring football, calling anything a 654 00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:52.599 dynasty. If it's certainly glad to see RJ. Young at least pretending to 655 00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:55.079 kind of be involved with the USFL. Here. Let me see if I 656 00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:59.760 could find that tweet here Mike's still talking about the US and all radiance. 657 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:07.800 Where is that? Here we go? Yeah, RG Young, here sallients 658 00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:10.280 of average series seven points in the playoffs over the last few years, Alex 659 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:14.280 McGoo is the first player of the pass for three hundred yards and rush for 660 00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:16.920 seventy five and the last two seasons sallients are about to become twenty and three 661 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:22.719 over two years to win on Saturday and we're talking dynasty, Well there you 662 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:24.119 go. If arg Young says that it has to be true, keep in 663 00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:28.800 mind the USL Championship by taking place on my birthday this year. Excited for 664 00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:31.719 that. Excited to I'll be in the Mariner game, but I'll be watching 665 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:36.719 the USMO game on delay. I got Sunday set aside for that as well 666 00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:40.079 as CCFL stuff, So that should be excited in terms of you know, 667 00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:44.320 I, like I said, I watched every snap of this game, just 668 00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:46.159 not a lot to say. It felt like Breakers ran out of team. 669 00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:50.519 They kind of eat their way in last week. And I said, okay, 670 00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:53.679 is this You get these teams that kind of barely get into the playoffs 671 00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:57.880 and then they're gonna get picked off right away. Yeah. I don't know. 672 00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:59.679 I don't have a lot to say on this. I don't know if 673 00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:04.199 anyone else has any other questions about the playoff game. Talking championship, but 674 00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:07.159 I would like to hear your predictions here if you have the Malers or the 675 00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:10.760 Stallions here from the championship game. Oh, Pat's okay. Pat having to 676 00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:16.239 drop off here for a for an emergency, So I hope everything's okay with 677 00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:21.360 Pat. I'm sure he'll text me later. With the game being on NBC 678 00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:27.360 this year, expect ratings to be higher for that. Obviously interesting as well. 679 00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:32.679 They talked about how they switch where It's like now Canton is the neutral 680 00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:37.079 site, so I think that the Maulers are still technically at home. I 681 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:39.079 saw there was some weird worrying about that that came out one of the tweets 682 00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:45.239 talking about the championship game where you know, because it's it's the neutral site, 683 00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:49.480 but I believe it is Birmingham at at Maulers here going in, So 684 00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:53.039 the Mallers will be wearing their white their white uniforms going in. So excited 685 00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:57.000 to hear about that. We have the Fan of the Play of the Year. 686 00:44:57.559 --> 00:45:01.639 I know they were going to announce also the Like Player Individual Player honors 687 00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:06.599 here on Friday going in on the thirtieth. I know maybe those will come 688 00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:09.199 out in time that we can talk about that on the live stream we have 689 00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:14.599 coming up on Friday here at Pat's going to be joining this back and I 690 00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:16.960 think obviously John Vogel and everyone else will be there. That should be exciting. 691 00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:21.920 Yeah, Dylan checking in hoping for the underdog story. That's kind of 692 00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:24.480 where I would be out for this. I don't know. I think I 693 00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:30.320 think the Stallions have done it just fine. I think that they I don't 694 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:36.800 think that anyone in Burmath has has anything to be disappointed about Hussey Huddle checking 695 00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:40.920 in here. Hussey is my guy over on the CFL recaps here rolling the 696 00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:44.760 solo. Pat had to jump off here. So if you wanted to watch 697 00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:47.559 the Mark Cass talk solo about the USFL here for a few more minutes, 698 00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:52.360 you were going to get that today. You know this will be I mean, 699 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:54.159 I'm glad. I'm glad I did watch the playoff games this weekend. 700 00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:58.800 Pat's scared the heavy load here for some of the games coming in. But 701 00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:04.079 I am that I did last Breakers game at this very moment, I did 702 00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:07.800 watch every snap of that house. He says, you think McGoo gets an 703 00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:10.559 NFL shot? I do. I think McGoose looked good. The question that 704 00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:14.960 Pat and I have talked about for weeks here and then obviously Mike Mitchell and 705 00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:17.920 everything else. Spots are running out. You know, you still have L 706 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:22.800 twenty twenty guys or they're on NFL teams now now we have XFL teams, 707 00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:25.639 and I know we're cutting players here end of the summer, and obviously we've 708 00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:30.320 had a lot of the gambling things and then there's other injuries going on with 709 00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:34.239 the NFL guys getting cut. I just don't know how many spots there are, 710 00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:39.400 right I saw they had the controversy this week with Carson Wentz hunting a 711 00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:45.119 bear tremendously bad luck posting the photo of him, and you know people were 712 00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:47.320 canceled, you know, cancel culturing Carson Wentz. And you know I'm sitting 713 00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:50.920 there. He was the Commander's quarterback last year. I mean, he's not 714 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:53.639 playing no, you know, no one seems interested in him. So you 715 00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:58.000 know the point is, I think there's still a surplus of talent out there. 716 00:46:58.039 --> 00:47:00.320 I don't know. I hope McGoo gets a shot. I just don't 717 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:04.559 know where that would be at this point. Obviously, we've talked about this 718 00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:09.320 through last year and this year really hard getting out in July and getting these 719 00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:13.760 teams to want to, you know, pick you up at this point, 720 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:15.920 right, I get you in. Even the Magoose coming in as a you 721 00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:20.400 know, third string quarterback or kind of a camp body here. You know, 722 00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:22.840 a lot of wear and tear here over the last eleven and twelve weeks 723 00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:29.480 and then coming in and spots are type DeMarcus here says all the USFL fanboys 724 00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:31.079 laughed at the rending gates being four and seven. What are y'all saying? 725 00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:34.719 Now? I know I had my good tweets last week. I said that 726 00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:38.199 the USFL saw the XFL have a one losing team in the playoffs and said 727 00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:42.559 hold my beer. Obviously with the two in there, but it's good. 728 00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:45.559 I feel good for the mallers. I'm very excited for about Mangel, friend 729 00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:49.840 of the show, getting to see him. You know, I know that 730 00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:52.599 when he got cut last year from the Stars and you know he wo went 731 00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:57.599 back into the CFL and a lot of struggles with that. I know we 732 00:47:57.639 --> 00:48:00.280 had talked and he you know, what do I want to do? Do 733 00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:01.639 I want to do the XFL? Do I want to do the USFL? 734 00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:06.599 And I think I think he's got to be a pretty at piece right now, 735 00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:08.440 and knowing that he's done everything he can to give himself in the position 736 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:13.639 here to succeed on Sunday. Excited to see that, Max, you're talking 737 00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:17.159 over under prediction. If the USFL title game has more than one point two 738 00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:21.920 eight seven million viewers, USFL has the higher season average in the XFL if 739 00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:23.559 the XFL. If it has less, the XFL has more, So I 740 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:29.599 think that would bump up the USFL. I do I think the USFL title 741 00:48:29.719 --> 00:48:32.239 game has more than one point two eight seven million viewers? I do? 742 00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:36.480 I think the USVEL will pull in one point three to one point four million 743 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:40.719 on the championship game, like we talked about here earlier last year. One 744 00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:45.039 point five two. I don't know if they have the same juice going into 745 00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:47.960 this, So I I think that that's kind of that's your ceiling here. 746 00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:50.800 So do you do you take? I don't. I don't know if they 747 00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:53.280 do over one point five, don't, don't don't call me. I hate 748 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:57.039 her here. I see one point three one point four Let me know what 749 00:48:57.079 --> 00:49:00.039 you think at Max wants to know what say you read? Let's see here? 750 00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:04.719 What else is going on here? Chris talking and this is about the 751 00:49:04.800 --> 00:49:12.400 Magoo Magoo Quarterback one material. Jacob says, how would you change the playoffs 752 00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:15.239 next year? XFL and USFL. We've talked about this, Andy and I 753 00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:19.199 a lot on the XFL one when we were going through all of that with 754 00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:22.280 the Renegades, when we kind of can see this coming, right, we 755 00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:24.559 saw, hey, what's going to happen here? And we've obviously predicted this 756 00:49:24.559 --> 00:49:28.880 with the USFL heading in. I think you take the division winners and then 757 00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:32.519 the next top two records. So if that comes from the whatever three North 758 00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:36.760 teams and the South or whatever, but I think you would take if you 759 00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:39.440 win the division, I think you get in, and then if you get 760 00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:45.559 the next highest, your next highest you know, whatever win loss record after 761 00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:47.840 that, that would be what I would do. It also looks like the 762 00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:52.400 XFL is kind of eliminating their bye week next year, so that'll be exciting 763 00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:54.760 about that. I know there was some nonsense, yeah, Mike says here. 764 00:49:55.320 --> 00:49:59.079 I know there was some nonsense about here. I didn't even have time 765 00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:00.920 to tweet about it this morning, and that's already been debunked. And there 766 00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:07.480 was a rampant report out talking about Saint Louis hosting the Dome. I know 767 00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:12.159 YouTube videos were already made and tweets were already made, and then I had 768 00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:15.079 I was sent to me here during the show. Let me see if I 769 00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:20.840 can get it pulled up here purst source. XFL is locked in dates for 770 00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:24.119 six games across all other venues. XFL hasn't decided on where the twenty twenty 771 00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:29.480 four championship game will be played yet, So glad that that was cleaned up 772 00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:31.679 already and I don't have to do that. I appreciate, you know, 773 00:50:31.719 --> 00:50:37.599 I don't always appreciate everything marked us, but I appreciate Mark doing the work 774 00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:39.280 there, and we can kind of move on from that because I did see 775 00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:44.039 people already getting I'm not saying that Saint Louis is not going to be or 776 00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:47.320 will not be a good decision for that, but I think that I guarantee 777 00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:52.639 you on Tuesday, June twenty seven, the XFL has not decided where they 778 00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:58.360 want to have their championship game next year. Chris here is talking Birmingham twenty 779 00:50:58.679 --> 00:51:01.559 Pittsburgh nineteen sees them edging it out that way. Let me get back over 780 00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:07.119 here to that. Dylan has a question, would Wentz ever take a snap 781 00:51:07.159 --> 00:51:08.519 in the XFL. I don't think so. I mean, Wentz has made 782 00:51:08.559 --> 00:51:13.679 a tremendous amount of money from the Eagles and the Commanders that carried or was 783 00:51:13.719 --> 00:51:15.400 it it was an Eagles and then the Colts carried part of that, and 784 00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:20.280 then and then the Commanders picked up on that. I don't see him doing 785 00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:23.920 that, gregor yhecket, here's something to consider. USFL games are on everywhere 786 00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:27.599 you go, in bars, restaurants, top golf everywhere. Heck, I've 787 00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:30.199 watched replays, Lots of things are on, lots of things are on TVs. 788 00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:32.960 That's kind of what we were talking at the top of the show. 789 00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:37.400 Showbuzz deciding no longer worthwhile to kind of track a lot of this stuff. 790 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:42.800 So many different avenues and ways to capture that. So I know what you're 791 00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:44.880 saying, you know, I know, I get it. In the same 792 00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:50.400 argument could be said for declining NHL ratings or XFL ratings or MLB ratings, 793 00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:53.239 kind of any of that stuff. Yeah, Jared saying here Wentz has made 794 00:51:53.360 --> 00:51:59.400 enough money. Do not see him going to the Do not see him going 795 00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:05.440 to the fell? Chris Chris making joke Edmonton Elks should sign I assume Carson 796 00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:08.960 wentz Yeah, Elks if you are, if you were tracking our CFL here, 797 00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:14.960 we had our we three recap yesterday. Edmonton Elks definitely in the struggle 798 00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:19.239 and we are seeing now they have already released kay Loxley, who I guess 799 00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:23.320 was disgruntled after missing the snap and sitting on the sidelines. Hopefully Trade Forward 800 00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:28.000 season is going to be there. Jared wishing they got with it. I 801 00:52:28.039 --> 00:52:30.599 don't know. I think you need I said you didn't need divisions when they 802 00:52:30.599 --> 00:52:34.719 were talking, and we had it because when the XFL was getting ready, 803 00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:37.400 we said, we don't know how these divisions are going to work. Is 804 00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:39.320 it going to be east west, it's going to be north south. Obviously 805 00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:43.880 they ended up with kind of the Texas scrum and everything going on with that. 806 00:52:44.039 --> 00:52:46.360 But I think you need to have divisions at some point. But I 807 00:52:46.400 --> 00:52:50.519 because I was poo pooed very heavily when I said that we could go division 808 00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:54.239 list, I was had a lot of people being upset about that. Coach 809 00:52:54.320 --> 00:52:58.280 Craig, Yeah, one point three Phills Fair. That's where I'm at. 810 00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:00.199 I Coach Craig is going to join us, I think for the Friday show 811 00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:04.800 on here I got to figure out the timing with that, but I think 812 00:53:04.800 --> 00:53:07.400 that should be exciting. I've already got the event page set up so you 813 00:53:07.440 --> 00:53:12.159 can like and subscribe on that and get ready for that. Jared, I 814 00:53:12.199 --> 00:53:15.039 guess we're still on this. Bellhawk fans have been hyping the championship game for 815 00:53:15.079 --> 00:53:17.039 Saint Louis during our time in San Antonio. Yeah, we'll see, we'll 816 00:53:17.039 --> 00:53:22.119 see. But I'm glad that I'm just very glad that that was already cleared 817 00:53:22.199 --> 00:53:23.760 up this morning. He makes my life very easy. Appreciate that. Mark. 818 00:53:24.199 --> 00:53:27.639 I think they will stick with the same playoff format. They seem to 819 00:53:27.639 --> 00:53:31.440 want to market a division championship game. Yeah, I think it's I agree, 820 00:53:31.480 --> 00:53:35.440 Andy, I think that that's good feedback. It's hard. I think 821 00:53:35.480 --> 00:53:38.119 you in the world that we live in now and it's kind of spring football 822 00:53:38.199 --> 00:53:40.840 and we got, you know, Fancantrone football not coming back or whatever, 823 00:53:40.960 --> 00:53:45.880 becoming all this hodgepodge of everything. I think you could probably get away without 824 00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:49.960 having the division, you know, with the playoffs and that. But I 825 00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:52.320 do I think that, you know, we can market it. We have 826 00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:55.000 the Saturday game, we got the Sunday game, we got the T shirts 827 00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:59.880 for making the graphics and kind of all of that stuff. Yeah we're talking, 828 00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:04.719 and yeah we're still talking. Heineke wentz, I miss Heineck. Yeah, 829 00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:07.280 I'm kind of stuck with the Washington Commanders here now that is my team. 830 00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:13.400 I can't switch allegiances again, so obviously we had I followed Heineke to 831 00:54:13.480 --> 00:54:16.079 the Commanders, I can't follow him to the Falcons. So we will be 832 00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:20.400 happy to see Heinecki do that. If you guys have any other questions here 833 00:54:20.440 --> 00:54:23.519 all rounded out at the top of the hour. I appreciate everyone helping me 834 00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:28.199 here with some comments getting through. I'm not good, you know some of 835 00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:30.840 these YouTube I mark and talk for five hours by himself, not normally on 836 00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:35.639 here, used to talking solo here. I I said, hope Pat is 837 00:54:35.679 --> 00:54:38.000 okay, jumping off, But you know, I think we did okay here. 838 00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:42.599 We had viewership remained all right, and I think you know I had 839 00:54:42.760 --> 00:54:46.840 enough dumb football takes to see here. The other interesting news note I had 840 00:54:46.880 --> 00:54:52.199 saved on here before we get out of here. We know that this week 841 00:54:52.360 --> 00:54:55.719 to cut the prukop, he was released by the Generals, already picked back 842 00:54:55.800 --> 00:55:00.400 up by the Winnipeg Blue Bomber so he will be able to kind a double 843 00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:04.920 dip here with that in terms of you know, it works out that the 844 00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:07.199 schedule works out that we had a lot of questions and can CFL guys jump 845 00:55:07.280 --> 00:55:13.159 down or what's going on and back and forth, but the Generals releasing Dakota, 846 00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:15.880 he was able to go back up to Winnipeg. He's kind of their 847 00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:21.480 short yardage a solution up there. So I think that that's good Winnipeg getting 848 00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:25.320 the snot kicked out of them here by America's CF healthy MDBST alliance here on 849 00:55:25.360 --> 00:55:30.440 Thursday. Very exciting for that. A couple of last comments here will get 850 00:55:30.480 --> 00:55:32.960 out Jared. I hope Mondor and London performs in the championship game. I 851 00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:37.599 know he's never kind of gotten back up to his elf, you know, 852 00:55:37.639 --> 00:55:42.159 as you're pregod League of Football kind of heights her. I think he was 853 00:55:42.199 --> 00:55:46.480 the MVP or like the lead offensive whatever his award accolade that he got over. 854 00:55:46.519 --> 00:55:50.679 They never really has performed up to that here, but would like to 855 00:55:50.679 --> 00:55:53.760 see him go off. Max. The division championships are important for booking playoff 856 00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:57.400 venues, at least for now, because usually there's going to be a clear 857 00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:00.440 top regular season team in each division, so the venues get booked earlier. 858 00:56:00.920 --> 00:56:05.199 Yeah, well that's good. But again, it's good to know that the 859 00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:08.960 XFL is not booking venues right now for the us or for the x BEL 860 00:56:09.039 --> 00:56:15.800 championship game. Yeah. Yeah, we've talked in VC alliances beat the snot 861 00:56:15.800 --> 00:56:19.360 out of Boobam versus, So that'll do it for me. I think leave 862 00:56:19.679 --> 00:56:27.199 your ratings predictions here for the USFL championship game. We'll be back on Friday 863 00:56:27.320 --> 00:56:30.760 for a full breakdown with people a lot smarter than me talking football. I 864 00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:34.280 can say, appreciate you guys all riding it out with me on here, 865 00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:37.119 But I don't know. I thought Birmingham I think has this by a mile. 866 00:56:37.679 --> 00:56:42.559 We'll see, you know, Mawlers defense if they can hold them in 867 00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:45.400 track. But I just don't know if the Maulers have enough firepower here. 868 00:56:45.440 --> 00:56:52.440 I mean, I just thought Birmingham looked really really really really good on Sunday. 869 00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:54.480 Here really didn't seem close. I mean I think actually, you know, 870 00:56:54.599 --> 00:56:57.960 turned the game off here at far of the fourth quarter. It kind 871 00:56:58.000 --> 00:57:04.360 of felt like a losing thank Yeah. But yeah, Max is saying here 872 00:57:04.679 --> 00:57:07.440 comment creating at one point too. I think it's higher than one point too. 873 00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:08.920 I think it's high than one point too. Leave your predictions on here 874 00:57:09.039 --> 00:57:13.480 and we will get out of here. Yeah, act my age Modre London 875 00:57:13.559 --> 00:57:15.320 so much better than his competition, but the players are better in the us 876 00:57:15.400 --> 00:57:17.960 BEL. He's still good player, but he's going against good players. Now. 877 00:57:19.320 --> 00:57:22.760 Oh that's good, good feedback on that. I appreciate that. But 878 00:57:22.840 --> 00:57:24.760 yeah, like and subscribe. Check back in here. We'll get out of 879 00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:29.239 here today. I appreciate everyone's time, Like I said, writing with me, 880 00:57:29.760 --> 00:57:31.480 Hope Pat's okay. I will check in with him. We got the 881 00:57:31.559 --> 00:57:35.639 us BEL ratings. We'll have to see. I'm sure Twitter is just fine 882 00:57:35.760 --> 00:57:37.639 right now. I'm sure I haven't missed anything being on here, but we'll 883 00:57:37.639 --> 00:57:42.119 be curious to see how that goes. We'll see you guys next time. 884 00:57:42.559 --> 00:57:45.280 Like and subscribe. Thanks to you all, like I said, for writing 885 00:57:45.280 --> 00:57:46.880 this out with me, and we'll see you next time. Next time,