WEBVTT 1 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:38.399 Well here we are back. I'm in Seattle. You wouldn't know that from 2 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:42.479 the sign don't normally rock and just the tank top on the podcast. But 3 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:46.520 got back to the house about two thirty in the morning. Back here at 4 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:50.320 nine am Pacific. No days off here. I know listener Jared has it 5 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.880 worse. I think still in Houston. Jared, if you're listening, you 6 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.560 call in. I will do this stamp here later in the show. But 7 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:00.560 busy times. Another busy guy I have. I was just a drinking Chinerbach 8 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.879 with him on the riverwalking not twenty four hours ago. Any murray, how 9 00:01:03.879 --> 00:01:07.040 are you doing, sir? I was about to say, did I see 10 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.000 you somewhere recently? I'm not sure. I can't quite remember. Um, 11 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.519 it's been it's been quite the roller coaster. I'm glad that you were able 12 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:17.120 to get out. I've been hearing the same thing. It's been a little 13 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.519 bit of a cluster for some people trying to get out just out of the 14 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.319 Texas area. So, UM, I guess escaping is a victory in itself. 15 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.799 Yeah, just sharing this Jared and we Jared was on the Alamo tour 16 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:32.719 with Mass Jared stuck at the airport that had to sleep at the Houston Airport, 17 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:37.599 so I know I was at the San Antonio Airport with the with the 18 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:41.680 mayor and with the Haley from the Sea Dragons, and Hailey tweeted out walking 19 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:45.239 out of the Sea Tach Airport at one forty five in the morning after being 20 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:49.159 delayed for four hours following the XFL Championship game. Is really the kind of 21 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.480 the Jerry on the top. I don't know if that was an insult to 22 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:55.840 me, like I got. My last moments were with Reid walking out of 23 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:57.760 the building. But that was good. I will say, though, what 24 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.000 we'll get to all the XFL Championships stuff today. Jenny is checking in here. 25 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:07.519 Good more from Southern California. Greatest thing today and I mean this waking 26 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:10.840 up about forty five minutes ago to just the wall of this player signed, 27 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:15.719 this player signed, this players signed. We have six players so far signed 28 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.159 from the XFL. Hailey, it hinted up that last night we were talking 29 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.280 because obviously, you know, the Benda Nucci comment came up and she said, 30 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.000 you, oh, there's wouldn't be surprised if we have some more here 31 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:28.319 rolling out. It's really just day one. They're able to sign Now. 32 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:30.360 I know we had a bunch of camp tryouts and everything, you know, 33 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.919 but May fifteenth is the day that they're able to do that. Andy, 34 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:37.080 what did you make of the signings. I'll pull up we'll quick, we'll 35 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:39.479 get to all this championships stuff, but we'll pull up analysts, excellent analysts 36 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.560 tweet just because he's got the most concise thing to Nucci to the Broncos, 37 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:47.479 Barry Wesley to the Falcons, or As Thompson to the Dolphins, all those 38 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:53.240 from Seattle, Jacquez Patrick to the Broncos, from San Antonio, Lucas Dennis 39 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:55.319 to the Falcons, from Saint Louis and CJ. Brewer to the Buccaneers. 40 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.560 Yeah, these are some solid picks up pick already. I already like Benda 41 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:05.840 Nutrie obviously one of the most talked about players in the entire season, a 42 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:07.879 lot of people that even NFL fans are already familiar with. Obviously with his 43 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.840 time with the Cowboys, already playing a primetime game, I think le Broncos 44 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.599 is a great fit for him, just because their quarterback depth has been a 45 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:21.039 little bit lacking in the last few years. Even behind Russell Wilson. It's 46 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:24.879 not always been the most outstanding one of our colleagues. Matt Nagoshima was pointing 47 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:31.560 out that get Garrett or sorry, Jarrett guana Atano was one of the third 48 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:36.240 stringers and he's picked up last season, and you know he's not necessarily guaranteed 49 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:38.840 a roster spot. So I think d Nucci has a really good chance coming 50 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:40.479 in here at camp and making an impression with this coaching staff. And I 51 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:44.400 mean, look, if Sean Payton likes you, that's a huge deal, 52 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:50.000 right, Sean Payton clearly being interested in XFL players. He picked up two 53 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.680 of them already, so that's says a lot if mister Payton is already interested 54 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:58.520 in you. Jocqu Wispatrick, I said it during the season, jock Wispatrick 55 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:00.879 should have been starting from day one for at Antonio. Kalen Blodge is vine, 56 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:04.599 but like Jocolis, Patrick was by far the best running back option for 57 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:09.800 that team. The Broncos again picking him up, that's wonderful for him. 58 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.000 See if he gets some burn. I love Barry Wesley going to the Falcons, 59 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:17.319 giving a little more lined depth there for an offense that's trying to piece 60 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:21.680 itself back together. Obviously they're sort of a rebuilding operation. Bryce Thompson, 61 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:26.480 that's awesome for the Dolphins. You know, look, I mean we don't 62 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:30.399 know the status with someone like Xavian Howard or some of the other defensive pieces 63 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:33.279 in the backfield. That's great for them. Lucas Dennis also the Falcons, 64 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:36.319 that's good. So two of these teams picking up two players already, so 65 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:41.639 are a multiples of expel players going to the same team, which is also 66 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:44.920 great. And then C. J. Bruer going to the Buccaneers, which 67 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:48.279 traditionally has had pretty good defensive line depth, but they're also kind of in 68 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:53.480 a transition period now from Tom Brady era. So yeah, I'm not surprised 69 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:56.120 that these signings are coming in. I expect more to be the case, 70 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:00.759 just even by noon Pacific time today, because look, it's the gates are 71 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.879 open now. All these guys could start signing Sacha's camp invites. Obviously the 72 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:09.720 championship players now have more free reign to Arlington and DC players, we'll start 73 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.480 to see flooding in here. So yeah, I'm not surprised by this so 74 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.040 far. I was looking to find and I'll just pull up his Twitter because 75 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:18.439 I was trying to find Matt must have posted it as a comment on one 76 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:23.639 of them over here Matt Lyons, where he said, if I had a 77 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:29.040 nickel for every time, what was it a every time a Devin Broncos, 78 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.639 you know, signed the Seattle quarterback, I would have two nickels, which 79 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:34.160 isn't a lot, but it still is interesting. So Matt doing the lord's 80 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:38.800 work. Matt's writing these articles fast and furious out for you with Mark over 81 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:42.079 at New Subs. So go check that out all the New sub guys. 82 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:45.079 You know. Obviously the work doesn't stop now. I know Greg Parks is 83 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.920 going to be doing that as well, tracking all of that. So it's 84 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:50.800 just exciting. Like I've said, and that is kind of the one thing 85 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:56.399 right now. USFL brass really holds firm and obviously I want players to succeed 86 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:00.079 from any league, but I I feel like I was wrong last year and 87 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.319 I thought the April to July was the better time frame. I think this 88 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:09.240 will be much better and hopefully getting players in in May versus July a chance 89 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:13.160 to kind of you get assimilated with the with the training camps and all of 90 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.319 that. Any other updated thoughts on that, and then we'll get to some 91 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.600 comments here before we go to the recap. No, I agree. I 92 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.639 think just having a chance to get in the building early and really being able 93 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:25.319 to learn the playbook and be able to practice with some of these other players 94 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.920 that have been drafted, the undrafted free agents, some of these other people 95 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.879 who have been signed, the mini camps OTAs are really important, crucial period. 96 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:34.480 They may not be as important for some of the veteran players. You 97 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:39.360 know, they established stars don't necessarily have to be there. It's more important 98 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.480 for people who are trying to establish themselves and just trying to get their footing 99 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:46.360 in this league. So yeah, I think the timeline from that standpoint really 100 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.399 helps them as far as be able to have that knowledge going into training camp 101 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:56.279 in July and then preparing themselves for preseason action, which obviously is going to 102 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:00.120 be pretty busy for all of us because now we have just a slew of 103 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:04.879 players to follow nowt XFL and USFL both and you know it, maybe some 104 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:09.079 CFL players mixed in there too, if l you know, there's I mean, 105 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:11.720 there's just the more of these leagues happen, the more players and more 106 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.399 persons that you get familiar with, the more you start to follow and really 107 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:18.000 invest in some of these preseason games because it's like, well, I've watched 108 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:21.240 a lot of these guys play now, not just these are just some college 109 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:26.879 player from some community college or some like Division three school that I didn't watch 110 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.519 during the season. No, these are guys that played real like professional football 111 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:35.680 in a lot of different you know, different leagues, or maybe just you 112 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:40.120 know you've seen them on TV. That's what I'm saying. They've gotten the 113 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:43.040 exposure. So yeah, it starts to become more important that way too. 114 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.800 Yeah, So we have here jj KK Bobs was for president. We have 115 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:50.360 a lot of Arley Tania. Obviously, Jenna Jenna told us all year she 116 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:56.920 said the Arlington Renegades will win the championship. Mike congratulated Jenna so excited. 117 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.000 I mean Jenna obviously COVID and I know Jenna, you know it was hard 118 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.839 for all of us back with all that. I know that Jenna has been 119 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:05.800 cursed with her love of the Red Blacks, the Buffalo Sabers, and the 120 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:11.199 NHL not always doing the greatest. So obviously the Dost Cowboys, you know, 121 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:16.560 good to see in Arlington franchise actually winning a title. Someone posted the 122 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.959 Drake showing Nica, this is what you do for the playoffs is with the 123 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:24.480 Arlington Renigains need to show and James Baker I complete turn around from week one. 124 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.920 So lots of comments here, I'll keep flashing some more up, we'll 125 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:31.079 get to the game. We did our live show. If you haven't seen 126 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.720 that obviously, you know encourage think we have like eighteen hundred viewers. Now, 127 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.919 you know it's never as good as I want, It's never as you 128 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:39.159 know, bad as I fear, but you know it was good. What 129 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:43.159 did you make overall san Antonio hosting? I don't know if we will ever 130 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.879 do that again, just because of the outlash from Saint Louis and all that. 131 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:50.000 But what did you make of just a weekend as a whole? I 132 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.480 love that I finally got to experience San Antonio. What a great town and 133 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:58.720 just historical vibes, the atmosphere, the Riverwalk was wonderful, the people were 134 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:01.840 friendly. I really void San Antonio. I've been wanting to go there for 135 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.919 so long, not just for football reasons, just to go there in general. 136 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.399 I've really wanted to experience it. The thing I take away from it 137 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:13.240 is that it doesn't feel like a Texas town. Does that make sense? 138 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.679 Like it feels a little bit kind of removed from just the normal I guess 139 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:18.559 my premonitions of what a Texas town would be. And I've been to Houston, 140 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.240 I've been to Dallas, I've been to San Antonio. The only big 141 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.519 one I haven't been to yet now is Austin. But yeah, no, 142 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.679 San Antonio was a great hosting side. The Almodo was awesome, great venue. 143 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.320 Again, like I said, just the overall atmosphere of the entire place 144 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.240 was fantastic. I think for hosting a championship game, I think it was 145 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:39.559 a good pick. It was a very solid pick for the first inaugural game. 146 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:43.759 We were talking about on the stream, Like what some other venues One 147 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.399 that I should have mentioned that I think will definitely be at play later on. 148 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.759 Outside of Saint Louis, it's probably Orlando. I would think that Danny 149 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:52.679 Garcia wants to get in our hometown, Like that's gonna be a huge, 150 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:58.200 huge get for her if they get into Orlando and are able to sort of 151 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.960 start to fill Camping World Stadium. This assume they were going to use that 152 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:05.200 stadium. But yeah, no, really impressed with San Antonio. I loved 153 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.759 it. I enjoyed it so much, and I'm glad we got to do 154 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.679 the River tour as well. We did that after the game too. That 155 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:13.879 was really fun. Yeah. We uh, well, Andy, I'm putting 156 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.720 up here at James figure By the only one like Kevin Andrew semi everg I 157 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.519 didn't mean to put this one up right now, but yeah, it was 158 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.919 weird. Kevin. I think it was just kind of the locker room leader 159 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:24.919 for the Renegades, you know, he's I think more of kind of a 160 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:28.360 coach mentor at this point anything on that. I was gonna pull up our 161 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:33.679 wonderful Alamo Tour picture that we did. I don't think I showed this during 162 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:35.919 the live stream. I don't know if I have the ability to do that, 163 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:39.600 but obviously yourself and we had Anthony here, we had Fran over with 164 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:41.960 our sports centro, we had listener Nate and then Jared who is currently stuck 165 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.799 and so, yeah, lots to do. Orlando feels far right in Texas, 166 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.000 feels centralized. I imagine if it wasn't the rugby game going on at 167 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.759 Choctaw, probably just would have been at the hub there. It is a 168 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:58.840 little more spread out. I do like San Antonio that you can stay near 169 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.919 the river walking everything's really there. I mean you even talked about that, 170 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.679 that kind of walkability of that and getting fans in because I was surprised that 171 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:09.879 we were surprised to see a lot of DC fans traveling in as well as 172 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:13.720 obviously Arlington coming up, you know, from Arlington fans coming up from Arlington 173 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.559 to San Antonio. Yeah, the proximity was great, and also the amenities 174 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.960 were really important. I mean, the Almodome was an eighteen minute walk from 175 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:24.840 my hotel. The river walk was a five minute walk. The airport was 176 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:26.320 really not that far away. I took the bus in and then I took 177 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:31.399 an umber back and it really was pretty steamless, honestly, Like getting an 178 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:33.799 out was really easy. And that's that's for me, that's becoming more and 179 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.600 more important as I get older, I really start to criticize and sort of 180 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.480 like look at different venues and think like, Okay, what's around the stadium, 181 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:43.960 what's going on? Like is there something you can do? How is 182 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.320 it How hard is it to travel there? Like that's that matters a lot 183 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:50.600 for you know, Look, we're all maniacs here. We all follow this 184 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:56.519 religiously. We are the niche of the niche because there are more casual people 185 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:00.720 who need, you know, more, They need more if it be attracted 186 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:05.000 to that location, into that venue. So I think for San Antonio was 187 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.960 great because that just everything was so close to there. Really, what I 188 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:13.000 took away from it is just how much that town transformed over the last fifty 189 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.919 years and after the World's Fair and like what was the nineteen sixty eight and 190 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:20.559 a couple of the other historical facts we learned, but just everything is just 191 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:24.679 like so close proximity, which again is awesome because now it's easier for people 192 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:28.919 to kind of use it as like just an example of keeping everything tight and 193 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.440 everything in close proximity, because the farther you have to traveler, So I 194 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.879 think the more cumbersome it is, and some people don't want to deal with 195 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.559 that. I get it, you know, Like I said, that's something 196 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.000 that I always think about every time I travel summer, are like, Okay, 197 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:43.039 how much time is it gonna take for me to get to this spot 198 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.600 over here and then have to go from here? And just you know, 199 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.759 logistics are important, they really are. I could see them wanting to do 200 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:54.960 Audie Field in the future. But to get East Coast really far, WWE 201 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:58.679 has various results because it is a very similar vibe. You eventually, you 202 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.799 know, I know they did the media day on Friday, but you know 203 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:03.799 the vibe is you get everyone in for the weekend, right, you do 204 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:07.360 the game Saturday, you get people in Friday, you do the game Sunday, 205 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:11.399 whatever, get people in and w WE. You know we did in 206 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:13.759 New Orleans. That was great to get everything kind of in proximity there. 207 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.440 You know, when they do it in LA or New York or you know, 208 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:20.200 it's a little more spread out. So you really is good having those 209 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:24.960 central locations. Like I said, Orlando, there's tourist e ste have to 210 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:26.879 do. That's just far. I mean, it's it's good. I think 211 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.360 they did the best this year. And then they were worried. You know, 212 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.039 we had weather concerns, flash flooding concerns all weekend and obviously that wouldn't 213 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:37.159 have affected the game, but kind of the crowd without in the tailgates. 214 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.879 I know Jason had the live check in from the show with the tailgates. 215 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.039 Did you happen to see any of that walking over because I kind of ubered 216 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.399 right into the press box to go up inside. Yeah, I scanned around. 217 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:50.519 I walked to the stadium, but I walked around some of the parking 218 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.320 lot. I think by that point it had dispersed a lot of people that 219 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.799 started to kind of move on in. I'm not sure if that was because 220 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:00.720 of potential weather. But actually it held up the entire weekend. But there 221 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.080 was always kind of like that ominous thought of like, all right, is 222 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.360 it gonna start ratings? Is gonna be fun lightning? I don't know, 223 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.320 but um, yeah, the most of the tailgating we saw it was on 224 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:11.200 your live stream. I did not witness that personally. When I walked in, 225 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.759 I was sort of taking care of some other things before I started my 226 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:18.639 way over to the we retired. We retired, it was it's been a 227 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:24.080 long it's been a long weekend. So I asked the question on the stream, 228 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:28.159 prelimbs have come out, right, it was like one point three four 229 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.320 for I believe the third hour of that showing, it was like a one 230 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.600 point two five, and it was like a one point two three and then 231 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.000 the one point three four. We'll see if those get adjusted up. The 232 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.919 usfl ones got bumped up. That was about in line with what I would 233 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:45.600 expect. I mean, I wouldn't say there was tremendous interest. Spoiler alert. 234 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.600 Like I can kind of gauge with viewership on the YouTube channel, like 235 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:52.720 we went to the Gray Cup. When we're shooting up ten thousand views during 236 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:56.000 the game, I'm like, Okay, this is probably gonna rate really well 237 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:58.919 tomorrow when the radians come out. Right, just correlates there's more people, 238 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.519 you're getting a fraction of those, you know. I could see the numbers 239 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.440 we had watching from the kickoff show versus the you know, the championship game. 240 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:09.879 It kind of in line. Do you feel like we we we made 241 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:15.120 it or we just made it to the championship game? Here, I think 242 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.240 we've made it to the championship game. I think that's the overall impression that 243 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:22.480 I get. As far as the ratings go, I mean, I think 244 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.600 now people are going to compare it to the USFL Championship Game ratings from last 245 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:30.679 year, which you know, we're better, but that's I think that's something 246 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.399 to consider. As far as like what is the threshold? And this is 247 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.600 a conversation you've had. We've had a million times, you've had it with 248 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:41.799 Ben Fisher, You've had it with you know, other individuals who cover the 249 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:46.120 league extensively. It's it's going to be continued to be talked about, talked 250 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:48.399 about as far as like the exposure and what kind of interest you gauge. 251 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:52.480 It is interesting though, at least from what we've gauged so far. I 252 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:56.720 think that people who did watch it, I think we're engaged with it, 253 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:00.360 but getting those numbers again, trying to track that casual audience. I mean 254 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.159 I had a couple of my friends who who did tune in and watch it, 255 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:08.200 and I think they had, you know, they had. I value 256 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.679 their commentary too, because they don't follow it so religiously I do. I 257 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:15.720 do like talking to people who are not as in it as we are, 258 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.120 because they have a different perception and they have different knowledge, and they have 259 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:23.039 different expectations, you know. I think that's something to consider as well. 260 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:27.279 So how are we going to gauge, you know, getting those casual audiences 261 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:33.120 involved and based on the numbers, you know, I think the XFL would 262 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:36.240 be the first to say, these aren't exactly what we want, but we're 263 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:40.919 encouraged by the baseline level of interest. So but yeah, to answer your 264 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:44.480 question. Yet they made to the championship game. They you can't just say 265 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:47.639 they've made it because they have been leagues who stood by three or four years 266 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:52.200 and then pulled it. I think that getting here, I think is huge. 267 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:56.559 We talked about it on the stream. I think the bye week hurt 268 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.960 a lot of that. I just don't know if there's enough. I don't 269 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.119 know if there's enough you can do. I think needs to be. And 270 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:07.480 I think it was Anthony forgive me if it was even on the stream. 271 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:12.880 Do the bye week that first week of March madness, take a hiatus, 272 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:15.079 you know, let's let's if we're going to do it, buy I just 273 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:18.599 I don't think if you're not going to utilize the media week ahead of the 274 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:22.039 championship game, I just don't. I think you lose any and all momentum 275 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.880 in that way. Any different area thoughts about that, and I've got the 276 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:29.519 game stuff here we could pull up. That's tough. I mean, you 277 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:33.519 need a bye week because twelve straight weeks of playing football is tough for teams 278 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.960 that actually make it that far. That's really tough. But taking a break 279 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.880 at all, I think I came up with the idea A couple of months 280 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:45.039 ago. I thought about this. I didn't say I don't think I've said 281 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:49.440 this on the stream. I would do bye weeks for every team every week 282 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.720 or so, and you have two teams that are able to do it. 283 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.319 I know what, you can figure it out what the TV schedule, but 284 00:17:55.480 --> 00:18:00.480 I was thinking somewhere between weeks maybe five seven or four to eight or something 285 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.759 like that. You have two teams that take off a week each week, 286 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.680 so then each one of them has a chance to kind of rest up, 287 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.759 and then later on you start to get into Okay, do we take another 288 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.359 bye week for the media or do we just get straight into the game. 289 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.880 I think that would help a lot, just have a mid season bye week, 290 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:18.599 like you know NFL teams do, right, like kind of have this 291 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.079 like four to eight weeks, like, Okay, let's recalibrate, let's let's 292 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:26.160 reassess, let's see what's working and what's not working, right, you know, 293 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.920 a team like I mean a team like Arlington could have used that, 294 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.079 a team like Houston could have used that. Maybe San Antonio, like there's 295 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:37.799 I think there are teams that could have benefited from having a bye week of 296 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.799 just saying, Okay, let's slow down and see what's going on here. 297 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.240 You know, I think that to me would be the move is having a 298 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.400 set of weeks, four weeks where two teams get a bye week each each 299 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:53.160 week and then everyone's had their rest. Kind of a rotating CFL. Does 300 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.519 that, you know, obviously with the nine teams and every team gets a 301 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.559 buy. I just I didn't Yeah, I didn't know if you need a 302 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:02.079 mid season break and then come back for you know, a season D part 303 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:07.440 two or whatever. But the week before I think proved not fruitful. If 304 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.960 they're not going to take advantage of at the wind, I think they could 305 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.079 up a man. I know the Rock did the pivot and stuff, but 306 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:15.119 I just think that there was and I know we're getting through this year. 307 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:21.000 I just think that there's more more beneficial uses we could have for that. 308 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.799 We can talk more about that. John Christian says, definitely like the idea 309 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.880 of a buy during March madness. You see Andy's idea during Yeah, so 310 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:30.559 maybe we do a rolling, rolling bye weeks kind of the month of March. 311 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.240 I don't think that's a bad idea. He also says they had gotten 312 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.680 less than a million that would be caused for concern. They should be able 313 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.279 to work with us. Let's talk some game. We can always kind of 314 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:41.480 vamp more at the end. How do I pull this up? Here? 315 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.359 There we go? We you know it was We talked about it all week 316 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:51.160 and everyone took DC. Everyone took DC. Max. Max was text t 317 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:56.400 me calling for Emery Hunt's head for his heavy smirchman of UIs Perez and the 318 00:19:56.440 --> 00:20:00.640 Renegades. This was a really good game. I was in the press box. 319 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:03.640 The crowd was hot. I think Mike posted Mike Mitchell twenty two thousand 320 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:08.039 and changed seven hundreds something for the crowd. They seemed invested. I will 321 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.880 say some of even the press box seemed maybe more invested than maybe you should. 322 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.480 Like I've ever like I thought we were in the press box, we 323 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:18.799 were supposed to talk. But in the San Antonio press box you are part 324 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.680 of the arena. You know, you're not closed off. It's glass, 325 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.839 but it's open, so you do which I really liked because I felt like 326 00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:27.839 I was still part of the game watching experience. We talked a little bit 327 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:30.359 about, you know, people coming in, what did you make of the 328 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:34.640 crowd hot? Not you were there kind of third third row on that fifty 329 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:38.920 yard line. The crowd definitely warmed up as the game went on. I 330 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:44.359 think they started to wake up, especially with all of the action. I'm 331 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:48.039 kind of impressed by how many different kinds of fans showed up. Something that 332 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:51.640 you've experienced, and we've talked about what the CFL is and what all the 333 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:53.519 CFL people talk about, is do you get all these fans from all these 334 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:57.000 different teams, even to their teams on in it, coming to the game. 335 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:00.000 Well, the same thing happened here. I'm seeing Saint Louis fans, 336 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.240 I'm seeing Orlando fans. I've seen Houston fans. I'm seeing people from all 337 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:07.799 over the league going to this game. That's great. That camaraderie is awesome. 338 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:10.640 There's people who want to be there for various reasons. You know, 339 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:15.640 they were San Antonio fans. Obviously, there's a guy heckling the Arlington team. 340 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:19.240 He had this anti Arlington Redigates signed the entire time and he was having 341 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:22.240 a back and forth with Kevin Anderson. A couple of the Redigates players just 342 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:26.920 you know, pointed the scoreboard the entire time. Like the energy was definitely 343 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.599 there. I was very very happy with the energy overall with some of the 344 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:33.440 some of the fans, some of them, you know, I think we're 345 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:36.319 more you know, knowledgeable what was about, what was going on, more 346 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:38.000 than others. But you're gonna get that right, like with especially with the 347 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:42.200 Dow League. No, I mean it was really cool. I think the 348 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:45.960 number of the tenants number is good. I think it was actually a little 349 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:48.480 bit better than I was expecting. I was expecting about twenty thousand. It 350 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.160 was twenty two thousand. That's great. But look to get into the game 351 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:56.359 itself, this is not the same team I saw at the end of March. 352 00:21:56.480 --> 00:22:00.240 I saw Arlington in San Antonio in Arlington, and to me, that 353 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:06.680 game was like the death of football. The offense was atrocious. Drew Plett 354 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:10.319 and counselor we're not gonna get done. San Antonio was having their own problems 355 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:14.039 on offense. Those games, those back to back weeks with Arlington and San 356 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:17.079 Antonio were brutal to watch. Those were probably the most unwatchable games of the 357 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:19.880 entire season. And if he could probably attest to that, you know, 358 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:23.920 he had to put go through all that. This Arlington team nine day difference 359 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:30.400 unbelievable on offense. Luis Perez is the spring King. He cemented his legacy 360 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:33.960 through this game. He was incredible. I've seen him in person three times 361 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.799 and each time he's just gotten better, Like he just looks better and better 362 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:41.799 as time goes on and he accumulates all this knowledge. I can't believe. 363 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:44.640 I can't believe that was the same team I watched a month and a half 364 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:48.559 ago. It didn't look like it because they were just firing on all cylinders 365 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:51.640 on offense. It was so cool, and I'll just pull up here. 366 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:53.559 I got the video. We were able to get down on these sidelines. 367 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:57.680 Danny did that, you know, the trophy presentation to coach Stoops and then 368 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:03.279 obviously the rock was there. He gave Louise the MVP award. I did 369 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:06.920 want to say I forgot that. You know. I liked how visible both 370 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:11.279 Danny and dj were during the game. You know, they did the crowd 371 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:15.960 and they came down talk to the media. Before the game, Danny expressed 372 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:19.759 sincere thanks to everyone there for covering the game. Felt very sincere, right, 373 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:22.920 like, thank you guys, because again I think that like we went 374 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:26.359 into the season, maybe like what are the expectations of coverage we're going to 375 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:30.920 get okay. Now we're kind of seeing like how we exist in this space. 376 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:34.000 I liked how they came down on the field at the end, Arlington 377 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:37.359 gave a DJ the Rock you know, I had to put on. I 378 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:41.880 thought, what a cool moment for Louis Perez here after you know, it's 379 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:47.200 five six years of all of this, everything he's gone through, and you 380 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.720 know, I still remember, you know, the teaching learning how to play 381 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:55.720 quarterback on YouTube and having his family run routes for him on the field so 382 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:57.880 he could pick up the new playbook before he was going to the new team, 383 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:02.440 to be able to stay and here and kind of be that more or 384 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.799 less the face one of the faces of this league and kind of getting his 385 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:08.440 you know, accolades acknowledge. I do think it's incredible. I could I 386 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.279 was just over the moon for him. I know we talked about this yesterday 387 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:15.319 when we were hanging out, but I really couldn't. Couldn't have a nicer 388 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:18.160 guy have this happened, dude. Not that there's not a hundred different players 389 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:21.039 in the league. They deserve it, but really glad, with everything Louise 390 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:23.200 has gone through, he got this. I'm mentally proud of him, and 391 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:26.680 it makes me proud as a fellow San Diegan. You know, Louise Press 392 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:30.759 coming from tuli Visa, California, right down the road for me, and 393 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:33.319 for him to just go through all of this, all the different files and 394 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:37.559 tribulations for all the different leagues and all the different starting, you know, 395 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.160 losing his job and getting his job back and playing through all these different offenses, 396 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:45.240 and I mean this is also a culmination of all of his hard work. 397 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:48.079 And you know he's He's lost some big games too. He lost the 398 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.119 TSL championship game for the Jousters, he lost that semi final playoff game with 399 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:56.680 the Generals last year. And finally he breaks down the door here and he 400 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:02.640 looked fantastic again. He has looked better than ever. He looked so instinct 401 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:04.960 with this offense. If Louis Perez was on this team at the beginning of 402 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:08.519 the year, Arlington would have won the South. I'm sorry, Houston fans, 403 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:14.759 but this is Arlington team just looked fantastic. They have the defense, 404 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:17.920 they had the special teams, and now they finally have the offense. And 405 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:21.200 the big part of that is because of Louis Perez. And his ability to 406 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:26.240 be so calmed, so measured, and all these different situations, being able 407 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:29.920 to take what they were not doing well on offense and be able to approve 408 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:33.680 on it every single week. And I mean again, he was just hitting 409 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:38.200 every pass. Like on Saturday, he was head downfield passes, his intermediate 410 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:41.680 routes. He almost got sacked on the first drive and he managed to kind 411 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:45.279 of flip it right out and get out of his hands, and from that 412 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:47.880 moment on it was kind of like he was just in control of the entire 413 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.079 game. But yeah, he's a great person. We ran into his brother 414 00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:55.079 actually on the riverwalk and he was a really nice guy. They were when 415 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.759 they were looking round for something to eat, and I was kind of hoping 416 00:25:56.759 --> 00:26:00.160 that we'd run in the pres because just and it didn't happen. But like, 417 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:03.279 you know, he's a guy that I just root I can't help but 418 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:07.160 root for. I tried not to be too biased in terms of, like, 419 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.319 you know, certain players, I fall out the teams and all that, 420 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:11.039 but like, I root for the guy. He's great and I'm so 421 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:15.079 happy for him that he was able to accomplish this. And like you were 422 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:17.759 saying to me, you know, a couple of days ago, Um, 423 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:19.920 getting the trophy from the rock Are you kidding me? That's like, that's 424 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:25.400 a life highlight. That's that's an amazing accomplishment that very very very very very 425 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.880 few people in their life are gonna be able to say when it's all said 426 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.920 and done. Yeah, I liked here. I have Heimbach, you know, 427 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.039 him tweeting out he was a friend of the show, came on over 428 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.799 the summer either he won. He was a you know, a line back 429 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:40.160 in the one with the extreme. I like seeing that at full circle some 430 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.279 of these you know, yeah, Anthony, I have one more way to 431 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:44.440 get to but you know, Anthony, that getting the you know, I 432 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:47.240 think of the journey Anthonies went on covering that's all of that, obviously, 433 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:51.000 Nate all this this is the one, uh the relegation in the Cowboys. 434 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.240 Whether they're listen too in the playoffs, Oh no, okay, that's what 435 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:56.680 I gotta do. But this one up here, I thought, and and 436 00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:00.960 Louise had one as well. Taylor recently, you know, you know, 437 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:03.400 he's a friend of the show. I don't know if he's ever been on 438 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.240 the show, but he's certainly a friend of the podcast. Getting too you 439 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:11.319 know, rolland the confetti with his child. I just just the coolest moment 440 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.359 in the world. I just thought, yeah, here was what we got. 441 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:15.880 Louis Prez here with his family as well. I mean, this is 442 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:18.160 a moment he's never going to forget. I don't know if Louise ever takes 443 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:22.680 another snap of football, if he comes back next year, if he transitions 444 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:26.240 into being a coach, but just just an incredible journey for him. And 445 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.960 I'm just really proud of about everything with Louise. I you know, honestly, 446 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:34.079 I have to say this. You know, he's probably gonna get looked 447 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:38.240 out of by another NFL team, but selfishly I want him back in this 448 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:44.400 league or some iteration of springing football and playing and starting. I mean, 449 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:48.240 after seeing him on Saturday, I only can think about is what would he 450 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:51.240 look like for an entire year under this offense. Like if he came back 451 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:55.200 with this this same team and with stoops and everything, like, you know, 452 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.440 it would be a completely different story. This would not be a blow 453 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.440 five hundred team in my opinion. I Mean, obviously the rosters change just 454 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.559 gonna be defensive players that move on, special team players and other pieces that 455 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:06.720 kind of move here and there. But you know, for me, I 456 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:08.400 mean I'm selfish. I want to see him keep playing because he's only twenty 457 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:11.880 eight and he's already accomplished so much. I mean, he could just walk 458 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:15.319 off right now, and he has again cemented his legacy. He doesn't have 459 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:19.799 to stay. But yeah, I think it's just seeing all of the players 460 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:25.160 and all the just the energy and all the emotion they had. Again, 461 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.079 I was sitting right behind the Renegades bench and then, I mean, those 462 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:32.480 are the jolliest lads I'd seen in quite some time. Kevin Anderson again was 463 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:36.960 just having the time of his life seeing all the defensive linemen just get really 464 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:41.839 into it the offensive linemen and Heimbach did such an amazing job with this group. 465 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:45.680 I mean they kicked ass on Saturday. They played so well, getting 466 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:49.559 good holes for dave On Smith and protecting Perez. I mean he asked. 467 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:56.000 Heimbach has to be just so proud of his of his work and his ability 468 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:59.720 to perform so well. I mean he's a multi time champion in multiple leagues 469 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:03.079 now, I mean his his resume is really just so impressive. As a 470 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:07.519 stoops too, I mean, you can't forget about Stoops as well. What 471 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:11.119 he's able to do to come back, to come back after after COVID, 472 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:14.640 after all that happened, and be able to coach this team and come back 473 00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:18.640 and do this a second time around is also just such such an accomplishment. 474 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.359 Max has a question here. To be fair, Houston would have been a 475 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:25.880 lot different if Facedale had, you know, Kirkland. What do you make 476 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:29.000 of that, if if we had to redo you knowing what we know and 477 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:33.799 how good the Renegades looked in the championship game at Replaying that South Division playoff 478 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:37.759 game with Houston with kind of their full roster, I have to agree. 479 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:40.359 I mean, Kirkland was a huge part of it, and it changed the 480 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:44.720 season when he got hurt in Week five. Things changed when Arlington traded for 481 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:48.240 Luis things changed like that. That's that's your nextus point for the South and 482 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:52.480 for really the entire season. My only thing I think about that with Houston 483 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:56.559 is just they seem to have so much confusion as far as what they were 484 00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.000 doing at quarterback. You know, Brandon Silver's in now on the line. 485 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.640 I know he got hurt. I'm not sure what his role is or was 486 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:07.640 in that semifinal game. It was really bizarre. I don't think we know 487 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:11.839 the full story behind that. Colt McDonald just couldn't get it done. It 488 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:15.400 was just too inconsistent. Obviously, there was a lot going back and forth 489 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:18.039 between him and A. J. Smith. I mean, Houston clearly lost 490 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.279 something. Obviously with John John Trey Clerkland not being there didn't help, but 491 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:26.559 something chemistry wise just was completely thrown off. The second half of the season. 492 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:30.920 They just could not get anything going on on on offense. They they 493 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:34.720 lost something and Arlington gained something. You know. That's that's what I'm saying 494 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:37.240 about this bye week thing. You really could use it for some of these 495 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:41.440 teams where they start to realize, Okay, what's going on here because it's 496 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:45.319 not it's hard to kind of readjust for that week to week you try to 497 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:51.519 have to figure it out. But yeah, I mean Houston they probably would 498 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:56.000 be here, I mean in this in this case because Louise came on late 499 00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:00.119 at least Press came on late. Probably, but you know, again it's 500 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:06.359 hard to say because their quarterback play was really inconsistent down the stretch. Just 501 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:10.400 speaking of sliding doors here and kind of everything else. I was sitting and 502 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:14.599 I guess I just didn't put the connection together because obviously the Seattle cracking, 503 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:18.759 We're playing the Dallas Stars Game six must win for the crack and there Saturday 504 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:21.880 night. I you know, I did have the game up on my phone 505 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:25.400 during the especially during some of the timeouts. It was some of the some 506 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:27.960 of the TV timeouts. I know, obviously the injured cameraman and that was 507 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.039 not funny. I'm glad that he is doing well. I did hear the 508 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:33.599 whole story about that, and that was a very scary moment. But I 509 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:36.799 felt like some of the popping circumstances at the beginning, I'm like, okay, 510 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:38.599 I'm watching. They had the game on in the corner, watching whatever. 511 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:42.519 But what was interesting to me was, you know, a lot of 512 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:47.759 the Dallas media there were very interested in the game, right, a lot 513 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.039 of the San Antonio media, a lot of the you know, because obviously 514 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:53.680 it's the Dallas Stars against the seas C Dragons at time. Man if Seattle 515 00:31:53.759 --> 00:32:00.000 had beat DC and you had the C Dragons versus the Renegades in the champion 516 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:02.920 game, with both Seattle and Dallas being you know, playing that Game six 517 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:08.079 elimination game, they dodged a bullet with that, because I will say a 518 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:12.079 lot of the people there because you know, I don't know, I'm staying, 519 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:15.759 oh no, we're like we're Dallas Stars fans, or we're from Dallas 520 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:20.039 here covering the game like we are Dallas Stars fans. Because I really thought 521 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:22.599 I was going to be the only one that even cared that the NHL game 522 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:24.640 was on. So I think they avoided that, you know, and they 523 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:29.680 were sliding doors that got the game to that where we had events here that 524 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:31.759 pushed it back. But XFL could have really been in trouble there. If 525 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:37.960 Seattle had been in, had been the North team and had gone up against 526 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:40.400 Art linkedon das whatever, I think that would have been interesting. I mean, 527 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:43.799 this is the toughest challenge for them going forward. How are they going 528 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:46.759 to compete with all these leagues and how do they make themselves the priority over 529 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:50.640 all of these established leagues, you know, the NHL, Like you've been 530 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.279 saying to me, if a couple of times there was no cracking in twenty 531 00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:58.039 twenty, they didn't exist now they are. That's changed the market. You 532 00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:00.200 know, Seattle is a different market now than it is back in twenty twenty 533 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:04.440 that's it's a it's a you know, it's it matters. I think about 534 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:07.079 that too. I've talked about that. You know, like obviously I go 535 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.839 on and on about San Diego getting a team, but like the reality is 536 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:13.359 too, San Diego keeps adding teams. There is a distinct possibility that an 537 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.599 MLS team is going to come here soon, and that changes the dynamic. 538 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:20.799 You know, all these markets have different competing interests, and that also goes 539 00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.799 for the local interests too. We're not just talking about getting casual viewers. 540 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:27.799 We're talking about getting your market involved with it too. That's that's something that 541 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.839 the XFL really has to pin down and really work on next year. They 542 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:35.440 really do. Look, you got Saint Louis great, awesome, they don't 543 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.519 have a team, you know, they don't have a football team DC. 544 00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:43.200 Everyone hated Dan Snyder and no one wanted to support the Commanders. Maybe that 545 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.359 changes now in the in the future. But you know, people got behind 546 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:50.319 DC and they support them. That's great, But how are you going to 547 00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:53.960 get you know, get the Seattle audience back now, get Orlando really involved, 548 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:57.519 which traditionally Florida teams are kind of hit and miss, you know, 549 00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:00.880 with with their their engagement. San Antonio should be right. San Antonio doesn't 550 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:05.480 have any teams. They should be a stronger market Houston. Obviously, they 551 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:07.960 have a lot of competing interests as well. My point being is you just 552 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:13.599 have to make sure that these these entities are investing and you're gonna have to 553 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:15.960 put more money, probably more of their money is gonna have to go into 554 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:19.559 that than anything else. Honestly, the market, the local marketing is really 555 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:22.960 going to have to be a big emphasis point for them going forward, especially 556 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.760 if they're gonna be in the humb model and their actress gonna be walking around 557 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:28.599 during the week. That again, if that if that's the case, If 558 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.559 that's if that's what you're gonna do, fine, but you need to put 559 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:38.199 more resources into devoting yourself to these local markets. Max says that I do 560 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:42.360 about it. The Stars slogan is Texas Hockey for a reason. Really, 561 00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:45.960 Yeah, but all they that's like their hashtag, all they scream of the 562 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:51.199 game is go Stars, Go start. It's it's kind of with the Knights 563 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:53.679 to the you know, like go Nights go. Some of the hockey chants 564 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:59.360 are very very kind of simbolistic there. Back to the game for a little 565 00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:01.400 bit here, because I I kind of get I get sidetracked on these live 566 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:07.199 shows. DC speaking of Seattle kicked the absolute snot out of us. I 567 00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:09.079 was there, and you know, we we've really lived the beer Steak and 568 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:12.119 all that. You were not on the show the week that I got. 569 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:15.039 I think Evan was reliving my horrors of the beer Steak that week. But 570 00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:17.519 I mean DC looked like a different team on Saturday. They didn't even look 571 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:22.960 you know, it didn't really feel competitive. It felt like Arlington. DC 572 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:25.639 was able to keep it close a little bit, but it felt like Arlington 573 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:29.719 was never really in danger of the entire game. I know you were tweeting 574 00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:32.800 that Arlington has DC all figured out. There's nothing Greg Williams can do that 575 00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:36.679 they're not expecting. What did you make of DC? And it looked I 576 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:38.320 mean, obviously it looked like the best team all season kind of having this 577 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:43.639 game. They had their worst day. And I think that was confirmed with 578 00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:45.480 some of the DC faithful that I talked to as well. Nate, one 579 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.760 of the guys that joined us in the almotour, he agreed, He's just 580 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:51.599 like, this is the worst they looked all season. I mean, they 581 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:54.480 just were lost. And the thing about it is Greg Williams was kind of 582 00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:58.119 playing with fire down the stretch if you look back at it, I mean 583 00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:01.559 there were a lot of quarterbacks that had some standing performances against him down the 584 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:07.199 stretch. Quinn Dormandy obviously lit him up. Benda Nucci did it a couple 585 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:13.039 times and should have done it even more in the North Division championship game. 586 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:15.400 The only problem was that the receivers just couldn't hold onto the ball. But 587 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:21.000 like that was not a Denucci's fault. He had been playing with fire, 588 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:24.639 and finally Arlington was able to expose that. They exposed his overaggressiveness and they 589 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:28.639 just were able to hit all their passes. I kept saying at some point, 590 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:30.320 like he has to stop Lizzie, But I don't think he knows any 591 00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:34.119 other other method. Right, He plays with his hair on fire, He 592 00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:37.800 coaches with his hair on fire, and it finally bit him in the butt. 593 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:42.079 And as for DC on offense, man, I mean that whole first 594 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:45.480 quarter, like you get negative yards, you don't even have the ball like 595 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.880 for more than a minute. The entire first quarter. That really set them 596 00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:51.679 behind as well. They just could never get the run game going, they 597 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.440 were so adamant about passing the ball, and I know they did it a 598 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:57.159 lot in the second half too because they were behind, but they were kind 599 00:36:57.159 --> 00:37:00.599 of out the gate trying to throw the ball. And Toma didn't have his 600 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:06.800 worst performance, I think, because I know the three interceptions look bad. 601 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:09.880 Why that last one was the fourth down conversion which wasn't going to go through, 602 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:13.800 And it was kind of obvious for Arlington. It was easy for them 603 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:17.920 to tone in on but clearly, like, look, Arlington's defense is good. 604 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:21.199 They've been good all year. Like, I'm not surprised they got those 605 00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:23.000 turnovers, and Anthony Miller did a great job pointing out how they've gotten a 606 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:27.559 turnover every single game they played in this season, and they always usually get 607 00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:30.440 multiple turnovers, so I'm not surprised there. But I mean for DC, 608 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:34.880 yeah, it was just the worst timing for them to have the worst game 609 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:37.719 of the year. And part of it was a great game planned by Arlington, 610 00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:40.360 but other part of it, too, was they just weren't able to 611 00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:44.400 adjust to what was going on on the other side, either on defense or 612 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:49.599 on offense. And you know, I don't think any lesser of them. 613 00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:52.440 They are still a great team. I still think they're worthy of winning the 614 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:55.320 championship. But they just didn't show up on Saturday. I mean they had 615 00:37:55.400 --> 00:38:00.920 negative one yards the first quarter, negative one yards indeed, I mean I 616 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:04.199 think Arlington had like ninety seven or one hundred. I mean it was, 617 00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.639 you know, watching from the they it was kind of cool there. I 618 00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:09.719 did like in the San Antonio they had obviously you have your TV feed, 619 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:13.360 but they had a really good kind of scoreboards going throughout. I thought was 620 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:15.320 helpful for kind of keeping track up there because sometimes in the press box here 621 00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:17.239 a little lost with like, okay, what's like, what the hell is 622 00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:21.599 going on here? But uh it just if you had told anyone, I 623 00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.679 know, so much was made and you know, you kind of missed the 624 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:27.760 whole playoff screwuple, screw cuffle, whatever that word is, kind of being 625 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.239 in kirkfuffle, kind of being in you know, you know, being in 626 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:35.159 Japan and traveling and everythingody. You know, if you had told anyone watching 627 00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:38.280 the game, Arlington is that is the ten and one team. Arlington's the 628 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:40.440 ten and one team here, and DC is the four and six team that 629 00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:43.880 happened to get their way into the playoffs. I don't think anyone would have 630 00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:45.159 thought any different if you returned it on the game for the first time. 631 00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:49.400 No, I mean that's the thing. You kind of had to throw the 632 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:52.519 records out. And I know that's a cliche, but it really felt like 633 00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.719 that during the game. I mean, it didn't seem to matter. Like 634 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:58.119 I said, this Arlington team was not even close to being the same team 635 00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:01.039 that I saw a month and a half ago. But again, their offensive 636 00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:05.559 gameplay was just so solid. Again, like their their mix of running pass 637 00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:09.440 was awesome. Luis was super accurate for DC. I mean the killer one 638 00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:14.159 for them, which is not on the highlight reels, was Chris Blair dropping 639 00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:16.719 that pass in the fourth quarter. That was it once he dropped that long 640 00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:21.159 pass from Tom. Because Tom was throwing some great d passes, don't get 641 00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:22.800 me wrong, like he hit hit some of his spots. He hit one 642 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:25.679 to Josh Hammond earlier in the game. Hammond had a great game by the 643 00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:30.320 way he was, he was awesome. But yeah, that dropped by Blair 644 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:32.280 was just absolutely killer. Something you don't get over, and it just completely 645 00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:36.119 destroyed any sense of momentum and you felt it in the crowd. They all 646 00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:42.239 just everyone just kind of sighed collectively when Blair dropped that ball and it stopped 647 00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:45.199 them from mounting a cutback against arling thing because if they get that pass, 648 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.960 I mean, you're talking about thirty five twenty six at that point in the 649 00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:52.800 game, which is more with about five or six minutes left in the game 650 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:57.840 as opposed to a minute less than two minutes and then having to go for 651 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:00.880 the fourth down conversion. So yeah, it just after that, you knew 652 00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:05.079 it just wasn't there night, Like it just wasn't gonna happen. Yeah, 653 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:07.360 there was, I tweeted in our group child, I said, this is 654 00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:10.639 the game. I mean, this is the game. And there's some things 655 00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:14.559 like that where you just can't get that momentum back, you know, whatever 656 00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:17.000 happens. And we've seen that in hockey games and baseball game, Like when 657 00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:22.639 the momentum it just felt like that was their last grasp it shifted. And 658 00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:24.639 you know, I thought because I was sitting there and and Derney was up 659 00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:27.880 there. You know, with the X Fans Show, we were kind of 660 00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:30.800 joking and you know, we kept saying like, oh, you know, 661 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:32.760 Arlington's got it, and then your DC would score. It's like okay, 662 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:37.840 but then Arlington would immediately answer again come back. It just never felt like 663 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:39.440 the game that DC was playing, like, yeah, they're gonna get two 664 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:42.880 touchdowns here in the last four minutes in time the game, Like it just 665 00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:45.199 never felt like that was really kind of like when we had in Seattle with 666 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.599 DC for the playoff game, Like in Seattle, really gonna get eighteen points 667 00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:52.280 or whatever here in the last six minutes of the game, Like after playing 668 00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:54.280 like absolute dog trash the first three quarters, Like, I really don't think 669 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:58.360 so, I just don't. I don't see the momentum shifting in that way. 670 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:00.719 I knew DC was going to score in a third quarter because they always 671 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:05.000 do. They always come out with a great second half adjustment and they're able 672 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:07.480 to score in the third quarter. They've been doing it all season. But 673 00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:10.239 the difference here again is that Arlington answered. Lenny Brown scored two touchdowns in 674 00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:13.760 the third quarter. He had a running touchdown and then he had that long 675 00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:17.639 touchdown where also DC made a horrendous mistake kicking the ball out of bounds and 676 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:22.760 then giving great field position to the Renegades, which they took advantage of immediately, 677 00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:27.679 and Police Prez was able to hit that pass to Lenny Browne and ran 678 00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:30.480 it in. It was just like, Okay, they clearly have the answers 679 00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:32.360 for DC. They made score, but they're going to score right back Like 680 00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:36.280 that to me was just the other thing. They were able to weather that 681 00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:39.480 storm and take those punches even when DC was trying to mount a comeback. 682 00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:44.599 It just Arlington had all the answers. They led from wire to wire. 683 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.960 It felt that way, and it never felt in doubt at any point. 684 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:51.000 It never felt like they were just going to do it. The only thing 685 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:53.519 that could have happened for them maybe again, is if Perez threw a pick, 686 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:57.159 which is what I said on the stream onside, I say, if 687 00:41:57.199 --> 00:42:01.599 he cannot throw a backbreaking intersept in this game, because that's going that's going 688 00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:06.679 to come back and haunt them. And it didn't happen. Again. Arlington 689 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:10.360 was mistake free and their game plan was fantastic and they had all the answers. 690 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:15.760 Yeah, there was weird kicking issues the whole game. I thought I 691 00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:17.000 thought it was really weird. We had a couple of kickoffs like that. 692 00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:20.800 Then I'm like, what is it like, you're in the dome here, 693 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:23.639 We're week twelve. Like, I just was kind of surprised that there were 694 00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:28.679 still kickoff issues here going into the championship game a little bit. I mean, 695 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:31.199 maybe it was just the nerves getting to them. It's it's unfortunate and 696 00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:37.039 that just happened for a couple of different reasons. But I mean, nerves 697 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:39.400 are going to get to you in that kind of game. One of the 698 00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:43.880 things that I was mentally impressed by were some of the players who did step 699 00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:46.320 up. Though. Tyler Bonds was awesome. Oh my god. I saw 700 00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:52.480 him basically with that sideline catch that he had early in the first quarter and 701 00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:55.519 he got a deep pass from Perez and got smacked out of bounds and held 702 00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:59.440 onto the ball and just the entire sideline was like yeah, you know, 703 00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:01.559 they were all rallying around him. He had the best game of his entire 704 00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:05.679 season. You know, someone like Javonte Peyton didn't really show up in this 705 00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:07.679 game, but he didn't have to. Again. Sal Canella caught his first 706 00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:13.079 touchdown the entire year. Like Canella had gotten catches all year, but I 707 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:15.679 was almost like shocked when he got that forty year on touchdown and the first 708 00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:17.800 the first drive, I was like, oh my God, where's that been 709 00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:22.480 all season? You know, like just things that what we expected didn't happen 710 00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:27.360 in this game. Right again, what seeing Arlington's offense. I mean, 711 00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:32.800 Arlington scored forty points, like they had a real opportunity to score forty points. 712 00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:37.039 They're only mistake they really made was when they bubbled that ball in the 713 00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:38.960 fourth quarter. But but then they were up by too much and I think 714 00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:44.159 DC just was not going to come back. But again, like this game 715 00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:49.000 just didn't go chalk. It was completely opposite of our expectations. And yeah, 716 00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:51.679 again you have to give credit to Arlington for just being able to make 717 00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:53.800 these adjustments mid season and even at the end of the season. I mean, 718 00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:57.400 they scored nine points against Houston the last game, and you're still thinking, 719 00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:59.800 like this, the Steam disc game can't score. There's no way they're 720 00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:02.480 going to win next week. It was there. This wasn't like something that 721 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:06.639 you know, there wasn't even signs of it at the end of the regular 722 00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:08.519 season. The only sign was that, okay, well they played with DC, 723 00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:12.679 but it just never felt like they were going to get it together in 724 00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:17.360 time, and miraculously they did when Louise and they they showed it on I 725 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:20.760 can remember if they showed it in the stadium or if I just saw it 726 00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:25.599 on Twitter that Louise's halftime him his halftime locker room cheer. Did they show 727 00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:28.760 that in the stadium? Where was that just on my Twitter? It's all 728 00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:30.960 kind of a blurn out. No, that was only on Twitter. They 729 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:34.360 didn't show that on the highlights package. But I did check it on Twitter 730 00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:36.679 during the game, and I thought that was that was great. I mean, 731 00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:38.440 he was just in it. Well, there's something I did something to 732 00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:40.480 be said. They were I'm like, this man is going to will this 733 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:44.719 team to win. Like we're kind of getting that right now with Yanni gord 734 00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:46.960 here with the Kraken where he's playing, and he's been with Tampa and everything. 735 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:51.519 But you know, you can get, you know, if you're in 736 00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:53.320 a position like that to kind of will your team. And I really did 737 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:58.199 feel like Louise is not losing this game, Like I really felt like he 738 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:00.719 was so lock didn't. Here's my question for you, and then we'll kind 739 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:02.480 of round out here. We'll get out of here. At the hour, 740 00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:09.119 Louis Perez won the game. TEAMU played better arguably during the season. Who 741 00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:15.199 do you see now having more success transitioning out. I see Tayammu getting signed 742 00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:17.000 before Louis Perez. I just think age and everything. What do you make 743 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:21.960 of that with those two quarterbacks. I think Tom was going to get another 744 00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:25.599 shot, because I will say this, as much as I am immenseally impressed 745 00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:30.199 by Perez and his ability to survive all these situations, to this season, 746 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:35.000 improved the most just from game to game. I mean from week one versus 747 00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:37.760 your Dragons versus you know, the middle of the season, the end of 748 00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:40.239 the season. I mean, he just got better, especially as a deep 749 00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:44.719 deep ball passer. He got way better, better than he was a few 750 00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:46.480 years ago, better than he was in the USFL last year. He just 751 00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:52.079 improved immensely end over end. He is a great athlete. He can run, 752 00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:59.039 he has a better sense of being able to dissect defenses. Is I 753 00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:02.440 think his body as probably now more in shape and he's able to kind of 754 00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:06.480 take I mean, he takes hits. Should he be taking those hits? 755 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:09.239 No, I don't want any quarterback taking those hits. But he's definitely a 756 00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:14.639 lot more sturdier than some of his contemporaries. So I think for him, 757 00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:17.159 I think he's going to get another opportunity to stay out a squad and maybe 758 00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:20.840 this time he finally stays, you know, not just floating around on the 759 00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:22.760 practice squad, like maybe he's actually be able to be a third stringer or 760 00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:27.079 something. As far as Prez goes, yeah, I think he's kind of 761 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:30.559 maxed out on his potential as far as making a roster but and if he 762 00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:35.119 does, great, But again, I think his skill set is best best 763 00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:39.760 utilized in leagues like this because he's able to just be able to be so 764 00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:44.480 versatile and being able to jump from team to team and be able to readjust 765 00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:46.920 on the fly. But for trauma, yeah, I think he's he has 766 00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:52.480 the better NFL prospects. I would say, yeah, they got a comment 767 00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:54.719 here, Delta Cardinals should be looking at next quarterbacks. Murray won't be back 768 00:46:54.760 --> 00:47:00.119 until December, you know exactly. It's interesting and obviously the timeline because DC 769 00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:04.039 and Arlington they're in the championship game. So you know, that's why did 770 00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:07.440 Nucci kind of got the jump start because he was able to go to you 771 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:12.159 know, do the tryout. But you know, de Nucci is a little 772 00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:15.559 more more free with the ball. I would trust the ball a little bit 773 00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:17.519 more with Teambu going in there, you know where you want that backup role, 774 00:47:17.519 --> 00:47:20.800 Like just please come in and don't throw away the game where I think 775 00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:24.760 Ben's really gonna have to not try to do as much. Do you I 776 00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:28.119 know we talked to di Nucci off the top. I have some comments here 777 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:30.000 as well before we get out, but like, do you know what I'm 778 00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:32.440 saying. I like, I don't like de Nucci as that backup just because 779 00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:36.440 I don't know if I trust him not to throw with the ball. He's 780 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:37.480 a gun slicker, and that's the thing. He's going to have to find 781 00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:39.800 a way to run that in. And if there's somebody again who's gonna do 782 00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:43.159 that, it's gonna be Sean Payton. Sean Payton will tell you what you're 783 00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:45.480 doing right or wrong. You know, he's not afraid to do that. 784 00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:49.440 I think if Ben's gonna have a chance, he's gonna need to listen to 785 00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:52.239 him because has it you know, obviously we made so much so much about 786 00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:55.559 Haslit wanting to take you know, de Nucci out behind the woodshed a few 787 00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:59.920 times because of how of this play style and you know, it's funny, 788 00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:02.119 hilarious, but in the NFL, you can't do that like you need to. 789 00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:07.320 I know these all these players have bravado, and some of them are 790 00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:12.480 able to get their way because of certain concessions that their GM or their owner 791 00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:15.719 might make towards them. Kyler Murray is one of those examples. But you 792 00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:17.800 know, with Ben de Nucci, he has to find a way to be 793 00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:21.719 able to ring on him because he doesn't have that same leash as some of 794 00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:23.400 these other players. You know, that's why he's in this kind of league. 795 00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:27.440 He needs to be able to build his pedigree back up and be able 796 00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:30.159 to say, hey, I can learn, I can develop. You know, 797 00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:31.679 I'm not just gonna do it my way. Even though he plays like 798 00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:36.199 that. He has to be able to at least show the coaching staff that 799 00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:38.519 he's willing to make adjustments as he goes along. So yeah, if he's 800 00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:43.199 going to survive, that's that's gonna have to be an adjustment on his part. 801 00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:46.239 And I will say this, Look, there's gonna be injuries during the 802 00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:50.960 entire season. There's gonna be so many injuries during the NFL season. Guys 803 00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:53.119 who don't get signed now probably could signed later on because it's just it happens 804 00:48:53.159 --> 00:48:55.480 as the nature of the beast. It's the nature of the business, and 805 00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:59.400 there's gonna be coaching staffs and scouts that kind of look at players and say, 806 00:48:59.440 --> 00:49:00.760 well, this is really help right now, but you know, let's 807 00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:04.880 keep them on the back burner and they'll at least have that tape and that 808 00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:07.920 that exposure now to where something does happen in the fall, they go, 809 00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:10.280 oh, no, what are we doing. Well, remember that guy we 810 00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:13.360 kind of looked at earlier, Yeah, I do, And then maybe they 811 00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:15.800 go back and maybe pick him up, because that's gonna happen. There's gonna 812 00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:20.039 be injuries, There's gonna be opportunities for these players. May not be right 813 00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:22.000 now, and it may not be at the beginning of the season, but 814 00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:25.159 at some point during the NFL season they will have a chance. Well also, 815 00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:29.079 and you're just not only the tape, but you're just more in game 816 00:49:29.079 --> 00:49:30.360 shape. I mean, obviously you're never in game shape. Game shape, 817 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:32.519 it's all you've been off football for two and a half years here, you 818 00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:36.960 know. Heineke of the reason why he was able to transition to the Washington 819 00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:39.320 football team was because he had just been up to game shape, even not 820 00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:43.719 taking snaps for the ballot Hawks a couple questions here before we get out. 821 00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:46.079 Joebu has a question, they'll be interesting if they build continuity with the rosters. 822 00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:51.239 That's criticulture, improving the execution, and then the end quality of football. 823 00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:54.800 If you haven't seen our talk with Trell Buckley from the live pre show, 824 00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:58.559 all those interviews or time coded, so you can go back to our 825 00:49:58.599 --> 00:50:01.960 live show, just go and watch that. But we asked Coach Buckley about 826 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:07.719 that about like whether what's coming next with showcases, and he was talking about 827 00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:10.039 like, well, we're still we're figuring out like how we can retain players 828 00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:13.880 and how we're going to rebuild and move down the round. So I would 829 00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:16.119 check out that if you were interested in any thoughts on that. They're Buckley 830 00:50:16.119 --> 00:50:21.320 and kind of the retaining players moving forward, I mean as far as con 831 00:50:21.719 --> 00:50:24.039 nuity goes. Again, something that we looked at with the USFL this year, 832 00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:27.440 and one of the things that I liked was that some of these players 833 00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:30.639 were moving kind of rolling over and playing a little bit better than they were 834 00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:35.719 the year before. But look, your top end guys are going to get 835 00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:37.760 the opportunities and they're going to be gone. That's just the reality of it. 836 00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:40.679 You know, your best quarterbacks aren't regone your best D line in your 837 00:50:40.679 --> 00:50:45.440 offensive lineman. You're receivers. You know, Jakor Pearson. I don't expect 838 00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:46.880 him to come back with Seattle, but I love him too, of course. 839 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:50.599 But if he gets the right opportunity, he's gone. Like he's a 840 00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:54.480 mensely talented receiver. And I think for maybe some of the guys who were 841 00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:59.559 improving or still kind of finding their way. Yeah, you hope they stay 842 00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:01.639 on the same rooster and you're able to kind of be like, all right, 843 00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:05.280 I'm familiar with him. I remember him. He wasn't great, but 844 00:51:05.360 --> 00:51:08.079 I do remember him, and that's something that does help going forward, you 845 00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:14.280 know. I hope and I think they will have some continuity there because it 846 00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:16.639 does help with you know, for fans to get involved with and be able 847 00:51:16.679 --> 00:51:21.599 to be invested in as well. So yeah, my answer to that is, 848 00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:23.880 your top line guys are gone, but if you can have some continuity, 849 00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:28.320 that's at least a start. But again, the XFL pitches themselves as 850 00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:31.519 the league of opportunity, and a lot of that opportunity is moving him onto 851 00:51:31.559 --> 00:51:36.480 the NFL. Yeah, act my age here, I can't remember which Jersey 852 00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:38.360 he got, he's got, he's a prize winner here. XFL is taken 853 00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:42.119 the next step and needs to take the next step now retain key talent. 854 00:51:42.599 --> 00:51:45.880 NFL assigns some players, but most will be available next year. XFL needs 855 00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:49.320 to spend money and give key quarterbacks. There's some money to bring them back, 856 00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:52.519 you know, you gotta. It's always that balance. We've talked and 857 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:55.320 I disagreed with the coach back to when we talk to him in Arizona. 858 00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:59.000 I want every player to get on an NFL roster, like, hey, 859 00:51:59.079 --> 00:52:01.679 that's not realistic, but that's not practical the kind of what you're trying to 860 00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:05.360 do here in the league. I do think you obviously you want players to 861 00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:07.559 get that you know, the success and those opportunities, But I don't think 862 00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:13.599 you still have to be a football league. You still NXT and WWE still 863 00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:15.960 has to you know, put on TV products every week while also getting players 864 00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:20.039 up to the main roster. It's it's a really tough balance. I would 865 00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:22.559 look at NXT and I know we hate Vincikman and all of that. NXT 866 00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:25.679 now is different NXT before they did the revamp. It's like, how do 867 00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:29.159 we have that They did a really good job. How do we you know, 868 00:52:29.199 --> 00:52:30.800 we pay a little bit extra. We got like Tomasso, Chompa and 869 00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:35.679 stuff. You're like, how do we build storylines and people care about here, 870 00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:37.639 but also trying to develop players for the main roster. It is possible. 871 00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:39.760 It is possible to do that, but it does take a lot more 872 00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:43.840 work. It does take a lot more work, and let's be realistic. 873 00:52:43.880 --> 00:52:45.519 The finances are not there to keep some of these guys around if some of 874 00:52:45.559 --> 00:52:49.079 them, yes, some of them though, and again, some of these 875 00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:51.920 players aren't just fit for the NFL. Some of them are, you know, 876 00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:53.280 more geared to be in this league. The same thing happens in the 877 00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:59.360 CFL. There's a lot of guys that I see that are great for CFL 878 00:52:59.440 --> 00:53:01.559 roster but not good for an NFL roster. And I think it's gonna be 879 00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:06.800 the same thing here for the XFL. We won't know that answer until we 880 00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:10.719 get multiple years and we see players who are more committed to this lifestyle and 881 00:53:10.760 --> 00:53:13.400 saying, hey, I just want to play in the spring, and I 882 00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:16.360 don't really want to commit myself to that kind of level of of you know, 883 00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:19.679 play in the next level. I just want to be able to get 884 00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:22.760 out there and play period, not just be a stuck in a practice squad. 885 00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:25.000 You're going to have those guys and that will help your league ultimately. 886 00:53:25.039 --> 00:53:30.880 But as far as shelving out more money, that's something that is going to 887 00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:32.840 take some time or at least that has to be a hard line discussion with 888 00:53:32.880 --> 00:53:36.719 the league ownership. And I don't think that's something they're going to be able 889 00:53:36.760 --> 00:53:40.119 to afford right now. So that part of it is tricky. It is 890 00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:44.599 a tough balance, right, And it's not something you know until you get 891 00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:46.679 further on down the road of Okay, what's working, what's not, and 892 00:53:46.719 --> 00:53:51.119 who's actually willing to stay around? And you know, I still don't know 893 00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:52.400 if that's the case for the USFL, right like we you know, once 894 00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:55.000 we get into two year three, maybe we'll know that. But as far 895 00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:59.280 as now, I don't know if most of these guys are still going to 896 00:53:59.320 --> 00:54:02.880 be there next year. Uh we hear you. It's just talking continuity here, 897 00:54:02.960 --> 00:54:07.280 John Christian Arlington winning at all might throw yeah, you were still in 898 00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:08.800 the playoff change, I don't know. I mean, if Arlington had come 899 00:54:08.840 --> 00:54:12.920 in and craft the bad, they'd be different. Uh here before we get 900 00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:15.239 out, So you know that Tom Hardy mean where he's like, that's bait 901 00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:19.440 here, this is Joe Boo wants. Now, how about we get Andy 902 00:54:19.480 --> 00:54:23.960 on the record predicting how many players will get NFL contracts USFL. I believe 903 00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:30.239 they're claiming sixty. I think that some players that that like double dipped or 904 00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:34.719 weren't necessarily on rosters that were signed. I believe XFL twenty twenty have like 905 00:54:34.800 --> 00:54:38.440 seventy, right if that's if I and please do not read strang. I 906 00:54:38.480 --> 00:54:43.719 believe Mike has all of those numbers. But you know USFL had fifty. 907 00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:45.480 I think kind of more or less. And then you know, obviously comante 908 00:54:45.519 --> 00:54:50.199 chirping and all that. What do you think with the XFL here, it's 909 00:54:50.239 --> 00:54:53.440 so hard to predict because of how many players stick around in the NFL and 910 00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:58.519 some who get replaced by these other players, well know the quality of how 911 00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:02.960 much all this preparation and all this playing time in the spring really benefits them. 912 00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:08.639 I mean, I guess it would be somewhere around the same number sixty 913 00:55:08.679 --> 00:55:14.840 to seventy's that would be my guests, because that's it really depends on you 914 00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:16.679 know, the practice squad is really the biggest thing right, Like, getting 915 00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:22.000 on the main roster is really hard to do, but getting on a practice 916 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:27.440 squad is more feasible. So somewhere between sixty to seventy that would be my 917 00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:29.679 guess. When it's all said and done, I'm gonna have to stay in 918 00:55:29.719 --> 00:55:34.920 that ballpark number because otherwise it's just really hard to keep predicting that these guys 919 00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:37.079 are going to retain. And mind you, they're still XFL players from you 920 00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:39.480 know, several years ago. They're still on these rosters, right, I 921 00:55:39.519 --> 00:55:43.320 mean, Peter Walker's still floating around, Hideki is still flawing around. Some 922 00:55:43.360 --> 00:55:45.559 of these other guys are still hanging around from a few years ago. So 923 00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:50.079 now you're talking about XBEL players replacing the XFL players from a few years ago, 924 00:55:50.159 --> 00:55:52.880 Like, you know, the competition just gets tough. So yeah, 925 00:55:53.000 --> 00:56:00.800 I mean, i'd say that at best sixty to seventy, conservatively thirty to 926 00:56:00.920 --> 00:56:04.800 forty, because again I don't know how many roster spots there really are located. 927 00:56:04.840 --> 00:56:07.000 I'll have to look at at each practice squad and kind of reevaluate that. 928 00:56:07.119 --> 00:56:13.159 So that so sealing is sixty to seventy, floor is thirty to forty. 929 00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:16.039 This was what I was thinking this morning, and I think that obviously 930 00:56:16.679 --> 00:56:21.719 XFL twenty twenty exists in the vacuum, right, half a season done COVID, 931 00:56:22.039 --> 00:56:27.000 you know that exists in the vacuum. USFL last year exists in the 932 00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:30.960 vacuum as well, because that you know, there was no competing league. 933 00:56:30.039 --> 00:56:32.599 They were they were the fund the line in if you were trying to get 934 00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:37.239 I think this year, I think both XFL and USFL will be lower than 935 00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:40.079 the USFL had, right because like you've talked about, you know, now 936 00:56:40.079 --> 00:56:44.360 we're doubling down, we're piling up, we're piling up. But my question 937 00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:50.000 is if let's say XFL got thirty five, did USFL get fifteen, or 938 00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:54.440 does XFL you know, if XFL gets forty years because because again playing later, 939 00:56:55.039 --> 00:57:00.960 you know you're now if we're competing against XFL twenty twenty back law USFL 940 00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:04.679 twenty twenty two, XFL now and then USFL like you're piling on that and 941 00:57:04.719 --> 00:57:07.760 they're just there are only so many spots. So that's my thing. And 942 00:57:07.840 --> 00:57:12.000 I'm sure people will trump at USFL twenty twenty versus XL twenty twenty three. 943 00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:15.199 I don't think that's a fair comparison. Just because of you know there, 944 00:57:15.599 --> 00:57:17.400 like I just said, but any other thoughts on that before we get out, 945 00:57:19.320 --> 00:57:22.559 Yeah, you're right, I mean, there's so much competition now there 946 00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:24.239 are. This is the first time we've had two leagues that have players that 947 00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:28.760 can get signed. We've never had this before, and so I think that's 948 00:57:29.000 --> 00:57:32.599 something that I don't know, there's no really straight answer for that. The 949 00:57:32.639 --> 00:57:36.800 only thing that would ever improve that is if we had more an NFL teams 950 00:57:36.800 --> 00:57:39.880 obviously, which is very distinct possibility. We've been hearing things about that coming 951 00:57:39.920 --> 00:57:43.880 from that league and potentially players playing in Europe and all that. But as 952 00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:45.599 far as right now, I mean, yeah, it's probably gonna be less 953 00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:50.039 players than people expect because there's all that backlog, and there's all the teams, 954 00:57:50.039 --> 00:57:52.239 and there's all the players that had already been signed from last year and 955 00:57:52.239 --> 00:57:57.079 from twenty twenty in those other iterations you know, even be gosh, even 956 00:57:57.119 --> 00:58:00.679 maybe like TSL players you know that were signed as well. So with that 957 00:58:00.719 --> 00:58:04.199 in mind, it's really hard to predict it being the same exact numbers as 958 00:58:04.199 --> 00:58:06.239 it has been of the past. This is all new data for us, 959 00:58:06.239 --> 00:58:09.440 and it's all new extenuating circumstances this picture. That's why it's so tough for 960 00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:13.760 us, because the picture keeps evolving, keeps changing. It's there's a lot 961 00:58:13.760 --> 00:58:16.360 of speculation because this is all unprecedented, This is new for us. This 962 00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:20.519 is a new territory. And the words of Roddy Piper, just when you 963 00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:23.400 think you've got the answers, I changed the question so that we'll do that. 964 00:58:23.840 --> 00:58:28.679 We're gonna get out. I'm gonna get my life, my suitcases and 965 00:58:28.679 --> 00:58:31.920 stuff. I'm packed now if you are, even if you're not a hockey 966 00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:36.880 fan, Arlington, you've won the title here. Let's give goodwill to the 967 00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:39.000 cracking tonight. We have a pillow game seven. I gotta go to the 968 00:58:39.039 --> 00:58:44.400 watch party over at Climate Pledge. Big time there, big time show coming 969 00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:46.599 up this week. I just conferred with Ko Kublick, going to be coming 970 00:58:46.679 --> 00:58:51.559 on. Cole was on the sidelines. Get Cole kind of a post retrospective 971 00:58:51.559 --> 00:58:54.079 of the championship game, the XTFL season. I got Jim Mullen coming on 972 00:58:54.199 --> 00:58:59.079 as well, talking CFL and all the u sports and the SFU kind of 973 00:58:59.119 --> 00:59:01.480 all that stuff. Jim's got thoughts in the XFL, the USFL, and 974 00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:05.079 then I'm trying to work with Mike. Mike actually busy trying to get Mike 975 00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:07.280 scheduled coming on either this week next week, kind of like you know you 976 00:59:07.880 --> 00:59:12.639 l twenty twenty three in retrospective, Andy, should I should I give away 977 00:59:12.719 --> 00:59:15.239 who are big USFL guest is on the podcast? Or should I should I 978 00:59:15.239 --> 00:59:20.400 tease that out? Because you know, keep teasing. No, as much 979 00:59:20.440 --> 00:59:22.000 as I love to open my Christmas s gift early, keep teasing it. 980 00:59:22.480 --> 00:59:27.280 Okay, Well, we have a big, big special USFL guests coming up 981 00:59:27.280 --> 00:59:29.719 this week. I know we did lots of XFL talk today. I did 982 00:59:29.800 --> 00:59:32.719 not watch a second of US football this weekend. I did see the Philadelphia 983 00:59:34.079 --> 00:59:37.559 won the game with eight field goals. I don't know if that's a good 984 00:59:37.599 --> 00:59:39.519 thing or a bad thing, but they did win. They said the record 985 00:59:39.599 --> 00:59:44.079 I guess a professional football record. Yeah, eight field goals, which is 986 00:59:44.199 --> 00:59:46.360 immense. Well, it's real football, Andy, it's real football. They 987 00:59:46.400 --> 00:59:50.840 got real football records, they got to do, they got really and anything 988 00:59:50.840 --> 00:59:52.079 else from you. It was great to see Andy in person again. We 989 00:59:52.159 --> 00:59:54.320 had a lot of fun. Like I've told you, you know off, 990 00:59:54.400 --> 00:59:58.679 Mike, I appreciate all of your help everything else, obviously, Anthony, 991 00:59:58.800 --> 01:00:04.039 everyone for the live show, and Matthew and Fran and Jared hanging out everything 992 01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:06.440 else, see eything else from you before we get out of here. I 993 01:00:06.519 --> 01:00:07.679 just want to say, I mean, it was tremendous to see you and 994 01:00:07.760 --> 01:00:12.400 everybody there and also just be able to experience that community and full force. 995 01:00:13.039 --> 01:00:15.519 Being able to see it like that, that's something I just imagine I wouldn't 996 01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:20.719 be part of a few years ago and again to see it just so formed 997 01:00:20.760 --> 01:00:22.719 out and to see where it's going. You know it can improve. Can 998 01:00:22.760 --> 01:00:27.679 it be even better in the future. I really do believe it can be. 999 01:00:28.159 --> 01:00:30.320 But from where we've started and where we've gotten to at this point, 1000 01:00:30.360 --> 01:00:34.519 it was so cool to be part of that experience. I will never forget 1001 01:00:34.519 --> 01:00:37.719 it, and I just want to continue seeing more and more improvements like that 1002 01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:40.079 in the future. But yeah, I can't wait to do more of these 1003 01:00:40.119 --> 01:00:45.320 because it was so fun, and I hope this continues. There's real potential 1004 01:00:45.320 --> 01:00:49.000 in this. There really is. I think there's a place for this and 1005 01:00:49.239 --> 01:00:54.519 I will trumpet it forever until until my last breath. Yeah, Chris, 1006 01:00:54.519 --> 01:00:58.360 here at my age, we did a whole breakdown, go back, just 1007 01:00:58.440 --> 01:01:00.239 rewind the street we did the whole break down. We got everybody. Six 1008 01:01:00.280 --> 01:01:06.800 players XFL so far and probably still maybe more have come down since I've been 1009 01:01:06.800 --> 01:01:07.840 on the street, but we had six, so we started. We've been 1010 01:01:07.880 --> 01:01:10.280 here for an hour or so. There you go. They sat on the 1011 01:01:10.280 --> 01:01:15.639 pivot. The planning for twenty twenty four starts today. Thanks again everyone at 1012 01:01:15.840 --> 01:01:20.639 XFL rolling up the red carpet as always for us and Anthony and getting to 1013 01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:22.840 participate in all of that stuff. And I know that Andy would have been 1014 01:01:22.840 --> 01:01:27.679 a part of that. He was busy traveling and all that way get through 1015 01:01:27.719 --> 01:01:30.880 everything. I appreciate everyone. Check out the show Friday, and I think 1016 01:01:30.880 --> 01:01:34.079 that's it. Will How do I get the heck out of here? We 1017 01:01:34.119 --> 01:01:39.320 will see you next time. Thanks everyone,