Week 5 NFL recap with Hot Takes in Nashua

🎵 And the beat goes on, yeah, now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over, Elizabeth. Had your friends collect your records and then change your number. Hi, John's L.A., episode 9, week 5 of the NFL season. Great week in the NFL, good week in college football, and another great win for my squad. with a victory over undefeated, previously undefeated Los Altos conquistadors or conquerors, I don't know, 30-13. Physically dominated. Our defense is playing really well, smacking kids, causing turnovers. We're holding on to the ball, simple recipe, hit harder than the other team, hold on to the football, run the rock, win games. You pull away, the formula's been working all year, other than that one game I don't want to talk about. Pound them, pound them, pound them, wear them out, hit them, be more physical. End of the game, you start pulling away. 5-1 with a bye week coming up. And then we have the Brahmins of Diamond Bar with Snoop, D-O-double-G's son, forget his first name, Brodus, Bala, already committed to the team. He's been offered everywhere as a junior, great player. Playing them next week. It's funny, Diamond Bar is an Asian community. Snoop lives up in the hills of Diamond Bar, beautiful community. And all of a sudden in the last three years since Snoop's kids showed up, a bunch of athletes have shown up all of a sudden from all over the place. Kids transferring in. With a school that's like 75% Asian. Great test scores. And now they got all these athletes. All of a sudden. You got a felon who's already gone on record supporting Aaron Hernandez. It's funny, one of my buddies is a coach over there. Holier than thou Christian. And I always bring that up. He says, oh, but he's a good father. He's just a good father. Please, he's a known felon. And a drug advocate on national TV. I digress. Two weeks from now at their place in Diamond Bar. Interesting week in the NCAA season. That's a word I keep using. I've been listening to my shows. I keep using interesting. Gotta knock that shit off. Good week in NCAA football. Let's look at a couple notes before we go into the scores. Ha ha, Clinton Dix. Suspended. Evidently took a short-term loan of less than $500 from an assistant strength and conditioning coach. However, this coach had evidently had some kind of connection to an agent. He had some kind of connection to an agent. So the NCAA stepped in. And they're holier than thou sanctimony. And suspended. Ha ha, Clinton Dix. What's a guy to do in that situation? You would think there'd be some kind of loan program they could set up for the athletes. I'm not even talking about paying them. But how about a loan program? Because ha ha doesn't have time to go out and be making money. And supposedly, said Lee. His car broke down and he needed to get it fixed. So he went out and he got a loan. According to Mr. Clinton Dix, he repaid the loan. Why? Because his strength and conditioning coach has some kind of connections to an agent. Go figure. It's an NCAA violation. What if Mrs. Clinton Dix or Mrs. Dix or Mrs. Clinton didn't have the money? What's ha ha supposed to do? But he suspended indefinitely. Nicky Saban. Gotta be more prudent in who he hires in the strength and conditioning. When I interviewed with Joe, the late great Joseph Vincent Paterno for assistant strength and conditioning coach. The one thing he told me, as ironic as it seems now, is do not do anything. He says, look, he's a wired job. I knew a guy got me in. He said, look, the one thing I ask is that you don't bring any embarrassment to this program. And you play. You play by the rules. You would think Nick Saban would know who was working in his strength and conditioning. If a guy had any connections to an agent at all, a guy that's so thorough like Saban, you think he would keep him out of it. But it's not what happened. Ha ha. Boo hoo. Out indefinitely. I think he'll be back. I think they'll reinstate him. Ole Miss football plays this week. We're at a play, a production of the Laramie Project. Which evidently is a play based on the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, who was a homosexual who got beaten and killed. Evidently during this play, upwards of almost 20 players were taunting the members of the production. And screaming out anti-homosexual slurs at the players. Because of the play. And 20 of those guys, they're under investigation. You know, on things like fag. They said it was borderline hate speech and almost a riot. Unreal. Now look, I don't understand why somebody... Look, hey. I'm a school teacher, so I know I'm treading on some thin ice here. I do not care about the gays. At all. Period. Do whatever they want to do. But there are some religious folks that think it is legitimately... A sin. But why would you make a spectacle of yourself? You know you're representing the program and you go out in public. Why would you do something like that? Who cares? Especially at a play. Especially about a kid who got lynched. I think they'd be smarter than that. Evidently not. Now an old miss. Not smart enough to keep their mouth shut. Hmm. Unreal. David Pollack. Getting in trouble. A little bit. For something I completely agree with. That's the beauty of internet radio. And having, what, 15, 20 listeners? Say whatever the hell I want. I agree with him 100%. Condoleezza Wright has no business being on the college football playoff selection committee. What does Condoleezza Wright know about college football? She's a fan. And a busy woman. All Pollack said was he wanted people that live and breathe. And die. College football. Does Condi Rice really do that? Just because he had a stupid commercial saying that she got up at 3 in the morning to watch the Super Bowl in Israel? That makes her an expert on what's going on? They should put a dry erase pen in Condi's hand and tell her to drop a zone blitz. Tell her to drop the fullback trap. And then maybe Condi would have a say in what's going on. I don't know. Are the guys in the committee Barry Alvarez? Warranted. Pat Hayden? Warranted. Ollie Luck? Warranted. Arkansas AD? Clemson AD? Guys that live and breathe football? That's a PR move. You're telling me you couldn't go out and get Lou Holtz? Couldn't go out and get Bobby Bowden to be on that committee? Condi Rice? Without getting too political about getting political? Someone who's backed a couple wars under false pretenses? What? What the hell does this woman know? She's a fan. She's a fan of Stanford. Big whoop. Pollock is right 100%. Look, I don't care if it's a woman. Like I've said before, there's plenty of women who have actually played football. If their goal was to put a woman on this panel, go out and get someone who played football. Not Condi Rice. Stupid. And Pollock's getting all type of shit for it. Ridiculous. PC world. Read a good article about... About Division 3 football in general and how a lot of teams in the last decade have been dropping football to Division 1, Division 1 AA level because they're losing money. Quite the opposite in Division 3 and even non-scholarship Division 2. They're bringing in more money because more boys, male enrollment, will go up at these schools. That's why schools like Mount Ida in Massachusetts, Endicott in Massachusetts, have added football to increase male enrollment. This article was written about Hendricks College, which is in Arkansas. And in the article said if you bring in 65 to 70 players, you bring in $2 million a year in revenue. So it's good. You get chumps like myself who want to be college football players and go to these schools and they pay full tuition or need-based tuition. And the school makes money off of it. Good for them. Every Division 3 school. They have football. Not a lot of Division 3 football schools out here. There is a SCIAC, but it's only one conference. I think... I don't see the downside of a school having football. Long Beach State, which I touched upon last week. Why would a school like that not bring back football? I see nothing but positives. But then again, I'm a football guy. Bobby Stoops calling out SEC defenses, which have given out a lot of points this year. Quote, Funny how people can't play defense. When they have a pro-style QB over there. Because I guess in the Big 12, they're always facing pro-style QBs, I guess. I don't know why Stoops would even bother messing with the SEC. Although the SEC is pompous. Although, hey, they're backing it up. They're winning every year. Winning national titles. Games around. Florida State. And Jameis Winston. What a player. Yeah, freshman. 63, Maryland 0. Tied for the largest margin of victory over a ranked team since the AP began polling in 1936. Two things. One, Florida State is real. Maryland's a joke. And their helmets are a joke. They always go with this flavor of the week. Trying to incorporate the state flag in every freaking helmet that they put up. I don't get it. It's all ugly. Nick O'Leary, grandson of Jack Nicklaus. Scoring a touchdown. Tight end. If you haven't had a chance to look it up on YouTube, it's amazing. He was in a motorcycle accident last summer. And it's amazing that he walked away from it. His bike was completely decimated. A lady pulled out in front of him. He was going 80. Almost killed him. Walked away. Catching touchdown passes. The Lundquist game. The Vern Lundquist game. SEC matchup. Georgia 34, Tennessee 31. Great game. Butch Jones before the game. Propaganda. Typical coaching propaganda. Talking about the Lundquist. Talking about the Lundquist. Talking about the Lundquist. Talking about the Lundquist. Talking about the Lundquist. Talking about the Lundquist. Talking about his maxims from winning. He's having the kids recite all these maxims for winning. Teams that make the fewest mistakes win. He was number one. Opening kickoff. Two personal fouls. A throat slash. And the guy who made the tackle slapped the ball carrier in the face. They pulled that one up at least through kickoff. Coaches are so full of shit. Like preachers. They just start running their mouths. And they think this stuff is going to... You know. Turn them around. Bring them to Jesus. And at the end of the game, they had another personal foul. And they actually should have won the game. An OT. Couldn't reach for the goal line. Dropped the ball before the goal line. Went through the back of the end zone. Touchback. Georgia's ball. 34-31. Good for the Bulldogs. I think they're going to be in the fact that I think they have a real shot at the national championship at the end of the year. Minnesota, Michigan. Jerry Kill with his fifth. Head coach of Minnesota with his fifth seizure since 2012. 2011 before the game. Got to hand it up, Jerry. Can't be holding your team in limbo like that. I'm sure he's a nice guy. Can't be holding the team up like that. Got to get rid of him. Got to go, Jerry. Stanford, 31. Washington, 28. Great game. Bishop Sankey running back for Washington. Cool story. His grandfather, who is blind for about five, six years, ended up getting a cornea transplant at UCLA. And it was the first game. He could actually watch his grandson play in college. A feel-good story. Good game. Had a chance to win it at the end. Washington's a good program. Stanford's that much better. Speaking of programs on the downslide. Texas. Bailey beat Iowa State. Mack Brown, dead man walking. Should have lost. Fumbled at the goal line. Called back for some reason. I don't know why. He's bad. He's not officiating. Didn't see the call. Iowa State should have won the game. Texas ended up winning it. In the Musburger game, Ohio State ends up covering over Northwestern. Last play of the game, a little hook and ladder. Tried in desperation. Ball kicks around. Ends up, Ohio State jumps on it. And Musburger impractically creams himself because Ohio State covers. Probably had money on the game. Last game I'm going to talk about. Baylor. Baylor. 673. West Virginia 42. Baylor had 69 points in each of the last four games and 70 in the last three. I got to watch these guys play. Whatever they're doing, it's working. Lachey Seachunk. 172. Two touchdowns. Russian. Shaq Linwood. 129. 1 TD. If you haven't a chance to see the Key and Peele, which is the best sketch comedy show I've ever seen because they very rarely miss Key and Peele on Comedy Central. They do a sketch. This past week they didn't win. They won about like a Super Bowl shuffle in East-West game. Guys with great names. Octavius Tingleberry. Same type of names. Lachey Seachunk. Shaq Linwood. All right. Before we go into the NFL, I'm making a phone call here. Segment we call Hot Takes in Nashua. To my boy, Slush Fredette. Out in Nashua, New Hampshire. Has some hot takes on the Patriots. And the rest of the NFL before we get into the NFL. Let's see if we can dial them up. While we're waiting, I'll talk Heisman Trophy. Marcus Mariota. It'd be interesting if Marcus Mariota can end up with Chipper. Player. Taj Boyd. Teddy Bridgewater. Teddy Bridgewater. Aaron Murray. Jameis Winston. Johnny Football had the week off. All these guys. I think next year is going to be a high watermark in college football. Quarterbacks coming out. Looking forward to it. There's five or six guys that could be difference makers. There we go. Slush, how you doing? Very well, coach. How about yourself? Good. Live on the air. Looking for some hot takes in Nashua. I'm going to be on the air. First time, long time. I'm thrilled to be on. Obviously, you watch the Patriots today. What did you think? Yeah, Patriots are a huge disappointment. I mean, we knew we weren't going to go undefeated. So, we're going to take some losses. And we got to take one this week. I'm pretty scared, man. I mean, I think we could even lose the division maybe this year. To who? Miami. You think so? Miami dropped another one. They're starting to come back down to earth. Well, it's a threat, though. It's a threat. It never used to be there. So, I think when we play real good defenses, I don't know what Atlanta's problem is. They got no heart. No fucking heart over there. So, I think when we play real teams, you're going to see us having trouble scoring points. I'm nervous about New Orleans. I think New Orleans is going to blow them out. Yeah, I think New Orleans is probably going to go to the Super Bowl for the NFC. That's what you're looking for. Denver and New Orleans. I think it's probably the way it's going to go down. That's my early take on that. Yeah, yeah. It's very possible. I can't see anybody stopping New Orleans. Even Seattle, who looked very average. Today. Yeah, I mean, actually, that's one of the games I actually took picked right. So, I think Indy's got the skills to beat anyone if they just put it together. I do, too. Pat, no weapons. When is Gronkowski coming back? Well, my concern about Gronk is what are we going to get back when we get him? You know, I mean, if he's not ready to go, if he's emotionally not ready to lower his head, are we going to get Gronk back? Amendola came back. We thought he was going to be the answer, and he dropped some balls to that. So, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I think it's pretty tough. I just think it's a travesty what they did to Brady, man. I know. I mean, they just plucked all the weapons right out, and they're asking him to do it himself, and I think it's pretty clear to see he's even declined a little bit. That arm's starting to get rubbery. So, to kind of take a guy like that and not to pop him up with some serious weapons around him, that's pretty disappointing. I think Kraft fucked him. Compare the weapons that Denver has. Now, not to take it away from Blayton, but compare the weapons that Denver has to what the Patriots have. It's like Fossey-JV. Yeah, it's an embarrassment of riches. And really, the one that obviously stands out is Welker. I mean, I can't. Every time I see it, we have a third down, even if it's a third and short, third and two, third and four. When it wasn't working before and we needed to jumpstart it, we would get it to Welker. He was what would jumpstart it. We tried a little experiment, and they tried phasing him out for Edelman early last year, and it didn't work, and they're like, oh, fuck. Get back in and save us. And so why they thought they'd just be able to replace that, you know, I don't know, but it's not working. I thought today was very telling. An example where Amendola made that catch at the goal line. I think Welker rolls in the end zone and scores the fucking touchdown, where Amendola gets stuck at the half inch. Yeah, I mean, we have one of those wins on the season is due to him just putting us on his back and carrying us, and then Edelman carried us for another one of the wins. I mean, there's only so many games those guys are going to be able to do that, and Amendola's apparently made out of fucking chewing gum and chicken wire, so who knows? I don't know. I don't know how long he's going to hold together. I heard that the rain... I don't know. I just think it's tough, tough season. I heard that he caught pneumonia in the rain today. He's going to go back on the IR. No, is that real? Come on. Yeah. I tell you what's not real. I was high on Cincinnati all year, but you know what? I like... What the hell happened to Blount? He was effective in the first half, and then they went away for him. We were freaking bold then. Yeah, that fumble killed us. That fumble killed us, too. I don't know. Cincinnati... I don't know. Cincinnati, their defense is good, but they're not going anywhere. Dalton is not the... You know, they're only going to go as far as he takes them, and I don't think he's taking them anywhere extra special. I don't think the Red Rocket got in on them. Yeah. Serviceable guy, better than a lot of teams would probably be lucky to have him, but, you know, getting them past the first round of the playoffs, I don't see that. Yeah, I don't see the Red Rocket taking them anywhere. It's amazing, though, that the Pats couldn't even put up a freaking touchdown today. No. You know, the night... No, it doesn't... It doesn't... It's not amazing. I mean, it really doesn't amaze me. I think the weather kind of conspired against us, too, a little bit at the end, but... Wasn't that something? I mean, at the very... You know, the defense has improved. I will give it that. The defense is much improved. Aqib Tlaib. Baller. Aqib Tlaib. Will Fork's going to be a loss, though. As soon as... You know, he was gone, and then we lost Kelly. I don't know the nature of his injury yet, but they just ran up the middle, and it started working. Oh, no doubt about it. I mean, they... They got two stiff white boys in there. They played Chandler Jones, man. I don't know about him, too. Everybody's so hyped about him. He seems like he's on and off. It seems like he doesn't bring in every play. He's not an elite pass rusher, as far as I can tell. He might be a good football player, but he's not an elite pass rusher, and that's what we really desperately needed. Did Ninkovic play today? I think so. I don't know why he wouldn't have, although you're right. I didn't really notice him much, and he's... I'd say he's probably our biggest playmaker. Tlaib's starting to step it up, definitely, but... Speaking of playmakers, have you been watching Darius Butler? Patriots had him. That guy is freaking tearing it up for Indy. He had a good game. He's had a great season. I know, but he's had problems in that town, too. He was Darius Butler. He played well for us right up until his confidence got destroyed. Who was the name of the guy from the Jets? The Dougie in his face. He's never been the same there. I don't know. I don't know why they can't solve it on the back end, although Tlaib and Dennett... Although Dennett really... I don't know. It seemed like he didn't really make plays today. Maybe they went away from him. Yeah, Dennett's been like six years, isn't he? So that might not even be the long-term answer either. No, I don't think it's that much. I think he's going to get out of it. I don't like the... I don't like... I don't like freaking Josh McDaniels, even though they broke all types of records last year. Mitch Berger, who was a punter in Denver, came out this week and said he felt like he was playing for an equipment manager. They had no... He had no respect. Evidently, he had no stroke in Denver. Evidently, they ran him out. They couldn't stand him. Yeah. I don't think that's the problem. I mean, we're doing with what we have. We're going to have to run the ball for the play action to be there to give us a chance. And if the running's struggling or they're kind of getting wise to the play action, then I don't think we have the guys that just can just beat people one-on-one. Maybe they can even beat people one-on-one, but they seem like they struggle catching it. Brady seems like he's not delivering it on point like he used to, at least not consistently. So I think there's some serious struggles there. And I don't know. Offensively, it may be... You know, like... Like you said, a team like New Orleans, I think we're probably going to get just exposed. And Denver as well. When Denver's coming up too, right? Oh, man. It'd be the... Yeah, the second half of the season. I mean, that's why our record was kind of a little fraudulent. I mean, obviously, you're getting the win, but the one in Atlanta I really liked. That one was, I'd say, valid. But, you know, the Jets, Buffalo, come on. What are we really talking about here? Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I see them 10-6, sneaking in the playoffs, but it's a shame. It's not making waves once we get there, though. It's a freaking travesty. It's a travesty what they've done to Tom. The one time they went out and got him a freaking legitimate Hall of Fame caliber receiver. Now, I know it's not that easy to do. He went out and what? Broke the record for most touchdown passes in a season? You know? You look at teams like San Fran. You look at teams like Denver. Even Baltimore. You look at it and say, why can't we get any, you know, fucking Julian Edelman's my height. You know? I mean, these guys are freaking not, you know, they're the hand-arounders. And this is what they're going to surround them with? It's a shame. Billy Belichick got lucky. They lead because it's ownership. They get cheap, man. They lead the league in rookies and undrafted free agents. Those are the two cheapest labor you can get. They got like 14 of them. There was opportunities there. There was Anquan Boldin. There was guys they could have, you know, really gone after. And they just didn't do it. Man, I mean, that's, and then they, you know, they parted ways with Welk over $2 million. I mean, it doesn't really show much appreciation to Brady. It's fucking him for the rest of his time there. So I don't even know. You know, it's not even like we drafted high. It's not even like we went way up to get him a weapon. You know? Brock's injured. Of course, they weren't, they didn't know that this, he couldn't, you know, see the future that Hernandez was a complete sociopath. But nonetheless, they're cutting things pretty thin. So they're getting what they pay for. I mean, that's what it is. Even with Hernandez, he can never stay healthy. Hernandez never stayed healthy anyway. You know, he was always freaking. He was a playmaker, though. Oh, no doubt. He was a playmaker. No doubt. And look, we're sitting here bickering. They broke all types of records last year offensively. Yep. And these things are going to happen. But. It would have been nice, though, to keep some of that intact and have this defense come along. You know, it wasn't like they could ever have either or. It wasn't like they had to spend all one side or spend the other side. You know, they just really cheaped everything out. And they're buying off the bottom shelf, and it tastes like shit. How about Brandon Lloyd freaking going out and making B-horror movies with one of the Baldwin brothers? He doesn't want to play. I don't know much about it. But I don't think he was Brady's favorite. He even annoyed me. He was so quick to go to the ground. I mean, Jesus. But he made plays. Well, I mean, he did make some plays. I was surprised when I saw where they were showing all the weapons that he lost, just how many catches he did have. I mean, I guess he was a factor. People had to worry about him, but. You know what the Patriots need to do? They need to go into some more read option. Oh. Oh, coach. It's one of my hot funds. You know, I have to say on this is I feel like the conventional wisdom for the NFL has proven itself to be right. I mean, it's never going to be fashionable for you to take your most expensive player and have him take all the hits. And with a little bit of coaching, these guys are faster and are more disciplined, and it's already starting to drop off. I think the defense is watching film, and it's already starting to curtail it. I think you're... We got the right personnel. You know, it'll work for you. They were doing it in Atlanta with Warwick Dunn. I mean, and Vic. So if it's the right personnel, it can be effective. But I just think... I just don't think it's going to revolutionize. I don't think it's going to change everything. No, you're right. You're right. And your first point was the more valid one. You know, with a 53-man roster, and you're putting all your money into the quarterback, you're not going to go out there and run them to the Wolves. You know, they're going to get them. Did you see Russell Wilson, right? The last player of the game, man. He got crushed. Yeah. He got crushed. And you knew. You just knew. You had to either play him or, you know, he was going to toss it up. So... Yeah, I don't... I just think... You know, I just think, obviously, the mobile quarterback can be a weapon. And I will say a positive coming from this. Have you noticed this year? I think this, and because they settled that lawsuit, man, they're letting the quarterbacks get hit again. I haven't seen one quarterback penalty yet. I feel like they're even letting DBs interfere a little bit more, too. I'm really liking the brand that I'm seeing. Well, Tommy got one in the little hand of the face today. He got a big... I thought that was going to really turn. But, yeah, I understand what you're saying. Actually, supposedly, what I read, there's a call on less defensive penalties this year than they called last year. Which is, you know, is an interesting fact. But this... And I think that, I mean, I think that, you know, if the weapon, if they're going to be that big of a weapon, if the run threat can happen at any time, then you have to let people neutralize that weapon. You can't just say, oh, you can't hit him at all. But he can still scramble and take off and run. I mean, they're going to have to open it up somewhat. So... I feel like... I can see a difference in that. Yeah, Brady got one. But one, it was the hand to the head. And two, it's Tom Brady. Golden Boy's going to get that. You know, he's going to get his forehead touched. And he still has undisputed most handsome quarterback in football. After the game, you see him looking dapper. Looked like a Russian hitman with his turtleneck and his freaking... His touchdown streak might fall, but that title is never going to fall. It'll go down in the record books. Hey, good talking to you. Thanks for the hot takes in Nashua. Everything all right? All right, coach. Yeah, it's great. Love the show. Good, thanks. Thanks for calling. I'll talk to you soon. Take care. Later. Back in the NFL. Some other notes. Newsworthy notes. Watching pregame. Pregame just drives me up a freaking wall. Hey, ESPN. This is freaking necessary evil of ESPN. Pregame show. Peter. Berg. Some freaking director. Talking about each game as it's a movie script. He's the director of Battleship and Hancock. And the movie adaptation of Friday Night Lights. What the hell does this guy know about football? And then ESPN bust out the jugs machine. Yeah, we get it. We get it. Chris Cotter and Keyshawn Johnson can catch balls one-handed. Wow. How many weeks in a row they're going to freaking shove that down our throat? And then, hey, look. I know I sound like a curmudgeon. I know I sound like a hater, but I'm freaking good at it. So this is what I'm going to do. It's the whole Steve Gleason thing. Poor bastard has Lou Gehrig's disease, which is the most terrible thing. Chris Conley. I don't know what his football credentials are. But Chris Conley naderating Steve Gleason interviewing Pearl Jam. And I'm a Pearl Jam fan. Shit. Class of 94 guy. I'm a Pearl Jam fan. I'm a Pearl Jam fan. Black was my prom song. Song Black by Pearl Jam. I'm a big Pearl Jam fan. But you got Steve Gleason on there interviewing Eddie Vedder, asking Eddie Vedder about his father. And Eddie Vedder starts crying. What the hell does that have to do with the NFL? What the hell does that have to do with football? However, Pearl Jam. What's the key link? Promoting a new album. As soon as the interview was over. Disney probably owns a freaking record label. Soon as the interview's over, they're promoting Pearl Jam's new album, Lightning Bolt. Makes me sick. It's all about money. Speaking of which, segue. More hating. The freaking pink stuff is driving me up a wall, and it's only week one. Are you kidding me? If you read the literature on it, the money that the NFL actually puts back into, they put it all into the American Cancer Society, which a lot of people say is a shell, which is a scam. The amount of money the NFL actually puts into this, you know, American Cancer Society, is like exponentially negative numbers compared to what their total revenue is. It's a marketing scheme. They're trying to appeal to women. How many people don't know what breast cancer is in the year 2013? How many people don't recognize that breast cancer is a really real thing in 2013? Do we really need every freaking guy with pink towels? Do we need pink flags from the referees? Do we need Indiana University wearing pink uniforms? Give me a freaking break. A little ribbon here and there, fine. Shit, last month, September, was childhood cancer awareness, which is gold, evidently. And I didn't see one damn gold thing anywhere other than a couple gold teeth on Alabama. You know what childhood cancer is not important? The awareness. If you really want to get angry, well, because I like to. Again, I'm good at it. Watch the documentary on Netflix, Pink Ribbons Incorporated. It's a money-making scam. You know who makes money off it? Under Armour, Nike, Rydell, whoever it is making these uniforms, because a whole month, the NFL, they're just selling nothing but pink shit. And it's similar to the Red Sox with the pink hats. It's a marketing scheme towards women. You know what it is? They came up with it a few years ago because they came up with Thursday night football. They needed a way to suck up to women so the guys can watch Thursday night football again and make it all right, because they've already taken Sunday, they've already taken Monday night, and then they went out, the Thursday night, and they got it, so they needed a concession. They needed to sell pink shit so women would soften the blow. Pink flags? And then you got the towels, the pink towels that the receivers are wearing, so those towels fall off, and the announcers think, oh, it's a flag in the play. Oh, no. Just a towel. Pink towel. Amazing. I know it seems petty, and you can say, oh, you don't care about cancer? Of course I do. But my high school team, all the kids are wearing pink. Oh, I'm watching a football game. I didn't know there was this thing that was breast cancer. Money-making scam. I digress. Let's dive into the games a little bit before we go headfirst into the twit bag. Here's a good stat. Most regular season wins from a franchise from 1970, the merger, to present day. So regular season, wins, wins, wins. Super Bowl titles, obviously great. It's the goal. But over time, you got to look at the wins. Number one, Pittsburgh Steelers. Number two, the Dolphins. Second most winningest franchise in the history of the NFL since the merger. Three, goddamn Cowboys. Four, goddamned Broncos. Five, San Francisco 49ers. Six, Minnesota. Four, San Francisco 49ers. Segway. Cowboys and Broncos, three and four on the list. Great game today. You know, it's a rare time where I'm actually pulling for the Cowboys. I actually wanted the Cowboys to win this game. Only because I don't want Denver to go 16-0, which I think they're very capable of doing at this point. Denver 51, Dallas 48. As we touched upon earlier, Denver's just got too many weapons. And they got the biggest one of them all. They got the nuclear missile, Peyton Manning. Rushing for a touchdown today. It's his first rushing touchdown in five years. Amazing. Tony Romo. A lot of Romo haters out there. But he's a good quarterback. And I think Dez Bryant is the best receiver in football right now. Denver 51, Dallas 48. Huge pick by Romo at the end of the game. Denver kicks the field. Well, my Pats played Denver, what, two weeks, three weeks? I'm just hoping they don't blow them out. Second most interesting game to me, there's that word again. Indy 34, Seattle 28. Good. Good for Indy. I've, you know what? I like Indy luck. I respect Indy. Chuck Pagano. I respect the hell out of Jim Irsay. I got, I got a guy, a legitimate wacko. I don't know if you've been following him, but he tweeted out a picture this week with a blue Mohawk. And he looks like he's three sheets to the wind saying, uh, go cold. So whatever it was, you look like he's freaking out of it. You know, he's actually really good friends with Hunter S Thompson. I guess they used to have late night conversations. So, you know, Jimmy Irsay is doing a little bit more than just sipping water up in that press box. He's actually a walker. He's a walk on linebacker at SMU back in the day, back in SMU was, was for real before they got the death penalty. So I like Jimmy Irsay, especially after the guy, you know, Peyton's gone. You know, Indy doesn't offend me. Indy 34, Seattle 28. Seattle comes out in their pink and neon green uniforms. Where they are trying to appeal to a 13 year old girls from the 1980s. Pink and neon green. Yeah. Richardson looking very average 18 carries 56 yards. I think Cleveland's going to end up looking really good on that trade. But again, I think Richardson has something to bring to the Indianapolis team. And old Andy luck is, is a rare talent. Indy's going to be there. Indy can play with anyone. Philly 36 giants, 21. Look for a while there that Philly just needed to, uh, field goal, kicking garbage, picking Philadelphia phenomenon and Tony Danza, because all they're doing is kicking field goals. Mikey Vic pulled hamstring out. In comes Nick Foles comes in, leads the team to two touchdowns. Very efficient. Could run the ball. Have we seen the end of Michael Vic? Tell you if Chipper could ever find a way to pull in Marcus Mariota. Or dare I say Johnny football or any of the aforementioned guys that I talked about, as a, a Heisman candidate. So I think there's several of them are going to be really good quarterbacks in the NFL. I think Philly will be for real. I'll tell you who's not for real is a New York damn giants. Oh, and five. Feel bad for my boy, Ryan Rota, assistant coach for the giants. First year as assistant. This is the worst they've been in 20 some odd years, but I still love the Eli face. When you watch that game mix, you don't listen to it. And you just look up in the corner of your eye and see Eli face. It's worth it. Hope the giants go in 16. However, if they go on 16, who are they going to get clowning? I bring you back to the NCAA. How about clowny? Evidently, he just sat out today on his own volition, which makes you think, you know, this is an example. This is a really good example of why the NCAA, there needs to be some kind of minor league, I guess, because clowny, really, when you think about it, should have just sat out this season. Screw it. What do you ask? What does he have to prove? His stock could only go down. Could it get injured? Everybody's nitpicking and he hasn't been, you know, that great. I guess. I don't know if you just cherry picking stats. I haven't watched him play a ton. I'm sure he's still disruptive for us. I'm sure he's going to be a baller in the NFL, but she just sat out. I'm sure he's going to be a baller in the NFL. He's going to be a baller in the NFL. pick a page from the Brandon Jennings model in the NBA, went over to Europe. What's the alternative? What's he going to do, play in the UFL? I don't even know if the UFL still has a league. I don't know. I have no idea how a competitive football league cannot pop up in the middle of February, be in warm weather states only, 8 to 12 teams, call yourself some kind of minor league. They tried it in the NFL Europe, didn't work. But it would work. 8 to 12 teams with direct affiliation to NFL franchises. So guys like Clowney don't have to go into college football. With someone, you know, some backup tailback's going to take a shot at his knees. Which brings me to the point where I don't think people like football as much as they say they do. Because why is the UFL fold? Why? Because they're advancing the XFL fold. Nobody went to games. People like the tribalism more. They like belonging. They like pulling for their city, I think, more than the actual game. That's why if you watch exhibition games, after halftime, the stands are empty. People don't like really watching football, I don't think. Not everybody, anyways. Not the pink hats, not the pink ribbon wears. Jacksonville, spent too much time on Jacksonville in this program. 20 St. Louis. 34, a toilet bowl. Gabbert left with a hamstring injury. Just do something. Get innovative. Make it freaking entertaining in Jacksonville. Bottom out. Run some shit that nobody's ever seen. Screw it. Put Denard Robinson in. Do something. Why are you just going to line up there and just get rolled every week? You get rolled by St. Louis, you know you're in trouble. Miami coming back down to earth. Baltimore 27. Miami 23. Miami can't run the football. La Ma Milla, seven rushes, 15 yards. New Orleans, talked about it earlier. Looking for real. 26. Chicago 18. That Jimmy Grand, Drew Brees combination. Lethal. Lethal. Scary. What else? What else we got of note? Anything? Green Bay 22, Detroit 9. What is this? 1995. 1995. I was expecting a high scoring game. Nothing there. Could you please end this discount double check madness? The only good thing from it is, Norm from Cheers, George Wendt is getting a paycheck from this bull. These commercials are ridiculous. I don't even know what they're advertising. All I know is I don't like it. I'm sick of it. Like I'm sick of that commercial that Googles how to ask a girl on a date. Good luck with that point, Dexter. That's all the games. Kansas City, 26. Tennessee, 17. Chris Johnson, who have my fantasy team. Last two games, 25 carries, 38 yards. Has there ever been a guy who just fell off? As quickly as Chris Johnson? Just so up and down. Gotta be something wrong with him. Andy Reid, the Kool-Aid Man. Five and 0. Gotta give it to him. Still... Later... Later... Later... Later... Later... You know, they're legit I think they have a really good chance of taking one from Denver Because they have such a great defense If not I don't know Denver's schedule the rest of the way But they have legitimate chance of going 16-0 Which actually would be good Because when the Patriots win 16-0 I was nervous Because a lot of averages say you're going to lose a game NFL's too talented The pro-late spheroid bounces too funny So it's actually, I think, beneficial to drop a game or two Because of the odds It's like a study I read About the NFL draft Some study was claiming Is claiming that It's all about getting multiple picks It's all about trading down the draft Which is one thing Billy Belichick has done Some professor at the Wharton School of Business Which is at University of Pennsylvania Says that 95-100% The team differences equal chance in the draft I don't know I can't follow this poindexter shit But teams overvalue Higher draft picks Because they overvalue their own judgment That's a conclusion And there is overwhelming evidence That a team would do better in the draft By trading down accumulating picks Similar to the lottery So like a state lottery You're better off just getting more picks Than you are with numbers that you like I don't know Here's a stat It says trading down In the draft You gain an average of Five and a half man stats per season With statistically the same amount of Pro Bowl appearances If you trade down I don't know The geeks have taken control The nerds The number crunchers have taken control of football They come All types of logarithms and shit But I don't think those Math stats hold up When you get punched in the mouth Like my boy Mike Tyson said Everybody get a game plan Until you get punched in the mouth You know when that crowd is beating down on you Making calls They say all this stuff Oh you're better off going for it here And you know You're better off going for two You're not the one pulling the trigger You can make those comments Sitting behind your laptop Eating Domino's pizza At nine o'clock on a Sunday night But you're not the one pulling the trigger But at three o'clock on a Sunday afternoon With 75,000 people Going crazy The temptation to play it safe Is huge It's very real And a lot of times I think it's right You know Because look I number crunched for a team When I was assistant at The College of the Holy Cross And we number crunched And we number crunched And we number crunched But what if the opposing team just Breaks tendency They decide that they're gonna do something else It doesn't account for that Other 10% The game is funny Too much There's so much variance in chance Which In real lingo is dumbass luck That happens in football games That you can't account for that You can say all you want With probabilities and numbers But you just can't account for What happens in football games I'm telling you Over time your best teams win But this is not Baseball It's a 16 game season It's not 162 games Over 162 games Yeah the stats will play themselves out But in 16 games The margin for error is so much smaller Basketball 82 games 16 weeks Once a week Funny shit happens All the time So get out of with the number shit Billy Bonwells And all them Nate Silvers Crunch those numbers So you can't account for that Football Outsiders I bought that Football Outsiders book I need a translator to read it And I'm a football guy I'd defy to sit down with any of those Football Outsider guys And actually talk football Talk scheme But it's number crunches and all this bullshit They're not considering the one on one matchups They're not considering who's lining up against who Yeah over time you can get tendencies But if there's a D tackle That kicks the shit out of an offensive guard If your first guard went down And you got a backup guy Who cannot block the D tackle Throw that shit out the window It means nothing It's such a fluid situation So the number crunches Sell to someone else I would love Next time I coach a football job I get I would love to get one of those Football Outsiders And have him as a consultant And then just have him shrug When something goes wrong When you try to pooch kick Ugh Pooch kick It drives me up a wall too Teams do it all the time And they pay for it Kick the freaking thing deep Get the kick of the kick in the end zone We did it this week As a miscommunication The kicker thought he was supposed to pooch kick it At the end of the half We kicked it up Our kid ran under it Not knowing the rule That in high school anyway The receiving team has to be able to touch the ball first Before it hits the ground If it doesn't hit the ground And we touch it first It's their ball It's their ball It's like a 15 yard penalty Touching it first They get the ball They go down They kick a field goal at the end of the half Forget the pooch kick Kick it deep Get a good kickoff coverage team Let the chips fall They may Especially in the pros Only time you should do it Is if you're up a couple scores If you're up one score Bad strategy That's probably Football Outsiders Probably say the same thing If I can read it Alright Before I leave Let me dive into the twit bag Several questions this week First one At MJ Chandler It says All this talk about NFL to London What the hell ever happened to the NFL coming to Toronto? Good question Evidently Parliament in Canada Has really put a Put the kibosh to this They've actually sat and Talked about this And they don't want The NFL to come in And infringe on the CFL Even though Toronto is the Fourth Most populous City In North America It's actually more south Than Green Bay, Minnesota And Seattle Actually closer to You know I don't know United States Closer to Washington D.C. Than any of those Affirmative Mentioned cities But The people of Canada Don't want to Run it So the more appropriate Question is Obviously Why can't we get a team in L.A.? I've beaten this Beat this drum before And I will continue to beat it It is one of my Goals in this show I want to get some people on here Talk about Legitimately Getting a team in Los Angeles Birthplace of the Super Bowl And they just freeze out L.A. From everything And the Super Bowl as well I saw that Mark Davis With his dumb and dumber haircut Was looking at putting a team in Concord Concord fucking California When Los Angeles doesn't have a team Mark Davis has got that same Gym bus look about him That I never worked a day in my life Children You know Child of Riches Look about him Dumbest haircut I've ever seen And I'm in L.A. I'm in L.A. I'm a L.A. fan I don't think Mark's got the old man's mojo Speaking of Super Bowl Second question At Sir Diesel Can we Well I guess we can forget about A Jets giant Super Bowl You like the New York Super Bowl And February idea in general? Yeah You know As much as I'm a Red Sox fan And a Bostonian You have to You know There's animosity there New York City is a city Is the greatest city in the world So I see nothing wrong With bringing the Super Bowl To New York City So what? It's cold I'm sure they have plenty of ways To warm it up I'm sure the NFL can find ways To warm it up Last question So yes I like the Super Bowl in New York Last question Had Kelly two putts Are the Broncos going to cover The largest point spread ever? 28 First Jacksonville Absolutely I think so I can't say I can't see Jacksonville Jacksonville coming within 35 I hate to say lock I'm not a great gambler But I think that's a lock Just like I thought Alabama Was a lock not to cover Versus Georgia State 55 is too much 28 is not too much Not what Denver is putting down Last thing before I go NFL is so keen on their image They're so high and muddy With their wholesome image What a day Damn shame We're going through this Without getting too political We're going through this Government shutdown right now And one of the things that Was taken away In the government shutdown Was the Armed Forces Network Armed Forces Sports Network All channels are off the air Except the Armed Forces News So the NFL And their infinite wisdom And their Image of Wholesomeness And always trying to do The right thing You would think That Uggadal Would find a way To get the games to the troops That are trying to watch NFL games I would think That the troops Circle Sundays As a day of camaraderie As a day To get their minds off Being where they are To actually get some Kind of link to home When they do talk to their parents I know that one of the key things I have with my parents I live 3,000 miles away From my parents The Red Sox Talked to my old man today For about 20 minutes About the Red Sox And the Patriots But the government shutdown Is going to shut that out Which is a whole different story Why can't the NFL Step up and do something? Or DirecTV Or one of these guys One of these multi-million Billion dollar corporations But no They're going to let the Troops sit in Afghanistan And pick scorpions Out of their boots And not be able to watch The one thing That reminds them of home The one thing That can get their mind off For four hours Of the situation that they're in Disgraceful On all fronts Without getting too political Alright That's it Not to leave you on a chip Another one of these days Out Hey I'll be back next week Follow us on Twitter Hard Yards LA Subscribe to iTunes You guessed it Hard Yards LA And Gmail Once again Hard Yards Underscore LA At Gmail Dot com I'm the coach I will see you Next week