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Alabama's dynasty isn't dead, but NIL and depth issues have made them beatable

I don't think it's dead... but what I do think has happened, I blame Kirby Smart for a lot of it. Kirby Smart's been at Georgia now since 2016 and every year he's been there, he's sheared off a few guys that would've signed with Alabama... If you sign 20 of those guys a year instead of 25... your depth suffers.

Brian Harsin will not be the coach at Auburn in 2023

Clearly he will not be the coach at Auburn in 2023. The, the problem for Harsin... his first year at Auburn, they looked at his recruiting and they're like, Did you go after anybody that Nick Saban and Kirby Smart wanted? ... And the answer was no.

Matt Rhule will do TV for a year and then get another big college job

My guess is he does TV and then waits this cycle out and, and sees what's available next cycle... he'll be beloved on tv. Unlike most head coaches at that level, he can have a normal human conversation.

Clemson at 16-1 to win the national championship is a great value bet

I was like, take Clemson 16 to one to win the national championship. They're not gonna win it. But at that number you, they're gonna get there... their defensive line is nasty enough actually that if they get in the playoff, they might be able to beat somebody.

The maximum chaos scenario for the College Football Playoff is four SEC teams (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Ole Miss) making the field

I'm just saying, people are asking: could Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Ole Miss be the playoff? [If] Tennessee and Georgia play an absolute classic... Alabama goes to Atlanta to face undefeated Georgia, beats them close... someone knocks off TCU, Clemson loses... It's all coming together for the SEC.

Lance Leipold is the favorite for the Nebraska head coaching job

I think Lance Leipold would be your favorite. He's the Kansas coach and did a great job... he has, Kansas was a bigger dumpster fire when he got there than Nebraska is now. And that's saying something. He understands the lay of the land very well.

If Harambe were still alive, he would record at least seven sacks a game in the NFL

You gotta take Harambe, right? I mean the strength to weight ratio is just way higher than humans. That's, I mean that's a easy seven sacks a game I'm sure.

I will become a Colts fan in the AFC if Jim Irsay forces Dan Snyder to sell

I will become a Colts fan in the AFC if Jim Irsay does this [gets Dan Snyder out]. And I think he's going to, because you've never heard an owner say anything like this before.

The Green Bay Packers are officially broken

I don't want to get excited but I think the Packers are officially broken. There's two games, the Giants and Jets, where they are a touchdown favorite in both and it just doesn't, like Aaron Rodgers doesn't lose these type of games at home.

The Commanders will cover the spread against the Packers in Week 7

I'm already declaring coms [Commanders] against the spread this week no matter what [against the Packers]. ... Taylor Heinicke, if there's one thing that he does is he comes off the bench and he plays electric games and sometimes steals ones. ... I'm all in on the coms.

Brian Daboll is the runaway NFL Coach of the Year

Brian Daboll is far and away the coach of the year through six weeks... down 20 to 10 in the fourth quarter they do one of their patented like 75 yard drives where they eat some clock, get a big turnover. And the New York Giants, like they're Brian Daboll is making a good team out of just a not great roster.

Brian Daboll is the best coach in the NFL and Daniel Jones is playing "pretty good"

I think [Brian Daboll] is the best coach in the NFL right now. I think without a doubt he's coach of the year. ... Daniel Jones, I owe you an apology young man. I wasn't really familiar with your game. Daniel Jones is playing pretty good right now. ... under [Daboll], this team has become like sneakily fun to watch and good.

Something is fundamentally broken with the Buccaneers' offense

I think the bucks might be bad. ... something's broken. And I know it's kind of similar to the Packers conversation... but it does, it feels like he's [Tom Brady] more frustrated than he's ever been and they're, and his team is more broken than they've ever been.

The Atlanta Falcons will win the NFC South

I'm actually thinking about putting a future on the Falcons to win that division. I think the Falcons are definitely good.

Bailey Zappe should remain the Patriots starter even if Mac Jones is healthy

Bailey Zappe is very fun to watch... unless Bailey Zappe puts up an absolute stinker next week, I would be surprised if they take him out to starter.

Cliff Kingsbury will be the fall guy for Kyler Murray's struggles because of Murray's massive contract

Kyler is our guy and the only way to change if things don't go well with Kyler before you admit to everyone it's Kyler's fault because you're paying him all this money, you admit to everyone that it's the coach's fault and get a new coach. ... it's gonna be Cliff [Kingsbury] that goes not Kyler.

Pete Carroll won the breakup with Russell Wilson

I'm ready to say that Pete Carroll won the Russell Wilson breakup right now. I'd agree. I think he's miles ahead. He's back on the scene. He's dating, he's having a good time. Russell Wilson is just trying to like put on social media how happy he is, but he knows that he's not happy.

The PGA Tour should allow LIV tournament winners into all four majors

I think that the PGA tour should actually, they should have exemptions for any player that wins a LIV tour event to come back and play in every single major. Let them back in. Let hashtag let them play.

The Dodgers' 2020 World Series title doesn't count

The Dodgers have not won anything. We can We agree The bubble, the bubble championship didn't, didn't count.

The Eagles will not win the championship this season

The Eagles can fuck right off. They're not gonna win the championship.

The Denver Nuggets will beat the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals

Finals predictions... Nuggets and the Celtics. [Nuggets win]

The Mavericks will face the Bucks in the NBA Finals

I'm gonna go storyline Mavs Bucks. And everyone's just gonna be like the European invasion is is fully, fully here. Luca versus Giannis.

The Heat will face the Warriors in the NBA Finals

I'm going to go Heat Warriors.

The Lakers will face the Celtics in the NBA Finals

Lakers, Celtics. There we go.

The Sixers will play the Grizzlies in the NBA Finals

Sixers, Grizzlies. Because that will just be easy for the Sixers.

The Suns will win the West because it's Chris Paul's year

I wanna change mine to the Suns because I really think that this is the... I think this is Chris Paul's year. This is the season for Chris Paul.

Monte Sweat is a better player than Chase Young

Our defensive line played well. Monte Sweat is a monster. I actually think Monte Sweat is better than Chase Young. Even when Chase Young was healthy.

Dan Snyder is willing to take down the entire NFL with him if forced to sell

Dan Snyder's entire strategy is, if you take me out, I'm taking everybody out with you. And he is going to, Dan Snyder is willing to take down the entire NFL with him.

You cannot learn how to win in the NFL by losing

As far as like just losing and taking the entire season, you can't, you can't learn how to win in the NFL by losing. That's a fact. That's a, that's just math.

The Green Bay Packers are currently a bad football team

Are the Packers not very good this year? The Packers might be bad, although I'm, I'm not going to fall for that trap... [but] as they stand right now are bad.

The Baltimore Ravens will win by 20 and the regression starts this week for the Giants and Jets

I think everyone's riding high on the Giants and the Jets. Honestly, I think maybe it's biased just living in New York and hearing the excitement... I think the regression starts this week. The Ravens win by 20.

I'm taking the Rams -10 because the Panthers are in a dark place

I'm taking the Rams. It's a lot of points minus 10, but I feel like the Panthers are just in a dark place right now. I'm not seeing an interim coach bump for them... it's a get back game for Sean McVay.

The Eagles will cover against the Cowboys because Dallas's defense won't be able to dominate Philly's elite offensive line

I'm going with the Birds minus six against the Cowboys. I do think the Cowboys are good... The one thing that the Cowboys have been able to feast on... [is] bad offensive lines. The Eagles have arguably the best offensive line in the NFL. So it won't be as easy for [Dallas's] defense to dominate this game.

The Bengals are just not a good team right now

I don't think the Bengals are good and it's, maybe they'll figure it out, but right now I just don't think they're playing good football... nothing looks easy for them.

The Minnesota Vikings are not a good team despite their 4-1 record

Are we sure the Vikings are good? ... The only real good team they've played is they got absolutely Curb stomped by the Eagles. Are we sure the Vikings are good? ... If you're good, you don't have to, you don't have to, you don't have to tweet at Billy Football being like, Bro, we're good.

The Cardinals vs. Seahawks game will be a high-scoring shootout

My favorite over is Cardinals Seahawks over 51... This to me just screams shootout. It does 51 points over.

It is a mistake to bet against Patrick Mahomes as a home underdog

Mahomes never been an underdog at home. And he's also seven Oh. And one all time is an underdog against the spread. It's, this might be one of those games we look back and we're like, Wait, Patrick Mahomes is an underdog at home. How didn't everyone not hammer that?

Geno Smith is a fraud and the party is over for him in Seattle

I just think this is, this is where we see like, oh, like [Geno Smith] fraud because like, I don't know as a Jets fan, I saw him play like so many times... I just think, I think, you know, party's over. I think people are gonna figure him out. They're gonna game plan for him and he's not gonna put up the points.

Watching Russell Wilson fail in prime time has become fascinating theater

That Russell Wilson clip that I somehow missed of him saying Bronco country, let's ride after the loss... Man I'm actually, I'm, I'm zagging on everyone being like, this sucks that we have to watch the Broncos and I kind of wanna watch Russell Wilson just continue to fail on prime time. It's fun. It's good theater at this point.

Baylor is the winningest athletic program in the country since 2011 across football, men's basketball, and women's basketball

We are the winningest school in the country since 2011. Football, men's and women's basketball... we got 724 wins. The next highest is Notre Dame... [they are] 58 away from us.

The Big 12 is the toughest conference to win on the road

When I first got to Baylor, Roy Williams said, toughest league to win on the road, you gotta win your home games. And I think that's so true in the Big 12... it is really hard to win on the road in the Big 12 and there's no feeling like when you get a road win.

A 'motor' is the most important attribute for a basketball recruit to have

I think it's something a lot of coaches wish more players had nowadays and that's a motor. And if a guy really plays hard, competes every possession, they're gonna get better.

Kenyon Martin's comeback from a broken leg is one of the greatest feats in sports history

It blows my mind that a guy could like him, could break his leg and come back and play 11 years in the NBA... I'll bet you nobody's ever done that in the history of sports. With a broken leg and come back and... that's a lot of running, that's a lot of jumping and pounding.

West Virginia is a basketball school

I asked Scott this question, I'll ask it to you too. West Virginia, a basketball school or a football school? Basketball school. I think that's tradition.

Turnovers increase the likelihood of succeeding on a 4th down or 2-pt conversion via 'vibe' multipliers

Basically the percentage of converting a two point conversion or on fourth down basically gets increased depending on what type of turnover happens before that possession... after an interception, a fourth down conversion or a two point conversion increases by let's say 110%.

Travis Kelce could score four touchdowns every game if the Chiefs really wanted him to

I feel like Travis Kelce, if the Chiefs really, really wanted to, he could score four touchdowns every single game.

Patrick Mahomes should be the all-time Monday Night Football quarterback

I do think that [Patrick] Mahomes should just be all-time quarterback... Mahomes is going to play on Monday Night Football every week until they lose. And then the team that beats them deserves to get the Monday Night Football crown.

Arrowhead Stadium is one of the last true home field advantages left in the NFL

[Arrowhead Stadium] is one of the last true home advantage places in the nfl. So shout out to Chiefs fans because they were so fucking loud.

Making roughing the passer reviewable will make the problem ten times worse

What's gonna happen is it's gonna make the problem 10 times worse because you're gonna have 10 minute reviews of referees reviewing a subjective call and then no one's gonna agree whether or not it's roughing the passer or not on the review.

The NBA is the worst refereed sport in professional athletics

What do you think is the the worst referee sport? I think it's probably nba. [Referees] are like super human gladiators running faster than any humans ever run before... the human eye can't pick [everything].