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We are not great around here about consequences, about accountability. So people say things, and then they just turn to dust. But Greg Cody did say when the Seattle Mariners were up to 'O' that if If they didn't make it to the World Series, he would walk to Seattle. We're going to make him do that. Now, because we don't want to kill him, we're not going to make him do it from here, but we are going to make him do it from the closest city to Seattle that has a mayor. That is how we have decided this. It's a four-hour walk, and we're going to make him do this. Now, I have nine olives in front of me. He said he could do the show with nine olives.

Those are Jumbos, though.

What do you mean they're Jumbos? Roy's were bigger, actually.

What do you mean they're They're just olives.

There's no pits, right?

I don't know. You said you can do it. Why don't you put them in your mouth and find out. Go ahead and let's see.

We will get your- Did you say nine in one bite?

Well, you're not supposed to bite them.

No, you're putting them all in.

You're putting all nine of them in your mouth. Does it have a pit? At the same time. No, it's good. All right, so go ahead and put all nine of them in your mouth. Down the hatch. I will get your analysis.

Then I can eat them right away.

No, you have to put them first. You said you can have them easily in your mouth. You said we wouldn't even notice if they were in your mouth. That's what you said. Go ahead.

Choke, please.

That would be great content.

All right, that's full. You can take the L. You don't need to choke. Take the L. That's good. Your mouth is too full. You can't get all nine in.

He's not even halfway there yet.

For the audio audience, he has about six in his mouth, and he's clearly at capacity.

No, he's less than six.

They're much bigger than I thought they'd been. Oh, they're different. The olives I had in mine are that big. I mean, these are this big. These are like the size of eggs.

You're not supposed to chew them. They're Not the size of eggs, unless you're talking about tiny little goose eggs or something. Quail eggs.

That has to be too much, admit it. That's too much salt, even for you.

You know what they're the size of? Olives.

No, these are big. I feel like I'm eating a University of Miami football uniform. They're good, though.

I'm getting nauseous looking at this.

Put all of them. Put all of the remainder. Put all of the remainder of the olives in your mouth and then promote this week's Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody with the remainder of those. He's trying to kill people. The remainder of those, the five of those in your mouth. Okay, there's one that you couldn't get, but go ahead and give us. Tell us what's on the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody.

It's a fun episode. We My son Michael joins us.

Younger son Michael.

A Halloween edition of Greg Doesn't Know Movies. Plus, Christopher and I get into a huge rapid cacking argument over the Dolphins win yesterday. We almost come to blows on the air.

My dad has the crazy take of, When the dolphins win, bad. I mean, when they lose, bad. When they win, good.

Look, I don't believe in tanking. This guy thinks tanking is easy. He would have wanted them to go to one in 16. Just eat the olives. I can tell you what's going to happen. They are. They're going to finish seven and nine. They're going to have a nice second half to the season. They won't play the last game? They're going to get a... Well, whatever. They're going to have a mid-round draft pick. People like Christopher, they see a victory not as a good thing, but as, Oh, we just sank another five spots in the first-round order. Who cares? Make a good pick at 16. There's a good player at 16. How about you identify him? Draft him. God, you're damn good.

So gross. I will get to the Brian Kelly story in a second, but I just wanted to tell you, it's not just that Kirk Cousins is making $45 million a year, also has a no trade clause. No trade clause on Kirk Cousins.

Which is more offensive? Cousins making that, or Brian Kelly gets $58 million to go away?

So what is the actual number? Is it 53, 54, or 58? I've heard it argued about, but this is the second time this season. I asked the question when James Franklin was fired. I said, How many coaches can be fired in college football? And it will break into your Sunday afternoon professional NFL viewing the news. Brian Kelly is another one now that when those people started meeting, the important decision-makers at LSU, he's 34 and 14 at LSU. I don't know what LSU expected to be, but 34 and 14 is unacceptable to them because they've lost three of their last four games in the SEC. The last one that you were at and Lucy was at was particularly embarrassing because now Mike Elko is better than you, comes into your house with a 7-0 team, and he's now 8-0. He empties your stadium at night when Death Valley is supposed to be scary at night, and it's empty late in that game because everyone has left.

They were so overwhelmed the whole game. Even at halftime, when LSU was ahead, 18 to 14, 11 points came directly from mistakes from Texas A&M. A&m dominated the first half as well. The score wasn't indicative. Then the second half was super embarrassing. Like usual in this spot, you get the Brian Kelly clips where It's everyone else's fault. He's yelling at everyone else. There's this one clip where after a big punt return by Texas A&M, Brian Kelly, you can read his lips, he tells the special teams coach, This is going to cost you your effing job. Can you imagine your coach tells you that during the game, this is going to cost you your effing job? How does that help anyone in the middle of the game to threaten another coach with his job?

Brian Kelly gets let go, and I think I'm still allowed to be surprised by that midseason, am I not? Even with what I thought was a $53 million buyout, I don't know if it's 53 or 58 million. But now, to make him go away when you stole him from Notre Dame, that was a sound heard around sports. Notre Dame just got its coach stolen.

It came out of nowhere, right?

It was a shocker. By an SEC team that is telling you it's announcing to the world we're serious about football. And four years later- Because people weren't clear on that before. After four years and going 34 and 14, the standard at LSU is, No, we win championships with Ed Orgeron. We win championships with Les Miles. We are the school that started nick Saban. 34 and 14 is not good enough. Yeah.

All three of the previous coaches that you mentioned all won national championships. And Brian Kelly can never be Meet the good team. So yeah, 34 and 14, okay, but that's not the standard of that school.

Yeah, I mean, there is perspective. Wait, what are we doing through a coach that wins you 10 games basically every year? But this felt like a bad fit from the jump. This was odd. It was a strange hiring. He has that weird appearance at the basketball game where he talks about his family. It's just weird vibes the entire time. Angry, no accountability, always someone else's fault. Now, that has always been Brian Kelly, but success usually follows him. And this wasn't the level of success that they had. They're in credit to LSU for realizing there is no evidence here that he is the guy to turn it around. And if you're one of these other schools, that's like, What do we do? A Wisconsin or an FSU. It's like, are we in or are we out? You guys are seeing you're like the seventh, eighth best jobs available now.

I do wonder for schools like that, you mentioned Wisconsin, you mentioned FSU. With all these other schools with the job openings, Penn State, Florida, LSU now. It's crazy. I wonder, though, if those schools like, Yeah, we don't like our coach, but this is not the year to fire them because there are other jobs that are going to come before. Fsu may have to keep Norvall. Wisconsin may have to keep Luke Fickle, even if they don't want because Yeah, we're not going to be able to get anyone this year.

Let's close the Brian Kelly file then at Notre Dame. I'm sorry, at LSU, because all I remember is the funny things, the awkward things, the things that were a note off. So let's first play the sound that Mike Ryan just mentioned about him showing up in LSU all of a sudden with a Cajun accent.

It's a great night to be a Tiger.

I'm here with my family, and we are so excited to be in the great state of Louisiana.

But more importantly, to be with you great fans.

What a fraud. My family.

It's a great night to be a Tiger.

But the fact that he's a fraud doesn't dismiss the fact that the impatience in college football right now is absolutely ridiculous. The buyout total of coaches prematurely fired is over 200 million now, over 200 million in rising. I think it's bad for the sport. I think it's ridiculous. Have a little patience. You got a guy who's got a career, great record. Give him a chance.

Did you hear nick Saban and Kirk Herb-Street go on about this at College Game Day? It was actually Saban did the predictable thing, but he did provide a little bit of color. They debate whether or not these boosters that give so much money to this program should have so much influence on the direction of the programs. Maybe some of these guys are firing coaches a little too soon. Yes, they should. It's like an owner in the pros. This is a pro sport. The people who have the money. That are helping you get the kids have influence. That's how it works. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Should the person who pays for everything have a say?

Yeah, I love how coaches and legacy meeting Media people in college football are like, Wait a second. That's going too far. What? Money has power? Let me clutch my pearls. What? Just take a look at the White House. Wait a second. What?

Why is it bad for the sport, Greg?

It's just there's an upheaval in the sport right now that just doesn't seem fair to me. I don't mind coaching changes in midseason, but does your coach deserve it?

Well, which one of these high-profile firings do you think were unfair?

I think Penn State fired Franklin prematurely.

It's pretty long resume of not being able to win a big game.

He was in the Championship game last year.

Well, no.

Pretty soon. There were four years of conversations as a time to get rid of James Franklin. They showed an astonishing patient.

He was there for 10 years.

When I say one of the most amazing stats in sports is that the Pittsburgh Steelers have only had three coaches. What is the average lifespan? I don't know the answer to the question I'm asking, but the average lifespan for an NFL coach, because what this is, is merely the professionalization of this sport. I don't think it's bad for this sport for it to go professional. I think college football is more interesting this weekend and many weekends than pro football is. College football has done nothing but grow. The things that happen around college football have been very good for college football. Now, it's not good for amateurism or the illusion of amateurism, but we've buried that day. It's professional sports now, and these coaches are being treated like NFL coaches, most of whom I would guess don't get four years. Now, in the pros, though, 34 and 14 doesn't get you fired.

No, you're like the best. Oh, of course.

Right.

Between three and a half and four years appears to be the average of the NFL. Sixty-nine games.

And now, by the way, Mike Tomlin is under a little bit of pressure in Pittsburgh. So no coach is immune from this, but I think it's accelerated and exaggerated in college football. And I look at it from a personal standpoint. Did James Franklin deserve to be fired? Now, you can argue yes. Yes. You might be in the majority, but I would argue no. I think when you did what he did last season, overall a very good year, and you're a few games into the next season, and you're already pulling the trigger on getting rid of this guy, I think that's premature.

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Dan Levatard.

I'm going to get some golf ASMR. Stugatz.

Oh, me. This is the Dan Levatard show with the Stugats.

Well, I mean, what hurt James Franklin, you're right that he did win playoff games last year. He won two playoff games, as a matter of fact. But those two playoff games that he won, what hurt him was it was SMU and it Boise State. If you're playing at least one of those once you get to power four, I understand SMU is power four, okay? So you get what I'm saying. But if one of them were a higher profile team, maybe the conversation is a little bit different.

Well, he's playing who he's scheduled to play. What's he going to do?

But it's I would do this math, put this on the poll as well, Juju, at Lebitard Show. Does it matter more that you lost to Northwestern than it does that you won two playoff games against SMU and Boise State?

I think it does.

Well, clearly it did to Penn State because what got him fired was the last loss. I mean, it was cumulative. But what's happened to both these coaches, just so that you understand, I know James Franklin's record was, I'm losing it now, it was something like 34 and 8 or something. But it's the last three of four that gets you gone. It's not anything that happened before that. It's what made it the 14 at Brian Kelly's number because he lost three of the last four that he's lost. They're like, Okay, let's speed this up. But it's still shocking. I'm not yet at a place where I'm so immune to the professionalization of college sports that I'm not shocked. That video, it feels like that was a couple of weeks ago, the video that we just showed of him. That doesn't feel like it was four years ago that he was being introduced at LSU?

James Franklin was 104 and 45 at Penn State.

34 and 8 over the previous three seasons before this year. Also, just while I have a second, I just want to say, I do support individual military personnel.

He doesn't support the troops, Dan.

No, I mean, I do. What I said is I do support individual military.

I support troops.

Say the support truth. I support troops. No, I do. I'm not going to be deposed. While we're cleaning house, dad, how are you doing after all that sodium?

Well, speaking of the military, I can report right now that coffee does not go with olives. It's just a mix. It's a combination that you don't want to be a part of. Trust me, I'm going to be running to the bathroom like Richmond took Virginia.

I like that.

You guys just saw one of the greatest tricks in the Greg Cody playbook when he just wants to say what he wants to say and doesn't want to address anything that's been offered to him by the show. Speaking of the military, coffee- That was Paul of Tether. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Speaking of the military, do olives go with coffee? Yes or no? Let's just clean out the Brian Kelly file here earlier this season. He got very mad with a reporter, and I want to just play the sound again. This was recently, and I want to play the sound of him banging on a table. And these are the only Brian Kelly memories I have. So play whichever one you want here, and we will play both of them and empty the Brian Kelly file.

And we're sitting here again. We're sitting here again talking about the same things.

That's just him It's pound in the desk. Play that one again so I could just hear what sounds like cutlery flying off of the press conference table.

And we're sitting here again. We're sitting here again talking about the same things.

Now play him getting mad at a reporter. This was after a game they won. This was during happier times.

What are you seeing with your offense?

Stop. Really? Is that the first question? We won the game 20 to 10. Try another question. What do you want me to tell I just laid it out for you. We played the game to win the game. We played the game to win the game. All right.

How about third down then? What is going on with third down?

It's one game. Last game, we were great on third down. You're micro... You're looking at this from the wrong perspective. Lsu won the football game, won the game. I don't know what you want from me. What do you want? You want us to win 70 to nothing against Florida to keep you No, I think people want to know why you can't run the ball, quite honestly. We can run the ball. Did you see the last play of the game?

That's all you need.

You just need one. There's some ridiculous questions, and I'm getting tired of it. That football team just worked their tail off to get an SEC win, and you want to know what's wrong. You know what? You're spoiled. You're spoiled. This team is 17 and one at night. 17 and one. Give them some respect. How about that? Give him some respect instead of micro-analyzing every little thing. This is ridiculous. For a group of seasoned reporters, that question is so out of line.

I want to believe with all of my heart that that belittled reporter worked behind the scenes to get Brian Kelly fired. I believe it happened.

I can relate to the saying micro and then that pause of searching for the word you're actually looking for. Stop micro analyzing everything.

He circled back around and made sure that he got that word on the back end. Also, no longer 17 and 1 at night. They pride themselves, as Zazel can say, having been there.

It was my first time there this weekend.

They pride themselves on being a very difficult place to play at night. I remember the first time I learned it, the University of Miami went there, and they had a tiger in a cage outside of the hurricane locker room. They put it there, and the hurricanes were sticking their hands in the cage and then 1: 44 to 3. That the nighttime LSU feeling is something they take pride in. He got fired because he lost that way at night.

Yeah, Saturday night in Death Valley. That's their thing. And yeah, it was really loud. I was on the field, Greg. I had a field pass for the game. Did you? It was, especially in the first half, they made cool plays. They had interception in the end zone. They got a block punt for a safety. Place is very, very loud. But Texas A&M didn't care.

Did you speak with Mike the Tiger or no?

No, we actually went to go visit Mike the Tiger. Homeboy was hiding, didn't want to come out, didn't get to see him. Him and his team. Whatever, man.

You see any cool celebrities on the sidelines? Shaq.

Yeah, I was standing right behind Shaq. What do you say?

He did a bad job by you. Why would you stand right behind him?

Well, I was off to the side. But I'll tell you, man, there's this whole crowd of people who are standing on the sidelines watching the game. Shaq just sees over everyone. No one ever blocks his view. He sees. There's a lot of people saying, Oh, are you trying to see what's going on. Shaq, he just gets to stand there unobstructed.

Do you realize, though, when you say you're standing behind Shaq, I could cover the entirety of the Earth and find maybe like Yau-Ming in terms of humans throughout the entirety of Earth that would be the worst to stand behind trying to see something. Shaq has to be at the very top of the list.

But there were people in front of Shaq, too, but it doesn't matter. It's an unobstructed view. He just He gets to stand there and never has to tell anyone in front of him to sit down.

Wembenyama. Could you hear what he was mumbling or no?

No, he was just chilling watching the game. What did he say?

He tried to say Wembenyama, but his father wasn't listening, and then he started leaking confidence.

But Wembenyama is a few inches taller, but he's not-Not as wide. A refrigerator like Shaq is.

It is a pretty special place that Brian Kelly occupies, where no one thinks he should have stayed. You can't find un-ally in the media.

It feels also like everyone universally He believes he's a massive jerk.

Yeah, everyone's pretty happy about this.

Pretty pumped. Someone died in South Bend.

He is a jerk, but will he get another job quick? Hell, yeah. I don't know.

You think so? I don't know. No? Somewhere. Notre Dame should take a look at him if they lose Marcus Freeman. How great would that be?

People don't like arrogance. It's sports fans, especially. But they don't like unearned arrogance because Brian Kelly carries himself as if he's better than you and better than he actually is. To see it unmask, people take a delight in it.

You can be a dick when you're winning national championships, right? Everybody's like, Oh, okay, wow, he's the genius leader. He's so tough. He's so this and that. But when you're 34 and 13, you get blown up by Mike Elko in Texas A&M, you're the dick now. There's no genius behind it.

Right. I mean, Bill Belichick was arrogant when he was winning, and New England loved it.

Let's cover here some college football in a second. But before we do that, I just wanted to talk for a moment in professional football, which obviously all of us know, super dangerous, super violent. Rare is the time, though, that you get what happened with Skatebu yesterday, where Romo yells, Oh, no. Jackson Dart turns his back and won't look over there because the leg is so mangled, the ankle is so broken. And then the telecast says, We're not going to show that again. That's that telecast. Every other telecast that does show it, does it with an assortment of warnings on the front end that tells you not to look. There are two kinds of people on Earth, the people who want to see that and the people who don't. Which are you? Because I am someone who doesn't. I have not yet seen the injury. Thank you for all the warnings. You haven't seen it, Dan? I don't want to see it. I don't want to see that. It's a little too true for me on what it is that we're enjoying so much every weekend. I don't want to see it. I looked away, I still have not seen it.

He was asking to be helped up initially at first, which is just this guy's a psycho.

He was trying to get ready for next play.

It's insane. It's a testament to how much people like him and like his style of play.

You got a standing ovation from eagles fans. You know how likable you are if the eagles fan is upset that you're leaving the game?

Every football fan was super bummed because that is potentially a life-altering injury for a dude that was well on his way in that market to becoming a superstar. From his personality to his style of play to the novelty of him being white at that position, the guy had everything in front of him, and every football fan let out the same Why not? Damn, man. I think with modern medicine, though, he's going to be back. He's going to be fine. How many times have we seen... Dan, I know you haven't seen the injury, but-Dack had that injury. Dack, Jordan Travis. All these injuries were-Jorgan Travis is medically retired. Well, yes. Okay. Understood.

But Dylan Gabriel-It's not about speed with It's more about toughness, so it'll probably be okay.

We can't say that. We can't know that. It is a badly fractured ankle that in a sport where we all know how violent it is, which are you? The person who looks or the person who doesn't? I was grateful for all the warnings. I didn't want to see the slow motion replay. I didn't look too closely at what happened to Tyreek Hill either because of how unpleasant that was.

Not too closely, but you looked.

Well, I couldn't avoid. No, I didn't look.

Was it one eye? No.

A little thanero look?

Like two of.

A little thanero.

Good call by you. It looked in real-time awful, and I didn't look at the slow motion stuff afterwards.

Slow motion was worse.

On Tyreek Hill. But when Mike says, Philadelphia fans, not only did they boo Santa, famously, when Michael Irvin was on the field and it looked like paralysis, not those fans, Philly fans were cheering. Philly can be an unusual amount of cruel. Skatebu was the story that it seemed everybody in football was enjoying.

Yeah, they weren't cheering Irvin the way that they were cheering with Kam Skatebu. It was different. They were happy. Michael Irvin got hurt. Everybody was really bummed. I think everyone knows this guy was already being put on a launch pad to superstard him, and it sucks. He's a really fun player to watch.

When it comes to that sport, though, and very quietly last week, at least around here, I don't know what reverberations they were nationally, but in the game the Giants played last week, you saw they got fined $315,000, an assortment of people got fined because Jackson Dart went into the tent for the concussion protocol, and then Dayball went right in behind him.

So did Dart.

They went in. Well, Jackson Dart went in the tent because he was the one that was concocted.

Excuse me, Skatebu also went in.

Steve Martin followed them.

It was weird. He got fined, too. What was he doing there? Steve Martin also got fined. He It was weird. He had the arrow through his head. He was looking in. But they got fined $315,000 because it looked like, the optics of it, that they were pressuring the doctor, Hey, get Jackson Dart back out here, and then Jackson Dart gets back out there. $315,000 is a good amount of money to find people here. But any national reverberations on that? Does anyone care? Everyone just understands, yes, of course, they're going to try to get their quarterback back in the game, whether he's concussed No, that was different.

That crossed the line. And that's why Dayball himself was fined 200,000 of that amount. Head coaches just don't do that. The NFL has really made a separation of church and state, so to speak, of football and medicine with that tent. If you go in there for a concussion, it's supposed to be the doctors and the concussed player. It's not supposed to be any personnel from the team. The next time that happens, the head coach will be fined more than Dayball just was because that's what the NFL does. They They have a system of, All right, you know now that you're not supposed to do that. Next one, who does it? Get fined $500,000.

I mean, it definitely went in there. Like, Skatebu definitely went in this, Yo, dog, we need you. Let's go. Come on, get your helmet. I mean, that's definitely what happened in that spot.

For sure. But when the head coach does it, it's worse.

Don Levatard. Surely every time you're watching this, you recognize that your wife is laughing that she married Larry D.

I do, yeah. One of the great characters in the history of television, in my humble opinion. To my credit, my personality- In my humble opinion, followed by to my credit.

To my credit.

It's amazing. My personality does predate Curve your Enthusiasm. Stugatz. Oh, wow. I'm not going I was going to say Larry David patterned himself after me.

All right, put it on the poll, please, Jude. You did Greg Cody, Copyright Being an Asshole long before Larry David. This is the Dan Levatard show with the Stugatz. The only other thing I took from that Giants-Egals game is, again, the push-push was officiated poorly. They fumbled on it. Jalen Hertz fumbled, and the Giants should have had the ball, and these guys can't officiate that play. They don't know how to... It's obvious there's no other play in football, not pass interference, not anything that is as hard to officiate as that play, given how many times there are mistakes where we're all watching on television and where it's seven or eight times we've already been. The Eagles have done something illegal on that play, and they're getting away with it. And in this case, they got away with a fumble. He absolutely stretched the ball as if he was over the goal line, and it was absolutely taken from him, and they blew it dead, and they blew forward progress dead. But his forward progress was not- While he's falling forward. But on that play, the forward progress is not ever dead. They could do it from their one-yard line and end up in your end zone because they just keep pushing everybody.

That's what I think maybe they're trying to... I think that might be the correction where they're trying to blow that play dead, the forward progress dead, as early as possible to take away some of that advantage that the Eagles have had, because you're right, it can go on forever.

That play not being called a fumble may end up hurting the Eagles long term. They might look back at that play and be like, We got to get this out of here. It's too weird. Whereas if they call a fumble there, bad for the Eagles in the moment, might better long term for the Eagles and the rule.

The only football game from yesterday that I actually want to talk about is that banglesjets game, even though it was an absurd game for a lot of different reasons. But before I do that, I want to ask you guys from the college football weekend. What did you guys think was the most relevant thing from the weekend, given these choices? Mike Ryan appears to be right on the SEC as a total fraud. Like Texas, Alabama, laboring against Mississippi State and South Carolina, and both of them getting fortunate to win those games.

Congratulations, Vanderbilt, for limping through the line, winning by one score against a backup quarterback. You get to leapfrog a team that won by 35.

Top 10. What is this?

Vanderbilt ends up with a better team than I think they have ever had.

No, they're a good team.

Ranked higher than Miami now.

Yeah, but they- That should show you how bad the SEC is. They're Vanderbilt.

They beat Mizzou with their backup quarterback. Let Let's rank them ahead of Miami. I mean, Vanderbilt will lose a Texas because that's the SEC, the ACC with a better publicist.

And Mizzou is throwing a Halle Mary that's being stopped at the one-yard line. But you've got BIO is 8-0. Georgia Tech This is the best Georgia Tech team that I have seen, and I think they had a co-national champion. Did they not? Did Georgia Tech not win a co-national championship? Do I have that wrong? I may have that wrong. But 8-0. They're 5-0 in ACC for the first time. Haynes King is going to be at the Heisman ceremony and should be. He's a great college quarterback. Georgia Tech is quietly 8-0. Indiana appears to be legitimately very good. Texas A&M appears to be legitimately very good at a time that very few teams are very good.

Dan, 1990 under Bobby Ross, they finished 11: 01 and split the national Championship with Colorado.

Bobby Ross.

Long time ago.

O'miss Beats Oklahoma.

Yeah, that probably is the one that stands out the most to me is Ole Miss. I mean, they bounce back, obviously, from a tough loss last weekend in Athens. Oklahoma is clearly not as good as people thought they were going to be. Oklahoma is probably done now. Two losses in the last three weeks. But I think Ole Miss is a fun team. I think they're a fun story. I think Glenn Kiffin is obviously a lot of fun. So Ole Miss winning that game on the road, that was probably the biggest thing to me.

Are we not assuming, though, that Oklahoma is a fraud, at least in part because Maneer hurt his hand? Manteer. Mateo.

Yeah, he hasn't looked the same since he rushed back from that injury. Now, teams adjust. We've seen Miami dip once people realize what they're doing. But I was so into this Ole Miss, Oklahoma game because those teams are good football teams. Lane Kiffin won this game with the presser at the start of the week, which is basically, no, Venables is stealing signals. That's why their defense is so good. And Venables took that one on the chin. It's like, well, it's a testament to our preparation.

I mean, didn't Robert Saul and Liam Cohen almost throw hands over that?

Yeah, but Lane Kiffin, he knew how to get inside the heads of the opponent. And we had this tremendous moment after the game where he's talking to David Stone, who comes up to him after the game to try to congratulate him. And Lane Kiffin is unlike any other coach in the sport right now.

Coach Kiffin.

You're a bit quieter now than before.

Oh, are you talking a little bit to Oklahoma's players?

This guy yelled at me during the game five times how great they were, and we can't score on him.

Who else can get away with that?

That's great.

I mean, that seems to me like Lane Kiffin Because there was a time where this definitely was not true. Lane Kiffin must be super likable to these players because I think 99% of coaches who are going to do that right there on live television to a player who just lost a big game, it's not going to end the way that interaction just ended.

There was a news tidbit that I saw, and I found it refreshing because Lane Kiffin, whose name is always in these job-searching rumor mills, he addressed it with his team beforehand, and he let all the reporters know, We're going to talk about the Penn State thing, the Florida thing, head on. This is a newer locker room, and these guys haven't been through it before, and use it as a testament to their program. It was cool to see him acknowledge it that way, as opposed to some of these other coaches like Frank Brown or even Marcus Freeman, who does a really good job of saying the right things. His actions actually follow what he says, but they don't actually close the door on it. Lane Kiffin not closing the door on any of these job rumors. He has a very good agent, and at the very least, he'll get a raise out of it. But he doesn't try to bullshit you with it or his players, and I really like that.

It really is a perfect spot for Lane Kiffin because he can say what he wants, do what he wants, and exceed all expectations. Anytime he wins that game, it's a surprise because no one's actually expecting anything in the SEC. It is a perfect job for Lane Kiffin to have. But I want to play all of that sound again because I feel like you You guys missed something, and this is largely a visual joke, but I want to show all of that again with Lane Kiffin and also remind you that he's allowing his social media staff to play around with this, too, because Ole Miss just sent out after that game, sooner, try later. Is what they did on- Joe, that's well done. Via tweet. Oh, really? Okay, let's see here. Sooner rather than later. Come on.

Are you running the account?

I want to show you guys something funnier that I think that you missed here in this video. Go ahead and play that whole video again. I think we missed something. Coach Kiffin. You're a quieter now than before.

Oh, are you talking a little bit to Oklahoma's players?

This guy yelled at me during the game five times how great they were, and we can't score on them. I want you guys to look at why Oklahoma isn't what they used to be. It's right there in the middle. Who the hell is that guy? That guy right there is the reason that Oklahoma is no longer any good at football.

It has to be a kicker. He is half the- What's Ethan doing on their sidelines?

He is half the size of Lane Kiffin. That's Ray Finkl. How does that guy have better field access than Zaz? How is that possible that that guy... Look at the size of that person. That person is not the kicker. That person is the kicking tee with a mustache. That person is tiny. That is not Oklahoma football.

I'm going to look up. What number does that look like? 42, 43? Who is that?

You're going to look that up.

I'm going to look him up. David Stone is huge.

Let me see.

Yeah, but Lane Kiffin is not. Lane Kiffin is not huge, and that is a tiny person. Our Hamptons Farms nuttiest fan nominees. How many of those do we have this week, Christopher?

Wow. It's the nuttiest fan brought to you by Hamptons Farms. Get nutty with Hamptons Farms, the official peanut of bowl season. Vote for your favorite nutty fan at Lebitard Show on Instagram. Dan, we have two nominees this week. We have a naked duck. In the Oregon student section, we had the duck taking his shirt off, which made him completely nude. Luckily, he's covering himself up with his right-hand.

No, I think he is.

I feel like I should be looking away.

It does. Why does that feel so revealing? But it's not revealing because it seems like the duck does not have genitalia. It seems like there's nothing. You're looking.

I don't know about that. Dan, the way the ducks are set up, it's actually inside.

Okay, so it's true to form.

He is competing with an Indiana fan, an old man who is taking your shirt off seems to be the trend of the season. People like to take their shirt off, and this Indiana fan, decided he saw the crew doing it. He's like, I'm in. Let's do it. And he whipped off his shirt. And it's an old man shirtless. What's better than that?

It's harassment.

He doesn't seem to be doing it. Somebody's making him do it.

I love that energy. Chris, we've done this before, but show me your belly I will not.

That's a pretty good build for an old man.

That's a pretty good build?

Yeah, that's not bad. Good for you, old man. I wish I had that look in the mirror. I'll tell you that.

I feel like you do have that look in the mirror.

All right, you ask for it. Take your shirt off.

I I feel like that's exactly your look in the mirror. I feel like he's got the same belly as you, a little bit swollen, probably drinks a little too much beer, a bit of a beer belly.

Oh, and I don't.

That looks great. I think you and him have similar builds.

It's true. We're both pasty and old-looking. That's true. Yeah, I've just got a little bit more gut. He's got the little flap over the belt there. I like that. Well done, sir. Well done.

It feels like your entire body is wrapped too tightly in sausage casing.

Yeah.

Not That's fair. Not unlike him. That's fair.

No, that's fair. Well, in Greg's defense, the nine olives today don't really help. The sodium intake makes you bloated.

I tell you what, between that and the bacon I had earlier, I'm on sodium high right now.

Coffee doesn't mix. It's tough for you.

Plus, I got extra caffeine. I'm drinking extra caffeine coffee lately. Quick addendum.

What?

Get me all jacked up.

What? I didn't mean Dylan Gabriel. I meant Mackenzie Milton, by the way. Wrong Hawaiian quarterback.

You drink four cups a day. Why would you up the caffeine?

It says natural high. I'm not a dope I need a natural high.

Good. People were wondering if you may have been a dope fiend.

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