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I'd like you to know that I had it before then which means I probably shouldn't have worn shorts even more so but this is my bed and now I will literally sleep in it, but not too great because I can't breathe Today's Show is brought. Brought to you by our incredible sponsors seek seek is the greatest ticket-buying platform on planet Earth and might get kicked out of this hotel room for stating that but it is it's true Sikh is the greatest ticket buying platform because they scan all the other ticket buying platforms and make sure you're getting the best value for the best tickets. You want to go to a concert Wham seeks got the tickets for you. You want to go to a sporting event like this NBA game. We're currently watching the LA Clippers getting molly-whopped by the Milwaukee. Lucky bucks Bango to see kick you want to watch a play Banks eek eek if there are tickets available for its eek eek as the best ones for you right now use promo code Pat you $10 off your first order. Wow. 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First of all, I just got all this stat sent to me about what you and State Farm have been able to do for the caliph California wildfire relief incredible work fun, sir. Thank you. Yeah, they've been you know a great partner for a long time with you know, some good commercials and and then this last year obviously, you know, what? Our neighborhood of good they are at their already do a ton of great stuff. But you know when I felt compelled to help out, you know the area I grew up in really, you know, they stepped up and donate $1,000,000 alongside me and you know, it's been it's been tough for those Folks up there in Northern California, but I think you know, we've been a lot of great great people helped by the donations and State Farm and some other amazing Folks up in the north state and really across the you know crossing over. California and in the country, so it's been fun to see people come together for some some great folks. I mean the people of Paradise Lost Their town and thousands 40,000 people were displaced. So there was a great least 60 actually about about the paradise football program recently. I saw that was pretty cool the kind of highlighted just how devastating of an impact it was, you know, not just on head football team and but on the people there and the displacement and what their day-to-day life. Change from you know, having a home and a place to go to school and a football team and they're in the playoffs to you know, they have no home. They have no football season. They're doing classes in some Warehouse the whole life has changed upside down these you know, 15 16 17 milk is trying to figure it out. So it's been you know, it's been cool to see the North State start to rebuild and to really bad fires in two years has been been tough on those good folks. Yeah, because we see it on the news the wild fires going and we see the destruction that we don't hear about it again. You don't really think think about the post-fire life for a lot of people and you can help out Aaron Rodgers in State Farm right now helping out California wildfire victims at neighborhood of good.com incredible stuff that you're doing giving back to your community very lucky to call you a friend and I think the world is lucky to have you now. It's a best friend. But thank you all can I say that I've said it I don't you already have for your but with you on the phone. It's all yours sensation. By the way, you're going everywhere man. This is it's been fun. Watch I mean knowing you for so long now and seeing where you were to where you've come. It's you know, it's a rags-to-riches story and I'm so proud of you. Now when you followed me on Twitter, it was a couple years back. I was like, oh my God the greatest football player of all time just followed me and then I got a chance to meet you and your like this incredibly cool dude, but you don't talk to people much like in the media so you never get to hear it. So now I get a chance to chat with you every once in a while and I think what people have Misunderstood is that you're like one of the coolest dudes ever exist. I mean we see the mustache we see the costumes in the training camp and we see you on a football field laughing and having a good time. But I think deep down and even with this California wildfire stuff like you're just a good dude who just so happens to have a cannon attached to that right shoulder of yours. Well, sometimes I wish that I was a brand member your brand, you know, so I'd get some some videos every now and then so I do enjoy following your reactions to some of these, you know, A big tackle or a big kick butt but thanks man. I appreciate that. And I'm you know, I'm glad the world is finally getting to see the real you. I feel like you've been such an enigma for so long and nobody really knew what Pat McAfee was all about. And now they do and Thursday night any time on ESPN podcast foam NFL version be a showdown boom. Hey championed by the way, undefeated in golf tournaments. Nobody ever wear your belt around. It's right here in the studio still it's a little bit. Heavy to be honest, you guys made it too. Nice out. We should just got like knockoff belts. I'd be able to wear it more because these are like 30-pound belts. Well, that's for the core. You know, it's incredible. Right? Let's talk about the Green Bay Packers. Let's leave out this last week which happens to every good team has a situation other than the 72 Dolphins where you have a little bit of a speed bump game. You called it a piece of Humble Pie. What did you mean by that? Were you guys cuz you're hanging 50 on everybody looking so damn good. You think some people lost focus in What do you think? Hey what I just think it was one of those, you know perfect storms. If you will, we just had a long trip. I don't think we were as doubt in as we have been the past we played a team that didn't their ability and their their focus and their will didn't match their record. And that's the team that won I think 12 games last year. It's the football team, you know, a great veteran quarterback and a lot of Pride on both sides of the ball and the They played harder and played smarter and blade more focused. And we you know, kind of took it took it on the chin. I think, you know can be good for you when you take a bad loss like that if you respond and hopefully we have the leadership and the The grit to respond properly so it just wasn't wasn't a good trip for us and then wasn't it wasn't a good game. Obviously and that happens. By the way. This is something that happens with humans is the way it goes in the NFL but they're so quick of a turn around the NFL you can't have pity for you. Just got to move forward. That's what the season is because if you let one loss become two losses than your a week or two never and what the team looked like that you guys had before this Chargers game was a team that looked like you guys were having a blast. I mean that Nation that candy combo that NFL films caught between you and the floor about he wanted six touchdowns and you went out there and got it. And then the Aaron Jones having forty five touchdowns and you not being the main focal point of that offense what has happened between you and the floor and that offense and has made it really hum this year so far, but first a touching you on your original point, which was a good one. I think the key like we talked about yesterday was, you know, we can't be a fun loving and happy dancing, you know celebrating family. You know when it when it's going good, you know, we can't be frontrunners those type of teams don't end up achieving greatness at the end of season. We got to be a team of six together through adversity and I was proud of the responses in the guys who spoke of yesterday and the conversations are being had in the positivity moving forward from a tough day, but it has been a lot of fun with Matt, you know, Matt is Personality-wise a little different than me. So it's been fun to you know to loosen them up a little bit of the sidelines and and joke with them and see is, you know, relax nature come out a little bit. I mean cuz he's just such a driven driven guy, you know, he's a grinder. He's driven to be successful in the wind and loves it. And you know, it's been it's been a really good working relationship. I think the relationship quarterback the play callers been really good to and just trying to get on the same page now, obviously we were Bet on offense Sunday, but you know, I think we've been we had been really improving every week before last week and we just ran into a team that was that would better than us on Sunday. We just saw a video of you dancing at practice great Rhythm. Yeah. Thanks for showing us. I was hashtag Friday feeling from the Green Bay Packers. Social media team. This dude's the absolute best best friend. He said it. I said frame. He said best friend have I said best friend before when he wasn't around? Yes. Did he hear that? Yes, but he confirmed it best friend. Aaron Rodgers absolutely crushing it wait till the second half of this interview this conversation joining get deep with the Aaron Raj a Raj ay-ay-ron Rogers. 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Escape.com that's 20% off and free shipping manscaped.com code Pat what has been what is the difference between this offense in the offense that you ran for so long of your NFL career what has been like the biggest difference is it like the word the wording of things the style of things the strategy because this the first time you've had to learn a brand new offense and I think it's something as a very intelligent man that you are you in Jeopardy all the time. You almost looked at as a challenge and I assume you're enjoying it. Yeah, why don't you just answer once you to ask the questions and ask for me back with you? I feel like you're inside my head right now. All right. Next question. I don't know the difference of the offenses. That is something that ya know. The difference is its it is a brand new system. I think from a schematic standpoint. We do a lot more condensed formations, you know bunches and stacks and then motion, you know on a lot of plays. So we're constantly stressing defense on strength and I discipline where the old offense, you know, we kind of we pride ourselves on being you with rhythm and timing and went in one-on-one matchups and we obviously did that for a number of years the Davante Adams comes back. What does he add to your team? Because you guys had a lot of success without them and then it comes back and now you get to add another weapon now granted Chargers game is an anomaly for your offense. Now that you have Davante Adams back. What does he add other than just being an explosive player? Well, he is an explosive player and I think teams have to figure out how they're going to play. You know, he's progressed every week health-wise. That's the most important thing because you know, the toe injury is not a that's not something that just instantly gets better than goes away. I keep seeing other star receivers deal with similar injuries, and we're you know, we're hoping that That he you know continues progressed with that and feels comfortable running the entire route tree moving forward, but he's a dynamic player with the ball in his hands and we just got to keep finding ways to give him the ball. I think in his in his absence. We you know, we've found a way to win with, you know, Allen Lazard and Jake. Umm, row and Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams out of the backfield making plays and we got to keep doing those things because those you know, those are really positive for us and great matchups in our favor, you know through formations and splits and Mention good scheme, we got to keep doing that kind of stuff and allow davontea to seamlessly transition back into being the one receiver. How about that defense? You guys have man immediately after that Bears game week one. I think I've talked to you about this before you said that the Bears defense is going to give a lot of people fits they have but you also said hey, we got a defense and it seems like that is something you're incredibly happy about as you should be instead of just having to win every game on the offensive side of the ball. It seems like you have a defense that can really do some damage for you guys. Yeah, we do. We do. You know really like I pass rush, you know as we saw on Sunday, if you can win with a pass rush of for you know, you're going to have a pretty good time on defense and that's what San Diego was able to do and that's why they you know stymie too most of the day and that's what I think we can do with our defense and we have done this season is get after the four-man rush and then be able to cover it up on the backend really. Well, obviously the Darius and press and they're having great. Seasons with their number of sacks, they've gotten but for us it's been more than that. It's been the leadership. They've brought to the locker room. And then the fun I mean, you know Captain fun is probably the Darius Smith. I mean he is a fun-loving guy and he's he's been a really positive force in our locker room and much like I'm sure you were an indie for years Pat. Hey, that's a big deal. I don't think that never gets the paycheck that it should but that is a massive part of being a part of a team is a good locker room guy. I agree. I'm not no no BS I agree. Have we ever figured out who the hell you were in Game of Thrones? We're still looking. I'm gonna watch the come one time see if I can see more than a partial face shot, but Yeah, the fact that the internet thought you were that guy that couldn't run was one of the most disrespectful things I've ever seen in my life. Yes. It was interesting for sure. Anything outside of football going on is your life just completely football whatever the season starts now balance. My friend balance is very important instead of have to have balance. I'm always looking for a new Scotch to try. So any recommendations from you or the boys pass those along? Hi, forget what it was. I think my friend's dad some would argue. He's an alcoholic entities Glenfiddich is his thing right? Is that it Glenfiddich? It's a single malt scotch so you don't get hungover as what he says. Glenfiddich yes. Fantastic. Are you a single malt guy or mix blend now, I'm Single for the same reason he is. Why is he does? He's an alcoholic. He doesn't want to be hungover. There's no sugars in it. Got a meeting. That's in a circle. Have you sitting movies or watching television? Like what is a night of balance for you? And Danica you listen to music. She's like super into yoga. I've noticed are you like becoming a super spiritual guy? What is your life like off the field emission definitely spiritual. I love the yoga. Gotta watch Jeopardy at six o'clock if I can or tape it, you know, it's a big big part of my day. I'm hooked on documentary. Now the IFC show that's on Netflix now a Bill Hader and Fred Armisen the parity the you know, some famous documentaries absolutely fantastic trying to get trying to find another show to get into was in the afterlife with Ricky Gervais for a while if your Ricky Gervais fan, it's basically him at it's fine. Ernest dark comedy beautiful much like the British office. Yeah, man Biggs is there's a lot of sports going on recently, you know the World Series finishing up the Bucks basketball starting up and you'll get off to a fast start with 5 and 2, so I got enough to keep busy and And you know, we got this season we're going through to now sit. I was called a bum because I don't know much about baseball, but I said this Nationals team felt like a team of Destiny was I dumb for saying that or did I mean it worked out for me? So I see I've told people a genius but do you think that team of Destiny or momentum type thing is a real thing in sports, especially his sport that revolves around one person pitching good I do bad. But I feel like you need to give yourself more credit you have that voice for you could basically say anything and with your inflection and your Energy and your delivery it's going to sound great. The Nationals were a team of Destiny. Tell me why they were are you I didn't think based on already know how do you know? You're a big baseball guy know I did, you know, I'm not I can't say I'm a huge baseball guy. Just I enjoy laughs. I think that's everybody on then good stories another washing and I had a really good story. Yeah. Well, I was bummed out the Brewers got beat, but will you live at we live in Wisconsin forever? Because I'm That you've met you your Brewers fan. You're a box fan. The Wisconsin team looks up to you. You're a hero. I mean everywhere you go up there. What is future for Aaron Rodgers you think back, California? Come on, Pat, you know the answer to this, Wisconsin no. No, I mean, I I think I'd love to split time between California and maybe a state that doesn't have a 13-point to state income tax on done. But I'm always Gonna Keep some sort of residents powder because you know, I have the ties to the Bucks obviously and hopefully In finish my career here and the Packers do a great job of making former players, you know for really welcome coming back and still being a part of the family which I've always appreciated since day one when I got to meet Bart Starr and Mike's McGee and fuzzy and Paul hornung Jerry Kramer and you know all the greats over the years. They do a really good job of keeping those guys around and a part of the program and a part of the family and so, you know, hopefully always be the part of this family and Have a spot out here. Well, I'm going to live where it's a little warmer. That's probably smart and you've deserved it. You've worked your ass off and you've done nothing but perform for the Green Bay Packers. The last time you were on I mentioned how I got the chance to see you and Brett Favre interacted at golf tournament that we want and beat the hell out of the MBA at in everybody was kind of mind-blowing about that you and Brett Favre being friends. I assume is nothing but good for your life and still has been it's fantastic. It really is. I mean, I love Brent I always had a great appreciation form. but we were caught in the middle of a you know, a power struggle that unfortunately, you know broke apart bread and and Packers and bread myself and you know, I do give a lot of credit to more man who's produced the ESPYs and NFL owners over the years and and she knows both brother and I and and kind of approached us about doing something at the honors years ago and That was kind of the beginning of everything coming back together. We had we presented an award together and we had a surprisingly because most of the stuff on stage at award shows the superscripted and fake and doesn't go very well very but it was like it was a really authentic moment where we didn't really talk about what we're going to do on stage besides reading our lines and then kind of reacting and we had like a handshake and a some reactions and that was like the beginning I think for for Off and Brett and maybe the fans of like, hey, it's time to Let's patch things up. Like it's this is important relationship for Packer fans moving forward. It was an important relationship for me and it's been great to have him as a really really close friend. He definitely Rivals you and eyes friendship at so you should be a little jealous about that. I'm sure you saw that on the course, but but it's been great having bread back in my life and it's been a lot of fun. Is it the clock will fit? I'll go to CVS right now by all. The work you've done with State Farm not only in the commercials is very entertaining and enjoyable but this neighborhood of good raising money for California wildfire victims is Amazing 2 million plus counting. You can help out Aaron and State Farm by going to Neighborhood of good.com and donating people helping people. That's what it's all about. Aaron. Can't wait to watch you in the Packers. Get back on track. Yeah big thanks to State Farm and big thanks to you pack. Keep up the good work. Look man, I love the Thursday nights. You're doing a hell of a job changing the way that we consume sport. So keep up the good work now. Hey, that means a lot man, and I'll tell you what one day. I'll get the commentator game you play in I was there for one who got hurt early and I will I can't wait to see what comes flying out of my mouth because your magic to watch on the field and your incredible off the field. Ladies and gentlemen, absolute Legend Aaron Rodgers. Thank you. Bob. Good dude. 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It was unlike a camera. And what did you tweet you tweeted something about like that. You've been there or done that what was that about? That was fantastic remember that what you swallowed at? Exactly. That is a rich eyes inner. That's a rich not Rich Eisen. That is a Rich Rodriguez staple right there the Look Away yell. He's so angry he wants to yell so loud, but he has to look down and away from you. So he doesn't just project all of his spit on you and he's so mad. That is something that I've been on the other end. A couple of times in front of that for to was that he heard five different stories about what happened last night. I had a team camaraderie building barbecue at my house. It was not a party. He told me straight to my face. I was not allowed to have any party. So I did not have a party. I had a team camaraderie building barbecue at my house. It started at 8 p.m. It ended at like 2 a.m. Yeah, but nonetheless team camaraderie Builder and three of my teammates It's left that party and got arrested later that evening. So the next morning I had to go in and he pulled me into his office and it was that same reaction from the video you saw of him in the booth punching are yelling and he said I've heard three blasts damn stories about what happened last night and they all start at your mother Trucking house, and I had to tell him that I have a duplex. I was having a barbeque and how connected to my house they were having the party so I can understand where the confusion is and he made me run the stuff to the stadium for two weeks before 6 a.m. Stadium. So he could not accept the the the issue of the detail that couldn't be your house because you actually lived in a duplex. He did not accept that pal. He rejected the issue with this is the fire marshal got called to this party every police. Officer in Morgantown was called it as party to let us have it. So my story did not check out with literally of anybody of authority that had the city sir. If Rod so, I mean I thought it was valid though. If there were two separate houses that were connected and I was having a barbeque there were having a party but I could easily see how the fire marshal the chief and Sheriff what I'll be confused about that be here on the Rich Eisen show. All right, man. That's why I call you America's sweetheart. That is just fantastic the old team camaraderie building barbecue had to come up with that one on the Fly. I'm going to be honest. We had no clue what was going to happen at that party. We thought Rich right? I got to everybody. Nobody was going to come. Instead everybody can coaches players police officers felt like the entire town of Morgantown. Was potentially in the front yard of our duplex. I told everybody to leave but the other half of the house just kept the party going and who am I to not partake in a party happening in my front yard. It's the least I could do. We had a blast sucks. There's dudes got arrested them be honest kind of put a black eye on the whole thing. It was actually a legit party that was back when the soldier boy was popping off. You Soulja Boy off in this hoe watch me. Crank it watch me roll Watch Me Hit that man out. Hold on one me. You people are doing that on tables in front yard. I think at one point two cops had flashlights on two people doing that. Like it was a spotlight. We had on her life that night best team camaraderie building barbecue I've ever went to in my entire life. Big news big big news was broken on the internet yesterday. I have added another job. I have added another job. I am not in the booth, which I was not a hundred percent for because I don't want to be a sideline guy mostly because I've seen Molly McGrath do it and it is a lot of work and you only get a certain number of times on camera and if you miss it, it's a whole. I mean, it's tough. Be a site. It's much harder to be a silent partner than people could ever imagine just from watching football games, by the way, but instead I was told that there's this field analyst position in the XFL where I am going to be given unprecedented access in during games. You might see me in a huddle. You might see me talking to a coach immediately after he makes a terrible decision may be talking to a ref about a call. I guess. They're just going to let me roam down there with an open mic and talk to whoever whenever about whatever. Ooh, and I'm assuming that's going to make for pretty good television. I don't know how the game is going to be. I don't know how the actual teams are going to be. But I do know me getting to ask a question. Like what the hell were you thinking there is going to make for pretty good television, I think and I'm excited to do it. I'm not sure I'll be there every single week but it's been worked in there that first week will be there. Let's see how it goes and I'm assuming that all of her luck in the XFL after my first week on the sidelines. They're going to have some questions the ESPN. Why was McAfee in the Huddle in the Quarter, I'm sure you won't have any suggestions. I throw in there while you're in that hole. Hey, you guys have been really doing well with the flea flickers. Let's do maybe a triple pass. Hey guys. I just let him know. I think they should do a triple bond system. I mean, it should be interesting though. I think it's going to be a good time. I've never met the other two people that I'm calling the game with ever in my entire life. So that should be a lot of fun. Who are the other two. I don't know. I don't know. When does That season start. I don't directly after the Super Bowl. So I mean this season this fall season has been what we like to call quite a run. One and don't worry though. It's not stopping not stopping at all. I had a lot of questions about a lot of these things but the Beautiful People The Experiment. Okay, we'll take care of you. And also we think this position that has been added to the coverage of the game is one of your going to thrive in and I was like, all right, maybe let's see how it goes field analyst on the on the field more than I was when I was punching it. It's gonna be a good time sounds like a CIA positioner. That's like Elvis. I watch that thing where you wanted to be a field agent field agent. Yeah. You want to be an undercover. agent Story Time Adams That's from the movie. Obviously only like 45 people saw the movie. So nobody else are really understand that reference. Shout it to 0 that I didn't watch it, you know just made a reference to a movie that nobody watches including himself. I appreciate that. Apparently the Elvis want met with the president President Nixon President Nixon on a and Nixon basically had this set of rules for Elvis and Elvis is people had this set of rules for Nixon and how we should talk to Elvis and how Elvis is Dr. Nixon and Elvis Just wanting their kick his feet up on his table jacked all of his peanut M&Ms and just really establish Alpha status on Nixon immediately pretty good little movie. Actually. I don't remember the name of it. I was the king. Just did whatever he wanted. I mean he ended in a pretty poor fashion. I mean banana and peanut butter right on the toilet in the movie. They show him emptying the clip on his televisions in his theater. I mean think had a pretty angry life there towards the end. Other than that pretty good little career 1051. I'm pumped about that XFL stuff. By the way. I have a feeling it's going to be tough for you to watch that football and not want to strap the pads on and gold couple out there. Well that has been an issue this for I mean, I see Jacoby go down. What do I do? I merely put on the bandana put on the Horseshoe t-shirt start slinging it around the office blow up a beer can first swing. I mean, I'm the arm was feeling good too. I was taking holes out of the brick there behind the thing. I feel like I can really swing a little bit cardio is going to be an issue though. I mean I ran to the bathroom here in between breaks got winded coming back didn't think we're gonna be able to finish the show. So that's going to be a little bit tough and I assume that the offense of lineman not great in the XFL. So those quarterbacks are going to be getting slammed around. Yeah. I don't know if I'd kick or punch in a league ever again, but if quarterback becomes available and I can run more than ten yards without dying. I might want to get involved. But by the way with this field analyst thing I think I'm going to be basically playing quarterback. I'll be right behind the guy, you know, ha ha can't wait to hear the guidelines that they have for me what I'm allowed in when I'm not allowed to do there's a the ball like that one down. Not what if I'm sprinting next time like Tyree kill was that God not only am I wearing cleats out there like we're designing the like what design like a pair of Jays but we'll put cleats on the bottom. My suit will be full on like adaptable. I'll probably worth it. Yeah Flex payment now granted these games are happening in very cold conditions. I mean this isn't Beware in March here. Some of the teams are based in like New York and other places it's going to be cold as hell out there. Oh, yeah, that means I'm gonna have to move more. So look for me to stay active. I'm gonna start doing jumping jacks on a daily basis so I don't die on me are down there, but they're saying I get unprecedented access. I'm ready to go. Should be good. I mean at tell you what the DC Defenders they might as well not even play the League this year because DC is going to go undefeated. They're gonna win the whole damn thing. I've looked a little tape. That's my team for this year. You got your in your in your own for tree. There's gonna be some good football there. Who's the customer pet DC the fact incidentally? I do not know whatever team Connor Cook is on book it Hammer them. He's the face of the XFL right now. I think I'm the face of the Earth. Having we might as well just start calling it for what it is. This field analyst position is a brand new position in football. It's in a brand new league. Let's assume I'm gonna have a good opening week. Oh you and Trent Richardson are going to get a chance to Hash it out on the field term which is and I have no problems. I just wish he played football better for the cold. Yeah, but now you can tell him when to Sig instead of zagging. Okay. Try it on man. Hey, it's next time whatever. You're feeling fade yourself. I'm gonna start doing that with gambling. I think I'm gonna start, you know again when I think I'm gonna be like, Hey go this way. Now. Let's go the other way. I think I'm gonna have to that should be a blast. I honestly have no clue what they're going to allow me to do whenever I started rambling off all those things on the show, but what they're going to let me do I was not told any of that. I'm just kind of letting it all out there and see what they say, you know, everything you just said, you can't do instead the XFL tweeted it out. So anything else you guys are looking for me to do let's go ahead and let it fly. I really do think they want to reimagine. The football broadcast which I respect and appreciate and I'm pumped to get out there. I'm pumped to get in the mix. I'm pumped to ask questions that we haven't been able to ask in the past. Speaking of asking questions. These rankings are a bunch of bullshit. I do believe that these college football playoff rankings are only put out for people like us for people that have shows so that they can generate conversation about college football because right now who knows what's going to happen the rest of the year, who knows what teams going to show up on what team is he going to show up? But right now to generate conversation and to generate Buzz the college football playoff committee put out their first official first for in they are as follows. In fourth place hailing from State College, Pennsylvania Penn State who take on the Minnesota roads opponent Gophers this weekend PJ Fleck just signed a seven-year extension probably worth millions and millions of dollars and I could even fathom with a buyout is they just signed him because the FSU job just opened up the SC job supposed to open up potentially Notre Dame jobs going to open up. And if you're a guy who's had success everywhere you go. You'll need to go for soon undefeated start that 18 knows that these schools that have big old pockets are probably going to try to come get old Sky you Mama PJ Fleck nekton mentality always hungry. Never fool wanting more motivational speaker PJ Fleck by the way comes on our show gets a seven-year contract extension just goes to show you. I mean, I think probably worth 30 million dollars at least that thing's probably worth 50 million dollars. I was going to say I would guess he's probably making what to stay there like at least four to five million a year probably five million a year seven times five. Click math 35. Yes. Probably 40 million dollars the buyouts probably 20 million like Old Willie Taggart had down there at FSU. These college coaches are in a good spot. If you're a good coach you're in a good spot because this college football landscape never is settled unless you are a big dog speaking of big dogs number three, Alabama Nick Saban's Alabama Squad. Is it number three right now? Is that potentially because we don't know what's up with two is ankle do we not know how to will hold up for the rest of the year? Why is Alabama at number three nobody knows? Number two down here in the bayou kocho in the boys brand new offense been able to slice and dice teams no more with a team. That's just going to pound you to death on offense and then suffocate you on defense. The LSU Tigers are now a team that takes it to other teams with Joe burrow lighten it up potential Heisman winner. Number two team LSU and the number one rated team by the college football playoff committee who I got to hear a few of them speak at the college. Ball orientation program that he has been put on a cup holder White's talking older lights Ohio State V Ohio State number one team in the land, which is interesting because Urban Meyer's name is such a hot commodity in this coaching world, he leaves and her team gets better somehow and the reason why I believe is because Chase Young on defense aside a lot of people argue and he's the best player in all of college football and then you talk to people who are in the know who know things about stuff especially this type of stuff. Guy from The Elite 11 camp and has been around knows all the quarterbacks. He says Justin Fields is the best quarterback in the country and it's not even close. I'm like, wait a minute more than that are bear kid over in Oregon is supposed to get drivers are better than him. Like what about Joe Burrell better and him Justin Fields, I guess is the truth. So when you have the best player on offense on one team and the best player on defense on the same team that makes sense that their number one that they're up there in there. But if you're Clemson and your the tiger fans you like a what the hell is going on here the hell's On is Dabo Swinney Stewart coach. Yeah, it's Trevor Lawrence in that main still taking Snaps for us. Yeah, he started out a little rocky. Yeah. Yeah, he won a national championship as a freshman took over the world, of course is going to have a little bit of an off season of fun away from his parents for the first time away from Quarterback Camps our first time away from quarterback counselors for the first time. No matter how humble you are. When you're on top of the world is an 18 year old. It's probably gonna be a little bit difficult not to look around and smell a little bit. It is true. So he stumbled out of the gate a little bit and by stumble they still won. I think you still through like 18 touchdowns or something like that or a hundred touchdowns in the first week. He just threw a couple pics they didn't look great. They struggled against UNC. So now Clemson falls out of the top four and if you're inside your finger, like what the hell is going on here, but everybody knows that at the end of the season Clemson is going to continue to roll continue to roll in they'll be in it at the end. It's almost like the college football playoff committee did this strictly so why would say the Clemson deserves to be in there so that everybody will talk up Clemson who's the reigning National Champion? It's kind of a smart move. Which leads me to the next point is this list? All Bs thought about this is just a complete. It's just complete BS and mean absolutely nothing. Are you telling me that I'm talking about something that means Nothing sure feels like it because who cares what if Ohio State goes out there and loses the next four games. Well, I saw it at least eight teams, I think still control their own destiny. And if they went out they could get in so LSU and Alabama play each other what this weekend and I'm Penn State and Ohio State are going to play in what two or three weeks so it's gonna be completely different. So right now what we are reading is a list of who the best teams in the country are From a group of people. We don't know who they are. So an anonymous group of humans who are in a very powerful position released a list of their best teams in the country and this is them so I guess we had talked about it because those said people are the ones that pick the for playoffs at the end. So now at least we get a chance to see inside their brain to see which way they're leaning who they're looking at. Obviously, they like the Big Ten a lot and they like the SEC which everybody's going to know and since I've got a chance to call their servers and I came to I've gotten a chance to kind of be bop around the country. In chat with coaches and the conversation always turns towards the playoffs always when I sat down with David Shaw Stanford and wasn't just me. It was the whole crew. We asked him about it and Stanford used to be very prominent prominent program Heisman winners lot of NFL players, but they're in the Pac-12 which is kind of a victim of the East Coast bias over there. We asked him about the playoffs and what they should do and he said oh, yeah, he thinks there's a pretty easy answer and I agree with them the NFL player. The NCAA football playoffs should be a teams. Everybody knows this should be the champions from the power five conference has so let's make the Championships in the actual conference play means something even if a team loses early, they still have a chance to win their championship of their league. They should get in let's take the five champions from the power 5 leaks just makes too much sense. And in the last three spots those are at large bid. So if another UCF comes through and just wins like 75 games in a row, but they never get a chance. It's to play against anybody because they didn't know that they were going to be that good whenever they were scheduling games for the next four years. Give them an at-large bid if Georgia who struggled against South Carolina Early in the season, can you tell me who get hot put them in there if Minnesota goes on and dominates all year and losses in the Big Ten championship against a team that's already in the playoff. Why not give it to them. What about the Baylor Bears who are currently undefeated they'd be in there because the Big 12 Championship, but what if Oklahoma wins and they're in there then let that committee. Based on who the three at-large are let the conference's decide who the 5r and then whammy everybody's happy? We got more games. We got more money. We got more opportunity for schools that think that they should have opportunities like the PAC 12 schools, which they should by the way, it just it simplifies everything in everything makes sense college football is big thing is every game matters. And I guess that's accurate but I think a much more accurate statement would be every game matters until you lose your first one until you lose your first one and then once you lose your first one see you later, you're probably not going to be in the college football playoff conversation. If you're not in a sec or not in a big tent if you're in any other conference, other than those once you lose one game sayonara your team might as well not even exist that hurts attendance that hurts everything that hurts ratings whenever people are like This game doesn't really matter and back in the day by the way Fiesta Bowl. I got a chance to win one of those with the team. I was on awesome Sugar Bowl. I got the chance to win one of those Mac one day awesome. All these bowl games that used to be so revered. They mean nothing anymore. Nothing people don't even play in them. Nothing matters anymore other than the college football playoff. So to act as if every game matters not granted, they're still getting a stipend the kids are still getting an extra two weeks of practice to get better for the next season. Yes, they get it. Another chance to play football and play football and represent their school. But in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter like Fiesta Bowl championship whenever whenever we won that a BCS was a big deal huge deal. BCS was a huge deal now granted the BCS only happened because the NCAA sold its rights to declare a champion to the BCS, right? So we had a BCS champion of the BCS Bowls. They did that. So you go to the NCAA Hall of Fame and they would have the d 1 double a champion is their champion because they sold their rights to declare a champion so that This a hilarious thing, but everybody wanted to play off. I was on a team by the way. They wanted to play off bad bad bad our West Virginia team in the Big East conference was not given a lot of love. We want a lot of games where a dominant a lot and if we had this eight school thing, I think we would have gotten at large bid. I think we would have been able to sneak in and made something play but there's a lot of teams that are still suffering from that right now. Yes, the four game was better than what it used to be and I think that's kind of their thing. Will do you want to go back to the BCS know everybody hate the BCS? I mean, I love the mountain bike. I got for playing in the Sugar Bowl. I love getting a chance to go to Atlanta in Scottsdale and Charlotte in Jacksonville with the team to play in a bowl game and to win them. I love those opportunities but in the grand scheme of things if we're going to talk for real, none of those games matter than the playoff game and if you lose one game you're out of the big times conversation. David shot reference the USC team from a couple years ago. They lost early the Alabama. I guess they just got trampled then they bring in Sam d'Arnaud to play quarterback and they didn't lose again. But since they lost Alabama Early their name because they were in a pack 12 was basically thrown out but if they would have got in that team would have beat anybody and that's just the way it goes. If you're not in the SEC or the Big Ten if you lose a game you're out of conversation every game matters until you lose one and I think there's a lot of those stories around college football. I think there's a A lot of people are probably agree with me. I think the only people that don't agree with me or probably Alabama LSU, right big name schools. The old guards the old guards which by the way congrats to them. The ability to stay on top for that long is not easy. It's just like the Patriots. It's very hard to do that but I think there's a lot of teams that are kind of on the outside. They're like, hey, we want to take a swing at these dudes. We want to take a swing at saving now Granite any time you swing at something that big there's a chance you might eat a couple right in the face. There's a chance for a couple buzzsaw blowouts, and he's playoff games. But that happens in the NFL playoffs that happens in every form of playoffs in high school you play playoffs. In Little League, you play playoffs in the NFL you play playoffs, but in college is just for game fourteen playoff. It's like come on they say well, they don't want them to go an extra week or whatever will start to season a week earlier easy easy peasy. And let's just move forward and make college football what it truly is not only the best environment but the best football product that could possibly be sounds good to me pretty happy. We just fix that was the least we could do. I mean college football. I'm now a voice of it Thursday Night Football, by the way, that's why we're in Tampa. Who's this? This is the Rednecks on Broadway by Dave James. I think the Rednecks on Broadway would agree with me now with college football without a doubt. I think everybody would have. All right, if you have anything to say to me tweet me we can't take calls because we're in the back of the box truck. Tweet me tell me your thoughts. I will hope maybe out, you know, I'm either right or I learned if you're right. I'm open-minded. I don't stick by things. Unless I'm right unless I'm right if I'm right. I was stick with it. I view that in everything by the way if I feel a certain way. And I'm like we're going with it. I don't care what anybody else has to say, but if you have something that's better than me. I'll go fair play. Let's do that and keep it moving. So if you tweet me something that's better than the eighth game playoff. I think Harbaugh Drew up some 11 gameplay off or something and Excel spreadsheet, which I enjoy a lot. I like the thought that it generates so much Buzz because imagine if Clemson didn't get it being undefeated being the national champion last year right be like what the hell are we doing? Well known that also changes the entire Dynamic of the Season why schedule a good team at the start? Why not play like a one-day a school and just beat the hell out of em, there's no reason to go play Alabama other than you're making money. Well that it's hard for teams that are smaller to schedule good games. Right? So like our West Virginia team there were teams to do want to play us so we couldn't get them because of what could potentially happen early in the year, you know what I mean? Right. So it's like a very difficult thing to do athletic directors. Got to get to work the NFL ratings each week whenever they come out. I guess the internet enjoys listening me break these down these things do well on the internet. So I'm going to give it a go right now and I don't care what you think at home. These are my opinions. Okay, the number one psycho 10 to 1 or 1 to 10 10 to 1 to 1. Alright intense place the home team for Los Angeles the law. Los Angeles Rams who started out like dog grumpy have all of a sudden started to play good football. They get a bye week last week. Nobody knows if they got better or worse, but let's assume that McVeigh the young whiz kids going to figure something out last year. There were in the Super Bowl the beginning of this year. Everybody was like what is happening over there? They try to keep to lie about Aqib Talib hilarious interview on Colin Cowherd Yesterday, by the way. I'm excited for keep to leave to do more media. If he doesn't go and play for the Dolphins, which he said by the way, if they're trained for me they want me to play. Perform deep sleep was very cool. But the Los Angeles Rams bring in Jalen Ramsey a guy who can go on an island. If you need them, maybe maybe reboots that entire team in a confidence level in the con level of the Los Angeles Rams number nine, Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Vikings Kirk Cousins, Adam thielen got a pulled hammy. Will he come back? We don't know maybe arrested so he doesn't get in a game and then out of a game where you have them in a game plan. Then he can't use him that seemed to be a problem for Them last week although Kirk Cousins in a Minnesota Vikings offense seem to be good all the way up until this past week. Was it just a little stumble in a fall? We'll find out going forward number nine ranked team number eight a man who thought he lost his eyeball. Then threw a touchdown two weeks ago took a trip to England in took a Jaguars team Straight to Hell a bald out DeShaun Watson quarterback in the Houston Texans are now the number 8th ranked team in the NFL. according to ESPN Green Bay Packers at number seven a little piece of Humble Pie this weekend in Rogers came on our show yesterday said he loved the way the team bounced back after the loss and NFL season is too quick. You can't mope over losses or one loss becomes to two becomes three. Aaron Rodgers said some things after the game like a our preparation wasn't the greatest we needed to do this. We needed this game. Keep it moving here. We are now on Wednesday talk to him on Tuesday. He said he likes the way the teams responded. I feel like the Green Bay Packers are going to get Back in on the right foot and I think Davante Adams is going to become a weapon for them as he transitions back into that offense nicely the defense very very good. Still they even prove that this past week good Thai they need to be they need to know how to stop the run. That's the down the stretch here. They're going to be challenged and they got to be able to stop the run and tie Schmidt is an owner of the Packers to win late in December and in the playoffs, there's two key rules that basically everybody lives by you ought to be able to run the ball and you'll be able to stop the run. One if the Packers can't stop the run. Will that be Doom for them later on in the season? We're lawyer and Rogers be able to keep up with any team. No matter what's going to have to it. Sounds like number six the Seattle Seahawks who just added Josh Gordon unbelievable football being played right now by Russell Wilson Tyler Lockett in the entire Seahawks gang. They don't play great defense. So it's always a shootout look for backdoor covers against the Seattle Seahawks for the rest of the year. But now they got Josh Gordon who I assume is going to open things up even more for Russell Wilson look for Russell. Didn't win the MVP if it's not Aaron Rodgers. Number 5 Kansas City Chiefs. I have no clue why this is happening. I guess it's all because of potential and what they could potentially be how they could potentially play. Yes. They are loaded from top to bottom their defense is playing a lot better than they were at the beginning of the Season. They're getting Patrick Mahomes back. They have all their weapons. And Andy Reid is still their head coach, but they've lost games with Patrick Mahomes playing. I don't know why they're still ranked as high but I will tell you this anytime they're on television. I'm going to tune in I'm going to watch I do hope that they make an Stay in the playoff strictly for that reason and that reason alone number for the Baltimore Ravens this Lamar Jackson LED team that has the ability to do things that no other team can do they have three tight ends sets with Hollywood Brown in there. They go with a pistol and two backs next to him that offensive line says, hey you want to talk about every other offensive line? That's cool with us. We got Yonder who everybody says the best offensive lineman in history and we got a quarterback that can make people Miss. He's a mixture of Le'Veon Bell Michael Vick and economically. Throw the ball a little bit. I like the way Lamar Jackson plays football. I think what he has you can't coach which means it's hard to coach against because whenever you're coaching against an offense what you're trying to look for is Tendencies and what they're supposed to do Lamar Jackson debunks all of that. He does whatever the hell the Mark Jackson wants to do. They go as he goes, let's just hope he doesn't go down from a big-time shot. Any given point looks like he's been able to handle that type of stuff before who knows. It's the National Football League number three the New Orleans Saints welcome back Drew Brees gives a motivational speech. The port Purdue Boilermakers refuses to talk to the punters and kickers. Do I hate him for that? No partners and kickers motivate themselves. They don't need any outside forces to come in and make them feel ready for a game. But I like Drew Brees. I like his atmosphere. I like his energy. I like what he does in any time you get to play Donner's Superdome. It is awesome. I mean, it is an incredible place and that st. Steam whenever Teddy Bridgewater was in learned that they can win without Drew Brees has armed they learned that latavius Murray can win a game for you. They learned that the offensive line is good to learn that the defense in play that only juices them up going further. Look for the New Orleans Saints to be good and probably end in a terribly heartbreaking than like the last two years the Minneapolis Miracle than the phantom No pass interference call that changed the game of football completely by the way. Number two team New England Patriots lose to the Ravens pretty bad 3720 still ranked number-two strictly because they're the New England Patriots and you should show them that type of respect. Let's assume that the AFC runs through the New England Patriots. The New England Patriots say hey, it doesn't want through us anymore. They have a pretty tough upcoming schedule the New England Patriots could potentially lose a couple games. But let's always assume that Bill Belichick Tom Brady Josh McDaniels, and the boys are going to be able to figure out when it matters most real football for them doesn't start till after Thanksgiving. We still have a couple weeks for that and the number one team in the ESPN rankings. The San Francisco 49ers John Lynch cow Shanahan Jimmy G Richard Sherman George, kiddo Emmanuel Sanders hide the whole team over there is hot that team is playing good football, but and I say this every single time Arizona Cardinals took them to task 28:25 came back late. You have a lot closer than the entire game. I get it but that Niners team with an incredible player in Bosa probably going to be the rookie MVP conversation of VP talk for him that team is very very good. They have not been tested yet. But on Monday Night Football they play the Seattle Seahawks. I'll be excited to watch this game. I think ESPN's got a good one in San Fran on Monday night pumped to see what we got from the Niners congrats to them for being a number one ranked NFL team right now by ESPN and good for all the teams for trying their best out there except for the Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins and Redskins and jets it's tough for me to take those seriously. Serious, but hey, I like to know where everybody's sitting at. In other people's eyes. Got a lot of Foosball left. Can't wait to see what happens. Also if I were you there's something I would do stat immediately promptly ASAP. What's that one word that I used on a broadcast. How's the post haste expeditiously there's something I would do with all those words. Those are all synonyms for right the fuck. Now, I would start a new monthly routine that will upgrade your life and style with a box of Awesome from bespoke post bespoke post sends guys. Only the best stuff every single month. 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On today’s show, Pat and the guys are joined by Super Bowl Champion, Super Bowl MVP, 7x Pro Bowler, 3x All-Pro, the most gifted thrower of football’s of all-time, and Pat’s best friend, Aaron Rodgers. They chat about what he’s doing with State Farm to bring some aid and relief to those who have been afflicted by the wildfires in California, and how that situation hits close with him. They also cover the differences in the Packers offense this year, his thoughts on responding after a tough loss to the Chargers, he expands on his relationship with Brett Favre, and explains what a normal night in his life is like. If you’d like to help donate to wildfire relief visit neighborhoodofgood.com (2:16-25:09). He explains what exactly he’ll be doing, and asks for some suggestions. Plus, Pat and the guys break down the first College Football Playoff Rankings, and effectively fix the entire system to ensure that the best team is crowned champion every year. Pat also goes through the list of ESPN’s NFL power rankings and gives his thoughts and who is slotted where and what he’s looking forward to in the coming weeks of the season, and we throw to the Rich Eisen show as Pat retells the story of having a team camaraderie building barbecue at his house in college and why Rich Rod was less than pleased. Today’s a good one. Come and laugh with us, cheers. 