00:00All right, welcome in on a Monday. Good to have everybody aboard. I have to tell you, Rico Beard, this
00:08man is like an elevated weatherman sometimes. You throw out that 10-day, and you don't think there's any way
00:17he's going to be right 10 days from now?
00:20I know, where do we carve out time to get to this? Because now after you played that Whittingham audio,
00:26you didn't, Jeremy did. I know we're going to start with something else. Where would you like to carve out
00:32time? Because I really want to drill down on this with you regarding the Tommy Carr hurricane.
00:38You want to just go right now? David, what do you think? Are we doing irreparable harm to the show?
00:44Okay, so let's start with this. Rico, two months ago, we'll call him, to be fair, said, look, man, I'm
00:53hearing a lot about Tommy Carr. This isn't some ad hominem attack on Bryce. I haven't seen Bryce play yet
00:58this year. But it was the idea of, hey, if Bryce doesn't get off to a hot start or that
01:04Oklahoma game is not sweet, you look out for my man TC.
01:08Naturally, I'm like, all right, Rico, what drugs are you on today? Go from ketamine to Quaaludes. But he stood
01:16tall. He is the light of the world. So here's the point. Today, Michigan named Rico's godson, Tommy Carr, backup.
01:28He beat out that bum from Colorado State, Fowler Nicolosi. I don't like him at all. I understood why they
01:34brought him in, but he got beat out by Rico's godson.
01:38So then, Evan was at his desk, and he started playing some video special montage. Was it Lloyd talking to
01:49Tommy Carr, saying, we're so proud of you? What was that?
01:51That was his dad, who sounds like Lloyd.
01:54Ever drink a beer?
01:56Right. So, special message. So then we were like, well, I'm sure his dad recorded a special message for CJ.
02:03I mean, he won the starting job at Notre Dame. There was no message.
02:07But wait, there's more. And this is where I go, oh, my God.
02:12So, Jeremy fired this audio. You were getting set up over there. You didn't have your earbuds in.
02:17I want to play this audio. I want you to listen to it.
02:21I'm starting to believe you're on to something. And let me be clear for the people in the back.
02:27You're not saying Bryce is going to lose his job. You're just saying this is closer than people think,
02:32that this kid has some momentum, has some backers.
02:37And if Bryce isn't careful, the pressure is on Bryce. There's a groundswell for Tommy Carr.
02:44TC.
02:45TC. And it's from people. Like I said, this isn't from me, but just talking to a lot of Michigan
02:52people who I respect.
02:54And they all were like, Tommy, individually. And I'm like, wait, are you about to tell me about Tommy Carr
03:01as well?
03:02So, yeah, I'm telling you, man, Bryce, he's got the pressure on him
03:08that Oklahoma is kind of that swing game.
03:11And you've said it for months.
03:12He comes out in Oklahoma, he plays well, he puts this thing to bed,
03:17carvers the backup.
03:18Oklahoma game, and he plays like he did in big games last season,
03:22and you may start to see the split duty happening.
03:26So, to be clear, my position has been up until this moment
03:31it doesn't matter if Bryce falls on his ass against Oklahoma.
03:35There's no world they're going to bench him.
03:38Or is there?
03:39Can I play this audio for you?
03:40Yeah.
03:40This is all for you.
03:42No, I'm proud of you because I like big opinions,
03:45but then people have to stand by them.
03:48Not when they're unreasonable, but like, I did, I attacked you.
03:53Pretty sure I called you a meth ad.
03:54It's okay because, look, Michigan looks at it this way.
03:58Whether you want to admit it or not, you're swung and missed with C.J. Carr.
04:02And now he may be the number one pick in the draft coming out next season.
04:07Sure.
04:07You got another bite at the apple with the younger brother.
04:10The legacy.
04:11Do you risk having him sit there and transferring him out,
04:16transferring goes to the same place else, or he's got talent?
04:20I mean, it was the spring game, and I know spring games don't yield a lot,
04:23but when you're good and the starter is not, it does raise an eyebrow of,
04:29wow, these guys have been telling me about Tommy Carr.
04:32Maybe he will become that guy.
04:34So let's do this.
04:35David, do you have that Whittingham audio that Otto played?
04:38I want to play this for you in the audience, something or nothing,
04:42because setting it up this way, I took something out of it.
04:47I don't know if I'm right, but I go, oh, my God.
04:50Rico's right.
04:51Kyle, in the midst of this, you heard the construction thing.
04:55Like, you know when, like, a big dump truck backs up,
05:00and it's like, boo, boo.
05:01I'm like, he's backtracking.
05:03Just listen to this, hearing what you've heard.
05:07Does this play into Rico's theory?
05:09David, audio, please.
05:11David.
05:12David.
05:15David.
05:18David.
05:38Boy, did he hedge that.
05:39Basically, we've turned him into the bubble boy.
05:42Shout out Seinfeld.
05:43But here's my question.
05:45People, do you think Kyle Whittingham, a new coach, not from around here,
05:51no ties to the school, none of that.
05:53Do you think this guy's got the cachet and got the guts to sit the $12 million
05:59man if he falters early?
06:01Now, up until this point, I've said no.
06:02But the fact that Carr won the backup job today, all right, that's interesting.
06:08The special messages, I mean, I know it's silly.
06:11It's kind of like taking an espresso machine when you get traded to L.A.
06:14More on that later.
06:15And then Whittingham there, all he had to do was say, look, man,
06:20Bryce has come a long way.
06:21We're proud of him.
06:21We're really excited to get the season started.
06:23And instead, he turned him into the bubble boy.
06:26Yeah, he's been great.
06:27He hadn't faced anybody.
06:28Well, we don't let nobody touch him.
06:30He hadn't had to do basically anything.
06:32But he's better than he was in the spring.
06:34I'm asking Michigan fans.
06:35This is not my fight.
06:37My team doesn't even play in the same galaxy as yours.
06:40I'm asking you.
06:42Because here's the other end of it.
06:44Then I started thinking about Rico Beard, the light of the world.
06:48I started to think about their schedule.
06:51There's really no world they're going to be a playoff team.
06:54There's just unless you got intergalactic improvement from Bryce,
07:00amongst others.
07:02When you look at it, if this truly is a transition year to a new staff,
07:05new system, and potentially a new quarterback, that's the time.
07:11Just talk to me, guys.
07:12I'm asking a question.
07:14Bryce could be amazing.
07:16He could be terrible.
07:17I don't know.
07:17But this Tommy Carr thing, Rico Beard, Founders Crest.
07:25I thought about you as I packed that thing away this weekend.
07:31I just, okay, now.
07:34What's wrong?
07:36I just got a text from somebody.
07:40What did Lloyd have to say?
07:42We're just about to say that.
07:44What did Lloyd have to say?
07:46By the way.
07:47No, no, hold on.
07:48Just Rico.
07:49He's got a text.
07:51Somebody who's decently plugged in.
07:53I mean, he's all Wolverine.
07:55Trust me.
07:56This is closer than anyone realizes.
07:59And if that Oklahoma game doesn't go well, this could be Brady Henson.
08:04If the Oklahoma game doesn't go well, Mike, tell your friend,
08:07we'll let it play out.
08:08I just, look, I wanted to give you the open and the segment because I know.
08:13Dude, we've known each other now for 16 years.
08:16I'll bust your balls, but I'd like to think I'd do a good job of like,
08:20hey, you got this one.
08:21You were right.
08:21I was wrong.
08:22Rico, you might be right on this.
08:25In the end, it's in Bryce's hands.
08:28But man, if I'm asking the Wolverine nation, do you believe Rico Beard?
08:34And here's the thing, guys, I'm not trying to be right.
08:38I'm just reporting to you what I have heard from multiple people who are inside,
08:44who love Michigan, who know, think that I get, no, that I get information
08:51from when I need to know something about Michigan.
08:54And individually, they all kept saying the same thing.
08:57And I'm like, really?
08:59And they're like, go back, look at the game, look at how this team loves him.
09:04And he's a legacy.
09:05And I do believe a part of it, Mike, they missed out on the older brother.
09:11Remember, they let him go.
09:13And they got Bryce.
09:16Well, now we're going to see what happens.
09:18You got the younger brother.
09:20David, you're Wolverine swine.
09:22What's your take on this?
09:24I mean, please, if you don't like what King Leonidas over here is saying,
09:30then just argue it.
09:32That's all I ask.
09:33You can disagree with Rico.
09:34But you got to have reasons that go beyond,
09:37it's got to be something rooted in reality.
09:41It's a little nuanced, but, you know, go for it.
09:44Rich is sporty.
09:45All right, David.
09:46So I disagree with what you're sporty.
09:51You know that's what it boils down to.
09:53It does.
09:54Sporty radio again.
09:54It does.
09:55Who boo you?
09:56When you first said it, I was kind of like, all right, come on now.
10:00But the fact that Whittingham in this clip here then says, well,
10:03he hasn't faced anybody.
10:04Why do you even need to say that?
10:06What was he doing?
10:07You didn't need to do it.
10:08You don't need to say that.
10:10And then you also, I've never seen, I don't care who you are,
10:13I've never seen a backup quarterback receive special messages and have a video
10:17put on your social media page.
10:20Never seen that.
10:21Didn't do it for the older brother.
10:22And that worries me a little bit about what the race looks like between the two
10:26of them.
10:27It may be closer than we think.
10:29And you've been ahead of this since day one.
10:31David.
10:32I never wanted to believe it.
10:33But because here's the thing, people will say, well, he didn't have a quarterback's
10:36coach and you had Shrone Moore and he didn't really grow and he didn't do it.
10:39Those are all true.
10:40Those are all facts.
10:41Check, check, check.
10:43But what he didn't learn how to do, everything doesn't have to be a fastball.
10:47He needs to touch.
10:48He needs to be able to read.
10:50And he can't do that when read defenses, not reading.
10:53But.
10:54Oh man, you were leaving it open right there.
10:55I know.
10:56You were really heading for the drop turn here right there.
11:00But.
11:01He's Arvel Reese.
11:03You're about to tell me.
11:04He has to go out there and play well against a top team.
11:09Okay.
11:10Not a directional school.
11:12I'm fascinated.
11:13Look.
11:13He may come out this week and throw for five touchdowns.
11:16It's meaningless.
11:16And it's like the Lions' third preseason game.
11:19The Oklahoma game.
11:21Do you believe what Rico has said for months now?
11:23As we're just getting little pieces, we're trying to have fun.
11:26I don't know if that's in your ability to do so.
11:29Do you believe the Oklahoma game could cost Bryce's job?
11:31Do you believe this is closer than what you're being sold?
11:36That's it.
11:36And if you say no, I'm not mad at it.
11:38I don't care.
11:39Because at that point, it turns into Brady Henson 2.0.
11:42Oh man.
11:44I mean, that's great content.
11:47That's the root for radio.
11:49But I had something else, but I wanted to start with this.
11:52It's like, Rico, every little piece you get, it kind of...
11:57It's lining up.
11:58Light of the world.
11:592-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
12:03This opening segment was brought to you by the Founders Club.
12:08I want to hear from Michigan fans.
12:09And even if it's just text, I'm fine.
12:11We had to start with this.
12:12Otto blowing the lid off this thing with the Whittingham stuff.
12:16Why would he do that?
12:17Maybe we'll get E to call in.
12:19Well, he's going to just say, go blue.
12:21And he could tell me they'll start Mickey Mouse.
12:23And they'll still go 11.
12:24And I mean, look, I love that Big E's committed to the cause.
12:27But I can't take anything E says really seriously.
12:30He's dedicated.
12:31But that'd be like a caller starting with go green.
12:33I've already eliminated you.
12:35Okay.
12:36Tell them all about it.
12:37All right.
12:38Lions fans, football season is finally here.
12:41Lions fans.
12:41Lions fans.
12:41Yeah.
