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Did Michigan State make a mistake hiring Pat Fitzgerald?
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00:01College and the NFL, the weekend that was, it's the overreact gyms.
00:06Kentucky and UCLA are showing that Michigan State made the wrong hire,
00:11made a bad hire.
00:12It's a pair of basketball schools that are picking up program wins.
00:15UCLA goes into Eugene, Kentucky beats LSU.
00:19While Fitzgerald is flipping off officials on a bad call,
00:22and it was a bad call,
00:23it's probably how Spartans fans felt about his two-point conversion.
00:26You can preach patience, but it is not college football anymore.
00:30Need results.
00:32Yeah, Bob Chesnine is doing the Kirk Signetti,
00:35and it's a one-year turnaround.
00:37And I think a lot of Spartan fans wanted that same thing.
00:42I'm willing to give Pat Fitzgerald a little more time.
00:47Trust me, I'm not a Spartan fan, and I do have a background.
00:51I think he will get it right.
00:52I just don't know if he'll get it right in time.
00:56All right, so it's kind of funny.
00:58Dave, you corrected the way you had this worded.
01:00You said wrong hire, and then you said no, bad hire.
01:04Well, that's exactly what I was going to say.
01:05I think it's a little bit of an overreaction,
01:06because I think you could argue it's the wrong hire,
01:10but it's not a bad hire yet.
01:11You've got to give a little more time.
01:13Not everybody is going to hit the jackpot five games into a coaching tenure, okay?
01:18And I know that you can do it briskly,
01:21but there's only going to be one or two of these a year.
01:24So I think you can argue I made the wrong hire right now.
01:26Look, the bottom line is they had a chance to get Chesney.
01:29Fitzgerald was hired December 1st.
01:31Chesney was hired December 6th.
01:33Yeah.
01:33Will Stein was hired the same day as Pat Fitzgerald.
01:37Michigan State could have chose either one to go after either one.
01:40You know, JMU granted permission for him to seek a job,
01:45but also UCLA gave Chesney the permission to coach in the playoffs.
01:49My point is those are basketball schools.
01:51You could have gone out and got these guys.
01:54It's not like UCLA and Kentucky were destinations
01:56that you would have had to fight to get.
01:58You know, well, we can't compete with those schools.
02:02Well, and the issue with Pat is he was out of football for three years.
02:06He wasn't bringing anyone with him.
02:09And so there's no quarterback that's familiar with any type of system
02:12he wants to run.
02:13There's no defensive players that are familiar with what type of system
02:16he wants to run.
02:17He inherited a team that was devoid of talent because most of them left.
02:22They're facing all of the former players that were at Michigan State.
02:27Look, I'm not going to speak for Spartan fans,
02:28but I think if you're watching this and you're hearing,
02:30I got to be patient while these other teams are hitting the fast forward button,
02:34you're going, why did we hire the dinosaur?
02:36Yeah.
02:37Why are we down 17?
02:38Nothing.
02:39I'm supposed to.
02:39I mean, how long are you going to do moral victories?
02:41This isn't Notre Dame.
02:42It's Illinois.
02:42Right.
02:47Speaking of the UCLA Bruins,
02:49they're the third best team in the Big Ten,
02:51and you can lock them into a playoff spot.
02:53They went into Eugene, controlled the game.
02:55Oregon had won 24 of their last 25 home games.
02:59Bob Chesney has already made a playoff once at JMU.
03:02He will do it again this year.
03:04Only one ranked team the rest of the way on the schedule.
03:07Not an overreaction,
03:10but it might,
03:11in terms of third best team in the Big Ten,
03:15look at their schedule.
03:16They have a schedule set up for success for a first-year coach.
03:21They've already beaten Purdue, Maryland.
03:22Now, obviously, going to Eugene,
03:24that is a program win.
03:26One that I don't think anybody saw coming,
03:28but the line I thought we all thought was a little bit out of whack
03:32in regards to what UCLA is.
03:35There are games that are still on the horizon.
03:37Wisconsin,
03:39Michigan State,
03:40at Minnesota,
03:41Illinois,
03:42at Michigan,
03:43and USC.
03:44That USC game is obviously the last one of the year.
03:46That's their rivalry game.
03:47I kind of expect that they're going to go into that last one undefeated.
03:51And they'll be in a playoff then.
03:52Yeah.
03:53So, not an overreaction in terms of the playoffs.
03:56Maybe an overreaction in terms of third best team.
03:58All right.
03:59Yeah.
03:59Not overreaction.
04:00I think even with two losses,
04:01they probably get into the college football playoff.
04:04The only team maybe lurking here is they do play USC at the end of the season.
04:08If they do have one or two losses going into that,
04:12USC might trump them.
04:13But I don't think there's an overreaction.
04:15The fact that they won with their defense is what kind of surprised me.
04:18Yeah.
04:21Real quick on that.
04:23Oregon,
04:23one of 15 on third down,
04:25fourth down,
04:26and two-point conversions.
04:27Wow.
04:29If his name was Arch Smith,
04:31we wouldn't be talking about the NFL.
04:32A pick six and a killer INT to set up the game-winning field goal for Oklahoma.
04:38I don't understand it.
04:39If you look at Fox Sports and Yahoo Sports this morning,
04:43the number one pick in the mock draft is Arch Manning.
04:47How many guys are better?
04:49Darian Mensis,
04:50CJ Carr,
04:50Julian Sayan,
04:51Jordan Maiava,
04:53Chambliss and Stockton are older,
04:54but I think they're better.
04:56Why is this guy being talked about as the number one overall pick?
04:59It's because of his last name.
05:00Well,
05:01it is because of his last name.
05:02And I mean,
05:03you look at all those quarterbacks that you talked about,
05:05and I mean,
05:06it does you no favors.
05:07We're standing more to be a number one quarterback in a draft or in a,
05:09in a recruiting class,
05:10because you've got,
05:12we,
05:12we,
05:12we saw,
05:13we've seen Bryce Underwood.
05:15We've seen Dylan Ryola.
05:17Now Arch Manning.
05:19We've seen Arch Manning for a lot longer,
05:21but he is not even in the top 50 in total yards.
05:25He's not even in the top 50 in passer rating.
05:28He's got 10 touchdowns,
05:29five interceptions and 12 sacks.
05:31And some of them are protection sacks.
05:33Some of them are,
05:34you just can't get rid of the football.
05:35He is on par with Colton Joseph.
05:40Does anybody even know who that is?
05:42Wisconsin quarterback.
05:42The Wisconsin quarterback.
05:43Also Sam Levitt at LSU,
05:45who actually has three more interceptions.
05:48Wow.
05:48This is the easiest one of these ever.
05:50If his name was Arch Smith,
05:51he would not be in the mention or discussion for number one,
05:54overall pick.
05:54He might be still in discussion as a first round pick.
05:58Look,
05:59the only reason is the Manning name,
06:01the lineage.
06:02And I think the other thing working for him here is he's got the tools that,
06:08and that carries a lot of weight in terms of being able to be a pro style quarterback.
06:14That's still what's attractive,
06:15but this is not an overreaction.
06:19Georgia is the best team in the country.
06:22Pass interference aided,
06:23but a win in Tuscaloosa at night is the best win that any team has in the country.
06:27The Bulldogs are number one.
06:29Yeah.
06:30I mean,
06:31I thought I said this the last couple of weeks.
06:32They're the number two.
06:33They were the number two team in the country,
06:35and no one's talking about them.
06:37No one's talking about the fact that their quarterback just simply doesn't turn the ball over.
06:42He is not asked to win a lot of games,
06:45but he's just simply asked don't go lose a game defensively.
06:48I think they may be the best defense in the country.
06:51Yeah,
06:52I don't think it's an overreaction.
06:53You know,
06:53they've given up 20 points or less every single game,
06:56a little more stock into the Oklahoma win,
06:59right?
07:00Because of what Oklahoma did to Texas.
07:03It's not overreaction,
07:04but it doesn't mean that they're not going to or that they're going to win at all.
07:07I still have a lot of respect.
07:08I think Bama could still beat them again.
07:10That was such a tight game.
07:11Controversial at the end.
07:13OSU,
07:14I think,
07:14can compete with Georgia.
07:16Not sure about Notre Dame,
07:18Miami yet.
07:18Need to see more.
07:19They'll play each other.
07:20They are clearly the best team right now.
07:26The Giants and Commanders should both get losses.
07:31Forget about this tie.
07:32We shouldn't have ties,
07:33and both teams deserved to lose that game.
07:36The Commanders,
07:37everybody's seen the botched ending.
07:38I don't know why they're trying to run it down to zero
07:40to kick the field goal.
07:41They ran out of time.
07:42They're quarterbacks that land on the ground like he's got all the time in the world.
07:45Very dumb.
07:46And not to let the Giants off the hook,
07:48they missed a field goal and fumbled in field goal range.
07:50They had two different chances.
07:51Neither team should get a tie.
07:53They both should get a loss.
07:54Yeah,
07:55and Dom Zavada,
07:55I wanted him to just make one of those field goals
07:58and get a chance at the end to justify and resurrect what he's trying to do as a rookie kicker.
08:07But, I mean, come on, man.
08:08I don't care if it's raining.
08:09You've got to hit at least one of those.
08:12Look, you know,
08:13you stole something that was going to be in Thursday touchdown.
08:15It's an annual thing that Greg knows.
08:17When we have a tie,
08:17I say get rid of ties.
08:19I just don't get why you have ties.
08:22I want somebody that has common sense to explain to me why you have ties.
08:27How about if you don't win,
08:28you lose.
08:29Neither team won.
08:30They both should lose.
08:31Sure.
08:31Not a reaction then.
08:34The three best teams in the NFC all play in the same division.
08:38It's out west.
08:39You had a heavyweight bout with the Niners and Seahawks yesterday.
08:42Somebody had to win.
08:43The Niners did.
08:43But I don't think less of Seattle.
08:45And I know the Rams are going to get this thing right.
08:48Maybe I'm disrespecting the Vikings a little bit,
08:49but I think the North is wide open.
08:51Well,
08:51when you think about those three teams and I,
08:53not an overreaction,
08:54San Francisco,
08:55they have an offense and a defense,
08:56Seattle on offense and a defense,
08:58the Rams and offense and a defense.
09:00If you look at Minnesota and you're kind of looking at it going,
09:04okay,
09:05Kyler Murray yesterday was good and he was picking up third downs.
09:08He was doing a good job with his legs.
09:10I just don't know that their offense is.
09:13If it's sustainable for them to be able to win games,
09:17the way that they're winning them.
09:18Yeah.
09:19They have a great defense.
09:20Brian Flores is dialing up.
09:21I mean,
09:22he is dealing defensively,
09:23but offensively.
09:25No,
09:25I'm not ready to give them that much credit.
09:27Yeah.
09:28I think the three best teams are in the NFC West.
09:30I,
09:31the Vikings,
09:31John hit most of points offensively.
09:33They have to show more.
09:35I mean,
09:35they're not playing great defenses and they can't score to even 20 points a game.
09:39Hardly.
09:43The Jacksonville Jaguars have already won the AFC South.
09:46Congratulations to them.
09:48Also,
09:48shout out Nick Sirianni.
09:49What are you doing kicking it inbounds at the end of that game?
09:53The Jags are up three in their division.
09:55They look very good.
09:56Best point differential in the AFC.
09:58Those fans can look forward to at least one home playoff game.
10:01Yeah.
10:01The only team with a positive point differential in the,
10:04in the AFC South Indianapolis Colts,
10:06nobody trusts them to get it right with Danny dimes.
10:09Houston is one of four,
10:11one and four and Tennessee.
10:13They may not win a game all season long.
10:15So yeah,
10:16I think that they,
10:16they probably locked it up.
10:17Obviously they're going to have to continue to play and hopefully they don't
10:20have injuries.
10:21All right.
10:21This is a overreaction.
10:23Why?
10:24The Jags quote host the Texans in London this coming week.
10:29If the Texans win,
10:31they're two and four and the Jags are four and two and it's game on.
10:35It's 11 59 59,
10:38but it hasn't struck midnight yet.
10:40Texan Tom has barely a pulse.
10:43Could you imagine?
10:44Texan Tom or Texans can he just digging his way out of the grave?
10:48Hey,
10:48they got,
10:49they got Marv now.
10:50There you go.
10:51Last one.
10:52The chargers need to start over.
10:54And when I say start over,
10:56I mean,
10:57fire Harbaugh,
10:58trade Herbert and move back to San Diego.
11:00Harbaugh quote,
11:01doesn't know what the message is to his team.
11:04After an 0 and 5 start Herbert in the fourth quarter this year,
11:06how about these numbers?
11:07No touchdowns,
11:08four picks,
11:0955% passer.
11:11His QB rating would be higher.
11:13If he spiked the ball,
11:14every play to just start over.
11:17And by the way,
11:17San Diego should have an NFL team.
11:18I agree.
11:19And not an overreaction.
11:20I think all of these things should happen for the chargers.
11:24And it's,
11:25there's too much talent on this team.
11:27And I know their schedule is tough to way too much talent on this team.
11:31They lost to the Cardinals.
11:33I think that's the Cardinals only win so far,
11:36but yeah,
11:37at 0 and 5,
11:38take a look at the schedule,
11:39by the way,
11:39they're not winning till November.
11:40No,
11:41they're going to be probably 0 and 9 before they have a chance to win another game.
11:45And it's an opportunity that right now,
11:48if the season were to be over,
11:49they would have the number two overall pick.
11:51If they want to go get a quarterback,
11:53this quarterback heavy draft,
11:54you could go get your next quarterback.
11:57And there are a lot of other teams that would love to have Justin Herbert.
12:02You just,
12:02you just clicked.
12:03They can take a Manning after Eli refused to play for the chargers.
12:08They can't go to San Diego.
12:10Oh,
12:11okay.
12:11Yeah.
12:13This is not an overreaction.
12:15They belong in San Diego.
12:17They always have.
12:17And there shouldn't be two teams in LA when they can barely support one.
12:21I also think with Herbert,
12:23they should really see,
12:24can they get two first round picks?
12:26I would think so.
12:27I think that's the starting point.
12:28Maybe a throw in pick or something like that.
12:30They should with the getting a high pick this year.
12:32Yeah.
12:32You have three high first rounders or at least two high first rounders next year.
12:36A great way to start over.
12:38Yeah.
12:38It's time.
12:39And with Jim Harbaugh,
12:4022 and 12 with Jesse Minter.
12:440 and 5 without.
12:46He's a Minter merchant.
12:47All right.
12:48Those are your overreactions.
12:49It's 97.
12:50One.