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Malachi Toney Surgery Heartbreak & Irish Week Dread | Leroy steps into therapist mode as Canes superstar receiver Malachi Toney heads for ankle surgery—is Miami’s undefeated dream cooked heading into Notre Dame week, or can the Hurricanes weather the storm?
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00:00It is still Bolo.
00:04That's true.
00:06He got you there.
00:07He got you there.
00:10You'll be boxed.
00:14Not even getting boxed
00:16and can bother me today.
00:19Last night saved
00:20what could have been a really rotten day
00:23because we get the news yesterday
00:24and it was like
00:26right as our show was going on
00:28it was really kicking around Twitter
00:30and then there were reports
00:32that Malachi Tony
00:35had gotten hurt
00:36maybe at practice
00:38and we don't know if it was yesterday
00:40or the day before
00:41but he had gotten hurt
00:42then there was a report that said
00:43I don't think it's that serious
00:44and then all of a sudden
00:46out of nowhere there's a report
00:47not never mind
00:48dude's getting surgery
00:49high ankle sprain
00:50and maybe could be back for the playoffs.
00:53So let me
00:53let me explain
00:55how this goes.
00:58One
00:58if you've been paying attention
01:01periodically
01:01he'd come out of the game
01:03with a limp
01:04which means
01:05it's probably something
01:07he's been fighting all year.
01:09So start there.
01:11Then he might have got rolled up on
01:13and we saw
01:15the last game
01:16he came up limping
01:17and he went to the sideline
01:19ran it off a little bit
01:20and then went back in
01:21he was fine.
01:21He's been limping since Wake Forest.
01:23Right.
01:23So right.
01:24So he's had
01:26something going on
01:29when he has surgery on this
01:32right
01:33because
01:33I would guess
01:34there might be some ligaments
01:36or whatever
01:37what they do is
01:40is they
01:40go in
01:41and kind of
01:44give you
01:45some stability
01:46with the ligaments
01:48and what have you
01:48they put a little screw in
01:49or something like that
01:51and
01:52it helps the healing process.
01:55So
01:55if he had not
01:56done this
01:59then this is something
02:00that would linger on
02:01for however long.
02:02Yeah.
02:03That every time
02:04he tweaks it
02:04he's
02:05like
02:06you see him
02:07limping
02:08like he's been doing.
02:09So
02:09they do it now
02:12he's still a very young player.
02:14So this is the other thing
02:15you have to understand
02:16that he's still a
02:18relative to what his career
02:20could be.
02:21He's very young.
02:23Yeah.
02:23He's a teenager.
02:24You don't want this
02:26lingering on
02:27over and
02:28to the point where
02:30I don't want
02:31the kid
02:31as big a game
02:32as this is
02:33I don't want
02:34somebody this special.
02:37Right.
02:38You know
02:39and I already know that
02:40the idea that he's not playing
02:42I know that it's real
02:43because that kid
02:44already plays
02:45through everything.
02:46But that's my point.
02:47But he's a kid.
02:48Right.
02:48And like that's the thing
02:49is like
02:50I
02:51you can't
02:52you can't
02:53do it
02:53especially on a game like this
02:55which is
02:55look
02:56it's a rivalry game
02:57it means everything
02:57it stamps you to the playoffs
02:58probably if you win
03:00but
03:00dude
03:02in the scheme of it
03:03because of the way
03:04the playoffs are
03:04you just got to go
03:05take care of your conference.
03:06They probably could do that
03:08without him.
03:09Right.
03:09But
03:10you definitely
03:11you got to just make sure
03:12he's right.
03:13This is
03:13this is
03:14this is what we're talking about
03:15is maybe one of the best players
03:16in program history.
03:17I mean
03:18get it right.
03:19And that's
03:20that's the decision
03:21I think
03:24that was made.
03:26This is not
03:27a decision made
03:28for Notre Dame.
03:30This is decision made
03:31for years
03:33from now.
03:34And these are
03:35one of those injuries
03:36when you have
03:36ligament damage
03:37and things going on
03:38on your foot
03:39that can linger
03:40on
03:41for
03:42ever.
03:43Yeah.
03:43And so
03:44I am
03:44but
03:46just bummed
03:47for him.
03:47Yes.
03:48More than anything.
03:49More than anything.
03:50Right.
03:50This kid
03:50I really legitimately
03:51think he was going to
03:52win the Heisman Trophy
03:53this year.
03:53Right.
03:53If he goes and has
03:54a ball out performance
03:56against Notre Dame
03:57he's going to win
03:58the Heisman.
03:59Right.
03:59Now it's in Mensa's hands.
04:00I mean Mensa's like
04:01it's right there.
04:02If he can go in there
04:03into Notre Dame
04:04and win without Malachi
04:05the race ends on Saturday.
04:07It's over.
04:07It's over.
04:08Because then you can't
04:09say he's throwing it
04:11to Malachi.
04:11Yeah.
04:12Right.
04:12Which is unfortunate
04:14because what quarterback
04:16wouldn't throw it
04:17to Malachi.
04:18Right.
04:18So it's
04:20and I still think
04:20they can pull this off.
04:21I do.
04:22It's going to be hard
04:23but they got
04:24they got such a backfield
04:25that they can bring
04:26to the table.
04:27Here's what's going
04:28to happen
04:28and I believe this
04:30is that
04:32there's going to be
04:32a big boy football game.
04:35They're going to try
04:35to run it down
04:36their throat
04:36and then the play
04:38action is going
04:39to destroy them.
04:40So now you have guys
04:42who won't really
04:43have to catch the ball
04:45under duress
04:45because the play
04:47action gets them
04:48gives them some space.
04:50So if
04:50if they can run
04:51the ball
04:52right
04:53they can win
04:54this game
04:56because
04:57now you have
04:58a whole defense
04:59on skates.
05:00Are they running it
05:01or are they passing it
05:02it's the worst position
05:03to be in.
05:04Right.
05:05As as even
05:06if it's an
05:07offensive guy
05:08if you have
05:09no idea
05:10what they're going
05:10to do
05:11and you got
05:12to look for
05:12everything
05:13you actually
05:14find nothing.
05:15Right.
05:17And it's the same
05:18way with defense.
05:19So I look
05:20for other guys
05:21to step up.
05:24Now you're
05:25going to lose.
05:27I'd say one
05:28of the things
05:28you lose
05:29with Malachi
05:30out
05:31is not
05:31necessarily
05:32the ability
05:33to make plays
05:34down the field
05:35and not that
05:36but catching
05:37a short pass
05:38and making it
05:3960 yards
05:40catching a short
05:41pass
05:41and getting
05:42a third
05:43and fourth.
05:44Yeah his
05:44favorite safety
05:45blanket
05:45probably
05:45Brittany has
05:46been
05:46Lofton
05:47if not
05:47Malachi
05:47this year.
05:48For sure
05:491000%.
05:50It's been good
05:51to see him
05:52get that potential
05:53going this year.
05:57I've been waiting
05:58for him to
05:58like break
05:59through for
05:59years.
06:01It feels like.
06:03And then
06:03of course
06:04Spider Coop.
06:05He's got
06:05this is
06:06his BFF.
06:08You got to
06:08have a best
06:09friends game.
06:11Barky.
06:11Barky.
06:12Barky.
06:13Man.
06:14So it's
06:15unfortunate
06:16that it
06:17would happen.
06:18Like it's
06:18two things
06:19that I
06:20immediately
06:21thought
06:21to myself
06:23well
06:23this has
06:24been
06:24bothering
06:24him
06:25all
06:25year.
06:26And then
06:27I thought
06:30how long
06:31is it
06:31going to
06:31be?
06:33You ever
06:33have that
06:34high ankle
06:34sprain?
06:37No.
06:37I know
06:37you've been
06:38lucky with
06:38knees.
06:38That never
06:39happened to
06:39you.
06:41What's the
06:42worst your
06:42ankle's ever
06:42been in
06:43shape?
06:43Because you
06:44got those
06:44weird ass
06:44ankles.
06:46Leroy's
06:46got freak
06:47ankles.
06:49Give Malachi
06:50your ankle
06:50Leroy.
06:51What are you
06:51doing?
06:51Most
06:53running backs
06:54are like
06:54that.
06:55It's crazy.
06:55When you
06:56watch a
06:56running back
06:57run.
06:57Can you
06:57still do
06:58that?
06:58What?
06:59Turn and
07:00leave my
07:00ankle.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Somewhat.
07:05It's weird.
07:06I've seen
07:06enough.
07:07Give it to
07:07Malachi.
07:08He got
07:08those weird
07:09ankles.
07:10But that's
07:10the ability
07:11to cut
07:12and if you
07:13have good
07:14ankles you
07:15can cut
07:15off the
07:15wrong foot.
07:16Funny you
07:17say that.
07:17Last night
07:18me and
07:18Brittany were
07:18talking because
07:19we were
07:19devastated about
07:20this whole
07:20situation.
07:21and we
07:22were debating
07:22on whose
07:23ankles to
07:24cut off.
07:25Wow.
07:25To Malachi.
07:27You don't
07:28want mine.
07:28I'll tell you
07:28that much.
07:29You weren't on
07:30the list.
07:32You weren't on
07:32the list.
07:34We didn't
07:34put you there.
07:37Wait.
07:38You don't
07:39want mine?
07:39Don't worry.
07:40You weren't
07:40Are my ankles
07:41last in the
07:42radio station?
07:44You weren't
07:45even brought
07:45up.
07:46Well first
07:47of all it
07:48could only
07:48be me
07:49because I'm
07:50the only
07:51one that
07:51has ever
07:52had to
07:52play football
07:52and cut
07:53like him.
07:55So that
07:56would be it.
07:57We factored
07:57in age.
07:58Crowder play
07:59defense.
08:00We factored in
08:01and he broke
08:02his feet.
08:03Both of them.
08:04We didn't even
08:05bring up Crowder
08:05either.
08:06Don't worry.
08:06No.
08:07We didn't.
08:07Who else
08:08in the
08:08building?
08:09Oh.
08:11This is a
08:12conversation.
08:13No genuinely.
08:14This is a
08:14conversation that
08:16had to be
08:16discussed with
08:17liquor.
08:18Yeah.
08:18It was
08:20depression.
08:21I was sober.
08:22It was a
08:23depression.
08:23Jennifer has
08:25wiggle.
08:26So they went
08:26with her.
08:27Are you kidding?
08:28I haven't seen
08:29the athletic guys.
08:30Have you seen
08:31her run?
08:32Pardon me.
08:32I've only seen
08:33her in combat
08:34boots.
08:35Right.
08:36Originally I
08:37said myself
08:38because I have
08:38the youngest
08:39ankles.
08:40Yeah.
08:40So.
08:41Young ankles
08:42don't matter.
08:42I was a
08:43dancer too.
08:43And then we
08:44started experimenting.
08:45Dancing.
08:45Okay.
08:46Yeah.
08:46But you do
08:48have much
08:48smaller ankles
08:49than him.
08:50You don't know
08:51what my ankles
08:51look like?
08:52Yeah.
08:52I mean.
08:52Don't assume
08:53we're ankles.
08:53Just assume.
08:55Okay.
08:55You're going to
08:56take a ballerina's
08:57ankles and put
08:58them on Malachi?
08:59How's that going
08:59to look?
08:59That's going to
09:00look like little
09:00hanging.
09:00Have you seen
09:01her plie?
09:03You've never
09:04seen me plie,
09:05okay?
09:06Wow.
09:07What a time
09:08to be alive
09:08everybody.
09:09What are we
09:09doing?
09:09Unbelievable.
09:10You have to
09:10laugh or you'll
09:11cry.
09:11I mean it
09:11started with
09:12the whole
09:13conversation
09:13started off
09:14bad when
09:14Tobin said
09:15well I
09:16can't.
09:16Don't worry.
09:17You weren't on
09:18the list.
09:19The only thing my
09:19ankles do.
09:22Legitimately the
09:23only thing my
09:23ankles are good
09:25for are banging
09:26onto the sides
09:26of chairs and
09:27hurting.
09:29I got one
09:31worse for you.
09:32So when you
09:33golf you go in
09:34the sand trap and
09:36you tap the
09:36bottom of your
09:37shoes to get
09:37the sand off so
09:38you don't drag
09:39it on the green
09:40and I hit a bad
09:41shot so I was
09:42mad and I went
09:44to hit the and
09:45missed to hit my
09:46ankle.
09:46I just took a
09:47knee.
09:4881 Magic says
09:49Dan Day's ankles
09:50seem undefeated out
09:52of the bayou.
09:53He's like really
09:54skinny though.
09:54I've got to
09:55say he did not
09:56come up either.
09:57He did not
09:57come up either.
09:58I think Dan Day
09:59actually is a
10:00pretty good answer.
10:00Dan Day like he
10:01he's like walking
10:02every day.
10:03That's true.
10:03He could be he
10:04could have been
10:05the answer here.
10:07But you think
10:09you think those
10:10ankles could support
10:11an athlete?
10:11I don't know.
10:14Maybe like a
10:15featherweight boxer.
10:17Dicey.
10:17Dicey.
10:18Yeah like I was
10:19just like Malachi
10:21Malachi look up and
10:22say what I'm
10:22supposed to do
10:23with D.
10:27He's like look
10:28at us like Mr.
10:29Potato Head.
10:29He goes this is
10:30what this is
10:30the best you
10:30guys can do.
10:31I'm sorry.
10:32I'm sorry Malie.
10:34Look I just got
10:35a Notre Dame.
10:38Don't lose.
10:40Like this is this
10:41is right now
10:42they've gone down
10:43to a touchdown
10:44and a half
10:44favorite.
10:45It's gone.
10:46It's gone up two
10:46points.
10:48Can I just you
10:48don't beat you
10:49don't beat the
10:49Canes with Malachi
10:50Tony out.
10:51Can I just tell
10:52you some of the
10:52worst situations
10:54that I've ever
10:55played football in
10:56is that situation
10:58right there where
10:58they say this
10:59guy's out.
11:00Oh he's the
11:02green dot or
11:02he's this and
11:04they bring in a
11:04guy that you
11:05don't have really
11:06a whole lot of
11:07film on and
11:08he lights you up.
11:10So I would say
11:12the Canes do
11:13have depth.
11:15You know
11:16they're just not
11:17Malachi.
11:18It doesn't mean
11:18they can't play.
11:19Yeah.
11:19So I would
11:20expect one of
11:21these guys
11:24that hasn't
11:24had that
11:25moment to
11:26have a
11:27couple of
11:28big moments
11:28in the game
11:30not to mention
11:31I would say
11:31like Barcade
11:33can do some
11:34of the stuff
11:35but it almost
11:36seems like
11:36Barcade's more
11:37of an outside
11:37guy.
11:38Right.
11:39So to move
11:40him inside and
11:40have him do
11:41some of that
11:41stuff it
11:41wouldn't be
11:42the same.
11:44Well
11:46it sucks.
11:47There's no
11:47other way to
11:48put it.
11:48But I feel
11:50mostly bad
11:51for him
11:51more so than
11:52the game.
11:52Absolutely.
11:53Like that's
11:53that is going
11:55to be
11:55that is going
11:56to be the
11:57thing that
11:57that's just
11:58because I do
11:59think this kid
11:59was on his
11:59way to
12:00at the very
12:01least was
12:01going to
12:01New York.
12:02One thousand
12:02percent.
12:03He said it's
12:03going to confuse
12:04Notre Dame
12:04fans if an
12:05intangible
12:06lights them up.
12:07Van Spafford
12:08yeah the fast
12:08intangible.
12:10I mean
12:10you got a
12:11tandem and
12:11you have
12:12tandem intangibles
12:13if you wanted
12:14to Barcade and
12:15Spafford.
12:15It's got to be
12:16like a
12:16Kings first.
12:17I have to
12:18it has to
12:18be double.
12:20We usually
12:21always sprinkle
12:21one in.
12:22Yeah.
12:23I mean
12:24the all-time
12:25leading receiver.
12:26Yeah but he
12:27didn't even have
12:28a partner.
12:29Right.
12:29There's always
12:29one.
12:30And was he
12:31really an
12:31intangible.
12:32Then we got
12:33Braxton
12:33Barrios.
12:34Is he
12:35intangible
12:35or Latino.
12:37Barrios is
12:38intangible.
12:39Yeah he's not
12:39Latino.
12:40He's not
12:40white though.
12:41Okay.
12:42That is a
12:43white man.
12:43Oh you see
12:43that intangible
12:44flying down
12:44the field.
12:47See the
12:48problem with
12:50this show is
12:51is that we
12:52have cuts
12:54without context.
12:56Weirdly enough
12:56I mean Barrios
12:57is a Hispanic
12:58name.
12:59I think he is.
12:59He is Puerto
13:00Rican descent.
13:01Yeah I think
13:01he's heritage.
13:02He's very white.
13:04Yeah.
13:04Oh okay but
13:05guess what.
13:06I wasn't wrong
13:07the way you shot me.
13:08The point is
13:08we've never
13:08played with
13:09two Barrios.
13:11You also
13:11don't let us
13:12claim.
13:13You also
13:14tell me
13:14Jennifer all
13:15the time
13:15that we're
13:15intangibles
13:16even though
13:17we're fully
13:18Hispanic.
13:18So mine
13:19like no.
13:21Well she
13:22could get
13:22away with it.
13:23Oh my god
13:23thank you.
13:24No because
13:25you're.
13:26Wait wait
13:26what what
13:27get away
13:27with what
13:28being intangible
13:29because you're
13:30a ghost.
13:31You you
13:32you have
13:32the skin
13:33so you
13:33could tell
13:34I would
13:34I would
13:34automatically
13:35so you
13:36know what I
13:36mean.
13:36You know
13:37what I
13:37mean.
13:38I look
13:39less
13:39Latina.
13:40Huh.
13:41Don't talk
13:41to me
13:41today.
13:42What are you
13:43talking about
13:44she's mad
13:44that she
13:45looks less
13:45Latina than
13:46me.
13:47Yeah.
13:49If you
13:50guys were
13:50just standing
13:51next to each
13:51other.
13:51If you
13:51only knew
13:52her
13:52middle
13:52name.
13:56It's
13:57more Latina
13:58than Britney.
13:59It sure
14:00is.
14:00I will
14:00give you
14:01that.
14:01More
14:02Latina than
14:02a lot of
14:03Latin
14:03countries.
14:05Don't
14:05underestimate
14:05me.
14:06Don't
14:07underestimate
14:07underestimate
14:07me.