Hr3 - NBA Hammers Clippers with Massive Penalties Over Kawhi Leonard Deal

0:00All right, general manager said a lot of things today, including keeping four quarterbacks because they were impressed with Jack Strand's ability to run and run with the ones. The quote was it showed that he was, it wasn't too big for him. And I think that's really speaks volumes for Jack Strand Frost. Cooper Rush comes in late. Again, having to learn the offense, this is the advantage that two and Michael Pennings had over both of these guys because, you know, Strand was an undrafted free agent. But both of these guys are running with the ones basically the first two weeks, like the eight first eight days of camp guys. And it's something that kind of gets overlooked nationally when we talk about this alleged competition between two and Michael Pennings, but they were getting a lot of the run because one, they needed to catch up. But two, you kind of got a chance to see Jack Strand. And Mike, I thought a question was asked today about Strand. If that doesn't happen, does he make this team? And the general manager, Ian Cuttingham said, I know it's a hypothetical, but it's a really good question. Look, the guy got a chance to go with the ones for those who haven't followed Jack Strand.

1:00By now most people know he had a chance to leave Minnesota more. Had he stayed loyal to, be true to your school. State loyal to his program probably could have gone to a bigger school because a lot of folks were aware of the big arm and the big numbers he put up. So he steps in, like you and I saw it the first couple of days, maybe missing throwing behind some receivers of speed, but he adjusted and he caught up and that didn't happen again. You know, and I thought, you know, everyone fell in love with him in that drive against Indianapolis, where it's right down the field making decisive quick decisions, you know, pick some up, put some down. So you're right, though, to have missed the first four or five days of practice. And even then, after that, he was still jacked up with that sore back. So and then for one day, it was really, it was all Jack Strand and Cooper Rush arrived, you know, via Uber. So either way, he's made it work. You know, you get what they were talking about, luck, you know, making it work, man, opportunity, you know, plus, you know, being prepared, and he's making it work. I want to see this guy hopefully develop as a quarterback for this team. I really like his game. I think there's a tremendous upside for Jack Strand. And the only way we're going to know is when he finally gets out through on the field,

2:00is he ready to play against the Steelers? I don't think the answer is yes to that. You know, what I'd be, no, if Pentax was definitely out for this game and Tua gets banged up, what I like to see Jack Strand gets a reps over Cooper Rush, yes, but they won't do that. That's you said that the Peking Order will be Cooper Rush then Strand. Yeah. That's what I believe. And then, you know, when asked about, when he was asked about the loss of the sack production, because Mike and I have covered this guys, two guys that we were counting on, once hurt, the other guys not available for eight games. Matter of fact, the Falcons have a plan in place for James Pierce Jr. and they're going to abide by that and we'll see you nine in eight weeks. So what does this going to look like? And Ian said, look, our focus is the win games. It's kind of what we were talking about yesterday. The 57 sack sounds really cool. It sounds fun. It's nice. It's something you can pound your chest about, but it didn't achieve anything. It didn't help us win the division. It didn't help us get to the playoffs. It certainly didn't help us win a playoff game. So, you know, Mike jokes about the sacks being overrated from our, our buddy, Mike Smith, but that's what it felt like. It was like, okay, here are your sacks Atlanta.

3:02And then we still got nothing for it. That's your step. I mean, if this equated to, wow, the, you know, here's a fact I didn't realize the Atlanta Falcons have the second most sacks as they lead the division. No, we didn't win the division. Have you already touched on this? There was so many screw ups on this team from management down, not having the kicker in place cost us three games or at least the opportunity to win two of the three games. You know, you go back and you look at the little things, you know, the coaching decisions, clock management. You know, they just, I mean, time after time, we shoot ourselves in the foot. You know, and you and I would, we, we trek up to flowery branch. We hear Raheem Morris, you know, to say the same old, same old every week. And, and I think in the room, they didn't tune it out. They certainly didn't correct it. Yeah. We'll hear more from Ian on the way here on sports radio, 92 90 game. First time you spoken by the way, and that's why it's such a big deal because we want to hear from the general manager and what the process is and what they're thinking about. That is on the way. And by the way, that's what we're talking about, both sides of our, our noggins. Yeah, you, I want to have pastors. We billiards about past rest for decades in this franchise.

4:04But here you have it. The second most sacks in the league, and you also gave up 200 yards of game and rushing. You know, I mean, that's, that had to improve. Well, I think that the, the general manager's comment is perspective. I want to win. What does that entail? If that means I don't get any sacks in the game, but we win. Are you taking it or you're not taking it? That's what he's telling you. Like, that's all nice, but in a day, this is still about winning games. Right now though, we got to talk some dogs. All right, before you get to this tee on Lane Kiffin, Georgia receives no votes in ESPN's round table prediction on who's going to win the national championship. Notre Dame got five Ohio State got three organ got two Texas got two. This is Georgia bias. What are you talking about? Like not one guy or person at the table that that's obviously Georgia bias anti bias. You mean, yes, it's correct because you're, you're not willing to say, hey, Kirby is in the best job over the last decade of anybody. And yeah, I'm not going to count him out.

5:04You know what? They got an experienced quarterback. The best offensive line. I'm telling you, their running game is going to be better. Their defense is experienced. And you're sitting there going, well, no Notre Dame, Ohio State organ. These are the teams that should be mentioned, but so should Georgia. So who are the people responsible for this anti Georgia bias? Who are these people in this round table? Who? I want to know who I have no idea. So you've got Bill Connelly, Heather Denich, Mark Schlaibar, Schlaibar respect Dave. Wow. Dave Wilson, Paolo, you got you getty Jake Trotter, Adam Rittenberg, Max Olsen, Eli Letterman. Never heard any of these people call David Hale. Never heard of him. Yeah. So you know what? You've heard. I saw him. I'm just being a someday day. Some nobody you would think, you know, with a team which has some upper class men. With a team that is got a coach who's one back to back. And you know what he's capable of with a quarterback is experienced. That would it.

6:05Certainly entitled to release one first place vote from these knuckleheads. Yeah. I mean, I just I feel like that's a little bit. You know, we used to talk about people sick of the SEC. Oh, they think they're talking about Georgia. I don't know. SEC fatigue, Georgia fatigue. I don't know. I mean, like not getting out of the sugar bowl to you as long as it helps your argument. I agree. I look as not like they've won four in a row. They've been in the mix and they've been very good. But like I just felt like that was disrespectful might get into this this book. Man, what's going on? All right, man. There's a new book from John Talliti just came out today. It's a villain Amazon River Bookshar salt. And it is called lane being lane. The story of Lane Kiffin College football's agent of chaos. And the excerpt that Vanity Fair picked up is behind the Vanity Fair pay wall. But I have it so I can read it for you. It's keeping him away from the sorority girls inside Lane Kiffin's trash talking. Joey Freshwater era with Nick Sabin at Alabama. Basically it goes into details that and this is from coaches. They're talking to people on the staff.

7:05People in Tuscaloosa on the ground that Lane was running around like a maniac. His wife and family were out in California. They didn't come to Tuscaloosa and that he was hitting on chicks and trying to score. And was basically making a mess out of himself in a very small town where everybody knew what was going on. The biggest surprise is that as it didn't go national and eventually Lane started using the name. It was asked I think it was Clay Travis asked him an interview and denied it using the name Joey Freshwater. What do you mean people? He was like aren't you a coach on the Alabama set. No, no, my name's Joey Freshwater. So apparently there was one of the bars in Tuscaloosa. The owner would have to call the staff and go on Lane's golf cart is out here. We got to come and get coach Kiffin's golf cart and there's more and more. So then it gets into him and Sabin where he was popping off in that. I've told you forgot about the Pete Thammell article when he was getting ready to take the FAU job. Basically saying that Sabin is a pain in the arse and how tough it was. You know, three years in Tuscaloosa is like dog years. Yeah. And so Sabin was just ready to fire and then you throw in the national semi-final game against Michigan state

8:07where they should have boat raced them. I was at that game at the Georgia home and Lane kept it apparently going off script calling plays. They didn't practice. Sabin players, even some of the veterans upset with it. So it was all a perfect recipe for him getting got and then Sarkeeson coming in. But the salacious stuff about him basically just being depressed and drinking like a fiend, not being with his family. That is why filing for divorce. So again, that's not present. That's happened in the past and they're recounting these events, okay, in the book. But it gives you some insight into where Lane was and what was going on as how that all played out. And the irony for me is Mike, you know who Lane called when they LSU thing got got going. Nick Sabin. You know what told him to take the job? Nick Sabin. So their relationship has been repaired, but this is why Sabin so good. It's almost like being your dad. I'm going to do what's necessary for you. You're not going to like it. But at the end, you're going to respect it. And that's kind of what happened with Lane.

9:08Lane needed that stuff to happen. He leaves and then he knows career advances and now they're in a much better place. But man, it feels like like men, the wildness of his behavior feels like this should have happened long time ago. I get it. You're away from your family with two ways of handling it. You hunkered down and your job becomes your life where you go screw around and he chose the latter. The quote, which is getting all the traction on social media is quote, you've got to keep Lane away from the girls that are in college. Sabin said according to one former coach, just keep him away from the sorority girls. Make sure they graduated college or are working a job. And then look, Sabin just was furious because Nick kept pop, I mean, Lane kept popping off about Nick. So yeah, it was toxic at the end. And apparently, even though it didn't make the national media, you and I were talking about this off the air, the coaching fraternity, college and pro, very tight. Everybody knows everybody else's business. If you're a oneizer, if you got a problem drinking, that's out there. So he was, there was all these big openings around there like Texas. He was close to getting the Houston job.

10:09Good friend of yours. Tillman for Tia. Yeah, basically he shut the door on that deal. And so Jimmy Sexton, who represents both Sabin and Lane basically starts steering him towards the FAU job. And Jimmy Sexton apparently, he's tried the same thing, trying to be a mentor to him and try to keep him on the straight and narrow path. But it's all in the John Tulty book that comes out now called Lane Being Lane. You know who got him that deal that LSU? Jimmy Sexton. What Jimmy Sexton is the coach. He is crowns the king. But the point is like fast forward and he's still got a huge check from LSU. Look, I don't know if this changes my view. Here's the thing about Lane and it's very, there's a bunch of college coaches and I think guys in the coaching business that are this way. Here's a hell of an offensive mind and a really good coach. But these demons, Mike, sometimes they catch up to you and the stuff that you do, you know, it may cost you a job or two or it may cost you your career. Lane's been lucky. And I think you've said this. You know, our conversations and I think we have different opinions about Lane because I think he can't be entertaining.

11:09I think he's smarter than he leads on to be. I think he really knows what's going on. He is a really good coach. But in the same sentence, you go, you do some dumb things that have led you down this path and it just, it makes you wonder. He's self destructive and there's a lot of great talented people that have this dream of self. You and I work in the radio business with guys. I know a ton of them. You know, they do this and Lane is saying that he's talking to Pete Tamley because I probably shouldn't say this. Then don't say it. Then you're basically crapping on Nick Saban. Nick Saban fires you. And they made it. They had a press release that said, I mean, who gets fired the Monday before the national champion? No game. No, Lane Kiffin. My thing with Lane is, and this is where you and I, we split off on our Lane Kiffin takes is when the old missed situation with LSU went down, I say shame on Lane Kiffin because this was your brand. You had a rep. All you could get was FAU and old miss put you back in the big time and you repay their loyalty by stabbing them in the back on the cusp of the biggest games of their lives. So that's why that's why I don't like Lane Kiffin and I think he's a brilliant coach, but I also think he's a fraud.

12:12Nothing in life is fair. And when you get opportunities and you make the most of it, are you supposed to stay there forever? No, but are you supposed to advance? No, but I mean, there's a right and wrong in this world. He's clearly, my nine times out of 10 on the wrong side. That was wrong. Him advancing his life and his coaching career. Somebody that's where we, that's where we differ. Well, I don't feel that. Somebody's making again, was it was they paying him peanuts to go to all miss? Wow. And he gave a chance to match and give a comparable offer to stay LSU came with $10 million more. We all are not sure. That's a lot of money. His brand was crap. They put him in back in the SEC and he basically says screw you. That's a lot of money. Everybody has choices to advance their life if they want to. There nobody should take a job and then be promised. But again, that's the problem of what happens here. But that's the thing I have to stay here. I'm playing, I'm, I'm just doing what I have to do. No, do the right thing once in your friggin life. You falling up a ladder. He did do it every day every day. He did. He took the job that paid more and gave him a better opportunity to win a national championship.

13:12And everybody hates him now. Congratulations. What he did. Well, you do, but I don't. Everybody in the uncle is going to be rooting for Clemson to beat LSU. It won't happen. Everybody there uncle be pulling for him. But that's a different story. We're talking about letting pro players come back or attempting, you know, guys that tried out for professional. And he's lying about his, he's lying about his players. He lied about old misplayers wanting him to stay and he had to go coach the bluff. He lies a lot, bro. He's a pathological liar. I don't root for pathological liar. Well, I know some and more importantly, stick to the facts. The fact is he had a better job offer and he took it. That's where we differ. How do you feel, by the way, 4047-260929? This book though seems very, very interesting. All right, man. We got more to get to including what's going on, what the falcons. You want to hear from me in cutting ham? You will. Stay right there. It's Duke's in Bell. All right. We got to take a break just quickly here because this is a story. You've been waiting to get updated. It's NBA related and it's a pretty big deal.

14:13It's Duke's in Bell sports radio, 9290 game. We'll get back into what Ian Cuttingham had to say. Falcons General Manager speaking today. Mike's got some guy talk on the way here. The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers and the Kauai Leonard situation. According to Shom Sarenia from ESPN, this goes back to the Clippers. If you don't know the story, circumventing salary cap to pay Kauai basically on the side on top of the contract that he had signed. This investigation has been going on. For those who don't remember this either, Kauai got traded back to Toronto. We've been waiting for this trade to become a fish shoe and like, hey, what are we waiting on and add them silver? The commissioner of the NBA has been like, we're still doing our investigation. The league mic is stripping the Clippers of five first round picks and issuing a $30 million fine to Steve Balmer.

15:15I thought there was nothing to see here. This is how they settled it. They settled this. They did. This is the settlement. Correct. So Steve Balmer gets a, in by the way, that's not a jump change. I mean, I know that that $30 million is a lot of money. When you start talking about these billion dollar or billion billion air owners, but Balmer and Lawrence Frank and who is this Gillian Zucker are also suspended. Not bad. We know how long that is going to take place, Day Day and Oak. Because Kauai Leonard is also going to have to repay or pay $700,000 in restitution. Okay. For those who don't remember, Pablo Torre came out with this last year, reported that he signed a four year $28 million endorsement deal with a company called Asperation, a green tech company, which is basically just, it's a shell company. There's really nothing to it. So there was a deal and in which Balmer bought the invests at $50 million in this company.

16:15So Balmer puts money into a shell company. It's just a name. It's a front. And then Kauai, he signs a deal with them endorsing this make believe company. It's again, De Bartel, though we said a couple of years, months ago, De Bartel, though did this with this 49ers, how we got in trouble with the NFL, got guys in a real estate development is outside of the salary cap. So extra income. Okay. So Balmer is getting fine and then suspensions for Balmer, Frank and Gillian Zucker. This month for Lawrence, Frank, without pay, without pay. This is a harsh punishment. If you're listening to us right now, you're going, okay, guys, I hear you. What the hell does this mean? It means they were guilty. They did it. That's what this means. He's Pablo Torrey was right. And then there's a lot of, he said she said an ESPN guy's getting in their fields because somebody else got the story and Pablo was on it. Yeah. So after all of this time now, this comes down huge, fine. The rest of 700 grand for a, for a quiet, I have to pay back.

17:17That's not a jump change either. And then these suspensions, that's a big deal. Five first round picks, by the way. So that's five. Do we know this? Oh, how many do they have? They have multiple, a couple of years. How does it work? Right. Because if it's every year, you don't have a first round pick, that is going to kill the clippers. Now, you know, again, you can maneuver and still have picks in the draft, but there's only two rounds. What, what are you thinking, De De? And according to a, Segal, Brett Segal organization and personnel are subject to a compliance and monitoring program overseen by the league office for a period of five years. Yeah. Oh, wow. We're suspended for a year, by the way. Okay. So 30, so 30 mil for the owner and suspended for a year. This is huge. That's a, that's a hell of a punishment. Right. But they were trying to downplay it as a, as folks have asked, and silver is when can this trade go down and lose down playing, you know, this investigation. Again, credit to pop of a Tory man. I mean, the guys, we said you and I were joking around, it's become like the Mike Wallace

18:17in 60 minutes, getting out underneath the fingernails and nine times out of 10. He's on it. They didn't want to hear it because they knew exactly. And, and, and you know what, Mike, I mean, I get it. They're trying to get past this. Here's the crazy thing. I mean, what I said to you early, though, I'm just curious, I mean, the California is a disaster, but where's the attorney general on this? The California attorney general for basically the fraud that there was perpetrated here. It seems like a lot of fun business. Yeah, but I think this was an NBA investigation specifically and how it affected. How close is it? I'm just saying that they created a, you know, they created a dummy corporation. You know, you know, being able to get some guy paid. That's not to say the statement might not jump in here. IRS? Yeah, I don't know, but I was just simply going to say like the, the, the fact that this actually happened and they were trying to deny any of this, with these, these type of punishments, guys, everybody thought this is going to be a slap on the, our hand. I slapped on the hand for the clippers for Balmer and everybody involved. This is a big time punishment. What's up, oh, so it was announced this morning, too. And I don't know if this is going to tie into this or be separate, but there was another

19:20sort of incident with the, that Tronics, the scoreboard corporation was allegedly paying quite to there now be an investigator about the SEC. Yeah, they might, I don't know, that's going to be as insecurity in exchange. Yes, that might be your federal punishments right there. They come into the play with the eternal general stuff like that. Now his uncle, this is another part of the story. We just need to mention his uncle. His name's Dennis, uncle Dennis, okay. Dennis Robertson. He was one of the main culprits in this. He was the guy, and if you don't know this backstory, again, this is getting deep, but when the Lakers wanted him, okay, he was trying to negotiate extra stuff from them and they're like, no, we're not interested. We're not, we're not going to do any of this. And that's kind of how the word got out about him being in these negotiations, Mike, and trying to acquire other stuff, but he has also been named in this as someone that's got to pay restitution back as well, because they believe he benefited from this. All right. So that's uncle Dennis for, for why? So now the trade can go through. Exactly.

20:21And then he goes back to Toronto, go on. Yeah, exactly. What, but you know what? This is, it's a mess. I mean, it is, but this is why when we talk about, you know, the salary cap, it's there for a reason. Now, Major League Baseball, they're going to probably lock out the players and there's going to be a train wreck unfortunately next season. But the salary cap, it does work. It creates, you know, equity where an Oklahoma city can compete with a Los Angeles team, right? Yes. In the NFL, a New Orleans, a tiny market can win. Indianapolis, a smaller market can win a title, you know? And the smallest market to win a World Series in the last 15 was Kansas City, you know, or maybe St. Louis. But anyway, the thing is, this is how owners get a little cute and they circumvent and look, two ways I look at the bomber thing. He wants to win so bad. He pulled this nonsense. I agree. I want my owner just to get into some degree of a tax apron. This guy was literally making things up as he went along to try to win. And the other day, the clippers are a disaster and no closer to a championship. Not at all. Uncle Dennis has been banned from NBA teams and affiliates.

21:22He can't even deal with any but that's his involvement in this. Go ahead, oh, what else? So it feels like the quiet trade to Toronto was going to go through, but there were first round picks involved in that. How do those tie you in out of this whole thing? I guess we'll get some clarification that further wrong, but there was a couple unprotected to the pick swap in there. Do those picks just now go away or they go back to Toronto like they just magically disappear? Yeah, it's what we're going to have to wait on the clippers are going to four fit five first round draft picks one in each of these years. 29, 20, 30, 20, 31, 20, 32, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 33, that's brutal and Kawaii has issued a statement mic, oh wait till you listen to this. I'm not going to read the whole thing, but this is how it starts integrity and respect for the game are fundamental to who I am, I accept four responsibility for lapses and judgment by people within my inner circle and regret.

22:24The distraction, this situation is caused the fans and my family. Okay. You didn't know anything? Yeah, it sounds like, well, you know, and not to be a conspiracy nut, like the Shohei O'Towney thing with this translator. I still don't believe the translator with the guy. The uncle was doing all this and Kui had no idea this was happening. Okay. Well, I just think here's the more intent, more intent, more finance. But the only way, I just made 28 million for nothing from who? What's the company? What am I doing? What's the check come from? I'm making fake commercial, did I ever make a commercial for the fake environmental company? What's this infusion into my bank account come from? I know NFL team has ever been stripped of more than one first round pick to put this in perspective. So even if the Patriots worst, right? No NFL team has ever been stripped of more than one first round draft pick for disciplinary measures, they are losing five and in those years, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, I'll just simply say this,

23:24just like college football, recruiting is the lifeblood, right? And now it's NIL and certainly the transfer portal. Mike, Clippers aren't winning when you're not drafting and developing and growing young players into being special. Right now what this says to me is, Walmart's gonna have to get into this luxury tax and basically go out and try to acquire free agents. Good luck with all of that. I just think this is, this is as harsh of a punishment we've seen in sports. I'll tell you right now. Does this mean like, you know how sometimes you see people build like these brand new houses and then all of a sudden they can't move in and like where they move in and I don't know, things, they can't maintain it. How's he gonna maintain this? Well, bomber, well bomber again, it was just he's worth gazillion. I know. Although all those, I love all the, but still, who's gonna be in the building? Like, are you gonna be able to retain talent now? Well, I mean, well, I mean, two ways looking at it, players know this guy really wants to win. You know, there was a time, you know, if they could have kept us under wraps and it's amazing that we're didn't get around, you know, and that this guy was spending like this. Look, he's tried everything. He's brought in a lot of stars,

24:25but the only way you do it organically, like what we're trying to do or what Oklahoma City did to get where they are the spurs is gonna have draft picks. Right? I mean, that's it. So that's it. So this is, think of SMU and the death penalty in college football. In essence, this, you know, you can still have cap space and pay guys, but you're not getting that young talent that's gonna be the lifeblood of your team. Woo! Hey, get your holiday weekend started the right way this Friday with the special broadcast of Duke's in Bell. We're gonna be at Buffalo's Cafe, Hamilton Mill. We, we will be broadcasting live from two to six, previewing all of week one's college football matchups and joining great food and drinks. Buffalo's Cafe, guys, come join us. We're gonna be out there from two to six. That again is Buffalo's Cafe, Hamilton Mill. Mike, what are we have coming up in Guy Top? Hey, man. If you see a guy going, blah! God, it's tennis court. Chancellor is probably not gonna win the match. We'll explain all that. And would you have a problem with the data center in your backyard coming up?

25:26Hey, man, Duke's in Bell hitting the road. We haven't been up in Kenisaw in a minute. We're gonna be at Twin Peaks right off a barred parkway, guys. Tomorrow night because we got football, obviously, texting action against Colorado. But at seven o'clock, you've got Kenisaw State taking out of West Georgia. We spoke with coach Mack, actually self, who's the Mack? That happened earlier in the show. We wind on the Odyssey after back to two 40. It's pretty wild. And again, guys, Kenisaw, we haven't seen you in a minute. So Twin Peaks looking to see all our regulars and all the shenanigans Thursday night and then Friday. Hitting up the other way up in 185 northbound, Hamilton Mill. We're gonna be up there, guys. Looking for some fun at Buffalo's. Buffalo's wild wind cafe, a lot of fun and shenanigans. Buffalo's will be Buffalo's cafe. Yeah, she's a real big. Yeah, man, and inviting you guys to come out, obviously come hang out with this. I mean, it's gonna be a great weekend. You love Labor Day weekend? I love it for the football. Yeah, man, it's just weird how like all of a sudden we wake up one morning and it's like, I'm not really laying out. I'm not catching sun. I'm not in the pool. It's just gonna be watching TV all day. And again, despite what day they said, games I want to see this weekend. But mostly there are a big end-to-day days point.

26:28The big kickoff monster games you will wait to see Ohio State and Texas or Oklahoma and Michigan. That's not offered this weekend. Clemson has not been an elite team unfortunately last couple of years. But you know, Davos is a sense of great things. I agree with everything Davos said about college football, but does he have the horses? And when Davos says, hey, you know, just not really sure the starters are, we're gonna figure this out against LSU. It doesn't bowed well. But I think as we joke around earlier, I think a lot of folks in the country will be pulling for the David and this and nothing to lie. But then that's Clemson. Yeah, look, I just want to see Clemson get back to prominence. Like it was good. It was good for college football to see this new, but that's where we're at now. You're going to see Indiana. All right, it Clemson, Indiana is what's Clemson, right? Or vice versa. When you go back to their ascension, Mike, you go to Texas Tech. We don't like Texas Tech. Never like Texas Tech. But their new blood. And the point is when Clemson got on the scene, it was like, you said this for me to me for years about George and Clemson being the same in the same realm.

27:28Right. And then flipping giant. Yes. And who was going to elevate, right? And they came up and it was new blood. It was something different. And by the way, I do like dabble a lot. I think the problem that he's tried to overcome, and this is where Kirby's been really good. He's hired the wrong assistants once guys have left. That's your said, he had an ultimate brain trust. I always use the analogy. I told you, Matt is a family, Matt is mom down in Murn, down in Amelia Island, when they're getting ready for the gator ball. He said, Bobby puts you the same thing. Coach Bouton. Coach, nobody made a big deal about faith base. So tons of coaches that do that. Mark Rickman, in fact, he was like the 25th anniversary of Mark Rick starting off in Georgia. You know, but it just seems like with dabble because he sticks to his guns and the media just, and once you're up there, you're in the crosshairs. They just love to chop him down. And then he's maybe stuck to his guns too much on the portal. Either way, that'll be one of the big matchups coming up Saturday. Hey, by the way, we got Falcon Report. If you missed it, the general manager spoke today. And probably one of the few times I get to hear from you and kind of have it sounds like, maybe we'll get more, but talking about the quarterback battle, the depth chart, all that's coming up at five o'clock right here on Duke Symbalm. All right, man, start off with things I've never seen before.

28:31You and I, we were talking about this off the air yesterday. Didn't make it on the show, but I said, let's talk about this. Okay. Because you know, there's like a lot of websites, everything, Georgia's on Twitter. And you see crazy things that happen in different neighborhoods and wild car chases and stuff. I was driving my cousin to the airport on Sunday night around six o'clock right after the, the east like finished up. And we're driving up 85 and somewhere just south of the airport exit on the shoulder was a woman in an ATV, four wheeler going about like 50, not as fast as the interstate traffic, but moving with a kid on the back. What? With a kid on the back. And I was driving and I couldn't get the shot in my cousin, my cousin, my cousin, I passed her and I'm saying to myself, what the hell is going on here? This is so unsafe it makes. And then as I saw she crossed over a lane of merging traffic and kept going on the show, I'm like, what are you doing? You had a similar experience yesterday. Well, so coming into work yesterday, some of you may have ran into the traffic going 75 North.

29:33I think there was a car on fire. And so traffic was backed up Mike literally from like Northside, maybe a little bit further up all the way up like towards Wendy Hill, okay? And as I'm passing some of these cars, obviously the standstill traffic. And I see a guy in the H.O.V. lane. Now usually that, you know, the peach tree, that's moving. It's not moving. And I look over and you ever just drive in and you look over and you go, is he, is he a ping? Right now, what is he, literally there was a guy who had gotten out of his car, traffic is at a standstill. And he's just gonna let it rip. And he's taking, he's taking a leak. And I'm like, what? And there's people around. There's people presumably children. Everybody's stuck in the car. And I'm only on the other side of the highway and I go, is he, and I literally, you know, I almost crashed my car, because I'm turned around, because I'm like, is he? Is he a normal guy? Is he a homeless guy? Is he? No, I'm a dude who just had his door open.

30:34I guess he had to go and he was stuck in traffic and he's like, I'm going right here. He literally went on that. What is going on with society, man? Right there. We talked about the end of the show yesterday. There's a father, some guy tripping a kid in a pop water game. If you had to sing that, I mean, there's, we had a brawl with some kids in a youth football game today. Like every day I wake up and I see stuff on social media. I'm like, what the fuck? What's going on with my kids, man? But did I have kids at the wrong time? No. Yes. Show us some of this kind of stuff now with Amazon. Show us some. Yes. Oh my gosh. Yeah, man. Crazy. Speaking of this generation, we'll get to the tennis story in just a second. Somebody posted some videos yesterday. This is the phenomenon that we see, and this is not like Carl and Mike's. What? It's my gears. But see a woman on an ATV, driving on the shoulder, or a guy peeing on the other side. You should never see these things. Yes. I know only in Atlanta, but that's just bizarre old world. The selfie phenomenon. And like the, everybody trying to be an influencer. How many times you and I come downstairs after work we're walking out that together? And there'll be somebody shooting a video. Somebody doing something. I mean, it's like, I'll just stop it.

31:35You're not a Kardashian. Free followers. No one gives a crap. But anyway, did you see the video? Danny at the US Open, there's a break in the action, and there's somebody sitting in like the, the posh seats and over the shoulder. There's literally a gaggle of everybody doing the goose-slip selfies. You know, over there, I mean, it's like, you know, it's like, the teens and kids and they're 20 somethings. It's like, just stop. You know, add this to stopping 911, saving Kennedy's life, saving the Super Bowl. Maybe I take out the Kardashians if I had a time machine. Because I think they're partly to play for where we're at. Not nothing I peeing on the road. No, no, no. But the big picture. The reality TV thing is real. Now, yeah, that, that part of it is absolutely true. Right on. Now do you save Nicole Brown? I mean, there's a lot of things. Maybe there's a lot of people. You know, you can argue, it's, well, you got to take out Stalin. You got to work out Hitler. It's on, it's a peck. You know, you got like 10, how happy is it like Stewie on Family Guy? Do I have an unlimited battery for the time machine? I'm just saying the Kardashians get involved. You might have to do some old Jan Nicole Brown stuff if you'd time to that. It's just, I don't know how far you would have gone

32:35to the Kardashian with her. Right. At least tell Ron, just leave the glasses in the restaurant. Hey, man. So the story lasts two days ago at US Open. Did you see what happened to a Joker? No, I'm sorry, no, no, no. Is it no Kaboosh? Joker bitch, no back, Joker bitch. I turned him into a basketball player for the nuggets. He gets beat in the first round. Oh. I mean, it's like a bad case of food poisoning. He gets beat in the first round by somebody named Nevone and he just, he's just letting it rip and everybody sees it. I mean, there's really no, you're out on the court. If you can't get, you know, up to the locker room, it's pretty normal. Can I tell you something when you see, and I don't, I hope to never see it again, but when you see somebody hurl, it will make you hurl. Yes, it will. There is, there's sometimes that reaction. Yes, right. Yeah, you see it and you're like, mm, have you seen the video? Orn? Yeah, it's pretty bad. And it's like, go on and on. Well, it's like the freaking exercise. Yes, dude, like watch my God man. What did you eat? It's like a stream. Oh. Ah.

33:35So, yeah. Anyway, they caught up with, with no back Joker bitch outside of his hotel, giving the thumbs up, saying it's okay. And again, they, they presume it's some food poisoning or either way, or it's hell of dehydration, but either way, he's on the mend, but that's it for him with you. And by the way, why is the US open on other football seasons here? US output should be over before football season begins. Yeah, I agree with that. I do. I don't know, Mike. I just saw something about day A, you probably more familiar. The WNBA is taking their, their leave, right? They're gonna play overseas or, and all that. And then the season resumes. And I'm like, they do know like when they start the season back up, we're in the middle of the NFL season. Like it's, but it is what it is. The scheduling is a little weird for the international competition. And it's just Pac-Man. Waka, waka, waka, waka, waka. And just go, at the NFL and to a lesser extent, college football just gobbles up everything, which brings us in a segue to another than gobbling up space. And that is the data centers, big article in the HAC today. Yeah, that I don't want it. Northern Virginia is the data center leader right now as far as total data centers,

34:36but we are now number two, and we are now number one in as far as people building data centers here in North Georgia. Yeah. Don't bring it to cop. Now, my question is always, I don't give a flip as long as it's not in my backyard. It's everybody. And it's everybody. It's not in my neighborhood. Well, I have to pass one when I go over to a trilleth over in Fayette County. It's a massive. I mean, I can't even tell you how many football fields long it is. One of my neighbors is an electrician. He works on it. I mean, you're driving it. Oh, that's still the data center. It's just insane. Oh, look, now the governor's been pushing it, and it's certainly these guys pay their money, pays like anybody else. I know we need them, Mike. I'm mixed on this. I really am because I know we need them. Right. Do we need them in the commute? Like right next to the neighborhood? If long as Georgia power can convince me my rates aren't going up, then I'm fine. Yeah. But it's just, it is a thing. No, I mean, it's just, and Mark Cuban, I think it was a couple of weeks ago. I don't know if he was not CNBC or whatever the forum was. Maybe he was at a symposium. But anyway, Mark Cuban said, at some point, the way the technology evolves, there'll be ways to come to basically do this and make it smaller.

35:37And even though we're in a struggle for AI, needing the massive facilities for all the AI and everything else, Mark Cuban says, these places will all be pickable courts in 10 years. Because there's always somebody comes up with the thing. Nothing else. Right. And there it goes. Just thought that was kind of interesting. All right, man, just when you thought the patriots couldn't do any of any more cheating, right? With Bella check and his legacy, there's a new aspect. Now, have you seen the video for this guys? When somebody found out going back to his run as president, as basically the head coach, and we ran the team as a GM in all essence. But NFL analytics coach, Ryan Paganetti, publishing analysis week, revealing that Gillette Stadium video boards displayed a reversed offset image of yellow field goal uprights directly behind the real goal post. So if the kicker is lining up a 40 yard shot, off center are two giant goal posts in his line of sight. That screws you up. So some are saying just another example, is that in windy conditions, the effect was amplified as the streamers on the video board

36:38appeared to point in the opposite direction. Yeah, that's cold. So in other words, you're going that way. Let's say the open end where like the, the lighthouse is at Gillette. And so you're lining up and now they've just shooting the other goal posts close up and they superimposed that on the big screen behind the regular goal post. You're aiming. Yeah, that's tough. I didn't know that. I had no idea. Are they allowed to do that though? Is it the rules to like how you can affect the imaging? Instead, he found dozens of examples of the illusion appearing during opposite opposing, only when opposing teams are kicking. They didn't do it when their guy was kicking. Of course not. In the same games, you reviewed 52 Patriot field goal attempts, the illusion appeared on Patriot kicks exactly zero times. So this was something that somebody that always looking for an advantage, but somebody went back and looked at all of these examples that somebody was working and filling the eagles actually attempted to replicate the idea, but the placement of Lincoln financials field video boards made it basically useless. And in New England, it's right behind the uprights. Okay. Yeah, I had no idea. That is blatant by the way. I'm going to.

37:38I'm affecting the visual effect of a kicker. Right. That's going to screw some guys up. Barstool sports has got the article. I'm reading this from Bro Bible, but the Patriots were basically creating this optical illusion and you're going to look at the details. If you're a nerd, you want to get into the numbers of how effective. Nurgs. Nurgs. But I saw that. I was like, really, that's a thing that's just this big couple. Hey, man, tonight, very excited. Finally going to sample the goods. I've been talking about this for months. I finally get to sample the Chick-fil-A waffle and chick-and-chip sandwich tonight. The chick he's out of town. So me and the doggies are going up to Chick-fil-A and Peachtree City. They get the grilled nuggets. Did he has anybody behind the glass? I had this bad boy yet. Nobody's had it. Man, I told you I was not plus by some of the reviews. I read for some folks. I just took their antichick filet. That's what I think. How can you be antichick? I just think it's going to be the best. Chick-fil-A is so good. No. No, I love Chick-fil-A, but I'm just a chicken and waffle sandwich. You're not feeling that? It just sounds. It's too much. Well, for me, yeah, it just sounds like waffle. Well, you act like you can hang on hand you just the chicken sandwich with surrepaul over it.

38:40It's not like I'm going down a Gladys Knights place. So it's consistent. I wouldn't be here without Grady. Oh, forgot it. Bill Borg. You know what? He's the big, back behavior you think it is, day-toe. Man, day-toe. He's down on week one of college football. He's down on Chick-fil-A's chicken and waffle sandwich. Man, you're salty. You talk about me. You're salty today, man. What's going on? He's eating a bag of nuts over here. I wouldn't be here. I'm so hungry for a great, really, you had to go there. Wow, salty, salty nuts. Man, I want to know how it is. I will give you the review. Braves, by the way, kicking butt, taking names, a special stat and we'll talk to Grady. It looks like if the game wraps, by the time we get to 520 and it just may, but the Braves get a special home run from Ronald Cuny as number 200's first career. And according to Grant McCauley, only the 57th player in the Bigs that have 200 stolen bases and 200 round trippers. That's good. Man, that's a hell of a milestone to be a part of. And yes, we'll hopefully get a chance to talk to Grant. Mike, great stuff. We've got more to dive into.

39:41And specifically what our general manager had to say today. Ian Cunningham spoke, guys, Falcon season kicks off September 13th. And guess what? You still don't know who the quarterback is. It's Duke's in Bell.