The Morning After – October 13th, 2025
7:00 in St. Louis. You are listening to The Morning After presented by Brian and Krppin on 101 ESPN and on YouTube at the TMAS STL YouTube channel. Tim McKerninon, Doug Vaughn, Martin Kilcoin with you on the program and we welcome you to participate by texting in 314399-646 air comfort service sponsor of the text inbox by calling in the Caler and Thompson phone lines at 314974101 and then just opening up your YouTube app typing in TMT and then you gather with other friends of the feather in the Michelob YouTube chat. And Doug, uh, what are you going with for the lead? Uh, I’m going to give you a wide variety of choices, but maybe you don’t need the choices. Maybe you just are going to you want to hit it and you want to hit it hard. And if you do, I want to let you hit it. Oh, well, I think Mazoo is probably still the lead. Is Doug’s mic on? Is it Where’s my mic? Where where’s my mic? Is Doug’s mic on? Three, two, one. Don’t try to silence me. And Tim, you think silenced? I don’t know why. An angry true son will not have a mic on this show. Tim, is this show being recorded? and we’ll play it back later. So, we’ll just start over. Hey, Doug. Hey, am I on yet? Am I on yet? Yes. Okay. Jackson’s going to come across there. All right. I was about to say Jackson seemed really chipper today. The chipper chicken. And then then we start with that. Now he’s sideways. It’s over. Okay. I was just saying I think Miss What happened to the mics and on the weekend? It’s wild. It’s usually a thing that there’s also like a stain of barbecue sauce next to the button that get pushed. That tends to happen. You ever come to your desk at work, the old days at the the forf fox and there’s like broken chips on your keyboard like, “Oh, I’m sorry. Did somebody use my computer and eat?” Or you come in and someone’s sitting there with their feet up on the desk. Yes. Sports office is always the lounge. Yeah. Uh Doug, now that your mic is on, I think the lead is Missou. How close they came to winning. Fight tiger, beat, roll tide. Go Tiger, beat roll tide. Fight win. Doesn’t even feel like they played that well and still had a great chance to win it. And where’s Hardy? Give the ball to Hardy. Let Hardy run. Let him lug the peg. You got maybe the best running back in the country. Gets 12 carries. should have had twice that many. Preview was off. Don’t count on him to win the game. Give it to Hardy. Uh Martin, I uh I was in Colombia. Uh enjoyed the festivities, wonderful weekend, glorious weather, but I felt a responsibility to the uh the fine listeners of this program and of course the Deis to to put myself through it and do a rewatch. And so here in my my tiny little pincers because you know I have like little T-Rex arms because I’m such a tiny it’s hard to write. Yeah, I’m just a tiny boy. Just these on the YouTube notes copious notes. So to make sure because if you just glance at the box score even if you go through the playbyplay cuz I saw Gabe uh who will join us at 9:00 on the Steve Dossier wrote a column recapping uh essentially where Missouri could have run the football more or you call it lug the pig. Yeah. Our tote the pig. Yeah. Uh and the box score and the print out of playbyplay was actually wrong on one of the plays. One that bothered me maybe more than any other. Um and so I had to commit to to re-watching it yesterday and writing what you describe as as copious notes. So, uh I’m certainly ready to go on said topic. The two Fox had coverage both in Colombia for Missouri and Alabama and also uh in Champagne for Illinois Ohio State. Martin, so what was your takeaway? I I thought on Saturday it’s coming down to Bobby Boots. You’re going to have a kick to tie the game. I thought they were trending in that direction where Pbula would just get him in in range and maybe that poor kid’s going to get trotted out. I don’t know if you felt that way in the building. It’s going to come down to a kick and we’ve been saying I don’t know. You really don’t want it to come down to your kicker. I’m concerned now that you don’t want to come down to your quarterback in the key moments of a big game. We didn’t know a ton about Pbula. It’s only his sixth college start, but boy, he had some really bad moments. And throughout the game, I I listened to a little bit on the radio and Howard Richards would say, “Boy, Norfleley was open.” A couple plays later, “Boy, Norfleley was open.” And I don’t know how you don’t see that when he’s the biggest guy on the field. And I think the inability to find the open receiver was a theme clearly down to the final pick. Um it’s it’s not a tragedy for Missou. You still got a lot in front of you, but I’d be concerned. It’s a weird deal because I a part of me feels better about their prospects going forward. But you have major questions at quarterback. Uh, and then you continue to have the situation at kicker because speaking to what you just said, Martin, as they did convert on fourth and six, Donovan Aluga, who may have had in that fourth quarter the coming out party that the great James Carlton uh, was talking about when he was down there doing his NIL stuff. Uh he said, “Man, when I’m around some of these receivers and these coaches, they say Aluga is the best they have seen, and he’s a true freshman. Great to see him get him the ball three times in the fourth quarter.” Uh that as they were moving down the field, I was thinking to myself, they could have a 20- yard field goal, and I’m not sure Bobby Boots is going to be able to to convert it. Uh the field goal that he did convert, I I think it may have been partially blocked. I was staring right in front of it. I, you know, it’s and I also I was watching the Alabama defender come off the edge and I’m like, was he off sides or did he just get that great of a start? Uh, but either way, you have what you have in that particulars. But that’s the kicker. We already knew that going in. Eli Drinkwitz, I guess to his credit, spoke about how against South Carolina, he wasn’t going to have Bobby Boots kick anything more than 40 yards. So, he’s been transparent with that issue. the Pbula thing. I wonder because if we go back to following the Kansas game, number one, Pbula was great. It It seems like a different time. And you know who was the second best player in the Kansas game? Anybody? Anybody? Anybody? The default click would be Ahmad Hardy. Brett Norfleet. No, it was Kevin Coleman. Kevin Coleman was was non-existent. Now, I know he got banged up on a play, but he I think he had one catch for two yards and going back to watch the game because I was in the stands on Saturday and I also wanted to hear what the broadcasters were saying because I know for 95% of our audience, if not higher, uh that is the lens through which they see the game is what Joe Tessator and Jesse Palmer are saying. Uh Palmer kept making the observation that Missouri can’t throw the ball downfield because they don’t have an option downfield and he kept hammering on where is Kevin Coleman? Where is Kevin Coleman? And I don’t know if Pbula is beat up. There was a rumor that he got hurt against Kansas. I was texting with Gabe yesterday to see if he had heard anything from a legitimate source, not from like social media. Uh and he said nothing confirmed on that. I wonder on that because so many of his misses as far as balls that were actually thrown were high. But then taking that out of the equation, even if he isn’t healthy, how many times he missed open receivers, which speaks to what you just brought up, Martin, and the most egregious one, and this is one of those things that if you were at the game, you may not have seen it live. Um, and if you were watching it and then you moved on with the rest of your day and started watching what was from my standpoint the signature game of the weekend and that is Indiana going to Oregon and winning. Uh, or you watched Texas and Oklahoma. Uh, you’ve just moved on the ball that was intended for Donovan Alugay that became the game ending play on that interception. Number one, there were four Alabama defenders around Aluga. Uh, number two, Pbula. He acknowledged it himself. That was his first read. He did not look around. Uh, at the bottom of the screen, if you go back and look at it, Maris Johnson is wide open to the point that before Pbula even throws the football, Johnson is waving because he is so open. just like he was waving in the first quarter when there was another miscommunication in the Alabama secondary and he was sprinting down the field wide open on that one. Pbula eventually saw him, but he missed him by so much that the ball went nearly to Missouri’s bench. And I’m not talking about the players. I’m talking about the physical metal object. That would have been about a 40 yard gain, too. He was wide open. He just missed him that badly. In this case, he never looked at him and Maris Johnson at the very least gets a first down. I mean, that’s that’s that’s not even up for debate. The question would be there was one safety for Alabama back there who was about 15 yards uh away from Johnson. Otherwise, no one’s around him. The question would become at that point, does Maris Johnson get into the end zone? that that was how egregious it was. Furthermore, and this is now getting into a bigger picture conversation, Maris Johnson throughout the course of the game um in addition to some frustration shown by uh other players on Missouri, but specifically Maris Johnson is jumping up and down after he throws the interception. Not because he’s mad that he threw the interception, because he never looked at him and then he’s slamming his heads on hands on the ground. The play before, which was a second down play, was thrown to Johnson and Pbula overthrew that one. And then he overthrew him in the third quarter, or maybe it was earlier in the fourth quarter that Johnson had to make a one-handed catch leaping uh and he wound up picking a couple of yards up, but that was overthrown. And Jesse Palmer was raving about the catch, but how the ball was overthrown. And then in the first quarter, of course, we get into the wideopen third and four and and PULA misses it. And I just have a tough time believing that he could throw the ball that well against Kansas. And now a month later, he just can’t. They’re not going to say if he’s injured. They don’t have an option because your true freshman is your backup. But taking the injury out of the equation, the fact that he doesn’t go through progressions and he panicked like he panicked is the thing that is super concerning. But from a big picture perspective, if you have a receiver that demonstrative with his frustration, that makes me wonder if there is a bigger issue with the players being concerned that they don’t have a great quarterback. Martin, we’ve talked about it before. Brady Cook, Luther Burton, and some of the feeling in the wide receiver last room last year that they didn’t necessarily have a quarterback that could make throws when they need them to be made more often than not. Sure, he hit burden in South Carolina, but otherwise that was a point of contention. Now, I wonder if they have that in 2025 with Purdue. And you wonder with Kirby Moore, is the offense predicated on a short passing game or is he doing what his players are capable of? In other words, you don’t have a really good deep threat quarterback. Therefore, they call the games the way they do. But if you look at the talent and Maris Johnson almost a forgotten guy on the team and he’s a he’s a potential stud. Kevin Coleman is a potential NFL player. Norfleet is a really good tight end. Hardy, you just start naming all these offensive players. That’s that’s Aluga, I think, is somebody to keep an eye on. And all of them in the in the the mix really good weapons and a variety of weapons. But if you don’t have the guy to get on the ball and I want to go back and we’ll never know. But the fact that Drinkwitz apparently told some ESPN people or production that Sam Horn won the job, I just would love to know. And it’s it doesn’t do them any good to say it now. But did Horn win the job? And and Drinkitz never really said it to anyone except for maybe in a production meeting. And if so, why is that? Is it because PULA wasn’t great in camp? You don’t get to watch camp. Gable tell you get 10 minutes and they tell you to leave. So you have no clue what the coaches and the team is seeing in August, but I’m fascinated to go back and know if that’s how it played out in camp and then he gets injured right away. Said it’s a moot point, but maybe there was something to it. Yeah, I was thinking on Saturday, uh, tough day for Missouri, great day for the horse and woods wacko. That’s what most of America was thinking. I I I Tessator never brought it up, but I think the sideline reporter brought up and this adds credibility to the wor of Woodswacko’s contention that Sam Horn was the guy. Well, missing open receivers sometimes that could just get down to Pula’s lack of experience if he’s only played six starts. Certainly never had a game of this magnitude. Was Tai Simpson six start, too? Yeah. Yeah. Well, he’s better. Social media. That’s usually the difference between the really good quarterbacks and the mediocre ones are are you throwing to the right guy? Can you walk up to the line and see what defense the other team is in and know who’s probably going to be open and put the ball there? That was, you know, Tom Brady’s secret forever. He didn’t have the most physical talent of anybody else. He was middle of the pack guy physically, but he always threw to the right place. Curt Warner had that knack, too. And if you don’t have that as a quarterback, you are going to struggle. doesn’t explain the the terrible pass he made to uh Johnson there at the end of the first quarter that sailed 10 yards to the right, but a lot of times he’s he’s just thrown to the wrong guy. Yeah. And it could just be a lack of experience. Uh your thoughts are welcome at 314 399646 air comfort service text inbox. Uh you’re welcome to call it as well. 314-9741. Uh the Calier and Thompson phone lines. program presented by Brown and Crooppin. Brown and Crooppin the presenting sponsor of TMA now for a couple of years and they just signed on into and through 2026. We are grateful for their support. We ask that you support the sponsors. Uh and if you are in need of a personal injury attorney, you want somebody who is local, one that knows how to handle the ins and outs of your case and the local environment. And Brown and Crooppin is local. They have been in St. Louis since their founding in 1979. 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I keep hearing different numbers. 50 56 and I thought, oh, who cares? It’s insane. Aren’t you at this point? I know you’re a competitor, Doug. You are Coach Franklin. What are your emotions this morning? I’m going to get 49 million. Yes. It’s unbelievable. Mhm. The second only to Jimbo Fisher getting $76 million from Texas A&M. The AD calls. I got some bad news. We’ve decided to go in a new direction. Oh, okay. He literally stood at the field following the loss to Northwestern and took it all in. There is a video of him standing there after the loss. players are shaking hands and he just stands there and looks around Beaver Stadium knowing that that was the end for him as the head coach at Penn State. That’ll wrap it up. The uh early favorite for who replaces uh James Franklin at Penn State. Let’s see if we have seen the same things. What do you guys got? I have not. His name will probably surprise you. I would say not signetti because of his age and because certainly he’s getting mentioned but there is one name jug. You got anything? Can I have initials please? Uh Mr. M. Uh um uh Mike Rainey, former board operator at KFS in 2002. He’s going to get it. Good for him. Wow. I hadn’t seen him in a while. I wonder what he’s doing. I don’t believe in the mix. Okay. Uh Matt Riker. Uh, second letter, first name, please. A. M A. Matt. Matthew. Third letter, please. T. Matt. Is the fourth letter? T. It is. Matt. Okay, that was easy. Okay. R. Second letter. H. H. R. H. Starting to sound familiar, Doug. Matt Reinholder. Third letter, please. U. Okay. Fourth letter, please. L. You’re about Matt rule. Yes. See, that was easy. You got it. very very easy. You just got to work it out. He is a Penn State guy. Mhm. And uh even though he hasn’t necessarily made magic at Nebraska, they are back in the top 25. And uh that is the guy that I don’t I mean I don’t know how much that would excite Penn State fans, but that is the guy at the top of the list as far as reality. I think Signetti I mean signetti I name a job who wouldn’t want him after what he has done but would he move he’s he’s got it going now he might have the best team in the country I’m telling you and you got Mark Cuban playing a role in the NIL fund and other Indiana alums um Indiana did on Saturday what Missouri and Illinois had the opportunity to do except Indiana went on the road and they did it to end the nation’s longest home winning streak at in Eugene. And you see what that does because before that game, I think the majority of college football fans were looking at Indiana probably the same way. They were looking at Missouri. Missouri is certainly not in the same class in the sense that Missouri didn’t go to the college football playoff last year. But you go, okay, Indiana got there last year, but you know, lost to Ohio State. It looked like Signetti was kind of trying to manage the margin of victory at the end of the game. They lost to Notre Dame. same kind of deal there. They’re not for real. And then you go and you beat I don’t know if you would call Oregon a blue blood, but over the last couple of decades, they’ve certainly been at the top year in and year out. And you win on the road there, and you do it in dominating fashion. You punch back. You deal with a questionable miss on pass interference. You deal with a pick six and you punch back and you win in that fashion. And now Indiana is legit. Now, Indiana is getting votes for number one in the country. And if Indiana were to win the national championship now, people wouldn’t necessarily be surprised in the short term versus where the mindset was on Saturday going into that game. You have to beat one of the big boys when you get the opportunity. And Indiana did it. Missouri and Illinois, they did not. Uh Brett Bilma was real blunt in his assessment following Jackson. uh the loss to Ohio State on Saturday. Uh final score 34-16. Uh Doug, not they did not cover. I don’t know how much your bankroll you put on that here as the Illinois head coach. Play a team like that has so many weapons. Um yeah, there was there’s I I don’t want to just, you know, dismiss everything, right? like we played really really bad and and to lose uh that by that score and play as poorly as we did the number one team like uh I’m not looking for any anything other than like it shows that we can do this right like and it just but we can’t give away freebies and and we gave away freebies and that that caused problems. They had a number of issues including the punter taking a low snap and he caught the ball with his knee on the ground. So instead of a I don’t know 40 yard punt ball immediately goes to Ohio State at that point that a guy catch a big pass except he’d gone out of bounds first which you can’t do. So that that was rough. Anyone else hear a phone ringing? Yes. Martin, is your phone ringing? I hear whistles. Someone I I hear it too. I don’t hear it. Uh to the audience, can you hear a phone? I thought Jackson loved my take and he was pointing at me. I was making sure that you weren’t accidentally calling. And I’m guilty of that in the past, but I would say uh just to Robbie Avala during the game, right? Yes. Call coach Bimo right now. But what Indiana did is what Missou fans are just dying for. Win a big game, go into a game where most of the country is like, “Yeah, you’re a nice little program, but seven and a half point underdogs, Indiana.” And they did what Missou fans are just dying to do. And I agree for Missou. all still in front of them. But it’s so frustrating because if you’re ever going to beat Alabama, this might have been the year to do it and you didn’t get it done. And I agree with Drinkitz when and Va Gregorian was asking the question. He was just sort of saying assess where you are at this point. I don’t think Vahi was trying to say, “Hey coach, good one. You came close.” But I think Drinkitz took it that way like moral victory. Which I agree with him. Here is uh exactly that exchange between former Post Dispatch writer, now Kansas City Star writer V. Hey, Gaggorian and Missou’s head coach. Get corrected. All right, hit the lever, please. Heartbreaking disappointment. I mean, we didn’t come here to play them close. We came here to win. Like, I’m not good with playing them close. It’s bull crap. We came here to win. We didn’t get it done. So, we’re going to be disappointed. Um, but we’re going to learn our lessons and leave the event. We’re not going to sit here and pout and and and make it more than it was. Learn the lesson, leave the event. We We’re disappointed. uh we had a good enough football team. We turned the ball over twice. We didn’t get the ball get off the field on on fourth downs and and didn’t stay on the field on third downs. Like you’re going to lose the game. So that’s on me as a head football coach to get that stuff corrected. It’s got to get corrected in practice. It’s got to be executed better on on Saturdays. And uh there’s no no feeling sorry for ourselves. No man, we tried hard. That’s a given. Uh Doug, uh so there is a lot of frustration from Missouri fans and in general observers of college football, not necessarily with frustration, but question as to how you had a guy in Amad Hardy uh only carry the ball or as you call it lug the pig 12 times. Um, and so for the first time in a while, Eli Drinkitz is starting to get some questions. Uh, and he will be going up against a guy in Hugh Fes in Auburn this week. And by the way, Missouri listed as a three-point underdog for that game. 645 start on the Plains. It It’s Jordan hair, but if you go there, you have to say Jordan hair. Okay, I like that. um where either if Missouri loses drinks is stock now it’s it’s now dropping this is this is college football this is the way that it works I don’t necessarily think this is right by the way but this is the way that it works um and if Missouri wins I think there is a chance that Hugh Fes gets fired uh Jackson do you agree with that yes uh that would be four straight losses they were leading Georgia 10- nothing on Saturday and yet for the second time in three games They had some really odd officiating situations with SEC officials that got him. Kirby Smart is like Edward Norton and Rounders. Doug, Kirby Smart is like Edward Norton and that’s what all of America was thinking. Dealing from the bottom of the deck, you know? You’re making reference to the fake timeout. Yeah. What was that? Like Sean Mcdana and I think it was Greg Mory. They couldn’t believe what was happening. Like they’re like he’s pretending like timeout. Oh no, he’s clapping like a timeout. And I realized plenty of people probably didn’t see it. I happen to be watching it live. Uh Kirby Smart was panicking that Gunner Stockton and the Georgia offense didn’t have their play ready. Clock was running out and he’s running to the official signaling for timeout. Then they give it to him, but at that point, uh Georgia had gotten the snap off and he was fine with it. So he claimed he was just clapping and in a stunning development, the officials listened to him and they gave him the timeout back and they got to restart the play. Oh, for heaven’s sakes. It was unreal. This is the same team, Auburn, that got banged by Oklahoma on a play that should have been illegal and wound up being the difference in that football game. And so, as a Missouri fan and just an observer again of kind of how things work, you go, “Ooh, is the SEC going to take care of Auburn this coming Saturday?” Because they got him yet again. My point being either Drake Witz’s stock is going to drop more substantially than I think in any time in the next in the last few years. Uh and by a few years I mean since the start of 2023 uh or I think Hugh Fes is going to lose his job Saturday night, Sunday morning. So you have that and then running parallel to it, Jackson’s favorite guy uh who we just saw in Colia a few weeks ago, Shane Beamer uh goes to Oklahoma and Oklahoma 48 hours ago was the darling and then they go up against Texas. Jackson, did you talk about leaning into leaning into this thing hard on Texas? Texas was minus one and a half. I would imagine a large number of people who meet up with my guy at the Arnold Water Tower on Tuesdays. He’s a junior at Fox, Doug, still a junior. Like 23. Yeah, he’s 23 now. Okay. Uh we’re on Oklahoma going, “Oh my god, I can’t believe Oklahoma’s getting points.” Uh and uh and then Oklahoma uh could have used 18 points because they lost by 17. John Matir uh and the Sooners only able to get six points and now they play South Carolina. So, you either have Brent Venibals uh going from potential SEC coach of the year in the mix with Lane Kein and Clark Lee uh and Eli Drinkitz to potentially being on the firing line if they are not able to get past South Carolina on Saturday in Norman, Oklahoma. And then they are looking at Miss Tennessee at Alabama at home against Missouri and at home against LSU. So, you can see how that could get away from him really quickly. Or you got Jackson’s guy, Shane Beamer, who now finds himself uh going from the top 10 to three and three and one and three in the SEC with the only win against the only sure win I think in the conference this year, and that’s Kentucky. Everybody else can beat you, Mississippi State and Arkansas included. Uh and so then Shane Beamer could be in the mix because the heat is on him in uh in Columbia, South Carolina. Now localizing it to Drinkitz, let’s go through some of the moves that have people uh divided. Uh and we’ll we’ll of course talk about Amad Hardy in the 12 carries and Kirby Moore in the game plan offensively. Let’s start with the fake punt. Uh fourth and four Missouri in the fourth quarter. Uh, they fake it. Doug, did you like the fake punt decision? I did. I liked it. Martin, I thought they ran to the wrong side of the field because they ran out of room. Had they run to the other side of the field, maybe he’s got room to make a a move to get away from that tackler or at least to dive forward to get the first down. That was my only problem. They ran to the short side. 100% had no problem with them going for it at that point. Wasn’t a real creative play and the short side of the field drives me crazy. Although if you look at it, Missou had seven people up front versus five for Alabama. So you should have been able to plow through there cuz you had enough. There was one guy who clearly missed his man. That was an issue. But no, I I had no problem with them going for it. Didn’t really love the call. Glad they went. I was I actually said it. I had some Alabama fans around me and they were I mean they were so number one they were just whatever kind. Not that they were uh problematic, uh but also like they were locked in. They knew their stuff. It was it was fun to listen to him. Sometimes you have, you know, obviously a different situation, but that was that was great. And I said, “They’re going to fake this.” Uh he is in the mindset that you’ve got to take it. It’s not going to be handed to you. And I love that mindset. I loved the fake call, but I know a lot of Missouri fans did not. I suppose what I would ask is, did you hate it in the moment? and are you saying you didn’t like it because it didn’t work? And I understand that, but you don’t know the outcome until uh it’s completed. So, you have to from my standpoint, if you’re really going to fairly judge it, judge it in the moment before you know the outcome. Uh then the onsides kick after Alabama goes into the prevent defense. Pribula leads them down the field. Donovan Alubeday with the touchdown. Missouri with all three timeouts left. Uh it’s 2724 with a minute 40 remaining. You’re going to have to stop them and not allow them a first down either way. Did you like the onsides kick or would you have liked them to kick it deeper? I kind of liked it. I didn’t like the way they kicked. I don’t like the watermelon kick. I mean, we’ve been doing onside kicks the same way for about a hundred years now and it works sometimes. That watermelon kick just stayed right along the ground. It was an easy scoop up. But yeah, I didn’t have a problem. Anytime a team like that is doing everything they can to try to win a game aggressively, I’m usually okay with it. And I was okay with the onside kick. Martin. Yeah, I did not mind it at all. It was a terrible terrible kick, but with the three timeouts, even if you kick it down, either way, you’re gonna have to stop him. So, give yourself a chance to maybe get lucky, get a lucky bounce. Wasn’t much of a kick. Didn’t mind at all. I was Sean Weatherspoon on Twitter, former Missou quarterback, he or Missou linebacker, he was tweeting about some of the big moments there and he was saying, “You got to kick it off there. Let your grant a defensive guy, but there was a great debate about what you do there.” Uh, I had no problem with that. Yeah, I liked it. Again, my reasoning being you have to take every opportunity that you can, especially considering the circumstances in general with the fact that Missouri had a real situation. Uh, and quarterback, you’ve got to do something to try to figure it out. And so, I liked that they were all in in trying to win the game. I would have been all over them if they hadn’t done that. I liked the fake punt. I liked the onsides kick. Uh I think a number of people did not feel that way. But something that everyone is united on is the how can Ahmad um uh have Amad Hardy only have 12 carries and uh Gabe Dearmman went back uh and he went through I think he went through the box score. I don’t know if he rewatched it. We’ll ask him. He’ll be with us at 9:00. Chris Kerber with us at 8:15. Um I you know I put myself through it to rewatch it. Uh, I disagree with Gabe and I do so respectfully. He’s one of my favorite people in the world. I think there were a number of times where they could have run the football. He came away with one um one play and that was after Connor Talty uh missed the field goal in in the fourth quarter and Missouri opens up that drive uh with having Prebula throw it. I I have no idea. And LT Overton who from my standpoint next to Tai Simpson was the player of the game. uh he dominated on the defensive line. Missouri takes over and the first play Pbula who showed no indication of being able to throw the ball uh is rolling out. Overton gets to him and uh and sacks him. And so at that point now it’s second and 12. And you know I mean you’re you’re already now playing from behind the sticks and you got a real problem on your hands. But there were other opportunities throughout the course of that game where they were throwing on first down. Uh there was a third and two that they have the empty backfield. I could not believe that. I could not believe that they had an empty backfield. Hardy on the near side if you’re watching on television lined up as a receiver. Uh again, another open receiver situation. I for the life of me I don’t get that. I realize that the reason why Missouri in part didn’t have Hardy carrying the ball as much is because Alabama dominated time of possession 3833 uh to 2227 and Alabama ran 75 plays to Missou’s 56. But just because of that, it does not explain away a player who at the very least is one of the best running backs in the country only carrying it 12 times. when you have a quarterback who’s clearly struggling, one of your best wide receivers, if not your best wide receiver, banged up in Kevin Coleman, and now you are leaning on that quarterback and in first down situations, putting yourself in quite a spot by throwing it. Uh, I thought that that was a major miss. I did not think there was a commitment to the run. They were averaging uh and and Hardy did average more than nearly five yards per carry. And to get away from that is indefensible. I think they panicked. They got behind a little bit and they thought, “Oh my god, we got to get it all back right now. We got to throw, throw, throw.” And they never, except for the last drive, I don’t think they ever in a position where they just had to start throwing the ball all the time. Even in the last drive in the first half, they had timeouts and they got away from it um as well. And I don’t I don’t know how that would be that would be similarly to I’d have a tough time putting my head on the pillow if I didn’t try the fake punt in that situation. If I didn’t go for the onsides kick. The one that would bother me the most is if I go, man, I think we had some bullets left in the chamber and a real opportunity for the program to take a major step forward and more importantly in the short term be undefeated in the SEC. and uh and you got him out Hardy the ball 12 times. That is the one that’s going to stick with me. Now, he left the field for a little while, not for long. And then Roberts went off in that situation while Hardy was away. And then in that same uh drive, Martin Hardy did carry the ball. That’s when he fumbled out of bounds. And fortunately for Missouri, uh Missouri retained possession. So, even if they said, “Well, Hardy, you didn’t know, but he was a little nicked up.” Whatever. Then you’d still go to Roberts, who has proven to be a more than legit option. Uh, it was interesting because Drinkitz was asked about the play calling and then the first answer he said something about, “Well, you know, uh, I’m the head coach. It’s my responsibility.” Then again, Lyn Worthy from the Post Dispatch said something about Hardy not running the ball. He said, “I don’t know. I don’t know.” But he said, “But that’s a fair question and I need to look.” I thought he answered it in an honest way without throwing any of his coaches under the bus where he said, “It’s a totally fair question. I just need to look at it.” Wouldn’t you have thought that would be the game plan going in knowing Bama was we’ve got this running and we’re going to ride behind him to try to win this game instead of we’re going to have uh Berbula throw the ball at every possible chance he can. I thought what they would do is hammer it with the run, which they did right out of the gate and Hardy had a big pickup. I mean, that first drive, there’s so many correlations to the LSU game uh two years ago, both with a missed opportunity and an 11:00 kick, and you sit there and go, “What in the hell happened there?” Where you go from down the field easily in the first drive to then struggling the rest of the game, but to set up the play action by hammering them with both Hardy and Roberts and instead they got away from it. And I just for the life of me, I don’t get it. It’s one thing if run defense is Alabama’s strength. That’s certainly not the case and the numbers back that up both going into the game and then what Missouri was able to do when running the football. Alabama did one thing that I loved and that’s uh bring in Kaden Proctor to run the ball. 6’7ish, 366-lb offensive lineman. That just makes all the sense in the world to me to hand the ball to a guy like that to get one yard. Fourth and one, they’ve been doing that all year. Third and one at the at the goal line. How you gonna keep him from getting a yard or two? Yep. Yeah. It’s It’s the old refrigerator Perry thing. I I just think that makes sense. Maybe that’s a little exaggerated. You don’t need to get someone quite that big, but just a big beefy guy to try to get those inches down there at the goal line or on on fourth down and in instead of your 190 pound running back. Not a huge factor in the game. I just liked it. Yeah, it was fun to watch. It was even though you’re a Missou guy, that was I like that element. Ty Simpson. There’s a Heisman candidate. Not only the three touchdown throws, but that fourth and eighth passel. It was just a great pass. You had them at third and 24. And I think more people were upset about the third down play where they got an easy 16 as opposed to the fourth and eight play where it was just a perfect pass down the sideline. That’s the touchdown drive after the fake punt that puts them up by 10 if you get a stop there. And they I I appreciated them going for it on fourth and eight. Then I was shocked they punted late in the game because they were at the Missou 35. I get it. You’re trying to pin them deep, force them to go the length of the field. I didn’t get so they were aggressive at times, but then when at the end of the game when they punted the ball, I didn’t get that. I think Kalin Debor catches a lot of hell for the decision to punt there at the end. I’ll be honest, watching the game um in the stands before the fourth and eight, I just thought they were trying to draw him off sides. I never thought I mean it was all and to I I watch whether it be in the NFL or in college. There is a a pattern of behavior that the quarterback conducts to try to draw teams off sides and it’s like they run up then they start screaming and then it becomes crystal clear they’re not going to do it. And I always think it would be brilliant on the part of a head coach and an offensive coordinator to have them mimic that pattern of behavior and then actually snap it. And in the case of Alabama, when it got down to 3 seconds, I thought, okay, they’re just going to accept delay a game and punt it. And instead, Tai Simpson, who is going to be in the mix for the Heisman Trophy, especially considering the oppo opponents that Alabama has left, uh, and the talent of receivers that he has at his disposal, uh, Ty Simpson snaps it, has time, rolls out to his left. Great coverage by Torino Pride. That was not a coverage issue. Great coverage by Torino Pride and he hits the true freshman Lahi Brooks who winds up becoming Alabama’s leading receiver for that game. Ryan Williams did not have a catch. Missouri kept Ryan Williams from having a catch one target. Uh I mean it was just incredible. But Ty Simpson making that throw. Sometimes you got to tip your cap. I think Doug you say that they they are also on a scholarship. He’s on scholarship too. That’s what it is that you say. I might have threatened to rip the scholarship away from Zion Young after that penalty in the first quarter. That drove me crazy. I couldn’t agree with you more. You score a touchdown, you stop him on a couple of plays. It looks like they’re gonna have to punt. The stadium’s going nuts and he doesn’t have the maturity to to avoid getting in somebody’s face and start screaming at him. Couldn’t agree more. Couldn’t agree with you more. Man, that was a big moment. Diego Pavia, a guy who’s masterful with not turning the ball over, had two bad turnovers last week against Alabama that I’m sure Vanderbilt fans are kicking themselves over. Uh, but the first one was the one that probably didn’t get as much attention. They’re up about to go up two scores on Alabama in Tuscaloosa and he carries the ball loosely and fumbles it inside the red zone. And you go, man, that’s a self-inflicted wound. What does it do if Alabama’s down two scores? Well, what happens there if Alabama’s at third and 15? That building was going absolutely bad. It’s the loudest I’ve ever heard for a field next to John McGaffy’s return kick to open up against number one Oklahoma in 2010. Uh throughout the game, the crowd was phenomenal. And then you have that and they get the first down and it was absolutely inexcusable. Self-inflicted wounds. Those are the things that that make it tough to to sleep. And something else that bothers me. I don’t want the defensive lineman to wear the same number as the quarterback. Don’t we have enough numbers to go around? Baba is nine. Young is nine. Get him different numbers. Why is Bo playing defense, Doug? I don’t I don’t know. Why is Zion Young throwing interceptions? Why is that okay in college? You got 99 choices for numbers and you can’t you can’t give different players different numbers. What’s up with that? Well, they both Why is it okay to have players on the same team wearing the same number? How hard is that to figure out? Give them another number. Make them 99 instead of nine. I’ll tell you. Well, it was a big factor. I do think for Missou start winning beat&m. Are any of these SEC teams unbeatable? I think the answer is no. So, no. So, if you’re Missou, it is still in front of you. Do I have confidence they’re going to win the big games? No. Why would you? But it sucks for Illinois. Everybody’s like, “Oh, they’re done.” They lost to Ohio State, number one in the country. And they lost to Indiana, who is now one of the best teams in the country, number three in the rankings. And Illinois, it’s basically, “You’re done.” Yeah, I think that they can get in. I do, but I would, it would be really surprising. The issue for Illinois is yes, in the standings they have two losses, but because of the way they were beaten by Indiana, it’s almost like two and a half. That was my contention with Missouri last year that because they looked like they didn’t belong against&m or Alabama that it didn’t matter if they would have beaten South Carolina. I do not think that they were getting in. So from that standpoint, the fact that it’s 2724 as opposed to what Illinois dealt with in Bloomington or what Missouri dealt with in College Station or Tuscaloosa last year, Missouri is truly sitting there at one loss. And if anything, uh they only dropped two spots in the rankings. Again, these rankings are absurd, but uh they are still number 16 in the country and will have opportunities. It’s just none of the games remaining have the cache that beating Alabama would have. Um so, for example, on the other side of the the if Indiana would have been number one in the country, um it wouldn’t have been the same kind of win for Illinois because Indiana isn’t viewed like an Ohio State or Oregon is. That’s the reality of it. That’s kind of your initiation process. And Indiana is now made in college football because they went to Auton and they won. Even if Missouri beats Texas A&M and if Texas A&M’s number one, and that’s possible, it would be surprising in part because of the teams ahead of them. Um, but&M does have some challenges in front of them. They have LSU coming up. Uh, that it wouldn’t have the same cache uh that beating Alabama in that spot would have. If if Missou can go five and one in their last six, I think that would probably get them in. They’d probably be on the bubble for the playoffs, but I think that might that would probably get them in. I I think 10 and two. I think what if you look at schedules in the SEC and I realize I mean most people have lives and hobbies and families and jobs. Uh but I don’t I don’t have anything. You don’t have any of that. So all I do is I look at schedules, family schedule reader. I I don’t uh I’ve hired these people to look make it look like I have a family. Okay. Uh I actually pay 101 ESPN to be here. Uh so I have nothing and all I do is look at schedules. Okay. And it’s almost impossible when you look at the schedules. These teams are just going to start picking up losses because they all play each other. I mean and we’re halfway through the season and what we have two SEC teams, right, with no losses. &m in Miss Barely. Miss against Washington State, right? I think you want Alabama to just win out. If you’re Missou, do you want them get another shot at him in Atlanta if anything that’s what you would want and I think you’d feel good about it. I don’t think Missouri feels like they played a good game. And I can tell you Alabama doesn’t feel like they played a good game. Ty Simpson talked after the game like they lost. Uh that that these teams are going to rack up losses. It’s a whole new world in college football and for these fan bases. And that is why I’m saying coaches who you never would have thought would get fired as was the case. I mean, James Franklin 15 days ago had Penn State leading Oregon as the number one team in the country. And now he’s out of a job. You see, his record at Penn State against uh AP top 10 teams is 4 and 21. And against Big 10 teams that are ranked in the top 10, he’s 1-8. Yeah. Talk about can’t win the big one. So with that all said, they’re going to be teams racking up losses and that opportunity will be there. So Missouri does control its destiny in this case. Whereas after the&m game, I thought to myself, that’s going to be a tough one to overcome. Uh and then they had Brady Cook not being fully healthy when they went into Alabama last year and then he got hurt and Drew Pine came in and that was that was the end of it. That was the end as far as the college football playoff goes. That’s still out there. But nothing about a close loss to Alabama and having that opportunity changes the fact that you’ve got concern at quarterback in addition to the concern you already had at kicker. And what I think stands out again is the visible frustration that Maris Johnson was showing because to me that’s kind of like when Yadier Molina was posting on Instagram shade at Mike Matheni. I thought if Molina’s willing to do that on Instagram that speaks to a bigger problem in the clubhouse. If you have a wide receiver who has been with the program since 2023 and never pulled any of that kind of stuff before and he’s showing that much frustration and he did it multiple times throughout the game, it makes me wonder what the confidence level is for the wide receiving core. Uh especially after Pbula failing in key situations that he did on Saturday. Your thoughts are welcome. 314 399646. Chris Kerber going to join us coming up at 8:15 as the Blues get their first win of the year. This is TMA 101 Yeah. I love the fact that off air Jackson and Doug were arguing about numbers for college football. Why are they all wearing the same number? I agree with that. And what you need is a little break. How about going to Scotland next summer? Make your plans now to see Spectacular Scotland. My wife even texted. Why would they wear the same number? She needs to go to Scotland. Good news is we’re going June 15th next summer. Spectacular Skyland all put together by Colette. 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You can catch the game right here on your home of the Blues 101 ESPN. Pregame 5:30, puck drop at 6:30. That was another Sports Center update driven by Johnny Landoff Chevrolet and Johnny Landoff Autoplex. See the milof.com. Chevy together we drive. Are you kidding me? Welcome back. It is the morning after 101 ESPN the program presented to you by Brown and Crooppin. Tim Mccernin, Doug Vaughn, Martin Kilcoin with you on the presentation which welcomes you to participate by texting in 314-399-646. Air Comfort Service text line and uh you can call in the Calieran Thompson phone lines 3149-74101. Coming up in 15 minutes, Chris Kerber going to join us up early in the morning in Vancouver, British Columbia, Doug, where it just turned 6 a.m. Yeah. will as the Blues get their first win having to come back to do so. No goals through the first four periods of the year. And then here comes the note and Jakey Jakey, how do you do with the key key response for the Blues? Joel Hoffer and the Blues get their first win on Saturday in Calgary. My take away from that game is boy those white uniforms look good. That’s a sharp look, isn’t it? Really is. We loved them when they came out. They look even better on the ice. Yeah. Yeah, of both uniforms look good. Home and away, but that was one of the first times I’ve ever seen a a white uniform and say, “Wow, does that look good?” And it does. It looks great. That was more important than winning the game for me. Really? Uh so Kerber with us coming up here in just uh 13 minutes uh on the program. We’re in the Fiser window and doortore 8:00 hour. We solicit your involvement. A huge number of people uh out of the gate and that’s what a big weekend in college football uh does. Uh, and so people are in there in the Michelob Ultra YouTube chat. Uh, and it looks like there’s there’s arguments going on. Oh, no. Chairman Kurt, have you been monitoring this? I have not been in there. Uh, what’s going on? What are they arguing about? Yeah, I was I had an eye on it for a minute. Um, good lord, lots of BS in the chat today. That’s from Jock Horror. Jock H O R R O R. Not familiar with his work. Lady or gentleman of the night. There was somebody calling somebody a soy boy. Jackson just there’s a commercial during the Missou broadcast where it says brought to you by soy. The game is brought to you by soy. And it turns out it’s big soy because we’re a great soybean state, right? But it’s brought to the game is brought to you by Soy. How was the atmosphere, fellas? You guys are there. Glorious. Glorious. It was wonderful. I was sitting in a the Alabama fan section. No way. I was in hell. I was in absolute hell. Why did Mark get you tickets there? Red. No, I son of a So there’s usually like the long strip of road fans for any team on any game that sits on the east side of the stadium, which would be the opposing fan, the opposing bench uh towards the south end zone. That’s where the usual strip is. But because it’s Alabama, they have a big alumni association. And they also had the northwest portion right by the construction. Got it. Okay. And that’s where I was. I was on the southwest. So I didn’t even know that section existed cuz some towards the south end zone. Right. I looked actually towards where I guess you were sitting to see if they also had that one. Clearly not. I was sitting there with all the shakers and the uh Doug, they don’t call them pom poms, they call them shakers. I have one behind me as well. Yeah. and the um interesting interpretation of the English language that they use. What are they saying? It’s not necessarily what they say, it’s how they say it. Oh my goodness. Just just know I was in Jackson’s Twitter apology today. Just know I was in hell. Were you prepared to turn around if that last drive had come down to a field goal? I had moved down a little bit towards like the stairs by the concourse. Better view and there was an open kind of area of bleacher. Mhm. It was a great atmosphere, but I was just Yeah. I was sitting with. What did these people say to you that upset you? So, uh when um Marvin Burks made what I think is the best play of the uh season for the secondary and got kicked out of the game, I So, the targeting play was the best play of the season for the secondary. Well, he drilled that guy. I thought I thought it was I thought it was a clean hit. And um I might have said something about Sanki needing to take care of the red and white. Fan in front of me uh was a little perturbed by Oh no, you started being a Vy rooster. Were you about to go? No, I wasn’t going to go. Did he say anything about your pretty mouth? No. No, I didn’t have to squeal. There’s no oinking or squealing, but I uh I was just in hell. Wow. Alabama had two players leave the game with Well, that player that got hit with a target and came back. Yeah, but they had two guys helped off the field with head injuries after they really got blown up. Well, I think I think we have a clear understanding now of how and why Alabama had the issues they had in Tallahassee uh to start the season. And that is once Jam Miller, who is one of the players who was taken off the field you’re making reference to, Doug, once he was out of the game with about 10 minutes left, their running game was non-existent. Uh it’s not like it was dominant before, but he certainly was damn good. And once he was out of the game, it also impacted pass protection. The first play after the fake punt fails, the building’s atmosphere was gone. I think everybody thought the game is over. And sure enough, uh Missouri on the very next play uh gets the sack and the building goes bat crap. And one of the reasons why Missouri got the sack is uh Damon Wilson was just able to blow right past the right tackle who looked behind him thinking there was going to be some help from a running back and nobody was there. Jam Miller had exited the game and whether it be Riley or Hill for Alabama, they weren’t there and that just shows the drop off as well. So it’s not just about running and catching the ball, it’s also about pass blocking and uh and Miller was great at that in addition. So you had that going on. I wound up sitting next to and I don’t know if he’s been texting in um a TMA listener. Bunch of TMA listeners wound up being exactly who I was uh sitting next to. Doug brought the uh both my 8-year-old son and my three-year-old son, my wife, and in a stunning development, my three-year-old grades out at an A+ for his conduct during the game. I could not believe it. It uh it was not something that I expected. Uh, and he was outstanding. He wore a Missouri jersey uh, to the game. We got home from St. Louis or back to St. Louis. He refused to take the Missouri jersey off. Oh, really? And then tomorrow or yesterday morning when he woke up, uh, he wanted a different Missouri jersey on and wanted to know when the next game was and so he was wearing a Missouri jersey all day yesterday. I’ll be anxious to see if he’s wearing another one today. Uh, we might have a true sun situation. That’s what happens. They get hooked. They go there and the atmosphere is so overwhelming and fascinating they get hooked. Will you be moving to Old Hawthorne? Stat. How did your wife behave? Cuz she’s been known to throw bricks at TVs when things go wrong. I believe it was like a lip balm that went through the television when uh when Winnipeg tied things up with 1.6. Uh she was she was she was good. She was good. Okay. She didn’t throw anything. No. I Jackson, I’m curious on this. I I’ve been uh very open with how strangely upset I was two years ago when they lost to LSU. Um that I actually excused myself from said family and went upstairs. We weren’t in Colia for that. I was at home. I didn’t have that reaction watching the game live once Alabama went up 14 to7. And I’m curious for people in the audience as well. I never thought Missouri was going to win that game against LSU that particular day. And I want to emphasize that particular day. Missouri was the better team. I know they wound up losing by 10 when was a pick six at the end, but they did it to themselves. I never thought that Missouri was going to win that game. Never. Truly never. I’m not This is just how I feel. I thought Missouri was going to be at LSU. Um, and I think maybe there two big parts of it. Number one, they had no threat at quarterback and you kind of knew it. Uh, and that is Missouri, of course, not the Heisman Trophy candidate, Ty Simpson. And then also, the second quarter was so so tilted in Alabama’s favor. There were four plays that could have slash should have been Missouri turnovers in the second quarter alone. and somehow they escaped only down 17 to 10 at the half that I’m thinking they’re probably going to lose this by something between 14 and 24 points but it didn’t happen that way. I’m talking about two fumbles that Missouri recovered or in the case of Hardies, it went out of bounds. An interception that Alabama had and uh the corner dropped. And one that stands out to me even more so is when Pboula dropped back and uh the corner blitz comes in from the strip sack and he just misses it and Poula spins out and winds up picking up that. That probably is is six points at the very least. It’s Alabama recovering deep in Missouri territory just like Missouri did uh when Simpson fumbled on the first play from scrimmage in the second half. So in my mind I’m going fortunate to be here. Uh I would draw a parallel to this. When Missouri was playing Kansas and was Missouri was playing South Carolina. I was thinking to myself Missouri’s clearly the better team but they could lose this game and that would be super frustrating. I think for Alabama fans if they would have wound up losing that game they would have gone how the hell did we lose that game? But yet, strangely, I don’t know if anybody saw this, Bill Connelly, who writes for ESPN, uh, had game outcome expectation that is dictated just by box score. And if that game is played a 100 times, Missouri wins it 72 times based on his SP plus. Uh, it’s it it’s just that doesn’t match up with what I thought I saw. Um, but that was the response. How did you How did you see it? Uh I’m unfortunately uh cursed with unbridled optimism. So even in the darkest of times I I feel like there’s some I going into the second half I was like all right they got like I don’t know how they’re going to get a stop here but if they can somehow get a stop maybe they’re still in the game and then they get the fumble and score immediately and you’re like oh then at that point that did nothing good for me because I was fully bought into I think that this team will win even down to the edge. Missouri would win. Yes. When Donovan Alum caught the ball on that final drive right before the pick to end the game, I thought, “Here we go.” I said, “Either our boy Bobby Boots is going to get the biggest opportunity of his life or they’re going to somehow just score right here and and this place is going to go nuts.” I feel like they could have won. I don’t think they should have won. Like I think they had a chance to win, but you don’t walk away saying, “Oh, we totally blew. That game was ours to win.” I don’t feel that way after watching it. Right. I agree. Doug, how do you feel? Well, yeah. the same way. And even though Drinkit says we don’t care about moral victories, and you know, you have to say that as a coach, in a big sense, it really was. It really showed that they can play with Alabama on any given day. They could have beaten them if another play had gone their way. They didn’t drop very far in the rankings. Everything that they are playing for is still out there in front of them. If they can if they can just get hot, they can still win this baby. That kind of thing. But I think in the big picture, it was an enormous moral victory because you didn’t get blown out. It did look like he belonged on the same field as one of the premier teams in the country. So, I think despite the loss, it was still big picture an okay day for Missou. Uh Gabe Darman will join us coming up at 9:00 brought to you by James Carlton. 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Jake Neighbors scoring twice as the Blues come back to beat the Flames. Plus, he got a hell of a performance from Joel Hoffer as well. And joining us right now at 8:15 approximately as he does every Monday here on the program up early in the morning in British Columbia. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Kerber with us on the Calier and Thompson phone lines. Morning Curbs. Morning Tim. How are you? Wonderful. How was the sushi last night? I heard you and Joey talking about getting it on the curbside podcast when I was listening today. It was good. Uh it’s fresh. It’s fantastic. There’s so many great food places to eat up here in in Vancouver. It’s a uh it’s a good foodie trip if you like that. From a great steakhouse in Calgary to all the options, it’s it’s pretty dog on good. Actually went had some last night with Scott Roc, our team photographer that’s on the road with us. Oh yeah, Scott Roc. What a treat. Uh that thing on uh Saturday as I heard you guys breaking that down after you’re going through a scoreless first period. You’re going, “Oh my goodness.” I mean, this is now you’re now you’re four straight periods and thinking what’s going to happen here with this. And then Jake Neighbors uh and the Blues get things going all while Joel Hoffer is back there and uh performing uh savior work in the net for the Blues. Uh take me through your perspective of what you saw getting things going for the Blues in that second period. I think you got the feeling after the first period that the okay now you’ve gone four periods to start the year without a goal and you kind of got the feeling you saw a little bit of maybe some individualistic play of guys trying to almost do too much if that makes sense try too hard and then you know when when Jake got that goal to tie it up it was like the air got let out of the balloon and this team got ready to go and then then they really got flying and uh so it was a needed goal by Jake. Uh, and and then they rolled. But in that second period, up until that point, man, Joel Hoffer was just absolutely outstanding. I mean, the way he played, he was moving post to post. Calgary had some great scoring chances. Now, in the end, when you look at a bunch of the, you know, breakdowns of slot chances and slot shots and all these little things that do add up uh to giving you a better chance to win, the Blues ended up really dominating some of those areas. So things like the transition game that Jim Montgomery talked about uh before the game, he really liked actually the transition game in the home opener uh and and liked it again against Calgary and things along those kind of lines. So it was a good one. And I talked to I talked to one of the players after the game and he just said he just said, “Ah, we needed that first goal just to spark us.” And that made a difference. The the schedule seems uh condensed this year with the three weeks off they’re going to get in February. So, do you think that means Hoffer might play a little bit more than he did last year? Yeah, he I Yes, he will play a little bit more than he did last year if everybody’s healthy. Uh you I don’t think it’ll be a 50/50 split, Doug. Uh but I do expect him to play a little bit more just because one, uh the schedule is going to dictate it and you you don’t want to totally burn out Jordan. But number two, uh he’s a good backup. You know, I talked to Doug Armstrong and Doug really feels that he’s got what he considers to be a top five tandem in the National Hockey League. And so when you have that, you use it. And there there’s there’s a good amount of people, you know, some different scouts you’ve talked I’ve talked to and, you know, a couple others that really believe that the Blues may have the best tandem in the NHL. So that’s a positive sign and quite a luxury for him. Maybe one of the developments out of camp, it seemed like there was a lot of talk Shen could be the third line center. maybe Suard move up and now it seems pretty clear they want Shen Holloway Kyu together and nothing’s in stone. I understand they move guys around all the time but I I feel like the Sudtor talk kind of it shifted maybe late in camp that that would be Shen’s job. I just think that when you look at the matchups Martin that you know the certainty and the familiarity of of Shen between Kyu and Holloway I I really got the feeling that that familiarity is going to help this team defensively. And you look at the first four games of the year, you know, well, primarily even just the first three, you’ve got Minnesota, you had Calgary, and then if obviously you have Vancouver, the these are three opponents that were right about the same point standings wise that the Blues were last year. You know, those those were the the Blues included are the four teams that were, you know, battling for those same playoff spots. And I just think that from a defensive standpoint, a familiarity standpoint, uh it was important to keep them together there and go. And actually what we’ve seen is twice now we’ve seen, you know, Jake Neighbors elevated during the game. So, um I think just having somebody there like Braden Shen, you know, that’s that’s solid in that spot, you know, was important. But I think it’s also you had to give Sudtor some opportunity in games to get familiar with those guys because they are going to be interchangeable at some point in time, you know. But again, at the same time, I thought Braden Shen played so well there throughout last year. I’m not sure he did anything to not secure that spot coming in. I think one thing we have to mention about Saturday is how great those uniforms look. Is it me or those white jerseys about the best looking white jerseys the Blues have ever had? Oh, they’re pretty darn close. If not, I I do. I think they look awesome. And, you know, sitting there looking down on them from the uh from the press box there at the saddle dome was is awesome. And you again talking to other people, you see some, you know, some other broadcasters, you’ll see scouts, you see some hockey management people, and and a lot of people are saying the same thing about them. Those things really pop. So, and it’s even fun on social media to see, you know, some of the national people just kind of jump on board with them. They they are they do look good. They’re so clean. And you know what? As a broadcaster, I’ll tell you something. I’m thankful that when they the Blues use different jerseys, right? Like whether they do a third jersey, the reverse retro jersey, the Winter Classic jerseys, right? All of them, they make sure that the numbers are clean and easy to read. Like we’ve done a game in Tampa where they brought like the reverse retro jersey out and they had like charcoal numbers on a black jersey which I didn’t think made any sense at all. Like just darn near impossible to read the numbers which as you know is kind of important and you know to be able to see what player might have the puck that kind of thing. So uh yep those things are pretty much on fire. They’re pretty hot looking. Two games into handling the TV chores now as well. How’s that going for you? You comfortable with that? Yeah, I think it’s gone uh I think it’s gone really well. We’ve had some unique start times and and ceremonies uh with with home openers. We’ve got another one. It’s a holiday today up here in Canada. It’s the Canadian Thanksgiving. Well, I guess up here they just call it Thanksgiving, but so we can differentiate it. We’ll call it Canadian Thanksgiving. And uh and yeah, I think it’s going well. I think there’s uh you know, some learning curves. We’re working hard for the radio listener as well. There’s so much work being done behind the scenes. and Alex Ferrario and Grant Francis and Jordan Deacon have been fantastic getting some of those things uh ironed out. So yeah, I haven’t uh been pretty exciting and uh it’s been fun. You you’ll you’ll love this part. Now you guys are used to it with Joey, right? Yeah. I’m used to it with Joey where sometimes, you know, he could just take a direction of something and you never know where it may end up. We had a goalender in the last game from Gilroy, California. So, I look it up and I find out that it’s from just south of San Jose. Well, it turns out that Gilroy, California is also known for it’s like the biggest garlic festival in the world. And Joey’s mom sometimes had gone out to that thing. So, he starts telling that story and in my ear, our producer Tim Pat just all you hear is this, uhoh, he he found a moment. There was a lull. there was an icing in the game and Joe found a moment to start talking about garlic and all the different uses for it. So, uh, I think it’s gone well. It’s comfortable and, uh, been a lot of fun for everybody. I said this on Friday. I was a little worried. Would Joey be buttoned up now? No. Thursday night Thighmaster talk. Suzanne Summers reference there. I believe that might have been an uhoh moment as well. The thigh master. Yes. Yeah. I was a big fan of the thigh master reset. Yeah. You know what he brought up? He he goes, “Scar, what the name of that thing?” And neither one of us could come up with the thigh master. And I’m I know I know I’m thinking Suzanne Summers, but for whatever reason, I couldn’t get Goldie Han out of my head. So, I’m like, so we I I just fumbled that one on him. I wasn’t a great help, but no, listen. And I want him and I hope I and and he will like listen, he’s he’s just got to be himself. And that is what makes it a fun listen. It’s what makes it a fun watch. You know, we know when the game is the game. like we we know that when moments are coming and and how you got to handle that stuff at the same time to have some light-heartedness and and and to really truly let him be him. Uh it’s what’s made him great on the radio and I think it’s what’s going to make him a great and entertaining analyst to listen to on watch on TV too. Uh you’ll get a chance to enjoy more tonight. Blues and Canucks. You’ll be able to catch it on 101 ESPN, of course, on FanDuel Sportsman West. And then the Blues come home and get the Blackhawks on Wednesday, Stars on Saturday night. Uh quite a schedule here for the Blues. Good tests and good entertainment early on in the season. Curbs, always appreciate the time on Mondays. Thank you so much. Enjoy the festivities tonight in Vancouver. All right, guys. Have a great week. We’ll see you when we get back home. Thank you. That’s Chris Kerbo with us here on the Calier and Thompson phone lines. Uh the we’ve been observing that the Michelobra YouTube chat is uh is intense today. Lot of people in there. That’s what a big weekend will do. And uh the bastard James Han has given us a synopsis. Doug. Uh Tim, here is a summary of the YouTube chat discussion. Okay. Missou nationalists and Missou haters are going at it leading to neckbeard on neckbeard hate. Jackson, uh describe it’s a battle as old as time. Is that right? Missou nationalist versus Missou hater. Yeah, I’ve seen it happen. And then that leads to people growing neck beards. Well, I think they just naturally show up, you know, whenever there where there’s smoke, there’s fire. I see. Really? Papers, I had a little suggestion for you. Next time you’re stuck at a Missou game and you’re in the opposing fan base section. Yeah. Just put on Can you pack a little hard helmet? Go into that construction zone and just pretend like you’re working up there and get yourself a nice open area. Yeah. Maybe bring a ladder. That would be nice. Just more room for me to stew. You can get a lot done with a ladder, though. Everyone’s going to think, “Oh, this guy’s working. Stand back.” What about my What about my mild fear of heights? Well, you don’t have to get up on the ladder. Just carry the ladder and that’ll get you into the this opening there on the north end zone. Had a good point. Morrison Woods Wacko has officially issued a statement regarding uh Sam Horn. I told you idiots Sam Horn was the guy. He got hurt. Otherwise, we are 6 and0. And Maris Johnson’s still a tiger next year. So, he’s already predicting that he is he’s heading out. Uh, I will let everybody know what’s going on in the room Thursday. And I will die down on the planes next week to hold Drake accountable. Bet the house on Missou getting two and a half. That’s from the Horson Woods Wacko. Uh, so he is adamant that Sam Horn was going to be the starting quarterback. uh that Maris Johnson, we call him Speedy Keith Jackson. Yeah, Speedy Case would not be he’s already got him transferring. I guess he’s a junior. So, uh and then uh he’s also saying he’s going to hold uh Drake accountable, but he says to bet the house on Missouri down on the Plains on Saturday night. That is a 6:45 kickoff. I told you they are not happy. We’ve got a lot of they’re not happy coming up. I mean, a lot of they’re not happy just across the country. They’re just not happy. They’re not happy. They’re not happy in baseball either. They’re not happy in the NFL. Got guys fighting after the Lions and Chiefs last night. We’ve got it all. We’ve got the Colonel at 9:00. Then we’ve got the design air heating and cooling email of the day coming your way at 10:45. Email in to compete against the great shooter McGavin with a dominant October so far already with four wins. 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All right, let’s uh I want to start with the lane train. uh not happy with the attendance from the student section against the Washington State Cougars who uh played a non-con, but they’re not really in a con game against Old Miss on Saturday morning and nearly sprung an upset on the previously undefeated Old Miss hottie totties. Miss escapes to remain undefeated, but Lane not happy with the students. Yeah. Oh jeez, we survived. So, you know, maybe you guys have heard me talk about reserve judgment of what’s bad and good and maybe we’ll look back and say this was good to have, you know, this game to wake us up and stop, you know, reading where we’re ranked and um those things cuz like I said just on the radio like ranked four, we were looked about the 84th team in the country throughout that game. So, um quit reading the rat poison and um make plays. don’t get a penalty by hitting a quarterback in the head when we’re off the field. Um, and finish drives. We’re morning practice format, you know, that should equate to playing well in the morning. Used to um but didn’t feel like that. I like I thought our red zone offense showed up about like our student section did today. Very similar. Wow. 6,000 there. They were not happy with the students, Doug. They didn’t want any part of the 11:00 start for Hottie Totty. Uh, all right. Who else is not happy? Jackson, you have a lot of choices. Who else isn’t happy? Oh, man. Uh, Hugh Freeze isn’t happy. Yeah, I kind of understand. I have to be honest with you. Uh, a variety of different calls on Saturday night. Uh, went against Auburn. He’s he’s two two missed calls away from being five and one in a top 15 team at worst. I mean, hell, Notre Dame’s got two losses and they’re in the top 15. Uh here is the Auburn coach who Missouri may be able to put an end to his run on the planes on Saturday night. On the other hand, he can certainly diminish Eli Drinkitz’s reputation by beating the Tigers of Missouri Saturday night. Here’s Hugh Freeze. Um I think it’s very clear that we um we we find ways to to not win football games and that’s what has to change and um that locker room is um good enough football team to play with anyone and to win games. um creating that mentality that believes you’re going to and finding ways to do it and to do your assignment when it’s called on in critical moments like you did the entire first half. Um is is things that we’ve got to get corrected if we want to experience the joy of of of winning these these close tough SEC football games. And that’s really the way I see it. Okay. He kind of sounds defeated. Yeah. Coaching for his job next week. Oklahoma&M and now Georgia. All games they legitimately could have won. Two of which had major officiating issues. And uh so Hugh Fes is trying to avoid a four-game losing streak. I’m telling you this is because teams play such great teams week in and week out. And now some teams that used to be considered jokes are capable of beating teams. College coaches are going to be getting whacked left. And I mean it’s already happened, but it’s going to continue and they may not care if their buyout is high. It’s 50 plus million like James Franklin. Uh Sharon and Clayton says she is happy. Uh Jackson, I’m very happy. The scrubs lost and they’re whining because the Brewers raised the L in their celebratory team photo. Conveniently, Scrubs forgot that back in May, the Brewers lost to the Cubs and they chirped them by tweeting, “This is our crew,” which is the Brewers official hashtag. They don’t understand how chirping works. That’s Sharon and Clayton, and she’s happy that the Cubs have been vanquished. She’s a pretty good chirper herself. I didn’t I did like that when the Brewers raised the L. That was funny. That was nice. Brewers able to bring in the Miz the other night. He was able to shove. gave up a home run, first batter, and then shut him down. It’s nice to have a rookie that can come in and just throw 100 miles an hour. Oh, yeah. When you watch these playoff teams, it seems they’ve all got four or five relievers throwing 100 mile. Where are the Cardinals relievers like that? When they made that run in 2013, they were all kids, but you had Rosenthal and you had Martinez and they were these young guys that were coming out of the pan. They were just throwing smoke. Uh Mariners and Blue Jays this afternoon. Uh that is a uh 4:00 start and uh then game one of the Dodgers and Brewers in Milwaukee. Uh that gets underway at 78. I mean three of the four options if you if the Brewers win the World Series, that’s historic for them. If the Mariners win, it’s historic. For the Blue Jays, it’s been a long time. The Dodgers the only one that’s kind of the outlier that’s always in it. And I think the Dodgers have reached the Cardinal stage from about 10 years ago where the country Aren’t you just sick of the Dodgers? Cardinals were always in the NLCS. You got tired of them. Dodgers though, six and0 against the Brewers this season. Yeah, I don’t think the Brewers have got the pitching to deal with the Dodgers. I agree with what Matt Holidayiday said last week that the the Phillies maybe they had a chance to beat the Dodgers. I don’t know that anybody else is going to be able to ban Sharon. That text was dumb and irrelevant. Thanks. And while we’re at it, #free perk, that’s from Brian Henchin. Doug, beware of the Colts. Colts look pretty good. Why is he so salty? His Colts are good. Insulting cuz he’s not covering the Colts. Probably still on the high school beat. Williams hands were shaking. Bill. Uh Mr. Licks with regard to the Warren Woods Wacko telling us uh that he is going to bet the house on Missouri plus two and a half against Auburn this week. Uh and uh that what took place Saturday is further proof that Sam Horn was going to be the starting quarterback. Mr. Lick says you cannot bet the house wacko because you’re upside down on your mortgage already when you had to cash out refi to build an addition to move into while your wife’s boyfriend moved into the master bedroom. That’s my story links. So he had to do a cash out refi to build an addition for his room because his wife’s boyfriend moved into the master bedroom. So now he’s got two mortgages and he’s got to sleep outside. Is there a question in there? What the hell are we doing? I wouldn’t have applied for the loan in the first place. Maybe you sleep in the basement. I’m not going to take more money out of the equity you’ve got in the home and build a place to sleep outside. Doug’s really workshop in this text. And Mr. Licks is riding high because he bets over here that Missou would not win another game. He’s riding high. Six games left. Well, he got he got the first L. He’s raising the L. All right. Percentage. Missouri beats Auburn. Jackson 65%. All right. Very confident player. They are the record three-point underdogs. Uh Missouri beats Vanderbilt. Uh it’s going to be at Vandy. So I’ll give it uh 60%. All right. Uh percent they beat&m after the by-week 35%. All right. Uh then we have uh what do we got after Mississippi State? Mississippi State 70%. And boy, your percentages are really interesting. Uh Oklahoma there in Norman. There’s so much that could happen with the Sooners between now and then. I’ll say that’s a coin flip. 50 50 and then Bobby Patrino. That’s a 80% play. Okay, there it is. Jackson’s plays are out there. Mr. Licks might as well just Venmo it over now. I couldn’t be more confident that they’re going to win one more game. Yeah, I’m I’m I’m What if they don’t? Do you owe him money? 50 bucks. Yikes. Worrison Woods Wacko has issued his response. Uh, I paid cash for the addition because I’m successful. So, there was an addition definitely ruin me. And it did cost him some money and now he’s got to sleep outdoors, but he paid cash for it. So, he’s now financing. All right, Tim. There is an emerging team in Texas Tech. Yes. Who the best team money can buy, but they like to throw tortillas. So, one of our uh great sports producers at the Tupox, Roman Dwinius, went to Texas Tech. So, last night I said, “What’s the deal with the tortillas?” He said, “Well, you throw them out there for the kickoff.” And I said, “But do they sell?” He goes, “No, student. Just you just bring them in.” And bring your own tortillas. Can you throw a tortilla all the way out? Then you have to throw like a disc. It’ll sail like a Frisbee. Sure. In the right wind. Apparently, it’s become such a thing now. It’s getting Joey McGuire keeps getting asked about it. Then he and Lance, is it Lipo? Yeah, they got into it game. Yes. And basically they join regard what what the f you want me to do about basically his response. We have some audio here. Take a listen. Lance slide pulled here. They were penalized a couple of times for objects on the field. How do you feel like that was handled? Very importantly. Our conference office and the Scott Draper and them were very poor in handling it. They they said was one of the officials almost got hit and tried to throw a flag and it got picked up. So that was disappointing. Um we we have a policy put in that wasn’t followed through. So I was very disappointed on how that was. Um it’s obvious obviously they have a great crowd. They they really get into it and do some things. But uh um I know I know the officials were just as frustrated after the after u the one penalty was picked up by whatever they call the rock wherever that is where it sits. I mean, one of our I mean, say what it is, I mean, a pocketk knife was thrown out and hit one of our one of our staff members. So, I mean, and and and I mean, it’s ridiculous. I mean, it’s supposed to be for safety and things like that. And and uh it’s a it’s a culture that’s that’s been accepted to a point and it hasn’t changed and and eventually somebody’s going to be seriously hurt. Unfortunately, pocketk knife was thrown at him. What he said was there was a pocketk knife thrown. A little hard to hear. I’m not picking on you, P. I think if if you’re caught throwing something on the field, I think you get bounced from the stadium. Absolutely. And if you got season tickets, you lost them. They’re gone. Who throws out pockets? Do you think like do you think the knife part was out? Probably not. Nail file. Gosh, I hope not. Can opener was out story battle. If the knife is out, you could be facing charges for attempted murder. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You shouldn’t be throwing anything. But he’s basically saying it’s just allowed because it’s a thing here. But it’s a slippery slope, Doug. Once you throw the tortilla, next thing you know, right? You don’t know what’s coming out. Utensils. We’ve had guys in baseball going way back where they threw batteries at people and coins and that’s too much. That’s way too much. Can’t do that. Can’t do it. A tortilla wouldn’t ever hurt anybody. A knife. Yeah, sure. Of course, Tim. They weren’t happy at Arrowhead at the way the game ended. No, they weren’t. A little scrap breaking out following the festivities. Uh, and Dan Campbell apologized. I love this. Uh, how about that? Dan Campbell apologizing for what took place at the handshakes. Uh, Juju Smith Shuster just dug just flat out attacked. He really was. I love Brian Branch, but what he did is inexcusable and uh it’s not going to be accepted here. It’s not what we do. It’s not what we’re about. And I apologize to uh Coach Reed and and the Chiefs and uh you know and shoot. That’s not okay. We we that’s not what we do here and uh it’s not going to be okay. He knows it. Our team knows it. And uh so that’s that’s that’s not what we do. I love that. Yeah. Momes tried to high-five Branch as they’re walking off the field and Branch refused to high-five him. So I guess Juju Smith Schuster stepped in and said, “What are you doing, Branch?” And that’s when Branch whacked him across my face. Yes. And Shuster kind of maybe he got caught off guard, but he looked like he had been knocked out in the heavyweight. Kind of surprised him. He landed like a sack of potatoes. I think we got to teach these kids about the Woody Hayes move. You know that slap across the face. I got to do it. It’s a simple thumb thrust underneath the helmet right in the Adams apple. That’s where you hit a guy. You can talk it over and uh decide whether or not you want to fight somebody in the Michelobra YouTube chat. That’s where it’s been going on throughout the morning. Uh YouTube.com/TM STL. That’s presented to you by Michelobra. 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And joining us right now, ladies and gentlemen, from Power Missou, his postgame show made my drive back from Columbia Saturday afternoon flyby. The Colonel Gabriel P. De Arman. Morning, Colonel. What’s going on, guys? Well, there’s a lot to talk about here on the program. Plenty of Missouri fans are disappointed. And then those who loathe Missouri are celebrating and trying to further irritate the Missouri fans. Doug, that’s the state of the union here on TMA this morning. How are how are things going on the Power Missou message board? Um, overall not bad. Uh, you know, I I think with 36 hours to digest it. A lot of people are coming away from this saying, you know, we played a C game and could have and maybe should have beat Alabama. That’s not bad. Um, missed opportunity. Definitely. I do think there are a couple of myths that, you know, people make up their mind what happened and it doesn’t really matter uh what they are told afterwards. You know, they they’ve just decided this is the problem and this is who needs to pay for it. It is in general in football the offensive coordinator. And I think that is uh what people believe here. And and one of the things that I think you’re focused on uh you and I were texting about it uh yesterday. you wrote a column specifically about it uh is why Ahmad Hardy only wound up with 12 carries. And so you went through and and broke down uh the opportunities there and uh you did not come away with that conclusion that Missouri uh didn’t run it enough I guess for lack of a better term because the opportunities were not there in part because of time of possession and then also uh the offensive situations. Uh so if you would sir elaborate on what you discovered. Well, let’s be clear, they didn’t run it enough. Um but that wasn’t because they just decided we’re not going to run it. Um they had 32 plays in the first half, I believe, uh or close to that. It was something like a 21-11 run to pass split. So they they ran the ball plenty in the first half. They came out uh they get the immediate turnover. They run three straight times, score the touchdown. They are tied at 17. Everything is going the way they want it to. The rest of from that point until Missouri got the ball with 315 down 10 points. I believe Missouri ran eight plays. They simply never had the ball in the second half. Um, now there was one drive when Alabama missed a field goal and it was 20 to 17 and Missouri took over at the 31. they threw the ball or wanted to throw the ball on first down and got sacked. And that to me was the one series where you can say, look, the play calling really, really hurt. Uh they were down three points with nine minutes to go and they threw three straight P or tried to throw three straight passes. Now you can make an argument second and 12, what choice do you have? Third and 12, obviously you have to throw, but I would go back to that first down play call. But we’ve reached a point where people just treat this as you expect per like if the offensive coordinator can’t make a bad call the whole game without us saying he lost the game, then there’s not an offensive coordinator in the country that should be fired. And I want to be clear, I’m not saying that Kirby Moore was perfect. I’m not saying he couldn’t have been better. I’m just saying I believe an outsized portion of the blame has been placed on him. I I I went back and I I watched the game and I took all all these notes. I thought that there were multiple times I was surprised that they went with the pass on first down. Certainly the one that you’re citing after the Connor Talty uh missed field goal. And then one I want to isolate in on cuz I was reading your thread on Power Missou after you had gone through it was the third down and this was in the third quarter with 1027 left. Uh Missouri started off at their own 10. Hardy picked up two yards. Uh now at this point he’s at 10 carries for 46 yards, which by the way means he only ran the ball two times the remaining 20. He didn’t have a carry in the last 1355 of the game. Yeah, didn’t have How about that, Doug? Didn’t have a carry in the last 13. I don’t like it. And then two carries in the final 25 minutes. The next play is a screen to Maris Johnson. He picks up six. So that sets up third and two. Missouri at their own 18. Now, what stands out to me about that play, and I know we’re isoing in on here, and there were 55 plays run, but I want to ISO in on this one for because they go with an empty backfield on third and two. Hardy’s on the field. He’s on the near sideline uh lined up as a receiver. And then PULA with a couple of guys who are again open. You have to go back and watch it to see it, but I mean, they’re crystal clear. Coleman was opened on and out big time on the far sideline, the Alabama sideline. And then Hardy shows frustration at the bottom of the screen, which we will get to with Maris Johnson. And I was just really surprised not only by the choice to not have a a running back in the back field on third and two, uh to have Hardy lined up as uh receiver in that spot that they went to Norfleet who is clearly covered. A good pass break up there by Alabama. And then again, it kind of speaks to a macro issue which is Pila not going through his progression. So the reason I iso in on that because I feel like that’s a that’s a one play that speaks to a variety of issues and then Missouri it’s incomplete. They punt it away. Your thoughts on that play, the formation and uh execution. Yeah. Als I I didn’t get into that play because when I went back through play by play like the playbyplay was messed up. It was and it gave Mark Johnson a first down on that and it said the first the Northley throw was first and 10 and they punt it on second and 10. And I knew that wasn’t right, but I didn’t know exactly what the situation was. Um, but I think what you’re talking about highlights the issue here. We are blaming the play calling and the answer the argument is well you just should run the ball and that is fair. Third and two absolutely that team can run the ball and I would not complain at the same time that play the last play there were open receivers. It’s like when we talk about shot selection in basketball or why why can’t you get a play run a play? Well, the coach may run a play that gets them an open shot. He has done his job at that point. The receiver or the the the shooter has to make the shot. Kirby Moore had open receivers there. He had open receivers on the play you’re talking about. He had open receivers on the last play of the game where both threw the interception. That is his job. He he cannot go throw the football for the quarterback. And look, I I think I I understand quarterbacks always get too much credit and too much blame, but quite simply, that game was won and lost by quarterback play. Ty Simpson was has been better at times this year. He was not perfect, but when his team had to have it, he was incredible. He made on on fourth and seven Toriano Pride had good coverage and he simply got beat by a perfect throw. We’re talking about a few times where Bobulla had like he had guys and the way Cody Goodwin put it on our show. All you got to do is hit the easy button. All you got to do is make the the easy throw to the guy that’s uncovered and he wasn’t doing it. Now look, I can’t say whether that’s because he didn’t go through his reads, because he was panicked, because he was nervous, because he was hurt. I don’t know the reason, obviously. And they’re not going to tell us that. Like Eli Drinkitz after the game was all he was going to say was this is my fault. And I respect him for it. He’s not going to throw his players under the bus. Everybody that watched that game, including Bo Peru, said afterwards, look, I wasn’t good enough. That’s where the game was decided. There was that play late in the first quarter where uh Pbula rolled to the right and threw about a 40-yard pass. I I think it was Johnson, might have been Coleman who who was wide open and missed by 10 yards. Made made me think maybe there’s something wrong with him physically. Was it Do you think that might have been a case or No, it is possible. Look, there were rumors. They’re never going to tell us. I mean, we’re we’re going on three consecutive seasons of finding out after the season that a Missouri quarterback was hurt. So, who knows? Um, but that play in the moment it was I kind of made a big deal out of it and then I kind of forgot about it until almost the end of our postgame show. And, you know, I think one thing that we have gotten so used to watching Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson and Justin Herbert and Patrick Mahomes, they make that throw right off platform, on the run. It’s the It’s the new thing in college football. or in in all of football is is the quarterbacks who can make that play. And I I don’t know whether it was health or not, but I mean Johnson was open when Bo let the ball go. I thought this is a 50 yard game. And like you said, it was not it was 10 yards out of bounds. And is that health? Is that hey, this is a college quarterback making the sixth start of his career. Uh, and that throw is a lot harder to make than we will give it credit for. I probably some combination of the two, but yeah, that was that was a huge missed opportunity. No question. I didn’t mind the fake punt at all at that time. And Drinkitz even said we had the right look. They were in return mode. And if you look at the tape, too, Missou had seven guys blocking five for Alabama and still couldn’t convert. Something I think we all agreed on. We didn’t like the play call running short side of the field there. But in terms of I I didn’t and some people have text in that punt killed me. I can’t believe they did that. I didn’t think it was all that controversial. The fake punt. I I didn’t mind it. Um the only reason I would mind that punt in most situations on that I I think if you’re going to go for it, why don’t you leave your offense on the field? However, on Saturday, Missouri’s offense had not been doing anything. So they might have had a better opportunity to pick it up on fourth and five than with with a little trickery than they would have just running a play. And look, Jamal Roberts has had a lot of five yard runs. He’s broken a lot of tackles. And I know the fans are ir rate um about the call and I I have seen so many replays of it and I have I still have no idea if he got the first down or not because what what Missouri fans are not realizing is yes his left foot did not go out of bounds. The initial spot was wrong but his right foot his right toe tapped down out of bounds. There’s not a single camera angle that will prove to you where the ball was when that happened. Whatever they called on the field was absolutely going to stand because there simply wasn’t a way to reverse it. Gabe Dearand is our guest. He joins us every Monday and Friday at 9:00 here on TMA. Presented to you by James Carlton of the Carlton State Farm Insurance Agency. James is online at carlton insurance.net 314961-4800. He’s my insurance agent and has been since 2019 and you will get 450 five-star reviews when you type him in a Google search. Jamie Rivers just made the switch three weeks ago and James started saving him thousands of dollars a year. He’s a longtime sponsor on Power Missou as well. James Carlton at the Carlton State Farm Insurance Agency 3149614800. Uh Colonel, let’s talk about the last play that mattered. Missouri’s final play from scrimmage. I was not aware of this being at the game. I didn’t see it. I just thought it was another seam route in which like with Coleman didn’t turn around quickly. uh that that there was another miss by Pbula and uh that Missouri just blew it on that yet again. And then listening your postgame show, I heard you and Cody and your listeners talking about how open Maris Johnson was. Uh, and then going back to watch the game, it’s it’s startling because that was the second time Martin uh brought up the Doug brought up the uh Johnson being open in the first quarter on third and fourth that Alabama’s secondary had done what we worried Missouri secondary would do and that is just leave a wide receiver wide open. In this case, it was Johnson yet again. And Pula just dials in and never even looks around. Johnson at the very least picks up a first down and they are in field goal range. There is a chance because the nearest Alabama defender was 15 yards away from him and it’s going to be one-on-one between him and the end zone that he runs it in for one of the most dramatic plays in Missouri football history and PUA never looked his way before he even threw the ball. Johnson’s arms are up in the air and then he is clearly exasperated and shows it. There’s that play, but then I also want to ask about how vocal Johnson was throughout the game with his frustration on the passes that were thrown high andor the ones that Pribula just missed receivers who were open cuz Hardy displayed that on that third and two play that Norfleet had broken up. Um I wonder about seeing Missouri receivers being that demonstrative with their frustration. Uh your thoughts on that final play? Yeah, let’s hit that that part first. Um, it’s not ideal, but I also understand it. I mean, Maris Johnson is standing there like I I I wrote a part of my 10 thoughts this morning was was breaking this down. Multiple screenshots and like literally at the snap, the guy who should be defending Maris Johnson turns his back to Johnson and heads to the middle of the field. I mean, there’s nobody. So, I do understand it. Um, you know, if it becomes a common thing, if it carries over to practice in a relationship, it’s a problem. If it’s simply a guy being angry that he felt like he was going to go win the football game and didn’t get a chance to do it, I understand it. Um, you know, so that’s all stuff that Eli Drinks and Bo Perula need to handle between yesterday and this Friday, and you have to trust them to do it. Um, my initial reaction to that play was, why did he throw it to Alubid? Kevin Coleman was open. Um, and I think Kevin Coleman was more open. I don’t know if he was wide open. I don’t know if it was an easy throw. The frustrating part is you said he never looked Johnson’s way. And you’re technically right, but I mean, all three receivers were on the same side of the field. When he looks at Alubid, he should have seen Johnson. Now, I will also say this in in getting the overhead camera angle on ESPN, there was a window to make that throw that he tried to make. Um, it would have been a really good throw. I don’t think it was any more difficult of a throw than the one he made to Brett Northley in the first quarter or the one he made to Donovan Alubed earlier this year. I think it was against Kansas. I can’t remember but where Alubid made the great catch down on the 10 like there was Alabama did not defend that play well at all. They had three guys trailing Alubid and Coleman and then they had a deep safety and there was a window there. I the throw was a combination of a little bit too high and I don’t know if Alumid didn’t get his head around quickly enough or short armed it a little bit because he probably was going to get blasted if he did catch the ball. It would have taken perfection to execute the throw he tried to make. It is possible it didn’t happen. Again, the easy play was Maris Johnson absolute worst case scenario. He’s out of bounds at the 35 yd line with 37 seconds to play. You’ve got, you know, four or five more offensive snaps and then an attempt to send the game into overtime. So, it kind of like the Kirby Moore thing. I am not defending Bo on this. I’m not saying Bo made the right play. He didn’t. But in looking at it, it was a more makeable play than I initially thought. Gabe, we were talking earlier about the ESPN announcers. The Sam Horn injury obviously made it clear Perbula is the guy, but it was the second or the third game where they kept saying, “Well, Sam Horn won the job, but Perbula is now the guy.” That was said multiple times by these uh broadcasters and and only assumption would be that they heard that in production meetings or talking to Drinkitz. But I going back to the whole quarterback battle, it was sort of a mystery, right? When PUA came here, we thought he’s the guy. Drink says it’s a competition and I don’t remember in camp other than he said we’ll have a decision. Well, we’ll see how it goes in the first game. There was never really anything declarative from Drinkitz, was there about the quarterback battle? No. Publicly it was we’re going to play them both and we’ll see. But look, everything I heard from anybody during camp was Bo Perua has been the better quarterback. I I I will be shocked if it’s not his job. and then both started the first game like that I Eli Drink said it didn’t matter but it matters the guy who who played the first quarter it at least had a 51 to 49 lead like and look like you said the announcers I don’t know maybe Drink Witz is telling them in in production meetings on Friday afternoon I wanted to start Sam Horn but he got hurt but like he didn’t do it and it goes against everything I’ve heard So, and you know, we’re we’re doing it like somebody did say on our board, well, Sam Horn wins that game. Sam Horn’s thrown eight college football. It’s legitimately the most ridiculous thing. Like, maybe he does, but I don’t know. And and other people said, well, Brady Cook wins that game every time. Well, Brady Cook lost that game to LSU and to Georgia twice. So, you know, like it all comes down to to me. Missouri had the football with 48 seconds to go. with a chance to win the game and they didn’t do it. Um, so like all the coaching decisions, all the bad calls, everything before that is immaterial. The quarterback made a bad decision and a bad throw and they got beat and that’s what it came down to. Do you think that taunting penalty that Zion Young picked up was inconsequential or did that have an impact on at least the first half? Yeah, I mean I don’t want to say it was inconsequential because it it would have put Alabama in third and 15. That place was wild. Jaylen Carell had made two just backto back huge plays. That defense was amped up. Like if they punt the ball back to Missouri and Missouri gets the ball at its own, you know, let’s say 3540 yard line with a seven nothing lead with an with an offense that had just hummed down the field. Yeah, it’s possible the whole game’s different, but this is what we do. Like, you guys remember the&m game last year that Missouri didn’t even belong on the field and everybody wanted to say, “Well, it was that penalty with 13 minutes left in the first quarter.” I I’ve got a hard time saying that. I mean, could it have changed the entire game? Sure. We have absolutely no idea if it would have, but it’s like the hornbua thing. like because you can’t be proven wrong. It feels good to say, “Well, that and that call, let’s be clear, like, yeah, I think it’s a soft call and I hate that they make it, but you know that rule. They’re going to call that a hundred times out of a 100. That’s Zion Young’s fault, not the officials.” Gabe De Arman with us here on TMA 101 ESPN, brought to you by James Carlton of the Carlton State Farm Insurance Agency online at carltonlton insurance.net. Uh, final line of questioning here. James Franklin whacked uh yesterday. I think there are a number of coaches and I think it’s just the nature of college football now with teams losing games that fan bases are surprised to see them losing. Certainly Northwestern and UCLA in 2025 are extreme examples of that. But I think uh you could have a number of guys in the SEC seeing their stocks trend down to the point that they get terminated. Missouri’s going up against one of them this weekend. Eli Drinkitz and these job openings. Um, what are your thoughts on all that is going on with college football, the Penn State job, who knows what else is going to be opening up and drinkits, he’s going to be on every list. He will get a call from Penn State. May have already gotten a call from Penn State. If Billy Napier is fired, he will get a call from Florida. If Hugh Freeze is fired, he will get a call from Auburn. He will 100% be on every single list, and that’s a testament to the job he has done here. Um, ultimately this will not really be a financial thing. He’s the 10th highest paid coach in college football. He’s he’s making nine and a quarter next year. If somebody comes in and says, “We’ll pay you 12,” Missouri would find an extra $2.5 million and they would pay him. Um, you know, so it won’t be a financial decision. It the only question that Eli Drinkitz has to answer is quite simply this. Do I think I can win a national title at Missouri? and if not, do I think I can win one at this place that’s offering me a job? I if he leaves here, he will never say it out loud, but the the tacit message is this coach does not think he can reach those heights at this place. Um that that’s really all there. And look, we don’t know his thinking. Um he’s not going to share it with us. Like it’s not even worth my time to ask him about like, hey, your name’s on list. Like I know what he’s going to say. He’s he’s going to ignore it. I’m coaching a football team or chasing a playoff. I don’t even want to talk about that. That’s what he should say. And so it’s not worth me fir firing a bullet on that one. Um I’m not like I don’t really think he fit at Penn State. Um and you know we’re having these conversations about him, about Lane Keifin, about Kurt Chignetti. 10 years ago, Miss, Missouri, and Indiana are worse jobs than Penn State, Florida, and Auburn. I don’t think there’s any question about it. today where you’ve already got it up and running, where you have the NIL money and the the revenue share money flowing into your program. I’m not at all sure those are worse jobs to go, you know, Penn State’s a little bit different. Penn State’s not exactly a rebuild. Um, Penn State’s just too awful. I I don’t know if I’ve ever seen two awful weeks to get a guy fired, but that’s what happened. Um, but you know, do you want to go somewhere and have to start this process if not over at least behind where you’re at right now? If it was me, I wouldn’t, but I’m not him. There it is. Gabe De Arman, powermazoo.com is where you can read them. And of course, the postgame show, which will be a late night affair this coming Saturday with Missouri and Auburn getting underway at 6:45. Colonel, always appreciate the time and the perspective. Thanks so much. All right, thanks guys. There he is. That’s Gab with us here on 101 ESPN and the TMAS STL YouTube channel. You’re welcome to give your thoughts on what he had to say in the Michelobra YouTube chat, TMA STL YouTube channel and by texting into the air comfort service text inbox 314399646 uh or email in. Martin, you are a Design Air Heating and Cooling fan as Doug and I are as well. Design Air heating and cooling. Email the day. Designerservice.com. It’s really the perfect combo. You have employees that are happy. You have customers that are happy. That means they’ve been doing it right for a long time, more than a century now. Design Air Heating and Cooling here in St. Louis. It’s been really pleasant the last few weeks. 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Uh Martin, you were uh talking about this. like off air, but they talked about it on the on the He said his best friend died recently. Remember early in camp he was out and they just said like personal reasons and you assume maybe a family member, a grandparent or somebody passed away. They just said personal reasons. It turns out his I don’t know if it’s been reported how, but it doesn’t matter. He is best friend. And so now he goes back to his hometown of Calgary and scores the two goals. And then in the post game, which the Blues put the video out last year was Chaser shoulder pads. Remember that? They always have some bit of remember Holloway wanted Baldwick to take his shirt off when he was getting the shoulder pads, but this year they’re giving away Bernie Federko’s stick from his thousandth game. Nice. So, they got Federico’s stick and Shen is in the the locker room doing all this and then goes over to Jake Neighbors and kind of pats him on the head and hugs him. And so, it was clearly an emotional day for Jake Neighbors. Uh Jake Neighbors talking about going back to his hometown and having this kind of performance. Yeah. Uh, first time I’ve scored here in the NHL, so it was pretty special. And, um, you know, yeah, just special having my family and friends here and, um, being able to perform for them, get a win in front of them is, uh, really nice. Okay. And then Monty even said he’s a great kid. He lost a friend, you know, good friend. And Monte have neighbors about losing his friend. Love to hear it. Sure. Yeah. I mean, everything I’m doing is for him. um is my best friend and uh I know he was with me tonight um watching over me and um you know just continue to play for with a heavy heart for him and um yeah I thought Monty almost got emotional he said just talking about how much he loves neighbors and then he said this kid’s going to have a letter on his sweater. I heard that whether it’s a C or an A. Wow papers indicating on it. Okay. Okay. He was really tenacious. it’s his hometown, you know, and he’s had a a really good friend pass away. So, it was an emotional moment for him, not just because it’s his hometown, but, you know, he’s been dealing with um a little bit of loss, you know, and that’s not easy. Uh but he’s a tremendous character kid. Someone that I’m sure will wear wear a letter here one day. He’s only He’s only 23. Is it possible he’s This was his fifth year with the Blues. way back in 2122 he played in one game but he was here part of it just carries himself like a veteran guy pretty tight with Shen and he doesn’t even get talked about you know to Holloway this Kyu and Thomas and all of a sudden you got neighbors just kind of hanging around who’s actually a pretty good NHL player and I do think not to always compare the Blues and the Cardinals but it’s amazing and the Blues for the most part have picked in that kind of 20-ish range it’s amazing how many of their draft picks just come up and perform and that’s the lifeblood of a franchise in what’s not a big market. Uh Tim, do you have time for a little housekeeping? I uh do. Doug, I know does not. Okay. Well, fresh out of time. I would like to issue an apology. Oh my gosh. And I may take some time away starting around 10 or 10:02, whatever. Uh the Brewers swept the Dodgers 6. I read that stat wrong. So the Brewers won the season series over the Dodgers 6. I believe I said that. Uh the other take time away because because of that. How much time does that require? Like just about an hour a day. Oh, 10. Okay. Uh and to Packer fans who were I rate with the two Fox yesterday. We got a lot of calls, couple of emails because we weren’t showing the Packers Bengals tilt in the afternoon. But the only issue, Doug, was it was a CBS game, so it was sort of hard for us to carry that game. You’re off the hook. So then people kind of had fun with it. And then this will be an apology in advance, Tim. You know how you can kind of like preemptive preemptive. Somebody said, “Well, good. Then next Sunday, I’ll expect to see the Fox broadcast of the Packers Arizona game.” Yeah, about that. We’ll have the Dallas um Commanders game instead. So, this week, not our fault. Well, you know, if you’re that locked into a franchise, that’s true. They’re all out there available. If you’d like to pay a little bit extra, you can watch every game. There are ways there are ways to find. So, not our fault yesterday. Next Sunday, the uh angst or anger will be justified. And also, and Gabe, we asked him about it. My Sam Horn question is not to imply that he’d be the savior. I have no idea if Sam Horn be any good or not. Like Gabe pointed out, he’s thrown eight passes. The only reason I bring that up and why it’s interesting to me when the broadcast are saying, “Well, Sam Horn won the job. Sam Horn won the job and then he got injured.” If that’s what Drinks told people. The only reason I think it’s relevant is if the coaching staff thought this is not good enough to be the guy. If they had some kind of tell in camp going into the season. If they were feeling that way, then maybe they knew something that we didn’t in terms of his ability to be the guy. You wouldn’t think they just say that because it’s kind of a knock on PUA really like the announce say it like if you don’t unless they’re just that sloppy but it was multiple places said it. Yeah. I think it was in the studio and during the broadcast unless it was just sort of a narrative that got spread around and people grabbed onto it without it actually being based on anything. I think what’s the worst and what’s wacko reports something. That’s where it started. Uh, hey Tim, did you run into any townies in Colia that you knocked up like I did in Champagne on Saturday right at the galloping ghost statue? There she was. We locked eyes and I took off running for cover. Left my 12-year-old holding the bag with that one. Doug, that’s from the recovering alcoholic from Belleville and Wester Groves. And apparently he spotted a towny he knocked up years ago. Right. Go right by the red grain statue. What’s a roboff means? Illinois has had two of the greatest college football players ever in Red Graange and Dick Budkus Kitner. Well, I wouldn’t put him in that that category. And Missou’s best player ever would be decided on this. Jeremy Mind was a Hall of Famer. Yeah. Roger Worley is a Hall of Famer. Yeah. Chase Daniel was a Heisman finalist. But there but there’s no went to St. Louis High. Yeah. There’s nobody of of legendary status like the two Illinois has. And I was thinking about Missou just the last 25 years. You’ve had some really good quarterbacks. Guys who went to the NFL like Drew Lock and Bla Gabbert. Guys who are very good Chase Daniel played in the league a long time but you really haven’t had an elite quarterback roll through a Pton Manning type or you know just an absolute legendary quarterback. And that is something that they got into on the postgame show with uh Gabe Dearm and Cody Goodwin on uh Saturday Martin. Uh cuz Gabe a lot of the criticism as is still the case here and that’s fine. I’m people you know are welcome to their opinions. I wanted to come in with as much information as I could by re-watching the game and then you know seeing slash hearing it through the lens that most people did by watching it on television. Uh, but the criticism was of the coaching and that Kirby Moore blew it. Kirby Moore was distracted by the potential that he was interviewed for the Arkansas head coaching job. Drink what’s got to coached by Dbor. Take your pick of whatever it was. And specifically on that, Gabe said, “The criticism that I would agree with is that Drinkitz came in with the reputation as being the quarterback whisperer.” And since he has been in Colombia, he really hasn’t had that. And you know, we can talk about Brady Cook winding up having a successful tenure, but it’s no secret, Drinkitz was open about it, that they went into the transfer portal looking for his replacement. Uh, and they really didn’t get it. Was it Jake Garcia? remember him coming from Miami and then he bolted after a year and the guy they really wanted this past year but did not get is got to be in the mix for the Heisman and he’s in Bloomington Indiana and he chose to go play with Kurt Signetti in the Hooers uh and not come to Missouri. I’m talking about Fernando Mendoza and what he has done so far in you know beating the hell out of Illinois and then going to Eugene and beating the Ducks. So, you know, that is where Gabe said he thinks the criticism is valid because when you do look at the roster and the kicker situation, it’s odd to not have a backup in this day and age uh that has experience, but that is of course a byproduct of an injury to a kicker. That’s an outlier. But at quarterback that they are in the position that they are in. Part of it, sure, is Sam Horn’s injury, but also, you know, this is Bo Pulla and when he was finally going up against a good defense, he struggled. I really do wonder about the health thing. Um I I just cuz cuz he looked so good against Kansas. I realize it’s Kansas and not Alabama. It’s not lost on me, but that he kept missing throws high. That’s just so odd. and how badly he missed Maris Johnson in the first quarter on third and four. It’s just odd to me. Um what was the rumored intro? Was it his hand? Wasn’t that he got hurt in the game? That would make sense. If if you were injured with your hand, your throws could be off, which was something that happened to Brady Cook, you know. And again, there’s no value in them in them telling you that right now. Oh, he’s got a injured hand. They don’t want to tell you that. I understand that. But eventually, if it comes out, you’re like, “Oh, no wonder.” It explains it. But in the in the moment, you have no reason to believe he’s not healthy, so you’re gonna be mad at how he performed. And I think for we didn’t know a ton. He didn’t play a ton at Penn State. Yeah. Sometimes during the course of a game, too. You take a a shot to the head, you get knocked around. You’re not thinking as clearly as you would. That that happens. We saw that. Remember that happened to Kurt Warner? He had a game there. We said, “What in the world is he doing?” Then we found out later he had had a concussion. They didn’t get him out of the game. So yeah, that was against the opener of the Giants in the opener at Giant Stadium in 2003. Yeah, I also get hit so hard sometimes they’re just not thinking clearly. And you can critique play calling or maybe it is the quarterback improvising or not doing what they designed the play to do. What I hated in that last kind of panic drive there is they’re just looking to the sideline like just, oh my god, we can only go to the sideline because we we don’t need talent. Oh, we got to get out of bounds. You can throw one down the middle, although that backfired. But all these great late drives that you see executed in the NFL or college football, you’ll take one good shot down the middle of the field and then you run up and spike it. I felt he was just glued to the sideline on those early plays like, “Oh my god, we can only throw it to the sideline.” That’s okay if a little bit of time runs off the clock and then you run up and spike it. I can’t look at that final play anymore. I just came across my time on Twitter and it really Maris Johnson have been staring at it. It legit makes my stomach hurt because I think he’s gone. I think he catches that and at worst versus the safety. Yeah. At worst you have a chance to tie it and I think likely he gets to the end. I mean he’s the fastest guy on the field. Like it it actually makes my stomach hurt. I can’t watch it. And now he’s gone for another reason. And then if you’re Gersh or Mo, do you go to Donovan Lu and lock him up with one of those Matt Carpenter preemptive extensions? Great one-on-one count. Like that’s what you do. Let the playmakers make plays. And Bo was like I thought one of the best plays they ran was on that first drive, which was probably a scripted drive, which is fine. But a nice quarterback draw. Like use Bo’s legs cuz that’s hard to defend when you have to honor a guy’s legs. Bo was doing a good job scrambling for his life. But that was a great play. Run it up the gut with him and they stopped doing that completely too. Just abandoned the run game. Oh no. And the Nickelo YouTube chat, they’re discussing the Rams uh relocation to Los Angeles. Doug, they are so just a fleeting existence, man. Oh, we’ve lost paper. You still upset having to sit with the Alabama people? Is that That didn’t help. Every time first down roll tide. Well, that’s what they should say. Well, they’re all from like St. Louis or Kansas City. Really? Well, they were all I was definitely around. The guys behind me were Is it Alamians? The guys behind me were from Alabama. Likely were not Crimson Tide alumni. And I caught that. Are you saying they weren’t high school graduates either? I don’t know. Um people in front of me maybe, but yeah, I was s But who are these other ones? Are you saying they’re from St. Louis or Kansas City that went to Bama? went to Bama or like the easy route and get to cheer for the best team every year. They’re just bandwagon Bama people. Well, they don’t know about the grind. They don’t know about the hard. They don’t know about what it takes to, you know, try to make that step. They would they what you know what they like, Doug, is shortcuts. Oh, do they? Sure. At the top. No. Fans who aren’t from Alabama. No. It’s the most It’s the Alabama fan. I’m an Alabama fan, a Lakers fan, and Yeah. And a Dodger fan. But you don’t think you don’t think there’s a lot of people in Missouri who who suddenly will pull for Alabama just because they’re a better team. Yes. You do? Yes. People love an easy way out. Look how many people love the Chiefs. When did they become Alabama fans? You’re saying like historically whenever whenever times got tough and they chose the easy route. You think they were Missou fans? They just switched. No, they had no they don’t know about loyalty. Missou will never be anything in any sport. That’s from the 314. Until they are harsh. Until they are. Well, that’s why you got to have hope papers. They were feeling they were real down in Gab’s postgame. I felt bad for Gabe. Do we have audio for We have wonderful postgame audio. We’ll have that for you here on the other side of the break. The Colonel’s postgame show. They were Doug. They were battling it. Were they really? Uh that’s coming up. And then we got the design air heating and cooling email today at 10:45. Send yours in the morning after inside.com. TMA 101. Oh, I got to tell you, papers needs a little time off. It needs to go to Scotland next summer. 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You can find out more at 101 ESPN.com. Learn more there or call all ter travel about this great trip to Scotland. 968 9600 Oh no. This is playing inside of Jackson’s head right now. Doug, did you sit in darkness on Saturday night with Mark and listen to this? No, we drove home pretty quickly afterwards. Just you and Mark. I I don’t I guess I’ll have to say it for the eighth time. Mark was not there. Is he sis? Is he? Yeah. Mark. Okay. Mark, your buddy lives in Columbia. Great basketball player, but he did not go to the game with you. Correct. Okay. What? Why didn’t he go to the game? Now, we need to know all of Jackson’s friends. Where was Milk Dud? Where was Herb? Uh, email in as to where Jackson’s friends were on Saturday. Uh the morning after inside steel.com for the design air heating and cooling email of the day. Uh we deep teased this. The colonel Doug he took voicemails uh following the loss on Saturday. Here is a sampling. Oh sure. Well Gabe, I came in with expectations and unfortunately my heart has been shattered again by Missou football. Oh for heaven’s sakes. When will the heartbreak end, Gabe? When will the heartbreak end? Stop me if you heard this one before. Missouri with a chance against a good team, reputable team for some national relevance and then completely crapped on themselves. If you heard it before, they lost my feel. If not, okay, you said I could stop you. I have heard it before. I’ve heard it today. I don’t completely disagree with Eli Drinkwitz being described as a quarterback guru might be the most laughable thing I’ve ever heard of. He has developed a dip. Oh, all right. We’re we’re good there. Um, I’m eating ribs in my underwear. Now we’re getting to it. Good for you. It reminds me a lot of taking my wife out to dinner. Spend a lot of money. Know for sure tonight’s the night we’re going to get it done. And then I stare at the ceiling wondering what the hell I did with my life. So then I go to the spare bedroom and I All right, we know where this is going. This is brutal. Gosh. And it started with your guy. Kind of dark. People sounded suicidal. Doug, you uh you have a problem when you hear the waterworks coming. when we were listening live. I mean, that drive from Columbia to St. Louis feels like five minutes when you got the Colonel Postgame show on. And my wife and I are listening and my wife goes, “Is this guy crying?” And I do think there’s a chance that he was. And it’s real. You don’t think this is a performance that the there was a guy who called in and said something along the lines of you know I was planning on calling in and you know doing the TMA thing. I heard that he said and then he actually had some observations. Yeah. I’m eating ribs in my underwear. I think at first I was a little bothered that Gabe wouldn’t say that show in St. Listen, it’s TMA 101 ESPN, but now I understand why I understand. Good for you. Good for you. They talked for about an hour and a half. I was at the Too Fox listening, watching it. I didn’t quite make it to the vid, but they he said, “Hey, listen. It’s early. We got time.” Uh they are uh they are angry uh in the Michelob YouTube chat over whether or not Drinkitz is uh going to be going anywhere. Uh Doug, does NY stand for New York in the middle of Ultra YouTube? He usually does. Yeah. He says, “Like Gabe said, the only reason why Drake would leave is if he thought that he would be able to win more somewhere else.” And then Heim Bloom spreadsheet responds, “Pen State fired the coach who couldn’t win the big game. Drink hasn’t won a big game, so it makes no sense.” That’s from Heim Bloom’s spreadsheet. Well, I don’t think Drink will be heading to Happy Valley. I wouldn’t think so. I would be surprised on that. But, you know, but every list that a writer puts out or opponent always has 10 to 12 names. Sure. You got to put guys down. I get that. And I wouldn’t be like Gabe said, I wouldn’t be surprised if you got a call. I just think if you’re going to fire James Franklin after what is I mean 15 16 days ago, they were right there with Oregon to, you know, they’re in overtime lock team in the country. Yeah. And now they’ve dropped games to winless UCLA, who actually looked really good against Michigan State, and then to Northwestern at home. And the whole world is completely different. Yep. He’s gone just like that. Well, that’s what I’m saying. My my circle on that one in the SEC is Brent Venibals with Oklahoma. Yeah. With Oklahoma. That’s where because he was already kind of a keep an eye on him this year. And then you go from where they were, you lose like you lost to Texas and then they have the schedule that they have, you know, operating on the premise that they beat South Carolina this week. Uh then it’s a a death march. So keep an eye on your boy Beamer. But then on the other side of it, if they lose there and then they’ve got that death march, that’s the guy. And then meanwhile, Alabama and Tennessee both have one loss. Well, they play this weekend. So one of those two teams has a loss. fire the coach gone just like that. Uh just to just to give you an idea of where I’m coming from, and I know I said this much earlier in the show, but my premise is you’re going to see carnage with coaches because all of these teams are good enough to beat each other minus Kentucky. LSU is playing Vanderbilt. One of those two teams is going to have two losses on Saturday. That’s the way that it’s going to work. And I I have no idea what I would pick on that one. By the way, Oklahoma and South Carolina already talked about that. Uh&&M has Arkansas. I know it sounds absurd, but I wouldn’t count Arkansas out uh in that one. And then then&m has LSU in Missouri. Miss is at Georgia. Either Kirby gets his second loss and he’s been dancing with the devil a couple of times. Uh or Lane Keifin and Old Miss pick up their first loss. Uh Mississippi State and Florida. Mississippi State. Jeff Leby’s fine down there. But if Florida loses to Mississippi State, that could be the final bullet for Billy Napier. Sack him. Uh Missouri and Auburn, of course, that could be the end for Hugh Fes or for the first time in a long time, Eli Drinkitz is starting to catch hell around here, right? Talk about the possibility of Happy Valley or Gainesville or even Tallahassee because that’s now taken a step back after they’ve beaten Alabama. They lost this week to Pittsburgh. Uh and then Josh Hypel could be sitting there with two losses and they had to fade uh Arkansas this past weekend at Nean or Alabama. Like I said, they’re sitting there with two losses. If somehow I certainly don’t expect it, but if somehow Texas went to Kentucky and lost Steve Sarkeesian. It’s just that’s the nature of the beast. And we’re talking about the SEC. The biggest firing to date, of course, has been what took place in Happy Valley over the weekend. Well, if Missou loses to Auburn next week, everybody’s like, “What the hell’s going on? thought we had the real team. It could happen quick. It has it will. It just by the nature of the schedule, it’s going to happen. And then the overreaction that social media and these college programs message boards, uh, they just they become echo chambers of intense hatred. I mean, if you would have said 3 weeks ago, James Franklin’s going to get fired from Penn State, you would have happened. Are they giving into the mob or do they think internally he’s never going to turn the corner? Notre Dame had to kick a field goal at the final seconds to advance to the national championship game. Otherwise, he’s playing Ohio State for the national championship. And that was 9 months ago. Well, that’s what I’m saying. Why are they firing these guys and eating that much money? They’re giving into the mob. Or do they really believe, all right, you’re not the guy even though less than a year ago were knocking on the door of a national champion? And outside of the obvious ones at the top of the polls right now, Ohio State, uh, Miami, Indiana, I guess&m, although I don’t know. I don’t know if that’s I I don’t feel like that’s getting maybe as much attention. Um, I think people would say the hottest team in college football right now is Alabama. Well, where was Kalin Deborah 5 weeks ago? They were talking about buying him out. You know, fans were, not the administration. Let’s be clear. a year ago, Brian Day after the Michigan. I mean, even it’s just it’s the absurdity of it. You got to pay attention to people who know, not people on social media. It’s just and and it all does. It cost you a bunch of money. Just lighting 50 million on fire in Pennsylvania like you lit 76 million on fire in College Station. If Penn State is giving that kind of severance packages to fired coaches, it could be that Dran Witz and every other coach in America are interested. I mean, it’s a no- lose situation. Oh, you mean you go there just in case you don’t work out? You go and you win and you get paid and you go and you lose, you get paid more. I just can’t believe that that’s a thing that that that much money is built in. I understand it was initially to block other schools from grabbing you. It’s I just think you should have it written. It’s like the Rams lease. Write it the a different way. Write it where it says if another school wants to buy you out, it’s 20 million poison pill. They’ll never steal our coach. If we fire you, you get the remaining years in your contract paid. Period. I don’t understand how it got to this point. Eli isn’t going anywhere. What’s attractive about an 8 and4 season after starting 5-0? That’s from Steven time. Okay. Jackson, do you have a bet with Steven time? No. Chairman wants he got the Kansas money. It seems like Steven time is, you know, good faith in this conversation. Um, is he from the brother’s time? Yeah, he is from the brothers time. Time and Steven time, right? Yeah, I they’re five and one right now. That’s the only thing that is in reality. And Trent Dilford got fired at UAB and he’s the one who told us that you can win and still not lose in the end. Was that Trent Dilford who said that? Remember the famous to lose game? I’m begging for a drop, Tim. like I’m not a jukebox brother. Cut that off. I’m not a jukebox brother. I say hit play papers. I saw that he was fired and it had me thinking maybe he didn’t understand college football cuz he had a good grip on the NFL where Doug you could win. Can’t lose the NFL. It was something not lose games in the NFL and still win. No, you can’t. See, I wonder if he told his AD that after going the Blazers 9 and 21 UAB demands greatness in football. Sorry, I I I would like to pause. You are not You are not a jukebox. And you did get some support for your stance on Missouri people being bandwagon Bama fans. They said that people do it with Duke basketball. Oh, but that but that’s not just a Missouri thing. There’s Bama fans all across. When you’re that good, you’re going to attract people who like shortcuts. It just bothers me that these colleges are handing out 49 $50 million to coaches who didn’t perform the way they wanted them to. And at the same time, half the people graduating from colleges or leaving with student debt for the next 20 or 30 years. It’s just grotesque the way the money is being shelled out. How you like how’d you like to be little Susie who didn’t get her Pell Grant, got like denied for $500 for books, right? These are public universities, too. 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Tim McKernon, Doug Vaughn, James Carlton in studio here on Mondays for his traditional conversation. Uh James Jackson is not uh is not doing well. How are you doing? I’m hanging in there. I mean, everything’s still on the table. Um, I would take the under in this Auburn Missou game coming up. Both offenses don’t look great. Both defenses look very, very stiff. So, uh, it could be a low-scoring game on the planes. You’re not going to that game, are you, Tim? I am not. I was invited with a group and we really wanted to go, but, uh, my wife’s parents are out of town and that is our go-to. You’re not going to take the kids to to the I don’t think they were invited. Who do not think they were invited? But, yeah, it sucks. We were going to go down, but I read I read your beautiful column on Saturday night. I read all of Gab’s stuff, listened to the postgame. Jackson and I had an embrace. What you call it? An embrace in the tender embrace in the men’s room at halftime. Uh you you embraced in the men’s room. Well, you know, I mean, it was it was You’re getting close to king shaming. Really close. Oh, I do king shame. I absolutely kink shame. Saw KG prior to the game. I met uh Juan from PP Corp. It was a glorious Saturday morning, but unfortunately just didn’t work out. I mean, could you ask for a better start to both halves? Yeah, for real. I mean, electric start the first half. And I mean, you say what you want about that Zion Young penalty. I would love to to play back the whatifs. If it’s third and 15, they get a a punt out of that. And that place is bonkers. That was the loudest I’ve I’ve heard for Field in many, many years. I agree. I would take it back to I I wasn’t there in 2013 on the Josie run to coach the SEC East. My guess is that would be comparable. Uh John McGaffy’s kickoff return against number one Oklahoma in 2010 is uh the ultimate to date for me at Frofield Field. But yes, it was sustained. It impacted Tai Simpson and the Alabama offense. Uh, it was something else. And I do agree. I would love to see what would have happened had that penalty not taken place. And I’m not disputing that it was a penalty. That is a self-inflicted wound. And it is brutal from the captain. That’s brutal. Um, Gabe in his column and I talked about it here earlier on the show. James, uh, do you feel better for the second half of the season now or do you feel worse? It’s a good question. And I certainly feel worse at the quarterback position. Yes, certainly feel worse at the quarterback position. I feel better about the defense, though. I mean, if Damon Wilson doesn’t take the Alden Smith playbook, uh he is going to be a maybe one of the best players to ever wear a Missouri uniform. I mean, that guy is uh he is a weapon on defense. I saw this just while I was waiting for you guys. These, uh the margin of victory in 2023 in the SEC was 16.3. In 24 is 13.3. In 25, it’s 10.7. just to show you the parody in this league. I think the defense is good enough to keep him in many games. I just don’t have a lot of confidence in the quarterback and if he was hurt, why are they calling all these passes? Why why is this they’re there’s this demonstrative, you know, fit from the receivers if they knew their quarterback was hurt? Well, don’t you think they give him the benefit of the doubt if he missing throws? I would think so. And then I agree with you because I was talking about this where I posted on the TMA fan page on Facebook. I just felt like writing uh when I got home on Saturday. And uh that’s that’s my question. If he is really hurt, then why are they calling all these passes? Right. You being a real nerd about this stuff like me, the third and two with the empty backfield, did that one do you? No. I mean, very odd. That is I I don’t I I don’t know what they could possibly say in that spot to explain that away. Number one, run the ball. But if you’re not, at least have Hardy back there. I mean, that was an empty back field with five pass catchers lined up. And then he just like panic quick throw to Northley over the middle with a defender on him. I mean, it was it was terrible in so many different ways. Uh in addition to the fact that Maris Johnson was as open as he was on the near sideline on the final play that uh was the game- ending interception that is Jackson says he cannot watch the player. Even before that I just did and it made me almost You must have been sitting near me if I if I saw you in that in that specific men’s room. Uh even before that play, you know, John Johnson’s lined up on our side of the field. He has one-on-one that whole drive. I’m taking a shot even V. I mean, what he did today, he just made it. He just threw a call. He had to. See, that’s the difference. It’s like, okay, at this point, you have to I was saying this, the uh guy who was sitting next to me. I want to make sure. The co-founder of the Fairmont Park Players Club, and you may have recognized that name. That’s who I wound up sitting next to. And his friends who uh were TMA listeners was um great to sit next to them. And the Alabama fans, like I said, behind me were were wonderful as well. Um and it’s and it’s truly a mind. It’s a mindset in business. It’s a mindset in sports, but some have it, some don’t. In order to live, you have to be willing to die. And Pribula was not or Missouri was not willing to do that. Now, Drinkit spoke about it before they went into the half uh in his interview with the sideline reporter that we’ve got to be more aggressive. We’ve got to take some chances both offensively and defensively because they were trying to get to Simpson in the first half without any blitzes. They started to at the end of the second quarter, but they did because of some of the blitzes and their front four is just damn good. With regards to the offense, the only reason that ball was thrown downfield to Aluba is because they had to. It was fourth and six. You got nothing to lose. But you have to have that mindset in those positions. And that’s why I liked Drinkitz going for the fake punt. That’s why I liked the onsides kick. It might not work up. So what? You take your chances. You’re here to win. And I feel like that that’s what he did. I don’t feel like that’s what the quarterback did. And the fact that he did not go through progressions and missed open receivers and then when he did throw some of the balls, they were as high as they were. I’d love to sit there and go, “Yeah, they only lost to Alabama by three.” I did not feel like that was a three-point game. I know that’ll be an unpopular statement around here, but Doug, as you know, I know you want me to run in 2026. I’m not I’m not running until 2028. Uh so I don’t really care if it’s popular. That’s a 24-10 31-10 game at the half. If Alabama gets one of those four balls that were sitting there, and I’m talking about an interception, two fumbles, and then what was nearly a strip sack by, I think his name was Saab for uh for Alabama, who came in and just missed Pbula when he tried to go for the strip sack. Uh Missouri was so fortunate to be in the position that they were in. With that said, even with all those things there, they do have the ball and they’re driving into Alabama territory with a wideopen receiver with, you know, 40 seconds left. So, you can look at it one of two ways. The issue is I’m just really concerned about quarterback. And I’m sure down on the planes they’re having the same conversation. Oh my god, we have a problem at quarterback. Uh the difference is Jackson Arnold hasn’t shown it yet this year. Pbula at least did against Kansas in particular. I don’t really get into the central Arkansas, Louisiana, UMass operations. Um, so you know, it’s there, but it just wasn’t there in that situation. And of course, you got to credit the other team. I want to make that clear. But, uh, that’s that’s what concerns that’s what concerns me. And if people know that he’s not a threat, then you’re going to start to see guys in the secondary creep up to stop the run, and you’re not going to get as much space for Roberts or Hardy. I mean, Auburn has other quarterbacks with playing experience, though. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jackson Arnold’s not the quarterback on Saturday. Oh, wow. They have they have a transfer from Stanford. I mean, they they they had a legit like threeperson quarterback battle heading into the season. What has Jackson Arnold shown you in two years that would get you excited. So, I wouldn’t be surprised. He can hold the ball well. He likes to hold the ball. And then the other thing, let’s not forget before Proctor, right after Proctor’s play, uh, Simpson gets stepped on by his lineman. They rule him down on that handoff to Jan Miller. That was a big break points instead of four. Yes. Or instead of seven. I I the the analytics of Bill Connelly. I I don’t know how you run those numbers. The SP plus I said it earlier on in the program. I actually texted Gabe to go, does that mean Missouri should have won only 28% of the time or does that mean Missouri should have win 72% of the time? He goes, according to that, Missouri wins 72% of the time. And I’m going, I mean, I just I just walked out of there, not necessarily at peace so much as, yeah, you know, on this particular day, Alabama was the better team and should have won. Just like if Missouri would have lost to Carolina or Kansas, I would have gone, yeah, they lost. I have no idea how, but you know, they dominated the game. Alabama was the better team and they’re probably the better team in general. I don’t know. But certainly on that day, just like I thought Missouri was the better team against LSU, unfortunately, they didn’t get it done that day. Um, so I Hey, man, could I see them going 11-1? I absolutely could. But could I see them going seven and five? Yes. Yeah, the answer is yes. And so it’s a crazy wide delta. Part of that is the Missouri uncertainty, but part of that is just the nature of the SEC in uh 2025. James Carlton, Carlton State Farm Insurance Agency. Uh, anything else you want to relive with Jackson about the troughs at throwfield? There there’s two narratives that I’m glad are starting to die and you pointed one out. This was Tai Simpson’s sixth start as well. Like this, oh, it’s only Bo Peril six start. I mean, Ty Simpson and Bo Peril have similar makeups. They’ve been around for a while and are finally getting their chance. Simpson has been in that program for I understand. But Bo Pil, I mean, he was at Penn State, you know, watching a lot of film for a long time. And then also early on the narrative was, oh, here’s the Missouri secondary again. I thought the Missouri secondary played fine. I thought the defense as a whole played fine. That’s a really good offense. They held at 200 passing yards. Not just fine on the Missouri secondary relative to expectations. Exactly. It was incredible. Now the third and 24 and the fact that they were able to convert that it starts the fourth and eight starts on the third and 24. Uh so it’s you can’t forgive that. But overall I mean that pass that he hit uh on fourth and eight. Torino Pry was right there. It is a perfect pass. And then just a few plays later, they were clearly confused on defense. Nick Rodriguez didn’t know where to line up. Santana and Banner’s trying to point him where to go. And Rodriguez should have had the running back on that on that fourth down that converted for a touchdown. The argument is, do you call a timeout there? Now, in hindsight, had they called that timeout, they would have had a lot less time on that final drive. But I think you do. I mean, that was a huge play cuz if you stop them there, it’s a three-point game. It’s a long way to go with an offense that’s struggling. But man, that was uh that defense really impressed me and I think that there’s some offenses that really don’t scare you coming up on their schedule. It’s just a matter of getting Missou muster up the points. But we’ll get back at it on the planes on Saturday night. Doug, you going to go there? No need to break rooms there, too. No, no, you’re going to be Yes, that’s the one I’ll be at. James Carlton, Carl State Farm Insurance Agency. Thank you, James. All right, see you guys. All right, thanks James. The program is called TM81 East. Is this another song about Bill? Uh, who is this artist? Lacy K Booth. Doug Lacy K Booth. LKB. Yeah. And the title is Bill. The title of the song is Bill. I don’t think it’s good. It’s as good as My Girl Bill, but it’s still a powerful song. Yeah, it’s on the Mount Rushmore. 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Um, and I did agree uh to talk with uh the two people that we will be playing with for a minute and a half. Right. Just briefly though. Okay. Minute and a half. Right. All right. Uh my agent was really adamant that it was no more than an introduction. Yeah. Uh and we actually gave uh 90 seconds. So 90 seconds I will talk enough time for you to tell one of these guys, “Hey, go get my shine box.” Jennings Randolph Jr. Good fellas. Uh and then the Fast Lane and the Ridge Show are battling it out in the Pickham Challenge, but sometimes they come together to just hang out and watch football. You can join Anthony Stalter and learn from the RZ show this Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Hot Shots in Oalon, Illinois. Come out and enjoy the Thursday night game. Get signed up for some point and 101 ESPN giveaways and enjoy a cold Bud Light. That’s this Thursday 6:30 to 8:30 with Anthony Stalter. Learn and Bud Light at the Hot Shots in Ofall uh Illinois. Doug, there it is. Lots of stuff going on. Sure is. And uh Jackson and I will be taking on listeners at Fox Run and Jackson will talk on my behalf. Yeah, people can see the seven iron up close. It’s an open club face. Watch the strike. Okay. It’s weight on the back foot. Is that what it is? And it adds loft. That’s unfortunate, but you’re going to get that taken care of this off seasonason. And I would recommend you do it at five iron golf. The ultimate indoor golf experience. I cannot wait. I see it looks like Doug it starts to hit. But we had a good run. I can’t complain. Looks like this weekend, uh, say goodbye. Uh, 70% chance of rain, uh, on Saturday and a high of 64 on Sunday with rain. So, here we go. It’s fine. We got to mid-occtober. We’ve had wonderful weather. I’m not going to complain. We know what’s coming. So, when it comes, you can still ball strike at five iron golf. It’s in Clayton. They have 13 Trackman simulators in there, a chef inspired restaurant and dining options, plus a vibrant bar setting for your beverages, host events, or just sharpen your skills. And they have a deal for TMA listeners. Become a member at 5iron Golf. It’s only $169 per month. Uh, candidly, I think that is an incredible deal. I cannot tell you how great the place is. And for it to only be $169 a month, what a deal. Well, you get 10% off for TMA listeners. Just mention TMA when you’re signing up. It’s 5ironolf.com. That’s 5ironolf.com. Trust me, you’re going to love it. Uh, and if you see me there, uh, don’t talk to him. No, don’t even make eye contact. No, that’s a height thing. But the there’s a tagline here that says, if you see Tim, don’t talk to him. Uh, so that it’s kind of like Jackson does the thing with Mark Hannah. What’s your tagline for Marana? How much do I like Mark Hannah? I work with him. That’s his tagline. And yours is if you see Tim, don’t talk to him. That’s That’s what it says. What if Could they at least clear it through your security? Have a word with you? Boy, I don’t know. It just depends on how I’m ball striking. Okay. If I’ll be in the mood for it. Mr. Ciders wants to play Jackson. You know, he told him how to sign up. He can do it like everyone else. Well, now he’s not happy about that. Where’s the Fox Run link? It’s not on the app. Mr. Ciders, already upset. Already mad about this. Well, he went to sign up cuz him and Jackson got a chance to play in the Fan Page Club Championship. Yeah, we did. And it was an enjoyable round, I thought. Who won? He did. Oh, no. Well, he beat me. Okay. Well, sometimes that’ll happen. Hey, Tim, if I win the golf contest, can I just pay to cover your round and carry your clubs? I don’t care if Jackson’s there. That’s from Big Tough. That’s awful. Awful. Tim, will you get your own cart and Jackson share a cart with the two other golfers? That’s from Jake and Kirk. Oh, three Pete. That would be tough. I can see you jammed in there with the other. You have to do that sometimes in the high school golf where you they take you out to the hole and you have to be on the back of the cart riding around and it’s it’s a thrill ride. I’ll tell you that much. Uh Tim, dingle my berries and I will take the match at Fox Run. Just let us have it. Thanks. Had some Harrison’s brother. Master Jackson, how would you like a round of golf with Harrison’s brother Master? Oh gosh. You know, you got to shy away from that. Sometimes you got to do things in your line of work, but not your teeth. That’s too much. 101 mobile app. If you’re on the TMA STL app, probably not going to find 101 mobile. Not on the TMA app. Yeah, 101 app or 101 ESPN.com. Very easy to find. I too am a walrus. Unable to find the link. 101 ESPN app. 101 ESPN app. I know you might hear that and think some other app, but I promise you it’s the 101 ESPN. Specifically, which app is it? Right. The 101 ESPN app. Okay. Three numbers, four letters. I just heard I get to swing with Tim. How do I sign up? That’s from Mahomes. long body. Jackson, where you haven’t mentioned? Yeah, I know. I It’s been lost on the listeners. Uh, it’s 101 ESPN.com or on the 101 mobile. And there’s going to be swinging. Yeah. Don’t kick shame. Getting close again. I don’t like it. Sometimes, you know, swinging, chipping, pitching, versus brother, master, and Jackson. Five hours together. It be fine. I’ve never had like a like a really awkward, brutal interaction. Now I’m kind of inviting that, aren’t I? Um, but I’d be surprised. Like people like can say whatever they want on the text line. If they did that in real life, it would just be really awkward. If someone’s like, “Hey, Jackson, you’re an idiot and you suck at golf.” Like to my face. That’s where I hit a shot. I’d be like, “Wow, you’ve never interacted with a human before. 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Look at it going. A lot of action. So bring at least half a million in small unmarked bills. That’s correct. That’s the way that this has to be. High stakes. Uh so yeah, can sign up to play. It’s going to be at Fox Run. What a golf course. I mean, I am telling you, I am excited about that. Uh that is at 101 ESPN.com and the 101 ESPN app if you want to play. It’s presented by Michelob Ultra. you get to go and spend an afternoon with me and Jackson and uh per my agent uh we have agreed to I will talk with the other two people for 90 seconds. Jackson already understands I won’t talk with him. No, of course. That’s fair. I’ve been on the golf course before. Yeah, he knows how it works. Uh Doug, they’re they’re not happy in New York. Uh it didn’t go well for the Mets. No, then it didn’t go well for the Yankees. Did not. Uh the Giants and Jackson Dart have a little Sunday charge going, but the Jets, they’re experiencing issues. Uh unique unique play yesterday. I don’t know how much Jets and Broncos fun game fun Justin Fields uh was early morning uh had a had a few issues but uh the Jets had coach Glenn with a very unique move. uh Jackson and that was a fake punt and then this was right before the half. Once they converted the fake punt at midfield, then they ran out the clock. It’s like it’s like he didn’t know that there was going to be time after the fake punt and they had a timeout, right? They have a timeout. Yes. I mean, it’s awesome. It’s so bad. Uh here’s uh here’s what uh Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson had to say about what he was uh experiencing when he went to go talk with his coach. Well, all right. At the end of the first half when you were walking off the field, was that the way the drive went or Well, really like that stuff like that is just I don’t know. Y’all y’all um I just didn’t know exactly what the plan was and and um once I figured it out, you know, I was disappointed. I’ll just say that. So, um, yeah. Run a flight. Is that what you mean? Yeah. I didn’t know exactly like what the plan was. I just I just, um, thought we were once we, you know, converted the fourth down. I just thought we were going for the, you know, trying to make the play and then obviously we get to another fourth down and it’s a tough spot to be in. So, um, you know, in hindsight, I get why they did that, but in the moment I was just like, man, I don’t know. Yeah. Okay. Well, it’s funny because Garrett Wilson goes and complains to his coach. Aaron Glenn’s like on the sideline cackling like giggling. Like it’s like funny that they just ran out of time after converting a big He was just winging it. See, he’s like sitting there like Aaron Glenn’s like giggling. I was like, “What’s going on?” You see the Jets had net passing yardage of minus nine yards. Yeah, I was just going to ask you. What happened? Our team put together more passing yards than the Jets yesterday. Our fantasy teams. No, the four of us. Oh, yeah. We could have minus 9. It’s the lowest in like 30 years. Uh did not go well there, but it wasn’t limited uh there. Uh Tez Johnson, Doug, he is a wide receiver for I like this one. Uh he heard the chance of MVP and for a moment he thought he might be in the mix. Oh, sure. Despite catching his first touchdown pass ever. Here he is. Tell a funny story. This is crazy. when I score and I hear MVP MVP chant, I’m thinking they talking about me. And so I asked Shep, I’m like, “Shep, they was chanting MVP.” And he was like, “Yeah.” I was like, “I ain’t do nothing this year.” And then he was like, “They talking about Baker T.” And I was like, I was like, “Well, that explains it.” But he is the MVP. The one he got the first down on, he was he said he blacked out, but I mean that’s just Baker. U the pump fake get everybody. I’m just like, “Oh my god, he’s a dog.” Like I don’t know what he eat in his put in his cereal before the game like but that guy on it every every single week. He has really improved lead quarterbacks in the league alltime. That was unbelievable. That’s like the definition of grit and toughness and I will get this first down if it kills me. That was incredible. He completed 29 of 33 yard passes for 379 yards. That’s a big day. And he was bouncing around the NFL like you know every backup quarterback kind of does. found a home and has been taking advantage of it. He uh is the uh got to be in the mix at the very least if not the favorite to be the MVP with a five and one Buccaneers team, Doug, in a division that uh I guess off air you said is hot ass. Is that what you said? He never said as much. Uh they have the lead on the Panthers and Rico Dattle who uh told the Cowboys he was coming, his former team, and boy did he ever. Uh then the Falcons and the New Orleans Saints were struggling a little bit at one and five. Yeah, they are. So I think the the Buccaneers winning the NFC South is a nice play. You might have to lay 5,000 to win $100, but I think it’s worth it. Yeah. Uh no real competition there. I don’t see any of those teams even getting much better even. Carolina, Atlanta, Saints, they got they’ve got nothing. It’s a shot at Rico D. Big game for Rico. Tuba Hubbert out. Let me eat. Uh, and Aaron Rogers has the uh, Steelers, Gary Dance’s club 4 in one. The Bills 4 and one. And Brian Henchin’s Colts, Super Bowl favorite with the doodoo man. What if it’s the doodoo man against Baker Mayfield in the Super Bowl? Wow. You’re saying the Chiefs aren’t going to get there? Our Chiefs are now three and three just a game out. Those Patriots are getting hot again, too. Drake May actually might be the MVP. He’s looked unbelievable this year. Who is Drake May? Face it. Drake. Drake is not the not my MVP. Uh Drake May has been sick for the Patriots. Uh but yeah, Taz Johnson thought he was the MVP for a split second, Doug, as he caught his first career NFL touchdown. 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The show is presented to you by Brown and Crooppin on 101 ESPN. Miss Anything, go back and podcast via the Schaefer Door Company podcast app, tmasl.com. Why Jackson won’t put the golf contest uh to play with me and him presented by Michelobra on the TMA app or tmasal.com is something that Doug and I are candidly pissed about and we let him hear about it in the commercial break. So writing the riot act. Yeah, I’ll wear it. Uh but yeah, if you want to play the te it up with TMA, it is on the 101 ESPN app and also on 101 ESPN.com. Uh send emails in for QFTA mccernow podcast team mccernet insidestl.com. I’ll take anything. I’ll read anything. No, tmc rnan ateststl.com. Uh papers. We’ll do that. Um I don’t know, Wednesday or Thursday. Sure. Okay. Uh and uh then RZ and Stalter and I will have the spread zone. Another rough week. Oh no, went three and four this week. Uh smarting on that one. RZ had a heater though in college football on Saturday. He went undefeated on college football. Uh Stalter and I were on lock step on a couple and uh but we were on Texas. Jackson got paid on Texas. That one that just struck us as a little too obvious. From the minute they put the line out, I was all Yeah. Yeah. Uh all right. Uh it’s time for the designer heating and cooling email of the day. When I was in the Navy, I like N was from MIJ cuz sometimes MIJ will have just half a thought. When I was in the Navy, I like to dress up like Julia Child’s and bake in the galley kitchen because a meal without cake is just a meeting. That’s a mij. There we go. MIJ is that saying a meal without a cake is just a meeting. It’s just a meeting. Seems very southern. Yeah. Another day, another phenomenal show by Tim. The way he sachets in and out of topics is seamless. It also doesn’t hurt that he is super duper hot. The rest of the DS needs to step it up. Go Missou. That’s from Scott. Scott with a poor email. Come on, Scooter. Jackson was right on his movie boy f movie boy broadcast this weekend when he said that the Blues puck battle winning percentage is way too low for the first four periods of the season. And boy howdy did they get it turned around. And in Jackson’s favorite arena, the Saddle Dome, broadly known as the Lindy Ruff of roof stadiums. But my point is that sometimes life isn’t fair. While Jackson was seated with the visiting Hilljack fan base, that 6’6 inch wet jumping sis Mark found himself sitting with the families of the Golden Girls. He was charming and engaging. After disappointing game, he went with all of them out to the CC city broiler where they spent the rest of the day talking court basketball hoops. That’s Shooter McGavin, the vice president of Lot L Balance Sheet Review. Quit trying to include your beanie babies, even if that is the asset that you chose over the house in your 1995 divorce. Damn, shooter McGavin. Shortsighted. So, somebody got divorced in lot L in 1995 and they chose to keep the Beanie Babies as opposed to house. Well, they were hot there for a while. Real galaxy brain move. And uh finally, four straight hours of Missou Bama postmortem in the studio sounded like a Roy family board meeting going off the rails. Tim sat at the head of the table, staring the ship with equal parts disdain and detachment, knowing full well the whole thing collapses the second he stops showing up. You can almost hear him growl, “How’s this ever supposed to work without me?” before Doug chimed in from his hourly daydream to discuss his offthebooks NIL smoothie sponsor. Great stuff, Grandpa. Back to bed for you. Heart blocking. Then Martin slipped right into the dopey cutthroat air roll like a man who just discovered irony at the last commercial break, dropping a line about Suzie getting denied a $500 grant while coaches make 50 million to drive dump trucks and wear Nike shoes made for teenagers. Great stuff. landed the plane on one joke and then bolted for the fourth hour yet again to work on his ask Tony impression. And then there was Jackson, our sweet little eager, just waiting for his chance to play with the big kids. And 3 and 1/2 hours of running point, Tim decided to come up for air and trust Jackie boy with the mic. Kind of like when Logan Roy let his pet girlfriend audition for ATN. Breathe. Inhale. Exhale. Remove the hair helmet. Adjust the diaper. Text oatmeal. This was his time to shine. And then one marblemouth take about FastTrack bandwagon fans later. And the air got so thick even the mic wanted out. Everyone stared straight ahead pretending it was fine. Knowing full well this was the part where Logan would have leaned forward and said, “What the f are you doing? You’re embarrassing yourself, kid.” I think someone must have pulled the plug because the next 45 minutes was the we’re on break splash screen. Best. It’s from Mark over here at Mark’s Mulch and Bra Emporium. There’s a mulch. Too long. Edit your remarks. Thanks, Mark. How’s Bucks? Uh, before I vote, can I say this word about Design Air, please? Because I know that it’s not going to be 85° every day for the rest of the year. Winter is coming and sooner or later, you’re going to really be counting on that furnace. And that’s where Design Air heating and cooling comes in. They love their reputation as the absolute best HVAC company in St. Louis. They are dedicated to customer satisfaction. unparalleled technical excellence. Did you know designer service techs have an average of over 26 years of experience in the heating and cooling industry. They will do you right as they have been St. Louis since 1904. Design Air. They believe in honest work. You’re never going to be sold something that you don’t need. So visit designer service.com and schedule your service today. Design Air Comfort you can count on since 1904. And of course, home with a handsome repairman with Larry the Silver Fox and the Dashing Steve as their headline attractions. Now, as far as this vote, I’m going to go with MIJ. I agree with you, Doug. I was going MIJ the whole time. Love MIJ. Wow. I don’t even rendered worthless. Uh, I was going Shooter McGavin, but MIJ has won the designer heating and cooling email of the day. Congratulations to MIJ on the W. BK and Ferrario are coming up next for Jackson Berquette for chairman Kurt for Martin Kilcoin for my brother Kevin for Douglas and Von Tim McKernon. This has been the morning after presented by Brian and Crooppin on 101 ESPN and the TMA STL YouTube channel.
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