The guys are back after the holiday break to bring you Episode 5 of the self-titled podcast. Sticking mostly with NFL this week — we breakdown the benching of Eli Manning, whether or not Michael Crabtree needs to retire, and predictions for some of the close division races. We also debut a new segment — “Jackass of the Week” — where we all pick the week’s most boneheaded move.
The Oklahoma State coach has spurned down the University of Tennessee’s offer to become one of the highest paid coaches in the SEC. Gundy reportedly had a 6 year, 42 million dollar offer on the table after meeting with Tennessee officials but ultimately decided to turn it down.
This just goes to show how Tennessee football is starting to become a joke. Gundy, a proven head coach, just turned down a lot of money and it’s doubtful they will be able to pull someone better than him. Gundy of course has ties to the Cowboys after playing QB for them and spending a majority of his coaching career there, was never a guarantee to leave but not accepting that money says a lot more about Tennessee than it does him. With the playoff system now fully in place, the allure of going to an SEC school may not be as strong anymore.
The best tradition in college football, the Army/Navy game, takes place on 12/9 at 3:30 PM at the Linc. Ahead of the game, Navy released this jersey which is absolute fire. I have no preference when it comes to the game and respect both branches easily but tell me Navy is going to lose in these jerseys and I’ll laugh you out of the building. These are easily the best jerseys in college football and it’s a shame that they will only wear them for one game.
Army is coming into this game at 8-3, superior to Navy’s 6-5 record and both teams LOVE to run the ball (Army coming in hot with 335 passing yards on the whole year). The game may not be great but the tradition is awesome and atleast we will get to see these jerseys in action. Bet the farm on Navy.
For the first time in 13 years, Eli Manning will not be the starting QB for the New York Giants. Who is their backup you ask? Well…
Geno Smith everybody. What a fantastic idea by Coach McAdoo. As if he wasn’t digging his grave already, he goes and makes Geno Smith the starting QB.
Manning was given the option of starting against the Raiders to keep the streak alive, but declined.
“Coach McAdoo told me I could continue to start while Geno and Davis are given an opportunity to play,” Manning said. “My feeling is that if you are going to play the other guys, play them. Starting just to keep the streak going and knowing you won’t finish the game and have a chance to win it is pointless to me, and it tarnishes the streak. Like I always have, I will be ready to play if and when I am needed. I will help Geno and Davis prepare to play as well as they possibly can.”
Have to give credit to Eli here. The Giants only have two wins and have severely under-performed and Eli takes some of the brunt of that. I totally understand why he wouldn’t want to be benched mid-game and would rather just let the other two play to save face. Have to wonder here if this is the last time we see Eli in a Giants uniform, with rumors swirling that Coughlin would like to have him back in Jacksonville.
Sounds like the Giants are ready to move on without him if they see any promise from either of these back-ups (they won’t). Manning finishes 87 games short of Brett Favre’s all-time QB starts in a row streak at 210.
CONSENSUS PICKS: 52-17 (LW: 5-2)
CONSENSUS: KC, CAR, PHI, TEN, NE, ATL, SEA, OAK, JAX, PIT, BAL
Office Chatter’s premier (and only) fantasy football podcast has its second episode. The guys talk about the Woods injury, what to do with the Cowboys running backs, and the potential waiver savior of week 11. Since it was a slow fantasy week, we finish up with our personal busts of the year (and why David Johnson does not count) and our sleeper starts of the week.
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CONSENSUS PICKS: 47-15 (LW: 7-0)
CONSENSUS PICKS: NO, KC, JAX, MIA, LAC, NE, PHI
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On Wednesday night, during a thrilling game between the 3-11 Sacramento Kings and the 3-12 Atlanta Hawks came one of the worst half-time performances of all time. Fitting to the awful matchup on a random Wednesday night, popular rapper 21 Savage came out and had a performance that was unequally awful and uninspired as the game.
This honestly sounds and looks like one of those voice-over parody videos. Half-time performances are dumb to begin with, especially in November of the regular season. Still not the worst performance on the court this season by Atlanta but this was brutal to watch and listen to. Better luck next time Hawks.
The Office Chatter boys are back with episode 4 of their podcast. They discuss NFL Week 10, Tyrod Taylor, and the best 7-2 team in the NFL. The turnover chain makes an appearance as it seems to just about everywhere else. We wrap up with LeBron’s instagram post, Celtics-Warriors showdown, and Kevin tells us his secret support for a soccer team.
Yesterday, the United States Soccer Federation found itself in the news cycle during world cup qualifications despite an embarrassing loss to find themselves a way out of the tournament. There are obviously going to be big names missing in Russia, especially with Italy falling to Sweden. The reason they were in the news?
What an absolute joke and bad look for the U.S. To add insult to injury, we’re going to attempt to bring in some of the big names that failed to qualify for a glorified soccer version of the NIT? There’s a reason nobody watches the NIT — because nobody wants to see mediocre teams that couldn’t qualify for the real thing compete. Sure — Italy, Netherlands, Ghana, and Chile are huge teams and usually find themselves competing at the highest level. However, they failed to do so and it should stay that one.
There’s absolutely no chance that these players would want to compete in a meaningless tournament rather than spend their time off on vacation. This is the most American thing ever and is such a bad look to the rest of world soccer. Even if this did happen, I can’t see any of those teams fielding their first choice team. Another genius idea from Sunil Gulati, I’m sure. Just take the L and move on.
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