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Financial capital financial.com. This is the gold show to the roundtable in just a second. Allison Posey is the sports director for ABC 27 in Tallahassee, Florida A&M is that she just tweeted out in the last minute spoke with Florida A&M head coach Willie Simmons.

There are 20 players that are ineligible for tomorrow be academics or transfer eligibility. He said only seven offense of lineman can travel that's not enough to safely play a football game, Joe, Julio, Steve and I go, of which the colors joining the show to Julio from 99 nine. The fan in Raleigh and the OG in the afternoons real quick on the stove. Do you before we get to the roundtable imaging and all, what's your reaction to that headline without or have a normal football season college football season got through pandemic nor cancellations. I goes not stuck in Landover waiting for a football game be played but no alas, we can have nice things will see how exactly this shakes out. But that is straight from Willie Simmons by way of ABC 27 in Tallahassee. Now let's get to the roundtable surrounded by ECB estate person I am Steve and I go hoist the colors 24 seven.

Joining us from Greenville America so I hear a lot of people beating around the bush thing interstate dancing were so worried about this game you're focusing all well upset alert, watch out.

Maybe ECU plus the points I've been on this beat for a few months now and just fully ready to say it, East Carolina outright. I guess Carolina wins the game against NC State. I know Joe Julio disagrees with me is not making eye contact will be right now so I'll start with Steve and I go covers the Pirates more closely than anybody. What's your view on NC State East Carolina as we sit eight days out, but I think it's going to be a dogfight. I don't know if I can say he's using a window. The game outright like yourself of the NC state.

It is more talented than ECU across the board. Basically, in almost every position.

I do think East Carolina may have the most electric player in the game and keep Mitchell, but NC states got starts out at the quarterback position at linebacker Abbott.

The difference for me is easy is playing this game a home. It's the opening game of the season. We all know crazy things happen in the opening game of the season and the parts you know we just seen them 70 times in their history, rise above maybe what their normal talent level is normal.

Execution is in these types of scenarios and within planets are daddy for can stadium we all know what NC state is capable of when the hype starts to come.

I give ECU a definite chance to win the game. I don't know if I would take them to win it, but I expected to be a four quarter battle. I know Mike Houston's motivator for this game is ready for this game. He was embarrassed by his first ever game as he sees that couch in 2019. And I think he said this was circled. I now do I do think it comes out of the fourth quarter.

Why doesn't the wall of the Wolf apply here.

Joe I think because the first game of the season right if you play the last time I did this NC state "one AA team. They smoked him they go to Greenville 2016 to Greenville and they lose to Scotty Montgomery to skyrocket and for those who don't quite know what that means. Stephen the guy won nine games right and 1/3 of them were against Yukon sonatas account FCS teams like Western Carolina, and then you got Carolina and state right essentially everybody yet somehow he managed to beat North Carolina NC state at BYU and Cincinnati as workers when coming. Think about it like that now arose the equation. So what I'm saying to you with why is it I don't think that game has any effect on this game you can believe because last time state was there. You beat him so I would be telling the players as possible. I think it's I think NC state avoided some of the hype that you're maybe thinking has become their way not in the top 10 were not picked when the ACC are basically a middle-of-the-road top 25 team who's not expected to win their own division so that's not a hype train which was often Carolina last year. This is this is a different situation. In my opinion Francie state roles are really old team you you were really smart. Last year you pick Pittsburgh to win the division. Pittsburgh and Wake Forest were the two covert teams last year. The old teams, I think, states an old team this year and I think either angry there and get the playable game last year be there not to open the season by having their head up their butts if they lose ECU. It's going to be because of ECU's talent in UTC's ability is not to be because they're scared of being number 14 the content that's the piece that I think gets lost, Stephen, and that's the part where I rely on your expertise. I think this is the most talented ECU team that is been agreeable since Ralph McNeil was there because when Ruff was there to run the ball and didn't really appointment much defense these pirates do and you got hold nailers back at quarterback to so is it fair to say best ECU team since 2015. I definitely think so don't think there's any question think the biggest area of improvement for them is on the offense of the defense of why they finally looked like an American athletic conference demon. Yeah, it's not power five football or whatever, but his big boy football you have to be able to play upfront in the churches to compete in this league we saw that finally happened last year in East Carolina really should've the UCF was a suitable it could have beating UCF and in Houston on the road outgained both those teams turn it over relates did make some key plays late and those are two top 25 caliber teams in terms of talent. Houston clearly had a phenomenal season made a C championship. I know was a game that you notice sitting on the sidelines, and over time I depart like they belong to him.

It feels I do think Joe made a great point is not, maybe as much about NC state taking this game lightly or anything that I think ECU has a chance to be a really good football team as well.

I still think NC states a better football team, but when you have to good football teams going head-to-head. One has home-field advantage.

All it takes is maybe big play on special teams or something crazy to happen with the turnover to really swing the tide of a game like this and that's why give ECU a shot not only because of the chance to play a home with the charge that fan base, but also because this is a really good team in their experience.

Much like NC state. Steve and I go to Julio hanging out in the roundtable. This is the atom gold show. My name's Josh Graham merely Josh Graham filling in for AG AG will be back on Monday but the school question on twitter at Josh Graham radio who wins the national championship this year Alabama or Ohio State or the field. 58% of the whole.

Thus far, says Alabama or Ohio State. What say you Julio only 58% think it will be either Alabama or Ohio State last year. I guess people are still no looking at last year's college football which might've been the craziest football season since 2007 where you get Cincinnati in the playoff and you get Michigander never been there more preseason unranked. Maybe people still think we live in this fairytale world where the big guys don't win out time but we look at the championship game, the big guy still one I would be totally and completely stunned if someone other than Ohio State or Alabama won the national chairmanship totally and completely stolen. The stunned floored Georgia I would put the odds closer to 90% that the two of them would win one of those two would win Clemson unless Kate Cooper, Nick, is Trevor Lawrence laws that is not Clemson, Georgia, had a special special special season once in a blue moon who could us all that, you did. Yes you did.

I told you that you, everyone can be good once you be lucky once you don't want your lucky do it twice you're good so will have to get to that Pittsburgh and Georgia bowsprit that was last is one so that discounters want just got it Stephen, are you as bullish as Julio is there I am. I think you know you just look at some of the top 10 seems in this year's preseason poll and I to me that there such a big drop off after Alabama and Ohio State on paper that I just don't see insert somebody can rise to the top somatic in surprise. I just don't see another national chairmanship team from that bunch of feels like when Alabama Nick Sabin don't win it all. In the next year, it really feels like there almost definitely gonna win it all and then you not just replace Ohio State's time to Stroud, back that they haven't been in the title game and I guess for them a while, but odds feels like is a chance for them to get back is what I'm I'm with Joe.

As crazy as it is to say, I get almost does feel like it's like an overwhelming favorite situation for one of those students walk where the title I love. I go by the way you have them on your program thinking on this decease you guys can agree with my got all the ECU folks think I hate the Pirates now as I'm wearing a ACC Homer low had on say I got really for the league.

It's what I got on here all the ACC folks or call me at ECU got all the ECU guys ale. He hates the Pirates not I just know I don't care hate the Pirates. Stephen tell him say what in Greenville, North Carolina. There is a perception that Josh Graham is the biggest ACC in closet in the world. I thought I was gonna walk in the soft dogs and put it on Graham's tab. I thought he was the mayor Greenville. I didn't know I get booed out of the building, I saw put it on your test.

You were there or something in Chapel Hill might be receptive after my coastal pick this year will close this Carolina Panthers. They play preseason game number three tonight Buffalo Bills okay Matt rule last time there was a home game at Bank of America Stadium was the day after Christmas and there were fire Matt rule chance now he's here is on the hot seat.

How many wins is required for Matt rule to get off of the hotkey or at least to buy himself another year.

Steve and I got is just gotta find a way to make the playoffs and we worked on a Texan before the show.

I don't know how many wins that is like hundred nine might do it yet nine was the last wildcard spot last year nine would do it this year were in agreement that nine he's probably set probably a playoff team.

How about eight Joe Julie I think if your eight. If you consult last week in the season you get eight wins. I think he's I think he safe. This is come down to David Tepper. Is he a Pittsburgh Steelers guy or not because I think most owners would've fired Matt rule after last year they showed no progress. Last year he show no direction of the most important position in football quarterback. So I think I think 99/100 owners would've fired Matt rule after last year. This is where we'll see Tepper with his back with the Steelers Steelers about four coaching 65 years so if he's a Steeler guy. He'll take the progress of seven or eight wins this year and give him your four not probably not make.

I was always taught growing up. You are always sending messages out by what you whereby what you say what you do. David Tepper by not firing Matt rule to your point.

Send a message and I think it was a good one. When 2020.

You had no shot after the coded situation new coaching staff, 46% of your roster coming back from the year before that was dead last in the NFL and still win five games despite McCaffrey missing 13 I think he doesn't get enough credit for that. I thought I was actually decent. What he did last year was a setback, no doubt, but it's two years and you gave the guy six or seven years on a contract if you abort mission. At that point, you're sending a message out there about what you are and what you are in that instance might not be appealing to the next guy you want higher. All right Stephen I go. That was fun.

Good to see good to have you on shout out to the folks in Greenville America. Please don't run up a tab and put my name on it at some dogs and I do Julio good to see you as well I gotta show to get ready for as to why which is amazing to them doing a show right now. Stephen, thanks actually just good to hear from you again.Steve and I got reestablish the colors and also 24 seven does a lot of stuff over there and you Julio. Good to have him in here as well from the OG 99 nine fan in Raleigh. I love it when we have guest in the segment continues and they're all like trying to avoid the TV cameras in here. Gotta be vigilant, got good people around here. We do a few people around here and you're one of those good people quick pandering not pandering dear pandering. This is me. You are pandering, acknowledging the fact that on a solo show. I don't have to carry things all the time. This next segment is your alley rather than spoil who today's what today's NFL city tour team is okay. I'm just going to say it's a hat. It's the same city.

The Panthers lost the Super Bowl and that's next on the culture of this ongoing situation regarding North Carolina Florida A&M tomorrow. This is a segment I'm going to call. Let me read the tweets of somebody that actually knows stuff is all this is right. This is a radio segment, Josh. Reading between from somebody you know something because I don't Allison Posey by the way, I'm Josh Graham on filling in for Adam gold if you don't know that by now you really cannot deal with it for about five more minutes in the statewide sense guy if you're in the triad. I'll be talking to you at about 25 minutes and then for the next three hours updating these things. There are a lot of rumors about Pham, you and North Carolina.

That's where I was supposed Posey started. I just reached out to Willie Simmons FA Pham use head football coach. He says 20 players are ineligible.

That's because of academics or transfer eligibility. He said only seven offense of lineman can travel that's not enough sacral play football game, she added to this coach said they pleased.

The NCAA pleaded yeah pleaded to the NCAA to appeal the circumstance want to see the game not played hopefully they'll extend some grace and mercy is the way she put it away grace and mercy in the NCAA generally don't go together then please add another quote from the coach certification certification right now some guys a loss for the season ruling on others is for games and he said the coach. She says the coach is leaving the decision to play up to the players. He and the coaching staff of talk to them about playing and not playing it's ultimately going to be there decision. Okay, not leave decisions like this when it comes to player safety HBCUs playing top level programs level a lot more scholarships and better athletes were bigger and stronger. Can we not leave that up to the 18-year-old Kim can the adults in the room make a decision if it's not safe it's not safe. I get the school probably wants to get the game in why because North Carolina is paying Florida A&M a lot of money that helps fund a lot of sports for their HBC you by going up there and getting drilled helps the Tar Heels because they get a tuneup before they play Appalachian State plot. You don't want people to get hurt, especially when the numbers are that low in why are the numbers that well because what's the scholarship Burn HBCUs 6263 have for all FCS school 63.

I believe the number so when you lose 20 players you're talking about like a high school outfit that you're throwing out there. We have 43 geysers out for varsity this year. My first job at the college was a town of 2400 people in Ray Colorado. We had 44 kids come out for varsity this year.

How many kids are in the high school. How many boys 48 that's what it feels like here and it doesn't feel safe. It doesn't so it feels like to me if this game gets played based on what the coach is saying here if what he saying is true, and I have to believe it's true. If it's coming straight from the couch. This doesn't sound safe and sometimes you gotta take things out of the hands of the players and be an adult in the room and do it safe for the players rather than chasing a paycheck and perhaps sacrificing the safety of some guys to get a game as much as I hate to say that as much as I hate to say that somebody wants to go will football game tomorrow in Chapel Hill planning to tomorrow night. Now I have seen some people that have said there have traveled from Tallahassee real biblically cover. I haven't the that have left but much of the team itself is fully left, yet having to waiting on NCAA ruling. Maybe their wills were not entirely sure on that. I know some people say they wheels up to North Carolina out of the doctor.

Specifically, the team or if it's just people that may cover Pham you might be on the way up to Chapel Hill so that is maybe a little bit of misinformation regarding that floating around out there right again little with these guys a situation sometimes there is a lot of misinformation that is photographed.

There are a lot of jokes that are flying around to make sure you don't fall for those two, but do know some people who cover Pham you have said they are on their way up to North Carolina. Somebody tweeted out I think was Ben's way player eligibility in Chapel Hill who cares. We kid you like. It's Friday doing, though, let's go to the next city on art in FL city tour. The tease that I gave. I'm sure a lot of you figured it out. It could only possibly be two places in the city for the Carolina Panthers lost the Super Bowl and you know both those cities I know one of them. The other that were not doing his Houston Texas lost in Houston to the patriots.

In 2003 season. The other city is Santa Clara, California. Used with San Francisco. By the way, you are closer to San Jose. You are to San Francisco.

By the way just to give people a heads up there San Jose to go to Santa Clara flying in the said rose that's easiest way to actually get there now Santa Clara Granite you are located in the larger Silicon Valley. The bay area home tech breaking. Let me interject in here real quick. By all means are sample has tweeted Pham you will play North Carolina this week in a school spokesman tells ESPN.

Now back to the nonsense now. The school was announced. Florida A&M, that their traveling and they will play North Carolina tomorrow. There is old get there is settled.

815 tomorrow night and no last four hours.

Can we do running clock in the second half and potentially please.

I just hope everybody has fun and partly doesn't get hurt and I don't want to see what have this gameplay because what if I think is wall me as an athlete is a player jaw that time preparing to get ready to play this game and for a lot of players who FCS level. This is your opportunity to play a larger school in a larger stadium like North Carolina yet opportunity to do that and maybe like yelp like they are dismayed they are sending those boys out there to collect checks whether there's also that's what they're doing UCLA yeah about 11 Chapel Hill, why can't we be liable yeah week 01 meet you back at the Padre Stadium Padres and down this weekend but not too far from San Diego. Actually it's quite a hike from San Diego and Southern California to Santa Clara, but this works for the transitional purposes yes back to Santa Clara again, the home of the San Francisco 49ers. Now it is a smaller partner smaller city or smaller town inside the larger bay area Silicon Valley again. You're right next to San Jose.

Thank you little bit of a hall hall, but the traffic it ought to get to San Francisco a hike takes time, but while you're up there to get outdoors. Maybe have a little thrill ride California's Great American amusement park get outdoors little bit more if you want to stay inside.

Maybe the weather isn't super great. My people cool up there for your liking. Depending on what time and time today want to go out make sure you head out to K-1 speed indoor go carts. That's right K-1 speed indoor go kart yet wear helmets of those which means you know they go fast. You know that your fast. I love go kart B2 I revolver that one time friend of mine had a bachelor party that I went to an all he wanted to do was raise go carts and go out to eat and that's all we did nothing wrong with that, like the Boston College player that got emotional missed most about BC going out going out to eat a carts night out.

Hey, I love go carts. It's fun time at your bachelor party. There was no Carolinas game got canceled. Background would have plans on his birthday. I recommend him and Sally go carts and then head out to Frankie's author. I also if you you little educational little bit you will enjoy some of the finer things Triton Museum of Art as well as the Intel technology Museum are couple places but are you in the baseball cards know where you ever into it levels a stairway elected like Pokémon cards. One time that's fine I Pokémon blue and red and yellow fancy on the old Game Boy. There's a place called mojo break baseball cards in the baseball card collecting is kind of gotten on the uptick want to go for short on that cycle, so you mojo break baseball cards. Also, if you are into trying different foods in different Indian Korean food areas very much populated with a lot of restaurants that offer very authentic Korean and Indian dishes.

So for example parts noodle apparently is a top place to go in terms Korean food as well as some dumb restaurants. Another place to go to if you're into into Korean food unit Korean food Korean not so much Chinese food. Yes, Japanese, Vietnamese, like Ty Fisher, director loves there's a there's a couple of side dishes that I enjoy spicy really doesn't do much. I love spicy stuff you have a guy who asks regular restaurant what's is the hottest salsa gap and then tell me Mike is a hot enough. That'll ruin my day always the question and they'll say either yes or no and if the answer to that question is yes assuming they have a ton of choices I take the next lowest and asked for the hottest one on the side and I get a thing of rise in exhibit and there just to see how bad it is fair.

I did that last night. I think you work for your karaoke person.

You mentioned that I had EMA karaoke bar all yet is where you're going. This is where we look for, like all my bachelor party. We did karaoke a place called Chinatown in Boston. They knew that I liked and enjoyed karaoke so bachelor party. What song do you say me naturally, I thought, I'm good to sing. I'll make a man out of you from Milan brought the place down. That's what song is like a dividing line between the people figuring out who's too young to even be worth bothering talking to and then cool people and that line is established right at the beginning when you belt out into the microphone. Maybe the best opening lyrics of a Disney song ever. Let's get down to business. Let's get down to business. Think that Jonathan Rand other people can sing on the station yeah I can sing create something and I say sounds really good but I can think the last thing you want to do.

Check out I was the NAB.this is actually where the donut list actually originated with because of Santa Clara stands donut place to go to stand there hands down the place to go to and this originated from when Adam and I were talking about doing this segment got to the start of the NFL season.

We mentioned what we had talked about the touch on every NFL team verse but with just talk about the team he does posit make it any different than what ESPN does 75 times a day.

All well it's break down the 49ers and oats trail. Lance went like this.

The repeat of the same suffered when Elsa was talking actually cities. They play in which all yell someone 49ers Mexican talk Santa Clara not San Francisco. Since that's where they actually play and someone that I know said that they love donut shop stands, doughnuts and Santa Clara. I started out like oh I do love stands.

I place on stands donut Sinclair started to unit one donut shop every NFL place. Wonder if you could get some don't. All these places, or from stand Elyse from stands really don't deliver to find someone who can give me a delivery on stands donut yeah make it happen.

Since in product that had some teachers, that's great.

I get one of those for Adam. Perhaps not me. I know I started this bit you get for myself and go by what we have time to do a rewind today fast one all right will do a fast rewind resetting things. I am Josh Graham usually host an afternoon show in the Tryon so I have another show that starts in about 10 minutes. Love being here. Thanks to Adam and company in Dennis for making me feel welcome in this chair Adam will be back on Monday we had rough McNeil on earlier though rough ECU alum, East Carolina, former head coach now within the state. Going back to Greenville for the first time, at least for a football game.

This is what Roth had to say about what exactly he's expecting or excusing.

Once upon a time he was easiest football coach. After that he was in Oklahoma with a gourmet fielding company. We figured the Pampers claim tonight to get these days you that still week away yes and Baker Mayfield stories. This is what he got on what he had for us on Baker Mayfield will reach out to the second hole one second I heard this as full or Roth multiple times from Lincoln from other folks that there was Baker Mayfield could play for the East Carolina Pirates. How true we had roots down there and you know coaches measured no records of walk on the strand and then transferred Oklahoma and then walk around when I think you know the fact that he has that passion you know the story was is amazing because you know know that this would go with the homes and he goes to homeowners don't hear his mom drive up from Texas and he enrolls on his own coaches that when his dorm room and everything on his own and then went over to Bob Street and one norm have traveled thing is a welcome and he did without any help without any legal help from a culture and then came in and the rest is history.

Good stuff from rough McNeil if you missed any of that for Steve Forbes on the day shall you can find that I search the angle shall, wherever you get your podcast deemed best of the atom gold shell neatly edited together so that way if you can't sit there and listen for the full three hours at school will give you some of the good stuff. Some of the goods. All the goods. Some of the goods the best of the atom gold shell podcast right stuff from rough McNeil.

We learned a lot today. Yeah, we learned that North Carolina is going to play football tomorrow will we also learn there's a classic University of Texas that is centered around Taylor Swift song lyrics.

We learned that East Carolina is good to be NC State next weekend we learn. As I said, so you also learn that stands doughnuts as the place to go to and Santa Clara.

Apparently the maple bars or will he go to bloom. We learn that as well so I feel educated I feel like we learned a lot and covered a lot of ground on this Friday. What time does Carolina Florida A&M in tomorrow night, probably to be a waste. 815 kick take over does it in before 1 AM for 1 AM okay I'm doing my math wrong midnight talk about three hours and 45 minutes.

That's my question. I don't take the over. I hope it ends before midnight. Good luck.

My hope thereof that is run the ball so I'll be out there teasing these to stick around for the entire thing but football back you got the Panthers at 7 o'clock tonight against the Buffalo Bills.

Carolina tomorrow. Week zero and atom gold back in this chair on Monday afternoon. So from all of us here on the Abdul Jones Dennis Cox and otherwise my name is Josh Graham. Wishing you a great weekend. Thanks for spending the time with this is the atom gold shell