The Drive with Josh Graham - Cam Newton Beef

I drive him never talking and saying something nice about yesterday & the same specifically defensive and Cameron Jordan who is trash talk cam Newton on and off the field for years. I was surprised to see Colin cowherd inviting Tim Jordan studio and Jordan complementing Carol K really know how to feel about that. I've been emotionally detached from the Panthers for years now. I don't consider myself a fan like I did when I was a teenager and even younger than that, but I'm all about peace in sports and rivalries in sports. This kind of feels like how it would abuse all in the 90s. One of the best good guys in wrestling. Maybe Dez can fill me in on who that might be in the 90s going out to dinner outside the ring with somebody and WL. That's what it would be like seeing one of the good guys in wrestling, hanging out with the heels been like crows staying eating dinner with Hollywood Hulk Hogan, 1997 to see the bad guy saying good things about the good guy you kinda want to perpetuate this rivalry, the cam Newton cam Jordan beef is great for the NFC South. It's great for the Panthers Saints rivalry because both guys are very similar.

They're both flashy. They're both flamboyant. They both like to talk. They were both drafted in the same year they were both first-round draft picks there in the same division. Both are All-Pro players, like the dark Knight. Remember when Batman was holding Heath ledger's Joker over the edge and he kept saying mean you should get together were actually the same. We complete each other. You complete me where the same person to them where both aches cam Jordan and cam Newton. But if you miss the comment on Fox sports radio miss the comment on Colin cowherd. This is cam Jordan talking about cam Newton yesterday.

Our division the space. Matt Ryan, you know, it seems you get a hold of me know he's going down you know is not like you can just shrug you off and I'm that this can happen you get home. Cam Newton. He can show you off he can out run you. He can then as he's fallen sling a 60 yard Eckert ball. I mean, is probably the greatest sac you going to try to get after just because he's strong is Ben Roethlisberger he's got no accuracy like any other invite of the top-tier quarterback and then of course you can out run you more than you know Russell Wilson can agree with what what he saying there, but there's just one spot. That's just utterly false. Cam Newton is not as accurate as top-tier quarterbacks to parse things come on, is not Aaron Rodgers is never been and that's fine is probably to be a Hall of Fame quarterback.

But let's not make them out to be Brady in terms of his accuracy running all checks out big Ben like size that checks out hard to bring down. I get that to but this is a change of tone from Cameron Jordan, who was dressed like a Disney villain the last time I saw it was Monday night football. The Panthers lost a tight game to the saints in December it was the last game cam Newton played last year and it was the game cam war in pregame the sneakers or the cleats that had a broken broomstick and a wine bottle on it cam Jordan after the saints beat the Panthers, not twice but three times in 2017 sent a wine bottle to cam thanking him for allowing the saints to sweep them pretty snarky stuff there. That's trash talk at its finest, but apparently someone else into my broom and he wanted to make it clear this is in the St. locker room that he didn't send the broom and is looking like a Disney villain. Like I mentioned, he is a burgundy long winter jacket.

He has what we call the spectacles the ones that open the frames between wing glass. The flame wing glass in a different world. Probably the best way to put it. That's what he's wearing with the frames open and as he was talking about facing cam denying the rumors that he sent a broomstick to Charlotte and to cam he questioned whether or not cam was injured.

Remember, this was the last game cam played last year with the shoulder injury. Yet he doesn't talk back with back to me just get back in the huddle will get up slowly and he did. The air quotes with his shoulder injury, and I had to jump in after that I asked him are you saying what's up at the air quotes. Are you saying cam Newton isn't actually injured with the shoulder. This was cam Jordan's response shows.

I don't know all this man grabbed his cam that insert in the air quotes. I'm surprised there are a lot of things I get out of the locker room sound I get in press conferences questions I asked that lead to interesting responses that get picked up and you know it's good to be a big deal immediately.

Like when Coach K started asking me to come up with new basketball terminology that's gonna follow Zion Williamson the rest of his career, Dabo Sweeney, saying that it was a troll when he had the play card with the laptop on it when they beat NC State last year. Cam Newton talking about that drip owner David Tepper wearing the hat before I asked him about that. This was what I thought was going to explode and no one seemed to care this be here if it's real cam Jordan and cam Newton and it's dated or I should say it's story since 2011. Cameron Jordan was one of the first players to make fun of cam Newton is doubting and is dancing and is celebrating in his outfits and his hats then you have the broomstick rumors him sending the wine bottle those comments you just heard him denying the fact that cam Newton was injured and now he's coming out saying nice things about. Come on on Twitter at sports are dry. If you want to chime in that way. The drive is broadcast live in the Law offices of Timothy D. Wellborn Studios if you want to learn more about the ways they can help you find them online.

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The only position groups that would make a beef better than a quarterback going up against the defensive lineman, probably wide receiver corner those to racing up the old jumping up for a 50-50 ball or even though they don't face each other face-to-face on the field quarterback quarterback.

Those are the biggest names in the sports in the sport that the biggest stars in the sport. If you have a beef between two quarterbacks who that's going to be a media circus. Have we seen many of those was just about to ask you, Max is usually like a quarterback in Micah we like them. We like to perpetuate Aaron Rodgers going up against Brett Favre. The first couple of times when Favre was in the division playing for the Vikings, after leaving Green Bay, Brent Brady was the Manning brothers that was pushed quite a bit, but it seems like Peyton and Tom are actually friend does seem that way you down. The two rings off Brady I don't know how close those two are not yet normally it's normally it's like on a football field. You're right, it's usually wide receiver defensive back because they're both on an island by themselves and it's really the only one on one matchup you have in football so I immediately think of Deion Sanders versus Jerry Rice Dion versus Michael Irvin all those classic Rivas versus overseers in the AFC's Soviet usually got more often than not right. It is, but there just haven't been as many great beliefs between these position groups at least not to the degree were seeing even in the NFC South cam Newton and Cameron Jordan dating back to 2011. These two guys being very similar. All we got the bachelorette minute today.

Last night might've been the most dramatic piece of television I've seen in a long time. I was yelling at the screen – just yelling out what was going on. It was fantasy, sweet week. Are you familiar with what the fantasies which account of the concert. I what's about to have final three final four contestants in either the bachelorette or bachelor they get to spend the night together for the first time without any cameras or recorders. No microphones so obviously you can imagine what goes on behind-the-scenes but it's network television, so they're pretty discreet about it.

It always presents one of the best hypothetical questions, you can have as every man as it gets on TV.

If you are someone who's in the circumstance you're competing to be the to win the bachelor or the bachelorette. And you know there's two or maybe three other guys or girls were going to be going into this week with the person you're pursuing.

Do you want to go first, second, third or fourth really were asking first or last. What's the best place to be in if the understanding is intimate moments are happening in all four instances that part think I'd rather first, but if you're trying to win the game you want to leave the lasting impression yes, but if you want to be forgotten about. After the first one. If you're really good, are extremely confident as world view that she's everything about you throughout the rest of the guys coming in. I don't think it is a cleanliness concern. I don't think it is really not really hope that his name was Joe Fisher literally so you want to go first. I probably will if him wanting to win more competitive.

I'm a competitor.

I want to win you last your literally competing with last three hours or have fellowship with one before you walk in the door. I think it's an advantage to go first and make a great impression right. It was so much drama.

Fascinating stuff. The clear favorite has emerged so will explore that.

But coming up why North Carolina's case for an MLS franchise just grew stronger. This is the drive is 609 20 now to drive Josh Graham Thursday already arrived to be speaking with Dave, Dori, Dave, North Carolina coach background in Miami and many others. Over the next day to be sure to be listening as you are right now on the triad sports ESPN's Roy Philpott now withdraws from ESPN and college football play-by-play management covering all things ACC for a very long time now.

It's crazy that we've arrived at this time were already getting set to do preseason polls and talking about's football again.

I like it but it's just crazy to think we've arrived here. Roy Kurt here and Richard a couple of names there are quieter background. Great job North Carolina recruiting about it in about three weeks ago, but knows back really well and they were just still amazed by how he is God.

North Carolina hired great care I am. Here and see what he does. They are your one appliqué lay delegate Josh upset alert week one North Carolina or have an opportunity are healed will have a chance against South Carolina in Charlotte and I really gain could be a barnburner. It could be a lot of fun to see what happens there. Whether it's because of his age of the fact he's been out of college with all for five years now.

Do you think that Mack Brown is flying under the radar because after all, he's one of five or six coaches in college football active, who have won a national championship. I think every coach a bigger radar because every body poor. Now that being one of the work in college football and I think we would all find out that it's not by the end of the year to be something to watch as we go through this season. The roaches from those that that the pack of team and I think North Carolina.

They will, close games last your hydraulic unit dating to get your check their work going in part to our advantage. With about three minutes left. The guy fumbled with the goal line. Virginia Tech takes it only could the field only to regard: yet like four or five different games North Carolina team that is ready to emerge that nobody is great background get great Get new energy to recruiting well and they do have some talent yeah I think you're totally under the radar right now, here's the complete list of active head coaches in college, all who have won a national championship. Of course Dabo Sweeney who one is second earlier this year with the Tigers Nick Sabin Jimbo Fisher at Florida State was now at Texas A&M less miles who's back in college football with Kansas and Mack Brown now that Irvin Myers out of college football.

That's the list.

Five. Coaches who have won national championships among active coaches, another's coach in the coastal who's going to be stepping in is Manny Diaz takes over or Mark Reddick and you have Virginia Tech, Miami and Florida State all having down years. Last year, so I'm interested in your mind.

Who do you view as you trust most to bounce back this fall out of those three schools Miami. I like her gradual mailing. I remember you were back in the day got noble little girl got really I think spark new life into their program. Amazing how quickly my return. Think around a political life will be an issue this season. He'll recruiting high level down Miami had the athlete make the body all go back and watching what they've done the last two years in totality and in Oklahoma coach you are retaking for UNC or for Miami to make one skill position players are there like when thinking quake in Blacksburg appeared to be missing right now and I don't know the printer they pleaded quarterbacks not believe in the hokey Miami clean talent alone follicles while those with you in that division but I think Miami may be picked up the favor to be quickly but maybe the hurricanes or maybe facility. Think of the radar. Surprise when the team thereby can pick one. I probably think Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech or Miami only because even though the schedules a little bit more difficult. Virginia Tech I think Justin Fuentes the most proven coach out of Willie Taggart and and Manny Diaz and last year it just seems like an aberration when you consider it's the first losing year since the George H.

W. Bush administration for the hoagies and they returned just three starters on defense a year ago and they also had all those injuries and eligibility's and dismissals and an injured quarterback to boot. That just seems like to me since Justin Puente brought the hoagies to an ACC championship game in his first year that seems the most like an aberration.

Out of the three and maybe I'm a baby and I again I think he's a perfect fit airport at the time.

Last year, I would walk away quicker impression you were not. And like you said the others provided it bounces back on the lead on the you the lead on making the got a couple of options to quarterback for some reason I just think Manny Diaz was the perfect it down there at the right time.

I think it was. It was good for Mark Wick to step away only a few network's fault that ESPN's Roy Philpott with this year on twitter at Roy Philpott Muller talking about Mack Brown somebody brought it up to be.

Last week sent you know Mack Brown is now the second most prominent coach in this conference now you consider Mark Richt and Paul Johnson both retiring after last year now that their boat out of the conference. Would you go as far to say Mack Brown's. The next best head coaches. If not, who well other than that it was clearly Western. I mean, you know, Nabil Weber got it. Q Mac III think the energy fair to recruiting and there like 1997 Chapel Hill right now Great Britain papers and the job done quickly once in the last three seasons including a land to build a beat Dabo so I was very Q 13. That always seems to be an under the radar and adeno papers. They did a good job keeping him there given the considerable work on rebuilding that program so yesterday season. It may be Mack or Johnston or somebody. But right now I think it's good to us like to ignore the job. Adeno papers that program is just enamored with his ability and personality is charisma and asking you keep going in supine really has voted well for Syracuse and arrived a couple years ago in terms of broadcasters, both in television and radio you've been pretty close to Clemson's football program in the past, and Saul up close what Dabo Sweeney has done to build it into the juggernaut. It is now. Do you buy the notion that Clemson's level of dominance. This gap that exists between Clemson and whoever you proceed to be the second best program right now that that's bad for the ACC. I yelled somebody weird Richter you can go back to year and again you could make a legitimate argument was the best football African college football when poured they would fill the top 10 audio Mark Jackson won the Heisman Trophy back 26 around bear the ACC Bible reading yesterday. She rivaled Clemson with really ago or so, where it was a vastly different, which we will continue to now Clemson and really everybody else and you're looking at you for making an estate calling in the back of the top 25 100 Lay Down Liberals Way down right now that it's not good for the league Of the conflict. I will year the agency not the worst power five-week in the country. I think that belong to the big 12 or the pack 12 be better than what people are thinking but but Josh somebody else has to emerge as tender for talking in order to kind of reclaim your life this week had in totality. A couple of years ago when the little quirks they Clemson were all there were copies of the top five happen I think of intricate coaching hires and it is all cyclical to a certain extent, yet right now it is Clinton and everybody else in that gap. Even if the Tiger played close by a team in league play this year will significant at the line of scrimmage quarterback at running back. You know when I don't get close right now you can recruit up the fastest between Miami North Carolina and maybe somebody else in that elite status of the conflict I hold to truths with Roy number one what you're saying I agree with all of it. I don't think the gaps ever been this big between in the ACC since expanded to 12 in 2005 between the top team and whoever is second but the second thing is this and this is what gets overlooked.

I think I think the middle of the ACC has gotten a lot better in the last few years the very top has not and there's been separation with Clemson but I can't think of more than two bad teams in the ACC. Right now I look at Georgia Tech. It's good to be a hall for George, a Jeff Collins to go in from Temple and try to coach a team that's been coach for the triple option with Paul Johnson leaving in Louisville. That's a rebuilding job for Scott Satterfield from here in Appalachian State, but aside from that, like you mentioned UNC the weight the energy Mack Brown's brought in his pedigree. Pittsburgh going to the coastal championship game last year Virginia bring back Bryce Perkins and Bryce Hall, Miami getting Manny Diaz with that defense. Last year Syracuse adeno papers Wake Forest three consecutive bowl wins. They finished sixth in the ACC Atlantic last year.

It does seem like to me while Clemson is really building a gap between themselves and whoever's is second that the middle of this conference is getting better. Roy, I may not give you that there were Perkins recurring Draco under the radar player. That program setting up South Carolina in the belt all last year gap in term mediocre to slightly above average program and how we measure comfort. Though yeah bronco Mendenhall turn things around, working adeno papers Syracuse gate door and you're not going to feel like you would challenge somebody before falling short of our some of that but seems to go steamed we get to the next level it with me and network launch August 22. I think that can help things along. The coaching is made will as well.

There are maybe longer to come to get back to where the leak was to retrieve electrical I hear you hashtag.

We do this right. Wednesday the next summer to see if Yorty have any ATV schedule yet or not so much. I don't know yesterday. I don't know where I'm going first, checking email every 2 1/2 minute. With that, but I can't wait for the computer, fun, enjoy your summer. Thanks for doing yet you got just like on Twitter at Roy Philpott ESPN and is making it sound like there may be the ACC network we might see some really Philpott which I'm all about. One of the finest play-by-play man eat. ESPN has over there next why the Carolina Panthers are bound to become the biggest story in sports in the next week here on the drive is nicely drive with Josh Graham Johnson that this song really fired. While it is great when I saw I don't go to the dairy conversion always medicine show Jim so keep someone's been around for a very long, I'm not sure what kind of music you might be a radio network wagon wheel. Are you a fan Jim soaking it. I am a wagon wheel as a hyper but when you think about old Crow medicine show or Darius Rucker died that Darius Rucker because that's when I hear all the work right and another thing we need to keep an eye on is what's happening later this week with the Panthers Amazon all or nothing series launching. I'm already seeing some local media getting a chance to watch it and talking about what's happening in these in this series other than looking for yourself may be at times on the periphery. What what do you intend to keep an eye on most when you watch it.

After looking over me American might also want to see what McCaffery the Christian McCaffery telling a joke by Greg Olson explaining Hamilton.thank you to practice, the landfill will give it up with McCaffery about being a back like I just like a lottery on the line close. The motion passed through the conduct a look back at the camp and everything obviously a lot that we never saw behind the scenes kind of fun you know everything look equally under the sealant, often with the cameras around Jim all the time and you know radio network is conferences which everyone is meeting room. They went to Greg Olson is lonely coaching and things like that so we saw them I would say almost everywhere that we were going that we never went so being in the locker room for home games the last couple years I started to think about with this series. Stuff like this in hard knocks. It really introduces you to the players on a personal level and you start noting Greg Olson trying to introduce his teammates to Hamilton, among other things, Christian McCaffery, telling jokes. I remember with the Falcons a few years ago Brian Cox, Junior he was the standout star in the hard knocks and it's very rare.

You'd see a defensive line coach really stick out, but in a show like that it really can happen. So I started thinking about the Panthers who might be a standout personality among the players that you want to consider like a cam Newton or Greg Olson are a Christian, McCaffery just given that criteria guys who might be a backup or alignment whose personality. Do you think can really shine in the setting of this Amazon show you somebody like you got a jacket quarterback last year, it will see how much is that she put into these eight episodes that is actually used what that would make it, but got a lot of swagger a lot of commentary, that makes you play on personal one-on-one offenses versus the battle that was going out there at all times, which was practiced as a competition that training Is a weekly Wednesday Thursday Prescott gives Okies with the Panthers radio network on twitter at Jim soaking I'm interested in this piece that seems to exist between a couple of cans in the NFC South when you have cam Newton. Of course, drafted in 2011.

Later in that first round the saints selected Cameron Jordan and it seems like these two are both very similar in that they are both flashing about flamboyant. They're both talkative there both drafted the same year there in the same division in the both name K Ama but back and forth. You see, Cameron Jordan talking in the media in the past criticizing camp for the dancing in the dabbing and talking about the hats and picking fun. It can and sending. I think a bottle of wine any disputed sending the broom, albeit cam got one after the saints swept the Panthers in 2017 yesterday was on the radio complementing cam Newton but it does seem like there was a lot of faith there is between cam Jordan and cam Newton are you Pro beef and football. Jim soaking fake waiting characters secondary to the game itself.

Later, when the bottle I wanted to set up a room when any of that stature I will back off.

The South based on a couple years New Orleans so I back it up.last couple years of the bar high criteria. The Buccaneers that matter to try to reach you been with the Panthers radio network since the first year of Carolina Panthers football. How long did you lived in Charlotte going back to 1987 tank so I don't think there I don't think there are many people who probably have a better pulse in the sports scene in Charlotte then you and I wonder when you see David Tapper hiring Tom Glick last year.

You know that there's going to be some pursuit for soccer and David Tapper even said it publicly.

They get the meeting with the MLS and in the MLS puts out a statement yesterday and they included them among the teams that potentially could land a land MLS franchise so there could be MLS soccer being played inside Bank of America Stadium. Given what you know about the Charlotte sports scene, how much demand do you think there would be for Pro soccer in Charlotte. I think it be the perfect fit. I look at what Raleigh area. The Carolina hurricanes and would just be something that that's different. We all grown up with Tabasco, especially here around the areas like that millennial racial note of strong attraction to stop going to Austin going to Nashville, St. Louis, probably Sacramento for that matter Miami so you're buying for one. And I think for the Charlotte area rich history of collegiate soccer in the ACC team is an appetite for document appetite for something new. That is their own generational younger folks you like what a lot of places, like you and all that crap soccer choices or choices are evolving and changing, and I think it is the perfect book for the city to complement the Hornets of the pampers of the tribulation. What you think the most attractive element of Charlotte is going up against Las Vegas, which is according to some of the reports out there. If it is 30 of spot it might be Charlotte versus Vegas is it the owner and how much he's worth in the NFL somebody who is an owner they are potentially being in the same room in the MLS owner room as well or what do you think the big yet me afterward about five Carolina dollars and show you see what happened in times thousand plus land development at about/soccer last thing I can work together. I think you feel this is a good group that has a stadium already in place someplace cobble together the money and on Raleigh to talk about St. Louis is looking to build a 22,000 feet stadium to be secured or is being talked about and dropped about how soccer I think having stadium that's been updated year after year. I think having an owner with the pocket and being an attractive growing millennial type market are all things that are factoring in a positive way. Jim when you're in Spartanburg South Carolina.

What you do for fun. You made a lot of it because of the football field right there is one side of the backside of the practice field. I do enjoy that burst back in the evening to Thursday night. What next week enjoy that one your and you know will local eateries of burger places on the client is not the beacon, which is a famous one, but I will make a trip down Ike's corner endorser, but never had that disagreed with me so that local calico start to essentially hear Getting set to start working to be in Charlotte broadcasting our show tomorrow and Thursday at ACC kickoff in Charlotte Jim appreciate you squeezing it some time for us.

Enjoy the last couple of drops of summer, I got a Yep that's Jim soaking on twitter at Jim soaking from the Panthers radio network. Can't believe you're playing the Darius Rucker version of wagon wheel when you think wagon wheel. Do you think Darius Rucker old Crow medicine show. I don't really think either. I mean, I know the song is for me but I'm Darius Rucker and so Carolina classic song that I don't really think about who's singing I would prefer the reversion, so I'm gonna go Darius Rucker that hurts. I think I think there is a parade of people, maybe a mob willing to disagree with you on that. 336-777-1600 which wagon wheel version do you prefer Darius Rucker old Crow medicine show blasphemous Darius Rucker version. It won a Grammy. That version which fires me up because again it's a cover there's not many instances where the cover is better than the original. I'll give you what Houston always love you over Dolly Parton but there are many examples where the cover is better than the original.

How many people know how many people even know that's not the original.

There is Rucker version is not a lot of people do in North Carolina across the country, maybe not. Which is why it might be more popular version, but I like to believe in North Carolina the land of the pine okra medicine show comes first before Darius Rucker.

I want to believe what I want to believe. So we mentioned the beef between cam Newton and cam Jordan. It was weird to hear him complementing cam Newton yesterday on Colin cowherd. Let's let's hear that sound very quickly. This is cam Jordan saying in nice thing about cam Newton, which is offsetting considering the beef in the rivalry you know we have and I did our division's face. Matt Ryan you know as soon as you get a hold of me know he's going down you know is not like you can just shrug you off and I'm that this can happen. You get a hold cam Newton he can show you off. You can out run you.

He can then as he's fallen sling a 60 yard accurate ball.

I mean, he's probably the greatest sac you going to try to get after just because he's strong is Ben Roethlisberger he's got no accuracy like any other invite other top-tier quarterback and then of course you can out run you more than you know Russell Wilson can come on now, cam Newton is not as accurate as any quarterback in the NFL. I don't care if you're the biggest cam Newton fan out there, stop I'll say biggest running frat parties quarterback to take down Russell Wilson comparison been ruffles burger comparison rate PA Brady isn't as accurate as Aaron Rodgers.

He's not as accurate even as Matt Ryan. So get out of here with that nonsense. It's just weird to hear cam Jordan saying nice things about cam Newton.

It's a little offsetting. It's almost like if the iron sheik was saying friendly things about Hulk Hogan right you would just be skeptical little skeptical. You are listening to W STS Winston-Salem WC OG Greensboro WPC in Burlington W MFR Highpoint the signals making up the triad sports job. This is where I have 609 20 looking forward to getting the Charlotte ACC kickoff tomorrow and Thursday will be speaking with Dave Doran, Dave Clawson Satterfield Manny Diaz, among others. Fantastic gas both both days and TDs getting me there as well. So I expect great coverage ACC football from noon to 7 o'clock both tomorrow and Thursday library Charlotte were looking forward to that.

I got an email about an hour ago asking for my ACC preseason poll and I still have no idea really what to make of the coastal division it's on our ACC kickoff bingo board coastal got a coastal six years six different champs in the coastal division last year Pittsburgh one. I have a quarterback coming back and Penny Kenny Pickett bought. They lost four of their five starting offense of lineman and lost to 1000 yard rusher. So I really don't think it's gonna be Pittsburgh this year.

Virginia Tech was uncharacteristically known Miami after its outstanding 2017 season down and Mark Rick retires incomes.

Manny Diaz though and all reviews have been great.

I look forward to talking to Manny Diaz in Charlotte because I'm just interested in this five everybody's talking about people feel like BU is going to be back sooner rather than later because Manny Diaz is a Miami guy through and through.

It's an outstanding story Miami.

They were great in the 80s very good at the end of the 90s and early 2000 Manny Diaz at that time 20 years ago was doing what I'm doing right now. He was production assistant for ESPN right out of school.

That's what he wanted to do and then he pursued coaching and found himself at his dream job. Weeks after he was named the head coach for the first time somewhere else. It was a temple, and a few weeks later, Mark Rick retires Manny Diaz, coordinated a defense that was one of the best in college football for a team that underachieved and is much as I like Miami and I love this talent and I like Manny Diaz when I'm reading here, I think I have more faith in Virginia Tech to turn it around more than Miami and Florida State Virginia Tech as a coach that went to the ACC championship game in his first year and did so while Miami was pretty darn good. And while North Carolina was coming off a one lost season in the regular season and 15. I think Justin Puente is a very good coach. I saw it at Memphis. He turned it around Memphis something that was seem to be impossible almost just as impossible as it was to turn around Duke and David cut cliff is done that Justin Puente did that kind of a coaching job with the Memphis Tigers made them a power in the American athletic conference before that conference USA. So he replaces Frank Beamer. He still is very good talent. I thought last year was an aberration for them almost in every stretch of the word in every line of the definition aberration that was Virginia Tech's 2018 season first losing record for the hoagies since the George H.

W. Bush administration, 1992. They returned just three starters on defense going into the year and they had to dismiss a player they had to starting dB rupture their Achilles and tear their ACL respectively. They had academic ineligibility's there quarterback Josh Jackson that was question whether or not you would be eligible. He played and then he suffered a season-ending injury against ODU again but they lost. Historically, a historically bad boss. Virginia Tech it all.

What the hell they still went to a ballgame and nearly bit beat Cincinnati. So with that whirlwind of circumstances working against Virginia Tech. I can't help but believe that with Bud Foster coordinating a defense in him actually having players returning this time around. Justin Puente being the coach and pressing the right buttons all offensively. They're going to bounce back.

Miami has the most talent.

The best defense in the easiest schedule facing Virginia and Virginia Tech at home. Opening the year and out of conference out of compass competition facing Florida that's good to be essentially a home game for Miami even though I understand it's a neutral site Virginia Tech.

Meanwhile asked to go to Miami, Houston go to Boston College to open the year has to go to Notre Dame even though that's not a conference game. Notre Dame plays a number of ACC teams each year and they have to go to Virginia you could argue those of the four most difficult games on Virginia Tech schedule and the role on the road. Still, I value coaching so much that I'd be willing to overlook that verse is picking the unknown. Everything in my got is telling me pick Miami samples. They have so much talent.

Everything your hearing about Manny Diaz is positive here, but my head is telling me. Virginia Tech is a good to have back to back bad seasons Justin Puente's a very good coach. You don't know Manny Diaz is you as a head coach, so I'm going Virginia Tech to win the coastal and go to the ACC championship game Miami. I have them. Second, Virginia third Duke fourth pit for North Carolina six Georgia Tech seven. That's how I have the coastal in the Atlantic. You'll be stunned to learn this. Maybe I need to hip-hop airhorn to accent this my winter for the ACC coastal or make it the Atlantic's claims really went on a limb. There it sounds like you doing let's get crazy whose second in the Atlantic, probably Syracuse, they lose their quarterback all-time leading passer Eric Dunn G Tommy DeVito has North Carolina learned last year can certainly sling it and it's a great scheme they run that's going to be successful. Whatever quarterback center center. I think Wake Forest is going to finish third in the Atlantic. I really do I like them more than Boston College which lost a lot even though BC is going to be hosting Wake Forest this year BC has Ajay Dylan and those legs back and they have their quarterback Anthony Brown. I think Wake Forest returning a key player at every single one of their position groups quarterback. They have two guys Kate Carney running back Sayed Surratt wide receiver Justin Roth all ACC guy before being injured at left tackle Buddy Basham the line Justin Stern add linebacker Toby Davis, a leader lost in the first game like around last year and you have a saying Bassett if you go specialist Massey goes back mix. Keep the schemas back a lot is returning for Dave Clawson attends dumpy and healthy as all of this is but I really like with the Dixie put together. I think they're going to be the surprise team of the ACC. Why have them elevated to number three in the Atlantic division, Boston College. I want to pick them forth, but I can't trust Boston College.I just can't with adagio to be better than Dave Dorn and NC State. NC State has lost so much, you lose your office coordinator and Eli drink what you lose the guy would replace him and Duane Ledford who becomes the OC for Scott Satterfield Louisville lose Ryan Finley, you lose your starting running back in Reggie Glaspie, you lose your two best wide receivers Calvin Harmon and Jacoby Myers. You lose your best defensive player Jermaine Pratt. They lose all these players, how my supposed to think NC State is going to be better than Boston College with those players that I just didn't I just trust Dave Dorn NC State Board Boston College for I'm not sold on Florida State. I think that's a disaster. I think Willie Taggart was a bad hire. I have them six Louisville seven player of the year Travis ETN, not Trevor Lawrence ETN stats were absurd. Last year I think most people realize how crazy Travis ETN's numbers were he rushed for 1658 yards and he did so one 204 carries he was splitting carries with two other running backs, he doesn't have to do that anymore.

Travis ED at averaged 8.1 yards per rush 24 touchdowns, which meets every ninth time he touched the football Travis ETN was scoring a touchdown. Those numbers were ridiculous. While Trevor Lawrence gets all the attention because of the hair in the position I think ETN could be the player of the year.

Clemson running back coach of the year. If Clemson wins every game got picked Dabo. If not surprised in the ACC baby Dave Clawson.

That's how I voted.

That's my ACC pole.

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No making sure you heard of PKC. I've heard of him before he is flamboyant he is on. He is one of the biggest stars in the league partly because he's very good. Mostly because he's very good but also he might be the best black hockey player I've ever seen. That's why the who uses the black hockey player was only what's not on there are much more, many more than there used to be so responds that if two or know that there's definitely about a dozen real or for sure I could think of a few right at the top of my head, but PKC bands better than Wayne Simmons PKC band is better than Evander Kane is better than Dustin Bob Flynn and for the hurricanes. He's better than the two black players. I remember them having Kevin weeks and goal. Even though he was one of the interchangeable goaltenders on that first thing that went to a Stanley Cup.

It was Kevin weeks in archers Earth Day back in 2002, but PKC bad better than Kevin weeks better than Anson Carter. He's very good.

He has a great personality, and he's also on social media. This sound you're about to hear comes from PKC bands Instagram account where he is doing play-by-play since it is the summer and a good time to put your dogs out in the backyard and have them compete against each other. He has multiple dogs and are eating at separate bowls. He filled the mall lot that he has them competing against one another and just the play-by-play itself. What PKC band essay is very entertaining care were taken it to the gridiron exactly that Chris asked Leo voice starving just woke up from a nap, split stands going he's ready to go there starving.

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Look at Leo, no work in the Cornish outside the crazy cat bear half retriever half child. He doesn't care he's competing he's working the inside corners. Lucy see she had a crazy start.

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I don't know just the first five seconds of this speaks to how entertaining PKC event as it really is just his voice were taken it to the gridiron exactly the greatest degrees. He sounds like when guys are coming in the back of the deli. Don't talk too much garlic issue with somebody down the neighborhood.

It's very dramatic cadence. There getting people ready to go. I mean the first five minutes of this, if you put it with the football music, it would get people excited for what football season is about to be taken into the gridiron exactly that Chris asked Leo starving split stands going with Billy that all grids ask can you imagine Joe Buck opening the broadcast that way wrongfully New Jersey sound and, accident, will know just saying were taken it to the gridiron is after the grids as our Joe brought Troy Aikman here.

No one's ever done. Joe Buck impression noticed that no possible to go about to go to the sidelines. Erin he has a plea put floor flexion and there, but it's down radar or touchdown writers study these hard a lot harder than the others are animated gyms and hello friends, a real opportunity for this team tradition unlike any other Masters. I do like to work the idea of doing play-by-play for other random things. Just around PKC band creating content, having his dogs feeding the dogs turning that into a game play-by-play. It sounds like what you would do to waste time, like if you're driving in your car cross-country some of the tricks you take some of the tricks you do to stay awake or to stay entertained on long car rides. What are some of the things you do play music and sing along like nonstop me to call it keeps you awake to do so. I remember driving from Colorado all the way back to North Carolina I had to do 16 1/2 hours to Louisville Dragon across two different time zones and I remember getting on Highway 70, Western Kansas, so I went from Colorado through Nebraska and into Kansas. I got there around 5 AM Mountain time actually make it central time. I didn't get off of that Highway 70 until 8 o'clock that night. So a lot of driving straight through, and I remember just knowing I was singing out loud to keep myself awake.

There was a Taylor Swift song that was really big that summer and I my eyes were drooping. My face was showing no emotion but my mouth was moving while singing a Taylor Swift song getting into Louisville at 1030 at night. At that .3367771 600 if you have other tricks that you use to get into wit when you're driving long distance across the country on twitter at sports on triad you can contribute that way as well. Another one I do is sunflower seeds. So you're chewing them to roll down the window and you shoot them out your mouth you shoot him like a projectile to see how far it can go how far you could shoot the sunflower seed fund fact you can't fall asleep with your mouse moving so chewing something's always productive that is true. After that before but the mouth moving you should write out your mouth fell works with Scott Greensboro who wants in on PKC band Scott what you got all my thank you Scott wearing Lindsay Vaughn's bikini.

The other thing is that makes a huge story is a superstar girlfriend and that is Lindsay Vaughn, probably the best Olympic skier United States is had at least on the women's side for sure. She just recently retired but these two are all over each other on Instagram and it seems to be a very fun relationship that they have after she retired. She flew back 18 hours and who was there to pick her up into greater PKC bath and this sound you're about to hear. It is the award for best boyfriend in sports PKC band to paint some of the contextual clues here surprises her with the special kind of cake you're going to hear her describing something. It's a special kind of cake that PKC band had made for Lindsay Vaughn when she arrived after her career just finish all there is also the home.

18 hour flight. All you will courses with all the Lamb you all all will will use those is pretty good though. Go that their describing is a cake he got a get a goat cake that looked like it was skiing with pink polls because in PKC bands mine Lindsay Vaughn is the goat is right because and then when she went to the bedroom there was a stuffed go on the bed or as PKC band because it is I love him. He sounds like an like a late, mid to late 90s like New York rapper to me why sounds more like a surfer Cerberus skateboarder was not brought all what's that over there all that's not that's not a lamb it's just so you know let's go let's go skate at the quad. I'm here in like a mirror like Brooklyn where Harry to widely different things. I'm picturing I'm picturing somebody with very long hair and shirtless with that with the surfboard on the beach.

Yeah, we do know how you do great boyfriend PKC bath. This is an easy guy to get behind.

Who's now a New Jersey devil was just rated this very good player. In addition to being probably the best black hockey player.

I've seen by now, you could go back in the passage that what about grants your Josh okay modern-day best I've seen. Plan ever watch grants your play for the Edmonton Oilers but he's great on social media great player altogether superstar girlfriend great boyfriend. It seems to, and does play-by-play of animals on the grids asked eating some chow big fan of that guy a lot of things happening here on a Tuesday afternoon. Remember were to be broadcasted from Charlotte tomorrow and Carolina Panthers are going to drop or cheese the Amazons to drop this special in the Carolina Panthers Amazon all or nothing series Scott Fowler Jordan Rodrigue there already tweeting about some of things that are going to be in this special David Tapper talking about the signing of Eric Reed saying yeah little bit risky. It takes a little bit of fill in the blank. To do that and apparently Krista McCaffrey is quite the jokester. Quite the jokester talents and jokes has people on their side. I don't picture Krista McCaffrey in a very funny guy thought he was always pretty dry but then again that's just our interactions with them he is wearing Bruce Lee T-shirts.

It seems like every week the way for us to get to know these guys a little better.

I am very interested in learning more about the topics that you have a man crush on him right now.

Really I really wish you would buy the Hornets just in that office on everything we talked about before, but but crush. Is it the three buttons down is that is, sex is just everything like how you carried out on a button up its fading hair dating here you have any.

I think he has his balding brown going on there. Oh yeah, that's hot just the way he talks the way he carries himself just like he just feels so confident in what he's doing all the sleaze been very successful in everything you touch so I respect. I like her should be the next bachelor. Maybe if he wasn't married. Yeah bachelor might hinder as possible. How great would that Shelby David Tapper was on the bachelor. Yes, somebody else David Tapper. I'm terrible at this guy like 50, so I'd say he's in his 50s, and I would be my guess.

He 61. While what about imagine if the bachelor just went all in and say if David Tapper was single or maybe we could do this with Robert Kratz as Marley might not be very happy about it ever since Robert Kraft has already been all over the place with things if they just went all in and set all right here are 30 women that want Robert Kraft's money and Robert Kraft gets to choose between the 30 women know if Robert Kraft would be down for that but you know that so no Robert Bradford loved freezing at the way you did here 30 women that are here for Robert Crabb's money.

So Robert Kraft you get to understand that's already happening with whom he was dating. Most recently, who I think was in her early 30s who presents with these women are here for your money. That is all a façade the entire season.

You know I'm starting to fall in love.

Robert start start to fall in love with him certain feel something here that was crafted window. Wow, wow, very, very surprised that I would be stunned sports talk radio show. You forget the portion we talked about getting it on when you got to the house. It's a choose your own adventure day for you. You can either learn about the varsity blues remake or meth out alligators with the house next