[Music] welcome to the D topics podcast I'm Colin this is uh this is episode two guys uh I don't know if I want to keep doing like the things I was doing because I'm I'm getting rid of the seasons basically as as aspect of this but uh episode two uh of the dude topics podcast so uh super excited uh still still rolling with things here um but again I asked last last week how we're like in the new format um you know any new like as far as like the new topics multiple topics in uh in a single podcast which I I'm having more fun with like instead of like Li limiting myself to one and um kind of boxing myself in so um this this to me is nice uh keeps me uh keeps me fresh talking about multiple different things things like that so um but again like it lets me talk about life and um other things going on um that I'm interested in which uh is going to be more entertaining for everyone if if uh if I'm interested in everything but uh speaking of which uh always looking for sponsors hey uh if you want to shout out just uh reach out to me hook your boy up with some swag or you know whatever um and I'm bored and happy to talk about it every single episode uh it doesn't matter to me I am happy to be a sellout I am not looking for a $100 million deal like the Kelsey which we're going to talk about later um some swag something like that some hookups whatever uh totally cool with it happy to be a sellout and and Pitch you out there any who uh so I I don't know if this is like my dude topic of the day it's it's a week or two old now with this point um but I want to talk I want to get off my chest because I didn't get a chance to watch it before the last episode I've now watched it let's talk about topic number one dude topic number one is is Connor effen stallions man like look it the the the documentary uh in itself was was just a massive disappointment um in in really more ways than one um it it it really didn't share like anything that I don't I don't think anybody didn't already know um I I mean I think everybody realized like clearly he's a very intelligent person um sorry my you can probably hear my dog jingling over here she's walking around and doing whatever the heck but um clearly the guy is is is super intelligent uh he knows what he's doing um but man like this this came across as like almost like a mockumentary uh like it was it just felt very embarrassing um they tried to make him look like uh like he's God's gift to football um like he's some type of Savior to Michigan or whatever um to trying to like help rebuild his mom's favorite program and uh I I just want to read his Manifesto but anyway I I really want to just barf right now to be honest like it it it's it's bad I wouldn't recommend it it was a joke um again we didn't learn anything uh diishan cheat yes um do I think uh anything will really come out of this and will Michigan get get punished no not not really um the NCAA just really can't do crap about things anymore um now if they were smart they would come down I think pretty hard on Michigan I think they've they've tried Michigan definitely has a uh a past and a history of repeated offenses like this over the last couple years um so again this is a good opportunity for the NCAA to say we're not messing around any anymore like this is this is an embarrassment Michigan you've you've done multiple things here recently to try to get ahead um so again they should come down hard to kind of almost just like prove they're relevant I I think it would be best for them but I think it's going to come down to like show Clauses for Harbaugh a couple other coaches stallion himself things like that um maybe a small like scholarship punishment fine something like that but I they don't think anything else they they should theoretically I think erase the last couple years uh leading up to 23 they won't they want to race the national championship um you know they can I I I don't know what they could do even about like you know Big 10 titles or something like that I don't think they could do anything um unless the Big 10 wants to come down after the fact um but again that's all very doubtful um I think they should but they won't all right so dude topic number two uh Ohio State and akan again my my prediction last week Ohio state would win 42 to 10 I was pretty accurate there um so I I literally just sat down and just kind of jotted down some notes so so bear with me I'm going to kind of read through this stuff and and talk briefly about it but I kind of broke down um quarter by quarter a little bit um the first quarter first offensive possession was not great um clearly uh Jeremiah Smith JJ Smith had some nerves with that drop and then a penalty um but the defense comes back um right off at the bat with that late hit on the akan uh quarterback Finley which unfortunately takes him out for a while and I'm going to talk about that later on like the akan quarterback situation but um and then they had like the bad snap that went over uh their backup quarterback's head and then followed up with like the the jtt sack that was massive um gave up three points with a long field goal um but it just kind of seems like a little nervy um with the late hit on the quarterback things like that from osen um second offensive possession uh Judkins while he didn't look great but neither Henderson or Judkins got a lot of carries um Judkins you could tell what is somebody who is just not going to go down with that first hit like he was battling for for extra yardage offensive line overall didn't look great they um they looked better than they did last year and the year before but still not great um but man Judkins actually looks really strong uh will Howard actually looks like a great passer um even even had some bobbles and drops by receivers I think you take some of those things away from just first game Jitters uh Howard Howard's going to look great but uh passes right on the receivers he he had it wasn't even a b pass it was kind of that backwards lateral that was that was a dumb decision but otherwise like his passing um actually looked pretty good um uh let's see um he did have uh several good scrambles decent speed which we didn't we didn't have last year um obviously if Devin Brown was playing more last year and wasn't always hurt we would have maybe had that a little bit more but uh Kyle mcord was just not that for us um um the let's see uh the tush push I like that picking up the first down that was something I was curious about is what is Ohio State going to do on like those fourth in one situations are we going to go for it are we going to punt are we going to try long field goals what what are we doing and um we we went for him so I liked the tush push uh that was great um will Howard massive massive person uh like 6'4 65 big kid uh with the speed so I I think we're going to see those fourth and ones a lot with just quarterback sneaks tush pushes things like that um the out routes uh uh that Howard was was running um just kind of bootlegs to just out routes um eight 15 yards down the line th those are impossible to defend um and Howard was hitting them every single time um the Callback touchdown um for Mecca it was like is it a touchdown is it a not uh mechuka to me in my eyes that was a touchdown again I had I would have no problem if they were to come out and say like there's just not enough evidence that he had his elbow down or whatever the Bobble though I never saw I didn't see that until he was all the way down to me he had the elbow down it looked like a touchdown it doesn't matter two two plays later uh uh we're in the end zone to Smith so it's no big deal um but I I it sucks that AA abuka got that one pulled away um so akan tries this kind of multi quarterback system for trickery they definitely got some yards uh until like CJ Hicks uh gets in there for that sack and then I think that that that screwed him up at that point um second quarter the offensive line started looking a little better uh Howard still was making really good decisions um uh the there was a hand off off on Third and seven to Henderson um the offense was looking great I'm not sure why that was that play was run on Third and seven um not that Henderson can't pick those up but third and seven is a hard pick up for a running back um I do respect the offense uh staying out there on Fourth and five though um uh didn't work out on that on that case but you know Howard still hit AA buuk in the hands it was just a drop um Burke immediately though get the ball right back with that interception um Henderson right after that looks like a clear number one running back for us um and then will Howard kind of dancing around avoids multiple sacks there in the second quarter um on one play Alone um so yeah that's that's awesome um but yeah uh there's there's tons of new potential uh with a with a mobile quarterback absolutely um I do love seeing like jtt and downs getting in the backfield Frank and Sack together that was great um Judkins started kind of getting more carries as well um but yeah Jud Judkins finally starts you know kind of getting some actual decent yardage um and again not uh in the second quarter not going down um first hit so uh it's taking multiple contact multiple contacts um for him to go down um offensive line still playing strong picking up blitzes giving time for Howard to hit Tate deep um on one play later and then and then Howard uh scrambles for like 19 20 yards something like that um to me I I think the commentator said it but this was like the original description I heard of will Howard I think I saw bits and pieces of him when he was at Kansas State I remember him there I never watched a full Kansas State game I maybe watched highlights on like ESPN U but everything I heard from the like the day after the signing was like he's like Josh Josh Allen and I did did hear them say that um during the the commentating uh but he's he's a gunslinger uh he can run he's not afraid to throw the pass um so he's okay Taking Chances um at some point he's going to throw interceptions he is uh he seems to be pretty accurate um but uh there's there's there's like I said he he's you can tell he's okay Taking Chances he he made that one back to to Henderson like just to see if he could make something happen I respect it I think we have a smart enough and talented enough team like those those little mistakes are okay um but uh you know and then he uh I think like right after one or two plays after that big scramble uh then he hits Smith again for another touchdown so uh Howard right now in my eyes looks like a uh a a great quarterback um is he going to win the Heisman probably not uh but if he ends up like taking Ohio State where they can be and get them into a uh into the playoffs undefeated season or maybe like a one Lost season I he definitely could be in the mix he could definitely be going to New York um he's got enough weapons around him uh and he's athletic enough to make those big plays I mean it's the same as like is Josh Allen gonna win an MVP maybe uh same type of thing so uh I I think he's kind of in that in that same boat um but I do want to talk about medical staff um uh dude there was a hit in the second um I think was it Jack Sawyer may have hit him at at some point um uh or maybe that was a little later in the game um I'm trying to think of like who hit him but there was a couple times where he went off the field like he didn't even get hit on a play he had went off he was and it was like right before halftime he was in clear pain sitting on the bench just miserable and nobody outside of like an assistant coach was sitting there but wasn't even talking to him like where is the medical staff checking in on this dude like it's like broken ribs like extreme pain is he bleeding internally like what is going on nobody's there nobody cares but anyway I'm going to talk more about that in a second um overall halftime assessment defense looks great um there's some some lockup issues um and uh you know maybe some assignment issues but um focus on the tackle focus on the on the tackle I think we're fine don't force the attempts at an interception uh Burke had the one interception and I think it was like literally like the very next drive you you could tell he was like trying to go for another one and ended up giving up like a fairly big play and then I think same Drive somebody else did the same thing I can't remember who it was tried to go for an interception and missed it ended up giving up a a big play and my big play I mean 8 to 10 yards type of play akan was not getting 30 40 you know yard plays so it just wasn't happening um offense really just needs timing uh but the running backs got going a little bit um just nobody got had or really needed to get a ton of carries um just waiting on that kind of big one um Howard looks great uh just needs to get more game time in with the receivers and I think that timing and those bobles uh things like that they'll just build that relationship uh third quarter um Jack Sawyer is clearly going to kill uh Finley uh the the akan quarterback um he might kill someone a quarterback today or excuse me a quarterback at some point uh dude hits hard um I don't I don't think he had any actual sacks but he had he had hit Finley several times um clearly Finley was in a lot of pain um after that very first series um and sure enough like a minute later they kind of ran like a designed keeper right after he got hit I think backto back plays by Sawyer they ran a designed keeper for Finley and at that point he was walked off by trainers um akan coaching staff and trainers are just clearly not looking out for the health of their players um that's just my opinion that that dude may have had broken ribs I I never like actually looked back in like did he actually like legit get hurt like does he have broken ribs is he for the season is he alive today I don't know um but yeah anyway um Brandon inis I want to talk about a little bit as well I'm hoping he gets some more looks this year I mean he actually might be a legit Punt and kick returner uh he's got great speed he he is a legit returner we have not been blessed with a legit returner for a long time uh I like to look up uh highlights and show my son likee highlights of uh Ted gin Jr uh oh my God like that like those especially like when we had that year with like San Antonio Holmes and Ted get back on everything we'd have two punt returners back there like you're you're screwed uh that was that was a lot of fun so I haven't really seen that legit since like uh those days um I think like Devin Smith one year was returning punts like when he was like a sophomore and that was a pretty good year but man it's been a long time um so I I would like to see Brandon inis out as a receiver a little bit more um put him on the outside just let him go man um anyway uh uh uh couple plays after let's see there was a there after inis had like a huge uh a huge return um Howard makes that first like long pass to Jeremiah Smith that was like 40 yards or whatever so um he he already looks like one of the best receivers in the country a as a as a freshman dude is a freak um and then Judkins uh was able to kind of pound it in pretty quick right after for his first Buckeye touchdown so uh congrats on that um and then then we had the scoop and score for ransom I almost forgot about Ransom uh dude had a great day looked awesome back there he is a playmaker um we did finally kind of get to see Henderson um get some more yardage again um if he would have had a fairly decent amount of carries he would have easily got a 100 um he wasn't getting stopped behind the line I I think he only had like 10 carries or something like that um 70ish yards uh if he would have had 15 carries it would have been Pro no problem um and again Judkins I I do feel like again if if one of these guys gets 20 carries um it's going to be a big day for them um but junkins does not go down on First Contact um dude is strong Henderson a little bit faster but this is a great like one-w punch um they're they're going to have great success this year everybody was kind of putting them down a little bit like oh Run game didn't get going didn't have to like look at how many carries they had neither one of them had a lot so uh they're going to be fine um and then then peoples comes in this guy actually looks good the the comparison I heard during the broadcast was was JK Dobbins uh I see it he he looked good so if this guy turns into JK Dobbins we've got three legit running backs I'm okay um in the fourth quarter the backup defensive line looks just as good uh to be honest um when we lose a couple guys this year um we've got the depth it's not going to hurt much um Cardinal Tate I think kind of like the Forgotten receiver U did get that 34 yards um and kind of elite yards after catch um it was like that short short curl route like a 10 yard curl route turn turns it into 34 yards so um didn't even get touched did not even get touched so it looked really good um and uh yeah 40 45 to6 akan points are uh a 48 and 49 yard field goal um peoples again third string back looks great in the fourth quarter um uh Devin Brown was kind of given some opportunities also to get in there and actually throw the ball which is good didn't look great but you know we did let him kind of air out some to see if we could get something else there and not just kind of run the clock out so I love that um defense gets back in there again backups are in there hands up causing that tipped uh pick six for gay powers that was great final score 52 to6 um pretty close to my original prediction 40 42 to 10 so we got a couple extra points in there so looked really good um so due to that was a long topic I know big playby playay I probably won't do that in the future but uh just wanted to try something there um I'll probably keep those a lot shorter going forward that was a lot uh so dude topic number three uh Ohio State in western Michigan um it'll be tomorrow I'm recording this Thursday evening so uh but this will be tomorrow Western Michigan lost last week 2814 to Wisconsin I expect a much more like spread score for them when they come into Ohio stadium uh it's not it's not I don't think it's going to be close I didn't watch this this game but but um looking at their stats um from that Wisconsin game uh they they just don't look look very good um nothing really to talk about from them um other than like my prediction I'm going to say Ohio State 45 Western Michigan 7 um honestly I think they they won't even give up that score until late in the fourth quarter kind of garbage time touchdown um first game Jitters out of the way uh now now it's just Dominate and and uh starters don't play much in the second half um so dude topic number four I I think this is my dude topic of the day because this is nuts I have one that probably should be the dude topic of the day that I'll wrap up with but um yeah it's it's just more unfortunate so I'd rather not be like that highlight um so the Kelsey brothers so due topic number four Kelsey Brothers get aund million deal for a three-year deal on their podcast uh in insane um I have the article kind of up here in front of me I don't want to necessarily read it but I'm going to hit some of the highlights here um announced yeah last week on Tuesday uh exclusive ad sales and distribution rights to wondery um but uh they their podcast New Heights Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce New Heights with their podcast signing a deal with Amazon's Wy reportedly worth more than $100 million over three years not a bad Flippin deal for a podcast right um uh we couldn't be more excited as in quotes we couldn't be more excited to team up with wondery for the next phase of new heights Travis and Jason Kelce said in a statement we love this show and the fan base that has grown with us over the last two seasons Wonder understands uh the shared vision and will offer a wealth of experience and resources to take us to new heights we are going to create some groundbreaking moments together through their this partnership we are thrilled to start season 3 see you soon um so uh uh yeah uh great great for them um it's a it's a pretty fun podcast they've talked about a lot of goofy stuff I I respect it I love it it's it's a little um like the the clips that come out of it are great um good for them1 million uh I mean it's it's it's amazing um yeah so moving on do topic number five uh Fantasy Football uh I actually added this topic on here because I thought I was going to be able to talk about my draft for my fantasy team and I and I still have a couple I still have a little bit of time before Thursday night game kicks off but uh I I added this topic on here because again I thought I was going to have a family uh Fantasy League this year my brother-in-law kind of backed out last minute uh from kind of being the commissioner and setting up the draft uh we had 10 family members ready to rock and roll and I think he just got frustrated because like um somebody may have like like uh we we may have had like 11 because somebody else wanted to play like oh can this person play it's like yes that's fine like my wife and I were going to merge so we still have 10 people no big deal U I was just going to have my wife uh help run my team with me and uh so we had 10 again that's what we wanted was 10 people and then somebody's like oh I can back out and then somebody else like oh no I'll back out I'll back out it's like oh my God so he got frustrated he's like no stop backing there I told people everybody's locked in uh he got he got pissed off uh so yeah no no fantasy league it was family drama around fantasy football um so everybody was trying to back out last second just trying to make numbers work and they didn't need to he got frustrated uh pissed off about it so thus goes my chances at that anyway um I I probably would have volunteered for it I actually was planning on it but um he had mentioned something a couple months back and I'm like yes great that'd be fine I'd love to not do it I run our March Madness family bracket there's no problems with that um you know everything's online it's not none of it's overly complex anymore um you know I I know like originally like uh you know having to do everything by hand even like Marsh BR some people still like to fill out the paper brackets I enjoy it myself my family still does it but then I put everything online so I don't have to do the scoring anymore um but I used to do that all by hand and originally Fantasy Football was all still done by hand so yikes on that um anyway uh kind of semi- related NFL's back I'm recording this right before that Thursday night game I might just get on and play with some randoms just to have a league but um uh Ravens and Chiefs tonight hopefully it's a good one L of time you're watching this the game is over hopefully it was a good game um all right dude topic number six um I got uh I think two more topics here and then we'll wrap up due topic number six um is uh the algs uh Apex Legends Global series I kind of told myself I was going to limit myself to the the Apex Legends talk on the podcast um so uh it it very much will be because I'm definitely not playing it as much anymore but this past weekend was the Apex Legends Global series uh split to playoffs that wrapped up um for Labor Day week weekend um there were some amazing games um all the way through beginning to end um shout out to space station gaming on the victory um very much like a come from behind Victory they were not I think they had like two points through like games four or five or something in the finals um so they were not not in the mix uh halfway through the finals um and I think uh by the time we got to game 10 I think there were like 11 teams on Match Point so basically uh it was over at that point if one of those 11 teams win uh it's over um so really became down to like anyone's game at that point when there's that many teams on Match Point it only takes one of them to win and and it's over um but as you can see behind me if you're watching on YouTube uh I I've had this TSM Banner for several years up there um I I started supporting TSM back in 2020 um I wasn't a huge fan of like mac um during like when at the start um during like uh the Poland uh land things like that I wasn't a huge fan of Mac but um basically ever since like snipe joined um back in uh back in 2020 uh I really started support uh supporting them I was a fan of snipedown uh but I I also really respected Evan and Jordan um and and always respected Jordan I think I think a very underrated player might be the most underrated player in Apex um but uh Evan comes in um and that's ver holson Reps for anybody um but I've always respected those guys just for having to deal with Hal all the time and when Hal left um earlier this year I kind of debated for like five 10 seconds on like where my loyalties lie like was I there for how or was I there for TSM and uh I I just I can't I can't respect the the dark zero Squad and therefore I could not find myself rooting for a new super team in in team Falcons with with how joining those guys so um and backed by all like the so Saudi oil money no I I just can't do it so I was locked in for TSM uh I know scrimmages did not go great um uh the last couple months uh post how um they'd have some moments um but van just not consistent at all um but uh loved actually kind of rooting for him cuz they turn from like the the favorite all the time to Major Underdog that everybody was writing off uh I mean sweet even said like TSM should just disband although ironically like that same set of matches uh TSM outscored them by a lot so uh again they they've heard it all basically like they're washed it's over um but man they they they looked really good um again locked in for TS um and uh uh I was proud of him trying to prove everybody wrong that they could win without Hal so hell yeah uh hell yeah they can't win without how uh TSM finished fourth if you weren't aware um it really came down to like that final fight in that last game if you have not watched it I highly recommend you do um you don't have to watch all of it I mean you're going to be watching 30 hours or whatever but uh watch that like that last final match um I thought I thought TSM had it I I was pumped I was excited like oh man this is this is Theirs to win um but like my randoms like it just felt like a game that I was playing with a couple randoms is we have God Spa we have high ground this is a guaranteed Victory we kind of let them duke it out we can shoot down pick up a couple extra kills but like my randoms that would jump down and give up God's spot to try to get one more kill or two more kills and instead of like the four or five and the win um uh E36 jumped off of the tower in Skyhook and um they were able to eliminate TSM uh but they threw both matches they threw both both games um it was it was not it was not good um I don't know why they do it and honestly they were they were literally the only team E36 was literally the only team that could win that game that would send it on so if they were smart they would have realized like hey we need to win this if we jump down and throw this game it's over we're done and these matches are over the only chance for us to move on get more points is to set here wait this out and and try to get the victory they didn't they threw it they not only cost themselves but they cost TSM the victory um it was it was so frustrating but yeah again they were literally the only team in those final four um uh that that could have sent it to the next game um so yeah frustrating but sometimes like those things happen um it does suffer it's kind of TSN because that was a very winnable game from them they didn't have the greatest spot um but the ring was definitely pulling towards them for like the final uh as their final ring was closing so they could have waited had everybody kind of b battle it out and and had a chance to kind of third party um with a little bit more Health um but anyway uh that that then and them winning would have been like one of the most like improbable stories ever uh in like Esports so it would have been amazing um but that leads me to Falcons uh aka the super team who finished in last place in the finals man 20th Place uh bad just just bad um they they literally could not do anything they had a decent round or two kind of in the bracket stages um uh picked up some wins here and there but you know really Str in the winners bracket to even make it to finals um and then in the finals obviously last place uh bad um obviously they they have some like metal work to finish and work through uh they just could not get anything figured out um they it looked like they changed uh who they were going to play uh and they just I don't know they they didn't use how to his potential they they didn't use anybody to their potential um anyway it is bad um but back to TSM shout out to zap um for TSM who most people just couldn't get behind um I mean those are massive shoes to fill I mean you're literally trying to fill CEO shoes so that's tough um and uh but he you know bounced around a little bit on uh who was even going to be the igl for that team between uh Evan or zap um but zap did a great job uh he was able to set up the squad for Success very consistent placing and s like every match um couple couple early game exits but everybody's got that um but there was a lot of like eighth to Second Place finishes for the squad um a few games with like double digit kills locked in um they were also very very late to like that crypto meta as well like they had literally maybe practiced crypto for a week um so they were late to that um but honestly like a little bit more practice with that um and you know we'll we'll see in January um at Champs on how they look um but yeah give give them a little bit more time um and it's so interesting listening to like their Cals and like scrims versus algs like it's night and day like I understand like um adrenaline is pumping through the system and the excitement of of being at the land and in front of a crowd and um so everything's pumping at that point but uh they shout out to RS man like that that guy is just the the most consistent uh just teammate of of all time like that that dude is so underrated um anyway um speaking of Champs uh shout out to Japan um Champs is going to Japan so very deserving and exciting for Asia in general um now while I would like selfishly love for it to be in the United States especially somewhere driveable um that would be great uh but Japan makes sense all right so final topic this is due topic number seven um this is just for uh Johnny hockey rest in peace um my guy um uh Johnny G and his brother Matthew were killed on Thursday August 29th in the evening while riding bikes um both struck by a driver in New Jersey um on just like this evening bike ride um at the the time the the driver was immediately suspected of being intoxicated which I think is now proven um the brothers uh both from New Jersey were there in town for their sister's wedding which was scheduled for the next day Friday the 30th I don't even know if that wedding happened I I doubt it um both uh Johnny and Matthew were um scheduled to be groomsmen um for that um but again I I I just I don't have any other words for this it's horrible as a Blue Jackets fan like we've just had some very unfortunate deaths the last few years and just like freak accidents um I I do feel so bad for the uh goodro family the blue jacket family the Calgary Flames family just everyone involved it's it's horrible so um again if you're if you're uh if you're out there drinking and driving there's so many options out there for people now uh Uber LT taxis call a friend don't drink and drive that's it all right um that is it for me today let me know um again what you kind of think about this new Direction uh with the podcast um any content You' like for me to see topics you want me to cover uh Etc uh until next time later care