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GAME WEEK. >> WE ARE HERE IN WEEK ONE. YEAH, WE MADE IT. YEAH AFTER ALL THE TALK ALL OFF SEASON, WE TALKED SO MUCH. WE DID. THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOTBALL. PLAYED MEANINGFUL FOOTBALL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON DETROIT SPORTS PLUS ALONG WITH DEREK HUTCHINSON, BEN BELL KEN HADDAD WHO IS AUDITIONING FOR THE NEXT APPLEBEE'S COMMERCIAL. >> I BELIEVE YOU GUYS ARE JUST GONNA LET EVERYONE SEE YOUR PLACE. >> I THOSE ARE MY PLAYS. YOU STOLE MINE, I'M HOBART, GUY WE ARE FINALLY HERE. WEEK ONE IS THE LIONS. GET READY TO TAKE ON THE RAMS. WHERE IS YOUR EXCITEMENT LEVEL? ENTERING THIS FIRST GAME AT FORD FIELD? >> WELL, IT'S NOT BEN BELL. I DON'T THINK. I MEAN, HE CAN BARELY SIT DOWN. HE'S LIKE RUNNING AROUND BETWEEN SEGMENTS. >> I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THE BAR. LIKE ON A SCALE OF OH YOU'RE THE BAR. >> YEAH. NO I'M EXCITED I MEAN THE LIONS AFTER WHAT WE WERE FORCED TO WATCH FOR BOTH MICHIGAN AND MICHIGAN STATE THIS WEEKEND, I MEAN, THE LIONS SHOULD BE THE MOST FUN TEAM IN TOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. >> HOPEFULLY I AM READY. I OH MY GOSH, I'M SO EXCITED, YEAH. I CAN'T CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT. I'VE BEEN STARING AT THE SCHEDULE AND DRAFT PICKS AND EVERYTHING FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, SO I'M READY TO GO. >> BEN'S JITTERY OR I CAN I CAN FEEL IT LIKE HE'S. HIS NERVES ARE LIKE, INFILTRATING MY BODY. IT WASN'T THE FOUR CUPS OF COFFEE. I'M AMPED. YOU KNOW, I LIKE THIS MORNING, I WOKE UP AND I JUST THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH, IT'S THURSDAY. AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS WEDNESDAY. BUT THE EXCITEMENT OF THINKING IT WAS THURSDAY REMINDED ME THAT IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON. I MEAN, COLLEGE FOOTBALL STARTED, I KNOW, BLAH BLAH, BLAH, BUT IT'S GOOD. I'M JUST SO EXCITED. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST SO EXCITED R THE LIONS TO START CHRISTMAS MORNING. SUCH A SUNDAY MORNING, I'LL TAKE SUNDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU. SUNDAY NIGHT. >> WELL, I MEAN, YOU GET THE WHOLE NFL ON SUNDAY. SO I'LL SAY THIS. >> MY EXCITEMENT LEVEL IS GOING TO DOUBLE TONIGHT AFTER BEN'S SPECIAL. I'VE SEEN, LIKE, A LITTLE CLIP OF IT. AND I WAS ALREADY, LIKE, WAY MORE AMPED UP THAN I. THAN I WAS. >> AND THAT'S AT 10:00 TONIGHT. YEAH. YEP. >> YOU'LL SEE ALL OF US. >> OH, ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED. >> YES. WE MADE THE CUT. >> OH, WE DID MAKE THE CUT. WE WEREN'T LEFT IN THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR. THAT'S RIGHT. >> NO, I ME SOME ROOM FOR YOU GUYS. >> THAT'S SO NICE. >> THERE'S SUCH A BUZZ IN THE AIR HERE IN DETROIT. WHENEVER YOU TALK ABOUT THIS LIONS TEAM, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR. BUT HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO LAST SEASON WHEN THEY WERE GOING IN PLAYING THE CHIEFS, THE DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPS. AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE START, I WOULD SAY OF ALL OF THIS. WHERE IS YOUR EXCITEMENT LEVEL FROM COMPARED TO LAST SEASON TO NOW? HERE, WHERE YOU GO FROM LIKE THE EXCITEMENT OF IT ALL TO KIND OF THE EXPECTATION NOW? >> YEAH, THE STAKES ARE HIGHER BECAUSE THE TEAM HAS EXPECTATIONS. WE WERE LOOKING AT SUPER BOWL ODDS LIKE FIVE MINUTES AGO, AND THE LIONS HAVE THE SECOND BEST ODDS TO MAKE IT IN THE NFC. SO LAST YEAR I DON'T THINK MOST OF US EXPECTED THEM TO BEAT THE CHIEFS IN THE OPENER. IT WAS A ROAD GAME. THE CHIEFS WERE DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPS AND THEY WENT OUT AND DID IT. AND IT WAS KIND OF A COMING OUT PARTY THIS YEAR. IT'S LIKE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO START OUR MOST ANTICIPATED SEASON EVER. LOSING TO MATTHEW STAFFORD. SO LIKE IT'S MORE OF LIKE A NERVES KIND OF THING. >> BUT YOU CAN EVEN GO BACK TO LIKE THE GREEN BAY WIN, RIGHT? THAT WIN IN LAMBEAU THE SEASON BEFORE LAST. AND WHEN THE CHIEFS GAME CAME UP IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, IS THIS REAL? IS THIS A REAL THING? AND THEN THEY BEAT THE CHIEFS AND WE WERE LIKE, WE MIGHT HAVE A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM. AND SO THAT WAS LIKE THE, THE STAPLE. LIKE WE REALLY WE STARTED WE REALLY STARTED TO BELIEVE AFTER THAT. I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT THOUGH, THAT EVEN IF THE LIONS LOSE TO THE RAMS, I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO PANIC. I'M NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, LOSE BELIEF IN THE SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> YEAH. LIKE YOU SAID, ALL NERVES LAST YEAR, THEY JUST CONFIRMED WHAT WE WERE HOPING THAT THEY WOULD BE. AND THEY GAVE US THE GREATEST SEASON OF MY LIFE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AWESOME. BUT THIS YEAR I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE WE'RE A GOOD TEAM NOW. BUT THERE'S SUPER BOWL EXPECTATIONS NOW. AND THAT'S WEIRD SAYING THAT WITH THE LIONS. BUT IT REALLY IS LIKE THEY NEED TO BRING THIS HOME. >> YEAH IT'S ANOTHER ROUND AGAINST OF COURSE MATTHEW STAFFORD COMING BACK WITH THE RAMS. THE WAY THE LIONS STARTED OFF THE PLAYOFFS WHOSE THAT IS HOW THEY START. >> WHO'S WHO WHO'S WHO'S THIS MATTHEW GUY MATT OR MATTHEW I BELIEVE IT IS MATTHEW MATTHEW I BELIEVE IT IS MATTHEW. >> MATTHEW WHAT. BUT NOW THEY START THE SEASON THE SAME WAY THEY STARTED THE PLAYOFFS. DO YOU LIKE THAT THIS IS THE TEAM THAT THEY START THE SEASON OFF WITH. BECAUSE LAST YEAR WAS LIKE OH IT'S THE CHIEFS. BUT NOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE EXPECTED IN A WAY TO WIN THIS GAME. DO YOU LIKE SEEING THE RAMS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE? >> NO I'D LIKE TO SEE I MEAN I'D LOVE IT TO BE THE PANTHERS. YOU KNOW LIKE JUST GET ONE ON YOUR BELT. YEAH. LIKE KEN'S RIGHT I'M NOT GOING TO PANIC IF THE LIONS LOSE TO THE RAMS. I THINK THE RAMS ARE PROBABLY A PLAYOFF TEAM. IF NOT, THEY'RE DEFINITELY UP THERE. FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON IS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD, BUT STARTING OFF ZERO AND ONE IS JUST SUCH A BUMMER. YOU KNOW LIKE YOU WANT TO WIN THAT FIRST GAME. SO NO, I DON'T LIKE IT. BUT IT'S A GREAT STAGE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A TON OF STORYLINES. AND IT'S SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, SO YOU COULDN'T REALLY ASK FOR MORE. >> AS A FOOTBALL FAN, I LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU WIN THIS GAME AND MAN, JUST THINK ABOUT THE TONE YOU SET. YOU KNOW, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE GOING INTO THE SEASON FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON, I THINK YOU REALLY SET A TONE AND GET EVERYBODY LOCKED IN EVEN MORE GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE YOU WIN THIS GAME AND IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A BIG MATCHUP. I MEAN, YOU MIGHT BE FIGHTING THE RAMS FOR SEEDING AT THE END OF THE SEASON. SO TO HAVE A LEG UP ON THEM RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, I THINK IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR THE LIONS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT MUCH OF A TONE SETTER, HONESTLY. I'M SHOCKED BY THIS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE IT. I DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE THE STORYLINE IS OLD FOR ME, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE WAS SO MUCH ENERGY AROUND THE LIONS RAMS PLAYOFF GAME AND THE STAFFORD RETURN AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DEFEATED HIM AND MOVED ON, I KIND OF JUST PUT THAT STORYLINE, YOU KNOW, IN A BOX SOMEWHERE. AND LIKE IN MY ATTIC Y KNOW WHAT I MEAN. AND NOW I HAVE TO GO DUST IT OFF AND BE LIKE, OH, LET'S SEE THIS ONE. I JUST LOOKED AT IT LIKE A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT HERE IT IS. SO THE STORYLINE ISN'T BRINGING ME AS MUCH JOY. AND EVEN IF STAFFORD COMES IN AND HAS A REVENGE GAME AGAINST US, I'LL BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, MAN, COOL. WHATEVER. >> THE LIONS BEAT HIM. SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT THE LIONS CAN, LIKE GAIN FROM IT IN THAT STORYLINE. SO IT'S JUST LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SMUG LOOK ON HIS FACE. IF HE WINS, YOU KNOW. SO. RIGHT. >> YEAH. BUT IT'S ALSO THE START OF THE SEASON NOT WIN OR GO HOME TYPE LIKE THAT. I AGREE WITH KEN. THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DYNAMIC GOING INTO THIS GAME. HOWEVER, THE LIONS OFFENSE LAST YEAR DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO WIN THAT GAME AGAINST THE RAMS. WHERE DO YOU SET THE BAR FOR? WHERE THEY ARE GOING INTO THIS MATCHUP AGAINST LA WITHOUT AARON DONALD ON DEFENSE NOW I LISTEN ALL I REMEMBER FROM FROM THE LAST GAME IS PUKA NACUA GETTING 500 RECEIVING YARDS ON US. >> SO HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY THE LIONS DEFENSE IS THE STORY IN THIS GAME THAT THEY ARE NOT THEY THEY DON'T HAVE THAT FLAW IN THE SECONDARY AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH LETTING TEAMS, YOU KNOW, SCORE ALL OVER THEM AND JUST HOPING THEY CAN HOLD THEM TO A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, POINT SO THAT THE OFFENSE COULD COULD WIN IT FOR THEM. I WANT TO SEE THE DEFENSE STAND UP AGAINST THIS STAFFORD OFFENSE AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN. YOU KNOW, HOLD PUKA NACUA AND COOPER KUPP TO BELOW 1000 YARDS IN THE GAME. >> I'M RIGHT IN STEP WITH YOU I WANT TO SEE THIS DEFENSE STEP UP AND JUST WRECK THE RAMS GAME PLAN. I WANT TO SEE THE DEFENSE REALLY I DON'T WANT TO SEE A STEP. I WANT TO SEE A JUMP WITH ALL THE NEW ADDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF D.J. READER IS PROBLY NOT PLAYING, BUT I TBD DAN CAMPBELL SAID HE'LL KNOW ON THURSDAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE LEVI OWENS. TARIQ. AND, THAT'S BEN'S GUY. JOSH. OH HE TOTALLY IS, MAN. I JUST THINK THE GUY HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT, LIKE, HE'S ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT IF HE IF HE EXPLODES THIS SEASON, THAT DEFENSE WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE. IT'LL HELP EVERY LEVEL OF THAT DEFENSE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR HIM. >> HE'S LIKE YOUR DEFENSIVE JAMISON WILLIAMS. >> HE'S GONNA HAVE MORE SACKS THAN AIDAN HUTCHINSON. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. >> I FEEL THAT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TEST BECAUSE THE RAMS ARE SKILLED IN AN AREA THAT IT'S WHERE THE LIONS WERE EXPOSED LA SEASON. >> SO OFTEN ON DEFENSE. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD TEST. MAYBE THE BEARS HAVE AS GOOD OF A RECEIVING GROUP AS THE RAMS DO, BUT IF SO, IT'S CLOSE. I MEAN, THAT DUO IS JUST AWESOME. I THINK THE LIONS ARE GOING TO GIVE UP SOME YARDS AND SOME POINTS. I MEAN, CORNERBACK IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT POSITION TO PLAY AS A ROOKIE AND AS A YOUNG PLAYER. AND THIS IS THEIR VERY FIRST GAME AGAINST A VERY VETERAN SUPER BOWL WINNING QUARTERBACK. SO YEAH, I THINK THE LIONS DEFENSE IS GOING TO GET EXPOSED A LITTLE BIT AT TIMES, BUT I THINK THEY'LL HOLD UP BETTER THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR. I'LL TAKE THE UNDER ON PUKA NACUA AT ONE 80.5 OR WHATEVER IT WAS. >> IT WAS 181 LAST NIGHT. I'LL TAKE 500. >> LIKE KEN HAD SD, I'LL TAKE THE UNDER, BUT I DO THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE A BIG GAME. AND, YOU KNOW, I EXPECT THAT THE LIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO OUTSCORE THE RAMS ONCE AGAIN. >> AND YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT COOPER KUPP BECAUSE HE HAD A SLOW DAY. HE HAD A SLOW SEASON OVERALL HE COULD BE AN X FACTOR IN THIS GAME FOR SURE. GOING INTO THIS ONE. BUT THE LIONS OFFENSE I MEAN WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE THEM DO BECAUSE THEY PUT UP 24 POINTS LAST TIME. GOOD ENOUGH. DO YOU THINK THEY GO ABOVE THAT THIS TIME AROUND? >> I MEAN HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET TO SEE A TEAM LIKE THE LIONS THAT ASCENDS TO THE LEVEL THEY HAD AND ALL THE PIECES COME BACK ALMOST, YOU KNOW, YOU KEPT YOUR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, YOU KEPT YOUR QUARTERBACK, YOU KEPT FOUR OUT OF YOUR FIVE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN AND ALL YOUR WEAPONS. SO THE LIONS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK OFF MORE OR LESS RIGHT WHERE THEY PICK UP, RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. >> I AGREE THAT OFFENSE IS A MACHINE WITH BEN JOHNSON, AND I THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SEE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM RUN DOWN THE RAMS THROAT AND JUST THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THE BALL ALL GAME. YEAH. >> KEEP THEIR KEEP THE IDENTITY RIGHT. IT WORKED LAST YEAR. IT'S REALLY HARD TO STOP A REALLY REALLY GOOD RUSHING TEAM. AND THAT OPENS UP EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE THEIR PLAN THROUGH THE SEASON I'M SURE. >> WHO ARE YOU MOST EXCITED TO SEE ON THE FIELD THOUGH? OH OH OF COURSE THAT WAS A GIVEN. >> I CAN'T WAIT. >> JAHMYRIBBS I MEAN, YEAR TWO. GIBBS I HE HE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR AND INTO THE PLAYOFFS BECAME SUCH A KEY PLAYER FOR THE OFFENSE. AND I HE'S JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING BETTER. I MEAN THAT WAS THAT WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS REALLY. REMEMBER EARLY LAST YEAR WE WERE LIKE WHY AREN'T THEY PLAYING GIBBS. LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? IS HE GOING TO BE GOOD? WE WERE RIGHT. WE WERE RIGHT. DAN SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO US. YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY HE DID. BUT YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE HE GOES THIS YEAR. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH FRANK REICH. NO, I FRANK REICH I THINK KEN NAILED IT. I THINK I THINK IT'S GIBBS AND LAPORTA BECAUSE THESE TWO GUYS WERE SO AWESOME AS ROOKIES. AND IF THEY CAN TAKE STEPS FORWARD AFTER ANOTHER FULL YEAR IN THE SYSTEM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE LIONS OFFENSE HAS POTENTIAL TO GET EVEN BETTER. >> AND TO THAT POINT, NEITHER ONE PLAYED OR PRACTICED A LOT IN TRAINING CAMP OR IN THE PRESEASON, SO I WANT TO SEE HOW THEY HANDLE THAT TIME OFF WITHOUT INJURIES. MY GUY TO WATCH THOUGH. TERRION ARNOLD. I MEAN THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL SINCE HE WALKED ACROSS THAT STAGE AT THE DRAFT IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT HAS BEEN HERE, HAS BEEN HERE FOR HIMSELF PERSONALLY AND ALSO FOR THE FANS AS WELL. I THINK IF HE GOES OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT TYPE OF RECEIVER DUO WITH PUKA NACUA AND COOPER KUPP, IF HE GOES OUT THERE AND LOCKS ONE OF THEM DOWN OR AT LEAST LOCKS DOWN HIS HALF OF THE FIELD, I THINK THAT WILL BE. I THINK THAT COULD SET THE TONE. WE TALK ABOUT GETTING A WIN TO SET THE TONE FOR THE SEASON. I THINK THAT THAT COULD SET THE TONE FOR HIS HIS TRAJECTORY AS A PLAYER. >> YEAH. I MEAN, THINK BACK TO THE BRYANT BRANCH PICK IN THE CHIEFS GAME THAT REALLY SET LIKE WE WERE LIKE OH MAN. LIKE LET'S GO LIKE BRIAN BRANCH BECAME A HUGE PART OF THE DEFENSE AND A HUGE FAN. FAVORITE PLAYER. YEAH TYRION. COME ON MAN GET A PICK. >> NO PRESSURE NO PRESSURE. >> YEAH. NO GUARANTEE IT. >> GUARANTEE. SO MUCH MORE TO COME HERE ON DETROIT SPORTS. PLUS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL DISCUSS SOME PROPS. HEADING INTO THIS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST THE RAMS. AND ALSO A PERCENTAGE CHANCE ON IF THE LIONS MAKE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL. WHAT DOES THE PANEL HAVE TO SAY? WE'LL DISCUSS THAT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WELCOME BACK TO DETROIT SPORTS PLUS ALONG WITH DEREK BENN AND KEN I AM HOBBY GUYS. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT PLAYOFF GAME EARLIER. THAT JUST HOW THAT WAS SUCH A RELIEF FOR NOT ONLY THIS TEAM BUT THIS FAN BASE LIKE 30 YEARS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT FINALLY HAPPENING. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THAT ATMOSPHERE TO BE LIKE ON SUNDAY? THIS TIME AROUND? NOT AS MUCH AT STAKE, BUT BUT STILL. I MEAN, THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR PEOPLE. >> I EXPECT IT TO BE RIDICULOUS. I MEAN, SURE, IT'S NOT A PLAYOFF GAME, SO THERE'S NOT AS MUCH AT STAKE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT MONTHS OF LIKE PENT UP EXCITEMENT FOR LIONS FANS, TOO, SO THAT 30 YEARS OF FRUSTRATION. >> YEAH, WELL, THERE'S STILL HOW DOES THAT COUNTER I THINK SOME OF THAT IS STILL SPILLING OUT. >> I MEAN, ONE SEASON ISN'T ENOUGH TO GET IT ALL OUT RIGHT? SO YEAH, I EXPECT IT TO BE CLOSE TO AS AS INCREDIBLE. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EXACTLY LIKE IT WAS DURING THE PLAYOFF GAME. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE THE TAMPA BAY GAME, WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY LOUD. BUT YOU KNOW, THE TAMPA BAY GAME, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A FALL OFF THERE. AND I THINK COMPARED TO THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS MET, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO KIND OF MATCH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO BE INSANE. BUT I JUST THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH AT STAKE FOR THAT FOR THAT FIRST MEETING IN THE PLAYOFFS. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO QUITE GET TO THAT LEVEL. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE. >> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO IT'S HARD TO RECREATE THAT. THAT EXPERIENCE. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT REALISTIC. BUT FORD FIELD IS GOING TO BE A TOP TIER HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE THIS YEAR NO MATTER WHAT. IT'S GOING TO BE ROCKING. I MEAN, EVEN WHEN THE LIONS WEREN'T THAT GOOD, IT WAS STILL PRETTY LOUD IN THERE. NOW IT'S GOING TO BE SOLD OUT STANDING ROOM ONLY LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A PLACE WHERE OPPOSING TEAMS ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO PLAY. YOU HEAR THAT? >> LIONS FANS KEN AND BEN DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN GET AS LOUD AS YOU WERE. SO. SO LET'S SHOW THEM. >> SO IF IT WAS AN 11 LAST YEAR IN THAT PLAYOFF GAME, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT LIKE 9.9 11 OH. WE'RE STAYING AT 11.6. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW TEN AND A HALF. >> YEAH. >> THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE OPENER. I THINK IT BRINGS SOMETHING OUT. JUST LIKE THAT, THAT EMOTION OF A PLAYOFF GAME. IT'S NOT THAT YOU JUST CAN'T YOU CAN'T FAKE THAT. IT'S TOO MUCH. >> WELL THE LIONS ARE FAVORITES GOING INTO THIS GAME AS THEY OPEN UP THE SEASON. BUT HERE ARE SOME OTHER PROP BETS THAT CAN RESEARCHED FOR US. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM. YOU'VE YOU HAD LIKE THE TEST AHEAD OF TIME. SO WE'LL START WITH YOU. JAHMYR GIBBS OVER UNDER 54.5 RUSHING YARDS OVER HOBBY. >> YEAH, I'M GOING OVER. I THINK HE BREAKS 100. >> I'M GOING UNDER. I'D RATHER TAKE TOTAL YARDS BECAUSE I THINK HE'LL HE'LL HAVE A LOT OF RECEIVING YARDS. >> I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. AND ALSO LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT DAVID MONTGOMERY. DAVID MONTGOMERY WAS AN ABSOLUTE BEAST LAST SEASON FOR THIS TEAM. I THINK IF THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE BALL, HE IS GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY GUY TO DO IT. YEAH, I AGREE, BARRING HIM COMING OUT FOR LIKE SOME AILMENT, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY JAHMYR GIBBS GETS OVER THAT OR GIBBS CAN. >> GIBBS IS YOU KNOW, LIABLE TO BREAK ONE. HE COULD GET IT. HE CAN. HE COULD GET IT IN 1 OR 2 RUNS. >> SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK GIBBS GETS A BIG CHUNK PLAYS. I THINK HE BREAKS A COUPLE. 25, 30 YARDS MULTIPLE TIMES. AND I THINK THAT'S HOW HE GETS TO 100. >> AND THAT'S WHY THEY PLAY THE GAMES JUST FOR THIS TYPE OF STUFF. HERE WE GO. NEXT ONE UP AMON-RA SAINT BROWN OVER UNDER 8G OVER I DON'T I DON'T BET AGAINST THE MONROE SAINT BROWN. >> NO. YEAH. NO. >> IS THAT A CLEAN SWEEP RIGHT. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE NUMBER IS. >> IT'S OVER. >> YOU GOT TO GO OVER. HE'S HE'S JUST ONE OF THOSE GUYS YOU ALWAYS HIT OVER. IT'S LIKE TYREEK WHATEVER WHATEVER TYREEK HILL PROP IS YOU JUST HIT IT. >> ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD ALL SAY UNDER SO THAT HE HEARS IT AND THEN GOES DOUBLES IT RIGHT. THAT'S TRUE. >> YEAH I FEEL LIKE HE SEES THAT NUMBER. AND HE'S LIKE OH I'M GONNA BEAT THAT. >> I THINK HE'S MOTIVATED ENOUGH I DON'T THINK HE NEEDS US TO DO IT. NEXT ONE UP. SPEAKING OF RECEIVERS, PUKA NACUA OVER UNDER 73.5 RECEIVING YARDS. >> WHAT A TESTAMENT TO THE TO THE LIONS DEFENSE. >> THAT'S LIKE WHAT IS THAT. THAT'S THAT'S LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT THEY GAVE. >> 100 YARDS FEWER THAN THE LAST GAME PLAYED. >> SO THIS IS A DISRESPECTFUL NUMBER. AND IT'S CLEARLY OVER OVER FOR SURE WITH TWO ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS. >> PUT THE MORTGAGE ON IT. IT'S AN OVER. >> YEAH. BUT BUT DOES THAT SPEAK TO THE CONFIDENCE THE EXTERNAL FACTORS HAVE IN TERRION ARNOLD IN CARLTON DAVIS AND WHAT THE LIONS WERE ABLE TO DO IN THE OFF SEASON? >> WELL, YES. BUT IT ALSO SPEAKS TO JUST YOU KNOW, THE RAMS. ARE THEY HAVE THEIR FULL ROSTER BACK. IT'S A REGULAR SEASON GAME. THINGS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPREAD OUT IN THE PLAYOFFS. YOU'RE YOU'RE UTILIZING YOUR BEST PLAYERS DOUBLE THAN YOU ARE IN A REGULAR SEASON GAME. >> YEAH. ALSO COOPER KUPP COMING BACK TO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER FACTOR IN THAT ONE. SAM LAPORTA OVER UNDER FIVE AND A HALF CATCHES OVER. >> HE'S SUCH A IMPORTANT PART OF THAT OFFENSE. AND HE WAS HURT WHEN THEY PLAYED IN THE PLAYOFFS AND HE STILL HAD LIKE SIX CATCHES. HE HAD THAT BIG BRACE. >> IT WAS AMAZING. >> YEAH. SO HE'S SUCH A IMPORTANT PART OF THIS OFFENSE. AND, I DON'T SEE THEM NOT GOING TO HIM. I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET HIS TARGETS AND HE'LL HE'LL COME DOWN WITH THEM. >> I DON'T KNOW, BEN. I DON'T THINK SO, BUDDY. THERE'S LOT OF TARGETS TO GO AROUND. I'M GOING TO TAKE THE UNDER. I MEAN, HE MIGHT END UP WITH LIKE 3 OR 4, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS WHO NEED THE BALL, ESPECIALLY YOUR BOY JAMISON WILLIAMS. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT I THINK I'LL ONLY NEED LIKE THREE CATCHES. >> AND THEN HE'LL HAVE HE'LL HAVE 300 YARDS. >> THAT'S HIS NORMAL. THAT'S HIS NORMAL PLAY CATCH WILL BE AT 99. >> I'M GOING OVER. I THINK A LOT OF THOSE JOSH REYNOLDS BALLS ON THIRD DOWN, THIRD AND SHORT ARE GOING TO GO TO LAPORTA NOW. SO I THINK I THINK HE GOES OVER AND I KNOW HE DIDN'T PRACTICE A LOT IN TRAINING CAMP, BUT A QUARTERBACK'S BEST FRIEND OFTENTIMES IS THE TIGHT END, ESPECIALLY IN WEEK ONE WHEN YOU'RE GETTING TO PLAY AGAINST A RAMS DEFENSE. >> THAT DOES LOOK VERY DIFFERENT ON THE BACK END. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR YOUR SAFETY VALVE AND IT'S GOING TO BE HIM. OR MAYBE JAMMER OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. SPEAKING OF QUARTERBACKS MATTHEW STAFFORD OVER ONE AND A HALF TOUCHDOWNS JARED GOFF OVER ONE AND A HALF TOUCHDOWNS. DO THEY BOTH HIT THE OVER I IF YOU MAKE IF YOU'RE MAKING ME PICK ONE I'M PICKING MATTHEW STAFFORD I THINK THE LIONS SHOWED WHAT THEIR IDENTITY WAS LAST YEAR. >> THEY'RE THEY'RE A RUNNING TEAM FIRST. AND SO I THINK A LOT OF TIMES JARED GOFF LOSES TOUCHDOWNS TO THAT MATT STAFFORD CAME IN AND WAS JUST A GUNSLINGER LAST YEAR I MEAN SO IF YOU IF YOU FORCE ME TO PICK ONE I'D PICK STAFFORD. >> I'M GOING OVER ON BOTH. THEY'RE BOTH PLAYING THEIR FORMER TEAMS. I THINK THEY'RE BOTH LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE AND THROW A COUPLE TOUCHDOWNS. >> YEAH I THINK THEY'RE BOTH LIKELY OVERS. BUT IF YOU HAD TO PICK ONE YOU GOT TO PICK THE THROWING QUARTERBACK. YEAH. >> THE ONE WHO DOES THE THROWING I THINK THEY BOTH GO OVER FINAL ONE OVER UNDER TOTAL POINTS OF 51.5 OVER. >> LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BET THE UNDER. >> THEY HIT THE UNDER LAST TIME. YEAH. SO THEY'RE OFF GAME. >> YEAH I'M GOING TO GO OVER BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE STAKES AREN'T AS HIGH ON A AS A PLAYOFF ATMOSPHERE, BUT IT IS STILL THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY MIGHT NOT BE AS CRISP, AND I THINK THEY JUST HIT THAT OVER. >> NOTHING WORSE THAN PICKING AN UNDER IN ANY SPORT. GIVE ME THE OVER. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 100 ROOT FOR PUNTS. >> WHAT ARE WE IOWA. >> YEAH. WHAT DO WE LOOK LIKE? >> IOWA. I'M GONNA GO WITH THE OVER, TOO, BECAUSE I THINK LAST YEAR THAT ENTIRE GAME JUST FELT LIKE THEY WERE EACH FEELING EACH OTHER OUT THE ENTIRE TIME, ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END. WHENEVER AMON-RA GOT THAT FIRST DOWN CATCH TO PUT IT ON ICE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED THAT VERSION OF THIS GAME TO BE A HIGH SCORING OUTING. I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO IT THIS. >> I ALSO THINK THERE IS SO MUCH AT STAKE IN THAT GAME WAS SO CLOSE THROUGHOUT THAT IT WAS LIKE, DON'T BE THE ONE TO MAKE THE CATASTROPHIC MISTAKE. SO IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE STAYING WITHIN THEMSELVES, HAPPY TO PLAY FIELD POSITION THIS TIME. IT'S LIKE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE LET IT FLY. >> JUST LIKE IT'S DIFFERENT FOR THE FANS AT FORD FIELD, RIGHT. THE ENERGY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME FOR THE PLAYERS. SO THAT THAT DEFENSIVE SORT OF YOU KNOW LIKE JUST REALLY HARDCORE PLAYOFF ENERGY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME FOR THEM EITHER. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ALL HUMAN. >> YES WE ARE. YES. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING CONTRARY TO THAT FINAL ONE. ANOTHER NUMBERS QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. THIS ONE IS KIND OF OFF THE BOARD RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT EACH ONE OF YOU SAY. WHAT IS YOUR PERCENTAGE CHANCE OF THE LIONS MAKING THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR? NOT WINNING IT, MAKING IT BEING THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NFC. >> LET'S START WITH BEN 100%. >> BOOM 100% 100%. >> NO EXPLANATION. >> OUR AVERAGES, I'M GOING TO GO 15%. I THINK THE LIONS ARE ONE OF 4 OR 5 TEAMS IN THE NFC THAT ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE SUPER BOWL. I THINK THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO HAVE THE ONE SEED, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SCHEDULE PLAYS OUT AND THE ONE SEED IS A HUMONGOUS VANTAGE, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO A SUPER BOWL, SO I THINK THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS IF THE LIONS ARE GOING TO MAKE THE SUPER BOWL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL THIS SEASON. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE REALISTIC WITH THE NUMBER OF TEAMS AND THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH 15%. IS IT MORE THAN 15? >> I'LL TAKE THE OVER. I'LL DO 25. YEAH. SAME THING. TOO MANY VARIABLES. YEAH. YOU JUST IT'S THE NFL. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE A SUPER BOWL. >> I SAY THE UNIVERSE OWES US LIONS FANS. ALL RIGHT. IT'S TIM. >> BEN DOESN'T CARE 0%, NO MATTER WHAT. NEITHER ONE OF YOU IS SKEWING HIM. >> YEAH. >> BEN DOESN'T CARE IF GOFF GET HURT. HE DOESN'T CARE OF JOE. DOESN'T CATCH HIM LEADING US TO THE SUPER BOWL. >> YES. WE'RE GOING WE'RE JUST WE'RE DUE. >> LET JAMISON PLAY QUARTERBACK TO THE LIONS ARE ZERO AND NINE IN LIKE LATE OCTOBER. >> AND BEN'S LIKE YOU KNOW I STILL FEEL REALLY GOOD. >> YEAH I'LL GO PLACE A BET THEY CAN RUN THE TABLE I PROMISE YOU. >> STILL MUCH MORE TO COME HERE ON DETROIT SPORTS. PLUS WHEN WE COME BACK WE'RE TALKING SOME COLLEGE FOOTBALL A HUGE GAME AGAINST TEXAS COMING UP FOR THE WOLVERINES. YOU LOOK NERVOUS ALREADY, MY FRIEND. I'M SORRY. WE'LL DISCUSS IT CING UP AFTER THE BREAK. WEEK ONE FOR THE NFL SEASON. BUT WEEK TWO FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND WE HAVE TWO TOP TEN TEAMS MEETING IN ANN ARBOR ON SATURDAY AT NOON AS TEXAS, THE NUMBER FOUR TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, COMES UP TO MICHIGAN TO FACE THE WOLVERINES. DEREK, YOU'RE THE RESIDENT WOLVERINE IN HERE. CAN YOU THINK OF A BIGGER GAME A NON OHIO STATE GAME IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS BIG AS WHAT MICHIGAN IS ABOUT TO HAVE AT HOME? >> NO, YOU KNOW, THE PENN STATE GAME LAST YEAR FELT LIKE IT, BUT DIDN'T TURN OUT BEING AS BIG. IF YOU'RE JUST TALKING NONCONFERENCE, THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST NONCONFERENCE GAME MICHIGAN'S HAD SINCE LIKE THE NOTRE DAME DAYS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO PUT THIS GAME IN PERSPECTIVE, IF MICHIGAN WINS, I THINK THEY PRETTY MUCH SET THEIR COURSE FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT. I MEAN, YOU YOU BEAT A TEAM LIKE TEXAS AND YOU FIND A WAY TO GET TO 9 OR 10 WINS AND YOU'RE PROBABLY IN WITH A 12 TEAM PLAYOFF. YOU LOSE AND YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO UPSET OR AND MAYBE BEAT USC AND OREGON, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT'S A HUGE GAME. DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT YEAH, IT'S ABOUT AS BIG AS A SEPTEMBER GAME AS I CAN REMEMBER. >> FOR ME WATCHING THAT GAME, SATURDAY I WAS I WAS SCARED FOR THIS OFFENSE GOING, YOU KNOW, GOING UP AGAINST TEXAS, YOU KNOW, DAVIS WARREN LOOKED PRETTY GOOD, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S AT THAT POINT WHERE I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT HE'S GOING TO LEAD THEM AGAINST TEXAS. THE DEFENSE IS STILL ELITE. GOD, I LOVE THAT. WILL JOHNSON INTERCEPTION I WATCHED THAT THE REPLAY OF THAT LIKE 100 TIMES ON TWITTER. IT WAS AWESOME. OR EX, BUT, THE OFFENSE IS WHAT WORRIES ME. CAN THEY GET ENOUGH OFFENSE TO WIN? >> THATEXAS OFFENSE IS JUST SO GOOD. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MICHIGAN DEFENSE GETS OFF THE FIELD. LIKE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE ON THE FIELD THE ENTIRE TIME. THE OFFENSE IS JUST NOT THERE TO SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD. >> BEN IS A I THINK SO TOO. BEN IS A REALLY, REALLY NICE GUY TO SAY THAT. HE THOUGHT DAVIS WARREN LOOKED GOOD. I I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS REMINDED ME YOUR COUSIN OR SOMETHING. THIS REMINDED ME OF, LIKE, THE WILTON SPEIGHT ERA MICHIGAN TEAMS THAT WERE ELITE ON DEFENSE. BUT THE OFFENSE JUST PUT THEM IN BAD POSITIONS SO OFTEN THAT EVENTUALLY TY WOULD WEAR DOWN. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY ONE GAME. I'M NOT GOING TO OVERREACT TO ONE GAME. THESE ARE THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEY BROUGHT A LOT BACK. BUT TO REITERATE MY POINT FROM THE OFF SEASON, THE FACT THAT MICHIGAN DIDN'T ADDRESS THE QUARTERBACK POSITION AT ALL, THEY JUST KIND OF TRUSTED WHAT THEY HAD. AND NOW THEY'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION AND THEY'RE GOING WITH TWO INSTEAD OF ONE. I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, I'M DEFINITELY NERVOUS ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT. >> I'M NERVOUS TOO FOR THAT DEFENSE. TO YOUR POINT, BECAUSE FRESNO STATE WAS NOT SCARED OF WILL JOHNSON IN THAT LAST GAME. THEY THREW AT HIM A LOT IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS AND THAT PICK SIX, THAT KIND OF MADE UP FOR WHAT WAS OVERALL AN OKAY GAME FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE A COUPLE, PROBABLY A FOOT AWAY. FRESNO STATE WAS FROM COMPLETING A TOUCHDOWN PASS WHEN THAT WIDE RECEIVER CONTORTED HIS BODY OVER WILL JOHNSON. >> YEAH, I THINK WILL JOHNSON I THINK HE WOULD TELL YOU THAT HE STUNK BECAUSE FOR HIS STANDARDS THAT WAS THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE USED TO. I MEAN WILL JOHNSON IS PROBABLY THE BEST CORNERBACK IN THE COUNTRY. HE'S GOING TO BE A TOP TEN DRAFT PICK. AND THERE WERE SO MANY GAMES LAST YEAR WHERE WE DIDN'T EVEN HEAR HIS NAME CALLED BECAUSE IT WAS JUST LOCKED DOWN. THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK TOWARDS HIM. SO I THINK WILL JOHNSON IS GOING TO BE PERFECTLY FINE. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HIM OVERALL. ABSOLUTELY. OH, ABSOLUTELY. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HIM IN THE SLIGHTEST. I THINK HE'S AN ELITE PLAYER. BUT YEAH, MAYBE YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT GIVES HIM MOTIVATION TO COME OUT AND DO SOMETHING. >> AND ALSO WHENEVER YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST A WIDE RECEIVER LIKE ISAIAH BOND, WHO WAS AT ALABAMA LAST YEAR, PLAYED AGAINST THEM IN THE ROSE BOWL, HAD A GREAT CATCH ON THE MICHIGAN DEFENSE IN THAT GAME. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MATCHUP TO WATCH WHENEVER WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY, BUT ALSO MICHIGAN STATE. THEY TAKE ON MARYLAND ALREADY A BIG TEN GAME FOR THEM. THEY'RE AN EIGHT AND A HALF POINT UNDERDOG ON THE ROAD. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE SPARTANS AFTER, DARE I SAY A LACKLUSTER DEBUT FOR JONATHAN SMITH? AIDAN. AIDAN CHILES FOR THAT MATTER. >> I MEAN A BETTER GAME FROM AIDAN CHILES, HOPEFULLY. I MEAN, YOU GO INTO THAT, YOU GO INTO THE SEASON, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY LANDED A QUARTERBACK IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL. AND JONATHAN SMITH HAS BEEN BRINGING IN A LOT OF TALENT THROUGH THE TRANSFER PORTAL. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO, TO GET THAT PROGRAM BACK UP TO SPEED. I MEAN LAST YEAR WAS BASICALLY LIKE A LOST YEAR FOR THEM AND CULTURE AND EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT LIKE 60 NEW PLAYERS COME IN. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EXPECTING THEM TO COMPETE FOR A, YOU KNOW, A BIG TEN TITLE THIS YEAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE OFFENSE BE A LITTLE MORE EXPLOSIVE, YOU KNOW, MAKE MAKE MORE PLAYS. DO THEY COVER THAT SPREAD? MAYBE, BUT I, I'D BE SURPRISED IF THEY IF THEY PULL THAT ONE OUT. >> AND, YOU KNOW, THE WORD THAT JUST STANDS OUT THAT YOU JUST SAID IS LACKLUSTER WHEN YOU WATCH MICHIGAN STATE. MY GOSH, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST THEY DON'T PLAY GOOD FOOTBALL. IT'S HARD TO WATCH SOMETIMES WATCHING ON FRIDAY NIGHT. I THERE'S ALSO THE FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR WAS GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT. >> BUT YOU KNOW THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE ON BRAND FOR THEIR THEIR THEIR TEAM AND THEIR PROGRAM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. >> AND I GET THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT, BUT I DON'T EXPECT A WHOLE LOT FROM THEM. >> THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME AND THE MICHAN GAME HAD A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN THAT THEY WERE KIND OF DISAPPOINTING EFFORTS FROM THE OFFENSE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE A LOT OF OFFENSIVE QUESTIONS. AIDAN CHILES WAS KIND OF THE REASON I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF OPTIMISM FOR MICHIGAN STATE THIS YEAR. I'M NOT DISMISSING HIM AFTER ONE GAME, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY UGLY GAME. LIKE, I WOULD RATHER REWATCH THE LIONS GIANTS PRESEASON GAME THAN THAT MICHIGAN STATE GAME, BUT MICHIGAN STATE DOES HAVE A PATH AS KIND OF LIKE A MUCK IT UP DEFENSIVE TEAM WHO FINDS A WAY TO SCORE SOME POINTS ON OFFENSE. THEY I MEAN, THEY COULD BEAT MARYLAND, BUT AM I EXPECTING IT? NO I'M NOT. >> WELL, WE SHALL SEE. WHENEVER THEY KICK OFF AT 330 ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BUTHAT'LL DO IT FOR US HERE ON DETROIT SPORTS PLUS THIS WEEK FOR DEREK, FOR BEN, FOR KEN I'M HOBY. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT TIME. ENJOY THE FOOTBALL WEEKEND. >> EVERYBODY GO LIONS