Travis Hunter vs. Ashton Jeanty (Hour 2)

Alrighty, away we go. Hour number two of our radio program.

That's what happened. It is the Zach Gelb show on the Infinity Sports Network. We were just joined by a member of the Indianapolis Colts and Jonathan Taylor. So now let's welcome in Colts sycophant Hot Take Hickey, who is here with us. The host of Hicket Night on the Infinity Sports Network, Sundays 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Eastern Time. He's also the executive producer for the JR Sports Brief Extravaganza.

And as he told us last week, he doesn't like Hawk Toa, which is something that's crazy. That's right. And guess what? Mets keep on winning without her.

Who's right? Well, she's still a part of the Mets team and the Mets continue to spit on that thing up against the rest of Major League Baseball. Okay, let's do about 45 seconds to a minute on the Mets.

Here's my take. I think for the first time this postseason, all the pressure is on the Mets tonight. If the Mets win tonight, I feel like they will win one more at home. And if they take two out of three up against the Dodgers, the way that this team performs this year, I would have all the confidence in the world for this team to get one more in L.A. with two chances to do so potentially then go off to the World Series.

I truly do believe the Mets take two out of three from the Dodgers at Citi Field starting tonight, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the Mets are going to the World Series. They have a great chance, I think, to sweep the Dodgers at home and end this in five. Even if they lose two out of three at home, I still have a lot of faith they can go on the road and win two in L.A. That's what this team is. Every time you knock them down, every time you think the quote unquote magic has run out, what do they do?

Get off the table, punch right back and bounce back. So I think they'll win this in six. I think they'll win two out of three at home. But if, again, worst case scenario happens here where they lose two out of three at home, I still have a lot of faith. They go to L.A., they win two and they go to the world. They're winning the World Series this year. I've said it before to you on the show, off the air, on the air, they're winning the World Series, no doubt about it.

I would love to have your confidence that they lose two out of three to then say that they're going to go into L.A. and get both. I would not have that confidence. But I give I get paid to give my opinion. You get paid to give your opinion. So we'll agree to disagree on that.

We could agree on this, though. Turn out the lights. The party's over. The Yankees are going to the World Series. Oh, yeah. Yes.

Yes, they are. The Yankees were going to the World Series after the Astros got eliminated by the Tigers. You can also, I think, guarantee whoever wins the NL is winning the World Series, but they're going to they're going to the World Series. See, I'm not ready to go there if you put a gun to my head right now. Hold on, hold on.

Can I finish my sentence here before you jump down my throat and basically look at me like I'm a criminal? I just is breathing. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to breathe. I'll breathe. I'll breathe quietly. I'll be like Jerry Jones that you're not paid to do that.

And you know what? I'll find somebody else if I don't like it. I'll take your checks.

I'll get you dinner at the end of the year or something like that for the holiday season. But anyway, what I was saying was if you put a gun to my head, if you go Yankees or Dodgers or Mets, I would take the Dodgers or the Mets. I do think the team that wins the NL is going to win the World Series. I just don't think it's a lock like you are making it out to be. They look I'll say it's nice.

Can we just win tonight, please? They don't do really anything. Well, the Yankees at this point, their bullpen is great. They have a great things. Well, they're good, not great. They're they're getting gifts from the Guardians night after night. They're the way the Dodgers are playing, the way the Mets are playing. If they have as long as I have an implosion, I don't see coming.

They should win in five. Now I live and die by my listeners. OK. And I saw something in your YouTube chat. OK. On Sunday. And you claim that you weren't having a bad hair day because you were just wearing a hat and you were supporting the Mets. That's right. Now, once again, on my YouTube chat today, people think you were having a bad hair day.

So can you slow? Can we at least get like a take it off chant or something like we got to build this up? We have to take it off. Come on to take it off. Can we see what's under the the hat today?

What's under the hood under the hood? Still good hair, huh? I mean, it's a little flat, but I would look after.

But you know what? I think that's how your hair should look like when you gel it up and you don't wear the hat. It's like too high. This is at an appropriate height level. I think this is too flat like in the camera. I mean, this looks no, it's appropriate level. We need some height here.

I got to get over six foot. And that's part of why your head doesn't look as shiny when you have the hair like up as if you're Jimmy Neutron, for crying out loud. Your forehead comes off as a little shiny.

I think this is a better looking version of hot take Kiki compared to what you do and how you try to perform when you're on camera. So I'm ugly 99 percent of times. I don't wear hats a lot.

I didn't say that. I just got to just got to hope that the Mets keep on winning and maybe I'll never take this hat off. That's I guess, you know, fine. You want the hat off, the hat's off. The hat is off, folks.

All right. Can we get to a little college football here? Let's let's. My takeaway with Penn State is this. I was very impressed with their second half effort.

It was the Spider-Man meme, James Franklin and Lincoln Riley, where James Franklin did not have his team ready to go. And then Lincoln Riley, who I've told you is overrated now for years, he just gagged that game away at the end. But there's not a lot of great teams in college football. That was a heck of a win for Penn State. I think they are a very good team like they've been in previous years, but not a great team.

How far are you willing to go with Penn State? I'm still at the point of I think they're a playoff team. I don't think they're winning the Big Ten. Can they have a home playoff game?

Absolutely. They should have a home playoff game, but I'm still willing to go as far as only saying I think they're just in the playoffs this year. I think they could definitely win a playoff game. I mean, they could win a playoff game. I would say right now, I'm not saying they will win the national title. I think they're in the conversation. That's all.

In part. And before the year, you would not put them in that conversation. I said make the playoff and I'll be happy. But like you said before, there's no great college football team. I would say Texas this year has been the most consistent and dominant team in all of college football.

Everybody else has some sort of war, some sort of stumble concern. And so when the like this is the gap between like the elite teams and everybody else, I would say this year has shrunk more than ever. When you have a lot of good teams, when no one's really separate themselves and no one has truly played their best football yet, I think it's wide open. So I'm not picking Penn State to win, but I think there are like legitimately 10 teams that can win a national title this year.

I think they're one of them. I liked you better when you were walking out of the Rose Bowl drunk as a skunk and you couldn't be more wrong. But when you would just say that they're going to win the national championship, I like that better than this like hickey.

I've been beaten down so many times before, so now I don't want my heart to break. We know once Penn State gets into the playoff because even James Franklin will find the way to get into the postseason this year. We all know we're going to get the all right Penn State's playing. Give me a team that you'll play in the playoff, just a random team. Let's go Alabama.

Penn State's playing Alabama! Let's go Nets! Let's go Nets! Let's go Nets! Let's go Nets!

Why can't it be both ways? Like I could be objective and then as soon as kickoff happens, I'm emotionally invested. I'd be devastated if they lose. This could be the first year you're actually objective with Penn State, I will say. But I'll tell you, I promise this. 12 o'clock noon, November 2nd, when they play Ohio State, I will be committed to myself. Whatever I say prediction wise, emotionally I'll be devastated. You know what? I actually hope Penn State wins that game.

Me too. And I think that would surprise, like I can't stand James Franklin, but I think I despise Ryan Day more than James Franklin. Like I have already said everything I've needed to say about James Franklin. Ryan Day is the definition of a really good coach, not a great coach. He thinks higher of himself than he actually is, and he just gives me like fake tough guy vibes. And I thoroughly enjoyed his team not being aware at the end of that game up against Oregon. That was not a great look.

As a coach, you got to, you know, get your guys organized. You kind of look like Ryan Day a little bit. This is all natural.

Hold on, hold on. It's not the beer dye. You are better looking than Ryan Day. But what I mean by Ryan Day, I think, tries, when he goes to sleep at night, I think he looks up at the ceiling, and he says, I have to look like that Ryan Hickey on the radio because he tries to take that hairdo from you and the beard as well. You guys have a similar beard, just yours is natural.

And he like bathes in just for men. Yeah. And so a little patchier as well.

Not that I didn't realize that his is very patchy. Oh, God. Yeah. But anyway, yes, that's sure. If Ryan Day was to look like me, go for it, Ryan. You want to coach badly against Penn State.

Also appreciate that as well. OK, now let me ask you this. Georgia, Texas, before I give you the spread, because I had a thought and now I don't know how to feel about this once I just looked at the spread. Who do you think wins this game? Georgia, Texas, Texas, Texas wins. Texas wins. Period.

By how much? I say thirty one twenty three. So that is eight cuts.

Let's see. Thirty one twenty three. Thirty one twenty five. Twenty six. Twenty seven. Twenty eight. Thirty thirty one. That is eight points. I had to count on my fingers. So I think George is going to win the game.

Interesting. I have Texas right now is the number one team in the country. But to your point, even though Texas had a great win, a statement win up against Michigan, even though Michigan is not that good this year, but walking into the big house and blowing out an opponent the way they did and also Red River, I know Oklahoma, it was overrated heading into the year.

They're still somehow overrated now, but it kind of speaks to the quality of the sport. That was still a great win for Texas just blowing out Oklahoma. I think what you're saying this year in college football, you know how we used to look at the Pac-12, how whenever you'd fall in love with the team, they lose.

That's what I think. This is the year with college football and Georgia. They showed you what they could be in the second half up against Alabama. I just think this is a spot Georgia doesn't lose.

And I think you see more second half Carson Beck than first half Carson Beck. I think it's going to be a high octane offense type of game. You know, I think I'm going to bet Georgia plus the points because can Texas win?

Absolutely. But this to me has like a 34-31 type of game. I'll just go with Georgia in this one. But then I look at the spread and it's Texas line five and I think that's Vegas.

And this is how I bet, which may not be the way that like actual gambling people look at it. It's just how I feel. I just tell you how I feel. I look at that spread, Texas lane five. I feel like it's begging you to take the points with Georgia. So now I'm conflicted on that, but I do think Georgia wins 34-31. I just don't know how Georgia, I don't know how they win, to be honest, because Texas is like any chance Georgia winning. I know. I mean, not no chance. I was going to say, that's why I like Georgia like a path.

Like what's the path? Carson Beck has not been very good. And the second half of the Alabama games, honestly looking more like an anomaly. The Auburn game after the Alabama game, that offense is not very good. Mississippi State did not play well.

I can't put much, you knew they were going to beat those teams. They just have to show off and get off the bus. They have real holes. They can't run the football whatsoever. Like they have concerns in their pass defense. Like Georgia has actual like true concerns on the scene for the first time, maybe since 2020.

And like there should be an urgency to fix them. Even again, you're beating Auburn. There's no doubt about it. You're beating Mississippi.

There's no doubt about it. But why aren't you not dominating these teams the way you used to? Why aren't you pulling away?

Why are the question marks we have still popping up in these games? Because they can't fix them. They can't run the football.

Think about that. Georgia can't run the football. And so with Texas's defense, they are a tremendous defense. I think Beck's kind of his hands full and Quinn Ewers I think is going to have some success here with all these pass catchers against Georgia Secondary. Alabama, Tennessee this weekend.

Where do you lean? I think this is the toughest game to predict because Alabama looked like all that and then some of the first half up against Georgia. And since then, outside of Ryan Williams looking like a ballerina and with everything that he was able to do in that 75 yard touchdown catch and the run after that ever since that moment. Oh, for Alabama. Like, okay, you lose to Vanderbilt.

I'm not saying that's acceptable. That's embarrassing. But I thought they would look a lot sharper up against South Carolina. And the South Carolina game makes me go, I don't know what Alabama is. I lean Alabama just because of this. Tennessee's offense, I thought was going to be all that. It looks like their defense is better than their offense.

And Nico Iamaliava was awesome to start. And then, what was it, two weeks ago, he ran out of bounds when you have to throw the ball with the game on the line. You're right. This game I'm calling the immovable force meets an unstoppable object because Tennessee's offense stinks. Bama's defense stinks.

Something has to give. I'm actually going to trust Bama's defense in this game. Because like you said, Tennessee's offense, I can't figure it out. In the SEC play, they have been horrific. Nico has one touchdown in SEC play.

That's it. He's been held to under 200 passing yards in each of the last three games. They've played Arkansas.

They played Florida last week. They should. Why Billy Napier didn't go for two? Different discussion. Anyway.

Yeah, that was stupid. Like you have nothing to lose. Nothing to lose.

Anyway. Most people already think you're fired and you got a tough schedule coming up. That Tennessee offense is a real concern. The defense probably is the best unit in this game of the four Tennessee's defense. I will trust Bama's defense to make enough plays here to squeak out a win.

I think it's lower scoring, 23-17-ish. I'll take Bama on the road. Now, also why I like Alabama. I don't know what the heck they were doing last week, and they got to get Ryan Williams the ball more.

Yes. Ryan Williams to me is the best player on the field. Yes, I agree. Therefore, that's why I'm going Alabama.

And things I can't trust, and there's a lot I can't trust in this game. Just get the ball to Ryan Williams, and Alabama wins this game in my opinion. I agree. All right. I actually like Michigan to beat Illinois this week. Really? Yeah. There is no reason right now that Michigan on the road should be a three and a half point favorite. Right. That's why I like Michigan. Going back to the old theory.

Okay. I just think Michigan will run the snot out of the ball. Illinois had their best performance up against Nebraska. Illinois against Penn State wasn't anything to be all that impressed by, even though it was a closer game. Their defense is good, but offensively, I like Altmyer. I know Michigan has no quarterback. I just think this is a Mullings game.

Now, let me get this what I'm fascinated by. Nebraska, Indiana. Now, a few weeks ago, Nebraska Rutgers, I was like, wow, I'm actually excited about that. I'm excited for Nebraska and Indiana. Indiana's undefeated at six and oh, they have been a great story.

The coaches energetic, as energetic could be. He said all those big things, walking in first six games, look like a home run higher. Nebraska five and one. You finally seen some freshman moments from Dylan Riola, where he's still really damn good, but he's not going to be.

Here's a breaking news alert. He's not Patrick Mahomes each and every week. There's going to be some moments with like any young quarterback. And we've seen that with Nico.

You even saw with Arch when he played when there are some growing pains. This, though, is going to be a whole lot of fun when you watch Nebraska and Indiana. I think like right now, Indiana six and a half point favorite. I would take the points that I think this is coming down to a field goal. I agree. I think Indiana wins by four.

So I'm with you. I think Nebraska covers the almost seven point spread. Indiana is the best story in college football this year. Six and other win total.

This year is five and a half. They've already surpassed that in the first six games of the season. And you win this game, which I think they will. This is by far the toughest test, but I do trust that offense led by Curtis Roark. They've been lighting it up even on Nebraska's defense is good.

I think they'll have success. You look at Indiana schedule here. Now they have to win games that you should, including Michigan at home. If you win games, you will, you are favored, which will be every game, but Ohio state they're in the playoff.

Oh, Indiana is going to the office here. Wait, you think they're going to the playoff this year? I can promise you that 11 and one they're in the playoff. Wait, you, if they go 11 and one, they're going 11 and one and they're making the playoff. Wow. So their remaining schedule, let's see how crazy this is.

Look at it. Nebraska, Washington at home, Michigan state kick, Michigan, Ohio state, Purdue. They'll be favored in all but Ohio state. Now you probably, the only thing I'll say is you can't get blown out by Ohio state and lose 50 to three folks. I'm just telling you one thing here, bet Nebraska, Nebraska. They're going to the flap Indiana.

Let's come on the bandwagon. Kirk signetti smoke them. If he got them, is this, they got, is he one and done at Indiana?

I hope not. I mean, he's a really good coach. He's won everywhere. I would try to hire him if I was Florida. If I was, I mean, a lot of these schools, Florida state, Auburn, like, I don't think they're not going to fire Hugh. I don't either, but just, I've really helped me as an older guys.

I don't know if that's going to push away. I would absolutely have him circled as one of, if not the top choice, he's 63, he does not look 63 and does not have the energy of a 63 year old, but he's bound. He's kind of like Kalen DeBoer in a way where he's bounced around a lot. He was like Elon IUP, Indiana university of Pennsylvania. Why that's the called? I have no idea, but it is like, he's at a lot of small schools and one ever.

He's been James Madison. Did I just say PU with that school? IUP. Oh, I thought you said PU. IUP, Indiana university of Pennsylvania. Don't ask me why.

I have no idea. I thought you were just being disrespectful. No, no, no, but he wins everywhere he goes.

All right. Here's my NFL prediction this week. No undefeated teams, no undefeated teams after this week. I think the Vikings lose the lions. And I believe that the 49ers have more to prove clearly than the Chiefs.

I think the 49ers beat Kansas city, just like how the Eagles beat the Chiefs last year in the regular season, which really means nothing. Bad news for you. I agree on both. No, that's, that's fine. I'm just saying, I agree. I'm with you. Who has a tougher, tougher win? Is it the lions over the Vikings or is it the Niners over the Chiefs?

Ooh. Which one do you feel worse about? I would say the lions and the Vikings. I feel worse about just because the one fear I have with the lions, even though they could absolutely win a super bowl still without in Hutchinson and Hutch is great. I love Hutch, but how much of a mental game is that for the lions? Like how caught up in their feelings are they for what happened last week after losing one of their leaders and what was the game where everything was rolling. Does that maybe carry over into this week? So that's why I think lions, Vikings would be a little bit tougher.

I agree that defense suits. They need some pass rush and they lose a number one guy and you can't get home to Sam Darnold. And the thing is when I look at the, the chiefs, my homes hasn't been great this year, but I think the 49ers are just getting right at the right time. And I don't think there's a ton of motivation in this one for, for Kansas City. Kansas City plays the way that they have. It's weird to say that they're undefeated in that performance up against the Niners.

I think the Niners are going to find a way to win and maybe win going away. Big key. No Taylor Swift. Oh, she's not going? Second or the last leg of the Everest tour is kicking off this week. That's still going on. Still going on. It's been like two years. It's crazy. Give her a lot of credit for touring that long.

That's like when Kiss said they were retiring and they've been on this retirement tour for now 25 years or something like that. So you have a Halloween costume by the way? I do not. Last year was easy. I did Connor Stallings. There's not anything like really big in the sports world now that I can make fun of, but I've been thinking about Halloween. I'm not a Halloween guy. If I was to dress up, I'd probably dress up as Grimace to be honest. Yeah, but it's tough to do a radio. I thought about Grimace. You can't do a radio show dressed up as Grimace. Well, okay. I guess I was thinking radio show dressing up as thinking like going out to a party. Maybe the radio show you do. They didn't want to hear your takes because the Grimace costume would be covered in your mouth. A lot of people I think would appreciate that. Last thing, we had your guy Jonathan Taylor on.

Why do you gotta slam the casket and go nuts? I'm excited. We had Jonathan Taylor. Great get by you and he's a great guy. He said when healthy, he agrees with Shane Stike and Anthony Richardson should be starting over Joe Flacco. Your thoughts? Absolutely.

I don't know if I told you this, but I'll tell you this now in retrospect here. I would have rather last week Anthony Richardson start and lose the game against the Titans than win the game of Joe Flacco. Anthony Richardson has to play. Yeah, you gotta figure out what he is. Get him on the field. If he stinks, he stinks.

It's easier to move on. If he's great, great. We got a franchise quarterback. The only way you find out is if he's on the field. Enough with Joe Flacco.

It was never a quarterback controversy. All it is his health. He looks healthy this week. He's a full practice participant. He should play this week. Knock on wood, he stays healthy rest of the season. I don't care how well Joe Flacco plays. I don't care how many wins he gets the Colts. It is all irrelevant.

Play AR. JT's right. Three comments and I'll read you and then I'm taking a break. Number one from Smiley.

I think this is Bella being Calgary. Is Hickey European? His hands flail like mine do when he speaks. Are you all European? I'm just asking. I'm Irish. I'm Italian. I got a little German sprinkled in slightly. Okay. I mean 23 and me.

I think everyone's somewhat European. Yeah. You're not wrong on that. Daily says Infinity Sports Network is mandated a six-foot radius for everyone when Hickey is talking for safety. I can't reach her so we're good.

I got a short wingspan too so everyone is safe here in the studio. Now I don't know if Terry Wilson is playing off of Jose Iglesias. Okay. But Terry Wilson says bad hair day. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. I don't think you have a bad hair day today.

I'm trying to see on the stream. Your hair is just not on steroids today or if like your hair is like on Viagra when it's like standing up 10 feet in the air for crying out loud. It's hard to tell on the camera. I think it's a better height level than what you usually work with. Pat it down but okay. All right.

I'll try to go for the height but I guess the flatter the hair maybe the better some are saying. Good to know. You can listen to Ryan Hickey Sunday evenings right here on the Infinity Sports Network from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Eastern Time. Can you do me a favor by the way before you do your show this week? You do this thing before you get on the air where like you fire yourself up. You sit there. You're on camera like you're going nuts.

And then when you're given the take this is when I know you're really in your bag. You like put your hands on the chair right here and you stand up and you readjust yourself. Like why do you do that?

Move around. Just I don't know. I think you're psyching yourself out. He does do that.

He does. You're right. Yeah.

I'm with them every now and then. So yeah I can't. I think you do a better radio show if you just walked in.

Joe cool. You sit down. You do the show.

I don't think you need to fire yourself up. Well the music coming back. He's usually it's the one I select to be honest. So I like it. So what's your open again?

He has different ones. I don't want to work. Todd Rungam. That's not a fire up. I want to bang on my drum all day.

No but his his music playlist like coming back is actually a good song. No thank you Alex. Alex knows. We're putting his arm on on low management.

Too many words today. He starts agreeing with Hickey. Please microphone off. All righty. Good stuff.

Zach Gelb show Infinity Sports though. All righty. So I'm going to a baseball game tonight.

You may have heard of it. It's the NLCS at Citi Field for game three. The Mets and Dodgers are tied up at one game a piece.

It will be Luis Severino up against Jose Luis Severino up against Walker Bueller. Excuse me. But let me ask this question. So I'm going to eat at the ballpark tonight.

Yes. Good place to eat. There is. Now when it's the playoffs and you have so many people there. I would usually go get when I go to Citi Field the Pat LaFrida filet mignon cheesesteak which when Stu and I went to the Anki met game together earlier this year. That's where I said to Stu we had to get and you would agree it was pretty damn good. A plus. Very good. But to go wait in line for the filet mignon cheesesteak it's going to take way too long like regular season.

OK. I can miss a half an inning. I'm not missing any part of an NLCS game. And also I think I'm going to consume a few beers at the ballpark tonight. So I don't want it to be like too much of a gluttonous Wednesday evening where I go get a filet mignon cheesesteak and then go drink like four or five beers or whatever because I'm going my brother in law so we'll have a few drinks obviously. So I'll just ask this simple question. Ballpark food tonight let's like traditional ballpark food hot dog hamburger sausage and peppers chicken fingers and fries Stu what's your go to just traditional ballpark food.

It depends on the place but I probably go chicken fingers and fries. OK. As like the basic go to. Alex's arm who I found out this week is a big baseball fan. I only thought judging by social media my conversations with him that he only likes soccer because all like you went to the World Cup right. I did. Yes.

Yeah. So I only looked at you as a soccer person like I will pigeonhole people around here. We're like I look at Hickey as a college football guy. I look at act as a college basketball coach because he resembles one with the way that he dresses. That's a compliment. I know that you like all every sport act.

I understand that there's just certain guys when I have a conversation with them I think about something about them and I just never think that they could like other things. Baseball is even my second favorite sport. It's not your second. No it's my second favorite sports basketball NBA.

Yeah. So soccer is your first. It's soccer basketball.

You know what we got to start doing something with the people that work on this show. You let you love soccer. Stu loves soccer. Santa loves soccer. Like enough with all you soccer nuts trying to shove it down a foil of soccer.

But do you know a pally of soccer. Do you know Pat Boyle's doing. Have you heard what Pat Boyle's doing.

No. I guess there is a company that is running advertisements on WFA and they were looking for someone to endorse it. Pat Boyle is now endorse endorsing like a sperm bank donation and he is getting paid sick. He is getting paid I think like fifteen hundred dollars a month to donate his goods. I've heard about this.

It pays a lot more than you would imagine it would. So funny you bring that up. Oh I'm going to get in trouble for you. I'm going to get in trouble for the story. I'm not going to say who. But someone in my family. And I can't believe they asked me this question because the person asked me this question in my family at my parents birthday dinner this year while we're all sitting at the table. And I couldn't believe that this person asked me this question. But one of their friends is trying to I'm going to get in trouble but who cares is trying to be a mother.

They need someone. So they asked me if I would make a donation. And I was like no that's not happening because that's still responsibility. That's like there's a little gal running around somewhere even if you make me sign something that I have no responsibility. I just felt weird about it. So I was I got annoyed because where it was asked and I was like give me a million dollars then I'll do it. So I didn't know Pat Boyle was going to get an endorsement for this for fifteen hundred dollars.

So how about that. So that's what Pat Boyle is is what he's up to these days. He's going today. I saw him in the hallway. He's like proud of it. I saw he's like yep I'm going to do the deed in like two hours from now. So that's what Pat Boyle is getting paid to do.

I don't know how long the the endorsement's going to last but Pat Boyle getting paid to donate. I you know I want to try to be correct on the radio when saying this. There's like a kid listening to us right now but he's getting to start off about to leave a deposit some ballpark food. See his arm.

Good job. He's reeling us back in reeling us back in. So his arm still you said chicken fingers and fries.

Yes. Ballpark food traditional ballpark food what you going. I'd probably just go with the hot dog and fries instead. Yeah that's probably my classic go-to ketchup and mustard.

Ack you go to a ballpark. If I haven't eaten I will get a burger or something of the like where like at City Field or Yankee Stadium they have either Pat LaFrieda's work so I'll get that. But mostly my go-to is hot dog. I'm leading chicken fingers and fries tonight but if I see a. Better get some soup it's gonna be cold out.

Yeah I'll be fine. I still got some thick skin. What do you got like the hand warmers?

Oh no so this is not how I'm going with the game. I have a long sleeve thermal. I got my jersey and a winter coat, gloves and a ski cap. Okay and what about the toes the hands and the toes very important. I've been to negative two degree games in Buffalo. That's the extremities that hurts. Tonight this is like a 75 degree night in terms of what I'm used to in the past. All right but don't say I didn't warn you you know because that's where.

You are the wise coach around here. That's right you get those like two dollar hand warmers at like any drug store. I don't think tonight's a hand warmer night.

Yeah you know you'd be surprised. Okay. I'll text you during the game if my fingers are cold and I'll say ac you are right. So chicken fingers or fries what I'm I think the favorite right now but I could see myself I could see myself if I see it a Italian sausage stand at the stadium going a little sausage and peppers with some french fries. Now the one thing you you're kind of worried about the timing the game is at eight so if you I don't know what time you plan on getting there but so I am more time than we had when we went. Yes I'm leaving the studio right at six. I have to do a hit in Waco Texas at 6 15. Ends at 6 15. I'll then get on the subway make a 6 37. Train from Penn Station to Metzwill at Point. I will be at the stadium by 7 p.m. Yeah and pretty much I think it's 6 55 exactly or maybe 6 53.

It's slowed down a little. So I will be off the boardwalk down in front of the Apple walking into the stadium at seven o'clock. Seven o'clock. Your tickets give you any of the clubs. So bought the tickets online I'm sitting I'm with the real fans tonight I'm sitting all they're all they're all all all the way up back so I don't I don't know if I have there's a food court up there though. Yeah no that's true yeah because Steve Cohen actually cares about his fans even though the bullpons uh made the stadium but we'll give isn't there a restaurant up there too?

I'm not gonna lie. Okay I haven't been in the 500 section since the 2015 World Series. Okay there you go. Um let's see tonight's seats do they come with anything funky? Let's probably not if you're in the 500s.

No nothing nothing. Let's see tomorrow because I am going tomorrow as well. Tomorrow I got the Piazza Club. There you go. That's in the 300 section. I know where it is. Yeah so all right anyway it is the Zach Gelb show on the Infinity Sports Network. Where are tomorrow's seats? Uh they are behind the plate in the 300 or 400 section. Oh very good.

Yeah I got invited by a buddy of mine who's in the PR world so very excited to go there. But anyway when we come on back Travis Hunter on why he should win the Heisman Trophy and why Ashton Jenti shouldn't. If you're listening to us in Boise it's not my opinion but this is a Travis Hunter opinion that you want to hear when we come on back. Update time first. Here is the act man Rich Ackerman. All right it is the Zach Gelb show on the Infinity Sports Network. Former NFL general manager Thomas Dimitrov is going to join us at the top of the hour. He's now the co-host of the Sumer Sports Show with Lindsey Rhodes. By the way Eric Eger who used to be a part of Sumer Sports we've talked about this before. He now works with the Carolina Panthers. So congratulations to Eric Eger who went from Sumer Sports to then get in his way into an NFL organization and now he has a role with the Carolina Panthers.

So congratulations to him. But usually when we talk to Thomas Dimitrov we also talk to Eric Eger and then I saw that Thomas is now doing the show over at Sumer Sports with Lindsey Rhodes since Eric Eger is now off to the NFL. Let's hear from Travis Hunter. This is Travis Hunter on the out-of-pocket podcast with our buddy RG3. This is Travis Hunter on his Heisman hopes. Listen up to what he had to say and there's a part about here that if you're listening to us right now in Boise on KTIK the ticket you're gonna be like oh I don't like the way that he just talked about Ashton Gente.

Listen up. I mean y'all see Ashton Gente and but it's not like we haven't seen a running back that's good. We haven't seen a player that plays both ways and I'm gonna keep saying that. It's like he have 90 what I think 95 carries. Yeah.

For a thousand yards. Yeah. If I had 95 catches how much yards you think I have? Okay. So I'm trying to tell him like I've had 95 targets on defense what you think I'll have?

Right. I've had 95 catches on offense what you think I'll have? So I try to take like I have he got double the touches I got on the offensive side of the ball and I still have defensive stats that's still crazy and we only in week six.

So let me just say this. I think there's a way to make a case for you to win the Heisman Trophy without having to take shots and trying to devalue Ashton Gente. And I get it.

You are making a case for you to win the award. So it's easy then when you look at who's the next guy. Oh it's Ashton Gente. And in a lot of sports books that's not how the award is determined. Ashton Gente is the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.

So I look at I look at what Travis Hunter said in two ways. One he knows right now when you have to feel like to go out of your way to take a little shot at Ashton Gente and try to devalue what he's doing that he knows in the back of his mind or at least thinks in the back of his mind that Ashton Gente is the biggest threat to him winning the Heisman Trophy which should be a compliment. But when you basically say we've seen a lot of guys do things that Ashton Gente has done and have good seasons like Ashton Gente has done. Ashton Gente is not just having a good season. Ashton Gente is having like a Barry Sanders type of season. 126 carries, 1,248 yards and 18 total touchdowns. Ashton Gente right now is on pace to have like 36 touchdowns and 2,496 yards. So to just be like oh we've seen other guys have good seasons that's not fair to Ashton Gente.

Now I think Travis Hunter's best point and we've seen guys play both ways but not at the amount of reps that Travis Hunter has been able to put out on the field and on film. And I don't want this debate to get nasty because there's a case for both guys to win the award. Like I'm a Heisman Trophy voter. I think I will vacillate about four or five different times if this continues between Ashton Gente and Travis Hunter.

Right now let me be abundantly clear. Splitting hairs you get three Heisman Trophy votes. My ballot is not due for a long time. It's not even open yet and I wait until after conference championship week. Now I got to be careful with how I say this because you're not supposed to say who you're voting for but my vote today on Wednesday October 16th is not how necessarily I'm going to vote at the end of the season.

So when we get into November when we get into December I'm not going to give you one, two and three. But if I had to put pen to paper today one, two and three I would go Ashton Gente one Travis Hunter two and then I would put Cam Ward in at three with lurking in that fourth spot. Quinn Ewers unfortunately Quinn missed some games but now he's back.

Quinn Ewers goes balls out up against Georgia this week. Hey it's a different conversation but this is now a week to week conversation and the Heisman Trophy isn't won in October and a few weeks ago I thought it was Travis Hunter's but what Gente has been able to do and the award goes to the most outstanding player in the country and I think right now the conversations really between two people when we look through the first six, seven weeks of the season because of how outstanding Gente has been and how outstanding Travis Hunter has been. But the answer Stu by Travis Hunter, I don't know if he meant it this way but it almost came off as if he felt like he had to go out of his way to devalue what Gente is doing to kind of prop himself up which I don't think necessarily he had to do and to devalue it of oh you know Gente is just having a good season we've we've seen other guys have those types of seasons I don't think is fair or it's right like Travis Hunter could have just said hey what Shoei Otani does in baseball when he's pitching you know he's an elite pitcher and he's obviously elite at the plate. For me I am the Shoei Otani of college football where I'm playing both ways I'm an elite corner and I'm an elite wide receiver period stop nobody else in the country can do what I could do if he would have just said that we're probably not even talking about it today but when you bring up Gente and basically just make it as if he's having just another good season like a bunch of other good seasons that running backs have had it's like I don't really love the it doesn't affect how I vote but I don't love the answer by Travis Hunter personally still. Yeah you're right there is no need to do that and I listened to the entire audio when I pulled it it wasn't like he was asked about Gente he was just asked about his Heisman case yeah and he's the one who brought Ashton Gente up so yeah that's where it's weird like if he was asked about Gente fine he can kind of compare himself and contrast himself to Gente but now the Colorado guys they're not stupid no and they also they have a PhD in marketing because of who their head coach is and that is kind of a page out of the coach prime who I love Dion Sanders playbook where you don't just give an answer to give an answer you give an answer for fireworks and as someone that's in the content business that is a firework answer it is because you're right it wasn't about Gente but he knows right now Gente is the odds-on favorite to win the award and the other guy that really has received significant national praise that's standing in his way of winning the award and who knows a few weeks from now it could just have a quarterback of the best team that that could end up putting the Heisman trophy because we've seen that go that way for so many years yeah and to your point if he would have said the thing you said if he compared himself to Otani I think that would have gotten a lot of play too so I just don't think it's necessarily they're two great amazing players they're probably going to finish one or two they're both going to be finalists it again he just has to take shots at him now the only thing is the health is a big thing and we saw Travis Hunter get dinged up last week last year we saw him get dinged up as well when he's on the field it is ridiculous it's out of this world he's one of my favorite players in college football right period stop but how much of the injuries maybe play a factor in you because if you're not on the field you get taken out or not taken out of the Heisman trophy conversation because you'd still be a finalist but it's tough to win the award when you miss a few games if he does in fact miss a few games so I figure we would play that audio for you all righty this is Zach Yelp show on the infinity sports network really quick two hours as we put it in the books right there coming up in the next hour we still got 60 minutes to play former NFL general manager Thomas Dimitrov will join us and we will take a look back at Jerry Jones acting like a uh a baby you know I was gonna maybe say something that wasn't that nice so I'll be nice and I'll be correct today and I'll be polite today Jerry Jones is acting like a baby he was acting like a big petulant brat that Jerry Jones was Sean and RJ so we'll dissect that coming up in 25 minutes from now and we still got to get you a news brief we'll update you on some of the biggest stories in the world of sports with some audio so 60 more minutes of play don't go anywhere we'll be back in five minutes you're listening to the Zach Yelp show on the infinity sports network we could always interact with me on social media twitter instagram x at Zach Yelp that's the ACH GELB and also call me at eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven