Virginia Tech vs. Boston College Full Game | 2021 ACC Football

[Applause] explosive plays but that changes tonight we were under the impression he was still a couple of weeks away from playing but he practiced this week and in warm-ups he had some real zip on his throws the passing j game just got some serious rocket fuel eric jerkovic is a star we talked about in a future nfl player oh there's no question about that this guy is a big time player and going to make a huge impact in this offense tonight virginia tech will have the ball first but we will see jerkovic and boston college shortly as chance black gets decked at the 20-yard line and he will turn it over to braxton burmeister it's our tied players spotlight tonight and it is burtomized through the red shirt junior out of la jolla the biggest thing you want to see here tonight is consistency from braxton getting that passing game going uses his feet being mobile not having your best wide receiver out there and trey turner they're going to rely on him and this running game a lot more tonight heavy importance you would imagine wouldn't you from tadion robinson who was their leading receiver last year trey turner had a huge game against georgia tech in that win as malachi thomas who has been so important to this offense the last couple of weeks gets the first carry back to back 100 yard gains for the young freshman a guy who kind of just figured it out late in the season coaching staff said hey look he's got to be able to do more than just run the football he's got a block he's got to understand assignments he's getting his shot now three games in a row he's he just barely got a player off the field for the second down play by the way and this is burmeister on the run to the outside and braxton burmeister so effective with his feet it's a run of eight on second and seven and this is the mobility that we're talking about when you have your best wide receiver out he's gonna have to do more with his legs he's more than capable does a great job making the read slow playing it and getting to the outside we were talking about it last night we both felt like burmeister might run a little bit more in this game with turner out you can see dwayne lofton gets some more run at wide receiver for virginia tech the freshman wide out another run for the hokies on first down and a short gain look this virginia tech team they opened the season with that win against north carolina they were the heavy coastal favorites but it's never good to be the coastal favorite uh it certainly is not that side of the division that division of the acc uh it changes with the weather and that keeps it exciting you never quite know uh and somehow virginia tech still could possibly be playing in charlotte yeah pitt's loss to miami was important for everybody else in the coastal as they will flip it around to robinson and tavion robinson drops the shoulder for a first down he got tackled by the nickel josh de berry nice showing from the 757 early virginia beach stand up here with robinson just a nice little double reverse as he gets the edge how about the quarterback laying a block you love to see that picking up the easy conversion now shortened third and short that didn't look like a great spot by the way it looked like i thought he got i thought he had it i look up in his third down somehow yeah on the replay even i thought the ball cleared it's a third and one both teams are very strong third down defenses but blackshear does have the first down for the hokies and blackshears going to be a little bit of a different wrinkle as well for this offense a guy that they love to get the ball in space whether it's a quick pitch in the receiving game so just another element of this offense to probably help and alleviate some of that stress in production with trey turner not in you could also just not pass it all night long it's five runs no passes so far for virginia tech and we had navy last friday night so this is familiar for you it's it's it's very familiar [Applause] burmeister will keep and he leans to the 47-yard line braxton burmeister transferred from oregon had that ac joint injury that really made him ineffective and was a very sore arm for him while he was with the ducks and he's trying to figure out the last four games here how to get virginia tech to a bowl game and that's the biggest thing is is being consistent this virginia tech offense struggling to find its identity these last couple of weeks i think they're on to something by running the football as we've seen got a false start there false start offense number 54 five yard penalty second down it is lucida smith the left guard that is our referee tonight dwayne hate [Applause] but got to get that run game going got to keep it that's what okay we're really latching on to these last couple of weeks it's working we've seen points at an all-time high for virginia tech this year and we'll see if they can keep that going with this drive yeah they lost 41.36 to syracuse a couple weeks ago and even on second and 13 they're gonna keep it on the ground so this is decidedly a passing down coming up not surprised that she brought up the syracuse game well uh again that's not a homer is in the situation it just happened to be on the schedule [Applause] you think they're throwing right here third they better third and long it's going to be the first time opening up do not be surprised if they go right to robinson here lively emotional crowd on third and 11. that was robinson in motion burmeister uncorks one left side and he overthrows the freshman dwayne lofton to vary on the coverage and punt time for the hokies and unfortunately this is what we've seen time and time again from virginia tech when they're throwing the ball if that ball's out in front if there's space there he's got a real chance here but under thrown to the inside very lucky that's not a pick unfortunately the hokies are punting here a little bit of a pull there by the db but maybe they said uncatchable punk was rolling inside the 20 and gill decides to come up on it and field it which was a chancy decision he got four yards out of it and boston college and jurkovic back after this welcome to allstate where we have all new lower auto rates [Music] and savings like that will make everyone feel like an mvp [Music] now get new lower auto rates with allstate because better protection costs a whole lot less [Music] you're in good hands with allstate click or call for a lower auto rate today [Music] what is this is that a hairball they're everywhere we have a cat problem gentlemen the heisman house is getting a dog go show those cats who's balls [Applause] well that didn't work out well it's a great time to get dominoes because right now if you order online and carry out with domino's car side delivery between four to nine you'll get 49 off all menu price pizzas see what we did there with the four and the nine kind of funny get 49 off all menu prize pizzas for a limited time only [Music] 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in the sec lsu pining for an upset against bryce young and alabama and tuscaloosa crimson tide has owned that series seven eastern time on espn and the app one aft one tap [Music] bryce young last time out against tennessee they had to run away from the volunteers late in that game close one in tuscaloosa but uh the quarterback that boston college fans care most about right now is phil jerkovic who has park reported his back for the first time since week two for boston college and he hands it off to garwo on a first down carry at 13. just as we expected not to throw the ball with big phil look at that offensive line matching those guys wide receivers getting to the second level tight ends doing a great job and garwo does an unbelievable job here a little cut takes off the speed and balance from garwo so impressive from boston college we'll see that all night tyler brabel out today zion johnson moves over so they've shuffled the offensive line a little bit and they will run it for a second time bunch of running plays so far from both teams and garlow a short gain and jordan williams with the stop virginia tech on the other hand is without mario kendricks or sophomore defensive tackle tonight yeah jordan williams gonna have to step up big and continue to be a playmaker like he has all season long it's been great to see him with this fresh start and another matchup to keep your eye on barno versus zion johnson again as you just mentioned from guard to tackle marno is a freak of nature interesting to see can he take advantage of this matchup what's that shift like for a guard to tackle it is not easy i'll tell you that you're playing in a phone booth now you're out in space against athletes [Applause] drakovic's first pass in a long while for boston college and now he tucks it and he runs and he gets chopped down across the 40-yard line by jamari connor first down jurkovec and so you want to respect his passing game so much that people are going to be back in coverage but don't forget about his legs this guy can hurt you he's very mobile for a big-time guy i'm not going to call him a dual threat but very mobile and can hurt you with his legs tell you what he didn't look like he was over protecting that hand at all when he went down no that's a great thing to see for boston college fans [Applause] garlow again trying to sidestep and he gets pushed down right at the line of scrimmage no gain second down great job by the defense there again keeping everything in front of you see big pollard there just stretching it out not allowing that offensive line to get movement and just being able to be there wrap up make the big play i know you get amped you see all these running plays the first quarter as a former lineman yourself you get a little jacked up man you get a little jacked up you see these big uglies moving in the right direction it's normally a good day you're allowed to call them big uglies that's okay hog mollies whatever you want to go okay that's a new one [Applause] second down for bc and jerkovic off play action jerkovic lets it rip and he does have the first down across the 45 it's jalen gill jerkovic again at 13. and so now we're seeing that balance from this boston college offense that we haven't seen all year great protection and really just fantastic touch let your receiver do all the work really great job there by phil jerkovic orchestrating this drive would you say i was exaggerating if i told you i thought boston college could have been a coastal uh division challenger no an atlantic challenger listen with this guy at quarterback you think they can beat anybody one of the couple running backs we'll see from boston college alex tisdale the outside linebacker the stop i mean you see what wake forest has done this year the acc is a little bit wide open and you wonder what bc would have been with jerkovic all year that was my biggest question you know in these last couple of weeks is what if for bc and what if phil jerkovic was healthy this entire year what would they look like we're getting a little bit of a snapshot on this drive these lost four in a row but they are eight and four under jeff haffley with jurkovic starting and another run and another sidestep that is a nifty piece of agility from garwo in a first down that's the balance that we're talking about the burst of speed this guy does a great job with his vision the offensive line makes the blocks accordingly and he'll make you right you like to see a little bit of a better block there by the wide receiver but you've got to make one guy miss and garwell's able to do that how about this eric 15 plays run combined 13 runs two passes feels like november doesn't it feels like november run the football do it again and more penetration from the hokies they got in there and stopped at amari barno finally with the tackle and the sear people's got in there second down how about big tax here seeing the hole scraping through able to make that first contact and let everybody else peoples come to the party great job by dax really just shedding that block and making the running back cut right into his teammate he's really the fixer for this team isn't he field no question he gets everybody set i'm so excited to see him at mike his true position he's had a really good year this season jerkovic felt the pressure pointing to his receivers he throws it downfield and that's intercepted dorian strong picks it off for the hokies and now the ball comes loose there's a marker down bc is on the football it'll be first down boston college pending the flag strong put it back on the deck and b.c gets on top of the football it was jerkovic down field to come up with the fumble so phil was so affixiated downfield trying to find his guy he lost dorian the freshman he didn't see him was hanging out kind of in cover two in his man and then just dropped and was able to make the big play but how about the effort by the quarterback will be very interesting to see what this penalty here is [Applause] if the play stands it'll be a first down boston college there was a change of possession and because of that bc would have a first down no foul on the play for an illegal block in the back by boston college the ruling on the field is an interception with the fumble recovered by boston college first down so bc ends up getting about 25 yards out of the deal just how they drew it up and you see just a great tackle there young freshman he's got to tuck that thing away jaylen gill's just coming in there knocking it out and you see phil jumping on it great effort by the quarterback somehow bc with the big game yeah that we told you it's a special night for boston college that's a uh that's quite the play to start this night as garwell gets another carry and broke one tackle to crash inside the tent so looking back on this play phil's directing traffic okay scrambles out the mobility is there trying to get his guys and sees his wide open tight end does not see the cornerback just hanging out back there strong a really heads-up play by strong to be able to fade backwards come up with a pick just keep that thing high and tight young man eventful first series for jerkovic back from injury huh just how he wanted it i'm sure oh yeah garwo on second down and some good penetration again from virginia tech and jordan williams the transfer from clemson a great job there by that defensive line when you run a stretch play there's a lot of opportunity for cut back but when your defensive line is patient they can sit in the hole and make that play and that's exactly what you just saw right there by jordan make that initial contact let the rest of the party join up and make the tackle fast-moving first quarter as levy checks in as the tailback next to jerkovic third down and it is jerkovic on the run welcome back [Applause] we talk about quarterback mobility we talk about that added factor that when you have a guy that can use his legs just a great job on the zone read pulls it allows his blocker to get out in front and then go air fill for the big touchdown welcome back number five tay daley thought he had him and phil went over it listen 6'5 220. you got to go low and he's just going to go right over you tell you what new jersey save for wells emotion infused into this stadium on red bandanna game night by the quarterback who has returned for bc jurkovec when you spend all year serving others when you lead by example if you don't just land on the nice list you get rewarded by becoming the top brand in new vehicle quality in the automotive industry celebrate all the good you've done this year at the ram black friday sales event get one full europe no extra cost sirius xm on us and zero percent financing for 72 watts plus no monthly payments for 90 days on the 2021 ram 1500 bighorn tossed buffalo sauce hot honey flipped boneless stepped buffalo dazzled hot honey five dollar boneless wings and crinkle fries 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nothing boston college the lead but some big games coming up this weekend any chance for mizzou in athens you're kidding any chance for purdue at home against michigan state but that one i say yes okay these guys find ways to just absolutely be a nightmare for people trying to make dreams come true and wake forest north carolina by the way is a non-conference game in the acc as burmeister to the 32 ball came out but they did blow it dead meister a little slow to get up there that's never a good sign to see your quarterback looking like he's grabbing his ribs [Music] they've already lost conor blumrick this year [Music] a little zone read gets out in space and then looks like he lands on his arm maybe gosh arm went under the body yeah that's that doesn't feel good i hope he's okay he still looks like he's down on the field jayden woodbay with the tackle for boston college braxton burmeister has just been through it injury-wise the ac joint injury at oregon where it was too painful to lift his arm over his head when he was in eugene then last year he has an offensive lineman one of your people step on his foot and pretty severely injure his foot he ended up on the covet 19 list and you see knox kaden getting loose a young man who's thrown all of five passes this year red shirt freshman out of rome georgia and it's just got to be endlessly frustrating for braxton burmeister what has happened throughout his college career there's no question the guy's a competitor we saw in that notre dame game severely beaten up stayed in and tried to help his team win and it's very unfortunate to see for that young man now virginia tech did rattle off seven straight runs on their opening possession and this is another run for malachi thomas and he is hit at the 35 and dropped at the 36. vinnie de palma the linebacker who moved to the middle today sets up the third and short just really a quick pitch here trying to get your guy in space trying to get leverage would have loved to see the tight end maybe take many right there who ends up making the tackle and then you feel better about getting on the edge and having numbers third and one they'll go straight up the gut and get the first down malachi thomas pushing the pile boston college trying to rip the ball on every play that's how those guys are coached to do that i mean that was a huge emphasis by coach haffley coach lukabu when these guys came in saying we're going to create turnovers we're going to try to and you see that each and every day drilled over and over again but a good job by the offensive line right there when you need a couple inches you got to rely on your big uglies up front tim lukabu's defense has done an outstanding job even when the offense has sputtered this year a tremendous young coordinator at the fbs level another run downstairs to cart well braxton burmeister is in a lot of pain he's holding his right rib area talking to the trainers definitely uncomfortable jay you mentioned and documented the injuries the injury at oregon and last year broke three toes and that lineman stepped on him when he was feeling getting into the groove at virginia tech beating their quarterback and he's a guy who can make plays out of the pocket as well he's fast on the gps one of the fastest on the team here is malachi thomas and you think about it park yeah it was not necessarily burmeister's job last year hendon hooker was still here had transferred to tennessee so there was that battle as well he's just been through the car wash he he absolutely has you talk about him and hooker the job that he's doing right now at tennessee is it's it's very interesting to see and uh you know with braxton continuing to be beat up again you just hope that young man is okay [Applause] it's knox kaden's team right now for virginia tech on a third down and two he's going to run and he is going to need resistance it's vinnie to palma again no gain for death how about vinnie when his numbers called hey bud we need you to slide into the inside be our mic and absolutely delivering you see him trigger so fast down when it's third and short you've got to think what does virginia tech want to do they want to run their quarterback motion the tight end assume it's going to be a quarterback power a quarterback sweep just a great job there by vinnie using his instincts and making a play dude had 194 tackles his junior year of high school you could call it a wow fountain of tackles and wayne rooney was his dad the stat keeper not oh come on we can check on that i mean i've heard of that story once or twice well look under jeff hapley under jeff hapley eric eight and four with jerkovic starting two and five without exactly a yard per play more for this offense they're a different team they're a different offense you see the points you see the total yards you see the yards per play when this guy is on the field things can happen the deep ball is in play the mobility from the quarterback and then that spreading out everything allows the run game to be so much more efficient [Applause] garwo on a first down run by the way to wrap that last point our statistician ed speeda has credited vinnie de palma with five tackles already tonight so not his dad that is not related to vinnie de palma although second down for boston college will happen in the second quarter special night in chestnut hill you see the jerseys for wells prouder red bandanna game has started well for bc and jeff hapley 7-0 one saturday every year however this year is the second time that boston college has remembered wells proud you see the jersey there with the red bandanna he was known as the man with the red bandanna if he's not heard the story on september 11 2001 former bc lacrosse player wells crowder multiple times went back up the stairs to rescue more people and helped get them out on that fateful day in new york city is this run on first down is garwo who wanted to break it even bigger and we check in downstairs paul carcatera lacrosse player in your own right an all-american you know some people who knew wells crowd yeah kevin mclean who's a friend of mine plays with wells at vc in the late 90s and he said it best when we connected this week wells was always strong brave and kind he was a good athlete and a hard worker but more importantly he was genuinely a good person he was always smiling always positive when i think about wells and his legacy it makes me want to be a better person on first down boston college trying to get the ball to save flowers and they do he is an explosive talent for bc and flowers out of bounds right around that line to gain it is a first down this has been my biggest critique these last four games of boston college get zay flowers the football little creativity here getting zay on the double reverse gets on the edge you see the speed you see the explosion expect this man to have more and more touches today especially with his quarterback back bill drakovic returning today for boston college been out since the second game of the year against massachusetts when he hurt himself as garwo gets chopped down hard by connor and kark back to wells crowther isn't it amazing anybody you talked to associated with him when he was playing teammate-wise the selflessness is in everybody's stories it's unbelievable it really is john hess is another person i connected with he grew up with wells in nyack new york and john was a three-time all-american a national champ at princeton he said wells was never the biggest kid but the consummate teammate played whatever role you ever needed him to play and when he said toughness isn't a lot of athletes but toughness in wells was different toughness was everything about him every day he came to practice and he led by example and what really really struck me when i connected with john he said he was raised really well and it's no surprise he took the action that he did that to me was the biggest takeaway the action that he did how many people would do what wells did it just it just makes you feel like this person was the guardian angel that you said in the open jason yeah i mean we even talked to justin puente about it on the other side of this game for virginia tech and he said the same thing we all would love to say we would do that but how many of us would jerkovic that thought flooded out of its 10th and it's ricocheted into the arms of boston college and hauled in by winner what an unbelievable heads-up play right there really a great defensive play to start this offensive line has all the time in the world giving phil here he's directing traffic again another dangerous pass and they go for it on fourth down at jurkovic did get to the line to gain even though waller is waving it off the spot is going to give it a first down for bc and another element of what he does so well anytime it's third and short fourth and short that young man feels confident in his ability but as you see the catch here by the big time tight end just to have the understanding this is coming back at me and the heads up play good job by the defense getting in there and knocking that ball down i've seen a couple of wild plays so far that have gone boston college's way one of those nights where if you're virginia tech you get the feeling that you're not just playing against 11 on the other side with the meaning of today's game for boston college the jerseys they're wearing what they say on the backs as that run goes for nothing for garwo and taiwan garb at the talented defensive end with a stop second down now garwo comes out and the transfer from west virginia alex sinkfield is in garwell levy and syncfield already about 19 minutes into this game sink field to about the 40. what do you think the drakovic ball so far tonight yeah it's actually interesting you bring that up not a lot of zip on the ball so far we've seen him floating it that kind of makes me question a little bit okay can he put it behind it is that wrist slash and acting up at all i thought on that pick that he threw down into the opposite end zone here if he throws a dart if he throws a strike that might be six now we've seen back-to-back times there on questionable passes where he's floating in would be interesting to follow that this entire game 10th play of this drive for bc a couple of lengthy marches down the field and they will run it again and in fact get the first down with syncfield dax holifield made the stop but a little late past the line of game yeah just a really good job meeting that linebacker in the whole tisdale and the shake and bake that we saw to get the first down just a really good vision really good cut first first down boston college those are beautiful jerseys by the way actually look at them in the huddles [Applause] [Music] clock winds down and they will run it again a lot of sink field on this drive inside the 30-yard line for boston college this is like mike cloud in the old days for bc yeah just a little bit of a zone stretch there and that was what i was talking about earlier when you run to the right or left those big nasties up front get moving there's a lot of cut back lanes and holes that open up a good job finding the correct cut picking up the necessary yardage sink field having a good job so far behind something of a makeshift offensive line we told you tyler frabel the left tackle not in tonight another run right up the middle attacking the interior of this virginia tech line at a gain of five again for sink field watch this left side of scrimmage you mentioned zion johnson out at left tackle they're just gonna move it down great job by the tight end there great blocking your running back hits the hole with authority picks up the first down 20th carry for boston college in this game already jerkovic on first down and this is incomplete flower is against strong [Applause] strong doing a good job there staying physical getting his head turned around and you see zay with the quick outside release it looks wide open phil just could have kept it a little bit inbounds strong does a good job getting his hands up there another ball that just floated a little bit though don't yeah well that one that's how you throw it that is how you throw that one but certainly adding to our our number of floated passes here tonight [Applause] another run saint field again third down and about one for boston college the holes that this offensive line is opening up has been tremendous christian mahogany climbing quickly getting on dax hollyfield and being able to create some movement and let these running backs just run at will about an eight-minute drive for boston college owen four in the acc but with their quarterback back on a special night here at alumni stadium [Applause] this time williams got in there and stifled the run from sink field narelle pollard as well and it's fourth down yeah that was a tough read if that was a true zone read would have liked to see the quarterback pull it right there as you're gonna see his eyes he's riding it out you gotta pull that ball phil might have been a design run not sure the call but it looked like he had an option to pull and he should have there dancing shoes for the two defensive tackles by the way quick feet [Applause] 33-yard field goal is on the way and true for linton boston college 10 nothing over virginia tech on a chilly night in massachusetts [Music] just know it always starts with a spark a light in the dark a beat in your heart [Music] if philly garcia didn't have the fighting spirit to drive his ambition he never would have left home for la with only his car to sleep in if he listened to those who rejected him he never would have sold that car to pay for his dream and if he lacked the will to improve his craft he never would have made a name for himself lining up some of the biggest names in pro sports that's the fighting spirit that's what makes a lion modelo root 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tackle for loss he is a young man who in his final year of high school didn't throw an interception as we have a whistle and boston college points at the line of virginia tech false start offense number 89 five yard penalty third down well when you have a new quarterback getting behind the sticks is not a grand idea it's absolutely not especially when you're missing your best wide receiver third down and long here will be interesting to see okay are we aggressively trying to pick this up or do we just do a little draw punt save some field position virginia tech is going to give up the ball after halftime so this might become an emergent situation malachi thomas across the 30 but they will go ahead and do the conservative way as you said eric they're going to go ahead and punt it at boston college this defense led by tim lukabu has been outstanding he and his head coach jeff haffley we're talking to both of them this week they are of one mind they sort of complement each other in the 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a wake forest game next week and clemson trying to avoid just losing against louisville 7 30. easy easy no no wait where'd you go to school eric it's been a tough year for clemson but you never know in the acc what's going to happen week to week is jerkovic misfires and it's second down so now we see a dart from him goes into the dirt now it could have just been you know trying to get the ball out quick a little different handle on it but that was the first time we've seen phil throw it with some authority and it goes straight into the dirt i mentioned it earlier something to keep your eye on throughout this game yeah he practiced this week and you know it was a bone right around the wrist area in his right hand and you wonder how it's feeling pass to pass tonight second down play action jerkovic snaps off at deep ball zade flowers and he put it on the deck oh it was right in his hands and he couldn't haul it in and that's tough to see especially a guy like zay flowers who has not been able to connect with his other quarterback when he's in there great throw right into the basket and it just goes straight through his hands very uncharacteristic from zay flowers maybe trying to look at the out of bounds to try and stay in bounds best ball of the night from drakovic do you think it was very good placement i like the the air underneath it allows his wide receiver to make a play virginia tech would just love to get off the field bc's had the ball more than 15 minutes of his first half jerkovic has time to throw and that is short yeah just a little bit of a of a miss there again so two throws on this drive we see hit the dirt as phil's kind of flicking his wrist throwing the ball saying man i just missed him right there would have loved to have seen that catch from zay flowers but good job defensively forcing a three and out getting the ball back for your offense what do you think of the play calling it i like it being aggressive you know we ran the ball so much in the 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very own energizer bunnies energizer ultimate lithium the number one longest-lasting double-a battery [Applause] you're watching espn college football prime time presented by ram trucks the largest crowd ever to seeing mr brightside in unison is highly emotional tonight the red bandanna game at boston college the defense has been stern so far the hokies have yet to complete a pass and their starting quarterback braxton burmeister is out this is blackshear on the run a late decision to give it to him and it was a smart one just short of midfield mike palmer took him out of bounds and again at 27. really interesting start to this play as the defender doesn't tackle anybody quarterback makes a good read handed off blackshear showing the burst able to get around the edge huge pickup for the hokies you just got to pick somebody right yeah hit any hit somebody that was interesting to see a defender make that decision [Applause] another run and justin fuente told us earlier this week when we chatted with him that blackshear has had better games recently because he's okay with the four-yard run not looking for the big shot play he got it there for 27. understand that hey if we just put this thing together small chunks at a time and then you can break off a big burst having patience as a running back is such a key when you see those big explosive plays kadum has it patted right back at himself that was wood bay again it's third down florida state transfer making a big-time play this guy brings a swag an aggressiveness just a fantastic player that his impact has been felt immensely by this defense we're challenging a rather dubious record fun games have been exceptional so far sideline nothing there for tavion robinson and now fourth down right around midfield you got to punt this don't you yeah you got to punt this but just a little bit outside his receiver wasn't expecting the ball to be there robinson going downfield had his guy beat had some space quarterback could just not put it on the money let me be clear situationally if your offense is playing better this is not a god of punting necessarily but with the way bc's defense has played virginia tech will try to change field position right at the one-yard line and that ball did indeed stay out of the end zone and bc is gonna be backed up jalen strowman got down there to keep it away from the end zone how about the awareness right here special teams being special a really good job to pin b.c inside of the one-yard line as an offensive lineman when a drive starts at the one what do you think depends who's your quarterback number one if you have a mobile guy you're feeling okay you don't have to be perfect [Applause] you're a little nervous why will the ball be placed at the two-yard line first down but jason that gives you a chance to go 99 which is always fun so that's a thing you guys think about oh man absolutely absolutely this one's gonna have to be 98 if it happens 98 and three oh they did move it a whole yard i don't agree with that give them the 99 guys come on you don't have a rule to sight there you just want the 99-yard game first down for bc they will run on that first down and a big crash landing for levy into artists the sophomore linebackers so now for virginia tech how do you use these timeouts is the question you want to take your time you don't want too much to go off right here just thinking okay well we need them with the offense there's plenty of time if they start milking the clock though maybe you think okay we get another tackle for a loss tackle for no gain maybe we use that whistle comes in which now i mean timeout virginia tech yeah just hated what he saw and didn't think his defense was in the right spot because that's that's head scratching yeah that's not a time management timeout that's oh boy correct uh the peloton halftime report matt berry joey galloway sam acho have it for you some must-see games tomorrow including wake forest and north carolina in the noon eastern window and we'll see what makes wake forest and hartman work virtual locks as well our friends sean mcdonough todd blackley molly mcgrath on the call from the great state of north carolina what other game are you loving tomorrow i tell you there's a ton ole miss i have my eye on you see what those guys are able to do anytime clemson and louisville meet up there's potential fireworks there's a big slate georgia handling business again oregon washington is a dandy always they do not like each other jerkovic tried to cut it outside and he did get outside jerkovic tightroping and a marker comes in late you know it looked like waller had the edge seal now hollifield is going right at jerkovic they are face to face on the sideline and finally hollifield and drakovic are separated yeah just really a silly play there by your leader number four there for the defense you don't want to see him doing that number one quarterback clearly out of bounds he hits the head coach on his way out intentionally and then goes right back for more just i get your linebacker you want to be tenacious but not a smart play when you're giving so much yardage already had him in good field position and now you're just giving them a free play personal foul unnecessary roughness late hit out of bounds number four defense 15-yard penalty from the end of the run first down we have our rules expert matt austin with us and as we watch it again matt this is a pretty easy call i believe for the official what do you think well i agree mainly because it's the quarterback if it was a running back he's still going north and south so you give the defender a little benefit out there but when it's the quarterback give him a little extra protection that that's a good call jerkovic i think stepped in number one to defend himself but also his coach let me tell you something previous play is under further review i want to go back yeah i want to go back to matt here because there's further review two pieces maybe targeting also is there anything you would add on for the bump of the coach on the sideline matt well certainly not at this point uh you could have i didn't see the bump but you certainly could have thrown the flag at the time but that's not something replay would come in and say hey we're going to look at that right so it must be live yes oh you could yes [Applause] let's watch it together again matt you're getting a look you see anything that would signal targeting uh no i think they're looking at his feet out of bounds right there is really close his next step was really close uh it's just without a shot right down the line though it's going to be almost impossible to change now this might help if the players are out of the way yeah i haven't seen anything that i would say is definitive so looking at a couple things maybe a targeting but most likely where's the ball it looks like that's where they're maybe trying to solidify and get their real mark on where this thing needs to be snapped from yeah that zoom matt does that change right here ruling on the field first down no i think stans is good i just don't think they had anything to cause an overturn let me ask you though as you saw the bump with the coach what could you have added what would could you have called if you wanted to call something there live well it would be an unsportsmanlike conduct on the on the player thank you matt austin our rules expert long time official in college football so bc gets to the 35 [Applause] and they will run it again levy is cut down at the 41-yard line by amari armani chapman i should say and it's second down [Applause] all right so now you're boston college you have three timeouts this is a totally different scenario now depending on what second and third down show here you're thinking touchdown you're trying to score gonna be interesting to see do they take a shot if they get another conversion here right now they're picking up this first down levy again right around the line of the game the third and about half a yard this year peoples the safety again makes a stop as we move down toward two minutes in this first half we see very quickly to the lineup let's see where the forward progress goes oh this is getting a little bit dicey hollifield got in there again [Applause] there's not a whole lot of happy going on between these two teams and this looks like it's gonna be fourth down at about half a yard now what phil wanted to bounce it right there would have liked to see him just go straight up get the yardage no reason to be cute get the first down and let's keep going assume you're going to see another quarterback sneak right here would you actually snap this ball and go for it absolutely absolutely really even though virginia tech hasn't gained much yardage give him a short field just shy of halftime when you have a 6'5 230 pound quarterback and a great offensive line i'm feeling really good about getting you know two inches here but they just did and they didn't get because why he tries to bounce what is the purpose of doing that he kind of got hit honestly it looks like he got it with forward motion um but i think you just do what you do you just go forward don't don't bounce it don't be cute let's pick up the first down but let me play devil's advocate here you can do that okay thank you for the clearance uh 87 total yards all half for virginia tech your defense has been outstanding ruling on the field that the ball carrier is short of the line of game i tell you what we were gonna make sure matt austin earned his money tonight it was like 27 minutes without matt austin as we take a look together matt what are you seeing real time on this replay well again and i'm going from the yellow line on the field which is just short of the main yard line i don't know if that means they have to get to the big line or not i don't think he got to the big line and the problem here is you can't see the ball from the views we've seen we're looking through his back and this isn't really going to give you a great shot either so i think we're going to run into another play that's going to stand and the coach is going to lose the timeout and his challenges for the rest of the game matt it certainly looks like the way phil is turning that ball is actually going backwards so i agree with you it looks like it's going to be short after further review ruling on the field stands fourth down good call matt eric so now fourth down they're gonna run to the line here and it looks like bc is gonna go ahead and snap this ball [Applause] official still standing over the ball out of the timeout he might also be trying to get him go to jump off size so watch no count no play here [Applause] motion from vc more emotion from witter [Applause] no sign of movement from the hokies now drakovic back down try one more hard count one last crack at it and in fact they will you put that question in their heads and they didn't go for it if i had that level of power nobody would allow me in a football stadium ever i i'm just considering how strong the defense has been listen i'm an offensive lineman we're going for that are you kidding me i'm with you this is why we have to talk some sense into because you always can get a yard if you didn't think you could get a yard yeah you you wouldn't ever play now the danger is tavion robinson who's a tremendous returner the best punt returner by yards in the acc [Music] [Applause] robinson lets it bounce and it rolls inside the 20 and keeps rolling inside the 15. now carlson ended up on the ground no marker came in and with 115 to go in the first half we remind you that monday night football has justin fields and the bears in pittsburgh to take on big ben and the steelers they've won three straight the bears had a pretty good game from justin fields last week against the 49ers tremendous touchdown run but the defense struggled some eight eastern five pacific on espn is being deported in the espn app that touchdown run from justin fields though was a sign for the bears you see what harris and the steelers have done recently that fields touchdown run was a standout even absolutely and that goes to show you what that young man is capable of great running ability great passing future very bright i think for chicago with him at qv1 so you're not gonna judge him after like five starts and say that he's not good enough or anything like that as people do sometimes nowadays absolutely not how about this defense right here great job holding them up after a pretty good run he's getting a little chippy down there some extracurricular activity oh blacksheer had the face mask of a bc defensive lineman barlow who had a hand on [Applause] all right so now bc has one timeout left they might be trying to get the ball back the game clock to 52 seconds 52 seconds now matt austin is watching this matt has administered a lot of ball games i want to know matt when you see this post-play stuff happening what you start to do as an official to try to stop it well obviously you get between the players at the time if it gets bad enough you can go to the you call the teams together in a huddle and say listen we're at we've had it with it and we can still we can throw flags all night long it's just going to hurt your own team so that's that was usually my technique and that would usually settle the guys down uh but sometimes just got to put a flag or two on the ground just to let them know you're serious and we'll see if that happens later in this ball game for now third and four for virginia tech at two for six on third down knox quick set over the middle incomplete and a marker in [Music] [Applause] passenger fears defense number 20. the ball be placed at the spot of the foul first down [Applause] hodge the senior that was the target see the defensive back just all over him there it looked to be uncatchable to me but a lot of physicality can't help but throw that one so now we'll see how virginia tech plays it they got two timeouts say 49 seconds on just the second boston college penalty accepted on the run weaving past the 35 and they'll say he started the slide just short of the first down markers second and one time ticking and will we get the virginia tech time out here time out virginia tech they're second time out of the half 30 seconds time out every play it seems like we're at a different location on the spectrum of who's calling timeouts for what reason in the last two minutes here all right tulsa cincinnati game days there cincinnati's number six in the college football playoff rankings how do you feel about that look at cincinnati next week i feel like jay billisfield jay billis tweeted earlier this week like what how can you put cincinnati there and still say that they're available to make the college football playoff they they they beat notre dame what else are they supposed to do right right guys on your schedule who you've got but then schedule up as well right exactly right right which you know you can only do that so far out with how crazy schedules are by the time they could do that they're going to be in the big 12. but this is not surprising now am i happy with it no am i surprised absolutely not nick lashay guest picker tomorrow on game day by the way 98 [Applause] great booking job intrepid producer of college game day blackshear the first down tonight you call timeout in order to run to get another first down and again some chirping it's debary and robinson so now did virginia tech call timeout or not they're up at the line and i believe that third timeout was called that's what hate our officials said our referee [Applause] guess not they're gonna line the clock kadum to throw now he tucks it and pops it to blackshear who got absolutely drilled cam arnold [Applause] third and final time out of the half time out so matt austin on that first virginia tech completion of the game what might lead to the announcement of a timeout happening but then the timeout not happening in that moment like we just saw you talking about right now no a moment ago before that last play sorry i should explain this uh there was like half an announcement that virginia tech had used their third time out but virginia tech came to the line and had not called the timeout yeah i think the referee just misspoke and then didn't go back and correct himself i see that'll happen it's live television as they say in our industry yeah do you get training on the microphone by the way matt as a referee you spend a lot of time practicing yes not a boy yeah there you go that's why he's so good at his job now he's been talking for a year [Applause] second down katum to throw he goes to the outside and that is over the outstretched arms the intended target the freshman often again it's third down and seven virginia tech and remember bc gets the ball out of halftime up 10 right now yeah that was a long pass normally when you see kind of a one minute drill you want to go quick you want to have quick hits normally to the sideline as that was but man when you're on the opposite hash that's a tough throw to make for a quarterback who you know before a couple of weeks ago was the third on the depth chart played sparingly last year six passes or so against clemson completed last season tatum to throw again and this one is incomplete again he wanted lofton again and bc's defense is really riled up they have been pitching first half shutouts pretty routinely played well in the first half against syracuse last time out and now nine seconds to go the hokies have put themselves in a position where they're gonna have to punt it you see this offense we talk about it all game long trying to find an identity now i get that it's first or excuse me one minute offense we're trying to make something happen but out routes quick slants expect to see something better is a little bit of a short punt here [Applause] took a left turn at albuquerque there a couple of punks back to back pinning these guys deep [Applause] 51-yard punt to end the first half the red bandana game has gone well for boston college 10 nothing at halftime the peloton halftime report after the break matt berry joey galloway sam macho stay for [Applause] him are you ready to start a great career one not in this game upper body injury for trey turner coming into this ball game braxton burmeister getting loose on the sideline but [Applause] unlikely we thought that he would come into this ball game we'll check in with kark after kickoff here in the second half burmeister trying to snap a couple of throws as virginia tech kicks off for the first time with his ball game and levy puts it on the ground picks it back up and cuts inside with a flag coming in looks like he's going to move backward on this opening kickoff [Music] during the return holding receiving team number 26 half the distance to the goal for the spot on the foul first down paul carcatera downstairs what you got yeah well jason justin vuente just said moments ago he does not expect braxton burmeister to play in the second half we'll still have his pads on and see if he can go but i just spoke to jeff haffley and he's thrilled with phil jerkovic in terms of his play he thinks because of the time off and only playing in that second game of the season with that long wait to play in this big game the red bandanna he thinks he's making plays with his feet and he's changing the way that the offense is playing and virginia tech has to respect the ability of phil jerkovic to make plays outside of the pocket i asked him about the difference between the regular snap and the shotgun because of the hand injury he said listen we have to run our offense our offense is our offense defensively he's thrilled i mean they've held virginia tech to three passing yards there's no question about it phil drakovic a different piece of this offense need to see the passing game start to really come alive a couple of key drops a great interception by virginia tech that eventually gave it right back but both these teams defensively playing a fantastic game off the spin got across the line to gain first down the way jeff haffley put it to us this week as he was talking about what the offense had looked like recently in the way defenses had reacted he said looks like there are like 18 guys in the box and so jerkovic loosens that up a little bit he absolutely does i mean you have to respect what his arm could be you have to respect the fact that he can air this thing out and be a fantastic quarterback and that makes you put people in space [Applause] kovic with time he launches down the field and beautifully over the shoulder zane flowers and that is exactly what has not been a part of this boston college team for these last four weeks and you see just a great protection a great job giving their quarterback time really loved the hand fighting right there by zay he might have extended that arm i think both guys being physical the referees allow it to go a great catch concentration pull it in i'd say waller grabbed him first it looked like it i mean it looked like both guys were fighting i think that's why we didn't see any flag there the 46-yard play the longest before that today for bc was 17. garwo with a crease across the 30. daily again forced into tackling duty the safety spot gain of seven and so this is what you start to see okay the air raid is opening up the passing game is there now let's go back to run let's balance it out we have them thinking okay we're going to sling this all over the yard but that balance that's what you really want to see and you see the numbers here from what they're trying to do that zone read is such an important piece for them to be able to add to their run game farwell again 31 runs for boston college look there have been running lanes all night no question look at this offensive line plowing guys forward allowing the open hole there garbo doing a good job putting his foot in the ground finding the open hole and taking the chunk yards we talked about that patience from a running back how about the sophomore christian mahogany's had a very nice night fantastic player gonna be a superstar for these guys for years to come on the interior on the right side of that line they will run it again straight ahead right into the teeth of that defense look jerkovic was a guy in four of his first five starts he had 300 yards he's the first bc quarterback to do that since matt ryan so they can uncork this offense when he's fully healthy but it's nice for them to know that the run is as available as it is in part because he's just taking snaps and i think that the reason that boston college found that out is because he got hurt they were throwing it so much really the the run game was obsolete and now when when jerkovic went out they had to go back to the run and figured out hey we got a pretty decent run game here garwo took the first contact jamari conner broke in it's gonna be third down and short for bc i would ask you what your call is but i know what you want to do hey listen you got a big time quarterback like that you're feeling good about any time he touches the rock but let's let our running backs here do the job that they are uh they're instructed to do time and time again and the offensive line while we're at it of course that goes without saying interesting that they're in shotgun right here though on third and short my man ej manuel is losing his mind right now they did get it garlow sets up a first down and goal as tisdale spiked him down bc another workmanlike drive starting the third quarter this time listen they are just taking time off this clock just really i mean a massive hole right there by the offensive line doesn't matter that they're not under center when you have holes like that and again christian mahogany climbing up getting to the second level plowing guys out of the way there's really an instrumental drive all around by bc right here [Applause] they go three wide at the bottom of your screen and they will run it again for garwo who got absolutely blasted at the point of attack yeah big time hit man i tell you what these safeties shamari connor nazir peoples these guys are head hunters they are fun to watch jamari conner a guy that moves all over the field love the style of football that he plays and of course people's one of their leading tacklers 63 on the year coming into this game again garwo and it's third down and goal here's a guy in garwo who broke steve slayton's record at their high school in the state of pennsylvania built a little bit of like him low to the ground it's a well-built running back right there and you see a young freshman getting in on the play will penae and guess who again people's right there to make the stop third down gonna be interesting to see do you roll your quarterback a little bit here get him in space throw some type of crossing round it's another run it's right at the goal line and touchdown garlow scores pc extends the lead we have a little bit of referees going back and forth there but the white hat he said no we're in there that's a touchdown and you see these guys relying on the run all night long the big dogs up front doing a great job and then the running back just pushed up the finishing blow to get into the end zone really strong run there to get in for six [Applause] rolling on the field is a touchdown the previous play is under further review okay so the call on the field is touchdown you need indisputable video evidence to overturn this call now the near side officials set fourth down the far side officials signaled touchdown matt austin what do you see our rules expert at home matt what do you have well once again we need a shot right down the goal line this might be the best we have but the official is in the way so i thought he was in i don't think this this official had the best view i think it opened up a little bit better from the other side for the other official but um you know you can't call him in if you don't see him in i like that you can't call him if you're not seeing it to me it it looks like we clearly are crossing there now we can't see when the knee goes down but as you pointed out what was called on the field it has to be indisputable and it just looks like there's too many things going on in the way but it looks pretty pretty clear that he's in now there is a knee down there matt we do see that he was not on top of a pile of players that there is a knee down could you piece this together possibly and come up with an overturn yes you certainly can originally when they first came up with replay you could not you had to have everything on one view but now they allow the networks to do a split screen so where's the knee and then where's the ball in the other screen so if that would if that's available yes but i just don't see anything that you could overturn so it's either a touchdown or it's fourth and goal for boston college you would imagine if it were fourth and goal they would go for it you think there's any question over here well yeah i'm not going to ask you you're going yeah if you need a yard now here's another look at it watch and see where the ball is after further review rolling on the field stands touchdown yeah stanz is the right call there considering what matt said we were talking about play stands is called bc 10 runs one pass 93 yards down the field even after a special teams penalty drove them back on the opening kickoff and you really saw the balance from boston college on that drive you saw the big time pass something that has been missing from this offense for quite some time virginia tech having to respond here when they get the ball back on offense clinton's extra point is good 17-nothing boston college at home over virginia tech in the red bandanna game on a joyous fansville by 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you see this internal screening pg-13 now playing here why don't we take a look at our drive recap brought to you by dell technologies what do you say it all starts with the quarterback great protection and then dropping an absolute dime to his favorite target zay flowers with the great adjustment and then the big uglies up front again plowing the way for their great running back pat garwo who finds his way into the end zone a good balanced drive that ends at six 93-yard drive another long one 6-12 for boston college on the opening kickoff of the second half i guess you could say they're flying high with celebrating 17 nothing b.c with the lead black to receive special night in chestnut hill the red bandanna game you see those jerseys bc is wearing and black across the 30-yard line they're commemorating the heroism of wells crowther bc alum 1999 who passed away on september 11 2001 saving more than a dozen people in the world trade center clark indeed jason and wells crowler grew up outside of new york city in nyack new york and there's a program in the city called city lacks it's dedicated to establishing lacrosse as a mainstream sport in new york city through partnerships with the public school system and recently had a fundraising initiative where people could buy bc lacrosse jerseys with wells crowthers number 19. funds going towards creating a middle school program in his memory and you saw members of the bc men's club lacrosse team and my 14 year old son grayson carcatera he got one of those jerseys as well and super proud hey it's a great look for gray there by the way okay good stuff there he is i love that boy and jason you know we talk all the time he's gone through a lot in his life being a 14 year old autistic boy and when he puts that jersey on he knows it represents a caring mindset and one of a fighter that's the message i gave him when i gave him that jersey well kark as i as i think about that and i see gray and how much perseverance that he's had in life and i think about what wells crowther embodied as somebody who was selfless and i've met your son gray he has the nicest heart that you could possibly imagine it's uh he's a cool kid well thank you red bandanna jerseys here at boston college this isn't the only program by the way this is a boston college embraces wells crowther across the board in women's lacrosse and with a 5k run and it's a story that has gone national as well we've seen wells mother alison here tonight she's spoken to the team in years past father jeff passed away just a couple of years ago but jeff was the one who gave wells crowther that red bandanna initially jeff carried a blue one wells carried a red one as it's third down for virginia tech and bc was in the neutral zone for a moment but no movement from the tech offensive line this is a big third down for the hokies if they want to hang around malachi thomas outstanding burst in a first down for the hokies if they're gonna come back it might be that young man doing it oh there's no question you saw this play this drive get started with a great pass and then that stretch play again great job by the offensive line brock hoffman the big center creating these running lanes and malachi thomas starting to get going a little bit here in the run game kadum step back wants to throw on the line incomplete he wanted tavion robinson to bury again but very active with the coverage that time i love the play design though we've shown quarterback sweep a couple of times before virginia tech show you one way we're going back the other it was there great job by the defender timing it up punching that thing out as you see debary there mikey palmer if he's a little bit more patient that's going the other way yeah very well could have virginia tech now run five plays in boston college territory as malachi thomas dances a little bit i'm talking to justin fuente he loves that thomas just does not lose yards let's see the lean there right when you're six foot six foot one 200 pounds uh it's easy to keep going forward but the way that that young man runs is impressive to see brock hoffman limping a little bit here really the heart and soul of this offensive line so they've lost his roommate braxton burmeister now often injured third down and seven he's slightly dinged up tatum to throw down the middle and it's incomplete to barry again draped on caleb smith at the right time yeah virginia tech thought that that might be a little bit too much contact here see both the defender being really physical he's a little bit early really you got to come down with that catch a good drive potential point uh chance here opportunity for points elijah jones on the coverage for boston college this from 47 for john parker romo it is on the way and it is good virginia tech on the board under five and a half in the third much needed points for the hokies down two scores in b.c [Music] when you spend all year serving others when you lead by example if you 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moments were spent with the firefighters in the lobby of the tower he always wanted to be a firefighter posthumously made a new york city firefighter grew up a volunteer firefighter and a junior firefighter as this gets to the outside and bc is going to have great field position levy across the 40 on a 37-yard return so bc up 14 with outstanding field position and our featured rivalry game saturday in the sec lsu trying to upset alabama bryce young and the crimson tide number two in the college football playoff rankings not number two in cincinnati bearcat fans hearts crimson tide have won a bunch of these recently what could give lsu a chance uh the whole alabama team not show up maybe well come on now no that's it i promise you that you're really yeah i'm telling you here's the deal tennessee went into alabama a couple of weeks ago certainly an underdog and played them for three and a quarter quarters essentially i know lsu is not tennessee but this also isn't the same alabama team how crazy is it i say that by the way but it isn't right yeah you agree with you i totally do i totally agree with you yeah there's a shot there's always a shot this ball is not round it bounces some weird ways as we've seen tonight on a couple of deflections and turnovers twice in one play drakovic gets stood up and dracovic trying to drive the legs to midfield i he's not playing like a guy who's got a bum hand i'll tell you that oh he's feeling good he actually looked like he lost the ball there for a second waller doing a great job of you know getting his helmet right in there on the football uh but had the awareness to pull it back in third and short here watch for the quick huddle break under center quarterback sneak he's very good at falling forward picking up this first down [Music] who had the touchdown as the tailback it is garwo he tried to sidestep it and he got tripped up keyshawn ardis blew it up and now virginia tech may have forced a punt what a defensive play there just to scream through the middle of that offensive line and you see their guys loaded up i mean especially on that left side they are in that box loading this thing up everybody knows hey we're running it right here just a great job executing getting a round which is a wide receiver and making the big time tackle for loss what do you think of the play call i don't love it i really think that your best case in that scenario your best play is keeping it with your quarterback they do it time and time again but i get it's cold going under center doing that quickly is tough delaying game offense five yard penalty fourth down as an offensive lineman what do you think of how much shotgun we've seen in the college football game so i'm actually cool with it you like being i like the spread but as i mentioned earlier some of my guys don't like it now when it's short yardage i love the ability to go under ship i really do i think you have to have that it changes so many different things and especially you know if you want to do a really hard play action cell fake when you can turn your back to the defense it just gets everybody moving forward robinson had to bounce into his hands tavion robinson jockeying through traffic and he nearly found the scene net of 28 on the punt about three to go in the third quarter virginia tech hanging around the state farm champions classic begins tuesday at 7 on espn hi i'm michaela and a little thing i love about the chick-fil-a peppermint chip milkshake is that first sip when you taste the peppermint chip pieces it's like catching snowflakes on your tongue and it just feels like the holiday season has begun hey my name is chandler and a little thing i love about the chick-fil-a peppermint chilled milkshake is the little pieces of the peppermint that you get it tastes like it's just the top of the lime peppermint for me no milkshake is topping the peppermint chilled milkshake just know it always starts with a spark a light in the dark 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civil war in their native country in zaire which became the democratic republic of the congo and tim lukabu's father was basically a one-man show in the transition from one country to another to drc as it's called he was the one who actually wrote the letter to the united nations declaring the new flag the new anthem i mean his father had a profound impact on that country's future and the way it was developed as a new nation in terms of the um very cool story and tim lukabu an up-and-coming defensive coordinator in college football marker is in delay a game maybe prior to the play clock expiring time out virginia tech their first time out of the half 30 second time out so how about this you grow up with a dad who's an ambassador to the u.n and you get tours of the united nations and you just think well you know that's what we do in school right because dad brought us there and there you see with the the name zaire uh of of the country prior to the war but tim lukabu's dad had a fax machine at their home in north caldwell new jersey he would get official papers they would host dignitaries and he didn't really talk to his dad about this tim while his father was living his dad has passed away and he said i wish that i had talked to him more about this because he was a terribly important figure in the creation of this new country just an awesome story it truly is to see all what his father was able to do just tremendous i mean hearing this story from you guys and and seeing you know all that he did what a remarkable man [Applause] second down and four virginia tech on the run and not a whole lot there another run stuffed by vinnie de palma he just drove that all the way back to the old sunshine cab company on blackshear looked like there might have been some room here for blackshear to be able to cut it inside there's a d-lineman there just really great pursuit and a great play by boston college getting scraping over the top of the offensive lineman a defensive end plugging where that cut i thought might have been there just a great job by b.c [Applause] there's a tight end dulius in motion down goes kadum blitz from the defensive backfield and once again a very active night for josh de berry how about that play call from the defensive coordinator third and long let's go safety blitz let's dial it up where they can't protect it when you come from depth like that everything else is already determined everyone else is already picked up and accounted for and you see right where 21 is going to come from he's out there everyone thinks okay he's got this guy just shoots straight through the gap able to make a huge play for boston college you saw the beaming smile for tim lukabu and to kirk's point the defensive coordinator told us he fell in love with football the first time he hit somebody and didn't get yelled at that's a great feeling by the way i you know what that feels like come on uh i know what it feels like to be hit verbally by everyone i work with on friday night that we're learning that this week eric how about it's a beautiful game man yeah it certainly is messing around with me how about this bc defense so keeping this team afloat when the offense has really sputtered at times this year yeah honestly when you look at it though it has a little bit to do with virginia tech that lack of identity that i keep telling you about and really not having a threat passing it now robinson has stepped up and making some things happen the flowers nearly split two defenders and got through it's a five-yard game but the bc defense really taken advantage of it now let's see okay does boston college take advantage of this opportunity their defense has given them and we see them pick up where they left off two drives ago virginia tech eight first downs against the defense of tim lukabu he's learned under jeff halfway they've coached together for years and a couple of different stops and that is blown up in the backfield by tay daly a loss of one third and six for b.c and a play we'll likely see in the fourth quarter how about a couple of safeties making big-time plays back-to-back here for defenses what they're able to do b.c look looks like they're taking this to the fourth you didn't believe me when i said it you know i thought there was a chance they'd try to pick 17-3 boston college after three tonight there has his hands off on it usually that young man comes down with it four interceptions on the year big time defensive play and virginia tech now two scores down gets the ball back at the outset of the fourth quarter barring anything going wrong for tavion robinson on the punt from grant carlson not very returnable and it goes spinning toward the sideline this is just the start of your college football weekend and i think matt berry is probably offended because they had a game last night that might have been the start of your college football weekend what do you make of north carolina's chance of making wake forest no longer unbeaten listen that game is going to be so high scoring you you can just take it there i mean both these quarterbacks sam squared sam hartman sam howe we saw wake forest in a basketball game you're gonna see another one right here with north carolina well that wake army game couple of weeks ago was just insane as de palma could not bring down malachi thomas but he was tackled by steele the freshman linebacker [Music] thank you for asking second down seven virginia tech braxton burmeister out due to injury knocks katum to throw past the second level and he did get it there for tavion robinson across the arms of palmer again at 22. robinson really stepping up huge here love the action from the quarterback and then almost a dangerous throw right there right over the defender the concentration from robinson to pull that one in if that throws not on the money it might get kicked off and now katum goes split out malachi thomas in wildcat formation and he does have the corner down the sideline just nearly stayed inbound right around the line again interesting play call there from fuente and yeah whatever it takes man you love to see the creativity from these offensive coordinators malachi thomas we've seen just right now why this virginia tech team loves this young man why they've been going to him time and time again you see the power you see the speed just smith has left guard talked about him this week he said he is just an egoless young man we tell him something he takes it in he applies it later sort of stores it up for game time from a town of less than 5 000 in hartwell georgia malachi thomas and once again they go that direction across the 30s and now virginia tech's defense has kept them in play here in this ball game with under 13 to go great to see just all three phases coming together really being big malachi running off the field here shoe fell off young man comes back in black sheer keep this run game going rely on those big nasties up front luke a guy who is finally back from injury smith hoffman on the roll has a tight end gallow down the edge and he's out of bounds right around the 10. so now we're setting things up okay we have the run we're running we're running we're running now we're going to go across the line of scrimmage back across the play a little tight in back in the flats those linebackers eyes were in the backfield great play calling on this drive first time in the red zone for virginia tech and clearly their best drive tonight blackshear is still in [Applause] there is a first down available and flags come in virginia tag offense number 68. moore the freshman on a bethlehem pa third false start against virginia tech eric that's tough especially when you have a freshman jumping right there got a great drive going we're figuring things out and then we shoot ourselves in the foot what happens most often to lead to a false start you think you hear something that you don't somebody moves quickly there's a couple of different triggers that really just catch your eye for something that you think you hear tatum fake the toss goes to the end zone looking for robinson an incomplete jones had the coverage he had a play on the ball second down yeah almost a really dangerous throw here again selling the pitch you've got a wheel route from black sheer the safety that's really just waiting on that throw lucky for virginia tech not to come down with that one and once it got through jones boston college was kind of lucky robinson didn't have the ball absolutely [Applause] middle screen tavion robinson gets spun around ball came loose and let's see they're going to let it go it's mike palmer on the move and now they're going to blow it dead there's a flag down on the play i thought i heard a whistle early in the return from palmer then the official closest to the play backpedaled with him and now the play is stopped barlow had the hit palmer wants a touchdown [Applause] you see here just a quick 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the kind of thing that can happen great insight into what officials are thinking there and yes that official is not happy that he blew it dead after they watch the play but second down for bc they'll have to go long field as connor got in there first spun him around jerkovic somehow stays upright and continues to the 28-yard line just really good job there on the blitz pickup by the running back initially and then the guys still get to him he's able to spin out of it just really showing great mobility as you see here really big ben like a young big ben from the pittsburgh steelers and you see the top end speed the mobility from jerkovic has been so impressive in his first game back well he is from the pittsburgh area like that so you know pittsburgh might need a quarterback in the future boys how about that would be quite the hometown story drakovic a lot of time spinning it down the field into double coverage and gill got in front of jamari connor waller was behind the play connor didn't have a play on the ball this might be offensive i thought it was a little bit aggressive we've seen really physical wide receiver and corner play all night he might have extended the arm we couldn't see it right there both guys honestly are pulling and pushing on each other really just a great play regardless to make this catch so the marker is down at the near side 35-yard line in virginia tech territory the result of the play is a catch for a first down after the play was over unsportsmanlike conduct number one offense taunting 15-yard penalty it will be first and ten that is number one's first thus forcibly conduct foul of the game in the nfl it's definitely taunting in college you don't know really what he says coach isn't happy about it certainly some excessive barking but a great play to come down with that catch if i'm reading lips properly happily said that's terrible he said that a couple times for sure he's not happy with it so it's a net of 20. it is a first down in 10. it was post play jerkovic on a quick set in the throw to flowers back into virginia tech territory downstairs carton eric i want to give an offensive lineman some props so i know you'll love this ozzy troppilo playing left guard the redshirt freshman his first start field level i'll tell you what he has been aggressive he's getting after the virginia tech defensive lineman and having himself a fine ball game you're too young to know this but jay you remember when doug flutie with the hail mary was carried off the field that was ozzie trabillo's dad steve trubillo who carried doug flutie off the field that night against miami he was an offensive lineman for the heisman trophy winner how about that paul karkatera great stuff second down run they'll go sink field doug flutie's here in attendance a lot of bc luminaries here tonight for the red bandanna first of all love the fact that kark is paying attention to the most important part of the game so great job pc and then a little history lesson keeping me up to date i hear you brother they should get a picture of ozzy hoisting up doug flutie [Applause] third down and two for bc might be a go for it situation for them depending on how close they get and it's not very close they might have lost half a yard narelle pollard got in there on sinkfield uh what do you think you're up 14. you got a good punt right well i don't even have to cheat here but their pawn you lost a couple there looks like you lost two just based on this spot so you're feeling good you're feeling really good about your defense and what they've been able to do just wish you could capitalize on the turnover now virginia tech a big opportunity to respond here they would love to get a returnable kick for tavion robinson [Applause] this is not it it lands right around the tenth tremendous work by carlson virginia tech's got a long way to go 37-yard punt no return b.c by 14. 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correctly i mean you're sitting there you're cold your first snap of the game is probably the most impactful he's a heck of a player thought some prayers to brock hoffman absolute warrior black on a run to the outside and he gets across the 15-yard line it's elijah jones with the stop but it is right around the line to gain for virginia tech a yard short given nine bt wants to go fast here they almost have to moving down to seven minutes left and virginia tech has not scored a touchdown in this ball game 216 total yards before that five yard run having to see balance you're going to have to throw the football time is not your friend here platoon swap here for boston college yeah they substitute a number of guys barlow one of the defensive linemen who just came in [Applause] again virginia tech on its second quarterback of the day play action on the jet sweep they go to the tight end this is gallow and nick gallo with a flag down behind the play and let's see what the marker is at the 31. that might be blocking in the back blocking back towards the play the line of scrimmage you're not you can't do that illegal block in the back number nine offense 10 yard penalty first down you nailed it eric yeah that's a tough situation especially when you're screaming off the line of scrimmage you're trying to really sell the fake to get the db running forward and then you're just trying just gotta keep your hands off of him there love the play call love getting a big screen to your tight end getting him out in space just a mistake there by robinson clock moving the play ended in play it is first down and 10 because that's a spot foul time ticking away for cadem and virginia tech and again on the ground for blacks here and look virginia tech they're four and four they open with a win against north carolina they hadn't missed a bowl game since 1992 last year they did not go to a bowl game in justin fuentes fifth season this his sixth now this is a big game they close with quite a few games on the road and they stay surely doing maybe that's not too much of a bad thing honestly when you see these guys just not being able to find ways to win at home we had the privilege of going to lane stadium an unbelievable environment but for whatever reason these hokies just haven't been able to get it done at home four of five on the road to close the year de palma stop blacks your third down you see here good job by the offensive line but a little leakage and really just running into the back of your left tackle there we've got to throw the football up for virginia tech that clock is ticking ticking ticking away [Applause] [Music] three for 11 on third down kadum to throw sideline incomplete robinson the intended target and it's fourth down cam arnold was coming with pressure to force a quicker throw than he wanted to in the area of jones yeah that's exactly what happened the quarterback had him just got heated up a little bit too much right there he had to throw it a 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a player rotating wearing number 19 to honor wells crowder in the sport that his sister played as well here at bc [Applause] you know we're talking about it leading up to the game eric this is one of those nights where you come into the stadium and there's just a different energy and a different sense in your mind as you think about what this game does for the soul what it symbolizes what it means it's been so evident tonight just to see how these guys are playing truly an honor to be a part of something so special that you know since 2014 i've been watching from afar and now to be right in the middle of it just truly a blessing for us to be able to cover this and to just see what that young man not only did that day which is nothing short of being a hero but what he means and how much inspiration he has still given to people on a daily basis jerkovic on the roll he wants to run for the first down jerkovic does have the first down for boston college and there were a couple plays in the first half dare i say that if you at home believe in divinity a day like today with what is the meaning of this game you would start to believe that there were 12 people on the field no there's no question some of the plays and throwing an interception and then you know a guy forcing a bumble on that same play but when you look at this one you know quarterback rolling to the right had zay flower screaming down the field would have loved to have seen him on the run make that throw but probably the smarter play phil jacoby picking up the first down with his legs garlow driving the legs there goes the pipe look at the big hit the ramrod [Applause] the balance the power man you love to see that that gives that'll get you fired up no you love to see that this season i do too along with their contributions to universities general scholarship funds for every field goal and extra point made all-state will also be donating to the american red cross to help with disaster relief efforts thank you allstate 27 carries for garwo what are you thinking as an offensive lineman as that pile starts to unhinge and move man you're thinking of off uh off season workouts summer workouts all those squats all those power cleans get your guy going in the right direction you'd love to see that we'll feed him again boston college over 225 yards on the ground now the question i have for you is bc 4-4 where do they go from here with dracovic back the last couple games of the year i think only up i mean this young man is such a difference maker for this team for this offense but one thing that i keep going back to and i keep thinking about jays is just you look at this running attack you look at what they're able to do and if phil jerkovic does not go out do they ever even discover what pat garwood was able to do they were so reliant on the run for these last you know four five games that they had to figure something out and this young man has truly emerged again you see the agility in the footwork it'll be third down virginia tech out of timeouts don't forget 7 eastern 4 pacific tomorrow night alabama and lsu loaded day of college football north carolina wake forest at noon then all the way nightside 70's good time alabama and l.s.u do you think alabama is going to win big i don't know runaway runaway style tell me to run away or maybe alabama i think michigan state might be in trouble tomorrow at rossignol listen they love these opportunities i'll tell you what there was a number two by michigan state's name upset all day long about another first down and that's going to do it how about this boston college beginning of the week nobody knew except maybe some people in the program that drakovic might come back and phil jerkovic who was out as of game number two against umass returns and bc does enough thanks in large part to the defense too but his presence you said it earlier opens up the run game a little bit more for bc there's no question his confidence that he has that now spreads throughout the entire team the fact that you have to defend every inch of the field just allows other things to open up allows different nuances of this offense to be there and that's why we saw the balance tonight now you i say balance you say well they had so many more rushing yards but the threat of the passing attack the efficiency that we saw from phil in the second half this young man special it's good to see him back it's good for college football it's good for the acc and a hard fought victory here tonight the first time they did the red bandana game boston college had a huge upset over usc this is a game that bc needed to make its season feel right they had lost four in a row and they get some big plays from their defense no matter what we got to play our best ball at the end of the year [Applause] we're already in week 10 yeah it is flown by notable games ready to go in just hours auburn texas a m it's the only matchup between two ranked teams you think about it auburn's gonna get bama they're gonna get georgia at the end of the season you think maybe two lost team could get in if that's the scenario if they were to meet georgia in the sec title game michigan state's looking for the big 10 title game upset alert maybe after that number three in the initial rankings the boilers will be ready jimmy lake has talked a lot of junk this week about a lot of junk this week about oregon we'll see if he can back it up when the pacific northwest best rivalry resumes in seattle alabama lsu the crimson tide haven't lost a home game to an unranked opponent since 0-7 trevor matage keeping an eye on one particular crimson tide unit alabama's defense has been a roller coaster alternating between dominant and frustrating because of uncharacteristic mental errors that you just don't expect from this team let's see what nick saban said about that well we busted two coverages for two touchdowns so we've done a lot of shooting ourselves in the foot which we need to get fixed practice must have been fun so let's take a look at a couple of the things that they have been trying to fix this is simple enough post route inside defender drops underneath it that's what the outside defender expects but he doesn't get the inside help so when he lets the receiver go inside he's thinking what in the world are we doing well you're giving up a touchdown on a busted coverage that's one way to mess it up here's another man coverage these receivers will cross which happens all the time the defense can switch it off or get on different levels to chase their own man but bama goes to plan c which is train wreck i don't mind you getting beat but at least get beat doing the right things the right way but then it just gets absurd what's wrong with this picture all eyes up front people almost eyes up front what in the world is this guy thinking baby oh where's the offense where'd they go they were here a minute ago oh wait there they are that's that's a lapse in attention on a quick snap so what does nick saban think about plays like this [Music] that'll just about cover the flybys alabama's defense's national championship caliber when they're on point but this has got to stop trev thank you very much i can imagine it wasn't a leisurely practice this week alabama allowing over 20 points per game on the season on pace to be its worst mark in a season since 07 that happened to be the first year saban was in tuscaloosa getting everything in order so you can understand his anger there the struggles have come through the air alabama allowing over seven yards for passing attempts opponents completing 65 a little different when certain is not back there right yeah changes things a little bit coming up big saturday college game day's first ever appearance at cincinnati with the dreaded word style points have been talked about weekend preview from the guys that's on the way first time game day is heading down there zubin hardwood floors are in so we'll transition there and knicks have dropped two in a row visiting that man reigning finals mvp yadas and tentacoompo entered with five straight games with 25 or more points a little spoiler alert he got 25 today but that's not the story it's all bucks in the first quarter giannis just hanging in the air then grayson allen heated up a lot of people slept on his august trade from memphis four for five from three in that first quarter he outscored the knicks starters 14 to 11 himself and then here's some defense into offense end to end allen with the slam bucks dominating they're up 19 after one can pop it in neutral from there right well the knicks entered friday 8 and 407 since 1997 when trailing by 20 or more they were down 21 somebody in the second quarter they did i i i had to get it into because the guys took all the time derek rose drives right past an all-nba defender drew holiday it was flashback friday for derrick rose played all 12 minutes in the second quarter scored eight points with the game-high plus 12 in the frame knicks cut the lead to seven the bucks stop it there right at home on a friday night deer district bumping well r.j barrett great finish knicks within four now we have a game later in the quarter knicks down two emmanuel quickly as advertised steal heads the other way to tie the game knicks were down 21. they're now tied so giannis we're going to stop messing around he comes in big 34. it didn't make a difference barrett drives for the score knicks get their first lead with a minute left in the third the next possession rose bing bong from three knicks up five after three eight minutes to play knicks are pulling away rose going after bobby portis local favorite in milwaukee knicks up 11. later in the quarter rose okay he did miss in the game but julius randle there on mop up duty puts it back nick's up 12 and then randall one more for good measure he had 32 and 12. nick's win by 15. an historic comeback more on that in a moment here's derrick rose after his 23 and eight playing with a sense of urgency playing together and keep fighting working the game and um everybody just stayed together you know um tells played me a lot of minutes tonight i'm there whenever he needs me and i just got to make sure i stay in shape but it comes with trust the guys trust me to play the way that i play and i was just trying to push the pace 23 points for you tonight you have the second best plus minus but the best amongst guys who play heavy minutes on this roster it's not always about points with you at this stage of your career what is it like to be out there just to help the team i'm a winner bro i'm just trying to win um i mean the team had a meeting the other day we were just talking about where we want to be where our goals were and um we wanted to get further than last year and um it's a great group of guys man i'm just following just trying to leave be more vocal in the locker rooms and thank god that we got this win tonight and how did guys feel after that meeting i was good man um i mean we all want to talk about but it was good bro it was good okay great and speaking of good we saw the viral video of young pj out there what can we expect in his next game man who knows man he got a lot of work to put in um he shows that he's passionate so i'm just taking my time with him he got to learn the fundamentals first get back to the basics then everything else to come but i love his mental he got the mental mental part of the game already down and the skills and everything goes so activate later on derek congratulations tonight and thank you for joining us thank you sir guys back to you that was a character win for the knicks and what a comeback zubin they trailed by 19 after the first quarter and i i had to confirm with our sid guys that this is true the knicks of the first team in the shot clock era which goes back to 1954 to trail by at least 19 points after the first quarter and win by 15 or more it had never happened before this game that's hard to believe yes i feel like i've been at a game where that happened they have confirmed that's the deal we'll see it was a rough november start until tonight for the knicks elsewhere the nets and the pistons that scored just 39 points in the first half you're looking at that opening minute of the second half they finally crack the 40 point mark a lot of people think durant has been your mvp for the first month of the season or so there's been a lot of talk about pardon as well here's duran of course still playing with kyrie irving some new news on kyrie here in a second and the thing with pardon has been these new rules phil right where the leg kicks and all that stuff is not going to be called he's getting to the line a lot less some people like to rule some people don't harden still kept it going as did durant harden actually ended up with a triple-double so he had a triple-double on sunday at a triple-double on friday in the narrative that he's really struggling is coming to a close kate cunningham the number one overall pick he missed the entire pre-season and the nets look like they had this game in command and here come the pistons corey joseph and then durant with the runner he had 29 to give them a little bit more breathing room but here comes the rook in the motor city they're calling it the motorcade as they walk in they're trying to build around them yeah the pistons you got to try everything see what sticks right and then the breathing room again provided by who else durant nets would win 96-90 but again they do so without kyrie irving a little bit more on that in just a second but first a little more on durant a model of consistency for a team that obviously is playing without one third of their big three duran has scored at least 20 in every game this season first player in net history to score 20 or more in each of the team's first nine games of the season so the nets are road winners but back at home nothing has changed for kyrie irving new york city mayor elect eric adams saying on friday he will not change the vaccination mandate of at least one shot to be able to play at the barclays center or at madison square garden the club already told kyrie as you know that it's either once in fully in or nothing at all new occupant in the new york city mayor's office but no new development when it comes to getting kyrie back zubin remember the nfl trade deadline this week all those jersey edits for former new york native odell beckham jr on twitter and instagram we thought went to waste yeah turns out they have some shelf life injuries and relationships have derailed a once brilliant career things soured in new jersey and in 2019 the giants traded beckham for drabil peppers plus a first and a third in that year's draft beckham had his moment in cleveland but it was his former college teammate jarvis landry stood out the most during beckham's time there obj caught just seven touchdown passes in two and a half seasons in cleveland had just two 100-yard games so earlier this week the browns excused obj from two days of practice which came after his father posted a video on social media highlighting when baker mayfield didn't throw to beckham or missed him when he was wide open so today the browns cut ties with the eight-year veteran out of lsu and waived beckham on his 29th birthday he can be claimed off waivers on tuesday and if he isn't claimed he'll become a free agent eligible to sign with any team i haven't put my econ degree to use since college so why start now adam shafter can explain this as he does here today settlement removes the final two years allowing beckham on that contract to become a free agent after the season any team claiming him inherits his seven and a quarter million dollars of salary for this year only nine teams outside cleveland can afford that absent salary gymnastics league sources tell schefter it's unlikely beckham's claimed which would make him a free agent eligible to sign anywhere kevin stefanski what say you yeah you know i would just tell you we're moving on it's unfortunate how again how it uh happened i don't think uh i think it's unfortunate for both sides but we have to move on and put our focus on this game versus cincinnati i think this situation uh was was handled uh the right way on both sides on their side on our side uh we we have to move on uh doesn't mean i'm not disappointed you know for for all of our guys you want to make sure that you you get the most out of them it just uh this is how we're going to handle it and again i do wish him well some numbers that make this breakup a little more amicable mayfield and obj never fully on the same page in cleveland baker mayfield's 44 qbr with beckham on the field that would have ranked 25th in the nfl since the start of last season that increased to 65 with obj on the sideline good for ninth in that span aaron rodgers speaks out about why he did not elect to get the covet 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have been for a while they are searching for something more rhys davis kirk herb street here look cincinnati has to be impressive the rest of the way they should overmatch a tulsa team that they played in the american championship game last year ranked six right now what is the path of the playoff how much concern should there be for bearcats first a question for you why are we here they're playing tulsa why are we here because they're a contender for the college football playoffs we're here to celebrate the season that cincinnati is having that's why college game day is on this campus right now this is a magical historic year that the bearcats are having you might be disappointed if you're a uc fan you're down at six i think bear told us it's the highest a group of five team has ever been at six so let's try to keep things in perspective and it's just my opinion with five weeks of football left to be played teams are going to lose in front of you teams are going to be coming from behind as far as oklahoma potentially keep winning games but if cincinnati keeps winning and they're 12-0 they got smu they potentially have a ranked houston team and they just win football games i it's my belief that they're going to eventually be in because i think there's going to be so much carnage around them that if they're 13-0 they'll be in but if you want to be upset right now and just get crazy i got it but i think they're going to be on it i think they've got a great shot to be in but they have to start looking the part which they really have in the last couple of weeks but everybody's entitled to a mulligan there all right lsu alabama game that you're going to have in prime time on espn alabama's four touchdown favorite what do you see there well i was impressed talking with lsu this week that they are it's a it's a big game because they're playing alabama they've not given up they've they've got eight starters on the defensive side of the football not playing in this game if you go back to when camp broke and the team that they thought they would have but you know what you know how much talent's on that roster you know how much pride's on that roster to me the first quarter of that game does bama punch them in the mouth and kill their will and then it's going to get ugly or does lsu fight and keep it interesting early and maybe make a game out of it we'll see two years ago i thought it was perhaps a changing of the guard or at least adjoining of the goal lsu won that game in terms of losing the post game really yeah that's got alabama alabama does for sure too game day from cincinnati 9 a.m straight ahead the bucks have what the knicks want a championship while the nets have righted their ship but does a new mayor need new news for kyrie the browns part ways with odell who can afford him plus aaron sounds off and only 24 hours away from usman covington 2 inside ufc 268 that more on sportscenter now [Applause] [Music] how'd he do braylon you did good yeah yeah we'll look for them in the 2041 nba draft if they're both still here you did the math on that or alive welcome to sportscenter with phil murphy i'm zubin magenti so the knicks were over november after that hot october start but the real deal for their opponent tonight four core players off their championship team unavailable the bucks are playing shorthand yeah the bucks are four and four normally the nixon town is a get right game but zubin as you mentioned new york entered this one as a two-point favorite we didn't see that early on the hardwood in milwaukee things were going the buck's way until they weren't to a historic degree we'll get to that there's yachts reigning finals mvp he was available five straight games with 25 or more points go ahead and make it six in a row but that's not the story although he is just fun to watch man to find gravity at his size story for the bucks early grayson allen stepping in a lot of people slept on that august trade from memphis he shot four for five from three in the first quarter outscored the knicks starters himself 14 to 11 defense into offense transition slam for allen i think he was in the mcdonald's dunk contest that memory serves he has schools bucks up 19 after one and then here come the knicks 8 and 405 in the last 25 odd years when down 20 or more they were down 21 in the second quarter i hope you hit the cash out button if you were back in the box plus two because derrick rose took over blows right by to holliday who's an all-nba caliber defender and then just turns it into flashback friday derrick rose was plus 12 in the second quarter scored eight points nick's cut it to seven you would think this is where the bucks just with the fans at their back get it going but no rj barrett cuts it to four and then later in the quarter nick's within two emanuel quickly very quickly gets a steal goes the other way to tie the game at 80. 80. again the knicks were down 21. giannis checks in he wants to fix the problem but the leak would not stop rj barrett drives again to give the knicks their first lead and then next possession derrick rose all three of those adding to it nick's lead by five as we head to the fourth quarter then they're pulling away derrick rose iso and bobby portis he gotta like that especially when he has a hot hand that mid-range j looking like it did a decade ago nick's up 11. nick's up 10 here rose finally misses but julius ramble does not he had 23 points eight rebounds the jumper here is the dagger nick's up 20. there was a 43 point swing at one point julius randle had 32 and 12 derrick rose 23 and 8. nick's the first team in nba history and this is baffling to me that this is true zubin first team to trail by 19 or more points at the end of the first quarter and win by 15. not the first knicks team the first nba team in the shot clock era full stop if that happened once a season i wouldn't be that shot right game of runs right really incredible speaking of incredible what duran's been doing earlier this season has been what hardin has been doing has not been nets and pistons now look at this we're in the opening minute of the third quarter the nets have now broken the 40 point mark they had just 39 in the first half but duran has just been great and there's some question about what's going on with james harden some of the metric guys are saying some of the rule changes the nba's instituted this year in other words just in layman's terms he's not getting all those leg kick fouls that he used to but durant doing his part hardin though heard the critics and his waking up he had a triple double on sunday and he had a triple double tonight 13 10 and 10. durant continues to be great early season i think if you watch the nba from start to finish night one to june right now you'd have to be number one on your mvp list speaking of number one there's the number one overall draft pick kate cunningham little consistency he hit his first double-double the other night 18-10 but he's struggling to shoot the ball it's going to come for the rook as he continues to sort of find his range durant's range any time he steps into the gym this was a oddly close game phil it looked like the nets were going to run away pistons are feisty give him credit dwayne casey didn't like the way they played the other night they absolutely got blown out they said they didn't have the right energy and it turns out at least on this night they brought it but the nets brought just a little bit too much durant had 29 here it is 15 seconds to go one possession game good luck durant soft left hand nets win it 96 90. the final i mentioned that early mvp talk he's been a model of consistency without kyrie of course playing with one third of the big three more on kyrie in a second duran has scored at least 20 in every game this season first nets player to score 20 or more in each of the team's first nine games of a season they've had some good ones over the years okay more on kyrie the nets were road winners but back home nothing has changed new york city mayor eric adams saying on friday he will not change the vaccine mandate in the city that means one shot to play at the barclays center or the garden the club already told kyrie as you know that either wanted him fully vaccinated or not in with them at all we have a new mayor but there is no new development on aaron rodger excuse me on kyrie irving and the kobid drama speaking of koben and aaron rodgers aaron rodgers has become the biggest story in football that sentence alone is probably the only thing nfl fans red or blue vaccinated or not can agree on there has been much oxygen and outrage spent over the last two days on word choice the role the packers may have played and whether the nfl was partially complicit on friday rogers went on the only media outlet he says he trusts the pat mcafee radio show and spent over 20 minutes explaining his thought process though rogers made it clear his perception is like his status with the packers everyone has an opinion and to him none of them matter first of all i didn't lie in the initial press conference uh during that time it was a very uh you know witch hunt that was going on across the league where everybody in the media was so concerned about who was vaccinated and who wasn't and what that meant and who was being selfish and who would talk about it what it meant if they said it's a personal decision they should shouldn't have to disclose their own medical information and whatnot and at the time my plan was to say that i've been immunized um it wasn't some sort of ruse or lie it was the truth i'm not uh you know some sort of anti-vaxx flat earther um i am somebody who's a critical thinker health is not a one-size-fits-all for everybody and for me it involved a lot of study in the offseason much like the study i put into hosts in jeopardy or the weekly study i put in the plan of the game i put a lot of time and energy in research and met with a lot of different people in the medical field to get the most information about the vaccines before making a decision and in actuality it was pretty easy in the beginning to eliminate two of them and it didn't involve going into the questionable history of some of their criminal activities some fraud cases or any of that stuff it was simply the fact that i have uh an allergy to an ingredient that's in the mrna vaccines so on the cdc's own website it says should you have an allergy to any of the ingredients you should not get one of the mrna vaccines so those two were out already so my only option was johnson and johnson at this time in the early spring i had heard of multiple people who had had adverse events around getting the change nothing that was no deaths or anything but just some really difficult uh times and physical abnormalities around the jnj shot and then in mid april the j-shot got

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