<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, October 14th, 2026. You are listening to the Daily

<v Speaker 1>Dose Sports Podcast, and I am your host, Clint Daly,

<v Speaker 1>coming to you from the Mahi City here in Denver, Colorado,

<v Speaker 1>and we are back for another week of talking sports

<v Speaker 1>with a dose of common sense. Hey, happy Wednesday to you.

<v Speaker 1>I hope your week is going well. I hope you,

<v Speaker 1>your family, your friends, everyone in your world is staying

<v Speaker 1>strong and healthy right now. And you know, We are

<v Speaker 1>now getting into a very, very special time of year.

<v Speaker 1>Because we have those Major League Baseball playoffs going. They

<v Speaker 1>are now down to the League Championship Series. The NFL

<v Speaker 1>and college football are both rolling along. The NHL season

<v Speaker 1>has now gotten started. And don't look now. But next week,

<v Speaker 1>the NBA is going to be getting started too. I mean,

<v Speaker 1>there is not a single day that we don't have

<v Speaker 1>something to watch on TV. There is some sort of

<v Speaker 1>major sporting event on. You can just... What's that? Don't

<v Speaker 1>forget the WNBA. Is that still going? They're in the playoffs? No,

<v Speaker 1>they're not. Do they have playoffs? Oh, it's the finals.

<v Speaker 1>Who's in the finals? Golden State at Atlanta. I have

<v Speaker 1>no idea. What's their mascot name? You don't know. You

<v Speaker 1>don't know either. Yeah, you're not so smart now. You

<v Speaker 1>don't even know. Can you name more than one player

<v Speaker 1>from either team? Yeah, I didn't think so. I'm sorry.

<v Speaker 1>I can't take a league seriously until they take themselves seriously.

<v Speaker 1>I actually heard through the grapevine that a player from

<v Speaker 1>the WNBA went up into the stands to yell at

<v Speaker 1>a fan that was pointing at her. Pointing? That's it.

<v Speaker 1>And then get this. The player was not disciplined in

<v Speaker 1>any way. Can you imagine a player going into the

<v Speaker 1>stands of the NBA or the NFL or the NHL, whatever,

<v Speaker 1>for pointing? They were pointing at me. Look, we already

<v Speaker 1>talked about how there is a video of two players

<v Speaker 1>violating the league's collective bargaining agreement and making a bet

<v Speaker 1>on social media, they were not disciplined in any way either.

<v Speaker 1>What's next? Is one of the players going to smash

<v Speaker 1>someone over the head with a metal chair like in

<v Speaker 1>pro wrestling? Are they going to start biting blood capsules

<v Speaker 1>and pretend to be bleeding? Yeah, sorry, I can't watch

<v Speaker 1>fake crap. I mean, the NBA is already getting close

<v Speaker 1>enough to walking that line. I can't watch the WNBA 2.

<v Speaker 1>I have to have some scruples, people. Today on the

<v Speaker 1>Daily Dose, the NFL and college football season, like I said,

<v Speaker 1>are rolling along. But which players are actually stepping up

<v Speaker 1>and proving to be very, very valuable, maybe even proving

<v Speaker 1>to be the best players in the league? We will

<v Speaker 1>take a look at both. And, you know, it occurred

<v Speaker 1>to me over the weekend that in the world of

<v Speaker 1>college football, there are some programs that used to be

<v Speaker 1>perennial powerhouses. Yeah, those days are over. Our Daily Dose

<v Speaker 1>Top 5 is going to drill down on that in

<v Speaker 1>just a few minutes. But first, we have a little

<v Speaker 1>bit of news to discuss. Mike Ditka, the legendary former

<v Speaker 1>Chicago Bears coach and first tight end ever inducted into

<v Speaker 1>the Pro Football Hall of Fame, passed away this last

<v Speaker 1>week at the age of 86. You know, Ditka rose

<v Speaker 1>to national prominence, leading the 85 Bears, a team that

<v Speaker 1>had maybe the greatest defense in NFL history. For my money,

<v Speaker 1>Probably the best defense I've ever seen. And he led

<v Speaker 1>the Bears to their only Super Bowl title. But, you know,

<v Speaker 1>he was known for his fiery temper. Ditka often clashed

<v Speaker 1>with members of that team, including quarterback Jim McMahon and

<v Speaker 1>defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan. But the Bears cruised to a

<v Speaker 1>15-1 regular season record and easily defeated the New England

<v Speaker 1>Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX. Ditka actually led the

<v Speaker 1>Bears to the playoffs seven times in his 11 seasons.

<v Speaker 1>and he reached the NFC Championship game three different times.

<v Speaker 1>But you know, if I'm being honest, Ditko was a

<v Speaker 1>way better player than he ever was a coach. Ditko

<v Speaker 1>was the fifth overall pick of the 61 NFL draft

<v Speaker 1>by the Bears. Ditko won Rookie of the Year after

<v Speaker 1>becoming the first tight end to surpass 1,000 receiving yards.

<v Speaker 1>He is still the only Chicago tight end to ever

<v Speaker 1>do so. He played six years for the Bears. He

<v Speaker 1>played two for the Eagles and four for the Dallas Cowboys.

<v Speaker 1>And Ditka was a member of the Bears' 63 NFL

<v Speaker 1>championship team and the Cowboys team that won Super Bowl VI.

<v Speaker 1>The Bears retired his number 89 in 2013, and they

<v Speaker 1>say it'll be the last number ever retired by that franchise. Now,

<v Speaker 1>like I said, was Ditka a great coach? That I'm

<v Speaker 1>not so sure about. But he was a fiery personality

<v Speaker 1>and he was a perfect fit for a franchise like

<v Speaker 1>the Chicago Bears. You know, I think me and Mike

<v Speaker 1>Dick would have got along. really, really well. See that?

<v Speaker 1>That's your IQ, buddy. Zero. Finally, let's talk a little

<v Speaker 1>bit about those Major League Baseball playoffs. We have seen

<v Speaker 1>some surprises now. Those playoffs are now at the League

<v Speaker 1>Championship Series. And last night in Game 2 of the

<v Speaker 1>American League Championship Series, we saw the Tampa Bay Rays

<v Speaker 1>win Game 2 at home, a game that they absolutely

<v Speaker 1>had to have. But hey, the Guardians are just three

<v Speaker 1>wins away from the World Series. I can't believe I'm

<v Speaker 1>saying it, but Cleveland has some serious juice. They keep

<v Speaker 1>scoring late in games. They keep producing as it gets tight.

<v Speaker 1>This series might go down to the wire, but these

<v Speaker 1>last few games are going to be a lot of

<v Speaker 1>fun to watch. Meanwhile, over in the National League, the

<v Speaker 1>Milwaukee Brewers now have the Los Angeles Dodgers full attention

<v Speaker 1>as they won both games one and game two at home.

<v Speaker 1>And you know, game one, Okay, they get that. But

<v Speaker 1>in game two, the Dodgers go get an early run.

<v Speaker 1>Yamamoto is on the mound for the Dodgers. Hey, this

<v Speaker 1>might be over. But Milwaukee didn't blink. The Dodgers get

<v Speaker 1>another score in the third. The Brewers match them. I mean,

<v Speaker 1>the Brewers, they just grind at the plate. They put

<v Speaker 1>the ball in play. I can't believe I'm saying it,

<v Speaker 1>but the Dodgers dynasty is in serious trouble. There's even

<v Speaker 1>talk they might bench Shohei Otani. Game three is tonight

<v Speaker 1>in LA and I fully expect the Dodgers to dominate

<v Speaker 1>and get back in this. Then again, I expected them

<v Speaker 1>to steal one in Milwaukee too. I haven't been right yet.

<v Speaker 1>That didn't happen. The Dodgers dynasty actually might be in

<v Speaker 1>for their biggest test so far. Shifting over to college football,

<v Speaker 1>you know, it was a week to forget for many

<v Speaker 1>teams in the top 25. We saw six top 25

<v Speaker 1>college football teams take a loss. Both the number 25

<v Speaker 1>ranked team and the number one ranked team lost games

<v Speaker 1>this weekend. And I'll be honest, this kind of misery

<v Speaker 1>kind of warms my heart. Number 25, Pittsburgh, was handed

<v Speaker 1>its first loss of the season to unranked UNC. Yes,

<v Speaker 1>the Bill Belichick-led North Carolina Tar Heels went on the road,

<v Speaker 1>and won the game. Number 16, Florida, lost for the

<v Speaker 1>second week in a row, and this one was at

<v Speaker 1>home to unranked South Carolina. And this one wasn't close.

<v Speaker 1>The Gamecocks won 38-19. Number 13, Oregon, lost at home

<v Speaker 1>to number 21, UCLA, 17-15, as backup Oregon quarterback Dylan

<v Speaker 1>Raiola remembered that he is indeed Dylan Raiola. and that

<v Speaker 1>he is terrible at playing quarterback. Number 10, LSU, was

<v Speaker 1>taken to overtime on the road by unranked Kentucky, and

<v Speaker 1>they were handed their second loss of the season, and

<v Speaker 1>Kentucky fans taunted Lane Kiffin in a way that made

<v Speaker 1>me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Number six, Alabama, lost

<v Speaker 1>at home to number two, Georgia, and no, I'm not

<v Speaker 1>going to blame the refs exclusively, but wow, what were

<v Speaker 1>they looking at late? When a Georgia player just trucked

<v Speaker 1>an Alabama wide receiver and they just acted like they

<v Speaker 1>didn't see anything. I thought the home team was supposed

<v Speaker 1>to get some calls. That didn't happen. But nothing tops

<v Speaker 1>number one Texas. So close to being back, they could

<v Speaker 1>taste it. Losing the Red River shootout to their biggest rival,

<v Speaker 1>the Oklahoma Sooners. It was their first loss of the season.

<v Speaker 1>And it came primarily because of two costly interceptions by

<v Speaker 1>Arch Manning. Throws a pick six. Throws a really dumb

<v Speaker 1>late pick as well. Man, you hate to see that. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>better luck next week to the top 25. This week,

<v Speaker 1>I want to actually take an early look at the

<v Speaker 1>Heisman Award. That, of course, is given every year to

<v Speaker 1>the best player in college football. And I know that

<v Speaker 1>isn't what we think of when we think of a Heisman.

<v Speaker 1>But remember, that is what the award is. It has

<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with the best quarterback on the best

<v Speaker 1>team or even the player himself. that played the most

<v Speaker 1>plays on both offense and defense combined. I don't know

<v Speaker 1>where that came from, but it is supposed to go

<v Speaker 1>to the best player in college football. Well, who is

<v Speaker 1>leading that race right now? Well, I hate to stick

<v Speaker 1>with the usual script, but we know it is the

<v Speaker 1>usual for a reason. And for that reason, I will

<v Speaker 1>say Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr is on the Heisman

<v Speaker 1>watch list. No, the Irish haven't played anyone. And I mean, Anyone. Wisconsin, Rice,

<v Speaker 1>Michigan State, North Carolina, and Stanford are kind of a

<v Speaker 1>who's who of terrible teams. Those teams are a combined 10-12.

<v Speaker 1>But Notre Dame is undefeated. They are number two in

<v Speaker 1>the country now, and Carr has thrown for nearly 1,400

<v Speaker 1>yards and 16 touchdowns. His completion percentage is nearly 71.

<v Speaker 1>So yeah, CJ Carr is in the running for the

<v Speaker 1>Heisman right now. We will see if he can stay

<v Speaker 1>in the running forever. when the Notre Dame schedule gets

<v Speaker 1>a little bit more difficult. I'm not going to say difficult,

<v Speaker 1>but it gets a little bit more difficult. More about

<v Speaker 1>that later. Next up, he transferred to Miami from Duke,

<v Speaker 1>but Miami quarterback Darian Mensah has been highly productive. And

<v Speaker 1>while the Hurricanes have also faced a really soft schedule,

<v Speaker 1>Mensah is definitely in the running for the Heisman. The

<v Speaker 1>Canes are now 5-0. They are number three in the country.

<v Speaker 1>And again, it's not a great schedule. Stanford, Florida A

<v Speaker 1>& M, Wake Forest, Central Michigan, and Clemson. Actually, that

<v Speaker 1>might be worse than Notre Dame's schedule. But the Hurricanes

<v Speaker 1>are winning and winning big. And Mensah is putting up

<v Speaker 1>some numbers. 14 underpassing yards, 17 total touchdowns, and an

<v Speaker 1>84% completion percentage. It is impressive. In fact, he looks

<v Speaker 1>better than Carson Beck ever did. But again, the Heisman

<v Speaker 1>can be a popularity contest. The Hurricanes are going to

<v Speaker 1>keep winning. They play one ranked team the rest of

<v Speaker 1>the year, and that is when they go to Notre Dame.

<v Speaker 1>If they win that, Mensah actually might be in the

<v Speaker 1>driver's seat for this award. The next guy I think

<v Speaker 1>has a shot at winning the Heisman is Georgia quarterback

<v Speaker 1>Gunnar Stockton. Heisman voters love when you have those big

<v Speaker 1>wins on national TV, and Stockton got a big one

<v Speaker 1>on Saturday night when he led the Bulldogs to a

<v Speaker 1>comeback win over Alabama. Georgia is now the number one

<v Speaker 1>team in the country, and that was probably the most

<v Speaker 1>impressive win we've seen so far this year. The Bulldogs

<v Speaker 1>are 6-0. Don't forget they also blew out Oklahoma and

<v Speaker 1>made it look easy. But I mean, all Gunnar Stockton

<v Speaker 1>does is win. Dude is 17-3 as a starter. This year,

<v Speaker 1>he has 1,300 yards, 14 touchdowns, and like I said,

<v Speaker 1>probably the most impressive win of the year when you

<v Speaker 1>consider that he went to Tuscaloosa and beat Alabama on

<v Speaker 1>their home field. Here's the problem for Gunnar Stockton. He

<v Speaker 1>still has games against Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss, Missouri, and

<v Speaker 1>Georgia Tech. Not to mention a possible SEC title game.

<v Speaker 1>So it won't be easy. But hey, Gunnar Stockton, you

<v Speaker 1>have the chance. Go win it. But right now, if

<v Speaker 1>I'm handing out the Heisman Award in October, grant you,

<v Speaker 1>it goes to Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, and

<v Speaker 1>it isn't that close. Right now, Jeremiah Smith is putting

<v Speaker 1>together one of those all-time kinds of seasons. The Buckeyes

<v Speaker 1>are number four, despite that one point loss to Texas.

<v Speaker 1>Smith has 48 catches for 916 yards. He is averaging

<v Speaker 1>19 yards every time he catches it. He has 11 touchdowns.

<v Speaker 1>And here's the crazy part. He's not getting that much help.

<v Speaker 1>Running back Bo Jackson has been okay. But the next

<v Speaker 1>leading wide receiver after Smith with 48 catches is Devin

<v Speaker 1>McEwen with 17 catches. So he's not getting a ton

<v Speaker 1>of help. Quarterback Julian Sane probably throws to Jeremiah Smith

<v Speaker 1>too much. The Buckeyes are probably way too dependent on him.

<v Speaker 1>And you know what? It doesn't matter. He still finds

<v Speaker 1>ways to get open. He still gets the ball. I

<v Speaker 1>will go one step further than just the Heisman. Right now,

<v Speaker 1>Jeremiah Smith is putting himself into the rare stratosphere of

<v Speaker 1>being in the conversation, at least, for greatest Ohio State

<v Speaker 1>Buckeye ever. Archie Griffin, Orlando Pace, Chris Carter, Eddie George,

<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Jack Tatum. Jeremiah Smith is playing as

<v Speaker 1>well as any of them ever have right now. He

<v Speaker 1>is the heavy favorite in my book to win the

<v Speaker 1>Heisman Award. We'll see if he can keep that up

<v Speaker 1>as Ohio State's schedule will also get tougher. Hey, speaking

<v Speaker 1>of which, some really big games this week. Number four,

<v Speaker 1>Ohio State goes to number five, Indiana. Yeah, can't wait

<v Speaker 1>for that. Number 16, Mississippi State. I told you they're sneaky.

<v Speaker 1>Goes to number 22, LSU. Can they give Lane two

<v Speaker 1>losses in a row? Number 6, Alabama, tries to rebound

<v Speaker 1>against number 14, Tennessee. That won't be easy. Number 13, Missouri,

<v Speaker 1>goes to number 9, Ole Miss. Number 18, Oklahoma State,

<v Speaker 1>goes to number 20, Houston. The big game in the

<v Speaker 1>Big 12. And number 2, Notre Dame, gets their first

<v Speaker 1>true test when they go to Provo to face number 8, BYU.

<v Speaker 1>Do not miss college football this weekend. Some of these

<v Speaker 1>games are basically early playoff games. So NFL week five

<v Speaker 1>is now in the books. And once again, we saw

<v Speaker 1>a few surprises. But I'll tell you what else we saw.

<v Speaker 1>We saw some really bad coaching and some really bad quarterbacking.

<v Speaker 1>The Washington Commanders could have beaten the New York Giants

<v Speaker 1>in overtime. But either head coach Dan Quinn didn't tell

<v Speaker 1>quarterback Jaden Daniels that they didn't have any timeouts left.

<v Speaker 1>Or Jaden Daniels forgot. I don't know. But instead, Jaden

<v Speaker 1>Daniels scrambled and ran out the clock and the game

<v Speaker 1>ended in a tie. A couple things about that. Dan Quinn,

<v Speaker 1>you are the guy that was in charge of the

<v Speaker 1>Atlanta Falcons offense for the 28-3 Super Bowl. You can't

<v Speaker 1>have this happen. Anyone else can. You can't. Jaden Daniels

<v Speaker 1>kind of acted like he didn't get informed of the

<v Speaker 1>timeout situation. Also, that's kind of on you, Jaden Daniels.

<v Speaker 1>Get in the gym, get your arms bigger, and also

<v Speaker 1>know how many timeouts you have and how much time

<v Speaker 1>is on the clock. Hey, fire the entire staff, fire

<v Speaker 1>the entire team. The Washington Commanders are embarrassing. That was unforgivable.

<v Speaker 1>The Philadelphia Eagles played horrible against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but

<v Speaker 1>it looked like they would still get a win until

<v Speaker 1>head coach Nick Sirianni, I don't know, got drunk on

<v Speaker 1>the sideline. He told their kicker, kick a returnable kickoff.

<v Speaker 1>with eight seconds left, and the returner returned the ball

<v Speaker 1>into field goal range, and the Jags kicked a field

<v Speaker 1>goal with one second left and stole a game in London. Now,

<v Speaker 1>a lot of that's on Nick Sirianni for being dumb,

<v Speaker 1>and a lot of that is also on the kick

<v Speaker 1>coverage team. Go tackle him. You shouldn't have gave up

<v Speaker 1>that big of a return. And then remember how a

<v Speaker 1>few weeks ago I said the Dallas Cowboys don't need

<v Speaker 1>to panic? Yeah, panic all you want, Dallas, because that

<v Speaker 1>defense of yours is horrible, and they allowed an undrafted

<v Speaker 1>quarterback on a team without a win yet to rough

<v Speaker 1>you up in your own building? That was insane. Panic, Dallas.

<v Speaker 1>Panic all you want. Hit the alarm. And then on

<v Speaker 1>Monday night, we got a thriller between the Buffalo Bills

<v Speaker 1>and the Los Angeles Rams, and yet again, we got

<v Speaker 1>some weird calls from the two coaches. In overtime, both

<v Speaker 1>coaches settled for field goals before they had to. One

<v Speaker 1>made it. One didn't. But both coaches were stupid. I

<v Speaker 1>don't get it. The NFL is a crazy league that

<v Speaker 1>is hard to figure out anyway. It's even harder to

<v Speaker 1>figure out when coaches do dumb things. But right now,

<v Speaker 1>what player is looking like the most valuable player in

<v Speaker 1>the league? And right now, there are a few players

<v Speaker 1>that are deserving MVP consideration. I know he rarely plays

<v Speaker 1>well when I tune in. But I would have to

<v Speaker 1>put San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy in the conversation.

<v Speaker 1>The Niners are now one of the final three teams

<v Speaker 1>in the league to still be undefeated. And while Purdy

<v Speaker 1>has some big name weapons, they're honestly not helping that much.

<v Speaker 1>Running back Christian McCaffrey is averaging a whopping 50 yards

<v Speaker 1>a game. George Kittle, Mike Evans, and Debo Samuel are

<v Speaker 1>all well past their prime. Hey, but Purdy has already

<v Speaker 1>thrown for over 1,000 yards. He has 12 touchdowns. Could Mr.

<v Speaker 1>Irrelevant actually win the MVP? It's possible. I will stay

<v Speaker 1>in the NFC West, and I will nominate Seattle Seahawks

<v Speaker 1>wide receiver Jackson Smith Najigba for the MVP as well. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>the Seahawks don't look quite as strong as they did

<v Speaker 1>last year when they won the Super Bowl, but some

<v Speaker 1>of that is because in their two losses, the defense

<v Speaker 1>hasn't played well. They gave up 33 points. Oh, but

<v Speaker 1>Jackson Smith Najigba? is putting up monster numbers. 32 catches,

<v Speaker 1>481 yards and six touchdowns. And just wait until you

<v Speaker 1>see what he does to my Denver Broncos tomorrow night.

<v Speaker 1>He might win the MVP immediately after the game. They

<v Speaker 1>might just go, I know it's only week six, but

<v Speaker 1>you know what? When you catch 14 passes for 700

<v Speaker 1>yards and you score 12 touchdowns, you can have the MVP. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>his current pace, Jackson Smith and the Jigba will have

<v Speaker 1>a better season than he did last year. That kid

<v Speaker 1>is a monster. Of course, the favorite right now for

<v Speaker 1>the MVP would be the guy that won the award

<v Speaker 1>back in 2024. And he's actually putting up better numbers

<v Speaker 1>so far this year. And that, of course, is Buffalo

<v Speaker 1>Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Through five games, he is putting

<v Speaker 1>up insane video game numbers. 1,249 passing yards, 239 rushing yards.

<v Speaker 1>He has 15 total touchdowns. And that performance on Monday

<v Speaker 1>night against the Rams, hey, that was insane. Again, that

<v Speaker 1>brought me like John Elway kind of memories. Except, you know,

<v Speaker 1>John Elway won playoff games. But Josh might be on

<v Speaker 1>his way to win the MVP this year. However, if

<v Speaker 1>I were handing out the MVP after the first month,

<v Speaker 1>it would go to one guy and that guy is

<v Speaker 1>a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Who you know,

<v Speaker 1>doesn't sit that well with me. And no, it actually

<v Speaker 1>isn't quarterback Patrick Mahomes. I think even Mahomes would have

<v Speaker 1>to admit, so far, running back Kenneth Walker has been

<v Speaker 1>the most valuable player of the team and the league

<v Speaker 1>in four games. Walker has 537 rushing yards. He's averaging

<v Speaker 1>over six yards per carry. He has 84 receiving yards,

<v Speaker 1>and he has six total touchdowns. But his play is

<v Speaker 1>why the Chiefs are 4-0. His play is why the

<v Speaker 1>defense looks better this year because they're on the sideline

<v Speaker 1>so much. He opens up the passing game right now

<v Speaker 1>for me. Kenneth Walker is the most valuable player of

<v Speaker 1>the 2026 NFL season. Now, one thing to keep an

<v Speaker 1>eye on. The Chiefs just had a very early bye

<v Speaker 1>week this past week. Now they will be playing 13

<v Speaker 1>straight games without a break. That will be an extended stretch.

<v Speaker 1>Can Walker and the Chiefs keep up? that pace. But

<v Speaker 1>of course, we can't just look at the good. If

<v Speaker 1>I were handing out a least valuable player, who would

<v Speaker 1>I hand it out to right now? And trust me,

<v Speaker 1>I have a few nominations. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Cooper Rush

<v Speaker 1>looked like the worst quarterback ever in his first two

<v Speaker 1>weeks of the season, and the Falcons looked like they

<v Speaker 1>might go 0-17. But then when Michael Penix got in,

<v Speaker 1>the Falcons looked like a playoff team. So Cooper Rush

<v Speaker 1>might be a least valuable player candidate. I will also

<v Speaker 1>nominate a quarterback-coach combo for the least valuable player, and

<v Speaker 1>that is the dreadful combination of Los Angeles Chargers coach

<v Speaker 1>Jim Harbaugh and quarterback Justin Herbert. Harbaugh is on record

<v Speaker 1>saying that Herbert will be one of the all-time greatest

<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks ever. Right now, Herbert doesn't even look like a starter.

<v Speaker 1>He has six interceptions. He ranks 28 out of 32 quarterbacks,

<v Speaker 1>and in the fourth quarter, Justin Herbert has a 38.2

<v Speaker 1>passer rating. Get this. If Justin Herbert just spiked the

<v Speaker 1>ball on every play in the fourth quarter, he'd have

<v Speaker 1>a 39.6 passer rating. And I know it's not all

<v Speaker 1>his fault. He doesn't have any help. He's trying to

<v Speaker 1>do too much. But some of the reason he's trying

<v Speaker 1>to do too much is because Jim Harbaugh is a

<v Speaker 1>buffoon and keeps putting him in dumb situations. On Sunday

<v Speaker 1>against the Broncos, Harbaugh burned his challenges and his timeouts early.

<v Speaker 1>He opted to go for it on fourth down from

<v Speaker 1>their own 41 and their own 31 yard line when

<v Speaker 1>they didn't need to. Is Harbaugh shaving points? Does he

<v Speaker 1>want to get fired? I don't know. But Jim Harbaugh's

<v Speaker 1>been awful, and the Chargers are now 0-5. But if

<v Speaker 1>I was actually going to give out the NFL's least

<v Speaker 1>valuable player, I would actually give it to another, well, non-player. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>but make no mistake, they are deserving. Because I'm going

<v Speaker 1>to give my early LVP to Indianapolis Colts owner and

<v Speaker 1>local weirdo, Carly Ursae Gordon. Have you seen that creepy

<v Speaker 1>goblin patrolling the sideline? She looks like the girl that

<v Speaker 1>crawled out of a TV in the ring. If you've

<v Speaker 1>missed it. The granddaughter of former owner Jim Ursae paces

<v Speaker 1>the sideline every game, taking notes like some nerd on

<v Speaker 1>a field trip to the zoo. Many times, she actually

<v Speaker 1>goes up and interrupts players and coaches to ask them

<v Speaker 1>what they're doing during the game. And when asked why

<v Speaker 1>she does this, her answer was that she has a

<v Speaker 1>fifth grade understanding of football. So how else can she learn? Well,

<v Speaker 1>I mean, from what I can tell, A number of

<v Speaker 1>NFL owners have a fifth-grade understanding of the game, but

<v Speaker 1>they stay up in the owner's box. As should you,

<v Speaker 1>you creepy weirdo. Now, as we do so many weeks

<v Speaker 1>here at The Daily Dose, we need to get over

<v Speaker 1>to our Daily Dose Top 5. Hey, most every college

<v Speaker 1>sports program has its ups and downs. A great coach,

<v Speaker 1>a collection of talent, a supportive fan base, and don't

<v Speaker 1>forget that booster club, and you can find your favorite

<v Speaker 1>school suddenly ranked. But college sports have changed so dramatically

<v Speaker 1>over the past 10 years, let alone the past 50

<v Speaker 1>or 100. You know, it used to be kids would

<v Speaker 1>beg to go to certain schools. They would gladly wait

<v Speaker 1>in line until they got their turn to try to

<v Speaker 1>make the most of it. There were like maybe 10

<v Speaker 1>or 15 major blue blood programs, and they would have

<v Speaker 1>their pick of all the talents. Yeah, those days are over.

<v Speaker 1>There are now 138 Division I FBS football schools out there,

<v Speaker 1>and they all have some money to give. Some schools

<v Speaker 1>have adapted to this modern era. Others haven't. And I'm

<v Speaker 1>not talking about schools that had like one or two

<v Speaker 1>great seasons, but schools that had a history of success. Today,

<v Speaker 1>our Daily Dose Top 5 is taking a look at

<v Speaker 1>the college football programs that used to be powerhouses. Oh,

<v Speaker 1>but that was a long, long time ago. We start

<v Speaker 1>off at number five. And I'm actually going to name

<v Speaker 1>a conference here. And no, it's not the Pac-8. What

<v Speaker 1>if I were to tell you that we have a

<v Speaker 1>conference that claims over 50 college football national championships? No,

<v Speaker 1>I'm not talking about the old Southwestern Conference either. I'm

<v Speaker 1>actually talking about the Ivy League. Because those nerds of

<v Speaker 1>yesteryear won some games. Ivy League schools have claimed or

<v Speaker 1>been awarded over 50 national championships historically in football. predominantly

<v Speaker 1>during the early era of college football from like the

<v Speaker 1>late 19th century into the 1930s. Yes, it was primarily

<v Speaker 1>against guys with last names like McGillicuddy, but hey, they

<v Speaker 1>did win some games. Get this, Yale, 18 championships. Princeton, 15. Harvard, 8. Penn, 7. Cornell, 5.

<v Speaker 1>And Dartmouth even claims one. Only Brown University has zero

<v Speaker 1>football championships. which is kind of ironic because all of

<v Speaker 1>these titles were actually won against teams with no brown players.

<v Speaker 1>You see what I did there? You're very special. However,

<v Speaker 1>no Ivy League team has won anything of importance in

<v Speaker 1>the modern bowl era, and the league is now at

<v Speaker 1>the FCS level. The last time an Ivy League school

<v Speaker 1>won a title was when Yale claimed a share back

<v Speaker 1>in 1927. Yeah, almost 100 years ago. It's been a

<v Speaker 1>while for the Ivy League. But the landscape changed and

<v Speaker 1>they didn't adapt. And that league comes in at number five.

<v Speaker 1>We arrive at number four. And we get to a

<v Speaker 1>program that was absolutely rolling back in the 1920s. A

<v Speaker 1>head coach by the name of Robert Zupke had a

<v Speaker 1>halfback by the name of Red Grange, who was also

<v Speaker 1>known by the nickname The Galloping Ghost. And Grange carried

<v Speaker 1>the Illinois Fighting Illini to heights that they have never

<v Speaker 1>come close to reaching ever since. Grange was a three-time

<v Speaker 1>All-American from 23 to 25, and the Illini won a

<v Speaker 1>national championship in 23. They won it again in 27.

<v Speaker 1>Since then, it's been a little rough. Illinois has been

<v Speaker 1>ranked just 14 times in the AP poll. They're 10

<v Speaker 1>and 12 in bowl games. But back when wearing helmets

<v Speaker 1>was optional? No, the Illinois fighting Illini were no joke,

<v Speaker 1>and they come in at number four. We reached number three.

<v Speaker 1>And we get to another program that used to win.

<v Speaker 1>But this time we go back to the 50s and

<v Speaker 1>the 60s. Head coach Duffy Doherty had a program up

<v Speaker 1>in East Lansing that won national championships in 1952. And

<v Speaker 1>then they won back-to-back titles in 65 and 66. I mean,

<v Speaker 1>his defense only allowed eight points a game. Thanks to

<v Speaker 1>a monster defense led by defensive lineman Bubba Smith and

<v Speaker 1>defensive back George Webster. The Michigan State Spartans had a

<v Speaker 1>few good years under George Perlis back in the 80s

<v Speaker 1>and 90s when running back Lorenzo White was a top player.

<v Speaker 1>Nick Saban stopped by East Lansing for a few years

<v Speaker 1>and had Sparty ranked a little bit. And grumpy old

<v Speaker 1>Mark D'Antonio had the Spartans in the college football playoff

<v Speaker 1>back in 2015, but then they got beat 38-0 by

<v Speaker 1>Nick Saban at Alabama. And really, Michigan State hasn't done

<v Speaker 1>anything since. Pat Fitzgerald, is now trying to get Michigan

<v Speaker 1>State back to some sort of prominence, but it won't

<v Speaker 1>be easy. Michigan State used to be a powerhouse, but

<v Speaker 1>they aren't anymore, and they come in at number three.

<v Speaker 1>So we get to number two on our list of

<v Speaker 1>college football programs that used to be powerhouses, and we

<v Speaker 1>get to a school that has quite an impressive history,

<v Speaker 1>and you might not even know it. This school won

<v Speaker 1>six national championships from 1934 to 1960 under head coach's name,

<v Speaker 1>Bernie Bierman, and Murray Wormath. Not getting a lot of

<v Speaker 1>guys named Murray anymore, are we? But the University of

<v Speaker 1>Minnesota Golden Gophers haven't done a whole lot since then.

<v Speaker 1>Some guy named Lou Holtz had them ranked back in

<v Speaker 1>the 80s. Glenn Mason had a respectable program in the

<v Speaker 1>late 90s and early 2000s. And now head coach P.J.

<v Speaker 1>Fleck wipes his guys' blood off their faces and eats

<v Speaker 1>it or whatever because he wants to be hepatitis brothers,

<v Speaker 1>I guess. But since the 1960s, Minnesota has only been

<v Speaker 1>to 26 bowls. They've won 14 of them, but they've

<v Speaker 1>never finished a season ranked higher than number 10. From

<v Speaker 1>a school that has one less championship than Oklahoma, and

<v Speaker 1>two less than USC? Seems kind of odd, but the

<v Speaker 1>University of Minnesota comes in at number two. So we

<v Speaker 1>reach the number one team on our list of college

<v Speaker 1>football powerhouses that have fallen on hard times. And this

<v Speaker 1>one is tough because there are signs that this program

<v Speaker 1>is actually pretty tough this season. But they have yet

<v Speaker 1>to win a big game. Which is crazy from a

<v Speaker 1>program that used to just restock every year for like decades.

<v Speaker 1>They won five national championships from 1970 to 1997. They

<v Speaker 1>won 43 conference championships. But since 1997, the Nebraska Cornhuskers

<v Speaker 1>have finished the season ranked in the top five zero times.

<v Speaker 1>In the past decade, they have been to just three

<v Speaker 1>bowl games. The Las Vegas Bowl, the Pinstripe Bowl, and

<v Speaker 1>the Music City Bowl. They are one and two in

<v Speaker 1>those games. Nebraska is now 0-31 in their last 31

<v Speaker 1>games against top 25 teams. I didn't misspeak. 0-31. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>that is a far cry from a school that just

<v Speaker 1>thought it was their birthright to go to the Orange

<v Speaker 1>Bowl and contend for a title every year. This year,

<v Speaker 1>Nebraska seems to at least be scrappy. Then again, they

<v Speaker 1>did just find a way to give up a late

<v Speaker 1>lead this past week against Indiana. Now, does this go

<v Speaker 1>back to firing a good coach named Frank Solich because

<v Speaker 1>they were spoiled? Yeah, probably. But don't forget there were

<v Speaker 1>also women being beaten recently. Maybe a murder scattered in

<v Speaker 1>there too. The Nebraska Cornhuskers top our list of college

<v Speaker 1>football programs that just aren't what they used to be.

<v Speaker 1>And no, I didn't just single out the Big Ten. Remember,

<v Speaker 1>Illinois was in the Western Conference, bizarrely, for years. Michigan

<v Speaker 1>State was an independent. And Nebraska was a member of

<v Speaker 1>the Big Eight for many, many years. So no. It

<v Speaker 1>wasn't just Big Ten hate. That's just how it kind

<v Speaker 1>of turned out. Hey, next week on The Daily Dose,

<v Speaker 1>we are now a number of weeks into the football season,

<v Speaker 1>and it just might be time for our first Daily

<v Speaker 1>Dose power rankings of the football season. Plus, those MLB

<v Speaker 1>playoffs are headed toward the World Series, and we will

<v Speaker 1>keep you up on all that is going on in

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