Billy Gill
Appearances
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But Barry, it's like impossible to play that game, right? Because you have to schedule these things out like years in advance and you have no idea what the committee is going to think three years from now. And also like the strength of schedule arguably is why Miami didn't really have a shot.
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I mean, they didn't play for a conference championship, but you still had a three loss Alabama just because of the conference they were in over in Miami who didn't have as many losses. So like scheduling gimmies is good for like SEC teams and big 10 teams at the moment.
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But like if your conference is not viewed as one of the better ones and then you don't have the strength of schedule, you can't get in.
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Exactly. It's crazy just how scheduling ends up affecting it when you can't control it.
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Where does Mario go from here after losing Cam Ward? Because Cam Ward really is what kind of kept that team alive. So he basically has to find a Cam Ward every year under this current plan.
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It's funny because we've had Mike Lombardi on a number of times, and it was promote books and, you know, whatever projects he was working on at the time. He had a show at VSYN. He did some stuff with DraftKings. And you would always say, you know... Billy, this is how you do this. You get Lombardi, and then when he takes over an NFL team, you have that relationship.
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How different is this role than when you were like general manager and VP of the Browns? Because it's seemingly a new position in college, but it seems like it's very similar to a general manager of a professional team.
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What is a realistic timeline, I guess, for North Carolina? Because now college football is so different where year over year, your roster is completely different, which I would think is a challenge compared to the NFL where you lock people in for years and you don't have to constantly be. There's not the same turnover that now you have in college.
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So where do you guys want North Carolina to be realistically? Is it an ACC championship? Is it the playoffs year one? Like what are the expectations? Yeah.
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That's what I'm saying. You're going to talk me into this. I think North Carolina is the national champions now.
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You'll tell me that with everyone, to the likes of Drew Millard, who writes a book about golf. When he's on the PGA Tour, it's like, Drew Millard's never going to be on the PGA Tour, but whatever. And sure enough, now Mike Lombardi has taken over, you know, University of North Carolina. By the way, Stu Gatz, I don't know if you know this. What? God Bless Football is presented by Smirnoff.
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We do games. I didn't know that. Please drink responsibly. The Smirnoff Company, New York, New York. I mean, how could I possibly have known that? I mean, you should. They sponsor us every week. Also, by the way, here's another thing. Yes. Guys. If you want to do us a solid, go to sportspodcastgroup.com. You can vote for us for Best American Football Podcast.
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That's all we've got to do, right? I mean, no, you've got to do more than just win the first game. If that's all you do, it's a colossal failure, Mike.
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uh billy do we want to try to get taylor a gig here what do you think do you think the time has passed what do you want well here's the thing we work with this guy taylor mike and he uh he's a former north carolina football player he was a walk-on but he uh he did a lot of practice team stuff and he tore up his knee so that ended his football career now some would say he was a fifth year walk-on who was still on the practice squad his his nfl career never had really a shot the knee had nothing to do with it
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regardless he has this interest in football, but also he doesn't just want any job. He wants a job that gives him benefits, but he doesn't seem like he wants to really pay his dues. Like he's not like a quality control type guy.
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Listen, I'm not here to go into any conspiracy theories or anything like that, but someone did point out that some of the heavier hitters are at the top of the list when you go to vote for Best American Football Podcast, the Kelseys. What? I'm not saying shenanigans is a foot here, but I'm saying go to sportspodcastgroup.com. Scroll down a little bit. You'll find God bless football.
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Vote for us, the little guys, to go up against the Giants. If you hate Taylor Swift, vote for us. If you hate Travis Kelsey, vote for us. If you love Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, vote for us. Either way. Vote for us. Sportspodcastgroup.com. God bless football. Best American football podcast.
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Yours isn't signed yet. Once it's signed, it'll go right up there next to Tua's. It won't actually.
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Well, so here's the thing. When I took this one, it was like two years ago. So like he signed this when we were at the Super Bowl. So I was like, oh, whatever, I'll frame it. Like, it's kind of cool. He's like the franchise quarterback.
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So when I when I went to sign it, it was like in that offseason. And the frame guy who I'm giving money to is like, are you sure you want to frame this? They may cut him like I'm here. They might cut him. I love it. I'm like, dude, take my money. Like, what are you even doing? Yeah, seriously.
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I feel like now if I go back to the guy and I give him a Chris Sims jersey autograph, I'm like, I want this framed too. He's like, dude, definitely do not frame this. Like, why would you do this?
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We're we're we're far enough removed from your NFL playing days. And if you can't answer this question, don't. But. You lived in Tampa when you were in the NFL. That's famous for for some, you know, naked ladies and strip clubs.
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Yeah. And massage parlors. Oh, right. OK, well now. OK, so you answer the question. I was going to say if you partook in all of this, but you're giving us more details, though.
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I didn't say that. I just had someone reach out to me and say, why aren't these in alphabetical order? To which I said, I don't know. Vote for us. So please vote for us for Sports Podcast Group Awards. We can stick it to management who doesn't believe in us.
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Are you a Christmas Day or Christmas Eve family? Oh.
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Jason Garrett looks like he loves a gift exchange.
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You always have to, whether it's true or not, you always have to kind of paint this thing like you're the little dog. You know what I mean? So that then the audience gets behind you and they're like, you know what? I want them to succeed. So just, you know.
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So how does this gift exchange work that Tariq organized? Did you each draw a name or you just got things for everyone?
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yeah what are they a little secret stand it's not too late what do you think okay sure yeah we can do that next year we can sure all right great who's uh you're gonna get a book from stugatz just uh just between just between the four of us chris who's the person that we would know like the on-air person like god i hope they don't draw my name like this is just a horrible gift here who's the gift giver i
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So go and I did not get that message. I hope that's not the case.
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Sorry. Sorry. They told me that. And they also said they also said, Billy, you have two dogs. If you don't win this award. You're going to have one dog, and you can't choose which one.
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That is, wow. Management doesn't play. Please vote for us, sportspodcastgroup.com.
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I'm trying not to get attached to either one of them, just in case. I was following your lead there.
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I was impressed with all the famous friends he has.
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I don't know if I can do that. Chris, walk me off the ledge. Why should I still believe in the Dolphins this year?
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I love them both equally, Dopey and Izzy. Dopey and Izzy? Yeah, I love them both equally.
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But if I had to choose one... See, I'm not going to say. I'm not going to say, because guess what? If I tip off which one I want more, then they take the other dog. You know what I mean? I would save this one, and they're like, Nope! Boom! This dog is gone to a new home. Not anywhere else. We're not doing anything bad to the dogs.
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You also have Jalen Waddle, who I think is like in the top seven of wide receivers being paid also, which is a problem when you have Tyreek Hill also in there. Like two of the top seven or whatever. Wide receivers is crazy when he's not really producing. Exactly.
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But please vote for us so that they get both still live in my house.
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I'm not going to say. Okay. They're both your dogs. I know. I love them, but I'm getting choked up just thinking about it. It's terrible. So vote for us so that I don't have to make that horrible choice that I don't even have to make anyways. Oh, also, after you vote for us, sportspodcastgroup.com. Compete against us in weekly fantasy presented by Smirnoff. Go to DKNG.co slash Smirnoff.
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What are you worried about? They're unveiling it.
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Where do we find these videos? I don't know. They call it the Internet. All right.
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I'm trying to find out how to learn about the aliens. You just tell me go on the Internet.
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Just before we did this, Stugas was filling out his roster, and he feels pretty confident about it this week. I do.
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Why are you telling us this now? We could have gone up. We could have gone to the theme park. Yeah. I don't have time. Will Billy's hand on a roller coaster?
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No, you're the Grinch, Chris. Jeez. See you later.
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All right. Well, I'll take a note because you're now the second person who's had a bit of an issue with the picks this week.
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You want to do all of those games as well? You want to do all four of them?
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How about this? Why don't we start with that, K-Funk? Carl said yes.
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Hold on a second. Let's switch roles here. Why don't we let you drive this portion of the –
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Guys, by the way, I want to congratulate everyone involved here because we haven't formally discussed this, but we were nominated for Best American Football Podcast in the Sports Podcast Awards. We might be winners again for Best American Football Podcast. Congratulations to everyone involved. Especially you, K-Funk.
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Yeah. By the way, more congratulations are in order because yet again we had a 5-0 week last week. And we have a repeat offender in Mike Rawless.
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You continue with this undefeated thing. You had a tie.
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Mojo will be joining us in a little bit. He'll be joining us shortly. But K-Funk, you have the four games. Go to DraftKings. Get us to DraftKings lines and then walk us through.
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Wow. Gordy, by the way, went 4-1 last week. So he's starting to pull away from you a little bit.
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No, don't worry. I went back. I fixed those. No, he picks everything.
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Hold on. Hold on a second. So for those who are actually curious, amongst the leaders right now, and I have to get win percentages, but Mojo's at 44-29-3. Mike Rawless, who started out very poorly, is at 34-25-1. Carl's at 37-32-2. Gordy, after his 4-1, is 35-39-3. Good comeback. Kayfunk is 33-42-3, and ShareBear's at 31-42-2. You got it, ShareBear.
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Well, no, you're not four. You're nine under. What are you talking about, four? You're 33 and 42. Better than 15, I guess.
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You're only as good as your last game. Last week you were two and three, so you're not very good.
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Mojo, just to catch you up on what's going on, K-Funk decided that we need to do college games this week, so we told K-Funk, you can just host the college portion of it. So K-Funk is hosting the show as we speak.
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No, no, don't do that, Mojo. We're doing college?
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Well, hold on a second. We didn't win last year, and one person was absent last year.
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Well, not 100, 1,000. 100 would be really bad, but we get the point. He's an athlete.
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K-Funk went 2-3 last week and then bragged about how great he is and then said, you're only as good as your last week. And we're like, well, your last week was terrible. Now you're all caught up.
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Honestly, okay, listen, K-Funk. I'm going to edit all this out. K-Funk, you're done. We're not doing any more college. Here's the deal. I was just stalling for Mojo to join, if I'm going to be honest with you. All right, Stu Gatz, get us back on track with the real games.
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Okay. So what were you saying, Stu? Yes, you guys. What were the games?
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How much did you play in college, K-Funk, incidentally?
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You were 4-1 last week. That's a bad one for Mojo.
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I love it. I'm going to watch it all. Oh, my God. We're headed into the holidays. Work responsibilities are winding down. All I have to worry about after all the presents. That's a story for another day. Don't get me started on that. Holiday shopping. But Saturday is football day. God bless it.
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Honestly, K-Funk getting mad is worth the bad games. Yes, that's even better.
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Great job. K-Funk, you still have two games to host here if you're still doing that, unless you've given up on college. Don't you dare.
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Sportspodcastgroup.com. By the way, you guys, also, we have a decision to make. If Mojo and K-Funk aren't ever going to do a show together, if we lose, who do we keep?
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I like that you say like, oh, that clown Adam Gase, like Robert Sala was like a genius.