Hang Up and Listen - The Name-of-Coach Experiment Is Over Edition
Hang Up and Listen
Joel Meyer
4.6 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Josh Levin, Ben Mathis-Lilley, and Slate’s Joel Anderson discuss Drew Brees becoming the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leader, the UFC fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, and college football at the season’s halfway point.
Drew Brees (1:49): What does the New Orleans Saints quarterback’s success say about the NFL? And is his persona winning or grating?
UFC (18:32): Was anyone seriously outraged by the melee after Khabib Nurmagomedov’s victory? And why weren’t more people outraged by McGregor’s actions before the fight?
College football (32:02): Alabama is great again. Is Notre Dame any good? And will UCF ever get a shot at a championship?
Afterballs(45:28): Ben on college football and TV commercials, Joel on ESPN’s Junior Seau documentary, and Josh on Alan Page.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:08.6 | Hi, this is Josh Levine, and this is Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen for the week of October 9th, 2018. |
| 0:16.0 | On this week's show, we'll talk about New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Breeze, becoming the NFL's all-time passing yardage leader. |
| 0:23.6 | We'll also discuss the UFC fight between Habib Nirmagammedov and Connor McGregor and the fights inside and outside the ring after the officially sanctioned fight was over. |
| 0:34.4 | And we'll look at college football at the season's halfway point, where somehow, |
| 0:38.4 | some way, Alabama is good again, and Notre Dame is looking like a playoff contender. |
| 0:44.0 | Stefan Fatsis is out this week. |
| 0:46.2 | Joining in his stead is our slate colleague Ben Mathis Lilley, who recently expressed that |
| 0:51.6 | he would pay for an app that removed the chargers from his TV feeds and consciousness, |
| 0:57.1 | a sentiment that got five likes on Twitter. |
| 0:59.9 | Congratulations, Ben. |
| 1:01.3 | That's my most liked tweet ever. |
| 1:04.6 | And Joel Anderson of ESPN on the other line, don't laugh yet, Joel, because I'm going to mention your tweet. They got a |
| 1:12.5 | single solitary like mentioning that mahogany is one of your favorite words and you wish you could |
| 1:18.2 | find a way to use it every day. It's just a testament to the idea that you should never tweet, |
| 1:23.7 | basically. So the notion that the charger should be eradicated from human consciousness is five times |
| 1:31.4 | more popular than the idea that mahogany is a good word. |
| 1:35.1 | I mean, I think that just speaks to the colorism of our society, probably. |
| 1:41.1 | I think we all need to look deep into our hearts and figure out why Joel's tweet was not more popular. |
| 1:49.1 | All right, let's talk about football on Monday night in New Orleans with a 62-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Treyquan Smith. |
| 1:59.5 | Saints quarterback Drew Brees broke the NFL's all-time record for passing yards, |
| 2:04.3 | which had been held by Payton Manning. |
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