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First Take

Hour 2: High Stakes

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe are joined by Jeff Saturday as the crew debates the NFL team that cannot afford a bad start to their season. Will Packer joins the show to discuss success as an HBCU graduate, his ownership stake with the Atlanta Falcons and his new limited series "Fight Night." Stephen A. also gives us his A-List on the top 5 of his NFL power rankings. Lastly, Stephen A. and Shannon weigh in on Ja'Marr Chase's hold-in with the Bengals and what that means for their team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well Paul Feinbaum was right on the money with that prediction.

0:04.3

FSU stunned by Boston College 28 to 13 last night, fell to Owen 2 on the season.

0:10.1

Shannon, your thoughts on FSU's rough start to the season.

0:15.3

Yeah, they're just not as good as the voters, the odds makers that had them at number 10.

0:19.9

They're just not.

0:21.6

The quarterback, he didn't get a whole lot of help, but he missed

0:25.3

some throws and that's kind of been his emo throughout his career at Clemson to

0:29.2

Oregon State, now at Florida State. They're just they're not good on that side of the football.

0:33.4

The defensive line didn't play well last night. They're supposed to have all these

0:36.8

draft prospects and they just didn't play well. Give Boston College

0:40.9

credit. Boston College beat them in every aspect of the game last night.

0:46.0

Hey right? Yes they did yes they did and and here's what I personally want to say this I think Florida State's program is

0:56.4

in a world of trouble. If you remember they go undefeated last year during the regular

1:01.6

season but their quarterback Jordan

1:03.3

Travis goes down injured near the end of the year and as a result they didn't get

1:09.2

invited to the to the playoffs. They're salty about that obviously thinking the orange ball was a meaningless

1:15.8

game. They go up against Georgia and Georgia smacks them up 63 to 3. And then you come off that and you follow that up with beginning this year

1:28.0

oh and two with a quarterback who the best thing he's got going for him is his name because most people

1:34.2

don't know how to pronounce it so as a result they don't call his name out but

1:37.5

how ineffective he's been thus far they don't have any playmakers at the

1:41.0

receiver spot okay and you're just looking at them now and you're saying,

1:45.0

wait a minute, that last year, a lot needs to be said, but what are you going to do in the future

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