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Speaker 1: And welcome in Lake Kickings Live. It is Thursday night

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Speaker 1: in December, sixteenth year of our Lord, twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: off the heels of the most legendary signing day, easily

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Speaker 1: the most memorable signing day that any of us have

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Speaker 1: ever been a part of, both as a fan or

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Speaker 1: as an amicable host, which we were in Fort Lauderdale

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Speaker 1: executing the duties of yesterday. We are jammed packed tonight

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Speaker 1: high Top downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Obviously full reaction there. Texas

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Speaker 1: a and m huge day for them. I mean, we've

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Speaker 1: even got Jackson State having a huge day. That's how

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Speaker 1: you know it was a big deal. Nick Saban was

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Speaker 1: right again. Just keeps happening, Colin. Just about every two

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Speaker 1: or three months, we get to do a segment where

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Speaker 1: we talk about something Nick Saban said and something you

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Speaker 1: wagged your finger at and shamed him for, and it

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Speaker 1: something he ends up being right on. He did it again.

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Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, Alabama also had a very

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Speaker 1: good class again yesterday. Probably not done there for that

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Speaker 1: Olabama class. We've got big surprises to discuss. We've got

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Speaker 1: so many programs to talk about. We've got bold best

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Speaker 1: bets tonight. Yes, the Rama Noudle Express does operate during

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Speaker 1: Bowl season. We just wanted to wait and get as

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Speaker 1: many opt outs out of the way as possible. At

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Speaker 1: Late Kick Josh, there is a lot coming up over

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Speaker 1: the entire next what like month. Make sure you're following

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Speaker 1: there at Late Kick Josh, a lot of space events

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Speaker 1: coming up if you know, you know, If you don't,

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Speaker 1: just follow and find out. Also on Instagram at Late

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Speaker 1: Kick Josh lot going on yesterday. I want to talk

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Speaker 1: about this before we even dive into our initial reaction. Yesterday,

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Speaker 1: we were in Fort Lauderdale. A lot of you tuned in.

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Speaker 1: We had record breaking traffic on the channel, so many

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Speaker 1: of you tuned in. Thank you for that. Our friends

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Speaker 1: down in Fort Lauderdale at CBS Sports HQ made things

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Speaker 1: go very smoothly. They're just an army of folcus. Like

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Speaker 1: someone kicked over in ant bed and all these ants

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Speaker 1: were just going all over the place putting out fires

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Speaker 1: all day. And boy we needed them because when I'm

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Speaker 1: sitting there at the desk and I got Andrew Ivans here,

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Speaker 1: and we had Cooper protagnow Singletary, we had Steve Wollfounk.

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Speaker 1: Everyone was in the house, and we thought things were

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Speaker 1: gonna go pretty smoothly. You always have an idea where

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Speaker 1: you're gonna go on signing day. But when someone comes

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Speaker 1: in your ear and says there's something going on with

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Speaker 1: Travis Hunter. Three two one, Okay, we're back from breaking.

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Speaker 1: You don't know what's going on. Then you start to say,

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Speaker 1: is Georgia flipping him? What's happening? I mean, Travis Hunter

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Speaker 1: is the number one player in the country. We figured

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Speaker 1: not to talk about him a whole lot during the

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Speaker 1: day because we figured he was solid to FSU. But

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, when I tossed to Steve woodfong over

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Speaker 1: and he's saying, it looks like not Florida State for

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Speaker 1: Travis Hunter, looks like Jackson State. I pulled the who

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Speaker 1: on air because I thought he had misspoken. No, it

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Speaker 1: is Jackson State. Let me tell you that was historic.

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Speaker 1: And when you're part of something that's historic in the moment,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, it's adrenaline rush, but it's a different

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Speaker 1: kind of adrenaline rush. It's not like the kinds you

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Speaker 1: get where you try and pull a car off someone

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Speaker 1: the World Series. It's not that kind of adrenaline rush.

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Speaker 1: It's a different kind of adrenaline rush. But when you're

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Speaker 1: doing live TV. Used to have Breaking Weather live TV

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Speaker 1: when I was in news, I loved it. There's a

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Speaker 1: threat to human life, that's not the fun part, but

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Speaker 1: When that happened yesterday, everybody experienced that, some for the

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Speaker 1: first time. I've been through that before, but not something

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Speaker 1: as unique as that history, absolute history. I know there

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Speaker 1: are a million different opinions on this. I've watched thread

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Speaker 1: after thread on message boards get shut down today because

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Speaker 1: everyone's got an opinion on nil transfer portal. Travis Hunter

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Speaker 1: goes to Jackson State, Dion Sanders pulls him away from

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Speaker 1: his alma mater. There are a million different angles. You

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Speaker 1: ultimately this decision. I just want to tell you purely

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Speaker 1: from a spectacle standpoint, it was unbelievable and our friends,

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Speaker 1: Maria Martin actually and eleven Alive News up in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: is memorable. We're going to clip that and save it

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Speaker 1: a different angle though, and it's ultimately an angle that's

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Speaker 1: going to have to be addressed. There is a mess

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Speaker 1: that has to be cleaned up in our sport. I'm

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Speaker 1: not talking about a single kid, I'm not talking about

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Speaker 1: even a single signing day, but there is there is

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Speaker 1: a lot of there's a lot of things that on

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Speaker 1: not being properly regulated right now, not properly policed or contained,

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Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. And it's got to be addressed.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know that it's going to be addressed

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Speaker 1: not where I want to start. I just want to

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Speaker 1: start with signing day reaction in general. The SEC always

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Speaker 1: a huge focus on the SEC yesterday and a huge

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Speaker 1: focus on Texas A and m Texas A and M

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Speaker 1: Lands the best class in program history. I was looking

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Speaker 1: at some of the numbers today. Do you realize if

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Speaker 1: they didn't land another kid and you shaved all the

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Speaker 1: five stars off of their current class, that still have

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Speaker 1: a better class than Jimbo's ever signed there, and you

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Speaker 1: can look at all kinds of different scenarios. Well, the

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Speaker 1: thing about it is they are gonna land more kids.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I can confidently tell you they're not done.

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Speaker 1: They are already with the highest rated recruiting class in

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Speaker 1: the SEC this year. They addressed a lot of needs.

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Speaker 1: We talked to Jimbo Fisher at link I'm gonna play

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Speaker 1: address needs at quarterback. They got a lot of really

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Speaker 1: good perimeter skill, Connor Wegman, Jimbo Fisher, I'm gonna let

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Speaker 1: him tell you over myself thinks he's the best quarterback

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Speaker 1: it was in the middle of the afternoon. Now, I

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Speaker 1: wanted to get Jimbo bad and we got him yesterday,

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Speaker 1: he gave us some really good stuff. This is not

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Speaker 1: coach speak from Jimbo Fisher. So I want you to

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Speaker 1: listen very closely, and as he's talking, I also want

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Speaker 1: two things that when you've watched them, you've said, that's

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Speaker 1: what's keeping them from winning the SEC That's what's keeping

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Speaker 1: keep that in mind, let's roll Jimbo Fisher from yesterday.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of things that feel historic about

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I think people realize what we can do,

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Speaker 2: where we're going, where this game is going, what our

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Speaker 2: future is here when A and M can present for

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Speaker 2: them not only athletically, but for life after ball, education

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Speaker 2: and everything else. His place is all encompassoble. It has

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Speaker 2: everything needs. They're committed to winning, they're committed to doing everything.

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Speaker 2: We've gotten great, great classes the last three or four years,

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Speaker 2: and they see that we're ready to make a hump,

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Speaker 1: And the guys in Texas.

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Speaker 2: Are staying at all and then we're able to go

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Speaker 2: getting our guys. So it's been very historical in that way,

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Speaker 2: and I think hopefully that'll be the trend from here

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Speaker 1: That's a loaded answer there. There's a lot of themes

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Speaker 1: in the last few years and recruiting. You just hit on.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to go back to keeping your guys in state.

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Speaker 1: Your quarterback there, Connor Wigman or Steve Wilfong was just

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Speaker 1: talking about him and how every headline has been about

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Speaker 1: and you guys weren't really involved in that, and it

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Speaker 1: probably speaks volumes. Correct me if I'm wrong to how

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Speaker 2: Well, those guys are all great players, but I have

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Speaker 2: I think this guy's the best guy out of the country.

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Speaker 2: I think he can do everything you have to do.

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Speaker 2: It can more important besides there running and the thrower.

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Speaker 2: He's unbelievably competitive, he's unbelievably tough. He affects his teammates

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Speaker 2: when he played, they won period, took him deep in

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Speaker 2: But the way he affects his guys, his arm, his

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Speaker 2: leg he has unbelievable actually had him in camp. His

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Speaker 2: mean there's nothing he can't do. And when you put

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Speaker 2: the antanguous with a great ability, I think he's the best,

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you this. You're talking about quarterback there,

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Speaker 1: and you're talking about those characteristics you always look for.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at some of the perimeter skill talent here too.

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Speaker 1: Are there things offensively you've wanted to do and your

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Speaker 1: to this point that personnel like this will now allow

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Speaker 1: you to do? Oh no doubt.

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Speaker 2: I mean you go back. We've had I've had guys

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Speaker 2: that won the Blittnikoff, we had the all time league

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Speaker 2: our you know, we got banged up and bruised up,

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Speaker 2: and we've had great tight ends, great backs, and we

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Speaker 2: get down, make the big plays, and really stretch the

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Speaker 1: on early signing day, so all's fair on both sides

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Speaker 1: of that equation. You shake hands, you go your separate

431
00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:05,600
Speaker 1: ways he did not take the easy route is the point,

432
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Speaker 1: and I respect him for it. I think they'll ultimately

433
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Speaker 1: be better for it. Short term. No, you look, their

434
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Speaker 1: ranked like fiftieth right now, and so if you are

435
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Speaker 1: of the low hanging fruit crowd, you could make fun

436
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Speaker 1: of that. Usc barely cracked the top one hundred late

437
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Speaker 1: in the day yesterday, so it could be a lot worse.

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Speaker 1: They got a couple of game changers. Let's see what

439
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Speaker 1: they do in the portal. I thought Auburn was the

440
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Speaker 1: quietest but most important story in the SEC yesterday, quietest

441
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Speaker 1: but most important. They seem to emerge out of nowhere.

442
00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,280
Speaker 1: It was like three forty five, four o'clock in the

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Speaker 1: afternoon and wil Fong, as I was tossing it around

444
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Speaker 1: the table, saying what stands out right now? Will Fong

445
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,359
Speaker 1: pulls up his phone and says, you know Auburn's number

446
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Speaker 1: eleven At the moment they were number eleven, right And

447
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Speaker 1: I said, no, I don't know that. I pulled the

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Speaker 1: computer up. Sure enough, there's Auburn number eleven. It seems

449
00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,040
Speaker 1: like ten minutes ago there were number fifty and then

450
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Speaker 1: forty five, forty four. This is a massive win. For

451
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Speaker 1: Brian Harson and his staff, and it sort of falls

452
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Speaker 1: right in line thematically with what they've done all season.

453
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Speaker 1: They had an up and down season. I'm gonna grant

454
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Speaker 1: you that it has not been a total bed of

455
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Speaker 1: roses for Auburn this year. But remember what happened. Remember

456
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Speaker 1: they lost to Penn State and then they come home

457
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Speaker 1: and they almost got beat by an FCS program, and

458
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Speaker 1: then they benched the quarterback and they fired the wide

459
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Speaker 1: receivers coach, and everything seems to be in turmoil, and

460
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Speaker 1: they played their best football. They went on the road

461
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Speaker 1: and they beat LSU. And I remember I said on

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Speaker 1: the show emphatically that next Sunday, I said, bookmark this.

463
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Speaker 1: It could be nothing, it could be everything. But this

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Speaker 1: could have been a spot where the program imploded or

465
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Speaker 1: the team the season imploded and Brian Harson never flinched.

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Speaker 1: And that was point one. And this is another point

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Speaker 1: that I want you to remember. There have been rumors

468
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Speaker 1: about Brian Harson on multiple fronts. Bo Nicks is exiting

469
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Speaker 1: the program, there has been some staff turnover there. You know,

470
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Speaker 1: there's been some flux of the roster. This could have

471
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Speaker 1: been another point when you're recruiting in these shark infested

472
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Speaker 1: waters in the SEC you know, and you are not

473
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Speaker 1: in the headlines all the time time for your NIL plan.

474
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Speaker 1: Only recently have we started to even hear the letters

475
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Speaker 1: in IL next to that AU logo. You have every

476
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Speaker 1: reason to finish outside the top thirty, and that's what

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Speaker 1: I would have expected for Auburn, and instead they finished

478
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Speaker 1: top fifteenth. You take all the circumstances blind resume it.

479
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Speaker 1: I tell you everything that's happened to that Auburn team

480
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Speaker 1: this year, and the feel and the mood around the program,

481
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Speaker 1: and then I say, where do you think that team

482
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Speaker 1: finishes in recruiting? If you had to guess, you would

483
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Speaker 1: have said outside the top thirty and I would have too,

484
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Speaker 1: and we would have been wrong. There is fight if

485
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Speaker 1: you say nothing else about Harson and his brief tenure

486
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Speaker 1: at Auburn so far, there's fight there. There's a sense

487
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Speaker 1: that there are blinders on the program. And when I

488
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Speaker 1: say blinders, I don't mean, you know, blind to reality.

489
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Speaker 1: I mean blind to a lot of the external criticism.

490
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Speaker 1: And that's a credit. That's a credit because you think

491
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Speaker 1: you always have stuff figured out. Most of the time,

492
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Speaker 1: you don't. Brian Harson to me still is the most

493
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Speaker 1: unknown commodity of all the head coaches in the SEC West.

494
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Speaker 1: That doesn't mean he's not going to end up panning

495
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Speaker 1: out and being one of the best. It's just it's

496
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,719
Speaker 1: so much still up in the air to me. But

497
00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,120
Speaker 1: these things mattered. The way they rebounded at times during

498
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Speaker 1: the season, matters before they ran out of gas totally.

499
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Speaker 1: And also what they did yesterday locking down a top

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Speaker 1: fifteen class. It matters. It matters. Kentucky finished well, didn't

501
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Speaker 1: finish anywhere. Kentucky just to touch on a couple of

502
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Speaker 1: teams right quick. Kentucky's got the number eleven team in

503
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Speaker 1: the country. They got the number eleven signing class in

504
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Speaker 1: the country. We had Kanta Goodwin on five star offensive

505
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Speaker 1: tackle six' eight about three point fifty three sixty down

506
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Speaker 1: from four hundred. Yes, at one point there was a

507
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,880
Speaker 1: six eight, four hundred pound kid walking high school hallway somewhere.

508
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Speaker 1: We had him on late kick last night. He actually

509
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Speaker 1: reaffirmed his commitment on late kick, and then there was

510
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Speaker 1: some you know, headlines later in the night. As of

511
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Speaker 1: this moment, Kyanta Goodwin still with Kentucky. Kentucky the number

512
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Speaker 1: eleven class mark Stoops has got to have the best

513
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Speaker 1: job in America because he's sitting there, he's making the

514
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Speaker 1: money he's making. They reward him when he wins eight

515
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Speaker 1: game year. Everyone loves him there. He is so secure

516
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Speaker 1: in his job that he can just overhaul the offense

517
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Speaker 1: if he wants to. He can take chances in the

518
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Speaker 1: transfer portal. Oh and by the way, they're signing top

519
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Speaker 1: fifteen classes. It's when people talk about SEC bias. I

520
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 1: look at all this, and I look at how frequently

521
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Speaker 1: we have to talk about the SEC. If I didn't

522
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Speaker 1: want to talk about the SEC, I still couldn't avoid it.

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Speaker 1: On signing day, everyone wants to get to the end

524
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Speaker 1: of a season, and they see these SEC programs getting

525
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Speaker 1: benefit of the doubt, and they see him littering the

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Speaker 1: bowl schedule, and they see him, you know, getting a push,

527
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Speaker 1: and they see him getting benefited out even in the media,

528
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Speaker 1: and they have a problem with it. Guys, that doesn't

529
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Speaker 1: come out of nowhere. When I'm looking on signing day

530
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Speaker 1: and I'm seeing where the talent's going that is baked

531
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Speaker 1: into the public perception that gives the SEC the benefit

532
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Speaker 1: of the doubt. This is a talent based business. You've

533
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Speaker 1: got to have the horses. They've gotten more of them,

534
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Speaker 1: they keep getting more of them. That's why Kentucky can.

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Speaker 1: You would not if you talked about the SEC. If

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Speaker 1: you're from let's just say to Peka, Kansas, and I said,

537
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Speaker 1: tell me about the SEC, Kentucky wouldn't be in one

538
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Speaker 1: of the first half dozen programs you mentioned. Kentucky finished

539
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Speaker 1: eleventh in the country yesterday. That would be among or

540
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Speaker 1: right at the best in some of the other Power

541
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Speaker 1: five conferences out there, depending on conference. That's wild. Tennessee

542
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Speaker 1: finished fourteenth. That's a top fifteen class. And think about

543
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Speaker 1: how deep into the show is. It's seven twenty four

544
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Speaker 1: right now. Think about how deep into the show we

545
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Speaker 1: are before we've even talked about the Tennessee class. Hey,

546
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Speaker 1: I want you to keep in mind that is some

547
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 1: other programs out there lost their coaches. They never had

548
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Speaker 1: to worry about it. At Tennessee. There were some brief

549
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,640
Speaker 1: headlines about Josh Hippel. He shot him down very quickly.

550
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Speaker 1: They've got the number fourteen class in the country right now.

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Speaker 1: It's becoming a place that is a lot more trendy

552
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,679
Speaker 1: and a lot more attractive. And as they start to

553
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Speaker 1: they start to really put their thumbprint on the program

554
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,399
Speaker 1: more and more. There's some excitement as there should be

555
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Speaker 1: in Knoxville, and Josh Hipel is a guy that showed

556
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Speaker 1: you what he could do with someone else's peace is

557
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: in year one, really really excited to see what they're

558
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 1: about to do when they start to get more and

559
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,520
Speaker 1: more of their ingredients in the kitchen. There this is

560
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Speaker 1: also a candidate potentially to make some moves in the portal.

561
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Speaker 1: So I had to look around the SEC. What a

562
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Speaker 1: day it was, and we're only through early signing day.

563
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: We still got the second signing day coming up. Transfer

564
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Speaker 1: portals pretty much twenty four seven, three sixty five right now.

565
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Speaker 1: But it was a memorable day across the conference for

566
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Speaker 1: many different reasons. You saw the SOT the sound on tape,

567
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: that's what that stands for, sound bite in other words,

568
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Speaker 1: that we played of Jimbo yesterday and sadly, when I

569
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: put that up or we did it in the show

570
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 1: I get off air, I think everyone's going to be

571
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 1: talking about what Jimbo said. You weren't a lot of

572
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Speaker 1: you were talking about what I was wearing because you

573
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,199
Speaker 1: only ever see me dress like a flood victim and

574
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Speaker 1: wear one thing all year. And so in the event

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Speaker 1: that it looks like I'm going to apply for a

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Speaker 1: loan and I wear a suit jacket, I want to

577
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Speaker 1: stress only a jacket. It was still a party from

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Speaker 1: the waist down. It's as specific as I'd like to

579
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Speaker 1: get with that. You guys were asking, what are you doing?

580
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,480
Speaker 1: Who's forcing you to do this? Well, no one forced me.

581
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Speaker 1: It's just adequate to core, you know, when you're working

582
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: in someone else's studio. But that's not what I was

583
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: proud of. I was kind of turned off by that.

584
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Speaker 1: What I'm proud of is anyone who questioned the attire

585
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,359
Speaker 1: followed it up with did you get the suit at

586
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Speaker 1: Academy Sports and Outdoors? And then you remind me when

587
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: I say no, he said, didn't you tell me you

588
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Speaker 1: can get everything you needed Academy Sports and Outdoors. Yes?

589
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 1: I did, So I need to do my suit shopping

590
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 1: at Academy Sports and Outdoors and look, if they don't

591
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Speaker 1: have one, I just need to buy the next best thing.

592
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:32,920
Speaker 1: We're looking at Michigan b Roll right now. Maybe just

593
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Speaker 1: wear a Michigan jacket and dare someone to say something

594
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Speaker 1: Academy Sports and outdoors, so we get towards Christmas, and

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Speaker 1: I know a lot of you, if you're anything like me,

596
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Speaker 1: a lot of you continue to put it off. I

597
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,639
Speaker 1: think the Internet has spoiled you because you know, the

598
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Speaker 1: last ditch, the bailout, the safety net, it's always there.

599
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 1: The old Internet, it's always there. And you just put

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Speaker 1: your fingers in your ears when you hear supply chain issues.

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Speaker 1: Don't worry. December twenty thirty, twenty fourth, I'll just overnight it. Well. Look,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the most sound strategy in

603
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Speaker 1: the world, but if that is the approach that you

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Speaker 1: are choosing to take, Academy dot Com, that's your bailout.

605
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Speaker 1: I can promise you that Academy dot Com is going

606
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Speaker 1: to be there. Now. Look, once it leaves the store

607
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Speaker 1: and it's out there in the open shipping market, I

608
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Speaker 1: don't know what happens there. I can't bouch for that.

609
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Speaker 1: They aren't sponsoring the show, but Academy is. And we

610
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Speaker 1: vet all our sponsors thoroughly because we only have one

611
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Speaker 1: of them. They have been our partner. They have been

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Speaker 1: riding with us this entire season. We appreciate it so much.

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Speaker 1: And if you want to show your appreciation in their

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Speaker 1: ability to keep this show free of charge to you

615
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Speaker 1: Academy dot Com or Academy Sports and Outdoors for all

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Speaker 1: of your tailgating needs and your Christmas needs. And look,

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Speaker 1: even when we get in January, let's be real, they're

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Speaker 1: still going to be there for you in twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: two as well. Let's roll on. So we got to

620
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Speaker 1: talk about for some people, an uncomfortable topic here, because

621
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Speaker 1: it's like the old grandpa. You'll sage uncle that you

622
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 1: may have that's right a lot, and you don't like him,

623
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: so you don't want him to be right, but he

624
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: is so Colin, I think this will be the good endpoint.

625
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Speaker 1: There was a lot of gnashing of teeth yesterday on

626
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Speaker 1: early signing Day. You watched Travis Hunter and you watch

627
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: the whole nil theme come through and he's headed to

628
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Speaker 1: Jackson State. And then you look at how many thousands

629
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Speaker 1: now yes, thousands are in the transfer portal and everyone's

630
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 1: screaming in all caps all the sport's in a bad place.

631
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Speaker 1: Sports not in a good place right now. This is

632
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: not healthy for college football. And I find it kind

633
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: of funny because some of the mouths that are exclaiming

634
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 1: that are the same mouths that I remember vividly a

635
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: few years ago saying, don't stop these kids from transferring.

636
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Speaker 1: They should be able to do whatever they want, whenever

637
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Speaker 1: they want. The coaches move around, the players should move around,

638
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 1: and they should get paid when they do it. Humpster

639
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 1: Weed to stand in the way of Johnny Forstar getting

640
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 1: paid if someone wants to pay him. I remember all that,

641
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: and I have the receipts. I have the receipts in

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Speaker 1: my DMS and my email inbox. And some of you

643
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: were very emphatic about it. And you better hope that

644
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: someone doesn't do a forensic audit of your Twitter accounts

645
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: or else there's going to be some mind numbing hypocrisy shown,

646
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: and you're going to be holding both bags because a

647
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: lot of you did support this. Now, if you watch

648
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: this show, we were independent back in the day. But

649
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 1: if you watch this show, I was accused of being

650
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: a fence rider. It wasn't riding the fence at all.

651
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: When we've talked about the transfer portal, when we've talked

652
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 1: about nil, I haven't been one that waves my cane

653
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: at all this stuff and says no, because that's not

654
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: the way they did it back in my day. It's

655
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: still my day now, you know. Back in the day,

656
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: that's not how they did it, So say no to change.

657
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: One hundred percent of the time. That hasn't been the

658
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: refrain on this show, but it has been. Let's be

659
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: responsible about this. When you're watching those Black Friday sales

660
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: and they're trying to calmly open the door and they're

661
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: trying to single file you in the shopping mall or

662
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: academy sports outdoors, it's not that they don't want you

663
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: to be able to shop. They invited you there. They

664
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: want you to be able to shop. They just don't

665
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 1: want you to stampede ten year olds so you can

666
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: go get a grill, so you can go get, you know,

667
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: a bib for your kid. That is not the best

668
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: way to go about it. As I've said, there is

669
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,360
Speaker 1: a tactful way to go about this. But some of

670
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: you don't want to listen to me. Well, at least

671
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: listen to Nick Saban has always been my advice during

672
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: all this commotion. Nick Saban's just kind of sat over there.

673
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: You got the transfer a portal on fire, and you

674
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: got nil and all sorts of things happen in there,

675
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: and you got Nick Saban over there kind of yawning,

676
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: shrugging his shoulders. And he's a better man than I am,

677
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: and he's a better man than a lot of us are.

678
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 1: Because if I was right as often as he is,

679
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: I would just I told you so all day every day.

680
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: I would have press conferences every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

681
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: where I just pulled out a new sheet of paper

682
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: and I said, I told you so on this. This

683
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: comes back so long. Guys. Remember they had the Saban

684
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: rule passed when he first got to Alabama because he

685
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: was out working everyone in spring on the recruiting trail.

686
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: So they just flat up put a window in there,

687
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: really because guys wanted to be able to take vacation,

688
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 1: and they said, you can't be out evaluating if you're

689
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 1: a head coach. And he still dominated. He just found

690
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: a way around it. Still dominated. Then they had an

691
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: instance where he asked, you, is this what you want

692
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: college football to be? You had tempo, you had rpo,

693
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: you had different offensive lineman, downfield rules at the pro

694
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: level as opposed to college level. And everyone said, oh,

695
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: he's whining, he's whining. No, he want whining. He just

696
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 1: waited for you to answer. You said, yes, this is

697
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: what we want college football to be. He overhauled his

698
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 1: entire philosophy offensively, and then he started buzz sawing you

699
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: to death. It's just the difference is he didn't suffocate

700
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: you anymore. He hung fifty on you. That was Alabama football,

701
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: and they stayed at the top. And then the playoff

702
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: expansion talk comes along, and he said, I don't know

703
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: if that's the best thing to do to get parody

704
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: in the sport, but no one wanted to listen, and

705
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 1: so let's get Let's get something that will make sure

706
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: that we just don't have this monopoly, this Alabama monopoly.

707
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: And then they've been at it every year but one,

708
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: and then they've continued to win national title after national

709
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,959
Speaker 1: title after national title. Then the transfer portal at Maurice

710
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: Smith a grad transfer, albeit, but Maury Smith was one

711
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: of the first case studies of how strong a stance

712
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: Nick Saban was going to take on guys just freely

713
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 1: transferring anywhere they wanted to. He said, this is not

714
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: good for the sport. And everyone said, you just want

715
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 1: to hoard all the talent over there, and he said to.

716
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: You know what's going to happen is some pretty good

717
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: players are gonna leave our program. I'm going to go

718
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: take the best players in the country. But nope, we

719
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: open up that transfer portal anyway, And who's Jamis and

720
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,239
Speaker 1: Williams playing for? Where's he going to be playing New

721
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: Year's Eve in the playoff as the leading receiver for

722
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: the defending national champ that is again going to challenge

723
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: for a national championship. They're dominating the transfer portal, and

724
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: now NIL comes along. Nick Saban hates in IL. If

725
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: he tells you otherwise, he's just saying it because he

726
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: has to. Nick Saban hates in IL. Most people don't

727
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: really like what's going on right now. But yet you've

728
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: got a very very vocal crowd out there. I don't

729
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: know if they're the majority or the minority, but you

730
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: got a very vocal crowd out there that believes this

731
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: is what it's going to take to shave the tops

732
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: off of the few redwoods in college football and have

733
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,959
Speaker 1: equality and parody throughout. This is the way that second

734
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: tier and third tier programs are going to really be

735
00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: able to balance the sport out. It's not if you

736
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: haven't already learned the lesson through the first six or

737
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: seven trials. Let number eight be the lesson for you.

738
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 1: Nick Saban and the same usual round of suspects who

739
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: are already the best at what they do are the

740
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: best because they adapt and they're gonna They've already adapted

741
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: to this. I don't know if you watched yesterday. Alabama

742
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: did really good on National signing Day. They will continue

743
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: to do really good. College football, though, has too many

744
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: kids right now around the pool and not nearly enough lifeguards.

745
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: It's okay for the kids to go swimming, It's okay

746
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 1: for kids to transfer, It's okay for nil It's okay.

747
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: Like a lot of us have long since realized, but

748
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: there's a lot of money here. Maybe those kids should

749
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: be making some or those coaches do move around a lot,

750
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: you know, maybe there are instances where kids should be

751
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: able to more freely transfer. Listen, you may get Nick

752
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: Saban off the record and agree with all that. It's

753
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: not that the Nick Sabans of the world or the

754
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: jps of the world, me and Nick, you know, it's

755
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 1: not that we're sitting here and we're saying kids, you

756
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: can't go swimming, stay away. From the pool. It's not that.

757
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: It's just that if you're four foot tall and you

758
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: can't swim, and that's a five foot tall section over here,

759
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: let's stay out of that. Let's go put you in

760
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 1: the three foot section, and I need to watch after you.

761
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: You don't want me to have fun. No, it's not that.

762
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: Well you think I'm allergic to water. No, it's not that.

763
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: It's not that. I just don't want you to drown.

764
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,760
Speaker 1: That's not a real fun day for anyone. And likewise,

765
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: right now, we didn't have a process to slowly implement

766
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: the transfer portal. We didn't have a process. We didn't

767
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: have any adults around the pool. We didn't have anybody

768
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: to say, we can go swimming, or we can open

769
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: this transfer portal. We can have nil let's be responsible

770
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: at it. No. Instead, there was just this giant whistle

771
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 1: and a free for all. How do you get it back? Now?

772
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: The cattle are all over the place, How do you

773
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: get in back? I've been watching Yellowstone a lot. This

774
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: is a mess. It's a mess, and I don't really

775
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: know how to clean it up. See, I can tell

776
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 1: you don't make the mess, but once you've made the mess,

777
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 1: you clean it up. You made it, you go clean

778
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 1: it up. I don't even know who the U is.

779
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 1: That's kind of a problem. I don't know who the

780
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: U is. And secondly, even if we do identify some

781
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: arbiters here and people who can take control, who are

782
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: they and are they ready to do it? Are they

783
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 1: prepared to do that? We don't have a commissioner in

784
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: this sport right now, and we certainly don't have a

785
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: governing body that centralized and has the best interest of

786
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,280
Speaker 1: college football at the forefront of the decision making process.

787
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,800
Speaker 1: You've got different camps out there, and you got everyone

788
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 1: in it for themselves right now. I'm not blaming the

789
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: folks with the SEC on their chest for looking out

790
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: for their conference or the folks with ACC on their

791
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: chest for looking out for their conference. Given the current landscape.

792
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: That's the same way you and I would have to

793
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: handle things if we ran those respective conferences. It's going

794
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,400
Speaker 1: to take a mentality of serving the greater good of

795
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 1: the sport over the individual greater good in order to

796
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: change things. I don't know where that comes from now.

797
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,839
Speaker 1: If I do know where it could come from, all

798
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 1: you really have to do is elect me as commissioner.

799
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: But in the absence of us being able to get

800
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: enough folks on board to do that, I don't really

801
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 1: know where it comes from. I will tell you this though.

802
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: Circling back to Nick Saban for a second, man, I

803
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 1: think one of the defining moment of Nick Saban's entire

804
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 1: career at Alabama wasn't a championship. It wasn't a huge

805
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 1: crippling loss in his rebound. It was when he said

806
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: at that podium several years ago and he said, is

807
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: this really what you want college football to be? And

808
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,399
Speaker 1: this could apply to a number of topics right now.

809
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: The biggest critical mistake that so many people made is

810
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: they took that as nervousness and as a defense mechanism,

811
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,240
Speaker 1: and they should have taken it as a blaring warning

812
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: sign for what he was about to do to you,

813
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 1: as you did something that detrimentally impacted college football. He's

814
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: ten feet tall, so he can swim in the deep end,

815
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: no problem. You're three feet tall and you can't swim.

816
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: You get thrown in the deep end, you drown. A

817
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: lot of college football is kind of gasping for breath

818
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 1: right now and have no clue how to handle it.

819
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: Nick Saban's fine, Bama's fine. Any kind of offense you

820
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: want to run, any kind of NIO process, you want

821
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: to put in place, any kind of transfer portal situation,

822
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: you want to presume they'll be fine. It's not them

823
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: that he was worried about. It was the sport that

824
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 1: he's been worried about. It's the same problem you have

825
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: right now when everyone asks what's the solution here, The

826
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: solution is you got to get some selflessness in the room.

827
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: You may look at Nick Saban and guy only cares

828
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: about Alabama. He's selfish. He's not selfless. If he was

829
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: selfish as you claim, he never would have warned you

830
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 1: about any of this. He warned you about everything. He

831
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: warned you about the playoff, about how to and to

832
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: not achieve parody, he warned you about nil, he warned

833
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 1: you about the transfer a portal. He didn't do that

834
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,359
Speaker 1: for the greater good Alabama. He did it cause he's

835
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: one of us that actually cares about the greater good

836
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: of the sport. Whether you love him or hate him,

837
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: whether you want to believe that or not, I do

838
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,840
Speaker 1: believe that about him. I don't ever want him to retire,

839
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 1: But if he didn't, he'd make a pretty darn good commissioner.

840
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: I don't want to run against him, so I hope

841
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: he keeps coaching forever. He can hold it down in Tuscaloosa,

842
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: I'll hold it down. Where would my office be, Probably Fortson.

843
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,439
Speaker 1: I think that should be the new cradle of college

844
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: football forts in Georgia. Let's move on because we still

845
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: got a lot more signing of day to talk about.

846
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: By the way, if you are in the chat, so

847
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,400
Speaker 1: I just told you to follow on Twitter, very important.

848
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,839
Speaker 1: Also subscribe to the channel. Both of those things are free.

849
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,720
Speaker 1: By the way, there is something that could be happening

850
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 1: right now, but it's not happening out of sight. A

851
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,720
Speaker 1: lot of people seem to be realizing it. Nothing lasts

852
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: forever except in our memories. I wrote the quote down.

853
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: That is a quote from my favorite movie poster of

854
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: all time, which is A River Runs through It. It

855
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: hung on my wall as a kid. I had the

856
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: movie poster long before I ever saw the movie. That's

857
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: how much I love the movie poster. Google it. A

858
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,880
Speaker 1: River runs through It. Great movie poster. It's just a

859
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: guy fly fishing in the middle of Montana and there's

860
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: a quote on the poster says, nothing perfect lasts forever,

861
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: except in our memory. I got some Clemson friends that

862
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: had been a little delusional to the point that they

863
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: didn't think that applied to them. They were the exception

864
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,959
Speaker 1: to the rule. Clemson was always going to sort fifty

865
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,320
Speaker 1: thousand feet above the sport. They were few and far between.

866
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 1: I'm not saying every Clemson van thought that, Well, if

867
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 1: you did, you have crashed back to reality pretty quickly

868
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: here now. In reality, nothing that just happened in twenty

869
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: twenty one spells total disaster for Clemson. There have been

870
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: years where Alabama didn't win their own conference. There's been

871
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: a year where Alabama didn't go to the playoff. What'd

872
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: they do the next year they had? I would argue

873
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 1: the greatest season in the history of Nick Saban's tenure

874
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,879
Speaker 1: at Alabama. So in and of itself, just the fact

875
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 1: that Clemson didn't go to the ACC title game this

876
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: last year, I don't mean anything. There are some warning

877
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: signs plural around this program right now that leads me

878
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 1: to ask the question that you see on the bottom

879
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 1: of the screen if you're watching on YouTube. Could ACC

880
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: supremacy be up for grabs? Because, make no mistake, Clemson's

881
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,800
Speaker 1: still the best program in the ACC, but by a margin.

882
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: At the moment, they're still the best program in the ACC.

883
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: Just because they didn't win the title this past year,

884
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: that just means they weren't the best team. That's still

885
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,759
Speaker 1: the best program. A program takes a lot longer than

886
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: one year to make, and normally a lot more than

887
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: one year to just destroy. But Dabos, when he did

888
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: something that we talked about last week, it's now confirmed.

889
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,320
Speaker 1: He did choose to promote from within for offensive coordinator,

890
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: and he chose to promote from within at defensive coordinator.

891
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 1: I don't think that this is the right move for him.

892
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 1: I think it's a mistake. Philosophically, I think it's a mistake.

893
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 1: This is nothing against Streeter, it's nothing against Goodwin, it's

894
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: nothing against either of those guys. The unique situation that

895
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:16,719
Speaker 1: Clemson has been in the stagnation, the staleness of the program,

896
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 1: I really thought it was imperative that Daboswiney brought some

897
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 1: outside flavor in, some fresh blood in. He knows his

898
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: program better than me. Okay, I don't question the play calling.

899
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: I don't really question hires either. I'm telling you I

900
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 1: do have a strong feeling on this that it was

901
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: not the right move for him, but he gets paid

902
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: a lot of money for a reason. They finished number

903
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: seventeen for early signing day recruiting process. Not over blah

904
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,760
Speaker 1: blah blah, YadA, YadA YadA. They're number seventeen right now.

905
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: They're not even top two in their conference. So I

906
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: want you to think about what we're talking about. Losing coordinators,

907
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:54,320
Speaker 1: high level coordinators, long time coordinators, losing an athletic director,

908
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 1: not having any bite in recruiting this year, having several decommits,

909
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: big decommits down the stretch, having transfer portal, not a

910
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:08,439
Speaker 1: mass exodus, but a couple of guys leave. Any one

911
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: of these things can be overcome. When I ball them

912
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: all up and I throw it at you, it could

913
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 1: hurt you. And this could hurt Clemson, And as I said,

914
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 1: even when they were at the height of their run,

915
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: enjoy it because the conference is not going to sit still.

916
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 1: It may be inferior to you at the moment twenty

917
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: eighteen nineteen, it may have been inferior to you, but

918
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 1: it wasn't sitting still. North Carolina wasn't sitting still. Miami

919
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: right now is not sitting still. Florida State was not

920
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 1: sitting still. Neither of the Virginia schools are sitting still.

921
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 1: Yesterday we come out of early signing Day. Florida State

922
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: has the thirteenth ranked team or ranked signing class in

923
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 1: the country. North Carolina had the eighth ranked signing class

924
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: in the country. Clemson again seventeen Miami hired Mario Cristobaull.

925
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: Let me give you a bold prediction. Miami will finish

926
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: top ten in recruiting this next year. Will Clemson. In fact,

927
00:41:58,160 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: who would you put your money on? Who would you

928
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: be more confident end when it comes to bringing in

929
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,959
Speaker 1: a more impressive signing class one year from yesterday. Would

930
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,360
Speaker 1: it be Miami or would it be Clemson? Would it

931
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: be North Carolina or would it be Clemson. Here's what's happening.

932
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: I want to reemphasize any one given year does not

933
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:20,879
Speaker 1: an implosion make But what's happening is their talent gap

934
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: is not widening anymore. It was widening for a while,

935
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: it's not widening anymore. Now. The process of that talent

936
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: gap shrieking a little bit more and more every day

937
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: is starting to happen, not nationally, but even in their

938
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: own conference, and so no longer, especially against these programs,

939
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 1: are they waltzing in the stadiums knowing they have a

940
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: three touchdown edge on you, just in terms of sheer

941
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: raw talent could still be better. They're not going to

942
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: have that insurmountable talent edge where the helmet gets thrown

943
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: out on the field, and that's what beats you. They

944
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,800
Speaker 1: may not have the coaching edge either because listen, hats

945
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: off to Streeter, hats off to good when if they

946
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 1: get it done, they are unknowns right now, unknown come

947
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: trying to replace head coaching caliber coordinators in Tony Elliott

948
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 1: and Brenton Venables and guys that were staples of the

949
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:11,280
Speaker 1: program for a long time. Kay Klubnik is the quarterback

950
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: that they signed yesterday, and dj Uyangaliley was so underwhelming

951
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: last year that people are asking whether Kaid Klubnik can

952
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: come in and start this year, can start next year,

953
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 1: can come in and start as a true freshman, So

954
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: that most important position is in a state of flux

955
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:32,280
Speaker 1: offense and defense. Unproven coordinators elevated from within a program

956
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 1: that's been very stagnant for a couple of years now,

957
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: recruiting has taken an absolute dip. That layer of kind

958
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: of invincibility, the Clemson curtain of no one ever decommits

959
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: from here and no one ever leaves from here, Well

960
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 1: that's eroded away a little bit too. What's the conference

961
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,839
Speaker 1: going to look like coming up in the next two

962
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,399
Speaker 1: to four years, because this past year can be made

963
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: to be forgotten about if Clemson just restores order and

964
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: they march right to Charlotte and win the ACC and

965
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 1: they go to the playoff. Next year, you have one

966
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,919
Speaker 1: more year like you just had. You see panic now,

967
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 1: you'd see total freak out if that happened, because then

968
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: we would have all these worries affirmed. And at that point,

969
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: would you look at Daboswiney and say, that's the guy

970
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: I still trust to have all the answers? Boy twenty

971
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: twenty two, in case you haven't noticed, very imperative, sort

972
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: of an inflection year, not a point, but an inflection year.

973
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,759
Speaker 1: There's answer. I know there's going to be an assumption. Now.

974
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 1: The assumption is going to be that Tiger Paul will rebound.

975
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 1: You are not gonna see that Tiger Paul have two

976
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 1: down years When Alabama had a relatively speaking, a down

977
00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 1: year in twenty nineteen. I was overly confident in saying

978
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 1: that about them coming into twenty twenty, I am not

979
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: nearly that confident. And I spoke to several folks over

980
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 1: the past three days that are in positions to know,

981
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 1: and the overall consensus in the industry is Clemson has

982
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 1: never been this vulnerable. That's the overall consensus in the

983
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 1: coaching industr and that's the consensus in the media industry.

984
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: Is what it is. You may or may not care

985
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: about that, but they're coaching and it and the folks who

986
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: are working coach ball for a living they also feel

987
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,879
Speaker 1: that way. We'll see, We'll see. I wrap up many

988
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 1: segments with We'll see. The last thing I wanted to

989
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 1: touch on before we get to bold best Bets is

990
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 1: I wanted to touch on a few programs in the Big Ten.

991
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,400
Speaker 1: Were you watching this yesterday? I know a lot of

992
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: folks focus on the SEC on signing day, there were

993
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 1: some programs that made moves in the Big Ten, namely Michigan.

994
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: I've got a credit Jim Harb on his staff so much.

995
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: They closed on fire, and that's not something we're always

996
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:38,839
Speaker 1: talking about with Michigan, and I'll tell you what else

997
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: they did. They parlayed a college football Playoff appearance into real, meaningful,

998
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,919
Speaker 1: tangible results in this year's recruiting class. You almost never

999
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: hear that, if anything, a postseason trip is paid off

1000
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 1: on the recruiting trail the next cycle. This year they

1001
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 1: closed with let me just tell you, they closed with

1002
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:02,399
Speaker 1: Derek Moore, big edge rusher out of Baltimore, but they

1003
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,480
Speaker 1: also got Keon sob that's one of those clums and

1004
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 1: d commits. He's a four star safety out of IMG

1005
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,720
Speaker 1: Academy down in Florida. And they got Darius Clemmons yesterday,

1006
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,960
Speaker 1: who's a big receiver out of Portland. Michigan recruits nationally obviously,

1007
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 1: so you go Florida, you go Baltimore, you go Portland.

1008
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:21,240
Speaker 1: But they closed and they really emphasized where the program

1009
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 1: is right now, where it's head, and what we're accomplishing

1010
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 1: as we speak, and it worked. This is one of

1011
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 1: the most remarkable turnarounds where there really wasn't a mass

1012
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: overhaul of anything that we've seen Jim Harball. This time

1013
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 1: last year, we were asking ourselves, is he going to

1014
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 1: be fired or is he gonna voluntarily step down or

1015
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:40,399
Speaker 1: are they gonna do what they ended up doing, which

1016
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: was restructuring his contract and having him accept it. He

1017
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,920
Speaker 1: did that and then he's had the best season he's

1018
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 1: had since he's been at Michigan. Just an amazing repackaging

1019
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 1: job happening at Michigan right now. They finished with a

1020
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: top ten class at least coming out of early signing Day.

1021
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: Really really big deal there. Ohio State is sitting at

1022
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: number four right now, black Eyes with the number four

1023
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 1: overall signing class. Now you know how it works with

1024
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:06,400
Speaker 1: Ohio State. They have long since been the alpha recruiting

1025
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 1: brand in the Big ten, so they are viewed at

1026
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:12,280
Speaker 1: a different level and they're held to a different standard.

1027
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:15,520
Speaker 1: What I mean by that is, if the University of Iowa,

1028
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 1: with all due respect, were to have landed Ohio State's

1029
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: class yesterday, we would be throwing a ticker tape parade

1030
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:25,719
Speaker 1: in Iowa City. But Ohio State lands this class, and

1031
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: it's judged against other Ohio State classes, and really it's

1032
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 1: judged against Alabama A and m Georgia, all the other

1033
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: elite recruiting brands out there. And as good as this

1034
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 1: class is, there is a blinking red light on this one,

1035
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 1: and it's in the defensive backfield, and that's an area

1036
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:43,840
Speaker 1: for a couple of seasons. Now Ohio State has gotten

1037
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 1: bitten and they rolled some dice here and they may

1038
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 1: have cost themselves. And this is just a gamble that

1039
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 1: they had to take. They lost some elite defensive backs

1040
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: to flips in recruiting land, and they also slow played

1041
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,799
Speaker 1: Eli Ricks, according to some because they did not want

1042
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: to mess up their commitment list. But then the guys flip.

1043
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,319
Speaker 1: They don't get Ricks because he goes to Alabama, and

1044
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 1: then Ryan Watts enters the transfer portal, and all of

1045
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,879
Speaker 1: a sudden, Ohio State fans are looking around saying, wait,

1046
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,360
Speaker 1: who in the world's playing defense back for us one

1047
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: or two years from now? Did we really just cost

1048
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 1: ourselves an opportunity to have an elite secondary. What I

1049
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,480
Speaker 1: would say to you is the same thing I'm saying

1050
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: right now when Georgia fans are talking about their wide

1051
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: receiver unit. It's not done. There are guys not even

1052
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,719
Speaker 1: in the portal yet that will end up being in

1053
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,280
Speaker 1: the portal. This is a destination for a lot of players.

1054
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: It's a destination. I saw Mark Pantoni tweet out earlier.

1055
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,320
Speaker 1: He runs things essentially at Ohio State, said, been watching

1056
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,239
Speaker 1: film of transfer portal players today. That's the modern day

1057
00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: of college football. They will still have several swings at

1058
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: guys who are starting caliber defensive backs at Ohio State.

1059
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,240
Speaker 1: So let's just bookmarket now. It's not an ideal situation

1060
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: right now. Let's book market. Though. The state was the

1061
00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,359
Speaker 1: story of the cycle to me in the Big ten

1062
00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:05,960
Speaker 1: because Penn State was so quiet. They already had their

1063
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Speaker 1: entire signing class locked up yesterday and they finished number six.

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Speaker 1: You look at that and you think that's a typo.

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Speaker 1: It's not. Penn State right now is the number six

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Speaker 1: signing class in the country. This is a remarkable class

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Speaker 1: for James Franklin and his entire staff there, and they

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Speaker 1: didn't have any you know, major losses yesterday. But here's

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Speaker 1: what's fun when you dive into the Penn State signing

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Speaker 1: class and you kind of do what we did with

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00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: Texas A and M a second ago. When you look

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Speaker 1: at the Penn State signing class and then you ask yourselfself,

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00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: what has Penn State been missing? Difference makers offensively got one,

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Speaker 1: Johan Dotson need several of them, you know, got maybe

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00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 1: one elite tailback. Let's get us a couple more. How

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Speaker 1: about quarterback Sewn Clifford coming back for his forty seventh

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Speaker 1: year at state college. Let's go get ourselves a true

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00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: five star caliber quarterback. They did all those things. You

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Speaker 1: look at Penn State's commitment list and it's almost all

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00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: offensive players at the top. Drew Aller is a five

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00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:03,920
Speaker 1: star quarterback out of Ohio, nonetheless, who has committed and

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00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,960
Speaker 1: stayed committed to Penn State. And he's a guy everyone's

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00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: been talking about up there. It's always well, when we

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00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:11,480
Speaker 1: get Drew in here, when we get Aller in here,

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Speaker 1: They've been talking about it. Midway through this past season,

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Speaker 1: he said, how's this going to change when we get

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00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:17,840
Speaker 1: Drew in here? Well, we're about to find out because

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00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 1: he's headed to town very soon. Nicholas Singleton is a

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Speaker 1: big time running back. We talked about him a lot

1090
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Speaker 1: when he did commit there. Caden Saunders wide receiver. They

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00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 1: got a lot of good offensive skill and there's a

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00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: lot different versatility. The characteristics of some of these guys

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00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: are a little bit different than the player traits and

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00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:38,360
Speaker 1: characteristics you've seen Penn State teams have so far. So

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00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: if these guys do pan out. This is a different

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00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,680
Speaker 1: look in Penn State offense than we've seen, which is

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00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:45,880
Speaker 1: what they have to have to take the next step

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Speaker 1: to be where they want to be in the Big ten.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to also touch on Michigan State right quick

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00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,800
Speaker 1: they you know, let me get this in the right order. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So Justin Finn works for our Michigan State twenty four

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Speaker 1: to seven site, and I have to give shout outs

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00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:03,279
Speaker 1: cause it's his birthday, so happy birthday. And then I

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00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:05,000
Speaker 1: also had to ask him, how do I pronounce your

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00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:07,759
Speaker 1: last name? Man like? I've communicated with him for a while,

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00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,480
Speaker 1: but thid, how would you pronounce it? I almost tried

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00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: to put a z in the word minced yesterday. Embarrassing situation.

1108
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:20,000
Speaker 1: Luckily spellcheck caught it. So Finn, Justin Finn, Happy birthday.

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00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:24,439
Speaker 1: He puts this little nuggative information on the Michigan State

1110
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:28,920
Speaker 1: board earlier. Michigan State signed more four star players in

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00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 1: this class than the last four recruiting cycles combined. That's

1112
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: not bad. And you know what they missed out on

1113
00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:38,399
Speaker 1: Armani Winfield and count's a goodwin who committed on late

1114
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,280
Speaker 1: kick yesterday. They missed out on some of the really

1115
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:44,040
Speaker 1: big remaining targets they had out there. They still got

1116
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:46,960
Speaker 1: more four star or better talent in this class than

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00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:51,279
Speaker 1: the past four combined. And as you know, synonymous with

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00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 1: Michigan State, Meltucker is transfer portal, so they still have

1119
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,759
Speaker 1: work that they can do in this class. I was

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00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:01,320
Speaker 1: very impressed with this yeshday. You know, now they're finishing

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00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:04,759
Speaker 1: early signing Day at twenty one, and really this is

1122
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:07,200
Speaker 1: a testament because if anything, people are saying, oh, they

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00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,760
Speaker 1: need to be ranked a little higher. Yeah, Michigan State football,

1124
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:13,279
Speaker 1: that's right. When they're only at twenty one, you're thinking

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00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,279
Speaker 1: to yourself, I need to do a little better. There's

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Speaker 1: a new standard there. This year has changed the standard.

1127
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:22,239
Speaker 1: Mel Tucker has changed the standard there. Boy, I've talked

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Speaker 1: a lot of Signing Day in the past forty eight hours,

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Speaker 1: So I'm not saying I'm glad to have it in

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Speaker 1: the review. I'm glad to be done speaking so I

1131
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:30,600
Speaker 1: can rest the voice. But we can't do it yet

1132
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:33,359
Speaker 1: because we have best bets for ball season to hand out.

1133
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 1: You ready, the Ramnul Express was not going to leave

1134
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:37,840
Speaker 1: you high and dry in bull season. We just had

1135
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,120
Speaker 1: to wait for the opt outs to be finalized. You

1136
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: like when I popped the paper, you said, so I'm

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00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: gonna do it frequently. Western Kentucky plus three. This is

1138
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:47,359
Speaker 1: a Saturday game. All three of the games I'm about

1139
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:51,759
Speaker 1: to hand out are this Saturday. Western Kentucky plus three.

1140
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 1: They're playing app State, Fresno State. I like it anywhere

1141
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:58,799
Speaker 1: under thirteen. Fresno State minus twelve and a half. That

1142
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,800
Speaker 1: is a Saturday game. In Utah State plus seven and

1143
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:03,800
Speaker 1: a half. I'll also take it at seven they're playing

1144
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:06,720
Speaker 1: Oregon State. That's a later game. I think it's on ABC.

1145
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,719
Speaker 1: So Utah State plus seven and a half Fresno minus

1146
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 1: twelve and a half Western Kentucky plus three. Guys, thank

1147
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:14,920
Speaker 1: you so much for watching and for tuning into the

1148
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 1: signing day show yesterday had a great reception. I met

1149
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 1: several of you in the Fort Lauderdale Airport going and coming,

1150
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 1: so thank you for that. Also, we will be here

1151
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:29,600
Speaker 1: Sunday night, and then we're going to enter Christmas broadcast scheduling,

1152
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 1: which is sort of TBD still, but i'll let you know.

1153
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 1: I'll give you a final schedule Sunday night. Also going

1154
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,400
Speaker 1: to announce where we will be for the playoff on

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00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,600
Speaker 1: Sunday night. It's down to two either Dallas or Miami,

1156
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Speaker 1: so I'll let you know that on Sunday night. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for watching. For producer Jesse, for director Colin.

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Speaker 1: I'm Josh Pate. Subscribe to the channel, follow on Twitter

1159
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,360
Speaker 1: at lake Kick Josh. Have yourself a great rest of

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Speaker 1: your evening and God bless