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Speaker 2: I've heard so many players say, well, I want to

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Speaker 1: And Dan and Tye welcome back to the saliverbal boys

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Speaker 1: and girls. My name is ty Hild the rand over there.

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Speaker 1: You're watching the video Dan Rubenstein, the illustrious Dan Rubenstein today, Sir,

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Speaker 1: how are.

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Speaker 2: You stock down on sleep? Stock up on the solid verbal.

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Speaker 2: I'm excited for today's show. We this is going to

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Speaker 2: be not just an annual tradition, but maybe a monthly

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Speaker 2: seems to be in the off season. But I'm t

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Speaker 2: it's always a pleasure to be here with you.

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Speaker 1: You know that I and you as well. I am

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Speaker 1: thrilled to be here. I'm excited about this show. You

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Speaker 1: you presented this general concept to me. Now full disclosure,

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Speaker 1: I don't know the theme, right, I don't know the

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Speaker 1: So we're all excited for that. But that aside, I'm

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Speaker 1: much about the transfer portal over the last couple of months.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. Some people get into recruiting,

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Speaker 1: I do a college football podcast. Right, nothing has gotten

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's because Notre Dame has been active. Notre Dame

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Speaker 1: Ty You did well on about seventeen different levels with

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Speaker 1: Would be in the Midwest. I don't know if Wisconsin

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Speaker 2: Tanner Mordecai doesn't care how down things were in Madison

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Speaker 1: you end up on a bad team, you still find

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Speaker 1: a way to transcend some of the stuff around you. Right,

432
00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 1: maybe you don't have a good line or good receivers coordinator, coordinator, coach.

433
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,920
Speaker 1: We've still seen guys in that situation, highly touted quarterbacks

434
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Speaker 1: out of high school go into a bad spot and

435
00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,760
Speaker 1: find a way to transcend it all and succeed. And

436
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Speaker 1: maybe they go elsewhere in the transfer portal, maybe they

437
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Speaker 1: end up being drafted higher than you'd expect in the NFL.

438
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Speaker 1: But we've seen that play before. Sure, we haven't seen

439
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Speaker 1: that Graham Mertz. We haven't seen that quote unquote it

440
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Speaker 1: factor with Graham Mertz that to transcend what I would

441
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Speaker 1: say is a bad quarterback situation, or has been a

442
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:51,159
Speaker 1: bad quarterback situation at Wisconsin, a situation that has not

443
00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,440
Speaker 1: necessarily given him the tools that he needs to further develop.

444
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 1: We have not seen him kind of rise above that.

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Speaker 1: And so for that reason, very skeptical on what Graham

446
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,160
Speaker 1: Mertz looks like in a different uniform, in a different spot,

447
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,400
Speaker 1: in a different system. I don't know if it matters

448
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: all that much, but it is intriguing, to say the least,

449
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,000
Speaker 1: because if he's the guy we're gonna we're gonna get

450
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Speaker 1: to find out the answer to that question.

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Speaker 2: So technically speaking, I can't disagree with an opinion of yours. Right,

452
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 2: it's your opinion, it's not a fact. Your opinion is

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Speaker 2: that Graham Mertz is intriguing at Florida.

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Speaker 1: He's intriguing at Florida for a couple of reasons. First Off,

455
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Speaker 1: we get to see what he can do in a different system. Secondly,

456
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Speaker 1: the fact that Florida couldn't get anybody better than Graham Mertz.

457
00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 1: Maybe jayde Rashatta was that guy. But if they're still

458
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Speaker 1: unable at this point, seven months from now to have

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Speaker 1: a better option than Graham Mertz and the roster, that's

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Speaker 1: intriguing from a Florida low key nightmare standpoint.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna say, maybe you maybe I should

462
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Speaker 2: interpret your use of Graham Mertz here. Who I don't know,

463
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 2: he shouldn't be catching straight like he's trying his best,

464
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Speaker 2: we presume, sure, But I think the intrigue is is

465
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 2: BILLI Napier going to be at two and done at

466
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:09,680
Speaker 2: Florida three and done? That it's intriguing in that Florida

467
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:14,399
Speaker 2: might be not just plateauing or kind of going slowly downward,

468
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 2: but collapsing careening, and Graham Artz might be an indication

469
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Speaker 2: of that. Because high school ranking is just a projection.

470
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 2: We see his size, we see his ability in high school,

471
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Speaker 2: we see his arm strength, we see his athleticism. This

472
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,080
Speaker 2: is how we project him, and he was projected as

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Speaker 2: a very high level college quarterback. We've seen him not perform.

474
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Speaker 2: And it's not just the coordinator, it's not just the line,

475
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 2: it's not just the receivers. We've seen him miss passes

476
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 2: and miss reads. And so I am not at all

477
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Speaker 2: intrigued and likely to watch Florida more than I would

478
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 2: against any other you know, more than with any other quarterback.

479
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,359
Speaker 2: Graham Hearts would be near the bottom of my intrigue transfit. Yeah,

480
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,879
Speaker 2: I'm very intrigued.

481
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Speaker 1: And maybe it's because what it says about Billy Napier

482
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Speaker 1: and floor as opposed to Gramner, Grammertz or the offensive

483
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,199
Speaker 1: system that he's going to play in in Gainesville. I

484
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,320
Speaker 1: just remember when he was recruited. I remember it was

485
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Speaker 1: a big deal that Wisconsin would get him. I remember

486
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Speaker 1: at the time, I believe the comp was Brandon Whedon.

487
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,880
Speaker 1: Brandon Whiedon was the comp that some of the recruiting

488
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Speaker 1: guys made to Uh to Graham Mertz. So they saw

489
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Speaker 1: a prolific passer we haven't seen a prolific passer. Certainly,

490
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Speaker 1: if you can get a prolific passer at Florida, that

491
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Speaker 1: would be better than not.

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Speaker 2: But look at you with that take. Good quarterbacks are

493
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Speaker 2: better than that. Quarterbacks. Tie hold on, let me write.

494
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Speaker 1: That's why, that's why they did.

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Speaker 2: Right. What's today's date, the eighteenth of January. Tie is

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Speaker 2: on the record, folks.

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Speaker 1: That's that's a fair that's a fair goof by you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: Mm hmm.

500
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Speaker 1: But I don't know. It's like I kind of feel similarly.

501
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 1: Maybe I can go to my next one here too, please.

502
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 1: I feel I feel similarly with the Florida situation as

503
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Speaker 1: I do the Arizona State situation, and I just I

504
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,159
Speaker 1: find myself scratching my head and wondering, why can't they

505
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,800
Speaker 1: get anybody better? Yeah, Now, the Florida thing is obviously

506
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: different from the Arizona State situation because Arizona State's got

507
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Speaker 1: a new coach and he's coming in and he's rebuilding

508
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 1: the things from the stud and studs in the Arizona

509
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Speaker 1: State situation, I think was far more dire than the

510
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Speaker 1: Florida one.

511
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Speaker 2: Florida, and you have the NCAA looming yeah, yeah, so's

512
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Speaker 2: it's it's different.

513
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Speaker 1: It's not the same. But Drew Pine Drew Pine as

514
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Speaker 1: the guy when.

515
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Speaker 2: See I really looked at the word intriguing as a

516
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 2: positive word in my case study. Okay, well it is.

517
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Speaker 2: I mean it could be, it could be a good thing.

518
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 2: I don't know, but it's it's intriguing to me because I.

519
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Speaker 1: Wonder, why couldn't they get anybody better? Yeah, why couldn't

520
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Speaker 1: you any.

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Speaker 2: You've made yourself a sicko list is what you've done. No,

522
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Speaker 2: not entirely, not entirely. You are steered in that direction.

523
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Speaker 2: It's okay, keep going.

524
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Speaker 1: But Arizona, I stated, twenty four guys transfer out. I

525
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Speaker 1: believe right now at time of recording, again, it could change.

526
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,679
Speaker 1: Maybe Tyler Buckner goes out there and Drew Pine's got

527
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,679
Speaker 1: to deal with that again. I don't know. Yeah, but

528
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Speaker 1: at time of recording, it looks like it's Drew Pine

529
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: and Jacob Conover as the two names to watch for

530
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback position the BYU transfer. I don't blame

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Speaker 1: Drew Pine at all. If anything, I credit him for

532
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: finding the clearest path, the playing time among and maybe

533
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 1: the best weather among all FBS. Opportunities that were out

534
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: there for him. He may be built like a podcaster,

535
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 1: but he's a lot smarter than me. Okay, a lot

536
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: smarter than me. But if the name of this game

537
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: is intrigued, and we can debate what that means, this

538
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: is intriguing. If Kenny Dillingham is able to get more

539
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: blood from the stone that is Drew Pine, he's the

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00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 1: next coach at Alabama, all right.

541
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Speaker 2: If he's able to figure this riddle out in a

542
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 2: way that nobody was able to figure the riddle out

543
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 2: at Notre.

544
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,919
Speaker 1: Dame, then he is worth his weight in gold. But

545
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Speaker 1: the fact that at time of recording he has not

546
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Speaker 1: gotten anybody better than Drew Pine and Jacob Connover. If

547
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Speaker 1: Drew Pine is put into a situation where he does

548
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Speaker 1: not have Michael Maher, where we get a fully untethered

549
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,120
Speaker 1: Drew Pine, that to me is intriguing. Maybe a little

550
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 1: bit of a sicko thing going in there, so sick,

551
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:17,400
Speaker 1: it's a little bit sick.

552
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 2: Of You're doubling up with Graham Mertz and Drew Pine

553
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 2: the Taco Bell Pizza Hut combination.

554
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 1: Is that intriguing? Is that not intriguing? Intrigue?

555
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 2: It's not intriguing. It's intriguing to me means it's peaking

556
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,120
Speaker 2: my curiosity in a way that the situation otherwise wouldn't.

557
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 2: All right that I am not likely to watch Arizona

558
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 2: State or Florida more than I was in November looking

559
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 2: forward to the twenty twenty three season.

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00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: Let me let me give you a different one, then

561
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: tell me if this one's better. The combination of Dominic

562
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: Lovick and raw Ra Thomas going to Georgia.

563
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 2: That's good. Well, by the way, I don't know if

564
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 2: you have the breaking news sound and it's not officially

565
00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 2: breaking news, and maybe somebody can confirm breaking new. Yeah,

566
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of Ady Mitchell smoke and

567
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,479
Speaker 2: leaving Georgia, but potentially for Texas or USC well.

568
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: In the build up to the playoff, you and I

569
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: talked a lot about Georgia's passing game outside of brock Bowers.

570
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: Because lad McConkie was hurt, we didn't know what his

571
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 1: status would be. Ady Mitchell, Adie Mitchell was out from

572
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 1: Week two, came back momentarily in the playoffs, caught a

573
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: touchdown in the championship, but we didn't know where things

574
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: stood in the passing game outside of brock Bowers, we

575
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:36,040
Speaker 1: weren't truly concerned to be fair, but we are tasked

576
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 1: with putting this microphone in front of us and coming

577
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: up with talking points and sometimes splitting hairs. And that's

578
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Speaker 1: what we did. Stetson Bennett through for three hundred and

579
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: fifty one yards a game in two playoff games. He

580
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: was fine. The passing game was fine. Yeah, I agree,

581
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 1: all right, But now consider the landscape going into twenty

582
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: three here, Stetson Bennett presumably will gone, will be gone.

583
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: We'll not be back for like an eighteenth year. Yeah,

584
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: And I wonder if we see any kind of shift

585
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Speaker 1: in the offense as a result of it. Remember when

586
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: Todd Monkin came to town, the implication was that George

587
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: is going to run more vertical stuff. By the way,

588
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: it could could be a matter of is Todd Munkin

589
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: going to be the one running the offense in Athens

590
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: because he's got a lot of interest on both the

591
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 1: college and pro level. I know we could only go

592
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: with what we've got right now, totally, and at again

593
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Speaker 1: time of recording, I feel like I'm qualifying a lot

594
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: of these Todd Mounkin is still there. When he came

595
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: to town, the thought was that he's gonna he's gonna

596
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: run more of a stretch offense. He's going to vomit

597
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: more down the field. They're going to get more vertical

598
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: because before he got there, they weren't doing that. And

599
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: that was part of why getting JT. Daniels was such

600
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Speaker 1: a big deal at the time, because he had a

601
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,800
Speaker 1: better arm, came from USC. It seems like he's the

602
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: heir apparent. Remember who was the guy he was competing

603
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,239
Speaker 1: with from Wake Forest. I can't think of his name now,

604
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: Ja Jamie Newman, right, Jamie, yeah, right, It was those

605
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 1: two guys. It was going to be one of those

606
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 1: two guys that was going to be running this offense

607
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Speaker 1: for Todd Bunkin. They ended up getting Stetson Bennett. Stetson

608
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: Bennett worked. They won two national championships with him. They

609
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Speaker 1: didn't run the offense maybe the way that they thought

610
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: they would under Todd Monkin, but they were adaptable and

611
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: they were successful, and that's really all that matters in

612
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Speaker 1: this thing.

613
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Speaker 2: So talking about these receivers and why they're scratching you

614
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 2: white where where you itch, whether it's Brock Vandergriff, Carson

615
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 2: Beck whoever.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's Carson Beck. I think he's got

617
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: a bigger arm. And I think Georgia knew going into

618
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: this offseason that they need more amo out wide to

619
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Speaker 1: run this system. And suddenly they go really deep. They

620
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: go like five deep at wide Receiver Dominic Lovett was

621
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: the leading receiver for MISSOO. He had over fifteen yards

622
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: a catch, so he was a deeper threat. Raw Raw

623
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: Thomas for Mississippi State also over fourteen yards a catch,

624
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 1: their leading receiver. So and keep in mind this is

625
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: an offense at Mississippi State that wasn't really known for

626
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: bombit it down the field. There's a lot of shorter

627
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: underneath stuff, but Raw Raw was their guy for anything deep.

628
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: He was very good, very good after the catch as well.

629
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Speaker 1: You add in these guys with Brock Bauers, who's going

630
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: to be back with Lad McCaughey, who I'd only assume

631
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: is going to be back with Ady Mitchell, who could

632
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Speaker 1: be back with Arian Smith, who I think is still

633
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: going to be back. If Georgia wants to go full

634
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: Monkin with this offense and really try try and live

635
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: that dream that they put before us. A couple of

636
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: years ago. They've got the AMMO to do it, they've

637
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: got the arm and Carson Becker whoever at quarterback, and

638
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: they've also got now the talent out wide to go

639
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: five wide every play if they want to. So I'm

640
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 1: curious on a couple different levels. First off, the guys

641
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: they brought in are great, and I think they'll make

642
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: an instant impact. But I think it's more intriguing to

643
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: me because of the ramifications it could have for the offense.

644
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: And do we see a shift away from more of

645
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,200
Speaker 1: this ground and pound and we're going to have eleven

646
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: possessions a game and just sort of bleed you out.

647
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: Do they go to more of an aerial assault now

648
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: that they've got more receivers and quarterback with a better

649
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: arm to do it?

650
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 2: Could be? Could be. I think a lot of teams,

651
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,959
Speaker 2: especially that recruit on the level of you know, the

652
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 2: top five to ten teams in the country, they're perpetually

653
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 2: looking at what Bama did in nineteen twenty twenty one

654
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 2: LSU twenty nineteen, where you go three four deep at

655
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 2: killer Winter Wonder type receivers and you get to a

656
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 2: point on offense where it's a pick your poison and

657
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 2: up you're gonna lose by three touchdowns every week. And

658
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 2: so Georgia hasn't reached that point yet obviously, Brock Bauers

659
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 2: and you know, Darnell Washington's moving on to the NFL.

660
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 2: But they reached that point with certain guys at certain

661
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 2: times when they were healthy where somebody gets open, and

662
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 2: Kenny McIntosh was very good as an all purpose player,

663
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 2: but they weren't justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase on the

664
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 2: same receiving corps, right, they haven't found that combination of

665
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 2: guys at the same time at the same experience level

666
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 2: that LSU had, and you're talking about an all time

667
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 2: receiving corps. But Georgia played them in the SEC championship game.

668
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,959
Speaker 2: They saw firsthand. This is not that long ago. So

669
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 2: Kirby has done this. Obviously, they lose Jermaine Burton last

670
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,239
Speaker 2: year in the portal and so receiver has been that

671
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:09,240
Speaker 2: place that they haven't fully developed killers under Kirby. Everywhere

672
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 2: else they've you know, blue chip offensive lineman. Quarterback has

673
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 2: been very good with Stetson Bennett there before that hit

674
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 2: or miss. Running backs have been very good obviously all

675
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 2: over the defense is very good receiver. Health experience production

676
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,839
Speaker 2: has not consistently been there. And if Ady Mitchell wasn't

677
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 2: even's beat up all last year, he comes in, has

678
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 2: a couple catches during the playoffs that were enormous, but

679
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 2: they're still searching for that next step on offense. And

680
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's a Todd Munkin wants to

681
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 2: play in a different way, but to have the option

682
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 2: to play in that.

683
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 1: Way, to have the option, yeah, to have the option.

684
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 1: You know, they were so good at what they did

685
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: the last two seasons and you know, to some people

686
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 1: that have written into the show as boring, boring offense,

687
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 1: but it's where it works. They want to national championships.

688
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,759
Speaker 1: So I don't know if there is any desire to

689
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,439
Speaker 1: get away from that, But I think the your point

690
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: is that if they want to, they can't. They can

691
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: maybe spread this thing out a little bit more and

692
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: hopefully rely on some of these weapons they will have

693
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: at worst bodies bodies, bodies, bodies guys that they can

694
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 1: try to develop.

695
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 2: L Yeah, Okay, I'm going to stick with your theme

696
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 2: of a receiving duo that's intriguing, and I'm going to

697
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 2: go with a receiving duo at a school that has

698
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 2: had far less success in the passing game than a

699
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 2: lot of the top tier programs we just mentioned. That's UCLF.

700
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 2: UCLA brings in if it's not a top three, it's

701
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 2: a top five receiving duo in the portal this this

702
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 2: cycle with Michael Sturtevant from Cal, the freshman who had

703
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 2: a breakout year and a largely non offense Cal offense,

704
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 2: and Kyle Ford, who transfers in Crosstown from USC, former

705
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 2: blue chip receiver himself. So what UCLA has had in

706
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 2: these last few years on offense at receiver has been

707
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 2: largely not a lot special. Greg Dulsich was very good

708
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 2: as a tight end. Kyle Phillips flashed here and there,

709
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 2: but wasn't a true top tier number one receiver for

710
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 2: UCLA in the way that some other guys were in

711
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 2: the Pac twelve. With Kyle Ford and Michael Sturtavant adding

712
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,399
Speaker 2: to a UCLA offense, and ucl is going to take

713
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 2: a step back this year. Zax Sharbonne announced for the

714
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 2: draft I think yesterday or the day before. I think

715
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 2: it's Colin Shlee. Colin Shelee from his state, and you

716
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,399
Speaker 2: have to say his name like that Chile. The Kent

717
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 2: State transfer was very productive for the Golden Flashes of

718
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 2: Kent State. But having weapons like that with what we

719
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 2: presume will be another good rushing attack, maybe not great.

720
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 2: But this has been a top ten offense nationally without

721
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 2: top flight receivers and adding instead Event and Kyle Ford

722
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 2: when he's healthy is very, very good for the UCLA

723
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 2: bottom line. It's still a question of defense. UCLA is

724
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 2: probably hitting the mac a little bit more often than

725
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 2: i'd hope for what was a top ten team at

726
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 2: a certain point this year favorite transfers, but I also

727
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 2: one of my favorite words discussing coaches, his vision and

728
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 2: Chip Kelly's vision is yeah, we're hitting the portal really

729
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 2: hard every year because I'd rather talk to guys that

730
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 2: I've seen succeed in college than guess on high school kids.

731
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 2: And so that's UCLA's thing. And if they can get

732
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 2: him into school, all the better, setting things up for

733
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 2: Dante more. If he's not starting this year, he will

734
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 2: be next year for UCLA. And to add to that,

735
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 2: receiving core through the portal I think has been a

736
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 2: coup a steal for Chip Kelly and UCLA, and I

737
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,399
Speaker 2: think it makes them again top ten offense these past

738
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 2: couple of years and they're winning eight nine games. It

739
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 2: to me, though, is in terms of next level, next

740
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 2: step gravity, those two adding to UCLA in a conference

741
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 2: And we've talked about this before with the number of

742
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 2: returning quarterbacks, UCLA's is not back in DTR, but I

743
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 2: think it goes a long way to bring UCLA back

744
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 2: to at least the range of USC Oregon, Utah, Washington,

745
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 2: two of which which I think UCLA beat you dub

746
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 2: and Utah. Is that correct if you look at their schedule? Yeah,

747
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 2: so we know the capability is there. That's how they

748
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,680
Speaker 2: ended up a top ten team. So to bounce back

749
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 2: and to have that kind of firepower out wide is

750
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 2: one thousand percent new for Chip Kelly and UCLA.

751
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's intriguing, really good offense to say the least,

752
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: needed some explosiveness in the passing game though. Yeah, this

753
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: wasn't necessarily a big play passing offense, and so yeah,

754
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: a little bit of I don't know, very ability, I

755
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: keep using that word. But you bring in some options

756
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 1: out why that can help you with that and proven

757
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: options by proven options, Yeah that helps.

758
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 2: Yeah. So am. I am thoroughly intrigued by UCLA. What's

759
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 2: next on your list? Give me another one?

760
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: I did two in a row, You did.

761
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 2: Two in a row. All right, I'm gonna steal one

762
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 2: from you. About that, I already know I'm stealing it

763
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 2: from you. Yeah, I'm taking Sam Hartman, Sam a man,

764
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 2: Sam Hartman, and my man in Caleb Smith as well.

765
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 2: By the way, Notre Dame with two Caleb Smith? Is

766
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,720
Speaker 2: that correct? Then?

767
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:06,839
Speaker 1: Confusing at all?

768
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:10,400
Speaker 2: They have an incoming three star receiver Caleb Smith, and

769
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 2: they have Virginia Tech's leading receiver Caleb Smith, a big

770
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 2: body receiver who led the Hokies in receiving last year.

771
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 2: He's a grad transfer.

772
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: I believe not to be confused with baseball pitcher Caleb Smith,

773
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: who I believe.

774
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 2: Really there's a baseball Caleb Smith.

775
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,399
Speaker 1: Well there was. Oh he was sort of a middle

776
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 1: of the road pitcher.

777
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 2: Continue, look Notre Dame's been when they have Ian Book.

778
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 2: Ian Book's very good, He's not his ceiling wasn't excellent

779
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 2: to me, but very very good. He's the best modern

780
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 2: Notre Dame quarterback. They take a couple steps back to

781
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 2: say the least, these past couple of seasons, but bringing

782
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 2: in a good Sam Hartman, who is going to be

783
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 2: in less of a and I don't say gimmick in

784
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,320
Speaker 2: a negative term, but it's just a very specific system

785
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 2: that Wake Forest was running with the slow mesh behind

786
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 2: a better offensive line and now with Caleb Smith and

787
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 2: I think they have a promising young tight end.

788
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: They do it. Tight End's not an issue Titan's issue.

789
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 1: The issue is wide out for Notre.

790
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 2: So it's Bradon Lensay's gone. I believe Lorenzo styles kind of.

791
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 2: I mean, he didn't get the ball that much, but

792
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 2: dropsis were somewhat of an issue for him.

793
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the receiver's situation as a whole for

794
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: Notre Dame is very intriguing. I have Sam Hartman on

795
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: my list too. You knew I would, Hey, yeah, of course.

796
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 2: So Notre Dame is that team though, because of how

797
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 2: good their defense seems to be year over year, and

798
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 2: you can speak more to that, because we believe the

799
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,760
Speaker 2: offensive line is going to continue to improve with Harry's

800
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 2: HySTAT the new old offensive line coach, having an older

801
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 2: quarterback and Sam Hartman plug and play White Club service

802
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 2: and what we believe to be a good receiver in

803
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 2: Caleb Smith too. We can immediately come in and be

804
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:53,240
Speaker 2: a steadying force out wide. If Sam Hartman, the question

805
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 2: to me is the picks. We saw a couple of

806
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,879
Speaker 2: games this year like where is he even looking right?

807
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 2: Where he can single handedly lose a game in a

808
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 2: quarter if you can avoid that with more time and

809
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 2: he had good receivers Atwake, with more time, with more stability,

810
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 2: without needing to score forty eight points a game, because

811
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,879
Speaker 2: they'll have a better defense than Notre Dame. Notre dame

812
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 2: ceiling is you know, playoff this year?

813
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the big thing for Notre Dame is

814
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,879
Speaker 1: going to be the line. This is why, above all else,

815
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,359
Speaker 1: it's a good situation for Sam Hartman. You could make

816
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: a pretty good strong case that this is one of

817
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: the better lines in the country. They've got Joe all

818
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: Blake Fisher on the tackles, they lose both their guards,

819
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: but I think by and large this will end up

820
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 1: being one of the better lines in the country. The

821
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: running game won't be in a bad place at all,

822
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: if only because they spend all season trying to run

823
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: the damn ball. Now they have an influx, a surge,

824
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: a stable of running backs. There aren't enough running back well,

825
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: excuse me, there are too many running backs. There aren't

826
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 1: enough footballs for this coming season. So Notre Dame's in

827
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:01,319
Speaker 1: pre good spot. As for that, the question is, as

828
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: you alluded, I mean, the question is receiver. They didn't

829
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 1: see a step forward from Lorenzo Styles this season. I

830
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,359
Speaker 1: was hoping we would. But you can probably understand on

831
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,879
Speaker 1: some level why Jane Thomas, the big, big number eighty three,

832
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: as you've called him yep time and again in our show.

833
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: I thought he had a nice season, but you know

834
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 1: how he fits in is tbd to.

835
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 2: Buy it, but it's also it's also not to cut

836
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 2: you off because I'm going to cut you off. We

837
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 2: don't know how good their receivers are. No, if it's

838
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 2: a Tyler Buckner Drew Pine team, we don't know how

839
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 2: good Notre dames receivers and tight ends are. Besides Michael Mayer,

840
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,400
Speaker 2: obviously we knew he was very good. So Sam Harton,

841
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 2: Sam Hartman is the tide that raises all ships.

842
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: I believe so, yeah, I believe so, and I'm pretty

843
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: excited to see what he looks like. Tobias Meriweather just

844
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 1: another one that I want to throw out there. I

845
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: don't think we saw enough out of him. He got

846
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 1: like one catch this year, but I would like to

847
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: see more out of him. I think he could perhaps

848
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: provide a little bit more pop from that receiving core.

849
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 2: It almost to me sounds like Caleb Smith might be

850
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 2: more intriguing to you than Sam Hartman. So we know what,

851
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 2: Sam Hartman.

852
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no no no no no, okay no no,

853
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 1: it isn't okay you kidding me. After years of Ian Book,

854
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,839
Speaker 1: the brief stay with Tyler Buckner and Drew Pine, now

855
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: Sam Hartman is the answer for me. Sam Hartman is

856
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,439
Speaker 1: the answer for me. And Sam Hartman in his time

857
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: at wake Forest has made receivers better. He has made

858
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,839
Speaker 1: receivers better. There are options at receiver for Notre Dame.

859
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: I think they've recruited fairly well, at least enough guys

860
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 1: at wide receiver that they're going to have options. It's

861
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: just a matter of who's Who's the dude gonna be

862
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,479
Speaker 1: all right? Who? Who are going to be those names

863
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: that really rise to see.

864
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 2: If I were to tell you Sam Hartman is going

865
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 2: to be Ian Book, you'd be pretty happy. Even though

866
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 2: Ian Book drove you nuts because of the it's all

867
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 2: relative after the past couple of years.

868
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would take that. I would take that. But

869
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:04,560
Speaker 1: Sam hart and just gives them so much of a

870
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 1: proven option at quarterback that it's hard not to be excited.

871
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: It's hard not to envision the ceiling that is much

872
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: higher than you in book.

873
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,239
Speaker 2: How many do you have left? I've got one, I've

874
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 2: got two left. All right, I have three left. We

875
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 2: should probably start buzzing through these relatively quickly.

876
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 1: Okay, I've got dj Uiuclele. Do you have him?

877
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:27,800
Speaker 2: I do not.

878
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,280
Speaker 1: We called out Oregon State months ago as a trendy

879
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 1: landing spot. DJU makes a lot of sense for Oregon State.

880
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 1: I believe he will have a decent receiving core to

881
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: work with. You probably know better than I. A bit

882
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:45,399
Speaker 1: undersized Silos Bold and Anthony Gould both being five to eight,

883
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 1: but they have some experience. They are adding some guys

884
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: via the incoming class as well. There are some other

885
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: names on the roster that could see a better workload

886
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 1: here as well. But I think it's fair to question

887
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: the pass catchers. M hmm, if only because part of

888
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,479
Speaker 1: the problem that Clemson for DJU was guys not getting open.

889
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 1: It wasn't all on DJU. Some of it was, some

890
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: of it was on the system, but it's been an

891
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,759
Speaker 1: ongoing trend there where guys just they don't get open. So,

892
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know what that looks like from

893
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:20,839
Speaker 1: that standpoint on the Oregon State side, but there's a

894
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: ton of reason for optimism here, especially with the way

895
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:27,760
Speaker 1: their defense overperformed this season. There's there is this rising

896
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: sense that Oregon states a few good players away on

897
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: offense from really making things interesting for opponents in the

898
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 1: Pact Wolves. So I think DJU is a is a

899
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 1: no brainer answer here in terms of intrigue.

900
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean you look at what Jonathan Smith has

901
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 2: done with quarterbacks without you know, a ton of physical

902
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:49,799
Speaker 2: talent that if you want all of the talents squeezed

903
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 2: out of you, there are worst coaches to be developed

904
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:54,240
Speaker 2: by than Jonathan Smith.

905
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's so I think DJU is an easy answer. Yeah,

906
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 1: another one quick, please, let's talk about Auburn's offensive line

907
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 1: transfers stacking it.

908
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:05,360
Speaker 2: Yeah.

909
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, So this is a position group that needed a

910
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: lot of work. They have not recruited well along the line,

911
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 1: which is strange because the sec is a line league.

912
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 1: It's a line league. You don't have a good line,

913
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: you're dead. You're dead. And they have not done enough

914
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: there to keep up with the depth that you need.

915
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,480
Speaker 1: They just haven't. So the cracks have been shown for

916
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: a while. It really showed this season. The line stats

917
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: were bad. I don't know if you looked at those.

918
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: Line stats were really bad for Auburn. They gave up

919
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: a ton of pressure this season. Part of that was

920
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 1: the quarterback, but part of that, which is the line,

921
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 1: wasn't good. So they've been really aggressive here. Hugh Freeze

922
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: came in. They've got Avery Jones from ECU and interior

923
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 1: lineman Dylan Wade from Tulsa, gun Or Britten from Western Kentucky.

924
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: Three guys that should be starters right away, should be

925
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 1: plug and play. I'm curious to see how good they

926
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,759
Speaker 1: can get, how quickly they can get there, because this

927
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: is a position group where they'll just take anybody with experience.

928
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 1: So barring a transfer elsewhere, it's probably still Robbie Ashford,

929
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:09,440
Speaker 1: I believe at quarterback.

930
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 2: I was gonna say, who are they protecting though, I

931
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:15,880
Speaker 2: think it's Robby So that's not a great situation.

932
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,919
Speaker 1: Although Robbie Ashford had moments and maybe with a better

933
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: coach he can he can succeed. I don't know if

934
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: you Freeze is that better coach. We'll find out in

935
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:30,960
Speaker 1: due time. Nonetheless, I am feeling positively about the quick

936
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:33,160
Speaker 1: work that Auburn has done in the portal on the line.

937
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,719
Speaker 2: So those are your final two. You and the Auburn line.

938
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: Who do you got?

939
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 2: All right? I'm gonna use my whole is your nose? Okay?

940
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 2: By the way, I think I sound really stuffed up

941
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, don't I really stuffed up?

942
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:45,399
Speaker 1: They got the sniffles over there?

943
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 2: Yep?

944
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 1: We might have to take in a transfer podcast host

945
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: before the end.

946
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 2: That's true. Oh my god, people would be thrilled. I'm

947
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,320
Speaker 2: gonna go with my Homer coin here. I'm gonna go

948
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 2: Jordan Birch and Justin Jacobs sort of linebackers edge type guys,

949
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 2: Oregon defensive transfers. Right, Yes, Oregon had an offense that

950
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 2: was good enough to go eleven in one last year.

951
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:05,359
Speaker 2: They were not going to beat Georgia. No matter how

952
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 2: good Bonnicks could have been in that game. He wasn't

953
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:12,319
Speaker 2: that great, But defensively that was the huge liability. That's

954
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 2: what the direct causation for the losses last year, even

955
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,800
Speaker 2: with Bownicks hobbled, it was not being able to stop

956
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:19,880
Speaker 2: anything on the ground against Oregon State even with a

957
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 2: twenty one point lead, and then giving up the bigger

958
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 2: passes and not being able to generate a pass rush

959
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 2: all season long. Caveon Timbaugh obviously makes his way to

960
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:31,320
Speaker 2: the NFL. They were not able to get to the quarterback.

961
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:35,440
Speaker 2: So Jordan Birch, former five stars South Carolina, showed flashes,

962
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,400
Speaker 2: but was not the consistent star I don't think. I

963
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 2: think South Carolina fans would probably agree was not the

964
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:45,400
Speaker 2: consistent star that his high school promise projected him to be.

965
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:50,720
Speaker 2: I suppose, but crazy athletics side speeds side speeds side

966
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:57,319
Speaker 2: spis size speed combination that is extremely rare. So if

967
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 2: he is able to pop in Dan Lanning system on

968
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 2: the edge, get a little bit better against the run,

969
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 2: and then Justin Jacobs was like going to be the

970
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,120
Speaker 2: next big thing at linebacker for Iowa. He gets hurt

971
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 2: last year and doesn't see the field much after the

972
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:13,600
Speaker 2: first couple of games. I think it's an immediate upgrade

973
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 2: for linebacker and the edge. For an Oregon team that's

974
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 2: still pretty thin at defensive back, if they can get

975
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,120
Speaker 2: after the quarterback, that solves a lot of issues. Doesn't

976
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:26,360
Speaker 2: matter where your cornerbacks and safeties are in terms of

977
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 2: talent and production, if the quarterback is always under fire

978
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,560
Speaker 2: and so, that to me is an enormous missing duo

979
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 2: that Oregon sorely needed and succeeded in getting this cycle.

980
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:40,319
Speaker 2: So there's that.

981
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that.

982
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,919
Speaker 2: I have Dessan McCullough for much of the same reason

983
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,360
Speaker 2: for Oklahoma. Okay, so transfers in former Ohio state commit

984
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:51,840
Speaker 2: transfers in from Indiana where his dad was a coach,

985
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:53,400
Speaker 2: and now I think he's at Notre Dame. He's the

986
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:58,560
Speaker 2: new running backs coach, and so he was. He's another size,

987
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,320
Speaker 2: speed guy that if he is more of a terror

988
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,840
Speaker 2: off the edge and is able to fulfill some of

989
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:07,400
Speaker 2: his recruiting promise and physical promise. Oklahoma I think was

990
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,239
Speaker 2: one of the worst teams in the nation in terms

991
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 2: of actually getting to the quarterback. I think their sack

992
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 2: rates and their passing down sack rate was extremely poor,

993
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:19,720
Speaker 2: and so we saw quarterbacks run wild, no pass wild.

994
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:21,440
Speaker 2: You know, would you go back to the TCU game,

995
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 2: the Texas game, and then finishing with the Texas Tech game.

996
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 2: If Oklahoma can do a better job getting to the quarterback,

997
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 2: Desaun McCallum might be a major reason why. And so

998
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,480
Speaker 2: he was one of the bigger portal names to come in.

999
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:34,880
Speaker 2: And then finally I have do Cypress Ventral Cypress for

1000
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,439
Speaker 2: Florida State, a team that you were maybe a year

1001
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:40,040
Speaker 2: early on. They had a couple of games that they blew,

1002
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 2: otherwise they looked very strong and played Oklahoma in the

1003
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:47,880
Speaker 2: bowl game. Florida State should be really good on defense.

1004
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 2: We've talked about Jared Verse coming back being a major,

1005
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 2: major deal for Florida State, but a huge reason why

1006
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:56,600
Speaker 2: Virginia's defense took an enormous step forward last year was

1007
00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 2: their ability to stop big plays, especially passes. I think

1008
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 2: Do Cyprus's QBR against according to Sbplus was something like seventeen.

1009
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 2: And so when you are able to add to what

1010
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 2: should be an already good corner and defensive back room,

1011
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 2: I know they lose their big safety, but I just

1012
00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:18,800
Speaker 2: think it's a no brainer when you have Florida State,

1013
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 2: when you have the quarterback carousel that's going in the

1014
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 2: ACC and still having a roster of really solid, if

1015
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 2: not very good quarterbacks in the ACC Florida State getting

1016
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,879
Speaker 2: even stronger on defense as they try to make that

1017
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:36,719
Speaker 2: New Year's six ish move. I think it's enormous. So

1018
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:40,360
Speaker 2: that's where I went with how I interpreted the word intriguing,

1019
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 2: just because I am more likely to watch all of

1020
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 2: these teams because of those transfers. Now I'll watch a

1021
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,800
Speaker 2: little bit of as in Florida just to either confirm

1022
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:55,120
Speaker 2: or be wrong about where I think their programs are heading.

1023
00:51:55,480 --> 00:52:00,440
Speaker 2: But no, those players on my list get my tingling

1024
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:01,240
Speaker 2: behind the airs.

1025
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:05,080
Speaker 1: Well, speaking of ASU and Florida, yeah, we should call

1026
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:06,719
Speaker 1: out and I'm just looking at this now for.

1027
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:09,399
Speaker 2: Taco Bell Pizza Hut, they should join forces with their

1028
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 2: thin rosters.

1029
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm looking at twenty four to seven Sports right now,

1030
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:17,880
Speaker 1: and they posted something about possible destinations for Jade and

1031
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 1: Rashata should he decide to leave Florida, which it sounds

1032
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:22,960
Speaker 1: like that's near a four going.

1033
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:25,040
Speaker 2: He officially for his release.

1034
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:28,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, Arizona State is a program that they predict could

1035
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:32,759
Speaker 1: be in need of services at quarterback for many of

1036
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:35,040
Speaker 1: the reasons I think I highlighted before. Got to do

1037
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 1: better than Drew Pine.

1038
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:40,799
Speaker 2: Or Oregon Recruitedshata with Kenny Dillingham Oregon connection there, Yeah,

1039
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 2: there's that connection. Cal cals Area is an interesting name.

1040
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,960
Speaker 1: They were among the first to offer Jade and Rashada

1041
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 1: and Washington is another one.

1042
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 2: That visited Washington and they lost their quarterback commit to

1043
00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,920
Speaker 2: Ohio State from I think South Dakota. Lincoln kleinholds if

1044
00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:04,760
Speaker 2: I client something like that. So yeah, all intriguing. Michigan.

1045
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,920
Speaker 2: I don't believe took a quarterback and seems to be

1046
00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:12,279
Speaker 2: spending on the nil front. They did not take a

1047
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,080
Speaker 2: quarterback in this class. I think they're in for a

1048
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 2: top tier twenty twenty four kid. So who knows. There

1049
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:20,879
Speaker 2: are a number of schools that I'm sure can can

1050
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,479
Speaker 2: dig into the couch cushions to find something for Jaden

1051
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 2: and Rashata, not the least of which would be an

1052
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 2: open spot on the depth chart.

1053
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:33,440
Speaker 1: We shall see right in. Let us know, cross all

1054
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 1: social media, which transfer situations you find intriguing. Let us

1055
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 1: know what intriguing means to you. Yeah, are you gonna

1056
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:45,960
Speaker 1: go Graham Mertz with this? You're gonna go Jayden Rashata

1057
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 1: with this? You're gonna go. I don't know Dan's interpretation

1058
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 1: of this.

1059
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 2: Thessan McCullough for Oklahoma.

1060
00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:54,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Sam Hartman whatever.

1061
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 2: We're both intrigued by Sam Harmon both and Caleb Smith.

1062
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,720
Speaker 1: Sam Harmon a great beard by the way, great beard.

1063
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:03,400
Speaker 2: Who is the last? Who is the Chase Claypool is

1064
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 2: the last? Like? Oh, he's a clear number one college

1065
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:06,480
Speaker 2: football receiver.

1066
00:54:07,239 --> 00:54:09,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I think you're over selling Caleb Smith a

1067
00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:12,200
Speaker 1: little bit. He's a good player, but let's not He's

1068
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:12,919
Speaker 1: not Chase Claype.

1069
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 2: I'm all in. I'm all in cab with a K. Well,

1070
00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:19,239
Speaker 2: you think about receivers, and we've seen this all over

1071
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:22,680
Speaker 2: the sport, receivers who are stuck in offenses and in

1072
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 2: such little control over their destiny, over their production, over

1073
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:30,920
Speaker 2: their involvement on a big stage or medium or small stage.

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Speaker 2: And with where Virginia texts offense has been these last

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Speaker 2: couple of years, he qualifies, Sure.

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Speaker 1: I just I don't know, I'm ready, all right.

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Speaker 2: I'm hopeful, right, yeah, But that's it.

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Speaker 2: Peace