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Speaker 1: It is December seventeenth, and yet we've still got Conference

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Speaker 1: this Well, as I am reminded constantly, we have new

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Speaker 1: at Latekickjosh on Twitter, and I answer them. However, this

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Speaker 1: that was in May, and we fast forward. It's late December.

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Speaker 1: With Alabama, yesterday, we go in there and you're talking

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Speaker 1: Those of you who are hardcore recruiting fans, you know

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Speaker 1: focused on a kid Named Xavier. Worthy Xavier, worthy he's

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Speaker 1: a four star. Receiver he's out Of. California he's been

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Speaker 1: up To Steve, wilfong like we've done a dozen or

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Speaker 1: happens just to give you an idea of What Nick

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Speaker 1: this guy was an option For alabama all. Along WHEN i,

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Speaker 1: Work figuratively of, course just taking whatever you, want virtually

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Speaker 1: whatever you. Want so this class For alabama is, insane just.

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Speaker 1: Amazing they've got four of the top nine receivers in

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Speaker 1: out Of Fort lauderdale down In South. Florida he did

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Speaker 1: At Ohio, state you have to have that. Mentality you

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Speaker 1: Donovan jackson is a five star offensive. Lineman he is From.

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Speaker 1: Texas Trevion henderson is a five star running. Back he's From.

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Speaker 1: Virginia kyle McCord is a five star. Quarterback he's From,

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Speaker 1: Kid he's a. Corner he's From. Missouri they go all

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Speaker 1: well you, know with social media and, everything sometimes that

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Speaker 1: now that's just. Reality it's as easy for kids to

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Speaker 1: fact it's easier for them to do that than it

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Speaker 1: and that's very important in. RECRUITING i don't think we

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Speaker 1: a really impressive class and as we just, DID i,

425
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,959
Speaker 1: mean this is obviously what you have to do At,

426
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,840
Speaker 1: oregon as we just did With Ohio. State i'm not

427
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 1: going to read you the. Names i'll just read you

428
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:33,160
Speaker 1: the kids', locations starting at the, Top, Utah, California, Arizona, Maryland,

429
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,200
Speaker 1: Arizona oregon got an in state kid, There, California, Nevada,

430
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:44,399
Speaker 1: Mississippi New, York, Utah, Colorado, Maryland, Arizona, California, Utah North, Carolina, Texas, California, Arizona.

431
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,280
Speaker 1: California there is one in state, product And oregon itself

432
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,480
Speaker 1: is a really big. State there is one in state

433
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,439
Speaker 1: product in this entire. Class it's a national recruiting. Effort

434
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,920
Speaker 1: Mario cristabal and his staff put together one of the

435
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,800
Speaker 1: best recruiting classes that they have had in the history

436
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:03,159
Speaker 1: Of oregon, football if we're honest with. Ourselves, ALSO i

437
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,400
Speaker 1: want to talk about a, really really big. Disappointment i'll

438
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,120
Speaker 1: do it right after. This that was probably the most

439
00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,680
Speaker 1: rushed ad toss That i've had in quite a, while

440
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:11,919
Speaker 1: BUT i wanted to get to a, point SO i

441
00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,400
Speaker 1: tossed it to ad break really really. ABRUPTLY i want

442
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 1: to start. Scrolling, Okay So i'm sitting here looking at

443
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,360
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one class rankings for twenty four to seven.

444
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,760
Speaker 1: Sports all, Right i'm going to start scrolling right. Now

445
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,320
Speaker 1: i'm scrolling at a leisurely. Pace there we. Go we're

446
00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:30,239
Speaker 1: through the. Teens now we're through the. Twenties all, right

447
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 1: we're through the, thirties and, boom there we see, it number.

448
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,040
Speaker 1: Forty The Auburn tigers had one of your, QUESTIONS i

449
00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,399
Speaker 1: actually several, Questions So i'll just answer it generically about

450
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 1: why they were so. Low, WELL i think PART a is,

451
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,480
Speaker 1: obvious there's no head coach At auburn right. Now PART,

452
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,879
Speaker 1: b no one knows who the head coach is going to,

453
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,800
Speaker 1: be and PART c the remaining staff is not exactly

454
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 1: known as world beaters on the recruiting. Trail so that's

455
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,119
Speaker 1: what you were trying to. SELL i think it is

456
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 1: really laughable to hear What i've heard out Of, auburn

457
00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,639
Speaker 1: which is the powers that be when it comes to

458
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,200
Speaker 1: that recruiting search or that coaching. SEARCH i guess you

459
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 1: do recruit coaches is they don't really care and didn't

460
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 1: care the whole while about early signing. Day they weren't

461
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 1: working around the constraints of making sure they had an

462
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,199
Speaker 1: announcement by early signing. Day, now that to me Is

463
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 1: i'm not going to say, unacceptable because there is no

464
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,879
Speaker 1: perfect way to do it when the timeline is as it.

465
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: Is but to have the attitude completely on the other

466
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 1: side of the extreme to, say, well we don't care about, it,

467
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 1: yeah it's a little ridiculous. Too, well if you don't,

468
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,439
Speaker 1: care this is what you. Get you get a class

469
00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 1: that is number forty in the. Country just to give

470
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,320
Speaker 1: you an idea of How auburn's class compares to the

471
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 1: likes Of. Alabama the five, star four, star three Star

472
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:46,120
Speaker 1: auburn has zero four and nine five star four, star

473
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,880
Speaker 1: three star For. Alabama alabama has six five, stars fourteen

474
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 1: four stars four to three. Stars some of you are

475
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 1: out there still misguided enough to believe stars don't. Matter, Okay,

476
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,760
Speaker 1: well you check out who's playing in conference Championship, friday And,

477
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,600
Speaker 1: sam you check out that playoff and you come back.

478
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: In you give me a, Dissertation give me fifteen hundred

479
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 1: words on how stars don't matter after you watch the.

480
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,159
Speaker 1: Playoff So auburn's sitting here at number. Forty, Listen i'm

481
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 1: going to talk a lot more about the coaching search.

482
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 1: Tonight i've been trying to give you the latest as

483
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: we hear, it not necessarily just Filtering twitter, rumors but

484
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,000
Speaker 1: trying to give you the latest tangible information as we

485
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 1: hear it On Late. KICK i got to tell you.

486
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 1: Something one of the THOUGHTS i had in the back

487
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: of my mind the entire second half of our show

488
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,199
Speaker 1: yesterday when we had talked About georgia AND lsu had

489
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 1: a good. Day georgia had a good, Day bama obviously

490
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 1: had a good. Day TEXAS a AND m is currently

491
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:40,160
Speaker 1: sitting number eleven and could still have some. Additions i'm

492
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 1: just sitting there thinking about the fact That auburn plays

493
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 1: those teams every. Year they are not going to be

494
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,720
Speaker 1: close in this year's. Cycle they have also not compared

495
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 1: to those classes in the last several. Cycles they better

496
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,800
Speaker 1: get a lot more serious about their coaching search than

497
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,200
Speaker 1: the way it seems to be trending. Now there could

498
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 1: be things going on behind the scenes we don't know.

499
00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,280
Speaker 1: About they may end up hitting a home. Run What

500
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,119
Speaker 1: i'm telling you is anything less than a home run

501
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,360
Speaker 1: is going to get steamrolled in THE sec by the

502
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,160
Speaker 1: schedule That auburn has to play every. Year you got

503
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 1: to get really. Serious see this is WHY i almost

504
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: sounded a little bit aggravated when they Fired, malson or

505
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: the suggestion of Firing malson was floating around pretty substantially

506
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 1: the last couple of. YEARS i was never anti making

507
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,399
Speaker 1: a coaching. Move that's not WHAT i was. Against WHAT

508
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: i was against is making the move and then wading

509
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,359
Speaker 1: out into the pool like you hadn't already taken a

510
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 1: dive in all the way to the bottom and found

511
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,400
Speaker 1: what you were looking. For you can't afford to do.

512
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 1: That you can't just make a move from a guy

513
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:46,679
Speaker 1: who was decent and expect that you could only. Upgrade, No,

514
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 1: no there's an opposite way you could. Go you could

515
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 1: completely fall into a dumpster and be an afterthought for a.

516
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: Decade that's the other side of the. Coin and if

517
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: you don't knock it out of the park with this,

518
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 1: hire that's what you're gonna. Be you're gonna be an after.

519
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,159
Speaker 1: Thought how could you be anything other than that this

520
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: schedule doesn't take a. Break these programs they are recruiting

521
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: to compete against each, other and if you want to

522
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 1: insert yourself into that, conversation they'll be happy to compete

523
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 1: against you. Too but if you don't insert yourself into the,

524
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: conversation they don't cancel the games with. You you still Play, Bama, GEORGIA,

525
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: lsu AND a AND m every, year on top of

526
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,720
Speaker 1: whatever else you happen to draw on your, schedule both

527
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 1: in and out of. Conference the only difference is instead

528
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,359
Speaker 1: of them circling, you you'll be the game where they,

529
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 1: say all, right let's get out of this one. Healthy

530
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: we'll run it up in the first half and then

531
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,120
Speaker 1: we'll rest the. Starters we'll get some, backups some really

532
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,880
Speaker 1: good quality playing time against the team that they used

533
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 1: to be pretty, good and they still get people's. Attention but,

534
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,919
Speaker 1: hey we're favored by three and four touchdowns Against auburn

535
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,160
Speaker 1: for a. Reason is that the future we want? Here?

536
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 1: NOW i know it's largely out of your, control but

537
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,439
Speaker 1: if you supported the, move if you supported getting rid Of,

538
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,600
Speaker 1: MALSON i just want you to remember. Something that guy

539
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 1: never recruited a top five. Class malson was never Building

540
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 1: auburn to a place where perennially they were going to be.

541
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,120
Speaker 1: Elite there were problems with the. Program i'm not best

542
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: friends With Gus. Malson i'm not trying to gloss over

543
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: the inconsistencies that they had. There things were far from.

544
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,439
Speaker 1: Perfect things weren't trending in the right. DIRECTION i grant

545
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 1: you all of. That What i'm telling you is there's

546
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: a difference between having a hole in the balloon and

547
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: just popping the balloon. Entirely so you had a hole

548
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 1: in the balloon With, malson but that's. Okay you can

549
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: still stay afloat with a hole in the. Balloon but

550
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 1: now to make a, move you may have just completely

551
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: punctured the balloon. Entirely, well there is no stay in a.

552
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: Float would that be in the. Case so this coaching

553
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: search right now is still. Undecided it better be a home.

554
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: RUN i don't care who it. Is it better be

555
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,640
Speaker 1: a home. Run And i'll tell you the other One

556
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 1: i'm really impressed, with and That's michigan at number. Twelve

557
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: michigan being at number twelve and the recruiting rankings makes

558
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 1: no sense to the casual. Fan the casual. Fan you,

559
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 1: know it probably makes about as much sense AS lsu

560
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: being number, four because the casual fan looks AT lsu

561
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: And michigan and, says, well so they had terrible. SEASONS

562
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,639
Speaker 1: i MEAN lsu their season has been a disaster up

563
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 1: until Last, saturday and still nothing to write home About.

564
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: Michigan they have woefully underachieved relative to. Expectation couldn't even

565
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: finish the. Year there's no way anyone wants to go play.

566
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: There and they're ranked what, wait what did you? Say fourth?

567
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 1: Twelve what doesn't make any, sense does. It i'll talk

568
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 1: ABOUT lsu a lot more tonight and in the coming.

569
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:27,239
Speaker 1: Weeks But michigan sitting at number. Twelve not only are

570
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: they number, twelve they have their franchise quarterback in this class.

571
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: Now jj McCarthy's been committed for a long. Time he's

572
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 1: a five star, kid top twenty five overall in the,

573
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: country not the. Position he's number two overall in terms

574
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: of quarterback grades in the. Country that's a big time.

575
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: Get and obviously when you have the cornerstone of your

576
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 1: class being, quarterback you can get some other kids that

577
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: want to play with. Him case in, point their next

578
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: two highest rated. Commits Donovan edwards committed yesterday live on the. Show,

579
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 1: well he committed live while the show was. Happening he

580
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: did it in a blizzard, somewhere SO i don't worry

581
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: about him acclimating to the. Climate Donovan edwards is a

582
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 1: four star running, Back top fifty player. Overall he comes To,

583
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,479
Speaker 1: Michigan Xavier, worthy top one hundred overall, player wide receiver

584
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 1: he comes To, michigan and so you're getting offensive skill up.

585
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 1: There you combine that with what they already Have. MICHIGAN

586
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: i know this sounds very counter to what you think of.

587
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: Them michigan's going to have one of the fastest wide

588
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 1: receiver corps in the country in the coming. YEARS i,

589
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 1: mean if all those kids, Play if all those kids pan,

590
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: out and we don't have any reason to believe they,

591
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: won't it's a crapshoot as, Always but if they do pan,

592
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: Out michigan football could look. Different this is why When

593
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: i've talked About Jim, Harbab i've SAID i didn't believe

594
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: in firing. Him whether he gets fired or whether he

595
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 1: moves on or, not that's an entirely different. DISCUSSION i

596
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 1: didn't believe in making the move on him only BECAUSE

597
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: i thought the move To Josh gaddis was probably the right.

598
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: Move it was just never going to pan out. Immediately

599
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 1: Josh gaddis immediately did not have the right seat to work.

600
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: With you wanted him to grow an apple tree and

601
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: you gave him squash. Seeds, well you can't grow apples

602
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: with squash. Seeds you have to have the right. Seeds, well,

603
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 1: now finally to do what they want to do, offensively

604
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: we're starting to get the right seeds in. There so

605
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: the fact that they kept this class together and added

606
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: on to, it added big, pieces kept big, pieces and

607
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: they finished top fifteen in a year where there was

608
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: so much uncertainty and still is about the status and

609
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 1: long term future of this coaching staff and who's going

610
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,479
Speaker 1: to be there and are we ever going to contend.

611
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: Again having said all, That michigan is currently sitting here

612
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: with a better class Than, tennessee Than southern cal Than,

613
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: texas Than Penn. State so that's a really good. Job

614
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: and you got to tip your cap to The michigan

615
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: coaching staff up there for keeping things on the, rails

616
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: and more than keeping them on the, rails they had

617
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: a stellar class yesterday and they closed, strong and that's what's. Important.

618
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: Right here's WHAT i want to remind. You it's a

619
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 1: big it's conference championship. Week we just came out of

620
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: the early signing. Date AND i also want to tell

621
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: you we got a big episode Of Late Kick live

622
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: coming up. Tonight we're gonna have some more conference championship

623
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: Previews i've already Done, Clemson Notre dame And Alabama. Florida

624
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: those are on the twenty four Seven sports YouTube channel

625
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: if you want to check those out if you haven't

626
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: already subscribed. There also give me a follow On twitter

627
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: because there's a lot going on period AND i can't

628
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: fit all of it into podcast and the show even

629
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: so At Late Kick josh On twitter is where you

630
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 1: want to find. Me we'll have a, really really jam

631
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: packed show. Tonight i'll also be talking about coaching. SEARCHES

632
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: i don't know what could happen between now and the,

633
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,920
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