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Speaker 1: Producer Belchie is at the wheel tonight because producer Jesse

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Speaker 1: is they really like what they got at quarterback in

426
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Speaker 1: Brock Vandergriff. I'm also telling you, and this is personal,

427
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Speaker 1: I think one of the hidden gem steals in the

428
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Speaker 1: entire coaching cycle. Was Kentucky getting to kill shorts at

429
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Speaker 1: wide receiver their wide receiver position. We talked about the

430
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Speaker 1: support staff Grays the other night. They really upgraded there.

431
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Speaker 1: So Mark Stoops did a really good job in hiring.

432
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Speaker 1: They did a really good job in portaling. They were

433
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Speaker 1: seven and six last year. Their twenty twenty four schedule,

434
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Speaker 1: they opened with Southern miss and then they got South

435
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Speaker 1: Carolina and Georgia both at home weeks two and three.

436
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Speaker 1: Conference play opens, so we got a long time to

437
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Speaker 1: get to that. That's some of the juice. That's some

438
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Speaker 1: of the scoop, and that's really early scoop. A lot

439
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,440
Speaker 1: of schools still have an open spring. That's some of

440
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Speaker 1: the early stuff we're hearing. Probably have a little bit

441
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Speaker 1: more robust. Segment comes Sunday. Oh it's time, it's time.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited, I'm nervous, I am anticipatory. You need to

443
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Speaker 1: take a sip from the chalice, the last sip from

444
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Speaker 1: the chalice before we totally realign college football. Very ceremonial. Okay,

445
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Speaker 1: So Colin, go ahead and pop up the tweet. Sometimes

446
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Speaker 1: when you guys send me questions via Twitter, I don't

447
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,000
Speaker 1: have time to put him in the show. And then

448
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 1: some other times we put him in the show, but

449
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: it's like three minutes or less. Well, this one's going

450
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Speaker 1: a little longer. In the three minutes, I promise you. So, Colin,

451
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Speaker 1: here's your roompoint. Ivan hit me with the golden question.

452
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 1: He said, if you had the power to restructure all

453
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Speaker 1: conferences to your liking, what would your perfect college football

454
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Speaker 1: landscape look like? This is it, guys. This is the

455
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Speaker 1: set of keys I've been waiting for. Short of being

456
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Speaker 1: elected college football commissioner, I've been waiting on the keys

457
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,359
Speaker 1: to realign this sport because I don't like it right now.

458
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,879
Speaker 1: I love college football, I don't like the alignment. It

459
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,720
Speaker 1: is totally insane to me that the tight end coach

460
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 1: at Stanford could throw a rock out of his window

461
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 1: into the Pacific Ocean, but he's going to play in

462
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,640
Speaker 1: the ACC this fall. Totally insane to me. Enough. I'm

463
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Speaker 1: also tired of numbers being in the names of conferences.

464
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Speaker 1: But the conference is named the Big Ten and it's

465
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Speaker 1: got eighteen teams. We don't have to live this ignorantly.

466
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Speaker 1: We don't need this. That's what I have done. I

467
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 1: am going to realign the sport. And you told me

468
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Speaker 1: I could do whatever I wanted to, Okay, So I'm

469
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Speaker 1: realigning the sport with history and mind, with functional scheduling

470
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Speaker 1: in mind, with the playoff in mind, but prioritizing regular

471
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Speaker 1: seasons Saturdays in the fall. And I also don't want

472
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Speaker 1: any conference bigger than ten teams. You know why. I

473
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 1: have this crazy idea that in college football, everyone should

474
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Speaker 1: be able to face everyone in their conference every year.

475
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Speaker 1: It's crazy, but I think it could work. Okay, So

476
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Speaker 1: in the SEC, here's where I went. I took Texas

477
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Speaker 1: and O you out. I took Arkansas out. They're not

478
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Speaker 1: gone from the sport. I'm just replacing them. I'm putting

479
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Speaker 1: them elsewhere. Vandy's gone controversial, No, probably not. Vandy's gone,

480
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Speaker 1: and A and M's gone. So I've got ten teams here.

481
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Speaker 1: I got the two teams in Alabama. I got Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU,

482
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Speaker 1: Mississippi State and Old Miss South Carolina and Tennessee. That's

483
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Speaker 1: my SEC. Ten teams, that's my SEC. Let's go to

484
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Speaker 1: the Big ten. In the Big ten, I'm probably gonna

485
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Speaker 1: get a little pushback from Maryland fans because I took

486
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Speaker 1: Maryland out of the Big Ten. I'll tell you what

487
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Speaker 1: I did with him in a second. Rutgers is gone

488
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,920
Speaker 1: as well. There is no West Coast team, nor should

489
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Speaker 1: there be in the Big Ten. So the LA schools

490
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Speaker 1: are gone. Oregon's back on the West coast, Washington's back

491
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Speaker 1: on the West Coast. I'll tell you what conference they're

492
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Speaker 1: in in a second. There are actually ten teams here. Now.

493
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Speaker 1: Northwestern was tough, I believe it or not. I wrestled

494
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Speaker 1: heavily with what to do with Northwestern. There was a

495
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Speaker 1: scenario where I took Penn State and put him elsewhere,

496
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Speaker 1: and I put Northwestern in the Big Ten. They've always

497
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Speaker 1: been there, but you told me I could do what

498
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Speaker 1: I wanted to. So I'm taking Northwestern. They're actually going

499
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Speaker 1: to be an independent. I'll talk more about them in

500
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Speaker 1: a second. They're going to be an independent. Guess who's back.

501
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Speaker 1: Guess who's back. The Big East is back in football.

502
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Speaker 1: The Big East is back amongst us on Saturday in

503
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Speaker 1: the fall. The Originals are all there. I've added UCF

504
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Speaker 1: to the Big East. Now I'm adding Maryland to the

505
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Speaker 1: Big East. This is going to be one that's a

506
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Speaker 1: little controversial, and I get it, trust me. I had

507
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Speaker 1: a number of different combinations. But I'm putting Maryland in

508
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Speaker 1: the Big East. Really good for you guys in basketball season,

509
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Speaker 1: not that I care a whole lot. It's gonna be

510
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Speaker 1: a really good basketball product. West Virginia is also going

511
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Speaker 1: to the Big East because currently West Virginia is inexplicably

512
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Speaker 1: in a conference where every road game they play is

513
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Speaker 1: a thousand or more miles away. No more, no more

514
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Speaker 1: usf hat tip to Alex Goalish and the folks down there.

515
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Speaker 1: You guys are in the Big East now, and we're

516
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Speaker 1: gonna count all these as power conferences. Okay, these are

517
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Speaker 1: all going to be power pee whatever. Guess who else

518
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Speaker 1: is back? This one is the one that warms my

519
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Speaker 1: heart the most. Okay. I have wanted to do what

520
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Speaker 1: I'm about to do for so long, Immunity, without further ado,

521
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: I would like everyone to welcome back to the head

522
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Speaker 1: table of college football the Southwest Conference. I watched Pony

523
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Speaker 1: Excess the other night in preparation for this. Showed the

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Speaker 1: Lady Pony Excess. She had never seen it before. Five

525
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Speaker 1: Star Review didn't like the way that the folks talked

526
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Speaker 1: about Bobby Collins coming to SMU by way of Southern

527
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:26,439
Speaker 1: miss She herself is from Mississippi, the southernmost portions, so

528
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Speaker 1: she didn't like that. But otherwise, five star review. The

529
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Speaker 1: Southwest Conference is back, and I'm putting all the originals back,

530
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Speaker 1: So Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Rice. I got my eye on you, Rice,

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Speaker 1: but I am bringing food back to the kitchen. SMU

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Speaker 1: and Texas are back. A and M in Texas Tech TCU.

533
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Speaker 1: But you'll notice if you're watching, I did add a team.

534
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Speaker 1: I would like Oklahoma to agree to be in the

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Speaker 1: Southwest Conference because Arkansas is there and I don't want

536
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Speaker 1: them to be the only non Texas school. So I

537
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Speaker 1: could have put Oklahoma in the other conference I'm about

538
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: to talk about in a second, but I want Oe

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Speaker 1: you in Texas in the same conference. That's a personal

540
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: preference thing. But the Southwest Conference is back. I'm not

541
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Speaker 1: touching the logo. We're not doing a thing to the logo. Okay,

542
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: the logo the W no matter if you talk about

543
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 1: certain unmentionable regions on the female or male anatomy, it

544
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Speaker 1: resembles either I'm not changing that logo. That W is awesome.

545
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 1: It's glorious, It's wonderful. It's like the super Bowl before

546
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: the super Bowl corporatized their logo strategy. The super Bowl

547
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: logo used to be awesome. Conference logos used to be awesome.

548
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: And then people with suits that cost way too much

549
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: walked in the room with their consultants marching in order

550
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Speaker 1: behind them, and we don't get the Southwest Conference logo

551
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Speaker 1: or anything like that anymore. The Southwest Conference is back.

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Speaker 1: You know what else is back? The Big not twelve,

553
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Speaker 1: not ten, The Big Eight is back. You know how

554
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: many teams are in the Big Eight? Eight? Crazy wild?

555
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: I'm putting Colorado in there, okay, And I'm also I'm

556
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Speaker 1: putting Missouri in there. So Missouri is no longer in

557
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Speaker 1: the SEC. They're going to the Big Eight. Utah once

558
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 1: upon a time would have been in the Mountain West Conference. Well,

559
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: now Utah is at the head table. So I'm taking

560
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Speaker 1: Utah and I'm putting them in the Big Eight. So

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Speaker 1: eight teams in the Big Eight. I got both the

562
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Speaker 1: Kansas schools there. Nebraska's going from the Big Ten back

563
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Speaker 1: to the Big Eight. Now U Oklahoma fans, actually, I

564
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Speaker 1: have no clue what you guys want in this world.

565
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Speaker 1: Would you rather be in the Big Eight or would

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Speaker 1: you rather be in the Southwest Conference. You may want

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Speaker 1: to be in the Big Eight because I anticipate you

568
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Speaker 1: guys thinking you'd get screwed in the Southwest Conference, because

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Speaker 1: you would think that the heart of the political power

570
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Speaker 1: would be in Texas, which maybe, look, I would guard

571
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Speaker 1: against it as much as I could. I mean, I

572
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,720
Speaker 1: am revenventing the sport basically. But the Big Eight's back.

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Speaker 1: That's not all. That's not all. I'm bringing another entity back,

574
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Speaker 1: PAC twelve Pate has walked in the door. My first

575
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: order business as PAC twelve Paate is to totally wad

576
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Speaker 1: up and throw away any sheet of paper that says

577
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: Pack twelve, because we are once again the PAC ten.

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Speaker 1: The logos back, the PAC ten Little Sunshine logos back,

579
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Speaker 1: and it's pretty much everyone who should be out there

580
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 1: and no one who shouldn't. I've got both the Washington schools,

581
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Speaker 1: I got both, the Arizonas, both the Oregons. I got

582
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Speaker 1: the two Bay Area schools, I got the two LA schools. Voila,

583
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Speaker 1: there you go. You've got the PAC ten, ten teams

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Speaker 1: in the PAC ten, all of them out on the

585
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Speaker 1: West coast. Arizona's close enough, and it's a concept that

586
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 1: worked for a long time, kids, and it could again.

587
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 1: Now let me take you back all the way across

588
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Speaker 1: the country to the conference that cal and Stanford currently

589
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Speaker 1: call home, and it's the ACC. And it's all the

590
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Speaker 1: current members minus Pitt minus Louisville, minus Syracuse and minus

591
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Speaker 1: Boston College, who have been split up in large are

592
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: now all in the Big East. That's a solid conference.

593
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: It's a solid conference. I suppose Miami used to be

594
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Speaker 1: in the Big East. They're not going to be there.

595
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: I'm keeping Miami in the ACC. But again, this is

596
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Speaker 1: a ten team conference. And as you can notice once

597
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Speaker 1: I've gone down this list, there are a few teams

598
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Speaker 1: that have been left out. You haven't seen Notre Dame,

599
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: have you. I am allowing Notre Dame after intense negotiations

600
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 1: with Brady Quinn, I am allowing Notre Dame to maintain

601
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Speaker 1: their independence, but of course I've got room to add them.

602
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: I got several spots in these conferences that aren't full.

603
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: I am granting Brigham Young their independence, but they could

604
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: also easily go to the Big Eight. I just don't

605
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 1: want to go past eight for obvious reasons. Yukon's going

606
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 1: to be an independent. Vanderbilt is an independent in my world.

607
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: That's all I have to say. Like I made them

608
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Speaker 1: an independent, and if anyone wants to fight me on it,

609
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: you can fight me on it. But Notre Dame, Vandy, Northwestern, BYU,

610
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Speaker 1: and Yukon, those are independent. I have ways to work

611
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: around it. If Notre Dame comes to me and says, hey,

612
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Speaker 1: we actually want to be in a conference, I can

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Speaker 1: do something about that. Now. It probably would involve moving

614
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: some deck chairs in the Big Ten, but I can

615
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: do something about that. But there are minor changes here. Okay,

616
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Speaker 1: for example, Iowa not in the Big Eight. They're going

617
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: to stay in the Big Ten. They used to be

618
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Speaker 1: in the Big Eight. Virginia Tech not in the Big

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Speaker 1: East like they used to be. I'm keeping them in

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Speaker 1: the ACC. Northwestern and Vandy, like I said, are independence.

621
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Speaker 1: But no conference is bigger than ten teams. In every conference,

622
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Speaker 1: your conference schedule will mandate that you play every other team.

623
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Speaker 1: That means the SEC, for example, is going to have

624
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Speaker 1: a nine game conference schedule. That means the Big Ten

625
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: is gonna have a nine game conference schedule. And you

626
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: know what, at this point, go have your eight team playoff.

627
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Speaker 1: I don't care if you're allowing me to restructure the sport,

628
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 1: if you're allowing me to bring back beloved former brands

629
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Speaker 1: like the Southwest Conference and the Big Eight, if you're

630
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: letting the Pac ten actually be ten teams, if you're

631
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Speaker 1: bringing back the Big East in football. Honestly, I don't

632
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Speaker 1: care what you do with your playoff. For all I care.

633
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Speaker 1: You guys can go take the conference champs and have

634
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: yourself as a little conference champ, national semi final and quarterfinal,

635
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: do whatever you want to. Don't balloon it up past

636
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: eight teams, but go have your go have your auto

637
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: bid for a G five. Because I didn't do the

638
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: G five. I didn't go past what we would call

639
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: the power one, two, three, four, five, six, power seven. Huh,

640
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: the P seven. You go do your playoff. I don't

641
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: care at that point. Okay, I'll I'll just kind of

642
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: check myself out of that conversation. But but I've got

643
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: some pretty legit conferences here. Oh, by the way, nothing

644
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: stops this from happening right now. Did you know that

645
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: we could go back to this world right now? There

646
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: are certain people in the room whose pockets are really

647
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: deep right now, who aren't going to share time with you,

648
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: who won't let us go back to that world. But

649
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: it could be be. You ever noticed, by the way

650
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna sound five years old again, You ever notice

651
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: that for all these moves that happen that are for

652
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 1: the quote unquote betterment of college football, no decision gets

653
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,760
Speaker 1: made by those folks for the best interest of college

654
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 1: football that doesn't increase profitability. Did you ever notice that?

655
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: It's why I give credit to Michigan or Notre Dame.

656
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: I've mentioned this a few times. I love going to

657
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: ann Arbor, love going to South Bend, love going to

658
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: those stadiums, because those are places where they actually put

659
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 1: into practice this philosophy. They don't have advertising signage in

660
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: the stadium, and if they do, it's very minimal. There

661
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: are other places, not necessarily knocking it, but there are

662
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: other places where they sell every available inch of potential

663
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: advertising space because they want to maximize profitability and revenue. Cool.

664
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 1: I respect Notre Dame and I respect Michigan for not

665
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: doing it. There's money on the table to be had

666
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 1: that they have decided is not worth sacrificing certain portions

667
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: of what they love about themselves. Stands to reason, if

668
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: you were really making decisions for the best interest of

669
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: college football, there would come a time here and there

670
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 1: where you have to leave money on the table for

671
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: the best interest of the sport. And when you're making

672
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: a decision that never seems to happen. Every decision that

673
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: gets made about college football nowadays, it always seems to

674
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,720
Speaker 1: come with adding another zero here and putting a green

675
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 1: upwards arrow over there. It's funny coincidence Rome, Italy is

676
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 1: tuned in tonight, as is Lexington, North Carolina and Cape Coral, Florida.

677
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys so much. Colin, did we have

678
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 1: a question about these under the radar games? We didn't, Okay,

679
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 1: so this must have been a word of mouth thing.

680
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 1: The non conference schedules pretty wild for college football this fall.

681
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: I talked about some games the other night that I'm

682
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 1: looking forward to in the non conference portion of the

683
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: schedule this fall, But then I realized there are several

684
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: more that I wanted to talk about, So I want

685
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: to talk about a few more here for just a second.

686
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: Florida at Florida State. It's a game that's all the

687
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:04,880
Speaker 1: way at the end of the year, it's rivalry weekend,

688
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: it's week fourteen. Remember, kids, we have two bye weeks

689
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: in the schedule for everyone this fall. Do you have

690
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: any idea where either of these teams will be at

691
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,720
Speaker 1: that point? Florida's over under win totals five and a half.

692
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,920
Speaker 1: FSU's over under win total is nine and a half. Also,

693
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: keep in mind that if things go bad for Florida

694
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: this year, then you'll have that whole toxic conversation of

695
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: what's happening to Billy Napier. On the other side, with

696
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: Florida State, they could be making a serious run at

697
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,400
Speaker 1: a playoff spot by this point and it's all the

698
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: way at the end of the year. So like injury

699
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 1: could could have taken a toll, but just the potential,

700
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,240
Speaker 1: like array of different talking points that could be around

701
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: both head coaches and both teams. I mean, if Florida State,

702
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: for example, has gone on to make another playoff run

703
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 1: this year, they haven't done it with Jordan Travis, Mike

704
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: Norvella will then have done it back to back years

705
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 1: with two different guys and had a lot of roster

706
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: churn in the process. Also, Norvell would have had his

707
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: name heavily rumored with the Alabama job, for example, and

708
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: he reups with Florida State and then he rewards them

709
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: with another banner season. Then there's the other scenario where

710
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 1: maybe Florida State falls off a little bit and maybe

711
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: Florida State or Florida over achieves a little bit, and

712
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: that's a competitive game. There's no skill in predicting any

713
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 1: of that. But I look forward to the game nonetheless

714
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: much earlier in the season, in Week three. I'm not

715
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,919
Speaker 1: sure if this has ever happened before. Has Alabama ever

716
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: played at Wisconsin. Bama goes to Wisconsin in Week three

717
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,919
Speaker 1: this year, and I don't even know what the rest

718
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: of the slate is that Saturday. Selfishly, I really hope

719
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,879
Speaker 1: we can go to this game because I've never been

720
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 1: to a game at Wisconsin. And that's also, I believe

721
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 1: the first real challenge for Kaitlin de Bor at Alabama.

722
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: And so it's Luke Fickle in year two, and I

723
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: think a lot of folks will probably overlook them nationally.

724
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 1: I don't think Wisconsin's going to get a ton of love.

725
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: But this is the kind of game. It happens every year.

726
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: You know it as well as I do. We're a

727
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: team that's pretty solid or maybe under the radar. They

728
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: get a shot at one of the big dogs early

729
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: in the season, they bite them, and then all of

730
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,320
Speaker 1: a sudden they're off to the races. And if Wisconsin

731
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: were to take down Alabama, they'd be off to the races.

732
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 1: By the way, how about this two week stretch for Bama.

733
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: Bama goes to Camp Randall Stadium against Wisconsin very next

734
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: week Georgia at home, So you're gonna find out really

735
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 1: really quick about Alabama's twenty twenty four version under Kalyn

736
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: the Bor and they're opening spring ball there a couple

737
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,880
Speaker 1: of days in, so we'll probably talk about Bama a

738
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 1: lot more Sunday. How about Week one? Why wait, let's

739
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:52,399
Speaker 1: go Week one Fresno State at Michigan. The other night,

740
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 1: I was talking about Michigan on the show, and I

741
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 1: thought you guys had some fair criticisms. Now, in fairness

742
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: to me, someone asked whether I thought Michigan would repeat

743
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: as the national champ, which, of course my answer was no.

744
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: To like, I'm not going to pick them in March

745
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: to win a national title when they're one hundred and

746
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: twenty eighth. Then returning production New head coach, new coordinators,

747
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: new quarterback, new everything. But you guys pointed out, and

748
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,439
Speaker 1: you're right. Defensively, they got a bunch of the same

749
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: horses that they had last year that were responsible for

750
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,879
Speaker 1: having the number one unit in the country. I'm not

751
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: suggesting there aren't good things or things to like about them.

752
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: The question to me was will they win a title? No,

753
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: I don't think they'll win a title. But this is

754
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 1: the first version or first chance we get to see

755
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: this version of them either way. And everyone always talks

756
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: about the app State Michigan thing, even though it was

757
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 1: like fifty years ago at this point. But I'm sure

758
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,800
Speaker 1: as we get closer to kick off of this one,

759
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: everyone's attention will be on the Week two game against Texas,

760
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: and everyone will be talking in the abstract about the

761
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 1: defending national champs this and that, and Fresno can just

762
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: f load in there under the radar and it's not

763
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 1: gonna be the biggest circle game in Week one and

764
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you turn it on at halftime

765
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,919
Speaker 1: and it's tied. But there could also be a world

766
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: where Sharon Moore has his team up twenty eight to

767
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 1: nothing at the half. So what I love most about

768
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: these Week one games. Debor will be this way, Sharon

769
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: Moore will be this way. Anywhere where they've got a

770
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:25,799
Speaker 1: new staff, Jonathan Smith at Michigan State week one, there

771
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: will be conclusions drawn on these people at halftime of

772
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 1: their Week one game. It's always crazy, and yet it

773
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: always happens. What about Tennessee? N C State pretty sleeper

774
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,360
Speaker 1: ish on the out of conference slate, not for us

775
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 1: though it's a neutral site game, it's in Week two,

776
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,720
Speaker 1: it's in Charlotte. You know how I feel about neutral

777
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: site games. But the fact that this made it anyway,

778
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: let you know how I feel about the quality of teams.

779
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,879
Speaker 1: Two really good teams here. NC State yet again over

780
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,720
Speaker 1: under win total in the eight and a half range,

781
00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: Tennessee up in the nine and a half range. Both

782
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 1: of them have playoff potential this year. Both of those

783
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 1: teams on the high end have playoff potential this year.

784
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: And Niko Iamaliava we get to see him start NC State,

785
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: I think, and I agree with them. They feel like

786
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: they'll have probably a lot more of a no name

787
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: lineup from a national perspective, but a lineup of guys

788
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: they know they can win with. This fall and week

789
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 1: two will be the first chance we get to see

790
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 1: both of them. And lastly, also in week two, Colorado's

791
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: going to Nebraska. Colorado goes to Nebraska, and Colorado will

792
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: go up there a year after beating Nebraska at home,

793
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: and Nebraska is sitting here with a win total of

794
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: seven and a half now, which doesn't impress you if

795
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 1: you're a Georgia fan, but seven and a half is

796
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: fairly lofty because you know the history there with the

797
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: one possession games. You know the history there period. Recently,

798
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: Dylan Rayola likely your starter, true freshman starter at quarterback.

799
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: And then on the other side, we got Shera Sanders,

800
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 1: who people are talking about as potential first round draft

801
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,840
Speaker 1: pick this upcoming year. Travis Hunter rolls in there, we

802
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 1: find out what that revamped offensive line looks like for

803
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 1: Dion and Colorado. That'll be a really good one. It's

804
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: week two, don't have to wait very long. Also, you

805
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: got the rivalry aspect, I mean, the history of college

806
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: football got a lot of chapters that could be dedicated

807
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: to that matchup. There, Let's move it along. What else

808
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: do we have? Got several things? Actually, I gotta talk

809
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 1: about criticisms here good old fashion criticisms. They're not good.

810
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: They are old and you know fashioned. However, you want

811
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: to let me take a little sip from the challice.

812
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: This is where I have to caution a little bit.

813
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: Colin always has to catch me on this, cause sometimes

814
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:48,879
Speaker 1: I will respond to one of you or something someone said,

815
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 1: and I'll sound like I'm trying to be condescending about it.

816
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 1: That doesn't sound like me, but real talk. If I'll

817
00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: go back and listen to the replay, I can see

818
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,879
Speaker 1: out of context how it gets taken like that. I'm

819
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: extremely appreciative that we get to do this, that I

820
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 1: get to do the show, and that you take time,

821
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,320
Speaker 1: especially if you're listening this late. You're like forty plus

822
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: minutes in. If you've taken that time, I don't care

823
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 1: if you disagree with me on everything. I sincerely appreciate

824
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: you giving us your time in listening or watching. So

825
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: if we disagree, that's all it is. We're disagreeing over

826
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: a game. That's it. Now. I may get a little

827
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 1: worked up about it, but it doesn't mean we couldn't

828
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 1: go eat lunch afterwards if you were here. So I'm

829
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 1: probably about to sound like that, and I may say

830
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: something that you're thinking, and I may disagree with it

831
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 1: pretty fervently here on the next couple of minutes. It

832
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: doesn't mean that I feel that way about you personally,

833
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 1: I promise. I promise. With that in mind, Colin, here's

834
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 1: your endpoint. We have got to eradicate a certain type

835
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: of criticism that certain types of casuals out there are

836
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,400
Speaker 1: levying at coaches in this sport and teams in this sport.

837
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 1: So the other day, it's actually February, so it's over

838
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 1: a month ago, but I put this tweet out. I said, quote,

839
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: he hasn't won anything, unquote. That's being tossed at any

840
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: coach without a college football playoff trophy, and it's insane.

841
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: It's insane because there are three active college football head

842
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:18,839
Speaker 1: coaches with national titles. Three of them Dabos won, Kirby's two.

843
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: Who's the third one. It's Mac Brown who won his

844
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 1: in five, So it technically is not even a college

845
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: football playoff trophy. It's a national title. Anyway, as you've

846
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: probably noticed, there is this collection, this little cult of

847
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 1: casual that just meanders around the college football space and

848
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 1: they look at anyone who doesn't have a literal national

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Speaker 1: title ring. And they go with what I call ten

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Speaker 1: or trash syndrome, and that is you're literally either a

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Speaker 1: ten or your trash. That forget about eight and a half,

852
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,240
Speaker 1: forget about nine and a quarter. Nope, you're either perfect.

853
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: You're either the top rung of the ladder or your trash.

854
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,840
Speaker 1: There are no other rungs on the ladder. It's insane,

855
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 1: it's totally in So, I humbly am gonna come to

856
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 1: you tonight and I'm gonna suggest there are some really

857
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: good head coaches in college football that don't have a

858
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 1: national championship ring. Gasp. I know it's crazy, but I

859
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:17,799
Speaker 1: think it's true. I don't, I don't even know. Sometimes

860
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 1: I have to make sure people are serious when they

861
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: say it, so that's the first thing I do. And

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00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: they're not serious people, but they are serious in their

863
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 1: emotion behind saying such things. So just drop the pen

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00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: for a second. It happened today. This is why I'm

865
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 1: talking about it on the show. It happened today. I

866
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:43,359
Speaker 1: saw someone say this about Brian Kelly. Someone just today says,

867
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: Brian Kelly, what is this man done? What's he done?

868
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:50,439
Speaker 1: What's he won? Think about that? In any other walk

869
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: of life. Think about saying this. Diana Ross never won

870
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: a Grammy? What is she done? Tom Cruise? What has

871
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 1: he done? He's never won an Oscar? What has he done?

872
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 1: Brian Kelly too ap Coach of the Year. Dude was

873
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,240
Speaker 1: three time Big East Coach of the Year. Took Cincinnati

874
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 1: undefeated to a BCS game. The dude has a dozen

875
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:13,280
Speaker 1: double digit win seasons at the BCS level and several

876
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: more before that at Grand Valley. He is the winningest

877
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 1: coach in Notre Dame history. Notre Dame's football history dates

878
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 1: back to the Old Testament. He's the winningest coach in

879
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 1: the history of the program. BCS title game. There two

880
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:30,399
Speaker 1: college football playoff trips in his time at Notre Dame.

881
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 1: He won the SEC West five minutes after walking in

882
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: the door at LSU. What has he done? Though, josh

883
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 1: he doesn't have a national championship? What has he done?

884
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: You would never say this about Diana Ross just because

885
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: she doesn't have a Grammy. You would never say this

886
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 1: about Tom Cruise just because he doesn't have an oscar.

887
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 1: But people say it. People say it every day. Memhile

888
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:55,439
Speaker 1: used to always tell me, Joshua sports will make you mad,

889
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: but they don't have to make you stupid as well.

890
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: Too many people who are smart otherwise are made foolish

891
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: by sports and what they do to you. Lincoln Riley,

892
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 1: they do the same thing with him. It's not just

893
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 1: Brian Kelly. I just happened to have this thrown at

894
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:15,920
Speaker 1: meet today. Lincoln Riley, he didn't go to Oklahoma. Lincoln

895
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 1: Riley gets his first shot as a head coach at

896
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: Oklahoma and all he does is like average double digit

897
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: win season every year. There were three consecutive twelve win

898
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:28,879
Speaker 1: seasons when he was there, three Heisman winners. The guy's coach.

899
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: Was he done though? Like? What has he done? What

900
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: he's done is won a lot of football games. Is

901
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 1: he the best in the history of the sport? He

902
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: is not, doesn't mean he's trash. Ryan Day. Ryan Day's

903
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,760
Speaker 1: sitting up in Columbus, Ohio. He's fifty six and eight.

904
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 1: He's a missed field goal last year against Georgia away

905
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Speaker 1: from a national championship of his own. And I got

906
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 1: folks saying, well, since he hadn't won a title, what's

907
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 1: he done? As if to say Sam Pittman sub five

908
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: hundred and Ryan Day, Those are the same coach because

909
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 1: neither one of them's got a national title. Are you

910
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: really participating in this? Please tell me you're not. Inevitably,

911
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: I know there are some of you out there who

912
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:08,440
Speaker 1: are There are some of you out there. I just

913
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: participated right before I went on the show, and someone

914
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Speaker 1: on one of the social platforms here who put up

915
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:18,920
Speaker 1: a picture of Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly and I

916
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,560
Speaker 1: did not plan on this. It just happened. It's our

917
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,879
Speaker 1: buddies over at CFB Talk Daily and they said which

918
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Speaker 1: one of these coaches is more overrated? And I responded

919
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Speaker 1: the way I always do, and I said, well what

920
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Speaker 1: are they rated? And I kid you not. The first

921
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 1: reply was someone asking me, are you really going to

922
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Speaker 1: do the same semantics thing for the millionth time? If so,

923
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:49,840
Speaker 1: I'm going to lose it. Semantics translation, Someone calls someone overrated, Therefore,

924
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Speaker 1: I want to know what is the person rated? Someone

925
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Speaker 1: could call a team overrated. First thing I want to

926
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Speaker 1: know is what is the team rated? Now, if you

927
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Speaker 1: listen to or watch the show or half for any

928
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Speaker 1: link of time, you know where I'm always going with that.

929
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Speaker 1: To be overrated, you have to be rated higher than

930
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Speaker 1: what you are, well, I got to know what you're

931
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Speaker 1: rated first off, and it's always very common with teams

932
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Speaker 1: like Notre Dame or coaches like Brian Kelly. He's overrated? Well,

933
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Speaker 1: where is he rated? If he's rated number one in

934
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Speaker 1: the country, he's overrated. He's not better than the Kirby Smart.

935
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't take him over Kirby Smart's what I'm saying.

936
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Speaker 1: But if he's rated fifth or I saw Feldman the

937
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: other day, I think rated him sixth, how am I

938
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Speaker 1: about to call him overrated? And if so, what criteria?

939
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,120
Speaker 1: What metrics am I using? Like? How is Brian Kelly

940
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 1: definitively overrated at number six? Did you listen to the

941
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: list of accomplishments here? And you're not about to sit

942
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Speaker 1: here and throw national titles in my face because mac

943
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,920
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944
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Speaker 1: top three. Mac Brown's won of three active coaches with

945
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,839
Speaker 1: a national title. So if you want to come at

946
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947
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Speaker 1: to say championship or bust is the only metric were

948
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949
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Speaker 1: five minutes later he is out of a job. Is

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Speaker 1: that the end all be all? Is that the only

952
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953
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Speaker 1: I'm a believer that it is. Sorry for anyone I upset.

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Speaker 1: If you are a believer that, let's say, for example,

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Speaker 1: I'm no different. Someone asked me about a team we

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Speaker 1: and said, I'm in Fort Worth, Texas. What can the

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Speaker 1: So in the SEC they have the eighth best odds

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Speaker 1: to win the conference title. Their over under win total

1018
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Speaker 1: is eight and a half, and they've got the fifteenth

1019
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Speaker 1: best odds to win the national championship. So not bad.

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Speaker 1: Not in the lead pack, but certainly a contender if

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Speaker 1: you think about that for a second. We're gonna put

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Speaker 1: twelve teams in the playoff this year, at least that's

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Speaker 1: I think they could be the surprise team of the

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Speaker 1: SEC is my question. I'm trying to be very careful

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Speaker 1: with A ANDM number one cause I've got a reputation

1029
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Speaker 1: of overrating them, which is accurate. That is accurate, and

1030
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Speaker 1: it's the model's fault. Like to be very clear, I

1031
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Speaker 1: take absolutely no responsibility for anything that goes wrong on

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Speaker 1: and sometimes Jesse when he's in town and not at

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Speaker 1: his bachelor party. So that's just the dynamic that we

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1036
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Speaker 1: one at the table that disagrees with me. Not a

1037
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Speaker 1: on that. So I do have a little history of

1039
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1040
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:48,760
Speaker 1: reason is because Jimbo underachieved. So I got certain things

1041
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1042
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:54,960
Speaker 1: maybe I shouldn't have got into as much because he

1043
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:58,680
Speaker 1: kind of ankle weighted the program a little bit. Well,

1044
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Speaker 1: he's gone. Mike Elko. The answer, Mike Elko, early returns

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Speaker 1: out there as expected are really good. Mike Elko, I

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Speaker 1: think is a player that that locker room will fight

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Speaker 1: for and go over the cliff for a little more

1048
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Speaker 1: readily than they did Jimbo. And I'm not saying they

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Speaker 1: didn't have fight. I'm saying they'll have more of it

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Speaker 1: from Mike Elko. I think there'll be more of a

1051
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Speaker 1: connectivity between Elko and his players. That's very evident from

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Speaker 1: people who were on the ground out there early on.

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Speaker 1: It's a top ten talent roster this year. They did

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Speaker 1: SEC right now and plenty of room to rise. And

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Speaker 1: you know, they play Notre Dame week one. So we've

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Speaker 1: seen this before where a program kind of believes in

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Speaker 1: week two, week three, and all of a sudden, they

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Speaker 1: they even surprised themselves a little bit by how good

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Speaker 1: they look. Well, Notre Dame is gonna head down to

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Speaker 1: one on their jaw and you knock them off and

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Speaker 1: A and M's a one and a half point favorite

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Speaker 1: in the game, it's not some upset. If you do

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Speaker 1: it well, then you're kind of off to the races

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Speaker 1: a little bit and listen to this. Now, A and

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Speaker 1: M does not play Bama this year. They do not

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Speaker 1: home to end the year. There's a world here where

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Speaker 1: if Connor Wigman's the real deal at quarterback and Elko

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Speaker 1: biggest question they have right now. Man, like A and

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Speaker 1: M could be a player this year. I'm trying, you

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Speaker 1: convince myself in March to go place irresponsible wagers on

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Speaker 1: it when we end the show, because I do think

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Speaker 1: If I'm just saying in spring reserving the right to

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Speaker 1: teams that had dark horse potential, that'd be one of them.

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Speaker 1: I know, you got to go through a Mountain that

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Speaker 1: is Georgia. If you're gonna dark horse your way to

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Speaker 1: an SEC title, I know that. So it's tough. Like

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Speaker 1: two things could be true there. I think they're a

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Speaker 1: be under MIKELFI. That's all could could you heard me, Colin?

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Speaker 1: Could be? They could also go five hundred could be yes,

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Speaker 1: things all right, that's our show. Very solid job by

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Speaker 1: interim producer Belchie and director Colin solid As. Always appreciate

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Speaker 1: you guys so much for watching. We'll be back your

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