1 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another edition of the 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: Late Kick Extra podcast Thursday, August twelve, Year of Our 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: Lord twenty twenty one. Just gross irresponsibility on my part. 4 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: As you know, we've gotten into the three live show 5 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: per week format now or three weeks, and when we 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: do that, typically again, a responsible adult would already have 7 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: this podcast recorded the night before. Therefore, producer Jordan could 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: wake up at four am, because he's a space alien 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: largely or a prison inmate one or the other, and 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: he could get it cut. 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You get a replay 33 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: of the previous night's Latekick Live, which airs, by the way, 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: as it will tonight at eight eastern seventh Central on 35 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: the twenty four to seven Sports YouTube channel. So now 36 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: that we've explained the format, let's dive into the mail bag. 37 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: We had such an overflow from Tuesday. We're just basically 38 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: picking up where we left off, and I'm stalling as 39 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: I scroll, which is kind of inexcusable because I could 40 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: pause this at any point, But there we go. Okay, 41 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: Jason kicks us off this morning, he said, with Texas 42 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: and OU coming to the SEC and the thought of 43 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: a four pods system in the conference, plus the SEC 44 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: being criticized for not playing nine conference games. What if 45 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: the SEC made a playoff to determine the SEC champion. 46 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: The winner of each of the four pods play one weekend, 47 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: and then the winner plays the other to determine the champion. Jason, 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: as you would imagine, this is being met with groans 49 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: and outright punches of air from the rest of the nation, 50 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: who already loathe the way that the SEC views itself. Now, 51 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: the SEC views itself as the ruler of the sport, 52 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: and they are at the top of the sport. But 53 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,399 Speaker 1: I do not think that this is the route we're 54 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: going now. What I had originally fear, and it's still 55 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: in the back back corner of my mind, but not 56 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: at the forefront anymore. What I had thought of fear 57 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: maybe the right word. At the very least I thought 58 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: of it is if the SEC expanded past sixteen Let's 59 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: say they went to twenty four or up to thirty, 60 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: which is the whole death Star concept. If they did that, 61 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: I didn't see a world, a realistic world at least, 62 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: where the SEC was that big and had that many 63 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: of the quality teams in it from a percentage of 64 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: overall college football. I did not see a world where 65 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: the SEC could exist in that capacity. And then you 66 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: still have the College Football Playoff twelve teams, whatever you 67 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: wanted to be and both be legitimate, because to me, 68 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: we were approaching a world and again, this is a 69 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: hypothetical world where the SEC has expanded well past sixteen. 70 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: So they swallowed up Florida State, and they swallowed up 71 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: Clemson and whoever else you had them swallowing up. Well, 72 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: at that point, you're just adding so many of the 73 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: big brands in college football that the College Football Playoff 74 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: would largely be a repeat of the SEC championship race. 75 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: And I don't know that I would really take it 76 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: all that seriously think about how it could be even now. 77 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: So Jason, I'm kind of getting away from your question. 78 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: I don't think the SEC is going to form out 79 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: a postseason like this, So let me address that. I've 80 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: kind of dovetailed off into my own world, which often happens. 81 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: But think about where we are now, the format we're 82 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: going to have now with sixteen teams in the SEC, 83 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: once you add OU in Texas, let's say we stop 84 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: there hopefully, and don't expand beyond that, and eventually we 85 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: get to this twelve team playoff that apparently we're still 86 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: building towards. Well, six of those spots are going to 87 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: be at large spots, and you're going to have six 88 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: more spots that are awarded to the highest ranked conference champ. 89 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: So one of those spots will be for the SEC 90 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: champ any given year. So let's have some fun here. 91 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: Let's say Florida won the SEC championship this year. That 92 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: would be an upset from the odds making perspective. Let's 93 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: just have some fun with it. Let's say the Gators 94 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: win the SEC championship this year. That means they have 95 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: overtaken Georgia. But Georgia, no doubt, has been competitive. They've 96 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: probably beaten let's say Alabama in the SEC title game, 97 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: but Alabama's ranked really high. Alabama has had to duke 98 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: it out with Texas A and M maybe LSU, who 99 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: knows what Old Miss does. But you have your typical 100 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: SEC season. Let's say, all right, so your champion is 101 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: certainly in your twelve team playoff, that would be Florida. 102 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: We have six more at large spots to fill, and 103 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: there is no limit. According to the proposals that have 104 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: been put out, there would be no limit to how 105 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: many of your conference's teams could make this twelve team playoff, 106 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: or else a conference like the SEC would never agree 107 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: to it. So you've got Florida. Okay, Then I'm just 108 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: going to go out on a very very sturdy limb 109 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: and say I think the team Florida played in Atlanta 110 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: is going to be an at large. So let's say 111 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: that's Alabama. So that's two SEC teams. Strongly believe that 112 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: unless there's crippling amounts of injuries, Georgia has been one 113 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: of the ten best teams, much less twelve best teams 114 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: in the country in this given year. I'm going to 115 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: put them in. That's three teams. It stands to reason 116 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: that Alabama got at least a strong pushback from someone 117 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: in the West. Now my guess would be two someones. 118 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: But at the very least, let's say Texas A and M. 119 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: Is that team that performed very, very well. They weren't 120 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: as good as Alabama, but that's not the standard anymore. Remember, 121 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: we got a twelve team playoff, we got six at 122 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: large as we just need you to be good enough 123 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: to fill one of the spots. I'm going to say Texas, 124 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: A and M would be good enough. I'm counting on 125 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: my hand over here, and I've already got four. I've 126 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: already got four fingers held up for the amount of 127 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: SEC teams that I would put in this postseason. Now, 128 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: you and I both know that any given year, and 129 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: we're taking this year as an example, you very well 130 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: could have an LSU floating out there or an Auburn 131 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: floating out there right on the precipice. It's hard to 132 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: have this many teams ranked that high. But now, remember 133 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: one of the well two wild cards that I haven't 134 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: brought up yet. We're inserting Oklahoma and we're inserting Texas, 135 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: And I'm going to just go out on again a 136 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: very sturdy limb and guess that one of those two 137 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: teams in this any given year scenario is going to 138 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: be involved at a very high level in the whole 139 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: conference championship race conversation, playoff race conversation. So I'm going 140 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: to give it a five spot. I've got five SEC teams, 141 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: and I don't think I've said anything unreasonable in this 142 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: hypothetical about how a season could play out. Five SEC teams. 143 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: So here's what we've watched, Jason, and again, I think 144 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: everyone has to decide for themselves how you feel about this. 145 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: You know how I feel about it, and if you're 146 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: new here, I don't like it. I grew up in 147 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: the South. I might as well have SEC tattooed on 148 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: my ankle. But I don't like this because I don't 149 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: think it's great for college football. And I don't like 150 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: the expanded playoff either, so I might as well walking 151 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: around with a cane. A lot of you think I'm 152 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: an eighty year old man. Now. I just appreciate tradition 153 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: and I think there are some things that are worth 154 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: keeping the same. Change is not always a bad thing. 155 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: Change is not always a good thing. Anyway, we're not 156 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: going down that road again. It's a dirt road. It 157 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: gets very dusty, and then everyone just coughs and no 158 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: one can see anything, and it takes our podcast down 159 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: a rabbit hole that we're not going down this morning. 160 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: But anyway, think about the reset button here, let's hit it. Okay, 161 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: five SEC teams in what would not be a radical year. 162 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: It is not radical at all to think five teams 163 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: could with the addition of Ou and Texas float around 164 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: that top twelve conversation. What's the difference? What's really the difference? 165 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: We watch those five teams among others, battle for four 166 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: months for the conference championship, and then the ones that 167 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: don't win the championship they dust themselves off. They get told, 168 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: oh wait, guys, good news. We expanded the playoff to twelve. 169 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: So now you and you the one we're in the 170 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: conference crown. Come with us. You're going to a playoff 171 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: And they say, okay, fine with us, and then they 172 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: go play in a new tournament where inevitably some of 173 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: the same teams are going to start bumping up against 174 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: each other again, and we're going to end up with 175 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: a field eventually that consists of a whole bunch of 176 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: SEC teams that just finish playing each other for a 177 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: conference championship or in a race for a conference championship, 178 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: meeting again for just a different trophy. So right now, 179 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: the national championship means something totally different than a conference 180 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: championship crown. There is certainly room for both conceptually in 181 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: the sporting world and the world of college football. Even 182 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: I don't deny that it's not like I am an 183 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: anti playoff guy, an anti playoff mattering more than the 184 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: regular season guy. But what kind of world could that 185 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: potentially turn into? Jason? And So what I'm saying is, 186 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: I don't think the SEC has to structure their pod 187 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: system or whatnot with a kind of SEC playoff. I 188 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: think the playoff may become an SEC playoff. Now you've 189 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: got your Ohio states out there, You've got in any 190 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,959 Speaker 1: given year, let's say USC where to have hired urban 191 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: Meyer before he went to the Jaguars. Well, USC would 192 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: be a factor in this. The Clemson Tigers are of 193 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: course going to be a factor in this. I'm not 194 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 1: saying you're going to have nothing but SEC. I am 195 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: saying the Conference is going to utterly dominate the expanded playoff. 196 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: I Am absolutely telling you there will never be less 197 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: parody in the overall conference strength argument than there is 198 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: once you expand this thing. That will be totally and 199 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: utterly dominated by three letters. One of them's S one 200 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: of them. See, you can fill in the middle. So 201 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: what I've just been thinking about, it's first time I 202 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: think I've brought up this particular portion of the topic. 203 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: What I've been thinking about is if we arrive at 204 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: this kind of conclusion, does the nash Old Playoff, I 205 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: guess what we would call national Playoff, the College Football Playoff? 206 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: Does that just start seeming like a second go round 207 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: for the SEC season? We just kind of watched the 208 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: same teams that battled it out in conference play, they're 209 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: now battling it out but for a different trophy. Just 210 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: I don't know. It would feel kind of weird to me, 211 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: certainly not the way I think the sport is best structured. 212 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: But no one listens to me. I guess, so we're 213 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: gonna move on here. Good question, though, I don't think. 214 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: I don't think you got the answer you thought you'd get, Jason, 215 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: But I think I addressed it in the best way 216 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: I could. Alex is up next. Who on the cusp 217 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty one season is likely to become 218 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: the next perennial contender. I'm thinking Texas, A and M 219 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: or North Carolina or a Penn State or Oregon, et cetera, 220 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: and could dominate just as Alabama or Ohio State and 221 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: Oklahoma do. Now, if a program on the rise could 222 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: indeed make a step forward, how likely do you think 223 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: it is that one of the elite teams may have 224 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: to take a step backwards. It's a good question, Alex. 225 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: I think I think it is necessary. If you have 226 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: a true new arrival in Tier one of college football, 227 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: it is at some level a zero sum game. I mean, 228 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: you only have so many wins to go around. This 229 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: is why Georgia is not currently on the Tier one 230 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: of college football. They're not on the tier one of 231 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: college football if you're talking about championships. Of course, their 232 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: only reason they're not there is because they share a 233 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: conference with Alabama. That's the only reason they're not there. 234 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: Because it's a zero sum game. The only thing that's 235 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: been standing between Georgia and maybe multiple more chances at 236 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: a championship or wins championship win or wins. We haven't 237 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: gone to the plural stage yet, so a win or 238 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: wins is Alabama. That's the only thing that's been standing 239 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: in their way. And so in order for Georgia to 240 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: get there, stands to reason maybe Alabama's got to be 241 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: removed from the equation. Now, there could be a given year, 242 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,599 Speaker 1: obviously where both of them shine and Georgia wins a 243 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: title one year and then Bama wins it the next year. Yeah, well, 244 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: then they're both hanging out at tier one. But loosely conceptually, 245 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: you get what I'm saying. There are only so many 246 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: wins to go around. I think all the listed teams 247 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: that you put here, Texas A and M, North Carolina, 248 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: Notre Dame, Penn State, Oregon, Florida, LSU. Yeah, those are 249 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: all reasonable assumptions. I think Notre Dame, obviously, we've talked 250 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: about them a lot. Penn State's kind of the same way. 251 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: Texas A and M's kind of the same way. Everyone's 252 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: waiting for them to increase their production level at quarterback, 253 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: and there has to be someone that you're genuinely scared 254 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: to face at that position, and none of those programs 255 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: have had that yet, and I don't think those programs 256 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: have that this year. Would love to be wrong about 257 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,119 Speaker 1: one or multiple, but I don't know that Jack Cone 258 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: or Sean Clifford, or even Haines King, I don't know 259 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: that anyone is trembling in their boots to see that 260 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: team on the schedule. Now, you may think to yourself, 261 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: Penn State's going to be a really hard team to beat. 262 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: You're right, did oh for A and M. Did oh 263 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: for Notre Dame but I don't think you say, I 264 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: don't know how we're going to stop that quarterback they have. 265 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: It's just overall roster and athleticism and just high level 266 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: of program play that would intimidate you right now. Now. 267 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: The fun part of that is it's a two tiered question. Obviously, 268 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: if one rises, then maybe you have to have one fall. 269 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: So if Texas A and M were to be that team, well, 270 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: if Texas A and M became that team this year, 271 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: it inevitably requires that they have beaten Alabama in route 272 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: to a championship. And if they've beaten Alabama, well that's 273 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,359 Speaker 1: the biggest news of the college football season. Someone overtook Alabama. 274 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: And then you have to ask yourself, well, is this 275 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: a one year thing? They're asking that in the SEC 276 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: East at a division level right now. Is Florida over 277 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: Georgia a one year thing and order will be restored 278 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one? Or is it the beginning of 279 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: something a lot bigger? What if North Carolina were to 280 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: beat Clemson in the ACC Championship game, is it a 281 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: one year thing? Or is it the beginning of something 282 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: a whole lot bigger? Iowa State over Oklahoma in the 283 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: Big twelve dittoh you can ask this question in multiple 284 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: conferences this year. What if Wisconsin, team I'm very high on, 285 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: was to beat Ohio State. What if Ohio State were 286 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: to lose one game in the regular season and then 287 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: get beat by Wisconsin and Wisconsin goes to the playoff 288 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: and Ohio State's not even in it, and so preseason 289 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: at the outset, people like me are talking about Ryan 290 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: Day as being right near the top of my coaching 291 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: power ratings, and he has one of easily the most 292 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: talented overall rosters assembled in college football, and he's got 293 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: three or four quarterbacks that would be the envy of 294 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: ninety five percent of the sport. And they don't even 295 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: make the playoff. Well, that would be a huge topic 296 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: to follow. Nick Saban and Alabama being taken down, Dabbo 297 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: and Clemson being taken out, those would be huge topics 298 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: to follow. And I don't think certainly all of them 299 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: happening is out of the realm of possibility. It is 300 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: not out of the realm of possibility for one of 301 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: those things to happen this year. Guys. I'm going to 302 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: talk about kind of this a whole lot more on 303 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: late kick Live tonight. I think there are a few 304 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: factors coming into play, a little convergence of factors that 305 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: in and of themselves may seem pretty small in nature, 306 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: but when you bring them all together, it's a pretty 307 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: big deal. I think a lot of things are coming 308 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: together to create a fair amount of balance that we 309 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: haven't seen maybe in the last couple of years. I'm 310 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: not sitting here telling you I want you to go 311 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: out and predict Boston Coledge to be able to overtake 312 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: Clemson this year, or I really think it's Arkansas's time 313 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: to top all the mighty Crimson Todd, I'm not telling 314 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: you that, but I am telling you if we saw 315 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: two one lost teams play in the National Championship Game 316 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: this year, even that would be considered pretty unique relative 317 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: to what the expectation level is. Expectation level is We're 318 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: just gonna have two mega powers meet in the National 319 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: Title Game. They're both going to be undefeated, and the 320 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: winner will cap a historic season. That's what happened with 321 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: Alabama this past year. That's what happened with LSU in 322 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Clemson has done this now several teams. It 323 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: almost seems like it's the new trend. If you're gonna 324 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: win a title, it's just going to be an undefeated 325 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: season where you're gonna buzz saw everyone. Maybe, but I 326 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: don't think so this year. I don't think that's the 327 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: path that any team in college football is going to 328 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: take this year, and a number of factors going to 329 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: play for me to make that statement. I'm going to 330 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: talk about that a little bit more tonight. It's a 331 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: good question, though, Jeff kind of asked the same version 332 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: of that question, So Jeff, I want you to consider 333 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: that my answer to you as well. But I did 334 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: want to mention you by name. Cuppy hit me up 335 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: the other day and I told him I was going 336 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: to answer this on Tuesday, and then I promptly forgot 337 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: it and he was none too pleased, So we got 338 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: to hit it now. Was twenty fourteen TCU the biggest 339 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: playoff snub we've ever seen? Well, you're not going to 340 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: like my answer on this. I don't believe a team's 341 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: ever been snub from the playoff, not a single year. 342 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: And I'm the guy there is no video record of this, 343 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: but I'm the guy who was on radio down in 344 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: Columbus Georgia. When they first announced that we were going 345 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: to have a playoff and they announced what the selection 346 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: process was going to be, I thought it was going 347 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: to be rife with controversy. I did not trust the committee. 348 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: I did not trust the protocols. I didn't trust them 349 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: to properly interpret strength to schedule, and for the record, 350 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: I still don't, but I think they've gotten it right. 351 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: In spite of that. In some cases, I was petrified 352 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: that we were going to have snub after snub after snub. 353 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: And I'm being serious with you when I tell you 354 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: I have agreed with the four teams they've put in 355 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: every single year, which in and of itself is one 356 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: of the bigger upsets of the modern era, at least 357 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: as it relates to me knowing the administrative pushback I 358 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: have on a lot of the aspects of this sport. 359 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: I am very, very honest with you. I don't think 360 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: anyone's ever been snubbed. But I remember this, I've already 361 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: heard the arguments. I'm not rehashing the arguments. I know 362 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 1: how I feel, you know how you feel. No one 363 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: is relitigating their opinion on the twenty fourteen playoff selection 364 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: process if you think TCU or Baylor should have been 365 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: in I know what you think, I know why you 366 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: think it. I just disagree with it. But I will 367 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: tell you I have such a vivid memory of exactly 368 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: where I was and what I was thinking the moment 369 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: this thing shifted. For those of you who do not remember, 370 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 1: or maybe you have a foggy memory of how the 371 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen playoff selection process happened, here's the thirty second nutshell. 372 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: I am notorious for previewing something being thirty seconds and 373 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: going five minutes. I've noticed that about myself. So we're 374 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: gonna pencil in thirty seconds here. TCU and Baylor were 375 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: I think both twelve and one eleven and one. They 376 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: had one loss. The Big twelve did not have a 377 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: conference championship, even though their entire league's motto was one 378 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: Conference Champion. This is going to be so much longer 379 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: than thirty seconds. So their motto was one true champion, 380 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 1: and they failed to give us the one thing that 381 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: their motto promised, a one true champion. Meanwhile, Ohio State 382 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: loses to Virginia Tech in like week two, and then 383 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: they rattle off an undefeated rest of the season. But 384 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: even going into Conference Championship Saturday, it was largely believed 385 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: around the country that Ohio State was sort of on 386 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: the outside looking in and which Big twelve team is 387 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: gonna make the playoff field? And I covered the SEC 388 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: championship game this day. Believe it was Bama Florida or 389 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: Bama Missouri. It was a very forgettable game, but I 390 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: remember leaving the Georgia Dome rest in peace, one of 391 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: my all time favorite buildings, nostalgic, and I'm leaving the 392 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: Georgia Dome and the Big Ten Championship games happened in 393 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 1: that night. It's Ohio State Wisconsin. Wisconsin is favored in 394 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: the game, they are a slight favorite in the game, 395 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: and Ohio State is pulling away. I mean, they are 396 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: splattering Wisconsin all over Indianapolis, Indiana. And I remember it 397 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 1: was like a thirty to forty five minute span where 398 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: it seemed like the entire nations collective narrative shifted from 399 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: which Big twelve team are were going to take to 400 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,239 Speaker 1: there's no way we're going to be able to keep 401 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: Ohio State out. And so then you started undressing all 402 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: all the different arguments and the pros and cons and 403 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: it became clear to me. I was driving home from Atlanta, 404 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: it became clear to me, this is going to go 405 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: Ohio State's way, because what they had was Ohio State 406 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: had a little bit better strength of schedule. For all 407 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: the commotion that people had made all year about how 408 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: the Big ten strength of schedule was really weak, Ohio 409 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: State's schedule metrics roughly worked out to be either equal 410 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: to her a little bit better than Baylor or TCU. 411 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,719 Speaker 1: They actually played in a conference championship game and won it. 412 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: And you know, I don't put as much stock in 413 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: that as the committee, but I'm not on the committee. 414 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: So that was point two and point three. The whole 415 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: thing came down to that Saturday, because up until that 416 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: point there was a discernible advantage that a TCU or 417 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: a Baylor had over Ohio State that just rapidly evaporated 418 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: as the evening went on. So that's a standalone game. 419 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 1: I think it was at night, and so it's the 420 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: last memory in the committee's mind. All Ohio State had 421 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: to do was pull even. Now, in my mind, they 422 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: didn't pull even. I had Ohio State ahead of TCU 423 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: or Baylor. If I or committee member, I would have 424 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: had him ahead of them, but at the very worst, 425 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: they pulled even. Well, you and I both know what's 426 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 1: happening of Ohio State as a mere brand pulls even 427 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: with Baylor, or pulls even with TCU, it's not even 428 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: at all. They are going to get the benefit of 429 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: the doubt because everyone thinks they know that Ohio State's 430 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: the better team, because they follow recruiting rankings and they 431 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: just think, well, on a neutral field, I would favor 432 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: Ohio State over TCU or Baylor today, and they weren't wrong. Now, 433 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm not telling you that's the best methodology to use 434 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: if you view the teams as equal, but I don't 435 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: think many people viewed them as equal after that fifty 436 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: nine to nothing, which was the final score, by the way, 437 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: beat down in the Big Ten Championship game over a 438 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 1: team they were a slight underdog against. It was emphatic, 439 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: and so the committee said, we value how you're playing 440 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: at the end of the year. I'm not the biggest 441 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: fan of that either, but that's what they said, and 442 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: it's always mattered to them, and they put Ohio State 443 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,199 Speaker 1: in and all that Buckeye team proceeded to do was 444 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: win the national championship in convincing fashion, and so I 445 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,239 Speaker 1: don't think anyone got snub. So I don't have an 446 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: answer for this because I don't think I've ever seen 447 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: a playoff snub. Next up is Edwin says, you said 448 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: that you think an undefeated Cincinnati will make the playoff 449 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: this year. I agree in most scenarios. But what if 450 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: the playoff committee were forced to pick between undefeated Cincinnati 451 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: and a one loss Power five champ? What about one 452 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: loss Cincinnati? Would they choose the bear Cast? If not, 453 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: does it prompt Cincinnati and other high profile G five 454 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: teams to jump ship and seek a spot in a 455 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: Power five? Well, they're already exploring that that when they've 456 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 1: explored that long. But they would have easily. I mean, 457 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: Cincinnati would taken invitation to the Big Ten tomorrow regardless 458 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: of how this season turns out, and they would crawl 459 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: over broken glass Bearcroft all to do it. So independent 460 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: of the second part, the first part is this is 461 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: very very nebulous. When we say it like this in 462 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: the abstract in the preseason, there's no way to know 463 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: what the real answer is. We're asking ourselves, would the 464 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: committee take an undefeated Cincinnati over a one loss Power 465 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: five champ. Well, who is it? Is it usc having 466 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: lost one game? I think Cincinnati is going over them? 467 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: Is it the University of Georgia? No, I don't think 468 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 1: Cincinnati's going over them? Is it the Clemson Tigers? With 469 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: their only loss being to Georgia? Now, my gut tells 470 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: me the committee would still take Clemson. But what if 471 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 1: the rest of the ACC schedule just totally bombs this year? 472 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: Cincinnati is in the most advantageous position any G five 473 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: team has ever been. It's also why I don't buy 474 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: into whatsoever this phrase that's really lazily delivered that well, 475 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: G five teams not allowed to make the playoff. A 476 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: G five team will never make the playoff. That's garbage. No, 477 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: they haven't made the playoff. And I'm the last person 478 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: that would ever have bias here because I'm against the 479 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: G five team ever making the playoff for reasons I 480 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: have long ago stated on this podcast. So the last 481 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: person in the world who wants to admit this is me. 482 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: But I also am not blind. I think I understand 483 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: some logic here. You've got to understand why a G 484 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: five team's never made the playoff. In my mind, it's 485 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: very simple. No G five resume. No team from the 486 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: G five's resume has ever measured up. That is true. 487 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: I agree with that statement. But now the AAC as 488 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: a conference is viewed with more legitimacy than it's ever 489 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 1: been viewed. So if Cincinnati goes undefeated, first off, they've 490 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: gone undefeated against a conference schedule that we now view 491 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: many of us at least as being on par with 492 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: the lower levels of the Power five. I agree with that. 493 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 1: And then secondly, and this is more important, if Cincinnati 494 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 1: goes undefeated, that means you've watched them go to Indiana 495 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: and win top twenty team, and you've watched them go 496 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 1: to Notre Dame and win top ten caliber team. If 497 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: they do both of those things and they're undefeated, including 498 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: a conference championship win in what is widely perceived to 499 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: be not only the best G five conference, but one 500 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: that's very comparable with the lower levels of the Power five, 501 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: you've never had a resume like that. Oh and by 502 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: the way, this team will be starting the season inside 503 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: most people's top ten, top fifteen, So in your mind 504 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: as a committee member, they're not coming out of nowhere 505 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: trying to prove themselves from off into the abyss. They're 506 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: already at the forefront of the conversation. These things. I'm 507 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: telling you. It's called context, and the context matters here. 508 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: That's why no G five team has ever made the 509 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: playoff doesn't necessarily equal no G five team will never 510 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: make the playoff. All right, I need defan myself. I 511 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: hit pause. I gotta admit I hit pause. Got a 512 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 1: little worked up. G five conversations normally don't do that 513 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: to me, but I got a little worked up. We 514 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: got another question here, and it's probably gonna get me 515 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: worked up again for reasons that I will state right 516 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 1: after the ad break, So stay with me. Scott very 517 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: observantly has said, You've had a lot of movie comparisons 518 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: on your shows recently, so I was wondering, what do 519 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: you consider the best and worst sports movies ever, or 520 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,479 Speaker 1: at least that you've seen. Let me gather my thoughts. 521 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 1: When Scott emailed me this, it was last night. As 522 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: I'm recording, it's Thursday morning slash early afternoon. So last 523 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: night I was in the office as I normally am. 524 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: Fleetwood Mac blairing is loud as I can turn it 525 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: up and not interrupt the janitorial service in the office part, 526 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: and I'm all alone in the office so I can 527 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,479 Speaker 1: do such things. But I'm I was googling worst sports 528 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: Movies Ever because I wanted to see what other people 529 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: thought about this, and it got me so triggered. I 530 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: pulled up the first article and it was nineteen worst 531 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 1: sports Movies Ever. And some of my favorite sports movies 532 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 1: are on the worst sports Movies of All time list. 533 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: Allow me to share Ed was number one all time 534 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: worst sports movie. And those of you who have never 535 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: seen it, and judging by the ratings, that's a lot 536 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: of you. Well, it's just about a monkey who learns 537 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: how to play baseball at the Triple A level. I 538 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: don't see anything wrong with it. It's a free country. It's 539 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: a great movie. It's got one of those dudes from 540 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: Friends as the lead character. If you want to consider 541 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: that a flaw, consider it a flaw. I love ED. 542 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: I'll go to bat for Ed. Summer catch. Freddie Prince 543 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: Junior could do no wrong in the two thousands of 544 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 1: people Freddie Prince Junior and Jessica Biel delivered. I thought 545 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: it was a great depiction of what the Cape Cod 546 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: League must be like speaking to someone who's never visited 547 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: the Northeast in his life. Draft Day, it was a 548 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: no win situation because some of you out there are 549 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: draft snobs, and mel kiper Junior himself could have directed 550 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: the movie and you still would have said, Oh, it's unrealistic. 551 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: They never really captured the spirit of the draft. I 552 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: don't care. I love Kevin Costner. I thought it was 553 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: very well done. But I also don't go into movies 554 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: with a notebook pad on my lap, taking critical notes 555 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: and arcing storylines. I don't do that. I just I 556 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: want to basically turn my mind off and just soak 557 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: up a story, and if it's halfway decent, I'll pay 558 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: my money for my popcorn and sour jacks hopefully if 559 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: you have him at the counter, no carbonated beverage please. 560 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: But I'm happy with that kind of movie. But again, 561 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 1: I'm not a movie critic. I'll criticize other things. I 562 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 1: just want to be entertained. That's why I made Outer 563 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: Banks the way I made Outer Banks. If you know 564 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: what I mean, The Fan, you're telling me The Fan 565 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: is one of the worst sports movies of all time, 566 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: A movie that features a real life baseball game being 567 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: played in a monsoon, the likes of which you would 568 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: have to delve deep into the Amazon rainforest to ever 569 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: find yourself in. And it's in Candlestick Park, which is 570 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: the only flaw of the movie because it was one 571 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: of the worst stadiums in the history of American sports. 572 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: But you've got Bobby Rayburn aka Wesley Snipes, with his 573 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: son kidnapped, having to hit a home run to get 574 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: his son back, and the kidnapper, all the while has 575 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: murdered the homeplay at umpire and worked himself into the 576 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 1: game and ends up being shot to death on the 577 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: mound by San Francisco police before he can wind up 578 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: and throw a knife at Wesley Snipes, who is just 579 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: hidden inside the park home run to get his son back, 580 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: only to be told later by Robert de Niro, no 581 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: needed it to go over the fence. What's not realistic 582 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: about that? I don't get what the problem is with 583 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: that at all. It was a great movie, several one 584 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: liners that were classic. If you've never seen The Fan 585 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: it's one of my favorite sports movies. It's not one 586 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: of the worst, it's one of the best. But I'll 587 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: tell you what This list did get right, Scott and 588 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,199 Speaker 1: everyone else listening. What this list did get right is 589 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: they had, I think rated number two, what actually is 590 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: the overall worst sports movie of all time. Airbud's Seventh 591 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: Inning Fetch is an abomination to sports movies. When Airbud 592 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: came out, Airbud was great. To take your little nephew two. 593 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,199 Speaker 1: Airbud was great. You know, if you had four or 594 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: five year olds that you wanted to get out of 595 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: the house for the afternoon. Airbud great family entertainment. It 596 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: was like the homeward bound of the sports genre. I 597 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: had no problem with it. I myself watched Airbud. But 598 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: Airbud is one of those movies that A, You're glad 599 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: you took your little nephew two, but b when you're 600 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: walking out of the theater, you're also saying, all right, 601 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: we got that out of the way. But then all 602 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you're going about living your life and 603 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: you see a promotional poster for a sequel and several 604 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,719 Speaker 1: spin offs, and they did a baseball Airbud and it 605 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: was called Airbud Seventh Inning Fetch. And I want to 606 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: throw up just talking about it, because if you've taken 607 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: your little nephew to one. Your little nephew wants to 608 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: see the entire series. And again I cannot overstate this 609 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: enough abomination A bomba nation. It's one of the few 610 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: times I'll ever use five syllable words on the show. 611 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: You know my feeling about long words, but it fits here. Airbud, 612 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: Seventh Inning Fetch, the worst sports movie ever made. Case closed. 613 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: I hope I haven't been unclear there. Last question we 614 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: are still overflowing from Tuesday, so I can't even get 615 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: through all of them right now. Why don't colleges just 616 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: make a degree related to football or any sport that 617 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: goes pro This is according to Steve. Steve I advocated 618 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: for this a couple of weeks ago. I think they 619 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: should do this, and I don't just think it means 620 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: go to practice every day. There are hundreds of thousands 621 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: of people, I would venture to say, in our country alone, 622 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: making a living off the sport of football, who've never 623 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: buckled a chin strap or laced up a pair of 624 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: cleats in their life. What's this alarm going off? For? Oh? 625 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: I got to talk to Wilfong. Wilfong, Steve Wilfong so 626 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: important he gets his own set of alarms on the eye. Josh. 627 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: All right, So back to my point here, Steve, I 628 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: think it should be there everything from the economics to 629 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: the marketing side of things. Basically, the sport of football 630 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: is no different than the world of economics, or the 631 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,959 Speaker 1: world of law and fin finance, or a million different 632 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: career paths you can go down nursing. Any given field 633 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: you could get yourself into, it has attached to it 634 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: an apparatus of skills that you need. Football has attached 635 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: to it an apparatus of skills that you need. And 636 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about being a player long after you're 637 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: playing days, whether you're going to put a lapel mic 638 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: on and sit at a desk and talk about it 639 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: as an analyst, or you're going to be a consultant, 640 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: or maybe you want to get into coaching, or maybe 641 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: you want to do several other things. Maybe you want 642 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: to start your own analytics company, maybe you want to 643 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: start your own scouting service. Point being, you need to 644 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: know how to operate a business there. You need to 645 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,959 Speaker 1: understand how to build a staff, You need to understand 646 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: how to pay people, how to manage your own money. 647 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: You need to understand communication skills, marketing skills. How do 648 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: you get a logo generated? How do you hire a staff? 649 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: How do you add regionality instead of locality to your 650 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: business structure. There's so many different things you could be 651 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: teaching someone if you had labeled as a major football 652 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: and then also you could have different academic requirements tied 653 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: to that major. So people don't scoff at the idea 654 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 1: that this kid just got into Northwestern who otherwise would 655 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: never be able to get into Northwestern. It's always been, 656 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: it's always been a laughable commentary. I think that's surrounded 657 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: the sport now. Most time football fans themselves aren't the 658 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: ones saying it. The ones saying it are the ones 659 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: who you don't really need to worry about because they're 660 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: never turning on a game on Saturday anyway, although the 661 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: increased dollar sign on their paycheck is related to how 662 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: good that football team does on Saturday, which they conveniently 663 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: forget in that argument. All right, you heard the Wilfong alarm. 664 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: But before I go, I did want to bring up 665 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: one more thing. So I'm not going to mention a name, 666 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: but I do need to read a statement. It's been 667 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: prepared for me. That this person wanted read great news. 668 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: Josh my son Blank proposed to his longtime girlfriend and 669 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: she said yes, congratulations. This is where it gets interesting. 670 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: The father continues, I have to be careful approaching this 671 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: question about when the date will be. I was hoping 672 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: you could help a brother out. Can you just quickly 673 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: mention blank and blank. Your mister C loves you very much, 674 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: but fall weddings are highly discouraged. Thanks for the consideration. 675 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: So I want to pass that on. And I know 676 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: this applies to a lot of people. We got some 677 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: folks in our listening audience into a somewhat sticky situation 678 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. So this is a delicate 679 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: topic around Lake Kickland right now, the whole fall wedding. 680 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: But it shouldn't be delicate at all. It's kind of 681 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: like Heroin. Don't do it. Don't have fall weddings. And 682 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: if you're going to do it, Wednesday exists for a reason, people, 683 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: Courthouses exist for a reason. It can be done. You 684 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: can thread the needle and keep everyone happy. But I 685 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: also I got an inordinate amount of feedback from you 686 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: guys that said, oh, I've had a fall wedding, but 687 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: I figured out the secret. You just have to schedule 688 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: it during George's bye week or Kentucky's bye week. Well, 689 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: first off, all your friends are not fans of the 690 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: same team you're a fan of. And secondly, this is 691 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: the most overlooked aspect. Adults with lives who want to 692 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: block off saturdays in the fall, they also look to 693 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: that bye week and they schedule any kind of important 694 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: thing in their life that they have to do on 695 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: a weekend in the fall for that bye week. Either 696 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: that or that is the literal only day that they're 697 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: going to get to just be a recluse and lock 698 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: themselves in a basement for eleven hours and not be 699 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: bothered by the outside world. Don't take that from them, 700 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: and don't take college football games from them. It's twelve 701 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: days a year, guys. I ran the numbers. I had 702 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: our stats and info apartment work for me, and even 703 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: if we factor in for holidays, they're like three hundred 704 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: and forty or three hundred and forty five other days 705 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: you can choose from, including several saturdays that aren't in 706 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: the fall. He'll be a good support, be a good friend, 707 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: be a good son, be a good daughter, just be 708 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: a good American. This should be in the Pledge of allegiance. 709 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: And when I'm elect a college football comissioner, that's one 710 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: of the first things that I'm going to push for. 711 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:48,959 Speaker 1: All Right, we got to get out of here. Thank 712 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 1: you so much for listening. Make sure you're following me 713 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: on Twitter and Instagram at Late Kick Josh. I've seen 714 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 1: a pretty big explosion on those platforms this week, and 715 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to assume it you guys, so keep it coming. 716 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for that. I got to get 717 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: this to Pretir Jordan asap. In the meantime, I'll see 718 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: you tonight on Late Kick Live until they and have 719 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: a great rest of your date and God bless