WEBVTT - 2019 ACC Preview 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the Solid Verbal. I'll that for me. I'm 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.680 a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.639 I want to be happy. You want to be happy 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.040 for Dake Ado State? Is that whoom whoom? And Dan 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.560 and Tye welcome back to the Solid Verbal. Boys and girls. 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:24.880 My name is ty Hilda Brandt. Joining me is always 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:30.160 over there in beautiful New York City. My man, the one, 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.960 the only Dan Rubinstein, Sir, how are you? 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Yes, 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.240 the summer is in the rearview mirror, at least in 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:14.079 a college football since because starting today, right here, right now, 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.560 we are launching our twenty nineteen preview series. We're starting 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:22.720 with the ACC and, as long time listeners will know, 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:26.959 over the course of time, we've evolved this format a 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.800 number of times. We've gone through by a division by team. Today, 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.840 we're just going to simplify this, yeo. We're going to 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.880 do all of the ACC. One episode might run a 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:41.040 little bit longer than you and I are our custom too, 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.000 but that's okay. We want to make sure that we 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:46.760 have a self contained ACC show for any and all 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.440 who are interested. We've put an extraordinary amount of research 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.840 into this, and I think we're excited about the next 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.040 couple shows where we actually get to talk about some 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:55.840 on field stuff. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.720 Yes, totally and completely true. The ACC kicks things off 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.680 for us because it is America's Championship conference'. 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:05.440 That is the correct accent in America's. 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:09.040 That's what it stands for, America's Championship Conference. So our 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.040 format is we're doing the entire conference. We've decided to 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:15.600 split things up divisionally, and we are going to ask 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:20.159 each other questions that we have about our own or 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:25.280 the other person's division of quote unquote expertise that is correct. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.960 So these are our burning questions to each other, sort 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:30.599 of like we had with the Q and A, where 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.600 we came up with our own cues and a's and 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.599 we're using that to discuss America's Championship Conference. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.800 I have not written out, at least not yet, a 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.800 full on role playing series for the ACC or really 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:46.080 any conference, but I'm not ruling it out because, as 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.200 you know, these preview episodes sometimes take a bit of 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:49.760 a left turn. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.160 I don't want to rule that out in ACC game 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.960 like a Dasio's Dungeon, So the dice. 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.800 The way, thank you, the way that we've broken this 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:03.640 up up. You're gonna ask me questions about the ACC 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.320 Coastal or as we know it here and love it here, 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:10.240 the ACC Postal. Everybody's far and far. I am going 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.200 to ask you questions about the ACC Atlantic or the 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.080 so called ACC Fatlantic. 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:19.479 Yep, this is true, and I believe Christian Wilkins. Yeah, 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.159 I was gonna say, thanks to Christian Wilkins, there's something 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:23.920 beautiful about the Fatlantic. 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:27.360 So Dan, I guess we're a little bit undecided on 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:31.960 what sounds we would like to use to lead into right, 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.520 all this great information here could go breaking news, go, 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:40.600 Picks of the week, could go lightning, round, shootout, murdered. 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:41.320 What are you feeling? 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.240 Just do what anybody knew to playing Street Fighter two 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:50.839 would do and just mash those buttons on your soundboard. 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:55.600 That actually came out. 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.960 Okay, you know what, that's not bad, and there is 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.000 a Patriot League tie in and we'll get to it. 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:02.119 That's true. Wow, pretty good. 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.680 That's I mean, you could put the hypothetical one just 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:06.520 because it's a questioning sound, but I don't know if 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:06.760 you have. 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.760 That loaded up. I will find it before you put 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:14.120 it in post. Put it in post. So, Daniel, I 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:18.080 want to start by asking you a very important question. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:20.599 Are we going back and forth or are we going 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.120 division and then the other division. 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:23.760 I'm just going to see where the where the show 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:24.880 takes us down. Let's do it. 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:26.720 Let's get in the gondola of information. 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:32.240 I want to talk about Clemson. Okay, perhaps a bit 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:36.080 of a cliche start to this show, but I refuse. Okay, 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.240 here's what I want to know about Clemson. Yeah, I 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.719 want to know with all of their turnover on defense. 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:47.680 Mm hmm Okay, we can talk three levels, all through levels. 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:52.080 Does that to you, as the newfound expert on the 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:57.400 ACC Fatlantic, does that represent any kind of significant step 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:02.440 backwards in terms of production, in terms of expectations? What 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.920 does it mean for the twenty nineteen rendition of the 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:10.080 Clemson Tigers? Define significant? 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:15.400 I would define what does government mean to you? No, 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:21.400 what I would mean by significant is does it mean 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:26.000 we're going to see I don't know, a twenty point 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:29.440 or a twenty place drop in their SMP plus defensive ratings? 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:33.800 Is their defense going to get noticeably worse? Now that 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.640 We're going to have so many new faces playing on 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.520 that side of the ball. So are they going to 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:41.680 fall down to merely really really good or fall to 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:45.520 excellent instead of they are all assassins and never blink. 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.480 Instead of being the number two defense, are they now 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.200 going to be number twenty two something like that? Okay, 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.840 which is still very good. But short answer is they 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.280 won't fall that far. I don't believe. No. The short 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:56.800 answers no. 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:00.240 The losses up front are significant, and I think it 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.960 will change how they play defense a little bit. Perhaps 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:07.000 they bring more pressure because they can't count on Cleveland 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.200 ferle I forget how they pronounced that officially, but and 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.679 Austin Bryant off the edge and then you know everything 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.800 Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence did in the middle. So 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:17.880 they're not going to be able to trot out a 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:19.800 team within a team in the way that they've been 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.200 able to do these past couple of years. But Clemson's 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:27.640 participation levels and rates on their defense, especially it's through 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.040 the roof. They get in so many guys both when 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.720 the game is on the line and not because they 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:34.400 happen to blow out a number of teams. So they 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.160 get a number of people on the field, So whether 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.440 it's I think there's two Xavier's, but Xavier Thomas is 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:42.880 the big one. And then whether it's Justin Foster, whether 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.720 it's you know, Darien Kendrick who's now switching from receiver 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.480 to corner. Like throughout the defense, they're working in guys 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:52.360 who either have a ton of promise or have played 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.640 a ton for this defense. So I think the big 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.440 difference will be how much they trust the defensive line 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:03.040 to do things alone, but results wise, against the offenses 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:06.120 they're going to be facing at least after Texas A 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.920 and M and I technically before Texas A and M 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.040 with Georgia Tech, there will be a drop off, but 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.800 nothing noticeable to the eye. It'll be like a magic 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.680 eye drop off where you're really gonna have You're really good. 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:18.959 At those, right, I'm very good at those. 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.559 Yeah, you're gonna have to squint, You're gonna have to 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:25.640 dive deep. Situationally, there's just too much talent there, you know, 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:29.280 there's too much continuity with the coaching staff. And we've 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.600 seen this before with Clemson. We're going into the season. 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.200 We're like they lost ten of eleven start and like 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.320 up just as good because so much of defense is 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:41.440 effort and confidence going both ways, players being confident in 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.440 the defensive staff and the defensive staff being confident in 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:48.040 letting their own players loose and trusting them to execute 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.040 a game plan. So with who they're facing, with how 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.800 they've recruited, you know, they bring in the number one, two, three, 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.280 defensive linemen whatever, each and every year. It's great that 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.760 Isaiah Simmons is coming back behind the line they're leading 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:01.839 tach last year, even with a couple of losses that 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.000 linebacker behind him. The secondary is mostly intact. If you 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:09.320 remember the pick six against Bama with aj Terrell, there's 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.240 a lot, there's a lot, Yeah, And I mean so 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.600 I don't see any sort of WHOA what happened kind 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:17.240 of drop off. 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.760 Yeah, And look, it was sort of a rhetorical question. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.640 I think everyone who listens to the show totally fair 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:26.400 knows the answer already. But it's a question that frankly 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.679 needs to be asked. This is a team that went 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:30.480 fifteen to oh last year. Of course, they won the 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:34.360 national championship, beat Notre Dame in the playoff, beat Alabama 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.320 in very convincing fashion. In that championship game, and now 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.199 they bring back a lot on the offensive side of 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.760 the ball. We talked here about defense, and I'll go 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.200 back to that in a second, but so many key 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.240 contributors are coming back on the offensive side of the ball. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.680 Not to mention Trevor Lawrence potentially a Heisman front runner. 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:55.320 He into a tongue of I Loa, potentially duking it 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.400 out for the Heisman. They are the odds on favorite, 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.480 at least at this early juncture in the preseason. Also 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.480 got Travis etn maybe the best running back in college football, 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:07.160 t Higgins justin Ross they're back, and Maari Rodgers got hurt, 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.720 maybe back later in the year, but still has eligibility 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:13.520 so huge. The point here is that so much of 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:16.120 that potential and offense is coming back that at least 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:19.360 to some degree, looking at the schedule, it will definitely 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.680 balance out any rough spots will have in the beginning 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:26.199 with the defense. But look, replacing four guys on that 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.760 incredible defensive line, their top three linebackers, five of their 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.599 top six tacklers as a whole, there's going to be 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.760 a bit of an adjustment. I like that you bring 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.079 up the fact that Brent Venables is so good at 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.280 working in a rotation. That's part of his brilliance as 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:45.880 a defensive coordinator. It's played a huge role in building depth, 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:49.520 in building this sustained success that we've seen now under 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:53.319 Daboswiny and Brent Venables at Clemson. So I think Clemson's 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.559 in a great spot. The schedule's favorable. I don't know 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.720 if you look at the schedule at all, they do. 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.000 And I have an order of threats that I'm curious 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.320 your opinion about. So the three games that jump out 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.120 to me, you got Texas A and M in week two. 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:12.160 You've also got a road game at South Carolina on 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.120 November thirtieth. The one that I'm most intrigued by, I 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.800 don't know if it's the biggest threat, but the one 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.040 that I'm most intrigued by is actually in week three. 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.000 It's the week after that A and M game. Everyone's 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.720 going to be amped up for A and M at home, 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.480 but then the very next week Clemson on the road 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.800 at Syracuse. Should be a pretty good Syracuse team, And 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.560 I don't know if it's going to be a letdown 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:38.960 spot there, but at least the dish juncture in late July. 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:40.920 There's some potential there. 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.959 Dan, Yeah, hard to believe that there's going to be 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:45.959 a letdown against the team they almost lost to last 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.120 year and did lose to the year before. I think 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.079 they're going to be ready. This is a not a 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.280 championship caliber team. This is a championship team. So my 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.319 order is Texas A and M Syracuse, South Carolina, though 0:12:56.320 --> 0:13:00.240 I think South Carolina is better, Yes, Syracuse, I think situationally, 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.480 Syracuse is in a better spot to win that game. 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.960 And then at the end, just in terms of potential, 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:11.160 Florida State, but that's that's pretty far after. So that's 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:14.800 my order of threats because there's not much you can 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.280 point to one offense. Mitch Hyatt's gone, but they've recruited 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.480 the line really, really well, and the second half is 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.960 pretty much cake until South Carolina. And I believe both 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.040 Florida State and Clemson have buys before that game, So 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:31.199 the Florida State threat is pretty pretty microscopic. So that's 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.000 where I'm at. At worst, they're going they go eleven 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:33.360 and one. 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:37.480 I agree, you look across the board at all the 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:41.120 positional groups. Probably the best quarterback. I think he's the 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:45.000 best quarterback in the league. Best running back, best wide 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:52.600 receiving core, best line, best defensive line, maybe in the 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:56.400 top two if you want to go that far. At linebacker, 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:01.480 at defensive back, they're the best defensive line in the conference. Oh, 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:02.520 I think it's up there. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.240 I got I mean, certainly up there. I can't I 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.680 can't name them right now when Nina really played significant, 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:10.640 significant snaps. 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:14.920 Yet it's either them or Miami. Yeah, it's one or 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:16.959 the other. I think Syracuse has a couple really good. 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:18.960 At Syracuse is good. We'll get this. There's a couple 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.800 of conversations to me. The point is Clemson is still 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.280 very good. Still your odds on favorite for sure to 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.960 win their side of the conference and probably the conference 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:31.000 as a whole. No, not probably full on favorite. They 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:31.720 are the favorite. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.200 Yeah, where would you like to go next? You want 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:35.680 me to ask you a question? Do you want to 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:36.720 stick at Atlantic? 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:38.840 Now ask me a question. Let's go post right here. 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.960 Let's start with what I believe to be not the 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.240 most important, but maybe the most interesting team in the 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:51.680 in the postal Georgia Tech. Because this is, as you know, 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:55.120 because you own a hat, an Orange Bowl caliber program. 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:55.680 I do. 0:14:56.360 --> 0:15:00.880 Yeah, so, Jeff Collins takes over for Paul Johnson, meaning 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:06.480 the option done with in Atlanta, Atlanta, is there reason 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.720 to believe Georgia Tech's offense. 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:11.160 Because I think the defense still is a long way. 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.440 To go as well, but won't look like a group 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:19.320 of newborn giraffes coming together to play an organized sport 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:23.880 as they go dramatically away or at least a little 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.520 bit at a time away from that flex bone. 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:34.480 Yeah. So it's been interesting because when Paul Johnson stepped down, 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:40.280 he himself was talking to a similar point, and his 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:43.400 spin at the time was, Hey, these kids are still 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:47.280 football players. Like they didn't play this system that we 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:50.440 just ran when they were in fifth grade. They were 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:54.240 recruited to a system, but there's still really good football players. 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:58.720 And the larger implication that he was driving towards was 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:01.640 they can play in any system, right. Can somebody throw 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.960 the ball forward? Can somebody throw the ball forward? Right? Yeah? 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.680 And you know these things, they all sound fine, and 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:09.960 they're very inspirational, and of course that's the kind of 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.160 thing he's going to say. But at some point, Dan, 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.840 at some point, the rubber meets the road, and that's 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.920 when you get the real transition. Which is essentially what 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:22.880 you're asking about here. How is this personnel going to 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.040 adapt to Dave pat Node's system on offense because he 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.320 wants to achieve more balance, He's not going to run 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:32.000 that option. The truth is, Dan, we've got quarterbacks recruited 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:35.640 to an entirely different system. We've got inexperienced wide outs, 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.600 we've got an offensive line that, frankly is used to 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.560 blocking for the run and not so much the pass. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.840 The vision that I keep having in my head is, 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.800 remember when Dennis Northcutt was playing quarterback for the Cleveland 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:51.320 Browns for that brief moment in time, very vaguely, And 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:54.400 it wasn't all that successful because Dennis north cut was 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:58.560 wide receiver, right, But damn if it wasn't interesting, Yeah, 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.320 damn if it was, and at least exciting enough to 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:03.400 keep you interested to watch to see what was going 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:05.480 to happen with the Browns and offense. 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:09.600 We've all rooted for teams that have put somebody under 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.840 center or in the shotgun where we've thought, I don't 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.359 know if this guy is the guy. He looks like 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:19.720 a left fielder coming into the mouth, right, what's happening? 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.880 Just like a lot of wildcat concepts that maybe somebody 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:25.960 could throw it, and if they do, we'd be interested 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:29.760 in seeing seeing what happens there. I remember the Chris 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:34.520 Harper era at Oregon very well. Sure I feel that 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:39.760 way about this version, this twenty nineteen version of the 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:43.640 Georgia Tech Yellowjackets. It's going to be a transition. It's 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:49.080 probably going to be ugly, okay. I So on offense, 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.239 I guess the answer to your question is that, to 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.480 some degree, yes, it's going to be a flaming bag 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:59.159 of you know what. But look, there are questions on 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.960 defense along the line as well, and they're young, but 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:07.919 it should be a pretty okay defense. Jeff Collins knows 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:09.960 how to coach at least that side of the ball. 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.680 There are pieces there. They're going to hold their own. 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.359 That's a bright spot. I don't want to focus on 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:16.399 the negative so much, but I think defense is a 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:20.760 bright spot. I like what Jeff Collins has done. He's 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.360 a guy who was born in Georgia. He's had two 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.520 stops at Georgia Tech. He has really steered into the 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:30.080 fact that Georgia Tech is in Atlanta. He's gone full 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:33.040 on Atlanta with the branding of this Georgia Tech. 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.960 I think waffle House Wednesdays, like on the video series 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:37.240 on their website waffle. 0:18:37.080 --> 0:18:40.280 Yeah, he's doing that. He's tweeting about Big Boy right 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.600 like he's he's fully indoctrinated into Atlanta. And I think 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.280 that's a smart move to try and just brand this 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:49.600 program a little bit differently. There are still gonna be 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:52.760 weird things, like he said, he said, Tech's not gonna 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:55.720 have a depth chart. Instead, They're going to have something 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:59.480 that he's calling the quote unquote line, which is quote 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:02.960 a measure stick that will judge whether players are ready 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:07.000 to play. M hmm, a little too like New Age 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:11.000 Herm Edwards for my liking, but hey, he's trying to 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:13.439 start something new. The schedule certainly is not doing them 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.200 any favors, if you got that up. But it's not. 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:19.360 It's not doing them any favors. They open at Clemson 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:22.800 week one home against Georgia last week of the year. 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.800 Tough book in there. But the answer to your question, 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:29.159 very long windedly, is it's gonna be weird, but it 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:31.359 could be fun and there are some bright spots and 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:32.879 I really like Jeff Collins. 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:35.040 So by the end of the season they could be 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:40.080 full on adolescent giraffes and not newborn's struggling to find 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:41.040 the ground under them. 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:41.840 I think that's right. 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:44.680 Yeah, I think that's you mentioned the line, and I'm 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:48.159 gonna connect Georgia Tech to something that you have buried 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:52.240 deep within the recesses of your memory. If the line 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:57.840 for success is be better than Demetrius Jones, Notre Dame, 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:02.040 Oh God against Georgia TI trying to all of the 0:20:02.080 --> 0:20:07.240 sudden install a new offense on the fly, is do 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:10.120 you think the line can be above that by mid season? 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:15.080 Probably not mid season? Probably not. How many points did 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:20.240 they score in that game? Three? I blacked out? But yeah, 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:23.840 I mean, look, there's a lot of talent, but it's 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:28.480 just it's for a different system. And I do subscribe 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:31.280 to the notion that these are still athletic kids. They 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:33.840 still know how to play football. They're football players first 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:37.439 and not option players first. Rue. I mean, just there, 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:39.600 it takes a while. This is not easy stuff to 0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:43.240 just pick up. You can't study it overnight and then 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:45.440 get all the machinations down the next day when you 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:47.879 go out for practice. It's just it's gonna take a 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:50.080 while to set in. I think Jeff Collins is a 0:20:50.080 --> 0:20:53.320 good defensive coach, which is going to help pick up 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:54.840 some of the slack for the offense. But it's just 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:56.560 going to take a while till they adjust to Dave 0:20:56.560 --> 0:21:01.399 Patnode's system. I want to feel old, not particularly, but 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:05.520 go ahead. Georgia Tech's running back in that game to 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:09.040 shard choice. The great to shard choice is now Georgia 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:13.680 Tech's running backs coach. Wow, Okay, shall we move thirty 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:14.240 three to three? 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:17.760 By the way, so that's the bar for success, being 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:20.760 able to score more than three points against the two 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:23.040 thousand and seven version of themselves. 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:28.080 It's very incestuous. I apologize, Dan. Let's move on. Okay. 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:32.399 I want to talk about the Syracuse Orange. Let's you 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:34.320