1 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back in another edition of 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: the Late Kick Extra podcast. I'm Josh paid every time 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 1: we crank this thing up, every time I turn this 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: mic on, every time you and I talk. You know 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: what that means, Well, it means we're going to have 6 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: at least thirty minutes of semi fun. But it also 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: means we've ticked off another day or two from that 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: calendar that stands between us and college football returning. We 9 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: don't have a season around here, but we certainly do 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: have in season around here, and it's coming. We're a 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: little over eighty days away. Cannot wait. Talked about it 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: the other night on the show. Think we got a renaissance, 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: youre coming, got a little worked up. Many of you 14 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: saw it, many of you complimented it, ninety nine percent 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: of you liked it, and the one percent that didn't 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: just I think mainly your problem was it made you 17 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: punch your computer in the middle of a workspace. And 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: is that really the worst thing in the world if 19 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: it's done in the name of college football. I don't 20 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: think so. But look, here's all I'm saying as we 21 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: get started with the mailbag, because we've got a lot 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: of questions to get to it's okay to be overly 23 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: passionate about this stuff. One of the hallmarks of this show, 24 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: the way we try and structure it, frame it, and 25 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: present it is no one really cares about how we 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: look to anyone else. If you're overly passionate about college football, 27 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: it's fine. You fit in around here. As I've said before, 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: I think the most detrimental thing a lot of people 29 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: in my industry do, whether it be podcasting or TV 30 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,839 Speaker 1: or print, is they try and aim their content towards 31 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: their peers. You know, the people you sit next to 32 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: in the press box, you stand next to on the field. Well, 33 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: that's all well and good, and most of them are 34 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: great people, but that's not my audience. Believe it or not. 35 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: If you're driving a FedEx route in Laredo, Texas, this 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: morning or this afternoon, you don't have a lot in 37 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: common with them, So I'm probably going to structure the 38 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: show to fit your needs. And your specification is a 39 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: lot more than them, which falls right in line with 40 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: the format. If you are new here, this is a mailbag. 41 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: We do it every Tuesday morning. Every Thursday morning. Josh 42 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: paid seven zero six at gmail dot com at Latekickjosh 43 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: on Twitter, at Latekickjosh on Instagram. We're growing those numbers steadily. 44 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: I want him growing even faster. I gave you the 45 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: goals the other day. We want twenty k on Twitter. 46 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: We want ten k on Instagram by the time we 47 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: open camp. Forget about the season. When we open camp, 48 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: we want to be at those lofty goals. I think 49 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: we can do it because you guys have always exceeded 50 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: every challenge I put out, so why would this one 51 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: be any different? And with that, we pull up the 52 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: document here and we go to work. Michael leads us off, 53 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: He says with Josh hype believing UCF for ut Central 54 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: Florida for Tennessee. In other words, is the position he's 55 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 1: in if he turns Tennessee around better than if he 56 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: stayed at UCF primed for a playoff berth in the 57 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: next five years. With the scenario above, what is the 58 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: bigger get or win or accomplishment. I think it's going 59 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: to Tennessee and turn to Tennessee around. Michael, not again. 60 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: If you were to freeze yourself in a cryo chamber 61 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: twenty years ago, it would just sound blasphemous. This is 62 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: why I don't laugh at predictions people making predictions. I 63 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: don't ever call them stupid, because if you just think 64 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: back five years, forget about twenty years, go back five 65 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: years and imagine us saying this, I guess with Tennessee, 66 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: you need to go back a little further. If we 67 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: went back to two thousand and five and I were 68 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: to say, you know, it's going to be a lot 69 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: bigger accomplishment winning at Tennessee than it's going to be 70 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: winning at Central Florida, you would have had me tested. 71 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: I would have myself tested. I would have checked myself 72 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: voluntarily in somewhere, and yet that's where we are right now. 73 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: So I don't ever laugh at predictions when people are 74 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: making them, because if you go back even a year 75 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: in some cases, or you go back five years or 76 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: fifteen years, if you look at the way college football 77 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: plays out, how would you have ever accurately predicted it 78 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: beforehand and not sounded crazy even a season? So this 79 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: upcoming season, if we were predicting games, if I were 80 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: to be one hundred percent accurate to predict a season 81 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: and I predicted it in August, I'd get laughed at 82 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: by default, because there will be crazy things happen this 83 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: fall that are unpredictable that if predicted beforehand, would sound 84 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: so foolish you would dismiss it. So that's where we are. Michael. Yeah, 85 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: I didn't hesitate when I saw you submit this question. 86 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: I put it right at the forefront. But I want 87 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: you out there listening. How do you feel about this? 88 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: Because there are two schools of thought. School of thought 89 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: Number one is, oh, it's easier to win at Central Florida. 90 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: The bigger challenge is at Tennessee. Yeah. I think that's true, 91 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: But I also think that goes into the answer I'm giving. 92 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: It's just that fifteen years ago, the job at Central 93 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: Florida wasn't competitive in comparison to the job at Tennessee. 94 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: And I'm not just speaking about Tennessee. There are places 95 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: where coaches are choosing to stay at the G five 96 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: level instead of going to the Power five level. Even 97 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: the SEC Billy Napier has turned down several SEC jobs 98 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: over the past couple of years to stay at Louisiana. 99 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: Do I think he's always going to be there? No, 100 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: But I think that these days, those kinds of jobs 101 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: give you so many perks. You get good money now 102 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: you didn't used to get that. You get good money, 103 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: you get really good positioning nationally. You're on TV pretty 104 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: much every week because every conference has got some form 105 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: of a national TV deal, so you don't have to 106 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: lose your exposure nearly as much as you would have. 107 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: You get access to recruits, maybe they're leftovers, maybe they're 108 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: three star types instead of four and five stars that 109 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: you could potentially get if you were at the big 110 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: boy programs. Your facilities aren't quite as nice, but there's 111 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: not a massive difference in them the way that there 112 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: would have been fifteen years ago. But the coaching industry 113 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: and agents for coaches have been wise to this for 114 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: a few years now. It's better, except for a few outliers, 115 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: it's better for your client to be at a G five, 116 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: a high level G five job, than it is some 117 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 1: of these Power five jobs. Now. It used to be 118 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: not too long ago, you'd crawl over broken glass to 119 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: get any Power five job. The most famous recent example 120 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: is that of Chad Morris. Chad Morris was a big 121 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: name in the coaching world, coordinator world at Clemson, and 122 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: then he goes to SMU and does some good things 123 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: at SMU, but Arkansas came calling, and Chad Morris took 124 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: the Arkansas job. Now, Arkansas is a really big time program. 125 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: We're not talking about a low level Power five here. 126 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: Arkansas has done some things in multiple Power five conferences. 127 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: They've done some things. They've got a nice established brand, 128 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: they got great facilities, they got a great audition there. 129 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: They can pay you a lot of money. And yet 130 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: Chad Morris went there, could not win, and really torpedoed 131 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: his career to wear Now he's coach in high school football. 132 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: Whereas other coaches have watched that and used it as 133 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: a cautionary tale and said, wait a second, how about 134 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: since Kirby Smart is showing us, or Ryan Day is 135 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: showing us, or Lincoln Riley's showing us that we can 136 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: be first time coaches at major programs, we don't have 137 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: to take the first offer that comes. Why don't we 138 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: just spend our time and let's stay here at the 139 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: G five level. Let's keep winning because there's very little 140 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: risk here. I mean, we're going to continue to win 141 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: unless we just totally screw it up. And let's wait 142 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: and wait and wait, and our stock will grow five 143 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: percent ten percent every single year and eventually we'll land 144 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: a top ten, top fifteen job, and we'll just wait. 145 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: And that's what Central Florida is. Central Florida is one 146 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: of the twenty best jobs in college football right now? 147 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: Do you realize that. I don't think a lot of 148 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: people realize that inside our industry, that's viewed as one 149 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: of the twenty best jobs in college football right now. 150 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: I've had more more than one person tell me they 151 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: think Josh Hipel took a step down to take the 152 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: Tennessee job. Again, I know that sounds ludicrous. It sounds 153 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: crazy even to me, and I'm the one sitting here 154 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: saying it only because I grew up. I'm not sixty 155 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: or seventy years old either. I grew up in an 156 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: era though, where even at my age that sounded crazy. 157 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: I'm just telling you, Michael, there is not the gap 158 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: between these jobs that people think that there is anymore. 159 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: It used to be. They're not anymore. So I think 160 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: it'd be much more impressive if Josh Hipel wins at 161 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: Tennessee than if he just stayed at Central Florida and 162 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: got things turned around there, because they were slipping a 163 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: little bit, so he was going to have some more 164 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: to do there anyway, Benjamin's up next. Now, this is 165 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: a really good question. Backstory before we asked the question 166 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: last week, I told you in my one of many 167 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: rants actually against the college football playoff expansion, that I 168 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: thought a relegation model would be perfect for college football. Naturally, 169 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: because it's perfect, it will never happen. But what relegation 170 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: was quickly is I propose the model instead of expanding 171 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: the four of the playoff, Why don't you address the 172 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: real problem in college football, and that is making people 173 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: actually pay for terrible decision making over and over and 174 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: over again. You get some teams in some conferences that 175 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: continue to fail even though they've got the same kind 176 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: of access to the TV revenue that other schools in 177 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: the conference get. They do not invest properly, they don't 178 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: hire properly, and they should have to pay a price 179 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: for it. Conversely, a lot of these G five schools 180 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: that have complained annually about not having a fair shot, 181 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: I'm willing to give them a fair shot. It's just 182 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: I'm not willing to put them in the playoff as 183 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: it was currently structured. I want to give them a 184 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: shot to play a Power five schedule therefore earning the 185 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: right in my opinion, to be playoff worthy. And so 186 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: what I said is a relegation model, just like European soccer, 187 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: would fit very well here, where you take the bottom 188 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: performers from one Power five conference and you drop them 189 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: to a partnering G five conference. Conversely, you take the 190 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: top performer from that G five conference and you elevate 191 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: them to the Power five level. The best way I 192 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: could propose to do this is having partnerships between Power 193 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: fives and G fives, and so I would link up 194 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: one Power five and one G five and we would 195 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: use relegation model. However, we want to use it to 196 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: trade teams between those two conferences. You get all the perks, 197 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: you get all the punishments. If you rise from let's 198 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: say the Sun Belt to the SEC, you get access 199 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: to that huge SEC television paycheck for every year you're 200 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: in the SEC. If you drop to the Sun Belt, 201 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: you get the Sun Belt paycheck for every year you're 202 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: down there. This would do infinitely more to balance out 203 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: the sport in the long term than expanding the playoff. 204 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: If you got a flower bed that's not growing plants, 205 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: the idea is not to buy property to build more 206 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: flower bed. The idea is to turn the top soil over. 207 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: You got to fix your flower bed. So that's how 208 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: I do it. But no one listens to me except 209 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: for Benjamin because he asked this question. Well, actually is 210 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: David's question. Benjamin coming up next, So this is David's question. 211 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: He said, you talked about college football conference pairings and 212 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: a hypothetical relegation scenario. What would your ideal pairings be? Well, David, 213 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,319 Speaker 1: I would hook up the SEC and the Sun Belt. 214 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: I would hook up the ACC and the AAC. I'd 215 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: put the PAC twelve in the Mountain West together. I 216 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: would put the Big Ten and the MAC together. And 217 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 1: I would put the Big twelve and Conference USA together. Now, 218 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 1: here could be your issue, and here's where I think 219 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: we may need to work on this. Not much because 220 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen, so it's kind of a 221 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: waste of time. I'm not sure that I want to 222 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: set it up where just after every season, the bottom 223 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: team in the Big Twelve is guaranteed to drop to 224 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: the Conference USA, and every CUSA team that finishes number 225 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 1: one automatically rises. Maybe you want to do a three 226 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: year rolling metric. Maybe you want to have certain benchmarks, 227 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: like if you perform this poorly, then you drop, if 228 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: you perform this well, then you rise. I'm not sure 229 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 1: how we want to set that up. I'd leave it 230 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: to you guys, but those would be my pairings. And 231 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: I think that previously I said SEC and AAC. I 232 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: don't want to put the best conference at the Power 233 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: five level with the best conference currently and in the 234 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: few future in the G five level. Since we have 235 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: a chance to construct things right now and we're not 236 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: just stuck with the way they are, I'm going to 237 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: try and inject some life into the ACC aside from 238 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: Clemson and maybe North Carolina. And so that's the way 239 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: I would try to do it. Or maybe there's a 240 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: rotational method even there, but that's the way I go 241 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: about it, all right. So now Benjamin comes to the forefront. 242 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: He said, my question is about how Tier two and 243 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: Tier three programs that currently don't have national brands could 244 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: rise to Tier two and Tier one. Which ones would 245 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: you like to see rise? I think there are some 246 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: fan bases and football cultures that are routinely overlooked by 247 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: most of the college football coverage because the teams haven't 248 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: performed well enough. Here are the teams that come to 249 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: my mind. So I'm going to tell you the teams 250 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: that Benjamin brought to the forefront. I'm going to give 251 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: you my answer. In some cases we agree. So what 252 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: he's asking is essentially, which programs out there do you 253 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: love from a culture standpoint, a game day atmosphere standpoint, 254 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: just the overall fan base and tradition standpoint. But they're 255 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: not good enough in foot and haven't been for a while, 256 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: so they can't have a national spotlight on them. It 257 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't make sense. So let's just go in order. In 258 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: the SEC, he said, Ole miss or South Carolina, all 259 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: of them are good in the SEC. Every culture down 260 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: there is good. I take Tennessee. We've already talked about 261 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: him one time on the podcast. It's been so long 262 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: that Tennessee is off the national radar. That Tennessee obviously 263 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: has got a phenomenal culture, phenomenal tradition, great game day atmosphere. 264 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: If they ever were back in the national spotlight, I 265 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: mean that would be basically the twenty nineteen version of LSU. 266 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: That would be Tennessee Football. That's how big they would 267 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: explode back onto the national scene, but you got to 268 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 1: win in order to do that. In the ACC. Now 269 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: this is fun, so you can think along with me 270 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: right now in the ACC think about the non tier 271 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: one or Tier two's, but the ones that have great tradition. 272 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: Which one would you like to see be good so 273 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 1: it could rise to the forefront. I think you can 274 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: go either way in the state of Virginia. I take 275 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: Virginia Tech, or you can take Virginia. I want one 276 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: of those, one of those to be good. I would 277 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: love to have a powerhouse again in the state of Virginia. 278 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,199 Speaker 1: In the Big Ten, I'm in lockstep with Benjamin. Benjamin said, 279 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: Nebraska or Iowa. I'll take either one of them, but 280 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: especially give me Nebraska. I've seen it. I was good 281 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: right now. Iowa has not been bad. Nebraska's been very bad, 282 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: and I would love to have a reason to spotlight 283 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: them on the national stage more often again. In the 284 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: Big twelve, Benjamin went Texas Tech. I went a long 285 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: way away from that. I think some people forget about 286 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: this team because there are a thousand miles away from 287 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: every other member institution. The answer is West Virginia by 288 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: a wide margin. West Virginia's got a culture and tradition 289 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: unique to anyone else in college football, much less of 290 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 1: their own conference. So give me the Mountaineers in the 291 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: Big twelve and in the Pac twelve. You and I agree, Benjamin. 292 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: Arizona State. Absolutely, Arizona State. There is no reason why 293 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: they haven't long since been here. We've seen them have 294 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: a taste of it in years past. I would love 295 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: to see it duplicated. But that was a really good list, 296 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: And I would assume if we asked for feedback or 297 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: we took a poll on that, I would assume we'd 298 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: get a wide varying degree of answers. Oh, let me 299 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: take a breath, as I've trained myself to do before 300 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: I border on a question or a topic that could 301 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: get me a little shook, a little agitated. I'm not 302 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: even gonna put a name on this. They're too many 303 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 1: to count, but I had a whole bunch of So 304 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: you think arch Manning is going to Texas this week? Again? 305 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: Second breath, the rare second breath, the preparatory breath, if 306 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: you will. I think a lot of you, maybe a 307 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: lot of our female listeners, have learned about that in 308 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: birthing class. But it applies to college football podcasting too, 309 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: especially when you get misquoted. So here's what actually happened, 310 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: and I stress the word. Actually, if you've ever heard 311 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: someone verbally italicize a word, I just did it. Let's 312 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: bold it, let's underline it. Here's what actually happened. Arch 313 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: Manning top quarterback in the class of twenty twenty three. 314 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: As many of you know, maybe you've heard the last 315 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: name before. He visited Texas this weekend. Really big deal 316 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: for him. So Art brand new staff got him on 317 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: campus and he was there and he had a good time, 318 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: and there was a lot of big to do made 319 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: about it or a lot of pictures out there, and 320 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: that's great. You can take that for whatever you want 321 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: to take it for. Arch Manning is not close to 322 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: making a decision Texas or any other way. But on 323 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: Sunday's show, I talked about it and here was my 324 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: specific quote. I am now pulling my eye Josh up 325 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna press play. This is very unprofessional doing 326 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: it anyway. You're gonna have to stick with me and Jordan. 327 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: If you edit this, it's gonna suffer. The sound quality 328 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: is gonna suffer for probably about ten seconds. That's all 329 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: that's gonna take people. You don't have to take my 330 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: word for it, will you do? But you don't have 331 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: to take my word talking to you now for it. 332 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna play my words verbatim from the Sunday Night Show. 333 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: This is what people were reacting to from what you 334 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: were about to hear. People got, oh, so you think 335 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: arch is going to Texas? Let's roll it. I think 336 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: they hit a home run. I think they are squarely 337 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: in the mix for Arch Manning. But eventually they're gonna 338 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: have to have something tangible, cause there's going to be 339 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: too much tangible result to be seen from Alabama and 340 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: the likes of Clemson that Texas has got to get 341 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: it done. They got to show you something in weeks 342 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: one and two, because if you are to come out 343 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: of summer on this massive recruiting hype wave and then 344 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: you start to show product on the field earlier than 345 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: anyone expected, that starts a snowball effect. Okay, kids, put 346 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: your pencil down. What did we all learn from that? Well, 347 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: as far as I could tell, what I didn't hear 348 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: in any shape, form or fashion, is I'm predicting Arch 349 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: Manning to go to Texas. Apparently, some of your ears 350 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: heard that. Though what I did is what anybody of 351 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: sane mind would do after a big visit. They would 352 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: read the tea leaves, they would talk to some people 353 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: close to the situation. They would gather as much info 354 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: as they could, which I did, and I said, I 355 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: think they're in it for him, which Texas absolutely is. 356 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: It isn't Texas San Antonio, guys, all respect of the 357 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: road Runners. It's the University of It's a brand new 358 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: coaching staff. Steve Sarkisan's got one of the highest reputations 359 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: offensively of any mind in this game. It is not 360 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: a full or in concept to think that elite quarterbacks 361 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: may be attracted to that. I'm not telling you Texas 362 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: is going to land him. I didn't even say Texas 363 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: is the leader for him. And so let me circle 364 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: back to what gets me shook if you can't tell already. 365 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: Before I ever got into any kind of media, radio, 366 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: or television or now what I do, which is called 367 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: a number of different things, I used to fall for 368 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: this stuff. I would have a buddy call me man. 369 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: Mike Golig said this morning. He said the SEC has 370 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: been the most overrated conference in America. For a long time, 371 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: I just believe it. So I'd go about the rest 372 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 1: of my day thinking, maya, Mike goli must hate the SEC. 373 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: Then I go back and listen, and I hear what 374 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: he actually said. And let's add some nuance in context. 375 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 1: Let's just say, for example, the BCS ratings had come 376 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 1: out and numbers one, two, four, five, and seven were 377 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 1: SEC teams, and it was pretty apparent to a lot 378 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: of people, maybe a little bit overinflated. And let's say 379 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: Mike Golick's actual quote was, according to the numbers I'm 380 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: looking at right now, I think the SEC within the 381 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: BCS rankings for this week has to be the most 382 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 1: overrated conference. Well do you notice how that sounds just 383 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: a wee bit different than what my buddy called me 384 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: and told me. So my point here is I've learned 385 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: a lesson, if you want to call it the hard way. 386 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: It's been the hard way in the grand scheme of life. 387 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: It's not that hard, it's not that big a deal, 388 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: but I have learned the hard way once I've gotten 389 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: into this business, that you get misquoted and misrepresented all 390 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: the time. You can't do anything about it because you 391 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: only hear one percent or less than one percent of 392 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: what people say about you. And so I just encourage you. 393 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: When someone tells you they heard something, when someone tells 394 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: you they saw someone say something or they read something, 395 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: just make sure you go source it for yourself. That's 396 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: all I'm asking. I don't have a fire extinguisher big 397 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: enough for the entire Internet, so I'm counting on you 398 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,239 Speaker 1: to do the work for me. So to answer all 399 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: of your questions, No, I don't think at the moment 400 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: arch Manning is going to Texas. I don't think he's 401 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: going anywhere. That's the entire point of an open recruitment. 402 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: He could go to Ole Miss, he could go to Texas, 403 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: he could go to Clemson. But I will tell you this, 404 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: to say Texas has no shot because of what they've 405 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: done over the past decade is every bit as foolish 406 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: as saying, oh, arch man is going to Texas. Done deal. 407 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: In fact, it may be more foolish. This entire notion 408 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 1: that I see in the college football world, I guess 409 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: it's just the sports world. I cover college football, so 410 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: I see it here, this notion that because someone has 411 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: been something, or a program has been something, they just 412 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: always will be that that's never played out. You guys 413 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 1: realize that that is never played out. Can you imagine 414 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: having to bet your life on some of these statements 415 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: that people say, Well, since Texas hasn't been good, there's 416 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: no way that they will be good. This is essentially 417 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: what you're saying when you say Arch Manning ain't going 418 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: to Texas. They've been irrelevant for whatever number of years 419 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: in a row. Hey, what if you applied that kind 420 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: of logic when Nick Saban came to Alabama because Bama 421 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: had been irrelevant for quite a while or irrelevant for 422 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: quite a while. I give any of you permission to 423 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: use that today at the water cooler. What if you 424 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: applied that logic though? What was LSU? I'm gonna use 425 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: Saban again? What was LSU before Saban got there? It 426 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: turns out good coaches can turn around any program, because 427 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 1: Saban did the same thing in Alabama and then some 428 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: that he did at LSU. What had Iowa State been 429 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: before Matt Campbell got there? What had Florida been before 430 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: Steve Spurrier got there? What had FSU been before Bobby 431 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: Bowden got there? Now, based on the criteria that went 432 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: into the making of this particular question to begin with, 433 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: I would venture to guess that somebody somewhere is going 434 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: to take from this. Josh Paige just said, Steve Sarkeesian 435 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: is the next Steve Spurrier. Did you guys hear about 436 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 1: that on that Late Cake podcast? You guys hear him 437 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: say that? No you didn't, but don't worry, because you 438 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: can take my word for it. He did say it. 439 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: So anyway, to the moral of the story is the 440 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: arch Manning recruitment is something to pay attention to. I 441 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: need to lighten up or hire an entire army of attorneys. 442 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: And it's a beautiful day outside, so why would anyone 443 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: be so negative? So let's take a turn towards positive town, 444 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: and let's do it right after this. Michelle frequent contributor 445 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: to the podcast, she said, I heard you talk about 446 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,719 Speaker 1: a college football renaissance here the other night. The segment 447 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: itself got me really fired up, but I'm not sure 448 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: I know exactly what it means. What specifically do you 449 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: mean when you say renaissance here? So I appreciate the question, Michelle, 450 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: because I love any excuse to talk about this. You're 451 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: gonna hear me talk about it a lot. I am adamant. 452 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm convinced that this upcoming college football season 453 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 1: will be unlike any that you've seen in your lifetime. 454 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: And I don't really care how old you are, to 455 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: be honest with you, because we've never had a kind 456 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 1: of a confluence of events. There's that word at least 457 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 1: once a week, a confluence of events like we have 458 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: right now. And there are a lot of things happening simultaneously. 459 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: It's not just coming out of COVID, although I think 460 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: it is mainly to do with coming out of COVID, 461 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: coming out of isolation and whatnot. But like I said 462 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: on Late Kick Live the other night, you gotta go 463 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: back a year. You got to remember where we were. 464 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: I remember there was a day. I can't remember exactly 465 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: what date it was. I think it was in It 466 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: was in late July, maybe early August, somewhere around there. 467 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: There was a Sunday, because I remember getting ready to 468 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: do the live show, and there was a Sunday where 469 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: over the span of an afternoon, there were several articles 470 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: that came out simultaneous, and it was obvious that one 471 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: person was serving as the sourcing for pretty much everyone, 472 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: and it was. It was basically telling you the season 473 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 1: is going to be canceled by the end of this week. Now, 474 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: this is after the Big Ten's already canceled. And I 475 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: think the Big Ten was getting in the ears of 476 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: a lot of other reporters when every conference didn't immediately 477 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: follow them, and the Big Ten wanted other conferences to 478 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 1: follow suits so they didn't look like an idiot out 479 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: on an island all by themselves. Turns out they were 480 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: the idiots on the island all by themselves. Not Big 481 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: Ten fans, not Big Ten football players, not a lot 482 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: of Big Ten coaches, and not even a lot of 483 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: Big Ten administrators, but a small minority group that unfortunately 484 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: represented the conference. We're out there, We're in their clown masks, 485 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: and so it looked very dark for a time. And 486 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: that's within the context of college football, because it was 487 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: dark in your day to day life too. It was 488 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: just a bad time. A lot of you may have 489 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: lost loved once. I did. A lot of you may 490 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: have lost jobs. I'm fortunate enough and blessed enough that 491 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: I didn't lose mine, but I know a lot of 492 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: you did. I read your emails, every single one of them. 493 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: You send me. I read them. A lot of you 494 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: just chose to take that few month period and you 495 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 1: just use my email in mox as sort of an 496 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: outlet and an escape. I didn't mind it at all. 497 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: I don't mind when you do it right now, A 498 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: lot of you share more with me than you do 499 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: a lot of your family members, and I'm completely fine 500 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: with it. I mean, that's the kind of audience we have, 501 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: kind of relationship we have, That's what community is about, 502 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 1: which is the way that we structure everything to do 503 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: with late kick. But you were going through some heavy stuff, 504 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: and I remember it vividly. I was too, but I 505 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: remember a lot of you were dealing with stuff way 506 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: worse in a whole different league than I was. And 507 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: then you got what was normal in the fall sort 508 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: of taken away from you. We still had football games 509 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: on TV, but you didn't have the experience that you 510 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: would normally have, and it was very contentious. Also, you 511 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: overlap that with the fact that it was an election season, 512 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: which is always terrible these days for anything sporting related, 513 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: because you have to mix in politics with everything. Apparently 514 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 1: that's a new rule, no matter which side of the 515 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: fence you're on. Apparently that's a new rule. So everyone 516 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 1: gets sick of that. No one actually likes that, no 517 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: one does, and yet we allow it to happen anyway. 518 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: So anyway, we get through the season, and then you 519 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: finally get in the spring and things start loosening up, 520 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: and you've got warm weather outside right now, you can 521 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: actually go outside in most parts of the country, are 522 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: returning to a portion or as semblance of normalcy. Hopefully 523 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: your lives start to get back on track. But I'm 524 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: saying all that to lead up to where we are 525 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: right now, about eighty three some odd days away from 526 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: the start of a season. And you can feel it 527 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: in our business. You can feel it. I mean, people 528 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: are jacked. People are not so much typing on their keyboards, 529 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: they're punching their keyboards. I'm hearing from people inside athletic departments. 530 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: Players in some cases cannot wait to get on campus. 531 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: Back on campus, get to fall practice, strap it up, 532 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: get ready to go. Because you've got a lot of kids. 533 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 1: You've got chunks of rosters now true freshmen, you know, sophomores, 534 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: red shirt freshmen. You got a lot of these rosters 535 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 1: of guys that have never played in front of a 536 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: packed house before. They're looking forward to it. It's like 537 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: if you're in high school and one of your semi 538 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: final games or the state title games played in the 539 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: big stadium, and you've never been in there before. Well, 540 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: a lot of these guys feel the same way. They've 541 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: never been able to play in front of one hundred 542 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: thousand people so far in their careers, so they're looking 543 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: forward to it. Coaches are certainly looking forward to it, 544 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 1: but fans are looking forward to it because really, at 545 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: the end of the day, this thing does not exist 546 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: without you. I know it exists for the players, but 547 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: it's built by fans because this is a product that exists. 548 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,120 Speaker 1: And those big cathedrals they exist because you fill them 549 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 1: and you watch on TV and you fund this. It's 550 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: really you that funds all of these mechanisms. You allow 551 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: me to have a job. You allow a middle linebacker 552 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: to play on a grand stage and end up changing 553 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: his life and the life of his family thereafter because 554 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: of the money he can make, because of the interest 555 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: you have in this thing, and so you don't have 556 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: to wait. You can turn on, whether it be the 557 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: Women's College World Series in softball last week. Unlike any environment, 558 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 1: they've ever had there. I talked to one of the 559 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: people who runs operations out there. They said it was 560 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: like a three day carnival. The World Series between FSU 561 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: and Oklahoma like a three day arnival. And if you 562 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: don't watch softball, you should first off, But secondly, if 563 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 1: you don't watch softball, check out these baseball games. I 564 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: was watching Mississippi State Notre Dame last night. It's like 565 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: a football environment at a baseball stadium duty Noble Field. 566 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: I remember going there for a camp when I was 567 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: in high school, sat right next to Ron Polk. Me 568 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: and a buddy by the name of Justin Hunt. We 569 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: sat next to Ron Polk as he smoked a cigar 570 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: on the dugout and he listened to me long before 571 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: I had ever gotten into broadcasting, doing my best Ron 572 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: Polk impersonation. And for that, he signed a copy of 573 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: his book and gave it to me for free. So 574 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: that's a good side story. But have you looked at 575 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 1: these environments? Have you looked at how hungry people are. 576 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: It's like watching a shopping mall open up on Black Friday. 577 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 1: People get in there and they don't even know how 578 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: to handle themselves. They're so excited they're so exuberant. That 579 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: is a fraction of what you were about to see 580 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: this fall in college football stadiums all across the country. 581 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: Here's the best way I can summarize him. I wish 582 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,719 Speaker 1: you guys could be with me on a field in 583 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 1: week one any given season, not this season, any given season, 584 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: when you're on a football field at a major event. 585 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: I'm lucky enough to be at the biggest games in 586 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: the country every single weekend, on the sideline every single weekend. 587 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: If you could feel what that last six or seven 588 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: minutes is like when that clock is counting down to 589 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 1: zero and they're about to tee it up, and you 590 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: could feel the energy and how it all pours right 591 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: down there onto the field. It's an unbelievable overload to 592 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:26,719 Speaker 1: the senses. It's incredible. You can't inject that into your veins. 593 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: I don't care how many hairbands you rolled with back 594 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: in the eighties. There is not a substance on planet 595 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: Earth that can duplicate what you naturally experience when you're 596 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: in an environment like that. And you guys who are 597 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: watching on TV or watching in the stands, I want 598 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 1: you to think about going into your season. Everyone's undefeated. 599 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: It's week one and they're about to take the field. 600 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: And that energy, you got, nervous energy. Your fingernails have 601 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: long since been chewed off, and you're just jacked. You've 602 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: waited all year for that moment. Take that feeling, bottle 603 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: it up, and then spread it out over an entire year. 604 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 1: That's the kind of emotion. That's the kind of season 605 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: I think we've got coming. Because you've got something that 606 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: was taken away from you, that's never been taken before, 607 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: and you got it back. You lost it, you experienced 608 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,959 Speaker 1: life without normalcy, and now you got it back, and 609 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: it spread over this entire plate of what was already 610 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: your favorite thing in the world and my favorite thing 611 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: in the world. You don't think this fall is going 612 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: to be unlike anything you've seen before. Just wait, you'll 613 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: start to feel it built. If you don't already feel 614 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: it now you need to check yourself. But if you 615 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: don't already feel it, check back. In the second week 616 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: of August. Third week of August, you start seeing those 617 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 1: promos run on ESPN. You start seeing those athletic departments 618 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: release those countdown hype videos, and you're inundated with it. 619 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: You're inundated with countdown to kick off coverage, and you 620 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: get to the third week of August and then you know, 621 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: we're less than fourteen days out, we're less than two 622 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: weeks out, and then it's finally game week. You know 623 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: that coming Saturday or Friday or Thursday, depending on who 624 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: you're pulling for, you're going to see your team play 625 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: in front of a packed house. In many cases, you 626 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: guys are going to be part of the capacity crowd. 627 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: It's gonna be amazing. If you've ever seen Field of Dreams, 628 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: which is my favorite movie of all time, and you 629 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: remember that entire sequence where James Earl Jones gives a speech, Oh, 630 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: people will come, Ray, people will most definitely come that 631 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: whole speech. If there were a football version of that, 632 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: some of you think it's in any given Sunday. I 633 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: don't really think there's been a perfect football version of 634 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: that speech, But if there was, it's time to play it. 635 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: There is no need to save it for future reference. 636 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: It's time to play it now because that's what this 637 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: fall is going to be like, gonna be an incredible season. 638 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: You've also, even though you think you've got a hierarchy 639 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: out there, Alabama's got a new quarterback, O line wide receiver, corps, 640 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: running back, offensive coordinator. They got a bunch of new 641 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: on that team. Nick Saban has not repeated as a 642 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: national champion in the last decade. It's been about a 643 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: decade since he did it. So it's no foregone conclusion there. 644 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: George's got the best shot they've had in quite a 645 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: while because they got a best shot at quarterback they've 646 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: had in quite a while. Clemson's got a new quarterback there, 647 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: so there are questions with Ohio State, They've got to 648 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: break in a new quarterback. These are already going to 649 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,959 Speaker 1: be favorites. They are going to be every year, but 650 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: these teams aren't immortal. This year you got a shot 651 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: at him. You better take it if you get it. 652 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: But you got a shot at him. Oklahoma could win 653 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: a title this year. You got to ask yourself whether 654 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: Texas is going to be back. You got to ask 655 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: yourself whether North Carolina can break through? What can Florida 656 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: State do with Mackenzie Milton there and you're two under 657 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: Mike Norvel. Now can Manny Diaz and Miami finally pop 658 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: on the map? Southern cal it's do or die time there. 659 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: Could Oregon actually be a legitimate playoff threat from the 660 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,479 Speaker 1: PAC twelve. Could Arizona State or a Utah surprise you 661 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: and be one from the Pac twelve. I can't wait 662 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: to see what Wisconsin can do. I think their offense 663 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: is going to look a whole lot better and different. 664 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: There's immense pressure but also immense possibility on James Franklin 665 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: with Penn State Notre Dame Jack Cone at quarterback. Never 666 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: thought I'd hear that combination, but here we are. There 667 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: is so much to look forward to. Kentucky's revamping their offense. 668 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: They got a very favorable schedule scheduling dynamics put a 669 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: bunch of upsets possibly on the radar there. I think 670 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: Florida at LSU is one of these sneaky big games 671 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: in in the entire college football season this year, because 672 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: Florida will have already played Bama and we'll know, for 673 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: better or for worse, whether they're a legitimate contender in 674 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: the East. Are they playing LSU with an undefeated season 675 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: still on the line. Are they trying to stave off 676 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: early elimination from the Eastern Division race. You can ask 677 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: the exact same questions about LSU. For that matter, LSU 678 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: is going to be about a three point favorite, and 679 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: that's it in Week one at UCLA. If they were 680 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: to lose that Week one game, do you know what 681 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: the kind of talk would be around Baton Rouge? Conversely, 682 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: you know what the kind of talk would be around 683 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: Chip Kelly and UCLA if that were to happen. This 684 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: is not meant to be a college football preview show. 685 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: Our preview shows will be much more in depth than 686 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: what I just did. But that is a very very 687 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: small microcosm. It's like a little tide pod, for example, 688 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: thrown into the washing machine of the college football season 689 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty one. So I'm looking forward to it 690 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: and you should be too. We had a bunch of 691 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: questions I could not get to this morning. We got 692 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: a couple of Florida questions, and really I'm looking at 693 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: like ten. So if I didn't get to them, I'm 694 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: gonna get to him Thursday. Don't worry. Normally I email 695 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: you guys if I'm going to get to your question, 696 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: I say I'm gonna hit it this Tuesday. They bump 697 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: them to Thursday, so don't worry. It's a long week. 698 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: Got a lot of time to film, so we'll hit 699 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: these Thursday. 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Producer Jordan back in town and 707 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: his first order of business will be to edit this 708 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: and get it out to you in a timely manner. 709 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: So for Producer Jordan, I'm Josh Paate. Have a great 710 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: rest of your day, and God bless