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Speaker 1: On today's episode, a little bit of news and a

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Speaker 1: handful of group of five schedules. Welcome to the solid

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Speaker 1: verbal hull that.

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Speaker 2: For me, I'm a man, I'm forty. I've heard so

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Speaker 2: many players say, well, I want to be happy. You

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Speaker 2: want to be happy for a day? Edith state is that?

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Speaker 1: Whoo whoo?

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Speaker 2: And no, Dan and.

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Speaker 1: Tie, welcome back to the solid Verba boys and girls.

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Speaker 1: My name is ty Hill Embrad. That fine gentleman over

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Speaker 1: there as always the illustrious looking Tan from his time

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Speaker 1: in Spain. Dan Rubinstein, sir, how are you? Oh?

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Speaker 2: You know how I do? Tie? Spending all that time

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Speaker 2: in Barcelona barth you gota now? I actually I spent

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Speaker 2: a lot of that time walking around and thinking about

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Speaker 2: college football and college football podcasting. Despite my best efforts,

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Speaker 2: I was checking like the college football subreddit and all

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Speaker 2: the different sources I have for college football information. And

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Speaker 2: I also, this is totally true and this will be

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Speaker 2: a really cruise segue opportunity for you. Did you see

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Speaker 2: that an Alabama fan spotted Nick Saban and Florence.

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Speaker 1: Spotted in Italy, Rick Riley spotted him in Rome. There

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Speaker 1: were other, yes, Alabama alums that spotted him elsewhere in Italy.

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Speaker 2: I was eagle eyed, not just looking for Nick Saban,

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Speaker 2: but any other major college football coach on vacation in Europe,

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Speaker 2: and all I saw was Ryan Day. No, that was

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Speaker 2: a joke.

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Speaker 1: That was nice.

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Speaker 2: That was not nice, Ty, Why would I do that?

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Speaker 1: He's a very good coach.

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Speaker 2: But no, I did have my eyes open to try

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Speaker 2: and spot someone, just like, what is Nick Saban going

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Speaker 2: to look like? Eating patatas Bravas?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and wearing free Alabama gear. Yes, he was sporting

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Speaker 1: Alabama gear all throughout Italy, throughout Europe. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: the show. I'm Ty, He's Dan. Today. A little bit

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Speaker 1: later on in today's episode, we're going to go through

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Speaker 1: twelve group of five schedules. Go back and listen to

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Speaker 1: the Power five Conference schedule previews that we did. Those

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Speaker 1: were the last five episodes. We started with the Big

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Speaker 1: Ten in the SEC. We rolled through last week, the

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Speaker 1: PAC twelve and ACC and then our first episode this week.

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Speaker 1: Earlier this week on Tuesday was the Big twelve. We've

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Speaker 1: got a selection of teams, the Dirty dozen or so,

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Speaker 1: a group of five teams that were of particular interest

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Speaker 1: to Dan and I were going to give those teams

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Speaker 1: the same treatment. We obviously can't get to all of them,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have nothing left to add. I don't think

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Speaker 2: should we get into.

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Speaker 1: Stall hold on? Hold on? Now you do have something

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Speaker 1: to hold on? You blew up my spot on the

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Speaker 1: last episode. Now here's what you did. What I've been

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Speaker 1: roll into previews, then we can roll right into week one.

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Speaker 1: We're trying to pave the way for the college football

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Speaker 1: fan of a month and a half two months from

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Speaker 1: now who wants to get caught up to speed. Are you?

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Speaker 2: Are you going to deny me the opportunity to co

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Speaker 2: host and then conto themed college football show. You're not

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Speaker 1: Now, what I'm saying is you come back from Spain,

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Speaker 1: we talk about news? No? Now we talk about hi?

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Speaker 2: Okay, okay, I don't know that it fast forward this

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Speaker 2: If this is something you're listening to in late July

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Speaker 1: BTS coverage right here. You're getting. That's true, the excess

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Speaker 1: content that you've always desired. You have sec eight game

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Speaker 2: I saw I think it was Scott doctor man if

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Speaker 2: I'm pronouncing that correctly from the Athletic posted how many

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Speaker 1: I believe teams playing at least ten Power five opponents.

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Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three, the SEC is two of fourteen,

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Speaker 1: The PAC twelve is ten of twelve, the Big twelve

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Speaker 2: Yes in that sense. And so there was a vote,

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Speaker 2: The pod ish situation they're scheduling for the SEC with

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Speaker 1: He is here is the context right for anyone who

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Speaker 1: Ninety seven percent of the respondent's favored nine games. But

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Speaker 1: in your own time. But my sense, Dan, from what

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Speaker 2: ESPN their bosses. Let's be very clear. SEC football is

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Speaker 2: and we just want the good inventory. Whatever that is,

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Speaker 2: is let's just agree that you will go to nine

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Speaker 2: If you want to do it in two years, great,

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Speaker 2: so there will be votes. I don't know which of

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Speaker 2: those two losses. Whatever. It's bad for football. It's bad

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Speaker 2: for the sport to play eight conference games. I think

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Speaker 2: we would all agree when you could play nine, when

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Speaker 2: you could charge more of a premium, when you could

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Speaker 2: give your own fans a better product instead of charging

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Speaker 2: them for Mercer or Samford or sam Houston. All due

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Speaker 2: respect to those programs, but that's a bad product. If

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Speaker 2: SEC said our deal is this, it's X will play

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Speaker 2: eight games and Disney said, fine deal, why would you

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Speaker 2: give somebody something extra at the same risk.

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Speaker 1: Well, right, And this is what Jeff Schultz wrote over

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Speaker 1: on the Athletic and I read this quote verbatim from

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Speaker 1: the Athletics college Football Twitter account. Maybe this eight conference

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Speaker 1: game schedule charade is just a dance to squeeze more

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Speaker 1: money out of the Sure, here's a thought, do the

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Speaker 1: right thing first. So he's advocating, yes, we should go

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Speaker 1: to nine games per season, it's better for the sport. However,

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Speaker 1: It's something we said for a long time that nobody's

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Speaker 2: And just like you know, he's he has a morning

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, if the best of Colle Colorado happens, which

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Speaker 1: There's absolutely a little bit of Randy Quaid at the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's we'll see what happens. And I will watch

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Speaker 1: I'm we'll say all right, well here, we'll say let's

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Speaker 1: Tarts Bowl, Dan, Okay, pop Tarts Bowl, So another hyphenated

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Speaker 1: You give your kids pop tarts? Where do you stand

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Speaker 2: Really? I'm sure eventually they'll have some, but you know,

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Speaker 2: Is it Kellogg's? Is that who makes pop Dart?

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Speaker 1: Yes? I believe so.

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Speaker 2: I pop tarts are fine, they're tasty, they're science right,

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Speaker 2: It's uh. I don't know if this means that the

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Speaker 2: They just move the location.

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Speaker 1: I mean they've they've put on a cheese At Bowl, uh,

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Speaker 2: The cheese a Bowl was in Arizona originally. Now it's

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Speaker 2: the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, right right. Then it shifted to Florida.

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Speaker 1: Shifted to Florida. Yeah, they showered their lop tarts bowl. Yeah.

435
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Speaker 2: One, you do not dump a cooler full of cheese.

436
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Speaker 2: It's onto the winning coach. You very slowly dump a

437
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Speaker 2: sludgy cooler of frosting onto the coach. Or this is

438
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Speaker 2: a duke's Mayo situation for you. Well, Mayo runs out

439
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Speaker 2: of a cooler a lot faster than frosting. I presume

440
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Speaker 2: only if you put water in. It's water down. That

441
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Speaker 2: Remember when they boked Shane Beemer on the head, they

442
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Speaker 2: bomped them on the head because it was watered down.

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Speaker 1: No, they boked them on the head because it wasn't

444
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Speaker 1: watered down and they were trying to get basically concrete. Yes,

445
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Speaker 1: so the next year they watered it down, and then

446
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Speaker 1: it was obviously much more disgusting. But you know, if

447
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Speaker 1: you keep frosting hot enough or at least tepid enough.

448
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Speaker 1: You're the baker between the two of us, you should

449
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Speaker 1: know this. I would think it becomes more fluid and

450
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Speaker 1: you could dump it out. You just can't get it off.

451
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Speaker 1: It dries like wax.

452
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Speaker 2: The actual pop tart is a pretty uninteresting visual because

453
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Speaker 2: it's just sort of a rectangle slapped with frosting and

454
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Speaker 2: sometimes sprinkles or something on top of it. I think,

455
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Speaker 2: I think where the pop Tart Bowl has to go

456
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Speaker 2: is they have to lean into incorporating a giant toaster

457
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Speaker 2: in an end zone, whether it's like some sort of

458
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,960
Speaker 2: object or pyrotechnic coming out of the firework upon a

459
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Speaker 2: touchdown or a field goal or something like that. The toaster,

460
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Speaker 2: I feel like, is the literal and figurative electricity behind

461
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Speaker 2: the pop tart. That's what needs to be incorporated. Now

462
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Speaker 2: I'm not going to give I'm not gonna go fully

463
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Speaker 2: giving the pop Tart Bowl a plan, because that's what

464
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Speaker 2: the geniuses on Madison Avenue are paid for. But I say,

465
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Speaker 2: lean into the toaster, and maybe the winning coach does

466
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Speaker 2: something with a toaster of it. I don't know what

467
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Speaker 2: that is. If there's a trampoline the bottom of it

468
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Speaker 2: and the head coach gets to jump out, but then

469
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Speaker 2: we could be dealing with like a Mike Loxley torn

470
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Speaker 2: acl I don't want that. I don't want that. Nobody's

471
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Speaker 2: in favor of that, But yeah, I say incorporate that.

472
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Speaker 2: And I don't know what else you do if you

473
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Speaker 2: like snap, crackle and pop like the first the opening

474
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Speaker 2: coin toss or something. I don't know, but good for

475
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Speaker 2: the pop tart brand. My assumption is they did not

476
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Speaker 2: pay a lot of.

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Speaker 1: Money elsewhere, and we'll close out with this before we

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Speaker 1: get to our group of five schedule preview. Gary Barta,

479
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Speaker 1: remember that crazy guy. He's been the IOWA ad since

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Speaker 1: two thousand and six, I want to say, like seventeen

481
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Speaker 1: years or so. The vast majority of the kirk fair

482
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Speaker 1: at Sarah at IOWA, Gary Barta announced that he is

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Speaker 1: retiring as of this August. For the time being. His deputy,

484
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Speaker 1: Beth Getz are goods. I'm not exactly sure how you

485
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Speaker 1: say it. Getz is going to be the interim athletic director.

486
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Speaker 1: Stands to reason that she's the obvious candidate to take

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Speaker 1: over on a full time basis. IOWA has stated that

488
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Speaker 1: they're not going to search officially I think until twenty

489
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Speaker 1: twenty four to find their long term replacements. Soci'll have

490
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Speaker 1: a bit of a I don't know, runway to figure

491
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Speaker 1: out what's going on and establish herself as the new

492
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Speaker 1: head Houn show. The interesting tidbit, I think for our

493
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Speaker 1: purposes here we poke a lot of fun at Iowa

494
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Speaker 1: and the offense and Kirk Ferns where the program is headed.

495
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Speaker 1: She has only been there since twenty eighteen when she

496
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Speaker 1: came over from Ball State, so she is not an

497
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Speaker 1: Iowa lifer in the sense and at least not in

498
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Speaker 1: the same way that Gary Barta has been. Would this

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Speaker 1: be enough to potentially want to change things around not

500
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Speaker 1: having that allegiance to the Farences in the same way.

501
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Speaker 1: I don't know. That's probably wishful thinking. The guy's got

502
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Speaker 1: a contract through twenty twenty nine. But it's just interesting

503
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Speaker 1: because these little ripples sometimes can have a big impact

504
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Speaker 1: a couple months down the line when folks start thinking

505
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Speaker 1: about the permanence of their job and where they want

506
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Speaker 1: to take programs. I don't know, just something to keep

507
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Speaker 1: your eye on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if he has enough time left on

509
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Speaker 2: his deal that it's going to be ultimately up to

510
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Speaker 2: the people who donate money to Iowa and Iowa football

511
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Speaker 2: to say, all right, we'll foot the bill for the

512
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Speaker 2: buyout and you know, I assume because I was one

513
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Speaker 2: of those programs that treasure's continuity and familiarity. Obviously, Cook

514
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 2: ference being there for as long as he has and

515
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Speaker 2: given the leeway to improve things when things are down,

516
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Speaker 2: and obviously, you know, prove that he is capable as

517
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Speaker 2: of a few years ago, running the table during the

518
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Speaker 2: regular season. He'll be given every opportunity to coach as

519
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Speaker 2: long as he wants, unless they spend a ton of

520
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Speaker 2: money for some sort of outsider who has the reputation

521
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Speaker 2: for hiring Austin college football coaches. It doesn't seem like

522
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Speaker 2: that's going to be the Iowa way, And so I

523
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Speaker 2: suspect we're going to see more Farens, even if it's

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Speaker 2: just one Farence on this staff.

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Speaker 1: We shall see. That's all I got, Dan, in terms

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Speaker 1: of news, If you are ready to dive in, let's

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Speaker 1: let's do it. You got that sound still?

528
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Speaker 2: Of course, I don't.

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Speaker 1: Here we go. Let's start with Tulane.

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, Yes.

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Speaker 1: Again, we picked out twelve inch group of five teams.

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Speaker 1: I will emphasize these are not the only interesting group

533
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Speaker 1: of five teams. Yeah, these were just the ones we

534
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Speaker 1: had time for at the end of this episode. Tulane,

535
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Speaker 1: by the way, went twelve and two last year. They

536
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Speaker 1: beat USC in the bowl game. It was a really

537
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Speaker 1: good season. I like where Tulane's at. Tulane this year

538
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 1: has an over under of nine and a half and

539
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Speaker 1: they're in a great spot, I think for two separate reasons.

540
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Speaker 1: First Off, they bring a lot back from the team

541
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Speaker 1: last year, notably Michael Pratt, who at one point was

542
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Speaker 1: transferring until he wasn't. They will be without Taj Spears,

543
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Speaker 1: Taj Spears, excuse me, some guys on defense, though they

544
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Speaker 1: did do a good job I think in the portal

545
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Speaker 1: building their defense back up. We could talk more about

546
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Speaker 1: Tulane and we get the previous season, notably with respect

547
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Speaker 1: to this schedule, though since he, Houston, and UCF all left,

548
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Speaker 1: they all left the American to join the Big Twelve,

549
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Speaker 1: which means that Tulane kind of has an inside track

550
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Speaker 1: on getting back to the tai game in the American.

551
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Speaker 1: The non con games on this schedule are against South Alabama.

552
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Speaker 1: South Alabama and the Jags had a really good season

553
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Speaker 1: last year, and Ole Miss. They're on the road against

554
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Speaker 1: Memphis on a Friday night, which I think will be

555
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Speaker 1: a tester they've also after bye that's right, They've also

556
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Speaker 1: got UTSA, your UTSA Roadrunners, Dan a new team, another

557
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Speaker 1: new team in the American that had a lot of

558
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,640
Speaker 1: success last year and the year prior. That game closes

559
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Speaker 1: out the season in Week thirteen. But again the win

560
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Speaker 1: total is nine and a half, and I think that's

561
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Speaker 1: for good reason. Is because the slate does not seem

562
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Speaker 1: super daunting and the roster looks.

563
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Speaker 2: Like it's in a really good spot. I think it's

564
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 2: a great schedule. Look, South Alabama nearly beat UCLA on

565
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Speaker 2: the road last year. The Jags traveled to Tulane right

566
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Speaker 2: New Orleans to start the season. Otherwise, look all of

567
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Speaker 2: these teams by and large. I think Memphis is pretty good,

568
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Speaker 2: and that's on the road, but it's after a bye week.

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Speaker 2: But North Texas new coach, Tulsa new coach, Fau, new

570
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 2: coach uts getting UTSA at home is great and so

571
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Speaker 2: I'm a big fan of this schedule. If the defense

572
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Speaker 2: can show what they showed last season, and we saw

573
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Speaker 2: how Tulane performed early on they beating Kansas State correct

574
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Speaker 2: the first few weeks of the season last year. So

575
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Speaker 2: this is a team ready to play nearly lost to USC,

576
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Speaker 2: though Ty you should you should point that out. USC

577
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 2: was right there against the Green Wave schedule rules. Rice

578
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 2: made a ballgame for the first time in a while

579
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Speaker 2: last year, and the game's at RICE, and it's you know,

580
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Speaker 2: at ECU the week after, but ECU starting over at quarterback.

581
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Speaker 2: There's a lot to like situationally about where Tulane is

582
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Speaker 2: in terms of getting back to that nine to ten

583
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Speaker 2: win level.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it looks to me like they are on

585
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Speaker 1: a collision course with UTSA. Sure in the American I

586
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 1: think Twu Lane Swort has an inside track to get

587
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Speaker 1: back to that game. UTSA was eleven and three last

588
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Speaker 1: year in Conference USA. They move over this year to

589
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: the American. They're over under his seven and a half now. Well,

590
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Speaker 1: a couple things worth noting about this schedule. Your boy

591
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: Big Frankie Harris is back, No, but Zakari Franklin is not.

592
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Speaker 1: Zakari Franklin just announced that he is transferring over to

593
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Speaker 1: Old Miss the receiver on the schedule on the schedule. Also,

594
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Speaker 1: Will Stein is the new offensive coordinator at your Oregon Ducks.

595
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Speaker 2: And Tulane lost a co defensive coordinator Oregon as well. Yeah,

596
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 2: that's right.

597
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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of Oregon tie in here with

598
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Speaker 1: this schedule preview. Jeff Trailer has done a good job

599
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Speaker 1: at UTSA. I do think that this will be a

600
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Speaker 1: bit of a step up for the program for him

601
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Speaker 1: as a coach. I think that's reflected in the Vegas line,

602
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: which is seven and a half. Is a tough road slate.

603
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Speaker 1: If you ask me, at Houston, at Tennessee, at Tulane

604
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: to close out the year, not in that order, but

605
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: scattered throughout the season, it's those three on the road.

606
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Speaker 1: I do think there's a good chance that they will

607
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Speaker 1: be playing for an American title their first year in

608
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 1: the conference, presumably against Tulane. Yeah, but this is a

609
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: schedule defined by the first month and by the very end,

610
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Speaker 1: because early on they're on the road at Houston, Texas State.

611
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Speaker 1: I think could be kind of plucky they get army,

612
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: and then they close out the month of September against

613
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Speaker 1: Tennessee on the road. That's a tough schedule. And then

614
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Speaker 1: obviously closing things out on the road at Tulane. That's

615
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Speaker 1: going to have a lot to say with who moves

616
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Speaker 1: on and who doesn't. I am curious about that Tennessee

617
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Speaker 1: game in week four. Yeah, Utsa's got a little bit

618
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,719
Speaker 1: of a of a longer week to prepare because they

619
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Speaker 1: play Army Friday in week three, so an extra day

620
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Speaker 1: or so.

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Speaker 2: But don't you always talk about the post Navy week

622
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Speaker 2: for Notre Dame.

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Speaker 1: Body blow thing to consider? There is a bodyblow thing

624
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Speaker 1: to consider. But Tennessee is also coming back home to

625
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: play that game after the Florida rivalry. There's a lot

626
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Speaker 1: new in Knoxville. I'm not particularly worried, but I could

627
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Speaker 1: see us getting to week four and saying, what's the

628
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 1: point spread? I love this early June hedge because I

629
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: was about to say the exact same things.

630
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Speaker 2: That. Look, we're not saying Tennessee is gonna lose to UTSA,

631
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Speaker 2: But but we can we can roll this clip if

632
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 2: they do beat Tennis.

633
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: We can carefully edit this clip to make us appear

634
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Speaker 1: smarter than we are.

635
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what AI is for. I believe I know

636
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 2: nothing about AI. UTSA schedules good, but I do worry

637
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 2: a little bit because Conference USA has been terrible, and

638
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 2: so now they're the schedule becomes a little bit more

639
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 2: difficult just by having you know, UA be on there.

640
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 2: Trent Dilferd's UAB. Mind you, Tulane on the road at

641
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 2: Houston at Tennessee. I mean that has nothing to do

642
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 2: with the American other than Tulane. I think it's good.

643
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 2: It's gonna be more difficult to I think, get to

644
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Speaker 2: the number they've been at the last couple of years.

645
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 2: But all things considered, Army wasn't great last year Texas State.

646
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Speaker 2: You remember who they hired, G J. Kinney, god rolled

647
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Speaker 2: that he's coaching college football now. Temple was atrocious last year.

648
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 2: FAU starting over, but that's on the road in Boco.

649
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 2: Tom Herman and mentioned North Texas, Rice US like, there's

650
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 2: not There's a lot of starting over that's going on

651
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 2: in a lot of these schedules, especially in the Americans.

652
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 2: So I'm not especially worried there might be an adjustment period,

653
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 2: But you know, who do you see it coming against?

654
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 2: Getting Army at home is great, Getting you know, Temple

655
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 2: on the road is great. FAU might be tricky after

656
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 2: UAB and before you SeeU but no, this I'm not

657
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,840
Speaker 2: terribly worried about the will Stein thing. I think he's

658
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 2: a good offensive coordinator, but Jeff Trailor has been very

659
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 2: much internal promotion in terms of hiring new coaches.

660
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: Very good CEO coach, he's really good, His staff really well.

661
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 2: Yeah. I wish they were a little bit better against

662
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 2: the pass going into that Tennessee game. But otherwise great.

663
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: Okay, let's move over to MAC. Let's talk about Ohio

664
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: ten and four. Last year they lost the conference but

665
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: won the bowl game. They're over under his seven wins. Honestly,

666
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: the biggest revelation for me is learning that there is

667
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: still a Rourke playing football. Of course, the Canadian dynasty,

668
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: Curtis Rourke is still playing. He had a good year

669
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: last year. Got hurt, Yeah, but it got hurt. Got

670
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,359
Speaker 1: hurt mid November against ball State, but over thirty two

671
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: hundred yards passing twenty five touchdowns, only four interceptions. I

672
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 1: did not realize he had such a good stat line.

673
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: He is probably the best quarterback in the MAC. This

674
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: is probably the best offense in the MAC. I think

675
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: the offense is going to be loaded again, and there

676
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 1: are not a whole lot of teams in the MAC

677
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,359
Speaker 1: that frighten me, so simply by virtue of that, I

678
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 1: feel pretty good about this slate. Six true road games.

679
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,399
Speaker 1: They're on the road in week zero at San Diego State,

680
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,879
Speaker 1: which will be you know, an early test, probably more

681
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,800
Speaker 1: so for San Diego State than for Ohio if I'm host,

682
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 1: because San Diego State had a lot of issues last year.

683
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: But Ohio also on the road at FAU, at Bowling Green,

684
00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: at Northern Illinois, at Buffalo on a Tuesday, and they

685
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: close out the year at Akron on a Friday. This

686
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 1: sets up pretty well to me. They've got Kent State

687
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: snack dab in the middle. I think Kent State is

688
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,839
Speaker 1: projected as the worst Power five team or the worst

689
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 1: they lost their team, the worst FBS team, excuse me,

690
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:18,800
Speaker 1: in ball of college football. So this sets up pretty

691
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: well for I think, another pretty good run by the

692
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,360
Speaker 1: Rourke dynasty by Frank Solich and the Ohio Bobcatz.

693
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 2: I mean, there's just a lot of MAC teams on

694
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 2: this MAC schedule, and you know how I feel about

695
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 2: the MAC, Like very few teams are good at both

696
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 2: offense and defense or decent or average on both sides

697
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 2: of the ball. Like you'll see a team that moves

698
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 2: the ball super well and they're like the one hundred

699
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 2: and fourteenth best defense in the nation. When it comes

700
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 2: like points per drive or whatever your preferred metric is.

701
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 2: And so again, if Ohio is simply good, and now

702
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 2: that they're not fully starting over at head coach right

703
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 2: before the season like they were last year, schedule sets

704
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 2: up nicely. The probably lose to Iowa State and San

705
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 2: Diego State just because I just don't think they have

706
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,880
Speaker 2: the bodies, but otherwise, it's a lot of flawed teams

707
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 2: getting the buye before Buffalo, who was one of the

708
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 2: more decent teams on both sides of the ball last year,

709
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 2: getting the bye week before Buffalo. Akron was kind of

710
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 2: atrocious most of the year last year. Maybe Joe Morehead

711
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 2: will have the Zips a little bit better this year,

712
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 2: but no, it's a lot of deeply flawed teams with

713
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 2: at least that buye before Buffalo being at a pretty

714
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 2: opportune moment.

715
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: The bye before Buffalo also applies to Toledo. Yes, who's good,

716
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: and Ohio doesn't get Toledo that's right until they presumably

717
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: play in the MAC Championship Game, which I think will happen. Again,

718
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: we're pretty early on talking about this stuff. Toledo's got

719
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: an over under of eight and a half. I think

720
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,280
Speaker 1: it's easy to see why I feel get the schedule,

721
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: same deal, right. There are a lot of MAC teams

722
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: on this MAC schedule. There's also a lot of optimism

723
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: around Toledo, if only because of the Kwan Finn, the

724
00:36:55,680 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: quarterback who's awesome and is probably second best behind Curtis

725
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 1: Rourke in the MAC in terms of who's the best quarterback.

726
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: I suppose you can make a case that he's the best.

727
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: He's an exciting player to watch. I remember reading something, Gosh,

728
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: it was earlier this year, I want to say, like

729
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: February March timeframe from our friend Bill Connolly, and I

730
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 1: think Bill's been high on Toledo for as long as

731
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,359
Speaker 1: I've known He's always it feels to me like he's

732
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: always high on Toledo. And he said as much in

733
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: the article. I'm probably paraphrasing here because I don't remember

734
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 1: it all that well, but his point was just that

735
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: this is a team this year that seems like it's

736
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 1: prime to take a jump. They've got the schedule to

737
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: do that. The question is will they It always seems

738
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: like they fall short for one reason or another. And

739
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,359
Speaker 1: I happen to agree. They do have a tough stretch, YEP,

740
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,399
Speaker 1: with three straight road games in October. They've got two

741
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: straight road games to close out the year. But I'm

742
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 1: not looking at this and I'm and feeling like intimidated

743
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: by any of these opponents. It seems like if they

744
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: are actually a good team with players, they should be

745
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 1: able to skate through this and hit the over.

746
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 2: Agree, I'm I'm right there with you. And Toledo, it's

747
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 2: that Miami Ohio game, I guess, the third straight road game.

748
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 2: Miami had a pretty decent defense last year, but the

749
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 2: offense was pretty horrendous, so not terrified of much on

750
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 2: this Toledo schedule. At Illinois will probably be a loss,

751
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 2: though I don't know Week one weirdness, who knows, never know.

752
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 2: But otherwise all of the kind of losable games are

753
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 2: at home, so that's kind of nice for me. Shavon

754
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 2: Cordero still at San Jose State, I mean he was

755
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 2: Hawaii before San Jose State, but still a college quarterback.

756
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 2: But otherwise, yeahs Western Michigan's offense fell off a cliff

757
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 2: and IU defense fell off a cliff like UMass has

758
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 2: been not good. And it's great. Buffalo's at home, Eastern

759
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 2: Michigan home. Great, love it.

760
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Mountain West. Talk about Boise. You

761
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: look at the schedule.

762
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 2: What a run, man, What a September.

763
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,320
Speaker 1: Here is the way that this thing starts off for Boise.

764
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: They're on the road at Washington and they come back

765
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: home to play UCF. They also go to San Diego State,

766
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: and I believe close out September on the road at Memphis,

767
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: which is a pretty tough September if you ask me.

768
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: Beyond that, they also got to go too Fort Collins

769
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 1: to play against Colorado State, They go to Fresno in

770
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: mid October, they go to Utah State second to last

771
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 1: week of the season. To my eye, they've got three

772
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: pairs of games that are going to define their season.

773
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:40,839
Speaker 1: The early tandem that we just outlined at Washington home

774
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 1: against UCF Weeks one and two, that'll be tough. Then

775
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 1: Week four and week five at San Diego State on

776
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: a Friday at Memphis Week five on Saturday, presumably, I

777
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 1: think Memphis will be tough test for them. And then

778
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: to close out the year will towards the end of

779
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 1: the year, I should say, after the bye Week nine

780
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 1: to ten home against Wyom. Wyoming brings a lot back

781
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: and I think Wyoming could be pretty good, and then

782
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,399
Speaker 1: the following week on the road at Fresno. Fresno will

783
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,400
Speaker 1: talk about next They've got some of their own issues

784
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,359
Speaker 1: to contend with. If Boise's able to play defense again

785
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 1: at a top thirty level, that definitely equips them better

786
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 1: to hit the over seven and a half that Vegas

787
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 1: assigned them. But I don't know, this is a tough slate.

788
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, don't have the full list of who's

789
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 2: returning for Boise and returning for everybody on this schedule.

790
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 2: But in terms of that opener against Washington, it's a

791
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,800
Speaker 2: little scary for the Huskies. It's a little scary. Boise

792
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 2: was I think the number two team in the country

793
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,359
Speaker 2: in terms of forcing three and outs. They were one

794
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 2: of the most efficient pass defenses in the nation, and

795
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 2: that was in dealing with an offense that was kind

796
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 2: of awful the first month of the season until they

797
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 2: made the move to Taylor Green. So if Boise's defense

798
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,799
Speaker 2: is anywhere near as good against the past, near as

799
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 2: good as getting off near as good as they were

800
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 2: about getting off the field, near as good as they

801
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,279
Speaker 2: were about you know, blitzing and confusing teams on third

802
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:12,320
Speaker 2: and long, I don't feel good about you know, Washington

803
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 2: at least running away with this game, UCF winning that game,

804
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 2: and after that the home road splits are I know

805
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 2: they're just kind of average, but getting air Force at

806
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 2: home is pretty clutch to me. We'll see what I think.

807
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 2: It's a logan fighte Fresno team and we're going to

808
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 2: talk about promising, We're going to talk about next that's tough.

809
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 2: But if Boise has a legit defense, they'll beat San

810
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,800
Speaker 2: Diego State. Memphis will be tough on the road in

811
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 2: second straight road game. They'll beat San Jose State, they'll

812
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,919
Speaker 2: beat Colorado State, they'll beat Wyoming. They have a good

813
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 2: shot against Fresno, New Mexico. They'll beat Utah State probably,

814
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 2: but it's in a tough look ahead spot with air Force.

815
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 2: But I still think we're talking about a nine to

816
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 2: three kind of Boise season.

817
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: You feel better about them than I do.

818
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 2: Again, it's all contingent on Tailing Green and defense. But

819
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 2: that's my rubricquarterback and defense, and Taylor Green beat up

820
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 2: on the teams he should beat up on. Had some

821
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 2: struggling moments against the tougher opponents, and now has a

822
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 2: full offseason as the guy, So I don't hate the schedule.

823
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,720
Speaker 1: Well, speaking to that rubric quarterback and defense, Fresno's defense

824
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: returns a lot from a defense that was pretty good

825
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 1: a year ago, and I think that will serve them well.

826
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 1: On the quarterback side that we're talking about the law

827
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 1: firm of Mikey keenan Logan Fife, Right, one of those two,

828
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: maybe both are going to lead the offense for the

829
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: Bulldogs this year. Because Jake Hayner went pro and did

830
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 1: that wonderful photo shoot. I don't know if he saw

831
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: it with the Saints.

832
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 2: But that was the Saints. Yeah, of course I saw it.

833
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 1: Wonderful photo shoot, flour deductive, Yeah, just really all the fields, yeah,

834
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: all the fields. I I liked Mikey Keen at UCF.

835
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 1: I liked it. But here's the qualifier. Okay, the qualifier

836
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: is the guy in front of him got hurt and

837
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: they had to put him in. And I thought it

838
00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,359
Speaker 1: was more a comp to the coaching staff with how

839
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: they kind of retooled the offense and fit the scheme

840
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: or fit the talents of Mikey Keen in order to

841
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:09,359
Speaker 1: make that thing work.

842
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 2: You're talking two years ago.

843
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 1: Last two years is beat out by two years ago. Yeah,

844
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: that was what I felt really good about. Mikey Kean Okay, Okay,

845
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 1: I'm not so excited about Mikey being the man. Mikey

846
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: the Man is like I I don't know how I

847
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,399
Speaker 1: feel about that, and I'm not saying I feel any

848
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 1: better about Logan Fife. So that part, to me is

849
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 1: a little bit worrying. The quarterback side of this for Fresno,

850
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 1: especially after all these years of Jay Hayner playing at

851
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: a pretty high level, obviously getting drafted into the NFL.

852
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,760
Speaker 1: The schedule, I don't know how to feel about the schedule,

853
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 1: Like it's not overpowering to me. There are no guaranteed

854
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: losses in my opinion. I could see ten and two,

855
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: I could see six and six, I could see five

856
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 1: and seven. I don't really know what to make of this.

857
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 1: Their big non conference road games are at Purdue and

858
00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 1: at Arizona State, both of which have new coaches. Is

859
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: both of which are early so I think that that

860
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: bodes well for them.

861
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 2: They should be, both of which are situationally nice. I

862
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 2: think it's very new before they have Virginia Tech and

863
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 2: Syracuse and then it's ASU the week before sc correct yep, yep,

864
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 2: all right.

865
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 1: I mean there are wins on here, they're guaranteed wins

866
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 1: on here, Eastern Washington, Kent State, Nevada, those should all

867
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 1: be wins. New Mexico should be Like, there's enough on

868
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: here that I think hitting there over under of eight

869
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: and a half is very much in play. But with

870
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: that uncertainty at quarterback, and yeah, we'll talk much more

871
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,799
Speaker 1: about this when we do Mountain West previews, but at

872
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 1: least that recording recording time here in early June. I'm

873
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: just sort of mixed on this.

874
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 2: It was a good defense last year that gave up

875
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 2: big plays, but otherwise was good, great secondary. I just

876
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 2: I don't know they If we're gonna trust Jeff Tedford

877
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 2: with quarterback development, which I think is pretty fair to do,

878
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 2: the track record is pretty decent, then we say Fresno

879
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,879
Speaker 2: should be good and they should brush up against double

880
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 2: digit wins. If they can avoid what was a pretty

881
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 2: atrocious start last year, and some of that had to

882
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 2: do with injury, I think they'll be good. It's good schedule,

883
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 2: especially with look at look how much new is on

884
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 2: this schedule as well.

885
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: I know, yeah, air Force, do you look at Air Force.

886
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 2: Of course, I did. I love air Force. You know

887
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 2: about me in air Force, it's the United States Air Force.

888
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 1: Air Force plays at home once in the last six

889
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:24,800
Speaker 1: weeks of the season.

890
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 2: That's a it's tricky, but it's against some bad team

891
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 2: at Navy at Colorado State.

892
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:35,839
Speaker 1: There's a neutral sider that they're playing at Mile High

893
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: against Army, which would be a cool venue actually for

894
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,280
Speaker 1: that game. Yeah, on the road at Hawaii Week eleven,

895
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 1: back home for their only home game of that stretch

896
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: against UNLV. They close out the year at Boise on

897
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:47,879
Speaker 1: a Friday night.

898
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,480
Speaker 2: I just think they're excellent. I don't know. I don't

899
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 2: have the roster at the changes in front of them.

900
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 2: There's a lot new, there's a lot new, But if

901
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 2: you're running it and playing defense, which is all they've

902
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 2: been doing these past few years, they'll win ten games.

903
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, tenth rated SPPLUS defense last year, and about seventy

904
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 1: percent of that production is back. So if they're powered

905
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: by anything, it's going to be the defense. My guy

906
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 1: has Zeke Daniels has gone, which is kind of a bummer.

907
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 2: But they beat up on who do they beat in

908
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 2: the Super Cold Bowl game? Baylor? Right, and like the

909
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:20,399
Speaker 2: fifteen degree Texas Bowl, whatever it was. There's a lot

910
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 2: of winnable games on the schedule. There are is, there

911
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 2: are maybe starting over Armies still will probably struggle. I

912
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 2: Hawaii is starting over still, UNLV starting over. Colorado State

913
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 2: was awful last year for long stretches. Wyoming is in

914
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 2: UH is at air Force all like I just I

915
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:40,759
Speaker 2: don't know. San Diego State's offense has been terrible. I

916
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 2: think they scored three points against air Force last year.

917
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 2: They start with what Bobby Moe and Sammy Houston. By

918
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 2: the way, by the way, plug alert tie. Yeah, Sam

919
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 2: Houston was a clue on extra Nuggets, Nuggets, Extra Nuggets

920
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:56,359
Speaker 2: dot show.

921
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 1: There it is.

922
00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 2: Sam Houston, a founding father of the State of Texas,

923
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 2: the Republic of Texas, nicknamed Big Drunk a group of

924
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 2: Native Americans after he had a falling out in politics

925
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 2: in the State of Tennessee. But uh, fascinating dude. Sam

926
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:19,640
Speaker 2: Houston learned a lot and I think he's worth investigating further. Anyway,

927
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 2: great schedule, Bobby mo Sammy.

928
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: Houston, San Diego State. Let's close out our Mountain West

929
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: previews with San Diego State. They went seven and six

930
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 1: a year ago. Lost a bowl game in Middle Tennessee.

931
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 1: The over under is seven. The first six weeks of

932
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:38,360
Speaker 1: this schedule are brutal. They are just brutal. Ohio and

933
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:44,319
Speaker 1: week zero and I think Ohio is gonna be pretty good.

934
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 1: I said it before. That's a hell, but it's mack good.

935
00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 1: But yeah, Mack good. Fine, but that game is of interest.

936
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:56,319
Speaker 1: Idaho State week one, whatever, Ucla at home. Week two,

937
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 1: that'll be tough. On the road at Oregon State week three,

938
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 1: that'll be tough. Back home against Boise in week four

939
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:07,399
Speaker 1: on a Friday week from the road after Corvallis. And

940
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:11,919
Speaker 1: then on top of all of that, Week five at

941
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:15,839
Speaker 1: Altitude on the road against air Force. YEA, some big

942
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: time body blow potential for all the games that folow

943
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,840
Speaker 1: now they're on by after air Force, and the schedule

944
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 1: does I think ease up considerably from week six on.

945
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,799
Speaker 1: But you got to get through that stretch first, and

946
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a real challenge, especially

947
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 1: for a team that struggled as they did on offense.

948
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,479
Speaker 2: I don't have any faith in the San Diego State

949
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,960
Speaker 2: team this year. Again, don't know the roster, don't know

950
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,880
Speaker 2: the situations in and out, but doesn't seem great. It

951
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 2: doesn't seem great for San Diego State that they are

952
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:48,360
Speaker 2: just not bringing an offense likely to this schedule and

953
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,360
Speaker 2: the way it starts out. Look, there's a lot to

954
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 2: like about the exercise on the back half of this schedule.

955
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 2: There is that people are going to be burning calories

956
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 2: for San Diego State in ways that we could not

957
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 2: have anticipated in early June. But otherwise it's gonna be

958
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:03,839
Speaker 2: a San Diego State team that goes six and six,

959
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,799
Speaker 2: five and seven or something if they don't have their

960
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,279
Speaker 2: act together early on. And then we're talking about the

961
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:11,240
Speaker 2: PAC twelve saying you want to be my latex salesman,

962
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 2: right that, like you want to be this is this

963
00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 2: is who you want Pack twelve. This Brady Hoak five?

964
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 2: Is that okay? And so I think that's that's on

965
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 2: the table.

966
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,239
Speaker 1: Do you still have the Brady Hoak voice at your disposal?

967
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 2: No? I blew that that that vocal cord out years ago.

968
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 2: It's just a something like that.

969
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: Close things out with the sun belt, fun belt.

970
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 2: Yeah.

971
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 1: Got four teams here, got app State, Coastal Carolina, James Madison,

972
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:39,360
Speaker 1: coun Tuck Little jmu Sure and the Troy Trojans. Troy Trojans,

973
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:43,360
Speaker 1: by the way one the conference. Last year, they beat Coastal,

974
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,879
Speaker 1: they won the bowl game over UTSA, the aforementioned Roadrunners

975
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: went twelve to two. So it was a really nice

976
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:53,320
Speaker 1: campaign for the Troy Trojans. This season, They've got Kansas

977
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 1: State on schedule. I think that'll be an interesting early

978
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,840
Speaker 1: test for case State. The back to back tandem of

979
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:05,240
Speaker 1: k State and JMU, I think will be difficult for Troy.

980
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:07,680
Speaker 1: I don't think JMU will be quite what it was

981
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 1: a year ago. But this is a schedule that's got

982
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:16,319
Speaker 1: decent buffers I can play yet today it seems like

983
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:19,279
Speaker 1: it's set up pretty well for a team that really

984
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:25,120
Speaker 1: found itself last year, and the question is can they continue. Yeah,

985
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: let's talk about JMU. You want to talk anything further

986
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,960
Speaker 1: about JMU. They they've got an interesting stretch here in

987
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:30,440
Speaker 1: the beginning.

988
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 2: They played a good amount of defense last year, a

989
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 2: great amount of defense last year, which is good news

990
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 2: if you're playing Virginia, if that is the Power five

991
00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:39,080
Speaker 2: team you have on the road early on, it's good

992
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 2: news because they were terrible on offense last year. Otherwise,

993
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 2: the back half of the schedule is just really difficult,

994
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:47,920
Speaker 2: right that they are going to have to prove it

995
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 2: with depth and adjustments whatever, just having the Marshall defense.

996
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 2: I think that's what Thursday night game Georgia State decent.

997
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,800
Speaker 2: App State should again be decent, although the Chase Brice

998
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 2: has gone after nine years in college fotball and it's

999
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 2: at Coastal to finish things out. But I don't know.

1000
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:07,400
Speaker 2: I'm a big believer in coaching and aggression on defense

1001
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 2: and so Jami, you should be in a good spot

1002
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:09,359
Speaker 2: this year.

1003
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 1: Buck Nol Week one, the Nelli's.

1004
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, Now the opening Stanza is all together. I mean,

1005
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 2: look Detroit defense on the road. Not a fan of

1006
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,880
Speaker 2: getting that, and that's what three road games in a

1007
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 2: row early on.

1008
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,319
Speaker 1: UVA Troy State.

1009
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're going to take a step back this year,

1010
00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:28,959
Speaker 2: but still I think they're going to be a bowl team,

1011
00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:30,360
Speaker 2: just maybe only a number, but.

1012
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, app State and Coastal to close out the year

1013
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:36,319
Speaker 1: won't be great. App State, by the way, six and

1014
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,600
Speaker 1: six a year ago, interesting factoid here that mainly interest

1015
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:43,480
Speaker 1: me won six games but didn't qualify for a Bowl

1016
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: because two of those wins were against Robert Morris and

1017
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 1: the City two fcs teams. They're over under six and

1018
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: a half. This year, they play another matchup against UNC,

1019
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: this one in week two. You remember the game from

1020
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,319
Speaker 1: Week one a year ago, sixty three sixty one. They

1021
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: lost that game all the points. There's also an interesting

1022
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 1: matchup after a bye in week seven at home on

1023
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,319
Speaker 1: a Tuesday night against Coastal Carolina, which I think will

1024
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:12,240
Speaker 1: obviously be circled in advance.

1025
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:14,320
Speaker 2: It's the annual Explosion.

1026
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:18,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, the annual Explosion. There's a game Week twelve at JMU.

1027
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:21,080
Speaker 1: We don't necessarily know what to expect from JMU. Last

1028
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:24,439
Speaker 1: year was really only their first year in FBS. There's

1029
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 1: also a game in here week four at Wyoming. Yeah,

1030
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 1: I think Wyoming would be decent. I think Wyoming will

1031
00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:34,200
Speaker 1: be decent, and so that will be a challenge. I

1032
00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: think Vegas got the six and a half over under

1033
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,719
Speaker 1: correct because when I went through, as I said on

1034
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: the last episode, where I'm looking at schedules and trying

1035
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,280
Speaker 1: to piece together, right, how many wins am I seeing?

1036
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,200
Speaker 1: I came to about five or six.

1037
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 2: There's a lot of losable games on this there really are,

1038
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 2: right there are. Yeah, the UNC, Wyoming I mean old dominions,

1039
00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 2: the offense. Excuse me, last year was really really bad.

1040
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 2: But again, Panthers and Jmule consecutive weeks after playing what

1041
00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:06,440
Speaker 2: was the clear best defense in the in the Sunbelt

1042
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:08,759
Speaker 2: last year with Marshall. I don't know, man, there's a

1043
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 2: lot of tough on here, especially the back half.

1044
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: Close things out with Coastal Carolina. Yes, and let's talk

1045
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 1: about Week one on the road at UCLA.

1046
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're gonna lose that game. I don't know. We

1047
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:23,839
Speaker 2: want me to tell you.

1048
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:25,759
Speaker 1: I was trying to set up a dramatic interest.

1049
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:27,320
Speaker 2: They don't have a defense to win that game.

1050
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:30,799
Speaker 1: No, okay, no, the month of September. Otherwise it's at

1051
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,360
Speaker 1: UCLA Week one. I think they probably lose that game.

1052
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: But they've got Jacksonville State, Dukane, and Georgia State all

1053
00:53:37,239 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: at home before they close out September with Georgia Southern

1054
00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 1: on the road after a bye in week six at

1055
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 1: app State at Arkansas State home against Marshall on the

1056
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: road at ODU, Texas State at Army close out the

1057
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:55,439
Speaker 1: year at JMU. I think it's a reasonably difficult back

1058
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: half of the schedule for cost.

1059
00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:01,280
Speaker 2: Arkansas State is terrible. ODU might be terrible Texas State's

1060
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 2: and GJ. Kenny all due respect starting over. I don't know.

1061
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:09,399
Speaker 2: I think it's fine. I just don't know how much

1062
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 2: often you can win with just offense. By the way,

1063
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 2: Jacksonville State new to Conference USA. I believe rich Rod's

1064
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:19,960
Speaker 2: Jacksonville State, as far as I can tell. They'd like

1065
00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:22,719
Speaker 2: to start a quarterback who does not yet know if

1066
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:26,520
Speaker 2: he is eligible to play this season in Zion Web.

1067
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,399
Speaker 2: And he's appealing because he got hurt in twenty twenty

1068
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:32,239
Speaker 2: one and was very good for them last year. And

1069
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:34,360
Speaker 2: so rich Rod doesn't know if he has a starting

1070
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:36,560
Speaker 2: quarterback who is allowed to play it. But he played

1071
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 2: in the spring, got like provisional eligibility. But we'll see.

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Speaker 2: That's tough. We remember Jacksonville State from a couple of

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Speaker 2: years ago of Florida State. This is not a nothing program.

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Speaker 2: They won a ton of games last year and they're

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Speaker 2: making the move up now. We'll see. And that's after

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Speaker 2: the UCLA game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, rush for thirteen touchdowns twenty twenty two, had close

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Speaker 1: to six yards to carry, So definitely a dual threat

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Speaker 1: guy who can see a new coach coast and a

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Speaker 1: new coach and a new coach. Yeah, a lot going on,

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Speaker 1: all right. We will cover more G five teams as

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Speaker 1: we go through this offseason, certainly as we get into

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Speaker 1: previews and start talking about the real brass tacks of

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Speaker 2: Doa totally true story, ty. I don't remember the exact scenario,

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Speaker 2: but I had a phone call with somebody for work.

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Speaker 2: I think it was when I was at SI. I

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Speaker 2: can't be positive, but I think it was way back

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Speaker 2: when two thousand and seven, two thousand and eight, and

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Speaker 2: this person said, all right, let's slip down to brass

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Speaker 2: tacks now. And in my head, having never heard that phrase,

1095
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Speaker 2: is like a twenty three year old somewhere in there,

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Speaker 2: I thought there was a brass tax tax that I

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Speaker 2: was like, man, I really don't know grown up business,

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Speaker 2: because this whole brass tax has completely eluded me. And

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Speaker 2: then it's one of those things where you just you

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Speaker 2: don't know verbidge, you don't know slang, and you're really

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Speaker 2: dumb until at some point in life, as a grown up,

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Speaker 2: you become slightly less dumb. And I hope that's where

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Speaker 2: I am right now, because for a solid week I

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Speaker 2: kept googling how much do I owe in brass taxes?

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Speaker 1: But then you watch Better Call Saul and you sort

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Speaker 1: of blew the lid on it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's true, all right.

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Speaker 1: That does it for our schedule previews again. Solverble at

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Speaker 1: subscribe to the channel. We're trying to address that as well. Daniel. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I'll talk to you next week, I hope. So for

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Speaker 1: that guy there and Rubinstein from myself, tie held and breath,

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Speaker 1: talk to you sooner.

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Speaker 2: Stay solid, peace, h

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