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Speaker 1: Lincoln is Live this Sunday night, June nineteenth, Dear of

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Speaker 1: Our Lord, twenty twenty two. If they ever tell you

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Speaker 1: that nothing's impossible, just tell them to try and predict

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Speaker 1: where we're going this fall, because we're going to do

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Speaker 1: it tonight, and we have complete control over the process.

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Speaker 1: And I'm telling you before we ever get to the segment,

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Speaker 1: it's impossible. We are, however, possibly and definitely jam packed

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Speaker 1: High Top glorious Downtown Nashville, Tennessee, saw three jackets being

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Speaker 1: worn this morning. You can put those away until September.

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Speaker 1: We're throwing expectations out there tonight, reasonable expectations for five

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Speaker 1: more major programs. We're also going to talk a little

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Speaker 1: bit about what's going on in the state of Michigan.

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Speaker 1: I would advise those of you, even outside the Spartan

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Speaker 1: on up there. Also bold predictions hit Chapter eighteen or

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Speaker 1: X eight tonight. And as I just mentioned, we were

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Speaker 1: going to begin the arduous process, and you know how

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Speaker 1: rarely I use that word of choosing the games. The

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Speaker 1: to go on this fall We're going to do weeks

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Speaker 1: one through six tonight.

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Speaker 2: I cannot stress enough.

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Speaker 1: I will need your help on this big time because

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Speaker 1: I have like a four way tie for one of

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Speaker 1: these weeks, so I will need your help. They're watching

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Speaker 1: us in Allen, Texas, Bardstown, Kentucky, tuned in media, Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 1: That's a media we can all get behind. And Rockford, Illinois.

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Speaker 1: Happy Father's Day to everyone out there, all of our fathers,

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Speaker 1: my father. I myself am not a father, but I

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Speaker 1: really felt like one. The other night kind of alluded

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Speaker 1: to it on Twitter. For those of you who don't.

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Speaker 2: Follow there at late kick Josh, I would advise you to.

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Speaker 2: But for those of you who don't.

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Speaker 1: We had kind of a mild to moderate tragedy on

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Speaker 1: the softball field. Producer Jesse and I actually were chasing

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Speaker 1: a fly ball in the gap the other night, and

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Speaker 1: so the flyball drops to the ground. Producer Jesse drops

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Speaker 1: in front of God and everyone, and at that point,

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Speaker 1: listed as doubtful this Friday, even though the playoffs begin.

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Speaker 1: It's a tough time for Producer Jesse. So those of

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Speaker 1: you who actually do believe in his existence, just send

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Speaker 1: dive into some reasonable expectations tonight. I've had a lot

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Speaker 1: of fun doing this because it is not an official prediction,

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Speaker 1: We're just kind of here to guide you along. We're

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Speaker 1: Let's not predict twelve and zero when they over under

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Speaker 1: Why because one of you suggested it in the comments

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Speaker 1: section and I read every one of them. So Florida

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Speaker 1: this year the over underwin total, depending on where you look,

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Speaker 1: What is reasonable for Florida Gator fans to expect from

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Speaker 2: That's not predictable, no one can know.

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Speaker 1: But they got Utah in Kentucky along with Tennessee in

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Speaker 1: In Vegas, I think it's reasonable to say eight and four.

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Speaker 1: They're over underwent total at most books right now is nine.

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Speaker 1: By the way, a lot of you have gone back

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Speaker 1: It's not going to be easy to get there. But

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Speaker 1: So if I'm to believe that there's this quantum leap

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Speaker 1: a lot of that has to be rectified. Now as

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Speaker 1: It's not a proven comone by any stretch of the imagination.

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Speaker 1: Which is a phrase I'm trying to eradicate from the

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Speaker 1: show this year because I said it like four hundred

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Speaker 1: million times last year. But anyway, here's another phrase I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to get rid of. I say all that to

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Speaker 1: say this, There're gonna be a lot of close games

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Speaker 1: this year, and that's not even including games like at

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Speaker 1: Ohio State Week one or maybe even Clemson later in

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Speaker 1: the year. If you're having trouble, you know, getting above

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Speaker 1: that twenty four point threshold, if you're having to play

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Speaker 1: every game like a rock fight, it probably spells success.

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Speaker 1: Against these teams you can out physical, and there are

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Speaker 1: a lot of them on their schedule. But the reason

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Speaker 1: I'm going nine to three and then no better is

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Speaker 1: because young quarterback, tight end centric passing game. And then

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Speaker 1: knowing I've got Ohio State and Clemson on the schedule,

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Speaker 1: I've got to account for a couple of losses there,

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Speaker 1: or at least be reasonable and account for a couple

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Speaker 1: of losses. And then after that, I got to go

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Speaker 1: to Vegas to face Brigham Young. That's a really good

449
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Speaker 1: passing attack and a mobile quarterback and a unique quarterback

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Speaker 1: in Jared Hall. I've got to face North Carolina on

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Speaker 1: the road. I've got a late season visit from Boston

452
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Speaker 1: College before I go to USC. I have no clue

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Speaker 1: what Lincoln Riley's team is going to be by them.

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Speaker 1: That may be a game I need thirty or thirty

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Speaker 1: five in Can I get there nine and three, all

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Speaker 1: things considered, also first year head coach deren Marcus Freeman.

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Speaker 2: All things considered, I think nine and three is reasonable.

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Speaker 1: So to recap, we're keeping our own internal records because

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Speaker 1: this is a segment obviously that's either going to make

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Speaker 1: us look really good or really bad come December. Florida

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Speaker 1: eight and four reasonable, Texas nine and three, Nebraska seven

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Speaker 1: and five, LSU seven and five, and Notre Dame nine

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Speaker 1: and three. Those are not official predictions that'll be in August,

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Speaker 1: but those we believe are reasonable predictions. This past week,

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Speaker 1: Jesse's hamstring injury takes a back seat in terms of

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Speaker 1: medical stories tonight, let's continue with bold predictions. Also, keep

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Speaker 1: in mind we've got our late tour schedule draft coming

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Speaker 1: maybe even looking ahead to it.

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Speaker 2: So let's hope this segment doesn't go off the rails.

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Speaker 1: Bold Predictions X eight Bold Predictions, Chapter eighteen.

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Speaker 2: That's how deep we've gotten.

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Speaker 1: This is gonna be another thing that's very fun to

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Speaker 1: look at come December. These are the things that you

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Speaker 1: have predicted and you claim you would bet your own

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Speaker 1: hard earned money on. And we have got a number

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Speaker 1: of nines on the board tonight. I'm gonna rate it

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Speaker 1: on a boldness scale one to ten. Let's start Georgia

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Speaker 1: and Bama. Brett said, neither one of them are going

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Speaker 1: to make the college football playoff. Brett, that's bold. That's

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Speaker 1: not gonna happen. Brother, One of them is going to

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Speaker 1: be there. So this is a nine point three on

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Speaker 1: the boldness scale for me, Brett, Here's what I wish

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Speaker 1: you would have done, but I know they don't give

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Speaker 1: you enough characters on Twitter to do it. How do

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Speaker 1: you see this happening? Because from my vantage point early

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Speaker 1: a few things that can happen. Either they both just

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Speaker 1: implode and missed the SEC Championship game entirely, which probably

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Speaker 1: means they each have two losses. Luck finding those or

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Speaker 1: one of them falls by the wayside, but the other

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Speaker 1: one makes it to the SEC Championship game, maybe with

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Speaker 1: one loss already, and then they just get upset in

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Speaker 1: the SEC Championship game. So here's what that would look like.

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Speaker 1: Bama just loses two games somehow. They lose to A

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Speaker 1: and M and Arkansas. They're out of it. A and

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Speaker 1: M goes to Atlanta, and Georgia is there waiting for them,

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Speaker 1: and Georgia's got one loss. And let's say A and

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Speaker 1: M beats Georgia. So we got Bama two losses, they're

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Speaker 1: out of it. Georgia now a second loss in the

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Speaker 1: conference title game, they're out of it. Maybe that could happen.

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Speaker 1: We're just talking percentages here. It's unlikely. There are plenty

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Speaker 1: of routes for one of them to miss but Brett

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Speaker 1: said both of them, Bama and Georgia are going to

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Speaker 1: miss out on the College Football Playoff. And the fact

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Speaker 1: of the matter is, if one of them does end

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Speaker 1: up missing out, there's a vastly greater chance that the

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Speaker 1: other one was the reason that that one missed out.

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Speaker 1: The only time, by the way, since the college Football

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Speaker 1: Playoffs inception that neither of these teams has been in

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Speaker 1: the College Football Playoff itself. Can you remember the year

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. That was the year that Joe Burrow and

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Speaker 1: LSU just decided to wrap their hand around the throat

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Speaker 1: of the sport and not let go until Clemson was

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Speaker 1: the last breath down in New Orleans. We were there

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Speaker 1: for that one. So I'm gonna call that one very bold,

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Speaker 1: like nine point three level bold. Next up, now we're

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Speaker 1: going to get in the weeds a little bit here.

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Speaker 1: Pay attention to this name. You don't know him yet,

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Speaker 1: you will know him. Cole said, Isaiah Nayor will become

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Speaker 1: the number one receiver at Texas. And then he didn't stop.

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Speaker 1: He just put a comma. He said he's gonna win

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Speaker 1: the Bulittank Cough with over thirteen hundred receiving yards and

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Speaker 1: ten plus touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: These are not my predictions, they're yours.

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Speaker 1: This is where I strongly would prefer you guys to

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Speaker 1: just say one thing and then put the period, because

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Speaker 1: if you were to tell me Isaiah Nayor is just

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Speaker 1: gonna be Texas's best receiver this year, we could have.

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Speaker 2: Some fun with that, and I wouldn't even call it

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Speaker 2: all that bold.

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Speaker 1: But then you throw bolittankoff in there, a thirteen hundred

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Speaker 1: plus yards, It's not impossible obviously. In fact, if you

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Speaker 1: are the leading receiver at Texas, you very well may

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Speaker 1: be in that conversation. It just makes it a lot bolder.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna call this one a seven, and maybe

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Speaker 1: should have gone a little bolder than that, given the

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Speaker 1: follow up addendums there. Who is Isaiah Nayer? You may

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Speaker 1: ask where he played his college football last year? Did

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Speaker 1: Texas recruit him? Is he a true freshman?

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Speaker 2: No, he is not.

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Speaker 1: He is a junior coming to Austin by way of Laramie, Wyoming. Ah.

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Speaker 1: That old pipeline, the Laramie to Austin pipeline, sounds like

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Speaker 1: an old show on cinemax circa two thousand and four.

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Speaker 1: But no, this is a wide receiver that stands six

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Speaker 1: three ten two fifteen. Is big, big bodied receiver, but

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Speaker 1: he can move and he is being paired now with

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Speaker 1: the likes of Xavier Worthy, Jordan Whittington and company going

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Speaker 1: to have in all likelihood Quinn you Weres throwing him

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Speaker 1: the ball b Jeon Robinson in the backfield, so you

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Speaker 1: can't just key on the pass game. He is good.

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Speaker 1: You saw him all ready in spring, so he's a

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Speaker 1: semi known commodity around there already. They were very excited

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Speaker 1: when they got him internally. I know he didn't draw

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Speaker 1: a national headline buzz coast to coast. Isaiah and Nayor

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Speaker 1: is going to be an integral part of Texas passing game. Now,

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Speaker 1: that wasn't the prediction. The prediction was he's going to

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Speaker 1: be their best. And I'm just telling you, I've got

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Speaker 1: as supreme amount of respect for Xavier Worthy as any

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Speaker 1: player in the country. So Xavier Worthy is a primetime player.

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Speaker 1: If we had Dick Vitail in here, that's how he'd

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Speaker 1: refer to Xavier Worthy. Worthy was a true freshman last year.

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Speaker 1: Xavier Worthy is like one hundred and sixty five pounds. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So he steps into college football at a size that

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Speaker 1: many of you would call under and just takes over

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Speaker 1: the Oklahoma game. If you were watching that game and

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Speaker 1: you remember that one receiver that went.

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Speaker 2: Off for Texas, it was Worthy.

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Speaker 1: I'm not telling you Isaiah Nayer doesn't possess this capability.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying to come in and outshine Xavier Worthy,

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Speaker 1: who is one of the most proof of all commodities

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Speaker 1: on that offense, next to b John Robinson. It's a

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Speaker 1: tall task. So then we're talking about winning the Bolitnikoff.

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Speaker 1: It's a stretch because you can't singularly predict anyone with

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Speaker 1: confidence to do that. But I've got a lot of confidence.

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Speaker 1: That's why this is only a seven. I've got confidence

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Speaker 1: in Isaiah Nayer. I believe in him. I think he's

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Speaker 1: going to be a dynamite addition to that offense. Next up,

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Speaker 1: we got another individual to talk about. Producer Jesse differed

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Speaker 1: with me greatly on this one. Dwight said, Nick Singleton

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Speaker 1: will be twenty twenty two's Traveon Henderson. He's going to

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Speaker 1: rush for one thousand plus yards.

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Speaker 2: He wrote one hundred.

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Speaker 1: He means a thousand, one thousand plus yards and ten

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Speaker 1: plus touchdowns this season. Those of you who don't follow recruiting,

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Speaker 1: you don't know who Nick Singleton is, you should. He

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Speaker 1: ran for about half a mile. I don't know, maybe

641
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: closer to a mile. He could do the math here.

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Speaker 1: He ran for sixty three hundred yards. In high school.

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Speaker 1: He was a five star running back, number one running

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Speaker 1: back in the country, six foot about two hundred pounds.

645
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Speaker 1: Traveon Henderson, as you know, burst on the scene at

646
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Speaker 1: Ohio State last year. By comparison, Travion Henderson two cycles ago,

647
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Speaker 1: five star running back, number one running back in the country.

648
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Speaker 1: He was about five to eleven, one to ninety five

649
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Speaker 1: coming out of high school. What did Travon Henderson do

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Speaker 1: last year? To be clear, what the prediction is. The

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Speaker 1: prediction here is at Penn State this year, Nick Singleton

652
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Speaker 1: will roughly match what Traveon Henderson did. Paper pop time.

653
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Speaker 1: Travion Henderson one hundred and eighty three carries over twelve

654
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Speaker 1: hundred yards about six point eight per carry. He had

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Speaker 1: fifteen touchdowns on the ground because he wasn't done. Just

656
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Speaker 1: for good measure, he added three to twelve through the

657
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Speaker 1: air and another four receiving touchdowns. Traveon Henderson, for all

658
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Speaker 1: we know, could be the best running back in the country.

659
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Speaker 1: And I understand Jon Robinson exists. I know Jamior Gibbs

660
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: at Alabama exists. Zach Evans, I think is going to

661
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: have a huge year at Old Miss discat right here

662
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Speaker 1: is as good as any of them. Talent wise, he

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Speaker 1: is only a sophomore. But talent wise, Travion Henderson's is

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Speaker 1: kind of a different person. He borders on the alien

665
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Speaker 1: category to when you see some of these guys and

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Speaker 1: they don't really look like they came from the same

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Speaker 1: planet you did. They certainly don't play like it. He's

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Speaker 1: one of them. Well, Nick Singleton's like that too, Nick Singleton,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people, you know who they compare him

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Speaker 1: to in State College, Sekwon Barkley, And how responsible is

671
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Speaker 1: that before kids played the game. Why not just go

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Speaker 1: ahead and compare him to Saquon Barkley. If anyone's going

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Speaker 1: to match that production and match that hype, it will

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Speaker 1: be him. I remember when we were doing our signing

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Speaker 1: day show down to Fort Lauderdale, and you know the

676
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Speaker 1: rankings councils there, I got Will Fong there, I got

677
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Speaker 1: Cooper pretended, Chris Singleton, who Blake Brockermeier. They were all there,

678
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Speaker 1: and there's some guys who, even if they have five

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Speaker 1: stars next to their name, there's still a little trepidation

680
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Speaker 1: in the voice when we're talking about how they will

681
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Speaker 1: project and eventually develop and produce at the college level.

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Speaker 1: When Nick Singleton's name came up, they had none of

683
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Speaker 1: that trepidation. It says, slam dunk a prospect at his

684
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Speaker 1: position as they saw in the class, there's just not

685
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Speaker 1: much guesswork about his game. So Nicholas Singleton's gonna come

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Speaker 1: in now. There are backs in front of him right now.

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Speaker 1: But the smart money around Penn State is kind of

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Speaker 1: like with Travon Henderson last year, that depth chart will

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Speaker 1: clear itself up.

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Speaker 2: Singleton will clear.

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Speaker 1: It up for you, just like Trayvon Henderson kind of

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Speaker 1: cleared things up at Ohio State last year. And it's

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Speaker 1: not that you didn't have other quality backs, he just

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Speaker 1: didn't have one like him. It's not that they don't

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Speaker 1: have quality backs at Penn State, they don't have one

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Speaker 1: like Nicholas Singleton. Will he split carries with Lee up

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Speaker 1: there or will he be a RB one by the

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Speaker 1: time we get into September or October, we'll see. But

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Speaker 1: unlike Traveon Henderson last year, Nicholas Singleton's not walking into

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Speaker 1: a situation where you've got all American racehorse future first

701
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Speaker 1: round draft picks at wide receiver, to the left and

702
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 1: to the right and on the bench quite literally. So

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00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 1: he's gonna have shoulder a lot more of the low.

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Speaker 1: They will key a lot more on the run game

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Speaker 1: up there. Keep in mind they struggled mightily to run

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Speaker 1: the ball last year. Did not have a one hundred

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Speaker 1: yard rusher in a game at Penn State last.

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Speaker 2: Year, so a lot of things have to change.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a tougher task for him to do

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Speaker 1: that this year than for Trayvon Henderson to do what

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Speaker 1: he did last year. So I'm calling this an eight.

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Speaker 1: But it's not because I don't believe in Nick Singleton.

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Speaker 1: It's just because I know what Trayvon Henderson did last

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Speaker 1: year is going to be really tough to duplicate anywhere,

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Speaker 1: especially at a place where everyone already knows what's coming

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Speaker 1: before the balls snapped next up. Oh by the way,

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Speaker 1: before I read Jacobs there when we were going over

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Speaker 1: Singleton's stats out earlier in the what was called the

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Speaker 1: bullpen out there, and producer Jesse told me he had

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Speaker 1: sixty three hundred rush yards in high school. I said,

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Speaker 1: whoa man, isn't that close to a record? Pull up

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry's rushing numbers. Henry had twelve thousand, one hundred

723
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Speaker 1: and twenty four. That's the all time high school record.

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Speaker 1: So Nick Singleton runs for sixty three hundred yards and

725
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Speaker 1: it's just over half of what Derrick Henry had down

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Speaker 1: at Yule. They might have you might as well have

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Speaker 1: just played Sarah McLaughlin over the loudspeakers in the stadium

728
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Speaker 1: when Derrick Henry did what he did to those children,

729
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Speaker 1: because Henry was already his size now as a senior

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Speaker 1: in high school, and the other kids were just that

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Speaker 1: high school kids in lower caliber ball in Florida.

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Speaker 2: Sarah McLaughlin special, that's what we call that.

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Speaker 1: Next up, this one was bold too, So Jacob says,

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Speaker 1: no Big twelve team, no Big ten team in the

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Speaker 1: college football Playoff. You just got a hard time selling

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Speaker 1: me on this. This is a nine on the boldness scale.

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Speaker 1: It's never happened in the history of the playoff. Both

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Speaker 1: of these conferences at the same time have never missed out.

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Speaker 2: Now here's what you can do.

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Speaker 1: You can sell me pretty easily on the Big twelve

741
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Speaker 1: missing out on the playoff because we have a very

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Speaker 1: limited pool of candidates with which to choose from. Oklahoma's

743
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Speaker 1: the preseason favorite there, but even Oklahoma in terms of

744
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: national championship odds, the Sooners are plus three thousand to

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Speaker 1: win the national champion So yeah, it's not out of

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Speaker 1: the realm of possibility that this conference alone misses out

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Speaker 1: on the playoff. After all, there are only four spots

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Speaker 1: but the Big Ten. For the Big Ten to be

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Speaker 1: missing out on the playoff, which has only happened twice.

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Speaker 1: Just the Big Ten has only missed out on the

751
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Speaker 1: playoff twice. You've got to have the Big Ten either

752
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 1: totally devour itself and everyone has two losses, and then

753
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Speaker 1: you just you have a conference championship game where it's

754
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Speaker 1: like the number thirteen team in the country versus the

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Speaker 1: number ten team in the country, and we just know

756
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: neither one of them has anything more to play for

757
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: in terms of postseason than that game, which is unlikely,

758
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: or another thing could happen, and that could be where

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00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: let's say you have a one loss team. Maybe it's

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00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: Ohio State, maybe it's Michigan, maybe it's Penn State that

761
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Speaker 1: gets upset in the Big Ten title game. How would

762
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: that look. Well, let's say it's Ohio State. Let's say

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Speaker 1: Ohio State's a one lost team. They slip up in

764
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Speaker 1: East Lansing or or they slip up in State College,

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Speaker 1: or Michigan.

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Speaker 2: Beats them, but they're in the Big Ten Championship game.

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Speaker 1: And then let's say, trust me, I know it's tough,

768
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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna have to sell you on a long

769
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Speaker 1: shot here. Let's say Iowa or Wisconsin or Nebraska beats them,

770
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Speaker 1: upsets them in the Big Ten Championship game. At that point,

771
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: you don't have a candidate to send to the playoff. Yeah,

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00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: that could happen. It very well could happen. What will happen,

773
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Speaker 1: and what will happen is probably not that. So I'm

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Speaker 1: going to call that a nine on the boldness scale.

775
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,720
Speaker 1: At least one of those conferences is in the college

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Speaker 1: Football playoff. And while we're in the nine on the

777
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: boldness scale, let's just go with what Jackson said. A

778
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: healthy Casey Thompson going to be a Heisman finalist with

779
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Speaker 1: his Heisman moment coming at Michigan in the Big House. Yeah, so,

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00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: you boy, this is a nine point one on the

781
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Speaker 1: boldness scale. We're showing you b role of Casey Thompson

782
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: at Texas, but he's not playing at Texas this year.

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00:38:59,200 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 2: He transferred.

784
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 1: Yes, our future Heisman Trophy winner was not good enough

785
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: to start for that team. So he has gone to

786
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Speaker 1: Nebraska and he's gonna win a Heisman in Lincoln. This

787
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 1: is Preview Magazine syndrome. That's what this is, pure and simple.

788
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: We get to this time of the year and there's

789
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Speaker 1: this great abyss in the middle the reasonable ground. It

790
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: turns into like a great nothing like in the Never

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Speaker 1: Ending Story. There's just where everyone should be nothing. And

792
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 1: you got folks over here saying Nebraska's going on to twelve,

793
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: and you got folks over here saying Casey.

794
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 2: Thomas is gonna win the Heisman.

795
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Speaker 1: And it's just that is the residue with which Preview

796
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: Magazine season covers us in Casey thoms is not winning

797
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: the Heisman. Casey Thompson and Nebraska can have a very

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Speaker 1: good year this year. It would be nice to predict that,

799
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Speaker 1: But then again, that probably would not have landed you

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Speaker 1: in the bold prediction segment. This is just a land

801
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: of extremes right now. It's okay to be realistic here.

802
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: It's okay to say this guy who was a twenty

803
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: four touchdown nine interception play last year for rushing touchdowns too,

804
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: he's gonna go to Nebraska and he's gonna be better

805
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: than Adrian Martinez was for them. I believe that. I

806
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,800
Speaker 1: believe Nebraska is gonna more than double their win total

807
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: this year. I believe these things. But see in doubling

808
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: their win total that just barely gets them to a

809
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: bowl game. And so what do we have to have

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00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: happen here in a world where Bryce Young is still

811
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Speaker 1: playing college football and CJ. Strauss still playing college football?

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00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: What in the world do I have to have Casey

813
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Speaker 1: Thompson do to outshine those dudes? And what will Nebraska

814
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 1: have to do as a team, because that's part of

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Speaker 1: this to outshine Alabama and Ohio State. I'm not guaranteeing

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Speaker 1: you one of those guys is gonna win. And I'm

817
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: just telling you they got an infinitely greater shot at

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Speaker 1: their own position than Casey Thompson. This has turned into

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Speaker 1: a Casey Thompson bash fest, which I don't intend it

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Speaker 1: to be. I am not bashing Casey Thompson. God bless

821
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Speaker 1: that young man. I am bashing the prediction of him

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Speaker 1: winning the Heisman. It's kind of like the whole Will

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00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: levis number one overall raft pick stuff out there right now.

824
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: And I use the term stuff only because I know

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00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: some of you will have your children in the car

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Speaker 1: tomorrow morning when you take them to school and you

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00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 1: listen to the replay of the show Foolishness. That's just foolishness, So.

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Speaker 2: That's not going to happen.

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Speaker 1: That's a nine point one on the Boldness scale, and

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00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: probably safely could go higher than that. So in summary, well,

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Speaker 1: we had a nine point three tonight, we had a

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Speaker 1: seven and eight, a nine and a nine point one

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Speaker 1: on average. This gets very close out of the eighteen

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Speaker 1: chapters of Bold Predictions so far to being the boldest

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Speaker 1: of the bold. They're watching us in Barcelona, Spain. I

836
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Speaker 1: would say this evening, but I think it's probably early

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Speaker 1: morning there Beaumont, Texas. I know they're watching us this

838
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: evening and Richmond, Virginia is tuned in. We should have

839
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Speaker 1: brought a snare drum in the studio. This is as

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00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 1: excited as I will be for any segment. And you

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Speaker 1: know what, while I'm at it, let me say thank

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00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,280
Speaker 1: you guys for being tuned in at over a thousand

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00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: of you watching live again. You know, they said that

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00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 1: that's not possible in June when I first started doing

845
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: this show. They asked, why would you do a year

846
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:09,840
Speaker 1: round college football show. Well, that's why, because contrary to

847
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:13,359
Speaker 1: popular belief, some of us really do buy into the

848
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: idea that there is no off season. We don't do

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00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: that sort of thing around here. And so with that

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00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: in mind, here we go. Crack the knuckles, got one

851
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 1: of them to crack. The Late Kick Tour, which we

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00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: have not even named yet, is coming up this fall.

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00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 1: We got a great college football season in store and

854
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: we are going to start figuring out our schedule draft tonight. Now,

855
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,359
Speaker 1: if you're new around here, and tons of you are,

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00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 1: what in the world am I talking about? Well, I

857
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: am probably the most blessed person in the world because

858
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,799
Speaker 1: I get to spin the globe every week, put my

859
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,359
Speaker 1: index finger wherever I want to go, and then this

860
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: company pays to fly me there and I get to

861
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 1: stand on the sideline and watch games, and I want

862
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 1: to stress again, that is what I call a job. Yes,

863
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 1: I am professionally employed to do such things. If you're

864
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 1: watch on YouTube, this is some of the footage. That's

865
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 1: cell phone footage, that is I Josh footage from last

866
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 1: year's tour, and we choose where.

867
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 2: We're going to go.

868
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: Last year we called it the Renaissance Tour because it

869
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 1: was a Renaissance season. And you see some of the

870
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,439
Speaker 1: destinations that we made it to that Iowa Iowa State

871
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: game in week two, first time I ever went to Ames.

872
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,399
Speaker 1: The next week Auburn at Penn State Wide Out, first

873
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 1: time I had ever been there. I went to ou

874
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 1: Texas Red River Shootout, my first ever experience there. I

875
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:31,879
Speaker 1: dodged Mini's and many other things. At Knoxville the week

876
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: after that, with Ole miss and Tennessee just raining garbage

877
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 1: down on me. We saw Michigan State upset Michigan. Later

878
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: in the year, we saw Baylor storm the field against Oklahoma.

879
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 1: I saw Michigan take down Ohio State. It's really incredible,

880
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: isn't it that there's a company out there that would

881
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,800
Speaker 1: pay someone to go experience that. I know because before

882
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: I did this professionally, I was you, and I paid

883
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 1: every last dime I had, and some of the dimes

884
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 1: my parents had to go attend those games. So I

885
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,720
Speaker 1: know how blessed it is to live this lifestyle. Well,

886
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,760
Speaker 1: this fall, we're doing it again. We have not named

887
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: the tour yet, got a good idea of what it's

888
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: going to be. We haven't named the tour yet, but

889
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: we are going to start narrowing down our choices. Weeks

890
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 1: one through six we're going to do right here, right now.

891
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: This is not final, but these are the leans that

892
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 1: I have for where we're going.

893
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 2: Let's start in week one.

894
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,480
Speaker 1: Week one is sort of the Labor Day week, so

895
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 1: it's not just confined to one day. But as you know,

896
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,439
Speaker 1: I have a show on Sunday, So right off the bat,

897
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,280
Speaker 1: the Florida State LSU game is probably off the table.

898
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:39,319
Speaker 1: We've got Cincinnati at Arkansas Cincinnati. This is the only time,

899
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 1: obviously that I will probably get to see a G

900
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: five team during the season because of what our criteria are.

901
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 1: We want to see the biggest games, but we want

902
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:52,120
Speaker 1: to see competitive games in that order. We want to

903
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 1: see as many teams and venues as possible, and we

904
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 1: are in it for experience.

905
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 2: And memory. That's what we're trying to accumulate.

906
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: When you're talking at the end of the day about

907
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: that game, we want to be the folks who were

908
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 1: at that game. We don't want to see blowouts. We

909
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 1: want to see the biggest teams and the biggest moments,

910
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 1: best environments. Since the Arkansas is going to be on fire,

911
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: Fayeva will be on fire. This is the highest expectation

912
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:17,240
Speaker 1: they've had for that team in several years. You're getting

913
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 1: a playoff team coming in there in Cincinnati. When'sday, I'll

914
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 1: answer you, We've never had an opportunity to see a

915
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,080
Speaker 1: G five team coming off a playoff appearance. So you've

916
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,240
Speaker 1: got that one. But you've also got Utah at Florida

917
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: the very same week. That's an ultra rare cross country

918
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,879
Speaker 1: out of conference game. We don't get many SEC PAC

919
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 1: twelve out of conference games period, And I got to

920
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: start asking myself how many opportunities will I have to

921
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:45,799
Speaker 1: see Utah Florida. Florida may not be a contender this year,

922
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:47,800
Speaker 1: but if I can get them early in the season,

923
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 1: it justifies a trip to the swamp. And so I

924
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,439
Speaker 1: don't know that I'll be able to get there again

925
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,399
Speaker 1: this year. Then you start to look at the marquee

926
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: in Columbus, Ohio. You've got Notre Dame against Ohio State,

927
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,719
Speaker 1: two massive brand names. So if you want to see

928
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 1: big brands and you want to have an experience, man,

929
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: they'll have that ticket stub or the digital version of

930
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 1: it forever that they're showing off.

931
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what we're leaning here.

932
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,239
Speaker 1: And I know we got Oregon Georgia this day, but

933
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: that's a seventeen point spread. We try and stay away

934
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: from neutral site games because we believe in the on

935
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 1: campus environment. My lean, and it is an ever so

936
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 1: slight lean right now, this is nowhere near finalized. Is

937
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 1: Utah against Florida. The thinking there I just spelled out

938
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 1: for you. And also keep in mind when we've got Arkansas.

939
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: Arkansas plays a ton of marquee games this year, so

940
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: there are going to be other opportunities to get to Arkansas.

941
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 2: And believe me, if if you.

942
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,759
Speaker 1: Know the show and you know me, I will so

943
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:47,359
Speaker 1: help me. See Arkansas play in Razorback Stadium this year

944
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 1: rentals Razorback Stadium. So the slight lean, very slight is

945
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: Utah at Florida Week one, subject to change write it

946
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: in pencil. Week two, this one gets a little bit

947
00:46:58,080 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 1: easier to figure out, but I want to show you

948
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:03,399
Speaker 1: this late anyway. Alabama goes to Texas. That is a

949
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 1: slam dunk leader in the clubhouse right now. But just

950
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 1: for fun, you got South Carolina at Arkansas again, ditto,

951
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: same point. We got some opportunities down the road for Arkansas.

952
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 1: Tennessee is at Pitt. That is the twenty twenty one

953
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: ACC champ pit and that's a team that went into

954
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 1: Neeland and beat Tennessee last year. First big game for

955
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,840
Speaker 1: Tennessee this year, they got Pitt and they got Florida

956
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,320
Speaker 1: in the first month of the season. That one's tasty.

957
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: I just saw Iowa state Iowa last year. There's another

958
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,279
Speaker 1: opportunity in a couple of weeks with Iowa that I'll

959
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 1: talk about in a second. Kentucky's at Florida. Baylor at

960
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,520
Speaker 1: Brigham Young is a sleeper game there, but none of

961
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: those are topping Alabama at Texas. So out of all

962
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 1: the weeks, probably the one I'm most confident in leaning

963
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 1: towards is Alabama at Texas in week two. And if

964
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 1: that wasn't enough, has anyone seen what kickoff time is

965
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 1: there noon eastern big noon kickoff headed into Austin forecast

966
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 1: high maybe one oh seven, one oh a. It's whatever

967
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 1: at that point, hot is hot is hot, But also

968
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: a flight home that night is a flight home that night.

969
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 1: So Texas hosting Alabama week two pretty solidly in there.

970
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 1: Week three is not nearly as clear a picture.

971
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 2: So here we go.

972
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 1: This is where I really start needing your help. It's

973
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 1: gonna get even muddier than this in week four and

974
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:27,759
Speaker 1: week five. I'm telling you I don't suffer anxiety. This

975
00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 1: gives me anxiety because I know I can only be

976
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:32,920
Speaker 1: in one place, and I don't want to be the

977
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 1: guy who's watching the TV screen and the press box

978
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,920
Speaker 1: are on the plane on the way home, saying I

979
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,359
Speaker 1: could have been it this game instead, and I'm not.

980
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 1: It happened last year.

981
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 2: Don't want to let it happen again this year.

982
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 1: So Week three, Oklahoma at Nebraska is a game I

983
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 1: badly want to be able to go to. Nebraska's got

984
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:53,760
Speaker 1: a hold up there into the bargain. We already spelled

985
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: that out earlier on the show. This would be a

986
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 1: phenomenal atmosphere and environment and a venue I've never been

987
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:01,920
Speaker 1: to I've never been to Lincoln, never been to a

988
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: game at Nebraska, so you got that one. But this

989
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: is an out of conference bonanza. On this week three slate,

990
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,799
Speaker 1: Penn State is at Auburn. Both of those teams could

991
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 1: be undefeated still. Brigham Young is at Oregon. That's a

992
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,919
Speaker 1: huge game. That's one of Oregon's toughest tests of the year.

993
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 1: It gets better. Miami is at Texas A and M

994
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,399
Speaker 1: That is a single digit point spread right now, and

995
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 1: for all we know, Miami may have the quarterback edge

996
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:32,799
Speaker 1: in that game. Georgia is at South Carolina. I know

997
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 1: that may not pop off the screen to you, but

998
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: that's one of Georgia's toughest road tests all year. And

999
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 1: how about that that game at the bottom there, Michigan

1000
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: State at Washington, little cross country action. Where would you

1001
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 1: go if you were if you were calling the shots here?

1002
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty well listed in order. Oh, Oklahoma

1003
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 1: at Nebraska has my eye, So that's my lean right now. Oh,

1004
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 1: you at Nebraska. But boy, that Penn State Auburn game,

1005
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 1: especially considering I saw that one last year in Happy

1006
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:07,320
Speaker 1: Valley and that one delivered. There is virtually no shot

1007
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,359
Speaker 1: that's a blowout game. So if you care about seeing

1008
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:12,160
Speaker 1: close games, man Penn State Auburn could play ten times

1009
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,160
Speaker 1: out of ten, average margin of victory would be a

1010
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 1: field goal. I can virtually guarantee that that's like back

1011
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,360
Speaker 1: in the day when the Titans or Jaguars or Steelers

1012
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: would play each other in the AFC playoffs. I would

1013
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,040
Speaker 1: always love to do two teams seven point teasers with

1014
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: my local bookie back in Georgia because it was like

1015
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,720
Speaker 1: the easiest NFL bet ever because the margin of victory

1016
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:32,160
Speaker 1: was always going to be a field goal either way.

1017
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: So my lean, it's a slight lean. Again, my lean

1018
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: on this week is Oklahoma at Nebraska. But as you

1019
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:44,520
Speaker 1: can see clearly, all that is contingent on teams taking

1020
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:47,160
Speaker 1: care of business because one upset could throw this entire

1021
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 1: thing into a blender. And if you want an example

1022
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 1: of what that looks like, follow me to week four,

1023
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:55,560
Speaker 1: because this is where it just goes completely haywire. We

1024
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:59,279
Speaker 1: spent a solid hour debating with and yelling at each

1025
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,200
Speaker 1: other out in the bullpen, talking about where we should

1026
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:06,840
Speaker 1: go and what strategy should be involved here. So here's

1027
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: the lineup in week four. This is a very big

1028
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,120
Speaker 1: week we got Arkansas versus A and M. That game's

1029
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,880
Speaker 1: in Dallas. We went to that game last year. I

1030
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,360
Speaker 1: always love getting to Arlington early because that's one of

1031
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: the only venues in America big enough where they can

1032
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,920
Speaker 1: drive the buses down into the stadium and around the

1033
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:24,680
Speaker 1: corridor and they just drive a bus right up to

1034
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 1: your locker room. That's always fun.

1035
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 2: You don't get to see that on TV, so I won't.

1036
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:31,960
Speaker 1: Waste your time. Florida is at Tennessee on this Saturday.

1037
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:34,720
Speaker 1: Pause for a second, think about what we're talking about.

1038
00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:40,319
Speaker 1: If Florida beats Utah in week one and Kentucky I

1039
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,560
Speaker 1: think is also another team they will have had to

1040
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:46,239
Speaker 1: have beaten there, and Tennessee has beaten Pitt all of

1041
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:48,719
Speaker 1: a sudden, we're sitting here in week four and we've

1042
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:54,479
Speaker 1: got undefeated Florida against undefeated Tennessee and Niland Stadium now

1043
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 1: right this second, none of you nationally outside those fan

1044
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,880
Speaker 1: bases are looking forward to that game. How college football

1045
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: treats us and all of a sudden, that game in week.

1046
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 2: Four is just everyone's got to see it.

1047
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:08,280
Speaker 1: You're playing, all of a sudden, you're planning your Saturday

1048
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: around when that game comes on TV. Baylor at Iowa

1049
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: State is a very sneaky game. It's not on your

1050
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:17,480
Speaker 1: radar right now, but Baylor has already played Brigham Young

1051
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:21,200
Speaker 1: by this point, Iowa State has already played Iowa. If

1052
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,720
Speaker 1: they win those games all of a sudden, that becomes

1053
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:26,520
Speaker 1: a game that's popped up on the radar. Notre Dames

1054
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:30,080
Speaker 1: at North Carolina that day. Wisconsin is at Ohio State.

1055
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 1: That's one of Ohio State's toughest regular season tests. If

1056
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:36,439
Speaker 1: Wisconsin were to get that win, imagine what that does

1057
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 1: in the West standings, and imagine what that does for

1058
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:42,799
Speaker 1: Ohio State leading zero margin for error. But look at

1059
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:46,720
Speaker 1: the very bottom game. This looks like a throwaway Clemson

1060
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,120
Speaker 1: at Wake Forest, but it's not a throwaway. This is

1061
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: going to be a ten point or maybe even single

1062
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:55,280
Speaker 1: digit point spread. It's one of Clemson's most pivotal games

1063
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:57,360
Speaker 1: this year. It's a game where it's going to be

1064
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,560
Speaker 1: imperative they can score because that's a team and wake

1065
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:04,920
Speaker 1: that can score on you. And here's where strategy gets involved.

1066
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: If we go with Clemson Wake Forest in this week,

1067
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:13,160
Speaker 1: then the next week we've got to think ahead ooh

1068
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,440
Speaker 1: NC State Clemson is the next week, So do we

1069
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: want to see Clemson two weeks in a row. That

1070
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 1: wouldn't be sticking to our criteria. I've seeing as many

1071
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:24,160
Speaker 1: teams as possible. But then again, if we go with

1072
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:27,359
Speaker 1: Florida and Tennessee on this day, and we know good

1073
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 1: and well that we've got Bama Tennessee down the road,

1074
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:33,120
Speaker 1: then how do we juggle up? So you see how

1075
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:36,840
Speaker 1: quickly you get like ten different irons in the fire.

1076
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:39,680
Speaker 1: And also, by the way, we're just leaving Arkansas A

1077
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:42,600
Speaker 1: and M on the table because we're trying to balance

1078
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 1: how many times we see Arkansas. But then again, we

1079
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:49,240
Speaker 1: have never seen them in person in a home environment before,

1080
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 1: even though that's a neutral site game. So this is

1081
00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:53,960
Speaker 1: just a bunch of word salad. But this is why

1082
00:53:53,960 --> 00:53:55,719
Speaker 1: it gives me a little bit of anxiety, trying to

1083
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:56,239
Speaker 1: figure out.

1084
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 2: Where we're going to go. Where would you go here?

1085
00:53:58,920 --> 00:53:59,920
Speaker 2: Which game would you go to?

1086
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: Factoring everything in, you know what I actually think is

1087
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 1: man I already gave the guys the answer. So my

1088
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:14,320
Speaker 1: lean was Clemson Wake Forest. That's my lean. I could

1089
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:18,960
Speaker 1: sew so easily just calling Oliver right here and infuriate

1090
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,240
Speaker 1: everyone in the control room and make it Florida Tennessee

1091
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:23,680
Speaker 1: because there's such an equal argument to be made for

1092
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: Florida at Tennessee. But for the sake of continuity, let

1093
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 1: me make it Clemson Wake Forest. We've never been to

1094
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 1: a game at wake Forest. It's also trying to figure

1095
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 1: out am I going to get to see Clemson in

1096
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,759
Speaker 1: the regular season because there are far fewer opportunities to

1097
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:38,720
Speaker 1: do that because they play in less more key games

1098
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:42,120
Speaker 1: than Florida and Tennessee. So let's put Clemson Wake Forest

1099
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 1: as the tentative.

1100
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 2: Week four lean. Then we go to week five.

1101
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:50,799
Speaker 1: It gets no easier, friends, no easier. Alabama plays at

1102
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:54,920
Speaker 1: Arkansas this day. You think that's the one, right that

1103
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:57,520
Speaker 1: if we didn't go to Sentencey Arkansas in week one,

1104
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:01,120
Speaker 1: then this is the one. Okay, hold that thought.

1105
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 2: We've also got Michigan.

1106
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:07,439
Speaker 1: At Iowa in this week as well. Now you may

1107
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: think to yourself, why would Michigan Iowa be in the

1108
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,040
Speaker 1: picture here? Keep in mind this is not week one,

1109
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:17,760
Speaker 1: this is week five. Think ahead, think what could have happened.

1110
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:22,240
Speaker 1: Michigan has not played anyone. This is really their first test,

1111
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:25,280
Speaker 1: and it's the first road test too. I got Michigan

1112
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 1: my Big Ten chair from last year. We're gonna find

1113
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: out how wobbly or secured the parts on this team are.

1114
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:34,560
Speaker 1: And I've got Iowa. Iowa was played at Iowa State

1115
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 1: already if they've won the game.

1116
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:38,799
Speaker 2: Do you know what you see here?

1117
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 1: What you see here is Michigan going into Kinnick Stadium

1118
00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:45,600
Speaker 1: to face an undefeated Hawkeye team, possibly both of them

1119
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 1: being undefeated. I've got an undefeated against an undefeated in

1120
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:51,520
Speaker 1: the Big Ten in Week five. I don't know that

1121
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:53,600
Speaker 1: I'll be able to get to Iowa again this year.

1122
00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:56,319
Speaker 1: So think about the criteria, think about the dominoes we're

1123
00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,279
Speaker 1: trying to knock down. So all of a sudden, even

1124
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:01,880
Speaker 1: in this week Alabama at Arkansas does not become a

1125
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 1: slam dunk. And I've got NC State at Clemson as well,

1126
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:08,880
Speaker 1: that I think is probably the biggest game in the

1127
00:56:08,920 --> 00:56:11,200
Speaker 1: ACC this year. So where's the lean?

1128
00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 2: Where do you lean here? You don't have any other opportunity.

1129
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,960
Speaker 1: To see Kinnick Stadium this year in all likelihood, But yeah,

1130
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,880
Speaker 1: you got the biggest game over there in the ACC,

1131
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:23,279
Speaker 1: possibly all year. But then I got Bama going to

1132
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,840
Speaker 1: Arkansas and that will be every bit as lit up

1133
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,160
Speaker 1: an atmosphere as Texas at Arkansas was last year.

1134
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:29,239
Speaker 2: Here's the lean.

1135
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:31,680
Speaker 1: I might as well hold my nose. Why I do it?

1136
00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 1: While I do it, just say Bama at Arkansas is

1137
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,200
Speaker 1: the lean right now. And just know there is no

1138
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:39,200
Speaker 1: smart money on this when we get this far out.

1139
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,319
Speaker 1: I mean, we're trying to predict who's undefeated, and there's

1140
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:43,799
Speaker 1: already been a month's worth of games. Let's just take

1141
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:47,279
Speaker 1: our very very very light pencil and let's write Alabama

1142
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: at Arkansas that's the lean right now. And we will

1143
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 1: revise this like one hundred times. And why not, let's

1144
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,920
Speaker 1: just go further out into the abyss because this is

1145
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:56,520
Speaker 1: the big week.

1146
00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 2: I'm going to stop it at week six.

1147
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:00,759
Speaker 1: Week six is the biggest week in college football, at

1148
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:04,520
Speaker 1: least as it appears right now. They're like fifty million

1149
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:07,319
Speaker 1: big games this day. Ohio State is at Michigan State,

1150
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:11,560
Speaker 1: Utah is at UCLA, A very sneaky good game on

1151
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:12,280
Speaker 1: the West coast.

1152
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:14,439
Speaker 2: This is Red River Shootout day.

1153
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:18,560
Speaker 1: Texas versus OU, this is Texas A and m at Alabama,

1154
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:23,080
Speaker 1: Jimbo versus Saban. This is Tennessee and it's heavily depending

1155
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,000
Speaker 1: on what the record for the balls is on the

1156
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:28,960
Speaker 1: road at LSU. There is a path, folks, a path

1157
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:32,520
Speaker 1: where you've all of a sudden, out of nowhere, got

1158
00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 1: these co main events in the SEC where you've got

1159
00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:39,720
Speaker 1: Bama hosting A and M at night headlines right themselves there.

1160
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 1: But what if Tennessee is undefeated. If Tennessee's unefeated here,

1161
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:45,640
Speaker 1: it means they've beaten pitt in Florida already and then

1162
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:49,160
Speaker 1: they go to Death Valley the week before. Tennessee is

1163
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:51,600
Speaker 1: gonna play Bama all of a sudden, that's a game

1164
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:53,400
Speaker 1: in any other week that would be a slam dunk.

1165
00:57:53,480 --> 00:57:55,959
Speaker 1: I'm going to that one. Notre Dame is in Las

1166
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,919
Speaker 1: Vegas to play Brigham Young on this day. Brigham Young's

1167
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,080
Speaker 1: got one of the most speaking schedules this year in

1168
00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:06,400
Speaker 1: the country. North Carolina's at Miami, sneaky good acc game. Obviously,

1169
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:09,400
Speaker 1: the tentative pick here is Texas A and M at Alabama,

1170
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:12,560
Speaker 1: that's the tendati pick. But you know what, on this

1171
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: same weekend last year, if we were sitting in June,

1172
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:19,760
Speaker 1: Alabama at Texas A and M was the slam dunk game.

1173
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:23,000
Speaker 1: But by the time the game came around A and

1174
00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 1: M had already lost multiple games. I didn't go famously

1175
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:28,640
Speaker 1: at this point. I think it's a famous story on

1176
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:30,880
Speaker 1: this show. I went to the Red River shootout. I

1177
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,640
Speaker 1: have no regrets about that. That was a classic game,

1178
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:37,000
Speaker 1: highest scoring game in that series history. That wasn't the problem.

1179
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:41,480
Speaker 1: The problem was I was credentialed for this game too,

1180
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:44,640
Speaker 1: and I was already in Texas, and one game started

1181
00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:46,880
Speaker 1: at noon and the other game started at eight pm,

1182
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:49,880
Speaker 1: and I was already at the airport. I had time

1183
00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:53,120
Speaker 1: to get down there, and I didn't. I flew home

1184
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:57,880
Speaker 1: and watched A and M upset Alabama on a flight

1185
00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: somewhere over Arkansas. So anyway, it's not always as obvious

1186
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:05,960
Speaker 1: come game week as it seems like it will be

1187
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:09,040
Speaker 1: in June. So yes, A and M Bama seems like

1188
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,880
Speaker 1: the logical choice now, But this sport can do funny

1189
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 1: things to you. So let's just let's very tentatively but

1190
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,880
Speaker 1: solidly right now, lean Texas, A and M at Alabama.

1191
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:23,360
Speaker 1: So here are the weeks one through six Leans and boy,

1192
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 1: I cannot stress enough this is not final. Utah at

1193
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:29,880
Speaker 1: Florida week one, Bama at Texas week two. Owe you

1194
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:34,080
Speaker 1: at Nebraska week three, Clemson at Wake four still shocking

1195
00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:36,960
Speaker 1: to see that there at week four, Bama at Arkansas

1196
00:59:37,040 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 1: week five A and m at Bama week six. Obviously,

1197
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:43,240
Speaker 1: Bama's in there three times. I can pretty reasonably tell

1198
00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:45,720
Speaker 1: you we're not going to go to three Alabama games

1199
00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 1: in the first six weeks of the season. So already,

1200
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:51,200
Speaker 1: even though I haven't even finished the segment yet, I'm

1201
00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:53,600
Speaker 1: pretty sure that's going to change. In fact, I'm confident

1202
00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:57,120
Speaker 1: that's going to change. Bear with us. If you thought

1203
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,480
Speaker 1: that was jumbled, wait till you hear us try and

1204
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:01,880
Speaker 1: predict the second half of the season, because then it

1205
01:00:01,960 --> 01:00:04,840
Speaker 1: just it becomes a knife fight, even in my own head,

1206
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,280
Speaker 1: and you guys, it's kind of like witnessing a real

1207
01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:11,040
Speaker 1: life mental breakdown. All Right, we got two questions here

1208
01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:13,080
Speaker 1: and then I got to get out of here. And

1209
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:15,000
Speaker 1: the first one kind of deals with a couple of

1210
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:18,320
Speaker 1: teams we just talked about. Brian asked, the SEC is

1211
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:22,360
Speaker 1: the top conference. Some players have chosen the SEC over

1212
01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:25,720
Speaker 1: Oklahoma and Texas. Do you think O you and Texas

1213
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:31,280
Speaker 1: recruiting will step up by joining the SEC? In short, yes, Brian,

1214
01:00:31,360 --> 01:00:34,360
Speaker 1: I do believe that. And so today you talked to

1215
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:38,080
Speaker 1: folks at Texas or Oklahoma one of many reasons, the

1216
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:40,280
Speaker 1: first of which is money. But one of the other

1217
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:42,560
Speaker 1: reasons why they wanted to join the SEC is because

1218
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:43,760
Speaker 1: they know how real this is.

1219
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:46,120
Speaker 2: To be clear, this is a real thing.

1220
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 1: I'll talk about it in just a second, like SEC

1221
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:52,800
Speaker 1: edge in recruiting is a real thing. But before I

1222
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:55,720
Speaker 1: spell that out, since Brian was asking about how they

1223
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,960
Speaker 1: may improve in recruiting, I thought it was only rational

1224
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:03,040
Speaker 1: to have stats and info. Hobbled producer Jesse find out

1225
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:05,680
Speaker 1: what the average recruiting ranking has been over the past

1226
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:08,280
Speaker 1: decade for Texas and OU. But before I tell you

1227
01:01:08,320 --> 01:01:11,600
Speaker 1: what it is, what do you think it is? There's

1228
01:01:11,640 --> 01:01:14,040
Speaker 1: a perception out there that I think is about to

1229
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:18,440
Speaker 1: get shot to pieces. You think to yourself, most of you,

1230
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:22,200
Speaker 1: if I've heard you right, you think Texas has recruited

1231
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:23,120
Speaker 1: at a very high level.

1232
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 2: They've just underachieved, right.

1233
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:28,920
Speaker 1: And Oklahoma meanwhile, hasn't recruited as good as Texas, but

1234
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:33,440
Speaker 1: they've overachieved over the last decade. How about this. The

1235
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:37,200
Speaker 1: average recruiting ranking for Texas is eleventh in the country.

1236
01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 1: Over the last decade. The average recruiting ranking for Oklahoma

1237
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:45,280
Speaker 1: is eleventh in the country. They've been dead even both

1238
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:48,439
Speaker 1: of them an average finish of eleventh. So how about

1239
01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:52,000
Speaker 1: that perception versus reality. Anyway, the argument here from Brian

1240
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:53,800
Speaker 1: to the question, and I'm going to make an argument

1241
01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:57,040
Speaker 1: he's right, is they will come to the SEC and

1242
01:01:57,080 --> 01:02:00,640
Speaker 1: they will both see a boost in recruiting. Does this matter?

1243
01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:03,960
Speaker 1: It matters, It really matters. If you don't follow recruiting,

1244
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,600
Speaker 1: you probably aren't aware of how much this matters. For instance,

1245
01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:09,920
Speaker 1: when Texas A and M came to the SEC, their

1246
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:13,200
Speaker 1: folks immediately realized being able to go into the living

1247
01:02:13,280 --> 01:02:16,640
Speaker 1: rooms there, whether it's in Louisiana or East Texas, wherever

1248
01:02:16,760 --> 01:02:17,840
Speaker 1: Jimbo goes wherever he wants to.

1249
01:02:17,960 --> 01:02:19,640
Speaker 2: Now I think he recruits Alaska.

1250
01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:21,840
Speaker 1: But when you go in those living rooms and you

1251
01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:24,920
Speaker 1: tell kids you are going to go into one hundred

1252
01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:27,840
Speaker 1: thousand seat cathedrals and you're gonna you're going to compete

1253
01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:30,520
Speaker 1: against guys that you're eventually going to compete against on Sunday,

1254
01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:33,240
Speaker 1: there is no league better equipped to get you ready

1255
01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 1: for the Sunday game and you're going to play the

1256
01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:40,120
Speaker 1: highest level competition the sport has to offer. It mattered.

1257
01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:43,800
Speaker 1: Texas A and M recruiting improved, But it's not just

1258
01:02:43,840 --> 01:02:48,280
Speaker 1: because recruiting itself improved. Texas A and M as a university,

1259
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:51,160
Speaker 1: not that they needed it, but as a program as well,

1260
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 1: in the football side of things, they reaped the benefits

1261
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:56,920
Speaker 1: financially of being in the SEC. And when you get

1262
01:02:56,960 --> 01:02:59,360
Speaker 1: paid a whole lot more money per year just because

1263
01:02:59,360 --> 01:03:01,320
Speaker 1: of which conference, it's as helmet sticker you have on

1264
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:03,640
Speaker 1: your head. Then you can invest more of that year

1265
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:06,680
Speaker 1: over year into football and you can upgrade your infrastructure.

1266
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:09,720
Speaker 1: And so it's no coincidence when you go on these

1267
01:03:09,720 --> 01:03:14,320
Speaker 1: campuses in the SEC they look like they do and

1268
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:16,520
Speaker 1: it's no different in college station Now. Like I said,

1269
01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:19,640
Speaker 1: they didn't need the financial help, but when they paired

1270
01:03:19,960 --> 01:03:24,480
Speaker 1: their limitless resources with that SEC rub, that's really all

1271
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:24,840
Speaker 1: they needed.

1272
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:25,960
Speaker 2: They just needed the rub.

1273
01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:27,800
Speaker 1: They were off to the races and Texas A and

1274
01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:29,560
Speaker 1: M recruiting has been a lot better since they've been

1275
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:33,000
Speaker 1: in the SEC, and I would argue the program has improved.

1276
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:35,880
Speaker 1: They've got Jimbo Fisher there. Now you see what they're doing.

1277
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:38,840
Speaker 1: Now everyone knows what they're doing. Now. I can't promise

1278
01:03:38,840 --> 01:03:40,560
Speaker 1: you they'd be doing that if they weren't in the SEC.

1279
01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:43,600
Speaker 1: But the other thing about that is, think about the pitch.

1280
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Speaker 1: The pitch I just gave you is the same pitch

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Speaker 1: that Kirby Smart uses, that Brian Kelly will use, now,

1282
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:52,120
Speaker 1: that Jimbo uses. When you go into the living rooms

1283
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:54,520
Speaker 1: and you tell kids you're going to compete against the

1284
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:56,720
Speaker 1: best in the country, it does one of two things,

1285
01:03:56,760 --> 01:03:58,880
Speaker 1: and either way it works in your favor. It either

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01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:02,480
Speaker 1: appeals to kids because they are competitors in and of themselves,

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01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:05,520
Speaker 1: or it scares kids away a little bit. I'm not

1288
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:07,640
Speaker 1: saying this is the only thing that matters in recruiting.

1289
01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:10,080
Speaker 1: I'm not saying kids that don't play in the SEC

1290
01:04:10,120 --> 01:04:13,800
Speaker 1: aren't competitors. I'm saying it matters. It's a factor. And

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01:04:14,360 --> 01:04:16,919
Speaker 1: coaches who have been on SEC staffs and then they've

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01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,800
Speaker 1: gone elsewhere, they will tell you this matters. Now, if

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Speaker 1: I'm good enough, good enough recruiter, I can overcome it

1294
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 1: and I can get you to come to Michigan or

1295
01:04:24,080 --> 01:04:27,800
Speaker 1: Penn State anyway. But I'm fighting against it. It matters.

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Speaker 1: Here's what else it does. It's a natural filtration process

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01:04:32,840 --> 01:04:36,080
Speaker 1: because of the kind of mental fortitude that you need

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01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:40,120
Speaker 1: to have to willingly go play in the SEC Those

1299
01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:43,640
Speaker 1: kids tend to pan out. They're talented, that's why they

1300
01:04:43,640 --> 01:04:46,560
Speaker 1: got the offer. But then if they accept the challenge,

1301
01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:49,960
Speaker 1: it means by and large they're wired a certain way.

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01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:52,000
Speaker 1: They'll be busted, just like there are anywhere else in

1303
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 1: the country. But it's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy,

1304
01:04:55,040 --> 01:04:57,560
Speaker 1: and Texas and Oklahoma will benefit from that. Now how

1305
01:04:57,640 --> 01:05:00,440
Speaker 1: much will they benefit from that? That's the question that

1306
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:03,000
Speaker 1: has a lot to do with leadership. That has a

1307
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:04,560
Speaker 1: lot to do with how Brent Venables will do with

1308
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:07,880
Speaker 1: Oklahoma and Steve Sarkeesian will continue to do with Texas.

1309
01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:10,240
Speaker 2: But ironically, even though.

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Speaker 1: It feels like Oklahoma is the more solid program right now,

1311
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:17,880
Speaker 1: my questions, my list of questions is a little more

1312
01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:20,880
Speaker 1: lengthy when it comes to Oklahoma, because I know what

1313
01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:23,800
Speaker 1: the blueprint is for Texas. Their blueprint is just recruit

1314
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 1: the state of Texas. It's that easy. Whether they follow

1315
01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:28,320
Speaker 1: whether they follow through on it or not, it's a

1316
01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:30,800
Speaker 1: different question, but it's that easy in principle. And they

1317
01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:33,640
Speaker 1: had a top five class this past cycle, so they're

1318
01:05:33,720 --> 01:05:36,840
Speaker 1: off to a good start there. With Oklahoma, it's a

1319
01:05:36,920 --> 01:05:38,880
Speaker 1: very interesting time we're coming up on. We got a

1320
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:42,000
Speaker 1: new staff out there. We've got Texas A and M

1321
01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:47,000
Speaker 1: and Texas both with mega recruiting staffs in the nil era,

1322
01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:50,760
Speaker 1: So they're able to leverage resource like they've never been

1323
01:05:50,800 --> 01:05:52,960
Speaker 1: able to leverage it before. I think that's the kindest

1324
01:05:52,960 --> 01:05:57,560
Speaker 1: way to describe what's happening right now, leverage resource. Oklahoma

1325
01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,720
Speaker 1: has to recruit Texas to win. Will they still be

1326
01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:04,960
Speaker 1: able to at as effective a rate they need to

1327
01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:08,080
Speaker 1: recruit California to win, or at least they have in

1328
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:10,200
Speaker 1: the past. The guy who was doing it for him

1329
01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:12,440
Speaker 1: went out to usc What kind of talent are they

1330
01:06:12,480 --> 01:06:14,640
Speaker 1: getting from the West coast now I'm moving forward? What

1331
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:16,800
Speaker 1: kind of talent are they getting from Florida now I'm

1332
01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:19,920
Speaker 1: moving forward. It's not that I'm speaking in a doubtful

1333
01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:21,200
Speaker 1: tone about Brenton Vinibles.

1334
01:06:21,240 --> 01:06:22,720
Speaker 2: It's quite literally curiosity.

1335
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:26,160
Speaker 1: I'm very curious as to how good they'll be over

1336
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:30,240
Speaker 1: the next three or four recruiting cycles. But yes, either way,

1337
01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:33,000
Speaker 1: yes they will have a net benefit for being in

1338
01:06:33,040 --> 01:06:37,000
Speaker 1: the SEC. All right, last question here, This is what

1339
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:39,320
Speaker 1: I started the show with. I want you guys to

1340
01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:41,640
Speaker 1: pay attention to this. Appreciate you guys being tuned in live.

1341
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:46,640
Speaker 1: By the way, here's the question. As you can tell

1342
01:06:47,000 --> 01:06:49,080
Speaker 1: with the PSI got some things to say on this.

1343
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:53,200
Speaker 1: Ted asked, are you ready to acknowledge mel Tucker has

1344
01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:56,400
Speaker 1: bypassed Jim Harbaugh and we're about to own Michigan and

1345
01:06:56,440 --> 01:07:01,200
Speaker 1: recruiting as well as on the field, Ted, I appreciate

1346
01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:04,840
Speaker 1: the enthusiasm. Where are we right now in the State

1347
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:06,560
Speaker 1: of Michigan Spartan's Wolverines.

1348
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:07,000
Speaker 2: Where are we?

1349
01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:09,840
Speaker 1: What is the dynamic right now? Well, you probably remember

1350
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:12,840
Speaker 1: last year Michigan State beat Michigan. What you may not

1351
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:15,120
Speaker 1: remember is the year before they did as well. There's

1352
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:18,200
Speaker 1: this weird thing. I suffer from it too, where you

1353
01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:21,560
Speaker 1: only remember mel Tucker being one to oh against Tarball.

1354
01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:24,240
Speaker 1: He's two and oh against him the year before. I

1355
01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:27,080
Speaker 1: guess people's attention was kind of fractured. Maybe it wasn't

1356
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:30,120
Speaker 1: totally on college football. Mel Tucker's two and oh against

1357
01:07:30,160 --> 01:07:34,640
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh right now, and it's impossible to deny the

1358
01:07:34,840 --> 01:07:39,800
Speaker 1: current energy around the Spartan program. Now, have they overtaken Michigan?

1359
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:42,840
Speaker 1: Has Meltucker over taken Jim Harbaugh? No, it's too early

1360
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:44,760
Speaker 1: to say that. Of course, it's too early to say that,

1361
01:07:45,360 --> 01:07:47,919
Speaker 1: for instance, right now, and this doesn't mean a whole

1362
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:49,320
Speaker 1: lot because of what the calendar says.

1363
01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:50,160
Speaker 2: Right now.

1364
01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:53,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, Michigan State eleventh ranke recruiting class in the country.

1365
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:56,800
Speaker 1: They're coming off a really big week. Michigan conversely, thirty

1366
01:07:56,800 --> 01:07:59,280
Speaker 1: fifth in the country. A lot of their momentum they

1367
01:07:59,280 --> 01:08:01,960
Speaker 1: believe is still in the future. They still believe they've

1368
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,120
Speaker 1: got a majority of this class to come, and they

1369
01:08:04,120 --> 01:08:05,000
Speaker 1: eventually will come.

1370
01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:06,840
Speaker 2: But let's not forget now.

1371
01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:10,320
Speaker 1: Just this past cycle Michigan finished top ten and Michigan

1372
01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: State was in the mid twenties. So it's not like

1373
01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:17,120
Speaker 1: we have a definitive picture of what's happening here. But

1374
01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:20,720
Speaker 1: as I say that, now, what does it feel like?

1375
01:08:21,439 --> 01:08:24,240
Speaker 1: It feels like this should be the point, coming off

1376
01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:27,799
Speaker 1: a Big ten championship and coming off a playoff appearance

1377
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:30,479
Speaker 1: where Michigan should be rolling in recruiting and they're not.

1378
01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:34,840
Speaker 1: The temperature around recruiting around Michigan has been, I guess

1379
01:08:34,840 --> 01:08:36,640
Speaker 1: best described as lukewarm.

1380
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:38,200
Speaker 2: Now here's what they would tell you.

1381
01:08:39,160 --> 01:08:43,160
Speaker 1: Some not they in totality, some people around Michigan would

1382
01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:46,240
Speaker 1: tell you, brother, it is June nineteenth.

1383
01:08:46,680 --> 01:08:47,680
Speaker 2: Have some patients.

1384
01:08:48,640 --> 01:08:51,240
Speaker 1: Alabama's ranked in the forties right now in recruiting, So

1385
01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:54,040
Speaker 1: it's not where you are in June, it's where you

1386
01:08:54,160 --> 01:08:56,639
Speaker 1: end up that's valid. You don't have to tell me that.

1387
01:08:56,880 --> 01:08:58,559
Speaker 1: I've been around this thing for quite a while. I

1388
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:02,240
Speaker 1: get that. I know Alabama's going to finish top five.

1389
01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:04,840
Speaker 1: I don't know Michigan is going to have a run

1390
01:09:04,920 --> 01:09:07,960
Speaker 1: down the stretch like they should have. To be clear, again,

1391
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:10,120
Speaker 1: they're coming off doing some things we have never seen

1392
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:13,519
Speaker 1: them do. I mean, people like me have watched Michigan

1393
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:17,320
Speaker 1: recruit pretty well and always thought to myself, as soon

1394
01:09:17,360 --> 01:09:19,680
Speaker 1: as they knock off Ohio State, and especially if they

1395
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,200
Speaker 1: win the Big Ten and they go to playoff in

1396
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:24,519
Speaker 1: the process, that next recruiting cycle will be on fire. Well,

1397
01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:28,519
Speaker 1: it just hasn't been. Why hasn't it been? I think

1398
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:31,600
Speaker 1: it'd be foolish to pretend like Harball's flirtation with the

1399
01:09:31,720 --> 01:09:34,559
Speaker 1: NFL isn't a factor here. Now, how good are they

1400
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:36,320
Speaker 1: going to be on the field this fall is a

1401
01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:41,439
Speaker 1: totally different question than is this affecting recruiting Because Jim Harbaugh,

1402
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:43,880
Speaker 1: if he's checked back in which I have every reason

1403
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:47,479
Speaker 1: to believe he is, and if they're all in singular focus,

1404
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:49,559
Speaker 1: which I have every reason to believe they are, they'll

1405
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:51,519
Speaker 1: be fine on the field this fall. But that's not

1406
01:09:51,560 --> 01:09:55,479
Speaker 1: what we're talking about here. We're talking about recruiting, and namely,

1407
01:09:55,600 --> 01:09:58,639
Speaker 1: why has it been so average so far to start

1408
01:09:58,720 --> 01:10:03,600
Speaker 1: this cycle? It matters. You can sell yourself all you

1409
01:10:03,640 --> 01:10:06,280
Speaker 1: want to on the feel Good Cozy or Hallbar's rs

1410
01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:08,920
Speaker 1: now and he's not going anywhere. Maybe he won't, but

1411
01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:12,720
Speaker 1: it's impossible to erase from people's memories. He tried to

1412
01:10:12,760 --> 01:10:15,679
Speaker 1: get out and the only reason he couldn't get out

1413
01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:18,679
Speaker 1: is because that team in Minnesota, being the Vikings, didn't

1414
01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:22,080
Speaker 1: want him. So if I'm a recruit and I see that,

1415
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:25,200
Speaker 1: then I'm not stupid. I know what I saw. But

1416
01:10:25,240 --> 01:10:27,400
Speaker 1: then it doesn't help when I've got other staffs coming

1417
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:30,479
Speaker 1: in my living room and reminding me of it. That matters.

1418
01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:32,800
Speaker 1: It'd be foolish to think it doesn't matter. The only

1419
01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:35,479
Speaker 1: question is how much will it matter in this cycle?

1420
01:10:35,720 --> 01:10:37,479
Speaker 1: And I don't think you can know that right now.

1421
01:10:37,880 --> 01:10:41,000
Speaker 1: You won't know until after signing day. Michigan will finish

1422
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:43,559
Speaker 1: wherever they finished, and if they finished top ten, we'll

1423
01:10:43,560 --> 01:10:47,200
Speaker 1: know it's a non factor. But if they finish twenty third,

1424
01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:50,639
Speaker 1: you'll start to get some intel, and Sam Webb will

1425
01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:52,639
Speaker 1: be over on the Michigan Insider and he'll be giving

1426
01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:55,479
Speaker 1: you scoop on the class and how it did and

1427
01:10:55,520 --> 01:10:58,599
Speaker 1: didn't come together, and you'll start to get quotes from players,

1428
01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:03,160
Speaker 1: and slowly you'll hear them say in that scenario, I

1429
01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 1: just had some uneasiness about the future of the program.

1430
01:11:06,040 --> 01:11:08,519
Speaker 1: So it'll matter. I just don't know how much it'll matter.

1431
01:11:08,680 --> 01:11:09,479
Speaker 2: But here's the thing.

1432
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:13,400
Speaker 1: Normally this conversation will be happening and happening in a vacuum,

1433
01:11:13,880 --> 01:11:17,759
Speaker 1: and Michigan State would just be Michigan State. Michigan State's

1434
01:11:17,800 --> 01:11:20,760
Speaker 1: not just Michigan State anymore. The smoke there is real.

1435
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:24,000
Speaker 1: There is no illusion to this. They're not going anywhere,

1436
01:11:24,520 --> 01:11:26,360
Speaker 1: And folks in the Big Ten are kind of halfway

1437
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:29,559
Speaker 1: aggravated about it because they've already gotten used to the idea.

1438
01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:33,080
Speaker 1: Ohio State's gonna own us in recruiting, and Penn State's

1439
01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:35,599
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty good, and Michigan's gonna be pretty good

1440
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:39,320
Speaker 1: to really good. I, if I'm in the Big Ten,

1441
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:42,920
Speaker 1: have no interest in adding Michigan State to that equation.

1442
01:11:43,479 --> 01:11:47,160
Speaker 1: But they're there and next to Ohio State. There is

1443
01:11:47,240 --> 01:11:50,320
Speaker 1: no more tenacious recruiting operation happening in the Big ten

1444
01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:53,920
Speaker 1: right now than in East Lansing, Michigan. They're getting after it.

1445
01:11:54,040 --> 01:11:56,559
Speaker 1: And when Meltucker came in there, he told you what

1446
01:11:56,600 --> 01:11:59,439
Speaker 1: he was gonna do. When Meltucker got to Michigan State,

1447
01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,360
Speaker 1: he said, and we're going to recruit nationally. We have

1448
01:12:02,400 --> 01:12:04,600
Speaker 1: to recruit nationally if we want to get where we

1449
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:06,880
Speaker 1: want to go. We can't be a regional recruiter. We've

1450
01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:09,160
Speaker 1: got to be a national recruiter, because we got a

1451
01:12:09,240 --> 01:12:12,080
Speaker 1: national vision. And a lot of people laughed at him.

1452
01:12:12,479 --> 01:12:15,120
Speaker 1: Why because he was selling you on the fact that

1453
01:12:15,160 --> 01:12:17,479
Speaker 1: he was going to do something we've never seen Michigan

1454
01:12:17,479 --> 01:12:19,880
Speaker 1: State do. When you go up there, you go to games.

1455
01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:22,920
Speaker 1: I was texting back and forth with a guy who

1456
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:25,040
Speaker 1: played there in the sixties when I was at the

1457
01:12:25,080 --> 01:12:27,880
Speaker 1: Michigan game, and I'm looking at those banners and those

1458
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:31,639
Speaker 1: national championships they won in a very by gone era.

1459
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:33,559
Speaker 2: If you're my age or if you're younger than me.

1460
01:12:34,920 --> 01:12:37,720
Speaker 1: Since then, though, the sport has evolved and a lot

1461
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:40,679
Speaker 1: of folks started had left Michigan State behind. It happen't

1462
01:12:41,240 --> 01:12:42,880
Speaker 1: like I say with Tennessee all the time, and like

1463
01:12:42,920 --> 01:12:45,720
Speaker 1: I'm saying with Michigan State right now, I like you

1464
01:12:45,760 --> 01:12:49,360
Speaker 1: can say about Dabbo at Clemson. There is a world

1465
01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:52,439
Speaker 1: at many programs out there where they can be a

1466
01:12:52,520 --> 01:12:55,400
Speaker 1: national championship contender. Now, the formula is different depending on

1467
01:12:55,439 --> 01:12:58,240
Speaker 1: where your pinpoint on the map is. You have to

1468
01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:03,240
Speaker 1: get the right confluence of events. Mel Tucker at Michigan

1469
01:13:03,240 --> 01:13:06,320
Speaker 1: State at just the right time. It was the right

1470
01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:10,040
Speaker 1: confluence of events, and unlike some other places where it's

1471
01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:13,080
Speaker 1: kind of lightning in a bottle and then he's off

1472
01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:16,719
Speaker 1: to a bigger program, mel Tucker already had his deal

1473
01:13:17,160 --> 01:13:21,000
Speaker 1: virtually finalized by the time LSU would have ever come calling.

1474
01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:25,599
Speaker 1: And mel Tucker's getting paid astronomical amounts of money. Here's

1475
01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:27,760
Speaker 1: the other good part. I think it was Rittenberg at

1476
01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:30,679
Speaker 1: ESPN that had a really good feature about Michigan State

1477
01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:34,160
Speaker 1: this past week. Michigan State has the good fortune that

1478
01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:37,200
Speaker 1: some of the biggest money around the program is held

1479
01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:38,360
Speaker 1: by former athletes.

1480
01:13:38,600 --> 01:13:39,439
Speaker 2: You know what that means.

1481
01:13:40,439 --> 01:13:43,479
Speaker 1: It means you don't have someone who's made a fortune

1482
01:13:44,080 --> 01:13:47,720
Speaker 1: in things that have nothing to do with sports whatsoever.

1483
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,280
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, throwing money around and wanting their say,

1484
01:13:50,360 --> 01:13:53,400
Speaker 1: even though they have the slightest clue how things operate.

1485
01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:55,880
Speaker 1: When your own athletes are the ones going out there

1486
01:13:55,880 --> 01:13:57,960
Speaker 1: and getting rich and therefore able to write a check,

1487
01:13:58,479 --> 01:14:02,400
Speaker 1: they know real when they see it. Former players, current players,

1488
01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:04,679
Speaker 1: folks who know ball, they know real when they talk

1489
01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:06,519
Speaker 1: to it. And you don't have to be around Mel

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Speaker 1: Tucker too long to know he's about as real as

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Speaker 1: it gets. And that stuff happening at Michigan State right now,

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Speaker 1: it's about as real as it gets. And I would

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Speaker 1: not be surprised if they end up putting up a

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Speaker 1: number in recruiting rankings this year that rubs a lot

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Speaker 1: of people up there the wrong way, makes a lot

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Speaker 1: of people uneasy, and it probably puts a little more

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Speaker 1: heat on Michigan than previously would have been there. Now

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Speaker 1: they don't need a rival at Michigan. They've already got

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Speaker 1: Ohio State doing what Ohio State's been doing. But now

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Speaker 1: whereas they've already come to accept that Ohio State is

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Speaker 1: going to be a power, if that Spartan logo all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden starts putting up a bigger number than

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Speaker 1: they do, oh and they extend to three and oh

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Speaker 1: or four and O on them. No, that's not something

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Speaker 1: that's going to be tolerated in ann Arbor, nor should

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Speaker 1: it be. So this is going to be something to

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Speaker 1: watch if you're a fan of UTSA, if you're a

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Speaker 1: road runner, but you want some national storyline to watch,

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Speaker 1: watch Michigan, Michigan State, off the field and recruiting and

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Speaker 1: just on the field this fall because we get to

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Speaker 1: see him play every single year. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: the over under was for the show tonight, but I'm

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Speaker 1: telling you right now, We've gone seventy five minutes and

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Speaker 1: I've got to drive home tonight, so it's probably in

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Speaker 1: my best interest to stop talking right now, go take

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Speaker 1: a lotions or two.

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Speaker 2: Wish you guys again. On the back end a happy

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Speaker 2: Father's Day.

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Speaker 1: We are approaching ninety nine thousand subs on this YouTube channel.

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Speaker 1: We are almost there. Get us there, I ask you,

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Speaker 1: and humbly beggar here YouTube channel and subscribing to the

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Speaker 1: podcast feeds. Thank you guys so much, you're already doing it,

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Speaker 1: so just continue to thank you for producer Jesse, for

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Speaker 1: director Colin, for our entire staff.

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Speaker 2: Here.

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Speaker 1: I'm Josh Pate have yourselves a great start to your week.

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Speaker 1: Take care and God bless