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Speaker 1: you by two possessions of the fourth quarter. Ohio State,

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Speaker 1: like I just said, is a missfield goal away from

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Speaker 1: you not even playing for the title. And that doesn't

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Speaker 1: negate it at all. That's how football works. I'm the

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Speaker 1: first to tell you that. What I am saying, though,

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Speaker 1: is sometimes you'll be sitting on the porch at Cracker

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Speaker 1: Barrel and that little buzzer hadn't gone off. It's not

434
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Speaker 1: time to go sit down yet in order your chicken dumplings,

435
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Speaker 1: and you're just conversing back and forth about how unstoppable

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Speaker 1: your team was this past year. No, they were. They

437
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Speaker 1: were perfect, but they weren't. They weren't unstoppable. There were

438
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Speaker 1: margins that were really close, and that leads to preview

439
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Speaker 1: magazine season, and that leads to all this assumption in

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Speaker 1: something that I don't believe in, and that is the

441
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Speaker 1: carryover effect. In college football and in sports, you don't

442
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Speaker 1: get to carry anything over. Some of the players may

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Speaker 1: be the same, some of your coaching staff may be

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Speaker 1: the same, some of your core tenants may be the same.

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Speaker 1: Your philosophy most of the time is unchanged. But your

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Speaker 1: record is zero and zero when you take the field

447
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Speaker 1: in August and September for real games, your record is

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Speaker 1: zero and zero. And there's this thought, even if people

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Speaker 1: don't articulate it this way, that well, if you've if

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Speaker 1: you've won a title, or if you just want two

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Speaker 1: in a row. Especially, there's just this wave that you're

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Speaker 1: riding that builds or I guess gets created because of

453
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Speaker 1: that success, and in reality it's the opposite. In reality,

454
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Speaker 1: the success that you just had builds up a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a riptide that you have to push against

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Speaker 1: because of the net result of everybody playing their crosshairs

457
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Speaker 1: and their focus on you. Not even to mention some

458
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Speaker 1: of the stuff that can creep up inside your own building,

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Speaker 1: I'm not even talking about that. So there are people

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Speaker 1: who doubt Georgia. It doesn't matter that they doubt you

461
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Speaker 1: because they can't come and confiscate those trophies. So when

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Speaker 1: we did the mood Tracker for Georgia a couple of

463
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Speaker 1: weeks ago, I said, the attitude of the fan base

464
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Speaker 1: was sorry, not sorry. You can listen to all these

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Speaker 1: folks talk about how this meant a little less, or

466
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Speaker 1: that didn't mean quite as much. It doesn't matter. That's football.

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Speaker 1: That's how it works. You won the titles, you don't

468
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Speaker 1: give them back, you don't ever apologize for them. That's

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Speaker 1: one way that people can doubt you and disrespect you

470
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Speaker 1: and hate on you. But it was brought to my

471
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Speaker 1: attention earlier today that an acquaintance of ours had taken

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Speaker 1: it a step further, and so no one can question

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Speaker 1: the championship Georgia's won, no one can question the recruiting.

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Speaker 1: But there are still things that are at least somewhat

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Speaker 1: subjective out there, that are in a state of flux

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Speaker 1: as it relates to public opinions. So our I don't

477
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Speaker 1: want to go as far as to call him a buddy,

478
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Speaker 1: but our acquaintance, Brandon Walker, took to the airwaves of

479
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Speaker 1: unnecessary roughness there, Jack's there, Katie's there, Casey, welcome back, Casey,

480
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Speaker 1: and they were talking about the most intimidating atmospheres in

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Speaker 1: college football, and Sanford Stadium crept into the conversation. And

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Speaker 1: Sandford Stadium is your cousin who lost one hundred pounds,

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Speaker 1: but you didn't witness because you didn't go to the

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Speaker 1: last family reunion. I am telling you I've experienced it.

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Speaker 1: I've experienced Sandford Stadium be a middle of the pack

486
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Speaker 1: sec environment as recently as a few years ago. I've

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Speaker 1: also witnessed what it's become. So the argument amongst the

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Speaker 1: folks there, and Brandon Walker leading the charge, was it's

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Speaker 1: not even a top five environment. It's not even a

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Speaker 1: top five game day atmosphere and stadium atmosphere in the SEC.

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Speaker 1: And that used to be right until like thirty six

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Speaker 1: months ago. That used to be right. It is not

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Speaker 1: correct anymore. Sanford Stadium is like a whole new world.

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Speaker 1: Now you might as well have a Disney princess sing

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Speaker 1: a song about it. It's like a whole new world. Now.

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Speaker 1: I've been there, so you know what we do. We

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Speaker 1: go on the road every Saturday. We stand on the

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Speaker 1: sideline every Saturday. We don't hop into private jet and

499
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Speaker 1: go home after pregame. We are there every Saturday. So

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Speaker 1: I am probably the best source on this because I

501
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Speaker 1: actually don't even have favoritism here. I talk about all

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Speaker 1: these places with brutal honesty. At Georgia, this used to

503
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Speaker 1: be a sweater vest special man that this used to

504
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Speaker 1: be like a Microsoft convention, and there just happens to

505
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Speaker 1: be a football game being played in the background. It

506
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:41,000
Speaker 1: was pretty quiet, it was pretty unintimidating. What happened is

507
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Speaker 1: a perfect microcosm of what Kirby did to the program.

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Speaker 1: Kirby walked in and told them the way you do

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Speaker 1: things is not gonna work. Okay, and they overhauled everything

510
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Speaker 1: about that program that needed to be overhauled. What happened was,

511
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Speaker 1: and this was unexpected on my part. What happened was

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Speaker 1: the attitude of the fan base ended up perfectly reflect

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Speaker 1: Kirby Smart's attitude. The fan base adopted his way of

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Speaker 1: doing things and left behind the previous way of doing things.

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Speaker 1: And it used to be that showing up was enough,

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Speaker 1: you know, barking in a stranger's face in a Kroger's

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Speaker 1: parking lot, that was enough. Go dogs. Well, now Kirby

518
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Speaker 1: Smart walks in, it's not enough. Take off the sweater vests.

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Speaker 1: You don't even need to wear a shirt, it's optional.

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Speaker 1: Paint your chest if you want to. But come in

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Speaker 1: here and make people terrified to play in here. We

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Speaker 1: got ninety some thousand seats in here. Why in the

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Speaker 1: world should anyone ever be able to hear on third down?

524
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Speaker 1: And they did it. But the thing about it is

525
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,119
Speaker 1: just like the cousin who's lost one hundred pounds in

526
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Speaker 1: the last year, if you're not at the family reunion,

527
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Speaker 1: you still think he's fat. And your buddies, your sister,

528
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Speaker 1: your cousins come back from family reunion and you say,

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Speaker 1: who was fat? Teddy? There? Teddy's not fat anymore. What

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Speaker 1: are you talking about. Teddy's enormous. No, Teddy was enormous.

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Speaker 1: Teddy just lost one hundred pounds. Teddy lost to Bill.

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Speaker 1: You need to see Teddy. Brandon Walker needs to go

533
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Speaker 1: to a game at Georgia. I'll take him, but again,

534
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 1: we stay for four quarters, my friend, I'll take him.

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00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: I think if nothing more, if you would have been

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Speaker 1: at the Georgia Tennessee game last year, it would have

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Speaker 1: changed your mind. All you need is one I mean,

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00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,959
Speaker 1: it's not like anyone's going to every game and running

539
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 1: case study on these places. Your opinion is born from

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00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,359
Speaker 1: the games you've witnessed, and so if you went to

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee game last year, there's no doubt in your mind.

542
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 1: The Arkansas game a couple of years ago was like insane.

543
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: It was a noon kickoff, which proves the point that yes,

544
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,199
Speaker 1: noon kickoffs can be very, very legit in terms of atmosphere.

545
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 1: Sanfrad Stadium. I'm not gonna do the rankings. I'm gonna

546
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Speaker 1: go do the power rankings of SEC stadiums tonight. But

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Speaker 1: I will tell you because he texted me today. Brandon

548
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:50,919
Speaker 1: Walker texted me today and he gave me five of

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00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: them that he thinks are better than the Sanford Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Sanford Stadium is a better atmosphere than the Swamp is

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Speaker 1: right now. Sanfrad Stadium is a better atmospe sphere than

552
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Speaker 1: Kyle Field is right now. And I think the world

553
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: of both of those places. I'm just telling you what

554
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Speaker 1: Sanford Stadium has turned into. It wasn't this as recently

555
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: as three years ago. I would not have said this.

556
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 1: They've just transformed that place. And I just told you

557
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 1: who I think deserves the credit. But even if Kirby

558
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: Smart preaches it eight days out of the week, man,

559
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 1: the fan base is still got to They still got

560
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Speaker 1: to adopt that, and they have, so I know you.

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Speaker 1: It's not the first time I've said it. It probably won't

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Speaker 1: be the last time I say it this week. But

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Speaker 1: back in Bold Prediction season, still upon us, going to

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Speaker 1: be upon us for a little while. How does this work? Well, allegedly,

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Speaker 1: willing to go. How bold? Well, let's take a look.

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Speaker 1: On a scale of one to ten, I'm gonna give

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Speaker 1: this first one about a nine point twenty five. This

606
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Speaker 1: is from Austin from Fort Myers, Florida. Austin. I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to read the whole thing, but he's basically telling

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Speaker 1: you Clemson and Florida State are both going to miss

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Speaker 1: out on the ACC Championship game this year. These are

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Speaker 1: easily like far and away the number one and number

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Speaker 1: two teams in terms of odds, and the preseason there

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Speaker 1: Florida State actually the slight favorite to win the conference

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Speaker 1: right now, that could fluctuate, but you get the picture.

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Speaker 1: There is a pretty big gap between Florida State, Clemson,

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Speaker 1: and then Louisville who is at number three, and then

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Speaker 1: North Carolina is at number four. Divisions are out this year,

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Speaker 1: by the way, so you can't count on one of

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Speaker 1: them making it and knocking the other one out because

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Speaker 1: it's division play. No, they're taking the top two from

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Speaker 1: the conference and that's your conference championship game. So first off,

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Speaker 1: what would have to happen to them, Well, the way

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Speaker 1: we figured it, Florida State would probably need to lose

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Speaker 1: to Clemson because Florida State has an easier remaining schedule

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Speaker 1: and so if they beat Clemson, LSU is their other

625
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Speaker 1: hard game that's not even a conference game. So I

626
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Speaker 1: have no clue how Florida State is being kept out

627
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Speaker 1: of the conference title game if they beat Clemson. So

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Speaker 1: you probably need FSU to lose to Clemson, because let's

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Speaker 1: take a look at the Clemson schedule. There are more

630
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Speaker 1: los games here. They opened against Duke Riley Leonards season

631
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: opens September fourth, But they also go to Syracuse right

632
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Speaker 1: after they play FSU. They got Wake, They go to

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Speaker 1: Miami and NC State back to back. They got North

634
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Speaker 1: Carolina late in the seasons. Certainly they'd be favored, but

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Speaker 1: at least that's a little bit more treacherous a path

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Speaker 1: in Florida State. I don't think this is going to happen. This.

637
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Speaker 1: They're basically trying to find the Texas Oklahoma scenario of

638
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two in the Big twelve. But for the

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Speaker 1: ACC I don't think it's happening. Nine and a quarter

640
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Speaker 1: out of ten. That's the boldness rating I give this. Now,

641
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: we hop on the jet and we go all the

642
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: way out to the West coast, because we've got a

643
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: prediction that I have every bit as bold as the

644
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: last one. At Playboy Trojan he hit us up from Northridge, California,

645
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: and he said, USC is going to go undefeated. Wait

646
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: for it, wait for it. He's not done. They're going

647
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: to go undefeated with a top thirty defense. I could

648
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: hear some of you, some of you heard me say

649
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: US goes undefeated, and you said, and then you heard

650
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 1: me say they have a top thirty defense, and there

651
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: was the sound of screeching tires if you're driving, there

652
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: was the sound of ceramic shattering against the floor as

653
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: you tried to eat your cereal and listen to the pod,

654
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: and thank you for that. I don't blame me, it's

655
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: not my prediction. Blame Playboy Trojan. They're gonna have a

656
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: top thirty defense going undefeated. It's tough enough. Top thirty defense.

657
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: They were one hundred and sixth in the country in

658
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: total yards per game allowed last year, and that was

659
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 1: with them being fifth enforcing turnovers, so they had all

660
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 1: kinds of crazy turnover Look, they were ninety fourth in

661
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: points per game allowed, again with the turnover factor heavily

662
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 1: in their favor, could have been even worse. They need

663
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: to improve by about a touchdown per game in terms

664
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: of points per game if they want to be the

665
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: top thirty caliber defense that they need to be to

666
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: make this prediction pan out. Oh and by the way,

667
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: they got to go undefeated. And it is a very

668
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: tough walk out there. Not to mention they play Notre Dame,

669
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: but it's a tough walk out there. A lot of

670
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: you hate on the PAC twelve schedule. You shouldn't because

671
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: it's not easy this year. It's not easy by a

672
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: long shot. They go to Oregon second to last week

673
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: of the year. Oh and by the way, they got

674
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: Washington the week before that, they got Utah. Listen to this.

675
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: They play Notre Dame, Utah, Washington, Oregon, and UCLA. Those

676
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: five teams they play in a six week period to

677
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,399
Speaker 1: end the season. That's tough. So I'm putting a nine

678
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,760
Speaker 1: and a quarter on this as well. This is pretty bold.

679
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 1: Next up, somehow, I put an eight and a half

680
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: on this one, but it's a long shot. So this

681
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 1: is from Jim from Davidson, North Carolina. He says the

682
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 1: National Championship game will be two teams that have not

683
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,280
Speaker 1: made the playoff to date, so we're gonna have newbies.

684
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: Two of them at least crash the playoff, and two

685
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 1: newbies are gonna play for the National Championship. Now, right

686
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: off the bat, I had producer Jesse look up the

687
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: odds to the title, and out of the top seventeen,

688
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 1: this criteria alone would eliminate eleven of them, so we're

689
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: left with the USC's and Texas's, Tennessee, Penn State teams

690
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: like that, that's who we're left with. Then we do

691
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: a little bit deeper dive. According to Sports Reference, no

692
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 1: team in the playoff era that started the year with

693
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,280
Speaker 1: plus four thousand odds or lower has won the title.

694
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: So you factor in that just as a nice little

695
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: line in the sand of a cutoff. And that left

696
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: us with six teams that we could choose from here. Remember,

697
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: we need two of them to match up in the

698
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: title game. It could be USC it could be Texas.

699
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: Tennessee and Penn State are both included here. Texas A

700
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: and m Utah good teams, they should be good this year,

701
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,839
Speaker 1: viable candidates. We're going to get two of them. Though.

702
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: The reason that I'm only going to put an eight

703
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: and a half on that is because number one, there

704
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: are some good teams out of that group. But number two,

705
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: where's the dominance, Where's the preseason dominant team. Where's the

706
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,879
Speaker 1: insurmountable foe out there? I don't think there is one,

707
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: even if the odds suggest otherwise, I don't think there

708
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 1: is one. So I gave that an eight and a half.

709
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: And last up, let's go all the way to rivalry

710
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:20,439
Speaker 1: weekend week. What would that be Week thirteen. Auburn's gonna

711
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: win nine games, and Auburn's gonna win the Iron Bowl

712
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 1: in the process. That is from one of our friends

713
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: there in Enterprise Alabama, and I put an eight and

714
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,320
Speaker 1: three quarters out of ten on this on the boldness scale.

715
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: The win total is at seven right now, so they're

716
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 1: gonna win two more than that. Not out of the

717
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 1: realm of possibility. Bama right now has a win total

718
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: of ten. Bama in the Iron Bowl right now is

719
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: a fourteen point favorite at Auburn. Yes, those lines are out,

720
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: by the way, So we were looking at their schedule,

721
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: Auburn's schedule. We think there'll be a certain underdog in

722
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: five games at an L Georgia, at LSU, at Arkansas,

723
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: probably in Bama the old mess game at home, very

724
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: very close spread. And I should have done my due diligence.

725
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: I could have just looked at what our model thinks. Yes,

726
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: the model is back, and I could have told you,

727
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: but I there was a lot going on today. I

728
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,359
Speaker 1: don't know what to tell you. So they got an

729
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: easy non conference schedule. They do have Vandy as one

730
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 1: of their road games in conference. Not to dismiss the

731
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: commodoors we took over three and a half wins as

732
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: one of our best bets of the year for them.

733
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 1: But you'd rather go there than like South Carolina, is

734
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: my point. They've got the number two portal class that

735
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: changed as of a few hours ago. I'm going to

736
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: put an eight point seventy five there. I think we'll

737
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: have a pretty good feel early on, obviously, because you

738
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,280
Speaker 1: can't be losing games early and still get to nine wins.

739
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: But we'll also have a good feel of, Hey, what

740
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: kind of fit is Peyton Thorne at quarterback there? Or

741
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: are these receivers two of which they got recently? Are

742
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,919
Speaker 1: they immediate plug and play guys? What's the situation? Would

743
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: you ars Hunter? And if he's not there, what's the

744
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,439
Speaker 1: situation when they're run game? We'll know early on. Eight

745
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 1: point seventy five steep but not undoable. That's silence, but

746
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 1: you can hear the paper. I'm just doing that so

747
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: you know I'm still here. I Sometimes you just get

748
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 1: a story that comes across your desk and all you

749
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,879
Speaker 1: can do is laugh. Well, I'll tell you two things

750
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:29,400
Speaker 1: you can do. You can laugh, and then if you

751
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: have one at your disposal, you can grab your chalice

752
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 1: of supremacy, take a nice long sip and shake your

753
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:45,280
Speaker 1: head and say, why am I not surprised? Because? Friends,

754
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: why am I not surprised? So Colin, here's your endpoint.

755
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: The Big Ten has a great, big mess on its hands,

756
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,839
Speaker 1: and it in some ways may surprise you. But in

757
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 1: other ways, if you have follow this bard for a

758
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: little while, it shouldn't surprise you at all. So Kevin Warren,

759
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: who was last seen doing such things as trying to

760
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 1: sabotage the twenty twenty college football season, decided, as it

761
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 1: turns out, to leave one last bag of crap on

762
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: his desk before he vacated the premises as Big Ten

763
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: Conference commissioner. You remember that massive TV deal? Do you

764
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: remember that? Think seven billion dollars revolutionary. It's it's groundbreaking,

765
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: it's so innovative, it's next level. It also, as it

766
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,720
Speaker 1: turns out, didn't have signatures on it. It's not finalized.

767
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: What we already released the balloons? I know, well, we

768
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: already hired a new commissioner. Kevin Warren's not even here anymore.

769
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: He took all of our pats on the back. I know.

770
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: That's where Pete Famill comes in. ESPN dot com. Late

771
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: this afternoon, Pete Famill comes out with a story and

772
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: he just kind of casually reveals h that media deal

773
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:05,959
Speaker 1: that everyone's praising the Big Ten for it's not finalized.

774
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: What well, let's talk about it friends. In fact, this

775
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: is from the Famial article. If you know who we're

776
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: talking about here, it shouldn't surprise you. Then again, if

777
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: you understand how many people have to be in the room,

778
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 1: how many presidents and chancellors had to have signed off

779
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: on this thing, there is a lot of blame to

780
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 1: go around here. This is not solely at the feet

781
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: of Kevin Warren, but a lot of it is at

782
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: the feet of Kevin Warren. Quote from the Famal article.

783
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 1: You can read this entire piece on ESPN dot com.

784
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: Nearly three months before the season kicks off and those

785
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,359
Speaker 1: TV deals begin, the Big Ten does not have completed

786
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 1: long form contracts, which include the fine print details. Instead,

787
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: mister Pettiti, who is the new commissioner up there, is

788
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 1: engaged in significant horse trading, according to multiple sources, to

789
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 1: get the NBC Prime Time time deal even finished and

790
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: figure out what the network calls outstanding issues in order

791
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: to uphold as much value as possible allow me to translate.

792
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: There were some details that needed to be explained, and

793
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: instead of explaining them, the person who's responsible for facilitating

794
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: this kept the wool over people's eyes to get them

795
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: to sign off on it until he can celebrate and

796
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: then leave and drop the whole shrug of the shoulders.

797
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 1: Not my problem anymore, the article continues, quote, these deals

798
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: are not done, and they aren't what they were represented

799
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: to be from the standpoint of the NBC deal and

800
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,840
Speaker 1: the availability of all members to participate in November games

801
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: in primetime set an industry source, allow me to summarize.

802
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: This is really where the first point of contention comes in.

803
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: For those of you who live in Sarasota, Florida, you

804
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 1: may not understand the tolerance agreement as they call it

805
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 1: in the Big Ten, But in the Big Ten, there's

806
00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: been a long understanding. In the Big there's been a

807
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: long time upheld understanding that we don't play night games

808
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: past a certain point in the season. It's just their

809
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 1: way of doing things. They got us several reasons for

810
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: it, it's just the way of doing things. Well, Kevin Warren

811
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 1: gets in the room, and this is according to this report,

812
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: from Pete thmil Kevin Warren gets in the room with

813
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: NBC and they realize, boy, those primetime games are worth

814
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: a lot of money. Though, wouldn't they wouldn't they be

815
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 1: worth a lot of money. Just do it, Kevin, Let's

816
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: just do it. It's your inventory, after all. More on that

817
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,239
Speaker 1: in a second as well. It's your inventory. They'll go

818
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: along with it. Just do it. Oh okay, licks the

819
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: pen signs the paper. Voila, We've got a prime time

820
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: Big ten package of games. Here's the problem. They never

821
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 1: went to the member institutions. They never went to the

822
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: athletic directors and said, hey, what do you think about

823
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 1: overturning our long held rule about not playing those night games.

824
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, the coaches are looking around

825
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: while they announced the deal, saying we're gonna do what what?

826
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 1: Ohio State said the blank we are, and DIDO for

827
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,360
Speaker 1: Penn State and Dido for Michigan. And that is the

828
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 1: crux of the current issue, because NBC paid a lot

829
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 1: of money for that package, and all of a sudden,

830
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: the three biggest brands in the conference are saying, y'all

831
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: have fun with it, like we'll watch Iowa p' Doue

832
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,760
Speaker 1: in primetime. We're not gonna be there, but we'll watch

833
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 1: you in primetime. And then NBC said, hold up, you

834
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 1: think we paid that money for you to not participate?

835
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,399
Speaker 1: What's going on, Tony Pettiti. And then Tony Petitti says,

836
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: I just got here five minutes ago. I thought all

837
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: this was wrapped up, and it turns out not so much. Yes, friends,

838
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 1: they got a big problem. That's not the entirety of

839
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,919
Speaker 1: the problem. Oh we continue, there's all I can't believe

840
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: this is a real thing. There's also this little issue

841
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: of Kevin Warren agreeing to give NBC the Big Ten

842
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 1: Championship game in twenty twenty six which he had no

843
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: authority to do because the Big Ten doesn't own their

844
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: own inventory, which is sort of a part of the

845
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,800
Speaker 1: story that I had heard about because I work in TV,

846
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:07,880
Speaker 1: but was not public knowledge for a long time, but

847
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 1: it started to become public knowledge, and that is the

848
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 1: fact that the Big Ten does not own their own rights.

849
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: Fox does the Big Ten network, which is owned by

850
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: Fox does. That was the deal they entered into in

851
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. So you see, when you're reading all these

852
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 1: stories about the Big Ten signing TV deals and whatnot.

853
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: It's really just a sub licensing agreement that NBC or

854
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:37,919
Speaker 1: CBS or whomever is signing with Fox. And that's why

855
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,319
Speaker 1: Fox representatives were in the room when CBS reps were

856
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: in the room talking to the Big Ten. It's like

857
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: you're going on a date and all of a sudden,

858
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 1: the boyfriend's over here, and you're like, what is he

859
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: doing here? Oh? He owns me? What but you didn't

860
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: tell me this? This changes a lot. Yeah, So that

861
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 1: was going on the whole time. Now, Now imagine for

862
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 1: a second, if you will, imagine the fine folks over

863
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: there at Fox, got a lot of friends over there.

864
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: Imagine their face when inventory they own is being awarded

865
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,919
Speaker 1: to another network without their consent and they're saying, you're

866
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: doing what the blank you are? It's just that Ozark

867
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:20,479
Speaker 1: quote over and over and over again. And so we've

868
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: got an end pass right now that hopefully is being

869
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 1: worked through for the sake of the Big Ten and

870
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: the fans up there. But all the while, you got

871
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 1: a new commissioner who's come in. And that commissioner comes

872
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: in and he has a long track record in television, thankfully,

873
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,319
Speaker 1: and I'm sure that Tony PETTITTI came in and thought,

874
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,399
Speaker 1: I'm hopping on a I'm hopping on a jet plane here,

875
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: and you did hop on a jet plane. But it's

876
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: on the tarmac still because this tire's deflated and that

877
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 1: wing needs to be adjusted and we haven't even fueled this.

878
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,240
Speaker 1: And he's like, we have to take off in fifteen minutes.

879
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 1: I know that's why we hired you. Have fun. What's

880
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 1: gonna happen? I don't know. I have no clue. Oh,

881
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,920
Speaker 1: by the way, because that Big Ten Championship game was

882
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:08,879
Speaker 1: given to NBC without proper consent, the Big Ten's got

883
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,400
Speaker 1: to pay forty million dollars to Fox. Guess whose pocket

884
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 1: that comes out of member institutions pockets? Do you know

885
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:19,240
Speaker 1: what that does to an athletic department when you've already

886
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: budgeted for your year and then someone walks in and says, hey,

887
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: I know it's May, but we need forty million. You

888
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: guys got it? Hello? Hello everyone, Oh you're on vacation. Well,

889
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: when you get back Illinois Rutgers, you're trucking to your

890
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: mom when you get off the phone. We need forty

891
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:40,799
Speaker 1: million dollars. We already spent it. Not my problem. Man,

892
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 1: We need forty million dollars because, as it turns out,

893
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:44,680
Speaker 1: we gave away something we weren't allowed to give away.

894
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: Oh okay, So that's what's going on in the Big

895
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 1: Ten right now. I'm sure we will hear a rebuttal

896
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: because there's this other little issue for Kevin Warren and that,

897
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 1: as much as was the case with Jim Delaney, because

898
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: he negotiated a new media rights deal, he's supposed to

899
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: get a bonus. Delanyeing got a big bonus, like twenty

900
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: million dollars. Kevin Warren supposed to have a bonus come

901
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,879
Speaker 1: in his way, and as you could imagine, the Big

902
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: Ten is meeting with various legal minds to try and

903
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: find out whether they even owe him that bonus hiccup.

904
00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: So there's gonna be a lot of posturing over the

905
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: coming days. I don't doubt, by the way, well I say,

906
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 1: I don't doubt, I could see a world where this

907
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,839
Speaker 1: very story comes out because of the need to paint

908
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 1: Kevin Warren in a negative light. And I would just

909
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: counter with, you don't need to advantageously come out with

910
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 1: stories to paint that guy in that negative a light.

911
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:42,840
Speaker 1: Just remind people of what he did in the past.

912
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,439
Speaker 1: That's all you really need to do. It's my take

913
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,479
Speaker 1: on the matter. I don't consult for the Big ten though,

914
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's where they are right now in the words.

915
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 1: So in other words, if you're a PAC twelve fan,

916
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 1: if you are an ACC fan, in the words of

917
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 1: Robert California, the one percent is suffering to people. No,

918
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 1: that's not the In the words of Robert California, the

919
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: one percent are suffering too people. Some people didn't like

920
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: Robert California in the office, and I thought he was

921
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:15,399
Speaker 1: a well placed character too late in the series. Put

922
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 1: him in season four, give me him instead of Charles Minor.

923
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,840
Speaker 1: How would that have worked out? Probably pretty good chemistry.

924
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 1: But I digress. Okay, So we still got a lot

925
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: of show to go. I again, man, we were so

926
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 1: loaded tonight. Thank you for watching. There's seventeen hundred and

927
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:33,319
Speaker 1: seventy six people watching out patriotic so they're watching us

928
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 1: in Kessler Air Force Base that's down in Biloxi, Mississippi.

929
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Laguna Beach, California, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

930
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 1: is tuned in. We had multiple Canadian viewers in the

931
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:48,680
Speaker 1: chat earlier tonight. I appreciate that I wondered whether we

932
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,879
Speaker 1: should talk about this, because there's gonna be some things

933
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 1: happen early this week that evolved this story. But I

934
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: think we need to. We have a situation in the

935
00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: Pacific Northwest. Oregon's on fire. Let me rephrase, Oregon recruiting

936
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:05,400
Speaker 1: is on fire. So deep sigh of relief there for

937
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: our friends battling forest fires every other year out there. Oregon.

938
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:12,960
Speaker 1: Oregon is coming off the top rope in recruiting right now. Okay,

939
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: so they are rolling and it continued this past week.

940
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: Remember when Mario left and Dan Lanny came in and

941
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:21,960
Speaker 1: we were answering a lot of questions on the show.

942
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,520
Speaker 1: Do you remember the key piece of doubt that a

943
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: lot of folks had, That the key concern that a

944
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,759
Speaker 1: lot of people have they had watched Dan lanning at

945
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:31,320
Speaker 1: Oregon or at Georgia. Rather they had watched Landing at Georgia.

946
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: They didn't doubt his coaching ability. They just wondered, Wow,

947
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:36,880
Speaker 1: we just had a guy in Mario Cristabal who's a

948
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:40,160
Speaker 1: really good recruiter, and we're at Oregon, so we don't

949
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:42,000
Speaker 1: have a ton of talent in our backyard. So we

950
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: got to have someone who's just a killer on the

951
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 1: recruiting trail, and we don't know what we're getting in

952
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: Dan Lanning. We think, we love the press conference. It's

953
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 1: a really fun, loving guy. But does he just have

954
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 1: that killer instinct? Can he bring in a staff that's

955
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 1: got that finisher's killer instinct on recruiting trail? Answer? Yes,

956
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: in the definitive. So just over this past weekend, they

957
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:10,200
Speaker 1: landed four star quarterback Michael van Buren. They landed four

958
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:15,240
Speaker 1: star defensive lineman Xavian Simms. I have a strong feeling

959
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:18,800
Speaker 1: this will continue Monday when Dylan Gresham makes his decision.

960
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,759
Speaker 1: That's a high four star wide receiver. Oregon currently sits

961
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 1: at number six in the twenty four seven Sports Team

962
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:29,160
Speaker 1: recruiting rankings for twenty twenty four. The next closest Pac

963
00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:34,400
Speaker 1: twelve team is Colorado and they're at thirty four. Oregon

964
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,720
Speaker 1: has more four and five star committed players right now

965
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,400
Speaker 1: than the rest of the Pac twelve combine. Oregon actually

966
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 1: has more four and five star players committed right now

967
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 1: than the rest of the Pac twelve. Even if you

968
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,879
Speaker 1: doubled the rest of the Pac twelve, Oregon's got ten.

969
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:52,960
Speaker 1: The rest of them have four combined. This is a

970
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,279
Speaker 1: shark swimming in a lake out there, especially when it

971
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,879
Speaker 1: comes to recruiting doub especially when USC and UCLA leave

972
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,440
Speaker 1: in about five minutes. They are going to make a

973
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:05,840
Speaker 1: run at the highest rated recruiting class in Oregon recruiting history.

974
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,880
Speaker 1: And when you say something like that, let me assure you, friends,

975
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,520
Speaker 1: it is like kicking over a casual ant bed, because

976
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,839
Speaker 1: you kick it over and they just scurry all over

977
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 1: the place and they say things like, well, yeah, but

978
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,680
Speaker 1: they have Nike. Uh well, as far as I know,

979
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:23,759
Speaker 1: Nike's not going anywhere, man. And this is the nil era.

980
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:27,799
Speaker 1: You harness anything and everything you can. So you tell me, yeah,

981
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:30,839
Speaker 1: they got Nike, and I say, yeah, they got Nike.

982
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 1: What else? What else do you have? And then they say, well,

983
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,320
Speaker 1: they're kind of staggered by that. They didn't really expect

984
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: to retort. And then they say, well, it doesn't mean

985
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:42,640
Speaker 1: anything until National Signing Day. And so here's here's the

986
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,239
Speaker 1: approach I've started to take. Do I talk about this

987
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:48,200
Speaker 1: foolishness all the time, If you really want to tell

988
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: me that, what you're insinuating is the kids are going

989
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:53,920
Speaker 1: to decommit. That's really what you're saying. Otherwise it's just nonsense,

990
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 1: defense mechanism, foolishness. So when you tell me, oh, it

991
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,759
Speaker 1: doesn't mean anything in the signing day in and definitely,

992
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,879
Speaker 1: here's what I am offering you. I am offering you

993
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:06,600
Speaker 1: to take any given recruiting class. In this case Oregon,

994
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:10,279
Speaker 1: they got thirteen kids committed right now. I will bet

995
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: you one thousand dollars per kid that they stay committed,

996
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:17,560
Speaker 1: and I will gladly take any wagers. But you don't

997
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,960
Speaker 1: get to pit kids. You've got to go entire class

998
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:23,720
Speaker 1: or nothing at all, and we can find a great

999
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 1: charity to put that money on the line to benefit

1000
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,920
Speaker 1: I'm willing to offer that to anyone right now who

1001
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 1: steps up. So does anyone actually want to step up?

1002
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:36,000
Speaker 1: Of course you don't, because you know what the numbers say.

1003
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 1: The numbers say ninety plus percent of kids who are

1004
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: verbally committed even this early, are gonna stay committed. It

1005
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:47,120
Speaker 1: just doesn't make you feel good because it's not your team. Oregon.

1006
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:49,840
Speaker 1: By the way, if they stay in the Pack twelve

1007
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:52,799
Speaker 1: long term, that is a total shark in a lake.

1008
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:57,080
Speaker 1: If they go to the Big ten, those are just rumors.

1009
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,399
Speaker 1: If they go to the Big Ten. I don't think

1010
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: people realize this. The day they stepped into Big Ten,

1011
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,720
Speaker 1: they would be one of the premier national recruiting brands

1012
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:10,760
Speaker 1: in that conference. There would only be one, maybe one

1013
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,920
Speaker 1: in Ohio state that touches them in terms of national

1014
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,839
Speaker 1: recruiting presence. Now, in fairness, Oregon has to be that,

1015
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,320
Speaker 1: whereas you don't have to be that. The further east

1016
00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:23,760
Speaker 1: you get. I told you they got thirteen kids verbally

1017
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:27,040
Speaker 1: committed right now, probably about to be fourteen tomorrow. Do

1018
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:35,400
Speaker 1: you know out of those thirteen kids, they've got Maryland, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Washington, Arizona, Missouri,

1019
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:39,759
Speaker 1: and Oregon represented. Just out of thirteen they got two, four, six,

1020
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:43,880
Speaker 1: eight nine different states represented. That's how you recruit nationally.

1021
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 1: And they've harnessed everything up there and then some to

1022
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 1: do it. So I am telling you that to tell

1023
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:53,120
Speaker 1: you I know there's doubt any look these days in

1024
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: college football, until you win a national championship, people doubt you.

1025
00:53:57,080 --> 00:54:00,440
Speaker 1: So you know, maybe Oregon will check that box one day,

1026
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:05,359
Speaker 1: but even before that, you shouldn't be surprised if they,

1027
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:07,680
Speaker 1: especially when you look at where they're stacking. It's not

1028
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:09,879
Speaker 1: just a bunch of receivers. So that's the other point

1029
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,240
Speaker 1: I'm trying to make with you there in the portal

1030
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: and in recruiting. Yeah they got a quarterback yesterday, and

1031
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:19,040
Speaker 1: yeah they get their fair share of offensive players. They

1032
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,719
Speaker 1: got a ton of defensive linemen. They have got a

1033
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:25,480
Speaker 1: ton of linebackers. They have stacked front seven defensive talent

1034
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:27,759
Speaker 1: like no one else in that conference has, and that

1035
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:30,880
Speaker 1: includes USC. No one's done it like Oregon. So you know,

1036
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:33,800
Speaker 1: I'm scratching my nose lot. I don't know why you

1037
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 1: can talk about the quarterbacks out there, and you should

1038
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks in that league. Who gets after them the

1039
00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 1: most is who will ultimately win that conference every year?

1040
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:47,279
Speaker 1: And there is no one building themselves to accomplish that

1041
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:52,560
Speaker 1: more consistently than Oregon is you know what, Jesse, I

1042
00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:55,640
Speaker 1: know you'd be mad at me, but I almost I

1043
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:57,960
Speaker 1: almost looked right past the Penn State mood tracker. How

1044
00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:02,799
Speaker 1: dare me? Yes? So in return, Jesse came in my

1045
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,719
Speaker 1: ear there and ask you guys through me, if you

1046
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 1: would please like the video and subscribe to the channel.

1047
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:10,400
Speaker 1: A lot of you already have, so I'm not talking

1048
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,200
Speaker 1: to a lot of you, just some of you, some

1049
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:15,520
Speaker 1: of you hold outs, and we're being stingy with your likes.

1050
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:17,160
Speaker 1: There's no need to be that way. I got a

1051
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:20,319
Speaker 1: runny nose. I feel like I got a nosebleed, and

1052
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:23,879
Speaker 1: I don't anyway, at least I'm not coughing all over

1053
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:27,280
Speaker 1: the place like I was last week. Mood Tracker season continues,

1054
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:29,320
Speaker 1: and I want to remind you after this stick around

1055
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:31,360
Speaker 1: because I'm gonna play you a clip from an interview

1056
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:33,719
Speaker 1: I did with one of our buddies here in Nashville

1057
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:38,000
Speaker 1: last Friday, and it was really good, really fun, dove

1058
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:39,920
Speaker 1: really deep on some stuff. I'm gonna play you part

1059
00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 1: of it, and I'm gonna tell you where you can

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00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,759
Speaker 1: find the rest of it. Okay, mood Tracker time. Let's

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00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:46,640
Speaker 1: take the temperature of a fan base. Tonight. We're headed

1062
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:48,640
Speaker 1: to State College Pennsylvania. Some of you say we talk

1063
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: about Penn State all the time, which is impossible because

1064
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,879
Speaker 1: we haven't even done the Penn State Mood Tracker until now.

1065
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,719
Speaker 1: We're doing the Penn State Mood Tracker. Speaking of Penn State,

1066
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,920
Speaker 1: we were up there recently, so I think we got

1067
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:00,839
Speaker 1: as good a feel about the Penn State vibe, as

1068
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: we do any vibe. I was explaining to Bradley, the

1069
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:06,560
Speaker 1: associate earlier today, who's been on an airplane once in

1070
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: his life, well twice because he counts the flight back

1071
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:12,279
Speaker 1: and so he doesn't get out much, bless his heart.

1072
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,799
Speaker 1: I was telling Bradley about the creamery that they have

1073
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:18,600
Speaker 1: on campus at Penn State, and it's just some of

1074
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: the most delicious and fattening product that you'll ever taste.

1075
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 1: And when we were at Penn State, it's an unlimited

1076
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,759
Speaker 1: supply when you walk around the football complex. I forgot, Jesse,

1077
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 1: what's the creamery called the cre Okay the creamery? I

1078
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:37,520
Speaker 1: wonder how they came up with a name always fascinates me.

1079
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:41,080
Speaker 1: So they have that chocolate milk all over the place,

1080
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:44,440
Speaker 1: and I downed it. I downed it stone cold style,

1081
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 1: and I still really have not fully burned that off,

1082
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: but I don't regret anything. But anyway, so we were

1083
00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:54,040
Speaker 1: up there and we we got to watch practice, we

1084
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,160
Speaker 1: were in there with the coaches, we interview James Franklin.

1085
00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 1: We had a really good time at Penn State. They're

1086
00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,919
Speaker 1: coming off in eleven in two years off a Rose Bowl.

1087
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: We have we have really seen a surge in Penn State.

1088
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:07,000
Speaker 1: Those folks are dialed in up there. What's the mood

1089
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:09,839
Speaker 1: of the fan base? Therefore, the mood of the fan base?

1090
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:13,879
Speaker 1: And yes, I did give producer Jesse noted Penn State

1091
00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 1: grad a little leeway on this one today, but I

1092
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:19,440
Speaker 1: had a good source on this, Jesse says. The Jesse

1093
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: says the Penn State mood tracker should be a list attitude.

1094
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:28,320
Speaker 1: What do you mean, Jesse, Well, it's pretty easy to

1095
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 1: see where he's going there. James Franklin's four and fourteen

1096
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 1: against the top two a NET conference Michigan and Ohio State.

1097
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:38,240
Speaker 1: He is seventy four and twenty two versus everyone else.

1098
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:41,040
Speaker 1: That is a heck of a job of coaching. It's

1099
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:45,439
Speaker 1: not elite, premiere, top of the line, it's that next

1100
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 1: rung below that. It's hard to even get there. So

1101
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:53,000
Speaker 1: what we would equate that to on national college football

1102
00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:55,840
Speaker 1: terms is we would equate you to be in Live Tyler.

1103
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 1: You would be Alexander Scar's guard. You know who that is.

1104
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:03,040
Speaker 1: That was that dude who was in True Blood, Eric Northman,

1105
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:07,200
Speaker 1: which shockingly I watched more recently. You would know him

1106
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:11,560
Speaker 1: from such shows as succession. You're a solid B list

1107
00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 1: actor and you want to be an a lister. You

1108
00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:17,520
Speaker 1: want to go from liv Tyler to Brad Pitt. You

1109
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 1: want to be Denzel. How do you do it? Pretty simple?

1110
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:24,600
Speaker 1: Beat Ohio State and or Michigan and go to the playoff.

1111
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:27,000
Speaker 1: Maybe even when your playoff game, Hey, maybe even when

1112
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,480
Speaker 1: you a title, but at least accomplish something that you

1113
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:32,640
Speaker 1: haven't already accomplished. They got the highest rated quarterback they've

1114
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:35,400
Speaker 1: ever had there. They got an incredible one to two

1115
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,920
Speaker 1: tandem in the backfield. They got a ton of experience

1116
00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:42,080
Speaker 1: along their offensive line. They have got an exceptional defense

1117
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 1: and an exceptional defensive quarter or coordinator to go along

1118
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:47,960
Speaker 1: with that. They love the staff. I love their staff.

1119
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:53,320
Speaker 1: They are recruiting very very well. In other words, all

1120
00:58:53,360 --> 00:58:57,200
Speaker 1: of the ingredients are there for you to become an

1121
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:00,000
Speaker 1: a lister this year. You just have to get it done.

1122
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:03,960
Speaker 1: College football landscapes coming at you. It is coming in

1123
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,439
Speaker 1: your direction. If your Penn State. Forget what I think

1124
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: about the way things are changing. The fact is they're changing.

1125
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: Has any program out there just been sitting and waiting

1126
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:17,320
Speaker 1: for these changes more than Penn State? An expanded playoff

1127
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:20,720
Speaker 1: how much would that benefit them doing a way with

1128
00:59:20,920 --> 00:59:24,560
Speaker 1: divisions in the Big Ten and just awarding the top

1129
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:28,760
Speaker 1: two as a selectee for the conference championship. Who does

1130
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:32,960
Speaker 1: that benefit more than Penn State. So with all that

1131
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:37,280
Speaker 1: being said, you're not far off. It's fractions of degrees.

1132
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:39,480
Speaker 1: You are not in a situation where you have to

1133
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:42,640
Speaker 1: overhaul anything. Quite the opposite. You just have to make

1134
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:46,000
Speaker 1: minor adjustments here and there could be well on your way.

1135
00:59:46,560 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 1: They are right now a plus twenty five hundred odds

1136
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:52,880
Speaker 1: team to win the national championship. And that really is

1137
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:55,680
Speaker 1: because they're in the same division as the number three

1138
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:58,760
Speaker 1: and number four team respectively. When it comes to title

1139
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: odzs doesn't matter. Why it doesn't matter because they all

1140
01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:04,479
Speaker 1: get to play on the field this year. Ohio State

1141
01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:07,440
Speaker 1: welcomes Penn State in I think in week eight, Michigan

1142
01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:09,680
Speaker 1: goes there. I think in week eleven, and I really

1143
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:12,080
Speaker 1: don't think. I just have the Big Ten schedule memorized.

1144
01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:14,560
Speaker 1: So there you go. A list attitude. That's what we're

1145
01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,840
Speaker 1: looking for at Penn State. All right, So before we

1146
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:18,520
Speaker 1: get out of here, I want to thank you guys

1147
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:21,440
Speaker 1: again for watching live and I have a little present

1148
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:26,040
Speaker 1: for you. We rarely do this, but I was over

1149
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,800
Speaker 1: at RCA Records the other day because that's where our

1150
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:31,520
Speaker 1: buddy Michael Bratton you may know him as SEC Mike.

1151
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:33,920
Speaker 1: He records his pot over there, does some of it

1152
01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:35,440
Speaker 1: at his house too, But he asked me to be

1153
01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:37,040
Speaker 1: on his show, and so I was on his show.

1154
01:00:37,720 --> 01:00:42,480
Speaker 1: We recorded it Friday, and I don't know why. He

1155
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:44,760
Speaker 1: asked really good questions, I guess is the reason why.

1156
01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:48,040
Speaker 1: But we got some really good stuff out of that interview.

1157
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 1: And I'm going to link the entire long form interview

1158
01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:52,960
Speaker 1: in the comments below, and if you're watching in the

1159
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:54,840
Speaker 1: live chat, I'm about to link it in just a second,

1160
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:57,360
Speaker 1: but I would encourage you go check it out. It's

1161
01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:59,320
Speaker 1: on his YouTube channel SEC Mike. But I'm about to

1162
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:01,080
Speaker 1: play you a clip right here because a lot of

1163
01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:03,960
Speaker 1: you have asked me, Hey, can you retell the story

1164
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:07,360
Speaker 1: of how the show came to be and then how

1165
01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:10,280
Speaker 1: it eventually arrived in Nashville, Like, how in the world

1166
01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:14,000
Speaker 1: does this show end up as a CBS Sports property

1167
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:16,520
Speaker 1: at twenty four to seven Sports? How did you get there?

1168
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:19,280
Speaker 1: And I told the story a long time ago, but

1169
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 1: we've had like hundreds of thousands of new subscribers hundreds

1170
01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,520
Speaker 1: of thousands of millions actually of new viewers and listeners

1171
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:28,520
Speaker 1: since then. So you may not have heard the story lot. Well,

1172
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:30,920
Speaker 1: here is a little bit of it, and if you

1173
01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:32,360
Speaker 1: want more of it, you can go listen to the

1174
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:33,440
Speaker 1: full interview. Let's roll it.

1175
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:37,760
Speaker 2: How did someone get to your position to where CBS

1176
01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:41,120
Speaker 2: twenty four to seven Sports it wants you on their team.

1177
01:01:41,400 --> 01:01:43,120
Speaker 2: I had Chanon Terry in here about a month ago.

1178
01:01:43,160 --> 01:01:46,040
Speaker 2: He said, yeah, Payde, I think he was doing the weather.

1179
01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 2: I mean, I always thought that was a joke, you

1180
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,560
Speaker 2: chasing tornadoes, but I guess you really do that, did

1181
01:01:49,640 --> 01:01:50,000
Speaker 2: that stuff?

1182
01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, So I was down in Columbus, Georgia. I mean,

1183
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:56,240
Speaker 1: I could give you my whole life story and it

1184
01:01:56,240 --> 01:01:58,520
Speaker 1: would take a couple hours, but I mean suffice it

1185
01:01:58,560 --> 01:02:00,480
Speaker 1: to say I was wasting a lot of time. I

1186
01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:04,240
Speaker 1: was wasting a chunk of my early twenties being in

1187
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:06,960
Speaker 1: the same position. Countless people who are listening to this

1188
01:02:07,080 --> 01:02:09,600
Speaker 1: or watching this have been, or maybe you are right now,

1189
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:13,280
Speaker 1: and that is just you're not so broke that you're

1190
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,920
Speaker 1: backed into a corner, but you're certainly nowhere close to

1191
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:19,000
Speaker 1: wealthy enough to where you've been born on third base

1192
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:20,760
Speaker 1: and you don't have to outwork everyone. You're just kind

1193
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:23,160
Speaker 1: of a tweener and you've gotten out of high school

1194
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:24,960
Speaker 1: and yeah, maybe you're going through college, but you don't

1195
01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:26,440
Speaker 1: know what you want to do. And I was that

1196
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:28,160
Speaker 1: way for a long time. If you asked me at

1197
01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:30,280
Speaker 1: twenty two years old, who are you, I don't know

1198
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:33,560
Speaker 1: that I could have answered that. And it took a

1199
01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:35,560
Speaker 1: little while. It took a confluence of different kinds of

1200
01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:39,000
Speaker 1: events and people sort of smacking sense into me to

1201
01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:42,360
Speaker 1: finally realize, Hey, you do have passions somewhere down in you.

1202
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:44,440
Speaker 1: You do have talent somewhere down in you. You just

1203
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:46,720
Speaker 1: got to kind of find where that little intersection is

1204
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:49,200
Speaker 1: and make a career out of it. There's going to

1205
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:52,080
Speaker 1: be a career there. So that just sounded like motivational

1206
01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:54,480
Speaker 1: speak talk for a long time. Come to find out

1207
01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:56,680
Speaker 1: its reality, though, So I end up getting in sports

1208
01:02:56,680 --> 01:02:59,040
Speaker 1: talk radio and worked for free for a long time.

1209
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:02,840
Speaker 1: I only much the same way Shannon reached out to me.

1210
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:05,600
Speaker 1: Before Shannon did, I had a general manager from a

1211
01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 1: TV station down at Columbus reach out. This is out

1212
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,400
Speaker 1: of the blue. Now he's cold calling me, it goes

1213
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:13,520
Speaker 1: to voicemail because I don't recognize the number. And it

1214
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:15,200
Speaker 1: was a guy by the name of Drew Rhodes. He

1215
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:18,080
Speaker 1: was the general manager at the WLTZ NBC thirty eight

1216
01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 1: affiliate down there in Columbus, and he said, hey, man,

1217
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:22,600
Speaker 1: me and my sales GM, we just had this crazy idea, like,

1218
01:03:22,640 --> 01:03:24,720
Speaker 1: we want to do a college football show on TV

1219
01:03:24,840 --> 01:03:27,280
Speaker 1: every night. What do you think? I listened to you

1220
01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:29,600
Speaker 1: on the radio on the drive home every day, kind

1221
01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 1: of like what you say, what do you think? So

1222
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:32,760
Speaker 1: I took it. I'd never been on TV. First time

1223
01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:34,680
Speaker 1: I was ever on TV, first time I was ever

1224
01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:37,120
Speaker 1: in a studio, I was on TV. And so I

1225
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:39,120
Speaker 1: ended up doing that, ended up parlaying that kind of

1226
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:42,160
Speaker 1: into being a local sports anchor down there. Wasn't qualified

1227
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,520
Speaker 1: for it, ended up being a news anchor. Wasn't qualified

1228
01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:46,400
Speaker 1: for it. But all the while, what I came to

1229
01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:50,080
Speaker 1: realize is you start doing that little college football show,

1230
01:03:50,080 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 1: and at the time we just covered Bama, Auburn, and

1231
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:54,160
Speaker 1: Georgia because that's where we were located in terms of DMA.

1232
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:58,040
Speaker 1: I start realizing, well, they got me wearing a jacket

1233
01:03:58,080 --> 01:03:59,560
Speaker 1: like a suit jacket here they got me wearing a

1234
01:03:59,560 --> 01:04:02,439
Speaker 1: tie every night, and it's it's their gig. I'm I'm

1235
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:04,760
Speaker 1: just in the driver's seat, so I'm happy and content

1236
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:06,440
Speaker 1: to do whatever they asked me to. But ultimately I

1237
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:09,320
Speaker 1: started to get a vision of what I thought that

1238
01:04:09,360 --> 01:04:11,280
Speaker 1: show could be and what I thought we could grow

1239
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:13,680
Speaker 1: it to. And you got to remember, now this is

1240
01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:17,760
Speaker 1: about twenty thirteen ish, and there were so many important

1241
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:20,240
Speaker 1: things that started to happen. First thing is my contract

1242
01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:22,120
Speaker 1: was about to be up. But the second thing is

1243
01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:25,600
Speaker 1: Facebook had this crazy idea that they could take their

1244
01:04:25,640 --> 01:04:28,560
Speaker 1: platform and just add a live streaming component to it

1245
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:31,640
Speaker 1: and then YouTube. Shortly thereafter, they add a live streaming component.

1246
01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:34,280
Speaker 1: And I see that one day and it's just like

1247
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 1: it was the first light bulb moment of my life.

1248
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:38,320
Speaker 1: Everyone else talks about their light bulb moment. I had

1249
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:40,000
Speaker 1: never had one. I thought they were lying about it.

1250
01:04:40,080 --> 01:04:43,760
Speaker 1: So I finally have my light bulb moment. And so

1251
01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:46,400
Speaker 1: after our newscast, I was anchoring the six o'clock news.

1252
01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:48,960
Speaker 1: After that newscast, one day, I just I undid my

1253
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:51,080
Speaker 1: tie a little bit. I go in the I go

1254
01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:53,080
Speaker 1: in the control room, No one's in there. I prop

1255
01:04:53,120 --> 01:04:54,640
Speaker 1: my cell phone up and I just start talking for

1256
01:04:54,680 --> 01:04:56,600
Speaker 1: twenty minutes. And I did that for about a week

1257
01:04:56,640 --> 01:04:59,400
Speaker 1: and management shut it down. And they were every bit

1258
01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:00,960
Speaker 1: within the right t do it, because they said, hey,

1259
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:03,240
Speaker 1: we're not paying you to be on our dime to

1260
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:06,120
Speaker 1: use our facilities and go into business for yourself. So

1261
01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:09,400
Speaker 1: a contract comes up and they just wanted to renew

1262
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:12,120
Speaker 1: me as a sports anchor news anchor, and I said, well,

1263
01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:14,320
Speaker 1: if I can't do in addition what it is I

1264
01:05:14,360 --> 01:05:15,640
Speaker 1: want to do, I'm not going to do it. So

1265
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,640
Speaker 1: we came to an agreement where I just work as

1266
01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:20,160
Speaker 1: an independent contractor for him still be a news anchor.

1267
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:23,200
Speaker 1: So as far as the public's concerned, nothing changed. I

1268
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:24,680
Speaker 1: was just gonna make a whole lot less money. But

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Speaker 1: the trade off was they gave me access Drew Roads

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Speaker 1: and the ownership group down there gave me access to

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Speaker 1: their television studio for three nights a week for an

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Speaker 1: hour where I could produce my own show on my

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Speaker 1: own platform. So the very next week we launched what

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Speaker 1: you know as Late Kick Now, and we launched an

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Speaker 1: independent YouTube channel. And it took about a year and

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Speaker 1: a half and I got a call from Shannon Terry

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Speaker 1: one day and he said, you never met me. I've

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Speaker 1: never met you, but we've been watching some of your stuff,

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Speaker 1: and look, we don't do what you do right now,

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Speaker 1: but I think we can. Will you come here and

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Speaker 1: just keep doing what you're doing, but just do it

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Speaker 1: for us? And that was the golden ticket, you know,

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Speaker 1: because that is twenty four to seven and then getting

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Speaker 1: in the door of CBS as well, And it's just

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Speaker 1: a landmark moment because no one had really made that jump,

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Speaker 1: especially in our college football space now, no one had

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Speaker 1: made that jump before. No one had been taken seriously

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Speaker 1: enough by major media to be given that opportunity. Because

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Speaker 1: the age old philosophy is, well, if there's someone good enough,

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Speaker 1: we will have already known about them because we will

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Speaker 1: have developed them in house, or they will be already

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Speaker 1: working for a legacy media type. And so man like

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Speaker 1: you look back at a few names in your life,

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Speaker 1: and Drew Rhodes is one of them, Bobby Robolowski before him,

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Speaker 1: and Columbus on radio. But Shannon Terry, man like, that's

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Speaker 1: a guy who is visionary to the t. You see

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Speaker 1: his picture next to that name in the dictionary when

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Speaker 1: you look it up, and it starts company after company

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Speaker 1: after company, and the thing about winners is they just

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Speaker 1: keep winning, so there's never any doubt whether they're going

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Speaker 1: to succeed. Now, they may have an individual little test

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Speaker 1: pilot that failed every now and then, but the direction

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Speaker 1: there going is always going to be a sound direction.

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Speaker 1: And I knew that because I had been a subscriber

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Speaker 1: to his website for a long time. I had been

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Speaker 1: a customer of his for a long time, and so

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Speaker 1: I knew the product in the vision was sound. And

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Speaker 1: I know everything I needed to know about CBS in

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Speaker 1: terms of distribution and in terms of production quality. So

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Speaker 1: we came here in twenty twenty, like five minutes before

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Speaker 1: COVID happens. We come here and we launched Late Kick,

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Speaker 1: and it's just scaled ever since because the concept was sound,

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Speaker 1: and now you've got the backing that. Truthfully, I never

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Speaker 1: really knew that I would have. I always thought I'd

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Speaker 1: always have to raise the money, I'd always have to

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Speaker 1: go get some new capital, right. But the one other

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Speaker 1: thing that was happening. And I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: experienced this like I did, but you know, if you

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Speaker 1: grew up a hardcore college football fan, once upon a time,

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Speaker 1: you could find what you wanted, like, you could get

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Speaker 1: that shot in the arm you needed, even from some

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Speaker 1: national media. You could get it. Now, it wasn't as

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Speaker 1: plentiful as I would have liked, but you could get it.

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Speaker 1: I don't actually I do know what happened, but I

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Speaker 1: don't want to go down the road. But around the

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Speaker 1: million of the twenty teens, a lot of entities that

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Speaker 1: had provided that kind of content veered off down a

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Speaker 1: road they had no business going down, and they stopped

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Speaker 1: providing the kind of content that you and I crave,

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Speaker 1: and so many people who are in our respective audiences crave.

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Speaker 1: And so you had the technology come of age at

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Speaker 1: the same time you had other traditional media abandon their audience.

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Speaker 1: So you had the need all the sudden pop up,

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Speaker 1: and you had the means to deliver it to them

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Speaker 1: all the sudden pop up. And so you're talking about

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Speaker 1: a perfect storm. And then you add on top of

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Speaker 1: that that I've got an opportunity in a TV studio

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Speaker 1: down in Columbus. Then I've got an opportunity with Shanon Terry,

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Speaker 1: and then twenty four to seven CBS. Not all of

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Speaker 1: that's in my control. You know, a lot of that's

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Speaker 1: just being blessed, folks looking out for you, folks giving

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Speaker 1: you an opportunity. But the thing about it is it'll

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Speaker 1: eventually happen, like if you grind long enough, if you're

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Speaker 1: doing good work, it'll eventually happen. But it may not

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Speaker 1: happen twice. So you got to jump on it, grab

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Speaker 1: it by the throat when it does come. So big

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Speaker 1: thanks to our buddy Michael Bratton sc C Mike, which

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Speaker 1: I'm told he has tattooed on his lower back unconfirmed.

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Speaker 1: You can find that entire interview on his YouTube channel.

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Speaker 1: It is SEC Mike. Also just put the link in

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Speaker 1: the live chat for those of you watching live. A

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Speaker 1: lot of we went for like an hour that studio

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Speaker 1: that we're in. Okay, this freaked me out, So it's

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Speaker 1: over at our CAA. It's over. Just off music row

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Speaker 1: here in Nashville. I love country music. That don't mean

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Speaker 1: what they do now so much. I mean like legit

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Speaker 1: country music. So unbeknownst to me, we're in a building

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Speaker 1: there where Elvis has recorded, where Dolly Parton has recorded,

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Speaker 1: Charlie Pride I love and he recorded there. Chat Atkins

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Speaker 1: recorded there. Merle Willie Nelson they're just picture after picture

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Speaker 1: on the wall. But I didn't see it when I

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Speaker 1: first got there, so I took a little tour afterwards.

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Speaker 1: And had I known that I was in like the

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Speaker 1: same room in same studio as a lot of them

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Speaker 1: had been, I probably just would have fanned myself the

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Speaker 1: whole studio or whole interview. That's a pretty big deal

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Speaker 1: to me, so I appreciate it. If you want to

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Speaker 1: check out the entire interview, go go give him a

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Speaker 1: like over there on that. It's really good. Though. We've

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Speaker 1: covered a lot of college football too. It's not just

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Speaker 1: like procedural industry stuff, so there's a healthy balance of both.

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Speaker 1: But I had fun with that, had a lot of fun,

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Speaker 1: so I appreciate that. I appreciate you guys being tuned in.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you drop alike on the way out, subscribe

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01:10:25,320 --> 01:10:28,559
Speaker 1: to the channel, and if you're listening on podcasts, just

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01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:31,280
Speaker 1: do bump sub to the podcast and then mosey on

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Speaker 1: over to the YouTube channel and subscribe here as well.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back here same time Thursday night. Look for

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Speaker 1: a Late Kick Extra podcast between now and then and

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Speaker 1: until next time. For Bradley the associate who I don't

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Speaker 1: know why I listened first. I just did director Collins

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Speaker 1: in there, producer Jesse's in there. I'm Josh Bate. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much, have a rick, rest of your night, and

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Speaker 1: God bless