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Speaker 1: him and saying, you'll see, I had no doubts about

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Speaker 1: that guy. And for the record, if we want to

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Speaker 1: get into the prediction game, I would bet you every

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Speaker 1: dollar in my pocket. Now I'm we're in sweatpants, but

431
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Speaker 1: following me every dollar in my pocket. LSU will not

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Speaker 1: only be in this segment this time next year, they'll

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Speaker 1: be prominently featured there. I've got no doubts. I've got

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Speaker 1: zero doubt. I was the one touting Brian Kelly. I

435
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Speaker 1: was the one going on Baton Rouge in New Orleans

436
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Speaker 1: radio and selling some of you guys who had doubts

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Speaker 1: about him on Brian Kelly. So I've had zero doubt

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Speaker 1: about the guy. Have zero doubt about the guy, have

439
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Speaker 1: zero doubt about the future of the program. It's not

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Speaker 1: a prediction segment, it's a here and now segment. I

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Speaker 1: flat out don't have LSU as one of my top

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Speaker 1: ten programs in the country right now, and that's about

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Speaker 1: to change very soon. The end. I just wanted to

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Speaker 1: have that addressed. Academy Sports and Outdoors. I don't know

445
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Speaker 1: have to have a mop necessarily to clean up after

446
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Speaker 1: the segment we just had. But Academy Sports and Outdoors

447
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Speaker 1: has been with us for a long time. Obviously they

448
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Speaker 1: will be with us for a long time. I actually

449
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Speaker 1: need to pick up some new rain gear because, as

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Speaker 1: you can tell, we're on the air Tuesday, because I'm

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Speaker 1: pretty sure i'll either be in like Illinois or Iowa

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Speaker 1: or Missouri sometime Friday. I hate to be the bearer

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Speaker 1: of bad news. It looks like we have another big

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Speaker 1: tornado outbreak coming. At least it's in a different portion

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Speaker 1: of the country, but yours truly, as I do every spring,

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Speaker 1: We'll be on the road later this week, and I

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Speaker 1: will gear up at Academy Sports and Outdoors. Probably can't

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Speaker 1: use the Academy dot Com option because even they can't

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Speaker 1: ship fast enough to get it here by the time

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Speaker 1: I fly out of here Thursday. But not all of

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Speaker 1: you are psychopathic enough to go out and seek tornadoes.

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Speaker 1: Some of you just want to play a softball game.

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Speaker 1: Some of you just want to play some pickup basketball

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Speaker 1: in the driveway. That's fine, Academy's there for both of us.

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Speaker 1: They will fulfill your needs and we all have them.

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Speaker 1: I can assure you, no matter what kind of lifestyle

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Speaker 1: you live, at some point this spring, you will need something,

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Speaker 1: probably multiple things that they offer, and if you can't

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Speaker 1: find it there, quite frankly, I question your lifestyle at

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Speaker 1: this point. I know that's a dirty thing to do,

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Speaker 1: but if you're living a lifestyle that has nothing to

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Speaker 1: do with anything they carry, knowing the selection they have,

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Speaker 1: what are you really doing with your life? And as

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Speaker 1: I said, if you can't get there in person, academy

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Speaker 1: dot com has you covered. Okay, they're watching us in Denver,

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Speaker 1: Colorado tonight. Sacramento, California is tuned in and Delanaga, Georgia.

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Speaker 1: You're panning for gold in Delanaga. Did you know that

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Speaker 1: play a baseball tournament up there one time too? Okay,

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Speaker 1: I need to talk to you about well, I need

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Speaker 1: to answer a question and then talk to you in

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Speaker 1: the process. So you know how, sometimes Colin, you don't

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Speaker 1: have to include this in the segment, but you know how,

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Speaker 1: sometimes we talk about the greatest atmospheres in college football,

484
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Speaker 1: talking about the biggest stadiums, the best stadiums, and LSU

485
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Speaker 1: gets prominently mentioned, like Ohio State will get mentioned, Bama,

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Speaker 1: all the big SEC places of Penn State, a lot

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Speaker 1: of the big Big ten places oughtson at Oregon and

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Speaker 1: some people include Clemson and some people don't. And that

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Speaker 1: leads into Matthew's question. So Matthew from Conway, South Carolina,

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Speaker 1: he hit us up. He said, have you ever been

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Speaker 1: to Death Valley for a game? And if you haven't,

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Speaker 1: would you come to the FSU or Notre Dame game

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Speaker 1: this year? If you haven't experienced it at night, you're

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Speaker 1: really missing out. He's right, so are Clemson fans. Even

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Speaker 1: Clemson fans have been missing out. So I have been.

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Speaker 1: I went to one Clemson game. It was twoenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Texas A and M was in town. It was a

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Speaker 1: day game. It was roughly one hundred and fifty seven

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Speaker 1: degrees on the field that day. Those of you who

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Speaker 1: were there know all too well what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 1: They outlasted Texas A and M. They win the game.

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Speaker 1: But then I didn't go back. I've had no reason

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Speaker 1: to go back. The closest reason I would have had

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Speaker 1: was last year. But before I get to that, you

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Speaker 1: want to talk about uncovering some deep, dark college football trivia. Today,

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Speaker 1: we went back and looked because I just don't remember

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Speaker 1: many big Clemson home games in the playoff era, and

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Speaker 1: I was right. They are fifty nine and two at

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Speaker 1: home in the playoff era. You remember most of the wins.

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Speaker 1: Anyone out there want to take a guess at the

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Speaker 1: two losses, anyone, I'm gonna give you like five seconds.

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Speaker 1: One one of them was pretty recently. It was last

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Speaker 1: year against South Carolina, and the other one was against

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Speaker 1: Hoomst pipped in twenty sixteen. That's not as dark as

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Speaker 1: the trivia gets. Oh no, post it pop here bam.

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Speaker 1: Who are the two quarterbacks who dealt Clemson their only

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Speaker 1: two home losses in the college football playoff era? One

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Speaker 1: of them Spencer Rattler, the other one drum roll please

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Speaker 1: Nathan Peterman. Those sound like names of asteroids more than

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks that should have beaten Clemson. But yet they did it.

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Speaker 1: And that goes to show you. Aside from the Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson game when Louisville went in there and it was

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Speaker 1: just a classic. In I believe twenty sixteen, n c

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Speaker 1: State last year was a big build up. They played

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Speaker 1: like Auburn in twenty seventeen. FSU was fairly big in

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. They just don't play many big games at home.

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Speaker 1: And it's not their fault. It's the rest of the

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Speaker 1: ACC's fault. No one has stepped up consistently over there.

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Speaker 1: And that leads me to the following point. Why that's it?

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Speaker 1: What gives the rest of the ACC the right to

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Speaker 1: collectively suck that bad over this long period of time.

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Speaker 1: Surely you would think to yourself, your nine year old

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Speaker 1: niece would walk up and think to herself, Surely someone

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Speaker 1: is gonna stumble into a winner every now and then.

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Speaker 1: They don't. They really don't, little Susie. They sure don't.

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Speaker 1: Not even Virginia Tech. No. Well what Miami and Florida State? No,

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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe we'll see stay tuned this year. It's disappointing.

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Speaker 1: I went down to Florida State in like twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 1: I saw them play Clemson there and that was a

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Speaker 1: great environment. Clemson pulled it out. That was either fifteen

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Speaker 1: or sixteen. Either way, they were gonna go play for

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Speaker 1: a title that year they won the title. The year

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Speaker 1: they lost to pitt By the way, I just remember

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Speaker 1: that so anyway, we're reliving history where Clemson could be

545
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: one of the most famous environments in college football. Now

546
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: the locals will swear by it. I am trying to

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Speaker 1: inform the locals in as kind of fashion as I can.

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Speaker 1: The rest of America does not view the Clemson home

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Speaker 1: experience like you guys do. But I'm not saying that derogatorily.

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Speaker 1: I'm eighty percent sure it's a word. I'm not saying

551
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: that to slight you. I'm saying, you guys are so good.

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Speaker 1: You have removed the threat of losing at home from

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Speaker 1: the radar to the point where we just we don't

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Speaker 1: really turn on many Clemson games to say, boys Place

555
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: is about to be rocking tonight. But it could be that.

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Speaker 1: In fact, many times it is that. It's just most

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Speaker 1: people are oblivious to it. So Florida State comes in

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Speaker 1: there week four this year. I have not scouted our

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Speaker 1: tour destinations yet, we haven't named the tour yet this year,

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Speaker 1: but I would be fairly confident that's gonna be the

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Speaker 1: game of the year in the ACC and I would

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Speaker 1: have some pretty supreme confidence that that's going to be

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Speaker 1: well on our radar for being our destination in week four. Now,

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Speaker 1: if Florida State were to beat LSU in Week one,

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Speaker 1: Florida State's undefeated when they go in there, or even

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Speaker 1: if they're not undefeated, if they just look like they're legit.

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Speaker 1: They are validating people's expectations. They're a very high caliber team,

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Speaker 1: and Clemson has righted the ship offensively. Imagine what that

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Speaker 1: game could be. Like I said, last year, you know,

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Speaker 1: people were touting NC State, but the nation doesn't take

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Speaker 1: NC State seriously. You will you will have the same

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Speaker 1: doubters about an NC State being a legit contender as

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Speaker 1: people doubted TCU last year, right up until they went

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Speaker 1: to the title game. People doubted them. Why they're not

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Speaker 1: a blue blood. So that's that simple. And so the

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Speaker 1: difference is when Florida State starts to make a little noise,

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00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: the country's already conditioned to take Florida State seriously. They're

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Speaker 1: looking for a reason to do it. And if Florida

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Speaker 1: State goes in there and all of a sudden undefeated

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Speaker 1: for undefeated, and you may very well have acc you know,

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00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: pole position on the line there, that could be the

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Speaker 1: best Clemson home atmosphere we've seen in a long time.

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Speaker 1: And it will remind you what's possible up there. That

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Speaker 1: place should be right there in the conversation. Every time

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Speaker 1: you mentioned LSU or Penn State or the like, it

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Speaker 1: should be there. It hasn't been there. And it's not

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00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: Clemson's fault is because the rest of that conference has

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00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: not held up their end of the bargain. And one

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00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: more thing. I was on ten ten down in Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: today and I was talking to Ryan Green and I

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Speaker 1: mentioned the stat that we're showing on the screen right now.

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Speaker 1: For the first time in a long long time, those odds,

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Speaker 1: those preseason odds in the ACC are not Clemson, and

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Speaker 1: then no one else within earshot. It's Clemson in Florida State.

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Speaker 1: We know the game happens in Death Valley this year,

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Speaker 1: but it's Clemson in Florida State. Even that point spread

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00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 1: is going to be under a touchdown when they play

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Speaker 1: that one up there. So it's going to be a

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Speaker 1: very very very fun countdown. You know, season starts four

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Speaker 1: weeks or three weeks earlier than that, but that's going

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Speaker 1: to be the countdown. That's the one everyone's going to

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Speaker 1: be looking forward to. All right, let's move it on.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys being tuned in tonight. By the way,

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Speaker 1: if you haven't already liked the video, which a quarter

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00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: of you have done, but that means three fourths of you,

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Speaker 1: that's an info. Back me up. Yeah, three fourths of

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Speaker 1: you have not liked the video yet. It's concerning, but

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Speaker 1: you know it's not a red flag yet. We've still

609
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: got a lot of show to go. Speaking of the show,

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Speaker 1: we're just going all over the place tonight. I would

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Speaker 1: like to talk to you about a team that I

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Speaker 1: would like to mood track. The mood tracker segment is

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Speaker 1: a franchise. It's a staple of Late Kick. It's where

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Speaker 1: we stick the thermometer in the fan base figuratively and

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00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 1: we figure out how they're feeling. I think it is.

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Speaker 1: It gives you a really good gauge on how the

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Speaker 1: country collectively is feeling about their teams. Tonight, we were

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00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: sitting around as a staff wondering who should we do

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Speaker 1: the mood tracker on? Who should we do the MIoD

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Speaker 1: tracker on? And I walk in and say, oh, it's

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Speaker 1: already been decided, guys, because of the peristyle the USC

622
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: twenty four to seven message board, they decided it for us.

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Speaker 1: I'm just perusing the other day, I was in the

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Speaker 1: office at like twelve thirty in the morning doing what

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Speaker 1: you might ask you have a flat tire. No, I

626
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: was watching Lincoln Riley's spring press conferences hoops amongst us. Right,

627
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Speaker 1: So I go over to the USC message board cause

628
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: Trevino and the guys they were doing their post practice

629
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Speaker 1: wrap up. It was pouring down rain in LA and

630
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Speaker 1: then I stumbled upon a message board thread and it said,

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Speaker 1: you know, on Lake Kick, they've been doing mood trackers,

632
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Speaker 1: so if and when they do USC, let's just go

633
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 1: ahead and give them some ideas. And sure enough, there's

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Speaker 1: a whole thread. There's a two page thread over there

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00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: where they're just offering up their moods voluntarily. That is

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Speaker 1: the kind of initiative that we like to label paid

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00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: state material. So they're excited about Lincoln Riley. But you

638
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 1: know the different and in the excitement in southern and

639
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: Southern col and the excitement that just any old program

640
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,280
Speaker 1: would have is Southern Cow's been to the mountaintop before,

641
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 1: and it wasn't a million years ago, And so enough

642
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: of those folks know what the capability of that program

643
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: is that they're happy to get excited about a guy.

644
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: But once the confetti is on the ground, and you know,

645
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 1: once the ticker tape parade is over and he's settled

646
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: into his new mansion, it's time to get to work.

647
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: And we love having you, but you're going to be

648
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: held to the same standard as everyone else, including the

649
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: guys we fired before you because they couldn't get it done.

650
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: But with that in mind, I made the mood of

651
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: the USC fan base caroling because of what I just

652
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: talked about. There is excitement that for the first time

653
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: they've got a guy the caliber of what they had

654
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: in the early to mid two thousands. That guy's name

655
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: was Pete Carroll. Maybe you've heard of him. Children, If

656
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: you haven't, go look it up, because there is a

657
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 1: very inconvenient truth that people in the South and people

658
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 1: in the Midwest do not like to acknowledge, and that

659
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: is Southern cal when they're operating at peak efficiency, is

660
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 1: not just a pretty good program, it's a nightmare for

661
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: the rest of the country. When USC is clicking on

662
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: all cylinders, it is a nightmare for the rest of America.

663
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: Some of us remember it once upon a time. Some

664
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 1: of us remember now, I was back in school But

665
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: some of us remember when you looked out West and

666
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,359
Speaker 1: you just you didn't. It's not like you prayed for

667
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: injury or something, but you had to hope like some

668
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: random upset was gonna happen that knocked them out, because

669
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 1: you knew, you know, if you had to run up

670
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:42,280
Speaker 1: against them in postseason play, unless you got Vince Young,

671
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 1: you weren't gonna fare much better than like Oklahoma did

672
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: that year. What'd they hang fifty five on Oklahoma in

673
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: a title game? So they remember all that? I call

674
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: that Caroling. Now that was the peak Carol era, and

675
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 1: then there was a bunch of guys who, suffice it

676
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,879
Speaker 1: to say, were not peak Carol. And now they got

677
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley. More on Lincoln Riley. In a second. You

678
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: haven't met him, I'll introduce you to him. But I

679
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: have a couple of criticisms that even some of the

680
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,399
Speaker 1: Southern cow fans will acknowledge. But I think a lot

681
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: of the criticisms outside of USC fandom are more wishing

682
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 1: than actual acknowledging real problems. Let me tell you what

683
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: they sound like. Right now, there's a healthy portion of

684
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: the college football public, the more casual public, that would

685
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: tell you us, he's not recruiting well enough. Well, they're

686
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: not recruiting number one classes. But what if I told

687
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 1: you if you looked at their combined recruiting ranking for

688
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: this year, which is portal and recruiting class combined, their

689
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 1: class would rank number two in the Big Ten, which

690
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,720
Speaker 1: is where they're about to head, trailing only Ohio State.

691
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: Is this not the standard? Is this not the talent

692
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: acquisition standard I'm supposed to be holding them to. That's

693
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: the way you should be thinking about that. By the way. Also,

694
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: now this is the money criticism defense. Not good enough. No,

695
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: it's not. No, it has not been, and it wasn't

696
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: when he was at Oklahoma, he being Lincoln Riley, it wasn't.

697
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: You got some woeful numbers on the screen right now.

698
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:16,240
Speaker 1: And if you're listening on podcasts, it's not worth a Google.

699
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: It's not worth a duck duck, go, don't bing it,

700
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 1: don't anything. Just trust me. It's bad. As much as

701
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 1: we're caroling around here, this is very grinch like. And

702
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: if there's one grinch that can ruin caroling, it's the

703
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: one leading this defense right now now. I was listening

704
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: to Lincoln Riley talk the other day as I told you,

705
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 1: it's parked in the office high a top Nashville, Tennessee,

706
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: all by myself. And he said all the right things

707
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: about progress year one to year two. And he said

708
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 1: all the right things, and I do believe him. About

709
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: adding quality second line depth last year, yeah, they had

710
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: some good frontline players. It was like falling off a

711
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: cliff if they ever had to dig into their depth

712
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: a little bit. But someone on the peristyle actually made

713
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 1: a good point. He said, I'm excited about this year

714
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: because either we're going to the playoff or we're totally

715
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: overhauling the defense. And I think he's right. They're not

716
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 1: gonna miss the playoff because of offense. They're gonna miss

717
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: the playoff because they can't stop molasses in December, even

718
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: in southern California. And if that's the case, then he's

719
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 1: got options. That's a destination for ninety nine percent of

720
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: defensive coordinators or potential defensive coordinators in America. So Lincoln

721
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: Riley would have his pick. He's not gonna keep his

722
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,760
Speaker 1: wagon hitched to a guy who can't get it done.

723
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: He believes in Alex Grins. This why I still got

724
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: him there. And look he's the head coach, so he

725
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: makes the decisions. But I think that Poster was right.

726
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,359
Speaker 1: Either they go to the playoff because defense has improved enough,

727
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: or they're overhauling things and then year three will be

728
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 1: the biggest excitement year. They've got the fourth best playoff

729
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:54,319
Speaker 1: odds in America right now. This upcoming year, they have

730
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: got a schedule that's very workable. They have got a

731
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: returning Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback. They are recruiting guys

732
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: that inevitably will in the future be in the Heisman conversation.

733
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: They're in it for Dylan Rail, They're in there for

734
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: Reduce Robinson. Deuce Robinson is a guy, Jesse. You were

735
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 1: at e Leit eleven. So we go out to Elite

736
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: eleven last year and we are watching the quarterbacks because

737
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: it's a quarterback event, and then all of a sudden,

738
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 1: there's this receiver who's just there and it turns out

739
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,879
Speaker 1: it's him, and he's over there. He's just working out

740
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: because you got to have receivers out there for the

741
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 1: quarterbacks throw too. So they could end up being ranked

742
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 1: even higher than they are right now and recruiting. They

743
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: are fourteenth in returning production this year, and that's number

744
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: one in the PAC twelve. And this is a team

745
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: that was on the precipice of winning the PAC twelve

746
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: last year. I can't tell you what would have happened

747
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 1: if Caleb Williams was healthy in the PAC twelve title game.

748
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 1: And I know they don't like me saying that in

749
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: Salt Lake City, but I don't know what would have happened.

750
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: I have a feeling they would have won the game.

751
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 1: That's my feeling, which is worth what it's worth anyway,

752
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,280
Speaker 1: irrelevant if he's healthy this year, they are the favorites

753
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: and should be the favorites, and they've got, like I said,

754
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: much better depth this year. So overall, I mean, let's

755
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: please not kid ourselves about this. You can you can

756
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: tend to do the same thing with Lincoln Riley that

757
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,720
Speaker 1: people do with Notre Dame. I already spoke my piece

758
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: on Notre Dame earlier. They do the same thing with

759
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,879
Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley they do with Notre Dame. Notre Dame goes

760
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,479
Speaker 1: up against the very best in the country. They don't

761
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: beat Bama, they don't beat Clemson, and someone's got them

762
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 1: ranked fifth and say, oh, they're overrated. No they're not.

763
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: They lost the team's ranked higher than them. Lincoln Riley

764
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,800
Speaker 1: does not have Nick Saban's resume. He didn't have Kirby's resume. Okay,

765
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,879
Speaker 1: I'm quickly running out of the list of folks who

766
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 1: have a better resume than him. The guy has quite

767
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,399
Speaker 1: literally won double digit games every year of his head

768
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 1: coaching existence. He's a monster who is just getting started.

769
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 1: He could be a head coach from another quarter century

770
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 1: for all we know. So some folks would lead you

771
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 1: to believe, Hey, you just are who you are. I'm

772
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: a believer that the folks at the top of any

773
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 1: food chain are there because of adaptability and because of

774
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 1: the ability to evolve and the ability to learn and,

775
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:16,240
Speaker 1: if need be, reinvent themselves. I don't believe the things

776
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: that have limited your words, not mine Lincoln Riley so

777
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 1: far in his career, are always going to be to

778
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 1: his detrim I believe there is coming a time where

779
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,320
Speaker 1: a Lincoln Riley team will play plenty good enough defensive

780
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: football for him to otherwise take advantage of the way

781
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: he acquires offensive talent, calls plays, and develops program and

782
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: they'll win a championship. I firmly believe that. I'm not

783
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 1: saying it's twenty twenty three. I'm just saying he's got

784
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,839
Speaker 1: he's got a while. He's not seventy eight years old.

785
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: He's got a while. So there's every reason in the

786
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: world to be ecstatic, or Carolyn if you will, if

787
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 1: you're a USC fan, all these true freshmen out there.

788
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 1: Mikayleb Williams is not one, obviously, but all these true

789
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: freshmen out there. We've talked about him the past two

790
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 1: shows and I said, yes, are we've done or do

791
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: we have some more to talk about? And Producer Jesse said,

792
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 1: I think we got some more now. In fairness, Producer

793
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 1: Jesse just wanted to do a full diagnosis of Penn

794
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,280
Speaker 1: State signing class. We can't do that for obvious reasons.

795
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,720
Speaker 1: But what we can do is, Colin, here's your endpoint.

796
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 1: True freshmen that could impact things this year. We're not

797
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: looking for red shirts. We're not looking for guys who

798
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: will pop on the radar in twenty twenty five. I'm

799
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: talking about guys think Nicholas Harbor. Do we have the

800
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: track footage? By the way, always some of my favorite

801
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: film to watch from this past recruiting cycle was Nicholas

802
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 1: Harbor running track. I want you to look at this

803
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 1: and keep in mind, this alien here is six' five

804
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:43,879
Speaker 1: two twenty. FIVE i don't THINK i need to point

805
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: out to you which one he is in the, Tape

806
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: but if you're listening on, podcasts just picture someone twice

807
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: the size of everyone, else moving about twice as fast

808
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 1: as everyone. Else and then Picture Shane beemer and his

809
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 1: coaching staff watching that and, saying, yep we want to

810
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 1: have one of. Those and they got. Him they got.

811
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,879
Speaker 1: Him it was a knife fight on the recruiting Trouble,

812
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 1: oregon but they got. Him do you, see by the

813
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 1: way you listen on, podcasts you're doing yourself a. Disservice,

814
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 1: ugh that is gross. Footage look at. Him how long

815
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 1: is it gonna take for Whoever number two? Is? Okay

816
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,839
Speaker 1: number two is barely in the. Frame he finally showed.

817
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 1: Up there's zero chance that dude stays off the field this.

818
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: Year the one question about him has been is he

819
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: gonna play? Football is he gonna be a track and field?

820
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: Guy if he is playing, football they're not going to

821
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 1: have a season At South. Carolina if he's, healthy where

822
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 1: he's kept off the, field you don't recruit those kind

823
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: of dudes At South carolina and keep them off the.

824
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: Field at the very, least he will be a demon

825
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: on special teams and then red zone as. WELL i,

826
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: Mean i've got a guy who can who can run

827
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 1: a ten twenty two hundred meter is six five two

828
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 1: twenty five and really it just has attributes that shouldn't

829
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: be possessed by a. Human. YEAH i think he'll be

830
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:00,080
Speaker 1: an impact player if he's actually able to play his fresh.

831
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: Year one of the highest ranked recruits In South carolina,

832
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: history like the number seven player they've ever, signed easily

833
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: the highest ranked Kid beamers brought in so. Far there's

834
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: another one in THE sec over in The, west and

835
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 1: That Sunteren. Perkins he's a linebacker uh six three five.

836
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: Pounds he's the number three backer in the class, overall

837
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:24,399
Speaker 1: number twenty three overall. Player saban wanted him really. Bad

838
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: Pete golding when he was At alabama wanted him really.

839
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,359
Speaker 1: Bad And Pete golding just, decided you know what IF

840
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 1: i IF i can't get him to come To, alabama

841
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:35,439
Speaker 1: why DON'T i go To Ole Miss and he did,

842
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 1: So Pete carroll or Not Pete, Carroll Pete golding is

843
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: now the defensive coordinator at Ole miss and he gets

844
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: to Coach perkins after. All massive, get huge get For Lane.

845
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 1: KIFFIN i think people overlook the defensive acquisitions there for obvious,

846
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: reasons because they gave up thirty one point three points

847
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 1: per game defensively last. Year But Andrew, ivans who as

848
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: we all, know is one of the foremost voices in

849
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: this recruiting, space and he doesn't even pay me to

850
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: say that. Anymore used, to but he doesn't pay me

851
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: to say it anymore BECAUSE i really truly believe. It

852
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 1: one of his quotes from the last signing day was

853
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,879
Speaker 1: a hidden gem of the twenty twenty three. Cycle you're

854
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: looking at, Him Sunterene. Perkins i'm going to give you

855
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: his stats in the state title game they're In. Mississippi

856
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 1: thirty two. Carries, now mind, you we're talking about a.

857
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 1: Linebacker but some of these, guys obviously or elite enough,

858
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: athletes they just play both. Ways thirty two, carries three

859
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty seven yards, rushing four, touchdowns four to

860
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 1: two point conversion attempts, converted and uh, oh by the,

861
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,760
Speaker 1: way six tackles had an interception in the. Game extremely

862
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: athletic off the charts athleticism and ability to. Move he

863
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 1: can cover for a guy with his, frame is really

864
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 1: an insane athlete and one of the best in this

865
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 1: clast class out At. Texas what are we talking about right?

866
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 1: Now we're talking about Jeonn robinson going to the draft

867
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: right at running, back and we're talking About Roshawn johnson

868
00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 1: he's out of there as, well and we're talking about

869
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 1: all these wide receivers At. Texas what are we going

870
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,360
Speaker 1: to do at running? Back, Well Cedric baxter is what

871
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna do at running. Back Cedric baxter was the

872
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 1: number one running back in this, class number thirty overall five,

873
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:15,360
Speaker 1: stars obviously six' one. Two, fifteen THEY as, i said

874
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,440
Speaker 1: lost some guys and then Also at texas, this spring

875
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,399
Speaker 1: the guys they do have on the roster have been

876
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: out at. VARIOUS points I Think healan robinson's, practicing again

877
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: but they've been out at, various points which Has Given

878
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: cedric baxter time to get some very very valuable reps in.

879
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: The spring he's good enough on. His own i'm a

880
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: believer that a guy, like him especially at the position,

881
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:40,359
Speaker 1: he plays will be able to transition into college life

882
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 1: fairly effectively as, a freshman but also when you're giving

883
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: him extra reps in spring or you if at least

884
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 1: got that on, the radar it becomes all the more

885
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: likely that he's about to be. A player, this year

886
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: he finished his high school career with forty four, total

887
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 1: touchdowns forty two of them were of the. Rushing variety,

888
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,759
Speaker 1: and lastly now we're getting to a money position here

889
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: at a. Money program and it's so IRONIC that i mentioned,

890
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 1: that word given what the conversation was around this school landing.

891
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 1: This player pay attention to my Friends In. IOWA city

892
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 1: i KID because i. Care Guys caden proctor Is at Alabama.

893
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 1: FROM iowa i may Be. THERE friday i think he

894
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 1: may start at tackle. For him, Right now bama's in

895
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,960
Speaker 1: the middle of, spring practice and, right now PRETTY Sure

896
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,160
Speaker 1: jc latham is going to have one of those. Tackle

897
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:37,799
Speaker 1: spots but right now it's Between Essentially Elijah Pritchett Harvard, High, School,

898
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:42,160
Speaker 1: columbus Georgia Or caden PROCTOR as i. See, it sure

899
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: if We Had nick saban on the show, right now

900
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 1: he wouldn't even let me get that out of my

901
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,359
Speaker 1: mouth without biting my. Head off but that's pretty much

902
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: how it's going to boil. Down there when all said,

903
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 1: and done it's not crazy to talk about a true

904
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,840
Speaker 1: freshman starting at, tackle there talk about really young, guys

905
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 1: playing it's. NOT crazy, I mean i CAN'T remember i

906
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: can remember exactly which ones played. As freshman but when

907
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: you think About Like, Alex leatherwood quanjo back in, the

908
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 1: day Sorry, As Kwanjo cam robinson when he came, in

909
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: there these guys they. Played, Early Flucker. Jonah williams they

910
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:16,880
Speaker 1: just rattled off five star tackles who have come in

911
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: there and played. Pretty Early JEDRICK wills i think may

912
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 1: have played as a freshman. A sophomore I Think caden

913
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:24,839
Speaker 1: proctor possesses. That ability this dude was the number one

914
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: tackle in, the country number five, overall player, six seven.

915
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:35,760
Speaker 1: Three thirty so they don't really need to necessarily physically.

916
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: Develop him he doesn't have to put any. Size on

917
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: he's ready from, that STANDPOINT, and i, OH boy i

918
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,240
Speaker 1: look forward. To that we see this is one where

919
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: we talked about it. A lot we talked about the

920
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: Recruitment Of, caden proctor and if you, have forgotten let

921
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:55,560
Speaker 1: me refresh. Your memory that's the one where he Was

922
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: from iowa and he was Committed, to iowa And Then

923
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:02,839
Speaker 1: nick saban decided he wanted him and they. Landed him

924
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 1: and then the allegations Were that wabama just went and,

925
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: bought him and it was so loud that the kid

926
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 1: himself came out, and, SAID actually i took less guaranteed

927
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: money to Go to alabama if that matters, to anyone,

928
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 1: You know and then some folks had the audacity, to, say, essentially, no, no,

929
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:21,239
Speaker 1: no no you don't know what you're. Talking about, i'm

930
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: right like the kid himself is not the foremost authority.

931
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:29,399
Speaker 1: On This hawkeye guy eighty three on the YouTube, comment

932
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: section THAT'S who i need to be. Listening To so

933
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,040
Speaker 1: I'M not, I know i kind of need to walk

934
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: a fine line There because i'd be PISSED for I

935
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,760
Speaker 1: an iowa. Fan Too so i'm not blaming. You guys

936
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: and it doubly stings because it's an in state guy

937
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:45,160
Speaker 1: and you've got an established. Track record, in fact, per

938
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 1: capita you could argue you got a better track record

939
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:50,919
Speaker 1: of developing the offensive line Position. Than alabama they've got,

940
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 1: more studs but they've recruited. MORE studs i get the

941
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:58,360
Speaker 1: argument on. Your side my point was then and, still

942
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,520
Speaker 1: is he didn't go there from he went there Because.

943
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:05,160
Speaker 1: It's alabama it's nothing to be. Sad, about well it's

944
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,399
Speaker 1: nothing to feel like you've been. WRONGED over i guess

945
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 1: you could be sad. About it, BUT yeah i think

946
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:12,720
Speaker 1: he's going to be an. Impact Freshman Baxter, Sunterine Perkins.

947
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: NICHOLAS harbor i think all of those are impact freshmen. This,

948
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,239
Speaker 1: YEAR look I as i, TOLD you i am probably going

949
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: to be on The. Road, friday now the socials are

950
00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: very active. RIGHT now i always encourage you to Follow

951
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:28,360
Speaker 1: me Twitter and instagram or my main. Two areas we

952
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:31,359
Speaker 1: could shut down TikTok any, Second anyway So At Lake,

953
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: kick josh make sure you're. Following there now HERE'S what i,

954
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: don't know but a lot of you have, asked me

955
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: so there is, a chance especially if the, situation WARRANTS

956
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:46,840
Speaker 1: where i could just randomly go live Like on, instagram

957
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,359
Speaker 1: especially could just, go live could just have you A Live.

958
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 1: Tornado friday don't know how it ever, plays Out but

959
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 1: i'm saying enough of you have asked for that to

960
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,239
Speaker 1: where if you're into that sort, of thing you, like

961
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: nature atmospheric SCIENCE like. I, do yeah maybe we'll, do that,

962
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: Who knows but at the very least it could be

963
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: some really pretty pictures to Look. At Friday the instagram

964
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,040
Speaker 1: story is just it's. A plethora it's a very very

965
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:14,560
Speaker 1: wide variety of what happens in my life outside of.

966
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 1: This office plenty of college, football content plenty of what,

967
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:22,400
Speaker 1: happens here, You know like, EARLIER today i just barely

968
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: got the sweat dried off of ME because i had

969
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: to take management out behind the woodshed another couple of

970
00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:30,480
Speaker 1: times on the pong table less than an hour before the.

971
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:32,759
Speaker 1: Show Started and i'm about to go do the Same

972
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 1: with jesse in just a second out of love because

973
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 1: he's got a big final four battle in the office

974
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:39,879
Speaker 1: tournament coming UP that i got to get him ready

975
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: for him to talk about the formatting of. That tournament by,

976
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,880
Speaker 1: the way still. Not Over tim watts texting me the

977
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:48,799
Speaker 1: other day and made one of about two or three

978
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 1: good points a year, he makes and that is your

979
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 1: office ping pong tournament is going to take longer than

980
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:57,919
Speaker 1: THE actual ncaa tournament. Has taken i'd love to say,

981
00:51:57,920 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 1: he's wrong but he's. Not wrong that's not. On me

982
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,600
Speaker 1: i'm just, a participant so we will have a late

983
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 1: kick Extra, podcast thursday if you won't be only YouTube

984
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 1: channel obviously little drop in your. Podcast feeds so if you,

985
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,799
Speaker 1: HAVEN'T already i tweeted it, out earlier you can go

986
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,799
Speaker 1: in submit your questions by responding, to it and. We

987
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:20,800
Speaker 1: will we'll get you, a good solid Curthy. On thursday

988
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: you will until then for a director common For, Producer

989
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 1: Jesse I'm. Josh bait take care of a great rest of.

990
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:27,040
Speaker 1: Your evening god bless