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Speaker 2: Right now. We'll talk about it. We're jam packed.

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Speaker 1: We're high atop a blossoming downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on this

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Speaker 1: We're brought to you by Academy Sports and Outdoors. Academy

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Speaker 1: though does not necessarily endorse everything happening in college football

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Speaker 1: and then it's in your mind and out of your

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00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,879
Speaker 1: mind in ten seconds. The amount of work that goes

437
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 1: into being a quarterback at the college football level is insane,

438
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: and so just I want to reiterate, this stuff is

439
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,000
Speaker 1: not haphazardly done.

440
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 2: It is not a video game world.

441
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,640
Speaker 1: It is not as simple as pressing a button and

442
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 1: all right, take the things he was gonna do here,

443
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 1: and now he'll just do them there.

444
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 2: Just not the way it works.

445
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:43,880
Speaker 1: It boggles my mind how freely some guys transfer. Some

446
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,240
Speaker 1: of them put a lot of thought into it. Others

447
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 1: I just don't think they do. Because there are hundreds

448
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,480
Speaker 1: and hundreds of kids in portal. Not everyone has thought

449
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 1: this stuff through. But to go through an entire spring

450
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,199
Speaker 1: and then you say, all right, I'm gone crazy to me.

451
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 1: Micah Hudson is an interesting name too. He's a wide receiver.

452
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: He was at Texas Tech. He portal to A and M.

453
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 1: He's already back in the portal.

454
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 2: A lot of.

455
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:12,680
Speaker 1: Extenuating circumstances here classroom wise, just probably some non football

456
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 1: stuff and so waiting to see where he goes. He's

457
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: the number one ranked wide receiver in the portal right now,

458
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 1: talent is not the question, so probably a lot of

459
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: other extracurricular stuff going on around him. Fran Brown I

460
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 1: mentioned him earlier. So he's the head coach at Syracuse.

461
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: He was Georgia two years ago. He goes to Syracuse

462
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 1: last year, takes over big time rising star in the

463
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Speaker 1: head coaching ranks. And if you don't believe me, let's

464
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Speaker 1: say you live in Cape Girardo, Missouri. Okay, you probably

465
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 1: don't know a lot about fran Brown. You really probably

466
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Speaker 1: don't know a lot about Treborpina, who is a Trevor Pina,

467
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,639
Speaker 1: who is a wide receiver of his Syracuse. So if

468
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Speaker 1: you live in Cape Girardo, good people there. If you

469
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 1: live there and you just heard me say fran Brown's

470
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Speaker 1: a rising star in the head coaching profession, you probably think.

471
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Speaker 2: Well, why would he say that? Like, what about fran

472
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:12,160
Speaker 2: Brown as special?

473
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Speaker 1: Well, let me have director Colin in just a second

474
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 1: tee up a piece of sound, because I know our

475
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,719
Speaker 1: people in Cape Girard, in Missouri. In fact, most corners

476
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,119
Speaker 1: of the country will love what you're.

477
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 2: About to hear.

478
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 1: So he has a player, Trevor Pina, wide receiver comes

479
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: to him. And not only wants more money than Syracuse

480
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: is willing to pay him, he also wants input on

481
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,920
Speaker 1: things that a player probably has very little.

482
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,640
Speaker 2: To no business having input on.

483
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,000
Speaker 1: Now, some head coaches out there walk on eggshells and

484
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,639
Speaker 1: they have no clue how to deal with this. Let

485
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: me show you how Fran Brown at Syracuse dealt with it.

486
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,880
Speaker 3: We paid him enough, he was gonna get paid more.

487
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,640
Speaker 3: It was different things that will go there. But there

488
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,119
Speaker 3: was some numbers that were ask to me that I

489
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 3: didn't feel I will be able to do and move on.

490
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,479
Speaker 3: And of course I treat him right. I took care

491
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:12,120
Speaker 3: of him, done everything that was needed, and our differences were.

492
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 2: Trevor was not a coach.

493
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,639
Speaker 3: He's a player, so he just got to He was

494
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 3: worrying about things that players don't worry about. Players players work.

495
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 3: You know, Trevor was worrying about his future. I want

496
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 3: to make sure I go to the league. I'll got

497
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,919
Speaker 3: to make sure I have another year like that I

498
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 3: had last year.

499
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,360
Speaker 2: How you know Ricky gonna be good.

500
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,960
Speaker 3: He's super talented, but like, would he be good next

501
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 3: year and not this year? When when they start trying

502
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,640
Speaker 3: to do your job and think too much and man,

503
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 3: you've got to go.

504
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 1: We don't have a job opening at Payton State right now,

505
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 1: but if and when we do, fran Brown's on the

506
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: short list. I told you in Cape Girardo, I told

507
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: you you like fran Brown. I don't think Cape Girardo

508
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,160
Speaker 1: is the only place fran Brown's approval rating just went up.

509
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 1: So that part there's not touch as much yet. And

510
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, that SoundBite circulated yesterday and

511
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: I saw, I saw quotations. I did not hear the

512
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: full thing until later that night. So my takeaway from

513
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,640
Speaker 1: that was way way different than most people. Most people said, Wow,

514
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,880
Speaker 1: that kid wanted like two million dollars in fran Brown

515
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,880
Speaker 1: wouldn't give it to him. Good for him, Man, kids

516
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: want more money than you're willing to pay him all

517
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: the time. That's not a new concept. And that's touched

518
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 1: on a lot. What's not touched on, but what is

519
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,880
Speaker 1: also a chronic issue is what Frean and Brown also

520
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 1: talked about.

521
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 2: There.

522
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: You've got kids, or more specifically, and probably even worse,

523
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: their representation that has the audacity to walk into a

524
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,440
Speaker 1: head coach's office or a GM's office and they want

525
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: to dictate terms about how you're running your program. You

526
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: saw some of this reportedly with Nico, but I'm not

527
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: going to castigate him because this happens every single day.

528
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: You got a quarterback or you got a wide receiver.

529
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: They want to know who else are you recruiting at

530
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,400
Speaker 1: this position? Who are you putting around me? We gonna

531
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: make tweaks to the system. If fran Brown sat there

532
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: and said, you're a player, you're not a coach. If

533
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: I am gonna pay you what you're asking for, it's

534
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 1: not to worry about my job. It's because you're doing

535
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,400
Speaker 1: your job at a high enough level. And your job

536
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 1: is to produce for us at the wide receiver position,

537
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 1: and block when we're asking you to when you're not

538
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,400
Speaker 1: catching football, and be a model citizen inside the locker room.

539
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 1: Your job is not to worry about the scheme we're running,

540
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 1: or who else we're recruiting, or what we're doing personnel.

541
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 2: So in this good fulfilling the blank.

542
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: World of ours that we've entered into, good for fran Brown,

543
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: because that's a conversation that many many personnel offices, front offices,

544
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 1: head coaches up to an including have had to have.

545
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: And you got to be so delicate with it, because

546
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: a lot of times you're talking to a guy you're

547
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,240
Speaker 1: trying to keep well. Fran Brown said, yeah, we're probably

548
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: not gonna keep him. So at this point I'll just

549
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: air this out and it can be that can be

550
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 1: a SoundBite that other people can use. So good for

551
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: fran Brown, and you know what, we'll use it here.

552
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: Georgia has a need. Fran Brown was there a couple

553
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: of years ago, so will naturally transition to Georgia. We

554
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 1: went down to Athens a few weeks ago, came back.

555
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 2: I said, I think.

556
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 1: Georgia needs help at edge. They do need help at edge.

557
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: Maybe it's out there. Elo MEDOZI, Yeah, I was worried

558
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: about the first name pronunciation, not the last. He's an

559
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: edge player at Army six three two forty five, so

560
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 1: he's got two years of eligibility left thirty four tackle

561
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,719
Speaker 1: guy last year six and a half sacks. There are

562
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,239
Speaker 1: multiple edge guys available now. Again, like I said at

563
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: the beginning, just because there's a six four to three

564
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,800
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty pound tackle in there doesn't mean he's

565
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: capable playing for a program like Georgia. Just because there's

566
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: a lot of good height weight numbers at the edge

567
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: position in the portal doesn't mean they're all capable of

568
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: playing to the Georgia standard. I think he is, and

569
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: I would say Georgia leeds for him. I'm not, you know,

570
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: exactly ready to write any of that in pen or

571
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: sharpie maybe, but but.

572
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 2: That guy feels like he'd make it at Georgia. To me,

573
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 2: I don't know.

574
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: That guy feels like he'd make it at Georgia, and

575
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if Georgia made a couple of

576
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 1: moves at the edge position. Also, speaking of offensive tackle,

577
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: he's an edge. But speaking of offensive tackle, Joe Cotton,

578
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: anyone from South Dakota, if you're a tackle, if you

579
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: can walk and chew gum at the same time, you

580
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: will have a ton of offers. So Joe Cotton not

581
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: only can he walk chew gum at the same time,

582
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: he can actually play football fairly well. Wisconsin in the mix,

583
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: A and m in the mix looks like Michigan's in

584
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: the mix. Cincinnati, we have reason to believe is in

585
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: the mix six seven three point fifteen.

586
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 2: Huh.

587
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: Look, candidly, there's some folks out there who I thought

588
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: needed tackle help. Whose names I was surprised were not

589
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: in the mix here, but maybe they will be in

590
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: the mix and we just don't know about it yet,

591
00:30:58,320 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: So keep an eye on him.

592
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 2: That could be a difference making player.

593
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 1: And also a lot of you asked about Kennedy Erlacker,

594
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: So Kennedy Erlacker is a safety at Notre Dame.

595
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 2: He's entered the portal.

596
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: The reason I wasn't going to spend a lot of

597
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: time on it is because I think he's going to

598
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 1: USC and I think that's pretty close to being done.

599
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: Not that I was out there yesterday or anything, but

600
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 1: I kind of was, So I'd be very surprised if

601
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: Kennedy Erlacker did not land at USC. And the follow

602
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: up anytime you land guys out of the portal is

603
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: are they immediately you know, plug and play type players.

604
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 2: But there's also a world where.

605
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: You land a guy and he's a twenty snap per

606
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: game type player forty snap per game type player. Even

607
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: if you get one of those, that could be the

608
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 1: difference in two games. That could be the outcome of

609
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: two games shifting in the upcoming season, especially for Southern.

610
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 2: Cal because they play exclusively.

611
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 1: One possession games or they did last year, so right

612
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: now transfer portal rankings Texas Tech number one, LSU two,

613
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: and it's old Miss three, Oregon four, Miami five. There's

614
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: a lot of movements still to come, so don't don't

615
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: get married to those numbers yet.

616
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 2: A lot of movements still to come. Let's see.

617
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: Yes, I did bring my I did bring my coconut

618
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: and pear lip bomb up here.

619
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 2: I don't know why the lips are just dry. I

620
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 2: don't know why.

621
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 1: Sad story so much happier story here, Colin, If you'll

622
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: do me a favorite, I want to pop the top

623
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: on the ZVA. We went back to basics tonight. We

624
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: went with grape grape. I'll always zero sugar, but grape

625
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: zvia was the first flavor we ever had on the show.

626
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 2: Hold on, let me make sure.

627
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: Yes, this is a grape, and some people like whites,

628
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: some people like reds.

629
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 2: I prefer grape.

630
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: It is what it is, Sue me, don't that's the

631
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: opposite of what we're trying to accomplish. But ZBA coming

632
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: through here now. I'm gonna take two SIPs because grape

633
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: is number two behind cream soda right now for me.

634
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: So there's one that's mandatory. I have to do that,

635
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: but the second one that's purely recreational. That's my discretion.

636
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 1: Thank you, Zeeba. As always, so we had a question

637
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 1: that I didn't think we were going to have time

638
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: to put in the show, But we do have time

639
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: to put in the show, and we're not close to

640
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: don I'm just saying we thought this was a good

641
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: spot for it. Harold from Long Beach, California. He said,

642
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to your interview with Lincoln Riley. I

643
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: was just curious what was the vibe at USC while

644
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: you were there. I suppose I should do this more.

645
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: I don't talk a lot about the behind the scenes

646
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: aspects of our trips, mainly because in exchange for the

647
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: access we get, we were asked to keep our mouth

648
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: shut on stuff, which is fair trade for me. But

649
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 1: there's a lot you can share. So I was at

650
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: Southern Cal. I had not been to Southern Cal until yesterday. So,

651
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 1: first off, the sit down when Lincoln Riley was awesome,

652
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: really open, really transparent, brutally honest on a lot of things.

653
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: And we will drop that Monday morning. First thing, especially

654
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: first thing, if you're on the West coast, I'll tell

655
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 1: you what it compares to. But you need to hear

656
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: me out on this, cause it's gonna sound bad. The

657
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 1: vibe around the building at US felt a whole lot

658
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 1: like when we were at Florida last year.

659
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:24,879
Speaker 2: Hold on a second, let me tell you what I mean.

660
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 1: You remember I went to Florida last year and Napier

661
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: was on the hot seat, job on the line. Everyone's

662
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,959
Speaker 1: selling their Florida stock, and I had not sat down

663
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 1: with them before. So I went down there and it

664
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,800
Speaker 1: was like it was like a baseball bat to the face,

665
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: because when you went in the building and when you

666
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: met with everyone, and when you watched them, and when

667
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 1: you took in what it is there about, it felt

668
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: like Georgia or Alabama or Ohio State. And you find

669
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: yourself saying, hold up, these people lost.

670
00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 2: How many games last year? These people's job on the line?

671
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 2: How it just felt like such.

672
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: It felt like such a streamlined operation, and it had

673
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 1: all the characteristics that like the other big Boy, big

674
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: winning programs have And it's not always like that. Most

675
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: of the time, the vibe around a program reflects the

676
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: results they've been getting most of the time, not all

677
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: the time.

678
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 2: Florida was an exception. To that last year. I say

679
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 2: that cause Southern cal felt the exact same way you.

680
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 2: In fact, I.

681
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: Asked Lincoln Riley this so you can hear the way

682
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 1: he answered it. But I said, your record is regressed

683
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: three years in a row. An outsider would look at that,

684
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: and if they had to guess what the energy is

685
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: in the building, it's a lot of it's a lot

686
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: of feeling things out, trying to throw stuff against the

687
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: wall to see what sticks, trying to reinvent this, reinvent that.

688
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: If you walked in that building right now, but you

689
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 1: didn't know what the record had been last year, you

690
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 1: would think they're coming off a playoff appearance. You would

691
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: think that they are regularly expected to compete for the

692
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 1: national championship. And that's because they do expect that. But

693
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: it's not baseless. It's not we're gonna let the ghost

694
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: of Pete Carroll and Reggie Bush and Matt Liiner and

695
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: Big T Tradition just be the wind in our sales. No,

696
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: they just believe in the moves they've made, So you

697
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:21,799
Speaker 1: can choose to.

698
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 2: Believe that or not.

699
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: You asked me what it felt like in the building,

700
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: What it feels like in the building there is the

701
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,800
Speaker 1: same way it feels at Georgia or at Ohio State

702
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: or at Alabama when we would go there, especially when

703
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,399
Speaker 1: Saban was there. The difference is their results haven't been

704
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: on par with those places. So either it's all false

705
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: bravado and hot air, or they're on to something and

706
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 1: you're just about to find it out. Now you can

707
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: listen to what Lincoln Riley says about it when we

708
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 1: released the sit down Monday morning. But he was really

709
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 1: really honest about a couple of things. First thing he

710
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 1: was honest about is what he'd do different if he

711
00:36:57,719 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: could go back and start it all over at USCA,

712
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: what he do different, appreciated it really honest. Didn't have

713
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: to be that open, but he was really honest about it.

714
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 1: But the second part was so resolute in what's about

715
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: to happen. He spoke about it numerous times, Here's what's

716
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: about to happen, as if he's already seen.

717
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 2: The previews of it.

718
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,439
Speaker 1: But they believe in the defensive hires they've made, They

719
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: believe in the overhaul of the talent acquisition model out there,

720
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: and that's only just kind of starting to pay dividends.

721
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 2: But you can tell me.

722
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 1: They walk around like they've already ordered something and they

723
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: know it's arriving in the mail tomorrow.

724
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 2: They have that kind of confidence.

725
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: They have the tracking number pulled up, they know it's

726
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: out for delivery, and all that's left is to get

727
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,439
Speaker 1: the notification that's there. That's the way they act. It's

728
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 1: not arrogant, it's not anything like that. It's just there's

729
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 1: a there's a confidence. And these aren't people who have

730
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: never been there before. Lincoln Riley's been to the playoffs

731
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: multiple times. Chad Bodenho just came over from Notre Dame.

732
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: They just played in a National title game last year.

733
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,760
Speaker 1: That's his new general manager. So, I mean, those people

734
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 1: in that building, they know what it feels like when

735
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: you are there and when you're not there. And so

736
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: that was the vibe. The vibe was that of a

737
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: place where the internal feeling is so totally detached from

738
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 1: the outside world. And the closest parallel I could give

739
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 1: you is that's how Florida felt last year. Now, Florida

740
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 1: started off rocky and ended up finishing red hot as

741
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: a team, and now not many people are talking about

742
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: hot seat with Billi Napier anymore.

743
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 2: They're talking about Florida.

744
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,919
Speaker 1: If they can get past their schedule surprise contender this year,

745
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: I think USC will be in the college football playoff

746
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: picture this year. I think they'll be a player in it.

747
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,800
Speaker 1: Don't know if they'll make it starting next year and beyond.

748
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 2: I think they're there. I have very little doubt about that.

749
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: I do happen to fall on just for the record,

750
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: I happen to fall on the side of thinking there

751
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,720
Speaker 1: is a lot of validity to the vibe in the building.

752
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 2: Many of you won't agree with that.

753
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: That's okay, that's why they make them play the games.

754
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,439
Speaker 1: But just so you know where I stand. I went

755
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,399
Speaker 1: out there already with a pretty good hunch that, yeah,

756
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,760
Speaker 1: this is legit, and I did not have that feeling

757
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 1: changed at all being around there yesterday. So really good

758
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,240
Speaker 1: sit down with Lincoln Riley. You'll see that Monday morning.

759
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: There is huge breaking news right here in my hand.

760
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: Huge breaking news. Well, it broke this morning, and it's

761
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: not about USC. In fact, it's not even about college

762
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 1: football per se. It is about the state of Indiana. So,

763
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: as you know, the state of Indiana produced not one,

764
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: but two college football playoff teams this past year notre

765
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 1: name in Indiana great, but great things come in threes?

766
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,359
Speaker 2: Is that a saying? It is?

767
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: Now we have our first quick trip in the state

768
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 1: of Indiana, Daleville, Indiana. This is your time. You may

769
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 1: have thought to yourself, all the good stuff just goes

770
00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: down the road to Indianapolis, no longer on you. Your

771
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: drive on I sixty nine immunity between Indianapolis and Muncie,

772
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: you go through the beautiful this time of your town

773
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: called Daleville, Indiana, and what you will see is a

774
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,800
Speaker 1: gigantic sign. It'll be read and it'll have that QT

775
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: on it, and you'll know that you're home. Maybe you

776
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: actually live there too, but even if you don't, temporarily

777
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: in your drive through the Hoosier State, Daleville, Indiana will

778
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,240
Speaker 1: provide a little feeling of home because we have opened

779
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 1: our first quick trip there. I told you Indiana, I

780
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,720
Speaker 1: would fight for you and for you other states.

781
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 2: I am fighting.

782
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 1: I won't stop until quick Trips dot the landscape just

783
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 1: the way the founders intended. And so congrats. And if

784
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,399
Speaker 1: you're unfamiliar with what I'm talking about, quick trip best

785
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:54,720
Speaker 1: gas station convenience store in existence. It's a fact, opinion

786
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: wise and you need to check one out. A lot

787
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: of you are hitting the road. It is spring, after all,

788
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: a lot of you are hitting the road. Make sure

789
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: to prioritize stopping in a quick trip. They fuel this

790
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: show and they can fuel you too. Colebrew on tap

791
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 1: if you go inside, it is what if season. It's spring,

792
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:13,720
Speaker 1: but it's also what if season?

793
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 2: And boy, do.

794
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 1: I have a couple of what ifs for you tonight.

795
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: I have skirted this topic.

796
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 2: Just full disclosure.

797
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 1: I've been aware of it, but I have skirted this

798
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: topic for a long time.

799
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 2: In the nature of.

800
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 1: The what If series, someone who shall remain nameless hit

801
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: me and said, what if the fire Bobo crowd became

802
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 1: ball knowers. Now this doesn't make sense to ninety nine

803
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,320
Speaker 1: percent of you. It might as well be Portuguese. Allow

804
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,839
Speaker 1: me to translate. There is a large contingent of the

805
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 1: Georgia fan base that does not think their offensive coordinator

806
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,439
Speaker 1: is qualified to be their offensive coordinator, despite the fact

807
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: that he's been in oc for longer than most of

808
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: them have been alive.

809
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 2: It's just the games passed him.

810
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 1: By, or maybe he was never qualified and he's just

811
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 1: best buddies with Kirby Smart and So Kirby Smart, in

812
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: some grand scheme to implode his own program and career,

813
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 1: keeps gifting a coordinator position to someone who's unqualified.

814
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 2: And they have all the evidence in the world.

815
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: They had the conclusion already, and then they find the

816
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:25,239
Speaker 1: evidence to support the conclusion, and the evidence is everywhere.

817
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: Because if you think a coordinator is an idiot, then

818
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: anything that doesn't go right in a game is evidence

819
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: that he's an idiot. And so what our boy there

820
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: is saying is what if the fans are right? What

821
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: if the haters slash doubters of Mike Bobo are right? Well,

822
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: I'll tell you where I fall on this. I don't

823
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: know that people realize what Mike Bobo is running. You

824
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 1: may think Mike Bobo's running.

825
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 2: His offense, which in a way is true.

826
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 1: But Mike Bobo's running whatever offense Kirby Smart wants him

827
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 1: to run. That's really what's happening. So in a way,

828
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: it's Kirby Smart's offense. Now that doesn't absolve it. If

829
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: you think it's terrible, you think it's terrible. All I'm

830
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: trying to say is, if you think for a second

831
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:15,879
Speaker 1: Mike Bobo's making any call on Saturday or philosophically doing

832
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 1: anything without offense that is not approved of by the

833
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:19,800
Speaker 1: head coach.

834
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:20,800
Speaker 2: You're kidding yourself.

835
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: So if you hate what Bobo's doing, you hate what

836
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 1: Kirby's doing, and a lot of you are not in

837
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 1: your head like, yeah, that's our point. Okay, So let's

838
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,799
Speaker 1: establish that. So a lot of you who hate what

839
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: Bobo's doing, you indirectly tie tie that to Kirby Smart,

840
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 1: so you don't approve of what Kirby Smart's doing. All right,

841
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: So my opinion on Mike Bobo, he's a pretty good

842
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 1: to really good offensive coordinator. We actually have him graded

843
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: as a four star offensive coordinator in our system, so

844
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: we think he's one of the better guys in the

845
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: world at what he does. Many many Georgia fans would

846
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: disagree with that, okay, opinion. I would just ask you,

847
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 1: when you back it up, what do you back it

848
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: up with? Now, I'm not asking this rhetorically. I know

849
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: full well that this is not a question that you

850
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: get a silence in response to. I will get a

851
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 1: mountain of feedback on this, and a lot of it

852
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 1: is he can't win big games or like in clutch moments.

853
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 1: This or that or whatever third down especially and this

854
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 1: is from the program that produced third.

855
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 2: And grant them by the way, So do you know

856
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 2: last year.

857
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: Georgia had a better offensive scoring efficiency than the year

858
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago where they won the national championship?

859
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 2: Did you know that?

860
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: And I would ask you this, what's good enough? From

861
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator slash offensive efficiency output standpoint?

862
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 2: What's good enough? How much better do you need to

863
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 2: be than that?

864
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: Is it a purely situational thing, because that's not how

865
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: I great coordinators?

866
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 2: But if you do, that's okay. We just differ.

867
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,880
Speaker 1: Georgia's defense was bad last year by their standard. Georgia

868
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: had the worst defensive scoring efficiency they've had since Kirby's

869
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:03,040
Speaker 1: first year.

870
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 2: Defense dropped the ball for him.

871
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:09,319
Speaker 1: Last year offense was was in a poor spot and

872
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 1: team was banged up, but no one cares that they're

873
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 1: banged up. And they lack quality second line depth because

874
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:15,400
Speaker 1: it's Georgia.

875
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 2: So that's a first world problem.

876
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: But I'm looking at the efficiency numbers and I'm saying

877
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:21,280
Speaker 1: they were better last year.

878
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 2: Than a year they won a national title. What are

879
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 2: we talking about? Or if that's not good enough, what

880
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 2: is good enough. That's my question.

881
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 1: I don't need you speaking to me in the abstract,

882
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 1: but I know i'll get a lot of reaction on that.

883
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,320
Speaker 1: No one's changing their mind down there, on Mike Bobo.

884
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: No one's changing their mind, including the head coach. So

885
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 1: you're going to be at an impass on that front.

886
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: But the other offer, I've made this offer before, I'm

887
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 1: gonna make it again. My offer stands. Here's all I

888
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 1: need one. I need a major sponsor, and there are

889
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 1: no shortage of those, So I need someone to bankroll

890
00:45:57,239 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: this idea. It won't cost you all that much. I'll

891
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,880
Speaker 1: cover so basically, I just need you to book the talent.

892
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:05,720
Speaker 2: I'll do it pro bono.

893
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 1: I need you to pay a coach, Mike Bobo in

894
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:12,360
Speaker 1: an ideal world. Let's kick him a million extra dollars.

895
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: And let's get our willing coach. We have him, and

896
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 1: then let's get about ten haters. And I want them

897
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 1: in a room, and I want it live and unedited

898
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,680
Speaker 1: and hater by hater. I want you to get twenty

899
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: to thirty minutes apiece, and I want you to air

900
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: your grievances to Mike Bobo's face.

901
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 2: It could be any coach.

902
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 1: But I'm talking about Bobo, and I want you to

903
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,200
Speaker 1: lay out specifics that you don't like about his scheme,

904
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 1: about his play calling, about his decision making, and I

905
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: want him to be unfiltered. We'll edit it as we

906
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 1: see fit for public consumption. Okay, we want a good,

907
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 1: solid TVPG no stronger than a TV fourteen rating on this.

908
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 1: We got to get the twelve to eighteen year old demographic.

909
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 1: We have to get the kids. So I want face

910
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:03,880
Speaker 1: to face questioning of a coach's decision making, fans versus coaches.

911
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 2: I know plenty of you have the the.

912
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: What word do I want to use? It's not bravery.

913
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 1: I know plenty of you are willing to do this.

914
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,560
Speaker 2: They used to have a show called pros Versus Joe's.

915
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 1: Do you remember that show where normal people went up

916
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 1: against professional athletes because they really did think because they

917
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: ball out at the YMCA at six am on a Tuesday,

918
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: they could play for the Pistons, they could log some

919
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:36,840
Speaker 1: minutes for the Trailblazers, and so pros Versus Joe's already

920
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: knew the answer. But if you've got folks ignorant enough

921
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,160
Speaker 1: to think that way, make money off of it, sell

922
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: it to advertisers.

923
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:44,319
Speaker 2: And make money off of it.

924
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,720
Speaker 1: So I'm asking you, guys, you live down in Acworth, Georgia,

925
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: you can't stand Mike Bobo. I want to get a partner.

926
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: I want to get an academy or a quick trip

927
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:56,759
Speaker 1: or Azivia. Let's kick Mike Bobo a million bucks. Not

928
00:47:56,880 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: that he's you know, in dire straits financially, kick some

929
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: coach enough money to where they're willing to sit face

930
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:07,320
Speaker 1: to face with their biggest critics and just dog walk

931
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:11,120
Speaker 1: them pun intended. I guess because I don't really think

932
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 1: the worst coordinator in college football. I don't think you

933
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: understand how thorough a mental demolition it would be if

934
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 1: you ever went face to face with them and actually

935
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 1: argued football. I really don't think that many people who

936
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:30,720
Speaker 1: question this stuff realizing this is not absolving Mike Bobo

937
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: or anyone else.

938
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 2: Nobody's perfect. Inevitably, Mike Bobo.

939
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,320
Speaker 1: Makes some mistakes, just like every coordinator makes mistakes.

940
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 2: I don't care who it is.

941
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:43,040
Speaker 1: It's not that I'm not telling you Mike Bobo is perfect.

942
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:45,680
Speaker 1: I'm not telling you Bobo not make mistakes. I'm just

943
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 1: telling you if you ever happened to.

944
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 2: Figure out he made a mistake. He knew it long

945
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:51,879
Speaker 2: before you did.

946
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: And there is a greater likelihood that you think you've

947
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 1: identified a mistake.

948
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 2: But you can't even talk your way out of the.

949
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: Wet paper bag. That was the play call? You can't

950
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 1: tell me what the play call was. You don't even

951
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 1: know what the play What was the play This was

952
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: a terrible play call. What was the play call?

953
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:10,000
Speaker 2: Run?

954
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:13,760
Speaker 1: That's not a play call, friend, What was the play call? Well,

955
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,919
Speaker 1: he ran it. He ran it to the left, That's

956
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:19,320
Speaker 1: what the play call was. They just had an ISO

957
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: shot on him up in the booth. It took him

958
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,879
Speaker 1: thirteen seconds to get the play call out. You think

959
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 1: it sounded like.

960
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 2: This, run the ball?

961
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:31,719
Speaker 1: You think that was the play call? No, probably a

962
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: little more intricate than that. Probably a lot of prep work,

963
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,439
Speaker 1: probably a lot of play calling and then checks at

964
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. Freedom given to the quarterback to

965
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: do such things that are baked into the play call,

966
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 1: and a lot of that's based on adjustments that the

967
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:48,919
Speaker 1: defense is making. So can you also not only tell

968
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: me what the play call was, can you tell me

969
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,320
Speaker 1: what the base defensive look was? Can you tell me

970
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 1: the adjustments that were made. Do you know what the

971
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 1: check at the line of scrimmage was? Do you know

972
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,799
Speaker 1: if it was even a run play when it was

973
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:01,600
Speaker 1: called from the sideline?

974
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 2: Do we know any of that?

975
00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: Mike Bobo does so he may be imperfect, but I'm

976
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: telling you right now, it would be a TKO first

977
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:13,319
Speaker 1: half of round one if you had to go just

978
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:17,360
Speaker 1: shot for shot with him and explain to him how

979
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:18,239
Speaker 1: he sucks at.

980
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:22,360
Speaker 2: Doing his job. But that's just one man's opinion.

981
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:24,719
Speaker 1: And I know good and well that a lot of

982
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 1: you think I'm wrong on this, and you think that

983
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:30,000
Speaker 1: you're right on this, and that's cool. I just want

984
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:31,719
Speaker 1: to put you in a position to prove it. That's

985
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: all I'm doing you a favor. You could help Georgia

986
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:38,359
Speaker 1: football and stroke your ego in the process. And all

987
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:39,799
Speaker 1: I want to do is sit back and watch it.

988
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:41,759
Speaker 1: Maybe make a little money off of it, but sit

989
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: back and watch it. They're watching us in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

990
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:50,000
Speaker 1: They're watching us in Grove, Oklahoma, in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

991
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,880
Speaker 1: It's not that I it's not that I'm anti questioning coaching.

992
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 2: It's not that. But I've always.

993
00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:02,360
Speaker 1: I've just I've always noticed the question play calling crowd.

994
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: They always get the benefit of hindsight. They always get

995
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 1: the benefit of knowing whether something works out before they

996
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:14,640
Speaker 1: question it. And that's no more fair than questioning the

997
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: playoff committee after you watch the first round games. If

998
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: you look at SMU and they get put in over

999
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: Alabama and then SMU gets blown out, you don't get

1000
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,399
Speaker 1: to wait until they get blown out and say, oh,

1001
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,880
Speaker 1: the committee put the wrong team in. Well, the committee

1002
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,839
Speaker 1: was not armed with the information that SMU was gonna

1003
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 1: get blown out. The resume, that's the body of work,

1004
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: like that's the resume. The regular season resume is the

1005
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,200
Speaker 1: body of work. That's what you get graded on. And

1006
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 1: you put them in there, and if they get blown out,

1007
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:45,839
Speaker 1: they get blown out. If they pulling up set, they

1008
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 1: pulling up set. Doesn't change the fact that the right

1009
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:50,399
Speaker 1: or wrong team got put in there. Anyway, I could

1010
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 1: go on that all night community. Next up, this is

1011
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,279
Speaker 1: what if season does to me? Ernest hit me. He said, Hey,

1012
00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:59,719
Speaker 1: what if we don't have a clear idea of who

1013
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: the best team in America is until like week seven? Ernest,

1014
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 1: I think this is more likely than not. I don't

1015
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:06,879
Speaker 1: know if you thought this was like.

1016
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:08,279
Speaker 2: A fringe possibility.

1017
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:11,400
Speaker 1: I think it's more likely than not that, given the

1018
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:14,960
Speaker 1: landscape of this upcoming year, we may get way deep

1019
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: in the season before we figure out who the best

1020
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 1: team is. The evidence just from last year suggests that

1021
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,440
Speaker 1: this may be the new norm because who won the

1022
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:26,120
Speaker 1: national title last year?

1023
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 2: Ohio State won it.

1024
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: As late as the end of Thanksgiving weekend. They were

1025
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:34,759
Speaker 1: a two lost team whose head coach's.

1026
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:38,600
Speaker 2: Job was allegedly on the line. I want you. I'm

1027
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 2: just going to do you a favor.

1028
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:43,360
Speaker 1: Some of you may have been like casually listening to

1029
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: the show, or you may have been like having a conversation,

1030
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 1: or you may have been placing your order in the

1031
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,920
Speaker 1: breakfast line, and like you didn't really fully grasp what

1032
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:53,520
Speaker 1: I just said.

1033
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 2: Because we just witnessed this. We just lived through this together.

1034
00:52:56,480 --> 00:53:01,759
Speaker 2: So pay close attention because this just happened. The head coach.

1035
00:53:02,239 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 1: Of the team who won the literal national title last

1036
00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:08,680
Speaker 1: year was on the hot seat, and some people believe

1037
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: in a do or die situation less than a month prior,

1038
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:15,520
Speaker 1: so that's how deep in the season we had to

1039
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:20,480
Speaker 1: get last year before the hierarchy in the National Championship

1040
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:24,879
Speaker 1: picture sorted itself out, So Ernest, this year, I'm gonna

1041
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:27,760
Speaker 1: do it. I'm gonna recite the stat again this year.

1042
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: The top four teams on the odds Board, none of

1043
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,759
Speaker 1: them have a returning quarterback. None of them return over

1044
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 1: fifty percent of their production. I'm obligated to give those

1045
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 1: two stats every show between now and kickoff. Ernest, it

1046
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,400
Speaker 1: looks more likely than not to me that it's going

1047
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:45,960
Speaker 1: to take some teams time to figure it out.

1048
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 2: Here's what could happen.

1049
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:50,800
Speaker 1: Three of them could look terrible early and then let's

1050
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:53,640
Speaker 1: say Oregon comes out on fire in the first month

1051
00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:55,000
Speaker 1: of the season, so then.

1052
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,840
Speaker 2: Everyone decides they're the best team in the country.

1053
00:53:57,239 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 1: But then what if what if Ohio State catches fire

1054
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:05,560
Speaker 1: in October, but then, like an Alabama or a Georgia

1055
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:09,040
Speaker 1: or an LSU, they really scale in November.

1056
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 2: But then what if?

1057
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:13,920
Speaker 1: What if Penn State wins the Big Ten and then

1058
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 1: they're in the playoff and they're the one seed, and then.

1059
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 2: What if what if Texas?

1060
00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:21,479
Speaker 1: What if Arch just takes until late November to really

1061
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,440
Speaker 1: hit his stride and then Texas ends up being the one.

1062
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:26,640
Speaker 2: That does this year? What Ohio State did last year.

1063
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:27,600
Speaker 2: All that stuff could happen.

1064
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 1: It's also possible that someone looks good in week one

1065
00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:33,440
Speaker 1: and they go wire to wire. That's the way it

1066
00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:35,360
Speaker 1: used to work. I don't know if the way it

1067
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:38,000
Speaker 1: used to work is going to be the norm anymore. So, Ernest,

1068
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 1: I'm saying, out of these teams I'm looking at right now,

1069
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 1: at FanDuel the odds to win the national title, Colin,

1070
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 1: just put it on the screen for you. Ohio State's

1071
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,279
Speaker 1: got the best odds to win the national title this year.

1072
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:49,680
Speaker 2: It's plus six hundred.

1073
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,240
Speaker 1: Normally we'd have like a plus two hundred or plus

1074
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:56,000
Speaker 1: one point fifty. There may even be a team sometimes

1075
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:57,240
Speaker 1: at minus money.

1076
00:54:57,760 --> 00:54:58,440
Speaker 2: In some years.

1077
00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:00,839
Speaker 1: There have been years in the past where Aliba would

1078
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,839
Speaker 1: have been minus one twenty five to win the whole thing.

1079
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:05,600
Speaker 1: Just to give you an idea of how much more

1080
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: balanced slash unpredictable the field is this upcoming year, You've

1081
00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:16,080
Speaker 1: got keep this upcoming two four six eight. You got

1082
00:55:16,239 --> 00:55:20,080
Speaker 1: nine teams at plus eighteen hundred or better. And then

1083
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:28,920
Speaker 1: that doesn't even include Ole Miss Michigan, Tennessee Miami. So, Ernest,

1084
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,799
Speaker 1: my advice to myself and I would advise everyone else

1085
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: to go along with me here. Never more than ever

1086
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:41,120
Speaker 1: has MEM's advice been true than this upcoming year. Don't

1087
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:44,560
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Speaker 1: It was announced today Leekorso's last episode of College Game

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Speaker 1: No announcement on where the game is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: a lot of speculation is that's the first time he

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Speaker 1: he ever does the headgear. That would be my guest,

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Speaker 1: but we'll see so man. I I, like many of you,

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Speaker 1: have grown up loving college football. I, like many of you,

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Speaker 1: have always had game day on, at least in the background,

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Speaker 1: an adult now. It's always been a part of my

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Speaker 1: life because college football has always been a part of

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Speaker 1: my life. Therefore, Lee Corso has always been a part

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Speaker 1: of my life. And think about how hard it is

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Speaker 1: to stay relevant doing anything for this long, and yet

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Speaker 1: Lee Corso has. And now I mean, I'm blessed enough

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Speaker 1: to cover the sport. So I'm blessed enough to be

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Speaker 1: on a campus every Saturday, oftentimes the same ones.

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Speaker 2: They are.

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00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:44,360
Speaker 1: A lot of people who cover this sport. They get

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Speaker 1: out of there as soon as their obligations are done.

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Speaker 2: They go home.

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Speaker 1: Lee Corso, I don't care if it's a new kickoff,

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Speaker 1: I don't care if it's an eight pm kickoff. That

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Speaker 2: And he is right there. You'll see him a lot

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Speaker 2: of times on TV.

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Speaker 1: I see him most every week because most every week

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Speaker 1: I'm at the same game as game Day is. He's

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Speaker 1: right there, loves the sport now just as much as

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Speaker 1: he did when he played it all those years ago

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Speaker 1: and coached it for a long time. And the thing

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Speaker 1: about it is, when Lee Corso was done coaching, he

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Speaker 1: had lived a long life. There's no way he could

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Speaker 1: have known and what I guess the late eighties early nineties,

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Speaker 1: when they first started doing Game Day, there's no way

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Speaker 1: he could have known that there are multiple generations to

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Speaker 1: come that, all due respect, will have no clue I coached,

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Speaker 1: and they'll certainly not remember that I played. They'll remember

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Speaker 1: me for being on TV, which just goes to show

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Speaker 1: you you could be in like your mid fifties right now,

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Speaker 1: the thing you'll be remembered for could still be in

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Speaker 1: Corso personally like that, I can promise you, I mean

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Speaker 1: that guy when he's done coaching. There's no way he

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Speaker 1: thought to himself, what I'm going to end up being

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Speaker 2: Down the road for me. But it was.

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Speaker 1: It's just crazy how life works out and then it's

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Speaker 1: crazy within the pantheon of college football, all that we

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Speaker 1: love about tradition, pageantry, the fact that you by just

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Speaker 1: being yourself the way Lee Corso has could end up

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Speaker 1: being an integral part that's woven into the DNA of

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Speaker 1: The staying power itself is a huge testament to who

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Speaker 2: You don't fake it for that long.

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Speaker 1: You know that as well as I do, because there

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Speaker 1: are people out there who try and fake it. They

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01:01:40,560 --> 01:01:43,440
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Speaker 1: The fakes, they wash out pretty quickly. Lee Corso, as

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Speaker 1: his authentic self it appealed. It resonated. And when you're

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Speaker 2: At twelve oh five or twelve ten or twelve thirty

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Speaker 1: So, man, I'm appreciative of anybody who's contributed to the

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Speaker 2: In every way imaginable.

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Speaker 1: He's played it, he's coached it, he has covered it,

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Speaker 1: and not only has he covered it in as unselfish

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Speaker 1: First off, nobody else in media even has any business

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Speaker 2: But of course we didn't do it that way.

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Speaker 2: Who cares.

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Speaker 1: That's a very very small price to pay. Not only

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Speaker 1: And I don't really think anyone raises an issue with that.

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Speaker 1: So huge, huge, authentic salute from us here at Peyton

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Speaker 1: State to Leek Orso and can't wait to see what

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Speaker 2: So yeah, that was not.

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Speaker 1: Shocking news when we got it today, but very noteworthy,

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Speaker 2: Chrissie, what did you just tell me in my ear?

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Speaker 1: All right, there you go, So Geo Lopez to North

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Speaker 2: There you go. That's the latest breaking news for the

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Speaker 1: No show Sunday due to Easter, So you enjoy your

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Speaker 2: But appreciate you guys so much. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: For interim producer Grishie. For director Colin, I'm Josh Fate.

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