WEBVTT - Scouting Tips and Getting Hot Too Early with Matt Miller 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:08.479 From the King of sports Books comes the Key Sports 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:19.000 podcast Unleashed, presented by bet MGM. Here's your host, Jana's 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:28.440 Papas and Olivia Harland Decker. Welcome in everybody. This is 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:32.320 Unleashed by bet MGM, the King of Sports Books, and 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:37.080 I love this weekend in the calendar, we have all 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:41.440 the college football conference championships, So now the playoff picture 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:44.680 comes together. We're gonna talk a lot about that in NFL. 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:48.680 We are in December NFL play It gets so exciting here. 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:52.800 This is where you gotta hit your stride, no looking back. 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:56.320 Playoffs are fast approaching. It's gonna be good. But it 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.280 was the Mets who made big headlines, giving their fans 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.040 a huge ton of a gift earlier this week signing 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:06.240 three times Cy Young winner Max Scherzer Janice Our Yankee 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:11.120 fans a little bit nervous. Uh No, we're never nervous. 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.959 The Evil Empire is never nervous about the Mets. Were 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:17.480 nervous about a lot of things, but it's never the 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.960 Mets or what's going on in Queens And yeah, congratulations 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.000 to the New York Mets. It's beginning to look a 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:30.040 lot like Christmas. Happy hanaka. That is a early Christmas 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.679 or Hanakah gift, but it's not going to change the 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.600 fate of what happens in Queens. Queens is a tragic 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:39.160 place and the Mets are tragic franchise. Okay, that is 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:42.760 ice cold. We have no space for that on this show, Jannice. 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:46.240 We are a nice show. We have a sibling rivalry 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:47.920 that you know you would know about because I know 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:51.800 you and your sisters probably fought over sweaters, yes, including 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.440 the one I'm wearing. We've got a great show coming up. 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.960 We're gonna talk with NFL draft expert Matt Miller. He's 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.960 got a lot to say about Lincoln Riley headed to USC, 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.760 so do I, and he'll help us preview the huge 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.520 conference championship games this weekend. I can't wait to pick 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:10.400 his brain. He knows college football players better than anyone 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.120 as he scouts them on their way to the NFL. 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.080 And this is gonna be a fun weekend, Honice. I 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:19.920 mentioned the SEC Championship in Atlanta. I am working it. 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.080 As you know my backgrounds in sideline reporting. This is 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.280 the only game I'm doing on the sideline this year 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:28.919 for Westwood One Radio, So make sure you tune into 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:32.360 the national radio broadcast, you'll hear your girl, and of 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:34.960 course I'm at Georgia alum and it's George Obama. It 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.399 is gonna be so much fun. It's my third time 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.240 doing this game. I'm really excited, very excited for you, 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.120 and I'm gonna be tuning in to watch our girl 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.680 do her thing. To listen, I'm gonna be tuning in 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.720 to listen and watch. I can, but I can watch 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.560 in my mind's eye because I'm so used to seeing 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.720 you that I just picture you there with your baby bump, 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.720 even though you don't have it yet. You're gonna be 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.720 getting yelled at by Sabing and I can't wait. I 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:05.800 asked my husband, I said what should I wear for 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.120 the game? And he said, are you serious? Why does 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.360 it matter? I was like, I want to be festive, 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.000 and he said, yeah. The listeners around the world are 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.240 going to say, boy, she sounds like she's wearing sequence 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.280 right right. Well, you know we're mostly listened to here too, 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:23.160 so I could just assure my listeners that Olivia looks 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:28.680 fabulous as always. No, I as I am so excited 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.000 and it's cool to have Matt Miller preview this. Like 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.519 I mentioned, he just he knows these players. So well, 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.600 we'll talk Heisman nods, then we'll get to NFL picture, 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.800 we'll talk MVP ods. So that's coming up. That's gonna 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:43.240 be a lot of fun. I love listening to Matt 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:47.640 Miller talk. I mean, the guy is so knowledgeable. If 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.560 there's anyone who could really get me into college football, 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.280 it's you and him. So I can't wait to have 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.760 him on again. Amazing. Well, you know who should be 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:01.400 listening is the winner of her bad Beat Bad Beat 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:06.240 all the Week. This week's bad Beat of the Week 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:10.760 winner is ray at Ray Breezy. He put fifty dollars 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.240 down on an eight leg parlay. The odds were plus 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:19.279 forty four thousand, nine d seventy six for eight different 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:23.680 players to score a touchdown anytime seven of them. Did 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.640 you honest? That's usually what are bad beats are coming 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.039 down to these days, is one leg of a parlay 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.039 not hitting. But boy, that was pretty damn close. I 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.840 feel bad for Ray Breeze it. The good news, though, 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.560 is he still made his money back plus fifty bucks 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.479 because he only put fifty on this bet. By submitting 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.560 his bad beat bet MGM is going to give him 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:47.040 a hundred dollars credit to try his luck again, So congratulations, Ray. 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:48.800 Make sure you listen to Matt Miller. Make sure you 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.360 listen to Peter Andrew at the end, because that will 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:55.160 really guide you in the right direction. Also, weirdly, listen 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.200 to you, honest, because he wins these picks every week. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:01.640 I had no idea how Yes, I throw Haymakers, and 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.360 with the name like Ray Breezy, I assume he throws 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.280 a makers too. M hmm. I think he sounds like 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.440 a winner. Now it's time for us to sound off 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.480 on one topic we feel passionately about this week, you know, 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:20.400 the deally honest, it's time to unmake. It's time, okay, 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.720 So what I want to ruin, Leshan is the college 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.159 football playoff ranking. And be honest, I know you're not 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:26.880 a big college football guy, so I'm kind of going 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.280 to break this down for you and edge and mcate 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.120 you on how this works. Because every conference, you know, 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.839 their Power five conferences, and then there are a group 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:39.159 of five conferences and they play their championship game this weekend. 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.960 So you would think, right that the winner of every 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.480 conference should then play each other in a playoff. Doesn't 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.880 that make a lot of sense. It would make sense 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.719 to me. Yeah, that's kind of the problem. Like in 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:53.400 the NFL, right, the winner of your division, you play 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.880 in the conference championship. It makes way too much sense. 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.440 But no, in college football, we make it much more 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.680 complicated than that. We have a middy who ranks these 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:06.560 teams based on eye test, strength of schedule, all this stuff. 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.560 So lo and behold. This is what's happening in a 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.560 team like Cincinnati, who's in the American Conference, which is 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.600 a group of six that's not one of your powerhouses. 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.440 They are undefeated, they are twelve no, and they're in 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:22.039 the picture. So the way this boils down, two games 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:25.680 here really really matter this weekend. One is the SEC 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:29.800 Championship Georgia and Alabama, because Alabama has a loss on 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.520 their records, so if they lose to Georgia they are 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.880 theoretically out of the playoff picture. Georgia is undefeated, the 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.960 number one team in the country, and if they lose 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:44.560 to Alabama they still will probably make the playoff. So 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:48.279 that's interesting. But in the Big Ten it's Iowa and Michigan. 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.320 Michigan just upside Ohio State, so Michigan is the number 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.360 two team in the country. If Iowa were to beat them, 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:56.800 it's you know, it's not like Iowa then gets in 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.280 the playoff. They're not good enough, they're not in the rankings, 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.400 but Michigan and will be knocked out. So then it 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.039 just creates all this chaos of who gets in blah 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:08.320 blah blah. The reason I'm unleashing on this is because 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:11.720 Notre Dame. Notre Dame is independent. They are not in 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:15.280 a conference, so they don't play a conference championship. Not 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.360 to mention their head coach just bailed and it is 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.400 going to l s U. But there is a way 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:23.280 that Notre Dame still gets in the playoff ranking. Obviously, 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.239 a couple of teams have to lose, like I mentioned, 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.600 because they have to get knocked out. It drives me crazy. 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:31.119 I can't wait to ask Matt Miller about this. Notre 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.920 Dame in basketball and in I'm pretty sure all their 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.360 other sports are in the a c C, which you 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:40.040 know is that's Duke, North Carolina, Clemson. It's it's a 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.800 good conference, it's a Power five conference. But in football, no, no, no, 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.840 they're their own thing. They're independent. They have their own 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.720 deal with NBC. They think they are so fancy, so 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.680 much better than that, and they've made the playoff twice. 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.480 So it bothers me that here in a world where 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.760 you can have two great teams from in this case 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.920 that CEC Bama and Georgia, who probably should honestly both 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.280 make the playoff, that they could be knocked out by 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:10.760 a Notre Dame team who doesn't even play this game. 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.520 Do you see, honest just from like an outsider, how 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:17.000 that seems twisted? Of course I do, And I really 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:19.760 think this prevents a lot of casual fans who are 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:23.760 outside of those local markets for getting involved and getting 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:27.960 excited because you have to have a fucking economy degree 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:31.640 or a statistician degree to understand what's going on. I mean, 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.640 I'm trying to follow what you're saying, and all I'm 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:39.400 thinking is this is stupid. It's ultimately what it will 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:41.760 lead to is an expanded playoff, like right now they 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.400 only have a four team playoff, and there's a lot 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.720 of rumors about how they're going to do it. Just 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:50.960 to cutch you up, things move very slow in college football. 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.520 They hate change. It's a bunch of old heads in 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.920 charge and they hate change. But once there is an 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.600 expanded playoff, then we are going to have these better games, 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.640 more teams involved, a true playoff like we have in 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.680 the NFL, and it's just gonna be a whole deal. 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.160 But yeah, so keep your eyes peeled because if something 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:13.439 crazy happens in the Big Ten Championship or the American Championship, 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.520 which is Houston and Cincinnati. If Houston were to beat Cincinnati, 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.640 just a lot would change. So you can always text 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.959 me and I'll explain it to you. Yeah, I mean 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.480 it would take Your bubble is gonna have to be huge, 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.840 because it really takes a lot to explain it. I mean, 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.800 college football and baseball really need to sit down and 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:35.480 understand that times are changing and they need to amend change, 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.920 make it a little simpler. Jesus Christ. I bring up 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.280 baseball because it's like, come on, guys, all right, I 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.160 know it's America's past time, but you know kids are 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.560 watching three second TikTok's. Can we do something to speed 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:53.360 this freaking game up? Agreed? Anyway, that was beautiful, as always, Olivia, unbelievable. 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:57.120 Your points are always poignant, and I learned so much 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:01.760 my unleashed this week is going to to be a celebration. 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:05.600 I am not going off on anyone. I am going 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:11.040 up on my Greek people. Wave your flags white and Navy, 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:16.040 Carolina blue. The great people are back. Baby. We dominated 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:18.360 his sports and I almost just broke my own desk 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:24.600 because I'm so excited. George Combuss Jr. From Australia is 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:30.000 the new lightweight heavyweight sorry, lightweight boxing champ. I almost 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.040 called him a heavyweight because in my mind he's the 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.280 greatest of all time and he's the best on the planet. 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:40.679 But a huge upset beating Lopez this weekend. The boxing 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.720 community has been shaking up. He was undefeated coming in, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.600 but that's the thing about boxing. He got these guys 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:51.480 fighting over in Australia. Finally he comes into Lopez's backyard. 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.199 Lopez considered one of the best pound for pound fighters 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:58.360 on the planet, a top the lightweight division, and he 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:02.400 drops him in the first round wins the fight. Lopez 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.360 looked like a pizza after it was done. Was a 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:09.320 sore loser, probably was concost talking about he won ten 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:13.559 rounds out of the twelve. He obviously was not recovered 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:16.719 from the first round knockdown because it was a beautiful 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:20.600 performance from my as we say in Greek Patriati, my 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:26.720 patriot brother Jordan's Jordagos Combosos, and now he is the 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:31.800 top the division, and Greek sports are looking good, looking 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.480 good right now. We got a boxing champion, we got 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:40.800 two top five tennis players in the male and female 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:46.560 tennis worlds. We have the best basketball player on the planet, 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:51.000 and we always have John Stamos winning the most beautiful 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:54.199 man on the planet. And Pete Sampraci is now bald, 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.800 but he's still the third best tennis player ever, but 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.600 he's bald. And we always got me who looks like 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.960 John's day most if he was blind. So we have 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:06.680 every category covered. The Gloria. Greece is coming back, baby. 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:13.080 Congratulations to George Combos from Australia. Oh I love hearing 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.600 you say all that. That was such a fun listen. 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:17.559 And I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.440 It's all Greek to you. But let me just tell 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:26.760 you what happened this weekend in boxing was another Greek upset, 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:30.240 akin to maybe the biggest sports upset of all time 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.560 it's considered by most, which was when Greece one the 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.880 soccer Euro Cup in two thousand and four, so he 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:40.760 was a seven to one underdog going in against Lopez anyone, 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:44.439 because you can never count the Greeks out. We always 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:49.120 come back. That was beautiful. That really was That was beautiful. 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:59.880 That's making me want some Bennett didn't goes Madres maybe 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.400 whatever did? It made me hungry. You also said pizza 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.200 in there, so that made me hungry too. On that note, 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:16.280 let's bring in Matt Miller. For him, the NFL Draft 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.679 isn't just over a few days in April. It's a 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:22.000 three d sixty five days a year type of gig. 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:25.280 The founder of the draft scout dot com ESPN draft 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:29.440 analyst Matt Miller. Matt, thanks so much for joining us again. Yeah, 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.319 it's great to be back with you guys. And we've 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.559 got like this little Missouri can actually go on for 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.560 at least two thirds of the group here, So we'll 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:37.880 have to we'll have to find a way to get 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:40.200 everyone in Kansas City. I guess for the draft. Hey, 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.160 wouldn't that be good? I know, And we've been having 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.440 this great weather lately. This is awesome. I know, I know, 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.080 it's weird. It's I have a company Christmas party next 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:50.240 week and you can't break out the ugly Christmas sweater 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.599 because it's like seventy degrees here right now. So but 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:57.320 enough bragging about our wonderful Missouri weather. Yeah, Janice, how 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.840 is it up there? It's good, and I'm scheduled actually 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.840 to come down to Kansas City. I've been invited by 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:06.480 Jackson Mahomes to collaborate on a TikTok, so hopefully we 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:12.560 can get together and grab some stakes or something. I 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.240 can't wait to see us. If that were true, I'd 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.200 go ahead and start looking for a new co host. Okay, Matt, 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.760 let's get to the big story. Lincoln Riley's departure from 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:25.480 o U has sent the transport Portal into overdrive. I 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.960 love picturing it being like one big hard drive that 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.760 is actually steaming and smoking. A lot of coaching changes 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.680 are really affecting. More players are going. So update us 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:39.240 on what you know today of key college players and 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.360 where they're going. Yeah, Levi, it's been crazy because for 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.280 about two weeks a lot of people would would reach 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.560 out and say, hey, we're hearing crazy things coming out 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.040 of the Oklahoma program right now. The problem is we 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.000 all thought Lincoln riley would go to l s U 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.840 Saturday night. Of course, after losing a Bedlin he says, 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:56.280 I'm not gonna be the next head coach at l 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.360 s U. Of course he wasn't, because he's gonna be 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.320 the next head coach. USC has really turned things upside down. 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:04.000 I think we've already seen Spencer Rattler, who near the 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.800 year as a Heisman Trophy favorite, as an NFL Draft 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.880 favorite at the quarterback position. He has entered the transfer portal. 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:12.800 We've seen quite a few Oklahoma commits, whether that be 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:17.680 two or two twenty three signing class excuse me, have 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.560 already said yeah, maybe I need to reopen my recruitment 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:22.080 and see where I want to land. So those have 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.880 been the big things right now. We haven't seen the 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.040 market players. Caleb Williams, the quarterback at Oklahoma who came 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.160 in during the Texas game and really lit that offense 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.400 on fire. He has said, hey, I'm taking some time 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.520 to figure things out. Marvin Mims, their star receiver, taking 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:37.160 some time to figure things out. So I think a 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.560 lot of Oklahoma players are waiting to see who that 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.120 next head coach will be. And I think it Notre Dame. 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:43.920 We have Brian Kelly going to l s U and 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:46.680 arguably a shocking of a move that he would leave 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.240 Notre Dame for l s U. It seems like a 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.840 weird fit culturally. Brian has said two months ago, like 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.240 two hundred fifty million dollars, Sure I'll leave, you know, 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:59.840 Notre Dame. It only million only came out. But I 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:02.840 think one weird thing there is what my prediction is, 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.200 We're going to see a lot of Oklahoma players because 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.960 they've recruited California so well follow Lincoln Riley or change 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:12.960 their recruiting commitment to USC. I don't think we're gonna 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:14.600 see a lot of Notre name kids line up to 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.320 follow Brian Kelly. He's a great coach, but he's known 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.000 as kind of a prickly guy. You know, he's a 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.520 little bit older, not as much fun. I don't think 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.560 we're gonna see that South Bend to Baton Rouge pipeline 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.800 open up anytime soon. The only college football question I 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.360 have about is storming the field. I mean, should they 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.720 bringing the National Guard to prevent that? Isn't that a 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.960 safety hazard? I don't know. I've been at games where 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.360 like you get caught up in the moment and you're 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.520 just like, Okay, I'm getting out there, Olivia. I don't 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.000 know if you lived in Kansas City then, but when 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:46.080 the Royals won the wild card game against the Oakland A's, 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.680 I was about twelve rows up and I should have 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.160 stormed the field. Actually, like one of my biggest regrets 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.000 in life is I should have ran out there and 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.680 hop down onto the field. So I'm probably the wrong 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.360 guy to ask, because when you're there in that moment 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.120 and your team's winning, it's is you know, you're we're 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:05.719 all eighteen again. Yeah, yeah, it does violate COVID restrictions, 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:10.640 though true, it's not a good idea with six ft apart. Yeah. Yeah, 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:12.879 So you mentioned Brian Kelly to l s U, Lincoln 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:17.080 Riley to USC. I'm hearing rumors of Brett Venables to Oklahoma. 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.640 Maybe by the time Miss ayres that will be confirmed. 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:21.840 What do you know or what you can predict for 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.800 what spots are left? Yeah, I think Britt Venables, the 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.679 Clemson defensive coordinator, is an obvious connection to Oklahoma just 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.119 given his history. They're also, you know, the type of 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.359 coach that they want. Remember they hired Bob Stoops away 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.040 from Kansas State. He was a defensive assistant there. So 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:39.840 Oklahoma has become known as this offensive powerhouse under Lincoln 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.359 Riley in the past four years. But this is traditionally 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:44.880 more of a running team or of a defensive heavy team. 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:47.399 So I wouldn't be surprised to see britt Venables. I 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:49.600 think one of the big questions would be what does 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.320 he do at offensive coordinator. Jeff Levy is someone whose 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:54.560 name has been mentioned in the kind of the coaching 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.320 rumor mill as someone who could come be his offensive coordinator. 0:17:57.600 --> 0:17:59.880 But I think something interesting is what Notre Dame will 0:17:59.920 --> 0:18:03.400 do that is a blue blood marquee job. Obviously we've 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:05.919 heard for years, whether it's Lou Holtz or Brian Kelly. 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.600 It's hard to recruit there. There's a lot of restrictions 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:10.560 in terms of what type of student athlete you have 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:12.880 to have. So I think that is something that will 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:15.440 be interesting. You know, they've said this morning that they 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:17.879 the interim coach will not be a candidate for the 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:20.400 head coaching job. That could be bad news for defensive 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:23.560 coordinator Marcus Marcus Freeman, excuse me. There's rumors that he 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:24.879 could be going to l s U as a new 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:28.000 defensive coordinator for Brian Kelly. So right now, there's that's 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:29.960 really it's the Notre Dame job that's kind of stirring 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:33.640 the pot Oklahoma. I wouldn't be shocked if Bob Stoops 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:35.359 just takes the job back and says, you know what, 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:37.960 I stepped away. I'm ready to come back. I'm sixty 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:40.879 one years old, like my man was doing like XFL stuff. 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:44.080 He's on Big New Kickoff. It feels like he's ready. 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:46.800 And let's not forget the guy whose job he took 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:49.120 on Big New Kickoff was Urban Meyer, who part layed 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.200 that job into a head coaching job. So it seems 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:53.840 like a pretty good stepping stone. I think it's so 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:56.520 odd for him to join as the interim for a 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:58.879 bowl game. Anyways, when he does have the gigs like 0:18:58.920 --> 0:19:01.480 you mentioned, that's a very weird fit to me, And 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:04.320 like why was he there? I know that everybody's like, oh, 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:07.040 it's I don't know. If you'll have ever been to Norman, Oklahoma, 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:10.560 You're never just like accidentally there right now you're on 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.159 the way to Dallas if you're in Norman, Oklahoma. So 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.520 it's like, why was bomb Stoops? He was in Columbus 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.359 or an Arbor, Michigan for the game on Saturday, and 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.760 then it's just like, oh, weird, now you're in Norman, 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:26.520 Oklahoma on Sunday. To me that that's too coincidental that 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:29.320 the dude just happened to be hanging out in the 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:32.400 middle of Oklahoma and not back in l A where 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:35.800 he's working for Fox. You mentioned Notre Dame. Do you 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:37.800 think they should join the A c C. I've been 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:39.680 saying that for a while. They did last year in 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:42.560 a weird COVID schedule, but now is the playoff picture 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:44.520 shakes out, it just doesn't seem right that they're not 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.359 playing in a championship game in their conference. You are 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:50.359 absolutely right about that, and I actually think one reason 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:52.600 I think that we're seeing Brian Kelly Lee for l 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:54.080 s U is just that you have to be in 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.199 a conference to be in the college football playoffs. And 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:58.520 even though Notre Dame it's like a favorite school, it's 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:01.119 basically if you have you have one, lost your in 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:03.639 if you're Notre Dame. But we've seen how hard it 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:05.560 is for them. It feels like a fight to get 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:07.719 Notre Dame into that college football playoff ever year theyre 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:10.160 usually the four seed, so I do think that they 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:13.400 have to almost step back and look and say, hey, 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:15.560 we we got to do something different here and joining 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:18.480 the a SEC. Like Clemson is down right now, Miami 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:20.280 is down right now, Florida State, I don't even know 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:22.600 if anyone remembers there in the SEC right now, there's 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:26.360 an open door to dominating this this conference right now, 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:29.600 and Clemson will probably be back, but right now you 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:31.920 would be the favorites to win the conference next year. 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.000 So I do think, you know, we're seeing a shift 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.119 right now. Texas and Oklahoma are going to the SEC 0:20:36.400 --> 0:20:39.040 sooner rather than later. I think we'll see a lot 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:41.119 of you know, domino effects from there with other schools 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:43.639 joining the Big twelve. But the time is right for 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:45.880 Notre Dame to get into the A C C. And 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:48.639 I think last year proved that it's not a bad 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:50.600 thing for them and they don't lose some of that 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:54.480 nostalgia of being an independent school by joining a conference 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.960 is an easier path to the postseason. What do you 0:20:57.960 --> 0:21:00.280 think about the Heisman? Who is your favorite to win 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:03.560 the Heisman? And so this is what upsets me because 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:06.679 I think it should be aiden Hutchinson, who had like 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:11.320 nineteen pressures against Ohio State. The Michigan defensive end. He's 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:14.520 been amazing this year and he has this the stats 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:16.600 to back it up. This isn't just like you know, 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:20.040 I remember watching guys like Aaron Donald and Khalil macdominant 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:22.000 in college and you'd be like, this is a defender 0:21:22.080 --> 0:21:25.439