1 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,159 Speaker 1: And we'll up, guys, lay kick on the air. It 2 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: is Sunday night. It is now August sixteenth. I have 3 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: to look down in my notes all the time, the 4 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: year of our Lord, twenty twenty. We are coming to 5 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: you and obviously a much different location than the normal 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven sports studios, in much different attire 7 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: than we're normally wearing. A lot of you have never 8 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,319 Speaker 1: been privy to the fact that I own more than 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: just white T shirts, but yes I do. Why I'm here, well, 10 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: I am obviously not in Tennessee. I'm actually in Georgia 11 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: right now. I'm in town at home. As a matter 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: of fact, coming to you from Forts and Georgia. Had 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: to go to one of my longtime friend's wedding in 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: beautiful Montgomery, Alabama over the weekend. It was right around 15 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: ninety degrees at kickoff, one of those outdoor August weddings. 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: I'm not complaining for two reasons. Number One, I really 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: appreciate it when you, guys and girls, do not schedule 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: your weddings during college football season. Have some respect for 19 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: your fellow man. And number two, not only did I 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: go to the wedding that friend of mine actually walked 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: down the aisle to Fleetwood Mac, and I would encourage 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: more of you to walk down the aisle to Fleetwood Mac. 23 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: Would probably alleviate a lot of the problems that we're 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 1: dealing in this world right now. The world just needs 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: a little bit more Fleetwood Mac. We got a lot 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: to get to tonight. And here's what I figure I'll do. 27 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: What I figured I would do is last Wednesday, when 28 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: we were recording the Late Kick Extra podcast, I didn't 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: get to do a full wire to wire mail bag 30 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: Q and A format because we had a lot of 31 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: breaking news and the Big Ten had just released their cancelation. 32 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: That's going over really well, isn't it? Excuse me? Postponement cancelation. 33 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: It's going over really well. Not and there's a lot 34 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: going on with that. Who knows how that turns out. 35 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: But since that was the case, I talked about it 36 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: a lot, delved into it really deep, talked about twenty 37 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: five or thirty minutes on that. If you haven't listened 38 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: to that episode, you can download the lake Kick Extra 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: podcast wherever you get your podcast. But because of that, 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: I didn't get to a lot of Q and A. 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: So here's what I thought. I would do. These are 42 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: always our most popular episodes. I thought that I would 43 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: give you just kind of a taste of what those 44 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: shows are about. And so we're going to do Q 45 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: and A. All of these topics are relevant. This kind 46 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: of hits on a lot of the stuff that, quite honestly, 47 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: I would be talking about in the show anyway tonight. 48 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: And so this is just kind of the way the 49 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: show goes tonight. It's the kind of the way that 50 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: you would listen to the Late Kick Extra podcast if 51 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 1: you ever did listen to it. And I got a 52 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: lot of stuff in front of me that I got 53 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: to rearrange, so you know, let's just go ahead and 54 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: kick it off and we'll free flow this thing tonight. 55 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: Happy to have you with us. If you haven't already 56 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: subscribed to the twenty four to seven Sports YouTube channel, 57 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: that's where you're watching us right now. If you're listening 58 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: on podcasts, you probably already have subscribed. But if you 59 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: haven't subscribed to the Late Kick podcast too, so let's 60 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: dive right into it. I had a number of you 61 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: that have asked a version of this question, but I 62 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: took Jeff's because Jeff was the last one that I saw, 63 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: Jeff says, do you think the NFL is hoping for 64 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: college football to be canceled? Without it, they would take 65 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: over Saturday and have complete control over the entire week 66 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: of sports media. And I doubt they would easily relinquish 67 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: primetime Saturday TV slots next year once they have them. 68 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: A few things, Jeff, that's not how TV slots work. 69 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 1: But let's just say that's the way it did work. Okay, 70 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: let's just say that you could come in, you could 71 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: grab that Saturday TV spot, and then you never had 72 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: to give it back. Well, there are a number of 73 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: reasons why I don't believe that the NFL is rooting 74 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: against college football. So let's get into these scouts. First off, 75 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: are certainly rooting for college football to happen because their 76 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: livelihoods depend on in person evaluation and they rely on 77 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: hopefully accurate evaluations of players. Now, Jeff, I don't think 78 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: you nor I need to be rocket scientists to figure out. 79 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: You need to be able to see players playing in 80 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: order to get those evaluations, and for that to happen, 81 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: you have to have seasons going on. So general managers, scouts, 82 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: they're certainly hoping a season to happen. I'll tell you 83 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: another thing talking about this whole TV deal, The NFL 84 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: doesn't need Saturday. I don't know if you guys have 85 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: noticed lately. The NFL's product is not broken at all. 86 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: The NFL's business model is not broken at all. So 87 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: this is not a situation where you have the NFL 88 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: sitting there just wasting away on Sunday and no one's 89 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,239 Speaker 1: watching us. And if only we could sink our teeth 90 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: and get our hooks into those Saturday time slots, if 91 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: we could put Colts Versus Ravens on at three point 92 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: thirty on ABC on Saturday afternoon, then people would know 93 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: about the NFL. Well, that's not where they are, so 94 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: they don't need to do anything. And by the way, 95 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: from a real estate standpoint, TV real estate standpoint, yes, 96 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: they own Sunday, they own Monday Night, they own Thursday Night. Really, 97 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: they own anything that they put their sticker on. Right now, 98 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: it's really good time to be the NFL. They can 99 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: really not do much wrong in the eyes of their fans, 100 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: and their fans are very long and college football fans 101 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: are NFL fans by and large, which brings me to 102 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: my next point. If you really think about this. If 103 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: you were the NFL, if you were Roger Goodell, if 104 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: you were team owners, what you really wants a healthy sport. 105 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: These aren't competitors, These aren't This is not a zero 106 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: sum game where the more college football that's out there, 107 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: the less viewership we have. That's not the way that 108 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: the sport of football works. Sport of football is its 109 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: healthiest when all of the sport is healthy. And so 110 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: for the NFL, those folks know, a lot of you 111 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: are NFL viewers, but you're college first. You're college football fans, 112 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: and so you'll be at the football table in the 113 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: fall as long as your product's there. And if you 114 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: are a Texas A and M football fan, then Texas 115 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: A and M's play and you're there, and then maybe 116 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: you'll watch the Texans the next day. But you didn't 117 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: grow up a Houston Texans fan or an Oilers fan, 118 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: maybe even before that, but you did grow up an 119 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: Aggi fan, and then you'll watch the Sunday product. There 120 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 1: are a lot of you out there, A lot of 121 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: you are NFL fans because college brings you to the 122 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: table and you're just not ready to let it go 123 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: after Saturday ends. And so for a number of reasons, Jeff, No, 124 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: I don't think the NFL is rooting against college football 125 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: happening at all. It's not competition, so it is by 126 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: far in their best interest. I think for football to 127 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: be healthy as a whole. And hey, let's be real, 128 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: a lot of those folks in the NFL, they love 129 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: college football just as much as you and I do. 130 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: So No, I don't think they're rooting against it at all. 131 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: Let's move on. Let's see who we had next year. 132 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: Ripkin don't know if it's a first or last name, 133 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: but Ripkin had this question, how could someone argue that 134 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: a champion from this year would not be legitimate? He's 135 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: talking about a national champion. Now, I'm not saying that 136 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: you're rooting for this, but for the haters out there, 137 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: there hasn't been a champion from outside the South since 138 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: USC in what twelve to fifteen years. I didn't even 139 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: go back and check that, to be honest with you. 140 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: So sometimes some of you will make a point and 141 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: I'll agree with the end of the point, Like I'll 142 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: agree in principle, but i'll tell you right conclusion, wrong logic. 143 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: So rip and I talked about this the other night. 144 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: You may or may not have seen that show, but 145 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: here's the backstory. So what we're talking about here is 146 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people are asking, right now, we got 147 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: the Big ten who is out? And we got the 148 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: PAC twelve out? And then we got the SEC and 149 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: the ACC and the Big twelve and some of the 150 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: G fives. For now they're at the table. So let's 151 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: say we hit you know, the finish button on that, 152 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: and that's how the season's going to go. A lot 153 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: of people are openly speculating that, hey, even if you 154 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: do that, you can't be having a playoff. You can't 155 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: be crowning a national champion when two of the five 156 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: Power five conferences aren't even at the table. There'll be 157 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: a giant asterisk if you will, next to that. You know, 158 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: it'll be like the Barry Bonds home run record in 159 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: a lot of people's minds. Yeah, we saw it happen. 160 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: But hey, Hank, Aaron is still my home run champ. 161 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: I grew up a lifelong Brains fan, so I don't 162 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: have any problem with that. But what I'm saying is 163 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: a lot of people are suggesting that, and so what 164 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: Ripkin's say and is well, since someone from the South 165 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: hasn't won the college football National Championship and who knows 166 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: how long aside from USC, then what does it really matter. Well, 167 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: I agree that the title would be legitimate this year, 168 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: but I don't agree it's because no one from the 169 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: South ever wins. I'll tell you why. In the gambling world, 170 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: for example, you'll have a lot of folks who will 171 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: try and convince you, I gotta winner this Saturday, I 172 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: gotta winner. Let me tell you. Utah State minus three 173 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: and a half. Hear me out. Utah State as an 174 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: underdog or as a favorite of three to seven points 175 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: is thirty eight seventeen and two against the spread in 176 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: road games since two thousand and six. Great, that's wonderful. 177 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: But you know what, trends are really good at predicting 178 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: the past. I'm pointing to the past over here. The 179 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: past is trends are very good at predicting, just like 180 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: with the stat that we're mentioning now. Yeah, a lot 181 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: of teams from the South have been very good at 182 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: college football for a long time, and we're in a 183 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: pretty prolonged run right now where a lot of teams 184 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,599 Speaker 1: from the South, not just the SEC Clemson's had a 185 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: good run. They've been winning national championships. That doesn't mean 186 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: any given year we know what's happening. Trends like that 187 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: are good at predicting the past. But let me tell 188 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: you how quickly that stuff can change. Let's take a 189 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,719 Speaker 1: team from the South for example. Let's take the Clemson Tigers. 190 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: I remember in twenty fifteen, that was the first year 191 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: that Dabo and company went to the National Championship Game. 192 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: It was Clemson versus Alabama, and a lot of people 193 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: were picking Alabama to win. Now, I picked Bama to 194 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: win too. Bama ultimately won, But part of the logic 195 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: that I never got, like, I don't know why this 196 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 1: matter is in a football game. Part of the logic 197 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: some people were using picking against Clemson was, well, they 198 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: had won a title in thirty five years, nearly thirty 199 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: five years. Okay, well Clemson lost the game, but I 200 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 1: can assure you had nothing to do with a three 201 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: and a half decade out of titles because you know 202 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: what they did the next year, and then you know 203 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: what they did two years after that they won championships. 204 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: So it doesn't sound feasible until it happens. For all 205 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: we know, Oregon could have gone in this year, or 206 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: Ohio State could have gone in this year and won 207 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: a national championship. It wouldn't have mattered what their latitude 208 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: and longitude was. They could have won it. That's not 209 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: my point. A lot of people are making that point. Oh, 210 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: someone from the South would have won it anyway. No, 211 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: that's not how I think about it. The way I 212 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: think about it is this, as we said, where as 213 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: I said on the show the other night, I don't 214 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: think it's very wise to apply August logic to what 215 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: would eventually be a December discussion. So to reset the 216 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: button here, a lot of people are sitting here in 217 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: August saying, oh, no, title wouldn't be legitimate. Well, you're 218 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: saying it in August, but fast forward to December. If 219 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: we're in December having that argument, then by the very 220 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: nature of the argument, what do we know in December 221 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: that we couldn't know now? Well, what we would know 222 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: in December is the SEC and the ACC and the 223 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: Big twelve and some of the G fives have actually 224 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: gotten a full college football season. Then so then at 225 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: that point, with that information tucked under our belts, what 226 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: would we think about the Big Ten. What would we 227 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 1: think about the PAC twelve. How big would the collective 228 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: egg on their face be at that point? How much 229 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: sympathy would anyone have for those conferences who at that 230 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: point it would be crystal clear made the very worst 231 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: move that you could have possibly made, because they told you, 232 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: you know, Kevin Warren, I think it will go on 233 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: to be famously told you it was abundantly clear. Wasn't 234 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: just a gut feel, it was abundantly clear they needed 235 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: to cancel the season. I can tell you what I'm 236 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: not gonna do. What I'm not gonna do is sit 237 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: around in December and say, all right, well, these three 238 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: conferences made the right call, and so they've given us 239 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: playoff teams now, and we're going to play the playoff. 240 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to view this title as legitimate 241 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: because they opted out, they being the PAC twelve and 242 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: the Big Ten opted out. Something forced you out. That's 243 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: one thing. But if we're sitting in December and we 244 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: got a bunch of worthy competitors who finished an entire 245 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: season and showed you that it was very possible and 246 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: very doable, I'm not going to look at someone who 247 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: voluntarily walked over to the sideline and then tried to 248 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: dictate terms of the game. That's not the way that's 249 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: going to work if you quit, which you will have done, 250 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: and it will have be framed that way. If everyone 251 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: else gets seasons in and then you don't voluntarily, you're 252 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: not going to sit over on the sideline. You got 253 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: full right to be on the sideline, but you're not 254 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: going to sit over there, and no one else is 255 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: going to convince me that you can sit over there 256 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: and then invalidate everything else going on. That's not the 257 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: way that that works. So no, for many reasons, Ripken, 258 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: I disagree with the logic there, but I do agree 259 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: with your overall conclusion. By the way that whole asterisk 260 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: discussion before we move on, you will never get consensus 261 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: on this. Now that's obvious. Okay, we're going to have 262 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: a situation, hopefully if we get a season in where 263 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: these would be good problems to have. But I ask this, 264 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: Let's say Clemson, since I was talking about the Tigers 265 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: a second ago, Let's say they go on to win 266 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: the national championship. I ask Clemson Tiger fans this, fully 267 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: pronouncing the Z and Clemson obviously, I ask Clemson Tiger 268 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: fans this, if you guys win the national championship, do 269 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: you care if a Minnesota Golden Gopher fam tells you 270 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: your championship has an asterisk next to it? Do you 271 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: care if a sports writer tells you that it has 272 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: an asterisk next to it and it's not as legitimate 273 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: as other titles you've won, and it's not as legitimate 274 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: as other titles in any other normal year, do you care? 275 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: I think you're shaking your head no right now, because 276 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: if you want the title, you probably want it against 277 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:49,599 Speaker 1: the likes of LSU or Alabama or for example, Oklahoma. 278 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: Are They're going to be worthy competitors at the table. 279 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: So it's not like you will have cake walked your 280 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: way to a title. And the point is, and I'll 281 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: wrap it up here. If you don't care about what 282 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: they's then why does anyone else care? If you don't 283 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: care what some sports writer says, If you don't care 284 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: about someone claiming there should be an asterisk because they 285 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: need to fill two thousand words in a Monday Morning column, 286 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: then why do I care? I don't I wouldn't care. 287 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now. If I win this title 288 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 1: this year, if I'm a team, if Josh You wins 289 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: this title this year, I'm taking that trophy and I'm 290 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: going to be defiant with it. I'm going to do 291 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: like UCF did their Phantom title in twenty seventeen. I'm 292 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: gonna rub it into your face because I know it 293 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: aggravates you. So absolutely, if they actually hand me a 294 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: real trophy, I am proudly displaying that bad boy. Because 295 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: it may not be Ohio State that I wanted over, 296 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: but maybe I want it against Alabama, or maybe I 297 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: want it against Oklahoma. It's going to be legit no 298 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: matter what. Good question there though, that it's gonna be 299 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: something that we continue to talk about. Now here's a 300 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: fun one. Here's a fun one. So Stacey asked something 301 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, and I did not get 302 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: to it. And then I realized that I didn't get 303 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: to it. Now's the perfect time. Think along with me. 304 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: A lot of you go to games, Think along with 305 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: me here, what is the worst weather you have ever 306 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: experienced being at a game? I don't even care. She's 307 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: asking about college. You can make it high school, you 308 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: can make it pee wee. I don't really care because 309 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to give you one at the very end 310 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: of this that wasn't even organized. I don't even know 311 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: if it was eleven on eleven football Stacy says. I 312 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: was at the West Virginia at Auburn game in two 313 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, and that was crazy. Maybe a lot 314 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: of you don't remember that game. Off the top of 315 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: your head. I do. Had a few shekels on it. 316 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: So I was watching it and it was boy, it 317 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: was a downpour. It was an absolute monsoon, a frog 318 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: strangler as people call them down here now. As you know, 319 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: I'm a weather nerd, and so I happened to know 320 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: off the top of my head the city of Auburn, Alabama, 321 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: picked up over three inches of rain during that game. 322 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: That's a lot of that's a lot of water. Let 323 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: me just leave it in that it's a whole lot 324 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: of water to fall in that short period of time. 325 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: And so, by the way I looked it up, where's 326 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: it at? Hey? How about this little stat line Chris Todd. 327 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: A lot of you Auburn fans remember that name. Four 328 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: touchdown passes and one pick in that forty one to 329 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: thirty It was something like that. They beat the West 330 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: Virginia Mountaineers, West Virginia at Auburn. How about that home 331 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: and home back in the day, three inches of rain. 332 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: So she's asking which games were the worst weather games 333 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: that I've ever experienced, because I wasn't at that game. 334 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: So I had a couple, and then I wanted to 335 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: give you one that's way off the beaten path. Twenty 336 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: fifteen is one of them. That was Alabama at Georgia. 337 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: Now it wasn't that we got monsoon level rain. We 338 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: got heavy rain that game. But what was so frustrating 339 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: to me leading up to that week is if you're 340 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: from the South, especially if you cover college football in 341 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: the South, and you had for a while, Georgia and 342 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: Alabama never play, so you got you got fan bases 343 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: that are rivals and a since called. They recruit against 344 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: each other all the time, they compete against each other 345 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: all the time. It's border states, but yet they hardly 346 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: ever play unless they were meeting in a postseason type situation. 347 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: So when we have those games, no one wants to 348 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: see a downpour. I mean, it's fun to watch that 349 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: if it's you know, NC Staate against Wake Forest, but 350 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: when you got Alabama versus Georgia, you didn't want to 351 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: see it. Well, it became abundantly clear there was this 352 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: tropical system off the Atlantic seaboard and it was gonna happen. 353 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: And so sure enough, Man, we had to leave like 354 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: two or three hours ahead of time, as opposed to 355 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: what we normally would do because I was covering the game. 356 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,479 Speaker 1: So we drove up to Athens that morning. It's just 357 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: raining the whole way, and it's raining during warm ups, 358 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: and it's raining during the game. And that was that 359 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: game where it was the only one in Nick Saban's 360 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: tenure since forever ago that they were an underdog in 361 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: and they went in there and paceded Georgia. I think 362 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: it was like thirty eight to ten or something like that. 363 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: So that was one of them. But what stood out 364 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: the most is, Man, that place was electric. Now, something 365 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: about bad weather and prime time matchups really really fire 366 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: up a crowd, and it was like that place was 367 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: so ready to see a historic win. But once the 368 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: air got let out and Bama went up by a 369 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: few touchdowns in the first quarter, it's very very deflating 370 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: because you go from being fired up and you know 371 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: it's us versus the elements. And that's fine because they 372 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: got to come into our house and do it, and 373 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: they got to deal with all this to Oh they're 374 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: dealing with it, aren't they. Oh they're really dealing with it. Oh, 375 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: and they're dealing with us. Oh this hurts a little bit. 376 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: This hurts a lot. I'm going to sit here and 377 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: get water logged. And that was kind of the tone 378 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: that the Georgia crowd took on. And then it emptied 379 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: out early third quarter and you're kind of sitting around saying, 380 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: it feels like we waited one hundred years and this 381 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: is how this game turns out. That Alabama team went 382 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: on to win a national championship. Here's the second one. 383 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: Second one was last year. And the thing about it 384 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: is there was no precipitation at all. This was the 385 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: first time I ever went to a Clemson home game, 386 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: seeing him many times on the road, had never been 387 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: to Death Valley in Clemson. It was Texas A and 388 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: I'm at Clemson. It was Week two I think last year. 389 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,959 Speaker 1: So hey, weather report looks fine. There there's one problem. 390 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: And the one problem is, as I said, we were 391 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: in South Carolina in week two, which means early September, 392 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: which means highs in the mid nineties, And that's one thing. 393 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: But what you don't realize sometimes I'm not complaining because 394 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: it's a very blessed situation that we get to be 395 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: on the field on the sidelines for these big games. 396 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: But the thing about it is there's a reason why 397 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: they tell you field temperature. It's a lot hotter on 398 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: the field than the air temperature. So three point thirty 399 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: kickoff there, one hundred and thirteen degrees is what the 400 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: field thermometer says. And again I don't take it as complaining, 401 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: but it's not necessarily my most favorite memory. Ever. Here's 402 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: the worst part about all that stuff being bald firstly, 403 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: and secondly, when you lock on, if you're filming a game, 404 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: which I was, you lock on and you you're just 405 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: sitting there and you're staying still, and with offenses today, 406 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 1: as you know, a lot of times they'll hurry to 407 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and then they'll hardcount, hard count, 408 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: and then they'll check with me, they'll do a check 409 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: with me over to the sideline. Well, you got to 410 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: stay locked in. So you're staying locked in for sixteen seventeen, 411 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: eighteen nineteen seconds in a row sometimes and you just 412 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: feel the beads of sweat dripping in so many unimaginable, 413 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: unspeakable places, and you can't move and it feels so uncomfortable, 414 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: and normally you used to, Oh, you wipe yourself off. 415 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: You can't. You can't move because you've got to maintain 416 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: your shot. And it's the worst, but you're still very 417 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: happy to be there. Third one was not at a 418 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: college venue. Third one was not at a high school venue. 419 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: Third was not even in an organized game or was it. 420 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: Back in the day when I actually lived right here, 421 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: I'm in Harris County, Georgia right now, we would play 422 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: a day after Thanksgiving game, pickup game, not much on 423 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: like many of you play. Many of you have versions 424 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: of some Turkey Bowl game that you've played, but ours 425 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: was really, really serious. We had a lot of former 426 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: college athletes and current college athletes playing in this game. 427 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: We call it the Thanksgiving Classic. We played it at 428 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 1: Harris County High School. We did it every year for 429 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 1: a long time. We had a trophy called the Chalice 430 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: of Supremacy that we played for. There were I can't 431 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: name names. We had college athletes that had no business 432 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: playing in that game, playing in that game and so anyway, 433 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: we never got to play in the rain. We always 434 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: wanted to play in the rain or the snow. We 435 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,360 Speaker 1: live in Georgia. Snow's not going to happen in November. 436 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: The rain never really happened either. So two thousand and 437 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 1: four rolls around. Hurricane Ivan comes through here, wicked storm. 438 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: Even when it came through here, we're like a couple 439 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: hundred miles inland. Hurricane Ivan comes through. Hurricane Ivan is 440 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: dumping rain on Harris County. So we hit each other 441 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: up and we say, this is our shot. Let's go play. 442 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: We're out of school, we're not doing anything. Let's go 443 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: play in Hurricane Ivan. So we go up to Waverley Hall, Georgia, 444 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: to a field up there, and it's underwater. I'm talking 445 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: about torrential downpour. As we play this game. I think 446 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,719 Speaker 1: we played eight man, so eight on eight and we 447 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: are playing on a baseball field that doubles as a 448 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: football field in Waverley Hall, Georgia. Not the best drainage 449 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: in the world, as you could imagine. It's next to 450 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: a place called Pate's Farm Equipment. Never met him in 451 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: my life. There are a lot of places around Harris 452 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: County that are named after me. I don't know necessarily 453 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: the genealogy, but sometimes I take credit for it to 454 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: make myself feel like a big deal, a lot bigger 455 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: deal than I am here. And so anyway back to 456 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: the story, water is ponded on this field. You're sinking 457 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: up to your socks in the water every time your 458 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: feet hit the ground. Sideways rain, it's still like a 459 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,479 Speaker 1: tropical storm coming through. Even at that point, there were 460 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: a lot of ant beds on that field, so the 461 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: ant beds got flooded. So there were these chunks of 462 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: ants that were like holding on to each other for 463 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 1: dear life, that were just floating on top of the water. 464 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: Craziest thing I've ever seen. You didn't want to get 465 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: tackled on them. I cracked back blocked a buddy of mine, 466 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: a block that would be illegal in today's football who 467 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: works up in Nashville right now. By the way I 468 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: cracked back to them, I swear he slid like twenty yards. 469 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: Wildest situation. Also, Harris County sheriffs, because they didn't want 470 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: to be on the road, slowly started to pull into 471 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: the parking lot just watching us. A bunch of idiots 472 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: out here in the middle of a hurricane playing football. Now, 473 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: that was the most fun that I ever had. The 474 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: other two were not necessarily as fun, but those are 475 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: the most vivid weather games I've ever been a part of. Now, 476 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: I can assure you of this. Some of the videos 477 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: we do, like Colin will cut this video up for 478 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: individual use. Some of the videos get more traction than others, 479 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: but some of them get more comments than others. Every 480 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: one of you has a rain story or a snow story. 481 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: The Big ten. You guys have so many great snow 482 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: games that I've never been able to experience. I mean, 483 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: I'm in West central Georgia growing up as a kid. 484 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: When in the world am I going to see snow 485 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: during the college football season. So I will look very 486 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: forward to seeing some of your best weather stories, because 487 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: if I'm a college football junkie and a weather nerd, 488 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: this is the perfect intersection. In fact, I probably should 489 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: have done a whole show just on that question. All right, 490 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: let's get this one here. This one is happening, you know, 491 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: kind of in the last week, and it's very relevant 492 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: right now. So this is from Jason. He said, do 493 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: you think the reports about the SEC coaches sniping back 494 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: and forth on the recent league zoom call were true, 495 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, I can tell you right 496 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: now confidently. Yeah, that's true, Jason. The thing about this 497 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: is it's fairly routine. You just don't hear about it 498 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: all the time. But right now everyone wants to know 499 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: about what's going on behind and closed doors because there 500 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: are very consequential, you know, conversations happening on a day 501 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: to day basis in some of these league meetings and 502 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: the head coaches meeting and the Conference commissioners meeting. So 503 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: if you're not familiar with what Jason's talking about, to 504 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: quickly set the scene for you, there was a report, 505 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: several reports came out late in the week where the 506 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: SEC head coaches were having, you know, one of their 507 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 1: weekly calls with the league office, and some dissensions started 508 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: to break out because if you've seen the SEC schedule, 509 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: they haven't released the dates that's probably come in early 510 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: this week. They haven't released the dates, but they've released 511 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: who you're going to play, So it's going to be 512 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: a ten game league schedule, all SEC games, and Arkansas 513 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: was made to be the sacrificial hog, if you will, 514 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: this year. And then it was perceived that some of 515 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: the golden calves in the SEC got off a little 516 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: bit lighter. And essentially what happened in the zoom call 517 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: is a lot of the coaches started claiming favoritism, and 518 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 1: a lot of the coaches demand and this is fair. Now, 519 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: I probably do the same thing if I were Sam Pittman, 520 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: for example, I would ask the league office, and some 521 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 1: of these coaches did ask the League office, could you 522 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 1: provide us the formula that you used to determine who 523 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 1: plays who? And according to reports, Now I don't have 524 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: any firsthand knowledge of what happened in this meeting. Maybe 525 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: I will this week, but I don't write now. But 526 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: according to reports, the SEC did not exactly have the 527 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: most willing attitude of handing over their scheduling formula. Of couse, 528 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: there's not one. Let me just tell you, there's not one. 529 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: They did not go with a formulaic model as far 530 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: as I can tell, for obvious reasons. So I wrote 531 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: some things down that I I want to be delicate 532 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: with the way that I present this, okay, because I'm 533 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: not happy to see Sam Pittman in his first year. 534 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: And I don't know if some of you know this, 535 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: but in his first year as the head coach at Arkansas, 536 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: with outside of Vanderbilt, the worst roster in the SEC 537 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: have to play Alabama, LSU, Texas, A and M Auburn, 538 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: Georgia and Florida all in the same season. That is 539 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: a very tough decade stretch for some programs. Sam Pittman's 540 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 1: got them all. Arkansas has got them all in year one. 541 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: But let me just tell you first off, the sniping 542 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: back and forth not a big deal. This stuff happens 543 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: all the time. It's just that, like I said, normally 544 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 1: it's behind closed doors. It's kind of like when you 545 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: find out that there was a fight in a locker room, 546 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: and that's sometimes made to be a big deal. If 547 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: you ever find out that in the Missouri locker room, 548 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: an offensive lineman and a defensive lineman got into it, 549 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: and it gets out, it leaks out, Oh, it's a 550 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: big deal on message boards, blogs, newspapers, it's a big deal. 551 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: Now in the locker room, what really happens is there's 552 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: a fight, and then the two dudes who got in 553 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: a fight probably are lunched together the next day, or 554 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: at the very least, you know they they knuckle each 555 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: other on the way out of the locker room, and 556 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 1: it's dropped, and you'll never hear another word about it. 557 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,680 Speaker 1: I mean, they'll laugh about it ten years down the 558 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: road when they come back for homecoming. It's not a 559 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: big deal. You'll find that people who grew up in 560 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: locker rooms never think this stuff's a big deal. But 561 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: not everyone grew up in the locker rooms. If you 562 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: grew up a locker rooms, you saw it all the time. 563 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: It's the point. And if you didn't grow up in 564 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: locker rooms, it's, oh my goodness, locker room's falling apart now. Actually, 565 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 1: sometimes this galvanizes a locker room. And it's the same 566 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: with these head coaches. These head coaches, they'll snipe back 567 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: and forth at each other quite regularly, a lot more 568 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: regularly maybe than you think they do. But they don't 569 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: take it personal. Man. You know how much money they're making, 570 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: how many zeros or on the end of their paycheck. 571 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: This is the least of their concern. But when it 572 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: gets out, yeah, it's made to be a big deal. 573 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: But back to this whole scheduling deal. Let me just 574 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: ask you. Let me take LSU as an example, Like 575 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 1: I thought LSU got off pretty light. I also thought 576 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: it was ironic that a lot of people were They 577 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: were kind of and still are a accusing the SEC 578 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: League office of taking care of Alabama, which I find 579 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: funny because the last thing in this world that Alabama 580 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: would want is for LSU to be given Vanderbilt and Missouri. 581 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: That's Alabama's biggest rival, that's the defending national champion, and 582 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: you gave him Vandy and Missouri. Well, if I'm Alabama 583 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: and I'm really running things, that's not how I'm going 584 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: to play it with LSU. Anyway, here's what happened. Let's 585 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: just take LSU for example. Hey, let me ask you. 586 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: Let's say you're running the schedule process. What would you 587 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: have done LSU. Let's remember who they already have on 588 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: the schedule, because the entire goal in this process was 589 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: to observe who the eight teams you're already playing are. 590 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: And then let's try to calibrate this thing and balance 591 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: it out as much as we can so that it 592 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: ends up fair for most people. Most programs I hear 593 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: you are. It's all I hear you in Missouri. But 594 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: let's look at LSU. So here's what we know about LSU. 595 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: They play Alabama already, they play Auburn already, they play 596 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: a and m All already. These are all top fifteen, 597 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: in some cases top five, but across the board, top 598 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: fifteen opponents. And we know that they play Florida every year, 599 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: so one of their cross division opponents is already Florida. 600 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: That's another top fifteen opponents, so we know they already 601 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: got four of them. So ask yourself, what are you 602 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: gonna do? Are you gonna add Georgia onto their schedule? 603 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: Is that what you're gonna do? Are you gonna play 604 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: You're going have LSU play Georgia on top of Florida 605 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: and then all the teams they have to play from 606 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: the West. No, that just wasn't gonna happen. And it's 607 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: the same when you look at Alabama. The thing about 608 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: it is if you're not dialed in, you know, if 609 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: you're not paying attention to your helmet grid schedule, you're 610 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: probably not thinking off the top of your mind, Oh, 611 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: Alabama already plays Georgia this year, Like that's already on 612 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: the schedule. What were you gonna do? Were you gonna 613 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: add Florida to Alabama's schedule? I don't know if you 614 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: think that would be fair. I'm just telling you that 615 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: wasn't going to happen. And so Alabama, you look at it, 616 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: and they already play the West. So that's a tough road. 617 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: They've got the best team from the East on top 618 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: of all the teams from the West. They're not gonna 619 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: play Florida. That's just not gonna happen. But here's what 620 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: also was gonna happen. Inevitably, someone or maybe a couple 621 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: of someone's we're gonna have to be served up. If 622 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: you're a big baseball fan, sometimes when your team's down 623 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: thirteen to two in the seventh inning, one of your 624 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: relievers has to go long and they just have to 625 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: wear it. And you can't be burning your entire bullpen 626 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: in a thirteen to two blowout game. Someone's got to 627 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: go out there and take a lump on their era. 628 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: Arkansas is the long relief pitcher in this whole process. 629 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: It's not fair. I'm looking at you right now in 630 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: this little webcam and I'm telling you, no, it's not fair. 631 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 1: That's just the way it had to happen. There was 632 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: It's not funny to Arkansas or Missouri I know, but 633 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: that was a really funny little animation from apparently one 634 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: of the Shrek movies I've never seen. I retweeted it. 635 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to try and reenact it here because 636 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: I won't do it service but or justice. But that 637 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: was the way it was gonna happen, and I'm sorry. 638 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: If someone else apologizes to you, I will apologize, And 639 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: hopefully Sam Pittman gets his pick of when to go 640 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: on SEC media days for about the next five years 641 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: in a row, and also gets to play four FCS 642 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: teams next year, and no one's allowed to complain about it. 643 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 1: So that's kind of a taste. By the way. To 644 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: recap of how we run the Late Kick Extra podcast, 645 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: we take Q and A. Now, I just took four 646 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: or five questions. I think I'll do like thirty more 647 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: rapid fire, but I'll do like thirty of them minimum 648 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: sometimes in the Late Kick Extra podcast. So if you 649 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: haven't already subscribed to that, now before I wrap, here 650 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: a quick preview of what we think is coming this week. 651 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: We think that tomorrow. This is according to reporting over 652 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: the weekend by some of our twenty four to seven 653 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: sports folks, including Brandon Marcelo, who is still healing up 654 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: from a surgery. So get well soon, brand and we'll 655 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: see you back soon. But according to that reporting, speaking 656 00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: of the SEC, we should find out who your Week 657 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: one opponents are going to be, and then shortly after 658 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 1: that we should have the entire schedule. We already know 659 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 1: the teams they're going to play, we don't know the 660 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: dates yet. ACC has already released it, Big ten has 661 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: released it and then canceled it. The Big twelve has 662 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: released Well, now we wait for the SEC. So that 663 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: is something that we're looking forward to. If you don't 664 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: follow me already on Twitter at Late Kick, Josh, do 665 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 1: that we have very quick, rapid reaction videos that we 666 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: put out no more than an hour usually hopefully after 667 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: these sorts of things are announced. So as soon as 668 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: that's announced this week, we'll have some things up on 669 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: Twitter that you'll want to see. All right, let's wrap 670 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 1: it up here. I have a lot to do down 671 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,280 Speaker 1: here in Georgia that unfortunately does not necessarily pertain to 672 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: Late Kick, but hey, it's work from home season, baby, 673 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: so you've got to get it in wherever you can 674 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: for director Colin in Nashville and myself here in Georgia. 675 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: Sincere thanks to you wherever you are for joining us. 676 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: I am Josh Babe. This is the Late Kick. Thank 677 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: you so much for watching. Have a great week and 678 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: God bless