1 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: Oh, it's such a great day. It's that time of year. 2 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: I don't know about how often this happens for you, 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: but I get about one really really good idea per year, 4 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: and Adie hit me boom. Today. I named this fall's 5 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: Late Cake Filling the Blank Tour. Last year we did 6 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,479 Speaker 1: the Renaissance Tour, went to a new game every weekend, 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: and it was great. I think they're going to write 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: about it in history books. But this fall, I'm telling you, 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: we're going to do it bigger and better than we 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: ever have before. You will be a part of it. 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: There will be things that you have asked me for 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: for so long that I haven't been able to give 13 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: you that I will be able to give you this fall. 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: What am I talking about? If you're new here, this 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: makes no sense to you, but don't worry. Stick around. 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: It will. This is the Late Cake Extra podcast. I'm 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: Josh Pate. We're going wall to wall mail bag this morning. 18 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: We do it every Wednesday morning, and that's on top 19 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: of Late Kick Live, which we do Sunday and Thursday 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: live on YouTube. You get it Monday and Friday in 21 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: your podcast feeds. So there's a lot going on here. 22 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: We are in unprecedented territory right now when it comes 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: to the rest of our industry and how this podcast 24 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: and how this show stacks up. So I'm not gonna 25 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: bore you with all that, but man, the high level 26 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: mustaches and management have taken notice, and they've been doing cartwheels. 27 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: But then they stopped and they said, uh oh, that 28 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: means we got to give them more, don't we. Well, 29 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: yes you do. It ain't free to run payt state 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: over here, especially with what our enrollment numbers are doing 31 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: going up up up. Hey, there is no limit. Bring 32 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: everybody you want to to this party. If you like 33 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: the way we do college football here, if you're kind 34 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: of tired of the way they do it elsewhere. Look, 35 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: that's the reason I started this show, so I know 36 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: I'm not alone. Bring them over here, get ten friends 37 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: to listen to it. In fact, I love those messages 38 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: the most when you DM me and say I got 39 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: my friends listening. So, hey, here's what we do this morning. 40 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: We're doing a mail bag. I put out the call 41 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: at late kick Josh on Twitter and Instagram. You gave 42 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: me a ton of good questions here. There's a lot 43 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: of meat on the bone. So let's dive right in here. 44 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: We are approaching one hundred days until kickoff, ladies and gentlemen. 45 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: One hundred days. I think it's this Thursday, So stop 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: drooling now, stop drooling. People may be looking. I know 47 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: it affects me that way too. We'll get there together. 48 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: Let's dive in. Matt Brown kicks us off. I actually 49 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: saw him at a rest stop in Mississippi on our 50 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: way to chase storms in the Magnolia State not too 51 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: long ago. He's got a PhD. He's way too smart 52 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: to be listening to this show, but he does it anyway, 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: and I appreciate it. He said, were there any Week 54 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: one point spreads that took me by surprise? Maybe some 55 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: wrong team favored situations. Yes, As a matter of fact, 56 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: there were a few of them, so if you were unaware. 57 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: FanDuel among several of the online sports books, they started 58 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: to release some of their games of the year, and 59 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: I put a lot about this out on Tuesday morning. 60 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: But think about this now, I'm just going to read 61 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,519 Speaker 1: some of them. This is not an exhaustive list. Alabama's 62 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: favored by fifteen at Texas in Week two. That's not 63 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: a big surprise to me, Miami goes to A and 64 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: M in Week three, Aggie's by nine. That's not a 65 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: big surprise. Now I'll tell you the context here. Miami 66 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: obviously plays in the ACC. They are a bigger underdog 67 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: against A and M than they are any of their 68 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: other games. So their toughest game is not even a 69 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: conference game. Do something else that stands out? I mean, 70 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: we got to acknowledge this. So, like I said, Bama 71 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: plays at Texas favored by fifteen. Bama also plays at LSU. 72 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: I think that opened at Bama minus sixteen. They also 73 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: play at Tennessee this year. How about those road games? 74 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: By the way, they play at Tennessee. Guess what the 75 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: spread is for Bama at Tennessee. It's Bama minus fourteen 76 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: and a half. Now that may sound like okay, that 77 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: all sounds the same, right, Well it does if you're 78 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: an Alabama fan. But now think about the cross data. 79 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: Think about the reference points there. That means that odds 80 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: makers are telling you, on a neutral field, they would 81 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: slightly favor Tennessee over LSU, they would slightly favor Tennessee 82 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: over Texas. Tennessee fans are listening and saying, well, yeah, 83 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: we're better. The rest of the country doesn't quite feel 84 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: that way yet they have not. You bought into Josh 85 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: Heipel and bought in fully to Hindon Hooker and this 86 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: new feel in this new day in Knoxville. So I 87 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: think that's something that has some people in the betting 88 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: market talking. But also at Matthew asked, are there any 89 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: games out there where the wrong team's favored. I'm surprised 90 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: that USC opened as a favorite at Utah. I think 91 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,679 Speaker 1: that opened Southern Cal minus three. It was at Southern 92 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: Cal minus one as of the time I started recording this. 93 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: I just think the wrong team's favorite. I'm not telling 94 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: you it sud be it's minus seven or anything like that, 95 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: but I've got it capped with a solid Utah minus 96 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: three and a half Utah minus four, So I already 97 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 1: put money on that. In the futures market, I think 98 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: Utah is the better team. They've got home field there 99 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: at least as we sit here in May, and I 100 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: don't know what kind of roster moves us he's gonna make. 101 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: We don't know what kind of injuries there could be 102 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: between now and then. That is the nature of betting. 103 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: The futures market, So they've got over eighty games posted 104 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: over at FanDuel right now. I'm gonna really beef up 105 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: our gambling coverage this fall, but I'm careful with the 106 00:04:58,400 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: way I do it. I've told you guys, the way 107 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: I like to stack the show. I like to stack 108 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: it with a mass audience in mind. And I know 109 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: a lot of you do bet on football. I bet 110 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: on it too, but I know a lot of you don't. 111 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: And then there's this group that doesn't bet on it, 112 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: but you're fascinated by the odds making process and points spreads, 113 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: and even if you're not going to bet on the 114 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: Wisconsin game, you want to know whether they're favored and 115 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: buy how many. So I structure Late Kick in a 116 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: specific way. We don't dive deep into gambling. However, I'm 117 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: not limited. There's nothing in my contract that says I 118 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: can only do X number of shows per week. So 119 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: I did Friday Night Lines this past fall, which is 120 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: where I would get into a town and I would 121 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: do a strictly hardcore gambling chat on Instagram Live. Well, 122 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: we're going to expand that significantly this year, and it 123 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: will be more widely available, and it probably won't even 124 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: just be on Friday nights, So stay tuned for that 125 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: because that's not finalized. The plan specifically, the idea is finalized, 126 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: so we're going to have a lot more of that. 127 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: I mean the ram Noodle express. If it's going to 128 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: treat us great, I want it to treat as many 129 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: people as possible great. So stay tuned on that. I 130 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: know there's a lot of stay tuned this morning, but 131 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: it won't be May forever. Stay tuned just for a 132 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: little while longer. Next up here, San Mateo, California checking in. 133 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: Does Miami need a top tier quarterback in their twenty 134 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: twenty three class for it to still be considered successful 135 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: for Mario's first full class, I will say they either 136 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: need one in the class or need to get one 137 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: out of the portal. Yeah, I feel that way, and 138 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: I generally feel that way about any new staff coming in. 139 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: You have what you have, and it's very nice for 140 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: that to be Tyler Van Dyke from Miami, So certainly 141 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: staffs have inherited much worse situations. Tyler Van Dyke's kind 142 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: of guy you would go get if you didn't have 143 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: him already. But still you want to set up for 144 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: the future. And so with that in mind, yes, they 145 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: need to bring in a quarterback. Now it can be, 146 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: like I said, on the recruiting market, or it can 147 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: be in the transfer market, but they do need to 148 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: do that because here's the risk you run. The risk 149 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: you run is you could recruit top five level classes 150 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: or top ten level classes, but if you don't have 151 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: that cherry on top, if you don't have that quarterback, 152 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: you run the risk of being Texas A and N 153 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: so far, you run the risk of having a loaded roster. 154 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: But yet when you go up against other elite teams 155 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: that have that check market quarterback, you end up having 156 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: what Texas A and M has had so far, and 157 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: that's multiple losses per year. You're really good, but you 158 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: just can't take the step to being elite. You cannot 159 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: be elite in this game today and be average at quarterback. 160 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: I think people look at the Georgia twenty twenty one 161 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: run and they may say, oh, that disproves what you 162 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: just said because they don't have an elite quarterback. Stepsan 163 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: Bennett's not going in the first round of any draft 164 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: and they just won the national championship. And I'm like, okay, 165 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: I mean, think about this now in San Mateo, California, 166 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: if you're driving around, since that's where the question came from, 167 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: if you're driving around and you're saying that, what are 168 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: we really suggesting there? Are we suggesting that it's feasible 169 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: that multiple teams are going to go out and put 170 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,119 Speaker 1: together the kind of defense that Georgia just put together. 171 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, still get drug in the 172 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: conference title game because you couldn't match quarterback play. And 173 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: then you get into the National championship game. And I'm 174 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: not here to litigate which injuries would and wouldn't have 175 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: changed the game, because Georgia won the National Championship and 176 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: they earned it. But my point is, in that game, 177 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: did you see the throws Stetson Bennett made. No, he's 178 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: not gonna go first round. He made some big time throws. 179 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: They needed big time quarterback play. They got a couple, 180 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: They got the kind of plays in the second half 181 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: you would expect from an elite quarterback. So even with 182 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: the defense Georgia just fielded, they still had to have 183 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: some big time offensive pop plays for them to win 184 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: the National Championship. And here's a little spoiler for you. 185 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: I would bet money I would put on the Rama 186 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: Noodle Express as our first best bet of the year. 187 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: You're not gonna have the kind of defense Georgia just had. 188 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: I don't think anyone is. That's the point. So if 189 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: I'm Miami and I'm looking around saying what's most likely 190 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: to get us there, it is going to be elite 191 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: quarterback play. We've at least got to be plus to 192 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: elite at the quarterback position. Otherwise, like I said with Texas, 193 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: A and m you stand there at the end of 194 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: the year and you got three losses and you're saying, boy, 195 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: but I thought we recruited in the top ten. You did, 196 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: you did, but you didn't account for the most important 197 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: position on the field. So my short answer would be, yes, 198 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: they need to go get themselves a big name at quarterback. Oh, 199 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: Dassy or Odyssey is up next, And I apologize. I 200 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: mean I'm horrible with names anyway, I can't remember them, 201 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: I can't pronounce them. So the initials here are OM. 202 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: I can tell you. He checks in from Pasadena, Texas, 203 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: and he asked a good question, what is a trend 204 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: maybe good, maybe bad, that you see college football adopting 205 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: in the next few years. Well, I'm gonna go with 206 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: a good one. I'm the glass half full, or as 207 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 1: you can hear hear the water jug half full kind 208 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: of guy. I put a tweet out the other night 209 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: that said, the first thing I do when I'm college 210 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: football commissioner is I'm gonna abolish these pointless and meaningless 211 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: neutral site games. There's no reason. In fact, I've got 212 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: a DM to read you in just a second. There's 213 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: no reason for Tennessee to be playing Virginia in Nashville. 214 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: There's no reason for Georgia to be playing Oregon in Atlanta. 215 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: Plan in the world is Florida State going to New 216 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: Orleans to play LSU instead of going to Death Valley. Ludicrous. 217 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: So anyway, I think we're gonna see that come to 218 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: an end. You know, I'm not a big playoff expansion guy, 219 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: but I think we're gonna get it eventually. And you've 220 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: seen some of the scheduling reflect that. And what I 221 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: mean by that is there are a lot of folks 222 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: who are terrified to schedule true road out of conference games, 223 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: doubly especially if you're in the SEC. Like a lot 224 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: of you have hated on the SEC because they never 225 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: go on the road they'd be stupid to go on 226 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: the road. Under the current setup, They'd be stupid to 227 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: do it. Alabama would be insane if they were regularly 228 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: traveling on the road out of conference. And I'll tell 229 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: you why, cause four teams make that playoff and the 230 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: College Football Playoff Committee, at least we haven't seen them 231 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: properly equipped to interpret the difference in strength of schedule 232 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: the right way in the sport. You see, if you 233 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: told me if I were Georgia or Florida, if I 234 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: were in the SEC, if you were to tell me, hey, 235 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: that committee at the end of the year, they will 236 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: be able to distinguish between a three law team that 237 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: challenged themselves out of conference versus an undefeated team that 238 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: played cupcakes. Well, then I'd feel comfortable scheduling out of 239 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: conference games. But I don't feel that. You know, good 240 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: and well, if I lose two or three games and 241 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: you go undefeated, you're going to have a sizeable crowd 242 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: out there that says you can't leave that undefeated team out. 243 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: At some point, you are what your record says you are, 244 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: which is one of the biggest lies in college football. Well, anyway, 245 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: I say that to say this when we expand the playoff, 246 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: which everyone thinks is going to happen. All of a sudden, 247 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: people feel a little safer, scheduling a little more boldly. 248 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 1: And if you want to know, if I see a 249 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: ray of sunshine in playoff expansion, maybe it is that. Maybe, 250 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: even though I don't want it, if I get it, 251 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: at least we get more out of conference matchups. But 252 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: that in and of itself is not the trend I'm 253 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: talking about. I think we're going to have true home 254 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: and homes. You've already seen it. You've already seen a 255 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: lot of these agreements start to be made between programs 256 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: over the next ten years, even the next five years, 257 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's starting with a lot of 258 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: the SEC teams too, Souse. Some of the other conferences 259 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 1: have already been doing it. The SEC was the conference 260 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: that shied away from it for a long time. I 261 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: didn't hate on them. I grew up down there, so 262 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: you can call me a homer if you want to. 263 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: I thought they were smart to avoid it, and as 264 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: you can see, it's worked out for him. But you're 265 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: starting to see a lot more of these big time 266 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: marquee home and home matchups announced and a lot of 267 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: them down the road in the future. They've been announced, 268 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: and I think that's just planning for an inevitability, and 269 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: that is an expanded playoff to where you can afford 270 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: to go to Notre Dame or go to Texas or 271 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: go to Virginia Tech. And it's not going to derail 272 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: you if you lose in a really tough environment and 273 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: you don't have a safety net under you and no 274 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: one knows how to perceive that you challenged yourself and 275 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: you should be rewarded for it. You get the picture. So, yeah, 276 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: give me that good trend. Give me the trend of 277 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: more marquee out of conference matchups, true home and homes. 278 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: Don't give me games and NFL stadiums. I have no 279 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: interest in that. Oh my voice is going. It's that 280 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: time of year. Also, where if you've been around the 281 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: show for quite a while, you know I have terrible 282 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: allergies and I sneeze violently. I've never let you hear 283 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: me sneeze, I don't think, but I have these sneezing 284 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: attacks where I sneeze like ten times fifteen times in 285 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: a row and it rips my vocal cords. So you 286 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: can tell I mean, I don't have a whole voice 287 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: right now, and it sucks. It's not a fun thing 288 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: to go through. I don't recommend having bad allergies in 289 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: the South and also sneezing the way I do. Some 290 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: of you got that hutche going on, and I envy you. 291 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: I sound like man, I sound like a pregnant rhinoceros 292 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: when I sneeze. It is god awful and everyone can 293 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: hear it. It just echoes. I live in a more 294 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: hilly part of Tennessee to begin with, so it's like 295 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: pooooooo and then all of a sudden you can't talk, 296 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: and there you go. That's my life every spring. But 297 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: I still would not live any other place. Still love 298 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: it down here. But you got to deal with it. 299 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: I may end up doing like the teacher, Like everyone 300 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: had that teacher that lost her voice and you walk 301 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: in class one day and she's just talking like that. 302 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: It's like the way we talk about the off season. 303 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: She had to talk like that all day. Ugh the worst. Okay, 304 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: So let's try and get through this as best we can, 305 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: remembering all the while. Teamwork makes the dream work here 306 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: at Payton State. Oh, before I forget, let me share 307 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: with you the DM. I told you about it. You 308 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: can tell no one's here producing me. I'm just all 309 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: by myself. So, like I said, we are anti pointless 310 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: neutral site games. Tennessee just announced they're gonna play Virginia 311 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: in Nashville. I could walk to this game from my 312 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: apartment and I'm still against it. That's how you know 313 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: I'm a man of principle because this would benefit me 314 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: and I'm still against it. So I got a DM. 315 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a classic message I got. So 316 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: this guy works at the Knoxville Airport and he was 317 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: there when Brigham Young came in there and edged Tennessee 318 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. They won in double overtime. 319 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: We pick up the DM halfway through, he said, I 320 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: talked with a number of these fans all morning, every 321 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: single one of them at the airport talked about the 322 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: college football atmosphere at Tennessee and how it compared to 323 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: other venues they had visited. It was just story swapping 324 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: all morning. It was awesome. I promised revenge in twenty 325 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: twenty three. I made them board the plane last, but 326 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: it was awesome. Fast forward to now, and instead of 327 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: Tennessee fans having the opportunity to travel to Provo to 328 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: show out for a rematch against a now Power five 329 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: opponent in Brigham Young. We're stuck with another neutral site 330 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: game in Nissan Stadium against a bottom tier Power five 331 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: school in Virginia. By the way, their sweater vests are 332 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: a stain on this sport. So that's how the announcement 333 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: is going over here in the city of Nashville and beyond. 334 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: Please do the right thing, college football, Please do the 335 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: right thing. Parker from Springfield, Alabama. Favorite scene or episode 336 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: from the Office, Very easy. It is stress relief part one. Now, 337 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: what I did not know at the time that I 338 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: do now is they showed that right after the Super Bowl. 339 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: NBC had the Super Bowl that year, and I didn't 340 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: watch The Office when it was on TV. I've been 341 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: on Netflix, Office Guy. Now it's on Peacock. I know, 342 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: but I did not watch it in real time, so 343 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: I would not have known that they saved that episode 344 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: as the one that follows the Super Bowl lead in 345 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: like that. I've worked in TV before. That's the most 346 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: coveted piece of real estate. If you're like a network 347 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: TV show, you want to be on the network that 348 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: has the super Bowl, and you want your show to 349 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: be the one that follows the super Bowl because you 350 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: have the biggest TV audience in the world, and a 351 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: lot of them stick around. A lot of them just 352 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: leave the TVs on. The ad sales, by the way, 353 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: for those shows are insane. I've watched it happen at 354 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: the local level. I can't imagine what it's like on 355 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: the national level. But that's the one where the fake 356 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: fire drill happens to open the show, that entire sequence, 357 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: like that two and a half or three minute sequence. 358 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: I don't care if you've never seen The Office. I 359 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: don't care if you don't even like The Office. I 360 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: don't know a human that watches that fake fire drill 361 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: scene at the very least and doesn't laugh. If you've 362 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: never seen it before, I would imagine a tier or 363 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: two appears in your eye. So I recommend that one 364 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: stress Relief Part one. Next up BELLA Fontein, Ohio, checking 365 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: in which conference has the best traditions in your opinion. 366 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: A lot of you think I'm about to go SEC, 367 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: but I'm going big ten now. It's a conference rich 368 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: tradition in the SEC, So I mean they're not taking 369 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: a back seat. But I have only recently, in the 370 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: past few years, been able to go to a lot 371 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: of Big Ten games. That's why I'm so grateful that 372 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: I get to do what I do, because I can 373 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: choose any game I want to go to on Saturdays, 374 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: and whereas I used to be, this is a very 375 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: first world problem. I used to be relegated to only 376 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: going to SEC games. Trust me, there are worse prisons 377 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: professionally to be in than going to SEC football games 378 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 1: for free every Saturday. But now I get to go anywhere. 379 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: I tell you what I love about the Big Ten. 380 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 1: It's some I don't know how to exactly describe this. 381 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: There's just such a rich appreciation for the historical and 382 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: traditional aspect of the game they experience. So some of 383 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: the things they do they've done for like a thousand years. 384 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: Some of the things they play from the marching band, 385 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: some of the pregame traditions, some of the chants. I'm 386 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: not saying they don't have this in other places. I'm 387 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 1: saying I feel like it's appreciated and embraced and owned 388 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 1: by the crowd more in the Big Ten than any 389 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: other place I've been. Plus a lot of those universities, 390 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: they're just older. They're bigger, the alumni bases are bigger. 391 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: And so with that in mind, when I go to 392 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: a Michigan game, or an Ohio State game or a 393 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: Penn State game, just it slaps you in the face 394 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: in a good way. How much those people embrace the tradition, 395 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: the game day environment and presentation and tradition. They know 396 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 1: when to be quiet, they know when to make noise 397 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: and the other thing that is kind of a side 398 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: note here, but it stands out to me as a 399 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: kid who grew up in the South in the SEC. 400 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying one way is right or wrong. I'm 401 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 1: saying I prefer what the Big ten does. In the SEC, 402 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: every dollar that can be made from the game day 403 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: presentation is made, Every announcement in the stadium is sponsored. 404 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: Every square inch that's available of ad space is taken up. 405 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: So you got logos and branding all over the place. Look, 406 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm not demonizing the SEC. That's my people, that's my home, 407 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: that's where I grew up. But when I go to Michigan, 408 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: when I go to Notre Dame and there's no sign anywhere, 409 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: you know, there's no Coca Cola banner. There's no Ford 410 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: truck banner. They just they have decided amongst themselves there 411 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: are parts of the game day environment and in the 412 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: end stadium presentation that we're going to keep pristine. Man, 413 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: I appreciate that. And as you can clearly tell, those 414 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: places have turned out okay financially. It turns out they're 415 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 1: not hurting for money quite like you think they may, 416 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: because they choose to forego selling some in stadium advertising. 417 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: So good on them. I prefer it that way at 418 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 1: Peate State. That's how we choose to run our game 419 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: day operations. Recruiting. We are sec through and through. But 420 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: as far as tradition and the way that we like 421 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: to present ourselves on Saturdays, we're taking several pages from 422 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: that Big ten playbook. Oh, let's keep in the Buckeye 423 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,360 Speaker 1: State here bel A, ir Ohio, home of Joey Galloway. 424 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: By the way, which college rivalry is on your bucket list? 425 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: You know I'm gonna go off the rail for this 426 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: one because I've gotten to check some of the bigger 427 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: ones off now. I would love to go see Brigham Young, Utah. 428 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: I don't really care whose stadium it's in. I want 429 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,199 Speaker 1: to go to both of those anyway. I you know, 430 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 1: one of the things I regret so far, although it's 431 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: not my fault, it's their fault, is I have not 432 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: been able to go to games out West. They're just 433 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: there has not been a time where we've looked at 434 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: the Saturday slate and I could reasonably justify going out 435 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: West over what else the Big ten or SEC or 436 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 1: ACC or Big twelve has had to offer. Like I said, 437 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: that's not my fault. I want to change it. But 438 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: you know, you know the old saying around here, my 439 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: balls are in your court guys. Now, Utah, I'm not 440 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: bemoaning them. Okay, they've they've carried the freight. It's been 441 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: more of the conference that they've resided in that's led 442 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: them down. But I get the distinct impression that Utah 443 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: and Brigham Young is probably a lot like that dynamic 444 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: we experienced with Iowa and Iowa State this past year. 445 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: You know, we went to that game and it was 446 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 1: in Week two, so you know, it's a supercharged environment. 447 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: It was the biggest it was the biggest game in 448 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: that series, and that rivalries is hitty. I get the 449 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: sneaking suspicion that the environment internally around the Utah Bringham 450 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: Young rivalry, the Holy War as they call it. I 451 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: get the feeling that if you were to get inside 452 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: that bubble and experience it, it would shock you that the 453 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: rest of the country doesn't talk about it more. I 454 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: can't know. I've heard people talk about it. I can't 455 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 1: personally know, because I've only viewed it from a distance, 456 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: but I get the distinct impression that that thing is 457 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: off the charts intense, and you would look around, having 458 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: been at the Iron Bowl and having been at Ohio 459 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: State Michigan, and you'd say, wow, this has got shades 460 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: of that. Like a lot of this feels like those 461 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: bigger rivalries. Why isn't this talked about? It's just not 462 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: two national brands. But that doesn't mean they care. I 463 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: can promise you those fans and those stadiums on that Saturday, 464 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: they couldn't care less what someone in Norfolk, Virginia thinks 465 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: about their matchup. They care what they feel about each other, 466 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: and what they feel about each other, to be perfectly clear, 467 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: is pure, unadult traded hate. It's such a great thing 468 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: in football, in sports, it's a great thing. Shake hands 469 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 1: on Sunday, But I want to go to Utah versus 470 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: Brigham Young. If you wonder why I keep saying the name, 471 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: it has been well documented on this show that I've 472 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,360 Speaker 1: done everything I can to cover up my regional dialect 473 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: or some of you may know it a Southern drawl, 474 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: but it bleeds out with one school acronym, and that 475 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: is BYU. I can't say the why. I can't round 476 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: it for the life of me. This is like some 477 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: of you who can't swim trying to learn to swim. 478 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: Those of us who can swim look and just say 479 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: it's easy. Flap your arms, kick your feet. Well, everyone 480 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: else I know in the English speaking world can say this, 481 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: no problem. I can't do it. BYU. BYU. That's it. 482 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: That's how it comes out. So you are Brigham Young 483 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: to me. So I struggle and struggle. It is a 484 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: struggle bust city. It's almost as hard for me to 485 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,199 Speaker 1: pronounce that as it is for you to know that 486 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: this is coming. Don't get mad. There's no chance you 487 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: would have seen that coming. I am in the prime 488 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: of my career right now when it comes to unexpected 489 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: ad tosses. So don't get a Just appreciate greatness because 490 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: you are experiencing it right now. I can't vouch for 491 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: the rest of this show. It may be a disaster. 492 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: But my skill, my God given talent, and that is 493 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: clearly where it comes from. This is god given. I 494 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: don't take credit for it. Of being able to throw 495 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: an ad break in your face without ever seeing it 496 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: come in beforehand, that is truly a special thing. I 497 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: am five stars if nothing else when it comes to 498 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: the ad toss. Okay, let's continue, Stetson, he asks from 499 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: Fort Payne, Alabama. Is Georgia Oregon the biggest game in 500 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:35,239 Speaker 1: the opening week. I'm not gonna say that yet. It's 501 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: certainly on the marquee, but I don't feel like we 502 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: have one that stands out above the pack. I know 503 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: a lot of folks are gonna say, Notre Dame at 504 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: Ohio State, that thing's got a fat two touchdown spread 505 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: on it. Then again, Georgia Oregon will approach that. In fact, 506 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: why am I guessing I can just pull it up 507 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: for you. Hold on a second. That was really professional. 508 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: Tell you to hold on a minute, even though this 509 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: is recorded and not live, As I said, no producer here, 510 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: I'm on my own. Okay, here we go. Notre Dame, 511 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: Ohio State Buckeye by thirteen and a half right now, 512 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: and then you've got Oregon Georgia Georgia favored by sixteen 513 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: and a half. The reason I have trouble saying that 514 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: either one of those are the best games of the 515 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: day is for that reason. I'm not saying upsets can't happen, 516 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: but I mean, my goodness, if we're gonna if we're 517 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: gonna give a game Tier one a list treatment, don't 518 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: we want to expect it to be more competitive than 519 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: two touchdowns. So with that in mind, I'm looking at 520 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: games like Cincinnati Arkansas. I think that one could be 521 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: sneaky good. I know it's on a Sunday, but LSU 522 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: Florida State down in New Orleans. Don't like the venue, 523 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: although I love the Supernome, just not for the regular season. 524 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: But who in the world knows what to expect in 525 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: that game. I'll tell you another one. We were just 526 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 1: talking about him Utaw at Florida. Florida a very short 527 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: favorite in the Swamp. I mean, if Kyle Whittingham and 528 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: Utah win that game, all of a sudden, I already 529 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: think they're the favorite in the Pac twelve South. But 530 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: they could all of a sudden go from being the 531 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: favorite in the PAC twelve South. This game wouldn't affect 532 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: that it's not a conference game. You could all of 533 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: a sudden be talking about them as having some wiggle room, 534 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: maybe being able to lose a game and still make 535 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: the playoff if they win the PAC twelve. That's not 536 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 1: always something we've been able to say with PAC twelve teams, 537 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 1: is my point. We've Also, it's not even Week one. 538 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: It's like August twenty seventh, West Virginia and Pitt the 539 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: backyard brawl is back. Pitt's got a nice opener. By 540 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: the way, they got West Virginia, they got Tennessee. I'll 541 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: tell you another one Thursday night game. I don't think 542 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: it's on the national radar, but this one is probably 543 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: going to change the time that we start the Thursday 544 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: night show that week. I'm happy to acquiesce though Penn 545 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: State opens at Purdue, Penn State is favored by three. Okay, 546 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: Obviously there's a lot of pressure on Penn State this year, 547 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: and that's kind of the way I'm thinking about Week one. 548 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: I'm not a big storyline guy, but think about the 549 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: stuff you and I have been talking about all spring, 550 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: the things you were thinking when last year ended. What 551 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: were we thinking. We were thinking about Penn State. Even 552 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: if injury did derail their season, still they weren't ready. 553 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: Their backup quarterback wasn't ready. They dropped several games against Illinois, 554 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: included at home that they shouldn't be dropping regardless, And 555 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: so it's gonna kind of be a prove it to 556 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: me year. But then you had the James Franklin USC rumors. 557 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: As I said on the show, there was not traction there, 558 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: like you were led to believe. That was never James 559 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: Franklin's job, but people thought it was. So whatever. So 560 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: he gets the contract redone and reworked again. It's been 561 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: like a monthly occurrence. It seems like good for him, though. 562 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: And so now we open up on the road. We 563 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: go to Purdue. Purdue's got the most workable schedule in 564 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: the entire Big Ten. This is their toughest game of 565 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: the year. Stands to reason, it could be, let's say 566 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 1: it that way, could be their toughest game of the year. 567 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: They don't play Ohio State, they don't play Michigan, they 568 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: don't play Michigan State. I mean, they've got it set up. 569 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: What if they beat Penn State, they could have already 570 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: gotten over the summit in terms of scheduled difficulty before 571 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 1: Saturday of week one even comes. So that's the way 572 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: I look at week one, and I haven't really even 573 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 1: taken the deep dive. But I do not to go 574 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: back to the question just look at an Oregon, Georgia 575 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: just cause the student name brands are even Notre Dame 576 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,959 Speaker 1: Ohio State. I don't look at those and automatically go yep, boom, 577 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: that's the best in week one. That's why I don't 578 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: know where I'm gonna go in week one yet. Normally 579 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 1: I got that stuff figured out. Like I'm pretty sure 580 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: we're going to Texas for Bama Texas week two. I 581 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: am far less sure where we're going for week one. 582 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: What I'm telling you is I can be swayed and 583 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 1: my ears are open. Blake just down the road from 584 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: me in Murphysboro, Tennessee. He said, what's the best dark 585 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: horse Heisman candidate in the SEC not named Will Anderson? Well, 586 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: Will Anderson is not a dark horse anything Will Anderson. 587 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: You know my feelings on Will Anderson. I'm not gonna 588 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: get emotional again. But the man got robbed last year. 589 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: Zach Evans is the answer to this question. Zach Evans 590 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: is the dark horse Heisman contender in the SEC. I've 591 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: been getting some feedback. This is a great time of 592 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: year to get feedback from coaching staffs and people associated 593 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: with programs, and they're a little more forthcoming with the 594 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 1: information this time of year. Let me tell you some 595 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: There's a lot of attention as there should be on 596 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: that Old Miss transfer portal class. There's a lot of 597 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,159 Speaker 1: attention on Jackson Dart battling with Luke Altmeyer at the 598 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: quarterback position, as there should be. But if you want 599 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: to put a bold Heisman futures bet out there, or 600 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 1: you want to make yourself sound sharp with your buddies 601 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,360 Speaker 1: around the water cooler, just start getting on that Zach 602 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: Evans train. That is a former five star running back. 603 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: He went to TCU, he had all kind of red 604 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 1: flags next to his name. So far, so good, and 605 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 1: he transferred to Ole Miss and what they saw from 606 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: him in spring even surprise them a little bit. He 607 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: is going to be a stud if he can stay 608 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: out of trouble, which he has, If he can keep 609 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: his nose clean and he can grind over there. He 610 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: will be featured in that offense. He will be a 611 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: guy who gets an opportunity to explode on the field 612 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: every Saturday this fall. They are salivating at what Zack 613 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: Evans could be in their offense. I just saw the 614 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: next question here, and I'm just scrolling. I got hundreds 615 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: of responses here. Wes Shaw hit me and said, are 616 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: you willing to admit that if your job wasn't made 617 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: more convenient by the big noon kickoff, that you would 618 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: feel the same disdain for the time slot as the 619 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: rest of us. Here's the backstory there. On the Renaissance 620 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: Tour this last year, I went on a string of 621 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: like three or four consecutive games that I went to 622 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: that were noon Eastern time kickoffs, and it afforded me 623 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: the opportunity to fly out of the city same day 624 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: and actually be back in Nashville by the time the 625 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: late games were happening. And I loved it. I loved 626 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: it when I was just a fan, when I was 627 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: growing up. I love the primetime games just like most 628 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: of you do. But now that I do this professionally, 629 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: I love the noon kickoffs. Love it, love it, cause 630 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be up anyway. I'm gonna be there anyway. 631 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: I just get the added bonus of being able to 632 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: travel back and not have to travel on Sunday morning 633 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: and also get a show ready on Sunday morning. But Wes, Yeah, 634 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: you pretty thoroughly exposed me. I'll admit it. It is 635 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: a selfish reason for me to prefer the noonkickoff, and 636 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: that's eleven Central time, so even better. But yeah, if 637 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: I'm in the stands, like if I'm attending the game 638 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: with you guys, and we're sitting in you know, section one, 639 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: twenty eight ro forty, we're using Uncle Jerry's tickets because 640 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: he and the wife are out of town on their anniversary. 641 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: And by the way, congratulations to them on forty great 642 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: years together, and thanks for the tickets, Uncle Jerry. Yeah, 643 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: I want three thirty at the earliest. Okay, I get it. 644 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: I get all the recreational activity that goes into this stuff. 645 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: I walk through those tailgates on the way into the stadium. 646 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: I understand it. I grew up right there with you, however, 647 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:31,959 Speaker 1: because I do what I do. Yeah, give me those 648 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: nuone games. Now here's what people are up in arms 649 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: about Fox announced they've got the Alabama at Texas game. 650 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: That was never a mystery. They just announced it because 651 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: well it's May. So anything you announce about scheduling gets 652 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: tratch him and I think ABC followed up the next day, 653 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: and so anyway, people know now that that Fox game 654 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: is going to be the big noon kickoff. So I'm 655 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: gonna be there, I think so. I love that everyone 656 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: else hates it. Wes has called me out on it. 657 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: He's not wrong, but then again, I'm not either. None 658 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: of us are wrong here, but it's gonna be like 659 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen degrees either way, Like I said, 660 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: doesn't matter three thirty noon. All of you are going 661 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: to look like a dehydrated tomato by the time that 662 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: one wraps up. The only way you can prevent that 663 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: is if Fox has big midnight kickoff. Then and only 664 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: then would you be safe from the onslaught of raise 665 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,239 Speaker 1: and humidity that greet you that day. The only thing 666 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: the locals can hope for is an upset comes along 667 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: with that. But update time got an update for you. 668 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: We got over a thousand subs on the YouTube channel 669 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: last week. That's important because we were driving for one 670 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: hundred thousand, and I want to get there really quick, 671 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: and you're getting us there really quick. So I'm just 672 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: kind of here to thank you, but do the same thing. 673 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: The podcast feeds. Over fifty percent of people who listen 674 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: to this show every week are not subscribed, and it's 675 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: free to do and it doesn't change anything. It just 676 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: helps us. So the YouTube channel and the podcast feed. 677 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: Some of you don't even watch on YouTube, but yet 678 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: you've given me screenshot evidence that you've gone over there 679 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: and subscribe just to help the show out. Thank you. 680 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 1: And then some of you who are really about that life, 681 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: you've gone and gotten your family member's devices and done 682 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: the same thing. Thank you. Yes, I endorse your behavior. 683 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: I am complicit. We are complicit. We are acting together 684 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: because when we get that show on YouTube to one 685 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,479 Speaker 1: hundred thousand, some mechanisms are going to be put in 686 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,719 Speaker 1: motion that I think we're all going to benefit from. 687 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,719 Speaker 1: I hope I haven't been unclear. So let's get it done. Traffic. 688 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: Since saying appreciate you, guys, we've got more people listening 689 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,719 Speaker 1: to the show right now than there were during last season, 690 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: which is supposed to be impossible, but yet you've made 691 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: it possible. I appreciate it so for all of us here, 692 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Paid. Have yourselves a great rest of your day, 693 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: and God bless