1 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back. It is the Late 2 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: Kick Extra podcast. I'm Josh Pate. Election week now in 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: the rear view mirror, which means, among other things, our 4 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: schedule is back to normal. We did not do these 5 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: last week in the classical sense, so we've got a 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: lot of backed up questions. We're going to try and 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: get to as many as possible this morning. As you know, 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: it's a Q and A format at Josh Pate seven 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: zero six at gmail dot com or at Latekickjosh on Twitter. 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: Those are the ways you can get in touch with me. Man. 11 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: I've missed answering these questions. I had some good ones. 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to try and lead the show with the 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 1: ones that I've been sitting on the longest. Now, let 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: me tell you what I really underestimated last week, and 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: in retrospect, I shouldn't have underestimated it. Some of you 16 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: have made this part of your weekly routine. It's every 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: bit as much as brushing your teeth. You wish we 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: did these things every day, and if I had the time, 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: I would so. As it turned, I don't know what 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: it was that was happening last week. Allegedly it was 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: something big that made you. Guys, some of you want 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: to escape reality even more than normal. You just didn't 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: want to be a part of whatever was going on 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: in the real world. And then you came to your 25 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: podcast feed and you realized, oh, it's not there, that jerk, 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 1: and you let me know now. I appreciated it, because 27 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: when you told me I sucked for not releasing two 28 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: of these last week, you did so in a loving way. 29 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: I felt it. I could hear that tone in your 30 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: voice as you typed that you really were coming from 31 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: a place of love as you told me how bad 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: I sucked for not releasing these. And so no ill 33 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: will here. And as far as I can tell on 34 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: the late Kit calendar, which doesn't hang on my wall necessarily, 35 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: but let's just pretend it does theater of the imagination, 36 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: I don't see any reason why we should be skipping 37 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: a couple anytime soon. So with that in mind, let's 38 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: get to work this morning, and let's dive into our 39 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: first question. It's from Auto. This was a good one. 40 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: I got it like a week and a half ago, 41 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: I think, and been sitting on it ever since. Otto said, 42 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: could you write a letter to yourself from this past summer? 43 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: When it seemed likely we may not have college football, 44 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: and list what the summer version of you would never 45 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: have believed. This is so good, so good. This could 46 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: be a book, It could be an entire show, could 47 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: be multiple shows, It could be an entire series. So 48 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: you know, otto now that I think about it, this 49 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: may be our Thursday show on Late Kick Live, not 50 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: the extra podcast. You know, let me table that. Let 51 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: me write that down and table that. Okay, stream of 52 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: consciousness here. So the first thing that I would want 53 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: to tell myself is I would go, Dear Josh, I 54 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: want to make sure that you understand you have to 55 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: validate observations this year. What does that mean? Well, it 56 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,119 Speaker 1: basically it means get a minimum of two weeks make 57 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,399 Speaker 1: sure you double validate anything you see. So is there 58 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: going to be some things this year that happen you 59 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: won't have to wait long? Week one in the SEC 60 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: for example, anyone remember what happened down at LSU Mike 61 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 1: Leach goes in there Mississippi State. Oh my goodness, how 62 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: many points are they going to hang? Is Costello? Is 63 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: he even gonna have competition for the Heisman this year? 64 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: Forty four to thirty four? I think was the final. 65 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: They threw for like half a mile, and Mike Leach 66 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: is a guy that's just arrived and the air raid 67 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: has arrived as if it hadn't been here before, and 68 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Mississippi State making trouble for a lot 69 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: of contenders in the SEC. kJ Costello front runner for 70 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: the Heisman, Mike Leach front runner for Coach of the Year, 71 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,839 Speaker 1: and then I don't know that they've scored that many 72 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: points since, so so I think it's safe to say 73 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: that a lot of people got sucked into that one. Now, 74 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: fortunately I can say this, and you guys probably remember 75 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: we didn't. In fact, I took some heat from some 76 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: of our Bulldog fans because I did not buy him 77 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: after week one. Now that's gone on to be validated 78 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: fortunately on the other end, so we didn't fall into 79 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: that one. But I did fall from Michigan just a 80 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: little bit because when they opened the Big Ten season, 81 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: they went to Minnesota as a three point favorite and 82 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: they won by well way more than three points, and 83 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: they look pretty good in the process. And now there 84 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: were still some rusty hinges to that team, so to speak, 85 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: but I had to love what I saw given the 86 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: lack of what we've seen offensively from Michigan in years past. 87 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: So I spoke that way, and I spoke kind of 88 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: broad terms, as I recall, but I spoke in a 89 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: very positive and very excited manner about what the future 90 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: could hold for Michigan football. And to be honest with you, 91 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: I looked back on it, and I looked back on 92 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: the segment in particular yesterday, but for other reasons, and 93 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: I don't really wish that I could take back anything 94 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: I said, because I didn't make any kind of bold 95 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: predictions for Michigan this year. In fact, I didn't touch 96 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: on that. What I touched on was it's refreshing to 97 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: see that Jim Harbaugh's finally committed himself. It looks like 98 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: at least to hitting a reset button or whatever kind 99 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: of button you want to call it, offensively, and changes 100 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: are being made. I didn't know that they were going 101 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: to work out week over week every year this or 102 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: every week this season, and they haven't, by the way, 103 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: as the record would indicate, since then. But I was excited, 104 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: and to say that I would have predicted Michigan to 105 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: not have won another game since then by this point, Yeah, 106 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: I would definitely have predicted them to win more. I 107 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: wanted them to win against Indiana very bad last week, 108 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: not because I grew up rooting for the Maze and Blue, 109 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: but because it was one of our favorite bets of 110 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: the week. Still, just you know how rarely I use 111 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: this word. Still flummoxed by that result. Flummoxed, I tell you. 112 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, So that's where we are with Michigan, and 113 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: I hear the rumors, and I hear the drumbeat of 114 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: non support from Michigan fans towards Jim Harbaugh. I don't know. 115 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: I had a lot of questions about Harball this morning, 116 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: and I'll just address them here. So if you sent 117 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: me a Jim Harball question, here you go. I don't 118 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: know what's going to happen. I don't know what should happen. 119 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: That's a really weird situation. He is an atypical situation. 120 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: He being Horball because he doesn't have a really really 121 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: long term contract. He's got one that's coming up pretty 122 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: soon and they haven't renewed it. So it's it's just 123 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: it's a really weird dynamic. And think about it from 124 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: multiple angles. Okay, think about it if you're Jim Harbaugh. Well, 125 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: you would think that you have all the motivation in 126 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: the world to win, which you always should, but now 127 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: contractually you have that added in as just kind of 128 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: a bonus factor. But then again, you and I we 129 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: also don't know what is happening in his head, which 130 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: is an evergreen statement. I understand that, but we really 131 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: don't understand what's happening right now. We don't know, for instance, 132 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: if he has his eyes back on the NFL. We 133 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: also don't know if he's just a guy. And I 134 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: heard someone say this the other day and I agreed 135 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: with it. Harbaugh is not the kind of guy that 136 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: would surprise me a lot if he just picked up 137 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: and left football altogether and went and joined the Peace Corps. 138 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe he goes and digs wells in Africa. 139 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be shocked by that. It would be very 140 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: admirable work. By the way, we had our youth group 141 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: from our church go do that one summer. That is 142 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: that's interesting, the way that well work hasas in Africa, 143 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: and the way that the water is there. It's there, 144 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: it's underground, though you get the driest conditions on the 145 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: surface on the face of the earth. But yet the 146 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: water is plentiful, it's just underground. You got to dig 147 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: to get it. So anyway, Sidetrack Wells and Africa, Jim 148 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: Harball natural connection there. And so I don't know what's 149 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: going to happen with Jim Harball point being, but I 150 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: will say this, I understand the frustration. I'm also not 151 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: quite ready to hit the dump button on him like 152 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: some of you are, apparently, And conversely, I would be 153 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: ready to hit the dump button on some other coaches 154 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: that maybe have gotten a little reprieve as of late. 155 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: You know, this is not a hot seat show or brand. 156 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: This is not a fire this guy show or brand. 157 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: I rarely ever do that, just like I don't question 158 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: play calling, but I do see the landscape. I do 159 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: understand what you're saying. Back to Auto's question, another thing 160 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: that I would caution myself if I could go back 161 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: a few months, is I would caution myself to watch 162 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: out for programs that just have terminally wet uses. Penn 163 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: State football is a perfect example of this. Penn State 164 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: is a major program. They were supposed to be a 165 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: major player this year. They were going to be a 166 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: contender in the Big ten, and while maybe not quite 167 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: on equal footing with Ohio State, they were going to 168 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: be a challenger for Ohio State. Ohio State was going 169 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: to have to come in there to play. All this 170 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: has since happened, of course, and you were looking at 171 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: James Franklin, you were looking at Kurt Sharrocka coming in 172 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: as the new offensive coordinator. You were looking at a 173 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: lot of positive forward momentum. They haven't won a game yet, 174 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: They're oh to three. They just got skull drug by Maryland, 175 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: not in lacrosse, in college football. That just happened, in 176 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: real life twenty twenty. That just happened. And so how 177 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: do you explain it? Do you think that Micah Parsons 178 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: opting out was the difference in three results? I don't. 179 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: And so the only way I can explain this is 180 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: within the context of COVID nineteen, within the context of 181 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: what it's done to this season. And the only way 182 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: I can explain it is some programs just have a 183 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: wet fuse. If you've ever tried to light a wet fuse, 184 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: you know it doesn't matter. You could take a blowtorch 185 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: to it. It's not lighting the fuse. The fuse is wet, 186 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: and that means it's terminal. It was doomed from the 187 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: very beginning. And I view Penn State like that right now, 188 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: and I don't necessarily know how to diagnose it. What 189 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: is the reason what made them vulnerable to this and 190 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: didn't make fill in the blank program vulnerable to this? 191 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: I don't know, Which leads me to the third thing 192 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: that I was going to write to myself. If I 193 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: could go back three months, I would tell myself the 194 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: proportional impact is not going to exist. So you're gonna 195 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: tell yourself back in August. Okay, it's gonna be a 196 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: tough year. But everyone's dealing with this, this being COVID 197 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: nineteen and reduced practice time, losing springball, having a truncated timetable, 198 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: whatever the case is. It's as long as everyone has 199 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: to deal with it, then everything's equal. It's not equal. 200 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: It's not. Even though the first part is true, everyone 201 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: did have to deal with it. If you're playing in 202 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: the Big Ten, if you're Indiana and Penn State, for example, 203 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: you've had to deal with the same thing. Chances are 204 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: you roughly case by case here, but roughly you're gonna 205 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: have gotten the same amount of practices in the spring. 206 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: Am you've certainly got the same amount of work in 207 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 1: in the fall, because that's uniform sent down by the 208 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: league office, and so everyone should be okay because you're 209 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,839 Speaker 1: on equal footing. That's like back in the day when 210 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: we used to play baseball tournaments and it would be 211 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: raining and you'd be complaining because I'm oh for four today, 212 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: But it's cause we're playing in the rain. Well, the 213 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: picture's in the rain, everyone's in the rain. That's not 214 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: an excuse. I don't think that's the case here, even 215 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: though it is in terms of expectation. I just think 216 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: that this thing has really disproportionately impacted some programs case 217 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: by case, and there are a million different reasons why 218 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: it could be. Just think about this. This is a 219 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: pure hypothetical. I would never go down the reality road 220 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: when it comes to this. Let's say you are a 221 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: wide receivers coach and your program is heavily leaning on 222 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: your position group to pan out. And let's say that 223 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: your mother and father have both contracted this disease three 224 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: weeks before the season started, and your mind has been 225 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: on anything but football, and you've really dropped the ball 226 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: just because you can't. You can't be focused at work, 227 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: and you've kind of been in and out of work, 228 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: and this is not publicized, so you know, the fan 229 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: base doesn't know about it. And as a result, your 230 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: position group's not ready to start the year, and you 231 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,719 Speaker 1: got a really wobbly performance out of the gate, and 232 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: I mean your guys are dropping balls and you're dropping 233 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: games as a result. Like that could happen, and I 234 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: could promise you it is happening in some shape, form 235 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: or fashion. It's just not happening equally program to program. 236 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: That is one of a million different reasons why someone 237 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: could seemingly inexplicably be struggling right now. And so the 238 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: wet FEUs theory is in effect, and also the disproportional 239 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: impact theory is an effect which lee to the final 240 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: question or the I guess not a question really, although 241 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: you could phrase it as one. Here's what I'd ask myself. 242 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: Let's go question I'd ask myself in August, are you 243 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: gonna decide right here and now how much heat you're 244 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: willing to put on someone this year? Because if you 245 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: got a zero to ten scale, and ten is maximum, 246 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: so in a normal year, ten is the possible amount 247 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: of heat you could put on a coach or a program. 248 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: I think I'd go no higher than six for this year. 249 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: And you got to decide that in August, because see, 250 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: you look around right now, and you understand just like 251 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: I do. And we talked about this in August. For 252 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: the record, once you get in the season, no one's 253 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: gonna care that it's COVID nineteen year or the COVID 254 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: nineteen year. No one's gonna care. It's gonna be the 255 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: same because the games are going to be four quarters. 256 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a winner and a loser. Uniform is 257 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: gonna look the same. It's gonna feel the same when 258 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: you win and lose, and so you're gonna have the 259 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: same kind of emotion. You are not gonna care about 260 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: the lack of spring practices you got. You're not gonna 261 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: care at all about how many guys had to sit 262 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: out for contact tracing week two and week three of 263 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: fall camp when installs were happening. You're not going to care. 264 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: And look around right now, when you're losing a game, 265 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: when your team's been losing, is the first thing in 266 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: your mind, Well, we got to give them a pass, man. 267 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 1: Those are those poor coachings at poor coaching staff, those 268 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: poor players got to give them a pass. That's not 269 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: how you feel. In all likelihood, you got to decide 270 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: that long before the emotion kicks them. You can't rely 271 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,599 Speaker 1: on yourself to be rational in the middle of a 272 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: football season. That's not what football's for. That's not what 273 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: this stuff is for. You could be rational and you 274 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: could be void of emotion in the break room at 275 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: twelve forty two pm on a Tuesday afternoon at work, 276 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: when you're parked in front of the TV on the 277 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: couch at three point thirty Eastern time on Saturday afternoon. No, 278 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: that's not when you're rational. That's not when emotions left 279 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: at the front door. It's right there on the couch 280 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 1: with you. So, for better or for worse, I would 281 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: tell myself define it in August. How much heat are 282 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: you willing to put on someone? That's why. If you'll notice, 283 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: if you've been watching Late Kick, I hadn't really been 284 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: doing the whole hot seat stuff nearly as much as 285 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: some others have, but I've acknowledged it. I have done that, 286 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: and you know, maybe I've been fairly forceful in some 287 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: of my description, but that's only because I probably felt 288 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: that way before the season started to begin with. All Right, 289 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: Parker is next up? Really good question there, otto good stuff. 290 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: I probably went way too long on it. In fact, 291 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: let's see, we're fourteen minutes in. You're welcome, Jordan Tani, 292 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: whoever ends up editing this. We want these things about 293 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: three or four minutes, so naturally a little ten minutes 294 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: spill over there. I'm sure that won't hurt anyone. So 295 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: Parker's next step, as I said, and Parker says, just 296 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: based off your opinion of Tennessee if they go two 297 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: and eight. This Parker didn't know. Farker didn't know what 298 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: we were going to be talking about before this, so 299 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: please forgive him. He said, based on your opinion of Tennessee, 300 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: if they go two and eight this year, is proved 301 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: in danger of losing his job this season. Parker. The 302 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: answer is no. Let me hit the caps lock button. 303 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: Capslock n oh, period, that's my answer there. I don't 304 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: think anything's happening short of scandal. I don't think anything's 305 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: happening where Jeremy Prutt loses his job this year. You 306 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: got to remember a couple of things here. We're really 307 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: just one. I guess these aren't a couple of things, 308 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: just one. His athletic director is Philip Follmer. Philip Filmer 309 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: is a former coach in his own right, so Philip 310 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: Fomer is uniquely qualified to understand the struggles and limitations 311 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: that this season is providing. He's also probably looking and saying, 312 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: I'd probably do the same thing. You know. This is 313 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: how I picture things happening in Knoxville. I picture Philip 314 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: Filmer watching Jeremy Pruett make some decisions and him probably 315 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: saying beforehand, yeah, I think that's the right decision. So 316 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: Philip Filmer is probably not like a fan. A fan 317 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: could think that, like a fan could say, hey, I 318 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: think we should start Guarantano Saturday, and then when Guarantano 319 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: throws two picks in the first quarter, say it was 320 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: so stupid to start Guarantano. Well, Fulmer, I wouldn't think 321 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: would respond like that. So Fulmer watches a lot of 322 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: practice too, so I picture him endorsing a lot of 323 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: the decisions prew It's making, therefore thinking to himself, well, 324 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: I can't justify myself being mad at it once they 325 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: don't work out, because I would have done the same thing. 326 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: So I picture that going that way in Knoxville. No, 327 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: I don't think he's going anywhere this year. Now, here's 328 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: the bigger question, because there's a big gap between you're 329 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: completely safe and you're fired and that middle grounds where 330 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: we hang out at ninety eight percent of the time. 331 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: And the middle ground is probably where pru It's going 332 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: to be. So what changes does he feel need to 333 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: be made? Famously, now, he fired a defensive line coach 334 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: in the middle of a game, in the middle of 335 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: a season. Who among us hasn't done that? And he's 336 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: got to look at his offensive product right now, even 337 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: even Jeremy Pruet style he wants to play, he's got 338 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: to look at his offensive product and he's got to 339 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: go woof. And so I got to believe that they 340 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: understand changes have to be made. Now. I also have 341 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: to believe another thing is probably in play. He probably 342 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: loved play Harrison Bailey for whatever reason. They don't trust 343 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: him enough right now, and so he's seen mop up duty. 344 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: But you know, as I said the other night, I 345 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: felt like when he finally got put in the game, 346 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: he got put in the game. And then Jim Cheney 347 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: heard in his headset, and then Jeremy Prewett came in 348 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: and said, if he throws the ball, I'm gonna stab 349 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: you in the neck. Let's promise, I'm gonna stab you 350 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: in the neck. Okay, send him out there, have him 351 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: hand the ball off until the game's on the line 352 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: or it's fourth down. Then let our true freshman quarterback throw. 353 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: Let's let our true freshman quarterback who we haven't trusted 354 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: to put in games in regular time, Let's put him 355 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: in to run two minutes that. I felt your anger 356 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: on that one. So I wonder philosophically if some changes 357 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: could be coming in that department in the offseason. But 358 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: short of that, no, I don't think he's in much trouble. 359 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: Jeff is up next. Jeff, Friend of the program says, 360 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: if you could create any college football show you wanted, 361 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 1: what would it include? Jeff, I got the concept that 362 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: I don't think we could ever make happen, But that 363 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 1: wasn't your question. Your question is anything I want? What 364 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: would it include? So Jeff, here's the idea. I would 365 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: love to be able to take a coordinator or a coach, 366 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: and I would love to be able to scan message 367 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: boards or scan postgame call in shows where a lot 368 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: of you tend to complain about play calling, and I 369 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: almost never do it, and almost just left the station. 370 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,439 Speaker 1: I never do it. I had a zoom consultation with 371 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,479 Speaker 1: a kid last night and I was talking about this 372 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: very thing. He asked me, you don't do that. Yeah, 373 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: you're right. Why don't you do that? I said, well, 374 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm not qualified to do it, because if a coach 375 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: wanted to, they could barge into my studio, drag a 376 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: grease board in behind them, and run circles around me 377 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: talking about designing and scheming and calling plays in a 378 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: football game, just like they could do with all of you. 379 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: Some of you just don't realize this though. So here's 380 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: the show idea. The show idea is that we find 381 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: the person who is complaining on the message board, we 382 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 1: find the person who's complaining on the postgame show, and 383 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: then we have the coach responsible for calling the play 384 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: and they debate them back and forth. But the coach 385 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: brings with him every bit of information he had, every 386 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: bit of scouting advice, he had, every bit of film 387 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: study positionally and collectively that he had, every grade he 388 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: has for his own player, every tidbit from self scouting 389 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: that he has every pre look they gave you, defensively, 390 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: every check it automatically went into on your play chart, offensively, 391 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: every audible that was called, because keep in mind, some 392 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 1: of the plays that end up being run are not 393 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: even the plays called. I don't know if someone realized that, 394 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: but every bit of lack of execution that occurred, which 395 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: meant maybe if your wide receiver was supposed to run 396 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: a five and out but he ran a five and 397 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: in instead, you know that. I don't know if you 398 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: realize this, it could change the outcome of the play, 399 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: every single thing, not to mention just the overall nuts 400 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: and bolts of the play design itself. And I would 401 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: love to watch Joe Q Fan who calls into the 402 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: post show and talked about how predictable and bad their 403 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: play calling is, debate against the actual play caller. Do 404 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: you understand what kind of bug on windshield result you 405 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: would have there ninety nine times out of one hundred 406 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: and do you understand how thoroughly you would expose a 407 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: coach if he wasn't able to bug on a windshield 408 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: a fan, if a fan were ever to actually run 409 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: circles around a play caller, then he would immediately be 410 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: fired before he even got back to the office. So 411 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 1: either way, we would have a phenomenal result on my 412 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: new show. That will never actually be able to do, Jeff, 413 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: but if we do, you and I can probably go 414 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,360 Speaker 1: in fifty to fifty on that. Speaking of the quarterback position, 415 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: speaking of major programs, speaking of drama, thinking about all 416 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: the intrigue that not only draws you to the television screen, 417 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: but what's going on in the Southeastern Conference right now 418 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: at the quarterback position is juicy enough to draw your grandmother, 419 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: who doesn't even care about football, to the screen. Michael's 420 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: got a good question here, I'm hopefully going to deliver. 421 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: They're a good answer. We'll do it right after this, 422 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: Michael asks the golden question. From Tifton to Valdosta, from 423 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: Clayton to Rome and everywhere in between. In the great 424 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: state of Georgia, my home state, they're asking this question, 425 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: where does Georgia go from here? At quarterback? Let's all 426 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: take a breath together. I'm scanning dogs twenty four to 427 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: seven dot com this morning. Before I record. It is 428 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: Tuesday morning, probably the same day you're listening to this, 429 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: and I look at Jake Rose practice report from last night. 430 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: We had heard some rumors and he validated them. J. T. 431 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: Daniels does exist. He is physically. He is in the 432 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: flesh in Georgia, and he ran with the ones that 433 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: practiced last night. That's right. And this isn't a bye week. 434 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: Georgia's got a game coming up. They're going to Missouri Saturday. 435 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: They're a thirteen and a half point favorite at Missouri. 436 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,360 Speaker 1: Missouri's off a bye week. Georgia's beat to death. They 437 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,239 Speaker 1: just lost to Florida. I don't know how how many 438 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: players are going to be missing this week, and lo 439 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: and behold, here comes J. Two Daniels. So, Michael, I've 440 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: answered this question a million times about J. Two Daniels. 441 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm just going to take Kirby Smart at his word 442 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: and some of the folks around the program. I have 443 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: no choice but to take them at their word when 444 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: they have told us Daniels isn't ready. Now, what that 445 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: could mean is, well, maybe the stability of his knee 446 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: wasn't quite where they wanted it to be. It could 447 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: mean that, it could mean that, well, he's just not 448 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: up to speed on the overall offense. Yet, it could 449 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: mean that. It could just mean he hasn't been good 450 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: enough in practice. And I know that's a far away 451 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: concept given how many stars were next to his name 452 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: back when he was recruited, but that could be the case. 453 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: So whatever the case is, listen, I'm excited one way 454 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: or the other to finally see him on the field. Now, 455 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: this is no guarantee he's starting Saturday. I have no 456 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: clue if he's going to start Saturday. I don't know 457 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 1: if they have a clue yet, stands to reason, you're 458 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: not going to run a guy with the ones and 459 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,439 Speaker 1: waste reps on him if you don't think there's a 460 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 1: serious chance he could start. So let's ask ourselves this 461 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: because this is a really fun question. The moment that 462 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: it was even floated out there by some of our 463 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: folks on the ground in Georgia that Daniels could see 464 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: really meaningful action translation, he could start Saturday. I asked this, Well, yeah, 465 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,159 Speaker 1: what if he's terrible? So that's the first thing. What 466 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: if he goes out there and he just looks bad, 467 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: and you, five minutes into the game look to your 468 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: buddy next to you and say, oh, that's why he 469 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: wasn't starting. Oh that could happen, could happen. But let 470 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: me take you on the other side of the coin. 471 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: Here we flip it up in the air and boom. 472 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: That was a coin. Sound I'm not very good at it. 473 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: Sound effects aren't my thing, but it lands on the 474 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: other side of the coin. Here's what's on the other 475 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: side of the coin. JT. Daniels. We're in Columbia, Missouri, Saturday. 476 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: It's the end of the first quarter. He's already seven 477 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: for nine for one hundred and fifty three yards in 478 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: a touchdown. I know how I'll respond. I want to 479 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: ask you, Georgia fans, how are you about to respond? 480 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: You know the answer. We were talking about wet few early. 481 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: You better hope your torch is not wet, because you'll 482 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: grab your pitchfork in one hand and you'll grab that 483 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: torch in the other hand, and you'll light that torch 484 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: and you will begin your march to Athens, Georgia, if 485 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: you're not there already, because here's what you're going to 486 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: want to know, and it will be probably the most 487 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: important press conference ever for Beat reporters who ask questions 488 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: to Kirby Smart to allow you to just work through them. 489 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: Your words out of their mouth. Kirby, why wasn't he 490 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: playing before? Now? So I don't necessarily know what I 491 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: would love to see the most Saturday, but out of 492 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: sheer morbid curiosity, I really want to know. If JT. 493 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: Daniels starts and he has an excellent afternoon, everybody in 494 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: the everybody in the college football world, much less just 495 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 1: the Georgia sphere, is going to want to know. What 496 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 1: did you never see this out of him? Did it 497 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: take being on the field at Missouri for him to 498 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: all of a sudden shine? And that would be yet 499 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: another and a long line of potential quarterback faux pause, 500 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: if you will. Kirby Smart has committed at Georgia, and 501 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: most of you have not forgiven him for the Justin 502 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: Fields deal, so remains to be seen there. I don't know. 503 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 1: I think they'll probably run the ball about seventy five 504 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: percent of the time Saturday. I could easily see that. 505 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: I could only say Kirby Smart and saying, man, JT's 506 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: look good so far. All right, getz themir involved. Let's 507 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: go run it, run it, run it. Halftime, all right, 508 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: we'll get out of here. We'll win fourteen to three, 509 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: like we did against Kentucky. Next question here is really 510 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: good is from Matthew. Had not thought about this before. 511 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: Matthew said, I don't quite know what to make of 512 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,360 Speaker 1: the cannibalization at the top of the American Athletic Conference 513 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: this year. And if it makes them better or worse? 514 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: Do you think parody or strength at the top is 515 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: better for the perception of a conference nationally? And what 516 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: do you think actually determines how good a conference is? Well, Matthew, 517 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: I think the answer is both. So you put it 518 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: out there as an either or. I'll take parody and 519 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: strength at the top of the conference because you really 520 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: have it right now. So with Cincinnati, Cincinnati is still undefeated, 521 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: period and there will everyone's record and conference pretty much 522 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: reflects what they are nationally this year. But Cincinnati sits 523 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: here undefeated. What are we? We are November tenth today, 524 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: and Cincinnati is still undefeated. They are ranked in pretty 525 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: much every top ten that I've seen out there. And 526 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: now I got to be honest with you, Like I've 527 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: told you before, I couldn't tell you today if my 528 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: life depended on it where Cincinnati's ranked in the Apeopole 529 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: have no clue. I've looked at it still one time 530 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: this year, and ironically it was earlier this year. I 531 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: wanted to find out where Cincinnati was ranked. So I 532 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: know they're in the top ten. I don't know where 533 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: they are, but the point is, I know they're undefeated 534 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: right now, and so you've got the strength. There's the 535 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: bona fide strength at the top of the conference. But 536 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: then Tulsa's also in there. I don't think Tulsa's lost 537 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 1: a conference game yet. SMU has had a really good year, 538 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: and SMU has had some big time injuries. I remember 539 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: talking to Sunny Dykes a few months ago. Actually, we 540 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: had an interview with him that we put up and 541 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: at the time, we didn't know if we were going 542 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: to have a season, and he was really distraught because 543 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,719 Speaker 1: he knew he had such a good team and like, 544 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 1: is this going to be the year? Is this going 545 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 1: to be the team that fate takes away from me? 546 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: So they've been really good and could be better, I 547 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 1: would say without the injuries. But think about what I 548 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: just said. I said, you got Cincinnati, and you got 549 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: Tulsa and SMU. I haven't even mentioned Memphis and UCF. 550 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: Those are programs that would normally be right at the top. 551 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: So my point is, I don't know that the quality 552 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: has necessarily eroded away from UCF and Memphis. Maybe they 553 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 1: are not quite to the degree they normally would be, 554 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: but the point is there. You have it, Matthew. You 555 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: got ingredient A and ingredient B. You got a really 556 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: solid team at the top in Cincinnati who continues to surge, 557 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: they continue to exceed expectation every week. And then you've 558 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: also got your Tulsa's, your SMUs Memphis UCF. I mean, 559 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: that's that's getting close to half of the conference at 560 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: that point that are really performing at a very good level. 561 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: And so you have both. Here's a fascinating case study. 562 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: Don't know how it would turn out. But if I 563 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: could just take the AAC and I could take the 564 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: PAC twelve, just seed them up and let them play 565 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: next week or give them two weeks to preparation, how 566 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: would it turn out? Because you'd have Cincinnati Oregon at 567 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: the top obviously, but then you'd get a bunch of 568 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:16,159 Speaker 1: matchups like Memphis UCF, like you'd get them playing USC. 569 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: I don't really know. I don't necessarily know how to 570 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: power rate the PAC twelve right now. It's the only 571 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: reason I hesitated. So, I mean, you'd have Washington State 572 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: and in Colorado and Arizona and Washington, Like, how would 573 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: those matchups shake out? I think that's a really fun 574 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: question that I don't think we're gonna get the answer to. 575 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know how bold season's gonna work either, 576 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: But it's just kind of an interesting case right now. 577 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: I think that a lot of people may be sleeping 578 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: on the AAC more than they do because normally it's Okay, 579 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: we got a bunch of undefeated teams and then they're 580 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: gonna play each other in the at the end of 581 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: the year. Well, no, Houston's got a couple of losses. 582 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: I didn't even mention Houston. By the way, Memphis Central Florida, 583 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: they got some losses. Does that mean the conference isn't 584 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: as good? Or does that mean the collective brand has 585 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: risen to the point where you got the same deal 586 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: happened in there that SEC fans used to always say 587 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: happens to them. We cannibalize ourselves. You use that word, Matthew, 588 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: I think it was very appropriate. Cannibalization. That may very 589 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: well be what's happening there. What's happening here is we 590 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: got Latekick Live coming up tonight, and it's gonna be 591 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: an interesting show because we don't have the heaviest schedule 592 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: this week, and some games we don't even know if 593 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: they're going to happen or not, So I'm doing some 594 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: different things tonight. Conceptually, you'll have to tune in to 595 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: find out what. But we're gonna have maybe a little 596 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: bit different show. It's not gonna be like it's a 597 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: special broadcast or anything, but we'll go a few different 598 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: routes maybe that we haven't so far this year on 599 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: a Tuesday. 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