1 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another edition of the 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: Late Kick Extra podcast. It's Tuesday, September seventh, You're Belored 3 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. But actually, where I'm sitting, it's Monday night. 4 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: I'm all alone at the office. As I usually tell you, 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: janitorial service actually has not come through because it's Labor 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: Day night. I full admission was not even where it 7 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: was holiday until a little bit after lunchtime today because 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: director Colin and I had been busy working on something 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: that will soon be unveiled to the world. If you're 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: following on Instagram, you kind of have an idea what 11 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: it is in that Instagram story. Hey, speaking of the 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: Instagram story, I got tons of good feedback on that 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: this past weekend. Tried to tell you. I guess some 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: people thought I was lying. Maybe there's some holdouts out there. 15 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: If you want access, if you want to see behind 16 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: the scenes, if you want to know what it's like 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: at one of these games, after players leave the field, 18 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: after a game, before a game, before they let you 19 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: in stadiums, before the TV broadcast comes, just follow me. 20 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: You saw some of it on Twitter, You saw a 21 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: whole lot more of it on Instagram. I give you 22 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: as much access as I can, and on the show, 23 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: I give you as much information as I can, try 24 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: and mix in a little laugh here and there. Never 25 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: know when you're on your own, when you're off, you're off. 26 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: But I appreciate the feedback because that lets me know 27 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: you want it, So I will continue. We will be 28 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: in Ames, Iowa Saturday, and I cannot put into words 29 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: how excited I am about this one. You know, my 30 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: proclivity and my passion, just outright passion for Iowa State. 31 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: Never been to the state of Iowa before, so this 32 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: is a big deal for me. It's a big deal 33 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: for us because a lot of you have a lot 34 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: of you have emailed me or you've DMed me and 35 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: you said, listen, I'm a Nebraska fan, or I'm a 36 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: Texas A and M fan, or I'm a Florida fan. 37 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: But I've found myself strangely rooting for Iowa State because 38 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: I feel like it's kind of our team. Now. We 39 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: did create our own team, Peate State. Peate State Freights 40 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: stickers are on the way by the way, getting those 41 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: made up as we speak. But outside of that, a 42 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: real life on field team Iowa State. Listen I encourage 43 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: you to pull for him. Excuse me, I encourage you 44 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: to pull for us. We're gonna need all the help 45 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: we can get this Saturday. Some headed up there Friday 46 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: and looking very very much forward to that. Okay, so 47 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: we've got a full mail bag this morning. I told 48 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: you it's Labor Day night as I'm recording, and about 49 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes ago, so about three targeting fowls ago, I 50 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: let you know on Twitter, hit me up with some questions. 51 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hit as many as I can during halftime 52 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: of the Ole Miss Louisville game. That is where we 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: are at right now. And I kid you not, I'm looking. 54 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: We got over two hundred somewhere between two and three 55 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: hundred questions, and like half of them are about targeting. 56 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: I am I right about targeting. If you guys are 57 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: watching it, if you're not, if you did not see 58 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: the game last night, as you're listening now, just an 59 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: egregious amount of targeting calls. And the thing about it 60 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: is some of them were legitimate calls. I really disagreed 61 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: with the first one. But independent of whether they were 62 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: by the letter of the law targeting or not, that's 63 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 1: not the problem. Someone like me has with targeting. I 64 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: think I think Herbstreet mentioned it during the broadcast. He 65 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: said something along the line of when this rule. When 66 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: we started to implement the targeting rules seven eight years ago, 67 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: it was a different game. There was a kind of hit, 68 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: there was a kind of play that you were trying 69 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: to get out of the game. That was the reason. 70 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: It was the impetus for instituting those rules. We've gotten 71 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: it out of the game. You've totally changed the way 72 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,399 Speaker 1: the game is coached. You've now got a whole generation 73 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: of players who have grown up in for lack of 74 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: a better term, the targeting era, if you want to 75 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: call it that, and they've been taught the right ways 76 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: to hit. Now, ninety nine times out of one hundred, 77 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: when you see a targeting flag thrown, it is not 78 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: for anything that was malicious, even though it may be 79 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: by the letter of the law targeting. So someone like 80 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: me looks around and understanding the temperature in the room, 81 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: I know we have to have targeting in the game. 82 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: I know you have to protect the head and neck area. 83 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: I get all that. That's not the problem we have. 84 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: The problem we have is you've got a game being 85 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: played at five hundred miles an hour, you've got fractions 86 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: of split second decisions being made. In many cases, you've 87 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: got a defender already committing his body to contact before 88 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: a ball carrier then decides to lower his head, which 89 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: initiates helmet to helmet contact, and the running back never 90 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: gets called for anything. It's only the defender. And our 91 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: problem is not so much the fifteen yard flag, although 92 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: sometimes even that's a problem. The problem is watching the 93 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: dude have to leave the game, and if it's the 94 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: second half, having to sit out the first half of 95 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: the next week, that's insane. It's totally insane. Here, actually, 96 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: I'll show you exactly how insane it is. Think about, 97 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: as college football fans, or just as people, how prone 98 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: we are to argue about anything and everything. You call heads, 99 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: I'm calling tails. You go tomato, I go tomato. I mean, 100 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: you can disagree on anything and everything, and we oftentimes do. 101 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: And yet you could go around and poll college football fans, 102 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: find a thousand of them, find ten thousand of them. 103 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: For all I care, you're gonna get ninety five plus 104 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:55,239 Speaker 1: percent consensus that people hate the way targeting is currently 105 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: enforced or outright officiated in our sport. Everyone hates it. 106 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: You know how it is to get ninety five percent 107 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: agreement amongst college football fans on something. You can't get 108 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: ninety five percent of them to agree the sky's blue, 109 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: and you got ninety five plus percent consensus, and even 110 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,039 Speaker 1: ninety five maybe a low number. I am stunned that 111 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: this hasn't been revisited. Totally stunned. You're never gonna take 112 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: the rule out, nor do you need to. I'm not 113 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: a believer in that. I'm absolutely a believer that the 114 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: spirit of the rule needs to exist in college football. 115 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: But I cannot believe that we have failed as a 116 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: competition committee in the offseason, as a rules committee, I 117 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: cannot believe that we have not revisited this total arcane 118 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: approach of throwing players out of a game for in 119 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: some cases, doing what their coach to do, and then 120 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: something that's completely out of their control i e. A 121 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: receiver or quarterback or ball carrier Adjusting the trajectory of 122 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: their body impacts whether the defender is going to get 123 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: to stand the game or not. Totally insane. So a 124 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: lot of you wanted to know about targeting. That's how 125 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: I feel about targeting. I hope I haven't been unclear there. Okay, 126 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: so let's dive in here. I'm gonna go through as 127 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: many as I can. Here's a good one. Actually, how 128 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: much stock do you put in week one? It's a 129 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: balance because I think a lot of you watch and 130 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: maybe you overreact. I think some more people watch and 131 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: they're too slow to react. I will tell you I 132 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: put more stock in week one than I used to. 133 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 1: I used to. I used to think I was overthinking 134 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: the room and I just had all y'all fools beat 135 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: and I was gonna be the one that figured it 136 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: all out in the preseason and figured it all out 137 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: in summertime when all those preview magazines came out, like 138 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: that information wasn't available to everyone, like the rest of 139 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: you didn't have access to it. I'm the only one 140 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: who has those magazines, and I'm gonna read every word 141 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: on every single page, and I'm gonna know everything before 142 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: the season starts, and forget about what my actual eyeballs 143 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: tell me. I'm just gonna stay married to that opinion 144 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: that I developed in mid July. Well, you can't do that. 145 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: You cannot marry your preseason opinions. Anything you form in 146 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: your mind about this season in July. You need to 147 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: write it down, but write it in pencil. Make sure 148 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: you got a fat eraser on it, cause you're going 149 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: to have to do a whole lot of that. So 150 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: I'll tell you I put more stock in week one 151 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: now than I ever have from an analytical standpoint, from 152 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: an odds making and power rating standpoint, and I do 153 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: my own personal numbers. I put more stock in week 154 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: one than I ever have. You got to be ready 155 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: to shift on a dime. But you have to have 156 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: instinct about it, and you have to know what to 157 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: and what not to overreact to. Let me give you 158 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: an example. Iowa. I've been watching a lot of Iowa 159 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: because well, I'm going to go see them Saturday, and 160 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: so Iowa beat Indiana thirty four to six. That was 161 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: a game that was a three and a half point spread. 162 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: It was a game that a lot of folks were 163 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: very worried that Iowa wouldn't be ready for. They've had 164 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: some slow starts in the past. Indiana. You think about them, 165 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: you think Michael Penninx, you think the high tempo offense 166 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: and all the success they had last year. Well, then 167 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: most of you probably didn't watch that game. I didn't 168 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: get to watch it live. I saw score updates, and 169 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: when I saw thirty four to six, I said, well, wow, 170 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: way to go to Spencer Petriz. They must be just 171 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: bombing their way up and down the field. I mean, 172 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: they must be running roughshot offensively. Well, that's not what happened. 173 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: What happened was you had two pick six's, and so 174 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: you break down the game a little bit more, and 175 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: I think Iowa had a total of twenty points off turnovers. 176 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: Now that counts absolutely, that counts. It's a huge win 177 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: for them. I'm not taking anything away. You find any 178 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: way you can to win. You bear crawl over broken 179 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: glass if that's what you have to do to win. 180 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 1: If you got to make them turn it over five times, 181 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: do it. My point is, when it comes to a 182 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: purely predictive, forward looking mindset, you do not put as 183 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: much stock into that as you would if Iowa would 184 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: have beaten Indiana by the same score, but if you 185 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: looked at the efficiency metrics, it would have been a 186 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: purely normal game. They purely shut them down defensively. They 187 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: purely went up and down the field and sustained seventy 188 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: plus yard scoring drives every time they put a dent 189 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: on the scoreboard. Now, that doesn't make the win any 190 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: better that day, But as it relates to what I 191 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: should expect from Iowa moving forward, you understand that AB 192 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: scenario you think of scenario B as being a lot 193 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: more sustainable. It makes you think of scenario B as steak, 194 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: where scenario A could be caught in candy. That one 195 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: could fool you, that one may not sustain you. So 196 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: my point with Iowa is I watched I would do that, 197 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: and I said, Okay, I got a lot that remains 198 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 1: to be seen for Iowa. Whereas you watch some other teams. 199 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: Now I'm gonna use one here, that's weird because you 200 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: think so highly of them. But if you watched Alabama, 201 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: Alabama removed a whole lot of question mark about their offense. 202 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: Now you may think about that and say, well, what 203 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: do they do improve to number one from number one? No, 204 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: it's not about that. It's about what kind of grade 205 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: I have on the team. So if I had Bama 206 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: rated a one oh five point seven and then I 207 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: ranked them a one oh seven point seven this week, 208 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: well that means based on what we saw, I upped 209 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: their value by three points. That's a big deal. Now 210 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's what we did. I'm saying that's 211 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: a big deal. And we did upgrade Alabama. I'm not 212 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: off the top of my head remembering what the number was, 213 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 1: but we did upgrade Alabama. So anyway, I put a 214 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: lot of stock in a Week one. I put more 215 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: stock into Week one than I do the entire preseason. 216 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: Let me just say that. Having said that, I do 217 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: put a lot of stock in the preseason too. It's 218 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: just that the information that I value these days comes 219 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: a lot more from on the ground intel than it 220 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: does from preview magazines, thus coining the term preview magazine culture. 221 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: Kevin up next, Kevin said, I need an objective opinion. 222 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: How poorly did North Carolina play Friday? Well? It was bad. 223 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: I mean it was a very, very poor performance. I 224 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: was supremely disappointed in their offensive line, and I think 225 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: that took them by surprise a little bit too, because 226 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: that was not all environment. I mean, it's tough to 227 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: go in there. If you didn't watch it. They went 228 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: to Virginia Tech Friday night and really could never sustain anything. 229 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: It's tough to play there, but man, eventually, even some 230 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: of the Rattle teams get it in gear, but they 231 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: never really got it in gear, and their offensive line 232 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: really suffered, I mean really struggled all night, and it 233 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: almost it makes you wonder, is that the kind of 234 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: team that can get together and right the ship? And 235 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, three weeks from now, you're looking 236 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: back and you're remembering that Week one debacle and saying, Wow, 237 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: I can't believe this team that I'm watching now had 238 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: that kind of struggle just one month ago. Considering the 239 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: fact that they're just moving up and down the field 240 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: on people. Now, I don't know about that. They're going 241 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: to score, I mean North Carolina's going to get theirs, 242 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: but I don't know about the sustainability that I thought 243 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: and I hope that that offense would have this year. 244 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what that did. I think it 245 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: took what otherwise would have been a very disheartening setback 246 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: from Miami, even though Miami didn't play a conference game, 247 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: they got humbled by Alabama, but it probably took what 248 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: would have been a very disheartening loss from Miami and 249 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: kind of puts it in perspective of Okay, well, if 250 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: North Carolina played Bama, it would have been every bit 251 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: as ugly game on Let's lick our wounds. Let's go 252 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: try and take care of Appalachian State this week. Then 253 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: we got Michigan State. But then we get into conference play, 254 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: and ultimately this division is still going to come down 255 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: in all likelihood to that game in Chapel Hill. That's 256 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: the mentality you have to have. And so let's go 257 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: take care of business. And if we take care of business, 258 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 1: we still have a lot to play for. I think 259 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: if anything, that Friday night game for North Carolina and 260 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: the loss gave a lot of programs, hope, well some programs, 261 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: not a lot of programs. But also here's the other question, 262 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: what do we make of Virginia Tech and Justin Fuinte. 263 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean, this time last year and later into the 264 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: year than just this time last year he was on 265 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: the hot seat. It was just it was assumed by 266 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:27,719 Speaker 1: yours truly among others, that he was going to be 267 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: out the door, and then they beat Virginia at the 268 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: very end of the year, and now they start the 269 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: year like this. I don't know, I don't hear anyone 270 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: talking hot seat about Justin Flinte, right now let's scroll, 271 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: Let's roll on. H Cortes has won. How is the 272 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: return of college football gonna galvanize communities around the country, 273 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: specifically those communities that depend so much on the football 274 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: season for revenue. Look, I'll say this, I just knocked 275 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: my water bottle off the desk. I'll say this, I 276 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: was borderline overwhelmed by what I saw this weekend. And 277 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: that's coming from someone who expected what he saw this weekend. 278 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: But it's just been a little while since we saw 279 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: those full packed houses coast to coast, but also just 280 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: coming together of people. You know, I was in Charlotte 281 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: obviously over the weekend, and I was around a lot 282 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: of people who were either dressed in red and black 283 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: or dressed in orange and purple in some cases. And 284 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: these are not people who all believe the same things. 285 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: These are not all folks in College Station when they 286 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: were doing Midnight Yelle last Friday. N one of the 287 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: most amazing spectacles I've ever seen that I haven't witnessed 288 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: in person. Yet. Those people don't all share the same 289 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 1: political views, or religious views or anything of the sort. 290 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: There may be a sixty forty, seventy thirty, but it's 291 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: certainly not unanimous. It's not total consent across the board 292 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: one hundred percent. You can't tell, though, is the point, 293 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: because no one's really focused on it at these events. 294 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: The stuff that brings you together allows a filtration process 295 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: to happen by which the stuff that divides you is 296 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: supposed to go through that filter and then filter out, 297 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: and what remains in the filter is the thing that's 298 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: bringing you together. That was on display, and I was 299 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: overwhelmed by it. I mean I observed it on the 300 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: streets in Charlotte, but we observed it across the country. 301 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: Did you see that scene in Madison, Wisconsin. That's a 302 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: noon kickoff? I remember not too long ago the University 303 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: of Wisconsin struggling to sell out those noon window games, 304 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: those eleven AM Central Time games, and it would be 305 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: just chunks of open stands, and people would complain afterwards 306 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: that you need to give us more three thirty or 307 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: seven or eight o'clock kickoffs because we don't like these 308 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: noon games. Plus is on fire. That place was insane. 309 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: The Fox crew, I think, did a great job of 310 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: really showcasing the tradition there from third quarter to fourth 311 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: quarter of play and jump around and that's awesome. That's 312 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: not something I've been able to experience in person, but 313 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: that was awesome to see. But my point is you 314 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: saw it in a number of different venues across the country, 315 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: and what you're talking about here, that's the key. What 316 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: the question was is how is college football get to 317 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: galvinized communities? That's how it does it. I've I always 318 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: looked at it as a campfire. I look at college 319 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: football as a huge societal campfire, maybe even a bonfire 320 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: if you want to make it that size. But a 321 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: campfire on a twenty degree night does not erase the cold. 322 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: The temperature does not change. It just makes the temperature 323 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: somewhat irrelevant. Because you get close enough to that fire, 324 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: you don't care about how cold it is. You're perfectly 325 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: willing to sit out there all night. You've got a 326 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: heat source. It doesn't matter. And in this particular case, 327 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: the cold weather is all this garbage that we disagree on, 328 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: half of which we have no business disagreeing on. But 329 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: we disagree on it nonetheless. That's fine. I'm not here 330 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: to talk about that. You know that we pride ourselves 331 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: on even this show being one of those filtration devices 332 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: that brings us as an audience together in lieu of 333 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: all the other garbage out there that we may disagree on. 334 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: But since you have that bonfire that is college football, 335 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: you are drawn to it, and communities can rally around it, 336 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: and they can turn their back on the cold. They 337 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: can turn their back on all that stuff that you 338 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: find on any kind of cable news network or talk radio, 339 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: or build little boards or walking around the subway station 340 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: at two o'clock in the afternoon, you may find it 341 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: and hear it and be exposed to it elsewhere. Scroll 342 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: up and down social media for five or ten seconds. 343 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: You see what I'm talking about. It doesn't have to 344 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: be that way on Saturdays for us, though, and on 345 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: this show, we just maintain that energy year round so 346 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: that if you never want to let go of it, 347 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: you never have to. That's the entire premise of this 348 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: show to give you something for maybe thirty minutes or 349 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: one hour per day that's an escape, and you can 350 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: come to it and it's there. You know, you can 351 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: depend on it as much as you can depend on 352 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: the sun coming up unless someone's on vacation around here 353 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: and we can't do production. That is the entire premise 354 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: of this show, and we model it intentionally to mirror 355 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: the kind of product that gives you the same feel 356 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: as college football itself does. That's a good question, though 357 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: I could truthfully do an entire podcast on that one topic. 358 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: Let's roll on here. Next question, are Clemson's problems fixable? 359 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: O line, run, game pass, pro et cetera. I don't 360 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: know the answer to this. Normally I answer right away, 361 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: I don't know the answered this. I will tell you 362 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: my thoughts as I was watching that game live the 363 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 1: other night and they haven't changed since then. Is I've 364 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: got a lot of concern about Clemson. I told you 365 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: on the show Sunday night, if you watched or listened 366 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: to Late Cake Live. I do not view this path 367 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: for Clemson as a foregone conclusion that they're going to 368 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: march through it totally unscathed. There's no way they lose 369 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: a game. No, there's no way they're going to be 370 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: anything less than a double digit favorite every week. I'd 371 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: agree with that if you told me that. But double 372 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: digit favorites occasionally lose. But more importantly, teams that have 373 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: some of these flaws lose if you can't protect your 374 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: quarterback and you have no depth behind them by the 375 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: way that you can depend on. Those kinds of teams 376 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: end up losing sometimes if you don't have the kind 377 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: of receiver speed not talent speed that can pop the 378 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: top off a defense, and or the kind of offensive 379 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: line that canect the quarterback long enough to take advantage 380 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: of that speed. If you don't have either one of 381 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: those elements. I know Clemson is supremely talented. I know 382 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,040 Speaker 1: they are the class of the ACC. That's not what 383 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: an invincible team though, as long as they have those problems, 384 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: that's not an invincible team. What that is is it's 385 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: the kind of team that you wake up on Saturday 386 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: and you're checking point spreads and they're favored by you know, 387 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 1: twenty three and a half on the road at Pitt 388 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: or something like that, and then all of a sudden, 389 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 1: it is seventeen to sixteen at halftime, and it's twenty 390 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: three to twenty one at the end of three quarters, 391 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, Pitt takes the lead, 392 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: and then Clemson marches down the field and here we go, 393 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: it's twenty eight to twenty seven, and Pitt's got the 394 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 1: ball the chance to win it because they force a turnover, 395 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: that's that kind of game because you don't have pull 396 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: away ability. Now, the question on everyone's mind there is really, well, 397 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 1: how did pitt find a way to be in the 398 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: four touchdown range against Clemson? That's tough, but you also 399 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: don't know. If you force turnovers, anything can happen. My 400 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: point is I don't know that Clemson's problems are fixable, 401 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 1: if by fixable we mean getting them good enough to 402 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: do what I predicted them to do, which is win 403 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: a national championship. Do I feel great about that pick 404 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: right now? No? I do? Am I glad I didn't 405 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: bet money on it. Yes, I am. I was taking 406 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: a little time out there, even though you couldn't tell. 407 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: So I don't know why I'm even revealing that to you, 408 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: because the wonders of post production me and I could 409 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 1: have just kept it to myself. But anyway, I was 410 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: scrolling through the podcast reviews trying to see how many 411 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: five star reviews we have seventeen hundred and seventy. By 412 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: the way, so the March to two thousand continues, I 413 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 1: would strongly encourage us to get there. You never know 414 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: what kind of prize is awaiting at the two thousand 415 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: and five star review threshold. Also, some of you have 416 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: been sending me testimonials or outright photo evidence of you 417 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: stealing your family and relatives phones and giving us five 418 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: star reviews. I'm all for it. I totally endorse it. 419 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: But anyway, I was scrolling here and I saw that 420 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 1: I have missed some questions in the podcast review. So 421 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: Joseph gives me one right here. I tried a few 422 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: other podcasts, I stuck with Josh. So can us Auburn 423 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: Tigers get a shout out? Well, of course, I'll give 424 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: you a shout out, and I will say this. I 425 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: don't care that you play at Acron Saturday. I don't care. 426 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: It looked good to look good. I've really enjoyed go. 427 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: I watched the condensed game on the flight home, and 428 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: it really was nice to see an offense move up 429 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,719 Speaker 1: and down the field. It was nice to see bo 430 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: Nicks being a groove. Haven't used those words in the 431 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: same sentence in quite a while. It was nice to see. 432 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: It's a nice little palette cleanser. And even though you 433 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 1: may not go on and win ten or eleven games 434 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: this year, at least you're off to a good start. 435 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: At least, it makes you look at week three at 436 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: Penn State and it makes you say, yeah, we got 437 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: a shot there. We absolutely have a shot there. With 438 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 1: LSU's loss, it makes you look at that trip to 439 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: Baton Rouge down the road and you don't feel like 440 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: it's such an insurmountable task anymore. I'm always a believer 441 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: of getting that cupcake game in week one. I'll let 442 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: the rest of the athletic directors schedule big time marque 443 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: opponents in week one at Peyton State, we are playing 444 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: directional FCS programs. If we can possibly get our hands 445 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: on one. I want cupcakes with all the frosting. I 446 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: want it all over my mouth. I want to hang 447 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: half a hundred by halftime, and then I want to 448 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: get my backups and my backups and my walk on 449 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: some work. That's how I'd handle week one. Brian Harson 450 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: and Auburn, Well, the schedule was already made by the 451 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: time he got there. That's exactly what they needed. And 452 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: then gets you a big heaping helping of Alabama State 453 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: this week, and then head up to Happy Valley and 454 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: let the chips fall where they may against Penn State. 455 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: Keep scrolling here, and Jac's got one. He said. The 456 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: content on this show is great, but he spends a 457 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: little too much time telling me what he's going to 458 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: tell me. I find myself hitting the thirty second skip 459 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: mark often because it takes a while to get to 460 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: the point. Yeah, guilty, Okay, we'll work on that. I'm 461 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: not even mad at it still a four star review. 462 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: Here's what I wanted to get to, though, and I'm 463 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: going to get to it really quick. Here we go. 464 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: Andrew said something that I want to touch on. He said, 465 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: I love hearing this guy say thanks for letting me 466 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 1: do what I love for a living. That's amazing. Keep grinding, man. 467 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: This hit home again this week. Full disclosure, it does 468 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: every time I go to a game, but I probably 469 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: talked to like three or four people that I recognized 470 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: or that had come up and said, hey, I listened 471 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: to the show and we would talk on the sideline 472 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: before the game. And every single time I interact for 473 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: the first time with someone else who's in let's say 474 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: college football media, I always say the same thing. I say, 475 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: a version of can you believe we get to do 476 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: this now? A lot of them who listen to the 477 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: show feel the same way I do. But we also know, 478 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: and I've told you the stories before of the first 479 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: time I ever got to cover a game literal Heaven 480 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: on Earth, I got to cover a game for the 481 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: first time, and I walked in a press box for 482 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: the first time, and I had this picture. I had 483 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: this image in my mind, as many of you probably 484 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: do right now, of what it's like to walk into 485 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: that setting and how people must act. Here's what I thought. 486 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: I grew up loving this stuff. I eat, sleep, breathe 487 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: college football, So I figured anyone who actually gets to 488 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: cover it obviously feels the same way, or maybe even 489 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: stronger about it than me, so much so that they 490 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 1: perfected their craft and they pursued every angle possible to 491 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: get into the business so they could cover it. So 492 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: needless to say, in my mind, I'm going to walk 493 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: in this press box and they're gonna be like a 494 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 1: hundred people totally freaked out of their mind, ecstatic. It's 495 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: like a five year old version of JP going to 496 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: a water park for the first time. That's what I envisioned. 497 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: I kid you not. Some of you actually out there 498 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: may think that's how it is. I walk into press 499 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: box for the first time, and it's like walking into 500 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: an office. It's like walking into a nine to five 501 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: job on Monday morning down on Second Avenue, and people 502 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: are just walking in, punching the clock and then checking 503 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: their watch, and then when his lunch, and oh, still 504 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: here at times dragging. I was stunned. I could not 505 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: believe it. It was that day that I realized there 506 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: are actually people who do this, who consider it nothing 507 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,360 Speaker 1: more than a job. And I was a nobody then. 508 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 1: I still consider myself a no one now, but at 509 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: least I'm able to have a more national platform now. 510 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: But I swore, I mean, I told my general manager 511 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: at the station I was working at when I got 512 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: back from that trip. He asked me, how'd it go, 513 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 1: you know, what was it like? And I told him, 514 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 1: I swore, if I ever get to elevate in this business, 515 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: I will never be like that. This is not a 516 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: situation where oh you'll learn, you'll see. No, I am 517 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: never going to be like that. And I have never 518 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: gotten like that. I have never ever ever lost the 519 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: same kind of passion I had when I used to 520 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: beg my parents to loan me money so I could 521 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,239 Speaker 1: pay to go to let's say the sec championship game 522 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. I mean that was 523 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: the highlight of my year. I asked for advances on 524 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: Christmas presents in exchange for college football tickets, And now 525 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: so many people listen to this podcast or watch the 526 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: show that this company sees fit to send me anywhere 527 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: I want to go. Every single week. We're talking about 528 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: ViacomCBS to be perfectly clear, saying, go wherever you want 529 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: to go, fill out the expense report, just tell us 530 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: what the damage is afterwards. That's what I was promised, 531 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: That's what has been delivered. That's why I left the 532 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: independent game to get into this game. But when I 533 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: came here, I don't think I've ever talked about this. 534 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: When I was in contract negotiation, I understood what we 535 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: had to maintain. We had to maintain the same kind 536 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: of grassroots feel. We had to maintain the same kind 537 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: of raw authenticity with anything that this brand is a 538 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: part of, as we always had. It's the only way 539 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: I'm ever willing to do this. It's why I insist 540 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: on having creative control and executive production over everything we do. 541 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: I was given that. I was given the freedom to 542 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 1: go anywhere I want to, and we do it all 543 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: with you in mind. I do it all with you 544 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: in mind. It's why I insist on being able to 545 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: kind of leverage those social media channels like at late 546 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,719 Speaker 1: Kick Josh on Twitter and Instagram. If you look at 547 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: that on Saturday. All I'm essentially doing with those is 548 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: I'm thinking back to when I would sit in the 549 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: stands and asking what would JP up in section three 550 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 1: twenty eight, what would he be fascinated to see from 551 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: someone down on the field, like the access that I have. Now, 552 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: what do you want to see that other folks never 553 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: show you? Well, I'm thinking like you because I am 554 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: one of you. And so that's why you know I 555 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: get outside the locker rooms for Georgia Clemson. I show 556 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: you what's going on down there. I show you what 557 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: it's like when those teams arrive. I show you what 558 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 1: it's like pregame before they've opened that place up to you, 559 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. I know you're interested in 560 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: it because I used to be interested in it. I 561 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: still am today. So as you see, this topic gets 562 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: me a little bit worked up, but for all the 563 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: right reasons. So man, yeah, just again, I'll say it 564 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: until the end of time. Really, sincerely thanks for letting 565 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: me do this, because I really don't know what I'd 566 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 1: be doing if it wasn't this. But I will tell 567 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: you as we move on, we're starting to hit a 568 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: stride right now that will really let us take the 569 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: show wherever we decide we want it to go by 570 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 1: we I mean you and I and so we're really 571 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,199 Speaker 1: starting to scale and I'm very excited because we're going 572 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: to have opportunities to do whatever we want to do, 573 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: to have any kind of event we want to have 574 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: to make it whatever we want to make it. And 575 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: that's very exciting because you don't get that kind of 576 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: leeway unless you're getting traction and having success. And because 577 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: of you, we are. So you know when I say 578 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: I appreciate it, Yeah, I'm thankful you let me do 579 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 1: this for a living. But I'm also thankful because you're 580 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: turning what used to be a little side prop into 581 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: a huge, nationally recognizable college football brand now and we're 582 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: not doing it the conventional way either, So that's pretty 583 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: awesome to me. All Right, Marissa, I want to really 584 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 1: get to this question, she asked, because it pertains to 585 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: week two. So we start to look forward. On Tuesday 586 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: night on Late Kick Live, we do our next week's predictions. 587 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: We don't wait until Thursday. There's a lot of thinking 588 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: behind that. But anyway, I don't need to tell you 589 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: about show formatting. But Marissa asked a really important question 590 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: that we were asking a lot around three or four 591 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 1: o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday prior, and that is 592 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 1: which big upset could happen that no one is noticing 593 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: right now, And I'm going to talk about it and 594 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: give you a little preview right after this. So Marissa 595 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: asks which big upset essentially could happen in week two? 596 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: So let's just start scrolling here. I really think it's important. 597 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: This is where talking about gambling, even if you don't bet, 598 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: is really important for context. If I were to tell you, 599 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: for instance, Pitt is playing Tennessee and you don't really 600 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: have a concept of odds, making you just think about 601 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: the two teams, you would think to yourself, I think 602 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: Pitt's got a good chance to upset Tennessee. Well what 603 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,199 Speaker 1: if I told you that's not an upset? What if 604 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: I told you Pitt the University of Pittsburgh is favored 605 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 1: by four points in Niland Stadium, you know, so it's 606 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 1: important for context. So let's scroll here. The first one 607 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: that pops up is Florida. They're favored by twenty nine 608 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: at South Florida. South Florida is a bad team, So 609 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: even with Florida having Alabama on deck, I highly doubt 610 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: that we see that when competitive in the second half, 611 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: we keep scrolling. Toledo at Notre Dame is one to 612 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: keep an eye on. Notre Dame's coming off a big game, 613 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: so though have a little bit of short rest. This 614 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: is a home game for them. They're favored by sixteen 615 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: and a half, so this is thought to be a 616 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: competitive game. I'll tell you if you tune in at 617 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: some point this week or at the very latest on 618 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: that secret, super secret Friday night Instagram live gambling chat 619 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: that we had late Friday Night, I'm gonna call it 620 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: Friday Night Lines. Everything's got to have a cool name. 621 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: I probably am gonna talk about this one. It's not 622 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: gonna be a game we do an official breakdown on. 623 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: It's what I'm saying. So a lot of the mainstream 624 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: shows that I do per week, this podcast or Late 625 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: Kick Live, when we do game breakdowns it's the kind 626 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: of game breakdown that has the most mass appeal. So 627 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: Toledo Notre Dame's not gonna get official game breakdowns on 628 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: those shows. But in that kind of setting, if you're 629 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: in the chat and you want to know what my 630 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: model is saying relative to the sixteen and a half 631 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,959 Speaker 1: point spread that Notre Dame currently is favored in in Vegas, 632 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: well yeah, that's where we could spend three four minutes 633 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: on it. So let's continue ball State at Penn State. 634 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: Penn State with Auburn on deck, wide out on deck 635 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: coming off a big win, this is worth a look. 636 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: Penn State's favored by twenty two and a half. Now, 637 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: when I say worth a look, I'm not calling for 638 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: an upset. It's just the kind of game that could 639 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: be closer than you're comfortable with. The one that fascinates 640 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: me is UAB at Georgia. This could be one of well, 641 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: it's not could be anything. This would be one of 642 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: the most well coached teams that Georgia plays all year. 643 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: Kirby smart knows it. They've been talking about it internally 644 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: for a while. UAB does not have the athletes to 645 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: hang with them. But if you start handing them the ball. 646 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: Then they absolutely do because UAB is a good team. Now, 647 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: when I say they don't have the athletes, I'm literally 648 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,959 Speaker 1: talking about not being able to go athlete for athlete 649 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: with a top five roster in America. Uab's got a 650 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: really good roster. They do have good athletes, and Georgia's 651 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: favored by twenty six. They're coming off that big game 652 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: against Clemson. Everyone was looking forward to Clemson. No one 653 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: could have even told you they're playing UAB. Half the 654 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: Georgia fans didn't know they played UAB in Week two, 655 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: so uab's on long rest. They had a really really 656 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: good win in Week one, and they're going to be 657 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: dialed up for this. This will not be an easy 658 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: game for Georgia. There could very well be conference games 659 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: that Georgia plays this year that are tougher than this 660 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: UAB game. Keep an eye on that one. A and 661 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: M plays Colorado in Denver. A and M's favored by seventeen. 662 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: I don't know what to think about that one. That's 663 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: going to be one I'm tuned into, though. The one 664 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 1: I think that has most people's attention from a pure 665 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: upset potential standpoint is app State. They are at Miami. 666 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: You know what happened to Miami last week? And they've 667 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: played Alabama and I got beat up by Alabama. What 668 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: you have to have caution about when you play Bama 669 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: is not letting them beat you twice. And this is 670 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 1: that spot. That's why this point spread so low. Miami's 671 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: only favored by eight against app State. Now this is 672 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: in Miami. There's no neutral site here or anything like that. 673 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: Wisconsin plays Eastern Michigan. That one's four touchdown spread, Texas Arkansas. 674 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: There's no real upset there. I mean, that's just that's 675 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: a really good game. A one final game, though I 676 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: wanted to touch on. On the West Coast is Stanford 677 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: at USC. This is going to be such a lopsided game. 678 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: This is proof to you, by the way, if you 679 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: believe that all Vegas ever tries to do is get 680 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: fifty to fifty action on each side, you're wrong. You're 681 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: just flat out wrong. You would not put USC minus 682 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: seventeen out against Stanford if your sole purpose was to 683 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: split the action, because there are going to be probably 684 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: seventy five, twenty five or eighty twenty public action splits 685 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 1: on this game. USC looked better on the scoreboard than expected. 686 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: Last week, Standford looked horrific. It's the second straight road 687 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: game for Stanford. Out of the gate. Stanford is not 688 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: a good team. Southern Cal out athletes him and all 689 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: that stuff basically goes into a pot and the public 690 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: mixes it up and they think USC minus. No matter what, 691 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: you can make this thing probably USC minus twenty and 692 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: the public action would still be the same. But it's seventeen. 693 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: So let's keep an eye on that one too. That's 694 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: just one to keep an eye. Don't know that anyone 695 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: believes in Stanford right now, and so you know, naturally 696 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: that's the time when all of a sudden you turn 697 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: on a game and you say, Stanford out of nowhere. Wow, 698 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: this is not the same team I saw get buried 699 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: by Kansas State. So those are some games to keep 700 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: an eye on. The off the radar game that's going 701 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: to be easily the most fun is Missouri at Kentucky. 702 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: I mean, Kentucky offensively flip the switch. Didn't think they'd 703 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: be able to do it that quick flip the switch, 704 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: and Missouri is to me the biggest dark horse team 705 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: in the entire sec. That one's going to be fun. 706 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: That's a seven point thirty. I think it's the SEC 707 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: Network kickoff, and so that's a seven thirty Eastern kickoff. 708 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: So there's a lot. There are some high profile games, 709 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: two of them on the Marquee obviously in Iowa Iowa 710 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: State where I'll be, and Oregon at Ohio State. I 711 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: think Texas Arkansas is a really big game. But there 712 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: are some under the radar games like the one I 713 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: just mentioned. I think Pitt at Tennessee's fun to watch. Remember, 714 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: our criteria around here is different. We don't have to 715 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: have playoff implications on a game to think it's going 716 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: to be a good game. That's not college football. I'm 717 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: just I'm letting you know. If you're nineteen years old 718 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: and most of your coherent life has been spent in 719 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: the playoff era, did it used to be that way? 720 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: It used to be that one team on the road 721 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 1: to nine and three could face another team on the 722 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 1: road to seven and five, and no one cared about 723 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: anything the week prior or the weeks after. It's just 724 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: that game that Saturday, that's all that matters. And if 725 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: you didn't notice, boy, we had that feeling this past 726 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: weekend if you were watching Florida State last night as 727 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: I'm recording, or two nights ago, as you're listening against 728 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: Notre Dame, no one cared that Florida State's not going 729 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: to make the playoff. No one cares that Notre Dame 730 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: may not make the playoff. It was just the moment, 731 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: that's all. It's about. College football, more so than any 732 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: other American sport, is about regular season and moments in 733 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: that regular season. No one talks about the Jets Steelers 734 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: game from Week nine in nineteen ninety three. That's not 735 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: the way pro sports works. It's all about the playoffs. 736 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: Is a playoff centric model, which is fine. College football 737 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: survived for ninety nine percent of its life in a 738 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,239 Speaker 1: different mold, and then all of a sudden it kind 739 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: of got reinvented because of a number of factors in 740 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: the room over the last few years. We don't do 741 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: it that way on this show. So a lot of 742 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: the games I'm talking about they don't have playoff implications 743 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 1: on them. I love the nine tenths of the sport 744 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: that's not going to ever get to taste a playoff. 745 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: I love that portion of the sport too, So we 746 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: try and give it as much coverage as we can. 747 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,240 Speaker 1: That's all the coverage I got for you this morning, 748 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,919 Speaker 1: though I would beg you, just begging plead five star 749 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: reviews in the podcast section. Share this stuff. That is 750 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: what I'm most thankful for. Outside of just the raw 751 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: listenership numbers and viewership numbers, the sharing. Anytime someone asks 752 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,520 Speaker 1: on Twitter, hey, what's the best podcast out there, I'm 753 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: always getting tagged in it. I go on Instagram and 754 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,800 Speaker 1: fifty of you every hour, it seems, have put something 755 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,359 Speaker 1: along the lines of I'm listening to this right now. 756 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: You need to be doing it too in your stories, 757 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: and you tag me anytime on Twitter I'm logging in. 758 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: It's constant people tagging and giving screenshots of them listening. 759 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: That stuff is so important. I've told you before. I 760 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: don't need to waste your time again, but thank you 761 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,240 Speaker 1: for that. Continue to do that. Follow on Instagram and Twitter. 762 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: At Late Kick, Josh, we got Late Kick Live coming 763 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: up tonight. It is Prediction Night for week two. I 764 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,839 Speaker 1: will see you then. Until then, we're producer Jordan. I'm 765 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: Josh bat have a great Tuesday, and God bless me. 766 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: All right,