1 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another edition of the 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: Late Extra Podcast. You may feel like college football season's 3 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: far away. Let me ask you guys something. Do you 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: realize camp's open next month? Yeah, you can say that phrase, 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: and it's an actual fact. Those teams that play in 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: week zero Akal August twenty seventh, I think it is 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: they start camp next month. Media days are next month. 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: We're not that far away, guys, We're inside one hundred days. 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: We have got a loaded mail bag this morning. I 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: am Josh Pate. This is something we do once a 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: week now. We do Late Kick all the time Sunday 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: night Thursday night live on the twenty four to seven 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: Sports YouTube channel. But you know what else we do. 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,639 Speaker 1: We throw an extra mailbag exclusive episode in here every Wednesday, 15 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: as we're doing today at Late Kick Josh on Twitter, 16 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: at Late Kick Josh on podcast or Instagram because we're 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: on podcast right now. That's how you can get in 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: touch with me. And we're loaded up. We got eight 19 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: big ones this morning or afternoon, depending on when you're listening. 20 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: Let's waste no time. Let's dive right in. Antonio leads 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: us off and he said, what other schools have the 22 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: most to gain by leaving their current conferences to join 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: higher revenue generating conferences perhaps, And then he just lists USC, Oregon, Clemson, 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: Notre Dame, Florida State, Oklahoma State from Modesto, California, that's 25 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: where he's checking in from, and the hashtag pate state there. 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: We appreciate that there were a lot of teams listed there. 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: So we're talking here about the future, obviously, and Antonio 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: is speculating that we may have some more conference expansion coming, 29 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: and I agree with him. I think it would be 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: foolish at this point, given just the recent history of 31 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: college football, to look at what the SEC has done, 32 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: look at what the Big Twelve then just had to do, 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: and to think, oh, all's well, that ends well. I 34 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: guess everyone's gonna hit the freeze button and their current 35 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: lineup is the lineup they're going to stick with. That's 36 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: not the case. And there have been, just in the 37 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: last couple of months, some key indicators from some really public, 38 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: front facing officials on the front lines of this sort 39 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: of thing, that have indicated there's back channeling happening right now. 40 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: You know, there are conferences and there are teams reaching 41 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: out two conferences that would love to move right now 42 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: if they could, well, I think he listed some very 43 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: likely candidates. In other words, if I think it were 44 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: opened up today, you know, USC, I think would love 45 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 1: to have a more certain future. I think Oregon would 46 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: love to have a more certain future. Several programs in 47 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: the ACC I think would love to have a more 48 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: certain future. Now. There are things that stand in the way, 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: more so on the ACC side of the fence than 50 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,839 Speaker 1: the PAC twelve. But I think that you know, when 51 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: you look at the ACC and you've got that whole 52 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: grant of rights deal and they're essentially locked in until 53 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: the twenty thirties. Everyone you talk to and I feel 54 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: this way too, they say something like this. They say, hmm, 55 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: but they'll figure something out. You know. I don't think 56 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: that they're just really going to be locked in there 57 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: against their will that long. But then when you say, okay, 58 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: what are they going to figure out? What do you mean? 59 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: People are short on solutions there. They just they assume 60 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: something will happen. And that's kind of where I am. 61 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: I think if Clemson wants to go to the SEC, 62 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: and if the SEC were to really want Clemson, I 63 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: don't know that they're exploring that I'm just saying hypothetically, 64 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: if if both parties wanted that, I don't know how 65 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: it would happen. I just think that they'd figure out 66 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: a way for it to happen before twenty thirty six 67 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: or whenever. That is. So, I would look at schools 68 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: out on the West coast like Oregon and USC And 69 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: the reason I mention those two is because they are 70 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: proven revenue producers themselves and they would be adequate additions 71 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: to any conference's inventory. And then also I would look 72 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: at teams like Miami, teams like Florida State, North Carolina, Clemson, 73 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: those kind of teams on the Atlantic coast side of things. 74 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: And then with Notre Dame, the other interesting aspect here 75 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: is how are they going to shape the future. By they, 76 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: I mean the big conferences in terms of their TV deals. 77 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: You know, because right now Notre Dame looks around and 78 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: they have not needed to join a conference. But when 79 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: you look at the price tag, that inclusion into some 80 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: of these conferences is going to carry along with it. 81 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: For instance, you know, if you're watching the clip we're 82 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: going to put up on the YouTube channel, the SEC 83 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: is going to give out a round and This is 84 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: estimated a one hundred and eighteen million dollars per year 85 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: stip into every member institution just for being in the 86 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: conference because of their new TV deal. Big ten over 87 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: one hundred million a year just for being in the 88 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: Big Ten. How long does Notre Dame look at that 89 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: and say to themselves, both conferences would take us tomorrow, 90 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: but we're just going to willingly forego that. I don't know. 91 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: I also think that the best shot you have ever 92 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 1: had of kind of forcing Notre Dame into a conference 93 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: has been exclude them from the playoff one year, not 94 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: by rule, but by saying, well, it's neck and neck 95 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: and you guys didn't win a conference, so you're not 96 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: going to be in here because we value conference championships. 97 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: I think that's always been the way to kind of 98 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: force Notre Dame's hand there. But I think it's a 99 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: good question. I think there are a number of institutions 100 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: out there quietly looking to make a move, while publicly 101 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: they say we're completely all in and we're happy with 102 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: the way things are right now. Newsflash, no one is 103 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: happy with the way things are right now. Appreciate you 104 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: guys being too. Dan locked in this morning wherever you are, 105 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: they're listening all over the world, not just the country, 106 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: but all over the world, So our numbers are great. 107 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: Thank you for that. Next up, checking in from Franklin, Tennessee. Here, 108 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: Cole asks are recruits going to be like doctor Jonas 109 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: Miller by following the money and not the science. There 110 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: was a one hundred percent chance I was going to 111 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: answer this question because of the Jonas Miller reference. Jonas Miller, 112 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: a nightcrawler, was a character in Twister. He was the 113 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: evil stormchaser and Bill Paxton his chief complaint against Jonas 114 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: was not that he chased storms, It's that he was 115 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: in it for the money, not the science. A lot 116 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: of you have taken that same tone about recruiting right now. 117 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: You're watching these recruits, and someone told you once upon 118 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: a time that kids just picked the school they went 119 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,119 Speaker 1: to because of the school, But now it's all because 120 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: of the money. And in reality, there were always threads 121 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: of that that were woven into the recruiting process. But 122 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: on the surface, I understand your allegation. I'm there with you. 123 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: I'm not a fan necessarily of the way things are 124 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: working at the present moment. Either. The answer to this 125 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: question is what Lane Kiffin said last week. Yeah, about 126 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: ninety nine times out of one hundred. You could have 127 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: the best setup and academic support, and you could have 128 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: the best coaching staff and the best environment in the world. 129 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: But if the other guy comes in and offers one 130 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the 131 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: money's gonna win out. And I don't get mad at it. 132 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not taking the tact here, nor have 133 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: I ever that I get mad at players for taking 134 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: advantage of a situation that is the result of a 135 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: mess the adults allowed to occur. When we talk about 136 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: the mess, To be clear, I'm not speaking in the abstract. 137 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: I am saying specifically, because the powers that be did 138 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: not take proactice steps twenty years ago to curtail this, 139 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: then we have the mess we have now. Now you 140 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: got to figure out how to clean it up. And 141 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: we could do several shows on that. But yes, a 142 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: lot of kids are gonna take the money. And there 143 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: will be some out there who are outliers, who look 144 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: at an opportunity and they say, I'm gonna make a 145 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: forty year decision instead of a four year decision, and 146 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: while I may give up some financial income on the 147 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: front end, I'm gonna reap the financial benefits on the 148 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,239 Speaker 1: back end for much longer. And that sound financial judgment, 149 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: that's good economic sense. Do I really expect seventeen year 150 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: old kids to have that? And do I expect all 151 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: of the support system around them to have that? No? No, 152 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: it's unrealistic to think that most full grown adults don't 153 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: have that. Why would I expect high school recruits to 154 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: be any different. So, yeah, I think money's gonna win 155 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: out a lot. But we're early. We're very early in 156 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: this process now. So a lot of you are complaining 157 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: about this, and I get it because you don't think 158 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: this is what the spirit of college football is supposed 159 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: to be. Here's what I'm asking you, Here's what I'm 160 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: asking myself. Let's just let it play out for a 161 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: little while, and let's take a look, because you know 162 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: as well as I do, there's gonna be a case 163 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: study of a program that loads up on players they bought, 164 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: however you want to phrase it. They're bought and they're 165 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: gonna not need expectation. And then people are going to 166 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: use that as an example of a cautionary tale, and 167 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: coaches are going to go out on the recruiting trail 168 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: and they're going to say, hey, once upon a time, 169 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: kids like you had an option and they took the 170 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: money and they went to fill in the blank university, 171 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: and look how it turned out. And what if that 172 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: fill in the blank university did a very poor job 173 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: of developing those players. So they had NFL potential coming 174 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: out of high school, but it was never realized because 175 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: they were never properly developed and they washed out and 176 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Yeah, they got six hundred thousand 177 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: dollars coming out of high school. That's wonderful. They've got 178 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: to live seventy more years. And they've also got family 179 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: that in the real world, if they made it to 180 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: the NFL, they'd be able to take care of six 181 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars. Is not going to take care of 182 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: a full family for the next eighty years. Like what 183 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: planet are we living on? And so I think that 184 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: some of this will correct itself, not all of it. 185 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: I hear this all the time. Oh, the market will correct. 186 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: Think some of the market will correct, but it's not 187 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: going to be a total shift back to what we 188 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: did have some would argue that's for the better. Some 189 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: would argue that's for the worst. I'll leave the argument 190 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: for another day, but yes, in the short term, some 191 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: kids absolutely are going to take the money. Most kids 192 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: are absolutely going to take the money. We'll see what 193 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: happens longer term. Next up, Michael Gold hits us up 194 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: from Pembroke Pines, Florida, and he says, given your prediction 195 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: and your projections of college football, which programs do you 196 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: think will experience the most improvement this year? Well, I've 197 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: got one, two, three. I got four of them that 198 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: just pop right to the top of my mind. The 199 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: first one is Nebraska, but I've talked about Nebraska a lot, 200 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: so I'm not going to give you all the reasons again. 201 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: You know all the reasons that a bunch of close 202 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: losses last year, second most active team in the portal. 203 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: So I think that even though you look at the 204 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: returning production numbers out there and they're not sky high, 205 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: I think it's misleading with Nebraska because I think they 206 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: did fairly significantly upgrade their roster, especially at quarterback with 207 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: Casey Thompson. And remember about Casey Thompson, who was the 208 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: former Texas quarterback. For those of you who don't follow 209 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: the sport day to day, thank you for listening to 210 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: the podcast. Though, remember about Casey Thompson. This is not 211 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: like a true freshman coming in and you're just putting 212 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: all your eggs in the true freshman basket. That's not 213 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: the way it is. He has already played high level football. 214 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: I played at Texas, So the spotlight's not going to 215 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: get to him, the pressure's not going to get to him. 216 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: Nebraska plays Oklahoma in Week three, Casey Thompson's already been there, 217 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: and so there are a lot of things that you're 218 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: asking him to do at Nebraska that at least will 219 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: not be new to him. So you've got that going Nebraska. 220 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: They had three wins last year. They're over under win 221 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: total is seven and a half this year, so I, 222 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: at the very least I expect improvement from them. The 223 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: next team is Texas. Texas As I've said a million 224 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: times this will just be a million and one I 225 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: think will be the most fascinating team in the country 226 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: this year, high level or otherwise, but especially since they're 227 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: a national brand. Think about how many ingredients have been 228 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: thrown in the blender here quinn Eewers. Just if I 229 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: mentioned this alone, if I didn't change anything about Texas, 230 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: but I just brought quinn Ewers in big time quarterback, 231 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: number one quarterback in the cycle a couple of years ago, 232 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: that alone would make Texas must see. But then when 233 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: I tell you they brought in other guys, they overturned 234 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: like forty percent of their roster. They got the number 235 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: six transfer portal class. They finished number five. Don't forget this. 236 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: They had a top five recruiting class to go along 237 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: with this number six portal class. They improved on the 238 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: lines of scrimmage in recruiting, least on paper they did. 239 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: That's all we can go by right now. I think 240 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: Texas when you look at them last year failing to 241 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: make a Bowl game, but you look at their over 242 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: under win total in the eight and a half or 243 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: even nine win range, depending on where you look this year. Yeah, 244 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 1: it's a lofty expectation, but that's an improvement. If they 245 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: win eight games, that's an improvement. They may have the 246 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: best running back in the country. Who knows, maybe they've 247 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: got the best quarterback not in the country. I mean, 248 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm not expecting quinn Ewers to just instantly be Bryce Young, 249 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: new and improved. But what if Bryce Young or what 250 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: if Quinn Ewers rather fulfills on eighty percent of the 251 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: hype rate and the expectation people have for him, Texas 252 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 1: will be the Big twelve champion. That's what would happen 253 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 1: if that were to occur. So Texas is won. USC 254 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: is another one. USC's over under preseason win total is 255 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: at nine. They were so bad last year they fired 256 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: a coach. So Lincoln Riley's coming there. He has the 257 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: most activity in the portal. They've got the top overall 258 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: portal class. So they went four and eight last year. 259 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: Vegas over under is nine right now. Even if they 260 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: fall a little bit short of that expectation, it still 261 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: means they've improved. I mean, if they make a Bowl game, 262 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: they've significantly improved. I look at the raw talent roster 263 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: that's been assembled there, and if they were to win 264 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: eight games, let's just for argument's sake, put them at 265 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: eight and four. There'd be some people disappointed. I would 266 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 1: not be one of them, you know. I guess if 267 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: they start five to zero and then they falter down 268 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: the stretch, yeah, you'll be asking, oh, what could have 269 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: been what if. But bottom line is that would mean 270 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: they've doubled their win total in the span of one year. 271 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: That would be a good sign. And I would imagine 272 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: there'd probably be a lot of volatility in that eight 273 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: and four record to where in some of those eight 274 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: wins they probably played well enough to make you think 275 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: wow when they clicked anything's possible. Imagine what twenty twenty 276 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: three is going to be like. But USC, I expect 277 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: them to be one. And I don't even have to 278 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: leave LA for the other team. You see La. This 279 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: has got to be such an opportune position for Chip Kelly. 280 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: They were the number eighteen in our trend for portal rankings. 281 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: Kelly recently signed an extension. They were eight and four 282 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: last year. Did you know that's their best record since 283 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,479 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen? Did anyone know that? They did it so quietly? 284 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: And here they are, and they return a quarterback, and 285 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: they've got guys like Charbonnay, you know, the running back 286 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: out there. They've got established production guys. Offensively hired a 287 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: new defensive coordinator, Bill Muskrave or Bill McGovern by the way, 288 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: he've got like one hundred million years of experience. But 289 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: also they sit in the same city as Lincoln Riley, 290 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: and so they get no spotlight, they will get no attention, 291 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: and they're just kind of it's kind of hovering out there. 292 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: Utah comes into the Rose Bowl, which is not the 293 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: most intimidating atmosphere in the world, but they've got a 294 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: schedule that sets up very well for them to maybe 295 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: pull off some surprises. They're win totals eight and a half. 296 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: So who knows, you know? Right now? I think a 297 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: lot of people know there are high expectations for USC. 298 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: Did you know that UCLA expectations almost mirror theirs for 299 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: year one under Chip Kelly or a year one under 300 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley. I don't think a lot of people realize that. 301 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: So you give me Nebraska, Texas, USC and UCLA. There 302 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: the next question we have not talked about yet. You 303 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: and I have not had time to kind of chop 304 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: this up. Drew checking in from Dalton, Georgia. He said, 305 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: how do you feel about the New year six Bowl 306 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: games being played on January second and the Sugar Bowl 307 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: not being prime time this year? Well, I got to 308 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: be real with you, Drew. I had conflicted opinions about this, 309 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: and I still do so. The way that the games 310 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: are happening this particular year, I mean in terms of 311 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: a college football year, is New Year's Day falls on Sunday. 312 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've been aware of this, but 313 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: the NFL kind of owns Sunday in December and January. 314 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: So what college football has done is they have moved 315 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: some of the New Year's six games to December thirty first, 316 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: and they've moved some of them to January second. And 317 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: so my initial thought was to be defensive about it, 318 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: because you know how much I don't believe in catering 319 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: our sport to the NFL. But when you get TV 320 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: partners in the room, I'm also a realist. I understand 321 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: sometimes you have to acquiesce. If I'm ESPN and I'm 322 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: paying billions of dollars for the NFL. Yes, even though 323 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: I've paid a lot of money for this college football 324 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: contract to the NFL, is gonna win out. So I understand. 325 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: I don't have to like it, but I understand that. 326 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: But then I started to think about it more. And 327 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: even if I'm a college football fan, even if I 328 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: never watched the NFL, some of you don't care for 329 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: the pro game. I watch both, but some of you 330 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: don't even care for the pro game. But even if 331 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: you are in that camp, I want you to think 332 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: this through for me for just a second. You get 333 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: on December thirty first, the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. 334 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: That's a Saturday night, and then you get New Year's 335 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: Day being on a Sunday. Now you're going to have 336 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: a full slate of NFL games if you so choose 337 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: to partake. But even if you don't, I think that 338 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,479 Speaker 1: you probably have the following Monday off. I would assume 339 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: if your boss is worth his salt, you gotta have 340 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,479 Speaker 1: January second off, I would hope. So think about it, 341 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: Just picture it. Think about you have the Sunday games, 342 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: and for those of you who love the NFL, this 343 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: is going to work out perfect for you. You get 344 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: a full slate of Sunday ball on January first, and 345 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: then on January second, we have games like the Sugar Bowl, 346 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: I think even the Rose Bowl. Colin, could you throw 347 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: that slider back up for just a second, because I 348 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: wasn't even looking at it. Irresponsible? There I know are 349 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: the games like the Sugar Bowl happening on January second. 350 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: The Rose Bowl, though, which is always parked on New 351 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: Year's Day, is also on January second. So that whole 352 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: lineup you have sometimes where you have the Cotton Bowl 353 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: earlier in the day, then you have the Rose Bowl 354 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: that classic five pm slot, then you have the Sugar 355 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: Bowl at eight forty five. Just a little late for 356 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: my taste, but whatever that's happening. Well, the Sugar bowls 357 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: happened in December thirty first, but those other two are 358 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: happening on January second. So if you want to line 359 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: your viewing experience up, December thirtieth, Orange Bowl, New Year's Eve, 360 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, New Year's Day, bunch of NFL, 361 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: the Second Cotton Bowl, and Rose Bowl, that is one, two, three, US, 362 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 1: four US five days in a row. That you get 363 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: a whole lot four days in row. At least you 364 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: get a whole lot of college football. So I am, 365 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: at the end of the day not all that upset 366 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,719 Speaker 1: about it. I'm going to be able to live. I'm 367 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: going to be able to deal with it, I think. 368 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: Next up, Oh, we get to go into hypothetical land here. 369 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: Oh boy, this one's been asked years and years and years. 370 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: This one's been asked, but it doesn't hurt us to ask, 371 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: at least once more from Cleveland, Tennessee. If Sabin never 372 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: left the Dolphins and stayed in the NFL, which SEC 373 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: program would be the number one brand in the SEC? 374 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: I have an easy and quick answer for you. It 375 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: would be the Florida Gators. Florida under urban Meyer maybe 376 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: still to this day, who knows, would be the number 377 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: one brand in college football. Do you remember what Florida 378 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: was about to do when Saban came to Alabama? In fact, 379 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: they were already in the process of doing it. Florida 380 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: had won the title in six. That was Urban's first title. 381 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: That was Florida's first title since spur year, and so 382 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: they had Tim Tebow there. They were rocking and rolling. 383 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: They were recruiting at the very very top level of 384 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: the sport, and Saban came in in seven at Alabama. 385 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 1: In eight, they faced Florida in the SEC championship game. 386 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: It was a classic. I was there. Tim Tebow leads 387 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: a fourth quarter comeback, they beat Bama. They go on 388 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: to beat Oklahoma and the title game. That's urban Meyer's 389 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: second title in three years. The following year rematch SEC 390 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: Championship game, Bama handles Florida, and it was never the 391 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: same for Florida. But in this alternate universe, Nick Saban's 392 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: not at Alabama. I don't know who is, but Saban's 393 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,479 Speaker 1: not at Alabama. So you could have fun on your 394 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: own if you just want to figure out who had 395 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: taken the job. But the follow up is, whoever would 396 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: have taken that job is highly unlikely to have unseated 397 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: Urban Meyer as hastily as Nick Saban did, So what 398 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: would have happened to Florida? Maybe you could make the 399 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: argument they were already showing some internal signs of disorganization 400 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: and they were eventually going to crumble from within. You 401 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: can say that I don't know that for all I know. 402 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: Let's say they would have gotten to the twenty ten 403 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: season and they would have just had a setback. But 404 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: maybe if the pressure wasn't being applied by Alabama, Urban 405 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: doesn't leave, and maybe he just gets the ship righted. 406 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: You know, maybe twenty eleven, they're right back. In twenty twelve, 407 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: they win the title. In twenty thirteen, maybe they end 408 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: up going on a run like well number one, like 409 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: Sabin did, but Urban he hadn't lost his jewe. Remember 410 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: he went to Ohio State beat Saban. They won a 411 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: title again in twenty fourteen. So I think it would 412 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: have been Florida. And keep in mind you had LSU 413 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: under less Miles less Miles if not for Nick Saban, 414 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: I could make the argument less Miles would have one 415 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: or multiple additional titles on his resume. Mark Richt at Georgia. 416 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: What if Mark Rick didn't have Saban in his way 417 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: in years like twenty twelve, he still would have had 418 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: to deal with urban Meyer. But maybe instead of Nick 419 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: Saban dominating the SEC, maybe it would have been Mark 420 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: Rick versus Urban Meyer. Maybe that just would have been 421 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: the back and forth every single year. And as we 422 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: well know, Florida plays LSU every year. So absent Nick 423 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: Saban in the SEC, I think the urban Meyer versus 424 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: Less Miles rivalry would have been heated for years to come. 425 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: I think the urban Meyer Mark Richt rivalry would have 426 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 1: been heated for years to come. Remember Steve Spurrier was 427 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: about to enter the SEC again too, and not that 428 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: Nick Saban necessarily had a great big effect on Steve 429 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: spur Your beat him in twenty ten, but the SEC 430 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: would have probably been a lot more balanced at the top, 431 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: but they still would have been dominant. I think they 432 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: still would have been just as dominant. But my answer 433 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: in short is Florida and Urban Meyer. That's my answer. 434 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 1: Next up, cool boy, next five years? Huh. Todd is 435 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: asking pick two of these five teams that are most 436 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: likely in five years to have a national championship. We 437 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: got Michigan, Texas A and m Oklahoma, Miami and USC, 438 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: And I've got to pick two out of the five 439 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: that are the most likely to win a national championship 440 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 1: in the next five years. Huh. Well, I got to 441 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: tell you. All I have to go on is the 442 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: President Todd. And in the present we have nil and 443 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 1: portal obviously dominating every facet of every college football conversation. 444 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: So which two teams there look most likely to leverage 445 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: those two things to their benefit? The first one I 446 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: think is Texas A and M and the second one 447 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: I think is USC. You could make a solid argument 448 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 1: Miami's in there, but I think the two that I'm 449 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: going to go with are Texas A and M. In USC, 450 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: Texas A and M sits there in the same division 451 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: as Bama. Right, Well, they have already shown they can 452 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: beat them. They did it last year. They've shown that 453 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: they can go toe to toe with them in recruiting. 454 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: They did it this year. Jimbo has shown absolutely not 455 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: one micro ounce of fear of Nick Saban. I think 456 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: that's pretty emphatic and has been stated in the past month. 457 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 1: So a lot of the things that normally make you 458 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 1: hesitate to buy into a team being able to compete 459 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: with Bama, I don't necessarily know that those elements are 460 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: in the room as much with Texas A and M 461 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: not to mention, it doesn't seem like there are any 462 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: signs that they're going to slow down in recruiting. Level 463 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: is going to be there. I'm not one of these 464 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: people that believes Jimbo Fisher happened to luck into a 465 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: title in twenty thirteen but doesn't know what he's doing. Like, look, 466 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: if you don't think he's the best coach in the world, okay, 467 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: but I've you know, my philosophy on this. I've always 468 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: found it funny people who question a coach's actual coaching ability, 469 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: because if I got you in a room with him, 470 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: he just talks circles around you, and so that doesn't 471 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: mean that he's the greatest coach in the world. But 472 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: it does mean you're not qualified to judge him. That's 473 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, because you don't know what you're talking about. 474 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: I'm including me there. But the difference is I don't 475 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: ever do it. I don't question a coach's actual ex's 476 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: and o's acumen. I don't because I don't know what 477 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm talking about compared to them. So if you want 478 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: to compare resumes, if you want to compare trophy cases, okay, 479 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: well Jimbo's got a trophy. Not many more active coaches do. 480 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: So I'm going to say him, And I'm also going 481 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 1: to say a guy who doesn't have one yet but 482 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: who very well could one day, Lincoln Riley. I did 483 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: a segment year or two. It was at least in 484 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: the last two years about Lincoln Riley. At the time 485 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: he was in Oklahoma, and a lot of people had 486 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: already started to say his ceiling is making the playoff, 487 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: his ceiling is getting there, but coming short of a 488 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 1: national championship, And I just I remember thinking to myself, 489 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: we did this same stupid thing with Kirby Smart. Fortunately 490 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: he finally won a title, so I don't have to 491 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: listen to it. Anymore. Kirby Smart in twenty seventeen comes 492 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: within an overtime miracle pass of winning a national title, 493 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: and yet people kept saying, Oh, he can't win a title. 494 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: Yes he was right there, Yes he can. It's like 495 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: a coin flip scenario at that point. Lincoln Riley that 496 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: same year, right before Georgia played Bama, Lincoln Riley took 497 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,360 Speaker 1: Georgia to overtime. Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma had they won 498 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: that game, probably a coin flip situation too. If you're 499 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: in overtime, it stands to reason you've played the game 500 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: pretty evenly. If they go on to play Bama, they 501 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: would have pushed Bama just as well. So I've always 502 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: looked at Lincoln Riley and I think there's a big 503 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: difference between he hasn't versus he can't. Lincoln Riley's a 504 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: guy to me who hasn't won a national title. He 505 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: is not a guy who can't win a national title. 506 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 1: But if you think he can't, I guess you disagree 507 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: with me here. But I'm looking at usc and I'm 508 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: looking at the path he's gonna have out there, and 509 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm looking at the ready made access he's gonna have 510 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: to all the talent in the world, not the least 511 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: of which is at the quarterback position. He already had that, though, 512 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: I wonder what did he learn at Oklahoma? What did 513 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: he see about himself when he self scouts his teams? 514 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: How does he see himself as having to get better? 515 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: And then how does the implement that at us He 516 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: that'll ultimately determine how far they go. Nil is certainly 517 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: not gonna hurt, though the portals certainly not gonna hurt. 518 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 1: So I mean, I think, out of those five, if 519 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: I had to take two Southern cols one of them, 520 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: and Texas A and M is the other one, it's 521 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: hard to pick though, Like it's how do you how 522 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: do you take those five brands? It's it's almost as 523 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: hard as picking When I do this, you know, it 524 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,959 Speaker 1: was probably an appropriate time there to take the unexpected 525 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: and totally unpredictable ad toss break. I needed a sip 526 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: of water, which reminds me of one of the more 527 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: humiliating stories I've had over the last year, but I'll 528 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: share it with you. So last night, I'm asleep as 529 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: you tend to do at night. It's like two o'clock 530 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: in the morning, I got two sixteen ounce bottles of 531 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: water on my nightstand. I normally drink both of them 532 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: over the course of an evening, and so I wake 533 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: up at like two, but I'm not fully awake. You've 534 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: been there before I reach over, I'm laying on my back. 535 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: I reach over, I grabbed the water bottle, probably drink 536 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,479 Speaker 1: about half of the water. My body was contorted in 537 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: such a way that I could not fully reach the 538 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,159 Speaker 1: night stand with my water bottle. So I had two 539 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: options here. Either one roll over and that was just 540 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: a bridge too far at that point I was really comfortable. 541 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: Or number two, do what I did. Hold the bottle 542 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: in your hand as it's outstretch and just fall back asleep. 543 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: There's no cap on the bottle, guys, and so my 544 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,640 Speaker 1: hand did what your hand tends to do once your 545 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: body is asleep. It just kind of fell back towards 546 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: the bed, and the water bottle that it was holding 547 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: tilted towards the bed, and I ended up pouring half 548 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 1: a bottle of water all over myself in bed. I 549 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: didn't wake up immediately, is the problem. So when I 550 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: finally did wake up, my bed is soaked. Now what 551 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: do you think I thought I had done. I really 552 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 1: thought I was five years old. Again. I thought I 553 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: had wet the bed. I mean I genuinely thought that 554 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 1: I had wet the bed last night, and I was 555 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: I didn't know what to do? Are you embarrassed? Are 556 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: you scared? Do you even get up? What do I do? 557 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: And then finally I looked at my hand, which was 558 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: still holding an empty water bottle at that point, and 559 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: realized what had happened? And so man like that actually 560 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: happened to me last night. I need college football to 561 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: get here. See that. The plus side of the season 562 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: getting here is I don't sleep. That'll never happen to me. 563 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,239 Speaker 1: I will never cause I wet the bed during the 564 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: months of September, October, November or December. Look, let's dive 565 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: back in. Please talk about things that won't be used 566 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: against me in blackmail fashion. Down the road, Carol asked 567 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: a very apropos question. She said, what game do you 568 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: hope to be able to go to this season? The 569 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: most Oklahoma at Nebraska is the game I hope I 570 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: have a reason to go to. And to be clear, 571 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: what I mean by that is Nebraska needs to be undefeated. 572 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: I think Oklahoma's going to take care of business. I 573 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: need Nebraska to take care of business. That game's in 574 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: week three. This is not the tallest task in the world. 575 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: But I need Nebraska to be undefeated because if both 576 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: of them are three and oh, I think the record 577 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: would be there or up two and oh, whatever it is. 578 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see what that place is like. 579 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: I made the comparison on Late Kick Live Sunday night, 580 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: which made some of you mad. I said, you know 581 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: what that environment could be like? That could be like 582 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: when Texas went and played Arkansas last year. Some Oklahoma 583 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 1: fans got up in arms because apparently that equalled me 584 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: comparing their program to Texas, like settle down. It's not 585 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: that serious. It is serious, but the comparison wasn't. You're 586 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: thinking way too far beneath the surface there. Just take 587 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: it for what it was. I mean that Lincoln, Nebraska, 588 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: the stadium itself would be a lot like Arkansas was 589 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: welcoming Texas in last year. Undefeated, back against the wall. 590 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: It's kind of like the wounded animal mode theory our 591 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: buddy J. C. Sherbert always talks about. And Nebraska's got 592 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: something to prove and the world doesn't believe in them. 593 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: But yet the points Bread indicates should be a close game, 594 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: a lot of uncertainty. You know, you're taking that Oklahoma 595 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: show on the road for the first time under Britain venables, 596 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: who knows what they are, who knows how Dylan Gabriel 597 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 1: is going to perform on the road in that kind 598 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: of environment. You got a lot of new pieces you're 599 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: trying to break in. Anyway, my point is I did 600 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: not get to be at the Texas Arkansas game last year. Boy, 601 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: I sure do want to be at that Oklahoma Nebraska 602 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,239 Speaker 1: game this year. The other question from Jesse was not 603 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: producer Jesse, It was how real is the letdown theory 604 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: playing a big game the week before? All of you 605 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: in the betting world have heard this term let down, 606 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: but you don't have to have bet college football to 607 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: know that sometimes when you play a big game the 608 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: following week, for whatever reason, you feel flat. Not all 609 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 1: the time, but sometimes. I am a believer in this, 610 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: as is anyone who watches sports. We've seen it happen before. 611 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: But what causes it? That's to me the bigger takeaway, 612 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: Because I am a believer that sometimes the letdown theory 613 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,959 Speaker 1: is not mental as much as it is physical. I 614 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: think that sometimes I don't think people realize enough what 615 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: goes into preparing for a game physically and the mental 616 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: side is a part of this. But here's my illustration. 617 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: If you, as a fan base are circling a game 618 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: and you're building up to it and there's a ton 619 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: of hype behind it, your players are not robots. Your 620 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,440 Speaker 1: coaches are not robots. No matter how many times they 621 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: meet with the me that week and they say this 622 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: is just another game, That's never true. It is never 623 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: true that a team full of human beings, no matter 624 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: their age, is able to treat every game the same. 625 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: Does matter. You can be Nick Saban, you can be 626 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,680 Speaker 1: the best coach in the world, and you can preach 627 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: it yourself. But everybody knows that U T. Chattanooga coming 628 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: in versus Texas A and M coming in are two 629 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: different animals. Everybody gets that, so your build up is different. 630 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: Sometimes we do shows here with late that' are more 631 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 1: involved than other shows, and when you do them, there 632 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: is so much mental work and preparation that goes into 633 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: it that when you're done, you think to yourself, dude, 634 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: we got another one of those to do In forty 635 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: eight hours. It's like you've emptied the barrel entirely, and 636 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: you got to start filling that thing up again as 637 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: quickly as you can. Well, in football it's the same way. Mentally, 638 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: all that stuff goes into it. But then also physically, 639 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: the toll that is taken on your roster when you 640 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: play one of those bigger games is such that the 641 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: hits are harder, the players are faster, So everything's bigger, 642 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: everything's faster, everything's stronger, and therefore your training room's more busy. 643 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: The following Sunday morning, you got more bumps and bruises 644 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: and cuts and scrapes and in some cases pulls and 645 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: partial tears and whatever the case may be. All that 646 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: stuff adds up. It's not just the mental, it's not 647 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: just the neck up, it's the neck down. And then 648 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 1: what you have to do is you have to start 649 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: getting ready for another opponent the following day. Coaches get 650 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: ready on Sunday, players at least get Sunday off. They 651 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: get ready on Monday. But imagine pouring all that physical 652 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: and emotional energy into a Saturday coming up. It's so 653 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,440 Speaker 1: easy to get yourself up for that, but then imagine 654 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: knowing you got another one in six days, five days away. 655 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: Once you get to Monday and you have to study 656 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: and prep and everything, because here's the problem. While you 657 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: look at the following Saturday and you say, oh man, 658 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: we got to get back up for that one. Sometimes 659 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: your opponent had a bye week, or sometimes at the 660 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 1: very least, your opponent did not play the caliber team 661 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: the week before you did, so they are treating you 662 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: the following week like you treated the previous opponent. And 663 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: those dynamics are so disproportionate that it leads to volatility 664 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 1: and result. That's how college football works. I mean, really, 665 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 1: that's a microcosm of any Saturday when you turn on 666 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 1: your TV at seven o'clock in the evening and you're 667 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: looking at scores scroll across the bottom of the screen. 668 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 1: How many times do you find yourself saying, how did 669 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 1: that happen? Or well, I never saw that coming. All 670 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: it is is a combination in some capacity of the 671 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,360 Speaker 1: things I've just talked about. Then you throw in bounce 672 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 1: as a ball and just varying execution levels on any 673 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: given Saturday. It's the beauty of sports. That's why this 674 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: stuff's not played on paper and that's why. You know, 675 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: when you get to the end of the year and 676 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: you got a bunch of people talking about who they 677 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: think would win on a neutral field, a lot of 678 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,400 Speaker 1: other folks scoff at it because they say, I watch 679 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: unpredictable results pan out every week. So all due respect, 680 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: I don't care what you think would happen, because what 681 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,720 Speaker 1: you think would happen goes the other way all the time. 682 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: And you're right when you say that. You're right if 683 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: you're listening to the pod too. Thank you, Thank you eternally, 684 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: thank you. I you know, I don't tout our numbers 685 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,279 Speaker 1: as much because some of your feedback said, hey, you 686 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: talk about this stuff too much. Stop talking about it. 687 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: So I just kind of mix it in and whisper 688 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: it every now and then. Our numbers we're up two 689 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: hundred percent year over year on the podcast alone, not 690 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: even the YouTube channel. So thank you all I can 691 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,479 Speaker 1: ask you to do, if you haven't already, which many 692 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,879 Speaker 1: of you still have not, I see the metrics. If 693 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: you're listening already, subscribe to the podcast. That's it. It 694 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: doesn't change anything. It just helps our It helps our internals, 695 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 1: as they say, so for a director Colin for a 696 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 1: producer Jesse for everyone here, I'm Josh Pate. Thanks so 697 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 1: much for listening. Hey share the show with a friend 698 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,319 Speaker 1: or ten today. Why don't you Until next time, have 699 00:35:50,360 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: a great rest of your day and God bless