1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back in another edition of 2 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: the lay Kick Extra podcast. It's Tuesday morning, It's November second. 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: The over ower twenty twenty one. Stats and Info tells 4 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: me that that does indeed mean this is the first 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: lay Kick Extra podcast of the new month. So welcome in. 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: Do whatever you need to do, participate in whatever superstition 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: you need to. I'm not superstitious, just a little stitious. 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: And let's do this mail bag this morning. Is there 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: anything to talk about out there? Well, I don't know. 10 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: It really depends on if you have access to the 11 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: Internet and a work in television. If you do, you 12 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: know that we've had a lot going on. Even in 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: the last twenty four hours, we have had a lot 14 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: going on up to and including primates. So yes, all 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: that's been going on. Remember what this is. What this 16 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: is is a mail bag us a bit questions at 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: late Kick Josh Twitter, Instagram. I highly encourage you follow there, 18 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: even if you don't have a question because of things 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: like we saw Saturday, and I got a lot to 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: tell you about Saturday about our trip up to East Lansing. 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: Those of you following on Instagram, you saw that loaded 22 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: Instagram story just crazy man. I mean, I'd never been 23 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: up there before. Crazy atmosphere. I'm going to tell you 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: about all that. Also, this morning, we are using our 25 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: backup microphone, and I do not know what kind of 26 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: quality we're going to get. Last time we used this 27 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: particular microphone, we had a bunch of skips and it 28 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: would and we're not fans of that. Now, that wasn't it. 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: That was my tongue, But you could very well hear 30 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 1: something like that or like seconds or two of audio dropped. 31 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: We just got to roll with it because the other 32 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: night on Late Kick Live, when we had to use 33 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: the backup microphone there, we had to take the core 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: that I normally use for this one and use it 35 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: in studio, and of course I forgot it at the studio. 36 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: So now I'm talking into the backup. Listen. The audio 37 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: quality that comes out of this thing, I'm told is 38 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: a little bit better. The problem is the skipping, and 39 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: so the skipping circumvinced the audio quality being better. You 40 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: get the point. So let's dive into this morning's mailbag. 41 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: I mean, so many of you wanted to know about 42 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: what went on last night between well a few different entities. 43 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: We of course have you know what, Let me just 44 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: lay the story out for you. Okay, what if I 45 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: told you, What if I told you ESPN thirty for 46 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: thirty intro and this no doubt has enough meat on 47 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: the bone to be a thirty for thirty one day. 48 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: What if I told you everything that's going to come 49 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: out of my mouth is real. By the way, what 50 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: if I told you that there was a special teams 51 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: coach named Jeff Banks who went to Alabama, but then 52 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: when Sark left for Texas, he went with Sark. He also, 53 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 1: in the process left his wife married or at least 54 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,839 Speaker 1: got with a stripper. We do not know if they're 55 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: married or not, but he is with a stripper. She 56 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: is famous in her own right. Her name is pol Assassin. Again, 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: I want to emphasize all of this is reality. And 58 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: so Jeff Banks and Pol Assassin are hanging out there 59 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: in Austin and they decide, like any stripper and football 60 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: coach would do, to have Tricker treats over and they do. 61 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: Here's where the story gets really weird. Pol Assassin has 62 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: a monkey that is also trained to perform with her, 63 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: and this is where it gets really really weird. They 64 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: have Tricker treats over and Pole Assassin's monkey goes after 65 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: one of the kids and apparently bit it. And then 66 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: there are varying degrees of stories about how deep the 67 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: wound was and how long it took to pry the 68 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: monkey's jaws off the kid. But that would make a 69 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: great story if that's where it ended. It's not friends, 70 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: That's why I'm leading the pod with it. And so 71 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: then Pole Assassin, once the story goes public last night 72 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: on the only platform fit for such a story, Twitter 73 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: dot com, pol Assassin goes on the offensive. And first 74 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: she said it didn't happen, and then Pole Assassin says, essentially, 75 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: she threw the kid under the bus, you know, bloody 76 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: stump of a hand and all. She throws the kid 77 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,839 Speaker 1: under the bus and says, well, the kid was trespassing. 78 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: Shame on that kid, by the way, trespassing. You ought 79 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: to know better at ten or eleven years old on Halloween. 80 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: And so the Pole Assassin's emotional support monkey was essentially 81 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: built up to be a villain, but then she made 82 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: it a victim. And the monkey has not commented on 83 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: this at all yet, nor has the kid, nor has 84 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: the kid's parents. Then Pole assassin has bs called on her, 85 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: and she's not going to stand for that or dance 86 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: for it, for that matter. So then she takes her 87 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: cell phone her ipole, if you will, and she starts 88 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: recording herself walking through her backyard. Again. All this happened 89 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: last night, folks. She's recording herself walking through her backyard 90 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: and she walks up to a gate and I kid you, 91 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: not on this gate is a sign that says do 92 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: not enter emotional support monkey, blah blah blah. And it's 93 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: on the fence in tie wraps and it looks pretty 94 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: freshly painted. I cannot vouch for the authenticity and how 95 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: long that sign had been there. But she posted a 96 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: video of her walking up to this gate that had 97 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: do not enter written on it, and the caption said proof, 98 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: as if that was vindication she was in a court 99 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: of laws. She said, Look, here's a gate that has 100 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: a do not enter sign on it that I drew. 101 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: It's not one that you bought from Walmart, guys. It 102 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: was hand drawn do not enter. Some of the letters 103 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: were lowercase, some of the letters were capitalized. I'm not 104 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: going to get into grammatical inaccuracies here. You do you pole? 105 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: Assass and do pol assass and monkey do monkey monkey 106 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: bite kid woms to amongst us hasn't been there so anyway, 107 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: then a lot of people start piling on, as you 108 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: tend to do when a stripper starts to try and 109 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: vindicate her rabid monkey biting a trick or treater at 110 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: the Special Teams coordinator's house because there was a do 111 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: not enter sign that was hand drum again hooms to 112 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: amongst us, So then she starts deleting. But the problem 113 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: is it's already been captioned and captured and everything in between, 114 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: and everyone spread it all over the place. So now 115 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: we wake up this morning again on Tuesday, November second, 116 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: the over Lord twenty twenty one, and we're no closer 117 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: to finding the solution, and we're no closer to getting 118 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: the real story. So that's what happened last night. What 119 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: were my thoughts on this, Well, my thoughts were this, 120 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: it follows, that's it the size, those were my thoughts. 121 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: That was it. Actually I use a gift, very popular 122 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: gift in my house, at least of the monkey with 123 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: its jaw wide open, which was the actual opposite of 124 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: the jaw of the monkey in question. Here the monkey 125 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: just looks around in shock with a jaw wide open. 126 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: That was my reaction last night. But again I thought 127 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: to myself, these poor people who only watched the NFL 128 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: never get anything like this. The NFL is such a 129 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: sterile environment. Everything is made to be equal, everything is 130 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: so rigid. The taunting penalties. We were joke in the NFL, 131 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: by the way, but you never get Stripernky's going after 132 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: trigger treaters in the NFL. And that's one of my 133 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: biggest problems with pro football, college football. Anything can happen. 134 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: We woke up yesterday morning. I'm gonna talk about Dan 135 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: Mullen in the podcast. We woke up yesterday morning and 136 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: Dan Mullen was under fire because he essentially tried to 137 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: make recruiting seasonal and it was kind of taken out 138 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: of context. Blah blah blah. The problem was what he 139 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: said kind of coincides with how he's acted down there. 140 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,239 Speaker 1: And we thought that Dan Mullen was going to topic 141 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: du jour for about the next forty eight to seventy 142 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: two hours and then closed things to the media, and 143 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: so I was sure Dan Mullin was about to get 144 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: drugged for about two or three days. Nope. Dan Mullin 145 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: has a stripper's monkey in Austin, Texas to thank for 146 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,239 Speaker 1: getting him off the hook at least for the time being. 147 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: And this is such a wonderful world. This is the 148 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: world we live in. When I tell you this is 149 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: a dream job, that's what makes it a dream job. 150 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: So that was last night, and I don't know where 151 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna go with that today, and I don't know 152 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: if we're gonna be talking about it on Late Kick 153 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: Live tonight. I would love to be able to get 154 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: over to the Nashville Zoo today because I don't know 155 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: if you can rent monkeys, but if you could just 156 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: for one night, I don't even care if the trainer 157 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: comes with it, you mark my words. I'd have a 158 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: monkey on that show. I would get a monkey on 159 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: that show tonight, and I would put a microphone on 160 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: that monkey. Maybe it wants to talk, maybe it doesn't. 161 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: I'd love to have Pole Assassin on the show, an 162 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: open invitation, and I'm not sure if she listens or not. 163 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: An open invitation, Pole Assassin me to you, with all 164 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: of us listening, you are invited on Late Kick Live tonight. 165 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: I would love to hear yours of the story again. 166 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear the monkey side of the store. 167 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: I'd really love to hear the trick or treater side story. 168 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: I don't know what the rules at CBS are interviewing kids, 169 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: but if the parents want to come on, I'm open 170 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: to it. We just want the full story, that's all 171 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: we want. Okay. So now that that's out of the way. 172 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: College football, we got a lot of it to talk about. 173 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: A lot of you have been asking me about Dan 174 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: Mullen and what I think is happening at Florida, And 175 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about this more tonight on Late 176 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: Cake Live. But let's just dive in. So I had 177 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: like fifty fifty to seventy five questions I would guess 178 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: about this Dan Mullen yesterday if you did not catch it. 179 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: Coming off the loss obviously to Georgia, Dan Mullin got 180 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: asked about recruiting. It was a very innocent question. It 181 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: wasn't some baited question, it wasn't a gotcha. He was asked, essentially, 182 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: do you think there need to be some changes maybe 183 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: in the way that you recruit here? And Dan Mullin 184 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: didn't even let the guy hardly get the question out 185 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: of his mouth before he said, this is the season. 186 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: We'll talk about recruiting during recruiting season. Now that's the 187 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: full context. I'm not going to play you the clip. 188 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: I don't even have it right now, but that was 189 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: the context. I did not misrepresent that at all. That's 190 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: the context. And so what do you think about that, 191 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: because I'm telling you what I think is well, my 192 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: first reaction was I don't ever like any coach at 193 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: a major Power five program e using the phrase recruiting season. 194 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: And I don't even care if that's ent or out 195 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: of context. There is no recruiting season. And you could 196 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: not have set this up any better. Talk about writing 197 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: college but like it's a soap opera, could you have 198 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: set that up any better or worse depending on your 199 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: vantage point. I mean, Dan mullen is coming off a 200 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: loss to Georgia in which he is out athleted, and 201 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: that's not the first time that happened to Florida. They've 202 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: won games where their roster wasn't as good as Georgia's. 203 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: But this year they get outplay, they got athleted. You 204 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: know the story. You saw the game Saturday, just like 205 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: I did. And after that game, Kirby Smart goes on 206 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: this rant of his own, which I played on Sunday 207 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: Night Show, in which he talks about the fact that 208 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: I'm not such a coach. No one's a great coach 209 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: if they don't have the great players. If they're a 210 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: great coach without great players, you'll never know it. They'll 211 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: probably still lose four or five games. The best coaches 212 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: out there are the best coaches because they have the 213 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: best players. And so he's sitting there talking about recruiting 214 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: being twenty four seven, three sixty five, and then Dan 215 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: Mullen's telling you the following Monday, we'll talk about recruiting 216 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: and recruiting season. Worry about that right now. Now that's 217 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: not the exact context of quote, but it's still the 218 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: same energy. Here's the problem with it. I had someone 219 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: call and say, don't you think that they're just taking 220 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: liberties and taking shots on him right now? I said, yes, absolutely, 221 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: they are, so am I. The difference is it's not unwarranted. 222 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: That's the whole takeaway here, guys. It would be one 223 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: thing if Nick Saban were to play LSU this Saturday, 224 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: and let's say LSU pulled off a huge upset win 225 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: as a four touchdown underdog, and someone asked Nick Saban 226 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: in the post game about recruiting, and Nick Saban said, 227 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: we'll talk about recruiting during the recruiting season. If that happened, 228 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: it would be totally innocent. It would be left alone 229 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: and would move on. If he said the exact words 230 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: that Dan Mullen said, we would leave it alone. What 231 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: does that mean. Does that mean we're treating Dan Mullen unfairly? No, 232 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: it would mean that the quote from Nick Saban was 233 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: so obviously in a certain context that did not match 234 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: up with his back record that it wouldn't make any 235 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: sense to run with it. Dan Mullen, if just for 236 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: the sake of argument, we take it in any context. 237 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: We want the quote that came out of his mouth. 238 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: If we align it with his track record and Florida's 239 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: results in recruiting, it matches. Florida has been in fear 240 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: as a recruiting program, and really they've been propped up 241 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: and made to look a little bit better than they 242 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: have been because, to be honest with you guys, they've 243 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: taken some risks on some kids up to an including 244 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: the transfer portal to get a little bump in their rankings. Well, 245 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: that had given them a bump in their rankings. I'm 246 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: not saying that was their motivation, but they've taken some 247 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: kids that were questionable either academically or their health status 248 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: was questionable, and they'd taken and it's bumped their ranking 249 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: a little bit higher than it would have been otherwise. 250 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: Still not top five, but a little bit higher. And 251 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: they haven't panned out. So if you shave the fat 252 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: off of these classes and the players that they truly 253 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: beat other elite competition for, they're not a top fifteen recruiter. 254 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: They float on the periphery maybe of top fifteen status 255 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: if you adjust for the margins I'm talking about. That's 256 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: the problem people have and had with Dan Mullen. That's 257 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: the problem I have with Dan Mullen. It's not that 258 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: he said something in a press conference. I don't care 259 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: about that. It's that, for the sake of argument, if 260 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: I can textualize that the right or wrong way, regardless 261 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: of how I can textualize it in the worst context, 262 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: it matches his track record. And that's the problem. So 263 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: that's part A, Part B. A lot of you were 264 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: asking what do I think is going to happen. Now, 265 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: if you listen to this show, you know I've spoken 266 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 1: about this, but four or five times already this year. 267 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: I'm not ready to change my tune yet. I just 268 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: don't like emotional, visceral reaction in the middle of a 269 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: sin when you're kind of in need of battle. But 270 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: I'm telling you it's happened before where we've I've seen 271 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: a coach for whatever reason. Times it's on field, sometimes 272 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: it's all filed have things go so sideways and things 273 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: get so sour so quickly that it seems like in 274 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: the send of a week or two, you go from saying, Oh, 275 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: he's not going to get fired to I don't see 276 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: the other way. I don't see how they keep him around. 277 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: I don't see how he stays around. And I'm not 278 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: saying that we're on the total end of either of 279 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: that spectrum. But I think we are shifting. I think 280 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: we are moving. I don't know at what speed, but 281 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: I think we're moving towards the side where Dan Mullin's 282 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: not their neck. Year Again, I don't think we are there, 283 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: but I'm saying I think we're a heck of a 284 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: lot closer to that. Than I ever imagined we would 285 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: be off of nothing more than a loss to Georgia. 286 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: And I say that, but I still know about the 287 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: buy out there, and I still know that it's hard 288 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: fying to replacement coach. But we were on an editorial 289 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: meeting yesterday and we were talking about what story is 290 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 1: in the state of Florida, and normally if two of 291 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: them are down, one of them has been up. And 292 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: if you think about where Miami and Florida State has 293 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: been I want to say it was Bud who was 294 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: talking about this yesterday. I mean, there was a bunch 295 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: of people. I think Bud though. He said, you know, 296 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: if you think about this, you think about industry, what 297 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: one program at least has been You've had situations where 298 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: it was either Bowden at one point or Urban I 299 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: are at one point where they have completely feasted on 300 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: that opportunity. Dan Mullen, if you really think about it, 301 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: this is the best shot he'll ever have. He's right 302 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: smack dab in the middle of the best shot he'll 303 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: ever have. Miami's been down, they've been bad. Florida State's 304 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: been down, They've been bad. Florida has had their golden 305 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: opportunity it's never going to be relatively speaking, easier for 306 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: Florida in recruiting than it has been. So what I'm 307 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: saying is you've likely seen the best of Dan Mullen 308 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: at Florida. That would be my fear if I were 309 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: a Florida Gator fan. So I don't know what's going 310 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: to happen, and I don't know how a move would 311 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: have to be precipitated. It's what I'm saying. This does 312 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: not seem like a your fire, get out here situation. 313 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: I just I don't feel that at the moment. However, 314 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: we have had situations before where there truly were mutual 315 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: partings of ways. I don't know if you give up 316 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: the Florida job, I don't know what's gonna happen. There's 317 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: a lot of I don't know here, But yeah, I 318 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: feel I feel like that situation is just so much 319 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: more sour than it was even this time last week. 320 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: And I don't know what the answer is. I'll tell 321 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: you where I was ben Jacksonville this week. Normally at 322 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: that game, but I was in East Lansing, Michigan, by 323 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: way of Detroit, and I'd never been up there, never 324 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: even been to the State of Michigan before. Certainly it 325 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: had never been to Michigan State, never seen Michigan versus 326 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: Michigan State. Boy, what a time. I encourage you guys. 327 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: I know it's expensive. I know not everyone gets to 328 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: just carry a corporate card around with them. I know 329 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: because I lived that life for a very very very 330 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: long time. I couldn't even afford to go to games 331 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: in my backyard, much less travel. Let me just tell you, 332 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: if you ever get in a situation where you can 333 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: even remotely afford it, I would recommend doing like I do. 334 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: Just wear two or three shorts a year and take 335 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: the money you would have spent on wardrobe and buy 336 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: airfare and tickets and hotel and rental car and go 337 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: to some of these games. These are such incredible environments. 338 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: East Michigan was on fire this weekend. Not just the 339 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: fall foliage, not just the trees, but the energy in 340 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: and around not only the stadium, but the city and 341 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: the state. It was incredible. And when I got in 342 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: there to Detroit Friday night, I go into the rental 343 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: car and it's like that. In there there was all 344 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: kinds of Michigan State paraphernalia, posters, all over the place 345 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: and you could feel it. You could feel it when 346 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: you walk in there, kind of like you feel it 347 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: if you're in the state of Alabama in late November 348 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: and when they're getting ready for the Iron Bowl. I mean, 349 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: I grew up around that, so I know all about that. 350 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: But anyway, I always promise to tell you guys some 351 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: stories that I cannot share on the Sunday Night show. 352 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: So let me tell you. I teased this the other night. 353 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you about it. A lot of 354 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: you who fly frequently, you've had varying degrees of experience 355 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: with TSA. That's the security there when you're going going 356 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: through and you got to basically pull a poll assassin 357 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: on your own, and you gotta down, and you gotta 358 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: get searched, and sometimes they do the old inner thigh search. 359 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: I start to have fun with it. When they asked me, hey, 360 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: can I search your inner thigh? I go, absolutely, you can, 361 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: And then they get a little hesitant. And at that point, 362 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: you're playing mind game psychologically with TSA. And if you're 363 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: in today's head, you've already won the battle. They're gonna 364 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: patch you down and they're gonna say go on, So 365 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: that's not what happened. That's just an example in travels past. 366 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: What happened this last week. I go up there on 367 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: Friday reps finds pouring rain, landed in Detroit and the 368 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: pouring down rain at night. I've never been to Detroit 369 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: much less than the rain at night, So I didn't 370 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: exactly get to see a lot of the city. Would 371 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: have loved to have gone and seen the Joe Louis Arena, 372 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: didn't have time to anyway, So I drive over, stayed 373 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: in Lancing, and everything was great in the morning. Now, 374 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 1: a lot of you hate the noonkickoff, you guys hate it. 375 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it because it lets me 376 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: get out that night. So I go to the game 377 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 1: and we're doing live hits pregame, and then we get 378 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: into the game, and I cannot emphasize enough how quickly 379 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 1: the tenor shifted in the media apparatus, both in the 380 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: press box and on the field, Because what happened is 381 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: you have you have a lot of folks who are 382 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: trying to get a head start on their work, and 383 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: so when Michigan's up thirty to fourteen, a lot of 384 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: folks are getting a head start on their work. I 385 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: remember this vividly happening to me at the twenty seventeen 386 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: National Title game, when Georgia led Alabama at the half. 387 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: We started to get a head start on preparing the 388 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: production elements for our postgame live shot. I was in 389 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: local news at the time to talk about Georgia winning 390 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: their first title since nineteen eighty because it looked for 391 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: all the world like that was going to happen. So 392 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: you know the whole tuoa comes in and you know 393 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: the rest of that deal. Well, this deal, this last 394 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: Saturday is still a friend your mind. No one knew 395 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: what was about to happen. Michigan State had seemingly an 396 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: insurmountable task in front of them. They pull it off. 397 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: And when you see that stuff happening, it only happens 398 00:18:58,359 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: a few times in your life. Even if you get 399 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: to go to games every weekend, you're only blessed and 400 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: fortunate enough to see incidents like that a few times. Yeah, 401 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: looks maybe one time a year, maybe two times a year, 402 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: but just a handful of times in your career you 403 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: get to see it. But when it's happening in real time, 404 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: time stands still. You have no concept of it that 405 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: game lasted over four hours the other day, and I 406 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: had no concept. I could not have told you within 407 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 1: an hour window what time it was when the game 408 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: was over. So when that's happening, you realize in real 409 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: time something special is happening. And afterwards the POSK game, 410 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: it's insane. And I was down the tull with about 411 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: a minute to go once Michigan State had wrapped it 412 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: up and they were bringing Paul Bunyan, they were bringing 413 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: the trophy through the tunnel. It was crazy how much 414 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: security there is around that guy, by the way, And 415 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 1: so they go on the field and you saw some 416 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: of the footage I ran around on the field, just 417 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: absolute insanity. It's like a sensory overload. There's so many 418 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: things you're feeling at one time, and it's kind of 419 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: like a sensory overlad. It's kind of like riding a 420 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: roller coast, but the different feel. It's not the feel 421 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: in your stomach, but take the way you feel in 422 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: your stomach when you're on a roller coaster, and if 423 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: you were to disperse that emotion or that sudden feel 424 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: around the rest of your senses, that's what it's like 425 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: on those fields. Postgame, I don't know how else to 426 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: explain it. That's the best, that's the closest I can come. 427 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: It's amazing, though there's no place else on earth that 428 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: would make you feel exactly like you feel when you've 429 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: just seen a big win and you're in the home 430 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: stadium and all that's happening. So anyway, get done. CBS 431 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: makes the call. We normally don't do it this way, 432 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: but Dennis Dodd and I go live right there on 433 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: HQ on the field, even as fans are still in 434 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: the stands. We go. We don't normally don't do that. 435 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: Normally go to press conferences and then come back out 436 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: on the field and do it. So we do all that, 437 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: and I wrap it up and we get done, and 438 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: I get out of east Lands headed back to Detroit. 439 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: Had to go through ann Arbor, and that was a somber, 440 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: somber scene. But I go through ann Arbor and so 441 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: I get to Detroit. I got time, and I'm going 442 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: through security and luckily Detroit was not crowded. Airport was 443 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: not crowded at night. That's why I like to fly 444 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 1: out of there same day. And I'm going through TSA 445 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: and this is where the story gets a little interesting. 446 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: So I've still got my CBS shirt on from my 447 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: postgame hit and the TSA agent he recognizes me, I think, 448 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: and he starts to ask me about the game that day, 449 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: you know, as he's checking me in and stuff, and 450 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: then he starts to ask me why I don't talk 451 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: more NFL. And at first I just kind of but 452 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: he was serious. He said, no, like, why don't you 453 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 1: mix in more NFL. I mean, it's the most popular 454 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: game in the world, it's the most popular game in 455 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,439 Speaker 1: the country. Why don't you talk more NFL? Like I 456 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: think that would be for your show. And when he 457 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: started talking about what was good for the show, that's 458 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: when I go sideways head tilt on him a little bit. 459 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: And this is where I know I may get myself 460 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: in trouble, because it's at that point that I get pushed. 461 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: You know, if you ever played pinball back in the 462 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: day and you picked up the machine and the tilt 463 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: alarm went off because you were cheating. I have a 464 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: little tilt alarm inside me. And it's not that I 465 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: go crazy or you know, start biting someone's head off, 466 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: or you know, biting a trick or treater's hand or 467 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: anything like that. But I just kind of lose my 468 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: sense of what is and isn't smart to do at 469 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: the time, and I was on tilt at that point, 470 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: and so I start getting into it, like legitimately getting 471 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: into it with this TSAA. There's no line behind us 472 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: or Outseide wouldn't have bothered because I don't want to 473 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: be discourageous to people, But there wasn't a line behind us. 474 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: So me and this TSA agent I'm talking about, we 475 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: are going at it back and forth, and the other 476 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: TSA agents they're watching, but they're not jumping in because 477 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: I'm not an unruly passenger. I'm not arguing that I 478 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: don't want to take my belt off. I'm arguing I 479 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: don't want to talk about Seahawks Jaguars when I could 480 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 1: be talking about mel Tucker and how good he's doing 481 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: at Michigan State. And this dude just could not wrap 482 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: his head around the concept that there may be someone 483 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: out there that just wants to live in the world 484 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: of college football. He just wants Saturday. He's not interested 485 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,199 Speaker 1: in the Sunday product. I mean, I watched the NFL 486 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,239 Speaker 1: when I can, but I'm not interested in covering it. 487 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: And so we go at it. When we go at 488 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: and finally I start to get into the psychology of 489 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: mapping a show and creating a content map. And there 490 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: are a lot of things that it would be boring 491 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: for me to show you, but I get into it 492 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,959 Speaker 1: with him on it, and so he never quite grasped it. 493 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: But I think he was genuinely stunned at the pushback 494 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: he got. Number one, because he's used to be in 495 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: a TSA agent, so for eight hours a day he 496 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: has authority in life. And number two, I just don't 497 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: think he's ever had anyone push back on him like that. 498 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 1: Well I did, so we arrived not in an agreement, 499 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: but more on understanding. And so I was very proud 500 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: to say that I was carrying the flag for all 501 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 1: of us through TSA at Detroit Wayne County International Airport 502 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 1: there Saturday night. And I didn't necessarily win, but I 503 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,239 Speaker 1: certainly valiant thought and at the very least, there is 504 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: a TSA agent in Detroit that will not be pushing 505 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: back on any of you if you also walk through 506 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: there and you're representing the show. So congratulations to all 507 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: of us. Oh all right, well, now that we got 508 00:23:58,560 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 1: that out of the way. You know, we got to 509 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: be night tonight, not just because the Braves are in 510 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: the World Series, not just because we have Late Kicklive, 511 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: but we also have the playoff rankings being revealed. Wow, 512 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: now that I think about it, it's a really busy 513 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: sports night, isn't. So here's what I want to do. 514 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: I want to take a little time out. We're gonna regroup, 515 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: come back, and I'm gonna give you a few thoughts 516 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: on how these rankings may play out, and then we'll 517 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: just watch it all together tonight. So I'm not gonna 518 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: take a whole lot I'm on this, but we'll do 519 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: it right after this. Okay, we're back. So the playoff 520 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,919 Speaker 1: rankings are revealed tonight. I don't get into this for reasons. 521 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna bore you with Again, I've already explained 522 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: this to you. I don't think in all likelihood many 523 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: of you are interested in watching an hour long playoff 524 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: reveal show. I as you do understand why it has 525 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: to happen that way, but I'm not into it. Now. 526 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,360 Speaker 1: Here's what you do need to know. Immediately after they 527 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: reveal these rankings, we will be going live on Late 528 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: Kick Live. I mean eight Eastern, seventh Central. That's exactly 529 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: when we time it up. I think that college football 530 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: is very smart to start this before late kick, and 531 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 1: I think we all know what's going on there. I mean, 532 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: let's just be real with ourselves. They schedule the way 533 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: they do for a reason, and I won't hear anything 534 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: else of it, even from TSA. I'm interested in one 535 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: thing and one thing only tonight. I want to know 536 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: how wake Forest compares to Cincinnati. I don't just want 537 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: to know where one of them is going to be ranked. 538 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: I don't care where Bama is ranked because they control everything. 539 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: I don't care where Ohio State or Oklahoma is. They 540 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: control everything, So if you totally control your own fate, 541 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 1: I don't really care where you ranked tonight. I have 542 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: an interest in where Oregon is, but mainly I want 543 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,719 Speaker 1: to know where wake is relative to Cincinnati, not just 544 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: in a bubble, because I have a belief on this 545 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: and I'm in the minority from what I can tell 546 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: at our company, I believe wake is this year's G 547 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: five team, and I believe Cincinnati will be treated with 548 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: P five treatment more so than wake Forest will think 549 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 1: about in the past, why undefeated G five teams have 550 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: not made the playoff. It's been one reason, and one reason, 551 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: only Central in twenty seventeen. Why didn't they make the playoff? 552 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: The answer has nothing with their quality of team. I've 553 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: told you my thoughts on this before. That's why I 554 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: agreed they should be left out. It's not that they 555 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: weren't enough to compete. It's that their schedule did not 556 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: meet the minimum baseline requirement. You have to have a 557 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: certain strength of schedule or else your quality of team 558 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: doesn't even matter. That's why I've told you to give 559 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: the most radical example I can. You could take an 560 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: NFL team. You could take the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and 561 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: you could have them play Central Florida's schedule in twenty seventeen. 562 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: I would not support the Bucks being in the playoff, 563 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: even though clearly they'd be the best team by ten 564 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,719 Speaker 1: miles in college football. Just to give you an idea 565 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: of how little I care about your quality of team 566 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: if your schedule doesn't pass the smell test, well, this year, 567 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: Wake Forest has a schedule that is not going to 568 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: pass the smell test. What does their best win? You know, 569 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: their best wins Virginia right now and down the stretch. 570 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 1: Clemson may not even be done losing games. First off, Secondly, 571 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: they've already got multiple losses. This is a high quality 572 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: or high caliber Clemson team. They've still got to play 573 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: North Carolina. Look, I think weake may lose this weekend 574 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 1: to North Carolina. I mean I would pick North Carolina 575 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: to win the game. So it may be a moot point, 576 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: but I do want to know before we get to 577 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: Saturday tonight on Tuesday, where are those two teams ranked 578 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 1: relative to each other. I'll also have the JP Pole 579 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: tonight for the record, but I want to know where 580 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: they're going to be ranked relative to each other. Because 581 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: I believe that Cincinnati, in enough people's minds, is more legitimate. 582 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: And I think in some people's minds the schedule since 583 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: he has played is more legitimate. And I believe that too. 584 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 1: I believe the win at Indiana is worth something like 585 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: I believe Indiana may be a little bit better win 586 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: than people believe. I certainly think them going to Notre 587 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: Dame and handing Notre Dame their own loss is worth 588 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: more than anything on wake schedule. I believe that. I 589 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: mean Notre Dame I believe has one loss and guess 590 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,360 Speaker 1: who that loss is. If Cincinnati is not on Notre 591 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: Dame schedule, Notre Dame's undefeated, they're in the top five, 592 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 1: They're in the playoff discussion tonight. That's the only difference 593 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: they've played Cincinnati, Sony. What I'm telling you is perception 594 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 1: this year, I think, for the first time, is going 595 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: to give benefit of the doubt to a G five team. 596 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: And for the record, I don't have a problem with that. Now. 597 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: I know some people are looking down the rest of 598 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: the way and saying, well, if Wake stays undefeated, the 599 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: wins they will have on their resume will bypass whatever 600 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: whatever Cincinnati has. That may end up being true. But 601 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: I also think if we cast the Mold tonight, if 602 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: the Committee casts the Mole tonight, at the very least, 603 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: it gives Wake something they have to overcome. But if 604 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: Wake does go undefeated, and since he still is there, 605 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: it may not just be a sensi versus weight comparative analysis. 606 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: Down the road. Remember this, you may have Oklahoma lose 607 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: a game and still win the Big Twelve, and you 608 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: may have a one loss Oklahoma versus an undefeated Cincinnati, 609 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: And I think that question may be a little hard 610 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: to answer too, because it's not undefeated versus undefeated anymore. 611 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: And again in the past, I have not been all 612 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: about record. You can't be all about record in college ball. 613 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: You can't be. You got to go deeper than that. 614 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: But I do believe since he at least gets in 615 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: the ballpark, I think in the perception and people's minds, 616 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: they get in the ballpark enough to where they do 617 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: get treated as an equal to where at that point 618 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: you do just start talking about record. I think that's 619 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Some people don't. Some people think the G 620 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: five will always be shut out. Not only that's been 621 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: the case, I believe the schedule has been shut out. 622 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: So maybe since he's schedule ends up not passing the 623 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: smell test anymore than past G five teams have, we'll see. 624 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: I just don't think it's apples to apples, so I'm 625 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: looking forward to that tonight. We've also got late Kick 626 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: Live tonight, so it's a busy night, so make sure 627 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: you're tuned in for that. We will be live eight 628 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: eastern seven SOL. Also, here's just a stunning step. 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