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Speaker 1: Alright, welcome at Lake Ake Is Live. It is Tuesday night,

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Speaker 1: November second.

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Speaker 2: The year of Our Lord, twenty twenty one. Make sure

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Speaker 2: you know where your kids are in Austin, Texas. Tonight

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Speaker 2: one of them walks the streets of Austin with a

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Speaker 2: bloody stump of a hand and tire remarks on their back.

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Speaker 2: And I'm gonna tell you where both of those injuries

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Speaker 2: occurred in just a few minutes. Most of you know,

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Speaker 2: if you're not, wildest story of the college football year,

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Speaker 2: nay decade coming out of Austin last night. But we've

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Speaker 2: also got college football playoff rankings that are hot off

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Speaker 2: the presses, so much so that colin the paper feels warm.

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Speaker 1: Still.

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Speaker 2: That's how recently these were placed in my hands. So

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Speaker 2: we've got to talk about that. It's a jam packed

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Speaker 2: show tonight. We are high at Top downtown Nashville. It

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Speaker 2: is Tuesday, so of course we've got to do predictions tonight.

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Speaker 2: We're headed to College Station Saturday and we're talking about

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Speaker 2: Auburn at Texas A and M. Tonight we're gonna give

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Speaker 2: you a full preview and prediction. I've got two more

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Speaker 2: best bets to put on the rama. Noodle Express. So

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Speaker 2: we've got all that to discuss. I've got several playoff takeaways,

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Speaker 2: as I told you, and we got to go back

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Speaker 2: to Gainesville, Florida, second time in a week that we're

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Speaker 2: doing a segment on Dan Mullen.

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Speaker 1: And yet we've got to because things keep changing.

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Speaker 2: Down there, and I'm not so sure that my feel

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Speaker 2: may not be a little off, or maybe the feel

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Speaker 2: I've had to this point may not have been a

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Speaker 1: So we're going to talk about all that.

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Speaker 2: You've got to make sure you're following on Twitter and

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Speaker 2: Instagram for like fifteen different reasons at Late Kick Josh,

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Speaker 2: make sure you're following their Happy Election Day. Polls already

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Speaker 2: closing on the East Coast, but we all know one

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Speaker 2: poll that is still very much in the news, and

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Speaker 2: that is Pole Assassin. Where were you last night? Where

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Speaker 2: were you? Because I was online as you tend to

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Speaker 2: do right before you go to bed, and a story

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Speaker 2: starts to break, and if you're watching on YouTube, there's

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Speaker 2: a thumbnail here that we could not get cleared through

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Speaker 2: human resources that I'm showing you on the show anyway,

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Speaker 2: because we're live, and what can they really do? No

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Speaker 2: one's in the building this late at night. You see

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Speaker 2: the thumbnail here that we really wanted to use. And

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Speaker 2: for that matter, I tried to get a live monkey

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Speaker 2: on the show tonight. I certainly tried to get pole Assassin.

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Speaker 2: I don't think we're legally allowed to get the kid

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Speaker 2: involved in the story I'm about to tell you, but

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Speaker 2: we went to great lengths to make this show worth

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Speaker 2: your while tonight, and yet we could not pull any

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Speaker 2: of it off. I couldn't get the monkey a security

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Speaker 1: Also, the Nashville Zoo didn't want to work with us.

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Speaker 1: What does all this mean? This has nothing to do

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Speaker 1: with college football?

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Speaker 2: Oh but it does if you missed it last night, quickly,

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Speaker 2: can I do this in one breath column? Let's see

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Speaker 2: Jeff Banks used to be special teams of Alabama.

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Speaker 1: NAI's at Texas, left his wife.

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Speaker 2: He's with a stripper, excuse me, exotic dancer named pol Assassin.

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Speaker 2: She's got a monkey. She performs with the monkey. The

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Speaker 2: monkey has its own Instagram. Her name is Gea the Monkey.

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Speaker 2: As it tends to do when tricker treaters come over

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Speaker 2: gets totally annihilated by pole Assassin on Twitter last night

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Speaker 2: because Poul assass and is not having any of it.

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Speaker 2: name of pol Assassin, And so she said the kid

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Speaker 1: I don't even know where the kid is.

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Speaker 2: We have not heard comments from the kid, the parents,

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Speaker 1: Well I don't.

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Speaker 2: Colin didn't either, So that's one upset. The second thing

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Speaker 2: So the fourth thing that I arrived at is, boy,

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Speaker 2: I'm glad I cover this sport because in the NFL,

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Speaker 2: when you have scandal that happens.

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Speaker 1: It's always serious. You can't ever have fun with it.

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Speaker 2: You know, when is the last time that a coach's

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Speaker 2: whom's to amongst us hasn't experienced that a time or two.

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Speaker 2: At the college level, this game is great. Not always

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Speaker 2: great for everyone involved, mind you, but it's great nonetheless.

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Speaker 2: So with that out of the way, and trust me,

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Speaker 2: this will be your authority to keep you up to

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Speaker 2: Let's get to the playoff rankings because they were just

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Speaker 2: the college football playoff rankings, I got them in my

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Speaker 1: They're fresh off the presses.

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Speaker 2: Jesse has been feverishly five states away from us up

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Speaker 2: You see the top ten if you're watching on YouTube,

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Speaker 2: it's Georgia, Bama, Michigan State, Oregon.

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Speaker 2: What an interesting field that would be right now. And

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Speaker 2: then you got Ohio State, Sincey, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wake Forest,

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Speaker 2: I don't necessarily have a huge issue with it, but

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Speaker 2: we all know, Oklahoma's got several more opportunities coming up.

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Speaker 2: If anything, this is a net positive not only for

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Speaker 2: And so Oklahoma at eight, it doesn't hurt the Sooners,

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Speaker 2: it may help them.

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Speaker 1: But also, here's what I want to know. The standard

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Speaker 2: To push Oklahoma all the way down there to number eight.

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Speaker 2: If that is maintained across the board, who's it going

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Speaker 1: I'm a believer that it would have made no sense to.

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Speaker 2: because if you're a committee I mean, and you want

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Speaker 2: well there are a couple of things in play. Oregon

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Speaker 1: Yes, true enough.

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Speaker 2: And this would be in December if this were said, yes,

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Speaker 2: true enough, Oregon did beat Ohio State, but that only

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Speaker 2: This is how it would sound. It's probably already written

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Speaker 2: my next question about Oregon. They're at number four. They

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Speaker 1: Though it's kind of ridiculous, there's.

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Speaker 2: Some really good teams back there, which brings me to

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Speaker 2: really the biggest takeaway I had, and that is I

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Speaker 2: wonder how many of these teams really control their own destiny?

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Speaker 2: IM sure we can say it about Georgia. We can

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Speaker 2: Good for the Spartans, they're at number three. I don't

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Speaker 2: the moment cannot say it about Cincinnati. We can say

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Speaker 2: mean like, if you win the rest of your games,

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Speaker 2: I will virtually guarantee that you're in the playoff no

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Speaker 2: matter what happens else, either because your resume will be

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Speaker 1: But then there's this.

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Speaker 2: Interesting gap because I don't think Wake does, and I'm

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Speaker 2: I'm a believer, as I've told you for a few

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Speaker 2: We're sitting in a unique situation where a Power five

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Speaker 1: And I would like.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Auburn controls their own destiny. And you

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Speaker 2: if they have two losses. Guys, Auburn controls their own destiny.

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Speaker 2: Auburn controls their destiny more than some of these teams

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Speaker 1: Apples to apples. They're both Power five teams.

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Speaker 2: It's not apples to apples because the ACC this year

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Speaker 1: So what do we think about Cincinnati? Here? I was laughing.

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Speaker 2: That's what has me laughing. There are no, well, outside

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Speaker 1: If you think that all these teams, all.

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Speaker 2: So if Cincinnati goes undefeated, you look right now and

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Speaker 2: And I'll tell you where I'll be Saturday. I will

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Speaker 1: Could this be biased?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I'll finish what I was going

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Speaker 2: I'm going to be in college station Saturday, which means

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Speaker 1: All that stuff met. And it happens in the South

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Speaker 2: But when I went to East Lansing last week, what

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Speaker 1: At this point, okay, let's move on.

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Speaker 2: We have predictions coming up on that game that's gonna

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Speaker 2: be probably about five or six minutes from now. But boy,

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Speaker 2: we got something to talk about again again. I don't

462
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Speaker 2: like repeating segments over and over again. I haven't even

463
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Speaker 2: done two LSU coaching search segments back to back. But

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Speaker 2: Dan Mullen, Dan Mullen Daniel Mullen in Gamesville, Florida. I

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Speaker 2: think I may have been wrong about the status of

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Speaker 2: Dan Mullen at Florida.

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Speaker 1: It feels like it's getting sour really quick.

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Speaker 2: It feels like the expiration date was about two days

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Speaker 2: ago and you're risking it, and you think that milk

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Speaker 2: will still be good for my cereal tomorrow morning. But

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Speaker 2: at this point, instead of two days, it's like four

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Speaker 2: days old, and we are really risking it right now.

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Speaker 2: And Dan Mullen is really skating on thin ice with

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Speaker 2: hot blade right now. And so where I may have

475
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Speaker 2: been wrong is I just assume that even if the

476
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Speaker 2: bottom fell out he was going to be okay this year,

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Speaker 2: there would have to be changes made come December or

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Speaker 2: January on the staff. And that may very well be

479
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Speaker 2: the way it works out, because let me state very clearly,

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Speaker 2: I myself am still not at the point where if

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Speaker 2: I had the lever here and I could pull it

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Speaker 2: and Dan Mullen's gone, I am not pulling that lever.

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Speaker 2: If I'm Scott Strickland the ad down there, I'm not

484
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Speaker 2: suggesting that I'm ready to make that move. But you

485
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Speaker 2: also know my propensity to wait beyond the end of

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Speaker 2: the line in order to advocate for that, only cause

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Speaker 2: I know how hard this stuff is.

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Speaker 1: And I've observed programs crash and.

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Speaker 2: Burn when they pull the lever too early and or

490
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Speaker 2: the market is too bare, or they have overplayed their

491
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Speaker 2: hand and they can't get who they want and so

492
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Speaker 2: they end up maybe with a wash, and they're also

493
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Speaker 2: paying a buy out, so it's not really a wash,

494
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Speaker 2: or they're not as good in the long run. So

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Speaker 2: I'm not there yet, But I don't run Florida. So

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Speaker 2: I think Dan Mullen and Scott Strickling, I think they're okay.

497
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Speaker 2: But it doesn't really matter if your team quits on you.

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Speaker 2: And I'm not saying they have. We're gonna find a

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Speaker 2: lot about that out Saturday when they go to South Carolina.

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Speaker 2: But the fan base is mad to irate, and they

501
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Speaker 2: have reason to be. And we have spoken on this

502
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Speaker 2: program about the expectations at Florida, and there was some

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Speaker 2: one down there.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call him a clown.

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Speaker 2: I'm just gonna say I disagreed with the particular take

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Speaker 2: that they gave, because you can be a good, reasonable,

507
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Speaker 2: smart person and just say something I don't agree with.

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Speaker 1: It has happened, believe it or not. That does happen.

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Speaker 2: Someone down there a few weeks ago said maybe the

510
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Speaker 2: expectation levels just too high.

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Speaker 1: The expectation levels not too high. At Florida. It is

512
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Speaker 1: not too high at all.

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Speaker 2: If it's been done there before, there's reason to expect

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Speaker 2: it to be done, regardless of the staff. And if

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Speaker 2: that thing that you want, title contention and elite recruiting,

516
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Speaker 2: to name two things, if those things aren't being done,

517
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Speaker 2: it's not a Florida problem. They didn't strip away the

518
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Speaker 2: ability of Florida. It's just the guy. We're in a

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Speaker 2: headset right there. It's not getting it done. Does that

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Speaker 2: mean you need to fire him tomorrow. No, it doesn't,

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Speaker 2: But it.

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Speaker 1: Certainly means he's got to meet.

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Speaker 2: You halfway or even three quarters of the way, and

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Speaker 2: he's got to make some moves here, because right now

525
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Speaker 2: we're settling into a little bit of a pattern. And

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Speaker 2: I say that I don't think you need to pull

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Speaker 2: the lever, hit the dump button. I say that only

528
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Speaker 2: because I still see the potential for an eight win

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Speaker 2: season nine. If you win a bowl game, they could

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Speaker 2: go nine and four and that would be all well.

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Speaker 2: And good, and then you get into the you get

532
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Speaker 2: into the winter months, and you make the staff changes,

533
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Speaker 2: and he's got to make several of them.

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Speaker 1: He'd be okay then, I think Dan Mullen be okay then.

535
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Speaker 2: But you and I both know there could be something

536
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Speaker 2: else in play, and that something else could be That

537
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Speaker 2: team coming out of the Georgia game could be lifeless.

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Speaker 2: They could be gutted. It could be a fractured locker room.

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Speaker 2: I'm not in there. I'm not giving you any first

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Speaker 2: hand accounts. I'm saying we've seen that happen before, and

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Speaker 2: if they are in that state of mind, then nothing's

542
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Speaker 2: off the table. They go to South Carolina Saturday, They're

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Speaker 2: like a nineteen point favorite.

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Speaker 1: They could lose. They could lose the game out right.

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Speaker 2: I'm telling you that will be super Bowl mode for

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Speaker 2: South Carolina and Shane Beemer. Don't think for a second

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Speaker 2: Florida couldn't lose that game. They lost as a bigger

548
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Speaker 2: favorite at home last year to LSU. It could absolutely happen.

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Speaker 2: And if that were to happen, if they're in that

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Speaker 2: state of disrepair, I don't assume they go to Missouri

551
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Speaker 2: and win. I don't assume they beat Florida State. What

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Speaker 2: I'm saying is Florida should win every game on the schedule.

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Speaker 2: There is also a total disaster scenario that could be

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Speaker 2: in play, and at that point, I don't know what

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Speaker 2: says Dan Mullen.

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Speaker 1: Here was my fear, and.

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Speaker 2: Where I'm changing my perception here is I think my

558
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Speaker 2: fear in twenty twenty is being validated more and more.

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Speaker 2: To recap, my fear was, Dan Mullen wanted out. He

560
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Speaker 2: wanted to go to the NFL. I think that was

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Speaker 2: pretty apparent from everybody involved. The only question was is

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Speaker 2: he going to have a shot. And I think he

563
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Speaker 2: thought he was going to get that shot. And I

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Speaker 2: think he handled himself that way and carried himself that

565
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Speaker 2: way and acted that way. Last year he was the

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Speaker 2: senior in high school. I don't have to worry about

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Speaker 2: the consequences. I'm not coming back. And then he had

568
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Speaker 2: to come back and he had to repeat twelfth grade. Well,

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Speaker 2: my fear was that people would not forget that down there.

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Speaker 2: And my fear was also it was going to be

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Speaker 2: very hard for him to fully check back in and

572
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Speaker 2: that program to fully check back in, they never have.

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Speaker 1: This program's not checked back in and I don't.

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Speaker 2: Think it's just a raw personnel issue, although players are

575
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Speaker 2: at the heart of it at the end of the

576
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Speaker 2: day and not having enough of them.

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Speaker 1: My fear is that that's being realized. That's the first thing.

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Speaker 2: The second thing, and this is where we got to

579
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Speaker 2: play a clip from yesterday. I think it was at

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Speaker 2: Dan Mullen's press conference, and this really just triggered a

581
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Speaker 2: whole firestorm. Now in a second, Jesse's gonna run the

582
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Speaker 2: sound for you, and here's what's happening.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna hear the question. But to tee it up.

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Speaker 2: When the Georgia Florida game ended Saturday, remember on the

585
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Speaker 2: Sunday Show, I played you that clip from Kirby Smart,

586
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Speaker 2: and Kirby Smart essentially just yelled in your face, I

587
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Speaker 2: recruit three hundred and sixty six days a year. If

588
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Speaker 2: they could let me, I do it three sixty six.

589
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 2: You've always got to be recruiting good players, beat good schemes.

590
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Speaker 2: Blah blah blah. Kirby Smart basically just kind of professed

591
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Speaker 2: what his philosophy on football is, which is always what

592
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Speaker 2: it should be. If you're at one of these jobs.

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Speaker 2: That is the lifeblood make no mistake about it. That

594
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Speaker 2: is the lifeblood. So with that being the backdrop, a

595
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,679
Speaker 2: lot of folks subsequently had already started to and then

596
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Speaker 2: after that sound they really started to talk about again

597
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Speaker 2: the difference between the way Kirby Smart approaches things at

598
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Speaker 2: the University of geor Jump and the way Dan Mullen

599
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Speaker 2: approaches things.

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Speaker 1: At the University of Florida.

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Speaker 2: There's the perception, and I think it's born out of

602
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Speaker 2: reality that Mullen does not prioritize or care about recruiting

603
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Speaker 2: nearly as much as guys like Nick Saban and Kirby Smart.

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Speaker 2: What aggravates Florida fans is they have the ability to

605
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Speaker 2: recruit at that level if they had the right guy

606
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Speaker 2: in the driver's seat. They don't at least to match

607
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Speaker 2: that kind of recruiting energy. So with that context, now

608
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Speaker 2: we're going to play you the clip of what happened

609
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Speaker 2: yesterday and then I'll react to it.

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Speaker 1: Coming back.

611
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Speaker 2: Topican recruiting has come up a lot the last couple

612
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Speaker 2: of days from a few angles.

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Speaker 1: Is it a different approachonated for.

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Speaker 2: Well, we're in the season right now, We'll do recruiting

615
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Speaker 2: after the season and when it gets this recruiting time

616
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Speaker 2: we can talk about recruiting.

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Speaker 1: Sounds good.

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Speaker 2: Next question, So Dan Mullen hates recruiting. I mean the

619
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Speaker 2: dude hates it. He does not like it. Dan Mullen

620
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Speaker 2: is an NFL coach who happens to be in college.

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Speaker 2: See the reason Mike Tomlin shot those LSU rumors down

622
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Speaker 2: so quickly the other day, and he had done so

623
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Speaker 2: behind the scenes long before that, trust me.

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Speaker 1: Is because he's not interested in recruiting.

625
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Speaker 2: Andy Staples had a good article on The Athletic Today

626
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Speaker 2: about why Chip Kelly, when given the option of Florida

627
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 2: or UCLA, chose UCLA. He don't want any part of

628
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 2: this recruiting deal down here, Matt Campbell, I do not

629
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Speaker 2: think you'll ever see him in the SEC. He doesn't

630
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Speaker 2: want any part of recruiting down here. And that's fine.

631
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Speaker 2: It's not for everyone. A lot of NFL guys would

632
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Speaker 2: not try their hand in college because they're not interested

633
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Speaker 2: in recruiting.

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Speaker 1: It's not for everybody. That's fine. Here's the difference.

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Speaker 2: None of those guys are coaching in the SEC. Dan

636
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Speaker 2: Mullen is, and Dan Mullen is not just coaching at

637
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Speaker 2: With all due respects, Missouri. Dan Mullen is coaching at

638
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 2: what should be a perennial powerhouse. You should be having

639
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 2: to take back up options because Florida came in and

640
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 2: took your top option. That's what recruiting at Florida should be.

641
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,679
Speaker 2: Instead it's the other way around. And I would suggest

642
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,439
Speaker 2: to you, we were talking about this in an editorial

643
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,720
Speaker 2: meeting the other I would suggest to you that recruiting

644
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,160
Speaker 2: down there hasn't even been as good as it appears

645
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 2: on the surface, because there have been classes now in

646
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Speaker 2: the transfer portal, most recently, where Florida's been willing to

647
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 2: roll the dice on guys that maybe high risk academic,

648
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,160
Speaker 2: casualties or health wise. There may be some red flags

649
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 2: on them that you don't know about, and they're still

650
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,120
Speaker 2: rated high and Florida's gotten them. They haven't panned out,

651
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 2: but they got credit for him in the recruiting rankings

652
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Speaker 2: and whatnot. Florida hasn't even been as good as they've appeared,

653
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Speaker 2: and they haven't appeared to be elite at any time,

654
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Speaker 2: and so that's where they are right now now. A

655
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Speaker 2: lot of folks took that quote and they ran with it,

656
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 2: and true enough, some people miscontextualized it. So here's the problem.

657
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 2: The problem was not in a Florida fan or me

658
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 2: just observing neutrally listening to Dan Mullen and the words

659
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,719
Speaker 2: that came out of his mouth. The problem with what

660
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 2: Mullen said yesterday was not that he said something and

661
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 2: he got miscontextualized. Look, you can even admit folks miscontextualized him.

662
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 2: The problem was if you took the miscontextualized version of

663
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 2: what Dan Mullen said, I e. I only recruit a

664
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 2: certain time of year. I don't really prioritize it like

665
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 2: Kirby Smart does. He can live his life. I'm gonna

666
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 2: live my life. If that were actually what came out

667
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 2: of his mouth, the results would match it.

668
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 1: That's the problem. The problem was not that someone mischaracterized

669
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: what he's said. The problem was the mischaracterized version matches

670
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: what reality is right now in the world of recruiting,

671
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: and that's on the field for Florida. And so what's

672
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: gonna happen, Like, what's gonna change, Because outside of a

673
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: severe staff overhaul, nothing's gonna change.

674
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 2: Dan Mullen is who he is. He's a really good

675
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 2: football coach. He is a really good cook who has

676
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 2: no interest in going and buying the ingredients. Now, if

677
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 2: you can get someone to go get you the ingredients

678
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 2: and bring him to you, then you can make a

679
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 2: world class meal. But therein lies the problem. Unless we

680
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 2: have severe staff overhaul after this season and he brings

681
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 2: in an all our team of recruiters, that's not really

682
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 2: gonna happen, is it. And they're not slowing down at

683
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 2: Alabama or Georgia. And here's the other thing. This is

684
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 2: what would concern me the most if I were a

685
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 2: Florida fan. Outside of the obvious, this may be the

686
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 2: best shot he ever has. Florida State's been down, Miami's

687
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 2: been down. Florida should be racking up in the state.

688
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,880
Speaker 1: And instead it's been Ohio State and Clemson and Alabama

689
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: coming down there.

690
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 2: And they basically looked around and said, Danny, you're gonna

691
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 2: do all what are you gonna do about all this talent?

692
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 2: Ok Okay, you're going fishing? Okay, well we'll take it.

693
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 2: We'll come down here and take it. Should never happen,

694
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 2: should never ever be happening down there. So Florida State

695
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 2: and Miami aren't going to be down forever like this

696
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 2: could have been the most wide open opportunity that Dan

697
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 2: Mullen ever had down there, And so you got the

698
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 2: fears of being realized. On my end, you've got even

699
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 2: when you miscontextualized thing, it matching reality. And then you've

700
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 2: also got the fact that, for all we know, this

701
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 2: has been his best shot. Like, is it gonna improve?

702
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 2: Is it going to get any better? What's going to change?

703
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 2: I see no reason to believe that anything's gonna change. However,

704
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 2: you're in kind of that nebulous area where if you

705
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 2: want action taken down there, I don't know if you're

706
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 2: going to root for your team to lose. I'm telling

707
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 2: you right now, the state of affairs is not so

708
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 2: severe that I think anything's going to change.

709
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 1: So if you're.

710
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 2: Pulling for the Florida Gators, just pull for the Florida Gators. If, however,

711
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 2: you do think that changes are necessary to save that program,

712
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 2: you're in a very weird spot. You're in the same

713
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 2: kind of spot that let's say Texas A and M

714
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 2: fans found themselves in in the latter portion of the

715
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 2: Kevin Sumlin era. Someone seemed to be floating in that

716
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 2: nether world for a long time. They were finally bad

717
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 2: enough where they fired him. I don't know that that's

718
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,479
Speaker 2: where we are with Dan Mullen. I don't know what

719
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 2: the resolution of this is going to be. Selfishly, I'm

720
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 2: rooting for him because selfishly, again in the best interest

721
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 2: of this show.

722
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: This show is its best.

723
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 2: When Florida is at its best. To be perfectly clear,

724
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 2: I have a bias here. It's pro Florida. I want

725
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 2: them to be winning. But if that's not going to

726
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 2: happen with Dan Mullin, then I want someone in there

727
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 2: that's going to maximize that program's potential. Okay, let's predict

728
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 2: when we got one game that is marquee enough to

729
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: predict on a Tuesday night. Now come Thursday, I got

730
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 2: several more games that we're going to get to.

731
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 1: So we're going to do this.

732
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 2: Give you best bets and we'll get out of here.

733
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 2: Auburn at Texas A and M A and M by

734
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 2: four and a half. That's what the Aggies are favored by,

735
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 2: about four four and a half depending on where you look.

736
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 2: It's the Saturday game. It's three point thirty eastern two

737
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 2: thirty local time there, it's on CBS. We will be

738
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 2: on the sidelines This is where the Late Kick Renaissance

739
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 2: Tour is taking us this week again, as I said Sunday,

740
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 2: to write a great injustice, a grave wrongdoing.

741
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 1: On our part. Earlier this year, where I was at Ou.

742
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 2: Texas, had credentials to go to Bama A and M.

743
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 2: And instead I flew home and I watched that field

744
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 2: get stormed at thirty eight thousand feet.

745
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: That was on me. Never again.

746
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 2: And so we are going to Kyle Field, and I

747
00:32:58,240 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 2: didn't know that we were going to get the opportunity.

748
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 2: We are going there. May even be there for midnight,

749
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 2: y'all Friday night. Obviously, I've never experienced that. I've been

750
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 2: to A and M before, but I've never experienced that.

751
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of people say the college football

752
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 1: season goes by so fast, Well, no it doesn't.

753
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 2: I want you to go ask Brian Harson or Jimbo

754
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 2: Fisher how fast the season has gone by.

755
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: I want you to think.

756
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 2: For those of you who think this season has flown by,

757
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 2: do you remember when Auburn got beat by Penn State

758
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 2: and then almost lost to Georgia State. Do you remember

759
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 2: when A and M got beat by Arkansas? Because it

760
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 2: feels like about two years ago. It feels like these

761
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 2: teams have already been playing for about two years.

762
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 1: So much has happened and we still got a month

763
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: to go. So much has happened.

764
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 2: But I want you to understand the reason we have

765
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 2: this game circled and prioritized number one cause according to

766
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 2: your precious playoff rankings, these are two top fifteen teams.

767
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 2: And I agree with that. The JP Pole agrees with that.

768
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 2: There are huge SEC implications on this. Both of these

769
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 2: teams are still alive. Auburn flat out controls their own destiny,

770
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 2: anm needs one thing to happen, but.

771
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: Both of these teams can still make it to Atlanta.

772
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 2: Now, this game may knock one of them out, but

773
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 2: that's why you need to tune in. Because Alabama, I mean,

774
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 2: we know about the Tide. They still got to go

775
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,959
Speaker 2: to Auburn at the end of the year, and they've

776
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 2: lost the last two times they've gone down there. And

777
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 2: I've been on hand both times, and I was there

778
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,880
Speaker 2: the time before where they won and Henry won the Heisman.

779
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 2: Even then it wasn't easy. It's never easy for him there,

780
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 2: So keep that in mind. I have reason to believe

781
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 2: that as great as Kyle field is as a home

782
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 2: field advantage. I think it will affect Auburn as little

783
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 2: as any team A and M plays at home this year.

784
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 2: Here's the reason they are so battle testing. Auburn is

785
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 2: so incredibly battle testing. They've already gone to Penn State,

786
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 2: They've already gone to LSU, and they've already gone to Arkansas.

787
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: I mean Kyle Field, Listen.

788
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 2: I think it's one of the three or four best

789
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 2: home field advantages in college football. I'm not on the

790
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,399
Speaker 2: four letter network side of things where I say you've

791
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 2: never had an impact on games.

792
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: I've been there.

793
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 2: I know exactly how tough it is. Now crazy it is.

794
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 2: You get so much motion sickness on the field. By

795
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 2: the way, when they start swaying side to side and

796
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 2: you look up, don't look up. That's what I would

797
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 2: advise you to do. If you're stand on the field,

798
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 2: you just need to pull this. When that swaying starts,

799
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 2: you just need to go like this, so as you

800
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 2: look up, you get motion sickness. It's crazy. Having said that,

801
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 2: I don't know that Auburn's going to be shook to

802
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,240
Speaker 2: the point where they get rattled just because of Kyle Field.

803
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean anything more than A and m's just

804
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: got to outplay Auburn, that's all that means.

805
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 2: But I'm just telling you if you expect Auburn to fold,

806
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 2: because that place is going to be really loud Saturday,

807
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 2: I think it's going to take a little bit more

808
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 2: than that. They've already dealt with two or three fastballs

809
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 2: of one hundred thousand plus, so this one, I don't

810
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 2: think we'll knock them off.

811
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 1: Quite to the degree that maybe it did against Alabama.

812
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 2: Even this game, though, I think, will end up feeling

813
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 2: a lot like you thought Michigan Michigan State would. A

814
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 2: lot of you, including me, thought that was going to

815
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,400
Speaker 2: be a game played in the upper teens, low twenties,

816
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 2: not degree but twoints. And then you know, whoever got

817
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 2: to twenty four to twenty five to twenty six, whoever

818
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 2: got in that realm first, that was going to be

819
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 2: the winner. We ended up with thirty seven thirty three.

820
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 2: This game right here, I think is a low to

821
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 2: mid twenties game, and so with A and M, I

822
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,440
Speaker 2: think it's two totally different games depending on how this starts,

823
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,760
Speaker 2: if they if the Aggies can get this thing settled

824
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 2: into a groove and we start feeling like we're on

825
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 2: pace for a first to twenty four type game.

826
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: That spells a lot of opportunity for Texas A and M.

827
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 2: I think Texas A and M, especially at tight end,

828
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 2: will be featured prominently with Wiedermeyer wider Meyer.

829
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: I always mispronounced Jalen's name, so so j Dubb.

830
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 2: I think he will be featured very prominently tight ends.

831
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,359
Speaker 2: Given Auburn defensively an issue with time or ten as

832
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 2: of late.

833
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: Not to mention he's a big facet other.

834
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 2: Offense anyway, but that and if they settle in, they

835
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 2: start getting that run game going early on and they're

836
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 2: you know, clipping off a minimum of let's say four

837
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 2: point seventy five to five yards per carry, that's gonna

838
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 2: spell a lot of success for A and M. However,

839
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 2: if it gets really loose early, which Auburn has the

840
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,439
Speaker 2: ability to do, and bo Nick's a scape the pocket

841
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 2: a couple of times and they pop A and M

842
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 2: early and they got let's say, a ten to nothing

843
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 2: lead before you've even settled in. If they do to

844
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 2: the agues what Michigan did to Michigan State last week,

845
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 2: then all of a sudden you're looking at a game

846
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 2: that could quickly turn into a different style fight than

847
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 2: A and M really wants, And all of a sudden,

848
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 2: you're talking about a game that could get into the thirties,

849
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 2: which I don't expect, nor do you expect. But then again,

850
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,320
Speaker 2: what did we expect last week versus what we got?

851
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 2: So bow Knicks for several reasons, I think ends up

852
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 2: being the key facet here. The Auburn ground game is

853
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 2: how they plan on winning. That's how they plan on

854
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 2: being there in the fourth quarter. But you know, good

855
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 2: and well, if you watched Auburn last week and you've

856
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 2: watched them as of late Bo Nicks, his passing numbers

857
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 2: are through the roof relative to what they were his

858
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: yards per pass last two games double digits versus what

859
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 2: they were early in the year.

860
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: They were abysmal. But you need some more context on that.

861
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 2: If you've watched Auburn, you know this is not a

862
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 2: traditional three to five seven step drop and let's go

863
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 2: through our route progression and boom, fifteen yard out, twenty

864
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 2: yards slant over in the middle.

865
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 1: That's not what's happening.

866
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 2: What's happening is they're winning the best way they know

867
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 2: how right now, and that is changing the launch point,

868
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 2: or they're moving the pocket, or plays are breaking down,

869
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,280
Speaker 2: And that's where Auburn's receivers are the best.

870
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: They're not necessarily all world.

871
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,359
Speaker 2: In fact, it's a subpar receiver room when it comes

872
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 2: to how you draw a playoff on a grease board.

873
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 2: They're just not overly special athletically. But when plays break down,

874
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 2: there is no receiver room in America more adept at

875
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 2: making things happen when that pocket changes and moves and

876
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 2: when plays break down than Auburn. And that's what A

877
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 2: and M's working on all week. It's a lot easier

878
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 2: said than done, just the whole keep bow in the

879
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 2: pocket thing. But that those popcorn droppers a phrase that

880
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:45,839
Speaker 2: we coined last week. Those, along with a healthy dose

881
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 2: of this Auburn ground game, which bo Nix will also

882
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:48,839
Speaker 2: participate in.

883
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 1: That'll be the key. The biggest roadblock.

884
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 2: That I have in figuring this thing out, and I'm

885
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 2: about to show you what the model things. The biggest roadblock

886
00:38:55,560 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 2: I have is interpreting last week against ole miss our

887
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 2: buddies over at College Football Nerds. They did a really

888
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 2: good job pointing this out both in a video and

889
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 2: on Twitter, and.

890
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: We telegraphed this. It's why we picked Auburn last week.

891
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 2: The dynamics that were in play, how badly Ole Miss

892
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 2: was beat up coming in and how rested Auburn was

893
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 2: and they had the home field advantage. It was a

894
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: purely dynamics based pick last week, and that's why we

895
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 2: took Auburn as our best bet. But even within the game,

896
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 2: Ole Miss got beat up to the point where I mean,

897
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 2: they were beat to death at the end of that game,

898
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 2: and they were without so many of their key playmakers.

899
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 2: Now that doesn't mean anything more than Auburn won a

900
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 2: football game. And that's just the best way the cookie

901
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 2: crumbs for you. How much are we now basing our

902
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 2: opinion of Auburn off a game that had a lot

903
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 2: of dynamics based outcome to it, in my opinion? And

904
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,919
Speaker 2: do you have maybe a falser sense of confidence than

905
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 2: you should about Auburn going into A and M. Because

906
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 2: if I were to be the devil on one shoulder

907
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 2: saying that the angel could show up on the other

908
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 2: side and say, okay, but Auburn's playing their best football

909
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 2: right now, would you agree?

910
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: And everyone would have to.

911
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 2: Shake their head, yeah, And then I'd say and Zach

912
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,360
Speaker 2: Calzada and that A and M offense. They are not

913
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 2: built to pull away. Even though A and M does

914
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 2: have an athletic advantage over Auburn, and it's not really

915
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 2: even disputable amongst Auburn fans, I don't know that A

916
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,439
Speaker 2: and M's built to fully take advantage of that right now.

917
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 2: They've not been lighting teams up through there. They've run

918
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 2: the ball okay, but Auburn can get a decent amount

919
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 2: of pushback against the run, especially if they sell out

920
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 2: to it on certain downs.

921
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 1: And if they can. Now we can go to what

922
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 1: the model thinks. Jesse. By the way, if we want

923
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: to the line on this thing being four, our model

924
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 1: agrees with it completely.

925
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,720
Speaker 2: We are right on. We're at four four and a half.

926
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 2: We're right in line with what Vegas thinks. Initially, I

927
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 2: thought this was going to be a slam dump, that

928
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 2: I was gonna end up taking Texas A and M

929
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 2: and I.

930
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: Was gonna lay the points.

931
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 2: But the more I thought about it, the more I

932
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 2: thought this is a one possession either way kind of deal.

933
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: I don't like A and M's ability to just pull

934
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,759
Speaker 1: away and just flex athletically on Auburn, and I think

935
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 1: that Auburn team that's a really.

936
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,479
Speaker 2: Tough snake to cut the head off of right now.

937
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 2: So I think it's gonna be a battle either way.

938
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 2: I ended up going the other way. I ended up

939
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 2: going Auburn plus the points. If anything, I would ever

940
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 2: so slightly lean A and M to win the game.

941
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 2: And I don't want to gloss over the result here

942
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 2: in lieu of just the point spread, because the result

943
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 2: is everything. I would very slightly lean Texas A and M.

944
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 2: Because I think the athletic test on the road instead

945
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 2: of a beat up team at home, I think that

946
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 2: does mean a little bit here.

947
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:30,479
Speaker 1: But boy, I think it's close.

948
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be a really good, really hard fought,

949
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 2: competitive game. Would not be surprised either way. I'll take

950
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 2: A and M to win slightly. Anything over a field goal,

951
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 2: I would take Auburn and the points. It's not an

952
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 2: official play.

953
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 1: We are not betting on that, all right.

954
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 2: Let's wrap it up with our Romannuddle Express picks best bet.

955
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,720
Speaker 1: I told you we are going heavy volume this week.

956
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 2: I am not gonna sit there again Saturday night and

957
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 2: look at the model and say wow, the model actually

958
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 2: killed it today. We just took the wrong games. We're

959
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 2: gonna take all of them, that's what we're gonna do.

960
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 2: So Eastern Michigan plus nine we're already on. I think

961
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 2: that game's underway right now. So we gave you that

962
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 2: one Sunday night. Here we go Central Michigan tomorrow night.

963
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 2: We've already handed most of these out. Central Michigan minus

964
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 2: nine and a half, Kansas State minus twenty three and

965
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:13,359
Speaker 2: a half.

966
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 1: They're at Kansas. That one's on a Saturday.

967
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 2: Southern col plus eight and a half they're at Arizona State.

968
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 2: Georgia Tech. We are adding Georgia Tech plus ten and

969
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:26,359
Speaker 2: a half at Miami. Miami's red hot yep, but they're

970
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 2: also double doo down, so we like some things to

971
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 2: maybe be a little bit wobbly from Miami Saturday, enough

972
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 2: for them to probably win the game, but for the

973
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 2: Jackets to get inside the margin. So we're taking Georgia

974
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 2: Tech plus ten and a half. The other game we're

975
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 2: adding is East Carolina minus fifteen and a half at

976
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 2: home versus Temple. We have this one as a blowout.

977
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 2: East Carolina was good to us last week. We're riding

978
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 2: them again, ECU and minus fifteen and a half, Georgia

979
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 2: Tech plus ten and a half, USC plus eight and

980
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:53,959
Speaker 2: a half, Kansas State minus twenty three and a half,

981
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 2: Central Michigan minus nine and a half, and we're on

982
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,439
Speaker 2: Eastern Michigan right now plus nine. Look, I didn't start

983
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 2: to show early tonight because I was a little bit jaded.

984
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 2: The other night Braves hit a grand slam in the

985
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:05,799
Speaker 2: first inning, still couldn't.

986
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: Get the job done.

987
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,439
Speaker 2: So having said that, I am about to go root

988
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 2: like a schoolgirl for the Atlanta Braves to win the

989
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 2: world series tonight, I thank you so much for watching.

990
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,919
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991
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,480
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992
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,279
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993
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,200
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994
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,600
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995
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,560
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996
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 2: For director Colin and Jesse Connecticut, I'm Josh Pate. Have

997
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,359
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998
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