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<v Speaker 2>Come that for me. I'm a man, I'm forty.

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard so many players say, well, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to be happy? For day at the State?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that?

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<v Speaker 3>Whoo whoom?

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<v Speaker 1>And now down and tie. Welcome back to the solid

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<v Speaker 1>Burbo boys and girls. My name is Ty Hildebrand, joining

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<v Speaker 1>me as always back over there in New York City,

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<v Speaker 1>the NYC. We are back. His name is Dan Rubinstein, Sir, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you? Is it just me tie?

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<v Speaker 2>Or is Fargo calling us back?

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<v Speaker 1>It kind of feels like a siren call, haunting us

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<v Speaker 1>at night to come back to the Upper Plains to

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<v Speaker 1>watch North Dakota State place South Dakota State. I believe

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<v Speaker 1>this week.

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<v Speaker 2>You know the people that sort of go door to

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<v Speaker 2>door asking I'm not even speaking about one particular religion.

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<v Speaker 2>There's lots of all, you know, people who are trying

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<v Speaker 2>to sell a religion, and they always go with like,

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<v Speaker 2>do you feel like something's missing from your life? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you looking to fill the emptiness that you feel?

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<v Speaker 2>The void?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>I since I've been back in New York, I'm feeling

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<v Speaker 2>that Fargo siren call.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me ask you a question. How many people have

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<v Speaker 1>you told that you went to Fargo? Just like in

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<v Speaker 1>your view, A handful in your like immediate circle handful.

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<v Speaker 2>Spoke to Mamma Rubinstein today. She asked how Fargo went.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of people saw that, Like we tweeted out

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<v Speaker 2>the travelog video. Great job in an episode, great thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>It came out really, really nicely. I was happy with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me let me ask you a question. Here's where

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going with this. How many people responded with why

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<v Speaker 1>do you go to Fargo?

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<v Speaker 2>Many?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, mind's at about eighty five percent.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say my mom is at the point with me

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<v Speaker 2>where she said, well, she doesn't try to understand some

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<v Speaker 2>of the things I do. She's like, okay, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>support it great, and she really didn't push. So I

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<v Speaker 2>explained it and she was happy to know that footage

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<v Speaker 2>of me curling made it into the broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>This is true, This is true.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that was everything that mattered.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, we are back. We hope that you've had a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to view the Travelog video and listen to the

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<v Speaker 1>Travelog audio that we posted. The podcast is out there

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<v Speaker 1>as of Sunday evening. The video is out there not

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<v Speaker 1>only on our Twitter account but also on the Sports

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<v Speaker 1>Illustrated Twitter accounts. You can go out there and see

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<v Speaker 1>like a two minute condensed video version of what we

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<v Speaker 1>experienced out there in Fargo, North Dakota a lot warmer

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<v Speaker 1>here on the East Coast, but certainly a great experience

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<v Speaker 1>to be out there at North Dakota State. We wish

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<v Speaker 1>that it wasn't against Colgate, which is the only bittersweet

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<v Speaker 1>part of this, but nonetheless a really cool experience to

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<v Speaker 1>witness what goes on at North Dakota State, see the

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<v Speaker 1>dynasty that has been built, and see the fan support

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<v Speaker 1>that was all really exciting, really cool, and we hope

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<v Speaker 1>that you can relive the experience with us by listening

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<v Speaker 1>and watching along. And to those who have asked, we

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed our burgers from Pounds, Yes, and we enjoyed coffee

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<v Speaker 1>in a pastry from young Blood sort of downtown. That

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<v Speaker 1>was great before the game. And in Minneapolis we had

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<v Speaker 1>a great meal at I think it's Grand Catch, Grand Catch, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Catch.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we had a superb meet up with a few

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<v Speaker 2>dozen for ballers came out last second, which was really

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<v Speaker 2>cool to see. Met some luminaries. Will ogin In is

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<v Speaker 2>how it's pronounced, I believe, will ad Minnesota, Yes, and

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<v Speaker 2>Dan klobashar so among many many new luminaries among the verballerhood.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was incredibly cool to just have a beer

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<v Speaker 2>and chat. We promised that whether it's you know, on

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<v Speaker 2>the West coast, somewhere in Texas and the southeast wherever

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<v Speaker 2>we jointly go, we will try to do this because

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<v Speaker 2>it was a damn good time.

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<v Speaker 1>There has been immediate feedback to the video to the

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<v Speaker 1>audio that you and I should pick one game every

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<v Speaker 1>year I'm in and maybe do something similar. So we

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<v Speaker 1>could talk about that. Dan we'll have our people talk

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<v Speaker 1>to each other too. We can work out.

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<v Speaker 2>We're coming for you Cheney, Washington, Nnesaw, Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, Well, on that note, welcome back to the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Good to be back in our normal digs here. I'm Tie,

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<v Speaker 1>He's Dan. Don't forget to hit us up at soliverbal

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<v Speaker 1>folks also asked us on social media, today, when are

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<v Speaker 1>you gonna start going through games? Today is your lucky day. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're going to actually start going through games. So

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<v Speaker 1>hold your horses before we get there, though, Dan, we

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<v Speaker 1>do have some r boo boop? Did you have t

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<v Speaker 1>boo at coffee? Actually? We oh, it's a dehydrant, mysterious

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<v Speaker 1>vacation day for the mysterious day job. But right, straight black,

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<v Speaker 1>milk and shugar. I went and I went straight black

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<v Speaker 1>today because I was extremely tired. I was texting you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I'm twenty minutes out. I'm gonna be able

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<v Speaker 1>to do normal recording time, but it needed shot of life.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Let's get into some news because the coaching

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<v Speaker 2>carousel keeps us spinnin. And maybe we should start here

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<v Speaker 2>since we opened with Fargo. Yeah, talk Chris Cleman, the

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<v Speaker 2>North Dakota State coach. We talked about it a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit while we were in the upper planes. He was

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<v Speaker 2>rumored to be a candidate for Kansas State and now

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<v Speaker 2>he is officially replacing Bill Snyder, the long tenured twice

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<v Speaker 2>tenured Kansas State coach and the little apple in Manhattan,

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas taking over Kansas State. And it's hard for me

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<v Speaker 2>to get a full read because the people that are

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<v Speaker 2>most vocal are not necessarily the capital t capital p

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<v Speaker 2>the people. And it seems to me like a really

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<v Speaker 2>good hire, yeah for Kansas State. And I know there

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<v Speaker 2>was some pushback, some louder pushback from some people online

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<v Speaker 2>about like what are his recruiting ties to Kansas? Bill

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<v Speaker 2>Snyder put together pretty bad classes at Kansas State. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't win at Kansas State with stellar recruiting. That's just

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<v Speaker 2>if you're looking to win that way, it's never gonna work.

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<v Speaker 2>He sixty six and seven, sixty six and sixty seven and.

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<v Speaker 1>Six, seven and six. Yeah, and he's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the coach this week in the FCS semifinals against South

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<v Speaker 1>fried State. Yeah, and presumably in Frisco. I'm guessing they'll

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<v Speaker 1>make it that far, but you never know. SDSU plays

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<v Speaker 1>them tight. But yeah, I mean, this is a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who's got a sterling record at North Dakota State. He's

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<v Speaker 1>clearly built a dynasty there. My question to you is,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've seen the same stuff like, well what about

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<v Speaker 1>his recruiting? Guess what you're talking to K State here.

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<v Speaker 1>No disrespect to case State, but I mean, you can

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<v Speaker 1>get you can get the singularly the best coach at

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<v Speaker 1>the FCS level. Does it really matter what his recruiting

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<v Speaker 1>ties are? Like that to me is a catch if

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<v Speaker 1>you can haul that guy in. Clearly there was a

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<v Speaker 1>familiarity there. The ad at k State was the one

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<v Speaker 1>who promoted Cleman initially when he took over at North

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<v Speaker 1>Dakota State. He invited him to come to Manhattan, Kansas

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<v Speaker 1>to be the head football coach. The video of the

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<v Speaker 1>phone call was actually posted on social media by Case State,

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<v Speaker 1>which was really cool, and so we wish him well.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's a great hire too. Maybe there's something

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<v Speaker 1>I'm missing because I'm not an expert and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know the ins and outs of this, but it seems

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<v Speaker 1>to me like if you're Case State and you get

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<v Speaker 1>a guy of this magnitude who has proven that he

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<v Speaker 1>can build his team up regardless of the level, that's significant.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and Jim Trussel similar not identical situation going from

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<v Speaker 2>Youngstown State to Ohio State. I think the most important

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<v Speaker 2>thing is going to be culture and infrastructure of a

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<v Speaker 2>winning program, and Chris Climon brings that. And I am

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<v Speaker 2>excited to see what Kansas State looks like because once

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<v Speaker 2>again the recruiting thing, he will hire assistance familiar with

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<v Speaker 2>Texas and junior colleges in Kansas. I am not at

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<v Speaker 2>all worried about that. Bill Snyder's last six seven eight

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<v Speaker 2>classes never finished higher than eighth in the ten team

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<v Speaker 2>Big Twelve, and the final year in which there were

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<v Speaker 2>twelve teams in the Big Twelve, Kansas State finished twelve yep.

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<v Speaker 2>So there you go. That's not going to be the

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<v Speaker 2>lifeblood of a successful program in the state of Kansas

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<v Speaker 2>in the way it is elsewhere in the conference.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing that I'll add here in closing on this,

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<v Speaker 1>Hire Climban's teams were good on both offense defense. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>they produced high level NFL draft picks in the form

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<v Speaker 1>of one Carson Wentz, who everybody knows. At this point,

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<v Speaker 1>they were the number one scoring offense in all of

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<v Speaker 1>FCS this year, and to go along with that, they

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<v Speaker 1>had the number three scoring defense. So they were very

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<v Speaker 1>balanced on both sides of the ball. We saw it

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<v Speaker 1>up close and personal. They were done. They were dominant

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<v Speaker 1>against against the best, the so called best defense in FCS.

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<v Speaker 1>They were totally dominant in all phases of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>So Chris Climban going to be your new head football

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<v Speaker 1>coach at k State. The other one here that is reported,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess at this point, I don't know if it's official,

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<v Speaker 1>but Manny Diaz.

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<v Speaker 2>The yeah as of today.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the former Miami defensive coordinator who's bounced around and

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<v Speaker 1>has been a mind that many of us have been

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<v Speaker 1>quite interested in as a defensive savant. If you will

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<v Speaker 1>he's headed the Temple. It's going to take over for

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<v Speaker 1>the Owls, the new cradle of coaches. Yeah, that's right

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<v Speaker 1>of Owls. So you have Al Golden and Steve Adazio

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<v Speaker 1>and now Jeff Collins making his way to Atlanta and

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<v Speaker 1>Georgia Tech. That's official. And so now Many Diez, who

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<v Speaker 1>has been at major programs Texas, Mississippi State, NC State,

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<v Speaker 1>and most recently Miami, makes the move up. I called

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<v Speaker 1>it the reverse Golden because that's what it is, the

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<v Speaker 1>reverse Al Golden going from Miami to Temple. And I

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<v Speaker 1>also saw Don Brown, the Michigan defensive coordinator, was a

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<v Speaker 1>name that was there was a lot of interest in him.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess he interviewed for the job with the Owls.

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<v Speaker 1>But Many Diaz, a younger coach with I think a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people thinking that he can do some pretty

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<v Speaker 1>big things. He's pretty well regarded. So I like the

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<v Speaker 1>hire for Temple. It's an ideal place secretly to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be a I guess group of five program, playing in

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<v Speaker 2>a big group of five conference and having that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of proximity to the sort of in between the teetering

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<v Speaker 2>talent between group of five and power five with a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of talent in the New Jersey area, so very

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<v Speaker 2>cool to see Diaz taking over.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you said, young guy only forty four's bounced around,

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<v Speaker 1>had some good experience with major college programs, has not

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<v Speaker 1>been a head coach yet, so we'll see what he

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<v Speaker 1>can do. Only a prominent defensive coordinator until now, many

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<v Speaker 1>Diaz official to Temple elsewhere in the coaching realm, at

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<v Speaker 1>least among some other head coaching positions. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if we talked about Hugh Freeze to Liberty, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a little weird.

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<v Speaker 2>Only Jesus can handle is junk. That's a quote.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've also got app State, which is in the

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<v Speaker 1>market for a new coach after Scott Saderfield left to

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<v Speaker 1>go to Louisville, reportedly considering both Ruff and McNeil and

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Gaddis.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw Nate Woodie his name May Woody Well, who

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<v Speaker 2>was the old app State defensive coordinator and hired by

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<v Speaker 2>Georgia Tech, who we presume is now on the open

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<v Speaker 2>market with Paul Johnson retiring.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the way of positional coaches, we have Dan

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<v Speaker 1>enos the quarterback coach, the assistant head coach at Alabama.

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<v Speaker 1>He was promoted to the new offensive coordinator spot because

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Loxi left to take the Maryland job. You might

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<v Speaker 1>remember that Dan Enos name. He did coach Central Michigan

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<v Speaker 1>for five years after a rocky start, ended up being

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<v Speaker 1>about a five hundred coach between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>You will now bout out Daniel Fever.

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel Fever, it'll now be his show down there with

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<v Speaker 1>TUA and all of the offensive weaponry that Nick Saban

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<v Speaker 1>returns in twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's bringing along nobody. No. I was going to say,

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<v Speaker 2>because we mentioned Mike Loxley leaving Alabama, he is bringing

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<v Speaker 2>along Butch Jones to Maryland. Butch Jones was an analyst

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<v Speaker 2>for Alabama this year on offense, and we'll be taking

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<v Speaker 2>over tight ends and I believe we'll be an associate

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<v Speaker 2>head coach for the Terps. And that's in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>big deal stuff. Josh Gattis is actually an interesting name.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned that with app State. Certainly the Penn State

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<v Speaker 2>receivers took a step back this year without him in

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<v Speaker 2>State College. That I think a really good job for

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<v Speaker 2>Alabama as the COOC this year. We'll see what happens

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<v Speaker 2>with his position moving forward?

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<v Speaker 1>All right? And then the only other thing that I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to bring up here, I'm looking at an article

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<v Speaker 1>from a dear friend, Nicole auerback Yes, headlined with quote,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't need to wait another six years colon college

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<v Speaker 1>football leaders ready to discuss eight team playoff, dan Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw that you tweeted this out while I was away.

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<v Speaker 1>As you might imagine, it conjured up a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>emotion in the Twitter sphere, I'm sure all around college football.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you give us the gist of this article?

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<v Speaker 2>The gist is that some people who had previously been

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<v Speaker 2>associated with the playoff committee, like Barry Alvarez, for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>have spoken to each other at length about the possibility

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<v Speaker 2>of an eighteen playoff. This is nothing that is at

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<v Speaker 2>least publicly on the table with current committee members. But

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<v Speaker 2>there are some former people on this committee that have

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<v Speaker 2>come around as soon as it doesn't matter what they think,

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<v Speaker 2>right right, They've come.

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<v Speaker 1>Around the way it works, right right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you know, it's that congressman who is you know,

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<v Speaker 2>super against pot then gets out of the business. This

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<v Speaker 2>is John Bayner. Is they actually be a real congressman? Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that is correct. I think it was John Bayner, who

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<v Speaker 2>like against Pott and then all of a sudden is like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I run a pot farm.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm buying stock. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, this is getting a little bit far afield. This

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<v Speaker 2>is all to say, it would have been cool to

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<v Speaker 2>have this discussion happened while you were in power. This

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<v Speaker 2>is them surmising that they shouldn't have to wait another

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<v Speaker 2>six years for the contract to be up to renegotiate

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<v Speaker 2>how many teams and redo to the competitive nature of

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<v Speaker 2>the playoff going from four to eight or four to

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<v Speaker 2>six eight whatever, and UCF and how they were treated

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<v Speaker 2>in the way that they believe the SEC. This is

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<v Speaker 2>them saying it not tire myself that the SEC has

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<v Speaker 2>given preferential treatment and given the benefit of the doubt

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit too often, with how LSU didn't move

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<v Speaker 2>down at all, and how Washington State and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Penn State and all these teams really didn't have the

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<v Speaker 2>ability to move up, and that perhaps the SEC has

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<v Speaker 2>too strong a stranglehold because of what they perceive to

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<v Speaker 2>be an inflated reputation. Okay, now, Georgia being in the

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<v Speaker 2>consideration at number five ahead of Ohio State who won

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<v Speaker 2>with only one loss, their conference and last year with

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<v Speaker 2>two SEC teams getting in. And I can understand the

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<v Speaker 2>frustration from people affiliated with conferences that haven't made it in.

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<v Speaker 2>I do, and it's it's to me the eternal question

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<v Speaker 2>of is this a TV show? Is this trying to

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<v Speaker 2>be an actual competitive thing? Are we trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>all the conferences represented because they all in some form

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<v Speaker 2>pay into this system? What? What are we? What are

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<v Speaker 2>we trying to do? Here? The Taylor twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>I need to play this again.

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<v Speaker 2>We haven't got Oh my god, sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>This was inevitable, This this conversation. Maybe oh yeah, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it's that breaking news, but it's right here in the

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<v Speaker 1>art goal. The quote from Barry Alvarez, who was on

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<v Speaker 1>the College Football Playoffs selection committee for three seasons, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess quote.

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<v Speaker 2>To be your interim coach at any time he's able.

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<v Speaker 1>Barry Helperez is on the table. Quote. Everyone has the

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<v Speaker 1>same feeling. Expansion is inevitable, no matter how many times

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<v Speaker 1>we have this conversation.

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<v Speaker 3>About should it be six or should it before? Should

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<v Speaker 3>it be eight, should it be thirty two? No matter

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<v Speaker 3>how many times we have this discussion. Here here is

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<v Speaker 3>the cruel reality we have for now. If you double it.

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<v Speaker 3>There is more money to be made. There's more money

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<v Speaker 3>to be made. The contracts, the TV contracts will grow.

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<v Speaker 3>Interest in the playoff system will grow because more teams

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<v Speaker 3>will be included. For sure, there might be a bit

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<v Speaker 3>of sacrificing the sanctity, if you.

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<v Speaker 1>Will, of the regular season. But the truth of the

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<v Speaker 1>matter is they're leaving money on the table and this

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<v Speaker 1>is inevitable. It's inevitable it's going to happen. Not a

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<v Speaker 1>question of if, merely a question of when for my money, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and how agreed for my money. It's all about let's

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<v Speaker 1>just get this thing done. What is inevitable should just

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<v Speaker 1>be implemented. Now. They implemented this playoff in a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks, it felt when they finally decided to move

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<v Speaker 1>to it. Let's just rip off the band aid, get

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<v Speaker 1>this thing planned out, put the wheels in motion here

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<v Speaker 1>and start it up like after next season. Why the

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<v Speaker 1>hell not?

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<v Speaker 2>So you're you're approaching it in a very third party

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<v Speaker 2>ish kind of way, just saying I think it will happen.

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<v Speaker 2>It makes sense. This is a sport that is constantly,

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<v Speaker 2>like the universe, in perpetual expansion.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, I'm a realist when it comes to this topic,

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<v Speaker 1>it is going to happen. Whether you like it, whether

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<v Speaker 1>I like it, whether we hate it, it is going

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. So the sooner it happens, the sooner we

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<v Speaker 1>can start working out the kinks.

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<v Speaker 2>My question isn't will it. My question is what do

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<v Speaker 2>you want?

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<v Speaker 1>Ty?

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<v Speaker 2>I know it doesn't matter or what you want, but

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<v Speaker 2>what is your ideal you have? I mean, you're a

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<v Speaker 2>prominent voice in the digital college universe.

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<v Speaker 1>When you put it like that.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you want? I what do you is? For

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<v Speaker 2>competitive reasons, for entertainment reasons, and wherever that blends together.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you want?

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<v Speaker 1>I've always been a proponent of the Dan Wetzel plan,

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<v Speaker 1>which is Game sixteen, some automatic bids in there, some

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<v Speaker 1>games that are played at home fields of teams that qualify.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm missing the details. I apologize to Dan, who's been

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<v Speaker 1>on this program a bunch of times. Yeah, but I've

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<v Speaker 1>always his plan to me, always felt like among all

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<v Speaker 1>the other plans that were floated out there, at least

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<v Speaker 1>his was the most well thought out, and it seemed

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<v Speaker 1>to be the most inclusive to capture not only wild

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<v Speaker 1>card teams but also conference champions and some of some

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<v Speaker 1>of the group of five schools that have frankly been

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<v Speaker 1>left out of the current model. That to me feels

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<v Speaker 1>like the best thought out plan available, and I've always

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<v Speaker 1>been a proponent of that. That being said, I think

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<v Speaker 1>four has worked out pretty well so far, especially you're

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<v Speaker 1>like this, it's worked out quite well. I think eight

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<v Speaker 1>is the next logical jump. We might not be ready

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<v Speaker 1>for sixteen at this point. It might require too much,

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<v Speaker 1>too much of a logistical shift from where we're at

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<v Speaker 1>to get there. I think eventually we will get there,

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<v Speaker 1>But for now, the move to eight, I'm totally on

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<v Speaker 1>board with it. Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the question that's not being asked enough is

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<v Speaker 2>do we want the playoff to be a playoff or

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<v Speaker 2>do we want it to be solely an invitational to

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<v Speaker 2>find a national champion? And that might sound like those

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<v Speaker 2>are very similar ideas, But is it a matter of

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<v Speaker 2>do we want this to become a month long thing,

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<v Speaker 2>a three week long thing, a two week long thing,

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<v Speaker 2>or do we want it to be just an extended

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<v Speaker 2>national championship just that like final four situation. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>the NCAA tournament is a thing. The final four in

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<v Speaker 2>the national championship game is a different thing. It's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a smaller part of that universe. And as soon

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<v Speaker 2>as you go beyond four, it's not a national championship thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a thing thing. And I'm okay with that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's fine by me. I just want it to be

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<v Speaker 2>organized in such a way where if we are comparing teams,

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<v Speaker 2>that we have similar data points. And that's what I

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<v Speaker 2>tweeted out earlier today. I was like, going to eight

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<v Speaker 2>is fine. Like I am never going to complain about

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<v Speaker 2>more football. I'm not making any money, you know, relative

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<v Speaker 2>to what these conferences are making from TV companies. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not making any more or less money based on what

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<v Speaker 2>they do. We'll do another show about it, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much how it'll affect my life other than watching

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<v Speaker 2>more football. But we would probably if we want to

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<v Speaker 2>get it right, and as the playoff becomes a Capital

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<v Speaker 2>P playoff instead of a national championship grouping, then we

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<v Speaker 2>have to discuss how do we make sure this national

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<v Speaker 2>sport is if it's every conference, every Power five conference

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<v Speaker 2>setting its champion to this playoff, plus whatever two at

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<v Speaker 2>large and a group of five, which is the popular

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<v Speaker 2>way to get to eight right now? It is How

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<v Speaker 2>are we scheduling things? Is it eight game conference season?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it nine game conference season? Are we doing pods?

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<v Speaker 2>Like Bill Connolly has pretty intelligently laid out, what are

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<v Speaker 2>we doing to get to the final point? Are we

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<v Speaker 2>getting rid of divisions and conferences and just playing the

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<v Speaker 2>best two teams so we can you know, not leave

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<v Speaker 2>out you know, Alabama from last season, who was clearly

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<v Speaker 2>one of the best two teams even with the Auburn

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<v Speaker 2>loss in the SEC. How are we getting two conference champions?

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<v Speaker 2>That's too conference champions? And so what are non conference

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<v Speaker 2>schedules like? If we don't want it to be this

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<v Speaker 2>national I'm okay with actually going back to the old

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<v Speaker 2>PREBCS system. I'm just go back to chaos, embrace the chaos.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, have your pack twelve and big ten teams

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<v Speaker 2>in the rows.

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<v Speaker 1>See, I'm not I'm not fine with that. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>fine with that because what if.

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<v Speaker 2>A national championship isn't the point of college football?

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<v Speaker 1>Tie? Well, then what is the point of college football?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you just win your games? Win your games?

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<v Speaker 1>What's the if you wint up playing? If you're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to win anything, you win the games. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you can't win a title or something at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of it, why play at all. They're all just exhibition

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<v Speaker 1>games in that sense.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not exhibition games. We embrace the fact that it's

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<v Speaker 2>a weird sports that doesn't make sense. It doesn't make

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<v Speaker 2>sense that UCF can win twenty five straight games and

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<v Speaker 2>not play for anything with appreciable stakes like other teams,

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<v Speaker 2>even though that they can schedule, you know, all of

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<v Speaker 2>the Power five teams they want for September, doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 1>I do. I admire the willingness to just sort of

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<v Speaker 1>go hard in the other direction, right, Yeah, I'm doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>The sport is kind of oddly shaped. There's not a

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot of symmetry, at least in terms of scheduling,

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<v Speaker 1>at a minimum in terms of scheduling. And so maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we'll never get to this point, but where we can

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<v Speaker 1>crown a true quote unquote true national champion. That feels

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<v Speaker 1>fair to everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the regular season is the most meaningful thing,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't we put everything squarely.

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<v Speaker 1>There right in? Let us know, you think we're at

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<v Speaker 1>Soliverble and Gmail. You're telling me to write in that

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<v Speaker 1>you you could deal with me, and you know the

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<v Speaker 1>email dress. You know my email address. I am serious, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>my serious email address.

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<v Speaker 2>I am good with an eight teamer with normalized I'm

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<v Speaker 2>good with a six teamer with normalized infrastructure, which means

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<v Speaker 2>a full on governing body, because this is not the playoff,

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<v Speaker 2>is not an NCAA event. That is nc DOUBLEA regulates

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<v Speaker 2>eligibility and some rules, but it's not overseeing the competitive

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<v Speaker 1>I want to hear what people have to say. I

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<v Speaker 1>know this is kind of a charge topic. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>going to fight you to the death on your opinion

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<v Speaker 1>on this matter. I've always been in favor of settling

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<v Speaker 1>it on the field. If you're going to be of

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<v Speaker 1>the mindset that we should crown a national champion, I

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<v Speaker 1>think you should decide it on the field. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think you should leave it up to voters or metrics

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<v Speaker 1>or what people think. I think we should use some

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<v Speaker 1>guidance from those sources to try and determine who should

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<v Speaker 1>be playing for it. I think that's fair, But I

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<v Speaker 1>think you should decide it on the field. Who is

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<v Speaker 1>your champion. Let's side field, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do it. Just end the season with like thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five bowl games, and that's that.

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<v Speaker 2>Mm hmm.

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<v Speaker 2>what are we didn't do? What are we even doing?

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<v Speaker 1>We got it. We're gonna have to pull that audio.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's correct. Let's steer into it. That is correct. So

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<v Speaker 1>we do have some NFL declarations that I want to

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<v Speaker 1>get to. But I feel like we've waited too long

0:29:29.840 --> 0:29:31.920
<v Speaker 1>to talk about bulls. I'm kind of getting jumpy over here.

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<v Speaker 2>You get a Lancy, let's a little answer.

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<v Speaker 1>Do I play the picks of the week's sound because

0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:37.480
<v Speaker 1>it's not technically a week It's like, we don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a bowl sound per.

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<v Speaker 2>Se unless you want to record one live right now?

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<v Speaker 2>That might be our only option. What do you have, ty,

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Just gonna play it. I'm just gonna play. We need

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<v Speaker 1>to cradle and cultivate any new sound in this program

0:29:55.880 --> 0:29:56.240
<v Speaker 1>we do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's you know, we've been playing these for a while

0:29:58.400 --> 0:29:59.680
<v Speaker 2>and we're not getting rid of them. But we can

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<v Speaker 2>add Maybe we can.

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<v Speaker 1>Next time next week when we do our next bull show.

0:30:03.880 --> 0:30:06.280
<v Speaker 1>I need to think that's through. I can't do this haphazardly.

0:30:06.800 --> 0:30:10.200
<v Speaker 2>Let's do what some really smart people did with Roger

0:30:10.240 --> 0:30:13.640
<v Speaker 2>Ebert's voice when he lost his ability to speak. Yeah,

0:30:13.760 --> 0:30:17.120
<v Speaker 2>and we're able to make him sound like himself with

0:30:17.240 --> 0:30:19.320
<v Speaker 2>the use of a machine. Let's do that with Taylor

0:30:19.320 --> 0:30:22.920
<v Speaker 2>Twellman his voice to create new sounds. I can do that,

0:30:22.960 --> 0:30:24.720
<v Speaker 2>by the way, yes, you know I can do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't put it past.

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<v Speaker 1>You, all right. So we've got a bowl pool. It's

0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:34.920
<v Speaker 1>a confidence pool. It works a little differently than the

0:30:35.040 --> 0:30:37.400
<v Speaker 1>stuff we've been doing against the spread all year. The

0:30:37.400 --> 0:30:40.160
<v Speaker 1>way this works is you go out to soliverble dot

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<v Speaker 1>com slash Conpool again not the sequel to con Air, regrettably,

0:30:44.560 --> 0:30:47.160
<v Speaker 1>and you pick the winners. You tell us who you

0:30:47.160 --> 0:30:50.360
<v Speaker 1>think is going to win these games, and then as

0:30:50.440 --> 0:30:53.520
<v Speaker 1>an additional layer on top of that, you tell us

0:30:53.560 --> 0:30:57.000
<v Speaker 1>how confident you are on a scale of one, which

0:30:57.080 --> 0:31:01.280
<v Speaker 1>is your least confident, to forty one, which you're most confident.

0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:05.840
<v Speaker 1>If you correctly identify the winner, you get the number

0:31:05.840 --> 0:31:09.720
<v Speaker 1>of points that you assigned to that game. So, for example,

0:31:10.320 --> 0:31:14.880
<v Speaker 1>if you think, like most of the world that I

0:31:14.920 --> 0:31:19.000
<v Speaker 1>don't know Tulane or Louisiana is gonna beat tou Lane.

0:31:19.080 --> 0:31:22.560
<v Speaker 1>Let's say if you're very confident in that you pick Louisiana,

0:31:22.840 --> 0:31:26.400
<v Speaker 1>Louisiana wins, you get forty points. You get forty points,

0:31:26.440 --> 0:31:29.040
<v Speaker 1>so the deep end of the conpool, that's right. If

0:31:29.080 --> 0:31:31.520
<v Speaker 1>you lose, you don't get any points. If you only

0:31:31.520 --> 0:31:34.560
<v Speaker 1>put one, you only get one point. But it's very easy.

0:31:35.080 --> 0:31:37.240
<v Speaker 1>We've got some of the smartest listeners in all the

0:31:37.280 --> 0:31:40.400
<v Speaker 1>podcast the sphere listening to this show. Clearly people can

0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:41.080
<v Speaker 1>figure this out.

0:31:41.720 --> 0:31:44.880
<v Speaker 2>So to honor the conpool, I am going to select

0:31:45.000 --> 0:31:48.640
<v Speaker 2>Bowl winners based on how buoyant I believe they're head coach.

0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:52.440
<v Speaker 2>To be perfect PERF who the more buoyant head coaches

0:31:52.880 --> 0:31:53.800
<v Speaker 2>in each matchup?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm glad you brought that up. Yeah, because I

0:31:56.560 --> 0:31:58.240
<v Speaker 1>have a couple rules that I like to follow in

0:31:58.280 --> 0:31:59.360
<v Speaker 1>confidence pools.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, cop of years I have mine.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I identify my three rules before we get use

0:32:04.480 --> 0:32:07.760
<v Speaker 1>this flora is yours? So the first rule, it's one

0:32:07.760 --> 0:32:10.000
<v Speaker 1>that I've discussed here at nauseum over the last couple

0:32:10.040 --> 0:32:12.560
<v Speaker 1>of seasons, and I call it the East Coast Elliott rule.

0:32:12.600 --> 0:32:14.040
<v Speaker 1>I didn't come up with it. I'm not smart enough

0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:15.440
<v Speaker 1>to come up with it. East Coast Elliott is a

0:32:15.480 --> 0:32:18.840
<v Speaker 1>bit of a mad scientist. He's the one that first

0:32:18.920 --> 0:32:22.760
<v Speaker 1>introduced this to me. I think it's brilliant. His point

0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:24.960
<v Speaker 1>is that you should load up on your confidence points

0:32:25.000 --> 0:32:28.840
<v Speaker 1>early because there are a lot of these early games

0:32:28.880 --> 0:32:31.960
<v Speaker 1>that people don't know about. But the early games tend

0:32:32.000 --> 0:32:34.800
<v Speaker 1>to be bigger mismatches just because of the way things

0:32:34.800 --> 0:32:36.960
<v Speaker 1>shake out, they tend to be bigger mismatches. Maybe they

0:32:37.000 --> 0:32:39.160
<v Speaker 1>have the same record, but if you actually dig in,

0:32:39.200 --> 0:32:41.120
<v Speaker 1>which we're going to start doing here through the first

0:32:41.200 --> 0:32:44.600
<v Speaker 1>seven games, oftentimes the end up being bigger mismatches. And

0:32:45.160 --> 0:32:47.920
<v Speaker 1>a lot of people don't put their early confidence points

0:32:48.000 --> 0:32:50.239
<v Speaker 1>on those games because they don't know the teams. So

0:32:50.240 --> 0:32:52.960
<v Speaker 1>it's a good opportunity for you if you can spot

0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:56.720
<v Speaker 1>a mismatch to load up on points early and get

0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:58.520
<v Speaker 1>some points on the board. So that's the first thing.

0:32:59.080 --> 0:33:01.440
<v Speaker 1>Since I started doing that, I have done much much

0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:04.120
<v Speaker 1>better in my own confidence pools. Nice, all right, So

0:33:04.160 --> 0:33:06.640
<v Speaker 1>that's one. That's the first thing you should do. The

0:33:06.680 --> 0:33:09.959
<v Speaker 1>second thing is just look at the at the setting

0:33:09.960 --> 0:33:13.920
<v Speaker 1>for a bowl game. This has become, i think a

0:33:14.000 --> 0:33:18.240
<v Speaker 1>little bit more prominent as of late because of guys

0:33:18.240 --> 0:33:21.400
<v Speaker 1>sitting out for the NFL. But certainly we've just gotten

0:33:21.440 --> 0:33:26.000
<v Speaker 1>done talking about coaching moves and all sorts of atmospherics

0:33:26.000 --> 0:33:30.080
<v Speaker 1>that can play into what kind of team is going

0:33:30.120 --> 0:33:32.240
<v Speaker 1>to the bowl. Right, So if a team lost its coach,

0:33:33.040 --> 0:33:36.400
<v Speaker 1>consider picking the opponent. Not every case, but least at

0:33:36.440 --> 0:33:39.360
<v Speaker 1>least consider it. If you've got a monster injury. You

0:33:39.440 --> 0:33:41.680
<v Speaker 1>got to consider that. And then we've got this thing

0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:45.120
<v Speaker 1>again with guys skipping their bowl games. I look at

0:33:45.160 --> 0:33:50.200
<v Speaker 1>the game like between West Virginia and Syracuse, Will Greer

0:33:50.400 --> 0:33:54.080
<v Speaker 1>quarterback not playing. To me, that's pretty significant. I'm gonna

0:33:54.080 --> 0:33:57.160
<v Speaker 1>go Syracuse in that game. I'm gonna go Syracuse in

0:33:57.240 --> 0:34:01.280
<v Speaker 1>that game almost solely because of Willgrew not playing. Consider it.

0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:04.240
<v Speaker 1>And then the third rule, I'd say, just in general,

0:34:04.880 --> 0:34:07.200
<v Speaker 1>pick the team that you think wants it more. Unless

0:34:07.240 --> 0:34:08.360
<v Speaker 1>it's a total mismatch.

0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:08.800
<v Speaker 2>WHOA.

0:34:09.560 --> 0:34:11.600
<v Speaker 1>Unless it's a total mismatch, pick the team that you

0:34:11.640 --> 0:34:14.640
<v Speaker 1>think wants it more. I'm looking at that Auburn Perdue

0:34:14.640 --> 0:34:18.200
<v Speaker 1>game in the Music City Bowl, all right, I have

0:34:18.280 --> 0:34:21.000
<v Speaker 1>to imagine that Auburn couldn't give a flying f about

0:34:21.000 --> 0:34:25.919
<v Speaker 1>that football game. Why would they? It's Purdue. Meanwhile, Perdue,

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:28.200
<v Speaker 1>I think they're looking at it from a much different perspective.

0:34:28.280 --> 0:34:31.799
<v Speaker 1>They're holding on to their coach who's done a great

0:34:31.880 --> 0:34:34.520
<v Speaker 1>job in two seasons. I have to imagine the game

0:34:34.560 --> 0:34:35.920
<v Speaker 1>means a hell of a lot more to them than

0:34:35.920 --> 0:34:38.640
<v Speaker 1>it does Auburn. The question you have to ask yourself,

0:34:38.680 --> 0:34:41.320
<v Speaker 1>is it too big of a mismatch? We'll talk about

0:34:41.320 --> 0:34:43.320
<v Speaker 1>that in a few weeks. But these are the questions

0:34:43.320 --> 0:34:47.440
<v Speaker 1>that I'm asking again on this show. We're gonna be

0:34:47.480 --> 0:34:51.240
<v Speaker 1>the first batch of games, which runs from Saturday the fifteenth.

0:34:51.239 --> 0:34:56.360
<v Speaker 1>This Saturday the fifteenth through Thursday the twentieth, we'll preview

0:34:56.480 --> 0:34:59.719
<v Speaker 1>all of the FBS games, but it is worth noting

0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:03.320
<v Speaker 1>that they're one other, one other game on your confidence pool,

0:35:03.520 --> 0:35:07.439
<v Speaker 1>and that's the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl between North

0:35:07.480 --> 0:35:11.120
<v Speaker 1>Carolina A and T, the Aggies and the Alkhorn State Braves.

0:35:11.120 --> 0:35:14.440
<v Speaker 1>They play it in Atlanta, North Carolina A and T

0:35:14.560 --> 0:35:17.320
<v Speaker 1>favored by seven and a half. I'm not gonna pretend

0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:19.839
<v Speaker 1>to know Hyde nor hair about this game or any

0:35:19.880 --> 0:35:23.080
<v Speaker 1>of these teams. Right, I'm gonna get saucy. I'm gonna

0:35:23.120 --> 0:35:27.040
<v Speaker 1>go against the Braves in Atlanta, and I'm gonna say

0:35:27.040 --> 0:35:29.959
<v Speaker 1>North Carolina A and T a good team. They're gonna

0:35:30.000 --> 0:35:31.960
<v Speaker 1>win outright, And I'm putting all forty one points in

0:35:32.000 --> 0:35:32.600
<v Speaker 1>that first game.

0:35:33.360 --> 0:35:37.440
<v Speaker 2>And once again, I only have one element that will

0:35:37.480 --> 0:35:40.640
<v Speaker 2>help me pick these games, and that is buoyancy, the

0:35:40.760 --> 0:35:44.200
<v Speaker 2>upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight

0:35:44.280 --> 0:35:47.319
<v Speaker 2>of an immersed object. And I am going to pick

0:35:47.400 --> 0:35:52.319
<v Speaker 2>these games based on which coach seems more likely to

0:35:52.480 --> 0:35:54.520
<v Speaker 2>float his buoyance.

0:35:54.600 --> 0:35:55.560
<v Speaker 1>What are our options here?

0:35:56.719 --> 0:35:59.680
<v Speaker 2>All right, let's start here with the You want to

0:35:59.719 --> 0:36:03.680
<v Speaker 2>talk the AutoNation Cure Bowl, Willy Fritz personally, Well, no, no, no, hope.

0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:06.080
<v Speaker 2>First off, who are you picking? In the Celebration Bowl.

0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:09.439
<v Speaker 2>It was North Carolina A and T against Alcorn State.

0:36:10.200 --> 0:36:11.440
<v Speaker 2>Let's go North Carolina A and T.

0:36:11.680 --> 0:36:12.879
<v Speaker 1>Okay, we agree.

0:36:13.040 --> 0:36:14.720
<v Speaker 2>Now, I don't know that. I'm not going to pretend

0:36:14.760 --> 0:36:17.360
<v Speaker 2>to the boyancies. I've done a lot of buoyancy research,

0:36:17.400 --> 0:36:18.480
<v Speaker 2>but not about those two coaches.

0:36:18.520 --> 0:36:21.200
<v Speaker 1>All right, now, were as you were?

0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:25.520
<v Speaker 2>Uh, let's start here with the AutoNation Cure Bowl in Orlando.

0:36:25.880 --> 0:36:28.919
<v Speaker 2>Tulane a decent enough season. They go six and six,

0:36:28.960 --> 0:36:30.319
<v Speaker 2>but they're in a bowl game, and they've got a

0:36:30.440 --> 0:36:33.400
<v Speaker 2>wonderful mascot in the Angry Wave, and they're taking on

0:36:33.440 --> 0:36:37.680
<v Speaker 2>the rage in Cajuns of Louisiana aka Louisiana Lafayette. Willie Fritz,

0:36:38.400 --> 0:36:41.400
<v Speaker 2>Billy Napier seven and six and Tulane I believe is

0:36:41.440 --> 0:36:42.640
<v Speaker 2>favored by a field goal.

0:36:42.800 --> 0:36:44.320
<v Speaker 1>Ish that is correct.

0:36:44.440 --> 0:36:50.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I my just gut is Tulane is better because

0:36:50.719 --> 0:36:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Louisiana has the worst defense. And that's when I'm being serious.

0:36:53.640 --> 0:36:55.440
<v Speaker 2>What I look at in a game like this, and

0:36:55.440 --> 0:36:59.640
<v Speaker 2>Tulane can run the ball. I also believe Willie Fritz

0:36:59.680 --> 0:37:02.080
<v Speaker 2>to be slightly more buoyant than Billy Napier.

0:37:02.680 --> 0:37:06.120
<v Speaker 1>Okay, see, I look at this game a little differently.

0:37:06.560 --> 0:37:11.200
<v Speaker 1>Tulane fired their oc after their offense was terrible. It

0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:17.160
<v Speaker 1>was not good ninety third nationally in scoring. Also, look

0:37:17.239 --> 0:37:21.759
<v Speaker 1>at four of Louisiana's six losses. They were to ten

0:37:21.800 --> 0:37:25.160
<v Speaker 1>and two app State twice. They lost once in the

0:37:25.160 --> 0:37:27.440
<v Speaker 1>regular season again in the title game. For their confidence.

0:37:28.000 --> 0:37:32.239
<v Speaker 1>They lost to Mississippi State and Alabama. And they've got

0:37:32.239 --> 0:37:34.919
<v Speaker 1>a really good running game in the backfield. Good losses, Yeah,

0:37:35.360 --> 0:37:39.520
<v Speaker 1>good losses. The other team had some coaching turnover. I

0:37:39.600 --> 0:37:42.320
<v Speaker 1>think the wrong team is favored here. I'm going Louisiana

0:37:43.600 --> 0:37:45.879
<v Speaker 1>with a fair amount of confidence. I'll go let's say

0:37:45.920 --> 0:37:50.239
<v Speaker 1>thirty eight. Wow, load up, Burt, really going early in

0:37:50.280 --> 0:37:54.720
<v Speaker 1>the contact. That's what you do, man, all right with Okay,

0:37:54.880 --> 0:37:57.400
<v Speaker 1>there is a layer. Yes, we need to talk about this.

0:37:57.480 --> 0:38:00.520
<v Speaker 1>Please give me the layer tie. Because you put together

0:38:00.840 --> 0:38:05.440
<v Speaker 1>swag Dan swag swag. Now I must admit I am

0:38:05.480 --> 0:38:09.279
<v Speaker 1>hesitant to read some of these gifts aloud. So if

0:38:09.320 --> 0:38:11.359
<v Speaker 1>you're listening for the first time, like what is this

0:38:11.520 --> 0:38:14.960
<v Speaker 1>college football thing? The kids go to the bowl games

0:38:15.600 --> 0:38:17.880
<v Speaker 1>and without exception, they all get gifts.

0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:19.160
<v Speaker 2>Are you hesitant?

0:38:20.200 --> 0:38:22.600
<v Speaker 1>Because I there are words in here that I have

0:38:22.640 --> 0:38:26.160
<v Speaker 1>not practiced. Okay, and you know what happens to me.

0:38:26.239 --> 0:38:29.440
<v Speaker 1>I tend to overthink it glow and that's when globe

0:38:29.440 --> 0:38:32.160
<v Speaker 1>tomatoes turn into globe tomatoes, which do not exist.

0:38:32.640 --> 0:38:32.879
<v Speaker 2>Right.

0:38:34.000 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 1>Here's what we've got here for the automation cure ball.

0:38:36.920 --> 0:38:42.280
<v Speaker 1>A Hollowway Force jacket m HM, sunglasses with the carry case,

0:38:43.080 --> 0:38:47.680
<v Speaker 1>an energizer power bank, a Duffel bag, pebble beach pebble

0:38:47.680 --> 0:38:50.640
<v Speaker 1>Beach slides it says here, which I'm guessing must be

0:38:50.640 --> 0:38:55.520
<v Speaker 1>the new eye slide sandals, a dop kit, which I

0:38:55.560 --> 0:38:59.360
<v Speaker 1>believe is a bunch of toiletry bags. Toiletry bag, Yeah, useful,

0:39:00.320 --> 0:39:03.440
<v Speaker 1>very useful, sport tech long sleeve contender T shirt, and

0:39:03.480 --> 0:39:03.920
<v Speaker 1>a cap.

0:39:05.239 --> 0:39:07.799
<v Speaker 2>I think this is a real winner of a swag list.

0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:09.640
<v Speaker 1>What is a Holloway Force jacket.

0:39:10.120 --> 0:39:12.719
<v Speaker 2>I looked it up. It's like a soft hoodie, like

0:39:12.920 --> 0:39:15.319
<v Speaker 2>a thin soft hoodie that you'd maybe wear on like

0:39:15.320 --> 0:39:17.359
<v Speaker 2>a slightly chilli day or around the house of it's

0:39:17.360 --> 0:39:20.719
<v Speaker 2>little chili out. I'm wearing something comparable right now, and

0:39:21.120 --> 0:39:23.040
<v Speaker 2>I think that's great and it looks great to me.

0:39:23.280 --> 0:39:26.520
<v Speaker 2>Nobody on this list is paying for any sort of compliments.

0:39:27.160 --> 0:39:30.200
<v Speaker 2>The power bank is great. I use my portable phone

0:39:30.239 --> 0:39:33.800
<v Speaker 2>battery when we were in Fargo. The dop kit is useful.

0:39:34.080 --> 0:39:36.239
<v Speaker 2>This is I would say, the solid B plus a

0:39:36.320 --> 0:39:36.960
<v Speaker 2>minus right here.

0:39:36.960 --> 0:39:39.160
<v Speaker 1>This is everything you need to go on like a

0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:40.040
<v Speaker 1>nice day trip.

0:39:40.640 --> 0:39:44.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right. The Cure Bowl, le's we disagree.

0:39:44.480 --> 0:39:49.720
<v Speaker 1>Moving on the New Mexico Bowl. They played in Albuquerque Saturday.

0:39:49.760 --> 0:39:52.839
<v Speaker 1>It's at two pm on ESPN North Texas. The Mean

0:39:52.880 --> 0:39:56.279
<v Speaker 1>Green at nine and three, squaring off against Utah State

0:39:56.320 --> 0:39:59.839
<v Speaker 1>at ten and two. The point spread, for those that matter,

0:40:00.160 --> 0:40:03.240
<v Speaker 1>is eight points in favor of the Utah State. Aggie's

0:40:03.239 --> 0:40:06.399
<v Speaker 1>excuse me. You may remember that Utah State. We talked

0:40:06.400 --> 0:40:08.400
<v Speaker 1>a little bit about them down the stretcher because they

0:40:08.480 --> 0:40:12.240
<v Speaker 1>lost their coach, Matt Wells, to Texas Tech. He's taken

0:40:12.280 --> 0:40:15.160
<v Speaker 1>a good chunk of that staff from Utah State with him.

0:40:15.920 --> 0:40:18.799
<v Speaker 1>Of note, when you're picking games, Matt Wells will be

0:40:18.840 --> 0:40:22.480
<v Speaker 1>involved in practice and in the game planning for the

0:40:22.520 --> 0:40:24.239
<v Speaker 1>New Mexico Bowl, but he's not going to coach the

0:40:24.280 --> 0:40:28.280
<v Speaker 1>team on game day. On the flip side, we got

0:40:28.520 --> 0:40:31.200
<v Speaker 1>the mean green North Texas holding on to Seth Latrell

0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:34.480
<v Speaker 1>after he was rumored for and eventually pulled his name

0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:37.279
<v Speaker 1>out of that case State coaching search. This would be

0:40:37.320 --> 0:40:40.960
<v Speaker 1>the first time that North Texas has won ten games

0:40:40.960 --> 0:40:44.720
<v Speaker 1>since nineteen forty seven, and I'm not counting the nineteen

0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:46.560
<v Speaker 1>seventy seven season where they want a game in there

0:40:46.560 --> 0:40:49.080
<v Speaker 1>because of a forfeit. So I think a lot on

0:40:49.160 --> 0:40:51.640
<v Speaker 1>the line for North Texas. I think Utah stayed in

0:40:51.680 --> 0:40:54.839
<v Speaker 1>a bit of coaching turmoil. You know how I feel

0:40:54.840 --> 0:40:59.879
<v Speaker 1>about that rule number two. Though I feel like Utah

0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:03.359
<v Speaker 1>State is better on both offense and defense, it's not

0:41:03.400 --> 0:41:06.400
<v Speaker 1>what I would consider a full on mispatch. So I

0:41:06.480 --> 0:41:08.560
<v Speaker 1>go mean green out right here to the tune of

0:41:08.840 --> 0:41:11.399
<v Speaker 1>not like thirty eight points, but I'm gonna say twenty five.

0:41:12.239 --> 0:41:14.680
<v Speaker 2>So Utah State's head coach who led them to this

0:41:14.840 --> 0:41:17.759
<v Speaker 2>season will not be on the sidelines during the game. So,

0:41:17.840 --> 0:41:21.399
<v Speaker 2>by default, Seth Latrell, the more buoyant of the two

0:41:21.440 --> 0:41:25.440
<v Speaker 2>coaches in the Conpool. Also Utah State, while a really

0:41:25.480 --> 0:41:28.400
<v Speaker 2>good year going ten to two and playing for the

0:41:28.440 --> 0:41:31.200
<v Speaker 2>Mountain West. Well near the end they were in it

0:41:31.200 --> 0:41:35.040
<v Speaker 2>for the Mountain West. They really inflated that record with

0:41:35.080 --> 0:41:38.400
<v Speaker 2>some wins over some pretty bad teams. Whereas North Texas

0:41:38.480 --> 0:41:40.319
<v Speaker 2>I felt like was a little bit more competitive, even

0:41:40.360 --> 0:41:42.879
<v Speaker 2>though they do lose to I believe they lost early

0:41:42.920 --> 0:41:44.239
<v Speaker 2>to you. Who do they lose to? UAB?

0:41:44.440 --> 0:41:45.120
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm gonna go.

0:41:45.040 --> 0:41:46.880
<v Speaker 2>With North Texas here. I think North Texas is the

0:41:46.880 --> 0:41:50.040
<v Speaker 2>more stable program. Seth Latrell opted to stay in Denton.

0:41:50.160 --> 0:41:52.520
<v Speaker 2>So I have the mean green twenty eight twenty one

0:41:52.719 --> 0:41:55.760
<v Speaker 2>here with medium amount of confidence.

0:41:55.800 --> 0:42:03.440
<v Speaker 1>WI all right, swag swag A gifts sweet? Okay, gifts sweet.

0:42:03.560 --> 0:42:05.840
<v Speaker 1>So they put them in a room. I guess they

0:42:05.960 --> 0:42:07.719
<v Speaker 1>let them walk around pick gifts, or they just give

0:42:07.760 --> 0:42:11.280
<v Speaker 1>them a gift bag or something like that. Oakley Jupiter

0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:12.960
<v Speaker 1>Squared sunglasses.

0:42:13.480 --> 0:42:15.719
<v Speaker 2>I looked them up. They're all right, Okay, they're like

0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:21.400
<v Speaker 2>a if you're bip Roberts. You didn't expect a bit

0:42:21.560 --> 0:42:22.839
<v Speaker 2>Roberts reference, did you?

0:42:22.880 --> 0:42:26.919
<v Speaker 1>No? I didn't, Okay, I didn't. Also an Oakley five

0:42:26.960 --> 0:42:30.800
<v Speaker 1>Speed backpack, a Bluetooth speaker, a water, bottle of beanie,

0:42:31.120 --> 0:42:34.319
<v Speaker 1>a Montgomery fountain pen mm hm. You ever use a

0:42:34.320 --> 0:42:37.759
<v Speaker 1>fountain pen before? Not often? Probably once or twice at

0:42:37.800 --> 0:42:40.680
<v Speaker 1>a bank. Maybe takes a little finestan not gonna lie. Yeah,

0:42:41.080 --> 0:42:44.480
<v Speaker 1>mm hmm. And a headwear trucker's cap. That's what we're

0:42:44.520 --> 0:42:45.120
<v Speaker 1>looking at here.

0:42:46.239 --> 0:42:48.280
<v Speaker 2>Okay, Uh, this is fine.

0:42:48.480 --> 0:42:50.360
<v Speaker 1>This is a beach trip. This is a beach trip,

0:42:50.400 --> 0:42:52.600
<v Speaker 1>is what this is. The bluetooth speaker in the backpack

0:42:52.600 --> 0:42:53.720
<v Speaker 1>and the sunglasses. Yeah.

0:42:53.760 --> 0:42:56.640
<v Speaker 2>And when you go to beachy Albuquerque nice, you have

0:42:56.719 --> 0:42:58.959
<v Speaker 2>to you have to come prepared. A bluetooth speaker is great.

0:42:59.000 --> 0:43:02.400
<v Speaker 2>It's valuable. Water always good and great for the environment.

0:43:02.480 --> 0:43:07.160
<v Speaker 2>Not using plastic and uh, I'm it's fine. Nothing, that

0:43:07.239 --> 0:43:08.320
<v Speaker 2>is why. And me, I don't know what's in the

0:43:08.360 --> 0:43:10.600
<v Speaker 2>gift suite. I will you know. If there are a

0:43:10.640 --> 0:43:14.440
<v Speaker 2>lot of enchiladas at the New Mexico Bowl, then you

0:43:14.480 --> 0:43:15.120
<v Speaker 2>can sell.

0:43:14.920 --> 0:43:17.520
<v Speaker 1>Me as always if any of these bulls want to

0:43:17.560 --> 0:43:21.080
<v Speaker 1>send us free swag, we are interested. Yeah, or enchiladas

0:43:21.120 --> 0:43:26.319
<v Speaker 1>also cenchiladas the mid Subishi Motors Las Vegas bull They

0:43:26.320 --> 0:43:29.200
<v Speaker 1>play it at sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. It's

0:43:29.239 --> 0:43:33.520
<v Speaker 1>on ABC Saturday three thirty Arizona State at seven and

0:43:33.680 --> 0:43:38.240
<v Speaker 1>five versus Fresno State, your Fresno State Bulldogs at eleven

0:43:38.239 --> 0:43:41.439
<v Speaker 1>and two. They're a four point favorite. Of note here,

0:43:42.120 --> 0:43:44.680
<v Speaker 1>Nikila Harry going pro will not be playing in this

0:43:44.760 --> 0:43:48.240
<v Speaker 1>game for ASU, So again coming back to my rules,

0:43:48.280 --> 0:43:52.719
<v Speaker 1>that's one strike against ASU. The other thing Dan when

0:43:52.719 --> 0:43:56.640
<v Speaker 1>you look at the numbers for this game, Fresno's really legit.

0:43:57.080 --> 0:43:59.560
<v Speaker 1>Like we didn't talk enough about it this season because

0:44:00.000 --> 0:44:01.960
<v Speaker 1>a lot of times they're playing late. They're a group

0:44:02.000 --> 0:44:04.640
<v Speaker 1>of five team and they don't maybe get as much

0:44:04.719 --> 0:44:06.759
<v Speaker 1>visibility as some of the Power five games that we

0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:09.799
<v Speaker 1>talk about. But this is a good football team. They're

0:44:09.840 --> 0:44:13.319
<v Speaker 1>good on offense, they're top ten on defense, and they're

0:44:13.320 --> 0:44:15.200
<v Speaker 1>a group of five school going up against a Pac

0:44:15.280 --> 0:44:18.000
<v Speaker 1>twelve school, which to me says that they're going to

0:44:18.000 --> 0:44:20.360
<v Speaker 1>be fired up for the bowl game. Plus, I believe

0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:24.399
<v Speaker 1>it's Marcus mcmarion's final game as quarterback for Fresno SE.

0:44:24.280 --> 0:44:26.800
<v Speaker 1>He got that feel good angle mixed in there as well.

0:44:27.400 --> 0:44:31.040
<v Speaker 1>I am very confident in Fresno for all of those reasons,

0:44:31.680 --> 0:44:35.040
<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to go Fresno here minus the points

0:44:35.440 --> 0:44:39.239
<v Speaker 1>early lock and forty confidence points.

0:44:39.960 --> 0:44:42.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this feels like a who wants to be there?

0:44:42.560 --> 0:44:44.719
<v Speaker 2>Who does in Arizona State in it pretty late for

0:44:44.760 --> 0:44:47.560
<v Speaker 2>the PAC twelve South and don't make it happen. ASU

0:44:47.640 --> 0:44:50.360
<v Speaker 2>also losing a key recruiting weekend with signing day coming

0:44:50.560 --> 0:44:53.600
<v Speaker 2>just a couple days after this game. The game's on Saturday,

0:44:53.680 --> 0:44:55.880
<v Speaker 2>the fifteenth, sign day I believe is what the eighteenth,

0:44:56.040 --> 0:44:59.200
<v Speaker 2>nineteenth somewhere in the nineteenth. Yeah, and so this also

0:44:59.280 --> 0:45:02.520
<v Speaker 2>plays into de facto Super Bowl time, that's right, Yeah,

0:45:02.520 --> 0:45:05.600
<v Speaker 2>because Fresno State on a big stage network TV. I

0:45:05.640 --> 0:45:08.120
<v Speaker 2>think it's on ABC, right, yep, ABC. So this is

0:45:08.160 --> 0:45:11.680
<v Speaker 2>a huge showcase for Fresno to potentially take down a

0:45:11.719 --> 0:45:14.200
<v Speaker 2>Pac twelve team. So I think they match up well.

0:45:14.200 --> 0:45:16.920
<v Speaker 2>They stop the run super well with with you know,

0:45:17.000 --> 0:45:18.839
<v Speaker 2>Benjamin on the other side of Arizona State, it's gonna

0:45:18.840 --> 0:45:21.000
<v Speaker 2>have to lean on that. So I'm I'm right there

0:45:21.000 --> 0:45:23.040
<v Speaker 2>with you with a pretty high level of confidence in

0:45:23.040 --> 0:45:27.280
<v Speaker 2>Fresno State. I also feel like herm Edwards is very dense,

0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:31.720
<v Speaker 2>so I think he's sinking like a stone. So buoyancy wise, okay,

0:45:31.840 --> 0:45:33.759
<v Speaker 2>I am. I'm taking Fresno State in the deep end

0:45:33.760 --> 0:45:34.400
<v Speaker 2>of the conpool.

0:45:34.719 --> 0:45:37.760
<v Speaker 1>They get a gift suite, a collectible Las Vegas item

0:45:37.800 --> 0:45:42.239
<v Speaker 1>to be determined, A dad hat, a beanie, and a

0:45:42.280 --> 0:45:43.279
<v Speaker 1>Fannie pack.

0:45:44.160 --> 0:45:46.040
<v Speaker 2>Doesn't wow me. But you can eat super well.

0:45:46.200 --> 0:45:49.200
<v Speaker 1>That gift suite's doing a lot of heavy lifting in this.

0:45:49.239 --> 0:45:51.480
<v Speaker 2>Doing a lot of lifting. When was the last time

0:45:51.480 --> 0:45:53.320
<v Speaker 2>you were in Vegas? It's been a long time.

0:45:53.080 --> 0:45:56.919
<v Speaker 1>For me, man. I was there a couple of years

0:45:56.920 --> 0:46:00.400
<v Speaker 1>ago for a conference for the Mysterious Daye But that

0:46:00.480 --> 0:46:01.200
<v Speaker 1>was the last time.

0:46:02.160 --> 0:46:02.799
<v Speaker 2>Did you eat well?

0:46:03.840 --> 0:46:06.000
<v Speaker 1>I don't think I did. Actually, I know you can't

0:46:06.000 --> 0:46:06.640
<v Speaker 1>eat well, but.

0:46:06.800 --> 0:46:07.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you definitely.

0:46:07.560 --> 0:46:09.719
<v Speaker 1>It was one of those these teams will Yeah, it

0:46:09.760 --> 0:46:12.839
<v Speaker 1>was one of those conference deals where you know your

0:46:12.840 --> 0:46:15.440
<v Speaker 1>schedule was kind of out of whack, and now I

0:46:15.480 --> 0:46:17.000
<v Speaker 1>wasn't able to eat as well as I would have.

0:46:17.040 --> 0:46:20.400
<v Speaker 2>Liked my food recommendation here because I'm not going to

0:46:20.400 --> 0:46:24.040
<v Speaker 2>recommend something in the Giant Hotel. I haven't been there,

0:46:24.120 --> 0:46:28.080
<v Speaker 2>but people I trust swear by Lotus of Siam, a

0:46:28.200 --> 0:46:31.360
<v Speaker 2>tie place in like a strip mall that is apparently

0:46:31.719 --> 0:46:33.960
<v Speaker 2>legendary in the Vegas area. So if you're an ASU

0:46:34.000 --> 0:46:37.240
<v Speaker 2>fan or a Fresno States fan, Lotus of Siam.

0:46:37.360 --> 0:46:43.520
<v Speaker 1>The raycom Media Camellia Bowl played at Montgomery, Alabama's Crampton

0:46:43.600 --> 0:46:48.279
<v Speaker 1>Bowl Saturday thirty ESPN. We've got Georgia Southern at nine

0:46:48.360 --> 0:46:53.280
<v Speaker 1>and three against Eastern Michigan at seven and five. Southern

0:46:53.480 --> 0:46:56.399
<v Speaker 1>is a one point favorite. Team is a weird one

0:46:57.080 --> 0:47:01.440
<v Speaker 1>if you ask me, because statistically pretty even match, and

0:47:01.520 --> 0:47:04.680
<v Speaker 1>the point spread reflects that only one in favor of

0:47:04.800 --> 0:47:07.879
<v Speaker 1>Georgia Southern. So Vegas is seeing it too. The thing

0:47:07.920 --> 0:47:10.840
<v Speaker 1>that I like is that Georgia Southern runs that option.

0:47:11.800 --> 0:47:14.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the shotgun flexbone thing. Yeah.

0:47:14.120 --> 0:47:17.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's tough to simulate that. You can simulate it

0:47:17.440 --> 0:47:20.960
<v Speaker 1>with your practice squad. It's tough to simulate it well

0:47:21.120 --> 0:47:23.799
<v Speaker 1>enough that you can get good at stopping it, even

0:47:23.840 --> 0:47:26.680
<v Speaker 1>if you've got some advanced notice knowing that it's coming.

0:47:28.280 --> 0:47:28.440
<v Speaker 2>Now.

0:47:28.440 --> 0:47:31.160
<v Speaker 1>Granted, I think the best unit on the field is

0:47:31.160 --> 0:47:33.120
<v Speaker 1>that Eastern Michigan defense, but they're going to have their

0:47:33.160 --> 0:47:37.320
<v Speaker 1>work cut out for them here. I think the option

0:47:37.400 --> 0:47:40.279
<v Speaker 1>is too much for Eastern. I don't have a ton

0:47:40.320 --> 0:47:43.480
<v Speaker 1>of confidence in this game, but I'm still gonna go

0:47:43.480 --> 0:47:45.600
<v Speaker 1>a little higher than most and say twenty six points

0:47:45.640 --> 0:47:46.560
<v Speaker 1>in favor of Southern.

0:47:48.000 --> 0:47:50.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think that's right. I'm worried about Eastern Michigan's defense,

0:47:51.080 --> 0:47:53.400
<v Speaker 2>and I'm worried that you look at the teams that

0:47:53.400 --> 0:47:55.160
<v Speaker 2>they were able to beat to get to this point,

0:47:55.200 --> 0:47:58.880
<v Speaker 2>and there's not a lot of top sixty five seventy

0:47:59.040 --> 0:48:02.359
<v Speaker 2>seventy five the way of SMP plus teams here. So

0:48:02.480 --> 0:48:05.480
<v Speaker 2>Eastern Michigan appol eligible and that's a huge win. I'm

0:48:05.480 --> 0:48:07.799
<v Speaker 2>going Georgia Southern here, and it just so happened that

0:48:07.920 --> 0:48:10.640
<v Speaker 2>I think Lunsford is a little bit more buoyant than

0:48:10.719 --> 0:48:14.279
<v Speaker 2>Chris Creighton, who looks pretty jacked. Yeah yeah, Muscle is

0:48:14.440 --> 0:48:17.400
<v Speaker 2>denser than fat. Yeah yeah. So I'm gonna go with

0:48:17.480 --> 0:48:19.160
<v Speaker 2>a I'm go with the Eagles here.

0:48:19.600 --> 0:48:23.680
<v Speaker 1>They get a gift suite, a fossil watch, a Samsonite

0:48:23.760 --> 0:48:28.319
<v Speaker 1>rolling Duffel bag, a beanie nice a beanie, and a

0:48:28.480 --> 0:48:31.880
<v Speaker 1>big game football, which is a specific kind of football.

0:48:31.880 --> 0:48:33.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm guessing you're somebody.

0:48:33.920 --> 0:48:35.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't think i'm speaking out of turn here, but

0:48:35.480 --> 0:48:40.320
<v Speaker 2>you are somebody when given free bags or free luggage,

0:48:40.640 --> 0:48:44.000
<v Speaker 2>you are happy to take advantage in perpetuity. I think

0:48:44.040 --> 0:48:46.840
<v Speaker 2>you still use your National Championship backpack. I'm looking at

0:48:46.880 --> 0:48:48.759
<v Speaker 2>it right now here in the studio. I took in

0:48:48.800 --> 0:48:51.759
<v Speaker 2>a great job for US toting equipment here and there to.

0:48:52.239 --> 0:48:56.600
<v Speaker 1>Farga North Dakota the National Championship North Texas twenty fifteen

0:48:56.640 --> 0:48:59.239
<v Speaker 1>backpack that they gave us an Augio backpack. Maybe we'll

0:48:59.320 --> 0:49:02.000
<v Speaker 1>see some Aji here a little bit later on in

0:49:02.000 --> 0:49:02.520
<v Speaker 1>bowl season.

0:49:02.760 --> 0:49:04.600
<v Speaker 2>This feels like a premium Duffel tie.

0:49:04.880 --> 0:49:07.200
<v Speaker 1>It does got rolling wheels on it. That's not bad.

0:49:07.640 --> 0:49:09.680
<v Speaker 2>It looks I don't know what. There are various sizes.

0:49:09.840 --> 0:49:12.520
<v Speaker 2>Do you wear a watch? What a watch appeal to you?

0:49:12.560 --> 0:49:15.520
<v Speaker 1>Here? The fossil watches tend to be a little too

0:49:15.560 --> 0:49:18.759
<v Speaker 1>big for me, a little too much wash, yeah, yeah,

0:49:18.800 --> 0:49:22.239
<v Speaker 1>a little too much watch face for me. But I

0:49:22.280 --> 0:49:25.160
<v Speaker 1>think this is solid here, I genuinely do, and I

0:49:25.200 --> 0:49:28.160
<v Speaker 1>believe no I'm wrong. I was gonna mention a restaurant,

0:49:28.160 --> 0:49:30.959
<v Speaker 1>but that was Birmingham, not Montgomery. We'll move on, all right.

0:49:31.080 --> 0:49:35.279
<v Speaker 1>The RNL Carrier's New Orleans Bowl played at Mercedes Benz

0:49:35.320 --> 0:49:39.640
<v Speaker 1>Stadium in New Orleans Saturday, nine pm ESPN, Middle Tennessee

0:49:39.719 --> 0:49:43.960
<v Speaker 1>against app State. App State is a seven point favorite.

0:49:43.960 --> 0:49:46.520
<v Speaker 1>The teams here, it just says gift, sweet and fossil watch.

0:49:46.600 --> 0:49:47.680
<v Speaker 2>Dan, mm hmm.

0:49:47.960 --> 0:49:49.920
<v Speaker 1>I would like a little bit more in the way

0:49:49.960 --> 0:49:53.239
<v Speaker 1>of details before I score this one again. Gift suite

0:49:53.360 --> 0:49:54.400
<v Speaker 1>doing a lot of heavy lifting.

0:49:54.840 --> 0:49:57.000
<v Speaker 2>I'll bet there's good stuff. It's in New Orleans. Maybe

0:49:57.000 --> 0:49:59.400
<v Speaker 2>we get some some beaded paraphernalia.

0:49:59.520 --> 0:50:02.680
<v Speaker 1>Be careful, be careful with the beads on Bourbon Street.

0:50:03.480 --> 0:50:06.600
<v Speaker 2>Do you know Ty that there is a basically a

0:50:06.640 --> 0:50:10.520
<v Speaker 2>month long holiday in New Orleans in December where you

0:50:10.520 --> 0:50:13.000
<v Speaker 2>can go to basically any restaurant and there's like a

0:50:13.040 --> 0:50:19.480
<v Speaker 2>forty seven course to celebrate the holidays, and it looks fantastic.

0:50:19.640 --> 0:50:23.319
<v Speaker 2>And for that reason, I think I'm actually going app

0:50:23.360 --> 0:50:26.920
<v Speaker 2>State here. Okay, I think Tennessee's a little bit too close,

0:50:27.000 --> 0:50:29.520
<v Speaker 2>a little bit too familiar with New Orleans in December

0:50:29.880 --> 0:50:32.000
<v Speaker 2>where it's new to app State. I know we have

0:50:32.040 --> 0:50:35.080
<v Speaker 2>a coaching situation with Scott Saderfield leaving for Louisville, so

0:50:35.120 --> 0:50:36.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna be paid. I'm not gonna be picking

0:50:36.960 --> 0:50:40.880
<v Speaker 2>based on that. But yeah, I don't have a picture

0:50:40.880 --> 0:50:43.600
<v Speaker 2>of Brent stock still in front of me. I'm gonna

0:50:43.600 --> 0:50:45.399
<v Speaker 2>go app State here. I'm going to go against East

0:50:45.400 --> 0:50:49.040
<v Speaker 2>Coast Elliott with his you know, not having a coach whatever.

0:50:49.360 --> 0:50:51.479
<v Speaker 2>Middle Tennessee is another one of those teams that picked

0:50:51.560 --> 0:50:53.800
<v Speaker 2>up a lot of wins against some lowly teams or

0:50:53.840 --> 0:50:56.760
<v Speaker 2>as app State even without and I know Scott Saderfield

0:50:56.800 --> 0:50:59.560
<v Speaker 2>is now bringing both his offensive and defensive coordinators from

0:50:59.680 --> 0:51:02.960
<v Speaker 2>from to Louisville. I am going to go app State here.

0:51:03.000 --> 0:51:05.120
<v Speaker 2>I just think their quality is too high and I'm

0:51:05.160 --> 0:51:06.600
<v Speaker 2>going to do it with a good amount of confidence.

0:51:07.200 --> 0:51:11.120
<v Speaker 1>So the mismatchometer is in the red. Yeah, you're burying

0:51:11.120 --> 0:51:14.279
<v Speaker 1>the hunter here. Yeah. That and look, I think that

0:51:14.440 --> 0:51:18.160
<v Speaker 1>is the exception to rule too. Yeah, if you find

0:51:18.160 --> 0:51:23.279
<v Speaker 1>that it's a mismatch despite turnover of any kind, you

0:51:23.320 --> 0:51:25.000
<v Speaker 1>go with the better team. And I think I agree

0:51:25.040 --> 0:51:28.200
<v Speaker 1>with you here Again, Saderfield's got Sadurfield headed to Louisville.

0:51:29.200 --> 0:51:31.200
<v Speaker 1>It was unclear initially if he was going to stick

0:51:31.200 --> 0:51:32.960
<v Speaker 1>around and maybe coach app State in the bowl game,

0:51:33.000 --> 0:51:35.239
<v Speaker 1>but that's not going to happen here. Mark Ivy is

0:51:35.239 --> 0:51:37.800
<v Speaker 1>going to take over as the interim coach. I agree

0:51:37.800 --> 0:51:40.200
<v Speaker 1>with you. App State's the better team. They're favored by

0:51:40.200 --> 0:51:44.200
<v Speaker 1>a touchdown, They're Sophomore quarterback Zach Thomas has been ridiculous

0:51:44.280 --> 0:51:47.360
<v Speaker 1>all season. Law He was named the Sun Belts Offensive

0:51:47.360 --> 0:51:50.279
<v Speaker 1>Player of the year. I think app State is the

0:51:50.320 --> 0:51:53.279
<v Speaker 1>better team. I Am not going to put a high

0:51:53.360 --> 0:51:57.120
<v Speaker 1>level of confidence on this one, like not forty points,

0:51:57.520 --> 0:52:00.640
<v Speaker 1>but I feel like app State is definitely gonna win

0:52:00.680 --> 0:52:02.840
<v Speaker 1>this football game. So I'm gonna go thirty one points

0:52:03.200 --> 0:52:04.080
<v Speaker 1>on the Mountaineers.

0:52:04.480 --> 0:52:07.480
<v Speaker 2>Quick correction, it is Rick Stockstell. Brent is his son

0:52:07.520 --> 0:52:10.400
<v Speaker 2>who is the quarterback. I'm going to stand by my

0:52:10.440 --> 0:52:11.120
<v Speaker 2>app State pick.

0:52:11.840 --> 0:52:17.879
<v Speaker 1>The Seruh Bundy Boca Ratone Bowl. They play this one

0:52:17.880 --> 0:52:24.439
<v Speaker 1>in Boca at Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Stadium. It's

0:52:24.440 --> 0:52:31.720
<v Speaker 1>on Tuesday on ESPN seven pm. We've got UAB Howab

0:52:32.960 --> 0:52:36.640
<v Speaker 1>at ten and three versus the Northern Illinois Huskies at

0:52:36.680 --> 0:52:39.920
<v Speaker 1>eight and five. Howab is a two and a half

0:52:40.000 --> 0:52:43.520
<v Speaker 1>point favorite. The teams in this one get a gift suite,

0:52:44.120 --> 0:52:46.799
<v Speaker 1>a draw string backpack, a beach towel in a.

0:52:46.840 --> 0:52:51.000
<v Speaker 2>Football well, you get to go to Boca. It's pretty

0:52:51.080 --> 0:52:52.400
<v Speaker 2>nice down there, especially.

0:52:53.040 --> 0:52:58.440
<v Speaker 1>Yes, draw string backpacks, in my experience, are usually pretty

0:52:58.440 --> 0:53:00.000
<v Speaker 1>poorly made. Like that's a cheap gift.

0:53:00.080 --> 0:53:01.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that doesn't do a lot for me.

0:53:02.440 --> 0:53:05.200
<v Speaker 1>You get that if you go to like a Microsoft conference. Okay,

0:53:05.600 --> 0:53:08.600
<v Speaker 1>a draw string backpack you can do better. Cherub Bundy.

0:53:08.960 --> 0:53:10.400
<v Speaker 2>What do you know what cherub Bundy is?

0:53:10.480 --> 0:53:11.520
<v Speaker 1>No, what is cherubundy.

0:53:11.920 --> 0:53:15.120
<v Speaker 2>Cherub Bundy is a tart cherry juice. Do you know

0:53:15.120 --> 0:53:20.200
<v Speaker 2>what tart cherry juice is good for gout? I mean probably? Yeah,

0:53:20.280 --> 0:53:24.399
<v Speaker 2>I tell you it's really good, and that makes sense

0:53:24.400 --> 0:53:25.879
<v Speaker 2>that it would be. But I know it's also really

0:53:25.920 --> 0:53:30.040
<v Speaker 2>good for muscle recovery, muscle relaxation, supposed to help you

0:53:30.080 --> 0:53:31.640
<v Speaker 2>with your sleep a little bit. It's supposed to be

0:53:31.680 --> 0:53:35.960
<v Speaker 2>very densely populated with good things for your body. Cher

0:53:36.040 --> 0:53:38.960
<v Speaker 2>it my medical Yeah, I've never had cherub Bundy. I

0:53:38.960 --> 0:53:41.280
<v Speaker 2>can't speak to that specific brand. I've just had it before,

0:53:42.440 --> 0:53:45.879
<v Speaker 2>the juice itself. So I'm going to put a good

0:53:45.880 --> 0:53:51.520
<v Speaker 2>amount of confidence in this conpool in U in NIU

0:53:52.080 --> 0:53:55.359
<v Speaker 2>really Okay? Why I'm going with Northern Illinois. You look

0:53:55.400 --> 0:53:57.160
<v Speaker 2>at the two schedules and you look at what they

0:53:57.200 --> 0:54:00.560
<v Speaker 2>were and not able to do. And I had one

0:54:00.600 --> 0:54:04.279
<v Speaker 2>of the secretly more impossible non conference schedules in America

0:54:04.320 --> 0:54:07.360
<v Speaker 2>with Utah Florida State, and I want to say Iowa

0:54:07.680 --> 0:54:10.720
<v Speaker 2>representing three of their five losses. They won the MAC.

0:54:11.000 --> 0:54:13.440
<v Speaker 2>They had big wins over a couple of interesting teams,

0:54:13.480 --> 0:54:16.280
<v Speaker 2>good teams like Buffalo in the championship game. Very strange

0:54:16.280 --> 0:54:20.000
<v Speaker 2>to say so. In terms of that, I like Niu.

0:54:20.080 --> 0:54:23.880
<v Speaker 2>I think UAB is just talent wise not necessarily on

0:54:23.960 --> 0:54:29.399
<v Speaker 2>NIU's level. With that defense that should mostly shut down

0:54:29.440 --> 0:54:34.400
<v Speaker 2>the Blazers. Okay, that's how I feel. Buoyancy wise, I

0:54:34.400 --> 0:54:36.640
<v Speaker 2>think I'm gonna go NIU as well. This is going

0:54:36.680 --> 0:54:38.759
<v Speaker 2>to be a super low scoring Bill Clark looks tense,

0:54:39.440 --> 0:54:43.200
<v Speaker 2>super low scoring game because both defenses are pretty good. Yeah.

0:54:43.239 --> 0:54:47.160
<v Speaker 1>The problem for me is that NIU's offense is genuinely bad,

0:54:47.320 --> 0:54:50.160
<v Speaker 1>and I think they're more trouble scoring. I'm going on

0:54:50.200 --> 0:54:52.520
<v Speaker 1>the Hoab train here, Dan, I am. I'm going to

0:54:52.600 --> 0:54:55.279
<v Speaker 1>do it. Not a ton of confidence, so only ten

0:54:55.320 --> 0:54:56.120
<v Speaker 1>confidence points.

0:54:56.560 --> 0:55:00.879
<v Speaker 2>I think Rod Kerry floats, Yeah, he sounds like he does.

0:55:02.080 --> 0:55:04.320
<v Speaker 2>I think Helot's yeah.

0:55:04.600 --> 0:55:09.440
<v Speaker 1>Ten points. The d x L Frisco Bowl in Frisco,

0:55:09.520 --> 0:55:11.680
<v Speaker 1>Texas at Toyota Stadium, I believe where they play the

0:55:11.719 --> 0:55:17.200
<v Speaker 1>FCS National Championship correct Wednesday, eight pm, so probably around

0:55:17.239 --> 0:55:19.839
<v Speaker 1>the time that we're going to be editing our show

0:55:19.880 --> 0:55:23.080
<v Speaker 1>a week from today. It's San Diego State at seven

0:55:23.120 --> 0:55:26.520
<v Speaker 1>and five it is the Ohio Bobcats at eight and

0:55:26.560 --> 0:55:31.280
<v Speaker 1>four Ohio actually favored by three. They get a gift suite,

0:55:31.760 --> 0:55:36.400
<v Speaker 1>a beanie cap, a coin, a pin, a big game football,

0:55:36.960 --> 0:55:38.839
<v Speaker 1>and a Justin Cowboy hat.

0:55:38.920 --> 0:55:42.439
<v Speaker 2>Dan, I've looked it up. You get Justin Cowboy hats

0:55:42.440 --> 0:55:46.319
<v Speaker 2>on Amazon. Justin, I believe is a name brand. Yes, yeah,

0:55:47.000 --> 0:55:49.600
<v Speaker 2>under what's Jared? He went to Jared, Oh, he's wearing

0:55:49.760 --> 0:55:50.080
<v Speaker 2>just hat.

0:55:50.080 --> 0:55:53.040
<v Speaker 1>That's right. Under what circumstances? Would you wear a cowboy hat?

0:55:54.960 --> 0:55:57.880
<v Speaker 2>It won't wouldn't take much. Cowboy hats are great.

0:55:57.800 --> 0:55:59.640
<v Speaker 1>Would you? What would it take for you to wear

0:55:59.680 --> 0:56:01.880
<v Speaker 1>a hat out in Brooklyn? Just casually?

0:56:03.000 --> 0:56:05.200
<v Speaker 2>Am I going somewhere? Am I going grocery shopping? Am

0:56:05.200 --> 0:56:07.520
<v Speaker 2>I going to brunch? What's my mo here?

0:56:07.600 --> 0:56:10.480
<v Speaker 1>I need to know. I need to know the scenario

0:56:10.640 --> 0:56:14.160
<v Speaker 1>in which you would look around at baseball caps and

0:56:14.280 --> 0:56:18.920
<v Speaker 1>beanies and whatever other headwear you have in your closet

0:56:19.000 --> 0:56:21.759
<v Speaker 1>and decide that you're going to wear instead the Justin

0:56:21.800 --> 0:56:24.120
<v Speaker 1>Cowboy hat out on the mean streets of Brooklyn.

0:56:24.280 --> 0:56:25.719
<v Speaker 2>I think it's a mood thing. I don't think it's

0:56:25.760 --> 0:56:27.719
<v Speaker 2>a situation thing. Actually, the more I think about it,

0:56:27.760 --> 0:56:30.320
<v Speaker 2>sometimes you're just in a cowboy hat mood. Yeah, I

0:56:30.320 --> 0:56:32.120
<v Speaker 2>don't know if it's that happened off. If you're going leather,

0:56:32.239 --> 0:56:37.040
<v Speaker 2>often to you, it happens more than you'd think. It

0:56:37.120 --> 0:56:39.799
<v Speaker 2>happens more than you'd think. And the justin hats look

0:56:39.880 --> 0:56:42.120
<v Speaker 2>good enough. You have your beanie, you have your coin,

0:56:42.360 --> 0:56:44.880
<v Speaker 2>you have a commemorative pin. I hope the gift suite

0:56:44.920 --> 0:56:46.440
<v Speaker 2>is doing well in Frisco. By the way, do you

0:56:46.480 --> 0:56:47.360
<v Speaker 2>know what DXL is?

0:56:47.800 --> 0:56:51.680
<v Speaker 1>DXL isn't that the new version of big and Tall

0:56:51.719 --> 0:56:52.359
<v Speaker 1>casual meal?

0:56:52.960 --> 0:56:57.480
<v Speaker 2>It is? I think so D stands for a dude

0:56:57.920 --> 0:57:03.279
<v Speaker 2>XL destination x L Okay. I clicked on this website

0:57:03.920 --> 0:57:06.440
<v Speaker 2>and we've already we already have an apparel sponsor for

0:57:06.480 --> 0:57:10.160
<v Speaker 2>this show. So all I'm going to say is, if

0:57:10.160 --> 0:57:14.400
<v Speaker 2>you're a larger dude, seems pretty good. Seems pretty good.

0:57:15.120 --> 0:57:18.320
<v Speaker 1>DXL Frisco Bowl, Get the cowboy hat, you get your

0:57:18.360 --> 0:57:21.840
<v Speaker 1>your beanie, cap, your your coin, your pin. DXL, by

0:57:21.840 --> 0:57:23.800
<v Speaker 1>the way, a great sponsor for a college bowl game.

0:57:23.920 --> 0:57:26.520
<v Speaker 2>This would this would actually it would make sense that

0:57:26.640 --> 0:57:29.240
<v Speaker 2>I don't see it here and maybe in previous years

0:57:29.600 --> 0:57:31.560
<v Speaker 2>this was true of the Belk Bowl, where you get

0:57:31.640 --> 0:57:34.320
<v Speaker 2>a shopping spree, you know, and they would always be

0:57:34.360 --> 0:57:38.000
<v Speaker 2>like an unnamed amount of money or whatever to Belk.

0:57:39.720 --> 0:57:42.600
<v Speaker 2>Do we have a DXL that we can get these

0:57:42.640 --> 0:57:47.320
<v Speaker 2>offensive and defensive linemen to around Frisco. I'm looking up

0:57:47.360 --> 0:57:55.760
<v Speaker 2>DXL locations. Unfortunately for US, ty we are not Excel people. No. Oh,

0:57:55.800 --> 0:58:00.840
<v Speaker 2>they're all over Texas, Tye. The shops at Parclay in

0:58:00.880 --> 0:58:04.880
<v Speaker 2>the Dallas area. Oh yeah, they're in Fort Worth. Oh yeah.

0:58:05.080 --> 0:58:07.520
<v Speaker 2>Get yourself to a DXL if you're a larger human

0:58:07.960 --> 0:58:10.720
<v Speaker 2>and you are playing in the DXL, which BAWL is US.

0:58:11.160 --> 0:58:12.960
<v Speaker 1>The Frisco Bowl. Yeah, all right.

0:58:13.040 --> 0:58:15.000
<v Speaker 2>So San Diego State, Ohio, San.

0:58:14.920 --> 0:58:17.479
<v Speaker 1>Diego State, Ohio, Rocky Long, you know him. We've talked

0:58:17.480 --> 0:58:21.480
<v Speaker 1>about him for SDSU. He's taken the Aztecs to a

0:58:21.520 --> 0:58:24.680
<v Speaker 1>bowl game in all eight seasons that he's been there.

0:58:25.440 --> 0:58:30.919
<v Speaker 1>The defense is there this year, but the offense really

0:58:30.960 --> 0:58:31.760
<v Speaker 1>is that.

0:58:32.400 --> 0:58:33.960
<v Speaker 2>They left the offense in twenty sixteen.

0:58:34.240 --> 0:58:38.000
<v Speaker 1>The offense is taking a gap year. Yeah, and I

0:58:38.000 --> 0:58:40.960
<v Speaker 1>think this presents it opening for an Ohio State now

0:58:41.640 --> 0:58:44.920
<v Speaker 1>and I think this presents an opening for an Ohio team.

0:58:45.720 --> 0:58:48.160
<v Speaker 1>It's been dynamic offensively.

0:58:47.600 --> 0:58:49.880
<v Speaker 2>It's been battles, especially the back half of this year. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the last what five of their six games to

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<v Speaker 1>close the season, they scored forty nine points at a

0:58:56.560 --> 0:58:57.760
<v Speaker 1>minimum forty nine points.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, put it on.

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<v Speaker 1>You could trast that with San Diego State, which lost

0:59:02.080 --> 0:59:04.440
<v Speaker 1>four of their last five here. So you've got a

0:59:04.480 --> 0:59:08.360
<v Speaker 1>real good clash of strength and weakness the Ohio offense,

0:59:08.520 --> 0:59:13.920
<v Speaker 1>the ASTech defense, and then almost a battle of weaknesses

0:59:13.960 --> 0:59:18.720
<v Speaker 1>between the San Diego State offense and the Ohio defense,

0:59:18.760 --> 0:59:20.520
<v Speaker 1>which has also been pretty bad. I'm going to go

0:59:20.560 --> 0:59:22.000
<v Speaker 1>Ohio here, Dan, what the hell?

0:59:22.680 --> 0:59:24.720
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I like the quarterback situation a lot more with

0:59:24.720 --> 0:59:26.840
<v Speaker 2>the Bobcats when Nathan Rourke has been able to do.

0:59:27.480 --> 0:59:29.680
<v Speaker 2>I am going Ohio here. I'm putting a good amount

0:59:29.720 --> 0:59:31.840
<v Speaker 2>of confidence in a San Diego State. Even with the

0:59:31.920 --> 0:59:35.320
<v Speaker 2>road win at Boise State, which was crazy impressive, it's

0:59:35.400 --> 0:59:37.360
<v Speaker 2>just been kind of a nightmare of the back half

0:59:37.360 --> 0:59:40.480
<v Speaker 2>of the year, just losing close, losing big, whatever. It

0:59:40.520 --> 0:59:42.560
<v Speaker 2>hasn't been great for the Aztecs. It's been a guys,

0:59:42.600 --> 0:59:45.840
<v Speaker 2>you're right, a gap year, and Frank Solich is a survivor,

0:59:46.120 --> 0:59:48.640
<v Speaker 2>and so I don't think he's going down buoyancy whatever

0:59:49.000 --> 0:59:52.080
<v Speaker 2>is opposing him. Rocky long, little older. I'm going with

0:59:52.080 --> 0:59:55.240
<v Speaker 2>Frank Solich in the conpool. So a healthy amount of

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<v Speaker 2>confidence here in the Bobcat.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty eight points for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Whoa, oh you manly a strategy? All right, this is

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<v Speaker 2>your all fantasy Baseball closer strategy.

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<v Speaker 1>Punt on the winds, load up on stage. Why not? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>finally we're gonna do this one, even though technically it

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<v Speaker 1>will come after one of our upcoming shows. But just

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<v Speaker 1>to give everyone a little bit more runway to make

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<v Speaker 1>these picks, we're not going to preview every game tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the Bad Boy Mower's gas Parilla Bowl. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to ask you again, is it Gasparilla or Gasparilla?

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<v Speaker 2>I really, you know, I would hope it would be Gasparia,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think it is Gasparilla.

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<v Speaker 1>Gas Parilla? What is Gasparilla?

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<v Speaker 2>We've talked about We've probably talked about this the entirety

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<v Speaker 2>of this bowl existing. It's like a pirate themed something

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<v Speaker 2>in Tampa parade, a celebration of some kind. So obviously

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<v Speaker 2>you know about the Buccaneers in Tampa. There is that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you have the ship and Raymond James, So

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's along those lines.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well, I'm looking right now at bad Boy Mowers.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me tell you, as a new homeowner, I could

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<v Speaker 1>get into this.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a big yard.

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<v Speaker 1>I could sink my teeth into a nice zero turn mower.

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<v Speaker 2>You have handheld or a rider right now?

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<v Speaker 1>I have a push mower right now? Self?

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<v Speaker 2>You a push mower?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but these are rappy with it? I'm happy with it. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>The riding mowers seem like you should only have them

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<v Speaker 2>if you have a ton of lawn acres upon acres

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<v Speaker 2>to mow, or walking is difficult. I say that as

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who's never had a lawn, so maybe I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>I could see the zero turn riding mower here, okay, and.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you what are you walking away from this bowl?

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're playing it says you're walking away with

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<v Speaker 1>a gift suite, din.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, bad Boy Mowers. Yeah, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>I would go for the gift suite. Once in the

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<v Speaker 2>gift suite, do you go for the big ticket items

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<v Speaker 2>or do you load up on quantity.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you gotta go big ticket items. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>You just take a Bluetooth speaker and that's that.

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<v Speaker 1>Take the thing that you're gonna use, not the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that you think you might use.

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<v Speaker 2>But you could also get a bunch and give them

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<v Speaker 2>away as gifts, bunch of little things.

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<v Speaker 1>You could. But you earned it if you're a college

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<v Speaker 1>football but you earned it. You put your blood, sweat

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<v Speaker 1>and tears into this team all year. You go to

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<v Speaker 1>the bowl game. This should be about celebrating you and

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<v Speaker 1>your team. So pick something that you personally would want.

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<v Speaker 2>Fair. Yeah, I could see somebody's aunt wanting a bad

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<v Speaker 2>boy mower's gasparilla bowle pull over.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I could all right. Well, Thursday, the twentieth of December,

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<v Speaker 1>eight pm, ESPN, Marshall at eight and four, South Florida

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<v Speaker 1>at seven and five. The Bulls are a two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half point favorite. I've got two notes here, both

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<v Speaker 1>of which are on the South Florida side. Number one

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<v Speaker 1>st and Gilbert, their offensive coordinator, left to be the

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<v Speaker 1>head coach at McNeese State. I don't know if that matters, because,

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<v Speaker 1>as you know, not all coaching turnover is created equal.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bulls on offense really limped to the finish out there, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes they did.

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<v Speaker 1>If you read what people are saying, Bulls fans were

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<v Speaker 1>not happy with the product that Gilbert was putting out

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<v Speaker 1>there down the stretch. So maybe this is for the better.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Point two, Blake Barnett actually hurt his

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<v Speaker 1>shoulder and his ankle and he missed two of the

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<v Speaker 1>last three games at the end of the year, which

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<v Speaker 1>certainly contributes a little bit to any offensive woes. It

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<v Speaker 1>is unclear at time of recording if he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>play in this Bowl game, and even if he plays,

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<v Speaker 1>how effective he will be. Well that as the backdrop, Dan,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you got?

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, there is a density to Charlie Strong

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<v Speaker 2>that I do not trust in the conpool. There just isn't. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>USF is playing at home and they're only favored by

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<v Speaker 2>two and a half. That's worrisome to me. So give

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<v Speaker 2>me Doc and Marshall. Give me Doc and the Herd.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in. I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go way, I'm gonna go Marshall as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Because of the defense. Their offense is dreadful, very dreadful.

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<v Speaker 2>It improved, it improved, Marshals.

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<v Speaker 1>It improved, and it's still dreadful, which tells us something.

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<v Speaker 1>But maybe they get a big player from Tyer Brady.

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<v Speaker 1>Their playmaker out wide. Maybe it's just a stifling effort

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<v Speaker 1>from the defense, but there's enough uncertainty on the South

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<v Speaker 1>Florida side. I agree with you. Playing the game at

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<v Speaker 1>home and only being favored by two and a half

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<v Speaker 1>against a team that has a pretty bad offense. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of an indicator. I am not very confident

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<v Speaker 1>in this Marshall pick, mind you. So I'm gonna go

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<v Speaker 1>Marshall with like, let's say twelve points.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was gonna say nine or ten.

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<v Speaker 1>For me, I'm gonna go twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>They definitely played better second half of it year, but

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<v Speaker 2>this is more betting against the or betting, yeah, betting

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<v Speaker 2>against the lack of momentum that USF has right now

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<v Speaker 2>as a program. Defense takes a big step in the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong direction this year. You know, there's unhappiness, you know

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<v Speaker 2>with Sterling Gilbert as you mentioned, and the health at quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all worrisome to me. So I'm going with stability here.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going with.

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<v Speaker 1>Marshall again my three rules. We're not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>with you to make all of these picks. But as

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<v Speaker 1>you make the picks first and foremost, well it up early.

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<v Speaker 1>Get all your confidence points out early or as many

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<v Speaker 1>as you're willing to gamble early, get them out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Number two consider the turnover right coaches leaving, are their

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<v Speaker 1>injuries or the guys sitting out? Considerate, look to see

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<v Speaker 1>if it's a mismatch, but at least considerate. And number

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<v Speaker 1>three look to see motivation. Who wants to be there?

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<v Speaker 1>Who doesn't?

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<v Speaker 2>And number four buoyancy buoyancy right conpool buoyancy and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not loving Charlie Strong in a pool right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Sad to say, well, there you go, there's your first

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<v Speaker 1>batch of games here. Yeah on the verbal hope it

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<v Speaker 1>helps again. Soliverble at gmail dot com emails so let

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<v Speaker 1>us know what you think would be curious.

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<v Speaker 2>So there are one, two, three, four five on Saturday. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday is a pretty fun day because we haven't had

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<v Speaker 2>football in a little while on this level on the

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<v Speaker 2>FBS and Power five levels, since we do have Arizona

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<v Speaker 2>State playing, but everybody's going to be tuned in basically

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<v Speaker 2>watching the same games at stretches four stretches. We'll have

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of eyeballs on Arizona State Fresno State, which

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<v Speaker 2>is never true. We'll have a lot of eyeballs on

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<v Speaker 2>Georgia Southern Eastern Michigan, which would never be true. I

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<v Speaker 2>know there's Thursday night games and Wednesday night games, Tuesday

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<v Speaker 2>night games, but this is everybody on a Saturday in

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<v Speaker 2>front of a TV paying attention to teams that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the casual fan doesn't always pay attention to. So there

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<v Speaker 2>is something that I still maintain is pretty cool about

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<v Speaker 2>this Opening Bowl Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And then we got Tuesday is UAB, Wednesday is

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<v Speaker 2>San Diego State, Ohio. Thursday Marshall USF. That's great.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the deal. We'll be back again on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna preview more Bowl games. We'll probably i'm sure,

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<v Speaker 1>talk about some of the results of these games on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>But make sure if you haven't already to sign up

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<v Speaker 1>that note, Dan, and before we go any further, please

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<v Speaker 1>tell me some of the names of guys who have

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<v Speaker 1>decided they're going to go early to the NFL.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah, that's happening more and more, and it'll happen

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<v Speaker 2>after bowl games as well. I think you can have

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<v Speaker 2>until mid January. I want to say, is a cut

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<v Speaker 2>off point. Yeah, they've been changing it. Jared'stidham for Auburn.

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<v Speaker 2>He certainly considered it last year and heard his stock

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<v Speaker 2>coming back with his season, But we'll see how he's evaluated.

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<v Speaker 2>Greedy Williams at LSU considered to be one of, if

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<v Speaker 2>not the best cover corner in the nation. Noah fanse

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<v Speaker 2>Tight you know Iowa, mister incredible for Iowa. Did a

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<v Speaker 2>great job alongside t J. Hawkinson this year. Brian Burns

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<v Speaker 2>the end at Florida State, really good pass rusher, AJ Brown,

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<v Speaker 2>and just have agreaker in general. AJ Brown, who is

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<v Speaker 2>among the most talented receivers in the country, wasn't as

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<v Speaker 2>prolific this year with some inconsistencies with ole Miss in general.

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<v Speaker 2>DJ Metcalf, same story there with ole Miss and Greg Little.

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<v Speaker 2>A nice year and a nice enough year. I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>watched a lot of tape on left tackle for ole Miss,

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<v Speaker 2>but came in super highly regarded and obviously either as

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<v Speaker 2>done with his time at ole Miss or feels he

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<v Speaker 2>can make a splash in the NFL. So those are

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<v Speaker 2>some of the big ones that have happened in the last

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<v Speaker 2>few days. I saw FAU. I think it's Devin Singletary

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<v Speaker 2>who had a crazy good twenty seventeen. He declared as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So there are more names pay attention to. But it

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<v Speaker 2>keeps happening. It's going to just like every year. It's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a completely new look year in college football.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the heater just kicked on in this room.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah hear it, I do hear it in the back.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah I didn't. That was unexpected.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, it's a good time then to depart.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you again to everyone for downloading the show. Please

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<v Speaker 1>do get on in that confidence pool. We'll be back

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday to talk more college football, more bowl season,

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<v Speaker 1>more news, where coaching carousel. Who knows what will pop

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<v Speaker 1>up after we hit the stop button. But in the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy the rest of your week, Enjoy your weekend. My

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<v Speaker 1>name is Ty, his name is Dan. Until next time,

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<v Speaker 1>stay solid, peace,