WEBVTT - 2017 ACC Conference Preview 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the solid verbo call that for me. I'm 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.719 a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.639 I want to be happy. You want to be happy 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.040 for Dake Edith State. Is that whoo whoom and Dan 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:21.360 and Tie, welcome back to the solid verbal boys and girls. 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:23.479 My name is Ty hilden Brand. I am joined as 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:25.759 always by my good friend and colleague can co host 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.280 so many years way over there in beautiful New York City, 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:33.080 a fine gentleman by the name of Dan Rubinstein. Sir, 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:34.680 how are you, Ty? 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.880 Let's take our time tonight above us as we speak 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:41.520 right now, stars are watching, and there is no place 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.200 and you know this, Tie, I'd rather be in this world. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:46.320 This is Bruno Mars. 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.479 This is your your eyes, Tie, That's what I'm lost in. 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.519 You know that underneath that chandelier I know you have 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:55.280 is this versace on the floor, Bruno Mars. 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.600 You really have a good voice. Tie. It's not is 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.720 that it's not my serious XM voice, but you have 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:03.960 a good voice. Well think is that the correct song? 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.920 That is the correct song? I learn all of these 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:08.119 songs online. 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:09.560 Because I don't listen to the radio, because I take 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.800 a subway to work and fascinating. 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:15.280 Well, it's funny that you should bring that up, because 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.399 we did a live show this past weekend and which 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.640 was awesome. It was great to meet so many people. 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.520 We had a packed house, which is great. The solid 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.440 wife Kate reported that she went up to the bar 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.399 to get a drink before we got rolling, and there 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.520 was such a crush on the bartenders that they were 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:35.920 asking each other if there was like an open bar, 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.680 what's going on here? What exactly is this? So, by 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:44.400 all accounts, verbalers were well nourished at our live event, 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.280 but we had some snacks out there. It went very 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:50.720 very well. Where I'm going with this is some people 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:54.600 came up and they were asking about song lyrics, and 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.360 that's right, they do like that, Is this something that 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.320 we plan out in advance? Do I have advanced knowledge 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.160 of what you're going to ask? And of course I 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.720 never do. You just usually spring it on me. And 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.880 because they listened to so much pop radio, I'm usual 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:07.760 pretty good to get in the ear. 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.640 You're very good at it, You're scary good. And I 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:13.000 will echo what you said. It was a great time. 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:16.280 The Fantasy Things Draft went off without a hitch at 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.960 Hill Country Barbecue. It was so cool to meet people 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.880 or see people that we've met before once again. I 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:26.040 hope everybody got snacks or beer. That that social lubrication tie. 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:29.320 That's right, that lubrication. And I don't want to spoil 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.679 anything because I think people the show goes up when 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.080 we're recording right now on a Thursday, goes up Sunday. 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.000 Sunday, we'll put out fantasy things. Yeah, all right, I 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.919 will just say this. Somebody fell through a chair. That's 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:43.919 right in the very beginning of the show. They're okay, 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.280 And I think that loosened everybody up. I think it did. 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.000 It was a great icebreaker right in front, right in 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:51.639 the front. Yeah, as you met and you can hear 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.680 it on the audio. I have gone back and done 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.040 a little bit of light editing. You can't hear it 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:59.800 on the audio. It's pretty fantastic. One other bullet point 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:03.040 on live show. Because the interest has been so great 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.800 in coming to see the solidverbal live, but not everyone's 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.079 in New York, we started a bit of an informal survey. 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:14.080 We've gotten hundreds of responses already. We will link up 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.760 that survey on the official posting for this episode. If 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.120 you go on out to soliverbal dot com. Let us 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:23.040 know hypothetically if we came and did a mini tour 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:24.640 of cities where you might be able to come and 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.559 see us, because you never know, it's always a possibility. 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.240 Do you want to reveal what certain hotspots are or no, 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:31.480 you want to just let it play. 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.240 Out right now, Chicago, Atlanta and DC. 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:40.200 But there's a Texas contingent that has split the vote, right. 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:44.040 There is a Texas contingent between Dallas, between Houston and Austin. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:49.040 That little triangle area of Texas has definitely had the 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.760 biggest footprint, the biggest response in general on the survey, 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.320 but not in any one particular city. 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:59.760 Yeah, Chicago, Atlanta, d C. And if it's cool and 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:01.320 if we do end up doing a show in Texas, 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:05.680 Austin feels like the most central, right, if my geography stand, 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.560 I don't know, maybe my geography is wrong. I was 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.520 a runner up in the seventh grade geography b Sierra 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:12.680 CanYa Middle School. Not a huge deal tie, but I 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:13.880 just want to make sure that factor. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:18.200 Sure, sure, sure, anyway, we'll link up the survey, go 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:19.880 and take it. Let us know what you think we'd 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:21.760 love to do more live shows. Perhaps we will come 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.080 to your sit taym. 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:30.320 And as a benefit, I had two point two beers 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.400 and a shot of tequila and I may have been 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.040 hungover for forty eight hours. 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:35.440 Nice. 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.880 Nice, Yeah, I was struggling through Monday. So hey, you 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.480 get to experience that if you come out to one 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:43.400 of those shows. And we will absolutely try our very 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.320 best at any of those cities to do it at 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.839 a venue that has a food quotient, because that feels 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.719 right for our show. So I really don't want people 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:54.640 to go hungry, and it seemed people just swarmed the 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:57.559 food that we served like piranhas, which is what I wanted. 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.359 So we're not saying we're gonna do, but we're just saying, 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:05.160 if you'd be interested, go and take the survey. Yes, absolutely, 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.839 very quickly. T shirts are still on sale for another week. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.279 You can find the link to that again by going 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:14.600 to solidverbal dot com. We will be emailing everyone who 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:16.680 ordered at the end of next week just to confirm 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.320 addresses and let you know a status update when you 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.920 can expect your apparel. We also have a pickam pool, 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:26.120 which I will also link on the official posting for 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.200 this episode out on solid verbal dot com. You can 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:30.960 also find that if you're going out to the Twitter, 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.480 the Facebook, the Instagram, or of course our new friends 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:35.760 over at the subreddit. 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:38.760 Dan, Yes, contribute to all of those things. And we've 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.279 heard from a couple of women about the shirts and 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.840 if we were going to offer tanks, if that is you, 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.080 if you want if you're a dude, if you're a 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.680 lady and you want a tank, we will look into it. 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:51.560 But let us know so we have a sense that 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:53.240 that demand actually is out there. 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.799 Lady little lady has want a lady's specific shirt. 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:01.160 Yes, that seems to be what we're here. So let 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.600 us know if that's a thing you're interested in, and 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.440 we will do our best to accommodate you. 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.760 On that note, Dan, we got to talk more in 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:14.960 college football, don't we. Maybe the first and only time 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:18.520 this year will be drum rolling the ACC preview, certainly 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:19.440 the preview show. 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:20.839 I was going to say, I don't know how many 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:22.479 ACC previews you have in mind. 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.520 Yeah, hopefully what I've got enough once will be enough. 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.760 Here we are going through the ACC today. Last week 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:30.480 we did the Big Ten. Two weeks ago we did 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.000 the Big twelve. We still have the SEC, which I 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.520 think will be doing next week, and then just because 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.039 we got to squeeze them all in, we're probably going 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:38.919 to be doing one on the weekend or publishing a 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.120 show anyway on the weekend to get the PAC twelve 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:45.880 in before we actually start previewing games in pretty short order. Here, 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.320 let's start in the ACC though, Dan, we've got fourteen teams. 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.640 We've got seven per division. As you might expect, the 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:57.520 Atlantic looks far superior, at least at the top, because 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:01.560 it has Florida State and Clemson Louisville and Anti State 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.320 kind of lurking around. Maybe they'll snipe somebody who knows. 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.840 We've also got the Coastal division, which has a much 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.520 different narrative. Can you name all seven teams in the 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:12.640 Coastal without looking by. 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.480 The way I'm looking right now, so it'll be unfair, 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:18.360 I have to. I had to write it on my 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.280 right forearm, as if I am about to cheat in 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:22.080 algebra two. 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.400 I'm not sure I could name all seven, and I'm 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:27.120 not proud to say that, but I'm not ashamed to 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:27.720 say that either. 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:29.520 The only thing I know about the Coastal in general 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:33.680 as a grouping this year is it's Duke and everybody 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:35.960 else as far who knows who their co who knows 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.600 who their quarterback is going to be with certainty and 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:40.760 how they will look within that offense. 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:44.360 Yeah, Miami, Virginia Tech, Pitt, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, all 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:47.360 of them have new quarterbacks. We're going to get into 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.800 all of that here and and much much more. Should 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.000 we start at the top with Florida State? No, let's 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.960 start with the defending champ tie show some respects. Okay, 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:57.080 right right right, right, right right right. 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:02.320 The All Championship Chief Conference because it was the best 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:04.400 conference in America last year. 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:08.640 The ACC. Let's start with Clemson. You're defending champions Dan, 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:10.200 how do you feel about Clemson this year? 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.640 I feel very good. I don't feel excellently. I don't 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.680 feel eleven and one, twelve and zero about Clemson. But 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.520 the fact that both of their lines are in terrific shape, 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.200 the fact that they have a lot of experience, even 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.920 if it's not starting experience in the wide receiving corps 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:29.000 with running backs, secondary loses a couple key pieces. The 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:32.960 linebackers are in good shape. But I'm generally feeling really 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:34.920 good about a team that has recruited very well, that 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.040 has held on to coaches, that has I guess, three 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:43.680 great coordinators with co coordinators on offense. The schedule is tricky, 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:47.880 but I'm about done doubting Clemson myself. So if they 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.959 can figure out or more specifically, Kelly Bryant can figure 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.880 out the offense or a way to play within this offense, 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.360 if it's Hunter Johnson, the freshman, the blue chip freshman 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.160 who comes in later on in the season like Deshaun 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:00.839 Watson did when he was a freshman, whoever it may be, 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:07.000 they are built to withstands inexperienced quarterback troubles. So I 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.680 could not see them going anything less than nine and three. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.760 It's an incredible success story the way that Davos Sweeney's 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:16.079 built the program. Consider the fact again that the Shawn 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:20.120 Watson's gone, Wayne Gallman, Mike Williams or Tavis Scott, They're 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:24.640 all gone. So is Carlos Watkins and Ben Bowl. I mean, 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.480 there's a lot of elite talent walking out the door. 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.080 The fact that there's still a top ten team in 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.640 spite of all that tells you a lot about just 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:36.439 how good of a job he's done constructing this through recruiting. 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.199 Of course, the question here in twenty seventeen is not 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:44.200 the defense. They're still loaded. The question is who steps 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.959 up on offense? Right, yeah, who steps up? You mentioned 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:51.160 the line. I think the line will support whoever plays quarterback, 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.120 whoever plays running back, that's not going to be as 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.280 big of an issue. I think whoever plays quarterback is 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.120 going to have guys to throw to, including m my 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:05.840 Doodlern dan Oh already right out of the shoot, my 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.080 boy Dion Kane. I like that. I am excited. Can 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.080 I talk to you for a second about Dion Kane? 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.880 Please safe place Dion Kane. He's been a clemser for 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.480 what two years now. Both years he's been overshadowed by 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.480 bigger guys with better names. I need five touchdowns as 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.840 freshman year nine last year. Actually, he only had four 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.400 more catches last year than he did in twenty fifteen, 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.440 and still somehow managed about one hundred and seventy extra 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:37.920 receiving yards to boot. So I've been workshopping some slogans 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:39.800 here that I wanted to run by you just to 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:41.480 see you know what you think. It might be a 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.680 bit of a hackneyed phrase, but option one how do 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:48.800 you feel about Kine is able? It's not bad, Ty, 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:52.280 It's not bad, not bad, That's all I'm getting. What 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.040 about yes, I Cane? Oh that was good. That's where 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.160 I'm going with is that number two? Number two is 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.840 something that you know some people could get. We're you know, 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.280 we're talking college foot Well, yes I can. Yeah, but 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:05.480 that could be the mantra, not just for Dion Kane, 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:08.160 but for the entire Clemson team. I think I came. 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:13.400 It almost feels more inspirational and what I'm saying, Okay, 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:14.320 I think that's the move. 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:17.160 I did not expect you to react like that. I 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.600 expected crickets like he gave me last time, way better 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:25.559 than Alan Lazard. I still like duke of Hazard Allen Lazard. 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:26.000 But whatever. 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.600 Let's go through the schedule and figure out which players 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.240 and which teams should be worried about their junken Christian Wilkins. 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.600 How about okay, yep, yep, Auburn. They go to Louisville 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.000 to Virginia Tech. We should have a tough defense. And 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.040 like another year where seven dudes have the last named Edmunds, 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:42.559 they go to North Carolina State, which is gonna be 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:44.920 pretty tricky. They host Florida State and they go to 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.199 South Carolina. So pretty tough. 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:51.000 Yeah, I'm I'm skittish about September. I think there might 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.719 be a loss in there. I don't like Clemson more 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.000 than Florida State this year. I think that's a loss 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.880 as well. I don't know if there is a third 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:02.480 in there, but I think Vally I could see it happening. 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:07.000 So I feel more on the side of ten and 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:08.760 two than I do nine and three, but I think 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.320 it's one of the other danger junk. Sorry, I'm a 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:12.880 bad person. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:17.000 Yes we can, Yes we can. Yep, all right, I'm 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.160 right there with you. Ten and two, nine and three, 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:19.800 ten and two. 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:24.280 Let's go to Florida State. Then let's do that. How 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:27.679 about this one? The cook has left the kitchen? What 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:29.920 is with you and nicknames? In twenty seventeen? 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:34.240 The cook is out of the crazy branding. That's fine, 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:37.160 it's yeah, it doesn't get me all worked up. Okay, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:38.080 what about yes we can? 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.400 Mm? Interesting, we could just go an entire theme throughout 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:46.960 the acc Yeah, ach or break your heart. Dalvin Cook 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:51.400 is gone. The top four receiving targets are gone. DeMarcus 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.840 Walker's gone corner is something to watch if you want 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:58.240 to split hairs. And the schedule kind of sucks to 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.600 be perfectly frank, because he got Alabama week one, Miami 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.559 week three, n C State week four in a letdown spot, 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:09.320 mind you, Louisville week eight at Clemson, week eleven at 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.280 Florida to close out the regular season. That is five 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.600 losable games. I'll say five and a half because I 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:16.440 like NC State and awful lot. We'll get to that 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:21.600 moment tarily Beyond all that, I love Florida State this year. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:27.840 Dan Why I like DeAndre francois more than seemingly everyone 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:29.839 who covers Florida State football. I don't know why, but 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:34.520 I like him. I like the fact that even though 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.880 the cook is officially out of the kitchen, Jimbo's got 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:40.480 about fifteen quality guys that he can trot out there 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:44.520 at running back and get production. Wide. Receiver have been untested, 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.640 but it's Florida State. They always so quality receiver, they 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:50.560 just they do. Someone's gonna step up. And on top 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:53.640 of that, all the defense was young last year. Now 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.800 they are officially loaded, and they've got my boy, Derwin 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:00.360 James coming back from injury. Yes, that's a lot to 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:04.360 like about Florida State. I'm very bullish on the knowles 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:04.720 this year. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.520 Yeah, Florida State definitely one of those teams where you 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:10.480 feel like, well, they've recruited so well that it's just 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.760 a matter of time before somebody steps into that role, 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.679 whatever role that may be, and succeeds. I like DeAndre Francois. 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.800 I think he's promising. He's not somebody that I am 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:22.720 totally fully convinced of, but still liking. Is a good 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.920 enough situation in the ACC this year with quarterback, Yeah, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.800 the experience at receiver isn't great, but there's a lot 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.120 of explosive potential. We saw some of that last year 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.880 with the rotation guys who will step in the offensive 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:38.040 line needs to get better at protecting the quarterback, but again, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.160 talent is there. Just need to prevent Hits defensive line 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.920 is scary good, very deep. Josh Sweat will be terrorizing everybody. 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:48.480 Matthew Thomas is back at linebacker, and he is I 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:51.560 think he's thirty seven years old, could be he has been. 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.440 He's been in Tallahassee a long time. There's a lot 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.800 of there's a lot of quality at corner and at safety. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:14:59.720 Derwin James is worth everything. And here's the big thing 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.440 about their schedule tie, which I like because we've been 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.200 talking about body blow theory stuff for years, whether or 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:08.640 not it actually is real, we enjoy talking about it. Yeah, 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.480 all of those tough games, those five losable games, to 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:15.120 varying degrees, they're all buffered. So obviously you have the 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.320 off season before Alabama, so there is there's no back 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.600 to back danger on this Florida State schedule, which is 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.880 at least something to hang your hat on when it 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.840 is a pretty tough slate going to Clemson, going to Florida, 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.120 which might have things figured out to whatever degree later 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:30.880 on in the season. 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:31.960 So it's fine. 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.640 You get a really good Miami defense at home. You know, 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.240 Lamar Jackson's coming to Tallahassee. So if you're going to 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:41.640 have a tough schedule, at least get that break. 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.680 Which they have. You know what that means, though, don't you? 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:46.240 What's that a lot of let down look ahead potential 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:54.480 sandwich you I'm so oh boy, there you go. It's 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:55.880 been a while since I had a chance. I like 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.960 that sound underrated, very underrated. Yeah. I have a personal 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.520 question for you though, as I'm always for Florida State. Yeah. 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:07.840 Someone after the live show on Saturday asked for my 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:13.280 hot college football take, and I said that I thought 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:17.840 Florida State was going to beat Alabama. Okay, do I 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:20.520 pull that one back and blame the alcohol or do 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.160 I just roll with it. I'm not sure what the 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.680 protocol is because I'm not one hundred percent behind that 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:30.320 and I'm certainly not above a mia Kulpa. I feel 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.040 like I might want to pull that one back because 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:35.160 I've been doing a little advanced recon on Alabama and 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:38.120 I'm not necessarily feeling as confident as I did with 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:38.960 a couple drinks in me. 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.120 Here's the case for Florida State over Alabama. We'll get 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:43.760 to this in a couple weeks when we preview the 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.560 actual game. The case for Florida State is Jalen Hurts 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:49.720 struggled last year near the end of the year against 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.080 the very good defenses that he faced. In Florida State's 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.280 defense should be as healthy as it will be and 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:56.400 be very good, so they could force a couple of 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.760 mistakes there. They have the beef and rotation beef up 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.520 front to handle both Scarborough and whoever else rotates in 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:07.240 Naje Harris. DeAndre Francois is used to taking a beating 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:10.640 up front and just bouncing back up. Camp akers should 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:12.879 be able to run and continue to bounce back up 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.080 against a really good Alabama front. So in terms of 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:21.200 comparative talent and coaching, Florida State's right there, and it's 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.960 on a neutral field in Atlanta. Should be a fast 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.080 track there you go. I like that new stadium, you 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.560 like that fast track fash track. Yeah, So that's the case. 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.440 Florida State can force a turnover and play relatively safe. 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.320 With Deandrey Francois can do they can win that game absolutely. 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:38.960 All right, Well I'll wait to rescind it. But the 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:42.159 solid verbal and the case of the knowles, Let's go 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:48.080 to Louisville. Dan, I knew somebody from Louisville. Once Louisville, 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:52.560 I was told that it's Wolville, like l Apostrophe, l 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:57.760 Elville Minils. Just to be safe, it's just l's and v's. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:02.200 So a bit of a revelation last year with Lamar Jackson. 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:05.679 He has quietly been my favorite story all off season 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.720 because I can't tell you how many questions we got 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:12.399 from people who were like Hey, is it just me 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:16.280 or is nobody talking about Lamar Jackson? And then recently 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.879 we actually got one asking us if the under hype 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:23.040 was being overhyped, which is like ten dimensional chess. I 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:26.960 can't even think that through. How do you feel about 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:31.879 Louillville this year? Backlash to the backlash to the backlash, Yeah, 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:36.040 I feel I feel good that they'll be entertaining. I'm 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.040 worried a little bit about the secondary and still worried 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.600 about the offensive line, which are two things that it's 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:44.199 not great to worry about going into a season. Usually 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:46.760 expect some skill talent with a quarterback of that caliber 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:49.920 to find its way early on. Look Lamar Jackson, when 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:53.600 he's protected, when the offense is catered to him, he's extraordinary. 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:57.640 He is an absolute monster. And supposedly this year he's 0:18:57.680 --> 0:18:59.360 going to be in the pocket a little bit more 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:02.719 less sort of spready and dual thready than normal. But 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.919 in either case, he is really good at sort of 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:08.560 reading the field, will take off if there's nothing. I'm 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:10.720 not worried about him, even though he did struggle down 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:13.159 the stretch a bit, somewhat of his fault, somewhat not 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:16.879 there's a ton of size, a ton of speed in 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:22.080 the receiving core, little inexperience. I listen up front, Louisville 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:24.400 should be good. It's a new defensive coordinator. They sort 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:27.160 of swapped right with Mississippi State. Peter Sermon comes in 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:31.560 this fie old USC whatever and was not great for 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:34.800 Mississippi State. Todd Grantham goes to Mississippi State. So they're 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.320 going from like a three to four too, more multiple. Look, 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:39.879 it should be fine because they're talented, especially up in 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:44.600 the front. They'll miss DeVante fields, but otherwise the schedule 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:50.840 is not fantastic. It's fine, not fantastic, But they have 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:53.560 what I still think is the most dangerous person in 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:56.280 college football with the ball in his hands in Lamar Jackson, 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:58.719 which I think should count for something. Yeah, I mean, 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:01.320 I think he checked all the boxes. The one thing 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:05.879 I would add on the schedule, if you really squint, 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:07.360 you might be able to find an eight and four 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:10.480 season in there. But I think that's leaving a lot 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:15.240 to assumption. I I'm going to assume that Louisville loses 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:16.560 to Florida State and Clemson. 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.760 They're better than everybody on this schedule other than those 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:22.840 two teams. Right, there's like there, they clearly should beat 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:24.880 those teams because of talent and coaching. 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:29.160