1 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another Late Kick Extra podcast, 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: about fourteen hours worth of material to discuss. It's going 3 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: to be a long, long Tuesday. There's a lot going on. 4 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: It is early December, about to be mid December. We're 5 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: going to make a note about that in a second. 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Paid happy to have you with me here 7 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: this morning or this evening afternoon, whenever you're choosing to 8 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: listen to the old Late Kick Extra podcast. Traffic's been 9 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: great lately. Thank you so much for that. The five 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: star reviews to continue to come. Please keep bringing those 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: five star reviews in. We want to get a thousand 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: by the end of the year. We got to start 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: our drive. It's got to be like a soup can drive, 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: and we really got to push people, maybe even peer 15 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: pressure people that you know that listen who have not 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: already given a five star review. Steal those iPhones. If 17 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 1: you have to have relatives and friends, log in, get 18 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: the iTunes, give us a five star. But thank you 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: so much for those of you who have already. I've 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,199 Speaker 1: been getting a whole lot of good feedback on really 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: both platforms that we do the show on. We do 22 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: podcast and we do the Late Kick Live show on 23 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: twenty four seven Sports YouTube, which saw record traffic Friday. 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: I kind of put some data out there from time 25 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: to time. A lot of you guys are strangely curious 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: about that. I get it, though, because I'm into this 27 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: kind of thing too. Our average viewer. Think about this 28 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: for a second. Our average viewer watched videos for eight 29 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: minutes eight minutes per video over the past month. Some 30 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: of our videos are not eight minutes long. Now. What 31 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: that means, obviously, is we're putting Barton and Bud and 32 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: Late Cake on there, which are long form shows, and 33 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: you guys are really staying in tune with those a 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: lot longer than just clicking in and clicking out, and 35 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: it shows, and well YouTube loves it, first off. Second off, 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: I can assure you CBS Sports and twenty four seven 37 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: Sports love that as well. So thank you so much 38 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: for that. So let's all sit back here and let's 39 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: breathe deep, okay, do everything they tell you not to do, 40 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: breathing in the microphone, dead air, all that stuff. We've 41 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: just got a really crazy time right now. We entered 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty uncertain that we would have college football. I 43 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: spent many a late night, early morning on this podcast, 44 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,839 Speaker 1: talking with you guys about how if the worst comes here, 45 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: we have alternatives, We have backup plans. Hopefully we'll never 46 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: have to break the glass and hit the button use them. 47 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: And we didn't. We got football, didn't even know what 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: it was going to look like. Now we know what 49 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: it looked like. Didn't know how many games we were 50 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: going to get in. Now we largely know how many 51 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: games we've gotten in. And I think you and I 52 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: can both agree. I mean, it's been a success, has 53 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: it not? If you think about your worst fears? In August? 54 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: There was one Sunday night, I remember, right before we 55 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: went on air with Late Cake Live, and there were 56 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: all these reports coming out about how insiders thought the 57 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: season was going to be canceled by this Thursday. And 58 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: I told you with trepidation in my voice, of course, 59 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: but I told you, I don't think we're jumping the 60 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: gun a little bit there. So let's just hold off, 61 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: let's be patient, let's hold the rope, let's keep the path. 62 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: And ultimately things paid off and we got football on 63 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: the field. But what we thought even when we got 64 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: football in the field, or at least a lot of 65 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: us thought is, well, no one's getting fired this year. 66 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: And I thought that initially, and I told you that initially, 67 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: and then as the season got closer, I got it 68 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: out there before the season started. But you remember there 69 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: was one podcast in particular. I hope you remember it 70 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: because I'm not digging it up. I said, you know, 71 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: the more I think about it, when we get into 72 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: the weeds and we get into the thick of it, 73 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: bullets are flying. I'm not so sure as a fan, 74 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: as a booster, as someone who's emotionally invested in these programs, 75 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm not so sure that you're going to view the 76 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: outcome of these games any different than you normally would. 77 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: And that ended up being spot on. Some things that 78 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: I thought would happen weren't, But that was spot on 79 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: because if you think about it right now, Auburn folks 80 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: around Gus maus On, you're not giving him any kind 81 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: of pass because it's twenty twenty. I'm about to talk 82 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: about LSU in just a second. Certainly they're not giving 83 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: Itzon even a pass down there. Jim Harbaugh from some 84 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: fans may not have a pass, but the fans aren't 85 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: necessarily going to decide his future. We're gonna discuss him 86 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: in just a second. Two. As I said, got a 87 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: lot to get to this morning. But it's really it's 88 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: really interesting, isn't it. How everyone was really ready before 89 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: Toe met Leather in August or September. Whenever you started October. 90 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: In some cases, everyone was, man, what am I talking about? 91 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: No one played in August? All right, Well a few 92 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: months ago everyone was ready to give everyone the benefit 93 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: of the doubt, and then all of a sudden we played. 94 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,559 Speaker 1: And now, hey, I mean, there may be less fans 95 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: in the stands, but other than that, we are in 96 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: it to win it. Baby. You gotta say baby at 97 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: the enders, it's not really legitimate, I don't think. All right, 98 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: So here's how we do this. New listeners every week. 99 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: And I got to remind you, the Late Kick Extra 100 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: podcast is Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Now. We also have 101 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: a replay of Late Kick Live, which airs Sunday, Tuesday 102 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: Thursday nights, and it is in your podcast feed Monday, 103 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: Wednesday Friday morning. It's complicated, yes, but just know the 104 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: Late Kick Extra podcast is podcast only. There's nowhere else 105 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: you can find this. It is mail bag. It is 106 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: your questions or statements. It is my answers or responses. 107 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: Two ways that you can get in touch with me, 108 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: and really a third way at Latekickjosh on Twitter, and 109 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: I strongly advise you, slash plead with you to follow 110 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: me there. We really have a lot of fun. I 111 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: go back and forth with a lot of you guys. 112 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: So you can follow me there at Latekickjosh. You can 113 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,119 Speaker 1: email me Josh pat seven zero six at gmail dot com. Also, 114 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: if you leave a five star review in Apple Podcasts, 115 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: just leave your question there. I've got several questions this 116 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: morning from five star reviews, so thank you. Someone the 117 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: other day left a terrible, terrible written review just completely 118 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: went scort stirth on me, but he put five stars 119 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: in there, so I was happy. So let's get it 120 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: started here. Let me pull my notepad up. Very irresponsible, 121 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: All right, here we go. So Kyle wants to kick 122 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: us off. Kyle could have been a million other people, 123 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: because this is the question that is poured in overnight, 124 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: and it is the question that I'm probably gonna talk 125 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: about on Late Kick Live a substantial amount tonight. Kyle 126 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: says or asks, what is happening at LSU? The losses 127 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: are one thing I expected, But it feels like the 128 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 1: program itself is melting down. Kyle Truer words have never 129 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: been spoken, my friend. And as I told my cousin 130 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: last night, as bad as it looks on the surface, 131 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: it's probably much worse behind the scenes. That's one of 132 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: those situations that's the inverse of what you hope is 133 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: reality in a normal world where things are never as 134 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: bad as they appear. Sometimes they are. You ever eat 135 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: in Vanna sausages every bit as bad as they appear, 136 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: And don't think I'm some kind of food snob on this. 137 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: I'm the guy who liquefies as turkey and drinks it 138 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: with wave protein. Okay, so I'm far from a food snob. 139 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: But when I was growing up, I used to eat 140 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: Vana sausages all the time. This is not quite one 141 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: of those I had to survive on them, but I 142 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: did not grow up with extravagant wealth, per se, so 143 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: I did eat a lot of them. Now I like them. 144 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: Back in the day, I like Vana sausages, And then 145 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: there was a turning point. I don't know what happened. 146 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: Maybe my taste bud's matured finally, but man, Vienna sausages 147 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: are the worst, the absolute worst. I've rather lick the 148 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: bottom of the shoe that's sitting next to this table 149 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: right now. They need Vienna sausages. I don't know how 150 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: you guys do it. Some of you voluntarily do it. 151 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: You're not in a goolag anywhere you are voluntarily paying 152 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: your money like nine cents at a time. I remember 153 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: the cost we used to buy them in bolt and 154 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: you're eating those anyway. So natural transition back from Vienna 155 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: sausages to LSU football. It's bad. It's bad. There's no 156 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: way to sugarcoat it. There's no way to sausage coat 157 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: this one. It's just bad. Here's what's happening from what 158 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: I can tell now. What's happening as is being reported 159 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: is LSU. As you said, Kyle, they've lost a lot 160 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: of games. Things have gone sideways, and now you've got 161 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: some players that are thinking about leaving Eric Gilbert, who 162 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: was their biggest signee this past recruiting cycle. I don't 163 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: know when you're gonna hear this, so I don't know 164 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: what will have happened between now and then. As of 165 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: this morning I'm recording right now, nothing's official. He hasn't 166 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: all officially transferred, but yet it looks fairly eminent that 167 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: he's going to transfer. I don't know where to. Maybe 168 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: he'll opt out of the season and end up back 169 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: at LSU. I don't know. The feeling around there is 170 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: not overly optimistic. The feeling around there talking to some 171 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: folks late last night is also he's not the last one. 172 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: How does this happen? How does this happen? That's the question, 173 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: And what is the future going to hold? Because if 174 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: you look back on twenty nineteen and you see that title, 175 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: it's well worth having a throwaway season the year after 176 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: for as long as things rectified themselves and everything got 177 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 1: recalibrated in twenty twenty one. So I guess we've got 178 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: to be in twenty twenty five to view this with 179 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: the proper lenses and perspective. But I think here's what's happening. 180 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: What's happening is ed Orgeron has kind of gone into 181 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: this wounded animal mode. But he's not injured. You know, 182 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: he was coming off a championship. But what I think 183 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: is I think he got a lot humorous about him, 184 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: which was obvious. I don't think i'm telling you anything there. 185 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: You don't no, I had never told this story because 186 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: I've completely forgotten about it, to be honest with you. 187 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: I was at the National Championship game. Some of you 188 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: guys who watch Late Cack Live, you see the b 189 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: role that Colin runs sometimes when I'm talking about LSU 190 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: were sometimes even Clemson from that game. And so when 191 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: I was on the field after the game, I'll have 192 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: my eye Josh, which is a byproduct of the iPhone, 193 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: of course, and I'll just record, Like if I'm seeing 194 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: something that I think you guys would be interested in, 195 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: I'll record it. So I've always found you guys are 196 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: fascinated by being able to see behind the scenes. Access 197 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 1: and information is what I think is the most precious 198 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: commodity that I could ever offer you. So I try 199 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: and give you both of them. And so I'll roll 200 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: on the phone. And I was rolling and I was 201 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: following ed off the field and I was recording. And 202 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: so we're in the Superdome and I just go up 203 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: the tunnel with him and I'm recording the whole time. 204 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: Walked all the way to the locker room with him, 205 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: and it was a mob scene and everyone, even the 206 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: security guard, you know, the impartial security guards. They're hugging 207 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: him and they're celebrate with him in those you know, 208 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: bright yellow pullovers, and I'm like, indifferent, please, But it 209 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: was New Orleans security after all. Anyway, So then he 210 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: comes back out on the field, because I've told you 211 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: all that part. Well, thirty minutes later he comes back 212 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: out on the field. I'm just standing out there because 213 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: I'm in no hurry to leave. Traffic's nightmare is downtown 214 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: New Orleans. I'm whatever, I'm I'm gonna be there another 215 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: two hours, So I'm just standing out there. I don't 216 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 1: even I may have been on the phone. I don't 217 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: remember what I was doing. Ed walks back out of 218 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: the tunnel. I don't even know where he's going. He 219 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: may just be walking around trying to absorb it all. 220 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: So I stand there and talk to him for a second, 221 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: and he sounded like a guy who had just taken 222 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: down that game at the carnival that has owned him 223 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: so long, and everyone told him his whole life he 224 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 1: couldn't do it. Maybe it's you know the hammer thing 225 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: where you have to boom, you have to hit it, 226 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: and you have to make the bell go all the 227 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: way to the top. And you could never quite make 228 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: it go all the way to the top. And finally 229 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: you proved all of them wrong, and you made the 230 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: bell go to the top and ding, and then you 231 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: flex on him and everything, and it just felt like 232 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: the weight of the world was off his shoulders. But 233 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: it also felt like you'd proven a lot of people wrong. 234 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: He was willing to talk to anyone who would listen. 235 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: Yours truly included standing right there. And so it's ed 236 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 1: Orzeran and myself on the twenty yard line of the 237 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: Supernome after the National title game, and He's just standing there, chating, 238 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 1: and I'm thinking to myself, listen to this come out 239 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: of this guy. I'm not having to say a word, 240 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: It's just coming out of him. And it was apparent, 241 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 1: kind of in retrospect, what was fueling him. Different folks 242 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: are fueled by different things. Motivation is drawn from different 243 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: places person to person. You and I may be different 244 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 1: on this. Some people are internally or intrinsically motivating. Some 245 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: people need a doubter, some people need something external. Some 246 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: people need a fuel that cannot be found within themselves. Now, 247 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: in reality, I'm not a believer in that philosophy because 248 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: I'm a believer nothing externally can pull something out of 249 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: you that wasn't already in there. That's way deeper than 250 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 1: I wanted to get this morning. But what I'm saying 251 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: is maybe ed or Zaran is one of those guys 252 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: who needs to be doubted and maybe that's where he 253 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: chooses to draw his fuel from. Well, he had it 254 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 1: in abundance obviously. The day he was hired there there 255 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: were a lot of folks who doubted him, and so 256 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: he had proven all of them wrong and that was great. 257 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 1: But he was feeling it too, and he was one 258 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: of those dudes who wanted to make you wallow in it. 259 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: And that's fine, not make me wallow in it, but 260 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: just in general, you could tell that was his disposition. Well, 261 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: then he goes into the off season, and I think 262 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: that he didn't want the off season to end. I mean, 263 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,599 Speaker 1: he wanted the party to go for about two or 264 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: three years, and it's almost like the season kind of 265 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: crept up on him, even though he had an entire offseason. 266 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: But then you threw a pandemic in there, and you 267 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: also threw an unprescingent a number of guys leaving in there. 268 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: But we knew that was coming. But do you remember 269 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: in the off season a group you thought would be 270 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: so collectively gelled, and a group that you thought just 271 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: as a culture down there, not a group of players necessarily, 272 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: but a culture down there. You would have thought that 273 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 1: that would have been the most tightly wound ball in 274 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: all of college football. It wasn't. It was the culture 275 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: down there never became that. Their team last year was that. 276 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: But see, there's a difference in a program and a team. 277 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: You know, a team is one iteration one season's iteration 278 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: of a program. But the problem, like I've told you before, 279 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: in the meteorological world about the closed cold core low 280 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: pressure system, they're very unique. We know about them in 281 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: the South. Well, if you know about weather, you know 282 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: about them in the South because they can come in 283 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,959 Speaker 1: and make a seventy degree Tuesday turn into a thirty 284 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: five degree Wednesday with snow. But then the next Thursday 285 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: and Friday it's fifty five degrees sixty five degrees, and 286 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: it's like if you were to have gone to sleep 287 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: on Tuesday and walk up on Thursday, you never would 288 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: have known that a snowstorm came through. Because it's not 289 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: a system, it's just in and of itself, its own entity. 290 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: It's like a little bowling ball and it comes through 291 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: and it's gone. And my biggest concern is I in 292 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: a way that only I can, Fortunately or unfortunately, I 293 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: don't know. I told you in the off season my 294 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: concern was LSU is going to be a closed, low 295 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: pressure system, essentially the twenty nineteen version of EL and 296 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: it was going to come in and it was going 297 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: to leave, and the before and after just kind of 298 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: look the same, and in this case, the after looks 299 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: a little bit worse. There is nothing about this year 300 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: that leads you to believe this was a championship winning 301 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: program less than twelve months ago. Nothing about it, and 302 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: so I just don't think they wanted the party to end. 303 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: But it did end. And here's the big danger. When 304 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: you win and you sell winning, you get an issue. 305 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: Last year, that team, that LSU team had a collective 306 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: mentality of what can I do for LSU? Those are 307 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: the teams that can do great things. You got to 308 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: be talented, you got to have a lot of skill, 309 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: you gotta have a really good quarterback, but you got 310 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: to have a collective buy in of what can I 311 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: do for LSU or for this team. Wherever you are, well, 312 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: then you get guys. Once you sell that, you get 313 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: guys in there, whether they tell you on the recruiting 314 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: trail in the living room or not. They have the 315 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: mentality of what can LSU do for me? Well, lsu 316 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: problem is LSU didn't doing anything for him this year. 317 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: So you got some guys leaving, you got some guys 318 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: walking away. But it didn't start this week. It started 319 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: in the off season. If you'll remember, there were several 320 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: red flags to me that maybe telegraphed that this was coming, 321 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: maybe not to this degree, but you understand what I 322 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: mean here. Several guys opted out, Several guys hinted about 323 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: opting out. You also had a lot of unrest behind 324 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: the scenes there. Some was publicized, some wasn't. I think 325 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: it'll be. It would be uncovering a lot more detail 326 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: once the season's over and people don't really have reason 327 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: to hold on to that kind of information anymore. But also, 328 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: ed Orszuran had no grip on his team. He had 329 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: no clue what he was talking about. Let's just shoot straight, 330 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: ed Orzron when he was talking about his staff moves 331 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: and his defensive hire of Bo Polini had no clue 332 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: what he was talking about. And you're talking about the 333 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: head coach of a national championship winning team less than 334 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: a year ago, who pushed all the right buttons, sitting there, 335 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: looking you in your eye, telling you, in not so 336 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: many words, he told you Dave Iranda sucked. I'm glad 337 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: he's gone. We got Bo Polini in here. Now here's 338 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: what he actually did say. He said, I am more 339 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: impressed with our defense already. I think we're going to 340 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: be better than we were last year. That's ludicrous to 341 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: look at. To look back, you have to ask yourself 342 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: what could he have possibly seen in practice, because he's 343 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: the only person that speaks to the media at least 344 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: who had seen his team to that point. So you 345 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: assume this is the head coach. He made the higher, 346 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: he built the roster like he knows everything about this team. 347 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: If he's telling us this and everything he said came 348 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: true last year, he's got to be right. No, he 349 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: was wrong. It was foolish. So that's a lot of 350 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: what's going on at LSU right now. There's no grip 351 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: on reality. There wasn't in the offseason. There was no 352 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: grip on the steering wheel period, and so you just 353 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: kind of had an out of control school bus full 354 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: of dudes come into the year and none of them 355 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: are strapped in, and you know, it's run off the road, 356 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: and well, they want to go, they want to get off, 357 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: they want to go ride a new bus. And that's 358 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: not a good thing. We're going to talk a lot 359 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: more about that tonight. But that is not a good thing. 360 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: It's not a good place right now. And here becomes 361 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: the question I leave you with. Is twenty twenty one 362 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: the magic elixir that solves all this? I have strong 363 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: doubts that it is, Kaylee? Is next? Do you think 364 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: South Carolina made the right move by hiring Shane Beemer? Kaylee, 365 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: that depends on what your criteria is. If I were 366 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: South Carolina, no, I would say I didn't make the 367 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: right move here. But my criteria may be wholly different 368 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: than South Carolina's. I will tell you it does not 369 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: stun me in the least that they hired him. I'll 370 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: go back to the outset of this or onset. Is 371 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: it outset or is it offset? Outset? Onset? It's not offset. 372 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: Maybe it's on set. Yeah, you know, maybe either one 373 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 1: of them fits because it's a college football podcast. When 374 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: this search began, I was on I Think Lake Kik 375 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: Live and I said, I think the dream job aspect 376 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: really matters. Now that's obvious. If you need proof, consider 377 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: that Shane Beemer had his name at the forefront of 378 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: the search from the get go. This is not some 379 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: Johnny cum Lately last one in equals first one at 380 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: the podium. He was at the forefront of the conversation 381 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: from the outset. Well, why would a guy who's never 382 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: been a head coach, never been a coordinator at a 383 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: place where you're willing to pay a bunch of money, 384 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: why would that be one of the foremost names mentioned 385 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: at the beginning of a search. It's caused the dream 386 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: job aspect mattered a whole lot to these folks. They 387 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 1: wanted to be loved. They didn't just want it to 388 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: be in a one way street. That's why I think Freeze, 389 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: even with his baggage, I think that the factor that 390 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: limited Hugh Freese's ability to ever factor into this job 391 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: was a lot. More so, they knew he'd use it 392 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: as a stepping stone, which he absolutely would have. They 393 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: were right about that. So that's the reason a lot 394 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: more so than the off field and the NCAA baggage. 395 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: I think that's the reason Hugh Freeze was never a 396 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: serious contender there. Secondly, the dream job was real. And 397 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: if you didn't watch Shane Biemer's press or yesterday, go 398 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: back and watch. I don't care what part you picked. 399 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: Just put your finger in the middle of any where. 400 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: Just fast forward to ten minutes, thirty five seconds. Listen 401 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: from the beginning you will. You will get the sense 402 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: that this guy was sitting on the twenty yard line 403 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: a year ago and someone plucked him from obscurity and said, hey, buddy, 404 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: you want to be the head coach of the Gamecocks. 405 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 1: Because that's about what he sounded like. I don't know 406 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: that he had a gamecock cheek tattoo or anything like that, 407 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: but everything's short of that he sounded like it. I mean, 408 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: that's a fan who happens to know football, and so 409 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: he's going to coach. I saw some folks yesterday talking 410 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: about that, saying, did we just hire a super fan? Yeah? 411 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: I think it did. Now that doesn't necessarily mean it's 412 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: gonna implode or anything like that. I just would have 413 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: liked more qualifications but hey, if he's the right guy, 414 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: he's the right guy. But what I'm saying is I 415 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: can do two things at once, or I can think 416 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: two things at once. Here, as I told you the 417 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: other night, Like I can think Billy Napier was the 418 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: guy I would have wanted for the job. I can 419 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: think that, But I can also think, however, I understand 420 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: why you made the move that you made. But here's 421 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: that's where I go and cause, listen, I don't claim 422 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: to have this great skill at being prophetic and knowing 423 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: how a coaching search is going to turn out. I 424 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: don't know that stuff. Man, I'm very hit or miss 425 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 1: on that very hit or miss. Like I can pick 426 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: games above fifty percent for you against the spread, But 427 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: I don't think that my acumen as to whether a 428 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: coach is going to work out. I don't consider myself 429 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 1: any more skill than anyone else. Is the trick is, 430 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: I don't think there's a whole lot of skill to it. 431 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 1: And that includes people in the industry. They're guessing too. 432 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: There's so much that goes into it. There's so many 433 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: moving parts you can't possibly know. But here's what I 434 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: keep thinking about. What my mind keeps going back to 435 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: when you consider the Shane Beemer Higher at South Carolina. 436 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: My advice for Gamecock fans is, take note right now 437 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: what you're doing. I can tell because I read your emails. 438 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: Take a healthy inventory of just the overall perception locally, regionally, nationally. 439 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: And remember I took a random, unscientific straw. I was 440 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 1: talking about this on Twitter yesterday. I feel like it's 441 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: about thirty seventy maybe even twenty five to seventy five 442 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: pessimism versus optimism that this is going to work out 443 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: and ever turn Carolina into a legitimate factor in the 444 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: SEC East. So that means most people don't think you 445 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: made the right higher. That's how I would translate that. Now. 446 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: A lot of you guys are on board with it. 447 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: So there's a very big detachment as far as I 448 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: can tell right now between the regional and national perception 449 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: of this higher versus the internal perception. Sometimes that's wrong, 450 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: sometimes it's right, Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. 451 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: But I want you to think about something. Let's just 452 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 1: do our old fast forward four years down the road deal, 453 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: and let's say it's twenty twenty four, and let's say 454 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: you are winning. You are in a position where you 455 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: can actually go to Atlanta. So you have far exceeded 456 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 1: everyone's expectation, not just for Shane Beemer, but in general. 457 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: People don't expect South Carolina to be contending in the 458 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: SEC East. There are only a few times has happened, 459 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: so that's not normal. They expect it from Florida, they 460 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: expect it from Georgia. Everyone waits for Tennessee to get 461 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: right again so that they can return to their rightful 462 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,400 Speaker 1: place among the contenders in the SEC East. People don't 463 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: expect that for South Carolina. So four years down the road, 464 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: you're doing that. Imagine the feeling, Imagine the community, the togetherness, 465 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: the us against the world, back against the wall, mentality 466 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: of knowing we're a contender. And not only that, we're 467 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: doing it with the guy that you all told us 468 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: wasn't the right hire. We believed in him, We thought 469 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: he was the right hire. You didn't believe in him. So, 470 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: with all due respect, we don't care what your predictions 471 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: are at fill in the blank national newspaper or fill 472 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: in the blank national website, we don't really care. We 473 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: don't care what you rate our recruits. We don't care 474 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: what you rate our signing class. We don't care whether 475 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 1: you predict us to win or not. We don't care 476 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: what the point spread on our game is. We got us. 477 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: That's the mentality. Now, that's the formula for a cult, 478 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: but the good kind of cult, And this is a 479 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: college football cult. This is the kind of cult where 480 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: you need a password to come to the hillgate. This 481 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: is not the kind of cult where you up and 482 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 1: leave Columbia for a remote village in South America and 483 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: start mixing kool aid or anything like that. That's not 484 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: what I'm talking about, but it would be fun. Now. 485 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: I pull for you, guys. I have long told you 486 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: the story of when I was back down in Columbus. 487 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: The TV station I was working at and the building 488 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 1: that I was doing late kickout of originally before I 489 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: came to twenty four to seven, was owned by and 490 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: run by an ownership group that was all South Carolina 491 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,479 Speaker 1: game Cocks, every single one of them. The general manager, 492 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: the owner, the program director, the sales manager. They were 493 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: all former South Carolina folks. And so I was early 494 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: on in a position where it was very advantageous for 495 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: me to talk South Carolina way more than you would 496 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: expect them to be talked about in Columbus, Georgia. I 497 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: had my reasons, but the viewing audience had no clue. Now, 498 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: if you're halfway good at it, you can just make 499 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 1: them interested. You can convince the Georgia fans there, Hey, 500 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,479 Speaker 1: this relates to you, Auburn fans. Somehow, this relates to you. 501 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: And I did the best I could. But really I 502 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: just wanted to myself to the high level mustaches upstairs, 503 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: and I did. However, in doing so, I also learned 504 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: South Carolina A and B. I became known by folks 505 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: who had no clue why I was talking about Carolina 506 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: as Cocky Junior. That's what they called me. They just 507 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: assumed I was a Carolina fan, or I went there, 508 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: or I had relatives who went there, and it wasn't 509 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: the case. Well it wasn't exactly the case. But I 510 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 1: did have my reasons. So like a natural heel, I 511 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: embraced the persona, I embraced the hatred, and the detractors 512 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: were my motivators. My haters were my motivators. And so 513 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: I was Cocky Junior then and may still be Cocky 514 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: Junior to this day. Now, I got a fascinating question 515 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: here from Jeremy. Yeah, from Jeremy, who asks a question 516 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: that falls right in line with some national work that 517 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: I saw people doing last week. It wasn't original. I mean, 518 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: I've seen it done before, but last week was the 519 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 1: latest iteration of that, and so I want to hit 520 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: that right after this. So here's what Jeremy asked me. 521 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: He said, has the college football playoff hurt the sport overall? 522 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,199 Speaker 1: How do you fix it? If so? So, let me 523 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: go backwards here. I don't think there's any fixing that 524 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 1: needs to be done to the playoff. I don't think 525 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: the playoff has ruined the sport at all. Perhaps the 526 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:16,360 Speaker 1: way the playoff is covered by some entities has done 527 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 1: so at the expense of the overall greater good of 528 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: the sport. But if you'll notice, on Late Kick, I 529 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 1: don't do that. And what I mean by that is 530 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: I don't start talking about the playoff in September or 531 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: even October November. I mean, when is the last time 532 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: you saw me do a playoff prediction segment on late Kick? 533 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: The next time will be the first time. I don't 534 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: do it because I want to keep the emphasis on 535 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: the sport overall. That's why We broke down several games 536 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: last week alone that had no playoff ramifications because I 537 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 1: believe there is a lot of importance in North Carolina 538 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: versus Miami this week, for example, Neither of those teams 539 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 1: is going to go to the playoff. That's a big deal. 540 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: Though Miami's sitting there trying to achieve some things record 541 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: wise and ranking wise, they haven't achieved in quite a while. 542 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,479 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in maintaining proper value on the 543 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: portions of the sport that hold value. Making a huge 544 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: bowl game is still a big deal to me, and 545 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,199 Speaker 1: it should never have not been a big deal. The 546 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: way that the sport is marketed from maybe the ESPN 547 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: perspective is they have a vested interest in the playoff. 548 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: They own it, and so since they show a lot 549 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: of games, byproduct of that is you're going to see 550 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: college football playoff advertising and conversation in games that feature 551 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: Miami Ohio versus Akron, for example, who are not going 552 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: to sniff a playoff spot, And so you feel like 553 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: emphasis being taken away from the sport and has put 554 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: on the playoff. I understand that, and I don't think 555 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 1: that that's I don't think that's false. I think that's true. 556 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: What I'm saying is, what can you do about it? Well, me, 557 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: in my position, I got a couple of shows. I 558 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: can just talk about the whole sport instead of just 559 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: the playoff contenders. I'm going to talk about the playoff 560 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: contenders more because you guys care about it more. That's 561 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: what our data and analytics say. So I would be 562 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 1: foolish not to do that. Second part, and really the 563 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: first part of your question here, Jeremy, is I don't 564 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: think the playoff has hurt the sport at all. People 565 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: would come back I've noticed and say yet has because look, 566 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: only a few teams can make the playoff. Well, that 567 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: has nothing to do with the playoff. I don't know 568 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: if you realize this. Let me turn my phone off. 569 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys have realized this that 570 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: haves and have nots that exclusivity, that widening gap between 571 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: the elites and the also rans that was growing long 572 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: before the playoff came around. And I want to throw 573 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: something at you because I was listening, and I was 574 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: reading last week to a couple of people in written 575 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: and spoken form, obviously talking about how since the playoff 576 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 1: We've only had X number of teams make it total, 577 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: and this number of teams win it total. And so 578 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: I get the point there. I just think it's the 579 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: right point, wrong logic. It is true in the playoff era, 580 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: which began in twenty fourteen, it is true that not 581 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: many teams have made it. It's been the same few 582 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 1: over and over again, very few exceptions. But that's not 583 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: a byproduct of the playoff. Guys, I want you to understand. 584 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: I want to be very clear about this. If that 585 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: were the case, how do you explain twenty nineteen LSU. 586 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: So let's run through this. Twenty fourteen really quick. Twenty 587 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: fourteen Ohio State wins that thing. Twenty fifteen Bama, twenty 588 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: sixteen Clemson, twenty seventeen, Bama again, twenty eighteen Clemson again. 589 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: And yeah, you got a little ping pong ball back 590 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: and forth here, and you got Ohio State at the 591 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: front end. So we've got three teams total who have 592 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 1: won college football playoff titles, and really two of them 593 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: have just started to go back to back. And what's 594 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: happening is it the playoff's fault? Would Alabama not have 595 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: been successful, would Clemson not have been successful without the playoffs. 596 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: If we would have expanded to eight, would that have 597 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: changed the outcome? Of course it wouldn't. But if you 598 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: think that that's true, and you think it's the playoff's fault, 599 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: how did LSU happen after the playoff establishment's already in place. 600 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: LSU's never even been in the playoff, much less winning 601 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: the thing. How did they rise up last year all 602 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: of a sudden with all the playoff mojo working against them? 603 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: The answer is they had Joe Burrow and an outstanding team. 604 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: That's how they did it. But I really want to 605 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: emphasize Joe Burrow. What's happened is the sport has rapidly 606 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: evolved offensively. The case in point. Nick Saban felt the 607 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,479 Speaker 1: need to overhaul everything about his program even as he 608 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: was on top of the sport, because he saw where 609 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: things were headed and knew if I don't evolve, I'm 610 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: not going to be on top much longer, am I? 611 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: And he was right. That's the only evidence you need 612 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,719 Speaker 1: that the sport was shifting, and it is and it 613 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: has now. Quarterback has never been a more valuable position, 614 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: even in the sport of football, than it is today. 615 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: Quarterback is worth in some cases a touchdown to two 616 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: touchdowns per game on an odds making scale, and a 617 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: lot of odds makers have been slow to catch up 618 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: to that. A lot of them in a more advanced 619 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: methodology have been on par with catching up with that. 620 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: Everything works out of the quarterback position. Everything about an 621 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: offense has evolved to essentially allow an elite quarterback to 622 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: inject steroids into your offense. If you got one, you 623 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: know exactly what I mean, because you look at Alabama 624 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: with Tua, or you look at la You with Burrow, 625 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: you look at Clemson with Trevor Lawrence, justin fields at 626 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: Ohio State right now, and if you don't have one, 627 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: then you know how limited you feel. Notre Dame's in 628 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: this position right now. Notre Dames got a great team. 629 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: They've got Ian Book as their quarterback who is playing 630 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: the best football of his career. But that's the point 631 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: is best football does not compare with that of a 632 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence when he's healthy, or even what Mac Jones 633 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: and Kyle Trask are doing right now doesn't quite compare 634 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: with that. Well, here's what's happened when offense is evolved. 635 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: That was going to happen regardless of whether there was 636 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: a playoff, but it happened to coincide with the advent 637 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: of the playoff, and so the teams with the elite 638 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: quarterbacks have been winning national championships. That's what's been happening. 639 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: It just so happens that the structure of the postseason 640 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: has become that of a four team playoff as that 641 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: was going on, and so the result that the elite 642 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: quarterback generation has been giving us has just been filtered 643 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: through a playoff. And some of you think it's the 644 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: playoff's fault that there are so few teams contending. That's 645 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: not it. Whatever postseason structure we had right now, if 646 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: it were the AP just crowning a team, if it 647 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: were the BCS, if it were a twenty four team playoff, 648 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: you'd be getting the same result. That's not what's broken 649 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: about the sport. In fact, I don't know if you 650 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: would call it broken at all. What's broken is there 651 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: is not enough coast to coast passion in this sport 652 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: for proper investment to be forced. And my evidence of that, 653 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: and I'm going to leave you with this today because 654 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: I got a meeting to get to. But my evidence 655 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: of that is this. As much as we want to 656 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: talk about how all these southern schools are at an 657 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: advantage because all the recruiting hot beds are down here, 658 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: and they are, you're right about that. But as much 659 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: as we talk about this, I want you to consider Clemson, University, 660 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 1: University of Alabama, University of Georgia. I think we can 661 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: all agree those will be three of the top five 662 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: or six teams in America coming into next year. All 663 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: three of them are going to have quarterbacks from the 664 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: state of California, in all likelihood starting for their team, 665 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: Not from Louisiana, not from southern Alabama. They're coming from 666 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: the West Coast. The biggest secret that's not really a 667 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 1: secret in this sport is the mass exodus of talent 668 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: from the West Coast. They can't keep players out there 669 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: because the West Coast has made itself largely irrelevant in 670 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: college football relative to the overall playoff structure. Think about this. 671 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: We entered this season already having virtually written the Pac 672 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: twelve off. Even when they announced they were going to 673 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: play football, the question was, well, even if someone goes 674 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: undefeated out there, does it matter? Could you ever imagine 675 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: saying that anywhere else. And so what does that have 676 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,719 Speaker 1: to do with the playoff. Well, it has to do 677 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: obviously with the playoff, because we're talking about it. But secondly, 678 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: the teams that are going to be in the mix 679 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: are the teams with the best players and the most 680 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: resources and the most investment. And it doesn't have anything 681 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: to do with having pockets of wealth. Geographically, clubs in 682 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: South Carolina, Tuscaloose, Alabama, these aren't Beverly Hills. There are 683 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: just places where people care about the sport enough to invest. 684 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: They will not accept anything less than excellence. And if 685 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: you're not about that, you're not gonna contend regardless of 686 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: what the postseason structure in the sport happens to be 687 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: from year to year and decade to decade. All Right, 688 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: Remember we got Late Kick Live tonight on the twenty 689 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: four seven Sports YouTube channel. Make sure you're subscribed there 690 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: if you haven't already. Also, if you're interested in booking 691 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: a zoom session with me about the perils or maybe 692 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: lack thereof, maybe misconceptions there of trying to get into 693 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: the sports media business, you can DM me on Twitter 694 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: at late Kick Josh. You can also email me Josh 695 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: paid seven zero six at gmail dot com. Got some 696 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: good stuff out of the way this morning. I also 697 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: need to inform you that I only got through about 698 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 1: half of our questions because I got too long winded, 699 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 1: which I've been known to do from time to time. 700 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: So we've already got the show basically written for Thursday. 701 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: I could go ahead and record it right now, but 702 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: that wouldn't be honest, now what if? Thank you so 703 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: much for listening. I'm Josh paid for Jordan on the 704 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: podcast editing side of things. You guys, take care, have 705 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: a great day. I'll see you later tonight on the 706 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: YouTube channel, and God bless