1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: You can't go back, but if you could go back, 2 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: where would you go? In college football? Of course? I'm 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: Josh Paton. This is the Late Kick Extra podcast. It 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: is now. It's Tuesday, May ninth, Year of Our Lord, 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. I'm actually on the road right now 6 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: because you could be wherever you want to listening. I'm 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: happy you are. Please just subscribe to the podcast. That 8 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: is all we ask, and I ask you where would 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: you go? Got an interesting question to lead off the 10 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: mail bag here. If you want to submit, you can 11 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: always do it at late kick Josh on Twitter, at 12 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: late kick Josh on Instagram. Open your mind, lean back, 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: if it's safe, close your eyes, and allow yourself to 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: travel back in time. Answer this along with me. A 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: CFB community from Edmund, Oklahoma asked if you could go 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: back and relive or experience in person for the first 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: time one moment in college football history, which moment would 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: you choose. I didn't go back. I guess I did 19 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 1: go back a little ways. It's almost twenty years ago 20 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: now still feels a little more recent than that. I 21 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: would want to go back to that five National championship game, 22 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl. Vince Young in Texas, Matt Liinert and 23 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: USC and I would want to see that thing. I 24 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: would want to be one of like four thousand people. 25 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: It felt like we're on the sidelines, far less security 26 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: on the sidelines in those days. I would want to 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: see that. I've experienced it on TV. I know the 28 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: Keith Jackson call, and I know all the drama that 29 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: led up to what it was like having it come 30 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: through my TV screen, but I don't know what it 31 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: was like in person. And a lot of people think, 32 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, some people think in a way college football 33 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: peaked that night, like in the pro wrestling world, people 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: think pro wrestling peaked with Austin Rock at WrestleMania seventeen. 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: People look at college football and they say, this night 36 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: right here. In a lot of ways, it would never 37 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: get better than it got on that night. You never 38 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: know when those moments are happening until long after the fact. 39 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: But I'd love to see that one. And I would 40 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: also I would love to I don't know if you 41 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: can do this. I don't know what the rules are 42 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: for going back in time. I would love to go 43 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 1: back to that Rose Bowl, and I would love to 44 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: see Vince Young in Texas and I would love to 45 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: see Matt Lioner and USC Reggie Bush by the way 46 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: on that team too. And I would also love to 47 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: view it through the prism of kind of knowing what 48 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: the future held, because what you couldn't know is what 49 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: technology was about to do. You're you're thinking about the teams, right, 50 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: You're thinking about, Wow, you could have seen that Vince 51 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: Young run to the corner of the end zone. You 52 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: could have seen them back and forth affair. Yeah, yeah, 53 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: all that's good, All that's baked in. Yes, that's why 54 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: I'm choosing this game. I mean, Texas had five hundred 55 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: and fifty six total yards US he had five seventy 56 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: four and lost because of that critical two in the 57 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: turnover column. But I'm speaking about technology because of this. 58 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: You know how worked up I get sometimes if you 59 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: listen to or you watch the show, you know how 60 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: worked up I get about the atmosphere at live events 61 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: these days, not just college football, live events in general. 62 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: Technology has done some great things, wonderful things. I use 63 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: my phone constantly, so I am not the kind of 64 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: person who gets on people for always being on their phone. However, 65 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: at sporting events, I do think that the possession of smartphones. 66 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: The modern day cell phone has been very detrimental to 67 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:37,839 Speaker 1: the overall atmosphere because if you are recording things, you're 68 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: probably not making noise, you're certainly not immersed in or 69 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: lost in the moment, and that was not the case 70 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: back then. The reason I go back to the five 71 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: Rose Bowl is, aside from just making the argument, hey, 72 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: maybe it's the best championship game of all time, maybe 73 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: it's the best moment in the history of college football. 74 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: I could listen to all that, I would add it 75 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: was the last great moment in the pre smartphone era, 76 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: because not too long after that we were about to 77 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: advance to the point where cell phone video was good 78 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: enough that people started recording video in stadiums, and so 79 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: every big moment, if the Vince Young moment, for example, 80 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: were to happen modern day, you wouldn't be looking at 81 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of people's hands in the air, and you 82 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: wouldn't be looking at a bunch of flash bolts from 83 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: cameras going off. You would be looking at a bunch 84 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: of phones up in the air. Because you know that 85 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: if you go to any live event, if you watch 86 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: it on TV, that's what a crowd looks like now, 87 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: and it is what it is. You pay your money 88 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: for your ticket. You reserve the right to do whatever 89 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 1: you want to as long as you don't like hamper 90 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: anyone else or put anyone else's safety in jeopardy. But 91 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean it makes for the best environment. And 92 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: so I always look back at those moments. You could 93 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: go to baseball, like I said, pro wrestling, you could 94 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 1: look at a concert, or you could look at college football, 95 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: look at that moment a period of time, like early 96 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: to mid two thousands. The great moments that happen then 97 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: they have greatness attached to them, but they also have 98 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: the added hallmark of being some of the last great 99 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: moments in the pre smartphone era. And for all the 100 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: great things that those smartphones have done, like I said, 101 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: I use mind daily. I really would like to go 102 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 1: back to a time where when people went into sporting 103 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: events or concerts or whatnot, they just kind of they 104 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: just kind of suspended themselves and they left the phone 105 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: in the back pocket and they just got lost in 106 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: the moment and everybody is just full throat on third down, 107 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: on fourth down, and they're totally lost in the game. 108 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: Instead of sitting in section two forty eight, worried about 109 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: whether you're gonna get video that's gonna suck, and no 110 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: one cares about it because you can just go home 111 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: and watch the broadcast feed anyway, and they got a 112 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: lot better view than you did. But I get it. 113 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: I get it. It's a classic sitution situation where we 114 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: have to wrap it with the phrase it is what 115 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: it is. This podcast is what it is because of you. 116 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: How nice? How nice of me to work that in there? Ah, 117 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: Where are we going to go next? Is this the 118 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: place they make the water? Do we know? Trey hit 119 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: us up from Deer Park, Texas. What do I? I just 120 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: got good old fashioned public spring water on the desk 121 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: with me this morning. So Trey from Deer Park, Texas 122 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: hit us up and said, Chris Kleimban's new deal at 123 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: k State is for eight years, forty four million for 124 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: a coach that just won the Big Twelve? Looking ahead, 125 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: is there any chance the Big twelve and the ACC 126 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: can prevent their coaches from being farmed out to the 127 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: SEC in Big ten? Considering the discrepancy in TV money, 128 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: this is a valid concern. So there's a point you 129 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: get to where no you can't control the SEC or 130 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: the Big ten really come in. If they wanted to 131 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: just egregiously spend, If, for example, Iowa really wanted Kansas 132 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: State's coach and I'm just picking two random teams, they 133 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: could do it. But the thing to pay attention to 134 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: here is not how much money are they making, how 135 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: wealthy are they, how deep are their pockets. The thing 136 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: to pay attention to is market value. What they could 137 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: do is not directly go and snipe your coach. What 138 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: they could do is they could contribute to a situation 139 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: where the market values get driven up into the ten, twelve, 140 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: fourteen million dollar a year range for a coach, which 141 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: sounds crazy, but so did eight or nine million dollars 142 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: a year a decade ago. So if that were to 143 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: continue on that upward trend, that's when you start to 144 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: get to the point where the Big twelve schools, or 145 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: the PAC twelve schools, or maybe the ACC schools, that's 146 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: when they can't compete as much. Now here's the grade unknown. 147 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: The grade unknown is how much how much further our 148 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: coaching salary is going to go? How much higher are 149 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: they going to climb? Or are we looking at kind 150 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: of a coaching bubble. Coaching salary bubble to where we 151 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: get to a point where the best out there are 152 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: making like ten million a year, kind of like they 153 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: are now. But then we sort of come back down 154 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: off that bubble to a six seven eight million a year. 155 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: And what could contribute to that, Well, a reallocation of 156 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: funding towards nil is what could contribute to that. It 157 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: used to be you just put all your money in 158 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: your coaching salaries and your facilities. Well, nowadays you can 159 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 1: pay players and so you can put a lot of 160 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: money in that, and maybe coaches don't make as much. 161 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: Short of that, I don't see any reason why coaching 162 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: salaries don't continue to increase. And if they continue to increase, yeah, 163 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: you could find yourself squeezed out. But it's not just 164 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: dollars to dollars. You have to understand something good for 165 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: Kansas State, by the way, for extending Chris Climbing. But 166 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: if we came into a situation where Alabama's job was 167 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: open or Florida's job is open, and they come after 168 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: Chris Climbing they offer him, it's not just hey, Kansas 169 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: State is paying you whatever. They're paying him five million 170 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: dollars a year whatever, and we could pay you six, 171 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: and Kansas State says, okay, we'll match six. It's not 172 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,079 Speaker 1: just can you match them. You've got to understand the 173 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: added exposure you get when you go to one of 174 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: those premier schools in the Big two conferences. The more 175 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: direct access to talent pipelines, the better facilities, the higher 176 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: profile games on bigger TV networks, and more prime spots. 177 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: You open yourself up to so much more that in reality, 178 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: if it is truly just a bidding war, the Kansas 179 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: States of the world don't just have to match it. 180 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: They have to exceed the offer because there's so much 181 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: added batedn value that's maybe non monetary when you go 182 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: to a Big ten school or an SEC school. So 183 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: that's a long winded way of saying there's a reason 184 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: why people people like me have continued to be concerned 185 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: about a Big two pulling away from or breaking away from, 186 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: for all intents and purposes, conferences like the Big twelve 187 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: or the PAC twelve or the ACC And it's because 188 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: you can't hang really unless unless there's a hometown factor, 189 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: unless there's a hometown discount, which just means if I 190 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: coach at Kansas, and I love Kansas. I may be 191 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: willing to stay there, even if on paper it doesn't 192 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: look like I should stay here. Outside of that, you're 193 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: gonna lose out more times than not on those propositions. 194 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: It's not just players, you know. In the portal era 195 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: and recruiting has always been this way. It's not just 196 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: that you lose out to Georgia when you're recruiting the 197 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: big time players. It's not just that your good players 198 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: transfer to Georgia. Your coaches, assistants and head coaches could 199 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: be in the same boat. So it's a valid concern. 200 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: Next up, a question I've gotten a lot lately. That's 201 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: why I decided to throw it in here today. Levi 202 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: from Knoxville, Tennessee. What do you think? He asked? He asked, 203 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: why the lack of coverage for Tennessee. I'm not mad, 204 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: I've just found it odd, all right, So this happened 205 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: to us last year. So Levi's actually right, we have 206 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: not had enough Tennessee in the show. I'm just admitting that, 207 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: and Colin backs me up on this. So last year, 208 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: there's a very weird thing that happened. We just kind 209 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: of lost track of it. So Georgia wins the national 210 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: title last year, first time they've won one in like 211 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: forty years. I think it was so I'm from Georgia too, 212 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: So there are all the elements in the room that 213 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: make you think we're about to talk about Georgia NonStop. 214 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: Over the spring. I was so aware of that that 215 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: we actually talked less about Georgia than we should, because 216 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: I had it in my mind that like anytime we 217 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: talked about Georgia, it was overkill, even though if you 218 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: just looked at the numbers, we actually had not done 219 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: that at all. Then I get to the fall and 220 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: the Georgia folks are saying, wow, you ignored us all 221 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: spring all summer, and I'm like, no, we have it, 222 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: But then you go back and look at the numbers, 223 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: and we kind of had. We're doing it with Tennessee 224 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: right now. Fortunately it's only May, so we have realized 225 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: and hopefully we'll address the era of our ways. But Levi, 226 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: it is odd, and the reason is because Tennessee flashed 227 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: on the radar nationally last year, talked about him a 228 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: lot during the season. Obviously, we are in the state 229 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: of Tennessee, so we're disproportionately more likely to talk about Tennessee. 230 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: You would just you would think it's not a Tennessee 231 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: show like or anything like that. But you would just 232 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: think we're geographically two hours away from Knoxville. You would 233 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: think maybe would be more prone to it. Well, that 234 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: kind of thing has baked into my subconscious mind, and 235 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: so over the past month and a half, if the 236 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: idea of talking about Tennessee has popped in my mind, 237 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: I said, ah, we better not tonight. Let's put Oregon 238 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: State in there instead. Well, they're going to think we're 239 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: talking too much about Tennessee. And then all of a 240 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: sudden you come to find out, Wow, we haven't mentioned 241 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: Tennessee in like a month and a half. So my 242 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: vow to you, Levi, we will rectify this, and we 243 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: will rectify this in short order. Thank you for your concern. 244 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: Sometimes when you guys complain, you're actually right. Uh. Next up, 245 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: let's go to Joseph in Olive Branch, Mississippi. He asks 246 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: an interesting question. It's getting to be that time of year, 247 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: he said, will preview magazines become obsolete with the transfer 248 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: portal causing so much movement. I've always loved him, but 249 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: I'm scared that I won't be able to rely on 250 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: them at all from now on. Well, interesting time right now, 251 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: So what we just came out of is a transfer 252 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: portal window. We didn't have that until very recently. We 253 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 1: didn't have that. So there was a couple of years 254 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: there where we had the transfer portal. But you can 255 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: just move whenever you wanted to. That wreaked havoc on 256 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: the Preview magazine culture. That wreaked havoc. The biggest blessing 257 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: that could be a afwarded to them was when the 258 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: whatever that council is that passes all the rules, when 259 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: they announced that there was going to be a spring window. 260 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: There were two transfer portal windows basically, and the last 261 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: one is through mid May and then it closes and 262 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: then largely like right now, in other words, we know 263 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: ninety eight percent of the rosters, and from this point on, 264 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: nothing could change that couldn't always have changed before. Like 265 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: a guy could quit, a guy could get kicked out 266 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: of school, a guy could suffer a season ending injury 267 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: in summer workouts. But that stuff was always a risk. 268 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: Now the Preview Magazine culture sort of has their feet 269 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: back under them, like they got knocked down for an 270 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: eight count, but they got back up, and so I 271 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: was looking at Phil still earlier today on Twitter, he 272 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: was showing some of the work they still have to do. 273 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: He said right out, a month from today, we're going 274 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: to send our last copies off to be printed. I've 275 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: still got to talk to coaches, We've still got to 276 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: go over rosters. But at least they know, like, at 277 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: least there's a time table now where they know the 278 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: windows closed, so we can get after it. But as 279 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: for preview magazines, look, I recommend this. I recommend buying 280 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: them all. I'm not anti preview magazine. What I think 281 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: you should do if you really want to be totally 282 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: immersed in college football and you want to equip yourself, 283 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: whether you just want to be the smartest fan you 284 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: could be, whether you want to make money betting the sport, 285 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: is I would buy all of them, and I would 286 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: use them as tools as reference points. That's what I do. 287 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: I still go buy them, and I don't really lean 288 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: on them, Like the question was, I don't know if 289 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: I can rely on them. Well, I've never relied on 290 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: preview magazines. I think they're good to have as a 291 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: roster reference. There's some good stories in there, and yeah, 292 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: you could get a general feel. It's kind of like 293 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: the mood tracker. I use the preview magazines the same 294 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: way that I would think of the mood tracker when 295 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: we do it on Late Kick, when I read the 296 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: let's use Tennessee. When I use the preview magazine to 297 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: get the Tennessee preview, that's just kind of the mood 298 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: tracker of the national media instead of the fan base 299 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: as it relates to Tennessee. It may be way off 300 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: the mark, it may be right on the money, but 301 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: it helps me to gauge what the rest of the 302 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: general college football public is thinking about a team. Then 303 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: what I want to ask is do I sound exactly 304 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: like these preview magazines? And if the answer is yes, 305 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: sometimes that's not a good thing, because rarely does the 306 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: college football public consensus nail a team in the preseason. 307 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: Most of the time, if everyone's singing the same chorus, 308 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: you want to be a little off key, It's okay. 309 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: It's okay to sound different, it's okay to stand out, 310 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: because that ends up making you look foolish in August. 311 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: But as Mema always said, an August fool is a 312 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: December genius. What a quote mema just dropped on the show. 313 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: By the way, Wow, it's fortune cookie stuff. That is 314 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: bumper stick stuff. An August fool can be a December genius. 315 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,199 Speaker 1: We don't want to be genius as in August. We 316 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: can be laughed at, persecute us all you want to 317 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 1: in August, see us in December. So yeah, preview magazines, 318 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: they're not going anywhere. They got a nice little rebound, 319 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: a little reprieve from this transfer portal window. I think 320 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: they'll be fine. All's well, that ends. Well, what's your 321 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 1: favorite one? Though? You know my other, my other piece 322 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: of advice is when you when you get those preview magazines, 323 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: read them. But then make sure you're keeping up to 324 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: date like watch watch and listen to podcasts or shows 325 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: like ours. Go to twenty four seven sports dot com. 326 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: Listen to as much as you can, even people you 327 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: don't like maybe that's me, maybe you don't like me. 328 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: Listen to as much as you can form just to 329 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: form as well rounded an opinion and a view of 330 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: college football as you possibly can. Okay, now we can 331 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: move on. League City, Texas is where Edily hit us 332 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: up from. He said, what would a successful season look 333 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: like in college station? Give in previous year's preseason expectations 334 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: and obvious failure. I guess we could all agree that 335 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 1: Texas A and M failed last year miserably, fantastically, spectacularly. Okay, 336 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: that's enough. I got a lot of friends. I got 337 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 1: a lot of friends around the AGGI program who comment 338 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: on everything we say about Texas A and M. So 339 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: I always have this little smile on my face because 340 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: I know they're listening, and I know I'm going to 341 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 1: get feedback. I should just start mentioning them by name. So, 342 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: what's reasonable if you go five and seven? What is reasonable? Well, 343 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: there's no easy way to answer that, because you have 344 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: to know the conditions. You have to know the details. 345 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: Why did you go five and seven? Well? If you 346 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: went five and seven because your roster's terrible, well then 347 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: we have to ask ourselves, did you upgrade the roster? 348 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,719 Speaker 1: That is not why A and M went five and seven. 349 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: They went five and seven despite having a really talented roster. 350 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: Need I remind you? Offensively, last year they were one 351 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: hundred and first in points per game. They were seventy 352 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: fifth or worse in every major offensive statistical category. So 353 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: what's reasonable, what would be successful this year? Well, here's 354 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: what I'm not going to do with them. I'm not 355 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: gonna dumb down expectations. I'm not going to water down 356 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: expectation level just because you sucked last year. So if 357 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: Texas A and M had this team they have this year, 358 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: but they had gone eight and five last year, everyone 359 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 1: would expect ten wins. They have the same team this 360 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: year that they just had in that scenario. I gave you. 361 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: I am not gonna sit here and say seven or 362 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: eight wins as successful just because they went five and 363 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: seven last year, Because the fact is, you shouldn't have 364 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: gone five and seven last year, So you need to 365 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: be up there in that nine or ten win range. 366 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: That's where you should be. That's where Texas A and 367 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: M should be. Over a half decade into Jimbo Fisher's 368 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: tenure there, they've got one of the best talent rosters 369 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: in the country. They just went and got Bobby Petrino 370 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: as offensive coordinator, so they made the change at coordinator 371 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: they needed to make. You're not void of talent out there. 372 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: You're well positioned. They are the fourth best odds favorite 373 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: I guess to win the SEC championship right there with Tennessee. 374 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: Did you know that? Do you know A and M 375 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: and Tennessee have the same odds to win the SEC? 376 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: That is the Las Vegas odds makers telling you, hey, 377 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: we don't care about last year either. We have to 378 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: take seriously this talent roster. We can't water down their 379 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: expectations because of last year. And I don't think that 380 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: you should either if you're a Texas A and M fan. 381 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: So success, what it would look like to me is 382 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: nine wins, be competitive in every game. Bama has to 383 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: come to your place this year, by the way. And 384 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: also success would look like a much more healthy functioning offense, 385 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 1: a much more consistent offense week to week instead of 386 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: this thing that we saw last year. That no infighting, 387 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 1: no rumors of Jimbo Fisher not being able to relinquish 388 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 1: control of the offense, November drama of Bobby Petrino's exit 389 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: after one year just being a formality. Now, we don't 390 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: need to be hearing any of that. That's failure. Success 391 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: would be the opposite. Success is come week four, Auburn's 392 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: coming into town to open conference play, and we're looking 393 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: and we're seeing that they've already beaten New Mexico. They 394 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: went on the road and beat Miami. They beat U 395 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: El Monroe, and here we go. We're about to dive 396 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: into conference play. They've got Auburn at home, they go 397 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 1: up to Dallas to play Arkansas, then they get Bama 398 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 1: at home. That could be a nice little stretch there, 399 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: if everything's functioning the right way. If it's not functioning 400 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: the right way, there are really four losable games. There 401 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: are five losable games before they're bye week. You see quickly, 402 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: this is the SEC. So every schedule is like this 403 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: except Georgia. See quickly, how things could turn. How the 404 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: sea saw the pendulum, whatever you want to use, could 405 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: swing violently one way or the other. If it does 406 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 1: go sideways, Like if they have two or more losses 407 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: by the time they get to that bye week, bad times, 408 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: bad times ahead. Now they could rebound and go undefeated 409 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: down the stretch. So it's not like everything's out the window. 410 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: But you asked me what success looks like. They need 411 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: to win nine or ten games. That's what success looks like, 412 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: and it needs to coincide with the offense looking really good. 413 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: We need to be watching A and M this year saying, Wow, 414 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: that offense is night and day different from years past. 415 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 1: Maybe that was the only Maybe that was the only 416 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: fix that was needed with this program. Sometimes that's all 417 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: it takes. Next up, good question here, very good question. 418 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: I've got strong feelings on this. Uh from Cleveland, Tennessee 419 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: backyard Gardner asked Miami's attendance numbers. Is that indicative of fans, 420 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: the program, or just recent teams being bad. I think 421 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: that it's probably a combination of a lot of those things. 422 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: But I think that also you have to go back 423 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: in time a little ways to understand really what the 424 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: situation is at Miami. So back in the day you 425 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: need to be a little bit older to have lived this. 426 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't really even live much of this era. 427 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: But back in the day, kids, the Orange Bowl was 428 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: not a bowl game. The Orange Bowl was the stadium 429 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: that Miami played in, and it was a very very intimidating, menacing, grimy, 430 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: dirty environment, but it was theirs. And the Orange Bowl 431 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,479 Speaker 1: obviously is where some of the great hurricane teams played too, 432 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:50,959 Speaker 1: So you could have played them in a parking lot. 433 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: It would not have been a fun experience for you. 434 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: But the Orange Bowl had a mystique about it, Like 435 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: the Orange Bowl. When you said we're playing in the 436 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: Orange Bowl, you knew you had your work cut out 437 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: for you. It emanated a certain vibe in you, like 438 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: you knew that was going to be a very very 439 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: tense atmosphere. Now, what do they say, We're going to 440 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: play at hard Rock Stadium, which is who knows how 441 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: many minutes away from campus. It's just out kind of 442 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: in the middle of nowhere. I mean, I've been there 443 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: for Bowl games. It's a pro stadium, just another pro stadium. 444 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: It's not their fault, per se. I am not even 445 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: wise as to why they had to make that move 446 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: and why Miami had to move out of the Orange Bowl. 447 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: They tore the Orange Bowl down, probably because it couldn't 448 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: pass code, I guess. But ever since that happened, there 449 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: has been a difference down there and vibe and and 450 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: you're right, the teams have not been great. But man, 451 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: I would argue that when they took Miami out of 452 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: the Orange Bowl, they took a lot out of Miami. 453 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: They may have taken the team out of the Orange Bowl, 454 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: but taking the Orange Bowl from Miami took a lot 455 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: more them than removing them did for a venue, because 456 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: a venue is just just brick and stone, which which 457 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: is a stone, brick and mortar. There you go. So 458 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: that's one thing. The fans. It's a really really interesting 459 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: dynamic there. You can't tell me that Miami fans won't 460 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: show up, because I've seen them show up before. I 461 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: just think that when you you're doing such a disservice 462 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: when you're asking fans to go to like hard Rock 463 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 1: Stadium versus asking them to go to Tiger Stadium at 464 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: LSU nieland Stadium at Tennessee Memorial Stadium in Oklahoma, and 465 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: it's not anything that's within their control. That's That's kind 466 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: of the point I'm making. So if you're Mario Christovald, 467 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: you could agree with everything I'm saying right now and say, 468 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: but oh well, we can't do anything about that. So 469 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: what we have to do is just control what we 470 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: can control. I think also, they when they get good again, 471 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: if Miami were to rebound and they're putting up you know, 472 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: the kind of performance that you had seen in a 473 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: generation prior, they could fill that place up again. There 474 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: was a little period of time I mean they played 475 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: I think it was notre Dame. They played down there 476 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 1: one year and they just smoked them. I think it 477 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: was Mark rickt in Miami. They just smoked Notre Dame, 478 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: and then everybody thought Miami was back. Because that's the 479 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: one of the things you have to go through anytime 480 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: Miami shows a pulse when tech here's what, Oh, this 481 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: aggravates me. I should have thought about this before. When 482 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: Texas wins a game, everyone says, is Texas back? When 483 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: Miami wins a game, I have to go through the 484 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,640 Speaker 1: insufferable Monday narrative of listening to middle aged sports writers 485 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: ask is the swagger back at Miami? Do they have 486 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: the swagger back? Sir, sir, you came from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 487 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: Could you please define swagger for me? Pull up your 488 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: suspenders before you do it. But anyway, if that were 489 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: to happen, if if the swagger to come back, they 490 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: fill that place up, and I'm sure it would be 491 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 1: a great atmosphere. But you will never convince me that 492 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: Miami can fully recreate what they had at the Orange Bowl. 493 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: You will never convince me of that. And here's the downside, 494 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: it's not coming back. I've seen some of the proposals 495 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: they have down there to build a new stadium, and 496 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: that's all well and good. It would be great, it 497 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: would be preferable over what they have now. I don't 498 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: know what it is. Something about new stadiums in the NFL. 499 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: I love something about new stadiums in college football. I 500 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 1: don't like. I prefer old venues because it really rubs 501 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: up against the older aspects of tradition and nostalgia and 502 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: whatnot about college football that I love. I don't really 503 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 1: like new venues for college football. Does that make me weird? 504 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I don't like them. So there 505 00:27:54,320 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: are some things that aren't new. This, for example, got him, 506 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: Got Him? Got him solid nine and a half from 507 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 1: the control room. By the way, on the surprise ad 508 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: toss there, let's dive back into the mail bag totally. Compton, 509 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: who hails from Atlanta, Georgia, go figure, asks how long 510 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: does it take to put together a late kick show 511 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 1: just curious smiley face emoji. Well, it takes a little while. 512 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 1: Very interesting answer here. It takes a long time, but 513 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: it can be done kind of quickly if you just 514 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: never stop your preparation, if you're just always immersed in 515 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: college football, Like what will happen is you have to 516 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: know You have to have a working baseline knowledge of 517 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: the sport, which everyone listening to this does so in 518 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: a way, you all are qualified so far. Then you 519 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: have to understand what the audience wants to hear, and 520 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: if you had access to analytics and metrics, it's not 521 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: that difficult to obtain that information. Then you have to 522 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: know how to stack a show. Takes a little experience, 523 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: but you can pretty much nail it down. But here's 524 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: what happens. You have to be able to know that, hey, 525 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: we want to do a few minutes on this thing, 526 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: like we're going to ask a question in a little 527 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,719 Speaker 1: while about LSU. So if someone were to come to 528 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: me and say, hey, we need to do it, I 529 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: think we should do a segment tonight on people doubting 530 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly and Lsu, Well I could put that together 531 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: in my mind. I add lib most of the segments anyway, 532 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: with some help from Jesse. He'll throw in some numbers 533 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: that back up a point I want to make. But 534 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: that only can happen if you just eat, sleep, and 535 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: breathe this stuff year round. If you don't, then you 536 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: have to go look up things and put bullet points 537 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: on a piece of paper and that gets old. So 538 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: in a sense, we can put together the show in 539 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: a few hours. But to do the kind of show 540 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: we do, if we just started from scratch every time, 541 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: that's a multi day process. So fortunately this company allows 542 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: us to just do what we do. Therefore, I don't 543 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: have to go talk about horse racing or the NBA 544 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: or anything else. I just get to live in the 545 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: world of college football and as a result, we can 546 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: put together pretty in depth shows, long form shows, and 547 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: can do that multiple times a week. So I guess 548 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: the answer is it takes a long time, but not 549 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: a long time. I hope I haven't been unclear there. 550 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: Next question Brad from Jacksonville, Florida. Why do we think 551 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: LSU is so good? They barely beat Auburn in Arkansas. 552 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: They got handled by a mediocre Texas A and M 553 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: team to end the regular season. This is what we 554 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: call a classic recalibration of expectations special Last year we 555 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: were going into the season this time of year, everyone 556 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: thought LSU was going to struggle. The over underwin total 557 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: was in the six or six and a half range. 558 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: So then they started to win and so people like, 559 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: for example, Brad they forgot about that, they forgot about 560 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: the starting point, and all of a sudden they looked 561 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: back and they start holding LSU to this different standard. 562 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: At the end of the year, LSU had very average expectations. Well, 563 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: all of a sudden they exceed the expectations, and then 564 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: you want to hold them to a different standard. Ls 565 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: You should not be held to a ten wins standard 566 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: in year one. What you should be doing is you 567 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: should be looking at it and saying, how seriously should 568 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: I be taking LSU? Because because they accomplished all this 569 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: you're talking about, Oh, they won close against these teams, 570 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: they should have been losing those games that a first 571 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: year coach history says, they're supposed to be losing those games. 572 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: So they won them and they beat Alabama and we're 573 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: sitting here saying, why should we take them seriously? Well, 574 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why I take them seriously. That little 575 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: year one performance, that little year one stunt they pulled off, 576 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: screams to me they may be ahead of schedule. And 577 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: number two, they have recruited a top ten class, They've 578 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: recruited a top ten portal class. They've got a really 579 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 1: good quarterback room, and they're very sure of where they're headed. 580 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: I don't have to look at Brian Kelly, in other words, 581 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: whether he can duplicate what he did in year one. 582 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: Did they just catch lightning in a bottle? No? No, 583 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: he's not thirty two years old. He's not a rookie 584 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: head coach. His process is proven. It's going to continue 585 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 1: to bear out results that you like. Down there. They 586 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: they had come off back to back years where they 587 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: were sub five hundred, and all of a sudden they 588 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: go ten and four and they win the West out 589 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: of nowhere. So you can either look at that one 590 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: of two ways. You can say, who cures they got 591 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 1: smoked by Georgia in Atlanta, or you can say, wow, Ls, 592 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: you made it to Atlanta in year one. The latter 593 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: is the attitude that's logical. The former that's the recalibration 594 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: of expectation. That's like if I walk in the gym 595 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: and you bet me that I can't bench to twenty five, 596 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, I warm up with 597 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,719 Speaker 1: two seventy five, and I tell you I think I'm 598 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: gonna go for three fifteen today, and I put three 599 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,719 Speaker 1: fifteen on the bar and I get it down and 600 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: I start to push it up then against little sideways 601 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: and oh I need help spotter racket. You could either say, wow, 602 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: I was so off on guessing two twenty five, or 603 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: you could say, bro, you couldn't even get three fifteen, 604 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: Like what makes more sense? Really? Who should be criticized 605 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: more in that scenario? Me or you? So I think 606 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,959 Speaker 1: LSU is going to be really good this year. I 607 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: think that they obviously play in the biggest Week one 608 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: game in the country. Are people ready, by the way, 609 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: are people prepared for LSU versus Florida State to be 610 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: a top ten matchup? Because that's absolutely going to be 611 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: the case. Are we ready for that? Are you ready 612 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: to go into that bye week in late October and 613 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: have that LSU at Alabama game be just monstrous like 614 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: it like it had been throughout most of the decade 615 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: of the twenty teens. Are we ready to see a 616 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: visiting Texas A and M come into Death Valley, maybe 617 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,479 Speaker 1: with Jimbo Fisher having resurrected Texas A and M's chances 618 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: and so that game has just premire importance placed on it. 619 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 1: Are we ready? LSU also plays Army this year? Just 620 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: out of nowhere. So there's that. I don't know why 621 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,279 Speaker 1: you wouldn't think LSU is good. I don't know why 622 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: you wouldn't. I think you're setting yourself up for heartbreak 623 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: if you think that team's about to fall off, or 624 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: they shouldn't be taken all that seriously. Next up, we 625 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,879 Speaker 1: have a question that I had to ponder a little while. 626 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,880 Speaker 1: This is this one from one of our buddies, Alex 627 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: up in Pennsylvania. He said, what is one part of 628 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: storm chasing culture that would just shock the listening audience? 629 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: If you're new, I chase storms, love chasing tornado, seeing 630 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: three of them already this year, there's a safe way 631 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:52,799 Speaker 1: to do it, in a dumb way to do it, 632 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: and then there are people who traffic in both. What 633 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: would shock you? Well, that's a good question. So if 634 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 1: you ever go back and watch the movie Twister and 635 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: you know that they have the evil storm chasing team 636 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: that they're competing against, you may think to yourself, Oh, 637 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 1: that's Hollywood, and it is. It is absolutely Hollywood. But 638 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,240 Speaker 1: what if I told you that within the storm chasing 639 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 1: community there are little little squabbles and dramas mainly played 640 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: out on the internet. Of course, that happen every day. 641 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: So this is a true story. Last night. I'm recording 642 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,719 Speaker 1: this on Monday. So last night, Sunday night, we're doing 643 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: Late Kick Live. Had we not had a show on 644 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 1: Sunday night, I would have been up in Iowa because 645 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,839 Speaker 1: we had a pretty decent little tornado outbreak up there, 646 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: and I would have been with my storm chasing team 647 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: that I like to tag along with, Vortex chasing if 648 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,399 Speaker 1: you want to follow along. So I'm not with them. 649 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: They get in a wreck in Iowa. The footage is 650 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:57,359 Speaker 1: pretty rough and the car may be totaled, and so 651 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 1: no one died injuries, but no one died. So I 652 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 1: sit there and ask myself, Man, would I have been 653 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,399 Speaker 1: in that car? Would that have happened? Blah blah blah. 654 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 1: But then that's not what would shock you. Car wrecks happen. 655 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 1: What would shock you is last night, there's this fool 656 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: that is part of the what I would call the 657 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,319 Speaker 1: more Jonas sector of the storm chasing community. If you know, 658 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: you know, and he starts to mouth off. You ever 659 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 1: meet these people? They exist in college football too, These 660 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,040 Speaker 1: people who just they want to say something so profound, 661 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: but they are not dynamic speakers. No one really cares 662 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 1: about what they have to say, but they want to 663 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: say something profound, And so any little thing that happens 664 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 1: is this crisis that needs a big statement. Well, last night, 665 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: one of these clowns decides that he's going to take 666 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 1: it upon himself to watch that footage, not knowing anything 667 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: about anything, not even knowing if anyone's okay or not, 668 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 1: and say he's going to use it to make a 669 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,840 Speaker 1: big overarching statement about how chasers are driving too danger 670 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:05,399 Speaker 1: never mind the fact that the dude who got hit 671 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: was hit by someone who ran a red light who 672 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,840 Speaker 1: wasn't a storm chaser. Never mind any of that. So 673 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,800 Speaker 1: we do in the storm chasing community have our Bill Paxton's, 674 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: and we've got our Jonas Miller's, we got our night crawlers. 675 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: And you may not think that. You may just think 676 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 1: everyone's out there on the same team. You may think 677 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: everyone's in it for team science, not team money. Some 678 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,879 Speaker 1: people are just in it for team clout. You think 679 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: you're out there chasing the tornado, and some folks are 680 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 1: just out there chasing that clout. And we had some 681 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,520 Speaker 1: e F five clout being chased the other night and 682 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,879 Speaker 1: this is not an atmospheric science podcast, or I would 683 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,839 Speaker 1: go deeper on this immunity. But I'm gonna I'm gonna 684 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 1: swerve the car back on. I'm gonna swerve that red dodge, 685 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,560 Speaker 1: which I've got liability coverage only on. I'm gonna swerve 686 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: it right back onto the highway here through the cornfield. 687 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: Mind you, and again, if you haven't seen Twister, seventy 688 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 1: percent of those references don't make sense to you. But 689 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,920 Speaker 1: I think the main point was still delivered Cole Kublick's 690 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: calling me right now. Cole has made it his mission 691 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,399 Speaker 1: to just call me when I'm on air. And not 692 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: only has he perfected the art of calling me while 693 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: we're live, he even now knows how to call me 694 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,440 Speaker 1: when we're recording. I don't know how that's possible, but 695 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: he accomplishes it. So congratulations. Cole sent a voicemail again 696 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,399 Speaker 1: Thomas from Warrior, Alabama. If you could pick a Week 697 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 1: eight game to go to right now, which one would 698 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 1: you pick? Thomas? How did you know I was looking 699 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: at this earlier? I mean I was just looking at 700 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,799 Speaker 1: this yesterday. So three of the big games this year 701 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,240 Speaker 1: happened in Week eight. We got Penn State at Ohio State. 702 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 1: You think that's a no brainer. You got to go 703 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: to that one. Well, we also have Tennessee at Alabama, 704 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,479 Speaker 1: and you got Utah at USC. I am PAC twelve 705 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: paid after all, so I have to give a lot 706 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,720 Speaker 1: of attention to what's happening on the West coast. Look, 707 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,720 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say it, Penn State at Ohio State's 708 00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 1: the one I would pick right now. And you think 709 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: that's crazy. But here's the problem. When we're formatting the tour, 710 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: the Fall Tour, which has still not been named. I'm 711 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 1: still taking name suggestions. When we format the Fall Tour, 712 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,360 Speaker 1: you got to remember, yes, we're trying to pick the 713 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: biggest game. We want to see the best game every week, 714 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,879 Speaker 1: but we also we want to get to as many 715 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: places as we can. So Tennessee plays at Bama this year. 716 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,080 Speaker 1: You can't just look at Week eight in a vacuum. 717 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 1: Tennessee plays at Alabama, so does LSU, so does Texas, 718 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: and I'm almost sure we'll be at that Texas Bama game. 719 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,640 Speaker 1: So what you run the risk of, If you want 720 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 1: to call this a risk, it's a very first world risk. 721 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 1: You run the risk of going to like three games 722 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,080 Speaker 1: at Alabama, and if that's the way it works out, 723 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,760 Speaker 1: that's the way it works out. But if it's even 724 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 1: close in week eight and we've already been Tobama at 725 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: least once that year, we'll probably go to Penn State 726 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,799 Speaker 1: Ohio State, And especially if it's big noon kickoff, we 727 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,839 Speaker 1: would want to go up there because then I could 728 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 1: get home or there there is a chance. There is 729 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 1: a chance that Penn State, Ohio State is big noon 730 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 1: kickoff that's eleven am Central. And then maybe, just maybe 731 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,239 Speaker 1: our overlords at CBS choose to make Tennessee Alabama the 732 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,359 Speaker 1: night game, at which point we put out the bat 733 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 1: signal to the audience and we get our private pilots. 734 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,160 Speaker 1: And I know many of you listen to the show. 735 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,239 Speaker 1: Maybe that's the day we do the two for one. 736 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 1: Maybe we fly from Columbus down to Tuscaloosa, hoops to 737 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:35,400 Speaker 1: amongst us. Knows how the future will play out. Always 738 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,360 Speaker 1: a fun exercise, truthfully, that's how I get myself through summer. 739 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:44,360 Speaker 1: I just hypothetically work out our tour on the fall schedule, 740 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,239 Speaker 1: and then it never pans out. It never pans out 741 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,879 Speaker 1: how you expect it to. But I try nonetheless, Oh, 742 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: let's go next up, Let's go to Rayhon in Old Town, Florida. 743 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,840 Speaker 1: Would you ever consider doing a Late kickshow on a 744 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: Saturday wherever the day destination is for the tour, like 745 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: a college game day type thing. We've talked about this. 746 00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,759 Speaker 1: It's not in the cards only because I don't. I 747 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: think the market is so saturated on Saturday morning. Everyone 748 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:17,320 Speaker 1: does stuff on Saturday morning, And truthfully, I like getting 749 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,719 Speaker 1: to the venue, getting to the games we're at, and 750 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:24,560 Speaker 1: I like being like around teams. I like being on 751 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 1: the field for warm ups, especially if you're at an 752 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: early game, like you can gather some information that way, 753 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 1: you can talk to a lot of people off the 754 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,480 Speaker 1: record that way that ends up contributing to what I 755 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,319 Speaker 1: can put in the show. There's nothing more to be 756 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,760 Speaker 1: gained by doing a Saturday morning show. Game Day only 757 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 1: does Saturday morning. So you have not heard from Kirk 758 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,200 Speaker 1: Herbstreet or Desmond Howard, Lee Corso or whoever else they 759 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,799 Speaker 1: have on the show. David Pollock, Pat McFee, You have 760 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,240 Speaker 1: not heard from those guys all week, so it makes 761 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,160 Speaker 1: sense that they're going to present their product on Saturday 762 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,680 Speaker 1: morning leading into kickoff. You've already heard heard me Sunday, 763 00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 1: Tuesday and Thursday night. Why would we need to talk 764 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,719 Speaker 1: about anything else Saturday morning. What we have considered is 765 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,960 Speaker 1: doing something on Friday night specific to the market we're in. 766 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,919 Speaker 1: So if we're in Norman, Oklahoma, you know, maybe there's 767 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,160 Speaker 1: a maybe there's a restaurant out there, a business or 768 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,440 Speaker 1: what have you, and maybe we coordinate with them, and 769 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:23,480 Speaker 1: maybe we have a situation where we have like fifty 770 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,960 Speaker 1: of our audience members. We create this intimate setting and 771 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 1: we sort of do what we're doing right now. But 772 00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:34,400 Speaker 1: it's off the record. It's maybe not recorded, so anything goes. 773 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:38,440 Speaker 1: It's it's question and answer, it's interactive. You leave your 774 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 1: cell phone at the door, and then we can really 775 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: talk about some things. Because if it's off the record, 776 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,759 Speaker 1: it's off the record, right. I know none of you 777 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,080 Speaker 1: would ever walk away from those functions and repeat anything 778 00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,839 Speaker 1: I say. We've talked about that. We'll see. I think 779 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:53,959 Speaker 1: we're going to do some stuff on Friday night this fall. 780 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,520 Speaker 1: We'll see how much we can do. Junior director Bradley 781 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,839 Speaker 1: Bradley the associate, Do we have anything more in there? 782 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,440 Speaker 1: Is that? The last thing? Wow, you actually use the 783 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,400 Speaker 1: voice of God function there. Okay, well that is a 784 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,399 Speaker 1: rap for us today. Hey, look, one favorite before you leave. 785 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,520 Speaker 1: Oh I think I caught you in time. One quick favor. 786 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,120 Speaker 1: Just subscribe to the podcast and let me tell you why. 787 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 1: Because it's free, and that is how management looks and 788 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,040 Speaker 1: sees that our show is continuing to grow. We cannot 789 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,480 Speaker 1: expect management to actually listen to the whole thing half 790 00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,200 Speaker 1: the time. We don't want them to because we are 791 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,080 Speaker 1: trashing management inside this very podcast. And I certainly feel 792 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,359 Speaker 1: safe saying that cause even if they do listen, there's 793 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,160 Speaker 1: no way they're making it to the end. Let's be real. 794 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:41,680 Speaker 1: But if you're subscribing, that's what they see. They kind 795 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:45,439 Speaker 1: of rub the side of their handlebar mustache and they say, oh, 796 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,799 Speaker 1: good work. And that is how we thrive around here. 797 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:50,799 Speaker 1: So make sure you are subscribed. Oh that's about it. 798 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:52,880 Speaker 1: That's all I need from you. Following on the socials 799 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:55,960 Speaker 1: at Late Kick Josh until Thursday night, We'll have Late 800 00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: Kick Live Thursday night. Until then for Bradley the Associated 801 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,839 Speaker 1: or producer, Jesse or director of Colin. I'm Josh Bate, 802 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,279 Speaker 1: take care of have a great rest of your day, 803 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:06,000 Speaker 1: and God bless