1 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back in another edition of 2 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: the Late Kick Extra podcast Thursday, July twenty ninth. Few 3 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: of our Lord twenty twenty one fall camps almost here, 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: and no one's talking about position battles well, because we 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: have a conference realignment wave a soon nami if you will, 6 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: going on. Obviously the mail bag is full of that 7 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: this morning, but the mailbag is full of some other things, 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: maybe going directions. You don't expect us to go, kind 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: of like we did about forty eight hours ago when 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: we may have potentially ripped a wedding apart. But look, 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: I think a greater good was provided in terms of 12 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: public service that day. So Josh paid seven zero six 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. That's how you can submit a 14 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: question or follow on Twitter or Instagram at Late Kick 15 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: Josh dms are open. You can do it that way too. 16 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: Question for you as we began this morning or afternoon, 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: wherever you're listening, and however you're listening, always appreciate it. 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: Do you think I hate any team? Seriously this has 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: come up. Do you think I harbor resentment in my heart? 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: You think I hold some hate in my heart for 21 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: any program? We are going to discuss that this morning 22 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: and find detail. But first I'll get to the big 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: topic of the week, Oklahoma, Texas all that has encompassed 24 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: that entire story. Mute my phone. That is actually producer 25 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: Jordan asking have I recorded yet. I'm gonna tell him 26 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: I'm almost done, even though clearly we just started. Okay, 27 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: I won't tell him if you want. So, this whole 28 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: thing has overflowed the mailbag. So what I've chosen to 29 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: do again today is I'm just gonna give general thoughts 30 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: for a couple of minutes on the latest. And there 31 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: is a lot of latest in this story, as I 32 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: told you, and this has continued since Sunday. This is 33 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: the highest traffic we've ever seen with the entire brand 34 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 1: of Late Kick. Bigger than college football playoff expansion, Bigger 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: than any national championship we've ever covered. It's bigger than that. 36 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: So it transcends in a sense, the sport itself because 37 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: it's hitting on a lot of other themes. Think about this, actually, 38 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: if you're into peak of Kansas right now, and you've 39 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: maybe been watching this through the lenses of a Big twelve, 40 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: or you're in Raleigh, North Carolina, and you're an acc 41 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: guy or girl and you're watching it from kind of 42 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: a distance, but yet you're still thinking, Oh, this could 43 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: affect me. The emotions My point is that it's eliciting. 44 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: They extend beyond who you root for on Saturday. You've 45 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: probably got emotions on this subject that extend well beyond 46 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: the normal and into, for instance, marrying with how you 47 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: feel about economics, or how you feel about business, or 48 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: how you feel about mega media deals, all sorts of 49 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: different things. Friendship? How should friendship operate If I'm a 50 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: conference commissioner and you're a conference commissioner, and we're both 51 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: lobbying for an expanded playoff all the while I'm trying 52 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: to steal two of your big member institutions behind your back. 53 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: Can we still be friends? It's that song from Dumb 54 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: and Dummer. They've been playing it on Serious ExM a 55 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: lot lately. Yeah, so a lot of questions on the table, 56 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: aren't there. Well, let's dive in. What is the latest 57 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,399 Speaker 1: well right out of a science fiction novel. Yesterday, I'm 58 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: at the gym. As you know, I joined the wy 59 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: of Middle Tennessee. Things are going going swimmingly. I actually 60 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: haven't gotten in the pool, so things are going liftingly. 61 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: I will get in the pool eventually. My floaties are 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: on back order at the moment, but Amazon will come 63 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: through for me. But right out of I guess a 64 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: Tom Clancy novel, let's say a cease and desist letter 65 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: was sent from the Big twelve to one of their 66 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: TV partners, ESPN. Again, the kind of thing that if 67 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: your nine year old daughter were to come up to 68 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: you and say, Daddy, could you imagine this happening? You 69 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: would say, go play somewhere. You don't know how this 70 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: sport works. Well, she's right and it's happening. So we 71 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: need to ask her what's next cause I don't know 72 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: how how do you progress when you've got a television 73 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: partner that you are kind of in bed with on Saturdays, 74 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: also trying to simultaneously disassemble your conference so they can 75 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: get out of the TV deal they have with you 76 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: and free up two of your member institutions to join 77 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: a conference that they want to have a bigger deal 78 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: with down the road. Ah, that's all that's going on. 79 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: Why do people make it complicated? That's all that's going on. 80 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: A simple A B, C, D, E, F G Hijk 81 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: scenario unfolding right here before our eyes. Know how it 82 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: plays out, no one else does. And if they tell 83 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: you do, that's the easiest way to discredit someone. Right now, 84 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: go find the people who are giving you all the 85 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: scenarios as if they've already seen them play out. They've 86 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: read the spoilers, they have the graphics made. They're showing 87 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: you which teams are gonna be where. Eh, those are 88 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: fortune tellers. Those are like carnival gypsies. Keep your distance. Well, 89 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna tell you how to spend your money. 90 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: Just don't expect a lot of return on that investment. 91 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: So when we don't know what's gonna happen, what do 92 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: we do? Well, of course, we baselessly speculate. That's what 93 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: we do. That's the responsible way to go about this. 94 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: So let's just dive in wildly speculating on things that 95 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: we really can only see the surface of. It's a 96 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: giant iceberg and we can see the tip of it, 97 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: but man, below there is a lot of shady stuff 98 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: going on. In case you haven't noticed. To be real 99 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: with you, we'll talk about this a lot more on 100 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: Late Kick Live tonight. I have clearly stated my opposition 101 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: to this, but yet it's happening. I did nine radio 102 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: hits yesterday alone, and the vast majority of the sentiments 103 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 1: seemed to be from a national perspective. There's this guarded 104 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: excitement because you're gonna get more high level matchups. Well, 105 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily disagree with that. Yeah, you're gonna get that. 106 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: But as I told one person yesterday, it would excite 107 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: me if we were gonna eat cotton candy for dinner 108 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: tonight too. It also wouldn't fill me up, and I'd 109 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: be hungry again in fifteen minutes. Meanwhile, my buddy over there, 110 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: who had collars and baked chicken and black eyed peas 111 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: and sliced tomato, he's good to go until the morning. 112 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: I am not sure that the reconstruction of college football 113 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: is going to end quite as fantastically as a lot 114 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: of people think it is, but I don't want to 115 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: be negative. Let's bring some positive to the table. The 116 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: one positive, at least, if you think along with me, 117 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: that may come from all this, is that precious expanded 118 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: playoff looks to be kicked further and further down the road, 119 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 1: and you could understand why this is where it really 120 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 1: gets ugly. And if you want to roleplay this for 121 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: a second, you be Greg Sinki. I'm gonna be Bob Bowlsby. 122 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: We are both on a committee a few months ago 123 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: that is tasked with exploring different potential playoff expansion models, 124 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: and we're working in conjunction, and we've got a nice 125 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: working group here. We're going to present it to the 126 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: bigger group, and everyone just sits there Indian style, We 127 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: see Kumbaya, We sip our tea with our peaky extended 128 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: of course, and we finally arrive at a proposal that 129 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: works for all of us. Well, we don't really know 130 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: who's in the room because we don't really know what's 131 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: going on behind the scenes, which means we don't know 132 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: the people we're actually partnering with. And so here I 133 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: am Bob Bowlsby, and there you are Greg Sanki, and 134 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,559 Speaker 1: you are looking at me and saying, Bob and others 135 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: in the room. Now, I can roll with this, and 136 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: I can give you your twelve team playoff, but you 137 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: got to meet me on the autobid versus at large. Okay, 138 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: what are you talking about? Greg? Going continue? Gregory, Well, 139 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: here's what I want, Bob, I don't know if you've heard, 140 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: but I'm the SEC. See right there, there's the pen 141 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: right there on my lapel. I'm the SEC, and I'm 142 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: just better than everyone else already, and I need to 143 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: guarantee my constituents that we're gonna have as many at 144 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: large spots as we are autobid spots. I mean, it's 145 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: only right, Bob. Okay, Look, if that's what it's gonna 146 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: take to push this thing across the finish line, fine, Gregory, 147 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: we'll give it to you. All's well that ends well? Yes, 148 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: high five, okay, handshake, Yes, all right, let's take it 149 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: to the bigger group. And that's where things were and 150 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: that's where things still are in the whole playoff expansion process. Well, then, 151 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: lo and behold swerve time. It seems that you had 152 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: two aces up your sleeve I didn't know about. And 153 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: the problem is they came from my deck. One of 154 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: them's Texas, one of them's Oklahoma. And you're planning for 155 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: having half a dozen at large bids down the road 156 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: because you think you're gonna come close to get half 157 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: a dozen of your teams in the playoff. And you're 158 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: not wrong, and I know you're not wrong, and the 159 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: PAC twelve knows you're not wrong, and the Big ten 160 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: knows you're not wrong, and the ACC knows you're not wrong. 161 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: And however, many of them are left in the future, 162 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: they all turn their eyer towards you. And what's the 163 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: one thing that they could drag their feet on that 164 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: they at least have the power to still somewhat control 165 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: the college football playoff? So then they're that, let's just 166 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: table that for a second, because there are these simultaneous 167 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: battles going on, at least in my mind there are, 168 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: and that's one of them. What's gonna happen to the 169 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: whole playoff? And will conferences now drag their feet? Will 170 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: you not be able to get the signatures that you needed? Well, 171 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: then on the other side, there's a big fear. I 172 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: have this fear that the SEC is not gonna stop 173 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: at sixteen. They're just gonna keep going, to keep going 174 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: and keep going. Now, Greg Sanki himself put out a 175 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: statement the other day, very carefully crafted, and it said, yeah, 176 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: we're making this move. It fell in our lap. We 177 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: would have been stupid to say no. But we're not 178 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: actively trying to just gobble up teams. Now, if something 179 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: makes sense, we'll listen to it. But we're not out 180 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: there on the prow We're not lurking in the tall 181 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: grass trying to snatch away your teams. And I kind 182 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: of do believe that's true. But here's what you could 183 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: also interpret that as. If you guys drag your feet 184 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: on this playoff, if you go back on what our 185 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: tentative agreement was, you're gonna force me to actually build 186 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: college football Amazon down here. Because I've taken calls from 187 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 1: a lot of your member institutions. It's like you've got 188 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: a healthy relationship over there. Guy. What you don't know 189 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: is your girlfriend has called me and text me five 190 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: times this month. Now I have turned it down, and 191 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: so for all you know, nothing's happened, and for all 192 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: you know, you two are happy, and you can be happy. 193 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: We can all be happy. If you'll shut up and 194 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: do your job and put your signature on that playoff document, 195 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: then we can all be happy. But if you don't, 196 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: I possess the power to snatch fifteen more teams. If 197 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: I want to, I can take this whole sport down, 198 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: and at that point SEC will truly equal CFB. They 199 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: will be synonymous. It won't be SEC being part of CFB. 200 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: It'll be fans reconditioned to understand that if they want 201 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: to watch major college football, aside from maybe a couple 202 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:47,599 Speaker 1: of independents like Ohio State or Notre Dame or USC 203 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: whatever exists outside of that bubble, at that point, they 204 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: got to come here. They got to come to the SEC. 205 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: I don't want that. You don't want that. Half the 206 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: folks in the SEC don't even want it, based on 207 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: who I've talked to, and no one else outside wants it. 208 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: So I think the way this playoff thing is handled 209 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,199 Speaker 1: will go a long way to deciding how willing the 210 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: SEC is to pump the brakes on further expansion. But 211 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: now that we remove ourselves entirely from this conversation, just 212 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: remember when you have heard me in the past, in 213 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: a very very unusually animated way, at least for me, 214 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: talk about the changes to college football. This is why 215 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: I get so animated. I've told you over and over 216 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: and over again. The whole toothpaste can't get put back 217 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: in the tube metaphor is true, but it's also the 218 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: slippery slope analogy. If you've ever wondered what it's like 219 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: to see something in real time on a slippery slope. 220 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: This is it. The sport is on it. You add 221 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 1: people telling you, no, we just need to make this 222 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: one change or that one change and after that things 223 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: will be fine. That's not the way change happens. It's 224 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: not the way it's working here, is it. All of 225 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: a sudden, you're on skates and you're on that slope 226 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: and you can't dig in to save yourself. Now if 227 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: you want to, you just keep moving further and faster 228 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: down that hill. And now guess what. You look to 229 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: your left and right at the people who told you 230 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: it was a good idea, and their arms are flating 231 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: on around just like yours are, and you say, hey, 232 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: what next? And they say, I don't know. I thought 233 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: you said this was a good idea. Yeah I did too, Bro, 234 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: Just go on for the ride. Isn't this fun? Of 235 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: course that ends in a and then no one knows 236 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: what it looks like when the dust settles. I don't 237 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: even know when the dust will settle. But I do 238 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: have advice. I think cooler heads will prevail somewhat in 239 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: this whole dilemma or dilemmas, and in the meantime, because 240 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: this isn't going to work itself out for a while. 241 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: We do have a great season ahead of us, and 242 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: so it's worth it to talk about that. And so 243 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: that's kind of what I wanted to do with the 244 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: first ten minutes the next remaining time we have here. 245 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: I want to talk about actual football in this season. 246 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: Dare I do so? Yes, we do so, let's hop in. 247 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: Let's go with Rob's question. He said, with the future 248 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: of the sports starting to look very different than it 249 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: does today, well, we get to a point that we 250 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: all feel really gross about cheering for what we the fans, 251 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,599 Speaker 1: allowed college football to turn into, but feel compelled to 252 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: root for our colleges and the sport regardless after it 253 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: happens on our watch. I love college football. I don't 254 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: love the idea that football means sec ps. I'm a 255 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: Texas fan. I really hate that my team could be 256 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: one of the factors in the sport turning into something 257 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: we hate. No, I don't think it has to be 258 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: this way at all. I was doing Ja C. Sherbert's 259 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: podcast yesterday I think that'll come out next week spoiler, 260 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: and we were talking about the perception that any given 261 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: fan or fan base has towards their program. There has 262 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: to be a little bit of a desalinization process from 263 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: the who's in era, the who's in era meaning the 264 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: last decade and how the sport's been marketed, and essentially 265 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: people being told if it doesn't have anything to do 266 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: with the playoff, then it's meaningless, and too many people 267 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: adopted that mentality, And also I think if we're not careful, 268 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: a lot of fans can adopt the mentality that we 269 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: were just reading here. Rob. The fact of the matter 270 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: is you define what college football means for you, and 271 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: then hopefully collectively a fan base defines what it means 272 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: for them, and it's not tied into what's being talked 273 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: about on a talk show. This one will be responsible 274 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 1: as long as I'm hosting it, but I know there's 275 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: a lot of garbage out there, but it's not tied 276 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: into who's telling you what is meaningless and who's telling 277 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: you that nil is what matters most and trying to 278 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: distract you from the on field product, which there's been 279 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: precious little talk about over the past week, which is 280 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: why I'm about to directify that big time with our 281 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: show next week. Because even I realized, Hey, we're a 282 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: little short on the football talk this week. And so 283 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: my point is, Rob, if you love Texas, you love Texas, 284 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: if you love Texas football, and define what that is 285 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: to you. The Saturdays in Austin, the burn orange and white, 286 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: the tradition, your friends, pageantry, family, going back on campus. 287 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: You can define whatever that means for you. If that's 288 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: still there, then all the elements that you love about 289 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: college football are still there. If they're still playing the 290 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: game between the lines on Saturdays, and it's still the 291 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: same helmets that you've watched face off for one hundred years, 292 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: well to some degree, then that's what the sport's about. 293 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 1: The key here is simple, Stop caring about what other 294 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 1: people think about what you're passionate about. There's a lot 295 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: of abouts in that sentence. But if I'm passionate about something, 296 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: I don't care what anyone else thinks about it. I 297 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: mean unless it's trafficking heroin, in which case I better 298 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: care what other people think about it. But if I'm 299 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: passionate about San Jose State football, I don't care what 300 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: our TV ratings are. I really don't care if anyone 301 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: else follows it. I would love for there to be 302 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: a full stadium. Don't get me wrong, but I'm around 303 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: some like minded people there. But outside of San Jose 304 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: State Football's community, I don't care what other people think. 305 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: And likewise, with Texas infinitely bigger brand and university, they're 306 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: going to be some people that hate Texas no matter what. 307 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: They're going to be some people now who were neutral 308 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: on Texas that maybe hate Texas because they join the SEC. 309 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: Do you love Texas? Do you love Texas football? Is 310 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: it one of the biggest parts of your life and 311 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: one of the things that your saturdays revolve around in 312 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: the fall. If that's the answer, then nothing about this 313 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: and the change of the sport has to change what 314 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: you're passionate about, because I can tell you the sport's 315 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: always going to be recognizable. Now I can tell you 316 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: that brand's always going to be recognizable, and that feelings 317 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: always going to be recognizable. This goes for South Carolina, 318 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: this goes for Minnesota, Golden go for football, it goes 319 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: for Texas everywhere in between. The big problem, and this 320 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: doesn't have to do with Texas so much, rob but 321 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: the big problem I have potentially with a lot of 322 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: realignment is there are great universities, great brands, and great 323 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: programs out there, like Kansas State's of one that's being 324 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: thrown around a lot right now. But you can also 325 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: through Iowa State in there where I have some bias towards, 326 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: and you can look at them on Saturday right now. 327 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's lost to Kansas State two years in a row, 328 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: and that's always a place invested in football. It's a 329 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: place that has a legendary head coach tenure there and 330 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: Bill Snyder twice, good tradition, always invested in football, and 331 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: those people love kay State football as much as a 332 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: Georgia fan loves Georgia football. The difference is Georgia doesn't 333 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: stand to lose anything in this new merger or these 334 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: new acquisitions. Kansas State football could be left out to drive. 335 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: I Was State football could be left out to dry, 336 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: and that's not good. That's what bothers me because that 337 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: rob if you were a k State fan, put yourself 338 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: in their shoes for a second. That's where it could 339 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: really turn you sour, because all of a sudden, you're 340 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: not affiliated with a major conference anymore, even though you 341 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: did everything you're supposed to do through no fault of 342 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: your own just because where your pinpoint on a map 343 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: happens to be, you're left out to dry. That is 344 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: not good. That is not healthy for any portion of 345 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: this sport. I don't care how big your conference grows 346 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: at the expense of other programs. That is not good. 347 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: That is not a good thing. And there are some 348 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: people probably listening right now that say, hey, tough, survival 349 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: of the fittest. No. No, if it were survival of 350 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: the fittest, we'd have one conference, maybe too, and we'd 351 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: have fifteen, maybe thirty teams, and that's it. Some of 352 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: you are up on a horse a little bit too 353 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: high for your own selves when you say that. And 354 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: you need to understand, like I've said before, when you 355 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: advocate for cutting off the bottom of the totem pole 356 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: and you're at the midpoint of the totem pole, guess 357 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: who takes over the place at the bottom of the 358 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: totem pole. So be very careful what you wish for 359 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: when you talk like that. I'm of the opinion that 360 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,239 Speaker 1: the sport is better when we have more brands and 361 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: more options and more choices, not fewer, So Rob that 362 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: would be the thing that could sour me the most. 363 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: Let's move on. So I mentioned in the open or 364 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: I asked, I guess do you think I hate any program? 365 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: And that's because Kyle I had something in my teeth. 366 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: Kyle sent me a link to a message board post, 367 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,479 Speaker 1: and it was from a Florida fan talking about, naturally, 368 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: how I hate Florida. I say naturally, not because I 369 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 1: actually hate Florida, but because those of you who are 370 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: familiar with such things know there's this small but very loud, 371 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: militant group of Florida fans who who just run around 372 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: in life thinking everyone hates them. I hate them. The 373 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: guy Burger King who took fifteen seconds too long to 374 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: getting their extra value meal hates them. That mailbox hates them. 375 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: Everything hates Florida. Everyone hates Florida. It's just anti Florida world, 376 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: which of course is not true. But since Kyle asked, 377 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: let me address this right quick, you have foolish. This 378 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: is how utterly foolish this is so there I am. 379 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: I grow up in Columbus, Georgia. I have no affiliation 380 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: to Florida whatsoever. I don't pull for them or against them. 381 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: Growing up, no one in my family goes there. I 382 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: am not a Florida State fan growing up. I'm not 383 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: a Miami fan. A contrary to a very popular talking 384 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: point out there, I don't grow up a Georgia fan. 385 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: I have no feeling. I could not have been more 386 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: neutral on Florida growing up, and I have felt that 387 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: way my whole life. They are another program to me, 388 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: a very very passionate program. All I knew about Florida 389 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: growing up was I had a stuff gator. I don't 390 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: know where I got that thing, but I had a 391 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: stuff gator. I knew the chomp, I knew the swamp 392 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: also when I was a Hollywood connection one time in 393 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: my youth. It's a place so like a family entertainment 394 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: place in Columbus. Florida was playing Auburn the next day, 395 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: so Florida is in town. They stayed in Columbus. A 396 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: lot of teams stay in Columbus if they're going to 397 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: play Auburn. So Florida's in town. I'm in a movie theater. 398 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: I want to say, we were seeing the movie Jeepers, Creepers. 399 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: This is back in the latter portion of Steve Spurrier's 400 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: tenure at Florida, so you can see if those sync up. 401 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: I think I'm right about that. Anyway, the entire Florida 402 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: team and me and one other buddy, we were the 403 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: ones in the movie theater. So in a way, I 404 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: even hung out socially with the Florida football team when 405 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: I was a kid. Anyway, I'm saying all that to 406 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: say this, I have zero inclination to have any ill 407 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: will or hostility towards Florida. I don't, It's quite the opposite. 408 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: So when you get into the position I'm in, let 409 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: me give you a little inside baseball. It absolutely helps you. 410 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: It helps you traffic wise, which in turn helps you financially. 411 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: If the big brands are doing good, and if you 412 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: grew up in the South and you started your entire 413 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: journey in the South, then you really need Florida to 414 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: be good. It is really good for late Kig if 415 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: the University of Florida is winning football games. So either 416 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: I am the biggest fool on the planet and I 417 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: actively root against my own interests, or the sentiment is misguided, 418 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna let you guess which one it is. 419 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: But here's the most fun part of all this. So 420 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: when this happens, because this happens routinely, I don't even 421 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: know where it started. I think maybe there's a stigma 422 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,199 Speaker 1: about twenty four to seven in general that they hate Florida, 423 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: and then since I work here, then I must hate Florida. 424 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: Or maybe I said something in the past. I don't know, 425 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 1: but anyway, what happens is when that starts on a 426 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: message board, then the majority of the Saane Florida fans 427 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: they hop in my DMS or they hop in my 428 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven inbox, and they'll apologize for their 429 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: own fan base. And it's not just Florida that does that. 430 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: I have found this to be true. I did not 431 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,439 Speaker 1: know this was a thing before I got on the 432 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: media side of the fence. But anytime a fan base 433 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: publicly starts bashing me or whoever, you will see a 434 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: three to one ratio of people that hop in your dms, 435 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: and they apologize privately for what's being said publicly because 436 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: they know it makes the rest of the fan base 437 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: look bad. And most of them don't feel that way, 438 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: so I don't need the apologies. I always laugh along 439 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: with them half the time. I'll jump into threads and 440 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: I'll play along with the people who are bashing me, 441 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: because really, it's all fun to me. It's just talking 442 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: about college football. But no, Kyle, I don't hate Florida 443 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: or feel that about them at all. I actually pull 444 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: for the Florida Gator program. Like last year. Here's how 445 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: much hatred I harbor for Florida. Last year, I picked 446 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,959 Speaker 1: Georgia to win the East in the preseason, but then 447 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: I changed my pick and then I went with Florida, 448 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: and then I got really emphatic about it, and the 449 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: Georgia board had a couple of people over there decided 450 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: to label me a dog hater. Hey, just a bit 451 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: of advice and then I'll move on. You know, it 452 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: is possible for someone to say something negative about your 453 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: team or pick against you because they just genuinely feel 454 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: that way or they genuinely expect you to lose a game. 455 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: It doesn't have to be because they have some animus. 456 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: It's not because they're a homer of someone else. That 457 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: doesn't always have to be the case. I mean, if 458 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: I see you as a fourteen and a half point 459 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: dog Saturday and I pick you to lose thirty seven 460 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: to thirty, I'm actually paying you a compliment even though 461 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: I picked you to lose the game because I am 462 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: picking you to cover therefore exceed market expectations. It just 463 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: takes a little bit of setting a motion to the 464 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: side and proper interpretation to understand such things, and that's 465 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: not always in plentiful supply in these sorts of conversations. Look, 466 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: so here's the deal. As we move on from that, 467 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: we've got a really really loaded Late Kick tonight. We 468 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: had a five segment show the other night. Normally we 469 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: go with four. We may have another five segment show tonight. 470 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: And that is a ton of content we've been pumping out. 471 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: But I really appreciate it because I mean, you guys 472 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: have been ingesting it, consuming it and then forwarding it on. 473 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: I see the traffic, and I haven't seen traffic like 474 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: we've had this week ever since we've been at twenty 475 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: four to seven at Late Kick, Josh, Twitter and Instagram. 476 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: Those numbers have really grown this past week. Let's keep 477 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: that going. The features I keep telling you this, but 478 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: you'll see eventually the features we have, especially on Instagram, 479 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 1: they're gonna be really good, really good. You will not 480 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: get this anywhere else. They'll be really good. So follow 481 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: that Instagram and Twitter channel channels at late kick Josh, 482 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna send this off to producer Jordan. A little 483 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: bit shorter today than normal. Don't worry, we'll make up 484 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: for it next week. Until then, I'm Josh Patate. Thanks 485 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: for listening, bless and have a great rest of your day. 486 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: Mm hmm