1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: All right, welcome in l like Kick is Live. It 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: is Sunday night. It is March fifteenth, the year of 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: Our Lord, twenty twenty. The water spiking of content has 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: been off for Colin it feels like about three months now, 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: but we've still got a lot of college football to 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: talk about tonight. Happy to have you joining us if 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: you haven't already subscribed to the channel. Like the video 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: by the way, clicking that little thumb up button, especially 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: when you get us over the fifty number. For some 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: odd reason, that's the line in the sand, and it 11 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: really helps us a lot. We are talking to LSU 12 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: within the context of the entire world of college football tonight. 13 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: Also going to hit Andrew Ivans Peach State Scorecard. We 14 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: did Bud Elliott last week when they released the Sunshine 15 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: State Scorecard. It's this series of really fascinating in depth 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: dives into the hottest recruiting beds in America. Florida, Georgia. 17 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna do Texas, California, and who recruits it. 18 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: Does anyone lock down that state in particular? No one 19 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: ever locks down the state of Georgia. You might think 20 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: that Georgia does, they don't you might think they need to. 21 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: They don't, but because of the approach Kirby Smart's take, 22 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: and I think it probably gives a lot of programs 23 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: in the general Southeastern region an opportunity that again is 24 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: being granted to them by Kirby Smart's approach. We'll talk 25 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: about that. I'm also going to hit you with some 26 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: more thoughts I've gotten. Haven't really wasted much time on 27 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: this show talking about coronavirus and its impact on mankind. 28 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: A lot of other folks out there talking about that. 29 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: But what I have tried to get for you is 30 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: as much tangible, credible logic based on information as I 31 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: can from people inside college football industry. I mean everything 32 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: from people who cover the sport to people who work 33 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: in the operations side of things, player personnel on the 34 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: NFL side, also the college side. How are you going 35 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: to handle practices now that they don't exist anymore in 36 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: the spring? Can you structure offseason workouts like you normally did? 37 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: How's the recruiting calendar going to shift? How much time 38 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: are you going to have if and when fall practice 39 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: finally gets here? Will fall practice start on time? Will 40 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: it start early? Will the game start on time? Obviously 41 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: a rabbit hole down which we will go towards the 42 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: end of the show. I will say though, we did 43 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: a show the other night. We did a show on 44 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: Thursday night, and by the way, for the foreseeable future, 45 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: we're doing Thursday and Sunday night shows. I know, Colin, 46 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: we said we were going to go until spring Ball 47 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: wraps up. Well, spring Balls wrapped up, will go as 48 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: long as you want us to, and then eventually probably 49 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: we may back it down to one show, one live 50 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: show a week for a little while. But I will 51 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: say this, I've largely kept quiet about this, and I'm 52 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: going to keep quiet about it. I'm about to move on. 53 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: We'll be talking about LSU in a minute a half. 54 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: But it's been really funny. Colin and I were just 55 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: talking before the show came on. It's been really funny 56 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: to watch a lot of folks who if you look 57 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: in their Twitter bio, it says content creator, or if 58 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: you look in their Twitter bio, it says storyteller. And 59 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: we were like seventy two to ninety six hours into 60 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: the no sports dead period because of coronavirus, and people 61 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: were like flipped out of their mind. They had no 62 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: clue what to do. And there's some hard truths being 63 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: faced out there, guys, hard truths by a lot of 64 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: folks who fan see themselves as content creators, realizing all 65 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: the while they were merely aggregators. Nothing wrong with that. 66 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: We have a lot of folks here at twenty four 67 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: to seven who do that. It's just that it's a 68 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: certain lane and there may be some folks who thought 69 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: they were in this lane over here in this lane. 70 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: And the best way I've ever had it explained to me, 71 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: and I'll share it with you and then we'll move on, 72 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: is sometimes a water park thinks it's a playground until 73 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: the water gets cut off. Right now, if you're a 74 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: playground and the city cuts your water off, well you 75 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,399 Speaker 1: got to bring some porta potties in and someone needs 76 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: to bring some cases of water. Let's get some hand 77 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: washing stations. But you can still go play on the swings, 78 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: you can go play on the slide, you can go 79 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: play on the Merry Go Round. Sandbox is open for business. 80 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: Playground can carry on with no water. You cut off 81 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: the water and a water park is dead. And right now, 82 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: you got a lot of folks who thought they were 83 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: content creators that as soon as that water got cut 84 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: off and as soon as they stopped playing live sports, 85 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: they were dead on the vine. We're gonna try not 86 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: to be that here, and we're also not going to 87 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: pat ourselves on the back just for doing our job, 88 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: even though hypothetically and hypocritically in some cases it sounds 89 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: like I just did. I just want you to know, 90 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna actually talk college football here instead of doing 91 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: like top ten college football movies for the next thirty minutes. 92 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: LSU's changed the sport for everyone. Do you understand this? 93 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: Some years, well, every year and hopefully this coming year 94 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: gives you a national champion, So every college football year 95 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: gives you a national champion. Eventually. In some years, those 96 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: national championships are one in basically a vacuum. Take twenty 97 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: fifteen Alabama for instance. Fifteen Alabama, it is Jacob Cocher's team, 98 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: and then briefly it's not his team against Ole Miss. 99 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: Cooper Bateman takes the field. Remember being on the sideline 100 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: for that starting lineups or announcement Cooper Bateman. Well, then 101 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: Jacob coch comes back in, but it's not quite enough 102 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: because Alabama's minus five turnovers. In that game, Alabama loses, 103 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: but then they wrecked five things. They go on to 104 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: win a national championship behind dominant defense, had a really 105 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: good front. They had a kid, think his name was 106 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: Derek Henry went on to win some award New York City. 107 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: So basically, Alabama won the national championship using a variation 108 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: of the blueprint Nick Saban had always used to that point. 109 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: And so everyone watched the crimson white confetti fall. I 110 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: think we were in Glendale for that game, covered that 111 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: one wherever it was. Anyway, no one was surprised my 112 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: whole point. No one was surprised that Nick Saban was 113 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: able to package up the blueprint of bludgeoning people to 114 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: death and work it to perfection and winning a national championship. 115 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: No one was surprised by that, And no one in 116 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: the off season said, oh man, Alabama do what they 117 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: just did is gonna revolutionize this sport and we're gonna 118 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: have to get on board, and we're gonna have to 119 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: do what they did and change things or we're gonna 120 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: get left in the dust. They just did what Alabama 121 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: had done to that point. Well, twenty nineteen LS she 122 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: was a far cry from that twenty nineteen LSU has 123 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: changed the sport quite literally for everyone in varying degrees. 124 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna tell you how I want you to 125 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: think about this. Everyone now is going to believe that 126 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: they are a transfer quarterback away from a championship. Keeping 127 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: in mind the whole time that Joe Burrow was actually 128 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: on a campus two years. He didn't just come in 129 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: off the street and win a championship. But once they 130 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: got the rest of their program in order, Joe Burrow 131 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: was the guy, it turns out, the whole time that 132 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: was capable of leading them to a national championship. And 133 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: he's not homegrown. He didn't come from Bosier City, he 134 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: didn't come from a parish down in Louisiana. They got 135 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: him from Ohio State via the transfer route. So everyone 136 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: now looks and says, we got to go find that 137 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: quarterback like LSU did. If we can find that quarterback 138 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: like LSU did, then here's step two. We got the 139 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: quarterback already. Everyone now thinks they're just some NFL off 140 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 1: field analyst higher away from winning a national championship. Did 141 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: you know, Joe Brady A lot of you NFL fans 142 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: didn't even know who Joe Brady was. In fact, if 143 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: you're not a New Orleans Saints fan or really hardcore 144 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: dialed into the pro game, you didn't know the name 145 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: Joe Brady. And yet he comes in and becomes a 146 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: rock star overnight in the world of college football. He 147 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: wasn't a coordinator, he wasn't a head coach, which leads 148 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: you to believe, possibly that it's just that easy. Those 149 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: guys are a dime a dozen in the NFL. They 150 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: just grow on trees. So let's just go find our 151 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: Joe Brady. I've heard people say that a dozen times 152 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: already the off season. We need to go find our 153 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: Joe Brady. As if again they grow on trees. Everyone 154 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: thinks they can go get them a Joe Brady. Now, 155 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: So you got that to how easy this sounds so far. 156 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: Just go get a quarterback off the transfer mark. Just 157 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: go find Joe Brady. Just go find your next Joe Brady. 158 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: Everyone also kind of packaging all this up. They think 159 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: there's some magic button. This didn't take LSU four or 160 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: five years. It was an overnight deal, which leads me 161 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: to my fourth point. Everyone thinks their head coach is capable, 162 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: and this premise is born from your default setting on 163 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: ed Or Zarm. I've talked about this a million times. 164 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: We talked about it on our old version of Late 165 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: Kick when we were independent, and I'll talk about it 166 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: until I'm blue in the face. People's default on editor 167 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: Zarn was that he was a moron. They judge the 168 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: book by its cover. Sometimes you can judge a book 169 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: by its cover accurately. This one turns out ninety nine 170 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: percent of people were wrong, and so ed Or's got judged, 171 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: and he was kind of a caricature of everything you 172 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: would expect from a guy from where he's from in Louisiana. 173 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: And so my point is, the same people who used 174 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: to paint this man ed Ozeron is a fool now 175 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: look at him, and he's accomplished more than in the 176 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: span of like twelve months. He accomplished more than anyone 177 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: in the sport has again in that timeframe, and they 178 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: look at him and say, okay, good for ed Ozron. 179 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: If he did it, then that certainly means our guy 180 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: is capable of doing it. And if our guy can't 181 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: do it, then certainly we can find someone out there 182 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: to do it. Because again, let me repeat for those 183 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: of you in the back. Ed Orgeron was able to 184 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 1: do it. I don't think of Ed Orzeron this way anymore, 185 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: but some people probably still do. So. The bottom line 186 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: here and now this pertains to Georgia Michigan whoever fill 187 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: in the blank. The grace period has evaporated. That's what 188 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: LSU did. They enlarge parts ruined the sport for a 189 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: lot of other people. The grace period. You know what 190 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: the grace period is. If you don't, here's what the 191 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: grace period is. The grace period used to be. Yeah, 192 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: eight and four this year. But I mean, we got 193 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: a lot of solid foundation here to build on that 194 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: used to fly in two thousand and four. Not that 195 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: people weren't winning championships, not that expectations weren't high in 196 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: two thousand and four, but keep in mind how the 197 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: landscape was different back then, well nowadays. And it didn't 198 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: start with LSU. It started with Nick Saban coming to 199 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,599 Speaker 1: Alabama in two thousand and seven. Saban comes to Alabama. 200 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: Nick Saban starts dominating college football, and he sets a 201 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: bar higher, and he goes on to continue to set 202 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: that bar higher for the foreseeable future than anyone had 203 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: at least in a couple of generations, if not ever 204 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: in the history of the sport. So then, all of 205 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: a sudden chain reaction, what was once good enough is 206 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: no longer good enough. Think Phil Fulmer at Tennessee, he's 207 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 1: gone shortly thereafter. Think Tommy Tumberville at Auburn, he's gone 208 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: shortly thereafter. And Mark Ricked, while he survived a whole 209 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: lot longer after Sabin was hired. What Ricked was doing 210 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: at Georgia that had previously been considered good enough was 211 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: no longer good enough. Their efforts didn't decline, guys, the 212 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: results were largely the same. It's just that this guy, 213 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: Nick Saban comes to Alabama and all of a sudden 214 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: he shows you what's possible, and therefore you're good enough 215 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 1: is no longer enough. So then here was part B 216 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: of the chain reaction. Saban comes in, standards go up. 217 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 1: You're no longer good enough for us. We're gonna go 218 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: hire new staffs, and we're going to pay them a 219 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: lot more, because that's the secret to success. If we 220 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: just fill their pockets a lot more, if we tack 221 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: on two and a half three million dollars more per 222 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: coaching staff, per year. Then that justifiably grants us the 223 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: access and the reason to demand immediate results. Bearing in 224 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 1: mind all the while the actual formula for success never changed. 225 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: But that's what people thought. We pay you more, Therefore, 226 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: we can shave a year and a half off of 227 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: what it should take for you to achieve top results. 228 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: This is a microwave mentality. It's not based in reality. Well, 229 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: now we fast forward all the way to twenty nineteen. 230 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: Twenty nineteen comes edo Zeron's offense for a decade plus 231 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: had been mired in mediocrity, and that could be a 232 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: com description of what LSU was offensively. And then just 233 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: like that, a higher here, a personnel change there. They 234 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: take the same group of kids largely that were shut 235 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: out by Alabama in twenty eighteen, and they go in 236 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: Tuscaloosa and hanging half one hundred on him nearly, and 237 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: they dominate the sport and they go fifteen to no undefeated, 238 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: rewrite the record books in college football. And the reason 239 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: that evaporates the grace period for everyone else is because 240 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: you're no longer allowed to look at your boosters and 241 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: look at your AD and look at your staff and say, well, 242 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: we got a new quarterback, so it's gonna take us 243 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: a couple of years. Well, we're putting in a new offense, 244 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,599 Speaker 1: so it's gonna take us a couple of years new coordinator, 245 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: so it's gonna be a transition period. No, that doesn't 246 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: work anymore. And the reason it doesn't work is because 247 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,719 Speaker 1: you see this guy. If you're watching the video for him, 248 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: you see the guy at the bottom of the screen 249 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: there ed Orsron halftime. People aren't even convinced his headset 250 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: is plugged in, and yet he pushed the buttons overnight 251 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: to take the same group of kids who are giving 252 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: you the results we're getting right now. And then they 253 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: just rewrote the record books. So why don't we just 254 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: go find are Joe Brady. Why don't we's go find 255 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: our Joe Burrow. The answers to those questions are, of course, 256 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 1: because you just saw a generational confluence of events in 257 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: Baton Rouge. But don't use the words generational or confluence 258 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: to convince a Michigan fan, or a Georgia fan, or 259 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: a South Carolina fan whoever out there. We got a 260 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: bunch of them who want their offense revolutionized overnight. Don't 261 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: tell them it's not possible. They're not interested in hearing it. 262 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: They think they recruit well enough, they think they can 263 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: get whoever they want to, and they think that there 264 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 1: is this plentiful supply of ingredients that LSU just packaged 265 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: in a perfect combination. They can do it as well. 266 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: I don't know that that's reality. In fact, I think 267 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: I know it's not reality. The best evidence will be 268 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: watch LSU this year. LSU is capable of winning another 269 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: national championship. But think about it, is ls you could 270 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: fall well short of their offensive output last year and 271 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: still be a contender this year. It's not easy. But 272 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: the bad part for everyone else is ed Orzeran made 273 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: it look easy last year. So your grace period that 274 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: used to exist. You used to be able to look 275 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: at people in the eye and say, just give me 276 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: a couple of years with this new coordinator, at this 277 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: new quarterback, he needs twelve to eighteen months to mature. Nope, 278 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: you got spring and now certain viruses come along and 279 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: take that from you. Don't care. We're still paying you 280 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: a lot. You still recruit at a high level. Give 281 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: us results yesterday. Welcome to college football twenty twenty and beyond. 282 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: Thank you, LSU. Moving on recruiting, recruiting, recruiting, This is 283 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: not a recruiting centric show, although we do talk recruiting 284 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: a lot, and this banterer behind me says, twenty four 285 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: to seven sports, and if we specialize in one thing, 286 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 1: it is recruiting above all else. But I will tell 287 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: you this, there is a very very good piece that 288 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: was put out. I like saying that a feature, a 289 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 1: very good feature that was put out by Andrew Ivans, 290 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 1: the Peach State Scorecard, the Peach State Scorecard. In large matter, 291 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to say that Collins. Since we're going 292 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: to cut this video up, let me restart. Andrew Ivans 293 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 1: put out his Peach State scorecard the other day, which 294 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: in large case sort of resembles what Bud Elliott did 295 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: with the Sunshine State Scorecard. You're going to have. I 296 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: guess they'll call the Texas the Loans Star State Scorecard 297 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: and the Golden State Scorecard. If that's not what the 298 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: California scorecards called, it should be called the Golden State Scorecard. 299 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: And what this is is essentially taking the hottest hotbeds 300 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: of recruiting state wise in America, and let's see who's 301 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: doing what in those states. So Andrew Ivans, this is 302 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: just fascinating, and I think even more fascinating inside piece 303 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: or the feature is Georgia's approch right now to recruiting 304 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: and how Georgia can choose how they want to recruit. 305 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: But their choice, I think is opening a door. Just 306 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: crack maybe, but opening a door for a couple of programs. 307 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: So I'm from Georgia, it's a really strange, unique place. 308 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: In Louisiana. Your typical kid grows up wanting to play 309 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: for LSU in Oxford, Alabama. Your typical kid grows up 310 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: wanting to play for Alabama or Auburn. In Georgia, it's 311 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: not always the case. Now, you could do an entire 312 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: series of shows on why in state kids in State 313 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: of Georgia aren't hardwired. They don't have it in their 314 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: DNA from birth to just go to the University of Georgia. 315 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: I wrote down a couple of reasons. So this is 316 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: what people is what we talk about back home. When 317 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: someone asks that question, people say the family roots aren't 318 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: as deep, which is a fancy way of saying it's 319 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: a transient state, especially the most populous areas. I'm from Columbus. 320 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: It's a military town, a lot of folks in and out. 321 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: Atlanta is obviously one of the biggest cities in the country. 322 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: It's the biggest city in the southeast for about one 323 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: thousand miles, so a lot of people coming in and out. 324 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: So you may have kids there that are juniors in 325 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: high school that move there in seventh grade. Point being. 326 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: They don't have deep roots in Georgia clay the way 327 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: that maybe LSU kids do. Maybe maybe the way Alabama 328 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: and Auburn kids do. Another reason that's thrown around is 329 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: and good luck explaining this. For whatever reason, there is 330 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: not the state pride in the state of Georgia. In 331 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: Georgia sports braves, falcons, Georgia, et cetera. There is not 332 00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: that state pride that exists athletically on average, at least 333 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: that you may find in smaller states, ironically, in states 334 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: that don't have in a lot of cases pro sports. 335 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: Good luck writing your senior thesis on what the reason 336 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: for that is. I'll tell you this too. A lot 337 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: of people say, for some reason, Georgia kids don't view 338 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: it as cool to stay at home. You know, a 339 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: lot of them think in order to be great in 340 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: order to do something truly great for people to talk 341 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: about you fifty years from now. You can't stay home, man, 342 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: you gotta leave home. And I'm telling you from being 343 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: on the ground a long time that mentality is true. 344 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: It's there. I don't know how to explain it to you, 345 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: but it is there. And it's not because you can't 346 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: go to Georgia and win big. Obviously you can go 347 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: to Georgia and win big right now. But back to 348 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: Andrew Ivans's feature the Peach State scorecard. Here, Georgia just 349 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: landed the number one class in the country. So if 350 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: you're a casual recruiting fan, maybe you even pay attention 351 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: to it. At a closer level, but not quite a 352 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: granular level. You may think, well, Georgia, obviously that's a 353 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: very very populous state. Obviously to pump out a ton 354 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: of talent. So obviously if you got all that talent 355 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: to choose from in state, you're going to be number one. 356 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: Well you're half true, because Georgia did just finish number one. 357 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: How about this perception versus reality? Perceptions probably they dominate 358 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: in state. How about this reality? I knew this, but 359 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: I had to go back and look at the numbers 360 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: to make sure that Andrew Ivans here was dead on 361 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: the money. And believe it or not, he did fact 362 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: check his work, so yes, he is doat on the money. 363 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: Georgia had four or five star kids composite five star 364 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: kids this last class. One was from the state of Georgia. 365 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: That's not shocking, Okay, any given year that kind of 366 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: stuff can happen. Here's the shocking stat to me. Georgia 367 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: signed fifteen four star recruits this past cycle. Two of 368 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: them were from the state of Georgia, and one of 369 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: those went to IMG in Florida. We're just counting him 370 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: as being from the state of Georgia two out of fifteen. 371 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: And the state of Georgia was loaded. Here's how loaded 372 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: it was. LSU, Clemson, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Mississippi State, North 373 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: Carolina stand for Georgia Tech. All these programs at least 374 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: one blue chip kid from the state of Georgia. Everyone 375 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: comes down here, Ohio State comes down here. In Michigan, 376 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: everybody comes down here to recruit. Georgia has yet to 377 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: sign the number one player in the state of Georgia 378 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: under Kirby Smart as Andrew Ivans points out, and he 379 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: is correct. That may be a little misleading because they 380 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: got Nolan Smith, who was an IMG Academy kid, but 381 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: he's a Georgia kid. And so having said that Georgia 382 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: right now is dominant recruiting, they don't dominate in state. 383 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're not capable of dominating in state. 384 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: There's a reason for this. Talking to some people close 385 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: to the Georgia program and really on the inside of 386 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: Georgia recruiting, the thinking part A is it's too risky 387 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: to put all your eggs in the Georgia basket. And 388 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: a lot of cases because of the reasons that I 389 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: pointed out to you a little while ago, you just 390 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: don't know where the head is at for a kid 391 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: from the state of Georgia in a lot of cases. 392 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: So Kirby Smart thinks that. But also this makes perfect 393 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: sense to me. He looks around and says, why in 394 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, when I can be anywhere I want to 395 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: in this country in four hours five hours with aviation, 396 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: why would I limit my recruiting approach to imaginary geographic 397 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: lines on a map. Do you want to have a 398 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: good rebuttal I don't I mean it makes a lot 399 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: of sense. So basically Smart looks around and says, we're 400 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: capable of recruiting nationally. We're going to recruit nationally, and 401 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: we'd love to land kids in the state of Georgia. 402 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: But I really think that he looks at it and says, 403 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: I mean, if all things are equal, all things are equal. Now, 404 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 1: if I got a kid who is a better option 405 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: out of statesbro Georgia than a kid from Manville, Texas, yeah, 406 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: I want to go get the kid in Georgia. But 407 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: I don't even think that Kirby Smart gives a whole 408 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: lot of preference to the state of Georgia. I think 409 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: he gives preference to kids who can win a championship. 410 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: That's what I think he does. Now, I don't have 411 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: any problem with that approach. A lot of you should 412 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: be kind of happy that Georgia chooses to take this approach. 413 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: I read you the list of programs that have landed 414 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: in the past cycle at least one blue chip kid 415 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: from the state Georgia. In the recruiting industry, there are 416 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: two terms to describe recruiting in Georgia. You got the 417 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: state of Georgia, and you have the state of Atlanta 418 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: for recruiting purposes. A lot of people view Atlanta and 419 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: the surrounding area, let's call it an hour radius around 420 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: Mercedes Benz Stadium. A lot of people view that as 421 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: its own state. I mean, that's obviously where a lot 422 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: of the talent is. But a kid from Lowndes County 423 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 1: and a kid from Fulton County, you're talking about two 424 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: different kids, and so the upbringings are different, the routes 425 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: are probably different, so you got to recruit them in 426 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: a lot of cases different. There are two programs that 427 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: I think have to pounce on this. South Carolina's one. 428 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: Tennessee is another one you draw, and I really want 429 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: to hone in on Tennessee. Jeremy pruit at Tennessee. It's 430 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: not optional. They have to have success in Georgia if 431 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: they're going to beat Georgia, if they're going to be 432 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: a player in the SEC East. And I happen to 433 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: think that Tennessee, even though the end state crop in 434 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: the state of Tennessee is nothing really right home about 435 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: any given year, I don't view Tennessee as being in 436 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: some disadvantaged position recruiting wise, I draw six hour radius. 437 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: I always like to do this. The six hour radius, 438 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: the six hour bubble around any given spot on a map, 439 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: and if I draw it around Knoxville, I get up 440 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: into near the Tidewater area of Virginia. I got the Carolinas. 441 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: I also am Jeremy Pruitt, so I trust that even 442 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: though mobile is not in my six hour radius, I 443 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: can go down there and get kids. I've got North 444 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 1: Alabama in there. I got all of North Georgia in there, 445 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: including Atlanta. I get over into Nashville, I get up 446 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: into southern Ohio. You're telling me I can't land twenty 447 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: five kids per cycle that land me top five nationally. 448 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 1: Of course you can. But you can't do it without Atlanta. 449 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: You can't do it without the state of Georgia. I 450 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: got to watch Tennessee very closely right now this upcoming cycle. 451 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: Once they get a product on the field to sell 452 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: on the recruiting trail, and I think it's an ongoing effort. 453 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: When I say sell, I mean sell in the way 454 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: that you can walk into my living room and convince 455 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: me if I come to Tennessee instead of Georgia. I 456 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: got both options, and you want me to choose Tennessee 457 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: I can do that and reasonably see over the next 458 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: four years US beating Georgia, US being the dominant player 459 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: in the East. You can't sell kids on that right now. 460 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: The ending to last season may have gotten you closer, 461 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 1: It saved your job, It got you closer to being 462 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: able to sell that. I'm not buying that yet. So 463 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: it's an uphill battle, but it's a battle. I think 464 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: that they feel like they're equipped for. I would also 465 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: watch South Carolina. Like I said, of course, you've got 466 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: competition in state, but from Clemson. But listen, Clemson, they 467 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: figured this out a long time ago. Dominate in Florida enough, 468 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 1: dominate in Georgia enough. I mean, think about the kids 469 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: that have come out of this state. We were mentioning 470 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: Georgia not landing the number one player in the state. 471 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,719 Speaker 1: We're not talking about busts. Guys were talking about Trevor Lawrence. 472 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: We're talking about Eric Gilbert this past year, the tight 473 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: end slash wide receivers, total freak of nature who has 474 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: not played a college down yet. I would stake a 475 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: large amount of MyD NET, which is into the hundreds 476 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: now Colin that Eric Gilbert is going to be a 477 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: star as a freshman forgets sophomore junior as a freshman 478 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: at LSU. Also, there was a kid named Derek Brown, 479 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: and if you don't remember him watching the NFL Draft 480 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: this coming spring, you won't have to wait too offul 481 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: long to hear his name. The other program to watch. 482 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: They're sitting top ten nationally right now. I think that 483 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: maybe top five nationally. The University of North Carolina, Matt 484 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: Brown's North Carolina tar Heels. They flipped Drake May, the 485 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: elite quarterback from Alabama. They are sitting top four, top 486 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: five right now, and there is a lot of positive momentum. 487 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: I think momentum is overused in football, in sports, but 488 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: in recruiting it very much is underused as a term. 489 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: North Carolina's got some momentum right now. They've obviously got 490 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: to do work in Atlanta and in the state of 491 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: Georgia and the State of Atlanta as they call it, too. 492 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: All right, let's move on. So the other night, Thursday night, 493 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: we were about twenty four hours into everything being shut down. 494 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: Since we last spoke, more things have been shut down. 495 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: And so, like I told you, I'm not going to 496 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: sit here and give medical advice or whatnot. I'm not 497 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: going to give really even social advice. Just be smart, 498 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: you know, wash your hands maybe a little bit more 499 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: than usual. You know, I went in the grocery store 500 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: the other day. I've got a theory on this, colin. 501 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: I went in the grocery store and there was a 502 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 1: shortage of paper towels and toilet tissue. And I will 503 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: grant you that there was. But I think a lot 504 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: of these grocery stores have gotten really, really smart to 505 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: what's going on. And so I know, good and well 506 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: in our audience, someone has to work at a grocery store. 507 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 1: Here's my working theory. My working theory. If you look 508 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: at the pictures, they are always like one or two 509 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: loan packs that are left. It's never totally cleaned out. 510 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: So you look at those packs and you think, oh, 511 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: those must be the defective packs of toilet paper. I 512 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: don't think so. I think there are trucks of toilet 513 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: paper sitting out back, and in order to stem the 514 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: uncontrolled chaos that had been going on on those aisles, 515 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: some kids going back and forth one hundred times per 516 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: day and just putting the few packs there so that 517 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 1: you can come and take what you need. And only 518 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 1: what you need, and then it's empty, and then they 519 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: fill it right back up. I would need security cam 520 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: footage to confirm this. It's only a working theory right now, 521 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: but I feel really confident in that that has nothing 522 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: to do with what I'm going to talk about here, though. 523 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: So what I've been trying to do is I've been 524 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: trying to collect some information, the general thoughts, general temperature 525 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 1: out there inside the college football world anywhere. I mean 526 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: a lot of people's minds are in a lot of 527 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: places right now. So I'll just give you some there's 528 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: gonna be no structure to this, and some thoughts that 529 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: I've had too. I'll tell you a thought I had 530 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: is could you have picked a worse time to hire 531 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: a new head coach. I'm not telling you Florida State 532 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: made the wrong move in hiring Mike Norvel. I'm not 533 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: telling you Arkansas made the wrong move in hiring Sam Pittman. 534 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: I'm just telling you, as fate would have it, you 535 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: just hired a new head coach, which means, of course 536 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: you've got all new support staff, an all new infant structure, 537 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: You're installing new systems and whatnot, and then all of 538 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: a sudden someone comes along and they just take spring 539 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: from you. What in the world are you gonna do? 540 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: You got, you got true freshmen to acclimate. You got 541 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: early enroll levees to acclimate. In a lot of cases, 542 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: these teams are gonna depend on true freshmen. More on 543 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,919 Speaker 1: that in just a second. And they've got a new 544 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 1: system to learn. Oh and by the way, a lot 545 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: of them are going to college for the first time. 546 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: And so now what are you gonna do. You're gonna 547 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna email them workouts to do on their own 548 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: in the summer. Good luck with that, and then hopefully 549 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: fingers crossed, you go fingers crossed, you get them on 550 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: campus in the fall. And whereas you would have normally 551 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: been getting ready to play a football game, you got 552 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 1: to push that down the road a little bit, because 553 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: you got to teach kids how to play your brand 554 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: of football first, then get them ready to play a 555 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: football game. Oh and by the way, you've still got 556 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:48,479 Speaker 1: the same time for rame to do it. If we 557 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: don't extend this calendar and front load this calendar to 558 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: where you have another week or two of camp. And 559 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: I talked to a couple of people in college football 560 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: the other night, they don't think right now, jell o 561 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: to a wall. As we're trying to nail this down. 562 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: It's ever evolving, ever moving. But a lot of people 563 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: don't think that they're going to extend fall camp. NCAA 564 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: extending fall camp. That was a thought I had the 565 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: other night. I don't think based on what I've heard, 566 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: that that's a popular sentiment. Now, what was expressed to 567 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: me is maybe there's a compromise to where you add 568 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: a week onto the front of fall camp for just freshmen, 569 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: just an extended freshman acclamation period. Hey, if that happens, 570 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: by the way, prayers up to you, true freshmen. They 571 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: get you alone, coaches, having not been able to blow 572 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,719 Speaker 1: a whistle for the better part of eight months. Oh 573 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: and by the way, it's late July. Yeah, have fun 574 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,479 Speaker 1: with that. The other thing is these programs out here, 575 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: a lot of the big boys, a lot of the 576 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 1: usual suspects, having to replace a lot of departing starters. 577 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: I'm talking about NFL draft departures. LSU of course is 578 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: most notable here, but a lot of teams are having 579 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: to do this. You were already probably going to depend 580 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: on a lot of young kids in some cases at 581 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 1: the least unproven kid, but in a lot of cases 582 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: young unproven kids. And now your spring got taken away. 583 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: What about when you're breaking in new quarterbacks? You got 584 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: to transfer quarterback? Coming in well spring was when we 585 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: were going to learn everything. You know, Jamie Newman. It 586 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: most notably comes to mind at Georgia new coordinator. They're 587 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: at Georgia new quarterback, new coordinator. I mean, I think 588 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,719 Speaker 1: that there is reason to believe this possibly alters whatever 589 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: Kirby Smart was going to do with his team, because 590 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: he has the luxury of possibly the best defense in 591 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: the country this year. So even if they were going 592 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: to rev the engine a little bit more offensively hypothetically, 593 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: they can afford not to and still be a championship contender. 594 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: I don't know that everyone who has a new quarterback 595 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: can say the same thing. You got the new head coach. 596 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: That's obviously a problem. Here's what I'll pay attention to, though. 597 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: This is going to be kind of more in the 598 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: weeds as hopefully we get back to normalcy. And what 599 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to pay attention to is maybe a team 600 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: or two out there that are thought of as contenders 601 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: and they're in everyone's preseason top ten. But they've got 602 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: some young kids they're going to have to play who 603 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: are not acclimated properly relative to a normal year. And two, 604 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: they got a front loaded schedule. They play a couple 605 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 1: of top ten, top fifteen opponents in the first month, 606 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: or maybe they play a non ranked opponent, but an 607 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: ultra experienced opponent. Returning starters in a normal college football 608 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: season is not the end all be all, but this 609 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: is not a normal college football season. You could have 610 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: teams I was looking at Georgia Tech. I think they 611 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: may return the most starters in America, just as an example. 612 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: Georgia Tech teams like that, though teams you wouldn't classify 613 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: preseason top twenty five. Those may be the kinds of 614 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: teams that are able to pull monumental upsets against high profile, 615 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: name brand sticker on the helmet types early in the 616 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 1: year who have a lot of talented kids that aren't 617 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: properly acclimating playing for him. So just some things to watch. 618 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: I'll put out the Q and A just basically asking 619 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: you if they're anything on your mind. We had a 620 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: couple and if you come to the YouTube page, the 621 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven Sports YouTube page during the week 622 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: from time to time. I'll do this in the offseason. 623 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: I'll do it a lot. I'll just throw it up 624 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: there in message for him and it'll say you got 625 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: any questions, give them to me. I'll get to as 626 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: many as I can. On the show. We had a 627 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: few of the other night, Luke Wilman. Wilman, thank you, Luke, 628 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: I got your first name right. Do you think LSU 629 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: wins the West again? LSU will be a contender again. 630 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: LSU is good enough to be a contender again. I 631 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: don't think that a lot of the intangibles that people 632 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: expect to cripple them this year are going to cripple them. 633 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: I think a lot of folks have overthought the room 634 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: on that one. So they're going to be contenders. Just 635 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: as long as you're going to be able to put 636 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: yourself in the arena of competition, you're comfortable letting the 637 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: chips fall where they may, especially because you know, even 638 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: on the worst of days, in your back pocket, you 639 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: got a DVR recording of a National Championship win and 640 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: an SEC Championship win and an Alabama win, so you 641 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: can always go back and watch that. So Hey, man, 642 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: I would feel great if I were an LSU fan, 643 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: not only about what just happened, but about my chances 644 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: coming up this year too. Obviously, we're not in the 645 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: prediction business. In March, Will Lachlan news on Anthony Schwartz 646 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: at Auburn, No, Will, I don't have any personal news 647 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: on that. I would keep it locked on Auburn undercover 648 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: dot Com Brandon Marcelo when those guys do a phenomenal 649 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: job day to day on the ground covering Auburn. So 650 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: if there's something about Anthony Schwartz that you need to know, 651 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: those guys will have it for you. Part B to 652 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: his question comparing Auburn's defense last year to this year, 653 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: will there be a gap? I think certainly there will be. 654 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: Defensive line is going to be most notable. It's not 655 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: something to where you lose Derek Brown, but you replace 656 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: him with this guy, and Morland Davidson departs and you 657 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: replace him with this guy. They're not replacing those guys. 658 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: Certainly there will be warm bodies in the places where 659 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: Brown and Davidson played last year. They're not going to 660 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: be as good. They're not going to be the force 661 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: on the defensive line that they were last year. The 662 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: trade off is could have a really good lineback and corps. 663 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: Folks at Auburn inside the program think that lineback and corps. 664 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: If everyone stays healthy, which is the if for every 665 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: program in America right now this time of year, at 666 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: linebacking course stays healthy, Auburn's gonna be really good there. 667 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: I think the challenge is for Kevin Steele, who makes 668 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: I think like half a trillion dollars at this point. 669 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: Guy's getting raises every year, deservedly so, because even though 670 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: Gus malson' is the head coach, they're the identity of 671 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: the program has become defense. How that happens, I'll never know. 672 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: It's one of the most fascinating stories to think about Auburn. 673 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: In twenty thirteen, they come in take college football by storm. 674 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: Nick Marshall runs circles around every one. They get like 675 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: thirteen some on seconds away from a national championship. Everyone 676 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 1: thinks Malason's gonna hang crooked numbers for all eternity. And 677 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: then next year I think the Iron Bowl is like 678 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: fifty five to forty four, so they were still putting 679 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: up big numbers. Who would have known we're gonna fast 680 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: forward half a decade. Malazon's still gonna be the head coach. 681 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: But their identity is gonna be defense. They're winning big games, 682 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: It's gonna be defense. Fascinating. Life comes at you really 683 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: fast in college football. Alex Compton very simply put here, 684 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: love these kinds of questions. Well, Dan Mullen beat Georgia 685 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: in year three. I think the correct answer here is, well, 686 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: the correct answers who I think, to broaden it out 687 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: a little bit, you could answer this the same way 688 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: that you answered the LSU question. Florida is going to 689 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: put themselves in the arena. They're capable of competing. They've 690 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 1: been capable of competing. They're probably as capable this year. 691 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: They feel a lot better about the quarterback situation. I 692 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: think they feel a lot better about their roster. I 693 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,719 Speaker 1: think they feel a lot better about their coaching staff 694 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 1: in those categories. They feel as good entering year three 695 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: as they have at any point. It stands to reason 696 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: under Dan Mullen. I talked the other night about the 697 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: state of Florida recruiting and how right now we were 698 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: talking about that Sunshine State scorecard from Bud Elliott, and 699 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: right now is the time for Florida to pounce. They 700 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: got to take advantage. Miami's been down, Florida State's been down, 701 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: don't know if or when they'll be back. Florida's got 702 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: to take advantage. And you can hire all the great 703 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: recruiters in the world. And I don't think they have 704 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: a great recruiting staff. I think they have a much 705 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: better recruiting staff than they did two years ago. I 706 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: think it's been improving. And I think the behind the 707 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: scenes infrastructure and support staff and analyst, I think that 708 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: that's really been somewhere that they've beefed up their operation 709 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: for the better. But ultimately to tear down that wall, 710 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,240 Speaker 1: you gotta beat Georgia because if I'm a kid from Lakeland, 711 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: if I'm a kid from Valdosta, I mean, if I'm 712 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,319 Speaker 1: a kid who is torn between Georgia and Florida, you 713 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,320 Speaker 1: can sell me all you want to on the future 714 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,479 Speaker 1: and what we're gonna be capable of. What really goes 715 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: further than anything that comes out of your mouth is 716 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: if I turn on that scoreboard and I see Florida 717 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:32,640 Speaker 1: twenty seven Georgia twenty one. Final things have changed in 718 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: the SEC East once that happens, and until that happens, 719 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily think a whole lot's changing. So my 720 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: answer is, think Florida's capable. Think they were capable last year. 721 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: But remember how vulnerable everyone thought Georgia was. Do you 722 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: remember the context with which that game was played. Georgia 723 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 1: had just been trank darted in the neck by South Carolina, 724 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: and then you had the bye I think right after that, 725 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,320 Speaker 1: and Florida was riding high and Kyle Trask looked good, 726 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 1: and for a brief period, folks thought the Florida was 727 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: going to be favored in the game, and everyone had 728 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 1: their money on Florida plus the points, and then that 729 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: line mysteriously moved to Georgia minus six anyway, and then 730 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: Georgia one. So more of the same, and as long 731 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,359 Speaker 1: as it's more the same on the field, I think 732 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: it'll be more the same on the recruiting trail. And 733 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: it's gonna take somebody upsetting that Apple car wouldn't be 734 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: a big upset, but it's going to be an upset 735 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: that's necessary in order to truly change the landscape in 736 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:27,839 Speaker 1: the East. All Right, We've talked long enough. We got 737 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,720 Speaker 1: to get out of here. Remember a couple of favors. 738 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: We always ask subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. 739 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 1: All this is free, by the way, click that thumbs up, 740 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: give us comments us, give us anything you want to 741 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 1: in terms of feedback. Click that thumbs up. And also 742 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: make sure you subscribe to the Late Kick podcast. 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