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Speaker 1: And welcome in Lake. Kick is Live. It is Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: July twenty ninth, the Year of our Lord, twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Jam packed, This jam pack can be. Don't forget even

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Speaker 1: though we've got a lot of expansion to talk about.

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Speaker 1: It's a historic day in college football. We will get

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Speaker 1: to that. We're thirty five days away from kickoff, and

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Speaker 1: I'm not talking about that week two kickoff, not the

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Speaker 1: week zero kickoff, so I guess we would technically call

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Speaker 1: it week one. But the bottom line is jam packed

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Speaker 1: is really an understatement to describe what our shows are

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Speaker 1: going to be like over the next month. I'm happy

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Speaker 1: to have you with us. We've done phenomenal traffic. Our

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Speaker 1: most viewed shows ever have been happening in the last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Wildlift, college football story in several generations,

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Speaker 1: so many layers to this onion. We're going to react

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Speaker 1: to all of it. Things have been happening. A lot

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Speaker 1: of reporting is coming out even as we go on

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Speaker 1: air right now, which explains why I kind of sound

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Speaker 1: out of breath. Colin and I've been running around the

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Speaker 1: studio here trying to make sure we have everything. Is

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Speaker 1: et cetera. We've got some circle games to talk about tonight,

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Speaker 1: weeks seven through ten, the College Football Playoff. Do you

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Speaker 1: hear that? Do you see the smoke that's coming from

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Speaker 1: the tires on the bus that is screeching to a

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Speaker 1: halt because of said expansion. So we're going to touch

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Speaker 1: on that because that's a whole different angle to this story.

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Speaker 1: That's why it makes it so wild. And boy is

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Speaker 1: this not a huge moment, not for Texas, not for Oklahoma,

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Speaker 1: but for Jimbo Fisher. We talked about the Aggies a

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Speaker 1: little bit the other night. I dare say I had

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Speaker 1: maybe a little different angle on it than a lot

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Speaker 1: of people have, and I'm going to continue that tonight

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Speaker 1: because this is going to define Jimbo Fisher. You may

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Speaker 1: think a guy who's already won a national championship, his

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Speaker 1: legacy is already defined. I think maybe not. I think

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Speaker 1: there may be some things coming in the near future

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Speaker 1: that ultimately defined Jimbo Fisher's legacy. At Late Kick, Josh,

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Speaker 1: I told you it's going to be a breaking news

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Speaker 1: kind of week. Many of you have followed on Twitter

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Speaker 1: and Instagram continue to do so. At Late Kick Josh,

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Speaker 1: because that's only going to ramp up more and more

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Speaker 1: as we get into the season, and they're going to

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Speaker 1: be things that you get on those that you don't

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Speaker 1: get on the air or even on the Late Kick podcast.

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Speaker 1: College football is so uncertain right now. Here's what's happening.

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Speaker 1: So there's some movement going on in our studio and

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Speaker 1: things that have been hidden and tucked away for a

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Speaker 1: long time have been brought out. And yesterday I was

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Speaker 1: in the office I feel like twenty five hours. I

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Speaker 1: could not leave because there was so much happening, and

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Speaker 1: nine radio hits yesterday. And I don't want you to

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Speaker 1: feel sorry for me. Maybe just a little bit I do.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, I pulled out the MREs you know, the

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Speaker 1: emergency meal kit stuff and the water that has a

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Speaker 1: emergency water yesterday. So let's fan ourselves and let's get ready,

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Speaker 1: because what we were doing yesterday and what we were

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Speaker 1: watching today, we're going to talk about right now. The

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Speaker 1: invitation has been extended Texas and Oklahoma officially invited to

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Speaker 1: the SEC. So right off the bat, let's read the

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Speaker 1: release from the SEC today today's unanimous vote. This is

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Speaker 1: from Greg sank you, by the way, Today's unanimous vote

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Speaker 1: both a testament to the SEC's long standing spirit of

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Speaker 1: unity and mutual cooperation, as well as a recognition of

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Speaker 1: the outstanding legacies of academics and athletic excellence and that

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Speaker 1: order of people established by Oklahoma and Texas. I greatly

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Speaker 1: appreciate the collective efforts of our presidents and chancellors in

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Speaker 1: considering and acting upon each school's membership interest. So where

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Speaker 1: are we right now? Well, five point thirty three pm

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Speaker 1: Central Standard time today, that became official and we have

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Speaker 1: a unanimous vote. Who saw that coming? Fourteen to oh.

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Speaker 1: I got some pushback, believe it or not. In the

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Speaker 1: comment section, got some pushback. People said, there's no way

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Speaker 1: the fact that the Big Twelve Conference has decided to

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Speaker 1: partners in ESPN. And having said all that, just to intro,

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Speaker 1: crazier story and a more consequential story for more parties involved?

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Speaker 1: there are many things I want to say about this.

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Speaker 1: Let me go at it from the Big Twelve's point

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Speaker 1: what this means for Texas, Oklahoma. The SEC and several

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Speaker 1: other parties involved. I feel really bad for Bob Bowlesby,

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Speaker 1: the Big Twelve Commissioner right now. It is a tough

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Speaker 1: Bowlesby feels right now. And if you've listened to the

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Speaker 1: well past the point of handling this with decorum and

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Speaker 1: wasn't for it, but they are, and so again united front.

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Speaker 1: And yet it's really happening in real time. That's happening.

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Speaker 1: So ESPN has responded to that, and they have said essentially, no,

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Speaker 1: But when is this whole thing going to happen, this

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Speaker 1: I put up a poll earlier today, which as we know,

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Speaker 1: That's what seventy percent of you think. I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: I think they'll be in the conference next year. I

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Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna take that long at all. That

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Speaker 1: united front in the Big Twelve cannot last. They are

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Speaker 1: singing from the same hymnal right now, but the eyes

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Speaker 1: to the Big twelve, just take the Fleetwood Mac approach.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to do anything. Just sit back, give

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Speaker 1: have to try and sabotage them. You'll have to sweet

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Speaker 1: talk in some member institutions. Ear just give it time.

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Speaker 1: Lead singer, lead guitars will break up. The bass player

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Speaker 1: And in the end, as we saw last year on

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Speaker 1: Panic wins out over logic. It will here too. This

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Speaker 1: Mac approach. It'll dissolve itself whatever the case. Even if

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Speaker 1: at them. Here's what I think that meant. What I

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Speaker 1: think that meant is if you people do not get

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Speaker 1: on board and stay on board, once we make these

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Speaker 1: moves with the expanded playoff that we already agreed upon,

433
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Speaker 1: then we are going to exercise all right to either

434
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Speaker 1: come in your hen house and take whatever we want

435
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Speaker 1: to i e. Take your teams, or we're going to

436
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Speaker 1: get to the point where we just take our ball

437
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Speaker 1: and we go play somewhere else and we form that

438
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Speaker 1: fabled super League, not super Conference super League that a

439
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Speaker 1: lot of you have talked about. That super League is

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Speaker 1: its own planet. See right now, the SEC wants the

441
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Speaker 1: planet to be they're the big continent, but you can

442
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Speaker 1: still have other continents out there. Just understand, you're going

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Speaker 1: to play by our rules. This is going to be

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Speaker 1: a leveraging tool down the road if you don't have

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Speaker 1: the necessary parties on board. The SEC, I think would

446
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Speaker 1: be wise to stay at sixteen teams now so that

447
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Speaker 1: they can look at you in the future and say

448
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Speaker 1: you want us to say at sixteen, don't you you

449
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Speaker 1: know we could have whatever we want from you whenever

450
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Speaker 1: we want it, right sign the paper, or we're coming

451
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Speaker 1: and taking a B, C and D. And there's nothing

452
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Speaker 1: you can do about it, because look at these text messages.

453
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Speaker 1: They've already been begging us that's like dating a girl

454
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Speaker 1: and unbeknownst to you, she's tried to get with your

455
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Speaker 1: best friend, but your best friend and your best interest

456
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Speaker 1: has said no, and then all of a sudden you

457
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Speaker 1: find out about it. Well, what is your recourse? You

458
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Speaker 1: don't really have any You don't have a choice, is

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Speaker 1: my point. And so I think in the long term,

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Speaker 1: unfortunately for those like me, we will still be dealing

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Speaker 1: with this, But I think the choice is going to

462
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Speaker 1: ultimately be on the plate of let's say, the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 1: If you've ever seen the movie The Founder, I think

464
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Speaker 1: it's still on Netflix. It's about the evolution of McDonald's. Fascinating.

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Speaker 1: You will love and hate Ray Kroc altogether, just simultaneous.

466
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Speaker 1: But in the end, even though you had contracts, even

467
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Speaker 1: though you had an agreement, in the end, Ray Kroc

468
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Speaker 1: was taking over McDonald's, and the guys out in San Bernardino,

469
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Speaker 1: we're going to lose. The only question was were they

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Speaker 1: going to be left dead and broke sitting on the

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Speaker 1: sidewalk or were they going to take a check from him?

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Speaker 1: And I think in the end, a lot of folks

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Speaker 1: in the college football world are going to agree to

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Speaker 1: take the old proverbial check understanding. We're beat. There's no

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Speaker 1: way we can compete with that. We're beat. Now again,

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Speaker 1: do not take me predicting this as an endorsement that

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Speaker 1: I like what I'm saying. I just think that's where

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Speaker 1: we're headed. But I also want to say this. We're

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Speaker 1: going to probably spend several weeks talking about what I'm

480
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Speaker 1: about to kind of hint at. There is a lot

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Speaker 1: of fear out there that this is reshaping college football

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Speaker 1: as we know it. Well, that's not a fear, that's

483
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Speaker 1: just reality. This will reshape college football as you know it.

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Speaker 1: It does not have to ruin college football for you.

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Speaker 1: And I would really like to kind of table this

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Speaker 1: bookmark this thought. You define what you love about the sport, right,

487
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Speaker 1: what you're passionate about, what you love about a Saturday,

488
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Speaker 1: What appeals to you may not appeal to me, and

489
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Speaker 1: vice versa. But you define what you love about it.

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Speaker 1: And what I'm asking you is if those things, if

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Speaker 1: those elements are still in the room, what does it

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Speaker 1: really matter what else is going on on the outside?

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Speaker 1: Nil transfer portal like, as long as that product is there,

494
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Speaker 1: as long as you're watching Kentucky versus Louisville like you

495
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Speaker 1: have for the past fifty years on a Saturday late

496
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Speaker 1: in November, and those logos look the same, and that's

497
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Speaker 1: fields painted the same, and you're with like minded people

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Speaker 1: in a stadium environment, you're watching with your buddies at

499
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Speaker 1: home on TV. A lot of that stuff is still

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Speaker 1: going to be there. The landscape. I mean, it may

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Speaker 1: look different, but the sport, the game, not the sport

502
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Speaker 1: the game, it's going to be there. So I don't

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Speaker 1: think it has to be quite as doom and gloom

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Speaker 1: as many amongst us have made it out to be.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of which, you know, there is something that I

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Speaker 1: think we should do right now, and let's talk about

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Speaker 1: actual football in twenty twenty one. You know what if

508
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Speaker 1: dare we? Yes, I think we do. The other week

509
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Speaker 1: we did the biggest games of the year, and we've

510
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Speaker 1: done circle games for the first four weeks, and then

511
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Speaker 1: last show we circled week six and said, that's the

512
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Speaker 1: biggest one of the season in college football. That's October ninth.

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Speaker 1: So tonight, here you go, Colin three two one. Tonight,

514
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Speaker 1: what I wanted to do is go week seven through

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Speaker 1: ten in college football and give you the circle games.

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Speaker 1: Keep in mind, this is not a comprehensive list. There

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Speaker 1: are some very big games that won't be on this list.

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Speaker 1: This is just a sample size of what to look

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Speaker 1: forward to in sort of that second third portion of

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Speaker 1: the season. Let's start with Florida at LSU. You remember

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Speaker 1: this last year? You remember the shoe. I didn't even

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Speaker 1: think of it until the very end of formatting this segment,

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Speaker 1: so I just wrote asterisks shoe, remember to say, So

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Speaker 1: there's the shoe. More important matters at hand, though, the

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Speaker 1: Florida Gators are going to play Alabama early in the year.

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Speaker 1: They will not be favored to win that game. If

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Speaker 1: I had to pick the game today, I wouldn't pick

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Speaker 1: Florida to win it. Crazier things have happened, I know.

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Speaker 1: But LSU is going to be favored to be six

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Speaker 1: and zero in this game, and so I really wonder

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Speaker 1: where the teams will be. You could say that about

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Speaker 1: every game by the time we get to week seven

533
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Speaker 1: and later, like what are the records going to be?

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Speaker 1: But also there's a wide, wide range of scenarios here.

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Speaker 1: This is a big game in and of itself. It

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Speaker 1: does not need storyline help, but it has it. This

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Speaker 1: year anyway, this is one of the great environments in

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Speaker 1: SEC football, and for that matter, college football. You've got

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Speaker 1: the entire backdrop of what happened last year and how

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Speaker 1: inexplicable that result seemed. That was also the game that

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Speaker 1: sparked a lot of confidence and belief in Max Johnson,

542
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Speaker 1: who may very well go on to win the LSU

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Speaker 1: quarterback job this year and may be the guy that's

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Speaker 1: responsible for them being six and oh when they roll

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Speaker 1: into this game, and they'll be favored in this one too,

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Speaker 1: this is when you start to really find out whether

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Speaker 1: LSU has that playoff potential, whether it's going to be

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Speaker 1: a year that's true special and all the internal dynamics

549
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Speaker 1: are fixed and that talent's living up to its capability.

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Speaker 1: That's on the LSU side, But on the Florida side,

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Speaker 1: if they've already got a conference loss under their belt,

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Speaker 1: this could very well be do or die for their

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Speaker 1: SEC Eastern Division hopes, because if they can win this

554
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Speaker 1: one and they have no more than one loss on

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Speaker 1: the resume, well, that Georgia game in Jacksonville could still

556
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Speaker 1: decide the East. But if they've already got a loss

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Speaker 1: and they lose this one, Georgia could have a game

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Speaker 1: and a half cushion for all intents and purposes when

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Speaker 1: they go into Jacksonville. So this one's really big. How

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Speaker 1: about Miami at North Carolina, same exact day. This I

561
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Speaker 1: think is my favorite game in the ACC this year.

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Speaker 1: Miami at North Carolina. This will be Miami season on

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Speaker 1: this Saturday. It's week seven. But I feel the exact

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Speaker 1: same for North Carolina. Remember the whole schedule dynamic thing here,

565
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Speaker 1: because it's pretty heavily tilted in Miami's favor. North Carolina

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Speaker 1: will be playing their seventh game in seven weeks. Not

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Speaker 1: only will Miami be coming off a buye, but the

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Speaker 1: previous game they plays on a third So they're coming

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Speaker 1: into this thing on nine days rest Manny Diaz could

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Speaker 1: not have drawn the conference schedule better for himself if

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Speaker 1: they gave him the schedule to do it himself. I

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Speaker 1: remember this time last year, we were sort of going

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Speaker 1: up and down Miami's schedule, and you said, what's the

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Speaker 1: game they need in order to prove their back, because

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Speaker 1: that's a question every year from Miami. And people started

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Speaker 1: once they started three and oh, they started looking at

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Speaker 1: that Clemson game and they weren't close. They got physically

578
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Speaker 1: manhandled by Clemson. I will never forget Miami's receivers couldn't

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Speaker 1: get off the line of scrimmage against Clemson, and that

580
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: wasn't a particularly historic defense for Brenton Venables last year. Well,

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Speaker 1: they don't have Clemson in the regular season this year.

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Speaker 1: This is that game, though. This is their chance to

583
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Speaker 1: go on the road and have one circled and tee

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Speaker 1: it up and put forth their best effort. And if

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Speaker 1: they win this game, Miami's in the driver's seat for

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Speaker 1: that division. Miami has all of a sudden the driver's

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Speaker 1: seats potentially go play for a conference title at the

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Speaker 1: end of the year. Week eight. The next week, let's

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Speaker 1: take it up to the Big ten. Ohio State is

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Speaker 1: at Indiana in Week eight. Now, you think about this

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Speaker 1: game and you think Ohio State decided favorite. There's no

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Speaker 1: way I'm picking Indiana to win that game. It would

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Speaker 1: take what a plus three or plus four turnover kind

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Speaker 1: of afternoon. Well, Indiana has been prone to do it

595
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: before first off. But secondly, the biggest question or questions

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Speaker 1: with Ohio State, clearly defensively this year, are going to

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00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: be on the back end and That doesn't mean that

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Speaker 1: they can't get emphatically answered, but that's where the questions

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00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: will be. And anybody who watched Ohio State football last

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Speaker 1: year understands why. Well. I say that because if you

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Speaker 1: look at the Buckeye schedule, which you're seeing if you're

602
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Speaker 1: watching on YouTube, it could get tested in Week one

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Speaker 1: against Minnesota. Sure, Anthony Brown and Oregon's receivers, that looks

604
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Speaker 1: to be the best stable of receiving talent that Mario

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Speaker 1: Christaball's had at Orgon or that Oregan's had period in

606
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Speaker 1: several years. But then you start to look down that schedule,

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Speaker 1: Tulsa Akron at Rutgers Maryland, it could be that this

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Speaker 1: game at Indiana is the stiffest regular season test that

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Speaker 1: the back end of the Ohio State defense faces. Now,

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00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: they got a bye week before they play it, but

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Speaker 1: two things could happen here. You could either just have

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Speaker 1: Indiana pull the outright upset. Now that's a huge story

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Speaker 1: on its own merit. But even if Ohio State goes

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Speaker 1: in to win this game, the style in which they

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Speaker 1: win it and the stile in which their defense plays,

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Speaker 1: this is the kind of game that you pull out

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Speaker 1: again when they're headed to the playoffs a month and

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Speaker 1: a half later, and you say they're facing fill in

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Speaker 1: the blank, good passing attack. Let's go check out how

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Speaker 1: they did. Who exposed some potential red flags with Ohio

621
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Speaker 1: State this year? How about that Indiana game. Pennix was back,

622
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Speaker 1: they had all their receivers back. Let's see how they did.

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Speaker 1: So Ohio State forty nine to fourteen give me a

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Speaker 1: ton of confidence about their chances in the playoff against anyone.

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Speaker 1: Ohio State forty nine to thirty seven may tell a

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Speaker 1: little bit different story. Let's move on. Georgia versus Florida.

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Speaker 1: This is the next week. This is week nine. This

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Speaker 1: is obviously as it is every year in Jacksonville. Here's

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Speaker 1: what is beautiful about sports in general. But here's what's

630
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Speaker 1: especially beautiful about this rivalry. There is immense trash talk

631
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: every year, but it eventually gets put to the test

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Speaker 1: because they're eventually gonna play. And so you've got a

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00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: lot of things being said about Georgia and Florida. Happens

634
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: every year, but right now you got Georgia folks firmly

635
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Speaker 1: convinced last year was a blip on the radar screen.

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Speaker 1: It was Florida peaking as Georgia dipped a little bit.

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Speaker 1: That will not that will not replicate itself this year,

638
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: certainly when you're set at quarterback and JT. Daniels and likewise,

639
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: they've lost Kyle Trask and they're gonna try Emery Jones

640
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 1: out against us, and we don't believe he's capable of

641
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: beating us. Why because we're Georgia. Meanwhile, in the Gator

642
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 1: side of things, you're thinking if we can even be

643
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: comparable talent wise. We know Dan allout coach Kirby on Saturday.

644
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: All of these things are very heartfelt, but it's got

645
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: to be put to the test. I don't care about talking.

646
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: I love talking as long as the game's gonna happen.

647
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: The talking I don't like is what would happen if

648
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 1: so and so played so and so well? If I

649
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: don't get to see it, it's a moot point or

650
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: a mute point. But this game's gonna happen. I don't

651
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: even have the date. I know it's week nine and

652
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: that I very much look forward to. Look at Florida's schedule.

653
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 1: We just touched on this, but talk about it one

654
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: more time. They got Bama in week three. They will

655
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: be favored in every other game until they go to LSU,

656
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 1: and that LSU game, I think will have a ton

657
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: of kind of pre Georgia hype around it, because that

658
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: game could very well determine what this one means, not

659
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: to the fan bases, not for the rivalry, but within

660
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: the context of the SEC Eastern Division race. Then over

661
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: in the SEC West one week later, in Week ten,

662
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: we've got LSU at Alabama. Been my favorite game in

663
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: college football for over a decade now. It's a pretty

664
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: unique game. I think it lost a little of its

665
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: luster for a second, and then it came back emphatically

666
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, and then last year was ooh, it

667
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 1: was biblical last year. But you're supposed to forget about

668
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: last year. This LSU team this year is supposed to

669
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: have the juice to make me forget about last year.

670
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: They could very well roll into this game undefeated. LSU

671
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: will be favored to roll into this game undefeated. Having

672
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: said that, think about what could be in the balance

673
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: here and think about how it could go differently than

674
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: maybe the preview magazine culture would lead you to believe.

675
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: Because it is a widely held notion out there that

676
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: by the time LSU plays Bama in Week ten, that

677
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: their backs are against the wall, they've got one or

678
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: multiple losses, they're in wounded animal mode, and Bama's just

679
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 1: cruising along undefeated. Might I remind you that Alabama's got

680
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 1: a break in about one hundred new pieces offensively too,

681
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: and they will have already gone to Florida and to Texas,

682
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 1: A and M in very losable games before this point.

683
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: What if Alabama's lost the game, like it's not totally

684
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 1: out of the realm a possibility, guys, that has happened before.

685
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: And what if ls used the one that comes in

686
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: there and it's like twenty nineteen all over again. Now

687
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: this is a stretch. This is a stretch, but you

688
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: got to follow me, because if we've learned anything over

689
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: the past month, it's don't laugh at any prediction in

690
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 1: college football. The crazier it is possible, the more likely

691
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 1: it becomes. So LSU, I just let's revisit this. It's

692
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,759
Speaker 1: not like I would odds on favor this scenario, but

693
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: it could be that LSU has got a little more

694
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: shine on them at that point in Alabama, maybe you

695
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,359
Speaker 1: got a little doubt about them. This is a team

696
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: that lost back to back years to Ole Miss in

697
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen to twenty sixteen and ended up paying for

698
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: a title in both years. My point is crazier things

699
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: have happened before and then last in Week ten, same

700
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,240
Speaker 1: week out on the West coast, it's such an important

701
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: game for the PAC twelve Oregon at Washington. This stretch

702
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: starting in week six and then on through week ten

703
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: is very big for this conference. Week six is where

704
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: Utah goes to USC. Now that could very well decide

705
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: to pack twelve South, and then this one in week

706
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: ten could decide to pack twelve North. And the funny

707
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: thing is no one is circling this game. On the

708
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: West coast, they are, but nationally not many people are

709
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,879
Speaker 1: circling this game. But this is such an important game

710
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 1: for both teams. Now, for Jimmy Lake and Washington, this

711
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 1: is a chance for validation on the national stage, because,

712
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I don't know that a

713
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: win at Michigan in week two would accomplish that nearly

714
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: as much as this win would. And secondly, for Oregon,

715
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 1: it's a chance. If you're undefeated at this point, that

716
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: means you've beatn Ohio State so you already got your validation.

717
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 1: But if you've lost to Ohio State, that's not a

718
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: conference game. This is your chance to re establish yourself

719
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: on the national scene. You've gotten your feet under you

720
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: after an early season loss which no one frowns at.

721
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: It's at the shoe, it's against Ohio State, and maybe

722
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: you emphatically win this game. Either way. Very important for

723
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: these two games to carry a lot of national significance

724
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,959
Speaker 1: for the PAC twelve. So those are some circle games

725
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,359
Speaker 1: week seven through ten. And believe it or not, we're

726
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: still not done because we still got the last month

727
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: of the season that we've got to talk about. So

728
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 1: we'll do that on the next show. Tentatively scheduled to

729
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 1: do that on the next show. I wanted to talk

730
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: about something tonight that got a ton of attention the

731
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: other day. Colin. How many we had like forty or

732
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,399
Speaker 1: fifty thousand views on our Texas A and M video

733
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: the other day, which usually means there's a fair amount

734
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 1: of interest on it. I start with a question that

735
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: everyone has an opinion on, even if you're not an

736
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: A and M fan, What do you think Jimbo Fisher's

737
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 1: legacy is If I asked you to define the legacy

738
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 1: of Jimbo Fisher, what would it be? And I imagine

739
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: if I were to get serious responses, people would say, well,

740
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 1: he's a college football lifer. Obviously, he's been around forever,

741
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 1: and he's won a national championship. So he's one of

742
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: those very few national championship winning coaches. And yes, he

743
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 1: is that. But I wonder if his legacy has been defined.

744
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: So if we fast forward thirty years and Jimbo Fisher's

745
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: long since retired, I think if we look back on

746
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one and then we have the entire context

747
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: of his career in scope at that point, will we

748
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,240
Speaker 1: look back and say, you know, his legacy had already

749
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: been defined before twenty twenty one. Because I've got to

750
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 1: be real with you, I don't think Jimbo Fisher's legacy

751
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: has been defined yet, even with the college football lifer

752
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 1: label on him, and even with a national championship already.

753
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: As crazy as that sounds, I don't think his legacy

754
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 1: has been defined yet. What are people saying right now?

755
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,959
Speaker 1: People are saying, well, this whole conference realignment thing, Boy,

756
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 1: that's a huge move for Texas. Boy, that's a huge

757
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 1: move for Oklahoma. Oh, it's a landmark win for the SEC.

758
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:14,240
Speaker 1: This is an inflection point for Texas A and M football.

759
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 1: This is a defining moment for the legacy of Jimbo Fisher.

760
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: You can think about the risk. I want to think

761
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: about the opportunity out there for Texas A and M

762
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: and to understand why it's such a big opportunity, and

763
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,240
Speaker 1: to understand why this is such a huge inflection point

764
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: and a defining moment for not only A and in football,

765
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,240
Speaker 1: for Jimbo Fisher too. You got to understand the reality

766
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 1: versus the illusion. The illusion we talked about the other night.

767
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: The illusion is, well, A and M's in trouble now

768
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 1: because Texas is going to be in the conference. And

769
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 1: I have had several off the record debates this week

770
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,839
Speaker 1: with people about what that means because I don't buy it.

771
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: I just wholesale, I wholesale dispute that. But you got

772
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: a lot of people out there. So I got a

773
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: lot of people who come at me and they say, well,

774
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 1: Texas A and M, they're in trouble now that Texas

775
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,840
Speaker 1: this is in the conference. And so I want to

776
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 1: push it through to a logical conclusion. You can tell

777
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 1: me all you want to, A and M's in trouble

778
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: now that Texas is in the conference, but give me

779
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: the specifics why are they in trouble? And so inevitably

780
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: someone says, well, now cause Texas is going to be

781
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: able to recruit the SEC, and I say and, And

782
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: then they'll say, well, you know, kids are going to

783
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: choose Texas now because they're in the SEC, And I

784
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: ask why is that? And then they say, well, they

785
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: always wanted to be at Texas, it's just that now

786
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: Texas is giving them the final reason with that SEC

787
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 1: sticker on their helmet. And I don't believe that. I'm

788
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 1: not telling you Texas recruiting won't improve. That's not going

789
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: to be the deciding edge that Horns have over Aggie's

790
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: at all. And the reason I think it's overblown is

791
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: because I don't think it's been the lack of SEC

792
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: inclusion that's cost Texas, and it certainly hasn't been access

793
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 1: to the state. They're right there in the middle of it.

794
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: If that were true, then you wouldn't be able to

795
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: explain in Ohio State. Ohio State is a program that

796
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 1: is neither in Texas nor in the SEC. And they

797
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: have rated the lone star state in recruiting for several

798
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: years now. That's not what's been holding Texas back, Nor

799
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: is sec inclusion all of a sudden going to be

800
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: the determining factor that places that Longhorn logo again above

801
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: that A and M logo. If it happens, as I

802
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: said the other night, it's going to be because Jimbo

803
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,760
Speaker 1: Fisher was not able to follow through and or Steve

804
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,400
Speaker 1: Starkeisan just took this program to the next level. But

805
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,800
Speaker 1: what do kids want? Kids want to compete at the

806
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: highest level. Obviously, they want top notch development, and they

807
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 1: want access to the NFL. They want to play at

808
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 1: an NFL pipeline. Which of these is Texas A and

809
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 1: M all of a sudden not going to be able

810
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: to offer because Texas has a different conference sticker on

811
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: the back of their helmet. The answer to me is

812
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: none of them. I think Jimbo Fisher in Texas, A

813
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: and M could be on the brink of harnessing this

814
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: latest news to take their own pro to the next level.

815
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 1: Everyone gets motivated in different ways different things. Light fires

816
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: in different ways under people. And if you don't live

817
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: in Texas, which we don't, but I talk to enough

818
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 1: people out there to live there or to feel like

819
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: I lived there. The last couple of weeks this has

820
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: been that's the wrong word to you, so I won't

821
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: use it, so you can't clip it. This has been

822
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: a very sizable change. It has been a landscape change

823
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: out in the state of Texas. I think it's going

824
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 1: to be a very good thing for Texas A and M.

825
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: And I think it's what could end up propelling them

826
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 1: to the next level, kind of into a different stratosphere.

827
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 1: And you want to talk about legacy. For all of

828
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: you who think the legacy of Jimbo Fisher at A

829
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 1: and M will ultimately be well, he got a little

830
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 1: head start, but then when Texas came to the SEC,

831
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 1: at hit the mute button on Jimbo Fisher in Texas,

832
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: A and M. As much as that is a popular

833
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,720
Speaker 1: thought out there right now, let me give you another scenario.

834
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: How's this for legacy? What if the history books end

835
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:02,399
Speaker 1: up reading and in two twenty twenty one, Texas ended

836
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: up getting an invite to the SEC, And in twenty

837
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: twenty two the Horns came to the SEC and Jimbo

838
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: Fisher and the Aggies, took their program to the next level,

839
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,439
Speaker 1: looked across the state, nodded, and then won the first

840
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 1: championship in several generations despite Texas being in the SEC.

841
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: If you talk about legacy, imagine Jimbo Fisher's legacy, even

842
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: though the guy's already got a championship, if he wins

843
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 1: one at A and M with Texas in the SEC,

844
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,240
Speaker 1: that is how you become sort of a generational, iconic

845
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: type coach instead of just one that's appreciated regionally or

846
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: maybe just in his own bubble. So I'm excited. And

847
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: if I was an A and N fan, I know

848
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: I'd be aggravated in the short term, but long term,

849
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 1: I'd be excited for this. You can look around. There

850
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,240
Speaker 1: are several other examples. I was on the BOL podcast

851
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: with Travis Ryer and Tim Watts the other day and

852
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,359
Speaker 1: we were talking about what it was like when Nick

853
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 1: Saban came to Bama. Auburn won a national championship. Three

854
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 1: years later, Auburn played for an other national championship three

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