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Speaker 1: banning us from college game Day. That's a true story

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Speaker 1: that happened, and so we kind of had to squash that.

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Speaker 1: And then it just turned into prove to me you've

431
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Speaker 1: gone to academy and you know, screenshot yourself in the

432
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Speaker 1: parking lot, show me your receipt, and we'll send you

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Speaker 1: some Academy gift cards. Well that's what we're about to

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Speaker 1: do with Quick Trip. And you already, by the hundreds

435
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Speaker 1: and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds have flooded them with

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Speaker 1: pictures of yourself at their gas pump checking out in

437
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Speaker 1: their checkout line, and they see it and so randomly

438
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Speaker 1: just cover the eyes randomly. I have given I've been

439
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,920
Speaker 1: given the authority to just select you guys and say

440
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,320
Speaker 1: free tank of gas. We gave away the first few

441
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,359
Speaker 1: free tanks of gas already. We will continue to do

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Speaker 1: that all year long, because that is the promise that

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Speaker 1: we made to you when we started this whole thing.

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Speaker 1: Otherwise it would have been a waste of your time.

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Speaker 1: So my conversations with quick Trip have strongly led me

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Speaker 1: to believe that there may be a special carve out

447
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,000
Speaker 1: little Paate State only carve out within that app in

448
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Speaker 1: the very near future. In the meantime, I just download

449
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,440
Speaker 1: the app, you get discounts off of things. Anyway, candidly,

450
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Speaker 1: you should have already had the app downloaded. But even

451
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Speaker 1: if you didn't download that quick Trip app in the

452
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Speaker 1: very near future, there may be something there just for

453
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Speaker 1: us here, just for us. But that was a probably

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Speaker 1: about as successful and unveiling as we've ever had on

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Speaker 1: the show the night. I appreciate you guys. We had

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun with that. It's not easy to

457
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Speaker 1: interview yourself. It's not easy. But then again, we don't

458
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: take the easy route over here. Let's talk about what's

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Speaker 1: happening around the country. You know, once we get out

460
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Speaker 1: of those second scrimmages and once we start training headlong

461
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Speaker 1: into week zero. In week one, good things happen, we

462
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Speaker 1: finally get games, bad things happen, Injuries start to pile up.

463
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Speaker 1: So at Florida State. Not injury news per se, but

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Speaker 1: a couple of realities I just wanted to hit you

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Speaker 1: with here. The first one is college football churn is inevitable.

466
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Speaker 1: So you can pick out any team in the country

467
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Speaker 1: this time of year, and if you want to, you

468
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Speaker 1: can pick them apart and you can say, how will

469
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Speaker 1: they replace this? How can they backfill that? So Florida

470
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Speaker 1: State had a really good season last year, they lost

471
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Speaker 1: some really good players. Pretty much everyone who's ever had

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Speaker 1: a good season, and some of them who have bad

473
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Speaker 1: seasons have to replace pretty good players. So that's reality

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Speaker 1: you cannot avoid. The second part of the reality of

475
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: college football is all you can really hope to do

476
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Speaker 1: as a coach is maximize your potential and have your

477
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Speaker 1: team maximize their potential. So as we watch Mike Norvel

478
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Speaker 1: outsprint ninety percent of his team there, I want to

479
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Speaker 1: hit you with a quote from Mike Norvel over the weekend,

480
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Speaker 1: and I want you to listen to it. He said,

481
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Speaker 1: this team's been about the work. That's what I always

482
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Speaker 1: desire is that you have a team that you don't

483
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Speaker 1: have to push these guys. You put the work in

484
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Speaker 1: front of them and they go running after it. I

485
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: really have been proud of them for their approach to it.

486
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Speaker 1: This is not a team that sits around and complains

487
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Speaker 1: about what's in front of them. They go and work

488
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Speaker 1: and attack it. I can't wait to watch this team play,

489
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 1: and I really am with everything that I have, just

490
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Speaker 1: excited about the moment and the opportunity. I like this team.

491
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Speaker 1: I like how this team's come together. Now. A lot

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Speaker 1: of you will say that's coach speak. Sometimes it is

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Speaker 1: coach speak. I'm actually not even here to diagnose whether

494
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Speaker 1: it is or whether it is, and I am here

495
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Speaker 1: to tell you if he's right about that, that's the

496
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Speaker 1: intangible that his team needs now. Elsewhere, you could have

497
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Speaker 1: questions about the wide receiver corps I do. You could

498
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Speaker 1: have questions about how high a level DJ will play

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Speaker 1: at this year. At quarterback, I do. I think offensive

500
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: line is probably a strength of that team. Tailback probably

501
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 1: a strength of that team. Defense can probably win them

502
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Speaker 1: some games early if it needs to. But even if

503
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Speaker 1: they're not as star studded as they were last year,

504
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Speaker 1: even a pound for pound, you don't think their roster

505
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,200
Speaker 1: matches up with a Texas or an Ohio State. If

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Speaker 1: it's a Mike norvel team, and he's claiming that he's

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Speaker 1: got the kind of identity or DNA in a team

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Speaker 1: that he wants. That's just the kind of team I

509
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Speaker 1: trust in a knife fight blindly. I'm willing to blindly

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Speaker 1: trust in that. At Ohio State, now, this is a

511
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Speaker 1: place where the world is expected this year. This is

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Speaker 1: a place where you had Caleb Downs transferring there from

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Speaker 1: Alabama at safety and the secondary. At Ohio State, I

514
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Speaker 1: keep hearing really really really good things about I know

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Speaker 1: that's not a shot to anyone, but the defense in

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00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,680
Speaker 1: general here on paper, you know, this stuff where a

517
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: football game has never been played, mind you, but on

518
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: this stuff right here, that's about as good a looking

519
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 1: defense as they've had. It's about as good looking defense

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Speaker 1: as you're gonna see in college football this year or

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Speaker 1: any year. You don't really find talent stacked like this.

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Speaker 1: You don't find a whole lot of talent returning and

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Speaker 1: then on top of it having added transfer talent like

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Speaker 1: Caleb Downs. But the other feature about them, when everyone

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Speaker 1: talks about Will Howard transfer quarterback from Kansas State, Will

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Speaker 1: Howard is very unlikely to go carve someone up for

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Speaker 1: four point fifty and four touchdowns through the air. That

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Speaker 1: is not his style of play. If he does it, great,

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Speaker 1: That's not what I expect from him. That's not what

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Speaker 1: they expect from him. Now, I was talking admittedly, I

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Speaker 1: was talking to one of my Michigan buddies the other

532
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Speaker 1: day and they said, all of this doesn't matter when

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Speaker 1: they play Akron, all of it doesn't matter Western Michigan

534
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 1: and Marshall. But when they go to Oregon, or if

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Speaker 1: they are on the ropes at Penn State, or if

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Speaker 1: they're in a playoff game against someone, is will Howard

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Speaker 1: gonna be able to win you a game? Well, that's

538
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: the evergreen question about these teams every I'm a believer

539
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 1: that every quarterback has to step up eventually and win

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Speaker 1: someone games with Josh. JJ McCarthy didn't. Yeah he did.

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Speaker 1: If you want to pop in that tape or you know,

542
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: if you actually have internet, you want to go watch

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00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 1: the YouTube clips, not the highlights, not the condensed game,

544
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 1: Go watch the whole game. There were times last year

545
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Speaker 1: I was on the field for a few of them.

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Speaker 1: The Rose Bowl game. You're telling me, Michigan to win

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Speaker 1: that game without JJ McCarthy making some throws, he'd have

548
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Speaker 1: to make twenty or thirty of them. But yes he did,

549
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: and that time will come for Will Howard too. But

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Speaker 1: I think the standout feature of this team maybe how

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Speaker 1: versatile the team is. What I just mean by that

552
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Speaker 1: is some of these great teams, the Georgia teams, the

553
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Speaker 1: Bama teams, the Clemson teams in the mid twenty teams,

554
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: they'd have weeks where they hung fifty on you. They'd

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Speaker 1: have weeks where receivers drop balls but tight end showed up.

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Speaker 1: Weeks where that have a couple of backs go for

557
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: one to twenty apiece, that have weeks where defense forced

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00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: four turnovers, and it's almost like week over week, no

559
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: two games look the same. And that's called complimentary football.

560
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,959
Speaker 1: But it's also complimentary in a sense that everything is

561
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: good to great, So not every aspect of the team

562
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: has to be great every week, because that's the benefit

563
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Speaker 1: of stacking talent and having the sense of urgency and

564
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 1: hunger of a program that feels like it hasn't accomplished anything.

565
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Speaker 1: So that's the vibe I keep getting from Ohio State

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Speaker 1: at Auburn. Don't think they're there on the line of

567
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: scrimmage offensively, don't think they're there on the offensive line,

568
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: but that kind of meshes with what we expected coming

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Speaker 1: out of spring. Hugh Freeze has been very honest. I

570
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: think about every aspect of his team, he's been very honest.

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Speaker 1: That included. However, there are some really dangerous pieces in

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Speaker 1: that wide receiver corps. Now they're all pretty much unproven.

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Speaker 1: Most of them are unproven. That means one week you

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Speaker 1: could have one catch for seventeen yards and the next

575
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Speaker 1: week you have five for one hundred and thirty eight

576
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Speaker 1: and three touchdowns. That's the kind of year I think

577
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 1: Auburn football could be in for this year. But there

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00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 1: are some dangerous pieces there, and there's some pieces that

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Speaker 1: they can go win games with, maybe this year, certainly

580
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Speaker 1: in the future. But their first five games being at

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00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: home are very important for a team like this, a

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Speaker 1: team that needs to find its offensive lines, sea legs,

583
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: a team that needs to find its identity. Frankly, they

584
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Speaker 1: get Alabama, A and m Cow New Mexico, Arkansas, and

585
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Speaker 1: Oklahoma before they ever go on the road. Now, when

586
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: they do go on the road, they go to Athens

587
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: Bye Week, Columbia, Missouri, Kentucky. They don't come back to

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Speaker 1: Auburn until after Halloween. That's a real thing. And they

589
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: got Vandy and ULM waiting for him there. It's one

590
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Speaker 1: of the weirdest schedules I think I've ever seen for

591
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Speaker 1: a major team. Some secondary and tertiary teams have to

592
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Speaker 1: deal with that kind of schedule. Sometimes Auburn for some

593
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,479
Speaker 1: reason doesn't leave home until forever and then then come

594
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:09,400
Speaker 1: home in forever. What about Oregon, They've got an injury

595
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: up there. That's not a small deal. Matthew Bedford was

596
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: a transfer from Indiana starting right tackle, projected starting right tackle.

597
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: He is out for now with an injury. I think

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00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 1: it's a knee injury. Now, I did some digging around.

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00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: I think he'll be back pretty quick, not immediately, not

600
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Speaker 1: week one or week two. But their conference play starts

601
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: a little bit later. They don't have a conference game

602
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: for a few weeks. They've got the Ohio State game

603
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Speaker 1: on the twelfth of October. They got Michigan State in

604
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: there that friday before. If I had to throw a

605
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: dart at that board, it'd be sometime very early October

606
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: where I'd expect him back again. I'm no doctor. I

607
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: just wear a white shirt all the time, but I'm

608
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: no doctor. But that's what I expect from there. Elsewhere,

609
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: Oregon bumps and bruises like anyone else has. They're gonna

610
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: be aer for the national championship, and anything less would

611
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: be sort of a disappointment for them. This year, USC

612
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: all the way down the coast. They open against LSU

613
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: Sunday night game, standalone game. That's a really important game

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Speaker 1: for LSU, but you know what, it's a really important

615
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: game for USC as well. Their best path at USC

616
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 1: is their receiver corps. They could be really nasty at receiver.

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Speaker 1: Wouldn't be the first time we've said that about a

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00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley team, but I think the position group is

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Speaker 1: upgraded from this time last year. And there is, of

620
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: course a world where that big LSU offensive line and

621
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Speaker 1: that ground game are able to just lean on USC

622
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Speaker 1: and then USC wilts and LSU wins comfortably. But there's

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Speaker 1: another world where USC's up fourteen to nothing with ten

624
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: minutes to go in the first quarter because they just

625
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: smoke LSU secondary out of the gate. And by the way, look,

626
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Speaker 1: I'm all for as much access as we can get,

627
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: but I don't really think I should be seeing entire

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00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: eleven on eleven stretches at LSU practice just floating around

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Speaker 1: on YouTube. I'm gonna throw that out there because a

630
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 1: couple of coaches threw it at me. So I don't

631
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: know what Brian Kelly's policy has become down there. Maybe

632
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: he just wants to broadcast that. Maybe maybe there's design

633
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Speaker 1: behind allowing that to be out there. I doubt it. Meanwhile,

634
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: at USC and no one can even confirm what color

635
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: jerseys they're wearing. Practice has been so closed off to

636
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: the public in the media that right there Sunday night

637
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: game LSU USC, I think is extremely unpredictable. LSU's favored

638
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: by six at FANDEL, I think that's extremely unpredictable. What

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00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 1: is predictable is I will tell you every week, multiple

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00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: times a week. I will tell you that you can

641
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Speaker 1: get whatever you need at Academy Sports and Outdoors. Most

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643
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644
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645
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Speaker 1: I really get everything at Academy Sports and Outdoors. Well,

646
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,359
Speaker 1: that's a great question. The answer is yes, you can.

647
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: Colin show the people what we got sent to us

648
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Speaker 1: earlier today, Kevin hit us up and said, hey, who

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656
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660
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Speaker 1: you there's some stuff at Academy Sports and Outdoors you

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Speaker 1: to do that. But what I'm telling you is, sometimes

670
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Speaker 1: I think even Academy sells you short on how much

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676
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Speaker 1: there we go now boom, Happy to have you all in.

677
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Speaker 1: We've got such a major announcement coming up. In fact,

678
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Speaker 1: let me tell you we've got well, we're gonna reveal

679
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Speaker 1: the tour name right after this segment, and we're gonna

680
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Speaker 1: reveal the Week one destination right after this segment. Big moments,

681
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: big moments. We wait all year. The casuals call the

682
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Speaker 1: off season, We don't do that, but we wait all

683
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: off season for these moments. In the meantime. Do you

684
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: hear that? Do you hear the Jaws music? It's not

685
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: emanating from your grandfather watching AMC in the other room.

686
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 1: It is emanating from Knoxville Tennessee because Tennessee is a

687
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,760
Speaker 1: very dangerous program right now. Well, yeah, I know hypel

688
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: can score, Josh, but what are you talking about? No,

689
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: not that. Friends. Within the last few hours, Tennessee recruiting

690
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 1: at it again. They have flipped Jaden Harmon. That's a

691
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: four star linebacker committed to Check's notes. Alabama not any longer.

692
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: He's not because he flipped Tennessee. And that comes on

693
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: the heels of David Sanders junior committing I believe yesterday,

694
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 1: five star offensive tackle, one of the biggest commitments they've

695
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: ever had. There by the way, So Tennessee recruiting is rolling.

696
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,400
Speaker 1: That's not even to mention that Niko Iamliava will be

697
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: their starting quarterback this year. Is one of the highest

698
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: rated quarterback commits they've ever had, and they've had some

699
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: quarterbacks at tennis. We're two years removed from them going

700
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,919
Speaker 1: eleven and two and beating Alabama, as we talked about

701
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: a little while ago in Knoxville and kind of showing

702
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: the world a sneak preview of what could be. But

703
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: you know as well as I do, this is a

704
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: new era. This is the nil era. It's the portal era,

705
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: and Therefore, it's the era where anytime anyone does anything

706
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: in recruiting you get accused of paying players, which is

707
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: strange because it's totally legal. And if your team does it,

708
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: you celebrate, and if your rival does it, you claim

709
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: it's a sign that the sport is just fading off

710
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: into the abyss. Well, I've told you before, and I'll

711
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: tell you again, it's not that simple. Colin. We talked

712
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: about this no more than a month ago. It's already

713
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: time to dust off the old Pate State archives. Let's

714
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 1: remind the folks what we said about Tennessee recruiting. The

715
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: NIL structure's top notch there. If you don't know any better,

716
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: you think that just means they have a lot of

717
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 1: money they can throw around. They do have a lot

718
00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:02,240
Speaker 1: of money they can throw around. That is not NIL

719
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 1: recruiting anymore. It was for about five minutes. For about

720
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: five minutes, nil was who can offer the most money.

721
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: It was just very surface based. Okay. Real recruiting in

722
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 1: the NIL era is several layers deep. It is not

723
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: just I can get you this much money over this

724
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: many years. There is an entire plan that has to

725
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: be laid out. And secondly, if you're recruiting top end players,

726
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 1: they're getting money from anywhere they go. So the money, ironically,

727
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 1: is not what pushes most of these recruitments over the

728
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 1: finish line. It's the plan. Okay, Texas is brilliant at this,

729
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: Oregon's brilliant at this. There are a couple other programs

730
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: that are recruiting halfway decently right now that I think

731
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 1: have a ways to go in that. Tennessee, though, is

732
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Speaker 1: one of the sneakiest well put together NIL operations in

733
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Speaker 1: college football right now. Please overlook something I said there.

734
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Speaker 1: I actually didn't plan on talking about this, but because

735
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: of what I'm going to talk about later in the

736
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,399
Speaker 1: show with Mike Gundy, and I know the response i'll

737
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Speaker 1: get to that, I do want to address something what

738
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: I said there is Oregon, Texas, Tennessee three of the

739
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: most well put together NIL recruiting operations in college football.

740
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Speaker 1: I also said a month ago, and I will absolutely

741
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: reiterate it right now. There are some other programs out

742
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 1: there recruiting pretty well who do not have that depth

743
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: of NIL structure put together. And what that means is

744
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: you might not be able to tell it on the

745
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: surface because their results in the immediacy look good, But

746
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: what I'm telling you beneath the surface is they can't

747
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: fulfill on their promises and it will come back to

748
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: bite them. Or they think it's as simple as just

749
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 1: going and out spending everyone and that creates a football team.

750
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,879
Speaker 1: And either way, that's a failed strategy. That is not

751
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: what Tennessee's doing. So then we move forward to the

752
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: whole what's Tennessee capable of Tennessee capable of being one

753
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: of the superpower programs in college football? I know that

754
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: because they have been even in my lifetime. Well, Josh,

755
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: they can't be that. That's the past. What is the past,

756
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: but it could also be the future. So I keep

757
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: throwing this challenge out there. I'll do it again, respectfully,

758
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 1: I'll do it again. I'm happy to hear anyone that

759
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: pushes back on this, but you got to push back

760
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: with more than just nothing sucks worse than a big orange.

761
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: My challenge to you is explained to me in logic

762
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 1: based terms, why you don't think Tennessee could be a

763
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: premier program Because I simply define what I think it

764
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 1: takes to be one, and then I look and they

765
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: have all of that, And so I think they could be,

766
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 1: and I'd be happy to go a lot deeper in

767
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 1: that if anyone wants to. So the second part of

768
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 1: this is I think it's a dangerous program because everyone

769
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: knows what Georgia can be, everyone knows what Bama can be,

770
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 1: everyone knows what Michigan can be. Everyone doesn't know what

771
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: Tennessee can be. So Colin, we went deeper on this

772
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: subject as well about a month ago. Got a lot

773
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: of pushback on this. I'm gonna play the clip for

774
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: you and then I'll talk about it on the other side.

775
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: You got a taste of what this think could be

776
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. There's a lot of really good

777
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 1: in their program right now that is knocking on the

778
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 1: door of great to elite. That's the next step. Okay,

779
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 1: it wasn't an overnight thing. Josh hipel didn't walk in

780
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,440
Speaker 1: and they immediately became Bama two point zero. It's happening

781
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: at Tennessee in a much more realistic way. A much

782
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: more realistic way is step by step by step by step,

783
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: and in an immediate gratification world. A lot of the

784
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: country's paying attention initially and then they don't immediately see

785
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: you win a title, so they turn their back and

786
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,439
Speaker 1: walk away, and meanwhile you're just step by step by

787
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 1: step by step. It's all there. It's all there. Just

788
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: because it hasn't been capitalized on in a generation doesn't

789
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: mean it went away. The investment year over year, the

790
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 1: fan base, the passion, and the recruiting base. Even I

791
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,280
Speaker 1: used to get that throne at me. I mean again,

792
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: respect try and be respectful about this. I used to

793
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: have this debate when Tennessee was terrible. I would have

794
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: this debate with people. I mean, like, when they were

795
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 1: horrifically bad. I would still maintain the same thing I'm

796
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 1: telling you now, Tennessee could be one of the best

797
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:21,839
Speaker 1: programs in the country at the time. They couldn't get

798
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 1: out of their own way. But I would say that

799
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 1: even then if people would say no, because the n

800
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:30,480
Speaker 1: state recruiting's not there. State borders have never mattered less

801
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: than they do right now. They just they matter. I'm

802
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,080
Speaker 1: telling you, They've never mattered less than they do now,

803
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 1: doubly especially when you insert things like nil in the portal.

804
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: But even without nil in the portal, forget so much

805
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: about the state lines of Tennessee. I always asked what

806
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: happens when I draw a six hour radius around Knoxville,

807
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: I get North Georgia, I get parts of northern Alabama.

808
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: Of course, I get all the state of Tennessee minus.

809
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 1: I think Memphis and Memphis will be able to recruited

810
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: by Tennessee always the Carolinas up into Virginia. You've got

811
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,720
Speaker 1: more than enough talent there, and Tennessee can recruit nationally

812
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: if they want to. So that's always been a non

813
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,399
Speaker 1: starter of an argument for me. And now you look

814
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,319
Speaker 1: at the structure they have in their nil up there,

815
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: and I don't know if you guys have visited Knoxville lately,

816
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 1: but they're not taking much of a back seat to

817
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:23,879
Speaker 1: anyone in investment in facilities and infrastructure and whatnot either.

818
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 1: So it is a really well put together operation that

819
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,319
Speaker 1: if anything is still surging. I still think there are

820
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 1: a ton of doubters out there about Tennessee, and that's fine.

821
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 1: Like everything I'm laying out is just potential. That doesn't

822
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,479
Speaker 1: mean it'll be realized. They could go eight and four

823
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,880
Speaker 1: this year, they could continue to trip up, they could

824
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: never fulfill on this. That doesn't mean the potential's not there.

825
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 1: People fail to maximize potential all the time. One of

826
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 1: the most common things in society is someone having potential

827
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: and not realizing it. But the argument I'm having is

828
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 1: some people don't think the potential is there. The potential

829
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 1: is absolutely above and beyond that of ninety five percent

830
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: of programs in America. It's there. I mean, Tennessee guys,

831
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:08,960
Speaker 1: I got some twenty year olds listening to the show

832
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 1: right now, and you're just calling BS on this. Do

833
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,879
Speaker 1: your homework. Go look at what Tennessee football was once

834
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 1: upon a time. Also, as you're doing that homework, you

835
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 1: don't have to go back too far for this. My

836
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: college crowd and high school crowd remembers. This wasn't that

837
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:28,320
Speaker 1: long ago. Folks thought Tennessee was fading off into the abyss,

838
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: that they were fading off into the wilderness. They were

839
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: staring down the barrel of multiple NCAA investigations. The whole

840
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 1: Jeremy Pruett thing had just happened, and that was on

841
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:42,280
Speaker 1: top of other multiple fired coaches before him. And frankly,

842
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 1: when they hired Josh Hipel, that didn't create a massive

843
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 1: wave nationally. There were some people who would even tell

844
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: you that had Hypel not had a good year. If

845
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 1: UCF kept him, he may be on the hot seat

846
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 1: down there. So they went and got hypold Danny White

847
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 1: the ad hire. This did not rot the country by

848
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 1: any stretch, but yet it was. It was the absolute

849
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: home run higher that was needed both fronts at the

850
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,800
Speaker 1: right time. The leadership up there. I think Dondie Plowman

851
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: several times in recent history has shown she has not

852
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 1: to be trifled with. As Michael Scott would say, So

853
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 1: it's alignment. Alignment is a word that every coach uses,

854
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: that fans hardly ever use, but they know because they

855
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: live at day to day. When you've got alignment and

856
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 1: then you've got the resources you need, you look in

857
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:30,839
Speaker 1: the mirror every morning you say, I'm a good enough

858
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: football coach. If I've got alignment, then I'm good. If

859
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: you don't, you know, too many of the opposition, Too

860
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 1: many of your opponents do have alignment, and so it's

861
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 1: like you feel like you're getting out of bed with

862
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: your shoelaces tied to each other every morning. Well that's

863
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,280
Speaker 1: not how it feels for Josh Heipel at Tennessee anymore.

864
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: Moving along, Oh my goodness, it's time. Oh okay, So

865
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,760
Speaker 1: for those of you who are new around here, tens

866
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: and tens of thousands of you are new since the

867
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: last time I announced something like that, A lot of

868
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: announcements aren't there. That's August told you. August was going

869
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 1: to be jam packed with these Here's the situation. You

870
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: guys have made this show a total and complete monster

871
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: to the point where we make a ton of money

872
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: on this show. The company makes a ton of money

873
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 1: on this show, so much so that we can just

874
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: go wherever we want to every Saturday. So I literally

875
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 1: do that. We choose which game we're going to go

876
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: to every Saturday, and we go to it, and we

877
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,319
Speaker 1: call it a tour. We've had a tour name every year.

878
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: We had the Renaissance Tour, we had the Every Given

879
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,600
Speaker 1: Saturday Tour, we had the Once upon a Saturday Tour,

880
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: and then this year's tour we had not named yet,

881
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 1: but moments from now we will name this. This is

882
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: really fun. It gets very combative later in the year

883
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,359
Speaker 1: because I lay out my criteria, but then a lot

884
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 1: of you have your own criteria for where you think

885
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:54,840
Speaker 1: we should go, and if I don't go where you

886
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 1: think I should go, Like momentarily I'm going to announce

887
00:46:57,640 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 1: a game some of you don't think I should go

888
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 1: to in week one, and our constituency will get genuinely

889
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: angry at me. But that's okay, that's absolutely okay. So

890
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:09,960
Speaker 1: here's what we're looking for. We want to see competitive games.

891
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 1: I want to see as many teams as I can,

892
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: while also putting ourselves in one of the best environments

893
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: at the biggest games every week. That's what we look for.

894
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:24,480
Speaker 1: Have we double dipped, Yes, we've doubled dipped before. We've

895
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 1: been to a couple of Bama games, or a couple

896
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:27,919
Speaker 1: of Georgia games, or a couple of Ohio state games.

897
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,360
Speaker 1: If you're really good, chances are we're gonna come to

898
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: more than one of your games. But we try to

899
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,439
Speaker 1: spread it out as much as we can. People will

900
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: claim there are biases in this. There are. The better

901
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: you are, the more competitive the game seems like it's

902
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 1: gonna be, or the better the fan base is to us,

903
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,879
Speaker 1: the more likely we're coming to your game. If I've

904
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: never been to your place, I eat Oklahoma, I am

905
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:55,919
Speaker 1: actively searching for a reason to come to your place.

906
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 1: We went to Utah Week one last year for that

907
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 1: very reason. So we had a few tour name ideas

908
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,759
Speaker 1: that were floated around. I had a few of them,

909
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: and they all got shot down because I have a

910
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: very very small focus group. Some of them work here,

911
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: some of them don't that I use for this sort

912
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:16,799
Speaker 1: of thing. They know who they are, they are very appreciating.

913
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,920
Speaker 1: I think we landed on a really good spot. So

914
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: this year's tour name is, as I tweeted out here

915
00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: there we go. This year's tour name is the whole

916
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,719
Speaker 1: New Saturday Tour, and the whole New Saturday Tours week

917
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 1: one stop will be in Gainesville, Florida for Miami at Florida,

918
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be an incredible environment. I

919
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: think you'll have a lot of toxic conversation around the game.

920
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,520
Speaker 1: But more importantly than that, I've been to both of

921
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:49,440
Speaker 1: these places a couple of times, at Miami Spring and

922
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 1: then just the other day at Miami this fall. What

923
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: a war upfront this game is going to be. It

924
00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:58,719
Speaker 1: could be really nasty. Don't think it's going to be

925
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:02,400
Speaker 1: ultra high scoring. But line of scrimmage, of course wins

926
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 1: this game more times than not. I think it'll win

927
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,799
Speaker 1: this When we get to see Graham Mertz. We get

928
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: to see cam Ward in a Miami uniform for the

929
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 1: first time. We get to we get to find out

930
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,319
Speaker 1: how revamped that Florida offensive line is. We get to

931
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:20,000
Speaker 1: see Mario Christobaul take his team into the swamp for

932
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: an environment that will be as electric as any you

933
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 1: see in Week one Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, three

934
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:33,840
Speaker 1: point thirty in the afternoon last Saturday in August. I

935
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:36,800
Speaker 1: just started to sweat thinking about it. It's so great.

936
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,719
Speaker 1: So the whole New Saturday Tour is Week one destination

937
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 1: Miami at Florida Playball. Happy to be there. Let's move

938
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:49,799
Speaker 1: right along. You know, we've never done a segment called

939
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: college football Playoff Bubble, but I guess we have to.

940
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:57,240
Speaker 1: So Colin, here's a better endpoint for you. The college

941
00:49:57,239 --> 00:50:00,200
Speaker 1: football playoff bubble is a real thing. Anytime we have

942
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:03,560
Speaker 1: this many teams making the playoff twelve, then we're gonna

943
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 1: have obviously an exponentially bigger group of teams that are

944
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 1: possible playoff teams. So it's hard to project anything, but

945
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,719
Speaker 1: it is I think a little bit easier, or at

946
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:16,960
Speaker 1: least a challenge I'm willing to accept. To ask Okay,

947
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 1: come November. Who do I think is going to be

948
00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:22,400
Speaker 1: in the mix for playoff spots? Now, there are some

949
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,400
Speaker 1: teams that I think will be there. Ohio State's not

950
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,440
Speaker 1: a bubble team. I think they're going to be squarely in.

951
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: But there are other teams. Clemson, for example, I think

952
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,719
Speaker 1: could very much be a playoff bubble team. I've got

953
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 1: empower rated third in the ACC, but I don't have

954
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:42,200
Speaker 1: them like double digit points behind FSU or anything like that.

955
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 1: But still I say that to tell you how competitive

956
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,280
Speaker 1: I think the ACC could be this year. But then

957
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 1: there's a lot of unknown With Clemson. They've had some

958
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,640
Speaker 1: bumps and bruises, just like anyone else would have in

959
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: the fall camp portion. Secondary especially I am mildly concerned

960
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: about right now. But the wide receiver room I'm intrigued

961
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 1: by because that's been the part of their team. I

962
00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: think that has fallen off the most from their vintage years.

963
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:10,000
Speaker 1: I get to see Garrett Riley, you know, year two

964
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 1: with k Klubnick as his quarterback and better playmaking ability

965
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 1: out wide. Clemson being doubted also historically is a really

966
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: good recipe for him, and especially if they lose to Georgia,

967
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:24,719
Speaker 1: you know, they play Georgia week one, they're about a

968
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,320
Speaker 1: thirteen and a half point underdog I think right now

969
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:33,320
Speaker 1: at FanDuel. If they lose that game, they immediately face

970
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:36,719
Speaker 1: a ton of scrutiny, ton of criticism. Then they fall

971
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:40,120
Speaker 1: off everyone's radar. Given that they beat app State in

972
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:42,480
Speaker 1: week two, which is not a given, but let's assume

973
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: for a second they do. But it doesn't let up

974
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 1: NC State two weeks after that at Florida State. But

975
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,880
Speaker 1: if they make it through that first stretch, Okay, they're

976
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 1: four tough games, three really tough games in that five

977
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:56,960
Speaker 1: week stretch, But if they make it through that Wake

978
00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:01,880
Speaker 1: Virginia Louisville and then at VATCH, they could start building

979
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:04,680
Speaker 1: some momentum, is my point. And remember you don't have

980
00:52:04,719 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: to be undefeated. There could even be a path for

981
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 1: a two loss team, because if one of their losses

982
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: is Georgia and let's say the other one's Florida State,

983
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,799
Speaker 1: that's one conference loss. They're in Charlotte. They're probably in

984
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 1: Charlotte for the conference championship game. You know another team

985
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 1: I think could be on the playoff bubble that you

986
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:25,120
Speaker 1: don't expect me to say. I think Iowa could be

987
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:29,839
Speaker 1: on the playoff bubble. Quarterback has sounded so bad from

988
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,800
Speaker 1: there this fall. Kay McNamara and they had to open

989
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:35,440
Speaker 1: scrimmage of sorts the other day and it was like

990
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,520
Speaker 1: the worst stat line you'll ever see, which of course

991
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:41,120
Speaker 1: makes you say, Okay, why do you think they'd be

992
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: on the playoff bubble? Well, I actually think that it

993
00:52:44,719 --> 00:52:48,000
Speaker 1: could be so bad up there. It forces that staff

994
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 1: Tim Lester, the new OC Kirk Ferrence head coach, they're

995
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 1: still it could force them to make a change. And

996
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:59,160
Speaker 1: you know, Brendan Sullivan's the transfer, He's the perceived backup

997
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:02,520
Speaker 1: from Northwestern, probably gives them a better chance to win.

998
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 1: You ever, you know, if you've ever owned a Ferrari

999
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:10,160
Speaker 1: and it won't start for you, you don't kick it. But

1000
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,959
Speaker 1: if you've ever owned an old pickup truck and it's

1001
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:16,320
Speaker 1: rusted and you can't even tell what the original color

1002
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,239
Speaker 1: was and it won't crank, sometimes you just kick the

1003
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:20,239
Speaker 1: side of it, and you know what, sometimes it'll crank

1004
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:23,400
Speaker 1: for you. It's just time to kick the side of

1005
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:27,640
Speaker 1: the Iowa offense. And if I just squeeze out enough,

1006
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 1: the sponge is always going to be nearly dry. There.

1007
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 1: But if I can just squeeze two or three more

1008
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:37,000
Speaker 1: drops then previously was able to be squeezed with that defense,

1009
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,640
Speaker 1: I could get a ten to two here and I

1010
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:42,719
Speaker 1: get a playoff bubble trip. At least I could have

1011
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 1: them on the playoff bubble Iowa Fringe JP Poll top

1012
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 1: twenty five team right now. And that's as is if

1013
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:52,920
Speaker 1: they get a little bit more offensively than we expect.

1014
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:57,839
Speaker 1: Hoops knows what about Penn State classic bubble vibes. Penn

1015
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: State any given twelve team playoff year would have been

1016
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:04,959
Speaker 1: a bubble team or an inside the bubble team. Well,

1017
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 1: they could actually stand to find themselves offensively this year

1018
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:12,280
Speaker 1: a little bit now. That has not been a headline

1019
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 1: for Penn State last few years. You know, they kind

1020
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:18,000
Speaker 1: of are what they are, not bad but not great.

1021
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:21,600
Speaker 1: This is the kind of year with the new offensive

1022
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:25,360
Speaker 1: coordinator there, with what they have at tight end, with

1023
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:27,800
Speaker 1: a quarterback that all of a sudden is now underrated

1024
00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:30,799
Speaker 1: and Drew Holler. NFL scouts haven't gone anywhere on that guy.

1025
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:32,880
Speaker 1: I keep telling you guys this. The feedback from the

1026
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:36,359
Speaker 1: scouts is still rock solid on Drew Aller. They are

1027
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:39,799
Speaker 1: not down on him. Public opinion is the dudes who

1028
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,279
Speaker 1: do this stuff for a living are not so if

1029
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,520
Speaker 1: you pair him up with the right coordinator. Here's what

1030
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 1: I could see happening that I was talking about we

1031
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,000
Speaker 1: haven't seen. I could see them being a team that

1032
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:54,839
Speaker 1: starts scaling offensively, finding their stride offensively instead of just

1033
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: you are what you are. And the reason that's important

1034
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:02,480
Speaker 1: is because they don't start with a murderers row. They

1035
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:06,279
Speaker 1: go to Southern cal two, Wisconsin, and Ohio State at

1036
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:08,799
Speaker 1: home in a three or four week stretch there mid

1037
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,799
Speaker 1: October to early November. But look at the last four games.

1038
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:15,600
Speaker 1: If they get through all that with two losses, but

1039
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:20,480
Speaker 1: especially one loss, Washington, Purdue, Minnesota, and Maryland in the

1040
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 1: last month of the season, those are four games they

1041
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 1: should win. They should close strong, and whether they're in

1042
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:29,239
Speaker 1: Indie or not for the conference title game at the

1043
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:34,080
Speaker 1: definition of a playoff bubble team. Another one that terrifies

1044
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:38,080
Speaker 1: me is Kansas State because every time I make a

1045
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:40,839
Speaker 1: prediction about the Big Twelve that doesn't have Kansas State

1046
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 1: winning the thing, I think to myself, Avery Johnson could

1047
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:47,000
Speaker 1: be the player of the year in this conference, and

1048
00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:48,919
Speaker 1: I don't want to be the guy who overlooked him.

1049
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:53,200
Speaker 1: I mean, do you understand the dynamic here. Kansas State

1050
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:58,839
Speaker 1: has a quarterback that made Ohio State's current starter leave

1051
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:03,320
Speaker 1: better than him, and that kid's gonna start for Ohio

1052
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 1: State and be pretty good. Avery Johnson's just got a

1053
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:10,279
Speaker 1: little bit different gear about him. Avery Johnson, we were

1054
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,919
Speaker 1: up there for spring. I talked to Chris Clemon about him. Said,

1055
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,840
Speaker 1: he's probably as competitive as any guy I've ever coached.

1056
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,560
Speaker 1: He just happens to be our quarterback with really long hair,

1057
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:22,759
Speaker 1: But he's as competitive as anybody I've ever coached. The

1058
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:27,279
Speaker 1: quintessential leadership quality, the intangibles, all that stuff you need

1059
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: he's got. But he's also really really talented athletically and physically.

1060
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:36,359
Speaker 1: And so you know, they play Arizona in week three

1061
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,600
Speaker 1: on a Friday night. That's the first time they'll probably

1062
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:43,240
Speaker 1: be on your radar. They've got a tricky game October

1063
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 1: nineteenth a West Virginia. That's the week after they go

1064
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:48,640
Speaker 1: to Colorado, so second leg of a back to back

1065
00:56:48,719 --> 00:56:51,680
Speaker 1: road stretch. They got Kansas on deck in the rivalry game.

1066
00:56:51,719 --> 00:56:55,160
Speaker 1: They no bye weeks there. But that's a team with

1067
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,920
Speaker 1: dual paths. What I mean by that is most of

1068
00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:01,160
Speaker 1: these Big twelve teams. When you talk yourself through it,

1069
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:03,319
Speaker 1: you think they've got to win the conference to make

1070
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:07,200
Speaker 1: the playoff. Kansas State may be one of only a

1071
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:09,799
Speaker 1: couple of teams out there that could make this thing

1072
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:13,280
Speaker 1: without winning the conference title, because they've got that equity

1073
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:17,160
Speaker 1: built up. People know Avery Johnson, people know Climbing. This

1074
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 1: is not some kind of flash in the pan program

1075
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 1: or some sleeper program. They've been a BONAFI player for

1076
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 1: a few years now, and so they've got dual paths.

1077
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: Missouri another playoff bubble team. Missouri's over underwent totals nine

1078
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:35,360
Speaker 1: and a half. There is a school of thought out

1079
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:38,600
Speaker 1: there that even if they go over and win ten games,

1080
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:42,560
Speaker 1: they could be left out. And that's just because their

1081
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:46,040
Speaker 1: schedule is much softer than most SEC schedules. And so

1082
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:49,000
Speaker 1: if they go ten and two, but their losses are

1083
00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:53,440
Speaker 1: A and M and Alabama, their best win at least

1084
00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:56,920
Speaker 1: as we look here, would be Oklahoma. And you know,

1085
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:00,760
Speaker 1: maybe Oklahoma finishes unranked. Maybe Missouri does have a ranked win.

1086
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,120
Speaker 1: There is a school of thought that says that there's

1087
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:06,000
Speaker 1: another school of thought that says it is totally foolish

1088
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,000
Speaker 1: to try and project that stuff in August. I know

1089
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:11,040
Speaker 1: how I think it'll pan out. You know how you

1090
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 1: think it'll pan out. None of us have ever been

1091
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:17,080
Speaker 1: able to accurately forecast an entire strength of schedule four

1092
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,040
Speaker 1: months ahead of time. So it's fun to talk about.

1093
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:22,240
Speaker 1: But hey, what if Auburn is en route to a

1094
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:25,160
Speaker 1: nine win season but Missouri is one of the losses.

1095
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:29,040
Speaker 1: What if Oklahoma is a dogfighters thirty eight to thirty

1096
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:32,240
Speaker 1: one and Oklahoma only loses three games and Missouri is

1097
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:33,840
Speaker 1: one of the losses. Well, all of a sudden, then

1098
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,120
Speaker 1: it flips on its ear, and so maybe you lost

1099
00:58:36,120 --> 00:58:38,160
Speaker 1: two games, but maybe you got two wins that were

1100
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:40,680
Speaker 1: a little bit higher quality. No, Murray stateon Buffalo and

1101
00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:42,720
Speaker 1: Boston College and Vanderbilt aren't going to do anything for

1102
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:44,600
Speaker 1: you to start the year, So it's going to take

1103
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,360
Speaker 1: a while for them to get on someone's radar. They

1104
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:49,000
Speaker 1: got to win one of those road games, though, Man,

1105
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:51,880
Speaker 1: they don't have to. They really need to, and don't

1106
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:55,840
Speaker 1: just randomly sleep on having to go to South Carolina,

1107
00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:59,959
Speaker 1: you know, late in the year. Desperation in the air

1108
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 1: in Colombia. Columbia versus Colombia matchup, by the way, a

1109
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:07,240
Speaker 1: lot going on. There's a lot going on around here too.

1110
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:10,160
Speaker 1: I got to keep moving because, oh my goodness, still

1111
00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 1: got some show left. So you know, we are able

1112
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:17,280
Speaker 1: to do some things around here because the show has

1113
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:19,920
Speaker 1: been successful. We appreciate you guys. But it's not just

1114
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:22,120
Speaker 1: bringing Quick Trip on board, or it's not just bringing

1115
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:25,040
Speaker 1: Academy on board. What we're able to do is we're

1116
00:59:25,080 --> 00:59:29,320
Speaker 1: able to take and then reinvest in the show, which

1117
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,400
Speaker 1: is really our primary goal around here. Like I just

1118
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 1: wear the same shirt all the time because I'd rather

1119
00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:37,800
Speaker 1: reinvest in other areas of the operation here at pay State.

1120
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:41,360
Speaker 1: So one is you have got to take care of

1121
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:45,160
Speaker 1: your people when they perform well. Little piece of advice

1122
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:47,919
Speaker 1: out there, take care of your people if they're doing

1123
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:51,880
Speaker 1: really good work. Take care of your people if they're

1124
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:55,720
Speaker 1: doing really good work. So we try and practice what

1125
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:58,240
Speaker 1: we preach around here at pat State. So Bradley the

1126
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:00,520
Speaker 1: Associate has been with us for a lot long time.

1127
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:04,880
Speaker 1: Bradley the Associate was with me actually down in Columbus

1128
01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:08,520
Speaker 1: in the depths of WLTZ NBC thirty eight, So he's

1129
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:11,000
Speaker 1: no stranger to the show. Bradley used to have to

1130
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:13,920
Speaker 1: help me manually roll the set out in the studio

1131
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 1: and then roll it back into a makeshift garage so

1132
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:19,760
Speaker 1: we could do the eleven o'clock news. So Bradley's been

1133
01:00:19,760 --> 01:00:23,480
Speaker 1: around for a while. I left Columbus. We brought Bradley

1134
01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 1: up here a couple of years later when we had

1135
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:28,120
Speaker 1: an opening for him, and so Bradley's had his hands

1136
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 1: on pretty much every show that we've done since then.

1137
01:00:30,480 --> 01:00:34,200
Speaker 1: So little golf clap for Bradley the Associate. He doesn't

1138
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:36,160
Speaker 1: know we're doing this, and he's in another room right now,

1139
01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:37,440
Speaker 1: and I told him he was going to be part

1140
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:40,280
Speaker 1: of the show tonight, but he thought I was lying.

1141
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:44,560
Speaker 1: I was not. Little promotion for Bradley the Associate tonight.

1142
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:47,440
Speaker 1: The terminology may not mean anything to you, but he

1143
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:51,320
Speaker 1: elevates from AP to TD. Doesn't stand for touchdown, but

1144
01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 1: it does stand for I make more money now than

1145
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:57,040
Speaker 1: I did five minutes ago. So hats off to Bradley

1146
01:00:57,080 --> 01:01:00,880
Speaker 1: the Associate. Yet again. Success with and then these Walls

1147
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:03,360
Speaker 1: is a win for all of us. All right, let's

1148
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:08,080
Speaker 1: roll right along. What is Oklahoma going to do this year?

1149
01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:10,560
Speaker 1: What's their final record going to be? I have some

1150
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,600
Speaker 1: thoughts here, here's what you need to know over underwin

1151
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 1: total seven and a half. Tough schedule, really tough schedule.

1152
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:19,720
Speaker 1: We'll get to that in a little while. They have

1153
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:23,560
Speaker 1: the eight best odds to win the SEC. Throw the

1154
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:25,920
Speaker 1: ball out there and let's play. That's essentially the attitude

1155
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:28,840
Speaker 1: around the Oklahoma fan base and the program. Brent Venables

1156
01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:33,320
Speaker 1: third year here. Okay, So with odds sandwich between that

1157
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:37,320
Speaker 1: of Missouri and Auburn to win the SEC, what do

1158
01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:39,760
Speaker 1: I think I know about this team? I think I

1159
01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:42,400
Speaker 1: know defense needs to be the identity of this team.

1160
01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:45,560
Speaker 1: You're telling me, I got Brent Venables third year in

1161
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:49,360
Speaker 1: and they've recruited top ten classes every year. They've portaled

1162
01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 1: in the top ten every year. That means you've got

1163
01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:56,000
Speaker 1: your players there. Three years in is plenty long enough

1164
01:01:56,200 --> 01:01:59,440
Speaker 1: for you to have your thumb print. Therefore, your identity

1165
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:02,320
Speaker 1: to be the identity of your team. This should be

1166
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:04,920
Speaker 1: a defensive oriented team this year. They've got eleven of

1167
01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:07,680
Speaker 1: their top thirteen tacklers back. Should be a defensive oriented

1168
01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:10,480
Speaker 1: team this year, and I think it will be. I'm

1169
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:14,880
Speaker 1: not saying that defiantly. I think it will be. Gavin Sawchuck,

1170
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:18,280
Speaker 1: I think I know could be one of the breakout

1171
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:21,480
Speaker 1: players of the year nationally. Now. He broke out last year.

1172
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:23,680
Speaker 1: He had a stretch of five straight one hundred yard games.

1173
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:26,320
Speaker 1: I think last year helped has been a little bit

1174
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:27,960
Speaker 1: of an issue for him. He's the running back there

1175
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:31,080
Speaker 1: by the way, if that guy's healthy for a majority

1176
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:34,919
Speaker 1: of this year. Gavin Sawchuk is the kind of kid

1177
01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 1: who doesn't enter the preseason conversation for leading the conference

1178
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:42,880
Speaker 1: in rushing, but could be right there in November. And

1179
01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:46,439
Speaker 1: the third thing I think I know is Oklahoma has

1180
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:49,360
Speaker 1: that stuff about it that's kind of hard to quantify.

1181
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,080
Speaker 1: I don't even bother with it. I just know there's

1182
01:02:52,120 --> 01:02:55,200
Speaker 1: some programs that have the right thing when you cut

1183
01:02:55,240 --> 01:02:58,720
Speaker 1: that program open, and Oklahoma's had that. Oklahoma's got it.

1184
01:02:58,760 --> 01:03:01,080
Speaker 1: Oklahoma's had it. So here's what I want to know

1185
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:06,520
Speaker 1: about Oklahoma. What level of offensive line play is it

1186
01:03:06,560 --> 01:03:09,760
Speaker 1: fair for me to expect. I don't expect elite, I

1187
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:13,960
Speaker 1: don't expect really good. So I'm starting with the ceiling

1188
01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:18,280
Speaker 1: at above average, and I think the worst case scenario

1189
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:23,200
Speaker 1: is it's horrific. What's fair to expect? That's a question.

1190
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:25,160
Speaker 1: I don't have an answer for you. That's a question.

1191
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:29,000
Speaker 1: The offensive line returns zero starters. We all know that

1192
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:32,160
Speaker 1: it's August. Everyone knows that by now injuries have been

1193
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:34,120
Speaker 1: a bit of an issue out there. There's a lot

1194
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:37,960
Speaker 1: of uncertainty about how many starters they'll even have from

1195
01:03:38,040 --> 01:03:42,280
Speaker 1: an inexperienced group as they head into Week one. Another

1196
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 1: question quarterback is Jackson Arnold the man? He was brought

1197
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:49,000
Speaker 1: in there to be the man. First full year as

1198
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:53,560
Speaker 1: a starter coming up this year, very very limited sample

1199
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:56,800
Speaker 1: size the Bowl game, he turned the ball over. Spring

1200
01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:59,600
Speaker 1: turnovers were an issue. As fall camp has gone on,

1201
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:02,920
Speaker 1: the intel I've gotten is it's looked better and better

1202
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:07,320
Speaker 1: on that front. So fingers crossed on that front, because obviously,

1203
01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:09,560
Speaker 1: I mean, they had some games last year where they

1204
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:11,439
Speaker 1: turned it over and they lost. They had some games

1205
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:12,920
Speaker 1: where they didn't turn it over and they won. I

1206
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:15,840
Speaker 1: know that's a shocking statistic to hear, but it is

1207
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:19,560
Speaker 1: the most important stat in all of football. But I

1208
01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:22,440
Speaker 1: love the mix they have at wide receiver, both the

1209
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:24,720
Speaker 1: portal guys and the guys that are already there and

1210
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:27,280
Speaker 1: still there. So if they can take advantage of that,

1211
01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:29,680
Speaker 1: and obviously all this works in conjunction, I need to

1212
01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:31,760
Speaker 1: have him protected and then I need to have him

1213
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:34,360
Speaker 1: make good decisions. But if we have that, they got

1214
01:04:34,440 --> 01:04:36,960
Speaker 1: the tailback, they've got a good collection of talent at

1215
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:40,240
Speaker 1: wide receiver. It could all fall into place. That's why

1216
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:43,040
Speaker 1: this team shouldn't just be forgotten about. There's some ifs here,

1217
01:04:43,160 --> 01:04:46,320
Speaker 1: but shouldn't be forgotten about. Third thing I need to

1218
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:49,920
Speaker 1: know is is this defense just pretty good or is

1219
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:51,920
Speaker 1: it like a wrecking crew of a defense? Is it

1220
01:04:51,960 --> 01:04:54,640
Speaker 1: the kind of defense that can take over games? Because

1221
01:04:54,680 --> 01:04:57,160
Speaker 1: they're hoping it's the latter. They're hoping that they've got

1222
01:04:57,160 --> 01:05:01,920
Speaker 1: a crew out there have ac rate turn overs, defensive score,

1223
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:05,720
Speaker 1: non offensive touchdowns. It's the kind of defense that Frankly,

1224
01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:08,160
Speaker 1: Brent Vendibles was able to put on the field at Clemson.

1225
01:05:08,760 --> 01:05:10,520
Speaker 1: He was able to do that because of the kind

1226
01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:13,280
Speaker 1: of guys they had up front. They're building that kind

1227
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:17,640
Speaker 1: of depth. Now. Those Clemson defensive lines were elite, and

1228
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:19,919
Speaker 1: I don't know that they're at that level. Maybe they're

1229
01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:21,680
Speaker 1: not far off, maybe they're not. They got a ton

1230
01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:24,160
Speaker 1: of confidence that they know something the rest of the

1231
01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:26,680
Speaker 1: country doesn't know. In Norman about that defense, I don't

1232
01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:29,840
Speaker 1: doubt that. How good are they Is it over the

1233
01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:32,120
Speaker 1: top good? Is it good enough to wreck a game.

1234
01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:34,880
Speaker 1: The coaching staff here, we got all of them graded

1235
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:39,360
Speaker 1: head coach, coordinators, support staff. Brent Venables is only entering

1236
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:41,920
Speaker 1: year three, so we like to have three years on

1237
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:43,840
Speaker 1: a head coach before we grade them. So there's an

1238
01:05:43,840 --> 01:05:46,560
Speaker 1: incomplete grade on Brenton Venables. You can think about him

1239
01:05:46,600 --> 01:05:49,600
Speaker 1: whatever you want to seth Latrell's the offensive coordinator there.

1240
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:52,440
Speaker 1: We got him graded as a solid four star offensive coordinator.

1241
01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:57,080
Speaker 1: Pass heavy system's been pass heavy in the past. Is

1242
01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 1: that the way they operate this year? I'd be surprised

1243
01:06:00,440 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 1: if they do try and operate that way? Is that

1244
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:06,080
Speaker 1: the best course of action? Given the conference there in

1245
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:08,760
Speaker 1: now we'll see. I tend to believe he knows more

1246
01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:11,400
Speaker 1: about it than I do. Zach Ally is a three

1247
01:06:11,400 --> 01:06:14,200
Speaker 1: and a half star defensive coordinator according to our numbers,

1248
01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:17,600
Speaker 1: So Brent Venables is also one of the most elite

1249
01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:21,480
Speaker 1: DC's that we've graded in the past fifteen years. I mean,

1250
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,960
Speaker 1: like Kirby Smart's way up there. Brent Venables is like

1251
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:29,000
Speaker 1: in that category. The defensive support staff is top twenty

1252
01:06:29,040 --> 01:06:32,479
Speaker 1: five on this team. The offensive support staff's top forty five,

1253
01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:36,600
Speaker 1: So not an elite offensive support staff. There not bad,

1254
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:40,200
Speaker 1: just not elite. And again that stuff changes year over year.

1255
01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:43,160
Speaker 1: The schedule's brutal. They've played six teams in the preseason

1256
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:47,560
Speaker 1: Top fifteen. They got Tennessee and Auburn a two week

1257
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:51,240
Speaker 1: stretch here, Week four, Week five. Tennessee comes in there

1258
01:06:51,480 --> 01:06:54,840
Speaker 1: into Norman, Josh Heipel's return to Norman. Then they go

1259
01:06:54,880 --> 01:06:57,200
Speaker 1: to Auburn the very next week. You could sell me

1260
01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:59,160
Speaker 1: on them going zero to two. You could sell me

1261
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,120
Speaker 1: on them going too and oh. I think most people

1262
01:07:01,120 --> 01:07:02,919
Speaker 1: would just choose to split it and go one in one.

1263
01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:07,080
Speaker 1: That will determine the trajectory of the rest of their season.

1264
01:07:07,680 --> 01:07:09,880
Speaker 1: They got Texas, but there's a bye week before Texas,

1265
01:07:09,880 --> 01:07:12,040
Speaker 1: so those two games there will tell you a lot.

1266
01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:14,880
Speaker 1: But also think about this. They've got a road game

1267
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:18,520
Speaker 1: against Ole Myths the twenty sixth of October. Ole miss

1268
01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:21,120
Speaker 1: is off a bye. They got a road game against

1269
01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:24,520
Speaker 1: Missouri the ninth of November. Missouri is off a bye.

1270
01:07:25,040 --> 01:07:28,400
Speaker 1: So there are no favors whatsoever dealt to Oklahoma here.

1271
01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:33,320
Speaker 1: Their best case record this year I think is ten

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01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:37,440
Speaker 1: and two. That would involve offensive line playing above average,

1273
01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:40,200
Speaker 1: because I think that's the ceiling of that unit. That

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01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:45,240
Speaker 1: would involve turnovers not being a big issue for Jackson Arnold,

1275
01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:48,880
Speaker 1: that would involve injury not being a concern for them. Candidly,

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01:07:48,880 --> 01:07:50,880
Speaker 1: it would probably involve a couple of teams on their

1277
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:54,280
Speaker 1: schedule not living up to preseason expectation. And I think

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01:07:54,320 --> 01:07:56,840
Speaker 1: they could go ten and two. I think their worst case,

1279
01:07:57,200 --> 01:07:59,280
Speaker 1: given the schedule and the uncertainty on the old line,

1280
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:02,280
Speaker 1: is five and seven. They're absolutely if you've got those

1281
01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:05,200
Speaker 1: kind of concerns in this kind of schedule, there's a

1282
01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:07,360
Speaker 1: world where the bottom falls out of the final record.

1283
01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:09,720
Speaker 1: You got to acknowledge that. That's before we even talk

1284
01:08:09,720 --> 01:08:13,760
Speaker 1: about injury. You gotta acknowledge that I and the Model

1285
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:16,559
Speaker 1: agrees with this. I got Oklahoma going eight and four

1286
01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:19,960
Speaker 1: right now as their most likely record, But look I

1287
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:22,800
Speaker 1: got empower rated number twelve. So it's not that I

1288
01:08:22,840 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 1: think they're a bad team. You're not always what your

1289
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:27,360
Speaker 1: record says. You are. Eight and four? Are you think

1290
01:08:27,400 --> 01:08:31,280
Speaker 1: in your mind fringe top twenty five team. Maybe it's

1291
01:08:31,360 --> 01:08:33,439
Speaker 1: not the way I see the team. I see a

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01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:37,519
Speaker 1: number twelve team playing a really tough schedule, and therefore

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01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:40,040
Speaker 1: my most likely record for them is eight and four.

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01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:44,160
Speaker 1: They're watching us in Shawnee, Oklahoma. They're watching us in

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01:08:44,360 --> 01:08:48,120
Speaker 1: Loudon Tennessee Sarah Soda, Florida, Omaha, Nebraska. I appreciate you

1296
01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:52,040
Speaker 1: guys so much. All right, let's just motor right along here.

1297
01:08:52,200 --> 01:08:55,439
Speaker 1: So I got a few things to get to make sure.

1298
01:08:55,479 --> 01:08:58,800
Speaker 1: By the way, it's recruiting season. Okay. Here's how we

1299
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:02,960
Speaker 1: keep the show free around here. Like the videos. Subscribe

1300
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,840
Speaker 1: to the YouTube channel in the podcast and recruit ten

1301
01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:09,320
Speaker 1: friends to do the same. That's all it takes. That's

1302
01:09:09,400 --> 01:09:11,600
Speaker 1: literally all it takes. You guys have been doing that.

1303
01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:12,920
Speaker 1: I just want you to keep doing it. Thank you.

1304
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:16,240
Speaker 1: Numbers are great, all right, I got two questions for

1305
01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:19,960
Speaker 1: you here. I got a question from Connor and Mesa, Arizona.

1306
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:23,400
Speaker 1: He said, the last few years, you've shared which team

1307
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,360
Speaker 1: fascinates you the most for the season. Do you have

1308
01:09:26,439 --> 01:09:30,040
Speaker 1: one this year? Of course I do. It's probably one

1309
01:09:30,120 --> 01:09:32,960
Speaker 1: I've told you about in years past. It's Texas A

1310
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:36,600
Speaker 1: and M. Yet again it's Texas A and M. Structure

1311
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:39,879
Speaker 1: and organization or important words here. So they hired Mike Elko.

1312
01:09:40,280 --> 01:09:42,200
Speaker 1: No one made a big deal about it. Everyone was

1313
01:09:42,240 --> 01:09:46,559
Speaker 1: busy talking about debor to Alabama. Everyone was busy talking

1314
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:51,360
Speaker 1: about everything other than football. Everything was conference realignment and

1315
01:09:51,560 --> 01:09:53,960
Speaker 1: the portal and this and that, and A and M

1316
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:57,400
Speaker 1: went out and just killed it. I think in hiring

1317
01:09:57,400 --> 01:10:00,600
Speaker 1: a coach, not a superstar, not a Rocks are just

1318
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:04,200
Speaker 1: the perfect guy for the job. So they lacked organization

1319
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:07,559
Speaker 1: and structure out there, just what in Jimbo's thing, And

1320
01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:09,599
Speaker 1: now they got it. They didn't have to go take

1321
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:11,679
Speaker 1: a chance on the guy that's not proven. In fact,

1322
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:14,600
Speaker 1: he specifically left there to go prove himself as a

1323
01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:16,280
Speaker 1: head coach because once upon a time he was a

1324
01:10:16,320 --> 01:10:18,719
Speaker 1: coordinator there and then he went to Duke. And here's

1325
01:10:18,760 --> 01:10:21,720
Speaker 1: what I want you to remember. There are guys I

1326
01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:24,960
Speaker 1: went and watched our recap of the Duke Clemson game

1327
01:10:25,479 --> 01:10:27,960
Speaker 1: from Week one of last year when they beat Clemson

1328
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:31,360
Speaker 1: twenty eight to seven, and I said on that show

1329
01:10:31,479 --> 01:10:36,200
Speaker 1: something that I'm going to tell you again. Sometimes coaches

1330
01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:40,880
Speaker 1: inherit an underrated situation that just needs the right thing

1331
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:46,840
Speaker 1: injected into it. Mike Elko inherited probably an underrated situation

1332
01:10:46,920 --> 01:10:50,360
Speaker 1: at Duke that just needed the right thing injected into it.

1333
01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:54,640
Speaker 1: Him him structure, organization, way of doing things, way of

1334
01:10:54,680 --> 01:10:58,559
Speaker 1: seeing things, and he upgraded it overnight. It didn't take

1335
01:10:58,600 --> 01:11:01,240
Speaker 1: two or three years. Great at it overnight. There was

1336
01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:06,959
Speaker 1: an immediate spike in production. Now that only is capable

1337
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:10,280
Speaker 1: of happening if you have at least something there to

1338
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:12,160
Speaker 1: work with. If you got to burn it down and

1339
01:11:12,200 --> 01:11:14,960
Speaker 1: start from scratch, forget all that. But he didn't have

1340
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:16,559
Speaker 1: to do that at Dude didn't have to do it

1341
01:11:16,600 --> 01:11:18,800
Speaker 1: at A and M. Either. See, he's walking into one

1342
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:22,400
Speaker 1: of the more underrated roster situations in college football. He's

1343
01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:25,200
Speaker 1: walking into a place with all of the passion and

1344
01:11:25,240 --> 01:11:28,760
Speaker 1: infrastructure the sport could ever offer. He's not a stranger

1345
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:32,120
Speaker 1: to college station. I think he could walk in there.

1346
01:11:32,680 --> 01:11:34,960
Speaker 1: This is this year I'm talking about now, he could

1347
01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:38,000
Speaker 1: walk in there. Defense should be nasty this year. O

1348
01:11:38,120 --> 01:11:42,040
Speaker 1: Lion's got a fair amount of questions, not necessarily a weakness,

1349
01:11:42,080 --> 01:11:45,439
Speaker 1: just questions. Connor Wigman, I was over on Techsaggs earlier today,

1350
01:11:45,479 --> 01:11:47,960
Speaker 1: and there's a big argument going on about why all

1351
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:51,519
Speaker 1: these national talking heads always talk about injury and how

1352
01:11:51,560 --> 01:11:55,000
Speaker 1: he's so injury prone. Well, he's been prone to missing

1353
01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:58,040
Speaker 1: some games in the past. How about that. If I've

1354
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:01,599
Speaker 1: got him for a season, and I've got the defense

1355
01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:04,559
Speaker 1: I think I've got there Texas A and M. I've

1356
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:08,639
Speaker 1: got them at number thirteen. Jppole's got them at number thirteen.

1357
01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:11,360
Speaker 1: Power rate them at number thirteen. They're a favorite against

1358
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:14,519
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. They're a favorite in Week one against playoff

1359
01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:17,519
Speaker 1: caliber Notre Dame. You guys, get what odds makers are

1360
01:12:17,560 --> 01:12:19,559
Speaker 1: telling you there right by two and a half at

1361
01:12:19,560 --> 01:12:22,080
Speaker 1: this point. So if you shave off home field, they're

1362
01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:25,080
Speaker 1: telling you a neutral field, A and M compares very

1363
01:12:25,120 --> 01:12:28,280
Speaker 1: favorably with a team most people have peg to go

1364
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:31,559
Speaker 1: to the playoff. This is not some rebuild. It's not

1365
01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:35,720
Speaker 1: a restart button they're having to hit there. So question is,

1366
01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:39,160
Speaker 1: this is the fascinating part. What if it happens. What

1367
01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:41,519
Speaker 1: if the thing he did at Duke happens at A

1368
01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:42,880
Speaker 1: and M. If it happens at A and M, it's

1369
01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:45,960
Speaker 1: happening with way better football players. It's happening with way

1370
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:49,519
Speaker 1: better depth. You're not having a smoking mirror. You've got

1371
01:12:49,560 --> 01:12:52,080
Speaker 1: the horses to go line up with some folks in

1372
01:12:52,120 --> 01:12:55,400
Speaker 1: the SEC and beat them doing what you want to

1373
01:12:55,439 --> 01:12:58,920
Speaker 1: do instead of what your roster says you have to do.

1374
01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:02,160
Speaker 1: If that makes any sense, I'm very excited to see

1375
01:13:02,160 --> 01:13:04,679
Speaker 1: what they do starting in week one against Notre Dame

1376
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:08,320
Speaker 1: next up. I knew we had to get this in

1377
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:11,240
Speaker 1: the show. Somehow, too many of you asked about him.

1378
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:15,760
Speaker 1: Pistol Pete from Perry, Oklahoma, good people in Perry. He

1379
01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:20,680
Speaker 1: asked me what my thoughts were on Mike Gundhy's latest rant. Now,

1380
01:13:20,720 --> 01:13:24,880
Speaker 1: Mike Gundhy has been vocal about a ton of stuff

1381
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:26,680
Speaker 1: because he's been around forever. I mean, you want a

1382
01:13:26,720 --> 01:13:29,160
Speaker 1: good trivia question, ask folks how long has Mike Gandhy

1383
01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:31,240
Speaker 1: been the head coach of Oklahoma State. They're all gonna

1384
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:34,120
Speaker 1: hit the under no one ever actually nails it. But

1385
01:13:34,160 --> 01:13:36,519
Speaker 1: Mike Gandhi was talking about his team the other day,

1386
01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:39,400
Speaker 1: I think it was yesterday Saturday, after they scrimmaged, and

1387
01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:41,840
Speaker 1: he was giving an update and people were kind of asking,

1388
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:44,280
Speaker 1: where's your mind? Dad? And this was in the flow

1389
01:13:44,880 --> 01:13:47,000
Speaker 1: of a press conference. Now I saw some people out

1390
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:50,599
Speaker 1: there saying that this was taken out of context. I

1391
01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:52,560
Speaker 1: actually don't think it was taken out of context. I

1392
01:13:52,640 --> 01:13:55,200
Speaker 1: went and watched the whole press conference. So what I'm

1393
01:13:55,200 --> 01:13:56,960
Speaker 1: gonna have Colin do is I'm gonna have him play

1394
01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:59,760
Speaker 1: you some sound and I just want to gear you

1395
01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:03,120
Speaker 1: up for it. He's being asked, you know, about about

1396
01:14:03,120 --> 01:14:05,760
Speaker 1: where your mind's at right now. You're out of your

1397
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:08,599
Speaker 1: second scrimmage, You've got the first game of the season

1398
01:14:08,640 --> 01:14:10,640
Speaker 1: coming up. That's kind of what the reporter there is

1399
01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:14,120
Speaker 1: asking him about. Now, I want you to listen to

1400
01:14:14,160 --> 01:14:16,439
Speaker 1: this clip, and I want to see if you find

1401
01:14:16,479 --> 01:14:18,840
Speaker 1: anything controversial about this. That's what.

1402
01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:24,840
Speaker 2: There's no negotiating now, portals over all negotiations history. Now

1403
01:14:24,880 --> 01:14:27,839
Speaker 2: we're playing football. You can enjoy just coaching, playing.

1404
01:14:28,439 --> 01:14:31,000
Speaker 1: Twelve playoffs and everything being so different and just the

1405
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:31,720
Speaker 1: newness of it all.

1406
01:14:31,880 --> 01:14:33,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know the business side of what we

1407
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,360
Speaker 2: do now is is we have to have those conversations

1408
01:14:36,360 --> 01:14:39,320
Speaker 2: with them. You know, tell your agent to quit callingists

1409
01:14:39,320 --> 01:14:41,840
Speaker 2: and asking for more money. It's non negotiable. Now get

1410
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:46,080
Speaker 2: to start again in December. So now we're able to

1411
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:49,599
Speaker 2: direct ourselves just at football. And that part is fun

1412
01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:51,840
Speaker 2: because there's been so much other stuff going on, it's

1413
01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:53,360
Speaker 2: been hard to really focus on football.

1414
01:14:56,760 --> 01:14:59,040
Speaker 1: I had to ban a spammer in the live chat.

1415
01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:02,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm literally doing everything right now with one leg.

1416
01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:05,760
Speaker 1: Mind you, So you heard what Mike Gundhy said. There

1417
01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:08,760
Speaker 1: was that controversial to you. There wasn't an ounce of

1418
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,519
Speaker 1: controversy in that to me. So of course there is

1419
01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:16,320
Speaker 1: this there's this group of folks in college football that

1420
01:15:16,439 --> 01:15:18,759
Speaker 1: have a bunch of solutions and they go out searching

1421
01:15:18,800 --> 01:15:21,280
Speaker 1: for problems. People do it in many walks of life.

1422
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:23,920
Speaker 1: It happens in college sports as well. And one of

1423
01:15:23,960 --> 01:15:27,639
Speaker 1: those solutions they have is there's a group of folks

1424
01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:31,000
Speaker 1: that think they have all the answers for players. Some

1425
01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:33,320
Speaker 1: of them are well intentioned. I'm not even saying they're

1426
01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:36,960
Speaker 1: malicious in this, but they're a little misguided, I think,

1427
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:39,960
Speaker 1: in that they have all these solutions, but it's not

1428
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:43,720
Speaker 1: actually a problem. So there's a shortage of problem and

1429
01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:45,799
Speaker 1: they have to go create it. So Mike Gundy steps

1430
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:47,840
Speaker 1: up and says what he said there, and I got

1431
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:50,760
Speaker 1: a bunch of folks coming in from every corner of

1432
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:55,400
Speaker 1: the internet yelling about this millionaire head coach crimea river.

1433
01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:58,880
Speaker 1: This guy is going to complain about players and how

1434
01:15:58,920 --> 01:16:05,799
Speaker 1: they're negotiating. Foolishness, just foolishness. So many, many, many times

1435
01:16:05,880 --> 01:16:11,080
Speaker 1: we've had to address this argument, this lack of principal argument,

1436
01:16:11,360 --> 01:16:15,040
Speaker 1: where if you make a certain amount of money, you're

1437
01:16:15,200 --> 01:16:18,120
Speaker 1: like immune to suffering from the laws of human nature

1438
01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:21,720
Speaker 1: or something like that. Like if I'm a millionaire but

1439
01:16:21,800 --> 01:16:24,479
Speaker 1: someone cuts my arm off, there's a group of folks

1440
01:16:24,479 --> 01:16:26,360
Speaker 1: who say, I'm not gonna shed any tear for him.

1441
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:29,200
Speaker 1: He's a millionaire. Yeah, my arm's gone. I would pay

1442
01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:32,320
Speaker 1: any amount of money to have my arm back. And similarly,

1443
01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:36,000
Speaker 1: you've got coaches. They do it with Kirby, they've done

1444
01:16:36,040 --> 01:16:38,000
Speaker 1: it with Mike Gundy over the past week. Well, if

1445
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:41,160
Speaker 1: you make a certain amount of money, no matter how

1446
01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:44,559
Speaker 1: logical and common sensical, the point is you're making you

1447
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:47,160
Speaker 1: better not make it with an ounce of cynicism in

1448
01:16:47,200 --> 01:16:49,639
Speaker 1: your voice, because you're not allowed to have any problems

1449
01:16:49,680 --> 01:16:54,800
Speaker 1: because you're a millionaire. Stupidity. The next thing is, I

1450
01:16:54,800 --> 01:16:57,519
Speaker 1: had a bunch of folks who were saying, why shouldn't

1451
01:16:57,560 --> 01:17:00,839
Speaker 1: players be able to negotiate during the season. Mike Guandhy

1452
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:05,719
Speaker 1: has his agent negotiating during the season. Who's Mike Gandhi's agent?

1453
01:17:07,040 --> 01:17:10,759
Speaker 1: Was what I asked seven different people. I got no answer.

1454
01:17:11,320 --> 01:17:13,759
Speaker 1: They didn't even so much as know who represents Gandhi,

1455
01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:17,439
Speaker 1: much less what Mike Gundhy's agent is doing on his

1456
01:17:17,560 --> 01:17:20,439
Speaker 1: behalf or at his behest during the season. And let

1457
01:17:20,520 --> 01:17:23,280
Speaker 1: me tell you something else, as someone who has a

1458
01:17:23,360 --> 01:17:26,920
Speaker 1: little working knowledge of how that happens behind the scenes

1459
01:17:27,400 --> 01:17:31,600
Speaker 1: the coaches are let me just explain it to you

1460
01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:36,080
Speaker 1: like this, what's happening right now in terms of player representation,

1461
01:17:36,240 --> 01:17:39,200
Speaker 1: some cases very loosely versus what happens in the world

1462
01:17:39,240 --> 01:17:43,880
Speaker 1: of coaching representation is the most apples to bowling balls

1463
01:17:43,920 --> 01:17:46,920
Speaker 1: comparative analysis that you could possibly enter into. I think

1464
01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:49,080
Speaker 1: a lot of people know that's intellectually dishonest. But if

1465
01:17:49,080 --> 01:17:51,759
Speaker 1: you didn't know, I'm trying to let you know moot

1466
01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:55,280
Speaker 1: point for me. Thirdly, and this is the most important part,

1467
01:17:55,320 --> 01:17:58,160
Speaker 1: even if you disagree with the first two, Mike Gandhi

1468
01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 1: essentially said, it's time to play football. Now. We've had

1469
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:05,599
Speaker 1: months and months and months where it was negotiation time,

1470
01:18:06,040 --> 01:18:09,120
Speaker 1: and it was test the market time, and it's feel

1471
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:11,280
Speaker 1: out whatever it is you think you can get time.

1472
01:18:12,240 --> 01:18:16,160
Speaker 1: But the thing that matters the most is the football.

1473
01:18:16,760 --> 01:18:19,719
Speaker 1: Here's the irony in this. While I've got a cabal

1474
01:18:19,840 --> 01:18:22,960
Speaker 1: of people claiming to be on the side of the player,

1475
01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:27,480
Speaker 1: what Mike Gandhy's saying is the best advocate for players.

1476
01:18:27,880 --> 01:18:31,439
Speaker 1: Mike Gundhy is reminding you that what gives you your

1477
01:18:31,560 --> 01:18:33,960
Speaker 1: value is being a good football player. So when it

1478
01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:37,160
Speaker 1: comes time for fall camp, how about we focus on football,

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Speaker 1: from Lee down in Mississippi. What Senatobia? Never heard of

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Speaker 1: Senatobia Mississippi? And I've been all over Mississippi. Each team

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Speaker 1: that makes the playoffs will have at least two losses.

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Speaker 1: Lee they will not. They will not. This is a

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Speaker 1: the pushback from Lee, if he were to be here

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Speaker 1: as tough. Then yeah, but Lee, you're asking twelve teams

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Speaker 1: to make this thing with two plus losses, which of

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Speaker 1: course is not gonna happen. The better question would be

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Speaker 1: or or how about every playoff team will have at

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Speaker 1: least one loss. That would still be fairly bold, but

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Speaker 1: I could see it. But two losses, No, that's a ten.

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Speaker 1: Next up, this would be drastic. This would be pretty devastating.

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Speaker 1: In Austin Brandon from Birmingham, Alabama, Texas goes eight and four.

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Speaker 1: They miss the playoff. They may miss out at nine

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Speaker 1: and three, Brandon, but they definitely miss out at eight

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Speaker 1: and four. This is a nine point five for me

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Speaker 1: because he included the record eight and four. So Texas

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Speaker 1: has got the fourth best odds to win the whole thing.

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Speaker 1: They've got the second best odds to win the SEC.

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Speaker 1: Their over underwent total is ten and a half, so

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Speaker 1: I think this only takes them going nine and three

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Speaker 1: to miss the playoff. But if they're going eight and four,

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Speaker 1: ooh buddy, So I would guess they lost to Georgia.

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Speaker 1: I would guess they lost to Oklahoma. I would guess

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Speaker 1: maybe they lost at the end of the year to

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Speaker 1: so those would be four losses. Running Back health had

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Speaker 1: to be one of the deterrens here. They've taken a

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Speaker 1: everything has to be going wrong there for that to happen.

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Speaker 1: Next up, this one was It sounded bold, but it's

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Speaker 1: not that bold. Joe from Harrisburg, PA. Only one of

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Speaker 1: the big ten newcomers wins more than eight games, so

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Speaker 1: that's Oregon, USC, Washington, and UCLA. Only one of them

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Speaker 1: UCLA four and a half. Well, if everything plays out

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Speaker 1: roughly like odds makers are suggesting, this prediction comes true.

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Speaker 1: So it's not that bold. It's like a seven and

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Speaker 1: a half. It's not that bold. And you know Oregon

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Speaker 1: Organ's gonna be there. I mean, Oregon's gonna win more

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Speaker 1: show early for that game. Last last one here Georgia,

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Speaker 1: according to Lewis Lewis Fournette loved him, loved him back

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Speaker 1: in the day and baton he said, Georgia goes nine

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Speaker 1: Will Georgia go nine and three? Okay, they're overrue to

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Speaker 1: I've got him going ten to two. So losing one

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Speaker 1: I hold him to a higher standard because it's the

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Speaker 1: it's maybe even more bold than that. It's one thing

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