WEBVTT - Preseason Q&A: Part 1 0:00:02.080 --> 0:00:04.720 Welcome to the solid verbal. 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:05.600 I'll that for me. 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:09.680 I'm a man, I'm for I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:10.680 I want to be happy. 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.039 You want to be happy for dake Edo State? 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:19.360 Is that? Woo whoom? And then and Tye, welcome back 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:21.840 to the solid verbal boys and girls, name is Ty 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:27.400 hilde Brand joining me as always mind Dan Rubinstein over 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:30.400 there in the NYC, Sir, how goes it? 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:32.159 Not that well? 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:32.640 Ty? What? 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:34.360 It's not that good? I think it's good is what 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:35.000 I'm looking for. 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:35.760 No, it's. 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:41.200 I've gotten used to I've gotten accustomed to a certain lifestyle, okay, 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.840 and that lifestyle is getting great feedback from a live 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:48.040 audience when we do this show. Okay, and now I'm 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.800 just speaking into a wall with soundproofing, and it's not 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:52.319 as fun. I don't get to see you, I don't 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.160 get to sit next to you, I don't get to 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:56.400 meet for ballers, I don't get to see people's faces 0:00:56.480 --> 0:01:02.040 as they continuously ask Nate Stanley questions ironic. So it's 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.120 just different, Ty, and I'm getting used to it. 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.160 Yeah, to that point, Dan, we did do our show 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:11.280 in Chicago. That show that we did in Chicago will 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:14.679 be released on August the twenty second, So a whip 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:18.959 from this evening. A great show, great crowd at the 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:24.080 historic Videom Theater in beautiful Chicago, and had a chance 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:26.920 to go out meet other folks during the Tenders with 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:33.080 Tie segment of the evening. If you listen to the 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.720 broadcast when we push it out, you'll get to hear 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.160 a little bit more. I'm sure we'll provide some context 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:43.560 for what I did during our unrecorded Q and A 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:47.080 segment in order to make good on something I said 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:50.600 a year ago. But all in all, a really good show, 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:52.800 definitely the kind that gives us the itch to do 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.320 more of them, so naturally that is something we're going 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:56.440 to explore moving forward. 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.760 But I thought just an awesome time. 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:02.040 Beautiful weekend in Chicago, and great to meet some ofverballers 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:03.000 real quick. 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.360 Himmickcane wants to know how many tenders is ty hilden 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.680 Brandt official did Tilting officially consume? 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.000 I believe the answer is two and a half. And 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.680 can I be honest with you here, Yeah, wasn't too 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:15.919 enamored with the tenders, Dan. 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:17.440 They were fine. 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:21.720 They were very dry, extremely dry, and two and a 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.519 half is all I could all I could force down. 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:26.120 How are the tots though that I ordered a lot 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.440 of tots are very good. We were sitting at a 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:32.840 table with some Notre damers and also some others who 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.160 were at the show, and as I was turning to 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.480 talk to other people, they were surreptitiously stealing the tots. 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.720 That's how that happens. And then I heard difficult. 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.800 I caught them and they looked at me as if 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:46.519 they were deer in headlights, and I said, that's okay. 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.239 You could just don't eat them all, because I knew 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.440 you wanted some too. But of course the tots were 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:52.880 very good in a popular attraction at the table. 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.240 When you order tots, there is a tot tax that 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:59.200 has to be paid, and I don't know if you 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:03.040 fall under if you're a progressive taught tax or tie 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.160 if you're a more conservative fiscal taught tax or I 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.680 don't know, but there is a toat tax that must 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.920 be paid when tots appear at tables. Wow, I said 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:12.880 that all correctly. 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:14.640 You just came up with that on the flight, didn't you. 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:16.600 I did, just Yeah, that was pretty good. 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.480 Think about I think about time. There's also fry taxes 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:23.560 and taught taxes, whatever, great time in Chicago. As you mentioned, 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.920 the show will be up next week. Going to be 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.640 doing more shows. We're going to look into doing some 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.399 shows maybe at smaller venues, not full on theaters during 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:32.880 the season, at bars and places where we can drink 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:36.680 with everybody while everybody else is drinking. But certainly just 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.720 encouraging in a magnificent time. So thanks to everybody who 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:43.480 came out, quick, quick, before we get into the Q. 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.880 And a couple things. Yeah, I am now doing videos 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:52.320 and writing pieces and appearing on TV ish what for 0:03:53.400 --> 0:04:04.160 the Action Network breaking news? Okay, so I'm doing a 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.880 couple different things from what I have been doing these 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:10.600 past few years. This coming fall in the video realm 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:14.440 and one of those things I am pleased, excited, pumped, 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:18.640 jazz enthused to be doing things for the Action Network, 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:23.800 which is a sports gambling website network platform started by 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:27.680 former editor in chief of ESPN dot com Chadmilman. They 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.640 might be familiar and the altar of Dan is now 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:37.960 in the central most point of the college football gambling discussion. 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.560 You're really putting this to the test here. Am I 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:44.040 going to lose people money? But no, I'm mostly been 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.360 doing video, but I'll also be writing a couple columns, 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:50.200 and they have a nightly show called I'll Take That 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.400 Bet on the ESPN Plus app So that's something that 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.320 you already have because you plan on watching college football 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.760 games on there because they're streaming a bunch of them, 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:03.040 or other shows. Friend Ariel Ariel Hawani does his MMA 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:06.080 show on there, among a bunch of other things. I'm 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.880 not selling ESPN Plus right now. I'm just telling you 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:10.960 where I'm going to appear. The first one is up 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.719 tonight as we record this Wednesday late afternoon with our 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:15.679 pal Jeff Schwartz. 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.800 Awesome, Well, congratulations, sir. I know it's been a long 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.360 time coming. I know you do good work. Obviously, I've 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.440 been here for quite some time with you, so I know, 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:24.719 yeh elber of what you're doing. 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:26.039 Looking forward to seeing it. 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:26.480 That's great. 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:32.760 Yes. Other housekeeping which is definitely not shouldn't be classified 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:38.200 as housekeeping. Tie. So while we were in Chicago, news 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:44.680 broke about Maryland. Yeah, and the Maryland program, which, in 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.839 the wake of an offensive lineman's tragic death a few 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:53.279 months ago, Jordan McNair first placed strength and conditioning staff 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.320 on leave. Has since they've since fired or at least 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.119 reached a separation agreement with their strength and conditioning coach 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:03.640 and coach dj Dirkin is on leave not just because 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:07.680 of the Jordan McNair tragedy, but also because of a 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:11.800 number of stories and cultural and systemic issues that have 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.120 been brought to light in an ESPN piece that are 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:20.400 now being investigated. Some horrifically ugly situations, obviously none more 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:25.120 serious than the Jordan McNair one. And it has been 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.160 pretty ugly all all around. 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:32.440 So yeah, Dan sort of caught us a bit by surprise, 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:34.640 but I suppose we're going to have to wait and 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:36.360 see what happens here. 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.560 Yeah, And I think the most important thing is to react, 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.440 whether it's media, whether it's fans, whether it's whoever, to 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:49.120 react within the context of, Hey, a person died needlessly 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:54.880 because of overtraining, because warning signs were not heated or 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:59.760 even seen, and people have been quick, not the least 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:04.080 of which is Will Muschamp, who understands how this all works, 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.679 both from a coaching perspective and a media perspective, who 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.280 was quick to say something sort of smart. We criticized 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.960 the performance, not the performer. That seems to make sense, 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.840 and then went on to criticize stories with anonymous sources, 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.920 which obviously the the anonymous Maryland staffer staffers who brought 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.360 this to light did so because of a fear of 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:29.840 retribution and wanted to make sure that whatever whistle blowing 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.679 was going on was heard and verified and vetted, which 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.480 you know ESPN has has pretty stringent standards for that. 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:41.480 So it brought out some ugliness at least in him 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:45.160 and some people willing to attack attack the concept of 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.080 anonymous sources, who, by the way, Will Muschamp has one 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:54.960 hundred percent been an anonymous source. And I understand you know, 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.880 Will Muschamp worked with DJ Dirkin, and you know his instinct, 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.480 as it is the coach's instincts in a lot of 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.720 cases to come to the defense of fellow coaches, whether 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.280 or not they've worked with them or not. There is 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:10.080 somewhat of a fraternity situation in that world, you see, 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.880 Like when an NBA coach gets fired, Greg Popovich will 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.720 say something like, you know, it's always the coach's fault. 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.880 He's not the one out there shooting threes and missing them, 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:24.239 you know. But it did strike me as very easy 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.800 for Will Mussham to have a human reaction to say 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:31.880 what happened was tragic. If these allegations are true, I 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.480 you know, I'd be really disappointed. The DJ Dirk and 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.200 I know is not somebody who would be involved in 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.080 something like that. So I'm hoping for the best for 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.560 him and the program, even though it's, you know, a 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:47.760 little bit generic. Whatever. You have to as a person 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:51.320 in a responsibility position, a responsible position, you have to 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.400 be able to say things like a grown up. And 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.520 that's the disappointing thing that we have, these people that 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.160 are tasked with being grown ups, and there's just a 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.280 failure to do that. Jordan McNair should be alive, and 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.559 should be alive for another sixty seventy years. He's gone. 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:08.920 And so we've got a couple questions in our Q 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:10.599 and A that are more serious things like how do 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.880 you root for Maryland if you're a Maryland fan given 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.040 the allegations? And at my first thought like how do 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.080 you root for South Carolina now that your coach has 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.280 you know, been an idiot about the whole thing. The 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.360 players don't have really anything to do with this, like 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:29.240 Ty Johnson has nothing to do with the alleged atrocities 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:34.040 at Maryland and whoever it is. You know, I just 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.160 I want the Maryland players to succeed in spite of 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.840 the crappy thing. So it's a very strange situation. And 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:43.840 hopefully everywhere, you know, as we've had these strengthen you know, 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.040 this conditioning stuff over the past few years at a 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.559 school I love the University of Oregon last year with 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.559 the rabdough Iowa, a couple of years ago with the 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:55.920 rabdo whatever. These things keep popping up. Hopefully there's more oversight, 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:59.920 there's a better understanding, there's better training, there's better indicators 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.559 when players are struggling and how to deal with situations. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:06.040 And you know, football is tough. You know, to sort 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.680 of craft really good football players, you have to instill 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:12.640 a certain amount of toughness and stamina in them. And 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.160 the guys that are tasked with doing this need to 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:19.880 be able to know lines and that I think is 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:20.960 a problem. 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.839 All right, Well, we'll see what comes of this, Dan, 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.360 There's no doubt more coming. We heard from Maryland within 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.600 the last couple of days about the status of its 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:34.319 strength coach, and my guess is that we'll be hearing 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:36.760 more we'll do our best to try and keep everyone 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:38.760 up to date with what's going on, at least as 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:43.880 best we can here on the podcast. As for the 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:47.640 rest of the content, tonight, we are doing a mega 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.240 Q and A show, Dan, and by mega I. 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.840 Do mean mega Congratulations there it is. 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:53.640 You've got mail. 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.960 You've got mail on the solid ruble. 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.240 So what we've been trying to do all off season 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.760 is one of these shows per month. We haven't done 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.600 one in a while because we've been busy doing conference 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:08.360 previews in the light. But now as we've got some 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.920 open air here where we can really catch our breath 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:14.800 and get down to the heart of the matter, we've 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.400 decided that tonight will be part one of our Q 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.080 and A show, and Sunday will be part two. We 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:21.760 wanted to make sure we had a chance to feel 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.360 the number of questions before we actually get into start 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.120 picking games, which we're gonna do. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.480 I guess two three weeks now that sounds reasonable. 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.640 So with that being said, Dan, what is our first question? 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:33.600 Who's our first caller? 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:33.840 Here? 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:38.160 Let's go to It's always funny looking at the names 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.400 because we ask on Facebook and then we get people's 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.760 real names. We ask on Twitter, and sometimes we get 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:44.840 people's real names, and then we ask on Reddit and 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.840 there are no name, no names. So let's start here 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:54.280 because I think it's a good question. We some possum. Yeah, okay, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.400 who is your quote perfect storm team? A school who 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.480 parendally fields a good team, but due to a number 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:02.840 of factors, there's reasona believe this year is going to 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.400 be their year to do something big before things perhaps 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:07.880 calm down and return back to normal. So who is 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:11.880 above average essentially that could win double digits, perhaps flirt 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.560 with the playoff, or even go to the playoff, you know, 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:19.880 in November, December, et cetera. So that's sort of leap. Okay, 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.880 so I've got a few. Okay, who are yours? So 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.960 as we go across college football, you first have to 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.679 look at well, we're looking at Power five conferences unfortunately, 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.280 because it doesn't really apply the way the system is 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.520 built right now to a group of five teams. But 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:39.160 I don't think I have anybody in the ACC. I 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:40.920 think it would not be a surprise. 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:46.920 I guess Miami, Well, Miami might qualify here. I don't 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.760 think I believe in them as a perfect storm team. 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.920 But MII Miami is a national championship program. 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:52.480 Yeah. 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.400 The only team that I really believe in in the 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:57.200 ACC is Clemson at this point. 0:12:57.600 --> 0:12:58.440 But that's not a surprise. 0:12:58.440 --> 0:12:58.520 Sing. 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.640 I'm talking like a perennial nine point two win team 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:03.679 suddenly becoming eleven point two. 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.600 Yeah, I don't believe in eleven point two? Is my 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:10.199 point for Clemson, No for Miami. Oh, okay, that's fine. 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:12.920 I have a couple I think in the Big Twelve. 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.120 I don't think West Virginia has the defense, even though 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.520 they qualify under the first like seven to eight win 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.680 every year kind of team. I'd probably lean into Oklahoma 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:22.480 State and TCU. 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:25.720 TCU, I could see. Oklahoma State scares me a little bit. 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:28.680 They're both quarterback de Pennant with Nuke starting quarterbacks this year. 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.319 I like the experience Oklahoma State has on both sides 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.960 of the ball. TCU has continuity on both sides. I 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.680 love their skill talent. Their quarterbacks seems if he's even 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.640 pretty good, should be pretty plug and play. They've had 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.520 success against top teams in the conference, perhaps outside of Oklahoma, 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:48.920 who they themselves have a new quarterback. So schedule wise, 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.840 TCU has both Oklahoma schools at home, which it's love. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.040 So I think TCU is the answer in the Big twelve. 0:13:56.600 --> 0:14:00.040 In the Big ten, I don't know if there's a 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:01.920 team that qualifies that I could see making that. 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:05.600 Was there a Michigan State that we could put in here. 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:07.800 I guess it would be Penn State. 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:10.959 It could be Penn State, could be Michigan State, one 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:11.320 of the two. 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:13.680 Penn State has not won a national championship in the 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:18.679 modern era, hasn't been really that close. I mean, they've 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:22.080 flirted with playoff stuff the past couple of years, but 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:24.360 you know, they weren't really in and at the end. 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:25.760 But you don't according to the. 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.280 Question here, you don't need to have won a national championship. 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.000 He says, a school who has perennially fielded a good. 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:35.000 Team, good but not great is how I interpreted that. Okay, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:37.640 So I think Penn State could qualify. I like their 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:39.200 schedule a good amount. I think they have a bye 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:42.760 week between Michigan State and Ohio State. They have Michigan 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:44.200 on the road, but they have Wisconsin at home in 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.200 consecutive weeks, and they have what I consider to be 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.480 not necessarily a national championship. But that playoff duo of 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:55.440 really good quarterback, really good defense, potentially really good defense. 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.000 Got a bit of a blow today, which I suppose 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:59.960 we could have mentioned at the top. But Ryan Buckle 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.440 it's retiring due to injury concerns, which is I didn't 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.320 see that. Yeah, it's going to affect Penn State's depth 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:09.840 along the defensive front a bit unexpected and unfortunate. We 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.920 wish him well, but Penn State's got some holes to 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.200 plug on that defensive side of the ball. I think 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:17.120 they'd be a good answer. I also think Michigan State's 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.000 a good answer. Michigan State brings so many back. 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.080 They've been to the they've at least been to the playoff. 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.280 Though they've they've made that lead again. You're making up 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.280 prerequisites here, Dan, I am because I'm interpreting. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.120 I'm saying perfect storm Michigan State. I could feel it 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.440 this year. That's what I'm interpreting. 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.440 It says, who should be looking to surprise us and 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.840 pop off a few more wins than usual and maybe 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.400 land themselves in the New York six or excuse New 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.200 Year six or possible playoff game or the New York six. 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.080 Michigan State has been to the Rose Bowl a few 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.600 times recently they've been to the playoff. I'm not I'm 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:51.480 excluding your actor can disagree, stricken from the record, even 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:52.160 though I'm right. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:52.440 You're wrong. 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.560 That's fine. Where we go? What's name like? One more team, 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.240 one more team that has been pretty good recently, that 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.280 could make the lead to very good. I don't know, 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:07.160 that's all I mean it. If Stanford has a much 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.720 better defense than what at least I think they'll have, 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:11.920 that would probably Notre Dame could be an answer. Here 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.320 went to the National championship game six years ago. Again, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:20.240 not a prerequisite in the question. Now my interpretation tie again, 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:24.320 I'm right here. This is carrying at the fabric of 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.880 the pot some apossum and I go way back. All right, 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.600 let's go to the next question. Next question, biggest quarterback 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:35.720 controversy to watch for. So my interpretation of Patrick's question, okay, 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:43.000 is which quarterback situation will most dramatically go back and forth? 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.600 Who has a short hook? Who? 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:47.280 You know? 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.560 Once they look a little bit shaky, gets pulled, but 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.360 then the new guy doesn't look great, and so then 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:56.520 they're flopping all over the place like fish in the wild. Tie, 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.920 who is what is the quarterback controversy, not battle, but 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.040 controversy controversy. Huh. 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:09.040 Yes, Well, I looked at this and my initial thought 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:14.399 was the Clemson situation as a whole, because Kelly Bryant 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.920 started every game last year and got Clemson pretty damn far, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.800 got him to the playoff. Right now, you've got Trevor 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:24.800 Lawrence breathing down his neck, and I could definitely see 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.720 a scenario in which Trevor Lawrence gets the call at 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:32.040 some point a couple games into the year and as 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.119 a true freshman, maybe he isn't fully ready for primetime, 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:38.600 and all of a sudden, Dabosweeney has created a controversy 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.160 where if he just went with Kelly Bryant from the start, 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:42.840 he wouldn't have had one, or at least not to 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:43.640 the same degree. 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:45.800 I think that's right, But there is an element to 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:48.840 that of Trevor Lawrence being a true freshman. Sure, and 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.840 so the expectations on Trevor Lawrence, even though they are 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.080 super high because of the hype he comes in with, 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:56.640 there is that element that they're not going to immediately 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:58.200 give him a tough to shoulder. 0:17:58.400 --> 0:17:58.680 Sure. 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:03.399 My answer, my answer is probably Alabama, and it's an 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:07.400 easy answer, but allow me to explain. It's the biggest 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:11.200 magnifying glass in college football, coached by the most well 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:15.960 known and perhaps most successful college football coach of all time. Dramatically. 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.040 The stage has already been said dramatically with the National 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:22.200 Championship Game transfer rumors, Jalen Hurts saying that you never 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:25.159 heard from coaches and he doesn't like necessarily how he 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.160 was treated as a leader of the team. Tua comes 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:31.280 in is obviously magnificent in the second half, in overtime 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:35.040 of that game. But here's the thing. Jalen Hurts has 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:39.480 been successful, two has been in small sample sizes successful, 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.120 and there's this looming transfer. Can I make up a term? 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:45.680 By the way, that came into my head the first 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:48.240 thing I saw this question, Sure, Jalen Hurts feels like 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:52.280 a plans for a plan, Okay, a plan to transfer right, 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:54.919 Like he is sort of a lame duck here. And 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:59.879 so there is an element of Jalen Hurts knowing he 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:03.200 has had huge success only getting on the field. Perhaps 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:08.080 situationally he's unhappy we've got a new offensive coordinator. Situation 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.240 at Alabama. There's there's a ton of variables with Alabama. 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:14.239 I don't think it's gonna tear apart the fabric of 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:17.040 the Tide, but I think you can get into some 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.680 dramatic back and forth here. I think that's probably. I 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.560 don't think it's Michigan shape Patterson, Brandon Peters. I don't 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:26.760 think it's UCLA with Wilton Spade and whoever the freshman 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:30.400 or Devin Modster. I think it's still probably in terms 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:35.879 of spiked blood pressure, people getting talk shows excited, I 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:37.439 think it's still Jalen Hurts Intua. 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.760 Okay, I could see how you'd make that case. I 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:44.359 think he's got whoever the quarterback is more around him. 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.160 That takes a little bit of pressure off that quarter 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:51.120 of situation. So yes, if there's a reason to think 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:54.960 it's not Alabama, that could be it Also second consecutive 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:58.359 question where the answer could be Notre Dame throwing that 0:19:58.440 --> 0:19:59.080 out there as well. 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:02.359 No, that's a huge magnifying glass. And Brandon Wimbush the 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:04.840 way he ended the season. I know you are throwing 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:07.399 a third name after Ian Book into the mix. 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:10.840 I'm not officially throwing Filger Kovic in there. I think 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:13.320 you like saying the words filter COVID. You know what 0:20:13.359 --> 0:20:15.720 I'm proud of myself. I figured out how to say 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:17.919 his name a couple months ago, and now I just 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:20.840 enjoy injecting him into the conversation, even though I know 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:24.040 sure practically speaking, he's not going to be a candidate 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:28.360 for that role, at least until halfway through the year. 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:33.840 Ty, Yeah, Dylan wants to know. Yeah, what are Ed 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:39.119 and Lisa McCaffrey feeding their children to have four college 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:42.159 slash pro football players? Well, how does it look on 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:45.080 the Colorado schools that they can't recruit them? Well, obviously 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:49.680 the answer is not good on those schools. I listen, 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:51.840 it's incredible, and I think it's a lot of this 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:53.840 is on the mother. You know, you see these guys 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:57.160