WEBVTT - This Is 40 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the solid verbal hell that for me, I'm 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:09.680 a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.640 I want to be happy. You want to be happy 0:00:11.640 --> 0:00:16.040 for Dake Edith State. Is that woo woom? And then 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.560 and Tye. 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:21.759 Welcome back to the Solid Rebel boys and girls. My 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:24.840 name is ty hilden Brandt, joining me as always over 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:30.200 there beautiful Chicago, Illinois. Dan Rubinstein, sir, how are you. 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.240 I'm pretty good. I'm excited to nibble at the bones 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:38.320 of the college football off season. I don't juicy wings. 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:40.599 I don't know where I'm going with that, but I'm 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:44.200 very excited for this episode. There are there's a really 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:48.720 nice thematic crossover that we have going on with today 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:54.440 shows that I'm particularly proud of. Yeah, So, as we've 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:57.480 mentioned here before, you are turning forty in the fall 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.960 in the fall, correct fall, late Paul, Thank you, by 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.040 the way, thank you for reminding me of this simple 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:04.760 fact I had forgotten. 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:08.000 Several times so far this year. Thank you for reminding 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:08.800 me your true friend. 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:10.880 Of course. Of course, Well, first of all, you don't 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:12.520 look forty. You look like you're in your early to 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:17.319 mid thirties, like I am. And whoa wa wait early 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:22.200 to mid thirties. Yeah, I'm thirty seven, and so that's 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.320 like in that like mid thirties ish. 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.760 Okay, you know alone, I like you, Well, i'll give 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.399 you mid thirties about early, but mid we can. 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:34.920 Do mid, I know. So I was thinking about it, 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.640 of course, and thinking about like, forty is a number 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:39.640 where like, Okay, you're in your twenties, you're young, year 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:43.199 out of college. Thirties you're you're a grown up, for sure, 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:45.280 you're a grown up, but the twenties are just kind 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:48.360 of in your rear view mirror. You hit forty and 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:50.840 the rear view mirror is chipping off, right. 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:54.520 You start we're talking about portfolios once you hit forty, 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:56.640 and you're just not when you're twenty five. 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.520 Yeah, you're talking ear hair, you're talking having to ice 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.720 a lot more often after normal activities. And it's okay, 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.000 we're all going to go through it, you know, us 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:10.880 us younger generations. So what I was thinking about was 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:15.760 your progress towards forty and what you have and maybe 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.320 haven't accomplished, because that is that big number as you 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:25.240 enter this fifth decade of life, right, And so what 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:28.360 I want to say is you're you're officially like, okay, 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.280 so my people say you're officially a man when you 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.240 turn thirteen, But like there is something you can call 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.639 somebody kind of like boyish in their thirties. I don't 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:39.720 know if you can when you hit forty. Well, this 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.760 is I wanted, Hey, this is the Mike Gundy thing. 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.160 It's in our intro. I'm a man forty, So this 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.880 is this is your official time. It's vah this year 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.799 it's happening. And so I wanted to review teams that 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:57.320 are definitely young adults. But are they men? I don't 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:59.600 think so yet, and I don't know there's a certain 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:05.720 thresho and it's to me, a double digit win program 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:10.760 is an adult program. In this case, we say I'm 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.800 a man, I'm forty because it's Mike Gundhy, So what 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:14.400 we'll go with a man instead of a woman. But 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.760 you know what I'm saying here, sure that there are 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:20.839 programs that have grown up, but are they fully realized? 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.440 Are they fully hitting their potential as often as they 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.360 should be? I thought about this about thirty seconds before 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:30.519 the show. Are they Saturday Sundays? So what I'm saying there, 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.960 that's Sundays with an e We all strive to make 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:38.320 an enjoy ice cream, but those special bulls tie have 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:43.480 what chocolate syrup or hot fudge, whipped cream, peanuts cherry 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.400 on top. That's what we're angling for. And you know, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.119 maybe it's just the hot fudge, but there are those 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.200 four elements that maybe take you from eight wins to 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:55.600 twelve wins. I'm going to say this show's theme is 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.400 taking a look at five teams who I feel like 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:03.880 are on the precipice of becoming I'm a man, I'm forty, 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.640 like you, on the precipice of a double digit win 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:11.040 ish program, but there's still some work to do to 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.920 earn that hot fudge, peanuts, whip cream, cherry. So I 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.159 want to take a look at those five teams with you, 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:21.039 one from each power conference, and figure out why they 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.520 haven't been and if they could be that Saturday Sunday. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.279 I'm a Man, I'm forty. Does that make any sense? Sure? 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.200 Also a theme for this show are the two links 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.560 that you send me, one of which is titled forty 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:35.760 things to Do when you turn forty and another that 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.560 says health checklists for men in their forties. I did 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.600 one to zero in on number five on the things 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:43.600 to do list, which is make a will. That's where 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:48.800 we're going with this, make a will, get your first colonoscopy. 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:54.880 Yeah yeah, good, indulge in one of your sex fantasies. 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.279 I mean this is this runs the gamut here. 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.880 I mean it can be as many as you want. 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:03.839 Are the other news items you wanted to get to? 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.160 Are there housekeeping items you wanted to get to. We're 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:08.440 doing an off topic show with our friend Bill Barnwell 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.880 of ESPN about nineties kids sports movies that'll be released 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.600 Friday morning to our verballers at verbalers dot com, our 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.240 our Patreon patrons. 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If you haven't already, we're going to 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.839 be revitalizing or offering in that department. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.839 Yeah, not a lot of news, and that's I think 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.560 worthy of the sound effect. It's, you know, more transfers 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:02.320 some coming. I know the dead period ends, so we'll 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:06.440 get some visits and more quote unquote normal recruiting happening 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:10.360 across the sport, but nothing too enormous to me has 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.880 been happening across the sport. I saw ESPN released like, 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:17.920 what is it FPI, their Power into Power Index. Yeah, 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:22.479 some sort of combination of returning starts and production and 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:26.840 I don't know what else they include. They're kind of opaque. 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.680 Can I give a pro tip on the FPI? Please? 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:31.800 A pro tip on the FPI. So a lot of 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:34.760 people will ask, we've had it on like some of 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:38.080 the live stuff that we've done. How much would X 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:42.040 be favored over? Why get that all the time? 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:42.640 Right? 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.719 An easy way just as a guide. It's by no 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.880 means a tried and true way to get the exact number. 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.320 But if you're just like interested in that sort of thing, 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.159 go to the FPI. Look at the total ranking for 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:58.280 both teams and subtract one from the other. And that's 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:02.240 that's basically how you get a neutral field point spread 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:04.120 protect we'll pro tip. 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:08.839 I also saw that you and Boston College are aligned 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.480 with your new Balance associations. 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.760 Dan, I'm wearing Air Jordans right now. I've evolved into 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.000 my is that true? 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.720 You are? Which ones? I don't know the ones that 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:21.680 I sent you months ago? I think you. I think 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:24.120 you sent me the ones. They're really nice. Good job. 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:26.880 You actually may have ones that look like this. I don't, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:29.720 but no, these are I'm wearing Air Jordans. The New 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:34.640 Balances have been relegated to mowing the lawn and now 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:40.000 entirely grass themed. Should we get into our five teams 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:43.160 on the precipice of becoming Saturday Sundays. 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:43.840 I would love to. 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.000 Don't forget to tell all your friends to follow along 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.040 on social media, to follow along on the podcasting app 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.920 of their choosing, and as Dan said, go on out 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:55.120 to verballers dot com. We are doing the nineties sports 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.480 movies for kids with Bill Barnwell. It will be available 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.480 again only to our patriot On subscribers. There will be 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.680 a video version that is available to some of you 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:05.680 as well. I'm very excited about this show. 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:10.040 Yeah, hornier than I remember the nineties kids sports movies. 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.080 And I'm not even joking around about that, Like there 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:16.280 are more references to adult themes in them than I 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:17.640 immediately remembered. 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:19.720 Night nurses from Jersey. Are we going there with nurses 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:24.040 from Jersey? Absolutely? Why don't we start with Iowa? Dan 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.920 m Okay. So in twenty nineteen, Iowa went ten and three. 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:29.720 They had the Big Bowl win over US see the 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:34.320 resounding Bowl win over USC. This past year in the 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.280 COVID shortened season, played eight games, went six and two. 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.880 The defense has remained stout over the years, certainly over 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:46.959 the last two years. Explosiveness, though, has remained poor. And 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:49.120 my guess is that we're gonna We're gonna talk a 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:52.440 little bit more about this as it relates to Iowa 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:56.320 maturing into that fully formed threat to win the Big Ten. 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:00.520 The offense did improve marginally in twenty two, but my 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:05.480 eye is trained on that explosivity number, which I know 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:08.640 we have come to know and love. The only other 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:12.120 tidbit here that I'll offer just looking forward, is that 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.920 the schedule in twenty twenty one actually looks fairly workable. 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:17.880 It's not a bruiser of a schedule. They do obviously 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.520 of Iowa State and the non con They've got Penn 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:24.480 State as one of their cross divisional games, big matchup 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.839 against Iowa. But it's as big ten schedules go, it's 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:31.520 it's fairly workable. So when you looked at Iowa, what 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.199 was the first thing that jumped out to you? What 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:34.600 is their next step? 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.480 So I rewatched. So what I did is I went 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:41.240 back and watched the five games involving these teams that 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:45.079 seem like we could have if one of those teams. 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.120 So if any of these five teams won the game, 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.240 that we might be looking at this team differently in 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.840 terms of hype coming into this year or and so 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.319 i was a little bit different than these other programs 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.240 in that they've won double digit games relatively recently, if 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.480 you include the Bowl game against you USC recently than 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:02.760 they won it that year, but they went nine to 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:04.360 three in the regular season. I tend to look at 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.320 these things as a regular season thing. So I rewatched 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.960 and scrub through the Northwestern game from last year, a 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:16.079 game that Iowa essentially gave away because Spencer Peatris couldn't 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:22.680 Petrus Petros Petris Petress, couldn't stop throwing interceptions. He was inaccurate, 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.600 and he was At one point the announcer called his 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:33.600 continued throwing style hot and high hot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.360 reminiscent of that. And so ultimately, over the course of 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.720 the season, I was defense was sensational. Iowa's offense was 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.920 more creative, especially on the ground, but they lose their 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:48.880 top two receivers, notably Ism and I don't know if 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:53.000 we saw a ton in terms of the Hawks evolving 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.840 going downfield successfully and more creatively in the passing game. 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.079 It was a lot of what I like to think 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:02.640 of as pickleball ball, where it's just real tight, twelve 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:06.439 yard fields at a time. And do you play pickleball? 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.959 Do you know what pickleball is? I know what pickleball is. 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.559 I've never played, though, I'm about to start playing paddle 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:16.960 tennis paddle that is different but similar. Yeah, different different ball, 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:18.199 different racket, different rules. 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.640 But yeah, okay, we're going to we may need to 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:22.080 come back to this because I need to learn more 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.479 about pickleball, but anyway, continue. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.120 It's popular with older people, so I think you really 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:27.800 do need to dig in Thank You a little bit 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:31.800 more of that. Iowa is interesting because the offense when 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:36.080 it's at its best, relies on an ethos of serving 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:39.600 its defense, but also efficient passing. I mean, the running 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:43.000 game hasn't been there over all these last few years, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:47.080 but there's no reason to. It's just what I'm trying 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.640 to say is it's a smaller margin for air when 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.240 you don't have that explosivity which Bill c talks about 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.840 in terms of the team that wins the explosivity battle, 0:11:56.200 --> 0:12:00.680 generating and preventing wins more games than any other metric 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:04.320 could dictate, even more than turnover margin. And so IOWA 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:08.760 was fantastic at stopping those big plays. But until they 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:12.400 fully shed that offensive I guess timidity. I mean, it's 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.160 it's hard when you have a reputation for not developing 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.960 explosive players on offense, but they need to continue going 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.960 down that creative path. And with the Big ten where 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.760 it is right now, with essentially a power as it 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:29.120 stands in the off season of twenty twenty one, games 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.040 are winnable for IOWA and there's no there's no real 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:36.160 reason beyond I think the accuracy and ability in the 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.080 downfield passing game. I mean that the Northwestern game was 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.040 so ugly. They were up early, they were taking advantage 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.599 of short fields. They I mean, the second half was 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.080 just a complete nightmare for the Iowa offense. And it 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.000 was early on in the season. But it's not like 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:53.160 we saw this offense suddenly come to life in the 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:57.839 back half of their schedule. So I am hopeful that 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:01.720 they can evolve, but I don't know that this is 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:03.559 the quarterback to lead that way. 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:07.320 And so me as the elder statesman of this show, 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:12.000 hearing this analysis, Dan, and looking at this list again 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.080 forty things to do when you turn forty, I've been 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:19.000 evaluating through the course of your analysis what Iowa may 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.839 need to do, per this list, if they want to 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.160 take that next step and if they want to be 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:27.360 a man and be forty. Does that make sense correct? 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:36.400 Number eighteen update your wardrobe. Okay, update your wardrobe feels 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:40.080 like a good step here for Iowa, especially on offense, 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:43.679 because a lot of this program we want to remain intact. 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.240 We want to keep the defense intact. You know, we've 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.880 made fun of Kirk Farns before because he's kind of 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.240 boring and he's been there forever. But He's also built 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:56.120 something that's very very sustainable. It's a sturdy program and 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.920 it's done well. It's done very well. Over Is that 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:04.720 not what you were mentioning before? That, like indulge a fantasy. 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.800 Indulge a fantasy that might be a you sort of 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:12.400 have a successful workmanlike experience in the bedroom, but it's 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:16.160 time to zazz it up a little bit, right, So 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:20.080 I mean we could go we could go sex fantasy. 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:22.400 Sure, we could go spice up your. 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:25.600 Marriage, which I don't that no one ever has like 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.760 a real good answer for what that means. 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:29.520 I mean, how much time do you have? 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.680 Or thank you? Or I feel like update your wardrobe. 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:37.960 It's got it's conservative enough that it fits the program, 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.640 but at the same time it conveys the point what 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.480 askman dot com says is as you enter the next 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.520 phase of adulthood, you may want to reconsider how you 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.440 dress for the part. Forty is a great time to 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:54.160 reinvent your style, Dan, something a little bit more like that, 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.680 a little bit more age appropriate. No one's saying you 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.840 have to retire all your torn concert ta ease, but 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.320 as a forty something, you want to make sure you 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.440 have some good options for business, casual and formal events too. 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.480 So I feel like we. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.200 Want I want to get more of those cutoff T shirts, 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.160 want them to be a little bit edgy shirts. Maybe 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.560 they'd be wearing khakis a little bit too much over 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:18.560 the last couple of years. 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:20.320 We do want to zazz it up a little bit 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:24.280 by updating that wardrobe. Do you agree? Okay, yeah, yeah, 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.600 I think that's fine. Do you have items that you 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:29.640 are looking to check off in terms of wardrobe updating? 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:34.040 You know what, I actually made a rather large clothing 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:40.280 purchase look at you before the pandemic, okay, before the pandemic. 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:43.400 Was there a theme to it at the time. 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.840 It was work attire, just like updating the work attire, 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.880 because okay, I just I don't buy clothes that often, 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:53.400 and so I updated the work attire. And I haven't 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.760 taken any of it out of the packaging. 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:56.120 I have it at tear. 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.040 I could count on one hand the number of times 0:15:58.040 --> 0:15:59.560 in the last year I've worn a collared shirt. 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.520 Yeah. I decided a couple of years ago to invest 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.800 more in premium ath leisure really the same joggers and 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.520 stuff like that as Yeah, and then I really and 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.760 this it just hasn't come to pass. And I again, 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:12.800 I'm nowhere near forty in the way that you are, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.720 but I really wanted to. I have a couple of 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:19.400 items like the like button down, short sleeve shirts with 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.320 prints like little pineapples and stuff like that. Not full Hawaiian, 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:27.200 but just you know, colorful prints, not full Andy Reid. No, no, no, no, 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:31.480 absolutely not. I'll get there eventually, right, but no, not that. Okay, 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.800 So update your wardrobe. I think that's appropriate. Next team, 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:34.880 What do you want a wardrobe? 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:38.480 Is the advice for IOWA to get to the next stage. 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.240 Why don't we go to Auburn? Dan Auburn? 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:45.840 Auburn could be a really interesting discussion here. So nine 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.920 and four, two years ago, six and five, this past 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:52.640 yere parted ways with Gus Melson, brought in Brian Harson. 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:59.120 That's the obvious headline. Both offense and defense in twenty 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.320 twenty took a mark riginal step back. It wasn't a 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.280 horror show, but it was a marginal step back. And 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.960 I feel like, especially an offense, there was just this 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:11.720 air of inconsistency. That's what has plagued Gus malson what 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.680 had plegged Gus mails on in the last few years 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:18.840 of his tenure at Auburn. The explosiveness in particular has 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:22.000 been really bad for two years running. And if you 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:27.080 look at things that ultimately are like antithetical to the 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:28.280 gust Malson brand. 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:30.200 We think of Gus Malson, we think. 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.320 Of like what you did with Cam Newton, we think 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:36.040 of the Nick Marshall year, like this is not necessarily 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:39.560 an offense that I've come to know as lacking explosivity. 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:42.399 It's it's a good times of Jared Stidham. Yeah, there 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:43.120 were some fun Yeah. 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:47.520 So it's it's supposed to be an explosive offense that zags, 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.080 as you like to say, and canes teams off guard 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.480 with its ability to do different things. We just didn't 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.520 see enough of that. Now we could go into detail 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:00.000 here on why that didn't happen, whether it was bone, 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:04.359 whether it was any number of different things. But they're 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:08.040 obviously moving on from Miles On. They're going to Brian Harson. 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.080 I guess the question that we can ask is what 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:16.879 does this transition mean. It also means the arrival of 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:21.880 Derek Mason, who was let go by Vanderbilt to come 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.640 down and now run the defense. For the Auburn Tigers, 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:26.960 Mike Bobo running their offense. 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:30.400 It was, yeah, he was going to be retained in Columbia, 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:34.880 but yeah he got seduced away from South Carolina to Auburn. 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:39.720 Seduced away. So this is very much a program in transition, 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:41.640 maybe a bit of a midlife crisis here. 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:43.639 What say you? 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.639 I know you watch some of your Auburn Auburn clips. 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.919 What do you think? So? I rewatched the Auburn A 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:54.600 and M game, which was fun and strange and honestly 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:56.240 there for the taking for Auburn. I don't know if 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:58.320 that saves his job. I know that there were stories 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.200 that after the South Carolina loss it was basically all 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:03.080 but a done deal for gusmels On and moving in 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:08.840 a new direction. But Auburn's interesting. So they're replacing their receivers, 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:12.320 they're they're changing things up on defense. After a really 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.720 impressive stretch with Kevin Steele running the show, he's gone 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.679 and as you mentioned, Derek Mason taking over and shifting 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.280 a little bit in terms of scheme. I believe. So 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:24.920 to me, what jumped out about that game and where 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:29.119 Auburn needs to be and where they aren't is I 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.840 just think they need a better quarterback, Like that's the 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:34.480 starting point in the you know, the Mic Bobo system 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:37.800 for as good it's as it's been at certain places, 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:41.320 but not every place. If bo Nix is not able 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:44.080 to consistently throw on platform, to take a snap and 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:46.480 make a read and step into a throw in the pocket, 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:49.439 he's able to make plays. He made incredible plays in 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:52.879 that A and M game, especially with his feet. But 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:56.480 I just if we're talking about Auburn as a more 0:19:56.560 --> 0:20:00.919 consistent double digit win threat, they there needs somebody that 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.240 you can count on at quarterback to be like a 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:07.120 consistent B plus or they need that high ceiling dude. 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:09.479 And maybe it's d Davis, the freshman who set all 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.520 sorts of records at Texas. He's a shorter dude, like 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:14.600 five ten, five eleven, but I think he has an 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:19.600 electricity to him that's pretty intriguing for the future, depending 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.040 on if he's a good fit with whatever Auburn is 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:24.360 running on. Offense. Of course, Brian Harson has his own 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:28.439 offensive background, but I don't know the defense took a 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.440 step back offensively. They're going to be relying on a 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:35.080 number of new skill guys. But Auburn should always recruit 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:39.919 well enough, but it's very difficult to see. And now 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.560 Texa and m has a very good defense, but that 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:44.920 game was absolutely there for the taking, and there were 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:49.000 just far too many mistakes and three and outs and 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:55.720 miscalculations and missed receivers to feel like bow Nicks. Hope 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:57.919 I'm wrong. Always hope I'm wrong with stuff like this 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:02.119 because I'm always uncomfortable or I've become more uncomfortable criticizing 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:04.960 college kids. But it doesn't seem like he's a double 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:06.760 digit win answer at this junction. 0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:11.320 Okay, So there are several themes I think emerging here 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:14.600 again as the elder statesmen looking at this handy list 0:21:14.600 --> 0:21:17.399 from askman dot com, which I will link up for 0:21:17.440 --> 0:21:20.879 anyone interested. It's prepaucous, but there are several themes. 0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:21.200 I think. 0:21:21.200 --> 0:21:23.480 The one that is shining through the most is one 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:26.720 of self awareness. Sure, one of self awareness. So there 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:28.720 are a couple of different angles that we could go 0:21:28.800 --> 0:21:31.320 here in our advice to Auburn to get them in 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:37.520 nineteen mentor somebody mentor somebody number seven get a colonoscopy, Okay, 0:21:38.160 --> 0:21:41.040 like just you know, just suck it up, get the picture. 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:46.080