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Speaker 1: with out a time or two. Lastly, on the what

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00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,080
Speaker 1: if front, Walker is taking us down a road we

429
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 1: don't want to go down, but we will just know

430
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,040
Speaker 1: it's on him, not us, Walker said, what if a

431
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:18,439
Speaker 1: Power five coach gets fired in September, we're taking a

432
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,119
Speaker 1: turn towards negative town. It's not even August yet. This

433
00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,680
Speaker 1: would be Neil Brown at West Virginia, is my guess.

434
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 1: I hate talking about the stuff. They had big or

435
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 1: they had a big twelve media days and he was

436
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,760
Speaker 1: talking about how disrespectful he thought it was that he

437
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,280
Speaker 1: was being picked to finish last and all the talk

438
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,879
Speaker 1: out there, And that's fine. I mean, it's going to

439
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,000
Speaker 1: be on you to prove it wrong. So if as

440
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,679
Speaker 1: long as the season's gonna arrive, I really don't care

441
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,000
Speaker 1: what anyone says in preseason as long as you have

442
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 1: to back it up one way or the other on

443
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,800
Speaker 1: the field in the fall. Here's what I know. The

444
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,280
Speaker 1: coaches I talked to that are familiar with the program

445
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 1: don't think highly of it. Here's what else I know.

446
00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,640
Speaker 1: I was around Troy when Neil Brown was there and

447
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,920
Speaker 1: everyone loved him, so I thought he was going to

448
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 1: do really good at West Virginia and maybe he just

449
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: hasn't been given enough time. Like I don't know, because

450
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 1: it's not a program I'm intimately familiar with. I watch

451
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: it just like you guys. But here's what I know.

452
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,879
Speaker 1: This prediction here a Power five head coach gets fired

453
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:22,360
Speaker 1: before October. Basically, if that were to happen immediately, I'm

454
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 1: asking myself, all right, whose seat is already hot? Neil Brown,

455
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,760
Speaker 1: I think, according to everyone's opinion, would be on that list. Well,

456
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,879
Speaker 1: I look at their schedule. They open at Penn State.

457
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 1: I do not expect them to win that game. They've

458
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,399
Speaker 1: got pitt two weeks later, Texas Tech after that, and

459
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:41,040
Speaker 1: at TCU. Those are three extremely losable games that they

460
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,120
Speaker 1: have before October gets here. And you know what else

461
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 1: they have the first week of October a bye. And

462
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 1: so if you're two and three coming out of September

463
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,439
Speaker 1: and there's a bye, and we've seen what the coaching

464
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,040
Speaker 1: market has shifted towards, and that is earlier terminations. It's

465
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 1: happened to Scott Frost last year, and it happened to

466
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: Paul christ at Wisconsin. I don't like seeing it happen anyone.

467
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 1: I don't like talking about it. But if it's going

468
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 1: to happen, if we just have that as an ironcloud prediction,

469
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 1: we have to guess where my guess would be. West

470
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 1: Virginia Happier things at Academy Sports and Outdoors. I have

471
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,880
Speaker 1: had the great pleasure to tell you about their Guardian

472
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,359
Speaker 1: Caps collection. It's not a collection, it's just an item

473
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 1: that you can get there. Everyone is about to start

474
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,800
Speaker 1: fall camp. From Pewee all the way up to NFL.

475
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 1: Everyone's starting fall camp now. The college and pro guys,

476
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,120
Speaker 1: they pretty much all wear Guardian caps because they don't

477
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 1: have to buy their own. But if you're in the

478
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 1: market and you're playing football and you want to be

479
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 1: safer at practice, I'm talking to coaches mainly right now,

480
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 1: hit up the Booster Club, get you some funding, and

481
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: head over to Academy Sports and Outdoors and strap those

482
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,720
Speaker 1: Guardian caps on your players. Reduce impact, reduce temperature, and

483
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,959
Speaker 1: the helmet. All the positives, none of the negatives, exclusively

484
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,760
Speaker 1: at Academy right now. Now. I know some of you

485
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 1: don't have an Academy in your back yard. Yet we're

486
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,160
Speaker 1: about to change that for a lot of you this fall.

487
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: You can just go to Academy dot com and they'll

488
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 1: be your hookup. They are our hookup. We just spent

489
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 1: multiple days in Indianapolis at Big ten Media Days and

490
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: we don't ever have to charge you for the show.

491
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,159
Speaker 1: And the reason is because of this beautiful, bright blue

492
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: logo over my right and your left shoulder. Our friends

493
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,680
Speaker 1: at Academy Sports and Outdoors always come through for us,

494
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: and we appreciate them. I think I'll see them on

495
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 1: the road a time or ten this fall. I think

496
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 1: it's a good time to take a sip from the

497
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,640
Speaker 1: chalice and say hey to all of you watching live,

498
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 1: Auburn's done some things, and Colin, that's not your endpoint.

499
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,400
Speaker 1: Your endpoint will be after the sip. Oh, it's happening.

500
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 1: So Hugh Freeze took the job at Auburn. A lot

501
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 1: of people said a lot of things, including us on

502
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,760
Speaker 1: this show. And now everyone's shook in the sec because

503
00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: Hugh Freeze is landing big time recruits and some people

504
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,520
Speaker 1: are And I don't know how many times I have

505
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 1: to tell you, guys, you can avoid so much unnecessary

506
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,400
Speaker 1: surprise if you'll just stay tuned into the show year round.

507
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 1: We never stopped doing the show, and we have talked

508
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 1: about this, and I told you once and told you

509
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:18,199
Speaker 1: like five other times this was gonna happen, and I

510
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: told you it, don't be surprised when it happens. There

511
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,440
Speaker 1: was a situation at Auburn before they ever hired him,

512
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: and I'm going to detail that in just a second,

513
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,679
Speaker 1: But when they started landing a bunch of kids out

514
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 1: of the portal, it should have been the first sign

515
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 1: to you that, hey, that dude in the white T

516
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: shirt what he was talking about. When it comes to

517
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,440
Speaker 1: Auburn and landing talent, looks like they got started early.

518
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 1: I wonder if that's going to carry over in high

519
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,200
Speaker 1: school recruiting. Yes it is. So here's what's happening. Kids.

520
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 1: If you haven't been paying attention, let me pay for

521
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:50,919
Speaker 1: poppet for you. On Wednesday of this week, DeMarcus Riddick

522
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 1: flipped from Georgia to Auburn, not Georgia State, not Georgia

523
00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,800
Speaker 1: Southern University of two time national champ, which your bulldogs.

524
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 1: He flipped. That's a five star linebacker out of Clanton, Alabama.

525
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: Then yesterday Perry Thompson four or five star, depending on

526
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: where you look, flips from Alabama to Auburn, not Alabama,

527
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: A and M, not Alabama State, University of Alabama, half

528
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 1: a dozen national titles in the back pocket of the

529
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 1: head coach. Up there, you can imagine what the Internet

530
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,639
Speaker 1: looked like when this happened. You can imagine the BAMA sites.

531
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 1: You can imagine the Georgia sites. I have strong fan

532
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: bases and both enclaves. Therefore, you can imagine what the

533
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: eye Josh looked like. I'm still recharging the battery. I

534
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,879
Speaker 1: halfway believe the text I got from Cole Kublick is

535
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 1: about that, but I'm gonna be professional and not answered

536
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 1: on the show. Been a while, huh, been a while

537
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: since you guys had to worry about Auburn stealing some

538
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: of your lunch. Well, here's what I'd like to say

539
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 1: to you. It's not gonna slow down. Now. They don't

540
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: have a top ten class yet. I can't guarantee you

541
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: that either of these kids are gonna sign with Auburn.

542
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 1: We all understand how wild recruiting can be, but it's

543
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,160
Speaker 1: not going to slow down. They're not going to stop

544
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 1: being a threat, and Hugh Freeze is only starting to

545
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: make noise there. Here's what I'm gonna remind you the

546
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: same I did when they terminated Brian Harson's contract and

547
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 1: they started their coaching search last November. I remember it

548
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,479
Speaker 1: vividly because I got a lot of pushback on it.

549
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 1: We did a segment on this show and I said,

550
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,959
Speaker 1: the Auburn job's one of the most underrated jobs in America.

551
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 1: It's one of the toughest ones, but it's also one

552
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: of the most underrated right now because there was this

553
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: talking point out in the general market that, oh, no

554
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: one's gonna want that job. Bs man. Yes, yes, people

555
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: did want the job, and if they did their due diligence,

556
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: they really really wanted the job. And here's why, because

557
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: there were a lot of unrealized resources there. What I

558
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 1: mean by that is there were a lot of people

559
00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: with deep pockets who didn't necessarily love the previous regime

560
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, and they withheld money because of that.

561
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 1: And it was also understood down there that if they

562
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: got a coach they approved of, or certainly if they

563
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: got their handpicked coach, all of a sudden, they'd come

564
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: off that hip pocket and there was, as a result,

565
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 1: a massive, unnoticed nil war chest, as I called it,

566
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 1: that was just waiting to be seized and then unleashed

567
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 1: by the right coach. Was money a factor in landing

568
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: Riddick from Georgia, of course it was. Was money a

569
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: factor in landing Perry Thompson from Alabama? Of course it was?

570
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: Is it legal? Absolutely, and therefore I don't really even

571
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: get the negative connotation around it. Now. There is an

572
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: entirely separate conversation you can have, and trust me, it's

573
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: being had and the most toxic of manners on Twitter

574
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: and elsewhere right now, and that is, well, are those

575
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: kids really gonna pan out at Auburn? So I'd like

576
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: to address that now too. The most important messaging you

577
00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: do in recruiting is not your fancy graphics. It's not

578
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: your photo shoot, your promo videos. All that stuff looks awesome.

579
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: It's the kids you land that's the most important messaging.

580
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: Because at Auburn, especially when you flip a kid from

581
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 1: Alabama or you flip a kid from Georgia, you're signifying

582
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: to the rest of the country that you're a contender

583
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 1: against them, You're a challenger to them. Auburn has been

584
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: once upon a time. They haven't been as of late,

585
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: and certainly they haven't been perceived to be on the

586
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: recruiting trail that goes back before Harson. That's even when

587
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 1: Malson was there. Malzon would beat Alabama every now and then.

588
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: They weren't beating Alabama for kids though. They were just

589
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: they were I'm not going to say offensive things, but

590
00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: they were getting it done however they could get it done.

591
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: They were not going man to man with them. They weren't.

592
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: They weren't out rostering Alabama and they still won't now.

593
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 1: But the difference is when it comes to the way

594
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: you're perceived regionally and nationally. You start flipping kids from

595
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: the two big boys in the conference and have been

596
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 1: for the last decade or so, at least half a decade,

597
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 1: if not more, it sends a message. So I look

598
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: at my eye, Josh. I got dozens and dozens of

599
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 1: texts I haven't even opened yet, but they all say

600
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: a version of this, either from Obama or Georgia buddies.

601
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: It's oh, those kids are gonna flame out at Auburn.

602
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: Let's say they do. It's still a massive win for

603
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: Auburn because three years from now, you won't even remember

604
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: the kids' names. What you will remember is back when

605
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 1: Hugh Freeze was in his first cycle, he flipped a

606
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: major commit from Alabama, flipped a major commit from Georgia.

607
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: And then it sent a shockwave that sort of reverberated

608
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 1: and it was felt by every other kid in the class.

609
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: And it was felt by kids in the twenty twenty four,

610
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty six class, and it may have affected

611
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: another two dozen of them and the way they think

612
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: about Auburn. And for all you know, you land five

613
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: or six other kids per cycle. You otherwise wouldn't have

614
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: landed because of what that signifies. It's not Checkers. It

615
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: may not quite be Chessed, but it is not Checkers merely.

616
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: I think it's a big deal for them. Now. The

617
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: next thing you have to do is keep them committed.

618
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 1: And so I know that I normally, I normally downplay

619
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: that bit of feedback on the negative side when people

620
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 1: say it, Oh, it doesn't mean anything, This doesn't mean anything.

621
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: I always I understand what you guys are saying. I'm

622
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: not even going to open that can of worms tonight.

623
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you, if you do want to do that.

624
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: If you're one of my Georgia buddies, if you're one

625
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: of my Bama buddies, and you want to talk about

626
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: how they'll be busts, my first question to you is

627
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: what you want them for? And my second question is

628
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: do you understand the impact perceptionally this has, even if

629
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: neither of them ever start. For Auburn, do you understand

630
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: what that means For people to say, Hey, you just

631
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: beat Kirby for it, yet, hey you just flipped a

632
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: kid from Nick Saban, it means the world it's not

633
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: an even fight. They have to resort to tactics and

634
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: methods that you don't have to use in Athens and

635
00:32:56,040 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: Tuscaloosa because they're working uphill. You're up there already, they're

636
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: trying to climb. It's not gonna be choose your weapon

637
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 1: because if you use equal weapons, they will get slayed

638
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: very very quickly down there. That's not the position they're in.

639
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: They understand that, and so look, I think if Auburn

640
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: is doing exactly what they should do, it will mightily

641
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: piss off people at Georgia and Alabama. That is exactly

642
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: what they have to do. The last thing in the

643
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: world you should be doing at Auburn University is competing

644
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 1: in a way that makes people at Alabama and Georgia comfortable.

645
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: That's where I'll leave it. Think y'all know what I'm

646
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: talking about. That's where I'll leave it. So it's not

647
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: a surprise, at least on this program. It's not a surprise,

648
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: I know, because we've got the videos to prove it.

649
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 1: But people tell me that's condescending when I point out

650
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 1: when we were right, even though those same people love

651
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: to point out when we're wrong. So farbi it for

652
00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: us to be condescending. Next up, some good b roll

653
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 1: we got Colin. Did you fly that drone personally? And

654
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,959
Speaker 1: that looks so good? M m m. You know what,

655
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,240
Speaker 1: I want to address something else. It's not Auburn related.

656
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: It is ANIL related though. I guess I'll weave it

657
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 1: in the show here. Several of you hit me up

658
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: and said, are you going to talk about this? John Ruiz,

659
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 1: Life Wallet, Miami nil thing. Maybe I will Tuesday. All right,

660
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: it is some talk. I made some calls about this today,

661
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: so I was considering putting it in the show. There

662
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: was a report out about federal investigation and all that stuff,

663
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: so out of my lane of expertise, so I always

664
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: have to call in my experts, my legal experts, the

665
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: Dan Lusts of the world, for example, although I didn't

666
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: get to talk to him today, based on what I

667
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: can gather, I don't think the story is nearly as

668
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 1: bad for Miami as it sounds. I do think it's

669
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 1: kind of a black eye. I don't think it's nearly

670
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: as bad for them as it sounds. Now. Having said that,

671
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,320
Speaker 1: I'm not sure enough of that to do a segment

672
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: on the show tonight. In fact, look at my hand,

673
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 1: all right, it's not really shaking that much, but you

674
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: get the point if you're listening on podcast. I'm just

675
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: a little too unsure of it. As Mimo always said,

676
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: one of the best skills a man could ever develop

677
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 1: is the willingness to say I don't know. I don't know,

678
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: at least not tonight. I don't, But I did want

679
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: to address it because I knew a lot of you.

680
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: If I didn't address it, we're going to say I

681
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,839
Speaker 1: was running in appearance for Mario. You know how much

682
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: he pays me on retainer per month to do that. No,

683
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 1: that's not the case. However, I do want to talk

684
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: to you about another coach, a coach that I had

685
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: the privilege of sitting down with over the past week.

686
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,319
Speaker 1: Matt Rule is the head coach at Nebraska, and if

687
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: you're just joining college football again, yep, that probably is

688
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: breaking news to you. Matt Rule is a college guy.

689
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: I've always viewed him as a college guy, and I

690
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 1: always want to celebrate on this show when one of

691
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: our guys comes back to our sport. We don't want

692
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: to celebrate a guy getting fired. But if it has

693
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: to happen, which it happened with him at Carolina, come

694
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 1: back home. Just please come home. Matt. Well, he came

695
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: home and to Nebraska no less. So I sat down

696
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: with him at Big ten media days last week, and

697
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: I'm going to talk a lot more about this in

698
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: just a second. But I did have some sound because

699
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 1: I think a lot of you may have missed it

700
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: because I didn't have time to put it in the

701
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: show Thursday night. What I always wanted to know from him,

702
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 1: and finally got to ask him, is why didn't you

703
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: sit out a year? I always want to know that

704
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: when coaches jump right back in and number two, I

705
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: want to know what kind of people he plans on

706
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: having around him up there. Luckily we were able to

707
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 1: ask him both questions. Some guys when they're leaving a

708
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: job they want to take a year off and recharge,

709
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,800
Speaker 1: and other guys saying, no, I got plenty of energy.

710
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 1: I don't need that at all. Where were you just

711
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: in terms of your overall battery.

712
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I went into the season knowing that

713
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 3: if things didn't work out, I'd probably take a year

714
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 3: off and just kind of catch my breath, you know,

715
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 3: get myself mentally right, and go back to work and

716
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 3: my family.

717
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 1: Right.

718
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,320
Speaker 3: My son was going you know, he's going into his

719
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 3: senior year. We wanted him to finish in Charlotte. But

720
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,360
Speaker 3: I got fired early, and so I had plenty of

721
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 3: time and right, and so you know, I'm watching college football,

722
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 3: talking to you know, my buddies and coaching. You know,

723
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 3: I had time off. You know, I had a bunch

724
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 3: of saturdays where I could watch the game, and so

725
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 3: I wasn't in a rush. I just wanted to you know,

726
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 3: I was afforded the time to find the right place,

727
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 3: and so I need to coach.

728
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: I love the coach.

729
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 3: If I wasn't didn't take a job, I probably gonna

730
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 3: coach high school in Charlotte, Like I love it and

731
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 3: my family loves it, and so we jumped at it.

732
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: What kind of characteristics do I have to have if

733
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: I want to coach for you?

734
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 3: I think you have to have the same philosophy that

735
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 3: I have. And that's that you know. I want to

736
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 3: make sure that every player that plays for us ten

737
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 3: twenty third years down the line says my life's better

738
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 3: because I played for him. I don't need coaches who

739
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 3: only coach like the really talented players. So we could

740
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 3: coach everybody, and if the bottom third of our roster

741
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,319
Speaker 3: is really engaged it feels great, then we'll have a

742
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 3: really good team. If you have that, then you better

743
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 3: just be really really mentally tough, because that good enough

744
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 3: is never good enough, right, Like we're gonna be critical

745
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,240
Speaker 3: of everything that we do, and if you're a defensive

746
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 3: or anything, you're not gonna make it real long. And

747
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 3: so if you love people want to help them have

748
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 3: good lives, If you're really really tough and you can

749
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 3: work hard, than all I ask is that you'd be

750
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,839
Speaker 3: a great teacher. If you can do those things, you'd

751
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 3: be a great football coach. That translates into recruiting. That

752
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 3: translates into relationships, translates into play calling and game day.

753
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: He didn't belong in the NFL. He belongs with us.

754
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: It's a wee situation. We love a good week, and

755
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: it's Matt Rule back in college football with us. I

756
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: have some friends who shan't be named, who are Carolina

757
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 1: Panther fans who who wanted to speak ill of him.

758
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: Go ahead, He's not with you anymore. He's with us. Now.

759
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: That's a program builder. I asked your opinion of him today,

760
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: by the way, that's why we're talking about this, and

761
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,360
Speaker 1: I said, what's your opinion of Matt Ruhle. We like

762
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: to use this time of year to gauge the college

763
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 1: football public's opinion, and pretty much everyone said, oh, he's

764
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,319
Speaker 1: a program builder, and some of you followed it up

765
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,839
Speaker 1: with not crazy about the offensive coordinator he hired, Marcus Saderfield.

766
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: For the record, I may share that sentiment with you,

767
00:38:58,239 --> 00:38:59,799
Speaker 1: but you know what, they can go six and six

768
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 1: year and improve on last year. So let's just put

769
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: the individual twenty twenty three expectations on the shelf for

770
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: a second. The opinion of Matt Rule is almost no

771
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: one has a negative college football opinion of him, and

772
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 1: the ones who did have somewhat of a negative opinion,

773
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: they allowed NFL to creep in. Oh he was a

774
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: failure in the NFL. There are about one hundred different

775
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 1: variables in play that determine success or failure in the

776
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: NFL that don't exist or you have more control of

777
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: in college football. So I don't care either way, I

778
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: don't care. It is Nebraska, it is Lincoln, Nebraska, It's

779
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 1: the Big Twelve. It's not the NFC South anymore. Did

780
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: you watch him at Temple? You know, he spent ten

781
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 1: years of his coaching career there. By the way, in

782
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: some capacity, did you watch him at Baylor? I did

783
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,879
Speaker 1: not say Bama and USC. By the way, he had

784
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: the ten wins season at Temple for the first time

785
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: since the late seventies. You saw the massive turnaround they

786
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,400
Speaker 1: had it Baylor, and by the way, let's not forget

787
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: the situation at Baylor inherited program builder year two. Pretty

788
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: much everywhere he's been now, there are some of us,

789
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: I'm including myself, that think maybe it doesn't have to

790
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: be a disastrous year one for him there because of

791
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 1: the moves they were able to make in the portal

792
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,919
Speaker 1: that didn't used to exist as an option. And I've

793
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: talked to him about that the other day too. If

794
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,400
Speaker 1: you want that full interview, it's on our YouTube channel.

795
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 1: It's not too old, it's not too deep in the

796
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,799
Speaker 1: archives either. There is not much guesswork with him. As

797
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: my point, it's not like he's never coached college ball.

798
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: It's not like he's twenty four years old. He did

799
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: it at Temple, he did it at Baylor. He's just

800
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 1: going to be somewhere with i'd say a little bit

801
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: better resource and at Nebraska. Look, if they're going to

802
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 1: spend like that to get him, they're certainly going to

803
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: spend everything they need to spend in terms of the

804
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: orbiting not the orbit. What in the world does that

805
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 1: even mean the supporting infrastructure. I asked him about that also,

806
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 1: So all that's in the interview. But I don't do

807
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: hot takes on this show ever, but I got one

808
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: for you. But I firmly believe this. I think Matt

809
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,839
Speaker 1: Rule is our next Brian Kelly. I think Matt Rule

810
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 1: is the next guy that starts having consistent winning seasons

811
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 1: at a program not in the South. I think his

812
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,439
Speaker 1: skill set transcends any region of this country. I think

813
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: that it could be that we're about to see him

814
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 1: string together some really good years, really productive years at Nebraska.

815
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 1: I think he's going to get a real taste for

816
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: recruiting via NIL and the portal that seems kind of

817
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: like what Brian Kelly's doing right now. I think he's

818
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 1: got the right attitude to thrive in college football. And

819
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 1: that's the kind of attitude that is a total type

820
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: a alpha that everyone gravitates towards and everyone views as

821
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: a leader. But also, if you couldn't tell in that

822
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 1: clip we just played, he's also the kind of guy

823
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: that's he's really good in front of people. He's really

824
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 1: good at dealing with people. And I don't mean coaches

825
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: and players. I mean everything from parents to boosters, to

826
00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 1: a board of regents members to donors. He's really good that.

827
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: Now here's the multimillion dollar question if I'm right about that,

828
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 1: that's part one. Part two is does he do that

829
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:15,959
Speaker 1: at Nebraska or does he springboard from Nebraska somewhere else.

830
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 1: That remains to be seen. First part's got to pan out,

831
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: But the stock could explode this year. Look at their schedule.

832
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 1: What if they have eight wins this year? You know,

833
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: in other words, what if they do what Nebraska was

834
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 1: expected to do the last several years, just win the

835
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: close games. You know, he's got a forty seven to

836
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 1: forty three record at Temple and Baylor, Temple and Baylor.

837
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,399
Speaker 1: I have to stress that again to you. Where does

838
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 1: he see himself? Is the question I keep coming back

839
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,280
Speaker 1: to with Matt Ruhle. He's got to get it done first.

840
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 1: We understand that. I don't need anyone coming in the

841
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 1: comment section saying let's let the guy coach a game first. Okay,

842
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: feel free On this show sometimes we talk about the

843
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: future sue us well the company, and don't see the

844
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 1: company either. I'm sorry, Jared, Matt rules one of the

845
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,919
Speaker 1: most interesting coaches right now in our sport because where

846
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,840
Speaker 1: he is, at the time he's there, and how good

847
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,640
Speaker 1: pretty much everyone thinks he is. I am, like some

848
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,399
Speaker 1: of you guys, a little surprised at his offensive coordinator higher.

849
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:19,399
Speaker 1: I'll leave it at that, because he understands a whole

850
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: lot more about that than I do. But Marcus Sadderfield,

851
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,840
Speaker 1: I mean, they were Look, hey, if Marcus Sadderfield is

852
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 1: a chip on the shoulder kind of guy. It's going

853
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: to be a good year for him. He will, he

854
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: will have endless source of motivation because they were kind of,

855
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 1: you know, not so low key happy to see him

856
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 1: leave town at South Carolina, everyone kind of scratched their

857
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: head when he was hired at Nebraska. We'll see, we

858
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: will see. They're watching us in Castlebury, Florida, Port Huron, Michigan,

859
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 1: and Collierville, Tennessee. Thank you so much for being tuned in.

860
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: It is going to be and I cannot stress this enough.

861
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: It is going to be such a great August around

862
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: here and a great season. You live your lives the

863
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 1: way you want to, but I know a lot of

864
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 1: you are coming back. Now. This is your college football show.

865
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:06,080
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866
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Speaker 1: one you watch, but this is the one Sunday night,

867
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Speaker 1: Tuesday night, Thursday night, eight Eastern and seventh Central. You

868
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869
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,000
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870
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871
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,000
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872
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Speaker 1: tell your friends, tell your relatives. It doesn't just have

873
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 1: to be the old channel. Changer times have changed, got

874
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: some pretty quality coverage over here on the digital media

875
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: side of the fence too, tail kind of wagging the

876
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: dog here before too much longer in this world, and

877
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 1: we appreciate you guys making that happen. Bold Predictions are in.

878
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,320
Speaker 1: We've got four new ones tonight. This is our twenty

879
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: third chapter of bold Predictions, and this first one would

880
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,400
Speaker 1: probably just implode people's minds if it actually happened. It

881
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 1: is possible, though, James from Saint Cloud, Florida said, FSU

882
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: will play Clemson three times this year. Obviously, this is

883
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 1: an nine point seventy five on the boldness scale out

884
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 1: of principle alone. However, it could happen. We haven't done

885
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 1: a JP angels in the outfield lately. It could happen.

886
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 1: How does it happen? Actually, it's pretty simple, especially in

887
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: the ACC now because they don't have division play anymore,

888
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,959
Speaker 1: so they just take the two top teams. So Part

889
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: one is they play in Week four. Let's say Clemson

890
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 1: wins that one. Part two, they meet again in the

891
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: ACC Championship game. Let's say FSU wins that one, so

892
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 1: they split regular season conference title game. That is each

893
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 1: other's only loss. And so Part three is they go

894
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: to the playoff both of them, and they play in

895
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 1: either the semi final or the national title game. Stats

896
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:44,279
Speaker 1: and Info could not develop odds for me on this.

897
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,319
Speaker 1: I don't think there's a sports book out there that

898
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 1: has odds on teams playing three times in a given year.

899
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 1: They're also worried about this in the Big Ten. Ryan

900
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: Day was talking about it last week at Big Ten

901
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:58,920
Speaker 1: Media Days, Harbaugh got asked about it. There's obviously the

902
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 1: strong possibility that once you do away with divisions, anybody

903
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: you play in conference play you could play again. And

904
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:09,160
Speaker 1: so if you play if the two best teams in

905
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 1: your conference always play the last week of the regular season,

906
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:20,759
Speaker 1: well you could have a rematch six days later. And

907
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: that's not necessarily the case here because they're play in

908
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,879
Speaker 1: week four. But how would the committee handle this? This

909
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 1: is one of two reasons I have such a high

910
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 1: boldness scale on this boldness rating on this. Number one

911
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: is just flat out hard for it to happen. Number two,

912
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:37,600
Speaker 1: both of them have to win all their other games.

913
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: And then part three is does the committee stick to

914
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 1: their own criteria if this happens? I know they say

915
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 1: they will. But if they've each played and won a

916
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,760
Speaker 1: game against each other, there are going to be several

917
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 1: people who talk in microphones for a living, and maybe

918
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 1: some people in that committee room that say, well, they

919
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,759
Speaker 1: they've already had their shot. Which everyone has the second

920
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,760
Speaker 1: best resume? I guess which everyone doesn't win the conference title?

921
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: Clemson in this scenario, Oh, Clemson already had their shot.

922
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,760
Speaker 1: We can't run the risk of having a game played

923
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: for the third time. Sounds like a playoff problem to me,

924
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:19,080
Speaker 1: but I digress. That's a nine point seventy five. Next up,

925
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,919
Speaker 1: This one would blow some people's minds too. I'm gonna

926
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 1: make this one a nine point twenty five on the

927
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:28,879
Speaker 1: old boldness scale. Alex from Columbus, Georgia said Texas and

928
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:33,560
Speaker 1: Texas A and M will have a combined one loss

929
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 1: entering November. I hear car tires screeching all over the place.

930
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,600
Speaker 1: What would this mean? I know not all of you

931
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,320
Speaker 1: have the schedules memorized. I don't either. That's why I

932
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,280
Speaker 1: got the helmet grid schedule in front of me. For Texas.

933
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: Before they enter November, they will have played at Bama,

934
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:56,200
Speaker 1: at Baylor. They've got Oklahoma obviously in Dallas, so none

935
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 1: of those games are in Austin. All three of their

936
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 1: toughest games are away from home home before November. Now,

937
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:05,960
Speaker 1: as for Texas A and M, this is treacherous. This

938
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: is very tricky. And that's even if they have a

939
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 1: much better team this year. They go to Miami in

940
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:14,360
Speaker 1: Week two, they have got Auburn, they go against Arkansas

941
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,920
Speaker 1: in Dallas, They've got Bama at home, they go to Tennessee,

942
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: and then they got South Carolina at home. So out

943
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:25,799
Speaker 1: of all those games, someone's gonna lose one and that's it.

944
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 1: The other one's gonna be undefeated, and then one of

945
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 1: them's gonna lose one game. This is a nine point

946
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: five on the boldness scale for me. Now here is

947
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: the one ray of hope. Only two of those games

948
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,240
Speaker 1: I see as these teams being a definite underdog. Texas

949
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: at Bama, they will definitely be an underdog. It looks

950
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,920
Speaker 1: like about seven to nine points right now. A and

951
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 1: M against Bama at home, A and M will be

952
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: an underdog. Won't be a huge one, but there'll be

953
00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: an underdog. A and M at Tennessee. I'm very interested

954
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 1: because I think that line could massively fluctuate between now

955
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 1: and then, So there is not that one game on

956
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 1: these schedules, because I got a ton of folks telling

957
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,880
Speaker 1: me Texas is going to beat Bama outright? Is anyone

958
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: picking Bama in the game. Bama's a touchdown favorite? Has

959
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 1: it one even picking them? Interesting? We'll talk about that

960
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,840
Speaker 1: when the time comes and Bama at A and M.

961
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:22,719
Speaker 1: All you'll be reminded about is how that game came

962
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 1: down to the last play last year. Never mind brush

963
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: Young didn't play came down to the last play last year.

964
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 1: And remember what happened last time Bama went to College Station.

965
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:31,480
Speaker 1: And remember how tough Bama's had it on the road

966
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 1: the last two years. All of these things are valid points,

967
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,600
Speaker 1: by the way, So just consider what you're saying here.

968
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:40,799
Speaker 1: You want chaos in a good way. Half Texas and

969
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 1: Texas A and M both in the playoff hunt. When

970
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,400
Speaker 1: the first batch of rankings comes out, You're not ready.

971
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: Some of you think you're ready, But I have been

972
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 1: sent here to tell you, not our friend the Alien.

973
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: I have been sent here to tell you you are

974
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,880
Speaker 1: not ready for a Texas's backworld, especially if Texas A

975
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: and M is also back in that same world. Who

976
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:05,239
Speaker 1: trust me, You're not ready? Next up, let's go to

977
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 1: the ACC. Clemson's the favorite here. FSU is like right

978
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:12,919
Speaker 1: there with them, but over the Moon. I assume over

979
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 1: is the first name, the is the middle name, and

980
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: Moon's the last name. Here from Abington, Maryland, the prediction

981
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:23,359
Speaker 1: is North Carolina wins the ACC when's it doesn't play

982
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: for it wins the ACC. This is a nine on

983
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,320
Speaker 1: the boldness scale for me, which is a little high

984
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:31,120
Speaker 1: considering they have the fourth best odds I think at

985
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:34,400
Speaker 1: the moment to win the conference. Here's my problem. I

986
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:36,719
Speaker 1: don't think they're going to mean a good defensively. They

987
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:38,879
Speaker 1: haven't been, and I don't think they will be again

988
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 1: this year. Getting there's one thing winning, like whoever you

989
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:46,720
Speaker 1: face in that game at that point will be able

990
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 1: to play defense themselves to some degree. And so it's

991
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 1: tough for me to envision a scenario like if Clemson's there,

992
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 1: it's tough for me to envision a scenario where you

993
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,000
Speaker 1: get that game played in the forties just probably what

994
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,960
Speaker 1: you'd need to win, because again, and in that scenario,

995
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,399
Speaker 1: Garrett Riley was the good hire and we've got kay

996
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:07,040
Speaker 1: Club Nick playing at a pretty good level, and Clemson

997
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:11,200
Speaker 1: his scoring points or it's FSU there and ditto for

998
00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:14,399
Speaker 1: all that, and Jordan Travis. I don't think that North

999
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,959
Speaker 1: Carolina's winning this conference or I don't think it's likely,

1000
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 1: and therefore I'm making that a nine on the boldness scale. Now,

1001
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,960
Speaker 1: they do have Drake May. Everybody in the country who

1002
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:29,040
Speaker 1: has asked their opinion, including Bradley the associate earlier in

1003
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 1: the office. You ask him, Hey, what do you think

1004
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,719
Speaker 1: about North Carolina this year? Well, they got Drake May,

1005
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:37,720
Speaker 1: Oh cool, they got Josh Down. Still, the subpar defense

1006
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:40,920
Speaker 1: they had last year lost several pieces, So like, what

1007
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 1: have we really changed? That inspires a ton of confidence

1008
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:46,120
Speaker 1: in this team? With me, sounds like a really negative

1009
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 1: night for North Carolina. I don't mean it to sound

1010
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,279
Speaker 1: this way. Look, if you want to predict them to

1011
00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:52,520
Speaker 1: win nine games, okay, but they're predicting them to win

1012
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,880
Speaker 1: the conference. We have to be real here. Brandon Walker,

1013
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 1: who's no show in his own show these days, says,

1014
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:01,239
Speaker 1: I'm never negative towards anyone. Well, how about this harsh

1015
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:03,320
Speaker 1: dose of reality from North Carolina. They're not winning the

1016
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:08,560
Speaker 1: conference this year? Next up, how about Georgia mister Gibson

1017
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:11,439
Speaker 1: from Huntsville, Alabama says, yeah, George is just gonna miss

1018
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 1: the college football playoff. Screeching Tires, Part two. How does

1019
00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 1: this happen? It's pretty straightforward in theory, and that is

1020
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:23,919
Speaker 1: they lose one regular season game and then they lose

1021
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,520
Speaker 1: in the SEC championship game. I would guess that's how

1022
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 1: that goes. Now that's the easy part. The much more

1023
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 1: difficult part is picking where it happens. It is hard

1024
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: to win games. Kirby Smart talks about this all the time,

1025
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:38,759
Speaker 1: and everyone has it going in one ear and out

1026
00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:40,839
Speaker 1: the other. They don't believe him because they think points

1027
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:44,440
Speaker 1: spreads are gospel, preview magazines are gospel, Recruiting rankings are gospel.

1028
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:47,400
Speaker 1: We believe in all of those things. We also believe

1029
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,920
Speaker 1: that these are nineteen year olds and the human mind

1030
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:55,880
Speaker 1: works in fascinating ways. And that's how when you're playing

1031
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 1: Missouri last year, you trailed by two possessions in the

1032
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:01,399
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, that's not supposed to happen, and Georgia came

1033
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 1: back and won the game. But it did happen again.

1034
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:08,440
Speaker 1: They came back and won the game. Georgia missing the

1035
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 1: playoff is a nine on the boldness scale for me

1036
00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:14,560
Speaker 1: missing it. They didn't say they're not gonna win the title.

1037
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:17,200
Speaker 1: They said missing it. They're over under win totals eleven

1038
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:19,120
Speaker 1: and a half. They got the best odds in the SEC.

1039
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: My guess. Even though I kind of tried to build

1040
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,360
Speaker 1: up Ole miss earlier in the show it was Devil's

1041
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,400
Speaker 1: advocate stuff, I still think the Tennessee game is probably

1042
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:33,279
Speaker 1: the one they stand the best chance of losing. And

1043
00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:36,480
Speaker 1: if they lose that one, look my guess is they

1044
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 1: still go to Atlanta. That's just a guess if they don't. Ironically,

1045
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 1: for them to miss out on the playoff, I get,

1046
00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: you know what scratched that. I was gonna say something,

1047
00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:47,800
Speaker 1: but I'd have to see the rest of the country.

1048
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 1: They could lose to Tennessee and lose to Obama or

1049
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: lose to LSU or whoever is in Atlanta. Yeah, that

1050
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 1: could happen. It's not crazy. I mean, I know we

1051
00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: build up these preseason favorites. Normally it's Bama people do

1052
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:02,440
Speaker 1: it with Now it's and you just can't ever envision

1053
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:05,879
Speaker 1: them losing, and then it happens, and then you remember, oh,

1054
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:08,800
Speaker 1: that's right, what did I suffer from amnesia or something.

1055
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:11,239
Speaker 1: I've learned this lesson a thousand times before. This is

1056
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 1: just one thousand and one. Now I know what's going

1057
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 1: to happen. I'm going home next weekend and I will

1058
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:20,280
Speaker 1: be told that I am trying to overcompensate and trying

1059
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:23,600
Speaker 1: to offer the negative slant, the glass half empty slant,

1060
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:26,960
Speaker 1: or the chalice half empty slant towards Georgia. I know

1061
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 1: what awaits me down there, but everybody else, everybody else

1062
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:34,920
Speaker 1: is coorinating you. I have to I have to be

1063
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,920
Speaker 1: the sandbag to the hot air balloon. So be it.

1064
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:39,520
Speaker 1: It's still a nine. I still think they're going to

1065
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:45,400
Speaker 1: make the playoff. I had a question today, had like

1066
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,719
Speaker 1: a hundred of them, actually on both platforms, probably more

1067
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,320
Speaker 1: like a thousand. I don't want to downplay our engagement

1068
00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:53,920
Speaker 1: with you guys, but I had one question in particular

1069
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 1: from Michelle. So let me take a sit from the chalice.

1070
00:54:56,760 --> 00:54:58,320
Speaker 1: This is not the kind of liquid they brew in

1071
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 1: Golden Colorado, where she's from, but it is strong. Michelle

1072
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:07,960
Speaker 1: from Golden Colorado, beautiful country out there. She hit us

1073
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,959
Speaker 1: up and said, which teams have utilized the transfer portal

1074
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 1: the most effectively in twenty twenty three and what factors

1075
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:20,279
Speaker 1: influence whether transfers will be successful or effective within a program. Well,

1076
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,080
Speaker 1: the second part's easy and complicated, Michelle, it's all about fit.

1077
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:27,719
Speaker 1: I do think the recruiting process in the portal is

1078
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: way different. Every coach I talked to several of them,

1079
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 1: I got to go on the record about this last week.

1080
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: Every one of them says it is night and day

1081
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:39,600
Speaker 1: recruiting a kid out of high school versus recruiting a

1082
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:41,920
Speaker 1: kid out of the portal. Kirk Ference was talking about

1083
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:44,000
Speaker 1: how different it is sitting in the living room of

1084
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: a tenth grader and talking to a guy who's been

1085
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: a four year starter at a Big ten program. That's

1086
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:53,720
Speaker 1: like talking to your middle school kid versus your broker.

1087
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 1: It's just not even in the same galaxy. Well, because

1088
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: of that, guys you're getting out of the portal know

1089
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: the question to ask, or at least they know a

1090
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:04,120
Speaker 1: lot more the questions to ask than a high school kid.

1091
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:06,440
Speaker 1: High school kid wants to know which sports car am

1092
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:07,920
Speaker 1: I going to get to take a photo shoot in

1093
00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: when I visit your campus. The kid who's been a

1094
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:13,359
Speaker 1: two year starter at Perdue at tied End, he wants

1095
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:15,320
Speaker 1: to know what system you're running. He wants to know

1096
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:18,360
Speaker 1: a depth situation. He wants to know your nutrition and strength,

1097
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:21,719
Speaker 1: the conditioning. What's your academic plan for me? What does

1098
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 1: your alumni base look like in my particular field, which

1099
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:28,240
Speaker 1: is management and business management. They're asking the real questions

1100
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:31,600
Speaker 1: and that's why normally when you get a kid out

1101
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 1: of the portal, it's pretty good in terms of fit.

1102
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 1: So that's the second part. The first question was which

1103
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:40,239
Speaker 1: portal teams have been the best in twenty twenty three.

1104
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:43,800
Speaker 1: I think Kentucky hit a home run in the transfer portal.

1105
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:48,320
Speaker 1: They upgraded this team. Man, and everyone who is watching

1106
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:51,520
Speaker 1: Will Levis walk out the door thinks otherwise. They went

1107
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:54,680
Speaker 1: and got Devin Leary from NC State. If he's healthy,

1108
00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:57,480
Speaker 1: I'm a believer he'll be a better college quarterback than

1109
00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:00,799
Speaker 1: Will Levis was. I'm not alone in that opinion. I

1110
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:03,080
Speaker 1: think they are really happy with him. Ray Davis, the

1111
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:05,840
Speaker 1: running back from right here at Vanderbilt, is going to

1112
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: be a wonderful addition to that team. Liam Cohen is

1113
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:13,200
Speaker 1: back as offensive coordinator. I talked to several Kentucky players

1114
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:17,000
Speaker 1: last week, even some defensive players. Their face just lights

1115
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:19,600
Speaker 1: up when you ask them about Liam Cohen. They don't

1116
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: even play on that side of the ball, but they

1117
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: know what it's like to practice against him. They got

1118
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:30,200
Speaker 1: hardaway too, the dB out of sin Seat. They made

1119
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:32,920
Speaker 1: some good moves. They weren't ranked top five or anything

1120
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:36,920
Speaker 1: like that. They addressed their roster needs. They didn't have

1121
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,680
Speaker 1: to completely overhaul it, but they addressed the ross needs.

1122
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:42,920
Speaker 1: If that offensive line comes together, and they added some

1123
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:44,800
Speaker 1: from the portal and they're moving a lot of guys around.

1124
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:47,880
Speaker 1: If that offensive line comes together, Kentucky's gonna be a

1125
00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:50,880
Speaker 1: really good team this year. Next up, I'll tell you

1126
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:53,439
Speaker 1: another one that really did a good job. UCLA talked

1127
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,160
Speaker 1: about him earlier in the show. Sturdament, the wide receiver

1128
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:58,400
Speaker 1: out of cal probably gonna start for him. Carson Steele,

1129
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,920
Speaker 1: the kid with the pet alligator abluely gonna start it

1130
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 1: running back. They got a dB from Bowling Green Jordan Anderson.

1131
00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 1: Add all that against the backdrop of their quarterback situation.

1132
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:13,440
Speaker 1: They added some quarterback depth. I think that's eventually what

1133
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:16,680
Speaker 1: it'll be. Depth from the portal because eventually I think

1134
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:19,080
Speaker 1: this is Dante Moore's team. I don't I don't have

1135
00:58:19,160 --> 00:58:21,760
Speaker 1: any idea if he's ready to start week one. If

1136
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:25,400
Speaker 1: he's not, They've got Colin Schlee out there, for example,

1137
00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: Like they've got experienced guys who have started games. They

1138
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:33,320
Speaker 1: have simultaneously and very quietly and methodically just built the

1139
00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:36,600
Speaker 1: overall caliber of their roster. It's not top five again,

1140
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:39,760
Speaker 1: this is more. This is more an in the weeds

1141
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:42,680
Speaker 1: sort of cerebral approach that Chip Kelly's taken out there.

1142
00:58:43,560 --> 00:58:46,680
Speaker 1: But when you know my chip Kelly theory, I know

1143
00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:48,320
Speaker 1: a lot of you are coming back because the season

1144
00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:50,840
Speaker 1: is about to start. I think the sport isn't a

1145
00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:53,800
Speaker 1: perfect place for Chip Kelly right now. Chip Kelly is

1146
00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:56,280
Speaker 1: not crazy about recruiting. He is not out on the

1147
00:58:56,360 --> 00:59:00,320
Speaker 1: road every single minute of every single day. But he

1148
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:04,440
Speaker 1: understands talent. He understands how to properly utilize it. And

1149
00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:07,320
Speaker 1: if you can pay for kids, and if you can

1150
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:10,440
Speaker 1: use the transfer portal and pitch come into play for

1151
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:12,640
Speaker 1: me and coming to live in Los Angeles for a

1152
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:17,880
Speaker 1: little while the second time around a portal recruitment that appeals,

1153
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:20,720
Speaker 1: that's gonna you can see it happening right now. They

1154
00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:22,880
Speaker 1: had the number ten portal class in the country. So

1155
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:25,120
Speaker 1: I think UCLA is one of those teams. I think

1156
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:28,840
Speaker 1: LSU this past cycle absolutely was one of those teams.

1157
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:34,360
Speaker 1: Zia Alexander induced chestnut. We've talked ad nauseum about how

1158
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:37,560
Speaker 1: they retooled their secondary. We talked to Brian Kelly about it.

1159
00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:39,840
Speaker 1: I thought he was brutally honest about it when we

1160
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 1: had him on the show at SEC Media Days. I

1161
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:47,240
Speaker 1: think it's so incredible that we live in a time

1162
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 1: where you can overhaul a position room almost wholesale and

1163
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:54,400
Speaker 1: just use the portal to do it. Now you're getting

1164
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 1: kissed in Southeast Louisiana and Syracuse, and I know if

1165
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,760
Speaker 1: you're an Alabama fan or if you're an Auburn fan

1166
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 1: and you're looking down there and you want to pick it,

1167
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:06,360
Speaker 1: you kind of want to find a path past LSU.

1168
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 1: It's easy to convince yourself, no, you may hit on

1169
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:13,560
Speaker 1: one of those guys. You can't keep taking kids from

1170
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:15,920
Speaker 1: that level and just having them all play high caliber

1171
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:19,640
Speaker 1: SEC football. I think that's valid. It's a case by

1172
01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:23,360
Speaker 1: case thing. I think that's valid. That's fine, But by

1173
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,880
Speaker 1: and large, this is only going to be necessary until

1174
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:29,240
Speaker 1: they get their roster up to speed, and it will

1175
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:33,280
Speaker 1: happen pretty quick because it's LSU. Frankly, it wasn't completely

1176
01:00:33,320 --> 01:00:36,200
Speaker 1: over in the ditch to begin with. I know that

1177
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:38,960
Speaker 1: because they won the West last year. But be that

1178
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,160
Speaker 1: as it may, I think LSU did exactly what they

1179
01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:43,240
Speaker 1: needed to do. Now. They did have a top five class.

1180
01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:45,640
Speaker 1: They had the number two overall class in the transfer portal.

1181
01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 1: That's just it's letting Brian Kelly do what he was

1182
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:50,560
Speaker 1: always going to do. Is just letting him do it

1183
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:52,919
Speaker 1: a little bit quicker. I am going to talk about

1184
01:00:52,920 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: a team that we don't talk about a whole lot

1185
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:57,560
Speaker 1: on the show. I've been advocating for some of you

1186
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:02,560
Speaker 1: in the younger demographic to go watch the thirty for

1187
01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:06,840
Speaker 1: thirty that ESPN did called pony excess about SMU way

1188
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:08,440
Speaker 1: back in the day, has nothing to do with now.

1189
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,880
Speaker 1: In fact, a lot of what they did to warrant

1190
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:14,320
Speaker 1: the death penalty is now perfectly legal. So they are

1191
01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:17,120
Speaker 1: getting it done as SMU is getting it done in

1192
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:19,280
Speaker 1: the transfer portal. I think it's been three consecutive top

1193
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:22,480
Speaker 1: twenty classes. This one was ranked thirteenth. They went and

1194
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:24,680
Speaker 1: got a couple of running backs from Miami and A

1195
01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:28,160
Speaker 1: and M. I did not even remember they had gotten L. J.

1196
01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:31,040
Speaker 1: Johnson from Texas A and M. Until today, I had

1197
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:36,800
Speaker 1: completely forgotten about that. But also they're in a position

1198
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:41,160
Speaker 1: where their name is constantly involved when people are talking

1199
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:44,040
Speaker 1: about expanding their conference or backfilling. You know, if someone

1200
01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:46,800
Speaker 1: leaves the Big twelve or leaves the Pac twelve, SMU

1201
01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,640
Speaker 1: is like the first call, and they should be. It

1202
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 1: just looks like they're going ahead and getting a head

1203
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:53,280
Speaker 1: start on getting that roster a little bit deeper and

1204
01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:55,880
Speaker 1: ready for Power five play. A lot of people think

1205
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:57,960
Speaker 1: it's inevitable they'll be in a Power five conference before

1206
01:01:58,040 --> 01:02:00,800
Speaker 1: too much longer. Rhet Lashley is there at a good time,

1207
01:02:01,320 --> 01:02:02,760
Speaker 1: and I have never said it's a good time to

1208
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:04,480
Speaker 1: be the head coach at SMU. It's a good time

1209
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:06,840
Speaker 1: to be the head coach at SMU right now. I

1210
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:08,480
Speaker 1: was gonna mention Auburn, but we already did a whole

1211
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:11,400
Speaker 1: segment on Auburn. Auburn's Auburn is one of the big

1212
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: winners in the portal. They signed more four or five

1213
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,120
Speaker 1: star talent out of the portal than anyone. Hugh Freeze

1214
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:19,120
Speaker 1: got his roster to a level of respectability and able

1215
01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:21,640
Speaker 1: to compete in year one because of the portal, so

1216
01:02:21,840 --> 01:02:25,680
Speaker 1: I didn't want to just do a whole another Auburn segment. There, guys,

1217
01:02:25,760 --> 01:02:27,160
Speaker 1: got a lot of you tuned in. Why don't we

1218
01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:30,360
Speaker 1: already have a thousand lights on the video? That's me

1219
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:35,400
Speaker 1: not so kindly asking I kindly please like the video. Look,

1220
01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:37,840
Speaker 1: I'm making the prayer hands. Please like the video. Thank

1221
01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:42,200
Speaker 1: you so much. Well, we have a question, and I

1222
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:43,320
Speaker 1: figure we're going to get it a lot, so we

1223
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:45,360
Speaker 1: might as well address it now and we can. We

1224
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:47,400
Speaker 1: can throw this clip in anyone's face when they ask

1225
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 1: my thoughts on this. Pat hit us up on Instagram

1226
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:53,320
Speaker 1: at late kick Josh. By the way, make sure you're

1227
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:55,440
Speaker 1: following there. Pat hit us up and said, is it

1228
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:59,200
Speaker 1: okay to drink the Texas kool Aid? This year? From Manchester,

1229
01:02:59,320 --> 01:03:04,560
Speaker 1: New Hampshire though less probably an investment banker. Pat, I

1230
01:03:04,560 --> 01:03:07,320
Speaker 1: don't know if it's okay, but I will let you

1231
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:13,040
Speaker 1: know that I have consumed some and I feel fine.

1232
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:16,520
Speaker 1: Albeit it is late July. Check back with me again

1233
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:20,040
Speaker 1: in early October, but I feel fine so far. I

1234
01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: think they'll win the Big Twelve. I think they'll make

1235
01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:27,720
Speaker 1: the College Football Playoff eventually, if not this year. Now

1236
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:29,200
Speaker 1: they got to win the Big Twelve this year because

1237
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: it's their last year there. They're my favorite to win

1238
01:03:30,920 --> 01:03:33,720
Speaker 1: that conference. I mean, I reserve the right to change

1239
01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:36,520
Speaker 1: my mind. We don't do predictions until mid August, but

1240
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:39,160
Speaker 1: as of now, I think they'll win the Big Twelve championship,

1241
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:42,800
Speaker 1: which brings me to my question what is the needed

1242
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:45,920
Speaker 1: result here? So everyone's sipping the Texas kool aid and

1243
01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:49,560
Speaker 1: everyone being asked, you know, is Texas going to be back?

1244
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:51,400
Speaker 1: I promise you we will never say that in a

1245
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:54,440
Speaker 1: serious manner on this show, But is Texas gonna come

1246
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:56,720
Speaker 1: through this year? They gonna get over the hump? Well?

1247
01:03:57,040 --> 01:03:59,120
Speaker 1: I would love for someone to just go on to

1248
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:01,640
Speaker 1: record and let me know what that means. If they

1249
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:05,160
Speaker 1: win ten games, is that good enough? Do they have

1250
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:06,920
Speaker 1: to make the Big Twelve championship game? Do they have

1251
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:08,400
Speaker 1: to win it? Do they have to win it and

1252
01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:10,320
Speaker 1: go to the playoff? Do they have to make the

1253
01:04:10,400 --> 01:04:13,400
Speaker 1: championship game or win that? Like? How how far do

1254
01:04:13,440 --> 01:04:16,320
Speaker 1: they really have to go this year? Cause short of

1255
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:19,880
Speaker 1: a national championship, there'll be some small to medium sized

1256
01:04:19,880 --> 01:04:22,120
Speaker 1: bubble of people who just continue to say, now up,

1257
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:28,120
Speaker 1: Texas choked. Here's a fun exercise. Take your own posted out.

1258
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:29,680
Speaker 1: I already use the one I have on the desk.

1259
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:34,920
Speaker 1: If you had to write your prediction in stone about

1260
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:37,960
Speaker 1: Steve Sarkisian and the best he'll ever do at Texas

1261
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:41,080
Speaker 1: right now, what would the stone say? You cannot change

1262
01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:43,959
Speaker 1: it after tonight. So you either have to say, yes,

1263
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:46,600
Speaker 1: he's gonna win a conference title there, Yes he's gonna

1264
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:48,600
Speaker 1: make the playoff, or no, he'll never make the playoff.

1265
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:52,440
Speaker 1: Would it be yes or no? And every dime you have,

1266
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:55,520
Speaker 1: every penny you have to your name is on the line.

1267
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:59,360
Speaker 1: What you're saying. I'm saying, yes he's gonna make the playoff,

1268
01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:03,360
Speaker 1: That's what I I'm saying. The Bama game is gonna

1269
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:07,800
Speaker 1: be insane this year, just insane Texas kool Aid. That's

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Speaker 1: when it'll be first put to the test, and it's

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Speaker 1: week two. You don't have to wait long at all,

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna go in there and either they win

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Speaker 1: the game and everyone bathes in the kool aid, or

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Speaker 1: they lose the game and everyone bails way too early.

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Speaker 1: Either way, it'll be fine. But the Texas Alabama game

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Speaker 1: is the number one game I'm looking forward to this

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Speaker 1: year because of that. Because of how much pinball reaction

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Speaker 1: either way, we're gonna have off that one. Do you

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Speaker 1: stop to think about this? I know you can look

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Speaker 1: at the schedule. Colin's showing it to you right now.

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Speaker 1: If you're watching, you can see they play Food in

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Speaker 1: week one, they go to Alabama in week two. But

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Speaker 1: are you really considering the magnitude of that game? It's

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Speaker 1: a night game, prime time in BRYANTONNY Stadium, and it

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Speaker 1: is a mathematical in fact, someone's gonna win and someone's

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Speaker 1: gonna lose. Do you know what a loss for Texas

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Speaker 1: means there? Do you know what a loss for Alabama

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Speaker 1: means there? Now, for Alabama the win wouldn't be nearly

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Speaker 1: as impactful. It would be tenfold magnitude the win for Texas.

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Speaker 1: Hm mm hmm. So do we see them in the

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Speaker 1: Big twelve Championship game this year? Do we see him

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01:06:22,040 --> 01:06:26,120
Speaker 1: in the College Football Playoff? I've gotten some people who

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01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:29,720
Speaker 1: say things like, well, if he hasn't done it by now,

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Speaker 1: why would I expect him to do it? What does

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01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:35,480
Speaker 1: that mean? A guy in his third year who had

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01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,920
Speaker 1: to rebuild a lot more than anyone wanted to admit

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01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:41,520
Speaker 1: he had to rebuild out there. What does that mean? Well,

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Speaker 1: if he hasn't done it by now, he'll just never

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Speaker 1: do it. Hey, Nick Saban hadn't won a conference by

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Speaker 1: year three at Alabama. He won it in year three

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Speaker 1: and won the national title in the process. How dumb

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01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:56,600
Speaker 1: would that have been to say about Nick Saban? Equally,

1303
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:58,160
Speaker 1: how dumb is it going to be for someone to

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01:06:58,200 --> 01:06:59,840
Speaker 1: take away from this that I'm comparing Sark to Nix.

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Speaker 1: I know it'll happen. I believe he's gonna get it done.

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Speaker 1: So that's where my mind's at here. And it doesn't

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01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,080
Speaker 1: have to happen this year, even for me. But I

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01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,520
Speaker 1: believe ultimately he'll get it done. I believe there are

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01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:17,480
Speaker 1: too many critical factors pointing up out there. I believe

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01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:19,960
Speaker 1: they are recruiting too well. I believe Sark is too

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01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:23,480
Speaker 1: good an offensive mine. I think if they don't have

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01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:26,840
Speaker 1: staff right yet, they will get staff right. I think

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Speaker 1: he'll get it done. So I'm sipping the Texas kool

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Speaker 1: Aid and I did it last year. Well, excuse me,

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01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:36,959
Speaker 1: I didn't the model sip the kool aid last year?

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Speaker 1: And the model said, like Pat mahomes, who we got

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Speaker 1: quinn Ewers in Austin, Texas. Baby, Well, I did not

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Speaker 1: go along with the model. But this year, me and

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Speaker 1: the model and Sark, just the three of us, we'll

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Speaker 1: see what we can accomplish. I know what we can

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01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:58,320
Speaker 1: accomplish on this show pretty much whatever we want to

1322
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Speaker 1: because of you. I appreciate it so much. Oh, here's

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01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:03,880
Speaker 1: what you need to know. It's go time. That's what

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Speaker 1: you need to know. Three shows a week. It's go time.

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Speaker 1: And we will not stop that until Colin Whynn like

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Speaker 1: January when they crown a national champ. So, if you

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Speaker 1: want college football and you don't want any of the

1328
01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:21,000
Speaker 1: political stuff, and you don't want really anything outside of

1329
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:23,519
Speaker 1: college football that makes you unhappy about life, if you

1330
01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:26,000
Speaker 1: just want to hop in a bubble with us three

1331
01:08:26,040 --> 01:08:29,439
Speaker 1: times a week, this is the place for you. If

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Speaker 1: you don't necessarily love the hot take stuff, if you

1333
01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:35,040
Speaker 1: don't like the same five talking points being regurgitated. If

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Speaker 1: you want to show that celebrates Saturdays instead of celebrating

1335
01:08:38,040 --> 01:08:40,439
Speaker 1: the college football playoff. If you want to show that

1336
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:43,519
Speaker 1: never calls a game meaningless, if you want to show

1337
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Speaker 1: that does not glorify bowl opt outs, and I'm just

1338
01:08:45,840 --> 01:08:48,880
Speaker 1: going down the list here do you love grass more

1339
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:52,120
Speaker 1: than turf. These sorts of things are celebrated on this program,

1340
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Speaker 1: and we have the benefit of working for a company

1341
01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:58,759
Speaker 1: that allows us to present it in very high quality

1342
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:00,800
Speaker 1: with a lot of fancy bells and whistles. We will

1343
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:03,679
Speaker 1: be on the road every week this fall. That tour

1344
01:09:03,800 --> 01:09:06,639
Speaker 1: name is coming within the next two weeks. I'm looking

1345
01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:08,599
Speaker 1: very forward to a lot of things in August. As

1346
01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:12,240
Speaker 1: you can tell by the smile, I cannot hide. So

1347
01:09:12,280 --> 01:09:15,160
Speaker 1: subscribe to the channel and subscribe to the podcast. That's

1348
01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:17,040
Speaker 1: all you gotta do, and it'll be free of charge

1349
01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:19,680
Speaker 1: to you forever. There is no plan you have to

1350
01:09:19,680 --> 01:09:21,800
Speaker 1: sign up for. There is no spam you have to

1351
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:24,840
Speaker 1: get in your email inbox. Just subscribe and tell your

1352
01:09:24,880 --> 01:09:27,439
Speaker 1: friends to do it. And the higher that number goes,

1353
01:09:28,200 --> 01:09:31,760
Speaker 1: the more and more leeway we get around here. And

1354
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,840
Speaker 1: we are nothing without that leeway. So thank you so much. Hey,

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Speaker 1: Producer Grishie has knocked it out of the park the

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Speaker 1: past two shows. Director Colin just always does that. We

1357
01:09:41,160 --> 01:09:43,519
Speaker 1: know that's happening. Bradley the associated back there as well.

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Speaker 1: I'm Josh, babe. Take care. We'll see a Tuesday night.

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Speaker 1: Until then, God bless