WEBVTT - Preseason Q&A: Part 2

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the solid verbal. Call that for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a man, I'm for I've heard so many players say,

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<v Speaker 2>well I want to be happy.

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<v Speaker 3>You want to be happy for day Edith state is

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<v Speaker 3>that whoo whoom?

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<v Speaker 1>And Dan and Tye welcome back to the solid verbal

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<v Speaker 1>boys and girls.

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<v Speaker 4>My name is ty Hildebrand joining me again my good

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<v Speaker 4>friend over there in New York City.

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Rubinstein, sir, how are you part two? Tye?

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<v Speaker 2>Part ar duh Pardieu Pardieu. I'm excited, Tye. We have again.

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<v Speaker 2>We have like seventeen now, we have eighteen pages of

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<v Speaker 2>questions that we are trying to get through. We decided

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<v Speaker 2>to do this mega Q and a preseason show. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>Part one came out on Wednesday. Thrilled uh to welcome

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<v Speaker 2>and Ross Tucker to that show to talk about I

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<v Speaker 2>forget what you defined Wisconsin offense, Wisconsin's office their beefy,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was like optimal beef poenis there was a

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<v Speaker 2>good turn of phrase that you used.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Jeffy.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we had a fun time on Wednesday. We've got

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<v Speaker 4>more questions that we're going to pull from here. I

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<v Speaker 4>do want to start with a question to you though,

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<v Speaker 4>because some folks are going to be listening to our

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<v Speaker 4>Wednesday show immediately before this show, So to truly be

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<v Speaker 4>a pro and establish some continuity, I want to ask

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<v Speaker 4>you a very important question about Italian food, just to

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<v Speaker 4>get things kicked off here. When we're talking about lasagna,

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<v Speaker 4>and you know my theory about Italian restaurants, so I

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<v Speaker 4>like to order the same thing at every Italian restaurant

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<v Speaker 4>so that I can properly gauge which one is better

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<v Speaker 4>than the others.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that we're starting this out with previously on

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<v Speaker 2>the solid verb. That's right exactly, and it's about lasagna.

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<v Speaker 4>My thing is not lasagna, but some sort of dish

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<v Speaker 4>with vodka sauce. So whether it's Penny vodka or Rigatoni vodka,

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<v Speaker 4>I like to gauge how good an Italian restaurant is

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<v Speaker 4>by the quality of its vodka sauce.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a creamy, a creamy tomato sauce.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have anything like that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? If I'm in a pizza mood, either some form

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<v Speaker 2>of pepperoni or soaprosda, some sort of spicy cured meat pizza.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I'm in a more meaty mood, it'll be

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<v Speaker 2>chicken palm okay, and if it's more pasta, so I

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<v Speaker 2>guess it sort of depends on the category. If we're

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<v Speaker 2>talking more pasta, it'll be like a rigged Tony and

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<v Speaker 2>like a meat sauce, a bowlin AT's type thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Didn't you have chicken parmesan when we went to the

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<v Speaker 4>Italian restaurant all day in Chicago?

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<v Speaker 2>I most certainly did tie and it was wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, don't forget that Chicago Live Show is going to

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<v Speaker 4>be posted on Wednesday if you're interested in hearing who

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<v Speaker 4>we selected at our Fantasy Things draft at the Vidim Theater.

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<v Speaker 4>We had a great crowd, We had great fun. Afterwards.

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<v Speaker 4>I ate two and a half chicken tenders for those

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<v Speaker 4>of you playing the home game. And yes, as I

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<v Speaker 4>gave away the game a bit, I did dress up

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<v Speaker 4>as a Pilgrim during our unrecorded Q and an segment

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<v Speaker 4>to make good on my promise to wear a Pilgrim

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<v Speaker 4>outfit if Virginia Tech beat Virginia in the Commonwealth Cup

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<v Speaker 4>in twenty seventeen, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Was a dumb thing to say. I know it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the fire though. I love that you were

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<v Speaker 2>so confident about a relatively inconsequential game.

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<v Speaker 4>But I wasn't confident. This is what happens when I

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<v Speaker 4>try to do a hot take.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say the self confidence, not the confidence in

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<v Speaker 2>the Yeah, okay, yeah, I'm fine that. I love the

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<v Speaker 2>confidence in yourself. You made good on it. You looked wonderful.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a cheap Amazon costume, but you you made

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<v Speaker 2>it work ty.

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<v Speaker 4>For those who have asked. For those who are interested,

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<v Speaker 4>there will be future live shows. Dan and I are

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<v Speaker 4>working on it. Stay tuned. Sign up for the newsletter

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, I tease this question in part one Corny

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<v Speaker 2>in Dunwoodie. It's from Reddit, longtime listener. Yeah, your TV

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<v Speaker 2>has broken and won't change. The channel not moving this

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<v Speaker 2>Friday afternoon of Labor Day weekend and oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta edit these before we get into it. So basically,

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<v Speaker 2>your TV breaks the Friday afternoon of Labor Day weekend

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<v Speaker 2>and you're stuck on one single channel the whole weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>can't watch on your phone, iPad, laptop. Which channel would

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<v Speaker 2>your preference be to be stuck on? For those what

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<v Speaker 2>seventy two hours.

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<v Speaker 1>See now this is a very good question. Yeah, go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>So the options are ABC, CBS, Fox, NBCESPN, Big Ten Network,

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<v Speaker 2>Fox Sports One, and the SEC network. Now we can

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<v Speaker 2>go over all the games, but we're not going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that's just reading a lineup. What is your answer

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<v Speaker 2>of those options?

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<v Speaker 4>See here here's the tough part for me. The Notre

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<v Speaker 4>Dame game against Michigan is going to be on NBC.

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<v Speaker 4>There's not going to be any other college football on NBC.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna be watching like golf all weekend, right if

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<v Speaker 4>you pick NBC. So I don't think, as someone who

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<v Speaker 4>hosts a Soliverbal I could pick NBC. I think I

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<v Speaker 4>have to keep tabs on it through the Pontiac game

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<v Speaker 4>changing performances or halftime shows. I think you gotta go

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<v Speaker 4>with ABC, though the biggest games are generally on ABC.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, not a lot of highlights, though, you're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to be oppressed of college football beyond the big games.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're not gonna go Fox. What games are on Fox.

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<v Speaker 2>FAU Oklahoma would be feisty North Carolina, col Akro, Nebraska.

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<v Speaker 4>I think you probably gotta go ABC just so that

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<v Speaker 4>you can first hand watch the biggest games of the

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<v Speaker 4>weekend save for Notre Dame in Michigan.

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<v Speaker 2>So my answer is ABC. You have Auburn, Washington, BAM, Milouisville,

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<v Speaker 2>and LSU Miami, all neutral side games. So the flavor

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<v Speaker 2>of college football outside of that Ohio State Oregon State game,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not really getting opening weekend, which kind of sucks.

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<v Speaker 2>I figured there was going to be good ABC program.

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<v Speaker 2>You maybe watched some Saturday Morning cartoons in ABC before

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<v Speaker 2>the game start. Guess what I learned today? ABC does

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<v Speaker 2>not have Saturday Morning cartoon.

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<v Speaker 4>No.

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<v Speaker 1>God, that's been not a single like eight years one. Really, Yeah, do.

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<v Speaker 2>Any of the networks have Saturday Morning cartoons?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe the Cartoon Network, Well.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean cartoon I'm sure there's like Noggin or a

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<v Speaker 2>channel like that cartoons specific Yeah, I think the answer

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<v Speaker 2>is ABC. Although ESPN gives you the immersive college football

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<v Speaker 2>experience because you're getting game Day, you're getting the halftime

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<v Speaker 2>in the in between shows, you're getting Game Day final whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>What means more to you having an immersive college football

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<v Speaker 4>experience all weekend where you can stay abreast of the

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<v Speaker 4>situation but can't watch all the games, or being able

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<v Speaker 4>to watch the three biggest games or three of the

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<v Speaker 4>biggest games all weekend without having the extra baggage of

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<v Speaker 4>the scoreboard shows.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say, I'm actually going to switch to ESPN.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to learn more about the college football weekend

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<v Speaker 2>from ESPN, and after the weekend is over, I can

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<v Speaker 2>go back and watch the specifics of those big games

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<v Speaker 2>on NBC and ABC.

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<v Speaker 4>I think, if you're a normal person, the answer is ABC.

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<v Speaker 4>I think if you're Dan and I and you have

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<v Speaker 4>to do a podcast on Sunday, the only answer is ESPN,

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<v Speaker 4>because otherwise we're not ready to do the show Sunday morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, All right, where are we going?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Next question, let's go to Oh I love

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<v Speaker 2>this question. We're gonna have to pull up week one

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<v Speaker 2>of the schedule, okay, because in a couple weeks we

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<v Speaker 2>actually have to preview these But Nick wants to know

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<v Speaker 2>which first week game will be deceptive and give us

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong opinion about two teams, also known as what

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<v Speaker 2>first week game is most likely to be? The Tyrone

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<v Speaker 2>Swoops game from twenty sixteen Notre Dame Texas twenty sixteen

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<v Speaker 2>where Notre Dame season was not good?

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<v Speaker 4>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>If I remember correctly, That is correct. That's very Texas season. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>not good right.

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<v Speaker 2>Where we thought we had like two heavyweights just smashing

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<v Speaker 2>each other in the face, turns out it was it

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<v Speaker 2>was a local match. It was a backyard brawl, not

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<v Speaker 2>in a good way.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So I don't think Notre Dame Michigan's the answer here.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's an option though it is definitely an option,

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<v Speaker 4>but I don't think it's the answer here.

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<v Speaker 2>Is what game is misleading.

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<v Speaker 4>I think you could make a really strong case for

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<v Speaker 4>Miami LSU.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's not a bad answer.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, because there are plenty of questions about Miami and

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<v Speaker 4>their quarterback situation, and they're going against a really good defense.

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<v Speaker 4>So Miami could be fine offensively moving forward, but could

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<v Speaker 4>really struggle in that game. You could come away from

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<v Speaker 4>watching that game and think, oh gosh, Miami offense. And

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<v Speaker 4>then conversely, on the LSU side of things, we don't

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<v Speaker 4>really know what we have with their offense, but Miami

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<v Speaker 4>should also be pretty good on defense. I could see

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<v Speaker 4>that game being an outright slug fest where one team

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<v Speaker 4>wins like seventeen to fourteen, and both teams. Yes, I

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<v Speaker 4>realized this is LSU, but both teams end up having

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<v Speaker 4>a way better offense and a much different team from

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<v Speaker 4>that point forward.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's reasonable. I'm going to say Virginia Tech

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<v Speaker 2>Florida State because I think there is a chance this

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<v Speaker 2>is an ugly game, not because one team blows out

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<v Speaker 2>another team, but because of how new things are for

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<v Speaker 2>both of these teams. Florida stay with the coaching staff

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<v Speaker 2>overhaul and who knows who starts a quarterback, and Virginia Tech,

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<v Speaker 2>with so many new faces on defense, offensively going to

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<v Speaker 2>have to rely on a couple of new playmakers with

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<v Speaker 2>the loss of a couple of standout guys on offense.

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<v Speaker 2>And Virginia Tech always feels like to me, where they

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<v Speaker 2>start the season off, You know that Ohio State season,

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<v Speaker 2>nonwithstanding the one they won that game, the year they

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<v Speaker 2>won the game. But there's something that Virginia Tech is

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<v Speaker 2>not a slow starter, but they need they It takes

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of momentum to get to week seven,

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<v Speaker 2>Week eight, week nine, We're like, oh, Virginia Tech has

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<v Speaker 2>the best defense in the ACC, Virginia Tech has an

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<v Speaker 2>All American caliber wide receiver. There's I think they take

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<v Speaker 2>some time and I think there is. It's like a

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<v Speaker 2>first half, maybe even three quarters of just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe a touchdown comes from a turnover, maybe a touchdown

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<v Speaker 2>comes from a broken play where it's just not high

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<v Speaker 2>level back and forth. But I think by the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the season, Florida State we'll have a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>momentum and Virginia Tech will have some much needed experience,

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<v Speaker 2>especially on defense.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, rapid fire, rapid fire. Let's get through as

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<v Speaker 4>many of these as we can. Here, it's like twenty minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Troy wants to know what rule change could college football

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<v Speaker 2>enact that would make you feel you weren't watching real

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<v Speaker 2>football anymore. I don't. I don't even know what real

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<v Speaker 2>football means. I guess if you like really couldn't tackle

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<v Speaker 2>the quarterback something like that, if you could start challenging penalties,

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<v Speaker 2>that's slippery to me in terms of it slows the

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<v Speaker 2>game down a ton. You're taking power away from refs.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't love that. But he has the second part

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<v Speaker 2>to this question. If you don't have a really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Answer, ty, go on, go on, I'm listening.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the dumbest rule in the college football rule book?

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, hint, this one hurts me too. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the fumble forward out of the end zone being a

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<v Speaker 2>touchback for the other team, and that hurts me because

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<v Speaker 2>I watched Cameron coleve and do that in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and seven and it still hurts and they lost a

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<v Speaker 2>cow on that. So I hate that rule. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not the biggest every pi is fifteen yards fan.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a huge proponent of that. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what the middle ground is, but I'm not in love

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<v Speaker 2>with it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm still not in love with targeting, and targeting is

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<v Speaker 4>my answer here, because no matter how many times they

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<v Speaker 4>try to tweak it, I feel like it's poorly implemented.

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<v Speaker 4>I understand the need to improve player safety. I understand

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<v Speaker 4>the need to make sure that players aren't turning themselves

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<v Speaker 4>into a missile with the helmet to try and enforce

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<v Speaker 4>proper tackling technique, but on some level, football is going

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<v Speaker 4>to be a rough game. You can discourage behavior and

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<v Speaker 4>still have it as part of the game just by

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<v Speaker 4>the sheer consequence of people running at each other with

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<v Speaker 4>full speed. So for me, I just I constantly feel

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<v Speaker 4>like there's got to be a better way to implement

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<v Speaker 4>targeting so that it discourages, but yet doesn't penalize in

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<v Speaker 4>a way that is unjust so targeting for me, Always

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<v Speaker 4>and forever is the answer here?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay? Fair enough? James wants to know if Syracuse goes

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<v Speaker 2>four and eight again this season, or even five and seven,

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<v Speaker 2>is it time for the Orange to move on from

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<v Speaker 2>Dino Babers.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's the question that I would answer this question with,

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<v Speaker 4>Ooh yeah. If not Dino Babers, then who then? Who?

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<v Speaker 4>Who else are you gonna get?

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<v Speaker 2>It's a tough job, man.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Dino Babers is a good coach.

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<v Speaker 4>Dan sure, I'm not sure Syracuse is necessarily a school

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<v Speaker 4>that you could turn around in three years. Ken Neo

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<v Speaker 4>Mattalolo answer Ken Neo Matalolo for every single opening I

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<v Speaker 4>just said, and he coaches within the same states. Jeff Monkin, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>Armies won a couple in a row against Navy, right

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<v Speaker 4>overhauled everything there a team that had been in a bad,

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<v Speaker 4>bad place.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe my answer is Jeff Monkin. But I think the

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<v Speaker 2>style of play that Dino Baber's employees should work relatively

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<v Speaker 2>well at Syracuse. I think they should be able to

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<v Speaker 2>compete for a Bowl every year.

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<v Speaker 4>Why are you convinced that the option is going to

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<v Speaker 4>work somewhere. Didn't we see this experiment with Paul Johnson

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<v Speaker 4>where they took him down at Georgia Tech and it

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<v Speaker 4>hasn't really materialized in the way they hoped. Like, why

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<v Speaker 4>are we so convinced that ken Niamtalolo is going to

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<v Speaker 4>work somewhere else?

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<v Speaker 2>Ty, I'm old enough to remember the twenty fourteen Orange Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it was twenty fourteen, maybe twenty fifteen, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>the season was when Georgia Tech won the Orange Bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>What have they done since then?

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<v Speaker 2>They've been fine? Okay, they haven't been They've been going

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<v Speaker 2>to bowl games as Syracuse be going to bowl games. Nope,

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<v Speaker 2>I ask you this, sir, they haven't. Uh, Georgia Tech

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<v Speaker 2>has been fine, and I think it can work at

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of places in which thinking a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>differently about systems would go a long way.

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<v Speaker 4>Listen, I'm all about thinking differently. I'm just unconvinced. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>unconvinced that this works wherever you put it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the option, Tie, I know.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that's why you answer the way you do.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what I'm getting at here, which is fine. That's

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<v Speaker 4>a fine answer, I'm just saying I'm right. I remain unconvinced.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is the standalone This comes to us from Richard.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is the standalone most exciting quarterback in the Power

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<v Speaker 2>five this year? And why is your answer?

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<v Speaker 3>M M?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it philder Kovic? I guess he's technically not on

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<v Speaker 2>a Power five team.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the answer is Kyler Murray. What the answer

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<v Speaker 4>is Kyler Murray? What most exciting quarterback?

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<v Speaker 1>The answer is Kyle Shocked by that answer? Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is he the most exciting quarterback?

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<v Speaker 4>Because there is that secondary element to Kyler Murray, because

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<v Speaker 4>if he blows a knee out, his other career that

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<v Speaker 4>he signed five million dollars to get is suddenly in question.

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<v Speaker 2>So most exciting because the most thrilling, intense. At any moment,

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<v Speaker 2>things could go terribly wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, the thrill of victory and agony of defeat

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<v Speaker 4>is totally in play on every play for Kyler Murray. Wow,

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<v Speaker 4>he could be really good. He could get twisted ankle

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<v Speaker 4>and not play all year. There is an exciting storyline.

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<v Speaker 1>How exciting? Wow?

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<v Speaker 2>What you took this in such a dark way?

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<v Speaker 1>I think so you're living on the edge of your seat.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, I was I was just gonna say, Khalil Tait.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Khalil Tate's the boring answer.

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<v Speaker 2>He could, but that's the right answer problem.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Will it's probably the right answer. Yeah's million

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<v Speaker 4>right it. Trace mcsorley's the right answer too. But in

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<v Speaker 4>terms of pure intrigue, man, I'm real excited to see

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<v Speaker 4>how this Kyler experiment.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to part the words here. I'm gonna say

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<v Speaker 2>exciting means and a positive context.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh well, then it's probably Kyler Murray or Trace mcswory.

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<v Speaker 2>It's still Kyler Murray.

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<v Speaker 4>Then it's probably Khalil Tait or Trace mcswory. Someone like

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<v Speaker 4>that a boring or Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, I love that you went dark, though I was unexpected.

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<v Speaker 2>You're usually the bright shining light of this show. Next question, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I like this question. Somebody asked about Stanford and Notre

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<v Speaker 2>Dame and whether or not they can compete with their

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<v Speaker 2>opponents with their recruiting strategy. Ivan, do you think schools

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<v Speaker 2>like Notre Dame, Stanford, Northwes, Northwestern, and other high academic

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<v Speaker 2>schools will ever change their recruiting ways to more challenge

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<v Speaker 2>schools like Ohio State and Alabama, For the nation's top

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<v Speaker 2>recruits or is the gap too big to ever be bridged.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel these schools commit significantly less time, energy, and resources,

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<v Speaker 2>but are okay taking one to two shots at the

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<v Speaker 2>playoff every ten years?

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<v Speaker 1>All right?

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<v Speaker 4>So there are things here that I in this question

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<v Speaker 4>that I disagree with.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I first and foremost, like grouping Notre Dame with

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<v Speaker 2>Stanford obviously.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Sure, No, I don't know if it's that the

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<v Speaker 4>gap is so wide. I don't know if i'd say that.

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<v Speaker 4>I also don't know if i'd say that they don't

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<v Speaker 4>put the time and resources into the football program. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>the way that other schools do that to me, seems

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<v Speaker 4>like the opposite is true. What I would say, though,

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<v Speaker 4>in answer to this question is that I don't think

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<v Speaker 4>that they would change their ways because it really truly

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<v Speaker 4>is woven into the fabric of who they are.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've talked about this before when we.

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<v Speaker 4>Address Notre Dame being an independent, right, and people from

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<v Speaker 4>the outside look at it and say, wow, being an

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<v Speaker 4>independent doesn't make sense. It's because Notre Dame is holier

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<v Speaker 4>than thou and they just want to be different. And

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<v Speaker 4>that could all be true, but you don't realize until

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<v Speaker 4>you truly get closer to the Notre Dame football program

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<v Speaker 4>how much they value that independence and how much they

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<v Speaker 4>value it as part of their identity.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think the same.

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<v Speaker 4>Holds true for all the schools that have been mentioned

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<v Speaker 4>here that like high academic standards are just sort of

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<v Speaker 4>what they do. That's who they are, and in their world,

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<v Speaker 4>they view that as a competitive advantage. So I don't

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<v Speaker 4>envision that kind of mentality changing anytime soon. I just

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<v Speaker 4>think it's what they've defined themselves as in who they

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<v Speaker 4>will be moving forward.

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<v Speaker 2>For no real reason. In particular, I feel like you

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<v Speaker 2>could convince.

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<v Speaker 4>Vanderbilt to be like, yeah, okay, all right, fine, Fandy's

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<v Speaker 4>kind of in a different spot there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Duke has done a pretty good job, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>on the basketball front of things over the years. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>they've put in the effort recruiting, not football wise and

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<v Speaker 2>in the same way, but they've built up that program nicely. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think Stanford Notre Dame, which are the two

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<v Speaker 2>Power five ish programs that have come closest to the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>with that level of academics, I don't think they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to change things. First of all, they both recruit really well.

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<v Speaker 2>Their shortcomings are not necessarily allan thing. Stanford has beaten

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<v Speaker 2>USC pretty consistently over these past few years with inferior

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<v Speaker 2>recruiting classes. Stanford has been on the upper echelon of

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<v Speaker 2>college football in terms of grouping top programs in the

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<v Speaker 2>past what eight seven years something like that. That's an

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<v Speaker 2>incredible accomplishment. And as far as resources go, they don't

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<v Speaker 2>pay David Shaw one million dollars. No, they don't pay

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<v Speaker 2>him a couple million dollars. They pay him many millions

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<v Speaker 2>of dollars. They just put a ton of money into

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<v Speaker 2>their stadium and their facilities. They recruit nationally, which I

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<v Speaker 2>mean so does Notre Dame. But as anybody that has

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<v Speaker 2>to recruit nationally knows, in Stanford's case, because of grades

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<v Speaker 2>and academic requirements, it is costly. It is costly to

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<v Speaker 2>go into Texas and Georgia and Virginia as they have

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<v Speaker 2>to get top level guys to get Kevin Hogan out

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<v Speaker 2>of Virginia, to get Andrew Luck out of Texas. Walker

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<v Speaker 2>little you know, these guys are no joke, far away

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<v Speaker 2>and costly to recruit, and Stanford has done a fantastic

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<v Speaker 2>job of doing so and same goes for Notre Dame

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<v Speaker 2>recruiting southern California, recruiting all over the Midwest, recruiting you know, Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>recruiting anywhere that there is talent that can get into

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<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame and wants to go to Notre Dame. Brian

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<v Speaker 2>Kelly and his staff will go after them. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think they've put more resources than I think a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people think.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, where are we going next? Let's go too

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<v Speaker 1>rapid fire, rapid fire, rapid fire.

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<v Speaker 2>Rapid fire, rapid fire. I'm scrolling way up. I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about Ed and Lisa McCaffrey some more.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay with you, Maui beer guy, I feel like I

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<v Speaker 2>know you. Yeah, Dan, you live in New York City,

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<v Speaker 2>where there's an alumni slash fan bar for every major

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<v Speaker 2>college football team. Have you ever gone to a bar

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<v Speaker 2>of a team to watch one of their rivalry games? So,

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<v Speaker 2>Lsubama Iowa Iowa State, just to enjoy the fandom and

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<v Speaker 2>energy of the game. If not, why the hell not? Okay? So, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>my answer is yes, I've been to a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>these bars. I usually don't because I want to watch

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of games at once, and I'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>have my laptop on me to be checking things because

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<v Speaker 2>of work and the podcast and everything. But the experience

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<v Speaker 2>is phenomenal. I went to a West Virginia bar in

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<v Speaker 2>midtown and want I don't remember. I think it was halftime.

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<v Speaker 2>It was West Virginia, god knows who, and players run

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<v Speaker 2>off the field, volume goes down, take me home Country

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<v Speaker 2>Road gets turned up. The whole place goes nuts singing

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<v Speaker 2>it and it was incredible. But I have been for

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<v Speaker 2>them some Thursday night games. I've been to a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of these. Part of the problem is also some of

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<v Speaker 2>these bars are terrible. They're terrible bars who attract terrible people,

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<v Speaker 2>not necessarily the college football fans, but the other people

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<v Speaker 2>in that bar. So I've been to a bunch of them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're extremely fun. You just have to do some scouting.

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<v Speaker 2>Like all things in life.

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<v Speaker 1>You got a scout, you got a scout, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you been to any of the New York bars,

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<v Speaker 2>the team bars, the alumni bars.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like I've been. I feel like I was

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<v Speaker 4>at a Michigan bar at one point.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to Professor Toms that's a Michigan bar in

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<v Speaker 2>in the East village, real cramped but decent. Nacho's huge, All.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, real quick, Dan Jim wants to know, is it

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<v Speaker 4>too early to drink pumpkin beer? Watching games during weeks

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<v Speaker 4>one through four of the college football season. So pumpkin

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<v Speaker 4>beer in September? Now, this is like poking at whether

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<v Speaker 4>or not you like pumpkin beer. I'm gonna put that

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<v Speaker 4>off to the side for a second and say that

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<v Speaker 4>I saw pumpkin beer at Wegmans like two weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 4>So it seems like they're trying to out pumpkin beer

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<v Speaker 4>their competition by putting their pumpkin beer out earlier and

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<v Speaker 4>earlier every year. And so if you're into pumpkin beer,

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<v Speaker 4>I think your best option is probably to drink it

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<v Speaker 4>some time in September because the good ones are out

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<v Speaker 4>really early. Now that is separate from the fact of

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<v Speaker 4>whether or not you should be drinking pumpkin beer. And

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<v Speaker 4>while we could probably do a whole other podcast episode

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<v Speaker 4>on that, but the answer, Jim, I think is it

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<v Speaker 4>is not too early, because if you're into it, it

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<v Speaker 4>is required.

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<v Speaker 2>Consume what you'd like when you like time of year

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<v Speaker 2>wise responsibly, and if you like pumpkin beer, drink your

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<v Speaker 2>pumpkin beer. If you're hit by a bus and you

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<v Speaker 2>haven't touched your pumpkin beer, nobody can say he went

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<v Speaker 2>out like he lived full of pumpkin beer. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>take advantage while we're all here.

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<v Speaker 4>Jordan says that LSU has now had four of their

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<v Speaker 4>last twenty scholarship quarterbacks finish their college careers at LSU.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a question.

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<v Speaker 4>Just wanted to complain. Thanks forward, and I'm sorry. Lowell

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<v Speaker 4>Narcis has announced that he is transferring. I believe I

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<v Speaker 4>saw that McMillan maybe transferring as well, so that quarterback

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<v Speaker 4>competition between Joe Burrow and Miles Brennan appears to be

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<v Speaker 4>at least somewhat narrowed down. We will find out more

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<v Speaker 4>about that as obviously we get closer to the football season.

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<v Speaker 4>Hopefully some folks are reading the Attle Athletic, the Athletic

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<v Speaker 4>dot com slash solid Verbal and check it out.

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<v Speaker 1>Bless you.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry, Ty got overwhelmed. What is what is your what

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<v Speaker 2>is your view of that LSU situation? It is troubling, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's troubling looking at the future and I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I compared it from the Solid Verbal account to a

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<v Speaker 2>restaurant space that no matter who moves in. If it's

0:24:23.680 --> 0:24:26.320
<v Speaker 2>a kebab place, if it's a pizza place, if it's

0:24:26.480 --> 0:24:29.359
<v Speaker 2>a cookie place, nobody's succeeding. I don't know if it's

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<v Speaker 2>a if it's just cursed burial ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it is not a talent thing. It is not

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<v Speaker 1>a talent thing.

0:24:36.720 --> 0:24:39.400
<v Speaker 2>A bunch of changed positions. If you remember Russell Sheppard

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<v Speaker 2>coming a safety.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I don't think it's a talent thing.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the talent that they're bringing in is obviously

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<v Speaker 4>high end enough to support having a really good quarterback

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<v Speaker 4>at LSU. It is either recruiting the wrong kind of

0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:56.960
<v Speaker 4>quarterback for a system, or the coaching one or the other.

0:24:57.200 --> 0:24:58.760
<v Speaker 4>It has to be one of those two things, because

0:24:58.800 --> 0:25:00.320
<v Speaker 4>I really don't think it's the raw talent.

0:25:01.480 --> 0:25:03.440
<v Speaker 2>I think Russell Sheppard moved to receiver, by the way,

0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:08.760
<v Speaker 2>more I think about it, not safety. But we'll see, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I just I think it's because there

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<v Speaker 2>has been weird continuity and at a certain point every

0:25:16.440 --> 0:25:20.000
<v Speaker 2>program needs to be torn down and rebuilt back up.

0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:23.560
<v Speaker 2>And you know ed Origron is a less Miles assistant,

0:25:23.640 --> 0:25:26.840
<v Speaker 2>less miles being there forever, there's just certain ideas and

0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:30.840
<v Speaker 2>certain ways of doing things that carry over and perhaps offensively.

0:25:30.840 --> 0:25:33.720
<v Speaker 2>Now Steve Wensminger takes over the offense. He was the

0:25:33.760 --> 0:25:36.640
<v Speaker 2>previous interim coach under ed Oorgron when he took over

0:25:36.640 --> 0:25:38.720
<v Speaker 2>a couple of years ago. Now that Matt Canada's gone,

0:25:39.480 --> 0:25:41.399
<v Speaker 2>there's just something that I just it needs to be

0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:44.920
<v Speaker 2>rethought with new people. And I think eventually LSU will

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<v Speaker 2>develop and succeed with quarterbacks that they themselves recruits. I

0:25:49.200 --> 0:25:51.480
<v Speaker 2>just and Joe Burrow could succeed, but he's not a

0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:55.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, not an LSU quarterback in the way that

0:25:55.119 --> 0:25:58.439
<v Speaker 2>recruits are. He wasn't developed through that system. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, Dan, We're going to do two rapid fire

0:26:00.840 --> 0:26:03.679
<v Speaker 4>questions and then we've got a special interview to bring people.

0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:05.800
<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna take one for myself here and then you

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<v Speaker 4>get to pick one for your all right. Uh, Anthony

0:26:09.640 --> 0:26:13.800
<v Speaker 4>wants to know, especially for Tie, am I a sheets.

0:26:13.480 --> 0:26:14.960
<v Speaker 1>Guy or a wah wah guy.

0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:17.359
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Tye, please answer.

0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:20.840
<v Speaker 4>The answer here is woah wah. Okay, the only answer

0:26:20.880 --> 0:26:23.159
<v Speaker 4>is wah wah here, So count me down to guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's start at the beginning, because I assume we have

0:26:26.480 --> 0:26:30.199
<v Speaker 2>people that are listening outside of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Yeah,

0:26:30.280 --> 0:26:35.240
<v Speaker 2>so what does this question mean? Yea two?

0:26:35.800 --> 0:26:41.520
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, these are two convenience stores slash gas stations slash

0:26:41.520 --> 0:26:43.640
<v Speaker 4>places where you can go and get an mto sandwich

0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:48.240
<v Speaker 4>that are what may to order, Oh my god, one

0:26:48.280 --> 0:26:51.040
<v Speaker 4>of the little time screens. Sure so, sheets I think

0:26:51.080 --> 0:26:55.040
<v Speaker 4>started up around your state college or Altoona, and wah

0:26:55.040 --> 0:26:57.720
<v Speaker 4>Wah started here in eastern Pennsylvania. It's kind of like

0:26:57.760 --> 0:27:00.639
<v Speaker 4>a staple here in eastern Pennsylvania. I think the wah

0:27:00.640 --> 0:27:03.800
<v Speaker 4>wah subs and certainly the wah Wah coffee are a

0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:05.280
<v Speaker 4>lot better than sheets.

0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:09.040
<v Speaker 2>What makes I've seen this all over My friend Sam

0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:10.840
<v Speaker 2>goes to New Jersey. I think it's from New Jersey,

0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:14.040
<v Speaker 2>and he's always taken pictures of his woah wah sub

0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:18.120
<v Speaker 2>wa wa. What makes it so good?

0:27:18.960 --> 0:27:19.159
<v Speaker 1>You know?

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<v Speaker 4>I've never been able to pinpoint it, but all I

0:27:22.040 --> 0:27:28.239
<v Speaker 4>can say is it's it's probably the bread on the

0:27:28.280 --> 0:27:32.760
<v Speaker 4>sandwich that feels a little fresher, whereas sheets is more

0:27:32.800 --> 0:27:37.960
<v Speaker 4>of like a subway, kind of like manufactured sub It

0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:40.800
<v Speaker 4>feels like wah Wah has a freshness quotient that's a

0:27:40.840 --> 0:27:41.800
<v Speaker 4>little higher.

0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:46.040
<v Speaker 2>Wah wah the freshness quotient. It's a free advertise, so

0:27:46.080 --> 0:27:48.320
<v Speaker 2>it's sort of like how people in Florida and the

0:27:48.359 --> 0:27:51.199
<v Speaker 2>Southeast feel about publics. I don't think not comparing the

0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:54.760
<v Speaker 2>quality of the two, but there is just something locally

0:27:56.000 --> 0:28:00.719
<v Speaker 2>and tribal about locally desirous about the WA. I need

0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:02.440
<v Speaker 2>to try it the next time I come out there. Yeah,

0:28:02.440 --> 0:28:05.000
<v Speaker 2>we gotta go. Okay, sometime this season will do it.

0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:12.520
<v Speaker 2>And final question, you get to pick Okay, we don't

0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:14.960
<v Speaker 2>talk about this enough, even though we've mentioned it before.

0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:18.720
<v Speaker 2>Let's go to our old friend Dan, who I believe

0:28:18.760 --> 0:28:23.639
<v Speaker 2>is talking about taking his dad to football games and

0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:26.560
<v Speaker 2>where to go Like the bucket listing miss because there

0:28:26.600 --> 0:28:29.200
<v Speaker 2>is an element of people listen to the show, people

0:28:29.200 --> 0:28:31.520
<v Speaker 2>who are just college football fans. There's like that second

0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:34.400
<v Speaker 2>Bachelor party. Me and my buddies get together every year

0:28:34.600 --> 0:28:37.080
<v Speaker 2>we try to see a new college football place. Sure,

0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:40.360
<v Speaker 2>we've taken a form of this question many times, but

0:28:40.400 --> 0:28:42.840
<v Speaker 2>he's taking his dad to LSU, which is absolutely on

0:28:42.880 --> 0:28:45.360
<v Speaker 2>that list, if not the top of the list. It's

0:28:45.360 --> 0:28:46.960
<v Speaker 2>the first time going on a trip like this. What

0:28:47.080 --> 0:28:51.000
<v Speaker 2>other stadiums should they or anybody see? And is Michigan,

0:28:51.120 --> 0:28:54.160
<v Speaker 2>his home state, A good pick for twenty nineteen. To

0:28:54.160 --> 0:28:57.960
<v Speaker 2>answer his quiet first question, absolutely, and arbors great. The

0:28:58.000 --> 0:29:00.680
<v Speaker 2>Big House is great. It's something that everybody should see.

0:29:00.680 --> 0:29:03.120
<v Speaker 2>It is one of those places, one of those locales

0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:06.360
<v Speaker 2>that helped to define what college football is. And if

0:29:06.400 --> 0:29:08.720
<v Speaker 2>you haven't been, I've never I take that back. I

0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:12.120
<v Speaker 2>went to Michigan Ohio State in two thousand and seven,

0:29:12.800 --> 0:29:15.560
<v Speaker 2>but it's been a long time since I've been to

0:29:15.600 --> 0:29:17.600
<v Speaker 2>the Big House for a game, and I can't wait

0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:21.520
<v Speaker 2>to go back. Ty, you have not traveled extensively in

0:29:21.560 --> 0:29:25.160
<v Speaker 2>the way that I have no facts only what would

0:29:25.200 --> 0:29:29.520
<v Speaker 2>you say if you were getting together with the fellas? Yeah,

0:29:30.320 --> 0:29:32.720
<v Speaker 2>go see a college town. Nobody's been to go see

0:29:32.800 --> 0:29:36.960
<v Speaker 2>a stadium a big game. What boxes would you try

0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:37.360
<v Speaker 2>to check?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I mean one that I'm dynasty is Clemson a

0:29:42.560 --> 0:29:44.200
<v Speaker 4>great time. I'm dynasty.

0:29:44.280 --> 0:29:48.640
<v Speaker 2>Clemson tougher to get to, yeah, but worth it.

0:29:48.680 --> 0:29:51.720
<v Speaker 4>Tougher to get to and kind of along the same lines,

0:29:51.880 --> 0:29:55.280
<v Speaker 4>Blacksburg is another one than that has really tough to

0:29:55.320 --> 0:29:58.360
<v Speaker 4>get to. Yeah, a rich tradition, but maybe a little

0:29:58.360 --> 0:30:01.000
<v Speaker 4>bit off the beaten path. The super fun third that

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<v Speaker 4>I would throw out there be Madison, Wisconsin because you know,

0:30:04.800 --> 0:30:06.440
<v Speaker 4>it might not be in a deep South and the

0:30:06.440 --> 0:30:09.800
<v Speaker 4>weather might be a bit colder come middle to the

0:30:09.880 --> 0:30:13.040
<v Speaker 4>end of the season, but everyone talks about the incredible

0:30:13.040 --> 0:30:15.880
<v Speaker 4>tradition in Madison, and you know, I know our two

0:30:15.960 --> 0:30:18.080
<v Speaker 4>Q and AH shows have been pretty heavy on Wisconsin here,

0:30:18.080 --> 0:30:23.200
<v Speaker 4>but Madison, Wisconsin continually comes up among people who I

0:30:23.240 --> 0:30:25.120
<v Speaker 4>know and trust as one of the coolest places to

0:30:25.120 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 4>watch college football.

0:30:27.120 --> 0:30:31.560
<v Speaker 2>Tennessee is very fun. Ole miss is fun and different

0:30:32.160 --> 0:30:34.880
<v Speaker 2>within the SEC I've been to most place, most of

0:30:34.880 --> 0:30:38.400
<v Speaker 2>the bigger places. Tennessee it's enormous, and it's like the

0:30:38.480 --> 0:30:40.600
<v Speaker 2>Big House in that it houses you know, one hundred

0:30:40.640 --> 0:30:42.360
<v Speaker 2>and ten thousand people or something like that, but it's

0:30:42.440 --> 0:30:45.320
<v Speaker 2>banked a lot more dramatically. The stands are so you

0:30:45.400 --> 0:30:47.920
<v Speaker 2>really feel fans on top of you down by the field.

0:30:48.000 --> 0:30:50.880
<v Speaker 2>So I would definitely say Tennessee Washington is a great

0:30:50.880 --> 0:30:52.400
<v Speaker 2>time and it's also red on the lake and people

0:30:52.440 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 2>are also tailgating on boats across the Big twelve. Austin

0:30:57.600 --> 0:30:59.400
<v Speaker 2>is a great town, but the experience of going to

0:30:59.440 --> 0:31:02.080
<v Speaker 2>a Texas game is not all that overwhelming, So I

0:31:02.120 --> 0:31:05.160
<v Speaker 2>would say, you know, still Water is a little out

0:31:05.200 --> 0:31:07.640
<v Speaker 2>there in terms of distance from a major airport, but

0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:10.160
<v Speaker 2>not too bad. Norman as well. Norman's not that far

0:31:10.160 --> 0:31:15.040
<v Speaker 2>from Oklahoma City. I'm trying to think it's stadiums I

0:31:15.080 --> 0:31:16.920
<v Speaker 2>haven't been to that I'd like to go to. Ohio

0:31:16.960 --> 0:31:19.680
<v Speaker 2>State's fun Ohio Stadium is also one of those enormous places.

0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:22.440
<v Speaker 2>But getting out of the Big Ten, getting out of

0:31:22.480 --> 0:31:27.040
<v Speaker 2>the SEC. Clemson is a good answer. Miami does, probably

0:31:27.040 --> 0:31:30.360
<v Speaker 2>not worth it. Florida State is fine, but I don't

0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:34.200
<v Speaker 2>know if I'm putting it up with the rest of them.

0:31:34.360 --> 0:31:35.920
<v Speaker 2>I think that's everything I really have.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, there are plenty of other ones that

0:31:37.960 --> 0:31:39.680
<v Speaker 4>we've been to that are really good, you know, like

0:31:39.720 --> 0:31:43.320
<v Speaker 4>Notre Dames and Experience and Penn State's and Experience. But

0:31:44.120 --> 0:31:46.960
<v Speaker 4>for me anyway, those are my three answers. Clemson, Penn State,

0:31:47.160 --> 0:31:51.120
<v Speaker 4>is Wisconsin difficult to get to, Yeah, Penn State.

0:31:51.320 --> 0:31:55.680
<v Speaker 2>I flew into Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh is no Pennsylvania tie.

0:31:55.920 --> 0:32:02.080
<v Speaker 4>It's long, Manross Holy and it's well, it's five hours across,

0:32:02.560 --> 0:32:03.880
<v Speaker 4>and then you drive an hour and a half and

0:32:03.920 --> 0:32:06.520
<v Speaker 4>it's like ooh, detour real quick, yep, and then you're

0:32:06.520 --> 0:32:08.800
<v Speaker 4>going around things and there are no lights on the

0:32:08.840 --> 0:32:10.240
<v Speaker 4>highways or the interstates.

0:32:10.600 --> 0:32:14.480
<v Speaker 2>It's it's a it's a far away drive from everything.

0:32:15.480 --> 0:32:17.239
<v Speaker 2>That's well, that's what I will say. You know what,

0:32:17.280 --> 0:32:19.840
<v Speaker 2>I'll give one more answer. West Virginia is a good time.

0:32:20.240 --> 0:32:21.720
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Morgantown, baby.

0:32:21.520 --> 0:32:24.240
<v Speaker 2>West Virginia, Morgantown, you can you can fly into Pittsburgh.

0:32:24.280 --> 0:32:27.400
<v Speaker 2>It's not that far from Pittsburgh. Morgantown's a good time.

0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:29.520
<v Speaker 1>So here's how we're going to close out.

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<v Speaker 4>We talked about how we didn't have a chance to

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<v Speaker 4>really preview Conference USSA right.

0:32:36.600 --> 0:32:38.440
<v Speaker 2>Well at Conference USA West.

0:32:38.480 --> 0:32:41.760
<v Speaker 4>I believe Conference to USA West we have done something

0:32:41.800 --> 0:32:45.280
<v Speaker 4>that no other college football podcast has done. That's right,

0:32:45.320 --> 0:32:48.480
<v Speaker 4>previewing their conferences before the start of the season. Dan,

0:32:48.800 --> 0:32:50.920
<v Speaker 4>We're going to close out on that note, correct.

0:32:51.120 --> 0:32:53.160
<v Speaker 2>We are going to close out on this note. Obviously,

0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:57.080
<v Speaker 2>Conference the Western Division of Conference USA has a lot

0:32:57.080 --> 0:32:59.120
<v Speaker 2>of interesting teams, a lot of teams who have made

0:32:59.200 --> 0:33:02.640
<v Speaker 2>noise in various way in recent years. We had seth

0:33:02.760 --> 0:33:05.640
<v Speaker 2>latrelle on the North Texas head coach earlier during our

0:33:05.680 --> 0:33:10.640
<v Speaker 2>scheme theme month, and I just figured why not actually

0:33:10.720 --> 0:33:14.440
<v Speaker 2>go to the source. So I had a conversation with

0:33:14.480 --> 0:33:18.120
<v Speaker 2>starting tight end Kelvin Smith, about all things North Texas,

0:33:18.200 --> 0:33:20.840
<v Speaker 2>How camp is going, how the season's looking, the rest

0:33:20.880 --> 0:33:23.680
<v Speaker 2>of the team's across Conference USA, where the Mean Green

0:33:23.760 --> 0:33:26.400
<v Speaker 2>might improve a little bit, And let me tell you something,

0:33:26.600 --> 0:33:29.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm a little bit higher on Mason Fine and the

0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:31.720
<v Speaker 2>Mean Green than I was before. So here it is.

0:33:32.320 --> 0:33:34.840
<v Speaker 2>And with that we are now joined by Kelvin Smith,

0:33:35.120 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 2>tight end h back North Texas the Mean Green. Yes, sir, successful,

0:33:41.280 --> 0:33:44.880
<v Speaker 2>huge offense. They go nine and three last year. And

0:33:44.920 --> 0:33:47.400
<v Speaker 2>to everybody who says we are not looking out for

0:33:48.000 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 2>really really good group of five teams, my goodness, we've

0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:53.640
<v Speaker 2>got a star in the making. Kelvin, how are you?

0:33:54.960 --> 0:33:55.520
<v Speaker 3>I'm going good?

0:33:55.560 --> 0:33:55.960
<v Speaker 4>How bout just?

0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:59.360
<v Speaker 2>I am wonderful. I am pump to talk to you.

0:33:59.360 --> 0:34:02.640
<v Speaker 2>You guys were extraordinarily fun to watch last year. I

0:34:02.720 --> 0:34:06.120
<v Speaker 2>expect more fun things this year. You're on the John

0:34:06.200 --> 0:34:11.240
<v Speaker 2>McKie Award watch list. So everything is looking good. In August,

0:34:11.280 --> 0:34:12.239
<v Speaker 2>how's camp so far?

0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:17.080
<v Speaker 3>It's going good. We're about midway through and we're just

0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:20.520
<v Speaker 3>going outside, going out there and competing, flying around and

0:34:20.680 --> 0:34:22.520
<v Speaker 3>just making each other bet every single day.

0:34:23.160 --> 0:34:25.640
<v Speaker 2>Is what's the difference. Obviously this will be your third

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:28.960
<v Speaker 2>year on the field for North Texas. What's the difference

0:34:29.000 --> 0:34:32.120
<v Speaker 2>between I guess the year two off season last year

0:34:32.160 --> 0:34:35.120
<v Speaker 2>when the offense is installed, you know, the team improves,

0:34:35.280 --> 0:34:37.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, it becomes sort of feisty, and then last

0:34:37.680 --> 0:34:40.360
<v Speaker 2>year going to a flat out winning team. What's an

0:34:40.400 --> 0:34:43.080
<v Speaker 2>off season like after that kind of improvement?

0:34:44.719 --> 0:34:47.520
<v Speaker 3>It was just changing the standard, just continuing to raise

0:34:47.560 --> 0:34:50.239
<v Speaker 3>it because everybody has an understanding of the playbook of

0:34:50.280 --> 0:34:52.920
<v Speaker 3>the scheme, So now it's just time to just continue

0:34:52.960 --> 0:34:54.960
<v Speaker 3>to raise the standard and expect more out of each other.

0:34:55.600 --> 0:34:58.560
<v Speaker 2>So do you feel like the playbook is going to

0:34:58.640 --> 0:35:00.960
<v Speaker 2>be I mean, not to give state secrets away, but

0:35:01.480 --> 0:35:03.680
<v Speaker 2>similar do you think you know you're staying ahead of

0:35:03.680 --> 0:35:05.719
<v Speaker 2>the curve? Do you think there are tweaks? Do you

0:35:05.760 --> 0:35:08.440
<v Speaker 2>think there are things that are being overhauled? How do

0:35:08.480 --> 0:35:10.920
<v Speaker 2>you look at what your responsibility is going to be

0:35:11.200 --> 0:35:12.480
<v Speaker 2>as this offense evolves?

0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:16.400
<v Speaker 3>I think the playbook, I mean, it's about the same

0:35:16.640 --> 0:35:18.520
<v Speaker 3>every now and then we add in different tweeks and

0:35:18.520 --> 0:35:21.960
<v Speaker 3>adjustments for specific things. But I mean our mindset is

0:35:22.000 --> 0:35:25.880
<v Speaker 3>always we can go out there with two or three plays,

0:35:25.880 --> 0:35:28.360
<v Speaker 3>and our mindset is just go out there and execute

0:35:28.400 --> 0:35:30.960
<v Speaker 3>those two or three plays all game and nobody should

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<v Speaker 3>be able to stop with That's just the mentality we

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<v Speaker 3>have when we step on a field.

0:35:34.520 --> 0:35:37.399
<v Speaker 2>What is your view of the teams you played last year?

0:35:37.440 --> 0:35:41.040
<v Speaker 2>Obviously some top teams getting a lot of attention. You

0:35:41.080 --> 0:35:43.600
<v Speaker 2>finish out the season in somewhat disappointing fashion in the

0:35:43.600 --> 0:35:46.000
<v Speaker 2>bowl game. But North Texas in a bowl game is

0:35:46.120 --> 0:35:48.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, it's a big deal, It's an accomplishment. How

0:35:48.440 --> 0:35:50.880
<v Speaker 2>do you view Conference USA as it stands now? You

0:35:50.880 --> 0:35:53.719
<v Speaker 2>feel like it's getting to a really good place. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>who stands out in your mind right now within the conference.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll say FAU Louisiana Tech, but honestly, up and down.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like the whole schedule and the whole conference

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<v Speaker 3>is starting to rise. And it's not many guys that

0:36:09.880 --> 0:36:11.480
<v Speaker 3>you can look past them and be like, oh, that's

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<v Speaker 3>the easy duve. I mean, every single team is going

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<v Speaker 3>to come out here and give.

0:36:14.960 --> 0:36:18.200
<v Speaker 2>Us all they have a couple of a few weeks

0:36:18.280 --> 0:36:21.000
<v Speaker 2>last year, you know you had to score forty to

0:36:21.080 --> 0:36:23.800
<v Speaker 2>win some games. Obviously, the defense is a work in progress.

0:36:23.800 --> 0:36:27.239
<v Speaker 2>You're looking into this defense every practice against the ones,

0:36:27.280 --> 0:36:30.480
<v Speaker 2>against the twos, wherever, where do you expect this defense

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<v Speaker 2>to improve with another year of experience.

0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:37.160
<v Speaker 3>I expect them to just continue to just improve in

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<v Speaker 3>every phase.

0:36:37.920 --> 0:36:40.040
<v Speaker 2>I mean another year in the scheme.

0:36:40.719 --> 0:36:43.239
<v Speaker 3>Coach Reford is taking over full time for his second year,

0:36:43.320 --> 0:36:46.480
<v Speaker 3>so they just they're settling it into that scheme real well,

0:36:46.520 --> 0:36:48.600
<v Speaker 3>and they're competing with us every day and making us

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<v Speaker 3>better every single day.

0:36:50.520 --> 0:36:53.120
<v Speaker 2>And give me a name on offense that you expect.

0:36:53.239 --> 0:36:56.240
<v Speaker 2>You know, obviously Mason's name is one that is growing

0:36:56.239 --> 0:36:58.440
<v Speaker 2>and growing. But among the pass catchers, who do you

0:36:58.480 --> 0:37:03.200
<v Speaker 2>expect to outside of you to to increase their visibility?

0:37:03.200 --> 0:37:05.520
<v Speaker 2>Who do you think America will find more out about

0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:06.000
<v Speaker 2>this year?

0:37:07.640 --> 0:37:08.279
<v Speaker 4>You're going to see a.

0:37:08.280 --> 0:37:09.600
<v Speaker 2>Lot of Jalen Darden.

0:37:10.000 --> 0:37:12.680
<v Speaker 3>He switches number one, so he'll be wearing number one.

0:37:12.760 --> 0:37:15.479
<v Speaker 3>But he's electric with the ball in his hand. And

0:37:16.280 --> 0:37:18.360
<v Speaker 3>I usually get a lot of credit for my versatility,

0:37:18.360 --> 0:37:20.399
<v Speaker 3>but I think he's right up there with me from

0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:23.040
<v Speaker 3>a versatility standpoint. You can literally put him anywhere on

0:37:23.400 --> 0:37:26.520
<v Speaker 3>that offense and you go to see, uh, just him

0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:27.760
<v Speaker 3>make plays all over the field.

0:37:28.480 --> 0:37:31.719
<v Speaker 2>So you have Coach Latrelle's ear. Obviously he's called you

0:37:31.840 --> 0:37:34.960
<v Speaker 2>very versatile. But within a versatile offense, and you bring

0:37:35.000 --> 0:37:37.239
<v Speaker 2>a tight end in h back if you have his

0:37:37.320 --> 0:37:40.439
<v Speaker 2>ear and you're able to say, use me like this,

0:37:40.920 --> 0:37:43.360
<v Speaker 2>put me in this kind of position, Put use me

0:37:43.400 --> 0:37:45.360
<v Speaker 2>on this kind of play. Do you want you know,

0:37:45.400 --> 0:37:46.880
<v Speaker 2>do you want to carry out of the backfield? Do

0:37:46.920 --> 0:37:48.960
<v Speaker 2>you want a trick play pass? Do you want you know,

0:37:49.000 --> 0:37:51.480
<v Speaker 2>to be up the scene more? What is your desire

0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:53.440
<v Speaker 2>out of the tight end position for twenty eighteen?

0:37:55.880 --> 0:37:57.680
<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's it's really about the same as it

0:37:57.800 --> 0:38:00.759
<v Speaker 3>was with twenty seventeen. Just continuing to expand my role

0:38:00.840 --> 0:38:04.439
<v Speaker 3>in the passing game. But my mindset has always been

0:38:04.560 --> 0:38:06.560
<v Speaker 3>I'm a primary blocker and that's that's just what I

0:38:06.600 --> 0:38:09.120
<v Speaker 3>love to do. I have a pass for blocking, and

0:38:09.600 --> 0:38:11.520
<v Speaker 3>I'll get I'll get excited when they dial up a

0:38:11.600 --> 0:38:14.320
<v Speaker 3>run play more more excited when they dial up a

0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:16.000
<v Speaker 3>run play rather than the pass play for me.

0:38:16.880 --> 0:38:19.480
<v Speaker 2>Excellent. And what do you expect out of the offense

0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:22.440
<v Speaker 2>outside of you this year? What has been the big

0:38:22.440 --> 0:38:25.879
<v Speaker 2>difference in in your quarterback? Mason Fine as he enters

0:38:25.960 --> 0:38:29.120
<v Speaker 2>year three, putting up big numbers and becoming a bigger name.

0:38:31.080 --> 0:38:33.400
<v Speaker 3>Just more confidence. I mean I remember him coming in

0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:37.120
<v Speaker 3>as a freshman, in coming in that first game against

0:38:37.239 --> 0:38:40.080
<v Speaker 3>SMU and the season opener, and he came out there

0:38:40.080 --> 0:38:42.360
<v Speaker 3>with a lot of confidence, but throughout the season it

0:38:42.440 --> 0:38:45.960
<v Speaker 3>got shattered and shaped up a little bit. But over

0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:48.480
<v Speaker 3>the past two years he's just showing just more confident

0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:51.759
<v Speaker 3>taking the offense and the team by to him and

0:38:52.160 --> 0:38:53.600
<v Speaker 3>just being a great leader for US.

0:38:53.960 --> 0:38:56.040
<v Speaker 2>Kelvin Smith, thank you very much for your time and

0:38:56.280 --> 0:38:57.040
<v Speaker 2>good luck this year.

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<v Speaker 4>I appreciate it.

0:38:58.960 --> 0:38:59.719
<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Boom.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, Dan Yep, And to go through the

0:39:03.120 --> 0:39:07.399
<v Speaker 2>rest quickly of the division. Louisiana Tech Skip Holtz should

0:39:07.440 --> 0:39:10.160
<v Speaker 2>be pretty decent and balanced on offense. I like them

0:39:10.239 --> 0:39:14.280
<v Speaker 2>a good amount. Southern Miss just not there yet. UAB

0:39:14.640 --> 0:39:16.920
<v Speaker 2>should have a really good defense, replacing a couple of

0:39:17.280 --> 0:39:20.400
<v Speaker 2>key parts, but remains an unbelievable story. Bill Clark has

0:39:20.480 --> 0:39:23.799
<v Speaker 2>hired his old offensive coordinator back to that position to

0:39:23.800 --> 0:39:26.560
<v Speaker 2>sort of regain the old magic UTSA. You know, they

0:39:26.560 --> 0:39:28.920
<v Speaker 2>lose Marcus Davenport in a couple of big pieces on defense,

0:39:28.920 --> 0:39:30.680
<v Speaker 2>but I think they're still going to be there. I

0:39:30.880 --> 0:39:33.920
<v Speaker 2>would file them under your very exclusive pluckiness rankings.

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<v Speaker 1>Ty Yeah, and.

0:39:35.719 --> 0:39:38.319
<v Speaker 2>UTEP is going to They're going to struggle first year

0:39:38.360 --> 0:39:42.560
<v Speaker 2>coach former Kansas State. I think offensive coordinator Dana Demmel.

0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:47.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm pronouncing everything wrong. UTEP's going to struggle. But that's

0:39:47.400 --> 0:39:49.480
<v Speaker 2>all I have on you go, Minors.

0:39:49.560 --> 0:39:50.320
<v Speaker 1>Go miners.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Well, thank you again to everyone who downloaded the

0:39:54.880 --> 0:39:58.640
<v Speaker 4>show who listened in. We've got our Fantasy Things show

0:39:58.760 --> 0:40:01.520
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0:40:01.520 --> 0:40:05.560
<v Speaker 4>to record next Sunday, a new show as we gear

0:40:05.680 --> 0:40:08.239
<v Speaker 4>up for the college football season. The next show after

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<v Speaker 4>our next show is going to be our Week one preview.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, ty we did it?

0:40:13.000 --> 0:40:16.880
<v Speaker 1>The dull drums are we got through? About over? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a cool show, by the way planned for

0:40:21.200 --> 0:40:26.200
<v Speaker 2>So the Fantasy Things Draft Live from Chicago is Wednesday, yes,

0:40:27.480 --> 0:40:33.040
<v Speaker 2>and then Sunday, So a week from this episode will

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<v Speaker 2>be a new type of episode that we've never done.

0:40:37.680 --> 0:40:42.440
<v Speaker 2>And it's just sort of a tweaked System System season preview.

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<v Speaker 1>In our own way, entirely naked.

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<v Speaker 2>I am pretty pomped for this time. Yeah, I'm good

0:40:48.040 --> 0:40:48.399
<v Speaker 2>to go.

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