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Speaker 2: This show is a distract to casuals coast to coast.

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Speaker 2: It's Sunday, May fifth, thee of Our Lord twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 2: Bold Prediction Season is back. I didn't know when it

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Speaker 2: was going to hit us, but I decided this morning

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Speaker 2: it's time Bold Prediction Season.

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Speaker 1: If you weren't around last year, oh friends, let me

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Speaker 2: Bold Prediction Season here on this particular show here at

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Speaker 2: Peyton State is like nothing you've seen anywhere else. Because

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Speaker 2: anybody could make a prediction, how many of you are

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Speaker 2: willing to put your hard earned money behind it?

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Speaker 1: That is the barometer that you have to clear.

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Speaker 2: That's the bar you got to clear in order to

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Speaker 2: submit a prediction around here, and we've started tonight. How

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Speaker 2: Power four? Now got to get used to staying power four?

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Speaker 1: Is it real?

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Speaker 2: And I think most of us think it is? How

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Speaker 2: wide is it? Does it matter? Do you care about it?

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Speaker 2: We will discuss.

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Speaker 2: One of you saw something I think that we did

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Speaker 2: very very new faces that will impact this sport in

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Speaker 2: hammer on anyone using the O word. They're watching us

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Speaker 2: in Madison, Mississippi, Rochester, Minnesota, Circleville, Ohio, and Pueblo, Colorado.

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Speaker 2: Let me just do a little twenty second sales job here.

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Speaker 2: You need to be following the Instagram page right now

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Speaker 2: got a college football show that we're doing multiple times

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Speaker 2: a week. After tonight's show, I'm gonna head over to

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Speaker 2: Bold Prediction Seasons here and here. Just to tee it up,

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Speaker 2: It's a big deal when you get your prediction in

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Speaker 2: on a magical run. Yeah, that's possible. It is a

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Speaker 2: MINSI gave us a bold prediction. Okay, well what did

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Speaker 2: Ben Minz in Chicago, but not born there. So let's

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Speaker 2: ol Miss have the seventh best odds to win it all.

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Speaker 2: How about that, Just to kind of hit the pause button,

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Speaker 2: It is a big deal that you're meaning it sarcastically,

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Speaker 2: You consider that ole Miss has had to go about

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Speaker 2: So what's the timetable here? When are we going to

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Speaker 2: the Power four? Which ones are coming to the G five?

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Speaker 2: Well you already know the answer to that, Brian or Jeffrey,

436
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Speaker 2: whatever your name may be.

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Speaker 1: Thanks thanks to both of you for listening and watching.

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Speaker 2: By the way, not so shockingly, twenty four to seven

439
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,080
Speaker 2: had five G five players ranked in the top seventy

440
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Speaker 2: five of this past portal ranking release. Okay, so five

441
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,720
Speaker 2: players out of seventy five were G five players. All

442
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Speaker 2: five of them went to Power four rosters. So yes,

443
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,679
Speaker 2: the cream of the crop at the G five level

444
00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,800
Speaker 2: is getting rated. They are getting taken or they're not

445
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,120
Speaker 2: getting taken because they are opting via offers in front

446
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Speaker 2: of them to go to the power four level.

447
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Speaker 1: So what's changed here? Well, I would argue.

448
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Speaker 2: Nothing's changed because to a certain degree this was always

449
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Speaker 2: the case. The difference is, I think most G five

450
00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,639
Speaker 2: teams would tell you tampering is like off the charts

451
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Speaker 2: relative to what it used to be. Also, the post

452
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,919
Speaker 2: spring window just completely takes a crowbar to your kneecaps,

453
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Speaker 2: but I also think, just at a more fundamental level,

454
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Speaker 2: this is where we got to be careful about the

455
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,920
Speaker 2: big lie in college football. So the big lie, one

456
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Speaker 2: of them, We got several of them in this sport,

457
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,399
Speaker 2: but one of the big lies as you are what

458
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 2: your record says you are. And it's never been less

459
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Speaker 2: true than at the G five level now, because think

460
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Speaker 2: about the plight of a G five head coach, a

461
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Speaker 2: position coach, a coordinator. The better you do, the more

462
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Speaker 2: you're gonna get penalized. Now, if you're an NFL fan,

463
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 2: you're used to that. It's called winning and then subsequent

464
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Speaker 2: draft placement. But in college football, we're not supposed to

465
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Speaker 2: have that. In college football forever until about thirty seconds ago,

466
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Speaker 2: the better you did, the more rewards that you reaped

467
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,680
Speaker 2: in terms of talent acquisition. Well, now, all of a sudden,

468
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,479
Speaker 2: at the G five level, the better you do, the

469
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,200
Speaker 2: better you are at evaluating a two star, no name

470
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Speaker 2: tight end who comes in and develops and is immersed

471
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Speaker 2: in your culture and goes on to be all conference.

472
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Speaker 2: The better you do on the front end, the more

473
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Speaker 2: likely it is that some one who sucks at the

474
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,399
Speaker 2: higher level and has gaping holes on the roster is

475
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Speaker 2: going to come in because they have deeper pockets, and

476
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Speaker 2: they're going to take the guy that you developed, and

477
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 2: then they'll probably get credit for it. But here's the

478
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Speaker 2: worst part. The worst part is you now have a

479
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Speaker 2: glaring hole on your roster that you really can't afford

480
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,679
Speaker 2: to fill in the literal definition of a form. And

481
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Speaker 2: it's after spring, so you have no recourse. And you

482
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Speaker 2: go in the fall and a big hinge point of

483
00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 2: your offensive game plan is gone and you can't really

484
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Speaker 2: replace that production. And you lose two or three games

485
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Speaker 2: because of this, and they look at you and say,

486
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Speaker 2: you're a six and six coach. Well, no, the team

487
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 2: is six and six, but you may be well above

488
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Speaker 2: that as a caliber of coach. That's the shame. That's

489
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Speaker 2: the shame of it. I don't look at it and say, oh,

490
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Speaker 2: it's a shame that guys have the opportunity. I think

491
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Speaker 2: it's a shame the way the sport's constructed or the

492
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Speaker 2: calendar's constructed. But the real shame of it is the perception.

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Speaker 2: Now you want to talk perception, the perception of some

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Speaker 2: G five and FCS coaches, and I understand for a

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Speaker 2: third time that you could reasonably listen to me say

496
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Speaker 2: that and say, but Josh, that's always happened. It has

497
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Speaker 2: always happened, it hasn't always happened to this degree. And

498
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Speaker 2: I also, you know, when we get those breaking news

499
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Speaker 2: headlines about revenue sharing, and when I do segments on

500
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Speaker 2: this show about wishing that there was just a clear

501
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Speaker 2: line of delineation between the postseason that some of the

502
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Speaker 2: Power Forward teams play in and the post season that

503
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Speaker 2: the G five plays them. I don't say it because

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Speaker 2: I have hatred for one side or dislike for one side,

505
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Speaker 2: or I'm a homer or a shill or a water

506
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Speaker 2: carrier for the other side. Actually it's none of that.

507
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Speaker 2: I just say it because it's common sense to me.

508
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Speaker 2: It's not common sense to everyone. Everyone has an opinion

509
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Speaker 2: on it. But I look at it and I say, like,

510
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Speaker 2: are we really I'm not going down this road, I promise.

511
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Speaker 2: So don't turn it off if you're sick of me

512
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Speaker 2: talking about this, but this being the reality that it is,

513
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,360
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter if you like it or I like it.

514
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 2: I don't love this, but it is reality. And so

515
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Speaker 2: I just continue to look and I continue to say

516
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Speaker 2: from a postseason standpoint, why do we continue to pretend

517
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Speaker 2: that if I'm at like, I don't know utup, if

518
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Speaker 2: I'm at UTEP, I mean, am I really trying to

519
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Speaker 2: play for the same championship as Texas?

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Speaker 1: No, of course I'm not.

521
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Speaker 2: And the second I have good players that are worth

522
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Speaker 2: their salt Texas to come take.

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Speaker 1: Them, and I really think I'm competing against them.

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Speaker 2: So anyway, I told you I'm not going more than

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Speaker 2: a minute on that, but it's interesting, very interesting.

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Speaker 1: McGrady did a good job on that.

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Speaker 2: That article is on CBS Sports right now dot com.

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Speaker 2: Our friends at Academy Sports and Outdoors, it really doesn't

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Speaker 2: To understand, it's because of Academy that this show is free.

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Speaker 2: So let's do the quick math here. You don't want

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Speaker 2: to pay.

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Speaker 1: For this show. I would never ask you to pay

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Speaker 2: You have to buy some things anyway, Why don't you

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Speaker 2: do it at the place that keeps the show free?

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Speaker 2: I don't know what that is, Klatt said the other day.

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Speaker 2: He just flat out uses cover Girl foundation. I'm more

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567
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Speaker 2: it's more likely that this maybeling. Whatever it is, it

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Speaker 2: just got all over.

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Speaker 1: The table here. Luckily, this is a temporary table. All right, Colin,

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Speaker 1: do you have that question slash statement? Yeah, I guess that.

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Speaker 2: Our buddy from Denver said, Okay, so I want to

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Speaker 2: tee this up. If you're listening on podcasts, I'll read

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Speaker 2: the question for you in a second. Last Tuesday, we

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Speaker 2: released the Late Kick Extra podcast. We do that once

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Speaker 2: a week. It just really good stuff. It's probably my

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Speaker 2: favorite thing we do every week. But it's not on

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Speaker 2: the YouTube channel, so it's only in the podcast feeds

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Speaker 2: and it's audio only.

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Speaker 1: So we talked about FSU Miami.

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Speaker 2: Someone had asked me something about like FSU Miami, and

581
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Speaker 2: I got down this rabbit hole in my mind of

582
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Speaker 2: talking about what that game used to be. Okay, so

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Speaker 2: Colin here's your endpoint. So our buddy Kenny from Denver,

584
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Speaker 2: Colorado hits us up and says, hey, I get that

585
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Speaker 2: FSU Miami was a big deal back in the day,

586
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Speaker 2: but why spend any time talking about it now when

587
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Speaker 2: it hasn't mattered in years and the sport doesn't need

588
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Speaker 2: it anyway. This is borderline disrespectful to one of the

589
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Speaker 2: great rivalries.

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Speaker 1: Of our sport.

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Speaker 2: As me maw used to always tell me, you don't

592
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Speaker 2: need a shower every day, We much prefer that you

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Speaker 2: take one. College football doesn't need any team to be good.

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Speaker 2: College football doesn't need any rivalry to be good. College

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Speaker 2: football is a whole heck of a lot more entertaining

596
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 2: when certain teams are good and certain rivalries are hot.

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Speaker 2: But speaking of hot, let me be cool down for

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Speaker 2: just a second, because this is one of those times

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Speaker 2: where I have to be dealt a reminder that when

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Speaker 2: we pull up the analytics for our show, when we

601
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Speaker 2: pull up the viewer and listener data, we've got a

602
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Speaker 2: very young listener and viewer. I would imagine out of

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Speaker 2: the national shows, we've got the youngest average age listening

604
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Speaker 2: to the show, which is really good for advertisers, but

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Speaker 2: It's also something that has to make me pause every

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Speaker 2: now and then, like right now, because if you're seventeen

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Speaker 2: years old, you know a few things. You know, the

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Speaker 2: state of Florida puts out a ton of really good

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Speaker 2: football players.

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Speaker 1: You know that.

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Speaker 2: You know, Florida pumps out elite college football players. In fact,

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Speaker 2: that state over the past five recruiting cycles has pumped

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Speaker 2: out an average of close to thirty five of the

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Speaker 2: top two four seven. The state of Florida over the

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Speaker 2: past five recruiting cycles has averaged pun out fourteen percent

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Speaker 2: of the top two four seven loaded state. You've known that.

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Speaker 2: What you haven't known if you're seventeen years old is

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Speaker 2: a world where most of them stay home. But once

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Speaker 2: upon a time that was the case. Once upon a time,

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Speaker 2: if they didn't go to Tallahassee, they were going to

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Speaker 2: Coral Gables.

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Speaker 1: A lot of went to.

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Speaker 2: Gainesville as well, because in the height of the FSU

624
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Speaker 2: Miami rivalry, Steve Spry was also killing it at Florida.

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Speaker 2: So imagine one of my seventeen year old listeners right now,

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Speaker 2: and you're out in Denver, Colorado. Imagine a world where

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Speaker 2: instead of going to Columbus or Clemson, or Tuscaloosa or Athens.

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Speaker 2: Those kids from South Florida, those kids even from the Panhandle,

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Speaker 2: they said go Gators, they said go Knowles, they say

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Speaker 2: go Kaynes and they went and played their ball there.

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Speaker 1: What would that do well?

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Speaker 2: It would create some of the most fierce rivalry college

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Speaker 2: football you've ever seen in your life.

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Speaker 1: It would be intense.

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Speaker 2: There would be high level future NFL draft picks all over.

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Speaker 2: The starting twenty two for both teams on the field

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Speaker 2: would also have the state pride. You simply, if you're

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Speaker 2: a younger viewer or listener, you haven't been immersed in

639
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 2: a world where you are trained to know that when

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Speaker 2: you look at that helmet grid schedule, you gotta circle

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Speaker 2: that FSU Miami week. You know right now, Ohio State,

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Speaker 2: Michigan's at the end of the year. Let's see where

643
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Speaker 2: ou Texas falls. Like does Georgia play Bama this year?

644
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Speaker 2: It used to be when the schedules were released, one

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Speaker 2: of the first questions in people's minds was which week

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Speaker 2: is FSU Miami? Because you were about to see this,

647
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Speaker 2: like this passion play of intensity off the charts of intensity,

648
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Speaker 2: but just the pride that bled out of that game

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Speaker 2: it's unbelievable because all those kids stayed home.

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Speaker 1: A lot of them stayed home to play.

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Speaker 2: And it's not to say they never went out of state,

652
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 2: but they knew we've got to load up this roster

653
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 2: with kids from this state because when we get into

654
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 2: that game, there's this intangible that exists. We got the

655
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 2: star players, but there's this intangible that exists, and that's

656
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 2: guys not willing to go up to the edge of

657
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 2: the cliff. But when Pride State Pride being from the

658
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 2: state of Florida and what it means to play football

659
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 2: and that state is on the line, we're gonna have

660
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 2: a critical, massive guys on our roster willing to go

661
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 2: over the cliff, especially when that team's on the other

662
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 2: side of the field. That's what it was like every year.

663
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 2: So you can tell me college football doesn't need it. Well,

664
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 2: obviously college football didn't need it because the rivalry has

665
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 2: sucked for quite a while now and college football has surged.

666
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 2: That doesn't mean FSU Miami was irrelevant. It means college

667
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 2: football is really a monster. But if Florida State and

668
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 2: Miami nationally relevant was injected back into it, it would

669
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: just make the sport all the better. And I don't

670
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 2: want to just leave Florida out of that because this year,

671
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 2: this year, pay attention to this. You know who Miami

672
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 2: opens with. This year they open in the swamp. Miami

673
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 2: goes to Florida in Week one. Florida State plays Miami.

674
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 2: Every year, Florida State plays Florida. UCF's getting them some

675
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 2: of that action. UCF plays Florida this year. So there

676
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 2: is a whole lot of There's a whole lot of

677
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 2: that round robin nature, especially the big three down there

678
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 2: of facing off, and it'll be fun because I would

679
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 2: I would stop well short of saying all three are back. No,

680
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,479
Speaker 2: No one's saying that on the show tonight, Norvell when

681
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 2: Florida State have been closest. But they're recruiting collectively better

682
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 2: than they have in quite a while. They are trending

683
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: up collectively collectively.

684
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: Better than they have in a while.

685
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 2: I understand it's a lot easier to buy into Florida

686
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 2: State right now than Florida. Which way, does it feel

687
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 2: like all three are at least trending? And I think

688
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 2: most people would agree on at least two of the three.

689
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 2: I would argue three of the three are trending in

690
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 2: the right direction. But that stat that recruiting stat man

691
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 2: like if you don't if you if you're I don't care,

692
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 2: if you're ten years old, if you don't know anything

693
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 2: about the FSU Miami rivalry, but you do know about

694
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 2: the sport a little bit. Just imagine a state that

695
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 2: pumps out about fourteen to fifteen percent of the top

696
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 2: two four to seven high school players in the country

697
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 2: every year, and then imagine there are major programs in

698
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 2: that state that keep a majority of them home and

699
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 2: then they play each other. Oh, it's unbelievable. It's unbelievable.

700
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 2: It was unbelievable and could be again. Hey, I got

701
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 2: an announcement, you know, just out of the blue, I've

702
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 2: got an announcement here paper Pop. There have been some

703
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 2: rumors on the street, dirty rumors, false rumors that the

704
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 2: Peate State Speaker Series is done for the year, and

705
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 2: like the audacity of people to suggest that we know

706
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 2: ourselves here, we know what we're capable of, and we're

707
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 2: not done. And we're not We're not even done this month.

708
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 2: So the Pate State Speaker Series is like fifteen stops

709
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 2: deep now, but we're ready to announce another one paper

710
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 2: thump there. The Pate State Speaker Series is headed to Austin,

711
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 2: Texas this week. The show will be live from the

712
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 2: University of Texas this Thursday. Steve Sarkesian will be on

713
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 2: this program face to face with yours truly this Thursday.

714
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 2: Say stop that we're really looking forward to. We have

715
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 2: never taken the show to Austin, and so that drought

716
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 2: will come to an end.

717
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 1: This Thursday.

718
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 2: Should be a lot of fun. Should be a lot

719
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 2: of fun that concludes the announcement, but doesn't conclude the show.

720
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: All right, let's move it along.

721
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 2: I'm sure that'll I'm sure that will get universal approval

722
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 2: in the comment section.

723
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 1: By the way, just everybody loves Texas.

724
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 2: No one, to my knowledge, not a single one of

725
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 2: our viewers dislikes Texas. I've never seen evidence of it.

726
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 2: I was asked not online, but by someone in the

727
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 2: gym the other day about due to a transferred or

728
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 2: true freshman, like, who are the new faces in the

729
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,959
Speaker 2: sport that will make the biggest impact. So I'm gonna

730
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 2: give you some colin that will be terrible as an intro.

731
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 2: So here's a better one for you. Who are the

732
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,759
Speaker 2: first year players at new programs or maybe some true

733
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 2: freshmen transfers filling the blank new faces, big time impact

734
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 2: players this year. I'm starting with Caleb Downs with this

735
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 2: conversation because I think he could be the best football

736
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 2: player on Ohio State's team, and Ohio States loaded. Ohio

737
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 2: State had a ton of guys that could have gone

738
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,240
Speaker 2: out for the draft that came back, which doesn't discount

739
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 2: who they are. I'm just saying number two there in

740
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 2: Crimson from last year is like an alien. When we

741
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 2: were up there last week, I don't know if I

742
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 2: told this story. I was in Ohio State's weight room

743
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 2: working out. Now, I respect coach Marriotti and his cell

744
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,439
Speaker 2: phone rules, so I didn't take the cell phone in there,

745
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 2: but I was.

746
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: In there working out.

747
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 2: Downs was in there working out, And afterwards, someone walked

748
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 2: by and said, just the perfect encapsulation of what.

749
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,319
Speaker 1: It's like being right Caleb Downs.

750
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 2: He said, can you believe God made that? Yeah, that's

751
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,359
Speaker 2: about the only place you could get to the talent

752
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 2: like that. He played last year and led Alabama in tackles.

753
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 2: That's the first time a true freshman's ever done that.

754
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 2: By the way, he he's a difference maker man I

755
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 2: don't know how many points he's worth a game, but

756
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 2: he is a massive difference maker and he is playing

757
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 2: for Ohio State this year. So that's a new face

758
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,879
Speaker 2: that's an impact player. Dion Burks is a guy we've

759
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 2: talked a lot about on the show. I just I

760
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 2: feel confident in the five names I've been given you

761
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 2: where you can go in pencil AMM barring injury, of

762
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,720
Speaker 2: course you go and pencil these guys in. Dion Burks,

763
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 2: Deon Burks, I would feel comfortable penciling in is a

764
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 2: big time impact player for Oklahoma this year. He was

765
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 2: second team All Big Ten last year at Purdue. And

766
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 2: it's one of those transfer situations where every kid you

767
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 2: take in the portal you have high hopes for or

768
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 2: you wouldn't take him, but some of them just click.

769
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: It's like a puzzle piece. Bam. Dion Burks has been

770
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: that in Norman.

771
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 2: Not the biggest dude on the field, maybe the fastest

772
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 2: any given Saturday, but he's he just has the intangible factor,

773
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 2: the it factor, whatever that is.

774
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: He's got it. He exudes it. It just bleeds out

775
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: of him.

776
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 2: And he steps into a position with Jackson Arnold at

777
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 2: quarterback where even though they they shouldn't have a repertoire

778
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 2: right now, they shouldn't really have a whole lot of chemistry.

779
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: You turn on the.

780
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 2: Spring game and it looks like they've played together for

781
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 2: two years. So I expect huge numbers from him. His

782
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 2: last season at Perdue, he has six hundred and twenty

783
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 2: nine receives en yards. A's a thousand plus yard guy

784
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,879
Speaker 2: this year, I think for Oklahoma next up. Already talked

785
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 2: about this guy once tonight. Dylan Edwards, who was at

786
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 2: Colorado is now at Kansas State. He could explode in

787
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 2: Kansas State's offensive system this year. And he's behind a

788
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 2: legitimate offensive line, something that he did not have the

789
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 2: luxury of being at Colorado.

790
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: And he's gonna.

791
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 2: Split the workload with DJ Giddens and Avery Johnson's the

792
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 2: quarterback there. So it's it's not the kind of offense

793
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 2: where they're going to ask him to run the ball

794
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 2: thirty times a game. I'd love to see what he's

795
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,919
Speaker 2: capable of if he did that, but he is going

796
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 2: in a situation. Think Michigan the way that they handled

797
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 2: Korum and Edwards the last couple of years. Not comparing,

798
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 2: I'm just saying that kind of dynamic, that's what he

799
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 2: could be there. He had thirty six receptions last year

800
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,919
Speaker 2: as well. Like we're showing you b roll right now,

801
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 2: and the first thing Colin showed is not a carry.

802
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 2: It's him catching the ball really really fast. It is

803
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 2: really elusive and got good hands, good vision. So he's

804
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 2: in the right system, I think to explode this year.

805
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 2: Impact player, new face, new place, impact player. Speaking of which,

806
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 2: Oregon with Dylan Gabriel, how do I not put him

807
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 2: on this list? You were looking to replace a first

808
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 2: round draft pick in bo Nicks, and you're you're looking

809
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 2: to replace a guy who coming back last year was

810
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 2: a massive story for you.

811
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: So he's gone. What do you do? Will you go

812
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 1: get a guy.

813
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 2: Who perfectly compliments their team? So Dylan Gabriel walks in

814
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 2: a room where elsewhere there's a ton of talent in

815
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 2: the backfield, a ton of talent at receiver. You just

816
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 2: need a guy to distribute. That's really what you need,

817
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 2: and Gabriel is the perfect fit for that. And the

818
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 2: situation up there at quarterback is such that you bring

819
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 2: him in this year, and then you also bring Dante

820
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 2: Moore in and more started for UCLA last year, but

821
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 2: probably wasn't ready yet. So you bring him in, you

822
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 2: sit him behind Gabriel for a year. Gabriel's got all

823
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:57,879
Speaker 2: the experience.

824
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: In the world.

825
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 2: He's got nearly fifteen thousand pass yards in his career,

826
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 2: just a career college football players. Beautiful thing that's going

827
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 2: to be Obviously, I think that goes without saying. They've

828
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 2: got the fourth best odds to win at all. Dylan

829
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 2: Gabriel a big reason why, and probably getting lesser headline

830
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 2: this time of year, but I think will explode on

831
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 2: the national scene this fall. Is cam Ward at Miami.

832
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 2: Cam Ward at Miami, I feel as confident as any

833
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 2: of these players will explode. And he's on a new

834
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,319
Speaker 2: team this year at Miami, paired with a pretty good

835
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 2: offensive line. They just went and got Damian Martinez, that

836
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,280
Speaker 2: running back out of the backfield or out of Oregon

837
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 2: State to put in the backfield. Love the system that

838
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 2: he's in with Shannon Dawson, one of the most important

839
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 2: players in the country this year.

840
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 1: I don't think that's overstating it. And this could go

841
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 1: either way.

842
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 2: So if cam Ward were to crash and burn, Miami

843
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,359
Speaker 2: would crash and burn, and you would look at them

844
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 2: and you would say, Wow, they've got severe problems down there. However,

845
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 2: if he is what I think he is, Miami could

846
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,240
Speaker 2: win the ACC like Miami could be a college football

847
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 2: playoff team. And then all of a sudden, you would

848
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 2: have the coin flipped totally the opposite direction, and you

849
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 2: would have a lot of people who swore Miami would

850
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 2: never go anywhere on the Mario Christobal and well, they'll just.

851
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: Recruit and acquire talent, but they won't win with it.

852
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 2: So this dude's gonna decide that if healthy, that guy's

853
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 2: gonna decide that that makes him one of the most

854
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 2: important players in the country. And also, you know, we've

855
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 2: been talking a lot about what Tennessee could be with

856
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,879
Speaker 2: nico A malav if he pops Jackson, darrtt Ole, miss

857
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,280
Speaker 2: Dylan Gabriel at Oregon. Well, what if cam Ward explodes

858
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:37,800
Speaker 2: from Miami and they're three years now into rebuilding that roster, what.

859
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: Could they look like.

860
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 2: I'm gonna if he's bad this year moot point, if

861
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 2: he's really good this year to great, what could they be?

862
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 2: Florida State, Clemson and then Miami. Miami's got the third

863
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 2: best odds to win the conference this year, So what

864
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 2: could they be? He is one of I think the

865
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 2: most talented newcomers, but also he's one of the most

866
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 2: important players in the country this year. I just mentioned

867
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Speaker 1: So, like I said, last.

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Speaker 2: Warning for those of you watching live, if you tune

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Speaker 2: At late kick Josh follow on the socials. It could

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Speaker 2: be a lot of fun this week. The mood Tracker

944
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 2: is back. What is the mood of a particular fan base.

945
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,799
Speaker 2: Forget about the fringe ten percents either side, but what

946
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:09,799
Speaker 2: does the middle eighty percent feel about their team.

947
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Speaker 1: We're talking about Texas A and M tonight.

948
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 2: Very simple mood, one of the easier moods to dissect

949
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 2: in America right now.

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Speaker 1: Flip the switch. That's the mood at Texas A and M.

951
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Speaker 1: So I was at church.

952
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,520
Speaker 2: This morning, actually, and I listened to the preacher and

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Speaker 2: he gave a metaphor that was meant in more spiritual means,

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00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 2: but I think it also applies here. He said, you know,

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Speaker 2: when power goes out, it's a very interesting thing. When

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Speaker 2: power goes out. It's not that power doesn't exist, it's that,

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Speaker 2: for whatever reason, the power's not making it to you

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Speaker 2: right now. It's a big difference to be living in

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Speaker 2: a shack that is not equipped to have electricity delivered

960
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Speaker 2: to it versus living in a nine bedroom home.

961
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Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, power is just not getting to it.

962
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 2: Because at that point, someone's just got to flip a

963
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 2: switch somewhere and the power comes right back. Texas A

964
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Speaker 2: and M's the latter. Texas ANM is the nine bedroom home.

965
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Speaker 2: Texas A and M has all the light bulbs installed.

966
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Speaker 2: Texas A and M has everything that possibly needs to

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Speaker 2: be plugged in. They just need the switch flipped. There's

968
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 2: a lot of disagreement I get on this.

969
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Speaker 1: By the way, I am.

970
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,800
Speaker 2: A believer that Texas A and M is a ready

971
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:21,319
Speaker 2: made championship contending program. And obviously Texas A and M

972
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,800
Speaker 2: folks agree with that. There are many others who disagree

973
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,400
Speaker 2: with that, and they say that if that was true,

974
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 2: they eventually would have won already if all these magical

975
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:34,760
Speaker 2: resources were there, if all the magical boxes were checked,

976
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,919
Speaker 2: like you say, Josh, then they would have won at

977
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Speaker 2: some point.

978
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: Along the line.

979
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 2: You would think so, But that's not necessarily guaranteed if

980
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 2: you keep making the wrong hires. And also, as I

981
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:48,880
Speaker 2: said last week, and I'll say again, what Texas A

982
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 2: and M is as a program right now has not

983
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 2: always been that. The postmanzell Era has totally morphed and

984
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 2: transformed what that program is. So if you're talking about money,

985
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,319
Speaker 2: if you're talking about access to talent, if you're talking

986
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Speaker 2: about resource pool, salary pool facilities, those things that we

987
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Speaker 2: have been taught that are needed to win at a

988
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,799
Speaker 2: high level. If they're all there, and I'm an A

989
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:13,760
Speaker 2: and m fan. I don't care what anyone else says.

990
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 2: That's fine, it's all the more fun to be doubted.

991
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 2: But someone's got to flip the switch for us. So

992
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 2: hopefully that was the hiring of Mike Elco.

993
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 1: Is the point.

994
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 2: Jimbo's out, Mike Elcho's in. We know him at Texas

995
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 2: A and M already, so he's not an unknown commodity.

996
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 2: And he went and sharpened his coaching teeth for a

997
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 2: couple of years at Duke and started to do big

998
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,279
Speaker 2: things over there, so we've got a little proof of

999
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 2: performance as a head coach. He comes back here, one

1000
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:41,720
Speaker 2: of my first questions actually wouldn't even be football related.

1001
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 2: It would be connectivity. It would be does he have

1002
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 2: what Jimbo lacked? Talking to some people around the program,

1003
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 2: more and more they'll tell you that among some of

1004
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,479
Speaker 2: the issues they thought Jimbo had, one of the key

1005
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 2: issues was there wasn't like a connectivity between him and

1006
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:03,439
Speaker 2: his team. Jimbo and this is not according to him,

1007
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 2: This is according to people who observed him around the program.

1008
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 2: They would tell you Jimbo looked at team building as

1009
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:15,840
Speaker 2: let's go acquire the talent, put him on the roster.

1010
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 2: There's my team, and that's not all there is to that.

1011
00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 2: That's not even the way Kirby Smart does it. That's

1012
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 2: not the way Nick Saban did it. That's not the

1013
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 2: way Ryan Day does it. That's not the way Dabbo's

1014
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 2: done it.

1015
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Speaker 1: At Clemson.

1016
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,840
Speaker 2: You get the players, yeah, and hopefully you eve album

1017
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,839
Speaker 2: and they fit your critical traits and factors. But once

1018
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 2: you get them there, that's just a roster.

1019
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 1: That's all it is. That's not a team.

1020
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 2: And when you play other teams that do have that

1021
00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 2: mortar between the figurative bricks that are football players, and

1022
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 2: you don't have it, that's why you crumble under the

1023
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 2: weight of them. So I wonder if Texas A and M,

1024
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Speaker 2: if I'm a Texas A and M fan especially, I

1025
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 2: wonder what the first tangible signs will be one way

1026
00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,360
Speaker 2: or the other as to whether we've got something with

1027
00:49:56,440 --> 00:50:00,040
Speaker 2: Elko now that lacked under Jimbo Fisher. Because I I

1028
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Speaker 2: got to tell you, even as late as twenty twenty four,

1029
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,239
Speaker 2: although I believe Texas A and M long should have

1030
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:10,880
Speaker 2: broken through this, they are still college football sleeping giant.

1031
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 2: That program is still college football's sleeping giant. There is

1032
00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:19,560
Speaker 2: no better example of a program capable of everything achieving

1033
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 2: everything in this sport that hasn't yet.

1034
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:24,920
Speaker 1: Than Texas A and M. Tennessee.

1035
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Speaker 2: Is not that Tennessee has won a national championship in

1036
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,840
Speaker 2: my lifetime just because they've been dormant recently. It's not

1037
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 2: even close to comparable. A and M's never been what

1038
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:38,759
Speaker 2: they're capable of being. So either I'm wrong and I'm not.

1039
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Speaker 2: This is not my transfer a portal prediction. I promise

1040
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Speaker 2: you I'm right on this. They've got everything it takes

1041
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:46,799
Speaker 2: to win, they just haven't. So either I'm wrong on

1042
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 2: that or I'm right on it, and we got to

1043
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Speaker 2: wait and see if Elko's the guy to flip the switch.

1044
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Speaker 1: That's our show time. I appreciate you guys so much

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Speaker 1: And that's it. That's basically it.

1049
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